Malaysia:Penan headman missing, feared murdered 20 December 2007A headman from the Penan tribe of Sarawak, Malaysia, has gone missing and his community fear he may have been murdered. Kelesau Naan was last seen on 23 October when he left on a hunting trip.
Malaysia:Stars of BBC ‘Tribe’ show in conflict with logging company 25 September 2007The Malaysian authorities have told timber giant Samling that the company will lose its licence to log on the land of the nomadic Penan, stars of this week’s BBC television show ‘Tribe’, unless it resolves its conflict with the tribe.
Malaysia:Penan – ‘Our forests are disappearing’ 26 July 2007Nine Penan leaders from Sarawak, Malaysia, told visitors to the World Rainforest Music Festival this month that their rainforest home was disappearing.
Malaysia:Penan defy police with more blockades 18 April 2007Five new blockades have been set up by Penan tribal communities in the Malaysian province of Sarawak in an attempt to stop loggers destroying their forest homes.
Malaysia:Armed police dismantle Penan logging blockade 11 April 2007Malaysian police in Sarawak have for a second time dismantled a blockade set up by members of the Penan tribe to protect their rainforest land from logging by Malaysian company Samling.
Malaysia:Penan rebuild blockade 3 April 2007Members of the Penan tribe have rebuilt their logging blockade, a month after it was dismantled by police and loggers.
Malaysia:Police clear Penan blockade 21 February 2007Members of a nomadic tribe who had been preventing loggers from bulldozing their rainforest home for two years have had their blockade dismantled by Malaysian police.
