Antidote Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud’s land policies have suffered another humiliating setback, barely a month after the state government’s landmark defeats in court to Agi anak Bungkong and Mohd Rambli Kawi.

The Sarawak government has now been ordered to pay compensation to Amit Salleh and 663 other Native Customary Rights (NCR) landowners in Suai, near Bintulu. The natives have claimed compensation amounting to some RM110 million.