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title: "Mining Company Allegedly Hires Gangsters To Confront Environmental Activists At Perak Beach"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/gangsters-environmental-activists-perak/
date: 2023-02-04
modified: 2023-02-04
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author: "Grace Choong"
description: "A group of environmental activists from Persatuan Aktivis Sahabat Alam (KUASA) have alleged that they were attacked by gangsters allegedly hired by a mining company. According to a tweet posted..."
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  - "environmental activists confronted by gangsters"
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  - "Malaysia"
  - "mining company"
  - "Perak"
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# Mining Company Allegedly Hires Gangsters To Confront Environmental Activists At Perak Beach

##### A group of environmental activists from Persatuan Aktivis Sahabat Alam (KUASA) have alleged that they were attacked by gangsters allegedly hired by a mining company.

According to a tweet posted on Thursday (Feb 2), the incident occurred at Pantai Pasir Panjung, Segari in Perak.

https://twitter.com/aktivis_alam/status/1621025775238643713

## Claim gangsters were hired by mining company

KUASA wrote that they were holding a protest against illegal sand dredging activities which were being carried at a Level 1 Environmentally Sensitive Area and a turtle landing beach.

Not long after, a group of menacing looking men appeared at the scene and accosted them, telling the group that they were trespassing.

![Gangster confront environmental activists](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/gangsters-pantai.png)Screenshot via [Twitter/@aktivis_alam](https://twitter.com/aktivis_alam)

[Utusan](https://www.utusan.com.my/nasional/2023/02/penduduk-aktivis-alam-sekitar-ditahan-ketika-tinjau-pencerobohan-pantai/) reported that the tense stand-off between both groups lasted for close to two hours.

## Resolving the dispute

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) field officer Meor Razak Meor Abdul Rahman later told [Sinar Harian](https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/243446/berita/semasa/tinjauan-aktivis-alam-sekitar-cetus-provokasi) that the dispute was due to a miscommunication between the two groups. 

He added that the environmental activists and villagers were on their way to a press conference prior to the confrontation.

“After some negotiations, the group was eventually allowed to leave the area, including Pantai Remis assemblyperson Wong May Ing," he said.

![Negotiations between environmental activists and gangsters](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/fn8lbvzaaaebysm-1.jpeg)Photo via [Twitter/@aktivis_alam](https://twitter.com/aktivis_alam)

KUASA's tweet has also caught the attention of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who said that he will be looking into the incident.

https://twitter.com/niknazmi/status/1621114675776876544

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