5th June, 2012
KOTA KINABALU: Communal land titles are issued to villagers by the state government to protect the interest of Sabah natives, overcome the issues involving native customary rights (NCR) and solve overlapping land applications.
Communal titles are issued to villagers that have been identified living ‘in-situ’ by the village chief or village security and development committee chairman, said State Land and Survey Department deputy director Lee Chung Khiong during a public inquiry on the land issues affecting the natives in Sabah.
The title will eventually be sub-divided to the villagers, he said when responding to a query from the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) chairman Tan Sri Hasmy Agam who chaired a public hearing at Dewan Sedco here yesterday. The hearing is scheduled from June 4 to 16.
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