‘Natives can stay in forest reserves’

Natives have the right to stay in their villagers which have
been 'awarded' to companies for oil palm plantations.

By Luke Rintod of FMT
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah natives who have suddenly discovered that their kampungs are within gazetted forest reserves or inside the newly-created Forest Managament Unit (FMU) have every right under Sabah law to continue living in their villagers without being harassed by the authorities.

Former Chief Minister Yong Teck Lee said the state government had acknowledged the villager’s right in April.

PBS now echoing SAPP's call for RCI

PBS wants RCI on Illegals, only friendly
request, not ultimatum 

PBS wants RCI on Illegals, only friendly request, not ultimatum

Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) president Joseph Pairin Kitingan has called on the federal government to establish a royal commission of inquiry on illegal immigrants in Sabah next year as a sign of its commitment towards resolving the issue.

He said it was time the government took the matter seriously as requests on the issue had been made a while back.

"This is only a guideline but needs to be stressed on. Focus should be given on forming the commission to give assurance to Malaysians in Sabah.

SAPP Youth Edward speaking to press during RCI on Illegals Campaign

PBS Mula Buka Mulut Mengenai Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja

PRESIDEN Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan meminta kerajaan menubuhkan Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja (SSD) mengenai pendatang asing tanpa izin (PATI) di Sabah tahun depan sebagai tanda kesungguhan dan komitmen menangani masalah itu.

Beliau berkata sudah tiba masanya kerajaan mengambil berat perkara itu memandangkan permintaan tersebut sudah ‘agak lama’.

"Ini hanyalah panduan tetapi perlu diberi penekanan. Tumpuan seharusnya diberikan untuk menubuhkan suruhanjaya ini supaya hati rakyat Malaysia di Sabah akan lega dengan reaksi daripada pihak kerajaan.

32 Tahun Kes Tanah Belum Selesai

Saudara Pengarang,

KAMI telah menerima beberapa surat penjelasan berhubung pertukaran beberapa nama dalam permohonan tanah di Kg. Moynod, Beluran yang telah dihantar ke Pejabat Jabatan Tanah dan Ukur Kota Kinabalu pada mei 2011.

KDMM a desperate attempt to entice KDMs to Umno

By Daniel John Jambun

Datuk John Ambrose, as the founder and President of the newly registered KDM Malaysia (KDMM) has been making a lot of publicity about the new association. Immediately we can sense that, although it is an NGO, it is not your usual type of voluntary organization. Firstly, it unashamedly declared that it number one purpose is to get KDMs to support Umno. KDMM has no intention to go into cultural and identity preservation work for the KDMs. It aims mainly to break the KDMs further by enticing them to Umno, i.e. away from PBS, Upko, PBRS and the opposition. So Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan is right in saying it a tool of divide and rule by Barisan Nasional.

EC chief: See no Evil, Hear no Evil

By Aidila Razak

INTERVIEW Claims about the systematic granting of Malaysian citizenship to thousands of illegal immigrants in Sabah in the 1990s is the stuff of legends.

And like all good legends, evidence of such a happening may seem aplenty, but there is nothing to irrefutably prove that it had occurred.

At least, that is what former Election Commission chief Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman believes of the dubious operation popularly dubbed Project IC or Project M.

SAPP to raise SAS issue again in next sitting

TAWAU: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) will again raise the Saham Amanah Sabah (SAS) issue in the State Legislative Assembly (SLA) sitting in November and call for a white paper to reveal who was responsible for the shares losses amounting to RM500 million.

SAPP Women chief Melanie Chia said it was an issue which the Barisan Nasional (BN) had not tackled and Tawau people were talking on the issue.

Ustaz's 1Malaysia Plan for East Malaysia...proselytisation

An alleged move to second 80,000 teachers to Sarawak could trigger social
implications, says Parti Rakyat Sarawak president James Masing.

SIBU: Is an alleged move by the Education Ministry to transfer 80,000 teachers from Peninsular Malaysia to Sarawak an insidious plan to “convert” locals?

If it is, then Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government is digging itself into an even deeper hole here.

Already, the majority Christian Sarawakians are seething at the Umno-led government’s high-handedness and arrogant dismissal of the Federal Constitution in relation to freedom to practise one’s own religion.

Skandal Jabatan Tanah Dan Ukur

BANTAH......Karamah menunjukkan surat bantahan mengenai
tanah tersebut tetapi tidak menerima sebarang respon
daripada Jabatan Tanah dan Ukur.

Oleh : SHAIMON S JUMADI

KETUA Pemohon Tanah seluas 40 ekar di Kampung Sungai Sumpit, kawasan Nipah Tambisan, Tungku, Abdullah Hj Hamid yang mewakilkan kuasa kepada bapa mertuanya, Karamah Sajae (gambar) mendakwa bahawa Jabatan Tanah dan Ukur Kinabatangan melakukan penyelewengan dalam proses pengukuran tanah di kawasan tersebut.

Karamah mendakwa Pegawai Jabatan Tanah dan Ukur Negeri Sabah, Thomas Wong telah mengetuai kerja-kerja pengukuran di kawasan tanah yang bukan dipohon, tetapi tanah milik orang lain dan mereka mengukur tanah secara rambang; termasuk di atas meja mereka sahaja.

Land grabs: ‘Police colluding with company’

By Luke Rintod of FMT

Villagers in remote Sabah have accused police
of helping a company occupy their land.

KOTA KINABALU: The displacement of villagers is continuing unabated in remote corners of Sabah – out of the public eye despite claims to the contrary by the Barisan Nasional (BN) state government.

Yet another land-grab case has surfaced. This time, it is in Kampung Mapat and Kampung Mapad in Pitas.

The victims lodged a police report here yesterday claiming that police had assisted a private company, Syarikat Jayasama Sdn Bhd, alienate their NCR (native customary rights) land.