
Civil disobedience, race barriers and the Bersih rally
COMMENT
Despite being arrested at a candlelight vigil last August, they are pushing ahead with the planned July 9 rally.

COMMENT
Despite being arrested at a candlelight vigil last August, they are pushing ahead with the planned July 9 rally.

The iron grip of Sarawak's ruling elite on the political economy has left little money for the mainstream economy.

Growing discontent over land acquisition in the state has transformed the traditional deference to figures of authority.

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The five were ‘thought to be involved’ in torching buildings and equipment in a logging camp in Tebudu.

Now, the Bidayuh start to show their frustrations over NCR land-grabbing by the Taib Mahmud administration.

Conditions in Sarawak create several hurdles, but campaigners should keep a broader issue in mind.

To make a push for the minimum 112 seats required to take over federal power, it needs rural seats.

See Chee How, PKR candidate for Batu Lintang, has suffered for championing minorities and speaking out against injustice.


The party says Kuching voters are being offered between RM100 and RM200 for their votes in the upcoming state polls.

The overwhelming BN majority in the state assembly has thus far imposed their version of ‘might makes right’.

As the Sarawak election looms, fears emerge afresh on the manipulation of results by various means.


The S'gor and the Penang gov'ts contribute some money to pay for a Mitsubishi Triton for the schoolchildren.


Sarawak natives celebrate the acquittal of their hero in their uphill struggle against illegal logging.




Sarawak villagers lodge police reports that they were tricked into allowing logging on their land by a company linked to Taib's sister.

Martyrs are not born but created, as shown in the running battle between native rights champions and logging companies.

The Sarawak chief minister puts family before cronies, party, and native landowners in oil palm land deal.

It's a rare show of dissent by PBB members, who are dismayed by the takeover of their land by a company linked to Taib's family.

ANTIDOTE
The death of Along Sega, a pioneer in the resistance of the Penans against logging, goes unnoticed.