Is war brewing in central Umno?

By Daniel John Jambun

Daniel John Jambun

We know that the state Umno leadership is not at its most harmonious. There is factionalism as confirmed recently by sharp criticism by one group against another group. Even government policies have been questioned by Umno’s own leaders. The Chief Minister himself had advised state leaders to avoid factionalism because it would not be good for the state-level Umno.

 

It has also been noticed that the component members of the state BN had on many occasions raised the voices against Umno, including the recent outburst by Sebatik Island PBS leaders who claimed to have been sidelined by Umno on that island. But while this has become a common story at the state level, there are now reports of problems creeping up at the highest level in central Umno. Datuk Khairy Jamaluddin, as the Umno Youth Chief, had been critical of some decisions by his party’s decisions, including the arrest of the six leaders of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM).

Sarawak’s old ‘warriors’ worth only RM100

Some 186 aging Sarawak Rangers and Iban Trackers, who sacrificed their lives
defending the nation and whom the government has apparently forgotten are
desperately needing assistance.

KUCHING: In an age when even a school-going child’s pocket money is no less than RM1 a day, Sarawak’s veterans who defended the country against communists and terrorists are only worth RM100 a month.

That is the appalling situation facing several aging former Sarawak Rangers and Iban Trackers.

These men spent most of their entire life away from family and friends defending the country.

Briefly the Sarawak rangers were a para-military force founded in 1892.

Serbuan Jais: Kenyataan penuh Datuk Dr Hassan Ali

KENYATAAN AKHBAR DATO’ DR HASAN BIN MOHAMED ALI EXCO HAL EHWAL ISLAM, ADAT-ADAT MELAYU, INFRASTRUKTUR DAN KEMUDAHAN AWAM
Bahagian Penguatkuasaan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) dan sepasukan anggota Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) telah membuat pemeriksaan ke atas sebuah gereja di Damansara Utama berdasarkan hasil maklumat yang diterima. Maklumat tersebut menyatakan terdapatnya kehadiran orang Islam di dalam majlis berbuka puasa yang diadakan di gereja tersebut.

Hasan Ali backs Jais raid, says ‘Quran’ and ‘Pray’ used in front of Muslims

(The Malaysian Insider) - Selangor executive councillor Datuk Hasan Ali defended today a late-night state Islamic enforcement raid on a church in Petaling Jaya yesterday, saying the words “Quran” and “pray” were used in the presence of Muslims at the dinner function.

He claimed this was part of the authorities’ evidence that Christians were proselytising to Muslims.

Widely seen as a religious conservative, Hasan has been at odds with the ruling Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government’s seemingly liberal policies on several occasions, most notably his push for a beer sale ban in the country’s most developed state earlier this year.

Greedy Sabah officers eyeing welfare aid

By Luke Rintod of FMT

The Sabah Welfare Department has struck off a 70-year-old from their
aid list because they consider him to be 'healthy and capable of working.'

PENAMPANG: Greed has no end in Sabah where the poor, aged and disabled now face corrupt officers who want a share of their meagre RM150 or RM300 government welfare subsistence.

These groups now live in uncertainty fearful of whether their next month’s aid will be heldback because these Welfare Department officers also decide whether they are ‘fit’ or ‘unfit’ for support.

Sadly in Sabah, these groups are being held for ransom by the Sabah Welfare Department.

Already the department has come under fire for irregularities in the distribution of monthly welfare aid to the needy in various districts.

Tombonuo association praises on Rahim Bakri’s leadership

By Raymond Tombung

 

Datuk Rahim Bakri together with Akians and other PBTPS leaders
delivering rice to the villagers of Kg. Tombonuo

PITAS: The president of the Sabah Pitas Tombonuo People’s Association (PBTPS), En. Akian Ahkiew expressed his association’s appreciation and gratitude for the dynamic leadership of Kudat’s Member of Parliament, Datuk Rahim Bakri.

 

Akian puji kepimpinan Datuk Rahim Bakri sebagai dinamik dan progresif

Oleh Raymond Tombung 

Datuk Rahim Bakri bersama para Akian dan para pemimpin PBTPS yang lain
menyampaikan bantuan beras kepada para penduduk Kg.Tombonuo.

PITAS: Presiden Persatuan Bangsa Tombonuo Pitas Sabah (PBTPS), En. Akian Ahkiew menyuarakan penghargaan terhadap kualiti kepimpinan Datuk Rahim Bakri sebagai Ahli Parlimen Kudat.

 

Dalam ucapan beliau di Majlis Pemimpin Bersama Rakyat baru-baru ini di sini, Akian sebagai Presiden PBTPS yang telah menganjur majlis tersebut, mengakui kepimpinan Rahim sebagai dinamik dan progresif, dengan sikap yang aktif dan sangat prihatin kepada situasi dan keperluan para penduduk di Kudat.

 

Ex-army man: I was ‘ordered’ to vote BN

A former army clerk reveals how he was instructed
by his superiors to tick 900 ballots in favour
of the ruling coalition.

AMPANG: An ex-army personnel claimed that he was instructed by his superiors to vote for Barisan Nasional and admitted that postal votes are often subjected to abuse.

Nasir Ahmad, a former army clerk at the Sandakan military post in Sabah, made the revelation at a PAS Youth media briefing on electoral fraud here today.

Jakarta paper claims PM’s future in-law has ties to Russian mafia

(The Malaysian Insider) - Indonesia’s top newspaper alleged today that the Kazakh mother of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s and Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s future son-in-law is linked to the Russian mafia.

 Kompas, the most widely-read newspaper in Indonesia, published a column today that also questioned whether the controversies surrounding Rosmah would lead to “change and democratisation in Malaysia.”

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s wife blazes her own controversial trail

She has also been photographed carrying what appears to be a Birkin handbag, designed and manufactured by Hermès of Paris and named for the actress and singer Jane Birkin. Prices of the bags range from US$9,000 to US$150,000 according to the type of material used. She has been photographed as well wearing what appears to be a 65.77 carat white and black Zebra safari bangle bracelet from also Jacob & Co. and made of white and black pave diamonds and 18-karat white gold.