Why Lun Bawang objecting the proposed Ulu Trusan Protected Forests.

By Baru Bian,

Ba'Kelalan State Assemblyman

On 26 May 2015, the Borneo Post published a notice of the government’s intention to declare an area of approximately 120,855 ha (close to 300,000 acres) as Protected Forest, (“Proposed Ulu Trusan Protected Forests”) extinguishing the Native Customary Rights of the Lun Bawangs.

Payeh Maga - another paradise of Sarawak

LAWAS, June 15, 2015 -   A male Ashy Drongo, flies back and forth between a few trees to a designated tree near a wooden hut belonging to villagers of Long Tuyo, in the picturesque highlands called Payeh Maga.

Ashy Drongo is just one of the many birds species found in Payeh Maga, a bird-watching paradise, that is already known for many rare and endemic avifauna species. 

Start with the Taib family first, Bruno Manser Fund tells MACC and Adenan

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15, 2015 - Bruno Manser Fund has called on Chief Minister Adenan Satem and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to start with the Taib Mahmud family first if they are serious in combating corruption in Sarawak.

BMF executive director Lukas Straumann made the call following an admission by Taib's son, Mahmdu Abu Bekir of having owned a fortune of US315 million (RM1.185b) early today.

The declaration was made during  a divorce proceedings in response to a forensic report produced by his ex-wife’s lawyer.

Lukas Straumann

Dayak community to treat Najib to a dinner, but will he announce some "goodies" for them?

By Simon Peter

KUCHING, June 14, 2015 - Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU), the umbrella body for Dayak-based NGOs, will treat an embattled Prime Minister  Najib Razak to a community dinner at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) here on Tuesday night.

The Umno president will be accompanied by his wife  Rosmah Mansor  to the dinner which is to mark SDNU 59th anniversary.

Najib Razak

Torstein to public: Don't believe what are being posted on social media on dam safety in Sarawak

By Doris Yoong

KUCHING, June 12, 2015 - At a Press Conference today, Datuk Torstein Dale Syotveit explained "complex" issues concerning the safety of dams in Sarawak , telling the public that what have been reported on the social media and newspapers are "not factual".

He said there is so much being said in the media on the concerns of dam safety in relation to the probability of earthquakes, such as the recent incident that occurred in Sabah.