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.
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
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.
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