(London, UK) Abdul Taib Mahmud, the former Chief Minister and current Governor of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, has been challenged to explain his wealth at a public debate in London on Friday 16 January 2015. “We invite your client to publicly explain how he acquired his wealth on the occasion of the UK launch […]

Date: 10.12.14 Dato Sri Mohammed Najib bin Abdul Razak Office of the Prime Minister Main Block, Perdana Putra Building Federal Government Administrative Centre 62502 Putrajaya, Malaysia Via facsimile: +60-3-8888-3444 Via E-mail: [email protected] YAB Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Adenan Bin Haji Satem Chief Minister of Sarawak Dear YAB, Re: Respect The Affected Natives and Peoples

Miri: There is a resounding response from the people of Baram to the comment by Penghulu Paul Kalang published in the Utusan Borneo in its Saturday 29th November issue. Besides those who are actually residing in Baram, the dissenting comments are from Baram people who are working in various places in Malaysia and elsewhere. In the article, the

KUCHING, Sarawak, Malaysia – Regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) held a forum on the state of indigenous people’s rights with the European Union (EU) Delegation to Malaysia at the Hilton hotel in Kuching, State of Sarawak last 26 November. The forum was also co-organized by PANAP partner Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (SADIA). Fifteen

(SEATTLE, USA) Amazon, the American online retailer, is being criticized for withholding deliveries of a book on Taib Mahmud, the governor of the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Amazon customers from the United Kingdom have complained with the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) that they cannot order the book “Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian

Media Contacts: Sze Ning, Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia | Tel: +60-12-606-1592 | Email: [email protected] Serene Lim, SUARAM | Tel: +60-12-547-7989 | Email: [email protected] Kuala Lumpur – To mark the International Women Human Rights Defenders’ Day on the 29th of November, women members of the national indigenous peoples’ organization, Jaringan Orang Asli SeMalaysia (JOAS), announced the

MIRI – Save Sarawak Rivers Network (SAVE Rivers) is disappointed with Penghulu Paul Kalang, the Community Chief of the Kenyah in Telang Usan, Baram for making sweeping and irresponsible statements in an article in the Borneo Post today, with regards to the proposed Baram HEP Dam project and abusing the Sarawak National Kenyah Association (PKKS)

25 November 2014 (KUCHING, MALAYSIA) Last week, Adenan Satem, the new Chief Minister of the Malaysian state of Sarawak in Borneo, stunned the world by summoning six of the world’s most powerful timber tycoons – the heads of Rimbunan Hijau, Samling, Shin Yang, WTK, KTS and Ta Ann – and by compelling them to sign

  21 November 2014 SUARAM condemns the arbitrary declaration of the Sarawak Association for People’s Aspiration (SAPA) as an illegal organization and demands that the Home Minister immediately and publicly reverse the decision. We further call for an end of the systematic and politicized intimidation and harassment of peaceful civil society organizations and movements in

By SUARAM, Save Rivers, Jaringan Orang Asal Se-Malaysia, Asia Indigenous People’s Pact and Bruno Manser Funds. Kuala Lumpur – As the International New York Times’ Energy for Tomorrow Conference gets underway at the Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, human rights and environmental groups will be outside raising concerns about the ethics of the meeting’s main corporate

Miri: In solidarity with the blockade which is on-going in Baram, a demonstration and handing over of memorandum to the Miri Division Forestry Department and the Miri Division Police Department was led by the Gerakan Anak Sarawak (GASAK) or Sarawak People Movement in the city today. Meanwhile villagers against the Baram dam reinstated the barricade

Following strong calls by this blog and local/international NGOs for an end to corrupt dams in the state, the government has now been urged to seriously reconsider building 12 more dams in Sarawak by Opposition leader Baru Bian. “It appears that the government is determined to build dams and invite foreign investors to establish industries here by offering

12 November 2014  Explosive documents released on the occasion of the Canada book launch of Lukas Straumann’s Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia – Royal Canadian Mounted Police criticized for their inaction over Taib family assets in Canada (OTTAWA, CANADA). A major real estate development in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, has been secretly

Long Kesseh Baram: The tussle between the villagers opposing the Baram dam and the illegal loggers who are supported by the Sarawak Forestry Corporation is heating up. Under the watchful eyes of the police from the General Operation Forces (GOF) and officers from the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC), the villagers, again, removed a road barrier which

The Malaysian government is currently stepping up its efforts to stop a critical book on Sarawak governor Abdul Taib Mahmud. Earlier this week, the Malaysian delegation at the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) managed to ban a book presentation by the Bruno Manser Fund at the ITTO’s 50th session in Yokohama, Japan. According to information