MP: Register Murum folk affected by dam project first


MIRI: The Sarawak Government has been urged not to uproot the Murum people from their ancestral settlements without first solving their citizenship woes.

Hulu Rejang MP Datuk Billy Abit Joo said problems affecting the stateless Murum folk in central Sarawak must be resolved before they are uprooted to make way for the RM3bil Murum hydro-electric dam project.

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