Kuala Lampur, April 4 -- Human Resource Minister M. Kulasegaran today accused the Pahang state government of evicting farmers out of spite, choosing only to protect those it favours.

The Ipoh Barat MP said the Barisan Nasional (BN) state government has evicted 50 farmers from lands on which they have operated for several decades, in Kampung Terla in Cameron Highlands.

Pointing out that this would result in the farmers running foul of their bank loans, he said in a statement today that he hoped for a win-win solution for all involved.

"The state government's tactic of issuing permanent land titles to some farmers while restricting others to annually renewable TOLs is transparently a move to favour their supporters and punish those who d...