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— Ebau Emang, Residents of Long Bemang Baram – Baram's Log Roads in Disrepair: Toll Collection Highlights Government Inaction
— George Laeng from Uma Akeh – Fairness for All: Demanding Equal Land Rights Treatment from GPS
— Agnes from Selangau – Empowering Communities: The Journey to Protecting Land Rights
— Dennis, activist from Ulu Baram – Government Faces Prolonged Issue of Illegal Workers in Sarawak
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- Ebau Emang, Penduduk Long Bemang Baram - Jalan KayuBalak Rosak: Tol Menonjolkan Kurang Tindakan daripada Kerajaan
- George Laeng dari Uma Akeh - Keadilan untuk Semua: Menuntut Rawatan Hak Tanah Sama Rata dari GPS
- Agnes dari Selangau - Memperkasakan Komuniti: Perjalanan Menjaga Hak Tanah
- Dennis, aktivis dari Ulu Baram - Kerajaan Menghadapi Isu Pekerja Haram yang Berpanjangan di Sarawak
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Ebau Emang, Residents of Long Bemang Baram
*Baram's Log Roads in Disrepair: Toll Collection Highlights Government Inaction*
Today, RFS received information from a resident of Baram who refused to be named. Stating that residents around Long Bemang started collecting a RM30 toll for every car passing through the log road around the village. According to him the matter was done to collect as much money as possible to repair the damaged road (log road) around their village.
RFS spoke to Ebau Emang who confirmed that the log road leading to Long Bemang was badly damaged. In particular the part of the Interhill logging concession that they have abandoned due to running out of logs. According to Emang again, many log roads in Baram were damaged and abandoned by logging companies that closed their operations because the area had run out of logs. Meanwhile, the GPS government did nothing.
Last March 2023, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that a large allocation was given to upgrade the log roads around Baram, Limbang and Belaga, the entire route is 578 km long. And the repair and upgrade work must be completed before December 25, 2023. But according to Emang, there are only minor repair works. Making the log roads to villages and longhouses in Baram very dangerous to travel at this time.
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