Unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia and its implications

This paper discusses the unlawful occupation of State land in Malaysia and its implications. This paper identifies the types and the nature of unlawful occupation of State land or Government land. The study is to provide an overview and descriptive analysis of the situation and the efforts done by t...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Bachok, Syahriah, Abdullah, Muhammad Faris, Zahari, Rustam Khairi, wahab, hanisah
Format:	Article
Language:	English English English
Published:	American Scientific Publishers 2017
Subjects:	HD101 Land use
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spelling	iium-560502019-09-12T06:43:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56050/ Unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia and its implications Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Zahari, Rustam Khairi wahab, hanisah HD101 Land use This paper discusses the unlawful occupation of State land in Malaysia and its implications. This paper identifies the types and the nature of unlawful occupation of State land or Government land. The study is to provide an overview and descriptive analysis of the situation and the efforts done by the local authorities in addressing the issues. It then discusses several cases of unlawful occupation of State land by drawing examples from cases involving illegal factories and illegal farming from different states in Malaysia. Most of the illegal operators tend to occupy government land without permission of the owner i.e. the government. The study identified the main adverse effects of illegal encroachment on state land are in term of the loss of state revenue and the adverse environmental effect to the surrounding area. Cases of the illegal occupation of state land like in Cameron Highland in Pahang and Tapah in Perak have led to landslide and flood that effect the surrounding residential areas and the town of Cameron Highland1, 2. The state governments in Selangor, Perak and Pahang have applied various enforcement methods in addressing the problems. However, the issues remain unsolved as most of these activities were done in the remote location of rural and forest areas. It is hoped that the discussion will provide positive input in providing some guidelines and solution to the issue of illegal encroachment on state land in Malaysia. American Scientific Publishers 2017-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56050/11/56050-abstract.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56050/5/Unlawful%20Occupation%20of%20State%20Land%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20Its%20Implications.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56050/12/56050-Unlawful%20occupation%20of%20state%20land%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20its%20implications_SCOPUS.pdf Mohamed Osman, Mariana and Bachok, Syahriah and Abdullah, Muhammad Faris and Zahari, Rustam Khairi and wahab, hanisah (2017) Unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia and its implications. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (1). pp. 444-447. ISSN 1936-6612 E-ISSN 1936-7317 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/asl/2017/00000023/00000001/art00108 10.1166/asl.2017.7218
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description	This paper discusses the unlawful occupation of State land in Malaysia and its implications. This paper identifies the types and the nature of unlawful occupation of State land or Government land. The study is to provide an overview and descriptive analysis of the situation and the efforts done by the local authorities in addressing the issues. It then discusses several cases of unlawful occupation of State land by drawing examples from cases involving illegal factories and illegal farming from different states in Malaysia. Most of the illegal operators tend to occupy government land without permission of the owner i.e. the government. The study identified the main adverse effects of illegal encroachment on state land are in term of the loss of state revenue and the adverse environmental effect to the surrounding area. Cases of the illegal occupation of state land like in Cameron Highland in Pahang and Tapah in Perak have led to landslide and flood that effect the surrounding residential areas and the town of Cameron Highland1, 2. The state governments in Selangor, Perak and Pahang have applied various enforcement methods in addressing the problems. However, the issues remain unsolved as most of these activities were done in the remote location of rural and forest areas. It is hoped that the discussion will provide positive input in providing some guidelines and solution to the issue of illegal encroachment on state land in Malaysia.
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author	Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Zahari, Rustam Khairi wahab, hanisah
author_facet	Mohamed Osman, Mariana Bachok, Syahriah Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Zahari, Rustam Khairi wahab, hanisah
author_sort	Mohamed Osman, Mariana
title	Unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia and its implications
title_short	Unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia and its implications
title_full	Unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia and its implications
title_fullStr	Unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia and its implications
title_full_unstemmed	Unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia and its implications
title_sort	unlawful occupation of state land in malaysia and its implications
publisher	American Scientific Publishers
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/56050/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/56050/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/56050/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/56050/11/56050-abstract.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/56050/5/Unlawful%20Occupation%20of%20State%20Land%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20Its%20Implications.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/56050/12/56050-Unlawful%20occupation%20of%20state%20land%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20its%20implications_SCOPUS.pdf
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Unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia and its implications

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