Bewani SABL

Bewani ILG Chairmen 'assaulted and forced to sign SABL agreements'

On 06 Oct, 2017 By ACTNOW

“Our houses were torn down, and we were beaten and threatened to cooperate with the company’s demands. Our MP Beldan Namah initiated the project, and so was leading in all that.”

That’s from Jack Luke, an Incorporated Land Group (ILG) Chairman from the Bewani Oil Palm Plantation in the West Sepik (Sandaun) Province.

SABL land grab dividing families

On 04 Oct, 2017 By ACTNOW

Anna Kwembi from Elis village of Bewani in the West Sepik Province is not fond of the experiences and changes the Malaysian logging company, operating under a Special Agriculture Business Lease, has brought to her area, and its impacts on her and her family. Like many others ActNow! has come across while investigating the Bewani area, Anna is struggling to keep the logging company out of her family’s land area, but she’s struggling alone.

SABL logger cheating Bewani locals

On 13 Sep, 2017 By ACTNOW

“What little I get from my royalty payments I give back to the logging company because most business houses in Vanimo town, including the only supermarket are owned by the logging company. Moreover, the company cheats me by claiming money from my royalty payments”

That’s from Emap Itep of Aimbai village in Bewani, West Sepik Province.

Police and army accused of serving SABL loggers

On 07 Sep, 2017 By ACTNOW

Peter Tai is the Chief of Aimbai village, one of 26 villages in Bewani, West Sepik Province. Just like the other people Act Now! met in Bewani, Chief Peter had no knowledge that Malaysian logging companies would be taking over their land, until they arrived.

New billboard pokes fun at O'Neill's inaction on SABL land grab

On 04 Jun, 2015 By ACTNOW

A new cartoon highlighting the failure of the Prime Minister Peter O'Neill to take any action over the SABL land grab has been strategically placed on a billboard right outside his Departmental office.

Sunday Chronicle Editorial: Government acts on SABL recommendations

On 18 May, 2015 By ACTNOW