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.