‘It’s really unbelievable; Taib’s family controls S’wak’

By Jessica Dacey

Swiss-based Bruno Manser Fund's revelations of
Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud's billion dollar
business empire is not going to let-up in 2012.

After two decades of environmental campaigning for Malaysia’s Penan tribe (in Sarawak) the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) is stepping up its fight against local political corruption.

BMF remains one of the few non-Malaysian organisations still campaigning on behalf of the Penan, an indigenous people living in some of the world’s most biodiverse forests in Sarawak on the island of Borneo.

Two-thirds of its forests have been destroyed in recent years for logging or to build palm oil plantations.

UBF : Datuk Patrick Sindu Appointed as Chairman of Malaysia Agreement Review Panel

“Datuk Patrick Sindu has been appointed as Chairman of the Malaysia Agreement Review Panel (MARP) which is entrusted to undertake a review and to seek a legal interpretation of the Malaysia Agreement, 1963” announced UBF founder, Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan in a press statement released today.

Pursuant to the Malaysia Agreement, 1963 signed in London on 09 July 1963 and amended by an Amending Agreement 1963 signed in Singapore on 27 August 1963, the independent nations of the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and Sabah (then North Borneo) came together and formed the new nation known as the Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963 which was and is known as Malaysia Day.

Merrry Christmas 2011

AKJAN, A NEW BREED OF BAD AND EVIL

By : DR. CHONG ENG LEONG

DATU AKJAN as Chairman of PEKIDA objected to the call to set up RCI on illegal immigrants and Project IC in Sabah. He said amongst other things; could lead to misunderstanding and disunity among the various ethnic groups; RCI was made with ‘bad and evil intention’ aimed at inciting the people of Sabah to hate the BN Federal Government

He also said that there was no such thing as Project IC to issue Malaysian ICs to foreigners He warned that if the RCI promoters continue to push for it, it may one day backfire on them.

Shahrizat: Tell me which Umno leader is not corrupted?

We are all corrupted!

Amid signs that Prime Minister Najib Razak's Umno party was fast unraveling, hit by massive graft and infighting amongst its top leadership, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has announced that a special team would be formed to investigate claims that Umno minister Shahrizat Jalil's family had squandered public funds allocated to the RM250 million NFC cattle livestock project on personal items and luxurious assets.

However, instead of appeasing public anger, all eyes are now on the drama at play in Umno. While Shahrizat has hinted she was ready to quit, it is unlikely that she will allow herself to be railroaded or be made an easy scapegoat of by her own party mates.