tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13231803028384681352024-03-14T04:36:29.853+08:00Pakatan Rakyat SabahCalling all Sabahans to wake up and have your say here.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-6036005339488855282008-09-29T11:24:00.001+08:002008-09-29T11:24:57.126+08:00Elderly woman’s loss of citizenship upsets Barisan members in Sabah - StarKOTA KINABALU: Sept 29, 2008<br /><br />An elderly woman has lost her bumiputra status and her citizenship after the National Registration Department discovered flaws in her original documents.<br /><br />Yong Lee Hua @ Piang Lin, 78, has now been issued a red identity card meant for permanent residents.<br /><br />The department’s public relations officer, Janisah Mohd Noor, declined to say what the flaws were.<br /><br />Yong said she lost her blue identity card when her purse was stolen in May last year.<br /><br />In Sabah, if either one’s parents is a bumiputra, the children will be accorded bumiputra status.<br /><br />Janisah said the department had discovered anomalies after scrutinising Yong’s records and a detailed probe was being conducted.<br /><br />It had been reported that department officials had asked Yong, who holds a native certificate issued in 1963, to apply for citizenship after she was given the red identity card.<br /><br />On Saturday, Parti Upko deputy president Datuk Wilfred Bumburing said the party would review its position in Barisan Nasional if the department failed to rectify its mistake in making Yong a permanent resident.<br /><br />Bumburing said that taking away the citizenship of bumiputras and forcing them to take permanent resident status displayed incompetence of a department riddled with controversies.<br /><br />Meanwhile, both Barisan and opposition party officials said the episode was another clear reason why both the state’s National Registration and Immigration departments should be headed by Sabahans.<br /><br />Parti Bersatu Sabah information chief Johnny Mositun said a Sabahan would be more sensitive to the problems faced by the people in the state.<br /><br />The Government should look into this issue seriously and rectify any weaknesses to safeguard the interest of Sabahans, said Mositun, who is also the Sabah State Assembly deputy speaker.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-88312219189186450322008-07-13T22:34:00.001+08:002008-07-13T22:34:43.833+08:00SAPP to proceed with no-confidence motion - NSTKUALA LUMPUR: Jul 13, 2008<br /><br />In an about-turn, the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has reiterated its initial stand that it has lost confidence in the prime minister.<br />Its secretary-general, Datuk Richard Yong, said this in a statement posted on its official website yesterday to clarify news reports that SAPP had dropped its no-confidence motion.<br /><br />He reiterated that the party would proceed with the proposed motion of no-confidence against the prime minister when the time comes.<br /><br />But, he added, that it would not be carried out at the moment in order not to fall into the trap of some racialist opportunists, especially in view of the current volatile situation in the country.<br /><br />He also noted that its MP for Tawau, Datuk Dr Chua Soon Bui, had at Parliament House yesterday clarified the news reports on her interview on Monday which had been distorted as she had never said SAPP had dropped the proposed motion.<br />Meanwhile, at the Parliament lobby yesterday, SAPP deputy president Datuk Eric Enchin Majimbun said the party was still upholding its position on the matter of a motion of no confidence against Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.<br /><br />"To be frank, we have not forwarded the motion yet but we may do so in future," he said.<br /><br />Eric, who is also Sepanggar MP, noted that the party would probably not file the motion at this point of time.<br /><br />"We have to look at all the scenarios that are happening around us. So, at the moment it may not be suitable (to file the motion)," he said.<br /><br />When asked about the apparent threats made against him and Chua, Eric remained cautious.<br /><br />"The threat is in the past, but I cannot say that (it is over). However, I feel safe in Malaysia. This is our country and we should feel safe in our own country."Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-687435613201705742008-07-13T22:09:00.000+08:002008-07-13T22:10:55.052+08:00Two rebel MPs to back motion - MalaysiakiniJul 13, 2008<br /><br />Two rebel lawmakers from Abdullah's ruling BN coalition have vowed to back the opposition debate.<br /><br />Sabah Progressive Party (Sapp) parliamentarians Eric Enchin Majimbun and Chua Soon Bui have pledged their vote for an opposition motion of no-confidence against Abdullah.<br /><br />More news at: www.malaysiakini.comBillgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-44023803608515990522008-07-05T17:23:00.000+08:002008-07-05T17:24:06.971+08:00SAPP ticks off two other BN parties - The StarKOTA KINABALU: Jul 5, 2008 By MUGUNTAN VANAR<br /><br />A spat has started between rebellious Sabah Progressive Party and two other Barisan Nasional parties as the party prepares to reply to a show-cause letter.<br /><br />The SAPP felt it was wrong for two Sabah brethrens to push for its expulsion from Barisan Nasional when all it was doing was fighting for a better future for Sabahans.<br /><br />The party deputy president Datuk Raymond Tan, who opposes his president Datuk Yong Teck Lee's no confidence move against the Prime Minister, ticked off Parti Bersatu Sabah and Liberal Democratic Party.<br /><br />Tan, who is also Deputy Chief Minister, said that the move by PBS and LDP to allegedly table and second a motion at the Barisan management and supreme council meeting to expel SAPP was wrong.<br /><br />He claimed that the two components had shown their bias against SAPP even before the party had a chance to explain its views in response to the show-cause letter.<br /><br />However, both LDP and PBS have denied claims made in new reports that the two parties were pushing for SAPP’s expulsion and asked Tan to check his facts.<br /><br />PBS president Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan denied the report on his party's move to sack SAPP as a "rumour" on an online news portal that was quoted in a national news agency report.<br /><br />Pairin said that it was a baseless and ridiculous claim that could cause a split in Barisan.<br /><br />LDP Information Chief Albert Kok Yuk Ken said Tan should have checked his facts before making any statements.<br /><br />SAPP has been given 30 days from July 1 to reply to a show-cause letter from Barisan after which the ruling coalition will decide on whether to reprimand, suspend or sack the party of two MPs and four assemblymen.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-4978023609416596922008-07-03T20:18:00.000+08:002008-07-03T20:19:03.494+08:00YONG: Plenty of time to reply to showcause letter - NSTKOTA KINABALU, THURS: Jul 3, 2008<br /><br />The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) had ample time to reply to a show-cause letter from the Barisan Nasional (BN) which it received on Tuesday, said its president Datuk Yong Teck Lee.<br /><br />SAPP had 30 days to respond to the letter which was issued on June 30, he said.<br /><br />He declined to delve on the issue.<br /><br />The show-cause letter demanded an explanation on three main issues, namely the party’s proposed vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, its statement that there was no guarantee that SAPP would still be in BN after August, and SAPP’s loss of confidence in the Prime Minister.<br /><br />Last week, BN deputy chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had said SAPP would be given 30 days to reply and defend itself, after which the supreme council would meet again to decide whether to issue the component party a warning, impose a suspension or to expel it from the coalition.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-47291351592246416792008-07-01T15:49:00.000+08:002008-07-01T15:50:21.890+08:00Dompok: Give federal royalty to Sabah - NSTKOTA KINABALU: Jun 30, 2008<br /><br />Upko president Tan Sri Bernard Dompok has suggested that the five per cent royalty the Federal Government receives from Petronas for oil extracted from Sabah be given back to the state.<br />He said it would be a wise move in response to the persistent call by Sabah leaders for an increase in oil royalty.<br /><br />"If we want to give Sabah more money, this is the easiest thing to do for now."<br /><br />He said changing the agreement with Petronas in which Sabah and the Federal Government would each receive a five per cent oil royalty would be a hassle.<br /><br />Dompok said he agreed with the principle that Sabah should get more money for its oil.<br />"To Sabahans, that is the right thing to do."<br /><br />Dompok, who is Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, was speaking after attending a seminar on oil and gas development in Sabah organised by the party's Youth wing.<br /><br />He said developing the oil and gas industry in Sabah was important and could be the anchor of the Sabah Development Corridor. He added the industry would would provide job opportunities for the people.<br /><br />He also said the Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline project to the Petronas LNG complex in Bintulu would not allow Sabahans to be involved in the industry.<br /><br />He suggested that the government develop the Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal in Kimanis instead.<br /><br />He said he was made to understand that the gas pipeline project was to be halted but according to reports, Petronas would proceed with the RM390 million project.<br /><br />"I think the Sabah government should insist that the pipeline be stopped. It is in Sabah's interests to look at the bigger picture."<br /><br />Dompok said he had spoken to the prime minister and Petronas and was waiting for their response.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-3359181228736882642008-06-27T00:19:00.000+08:002008-06-27T00:20:05.101+08:00Anifah suggests a CM-led task force - The StarKOTA KINABALU: <br /><br />A high-level task force headed by the Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman is the best option to solve Sabah’s illegal immigrant problem, said Umno Kimanis MP Datuk Anifah Aman.<br /><br />He said the Chief Minister must chair the committee as it was the only “constitutional way” forward to resolve the long-standing problem.<br /><br />“The Deputy Prime Minister could sit in as a patron of such a committee,” said Anifah.<br /><br />He said a Royal Commission of Inquiry or Parliamentary Select Committee could not constitutionally address the issue.<br /><br />He said that under the Constitution, immigration matters in Sabah and Sarawak come under the purview of the respective chief ministers.<br /><br />Anifah’s statements come in the light of arguments by some Sabah leaders who have called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the complex problem.<br /><br />Some are calling for a Royal Commission to probe claims that foreigners had obtained Malaysian citizenship through the backdoor and that was reflected in an abnormal rise in Sabah’s population.<br /><br />Among the reasons why they wanted an inquiry was to investigate allegations that MyKads were issued under an alleged government-sponsored project dubbed Project IC that came to light during the Likas polls petition case in 1999.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-62661924111669170022008-06-27T00:16:00.002+08:002008-06-27T00:18:05.153+08:00SAPP to Umno's Anifah: Go independent and lead us - The StarKOTA KINABALU: Jun 27, 2008 By MUGUNTAN VANAR<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTqERIbGALgcFOe7Jh1q73ZK9rDMHPuZsAbNjvh0gP4HjENnBo6FtsVcp57HCzlcQexyoFvg8GvWS1j31vVmtSI6paeSPOZH8MedHcjq86fVAnxgRyKOAv0_sh3sZkpVHK-_MMYNkhU4g/s1600-h/May+8+-+n_16anifah.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTqERIbGALgcFOe7Jh1q73ZK9rDMHPuZsAbNjvh0gP4HjENnBo6FtsVcp57HCzlcQexyoFvg8GvWS1j31vVmtSI6paeSPOZH8MedHcjq86fVAnxgRyKOAv0_sh3sZkpVHK-_MMYNkhU4g/s400/May+8+-+n_16anifah.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216225185291287058" /></a>The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) is calling on Umno Kimanis MP Datuk Anifah Aman to lead an independent group of MPs from Sabah and Sarawak.<br /><br />MPs representing different parties from the two states can move the process of political change forward, SAPP president Datuk Yong Teck Lee said in a statement.<br /><br />Yong said that several MPs from Sabah, Sarawak and peninsular Malaysia have deliberated on the current political scenario in recent days.<br /><br />“This is the window of opportunity that SAPP has relentlessly reminded our leaders and people to not let slip by,” he said.<br /><br />Yong said that Anifah, who is Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman's brother, was brave and farsighted to have stepped forward to identify himself with Sabah and its people the issues raised by SAPP.<br /><br />Anifah has come forward at a time when some other Sabah Barisan parties have turned their guns to attack SAPP in the name of the “Barisan Spirit”, instead of fighting for the people and their state.<br /><br />Yong claimed that Anifah has refused to subscribe to divide-and-rule tactics and has come up with a fresh angle to the current struggle of Sabah to regain the autonomy of the State of Sabah (and Sarawak) by re-examining Article 161E(4) of the Constitution concerning immigration to the State.<br /><br />Article 161 touches on the “Safeguards for the constitutional position of States of Sabah and Sarawak”, including matters of citizenship, the jurisdiction of the High Court in Borneo, religion, language and native rights arising from the “Twenty Points” leading to the Malaysia Agreement of 1963.<br /><br />Anifah on Wednesday said that the Chief Minister of Sabah should head a high level task force to tackle the illegal immigrant problem, as under Article 161, matters of immigration came under the chief minister's jurisdiction.<br /><br />Over the last four decades, this special position and autonomy have been gradually eroded, whereby power is increasingly concentrated in the central government and its leadership, he added.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-39279248737161701632008-06-24T19:57:00.001+08:002008-06-24T20:00:18.132+08:00Two Sabah MPs recalled home after 'threats' - The StarKOTA KINABALU: Jun 24, 2008 By MUGUNTAN VANAR<br /><br />The two MPs of the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) have been recalled home to Sabah for security reasons, said party president Datuk Yong Teck Lee.<br /><br />He claimed that the two MPs – Datuk Eric Enchin Majimbun (Sepanggar) and Datuk Dr Chua Soon Bui (Tawau) – had been threatened by certain quarters over SAPP’s decision to support a no-confidence vote against the Prime Minister.<br /><br />The two MPs, who were in Kuala Lumpur to attend the Parliament meeting which began yesterday, were told to return immediately.<br /><br />“In view of this disturbing turn of events, SAPP has taken extra precautions for the safety of the MPs by calling them back to the party headquarters for consultations on the next course of action, including the safety of their persons, families and the security of their offices,” Yong said.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-bGG_fysJPqAMyOgHZ9LtCNwA7yj9rpGCxCFKEP6auURe5_0hV2xUuG_h0eDbNgOyIbsI4MA3dW2B7dnLilXoBR4XkYIV-FNtsQV33HlBEoqnhQ5jaeeq_2e5uWaHkDbcTuGN5v58FQS/s1600-h/Jun+24+-+n_01sabahmp.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-bGG_fysJPqAMyOgHZ9LtCNwA7yj9rpGCxCFKEP6auURe5_0hV2xUuG_h0eDbNgOyIbsI4MA3dW2B7dnLilXoBR4XkYIV-FNtsQV33HlBEoqnhQ5jaeeq_2e5uWaHkDbcTuGN5v58FQS/s400/Jun+24+-+n_01sabahmp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215416462559749746" /></a><em>Heading home: Majimbum and Dr Chua</em><br /> <br />He said that ever since SAPP announced the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister on June 18, the SAPP had been advised by “friendly parties not to underestimate the risky consequences and likely threats to SAPP and its leaders.”<br /><br />“Events in the last 24 hours have taken a disturbing turn. Among others, we have received reports of intimidation and bullying (against us),” he said.<br /><br />Yong said the two MPs and their aides had received SMS messages and unidentified phone calls implying threats.<br /><br />Other threats included several illegal banners instigating unspecified actions against Dr Chua appearing overnight in Tawau and a planned demonstration at her office in Tawau scheduled for today.<br /><br />SAPP had advised Tawau officials to lodge police reports, not to provoke the demonstrators and to take leave from the office until the tension had eased, he said in a statement.<br /><br />In Kota Kinabalu, Yong claimed that aggressive words touching on racial incitement were used at a Sepanggar Barisan Nasional gathering held at the Umno headquarters on Saturday.<br /><br />“SAPP truly appreciates and is very encouraged by the tremendous outpouring of support for the SAPP’s move on a vote of no-confidence against the Prime Minister,” he said.<br /><br />“Our perseverance on this course of action is very much helped in knowing that the people are with us.”<br /><br />He said Malaysians from peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak have also come forward to support its cause.<br /><br />“We can feel the pent up frustrations of ordinary Malaysians who want change, a change for the better,” Yong said.<br /><br />He said SAPP felt overwhelmed with the discussion in the printed media, on the Internet and on blogs, and through e-mail and SMS messages “be it in favour or not of SAPP, that have successfully brought the Sabah issues into the national focus.”<br /><br />When asked to comment on Yong's statement that Majimbun and Dr Chua had not turned up in Parliament yesterday because they had received death threats, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz said “they were making things up”.<br /><br />“In Malaysia we don’t go to that extent. It’s ridiculous. They must be joking. Who is going to threaten them? Barisan doesn’t do that,” he saidBillgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-28059775734541674762008-06-22T20:52:00.001+08:002008-06-22T20:53:48.041+08:00Upko undecided on no-confidence vote - The StarKOTA KINABALU: Jun 22, 2008 By MUGUNTAN VANAR<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmkDdBg7YJPusFKsy7gwxPhxsgMlSQ_Sp63-bqZwO4TxcdSKJ_8Coj091mAuta3itdsR3I1_d0ekVleKPCa6T-GBBD0ybupOaJwH90NW1oNt1pH9cu92FZVIccfamjFOmSHApG2WlQRrx/s1600-h/Jun+19+-+Dompok+3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmkDdBg7YJPusFKsy7gwxPhxsgMlSQ_Sp63-bqZwO4TxcdSKJ_8Coj091mAuta3itdsR3I1_d0ekVleKPCa6T-GBBD0ybupOaJwH90NW1oNt1pH9cu92FZVIccfamjFOmSHApG2WlQRrx/s400/Jun+19+-+Dompok+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214688215616620914" /></a>Upko has not decided on which way to go should a no-confidence vote against the Prime Minister come up in Parliament, its deputy president Datuk Wilfred Bumburing said.<br /><br />However, party president Tan Sri Bernard Dompok had earlier said the party had "no plans to play hero" during such a vote.<br /><br />Bumburing said whatever the decision, Upko would participate in any debate should the vote come up.<br /><br />"We cannot deny that we share Sabah Progressive Party’s views on issues pertaining to the migrant problem.<br /><br />"We are firm about this and we are unhappy about so called Cabinet Committee to tackle Sabah’s illegal immigrant woes," he said.<br /><br />Bumburing said a similar committee set up in 2002 had only one meeting.<br /><br />"It's almost forgotten and now they are talking of the same thing,” he said, adding that a Royal Commission of Inquiry was a better option as it would be able to act on the problem firmly.<br /><br />Upko has four MPs – party president and Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, Bumburing who is Tuaran MP, Datuk Dr Marcus Majigoh (Putatan MP) and Datuk Siringan Gubat (Ranau MP).<br /><br />Meanwhile, Sepanggar Barisan Nasional membes held a protest over their MP Datuk Eric Enchin Majimbun’s support for the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister.<br /><br />A large number of members from various component parties in the division demonstrated at the Sepanggar Umno office here and said the no-confidence motion did not have the endorsement of the parties in the area.<br /><br />Among the component parties represented were Umno, Parti Bersatu Sabah, Liberal Democratic Party, MCA and Gerakan.<br /><br />Those present demanded that Eric respect the Barisan leadership under Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.<br /><br />Karambunai Umno assemblyman Datuk Jainab Ahmad, whose constituency is within the Sepanggar parliamentary constituency, slammed Eric and SAPP president Datuk Yong Teck Lee and accused them of trying to break up the national coalition.<br /><br />"Taking such a step without consulting us shows that they don’t believe in the Barisan spirit and consensus,” Jainab said, adding that as Umno leaders they strongly condemned SAPP’s move of no confidence.<br /><br />PBS Sepanggar division head Darwi Abdullah called Yong a traitor to the voters and said he should just leave the coalition.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-26800677401143582682008-06-21T23:07:00.000+08:002008-06-21T23:08:37.195+08:00SAPP may be issued show-cause letter - The StarPETALING JAYA: Jun 21, 2008<br /><br />Barisan Nasional is considering issuing a show-cause letter to Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) for deciding to go ahead with a move to support a no-confidence vote against Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.<br /><br />On Friday, the SAPP supreme council endorsed its president Datuk Yong Teck Lee's call to support a vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister in Parliament on Monday.<br /><br />Barisan secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor told mstar.com.my that he would discuss this with Abdullah, the coalition's chairman.<br /><br />"I will ask for Abdullah's views for SAPP to be slapped with a show-cause letter on its decision to go ahead with a no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister," he added.<br /><br />"Barisan is like a family. They (SAPP) are like a son who wants to remain in the family but cannot get along with the father," he said.<br /><br />Tengku Adnan said he believed the motion would not be tabled on Monday because several procedures must be adhered to first.<br /><br />"Furthermore, until Sunday, the motion had yet to be filed. If it is accepted, it will have to go through certain procedures and I don't think it will be proposed in Parliament on Monday as claimed by SAPP," he said.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-13555496226752961712008-06-21T22:53:00.001+08:002008-06-21T22:55:44.283+08:00Yong Denies Being Offered DPM's PostKOTA KINABALU, June 21 (Bernama)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_S2G3-8Jb8rJfeG2-MMhb-66Shju-2LtGKPKJHj8pEUkHM-5FoH2yUrrlrKgLRD3J7OmIpPLf4P1EqUBunxY9FhDDSDFkGmua4v2UI5FkXJWwdKUeFH1zx_wi_HVy7GNH4ukXbZg-osG/s1600-h/Jun+19+-+Yong+raise+hands.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_S2G3-8Jb8rJfeG2-MMhb-66Shju-2LtGKPKJHj8pEUkHM-5FoH2yUrrlrKgLRD3J7OmIpPLf4P1EqUBunxY9FhDDSDFkGmua4v2UI5FkXJWwdKUeFH1zx_wi_HVy7GNH4ukXbZg-osG/s400/Jun+19+-+Yong+raise+hands.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214348466851335138" /></a>Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Yong Teck Lee has described Umno Youth vice chief Khairy Jamaluddin's inkling of him being offered the deputy prime minister's post as absurd.<br /><br />"I don't dream of becoming Deputy Prime Minister. Perhaps, because I was loud in voicing out issues affecting Sabah he can say anything, talking like an insane man.<br /><br />"If not because superb victories of Sabah and Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN)... BN would have fallen in the last election. So, what's wrong with us asking for little attention.<br /><br />"Khairy is a young man. He has to learn a lot," Yong said during a meet-the-people function at the Likas multipurpose hall near here Saturday.<br /><br />Khairy said Friday that Yong's criticism of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was believed due to him being taken in by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's offer.<br /><br />He said he was made to understand that Yong would be appointed to the number two post in government if Anwar who is former deputy prime minister, became Prime Minister.<br /><br />Yong said he was not greedy pursuing for posts in government.<br /><br />"I was offered senatorship and become Special Envoy to Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asia Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) but I did not accept it because I saw it as a political bribe so that I stop raising Sabah issues.<br /><br />"Had I accepted the post... I would have gained but what I am championing are the interests of the Sabah people and state and not for personal sake," he said.<br /><br />Yong said the attempt by certain parties to use the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) to "intimidate" him so that he abandon his fight for the Sabah people was a political threat.<br /><br />"Even if I were to be imprisoned, many other Sabah leaders can continue the struggle for Sabah people," he said.<br /><br />Friday, ACA Director-General Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan said the agency would investigate the SAPP president in connection with graft totalling RM5 million allegedly occurring when he was Sabah Chief Minister.<br /><br />On "political autonomy", Yong said Sabah had the right for it to reduce federal government's intervention in state administration.<br /><br />"Presently... the appointment of the chief minister, ministers even BN candidates are all decided in Kuala Lumpur... everything referred to Kuala Lumpur.<br /><br />"So, the time has come for Sabah to be given political autonomy so that what was provided under the constitution is decided by the Sabah people themselves," he said.<br /><br />Speaking to reporters later, Yong said SAPP would undergo a rebranding exercise to strengthen the party including its membership.<br /><br />"Some people perceive SAPP as a party representing the Chinese. Actually, SAPP is multiracial and this is why we are carrying out rebranding," he said.<br /><br />He also said SAPP would hold briefing sessions on current issues statewide from Saturday.<br /><br />Asked whether SAPP would take action on its deputy president, Datuk Raymond Tan, who disagreed with the decision of the party's Supreme Council on moving a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister, Yong said it would not.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-55988803262262596182008-06-21T15:18:00.001+08:002008-06-21T15:18:38.679+08:00‘Sandakan rebellion’ fomenting within SAPP - The StarKOTA KINABALU: Jun 21, 2008<br /><br />The split emerging from within the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has been dubbed the “Sandakan rebellion” as it is being led by party leaders of the east coast of the state.<br /><br />Party deputy president Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah is the assemblyman for Tanjung Papat which is in Sandakan. With him is party youth chief Au Kam Wah, who is assemblyman of Elopura which is also in Sandakan.<br /><br />They are expected to secure the support of former Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Tham Nyip Shen, an ex-Elopura assemblyman.<br /><br />“Whatever action I am taking from now is on my own prerogative,” said Tan, who is Deputy Chief Minister and state Infrastructure Development Minister.<br /><br />He and Au were seen leaving immediately after yesterday’s SAPP supreme council meeting and did not stay for the press conference.<br /><br />He later told The Star that he was preparing to brief Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman as to what had transpired at the meeting.<br /><br />Tan said at the meeting, he told members that the party could not proceed with the motion against the Prime Minister after deciding to remain in the ruling coalition.<br /><br />“How could we move a motion against the very leader of the coalition to which we belong? That is utterly confusing,” he said.<br /><br />He added that meeting dragged on for hours when the SAPP supreme council members debated at length over the matter.<br /><br />“There was no consensus on the motion against the Prime Minister. There was a split,” Tan said.<br /><br />When contacted, Au said he supported Tan’s motion at the supreme council to reject Yong’s no-confidence move.<br /><br />He however was reluctant to say if he was moving in tangent with Tan in the so-called Sandakan rebellion.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-47034505707620134412008-06-21T15:15:00.001+08:002008-06-21T15:15:48.381+08:00Tan to stay on in SAPP even if party expelled - The StarKOTA KINABALU: Jun 21, 2008 By RUBEN SARIO<br /><br />Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) deputy president Datuk Raymond Tan said he intends to remain in the party even if it is expelled from Barisan Nasional over its no-confidence move against the Prime Minister.<br /><br />Tan, who is openly opposing SAPP president Datuk Yong Teck Lee's no-confidence move, said he felt the party that he joined at its formation in 1994 needed him even more now.<br /><br />He told reporters here on Saturday that he would not entertain any invitation to join other Barisan Nasional component parties “for now.”<br /><br />Tan, a Deputy Chief Minister, told reporters at the Kota Kinabalu international airport here before flying before flying back to Sandakan that he was also prepared to face the consequences of opposing Yong over the no-confidence move.<br /><br />Tan said he was appealing to federal leaders not to take any action against SAPP leaders and members that would be perceived as attempts to threaten them.<br /><br />He said he was shocked at Yong's disclosure in the midst of the SAPP supreme council meeting on Friday that the Anti Corruption Agency was investigating him for a case dating back some 12 years.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-6558866610050010352008-06-21T07:32:00.001+08:002008-06-21T07:32:42.000+08:00Anwar Offering Yong DPM's Post?KOTA BAHARU, June 20 (Bernama)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtaqyaBBNSPAA8BENNSH4X19vAUJTWuDn905COJYk3R-IBSQ9if2SARNzPLneK5Lve7zKhiQ2F8zXWMxuHX2ztsz-a07mtv73E3gbFugVkuZF-F-6yWANP1pl23CBIuTPSg897pYiniU/s1600-h/May+15+-+Khairi.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHtaqyaBBNSPAA8BENNSH4X19vAUJTWuDn905COJYk3R-IBSQ9if2SARNzPLneK5Lve7zKhiQ2F8zXWMxuHX2ztsz-a07mtv73E3gbFugVkuZF-F-6yWANP1pl23CBIuTPSg897pYiniU/s400/May+15+-+Khairi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214110384321449682" /></a>Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Yong Teck Lee's declaration that his party has lost confidence in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is believed due to him being taken in by former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's offer.<br /><br />Umno Youth vice chief Khairy Jamaluddin said he was made to understand that Yong would be appointed to the number two post in government if Anwar was to be Prime Minister.<br /><br />"I heard loads were offered (to Yong) like the deputy prime minister's post and oil royalties.<br /><br />"Actually I want to know what was the offer which came individually from Anwar to Yong. Was Yong offered the DPM's job if Anwar becomes PM?. If this is true, it proves it is not a stance based on principles but with conditions because they did meet," he told reporters at the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport here Friday.<br /><br />Earlier, Khairy held a closed-door meeting with 14 Umno Youth heads in Kelantan.<br /><br />He also criticised the move by Yong and the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser who held the meeting in Hong Kong.<br /><br />"In terms of morality this is wrong because after admitting he had met Anwar and then wanting to support a no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister, he still not being direct and said not leaving Barisan Nasional (BN). This raises questions.<br /><br />"Why would they meet in Hong Kong? Afraid of people seeing? This raises a lot of questions. We know the Anwar and Yong history in 1994 which brought down the Sabah government. This is not something new," Khairy said.<br /><br />The Rembau Member of Parliament said SAPP's move to table a motion of no-confidence against the Prime Minister also showed the party's inconsistent stance.<br /><br />This was because, he said, it was inconceivable that BN component parties would want to support the motion of no-confidence against the BN chairman and at the same time wanted to champion the politics brought by the BN.<br /><br />He said Yong had also been alleged to have used his position as party president to get their support on his stance with regard to the motion.<br /><br />"I was made to understand most SAPP Supreme Council members disagreed with Yong's stance but he managed to get their approval.<br /><br />"The question is, will those in SAPP who do not support Yong come forward to make a different stance that is more consistent, namely if they want to continue with the BN, must support the BN chairman? There is no choice for any party in the BN not to support its chairman," he said.<br /><br />As a member of Parliament also, he said, he would see whether SAPP members of Parliament -- Chua Soon Bui of Tawau who is also the party's deputy president and Datuk Eric Majimbun of Sepanggar -- would table and support the motion.<br /><br />"I hope the BN chief whip will take proper action if they proceed with the plan," he said.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-52539492377577177722008-06-20T23:36:00.001+08:002008-06-20T23:36:21.404+08:00Senatorship, BIMP-EAGA, Special Rep Political Bribe, Says YongKOTA KINABALU, June 20 (Bernama)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbD612Cg3R7JhSbeKbWLTLNPS3_YcMWdu9U5hzHLHQ1WFWBZ3r8Dv87SsxHwVxhrTl2NEbnJ2kAuc-U0CjW8BCSA6qFBQK95ZIFbNsncL8dlbQC2sgSWH5SOw5qP_ZoQsy3esK6bgJuiY/s1600-h/Jun+20+-+welcome_yong1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbD612Cg3R7JhSbeKbWLTLNPS3_YcMWdu9U5hzHLHQ1WFWBZ3r8Dv87SsxHwVxhrTl2NEbnJ2kAuc-U0CjW8BCSA6qFBQK95ZIFbNsncL8dlbQC2sgSWH5SOw5qP_ZoQsy3esK6bgJuiY/s400/Jun+20+-+welcome_yong1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213987722128691186" /></a>Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) President Datuk Yong Teck Lee today admitted he received a letter, offering the post of senator and special envoy to the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).<br /><br />Yong said he was offered both posts through a letter from the Cabinet Division of the Prime Minister's Department on Tuesday, a day before he declared that the party had lost confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.<br /><br />However, the former chief minister said he regarded the offer as "political bribery" to stop him from voicing out issues related to Sabah.<br /><br />"The offer was delivered to me through the chief minister. He (the chief minister) said that if I agree, the prime minister would make the announcement.<br /><br />"I said I'm going to reject it even if the announcement is made... so it won't be nice," he told reporters here.<br /><br />Yong was asked to comment on a statement by Abdullah yesterday that he had offered the two posts to the SAPP president.<br /><br />"There is nothing personal but I'm surprise when he (the prime minister) mentioned about personal greed... I've never asked for personal things from the prime minister.<br /><br />"The senatorship is suggested by the chief minister. I said, fine but I rather not accept it because people would see it as an attempt to shut me up. So it's not true that I had personal greed.<br /><br />"I also said that if it is true, let other SAPP leaders who are qualified (to be offered the posts)," he said.<br /><br />He also questioned what he said was the "perfect timing" for a corruption case to surface.<br /><br />"This is an attempt to cultivate a climate of fear," he told reporters after chairing the SAPP supreme council meeting.<br /><br />The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) said Friday it was investigating Yong over an alleged bribery case involving RM5 million when he was the chief minister in 1996.<br /><br />This was following a revelation in the Kuala Lumpur High Court yesterday that Yong had ordered the payment of over RM5 million profit from the sale of shares belonging to a state-owned company to his selected agents in 1996.<br /><br />Yong said: "In this particular investigation, the ACA had taken my statements four or five years ago. I don't know how many hours I was at the ACA office, don't tell me it has suddenly resurfaced today.<br /><br />"The timing is perfect," he said.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-65596434226299934582008-06-20T22:14:00.000+08:002008-06-20T22:15:09.449+08:00SAPP supreme council endorses motion - The StarKOTA KINABALU: Jun 20, 2008<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRUtUEC1vFtmZyhO9r1mM8xF7a5zOyVhvKabETXcx0kzIrKc7Ph5XROmvWNWWQCTJ-Dauz1pLfYlc9ctkCOEMTzgQpMAEryysNnNTsh6swLP2hOHRwnkTdwY-Xujl2y7XA_t518MF5Qid/s1600-h/Jun+20+-+welcome_yong1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRUtUEC1vFtmZyhO9r1mM8xF7a5zOyVhvKabETXcx0kzIrKc7Ph5XROmvWNWWQCTJ-Dauz1pLfYlc9ctkCOEMTzgQpMAEryysNnNTsh6swLP2hOHRwnkTdwY-Xujl2y7XA_t518MF5Qid/s400/Jun+20+-+welcome_yong1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213966996380230306" /></a>Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) supreme council has endorsed the decision to support a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in Parliament on Monday.<br /><br />The council, however, did not make any decision on its position in the Barisan Nasional<br /><br />SAPP president Datuk Yong Teck Lee said the supreme council endorsed the decision after considering all views.<br /><br />Except for deputy presidents Sepanggar MP Datuk Eric Enchin Majimbun and Likas assemblyman Datuk Liew Teck Chan who are overseas, all supreme council members were present during meeting at the party's headquarters in Luyang.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-52036937034545775352008-06-20T10:52:00.000+08:002008-06-20T10:53:27.118+08:00SAPP Kemuka Undi Tidak Percaya - BN Bergolak<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9mzdsY-bCG4&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9mzdsY-bCG4&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-83168396642994507002008-06-20T10:45:00.000+08:002008-06-20T10:46:27.695+08:00BN: No action against Sapp - MalaysiakiniBarisan Nasional supreme council today resolved not to take action against Sabah Progressive Party (Sapp) until it gets an "official statement" from the party for its planned no-confidence vote against the prime minister. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/As5MmSc3xSw&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/As5MmSc3xSw&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-66826513979515267912008-06-19T23:18:00.000+08:002008-06-19T23:19:07.135+08:00Yong: SAPP will respond on Friday - The StarKOTA KINABALU: Jun 19, 2008<br /><br />Datuk Yong Teck Lee said his party will respond in full on Friday to the so-called decision of the Barisan Nasional emergency supreme council meeting in Putrajaya.<br /><br />“Was the Barisan meeting held to take action against or expel SAPP from Barisan?<br /><br />“What does Barisan headquarters consider to be the status of SAPP (for it) to be excluded from the meeting?” he said in an SMS when asked for the party’s reaction to the Barisan supreme council's decision.<br /><br />SAPP, which was not notified of the emergency meeting, will hold its own supreme council meeting on Friday.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-35443228362629484892008-06-19T18:12:00.001+08:002008-06-19T18:12:55.685+08:00UPKO denies Dompok leaving BN - NSTPUTRAJAYA: Jun 19, 2008 By Hamidah Atan<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5-3XovjYGTwrW6691VkyYhUAnu0-c-_TJPkzs1kiUJgQE26YU5ZH5a25lhhfEEhwioLsqqsCGMQmLOFutq8Ob19HV4PPDBcL3hcqU_2f1MuxXF0vrZIYj4LXt7p9Qx4MG2WYL_-V3WI/s1600-h/Jun+19+-+Dompok+3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5-3XovjYGTwrW6691VkyYhUAnu0-c-_TJPkzs1kiUJgQE26YU5ZH5a25lhhfEEhwioLsqqsCGMQmLOFutq8Ob19HV4PPDBcL3hcqU_2f1MuxXF0vrZIYj4LXt7p9Qx4MG2WYL_-V3WI/s400/Jun+19+-+Dompok+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213533297280280946" /></a>The Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Murut Bersatu (Upko) yesterday denied that its president Tan Sri Bernard Dompok will leave the Barisan Nasional. <br /><br />Its secretary-general Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau said Dompok and other Upko leaders would remain loyal to BN chairman and prime minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.<br /><br />"No one in Upko is leaving the BN. We don't have problem with Abdullah or the BN, so, the question of us leaving the coalition does not arise.<br /><br />"We are now focussing on divisional and branch meetings and we don't have time for such."Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-79586860314799645362008-06-19T07:10:00.002+08:002008-06-19T07:14:08.832+08:00SAPP's 14 Points "Sabah Issues"SAPP’s 14 points submitted to PM<br />Taken from SAPP's blog<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSL4_3QV07vNf7EEOyLyV1nvaQswr3wRIdVCajEwo-wBnHNdQGvwKL__TXgvhwBH1P9ekeQ3sOs_QJ8Gnv7X2hmYH25NTBkjeTZL24J_3IjATlcadpp7xzsUJkouOCesrrqjsPimiHGbv/s1600-h/Jun+19+-+Yong+raise+hands.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSL4_3QV07vNf7EEOyLyV1nvaQswr3wRIdVCajEwo-wBnHNdQGvwKL__TXgvhwBH1P9ekeQ3sOs_QJ8Gnv7X2hmYH25NTBkjeTZL24J_3IjATlcadpp7xzsUJkouOCesrrqjsPimiHGbv/s400/Jun+19+-+Yong+raise+hands.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213363714737919634" /></a><br />1. Political autonomy should be enhanced so that Sabah can manage its own affairs, including the implementation of the Sabah Development Corridor, 9th <br />Malaysia Plan projects and the civil service.<br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? None.</em><br /><br />2. Respect for and recognition of the State Government under the leadership of the Chief Minister of the day. At times, Sabah representatives bad mouth other <br />Sabah leaders in front of federal leaders. This has made Sabah look divided and therefore easily manipulated.<br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? None.</em><br /><br />3. Sabah needs increased representation at the national political (Cabinet) and <br />administrative (civil service) main stream and revival of the Ministry of Special Affairs for Sabah and Sarawak.<br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? PM announced 2 for civil service. No reply on Minister of Special Affairs.</em><br /><br />4. A non-racial approach to national unity and the empowerment of minority groups are also important in nation building to stop the polarization of racial <br />and religious communities in the country.<br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? None.</em><br /><br />5. There is also a need to clarify once and for all the validity of post-NEP New Economic Policy) policies so that any affirmative action must reach the target groups, irrespective of race, that is the people truly in need of <br />assistance. <br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? No clarification to date.</em><br /><br />6. The government must embark on an immediate action plan to solve the illegal immigrant situation in Sabah, including the syndicated My Kad and other dubious documents, that has been a source of unhappiness among the people.<br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? Cabinet Committee merely window dressing. <br />(Same committee was announced in 2004)</em><br /><br />7. The closure of the JPPS (Federal Department of Development) in Sabah. The <br />reason for JPPS's existence is long gone.<br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? Closure affirmative, only after more than a decade. 38 local staff not given post.</em><br /><br />8. Abolition of the double taxation on oil palm in the form of cooking oil subsidies paid ever since June 2007. This taxation should be refunded to the oil palm planters concerned. On the other hand, Sabah does not benefit from the other rice-producing regions in the country. In fact, we pay more for the rice that we consume in Sabah.<br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? A new tax of 7.5% will be imposed on CPO millers in Sabah and Sarawak and 15% from Peninsular Malaysia. Questionable Windfall Profit Levy.</em><br /><br />9. To address the higher freight charges, exorbitant air fares, increasing costs of living, inefficient internet broad band services, electric power break downs, bureaucratic red tape and a host of other entrenched interests (BERNAS monopoly, proton car prices, newspaper prices, KLIA-spoke and wheel policy (against an open air policy), etc..) have staked up against a State like Sabah. <br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? No action.</em><br /><br />10. Federal negligence, the abrupt way that the Money Lenders Act 1951 (Act 400) was extended to Sabah on 1 January 2008. No mechanism was put in place to administer the new law. This has caused much confusion, financial losses and potential legal disputes in Sabah. How can this be allowed to happen in the first place? How can the Sabah Money Lenders Ordinance 1901 (Sabah Cap 81) be brushed aside just like that? Where is the hurry to displace an already established administration of the Sabah Money Lenders Ordinance that has worked well for a century? Now, Sabah is left to bear the consequent losses.<br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? None.</em><br /><br />11. Proposal to make legally binding (on the Federal Treasury) the compensation of loss of revenues due to Sabah under the Part V of the 10th Schedule of the <br />Federal Constitution (Additional Sources of Revenue Assigned to Borneo States). <br />This relates to import duty and excise duty on petroleum products in Sabah and Sarawak. Parliamentary amendments (necessitated by the Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA)pact) to the Sales Tax Act 1972 in 1999 had caused Sabah and Sarawak to lose this revenue which amounted to about RM 200 million per annum per state.<br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? None.</em><br /><br />12. The Special Status of the High Courts in Sabah and Sarawak under Article 121 of the Federal Constitution must be borne in mind too. The amendments to the Sabah Advocates Ordinance 1953 proposed by the Sabah Law Association has been long overdue to be made into federal law. This is so that the Legal Profession Act need not be extended to Sabah (and Sarawak). <br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? None.</em><br /><br />13. Proposal that Petronas money should be used to build the Labuan bridge <br />because Labuan needs a bridge to the main land.<br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? None.</em><br /><br />14. To seek an increase of oil royalties to 20%.<br /><br /><em>Response from the Federal Government? None.</em>Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-15927071172788906992008-06-18T21:34:00.001+08:002008-06-18T21:34:33.788+08:00SAPP MPs to move no-confidence vote - Press Coference<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_z-bRPpBCSc&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_z-bRPpBCSc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-88394125800240550062008-06-18T21:00:00.001+08:002008-06-18T21:05:56.010+08:00Musa Regrets SAPP's Support For A Vote Of No Confidence On PMKOTA KINABALU, June 18 (Bernama)<br /><br />Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman has expressed disappointment over the declaration by Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Yong Teck Lee that his party's members of parliament will support a no-confidence vote on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.<br /><br />"I'm not sure what is SAPP's real motive in making such a move," he said in a statement.<br /><br />"As a Barisan Nasional (BN) component party president, Yong's act was uncalled for and unprecedented in the spirit of camaraderie adopted by BN all this while."<br /><br />Musa, who is Sabah BN chairman, was commenting on the declaration by Yong today that his party had lost confidence in Abdullah.<br /><br />Yong claimed that the party's two members of parliament (Sepanggar and Tawau) would support a motion for a vote of no confidence against the prime minister in the coming Parliament sitting on Monday.<br /><br />Yong, a former Sabah Chief Minister, said Sepanggar MP Datuk Eric Enchin Majimbun, who is now overseas on official duty, had made his stand in a signed press statement, while Tawau MP Datuk Dr Chua Soon Bui, also took a similar position in a signed statement.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323180302838468135.post-50186267686478809492008-06-18T20:57:00.000+08:002008-06-18T20:58:23.733+08:00SAPP Hints Coalition Of Independent RepsKUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Bernama)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnGZHCSZ44z3aMqamH_mJu9jHumQBKUw5j-AYjy1RnVAMS9fr0eMio5T8Gm60luzdggoMVY1wbQVfuKHB_SFrMwidp2kf5oi0y8VadXjr6pBuIzm3pB-ffuQPwXHB5A1JhM8pN_WN-TfN/s1600-h/Jun+18+-+Yong+Teck+Lee.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnGZHCSZ44z3aMqamH_mJu9jHumQBKUw5j-AYjy1RnVAMS9fr0eMio5T8Gm60luzdggoMVY1wbQVfuKHB_SFrMwidp2kf5oi0y8VadXjr6pBuIzm3pB-ffuQPwXHB5A1JhM8pN_WN-TfN/s400/Jun+18+-+Yong+Teck+Lee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213205047670844242" /></a>Sabah Progessive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Yong Teck Lee, who on Wednesday declared in Kota Kinabalu that his party had lost confidence in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, has hinted the possibility of several elected representatives from Sabah abandoning Barisan Nasional (BN) to serve as independent elected representatives.<br /><br />The former Sabah chief minister also ruled out the possibility of these "independent MPs" and state assemblymen joining Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)-led Pakatan Rakyat should they decide to quit the ruling coalition.<br /><br />Yong, who has been critical of Abdullah's political decisions on Sabah and what he described as "unpopular" measures pertaining to fuel price hikes and illegal immigrants' issues in the state, said they were not keen to cross over to a peninsula-based opposition party.<br /><br />"We don't want that. What we want is if there is any political party in the state, it should be a Sabah-based party, looking after the affairs in the state and its people," he said in an interview with Bernama in Kota Kinabalu recently.<br /><br />"We don't foresee ourselves joining any other peninsula-based opposition party if we ever decide to dump BN. Maybe only in terms of a loose coalition (with a peninsula-based opposition party)," he added.<br /><br />He, however, declined to say whether SAPP itself would leave the BN.<br /><br />"Let's wait and see," said Yong, who declared in Kota Kinabalu that the party's two members of parliament (Sepanggar and Tawau) would support a motion for a vote of no confidence against the prime minister in the coming Parliament sitting on Monday.<br /><br />Several SAPP leaders, when met, indicated that several state politicians from other parties had shown interest in joining the "coalition of independent representatives".<br /><br />"It's not just SAPP only. It will be a bigger coalition of independent members of parliament and assemblymen, at least until the next general election," said one leader who declined to identified.<br /><br />It is learnt that about 10 to 18 Sabah MPs and assemblymen would announce their decision to quit BN and jump-start the "independents" pack" in a matter of days.<br /><br />"Just watch out for this Saturday. It could be another political tsunami," an aide to the SAPP chief said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, a political observer said several MPs from Sabah could announce their stance in the BN after the SAPP holds its emergency supreme council meeting this Friday.Billgateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479757160705367450noreply@blogger.com0