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Bersih 2.0: Why I will march
Posted by Kit in Election, June Rubis on Thursday, 23 June 2011
By June Rubis
June 23, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
JUNE 23 — We can only look back at our past to recognise the pivotal points that have brought us to where we are today.
Today, I am blessed to have a boss who supports and shares the same passions as I do: playing a role in strengthening civil society in Malaysia, along with wildlife conservation and rural community-based initiatives.
I particularly look forward to her mentorship as she has played a very significant leadership role in Green Surf, a home-grown Sabah coalition that successfully fought to stop a coal power plant being built in the state. Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t give up on Malaysia
Posted by Kit in Articles, June Rubis on Thursday, 19 May 2011
June Rubis
The Malaysian Insider
May 19, 2011
MAY 19 — Discovering the fresh corpse of an orangutan was probably the last straw. It had been shot several times and left to die on a riverbank. We discovered the corpse while paddling up a river in Batang Ai National Park.
Killing an orangutan, a totally protected animal, in Sarawak is an offence that could lead to two years’ imprisonment or a fine of RM30,000. Very few have been prosecuted for wildlife crimes in Sarawak, and the lack of prosecution or arrests does not necessarily mean that no crimes have been committed.
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