BAU: The documentation work on Native Customary Rights (NCR) land carried out by the Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) is officially recognised and legitimate, firmly countering claims made by certain parties that the DBNA Land Documentation Committee lacks proper authority.
Deputy Minister for Transport (Riverine and Maritime) Datuk Henry Harry Jinep said that DBNA had begun planning its land surveying initiatives in 2007.
He added that in 2009, documentation efforts for NCR land belonging to the Bidayuh community in Bau were initiated to help resolve boundary disputes between families or individual landowners.
“Since this documentation effort began, about 90 per cent of NCR land in the Singai area has already been surveyed, with most of it having been issued with official land titles.
“If DBNA’s land documentation work wasn’t valid, how could land titles have been issued for Kampung Sibuluh, Kampung Grogo, and the Jagoi area?
“So why is it only now, in 2025, that people are questioning the legitimacy of the DBNA Land Documentation Committee?” he said during the DBNA Bau Branch dinner at the Bau Civic Centre recently.
This response comes after a recent TikTok video alleging that the DBNA’s NCR land documentation work was not legally recognised.
Henry, who is also Tasik Biru assemblyman, said that DBNA’s land documentation system has earned the trust of the local Chinese community in the Bau area, who are now also adopting it.
He added that DBNA currently owns two premises in Tasik Biru Resort City, with a combined equity value of RM2 million.
At the same event, he announced that a Bidayuh Cultural Centre, valued at RM9 million, is scheduled for completion by October and will be officiated early next year. He also shared plans to organise Bau’s largest-ever unity parade in May next year.
