Longhouse folk ‘detain gangsters’ sent to scare them

KUCHING:  About 500 Ibans of Rumah Ranggong in Ulu Niah surrounded and “detained” 20 individuals believed to be “gangsters” allegedly sent by a renowned timber concessionaire to intimade and frighten them.

The 20 “gangsters” are allegedly part of a group of 80 infiltrators purportedly sent by an oil palm company, linked to the concessionaire, to not only to frighten the natives but to destroy a blockade mounted by them.

Tau Dali, a spokesman for community, said that on Jan 4, word of the “gangsters” reached the longhouse.

“As they (gangsters) entered the oil palm plantation after midnight on Jan 4, we waited and surprised them. There were about 500 of us.

“The ‘gangsters’ are still inside the plantation and they told us that more will be coming to disturb us. But we are not afraid of them,” said Tau.

Tau said the “gangsters” were sent to intimidate them when they refused to surrender their native customary rights (NCR) land to the company.

Tau named the company as KTS, a very well-connected Foochow company which also controlled timber concessions and newspaper companies.

Table ‘Democracy Act’ now, urges Jeffrey

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KOTA KINABALU: United Borneo Front (UBF) leader Jeffrey Kitingan said Opposition MPs should table the proposed Democracy Restoration Act (DRA) in Parliament now rather than wait until after the 13th general election.

“The Pakatan Rakyat Convention in Penang several weeks ago agreed to introduce the DRA after the general election but UBF feels it should be introduced now in Parliament.

“It will be interesting to see if MPs from Sabah and Sarawak will support it as this Act will recognise Sabah and Sarawak’s special rights,” he said at a press conference to announce the dissolution of Sabah PKR’s KDM Task Force yesterday.

Sue them, PAS leader dares Rais

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SEREMBAN: An opposition leader today challenged Information, Communication and Culture Minister Rais Yatim to sue all those who implicated him in a rape case.

According to Negri Sembilan PAS commission Zulkefly Mohamed Omar, a mere denial was not sufficient.

“His denial is not sufficient, he should sue WikiLeaks, the bloggers and the Jakarta-based Migrant Care (organisation) to clear his name,” he told FMT.

Zulkefly, who led a delegation of PAS leaders to file a report against Rais, was responding to the latter’s claim that the allegation was a wicked lie concocted by the opposition.

The allegation came about following a purported WikiLeaks disclosure that former premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had covered up the case.

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‘Thank god for Jeffrey’s exit!’

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KUCHING: Borneo rights champion Jeffrey Kitingan’s exit from PKR, citing disillusionment with the party leadership, has given the Sarawak Barisan Nasional a much needed reprieve.

Grassroot PKR leaders here said Jeffrey’s decision had affected members’ faith in PKR and it could work against the opposition in the coming state polls.

“People were not overly upset when Zaid Ibrahim, bloggers RPK (Raja Petra Kamaruddin) and Haris (Ibrahim-lawyer) left.

“They were orang semenanjung … but Jeffrey is like a son. He has many friends here. They feel PKR has been unfair to him,” said a party source who declined to be named.