On Today Show
— Ngajang Miden, Residents of Uma Ukit Hulu Balui Bakun – Logging Camps and Environmental Chaos: The Urgent Need to Halt Deforestation in Bakun
— Gebriel Atong, Land Rights Activist from Punan Bah – Ending Political Interference in Village Leadership to Protect Native Lands
— S Arutchelvan, deputy chairperson of PSM – PSM Activist Seeks Justice for Injuries Sustained During Farmer Eviction Protest
Topik Pada Hari
— Ngajang Miden, Penduduk Uma Ukit Hulu Balui Bakun – Kem Penebangan Hutan dan Kekacauan Alam Sekitar: Keperluan Mendesak untuk Menghentikan Penebangan Hutan di Bakun
— Gebriel Atong, Aktivis Hak Tanah dari Punan Bah – Mengakhiri Campur Tangan Politik dalam Kepimpinan Kampung untuk Melindungi Tanah Adat
— S Arutchelvan, Timbalan Pengerusi PSM – Aktivis PSM Menuntut Keadilan atas Kecederaan yang Dialami Semasa Protes Pengusiran Petani
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Ngajang Miden, Residents of Uma Ukit Hulu Balui Bakun
*Logging Camps and Environmental Chaos: The Urgent Need to Halt Deforestation in Bakun*
Ngajang Miden is the leader of Uma Ukit residents who refuse to move to the Bakun Sungai Asap resettlement area. They moved to the high mountains so as not to be overwhelmed by the Bakun dam. RFS found out from a report on fb that a kilometer-long pile of wood (jam log) occurred again in the Linau river upstream of the Bakun dam.
Ngajang confirmed the incident and informed that there were 2 reasons why it happened. Firstly, the logging activities in the upstream of the Linau river and the upstream of the bakun and the second - the decay of the timber in the bakun dam itself. Wood that is not cut down or not cleaned in the dam area will float when the water in the dam is full.
In Linau River alone there are still 5 logging camps run by the Shin Yang logging company. While upstream of the bakun there are several logging camps run by Rimbunan Hijau. Among them Seraju Holding, Lanjak Camp, Besta sdn.bhd, Wong Camp and Ensurai Camp. There are several other logging camps that Ngajang himself does not remember the names of. We have complained about this clock log problem to SEB but no action has been taken.
This problem is serious because it restricts our journey and has caused several accidents. The most appropriate way to solve this problem is to stop the logging with the GPS government terminate the logging license in the upstream Bakun because it pollutes the environment and we local people need the forest as our source of life. Bakun area under the administration of YB Liwan Lagang GPS.
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