Why is Baram black and Limbang 'supposedly' white?

There has been many emails sent to sebanaku complaining about the mistreatment of YB Datuk Jacob Sagan and SPDP in Baram.  Example, :-
"Why is SPDP and YB Datuk Jacob Sagan victimized when it come to 'political reports' to PM and CM?  YB Datuk Jacob Sagan and SPDP achieved a 4,044 majority in the last 2008 election.  Next door YB Hasbi in Limbang only received a waifer thin majority of 676!  Why is YB Hasbi given such 'special protection' treatment?  Is it because he is the strong supporter of a certain Minister? Fact is fact.  Please be fair and don't just vicitimized SPDP and YB Datuk Jacob Sagan just because we don't support a certain Minister to be CM very soon (according to their plan).  And also for the sake of BN winning every seat possible some analysis should be done on the Limbang parliamentary seat.  Just because he is strong supporter of a certain Minister to become CM very soon doesn't mean BN should overlook and possibly lose the seat.  Who has done this injustice to the people of Baram and SPDP?

Baram BN Supporter"

Who says Baram a black area, asks pol-sec

Borneo Post on March 16, 2013, Saturday

KUCHING: Baram PBB branch is all for the incumbent MP Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan to retain the seat for Barisan Nasional in the next general election.

A political secretary to the Chief Minister, Robert Laing Anyie, said that as far as the BN was concerned Sagan was the most winnable candidate for he had done his job as a parliamentarian and deputy minister well.

He said if the constituency was black, he (Laing) would be the first one to know.

“I can’t see any reason why the BN should lose in Baram because all its top leaders are BN supporters. Sagan is with BN, Sylvester Entri is with BN, Dennis Ngau is with BN and Lihan is also with BN. None of them claimed to be in the opposition.

“If somebody labels Baram as a black area then what he is saying is that, all of us BN leaders are not doing our job,” said Laing when contacted yesterday.

He was referring to partyless Marudi assemblyman Datuk Sylvester Entri, Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau and Senator Datuk Lihan Jok.

“Our opinions may differ but whoever stands on BN ticket should win through our effort and by our effort. That is the real BN spirit,” said Laing in an effort to diffuse an internal rivalry in BN.

It is believed that he was referring to the suspected personal vendetta of sympathisers of a leader against the BN component party that sacked him for insubordination.

Laing said that those who painted Baram black were just trying to play politics of perception to gain political mileage but the reality of the ground suggested otherwise.

He said all community leaders in Baram were also supportive of the BN.

Some of the Iban community leaders, however, were just lying low at the moment as they do not want to complicate the situation with regards to a certain sensitive political issue, he said.

On the opposition front, Laing said he could only see lawyer Roland Egan of PKR campaigning in the Baram.

“Datuk Jacob is also moving around. So by that, the BN is only looking at him (Sagan) as the BN candidate in Baram.

“Whoever they are – Datuk Jacob or Roland – both candidates have to face the Baram Dam issue. But as far as the BN is concerned, the (dam) issue and the development it brings to the surrounding areas, have already been explained to the people,” he said.

Baram still a BN stronghold — Telang Usang Rep

Borneo Post on March 18, 2013, Monday

STAY UNITED: Sagan (fifth right) receives a gift from event organising chairman Lucas Saging Kehing. Dennis is at third right.

MARUDI: The Baram parliamentary area is still a Barisan Nasional (BN) stronghold, said Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau.

He said Baram folk are wise and know that their leaders must be able to bring benefits to the community.

“Baram folk will work hard to retain the parliamentary seat for BN and not give it to the opposition,” he said during a meet the people event at the Baram Civic Centre recently.

He said the good attendance of Orang Ulu community leaders and other ethnic groups at the event proved that Baram remains a BN stronghold.

Dennis pointed out that when Baram was under the opposition, there was no development in the area.

“Here I am appealing to all of us in Baram to give strong and full support to (Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry) Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan in the coming parliamentary election,” he said.

Under the BN government, he said, there have been many changes and developments to improve the lives of the people.

“The Orang Ulu must work together with each other and other races too to solidly stand behind Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan, who represents the BN.

“The government wants to see that the people will continue to improve their lives so don’t allow the opposition to make us Orang Ulu foolish. The opposition asks us to hate each other, which will just make our Orang Ulu community left behind and never succeed.”