There are 13 races recognized as indigenous to Sarawak.
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According to the press statement, the Sarawak government would form a panel led by state secretary Datuk Amar Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki to decide on the applications. Alena, who’s registered as Kelabit on her IC, is mixed race as her father is Kelabit while her mother is European. She found out that as someone who is of mixed race, she wasn’t recognised as a native legally so she couldn’t inherit her ancestral lands.
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