Baram folks in northern Sarawak showing their protests against the Baram Dam last week in Long Kesseh. pic by NGO
MIRI: A coalition of native communities in Sarawak says “it is not true” that the majority of the Baram people in northern Sarawak wanted the RM4bil Baram Dam construction to proceed.
The Sarawak Native Customary Rights Network (Tahabas) yesterday said it had carried out consultations with various Baram communities and found that the majority of Baram folks were in fact against the project. Tahabas president Romauld Siew told Sarawak Metro that his organisation had gathered information and evidences pointing to the fact that the overwhelming majority of Baram folk were angry that the state government had given approval to start the dam construction.
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