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List of Major Environmental Issues Affecting Communities in Malaysia(draft)

no location Nature ofindustry

Socio impact Directly

affected

population

Communitys

pledgeMedia

coverageAdvocating

NGO

001 Gebeng,

Kuantan

Pahang

Rare-earth

processing

Health hazards

caused by

radioactivity

70,000

estimated

Close plant

Stop

operation

Good

coverage

at all

chinese

media,

and

online

media

Save Msia,

Stop

Lynas.

Stop Lynas

Coalition

Himpunan

Hijau 2.0

002 Raub,

Pahang

Gold mine

Using Cyanide

Already seen

health hazards

due to Cyanide

and acidic

emission

3,000

residents

at Bukit

koman,

and

around

90,000

residents

at Raub

Close mine Good

coverage

on all

chinese

medias,

but

recently

only

Bukit

Koman

Anti

Cyanide

Committee

003 Pengerang,

Johor

Large scale

petrochemical

industry

Forced

resettlement

including

schools,houses,

graveyards,

temples,masjid;

fish depletion

caused by land

reclamation;

potential

health hazards

by emission

and effluents

More than

10,000

villagers

Proposed

acquiring

2,250

acres of

Private

and agri

land

Stop project

Reject

resettlement

Good

coverage

in

chinese

media

only.

Alomost

totally

absence

in BM

and

English

media

Save

Pengerang

Coalition

Angry

lobsters


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004 Balingian,

Sarawak

Aluminium

smelting plant

Serious health

hazards caused

by untreated

emission;

River pollution

had caused fish

depletion;

Workers health

at risk

Around

2,000

longhouse

and

kampong

residents

staying

300m to

1km from

the plant

Close plant

Comply to

pollution

control

standard

Compensate

Expenses on

Medical

treatment

Only

covered

by

Sarawak

chinese

media,

and

some

online

media

SADIA

Stop ASP

(FB group)

005 Similajau,

Sarawak

Aluminium

Smelting

plant

the same

company

proposed to

run another

plant, 3 times

larger in size

Thousands

of

residents

would

directly

affected

Stop the

project

Disclose the

DEIA

No

coverage

at all in

any

media

SADIA

006 Baram,

Sarawak

Baram Dam

@

Hydroelectric

project

Forced

resettlement,

land lost,

cultural

erosion,

survival

threatened

More than

20,000

natives of

Kayan,

kenyah

and Penan

ethnic

Stop the

dam project

Mostly

appeared

in online

chinese

media

only

Save

Rivers

Sarawak

Baram

Protection

Committee

007 Murum,

Sarawak

Murum Dam Forced

resettlement of

semi nomadic

Penans; land

and forest lost,

Culturalgenocide

More than

6,000

natives,

majority

of them

arepenans

Stop project

Fulfill all

promise

made

Coverage

of local

media

almost

non

existence

Save

Rivers

Sarawak

008 Sungai

Asap,

Belaga,

Sarawak

Bakun Dam Forced

resettlement

had

caused:land

lost and

resources

dwindle;

survival

treantened,

extremely high

school drop outrate, cultural

erosion and

social

disintegration

More than

9,500

natives

were

resettled

in 1998,

Now the

population

grow to at

least16,000

Compensate

full amount

as promised

14 years ago

Waive

payment for

houses built

at

resettlement

area

Free water

and

electricity

supply

Few

coverage

at online

media,

not

updated


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009 Ulu Balui,

Sarawak

Bakun Dam Native land

flooded due to

dam

impoundment

Livelihood

threatened

education and

medical

services

forfeited by

government to

punish natives

who refused to

move

Around

2,000

natives at

4

longhouse

Compensate

All flooded

NCR land

and

Crops

Provide

school

teachers and

Medical

staffs

Few

coverage

at online

media,

not

updated

Sahabat

Alam

Malaysia

010 Tanjung

Bin,Johor

Coal power

plant

Air pollution

causingrespiratory

problems

amongst malay

villagers

Not clear Stop the

plant

Control

pollution

Almost

zerocoverage

in all

national

and

online

media

JARING

Sahabat

Alam

Malaysia

011 Tasek

Chini,

pahang

Iron mining Polluting lake

water and

destroying

tourism

industry

Around

600 orang

asli of

ethinc

Jakun

from 5villages

Stop iron

mining

Absence

in all

national

media

Jaringan

Orang Asal

SeMalaysia

012 Ulu Papar,

Sabah

Kaiduan Dam

(one of the 16

proposed

dams under

the Sabah

Water

Resource

Management

MasterPlan)

Destroy 12

square km of

Native

Customary land

Forced

resettlement

Around

1,000

residents

from 9

villages

Stop the

dam

Almost

zero

coverage

in all

national

media

013 Long Pasia,

Sabah

logging Logging causing

serious floodand erosion

Not clear Stop logging No

coveragein

national

media of

all kind

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