by Fiona McAlpine | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Samling bows to intense international pressure, withdrawing defamation suit against Indigenous CSO SAVE Rivers — communities celebrate victory of their #StopTheChop and #StopTheSLAPP campaigns (MIRI / SARAWAK) This morning — two years after Samling filed a defamation...
by Fiona McAlpine | Sep 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Certification body SIRIM quietly withdraws forest certificate for logging concession in Northern Sarawak, after Samling failed to address non-conformities found in audit, while SIRIM itself is under investigation for Samling case (LIMBANG / SARAWAK) Malaysian logging...
by Fiona McAlpine | Aug 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
The board members of the Civil Society Organisation (CSO), SAVE Rivers were investigated by the police based on a report made by the CEO of the Samling group of companies. The investigation was open under Section 504 of the Penal Code for intentional insult with...
by Fiona McAlpine | Aug 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
(BASEL, SWITZERLAND) On Tuesday, Malaysian activists gathered in Basel, Switzerland, for a Rainforest Tribunal investigating deforestation in Borneo’s remote interior. Members of the Penan, Kelabit, Kenyah, Tering, and Kayan Indigenous communities of Sarawak, as well...
by Fiona McAlpine | Jul 17, 2023 | Uncategorized, Updates
Amid new official reports that confirm community claims, civil society calls for SIRIM to cancel timber giant Samling’s MTCS certificate for the Gerenai Forest Management Unit in Baram (MIRI / BARAM / SARAWAK) This week, five civil society and community organisations...
