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Malaysian Embassies Worldwide Receive Message: Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Violations at Murum Dam Must End
… Malaysian representatives in 15 countries received a letter signed by over 30 organisations representing national, regional and international civil society groups that called for good faith negotiations with the 1,500 Penan indigenous people who are being displaced to make way for the Murum Dam in Sarawak…The families have been surrounded by a contingent of riot police that has cordoned off the area, isolating the families and blocking their access to medical personnel, lawyers and independent media…[refers to Sarawak Energy; Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Sarawak Energy to respond; response provided.]