Orang Asli (Indigenous Malaysian) Biomedical Bibliography AS Baer

478. Alyaa Alhadjri. …But JHEOA denies allegations. The Sun, 16 March, 2010. (The federal
department for Orang Asli affairs denied mismanagement at Gombak hospital.)
479. Anonymous. JOA sahkan kegiatana judi di Hospital Orang Asli Gombak. Berita Harian,
10 March, 1984. (Commentary on the 3 March report in the same newspaper; JOA was later
renamed JHEOA.)
480. Anonymous. Hospital Orang Asli jadi tempat judi. Berita Harian, 3 March, 1984.
(Hospital staff accused of using premises for daytime gambling dens.)
481. Anonymous. Why blame the Orang Asli? The Star, 2 December, 1985. (Health authorities
blamed unhygienic practices of an Orang Asli village for causing jaundice in nearby settlers in
Perak and called for the village to be forcibly moved elsewhere, although nearby non-Orang Asli
villages were not threatened with such moves; then the jaundice outbreak was found to be due to
poor chlorination at the local water-treatment plant.)
482. Anonymous. Orang Asli encouraged to give birth in hospitals. Sunday Star, 29 September,
1996. (62% of the 42 reported West Malaysian women who died during home births were Orang
Asli.)
483. Anonymous. Jaleha gets assurance from police. New Straits Times, 28 June, 1997. (A
federal minister ordered late-pregnant Orang Asli to stay at birth centers; this warding for a
month or so before delivery was both stressful and boring for the women and a burden on their
families in terms of child care and work duties; home births were discouraged or forbidden.)
484. Anonymous. Charge the guilty ones, A-G urged. The Sun, 1 April, 2000. (When Jah Hut
children died in Seboi, Pahang shortly after anti-malarial overdoses, the parents were accused of
general negligence by government officials, but a coroner’s inquiry found that the deaths were
indeed due to an overdose.)
485. Anonymous. Spooked by ‘mysterious’ deaths. New Straits Times, 2 May, 2004. (Orang
Asli were blamed by officials for the deaths of 4 Semai children over 5 days with symptoms of
vomiting and diarrhea.)
486. Anonymous. Orang Asli still plagued by age-old ailments. New Straits Times, 2 May, 2004.
487. Anonymous. Danger lake. The Star, 26 July, 2004. (A university study found high levels
of Escherichia coli in shallow Tasek Chini, and Orang Asli headmen pointed out that the problem
arose only after the government dammed the Chini River so that lake water couldn’t flow into the
Pahang River.)
488. Anonymous. Orang Asli exposed to danger. The Star, 27 July, 2004. (Also on the Chini
lake problem; the pollution of Tasek Chini caused rashes and diarrhea in some lakeside Orang
Asli.)
489. Anonymous. Scattered Orang Asli to be resettled in one village. The Star, 27 July, 2004.
(The official assessment of the Chini lake problem: A state official blamed the Orang Asli for
dirtying the lake and attempted to move them inland.)