“While Malaysia’s quest to join the high income club continues, there is one nice surprise:
— Apurva Sanghi, Lead Economist Malaysia – World Bank
Sarawak Updates
Going ‘Green’ Requires Governance
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…..
Samling’s Blueprint Carbon Venture Raises Red Flags For Sarawak – SR INVESTIGATION
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?…..
Sarawak’s Record of ‘Progress & Development’ Washed Bare By Rains
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…..
Autonomy? First, Get Down To Grass Roots Good Governance And Tackling Graft
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…..
Dam Watch
FIX DODGY BAKUN BEFORE YOU BUILD AGAIN!
As Sarawak leaders stand on the brink of an announcement of plans for further dam building, a shocking report has confirmed that the monstrous Bakun dam is critically in need of repair along with others in Malaysia. This has to happen before a single stone is laid to choke more rivers in the state …..
More Destruction Wreaked On Tragic Borneo Thanks To Lawless Greed
Those responsible for this global tragedy are a handful of weak, corrupted politicians working for a timber mafia who are stripping the planet bare. The latest Baleh log-jam is testimony to the scale and shoddiness of their destructive activity – and the danger that puts Sarawak people in ……
“Energy Glut”? – Sarawak GPS Bigwig Admits Truth At Last!
Taib’s former Political Secretary Karim Hamza has finally admitted to the failings of the state’s ill-conceived dam building programme, which has brought misery but not electricity to numerous communities…..
Damned Corruption Began With Bakun
The words of the Murum lumber boss that “it was always 100% about the timber” has applied to all of Sarawak’s mega-dam projects, starting with Bakun……
Gangster State
How Taib Family’s Palm Oil Thugs Enforce ‘Rough Justice’
Warning ‘VIOLENT CONTENT’ but you should view it ……
Who Is Representing Who In The Mulu Standoff? – SPECIAL SARAWAK INVESTIGATION
This Pastor for years championed protests and police reports against the Mulu headmen and companies logging community lands. So, how did he suddenly become the poster boy for the timber barons citing ‘foreign interference’?…….
Thug Rule In Sarawak
Once again local people seeking to benefit from their own lands have found themselves ultimately combatted by brute force, mediated by ‘police’ hired by the plantation company in question……
No Further Action Re-Gopi – On Orders Of PM!
The case is due to be referred to the Deputy Public Prosecutor next week, who will then order No Further Action, on the official recommendation of the MACC. ….
Films
Held Hostage By Najib And PetroSaudi! THE JUSTOS SPEAK OUT – MAJOR EXCLUSIVE!
Justo was blackmailed into a forced confession without a lawyer present; the confession was taken by a British employee of PetroSaudi in the absence of any Thai officials or police; the PetroSaudi Director Patrick Mahony, the man behind all the accusations against Justo, gained exclusive access and supervision over him in jail; Mahony said the situation was being ultimately “controlled” by Najib; the lawyers and PR team, supposed to be representing Justo were, hired and controlled by PetroSaudi…
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The Penan – Still Struggling to Save Our Jungle [FILM TRIBUTE]
The Penan are the iconic people of the Sarawak jungle. Most communities had settled into villages and rural life of one form or another over the last hundred years, but the Penan steadfastly stuck to their nomadic ways. With just a few possessions, easily carried on their backs, they have had nothing to lose but the jungle they live from[..]
Film Tribute To Ross Boyert
We filmed with the Boyerts and came to like and respect them. We now present that story as a tribute to their bravery in speaking out.