RETHINKING “KONSEP BARU” NCR LAND DEVELOPMENT
Posted by gkm2020
The much disputed NCR Konsep Baru Land Development
The disputes of NCR (native customary right) land between the indigenous people of Sarawak and the various state development agencies, and corporate JVs have been going on since earlier this century when other settlers landed.
The so-called “Konsep Baru JVC” is actually a systematic politico maneuvering and capitalist scheme; “pemakai menua tanah adat Bansa Dayak” where the majority land owners (30%) have no say in the JVC while your “Pelita” (10%) have the big say and also appoint their own “Chairman” and/or nominee (2x directors) to represent the NCR Land owner. What an unethical corporate maneuvering crap???
6o years lack of clarity
Under the so-called Konsep Baru, the ‘New Concept’, native land owners are expected to surrender their lands to the State for 60 years to be developed as joint ventures with private companies, in which the State acts as Trustee on behalf of the customary owners. There is a lack of clarity about exactly how native landowners get benefits during these schemes and how they can reclaim their lands on the expiry of the lease.
More than 100 court case and compensation disputes
Owing to conflicting interpretations of the extent of ‘Native Customary Rights’ and disputes about compensation, due process and promised benefits, there are now over 100 cases in the courts of Sarawak filed on behalf of indigenous plaintiffs relating to disputes over land, of which the study identified some 40 cases related to palm oil.
Detailed testimonies collected from the indigenous communities affected by oil palm revealed the following major problems:
- Conflicts and disputes over land
- Lack of respect for customary rights
- Absence of transparent communications and consultations
- Violation of the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent
- Denial of people’s right to represent themselves through their own chosen representatives
- Limited or absent payments of compensation
- Lack of transparency and participation in Environmental Impact Assessments
- Inadequate mechanisms for the redress of grievances.
- Lack of corporate ethics and corporate accountability, and corporate social responsibility
- Logging is continuing to wreck havoc on the environment, encroached upon communal territories, and threaten the very existence of the people
- Water supply from the rivers and other water catchment area being polluted by logging and related activities
- The weather is getting hotter with disappearing forest, resulting in many people getting sick; (note: they are people of deep forest, drastic change of physical environment would be hard for them to adjust)
- Lack of respect for Indigenous Peoples rights
- Ignoring the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICEFRD 1965)
- Ignoring International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR 1966)
- Ignoring International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR 1966)
- Disrespect the UN Human Rights Council on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Ignoring the UNEO (United Nations Environmental Organization) efforts and UNEP – United Nations Environment Program
- Disrespect the UN-International Labour Organisation (ILO): International Programs (The concept of decent work is built on four strategic pillars: (1) the promotion of fundamental principles and rights at work; (2) employment, enterprise creation and human resource development; (3) social protection; and (4) social dialogue).
- Others
NCR “Konsep Baru” need legal and procedural reform
State promotion of the oil palm sector in Sarawak is at odds with the principles and criteria of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a number of members of which have been identified to be operating in Sarawak.
Without legal and procedural reforms in Sarawak, wide-scale compliance with the RSPO standard seems unlikely. The current system harms community interests and may also discourage investment in such a risky and conflictual sector. The report recommends legal and procedural reforms, by both the Government and companies, to bring them into line with international law and industry best practice.
Dayaks want a fair rights and transparent development
Dayaks are not opposed to all forms of development, but what they seek is a model of development that respects their rights in land and builds on their heritage, culture and ways of life and above all which gives them the right to choose what happens on their lands.
The Konsep Baru 60 years schemes do not provide basic humanitarian development and/or corporate social responsibility
Unfortunately, the current land tenure laws and land development schemes do not provide a good basis for this kind of development. Through restrictive laws, which are at odds with people’s rights under customary law, community rights in land are interpreted in very limited ways and State agencies are giving companies access to customary lands contrary to the will of the communities and without providing either fair compensation or adequate means of redress.
Government deniable alternative
Denied alternative means of redress, communities are being forced to sue the Government and the companies in the courts. Some forty cases against palm oil companies have been identified in this study and we have learned that further submissions are pending. Yet, already, a serious backlog of cases has built up, and, although a number of cases have been settled out of court, the delays are still considerable, implying a huge wastage of time, resources and effort by community members.
State Government needs to amend the Land Code and other relevant laws
Encouragingly, recent cases have firmly upheld customary law and native people’s rights in land and have shown, in effect, that the Sarawak government’s limited interpretation of customary rights is flawed and inadequate. It is urgent that the government now moves quickly to amend the Land Code and other relevant laws in order to uphold the Federal Court’s interpretation of native customary rights.
To fail to do so, will only serve to perpetuate the ongoing conflict over land. This will not only imply continuing harms to the local communities but will also imply continuing and significant risks for companies and investors, the profitability and sustainability of whose oil palm schemes are thus in doubt.
Many “Konsep Baru” NCR Scheme are contrary to the principles and criteria of the RSPO
The report’s findings will also be worrying to those who are investing in and purchasing palm oil in line with the voluntary standards that have been developed by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
It seems clear that many oil palm schemes are being developed on customary lands in Sarawak contrary to the principles and criteria of the RSPO. This may well mean that Sarawakian palm oil is unlikely to get certified by independent auditors as meeting the RSPO standard and so will not be marketable as ‘Sustainable Palm Oil’.
Recommendations
- The most immediate actions that the Government of Sarawak needs to take is to overhaul the laws relating to land tenure to give effective recognition to customary rights as protected by the constitution, as understood by native communities and as upheld in the courts.
- The Government should also establish formal committees between companies and communities, in which all the dos and don’ts are made clear, with communities empowered to know all details and be in the position to participate as equal partners.
- The Government should allow the Natives to setup the “Native Customary Land Trust Board” (NCLTB) and “Native Land Development Corporation” (NLDC) that could actually benefits the land owners, the Government and the corporate investors on a “Win-Win and Win” basic. All are “Winners”!
- The Government should also institute mechanisms to ensure that compensation, if and when agreed to by the community people as a condition before the start of any oil-palm scheme, must be based on market rates, not government decided rates and an arbitration process is built in to resolve any disagreement.
- As land matters fall under the jurisdiction of our “NATIVE COURT” and the State Governments, oil-palm companies must insist that the government demonstrates proof of indigenous land owners’ consent and verify this by initiating further consultations with the communities before any scheme can proceed.
- In addition, the companies must make known detailed plans as to how the companies propose to consult with indigenous land owners to obtain their consent before the start of any oil-palm scheme.
- It is also suggested that a register is instituted to publicize cases in which companies have rightfully recognized and respected indigenous land rights and those which blatantly and knowingly disregarded indigenous land rights.
- Communities must be empowered to seek third party advisers of their own choice to aid and support them in any negotiation and have their own nominee to represent them in the JVC.
- Others as it deemed benefits to all parties involved in the reviewed “2009 NCR Land Development Concept” and/or you may add the rest.
Conclusion
Herein let me link you to these 2x websites: (kindly study and analyze the JVC integrity and corporate ethics)
PROPOSED JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN IOI CORPORATION BERHAD AND PELITA HOLDINGS SDN BHD (“PROPOSED JV”)
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PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF EQUITY INTERESTS IN SARAWAK PLANTATION COMPANIES (“PROPOSED ACQUISITION”)
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Inspirational word from gkm2020
Most disputes is among the natives who are fighting for bigger share as some are claiming the rightful inherence of the NCR above their brothers and sisters. The very nature of human when they heard of handouts,compensations made with regards to anything like the NCR that they have neglected, they will rush home even if they live abroad because of wanting their share. Those who stay at town and never comes home before, will immediately rushing home.
Why are you talking about environmental impact of trees being cut down and pretending to worry so much, afterall you are very proud to have a beatiful furnitures, tables,closet at home made of hardwood of Sarawak. I don’t believe in the “win-win” situation and there is no such thing is you win and i win, definitely someone would lose.
Any interference of further monitoring of any agencies or legal advice must incured minimal fees and where to get the money to pay for this? Why not talking about getting assistant from the consumer association whenever you going to buy grocerries at the supermarket to ensure you are not paying anything extra, but then again you must pay the fees to the association or at least pay the officer accompany you.
Unggal changop4540,
Your comment: “I don’t believe in the “win-win” situation and there is no such thing is you win and i win, definitely someone would lose.”
So your Bees Nipu (BN) gomen NCR Konsep Baru is a “predator business” pio? Then it’s true that the landowners and/or the investors should not participate in your “lose business”….why should they get involve in your “Konsep Baru” when they knew they’ll lose….hehehehe….
Sooorry, just take a look at your Sarawak rivers…woww….how fresh and crystal clear it is??? Wow??? Patutlah nyau nadai agi boleh udang/ikan ba sungai…tudah bala baya pin nyau kabur leka mata….hehehehe…
Why not you write an article here talking about your so-called “consumer association” neh? Nama meh rega minyak petrol/disel nyau majak niki under your “Barang Naik” gomen neh? Hehehehe…..
gkm2020
Plse find my comments below.
1) Looks like a report from a fact-finding mission – useful to know if it has been submitted to any government body, UN agencies, NGOs.
2) The list of violations against international can’t be used to seek legal redress but can be referenced in international fora to seek alliance.
3) The RSPO is useful if member countries include oil palm consumers. If not, its a “self-regulating” bodies – pretty much like ITTO, which is used as public relations front by the member corporations.
4) Recommendations does not reflect the severity of the violation against international norms and conventions.
I have to disagree with all of the proposed recommendations.Too much beating around the bush. The top 3 actions has to be:
AA).STOP and DISMANTLE Konsep Baru.Provide individual land title to existing participants.Offer options for individual participants to:
- buy-out their share (to own their plot)
- sell-off their share to the JV
- continue with the JV
BB). Gazette into law, the NCR community land boundary, which has been upheld by the Federal Court to include Pemakai Menoa.
CC).GRANT the natives their right to convert customary (NCR) ownership to LEGAL ownership by acquiring land title for their individual family plots – within the designated community land area.
DD).Initiate an open, and All-Inclusive Public Discourse to seek better model for rural land development and economic activities.
EE).To ratify and to demonstrate compliance with all relevant international norms,conventions and treaties in respect of Human Rights and the rights of Indigenous People.
5)The proposed document to create a JV company involving IOI Corporation and PELITA Holdings, is clearly made without any concurrence of the Natives owner, or their representative – in violation of Free, Prior and Informed Consent of UNDRIP.Further, since the owners had not sign any statement to appoint PELITA HOLDINGS as their trustee, at the time the JV company was proposed, the Registrar of Society must have been negligent to have approved it at the material time that the JV document was excuted.Unless the State Legislature had signed into law, that all gross NCR land in the State, had been put under the trusteeship of PELITA. In that case, the State Government, and PELITA should be sued for massive fraudalent practise.
Sarawak State Government Not Listening To Its Indigenous Peoples
Kuching, Sarawak:
On the day that Malaysia was formed, 15 indigenous peoples who stood for four hours outside the Chief Minister’s office on behalf of longhouses and villages in Sarawak that would be affected by two proposed dams were arrested outside the office of the Chief Minister as they waited to submit a simple memorandum.
Among those arrested were JOAS leaders Mark Bujang (BRIMAS), Raymond Abin (SCAN) and Hellan Empaing (WADESA) who were there in support of the Penan, Iban, Kayan and Kenyah representatives of the affected communities.
“We came to Kuching city to give a memo to the Chief Minister because we were not happy with the Murum Dam construction. If this continues, our lands will drown, and how are we supposed to live and survive? This memo contains our concerns so that the state government can listen to our worries.” said Sui Along, Penan representative from Long Luar, a village in the affected area of Murum.”
The police arrested the 15 after receiving a call from the Chief Minister’s office. After being held for seven hours without food and water by local police, they were charged with illegal assembly and released on bail. They will be expected to appear in court on 29 September 2009.
The proposed Murum dam is the first of 12 new proposed dams to be built throughout Sarawak. Quickly announced by the government after NGOs found plans on these dams on internet websites of the Chinese contractors, these dams were planned without prior consultation of the affected communities, let alone the free, prior and informed consent of the indigenous peoples on whose lands these dams would be built.
In its inception, the still constructed and highly controversial Bakun dam was touted as being able to supply the energy needs of Malaysia, bringing into question the need for an additional 12 dams.
Rubbishing state leader claims that local NGOs had instigated the incident, BRIMAS Executive Director Mark Bujang said that they had responded to the communities because no one else wanted to listen. “We brought these remote communities together in Kuching to discuss their common concerns. For many of them, this was the first time they had come down to the city centre and they stated to us they wanted their concerns to be heard by representatives of the government and so we lent moral support to them.”
SCANE Director Raymond Abin said that when the representatives of the local government refused to listen, the communities wanted to come to Kuching.
“Now that we have come all the way here to where our government leaders are, they still refuse to listen to us,” he said. “This questions their sincerity in saying they are concerned about listening to the indigenous peoples of Sarawak.”
JOAS President Adrian Lasimbang said the arrest and blatant intimidation of the indigenous peoples showed clearly the lack of commitment by the state government to internationally recognized frameworks of consent and consultation that form part of the collective rights of indigenous peoples and added that
“In solidarity with JOANGOHUTAN, we support the call to the EU to suspend FLEG negotiations with Malaysia in view of the flagrant disregard of the government for free, prior informed consent and consultation with communities affected by logging and by development projects. We additionally call for the Malaysian government to review its policies to ensure that international law, especially those concerning human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples, is mainstreamed.”
This violation is contradictory to Article 32 (2) of the UNDRIP that stated States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free and informed consent prior to the approval of any project affecting their lands or territories and other resources, particularly in connection with the development, utilization or exploitation of mineral, water or other resources.
The full list of indigenous peoples detained are: Mark Bujang (Executive Director of Borneo Research Institute, BRIMAS), Hellan Empaing (President of Wanita Desa Sarawak, WADESA), Dominic Ng, Johannes Ya, Rukka anak Laku, Philan Yau, Nan Evan, Simon Saging, Ramly anak Datuk, Abin Bira, Sui Alloh, Nang Buleng, Panai Irang, Bujang Dalong, and Koleh Ngo.
BRIMAS – Borneo Resources Institute, Sarawak’s leading NGO and supporting NGO to JOAS
SCANE – Sarawak Conservation Network, a coalition of leading environmental and indigenous rights organizations in Sarawak
JOANGOHUTAN – Network of Indigenous Peoples and Non Governmental Oragnizations on Forest Issues
WADESA – Sarawak Native Women’s Association
SUPPRESSION!SUPPRESSION…
The government is more interested to provide sanctuaries for Wild animals,Orang Utan etc than to keep the Dayak Penans alive and free to roam inside the areas of their original and traditional ’supermarkets’ to search for food.
It seems they prefer to see the poor Dayak Penans go hungry.!!
These suppressive acts must STOP for the sake of
humanity.
Unggal changop4540,
*Don’t believe in win-win concept, buta “win-lose”
is good for him. Thats why in this govt, we always lose. He never fight for a win but after losing hope the winner share the price with him.Very cunning idea, maybe this type of person is doing Ali baba bussiness. ‘Apai Saumang umang yang untung, Apai Sali jadi rugi’.
I also agree to ungal Meramat that Pelita holding sdn.bhd should be sued for entrusting themselves as NCR trustee without the consent of landowners, ofcourse Sarawak Govt is nominating them and as the 2nd defendant.As in the IOI/Pelita agreement,no landowners get involved, what a suprise.I also agree to your suggestion wtih a simple and clear point not lingering here and there. I hope your points can be brought into action.
Thank you
I often hear the NCR problems from my loved one and read in the blogs and newspapers. All are about problems. What is your d-solution to the joint venture projects. What should be the share-like and who and how to run the companies. Is it true, Dayaks cannot own or sell NCR land, according to Dayak Adat. Now, through this joint venture, the Government has given an opening for the Dayaks to own “shares”, which may be legal or illegal. Please comment, Dr. John. Thank you.
Dear Dr. John,
If only a handful of the natives protest against the Joint Venture projects, as the 12 indigenous people from Baram did, it means the vast majority of the indigenous people support the concept. In this modern world, the Government cannot entertain and follow the minority, right? Nor can the Government afford the small minority stop the development of the State, otherwise the majority of the people would go hungry, right? Please comment, Dr. John. Thank you.
It seems to me you are only fighting for a small group of people in Sarawak and not on a wide front – cutting across dayak and non-dayak racial lines – to cover the whole of Sarawak. If that is the case, (I hope I am wrong to say that), then are you not reducing your chance of gaining popular support of all Sarawakians? That is not smart, not smart at all. Please comment, Dr. John. Thank you.
Dr. John, you must be a smart person and learned, being awarded and honoured with a PhD. In Malaysia, there are many “Smart People” too for coining or using terms, such as win-win situation, bumiputra and non-bumiputras, dayak and non-dayak, foreigners and non-foreigners and lately mixed parentage students, Iban-Chinese, Bidayuh-Chinese, OrangUlu-Chinese and so forth. Then one asks how to achieve 1Nation or 1Malaysia, 1Sarawak. Every racial group is fighting for its right and nobody is fighting for Malaysian’s rights. Yes, nobody is fighting for Malaysian’s rights. Where are we heading as Malaysians, Dr. John? Don’t you think, it is time to start fighting for all Malaysians’ rights. Be ONE. Please commment. Thank you.
Thats why we should Support PKR. Party for all.No racist party like UMNO. MCA. MIC.
There are rich and poor people in Malaysia, in Sarawak too. There are rich and poor dayaks, rich and poor chinese, rich and poor malays, rich and poor melanaus, rich and poor indians and so on.
May be there are more poor dayaks, a perception only. Why I say a perception only; it is really a perception and not a fact. Why, you may ask? Look at the huge land bank in the hands of the dayaks. Can you see that in compare with other less unfortunates. Don’t compare with the filthy rich. The filthy rich is in a different category. They are less than 5% of Sarawak population that are rich. Compare with the average Sarawakian, 95% of them, like myself. I don’t own even a small piece of land. Depend on a small pension only, to survive. Now, I hope you get a picture of what I am trying to tell you. We must be contented and be happy. Make good use of what we have – the land – and we be any time richer than the rich.
Next, please Dr. John, help provide d-solution to make the land work for the land-owners. Yes, you can.
Thank Dr. John. You are doing great.
I heard from a forum. According to the old Land Order, natives were entitled to three acres of land free of charge, so said the White Rajah who ruled Sarawak, then. How good it is to have three acres of land free of charge for each and every native in Sarawak. I wonder whether Dr. John, your siblings and children are getting the three acres each, free of charge. If I may suggest, Dr. John should conduct farther research to check out whether what was said is right or wrong. If it is right, please voice it out so that no one has to fight so hard just to claim a small piece of NCR land. Fight for all. Yes, you can. Thank you, Dr. John.
Tabi kaban DB,
First I would like to welcome Anna Wong. We welcome you to the same wagon driven by DL. We love your romantic comment for the RECALCITRANT DB FRienNDs.
As I have said earlier, majoirty of Dayak wanted their unattended NCR LAND to be developed for oil palm or rubber plantation. This method is proven bring more benefit to NCR landowners.
Our paramount chief Tan Sri Jaboo had proved to the people when they received a handsome amount of yearly dividen by joint venture with SALCRA.
At the moment I am in Kanowit and tommorrow will proceed to Selangau-Mukah area to witness and record the tremendous development on the SCORE, particularly on the development of THE MUKAH SMART CITY.
You see DB, my words in this blog is the actual true picture in the ground. But your argument is baseless, only your DAY DREAM.
Hope to have meeting with Anna Wong and dayaklama in Swk Club soon.
Nya aja kaban.
A retired nurse told me today while waiting to see our doctors in a G-clinic. Why are we talking of 1 Malaysia, 1 Sarawak. I said it was a great idea. She said no lah. Her rationals were:
Look, we are bumi and non-bumi. How could we be one. The constitutions divide us, not we divide ourselves. See what happened to Marina Undau? “Sorry you are not bumi”, she added.
Next, she said, “We are Malays and non-Malays.
We are bumi but still we are different.
Then, she said, many people wanted to talk about they were Muslims and non-Muslims, Christians and non-Christians and what not.
Hah, don’t talk about that lah. There is no end to it.
Then I asked what are we suppose to do if we don’t talk about it.
She said, have a law to stop all the nonsense that divides us.
No political parties based on race or religion are allowed, she added. No such terms as bumi and non-bumi are to be used. We are all Malaysians. Yes, we are all Malaysians. That is the answer, she said.
Dr. John, what you do say to what the nurse said. Thank you Dr.
(I didn’t even got to know her name for her turn was up to see the doctor.)
Hello Amoi,
Gua pun tak ada itu tanah NCR. Gua harap olang kasih gua sikit mah. Tapi ha, semua kawan tak ada mahu kasih sama gua. Mau beli pun taka ada mau jual. Gua mau cakap manyak pun takde nguna mah. Haiya, manyak susah mah. Gua selalu main itu toto tapi selalu lugi, bo tiok. Lagi tambah manyak lugi. Fuhhh!!!. Ini macam nang bo tinang, kui bo tikui!!!
Anna Wong,
Could you summarise your questions for Dr. John?
Wah, you really asked so many questions lah! To remind you,Dr. John is working on a magazine now, so if you can bear to wait, then perhaps you will be answered, right Dr. John?
Cheers!
Dear Dr. John,
All righteous Malaysians will fight and defend any Malaysian or community or minority or indigenous group and above all the poor penan girls that were abused. Even a lady Minister had said that some of the penan girls in Baram were sexually abused.
The BIG question is how to render help the victims – those being abused or taken advantage of and how to bring the offenders to court. Help to the victims include help to their families and their paople. Without help and assurance it it difficult to fight against the offenders and their companies. Perhaps, a new hero has arrived in the person of BB. But there again, he was there before and did not do much for the past victims over the past 10 to 15 years..
There are many lawyers in Sarawak, including a newly appointed party chief. My question is what are they doing about it. Have they form a team of lawyers or NGO ready to render their services free of charge and defend their rights of these people who cannot afford to pay.
Are you and friends/volunteers willing to organise and raise funds to cooperate and help the NGO. Form a volunteer club and recruit as many as you can “volunteers’, willing to serve.
Action speak louder than words. I wish I am a man and in my fifties and below.
See how the Customs Department is doing to help reduce corruption. They are employing religious people to give talk to their officers and staff on the laws and evil of corruption. Perhaps, you should consider using your blog to impart lectures on morality from the religious view-point and influence the government officials to be more righteous in carrying out their duties. Better still, coordinate and cooperate with other organisations and deploy joint-volunteers to accomplish your joint-mission. Spend less time on proganda that are not effective.
Food for thought, Dr. John. Thank you.
Anna Wong – welcome to Dayakbaru and be one of us. We are looking for solution and some of us has suggested many ways / approach towards NCR land development.
I am glad you are so eager to have the answers to your questions – please go through the previous months posting on NCR land development in Dayakbaru and you will find all the answers to your questions.
On your concerned on this blog focus on Dayak isuues and opinion – please be aware that this is a special blog for Dayak to discuss their thought, opinion , views and issues. Therefor, the Dayakbaru readers talked specifically about Dayak.
There are many blogs that talk about “Sarawakian and Malaysian and even global citizen”. Please allow us to have a Daya blog to talk ONLY about Dayak.
I really appreciate your participation and would encourage you to remained active. I hope you will find Dayakbaru tolerant and fair to those participating in Dayakbaru.
Do you know a BN Dayak blog that I visit. It would be interesting to read their blog and understand their views on various topics.
God bless and thank you
good news for the penan people. i think the whole world is starting to boycott malaysia palm oil industry right now.thats a good news, because the greedy will get less money.
the world is with you, penan people. Long live the Penan!
check this link below:
http://sarawakheadhunter.blogspot.com/2009/11/mpoc-advert-banned-by-uk-for-being.html
I cannot summarise although I am a retired teacher, primary-school teacher. I believe the good doctor may prefer separate questions as they are different topics. This is one evening, I am not playing mahjong and have the chance to look at the blogs which is normally done by my hubby.
He may be surprised I asked so many questions but what is that to the doctor or to you. Sayur lah.
Signing off, my hubby is back.
Anna Wong,
…………..
Welcome to the blog ! Hope you will get the clarifications you seek. Got a question for you… which Chinese-majority party would support Dayak rights to acquire Land Title for their NCR land ?
Anna Wong, how do you see constituencies whereby iban are majority represented by chinese like in Pelagus and before Engkilili?
Dear Mdm Ann Wong,
As a member of DB, I would like to welcome you to join us in this blog.
We do need people like you to highlight and/or throwing productive questions on matters pertaining to the indigenous Dayaks and the Malaysian rights in general.
However, we too also need your kind constructive ideas and/or recommendations hereto for the general public to pick or absorb on which is good, relevant and/or not….
Everyone has their own right of opinion and thought; for no one is as perfect as GOD and “No Man is an Island”, we’re merely an ordinary human beings on this temporary life.
For your info, Dayaks are not the minority in Sarawak, we’re the majority “prebumi” of the Island of Borneo.
You are most welcome as we welcome our brothers from BN’s team (the blue conner we may say…) like Mr. dayaklama, John Jamban, changop4540 and many others. Without them around, this forum and/or blog would be very boring.
Democracy do need “Check & Balance” NOT just One sided; except that BN “dacing belum” balance lagi…hehehehehe…..
I do believe DB is not just talking about our Dayaks “Indigenous Peoples Rights” but others too; Human Rights/ Citizen Rights/ Political Rights/ Native Land Rights/ 18/20-Point Rights.
DB do need alliance and network both domestic and global.
Welcome on board and looking forward to hear more from you soon. Thank you.
Good day, Dr. John,
Today being Sunday, I believe I can spare some time giving my views:
First, I say it is good to have a special blog for dayaks to discuss and give their views and opinions on topics close to their hearts. I thought at first this blog was for all matters.
I will try to read the past discussions to understand the your views and the solutions proposed by Dr. John.
The only chinese majority party in Sarawak is SUPP which is deeply involved in its own in-fighting that I believe will have no time to discuss, understand or support NCR issues.
I believe SUPP would support the NCR issues if they understand the issues well and it is good for Sarawak.But my answer also comes with a question. Has SUPP been approached to support the NCR issue? The main problem is the dayaks treat the issue as dayaks’ issue, not Sarawak’s issue.
It is as much as a Sarawak’s issue as a dayaks’ issue. So the discussion must be open to the non-dayaks for them to understand. The issue is an issue for all Sarawakians.
Ask your neighbour things you think you know best, his answer may surprise you. There could be a thing or two you can learn from him. Meaning to say, who knows he may provide you with a better solution to your problem. You are so long with the problem, you become part of the problem and cannot see as clearly as you should have if you not part of the problem.
In Malaysia, if we are solving our problems based on racial lines, we may not have the best answer. It is the same thing, some dayaks are complaining about malays’ supremacy and domination in Government organisations. So, have a clear mind and a clear solution, without being biased. A good teacher teaches all students alike without looking at their race, religion and background. Just apply good teaching principles and techniques, dedication and passion, to bring the best out of the students.
Have a big heart, Dr. John. Tell all Sarawakians, all Malaysians and the whole world, how does your plan and formula on NCR land work for the benefits of all. Once they see it, they will buy it. As I said, I will read your solution too. If they don’t buy it, try to understand why, and come up with another solution. In the end, you will win. The good will triumph over evil.
Good luck. Cheers and thank you.
Dear PE,
It is difficult for me to comment on Iban-majority constituencies with chinese-YBs, for I am not a politician.
My simple house-wife view is: are we questioning why an Iban and Chinese-majority state like Sarawak is headed by a Melanau CM who come from a minority race?
In Malaysia and in Sarawak, there are many organisations, governmental agencies, government-owned or private with minority leaders heading the organisations. In Kuching City for example, can the chinese -malaysians head all the government-organisations, just because they are situate in Kuching City where the chinese-malaysians are majority. I can give you many examples and you may not like to hear that. But think about it and try at least to understand the general situation in Malaysia and in Sarawak.
In short I say, it should not be an issue. The best man for the job should be accepted.
Sometimes, a small handicapped system, like playing golf, could be considered and accepted.
Hope you get the idea and be happy and contented with what you have.
God bless.
Anna Wong, Why the whole world were santioning against the Aparthied rigime in South Africa years back??? Is is simply bECAUSE the minority white were repressive, oppressive and marginalised the majority blacks.
From your point of view you may agree that the minority leads in Sarawak BUT that was your views. I do not think you chinese in Kuching will ever agree for an iban to be a mayor for Kuching city and that is why there can never be an iban mayor in cities whereby your people are majority. If you say you agree you are talking SHITS. You think there are no calibred and qualified ibans to be mayors in chinese dominated citeis in the country?
Whatever it is grandma, if we are to go by racial lines , the majority MUST leads otherwise we will see what happened in South Africa years back will happen in Sarawak.
Nadai guna amat amat alu nadai apak apak amat konsep 60 years nya Uchu. Kapa kitai ka buhok muka ladang sawit! Ba sida dayak, sida iban dulu din, dini bisi berasai ngaga ladang sawit.Tiap taun bumai alu udah nya ditanam sawit, peda nyau senawah ga ladang sawit. Enti kitai memupok nanamka diri, sema jaku 1000 pun sawit. Tiap bulan ulih numbuk buah enda alah 20 tan. Enti baka rega diatu, peluh tungkol idong ngulih duit RM6,000.00 sebulan. Bah, kati ba konsep 60 taun deh? Nadai apak apak nya Uchu. Enti nitihka dividen (RM400juta) ke dipegagaka aya Abu suba, aku ngira setiap urang semina nerima RM50-70 sebulan. Na! Ni ke deka kitai, konsep 60 taun tauka nanamka diri empu aja? Nyual setan sebulan pen kitai ulih lebih ari knosep 60 taun nya.
ANANG KITAI KA BEBUHOK NGAGA SAWIT KEDIRI EMPU UCHU. MUPOK MEH MEMIMIT ARI DIATU. KESAIKA TISI MEH KOSEP 60 TAUN NYA. NADAI APAK APAK KONSEP NYA!
Dear Dr. John,
Sad to hear one of your readers is very upset over the minority-person heading an organisation and he was using SA as an example.
SA is at best a poor example. The truth reveals how good or bad SA is today. The situation then in SA was anything close to Malaysia and Sarawak.
Of the top nine Ministers in Sarawak, four are dayaks, two are chinese, two are malays, one melanau. Of the four dayaks, three are ibans. Of the two chinese, one is cantonese and one foochow. Of the 18 assistant ministers, eight are dayaks. It is a very balanced grouping, and if anything, more in favour of the dayaks.
I, for one welcome a dayak to be a mayor of Kuching South, if he is capable. That is my honest truth which not all your readers may believe. What I want is Kuching would be a better city to live. Who manage it is not important.
Try form one company and employ friends/relatives of the same race who are incompetent to run it and see the losses incurred.
Let the best man helm the organisation for the good of all. I am sure many of us were happy Barack Obama was elected as the President of USA. He does not belong to the majority race there.
The sooner we get away from race and religion as the yardstick to rule or manage, the better it is.
Be a Malaysian first. Don’t you agree Dr. John? Be a Malaysian first.
Be happy; don’t worry. Smile more each day. Live long. Live in harmony.
God bless everyone.
Anna Wong,
The reader you are talking about must be PE…For your kind information he is “keras Kepala” esp. so after the demised of Daniel Gerinang.We were told D. Gerinang is still communicating with him via satilites till this very day.
MJC, D Gerinang madah ngagai bala DB madah ka ngambi nuan enggau iya din- sunyi iya nadai kaban. Kebuah pia ngambi nadai agi ngelakar bansa Dayak iban.
Anna Wong, we cant compare Sarawak with USA. Have you ever heard Obama calling himself Kenyan? USA has 200years of independence whereas Sarawak is only 46.