by Jessica Merriman | Aug 10, 2021 | In the media, Updates
Originally published in The Edge Markets by Cheryl Poo UALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): Local and international groups have called on Sawarak logging company Samling Plywood Sdn Bhd to drop its RM5 million defamation lawsuit against environmental group SAVE Rivers. This was...
by Fiona McAlpine | Aug 10, 2021 | Updates
Samling Group is suing local Sarawak civil society organisation and its directors in a SLAPP suit (MIRI / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) Local Sarawak civil society organisation SAVE Rivers, as well as its directors, have been served with notice that Samling Plywood is filing...
by Jessica Merriman | Aug 9, 2021 | In the media, Updates
Originally published in Free Malaysia Today Sarawak civil society organisations say communities around the Baram and Limbang rivers have been campaigning for more transparency regarding logging concessions. PETALING JAYA: Civil society organisations in Sarawak...
by Fiona McAlpine | Jun 7, 2021 | Blog, Updates
As indigenous communities in Sarawak deal with the second flooding of the year, they also face legal harassment by timber giant Samling in an unprecedented move that seems designed to silence criticism. For the second time this year, the Malaysian states of Sarawak...
by Fiona McAlpine | Jun 7, 2021 | Updates
One of Malaysia’s largest timber conglomerates is threatening to silence civil society with legal action. Meanwhile, the current floods impressively demonstrate the environmental costs of deforestation. (MIRI / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) As communities in the north of...
