For the Penans jungle or forest is the source of their lifelines,primarily their food sources but for the Timber companies-the source of their RM Millions/billions.

I have no idea…

The two different perceptions about Penans’ starvation is the result of two different sets of eyes. Joe Entulu is a YB, but he still retain his executive/academic eyes. Dr Chan was “shocked” because he is a pure politician, a reminiscence of Marie Antoinette’s “let them eat cake.” After all he had said this would be his last term as SUPP’s president (and member of the ADU, maybe).

When KL wants to verify the poverty of the Dayaks (Penans are Dayaks), PM Najib would ask the CM Taib. The CM would ask the ADUN – in this case the Cigku Billy Abit. And Billy had said there’s no poverty.

Dayak Baru, in this case is aligned to YB Joe Entulu’s vision. In fact Dayak Baru had said this again and again previously: “Rural People are very Poor, undernourished and live below the poverty line.” That is why RM20 was able to bribe an electorate so as to elect BN. But that is politics, we leave politics aside because now its life and dead situation for the Dayaks.

If Najib care to see, he should ask the executives not the politicians, about the real situations in rural Sarawak & Sabah.

Dr Chan is right on one aspect; rural people will survive; the same survival skills that have been theirs for generations. Rural people had NEVER experienced the benefit of being part of Malaysia. While Dr Chan talked about his beautiful mansion, properties and cash, the rural people according to him: “they will survive.”

I think they will survive too; caveat – if their forest had not been destroyed. For every tree that was fell, was there a RM1.00 set as endowment fund for the welfare of the Penans? Now their forest is gone, none of their children are educated (and can work in P Malaysia’s factory and be able to send money home), how are they going to survive?

Some false benevolent acts in the next few days will see politicians using helicopters going there. That is not benevolence but pricks of guilty conscience because they are the ones that destroyed the forest where the Penans live.

Poor Penans. Poor Dayaks. Rich Dr Chan. Rich politicians. But it all depend on whose eyes you use to see them.

My suggestions:
1. Continue to plant rice but must plant tapoica, maize, yam which are very easy to cultivate. Even a monkey or wild boar know how to plant these crops.

2. Rear pig, chicken, goats, cattles, duck and feed them with raw material which can be cultivated in their lands, no need to buy feed from towns.

3. Rear fish, frogs, turtle, tortoise. Theses creature can survive easily when we provide ample wild product or create natural environment for them.

4. Take care of certain rivers that are not affected by logging. Release fish fries, anak ikan empurau, semah, lajong, mengalan, bantak, palau, tengadak. Do take care of all the fruit trees along the rivers, to provide fish food.

5. Lastly, idup mapab together with the representatives they support and hoping for their blessing.

It shows to every Dayak that Parti Rakyat Sarawak has no CREDIBLE leaders and not worthy of Dayak support.Better dissolve PRS so that its members can join PKR or DAP.After all DAP cares for all Malaysians including poverty ridden Dayaks.

Tang kebendar kitai dayak/iban perlu nyermin diri
nama pengering kitai empu ba menua diri empu .Tu utai ka patut diputar ka bala iban/dayak ka udah mujur.Kitai bisi tanah ka ditinggal aki inek kitai nya meh pengeraja kitai. Aku agi pecaya ka nadai orang ulih ngambi tanah kitai.. empu enti kitai enda ngemendar ka iya .We have to defend this asset by all mean laban tu meh utai ka agi mengkang ba sekeda kitai dayak ka enda enggau sengaja bejual ka tanah ngagai bansa bukai.

Ngambi ka banding maiyoh kitai dayak ka udah ngereja tanah diri empu lebih agi manah pemulai
ari duit rinngit enti dibanding enggau pengawa ka biasa aja ba nengeri..tu nyadi ba pengidup kami sebilik enggau kami serumah.

Ba luar amat meh rumah ukai rumah ka baka ba nengeri but we are debt free. Pengawa ka diri empu
,masa ka diri empu , ba menua diri empu..Nya kebuah ba aku how to really defined poverty ba kitai iban ka diau ba ulu sungai ka ulih muka runding.

Aku arap ka bisi opis penerang ka ulih mantuk , meri penemu ngagai raban kitai kena muka runding.Ka manah ukai ari orang politik ngambi ka tuju iya lurus nadai limpang ngagai politik persuasian.Laban parti politik tu ba aku they are
trying to score point for their survival.

Aku aku arap bala ulih bekunsi ka runding penemu..
or suggestion.Manah topik tu.

It sooo sad to talk about the plight of the Penans. I am lost for words. Why not?.

The rulers conference had just ended in Kuching Sawarak. All the top political figures were here. Sarawakians all prided themselves with the extravagant opening of the RM269 million New DUN Building.

But…. almost in the same day our daily newspaper reported of starvation among our communities. So where are our pride?. What is there for us to be proud of. Sh*t!

Is there any fair distribution of wealth?. It is obvious that the wealth from this country is totally accumulated by a selected few. This is really unfair.

SDGA, any proposal towards the alleviation of poverty among our people?. Is Collection of donation drive in the pipeline?. It just so sad.

Cheers…