Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) president P. Waythamoorthy has asked the Perak state government to set aside at least four hectares of land to 16 families who have been squatting on Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) land for the past 40 years, reported Malaysia Nanban.

In a letter to Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin, Waythamoorthy said these families had received eviction notices, asking them to vacate the land within 30 days.

He urged the state government to intervene and secure a stay from KTMB until a suitable piece of land was found to accommodate the 16 families.

He said the current state government had, after all, granted 60,000 families living in Perak's new villages freehold titles to the land they had been living on for a long time.