RAUB, PAHANG - At foothills deep in the interior of Malaysia's Pahang state, a bitter tussle is pitting a large group of unlicensed farmers and a new company owned by Pahang royalty over the country's famous Musang King durians.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
RAUB, PAHANG - At foothills deep in the interior of Malaysia's Pahang state, a bitter tussle is pitting a large group of unlicensed farmers and a new company owned by Pahang royalty over the country's famous Musang King durians.
The legalisation scheme is led by Royal Pahang Durian Produce and the Pahang Agriculture Development Authority . "Based on independent verification, cost of production of about RM8/kg will therefore assure the farmers an expected margin of more than 200 per cent," RPD said. The farmers have formed the Save Musang King Alliance to defend what they see as their rights over the farmed land.
The farmers have obtained an injunction against the joint venture moving in on their farms after the land office asked the farmers to vacate their farms by Aug 24. The farms are located at the foothill village of Sungai Klau, about 30km into the heart of a vast agricultural plain in Malaysia's third biggest state.However, Malay political organisations in Kuala Lumpur have introduced a racial undertone to the battle, as most of the farmers are ethnic Chinese.
While the home grants and some of the land grants were issued, many of the settlers have waited for decades to get the land titles promised to them.
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