By Tara Holmes, Communications Manager for the Borneo Project Read more in Earth Island Journal Read more about hydropower dams in Sarawak then join the discussion on Facebook A fight against a mega dam in the Malaysian district of Sarawak is intensifying as Malaysian police move to arrest more than...
By Tara Holmes, Communications and Development Coordinator for the Borneo Project Thursday, October 3, 2013 On the morning of October 3, 2013, Ngang Buling, a Penan from the Murum region of Sarawak, Malaysia, was arrested by Malaysian police for taking part in a peaceful protest at the blockade site of the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 October 2013 Penan lodged police report against SEB & Sarawak Govt. Wants Murum Dam impoundment stopped MIRI – A few representatives from the Penan community affected by the Murum HEP Dam came down to Miri to lodged a police report against Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB)...
Malaysian energy company Sarawak Energy has been nominated for the Public Eye’s 2014 award for ‘worst company of the year.’ Swiss NGO the Bruno Manser Fund submitted the nomination based on the energy giant’s repeated human rights violations and its record of environmental destruction. Read more from the Bruno Manser...
Nearly one hundred Penan families have been relocated to a “modern” village to make way for a hydroelectric dam project in Sarawak, Malaysia. Read more from Free Malaysia Today Read more about hydroelectric dams in Sarawak then join the conversation on Facebook Native communities affected by the Murum hydroelectric project...
Torstein Dale Sjotveit, the Norwegian CEO of Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB), a state-owned Malaysian power supplier, has ignored demands from local communities and withheld information on the implementation of twelve planned dams in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo. The twelve dams are to be completed by 2020...
