2009 News Archive


My tribute to Malaysian NGOs (31 December 2009)

Why the ROS is no friend of SAM (30 December 2009)

SAM ticks off ROS for 'irresponsible' remark (29 December 2009)

ROS threatens to ban anti-logging NGO (28 December 2009)

'This government is very bad' (27 December 2009)

Iban villagers erect blockade against oil palm company (20 December 2009)

Sarawak government refuses to recognize Penan Peace Park (17 December 2009)

Bakun power for Sarawak, what does it mean? (15 December 2009)

Forest loss hits Borneo communities (15 December 2009)

Rengah Sarawak throws hypocrite award to WWF (9 December 2009)

S'wak natives being kicked out of NCR (9 December 2009)

S'wak minister draws flak over Penan rape (9 December 2009)

Impasse over gas emissions (8 December 2009)

Sarawak minister calls raped Penan girls "storytellers" (8 December 2009)

The end of the jungle? (8 December 2009)

NCR landowners' biggest dilemma? (8 December 2009)

Borneo tribe fights for survival (7 December 2009)

Land stolen from right under us, say owners (7 December 2009)

'Register Baram residents as voters' (7 December 2009)

From exploitative “development” to sexual exploitation (3 December 2009)

Sarawak's disappearing rainforests (1 December 2009)

S'wak probes claims of huge graft (29 November 2009)

Native laws need to be reviewed (28 November 2009)

Dark side of palm oil report wins journalism prize (27 November 2009)

MACC exposes abuse, flaw in spending of allocations for certain projects in Sarawak (27 November 2009)

Penan leaders proclaim tropical forest reserve (26 November 2009)

It's not easy being a Penan (23 November 2009)

Letter from the Sarawak rainforest (23 November 2009)

Penan rape cases, who else to be blamed? (20 November 2009)

Penans must not give up now (19 November 2009)

Fury over 'disowned bumiputras' in Sarawak (18 November 2009)

Look beyond political parties (18 November 2009)

Tiiiiim-ber! Auditor's report exposes forest loss (17 November 2009)

NCR landowners being exploited - DAP (17 November 2009)

Taib challenges NGOs to form political parties (14 November 2009)

Police stand guard while Samling’s excavators plough through Kenyah’s NCR land (5 November 2009)

Let us discuss Dayak dilemma (5 November 2009)

Police under fire for inertia over Penan rape (4 November 2009)

Penan Jambatan Suai JV with Pelita (2 November 2009)

BN State Government suppressing Dayak in Belaga (2 November 2009)

MPOC advert banned by UK for being misleading (2 November 2009)

"To me, all these reports are not true" (2 November 2009)

Penans go 'hacking' (1 November 2009)

Awang Tengah criticised (1 November 2009)

Is Iban a Bumiputra or not? (30 October 2009)

Inaction over Penans' plight condemned (27 October 2009)

Iban arrested for being "mastermind" of blockade? (23 October 2009)

Adat and land rights neglected in Sarawak – Part Two (21 October 2009)

Adat and land rights neglected in Sarawak – Part One (20 October 2009)

Dayak villagers in David vs Goliath battle (14 October 2009)

Unanimous, conclusive findings (9 October 2009)

Land owners sue Taib's gov't over Kanowit Block D1 (9 October 2009)

Sarawak's Muslim Melanau strongmen (4 October 2009)

Heartbreaking account of hunting Penan girls for sex (4 October 2009)

We are dammed! (3 October 2009)

Murum Dam misery for displaced Penan (3 October 2009)

Police torment rape victim – but ignore rapists (2 October 2009)

Penan rape: 'S'wak gov't spreading disinformation' (1 October 2009)

Penan Support Group to Ministry-led Task Force Report (1 October 2009)

'Was Penan woman intimidated into denying rape?' (30 September 2009)

Jabu unwilling to open door for ladies (28 September 2009)

PKR's Memorandum on Penan Girls Sexual Abuse (28 September 2009)

Penans with cars and big houses? (24 September 2009)

Penan abuse: S'wak launches counter-attack (23 September 2009)

Bakun dam to be much worse than PKFZ scandal (22 september 2009)

Another 11 Ibans to be charged (21 September 2009)

See Chee How expresses his shock and disgust with Lihan Jok (20 September 2009)

Iban natives accused of 'trespassing' on own land (19 September 2009)

Lack of political will to uphold rights of indigenous peoples (18 September 2009)

Sarawak State Government not listening to its Indigenous Peoples (17 September 2009)

Indigenous activists rounded up in M-Day swoop (16 September 2009)

Penan rape: Protest held in front of PM's office (16 September 2009)

Meera: Shame on you Jabu! (16 September 2009)

International probe uncovers Malaysian loggers' offences (15 September 2009)

Dams a curse from hell, says Orang Ulu (15 September 2009)

Iban Natives mount blockades against logging company (15 September 2009)

WHAT NOW … TAIB, JABU AND JAMES MASING??? (11 September 2009)

Rape of Penan women did occur (11 September 2009)

The rape of young Penan girls (11 September 2009)

Shahrizat: Logging firms have been identified (11 September 2009)

Panel: Most had problems getting IDs (11 September 2009)

Provide more info, ministry told (11 September 2009)

Calls for action on rapes of Penan girls (10 September 2009)

Malaysian government report confirms Penan girls were raped by loggers (9 September 2009)

Report on Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Penan Girls and Women… Finally released! (8 September 2009)

Fifty-Six years for Progress to reach Baram? (8 September 2009)

Why Sarawak’s emergency airlift service matters (6 September 2009)

Six Ibans arrested for collecting oil palm fruits from their NCR land (5 September 2009)

2Malaysia; Sarawak rural healthcare, how? (5 September 2009)

Flying Doctors Grounded (4 September 2009)

Malaysia's Penan tribe resist logging firms - Al-Jazeera (3 September 2009)

Spears versus bulldozers in Borneo (3 September 2009)

Why the Penan blockades (3 September 2009)

Appeal to TYT to help settle NCR land issue (2 September 2009)

Leading Sarawak lawyer calls for Chief Minister Taib Mahmud to apologize with the Penan (1 September 2009)

Blowpipes thwart Borneo’s biofuel kings (30 August 2009)

Group reaches grateful Penans after rough, three-day journey (30 August 2009)

The last of their kind: the nomads of Borneo (30 August 2009)

NGOs demand respect for natives’ rights in stalled “legal timber” agreement (28 August 2009)

Blockade negotiations: Penan refuse to meet Sarawak officials at the proposed meeting point (27 August 2009)

Borneo timber firm dismantles bridge, stalls food aid to Penans (Update) (27 August 2009)

Sarawak state government to meet Penans over blockades (26 August 2009)

Penan blockades: AFP the agent provocateur, claim papers (26 August 2009)

S'wak food shortages: Who are the storytellers? (25 August 2009)

PKR rep: Violating Penan’s land ‘shameful’ (25 August 2009)

Getting Rich in Malaysia Cronyism Capital Means Dayak Lose Home (24 August 2009)

Road-blocking Penan communities fear imminent police action (24 August 2009)

Assemblyman invites foreign NGOs behind blockades for talks (24 August 2009)

Foreign journalist labelled as instigators of Penan blockades (22 August 2009)

Village Head of Long Koyan, Belaga, Sarawak, to answer charge of theft in court (20 August 2009)

A Long Hard Journey to School (19 August 2009)

No budget, so no to Penan rape probe (19 August 2009)

Calls for Total Ban of Forest Burnings in Bakun Dam Reservoir (15 August 2009)

Villagers’ farm road dug up and broken by Saremas (14 August 2009)

Dayaks have been short changed under Malaysia (14 August 2009)

Shahrizat stonewalls on 'sexual abuse' report (12 August 2009)

The problem with our government.. (11 August 2009)

Kenyataan Akhbar Sempena Perayaan Hari Orang Asal Sedunia 2009 (10 August 2009)

Call to do away with department for Orang Asli (9 August 2009)

Malaysian Indigenous Peoples want moratorium on plantations, other extractive projects (9 August 2009)

Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay (9 August 2009)

'Famine report' among Penans ignored by all (5 August 2009)

Lim says: Dayak leaders look down on their own people (2 August 2009)

TYT's NCR land not spared (1 August 2009)

Penan mount two anti-logging blockades (31 July 2009)

Borneo tribe mounts new blockades against rainforest destruction (30 July 2009)

Sarawak's hidroelectric dam megaprojects EIAs in limbo (29 July 2009)

SEIA Study On Proposed Murum Project (23 July 2009)

Why are some Dayaks getting their cawats in a twist? (26 July 2009)

S'wak land owners resist joint-venture 'land grab' (16 July 2009)

Julau-Meradong NCR landowners reject JV scheme (16 July 2009)

Al-Jazeera's - Logging puts Borneo tribe in peril (16 July 2009)

Al-Jazeera's - Corruption linked to Borneo deforestation (15 July 2009)

Al-Jazeera's - Borneo's burning forests (14 July 2009)

Entulu under fire (12 July 2009)

Forest campaigners deplore knighthood for Asian logging magnate (1 July 2009)

Greens denounce 'Knight of the Chainsaw' (1 July 2009)

Knighthood row: Malaysian timber tycoon strikes back (30 June 2009)

S'wak group wants Baram dam project halted (29 June 2009)

Malaysian timber tycoon not a 'Sir', UK Cabinet Office says (29 June 2009)

100 families against DD Plantations developing their land (26 June 2009)

Queen decorates illegal logger (22 June 2009)

Oslo Statement on Rainforest, Communities and Climate Change (18 June 2009)

Anti-deforestation campaign launched in Mulu (18 June 2009)

In defence of the emerald forests (10 June 2009)

Sarawak's logging: Carrots, sticks and lies (3 June 2009)

The death of a Penan mother (27 May 2009)

Painting Penan Reality (23 May 2009)

Parangs against the bulldozer: the tale of one Sarawak mountain (Final Episode) (22 May 2009)

Parangs against the bulldozer: the tale of one Sarawak mountain (Part II) (21 May 2009)

Signature Forgery Trial Adjourned, Yet Again! (20 May 2009)

Parangs against the bulldozer: the tale of one Sarawak mountain (20 May 2009)

The Malay Dilemma in Sarawak (20 May 2009)

On illegal logging, no shocks in S'wak (15 May 2009)

Activists: Palm oil co's grabbing land in Asia (13 May 2009)

Deputy Minister Entulu Distorting Perception of ‘Dayak’ (13 May 2009)

Natives welcome Federal Court's decision (10 May 2009)

Task force on orang asli land (6 May 2009)

Iban mount blockades against Naroden's companies (5 May 2009)

S'wak gov't defeated in landmark NCR ruling (5 May 2009)

NCR court cases on hold for five months (5 May 2009)

Orang asli task force gets down to work (5 May 2009)

Stanny to defence of Ibans (5 May 2009)

Armed to help the orang asli (3 May 2009)

Groups: Honour Pakatan’s promises to orang asli (3 May 2009)

Perak orang asli on the back burner (1 May 2009)

A crime against Tania's humanity (29 April 2009)

Jabu short-changing the Dayaks again (27 April 2009)

Gov't approves 700km Bakun undersea cable plan (26 April 2009)

Sarawak: My state, my government, my business (23 April 2009)

Orang Asal commend the Selangor Government for taking the first step to recognising indigenous rights (23 April 2009)

Selangor government ends land acquisition dispute with Temuan tribe in Sagong Tasi case (22 April 2009)

Apik's love of learning (22 April 2009)

'Turmoil in Dayak longhouses' (20 April 2009)

Human Rights avade Penans (16 April 2009)

News and Views: Land Seminar (19 April 2009)

Alice in Cancerland (11 April 2009)

Foul play in death of anti-logging Penan chief? (10 April 2009)

Survival campaigner investigates dam and biofuel threats to Borneo tribe (6 April 2009)

Sarawak Deputy CM trumpets RM52m Salcra dividend (3 April 2009)

Penans in Kampung Ugos in Suai, Niah want to withdraw from NCR Joint Venture Project launched by Jabu in 1998 (27 March 2009)

Man with 'kebal' power survives knife attack (21 March 2009)

Sarawakians, here's where some of the money stolen from you went (21 March 2009)

Al Jazeera : The Fight For Power (19 March 2009)

Woman released after two-month detention under EO (19 March 2009)

Timber - How do they cheat? (18 March 2009)

Sarawak - Land of the dammned (16 March 2008)

‘Green’ dams hasten rape of Borneo forests (15 March 2009)

‘Invite UN indigenous peoples' rep to see for himself’ (6 March 2009)

Feasibility studies on four more dams in S'wak (6 March 2009)

Malaysia Moves Border Poles Into RI’s Land For Oil Palm Plantations (4 March 2009)

Have we been fooled all this while? (3 March 2009)

US Department of State 2008 Human Rights Report: Malaysia (25 February 2009)

Land dispute: Iban chiefs want proper survey (25 February 2009)

Interhill surveyors approach Long Item (24 February 2009)

Hundreds of fish were dying in Baram River (20 February 2009)

Logging, land clearing caused mass fish deaths in S'wak (20 February 2009)

Bleak days ahead for Baram natives (18 February 2009)

Malaysia’s First UPR: Too Much Praise, Too Little Progress (11 February 2009)

NGO: Logging operations caused deadly landslides (28 January 2009)

Orang Asli want traditional land reserved for them (25 January 2009)