Demand
A Written Guarantee to Stop Baram Dam Development Project
Civil Society
Joint Statement
10 November 2015
Coinciding
with the second anniversary of Baram blockade, We, the 24 civil society groups
signing this statement, strongly demand the state government of Sarawak to
immediately stop the Baram Dam development project with written guarantee and
to stop encroaching the Native Customary Land.
Although
Chief Minister Adenan has verbally instructed the suspension of this project,
people of Baram would continue their resistance movement until the final
written guarantee is presented by the state government.
We
would like to reiterate, that, the local villagers have never been consulted
prior to commencement of the dam project. It indicates a violation by the state
government of the development principles of “Free, Prior, Inform and Consent”
stated in United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This mega
dam project would force twenty thousand indigenous people to relocate, and
annihilate heritages and cultures. An area as large as Singapore would be
flooded, posing a long-term environmental destruction. Not only should the
state government halts the Baram dam project, all 12 mega dam projects proposed
under the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) should also be canceled.
Baram
people have been stationing at the two camps, namely Long Lama and KM15 in the
past two years to prevent staff and contractors of Sarawk Energy Berhad (SEB)
from going into the project construction site. Last year at KM 15, fourteen
confrontations with SEB occurred in three months, during which SEB personnel
were expelled and machines were moved away. A huge hole was also dug at the
main road heading to the construction site.
The
state government must recognize the perceived meaning of “development” by indigenous
villagers. They would never accept any forms of exploitation of natural
resources, let alone their ancestral land and rivers. They demand a sustainable
development – provision of basic infrastructures and democratic life without
sacrificing environmental ecology and culture. Therefore mega dam project at
rural Baram should be replaced by construction of amenities (roads, schools and
hospitals), as well as supplying electricity and clean water.
1.
Baramkini
2.
Damn
the Dams Action Group
3.
Teoh
Beng Hock Trust for Democracy
4.
Pusat
KOMAS
5.
Center
for Orang Asli Concern
6.
Institut
Rakyat
7.
Rainbow Genders Society
8.
Institute
for Development of Alternative Livestyle Lifestyle (IDEAL)
9.
Civil
Rights Committee of KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
10. Malaysian Youth
and Students' Democratic Movement (DEMA)
11. Persatuan
Masyarakat Selangor & Wilayah Persekutuan (PERMAS)
12. Tindak
Malaysia
13. Suara
Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)
14. Sahabat Rakyat
15. Malaysians
Against Death Penalty and Torture (MADPET)
16. Save Rivers
17. In
Between Cultura
18. Community
Information and Communications Centre (CICOM)
19. Bukit
Bandarraya Residents Association
20. Focus
On Sarawak
21. Aliran
22. Johor Yellow
Flame (JYF)
23. Sunflower
Electoral Education (SEED)
24. Ban
Cyanide Mining in Raub
Enquiry please contact Mr, Ng at 012-2658448
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白纸黑字中止巴南水坝计划
公民社会联合文告
2015年11月10日
适逢巴南人民设置路障2周年，我们，下述联署的24个公民社会组
尽管砂拉越首长阿德南已做出口头上承诺指示停止建设水坝工程的工
我们重申，巴南水坝的建造计划从未咨询当地居民的意见，
峇南人在过去两年内全天候驻守于两个反水坝营地，分别是Long Lama和KM15，以确保砂拉越能源局（Sarawak Energy Berhad）无法伺机进入水坝工地施工。其中KM15营地在去
我们呼吁砂拉越政府聆听民意，了解砂拉越内陆居民所要的“发展”
联署组织：
1. 当今峇南 （Baramkini）
2. 反水坝小组（Damn the Dams Action Group）
3. 赵明福民主基金会 Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy
4. 马来西亚社区传播中心Pusat KOMAS
5. 原住民关怀中心Center for Orang Asli Concern
6. 人民研究院Institut Rakyat
7. 彩虹性别学会Rainbow Genders
8. 开拓他种生活学会Institute for Development of Alternative Livestyle Lifestyle (IDEAL)
9. 隆雪华堂民权委员会 Civil Rights Committee of KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
10.马来西亚青年与学生民主运动（学运）Malaysian Youth and Students' Democratic Movement (DEMA)
11.雪隆社区协会Persatuan Masyarakat Selangor & Wilayah Persekutuan (PERMAS)
12.行动大马Tindak Malaysia
13.人民之声Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)
14.人民之友Sahabat Rakyat
15.马来西亚反死刑与酷刑组织Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (MADPET)
16.拯救河流组织 Save Rivers
17.之间 In Between Cultura
18.社区资讯与通讯中心 Community Information and Communications Centre (CICOM)
19.武吉班达拉也居民协会 Bukit Bandarraya Residents Association
20.关注砂拉越 Focus On Sarawak
21.国民醒觉运动 Aliran
22.柔南黄色行动小组 Johor Yellow Flame
23.向日葵选举教育运动Sunflower Electoral Education
24.劳勿反山埃委员会 Ban Cyanide Mining in Bukit Koman
查询请联络反水坝小组联络人黄先生012-2658448。
The
Malaysian Bar notes that the Inspector General of Police (“IGP”), Tan
Sri Dato’ Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, has reportedly pledged that any police
personnel involved in the death in custody of Syed Mohd Azlan Syed
Mohamed Nur would be brought to justice.
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