DANGEROUS DAMS: THE REAL REASON BEHIND BN'S DEALINGS WITH CHINA

Betrayal of ordinary people 

Thousands of families in Sarawak have been forced from their homes and lands to make way for dams like Bakun, Batang Ai and now Murum.  Worse, the promises of compensation and prosperity made to them by the BN state government of Abdul Taib Mahmud have proved worthless. The compensation, when it has been paid, has not been enough even to pay for their new homes, leaving most of these people in debt and unable to afford promised water and electricity.  Often the compensation has not even been paid at all!  

Bakun - scene of destruction

Meanwhile, cronies of Taib Mahmud have plundered the timber from the vast areas of Sarawak’s unique rainforests, which have been destroyed to make way for the dams.  None of this profit has been returned to the indigenous people who rightfully owned the land.  

What is behind Taib’s enthusiasm for dams?  

Sarawak now has more than enough dams.  Yet Taib Mahmud has nevertheless announced a new financial deal with the Republic of China to create 12 further dams, which will displace  hundreds of thousands more native people from their lands and livelihoods and complete the destruction of one of the world’s most valuable and beautiful rainforests.  

Why should he do such a thing when the world knows that Sarawak has no need of more dams?   The answer is simple. Mega-projects like dam building are the quickest and easiest way for corrupt ministers to feed the wealth of their country into their own bank accounts.  They provide an opportunity for fabulous riches for Taib Mahmud and his family, who will award themselves fat contracts for building the dams out of the billions of ringits that China has now agreed to lend. 

Bakun - a dangerous waste of resources

  

The terrible danger to Sarawak 

The dams mean easy wealth for Taib, but how will they leave the rest of the people of Sarawak?  Many fear that the dams will be poorly built and burst, sweeping away lands and people.  This might be true, but there will be another terrible and more inevitable effect. The millions of ringits that China is lending Sarawak to build these unnecessary dams will leave us with a debt that we cannot repay to the world’s fastest growing colonial Empire. China is happy to use its spare dam building capacity and money to extend control over our country, because that will buy our future independence. 

So Long after Taib’s family have escaped with their millions, the people of Sarawak with all its natural resources will be controlled by the Chinese, as we try to pay back the money that Taib has taken.  

Our country, our natural resources and our independence will be handed away to outsiders once again, to pay back money taken by Taib and his cronies to build dams which nobody needed.  Can there ever have been greater folly or a greater betrayal of a nation?  

Source : Sarawak Report

HOW IS THE WEALTH OF SARAWAK DISTRIBUTED ?

Where did all the money go?

What money? Why yours of course. The millions you did not know you had and still have not seen a single ringgit of.

Sarawak is the richest state in Malaysia. But it has the poorest people.

Did you know for instance that you own, or used to, one of the great tropical forests of the world? It’s almost gone now, and so has the money obtained from selling it.  That scandal broke in the Japanese press, which reported huge bribes worth billions of ringits paid by their timber firms to companies owned by Taib Mahmud.  And the Sarawak government’s reaction?  It published a ten page “clarification” stating that Chief Minister Taib knew nothing of bribes and cheating on timber exports. Who do you believe?

Sarawak also owns oil, gas, and huge palm oil plantations, but it has the worst public services and worst roads.

Left with nothing – Natives who 

stand up for their rights 

Did you know that you own a huge business enterprise that gets the lion’s share of all Sarawak state contracts. Its not registered in your name and you don’t see any of the enormous profits it makes, but those profits are generated by exploitation of the resources of Sarawak and ought to be ploughed back in to the development of the State.  Instead they have disappeared into the pockets of a few people. Guess who they are!?

Do you know that the whole project for 12 dams in Sarawak is a scam?  Not only will they flood huge areas of land belonging to natives of Sarawak but the electricity they will produce is not needed. The plan is to sell it to West Malaysia through pipes under the sea, but the technology still isn’t invented! Some of the electricity may attract an international aluminium smelter to set up. Where? In Bintulu of course. Home town of Sarawak’s CM! And if these dams eventually show a profit? The dividend cheques wont have your name on them.

Look At This Pity Poor Man

Do you know that you have a fleet of luxury cars headed by a cream coloured monster? They are not registered in your name of course but they were bought with your money!

Did you know that the tiny share of the money Sarawak receives from our oil and gas, just  5%, was negotiated by the Chief Minister?  The rest goes to Malaysia.  Other negotiators claim, with reason, that the percentage should be much larger.

You cannot fail to know that Sarawak has, since it joined Malaysia, become virtually a family business, run by and belonging wholly to the Chief Minister and his immediate family.

If you think its time to call time on this Papa Doc VOTE HIM OUT AT THE NEXT ELECTION and let him join Suharto, Marcos and the rest of the cheats and dictactors dismissed by their angry people.

Source : Sarawak Report

BAKUN IMPOUNDMENT ?

The No. 2 Abettor Man

BAKUN IMPOUNDMENT ! WHAT A HELL IS THAT DECISION ! WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THE CRIES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DAM’S CATCHMENT AREA AND BELAGA PEOPLE AS A WHOLE ? WHAT ABOUT THEIR COMPENSATION ? DID MASING AND HIS BOS,  TAIB MAHMUD TAKE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE INTEREST OF THESE VERY OPPRESSED INDIGENOUS. OBVIOUSLY, MASING AND TAIB ARE NOW IN THE PROCESSING OF ABETTING TO EFFACE ALL THE STUFFS AND EVIDENCES OF THE COURT CASES WHICH ARE NOW PENDING IN THE COURT.

THE NO. 1  ABETTOR  MAN  OF  BAKUN  IMPOUNDMENT

This man is the mastermind of all what happened in Sarawak. He hold the steering from his office in Kuching by just activated his master tool, 1Sarawak, Family-Ethnic First, Cronies Now !

BAKUN HYDRO IMAGE - CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS

While development project believed to bring development, nevertheless in the case of Bakun hydro project, it doesn't worked as what being prophecies. Many Bakun residents were being oppressed their rights  under concept of 1Sarawak, Family-Ethnic First, Cronies Now ! 

A SEGMENT OF SUNGAI BALUI WHICH IS THE CATCHMENT AREA FOR THE DAM

Beautiful and natural image above is a segment of Balui River which is soon to be engulfed deep under water which the young generation will never see again. We're loosing these beautiful natures which are also potentially as pharmaceutically research beside tourism attraction.

Bakun Rapid - Now Only Left as Fond Memory to many Belaga People.

Truly ! Image above was gone forever. This is an image of Bakun Rapid taken just before Bakun Hydro being constructed. It's where the name of Bakun Hydro being taken and created - the Bakun Rapid with it natural beautiful scenic. Now Gone !

My fellow Sarawakians out there, do we just looked and let such thing like this happening. What happened in Bakun is also happening everywhere in Sarawak. You know why ? It's easy to understand. It's the same government and the same person under the concept, 1Sarawak, Family & Ethnic First, Cronies Now !  


Realise ! We all know that we elect our government through general election. That is what we call democracy. It's an ideology of check and balance. Sooner, we will have an election. Cash your votes carefully and choose a new government. It's your democratic right and freedom under the constitutional laws of this country. If you love Sarawak, make the change now.