COMMENT No justification can be accepted for the action carried out by Ng Kek Kiong, the boss of Mega 9 Development Sdn Bhd, in forcefully and brutally demolishing 10 houses in Kampung Hakka in Mantin, Negeri Sembilan, in which four people were still occupying, on Oct 31.

On the same day; 19 people, among them, villagers, activists and elected state assemblypersons were arrested for trying to save Kampung Hakka.

The attempt to save one portion of the village failed because Mega 9 successfully, heartlessly and without mercy encroached into the 100-year-old village, using the might of the police force and its money to execute a court order, which itself was premature...