7 July 2020

Iban

Ari Radio Free Sarawak lemai tu, kitai ningaka cherita Ulu Btg. Rajanh ti mayuh pengeraja asal nyengkaum kayu kampung, tang orang di menua nys diau merinsa mensena lebih agi ba pendiau sida laban kampung udah abis diperimba komoini. Kami bisi berandau enggau Alex Lihan pasal penusah ti nuntung bala Penan ti udah resa pendiau enggau jalai pengidup laban pemakai menua sida ti direngkap kandang tekat hydro Murum, nya ti ngasuh sida dia nadai agi rumah sekula, nadai jalai ti menyana, nadai ai beresi lalu nadai ngasaika penyamai idup ngena kuasa karan electrik, taja pun kuasa karan datai tikau ari rumah sida. Siku lawyer di menua nya Abu Sui Anyit ti diau di Dano, Tubau, bisi ngenang pemerinsa pendiau sida di menua nya laban nadai jalai raya ti menya enggau perengka ti pemadu beguna dalam pengidup mensia, tajs menua nya ngeluarka kayu batang ti berega bebillion ringgit. Kitai meri Selamat Hari Pengada ngagai Thomas Tegong Laka, ti suah mansutka runding iya pasal penusah ti nuntung pengidup bansa asal.. Pendingka Radio Free Sarawak pukul 6 lemai tu.

English

On today's show we focus on Hulu Rajang, an area rich in timber but where the people have been left impoverished by its harvest. We speak to local activist Alex Lihan about the lamentable services still at the settlement for Penan displaced by the hydropower dam at Murum, in particular regarding schooling, roads, water and electricity just a short distance from the mega-installation. Also the local lawyer Abu Sui Anyit and a Tubau Village resident Dano, who also laments lack of basic services for rural folk despite the billions SOMEBODY has made from taking all their timber. Also, Happy Birthday! to Thomas Tegong Laka who delivers his usual thoughts on native issues.......