Pairin may not defend Keningau seat

By Luke Rintod of FMT

Indications within PBS are that its
president Joseph Pairin Kitingan
is ready to retire but is being
held back by worried party leaders.

TAMBUNAN : It is almost certain now that Sabah’s longest- serving assemblyman and Deputy Chief Minister, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, will not be defending his parliamentary and state seats in the coming 13th general election.

Although Pairin, who is president of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), has in the past said that he was prepared to defend both his Keningau parliamentary and Tambunan state seats, signals from within his PBS indicate otherwise.

Pairin, 72, has been the Tambunan state assemblyman since 1976 when he first won the seat for Berjaya at the age 36. Ten years later in 1986, he started winning the Keningau parliamentary seat.

Pemimpin Pakatan mohon ampun pada rakyat Sabah

By Luke Rintod of FMT

Presiden PAS memohon ampun bagi pihak pemimpin
Semenanjung hingga menyebabkan rakyat Sabah
menderita hidup dalam kemiskinan.

TUARAN: Dalam apa yang disifatkan sebagai jujur dan tidak dijangka, Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang memohon ampun dan maaf kepada rakyat Sabah atas segala perangai buruk para pemimpin dari Semenanjung selama 49 tahun sehingga rakyat Sabah kini menderita miskin walaupun negeri mereka sangat kaya.

Pemimpin ulung PAS itu dalam nada suara yang tersekat, berkata demikian ketika berucap pada sambutan memperingati ulangtahun

penubuhan Malaysia kali ke-49 di sebuah restoran di Tuaran pada malam Ahad.

Sabah BN confident of retaining Kota Belud seats

The State BN says judging from the progress the party
has brought and the sentiments of the people, it can
keep all three and one parliamentary seats.

By Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA BELUD: Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) is confident of retaining all four seats in the Kota Belud area in the coming general election.

The four seats are the three state constituencies of Tempasuk, Usukan and Kadamaian, and the sole parliamentary seat of Kota Belud. They are currently held by Sabah Umno and its strongest ally Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS).

Chief Minister Musa Aman, who was here for the BN Hari Raya open house celebration on Saturday, said he was happy to see the show of support here led by state Umno deputy chief, Salleh Said Keruak, who is also Umno divisional head for Kota Belud.

September 16th Is Historic But A “Black Day” For Sabah/Sarawak: STAR

“September 16th could have been more than a historic day for Malaysia had the Malaysia Agreement, 1963, the promises, assurances and undertakings by the senior partner to the Federation had been fulfilled but, alas, this was not the case, thus making September 16th as a Black Day for Sabah and Sarawak” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, Chairman of STAR Sabah in response to the various comments on Malaysia Day.

Sabah’s founding fathers of Malaysia had great hopes of and expectations for Malaysia.  They were even prepared to sacrifice Sabah’s new found independence in favour of a new federation in the hope that this partnership would bring far more (than) benefits, in terms of security, economic prosperity and development without compromising too much of their rights as a sovereign nation.

Drop the charges, PSM tells Gani

PSM questions the AG's rationale in pursuing criminal
charges against residents of Green Cow in
Cameron Highlands over a civil matter

PETALING JAYA: Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) wants Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail to drop criminal charges against residents of Green Cow, a farming area, in Cameron Highlands.

PSM Cameron Highlands secretary general B Suresh Kumar and four residents – S Nagarajan, S Thanabalan, S Marappan and S Ravindran were charged for wrongful restrain of a developer.

Suresh, Nagarajan and Thanabalan were charged under section 341 of the Penal Code in June last year for stopping Ng Yeet Ng from clearing their farms for development.

The full report by Bruno Manser Fund on Taib family's RM45 billion fortune

Taib family’s illicit assets estimated at over 20 billion US dollars

Bruno Manser Fund has released new report on the business interests and the personal wealth of Sarawak Chief Minister, Taib Mahmud, and his family members

(BRUSSELS, BELGIUM) A new report released by the Bruno Manser Fund puts the illicit assets of Taib Mahmud (“Taib”), the long-term Chief Minister of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, at over 20 billion US dollars. Taib Mahmud himself, the “godfather” of the Taib family business empire, has been rated at USD 15 billion, making him Malaysia’s richest man. The report entitled “The Taib Timber Mafia. Facts and Figures on Politically Exposed Persons from Sarawak, Malaysia” was released in Brussels on the occasion of a visit of the Malaysian Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Bernard Dompok, to the European Commission.

Suaram lodges police report against minister

Kow Gah Chie 12:34PM Sep 20, 2012

The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been accused of interfering with the investigation and prosecution of the business arm of human rights watchdog Suaram.

In a police report lodged today, Suaram coordinator R Thevarajan said Ismail had claimed that those behind Suara Inisiatif Sdn Bhd will be charged even though the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) were still carrying out investigation.

Penduduk Green Cow, Cameron Highland Akan Turun Ke Putrajaya - Memorandum Kepada Peguam Negara!

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) bersama penduduk Green Cow akan hadir ke Jabatan Peguam Negara untuk menyerahkan memorandum kepada Peguam Negara - menuntut pengguguran 2 kes keatas penduduk Green Cow seperti berikut kerana ianya tidak berasas dan memperlihatkan niat jahat pihak polis dengan Pemaju terhadap penduduk Green Cow dalam niat mereka mendirikan satu pusat membeli belah.

 

“Scorpene Never Dies” Candle Light Vigil 25 Sept Support SUARAM

We, a group of youths who have been participating in the Malaysian democratic movement for the past 10 years, are outraged by the government’s persecution of Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), the best known human rights organization in the country that is always at the front line to defend the people’s fundamental rights.

The malicious allegations against SUARAM clearly are baseless and hold no water. The Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Ismail Sabri Yaakob had abused his power to discredit SUARAM while the investigation was still in progress. It indeed is a trial of SUARAM by the media without going through a proper legal process and an infringement of the freedom of association.

Anti-Islam film: This Muslim leader talks sense

By Musa Mohd Nordin

The violent consequences of past artistic, literary and cultural aggressions against the sanctity of Islam and the prophet seem not to have taught us any lesson. 

 

The abomination against theism continues unabated. Claiming to be works of literature or the arts, the perpetrators have guised behind the cloak of freedom of speech.

The notoriety against Islam has been littered with the likes of Salman Rushdie's despicable Satanic Verses, through to the ugly Danish cartoons and the latest "film", which has maliciously maligned Prophet Muhammad.