MIRI: A “peace deal” to end protests and blockades by the Penans against timber operators has resulted in the state government agreeing to acknowledge that the natives have a right to their own land.
It is the first time Sarawak has conceded this to the landless Penans, the original settlers of Borneo living in miserable conditions in the logging-ravaged regions of the state.
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