Scrap-metal worker claims daughter is latest victim of forced conversion


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heated controversy...Miri human rights lawyer Abun Sui (far left) and scrap metal collector Ngumbang Achu (second left) and wife Roslen Umbil (pink shirt) and their child Sabrina Ngumbang meeting the press in Miri today and claiming that two peninsula teachers who had been tranferred here have forced Sabrina to be converted from Christianity to Islam. The family have lodged a police report. Stephen pic

MIRI: Non-governmental organisations from among the Iban communities in Sarawak are questioning why no action has been taken on repeated complaints of forced conversion of children in the state.

Yesterday, Gerakan Anak Sarawak (GASAK) chairman Abun Sui and Persatuan Dayak Miri senior member Mark Jenggu and leaders of 15 Iban NGOs said that the Ibans were planning to stage a massive protest, following the latest case that happened to a Form One girl from SMK Lutong here.

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