Labuan villagers evicted, living in ramshackle shelters

Villagers in Kampung Gersik, Labuan, who were evicted earlier this month as their homes were built on land belonging to the Sabah Islamic Religious Council (Muis), are still uncertain of their fate as they put up in ramshackle makeshift shelters.

The village’s action committee chairperson Omar Abbang reported that eviction operations were carried out clinically March 4-8, and claimed it left up to 3,000 people homeless.

“They came and bulldozed our homes and ignored our protests and questions over where we would stay afterwards.