 In particular, the Orang Kanaq tribe was attested in Sekana Bay on the northern shore of the island of Singkep in the Lingga Islands.They were headed by a man (leader of the tribes of the Lingga Islands's Orang laut) by the name of Panglima Raman.The overlords of the Kanaq people were rulers of the Bintan-Lingga Sultanate, dependent on the Johor Sultanate.