The Sarawak government has been accused of flooding the Orang Ulu community with empty promises and lies in order to gain their support for the construction of the multimillion ringgit Baram Dam.
“The government is taking advantage of the people’s lack of knowledge on the adverse effects of the Baram Dam in order to proceed with the project.
“They have been flooding us with empty promises and lies,” said Tanjung Tepalit headman James Nyurang, when asked about statements of support for the dam from Penghulu Paul Kalang, Lihan Ding and Ngau Anyie.
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