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Guess who owns the majority share in Sarawak Cable Berhad? 27 Aug 2013 | 03:36 pm
Today’s show begins with news read by our very own ‘Christiane Amanpour’, the indomitable Christina Suntai. Meanwhile, The Hon. Chong Chieng Jen from DAP is on the warpath, this time with none other ...
Recognition for Sarawak 26 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
Sarawak’s leading human rights activist and tireless NGO supremo Nicholas Mujah Asun has been awarded the accolade of Human Rights Defender by the United Nations; a global recognition by no less than ...
What else left once everything is taken? 23 Aug 2013 | 04:39 pm
15 longhouses in Bakun have signed a petition objecting to the acquisition of the Bakun lake ‘islands’ supposedly to create a National Park. They don’t trust Taib Mahmud’s motives and they are angry a...
Protecting our land 22 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
On today’s show we speak to a land owner, whose territories were given to his family by the Brooke government but were then snatched by a Taib related company, forcing him off to live on the sea shore...
The ‘National Park’ trick 21 Aug 2013 | 03:06 pm
RM5 million is what ex-students of Chung Hua School raised during a recent fund raising dinner in Kuching. If the Chinese can achieve such action should the Dayak Community begin to adopt a new attitu...
Salcra 19 Aug 2013 | 03:01 pm
Today RFS examines the state ‘joint venture’ scheme SALCRA, which forces Dayak people to enter their lands into government-controlled oil palm plantations run by big businesses. The scheme has been ma...
News From The Murum Dam 16 Aug 2013 | 03:19 pm
Radio Free Sarawak has an exclusive report from Peter John Jaban, fresh back from the Murum Dam, which is currently being flooded far from the eyes of the outside world. He reveals the desperate situ...
Water Crisis 15 Aug 2013 | 02:43 pm
Thanks to the destruction of the forests the water problems have grown worse each year in Sarawak. We look at complaints about empty promises by the state government to bring clean water supplies to c...
Dams and Development? 14 Aug 2013 | 03:48 pm
Taib is justifying 12 new mega-dams in Sarawak on the basis that it will bring ‘development’ and improve the lives of the rural people. But, today we examine the plight of the community at Bengoh, wh...
Progress for YBs? 13 Aug 2013 | 05:05 pm
Today Radio Free Sarawak examines BN’s post-election priority – increasing the salaries of state YBs and ministers. We ask why, when they talked about ‘progress and development’ during their election...
