23 October 2024

On Today Show
> Madeline Jok, Retired Teacher from Long Panai, Baram and Willie Kajan, Resident of Tering Long Terawan – Flooding and Destruction: Baram Villagers Eye Legal Action Against Timber Giants
> Mr. Jimmy from Miri – 5000 Hectares for Rice? Doubts Arise Over Sarawak’s Mega Agriculture Plan
Topik Pada Hari Ini
> Madeline Jok, Guru Bersara dari Long Panai, Baram dan Willie Kajan, Penduduk Tering Long Terawan – Banjir dan Kemusnahan: Penduduk Baram Timbang Tindakan Undang-Undang Terhadap Syarikat Pembalakan
> Encik Jimmy dari Miri – 5000 Hektar untuk Padi? Keraguan Timbul Terhadap Rancangan Pertanian Mega di Sarawak
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Madeline Jok, Retired Teacher from Long Panai, Baram and Willie Kajan, Resident of Tering Long Terawan
*Flooding and Destruction: Baram Villagers Eye Legal Action Against Timber Giants*
After being hit by floods twice in October 2024, finally the residents of Long Panai were given help by the Sarawak government in the form of 2 bags of 5kg rice, 2 pcs maggie noodles, 2 pcs cooking oil, 2 pcs wheat flour, 2 pcs salt, 2 pcs sugar, 2 pcs of tea and 2 pcs of biscuits. We call this help maggie mee. Just to release a cough on the stairs only. Our real loss is that our lives are disrupted and our crops and livestock die. We have planned to move to higher ground. But this all comes at a high cost. Leveling house sites, building roads to new longhouses and buying new house building equipment. Whichever logging company caused us to move must be responsible for helping us. We are thinking of moving because we have been flooded too often and our daily life has been disrupted. Asked if the villagers know, why there are always big floods?. According to Cikgu Medeline all residents know that it is caused by uncontrolled logging and palm oil plantation activities. However, Willie Kajan from Long Terawan, Mulu- is of the opinion that the time has come for the people of Baram to dare to sue the logging and plantation companies that are the cause of these frequent floods. Willie also hopes that YB GPS together with the residents will sue the timber companies that make millions of ringgit but cause hardship to the rural residents in the long term. Baram residents can sue and claim damages - Willie Kajan said.
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