In history the ‘rights’ always depends on who create the culture and language ot that particular region ..

Even in China they can argue the indigenous is way earlier than all the Hans or any other but history will record as Han is the earliest to build civilisation and set the culture, government and language

Yes orang asli is earlier respectfully in Malay archipelago but they dont do anything related to civilisation

Depends on who your ‘foreign’ friend is

My friends in IT and tech world said Malaysia is well known ..

But if you asking the red necks and hilly billies of other countries they will not .. they know Thailand better of course because of the cheap sin industry tourism ..