The Orang Asli of Kg Pasu Temerloh today dropped their case against the Pahang government in the Court of Appeal after both sides came to a settlement. <br /> <br />The two parties agreed to withdraw at the behest of a three-member panel chaired by justice Jeffrey Tan Kok Wha given that water and power supply has been reconnected for the community's multi-purpose hall, which is the centre of the dispute. <br /> <br />The Orang Asli initially filed their appeal to challenge a decision by the Temerloh High Court, which ruled that the Pahang government had the right to cut the hall's water and power supply as it was built on state land. <br /> <br />But with the settlement, by way of a consent order, the situation is now back to status quo ante - the Orang Asli insist that the land where their community hall is sitting on is native customary rights land, while the government claims that it is state land. <br /> <br />Lawyer Steven Thiru, representing the community, noted that Tenaga Nasional Berhad and the Water Supply Department have already reconnected both water and power supply. <br /> <br />Full Story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/158220
