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Monday, May 31, 2010

HALAU SEMUA WARGA HARAM FILIPINA DI SABAH?

 
KERAJAAN Negeri Sabah disaran mengadakan operasi khas besar-besaran untuk menghalau keluar semua pendatang asing Filipina yang berasal daripada Tawi-Tawi, Bungao dan Selatan Filipina serta mereka yang telah mendapat kerakyatan secara haram; sebagai tindak balas terhadap ‘kecuaian’ kerajaan Filipina yang enggan membantu menyelesaikan ‘Krisis Tebusan’ dua rakyat Malaysia yang diculik di Terumbu Karang Sebangkat, Semporna pada 8 Februari 2010.


Pengerusi Yayasan Warisan Borneo (BHF), Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan membuat saranan demikian kerana kesal dengan ‘sikap acuh tidak acuh’ Kerajaan Filipina terutama Gabenor Tawi-Tawi, Sadikul Sahali Hadji Adalla; Rashidin Mat Bah serta semua Mayor di Selatan Filipina yang masih belum bertindak membebaskan mangsa culik sedangkan mereka mengetahui kedudukan penculik dan mangsa secara tepat.

“Kita harap semua Gabenor dan Mayor yang telah menggunakan isu penculikan ini sebagai tiket berkempen dalam pilihanraya Filipina Mei lalu agar benar-benar membantu membebaskan mangsa culik kerana telah begitu lama berada dalam tangan penculik,” ujar Jeffrey dalam satu kenyataan khas kepada Sabahkini.net.

Menurut Jeffrey, jaminan keselamatan di Sabah semakin tiris ekoran rasuah menjadi-jadi dalam pasukan keselamatan dan Kerajaan Negeri harus mencari alternatif untuk mempertahankan wilayahnya daripada diceroboh bukan sahaja oleh pendatang asing tanpa izin, malah oleh pegawai penguatkuasa yang mengamalkan rasuah dan salahguna kuasa sebagai budaya kerja mereka.

Sehubungan itu, Jeffrey mendesak agar Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman campurtangan dan menguatkuasa undang-undang darurat dengan mengadakan gerakerja mengepam keluar semua pati dan mereka yang mempunyai rekod jenayah dan mendapat kerakyatan Sabah secara tidak sah; apatah lagi Ketua Penculik, Ben Abdul Taraji @ Ahmad Taraji dan kumpulannya memiliki kad pengenalan Malaysia melalui pintu belakang.

“Kerajaan perlu bertindak drastik dan melakukan saringan lebih ketat bagi memastikan kejadian ini tidak berulang; apatah lagi selepas penculikan Sipadan dan Pandanan pada 2000 dilakukan oleh mereka yang mendapat taraf kerakyatan Malaysia dan kini dilakukan oleh spesis yang sama,” ujar Jeffrey dengan nada kesal kerana Kerajaan Sabah seolah-olah sudah kehilangan kuasa untuk menjaga kedaulatan tanah leluhur dan rakyatnya.

Kedua-dua mangsa kata Jeffrey, Tsen Vui Chung dan Lai Wing Chau begitu menderita berada dalam tahanan penculik dan keluarganya sudah puas merayu ehsan Kerajaan Malaysia dan Filipina, namun kes ini berlarutan begitu lama dan peluang mangsa diselamatkan semakin tipis sekalipun peluang terbuka luas.

Jeffrey turut kesal dengan ‘tindakan biadap’ pihak tertentu dalam pihak berkuasa Malaysia yang menghantar golongan peninjau secara haram sehingga tiga daripada 20 orang telah diberkas pihak berkuasa Filipina; menjadikan usaha membebaskan mangsa culik semakin rumit.

“Kita harap agar pihak berkuasa tidak mengganggu rundingan yang dilakukan oleh wakil sah yang dilantik kerajaan Malaysia dengan menghantar kumpulan lain untuk mengganggu proses perundingan dan ‘menculik keluar’ dua mangsa berkenaan secara senyap-senyap untuk menutup kelemahan kerajaan,” ujar Jeffrey yang enggan menamakan pihak berkenaan sekalipun beliau tahu siapa yang terlibat.

Kehadiran terlalu ramai pendatang asing di Sabah membuktikan Kerajaan Persekutuan gagal menjaga keamanan dan kedaulatan Sabah sekalipun menubuhkan dan mempunyai pasukan keselamatan; namun mudah dibolosi pendatang tanpa izin yang menyelinap masuk ke koloni setinggan yang menjadi sarang jenayah dan menetap secara bebas di Sabah.

Tangkapan dan penghantaran balik yang dilakukan oleh Pasukan Petugas Khas Persekutuan (Task Force), kata Jeffrey, hanyalah ‘sandiwara’ dan membazirkan wang rakyat dan menjadi ‘perniagaan’ bagi pegawai atasan dan tekong laut mendalangi kemasukan semula semua pati yang dihantar balik.

Ekonomi Sabah, kata Jeffrey akan terus jatuh merudum kerana pelabur dan pelancong takut datang ke Sabah, apatah lagi dalam industri rumpai laut di Semporna yang jatuh secara mendadak sehingga 90 peratus kerana para pengusaha bimbangkan keselamatan mereka, kerana dua mangsa berkenaan diculik ketika pihak berkuasa memberi jaminan keselamatan perairan Sabah pada tahap cemerlang.

“Jika lokasi berlakunya penculikan pada 8 Februari lalu berada di tengah-tengah kawalan ketat pihak berkuasa, bagaimana kita yang jauh daripada kawalan keselamatan? Kita harap agar Kerajaan Negeri Dan Persekutuan serius atasi masalah ini,” kata Jeffrey yang kesal dengan perkembangan terkini mangsa culik berkenaan.

Oleh: MUTALIB M.D (sabahkini)

PROJEK TIDAK DIBAYAR KERANA KRITIK MENTERI?

 
MUNGKIN kerana lantang bersuara mengkritik pemimpin Barisan Nasional, seorang kontraktor kelas F mengalami kerugian RM20,000 apabila Kementerian Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah (KKLW) enggan membayar projek yang telah disiapkannya dengan sempurna.

Sehubungan itu, kontraktor tersebut, Kunsul Nahul memberi notis 14 hari mulai 2 Jun 2010 agar KKLW membayar nilai kontrak tersebut yang dijalankan melalui A 172499 bertarikh 19 Mac 2009 yang disiapkan dua minggu kemudian.



Sekiranya gagal, kata Kunsul, beliau akan memfailkan saman di Mahkamah untuk menuntut kerugian yang beliau alami akibat ketidak cekapan KKLW dan menterinya melaksanakan projek di Sabah.

Kata Kunsul, Projek Selenggara Jalan Kampung Kg Sapagaya Lahad Datu yang diperolehi melalui KKLW/PD/PJK/S/LDU/SIM/358P/03-09 telah disempurnakan dan telah diserahkan kepada Pejabat Daerah Lahad Datu.

“Namun sehingga kini, percubaan saya untuk mendapatkan bayaran gagal dan Pejabat Daerah Lahad Datu turut bersubahat dengan KKLW,” ujar Kunsul yang kesal dengan sikap kebudak-budakan Juruteknik Pejabat Daerah Lahad Datu yang enggan mengesahkan kerja kontrak berkenaan semata-mata kerana bimbang dengan ugutan seorang AJK UMNO Silam yang ingin mendapatkan projek berkenaan sebelum ini.

Kunsul yang juga Ketua Cawangan UMNO Tanjung Labian, menjelaskan beliau telah dihubungi oleh Juruteknik Pejabat Daerah Lahad Datu untuk memaklumkan bahawa seorang pegawai perempuan daripada KKLW telah melawat projek tersebut dan enggan meluluskan piawaian projek berkenaan.

“Juruteknik tersebut meminta saya mengulangi projek yang sudah siap tanpa sebarang surat peringatan atau teguran sedangkan kerja telah dilaksanakan mengikut arahan yang diberikan dalam GWO berkenaan,” ujar Kunsul yang kesal kerana inilah pertama kalinya projeknya tidak dibayar walau satu sen dibelah tujuh.

Adalah tidak munasabah kata Kunsul, alasan utama Juruteknik berkenaan enggan meluluskan pengesahan kerja bagi projek tersebut kerana bimbang AJK UMNO berkenaan akan membuat laporan terhadap SPRM.

“Jika SPRM mahu siasat, silakan datang. Kenapa takut? Saya siapkan projek dengan sempurna dan saya berhak mendapatkan bayaran. Apa kuasa mereka menahan bayaran yang sepatutnya dibayar kepada saya tahun lalu?” tanya Kunsul yang mengalu-alukan siasatan SPRM terhadap keseluruhan projek yang dilaksanakan melalui syarikat beliau dan semua projek kecil di Lahad Datu atau Tungku.

Tegas Kunsul, jika ianya tidak mencapai piawai yang ditetapkan, tolaklah daripada kos projek dan bukannya langsung tidak membayar kepada kontraktor sedangkan beliau telah mengeluarkan belanja untuk membeli bahan binaan dan menyewa jentera dan penduduk kampung gembira kerana jalan berkenaan boleh dilalui oleh kenderaan mereka dengan sempurna.

"Mungkinkah ini cara 'rompakan' zaman modern yang cuba dilaksanakan KKLW?" tanya Kunsul yang kesal kerana Pejabat Daerah tidak cekap menyelia projek kecil yang diamanahkan kepada mereka.

Kegagalan KKLW membayar kerja kontrak beliau kata Kunsul membuktikan kegagalan Menterinya, Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal yang sudah mula lupa diri daripada dia datang dan memperkecilkan jasa Ketua-Ketua Cawangan UMNO Silam yang terpaksa terkial-kial mencari makan; tetapi dilayan secara tidak adil oleh KKLW.

“Surat aduan dan rayuan saya tidak pernah diambil peduli bahkan beberapa kontrak kecil yang telah saya perolehi telah dipotong daripada senarai projek dan diberikan kepada kontraktor lain,” ujar Kunsul yang menaruh harapan yang tinggi agar semua projek KKLW disalurkan melalui Jabatan Pembangunan Negeri Sabah supaya dapat diselaraskan dengan sempurna dan bebas daripada kekangan politik.

Kunsul juga menggesa agar Shafie tidak menjadikan tegurannya terhadap kepimpinan Shafie di media sebagai unsur balas dendam dengan menjadikan projek yang dilaksanakan dengan sempurna sebagai ‘kambing hitam’.

Oleh: SURIATI MAHMUD (sabahkini)

PKR TENOM CONTOHI UMNO AMAL POLITIK WANG?

 
KEPIMPINAN Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Tenom berkocak lagi selepas isu dua ketua bahagian yang hangat beberapa bulan lalu telah selesai; kini timbul pula isu berpuak puak di kalangan penyokong parti itu untuk menghadapi pemilihan semua jawatan yang dijangka akan berlaku pada September akan datang ini.

Difahamkan, tiga kumpulan telah terbentuk setakat ini dan masing-masing telah mengatur strategi untuk menarik seberapa ramai pengikut dengan harapan dapat meraih kemenangan ketika pemilihan itu kelak.

Setiausaha Bahagian PKR Tenom, Majiadih O.T. Matalih ketika dihubungi pada Sabtu untuk mendapatkan ulasannya berhubung khabar angin yang tersebar dari mulut ke mulut mengatakan situasi PKR di sini agak panas dan telah timbul gejala ‘politik wang’ di saat-saat menghadapi pemilihan bahagian.

Majiadih menegaskan bahawa kegiatan lobi melobi adalah perkara biasa berlaku dalam mana-mana pemilihan sesebuah parti politik namun khabar angin yang mengaitkan kegiatan ‘politik wang’ beliau menolaknya selain menyifatkannya sebagai ‘omongan kosong’ semata-mata.

Ketika ditanya, apakah benar seorang ‘tokoh politik veteran’ yang campurtangan dalam proses mengemaskinikan keahlian parti di sini dikatakan telah menawarkan insentif berupa kewangan kepada mereka yang ingin menyertai PKR Majiadih berkata;

“Ini juga merupakan khabar angin dan omongan kosong semata-mata sebab benda sebegini tidak berlaku sebenarnya,” jelas beliau.

Dalam pada itu ketika diajukan soalan tambahan, mungkinkah pemangku ketua bahagian Gonsubin Yosundang dijangka akan mempertahankan jawatan itu dalam pemilihan akan datang ini, termasuk kemungkinan beliau akan ditentang dua pencabar muka baru beliau berkata;

“Difahamkan Gonsubin tetap akan mempertahankan jawatannya di samping akan berdepan dengan dua pencabarnya yang juga merupakan muka baru. Kita tidak menghalang sesiapa juga yang layak bertanding untuk mencuba nasib dalam pemilihan tu kelak,” tambahnya agi.

Sejak akhir akhir ini, kehangatan pemilihan PKR di sini semakin terasa di mana selain penyandang jawatan Ketua Bahagian, Gonsubin Yosundang yang mendapat sokongan kuat daripada salah seorang ‘tokoh politik veteran era Parti Berjaya’ akan mempertahankan jawatan itu, beliau mungkin akan dicabar oleh dua muka baru.

Terdapat juga andaian bahawa kelebihan mungkin akan berpihak kepada salah seorang daripada muka baru di mana selain daripada memiliki akaedemik yang tinggi, beliau merupakan berketurunan dari suku kaum Murut yang majoriti di sini.

Oleh: MAIL MATHEW

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Imam ‘simpan’ kekasih

 
Seorang imam yang juga guru agama di dua surau di sebuah taman perumahan di Klang, Selangor, bukan saja selesa melakukan maksiat dengan bersekedudukan lebih sebulan dengan ‘buah hati’ di rumahnya, malah turut bijak menipu jemaah surau kononnya wanita berkenaan isterinya yang sah.

Kegiatan imam ‘nakal’ berusia 26 tahun terbabit terbongkar apabila sepasukan penguat kuasa Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) menyerbu rumahnya, kira-kira jam 2 pagi kelmarin.

Sebelum serbuan, penguat kuasa Jais yang mendapat maklumat awam melakukan intipan dan siasatan lanjut mendapati rumah itu dihuni imam terbabit dan wanita berusia 27 tahun dipercayai kekasihnya dan menjadi pasangan ‘suami isteri’, sejak lebih sebulan lalu.

Walaupun pintu rumah terbabit diketuk berulang- kali, penghuninya mengambil tempoh lama kononnya tidak terjaga daripada tidur sebelum membuka pintu dan penguat kuasa mendapati pasangan itu sudah lengkap berpakaian.


Imam terbabit dipercayai menipu jemaah surau dan penghuni di taman perumahan itu dengan penampilan alim termasuk memberikan ceramah agama kepada warga emas di kedua-dua surau di taman berkenaan.


Bukan itu saja, imam terbabit yang mendakwa memiliki ilmu hasil pengajian di sekolah pondok selain dipercayai menggunakan taktik mencedok hasil ceramah tokoh agama terkenal dalam kaset dan cakera padat bagi meyakinkan orang ramai mengenai ketinggian ilmu agama dimiliki.


Putar belit imam muda terbabit semakin ‘menjadi’ apabila penghuni dan jemaah surau mudah mempercayainya selepas lelaki terbabit memberitahu wanita yang tinggal bersama di rumahnya adalah isteri yang sah.


Bagaimanapun, kegiatan tidak bermoral imam itu terbongkar selepas segelintir penghuni taman yang curiga membuat laporan kepada Jais yang mendapati wanita terbabit bukan isteri, tetapi teman wanita lelaki berkenaan dan sudah tinggal bersama tanpa ikatan sah.


Tanpa berselindung, Penolong Pengarah Bahagian Perancangan dan Strategik Jais, Shahrom Maarop, tidak menolak kemungkinan sudah berlaku hubungan kelamin di antara imam terbabit dengan teman wanitanya itu berdasarkan tempoh lebih sebulan mereka tinggal bersama di rumah itu.


Beliau berkata, apabila seorang lelaki dan wanita yang tidak ada hubungan sah berdua-duaan, sudah pasti ada iblis yang menggoda dan tidak masuk akal jika mereka tidak melakukan sebarang perbuatan tidak bermoral sepanjang lebih sebulan tinggal bersama di rumah itu.


“Kami sebenarnya hairan bagaimana seorang imam yang turut diberi kepercayaan mengajar agama di surau berkenaan boleh melakukan maksiat dan dan menipu orang ramai menggunakan penampilan alimnya. -Hmetro

UPKO BEAUFORT SINGKIR AHLI KORPORAT

 
BEKAS Bendahari Upko Bahagian Kuala Penyu, Limus Jury (kiri) disingkirkan daripada kepimpinan bahagian apabila parti itu kembali ke jawatankuasa penaja bahagian Beaufort baru-baru ini, sekali gus menimbulkan pelbagai spekulasi mengenai penyingkiran beliau itu.



Ketua Bahagian, Datuk Wences Angang difahamkan tidak berminat untuk melantik semula ahli korporat tersebut walaupun sebelum ini beliau banyak berjasa dalam membantu memantapkan kepimpinan parti di bahagian berkenaan.

Malah, Limus, 47, yang sebelum ini pernah memegang jawatan Bendahari Pergerakan Pemuda Upko Pusat yang ketika itu diketuai Datuk Kalakau Untol dikatakan turut banyak memberi sumbangan kepada Barisan Nasional (BN) di kawasan Parlimen Beaufort yang membabitkan kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) Kuala Penyu dan Dun Klias.

Ramai kalangan kepimpinan bahagian parti itu juga dikatakan telah mengesyorkan kepada Ketua Bahagian supaya pemimpin muda itu terus diberi peranan dalam bahagian sebagai menghargai sumbangannya.

Jawatan Bendahari Bahagian kini telah diberikan kepada Thomas Kaling, seorang peniaga komputer yang dikatakan mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan Wences, bekas Timbalan Ketua Menteri yang tewas kepada calon Bebas, Datuk John OT Ghani dalam pilihan raya umum negeri pada 2004.

Wences yang juga Naib Presiden UPKO kini dilihat melakukan pelbagai strategi sebaik sahaja bahagian itu kembali menjadi penaja bagi bahagian Beaufort dengan membawa masuk beberapa muka baru termasuk beberapa pegawai kerajaan yang sudah pencen bagi mengimbangi golongan muda yang sedia ada dalam kepimpinan bahagian kerana beliau dikatakan masih memendam hasrat untuk berusaha kembali menjadi calon dalam pilihan raya akan datang.

Pada masa yang sama, ahli politik veteran itu cuba mencaturkan beberapa nama pegawai kerajaan yang sudah pencen itu untuk ditonjolkan sekiranya beliau masih gagal menyakinkan kepimpinan tertinggi parti terutama presiden, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok yang sebelum ini telah menasihati beliau untuk berehat dan memberi laluan kepada muka baru yang lebih dinamik.

Ekoran tindakan Dompok itu memberi ruang kepada bekas Merinyu Kesihatan Majlis Daerah Kuala Penyu, John Teo menjadi calon pada pilihan raya negeri yang lepas dan berjaya memenangi kerusi Dun Kuala Penyu dengan kemenangan tipis.

Bagaimanapun Adun itu ketika ini pula dilanda krisis kerana beliau sudah tidak lagi sebulu dengan Ketua Bahagian serta menerima pelbagai kritikan rakyat di kawasannya kerana dikatakan tidak peka dengan masalah mereka malah dikatakan sangat sukar dihubungi sama ada melalui telefon bimbit atau SMS.

Yang lebih buruk lagi, Adun itu juga tidak mempunyai hubungan mesra dengan parti-parti komponen BN lain terutama Umno dan PBS sungguh pun kedua-dua rakan komponen itu telah bekerja keras membantu membawa kemenangan beliau dalam pilihan raya lalu.

Terdapat juga desas-desus bahawa Adun tersebut mungkin tidak akan diberi peluang lagi untuk bertanding semula dalam pilihan raya akan datang berdasarkan prestasi beliau sebagai wakil rakyat begitu kurang memberangsangkan.

Lantaran itu, senario itu telah menarik perhatian Ketua Bahagian untuk memasangkan strategi serampang dua mata yakni mencuba untuk menjadi calon BN semula atau memasangkan ‘ayam sabung’ lain yang beliau mempunyai kepentingan.

Bekas Adun Bebas, Datuk John OT Ghani yang telah menyertai PKR, berkata, kelibat Wences begitu ketara kebelakangan ini dan ia seolah-olah memperlihatkan bekas Timbalan Ketua Menteri itu kembali menaruh minat untuk mengadu nasib dalam pilihan raya akan datang sekiranya ia direstui kepimpinan parti dan BN.

Katanya, tindakan Wences itu jelas telah memperlekeh golongan muda di bahagian itu kerana beliau sepatutnya memberi ruang yang luas kepada mereka memandangkan ramai daripada mereka mempunyai kebolehan dan memiliki ketrampilan.

Oleh : RAHUL FIRDAUS (sabahkini)

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Konspirasi ‘Sogok Wang’ Untuk Keluar Parti Didedah

 
amk perak 2Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Perak mengesan wujud percubaan untuk memancing beberapa pimpinan dan bekas Exco AMK Negeri untuk melompat parti dengan taktik kotor berupa sogokan wang dan tawaran projek.

Perkara ini didedahkan oleh Ketua AMK Negeri Abdul Yunus Jamhari yang mendakwa taktik kotor ini diketuai bekas Ketua AMK Cabang Parit Faizal Effandi Hashim dengan membuat panggilan telefon atau khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) bagi tujuan tersebut.

Menurut Abdul Yunus, tindakan Faizal ini adalah manifestasi di atas kekecewaannya ekoran tidak dilantik menggantikan tempat Anuar Zakaria yang meletakkan jawatan pada penghujung 2009.

"Berikutan itu beliau (Faizal) mula menabur fitnah memburukkan parti dan menimbulkan kacau bilau dikalangan anggota AMK," kata beliau pada sidang media di Wisma Keadilan di sini hari ini.
Abdul Yunus yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Kuala Kurau mendakwa wujud penglibatan Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, wakil rakyat Behrang dari PKR yang melompat parti, memperalatkan Faizal sebagai orang perantaraan.

Tawaran imbuhan yang lumayan

"Jamaluddin memperalatkan Faizal untuk memancing anggota-anggota AMK dengan tawaran imbuhan yang lumayan," terang beliau.

Beliau mendedahkan satu perjumpaan sulit diatur oleh Faizal pada 22 Mei lalu di salah sebuah kondominium di Ipoh yang dihadiri oleh Jamaluddin serta beberapa anggota AMK.

"Dari maklumat dalaman yang diperolehi butiran perbincangan adalah berkisar tentang keperluan meninggalkan perjuangan PKR dan kaedah untuk keluar parti.

"Sebelum pulang anggota AMK yang terlibat telah diberikan wang saku RM300.00 seorang," kata beliau yang mendedahkan konspirasi tersebut.

Tambah beliau, AMK mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya tindakan tidak bermaruah itu dan akan membuat laporan kepada pihak polis dan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM).

"Ini jelas melanggar undang-undang negara dan setelah beberapa bukti dan saksi diperoleh kita akan buat laporan kepada pihak polis dan SPRM," katanya.

Lembaga Disiplin Parti

Sementara itu, Abdul Yunus memberitahu AMK juga telah menyiapkan laporan berkaitan untuk dihantar kepada Setiausaha Agung dan Lembaga Disiplin Parti agar tindakan tegas segera diambil sebagai peringatan dan langkah pembersihan dari elemen ‘lompat parti’ yang cukup negatif ini.

Beliau menyifatkan tindakan konspirasi bersama Umno ini dilihat sebagai usaha yang sia-sia kerana umum mengetahui wakil rakyat yang melompat parti mempunyai masalah peribadi dan kewangan yang serius.

Maka sokongan wakil rakyat tersebut kepada Umno tidak mampu menggembalikan sokongan rakyat terhadap Umno.

"Umum mengetahui mereka (wakil rakyat yang lompat parti) mempunyai masalah peribadi dan kewangan yang serius. Maka sokongan mereka terhadap Umno “ibarat sokong membawa rebah”.

"Ini kerana imej yang sedemikian tidak mampu melonjak kembali sokongan terhadap Umno setelah rakyat menolak mereka dalam pilihanraya umum yang lalu dan dalam siri-siri pilihanraya kecil yang berikutnya," kata beliau.

"Kehadiran ramai pimpinan AMK Negeri termasuk yang telah membuat pendedahan pada hari ini membuktikan bahawa AMK Negeri Perak tetap kuat dan setia bersama PKR.

"Kita sedar perjuangan kita selama ini bukanlah berdasarkan kepentingan peribadi ataupun amalan politik kolot warisan budaya Umno tetapi atas rasa tanggungjawab terhadap negara," katanya.

Turut hadir dalam sidang media tersebut ialah Timbalan AMK Negeri Chan Ming Kai, Naib Ketua PKR Negeri A Ganeson dan Setiausaha PKR Negeri Anuar Zakaria.

Berikut ialah laporan mereka yang membuat pengakuan:

  • Abdul Jamil b. Abdul Halim – Ketua AMK Sungai Siput Pada 18 Mei 2010 (Selasa) telah menerima panggilan telefon daripada Faizal memujuk untuk keluar parti dan menawarkan sejumlah wang. Beliau akan mengaturkan pertemuan dengan para pemimpin Umno dalam waktu terdekat.
  • Yahya b. Sijari – Ketua AMK Bagan Datoh Pada 18 Mei 2010 (Selasa) telah menerima sms daripada Faizal memujuk untuk keluar parti dengan mengatakan inilah peluang terbaik untuk mencari kesenangan untuk diri sendiri.
  • Mohd Uzaimi b. Mohd Yusof – Ketua AMK Gerik Sekitar Mac 2010 telah menerima panggilan telefon dan sms daripada Faizal memujuk untuk keluar parti dan menawarkan projek. Beliau akan mengaturkan pertemuan dengan pemimpin Umno dalam waktu terdekat.
  • Mohd Yusri b. Yaacob – Ketua AMK Lumut Pada 19 Mei 2010 (Rabu) telah menerima panggilan telefon dan sms daripada Faizal memujuk untuk keluar parti dan menawarkan sogokan wang. Beliau akan mengaturkan pertemuan dengan para pemimpin Umno dalam waktu terdekat.
  • Azzemi b. Adnan – Ketua AMK Tapah Sekitar Mac 2010 telah menerima panggilan telefon dan sms daripada Faizal memujuk untuk keluar parti dan menawarkan sogokan wang.
  • Manichalvan a/l Muniandy – Bekas Ketua AMK Beruas Pada 18 Mei 2010 (Selasa) telah menerima panggilan telefon daripada Faizal memujuk untuk keluar parti dan menawarkan sogokan wang.
-freemalaysiatoday.com

SIAPA PERASUAH, UMNO ATAU PKR?

 
GARA-GARA kehadiran ahli politik veteran ke kancah percaturan politik PKR Tenom, ramai ahli ‘senior’ PKR di situ tersinggung dan mengeluh lantas bertindak mendiamkan diri sebagai tanda protes terhadap kehadiran orang luar mencampuri urusan politik dalaman mereka di sini.

Mereka juga dikatakan tidak bersetuju dengan cara ‘Politik veteran’ itu menarik ahli baru untuk menyertai PKR dengan cara menggunakan ‘wang’ sebagai strategi bagi memancing kemasukan ahli baru kerana cara sedemikian adalah bertentangan dengan dasar dan prinsip perjuangan PKR yang mahu menghapuskan gejala ‘Rasuah’ dalam parti.



Sandiwara politik PKR yang dilakonkan semula ‘Politik veteran’ itu khususnya di kawasan Parlimen Tenom cukup mencelarukan pengikut-pengikut lama dalam parti itu; malah senario itu turut menjadi bualan di kedai-kedai kopi mahupun di majlis-majlis sempena sambutan Pesta Kaamatan di pelusuk kampung yang menentang cara politik sedemikian rupa.

Mereka amat kecewa dengan ‘fenomena’ itu berlaku sedangkan pemimpin-pemimpin PKR sebelum ini begitu lantang; kononnya mahu menghapuskan amalan ‘Rasuah’ berlaku dalam kerajaan malah mereka menuduh UMNO lah yang ‘Rasuah’ kerana mengamalkan ‘Politik Wang’.

Bagaimanapun di sebalik keghairahan sandiwara politik veteran itu mengatur langkahnya yang barangkali kiasan yang pernah dibuat segelintir pemimpin parti ‘Berjaya’ terdahulu yang menyebut “Murut senang di urut, Dusun senang disusun” masih belum ‘expired’ mungkin salah satu ‘formula’ beliau gunakan dalam penyusunan setiap langkah itu.

Namun disebaliknya, selang beberapa hari terdapat pula kata-kata sumbang dari mereka yang pernah disogokkan mengungkap perkataan seperti berikut:-

“Jangan hairanlah orang yang datang berduyun-duyun ke Hotel Perkasa kononnya ahli Umno menyertai PKR selepas kecewa dengan prestasi hambar Umno. Itu perkara biasa dalam kelibat ‘jalan-jalan cari makan’,” kata salah seorang yang dikatakan ahli Umno menyertai PKR baru-baru ini yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Mas.

“Kalau kami diberi tambang dan makan serta sedikit wang sagu hati untuk isi borang masuk ahli PKR, siapa tidak mahu? Duit bah itu? Bila lagi mahu makan duit si veteran itu,” kata salah seorang dari Kuala Tomani.

Oleh itu, janganlah terlalu mengatakan bahawa Umno itu kotor, BN juga kotor si Anu Rasuah dan si Atu bohong…malah siapa juga yang lebih kotor dari Umno? PKR kah? atau Umno/BN! Kita sama-sama tunggu..apa kata pengundi pada PRU13 nanti.

Oleh: SUNARNO WIRO (sabahkini)

2,300 AHLI UMNO TIDAK JADI SERTAI PKR?

 
GARA-GARA kecewa berjuang dalam UMNO sejak tahun 1992 lagi sehingga kini yang tidak membuahkan hasil, enam buah cawangan UMNO Zon Elopura, Sandakan dikatakan ingin keluar dan meninggalkan UMNO untuk menyertai Parti KeAdilan Rakyat (PKR); tetapi niat mereka tidak kesampaian.

Terdapat beberapa faktor mereka tidak jadi menyertai PKR kerana telah diselamatkan oleh Pengerusi Tetap Persidangan UMNO, Bahagian Sandakan Sahari Ahmad.

“Bila saya mengetahui enam buah cawangan UMNO itu yang membabitkan keahlian seramai 2,300 orang yang bakal meninggalkan UMNO saya cepat-cepat temui ketua-ketua cawangan berkenaan dan saya berikan nasihat (apa kata orang putih Brain Wash) agar jangan terburu-buru meninggalkan UMNO,” jelasnya.

Memang betul kata mereka jelas Sahari, “ada ahli-ahli UMNO yang sudah berjuang sekian lama bermati-matian, tetapi tidak mendapat apa-apa walaupun satu keping zink. jadi ada logiknya juga mereka keluar.”

Tetapi kata Sahari, beliau menasihati mereka, jika keluar dari UMNO jangan sekali-kali menyertai PKR kerana ahli-ahli PKR sekarang ini 90 peratus adalah mantan ahli-ahli UMNO yang kecewa sebelum menyertai PKR.

“Orang yang suka lompat melompat dari satu parti ke satu parti lain kerana kecewa tidak mendapat sebarang ganjaran atau menguntungkan diri mereka sendiri kemudian menyertai parti lain,” kata Sahari yang menolak kumpulan desperado kerana akan menjadi duri dalam daging sesebuah parti.

Tegas Sahari lagi, jika semasa dalam UMNO mereka suka meminta-minta dan apabila tidak dituruti, mereka merajuk kemudian keluar menyertai PKR. Tabit mereka akan terus berulang dan menjadi kumpulan pendesak sehingga menjadi liability dalam parti yang baru mereka sertai.

“Sayapun hairan kenapa parti PKR begitu mudah menerima ahli-ahli UMNO yang menyertai parti mereka (PKR)? Adakah mereka tidak sedar atau sengaja pura-pura tidak menyedari kehadiran orang UMNO yang menyertai PKR tanpa usul periksa,” tanya Sahari yang bimbang dengan gejala yang tidak sihat ini.

Sampai bila-bilapun, kata Sahari, sukar untuk PKR membentuk kerajaan selagi mereka tidak berhati-hati menerima ahli-ahli yang tidak berharga ini.

“Kalau para pemimpin PKR yang bijak pandai, cari orang muda lepasan universiti dan tidak pernah menjadi ahli mana-mana parti politik dan mereka yang mempunyai IQ yang tinggi barulah PKR mantap, bukan menjadi sarang atau setinggan ahli serpihan UMNO,” ujar Sahari yang jengkel dengan sikap mereka yang suka memaki hamun orang kerana apabila mereka menyertai PKR, mereka membawa budaya kurang ajar berkenaan.

Kata Sahari lagi, rakyat Sabah terlalu memandang rendah terhadap perjuangan PKR kerana ahli-ahli PKR tiada ahli yang tulen, semuanya serpihan daripada UMNO yang kecewa dan yang tersingkir kemudian menjadi ahli PKR sehingga merosakkan parti itu daripada dalam.

“Jika ahli-ahli UMNO yang sudah kena rejek ini diterima menjadi ahli PKR dan dia tidak mendapat apa-apa ganjaran, dia akan kecewa. Jika tidak dicalonkan dalam pilihanraya atau tidak mendapat apa yang diingini, dia akan keluar dan menyertai parti lain atau merujuk kembali kepada UMNO yang mereka sumpah seranah selama ini,” kata Sahari yang geram melihat gelagat orang UMNO yang suka melompat parti.

Perjuangan parti DAP dan PAS, kata Sahari, jika dibandingkan dengan PKR jauh berbeza kerana DAP dan PAS mempunyai prinsip dan moral yang tinggi; tidak seperti PKR suka memungut barang-barang yang sudah direjek. Oleh itu tidak hairan jika tidak ada pemimpin yang berkualiti dalam PKR Sabah.

Oleh: SHAIMON S JUMADI (sabahkini)

Gantung ADUN : BN Bakal Dihukum Di Sarawak

 
Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin bertolak dengan jet dari Kuantan sesudah merasmikan Hari Guru Peringkat Kebangsaan menjelang senja, ke bandar 270,000 penduduk itu.

Tetapi beliau tidak pun menjejakkan kaki ke Dewan Suarah, tempat undi dijumlahkan dan pemenangnya diisytiharkan. Hasrat beliau tentu untuk meraikan kemenangan BN yang benar-benar ingin membuktikan bahawa kepemimpinan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak, yang turun berkempen tiga kali, diterima oleh rakyat.

RM400 juta ditaburkan

Namun, Muhyiddin difahamkan bertolak balik ke Kuala Lumpur sebelum jam 9 malam sesudah mengetahui bahawa calon DAP, Wong Ho Leng mendahului calon Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak (SUPP), Robert Lau Hew Yiew.

Keyakinan BN untuk memenangi kerusi itu bukan tidak berasas, mengambil kira jumlah wang yang disalurkan dan janji yang ditaburkan kepada pengundi.Dikatakan lebih RM400 juta dijanjikan untuk pelbagai projek pembangunan bagi menakluki minda dan jiwa pengundi.

Pada hari terakhir sebelum hari mengundi 16 Mei lalu, pemimpin BN mendapat maklumat daripada risikan dan instrumennya bahawa calon mereka masih mendahulu DAP sekitar satu peratus.

Presiden SUPP Tan Sri George Chan Hong Nam dan pemimpin BN Sarawak menyifatkan kekalahan itu sebagai kekalahan kecil. Bagi mereka, seekor ayam yang berkokok tidak semestinya menandakan hari akan siang.

Mereka menasihati DAP supaya tidak terlalu yakin dan angkuh dengan kemenangan itu. Bagi BN, itu bukan bermakna bahawa kunci ke Petrajaya dan Putrajaya akan terlepas daripada tangan mereka.

Bagi DAP kemenangan itu memberi keyakinan dan semangat tinggi untuk melebarkan pengaruhnya dalam pilihan raya negeri nanti. Dalam pilihan raya lalu DAP mememenangi kerusi di bandar Kuching, Meradong dan Bukit Assek, Sibu.

Seterusnya, Miri?

DAP menyimpan azam tinggi untuk menakluki kerusi negeri dan Parlimen di Miri yang sejak sekian lama menjadi kubu kuat BN. Tetapi dengan trend dan pola pengundian yang diperlihatkan di Sibu, terutama dalam kalangan pengundi Cina, dapatkah SUPP, parti tertua Sarawak itu terus dengan keyakinan bahawa Miri akan terus dikuasainya?

Dari segi pecahan undi, pengundi Cina menyumbang sebanyak 66.7 peratus daripada jumlah pengundi berdaftar di Sibu. Dalam pilihan raya kecil lalu, terdapat peningkatan yang ketara, daripada 62 peratus pada pilihan raya umum 2008 kepada 69 peratus menyokong DAP.

Mati-matian pemimpin SUPP dan pemimpin negeri mengatakan bahawa trend di Hulu Selangor dan di Semenanjung tidak mungkin berlaku di Sibu dan Sarawak. Kekalahan di Sibu merupakan tamparan hebat kepada SUPP dan pimpinan Ketua Menteri. Bagi SUPP, ia merupakan pil pahit yang perlu ditelannya menjelang pilihan raya negeri.

Mereka lupa bahawa pengundi Cina di Sarawak sebenarnya mendahului pengundi Cina di Semenanjung apabila enam kerusi bandar dikuasai SUPP terlepas ke tangan DAP pada 2006.

Mereka bagai tersentak apabila pengundi Cina langsung tidak mempedulikan rayuan dan gula-gula yang dihulurkan oleh Najib menjelang pilihan raya, termasuk bantuan RM18 juta kepada sekolah Cina dan sekolah menengah bantuan Methodist.

Mac, April 2011 - Pilihan Raya Sarawak?

Bagi mereka, bantuan itu adalah hak mereka, dan datang terlalu lewat ketika banyak lagi sekolah serupa tidak menerima bantuan di seluruh Sarawak.

Peningkatan sebanyak 4 peratus undi di kalangan orang Iban juga bukanlah sesuatu yang signifikan dan dapat dibanggakan sangat jika diambil kira jumlah menteri dan pemimpin politik BN yang turun ke bawah dan jumlah peruntukan yang disalurkan di kalangan penghuni rumah panjang ketika tempoh berkempen.

Kemenangan DAP menyebabkan SUPP semakin risau akan nasibnya dalam pilihan raya negeri yang kini perlu dianjakkan.

Besar kemungkinan pilihan raya Sarawak diadakan sekitar bulan Mac atau April tahun depan. Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud yang menjadi Ketua Menteri sejak 29 tahun lalu, dan baru meraikan hari jadi ke-74 pada 21 Mei lalu, tidak akan berani mengambil risiko parti BN itu terus dilibas oleh DAP.

Ketua Menteri paling lama memerintah di Malaysia itu ingin membuktikan bahawa kepemimpinan beliau terus diterima oleh 2.5 juta rakyat Sarawak, dan kegagalan BN memenangi sebarang kerusi bukan petanda bahawa rakyat benci kepada beliau biarpun terdapat kain rentang di Sibu yang berteriak 'Undi SUPP=Undi Taib' dan 'Bye-bye to Taib's Dynasty'.

Mungkinkah SUPP akan dicampakkan oleh masyarakat Cina sama seperti MCA dan Gerakan di Semenanjung? Jika parti yang ditubuhkan pada 1959 itu gagal mmembaiki kelemahannya dan gagal memenuhi aspirasi masyarakat Cina, jangan hairan ia akan menerima padah.

SUPP bakal menghadapi tentangan sengit di kerusi bandar dan berdepan dengan kekalahan di beberapa kerusi lain termasuk di Pelawan, Sarikei dan Dudong. Dalam pilihan raya negeri 2006, SUPP hanya menang tipis di kerusi terbabit.

Jika perkara ini berlaku, DAP dapat menambahkan jumlah kerusi kepada sembilan dalam pilihan raya negeri yang dijangka semakin sengit berbanding 2006.

Dalam pilihan raya itu nanti, BN berdepan dengan pati komponan Pakatan Rakyat yang bersatu, terdiri daripada DAP, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Parti Kebangsaan Sarawak (SNAP) dan PAS.

Semua kerusi pasti ditandingi, berbeza daripada sebelumnya apabila sebahagian kerusi dimenangi tanpa bertanding. Dengan kerjasama dan persefahaman parti komponen Pakatan Rakyat, BN tidak mungkin diberi laluan mudah. SUPP yang dibelenggu masalah kepemimpinan dan intrig dalaman dijangka gagal menyelesaikan masalah itu dan membaiki imejnya dalam tempoh singkat.

Kini, Pakatan Rakyat semakin mendapat momentum sesudah wakil rakyatnya, Dominique Ng (PKR-Padungan) dan Chong Chien Jen (DAP-Kota Sentosa) digantung selama 12 bulan daripada Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Sarawak minggu lalu. Seorang lagi ADUN Ting Tze Fui (DAP- Meradong) bakal menerima nasib yang sama.

Meskipun Wong Ho Leng pengerusi DAP negeri menyifatkan tindakan itu sebagai balas dendam terhadap keupayaan DAP memenangi kerusi Sibu, namun ia tidak lebih sebagai percubaan untuk menyekat suara lantang pemimpin pembangkang daripada mengkritik dasar kerajaan di bawah pimpinan Taib.

Dengan tindakan keras diambil terhadap wakil pembangkang itu, ia sebenarnya hanya menguntungkan DAP kerana masyarakat Cina tidak suka wakil mereka diperlakukan sedemikian. Isu itu hanya akan menyemarakkan kemarahan pengundi Cina yang tentu akan terus menyokong calon DAP. Justeru, jangan hairan, sekali lagi SUPP akan dihukum keras oleh pengundi Cina di bandar dalam pilihan raya negeri nanti. -mk

Penulis ialah pensyarah kanan di Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) yang pernah menjadi pengetua sekolah. Beliau juga pernah menjadi ketua editor akhbar dan menulis lebih 50 buku serta 1,500 artikel yang disiarkan dalam pelbagai akhbar dan majalah tanah air. Beliau merupakan penerima Anugerah Buku Negara pada 2005 dan Penerima Anugerah Buku Unimas pada 2007.

Bidang kepakarannya ialah media dan politik. Penganalisis politik di Universiti Malaysia Sarawak ini memperoleh PhD daripada Universiti Malaya pada 2008. Dalam pilihan raya kecil Sibu baru-baru ini, komen beliau banyak diminta oleh stesen TV dan akhbar tempatan dan nasional.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Jangan Cakap Besar Nak Tumbangkan BN?

 
KEMENANGAN Pakatan Rakyat (PR)-DAP bagi pilihanraya kecil Parlimen Sibu Sarawak sudah tentu sesuatu kejayaan yang perlu dibanggakan oleh PR yang bukan sahaja keputusan itu menjadi pemangkin kepada kekuatan PR di Wilayah Borneo (Sabah dan Sarawak) sekaligus ia disifatkan sangat signifikan untuk merangkul lebih banyak kerusi Parlimen PR bagi menubuhkan kerajaan baru di negara ini selepas kerajaan BN ditewaskan.

Sungguhpun begitu kejayaan di Sibu tidak perlu dijadikan sandaran untuk ‘bercakap besar’ kerana ia sekadar merupakan suatu ‘Gegaran Kecil’ ibarat gempa bumi di mana gegaran itu tidak sampai pun mencecah 1.5 skala ritcher (suatu skala bacaan minimum gegaran kuat). Namun begitu ia telah menunjukkan kepada rakyat di wilayah Borneo bahawa PR berpotensi besar untuk menggugat kekuatan BN di wilayah ini pada PRU13.



Manakala keputusan ketika PRK Parlimen Hulu Selangor iaitu sebelum PRK Parlimen Sibu di mana calon PR-PKR Dato’ Zaid Ibrahim tewas lebih seribu majoriti kepada calon muka baru BN-MIC, tetapi para penganalisis politik tanah air menyifatkan Zaid; bukannya kalah dalam PRK itu sepertimana yang digembar-gemburkan oleh BN, malah sebenarnya undi PR-PKR telah meningkat jika dibandingkan daripada PRU12.

Konklusinya, adalah jelas menunjukkan bahawa 53 peratus pengundi Melayu di PRK Parlimen Hulu Selangor telah mengundi PR-PKR, manakala calon MIC Kamal hanya mendapat 15 peratus undi Melayu, India 20 peratus; Cina 10 peratus dan undi selebihnya yang memenangkan MIC tidak dikenal pasti datang dari arah kumpulan mana.

Dalam pada itu, perkara yang amat menggerunkan setiap kali PRK amalan ‘Rasuah’ lah satu-satunya musibah yang mencabuli pemikiran rakyat yang sepatutnya ia menjadi musuh No.1 negara, tetapi malangnya ia menjadi senjata No.1 kerajaan BN untuk digunakan menumpas lawan politiknya.

PRK Parlimen Sibu dan Hulu Selangor penyakit ‘Rasuah’ bukan menjadi suatu ‘RAHSIA’ lagi di kalangan rakyat malah turut menjadi topik perbualan di kedai-kedai kopi dan warung-warung dan tidak cukup jelas lagi ia turut berlaku di majlis-majlis ‘Ceramah Perdana’ seperti yang rakyat saksikan di TV1, TV2, TV3 dan AWANI.

Akhirnya, kelibat mereka (BN) telah terperangkap di PRK Parlimen Sibu di mana rakyat khususnya para pengundi Parlimen Sibu bertindak dengan berani memilih langkah yang tepat sekali apabila rakyat Sibu menolak kerajaan yang ‘KORUPSI’ dan sebaliknya memilih PR-DAP yang satu satunya parti yang berjuang berlandaskan ‘KEADILAN’ untuk semua kaum dan berjuang menghapuskan rasuah, seterusnya berjuang untuk mengembalikan sistem perundangan dan kehakiman ke landasan yang betul.

EPISOD CERITA DAP SABAH SELEPAS KEMENANGAN PR-DAP PRK SIBU:

Selepas kemenangan calon PR-DAP PRK Parlimen Sibu, keghairahan segelintir pemimpin DAP Sabah kelihatan ‘Syok Sendiri’ sehingga ada pemimpinnya terlupa ‘siapakah dirinya yang sebenar’.

Malahan pemimpinnya seperti Dr Edwin Bosi merasakan seolah olah DAP Sabah sudah terlalu ‘Kuat’ selepas kemenangan DAP dalam PRK Parlimen Sibu.

Apa tidaknya, selepas beberapa hari keluar dari perut kapal terbang ‘Airbus” dari Kuching ke Kota Kinabalu, dengan lantas Bosi yang politiknya sudah ‘Basi’ mengungkapkan pula kata-kata berbentuk ‘sinis’ namun ‘pedas’ kepada rakan seperjuangan dalam pembangkang SAPP (bukan gagasan PR) yang menyarankan wakil-wakil rakyat SAPP letak jawatan bagi memberi laluan kepada ‘pilihanraya kecil’ sebagai menguji kekuatan pembangkang di Sabah.

“Apakah saranan Bosi itu boleh dipandang masyarakat penyokong SAPP sebagai lojik? Apakah mungkin Bosi benar-benar serius atau sekadar mengejek SAPP kerana Bosi mendabik dada konon DAP sudah kuat sepertimana yang terbukti di PRK Sibu.”

Terdapat banyak andaian di sekeliling masyarakat yang tidak gemar melihat kelibat pemimpin ‘sarkastik’ seperti Bosi lantas berfikiran negatif terhadapnya, malah ada yang sudah berkira-kira akan menghukum Bosi di mana sahaja, ianya bertanding pada PRU13 tidak kira atas tiket apa digunakannya. Mereka berkata bahawa setiap yang ‘egois’ akan menerima pembalasan ‘Si Pitung’.

Tidak ada suatu yang perlu dibanggakan sangat meskipun DAP memenangi PRK di Parlimen Sibu, namun perjuangan PR untuk merebut kerajaan dari tangan BN masih jauh dan perlu mengharungi onak dan duri untuk sampai ke matlamat perjuangan.

Sebaliknya apa yang perlu PR lakukan ialah kesepakatan perjuangan di kalangan ‘Gagasan Pembangkang’ termasuklah SAPP, Bersekutu dan lain-lain (jika ada) perlu digarap semula untuk mengumpulkan kekuatan bagi menumbangkan kerajaan BN.

Perlu diingat bahawa sejarah telah membuktikan kekuatan DAP di Sabah sejak berjuang bersendirian di sini lebih 20 tahun lalu, jangankan menumbang BN, malah menggoncangkan BN pun belum tentu.

Oleh: GONOD M (sabahkini)

SABAH BUKAN SATU DARIPADA 13?

 
BARU-BARU ini telah berlangsung satu konvension di Sabah, di mana penceramah yang dijemput seorang professor, Prof. Ramjit Singh. Dalam ceramahnya, beliau menyentuh kedudukan Sabah dalam Malaysia di mana beliau menyatakan bahawa Sabah berada dalam salah satu negeri dalam 13 Negeri dalam Semenanjung ‘Malaya’ yang kini dikenali sebagai 1MALAYSIA slogan ciptaan Najib.



Beliau tidak pernah tahu sejarah pembentukan Malaysia pada 16 September 1963. Apakah seorang yang punya level pendidikan yang tinggi seperti Prof Ramjit Singh memberikan ceramah tanpa mengkaji kekukuhan fakta atau kerana title ‘Professor’ di pangkal namanya dia berhak untuk memberikan ulasan tanpa perlu merujuk fakta sebenar?

Dalam ulasan beliau, Prof Ramjit Singh telah menyama-ratakan kedudukan Sabah seperti negeri-negeri dalam Malaya. Beliau telah menyelaraskan kedudukan Sabah sama-duduk seperti Perlis yang besarnya lebih kurang Kota Belud itu.

Kita sebagai rakyat Malaysia yang arif tentang sejarah pembentukan Malaysia, amat mengesali dengan ulasan yang dibuat oleh Prof Ramjit. Beliau seolah-olah ingin menguburkan fakta sebenar pembentukan kemerdekaan Malaysia bersama Sabah, Sarawak dan Tanah Melayu @ Malaya. 3 Negara bersatu merdeka membentuk Malaysia.

Perlu diperingatkan kembali kepada Prof Ramjit Singh, bahawa dalam permuafakatan Jawatankuasa Setiakawan Pembentukan Malaysia yang dipengerusikan oleh Donald Stephens pada ketika itu, bahawa satu persetujuan telah dicapai untuk Sabah merdeka bersama Malaysia di mana ianya merupakan gabungan lima buah negara pada persetujuan awal. Negara-negara tersebut adalah Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei dan Singapura.

Namun begitu, dua dari lima negara ini menarik diri iaitu negara Brunei dan Singapura dikeluarkan dari Malaysia dan yang kekal tidak berganjak dari persetujuan yang dicapai adalah Malaya, Sabah dan Sarawak.

Menurut persetujuan dalam Jawatankuasa Setiakawan Pembentukan Negara Malaysia ini, Sabah dan Sarawak tidak pernah disebut akan menjadi sebahagian dari negeri dalam Malaysia, ianya sepatutnya kekal sebagai gabungan tiga negara. Dengan gabungan tiga buah negara inilah maka terbentuknya Malaysia, sebuah negara yang merdeka dan berdaulat.

Bila Prof Ramjit mengatakan Sabah merupakan salah satu dari 13 buah negeri di Malaysia, ini bererti Sabah telah kehilangan hak sebenarnya dalam pembentukan Malaysia.

Dalam pembahagian keuntungan ekonomi juga, jika menurut teori Prof Ramjit, segala pembahagian ekonomi akan dibahagikan 1/13 dan bukan 1/3 seperti yang sepatutnya persetujuan asal.

Malah, PM ‘1Malaysia’ kita juga seakan ingin rakyat Sabah melenyapkan sejarah persetujuan Jawatankuasa Setiakawan Pembentukan Malaysia dengan mewujudkan slogan 1Malaysia.

PM kita mahu rakyat Sabah lalai dalam kepastian sebenar hak dan kedudukan Sabah dalam pembentukan Malaysia. Maka kerana itulah Kerajaan hari ini mewar-warkan semangat 1Malaysia secara meluas ke segenap pelusuk Negara supaya rakyat Sabah khasnya akan terus kabur dengan sejarah pembentukan Malaysia dan keuntungan pasti berada di pihak Barisan Nasional.

UMNO Sabah pimpinan Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman terus membisu apabila berhadapan dengan hak rakyat Sabah. Kenapa?

Oleh : HALIK ZAMAN (sabahkini)

YWB DESAK JANGAN GANGGU KAWASAN BW 4/00 (A)

 

MEMANDANGKAN kawasan hutan simpan di sekeliling Benta Wawasan seluas lebih 80,000 hektar telah digondol dan ditanami kelapa sawit, maka Yayasan Warisan Borneo (BHF) mendesak Kerajaan Negeri Sabah agar tidak mengganggu kawasan habibat semula jadi hidupan liar di kompatmen BW 4/00 (A) seluas 5,485 hektar.

Pengerusinya, Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan membuat desakan sedemikian selepas pihaknya menjalankan kajian lapangan berhubung ura-ura Kerajaan Negeri Sabah, khususnya Yayasan Sabah bercadang untuk membangunkan kawasan BW 4/00 (A) sebagai ladang kelapa sawit dan hanya meninggalkan kawasan Hutan Simpan Dara di tengah-tengah Benta Wawasan sebagai kawasan simpanan hidupan liar.

Menurut Jeffrey, pihaknya kecewa kerana rakyat Sabah telah diperdaya dan dikelirukan dengan konsep pembangunan hutan berkekalan Jabatan Perhutanan Sabah sedangkan senario sebenarnya ialah pemusnahan hutan simpan dan pembukaan ladang kelapa sawit secara besar-besaran di Benta Wawasan.

Walaupun pada mulanya Datuk Sam Mannan menentang konsep pemusnahan hutan di Benta Wawasan untuk penanaman kelapa sawit, termasuk sanggup menemui Perdana Menteri, ketika itu Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohammad (Tun) untuk membantah; namun kata Jeffrey, setelah dilantik sebagai Pengarah Jabatan Perhutanan Sabah, Sam menyokong projek berkenaan yang merupakan satu kemusnahan secara total kepada hutan tropika di Benta Wawasan.

“Pembangunan Benta Wawasan sebagai Ladang Kelapa Sawit diterajui secara usaha sama dengan Yayasan Melaka JV, Ratus Awansari Sdn.Bhd JV dan YSG (bersama Sabah Softwoods Berhad) bagi kawasan seluas 80,000 hektar semata-mata kerana ingin mendapat pulangan hasil RM15 billion bagi setiap pusingan tuaian,” ujar Jeffrey yang mendedahkan Skandal Benta Wawasan sebagai ‘niat jahat’ kerajaan Barisan Nasional menipu rakyat Sabah.

Oleh: SALIHIN LADJA MURA (sabahkini)

Tangkap ikan air tawar 88.90kg

 
BANGKOK - Seorang rakyat Britain, Joe Ball berumur 21 tahun berjaya menangkap seekor ikan air tawar seberat 88.90 kilogram (kg) dengan jorannya di sebuah lokasi di Thailand, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.



Pemuda itu yang berasal dari Mitcham, Surrey menangkap ikan tersebut semasa dia bercuti di negara berkenaan, baru-baru ini.

Namun, dia kemudian melepaskan kembali ikan itu ke sebatang sungai. - Agensi

Puteri Umno kecewa tak dapat wang

 
TAWAU : Seorang Puteri Umno di daerah ini melahirkan kekecewaanya apabila janji yang dibuat oleh ketuanya agar kos perjalanannya ke mesyuarat akan ditanggung, akhirnya terpaksa berputih mata apabila semua itu hanyalah janji kosong semata-mata.

Puteri Umno itu yang mendakwa telah menjadi ahli Umno sejak sayap Umno itu ditubuhkan berkata, beliau bersama-sama beberapa ahli Umno cawangan diminta hadir ke satu mesyuarat yang diadakan beberapa hari lalu.

“Saya bersama beberapa ahli termasuk Pemuda, Wanita dan Puteri Umno dari setiap cawangan diminta hadir bagi memastikan Umno di bahagian ini diklasifikasikan sebagai aktif sebelum hasil rekod mesyuarat dihantar ke pusat,” katanya kepada erapakatan.com

Menurutnya, sehingga selesai mesyuarat itu, beliau gagal mendapatkan wang yang dijanjikan dan akhirnya terpaksa pulang dengan wang poket sendiri.

Ditanya penglibatannya dalam pergerakan itu, beliau mengakui amat jarang hadir.

“Saya akui jarang hadir dalam mesyuarat dan program Umno tetapi apa yang saya kesalkan ialah kami ini orang miskin sepatutnya ketua kami sekurang-kurangnya memberikan kami perbelanjaan pengangkutan seperti mana yang dijanjikan.

Lagipun, mesyuarat itu bolehlah dikatakan sebagai lakonan semata-mata kerana ada beberapa cadangan yang dikemukakan dalam mesyuarat itu gagal ditunaikan sejak lima tahun lalu walaupun ia sekadar papan putih untuk para guru mendidik kanak-kanak di salah sebuah kampung di sini,” katanya.

Beliau turut memberitahu, rata-rata para ibu yang hadir misalnya tidak tahu apa yang diucapkan oleh ketua mereka dalam mesyuarat itu yang menyebut tentang perkara perpaduan, ekonomi negara sudah pulih dan perkara nasional.

“Bagi saya para ibu mahukan harga barang turun, gula sentiasa ada di kedai dan bukannya angka-angka dan istilah tertentu yang tidak difahami,” katanya yang mengakui bekerja di sektor swasta.

Difahamkan, Umno di seluruh negara kini sibuk menjalankan pemutihan ahli dan membuang seramai mungkin ahli parti itu yang tidak aktif. -Erapakatan

Zaid fail petisyen isytihar keputusan Hulu S'gor tak sah

 
Calon PKR yang ditewaskan bagi kerusi pilihan raya kecil parlimen, Hulu Selangor, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim hari ini memfailkan petisyen bagi mengisytiharkan keputusan pilihan raya itu tidak sah.

Beliau mendakwa berlakunya amalan rasuah yang berleluasa oleh pencabarnya.

Petisyen itu difailkan dengan hujah calon BN, P Kamalanathan telah “secara langsung ataupun tidak” mengetahui tawaran yang dibuat oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak semasa berkempen.

"Petisyen tertumpu kepada janji RM3 juta oleh Najib (kepada SRKJ (C) Rasa) dan tawaran-tawaran kepada peneroka Felda," kata peguam Zaid – Malik Imtiaz Sarwar semasa sidang akhbar di rumah Zaid di Petaling Jaya.

Petisyen pilihan raya yang difailkan di Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam menerusi Tetuan Thomas Philip itu, menamakan Pegawai Pengurus Pilihan Raya Hulu Selangor Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan dan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya sebagai defendan.

Pada sidang media sebelum ini, Zaid mendakwa jentera dan kepemimpinan Barisan Nasional (BN) mengamalkan rasuah melalui pelbagai janji yang dibuat untuk meraih undi rakyat.

Katanya, beliau juga akan mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) kerana didakwa gagal mengendalikan pilihan raya kecil itu dengan adil.

Pada pilihan raya itu, calon BN, P Kamalanathan menang dengan majoriti 1,725 undi. -MK

Monday, May 24, 2010

BAKUN DAM, TO BE ANOTHER WHITE ELEPHANT?

 
THE whole 15 Billion Ringgit Bakun dam project (Supposed to produce 2400 M w) was conceived by corrupt Mahathir to steal the 10 Billion ringgit worth of Timber from the Chief Minister of Sarawak Taib Mahmud who ‘owns’ all the Timber in Sarawak .



The timber from the forest the size of Singapore (otherwise would be extracted by the CM) is now stolen by Mahathir as Bakun is a federal project. Mahathir asked his favorite crony Ting Pek King to extract the Timber. Ting Pek King subcontracts the extraction to Hii Cham Pee who underreported the volume extracted thereby ‘cheating’ Ting. Mr.Hii subsequently had a high profile court case with Ting. That is another story.

Now Bakun can provide enough electricity to supply Sarawak ’s need 4 times over. Yet Taib Mahmud wants to build another dam Murun. Why? Taib’s company CMS is producing the cement! And he also controls and profit from the steel imports! Now Sarawak electrical company Sesco is now privatized and owned by the CM Taib and his ministers who call it Sarawak Synergy Bhd.

Taib does not want to buy the electricity from Bakun because of his Timber 10 billion worth was ‘stolen’ by Mahathir, therefore he wanted to build another 900 M v Murun dam upstream from Bakun costing 5 billion (1/3 the size of Bakun) Now Murun is 10% completed and need more funds which international banks will not lend to Taib’s company Sarawak Synergy because it is privately owned by Taib and his cabinet.

So Taib now wants to reverse ‘privatize’ the Sarawak synergy company after striping the assets to the government of Sarawak and then obtain loans from foreigners. So they say Rio Tinto an Australian co is interested to use the Bakun electricity which is not true. Then they say a Chinese co maybe keen. This is a lie as the federal groups now realize Bakun is becoming a white elephant.

Now the 600 mile cable from Bakun to west Malaysia has to pass 70% of the way near few islands owned by Indonesia and only 30% of the way is Malaysia owned. So Indonesia has not given permission and is also not keen on to buy Bakun electricity as it cannot afford.

There is not a single company in the world who can make a 600 mile long cable. The electricity loss would be tremendous. (80 %?) and the earth quakes would break the cable. Sabotage and damage due to ships anchors and other passing ships have to be factored in.

I would not be surprised Bakun will produce electricity in few years time but remain a white elephant–much to the credit of the reckless and corrupt PM Mahathir with many stupid ideas and corrupted CM of Sarawak Taib Mahmud who is reputed to be one of the richest men on earth.

MALAYSIAN OBSERVE!

Next Election Remember!

Guan Eng: Azhar an Ungrateful Person

 
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today labelled Penang Regional Development Authority (Perda) chairman Datuk Azhar Ibrahim an ungrateful person for faulting the state government over flash floods at a housing project in Kuala Sungai Pinang, Teluk Bahang, here.

He said the state government had gone out of its way to facilitate the project, which is being undertaken by Perda.

"However, since he (Azhar) is faulting the state government for the flash floods, henceforth we will be very firm on this," he told reporters after opening the state-level Hepatitis Day, here. -MD




Yesterday, Azhar, who is also Opposition leader in Penang, had lambasted Lim for issuing a stop-work order on the project on the grounds that the flash floods were due to improper drainage.

Azhar further claimed that the works were being carried out according to plans approved by the Penang Municipal Council and Drainage and Irrigation Department, which Lim said the state government would be studying before lifting the stop work orders.

The project involves the building of low-cost units which will be sold at RM38,000 each upon completion.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Pakatan rally to prove Kedah’s stability

 
The Kedah Pakatan Rakyat government will make an attempt to prove its solidarity tonight by calling on all three of its PKR assemblymen to speak at its mammoth rally in Alor Setar.

Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak said the gathering in Kota Sarang Semut near capital Alor Star should quash all talk that it would be hit by a spate of PKR defections that would cause it to topple.

“All those who are supposedly going to defect will be there — all my three PKR assemblyman.

“They will be speaking to the people to dispel talk of their possible defections,” he told The Malaysian Insider when contacted by phone.

Azizan reiterated that he had no plans to dissolve the Kedah assembly, not even if two assemblymen defected.

His words goes against his earlier statement that he would dissolve the assembly at the slightest indication that one of his men were about to leave.

“Why should I? We still have the majority. We can still govern the state even if they leave,” he said confidently.

He acknowledged that he had already received many “indications” of the purported defections but said they were merely malicious rumours spread by “troublemakers”.

“The question is whether those indications are true or not. Some people have even said that the consent of the Sultan has already been sought for the Barisan Nasional to form the state government but can we believe them?” he said.

In the recent days, talk was rife that more PKR defections would soon follow, particularly in Kedah due to the small seat-majority between the BN and PR assemblymen.

PR holds 20 seats in the 36-seat assembly with PAS holding 16, PKR three and DAP one, while the BN has 14.

The assembly’s two independents Radzhi Salleh (Lunas) and Tan Wei Shu (Bakar Arang) are, however, said to be pro-BN.

The High Court had ordered the Election Commission to call a by-election for the Kota Siputeh state seat in Kedah after the assemblyman Datuk Abu Hasan Sarif twice went AWOL from the state legislative assembly meetings.

The decision is currently being appealed by the EC.

If PR loses three more assemblymen from the assembly, BN’s seat number would shoot to 17, with the support of the two independents while the PR would only have 17 assemblymen.

“But still, don’t forget about the Kota Siputeh seat. The status of that seat is still in question,” Azizan reminded.

When contacted, PKR assemblyman Lim Soon Nee confirmed with The Malaysian Insider that he would be speaking at the rally.

“Whatever I need to explain to the people will be said tomorrow night,” he said yesterday, confidently adding that he would not leave PKR.

A PKR source had named Lim as one of the possible defectors from PKR as he was a close friend of Tan.

PKR’s other two assemblymen Tan Chow Kang (Sidam) and S. Manikumar (Bukit Selambau) had already both denied there was any rift in the PR and assured The Malaysian Insider that they were loyal to their party when contacted earlier.

“I am tired. I think I have spoken about this issue more than 50 times. I have many times denied but people still ask when the issue is brought up,” Tan told The Malaysian Insider.

“I want to close the file, I don’t want to talk about this issue anymore. They invite me for this event, so I will use the gathering to explain and I hope people will know my stand ... and not raise the issue again,” he said.

DAP’s sole assemblyman Lee Guan Aik (Kota Darul Aman) had also agreed with his colleagues and insisted that the Kedah PR government was very strong.

“There may be some problems in the PKR but I do not think it will come to that level. I believe this is just the work of our opponents who are plotting to create this sense of uneasiness in hopes of destroying us,” he had reportedly said. -TMI

Friday, May 21, 2010

BN’S INTERNAL QUARREL REFLECTS ITS INSTABILITY

 
THE recent hot issue on Sabah and Sarawak will not be the ‘Fixed Deposit’ for BN, and this was raised by the LDP Vice President Datuk Chin Su Phin concerning and over other various matters within the Barisan Nasional was refuted by many BN component leaders who think Chin is totally wrong and his statement cannot be accepted. The BN components do share his view and termed his view as anti-BN.

Today, many statements were issued by LDP leaders which included their Youth chief and Women chief to protect and stand together with Chin. They said that they are not against the BN but merely do not agree with some of the leaders, and further to highlight the various issues like poor hospital services, uncompleted railway system, delayed flyover construction in Tanjong Aru, illegal immigrant, power woes, long delay in the KKIA runway project etc..


The wanita chief also hit back on Datuk Tham Nyap Sing, the previous CM technical advisor by saying that why he did not helped to solve the problem on power cuts and shortages all these while, especially he was an employee of Sabah Electricity Board and a deputy president of the then BN-SAPP.

Dr. Hiew King Cheu the Sabah DAP chief commented on the matter by saying that it is true that the BN’s ‘fixed deposits’ in Sabah and Sarawak is diminishing at a very fast rates and it is no longer secured.

The statement from Datuk Chin already served as a strong warning and a reminder to the BN components, but his kind gesture had been refuted with cannon bomb shells fired from the components. This reflected the elegance and blinded attitudes of the BN not to accept criticism even from their counterpart.

Dr. Hiew said he admires people like Datuk Chin Su Phin and others like him who dare to speak out especially on matters that is affecting the interest of the Sabahan and Sarawakian as a whole. This is good leadership by example, who has no fear to speak out, why these people choose to be silent?

The cases like the billion ringgit money laundering which was put out in the open now, and some names were mentioned and the investigation by MACC is in progress, why all of them (BN) kept total silence, as if the case had been swept underneath the carpet.

Sabah DAP welcome those good people in BN to join DAP to work towards a new government in order their voices can be heard, and their views be recognized and put into full use. We need to build up a strong team and a genuine team for the people in order to bring about “Save Sabah, Save Malaysia”.

-Sabahkini

Monday, May 17, 2010

DAP takes Sibu

 
The DAP pulled off a surprise win in the Sibu by-election today, defeating Barisan Nasional’s (BN) SUPP by 398 votes in a hard fought race.

DAP’s Wong Ho Leng polled 18,845 votes compared to BN candidate Robert Lau’s 18,447 votes.

The margin of victory was just a little more than the 395 spoilt votes. The independent candidate garnered 232 votes.

“Thank you Sibu. Thank you Malaysia. One small step in winning Sibu, one giant step to winning Putrajaya, “ Wong said after he was declared the winner.

BN had earlier been expected to retain its Sarawak stronghold but lost despite the best efforts of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

The Sibu vote is seen as a bellwether for the Sarawak state elections which must be called by next year.

Asked by reporters today what he thought today’s result would mean for impending state polls, Wong said “Sarawak is ready for change.”

DAP is the biggest opposition party in Sarawak and is expected to put up a serious challenge in the next state polls.

Today’s result is also significant in that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has snapped a streak of successive defeats to BN in recent by-elections.

The count now is 8-3 in favour of PR in terms of wins in by-elections held since Election 2008.

Today’s result is also a setback for Najib who had personally campaigned for BN and had placed his own reputation on the line.

Najib has been counting on Sabah and Sarawak as BN’s fixed deposit, but today’s result shows a major swing from 2008 when BN won the seat by more than 3,000 votes.

Today’s result also raises two thorny issues — how to deal with the Tan Sri Taib Mahmud factor and whether to push for state polls which sources say had been slated for October this year.

Taib, who has been at the helm for more than two decades now, was absent from most of the Sibu campaign because BN had anticipated DAP attacks against his leadership.

The white-haired chief minister known as “pek moh” among Chinese voters has been heavily criticised for alleged abuse of power.

He has to call state elections by next year and Najib and BN had been hoping a resounding win would provide the ruling coalition the momentum needed to go into the next general elections.

The victorious Wong called his win tonight a miracle.

“It is a miracle we have created together. For those who did not vote for me I now want to be your friend,” he said. -TMI

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Kit Siang says Najib's RM15 m goodies in Sibu not enough

 
DAP leader Lim Kit Siang said the RM15 million given by prime minister Najib Razak to Chinese schools in Sibu was hardly enough, especially when compared to RM77 million paid to secure a meeting with US president Barack Obama and the writing-off of RM320 billion-worth of oil to Brunei recently.



Najib was in Sibu on Wednesday to campaign for the Barisan Nasional in the by-election this Sunday. At a gathering of some 1,000 Chinese educationists and school teachers, he presented financial allocations of RM15 million for 65 Chinese primary schools and five independent Chinese secondary schools in Sibu.

"This means that the five independent Chinese secondary schools gets RM1 million each while the 65 Chinese primary schools will get RM153,846 each.

"The people of Sibu are thankful for Najib’s RM15 million for Chinese schools in Sibu but the Prime Minister should be reminded that it should be at least RM30 million if not RM150 million cheques," said Lim.

Lim reminded that funding from the government to all schools was a citizens’ right, "not a gift from the government, as the government funds are derived from the people’s taxes."

Saying government funding for schools to institutionalized rather than personalized and timed for by-elections, he called on Najib to give an undertaking that the RM15 million allocation will be channelled anually.

He however said the figure should be higher, as Chinese schools in Sibu had contributed to the nation by producing highly-qualified human resources, "many of whom are forced to leave Sibu and even go overseas to find a living".

"What the Federal Government should allocate annually should be in the region of RM1 million for each Chinese primary school and RM2 million for each independent Chinese secondary school – which will work out to RM65 million for Sibu’s Chinese primary schools and RM10 million for the five Sibu independent Chinese secondary schools, i.e. RM75 million. For two years of Najib’s premiership, this will work out to RM150 million," said Lim. -Harakah

The politics of booze and kampua mee

 
Coupled with lurid details of Anwar Ibrahim’s purportedly unlawful sexual preferences to illustrate the perforations in Pakatan Rakyat’s facade, Barisan Nasional seems to think it’s got it made for the country’s 11th and hopefully final, by-election.

It is sad and frankly quite pathetic to see that we have regressed to using such petty frivolities as means to win a by-election in a reasonably mature democracy.



It started with booze in Hulu Selangor and moved on to a local noodle dish called ‘Kampua Mee’ in Sibu.

Coupled with lurid details of Anwar Ibrahim’s purportedly unlawful sexual preferences to illustrate the perforations in Pakatan Rakyat’s facade, Barisan Nasional seems to think it’s got it made for the country’s 11th and hopefully final, by-election.

It is sad and frankly quite pathetic to see that we have regressed to using such petty frivolities as means to win a by-election in a reasonably mature democracy.

How much inroad did the BN really make when it called PKR’s Datuk Zaid Ibrahim an alcoholic during the April 25 Hulu Selangor by-election?

Does a person’s preference for a few swigs off a bottle truly mirror his ability to serve a constituency?

While alcohol was used as campaign fodder to stave off the Muslim voters’ confidence in the PR, today, the BN has chosen another little gimmick to protect its five term-held Sibu fort — the township’s signature Foochow kampua mee dish.

A huge billboard erected by the SUPP camp at the Brooke roundabout in Sibu shows a picture of the noodle dish with a little caption in Chinese characters.


DAP candidate Wong having Kampua mee with his family. - Picture by Jack Ooi
The message they seek to disseminate is simple, albeit a tad dubious: Kampua Mee will not taste the same if one changes its recipe. Vote for BN to retain its orginal flavour.
In simpler, more explanatory terms, BN has returned to stone-age politics by hoping to instil fear in the Chinese by saying that a vote the DAP is a vote for PAS and a vote for an Islamic state.

This means separate queues for women in the public areas, a blanket ban on the sale of alcohol and of course, no pork meat in Kampua noodles!

Apparently, a DAP MP in the BN-ruled state of Sarawak (which by the way, is en route state elections in the next few months) would have enough clout to stop restauranteur from serving pork in their kampua mee or in any dish, for that matter.

SUPP Sibu’s publicity director Daniel Ngieng made a feeble attempt to defend this campaign gimmick by saying the noodle analogy was to illustrate DAP’s agenda of “change”.

DAP’s “change”, he said, meant a change in the Chinese community’s favourite kampua mee since the party’s affiliation with Islamist PAS would not allow pork in the noodles.

It is hard to tell if the BN machinery truly believes that stooping to such an elementary level would help it recapture Chinese support.

When the voters for DAP face the ballot boxes on polling day, will their minds paint pictures of winged bowls of kampua mee, fluttering away and out of their reach?

Or perhaps BN just prefers the anaesthesia of ignorance to numb the painful truth that try as they might, holding the “Islamic state” threat like a guillotine above the heads of the Chinese is a sorry sign of only one thing — desperation. -MT

Friday, May 14, 2010

Kedah will not dissolve assembly, says MB

 
The Kedah Pakatan Rakyat government has ignored independent MP Zulkifli Noordin’s warning of a “second Perak” and will not seek to dissolve its state assembly.

Its leaders, however, are “extremely on guard” and will keep a close watch on all its 20 PR assemblymen to ensure they remain loyal to the coalition, unlike in Perak where three lawmakers turned independent and caused the collapse of the pact’s government in February 2009.

Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak confirmed with The Malaysian Insider that he had no immediate plans to seek a dissolution of the state assembly since none in his team of lawmakers had indicated plans to defect.

“I just had a discussion with them last night and I am very confident of their loyalty.

“There is no problem in the PR. The only problems are the assemblymen from Barisan Nasional,” he said when contacted.

The PAS leader scoffed at Zulkifli’s prediction that “a certain PR government” would soon fall like Perak had because of the closeness in the seat distribution between PR and BN in the state assembly.

“If he said that the Kedah majority is small, then how did the Kelantan (PAS) government manage to stay in power with only a one seat-majority?

“If other PKR members think like Zulkifli, then not only a few will jump — he cannot declare that a few will jump like him because we are all on good terms in PR,” he claimed.


Azizan believes his assemblymen will be steadfast. — file pic
Azizan also went further to challenge Zulkifli to step down as an MP and re-contest his Kulim-Bandar Baharu parliamentary seat if he felt he was influential enough.
“The people no longer support him... he is no longer credible in Kedah. If he is brave then he should resign and stand for re-election.

“If he really thinks that he has influence then he should resign and we will let our branch leader to go against him,” he said.

Zulkfili, who was sacked from PKR, issued the purported warning on Wednesday and advised a “certain PR state government” to quickly seek for a dissolution.

“It will be a shocker,” he warned, but did not name which state government he was referring to.

He also claimed that two PKR MPs and one assemblyman would soon leave the party.

Kedah PKR chief Johari Abdul admitted that all PR leaders in the state were presently “extremely on guard,” and at the slightest indication of another defection, the state assembly would be dissolved.

“I am an ex-Umno guy myself and I have plenty of friends still in Umno. We are keeping our eyes and ears open, but for now, there is still not indication of anything.

“One thing is for certain, there is no way that any one of the PAS assemblymen will jump. They are bound by the bai’ah (pledge) that they have taken,” he said.

He pointed out that even if all three of PKR’s remaining assemblymen left, the BN would still not have enough assemblymen to form a government.

“Do not forget that the validity of the Kota Siputeh seat is still in question in court. They cannot use that for now,” he said.

PR holds 20 seats in the 36-seat assembly with PAS holding 16, PKR three and DAP one, while the BN has 14. The assembly’s two independents — Radzhi Salleh (Lunas) and Tan Wei Shu (Bakar Arang) — are, however, said to be pro-BN.

The High Court had ordered the Election Commission to call a by-election for the Kota Siputeh state seat in Kedah after the assemblyman Datuk Abu Hasan Sarif twice went absent without leave from the state legislative assembly meetings.

The decision is currently being appealed by the EC.

Meanwhile when contacted, PKR’s assemblymen Tan Show Kang (Sidam) and S. Manikumar (Bukit Selambau) both denied there was any rift in the PR and assured The Malaysian Insider that they were loyal to their party.

“That Zulkifli is a bad man. His job is merely to spread lies and rumours in order to shake the foundation of Kedah’s government.

“We are not going to fall — you have nothing to worry about. If we wanted to leave, we would have left a long time ago. All those who wanted to defect have already left and those remaining will never leave,” he claimed.

Manikar said that Zulkifli was “heading towards insanity” for his predictions.

“Kedah is stable and there will be no negative action. It’s a blatant lie, nothing to worry about,” he said in an SMS.

DAP’s sole assemblyman, Lee Guan Aik (Kota Darul Aman), agreed with his colleagues and insisted that the Kedah PR government was very strong.

“There may be some problems in the PKR but I do not think it will come to that level.

“I believe this is just the work of our opponents who are plotting to create this sense of uneasiness in hopes of destroying us,” he said.

He agreed that he, along with many other PR assemblymen in Kedah, had been offered bribes to defect to BN after Election 2008 but denied the offers had been renewed recently.

“In any case, we will reject the offers outright,” he said confidently.

The third PKR assemblyman, Kulim’s Lim Soon Nee, could not be reached for comment.

A PKR source told The Malaysian Insider that of the three remaining PKR assemblymen in Kedah, Lim was the likeliest to leave.

“He was good friends with Tan Wei Shu (Bakar Arang),” claimed the source, an assemblyman from another state.

Tan resigned from PKR last month, citing his dissatisfaction with the party leadership and his removal from the state executive council.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Najib’s lightning temple visit riles Kit Siang

 
Datuk Seri Najib Razak became the first prime minister to attend a celebration in honour of a Chinese deity tonight but the historic visit opened him to criticism from the Pakatan Rakyat for being all too brief.

The Tua Pek Kong procession, held every three years, became a venue for leaders from both Barisan Nasional (BN) and PR’s DAP to charm the Chinese voters who form about 67 per cent of the 54,695 Sibu voters.

The festival is one of the major events in Sarawak’s tourism calendar and the four-day celebration ends tomorrow with a dinner to be attended by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.



About 7,000 participants from more than 100 Chinese cultural and religious organizations from across the country took part in the procession which lasted more than two hours.

Roads around the seven-storey Sibu Tua Pek Kong temple, which is one of the town’s major landmarks, was repaved last weekend in preparation for Najib’s visit.

The state DAP took part in the celebration and the delegation was led by its candidate in the May 16 by-election, Wong Ho Leng.

The Sarawak DAP chief along with Lim Kit Siang, DAP Youth chief Anthony Loke started gathering outside the temple as early as 6.30pm, an hour before the procession started.

Thousands of people also lined the streets of Sibu town to watch the procession.

Announcements were also made via the temple’s public address system for the crowd to give a thunderous applause upon Najib’s arrival.

About ten minutes before the start of the procession Najib arrived with the BN candidate, Robert Lau Hui Yew, for this Sunday’s by-election and he was quickly ushered to the temple entrance to sign a plaque to commemorate his visit.

Najib was then ushered back to his car before a temple official could present him with a picture of the temple as a souvenir.

With a lot of pushing and shoving and shouts of “Don’t push!” from the crowd, Najib was finally escorted to his car.

Via twitter, Lim who held on to his Blackberry while the minor commotion was going on, described Najib’s appearance as a “three minutes lightning visit.”

“If in vital Sibu by-election Najib can only spare 3mins 4 120yr TuaPekKong Temple after so much publicity what does it imply?” asked Lim.

Najib had earlier handed RM15 million in financial assistance to 65 Chinese schools as part of his attempt to win the Chinese votes.

The community had backed DAP in Election 2008 and BN lost six Chinese-dominated state seats in the Sarawak election held two years earlier.

In Election 2008, the late Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew retained the seat for BN with the help of Malay/Melanau and Iban voters who form about 33 per cent of the constituency’s 54,695 voters. -TMI

'No reason to remove Selangor MB'

 
Political observers have disagreed with political blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin's recent call for Anwar Ibrahim to make a choice between keeping Khalid Ibrahim on as Selangor Menteri Besar and saving Selangor.

Raja Petra made the call on his blog earlier this week following Kapar MP S Manickavasagam's allegation of corruption in Kumpulan Semesta, a Selangor-owned sand mining company.

According to him, “keeping Khalid around means Selangor is doomed... if Khalid stays, then that is the end for the Pakatan Rakyat government of Selangor”.

Both Professor James Chin and Wong Chin Huat strongly disagreed with the latter saying that Khalid hasn't made any grave mistakes that would warrant his removal.

While acknowledging that Khalid isn't the ideal leader, Wong also argued that his government hasn't failed miserably.

“Removal of a leader should only be done during an election and based on his performance and competence,” he said. “These are the democratic rules that people should follow. It is unacceptable for political power to be decided upon by a supreme leader or behind-the-scene negotiations instead of a transparent process.”

Wong also challenged the justification of removing Khalid based on his unpopularity.

“If this is their reason, then my question is, what structure is being put in place to ensure the popularity of his successor? And who among the current PKR leaders are guaranteed to win that measure of popularity? Remember that PKR is a party with factions that will go out of their way to destroy it just to settle their own score.”

Chin, meanwhile, doubted that Pakatan would take a tumble anytime this year but predicted that it may likely fall in the next general election. He added that should that happen, Pakatan would not have another chance at victory for the next decade.

However, he said that there was another even more interesting question: “Why is RPK suddenly attacking Khalid whom he had once strongly supported?”

“RPK backed Khalid even when he wasn't Selangor's first choice. And now he is suddenly pushing for Khalid's removal. This is very intriguing.”

Written by Stephanie Sta Maria, Free Malaysia Today

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Win is possible, but Hadi warns BN's 'unnatural democracy'

 
PAS president Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang (pic) is confident that should the tide of support for Pakatan Rakyat among the Chinese continue in Sibu, the DAP candidate will be able to win in the upcoming by-election this Sunday.

Hadi said Chinese voters have made a major shift in the Peninsula by supporting Pakatan Rakyat candidates since the last general elections as well as in by-elections.

"If such a support reaches Sibu, we will win," said the Marang member of parliament.

The by-election in Sibu sees a three-way contest involving DAP's Richard Wong Ho Leng, BN's Robert Lau Hui Yew and independent candidate Narawi Haron.

Asked on Barisan Nasional's campaign by playing up the Islamic state issue to the Christian electorate, Hadi said the people in Sibu were not ignorant of Malaysia's democractic and political realities.

However, he warned against what he called BN's 'unnatural' democractic practices.

"Malaysia's is unnatural democracy, there are just so many malpractices and so much misuse of power during a by-election," said Hadi.

He said any win in Sibu will be historic and a major event in the history of the opposition. However, he added, a defeat would be something normal.

"They (BN) are using the entire government machinery. If they win with a small majority, it would be shameful," he said. -Harakah

Taib: Opposition Relying on Propaganda

 
Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud today likened the Sibu by-election as a battle between the propaganda of the opposition and the service record and commitmment of the Barisan Nasional (BN).

"We in the BN, our struggle is to continue to serve the people.

"Our challengers do not speak of any service plan. They are only bringing up issues," he told a gathering at the Malay/Melanau Community Hall in Kampung Hilir here today.

Calling on the people of Sibu to reject the opposition, Taib said they were raising all kinds of issues including those foreign to the state and on religion.

These could be detrimental to the existing harmony and unity of the people, he said.


Taib also described the on-going campaigning for the Sibu by-election as very "panas" (intense).

"We seldom experience this kind of situation. We are used to more localised issues.

"The situation is different now with people exploiting issues from the Peninsular and bringing Peninsular-style politicking here," he said.

He reminded the people of Sibu that if the BN won, they would stand to benefit.

"So my advice is to reject the opposition, support the BN so that it may continue to uphold its struggle to always serve the people," he added. -MD

SAPP: THE FACT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

 
TODAY’S news reported that Putatan MP Datuk Dr. Marcus Mojigoh boasted his expertise on exclusive economic zone. Based on his simplistic view, Malaysia would have lost Sipadan and Ligitan islands to Indonesia and Layang Layang Island to Vietnam or China or the Philippines.

In contrast, his UPKO boss Tan Sri Bernard Dompok saw it fit to leave this to the Prime Minister to explain. Earlier, the Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Musa Aman, has simply brushed aside the public’s anger over the loss of 3 million acres of maritime territory in oil blocks L and M. He did not even bother to explain.




The facts remains that, on 16 Jan. 2003, Murphy Oil Corporation of the United States of America announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary company Murphy Sabah Oil Co. Ltd. has been awarded two new Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) covering Blocks L and M, offshore Malaysia.

Murphy Oil has 60% interest in Block L and 70% in Block M. Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd. holds the remaining 40% and 30% respectively. Each block covers 1.5 million acres. The total is therefore 3 million acres. The awarding authority was Petroleum Nasional Berhad (Petronas).

Pursuant to the Petroleum Development Act 1974, the “entire ownership in, and exclusive rights, powers, liberties and privileges of exploring, exploiting, winning and obtaining petroleum whether onshore or inshore of Malaysia” has been vested in Petronas. (Refer to Section 2 of the Act and the “Grants of Rights, Powers, Liberties and Privileges in respect of Petroleum” dated 26 March 1975 signed by the then Prime Minister Tun Haji Abdul Razak Bin Datuk Hussein on behalf of the Government of Malaysia).

On 14 June 1976, the State Government of Sabah, represented by the then Chief Minister Datuk Harris Mohd. Salleh and witnessed by then assistant minister Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan, signed the petroleum agreement with Petronas surrendering the ownership and rights, powers, liberties and privileges in petroleum in Sabah to Petronas in return for 5% royalties of the petroleum.

Petronas is subject to the control and direction of the Prime Minister “who may from time to time issue such direction as he may deem fit” (Section 3 (2) of the Act). This is the Petronas, vested with the powers and authority of Parliament by virtue of the Petroleum Development Act 1974 and the Prime Minister, over offshore petroleum development in Malaysia, that awarded the 3 million acres in Block L and M to Murphy Sabah Oil Co. Ltd. on or before 16 Jan. 2003.

Petronas and the Prime Minister at the time (Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed) have seen it fit, proper and legal to award the said maritime territory to Murphy Oil, an American company. All these point to the fact that, in the legal opinion of Petronas and the federal government at the time, Malaysia has sovereign rights over the maritime territory contained in Blocks L and M.

The Deputy Prime Minister at the time was Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. This is against the back drop of Malaysia having won the Sipadan/Ligitan case at the International Court of Justice the month before (December 2002).

Murphy Oil Corporation has two other subsidiaries in Malaysia, namely – Murphy Sarawak Oil Co. Ltd., and Murphy Peninsular Malaysia Oil Co. Ltd. for the respective geographical regions. The subsidiary company used to operate Blocks L and M is the one for Sabah, not the one for Sarawak or Peninsular Malaysia. We have to assume that the Americans and Petronas know where Sabah is.

The Chief Minister admitted (news 5 May 2010) that the Sabah State Cabinet was briefed TWICE. If Blocks L and M have nothing to do with Sabah, then there is no need to take up the precious time of the Cabinet. The fact that there were TWO briefings suggests that there was a need for follow up, updating and issues that require the Cabinet’s attention. If not, then why would a Cabinet that sees no need to renegotiate the 5% royalty petroleum agreement with the Federal Government, busy itself with maritime territories that are outside Sabah? What was the briefing about and did the Cabinet give its consent?

Similarly, ex-Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Badawi covered himself by saying that his Exchange of Letters with the Sultan of Brunei was approved by his Federal Cabinet in February 2009. Did our Sabahan Ministers in the Federal Cabinet agree to the surrender of Blocks L and M to Brunei?

On April 22, 2010, Murphy Oil announced to the New York Stock Exchange that their PSC to Blocks L and M have been terminated because “following the Exchange of Letters between Malaysia and the Sultanate of Brunei on March 16, 2009, the offshore areas designated as Blocks L and M are no longer a part of Malaysia”. Since this follows the Petronas letter of 7 April 2010 to Murphy Oil Corporation, it means that before the exchange of letters, the areas were still a part of Malaysia.

This announcement was picked up by The Edge, a Malaysian business paper, on 22 April 2010. The Brunei Times triumphantly reported this on April 23. This was an issue waiting to explode. Ex-Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, who must have been irked by the loss of national territory and Petronas profits, at his blog lambasted another ex-PM, Tun Abdullah Badawi for this loss. Tun Dr. Mahathir’s anger is understandable because it was during his tenure as PM that Blocks L and M were awarded to Murphy Oil Corporation. He said that these blocks are Malaysian territory.

Tun Abdullah Badawi later (1 May 2010) defended the loss of the oil blocks by claiming that Petronas is given a 40-year commercial right to operate the same oil blocks but under Brunei sovereignty. Wisma Putra on 4 May 2010 exposes this sell out of maritime territory in return for Petronas’s commercial operations in Brunei.

Some questions that the government should answer are:

(i) Negotiations over territorial disputes in the South China Sea are alive and active. Where was the pressing need for Malaysia to surrender any territory to any country just three weeks before a change of Prime Minister?

(ii) The surrender of blocks L and M was kept a national secret until the Murphy Oil announcement on 22 April 2010 in the New York. Why did our government and Petronas keep this secret?

(iii) If the areas in blocks L and M were Brunei’s sovereign rights in the first place, the why did Malaysia award the blocks to Murphy Oil in 2003?

(iv) In March 2009, the then Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Badawi chose to announce only that Brunei has dropped the Limbang Claim but remained silent on the loss of Blocks L and M. If Brunei already owned Blocks L and M, then why was there a need for an Exchange of Letters between Tun Abdullah and the Sultan of Brunei? Has treason been committed?

(v) Why was the need for the Sabah Cabinet to be briefed twice? If the oil blocks do not belong to Malaysia in the first place, what was the need to brief the State Cabinet?

(vi) Kelantan and Trengganu are fiercely fighting for their rights to oil revenues. Trengganu, a BN-UMNO State, still has unfinished litigation with Petronas and the Federal Government over oil royalties. Why should Sabah, a BN fixed deposit state, choose instead to defend the blunder of losing territory and oil revenues? Tengku Razaleigh, a Kelantanese BN MP heads the Parliamentary caucus on oil royalties. Why are our Sabahan BN MPs, like Marcus, unwilling join the fight for Sabah?

As for sovereign rights, the Article IV of the Malaysia Agreement of 9 July 1963 transferred sovereignty over Sabah (then North Borneo) from London to Kuala Lumpur. Prior to 1963, Kuala Lumpur did not possess any territorial sovereign rights east of Johore. Malaysia as a nation then acquired all territories that came with Sabah by way of legal title or historic right or treaties or effective control.

The Sipidan/Ligitan islands case at the ICJ is clear on this point. By definition (Article 1 of the federal constitution) Malaysia’s territory consists of the territories of all the States of Malaysia as at 1963 (minus Singapore after 1965). Sabah, like other states, was not carved out of a larger country Malaysia. Instead, Sabah, together with other states, formed Malaysia.

International conventions, be it on continental shelf, Law of the Sea and the 200 nautical mile EEZ limit affecting Sabah do not nullify the historical fact that Malaysia acquired these maritime territories with the entry of Sabah into Malaysia. It is the duty of Malaysia to protect the sovereignty of these areas over which Sabah has an interests. For instance, would Sabah not have a say if the Malaysia government were to cede Labuan FT to a foreign country?

Sabah has lost enough. If the BN State Government fights for Sabah’s rights and interests, then the people will support the government. But if the government fails, the people will speak through the ballot boxes. Then, no quantity of money politics, phantom votes or coercion will be able to save this BN government.

By: DATUK YONG TECK LEE

Najib, Kit Siang in race to charm Chinese voters

 
Datuk Seri Najib Razak will tomorrow begin his first visit to Sibu since the start of the campaign period to work his charm on Chinese Malaysian voters ahead of this weekend’s key by-election here.

The community backed the DAP in Election 2008 while Sarawak Barisan Nasional’s (BN) SUPP lost six state seats in state polls held two years earlier.

The prime minister will join a Chinese cultural procession tomorrow evening organised by a temple here.

Najib is set to be the first prime minister to take part in such a procession which is held in honour of Tua Pek Kong, one of the major Chinese deities worshipped in Malaysia.

Roads around the seven-storey Sibu Tua Pek Kong temple, which is one of the town’s major landmarks, have been repaved in preparation for the prime minister’s visit.

DAP leader Lim Kit Siang will also be attending the procession. His party’s candidate, representing Pakatan Rakyat (PR), is facing off with BN’s SUPP man.

“It is a great day for Sibu. I will be glad to participate as well,” said Lim.

He expressed hope that Najib would continue the practice of engaging non-Malay voters outside the election season.

“Don’t just do it when there is a by-election. He must do it all the time,” said Lim.

Some 20,000 devotees from across the country are expected to take part in the procession, which is held every three years.


The Sibu Tua Pek Kong temple, which is one of the town’s major landmarks. – Picture by Jack Ooi
The Tua Pek Kong Festival is one of the major events in Sarawak’s tourism calendar and the celebration will last four days, starting today.
“The event has been planned for the last six months. Since PM is here on the 12th of May, upon the invitation from the temple, so he said he will drop by,” said Sibu SUPP publicity chief Daniel Ngieng.

Early this year, Najib made history by becoming the first prime minister in 30 years to visit the Batu Caves temple near Kuala Lumpur on the eve of Thaipusam celebrations.

Since taking over the government over a year ago Najib has been promoting his 1 Malaysia concept in an attempt to win the support of the non-Malays.

“We can only say it is a good thing,” Ngieng said when asked if Najib’s participation in the procession would boost Chinese support for the ruling coalition.

In Election 2008, the late Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew retained the seat for BN with the help of Malay/Melanau and Iban voters who form about 33 per cent of the 54,695 voters.

Hoi Chew’s cousin Robert Lau Hui Yew is now contesting against the DAP’s Wong Ho Leng and independent Narawi Haron.

BN’s popularity among Chinese voters nationwide has not improved since Election 2008, which saw the coalition losing most of the urban constituencies dominated by the community.

In last month’s Hulu Selangor by-election, fewer than 30 per cent of Chinese voters supported BN despite Najib’s last-minute financial pledges to Chinese schools and associations. -TMI
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