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“I then did law part-time while working in a bank and did my Certificate of Legal Practice after leaving the bank,” he said, add- ing that the first two lawyers from the community were wo- men.
Born Anthony Williams-Hunt, he is the only son of Peter Darell Rider Williams-Hunt, the advisor to the aborigines in Malaysia shortly after World War II, and Wah Draman, an Orang Asli Semai woman from Kuala Woh located at the foot of the Cameron Highlands.
His father died in an accident at an orang asli village in the jungle when he was barely one year old.
Amani was taken care of by his mother and an uncle and he completed his primary and secondary education in Tapah.
After graduating in 1979, he joined the then Bank Bumiputra before opting for a VSS in 2006.
Popularly known as Bah Tony to the orang asli, he is a former president of the Peninsula Malay-sia Orang Asli Association.
He is active in welfare and social work and is a founder member of the orang asli foundation, YOAP Berhad.
He is now a council member of the Orang Asli Development Advisory Council, a think-tank set up by the Rural and Regional Development Ministry, and also sits on the Orang Asli Rights Committee in the Malaysian Bar Council.
Amani is married to Khatimatul Husna Zainuddin, 38, and they have two children. Amani has another four children from a previous marriage.
He believes that law is the cement of society.
“As a lawyer, one can do something to seek justice,” he said, adding that he would help his people in legal matters.
ORANG asli activist Amani Williams-Hunt Abdullah has finally realised his ambition to become a lawyer and also become the first male orang asli to be admitted into the legal fraternity.
He was called to the Bar in front of High Court judge Datuk Zainal Adzam Abd Ghani in Ipoh on Oct 22.
Amani, 57, said it had always been his dream to become a lawyer for more than 30 years.
“However, the opportunity did not arise as I was offered to study Economics in Universiti Malaya.
He was called to the Bar in front of High Court judge Datuk Zainal Adzam Abd Ghani in Ipoh on Oct 22.
Amani, 57, said it had always been his dream to become a lawyer for more than 30 years.
“However, the opportunity did not arise as I was offered to study Economics in Universiti Malaya.
“I then did law part-time while working in a bank and did my Certificate of Legal Practice after leaving the bank,” he said, add- ing that the first two lawyers from the community were wo- men.
Born Anthony Williams-Hunt, he is the only son of Peter Darell Rider Williams-Hunt, the advisor to the aborigines in Malaysia shortly after World War II, and Wah Draman, an Orang Asli Semai woman from Kuala Woh located at the foot of the Cameron Highlands.
His father died in an accident at an orang asli village in the jungle when he was barely one year old.
Amani was taken care of by his mother and an uncle and he completed his primary and secondary education in Tapah.
After graduating in 1979, he joined the then Bank Bumiputra before opting for a VSS in 2006.
Popularly known as Bah Tony to the orang asli, he is a former president of the Peninsula Malay-sia Orang Asli Association.
He is active in welfare and social work and is a founder member of the orang asli foundation, YOAP Berhad.
He is now a council member of the Orang Asli Development Advisory Council, a think-tank set up by the Rural and Regional Development Ministry, and also sits on the Orang Asli Rights Committee in the Malaysian Bar Council.
Amani is married to Khatimatul Husna Zainuddin, 38, and they have two children. Amani has another four children from a previous marriage.
He believes that law is the cement of society.
“As a lawyer, one can do something to seek justice,” he said, adding that he would help his people in legal matters.
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