Eviction risks uprooting growers and pomelo industry


Tan Swee Kong cutting down a pomelo tree before vacating his orchard in Tambun. Pomelos from Tambun are unique. – Filepic

THIRTEEN pomelo growers in Tambun have been told to vacate orchards they have toiled on for decades.

Many of them are squatters who are in their 60s who worked the land despite not owning land titles.

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