Bakun Dam

A Malaysian village on the verge of destruction

Bakun Dam The story of a community fighting for its survival.
In the very heartland of tribal Borneo, luscious green valleys and cloudy glades are about to be flooded. The Bakun Dam project is one of Malaysia's biggest secrets and its creation will destroy the lands belonging to the Kenyah tribe. The government are trying their best to appease those affected, but are failing, with one family scoffing at the government relocation plan to give them 7 acres next to a company plantation. One young man says angrily, "For us life means living with our community. What they call progress is really murder - the killing of the community." Determined not to abandon the graves of their ancestors, many villagers say that should the government want to build the dam, the army will have to come and drag them away. Others are more defiant, "Let them shoot us and then we will be at peace." At great personal risk, this reporter gives voice to a community facing extinction.

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