PSM's Dr Jeyakumar arrested as eviction of Kanthan farmers begins

The Star

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) chairman Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj and three others have been arrested by police during a farm eviction process in Kanthan, near Tambun,Perak.  Party secretary-general A. Sivarajan said farmers in the area were engaged in a stand-off with Land and Mines Office enforcement officers on Tuesday (Oct 24).  Read more at https://shorturl.at/ahGV2  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:03 Party Socialist Malaysia chairman Dr. Michael Jayakumar Deva Raj

00:07 and three others have been arrested by police

00:09 during a farm eviction process in Kantan near Tambun.

00:13 Party Secretary General A Sivarajan

00:15 said farmers in the area were engaged in a standoff

00:19 with Land and Mines Office enforcement officers on Tuesday.

00:23 Sivarajan claimed that an officer pushed activist Chong Yi

00:27 Shan in the commotion, causing her to fall and break something.

00:31 [SPEAKING INDONESIAN]

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00:37 [SPEAKING INDONESIAN]

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00:44 On October 19, The Star reported that more than 130 farmers

00:54 in Kantan were worried about their livelihood

00:57 after they were ordered to leave their farms.

01:00 They had handed a memorandum address

01:02 to Prime Minister Datuk Sreeranwan Ibrahim

01:04 at the Istanbul Parliamentary Service Center in Meru.

01:07 The police are expected to release a statement

01:10 on the incident later in the day.

01:13 [SPEAKING INDONESIAN]

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