About 100 residents at a fishing village in Tanjung Tokong are demanding answers from the state government over plans to demolish several structures in their village. They were told by the supervisor of an international school project nearby during a recent meeting that 12 structures in the village had to be demolished.
At a press conference organised by Persatuan Penduduk Kampung Warisan Tanjung Tokong today, the association’s deputy secretary Waifuddin Hamdan said these included the houses of two fishermen, fish ponds, a surau, as well as two houses used as homestays and huts.
The villagers had been staying in the village for nearly 20 years. “Some fishermen use their boats to take tourists out to sea as well,” said Syahifah Hawa Zamzuri, the association’s secretary. Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Zairil Khir Johari said that according to the terms of the agreement between the state government and the international school in 2017, all 78 structures on the beach reserve would have to be cleared, but he had negotiated with them to only demolish 12…