4 kali roboh, 100 kali kami bangun!

Last Sunday, I went to a victory celebration in Bukit Jelutong Rasak estate with my friend, Siad Huey. Besides the 23 victorious families, there were also 2 buses of workers from Kajang and Sungai Siput plantation community.

Workers from Bukit Jelutong Rasak are from two estates – Bukit Jelutong and Rasak estate. In 1979, they were told to move to the new estate which would be called Bukit Jelutong Rasak with a promise that when that estate goes for development, they would be offered houses at Bukit Jelutong area. In 1997, after 18 years, they were now told to move to another estate – Subang estate because now the land in Bukit Jelutong Rasak is needed. The people refused and demanded homes at the current place as promised before.

PSM activists have been organising the people in Bukit Jelutong since 2002. Throughout the period, people's houses were demolished 4 times by the gigantic plantation company, Guthrie group. After every demolition, the people rebuilt their houses; after every arrest, the people rejoined the struggle. Houses were demolished, people were arrested, but the struggle went on. Eventually, Guthrie recognises that these are people who believe in their rights and serious in defending their rights. Thus, Guthrie has given up and the people won the battle!

In the victory celebration, one of the banners wrote "4 kali roboh, 100 kali kami bangun!" Congratulations to the people of Bukit Jelutong, Long Live The People!


From Ruins to Victory!
The Heroic Struggle of the Bukit Jelutong Workers
http://parti-sosialis.org/e_index.htm

4 Kali Roboh, 100 Kali Kami Bangun
Sejarah Perjuangan Ladang Bukit Jelutong
http://parti-sosialis.org/m_index.htm