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By Volvos

alhamdulillah sangat baik pagi sabtu masa kami nak keluar kelaut…
setelah bersarapan pagi dekat jeti kami pun bergegas ke jeti untuk masukan segala peralatan kedlm bot…
tekong bagi tau yg ikan unjam susah 2-3 ari sebelum nya…
jadi telah sediakan ketam dan sotong untuk kami lah…
kami pun ada bekal udang idup dlm 60ekor sebagai tambahan…
lokasi pertama cuba jejak ebek dan cermin bt leleh…
tapi hanya kerapu dan remong je yg sudi…
kami berpindah randah 3-4 lokasi tapi ikan maseh kurang mkn umpan…tapi bila tiba mlm baru lah kami semua digasak bertubi2 oleh pemangsa waktu mlm…dan seterus nya pagi ahad sampai lah kami pulang ke jeti semula…
saksikan lah aksi2 dan gelagat ahlul yg kena serang oleh kapal selam bt cher…

ahlul komplot…
nizam tldm
aziz tldm
sesirat n9
tarap n9
nizam icu n9
enal tobeng
lepat

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volvos,tarap,sesirat,icu,enal,nizam,lepat,aziz…

nizam dgn aruantasek 23kg…

volvos dgn ketarap…

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As i was surfing the internet searching for more information on Malaysia environment situation,  i stumbled across a piece of news that reads out ” Where is Bruno Manser? “. According to the internet news, Bruno Manser was missing in Sarawak, Malaysia in year 2000 and are yet to be found till today. “Who is Bruno Manser? I asked myself. So, i did more search on Bruno Manser and found this shocking news that not many Malaysian knows about, at least not to me. But thanks to the internet, know we know…..

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[Image] Where is Bruno Manser?
Rainforest & Human Rights Activist Missing in Sarawak
The Swiss Diplomatic Corps has started an official search for the rain
forest protector
BY RUEDI SUTER

Since May 2000 Bruno Manser is missing. This human rights activist
wanted to visit his friends, the Penan forest nomads in the Sarawak, who
are surrounded by logging companies, the army and the police. It seems
he never arrived. Search parties have had no luck. Now the Swiss
Diplomatic Corps has stepped in. Manser could have been arrested, had an
accident or could have been murdered.
What has happened to Bruno Manser? The family, the Bruno-Manser-Fonds
(BMF) and all the close friends of this rain forest protector from Basel
are and have been very worried during the last few months. The above
question has still not been answered. What are the known facts? The 47
year old human rights activist disappeared on the island of Borneo in
the Malaysian province of Sarawak. In spring this year he wanted to
reach the Penan forest nomads surrounded by loggers, army and police,
via Indonesian Kalimantan over jungle paths. That was the last anybody
heard of and from him.
Bruno Manser spent six years with the last of the nomadic living Penan,
from 1984 -1990, learnt their language, their knowledge and their
survival tactics as hunters and collectors, has written about them and
made drawnings of them. This white man became one of them and was given
the name “Laki Penan”, the “Penan Man”.
High prestige amongst the nomadic Penan
This Swiss Penan had high prestige amongst the nomadic Penan. He did as
they do, moved around the jungle naked, knew the animals and the fruit
of the jungle, used the blow pipe to hunt and realised as one of the
first people to do so, that organised protest was necessary to protect
the vital basis of survival of the Penan from the growing noise of motor
saws and bulldozers gradually coming closer.
Slowly these until then unknown people where hearded and cut off by
logging roads constructed by the logging companies under the blessing of
the government. Through non-violent actions and uncomfortable pin-pricks
these original inhabitants protested against the techonological progress
of civilised destruction and attracted, toward the late 1980s, Western
interest in the Sarawak.
For the endangered Penan and later worldwide Bruno Manser became a
symbol for the protest against the unscrupulous destruction of Sarawak’s
rain forests. He also started becoming an antagonistic nuisance in the
eyes of Sarawak’s Chief Minister Taib Mahmud. On 15th February 2000,
just before he left, Bruno Manser told OnlineReports:”Through his
logging licence policies Taib Mahmud is personally responsible for
nearly the whole area of the rain forests of the Sarawak becoming one
big field of destruction in the matter of one generation.”
Declared as “enemy of the state”
In 1990 rainforest protector Bruno Manser had to flee the Penan – his
“second family” – and the country. Malaysia had declared this Swiss as
“enemy of the state no. 1″ and sent out special units looking for him.
But Manser didn’t give up. The Bruno-Manser-Fonds was founded in Basel
and an office set up with the help of many sponsors. Through the work
led by its secretaries Roger Graf and later John Kuenzli it became a
recognised center of activities and information dealing in rain forest
issues. Manser himself contributed to raising consciousness in the Swiss
media for climate and rain forest issues through his calm and convincing
manner. This stubborn man – his forbearers came from the Appenzell -
often pushed himself over his physical and psychological limits. In 1993
he did a 60 day hunger strike in front of the Bundeshaus in Bern to
raise consciousness in the Federal Council and among Swiss consumers for
the necessity of a compulsory declaration of all woods and an import
embargo of tropical woods. This strike was supported by 37 organisations
and political parties, the parlament of the town of Basel and many well
known persons and later created quite a stir. But Switzerland to this
day still has no compulsory declaration.
Bruno Manser tried to fight against the lightning fast destruction of
the rain forests and held many lectures in Switzerland and abroad, made
contact to NGOs, the EU, UNO, governments, unmasked offenders and
participated in other activities, for ex. in the programme “Fuenf vor
Zwoelf” where he let himself drop 800 meters along the teleferique cable
down the Small Matterhorn. But these small successes were too little too
slow for this man who always felt in direct contact to the Penan.
“I am tired but I can’t stop”
He suffered. Already in May 1998 he said: “As long as logging goes on in
Sarawak and as long as the bulldozers continue their destruction our
activities will not have achieved anything. I am tired but I can’t stop
until all the Malaysian promises have been kept, namely the right of
self-determination for the Penan and the protection of their environment
in a biosphere reservation promised in 1987.”
The rain forests had deeply become a part of him. He visited American
and African jungles and stayed there for weeks. Undercover he managed to
get through to the Sarawak several times to see his friends again who
were expecting him. Every time he yet again witnessed the lightning fast
destruction of their precious environment mainly by the logging
companies Samling Co, Rimbunan Hijau Sdn. Bhd. and by the W.T.K.
Company: uprooted original inhabitants, new roads, cleared landscapes,
eroded mountains, lifeless rivers, exstinct plants and animals. Manser
knew time was running out for the Penan and the forest.
Middle 1998 he decided to risk everything. Starting diplomatically, he
offered Chief Minister Taib Mahmud his cooperation in founding the
biosphere reservation and to forgive him for having broken Malaysian
immigration laws. No reaction. All following endeavours to achieve
communications with Mahmud were equally unsuccessful.
Manser then learnt to parachute in record time. He planed to deliver a
lamb, “Gumperli”, out of the air as a symbol of reconciliation to the
Chief Minister on the Hara Ray peace day festival at the end of the
Ramadan month in Kuching. The Malaysian Consulate in Geneva put pressure
on the airline companies not to transport the lamb hereby this endeavour
was also hindered. Manser then jumped with the animal on 6th April 1998
over the UNO in Geneva in his desperation to draw attention to the
situation in Sarawak.
Turns above the Taib residence in a motorised glider
Once again no reaction from Kuching, the capital of Sarawak. In March
1999 the customs officers in Kuching let a small, athletic businessman
enter wearing his father’s business suit, carrying a briefcase and
wearing a badly knotted tie. On March 29th 1999 Bruno Manser flew a
couple of highly publicized turns above the Taib residence in a
motorised glider in honour of the return of the pilgrims from Mecca.
Intentionally landing next to the residence he let himself be arrested
after which he was immediately transported to Kuala Lumpur and later
deported to Switzerland. His humourous, risky and naiv goal to convince
Chiefminister Taib Mahmud of the necessity of protecting the rain forest
was once again unsuccessful.
Manser left for Borneo on the 15th February 2000 fearing that the last
remains of the Penan forest would be sacrificed to the logging industry.
BMF secretary John Kuenzli and a Swedish film team joined him in
Indonesian Kalimantan. This film team had already shot the film “Tong
Tana” with him and now wanted to film him on his way through the jungle
to Sarawak. They then left and John Kuenzli and Manser carried on alone.
By the time Kuenzli had to leave Manser was still writing postcards to
his friends as usual. This time he wrote about 400 cards.
“Bruno was feeling well”, a fried said
Bruno Manser then entrusted himself to a Swiss who knew his way around
the territory. The trip took two very tiring weeks. First by boat, then
heavily burdened on foot over unpathed territory in virgin forest and
over precarious mountain sides. Manser slept in a hammok, his friend
slept on the ground. It rained every day. When the two of them passed
their last night together near the border they were totally exhausted.
On May 18th Bruno Manser gave his returning countryman a letter for his
lifepartner in which he wrote about diarrhoea and a broken rib. His
friend was the last European to see him. “When we parted Bruno was
feeling well. He seemed strong to me”, said his companion to
OnlineReports.ch.
According to BMF secretary John Kuenzli, Bruno Manser must have passed
the forested border to Sarawak on 22nd May with the help of a local
guide. Last contact to him was in a town called Bareo. Here he wrote a
letter to his girl- friend while hiding in a bush near the town. He was
very tired and was waiting for darkness before continuing along the
logging roads. Kuenzli believes this letter was brought to the post
office in Bareo by some unknown person. It reached Switzerland with
Malaysian stamps on it but no post office stamp.
Since then the BMF office in Basel has been trying to make contact with
Manser through all means available, i.e. trusted contacts and other
often malfunctioning means of communication to find out where he is. All
without any success. The Penan had also sent out groups searching
discretely for him in the forest, in the cleared areas and around the
source of the Limbang river which he had originally been heading toward.
Two men were found who said they had guided him for two weeks on Sarawak
territory in the jungle.
Relatives and friends are worried
In autumn the pressure grew in the BMF office. Worried relatives and
friends demanded that the Diplomatic Corps and the public be informed
that Bruno Manser is missing. The office hesitated because such an
announcement would involve the Malaysian security forces. Because of
this continuing insecurity fortune tellers, dream readers and others
were asked for advice. All agree Bruno Manser still seems to be alive.
This has also been confirmed by the Penan necromancers.
There is no more concrete information. A demand, written by the Limbang
nomads on Malaysian territory and sent in July to the Chief Minister
could be a clue. What of the unexpected road block by the Penan on
August 11th near Long Kevok? There hadn’t been such an activity since
the 1980s. Is the Swiss “Laki Penan” behind this new wave of protest?
Has Bruno Manser gone into hiding intentionally?
In September there were rumours amongst the Penan, that Manser was in
the area. It was not the only one – Manser had been shot by the army at
the road block in Long Kevok. – was another. And: The body of an
European had been found in the forest. But the parachute teacher and
good friend of Manser’s flew on the 21st October into the Bario region
where Bruno Manser had last been seen. All those asked said that they
knew nothing about him.
Several options
On 10th November there was a crisis meeting held at the BMF office in
Basel. Manser’s mother, his sisters and brothers, his lifepartner and a
few other close friends were invited. John Kuenzli informed them of the
latest but little news there was. Nothing had really changed and as
before anything was possible:
• Bruno Manser could be hiding to make himself available to the Penan
during their last protest efforts and to help make the world aware of
what was going on in the Sarawak. Known as a lone fighter, someone who
sometimes threw the worries of his friends into the wind and who often
took great risks, this possibility is not all that unlikely. What is
different this time is that none of his family or close friends have
heard from him. That has never happened before. Irrespective of the
situtations he found himself in in the past he always managed to get
some message through to them. His mother told OnlineReports: “No, no, he
has never been gone so long without sending some signs of his still
being alive.” His brothers and sisters and friends confirm this
experience. Therefore they are scared something really bad has happened.
• Bruno Manser is lying sick or hurt in the home of some nomadic family.
Rock falls are a common occurance in the jungle of the Sarawak, as are
many other dangers such as malaria, infections, snake bites and all
other kinds of accidents. This is the reason even the Penan rarely go
alone through the jungle, something that Manser had to do repetedly to
reach them. On the other hand, the fact that none of the Penan searching
for him found him speaks against this possibility. He is an experienced
bush trekker and survival expert, has an iron determination and is in
good physical condition. He can move well on the land and thanks to his
hunting and collecting skills will very unlikely experience hunger.
• Bruno Manser is in prison. Because he was moving along known logging
roads in a territory under great military and police surveillance an
imprisonment must be taken into account. If so, the possibility that
this is being kept strictly secret to avoid any intenational attention
is quite realistic.
• Bruno Manser wants to stay invisible and has asked some of the around
9000 Penan (of which around 300 still live as nomads) to keep him
hidden. This version is supported by the sudden escalation of protest
manifestations after some years of relative peace in the region. Roger
Graf’s sound knowledge of the Penan as a people who are not secretive
speaks against it. If Manser were in hiding somewhere some information
would definitely have seeped through by now.
• Bruno Manser is dead. The jungle he aimed for is dangerous, there is
no doubt about that. Additionally to all the many natural dangers, the
possibility of murder must be taken into account as well. He is still a
wanted man with a bounty price waiting for anyone bringing him in.
Especially the army and police stationed in the area could be very
interested in the death of this uncomfortable Swiss. The enraged loggers
and their clients are another great danger and would gladly make use of
the first opportunity to present itself to get rid of this hated
activist, say those who know the circumstances well.
Swiss diplomats involved
Now Swiss diplomats are trying to find out what has happened to Bruno
Manser. The Bruno-Manser-Fonds has – as OnlineReports informed already
on 18th November – asked the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA)
for their help. First discrete investigations are already, they say,
underway via the Swiss Consulate in Kuala Lumpur and the Swiss Honorary
Consulate in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak. If no concrete results are
forthcoming then Switzerland will have to report Bruno Manser to
Malaysia officially as a missing person.
Then everybody will know – Chiefminister Tahib Mahmud included – that
Bruno Manser, dead or alive, is in the country. All the police stations
and all public places will carry a photo of him. Wanted person posters
of the “enemy of the state no. 1″, of a man who is fighting for the
rights of those with the least rights in the province of Sarawak. They
who in despair watch their basis of existence being destroyed – the
Penan.
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Incident Report: Jarak Trip 11, 12 & 13 August 2009
Fishing Kaki: 9
Port of Embarkation: Lumut, Perak DR
Vessel: Southern Star
Contact No: 056836487
Tekong: Peter
Assisted by: Rashid Pak Intan

My first Jarak trip, but not my first deep sea fishing trip, boarded on the 11th at about 10 am and stopped at Pangkor Island fishing village for sotong bait, and there was already some kembung on board. Then we immediately proceeded to Jarak for almost 4 hours. The journey was uneventful, the sea was fair, and the water was clear.

2. All paying customers were of all walks of life from MLM guys, kiosk operator, plantation guys and ICT. The tekong Peter proudly using �TEAM IPOH ICHIBAN Salt Water Game Fishing�, blue coloured t-shirt.

3. Upon reaching Jarak, the boat was circling for a couple of minutes, or so, and as just we were about to park at the first stop, the tekong rushed to the front and put his battery operated multiplier on the front right side of the boat, and his assistant immediately rushed to the opposite side! Only after securing the pole position they stopped the engine and all paying customers also took up their positions. As we progressed by the hour, the Tekong and Awak-awak Team (TAT) were reeling up fishes in the region of more of 1.5 kilo each. There were variety of them ranging from jenahak, landok, sagai, and also stingrays (more than 3 kilos each!). They were basically doing extremely well for the first stop!

4. As the hours past, only then the paying customers sited in the middle section of the boat were also fortunate to be reeling in fishes. However, people at the back were frustrated with zero bite and ending with no catch. The TAT were using OUR baits and were having a good time and as they were using battery-operated sets, the depth of 76m or more was no problem for them. The weight used was 1kg to secure a good drop at the lubuk and those using manual multipliers or r&r have a tough time with that weight and that depth.

5. By night fall, we moved to another lubuk and the situation did not change that is the TAT remained at the front of the boat with their banglas and the paying customers were at the back. Result was the same, i.e TAT bringing in more fish, but paying customers negligible! This attracted the attention of the main guy and he complained to the tekong requesting the he moved his boat further up to give the opportunity for the middle section and the back section some fishing activities. However, the tekong totally refused to move the boat or to change positions with the paying customers and his response was, �you don�t expect to reel in the fish always and the fish don�t eat all the time!� This gentleman from the back was really pissed off because up to that point he has not caught a single fish, for 1.5 days.

6. To show how insensitive and selfish the tekung is, when a customer asked for a chair instead of sitting on his coleman, the response was there�s only 2 chairs and they are using them.

7. When dawn broke, we moved to another spot and the same MO happened. We got pissed off and decided to abandon the trip, which is now a 2 days and 1 night trip, much to the disappointment of all of us. We journeyed back around 9am to Lumut with one stop at Pangkor Island again.

8. So here�s the caution and queries we have to take when we need to hire a boat, we should check:
1. Whether the boatman will fish with us? If he does the choice positions should always be the customers
2. What happens to his catch i.e. sell or share? I have used other vessels before that the tekongs will give all the catch and ask for 1 or 2 of his catch for family consumption. This particular Peter fellow sold his combined TAT catch to one of the customers who was obviously distressed for fish. Not only he got paid for using the boat, he gets to use free bait and make money as a fish monger, a bit too much and that�s why this article of caution.
3. Will he offer any help or pointers at each lubuk? Commonly practiced by other tekongs
4. Eat the same food as the paying customers and not be served eggs when others have finished eating salted fish?
5. See to the comfort and safety of the paying customers, rather than them first attitude.
6. Should we throw him overboard with this treatment he accorded us? Well we have better upbringing than TAT 100 times and I believe this article will serve the purpose better.

We need to circumvent this and desperately need to further improve and expand the fishing game industry more so when we take foreigners on our trips, and also for the sake of the other good tekongs. Never mind the shabby toilet condition and cramp sleeping areas but the courtesy should not be shabby and arrogant.

One positive comment on the boat, the size was excellent, space and sleeping were ok but there was no overhead or standing rod holders.

by landokbujang

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Correct me if i am wrong but i think the problem is ‘most Malaysian are lazy and are not competitive, mostly relying on subsidies’. It’s kinna like ‘You wanna be smart but lazy to study” or “i wanna be rich but lazy to work”. That is why those get rich schemes works well in Malaysia…..

I dunno bout you guys but to me, if the ‘Tekong’ is getting more fish than me, that’s a challenge. This proof that the ‘lubuk’ is correct and the timing the boat is parked at each location are timely. The boat is ‘parked’ at the correct position and the ‘tekong’ and ‘awak-awak’ are getting good catch. If for me, this is a very good opportunity for me to learn something new as to why they are getting more than me.

Could it be the ‘rig’ or could it be the way i present my bait? Is it the location i am situated on the boat? Hey, those guys are catching fish and why not us ??? What is my problem??? I am only 6-7 feet away from ‘them’ but why am i not getting fish???

This is how we improved ourself. Really, if someone tell me ‘in the same boat’ someone is getting more fish than me, that’s a direct insult to my fishing techniques and not the boatman no good.

Here’s a fine reply by petestop, an expert on Bottom Fishing.

Hi landokbujang,

Sorry to hear about your bad experience.

Unfortunately, it is the “modus operandi” of the Lumut charters. Every charter
tekong and deckie fishes there, typically they take up the bow area, but some,
like the once famous “Seagull” or “Hai-O” actually reserves position #1
(that is in the middle at the back of the boat) for the Tekong.

I strongly suspect it is due to the Lumut charters typically have different
owners who hired these Tekongs/Deckhands. So, they are not worried if the
charter “name” is spoilt, they just move on to other boats.

Typically they will outfish you, more out of experience, since they do this
everyweek if not everyday. They know the spot they are fishing, and what
bait to use and when to use it.

That said, I have been on most Lumut charter boats, and frankly, the
Southern Star, skippered by Peter, is one of the better ones.
Meaning you haven’t been on the worst

Also, if I were you, I would reexamine my fishing rig as to why the
catch is poor. I have found that different places, you have to fish
different style, even if it is only subtle differences.

A few tips to fish at Lumut:

1. you need to use heavy sinkers, at least size 24 (1kg) and above.
This is because everybody does so, including the Tekong, and most
of them uses electric reel. It was said that Lumut charters had the
earliest electric reel in Malaysia. Lumut fishing is almost 100%
bottom fishing.
I suspect, because of this, the Tekong also park the boat they
way they do.
If everybody use the same sinkers, chances are majority will be
into fish.

2. You need to us appropriate spreader. In fact, Tekong Peter actually
design his own spreader, you can buy these spreader from some tackle
shops in Perak.

Using his spreader, you can drop your bait by totally free-spool,
no need to use your body parts to control the descend.

So, most of the time, when you still putting down your baits, they already
start reeling in fishes

3. If you notice carefully, the Tekong and Deckhand will be fishing for live
squid at night, they are particularly adept at that using artificial lures.

This is their secret bait, and will outfish you, if you continue to stick
with kembong only.

4. Tekong Peter (and many other Tekong) can be cranky, and it is like
adding salt to injury, when many gets no fish.

However, he can be a treasure trove of knowledge when it comes to
bottom-fishing, it will take time for you to buddy up with him and
pick his brains on his fishing techniques.

Given some time to reflect and improve on your fishing techniques,
you will find that pretty soon, you will outfish them, because for
one, you should have higher eagerness and motivation.

MFN

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