Sarawak gov’t suffers 10 defeats in NCR land cases

comments     Dukau Papau     Published     Updated

The state government of Sarawak suffered another embarrassing defeat in a native customary right (NCR) land case, the 10th before the Court of Appeal, and this victory for the natives has prompted NCR lawyer Baru Bian to ask newly-appointed Chief Minister Adenan Satem to relook at the state’s policy by recognising ‘pemakai menua’ (territorial domain) and ‘pulau galau’ (communal forest reserves) as native customary rights (NCR) land.

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