Malaria strikes Penan
Reports say that two Penan villages in Sarawak have been struck by malaria, leading to eighteen Penan individuals being flown to hospital.
News from the Penan
Secret plans revealed to submerge Penan villages
A secret document accidentally posted on the internet reveals plans to build a series of massive hydroelectric dams in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, submerging the homes of at least a thousand tribal people.
Penan picture archive online
A collection of hundreds of photographs of the Penan tribe of Sarawak is being made available online for the first time.
Penan’s chief’s death still a mystery after body exhumed
Police in Sarawak, Malaysia are not ruling out the possibility that anti-logging Penan leader Kelesau Naan, who was found dead in December, was murdered.
Penan receive death threats
A small community of Penan tribal people in Sarawak, Malaysia, report that an official from the company logging their forests has threatened them with death.
Penan headman found dead, suspected murdered
Penan tribal headman Kelesau Naan of Sarawak, Malaysia, who went missing on 23 October, has been found dead. His relatives suspect he has been murdered due to his resistance to illegal logging on the Penan’s land.
Penan headman missing, feared murdered
A headman from the Penan tribe of Sarawak, Malaysia, has gone missing and his community fear he may have been murdered. Kelesau Naan was last seen on 23 October when he left on a hunting trip.
Stars of BBC ‘Tribe’ show in conflict with logging company
The Malaysian authorities have told timber giant Samling that the company will lose its licence to log on the land of the nomadic Penan, stars of this week’s BBC television show ‘Tribe’, unless it resolves its conflict with the tribe.