The BN has spread lies to the villages in Kota Marudu and Pitas that Yong allegedly approved the land to Begaraya instead of Salleh
KOTA KINABALU - Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Tandek Mudanita Chief, Pathlyn Mikat said that the problem of rampant confiscation of land in Sabah was unresolved until today by the Sabah BN government.
She said, for example a land area of 60,000 hectares in the district of Kota Marudu and Pitas has been given to Syarikat Begaraya Sdn Bhd, a private company.
"Why Sabah BN government gave its vast land to a private company when in fact, involves many Native Customary Right (NCR) lands. A total of 35 villages in the district of Kota Marudu and Pitas are confronted with land issues, such as duplication of NCR applications. The lands which are now producing crops and grown rubber trees planted by the villagers for years.
"If the slogan of the Prime Minister "People first", would not this be more meaningful if distribution of the 60,000 hectares to the people instead of a private company only.
"In addition, according to the State Director of Lands and Survey Department, Datuk Osman Jamal published in Daily Express on 15 August 2010, land application of Syarikat Begaraya Sdn. Bhd. was approved on 19 March 1996 by the state government under the leadership of the Chief Minister of the time, Datuk Salleh Tun Said Keruak, two months before Datuk Yong Teck Lee was appointed as Chief Minister on May 28, 1996.
"But the BN has spread lies to the villages in Kota Marudu and Pitas that Yong allegedly approved the land to Begaraya.
"We, as young people, must take the initiative to provide information or correct information. Do not let the BN leaders continue spreading lies and mistreatment of our leaders. Young people also have to be brave enough to move forward in the political arena for a brighter future.
Pathlyn Leosie Mikat said this in a speech entitled "The Future of Youth Sabah" in Kudat recently.
SAPP Yong Teck Lies is a political chameleon spreading lies on NCR lands
ReplyDeleteWhen Yong Teck Lee says that SAPP is fighting for native rights, he is simply lying. When he was the chief minister [1996–1998], lands allocated to natives were actually ‘stolen’ and given to public-listed companies.
A good example is the Tongod Region where not less than 20,000 acres of land earlier set aside for native socio-economic projects, under the ‘Tongod Regional Planning Study’, mooted during the Berjaya era, were given away to a public-listed company. This is blatant Daylight Robbery!!
SAPP Yong Teck Lies is a political chameleon spreading lies on NCR lands
SAPP Yong Teck Lies is a political chameleon spreading lies on NCR lands
ReplyDeleteAs a consequence, the impoverished and largely hardcore poor of Tongod lost their birthright (ancestral lands) and became ‘refugees’ on their own land, setting up ‘sulaps’ along the road bordering their stolen land, eating dust induced by passing vehicles, everyday. To add insult to injury, the mega companies that now occupy the ‘stolen’ lands, evicted them and bulldozed even their dilapidated dwellings.
Now SAPP goes around trying to champion the rights and native customary lands. This is World-Class Hypocrisy!!
SAPP Yong Teck Lies is a political chameleon spreading lies on NCR lands
SAPP Yong Teck Lies is a political chameleon spreading lies on NCR lands
ReplyDeleteDuring the tenure of Yong Teck Lee in as little as 2 years, he approved some 265 logging licences covering over 300,000 ha (an area 5 times larger than the island of Singapore). These licences were given to cronies, associates, non-Sabahans included, and is clearly an act of gross irresponsibility at the expense of environmental conservation, sustainability and public interest.
The delegation of authority to approve logging areas given by Cabinet to Datuk Yong Teck Lee as CM, was well and truly taken advantage of and abused by Yong to reward his friends, cronies and supporters.
Can you imagine what will happen if SAPP were to come back into power?
SAPP Yong Teck Lies is a political chameleon spreading lies on NCR lands
140 land applicants or beneficiaries in Senallang state constituency received land titles from Minister in the CM's Department Nasir.
ReplyDelete60 more applicants would receive their land titles soon after the application process was completed
ReplyDeleteisu berkaitan NCR kena diselesaikan segera.
ReplyDeleteThe State Government, through the Land and Survey Department, has recognised Native Customary Right (NCR) land since the formulation of the Sabah Land Ordinance until today, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.
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DeleteResponding to questions during the question and answer session at the State Assembly sitting on Monday, he stressed that the policy of NCR was still enforced and being implemented.
Delete"NCR claims can still be applied under Section 14 of the Sabah Land Ordinance to the Assistant Collector of Land Revenue (ACLR) despite four provisions in the ordinance formulated on December 13, 1930," he said.
Musa, who is also State Finance Minister, said the State Government had discharged its fiduciary duties at its level to preserve and protect the native land rights and ownership.
Delete"Accusations that the State Government is sidelining NCR land claims and discriminating land ownership for natives are totally untrue," he said, reminding all quarters to stop twisting and manipulating the NCR issue.
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Delete"Since it involves the interest of the indigenous people, it is only appropriate for everyone to give their support to ensure NCR issues can be resolved properly," he said in a lengthy response that took up nearly 30 minutes of the one-hour session.
DeleteMusa was answering a question by Kunak Assemblyman, Datuk Nilwan Kabang, who asked whether the Government condoned the abolishment of NCR status of an area which had been resided by natives since time immemorial just because it was enforcing the 1930 Sabah Land Ordinance.
DeleteRelated questions were also asked by Likas Assemblyman Datuk Liew Teck Chan and Luyang Assemblywoman, Melanie Chia.
DeleteMusa had promised that the State Government would be answering all the issues raised concerning NCR in order to clear the air once and for all at the current Budget sitting.
According to him, it took the British North Borneo Chartered Company 41 years to formulate the best land law on NCR, that is the Sabah Land Ordinance, to be applied in Sabah in order to protect and preserve the customary right land and native land ownership in line with the spirit of Article No.9 of the Royal English Charter.
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DeleteIn order to achieve the objective, the British North Borneo Chartered Company administration had included new provisions under Section 5, Section 6, Section 65 and Section 88 in the Sabah Land Ordinance.
DeleteHe told the House that Section 5 was related to "Government property in land", Section 6 was concerned about "Unlawful occupation not to establish any right", Section 65 on "Customary tenure" while Section 88 was on "No title or claim to land valid unless registered."
Based on these four new provisions, it meant that beginning Dec. 13, 1930, all the State lands and reserves in Sabah fully belonged to the State Government.
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DeleteTherefore, any illegal occupation of State land (no matter how long) or occupation through Temporary Occupation Lease (TOL) cannot be taken as the right to establish claim for ownership.
DeleteRight, grant, interest or transaction of a land could only be considered as legal after it had been registered in accordance to the Sabah Land Ordinance except for land, the ownership of which is being handed down from generation without any documents.
DeleteThe implementation of the land law on Dec. 13, 1930 had a major impact on NCR land claims in Sabah because before that occupation by natives was done freely and they would be awarded with the land ownership if the occupation satisfied the requirements for native rights land.
DeleteAfter the law was enforced, this was governed by the four provisions whereby the legitimacy of the land occupation must be ascertained through Section 15 of the Sabah Land Ordinance (Customary Right Land Definition).
Musa said the State Government through the Land and Survey Department had since been using the law as the guide to decide on all NCR land claims in Sabah.
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DeleteIn this respect, he said for the past 15 years until September this year, 615 NCR claims involving 1,164 claimants had been received and registered at the Land Offices throughout the State.
Out of the 615 claims, 207 had been recognised as authentic, 70 were rejected and another 338 cases are still under investigation.
DeleteSince year 2000, he said 41 cases of NCR claims involving 1,243 natives as the claimants had been filed in the court but 10 of them involving 1,021 claimants had been thrown out and only four claims involving 17 claimants were allowed for trial by the court.
DeleteFour cases had been withdrawn while the rest are still awaiting decisions from the court, he said.
DeleteNational oil company Petronas has given assurance that it will consider local contractors when awarding future projects in Sabah, following a call made by Sabah Oil & Gas Contractors Association (SOGCA) for more opportunities from Petronas.
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DeleteChief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman said the oil and gas company’s chief executive officer, Datuk Shamsul Azhar Abbas, had responded well to SOGCA’s call and has made a promise to ensure such opportunities be given to qualified local contractors in the industry.
“Over breakfast this morning with Shamsul together with State Industrial Development Minister Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah, we had discussed… and I had relayed the wishes of the traders and contractors in Sabah’s oil and gas industry.
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Delete“I requested that opportunities be given to contractors in Sabah so that they could venture and actively take part in the oil and gas industry, considering that our State is also an oil producer.
DeleteIt had also urged Sabah Members of Parliament (MPs) to assist in the matter.
He took well my views and promised to look into ensuring that projects by Petronas will take into account the interest of qualified businessmen and contractors from Sabah and not just the Bumiputeras but also the non-Bumiputeras.
DeleteHe said this in response to the call made by SOGCA.
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DeleteSOGCA had highlighted that local contractors were not getting enough projects from Petronas, saying that the opportunities usually went to main contractors from Peninsular Malaysia or Sarawak, while Sabahan contractors would only be appointed as sub-contractors.
DeleteIts president Datuk Iskandar Malik also suggested that for the sake of transparency and credibility, priority should be given to SOGCA members who have the experience and capability to implement projects hands-on.
DeleteThe association further called on the Government to review the Petroleum Act 1974, to ease Petronas in channelling project contracts directly to the local industry in Sabah and not through the main contractors from Sarawak or Peninsular Malaysia.
UMNO memang sial. Suka merampas tanah adat orang kampung. Kamu tunggu sajalah balasan dari Tuhan!
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