Ministry: No more land compensation issue regarding Pan Borneo Highway project
Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong
Minister Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong said in relation to the Nyabau-Bakun junction of the mega project, the
negotiation with the affected landowners was still underway but at the same time, the matter should not be a problem as the main contractor Lebuhraya Borneo Utara Sdn Bhd (LBU)
had already allocated a total of RM800 million for compensation.
“The money is there, so it is not a problem. I don’t think there is any more issues, because a lot of them (affected landowners) have been compensated and for those yet to be paid, their compensations are being processed,” he told reporters after the presentation of individual Native Customary Rights (NCR) land titles under Section 18 of the Land Code to 86 villagers of Kampung Suba Baru near here Saturday.
On the difference between Section 6 and Section 18 of the Code, Manyin explained: “Section 6 is known to be just a perimeter survey, upon which landowners must make sure that their land are categorised as NCR land for them to apply for individual lots and titles, which will be issued under Section 18 (perpetuity title) by the Land and Survey Department.
“No other agency has the right to survey NCR land other than the Land and Survey Department — this is the policy of the state government on land survey.”
Asked on the rather slow process for the exercise in some areas, Manyin replied: “You must understand the vastness of Sarawak — all 124,000sq km of it. The Land and Survey Department’s manpower is limited, so it (surveying exercise) does take time due to the state’s geographical structure.
“Sarawak is the biggest state in Malaysia — about the size of the whole of the peninsula minus Negeri Sembilan.”
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