“However, about a month ago, the quarry and logging activities have somehow encroached into our area and contaminated the water until it smells bad, turned brown and muddy. Mejir acknowledged that he is aware of the said activities going on around his village area because the company has license to do so, but he explained that there are boundaries set between the approved area to log and the villagers NCR land. ![]() Community leader penghulu Andrew Simun (left) mediating a dialogue session between Kampung Perian village head Mejir Abeng (2nd right), villagers and concessionaire representatives. “We’ve been asking for one of the very basic need of any human being, clean treated water from our elected representatives for years, from the past ruling government assemblyman and parliamentarian, until the recent representatives who are the opposition,” Mejir told DayakDaily before a dialogue session between the villagers, community leaders and quarry management representatives, today. As you can see, we are located just few meters away from the main road which is now part of the Pan Borneo Highway. ![]() “For 46 years, our village solely depended on water from the mountain (gravity feed) from our water catchment or collect rainwater for our daily use. Kampung Perian village head Mejir Abeng, 66, said to make matters worse, the Iban community village which has 93 houses with about 500 in population has yet to enjoy clean treated piped water since 1975.
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