Sarawak: The Day 100 Iban From Kg Dijih Screamed

Sarawak: The Day 100 Iban From Kg Dijih Screamed   Brave Iban lady Agnes Daya defied a court injunction applied by Pelita Holdings to collect oil palm fruits from her own NCR land, because the joint venture had failed to deliver the 30% profit to the natives shareholders since 1999. A hundred of her neighbours tunred up to Sibu High Court to stop her from being arrested by police, in a rare show of courage by the usually timid community in Sarawak! See here for a similar case concerning the...

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