Allegations hindering progress of NCR land survey programme

Allegations by certain quarters that the land measurements done under Section 6 of the State Land Code is a way for the Sarawak government to seize native customary rights (NCR) land, has hindered the progress of the NCR Land Survey Programme, says Sibu Land and Survey Department superintendent Mohamad Muazziz Othman.

He said efforts to provide information were carried out through dialogue sessions with landowners on a continuous basis to dispel such allegations.