‘Explain, apologise and we will forgive’

Najib Tun Razak must explain his government's
extravagance to Sabahans if he wants to
save himself at the ballot box.

By Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who begins a two-day visit to Sabah tomorrow, has been slapped with a litany of questions involving his government’s extravagant spending and financial scandals rocking the country.

Challenging Najib to clarify the allegations and speculations of squandered billions and to ‘save’ himself at the ballot box, State Reform Party (Star) Sabah deputy chairman Daniel Jambun said Najib must clear the perceptions that Umno has “no clear conscious” and prove that he is committed to stopping the rot on Sabah coffers.

STAR's Dr Nicholas lashes at UMNO's Youth on Sabah rights

By Gregory Gondua

KENINGAU : Keningau UMNO leader Azman Ruslan's accusation (published in Borneo Post days ago) that State Reform Party (STAR) is playing a blame-game in safeguarding state rights is unbecoming of a Sabahan leader, if one is dignified enough to be called one, said State Reform Party (STAR) dputy chairman for its Sabah chepter, Dr Nicholas James Guntobon.

Dr Guntobon said STAR stands for Sabah state rights and its leaders are proud to admit it. "We don't know what Sabah UMNO stands for as its actions have brought in numerous problems to Sabahans that also has affected the Interior which Azman refused to admit for reasons best known to many," he said in a statement issued here.

Pemimpin BN dan PR masuk STAR di Kuamut

TONGOD : Timbalan 1 Ketua Pemuda PBS bahagian Kinabatangan, Encik Lius Meliton, hari ini telah mengambil keputusan untuk meninggalkan PBS dan menyertai STAR. Beliau telah menyerahkan borang keahliannya kepada Encik James Ait dalam satu upacara sederhana selepas mesyuarat persediaan pelancaran parti STAR peringkat Kinabatangan.

"Saya telah kehilangan keyakinan kepada kerajaan Barisan Nasional yang dikuasai UMNO. Kerajaan Barisan Nasional pimpinan UMNO gagal melaksanakan tanggung jawabnya terhadap rakyat.

Pairin and PBS going against the wishes of Sabahans, says close friend

PENAMPANG : A local veteran activist who was active with the now-defunct UNKO, Fredoline Edwin Lojingki, said he has had enough of increasingly UMNO-leaning Joseph Pairin Kitingan and PBS lately, now lost confidence in Pairin to continue leading, especially the natives.

Lojingki, 71, who claimed to be a close friend of Pairin and many in PBS at one time, alleged that PBS has deviated from its original struggle to safeguard the state and the people especially the Kadazandusun community.

Komuniti Orang Asal Sabah gasak Peguam Besar Negeri Sabah fasal NCR

Oleh Gregory Gondua 

KOTA KINABALU: Penduduk Orang Asal di Sabah hari ini meluahkan perasaan marah dengan kenyataan kontroversial yang dibuat oleh Peguam Besar Negeri Sabah, Roderic Fernandez, sekaligus bertindak menggesa agar beliau meletak jawatan.

Seramai hampir 30 orang wakil penduduk daripada semua daerah termasuk dari pantai timur negeri sebulat suara membuat gesaan tersebut dalam satu perjumpaan di Penampang Selasa lalu berikutan kenyataan yang dibuat oleh Fernandez baru-baru ini yang dipetik sebagai berkata bahawa Tanah Hak Adat Orang Asal atau Native Customary Right (NCR) tidak wujud selepas tahun 1930.

STAR the Best for Sabah’s Rights

Dr. Felix Chong

 “STAR Sabah is a clear-cut choice to champion the cause of Sabah’s rights and interests. Peninsular parties cannot go all out to champion Sabah’s rights and interests” responded Dr. Felix Chong of STAR Sabah.

“After going through the party’s causes and aspirations for Sabah, I took up the challenge and joined STAR Sabah to continue my political struggle for Sabah’s rights and interests. I fully support the Borneo Agenda and the restoration of the rights and autonomy for Sabah” added Dr. Felix.

SUARAM on Ops Scorpene

Since the last Ops Scorpene fundraising events held in Kuala Lumpur and London the second half of last year, SUARAM has received numerous messages, queries and questions on the progress of the Scorpene case that we have filed at the French courts.

We extend our apologies for the silence and wanted very much to come back to you much sooner with news on progress of the case, but unfortunately could not, as the courts in France were taking much longer than expected to decide on matters.

Dr Mahathir's letter to Israeli PM Ehud Barak in 1999? Fake or genuine?

Either he has been misleading the nation or could this letter be fake??

LETTER TO ISRAELI PM BEGGING FOR FUND TO SUPPORT UMNO IN 1999

The annotation at the bottom right-hand corner reads, “Sumbangan Kakitangan JPM utk Rakyat Malaysia.” A GIFT FROM STAFF OF PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. TO THE PEOPLE OF MALAYSIA.

Intrigue within Sabah Umno

By Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: Politics in Sabah is never boring and it is again taking on the air of a soap opera complete with prima donnas, villains, scoundrels and clowns waiting in the wings before going centre stage in the second biggest state in Malaysia.

Come Feb 16, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak will be in Sabah again for specific programmes in Sipitang, Tawau, and of course in the state capital where he will get the chance to meet all Barisan Nasional leaders.

Borneo Herald brings a story of Jinu Losukin, 39, a homeless Ranau Dusun in Kuala Lumpur

Jinu bin Losukin @Raju Homeless, odd-jobs worker, 39, Kuala Lumpur

In our February State of the Vision Issue, we asked the man on the street, from all walks of life, what they feel about the state of our country. Renowned journalist and documentarian Danny Lim travelled across Malaysia to speak to friends, strangers and demographics we would normally never sit and have a chat with. We present two extremes from this piece: Raju, a homeless man living in KL, and Dr Vincent Chian, an educator who is working to improve schools in Malaysia.