Orang Asli girls sex victims of Camerons migrants

Many complaints but no one takes it seriously, says local activist

TANAH RATAH: Orang Asli girls in the Cameron Highlands have become sex victims of illegal immigrants and migrant workers, who have also been blamed for illegal land clearing.

R. Ramakrishnan, head of the Cameron Highlands activist group Reach said many complaints had been made about it, but little action in the way of enforcement had been carried out.

He said some Orang Asli girls have become pregnant as a result of being preyed upon by the illegal migrants. Some have resorted to abortions for fear of shame.

There are fewer illegal immigrants to be seen in town since the authorities began operations against them, but they have switched to the Orang Asli settlements and brought many social problems there, Ramakrishnan said, according to Utusan Malaysia.

At Post Terisu, the migrant workers have paid Orang Asli girls for sex, treating them like prostitutes. Its becoming more common, but no one seems to take complaints seriously, he said after a press conference when accompanying anti-corruption commission official Mustafar Ali to visit illegal logging and land clearing in Kuala Terla and Brinchang.

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