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Nick Kelesau, Spokesperson for the Penan Keruan Organization
*Penan Protest: Calls to Revoke Samling's Logging License Renewal*
MTCC's action of approving logging licenses to Samling in the Penan area of Long Gita, Long Tevega, Ba Nyakit, Long Adang, Ba Beresek and Long Daun, this is very surprising. Although such a license was canceled last July 2023. My question to MTCC, has Samling met all the conditions required by the government?. Nick asked. The Penan people in the 6 areas involved in Ulu Limbang wrote a letter to MTCC asking that the logging license to Samling be canceled because Samling did not consult or dialogue with them. FPIC is not implemented. We ask SIRIM to withdraw the license that has been granted. Until now there is no dialogue with the local population in the area. According to Nick again, what Samling did was. After learning that their license was revoked in July 2023. They approached several Penan groups in the area and built houses for them and promised jobs and help. It is possible that the statement of agreement from this small group was reported to the MTCC to allow the license to Samling to be approved. Nick urged MTCC, SIRIM and other authorities, to go down to the ground and hear for themselves what happened. Disappointed with what happened, the Penan people in the 6 areas involved requested that the logging ban zone be declared first before a license is issued to Samling.
