Category Archives: Sarawak

Larry Sng elected Sarawak Workers’ Party president

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

SIBU: Former assistant minister Larry Sng Wei Shien was today elected Sarawak Workers’ Party (SWP) president at its inaugral annual general meeting here. Its prime mover is Larry’s father, Sng Chee Hua, who is former deputy president of the Parti … Continue reading →

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Tabloid’s Penan incest story “offensive and baseless”

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

By Kelvin Egay On Sunday May 13, the front page of the tabloid Metro Ahad read:‘Ibuku, isteriku, bapaku, suamiku’ (My mother, my wife, my father, my husband). On page 4, the report was titled ‘Abang kahwin adik sendiri’(Brother marries his own sister). This … Continue reading →

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Sarawak natives launch ‘Occupy’ movement against land grab

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

By Nigel Aw Some 40 Sarawak natives started camping outside Wisma Pelita in the state capital of Kuching yesterday, protesting the continued inaction of the state authority on their complaints of encroachment into their native customary rights (NCR) land. They … Continue reading →

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‘Penan incest’ claim triggers anger at tabloid

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

By Keruah Usit ANTIDOTE Metro Ahad, a tabloid newspaper linked to Umno through Media Prima, has raised angry calls for a boycott, following a disturbing May 13 story alleging that unnamed Sarawakian Penans practise incest. In a report headlined Abang … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarawak, Special Interest

Sabah, Sarawak BN want polls after June

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

By Shannon Teoh KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Sabah and Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) want elections to be held in the second half of the year, citing local festivals occurring over the next month. The Star reported today several component … Continue reading →

Posted in 13th General Election, Sabah, Sarawak

Court rulings strengthen native rights on NCR

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: The recent court victories of native customary rights (NCR) landowners against oil palm companies should serve as important lessons and precedents to would-be investors. NCR lawyer See Chee How said oil palm companies can no longer … Continue reading →

Posted in PKR Updates, Sarawak

Taib and Musa Aman – Questions raised in Swiss Parliament

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

Sarawak Report Malaysia’s attempts to cover up the scandal over the international money laundering of illegal timber money by Sabah’s Chief Minister, Musa Aman, is beginning to unravel. (Photo: Both so rich! – The two BN Chief Ministers of Sabah … Continue reading →

Posted in Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, Sarawak, Sarawak Report, Sabah, Corruption | 1 Comment

Bakun Dam left with no reason to exist

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Asia Sentinel The recent decision by Rio Tinto Alcan to pull out of a RM6 billion aluminum smelter project next to the Bakun Dam in Sarawak ends a five-year campaign to find something – anything – to do with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarawak, Special Interest

Why Sarawakians should join Bersih 428

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

By Pak Bui ‘Good people disobey bad laws’ is a memorable aphorism posted on the excellent – and witty – Malaysian media portal, The New Straight Times. Bersih 3.0 next Saturday, April 28, will be an crucial public expression of our contempt of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bersih, Sarawak

‘Give us back our land or else …’

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Some 145 angry Iban families from Kampung Nangka and Kampung Entingan in Kota Samarahan – the parliamentary constituency of Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s son Sulaiman Rahman – are demanding the return of 599 acres of native … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarawak, Sarawak BN

Sarawak Workers Party is registered

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: The registration of Sarawak Workers Party (SWP) which is linked to former deputy president of Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Sng Chee Hua and his cousin – Pelagus assemblyman George Lagong – has been approved by the … Continue reading →

Posted in 13th General Election, Sarawak

MACC leaks show Sabah CM’s bank links with Chia

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

Whistleblower website Sarawak Report today released further documents to rebut Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman’s denial that he has anything to do with timber middleman Michael Chia. The documents posted in response to Musa’s (left in photo) denial yesterday show … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate world, Corruption, Sarawak, UMNO

‘Dead men’ drag Taib’s coal mines into spotlight

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie Twenty-eight years of complaining about pollution and destruction from coal mines in Sarawak have fallen on deaf ears because the mines are linked to Chief Minister Taib Mahmud. The death of four Chinese national miners in Sarawak … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite

Sarawak ban: Ambiga’s judicial review application dismissed

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

PUTRAJAYA — Former Bar Council chairperson Datuk S.Ambiga lost her appeal to set aside a High Court’s refusal to grant her leave to challenge a notice barring her entry into Sarawak during the state election in April last year. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Bersih, Court case, Sarawak

‘Winnable’ Nancy a threat to ‘powerful’ minister

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: First term Batang Sadong MP Nancy Shukri’s approachability may well be her political death. Nancy’s popularity with natives in her constituency is apparently irking Assistant Minister Naroden Majais who is feeling undermined. Naroden is the asemblyman … Continue reading →

Posted in PBB, Sarawak

How Taib ‘SCORES’ mega-millions from his dam projects

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

Sarawak Report Taib has handed Abu Bekir the Jackpot contract at the Murum Dam! If you follow the money, the real motive behind Taib’s mega-projects becomes clear. We can now expose how the Chief Minister has managed to ensure that … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, The Taib family

Business and politics: The Foochow characteristics of Sibu

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

THE headline ‘Team A wins battle to head Sibu Foochow Association’, in the March 26 issue of The Borneo Post caught my attention as I found the story quite intriguing and fascinating. From the report, it was certainly a tense, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarawak, Special Interest

Govt urged to show ‘political will’ in S’wak

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Kapit’s Barisan Nasional MP, Alex Nanta Linggi has warned the BN government that it may lose its rural areas if nothing is done to help the people. Speaking during the debate on the royal address in … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarawak, Sarawak BN

Money politics and Taib’s deception

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

By Awang Abdillah COMMENT As Chief Minister of a state within Malaysia, Taib Mahmud has limited powers at his disposal, unlike his counterparts at the federal level who control manifold power buttons. However, the paradigm of political ignorance prevalent among … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, UMNO

Simunjan flare-up: Five held, excavators torched

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

By Keruah Usit In another heated dispute over Native Customary Land Rights in Sarawak, police have arrested five Iban villagers in Simunjan for allegedly setting fire to 13 excavators of an oil palm company. The company is a joint venture … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite

’1Care will hurt undocumented Sarawakians’

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

By Keruah Usit THE ANTIDOTE Juli, a pseudonym for a young woman I met in Kuching, was crippled at the age of 34 by tuberculosis of the spine. Several months before, she had left her young children in the ‘ulu’, … Continue reading →

Posted in Health/Medicine, Sarawak

Sarawak natives torch Tabung Haji tractors

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Frustrated Iban landowners allegedly torched 16 tractors worth several million ringgits belonging to Tabung Haji early this morning after police failed to look into their complaints of encroachment. More than 300 landowners from about 20 longhouses … Continue reading →

Posted in Corruption, Sarawak

Tasmanians target Ta Ann’s Hamed Sepawi

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Sarawak Report The highly effective campaign to prevent Taib’s family company Ta Ann from destroying Tasmania, like Sarawak, is making Pinocchios out of politicians there! Last week the state’s Deputy Premier, Bryan Green, was subjected to national humiliation when he became … Continue reading →

Posted in Corruption, Foreign News, Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite

For some M’sians, Sarawak is turning into Israel

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

Malaysiakini VOXPOP ‘Is Sarawak under the influence of the Israeli government? From what I know, Malaysians are barred from entering Israel.’ Another Bersih activist barred from Sarawak Not Confused: This is pure desperation, which is a good sign. In what … Continue reading →

Posted in Sarawak

MoCS abhors banning of Maria Chin from Sarawak

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

Statement from Francis Paul Siah The Movement for Change, Sarawak (MoCS) wishes to register its deepest regret and abhorrence at the decision of the State Immigration Department to ban Maria Chin Abdullah from entering Sarawak today. Once again, Chief Minister … Continue reading →

Posted in Bersih, MoCS News, Sarawak, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite