KUANTAN: Police have detained 12 Orang Asli men for allegedly trespassing into a company’s oil palm plantation in Kampung Tanam, Rompin, Pahang.
Rompin district police chief Sharif Shai Sharif Mondoi said the men, aged 20 to 44, were arrested at 10.30am after they received a report from a company representative.
“A representative from the company lodged a complaint at 9am about 12 Orang Asli who had gathered at the oil palm plantation without permission,” he said in a statement, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 447 of the Penal Code and it would be referred to the deputy public prosecutor’s office for action tomorrow.