TABLE OF CONTENT NO. 1. 2. 3. PAGE INTRODUCTION 3 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE SEANF PROJECT ON GOOD PRACTICES IN PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 3 1.2 BACKGROUND ON GOOD PRACTICES IN PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN MALAYSIA 4 INTRODUCTION TO THE ORANG ASAL IN MALAYSIA 6 2.1 DEFINITION AND COMPOSITION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN MALAYSIA 6 2.2 THE ORANG ASAL’S WAY OF LIFE 10 2.3 THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE ORANG ASAL IN MALAYSIA 11 GOOD PRACTICES IN PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE ORANG ASAL IN MALAYSIA 13 3.1 INTRODUCTION 13 3.2 GOOD PRACTICES IN PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE ORANG ASAL IN MALAYSIA 13 4. CURRENT AND PERSISTING CHALLENGES IMPEDING THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE ORANG ASAL IN MALAYSIA 44 5. CONCLUSION 53 2