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As in neighbouring Sabah, many rural Sarawakians are deprived of birth certificates and ICs.
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COMMENT
Money politics and the powerful state machinery led by the aging but still influential Taib, ensure the votes remain with BN.
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Women activists hand over evidence allegedly revealing information about a recent police investigation into the rape cases.
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The Sarawak government was found guilty, but it is taxpayers who will pay the cost of ignoring native land rights.
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The Penan are under pressure from timber companies wanting them to withdraw their lawsuits, while the state is appealing recent court decisions in favour of the natives.
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State to appeal against recent rulings regarding Native Customary Rights land despite possible local repercussions.
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It’s a daily dice with death when traveling in the vast interior of Sarawak
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Sarawak already has a comfortable surplus of electricity and critics say these projects will uproot and alienate
communities on an immense scale.
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The High Court of Sabah and Sarawak declared victory to rural Iban farmers in a land rights suit filed against Ladang Sawit Bintulu Sdn Bhd Tabung Haji.
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The best way to cripple those who fan the flames of discord is to bridge the religious divide with genuine inter-faith dialogue.
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Sarawak's sticky succession story drags on as the increasingly frail but powerful chief minister looks to resolve the issue.
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Frustrated by global condemnation of Malaysia’s destruction of the rainforests, the authorities may be taking out their frustrations on SAM.
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It will need a giant chunk of votes from Sabah and Sarawak if it is to achieve its dream of wresting federal power from BN.
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Despite their daily struggles, the Penan are still a proud, dignified people who have a lot to teach self-absorbed urban dwellers.
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James Masing, who has dismissed the claims, has been told by a global NGO to issue an apology. He is unlikely to do so.
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Sarawak PKR head Baru Bian, a lawyer who champions native land rights, says the state BN reps don’t sufficiently question injustice.
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Logging companies are resorting to this to counter wide-ranging criticism of their operations in Sarawak.
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Call goes out for the constitution to be amended so that native, and presumably bumiputera, status is made standard.
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The RM3 billion Murum Dam project is hammered by Suhakam for its serious lapses and insensitivity towards Native Customary Rights.
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Nearly two months later, no arrests have been made, despite continuing pressure from civil society and the international community.
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Penans fight a constant battle to defend their native customs against those who want to ‘civilise' them.
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International pressure mounts on a hotelier linked with logging company at the centre of the Sarawak Penan rape scandal.
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The villagers take on dam giant in a David vs Goliath battle in Sarawak in a matter touching on native customary land rights.
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