MALAYSIA BOLEH!!!

by Sebanaku Sarawak

(Reposted with new information. This article was earlier posted in this blog on Thursday, May 13, 2010.)

KUCHING: ""Even if the system is corrupted, don't fight it - be part of it in order to survive!!!

This is what most people would say when being asked why they don't fight corruption.

No wonder Malaysia is known as a wonderful country that has many abnormal occurrences - at least to the eyes of the foreigners - which are actually very normal to the Malaysian.

Larry Sng and his future

by JJ

KUCHING: The future of the ‘former’ president of Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) is a ‘popular’ subject among many political pundits in the state. 

Their strong interest in the former president is understandable – the state election is just around the corner and to-date there he is still party-less with not even one multi-racial based party in the State Barisan Nasional (BN) is interested in him. 

As it is now, the current PRS president Dato Sri James Jemut Masing is certainly the happiest among the political adversaries of the ‘former’ president. 

He is glad that no political parties in the State Barisan Nasional (BN) are to open their doors to his former rival in PRS. 

NEWS FLASH – Awang Tengah was being 'santau-ed'(?)

There are rumours that Dato Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan had fallen ill on last Friday due to ‘santau’ which is a kind of black magic that is said still being practiced by a handful of practitioners in the Malay community.

Because of this, he could not attend any private or public function for three days – including the one in Sadong Jaya which he had to delegate his duty to his assistant minister Mohd Naroden Majais.

He had to be given injections by his doctor to help him to reduce his unusually high body temperature.

If this is true, that it is not a surprised to hear that a Mufti had called for a law to govern the practice of black magic in the country.

Also visit http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santau for more information about santau.

NEWS FLASH - Setinggi-Tinggi Tahniah kepada Naroden

This advert was published in Utusan Sarawak on July 26, 2010.

Fadillah the ungrateful politician who tries to be a hero

by Sebanaku Sarawak

KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth Chief YB Fadillah Yusuf thought that he would certainly hit the political jackpot when he decided to tackle the Penan rape issue head on.

He thought that he could use the rape issue to elevate his image among the party members as well as leaders.

He also thought that he could silent the oppositions by declaring to all that the party youth wing would send its own fact-finding team to Ulu Baram to look out for the rape victims and subsequently lodge a police report after the team had found one.

PRESS STATEMENT by Taib on New NCR Land Initiative

This press release was distributed by the Information Department on July 23, 2010.

NEWS FLASH - SUPP Bengoh Youth chief to quit the party?

A press conference by Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) Bengoh branch youth chief Lee Chee Fui is to be held a hotel near the Kuching International Airport at 04:00pm today.

The rumours say he is to announce his resignation from the party due to his unhappiness over the party's decision not to appoint his branch chairman Dr. Jerip Susil, who is the Bengoh assemblyman, as the Padawan Municipal Council (PMC) chairman.

Even Foochows are no match for the legendary Sibu Malay conman

“A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity” 

- Baltasar Gracian – 

(Spanish Philosopher and Writer, leading Spanish exponent of conceptism, 1601-1658) 

by Sebanaku Sarawak 

KUCHING: Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud went through the roof after experiencing an embarrassing incident in Sibu about two months ago. 

NEWS FLASH – PKR lodges report over the Penan rape case

Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has taken up the ‘challenge’ issued by the Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Fadillah Yusuf, who is also the Petra Jaya Member of Parliament, who had labeled the oppositions as being irresponsible for not making a police report over the Penan rape cases.

Today at about 12:00pm, the PKR Woman Chief YB Zuraida Kamaruddin lodged a police report at the Satok Police station. 

Kampung Bruit bawa kes ke mahkamah rakyat

Oleh Waarheid Mirino

KUCHING: Satu persoalan yang amat menghairankan. Mengapa kumpulan yang menggelarkan mereka sebagai Jawatankuasa Ladang Kelapa Sawit Kpg Bruit, Daro tidak memilih mahkamah sebagai penyelesai masalah tuntutan tanah berhampiran kampung mereka???

Kumpulan yang diketuai Haji Jaafar Kara lebih gemar meluahkan masalah mereka menerusi akhbar.

Ini menunjukkan objektif utama mereka adalah mendapatkan semula 'hak' terhadap tanah negeri seluas 5000 hektar itu melalui mahkamah rakyat.

Pilihan raya negeri akan diadakan dalam tempoh sekarang dan tengah tahun depan.

Ada pihak tertentu, dikatakan, sudah muak dengan wakil rakyat Semop Dato Sri Mohd Asfia Awang Nasar yang gagal membawa kemajuan di kawasan itu.

NEWS FLASH - Norliah as Temenggong

An elder sister to the Tanjung Manis Member of Parliament Datuk Norah Tun Rahman, Norliah Tun Rahman, is to be appointed as a Temenggong for the Malay / Melanau community in the Mukah Division.

Her name is being considered for the post after she rejected an overture by the Semop assemblyman Dato Sri Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar, who is also the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) Speaker, to be the Barisan Nasional / Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) candidate in  the Semop constituency in the next state election.

In Sarawak, the post of Temenggong represents a certain race at the divisional level - and it is the highest post in the local administration hierarchy and followed by Pemanca in the district level, Penghulu and Ketua Kaum.

NEWS FLASH - Sarawak to be an independent country???!!!

On last Monday, all Members of Parliament who presented at the august house were just could not believe what they had heard.

The so-called 'hard' news which they heard from a 'reliable' source had given them the shivers.

It was not on the mass defection of the BN members to the opposition but something bigger than that.

It was on the plan to take out Sarawak from the federation of Malaysia.

And the man behind the plan is said to be the State Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud who is also the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) president.

NEWS FLASH - Sharein Maloh as Youth PBB Media Secretary

The Youth Chief Fadillah Yusuf has appointed his former media officer Sharein Maloh as the wing's Media Secretary.

He is to handle the wing's affair with the public.

It is not known who is his immediate supervisor but it seems that he is to report directly to either the Youth Chief himself or the Secretary General  PBB Youth Gerald Rentap Jabu or the newly appointed deputy Secretary General PBB Youth Mohd Kamaluddin Mohd Effendi.

NEWS FLASH - Cadangan Perkasa Sarawak Untuk Model Ekonomi Baru (MEB)

This document was handed to the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak by Sarawak Perkasa Chairman Abang Abdul Nasser Abang Hadari, who is also the Perkasa vice president during the closing of the MEB Bumiputera Economy Congress on May 29, 2010 at Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC).

NEWS FLASH - PBB Youth meeting today

PBB Youth meeting would be held at the party HQ today. 

May be during the meeting the party wing would fill in the deputy secretary post which has been vacant for months.

In a way it is quite puzzling to see a big party such as PBB to have its youth wing's deputy secretary post vacant for so long.

Asfia and his grandiose plan (Part 2 of 2)

by Sebanaku Sarawak

KUCHING: Chief Political Secretary to the Chief Minister YB Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah is a popular figure among the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) youth members who is regarded as a dynamic leader.

In fact many of the party youth members adore him and would have no hesitation at all to vote him for the PBB Youth Chief post if he was allowed by the party president Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud to contest against the incumbent YB Fadillah Yusuf who is the Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innvoation.

Many youth leaders just could not forget the PBB Jelajah Sarawak which was held in 2005 when YB Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah was the deputy Youth Chief.

NEWS FLASH - Najib wrote a letter to Land and Survey on the Santubong land issue

As a result of this, the Land and Survey Department has suggested to the villagers to sit down together with Zalpoint management, the Pantai Damai assemblyman Dr. Abdul Rahman Junaidi and Batang Sadong Member of Parliament Nancy Shukri (?).

The meeting will take place as soon as possible.

NEWS FLASH - Land & Survey Department is now in the PRESS relation mode

The Land and Survey Department is now trying to get itself closer to the press as to avoid another 'embrassing' case similar to the Pulau Bruit case.

The Kampung Bruit folks are not happy because the department had given the land which they had applied 'earlier' to a Sibu-based company Poh Zhen Sdn Bhd without informing them.

They were told that their application was in process but at the same time the department gave the land to the company.

At least one village is said to be keen to join Kampung Bruit in the fight for their 'justice'.

NEWS FLASH - Bruit case gets Najib's attention

The Political Secretary to the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Datuk Shahlan Ismail, has sent his representative to meet Haji Ja'afar Kari and committee members as to get a better picture on their predicament.

However, at this stage, it is yet known on how the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak could assist the Kampung Bruit folks.

Politics Primary 1 Lesson for Pemuda PBB Information Chief

by Sebanaku Sarawak

KUCHING: "Why are there no leader from the state Barisan Nasional party come forward to defend their paramount leader from being severely criticised and condemned in the cyber world due to the Canada issue?"

This was the question posed by the young and ambitious politician YB Larry Sng Wei Shien when he was having a conversation with a senior minister at the latter's house recently.

He just could not fathom this silence or inaction when the oppositions are having a good time hitting the BN Chairman Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud without any restrains.

Voters in Semop constituency vow not to vote for Asfia in next election

By Hwang Fei-hung

SIBU: “Kamek sik mau jadi pengemis di rumah kamek empum!”

This was declared by Chairman of Pulau Bruit Oil Palm Scheme committee Ja’faar Kara when refuting claims by Superintendent of Land and Survey (Mukah) Unus Tambi that the residents of the coastal village in the Semop constituency had accepted the alienation of a 5000-hectare plot of land on the island to a Sibu based company Poh Zhen Sdn Bhd recently.

Hadiah perpisahan dari Asfia untuk Semop

Oleh Waarheid Mirino

MIRI: Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Sarawak Dato Sri Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar berhasrat untuk mengucapkan selamat tinggal kepada para pengundi di kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri Semop.

Ucapan selamat tinggal dan juga terima kasih atas sokongan selama ini yang telah mengangkat taraf hidup beliau menjadi mewah.

Sebagai hadiah perpisahan Dato Sri Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar bercadang untuk 'menghadiahkan' Norlia Tun Rahman, iaitu kakak kepada Ahli Parlimen Tanjung Manis Datuk Norah Tun Abdul Rahman, kepada para pengundi sebagai pengganti beliau di Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Semop.

NEWS FLASH - Q&A by Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak Bersatu

A copy of this Questions & Answers was distributed during a press conference which was held at the Grand Continental Hotel at 11:00am today.

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NEWS FLASH - Press Release by Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak Bersatu

A copy of this press release was distributed during a press conference which was held at the Grand Continental Hotel at 11:00am today.

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NEWS FLASH - The legendary Sibu Malay conman being generous

The legendary Sibu Malay conman had made Barisan National (BN) leaders grinning from ear to ear when he paid for all of the campaign expenses in the recent Sibu parliamentary by-election.

Although the seat was eventually taken by the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) / Democratic Action Party candidate Wong Ho Leng when he defeated the BN / Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) candidate Robert Lau Hui Yew, the BN leaders, especially those from SUPP, could at least would not cry over the big amount of money spent during the election.

This is because all are being paid by the legendary Sibu Malay conman.

PARBS, Parti Peace dan Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak (PERS)

Oleh Waarheid Mirino

MIRI: Usaha tiga pihak untuk menubuhkan parti politik masing-masing dipandang sinis dan angkuh oleh pemimpin BN.

Bermula dengan Affendi Jeman yang ingin menubuhkan Parti Angkatan Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak (PARBS).

Beliau hingga ketika ini masih menunggu kelulusan daripada Jabatan Pendaftaran Pertubuhan (ROS) sejak mengemukakan permohonan pada tahun lepas.

NEWS FLASH - Larry to square off with Philimon

Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) is expected to field the Walikota Kapit Philimon Nuing as its candidate for the Pelagus seat in the coming state election. 

Walikota Kapit Philimon Nuing to square off with the incumbent YB Larry Sng Wei Shien, who is the Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister's Department. 

YB Larry Sng Wei Shien is now party-less after being kicked out from PRS after he failed in his attempt to wrest the party from Dato Sri Dr. James Jemut Masing.

2nd Month Anniversary of Sebanaku Sarawak

Who is the legendary Sibu Malay conman? (Part 1 of 2)

by Sebanaku Sarawak

KUCHING: After amassing hundreds of millions since 1987, the legendary Sibu Malay conman starts to feel that his strong grip over the government coffers are beginning to weaken.

If the past, he needed not to worry at all whether or not he would get a project in the state. 

When he was interested in a particular project, he would certainly get it.

NEWS FLASH - The Land and Survey Department wants to meet the Santubong folks to settle the land issue

The Land and Survey Department had decided it is better for it to settle the issue before more detailsare made known to members of the public (vide NEWS FLASH - Santubong folks question the rationale of giving land to Zalpoint dated on July 01, 2010).

The meeting between the villagers and department is tentatively to take place next Friday.

The Santubong folks are not happy because they are yet given any compensation for the land which was acquired by the State Government, through the Land and Survey Department.

The land was later given to Zalpoint which subsequently mortgaged it for a sum of between RM40 millions to RM60 millions.

Jawah bakal calon PKR Engkilili

Oleh Thun Diwan

SIBU: Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) akan mencalonkan mantan Ahli Parlimen Lubok Antu, Jawah Gerang bagi kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri Engkilili pada pilihan raya negeri ini yang akan datang.

Hasrat Jawah Gerang yang juga bekas calon PKR bagi pilihan raya kecil DUN Batang Ai pada tahun lalu telah mendapat restu dari  pucuk pimpinan parti pembangkang tersebut. 

Berdasarkan maklum balas pengundi kawasan itu, mereka memungkinkan Barisan Nasional (BN) akan berdepan dengan kesukaran untuk menawan DUN itu sekiranya, Jawah Gerang diletakkan sebagai calon mewakili parti pembangkang kelak.

Abang Johari is having a headache over key members of his core team

by Sebanaku Sarawak

KUCHING:  Small cracks are already appearing in the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Deputy President Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Abang Haji Openg team over a plan to hold an Information Workshop for all the party's branch leaders.

All four key members of his core team of five members – namely YB Datuk Abdul Wahab Abdul Aziz, YB Dr. Abdul Rahman Junaidi, YB Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali, YB Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah – were strongly against the idea of ‘hijacking’  the PBB Information Chief role which is now performed by the Special Advisor to the Chief Minister’s Department Tan Sri Adenan Satem.

The idea was mooted by Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg’s most trusted man Ibrahim Baki who is also his deputy in the PBB Satok Branch.

PBB Batu Kawa Branch Wanita wing not happy with Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim

by Sebanaku Sarawak

KUCHING: The Wanita wing of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Batu Kawa branch thought that it had made a wise decision to turn its back on Cr. Mohd Hashim Yap in the recent party election at the branch level.

The fight for the chairmanship in the branch was ugly between the incumbent and Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim with both sides were throwing muds towards each other.

However, Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim emerged as the winner due to the support given to him and his group by Dato Sri Mohd Asri Awang Nassar and YB Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

NEWS FLASH - Zulhaidah Suboh is the PKR candidate in the Bekenu constituency

Rumours are circulating in the Bekenu constituency that a Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leader Zulhaidah Suboh has gone to the ground to prepare for the coming state election.

Pas sokong Simoi

Oleh Waarheid Mirino

MIRI: Pas Sarawak menyokong saranan ADUN Lingga YB Hajjah Simoi Peri agar kerajaan negeri mempertimbangkan untuk meneruskan program penghantaran rakyat Sarawak ke Akademi Pengajian Islam Universiti Malaya IAPIUM).

Ketika membahas ucapan TYT di Persidangan Penggal Ke-Lima baru-baru ini, YB Hajjah Simoi Peri menegaskan Sarawak masih lagi kekurangan tenaga kerja yang berlatarbelakangkan agama sehinggakan 11 jawatan pegawai syariah masih kosong akibat dari tiadanya calon-calon yang layak.

NEWS FLASH - Santubong folks question the rationale of giving land to Zalpoint

The Santubong folks were using the land for agriculture since 1940 before they were approached by the Land and Survey Department on a plan to acquire the land for development purposes.

The department told them that they would be compensated.

And later they got to know that the land was given to a company by the name of Zalpoint which subsequently mortgaged it for a cool RM40million to RM60 million a year later.