KUANTAN: When Felda Bukit Goh settler Hamid Deraman was approached by a contractor seeking to mine bauxite on his land, the 79-year-old quickly signed up.
Hamid was given a RM50,000 deposit and he proceeded to have his land cleared of 500 oil palm trees with the promise of earning RM200,000 once the bauxite was mined.
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