“Tanah adat, nyawa kami: masa untuk bertindak”
Indigenous communities must keep the fire of resistance against eviction and destruction burning.
Indigenous communities must keep the fire of resistance against eviction and destruction burning.
This paper by the Common Interest Group Malaysia (CigMa) highlights the plight of the 19 million people of Borneo, in particular Sabahans under the Federation of Malaysia. It details the policies and actions of the Government at both Federal and State levels that have led to the marginalisation and disenfranchisement of the natives of Borneo. [...]
We kick start this week’s ‘Stories from the East’ with a pensive piece by columnist Dina Zaman who looks back on her recent trip to Sarawak and realises what many an Orang Semenanjung must understand about the Bornean state.
The Kuching High Court found that the Provisional Lease issued covers or includes or impairs the Plaintiffs’ rights over the said native customary land therein was null and void as it violated the Plaintiffs’ rights enshrined under Article 13 (1) of the Federal Constitution and Section 15 (1) of the Sarawak Land Code Cap. 81.
On the 18th Feb, 2011, 100 armed thugs camped at Rumah Ranggong, Sarawak with explosives & parangs, over a land dispute between the longhouse and an oil palm company. Now the villagers are being accused as the aggressors by the local press.
Oil palm company fails to get natives evicted through court, status quo of natives maintained.
The last nomad of the Penans has passed away, leaving a peaceful resistance legacy for Malaysian youth activists to emulate.
One dominating corporation has been repeatedly put on the spotlight for displacing indigenous communities in Sarawak. Yet it is business as usual for IOI, even after the Kayan community won their class action suit against IOI, they have yet to receive any compensation and IOI continues to trespass and harvest oil palm on their land.
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