Pahang Ruler calls for definitive end to illegal land encroachment


KUANTAN: The Sultan of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, has called for a definitive end to the longstanding crisis of illegal land encroachment in the state, describing it as a blatant theft of public resources under the guise of agriculture.

Sultan Abdullah revealed that a total of 14,494.9 hectares of state government-owned land had been unlawfully occupied and cultivated with palm oil, rubber, durian, and other crops.

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