Experts at Swiss Anti-SLAPP Conference Identify Samling’s Lawsuit Against SAVE Rivers as an alleged SLAPP Suit Originally published in the Sarawak Report As companies increasingly rely on legal intimidation around the world, Samling is identified as one company in Malaysia allegedly using legal action to silence public participation A delegation...
Originally published in the Malaysian Insight PENAN folk deep in the interior of Sarawak have refuted a timber company’s claims that it was not logging in Long Pakan. In a video contradicting the company Samling, the ethnic group showed satellite images of a road the firm is alleged to be building on...
Originally published on ICCA Consortium by Bruno Manser Fonds ICCA Consortium Member SAVE Rivers continues uphill struggle for accountability and Indigenous rights in Malaysian timber industry In June 2021, the timber company Samling Plywood filed a lawsuit against Malaysian NGO SAVE Rivers (ICCA Consortium Member) and its directors for publishing allegedly defamatory...
Samling appropriated and claimed ownership over a photo featuring the work of community-based organization SAVE Rivers, which Samling is suing for publicly criticizing Samling’s lack of community engagement January 25, 2022 (Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia) — On a webpage highlighting its commitment to corporate social responsibility, Samling Timber Malaysia has posted...
Primary forest in Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah. Image by John C. Cannon for Mongabay. This was the headline Sabah woke up to on the morning of November 10th. Before the Mongabay story broke, I heard from Australian friends and allies as early as July that something was afoot. Forests, carbon, climate...
Originally published in Malaysiakini EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was amended to reflect that there are a number of communities, not just Penan, involved in the campaign. Indigenous communities of the Baram River Basin in Sarawak have launched a signature campaign against what they claimed to be a misleading sustainability certification for...
Community signature campaign condemns selective consultations and requests a stop work order for timber giant Samling in Sarawak’s interior (BARAM / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) Indigenous communities of the Baram River Basin have launched a signature campaign against the misleading sustainability certification of logging activities on their ancestral land. Last week...
Originally published in Malaysiakini by Andy Heong Editor’s note: The earlier story made reference to Samling Power as part of the Samling Group in Malaysia. This was an error and the reference has been removed. We apologise for the mistake. PANDORA PAPERS | Before the break of dawn, Lunai Pada was...
Civil society organisations argue MTCC dispute resolution process is faulty, standards not met for Gerenai Forest Management Unit under timber giant Samling(MIRI / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) A group of organisations lodged an official complaint with the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), the international body based in Switzerland...
