Shallow queries, gang-ups frustrates Jeffrey

Opposition assemblyman Jeffrey Kitingan's takeway from the
first post GE13 assembly sitting was that the DUN had lost
its lustre as a dignified legislative body.

KOTA KINABALU: Bingkor assemblyman Jeffrey Kitingan had the surprise of his life  witnessing the conduct of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting over the last few days.

His takeaway after attending the first sitting under the new Barisan Nasional government following last month’s general election was that the august house had lost its lustre and  failed to rise to expectations of a dignified legislative body.

‘I am a naturalised citizen’, explains Christina Liew

(The Borneo Insider) - Api-Api State assemblywoman Christina Liew has categorically rubbished the allegation by a witness in the on-going Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI), that she is an Indonesian of Chinese descent who had obtained Malaysian citizenship.

“My parents were British subjects who migrated to North Borneo in 1952, with British documents from Hong Kong,” she told the Borneo Insider Wednesday night.

Pakatan Rakyat Boleh Jatuhkan Najib Menerusi Tengku Razaleigh

Merah Tinta MSO

Sama ada memang benar berlaku penyelewengan dan ketidak-adilan (melampau) dalam pilihan raya KE-13 lalu, hakikatnya parti UBN masih berkuasa dan Najib Razak masih menjadi perdana menteri. Dalam permainan politik yang berpaksikan kepada 4C (teori saya) sebagai rukunnya, penegakkan kebenaran dengan segala macam fakta 'akli' atau bayangan tidak merubahkan keadaan.

Rakyat apa lagi rakyat berbangsa Melayu tidak mudah untuk digerakkan mengikut apa yang diagendakan. Bukan mereka cerdik atau pintar tetapi begitulah sifat dan ciri-ciri yang ada kepada mereka, Bangsa Melayu adalah bangsa separuh masak - kebaratan pun tidak ketimurtengahan juga pun tidak. Sebahagian besar orang Melayu masih berfikir secara ortodoks.

Pemimpin Suluk dakwa wakil PKR pendatang Indonesia

Berlaku pertengkaran dalam pendengaran suruhanjaya siasatan diraja (RCI) berhubung isu pendatang di Sabah hari ini apabila pemimpin masyarakat Suluk berulang kali menegaskan bahawa seorang anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) negeri itu dilahirkan di Indonesia.

Mohd Zaki Harry Susanto berkata, walaupun lahir di republik itu, Christina Liew (kiri) daripada PKR berjaya menjadi wakil rakyat Api-api.

Mohd Zaki berkata, mereka mendapat maklumat daripada warganegara Indonesia di Tawau yang mengesahkan Liew seorang Cina Indonesia.

Why Scotland Wants Independence

By Martin Kelly More evidence has emerged demonstrating the extent to which Scots were misled by successive UK Governments over North Sea oil.

One month after former Labour Chancellor Denis Healey admitted that his party had underplayed the value of Scottish oil in the 1970s, new research has revealed that during the same period the Conservatives failed to honour a pledge to set up an oil fund.

In the October 1974 General Election, the Conservative manifesto promised that the UK government would create an oil fund for Scotland should the party be returned to power.