Category Archives: Taib Mahmud aka The Termite

Poor healthcare in Sarawak: DAP blames Taib

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Poor healthcare services in Sarawak, particularly in Meradong constituency came under the spotlight at the state legislative Assembly sitting alongwith Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s trip to Switzerland for dental care. Urging Taib to ‘spare a thought’ … Continue reading →

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Election date: When tycoons queue to ‘pay’ Taib millions

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Sarawak Report Speculation has dragged on for months about when Najib is going to summon up courage and call an election. Many believed it would be today, Monday, with a polling day for June 9th. But, surely even Najib Razak’s … Continue reading →

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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 →

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‘SUPP died because of Taib’

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Sarawak’s Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud’s long tenure in office has been cited as one of the reasons behind Sarawak United Peoples Party (SUPP) loss of 13 seats in the April 2011 state election. This is … Continue reading →

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

Will Taib field Bekir to replace ‘missing’ Sulaiman?

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

By FMT Staff While rumours are rife that another Taib will contest for the Kota Samarahan parliamentary seat, word within the party is that the candidate will be a local woman. Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (PBB) – the lead partner in … Continue reading →

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‘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 →

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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 →

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Taib strategises his succession plan

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

By Awang Abdillah Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s money politics thrives very well in Sarawak, where he has willing ‘partners’ – the ignorant rural poor who are in dire need for hard cash, his bumiputera-party politicians and cronies and national-level Umno … Continue reading →

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Taib’s men ‘sold out’ on natives

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Deputy Foreign Minister Richard Riot is in a quandary over recent online disclosures that his son’s company was allegedly awarded contracts worth millions of ringgit to build roads in his Serian constituency in Sarawak but did … Continue reading →

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Lihan Jok’s ‘gifts From God’

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Sarawak Report Former BN State Assemblyman, Lihan Jok, famously lectured his constituents that the Baram Dam was “a gift from God”. But, who does Lihan Jok mean by God? The Baram Dam is a man made project and it will … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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

Taib’s son told to list assets within seven days

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

By Hafiz Yatim The Kuala Lumpur Syariah High Court has instructed Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, the Sarawak chief minister’s son, to produce documents relating to his assets within seven days, for his divorce settlement case. This is to facilitate the … Continue reading →

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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 →

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‘Secret land deals costing Sarawak billions’

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie There would be no need to revoke welfare aid to Sarawakians if the state administration practiced an open-tender policy on land sales, claims DAP. KUCHING: The secretive sale of state land at grossly low prices to Chief … Continue reading →

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‘Just go, Taib…and Sarawak Chinese will be less frustrated’

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

By FMT staff KUCHING: Abdul Taib Mahmud has been told that the Chinese in Sarawak were frustrated with the state government principally because he (Taib) is still the chief minister. “The moment Taib steps down, I believe the Chinese will … Continue reading →

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Taib assures Chinese interest will be looked after

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

By Lim How Pim Taib tells Chinese community state govt will look into their frustrations KUCHING: State Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders still have the Chinese community close to their hearts despite their poor representation in the state government. Chief Minister … Continue reading →

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Bought by belian! Baram’s betrayal by MP Jacob Sagan

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

Sarawak Report The people of Baram have been sold down their own river by their native MP, the Federal Deputy Trade & Industry Minister Jacob Sagan! Sarawak Report has received exclusive information, indicating that the local man’s support for Taib’s … Continue reading →

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British Virgin Islands to probe Taib-linked firms

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is investigating into allegations that a number of its registered companies allegedly linked to Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud’s family are involved in money laundering. BVI’s Financial Services Commission, in an email to Malaysiakini, said … Continue reading →

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Aluminium smelter a goldmine for Taib’s kin

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

Malaysiakini – Sarawak Report The website in a report on Thursday said that negotiations are under way to sell Salco to giant multinational Rio Tinto Alcan headquartered in Montreal, Canada, in a deal it said would earn “a fat multi-billion … Continue reading →

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Scandal of SALCO – How Taib plans to make billions from Bakun!

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

Sarawak Report Displaced families, who have received so little compensation from Bakun, may be interested to learn how Taib and his own family are planning to make billions for themselves out of the hydro-electric dam, based on an investment of … Continue reading →

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Overseas MoCS councils to trace Taib properties

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: The Movement for Change Sarawak (MoCS) has formed coordinating councils abroad to trace properties and monitor the movements of investments owned by Chief Minister Taib Mahmud and his family. MoCS leader Francis Siah said thus far … Continue reading →

Posted in MoCS (Sabah), MoCS (Sarawak), MoCS News, STAR State Reform Party, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, The Taib family

Golf at the Sarawak Club – Serious foul play!

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

Sarawak Report With Taib insisting he can only scrape together a miserable RM3.47million to alleviate all the hard core rural poverty in the state, it fairly beggars belief that he has felt it appropriate to generously donate land worth at … Continue reading →

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All contracts on Isthmus went to Taib’s family’

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

By Joseph Tawie KUCHING: Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s family-owned business, CMS Land Sdn Bhd, was given 275 acres of land in the Isthmus, eight km from Kuching, in 1998 and “to make the land more valuable”, the government built the … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate world, Corruption, Taib Mahmud aka The Termite, The Taib family