Decade-long struggle bags rights award

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When 75-year-old Sagong Tasi and six others from his village in Selangor took the government and a powerful corporation to court over a land dispute 10 years ago, many were pessimistic about their chances.

But with perseverance and determination and after countless visits to the courts, the villagers succeeded in defying the odds.

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