I had eagerly followed Dato’ Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah’s live television interview with RTM1 to hear the Second Finance Minister’s explanation on where did 1MDB’s money went. While there were many other oft-repeated excuses to explain the “missing funds” and his refusal to entertain questions with regards to the enigmatic Jho Low were widely publicised […]

  KUALA LUMPUR – Today, concerned residents from Baram, Sarawak who are working in the nation’s capital, lodged police reports to affirm their opposition to the proposed Baram Hydroelectric Project. Their action comes in response to the recent statement by Sarawak’s Chief Minister that local leaders have endorsed the building of the 1200 megawatt dam. Gathered in front of

Media Statement by Tony Pua, DAP National Publicity Secretary and Member of Parliament for Petaling Jaya Utara in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, 28 May 2015: Unfortunately Jho Low told the truth that the Prime Minister is responsible for the RM42 billion 1MDB scandal and hence Dato’ Seri Najib Razak must immediately recuse himself from any

MIRI – The Sarawak Native Customary Rights Land Network (TAHABAS), a network of native communities in Sarawak who are advocating to have their native customary rights (NCR) recognise and protected by the state government, stand firm in solidarity with the Baram residents affected by the proposed Baram Dam Hydroelectric Project (HEP) to call on the

Media Contacts: Thomas Jalong, JOAS | Tel: +60-13-839-3530 | Email: [email protected] Peter Kallang, SAVE Rivers | Tel: +60-13-833-1104 | Email: [email protected] Miri – Save Rivers and Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (Indigenous Peoples’ Network of Malaysia) assert the rights of local people to oppose the proposed Baram Dam and to self-determined development. They urge Chief Minister Adenan to immediately withdraw his statement, granting

  7th May, 2015: The RSPO’s Complaints Panel has upheld the Forest Peoples Programme in its complaint against Golden Agri Resources, which was seeking to expand 18 of its operations in Kalimantan. After concluding that it has ‘reasonable grounds’ to conclude that the company is in violation of several RSPO norms, the latest ‘determination’ by the

Miri/ 7/5/15 – Enduring 555 days of steamy tropical heat, heavy storms, and mosquitos’ bites including twenty encounters from government authorities and timber companies, the blockaders against the Hydro Electric Power (HEP) Baram-1 have been resolute in maintaining their resistance. The two blockades have been continuously monitored in the people’s struggle against the proposed mega dam.

(LONDON, UK) Adenan Satem, Chief Minister of Sarawak since March 2014, surprised the public last night in London with a pledge to save the Borneo state’s remaining forests and to fight timber corruption. In a speech at the Malaysian High Commission, Adenan underlined that a transformation towards sustainability was vital for Sarawak’s timber industry and he

(KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA) Malaysia’s Home Ministry has seized an explosive book on timber corruption in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. All copies of „Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia“ on display at the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair were confiscated on Thursday by the police, according to GB Gerak Budaya, the

Sumatra rainforest communities send a cry for help ahead of crucial meeting with Swiss bankers – Credit Suisse asked to stop funding Indonesia’s RGE / APRIL pulp and paper group (ZURICH, SWITZERLAND / PULAU PADANG, RIAU, INDONESIA) Indonesian rainforest community representatives have sent an urgent appeal to Tennis star Roger Federer, asking him for help

The Sabah Government, in particular the Infrastructure Development Ministry, must understand the value and significance that areas to be flooded by the proposed Kaiduan Dam hold in terms of ecosystem services, age-old cultures and right to live on ancestral lands. In its second statement within a week, Sabah Save Rivers (SSR) said it is an

MIRI – On 22 March 2015, at around midnight, a house belonging to Tuai Rumah Jambai Ak Jeli, located at Taman Jelita, Miri was purposely set on fire in a suspected arson which have apparent links to the current Native Customary Rights (NCR) land dispute involving 5 longhouses of the Iban community of Sungai Bekelit,

Forest is the lifeline and cultural heritage of more than 100 million indigenous peoples in Asia. According to the World Bank Study “The Role of Indigenous Peoples in Biodiversity Conservation: the Natural but Often Forgotten Partners” traditional indigenous territories encompass up to 22 percent of the world’s land surface and they coincide with areas that

  This press release is to announce that Sarawak Report’s chief investigative journalist, Clare Rewcastle will be joining the forum “1MDB: The Ultimate Low Down” via video conference.   As we all now, the exposes on the Sarawak Report has brought crucial evidence – both previously secret documents as well as email conversations – to

The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (BERSIH 2.0) is shocked that Special Branch police had sat in at the inquiry held by the Election Commission (EC) on its proposed electoral boundary for Miri. According to Piasau assembly representative Alan Ling, he had recognised the four plainclothed police sitting behind the EC officials when he