Douglas Uggah gets emotional at tabling of Sarawak Land Code amendment

KUCHING: There was an emotional moment in the Sarawak Legislative Assembly when Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah (pic) recalled the late chief minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem's role in addressing native customary land issues.

Tabling the Land Code (Amendment) Bill 2018 on Wednesday (July 11), Uggah briefly choked up when he spoke of Adenan's commitment to seek a political solution to the issues surrounding the native customs of "pemakai menoa" (territorial domain) and "pulau galau" (communal forest reserve) following the Federal Court's decision in December 2016 that those customs had no force of law in Sarawak.