NEWEST UPDATE ON NUMPANG SUNTAI'S AND SEBANGAN NATIVES' STRUGGLE TO PROTECT OUR NATIVE CUSTOMARY RIGHTS LANDS AND SEBANGAN RAINFOREST.

Sebangan is located in the State of Sarawak, Malaysia.

Numpang Suntai and 14 others, representing 276 Iban families from the 15 longhouse communities of Kampung Entanggor, Ensika, Lumut, Arus Dayak, Tongkah Dayak, Tongkah Dayak Lubuk Manta, Tongkah Dayak Atas, Tongkah Dayak Rumah Panjai, Lunying, Belimbing Besi, Ketimbong and Bajong Ili, Bajong Ili Atas, Bajong Ili Tengah, Bajong Ili Baruh, all situated at Sebangan, Simunjan, Sarawak, filed their civil suit at the Kuching High Court on November 1st, 2010.

This case was heard at Kuching High Court on August 8th though August 19th 2011. This civil court proceeding is far from over. It is to continue on November 8th through 11th, 2011 and will reconvene again on December 19 through December 23rd, 2011.

Named as defendants in the civil suit are Quality Concrete Sdn Bhd the timber concession holder, Loyal Billion Sdn Bhd the logging contractor, 2 government appointed community leaders Penghulu Merum anak Babu and Ketua Kampung Agu anak Kaleng, together with the Director of Foresty and the Sarawak State Government.

The Sebuyau and Sebangan Ibans still need your moral and financial support to fight against illegal loggers. Your contributions will pay for the legal expenses and the cost of transportation, lodging, and food for Sebangan villagers who will be attending the proceedings in Kuching.

We desperately need your support to save our NCR heritages and our prestine environment from further destruction. If we lost this case, we will lost our land and forest to timber tycoons and oil palm plantation owners. Losing this case is losing our life line, our means of survival. Without our land and forests, we the Dayaks, the natives of Borneo, we have nothing.

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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

7 Ibans in the arson at Ulu Sebuyau which is subject of much initial controversy involving Quality Concrete Holdings and Loyal Billion Sdn Bhd need not keep their date with PDRM at Simunjan on 25th November, 2010

Taken from cobboldjohn's blog:
We have been informed that the 7 Ibans in the arson at Ulu Sebuyau which is subject of much initial controversy involving Datuk Raziah @ Rodia Mahmud, Tiang Ming Sing, Quality Concrete Holdings and Loyal Billion Sdn Bhd need not keep their date with PDRM at Simunjan on 25th November, 2010.
At this point of time, it is unclear whether, PDRM has yet to decide whether they will be charged or case dropped all together.
Nevertheless, the turn of events, leaves more questions than answers? Most important is whether the allegation upon investigation has absolve the Sebangan 7 as completely innocent. If that is the case, what about the Police Report? Who started the fire (not again act of god)? We want and expect answers.
We also strongly feel Sebangan 7 should than file an action against PDRM for wrongful detention besides against Quality Concrete, their agents and servants for wrong accusation.
Don’t play play. The Dayaks are just as aware of their rights now!
It is now time to vote out Datuk Hajjah Rohani bt Karim and Julaihi Narawi, who have been silent on this fiasco.
The very fact that they have remain silent has shown how useless they have been as their elected representative in Sarawak DUN and in Parliament.
They surely have something to say regardless of whether it is pro-Taib and government policy or speak out on behalf of the very people who voted for them.

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