Bagan Lalang Mah Meri taking fight over land to court


Raevathi Supramaniam

The Mah Meri people of Bagan Lalang in Sepang say they have decided to file for a civil action after a judicial review filed in July was struck out by the court. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 22, 2021.

THE Mah Meri community in Bagan Lalang, Sepang, Selangor will be filing a civil suit to get the land that they are living on to be gazetted as native customary land.

Lawyer Surendra Ananth who is representing the Orang Asli group said they have decided to file for a civil action after a judicial review filed in July was struck out by the court.


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