Nine years of struggle and determination in defending their native customary rights (NCR) land has come to a close with victory for 83 native Iban landowners from 12 longhouses in Pantu, Sri Aman.

In Kuching yesterday, the Court of Appeal ruled in their favour in their battle against the Sarawak government, Land Custody Development Authority (LCDA) and two others that had grabbed their land for the planting of oil palm.