Objection: Villagers and activists protesting against the proposed mega dam in Papar in July 2019. — Filepic
THE Taskforce Against Kaiduan (now Papar) Dam (Takad) from Penampang, Sabah, and the Save Papar River Committee from Papar, Sabah, express our strongest protest at a recent statement made by state Infrastructure Development Minister Datuk Peter Anthony and reported in The Borneo Post on Feb 18. In the article titled “Papar dam project to proceed as planned”, Anthony said that the mega dam doesn’t affect the people of Penampang as the proposed site has been moved to Papar.
We regret to learn that the Sabah government has decided that an insignificant shift in location is acceptable instead of scrapping the dam entirely because of enviromental concerns and how it negatively affects indigenous peoples.
