MIRI: The remaining Penan villagers in the Murum valley have rejected an initial offer of RM16,000 per family in compensation from the state government to move out of their longhouses.
Rejecting the offer and refusing to resettle mean they are in danger of being cut off from the outside world by the flooding of the RM4bil Murum dam reservoir.
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