Of Musang King and illegal farmers

IT was no harvest but thorns for a group of illegal Musang King durian farmers in Raub, Pahang. They should not have expected anything different. On April 8, enforcement officers from the Pahang Enforcement Unit began felling some 1,000 Musang King trees planted about 30 years ago in a three-day operation. But that was not the end of the story. About 50 farmers blocked the route to the illegal orchard. With the help of the police and the General Operations Force, the protest was brought under control. Now it is a police case. This is an old story replayed many times, with court action by the illegal farmers to purportedly claim their “right”. Strange argument by the encroachers, but the…