MIRI: A local human rights group says it has identified several reasons why Sarawak has a high population of poor families, even though the state is the richest in natural resources in the country.
Society for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of Sarawak said there is a lot of truth behind the latest United Nations report that said Sarawak has a high rate of poverty.
"But the actual fact on the ground is that the common people in Sarawak are among the poorest in the country. "Secondly, there are politics involved where certain politicians in power use poverty as a divide-and-rule tactic. The UN report was compiled by Professor Philip Alston, who is the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Issues.
Apart from the high rate of low-income households, the other specific areas of human rights issues concerning Sarawak are in education, health-care, statelessness, land-rights woes and other social development issues.
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