Exploring beyond land rights, history
KUCHING: The study of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) and Native Customary Rights (NCR), which the Faculty of Law at the University of Malaya (UM) is looking to establish in Sarawak, should be discussed in accordance with its academic tradition of fairness and openness. Sarawak Malay Graduates Association (IGMS) president Datuk Dr. Sanib Said stressed […]
Keep up support on customary land documentation
BAU: The Bidayuh community is called on to continue to support the Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) in matters related to the documenting of customary land. Deputy Minister of Transport (Maritime and Riverine) Datuk Henry Harry Jinep said that since the last 16 years, DBNA has been recognised as having an efficient and effective approach […]
Cooperation important to speed up NCR process
LUNDU: Solid cooperation between the Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) and the Sarawak government is needed to speed up the process of land surveying for Native Customary Rights (NCR) lands in Bidayuh areas. The Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS) quoted Opar assemblyman Billy Sujang as saying he was aware of the Land and Survey Department’s […]
New system more efficient in getting NCR land surveyed
MUKAH: Over 780,000 hectares of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land were gazetted in just ten years from 2010 after a more efficient system was put in place. And the Land and Survey department has thus far already surveyed more than one million hectares of such land throughout Sarawak. This is a far cry from the […]
Encroachment into Penan land: Timber congolomerate denies accusations by NGOs
KUCHING: Malaysian timber giant Samling has denied accusations that it had encroached into Penan native customary rights or NCR land and that it was felling timber from “primeval forest” in the Upper Baram area. Samling stated that it was accused again of trampling over Penan villagers’ rights by carrying out operations without the consent of […]
Customary land rights
When the blood in your veins returns to the sea, and the earth in your bones returns to the ground, perhaps then you will remember that this land does not belong to you, it is you who belong to this land. Apache, Native American saying For centuries, it has been established that upon asserting sovereignty […]
