...[A statement from NGO Bruno Manser Fonds draws attention] to recent developments in the Baram region of Sarawak, East Malaysia. Desperate Penan communities in Long Seridan have set up a blockade against the construction works of the Petronas Gas Pipe Line project which has been encroaching into their water catchment area at Long Ludin and Long Seridan, Ulu Tutoh, Baram. The construction works dangerously polluted the Penan's drinking water...[Bruno Manser Fonds urges] Petronas to protect areas of environmental sensitivity such as water catchment areas so that Penan communities have access to clean and unpolluted water. [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Petronas to respond. Petronas response below]