15 February 2023
Pada Rancangan Hari Ini
> Patricia Helen dari baa bang – Polis keluarkan Sekatan Ba Abang Penan
> Komeok Joe, ketua Keruan – jemput raja Charles ke Sarawak menyaksikan penebangan hutan
> Wong Tuck, bekas Ahli Parlimen Bentong dan aktivis alam sekitar – rakyat perlu memberi tekanan kepada kerajaan untuk menghentikan lynas sepenuhnya di Malaysia
> Encik Roma, dari Bintangor dan Encik Rary, bomba dari Subis – alat pemadam api tamat tempoh, tidak dapat memadamkan api
On Today Show
> Patricia Helen from baa bang – Police dismantle Ba Abang Penan’s Blockade
> Komeok Joe, head of Keruan – invite king Charles to Sarawak witness deforestation
> Wong Tuck, ex-MP of Bentong and environmental activist – people need to put pressure to the government to completely eliminate lynas in Malaysia
> Mr Roma, from Bintangor and Mr Rary, fireman from Subis – fire extinguishers expired, unable to extinguish the fire
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Patricia memaklumkan bahawa Penan Ba Abang mendirikan blockade kali kedua bagi menghalang syarikat pembalakan GT Interhill menceroboh dan membalak secara haram dalam hutan Ba Abang. Blockade didirikan pada 13 feb 2023 tetapi pada 14 feb lebih kurang jam 3 petang polis dan General manager GT Interhil dan Arun Nyaling datang dan mengarahkan supaya blockade dibuka. Polis mengancam penduduk dengan mengatakan bahawa mereka akan ditangkap kerana menghalang sebuah syarikat pembalakan yang ada permit pembalakan beroperasi secara sah. Juga menurut polis - adalah satu jenayah membuat blockade terhadap syarikat yang diberi kebenaran oleh kerajaan. Penan Ba Abang tetap menegaskan bahawa syarikat pembalakan yang tidak mendapat kebenaran membalak dalam Kawasan tanah mereka tetap satu kesalahan.
Polis memujuk Patricia supaya satu perbincangan dengan semua pihak terlibat dan jabatan-jabatan kerajaan diadakan pada 15 Mac 2023 di Long Lama. Penan Ba Abang tidak setuju sebarang perundingan diluar kampung mereka Ba Abang. Mereka mahu semua pihak terbabit datang mendengar suara penduduk Ba Abang di Kampung Ba Abang. Bukannya di Long Lama. Blockade dirobohkan oleh Arun Nyaling dan beberapa penyokongnya. Puan Patricia Helen berkeras tidak mahukan sebarang perundingan- selain syarikat GT Interhill keluar daripada tanah mereka. Semasa blockade dirobohkan polis mengarahkan supaya tidak boleh merakam photo atau video. Penduduk akur kerana takut Tindakan akan diambil terhadap mereka. Amat sukar berhubung dengan Puan Patricia (dia di kampung Ba Abang). Panggilan telephone terputus sebanyak 12 kali dan proses rakaman memakan masa lebih sejam. Walaupun isi perbualan tak sampai 10 minit.
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Patricia informed that Penan Ba Abang set up a second blockade to prevent logging company GT Interhill from trespassing and logging illegally in the Ba Abang forest. The blockade was set up on 13 Feb 2023 but on 14 Feb at around 3pm the police and General Manager GT Interhil and Arun Nyaling came and ordered the blockade to be opened. Police threatened residents saying they would be arrested for obstructing a logging company that had a logging permit to operate legally. Also according to the police - it is a crime to blockade a company authorized by the government. Penan Ba Abang still insists that logging companies that do not get permission to log in their land are still an offence.
The police persuaded Patricia that a discussion with all parties involved and government departments be held on March 15, 2023 in Long Lama. Penan Ba Abang does not agree to any negotiations outside their village Ba Abang. They want all parties involved to come and listen to the voice of Ba Abang residents in Kampung Ba Abang. Not at Long Lama. The blockade was demolished by Arun Nyaling and some of his supporters. Mrs Patricia Helen insists she does not want any consultation - other than the GT Interhill company exiting their land. When the blockade was demolished, the police instructed not to take photos or videos. Residents agreed because they were afraid Action would be taken against them. It is very difficult to get in touch with Mrs. Patricia (she is in Ba Abang's village). The telephone call was interrupted 12 times and the recording process took more than an hour. Even if the content of the conversation is less than 10 minutes.