KUCHING: A recent video accusing Sarawak Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud of committing malpractice in managing the state’s land and forests is an obvious attempt to discredit the state in the eyes of the world, said Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Sarawak (PBB) Youth vice chief Pandi Suhaili.
He said the non-governmental organisation (NGO) producing the video had a malicious intention to hurl slander towards Sarawak, its leaders and its people.
“Even before this (video came out), there had been numerous attempts by some western NGOs to weaken our leaders and the economy of our state,” he said.
He recalled some years back when a Europe-based NGO had claimed to become the champions of the Penan community in Sarawak but their actual intention was eventually to disrupt the timber industry, which was one of Sarawak’s major economic activities.
“In the end, it was the Sarawak government, which never claimed to be the champion, who took up realistic measures to help the Penans by coming up with facilities to raise their (the Penans) socio-economic standards,” he said.
