On today’s show, we kick off with Ambrose Badi of Kapit who fears that Dayak culture is under threat after reports that parangs with handles made from deer bone were seized in a market in his area. Following hot on the heels of suspension of gun licenses and seizures of wild boar meat, he fears that the rural Dayak way of life is being deliberately eroded.

But, as news of the Wuhan coronavirus spreads around the world, with four confirmed cases in Malaysia and the Health Department awaiting tests on a patient in Bintulu, we look at one purported source of the disease in eating infected wildlife.

Mohd Azrul of the Galen Centre advises us to keep calm and stop speculating. The true source of the virus remains unknown as yet and information will come out when it is confirmed. But he tells us about the spread of this disease from China around the world and gives advice on how our local folk should react to any illness.

Meanwhile, Achul from Kapit shares his fears on all the new outbreaks that seem to be spreading into the Sarawak interior. Send the Health Department here to investigate disease, he says, instead of sending them after urban smokers!

But, in an interconnected world, disease is just one aspect of modern life that can easily be spread. What of food and other imports that we rely on?

Dr Edwin Bosi, the former State Veterinarian of Sabah, shares on the rumours about the Wuhan market where the latest coronavirus is suspected to have originated. Wildlife is not the problem, he says, but rather the manner in which we humans keep them. Whether commercial farming or appalling conditions in illegal wildlife markets, a stressed animal in unclean circumstances is more likely to breed disease.

Dr Davies Banda, a Kuching veterinarian, reiterates the dangers of this and of other diseases that can come with eating meat that has not been properly raised and cared for. Making sure we grow enough healthy food to survive at a local level should be a priority, he says, and for that we need to instill a greater love of agriculture, perhaps even through reintroducing the subject in Sarawak’s schools.

Then Sarojeni Rengam of PANAP supports this. She worries that Malaysia, a nation with prime agricultural potential, brings in 60% of its food from overseas, often filled with pesticides and preservatives to keep it ‘fresh’ on its long journey. Better to grow at home, she says, and know exactly what we are putting into our bodies.

Additionally, Dr Jeremiah Lee, a political economist from Sabah, explains the statement that the PSS is to be scrapped. Power to the people, he says!

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

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Dalam programme ari Radio Nyawa Sarawak lemai tu, kami bisi berandau enggau Ambrose Badi ari Kapit, ti bisi penangi ati ka main asal lban tau punas, bepun ari duku ilang, duku nyabur ti beuluka tanduk rusa dijual orang siku di pasar Sibu ti udah dirampas pemesai perintah. Kedua nya pasal Opis Polis ti deka narit lisin senapang enggau pemesai perintah ti ngerampas dagin babi babas, nya ku iya tau bendar ngenusah jalai pengidup Dayak ti diau di pesisir.

Bekaul enggau berita penyakit coronavirus ti berampit ba sekeda endur di sekayu dunya diatu, ti netapka 4 iku orang di Malaysia udah ngidapka penyakit coronavirus. Opis Pengerai Malaysia agi nganti penerang ari sapital Bintulu pasal siku orang dia benung dipansik lutur dikena netapka iya bisi tauka nadai dirampit coronavirus, laban iya ti sakit bisi makai dagin jelu babas.

Mohd. Azrul ari Galen Centre, ngelalau kitai mayuh ngasuh diau diri diatu lalu anang betusuika berita ti selebubu ngapa. Penanatai penyakit coronavirus nya mengkang apin temu. Iya madahka penatai penyakit tu ti benung berampit di sekayu dunya tu nya ari menua China, iya bisi meri penerang pasal atur dikena bejaga ari penyakit tu.

Achul ari Kapit, bisi madahka pengirau ati iya ba penyakit coronavirus tu berampit ngagai menua pesisir. Iya minta pemesai ari Opis pengerai mansik pekara tu, lalu sida enda patut kiruh betangkapka orang ti ngeruku ba kedai ti bejual barang pemakai di nengeri.

Tang dalam kaul jalai pengidup kitai mensia di dunya tu, penyakit ti jampat berampit nya sebangkah ari gaya jalai pengidup modern kitai mensia. Tang kati ku empas pemakai enggau utai bukai ti dipeguna kitai dalam pengidup?

Dr. Edwin Bosi, ti udah nyadi lutur jelu di Sabah, ti ngenang pasal penyakit coronavirus ti berampit diatu ti beasal ari pasar endur bejual jelu babas di nengeri Wuhan. Penusah nya ukai ketegal jelu babas, ku iya, tang penusah nya datai ari bakani ku atur kena kitai ngandang jelu.  Enti endur jelu dikandang nya enda beresi, nya ngujungka sida bisi ngundan igi penyakit.

Dr. Davies Banda, lutur jelu di Kuching, madahka penatai penusah laban penyakit coronavirus tauka penyakit bukai, nya endang laban mensia ti makai dagin jelu ti kurang dijaga pengerai. Nya alai tetapka kitai bisi nanam pemakai ti nadai ngundan igi penyakit awakka bisi ka pemakai diri sebilik, nya alai ku iya kitai patut rindu ngereja pengawa betanam-betupi, lalu penemu pengawa betana-betupi patut digaga nyadika mata pelajar dalam sekula di Sarawak.

Sarojeni Rengam ari PANAP setuju enggau penemu tu. Iya irau ati ka menua Malaysia, menua ti bisi bendar awak ngemansangka pengawa betanam-betupi, tang meli kira 60% barang pemakai ari menua bukai, pemakai ti ngundan rachun indu utai dikena nyaga barang nya diserantu jalai ka menua tu. Manah agi menua kitai nanam barang pemakai ka kitai empu, ngambika kitai nemu pemanah barang pemakai ti dipakai kita.

Nambahka nya, Dr. Jeremiah Lee, siku orang ti pandai pasal political economy di Sabah, madahka PSS patut dibuai. Kuasa nya diberi ngagai rayat, ku iya!

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