Police arrest a Penan near Murum dam

Dukau Papau
12:38PM Oct 3, 2013

Police from Belaga fired shots into the air to stop more than 300 protesters who also wanted to be arrested after a protester, Ngang Buling, was arrested at their Murum dam blockade site at 10.10am today.

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