No homes left but nowhere to go

Nothing but rubble remains of the once thriving community that was home to 130 families at Kampung Seri Makmur in Gombak.

Single mother Maimunah Jamaluddin collects metal scraps from what used to be the roof of her house to sell as recyclables in order to raise a little money after her home was torn down.

Other villagers take shelter beneath makeshift tents – the best that many of them can do as low-income earners without fixed jobs.

A cushioned chair stands amid the ruins of a house.

Villagers sift through the rubble for personal belongings that might have survived the demolition process.

Muhammad Khairul Hafis Othman chats with a neighbour, trying to work out a plan of action moving forward.

Muhammad Khairul Hafis Othman holds up the police report he made after his young son was trampled over during a scuffle with enforcement officers.

Villagers load bits of zinc roof and metal scraps on a lorry to be sold for whatever they can fetch – perhaps RM500 in total.

Community leader Ibrahim Din sits beneath a tarp with all that remains of his belongings.

Family portraits lie amid the garbage and refuse following the demolition of Kampung Seri Makmur.

Natasha Ibrahim sits for a meal on a rickety bench where her home once was while her mother searches for items in the rubble.

A villager rests for a moment after a long morning of digging for personal belongings.

Another resident loads a van with metal to be sold as scrap.

At night, the villagers build a fire to ward off the chill.

Rizuan Saawan goes to sleep on a pallet under an umbrella – the only shelter he has left.

Another villager settles down for the night at the back of his lorry.

Ahmad Fariz scrolls through his phone in a tent outside what remains of his house.

Two older residents rest and have their dinner, unsure of what to do next.

Community leader Mohd Azhar Ariff Ibrahim sits with his deputy, Ibrahim Din, trying to think of a way forward for the villagers.