(inhale…. exhale….)
Hmm.. Feeling much better today after the emotional outburst yesterday
Woke up late today, so glad that the thumbprint machine is still malfunction or else, red mark for me. Arrived at the office at 0815. Grab the morning newspaper and scan the news.
Hmm.. pasal isu Gadis Penan lagi..
“Akhbar berbahasa Inggeris di minta jangan spekulasikan isu”
I manage to get my last copy of The Star on Monday (6th Oct), bought it in Sibu before boarding the express boat. (it is really hard to get a copy of The Star here in Kapit. Rather than getting tomorrows news today… we get yesterdays news.. the next two or three days hehe) It covered exclusively about Gadis Penan, that are reported being manipulated and used by the loggers working there. While the issue is still hot, the local based newspapers i.e. Utusan Borneo and Borneo Post are playing different tune, try to maintain its government stand that it was just a speculation or mere agenda to topple the local government.
Untuk yang masih tertanya-tanya tentang isu yang diperkatakan, aku sediakan link The Star ni untuk makluman korang. For the local based newspaper, I can’t find any site for you to follow.
Tapi basically bagi aku, ini merupakan satu kes besar yang tak boleh dipandang remeh, tapi bila aku baca laporan dari akhbar-akhbar ni, aku rasa memang ada suatu yang tak kena. Sebelum cuti raya haritu aku dah terbaca mengenai laporan ini yang dapat ruang hanya sebesar iklan 4D kat akhbar tempatan mengatakan this so called NGO i.e. Bruno Manser Fonds have no bussiness interfering with the life of the Penan people and to stop making false accusation.
IMHO, you can not just brush it off as just another rumour before at least looking into it. Aku rasa, kalau benar pun ianya hanyalah sekadar rumour, the government or relevant authorities should look into this matter. Pengalaman aku walaupun beberapa tahun di Kapit ni mengajar aku bahawa macam-macam boleh berlaku, including the unthinkable.
Yang satu pihak hanya menafikan, mengelak, menggelarkan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) yang membuat kenyataan ini sebagai mencari publisiti murahan, where as satu pihak lagi pergi ke kawasan penempatan Penan ni sendiri bagi mencari bukti & menemuramah orang-orang yang terlibat. Sejauh mana kebenaran cerita yang dilaporkan, only god knows, but as a citizen of
Aku paling benci bila baca quote/s daripada mana-mana political people yang aku rasa tak berapa profesional (atau intelligent) yang seolah-olah menunjukkan yang orang di sekeliling mereka begitu bodoh (macam sesetengah dari mereka gak) dan aku rasa, semenjak berita ini mendapat liputan luas. Banyak pihak yang berasa panas mengeluarkan statement tanpa berfikir. Aku rasa tak perlulah aku tulis apa-apa quote kat sini.. hehehe.. (ini juga menunjukkan aku berfikir sebelum menulis hehehe.. consequences.. consequences)
Yang peliknya, Buletin Utama harini takder sentuh pun pasal kes ni. (atau aku terlepas tengok) Hopefully dengan campur tangan dan perhatian Menteri Pembangunan wanita , Keluarga dan Masyarakat (Dr. Ng Yen Yen) dan Suruhanjaya Hak Asai Manusia (Suhakam) benda ni dapat di gali sampai ke akar umbi.
1 thoughtful thoughts:
Stories about the Penans are mostly sad ones. These people have one peculiar habit that makes them 'unapproachable'. They don't trust outsiders and you have to earn their trust.That is the reason why news of their life and suffering do not reach us. Who are outsiders to them? Outsiders are those who are not there to hear their woes and sooth them. These makes the NGO's and the BRUNO MF their friends. These people are out there, live with the Penans....eat their food,learn to speak their language and culture.Show that they cared. Are we willing to do these?Without trust, the Penans will regards you as strangers and not friends.
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