‘Rich state, poor people’


MIRI: A community-based organisation has pointed out the irony of Sarawak being the richest state in natural resources yet having a large number of poor families.

Michael Jok (pic), who is the secretary-general of the Society for Rights of Indigenous People of Sarawak (Scrips), said they had carried out analyses over the years in Sarawak concerning poverty and human rights issues.

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