Segambut Estate residents block excavator’s advance

Road block: About 80 residents and a third party agent getting into a scuffle as the excavator makes its way to the settlement around 9am. — Photo: P. NATHAN

THE planned demolition of the Segambut Estate houses in Kuala Lumpur yesterday turned violent when residents reacted after heavy machinery rolled into sight.

About 80 residents and a third party agent got into a scuffle as the excavator made its way to the settlement at about 9am.