CAMERON HIGHLANDS: A day after Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin ordered a farm that had been illegally expanded in Habu here to be sealed, it was found abandoned.
Checks by the New Straits Times here yesterday found the gates leading to the farm were locked with no activities within.
The structures, with crops under it, are still standing.
An excavator and tractor, parked at the farm during Muhyiddin’s visit on Monday, was missing.
Muhyiddin had, during his visit, ordered a police report to be lodged, the land sealed and the structures torn down.
It was reported that the
operator was given a temporary
operating licence to cultivate 0.404ha but had since opened up another 0.35ha.
operator was given a temporary
operating licence to cultivate 0.404ha but had since opened up another 0.35ha.
The scene of abandonment was evident in farms here.
Checks by the NST in other farms here found them to be devoid of activities following a crackdown on illegals.
This has, however, raised the ire of the Federation of Malaysian Vegetable Growers Association, which described the action by authorities as too harsh.
Association secretary-general Chay Ee Mong said the operations would hurt the industry.
“Now, not only are the illegals running away, but even the legal ones are hiding for fear of being arrested. This is affecting the industry as the produce is not plucked.
“If this persists, farmers will end up filing for bankruptcy as they cannot service bank loans,”” said Chay.
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