CHAPTER 4 - REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS WORKING GROUP
The Cover of ATIP Brochure launched by the Commission on 28 September
3. MEETING ON ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE OF PENAN
WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SARAWAK
On 14 July, the ECOSOCWG organised a meeting with representatives of the Penan Support Group
(PSG), consisting of NGOs advocating the rights of the Penan community in Sarawak. This was a
preliminary effort by the Commission to ascertain details of allegations by the PSG that Penan women
and girls had been raped by employees or associates of timber companies.
The Chairman of the Commission, Tan Sri Hasmy Agam, and the ECOSOCWG head, Mr James
Nayagam, attended the meeting, assisted by several officers. The PSG was represented by its membergroups – Suara Rakyat Malaysia, Women’s Aid Organisation, Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)
and All Women’s Action Society, Malaysia.
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