They are unhappy with a TikTok post accusing a village head of hiding the hiker before she was found.
Lata Kinjang Orang Asli village head Rani Bah Ulin pointed to a TikTok post that allegedly contained defamatory allegations against Asmmadi and Orang Asli leaders.
He said the complainants, from the Batang Padang, Muallim and Kinta districts, were disappointed by the unfounded allegations, which they said had deeply offended the Orang Asli community.
“We see it as an insult not only to Asmmadi but also to the entire tok batin institution, which has always helped communities regardless of race, especially during emergencies,” Bernama reported him as saying at the Tapah police headquarters today.
The TikTok post by user @jokerspillthetea77 claimed that Jaslinda had been “confined” by Asmmadi for two weeks and suggested that the village head might have married her if her disappearance had not become widely known.
Orang Asli youth representative Eris Joshan Chew Ho Beng, 22, urged the authorities to take stern action against the person responsible.
“The tok batins are respected community leaders and pillars of the Orang Asli leadership. Any insult against them indirectly affects the entire Orang Asli community in Malaysia.
“Our dignity must be respected, because what some may see as a joke can become an insult that affects the whole community,” he said.
Jaslinda, who was reported missing on Gunung Batu Putih on May 24, was found safe by an Orang Asli villager near Kampung Lubuk Gaharu at Pos Musoh last Saturday.
She reportedly began the Trans Spencer Chapman trek at 2am on May 23, together with 13 other hikers and two forestry mountain guides. - FMT
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