IPOH: The blockade built by orang asli at Kampung Cunex, Gerik, to prevent lorries from taking out timber was taken down without any untoward incident on Thursday (May 16).
Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu said the state has taken into consideration all complaints and from the legal aspect before deciding to remove the blockade today."The blockade was removed in the morning peacefully," he said in a statement released on the same day.
In one of the two videos, a group of men wearing blue shirts were seen tearing down the blockade as a group of orang asli look on. The orang asli had in February accused the state of encroaching into their customary land. They built the blockade to prevent lorries from carrying timber out of the area.Ahmad Faizal said the logging company had attempted to remove the blockade on April 23."The issue was then sensationalised by some non-governmental organisations, calling it an act of bullying the orang asli," he said.
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