Govt should allot some fund for cultural documentation in Budget 2024, says USLA

TUARAN: The United Sabah Lotud Association (USLA) here is making an urgent appeal to the state government to set aside part of the Budget 2024 for an urgent cultural documentation.

USLA’s president, Datuk Raymond Tombung, said the need to record the cultural heritages of the original peoples of Sabah is paramount in view of the fast disappearance of their practitioners.

“The most urgent of these is the recording down of the chants of the traditional priestesses or bobohizans or tantagas in Lotud,” he said. “There are so few of them who are still alive that soon they will none left to recite the chants that have been part of native life since time immemorial. The new generation may have  different spiritual adherences and beliefs but the priestesses deserve respect and consultation for their connection to our distant and forgotten past.

”While the younger generations now have converted to new religions, the ancient linguistic and spiritual proficiency of the priestesses are fertile sources of knowledge for people in the modern age,” he added. “Specifically, the chants of the priestesses are languages containing a massive amount of obscure and magical words which, if studied, will definitely enrich the modern mother tongues.“.”

Raymond pointed out that since the native mother tongues are now disappearing due to being supplanted by Malay and English, the effort to preserve them should be enhanced by adopting many beautiful words and expressions from the chants.

“The revival of traditional arts and crafts, music and dances is easy, but languages when lost is almost impossible to revive,” Raymond said. “Hence there is an urgent need to document the chants to strengthen the sporadic language revival efforts going in some places in Sabah.

“The problem is that documentation work is tedious, taking many years and very expensive to undertake, especially by non-professionals. This is the reason why this important work has been done only intermittently and neglected since a long time,” Raymond pointed out. “Because of this, the role of the government, maybe through the state Cultural Board, is critical in launching a full state-funded, and long-term, research project for cultural documentation.”

Versi Bahasa Malaysia:

KERAJAAN PERLU SEGERA LANCAR PROJEK DOKUMENTASI BUDAYA - USLA

TUARAN: Persatuan Lotud Bersatu Sabah (USLA) di sini merayu kepada kerajaan negeri untuk memperuntukkan sebahagian daripada Bajet 2024 bagi dokumentasi budaya yang kini sangat mendesak.

Presiden USLA, Datuk Raymond Tombung, menyatakan keperluan untuk merakam warisan budaya orang asal Sabah adalah penting memandangkan para pengamalnya semakin cepat hilang.

"Yang paling mendesak adalah merakam mantera tradisional atau rina’it para bobohizans atau dipanggil tantagas dalam budaya Lotud," katanya. "Sudah tinggal sedikit sahaja mereka  yang masih hidup, dan tidak lama lagi tiada daripada mereka yang tinggal untuk menzikirkan mantera kuno yang telah menjadi sebahagian daripada kehidupan pribumi  sejak zaman purba. Generasi baru mungkin mempunyai agama dengan kepercayaan rohani yang berbeza tetapi para tantagas tersebut layak mendapat penghormatan dan penghargaaan kerana ilmu merek dan pertalian mereka dengan masa lampau yang sudah jauh di belakang dan dilupakan oleh kita.

"Walaupun generasi muda kini telah menukar kepada agama baru, kecekapan bahasa dan spiritual yang kuno dari para tantagas tersebut adalah sumber pengetahuan yang kaya bagi kita orang di zaman moden," tambahnya. "Secara khusus, rina’it mereka adalah bahasa yang mengandungi banyak perkataan yang indah, luarbiasa dan mistik, yang jika dikaji dan direkodkan, pasti akan memperkayakan bahasa ibunda moden."

Raymond menekankan bahawa kerana bahasa ibunda kini semakin lenyap kerana digantikan oleh Bahasa Melayu dan Bahasa Inggeris, usaha untuk mengekalkannya perlu diperkukuhkan dengan mengambil banyak perkataan dan ungkapan yang indah dari rina’it tersebut.

"Penghidupan semula seni tradisional seperti kraftangan, muzik dan tarian adalah mudah, tetapi bahasa, apabila telah hilang hampir mustahil untuk dihidupkan semula," kata Raymond. "Oleh itu, terdapat keperluan yang mendesak untuk mendokumentasikan rina’it tantagas bagi memperkukuhkan usaha-usaha pemuliharaan bahasa yang sedang berjalan di beberapa tempat di Sabah.

"Masalah besarnya ialah, kerja mendokumentasi memerlukan banyak tenaga, mengambil masa bertahun-tahun, dan sangat mahal untuk dilakukan oleh orang-orang bukan profesional. Inilah sebabnya mengapa kerja penting ini telah dilakukan hanya secara tidak konsisten, malah terabai sejak begitu lama," jelas Raymond. "Oleh kerana itu, peranan kerajaan untuk mendokumentasi warisan budaya, mungkin melalui Lembaga Kebudayaan Negeri, adalah penting dalam melancarkan projek penyelidikan penuh yang dibiayai oleh kerajaan negeri, secara jangka panjang.”#

Profesor dari Sabah berjaya daftarkan Sabah International University (SIU) di US dan bakal ambil pelajar pertama tahun depan

 

Oleh Jayden Lisando, 30-11-2023

PUTATAN : Siapa kata anak tempatan Sabah tidak boleh menubuhkan pusat pengajian tinggi antarabangsa? Prof Dr Ariffin Willie Muhamad, tokoh pendidikan Sabah sukses mendaftarkan Sabah International University (SIU) di Amerika Syarikat !

SIU yang berpejabat di California ini beroperasi sebagai universiti yang mengaplikasi "blended pedagogy", milikan sepenuhnya syarikat Sabah, dijadual mula menawarkan beberapa kursus peringkat Sijil dan Diploma sehingga Master tahun depan.

Prof Dr Ariffin anak kelahiran Sandakan memberitahu Borneo Herald baru-baru ini, SIU ditubuhkan di Amerika Syarikat kerana Malaysia tidak lagi membenarkan pendaftaran sebarang universiti atau kolej sejak 15 tahun ini.

"Apa yang saya buat adalah untuk masa depan generasi kita. Kita akan menawarkan kursus yang relevan kepada orang Sabah dan industri di sini seperti pelancongan, pengurusan perniagaan, perladangan dan juga sains politik.

"Institut Kemahiran Sabah (IKS) yang saya terajui selama ini akan menyambut kursus SIU di Sabah dan kita akan menjalankan kombinasi pembelajaran dalam kelas, secara online dan juga praktikal," katanya ketika ditemui di pejabat IKS di Putatan dekat Kota Kinabalu.

Menurut Prof Dr Ariffin, pihaknya berjaya mengenal pasti barisan pasukan yang mantap dan bersemangat untuk pengurusan universiti, komiti akademik dan komiti senat.

Katanya penubuhan SIU disambut baik oleh beberapa rakan akademiknya dari Sabah dan juga Semenanjung yang telah menyatakan kesediaan mereka untuk menyumbang pengalaman dan kepakaran mereka sama ada sebagai pasukan pengurusan, penasihat mahupun tenaga pengajar.

"Saya juga memanggil rakan-rakan termasuk aktivis Sabah terutama mereka yang memiliki idea-idea menarik untuk pembangunan awal SIU. Saya yakin dengan sokongan ramai, SIU akan berjaya sebagai institusi pendidikan tinggi Sabah yang boleh dibanggakan nanti," katanya konfiden sambil menambah kos penubuhan SIU sejak 2022 ditanggungnya sendiri setakat ini.

Prof Dr Ariffin Willie Muhamad (kanan) turut memanggil aktivis Sabah seperti Kanul Gindol, dalam sesi percambahan idea untuk Sabah International University. Kanul adalah salah seorang pelajar PhD Sains Politik kendalian Prof Ariffin dari sebuah universiti Amerika.

Menurut Prof Dr Ariffin, SIU pada tahun-tahun permulaan akademiknya dijadual menawarkan kursus peringkat sijil kemahiran yang mengambil masa hingga enam bulan dan diiktiraf oleh kerajaan Malaysia sebelum menawarkan kursus peringkat Diploma dalam enam bidang iaitu pengurusan perhotelan, pentadbiran perniagaan, teknologi komunikasi dan informasi, pendidikan awal, sains politik dan pentadbiran awam.

Enam kursus ini akan dikendalikan menerusi empat sekolah atau jabatan iaitu sekolah perniagaan, sekolah pengurusan (hotel dan pelancongan), sekolah kemanusiaan dan sains sosial, serta sekolah teknologi maklumat.

"Saya yakin SIU akan berkembang dari setahun ke setahun kerana kita juga mengenal-pasti rakan kolaborasi dengan agensi kerajaan dan pemain industri atau pihak swasta yang bersedia bekerjasama dengan SIU dalam menyediakan atau memperkasa tenaga kerja di Sabah," katanya lagi.

Prof Dr Ariffin menaruh harapan SIU sebagai pusat pengajian jarak jauh dan terbuka, pada suatu hari nanti mengeluarkan graduan bermutu tinggi, dan akan membuka laluan kepada lebih ramai pelajar bukan saja Sabahan tapi dari pelbagai negara untuk mendapatkan pendidikan.#

Malay writer lambasts at the cocooned life of his fellow spoilt Malays

      Syed Akbar Ali with Dr Mahathir Mohamad

By Syed Akbar Ali

FOR the past 40 years or more the Malays have been cocooned away from the real world. A friend who used to be Chairman of a very large Malay corporation that survived almost completely on government handout projects and concessions said that the skill sets and the work ethics inside his organisation "have nothing to do" with the real world outside.

The entire Malay ecosystem was carefully nurtured to keep them away from mixing with the real world. Be it in business, education, social interactions, RELIGION, politics, language, sports, art and just about anything human beings do everyday.

The common theme in all these areas of "endeavour" were lower standards. Lower the bar.

For over 40 years the Malays have been dumbing down - at a time when the other non Malay communities have been making better strides and when other countries have been making giant strides.

Vietnam has announced that they will be manufacturing their own car the Vinfast. But it is a private sector effort with no taxpayers funds involved. The CEO and top managers are American, ex General Motors. The Vietnamese have already displayed the car at the Paris Auto Show.

Hiring American CEOs, displaying their cars in Paris - what does that mean? The Vietnamese are seeking out the outside world and saying "We are coming to join you". And they are doing this without taxpayer funding - meaning it is market driven.

In Malaysia we went the other way. We wanted to develop our country 'in our own mould'. This was a misnomer. What it really meant was 'We want to develop the Malays in their own mould'.

The mould had a very simple design. It was an all encompassing Malay / Muslim cocoon. No other light, sound, smells, taste and even fresh air could get into the Malay / Muslim cocoon from the outside. This has been going on for over 40 years.

The others, especially the Chinese and some Indians (not all) did not want to be part of this cocoon system. They have been clever and more fortunate. From very early on the Chinese caught on that the national education system will be going into the cocoon mode. Hence they invested heavily in their own education ecosystems.

They have held on tightly to the 1300 Chinese language primary schools in the country. And it has been successful. When compared to the government's "cocoon system" Chinese education has been much more successful in that they produce young people who can become productive citizens in the economy.

Since the beginning of time, there are only 61 Chinese language secondary schools in Malaysia ("independent" Chinese schools offering the UEC certificate). Which has always been politicised.

But there are bigger elephants than independent Chinese schools being born everyday. For example the Chinese have gone big into private schools which offer the O and A levels, etc. They are known as "international schools". There are now a sizeable number of these "private international schools" in Malaysia offering primary to secondary level school education. Many of these schools are run by the Chinese folks. The majority of the students, teachers and principals at these private schools are all Chinese. They are doing a good job, serving the country's needs quite well. Non-cocoon education system.

There is another huge side effect to this "Malay / Muslim cocoon". Which is what I want to talk about today. And that is about leadership.

Anywhere in the world, in any system of government whether a democracy, monarchy, communist dictatorship, socialist dictatorship, authoritarianism, Islamic theocracy, Hindu monarchy etc the leaders and the leadership WILL and MUST reflect the value system of the people or the society in that country.

1. Societies that are prone to violence and do not do much to curb anger and violence will produce leaders who will rely on violence to rule. Because that is what they understand.

2. Societies that do not like to listen to different points of view (especially about religion) will produce religious charlatans who will exploit the "no thinking zone".

3. Societies that have cocooned themselves away from the outside world or from people other than their own kind will produce leaders who will manipulate their "fears of the outside". This is NO rocket science.

4. Societies that do not compete will produce leaders who will frighten them with the "dangers of competition".

I can keep on going but the leaders of any society will and must reflect what goes on inside their own society.

Their leaders will and must be fully soaked to the skin and bone with that society's norms and value systems.

Kalau value system bagus, pemimpin pun bagus. Kalau value system tak bagus, pemimpin pun tak bagus.

They might have been born cerdik but they will never become pandai. Cerdik is the intelligence that you are born with. Pandai is the learning that you acquire.

In a cocooned environment, their cerdik people grow up to be 'tidak pandai' leaders. Because they have been denied an environment where they can compete and learn. They grew up inside a cocoon.

So can we expect 40 years of cocoon indoctrination to produce 'world class' ledership? Not likely.

Look at this screen grab here. Its an old Tanzanian folk tale. There was a flood and the river overflowed. The fish were swept into the submerged grass. A group of monkeys decided to "save" the fish. They picked up the fish carefully and placed the fish on high, dry ground.

This is what we are seeing in Malay society today. After over 40 years of being cocooned and growing up in a religious and racial slum, where ALL the standards have been lowered, we are now seeing their leaders who exactly reflect the lower standards of Malay / Muslim society.

This is the nail in the coffin. After 40 years of the airtight and watertight cocoon, now they really and honestly think that the rest of the world outside the cocoon is wrong. That indeed life inside their cocoon is the best in the world.

Their religion is the best despite its violence, hate, ignorance and poverty.

Their social norms are simply the best despite very strange aberrations in behaviour and the looming breakdowns in Malay society. (This is a very serious issue - please do not dismiss this lightly.)

They can ignore everything else (and even despise everything else) because it is outside their cocoon. Those who do not agree 'can leave the country'.

So you see the miserably failing Minister of Education Maszlee saying unbelievably dumb things like the "Chinese should watch Upin and Ipin to learn Malay". This is too stupid to even comment about.

In Port Dickson, the Brader spoke about using his own car to send his daughter to the university. That is all he has to offer. There is not much else going on inside his cocoon.

Rafizi kept playing up personal issues (where is your dasar / vision bro?)

By the way, can Rafizi show some audited accounts for all the money collected by Invoke? Some transparency would be good brader Rafizi. Talk is you have some difficulty showing an audit of what happened to all that money you collected.

Asyraf Wajdi once said (I was present) that Islamic banking can still function because the Malays do not know High Court Judge Justice Abdul Wahab Patail's ruling "against" Islamic banking.

Asyraf Wajdi has also just lost the elections. Their collective incompetence has seen UMNO being kicked out of government after 63 years.

And the religious cocoon Pis-Pus guys are kissing up to the Malay cocoon UMNO guys. As you can see in this montage:

At our government hospitals, water is leaking into the oxygen lines in the wards.

In government departments the cafeteria is still the center of the universe - not the work desk.

Soon after being appointed, the new Mayor of Kuala Lumpur visited the hawkers (warong folks). To show solidarity? The tikus population in Kuala Lumpur will certainly rejoice. They will continue enjoying the endless supply of food scraps thrown into the longkangs and the drains by the warong hawkers. Indonesian warong operators will also be very happy.

Government "seminars" / conferences still begin with long winded introductions, 10 am pisang goreng breaks, 12 pm lunch breaks and 3 pm curry puff breaks.

So how does the cocoon deal with these obvious failures, the obvious non performance and the increasing criticism?

Thats easy. Just shout louder, make more threats, show more anger, the so called tough language. More racist and religious posturing. Its just sad camouflage, a weak cover up for the cocoon's failure.

I strongly and firmly believe the Malays can be turned around. In about 15 years max.

Before that can happen, we must crack that cocoon.

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Parti Sedar Rakyat (SEDAR) lancar jelajah Sabah di DUN Gum-Gum, menjelaskan matlamat Parti tersebut...

Dari kanan, Prof Dr Ariffin, Datuk Othman, Encik Bahri, Setiausaha Negeri Puan Julia Ongkili dan seorang pegawai parti.

GUM-GUM, Sandakan : Parti Sedar Rakyat (SEDAR) hari ini mengorak langkah memberi pencerahan mengenai matlamat parti itu di Sabah di kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Gum-Gum di sini.

Hadir pada majlis itu ialah Presiden SEDAR, Datuk Othman Abdullah, Pengerusi Perhubungan Negeri, Prof Dr Ariffin Willie Muhamad, Setiausaha Perhubungan Negeri, Julia Ongkili dan pimpinan kanan Sedar Sabah.

Berikut gambar-gambar pada majlis yang diadakan di pekarangan kediaman Ketua Bahagian SEDAR Gum-Gum, Haji Jasni Badali tersebut :

Dibuang kerja kerana pakai rantai salib, apa mahu jadi dengan Malaysia?

Oleh Kanul Gindol, 20-11-2023

1. Satu laporan berita dari Kuala Lumpur hari ini yang memetik pengurus sebuah restoran Cina Muslim di ibu negara yang memberhentikan seorang stafnya atas sebab memakai rantai salib, menyedihkan dan tidak patut berulang.

2. Malaysia semakin menakutkan bagi orang yang berfikiran sederhana. Adakah orang bukan Islam tidak boleh bekerja di premis yang "dihebahkan" sebagai halal atau patuh syariah?

3. Bagaimana dengan pejabat-pejabat kerajaan atau pemimpin tertentu? Mereka tidak lagi akan mempertimbang mengambil staf yang memakai rantai salib pada masa ini?

4. Adakah ini sebabnya amat sukar bagi lepasan sekolah atau kolej dari kalangan Kristian mendapat pekerjaan di jabatan kerajaan sekarang? Sekarang bukan lagi menghairankan sesuatu pejabat atau unit jabatan kerajaan, semua stafnya hanya dari satu kumpulan masyarakat saja ! 

5. Ke tong sampah sudahkah semua formula perkongsian kuasa atau peluang kepada masyarakat berbilang bangsa di Malaysia?, termasuk di Sabah dan Sarawak yang selama ini konon terkenal dengan politik multi-rasial dan toleransi agama.

6. Sudahlah hampir kesemua jawatan tertinggi negara dimonopoli oleh satu golongan masyarakat saja, ini peluang-peluang di sektor swasta kawalan masyarakat tertentu juga semakin rasis.

7. Sudah tiba masanya Parlimen Malaysia dan DUN-DUN memperkenalkan akta dan enakmen bagi mengawal penindasan kaum dan agama terutama dalam peluang-peluang serta mengenakan penalti terhadap setiap perlakuan perkauman yang tiada justifikasi.

8. Adakah situasi semakin berkurangnya Ahli Parlimen beragama Kristian telah menyumbang kepada keadaan semakin menebalnya prasangka negatif terutama orang Islam terhadap bukan Islam. Saya teringat pada 2017 timbul isu kedai laundry di Johor yang melarang bukan Islam mencuci kain di laundry itu, sehingga Sultan Johor sendiri memberi titah teguran pedas kepada golongan Islam berfikiran begitu.

9. Dikepilkan ialah pecahan Ahli Parlimen Sabah mengikut agama pada 2023, di mana dari 26 MP Sabah (termasuk 1 dari Labuan), hanya enam MP Kristian dan tiga Buddhist, yang lain 17 lagi Muslim..

26 MP dari Sabah & Labuan 

(3 Buddhist, 6 Kristian & 17 Islam)

1. Kudat - MP Muslim

2. Kota Marudu - Muslim

3. Kota Belud - Muslim

4. Tuaran - Kristian 

5. Ranau - Kristian 

6. Sepanggar - Muslim

7. Kota Kinabalu - Buddhist

8. Penampang - Kristian 

9. Putatan - Muslim

10. Papar - Muslim

11. Kimanis - Muslim

12. Beaufort - Muslim

13. Sipitang - Muslim

14. Tenom - Muslim

15. Keningau - Kristian 

16. Pensiangan - Kristian 

17. Beluran - Kristian 

18. Batu Sapi - Muslim

19. Libaran - Muslim 

20. Sandakan - Buddhist

21. Kinabatangan - Muslim

22. Lahad Datu - Muslim 

23. Semporna - Muslim

24. Tawau - Buddhist

25. Kalabakan - Muslim

&

26. Labuan - Muslim

Sekian.

Sabah patut belajar dari Vietnam tingkatkan hasil padi, hapus rasuah projek, kata tokoh pendidikan tempatan Prof Dr Ariffin

                 Prof Dr Ariffin Willie Muhamad

KOTA BELUD : Kerajaan Negeri digesa memberi fokus kepada penambahbaikan pengeluaran padi di Sabah terutama di daerah Kota Belud yang mempunyai kawasan sawah yang luas, jika serius mengenai sekuriti makanan.

          Prof Dr Ariffin di Kota Belud semalam. Di kanan beliau ialah Kanul Gindol.

Seorang tokoh pendidikan tinggi tempatan, Prof Dr Ariffin Willie Muhamad, berkata tiada sebab Sabah tidak boleh belajar dari pengalaman Vietnam dalam meningkatkan hasil padinya.

"Saya banyak kali melawat perusahaan padi di Vietnam dan banyak kita boleh belajar serta perlu buat untuk meneladani teknologi dan sistem pengurusan ladang padi," katanya kepada sekumpulan pemimpin masyarakat dari Tempasuk di sini semalam. 

Prof Dr Ariffin, yang juga Pengerusi Perhubungan Negeri Sabah bagi Parti Sedar Rakyat (SEDAR) berkata "rasuah" adalah satu penyebab utama kegagalan semua projek yang dijalankan oleh mana-mana kerajaan selama ini.

"Penyebab utama kegagalan projek awam ialah rasuah atau salah guna kuasa. Oleh itu rasuah mesti dihapuskan jika mahu program memajukan sawah padi dan projek pembangunan di Sabah berjaya, jika kita mahu maju," jelasnya lagi.

Antara pemimpin yang hadir ialah agronomis dan juga peguam muda dari Tempasuk.

Difahamkan juga pengeluaran padi di Kota Belud bukan pula meningkat malah merosot sejak penglibatan agensi IADA Kementerian Pertanian Persekutuan di sawah-sawah padi di kawasan Sangkir, Taun Gusi dan Tempasuk.

Kalau dulu hasil boleh mencecah dua tan metrik sehektar bagi semusim, kini hasil hanya lebih sikit setan metrik sehektar semusim.

Pengeluaran padi yang semakin merosot memburukkan lagi keadaan bekalan beras Sabah di mana hanya 17% dikeluarkan Sabah manakala 83% adalah diimport.

Bagi Semenanjung, 80% keperluan beras di sana ditampung pengeluaran beras tempatan, manakala hanya 20% adalah diimport. Ini berikutan peruntukan berbilion setiap tahun untuk memajukan sawah-sawah di Selangor dan Kedah sejak sekian lama.

Di Semenanjung juga diunjurkan sehektar sawah yang sekarang boleh mengeluarkan sehingga 5-6 tan metrik padi semusim boleh mencecah 10 tan metrik apabila teknologi lebih moden serta benih terbaru digunakan.

Turut hadir ialah aktivis Kanul Gindol yang menjadi tuan rumah pertemuan itu. Menurut Kanul, ia sebahagian pelayanan masyarakat beliau di Kota Belud untuk meningkatkan kesedaran awam mengenai situasi dan potensi mereka."#

Sabah, Sarawak should have their own history curriculum in schools, away from the Malay-Islam centric distorted history...

Joint Statement 

18th November 2023

Daniel John Jambun President Borneo's Plight in Malaysia Foundation (BoPiMaFo)

Voon Lee Shan President Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK)

Peter John Jaban Founder Saya Anak Sarawak 

Cleftus Stephen Mojingol President Pertubuhan Kebajikan Rumpun Dayak Sabah 

Jovilis Majami President Persatuan Pembangunan Sosial Komuniti Sabah (BANGUN)

Borneo and Malaysia history free of Malay politics

World has true history of Borneo and Malaysia free of Malay politics in university libraries!

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/04/12/expert-slams-history-textbook-for-errors-pro-malay-bias/

The Borneo Territory of Sabah and Sarawak ought to teach their own unique histories including MA63 in school instead of the intentionally distorted Malay-Muslim centric history. 

Malaysian history, written by the gov't, isn't history but political propaganda of the worst kind like that promoted by Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan and South Africa under Apartheid.

AG will have to reply on Bahasa Kebangsaan. 

He should preferably consult DBP for subject matter expert opinion on Malay language. 

Indonesia's Opinion correct in linguistics and law.

Malaysian gov't opinion on Malay language is just political propaganda of the worst kind.

Mahathir's opinion that non-Malay be classified as Malay isn't correct under Article 160(2).

Malay isn't ethnicity but form of identity in S'pore and Malaya for Muslim domiciled or born in the two territories, by Merdeka 31 TV Aug 1957, and habitually speaking in the Malay language.

Integration and assimilation in Malaysia does not depend on non-Malay being classified as Malay.

Alteady there is blatant non' compliance on MA'63, the history book ought to be withdrawn and corrected, lest there  will be much disharmony among the various races in Malaysia and if not properly handled can cause civil unrest. 

The people in Sabah and Sarawak may, caused by the wrong or misleading facts in the history book, demand exit from Malaysia more aggressively.

Sabahans and Sarawakians are now aware that Sabah and Sarawak has a right to seek exit from Malaysia peacefully like what Singapore did in 1965.#

Sabah, Sarawak better distance from Anwar's support of Hamas, warn Borneo top activists in support of each other's statements

PRESS STATEMENT

12 November 2023

DON'T LET THE BORNEO TERRITORY OF SABAH AND SARAWAK BECOME THE NEXT GAZA

Sarawakian activist Peter John Jaban is warning the Sarawak government to guard its 

immigration autonomy carefully as Prime Minister Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim maintains his support for Hamas, just as SUHAKAM predicts a likely influx of refugees from Palestine. He is calling on the authorities to prioritise Sarawak’s demographic mix and social harmony, reminding them that the state has its own social issues to contend with before it seeks to  support the personal agenda of the Prime Minister.

Peter John said: “The whole world is horrified by what is happening to Palestinian civilians 

caught up the conflict. Of course, Sarawakians feel keenly for all victims of war. Our Prime 

Minister’s insistence in maintaining his support for Hamas, however, is a different matter. 

Hamas is an Islamist, militant movement which is directly responsible for this phase of 

conflict and for the killing of Israeli citizens, many of them young children or elderly. It also 

openly supports the imposition of an Islamic Caliphate and has demonstrated that it is 

prepared to use terrorism to further this.”

“Anwar’s continuing support for Hamas in particular suggests that there will be little attempt  or requirement to properly vet any asylum seekers from Palestine. This risks entry by radicalised and violent factions who could disturb the social fabric of moderate and multicultural Malaysia. This issue is all the more pressing in Sarawak, the only non-Muslim majority state in the country, also recently identified as one of the poorest states in the 

Federation. This is why we are calling on the Sarawak government to stand firm in 

controlling our borders.”

He went on to say: “Sarawak has already seen controversial Ustaz Abdul Somad Batubara 

preach in Kuching earlier this year, despite him being refused entry from several other 

countries, including Singapore. We have also seen our Deputy Premier earlier this year 

claiming that the Madinah Charter would form a good basis for the constitution of a 

multiracial, secular state. Sarawakians must guard carefully against radical influences. We 

must learn from the experiences of our neighbouring Borneo state which has already 

experienced massive demographic shifts over the last few decades.”

Any suggestion that Hamas members could gain asylum in Malaysia should be rejected, 

especially by the Sarawak government. If their Arab neighbours continue to deny them 

asylum, then what business does Malaysia have in going against global policy?

Regardless, if Anwar insists on isolating himself, Sarawak should not follow blindly. This is the reason we retained our immigration autonomy; so that we could retain our own character and individuality and protect our own economic development. Support for a terrorist organisation cannot be part of that.

Peter John Jaban

016 860 5272

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67353188

BBC NEWS

Israel-Gaza: Malaysia will maintain ties with Hamas says PM Anwar Ibrahim.

https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/223152/palestinians-likely-to-seek-refuge-in-malaysia-/

Palestinians fleeing, and many are likely to seek refuge in Malaysia.

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Meanwhile in Kota Kinabalu, two of Peter's colleagues, Daniel John Jambun and Kanul Gindol issued their own statements supporting his call.

Daniel, the President of Borneo's Plight in Malaysia Foundation, fully supports Peter's warning to the GPS government and reminds the GRS government in Sabah to do the same by tightening the immigration laws.

"Sabah is already swarmed with illegal  immigrants from neighbouring countries squatting illegally in 543 colonies spread throughout the state.

"Any influx of refugees from Palestine will turn Sabah into a terrorist haven which would then be very hard to control as can be seen and felt now," stressed Daniel.

Kanul, in his short message of support said: "Borneo should not be allowed to be made the human and economic shields for Malaysia just because of the folly of one particular party supporting a condemned terrorist organisation."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67353188

BBC NEWS

Israel-Gaza: Malaysia will maintain ties with Hamas says PM Anwar Ibrahim.

https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/223152/palestinians-likely-to-seek-refuge-in-malaysia-/

Palestinians fleeing, and many are likely to seek refuge in Malaysia.

List of Sabah & Sarawak NGO's In Support of This Collective Press Statement: 

Peter John Jaban 

Founder GOASS

Gabungan Orang Asal Sabah/ Sarawak

Daniel John Jambun President Borneo's Plight in Malaysia Foundation (BoPiMaFo)

Bill Jugah, President, ICON - Independent Coalition Of Natives, Sarawak

Kanul Gindol Chairman Gindol Initiative for Civil Society Borneo 

Cleftus Stephen Mojingol President Pertubuhan Kebajikan Rumpun Dayak Sabah 

Jovilis Majami President Persatuan pembangunan sosial komunity Sabah (BANGUN)

Voon Lee Shan President party Bumi Kenyalang Sarawak. 

Thomas Patrick. 

Sec General

Persatuan Kebajikan Persaudaraan Sahabat Miri Sarawak.

Valentino Ngabong

President 

Persatuan Etnik Dayak Asal Sarawak

Badindang Lai Upeng

(President) 

Gerempung Raban Dayak Sarawak

Dato Fabian Wong

Vice president for

Persatuan Veteran Tentera Kor Renjer

Sarawak Patriots Association.

The Society for Kuching Urban Poor.

Juponis Bin Audug - President Persatuan Komuniti Bersatu Kanibongang, Pitas,  Sabah

Ricky Ganang

Penasihat,

Forum Masyarakat Adat Dataran Tinggi Borneo 

(FORMADAT)

Robert Pei

President SSRANZ

Malaysia should end proxy government imposed on Sabah and Sarawak...

                          Voon Lee Shan

PROXY government facilitates Occupation, non-compliance on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA'63), brought in internal colonisation policies, and made the Federal government look the other way on the Southeast Asia Sea!

                      Daniel John Jambun

By Voon Lee Shan, Daniel John Jambun and Kanul Gindol, 31-10-2023

THE statement by several Malay NGO, attacking Sabah and Sarawak NGO on the Palestine Solidarity Week in schools in Malaya, must be kept in perspective.

Palestine isn't the only occupied state in the world suffering human rights violations. There are other people as well, from Yemen to Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, suffering under tyrannical rulers.

In law, Article 8 in Malaysia, there can be no discrimination. The Constitution cannot be seen as going against itself.

Politics and international conflicts must be kept out of schools. 

It's an offence, under law, if even toy guns are carried by school children and teachers during Palestine Solidarity Week beginning Sun 29 Oct 2023. It's double standards if action isn't taken on the toy guns displayed in public.

The radicalisation of school children must stop. We are not sending our children to school to become terrorists in foreign conflicts.

Those who are itching for fight in the Gaza Strip should go there. Instead, they disrupt the peace and harmony in Malaysia.

Sabah and Sarawak, it must be stressed, have been occupied by Malaysia for 60 years.

Proxy government in Sabah and Sarawak facilitates Occupation, non-compliance on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA'63), brought in internal colonisation policies, and made the Federal government look the other way on the Southeast Asia Sea. Malaysia should end proxy government imposed on Sabah and Sarawak. 

Colonialism, a form of criminal enterprise for accumulating capital, has been outlawed by international law.

When the Sarawak government seized land from Iban in Balai Ringin, sometime in 1982/1983, and gave it to certain people in politics,  Adenan Satem was "racist" towards those who lost their land for no rhyme or reason.

Many can recall him inviting the Iban for "tea and sympathy". It reeked of unbridled "racism", xenophobia, prejudice and hate.

Adenan only stopped making "racist statements" when he became Chief Minister.

Again, the Sarawak government, like that in Sabah, is a proxy government run by local tyrants and control freaks with licence on corruption.

The AG, IGP, MACC and Bank Negara are all not functioning to expectations on people "deriving personal benefits" from bribery and corruption based on abuse of power, conflict of interest and criminal breach of trust.

The people of Sarawak have lost sovereignty to a small group, installed by the Federal government after ousting Stephen Kalong Ningkan in 1966.

The government in Sarawak has not changed since 1966. The First Past the Post System fell on undemocratic soil. In the absence of one to one, there are no run-offs. Many candidates are declared winners although they come in with less than 51 per cent of the votes counted. There's no consent of the governed, no legitimacy, no democracy, no sovereignty.

It's the duty of the international community and the Federal government to restore the sovereignty of the people of Sarawak.

Orang Asal (Original People) are the majority in Sarawak.

Christian forms about 62% per cent of the population in Sarawak.

Yet, they are being denied the right to rule their own country. The Orang Asal have lost so much NCR (native customary rights) land because NCR cases don't start at the Land Office.

The High Court has no jurisdiction, as the court of 1st instance, on NCR land cases.

The Orang Asal are losing NCR land in the superior court because many judges don't understand Land Office, NCR land, Adat and Native Court.

Malay, having no Adat except among Minangkabau from Sumatra in Negri Sembilan,  don't have NCR land. Malay reserve land is government reserve gazetted by the British on Orang Asli (aboriginal people) land in Malaya.

Voon Lee Shan is President of Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) and Daniel John Jambun is President of Borneo's Plight in Malaysia Foundation (BoPiMaFo), while Kanul Gindol is Chairman of Gindol Initiative for Civil Society Borneo

VERSI BAHASA MALAYSIA👇

KERAJAAN proxy memudahkan Penjajahan, ketidakpatuhan terhadap Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 (MA'63), memperkenalkan dasar-dasar kolonialisasi internal, dan membuat Kerajaan Persekutuan berpaling daripada Laut China Selatan!

             

Oleh Voon Lee Shan, Daniel John Jambun, dan Kanul Gindol, 31-10-2023

KENYATAAN oleh beberapa NGO Melayu, menyerang NGO Sabah dan Sarawak mengenai Minggu Solidariti Palestin di sekolah-sekolah di Tanah Melayu, harus diambil dalam konteks yang betul.

Palestin bukanlah satu-satunya negara yang diduduki di dunia yang mengalami pelanggaran hak asasi manusia. Terdapat rakyat lain juga, dari Yemen ke Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, dan Pakistan, yang menderita di bawah pemerintah zalim.

Dalam undang-undang, Perkara 8 di Malaysia, tidak boleh ada diskriminasi. Perlembagaan tidak boleh dilihat sebagai bertentangan dengan dirinya sendiri.

Politik dan konflik antarabangsa harus dihindari daripada masuk ke dalam sekolah.

Ia adalah satu kesalahan di bawah undang-undang jika anak-anak sekolah dan guru membawa pistol mainan semasa Minggu Solidariti Palestin yang bermula pada Ahad, 29 Oktober 2023. Ini adalah piawaian berganda jika tindakan tidak diambil terhadap pistol mainan yang dipamerkan di tempat awam.

Pemelakuan radikalisme terhadap kanak-kanak sekolah mesti dihentikan. Kami tidak menghantar anak-anak kami ke sekolah untuk menjadi pengganas dalam konflik asing.

Mereka yang ingin bertempur di Jalur Gaza harus pergi ke sana. Sebaliknya, mereka mengganggu keamanan dan harmoni di Malaysia.

Sabah dan Sarawak, perlu ditekankan, telah diduduki oleh Malaysia selama 60 tahun.

Kerajaan proxy di Sabah dan Sarawak memudahkan Penjajahan, ketidakpatuhan terhadap Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 (MA'63), memperkenalkan dasar kolonialisasi internal, dan membuat Kerajaan Persekutuan berpaling daripada Laut China Selatan. Malaysia harus mengakhiri kerajaan proxy yang dikenakan ke atas Sabah dan Sarawak.

Pemerkasaan, sebuah bentuk entiti jenayah untuk mengumpul modal, telah diharamkan oleh undang-undang antarabangsa.

Apabila kerajaan Sarawak merampas tanah dari masyarakat Iban di Balai Ringin, pada suatu ketika pada tahun 1982/1983, dan memberikannya kepada beberapa individu dalam politik, Adenan Satem adalah "rasis" terhadap mereka yang kehilangan tanah mereka tanpa sebab yang jelas.

Ramai yang ingat dia mengundang masyarakat Iban untuk "minum teh dan simpati". Ia memancar amarah "rasis", xenophobia, prasangka, dan kebencian yang tidak terkawal.

Adenan hanya berhenti membuat "kempen rasis" apabila dia menjadi Ketua Menteri.

Sekali lagi, kerajaan Sarawak, seperti di Sabah, adalah kerajaan proxy yang diperintah oleh pemerintah tempatan yang otoriter dan pemikir kontrol dengan lesen untuk rasuah.

Peguam Negara, Ketua Polis Negara, SPRM, dan Bank Negara semuanya tidak berfungsi dengan baik dalam hal "mendapat manfaat peribadi" daripada suapan dan rasuah berdasarkan penyalahgunaan kuasa, konflik kepentingan, dan pelanggaran amanah jenayah.

Rakyat Sarawak telah kehilangan kedaulatan kepada kumpulan kecil, yang dipasang oleh kerajaan Persekutuan setelah menggulingkan Stephen Kalong Ningkan pada tahun 1966.

Kerajaan di Sarawak tidak berubah sejak 1966. Sistem First Past the Post terjatuh di tanah yang tidak demokratik. Dalam ketiadaan satu lawan satu, tidak ada pilihan kedua. Banyak calon diisytiharkan sebagai pemenang walaupun mereka memenangi dengan kurang daripada 51 peratus undi yang dihitung. Tiada persetujuan pemerintah, tiada legitimasi, tiada demokrasi, tiada kedaulatan.

Tugas masyarakat antarabangsa dan Kerajaan Persekutuan adalah untuk mengembalikan kedaulatan rakyat Sarawak.

Orang Asal adalah majoriti di Sarawak.

Kristian membentuk kira-kira 62% penduduk Sarawak.

Namun, mereka dinafikan hak untuk memerintah negara mereka sendiri. Orang Asal telah kehilangan banyak tanah.#

Mental health scare at Labuan mission school?

Daniel John Jambun, 27-10-2023

The Education Ministry should refer some teachers from Malaya and local students, reportedly experiencing mental health scare at Labuan's sole mission school, for evaluation at the nearest medical centre. 

The medical evaluation will confirm, based on science, that the crucifixes placed at the mission school has no connection with the mental health scare experienced by some teachers and students. Apparently, those affected saw demons and wandering spirits and dancing lights.

The victims must have been suffering from depression, i.e. persistent feelings of sadness, before reaching the mental health scare stage. 

Demons, which drive delusions, are signs of forms of mental illness induced by stress unleashed by the immune system. Stress causes chemical imbalances in the brain. There's medication which can restore the brain chemistry in as little as three days. The healing process in serious cases take much longer and may include being institutionalised.

It's the court that can order institutionalisation, based on subject matter expert opinion, at the nearest mental hospital.

Mental health isn't medical issue but legal term.

The court will consider whether the mentally ill poses danger for the public. In that case, institutionalisation of those affected keeps the public from harm. It also prevents self-harm, including suicide, and stabbing incidents.

There have been reports in the media, not so long ago, that the Education Ministry discovered that one in seven teachers in Malaysia suffered from some form of mental illness. We no longer hear about these teachers in the media. The Education Ministry should clear the air.

If true, these teachers should be relieved of teaching duties and assigned light duties, enrolled at day care centre, and placed under medical supervision.

Let's hope that the Education Ministry isn't dumping mentally ill teachers on Sabah, Labuan and Sarawak.

Again, it's unfortunate that incidents of mental health scare at the mission school has been linked with the crucifix placed in classrooms and at various spots in the school.

For those unfamiliar, the cross is just what it states and carries no body, while the crucifix carries the body of Jesus Christ, the Messiah for two billion people worldwide. 

For what it's worth, there's no work in nothingness on the other side.

It's true that those who watch many exorcism or ghost movies see the crucifix playing the main role in chasing out evil spirits.

All this remains the stuff of fiction found only in movies. In real life, the crucifix remains in the mind of the faithful, or worn on a chain around the neck, but as a cross.

It's not the done thing that the senior teacher who was against the crucifixes being taken down, apparently temporarily, has been transferred on 24 hours notice.

The senior teacher has become victim of circumstances. She should be recalled, having spent most of her teaching life at the school.

Daniel John Jambun is President of

Borneo's Plight in Malaysia Foundation (BoPiMaFo)

Mobile Contact: 0108786993

Versi Bahasa Malaysia

KENYATAAN MEDIA

27 OKTOBER 2023

Ketakutan terhadap kesihatan mental di sekolah misi Labuan...

Kementerian Pendidikan sepatutnya merujuk guru dan pelajar yang mengalami ketakutan kesihatan mental untuk dinilai di pusat perubatan terdekat!

Kementerian Pendidikan sepatutnya merujuk beberapa guru dari Malaya dan pelajar tempatan yang dilaporkan mengalami ketakutan kesihatan mental di sekolah misi tunggal Labuan untuk dinilai di pusat perubatan terdekat.

Penilaian perubatan akan mengesahkan, berdasarkan sains, bahawa salib yang diletakkan di sekolah misi tidak ada kaitan dengan ketakutan kesihatan mental yang dialami oleh beberapa guru dan pelajar. Nampaknya, individu yang terjejas melihat makhluk halus, roh-roh yang berkeliaran, dan cahaya yang bergerak.

Mangsa-mangsa ini mungkin telah mengalami kemurungan, iaitu perasaan sedih yang berterusan, sebelum mencapai peringkat ketakutan kesihatan mental. 

Makhluk halus, yang menghasilkan khayalan, adalah tanda-tanda penyakit mental yang dipicu oleh tekanan yang dilepaskan oleh sistem imun. Tekanan menyebabkan ketidakseimbangan kimia dalam otak. Terdapat ubat yang boleh mengembalikan kimia otak dalam masa tiga hari sahaja. Proses pemulihan dalam kes yang serius memerlukan masa yang lebih lama dan mungkin melibatkan penempatan di institusi.

Ianya adalah mahkamah yang boleh memerintahkan penempatan di institusi, berdasarkan pendapat pakar yang berkaitan, di hospital mental terdekat.

Kesihatan mental bukanlah isu perubatan tetapi istilah undang-undang.

Mahkamah akan menimbang sama ada individu yang mengalami gangguan mental membahayakan orang awam. Dalam kes itu, penempatan di institusi individu yang terjejas dapat melindungi orang awam dari bahaya. Ianya juga dapat mencegah penganiayaan diri sendiri, termasuk percubaan bunuh diri dan insiden penikaman.

Terdapat laporan dalam media, tidak begitu lama dulu, bahawa Kementerian Pendidikan mendapati satu daripada tujuh guru di Malaysia mengalami beberapa jenis penyakit mental. Kami tidak lagi mendengar mengenai guru-guru ini di media. Kementerian Pendidikan sepatutnya menerangkan perkara ini.

Jika benar, guru-guru ini patut digantung tugas mengajar dan diberikan tugas ringan, ditempatkan di pusat jagaan siang, dan diletakkan di bawah pengawasan perubatan.

Harap-harap Kementerian Pendidikan tidak memindahkan guru-guru yang mengalami masalah kesihatan mental ke Sabah, Labuan, dan Sarawak.

Sekali lagi, memanglah tidak beruntung bahawa insiden ketakutan kesihatan mental di sekolah misi dikaitkan dengan salib yang diletakkan di bilik darjah dan pelbagai tempat di sekolah.

Untuk mereka yang tidak tahu, salib hanyalah seperti yang dinyatakan dan tidak membawa tubuh, manakala salib yang memiliki gambaran tubuh Yesus Kristus, Mesias bagi dua bilion orang di seluruh dunia.

Walau bagaimanapun, pada hakikatnya, dalam kehidupan sebenar, salib kekal di minda orang yang beriman, atau dipakai sebagai rantai di sekitar leher, tetapi hanya sebagai salib.

Adalah kurang sesuai bahawa guru kanan yang menentang pengambilan salib turun, nampaknya buat sementara waktu, telah dipindahkan dalam tempoh 24 jam.

Guru kanan itu telah menjadi mangsa keadaan. Beliau patut dipanggil semula, setelah meluangkan masa yang panjang sebagai pendidik di sekolah tersebut.

Daniel John Jambun

Presiden

Yayasan Penderitaan Borneo di Malaysia (BoPiMaFo)

Kota Kinabalu

Hubungi Mudah Alih: 0108786993