Petronas will make Mokhzani RM400m richer

By Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz

In Malaysia's elite business circles, the big boys don't understand the conventional wisdom of 'competition'.

Competition in Malaysian business lexicon means NO competition for the big boys. The feeding frenzy and free-for-all fight is actually only among the smaller boys.

It’s the smaller boys who fight it out for a smaller portion of the business.

Alastair Campbell Is Advising Najib On How To Win Election

Alastair Campbell (left)
ex-Communications Chief to Tony
Blair has been spotted in Astana
 and KL

by Sarawak Report

Sarawak Report can now add to growing questions in Britain about Tony Blair and his former PR advisors’ links with repressive regimes.

Students stage demo, warn of ‘bigger’ uprising

By Teoh El Sen

UIA students want police investigation against academician Abdul Aziz Bari dropped.

GOMBAK: Some 40 students from various universities staged a protest within the International Islamic University (UIA) grounds tonight, condemning “persecution” against vocal academician Professor Abdul Aziz Bari.

Najib scared to meet us, say UIA students

By Patrick Lee

Najib avoids UIA visit and protesting students, sending Hishammuddin in his stead.

PETALING JAYA: Student activists are shocked over Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s decision to call off his International Islamic University (UIA) visit tonight in favour of attending a Saudi prince’s funeral.

Wanted: Taib’s international helpers

By Clare Rewcastle Brown

Swiss-based NGO, Bruno Manser Fund, has compiled the names of people who have aided Taib Mahmud's journey in acquiring his immense wealth.

For too long the destruction of the Sarawak rainforest and the land grabs against its indigenous people have been politely treated as an “issue” or an “environmental problem”.

FBC’s Final Betrayal – Friedman Dumps Workers Without Paying !

Denying all charges - Friedman still
 claims he never did anything wrong

Sarawak Report has learnt that FBC Media, the production company exposed for taking nearly a hundred million ringgit to showcase Najib Razak, Taib Mahmud and other BN politicians and leaders from the palm oil business on its programmes, has gone into administration in the UK and sacked all its UK staff.

Holland Condemns Malaysia’s Timber Certification! Najib mutes, a sign of supporting Taib Mahmud's corrupt practice

Tasmanian Independent MP
 Paul Harriss hob-nobs while
‘on holiday’ in Sarawak with
corrupt dictator Taib Mahmud’s
two top cronies Awang
Tenggah and Len Talif Saleh.

Taib’s foreign business partners are working hard to present a picture that all is well in Sarawak and to imply that there are no issues with the wood logged from the state or its plantation programmes.

Indeed, last week Ta Ann Tasmania’s Chief Executive David Ridley launched a barage of justifications defending his company against a report that has revealed that Ta Ann products are falsely promoted as ‘eco-wood’, thereby deceiving consumers.

Authorities asked to explain death of Penan infant

By Geryl Ogilvy Ruekeith

KUCHING: A letter has been submitted to the State Health Department and Miri Hospital on Tuesday for an inquest to be held into the recent death of an infant belonging to a Penan couple from Long Napir, Ulu Limbang.

Anwar: No reason to support Himpun, no threat of Christianisation

KUALA LUMPUR - Pakatan Rakyat (PR) said today it will not support Saturday’s gathering of a million Muslims as Islam is not facing the threat of Christianisation.

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told a press conference today that there was no reason to fear the church as “we have all the power and laws to enhance the understanding of Islam but it has not been done” by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government.

Can the people of Malaysia ever forgive Mahathir ?

by  Hussein Hamid

“[Mahathir Mohamad has] . . . created a legacy so monumental that no one could have presumed his mantle.” That was what Abdullah Ahmad gushingly said of Mahathir when the ‘Great Man’ announced his resignation as Prime Minister. Tan Sri Abdullah was Group Editor-in-Chief of the New Straits Times when he wrote the above on 26 June 2002 following the News of Mahathir’s intention.

Hotel owner accused of ‘destroying’ Borneo forests

The Penan community in Sarawak's Middle Baram have mounted a blockade against a logging firm that owns the five-star Pullman Hotel in Kuching.

KUCHING: The owners of Kuching’s five-star Pullman Hotel, Interhill Group, have been accused of “aggressive and environmentally destructive logging practices” in the Middle Baram region.

New line-up tailored to suit Taib’s agenda and to safeguard all his business and wealth throughout the globe

TAIB MAHMUD : ...is said.  one of
the world's richest men. He enjoys
his dictatorship in Sarawak which
is being favoured and protected
by PM NAJIB RAZAK and ruling
UMNO/BN in Malaysia.

By Awang Abdillah

Political master player Chief Minister Taib Mahmud is planning his exit ever so carefully and his newly announced Cabinet is an indication of his scheming mind.

The results of the April 16, 2011 state election have forced Chief Minister Taib Mahmud to reset his political power game to maintain the Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu’s (PBB) – in particular the Bumiputera wing of PBB – grip on the state government to ensure his succession plan works.

“Eco-Terrorists”? – The Secret Corrupt of Taib Mahmud Revealed.

Sepawi (left) and Taib favourite,
Awang Tenggah(centre) sign the
Memorandum of Understanding
with former Tasmanian government
 minister David Crean, now
of Hydro-Tasmania last year.

Sarawak Report can disclose that the connections between Tasmania’s primary industries and the Chief Minister’s cousin,Hamed Sepawi, are far more extensive than previously publicised.

These worrying links not only threaten the integrity of old-growth forests back in Tasmania, they are also working to wreak destruction over vast swathes of the Borneo Jungle, as Taib‘s hugely controversial mega-dam project gets underway.

No case on ‘Christian Malaysia’ allegation, says KDN

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

No evidence of a Christian conspiracy to "baptise" Malaysia and appoint a Christian prime minister, says Home Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry (KDN) said today there are no evidence to back claims of attempts to turn Malaysia into a Christian nation. The matter has been categorised as “no further action”.

Soi Lek: Anti-apostasy rally dangerous

By Teoh El Sen

The MCA president says religious and racial harmony in the country is fragile and people should not take this for granted.

SERI KEMBANGAN: Voicing his objection to the anti-apostasy public rally, MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek warned that racial and religious harmony can be easily destroyed.

PAS and Pakatan will not take part in anti-apostasy Himpun rally

by  Melissa Lee

PAS president Hadi Awang said his party will not take in the Himpun rally planned for October 22.

The Gathering of One Million Muslims is widely believed to be a political event brought about by Selangor Umno in a bid to galvanize Malay support against the Pakatan Rakyat-led state government.

Unlike Bersih, Himpun gets super-fast permit but denies Umno links

by  Melissa Lee

Despite denials of being linked to Umno, Himpun organisers were given super-swift access to a permit to hold their Gathering of a Million Muslims on October 22 inside a stadium in Selangor.

Aziz Bari to be probed under Sedition Act, making a mockery of Najib's 'reforms'

by  Sherina Yusof

Barely a month has passed and Prime Minister Najib Razak has been shown up once again to be insincere in carrying out his promises to do away with intimidating laws aimed to suppress  freedom of expression and full democracy in the country.

How many billions is Taib worth? Son's divorce may reveal family's fortune

TAIB MAHMUD and son Abu
Bekir - Is said to be one of the
world's richest men. Where did
the money come from ?

by  Maria Begum

Little has been said on the power transition plan for the Sarawak leadership. Sure, there have been a few local politicians making assertions that they cannot live if Taib Mahmud is not in the picture, and some are also saying that the politician, who has virtually made a monarchy of his role as Chief Minister, is still relevant to the development of Sarawak. There are plans which only he alone can pull through for the people of Sarawak, they nod sagely.

‘Najib’s budget inferior to Pakatan’s’

By Stephanie Sta Maria

Refsa calls Budget 2012 one that sits on shaky foundations and contradictions and lacks clear ideas for resolving criticial issues of today.

PETALING JAYA: A non-profit research institute has produced a focus paper thwacking Budget 2012 for “scattering the rakyat some fish, while building lavish yatchs for a privileged few”.

SPDP Youth declares support for Mawan

By Joseph Tawie

Disgruntled Marudi village chiefs hit out at a SPDP division leader for meddling.

KUCHING: Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) Youth has slammed the actions of some community leaders in Ulu Teru, Marudi, who are trying to prevent SPDP president William Mawan from visiting the area.

Cambodian maids sent to M’sia despite ban

A human rights group claims that two labour recruitment companies in Cambodia had sent 24 domestic workers to Malaysia.

PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian human rights group said two labour recruitment companies sent at least 25 domestic workers to Malaysia early today, apparently breaching a ban signed over the weekend by Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Comment : ‘Pay first’, people second

By Jeswan Kaur

The push for a salary hike for MPs by minister Nazri Aziz shows that for certain MPs the 'people first' slogan promoted by Najib has little or no bearing.

Malaysia’s MPs are notorious for skipping Parliament sessions, so much so that their 2009 no-show in Parliament almost led to the 2010 Budget narrowly escaping rejection.

Crude up in Asia

Europe's weekend vow to take decisive action on its debt crisis and hopes that the United States' spending cuts plan will be passed without incident buoyed Asian oil markets Monday, analysts said.

New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November, added 32 cents to $87.12 per barrel in the afternoon.

Thai PM says floods costs to top $3.3bn

The Thai premier on Monday said reconstruction from massive floods swamping vast swathes of the country is expected to cost the government over $3.3 billion -- a fifth more than previously estimated.

Fears for the capital Bangkok appeared to have eased as authorities battled to contain Thailand's worst flooding in decades, which has claimed over 300 lives, swallowed homes and shut down industry.

Cambodia bans maids from working in Malaysia

Cambodia has imposed a temporary ban on sending domestic workers to Malaysia following numerous complaints of abuse, the government said Monday, in a move hailed by rights groups.

An order was signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen following "some negative information" about the working environment of Cambodian maids in Malaysia, Oum Mean, secretary of state at the ministry of labour, told AFP.

Anwar's defence closes in Malaysian sodomy trial

The defence team for Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim closed its case on Monday, with a verdict in his long-running sodomy trial expected by the end of the year.

Anwar, 64, is charged with sodomising a young male aide in June 2008. He denies the allegations and says they were cooked up with Prime Minister Najib Razak's involvement to cripple the opposition's chances in coming elections.

World Bank: Race quotas, politics led to falling UM's standards

KUALA LUMPUR - A World Bank publication has found that standards at Universiti Malaya have fallen and the institution has been kept at a disadvantage because of race-based admission quotas and political interference in university management.

Debate challenge: Anwar throws down the economic gauntlet to Najib once again

by  Melissa Lee

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has again challenged Prime Minister Najib Razak to a debate on the country's economic health following the recent release of the Pakatan Rakayat's shadow budget and Najib's Budget 2012.

How Najib trapped hundreds of Ustaz and Ustazah for a 1Malaysia Budget 2012

by  Sherina Yusof

Ustaz (male Islamic teachers) and ustazah (female Islamic teachers) in Gombak cannot help but feel taken for a ride by Prime Minister Najib Razak and his administration. 

After what he did to the Rulers, Dr M has the least right to rebuke Aziz Bari

by  Melissa Lee

In what many political pundits termed as one of the greatest ironies and an act of great hypocrisy, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has condemed law lecturer Aziz Bari as being 'kurang ajar' or rude for questioning the recent decision by the Selangor Sultan over an alleged apostasy and church raid incident.

Vietnamese woman cuts off Taiwan husband's penis

A woman cut off her husband's penis with a pair of scissors and threw the severed member into a river in revenge for his affair with another woman and his physical abuse, police in Taiwan said Sunday.

The 30-year-old Vietnamese woman, identified only by her surname, Pan, cut off about half her husband's penis at their home in the southern city of Tainan after he took drugs and sleeping pills and fell asleep, police said.

Thai city offers bounty for fugitive crocodiles

The ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya, which has seen its temple engulfed in the kingdom's flood crisis, has discovered a new menace lurking in the floodwaters -- crocodiles.

Around 100 reptiles are thought to be on the loose after escaping from farms in the area and authorities have issued a 1,000 baht ($33) bounty for each crocodile caught alive, said Public Health Minister Vitthaya Buranasiri.

Malaysian polygamy club 'encourages group sex'

An "Obedient Wife Club" known in Malaysia for its controversial views has published a book urging men in polygamous Muslim marriages to have group sex with their wives, a report said Friday.

The club, formed earlier this year, has made headlines with its radical suggestions on sex and marriage in conservative, Muslim-majority Malaysia.

THE PENAN – STILL STRUGGLING TO SAVE OUR JUNGLE

The Penan are the iconic people of the Sarawak jungle.  Most communities had settled into villages and rural life of one form or another over the last hundred years, but the Penan steadfastly stuck to their nomadic ways.

Apologise publicly or we’ll sue, DAP warns Yong

By Queville To

Former Sabah Chief Minister Yong Teck Lee's claims that DAP is colluding with Umno has ended any possibility of cordiality.

PENAMPANG: The gloves seems to  have finally come off between Sabah DAP and the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) after months of party officials on either side taking potshots at each other.

Angry natives give BTN boss an earful

By Luke Rintod

Biro Tata Negara director Ibrahim Saad was taken aback when he visited villagers in Tandek, Sabah, on a fact-finding trip recently.

KOTA MARUDU (Sabah): The director of the Biro Tata Negara (National Civics Bureau), Ibrahim Saad, was taken aback when he heard the grouses of the people in Tandek here last Thursday.