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Rendered homeless by government action: elderly Iban woman of Sungai Sekabai, Sarawak (Malaysia) Iban villagers of Sungai Sekabai are gathering their belongings after their houses were demolished by a government team.

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Destroyed house at the Iban village of Sungai Sekabai. Destroyed house at the Iban village of Sungai Sekabai.

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Iban natives of Sungai Sekabai are shocked after the destruction of their village by the Malaysian authorities; in the center headman Nor anak Nyaway. Headman Nor anak Nyawai of Sungai Sekabai in front of his destroyed house. Nor was the plaintiff of a 2001 landmark court case in which a Malayian court acknowledged for the first time that native communities had customary rights over primary rainforests.