Kuala Lumpur: A group of 137 Orang Asli from the Bateq Tanum tribe in Kuala Lipis, Pahang, have filed a lawsuit in the High Court here seeking to revoke their status as Muslims.
The group claimed they were “wrongfully and illegally” converted to Islam some time in 1993. The first to 56th plaintiffs alleged that a representative from the Orang Asli development department met them one day and asked to convert to Islam.However, the villagers claimed they refused to do so. The 57th to 137th plaintiffs are descendants of the first 56 plaintiffs. They claimed that an individual, known as Bakar Unus, went to their village and issued threats if they refused to convert.
Some time in 2004, one of the villagers, Harun Abdullah, approached the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia for assistance over their religious status. Suhakam eventually prepared a report in 2013, titled “Report of the national inquiry into the land rights of indigenous peoples”, but did not mention the 1993 “conversion”. They said Harun then met lawyer and activist Siti Kasim for legal assistance in 2016.
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