12 April 2024
On today show
— Mutang Tuo, Ketua Kampung Penan Long Iman Baram – Profit over Preservation: The Samling Project Critique
— Linggang Mengga, Iban from Nanga Ridan, Marudi – Protesting SaraCarbon's Carbon Trading: Breaking the Silence
— Abun Sui, Senator of PKR Sarawak – PKR Slams 'Unhealthy' Politics as PSB Assemblymen Absorbed into GPS
— Nasir Nash, activist from Gua Musang Kelatan – PAS Gov Resuming the Nenggiri Dam Project: Ignoring the Voice of the People
Topik Pada Hari Ini
— Mutang Tuo, Ketua Kampung Penan Long Iman Baram – Kritikan Projek Samling: Keuntungan Lebih Penting daripada Pemeliharaan?
— Linggang Mengga, Iban dari Nanga Ridan, Marudi – Protes Terhadap Projek Perdagangan Karbon SaraCarbon: Memecah Kegagalan
— Abun Sui, Senator PKR Sarawak – PKR Mengutuk Politik 'Tidak Sihat' Apabila Ahli Majlis PSB Diserap ke dalam GPS
— Nasir Nash, aktivis dari Gua Musang Kelantan – Kerajaan PAS Meneruskan Projek Empangan Nenggiri: Mengabaikan Suara Rakyat
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*Special Randau*
1. Met Malaysia issued a level one hot weather warning in 14 areas in Malaysia. That is 10 in the peninsula, 2 in Sabah and 2 in Sarawak. Two areas in Sarawak are Telang Usan and Mukah. The Telang Usan area is the Dennis Ngau State Assembly area, one of the largest oil palm logging and plantation areas in Malaysia and the hub of the aluminum smelting industry. So no wonder the weather will be hotter there. Heat alert is categorized when the maximum daily temperature in an area reaches 35 to 37 degrees Celsius for 3 consecutive days.
2. Chong Cheing Jen Slams Soon Koh. After the dissolution of the PSB Party and joining the PDP. Soon Koh quickly attacked DAP with the suggestion that Chong declare DAP as a local opposition party and cut ties with DAP Malaya. However, Chong criticized Soon Koh with the argument that DAP will not change its principles just for the comfort of the leader. According to Chong, DAP's duty in Sarawak is to check the balance and ensure that the Sarawak GPS government is responsible to the people. PSB's excuse with GPS for state and federal political stability is absurd. Because GPS is already stable with 76 seats and in the federation PSB has no seats. So the role of PSB in stabilizing federal politics is irrelevant. Chong said.
3. Carbon trading if implemented, penan people will be victims. We will be banned from entering the forest and our life will be more difficult. The people of Sarawak and Samling will get richer - Mutang Tuo said. Penan Village Chief Long Iman. If you want to advance the pen. Build Roads and schools for us.
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Mutang Tuo, Ketua Kampung Penan Long Iman Baram
*Profit over Preservation: The Samling Project Critique*
Mutang Tuo knew about the Samling Project (SaraCarbon) in Long Linai Marudi from Radio Free Sarawak and strongly disagrees with it. They argue that only Samling and the Sarawak Government will benefit financially from the project, whereas the Penan people, who have cared for the forest for generations, should be the ones rewarded for their conservation efforts.
Mutang Tuo believes that the Penan people are far superior in maintaining the sustainability of the forest compared to companies like Samling. They emphasize that the Penan only take what is necessary from the forest and do not destroy animal habitats, unlike the Sarawak government and the Forestry Department, which grant licenses for commercial logging and plantations, leading to habitat destruction.
Mutang Tuo expresses concern that the carbon trading project will restrict their access to the forest and make their lives more difficult.
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Linggang Mengga, Iban from Nanga Ridan, Marudi
*Protesting SaraCarbon's Carbon Trading: Breaking the Silence*
Nanga Ridan is about 3 hours away by speed boat to Sungai Linai. However, not many people know the news related to the Carbon Trading project by SaraCarbon - said Linggang.
According to him, most projects involving the acquisition of land will be done confidentially and not discussed openly. It will be told in private to village heads who support GPS. Most of these village heads will agree and do not dare to protest. Therefore, Linggang asked that the people themselves should protest if they disagreed with something. They can no longer depend on the village head who is paid by the GPS Sarawak Government.
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Abun Sui, Senator of PKR Sarawak
*PKR Slams 'Unhealthy' Politics as PSB Assemblymen Absorbed into GPS*
SARAWAK PKR is calling for the immediate resignation of the three assemblymen from the former opposition outfit Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB), which has now been absorbed into the ruling coalition.
Abun Sui comment that GPS had "absorbed" these assemblymen, calling it a very unhealthy political development in Sarawak.
These three state assemblymen from the now-dissolved PSB who are now part of GPS should resign from their state assembly seats immediately. The voters elected them during the last state election because they contested under the PSB logo, which was associated with the opposition.
He said that, the voters in their constituencies wanted an opposition voice. Now, these assemblymen have joined the ruling GPS, the very party they contested against in the last state election, without seeking a new mandate from the voters. This is a very unhealthy chapter in Sarawak's political landscape.
Three remaining assemblymen are Wong Soon Koh(Bawang Assan), Baru Bian (Ba'Kelalan) and Johnical Rayong Ngipa (Engkilili).
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Nasir Nash, activist from Gua Musang Kelatan
*PAS Gov Resuming the Nenggiri Dam Project: Ignoring the Voice of the People*
The Nenggiri dam construction is currently at 40% completion and is expected to be finished in 2026. The construction almost stopped during the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government's tenure in 2018 but resumed when the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government took over.
Nasir Nash believes there is corruption or abuse of power involved in the project. She hope that the current Madani government will consider taking action to stop the construction, as the community believes the project is not necessary.
There is a consensus among the Network of Orang Asli Kelantan to meet the Prime Minister, and they still waiting for a response from the department. The Prime Minister has the power to cease construction with immediate effect, if he is truly concerned not only for the Orang Asli communities but for all citizens.