Unimas lecturer gets RM50,000 for research on Punan burial poles

KUCHING: A non-profit organisation is funding a research on the conditions of the burial poles or klirieng of the Punan communities in Belaga and Kapit. The Sarawak Initiatives (TSI) has forked out RM50,000 to support Dr Elena Chai, a senior lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (UNIMAS) Department of Anthropology and Sociology for her ongoing research […]