QUOTE(and85rew @ May 5 2025, 04:07 PM)
A lot of federal ministers gained from Petronas (95%)
And you mentioned Sarawak alone (that got only 5%)
QUOTE(touristking @ May 5 2025, 08:16 PM)
How much of this was given to Sarawak? You call that win-win or win-lose?

How about timber and other natural resource profit in Sarawak?
Almost everything those tycoons sapu right?
How many % did the Sarawak government received from them despite giving them a permit to forcefully relocate the inhabitants before pillaging their timber and destroying their land habitat and ecosystem?
Meanwhile, Petronas has constantly contributed a great deal to Malaysia coffers to maintain welfare, and subsidies that is benefited by all, including b40 bumiputera in Sarawak.
You guys always look down on b40, but Sarawakians native are mostly b40 group, they also need tongkat to sustain their livelihoods now because their ancestral land hunting ground has been taken away.
Give back their land and livelihood back, or they will end up needing tongkat.
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Most of the Indigenous communities of Sarawak do not have legal rights to the land that they depend on for their lives and livelihoods. This means that the government has the ability to lease community lands to timber or plantation companies. These companies often forcefully remove people from their own land. Companies use the land for profit, without sharing the benefits with local communities. For communities actively seeking legal land rights, the cost and time involved in the process is often a barrier that is impossible to overcome (for more information on this struggle,
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