Save Our Sungai Selangor

Dear Supporter,

Unfortunately, when it comes to Brazilian court decisions, good news doesn’t last long. Last week, a day after I sent you news that the Belo Monte Dam had been suspended by a Federal Judge, the decision was unilaterally overruled by the President of the Appeals Court, without any hearing or consideration of the evidence.

And then last night, at the 11th hour, a new injunction was issued and the auction delayed again! Still, the Brazilian government is trying to push through their plan to auction the Belo Monte Dam project to private investors as early as this afternoon. All over Brazil, thousands of people are in the streets today protesting against the project.

Please call the Brazilian Embassy today and register your concern about the government’s support for Belo Monte Dam.

The Brazilian Embassy needs to hear that you will not sit idly by while indigenous rights are violated and the Amazon Basin is destroyed. Add your voice to thousands of others around the world who are demanding that the Belo Monte Dam be stopped.

Call the Brazilian Embassy now!

Thanks for all that you do,

Aviva Imhof
Campaigns Director
International Rivers

By BRADLEY BROOKS, Associated Press Writer Bradley Brooks, Associated Press Writer (April 15, 2010)

BRASILIA, Brazil – A judge on Wednesday temporarily halted bidding on a controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon, a move hailed as a “small victory” by movie director James Cameron, who has taken up the fight against the project.

A Brazilian federal judge in the Amazon state of Para delayed the bidding process for construction on the dam, which would be the world’s third-largest hydroelectric project. The bidding was set for Tuesday.

Judge Antonio Carlos Almeida Campelo said more time was needed to examine claims from Brazil’s attorney general that there were not enough environmental protections in place during the planning of the project.

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Published: Tuesday April 6, 2010 MYT 4:09:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday April 6, 2010 MYT 4:10:24 PM

BY ROSLINA MOHAMAD (The Star, Malaysia)

KARAK: Construction of the RM9bil Pahang-Selangor raw water transfer project officially took off Tuesday after a ground-breaking ceremony graced by Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang.

Once completed in 2014, the project will pump 1,890 million litres of raw water daily from Sungai Semantan in Pahang to the Hulu Langat water treatment facility in Selangor.

Raw water will be transferred through a 44.6km long by 5.2m diameter tunnel, with gravity flow to the the water treatment plant.

The tunnel, to be bored through the Titiwangsa Main Range, will also be the longest and biggest in Southeast Asia and the sixth biggest in the world.

The raw water supply to Selangor is expected to generate an income of RM70mil annually for the Pahang government, at a price of 10 sen per cubic metre.

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Published: Friday April 2, 2010. The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor Government’s legal adviser has been given 14 days to file his submission in the case of a judicial review sought by the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) and 13 others for documents on the water agreement between the state government and Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas).

The High Court deferred its decision on the case Friday after the legal adviser failed to give a written submisson.

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Published: Thursday March 11, 2010 @ The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: A mild earthquake with a magnitude of 2.6 on the Richter scale occurred at 11.10pm Thursday, causing mild tremors that was felt within the Tasik Kenyir area.

The earthquake which had its epicenter at 43km Southwest of Kuala Terengganu and 22km West of Kuala Berang, Terengganu was the second in more than 20 years.

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