Farmers, activists gather outside Perak state secretariat building to halt farm demolition


IPOH: Farmers and activists gathered at the Perak state secretariat building here in hopes to get the Mentri Besar’s attention to stop their crops from further being destroyed at the farms in Kanthan.

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) chairman Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj claimed that the Perak Land and Mines Office enforcement officers said they would only stop the demolition if they received orders from the Mentri Besar.

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