SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED

Dompok: UPKO lawmakers will insist that the Bill be withdrawn

Bernard Dompok: The present Bill appears to contravene the Federal Constitution and runs counter to the Government’s transformation plans

By Alexander Chen

PENAMPANG: The Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013 which was tabled in Parliament last Wednesday has drawn the ire of former UPKO lawmaker, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.

“I am surprised and disappointed that this Bill has been approved by Cabinet for tabling at Parliament,” he said in a brief statement to the Borneo Insider Saturday.

He added: “The present Bill appears to contravene the Federal Constitution and runs counter to the Government’s transformation plans especially the 1Malaysia concept of acceptance, inclusiveness and moderation.”

Dompok, the Upko President and former Penampang MP said he had actually asked for the withdrawal of a paper on this Bill from

Penulis kontroversi MD Mutalib meninggal dunia

Updated

Oleh: ADLI AYOB

KOTA KINABALU, SABTU 29/06/13 - Saudara Abdul Mutalib Mohamed Daud 51, telah menghembuskan nafas yang terakhir lebih-kurang jam 3.00 pagi hari Sabtu di Kota Kinabalu akibat serangan angin ahmar(stroke) dipangkuan isterinya Pn. Sarina Abd. Gani. Sejurus kemudian, pada jam 3.15 petang jenazah Allahyarham telah selamat tiba di Lapangan Terbang Tawau dan telah dibawa ke rumah keluarganya diTaman Warisan, Lahad Datu, Sabah.

Menurut Pn. Sarina Abd Ganih, jenazah Allahyarham Mutalib MD akan disemadikan di Tanah Perkuburan Tabin-Silabukan dekat Lahad Datu pada pagi esok (Ahad, 30/06/13) jam 8.00pagi.

Sesungguhnya dengan pemergian beliau ke Rahmatullah pada hari ini telah menyaksikan hilangnya seorang pejuang negara yang sinonim dengan pendedahan 'IC-Palsu/RCI' di Malaysia dan sangat-sangat dirasai oleh keluarga dan sahabat-handai. Seorang sahabat beliau, Dato' Ahirudin Bin Attan telah menulis tentang berita kematian allahyarham di SINI (Rocky's Bru).

Pihak editorial Sabahkini.net akan memberhentikan seketika paparan berita di Sabahkini & SabahkiniTV untuk masa yang terdekat ini bagi menghormati keluarga beliau. Kepada sahabat-sahabat, pembaca Sabahkini dan penonton SabahkiniTV, anda dijemput untuk memberikan penghormatan terakhir buat Allahyarham pada esok, jam 8.00 pagi di Lahad Datu. Portal Sabahkini.net akan terus beroperasi selepas ini sesuai dengan kehendak dan pesanan beliau iaitu 'Membongkar Kebenaran, Mempertahankan Kejujuran' - Al-Fatihah.

Who Owns the Oil in Sabah & Sarawak?

The retired Judge of the Court of Appeal explains the problem faced by Sabah and Sarawak, and suggests a radical solution to the East Malaysian states’ oil woes.

Initially, if oil was found within the boundaries of a State in the Federation of Malaysia, it is owned by the State. J.C Fong in his book Constitutional Federalism in Malaysia, wrote, on p. 98:

A response to Idris Jala (Part 1)

FMT LETTER: From Oliver Gomez

I read with faint amusement Idris Jala’s article which appearead in the June 24, 2013 edition of The Star newspaper. Idris Jala in his article discusses seven issues affecting Malaysia today.

Now in a few articles over the coming days, I will attempt to dissect and expose Idris Jala’s article for the rubbish that it is. I will start off now by tackling the first two issues that appear in his article.

Incidentally if you have not already read Idris Jala’s article, I strongly suggest that you do. It is a shining example of how misleading statistics can be and how politicians can literally get away with murder so long as they deny it strongly enough.

‘Ministers with fake degrees sworn in’

KUALA LUMPUR: DAP today flayed Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak for allowing two Barisan Nasional ministers with “fake degrees” to sit in on the first day of ministerial replies in parliament.

DAP leaders Ong Kiang Ming, Zairil Khir Johari and Julian Tan Kok Ping called for Najib to immediately ask for the resignation of the Human Resources minister Richard Riot, and the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Dr Ewon Ebin.

Going To School Is A Life Threatening Experience

50 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN MALAYSIA

Picture 1 shows how schools kids go to school in a part of Sarawak. They take their lives into their own hands to be educated. They have to walk the tight rope twice a day and going home in the evening is even more dangerous. We have to thank those people who brought this type of progress by forcing our countries into Malaysia! It bring tears to the eye to see such sights.

 

 

The Dangers of Legitimizing Muslim Grievances

"...To a Muslim, "injustice" means a lack of Islamic jurisprudence.

" A non-Muslim state is always unjust simply because it is not ruled by Islamic law.

Tell the Truth or Be Investigated - Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu: “The Inland Revenue Board should be truthful about the tax revenues collected in Sabah rather than trying to cover up the truth just because Sabah is now claiming its constitutional share of this revenues”said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, in response to front-pages stories that only RM4 billion federal tax collectionwas targeted by the IRB from Sabah in 2013 and not RM40 billion as reported earlier.

The RM40 billion was initially announced by the IRB Sabah and they appear to be back-tracking as if to attempt a cover-up now that Sabah is entitled to two-fifths (40%) of the net revenue collected from Sabah.

Oil & Gas Royalties

What a royalty is. How it is calculated. What is it based on?

Whenever oil or gas production begins,the landowner is entitled to part of the total production. A royalty is agreed upon as a percentage of the lease, minus what was reasonably used in the Lessee's production costs. The royalty is paid by the Lessee to the owner of the mineral rights, the Lessor in the Lease. It is based on a percentage of the gross production from the property and is free and clear of all costs, except for taxes.

Traditionally, royalty can be 1/8 of production or 12.8 percent of production; however, it can be any fraction of production, depending on the royalty clause in a lease. The landowner should negotiate for as high a royalty as can be arranged.

Sabah Leaders Misled by KL? - Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu: “It appears that Sabah leaders are being hoodwinked and misled by Kuala Lumpur and are failing to stand up for Sabah’s rights and entitlement on sharing of federal revenue collected from Sabah as well as on the oil revenues from Sabah’s oil and gas” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, in response to the reply by the Chief Minister that links the 40% entitlement to federal allocations and that there is no urgency in review of the oil revenue.

Bocor!! Minit mesyuarat Alies Anor bekas Setiausaha Politik Najib & Sidek Baba

Terdapat sebuah Kumpulan Khas yang dibentuk oleh Datuk Alies Anor Abdul, bekas Setiausaha Politik Datuk Najib Razak. Sidek Baba adalah salah seorang anggota kumpulan ini yang dibayar gaji sebanyak RM15,000 sebulan. Kumpulan ini merancang bagi menjatuhkan Anwar Ibrahim.

 

Mereka dihimpunkan untuk hancurkan Anwar Ibrahim. Mari sama-sama kita teliti Minit Mesyuarat kumpulan tegar ini dan siapakah yang bersama-sama Sidek Baba dan Alies Anor dan apa yang telah mereka rancangkan.

Minit Mesyuarat Kumpulan Tegar Siri 4/2012

Constitutional debate highlghts superior Sarawak 1941 Constitution

FREEDOM FIGHTER · 31 weeks ago

Reposted from Hornbill Unleashed 3 comments on the Constitution Debate sparked off by Nurul's "freedom to choose religion" statement described as "watershed statement" by Steve Oh now under police investigation (for what-sedition?)

The 18/20 Points Agreements between Sarawak Sabah and Malaya have stipulations on religious freedom, language and re-writing the "Malaysian Constitution" which was never done - only amended to reflect annexation of Sabah and Sarawak as parts of Malaya! Please read 3 comment below.

Shallow queries, gang-ups frustrates Jeffrey

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

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

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

‘I am a naturalised citizen’, explains Christina Liew

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

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

Pakatan Rakyat Boleh Jatuhkan Najib Menerusi Tengku Razaleigh

Merah Tinta MSO

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

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

Pemimpin Suluk dakwa wakil PKR pendatang Indonesia

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

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

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

Why Scotland Wants Independence

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

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

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

Najib vs Mahathir: Who will survive, who will bite the dust?

Written by  Nawawi Mohamad, Malaysia Chronicle
How do you feel when someone keeps breathing down your neck, nagging, criticizing and meddling with your work right from the day you start work?

Well, if you want to know, 'tanya Najib'. Yes, ask Prime Minister Najib Razak because that must be how he is feeling all this while. And worse still, the person doing the heavy breathing is not Mongolian beauty Altantuya Shaariibuu or wife Rosmah Mansor but Mahathir Mohamad!

Yes, Mahathir or Dr M the former prime minister - hard as nails and some say ruthlessness personified - who defeated all other pretenders to his throne including Musa Hitam, Tengku Razaleigh and Anwar Ibrahim. Dr M also removed Abdullah Badawi from power even though he had handpicked Badawi to succeed him. And this was how Najib came to power - given the green light from Mahathir to replace Badawi..

Sabah, Sarawak Unite for Borneo Rights - Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu:     “There is no necessity for the MPs from Sabah and Sarawak to meet with other leaders in Kuala Lumpur to lead or even assist in securing the restoration of the rights of the Borneo States or even to ask for ministerial positions in the Federal Government”said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, in response to reports of MPs from Sabah and Sarawak meeting up with Tengku Razaleigh.

Malaysia not the original concept

By Anonymous
Malaysia as it is today is not the original concept the KL snake oil salesmen sold to our grandparents- being 5 countries as equal partners in a confederation which looked after defence and foreign affairs!

The original concept was a recycled 1942 British war time forward planning idea to consolidate the 3 British Borneo Protectorates (from 1888) Brunei North Borneo & Sarawak with Malaya and Singapore under one colonial admin and military command.

Chaos in KK over terminal relocation

By Marvin Augustin
KOTA KINABALU: Bus travellers in Kota Kinabalu better prepare for more chaos next month when the city public transport services undergoes some “restructuring”.

KK City Hall has decided to temporary close its Wawasan Bus Terminal – the main bus terminal in the city – for upgrading works starting July 5.

This is following complaints that it is in a deplorable condition and is causing problems to the commuters every day.

Let Elected Reps Appoint Constituency Staff - Jeffrey

 Kota Kinabalu:“Time have changed for politics and the expectations of the people as the ultimate power and authority of government has been transformed and the roles of elected representatives have evolved with these transformations and expectations”said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, in calling for the State government to allow elected representatives to nominate and appoint constituency operational staff.

The elected Bingkor assemblyman had made the call during his recent opening of his Bingkor State Assemblyman liaison office in Bingkor town, Keningau.

Why politicise Nurul’s visit, Musa?

Deporting Lembah Pantai MP
Nurul Izzah Anwar was a big
mistake, and Sabah authorities
must explain.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah PKR secretary Dr Roland Chia Ming Shen has questioned the rationale behind the Immigration Department’s decision to bar PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar from entering Sabah yesterday.

“What has she done wrong to receive such a treatment? Is she a threat to the security of Sabah?

“The state Immigration Department certainly owes the people of Malaysia and Sabah in particular, an explanation on this. Failing which, they should immediately apologise to her,” he said.

Nurul was barred from entering Sabah at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) on Thursday evening and deported to Kuala Lumpur soon after.

Chia, who is also Inanam assemblyman, contended that he did not see any good reason to bar the Lembah Pantai MP from entering Sabah, as she was visiting on the invitation of Penampang MP Darell Leiking, in conjunction with the Harvest Festival.

What’s going on Musa?

Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman has come under fire for his
baffling move to bar opposition leaders and former Bar
Council president S Ambiga from Sabah.

TAWAU: Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman must clarify a leaked document from the Immigration Department that lists political and NGO leaders from the peninsula who are banned from entering the state.

According to the document dated May 21 from the Chief Minister’s Department to the Sabah Immigration Department, the leaders banned are Anwar Ibrahim, Lim Kit Siang, Nurul Izzah Anwar, Rafizi Ramli and S Ambiga.

Kota Kinabalu MP Jimmy Wong, who is also Sabah DAP chairman, said the decision to bar these people appears to have been made by the Sabah state cabinet during a meeting on May 15.

PBS SUPPORTS BANNING OF NURUL’S

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) has defended the state Immigration Department’s decision not to allow PKR vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar to enter Sabah last week.

Its Information Chief, Datuk Johnny Mositun, said that the party supported the decision because it had to do with the security of the state being threatened.

 

“We support the decision as we believe the Immigration Department has justification not to allow her to enter Sabah,” he said when asked to comment on the incident that occurred on the eve of Kaamatan.

Mositun also said that this was not the first time that an individual had been barred from entering Sabah and some of the individuals had in fact been allowed in the state after the threat that they posed was deemed to be over.

Ban made Nurul a hero and Salleh the make-up artist -- BOPIM

KOTA KINABALU: The Borneo's Plight in Malaysia Foundation (BOPIM) had expressed disappointment in the 'high-handed' action of the State Government in denying the entry into Sabah of Nurul Izzah Anwar, PKR's Vice President and Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai.

The President of the UK-based BOPIM, Daniel John Jambun, said it is true that the Chief Minister has the power to stop anyone from entering Sabah without giving any reason, but this case against Nurul Izzah was uncalled for and didn't make any sense.
 

Sabah Entitled to Receive 40% of Net Revenue Collected from Sabah - Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu: “Sabah is entitled to receive 40% of the net revenue collected from Sabah and the Federal and State governments should start working out the arrangements for these much needed funds to be remitted back to Sabah and not treat Sabah’s revenues asMalaya’srevenues”said DatukDr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, when asked to comment on the RM38 billion federal tax collection by the Inland Revenue Board from Sabah in 2012 with another RM40 billion targeted for 2013.

Immaculate Lojuki crowned Sabah's Harvest Queen

Immaculate Lojuki from Kota Kinabalu
wins the Unduk Ngadau 2013

KOTA KINABALU: Immaculate Lojuki, 20, from Kota Kinabalu was crowned the 2013 state level Unduk Ngadau competition winner, bagging more than RM80, 000 worth of prizes.

The first and second runner up prize falls to Ritchell Andreas from Ranau and Nillsey Debbie Sening from Tuaran.

They all brought back a trophy, tiaras, jewellery and cash prizes among other items.

Immaculate who is a receptionist in one of Sabah's five-star resorts said she did not expect to win because although she all the other contestants were good in their own way.

Among the responsibilities of the Unduk Ngadau is to promote tourism when she takes over as the new Tourism Ambassador for the state.

Please hold the next Blackout 505 rally in Sarawak

The world hydropower congress is to be held in Sarawak soon. Sarawak's dam projects will flood 2,300 square kilometres of rainforest and displace around 30,000 to 50,000 indigenous people from their native customary rights land.