Pusat KOMAS condemns Temiar Blockade arrests

Pusat KOMAS strongly condemns the arrest of 13 indigenous people from the Temiar tribe who organized a peaceful blockade to prevent logging companies from encroaching their customary land. Although given assurance that the issue will be settled in January, no action was taken by the Kelantan state government and the land continued to be raped of its resources. The Temiar people could not wait for empty promises anymore and decided to protect their customary land from the logging companies by setting up the blockade.

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