MIRI: Many native landowners in the state are trapped in poverty because of their fear of allowing the authorities to open up their land for development, said Sarawak Assistant Minister for Industrial Development Datuk Awang Tengah Ali Hasan.
These doubts had resulted in many of them living in poverty when they could be enjoying bountiful returns from their land, he said.
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