The drive to monetise each last tree and living area represents a mortal danger to the survival of the country’s people, many of whom have already suffered from being driven from their homelands to make way for logging, mining and construction driven through without due consultation or consideration for the wider public interest. Like much of the rest of the globe which has been brutally damaged over the last century, thanks to this same category of poor governance and unrestrained greed armed with new technology, Malaysia’s once fertile and beautiful natural landscape is now as a result facing a catastrophic failure. There is little time left to save the little of Malaysia’s forest that remains intact. The Malaysian public now have to decide whether to continue to indulge this favouritism and cronyism or demand that the laws designed to protect the environment and interests of the wider public should apply to all without exception. However, for local media the threat is real, limiting reporting on continuing royal land grabs against the country’s fast depleting forest reserves.Īs a result the country is ripping through the last of its finite natural resources with lightening speed providing very little benefit to the poorer half of the population, whilst after years of this behaviour royal families have built billion dollar palaces and colluding officials have in turn funded themselves and their political parties out their own cuts from the proceeds. The editor is not subject to Malaysian jurisdiction in such matters, having no presence nor business in the country, nor do these outdated and repressive laws exist in any of the countries where they do reside. Indeed we have recently been notified of a criminal investigation opened against the editor of this website, citing the country’s ‘multi-media’ laws and its sedition act over a recent article ‘Malaysia Needs To Resolve Its Sultan Situation”. Sarawak Report is well aware of the reprisals facing those who report on Malaysia’s royals, which in turn serve to keep public interest information hidden from public knowledge.
Malaysian politicians largely avoid clashing with them…. “The issue is a tricky one to negotiate for PH leaders, as the Selangor Crown Prince Tengku Amir Shah Sultan Idris Shah is a stakeholder in the company jointly developing the 931ha plot with the Selangor government.Īlthough the royal families are symbolic heads of states in Malaysia’s constitutional monarchy system, they wield significant influence. Again, the paper mentioned the involvement of the Crown Prince, but did not refer to the publicly registered original ownership of the company by the Sultan himself: Late last year one analysis of the situation by the Singapore Straits Times explained that the matter was considered ‘delicate’ owing to the status enjoyed by royal figures in Malaysia. Meanwhile, considerable concerns remain as to why after two years of controversy over the raid on this rare remaining wilderness in West Malaysia, this basic information (available in company records) about the state sultan’s personal ownership of the company at the time the deal was pushed through has remained so far unreported.
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