Penan father and son arrested for allegedly assaulting loggers

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Two Penan villagers - a father and son - from Baram, northern Sarawak, have been arrested and detained in police custody in Marudi last week, allegedly for assaulting workers from a logging company.

Marudi-based Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) field officer Jok Jau Evong told malaysiakini by phone that a Penan villager, Semali Sait, and his father, Sait Kiling, are on remand order which expires tomorrow.

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