Kaum Anak Sarawak Lebih Prihatiin Memperjuangkan Nasib Suku Kaum Mereka Berbanding Anak Sabah ?

Hassnar Hj Ebrahim

Kaum anak negeri di Sarawak lebih prihatin memperjuangkan nasib dan masa depan suku kaum mereka jika dibanding dengan pemimpin suku kaum anak negeri d Sabah. 

 

Pemimpin mereka lebih berani tampil ke hadapan menyuarakan segala masalah menimpa kaum anak negeri Sarawak dibanding dgn pemimpin anak negeri di Sabah yang hanya tahu cakap besar , cakap sampai ke langit SEDANG KAN disaat mereka bertampik tanah anak negeri habis dirompak / rampas cara tipu oleh bukan anak negeri guna cara pelbagai dokumen palsu. 

 

Pemimpin anak negeri Sabah majoriti nya kecut mengecil , membisu malah ada yang menyokong anak negeri dianyia. 

 

Justeru jangan hairan kalau satu hari kelak kaum anak negeri Sabah menjadi gulongan Pengemis, peminta sedekah, penjenayah dan pelarian di Negeri sendiri. 

 

Pada ketika itu menangis darah pun tidak berguna lagi. Renungkan lah wahai kaum anak negeri Sabah 

Statewide rallies to protest violations against natives

William Mangor |

Gerakan Rakyat Seluruh Sarawak says the indigenous natives in the state are not happy with the state government for taking away their NCR land.

 

KUCHING: An unprecedented statewide series of peaceful rallies will be held tomorrow to draw attention to the human rights violations against Sarawak’s indigenous communities’ native customary rights (NCR) to land, territories and resources.

The rallies in major towns and cities in the state is being organised by Gerakan Rakyat Seluruh Sarawak (Grass) in conjunction with UN Human Rights Day celebrated worldwide on Dec 10.

Grass press liason officer, Mark Bujang said the rallies, will be held in Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu and Miri.

“In Kuching, the rally will start in Padang Merdeka at 10am and the group will march towards the main bazaar and back to Padang Merdeka again.

“Meanwhile in Sibu, the participants will gather at the Chuang Corridor of the Sibu Town Square at 10am. 

Some 200 community representatives are expected from the Sibu Divisions and nearby areas, which include Sungai Assam, Sungai Igan, Selangau, Balingian, Mukah, Kanowit, Machan, Poi and Nyemah,

“In Bintulu, the group will gather in front of the First Council Negeri Memorial at 10am,” he added.

Bujang said that the aim of these rallies is to demonstrate to the authorities that the natives are not happy with the constant violation of their NCR rights by the state government and the private sector companies.

“Throughout the years, the natives NCR lands have been unjustly grabbed or destroyed via various development projects such as logging, oil palm and tree plantation estates, mega-dam construction, quarrying and construction of large polluting industries like aluminum smelter plant.

“Some of the natives have sought redress through the judicial system and have obtained landmark decisions through the courts.

“The courts have accepted that NCR land is not only restricted to Temuda (cleared cultivated land) but also extends to the pulau galau (reserved forest areas) and pemakai menoa (communal territory) which is consistent with the natives customs or adat.

“But the Sarawak state government continues to reject the court decision,” he told reporters here adding that the state government was appealing all NCR decisions favourable to the natives.

Rally in support of Penans

He further added that the recent statement by Special Functions Minister Adenan Satem in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly sitting that NCR is only confined to ‘temuda’ lands underscored the state government’s adamant stand on this long outstanding issue.

The rallies will also bring together sympathisers and supporters of the ongoing Murum and Baran dam issues, which has drawn international on the human rights situation faced by the Penan, kenyah and Kayan communities in the area.

Last week it was reported that the 300 protesting Penans were forced to concede defeat and abandon their blockades after 77 days as impoundment of the contentious Murum Dam continued.

About 1,500 Penan and Kenyah natives from seven villages in the area are adversely affected by the 944MW Murum Dam.

The Penans claimed they had to leave their area because the flooding will drown their longhouses, logging roads and bridges and completely destroying their lives and livelihood.

The Penans had been protesting for better compensation. The situation came to boil when 10 Penans including two underaged teenagers were arrested.

Police then severed the community from all access to food, water, medicine in the hope of compelling them into stopping their protest.

The situation drew global attention with a international coalition of 29 NGOs expressing their shock at the treatment of Penan women, children and urging Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to intervene.

Similar protests in Baram have also drawn international concern over plans for yet another dam here.

Sarawak already has three dams – Batang Ai, Bakun and now Murum. 

All three are allegedly plagued with the unfair displacement and victimisation of the indigenous communities.