Showing posts with label Tambatuon folk. Show all posts
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Jun 25, 2011

Tambatuon Folk Fear Bakun Fate

Michael Kaung
Suhakam hears why the villagers don’t want a dam in their midst.
PENAMPANG: The villagers of Tambatuon are anxious to avoid the heartbreak that the people of Bakun suffer, according to testimony before Suhakam commissioners who are conducting a study on Native Customary Land Rights (NCR) issues.
Jahim Singkui, who heads the Tambatuon Villagers’ Action Committee, told the commissioners today that the government had ignored pleas against its plan to build a RM450 million dam in the village, which is in the Kota Belud district.