SETIU, Wednesday, January 2, 2002 (The Star): Some 100 lorry drivers andFelda settlers protested in front of a palm oil factory in Chalok herewhen they claimed that the management refused to accept their commodities.The protesters, from Felda Tenang, Felda Selasih, Felda Chalok and FeldaChalok Barat, blocked the entrance of Felda Palm Industries Sdn Bhd withtheir lorries during the incident on Monday.But by 11am, the lorries were removed from the entrance when the policewere called in.One of the lorry drivers, Mohamad Lazim Md Daud, 42, a settler from FeldaSelasih said he was disappointed when the factory management refused toaccept their oil palm as they claimed that the fruits had gone bad.Mohamad said he arrived at the factory at about 5.30am and wasdisappointed that the management rejected the fruits even before checkingthem, adding that there was a three-day delay in transporting thecommodities because of the flood.Felda Selasih settler Hasbullah Mamat, 35, said the management should beconsiderate before rejecting the commodities.Factory manager Mustapha Abd Latif said the problem was a misunderstandingbetween the lorry drivers and the management.The management had told the drivers to wait for the plantation officer toverify their commodities before they were graded but they misunderstood itas the management rejecting their commodities, he said.The matter was resolved at about noon after Mustapha met Setiu deputy OCPDASP Mohamed Taib, the lorry drivers and settlers.