DAP SRI AMAN

Press Release

Illegal loggers in Sri Aman putting shame to Adenan's enforcement plans

Illegal loggers have infuriated locals in Sri Aman causing them to seek DAP Sri Aman's help to highlight their problems to the authorities.

The Tuai Rumah leading the group, Mr Usop Kinyang has made 5 police reports & countless complaints to the Forest Department ever since the encroachment of their NCR land happened. 

The areas of Melaban, Kelingkang area which recently been gazzetted into a National Park were not spared by the illegal loggers. At Bukit Tabung, thousands of their ancestral Rubber trees were destroyed, and to date there has been no compensation paid to the landowners that owned the rubber trees.


'the loggers, according to their PL licenses were supposed to extract timber from the Simunjan area, which is many many kilometres away from Abok. How can they encroach our NCR land and freely extract timber when we cannot', said a very irate TR Usop.

To add insult to injury, it was alleged that the officers from the Forest Department did came once to check after numerous complaints but amazingly until today, no action has been taken.

'This action of stealing timber from Dayak NCR lands must stop. The water catchment area for the 5 villages in Abok where they get their water source from, is heavily polluted and the NCR lands ransacked of valuable rubber. 

This brazen action by illegal loggers, the amazing silence & inaction by the authorities involved is a huge slap in the face to the Chief Minister's effort to stop the rampant timber corruption.

I will be writing a letter to the Chief Minister about this matter as soon as possible so that swift action be taken against the perpetrators' said Leon Donald DAP Sarawak Vice Chairman.





At the logging camp (in the background) near Melaban, Abok. Sri Aman Division.


The illegal timber taken from NCR lands in Melaban, Abok



TR Usop Kinyang & his anak buah showing in the background Bukit Tabung, his ancestral NCR land planted with rubber trees all cut down by illegal loggers.


Leon talking to TR Usop (black shirt) about the situation at Bukit Tabung, Abok