Wednesday, February 18, 2009

'Take it and suffer later on' or 'Suffer now'...

Guong
He urged the people in Sabah's east coast to accept the reality that a new power plant was necessary for the area, as it would not only benefit the industries but could also improve their economy with the creation of more jobs and business opportunities.DE
Is this a threat? It's like saying if you don't accept the coal-powered plant to be build here, you'll have lesser jobs and business opportunities. Holding Sabahan a ransom? Shame on you SESB and also to you, Sabah state government.

Everyone knows that coal is cheap, yet also polluting our environment. And speaking of cheap, isn't these coal will be imported from Indonesia? Would it still be cheap?

But really, do we actually have a choice? What about gas? Oh, it is already schedule to be pipe to Bintulu!

Since they broke their promises to scrap the Kimanis-Bintulu gas pipeline project, I wouldn't be surprised if this 'coal-powered plant' plan suddenly made available.

At the end, they left Sabahan with only two available option, take it and suffer later on or suffer now. No matter which one we choose, we'll still suffer. Damn!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Sabahans, losers...sigh..

Guong
Labelling such politicians as people who did not succeed in their attempt to get what they wanted, Musa, who is also the Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) Chairman, said if the Sabah people followed the principles of such leaders, they would only end up at the losing end.DE
Sabahan already at the losing end. We lose our resources (timber, oil and gas), we lose our land (Tingkayu is not the first to happen in Kunak), we lose our right as indigenous people of Sabah to the 'new Malay' aka Illegal Immigrants. I wonder which leaders is our CM is refering to. He might be looking at a mirror while saying such remark.

"These political leaders always get angry and criticise the Federal Government although Sabah has already been given a RM20 billion allocation under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (RMK-9). If the Federal Government gives RM20 billion, how can we be angry?DE
When was this allocation given? When did Sabah become the last (almost) in all aspects compare to other states in Malaysia? And this RM20 billion allocation, have anything started yet? Let say, SDC? How about solving the citizenship problems in Sabah? NONE!

And saying we should not be angry after nothing have been done? Just because we are given the largest sum of fund, it doesn't meant a thing if it stay as an 'allocation'. Spent it wisely for the benefit of Sabahan. Oh, I forgot about the corruptness of our leader!!

And this is not the first time Sabah gets a hand on huge allocation. Yet we are still losers!!

Friday, February 13, 2009

Warga Sabah dianiayai Polis di KL.

Guong

JULIE JIDWIN

Seperti yang diceritakan kepada Julie Jidwin pada 26/1/2009 dan 28/1/2009.

LAPORAN 1

PELAPOR: EDWARD @ WORD BIN SINDAM, K/P: 800809-12-5947
Tel: 013-6763092 atau 013-3261971

Alamat rumah: D-00-06 Blok D Jalan Batu Nilam, 15 Bandar
Bukit Tinggi, 42000 pelabuhan Klang.
Pekerjaan: Pekerja Teknikal
Kampung asal: Kg. Bangkahak, Kota Belud, Sabah.

21/12/2008:


Keluarga saya sedang mengadakan makan-makan sebab beberapa orang kawan akan pulang bercuti ke Sabah

Sekitar jam 6 petang, mereka terdengar bunyi yang mencurigakan di halaman flat. Kawan-kawan saya ada di luar sebab ada yg bersedia balik ke rumah

Sebuah Van warna perak(silver) bertingkap cermin gelap datang dan ada 7 orang lelaki berpakaian biasa keluar, mereka memakai T'shirt dan jeans.

Ada beberapa orang kawan sedang berdiri di luar rumah ketika itu. Saya terdengar bunyi kecoh di tepi jalan di luar bangunan flat dan keluar dari rumah, mendapati keadaan kecoh sebab dengan kehadiran beberapa orang berpakaian biasa.

Saya berasa curiga pada mulanya. Menurut kawan-kawan, sebaik sahaja orang-orang (polis) itu datang, mereka terus membuat pemeriksaan dengan kasar, termasuk perbuatan menendang dan menampar tanpa memperlihatkan kad pengenalan polis mereka terlebih dahulu.

Apabila saya sampai ke tempat kejadian, keadaan masih kecoh dan saya dipanggil dan berjumpa secara baik dengan seorang anggota yg mencurigakan itu, lalu dia tunjukkan kad pengenalan polis beliau, Inspektor Hadi, lalu inspektor tersebut menyuruh saya supaya menyuruh orang-orang yang membuat kecoh itu supaya tidak buat kecoh.

Dalam situasi itu, saya langsung tidak menyentuh polis tersebut, kami hanya bercakap secara baik. Selepas keadaan reda, semua kami dan kawan2 masuk semula ke dalam rumah dan meneruskan
makan-makan kami, ada juga yg terus balik ke rumah masing-masing.


Saya difahamkan bahawa ada antara kawan2 yang enggan memberi kerjasama sebab curiga dengan cara anggota-anggota polis ini mendatangi mereka.

Dalam jam 8 malam lebih, polis datang balik dengan membawa rotan dan lain-lain alat memukul. Pada masa itu, isteri saya sedang menjemur kain di luar rumah. Isteri saya ternampak polis tersebut lalu memanggil saya.
Saya pun keluar dari dalam rumah dan bertanya pada polis tersebut dengan secara baik, "Encik, ada apa
Encik?"

Tanpa kata-kata, tiba-tiba polis itu tunjuk saya dan terus menggari saya, lalu memukul saya. Banyak yang menyaksikan saya di pukul masa itu. Kawan-kawan saya terdengar bunyi kecoh dan keluar. Sebaik saja keluar, kawan-kawan saya juga di pukul polis.

Seorang kawan, bernama Eddy @ Gusting bin Sully (K/P 730802-12-5425), di pukul dengan teruk hingga berdarah-darah. Kawan yang lain ternampak dan tidak sampai hati melihat dia dipukul tanpa sebab, lalu cuba mententeramkan keadaan dengan menyabarkan mereka, tetapi sebaliknya di tangkap polis dan di bawa ke lobi Bukit Tinggi.

Kami di belasah dengan teruk semasa keluar dari van di lobi Bukit Tinggi. Kami kemudian di soal siasat.> Semasa soal-siasat, saya bertanya kepada polis (Inspektor Hadi), "Kenapa saya di tangkap sedangkan masa kejadian petang tadi, kamu suruh saya kasi tau diorang supaya jangan kecoh-kecoh".

Inspektor Hadi menjawab saya, "Kamu diamlah, kau saya tau lah".

Selepas di tahan lebih kurang 2 jam di lobi Bukit Tinggi, kami di bawa ke Balai Polis Klang.

22/12/2008 Balai Polis Klang (ditahan 8 hari)

Kami di soal siasat lagi di Balai Polis Klang, kami di tanya siapa yang pukul dan tampar polis. Saya menjawab, saya tidak tahu, saya tidak pukul polis, saya cuma disuruh(oleh inspektor Hadi) memberitahu supaya diorang (kawan-kawan) jangan buat kecoh. Itu sahaja.

22/12/2008

Kami naik mahkamah Klang dan diberi reman selama 4 hari.

dalam mahkamah, kami tidak diberi peluang bercakap banyak. Dalam sepanjang penahanan kami, kami ada di bawa ke mahkamah sebanyak 3 kali tetapi kami tidak dipanggil / tidak disebut dalam mahkamah.

Pada masa itu, tempoh reman 4 hari kami sudah tamat. (dikira dari 21/12, sudah tamat pada 24/12/2008)
Kami di tahan selama 8 hari di Balai Polis Klang. Semasa dalam perbicaraan mahkamah, polis meminta 4 hari
reman tetapi ditolak oleh hakim dan hanya diberi 2 hari sambung reman. Oleh itu, reman di sambung 2 hari lagi.

28 Dec 2008 (Balai Polis Klang ke Balai Polis Port Klang).


Pada 28 kami di soal siasat sekali lagi. Selepas itu, kami di bawa ke Balai Polis Port Klang.

29 Dec 2008 Balai Polis Port Klang Kami di tahan 3 hari di Balai Polis Port Klang.

30th Dec, 2008 Kami di beritahu bahawa kami akan masuk mahkamah esok dan akan di dakwa.

31st Dec 2008: Kami masuk mahkamah. Hakim tidak datang, yang ada Cuma DBP (Polis 3 paku).

Beliau(DBP) menyebut kes kami, kami disabitkan kesalahan Seksyen 353 dan 427. Kami boleh diikat jamin sebanyak RM8,000 dengan syarat 2 orang penjamin: seorang Sabahan dan seorang orang Semenanjung.

Isteri dan kawan-kawan hadir tetapi Cuma ada RM3000-4000, oleh yang demikian tidak cukup untuk menjamin. Oleh yang demikian, petang itu kami di bawa ke penjara Sungai Buluh.

Di sini, saya di tahan dari 31/12/2008 hingga 21/1/2009, selepas wang jaminan sebanyak RM8,000 dibayar oleh isteri saya, wang atas ikhsan semua ahli keluarga kami.

Kes saya akan disebut semula pada 12 Februari 2009. Pada masa ini, akibat dari penahanan saya, saya mengalami banyak kerugian:

1) saya kehilangan pekerjaan sebab di tahan lebih dari sebulan; saya ada 1 anak berumur 7 tahun.
2) anak saya gagal mendaftar sekolah sebab ketiadaan saya. Isteri saya terpaksa menghantar anak saya balik ke Sabah bersama kakak dia supaya mungkin boleh bersekolah di Sabah.
3) saya menderita kesakitan bahagian telinga kiri, akibat di tumbuk dan ditampar oleh polis – sewaktu turun dari van di lobi Bukit Tinggi.

Dengan ini saya memohon pembelaan yang adil terhadap saya dan kawan-kawan yang tidak melakukan apa-apa kesalahan.

LAPORAN 2

Laporan: Muksin bin Sentem (dari Kota Belud), K/P 741003-12-5625 Tel: 019-2036 591

Kejadian berlaku di rumah saudara Edward bin Sindam.

21/12/2008

8 malam lebih: Polis datang tangkap Edward & Eddy. Semasa saya keluar, saya lihat Eddy di pukul dengan teruk hingga hidung berdarah. Kami semua jadi panik, sebab Eddy kelihatan sudah mahu pengsan kena pukul. Saya tengking polis tu: "apasal ni bawa kayu, apasal samseng nih, kalau polis nak tangkap orang pun apasal mau pukul teruk macam nih".

Saya tolak polis untuk mengelakkan Eddy dari dipukul lebih teruk sebab dia kelihatan macam mau pengsan
sudah. Saya digari dan turut di pukul selepas itu.

Dalam pertuduhan terhadap saya, saya di tuduh menampar polis. Pihak polis menukar cerita dan menuduh saya menampar. Saya tahu saya tidak menampar polis, saya cuma tolak polis supaya Eddy tidak di cederakan dengan lebih teruk.

Pada masa ini, masih ada 2 orang dalam tahanan sebab tidak mampu membayar wang jaminan, iaitu: Alfred (dari Kota Marudu) dan Dapit (Nabawan).

RUMUSAN

Kes ini akan di dengar di mahkamah Klang pada 12/2/2009; Ragu-ragu yang defendan (Edward /Muksin / Alfred / Dapit), akan diberi ruang untuk membela diri; Muksin meminta bantuan mencari peguam; Memohon bantuan MSM untuk memantau supaya mereka dapat dihakimi dengan adil, sebab terdapat unsur-unsur diskriminasi dan salah guna kuasa.

NOTA: Sabahkini.net telah menghubungi Edward dan beliau mengesahkan kes berkenaan ada benar dan kini mula didengar di Mahkamah dan mereka tidak mengaku salah. Mereka meminta bantuan Tan Sri Bernard Dompok dan sedang dalam pemerhatian beliau.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Unfair to Sabahan, not the other way around!

Guong

As a Sabahan, this really piss me off.

Tawau: Education Minister Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein described as "unfair", the policy practiced by schools here not to accept into Form One, students who have their citizenship status in their temporary identification document stated as "undetermined". DE
Just for the sake of his political carrier he made these remarks. What does he know about Sabahan citizenship problems? Can't he see the root of this so called 'undetermined citizenship status' children problem? Why on earth does these children status became undetermined in the first place?

If it is because of late registration by their parents after birth, why does it takes them 13 years ? (general age for form 1 student is 13 years old) How come they didn't register their kids earlier? 13 years should be more than enough time for them to do it.

Why? Because these are Illegal Immigrants kids!

"As the Education Minister I wish to state that it is not a policy I approve of. If it really exists we will change it today itself," he said, while visiting SK Balung.
It is not just a policy but it involves the constitution of Malaysia. If one of the parent is not of Malaysian citizenship, he/she must apply for it.

He said such a policy, "if it is a policy", was not fair considering the process in getting an Identity Card from the NRD "would take some time".
Like I said earlier, 13 years to to process? That is just absurd!

"The delay on the part of departments and ministries should not be a reason for them not to be accepted into school," he stressed.
Tell the NRD to speed up then. It's their problem. Why skip the legal process? And these are Illegal Immigrants we are talking about. How on earth did they manage to register with the NRD in the first place. 'Projek I.C' again?

I'm not saying that these kids doesn't deserve to gain knowledge but the main problem is why does these kids exists in the first place? Just solve Sabah's Illegal Immigrants issues and this 'unfairness' will end. No need to change any policies on education in Sabah.

Don't mix it with your political gain!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

4 in a row..that's odd..

Guong

I don't know why but somehow Sabah seems to be a hot destination for the federal government ministers. And it is still early in 2009. It's just seems odd to me.

1st, Khairy. (ok, he is not a federal cabinet minister) "Sabah politic unique"
"Labuan: National Umno Youth Vice President Khairy Jamaludin said Sabah's hardly racial politics impressed him and wished it could be replicated in the peninsula.

Speaking at a function organised by Umno Youth after winding up a marathon 18-day mostly road trip deep into Sabah's interior to meet Umno divisions, Khairy said.......

"Given the history or political twists in Sabah, the young in Sabah are politically aware and articulate."........"

I'm one of those young Sabahan, and I'm aware that Umno/BN is just bad news.

2nd, Information Minister, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, "RTM to air more programmes from Sabah, Sarawak"

"Sandakan: Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) will air more drama series from Sabah and Sarawak to help promote interesting places in the two states, said Information Minister, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek... "
"Ahmad Shabery said the "breakaway news" concept would be launched in Kota Kinabalu today (Monday) and enable those in the two states to learn more about what was happening in their respective states via a full 30-minute news."

More drama? If I'm not mistaken, there has been a proposal of doing a program specifically for Sabah a couple of years back. I can't find the related news but the proposal exists. And RTM actually turn it down saying it will unbalance Malaysia's racial harmony. But now they're on with the idea..haha..

And about the breakaway news, judging from how bias the mainstream news report towards anything that against the federal government, it will be nothing more than a propaganda tool for them to 'cheat' Sabahan and Sarawakian.

3rd, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar,
The news about him are here, here and here. There are still a couple of his recent news in Sabah but...I just don't feel like linking all of them. Just google his name and you will find a lot of blogs that are bashing him. Why? If you don't know (as a Malaysian), you might have been living in a cave or some remote island. (sorry..hehe)

4th, Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussien,
-To read his legal 'bribe' tactic on Sabahan, read here.
-To read his contradicting statement on defectors @ frog on Sabahan, read here.
-To read him admitting his failure as Education Minister towards Sabahan, read here.
-To read him making another promise for Sabahan, read here.

There you go, 4 odd numbers that came to Sabah.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Sabahan getting 'less poor'..?

Guong

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 10 — There are 16,403 hardcore poor households in Sabah currently, from 21,514 in 2007, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said today. more

Really? But what I see is quite different or should I say pretty much the same as 'usual'. Who are these hardcore poor peoples. Are the squatters included which are mostly Illegal Immigrants?

Or is this some kind of hint that a by-election is coming in 'you know where'.

Musa also said that the Rural and Regional Development Ministry had allocated RM100 million for the building of 2,486 units of houses in Sabah this year.

The state government was also allocated RM 23.2 million for implementation of programmes to provide a better livelihood for the people, which included career development training, nutritional and supplementary food programme, he added. — Bernama. news

Another huge allocation. This isn't the first time. But what have been done that really stands out and beneficial to Sabahan in general? And, I'm not talking about shopping complex or mall (like 1Borneo) but resources development.

Seems like this is just another statistic and numbers that will be used as bait in political campaign. Sigh..

Monday, February 9, 2009

Hello, we're not that Dumb..!

Guong

Lajim: "If you ask me, I feel it is a democratic practice. Those who jump do not do it for personal gain, they do it for the interest of the people...." DE
Ooo...it's for the interest of the people. Who are you fooling? Democratic practice? How on earth can it be democratic when one cheat the peoples that was supporting him/her by jumping party? Declare these frogs assets then.

Lajim: "...When I jumped to Umno it helped the BN form the government, and the result was Sabah was given UMS (Universiti Malaysia Sabah),"DE
Oh, that was the reason Sabah was given UMS. So, if it wasn't for you, there would be no University for Sabah la.. So this UMS was build base on political motive and not to improve Sabahan education industries. No wonder most school in Sabah are still poor in term of infrastructure. And most of UMS students are not Sabahan either since Sabahan lack the necessary education needed to qualify due to poor school development and environment.

Lajim mentioned other benefits which the people of Sabah enjoyed when BN took over Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) in 1994, such as the asphalt road which now links Beaufort to Sipitang. DE
Yeah, right, and why does my place still use gravel road? And what is the condition of the roads in Sabah? And not forgetting the Illegal Immigrants that are swarming Sabah. Oh, and SDC. Where is it?

Like always, sweet talking...just that.