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

  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

Today, the Baram villagers, resisting the proposed Baram dam, mark the 500th days since the blockades were launched. On the 23rd October 2013, villagers from 30 settlements in the Baram district set up blockades in Long Lama and Long Keseh to foil works on the Baram dam project. The blockaders evicted workers who were carrying

3 March 2015 Indigenous Representatives at Asian Development Bank Headquarters Call for Cancellation of Loan to Sarawak Energy Fact-finding mission reveals Sarawak Energy failed to consult meaningfully with communities affected by Trans-Borneo transmission line and has yet to payfair compensation – ADB asked to withdraw as a potential financier   Kuala Lumpur – Indigenous peoples’ representatives are en-route from Sarawak, Malaysia to the headquarters

Both Jho Low and 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) have at best been extremely economical with the truth. Will the Prime Minister tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? In a shocking expose published by the New York Times[1] yesterday, it was reported that Jho Low “is regularly consulted on its actions, according to three

Miri – Landowners from Baram collectively denounce the plans to extinguish their property rights to pave the way for the Baram Dam reservoir area. They assert that they have never given consent for the Baram Dam to advance, and that extinguishment of their land rights is in contravention of the Malaysian Constitution. In a government

We, the above stated organizations are responding to the CEO of Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) Datuk Torstein’s statements (published in the Borneo Post on 1st Feb. 2015). In the article referred Torstein was defending the flooding of hundreds of square kilometres of forests and the homesteads of thousands of people in order to generate electricity for the heavy

MIRI – On 24 December 2014, at the blockade site in Sungai Bekelit, Sibuti, approximately 60 kilometres from Miri, the  Miri District Police Chief, ACP Gan Tian Kee led a force of 80 police personnel consisting of Light Strike Force (LSF), General Operations Force (GOF) and ordinary police to confront the Iban community of Sungai

NGOs are asking Norges Bank to blacklist Cahya Mata Sarawak due to the company’s involvement in major corruption. (OSLO, NORWAY) In a joint letter to Norges Bank, the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) and FIVAS, a Norwegian NGO, recommend the exclusion of Sarawak’s largest infrastructure company Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS) from the investment universe of Norway’s

“We don’t want to be dependent, we just want our livelihoods back,” says flood-affected Orang Asli. The disastrous damage to houses, sources of clean water and access roads in the recent flooding has been felt most strongly by the Orang Asli of Kelantan. It is estimated that about 30 villages remain as “difficult to reach” areas due to

Kuching – On the occasion of International Energy Week (IEW), people representing diverse communities from across Sarawak are gathering to discuss the socio-economics of power development. They will be considering alternative perspectives on the opportunities for ensuring socio-economic development, including of the power sector, will serve the long term energy needs of ordinary Malaysians.   The all day

Bruno Manser Fund demands a Royal Commission of Enquiry to investigate the takeover of Sarawak’s largest state enterprise by former Chief Minister’s family (KUCHING, MALAYSIA) An explosive new research report by the Swiss Bruno Manser Fund discloses that Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS) (MYX: 2852), a Kuching-based infrastructure company, received over USD 1.4 billion (MYR 4.9