What was presented as a routine legal process has, in practice, left residents, activists, and even journalists questioning whose authority truly dictates the fate of the village.
Based on an article on the Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) website, Kampung Papan was actually opened by settlers who had been living there since 1939, when the country had not yet achieved independence.
From 1968 to 1989, they received a temporary occupancy licence (TOL).
In 1992, the Selangor government began to...