Corruption, kickbacks, and stealing land from aborigines is all clearly exposed in this 16-minute long undercover exposé. While one may read about such shenanigans depressingly frequently on Sarawak Report, it is another to clearly hear the players and see their faces as they plot to earn millions more at the expense of the people living …
It’s all systems go for my research trip into the tropical forests of Sarawak. I have no idea when I will be back, and I may not even get the opportunity to salve my Internet addiction. In fact, I am shuddering at the thought of wading through over 1000 Slashdot posts because I am loath …
Some research work permit issues need some attending to, and the lead researcher supervising this trip to Sarawak assumed that I would be free to find and conduct work wherever I please in Malaysia because I am a Malaysian. Sarawak however, sees things differently so I have had to reschedule my flight to next Friday …
Taib Mahmud, Chief Mugwump of Sarawak, and a member of the sub-committee of dwarf dictators of Not Even Trying to Lie United, recently issued a challenge for independent fact-checkers: “I know that there are exaggerated claims that 90% of Sarawak’s forests have been destroyed by logging,” the chief minister said in an interview here in …
Here’s more tragic news regarding our forests. Scientific America just released a report from Wetlands International and Dutch remote sensing institute Sarvision, stating: …between 2005–2010, almost 353,000 hectares (883,000 acres) of species-rich, peatswamp forests were opened up largely for palm oil production. “In just 5 years time, almost 10 percent of all Sarawak’s forests and …
The single group of people whom I scorn above all others consistently are hypocrites. These same people would crush your rights on one hand, and use those same rights to benefit themselves on the other hand. A case of hypocrisy just surfaced in Sarawak where a 10-year-old boy was caned 10 times for bringing non-halal food …
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