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Long Lawen folk don’t regret refusing to move to Bakun project resettlement site

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However, its village head says they face many problems, including that of a timber firm eating into their land and having to walk 100km to a clinic or school.

KUCHING: The Long Lawen community has no regrets about refusing to relocate to the Sungai Asap resettlement site after the Bakun dam was built about 20 years ago.

However, thanks to a group of NGOs, they have managed to receive electricity supply from their own micro-hydro technology.He compared their situation to that of the Penan community which was resettled by the government at its native customary rights’ land, known as the Tegulang resettlement site, after the construction of the Murum dam near his village.

“We are currently facing insufficient supply of electricity due to the increase in population,” he added.

 

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