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741:, in an isolated hut in the Limbang jungles. Ritchie came by helicopter to interview Manser. After the interview, Ritchie told Manser that: "As a human being, you are right. Yet as a citizen of this country I have to say no to you, Please don't be angry with me if the story doesn't sound too good." After Ritchie's team left, Manser stayed in the hut until the next day. As he went to the mouth of the Meté river to wash himself, he noticed a boat mooring at the river. He heard a friendly voice called him, "Oh, Laki Dja-au!" but instead saw two soldiers pursuing him. The soldiers were instructed to capture Manser alive without firing any bullets. Manser immediately put down his blowpipe and a rucksack on the river bank, then dove into the river and disappeared under the heavy undergrowth of the forest floor. Manser successfully evaded capture, but he lost seven months of his drawings and notebooks in the rucksack. Feeling betrayed, Manser wrote a complaint letter against Ritchie to New Straits Times and was published on 1 February 1987. However, Ritchie denied any involvement in Manser arrest. 558:
the consequences for such an act. In 1998, Manser and Christinet travelled to Brunei and swam across the 300-metre wide Limbang river at night. Christinet was almost fatally injured by drifting logs along the river. They spent three weeks in Sarawak hiding from the police. During that period, they attempted to order four tons of 25-centimeter nails for the Penan to hammer into the tree trunks, which could have caused serious injuries to loggers when the embedded nails inevitably came into contact with chainsaws.
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were willing to scale the last 100 metres of steep limestone that formed the peak of Batu Lawi. It is possible that Manser fell down the side of the mountain, but neither his body nor his belongings have been found. However, two local guides who brought Manser across the jungles of Sarawak were found. In desperation, fortune tellers and Penan
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that carried Manser came close to running out of petrol. While the vehicle stopped to refuel after crossing a bridge, Manser was urinating at the side of the road. While Matios was steps away giving orders to subordinates, Manser took the opportunity to run away, dive into dense undergrowth, and run
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started during Manser's stay with the Penan. As a result, the Penan suffered from reduced vegetation, contaminated drinking water, fewer animals available for hunting, and the desecration of their heritage sites. Manser worked with Along Sega to teach the Penan how to organize road blockades against
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published a 24-page article entitled: "You have the world - leave us the wood!" which included photos taken during their undercover tours with Manser, as well as Manser's drawings. The article was later reprinted all over the world in Australia, Japan, and Canada, leading to the attention of human
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into Malaysia, but later abandoned the plan as it involved a lengthy 25-kilometer swim and a passage through a swamp across the straits. They planned an alternative route, opting to row a boat from an Indonesian island into Sarawak. However, BMF received a warning from Malaysian embassy warning of
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on enforcing a ban on tropical timber imports and mandatory declarations of timber products. The hunger strike was supported by 37 organisations and political parties. Manser only stopped the hunger strike after his mother requested that he do so. After Manser's disappearance, the Federal Assembly
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cuts into the thick forests until the trail reached the swamp at the foot of Bukit Batu Lawi. There was no trace of him in the swamp, going back from the swamp, or trace of anyone else coming into the area. BMF sent a helicopter to circle the limestone pinnacles. However, none of the search teams
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while his friend slept on the ground. On 18 May, they reached the Sarawak/Kalimantan border, spending their final night there. Manser asked his friend to carry a postcard back to Charlotte, his girlfriend in Switzerland. According to his friend, Manser looked healthy when they parted ways. Manser
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stamp. Manser was last seen carrying a 30-kilogram backpack by his Penan friend, Paleu, and Paleu's son on 25 May 2000. They accompanied Manser until they saw Bukit Batu Lawi. Manser stated his intention to climb the mountain alone and requested Paleu to leave him there. Manser has not been seen
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By 2000, Manser admitted that his efforts did not bring positive changes to Sarawak. His success rate in Sarawak was "less than zero" and he was deeply saddened by the result. On 15 February 2000, just before his last trip to Sarawak, Manser said that, "hrough his logging license policies, Taib
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around the Penan's territory. Manser also wanted the government to forgive him for breaking Malaysian immigration laws. The offer was denied. His successive attempts to establish communications with Taib Mahmud failed. Manser planned to deliver a lamb named "Gumperli" to Taib Mahmud by air as a
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said that, "We don't want them running around like animals. No one has the ethical right to deprive the Penans of the right to assimilation into Malaysian society." The Sarawak government tightened the entry of foreign environmentalists, journalists, and film crews into the state, and allowed
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On 15 February 2000, Manser left to visit his Penan friends via the jungle paths of Kalimantan, Indonesia, accompanied by BMF secretary John Kuenzli and a film crew. After a period of time, Kuenzli and the film crew left Manser in the Kalimantan jungles. At the time, Manser was still writing
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Manser was first arrested on 10 April 1986 after being spotted by police inspector Lores Matios. He was delivering a document for Kelabit chiefs at Long Napir to sign to confirm their wish of further protecting their territories. At the same time, Matios was also on holiday at Long Napir. He
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He returned almost every year after leaving the Penan to follow up with the logging activities and to provide assistance to the tribe, often entering these areas illegally, crossing the border with Brunei and Kalimantan, Indonesia. He discovered that logging conglomerates such as
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blamed Manser for disrupting law and order. Mahathir wrote a letter to Manser, telling him that it was "about time that you stop your arrogance and your intolerable European superiority. You are no better than the Penan." In March 1992, Mahathir wrote another letter to Manser:
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for his capture ranging from US$ 30,000 to US$ 50,000 has been circulated by word-of-mouth, but the source of the bounty is unknown. By 1990, Malaysia declared Manser as the "number one enemy of the state" and sent special units to search for him. Using a forged
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immediately arrested Manser for breaking immigration law and brought him to Limbang police station for interrogation. Manser was not handcuffed, as the inspector did not carry them while on holiday. During the 90-minute ride to Limbang, the
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said, "It is hoped that outsiders will not interfere in our internal affairs, especially people like Bruno Manser. The Sarawak government has nothing to hide. Ours is an open liberal society." Sarawak Minister of Housing and Public Health
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As a Swiss living in the laps of luxury with the world's highest standard of living, it is the height of arrogance for you to advocate that the Penans live on maggots and monkeys in their miserable huts, subjected to all kinds of
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after they signed a contract with Manser in January 1992. Manser received $ 20,000 a year until 1998 for the rights to film his life. However, due to its unsatisfying ending, the script was not taken up by the studio.
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postcards to his friends. Manser continued his journey with another friend who knew the way around the territory. The trip continued for two weeks, crossing mountains and rivers on foot and by boat. Manser slept on a
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BMF and the Penan tried to search for Manser without any success. Areas around the Limbang river were searched by the Penan. Penan expedition teams tracked Manser to his last sleeping place. They followed Manser's
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Later in 1991, Manser set up Bruno Manser Fonds (BMF), a fund designed to help conserve the rainforests and the indigenous population in Sarawak. He ran the fund from his home at Heuberg 25, Basel, Switzerland.
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In 1986, Manser's representative in Switzerland, Roger Graf, wrote about sixty letters to Western media outlets, but none took notice of them. It was only in March 1986 that Rolf Bökemeier, an editor for the
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Manser created notebooks that were richly illustrated with drawings, notes, and 10,000 photographs during his six-year stay from 1984 to 1990 with the Penan people. Some of his sketches include
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In March 1999, Manser successfully passed Kuching immigration by disguising himself in a business suit, carrying a briefcase, and wearing a badly knotted tie. On 29 March, he flew a motorised
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According to Kuenzli, Manser crossed the Sarawak/Kalimantan border on 22 May with the help of a local guide. His last known communication was a letter mailed to Charlotte while hiding in
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aerial cable car and hung sizable banners there. They reached the dangerous speed of 140 kilometers per hour while riding on a self-made rider with steel wheels and ball bearings.
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The Sarawak government defended its logging policy by stating that revenue from timber sales is needed to feed more than 250,000 of the state population. Sarawak Chief Minister
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with a stick, and how to drill holes on a blowpipe. These notebooks were later published by Christoph Merian Verlag press in Basel. Manser also created audio recordings of
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started to develop an action-adventure horror script where the Penan used their forest wisdom to save the world from catastrophe. The Penan also received coverage in
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across the Limbang river by jumping from stone to stone. Matios shouted at him and used his pistol to fire two shots at Manser, but he successfully escaped capture.
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In mid-1998, Manser offered an end of hostilities with the Sarawak government if Chief Minister Taib Mahmud would be willing to cooperate with him in building a
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and styling his hair differently, Manser returned to Switzerland in 1990 to inform the public about the situation in Sarawak through the Swiss media.
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Manser learned about survival skills in the jungle and familiarized himself with the Penan's culture and language. The Penan tribal leader in Upper
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On 18 November 2001, eighteen months after his disappearance, he was awarded the International Society for Human Rights prize for Switzerland.
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to reach the top of the lamp post and cut his chains. Manser climbed down the lamp post without force at 1:40 PM. He was then taken to the
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told by Penan elders and translated them. He claimed that the Penan people were never argumentative or violent during his time with them.
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in May 1984. Initially, the Penan people tried to ignore him. After a while, the Penan accepted him as one of their family members.
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pressured airlines not to transport the lamb to Sarawak. Manser later carried the lamb with him on a plane and parachuted over the
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but was unsuccessful, finding himself hanging on a rope without anything to grab on for 24 hours. In 1989, he was bitten by a
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finally adopted the Declaration of Timber Products on 1 October 2010, with a transition period allowed until the end 2011.
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Bruno Manser Fonds in 1991. Manser disappeared during his last journey to Sarawak in May 2000 and is presumed dead.
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Mahmud is personally responsible for the destruction of nearly all Sarawak rainforests in one generation."
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but was able to treat the snake bite himself. He also got a malaria infection while living in the jungles.
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were called. All of them agreed Manser was still alive. On 18 November 2000, BMF requested that the Swiss
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and held until the summit ended at 6:30 PM, when he was released without being charged with an offense.
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against timber companies. After he emerged from the forests in 1990, he engaged in public activism for
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to mark the tenth anniversary of his disappearance. Roughly 500 people attended the service.
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Manser gave many lectures in Switzerland and abroad, making connections to people within the
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Kershaw R (2011). "Against odds: A thirty-year struggle to save the forests of Sarawak".
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In 1995, Manser went to Congo rainforests to document the effects of wars and logging on
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rights and environmental organisations and green parliamentarians around the world.
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On 25 March 1990, Manser was disguised as "Alex Betge" to board MH 873 flight from
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Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures
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Flight MH2683. Manser was seen playing with his knitted toy lamb by his jailers.
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Nature In The Global South - Volume 7 of New perspectives in South Asian history
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produced documentaries about the Penan, and Penan stories were also featured on
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for 24 years, 4 months and 2 days; Legally dead on 10 March 2005
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prison because, as an ardent follower of non-violent ideologies espoused by
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logging companies to hire criminal gangs to subdue the indigenous people.
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Manser's actions drew anger from Malaysian authorities, who declared him
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After these setbacks, Manser finally found Penan nomadic tribes near the
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pastures for twelve years. During this time, Manser became interested in
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On 14 November 1986, Manser met with James Ritchie, a reporter from the
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The A to Z of Environmentalism - Volume 115 of The A to Z Guide Series
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Written by Manser to introduce western readers to the life of a Penan.
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To celebrate Manser's 60th birthday on 25 August 2014, a species of
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In June 1992, Manser parachuted into a crowded stadium during the
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and stayed with a family. In 1984, while learning more about the
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on 10 March 2005. On 8 May 2010, a memorial service was held in
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Defending the Earth: Abuses of Human Rights and the Environment
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The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure
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Voices from the Rainforests: Testimonies of a Threatened People
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Several documentary films have been made about him. They are:
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that was discovered by a Dutch-Swiss research expedition in
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After search expeditions proved fruitless, a civil court in
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Changing International Markets for Timber and Wood Products
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ceremony to celebrate Manser. The Penan refer to Manser as
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In 1992, he published the book "Voices of the Rainforest".
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screenwriter David Franzoni also developed a script named
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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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In January 2002, hundreds of Penan members organised a
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and the London Rainforest Action Group. Police used a
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Rainforest Hero: The Life and Death of Bruno Manser
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Index


Basel
Bukit Batu Lawi
Sarawak
Missing
Swiss
Human rights activist
Environmentalist
environmentalist
human rights
Penan
Indigenous rainforest blockades in Sarawak
rainforest
human rights
indigenous peoples
non-governmental organization (NGO)
Basel
upper secondary school
Lucerne
Mahatma Gandhi
Satyagraha
compulsory military service
Alpine
handicrafts
therapeutics
speleology
carved leather
mountaineering
Borneo
Terengganu

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