"...they should be given a banquet"?
C'mon, are they so cheap? Give them their basic need. The need to survive in the jungle. Give them the freedom to roam the jungle. Stop logging. Stop logging.
These are what they want!
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Monday November 3, 2008
Staronline
MIRI: The group of Penans who rescued two surveyors lost in the deep jungles of Long Seridan in remote northern Sarawak have declined any reward for their heroic deed.
The Sarawak police are impressed by not just the bravery and kindness of the semi-nomadic Penans but also their humility.
So too is Ba’Kelalan state assemblyman Nelson Balang Rining, who stressed that the Penans had been at the forefront of many search and rescue missions in the jungles and mountains of Sarawak but had never asked for any reward or publicity.
Surveyors Ismail Salleh, 31, and Rano Sani, 26, went missing on Oct 28 while carrying out demarcation work for a multi-billion ringgit inter-state gas pipeline project between Sabah and Sarawak.
The two men were in a group of 50 surveyors that is handling the task of drawing up a land route to lay the 500km-long gas pipeline from Kimanis near Kota Kinabalu to Bintulu town, the gas capital of Sarawak.
The duo were found in a mountain village on Saturday afternoon following an aerial and ground search mission launched by the police.
They were rescued by a group of Penans, who were out hunting and gathering jungle produce, and escorted to the village.
Baram district police chief Deputy Supt Jonathan Jalin said he had spoken to the group of surveyors via satellite phone from Long Seridan yesterday.
“They are weak, but otherwise unhurt. They confirmed that it was the Penans who saved them, not any of our search parties.
“The group of Penans led them out from the jungle to a settlement after giving them food and water.
“My conversation with them was brief because of connection problems, but the surveyors said the Penans left them in the hands of the villagers and promptly went off into the jungle again.
“We (police) are trying to find out who these Penans are, and which settlement they are from. We must give them due credit,” he said.
Asked if the duo would be brought out for medical treatment, DSP Jalin said that they were still recuperating in the camp and did not seem to be in need of urgent medical help.
Long Seridan is located between Long Lellang and the Bario highlands. It is eight hours by land from here via Long Lama village.
Balang, whose constituency also covers Long Lellang, Bario and the area north of Long Seridan, said the Penans who rescued the duo should be given public recognition.
“It is the Penans’ nature to be helpful and yet shun publicity. They know the jungle like their backyard. They are capable of walking from Long Lellang to Bario non-stop,” he said.
Balang called on the police and the survey firm to try to trace the Penans who saved Ismail and Rano, saying that at the very least, they should be given a banquet.
Staronline
MIRI: The group of Penans who rescued two surveyors lost in the deep jungles of Long Seridan in remote northern Sarawak have declined any reward for their heroic deed.
The Sarawak police are impressed by not just the bravery and kindness of the semi-nomadic Penans but also their humility.
So too is Ba’Kelalan state assemblyman Nelson Balang Rining, who stressed that the Penans had been at the forefront of many search and rescue missions in the jungles and mountains of Sarawak but had never asked for any reward or publicity.
Surveyors Ismail Salleh, 31, and Rano Sani, 26, went missing on Oct 28 while carrying out demarcation work for a multi-billion ringgit inter-state gas pipeline project between Sabah and Sarawak.
The two men were in a group of 50 surveyors that is handling the task of drawing up a land route to lay the 500km-long gas pipeline from Kimanis near Kota Kinabalu to Bintulu town, the gas capital of Sarawak.
The duo were found in a mountain village on Saturday afternoon following an aerial and ground search mission launched by the police.
They were rescued by a group of Penans, who were out hunting and gathering jungle produce, and escorted to the village.
Baram district police chief Deputy Supt Jonathan Jalin said he had spoken to the group of surveyors via satellite phone from Long Seridan yesterday.
“They are weak, but otherwise unhurt. They confirmed that it was the Penans who saved them, not any of our search parties.
“The group of Penans led them out from the jungle to a settlement after giving them food and water.
“My conversation with them was brief because of connection problems, but the surveyors said the Penans left them in the hands of the villagers and promptly went off into the jungle again.
“We (police) are trying to find out who these Penans are, and which settlement they are from. We must give them due credit,” he said.
Asked if the duo would be brought out for medical treatment, DSP Jalin said that they were still recuperating in the camp and did not seem to be in need of urgent medical help.
Long Seridan is located between Long Lellang and the Bario highlands. It is eight hours by land from here via Long Lama village.
Balang, whose constituency also covers Long Lellang, Bario and the area north of Long Seridan, said the Penans who rescued the duo should be given public recognition.
“It is the Penans’ nature to be helpful and yet shun publicity. They know the jungle like their backyard. They are capable of walking from Long Lellang to Bario non-stop,” he said.
Balang called on the police and the survey firm to try to trace the Penans who saved Ismail and Rano, saying that at the very least, they should be given a banquet.
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