18 October 2024

On Today Show > Dennis Along- Political and Environmental Activist from Long Terawan Mulu, Baram – Bribery and Environmental Damage: Sarawak Premier Accused of Supporting Illegal Logging in Penan Lands > Chiew Choon Mun, MP Miri of PKR – Miri's Squatter Crisis: Over 11,000 People in Dire Need of Affordable Housing > Robert, social activist from Bintulu – Citizenship Amendment: A Step Forward for Sarawak’s Children, But Questions Remain for Indigenous Communities Topik Pada Hari Ini > Dennis Along - Aktivis Politik & Alam Sekitar dari Baram menuduh Premier Sarawak menyokong pembalakan haram di tanah Penan, menyebabkan kerosakan alam sekitar. > Chiew Choon Mun, Ahli Parlimen PKR Miri, menekankan lebih 11,000 orang di Miri memerlukan perumahan mampu milik akibat krisis setinggan. > Robert, aktivis sosial dari Bintulu, membincangkan pindaan kewarganegaraan yang memberi manfaat kepada anak-anak Sarawak tetapi menimbulkan persoalan bagi komuniti pribumi. --------------- Dennis Along- Political and Environmental Activist from Long Terawan Mulu, Baram. *Bribery and Environmental Damage: Sarawak Premier Accused of Supporting Illegal Logging in Penan Lands* Following the cancellation of UBFA, a warning banner is being circulated by the media - showing 11 penan men and 2 children. Banner written, to BMF, Keruan and Roland Engan, Kaum Penan in Ba Data If we don't want you to interfere in the affairs of the forest in our village. We want to move forward and welcome the efforts of the Premier of Sarawak and the logging company to bring development to our village. According to Dennis- the voice like in the banner is the voice of the Penan minority group that was bribed by GPS and the logging company. Their number is less than 20 people. I think Premier Johari Openg is worse than Adenan Satem. During his short administration- Adenan announced that no more logging licenses would be issued. Development matters are not the work of logging companies. Instead it is the responsibility of the ruling government. There is no evidence anywhere in the baram of any development made by logging companies. What the log companies have been doing all this time is damaging the environment and after the logs are taken away. Log roads are left damaged and crumbling. The native people should now take steps to sue the logging company for environmental crimes and report to the SPRM that Sarawak Premier Johari Openg is involved in the misuse of power to allow Borneoland Timber to log in the Penan forest reserve, which is an activity opposed by the majority of the Penan people. In terms of politics, the people were asked not to vote for GPS again and the people demanded an investigation into the Forest Revenue Fund established during the era of Chief Minister Tun Rahman Yakob's administration. Where the timber proceeds are collected and supposedly used for development. Actually according to Dennis the cancellation of the UBFA because of the illegal logging activities by Borneoland Timber supported by the Sarawak Forest Department was exposed and this is an embarrassment to the administration of Premier Johari Openg. As a result, they canceled UBFA.