Musa on radar of Swiss money-laundering probe

Swiss bank UBS is being investigated in connection
with its relationship with Musa Aman.

KOTA KINABALU: A Swiss investigations into a money-laundering trail with its roots in the rainforests of Sabah is threatening to embarrass Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and his Barisan Nasional coalition government.

Najib who is on a two-day visit to Sabah to bring a fractious state Umno headed by Chief Minister Musa Aman into line ahead of general election, is faced with discomforting international exposure that his government is corrupt to the core.

The timing of Swiss investigations into links between UBS, Switzerland’s biggest bank, and the proceeds from illegal logging in Sabah couldn’t be worse for the premier who is hoping to mollify the state which has increasingly shown signs that it is swinging over to the opposition.

PM: Sabahans won’t fall for Pakatan

The people of Sabah cannot be easily duped by the
opposition pact, says the prime minister.

SANDAKAN: The people of Sabah are wise and cannot be easily duped by the opposition, said Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

He said Sabahans know that it was only through Umno and the Barisan Nasional (BN) that Sabah could enjoy continued development and their interests looked after.

The people of Sabah and Malaysia on the whole, he said, clearly understood that the most important agenda of the government was the National Transformation Programme.

Merdeka Day-55 years of broken promises

In Malaysia many of its citizens are very confused over 2 public holidays being their Merdeka Day or independence day and Malaysia Day and also their national identity.

Malaysia Day marks the federation of 3 countries Malaya Sabah and Sarawak on 16 September 1963. The confusion has arisen over the last 49 years because each country became independent on different dates before the federation.

Today on 31 August in 1957, the Federation of Malaya gained independence from British colonial rule and at the same time this marks 55 years of unbroken hold on power by the ruling party the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO which leads the Barisan Nasional Government.

Mantan MP Pensiangan Datuk Taimin tawar diri calon BEBAS-UMNO Cabar PBRS Parlimen Pensiangan

Oleh: Ambrose M Matthew
NABAWAN: Bekas Ahli Parlimen Pensiangan Datuk Taimin Lumaing (gambar), bingkas bangun menawarkan diri untuk bertanding atas tiket bebas-Umno pada pilihanraya umum kali ke-13 (PRU-13) untuk membuktikan sama ada UMNO Pensiangan mempunyai sokongan pengundi dikawasan itu sebagai mencabar dakwaan PBRS.

Beliau berkata, sekiranya pemimpin PBRS terutamanya Ketua Pergerakan Pemudanya Kahirin Bador terlalu yakin dengan dakwaannya bahawa UMNO Pensiangan akan kalah disitu jika diberi peluang untuk bertanding disalah satu daripada tiga kerusi Pensiangan beliau (Taimin) kini sudah bersedia untuk menyahut cabaran itu.

STAR Menjemput Hadir Rumah Terbuka Merdeka Raya

“STAR Sabah mengambil kesempatan ini untu kmenjemput semua warga Malaysia yang bermastautin di Sabah untuk sama-sama menghadiri Majlis Rumah Terbuka Merdeka Raya di Restoran Pelancongan Pedalaman, Jalan Keningau-Tenom, Keningau, pada 31hb.Ogos 2012 bermula jam 12 tengahari” dalam pesanan oleh En.Azmi @ Egang Linitok, Pengerusi Penganjur merangkap ketua Jawatankuasa Khas Bumiputra Islam STAR Sabah di Keningau.

Majlis Rumah Terbuka Merdeka Raya adalah sempena Hari Raya AidilFitri dan Memperingati Hari Merdeka Sabah Ke-49.

STAR Sabah berharap rakyat Sabah dapat mengambil peluang ini untuk mengeratkan perhubungan di antara kaum dan pelbagai etnik di Sabah sebagai suatu keluarga yang besar dengan SATU IDENTITI sebagai warga Sabah dan SATU PERJUANGAN untuk menuntut pemulihan hak Sabah sebagai sebuah Negara yang berautonomi dan sama-taraf.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA dan SELAMAT MAJU JAYA.

State Government Failed Founding Fathers on Sabah Independence: STAR

“The State Government has failed Sabah’s founding fathers in failing to commemorate the 49th anniversary of Sabah Independence on 31 August” said Melvin Jaikul Datuk Imbayan, STAR Keningau Division Vice-Chief while overseeing the preparations for the 49th commemoration by STAR Sabah to be held in Keningau on 31st.

Efforts of Founding Fathers on Independence Not Acknowledged

Sabah’s history and independence cannot and should not be denied by the current State government.  Why should the independence of Sabah on 31 August 1963 be relegated to the annals of history and covered up?  

Najib visiting Sabah… again

Political analysts in Sabah are of the opinion that
Najib Tun Razak's meeting with Sabah Umno in
Sandakan this weekend could be tense.

By Calvin Kabaron
KOTA KINABALU: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is set to fly into Sabah for a two-day visit on Saturday (Sept 1) a day after Merdeka Day, which has raised a storm here over the federal government’s insistence that the nation is celebrating its 55th birthday.

It’s Najib’s fourth visit to Sabah this year and comes six weeks after his last visit to Keningau on June 16. All have so far been carefully staged affairs to give the impression that he is popular in the state.

Though there is no official statement about his itinerary here, signboards welcoming him and wife Rosmah Mansor, are already up in Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and in Kota Belud, the birth place of Sabah Umno.

Musa remains our leader, says Umno man

By Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Umno has brushed off claims of a shake-up in the party and that its strongman Musa Aman could well be on the way out ahead of the crucial general election.

Senior Sabah Umno leader, Masidi Manjun, quickly dismissed the news report in FMT as mere rumour, claiming even Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was impressed by Musa’s performance, both as Umno head and chief minister.

Janji Demokrasi

KOTA KINABALU: Bersih Sabah turut sokong perhimpunan ‘Janji Demokrasi’

Bersih Sabah menyokong penuh perhimpunan ‘Janji Demokrasi’ yang bakal berlangsung pada ambang Hari Merdeka di Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. Himpunan ini sebenarnya adalah bertujuan untuk meraikan semangat kemerdekaan dan mengingatkan kerajaan sekali lagi tentang lapan tuntutan Bersih yang harus ditunaikan bagi menambahbaik sistem pilihanraya yang sedia ada.

Tun: Pembangkang memerintah selepas PRU-13, bahaya?

Ketua Penerangan Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah
Air (Kita) Sabah Mutang Dawat @ Sylvester

Oleh: Ambrose M Matthew
TENOM: Ketua Penerangan Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (Kita) Sabah Mutang Dawat @ Sylvester (gambar), membidas kenyataan bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad baru baru ini yang menyatakan bahawa jika berlaku perubahan tampuk kerajaan selepas pilihanraya umum kali ke-13 (PRU-13) kepada pembangkang amat bahaya kerana banyak perkara buruk akan berlaku.

Beliau berkata, selagi pemerintahan negara ini yang mengamalkan sistem demokrasi, rakyat berhak menentukan siapa yang bakal meneraju negara dan tiada siapa boleh menghalang kemahuan mereka termasuk Najib dan Mahathir.