On the long-term effects, Reza says that once a peat swamp burns, its natural cover will eventually be replaced by lalang.
32.
Although true " sitobo lalang lipa " are no longer practiced, enactments of these duels are still performed at cultural shows today.
33.
For the base we use lalang grass ( yaa kha ) and liana creepers ( thaowal mailueay )-- chose ones which are in flower.
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However, he added, following the outcry, the Selangor Government has ordered such activities at the Sungai Lalang Forest Reserve be stopped last Monday.
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The traditional form of dueling among the Makassar community was called " sitobo lalang lipa " in which the duellists fight in a sarong.
36.
Rising tensions soon lead to fears of ethnic violence and eventually resulted in a security operation known as Operasi Lalang, that included numerous administrative detentions.
37.
He was released after 12 months on April 1989 . He was the first to be detained and last to be released on this Operation Lalang.
38.
The government then launched Operation Lalang ( Weeding Operation ), detaining 55 people under the ISA . More were arrested over the next few months.
39.
The events precipitated the Operation Lalang in 1987 whereby over a hundred politicians and activists were detained, and Lee left for Australia for a few months.
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This was the case during the 1987 political challenge that culminated in the " Operasi Lalang " arrests under the Internal Security Act ( ISA ).
