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Merits in Tongod NCR Claims
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Kota Kinabalu, 21 March: The High Court on Wednesday upheld a High Court Deputy Registrar’s decision nine years ago to dismiss an application by three companies to strike out five natives’ customary right claims over ancestral lands in Tongod, Kinabatangan.
Judge Dato’ Abdul Rahman Sebli, in his chambers, ruled that there were merits in the plaintiffs’ (Darinsok Pangiran Apan, Kayah Unto, Wilster Lewrince, Jaafar Dorong and Jaimon Darinsok) claim.
He then set the hearing date for the suit brought by the plaintiffs for two weeks commencing September 18 this year.
AIPP Information Sharing
Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:48 | |
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Sarawak: Halt All Survey Works Until Clear And Proper Information Given - Joint Statement From Penan Villages Impacted By Murum Hydro Project20 August 2011 - The Pelieran Murum Penan Action Committee (PEMUPA) together with 1,500 residents from seven Penan villages located at the Murum Hydro Electric Dam Project (HEP) are strongly demanding that the current native customary land surveying works being carried out by the Land and Survey Department be halted until clear and proper information are made available to them.
Malaysia Court Allows Tribes to Fight Land Claim
Thursday, 03 March 2011 07:59 | |
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Malaysia's highest court Tuesday allowed indigenous tribespeople from Borneo the right to challenge the acquisition of their ancestral land, in what campaigners hailed as a historic test case. Their legal battle for native title began 12 years ago after the state government of Sarawak on Malaysian Borneo requisitioned land for the controversial Bakun dam and a timber pulp-mill. "Since we know that there are a lot of native lands which had been acquired and cases relating to such acquisition are pending in the court which are likely to be raised, we therefore decided to grant leave," Chief Justice Zaki Azmi said. The Federal Court said it will begin hearing the arguments on April 28. Two separate cases, dealing with each of the Borneo projects, are being heard in tandem. Lawyer and human rights activist Baru Bian, one of the campaigners who have propelled the case to the apex of Malaysia's justice system, welcomed the court's decision as "an initial victory".
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Raleigh International in Borneo Working in Partnership with PACOS TrustAnne Lasimbang describes the impact of working in partnership with Raleigh International with remote communities in Sabah, Borneo.
Tribal People Living in Fear After Attacks
Monday, 28 February 2011 03:43 | |
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Survival has received reports that Bengali settlers in Chittagong Hill Tracts attacked Jumma villages on 17 February 2011, burning down at least 23 houses and leaving two people injured. The attacks followed the death of a Bengali settler in the area. The circumstances of the man’s death are unknown, but reports suggest that no signs of injury were found on his body, and that he had suffered from epilepsy. Jumma representatives say that police and army personnel did nothing to stop the attacks.
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