After rejection, Baram folk want to build their own road


Desmond Davidson

A stretch of the Ba Kelalan-Long Semadoh Jiwa Murni road that is now just a muddy track, which even users of four-wheel drives have difficulty negotiating. – The Malaysian Insight pic, July 89, 2017.

“NO dam, no road.” These words have been ringing in the ears of Sarawak’s Orang Ulu living in Baram and many find the words uttered by Deputy Chief Minister James Masing a week ago real unpleasant.

Others say the rejection is sheer political blackmail, a punishment to the people for forcing the government to scrap the 1,200-megawatt Baram hydroelectric dam.


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