25 January 2024

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25 January 2024

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Episode Synopsis

On Today Show
— Gereng Jadum, Penan from Metalun resettlement area, Murum`- GPS, Where Are the Promises? Unraveling the Crisis of Infant Mortality in Murum Penan due Insufficient Medical Facilities
— Tangah from Upper Bengoh – Opting Out of Dams: Alternative Energies Transform Upper Bengoh Living
— Abun Sui, Senator of PKR Sarawak –Abang Jo Claims Approval for Dam Construction, Who are they? Demands Names for Further Discussion
— Nicholas Mujah, the Secretary-General of SADIA HQ in Kuching – Land Surveying in Private Hands: Unpacking Allegations of Cronyism

Topik Pada Hari Ini:
— Gereng Jadum, Penan dari Metalun, Murum-GPS, Di Mana Janji-janji? Membongkar Krisis Kematian Bayi dalam Kalangan Penan Murum akibat Fasiliti Perubatan yang Tidak lengkap
— Tangah dari Upper Bengoh – Memilih untuk Tidak Membina Empangan: Tenaga Alternatif Mengubah Cara Hidup di Upper Bengoh
— Abun Sui, Senator PKR Sarawak – Tuntutan Nama yang Memberi Kelulusan untuk Pembinaan Empangan oleh Abang Jo, Siapakah Mereka? Menuntut Nama-nama untuk Perbincangan Lanjut
— Nicholas Mujah, Setiausaha Agung SADIA HQ di Kuching – Pengukuran Tanah di Tangan Persendirian: Membongkar Dakwaan Nepotisme

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Gereng Jadum, Penan from Metalun resettlement area, Murum`
*GPS, Where Are the Promises? Unraveling the Crisis of Infant Mortality in Murum Penan due Insufficient Medical Facilities*
Gereng confirmed that the road to Penan Lusong Laku Settlement has been cut off and impassable since a week ago. This makes it difficult for the Penan people to move. Because all Penan settlements in Murum and Linau can only be reached through logging roads. There is no paved road to the Penan settlement.
Gereng was asked to comment on the death of a baby from the Lusong Laku settlement area (Linau) last week. The health department did not have time to save the baby because the road was completely cut off. Bad weather for 2 consecutive days caused the helicopter to be unable to land.
According to Gereng. The incident of a mother giving birth in the middle of the road (on the way to the Bintulu hospital) is not unusual for the Penan people.
According to Gereng, last year several such cases occurred. This is due to the settlement of the Penan people far interior, no good road connections and no health clinics in the Penan settlement.
He urged the government, build a health clinic in their place and build a paved road to their longhouse. If this cannot be built immediately. Give enough expenses to mothers who want to give birth.
Many outsiders criticize the Penan people for not coming a week or 2 weeks earlier to the hospital before giving birth. But Gereng said, they are the poorest race group in Malaysia. If they don't work every day, they won't eat, They will not be able to come early to the hospital if there is not enough money. To overcome this problem, the penan communities appeal to the government, Give sufficient financial assistance to mothers who go to the hospital for childbirth.

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