Swiss NGO warns Taib’s London lawyers

KUCHING: An international NGO has challenged Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s British lawyers to explain their statement that the Sarawak government “issues licenses for land under very controlled circumstances”.

The London-based lawyers had, in response to an article published earlier this week in British daily The Independent, linking Taib to the massive deforestation in Sarawak, said: “The government of Sarawak issues licences for land in very controlled circumstances… This is an administrative exercise, not political patronage.

“Our client never demands or accepts bribes for the grant of licences and leases.”

ICJ best forum to settle Sabah, S’wak, S’pore questions

By Joe Fernandez

If the Government in Putrajaya is truly honest with itself, it will confront the fact that there’s very little sympathy in Sabah and Sarawak on the ground for the security forces apparently battling it out in Lahad Datu. It’s 50 years too late. They might as well pack up and go home and instead recall the Sabah Border Scouts and Sarawak Rangers.

At the same time, the continuing statements from one Jamalul Kiram III, the Manila press, the Philippines Government and Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) on Sabah and Sarawak are being viewed in the right perspective.

Filipina jailed for uttering "I'm Suluk and you're dead' to cop

Credit to 1 Suara Sabah Facebook page

HANYA Rakyat SABAHAN SAJA YANG TAHU Situasi di SABAH.
SABAHAN sentiasa BerJAGA-JAGA kerana "PTI" sudah menjadi MAJORITI DI SABAH. RAMAI YANG TELAH DI UGUT Tetapi TIDAK Di sampaikan ke PIHAK BERKUASA kerana takut keadaan akan JADI LEBIH BURUK lagi...

p/s: KERANA UMNO-BN Mengatakan "MEREKA INI TIDAK MENJEJASKAN KESELAMATAN NEGARA", sudah cukup untuk membisukan rakyat Sabahan. Tapi lihatlah apa yang sudah terjadi sekarang......

Pope Francis washes youths' feet at detention center

Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 young offenders,
including women and Muslims

(CNN) -- Pope Francis washed the feet of a dozen prisoners, including young women, at a youth detention center in Rome as part of a Holy Thursday Mass ahead of Easter.

The pontiff poured water over the young offenders' feet, wiped them with a white towel and kissed them.

The act of foot-washing at the Mass of the Lord's Supper is part of the Christian tradition that mirrors Jesus' washing of his disciples' feet.

New security rules: A blessing, a curse

The new government gazette to manage Sabah’s security
strangely enough does not seek to deter intrusion by
foreigners, or cleanse Sabah of illegal immigrants.

By Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: The federal government gazette to manage public security in Sabah’s eastern area could be both a blessing and a curse to Sabahans.

The gazette which is officially called “Preservation of Public Security Regulations 2013” was published on March 24 and contains four objectives, with 19 major regulations under five parts.

While it failed to give details on how it will beef up security against foreign intrusions in Sabah’s east, the gazette did touch on a few major issues that are expected to be potentially controversial.

SAPP: Conspiracy not to dissolve?

By Datuk Yong Teck Lee
To the gross disappointment of the people, both the BN and Pakatan governments have refused to dissolve their respective legislatures even though their political five-year term has expired on 8 March 2013. Granted that the law stipulates that the five year term commences on the date of the first sitting of the parliament or Legislative Assembly, politically, the five-year term has expired. The current situation in Malaysia, including in Sabah, whereby the Federal and State governments have stayed on beyond five years is unprecedented.

Mana janji "jelapang padi" kamu di Kota Belud?

Oleh Ezra Haganez 

KOTA BELUD : Lima tahun sudah berlalu namun tiada apa yang hebat berlaku kepada "janji-janji dicapati" BN mahu jadikan Kota Belud "jelapang padi" negeri Sabah.

Peguam terkenal, Peter Marajin, yang buat masa ini bersama SAPP, membidas pimpinan BN Kota Belud kerana gagal tunaikan janji itu selepas lima tahun lagi berlalu.

"Pada awal penggal, gerombolan pemimpin BN dari Kota Belud, Sabah dan juga Persekutuan sibuk mencanang kononnya padi sawah akan diperluas, pengairan di perluas dan hasil padi dinaikkan dari 3.5 tan metrik kepada 10 tan metrik sehektar.

Negri Sembilan Dewan dissolves today, next Pahang and Johore

Come Wednesday night (March 26, 2013), the Negri Sembilan legislative assembly is set to be the first state assembly to be automatically dissolved following the lapse of its five-year tenure since the historic 2008 general election.

This was stated by Menteri Besar Mohamad Hasan, who informed that the 36-member assembly would continue to serve in a caretaker capacity until election is called.

He told English daily The Star that its members would, however, not be able to introduce new policies and will cease to function as “wakil rakyat” (the people’s representatives).

Clare Rewcastle launches Radio Free Malaysia to help overthrow UMNO regime

Radio Free Malaysia website under attack

Radio Free Malaysia launched was tonight on MW1359 kHz. However its online site, which was already under enormous pressure owing to widespread interest, came under immediate cyber-attack.

The Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks began around the time the programme went on air and were presumably aiming at preventing people from downloading the online podcasts of the show, the radio station said in a statement tonight.

Anwar’s hand in Lahad Datu isn’t credible theory!

By Joe Fernandez

There is quite a bit of material in the mainstream and alternative media hinting, suggesting and even accusing Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim as the arch villain behind the Lahad Datu intrusion and subsequent standoff.

As the various conspiracy theories go, this is the weakest of them all. We can only await the proposed Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on Lahad Datu with bated breaths.

Anwar may have met Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Nur Misuari in Jakarta and Manila, as reported by several sources including Malaysia Today. However, such meetings by themselves tell nothing. Both men were longtime friends. The MNLF Leader may have wanted to catch up with the Opposition Leader because he’s also the Prime Minister in Waiting.