Environmental disaster. Beauty becomes beastly.
Corrupt Malay gomen used Chinese to chase malays and orang asli from their orchard and pristine land.
As many as 13 villages in Gombak may be affected by the East Coast Rail Link project.
Photographs by Djohan Shahrin
August 4, 2023 3:47 PM
Gombak, located to the east of Selangor, is home to just under 950,000 residents according to a 2020 census.
Some spots lie in the way of the East Coast Rail Link or ECRL project, which is expected to span some 600km, linking Kuala Lumpur to Kota Bharu.
This patch used to be an orchard tended by the Orang Asli community in the area, but now lies fallow after a change in the main road leading to the ECRL workers' dorm.
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Tok Ulang, the orchard owner, sits on a fallen rubber tree as he surveys the ruined land. He is still awaiting the remainder of his compensation payment from ECRL.
A worker leaves the toilet of the dormitory which now stands behind Tok Ulang's orchard.
A China Communications Construction Company or
CCCC lorry passes through the Gombak-Karak highway for construction work at the Genting Tunnel near the workers' dorm in Batu 16, Gombak.
Local activist Yusof Sulaiman surveys conditions at the Batu 16 river after a landslide near the workers' dorm.
An aerial view of the ECRL construction site near Taman Permai Jaya, where heavy machinery is used to extract earth from the hills and chop down trees
Corrupt Malay gomen used Chinese to chase malays and orang asli from their orchard and pristine land.
Villagers in a quandary as ECRL approaches
As many as 13 villages in Gombak may be affected by the East Coast Rail Link project.
Photographs by Djohan Shahrin
August 4, 2023 3:47 PM
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CCCC lorry passes through the Gombak-Karak highway for construction work at the Genting Tunnel near the workers' dorm in Batu 16, Gombak.
