SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED

Dompok: UPKO lawmakers will insist that the Bill be withdrawn

Bernard Dompok: The present Bill appears to contravene the Federal Constitution and runs counter to the Government’s transformation plans

By Alexander Chen

PENAMPANG: The Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013 which was tabled in Parliament last Wednesday has drawn the ire of former UPKO lawmaker, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.

“I am surprised and disappointed that this Bill has been approved by Cabinet for tabling at Parliament,” he said in a brief statement to the Borneo Insider Saturday.

He added: “The present Bill appears to contravene the Federal Constitution and runs counter to the Government’s transformation plans especially the 1Malaysia concept of acceptance, inclusiveness and moderation.”

Dompok, the Upko President and former Penampang MP said he had actually asked for the withdrawal of a paper on this Bill from

Penulis kontroversi MD Mutalib meninggal dunia

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Oleh: ADLI AYOB

KOTA KINABALU, SABTU 29/06/13 - Saudara Abdul Mutalib Mohamed Daud 51, telah menghembuskan nafas yang terakhir lebih-kurang jam 3.00 pagi hari Sabtu di Kota Kinabalu akibat serangan angin ahmar(stroke) dipangkuan isterinya Pn. Sarina Abd. Gani. Sejurus kemudian, pada jam 3.15 petang jenazah Allahyarham telah selamat tiba di Lapangan Terbang Tawau dan telah dibawa ke rumah keluarganya diTaman Warisan, Lahad Datu, Sabah.

Menurut Pn. Sarina Abd Ganih, jenazah Allahyarham Mutalib MD akan disemadikan di Tanah Perkuburan Tabin-Silabukan dekat Lahad Datu pada pagi esok (Ahad, 30/06/13) jam 8.00pagi.

Sesungguhnya dengan pemergian beliau ke Rahmatullah pada hari ini telah menyaksikan hilangnya seorang pejuang negara yang sinonim dengan pendedahan 'IC-Palsu/RCI' di Malaysia dan sangat-sangat dirasai oleh keluarga dan sahabat-handai. Seorang sahabat beliau, Dato' Ahirudin Bin Attan telah menulis tentang berita kematian allahyarham di SINI (Rocky's Bru).

Pihak editorial Sabahkini.net akan memberhentikan seketika paparan berita di Sabahkini & SabahkiniTV untuk masa yang terdekat ini bagi menghormati keluarga beliau. Kepada sahabat-sahabat, pembaca Sabahkini dan penonton SabahkiniTV, anda dijemput untuk memberikan penghormatan terakhir buat Allahyarham pada esok, jam 8.00 pagi di Lahad Datu. Portal Sabahkini.net akan terus beroperasi selepas ini sesuai dengan kehendak dan pesanan beliau iaitu 'Membongkar Kebenaran, Mempertahankan Kejujuran' - Al-Fatihah.

Who Owns the Oil in Sabah & Sarawak?

The retired Judge of the Court of Appeal explains the problem faced by Sabah and Sarawak, and suggests a radical solution to the East Malaysian states’ oil woes.

Initially, if oil was found within the boundaries of a State in the Federation of Malaysia, it is owned by the State. J.C Fong in his book Constitutional Federalism in Malaysia, wrote, on p. 98:

A response to Idris Jala (Part 1)

FMT LETTER: From Oliver Gomez

I read with faint amusement Idris Jala’s article which appearead in the June 24, 2013 edition of The Star newspaper. Idris Jala in his article discusses seven issues affecting Malaysia today.

Now in a few articles over the coming days, I will attempt to dissect and expose Idris Jala’s article for the rubbish that it is. I will start off now by tackling the first two issues that appear in his article.

Incidentally if you have not already read Idris Jala’s article, I strongly suggest that you do. It is a shining example of how misleading statistics can be and how politicians can literally get away with murder so long as they deny it strongly enough.

‘Ministers with fake degrees sworn in’

KUALA LUMPUR: DAP today flayed Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak for allowing two Barisan Nasional ministers with “fake degrees” to sit in on the first day of ministerial replies in parliament.

DAP leaders Ong Kiang Ming, Zairil Khir Johari and Julian Tan Kok Ping called for Najib to immediately ask for the resignation of the Human Resources minister Richard Riot, and the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Dr Ewon Ebin.

Going To School Is A Life Threatening Experience

50 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN MALAYSIA

Picture 1 shows how schools kids go to school in a part of Sarawak. They take their lives into their own hands to be educated. They have to walk the tight rope twice a day and going home in the evening is even more dangerous. We have to thank those people who brought this type of progress by forcing our countries into Malaysia! It bring tears to the eye to see such sights.

 

 

The Dangers of Legitimizing Muslim Grievances

"...To a Muslim, "injustice" means a lack of Islamic jurisprudence.

" A non-Muslim state is always unjust simply because it is not ruled by Islamic law.

Tell the Truth or Be Investigated - Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu: “The Inland Revenue Board should be truthful about the tax revenues collected in Sabah rather than trying to cover up the truth just because Sabah is now claiming its constitutional share of this revenues”said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, in response to front-pages stories that only RM4 billion federal tax collectionwas targeted by the IRB from Sabah in 2013 and not RM40 billion as reported earlier.

The RM40 billion was initially announced by the IRB Sabah and they appear to be back-tracking as if to attempt a cover-up now that Sabah is entitled to two-fifths (40%) of the net revenue collected from Sabah.

Oil & Gas Royalties

What a royalty is. How it is calculated. What is it based on?

Whenever oil or gas production begins,the landowner is entitled to part of the total production. A royalty is agreed upon as a percentage of the lease, minus what was reasonably used in the Lessee's production costs. The royalty is paid by the Lessee to the owner of the mineral rights, the Lessor in the Lease. It is based on a percentage of the gross production from the property and is free and clear of all costs, except for taxes.

Traditionally, royalty can be 1/8 of production or 12.8 percent of production; however, it can be any fraction of production, depending on the royalty clause in a lease. The landowner should negotiate for as high a royalty as can be arranged.

Sabah Leaders Misled by KL? - Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu: “It appears that Sabah leaders are being hoodwinked and misled by Kuala Lumpur and are failing to stand up for Sabah’s rights and entitlement on sharing of federal revenue collected from Sabah as well as on the oil revenues from Sabah’s oil and gas” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief, in response to the reply by the Chief Minister that links the 40% entitlement to federal allocations and that there is no urgency in review of the oil revenue.