Ba’kelalan assemblyman Baru Bian says the Sago and Nipah Development Board should not be given powers to make compulsory acquisition of native customary rights land as it will open more avenues for exploitation of Sarawak natives. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, February 16, 2022.
THE Sarawak government has been told that giving the Sago and Nipah Development Board powers to make compulsory acquisition of native customary rights land will open more avenues for exploitation of the natives. Ba’kelalan assemblyman Baru Bian, voicing his reservation and objection to section 13 on the bill to set up the board in the state legislative assembly today, said having such a heavy-handed provision is unjust.
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