From Kua Kia Soong
In August 2007, I arrived at Kuching International Airport to officiate at a graduation ceremony for teachers trained by New Era College, where I was then principal. I was not carrying drugs. I was not wanted by the police. I was not entering Sarawak to organise an insurrection. I was there to attend an educational ceremony. Yet, I was stopped at immigration and told that I was not allowed to enter Sarawak.
After I persistently asked why, I was told that I was on a blacklist because of my "anti-logging activities". I was then put on a flight back to Kuala Lumpur. The contemporary report of the incident records that I was an active campaigner against the Bakun dam and had participated in a fact-finding mission concerning indigenous people displaced from the Bakun area.
