Illegal immigrants more than a quarter of Sabah population

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) reiterated its call to the state government to take serious action to resolve the illegal immigrant problem in the state.

SAPP vice president Don Chin said only positive action by the state government would be able to protect the rights of Sabahans and reinstate public security.

He said Sabah has the highest population of immigrants, including illegal immigrants, as compared to other states in Malaysia.

Stop giving IPPs easy money, govt told

Renegotiation of power purchasing agreements (PPAs) must be completed by Nov 30 this year or the country will continue to bleed money into independent power producers (IPP), the Association of Water and Energy Research Malaysia (AWER) said today.

Any delay in renegotiations between the government and IPPs would give the IPPs leverage to bulldoze exorbitant project bids to build new power plants on the excuse of lack of time, the NGO said.

Kenapa ‘Petualang Sabah’ Diberi Anugerah?

Saudara Pengarang,

SURAT terbuka ini saya tujukan kepada Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman, bagi pihak Kerajaan Negeri Sabah yang telah menganugerahkan pingat Tertinggi Kebesaran Negeri Sabah, ‘S.P.D.K’ yang membawa Gelaran ‘Datuk Seri Panglima’ kepada dua orang ‘Petualang’ di Sabah iaitu Datuk Seri Panglima Hishamuddin Tun Hussien dan Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd Shafie Apdal.

‘Not much difference between DAP and Umno’

United Borneo Front president Jeffrey Kitingan also warns
Sabahans to beware of Barisan Nasional which is bent on
moving towards extremism to perpetuate its hold on power.

KOTA KINABALU: Peninsular-based DAP is bullying local opposition Sabah Progressive party (SAPP) just like how they (including PKR) thumbed Sarawak Nasional Party (SNAP) in the runup to the polls on April 16, said United Borneo Front president Jeffrey Kitingan.

According to Jeffrey, DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang had started on a wrong footing in Sabah with his arrogant attitude and by pitting local (opposition) parties against each other.

Pairin can’t solve illegals problem with his committee

By Daniel John Jambun

It has been said that we shouldn’t have too many ambitions; we might achieve them! And Tan Sri Pairin’s appointment as head of the Sabah Committee on illegal immigrants is certainly case in which he got more than what he asked for. He had given the government until 2012 to solve the illegals problem, and now, as if to oversatisfy him, the government has given him the whip and said, “Now, it’s all yours.”