Punan homeland identified being in Upper Rajang

KUCHING: The homeland of the Punan people can be positively identified as being in the upper Rajang area and its upper tributaries, said Alex Smith, a Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore. He said based on the distribution of Punan and Melanau languages compared to Iban and to a lesser extent Kayan, […]

Penan, Punan not forgotten as well

KUCHING: The plight of the Penan and Punan living in the remote Linau area of Murum was not forgotten as the state government delivered food items to them on Saturday through Murum assemblyman Kennedy Chukpai Ugon and Hulu Rajang MP Datuk Wilson Ugak Kumbong, The convoy delivering the food items had to travel five to […]