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.

In the USA please e-mail christinasuntai@gmail.com for postal address and other information. Or you can use Pay Pal by clicking Donate and you can use any credit cards to donate on-line. Thank you for you donations and support.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

High Court of Sabah and Sarawak

Upate on Numpang Suntai’s High Court Appearance on 8th April 2011
On March 10th 2011, Numpang Suntai was today acquitted of a charge of criminal intimidation brought against him by logging company Quality Concrete Holdings, owned by Taib Mahmud’s sister Raziah.

On April 7th, at 8:40 AM the Police from Sebuyau by the name of Cpl. Bart telephone Numpang to appear at Kuching High Court on April 8th at 9:00 AM. On April 8th 2011, Numpang accompanied by a handful of our relatives, presented himself before Kuching High Court promptly at 9:00 AM. He found out the Notice was not served. The Public Prosecutor was not there and Numpang's lawyer was also not there to represent him.

Numpang represented himself infront of Judge Singh. Judge said there is no paper work presented by the Public Prosecutor from Simunjan and the court was adjourned the date May 10th at 9:00 AM was set for the next mention.

There is something not quite right about this incident. So, I decided to do some research on my own. Here is the website where I did my research:
http://www.highcourt.sabah.sarawak.gov.my/apps/highcourt/v3/modules/highcourt_cap/components/publishing/index3_judgment_list.php?judge_id=15


In the course of my research, Under Senior Assistant Registrar I found only one name in this site with the last name of Sing, Pradeep Singh A/L Arjan Singh.

I clicked , Pradeep Singh A/L Arjan Singh to locate Numpang Suntai’s court case.

I clicked the date of April 2011 – 9th April 2011. Numpang’s case was on 8th April. I could not find any case pertains to Numpang Suntai.

CASE SCHEDULE LISTING BEFORE PRADEEP SINGH A/L ARJAN SINGH ON 04 APRIL 2011 UNTIL 09 APRIL 2011 IN CHAMBER/OPEN COURT, HIGH COURT, KUCHING



If someone called you to appear, please ask advice from your lawyer. Your lawyer should be able to give you a check list as shown below:

Your Case Number
Your Name
Your IC No.

As of now, I am still searching for Numpang anak Suntai Criminal Intimidation case that was thrown out of in Simunjan Magistrate court on March 10th 2011. If anyone can locate this case please let me know.
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