More than a thousand Orang Asli, Malaysia's indigenous people, protested in Putrajaya demanding recognition of ancestral lands and an end to evictions. The rare mass demonstration called for respect for their self-determination and land rights.

More than 1,000 Orang Asli, the indigenous people of Peninsular Malaysia, rallied outside a federal ministry in Putrajaya on Friday in a rare mass protest to demand recognition of their ancestral land and an end to evictions and development on their territories. Many wore traditional headgear as they marched through Malaysia’s administrative capital, carrying signs reading “Orang Asli are not immigrants”, “Respect the Orang Asli right to self-determination” and “Our voices will not be...