Local community news in high demand among Orang Asli - report

The village of Kampung Pasik, reachable in about three hours via an off-road route from Gua Musang, Kelantan, is home to the indigenous Temiar people.

In the 1970s, some villagers there were hired as extras to act in a film, which became an experience they still cherish until now, about five decades later.

That is part of the reason why Temiar villagers, who were respondents in a new study about information access for youths and marginalised communities, said their preferred media option is community radio.

The community radio would be able to fill the information gap for the villagers, who say...