1 November 2023

01/11/2023 56 min
1 November 2023

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Topik Pada Hari Ini
> Dennis Along, Aktivis Tanah dan Alam Sekitar Orang Asal dari Long Terawan, MULU - Sokongan Antarabangsa Diperlukan: Perjuangan Aktivis Sarawak untuk Keadilan Alam Sekitar
> Paul Ngunggang dari Ulu Baram - Polisi Kebajikan Terhalang oleh Jalan Dalaman Rosak dan GPS Tidak Melakukan Apa-Apa
> Jeffrery Ngui, Pengerusi Sarawak Muda - Keberimbangan Mengenai Penyertaan Minggu Solidariti dalam Sekolah

On Today Show
> Dennis Along, Indigenous Land and Environmental Activist from Long Terawan, MULU – International Support Needed: Sarawak Activists' Fight for Environmental Justice
> Paul Ngunggang from Ulu Baram – Welfare Policies Hindered by Damaged Interior Roads and GPS do nothing
> Jeffrery Ngui, Chairman of Sarawak Muda – Concerns Over Solidarity Week Participation in Schools

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Dennis Along, Indigenous Land and Environmental Activist from Long Terawan, MULU
*International Support Needed: Sarawak Activists' Fight for Environmental Justice*
The Government of Malaysia and the Government of Switzerland should work together to protect environmental activists who are fighting to defend Sarawak's traditional land and environment from being destroyed. Dennis Along expressed his regret when the Swiss government did not protect the NGO (BMF) that was sued by the daughter of Sarawak Governor Taib Mahmud. In 2018 Jamilah Taib Murray filed a defamation suit against BMF linking her real estate company (SAKTO GROUP) with corruption in the timber industry in Sarawak. The remark of the UN special rapporteur (Michael Forst) is timely - Dennis said. Dennis recalled the disappearance of Bruno Manser in the forest of Sarawak in 2000. The Sarawak government and Taib Mahmud should be able to provide an answer to the mysterious disappearance - Bruno. Bruno is known for his efforts to protect the Penan community in Baram. According to Dennis-Saman SLAPP is an attempt to silence critics and intimidate environmental activists. In Sarawak, recently, a giant logging company (Samling) sued Save Rivers Network for alleged defamation. But the end. Samling lost and had to withdraw the suit. In the Baram Dam case. Some Baram residents were also sued by the government and developers. But all this did not scare or break the spirit of activists who are active in Baram to oppose the mega dam construction plan. We will also discuss the Tutoh dam construction plan - Dennis said. In any case. Our efforts against the Sarawak government which is so obsessed with building dams will be more effective if assisted by the Civilian Government led by Anwar Ibrahim and the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change. We request PMX and Nik Nazmi to intervene.

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