The Kampung Buah Pala village impasse in Bukit Gelugor, Penang can easily end with a mere stroke of a pen by Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, said civil rights icon P Uthayakumar.

He said the Pakatan Rakyat state government could secure and preserve the state’s only Indian cultural heritage village by acquiring its land from the current owner on the grounds of public purpose and interests.