The Bruno Manser Fund is about to release an explosive report on the Malaysian Taib family, one of South East Asia's most notorious kleptocratic clans. The report entitled "The Taib Timber Mafia. Facts and Figures on Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) from Sarawak, Malaysia" contains twenty portraits and details on the corrupt business connections of long-term Sarawak Chief Minister, Abdul Taib Mahmud ("Taib"), and his closest family members and associates. Taib is the main culprit for the destructive logging of the rainforests of Sarawak, one of the world's biodiversity hotspots.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Former assistant minister Larry Sng Wei Shien was today elected Sarawak Workers' Party (SWP) president at its inaugral annual general meeting here. SWP is the latest local based opposition party in the state. Its prime mover is Larry's father, Datuk Sng Chee Hua, who is former deputy president of the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) and former Pelagus state assemblyman and Julau member of parliament. Pelagus state assemblyman George Lagong, who won as an independent in the last state election, and who recently joined the party, was also elected the party's deputy president. Its two senior vice-presidents are Josephine Randan Mawat, and William Gani Bina who is also Sarawak Teacher's Union president. The party has two other vice-presidents and 14 supreme council members who include part-time lecturer Ellison Ludan and former senior police officer Jonathan Jalin who are tipped to be its candidates for Kanowit and Lubok Antu, respectively, against PRS' Datuk Aaron Dagang and William Nyalau. Speaking to reporters, Larry, 33, maintained SWP would be a Barisan Nasional (BN)-friendly party but would contest against the state BN component party, PRS, in its six seats of Lubok Antu, Sri Aman, Hulu Rajang, Kanowit, Julau and Selangau. "We will be friendly to the rest of the state BN component parties and look forward to working with them. "We are a multi-racial party with our headquarters in Kuching...currently, we have about 10,000 registered members state-wide," he said, adding the party was also a blend of new and exprienced politicians from both urban and rural areas. Meanwhile, Larry said he would soon announce his resignation as special advisor (youth matters) to the state government.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
A new party to accommodate the former SPDP 5 which most likely will be registered before the 13th general election is said to be now on the card. Sources told The Borneo Post here yesterday that a new party called Parti Tenaga Rakyat Sarawak (TERAS) had recently submitted its application to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) for registration.
The State ROS director Ken Leben however could not be reached for confirmation but it was reliably learnt that the approval for the registration of the new party could be expected very soon.
It was said that the chances of the new party being approved was almost definite as this was seen as a solution not only to the problem of the state assembly members sacked from SPDP but also to end pressing issue of who should stand in Mas Gading parliamentary seat.
Prior to this SPDP had repeatedly announced that the party would not re-nominate Mas Gading incumbent Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe in the coming general election.
This however did not go very well on the ground especially with those supporting him and Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Peter Nansian.
With the formation of the new party it was said that the issue would come to an end as immediately after its registration it will be accepted into the BN fold and will not only be given Mas Gading parliamentary constituency but also the state seats now held by the group, including Marudi (Datuk Sylvester Entri Muran), Bekenu (Rosey Yunus) and Batu Danau (Paulus Palu Gumbang).
Nansian, when contacted yesterday also refused to make any comment on the matter.
“People have the right to say anything they like. I better not comment on this type of thing,” he said.
Via BorneoPost
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
From Heaven to Hell. Rafidah, Shahrizat & Jean Abdullah meet their Creator,GOD on Judgement Day. GOD says 'I understand all of you are from Malaysia, which to the Bumis, is also known as 'heaven-on-earth'. Here too you all shall be treated according to status. You shall meet the who's who of the Malaysian cream of the crop. You can see two giant gates over there. On one is stated Bumi & the other Non-Bumi. Just go to the respective gates & mention your name. BUT remember, should your claim turns out to be false, you shall be condemned to the tortures of hell for all eternity and lose any chance of redemption whatsoever.'
Jean goes over first. She stands outside the Bumi gate and mentions her name. The digital display flashes 'DLL' (dan lain lain = Portuguese Tart) and a ear- piercing alarm rings out. The gate opens to reveal a chamber of raging fire of intense heat. 'Welcome to hell' booms a burly turbaned Sikh as he pulls her in. His name tag reads as Irwan Shah Abdullah@DJ Dave@Sukhdave Singh.
Rafidah & Shahrizat are caught by surprise but smile at each other knowingly. Next goes Shahrizat. She too stands outside the Bumi gate & mentions her name. The digital display screen flashes 'MAMAK' and another ear-piercing alarm triggers. The gate opens to reveal an icy cold chamber way below freezing point.This gate is specially named "The Cowgate" 'Welcome home, I'm Mamoothy', says a sarcastic voice who's name tag reads as Mahathir s/o Mohd Kutty.
Rafidah who is very sure of qualifying, walks over haughtily to the gate which she feels is her birth-right. Just as she mentions her name, the digital display flashes 'INDIAN' .There is a thunderous flash and the gate opens to reveal a pot-bellied figure with a trident in hand & nothing else on except a wig. A familiar voice rings out 'Selamat datang Paduka, Kemaluan saya amat besar, tetapi walaubagaimana pun .......'.He can't go on as he is salivating and panting heavily. She is too shocked for words and turns around in time to hear GOD say just before the gate closes forever 'Your particulars in our record shows your middle name to be AP instead of binti .....' (Rafidah 'AP'Aziz)
Friday, October 28, 2011
I thought the above may only happen in Malaysia. The Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights confirmed that it is investigating allegations that Catholic University violated the human rights of Muslim students by not allowing them to form a Muslim student group and by not providing them rooms without Christian symbols for their daily prayers. I'll said, WTF.
If these Muslims want a prayer room devoid of Christian symbols, then they should attend a Muslim or secular school, not a catholic school.
Read more at FoxNews - Do Crosses at Catholic University Violate “Human Rights” of Muslims?
Monday, October 10, 2011
Several bloggers have uploaded a trailer video clip showing a man resembling Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in a bedroom. The bloggers gave different titles to the 2.25-minute video clip.
One dubbed it as One Night in Bangkok; while another called it Round Two.
The video was purportedly recorded in a hotel room in Bangkok on Jan 13 this year.
The blogs where the trailer had been uploaded include www.papagomo.com; stopthelies.my as well as www.parpukari.blogspot.com.
The bloggers queried the Opposition Leader's whereabouts on Jan 12 and 13.
They have also included details of KLIA-Bangkok MAS flights MH 782 that left KLIA at 3.15pm on Jan 12; and MH 785 that left Bangkok at 11.05am the following day.
The matter had been circulating in the blogosphere over the last three weeks.
The trailer was only uploaded yesterday.
Unlike the February video clip showing a man resembling Anwar having sex with a woman believed to be a prostitute from China, the short Bangkok clip was void of saucy scenes.
A blogger claimed that Round Two was coming soon.
Source: TheStar
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Malaysians can expect more good news when Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak unveils Budget 2012 this afternoon at 4pm.
- Full exemption of import duty and excise duty on hybrid cars and electric cars will continue to be given until 2013.
- Civil servants get pay rise between RM80 to RM320
- Govt will extend the compulsory retirement age from 58 to 60 years old to optimise civil servants' contribution.
- Skim Amanah Rakyat (SARA) 1Malaysia will benefit 100,000 households with income below RM3,000 per month
- One-off assistance of RM500 to households with a monthly income of RM3,000 and below will be provided.
- For those in private sector earning RM5000 and below, employers' EPF contribution will increase from 12% to 13%
- Civil servants will be given an additional bonus of half-month salary and pensioners RM500.
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Saturday, July 2, 2011
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