• Bittersweet victory for state in Iban land case
  • Tony Thien
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  • It is a bittersweet victory. This was how several lawyers described the Sarawak government's successful appeal against a Kuching High Court decision in the Bintulu native customary rights (NCR) land last week.
    • S�wak leaders take swipe at NCR lobby
    • Natives should be given chance to develop NCR land
    • Gathering on NCR land: Natives pledge to fight on
    • Slow court process gives native landowners the jitters
    • NCR land encroachment: Iban chiefs complain to Suhakam
    • NCR landowners in S�wak take complaints to court
    • NCR arguments endorsed
    • Thorny question of proof