Save Rivers chief Peter Kallang was barred from participating in the International Hydropower Association's global conference despite having paid RM5,270 delegates fee.
May 21, 2013 https://www.freemalaysiatoday.co ... dges-police-report/
KUCHING: A prominent anti-dam activist was barred from two International Hydropower Association (IHA) pre-conference workshops here yesterday because of a letter he wrote requesting the IHA to allow communities affected by the construction of dams in Sarawak to participate.In his letter to IHA chairman Richard Taylor, Save Rivers Network chief Peter Kallang had also been critical of the association’s cooperation with Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud.
Kallang, who had paid the USD1,750 (RM5,270) delegates fee, said that he was told that he had been denied entry into the workshops as he attempted to board the bus.
He said they told him that the ban was at the request of state-owned Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) – the organisors of the workshops – because of a letter he wrote to the IHA.