Save Our Sungai Selangor

The Star. Saturday May 1, 2010

Story and pictures by DIANA ROSE

SPORTING a cowboy hat, checked shirt, heavy duty boots and donning a pair of faded jeans, Kenyah Tony Kulleh, 50, is all brawn and determined to tap the countless opportunities when South-East Asia’s largest hydro dam, the Bakun dam, starts full operations next year.

The ex-teacher and entrepreneur hails from Uma Bakah and is one of the 9,400 indigenous people who were resettled 12 years ago to make way for the construction of the dam.

Under the Bakun Resettlement Scheme, their new homes are located in Sungai Asap, Belaga district, with an undulating valley of some 6,000ha entirely bounded by steep hills, state land and privately-owned oil palm plantations and is accessible by timber roads.

For Tony, he understands only too well that those who can alter their mindset to quickly adapt to the modern life are the ones who will survive and thrive.
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Written by Isabelle Francis
Wednesday, 21 April 2010 (The Edge Financial Daily)

KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Bhd said it would not be sourcing power from the Bakun hydroelectric dam in Sarawak and has mapped out alternative plans to meet the increasing power demand in the peninsula.

“There will be no transmission from Sarawak in 2015, neither will there be in 2017.

“Bakun’s (and Murum’s) power, according to Sarawak government, is needed for the state. We are… we were just a potential buyer, and since there is no capacity to buy, we will not be buying from Bakun.

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Malaysiakini.com. Jan 21, 2009.

Tenaga Nasional and Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) today said they had received government approval to take over operations of the controversial Bakun hydro-electricity project.
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Statement by Dr Kua Kia Soong, Director of SUARAM, 22 August 2008

The recent announcement that the Sarawak government intends to build 12 more dams in Sarawak apart from the ill-fated Bakun dam is cause for concern. It is a cause for grave concern. Malaysian tax payers, Malaysian forests and Malaysian indigenous peoples will again be the main victims of this misconceived plan.

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Suhakam to organise dialogue on 12 dams
The Star Online. 12 August 12 2008

KUCHING: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) will bring various stakeholders together in a dialogue session next month to discuss the proposed construction of 12 hydroelectric dams in Sarawak.

Commissioner Dr Denison Jayasooria said the dialogue would provide an opportunity for government agencies and relevant parties to openly discuss the projects and their implications. State agencies, federal ministries, consultants and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) representing the affected communities would be invited to participate in the dialogue.
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