Sabah Sarawak Should Move to Review Oil Agreement and Revoke PDA – Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu:    The governments of Sabah and Sarawak should pass a motion in their respective Legislative Assemblies to review the Petroleum ‘Surrender’ Agreement (PSA) and thereafter cooperate with Pakatan MPs to revoke or outlaw the Petroleum Development Act (PDA) 1974 said Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, President of the Borneo Heritage Foundation who is also STAR Sabah Chairman.

Salleh: Resolve oil royalty issue now

KOTA BELUD: Sabah Umno Liaison Committee deputy chief Salleh Said Keruak has cautioned Putrajaya against ignoring calls for an urgent review of the current 5% oil royalty.

He said an immediate review was necessary and timely in view of the mounting calls from leaders within the Barisan Nasional coalition here and in Sarawak.

Salleh, who is also state legislative assembly speaker, believed the majority of the people of Sabah would support such a move.

Sarawak: Who let Ibrahim Ali in?

KUCHING: A local NGO Persatuan Kebangsaan Melayu Sarawak (PKMS) is calling for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to remove its chairman for “endorsing Malayan racist politics entry into Sarawak”.

Association member, Morshidi Abdul Rahman posted in the Sarawak Sovereignty Movement (SSM) Facebook page: “All members of Persatuan Kebangsaan Melayu Sarawak. EGM to be called!

Ukraine orders Crimea troop withdrawal as Russia seizes naval base

Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Interim Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov ordered the withdrawal of armed forces from Crimea Monday, citing Russian threats to the lives of military staff and their families.

Russian troops have seized most of Ukraine's bases in the peninsula, including a naval base at Feodosia on Monday. Russia annexed Crimea last week after a controversial referendum that Ukraine and the West say was illegal.

Run of bad luck for MAS continues

PETALING JAYA: Even as a multinational effort is ongoing to locate MH370 which went missing over the Gulf of Thailand on March 8 with 239 people aboard, Malaysia Airlines’ (MAS) run of bad luck continues.

While the search efforts, now concentrated south of the Indian Ocean, has turned up nothing conclusive as to what happened to the Boeing 777-200ER, another two MAS aircrafts ran into problems within the last week.

A MAS aircraft on a flight from Kuala Lumpur with 180 passengers and crew members on board had a close call while landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Read What You Don't Already Know

Like it or not, corruption, abuse of power, incompetency, complacency, and negligence & utter stupidity, contributed to the flight MH370 crisis. 

 

Even Mahathir’s mouthpiece Kadir Jasin agrees on this. 

It’s business as usual if you wish to enter Malaysia illegally from Indonesia using speedboats. 

Flying low? Burning object? Ground witnesses claim they saw Flight 370

By Michael Martinez, CNN

March 19, 2014 -- Updated 2314 GMT (0714 HKT)

(CNN) -- How could a commercial airliner disappear without a sign, you ask?

In fact, several people on the ground or at sea claimed they saw Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 before it went missing after its post-midnight takeoff from Kuala Lumpur on March 8.

The purported eyewitnesses include fishermen, an oil rig worker and islanders in an atoll. Some even alleged they saw it crash.

Grieving mom: Tell the truth

Krisis perkataan Allah•Hak berperlembagaan•Kebebasan beragama

Isu hangat larangan penggunaan perkataan “Allah” oleh penganut Kristian yang berlaku di negeri Sabah dan Sarawak beberapa tahun yang lalu, timbul lagi di Semenanjung Malaysia sekarang, malah kian membara ke setiap pelosok negara. Kemelut ini bermula pada November 2007 apabila akhbar mingguan Katolik, “The Herald” menerima surat arahan daripada Kementerian Dalam Negeri supaya akhbar tersebut membatalkan pengeluaran versi Bahasa Melayu sebagai syarat untuk memperbaharui lesen cetakan mereka. Alasan Kementerian Dalam Negeri adalah bahawa kandungan berita bahasa Melayu akhbar tersebut telah menggunakan perkataan “Allah”. Ketua Bishop Roman Katolik Kuala Lumpur telah membawa isu ini ke mahkamah tinggi, dan memohon kelulusan daripada pihak mahkamah untuk terus menggunakan perkataan “Allah” dalam akhbar tersebut. Ini bermakna, isu penggunaan perkataan “Allah” di Semenanjung Malaysia telah dibawa ke proses perbicaraan mahkamah.

Russia “Puzzled” Over Malaysia Airlines “Capture” By US Navy

A new report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (GRU) states that Aerospace Defence Forces (VKO) experts remain “puzzled” as to why the United States Navy “captured and then diverted” a Malaysia Airlines civilian aircraft from its intended flight-path to their vast and highly-secretive Indian Ocean base located on the Diego Garcia atoll.

Malaysia Airlines Mystery Deepens After Top Disease Experts Rushed To Indian Ocean

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

A grim report prepared by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (GRU) on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is stating today that within 24-hours of this aircrafts “diversion” to the highly secretive Indian Ocean US military base located on the Diego Garcia atoll, no less than four flights, within the past week, containing top American and Chinese disease scientists and experts have, likewise, been flown to there.

Malaysia juga boleh hilang seperti MH370

Musli Oli of FMT

Pada tenghahari Khamis tanggal 27 Februari lalu, saya berpeluang sembang-sembang politik dengan ADUN Bingkor, Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan di pejabatnya di Damai, Kota Kinabalu. Saya pernah sekali dua berbual-bual dengannya yang juga Presiden UBF tapi pertemuan kali ini  lebih rasmi dan penuh dengan kemesraan.

Tepat jam 12 tengah hari, Tony Minggir yang mengatur pertemuan itu memberi isyarat Dr Jeffrey sudah sedia menunggu di pejabatnya. Tony Minggir adalah seorang aktivis UBF yang aktif.

Mengah juga memanjat tangga di tingkat empat. Namun rasa penat seketika hilang sebaik Dr Jeffrey dengan wajah yang ceria buka pintu, menghulur tangan bersalam dan mempersilakan kami duduk.

“Di sini tidak boleh merokok,” kata Tony secara bergurau. Saya ketawa. Di kedai Mamak tadi, saya dan Tony tak putus-putus merokok sambil berbincang soal depan negeri Sabah.

Banyak ilmu yang saya perolehi dari Tony Minggir yang banyak membuat penyelidikan tentang Malaysia Agreement 1963. Dr Jeffrey tersenyum dengan gurauan Tony.

Dalam raut wajah yang tenang telah mula kelihatan garis-garis usia. Dr Jeffrey sudah menjangkaui usia 60an. Tapi semangatnya bercakap soal hak Sabah tidak pernah luntur.

Hati saya berbisik, selepas Jeffrey, siapa lagi pemimpin Sabah yang berani bercakap soal hak Sabah dan sanggup dipenjarakan? Barangkali ramai anak-anak muda di luar sana, menggunakan laman sosial dan mempunyai semangat jati diri yang tinggi tapi berapa ramaikah yang mempunyai pengetahuan, fakta, keberanian dan kecekalan seperti Dr J?.

Dr J tenang sentiasa tenang menjawab persoalan saya. Ada kalanya soalan saya bersifat provokasi. Namun jawapannya tidak sedikitpun disaluti emosi benci atau marah kepada Kerajaan Pusat.

Beliau berhujah berasaskan fakta dan kerap merujuk kepada persetujuan yang telah dicapai dalam Perjanjian Malaysia 1963.

“Bagi pandangan saya idea Malaysia hanya satu transisi untuk mencapai kemerdekaan. Gagasan Malaysia ini saya anggap bukan sesuatu projek yang akan berkekalan tapi satu transisi untuk memberi bimbingan atau guidance kepada Sabah dan Sarawak menjadi dewasa dalam politik  untuk bertanggungjawab dan memerintah sendiri,” Jeffrey memulakan hujah.

Adakah beliau optimis ia boleh dicapai?

” Saya optimis matlamat itu boleh dicapai. Singapura boleh memerintah sendiri. Sebenarnya projek Malaysia juga untuk mencari penyelesaian Singapura. Terpulang kepada kita untuk mencari jalan yang terbaik.,” katanya.

Beliau memberi contoh, masalah PTI (pendatang tanpa izin) bukan masalah yang tidak boleh selesai. Mereka ini adalah orang kita juga. Masalahnya kita tidak ada kuasa menyelesaikannya.

“Cuba Kerajaan Pusat beri kita kuasa. Masalah mereka sama seperti kita. Menuntut hak kebebasan. Kita mempunyai cukup sumber untuk menyelesaikan apa juga masalah di negeri Sabah. Kita boleh berunding dengan mereka secara baik. Jika ini dapat ditangani tidak akan timbul insiden seperti di Lahad Datu,”ujarnya lagi.

Apakah perlu sebuah pembangkang kuat seperti Pakatan Rakyat untuk dapat mencapai matlamat tersebut. Maksud saya untuk mendapatkan “new deal” untuk Sabah?.

“Saya bersetuju sebuah parti pembangkang yang kuat boleh melakukan check and balance seperti kewujudan Pakatan Rakyat sekarang. Itu di peringkat Pusat, tetapi d iperingkat negeri, kita tidak boleh diwakili sebuah parti nasional yang set up sama seperti Umno dan BN. PKR juga tidak menghormati hak otonomi negeri Sabah. Sama seperti Umno, Pengerusi Perhubungan dilantik Kuala Lumpur bukan rakyat Sabah yang pilih.

Dr Jeffrey berpendapat iika PR memerintah tentu  caranya sama seperti Umno dan BN, kita juga akan terperangkap dalam permainan politik mereka, jika PKR berkuasa diperingkat Pusat.

“Cuba lihat kedudukan Sabah dan Sarawak sebagai perbandingan. Negeri Sarawak terbukti masih mampu mempertahankan hak-hak negeri kerana negeri itu diwakili parti tempatan,” dakwanya.

Beliau menambah manakala di Sabah, walaupun pemimpin-pemimpin tempatan berkuasa tetapi mereka harus menjaga ‘elit politik’ di Kuala Lumpur.

“Di Sarawak, Ketua Menteri negeri itu hanya menjaga Sarawak, sedangkan Ketua Menteri Sabah perlu menjaga kepentingan Umno dan kedudukannya,” jelasnya.

U.S. officials lean toward 'those in the cockpit' behind missing flight

By Barbara Starr, Chelsea J. Carter and Jim Clancy, CNN

March 16, 2014 -- Updated 0304 GMT (1104 HKT)

 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) -- U.S. intelligence officials are leaning toward the theory that "those in the cockpit" -- the pilots of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 -- were responsible for the mysterious disappearance of the commercial jetliner, a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the latest thinking told CNN on Saturday.

Ukraine crisis: Early results show Crimea votes to join Russia

By Laura Smith-Spark, Diana Magnay and Nick Paton Walsh, CNN

March 16, 2014 -- Updated 2352 GMT (0752 HKT)

Perevalnoye, Ukraine (CNN) -- Preliminary results in Sunday's referendum on whether Ukraine's Crimea region should join Russia or become an independent state show overwhelming support for Russia.

With 75% percent of the ballots counted, close to 96% of voters want to become part of that country, according to the Crimean Electoral Commission. An official had announced earlier that more than 80% of voters had cast ballots by the time polls closed at 8 p.m. local time (2 p.m. ET) Sunday.
Crimean PM: 'We are going to Russia'
Preliminary vote: Crimea to join Russia

Chased out first by police, now Mara

Families of former Sabah "Border Scouts" were shocked
when MARA officers said they were told by Sabah Land
and Survey Department to have a look at 10 acres of
their 45 acre settlement.

By Luke Rintod of FMT

KENINGAU : Days after families of former Sabah “Border Scouts” or “polis pengakap sempadan” aired their worries of being chased out from their settlement a second time by their own former employer, the PDRM or Royal Police of Malaysia, another federal agency has taken an interest to take over part of their 45 acres here.

Families of those aged and some ill former warriors of Sabah’s border were taken aback when a group of officers claiming to be from MARA or Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM) came to their settlement and took pictures of the areas last week.

Fulfill Malaysia Agreement or Go Separate Ways - Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu: “Now that the installation of Pehin Sri Taib as the 7th Governor of Sarawak has taken place, the leaders of Sabah and Sarawak need to focus and speak with one voice that the Malaysia Agreement needs to be implemented and fulfilled” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, commenting on Malaysia’s top judge, Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria that Sabah and Sarawak formed Malaysia and that they are key partners in the Federation of Malaysia.

Breaking the Mind Control in Malaysia, Sarawak Style

The government especially the BN/UMNO government has been involved in mind control experiments since Malaysia is formed.  Their forays into this activities can be seen from their attempt to distort history, which some are directly imposed upon the ignorant population through the education history curriculum especially in schools.  There are also other ways less obvious that they are doing through “subliminal stimuli” – using any sensory stimuli below individual threshold for conscious perception.  These have been scientifically proven and the techniques used extensively after the First World War especially in the United States and Europe.  For more detail review of these ideas please read Gustav La Bon, Edward Barney and Walter Lippmann.

As the result, these techniques become a tool that the authority in Malaysia has adopted to indoctrinate the population to conform to a certain ideas.  A very good example of this is in the use of subliminal stimuli on the general population to accept that Malaysia was established since 1957.

LIMITATIONS TO SUPREMACY OF MALAYSIA CONSTITUTION

Who cares when you or me shouted defiance at UMNO, but when a Chief Minister of a State whisper defiance the whole world take notice.  Defiance in the face of nature or such things is just a mere shouting match.  But defiance against the most powerful and long lasting political party such as UMNO in Malaysia now that is for the history books.  Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud rejection over UMNO and its brand of politics in Sarawak is something not to be trifle with.  To strengthen his defiance he had thrown the Malaysia Agreement 1963 to legitimize his claim.  Taib tough stand exposes Sabah government weaknesses and pathetic effort in defending Sabah “independent” rights as well.  Effectively Taib has drawn a clear dividing line between Sarawak and UMNO in Malaya, but what about UMNO in Sabah? Is Taib leaving his rear wide open?

Don't Stop At Manggatal - STAR

Jalibin Paidi, STAR Sabah Information Chief

Kota Kinabalu: "The proposal of DSP Masidi to revert the name of Menggatal to its original Manggatal is appropriate in terms of history and local characteristics of Sabah and ought to be fully supported” said Jalibin Paidi, STAR Sabah Information Chief, who was also an opposing candidate to Masidi in DUN Karanaan in the last elections.

Jalibin also said that Datuk Abidin Madingkir, the Mayor of Kota Kinabalu also ought to be commended for taking the appropriate action to consider Masidi’s proposal.

Apabila pemimpin-pemimpin kita menjadi.....

Peter Marajin 4:29pm Feb 27 Apabila pemimpin-pemimpin kita menjadi "talibarut" Malaya, apa telah terjadi?. Sila baca artikel yang sangat menarik oleh saudara Zainnal Ajamain di bawah ini: Politik Proxi di Malaysia Bagaimana impaknya di Sabah dan Sarawak Jika kita memerhatikan politik di Amerika Syarikat kita melihat bahawa polisi yang sama dijalankan walaupun pelakon yang berbeza duduk di Rumah Putih. Kami memerhatikan politik jenis sama yang dimainkan di Malaysia. Ia bukan mengenai sistem dua parti, ia bukan sistem penentu (Kingmaker) dan ia bukan satu negara dua sistem. Ia adalah mengenai sifat ketamakan jelas dan nyata dan siapa yang berkuasa mengawal kekayaan di Malaysia. Ini adalah kebenarannya terutama sekali apabila dasar Malaya ke atas Sabah dan Sarawak. Bagaimana ini dimainkan?

Michael Chia sentenced to jail, caning for cheating

KOTA KINABALU: Businessman Micheal Chia who was involved in a RM2.5mil attempted cheating case 10 years ago has been sentenced to a year's jail plus one stroke of the rotan.

Sandakan Sessions Court judge Elsie Primus when delivering the sentence on Wednesday said that Chia was found guilty of attempted cheating and had failed to raise reasonable doubt in his case.

Islam not a religion but way of life, says Kuwaiti writer

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 25 — Islam has been misunderstood to be a “religion” when it is really a way of life that preaches freedom for all, including non-Muslims, Kuwaiti author and Islamic motivational speaker Dr Tareq Al-Suwaidan said last night.

The self-described “moderate Islamist”, whose television shows draw millions of viewers on satellite networks in the Middle East, also said Islam’s goal is to create a civil state that administers justice that does not discriminate against a person’s skin colour, gender, or creed.

Sarawakians want their Governor be styled "Yang DiPertuan Negara"

KUCHING:  With Sarawak preparing to receive its seventh governor later this week, the issue of his rightful title has surfaced.

A Sarawak NGO has called for the reinstatement of the original title for the governor which is ‘Tuan Yang Terutama Yang DiPertuan Negara’ as befitting the head of a country.

Sarawak Association for People’s Aspiration (Sapa) president Lina Soo reminded that Sarawak was an independent nation when it signed the Malaysia Agreement together with Sabah and Singapore.

Rahman Dahlan ugut saman Guan Eng kerana tuduhan sokong bakar Bible

KUALA LUMPUR : Ahli Parlimen Kota Belud, Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan akan menyaman Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng selepas menuduhnya menyokong cadangan membakar Bible yang dibuat oleh Perkasa satu ketika dahulu.

Melalui akaun Twitternya @mpkotabelud, Menteri Kesejahteraan Bandar, Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan itu menjawab posting Setiausaha Agung DAP itu di yang mengaitkannya dengan cadangan pembakaran Bible.

Read facts about "secession"

Ezra Haganez
KOTA KINABALU : What is "secession"? The current trending word "secession" or "seceding" is derived from the Latin term secessio, which describes the act of withdrawing from an organisation, union, or a political entity.

World's history, both in olden days and recent, is astoundingly littered with the act of "seceding". In Americas, Europe, Africa, Indias and even nearby Indonesia the act of seceding has been just too common. Many seceding territories or states did succeed but others were crushed, violently.

PBS lacks ‘will’ to change

By Calvin Kabaron

TAMBUNAN : Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), which is said to be Umno’s strongest ally in Sabah, is allegedly losing members to either Umno, PKR or DAP.

Party insiders said memberships in some divisions, especially in constituencies represented by Umno, has dwindled so much that they are unable to reflect a ‘good blend’ of societies within the area.

They described the condition as reflective of a Malay adage: “Hidup segan, mati pun tak mahu”.

Verbal Approval Worthless: Send the RM1 billion allocation – Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu: “The DPM and the federal government should stop hoodwinking and stop fooling the people of Sabah and Sarawak.   Sabahans and Sarawakians have awoken from their 50 years slumber and demanding Sabah and Sarawak to be treated as equal partners in Malaysia” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, commenting on the verbal promise of RM1 billion to rebuild dilapidated schools in Sabah and Sarawak.

Pemimpin BN Sabah Perlu Berani – STAR

Kota Kinabalu:“Para pemimpin BN Sabah, sama ada yang telah terpilih atau tidak terpilih sebagai Wakil Rakyat dalam pilihan raya umum lalu digesa lebih berani bersuara berkaitan hak Sabah.   Sudah sampai masanya mereka menyedari bahawa Sabah sebenarnya tidak perlukan Malaya dalam aspek apa pun, dan malah, Malaya sedang amat memerlukan Sabah sekarang.Gesaan ini dibuat oleh Jalibin Paidi, Ketua Penerangan STAR Sabah, sebagai mengulas kenyataan yang dibuat oleh Datuk Donald Mojuntin, Setiausaha Agung UPKO.

Bishop kecam pemimpin dalam Kabinet Sabah kerana membisu

Goh Kay Pheng
NABAWAN : Buat pertama kalinya, seorang bishop Katolik menyertai rakyat bawahan mengecam pemimpin Kristian yang berdiam diri terhadap "ekstremis politik Islam yang mensasarkan penduduk miskin di pedalaman negeri berkenaan untuk diIslamkan."

Bishop Datuk Cornelius Piong dalam ucapannya di hadapan lebih 24,000 etnik Murut berkata, sikap berdiam diri mereka sekarang samalah seperti ketika rejim Ketua Menteri Sabah dulu, Tun Mustapha Harun, yang mengumumkan polisi "satu bahasa, satu budaya, dan satu agama" pada 1 Ogos 1972.

Why No Thorough Investigations on Fake Sabah ICs? - Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu:    “Fake Sabahan/Malaysians will continue to appear and haunt West Malaysians as long as the federal government refuses to take the illegal issuance of dubious ICs and MyKads in Sabah seriously” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief commenting on reports of 6 Pakistani taxi drivers being arrested in the Klang Valley with fake ICs impersonating as Sabahans.

Parliamentary Seats are Constitutional Safeguards for Sabah Sarawak – Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu:    “Allocation of parliamentary seats for Sabah and Sarawak should not be based solely on population and as though Sabah and Sarawak are equal in status to the States in the Peninsula” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, commenting on the view that extra seats will not help Sabah and Sarawak or that Sabah and Sarawak are not entitled to extra seats in the new re-delineation exercise due to its lower population.

Datuk Salleh Harus Menyokong Perjuangan Sambil Bertindak Menuntut Hak Sabah - Pemuda STAR

Kota Kinabalu: “Sepatutnya sebagai Tuan Speaker dan pemimpin Umno Sabah kanan dan berada dalam posisi berkuasa, Datuk Dr. Salleh harus menyokong kumpulan-kumpulan yang cuba memberi kesedaran tentang sejarah sebenar Sabah terutama mengingatkan rakyat Malaysia bahawa Sabah adalah salah satu Negara yang menandatangani Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 sambil menuntut sehingga merealisasikan hak-hak Sabah yang terhakis sehingga hari ini” ujar Hasmin Azroy Abdullah, Ketua Wiramuda STAR Sabah, sebagai respon mengenai seruan Datuk Dr. Salleh Tun Said Keruak kepada Pemuda Umno Sabah untuk memberi penjelasan kepada rakyat Sabah mengenai Hak Sabah agar tidak digunakan oleh pihak tertentu dan pembangkang di Sabah secara salah demi mendapatkan keuntungan politik.

10 Sebab Facebook Beli Whatsapp

Mark Zuckerberg sangat berminat dengan platform mudah alih

1. Whatsapp mempunyai kehadiran mudah alih lebih banyak dari Facebook. Berbanding Facebook, Whatsapp kini mempunyai 419 juta pengguna aktif di seluruh dunia berbanding Facebook iaitu hanya 145 juta.

2. Data. Whatsapp menyimpan nombor telefon, nama, emel, log sembang dan banyak lagi data yang sebenarnya lebih bernilai daripada sejumlah USD16 bilion yang ditawarkan bagi membeli Whatsapp.

It's Not A Question of Secession But Solution - Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu:     “When people talk about separation or secession it means that they are fed-up with the situation and see no hope to their future except opting out” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, responding to reports that talk of secession is treasonous and threats of being cited for sedition.

It is wrong for any leader or even the government and Ministers to keep on threatening the people and warning them every time there is a mention of wanting to get out of Malaysia.   Instead, they leaders should take the opportunity to listen to the grouses of the people. They cannot seem to understand or refuse to understand the truth behind the discussions and calls for getting out.

Klik Berkuasa Sarawak Lagi Sekali Menghalang Tan Seng Hin dari Masuk ke Miri, Wajah Maharajalela dan Sifat Politik Pemerintah yang Rapuh Terdedah Sepenuhnya

Penerbangan AirAsia AK5013 yang seharusnya berlepas dari Miri ke Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Senai pada pukul 12:55 tengahari, 15 Febuari 2014 telah ditunda sehingga pukul 3:06 petang. Penundaan ini ekoran daripada klik berkuasa Sarawak yang hendak mengusir Tan Seng Hin keluar dari Miri seawal mungkin mengarahkan pesawat tersebut berpatah balik ke apron dari landasan pelepasan. Pesawat AirAsia AK5013 akhirnya berlepas dua jam lewat dari jadual asal kerana terpaksa menunggu Tan Seng Hin menaiki pesawat. Peristiwa ini kini menjadi topik yang hangat diperbincangkan di kalangan masyarakat Miri mahupun Sarawak.

Syed Mokhtar, anak Dr Mahathir tersenarai antara 10 terkaya di Malaysia

OLEH MD IZWAN
February 19, 2014

Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary (gambar) dan anak bekas perdana menteri, Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir tersenarai 10 individu terkaya di Malaysia, menurut majalah perniagaan, Malaysian Business.

Dalam satu kenyataan media hari ini, majalah tersebut menyenaraikan dua individu yang rapat dengan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tersebut masih kekal dalam senarai 'Top 40 Richest Malaysian 2014'.

Sabah Motorists Shortchanged Again? - Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu:    “Sabah motorists have been short-changed again.   It is as though Sabah motorists and Sabah is not part of the federation of Malaysia but in another alien county” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief in commenting on RM400 million compensation package for toll operators and concessionaires in 2014 so that there is no toll hike for motorists in the Peninsula.

There is no doubt that the government made a U-turn in deciding against imposing the toll hike due to the objections of the people and the opposition.    It is another bad example of the government failing to fully evaluate and appraise themselves before announcing the toll hike and now have to back down and backtrack on their earlier decision.

Sabah Floods - Well Done CM But More Still Needed - Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu:    “The CM has learnt well and done well with visits and overseeing flood relief in Beaufort, Tenom, Keningau and Sook but much more still needs to be done to help the flood victims” commended Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief on Musa’s “turun padang” or “turun banjir” visits to the flood areas.

Obviously, the severe floods were more serious than was originally reported on Thursday and 3 lives appear to be lost to the floods.

First death in custody in 2014, Time to Legislate Anti-Torture Law

The custodial death spree for year 2014 might have just started. The death of 40 years old A. Punniyanathan, the first death in custody case reported in 2014, adds to the list of deaths under police custody in Malaysia.

According to news report, Punniyanathan was found lying naked motionless at the Nibong Tebal police station lockup on 10 Feb 2014. He was arrested on 5 February 2014 and was scheduled to be charged in court for a theft case on 11 February 2014. According to the Officer In Charge of the Police District (OCPD) for Seberang Prai Selatan, Supt Shafien Mamat, he alleged that Punniyanathan was talking to himself and walking around in the cell naked restlessly before he was found dead at around 6.20 in the morning.

Sabah Floods - Activate Flood Mitigation Programs - Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu:    “The third round of devastating floods is ravaging Sabah with the loss of the life of a child, yet the federal government has failed to show any urgency in tackling the problems in Sabah.” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief after the latest round of floods.

More than 30 villages in Tambunan, Keningau and Tenom were flooded with more than 2,000 evacuees in flood relief centres.   There were also reports of serious flooding in the District of Beaufort and flash floods in many other parts of Sabah.   Some 36 schools were also flooded and had to be closed.

Unity in Sarawak will keep Umno out . . .

By Joe Fernandez

KOTA KINABALU : Many Sarawakians are apparently upset that Alfred Jabu, who is by no means that popular in any case, was not named to take over from outgoing Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud. Instead, Adenan Satem was named to replace him. There should be no issue here. If he’s willing to serve, let him serve. Keep an Oversight on him.
 

SUPP LDP Solutions Lie With their State Not ROS - Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu:    “It is saddening to see the predicament of SUPP and LDP having to resort to bowing to Umno and ROS who seems to be holding them to ransom” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, BHF/UBF Chairman in commenting on the appeal by SUPP President to Umno for help prevent de-registration by the ROS and the court action on the LDP leadership tussle.

Iban akan `tatap’ sokong BN”

Oleh: Kanul Gindol

KUCHING: Meskipun Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang tidak dilantik menjadi Ketua Menteri Sarawak, namun kaum Dayak khususnya Iban, diyakini ‘tatap’ mengundi Barisan Nasional (BN) dalam  pilihan raya negeri yang dijangka tahun depan.

Itulah kesimpulan yang boleh dibuat atas keberanian ketua menteri yang akan bersara Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud mengenepikan Jabu dari jawatan itu sebaliknya memilih iparnya Tan Sri Adenan Satem, sebagai pengganti mengemudikan bumi kenyalang.

Where’s your dignity, Jabu?

KUCHING: While Sarawak Barisan National Dayak leaders and elected representatives ‘praised’ outgoing Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s choice of successor, netizens from the community are bitter and angry.

Majority of Sarawak’s voters are Dayaks and if their spewings on social media is any measure then Taib has made a wrong move by sidelining his loyalist, longstanding Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu.

Datuk here, datuk there, datuk everywhere. So what's in a title?

V Shuman

QUICK TAKE: If you pick up a stone today and throw it into a crowd, chances are you will probably hit a datuk, if not two. No, I'm not suggesting violence here. My point is: Datuks are everywhere nowadays.

For the uninitiated, the title is "supposedly" equivalent to the British knighthood (which carries the title Sir) in days gone by. Unfortunately, the prestige that is supposed to come with the title is gone because as a friend of mine used to say "the title is being sold on the back of a bicycle." Or worse, it can even be traded in a pasar malam. How many datuks are really worthy of the title?

NO NEED TO APOLOGISE

Anwar then summoned Azmin who admitted that he had, in fact, received the ‘election contribution’, which he did not declare not because he wanted to sailang the money but because it was illegal and the party’s candidates would get disqualified if the Election Commission (SPR) found out.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Axed PKNS staff claim MB ignored corruption

(Malaysiakini) – A number of axed Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) contract staff want the menteri besar to explain why cases of corruption and disciplinary matters referred to him were never acted on.

RM40 MILLION SPENT ON FOOTBALL

Khalid also said his administration was informed that the MACC is currently investigating allegations that funds meant for the PKNS football club (FC) was misused. Three state executive council members will be tasked with monitoring funds meant for the PKNS football team amounting to RM9 million per year.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Since Pakatan Rakyat took over the Selangor State Government in 2008, the Selangor State Economic Development Corporation or SEDC (PKNS) — the state agency currently facing controversy regarding the ‘sacking’ of Azmin Ali from the Board of Directors and the non-renewal of the employment contracts of 22 staff members — has spent RM40 million on football.

Taib names Adenan Satem as successor

Outgoing Sarawak Chief Minister, Abdul Taib Mahmud (right) hands over his resignation letter to Sarawak’s
Head of State, Abang Muhammad Salahuddin (left) in Kuching, on February 12, 2014. — AFP pic

KUCHING, Feb 12 — Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud today announced that he will be stepping down as chief minister effective February 28 and would be succeeded by Special Functions Minister at the Chief Minister’s Office and Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Tan Sri Adenan Satem.

He said he handed over his resignation letter to Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng today.

Are Sabah BN Leaders Brave Borneo Patriots Like Taib? - Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu:“Pehin Sri Taib has spoken and has set the benchmark for patriots of Sabah and Sarawak to follow in his footsteps.  Well-spoken as a true Sarawak/Borneo patriot.   Will Sabah BN leaders prove themselves to be brave Borneo patriots looking after and protecting the interests of Sabah and Sabahans or remain as proxies and stooges of Kuala Lumpur?”asked Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, commenting on the Sarawak CM’s statement that his successor should ensure Umno and its brand of racially divisive politics is kept out of Sarawak andto vigorously protect the state's rights as spelled out in the Malaysia Agreement 1963.

KM Sarawak: Alfred Jabu buat kejutan?

Jabu yang paling lama berkhidmat di bawah Taib
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Kanul Gindol
KUCHING : Ketika semua perhatian tertumpu kepada tiga, malah empat sekarang, nama pemimpin Islam Sarawak yang diwar-warkan bakal menggantikan Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud sebagai Ketua Menteri Sarawak, tidak ramai tahu bahawa timbalan ketua menteri negeri itu, Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang, mungkin membuat kejutan.

Selain satu-satunya timbalan ketua menteri, Jabu, seorang Iban dan beragama Kristian, juga merupakan timbalan presiden Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) yang begitu lama berkhidmat di bawah Taib yang akan bersara dalam beberapa hari.

Why is Govt Not Pushing SESB for Compensation? - Dr. Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu:    “It seems that the people and everyone else has suffered losses from the recent power blackout and asking for compensation from SESB but not the Sabah government and its leaders” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief in response to the call by the Kota Kinabalu Chinese Chambers of Commerce for SESB to compensate consumers in the form of cash rebate or tariff discount.

The Sabah government and the federal Energy Minister should not have allowed the federal government to the 16.9% increase in electricity tariffs in the first place.