Tuesday 22 March 2016

NGOs to political parties: Support our manifesto for Sarawak's interests



MIRI, March 22, 2016 - For the coming Sarawak state election, endorsement and support is promised for electoral candidates and political parties who embrace the manifesto on substantive issues crucial to the life of ordinary Sarawakians and to the environment.

Longest NCR land case ends in an amicable settlement in Sabah




KOTA KINABALU, March 22, 2016 - Mediation by the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, Tan Sri Richard Malanjum, resulted in the amicable settlement of a 15-year dispute with over 115 trial
days between NCR-holders in Tongod on one side and large corporations and the Sabah government on the other.

Plans to build Baram Dam scrapped, Adenan distancing himself from Taib Mahmud



Sarawak state government bows to protests and cancels plans for controversial 1500 MW dam project on the Baram river in Malaysian Borneo - Expropriated land to be returned to indigenous communities


KUCHING, March 22, 2016:  It is a great victory for the indigenous peoples of Sarawak. Today, it became public that the State Government under Chief Minister Adenan Satem has officially cancelled the plans for the construction of a controversial mega dam on the Baram river.

In a letter to Harrison Ngau, legal counsel of the affected communities, the Sarawak State Attorney-General’s chambers informed that the expropriation of the native customary rights land for the dam site and the reservoir had been officially revoked.