Flurry to register BN-friendly Sabah parties

By Luke Rintod of FMT

Top Umno leaders were in town to shore up Umno Sabah and
to make sure more friendly parties are registered quickly.

KOTA KINABALU: Amidst increasing concerns over Umno Sabah’s ability to hold itself together ahead of a defining 13th general election, Home Ministry officials today met with representatives from 12 groups aspiring to register themselves as political parties.

The meeting with the 12 pro-tem presidents and secretaries-general also saw the presence of a deputy minister. This indicates that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has given the “green light” for more parties to be registered in Sabah and for this to be done “quickly”.

Kuamut natives suffered most under Umno-PBS-Upko alliance says Star leader

By Ezra Haganez
KUAMUT: State Reform Party (Star) man in Kuamut, James Ait, said it is during this Umno-led rule in Sabah, that the Natives especially those living in remote areas had suffered most in term of land-grabs and opportunities in economic agriculture.

He said in Kuamut constituency alone, thousands of natives of the Dusunic group lost enormous sizes of land to outsiders including Peninsular-based companies who were given huge tract of land for oil palm plantation.

Malaysia oh poor Malaysia !

By Ahmed Gibran Ubaidullah Song

I am no science buff but remember reading about putting frogs in cold water and then slowly putting the water to a boil.The frogs (unlike the Perak species) will die as they will be unaware of the change in temperature that will ultimately prove fatal.

Dear Malaysian brethren of whatever ilk - we will suffer the same fate as the innocent frogs if we let the country spiral to another Iran or Pakistan.

More new political parties in Sabah?

By Luke Rintod of FMT

Home Ministry officials are set to meet applicants of 12
new political parties in Sabah in what is rumoured to be
Umno's bid to put in place its BN-direct membership process.

KOTA KINABALU: Speculations are rife that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is setting in motion his gameplan to contain Umno Sabah and Barisan Nasional’s weakening grip in the state.

It is learnt that he has given the “green light” for more new political parties to be registered in Sabah, where a deeply divided Umno is battling with inner turmoil.

BN is also struggling under relentless attacks over alleged abuse of power, land grabs, unfair federal policies, victimisation and escalating cost of living.

Iran receives a warning letter from U.S. over Hormuz Strait

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it had received a letter from the U.S. government about the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial oil shipping lane that Tehran has threatened to close if sanctions prevent it exporting oil.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was quoted by news agencies as saying Tehran had not yet decided if it would reply to the letter, the contents of which he did not detail.

UMNO, MIC & MIC

There are three major races in Malaysia. They are the Malay, Chinese and Indian. The Malay has the political power and so they set up the party UMNO which literally means “U Must Not Object”.

While the Chinese controlled the economy and they called their party MCA which means “Money Conquered All”.

Lastly, the Indian who has no say in politic or economics, set up their party called MIC. Hence, every parliamentary meeting the Indians would ask: “Must I Come?”

Give Jeffrey a chance, Sabah Chinese urged

By Luke Rintod of FMT

The maverick politician
may have found the person
he needs to help him win
over a community that
distrusts him for switching
parties too often.

KOTA KINABALU: One of Jeffrey Kitingan’s most difficult tasks as a politician is to win the trust of the Chinese community, and he may have found the help he needs in consumer-rights advocate Ronny Yapp.

Yapp, a respected figure in the community for his work with the now defunct Consumers Association of Sabah and Labuan (Cash), released a media statement yesterday calling on Sabah Chinese to back Jeffrey in his new role as chairman of the Sabah chapter of the State Reform Party (STAR).

Open Letter to Dato Jacob Dungau

Dato Jacob Dungau Sagan
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry


Level 15, Block 10,
Government Office Complex,
Jalan Duta,
50622 KUALA LUMPUR.


Dear Datuk,


Because your roots are from Ulu Telang Usan (Long Anap Baram), Antique, I know that you can identify with me and can relate to what I am saying in this letter.

Not too long ago, we tried several attempts to stop timber companies from cutting our trees and ruin our lands. It took every bit of our determination, stamina, and courage to take the matters in our own hand without your support. Now, while we are still healing from the battle scars from our encounter with blockages, we are yet again facing another bigger enemy on CM Taib Mahmud and his cronies’ plan that wants to flood the entire upper Telang Usan for the “The Baram Dam”.

Ini Kali lah! – Don’t Forego this Opportunity to Save Sabah

“Sabahans must stand united in the coming elections and vote for an alternative government, irrespective of their political ideologies, if they want to SAVE SABAH from further damage and deterioration. Ini Kali lah” reached out Awang Ahmad Sah Datuk Awang Sahari, Deputy Chairman of STAR Sabah.

• Imagine if the Malaysia Agreement had been complied with!
• Imagine if the 20-Points were implemented!
• Imagine if Sabah were in control of its revenue, development funds and tariffs!
• Imagine if Sabah collects at least RM15-20 billion each year instead of RM3.6 billion”
• Imagine if Sabah did not give up its oil resources OR got more than the current 5% royalties!
• Imagine if Sabah were in control of its immigration, borders and security!

A history of bad luck and tragedy on Friday 13th

Whether you take Friday 13th superstitions at face value or think they are nothing more than urban legends, here are 13 unlucky - and sometimes tragic - events that have occurred on Friday the 13th.

1. The ‘Friday the 13th virus’ infected hundreds of IBM computers across the UK on 13 January, 1989. It wiped out program files and caused considerable anxiety at a time when large-scale computer viruses were a relatively new threat.