PRESS STATEMENT                                                                                                       16 DECEMBER 2014

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refers to the statement by the YAB Menteri Besar of Perak at the State Legislative Assembly on 9 December 2014, as published in a number of local dailies.

KENYATAAN AKHBAR                                                                                                   16 DISEMBER 2014

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) merujuk kenyataan YAB Menteri Besar Perak pada Sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri (Sidang DUN) baru-baru ini (9 Disember 2014) yang disiarkan dalam beberapa akhbar tempatan.

SAM joins CAP in the following Letter to the Editor urging the Malaysian government to withdraw from the TPPA negotiations

LETTER TO THE EDITOR                                                                                             17 NOVEMBER 2014

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) remains seriously concerned that Malaysia continues to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) with 11 other countries including the United States. Hence CAP has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia and submitted copies to all Ministers urging the Government to withdraw from the whole negotiation and not sign the TPPA.  Below is our letter to Y.A.B. Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak and Cabinet Ministers.

Ini adalah kenyataan bersama JARING

KENYATAAN AKHBAR                                                                                                 07 NOVEMBER 2014

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) dan Persatuan Pendidikan dan Kebajikan Jaringan Nelayan Pantai Malaysia (JARING) menyokong penuh cadangan kerajaan untuk mengharamkan penggunaan pukat di kawasan Zon B. SAM dan JARING merasakan tindakan pengharaman pukat tunda ini seharusnya di buat dengan lebih awal kerana penggunaan pukat ini mendatangkan lebih banyak keburukan daripada kebaikan.

PRESS STATEMENT                                                                                                      04 NOVEMBER 2014

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has urged the Department of Environment (DOE) of Perak to investigate and take stern action against those responsible in polluting Sungai Rui, near Gerik recently.  

KENYATAAN AKHBAR                                                                                                    4 NOVEMBER 2014

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) menggesa Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) Perak menyiasat dan mengambil tindakan tegas ke atas pihak yang terlibat dengan kejadian pencemaran Sungai Rui dekat Gerik baru-baru ini.

Protesting against KLK's presence in Collingwood Bay 

This is a joint statement with Friends of the Orangutans (FOTO)

PRESS STATEMENT                                                                                                        30 OCTOBER 2014 

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and Friends of the Orangutans (FOTO) urge Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK Bhd) to immediately withdraw from Lot 5 in Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea and cease all its activities.

SAM supports the following letter sent by the Consumers' Association of Penang to the media

LETTER TO THE EDITOR                                                                                                 24 OCTOBER 2014

The Government should thus exit from the TPPA negotiations

A new paper by a senior economist working in a United Nations agency has shown that Malaysia will not enjoy a net gain in terms of its trade balance as a result of joining the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).  Instead, Malaysia will suffer a decline in its trade balance with the other eleven TPPA countries by nearly RM5 billion.

PRESS STATEMENT                                                                                                         14 OCTOBER 2014

Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem again shocked the public when he announced on 9 October that ‘there would be no more issuance of logging licence’ until the problem of illegal logging is stopped.

KENYATAAN AKHBAR                                                                                                    14 OKTOBER 2014

Ketua Menteri Tan Sri Adenan Satem sekali lagi mengejutkan orang awam apabila beliau mengumumkan pada 9hb Oktober bahawa ‘tiada lesen balak baru akan dikeluarkan’ sehingga masalah pembalakan haram dan penyeludupan balak dibanteras.