Digital inclusion among the indigenous people (orang asli Semai) of Perak, Malaysia.

The government's transformation plan to have connected citizens through broadband access was the motivation for this research. Native minorities or orang asli in Perak, Malaysia formed the sample size for this cross-sectional study. The findings evidenced that 30.8% of the respondents are illiterate and only 5.2% are computer literate thus, substantiating the myth of digital inclusion among the minorities. The policy implication of the research provides justification for revamping social and technology inclusion among the natives. also, political will would retard the myth and rhetoric in promoting access for social inclusion and citizen development. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]