MACC Confirms Probe On Taib Mahmud Ongoing, But No Details

Written by  Stan Lee

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief Abu Kassim Mohamed confirmed that its probe against Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud was ongoing but declined to give any details.

"I cannot give you any details. The investigation is on," he told a press conference on Friday.

The 75-year old Taib has been the target of whistle-blower blogs and websites, as Sarawakians - fed up of decades of misrule and corruption - turned to the Internet to vent their frustration.

‘Solid Proof To Declare S’wak Polls Null And Void’

Athi Shankar

Banned activist says rampant vote-buying was a well-oiled operation involving the chief minister's office.

GEORGE TOWN: A political activist said he has visual and documented evidence to prove that rampant vote-buying in the recent Sarawak polls was a well-oiled plot from the very top.

BK Ong, who was deported from Kuching last Tuesday, claimed he has the evidence which revealed cheques and vouchers to voters were issued from the Chief Minister’s Office.

Mahathir And Anwar - The Top Two Malay Leaders

Written by  Maclean Patrick

Since 1998, no other Malaysian political struggle has had a greater impact than the one between former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad and his former deputy Anwar Ibrahim.

It has been a battle of epic proportions dividing the political landscape into two camps of thought. The Mahathir camp which sees Anwar as the mastermind for their demise and the Anwar camp which sees Anwar as the leader for change.

We have been served up every treat in the how-to-kill-off-your political rival cook-book. A relentless barrage of attacks, designed to undermine the people’s opinion of Anwar Ibrahim. Yet, in the deluge of attacks, the government has exposed its soft underside for all to see.

Villagers Cry Foul Over Fraudulent Logging Deal

Joseph Tawie

Villagers in Lundu are claiming that a company has 'contravened laws governing NCR' by harvesting timber from their land.

KUCHING: Bidayuh landowners from four villages in the Lundu district – Kampung Stum Muda, Kampung Stungkor Baru, Kampung Stungkor Lama and Kampung . Bokiah – have claimed that a Miri-based timber company has cheated them through an ‘undated, unsealed and improperly attested agreement’.

They claimed the agreement also had not been stamped with the term ‘hasil’.

Congratulations, Jabu!

Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu admits the state does clear forests to plant oil palm as part of efforts to wipe out poverty. But hang on a sec, says Philip Khoo; what happened to RM19bn in logging royalties that the state should have received from a hundred million trees chopped down?

The Official Standard Line In International Forum Is To Flatly Deny That Sarawak Has Cleared Primary Forests To Plant Oil Palm.

‘Govt Abused Power When Detaining Activist’

Joseph Tawie

Lawyer See Chee How is bent on seeking justice for Malaysian Election Observer-network (MEO-net) leader BK Ong who was unfairly deported to Penang yesterday.

KUCHING: Malaysian Election Observer-network (MEO-net) leader BK Ong’s lawyers have accused the state authorities of abusing their power and detaining Ong “as if he is a criminal”.

Counsel See Chee How said Ong was in Sarawak to help instil political awareness, especially on the importance of voter registration among the natives.

Ong has found out that in some areas like Belaga and Baram between 20% and 30% of the population have registered themselves as voters.

Mubarak, Sons To Be Tried For Killings, Corruption

CAIRO: Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were today referred to a criminal court on suspicion of graft and ordering deadly fire against anti-government protesters, state media reported.

The official MENA news agency said the 83-year-old former strongman and his two sons Alaa and Gamal have been charged with “premeditated murder of some participants in the peaceful protests of the Jan 25 revolution”.

Sarawak Kicks Out Activist Ong BK

Tashny Sukumaran

He says the deportation order must have come from politicians who “don’t like their vote buying and abuses of power being exposed by MEO-Net”.

KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak immigration officers caught up with political activist Ong BK in Bengoh today and ordered him out of the state.

Ong, a coordinator of the Malaysian Election Observers Network (MEO-Net), entered Sarawak through Bintulu on May 21 with no difficulties, but 10 officers stopped him at the Bengoh Dam security post this morning and escorted him to the immigration office in Pending.

‘Opium’ Subsidies: MP Hits Out At Najib

Queville To

Instead of abolishing subsidies completely, the government should implement new policies on subsidies so that poor families won’t go hungry, says Tawau MP Chua Soon Bui.

KOTA KINABALU: A Sabah-based MP has urged the federal government to revamp its current policies on subsidies so that the poor are left immune to price increases.

“Instead of abolishing them completely, the government should implement new policies on subsidies so that poor families, especially those in Sabah, won’t go hungry,” Tawau MP Chua Soon Bui said.

SUPP Man Hits Out At ‘Disrespectful’ Party Leaders

Joseph Tawie

A founding SUPP party member has questioned a call by deputy secretary-general Wong Soon Koh for its leaders to resign en bloc.

KUCHING: Former Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) leader, Toh Heng San, has accused certain SUPP leaders of disrespecting the decisions made by its central working committee (CWC) and at the party’s delegates conference (DC).

He said the lack of respect for these decisions had caused disarray in the party.

Skilled Foreigners On the Decline

Patrick Lee

Malaysia is seeing fewer skilled foreign workers and expatriates, while low-skilled migrant workers flood our shores.

PETALING JAYA: There are more skilled migrant workers in Malaysia than there are skilled jobs.

According to a 2011 World Bank report entitled “Malaysian Economic Monitor: Brain Drain”, many foreigners were forced to take up jobs lower than their skills levels.

“Despite a sharp decline in the share of migrants in skilled occupations, from the peak level of 10% in 2002 to 5.8% in 2008, the share of migrants with tertiary education level exceeds the share of migrants with higher skilled occupations,” it said.

Feng-Shui And GE-13: What The Masters Foretell For Anwar And Najib

Written by  Selena Tay, Wong Choon Mei

Speculation is running high and bets are already being placed on when Malaysia's 13th General Election will be held. This is a sure indication that the rakyat or the populace believes it is very soon - within months, and the favorite being July.

Some have even prophesied the exact nomination day of July 9 and balloting day of July 23.

How do they know? Well, Malaysian politics is a bit like cheese - full of holes. Very often, the news turns out wrong not because it wasn't true but because the powers-that-be decided to change their plans to regain the element of surprise.

‘Probe Taib First,’ Siah Tells Police

Joseph Tawie

MoCS chief Francis Siah, who is being investigated by the police, wants to know if the 'police are acting on the imagination' of Chief Minister Taib Mahmud's boys.

KUCHING: Movement For Change Sarawak (MoCS) leader  Francis Siah is willing to meet with the local police provided they record Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s statement first.

Responding to a comment by Sarawak Commissioner of Police Mohmad Salleh that they have started investigating MoCS, Siah said: “Is there one law to deal with the powerful like Abdul Taib Mahmud, Chief Minister of Sarawak and another for an ordinary citizen like me?

The 2nd Umno Family: Hisham, The Prime Minister's Cousin

Written by  Maclean Patrick,

If there is blue blood in UMNO, then a prime candidate to lead the party would surely be Hishamuddin Hussein Onn.

His great grandfather was Dato’ Jaffar, Prime Minister to Sultan Abu Bakar - the great-grandfather of the present Johor ruler, while his grandfather Dato’ Sir Onn Jaafar had founded UMNO and his father Tun Hussain Onn was the prime minister of Malaysia before Mahathir Mohamed.

As for the 50-year old Hisham, he has been the Minister of Youth and Sports, Minister of Education, former UMNO Youth Chief and is currently a vice president of UMNO and Minister of Home Affairs.

Harem Scuffle As Osama's Wives Fight Over Who Betrayed Him

THE three widows of Osama bin Laden are turning on each other in custody, with two older Saudi women blaming a much younger Yemeni wife for leading US intelligence to their hideout.

"It's vicious," said a Pakistani official briefed on the interrogation of the widows.

"The older wives think the younger one tipped off the Americans or was tracked when she came to join him."

The al-Qa'ida leader was living with three wives when he was killed in Abbottabad three weeks ago. Until US investigators discovered his hiding place, it was not known whether bin Laden and his family were alive. Some reports suggested they had been killed in the US bombing of Afghanistan.e

The Bogeyman Made By The Umno Elite

Written by  Iskandar Dzulkarnain

Coming across a recent news article, I read with amusement about the Malaysians of Siamese descent having trouble convincing the Civil Service that they were bona fide Bumiputras, and thus entitled to promotions and other special rights. Numbering 60,000 of them, they reside mostly in Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.

The Bumiputras are not just Malays, but also comprises Eurasians, and the minority East Malaysian Christian and Muslim Bumiputras.

The Orang Asli’s status has yet to be endorsed. Past complaints that they were sidelined because of the way they look, or due to their non-Malay sounding names, cultural differences and their inability to speak 'proper' Malay has always been highlighted through the years.

The Real Python Behind Najib And Anwar

Written by  J. D. Lovrenciear

The media continues to either champion Najib or Anwar. The developments appear very crystal clear that the rakyat's real enemy is made out to be either Najib or Anwar.

And so we are witnessing a kind of a 'spy verses spy' sequel as supporters of both figure-heads take turns to go for the throats of Najib or Anwar depending on which side of the fence they fight this battle.

In all likelihood, we may all be wrong after all. Wrong in the sense that Najib or Anwar are not the rakyat's real enemies. Then who?

Remember not so very long ago when the then Prime Minister of Malaysia shed tears at the podium as he declared that he cannot go on any more leading the nation. It was some sort of what we would translate in the local context as 'saya tak tahan lagi lah'.

ANG PAU UNTUK TAIB - BERJUTA-JUTA DALAM BENTUK WANG TUNAI !

Semasa perayaan Tahun Baru Cina disambut kaum Cina, sumber dalaman telah mendedahkan bagaimana Abdul Taib Mahmud secara lazimnya mengeksploitasikan peluang tahunan itu untuk mencengkam para kroninya dari kaum Cina. (Versi Inggeris : http://www.sarawakreport.org/2011/02/taibs-ang-pow-millions-in-cash/ )

Chinese New Year celebrations in Sibu. Earlier this year the
local people defied BN election rigging to throw out the Lau family
candidate in favour of the Opposition Leader Wong Ho Leng.

Kami telah menerima beberapa maklumat luarbiasa bagaimana Ketua Menteri mengunjungi kediaman-kediaman mewah kaum Cina di Sibu dan Miri setiap tahun, biasanya bersama-sama keluarganya untuk menerima cek-cek dan wang yang banyak daripada tuan-tuan rumah yang sentiasa merasa cemas.

(Bacalah selanjutnya di sini : http://www.sarawakreport.org/ms/2011/02/ang-pau-untuk-taib-%E2%80%93-berjuta-juta-dalam-bentuk-wang-tunai/)

Sumber : Sarawak Report

RASUAH DAN SALAH GUNA KUASA - suatu BUKTI KUKUH TERHADAP TAIB MAHMUD. EKSLUSIP !

Segelintir orang-orang kenamaan mengatakan pendedahan-pendedahan yang dilakukan oleh Sarawak Report adalah suatu pembohongan. Tetapi, sebaliknya apa yang didedahkan di sini semuanya berlandaskan dokumentasi yang jelas dan nyata. (Versi Inggeris : http://www.sarawakreport.org/2010/12/corruption-and-abuse-of-power-irrefutable-evidence-against-taib-exclusive/ )

Land from the people - profit to
 the Chief Minister

Begitu juga, maklumat-maklumat yang telah dikemukakan kepada Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) juga mengandungi bukti-bukti yang kukuh. Syarikat Mesti Bersatu merupakan pemegang saham utama dalam syarikat Delta Padi Sdn. Bhd, suatu usahasama yang didapati telah tanpa diduga sama-sekali meranapkan hampir keseluruhan Pulau Bruit yang didiami oleh kaum Melanau. Terdapat dalam dokumentasi juga menyatakan Kerajaan Sarawak telah menyerahkan suatu kawasan tanah NCR yang amat luas di pulau berkenaan pada harga yang amat minima (RM78,000 untuk 100 hektar) kepada Delta Padi sebagai usaha untuk memulakan projek penanaman padi, dengan kadar pampasan yang boleh dijadikan bahan ejekan umum kepada pemilik-pemilik tanah NCR. Hutan paya bakau telahpun musnah sejak empat tahun yang lalu, dan keadaan air di pulau itu pula tercemar dengan teruknya. Para aktivis alam sekitar kini pula menyatakan kerisauan mereka bahawa pembangunan di pulau itu telah mencerobohi kawasan Taman Negara.

Bukti Yang Kukuh ! - Skandal Kumpulan Sanyan Mendedahkan Penglibatan Taib Mahmud !

Pengemukaan bukti  dalam satu perbicaraan mahkamah yang pahit sedang dijalankan dalam mahkamah di Sibu. Kes mahkamah ini telah mendedahkan maklumat yang cukup mengejutkan tentang rasuah yang wujud dalam pusat kerajaan negeri Sarawak. ( Versi Inggeris : http://www.sarawakreport.org/2010/11/hard-evidence-sanyan-scandal-exposes-taib/ )

Wang Mentah - Kekayaan
Sarawak Untuk Diekspot

Kes mahkamah ini tidak mendapat liputan berita yang luas kerana keluarga Taib telah mencuba sedaya-upaya untuk menyembunyikan perkara ini. Walau bagaimanapun, Sarawak Report telah memperolehi berbagai-bagai dokumen yang berkaitan dengan pendengaran mahkamah ini. Kesemua maklumat ini telah dibentangkan semasa sidang mahkamah terbuka.

Kes ini telah dibawa ke mahkamah oleh pengusaha tempatan yang dihormati, iaitu Dato’ Ting Check Sii melawan bekas rakan kongsi beliau, Tufail Mahmud. Tufail Mahmud merupakan adik lelaki kepada ketua menteri Sarawak. Perbicaraan ini memberikan salah satu daripada banyak kefahaman yang terdekat tentang kaedah-kaedah haram yang digunakan oleh keluarga Taib untuk memperluaskan kawalan mereka ke atas kekayaan Sarawak. Kes ini menunjukkan dengan jelas tentang peranan langsung yang dimainkan oleh ketua menteri  dalam susun atur untuk melakukan serbuan  ke atas perniagaan dan konsesi negeri  dan bagaimana mereka menggunakan rangkaian pengusaha yang ikut kata dan ‘calon’ mereka untuk mengurus dan menyamar rompakan mereka terhadap negeri Sarawak.