Kuala Lampur, July 29 -- JULY 29 - Former DAP Member of Parliament Ronnie Liu sparked public debate through a post on his official Facebook page on 26 July 2026, in which he claimed that "Every ethnic group in Malaysia has origins outside this land, except the Orang Asli." He further argued that the Malays, like the Chinese and Indians, trace their ancestry from outside this land, and that only the Orang Asli are indigenous to the country. His remarks subsequently received media attention, including a Sinar Harian report titled "PERKASA Rejects Misleading Narrative on Indigenous Status and the History of Malaysia's Formation," published on 26 July 2026.

There is no dispute that the Orang Asli are the earliest known inhabitants of Peninsu...