Native Customary Rights land will be one of the main issues in the rural areas - especially in the Dayak-based constituencies - for the forthcoming Sarawak elections.

NCR land has always become an issue in any election. But in this election, NCR land has not only become the hottest issue, but has also been the subject of police reports and court cases. A number of NCR landowners have landed in jail in defending their rights.

Dayak opposition candidates, especially from the yet to be registered Malaysian Dayak Congress, see this NCR land issue as the biggest vote puller and as such will highlight the May 2000 amendments to the Land Code.