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- Community agrees to relocation of graves
- Villagers affected by PIPC project advised to be calm
- Attempted hijack in Pontian
| Community agrees to relocation of graves Posted: 18 Sep 2012 04:27 PM PDT JOHOR BARU: Muslim community in Pengerang had agreed to the relocation of graves in the area to make way for the development of the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC). Some 1,545 graves on seven Muslim cemetery plots are expected to be relocated within the next four months beginning early next month. All costs related to the relocation of the graves including the site preparation of the new cemeteries would be covered by the state. "The affected residents have agreed to the exercise following discussions with the state religious agencies," said the Johor Petroleum Development Corp Bhd through its media statement. The Johor Islamic Council and the Johor Religious Affairs Department had conducted three briefing sessions on July 16 to 18 on the issue. The sessions were held for the affected villagers in five villages — Kampung Teluk Empang, Kampung Sungai Kapal, Kampung Sebong, Kampung Jawa Laut and Kampung Jawa Darat. The graveyard would be relocated to a new burial ground in Punggal about three kilometers away from the new resettlement area in Kampung Dato' Abdul Ghani Othman. A company under Perbadanan Islam Johor was appointed by the government to develop and to relocate the graves. All related work for identifying the affected heir to the deceased has been completed. Site preparation for the new 32.37ha Muslim graveyard is expected to begin in mid-September and the first phase of 16.18ha would be developed where the first grave is planned to be relocated by next month. |
| Villagers affected by PIPC project advised to be calm Posted: 18 Sep 2012 06:51 PM PDT NUSAJAYA: The Johor government did not issue eviction notices to villages affected by the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) project. State economic planning unit director (UPEN) Elias Hasran had issued an advice to the villagers to ignore the rumours as they were not legally binding. He was asked to comment on the notices that were put up at the homes of the affected villagers. "Don't listen to rumour mongers or coffee shop talks, and we hope that irresponsible parties will stop spreading lies or cause any inconvenience to the villagers," said Elias. He added that Pengerang residents affected by the project would be relocated to the new resettlement scheme Taman Bayu Permai on a 156.61ha site which would be ready by March next year. He said the state would bear all the expenses to provide public facilities such as health clinic, primary and secondary schools under the new resettlement scheme. "About 640 households from three villages will move to their new houses at Taman Bayu Permai in April under the phase one of the relocation exercise." The three villages are Kampung Sungai Kapal, Kampung Teluk Empang and Kampung Langkah Baik. By October 2013, four villages would follow suit — Kampung Sebong, Kampung Batu Mas, Kampung Jawa and Kampung Sungai Buntu. He said although villagers came from different villages, they would be allowed to retain the original names of their former villages at the new resettlement scheme. On a related issue, Elias said some 16 land owners affected by the project would receive their compensation following the conclusion of the land acquisition award hearing which ended recently after 12 days. They are among the 74 owners of the 223 plots of lands who were affected by the project made up of the Petronas' Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development and the Pengerang Independent Deepwater Petroleum Terminal. Another 33 owners had consented but still has some issues to settle. "Those who are still unhappy with the compensation could file their reasons and seek their own counsel or land valuers and all expenses will be borne by the government," he said. |
| Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:13 PM PDT JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) had thwarted an attempt by six pirates to seize a vessel off the waters near Tanjung Piai in Pontian. The six wearing ski masks, armed with a pistol and parang had climbed the vessel and tied up its crew members. MMEA Southern Region enforcement chief First Admiral Adon Shalan said 10 of the ship's seamen were Indonesians while the other two were Chinese and Indian nationals. He added that three of them suffered light injuries after the pirates had struck them with their weapon. "The pirates, believed to be foreigners, escaped when one of them saw our enforcement boat approaching the vessel. "They left hastily and jumped into a waiting speedboat parked near the vessel and headed towards international waters," he said. Adon added that initial checks on the vessel found six parang left on the Tarawa, a Kiribati-registered vessel. The pirates, he added, got away with some cash and mobile phones belonging to the crewmen. Adon said the pirates had wanted to hijack the vessel and sell its cargo and ship parts elsewhere. "We believe the pirates belong to a bigger syndicate targeting vessels anchoring in Johor waters. In a separate case, a Mongolia-registered ship was found conducting illegal oil transfer from the vessel that was robbed. Adon added that the Mongolian registered vessel with 10 crewmen, Indonesians and Myanmar including its captain, ages between 27 and 47 years were detained at the MMEA Southern headquarters for questioning. He added that the MMEA would increase its patrol to ensure that those responsible will be brought to justice and to keep Malaysian waters safe from such syndicates. |
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