Reports of illegal logging are rampant in Sarawak and time and again the response of the police, the forestry department, local officials and the state government is to do precisely nothing. Take for example this ongoing destruction by foreign workers for a mystery employer in Ulu Sebauh recorded just this week…..
For a mere 5% levy to the state and its people the timber giant Samling plans to convert poorly producing licensed plantation areas into a ‘profit for doing nothing’ carbon credit scheme. The GPS government has also offered the company a 30 year extension to just ‘sit back and earn’. How come?…..
Timber and plantation licences were granted to crony companies on the excuse of progress. The disastrous state of the the interior and neglect of the impoverished peoples whose lands have been wreaked tells a very different story…..
Newly enriched and waging outsized ‘kingmaker’ influence, Sarawak wants more autonomy. All well and good, but first show the state is prepared to take care of its marginalised people and deal with decades of ingrained graft…..
As thousands of tons of timber have hurtled destructively down river in Kapit over the past few days, provoked by heavy rains, a troubling set of unconvincing denials and changing stories have issued from the Forestry Department. Is there a reluctance to acknowledge uncomfortable truths about logging in the vicinity of the ‘totally protected’ wildlife sanctuary up river from the site?………
In the wake of the final passing of Sarawak’s strongman, Abdul Taib Mahmud, the Swiss NGO have issued their own tribute in the form of a documentary about his deeds. The Rainforest Tribunal was made in answer to the defamation lawsuit issued by Taib’s family members who have objected to the NGO’s claims about the Governor’s unexplained wealth and how they benefitted…..
Time to address former Governor Taib Mahmud’s real legacy, namely his billionaire’s hoard of disputed cash and assets, misappropriated thanks to his tragic record of abuse of power, maladministration and railroading of the rights of the people of Sarawak….
As uncertainties fly amidst official silence and the leakage of extraordinary evidence and pictures, some of which are now confirmed, there is one clear demand that should be made FREEZE ALL TAIB ASSETS!….
POLICE RAID DEMAK JAYAH – As the Sarawak Police Issue threats to take action against Sarawak Report over ‘fake news’, Taib Mahmud’s family are circulating the police report on which that ‘fake news’ was based and demanding action to rescue the former Governor from the clutches of his wife…..
TAIB EXCLUSIVE -A full blown family drama has now developed behind the scenes complete with police reports, allegations of a hospital abduction and a shocking ban against visits by his own children or family members to the now plainly dying former Governor Taib Mahmud ….
Someone seems to be making major moves to leave Demak Jaya, the private home of the now ex-Governor Taib Mahmud. With still no news of his state of health the question is who is leaving and who will remain?……..
Is Sarawak entering a new era of hope for its people and environment with the departure of Taib Mahmud? One would like to think so… except there are some glaring issues…..
Whilst Governor Taib Mahmud has been unceremoniously replaced, his elderly former henchmen remain well entrenched and have sought to further strengthen their grip on power in Sarawak – all in the name of increasing ‘autonomy’ for the native people ….
A new battleground has opened up between the Sarawak political establishment and native communities with the announcement of new ‘green’ dam projects which have prompted a sudden rush to survey and extinguish native land rights in Baram……
The plans for an ‘eco-city’ at Nusantara on the island of Borneo is fraught with environmental risk of global significance. Enthusiasts must hesitate from rushing in the name of progress where scientific experts would fear to tread …..
