I am not scared of threats

Native prevalent rights (NCR) land counsel See Chee How is still in startle over a Molotov bubbly beverage which was thrown in to his house.

KUCHING: Death threats as good as gangsterism is an occupational jeopardy for sure folks in Sarawak as good as lawyers who put their neck out to help locals with issues over their local prevalent rights (NCR) land have been no exception.

NCR issues have been a vital problem in Sarawak where indiscriminate distribution of Provisional Leases (PLs) by state authorities to camp companies, deforestation as good as replaced inland communities have been a every day threat.

The latest reported situation was when a homemade Molotov explosve was thrown in to lawyer-activist See Chee How's home. See is also Batu Lintang assemblyman as good as state PKR vice president.

An primarily repelled See pronounced which someone had thrown in a green coloured beer bottle containing inflammable element in to his residence during Taman Samarax, Jalan Penrissen in between 3am as good as 5am on Monday.

The Molotov bubbly beverage left burnt outlines as good as a hole during a behind of his Toyota Fortuner vehicle.

Whilst a Molotov bubbly beverage in to his residence is a first knowledge for See, threats to his safety were not.

"I am not frightened of those threats as good as my organisation will go on to take up cases opposite a supervision as good as companies. We have some-more than 200 cases prior to us," pronounced See who together with an additional comparison counsel Baru Bian, is good known for representing NCR cases.

See has lodged a troops inform of a incident.

Speaking to FMT, See reliable which he received a number of calls prior to a situation giving 'advice' to him to dump sure NCR land cases.

"Some people as good as my friends suggested me as good as Baru Bian (See's partner as good as Ba'Kelalan assemblyman) which you should not take up sure NCR land cases. you have given a information to a police.

"I don't know whether a Molotov bubbly beverage situation was a notice to me, though you know it is a work of cowardice.

"I am not scared, since a next day you was in Serian defending a Milikin guys who were maliciously indicted of intimidation.

"I was there a whole day in court in Serian," he said, indicating out which he could not assume who was behind a attack.

Gangsters as good as confrontations

See pronounced which his organisation had organised for dialogues in between influenced villagers, who have been hoping for a pacific solution, as good as a camp companies.

"These dialogues have been to avoid receiving matters to court. But there have been a odd ones (companies) which have been a bit nastier since of their connectors with a authorities.

"We know these companies. There were instances when a local landowners were threatened by gangsters employed by these oil palm companies.

"Not usually in Melikin as good as Sibu, though also in Miri, Baram, Bintulu as good as Sri Aman, where a villagers have been threatened.

"In Melikin, there were confrontations, as good as a automobile belonging to a single of a Iban leaders was torched.

"In Sibu, an Iban landowner had his residence shot during as good as a few days after he was almost killed when a 4WD car attempted to hit him down.

"So it is really usual for a companies to muster gangsters. The sad thing is which you have not seen any movement taken by a troops opposite those people, even though reports have been lod! ged," he said.

See was an romantic prolonged prior to he became a lawyer.

"I was incarcerated a week in Burma several years ago. If you could face a troops junta, what you have here is nothing.

"So there is zero to be frightened off as good as you will go on to urge a marginalised as good as downtrodden people," he said.

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