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Malaysian government fears anti-Taib protests
Friday, 18 February 2011, 9:57 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Public anger at Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahumd on the rise - police issue warning over protest rally announced for Sunday More >>
Penan go to court to defend Heart of Borneo rainforests
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 1:27 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Ba Jawi community sues logging group Samling and the Sarawak state government in order to protect 15,000 hectares of high-conservation-value tropical rainforest Ba Jawi (Sarawak), MALAYSIA. The Penan community of Ba Jawi in Sarawak's Upper Baram ... More >>
Sarawak Government Announces Destruction of Tropical Forests
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 9:37 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Kuching (Sarawak), MALAYSIA. The Sarawak government intends to convert one million hectares of land into oil palm plantations within the next ten years. Most of this land is currently covered by secondary rainforests, yet it also includes fruit and ... More >>
Armed loggers threaten Borneo natives
Saturday, 11 December 2010, 12:40 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
10 December 2010 For immediate release BRUNO MANSER FUND, BASEL / SWITZERLAND Armed loggers threaten Borneo natives More >>
Illegal-logging Tycoon Involved in Running Heritage Site
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 10:26 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Corruption scandal over the Gunung Mulu National Park widens as Samling owner Yaw Teck Seng and his family holding are identified as significant shareholders of the Royal Mulu Resort.MIRI (SARAWAK) MALAYSIA. Yaw Teck Seng, the controlling shareholder ... More >>
Corruption Scandal Breaks Over Malaysian World Heritage Site
Friday, 26 November 2010, 1:35 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmund found to be a shareholder of the Royal Mulu Resort – UNESCO urged to launch an investigation on alleged breaches of the UN Convention against Corruption A new corruption scandal has broken over the Gunung ... More >>
Probe Finds Patterns Of Violence Against Natives
Thursday, 8 July 2010, 1:29 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
The Penan Support Group, yesterday presented new evidence on the sexual abuse of indigenous girls and women by timber company employees in remote rainforest areas of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak in Borneo. More >>
Penan violently attacked
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 2:51 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
LONG SEBAYANG, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA. A Penan hunter has been violently attacked by a logging company official at a timber road blockade in Sarawak, East Malaysia. This has been reported this morning by Penan community sources. More >>
Penan Report Second Incident of Violence
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 2:40 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
According to Penan sources, the Lee Ling Timber subcontractor brought in three plainclothes police officers to the blockade site at Long Sebayang on 20 June 2010. One of the policemen was armed with a pistol. Instead of investigating a reported incident of ... More >>
Campaign to Defend Heart of Borneo
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 1:46 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Penan natives from Sarawak's Upper Baram region in the Malaysian part of Borneo have erected two logging road blockades to prevent their last remaining virgin jungle from being logged by the Samling Group, a Malaysian timber giant. More >>
Borneo Natives Win Suit Against Palm Oil Giant
Saturday, 3 April 2010, 11:40 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
More than twelve years after going to court, the Kayan native community of Long Teran Kanan on the Tinjar river in the Malaysian part of Borneo have won an important legal battle against the Sarawak state government and IOI Pelita, a subsidiary of the controversial ... More >>
Borneo: Court Halts Rainforest Village Demolition
Thursday, 28 January 2010, 11:00 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
After the arbitrary demolition of 39 houses by the Sarawak authorities, the community of native Iban leader Nor Nyawai is granted a temporary injunction halting further demolition until 9 February 2010 More >>
Borneo Natives Win Case Over Oil Palm Plantation
Friday, 22 January 2010, 9:47 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Two days after the Malaysian police arbitrarily destroyed the house of Iban leader Nor Nyawai and another two dozen homes at the village of Sungai Sekabai in the East Malaysian state of Borneo, Sarawak's natives have won two important court cases over ... More >>
Malaysian Authorities Destroy Natives’ Village
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 10:04 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
In a dramatic twist to one of Malaysia’s most prominent legal conflicts between native communities and the government of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo, a Sarawak Land and Survey enforcement team, with assistance from Malaysian army personnel ... More >>
Malaysia And China Sign US$ 11 Bn Power Deal
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 10:13 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
KUALA LUMPUR / MALAYSIA. Malaysia and China have signed a deal to carry out a highly controversial energy masterplan in the Malaysian part of Borneo that involves the displacement of thousands of Borneo natives. More >>
Malaysia: Sarawak leader calls For natives rights
Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 10:12 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Baru Bian, Sarawak leader of Anwar Ibrahim's People's Justice Party (PKR), speaks out on corruption, failed development and Chief Minister Taib Mahmud's historical legacy. In an exclusive interview with the Bruno Manser Fund, he outlines his far-reaching ... More >>
Norwegian CEO Assumes Responsibility For Mega-Dams
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 3:40 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, a Norwegian national has recently been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sarawak Energy Berhad Group. In his new position, Sjøtveit will be in charge of implementing the Sarawak state government's plan of ... More >>
Samling Global Under Pressure Over Land Claims
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 10:56 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Timber giant, Samling Global, which is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange (HK 3938), is meeting with increasing resistance from native communities over its tropical forest logging operations in Sarawak, East Malaysia. More >>
Penan Land Rights Cases In Sarawak's Baram Region
Monday, 14 December 2009, 4:02 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Pictures On The New Penan Land Rights Cases In Sarawak's Middle Baram Region More >>
Penan Sue Malaysian Authorities Over Logging
Monday, 14 December 2009, 12:24 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Five rainforest communities of Malaysia's Middle Baram region are suing the Sarawak state government and the Malaysian timber giant Samling for non-respect of their native customary rights. More >>
