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On Today Show
> Gereng Jadum, The Penan tribe that lives in the Murum resettlement area – Resettlement Woes: The Impact of Dam Construction on the Penan People
> Abun Sui, Senator ok PKR Sarawak – Taking Action Now: Providing Free Tertiary Education for Sarawakians
> Patricia from Family Frontliner – The government was urged to stop all “regressive amendments” to the Constitution on the citizenship of children born to Malaysian mothers abroad.
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Gereng Jadum, The Penan tribe that lives in the Murum resettlement area.
*Resettlement Woes: The Impact of Dam Construction on the Penan People*
Gereng Jadum is the father of 6 children who are still in school. He and his wife were moved to the Murum resettlement area in 2014, to make way for the construction of the Murum hydro-electric dam. He shared the pain of life due to the recent increase in the price of rice. According to Gereng, it was reported on TV that the price of rice in peninsular Malaysia is around RM26 to RM31 for a 10kg pack. But in our place here the price is around RM36 to RM43 depending on the type. For us this is very expensive, as if buying gold. For 4 years after being moved here. We are given monthly assistance of RM850 per family to buy daily necessities. But since 2018, the aid has been stopped and now we are working with the nearby oil palm plantations for survival. We buy rice, cooking oil and other necessities at grocery stores in oil palm plantations. We have never been able to buy basic necessities whose transportation costs have been subsidized by the government under the essential goods distribution program, LPG and the price standardization program in the 2023 budget at a cost of RM200 million. Our life here is much poorer than our old settlement in Sungai Murum. Here we start it all, but nothing has succeeded yet. We do not agree with the government's plan to build more dams in Sarawak. Because it really affects our lives. The government does profit from selling electricity. But who felt the bad effects of us. Gereng expressed his feelings following the government's decision to sell electricity to Singapore. We Penan people always want to report our problems to the government. Does the government want to help us?. His question.
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