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(From left) Independent consultant Birgitte Feiring
and Land Empowerment Animals People (LEAP) Executive Director
Cynthia Ong in a discussion with Sabah Lands and Surveys Department
Director Datuk Osman Jamal and his Deputy (Land) Lee Chun Khiong |
KOTA KINABALU (28
th October 2011): As part of an assessment of a local land rights programme, two independent evaluators met the Sabah Lands and Surveys Department to gather information on related issues, in particular claims for native customary rights (NCR).
The recent meeting saw Land Empowerment Animals People (LEAP) Executive Director Cynthia Ong and independent consultant Birgitte Feiring of Denmark, getting feedback from Department Director Datuk Osman Jamal and his Deputy (Land) Lee Chun Khiong on land ownership among natives, including the state’s current focus in issuing Communal Titles.