Taib to be summoned in son's divorce case

Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud will be called as a witness in the divorce proceedings of his son Mahmud Abu Bekir, when the case resumes on Jan 16.

This is because Abdul Taib had lived in the same compound as his son and then wife Shahnaz A Majid and was a witness to disputes between them, the Kuala Lumpur Syariah High Court heard today.

“He can prove whether or not (Bekir) assaulted (Shahnaz) as they lived in the same compound,” said Shahnaz’s lawyer Rafiee Shafiee.

Angry natives give BTN boss an earful

By Luke Rintod of FMT

Biro Tata Negara director Ibrahim Saad was taken aback
when he visited villagers in Tandek, Sabah, on a
fact-finding trip recently.

KOTA MARUDU (Sabah): The director of the Biro Tata Negara (National Civics Bureau), Ibrahim Saad, was taken aback when he heard the grouses of the people in Tandek here last Thursday.

In a meeting with the residents there, Ibrahim was jolted when he heard stories of the systematic land grabs, government lies about MyKad and the illegal immigrants, and the long delay in processing the natives’ applications for land titles.

Sabah population spiked 362 percent in 30 years

600,000 foreigners made citizens: NGO demands probe

Activists from NGO Jingga 13 have submitted a memorandum to the inspector-general of police Ismail Omar demanding an investigation into a syndicate they claim obtained citizenship for some 600,000 foreigners.

Some 12 activists from the NGO, led by its coordinator Fariz Musa, delivered the memorandum at the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman about 3.15pm today.

Hiew confirmed linkage through own admission

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 16, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Information Chief, Chong Pit Fah, in a press statement today said that Hiew King Cheu has confirmed his linkage to UMNO by his own admission when he revealed that he has received so-called documents from UMNO people that supposedly will expose Datuk Yong Teck Lee's misdeeds in government. In case Hiew has forgotten, Yong stepped down as Chief Minister more than 13 years ago.

Apologise publicly or we’ll sue, DAP warns Yong

By Queville To, FMT

PENAMPANG: The gloves seems to have finally come off between Sabah DAP and the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) after months of party officials on either side taking potshots at each other.

Yesterday, Sabah DAP advisor Hiew King Cheu gave his arch-rival SAPP president Yong Teck Lee an ultimatum.

Said Hiew: “He (Yong) should prove his allegations against me. He should apologize to me and Sabah DAP publicly in the newspapers. If not, I’m going to sue him for defamation.”

It’s Muhyiddin who should be grateful

By Ali Kadir via The Malaysian Insider 
You know elections are around the corner when the politicians start telling the electorate that we should be grateful for all the development around us. It is incredible that these Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians still make all these patronising noises, knowing full well how tired we are of listening to their rubbish.

Villagers may seek revenge at ballot box

Time has not healed the anger of displaced Beluran villagers
whose houses were destroyed and crops poisoned by
Sabah Forestry officials.

KOTA KINABALU: An infamous incident in 2006 that saw 33 houses belonging to the Dusun and Sungei natives in Kampung Koiboton set alight by Sabah forest rangers has returned to haunt the Barisan Nasional leaders in Kota Marudu.

Long-serving MP, Dr Maximus Ongkili, and his immediate boss, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, the president of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) may be treading on shaky ground in the district if they thought the overzealous actions of Forestry Department staff had nothing to do with them.

Land tussle: Temporary relief for Kota Belud villagers

Rumours of widespread land grabs by the authorities in
Sabah has put local native communities on alert.

KOTA BELUD: Villagers in two kampungs here received a temporary respite from efforts to survey and take over their native customary rights (NCR) land despite their objections.

The Sabah government, already under pressure over accusations of land-grabs across the state, was forced to backdown temporarily in a tussle with the natives over a large parcel of land in two kampungs that have been earmarked for an agropolitan project.

DAP needs to stick to Chinese areas

By Daniel John Jambun

After the recent Sarawak general election, we have seen how the DAP managed to gain substantial number of new seats, causing an embarrassing upset for BN’s SUPP. This gain gave DAP a lot overconfidence and the party started thinking it could make inroads into the rural, native-majority areas. In a sort of a launch to spread its wings into the interior, DAP Sarawak ’s Dayak Consultative Council (DCC) organized a seminar to be held in Mile 17, Kuching on October 10, 2011 . The seminar was “aimed to prepare for DAP’s move from strictly urban Chinese-majority areas into Bumiputera and rural areas in the coming parliamentary election and to supposedly provide related consultative services to rural folk,” but embarrassingly, nobody turned up except for the organizers!

Umno should heed Dr M’s advice on seats: SAPP

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 14: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) agree to the remark by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad that Umno should not contest more than 50 per cent Sabah parliament and state seats.