Our
Mission Statement
The Semai Orang Asli of Pos Lanai is embarking on a struggle to reclaim their rightful ancestral land that encompasses the forest, rivers and ecosystem. They seek to guard the natural environment from the greed of modern man and externalities of the current extractive economic system- to ensure the protection of their ancestral history, culture, and livelihood.
Parti Sosialis
Malaysia
Sahabat Alam Malaysia
KUASA
MISI:Solidariti
SUARAM
Organisations Involved
Our Organising Process
The Pos Lanai community, which is under the Cameron Highlands parliamentary constituency, has been a key area of work for PSM Cameron Highlands branch since it was established by comrade Suresh Kumar (currently the secretary of the branch) in 2014.
The first struggle with the community was against the Telom Dam construction. After a long court battle between the OA community and Tenaga Nasional Berhad, the struggle ended with a successful closure when the dam was finally scrapped in 2019. From then, the Pos Lanai Community have resettled back to their homeland and rebuilt their houses that they left behind, after being forcefully evicted to make way for the damn.
Even though the core members of the community consist of about 80 over families whom refused to be resettled- remaining in Pos Lanai throughout the course of their struggle against the Telom Dam- many others have been deceived by false promises by authorities and politicians, leaving their ancestral land in Pos Lanai to a resettlement village named Pantos.
Now from these 80 families in Pos Lanai, the numbers moving back to forest have grown to over a 100 families, as more are being convinced to resume their ancestral lifestyle of sustainable farming and selling forest products.
Again, now, they have taken up the 2nd phase of their struggle against logging and the destructive RE Lanthanide mining.