UMNO Leaders won’t bother Sabah being called poor

SIPITANG: If there is no deterrent to BN government, Sabah would likely to remain a poor state in Malaysia. In as far as UMNO leaders are concerned they aren’t perturbed by such title. That is why SAPP dare enough to challenge by filing a lawsuit on Borneonisation issue.

Two days ago High Court of Kota Kinabalu dismissed the application made by Federal Government and State Government to strike the suit. That is good enough for SAPP, said Hj Amde Sidik, Deputy President of SAPP.

Jangan bimbang bantuan terus kekal selepas BN tumbang

TENOM: Ahli Majlis Tertinggi Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) Roger Stimin mengingatkan rakyat bahawa mereka tidak perlu gusar atau bimbang berhubung bantuan yang mereka terima sekarang ini daripada kerajaan BN akan hilang selepas BN tumbang pada PRU-13 dan digantikan kerajaan baru.

Beliau berkata, kemudahan bantuan yang mereka terima sudah menjadi dasar kerajaan walaupun kerajaan ditukar berulangkali tetapi sekiranya pembangkang ditakdirkan mengambil alih tampuk kerajaan dasar tersebut tidak akan berubah malah akan berterusan.

Star denies lacking in vision and mission

KOTA KINABALU: The State Reform Party (Star) has denied allegations by the Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, Ronald Kiandee, that the party “has no vision and mission, lacks ideas and is struggling to the extent of harping on the same old ideas”.

Star, in a press statement, clarified that it’s a party of the young generation with a clear vision, mission, objectives, and goals and “this is reflected in its calendar of activities” or the Vimoga concept.

Borneonisation suit - People have right to sue

People have right to sue over 'Borneonisation' - High Court

by Kelimen Sawatan

KOTA KINABALU, May 26, 2012: The High Court dismissed an application by the federal and state governments to strike out a suit brought by a former policeman and a former teacher seeking several declarations relating to the Borneonisation policy.

Nurul Izzah: Ceramah video the best proof

Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar countered Umno’s allegation that it was PKR’s provocation that led to the fracas on Thursday night’s ceramah, saying there was video proof.

The PKR vice president said the best proof to the actual events that resulted in the ceramah being pelted with eggs and stones was in the video recording by reporters covering the ceramah.

“The best proof is the video recording,” said Nurul Izzah (right).

Sipitang, a dumping ground for foreign labourers

SIPITANG - Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) said Sipitang has become a dumping ground for foreign labourers from Nepal and India.

"Their presence was visible in the Sipitang town nowadays, said Hj Amde Sidik, who is the Deputy President of SAPP.

Amde, who is also South Zone and Constituency Liaison Committee Chairman for N28 Sindumin said these foreign labourers are recruited by Sabah Forest Industries.

Road to nowhere

Sabah villagers outraged by road to nowhere - The current government has done poorly in terms of maintaining Sabah's roads and rural infrastructure, unlike their predecessors, Usno and PBS regimes claim villagers.

PAPAR: Outraged Dusun villagers from kampungs within the vicinity of the controversial Mini Estate Sejaterah (MESEJ) project in Kg Kinolosodon are demanding to know why the government has neglected to maintain the roads in the villages but see it fit to build a new road to nowhere.

Land Sale Mania in Kg Banting?

SIPITANG -There has been a kind of land selling mania going on in area surrounding the RM4.6 billion Ammonia and Urea Project –SAMUR, especially in Kampong Banting, Hj Amde Sidik, the Deputy President of SAPP, said when meet the people in Kg Luagan, Sindumin last night (24/06/2012)

He feels something must be done like, giving advice to kampong people in order not to make a harsh decision selling their land to people who are there to exploit the situation.

Star: One to one fight ideal, but not necessary

KOTA KINABALU: The State Reform Party (Star) shares the sentiments of the Democratic Action Party (Dap) that the possibility of one-to-one fights in Sabah to take on the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) at the forthcoming 13th General Election is non-existent.

However, Star begs to differ with the Peninsular Malaysia-based national opposition party on why “it’s not possible to strike a deal with the self-glorified and unrealistic Star”.

Hari-hari Terakhir DAP di Sabah

Ching Wai Sim

Sikap suka mencari fasal pemimpin DAP yang selama ini mengamalkan sindrom politik longkang dan sampah akan menyebabkan Ketua Parti itu di Sabah, Jimmy Wong Sze Phin terpaksa menghitung hari-hari terakhir DAP di Sabah.

Tinjauan rambang yang dilakukan Sabahkini.net di kawasan parlimen Kota Kinabalu dan DUN Sri Tanjung, Tawau mendapati para pengundi sudah mula mengabaikan DAP daripada senarai parti pilihan mereka setelah segala aduan kepada DAP memerlukan keprihatinan BN untuk diselesaikan.

SAPP: BN Has No Clue on SAS

SAPP Youth Exco member Clement Lee has called on the UMNO led-BN government to explain the failure to elevate the SAS to its original value, 14 years after the financial crisis in 1997-1998, even when all the counters in BURSA and Unit Trusts price have recovered to its original value or higher.

Based on the latest SAS price updated on 21 May 2012 remained at RM0.3067 (NAV per unit) as reported from www.sahamsabah.com.my.

Penampang State Library being left to rot

PENAMPANG - Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has criticised the State Government for leaving Penampang State Library building to rot.

Information Chief, Chong Pit Fah said that with the present state of the building at Donggongon Town, it would not be long that another state library building is declared unsafe.

"We are puzzled why the government is not bothered with the upkeep of an important facility for the Penampang district. Kota Kinabalu City has already lost its library.

He said the Penampang library building was in terrible shape with signs of its foundation sinking such as the cracks on the walkway besides the building.

"There are also holes here and there on the roof gutter, bird's soil on the window glasses. It is really shameful to have this very important facility being left in a horrible situation," he said.

SAPP: Umno's underhand tactics revealed

SIPITANG - Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) feels that something very fishy going on why UMNO is so confident in taking back Selangor when every indicator shows otherwise, said its Deputy President Hj Amde Sidik at a SAPP get together in Mesapol last night.

"I've received news from my PR friends in Peninsula who told me there are about 150,000 'New Sabahans' now stationed in various parts in Peninsula. They are the new recipients of new Mykads.

SEPA Lahad Datu Appreciation Dinner

LAHAD DATU - Sabah Environmental Protection of Sabah had organized an Appreciation Dinner and Environment Photography Exhibition in Lahad Datu at Dewan Sri Perdana on Sunday 19th May 2012 in order to appreciate those who had help in lahad datu during the NO COAL campaign.

The appreciation dinner that was chaired by Yyonne Chew was a success where about 400 had attended.

A Community Development issues was presented by Alice Mathew and Lanash Tanda who are the SEPA Committee Member.

Sabah Pengeluar Sawit Ketiga di Dunia

Jailani Hassan

LABUAN : Jika Sabah merupakan sebuah negara, ia merupakan pengeluar kelapa sawit ketiga terbesar di dunia dan merupakan petunjuk penting mengenai peranan yang dimainkan oleh kelapa sawit dalam pertumbuhan negeri ini setakat ini dan apa yang ada untuk masa depan.

Menurut Lembaga Minyak Sawit Malaysia (MPOB), pada 2009, Sabah mempunyai kawasan penanaman kelapa sawit terbesar berbanding negeri lain, seluas 1.36 juta hektar daripada 4.69 juta hektar keluasan tanaman di seluruh negara.

Opposition parties should share burden and difficult seats

TAWAU - Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has called on opposition parties not only to share burden but also on difficult seats.

Its president, Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee, said opposition parties should not choose safe seats only but also share the difficult ones.

"SAPP has already made known we are taking one third of the parliament seats and two thirds of state seats and we have agreed in principle but we also have to share the burden, even the difficult seats," he said yesterday after the annual general meeting of SAPP Sri Tanjung, Apas, Balung and Merotai branches.

Forcing illegals to swear in Allah's name to vote BN and to keep it a Secret!

Iskandar Dzulkarnain

Wanita PKR has said that it has proof that illegal immigrants registering with the Home Ministry’s 6P amnesty programme have been made to swear an oath that they and their families will vote for Barisan Nasional come polling day.

Wanita PKR chief Zuraida Kamaruddin had brought to the party evidence in the form of a written statement requiring them to pledge allegiance to Umno and BN. The statement which reads:  


“Bismillahhirahmanirrahim. Wallahi Wabillahi Watawallahi. I (name) in the name of Allah pledge and promise to be loyal to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Sultans and Malaysia . “I / my husband / my wife / my children will undividedly support and vote Umno / Barisan Nasional (BN). I will also continue to fight for Islam and the Malay race. My family and I promise to keep this SECRET, and if I break it I will pay the price.”

Politik Semporna Mula Membadai

SKANDAL.....Apakah Skandal Seks Shafie Apdal yang akan didedahkan Dayangku Intan menjadi penamat kesombongan Shafie atau Naib Presiden UMNO ini terus GAH di persada politik tanah air?

Shaimon S Jumadi

SEBILANGAN besar penduduk-penduduk yang tinggal di pesisir pantai dan kepulauan Semporna yang dibelenggu kemiskinan serta kedaifan hidup telah bertekad untuk tidak lagi memberikan undi kepada tiga Adun dan Ahli Parlimen Semporna pada PRU-13.

Menurut mereka hanya kroni-kroni, saudara mara serta kaum kerabat Wakil Rakyat sahaja yang mendapat pembelaan istimewa, terutama mendapat tanah dan projek; sedangkan rakyat biasa masih dirantai kemiskinan.

Illegal logging in Crocker Range in Ulu Kimanis

By Dr Nicholas James Guntobon

PAPAR :  What I am about to reveal is just a tip of an iceberg but enough to raise doubt on the seriousness of the ruling party in managing state affairs vis-a-vis illegal loggings, water catchments, environment, poverty eradication programme and even life of our citizens.

In Kampung Kinolosodon, Papar, in the Ulu Kimanis area on the Crocker Range is a coming up Mini Estet Sejahtera (MESEJ) project by the government. But this project under the Kimanis which is represented by Foreign Minister Anifah Aman, many things were not right.

Najib 'supply and demand' led to the country’s staggering debt to the tune of RM446 billion

KG Publicist

PAPAR : A former senior vice president of Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) who had joined opposition State Reform Party (Star) has likened Prime Minister Najib Razak as victim of a “supply and demand” situation within the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN).

Baharudin Nayan who is now vice chairman of Star Sabah and head its Pantai Manis state constituency, claimed that Najib, denied of two-third majority in Parliament since 2008, has increasingly been merely supplying to the demands of his unscrupulous colleagues in BN.

Lack of political will to resolve illegal immigrants issue – Sipaun

KOTA KINABALU: There appears to be a lack of political will on the part of the government to resolve the perennial issue of illegal immigrants in Sabah, said Human Rights Promotion Association (PROHAM) president Tan Sri Simon Sipaun.

“Is it surprising that until today the problems associated with illegal immigrants continue to persist? I believe the answer is no,” he said during the Roundtable Discussion on Citizenship Issues at Universiti Malaysia Sabah here yesterday.

Sabah tops list for Hepatitis B

Illegal Immigrants attributed to the spread of Hepatitis B disease in Sabah

Majority of the 2.5 million Malaysians detected with liver cancer are men, Malaysian Liver Foundation president, Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said yesterday.

He said Sabah and Sarawak topped the list for hepatitis B in the country and attributed it to, among others, the influx of foreigners in both the states.

Gerakan objects to stalls outside Ambiga's house

Gerakan's objection will not be of any effect since this plan was sponsored by Umno.

Gerakan has urged petty traders to shelve their plan to set up stalls in front of Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan's house on Thursday and Friday to protest alleged loss of trade during the Bersih 3.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur on April 28.

Raising concern in a statement today, vice-president Mah Siew Keong (left) said holding demonstrations in front of private residences "should be stopped as it is not part of Malaysian culture".

Menukar kerajaan pilihan rakyat jika gagal memenuhi aspirasi rakyat

TENOM - Ahli Majlis Tertinggi (AMT) Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) Roger Stimin menegaskan bahawa ketiadaan kuasa otonomi kerajaan negeri menyulitkan para wakil rakyat disesuatu kawasan untuk melaksanakan sesuatu pembangunan yang mendesak. Ekoran masalah itu ia terpaksa tertangguh beberapa bulan sebelum kelulusan mutlak diperolehi dari kerajaan Pusat.

In Malaysia, the poor gets poorer

By Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz

All those swanky acronyms linked to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's economic transformation agenda has done little except push up the prices of the poor man's meal.

Have you been to the market lately? Let me enlighten you on some costs. Ikan Kembong (fish) is now RM17 a kilo, can you believe this?

One kilo will give you five to six fishes. In the kampung where a family is easily seven members, it means only one meal because growing children have healthy appetites.

BN’s offer: Money and madness

Selena Tay

PM Najib is forced to shower the rakyat with crumbs of goodies to obtain votes because the people are fed-up with BN's underhand tactics.

The Malaysian political scenario has taken a turn towards madness in recent weeks. Consider these three instances:

1. Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Rahim Noor labelling Kelantan Menteri Besar and PAS spiritual adviser Nik Aziz Nik Mat as “bapak kafir”;

Mazu statue left to rot

Mazu statute in Kudat halted by Umno Musa was left rotting for 5 years now

KUDAT - Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Vice President Datuk Wong Yit Ming said the BN government is not practising what it preaches as regards to freedom of worship and  religion.

He cited an example like the Mazu statue project which was halted by Chief Minister Musa Aman, was now left to rot under the sun and rain for five years now.

Ambiga deeply shocked on stories of police brutality

The horror endured by 19 victims of police brutality during the Bersih 3.0 rally has shocked the electoral watchdog's chairperson.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bersih co-chairperson S Ambiga has heard countless accounts of police brutality taking place during the April 28 rally but she was still “deeply shocked” by those of 19 victims who shared their stories with the media this morning.

“I feel terrible,” Ambiga told FMT after the media conference at the Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH).

Manji scorches fatwa council's anti-Bersih edict

By Hazlan Zakaria

Controversial Uganda-born Canadian author Irshad Manji hit out at certain muftis and clerics, including those in Malaysia's National Fatwa Council, which she said are trying to impose their own mores and dogma upon the populace.

"Muftis, imams and clerics of various stripes love to tell us what we are to believe; in the course of telling us this, they also want us to adopt a particular identity.

Star blames BN for TB Outbreak

RANAU :  The recent revelation by Sabah Health Department of a possible TB-infested Sabah is alarming, and it is irresponsible for both the Federal and State governments not to take drastic action to alleviate the situation.

To State Reform Party (Star), four deaths weekly of TB alone and 10 new cases of it being detected every week in Sabah is a serious matter as though curable, TB's treatment affect the productivity in the state. In other countries TB are almost unheard of nowadays.

‘The despot’s dark side revealed’

RK Anand

MCA claims that the Tunku Aziz episode has revealed both the dark sides of DAP and its secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.

PETALING JAYA: The tussle for Chinese votes continues to see MCA leaders drawing their swords against DAP, this time over a Malay leader’s exit.

Two leaders from the Barisan Nasional component party launched a salvo on their opponent over the resignation of DAP vice-president Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim.

US company investing for oil production in offshore Sabah

Can Najib unilaterally decides all things including investment in Sabah and how does Sabah benefit especially oil production investment??

NEW YORK: ConocoPhilips, among the world’s biggest oil producer from the United States, has invested US$1.5 billion (RM4.6 bilion) in Malaysia so far for oil production in offshore Sabah.

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said the company’s investment was to realise the 300,000 barrels per day production target in 2016.

TB in Sabah killing four people weekly

Illegal immigrants in Sabah are being blamed for the fast spreading tuberculosis disease which was once almost eradicated.

KOTA KINABALU: The uncontrolled influx of illegal immigrants into Sabah has spawned a lethal infectious disease, once thought to have been almost eradicated.

Tuberculosis, more commonly known as TB, is killing people on a weekly basis in Sabah and the spread of the disease is being pinned on the immigrants who have been pouring over its borders for years.

Anger mounts over RM127b refinery for Johor

Raymond Tombung

Why is a RM127 billion refinery being built in Johor when it is not an oil-producing state?

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah State Reform Party (STAR) is blowing hot over the planned RM127 billion oil refinery in Johor, claiming it would be an “incalculable” economic loss to Sabah.

Describing the federal government’s decision as “unreasonable” STAR chairman Jeffrey Kitingan said: “If the federal government was sincere about developing the Borneo states which have contributed tremendously to the national coffer by giving 95% of its oil all these years, it would have decided to build the refinery in Sabah or Sarawak.

Sabah DAP and SAPP in secret talks?

By Azman Habu

It appears that Sabah Progressive Peoples Party (SAPP) have agreed to give way to Sabah DAP in Karamunting and Sandakan constituencies in the east coast.

KOTA KINABALU: A secret midnight meeting between Sabah DAP and SAPP leaders last weekend may have breathed new life into a potential election pact between the two opposition parties who have been at each others throats for months.

Umno enslaving minds of Malays

Comment by Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz

Malays today unite for causes and for ideals that are beyond what our prime minister and Umno can muster.

Umno thinks Malays are a herd of cows which they can herd into submission. How do my criticisms on what Umno has done to Malays constitute a reason for Malay disunity?

In addition, there are the usual invectives about my joining the DAP, which has caused Malay disunity. Please don’t try to impose your condescending views on me.

Diesel shortage grounds 150 fishing boats

KOTA KINABALU: About 150 fishing boats are unable to go to sea since last Friday due to alleged red tape in the management of subsidized diesel supply.

According to Kota Kinabalu Fishing Boat Owners Association chairman Simon Hong (seated centre, with the association committee members ), the supply of subsidized diesel that was introduced in 2006 has been helpful in reducing costs for fishermen but the decision to suddenly stop the supply has badly affected their fishing operations.

Butt dance 'sexist', decries Ambiga

Hazlan Zakaria

Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan has decried what she agrees are elements of sexual harassment in the ‘butt dance’ in front of her house by a group of armed forces veterans.

“There is, yes. I think because I am a woman, that has a lot to play with what they are doing outside my house. It is sexist... the bully mentality,” Ambiga (left) told Malaysiakini in an exclusive interview yesterday.

Fed Dept's total disrespect of local authorities

Approval from TMC should be obtained for geothermal

 TAWAU -The commencement of the RM419 million first geothermal power plant in Malaysia by a federal ministry, with a capacity of 130 MW, in Tawau without seeking approval from the Tawau Municipal Council (TMC) is again an evidence of arrogance, said Tawau member of parliament Datuk Chua Soon Bui.

She said any federal ministry, department or agency should know the rule of law and not to supersede any state or local authority in Sabah.

SAPP's call to help Kg Kiau landslide victims

KOTA BELUD - Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Kadamaian CLC chairperson Agnes Liewpin had called on the relevant authorities including the elected representatives to immediately attend to the plight of landslide victims in Kampung Kiau Toburi, Kiau Bersatu and Kiau Nulu here. She made the call after delivering few boxes of candles and drinking water to the affected villagers on Sunday.

She and her committee members had gone to Kg Kiau after she learnt about their plight and appeal for help, especially to provide them with candles, which they badly need to use at night as 170 villagers were affected with no power supply.

Govt resorting to extreme measures against new media

CIJ warns of 'cyber warfare' to curb new media

Media freedom watchdog Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) foresees the government resorting to more "extreme measures" to control the Internet and new media in the coming years.

"In dealing with the far more independent online platforms, the state is clearly attempting to employ a much broader stratagem of control and influence," concluded the NGO in its 2011 Freedom of Expression report.

Ex-driver: I saw actress bank in RM1mil

By Hafiz Yatim

Actress Zahida Mohamed Rafiq’s former driver claimed that he was present when she made a bank deposit of RM1 million, said to have been received from Rural Development Minister Shafie Apdal.

Speaking to the media for the first time, Noor Azman Azemi (centre in photo), 38, claimed that this was the single largest cash deposit by Zahida that he had witnessed.

You are wrong, French lawyer tells Zahid

Lawyer Joseph Brehem, who is currently in France pursuing the inquiry into the Malaysian purchase of French submarines, rebutted Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s statement that the French courts have no jurisdiction over Malaysians.

“French courts have jurisdiction on anyone, being French or not, as soon as they are involved in a matter the courts are inquiring on. To say otherwise is either misleading or erroneous,” Brehem (right in photo) said in a statement issued by Suaram today.

Helpless villagers threatened with arrest over land tussle

By Luke Rintod

Federal Minister and Kota Marudu MP Maximum Ongkili is yet to keep his promise to 150 Dusun families who are again being victimised by the forestry department.

BELURAN: Villagers at a remote settlement near here are again being squeezed by Sabah Forestry Department officers who want the Dusun farmers to clear out of a ‘forest’ or risk arrest and being hauled to court for encroaching into government land.

Hudud far from a reality

By Stephanie Sta Maria

PETALING JAYA: Each time the hudud issue revisits Malaysian politics, DAP and PAS stare down each other and Barisan Nasional races to sound the alarm bells.

The long-standing debacle resurfaced last week after PAS ulama council chief, Harun Taib, said that the implementation of the hudud and amendment to the Federal Constitution remain PAS’ priorities.

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SAPP Kadamaian to hold its Pesta Kaamatan

KOTA BELUD - Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Kadamaian will hold its Harvest Festival "Pesta Kaamatan" cum Annual General meeting for CLC N8 Usukan and N7 Kadamaian at Kg Sogoh, Narinang on the 25th May 2012.

Its CLC chairperson for N7 Kadamaian Agnes Liewpin said as requested by the protem branch chairman of Kg Malangkap Mr Daniel Kassim and Kg Sogoh Mr Ratiman Ebok, there will be two Pesta Kaamatan functions to be held on the same day ie. 25th May 2012 in order to avoid inconveniences for SAPP leaders of other areas to come to Kota Belud.

Star dares Sabah CM to debate on 'colonialism'

KOTA KINABALU:  Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman has stirred a hornet's nest by his statement in the local media on Tues on "the Opposition lying about the state being colonised by the Malaya-run Federal Government".

The State Reform Party (Star), for one, wants Musa to prove his allegations of the Opposition lying instead of "hiding beyond vague, sweeping and meaningless statements".

No one is listening to rakyat ..they still don't get it

Can Najib help enlighten whatever happened to his promise that the government could only work best if it listened to the people?

By Jeswan Kaur

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch – that is, who should be listened to and when. – writer Max De Pree

Tunku Aziz quits DAP

Tunku Abdul confirms his announcement made over a TV interview last night that he was leaving DAP.

KUALA LUMPUR: DAP vice-chairman Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim has announced his resignation from the party and relinquished all party posts.

“It’s true. I have resigned,” he said via the short-messaging service to Bernama today to confirm the news that was broadcast by several news portals which picked up his statement in a interview with a private television network.

Star queries Beluran MP funds and useless Karnivel Siok in Telupid

By Mr Pinus Gondili

TELUPID : Recently there was one "Karnivel Siok" organised for youths in Telupid by the office of Beluran's member of parliament and the sub-district State Youth and Sport Department.

The three-day carnival on Apr 27-29 was badly organised using public money, poorly attended and is now being questioned by the public and that a related police report had been lodged. I ask the Beluran MP to clarify on this issue as it involves peoples' money.