Several protesters at Seremban's Kampung Ulu Temiang have been arrested for obstructing a court order, which required villagers to vacate the land. – Photo courtesy of Nilai assemblyman J. Arul Kumar.
Seremban police chief ACP Muhamad Zaki Harun said 15 people, including federal lawmaker Anthony Loke Siew Fook and Negri Sembilan assemblyman Ng Chin Tsai were nabbed at 8.30am.
“However, (politicians aside) only four were residents of Kampung Ulu Temiang while nine others were not,” he said in a statement through WhatsApp.
“Some of them had also used abusive language at the police who were carrying out their duties.”
Zaki said that the police only acted to ensure safety and compliance to the court order during the demolition operation.
“On the whole, there were many other political party representatives, community leaders and NGOs at the location.
"But they did not obstruct the demolition work or prevent the police from carrying out their duties.”
He said most had in fact cooperated with the police except those who were arrested.
“We are recording their statements as well as those from other witnesses.”
The Malaysian Insider had reported that villagers were willing to move out of their homes but wanted the landowner to agree to a higher compensation deal than the one currently on offer or look for new homes for them.
The 100 families have also been forced to live in darkness after the landowner carried out its threat to have Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) cut the electricity supply to the village.
Villagers had demanded that the landowner pay a compensation amounting to RM12,000.
They had also urged the state government to intervene.
However, the state government had said that there was nothing it could do as there was a court order requiring the villagers to vacate the land.
- TMI
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