Villagers suffer heavy hand of TNB, gov’t

So sad. MK:

Despite promising residents that a joint committee would first be formed to discuss the building of high-tension cable towers in the area, utility giant Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) today forced their way into the Rawang New Village and began survey works.
Some 50 villagers comprising mostly of women and the elderly tried to form a human chain to stop the 200 TNB employees backed up by police personnel but failed to do so.
Rawang state assemblyperson Gan Pei Nee told Malaysiakini that during the 15-minute confrontation at 8am, several villagers were injured.

I was also told of an ADUN’s PA who was hit and the back of the head and dragged around during the altercation.
Seeing that the Selangor government has already offered alternative land for the development of the high tension cables, I really don’t understand why TNB is so hard headed about making life difficult for villagers who have made this land their home for so long.
Will we keep on living in a land where profits come before welfare? >:(