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Our weekly wrap-up!

Our weekly wrap-up!

Posted: 12 Apr 2014 12:57 AM PDT

We bring you the best snipets  and lead stories of the week. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show! We will be back with fresh interviews next week. Don't go away stay tuned!

Kami membawakan anda temuramah-temuramah dan berita panas sepanjang minggu ini. Berjumpa lagi di minggu hadapan dengan isu yang lebih panas dan menarik!

Gangster rule in Sarawak!

Posted: 11 Apr 2014 04:01 AM PDT

Where are the state police and the forces of law and order when gangsters are calling the shots in Sarawak?  We report that the latest development in the month long blockade by Iban communities in Tuyut is that the locals have been  forced to abandon their post due to threats by these hired thugs working for land-grabbing companies. We speak to one local, Gary in Tuyut, who tells us   that they have been scared by the land grabber's threats to bring more and more gangsters to disturb them.

However, RFS has put the group in contact with the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (SADIA). Nicholas Mujah, the Secretary-General of Sadia, encourages them not to be scared, he will visit them on Monday to assist. We will continue to monitor this situation which is being ignored by the police.

Meanwhile, the number of people in Sarawak who receive poverty relief under the E-kasih programme has increased, according to a report by the Ministry of Welfare, Women and Family Development. The Sarawak Workers Party's deputy president, George Lagong questions on today's show if it is possible to achieve the 'Vision 2020' or 'Sarawak Excellence 2030' if the number in poverty keeps increasing and the underlying problems are never solved? He urges these issues to be properly raised by state assembly in parliament – but of course, it only sits for one week twice a year at the moment!

And yet another blockade has sprouted, according to callers.  Iban tribes from Kampung Lebor, Danau Malikin rang up RFS first thing this morning to give us the first alert that 200 households have come out to block the lorries from Tabung Haji, which are still collecting their oil palm fruit illegally after losing a court case brought by the community. We speak to Jengga from Kampong Lebor about the eight year case.

In fact, it seems there are blockades everywhere at the moment – we report on another, this time in West Malaysia, Kuala Krau, Pahang.  Is the Sarawak method catching on?

Finally, we probe into 'The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' to let listeners examine for themselves if its principles are being respected and followed by the authorities in Sarawak, Malaysia at present?

Satu laporan dikeluarkan oleh Kementerian Kebajikan, Wanita dan Pembangunan Keluarga mendakwa bahawa, program eKasih yang dipohon oleh warga Sarawak, telah meningkat kepada 100,50 dari 99,944 untuk membantu keluarga miskin yang serba kekurangan. Berhubung dengan statistik tersebut, Timbalan Presiden Parti Pekerja Sarawak, George Lagong mempersoalkan Kerajaan BN, bolehkah negara mencapai 'Wawasan 2020′ atau 'Kecemerlangan Sarawak 2030′ jika bilangan kemiskinan menunjukkan peningkatan serta masalah asas tidak pernah selesai? Dia menyeru semua ahli dewan supaya membangkitkan isu itu di dewan perhimpunan dengan penggubalan dasar daripada sekadar menyuarakan masalah tersebut dijalanan.
Terdapat sekatan hari pertama di Kampung Lebor, Danau Malikin. Kaum Iban memberitahu RFS mendakwa bahawa mereka telah memulakan sekatan pada awal pagi lagi, sebanyak 200 pintu isi rumah telah keluar menghalang lori Tabung Haji daripada mengutip sawit di tempat mereka secara haram. Jengga, penduduk kampung Lebor memberitahu, bahawa mereka telah memenangi kes terhadap Tabung Haji selama lapan tahun pada September 2013.
Sementara itu, suku-suku Iban di Tuyut terpaksa menghentikan sekatan disebabkan ancaman samseng, dimana sekatan telah masuk hari ke 30. Gary di tuyut memberitahu bahawa pihak mereka ketakutan apabila perampas tanah tersebut membawa semakin ramai samseng-samseng untuk mengganggu penduduk. Bagaimanapun, RFS membantu penduduk-penduduk di Tuyut dengan menghubungi Persatuan Iban Dayak, Nicholas Mujah, Ketua Setiausaha SADIA. Beliau memberitahu supaya mereka tidak berasa takut terhadap ancaman tersebut kerana beliau sendiri akan melawat mereka pada hari Isnin untuk membantu.