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马国维权团体吁吉兰丹州政府停止伐木 保障原住民健康生活

by 林殊
13/06/2019
in 新闻, 环境, 马来西亚
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根据慈善组织成员实地勘察,吉兰丹巴特克族附近的集水区因伐木活动开发而污染,河水呈褐色(图源自Sahabat Jariah Facebook)

根据马国《新海峡时报》报道,日前马国吉兰丹州巴特克族原住民因肺部感染而逝世的事件造成14人死亡,原住民人权维护者呼吁马国政府是时候停止伐木活动,因为开发更多农务产业与采矿产业只会对原住民的生活造成更多的威胁。

原住民维权团体COAC的执行董事柯林(Colin Nicholas)表示,此次的疫情爆发严重影响了在话望生瓜拉格生活的巴特克人,已夺走了十数条人的生命,其中有两人死于肺炎。

他直指,祸根源于长期对原住民权力的忽视与破坏当地环境。他认为由于当地许多土地用以开发油棕园与采矿业,当地猎手与采集人在捕获猎物时受限,使他们的游牧习俗被迫中止或改变,只能迁往更较小面积的森林猎食。

“在过去的七至十年间,他们在未受到任何打扰的情况下,生活充裕与健康,但自从吉兰丹政府介入后,他们的土地逐渐被回收,资源也渐渐遭受破坏,他们被迫迁移至国家公园的北部边缘”柯林说。

柯林表示,他们在迁移后无法延续传统生活方式捕猎或获取天然食物,只能食用垃圾食品或摄取更多含糖的水果或其他食品充饥,导致他们体抗力下降,易感染更多疾病如严重肺炎、肺痨、腹泻等。

“所以其祸根全源自于他们的生活土地被抢走了,导致这些情况发生。”

目前已有2000巴特克人生活在吉兰丹州。马国副首相拿督斯里旺阿兹莎周日表示,针对原住民所面临的窘金,政府将重新检视环境政策,以解决人民疾苦的问题。

柯林续指,若政府不尽早停止砍伐树木,很可能会再次重演2014年的水灾,尤其是坳陷 区域如瓜拉吉赖县,更是首当其冲的灾害区。

根据慈善组织成员实地勘察,吉兰丹巴特克族附近的集水区因伐木活动开发而污染,河水呈褐色(图源自Sahabat Jariah Facebook)

西蒂卡欣:原住民居住权益是有法律保障,应尽早停止矿业与伐木

人权律师西蒂卡欣原住民权益是有法律保障的,一旦采矿业与伐木活动影响了他们的生活土地,理应要停止所有开发活动。

根据《东方日报》报道,吉兰丹副州务大臣拿督莫哈末阿玛证实与水源污染或砍伐活动无关。他指出,卫生局及消拯局危险化学物品处均证实此次感染事件和水源污染无关,也获得卫生部长祖基菲里的认同。他说,虽然当地的水源证实安全食用,但州政府还是会通过吉兰丹水供有限公司,持续供应净水给瓜拉篙原住民。

西蒂卡欣则指出,从最近不少相关案子中便可见法律对原住民的保障包括其生活方式。

她指出,“法律针对原住民的保障也包含原住民所生活的土地,在过去几年来,已有不少案例证明这一点。”

西蒂认为,问题在于州政府根本就不尊重原住民的权益。“我认为中央政府是时候该针对不谨遵法律的人采取行动。”

她举例一起高等法院案件最终判定柔州政府需赔偿被迫搬迁51名原住民,但最终却不了了之。

“我不知道是因为中央政府在面对这种事时,对州政府是否过于害怕或尊重,我无法得知,或许存在更多政治因素。”她说。

他驳斥吉兰丹政府以伐木为主要收入来源之说法。她直指,“那些高喊停止伐木会影响矿业的人,他们一定知道仍然有其他方式能够为州政府赚钱,其他国家在经营伐木活动与矿业的同时也能保有原住民的生活,那为什么马来西亚不行?”

应将原住民移居更安全居住地,避免憾事发生

马来西亚自然遗产保护协会(PEKA)主席莎莉法(Puan Sri Shariffa Sabrina Syed Akil)呼吁,政府应将原住民迁移至更安全的地方。

她表示目前他们所居住的地方那个脏乱不堪,仅依赖含有污染物质的河源为生活来源。

“政府必须尽早行动,阻止细菌在散播,方能阻止更多死亡事件的发生。”她说。

莎莉法指出,移居话望生瓜拉格的原住民中包含许多儿童,他们居住在脏乱的环境中。

莎莉法说,“乡村与区域发展部及其他部门应尽早将他们移居更干净安全的地方,他们需要提供原住民干净的水源,供他们饮用。”

据早前报道,话望生瓜拉格(Kuala Koh)的峇迪族(Batek)原住民自5月2日起相继得病,至今已有14人丧命,其中年纪最小的死者只有几个月大,年纪最大的是63岁的妇女。死者相信都曾饮用疑受污染的山溪水或河水。

由于事态严重,已引起当地居民的恐慌,丹州卫生局、环境局及警局也派官员随行,以确认死者的死因,首相署部长瓦达姆迪在14起死亡病例中,已剖验证实有三人死于肺炎,但尚未查明他们患上肺炎的真正起因。据了解,有关原住民部落住有186人,其中有多达83人感染相同的疾病。原住民部落联盟吁检验原住民村庄水源质量。

Peka主席莎莉法莎宾娜探访巴特克族的临时居所,正在向巴特克小孩派送开水(图源 :The News Straits Times)
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