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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-18-09 11:46 AM
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Malaysian police tear down Penan tribe's anti-logging blockades
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 16, 2009 - Malaysian police said Wednesday they had dismantled blockades constructed in the Borneo jungles by Penan tribespeople protesting against logging and plantations on their ancestral land.

In a separate move police also arrested 17 people, including Penan and other indigenous groups, for mounting a demonstration against a proposed dam in Sarawak state on Malaysian Borneo which will force mass relocations. ...

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