‘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.

Jeffrey’s men quit PKR en masse

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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah PKR received yet another blow  today when its  influential 26-member Kadazan-Dusun-Murut  (KDM)  Task Force  dissolved itself and resigned from the party.

Announcing their decision to quit en masse, KDM chairman Daniel John Jambun said it was  “not a sudden decision but had come after deep-soul searching”.

“After a deep soul-searching, we found that being a peninsular-based party, PKR is just like Umno and can  never be trusted to fight for Sabah and Sarawak’s cause.

“We are now supporting United Borneo Front (UBF). As a NGO, it will allow us to be heard and free us from being colonised for 47 years untill we have now been reduced to becoming the poorest within Malaysia,” he said.

DAP Demands apology from PM for asking Catholic Bishop to remove Crucifixes at Archbishop X’Mas function

Seputeh MP Teresa Kok is demanding an apology from the prime minister for his office's directive to rid religious elements from a Christmas celebration, which she said was "disrespectful" to Christianity. 

According to Kok, who is also Selangor senior exco, the Prime Minister's Office's had issued a directive for crucifixes to be removed from the Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) Christmas event on 25 Dec, where Prime Minister Najib Razak was a guest. 

The directive, she said, also prohibited Christian prayers and hymns during the event that was held at the Catholic Church Archbishop's residence. 

"Najib should apologise to the Christian Federati on of Malaysia for 'de-Christianising' their Christmas celebration, that yet again denied Malaysians the right to freedom of religion," said Kok in a statement. 

"Such an order from the Prime Minister's Office shows how insincere and ungracious Najib behaved, as a guest at the celebration held at the Catholic Church Archbishop's residence. 

Photo of alleged minister rape victim hot item in cyberspace

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An online news portal focussing on East Malaysian politics has published a photo it claimed was Robengah, an Indonesian women said to be a victim of rape by a 'senior minister', as revealed by WikiLeaks and several blogs recently.

Sabahkini.net also named the minister, a staunch critic of former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad who made a cabinet comeback during the premiership of Abdullah Badawi, and who is still serving in the current cabinet.

Accompanied with a statement by non-governmental organisation Migrant Care, which had earlier claimed that a cabinet minister was let off despite allegation of rape by his maid, the website quoted a Sabah PKR leader urging the minister’s resignation.

Umno 'rapist' in Cabinet: In the name of justice, form a public probe

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I did not name him but others did. ‘He’ is Malaysia’s Cabinet minister who allegedly raped his Indonesian maid 3 years ago. He is a lawyer by profession and obtained his PhD from King’s College London.

In 2007 Malaysia nominated its Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage to replace the outgoing Commonwealth secretary-general, Don McKinnon, whose term would have expired in March 2008.

This minister was a strong contender for the post having once served as Foreign Minister. There had never been a secretary–general from Asia before and a Malaysian ‘victory’ was imminent. Countries in the region – Singapore, Brunei and New Zealand, also supported Malaysia’s bid.

Malaysia’s High Commission in London where the Commonwealth secretariat is based was geared up to lobby support for its candidate. Visiting Commonwealth heads of state were ready to meet this man. As part of Malaysian’s campaign, the candidate even planned a visit to London to rally support.

Then out of the blue, the nominee dropped his bombshell.

The strange thing was that hours earlier, he had been discussing the Malaysian campaign strategy with Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar at a Cabinet meeting.