Tuesday 8 July 2014

Rambli Kawi vs Superintendent of Lands and Surveys of Kuching: Court accepts "serah" and "cari makan" concepts

IN THE HIGH COURT IN SABAH & SARAWAK AT KUCHING
Parties: Plaintiff: Mohamad Rambli Bin Kawi
1st Defendant:  Superintendant of Lands Kuching
2nd Defendant: State Government of Sarawak

Court accepts the Malay concepts of "serah" and "cari makan" on NCR land matters as legal

By Simon Peter
KUCHING, July 8, 2014: The Court of Appeal (CoA) has affirmed the concepts of "serah" and "cari makan" as customarily  practised by the Malay community of Sarawak on land matters.