Indigenous Penan continue protesting as Murum dam begins to fill

Penan blockading against the Murum dam since last week (Photo courtesy BMF)
By John Ahni Schertow • Sep 24, 2013

A large group of Penan Peoples have reinstated a blockadeagainst the controversial Murum dam in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

The blockade originally began in September 2012, when the Penan and Kenyah heard that they would be forced off their lands without fair compensation to make way for the dam’s reservoir.

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