agencies. A discussion on actions for long term solution is crucial and SUHAKAM hopes to engage in constructively with the Kelantan State Government. CH A PT E R 2 SUHAKAM received complaints of a similar nature from the Orang Asli community in Perak. SUHAKAM held a meeting with the Chief Minister of Perak on 20 September to address Orang Asli land rights and other human rights issues concerning them. The Chief Minister promised that the state government would engage with the Orang Asli community to discuss the issues raised. SUHAKAM had also written to the Chief Minister of Pahang in relation to Orang Asli land issues in the state and sought a dialogue with the state agencies. Follow up on the National Inquiry into the Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples (NI) SUHAKAM would like to record its disappointment over the slow pace of government’s implement the recommendations made in the report of the National Inquiry into the Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples. SUHAKAM is concerned that the slow response would further erode the rights of indigenous peoples who are already vulnerable. SUHAKAM is not clear what is the position of the new government on the NI recommendations and the status of the committee chaired by the then Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in pursuing NI recommendations. Nevertheless, SUHAKAM has taken note that Orang Asli affairs have been transferred to the purview of the Minister in Prime Minister’s Department responsible for National Unity and Social Wellbeing and SUHAKAM is planning to have constructive engagement with the said Minister on the plight of the community. Several activities were organised by SUHAKAM to follow-up the National Inquiry recommendations: i. A meeting was held on 3 August with JAKOA and the Selangor state government regarding the gazetting of Orang Asli land in Selangor. ii. On 4 June, SUHAKAM co-organised a forum on ‘Sustainable Forest Management and a New Hope for Malaysia’ in partnership with Greenpeace in conjunction with World Environment Day. The forum focused on human rights and the environment, particularly in the context of achieving and implementing SDG 15 in the context of sustainable forest management through effective policies and programmes. Recommendation 13 of SUHAKAM’s NI was also addressed during the forum by exploring steps to be taken to promote the involvement of indigenous peoples in forest management. SUHAKAM ANNUAL REPORT 2018 91