PSM chief lodges report over arrest of farmer in Chemor

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GEORGE TOWN: Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) chief Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj has lodged a police report demanding the release of a farmer in Perak arrested for allegedly obstructing the duty of a policeman in Chemor.

The arrest concerns Persatuan Petani Moden Chemor chief Tan Tean Chee, 60, a farmer who was at the forefront of others in trying to stop soil testers from entering their farm.

The issue concerns an ongoing legal battle between some 132 farmers in Chemor and a Perak government body, which saw the farmers being evicted last December to give way to a major development there.

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