Harrison Ngau Laing

Harrison Ngau Laing (an haife shi a shekara ta 1959) ɗan ƙasar Malaysia ne mai rajin kare muhalli kuma ɗan siyasa, ɗan ƙabilar Kayan . An ba shi kyautar Goldman Environmental Prize a shekara ta 1990 saboda aikinsa na hana sare dazuzzuka a yankin Sarawak . Ya kasance memba na Majalisar Dokokin Malaysia daga 1990 zuwa 1995.

 Rayuwa da aiki 
An haifi Harrison Ngau a shekarar 1959 a ƙauyensa da ke Long Keseh, wanda ke kusa da Kogin Baram a yankin arewacin Sarawak . A shekarar 1976, wani kamfanin sare bishiyoyi mai suna WTK (wanda aka yi wa lakabi da Wong Tuong Kwang) ya je ƙauyensa. Harrison yaro ne ɗan shekara 17 wanda ya kammala karatunsa na biyu a shekarar da ta gabata a makarantar sakandare a Marudi . Ya koma ƙauyensa don hutun Kirsimeti lokacin da aka yi babban taro a gidansa mai tsawo. Mutanen ƙauyen sun fahimci cewa an ba wa kamfanin WTK rangwame a bayan gidansu mai tsawo lokacin da kamfanin ya zo da injinan bulldozer, manyan injina, da kuma sarƙoƙi a gabansu. Da farko mutanen ƙauyen sun yi tunanin dakatar da masu sare itatuwa, amma lokacin da ma'aikatan kamfanin suka aika musu da biskit da Coke kyauta, mazauna ƙauyen suka karɓi abincin kuma suka daina. Daga baya aka gano cewa wasu ƙauye biyu a gidan longhouse suna da hannun jari a wani kamfanin sare itatuwa wanda ya mallaki yarjejeniyar. Sun sayar wa WTK rangwame kuma suka sami riba mai kyau. Tunda Harrison ne kaɗai ya san yadda ake rubutu, ya miƙa kansa don rubuta wa kamfanin wasiƙu. Daga baya WTK ta amince ta biya diyya ta RM 2 (US$0.60) ga kowace tan na katako da aka ɗauka daga yankinsu. 

Daga nan Harrison ya ci gaba da aiki a wani otal a Miri, wani masana'antar kankara, kuma tare da kamfanin mai na Shell. A shekarar 1980, ya kafa reshen Sarawak na Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM), wata ƙungiyar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam a Malaysia. Ya je Marudi ya yi hayar ofishin ƙungiyarsa. A watan Nuwamba na 1980, ya auri Uding mai shekaru 17, wani Kayan daga wani ƙauye da ke kusa. Sun haifi 'ya'ya huɗu kuma sun ci gaba da fafutukar yaƙi da kamfanonin sare bishiyoyi a yankin Baram. Zanga-zangar farko ta kasance a kogin Apoh a kan kamfanin sare itatuwa na Samling. Kayan daga gidaje uku masu tsayi sun je sun yi wa ma'aikatan kamfanin barazana. Daga nan kamfanin ya amince ya biya diyya ga gidajen dogon guda uku. Ƙungiyar Harrison ta fi shiga cikin ba wa 'yan asalin ƙasar shawara kan amfani da haƙƙinsu na filaye. A tsakiyar shekarun 1980, mutanen Penan sun fara zuwa ofishinsa lokacin da su ma suka fuskanci matsalar sare itatuwa. 

Babbar zanga-zangar ta zo ne a watan Maris na shekarar 1987 lokacin da mutane 4,700 'yan asalin ƙasar daga ƙauyuka 26 na Penan da kuma gidaje masu tsayi shida suka hallara a lokaci guda don hana masu sare itace isa yankin Baram da Limbang na sama. An tsare kimanin motocin bulldozer 200 da ma'aikatan katako 1,600 na tsawon watanni da dama. Bayan 'yan watanni, 'yan sanda sun wargaza shingen da ƙarfi. A ranar 27 ga Oktoba, 1987, Firayim Ministan Malaysia na wancan lokacin, Mahathir Mohamad, ya fara aikin Operation Lalang . An kama Harrison a ƙarƙashin Dokar Tsaron Cikin Gida . An kai Harrison zuwa Miri kuma ya kwana ɗaya a wani ɗaki a can kafin a kai shi Kuching ta hanyar wata mota da ba ta kan hanya ba. An tsare shi na tsawon kwanaki 60 amma ba a tuhume shi da laifi ba. An sake Harrison a watan Disamba na 1987. Kama Harrison ya jawo hankalin masu fafutukar kare muhalli da masu fafutukar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam a duk faɗin duniya. Sun rubuta wasiƙu don nuna rashin amincewa da ayyukan gwamnatin Malaysia. Shekara guda bayan haka, SAM ta sami lambar yabo ta Right Livelihood saboda aikin Harrison a Sarawak. 

Harrison ya sami kyautar muhalli ta Goldman a shekarar 1990. Daga baya ya yi amfani da kyautar wajen daukar nauyin yakin neman zabensa   a kan Barisan Nasional (BN) a lokacin babban zaben Malaysia na shekarar 1990. Ya kayar da mataimakin ministan ayyukan jama'a,  Luhat Wan  kuma ya zama dan majalisar dokoki na mazabar Baram . Duk da haka, a zaben Malaysia na shekarar 1995, wani dan takarar BN Jacob Dungau Sagan ya kayar da shi. 

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Rukuni:Haihuwan 1959
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