Malay-rights NGO Perkasa in Kelantan has urged the state government to concede to pressures mounted by the local Orang Asli communities against logging activities on their ancestral lands.

State Perkasa chairperson Che Asri Ali said his group is in full support of the blockades erected by Orang Asli communities at several areas in Gua Musang to halt the logging activities.

"The state-government through companies appointed to carry out logging activities in the areas should immediately cease their work," Che Asri told Malaysiakini...