More than 1,000 villagers in Kota Belud, Sabah have lodged police reports and urged the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the Public Complaints Bureau and Suhakam to protect their grazing land.

The 432 hectares land in question is part of their 2,160-hectare Kuala Pintasan grazing reserve.

The public stand-off and multiple reports follow some curious developments in the wake of federal plans for a massive agropolitan project which will include their threatened grazing land. The agropolitan project seeks to create ‘a city of agriculture’ in the area.