PUTRAJAYA: Twelve native customary rights land (NCR) owners from Pantu Sri Aman lost their 12-year legal challenge to claim their ancestral land in the Sg Tenggang development area in Sarawak. The other judges were Tan Sri Zainun Ali, Datuk Balia Yusof Wahi and Tan Sri Jeffrey Tan Kok Wha. Justice Suriyadi, however, said the “red area” (the 600 hectares of land area in dispute) were NCR land owned by some of the said landowners. The area for development was a state government sanctioned development project described as “The Sungai Tenggang NCR Land Development Area” where an oil palm plantation project was undertaken. The appellants were ordered to surrender vacant possession of the NCR plots of land and were restrained from entering or carrying out works on the land.

Source: New Strait Times November 07, 2017 11:15 UTC