'Penans will die if jungle is destroyed'

'Penans will die if jungle is destroyed' from Indrani Kopal on Vimeo.

"There are no more trees in my village. They have been logged away. Now they want to plant palm oil trees in this area."

Penan village leader Unga Paren is on a mission. He wants his people to be able to continue living peacefully in their environment as they have been doing for thousands of years.

He wants all form of harassments and pressures to uproot them from the villages by the logging companies and politicians - at most times working in tandem - to stop.

Full story in Malaysiakini.com

Story by K Kabilan
Video by Indrani Kopal