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Kampung Sungai Baru returned to calm on Friday, a day after chaotic eviction operations left residents scrambling to pack belongings within an hour after water and electricity were cut.

Some residents expressed frustration over the rushed process and compensation they felt was inadequate, while others voiced heartbreak at leaving homes they had lived in for generations.

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00:00Kampung Sungai Baru returned to Calm on Friday as some residents were seen packing and carrying
00:08out belongings from their homes following the eviction operation a day earlier.
00:13Resident Sukri Karto said the eviction process was chaotic as enforcement officers cut electricity
00:19and water supply before giving them only about an hour to clear their houses.
00:30We were sitting in the room and we were sitting in the room and quiet down.
00:36They were sitting in the room and we were sitting in the room and they were arguing about the
00:42trouble.
00:43And we saw it sitting in the room at the TikTok room.
00:49They were broken.
00:52We were coming back then.
00:54The 64-year-old added that the developer should have given them more time
01:18before carrying out the eviction operation.
01:24The case of the mahkamah 3 years later, the company wants to get the message.
01:33The message is not to be able to get the message.
01:37If you buy a home, the price is over $100,000.
01:42If you get the $900,000 for your family, you get the $140,000.
01:47If I buy a home, I would have to pay the money.
01:50Although disheartened by having to leave the home he had lived in for decades,
02:00Sukri said he had come to terms with the situation.
02:04Another resident, Hafizuddin Sukarno, also voiced his sadness at leaving the home where he grew up.
02:20While Kampung Sungai Baru is calm for now, uncertainty still looms over residents regarding their homes and future amid ongoing legal proceedings.
02:38They also hope that the heritage land in the area will remain in their families for generations to come.
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