Orang asli community angry over damage to ancestral cemetery


xxx: Robert showing an ancestral burial plot located within the land which was infringed by a developer in Kampung Bakar Batu along the Straits of Johor in Johor Baru on Oct 20.

JOHOR BARU: The orang asli Seletar from Sungai Temon and Kampung Bakar Batu claim a developer has been encroaching onto their land for the past year.

Its Sungai Temon division fishermen community head Tony Anak Dana said villagers were furious at developers for dumping piles of sand into the area as it has damaged their ancestral cemetery.

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