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Siri Abang, Residents of Penan Long Liwok Baram
*Penan Siblings Released After Blockade Standoff with Shin Yang Logging Company*
Four siblings (1 female and 3 male) from Long Liwok Baram village were locked up for 4 days in Marudi prison for allegedly setting up a blockade to prevent the operation of the Shin Yang logging company. They were accused in court under section 341 of the penal code. But they were successfully released by human rights lawyer and customary land lawyer Roland Engan. According to Siri (the youngest) the accusations against them are purely fabricated. They set up a blockade after dozens of their requests for Shin Yang's company to repair the road to their village were ignored. Finally we set up the Blockade. But Shin Yang's side took the opportunity to charge us with accusations designed to intimidate us. But we will not succumb to all this pressure. And we will continue to fight. The logging company should have prepared the road to our village after they made millions of ringgit in profit. Similarly, the government should build a permanent road (not a log road) to our village. We want logging to stop or have to comply with the proper FMU. We thank Roland Engan and Radio Free Sarawak for supporting and carrying our voice.
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