A group of estate workers has finally been promised new homes as well as financial compensation by ex-employer Sime Darby, the victory a culmination of their 13-year battle against their ex-employer.

Twenty-one employees representing 17 families, many whom have been living on the estate for several generations, have been promised a one-and-a-half storey low-cost terrace houses, as well as the termination benefits withheld from them since they were laid off 13 years ago.

“This was a well-earned reward for the 17 families, who refused to leave the plantation when they were given the termination and eviction notice on April Fool’s day in 2004,” said the Semenyih Estate Ex-Plantation Workers Committee in a statement.