Land Still Matters: Part 1 | Broadcast 17 February 2020

ENGLISH - On today’s show, we speak to Hilarion Besi who is in the middle of a court case against the Lands and Survey Department. He tells us that he bought the land from the villagers and had it surveyed in 1972 under the Part V Settlement Survey, but yet, nearly 20 years passed and no title was ever forthcoming. Then, in 1993, he realised that his land had been given away to Lembaga Amanah Kebajikan Darul Falah. How was his rightful claim frozen along with the Settlement Survey Action? He is waiting for the courts to decide.

Then Hipni Fadill shares his struggle over land in Lubok Bunting. He has in his possession a letter signed by his YB, Naroden Majais, promising the villagers a share in the profits of a plantation run by Hydroflow. But, so far, nothing has ever come their way except this promise on paper from a politician, despite the fact that he apparently used their names to apply for the land in the first place.

Then, we go to Semenanjung where an Orang Asli community are facing the loss of their lands, gazetted to them by the British in 1927, only to be regazetted on 5 February without their knowledge. Shaq Koyak of the Temuan community tells us that the undescribed ‘development’ the land was taken for will not be bringing any development to his community as far as they can see. This same piece of land was threatened by loggers in 1992 and 2006. A coincidence?

DAP Batu Kitang Chairman Aziz Isa then tells us about their distribution of funds to impoverished families with children from 12 schools in the Batu Kitang area through the Zariah Cakna programme. This is not a new programme, he says. The money was available under the former administration but, for some reason, never distributed, even though these people were in dire straits then much as they are now.

We end with a report from Edwin Bosi, the former State vet from Sabah, after yet another elephant has been found dead of suspected poisoning. Is this the real cost of palm oil?

Tune in for all this and more, including our usual Berita Menoa. Semoa kitai tau bejako!

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IBAN - Dalam programme ari Radio Nyawa Sarawak lemai tu, kami bisi berandau enggau Hilarion Besi ti benung bechara ngelaban Opis Land & Survey. Iya bisi meli tanah ari orang kampung lalu udah di sukat dalam taun 1972 nitihka undang2 tanah Part 5 Settlement Survey, udah lepas 20 taun pala tanah nadai diberi Opis Land & Survey. Udah nya dalam taun 1993, dia iya nemu tanah nya udah diberi ngagai BINA. Nama kebuah pala tanah iya mengkang apin dikeluarka sama enggau undang2 tanah Settlement Survey ti nadai dikena diatu? Iya diatu ngati pemutus penemu ari court.

Hipni bisi nusui pasal penusah iya laban tanah iya ti ba Lubok Bunting. Iya bisi ngembuan surat ari YB. Naroden Majais, ti besemaya meri asil ari ladang sawit Hydroflow. Tang nyentukka seharitu sida nadai nerima duit sesen nitihka semaya ari siku orang politik, ti ngena nama sida dikena minta tanah perintah endur ladang kelapa sawit.

Udah nya berita di Malaya pasal orang Asli ti lenyau tanah, tanah nya diempu sida lalu digazet maya British Colony dalam taun 1972 suba, lebuh 2hb Dua tu kamari sida nemu tanah nya udah di gezet orang bukai melakangka sida. Shaq Koyak ari raban Asli Temuan, madahka tanah nya udah endur ngaga pengawa pemansang ti nadai mai penguntung ngagai sida. Tanah sida nya suba udah deka endur orang nebang kayu dalam taun 1992 enggau 2006. Kati alai nya tak setutuk?

Chairman DAP Batu Kitang, Aziz lsa bisi meri duit dikena nulung apai-indai nembiak ti besekula ba 12 buah sekula dalam kandang menua Batu Kitang ngena atur program Zariah Cakna. Iya madahka duit tulung nya endang bisi maya perintah ti dulu, tang duit nya nadai diberi dikena nulung apai-indai ti suntuk nya.

Pegujung tu kitai ningaka berita ari Edwin Bosi, ti madahka siku gajah udah ditemu mati di Sabah. Gajah nya disangka mati laban ngirup rachun dalam ladang kelapa sawit, kati tu pengawa kebun sawit ti mai penguntung?

Pendingka berita bukai nyengkaum Berita menua ari radio Nyawa Sarawak. Semua Kitai Tau Bejaku!