Last minutes bid to stop the launch of "Money Logging" book in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, Nov 2, 2014: Malaysia’s delegation to the International Tropical Timber Organisation, ITTO, has orders  from the "highest levels of government in Kuala Lumpur“ to stop the presentation of a book by Lukas Straumann, the executive director of the Bruno Manser Fund.

Zainuddin, you just zip up !

KUCHING, Nov 2, 2014: Former Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin has been slammed by Sarawakians for  his "insulting  criticisms" against Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president James Masing.

Zainuddin, former Utusan Malaysia editor-in-chief, had accused Masing of trying to confuse the Christian community in Sabah and Sarawak by likening the Customs Department’s seizure of Christian materials containing the word Allah on October 25 to growing religious extremism in the country.

Plain disgraceful act to dismantle blockade, says SAVE Rivers

MIRI, Oct 31, 2014: Save Sarawak Rivers Network (SAVE Rivers) viewed the actions of the Sarawak Forestry Corporation enforcement officers (SAPU) together with the police to collude with a company doing illegal logging to dismantle the blockade at KM15 Long Kesseh, Baram as plain disgraceful.

Writer says will not retract a single word in his book, despite Taib's warning

KUCHING, Oct 31, 2014: Sarawak Governor Abdul Taib Mahmud has instructed his London lawyer, Mishcon de Reya, to stop the international launch of Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia, according to Bruno Manser Fund in a statement.

PKR and BN in working relationship in Layar constituency?

BETONG, Oct 31, 2014: Is it a case of PKR building a mini-hydro and the State Barisan Nasional erecting up electric poles. Good working relationship between two rival parties in Layar constituency?

"Not so," stressed PKR Betong Division chief Vernon Aji Kedit in a statement today.