KUCHING: About 300 Borneo tribes people staged a protest at a world hydroelectric industry meeting in Malaysia on Wednesday to denounce dams they say are destroying forests and native ways.

Officials in the Malaysian state of Sarawak have for years been accused of ramming through controversial dams, and opponents have harshly criticized the International Hydropower Association’s (IHA) decision to meet in the state.

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