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The Landowners are preparing diligently their case against  Pelita, this case has been posponed for 2 times. We hope that this case will not be postponed anymore for the sake of NCR landowners.

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Two Police reports PT/RPT/507/2010, Patu/000508/10 were made against Tetangga Akrab Pelita Pantu (Kim Loong Berhad) yesterday for encroachment into surveyed Titled Lands and Temuda at Bilal, Ubah Pantu. These areas were outside Pelita development area. These Public Listed west Malaysian company Kim Loong Berhad  kept on bulldosing dayak land and created lots of problems to the landowners there. No social responsiblility at all towards the plight of Dayak Land owners. This encroachment towards Titled Native Land should be stopped immediately. They also made use of ex Dayak captain Robert Ason to harrass the indigenous  people there.

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KeAdilan Stampin and Kuching leaders: Full support for Anwar and party.

2nd.March, 2010.

The resignation of the ex-secretary of Parti KeAdilan Rakyat, Datuk Salehudin, has drawn a prompt response from party leaders in Kuching. Others whom the Datuk led in resignation from the party are YB Tan Tee Beng and YB Ahmad Fairus, the ex-Deputy CM of Penang. Read more…

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M Bakri Musa
Mar 5, 09
10:26am

Book review: Saifuddin Abdullah: ‘Politik Baru: Mematangkan Demokrasi Malaysia’.English version: ‘New Politics: Towards A Mature Malaysian Democracy’. Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 2008. 88 Pages, RM30 (Sabah & Sarawak: RM35).

It is now de rigeur for ambitious politicians to pen their autobiographies or put in print their political thoughts. Barack Obama did both, presumably just to be sure, first with his autobiographical ‘Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance’ and then his ‘The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream’. That strategy obviously worked!

I am not privy to Deputy Minister for Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Saifuddin Abdullah’s political aspirations, but he has written ‘Politik Baru:Mematangkan Demokrasi Malaysia’ and its English translation, ‘New Politics: Towards A Mature Malaysian Democracy’. Both versions are included under this one cover. Read more…

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Adam ak Bara, Bugak ak Bunsi,  Collin ak Jarop, Keai ak Lingi and Bunsam ak Sering of kampung Ubah have extinguished and transferred their Native Customary rights to  Kayah ak Jabon (NRic 750215-13-5918 a bidayuh from Serian. who is Kayah ak Jabon? The NCR land size is about 200 acreas, 71.261 Ha. The pengulu of Pantu is also alleged involved in this Land scam. This NCR land is supposedly outside project boundary area.  Look at the letter from Tetangga Akrab Pelita (Pantu) Sdn Bhd (Kim Lung Berhad) demand upfront payment for Kayah ak Jabon. The landowners were asked to sign statutory declaration. How can this happened? Some of the NCR  Land in these areas are surveyed in 1930’s by Brooke Government. Any comment?

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Another writ of summons suit no 22,  Martin ak Lindang, Biju ak Nyelang, and Buang ak Jala and others from kpg Sungai Merah Pantu against Standard Point Sdn Bhd, Roundtree Timber sdn bhd, Director of forest Sarawak, Superintendent of Land survey Sarawak, starts 1st March 2010 in High court Kuching  for encroachment of their NCR land. Please come and support the indigenous people’s struggle.

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Keruah Usit
Feb 23, 10
12:33pm

Antidote Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud’s land policies have suffered another humiliating setback, barely a month after the state government’s landmark defeats in court to Agi anak Bungkong and Mohd Rambli Kawi.

The Sarawak government has now been ordered to pay compensation to Amit Salleh and 663 other Native Customary Rights (NCR) landowners in Suai, near Bintulu. The natives have claimed compensation amounting to some RM110 million.

The court found that the state government had illegally stripped these Malay, Kedayan and Melanau communities of their NCR land. As a result, the native communities had lost valuable teak and sentang trees they had planted.

Taib’s administration of 29 years has faced stinging criticism for steam-rolling over natives’ land rights, to enrich private companies closely linked to top state officials. His ‘New Concept’ land agenda has pushed aggressively for joint ventures (JV) between native landowners and oil palm plantation companies.

There has been growing criticism that Taib’s land policies deprive Sarawakian bumiputera communities of their land and livelihood.The JV projects have showered massive profits on well-connected investors, while yielding absurdly meagre Read more…