TNB face off with villagers again, three held

TNB face off with villagers again, three held

Chaos again erupted at Rawang New Village as Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) workers began construction work on high tension cable towers in the area.

By Wong Teck Chi

Chaos again erupted at Rawang New Village as Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) workers began construction work on high tension cable towers in the area.

NONEBacked by about 50 police personnel, about a dozen TNB workers appeared at the village unannounced and began work at about 9am.

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According to eyewitnesses, the TNB workers were trying to fill up a trench to allow heavy machinery to reach the site.

This prompted scores of villagers to stop them from doing so and a fracas broke out.

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