DELEGASI TERAMAI DARI SARAWAK KE KONGRES NASIONAL PKR

Tahun ini, PKR Sarawak akan menghantar kontigen teramai ke Kongres Tahunan PKR yang akan berlangsung pada 20-30 November 2008. Kongres akan diadakan di Stadium Tertutup Melawati Shah Alam.
Seramai 105 orang perwakilan dan pemerhati dari seluruh Sarawak akan mula berkampung di Shah Alam mulai 27 November, di mana persidangan Angkatan Muda dan Wanita dijadualkan pada 28 November. AMK akan bersidang di Hotel Quality, manakala Wanita di Stadium Melawati.
29-30 November merupakan Kongres Tahunan yang dijangka dihadiri lebih 10,000 orang perwakilan dan pemerhati seluruh negara.
Kontigen Sarawak pada tahun ini, telah mendapat layanan istimewa dengan kemudahan penginapan disediakan percuma dan tambang penerbangan dibiayai separuh. Manakala kerajaan negeri Selangor akan meraikan kontigen Sarawak dengan jamuan makan malam pada 28 November dengan Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim sebagai hosnya.
Antara yang mewakili Sarawak ke Kongres tersebut termasuklah YB Dominique Ng, YB Gibreil Adit serta kepimpinan negeri yang lain. Beberapa tokoh politik seperti Datuk Daneil Tajem, Datu Bujang Ulis, Dato Sri Hjh Hafsah Harun turut diundang sebagai tetamu.

PERJUMPAAN INTELEKTUAL : SURVIVAL POLITIK MELAYU DI SARAWAK

Gelombang kebangkitan rakyat Sarawak terutama masyarakat Dayak menjadi bahan bualan hangat. Rata-rata orang Dayak, menolak pencerobohan dan pengambilan tanah NCR milik turun-temurun dan diberikan kepada syarikat perladangan tanpa persetujuan mereka. Rasa tidak senang terhadap kerajaan negeri dijelmakan dengan kemasukan beramai-ramai ahli PRS dan PBDS diketuai YB Gibreil Adit ke pangkuan PKR. Senario ini, menghasilkan impak yang bukan sedikit. Bila pula orang Melayu nak bangkit dan menuntut hak mereka?
Makan rojak kucei di Batu Lintang, saya dan Hj Wan Zainal Abidin, berbincang keperluan untuk mengadakan perjumpaan intelektual Melayu. Perjumpaan ini diharapkan dapat mempertemukan intelektual dari pelbagai bidang kepakaran, untuk mengutarakan pandangan masing-masing tentang masa depan politik orang Melayu di Sarawak. Terutama menggunakan PKR sebagai wadah perjuangan mereka.
Perjumpaan yang dimaksudkan itu bukan semata-mata untuk mereka yang pro-PKR. Dicadangkan mereka yang tidak menyokong perjuangan PKR turut dijemput.
Matlamatnya ialah ingin mendengar melalui kupasan ilmiah, pandangan berlandaskan fakta, pendapat yang bukan dari pemikiran dangkal serta bukan semata-mata ingin mendengar perkara molek-molek sahaja.
Hasil perbincangan itu akan dicatat dan dirumus sebelum dihantar kepada kepimpinan PKR pusat. Ini bertujuan supaya mereka mengetahui sedikit sebanyak latar belakang dan kehendak semasa orang Melayu di Sarawak. Rumusan itu diharap dapat dijadikan panduan dalam merealisasikan harapan PKR dan PR menawan DUN Sarawak.

KONGRES NASIONAL PKR DI SELANGOR

DIJANGKA 10,000 perwakilan, pemerhati, pimpinan komponen parti Pakatan Rakyat, wakil kedutaan dan NGO dari seluruh negara akan turut ke Kongres Nasional Tahunan Parti Keadilan Rakyat(KeADILan) yang akan diadakan pada 29 dan 30 November 2008.

Dalam satu kenyataan yang dikeluarkan Biro Penerangan KeADILan, Kogres Nasional ini yang akan diadakan di Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam bakal mencatatkan sejarah kerana kehadiran wakil-wakil rakyat yang paling ramai sejak penubuhan parti 10 tahun yang lalu.

“Kongres KeADILan yang pertama selepas pilihanraya umum 8 Mac lalu ini akan menyaksikan kehadiran wakil-wakil rakyat yang paling ramai sejak penubuhan parti 10 tahun yang lalu,” menurut kenyataan berkenaan.

Kongres yang juga pertama kali diadakan sejak Ketua Umum, Anwar Ibrahim menjadi Ketua Pembangkang ini bertujuan untuk membuka ruang kepada para perwakilan untuk membahaskan dasar perjuangan parti secara umum, dan polisi pentadbiran negeri Pakatan Rakyat secara khususnya.

Kedua-dua sayap penting parti, Angkatan Muda (AMK) dan Wanita pula akan mengadakan kongres masing-masing secara berasingan pada 28 November.

Selepas perasmian, Angkatan Muda akan bersidang di Stadium Malawati, manakala Wanita akan bersidang di Perbadanan Kemajuan Pertanian Selangor.
Selain itu, orang awam turut dijemput untuk mengunjungi “Karnival Rakyat” yang terbuka sepanjang kongres bersidang dan mendengar pidato umum pimpinan parti khususnya Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada malam 29 November di Stadium Malawati. SK.

PKR Sarawak akan diwakili 79 orang perwakilan dan lebih 50 orang pemerhati termasuk YB Gibreil Adit serta 10 orang kuatnya. Dijangka delegasi Sarawak akan menjadi tumpuan dan layanan istimewa lantaran bakal menghadapi pilihanraya DUN yang dijangka diadakan pada 2009.

PKR Sarawak Ramal Pilihanraya Negeri Diadakan Tahun Depan

Lebih Ramai Pemimpin BN Akan Berpaling Tadah

KUCHING, 19 Nov (Bernama) -- Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) meramalkan pilihan raya negeri ke-10 akan diadakan pertengahan tahun depan ekoran perkembangan terbaru politik di negeri ini yang menyaksikan bekas pemimpin dan anggota Barisan Nasional (BN) menyertai parti itu.

Timbalan Pengerusi PKR Sarawak Hj Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi, yang membuat ramalan itu, hari ini berkata kemasukan anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri kawasan Ngemah, Gabriel Adit Demong, bekas anggota Parlimen kawasan Sri Aman, Jimmy Donald dan beberapa pemimpin BN dan hampir 12,000 anggota BN akan memperkukuhkan PKR di Sarawak.

"Saya optimistik bahawa lebih ramai pemimpin BN akan menyertai PKR dalam waktu terdekat," katanya dalam kenyataan di sini, Rabu.

Beliau mendakwa terdapat petunjuk yang penduduk Sarawak mahukan perubahan terutama berhubung dasar tanahnya.

Adit, 58, yang memenangi kerusi itu atas tiket Bebas pada pilihan raya negeri 20 Mei, 2006, menghantar permohonan untuk menyertai PKR Sabtu lepas. Dengan kemasukannya, parti itu kini mempunyai dua anggota dalam Dewan Undangan Negeri.

Seorang lagi ialah Dominic Ng yang juga pengerusi PKR negeri dan wakil rakyat Padungan.

SARAWAK STATE REP JOIN PKR SARAWAK

About 11,753 people in Sarawak, including 6,000 supporters of Ngemah state rep Gabriel Adit, have applied to join PKR.Their application forms were submitted to PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim at a huge dinner gathering in Sibu tonight which saw more than 4,000 people in attendance.

Also signing up with the opposition party is controversial former PRS Balleh division publicity chief, Beginda Minda.

Adit, 58, claimed that he had submitted the application forms for PKR membership from 6,000 of his supporters tonight.The other 6,000 new applications were believed to be from former PRS members including Jimmy Donald (ex MP for Sri Aman) and non-party members.

In his speech, Adit, a four-term assemblyperson, told the crowd that the main reason for joining PKR was due to the “political castration” of the Dayaks under the BN state government.

He added that PKR was the best vehicle to address the plight of the Dayaks. Adit also declared that Anwar was the most suitable and acceptable leader to become prime minister.

“Enough is enough of BN. Now change is coming to Sarawak,” he said, adding that there are many BN members waiting to join PKR.

With Adit’s entry, PKR now has two seats in the Sarawak state assembly. The other is Dominique Ng representing Padungan.

Adit first won the Ngemeh seat on the now-defunct Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak ticket in 1991 but in the 2006 state elections, he stood as an independent.His entry is seen as a major boost for PKR which is gearing up for the next state polls, due in 30 months.

Ready for state polls

The party is banking on the support from the Dayak communities who are increasingly disgruntled with the state government’s management of native customary rights land issues.

The dinner at the Sibu Trade and Exhibition Centre was organised by ‘Friends of PKR’ with Adit chairing the organising committee. The gathering is believed to be one of the largest political dinners ever held in Sibu.

Present at the gathering were Dominique Ng, national PKR leaders Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, Tian Chua and Sallehuddin Hashim, state DAP leaders Wong Ho Leng and Chiew Chin Sing. Other quest including Dato Sri Hajah Hafsah Harun (State PKR Advisor), Hj Wan Zainal Abidin Wan Senusi (State Deputy Chairman), former Deputy Education Minister Datu Hj Bujang Hj Ulis.

Earlier, Anwar was given a big welcome at Sibu airport upon his arrival at this central Sarawak town.

He was said to be visibly moved by the huge crowd who turned up to welcome him.

In his speech tonight, he described Adit as a “true people’s representative” and that he would help PKR bring change to Sarawak.

He urged everyone to work together to ensure Pakatan Rakyat take over Sarawak at the next state elections, which is due in two years’ time.

Anwar also said that a number of other elected representatives in Sarawak will follow Adit’s footsteps in joining the opposition front.

SARAWK IN HISTORY: YB GIBRIEL ADIT JOIN PKR SARAWAK

SARAWAK- A CHANGE IN THE MAKING, Sarawak Menuju Perubahan merupakan tema Makan Malam meraikan detik bersejarah untuk PKR Sarawak khasnya dan Pakatan Rakyat amnya. 15 November 2008 merupakan titik permulaan kebangkitan suara rakyat Sarawak yang mahukan perubahan setelah sekian lama diperintah kerajaan PBB dan sekutunya.

Pertama, YB Gibriel Adit, ADUN Ngemah secara rasmi mengisytiharkan diri menyertai PKR Sarawak. Ini menjadikan PKR mempunyai 2 wakil di DUN Sarawak. Peningkatan 100%.

Kedua, buat pertama kali majlis makan malam terbesar dengan kehadiran lebih 4000 orang membanjiri Pusat Pameran dan Perniagaan Sibu. Meja rasmi yang disediakan ialah 300 buah tetapi ramai lagi yang datang walaupun tiada tiket masuk.

Ketiga, buat pertama kali ADUN dari DAP menghadiri majlis rasmi PKR. YB Wong Ho Leng (Bukit Assek) dan YB Chiew Ching Seng (Kidurong) hadir bersama-sama meraikan makan malam.

Keempat, permohonan masuk menjadi ahli PKR terbesar dalam satu-satu masa. Pada majlis itu, YB Gibreil menyerahkan 11,753 borang permohonan kepada DS Anwar Ibrahim.

Pusat pameran yang menjadi lokasi majlis, sesak dengan lautan penyokong PKR, DAP, PAS, SNAP yang ingin menyaksikan detik bersejarah itu. Saya selaku MC malam itu, begitu teruja mengacarakan majlis yang terbesar dalam sejarah PKR mahupun PR di Sarawak.

Blow to Rimbunan Hijau: Logging in PNG ‘illegal’

Papua New Guinea’s highest court last week delivered a blow to Malaysian logging giant Rimbunan Hijau by overturning its rights to log the country’s vast Kamula Doso forests.

According to environment group PNG Eco-Forestry Forum, the PNG Supreme Court had on Oct 30 quashed the granting of logging rights to Rimbunan for the huge forest area in the country’s Western Province.

The NGO has been fighting through the courts over the past two years to overturn Rimbunan’s rights to log Kamula Doso.

Rimbunan conceded that their logging rights were awarded illegally just before the three-member Supreme Court bench was to begin hearing the case last Thursday.

Environmentalists lamented that Rimbunan had fought the case for two years when it knew its logging rights were illegal.

“For two years, Rimbunan has known that the concession was illegal but waited until minutes before the case was to be heard by the Supreme Court to admit their guilt,” said Sam Moko, Greenpeace Australia Pacific forests campaigner.

“In those two years, it has used the PNG legal system to intimidate the plaintiffs in the hope that the case would be dropped.”

Forum chairperson Kenn Mondiai described the decision as “a major victory for good governance”.

“This decision demonstrates to the whole world what has been going on for far too long, and legally reaffirms the Forum’s claim of widespread illegal logging in PNG facilitated by the government and the logging industry.”

One of world’s richest individuals

Rimbunan Hijau was founded in 1976 by Sarawak timber tycoon cum media mogul Tiong Hiew King, an ex-senator for the Sarawak United Peoples’ Party.

He controls the Chinese Malaysian newspapers Sin Chew Daily and Guangming Daily, as well as The National in Papua New Guinea and Ming Pao in Hong Kong.

Tiong, who has an estimated net worth of about US$1.1 billion, is ranked 840th richest person in the world by Forbes magazine.

In PNG, Rimbunan operates half of the biggest logging projects and directly accounts for one-third of the country’s raw log exports.

Meanwhile, Forum executive director Thomas Paka praised the Supreme Court judges for showing that “the ordinary people of PNG can stand up to corruption and win”.

The 800,000-hectare Kamula Doso concession is considered the jewel in the crown of PNG’s remaining untouched tropical forests with logging companies vying to get the rights to log the area.

International environment group Greenpeace said 90 percent of all logging in PNG was illegal, mainly due to the lack of consent by traditional landowners and the failure of the PNG government to enforce its own forestry laws.

“All existing concessions must be reviewed and any that are found to be in breach of forestry laws should be revoked. There should also be an immediate investigation into the serious allegations of corruption between politicians and logging companies,” said Greenpeace’s Moko.

Rimbunan has been accused by locals and environmentalists of using violence, intimidation and bribery in pursuing its logging activities.

NAJIB WILL BE A DICTATOR

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has predicted a dictatorial regime under Prime Minister-designate Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

“If he comes into the picture, everything will be clamped down,” he said to reporters in Parliament when told that the Finance Minister plans to roll out the RM7 billion stimulus package which Najib announced in Dewan Rakyat last Tuesday.

“It has not been approved by Parliament. It has not even been tabled,” the Permatang Pauh MP said of the stimulus plan.

“The public is not even aware this is a problem as conveniently most mainstream newspapers have covered this up just to protect him.

“This is what we mean by arrogance of power, they control everything, dictate terms and monopolise the news and they can get away literally with murder,” he said.

“This means you can anticipate the type of administration under Najib,” Anwar said, referring to the transition plan whereby Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will hand over the reins to Najib after the March Umno polls.

Anwar’s statement also reflected the opposition’s insistence that Najib’s speech last Tuesday, in which the stimulus package was announced, cannot be considered an approved policy.

“In the issue of tabling this revised budget, the fact is that it was not done according to procedures.

“If he says it will be disbursed in January, how do you disburse funds that have not been approved by Parliament?

“So I do not know from where, maybe from his savings,” Anwar quipped.

Najib, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, said earlier today that he expects the first projects under the stimulus package to “start to move on the ground” by the first quarter of 2009.

On Wednesday, Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia had ruled that Najib’s proposals were not part of the Budget to be debated at the committee stage.

However, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah had insisted in Parliament that the monies allocated in the stimulus plan only required an administrative order from the ministry and were not considered an amendment to the Budget Bill.

“If you ask me what would I do in that position, last week after being told, I will just table it — what is the problem?” Anwar concluded.Malaysian Insider

ISU TANAH - RAKYAT SARAWAK MULA BANGKIT

PKR submits land memorandum to State Legislative Assembly, demikian tajuk berita yang diberikan Borneo Post hari ini. Memorendum dengan tema Change To Sarawak Land Code itu mencadangkan kerajaan BN Sarawak meminda beberapa perkara dalam Sarawak Land Code agar selari dengan akta yang sama di Sabah dan Semenanjung.
Di antara kandungan Memorendum itu mencadangkan agar pemilikan tanah dilanjutkan kepada 99 atau 999 tahun, berbanding sekarang yang kebanyakannya cuma 60 tahun.
Seperkara lagi ialah membenarkan pemilik tanah memperbaharui pajakan tanah sebelum 20 tahun daripada tarikh luput. Ini akan membolehkan tuan tanah mencagar tanah tersebut ke bank.
Memorendum ini telah ditandatangani lebih 1000 orang, yang kebanyakannya pemilik tanah di Baram.
Sementara memorendum yang diserahkan pada 10 November 2008 oleh gabungan beberapa NGO adalah berkaitan dengan NCR. Penyerahan yang disertai dengan piket lebih 100 orang itu adalah menifestasi dan respon rakyat Sarawak tentang pencerobohan tanah nenek moyang dan pusaka mereka yang sewenang-wenangnya diberikan kepada syarikat perladangan.
YB Dominique Ng yang hadir dalam kedua-dua penyerahan memorendum tersebut menyifatkan, tindakan NGO dan rakyat Sarawak itu sebagai perjuangan mempertahankan hak dan menghantar signal kepada kerajaan BN tentang masalah yang dihadapi pemilik tanah.

Teruskan perjuangan sehingga pemimpin BN mengembalikan apa-apa yang telah dirampas. PKR komited membantu dan konsisten dalam pendirian untuk mengembalikan tanah kepada mereka yang berhak apabila menerajui pemerintahan Negeri Sarawak.

Orang ramai yang berkumpul di depan Amcorp Mall disuraikan bukan semasa sedang menyanyikan "Negaraku", tetapi bukti video menyatakan sebaliknya.

Setiap yang bernyawa akan kembali mengadap pencipta-Nya. Maka akan ditimbangsukat apa-apa dosa pahala yang pernah dilakukan. Jika merampas harta dan hak orang, maka Allah akan merampas kenikmatanNya.
Wang ringgit, harta benda cuma di dunia, tidak dapat digunakan merasuah malaikat penjaga neraka.

SURAT PRESIDEN IRAN KEPADA OBAMA SARAT MESEJ DAKWAH

Fenomena Obama, melanda seluruh jagat. Pemilihannya sebagai Presiden Amerika Syarikat ke-44 amat menakjubkan. Pemimpin dunia berlumba-lumba mengucapkan tahniah. Tidak ketinggalan Presiden Republik Islam Iran, turut mengutus surat tahniah. Ini juga sejarah baru kerana Iran dan AS tiada hubungan diplomatik sejak Revolusi Islam 1979.

Presiden Iran memulakan suratnya dengan kalimah mulia iaitu “Dengan nama Allah yang Maha Pemurah lagi maha Mengasihani” Dan diperenggan pertama suratnya beliau telah terus menyampaikan dakwahnya:

As you know, the chances that God gives to his subjects pass swiftly. They can be used for the perfection of humanity and to the benefit of nations or, God forbid, to the detriment of nations.

Sebagaimana yang Tuan tahu, peluang yang diberikan oleh Allah swt kepada hamba Nya bergerak deras. Peluang itu boleh digunakan untuk kebaikan manusia sejagat dan manfaat negara-negara lain atau, pohon dijauhkan Nya, untuk kemusnahan dunia.

Melalui kemenangan Obama ini barangkali Ahmadieniejad melihatkan bahawa di sana ada peluang untuk Amerika berbincang kembali dengan Iran demi kebaikan dunia. Dan surat beliau ini juga mencerminkan keikhlasan negaranya dan besar jiwa seorang pemimpin Islam.

Surat beliau kepada Obama ini sungguh cantik susunan bahasanya dan ternyata merupakan suatu permulaan yang baik ke arah kestabilan dunia dan menggugurkan sebarang dakyah dan prasangka jahat terhadap Islam. Beliau menambah:

The great civilization-building and justice-seeking nation of Iran would welcome major, fair and real changes, in policies and actions, especially in this region.

Negara Iran yang merupakan negara pembina tamaddun dan pencetus keadilan akan mengalu-alukan sebarang perubahan yang besar dan adil terutama dalam dasar dan perlaksanaan terhadap rantau sebelah sini.

If steps are taken in the path of righteousness, toward the goal of carrying out the teachings of the holy prophets, it is hoped that almighty God will help and that the enormous damage done in the past will be somewhat diminished.

Sekiranya langkah-langkah ini diambil menuju ke arah yang hak, ke arah perlaksanaan apa yang diajar oleh para rasul, adalah diharapkan yang Allah maha berkuasa akan membantu kita dan segala pergeseran yang lampau akan akhirnya berjaya diatasi.

Demikianlah besarnya harapan dan impian Presiden Iran terhadap bakal Presiden Amerika ini. Memang tinggi harapannya tetapi bagi sebuah negara yang telah sekian lama disenarai hitamkan oleh Amerika, ia barangkali satu permulaan dan percubaan yang baik.

Apa yang menarik perhatian adalah kekuatan mesej dakwah yang terkadung dalam surat ini. Sepatutnya kekuatan seumpama ini turut dipamirkan oleh sesiapa sahaja yang berjuang untuk memartabatkan Islam. Di penghujung suratnya Presiden Iran menyebut:

I ask the high God to grant all of humanity and all nations health and happiness, honor and prosperity, and to grant rulers and officials the ability to learn from the past and to use every chance to serve, to spread love and kindness, to eradicate oppression, to do justice and to follow the holy guidelines.

Saya memohon agar Allah mengurniakan pada semua negara dan bangsa kesihatan dan kebahagian, penghormatan dan kesejahteraan, dan mengurniakan semua pemimpin dan para pegawai mereka kemampuan untuk belajar dari peristiwa yang lepas dan agar menggunakan setiap peluang memerintah yang diberi untuk menyibarkan kasih sayang dan kebaikan, menghapuskan penindasan dan memberikan keadilan dan mengikuti garis panduan yang mahasuci (yang telah ditetapkan).

MONGOLIA GOVT WILL TAKE ALTANTUYA CASE TO INTERNATIONAL COURT

This statement was issued in the Mongolian press “MONTSAME” on Nov 7:

Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/ The world community is well aware of the ruthless murder of Mongolian citizen ALTANTUYA Shaariibuu on October 19, 2006, in Punchak Alam, Malyasia, being shot twice and blown up by an explosive.

The Government of Mongolia reaffirms hereby that it has been consistently paying attention, from the very beginning of this cruel crime to the court proceedings. The Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs (previous name) of Mongolia have sent letters twice each to their Malaysian counterparts expressing their confidence that related Malaysian authority would bring a murderer to justice and deliberate a fair court conviction for the case.

The Government of Mongolia deeply regrets that the Malaysian high court judge made a decision on October 31, 2008, to acquit Abdul Razak Baginda–the murder suspect for killing Mongolian ALTANTUYA Shaariibuu.

Although Mongolia has no legal rights to take part in the court proceedings, the Government of Mongolia is responsible for protecting legitimate rights and interests of its citizen under international treaties and national legislation.

In connection with the recent court decision to acquit the suspect Abdul Razak Baginda, the Minister for Exterrnal Relations of Mongolia Mr. S.Batbold has sent another letter addressed to the Foreign Minister of Malaysia Mr. Rice Yatim requesting the latter to pay attention to and render support for ensuring conditions for a final court decision free from politics and other side influence.

The letter carries a statement by Mongolia’s Government testifying that it will have a strong reasoning for turning to the international court in order to defend rights and interests of its citizen if the court’s final decision results in unfair trial and proceedings.

A trial for the special unit officers charged for the murder is expected to take place shortly and the Mongolian Government keeps its eyes and ears wide open on the proceeding.
S.Batbayar

RAMBUNGAN SEMAKIN TERHAKIS?

Petang Rabu lalu, saya didatangi seorang pemuda sasa yang memperkenal dirinya sebagai Yan (nama sebenar dan identiti dirahsiakan dahulu). Dia mendakwa berasal dari Kpg Rambungan, Lundu. Walaupun perasaan takut dan gementar ada, beliau memberanikan diri datang ke Pejabat Perhubungan PKR Negeri di Jalan Matang,Kuching.

Kedatangan dengan penuh harapan, agar permasalahan dan nasib penduduk Rambungan mendapat pembelaan. Menurut yang empunya cerita, kegiatan mengorek, mengambil, menyedut, memunggah pasir di laut dan muara sungai Rambungan telah lama berlarutan. Sekitar 8 tahun lalu, tetapi akhir-akhir ini semakin menjadi-jadi.
Sebuah syarikat yang dikenali sebagai Hock Seng Lee, telah diberikan lesen oleh kerajaan negeri untuk operasi ini. Berbelas buah tongkang yang sarat muatan berulang-alik setiap hari dan malam.
Kesan daripada kegiatan ini, hampir 70 ekar tanah di sepanjang pesisir laut telah terhakis. Pokok-pokok kelapa, buah-buahan, serta pokok ru sudah dihanyutkan air. Termasuk juga chalet yang diusahakan penduduk tempatan sudah roboh. Jika dahulu jarak chalet ini kira-kira 50 meter dari laut, kini tapak chalet adalah laut.

Begitu juga sumber pendapatan penduduk yang bergantung harap kegiatan nelayan pesisir pantai. Jaring dan pukat rosak dilanggar tongkang. Tiada ganti rugi daripada syarikat tersebut. Udang tuahe (sejenis udang laut gred A), juga semakin pupus.

Penduduk telah merayu kepada wakil rakyat supaya mengetengahkan masalah mereka. Laporan polis juga sudah dibuat. Jabatan Tanah dan Survei juga sudah diberitahu. Malangnya sehingga kini tiada tindakan positif diambil.

Yan mengakui bahawa lebih 99% pengundi di Rambungan adalah penyokong kuat BN. Tidak kira samada calon dari PBB atau SUPP, hampir kesemua pengundi Rambungan akan mengundi calon BN. Ini termasuklah ayahnya sendiri yang pernah menjadi Ketua Kampung dan penyokong tegar BN.
Balasan daripada kesetiaan mereka, adalah ketenteraman penduduk terancam oleh hakisan. Kini laut semakin menghampiri kawasan kampung. Jika keadaan sekarang berlarutan, 10 tahun akan datang, Rambungan akan hilang ditelan air laut.

Banyak lagi yang diceritakan oleh Yan kepada saya dalam perbualan kami selama hampir 1 jam setengah. Sebelum balik, Yan mengharapkan bantuan PKR terutama YB Dominique Ng melihat permasalahan mereka.

Kami di PKR biasa berhadapan situasi seperti ini. Jika sudah terdesak dan pihak kerajaan tidak ambil peduli, baharulah berjumpa PKR sebagai jalan terakhir. Inikah kerajaan yang kita agung-agungkan. Kerajaan berselindung di sebalik Politik Pembangunan, tetapi rakyat yang merana.

TAIB BLAMES DAYAK SHIFTING CULTIVATORS FOR CREATING NCR LAND!

Sarawak’s Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud must have forgotten there were some Dayak ministers, Dayak elected representatives, Dayak civil servants and Dayak farmers present at the Sarawak Agro Fest 2008 in Kuching when he condemned their forefathers for creating NCR land through shifting cultivation.

If he knew, he would not have embarrassed them the way he did when he opened the function last Saturday, 1 November 2008; unless, of course, he wanted to pass a message through them to their parents and their folks in longhouses and villages.

“You see, they (Dayaks) have two million acres under NCR lands just because of shifting cultivation. Apa itu?”, Taib said.

What is 2 million acres of NCR lands which benefits at least half a million and maybe more of the natives of Sarawak, especially the Dayaks, compared to 7 million hectares and more of timber concessions which benefit only a handful of people, namely Taib himself, his family and cronies?

No less than 5 million hectares of timber concessions in Sarawak are controlled by only 5 companies. Let us not even go into plantation lands.

Almost all of the Dayak listeners, especially the Ibans, were jolted by the words used by Taib to hit back at the shifting cultivators. YB Francis Harden, assistant land development minister, and other YB Dayaks sat uncomfortably. Alfred Jabu, a senior Dayak minister, appeared to enjoy the criticisms.

Yet none of them had the guts to speak out or walk off. If Sarawak Headhunter had been there, he would have shouted at Taib, "7 million hectares of timber concessions, apa itu?" Why should they be jolted when this is what they should expect, knowing Taib? Does anyone still want to deny that Taib is a bully?

Taib’s choice of words not only smacked of arrogance, but also seemed to confirm Beginda Minda’s accusation that Taib was a big bully.

Confirmed, lah!

Since the amendment of the Land Code in 2000, the NCR lands have become thorny issues as the amendment not only declares all untitled lands including NCR lands as “State Lands” but criminalizes the land owners for defending their rights. Many have landed in jails.

According to the 2005 reports of Land and Survey Department, some 1.2 million hectares of land have been approved for oil palm plantations, the bulk of which is NCR lands. And by the year 2015, some 4 million hectares of land are to be planted with oil palm. Out of the total, about 1.5 million hectares are NCR land. By then there will be a few acres of NCR land left, if any!

Native land owners claim that their ancestral lands have been in existence for hundreds of years. Regarded as their life, now their lands have created nightmares for them and their children as they (the lands) are slipping away from their grips.
From Sarawakheadhunter.blogspot

WHO IS THE IDIOT,TUN?

Dato (Mindanao) Bujang Ulis today called me saying Tun Rahman was not telling the truth when implicating Stephen Yong over the Petrol Royalty.

He said Tun was scared to blame the real culprit, an idiot who was then the Minister of Primary Industries.

The political secretary of that greedy idiot at that time was a bright yob (but not very intelligent) by the name of Adenan Satem, sound familiar!

Tun Rahman told Bujang Ulis that this bright yob came to see him to sign a document agreeing that Sarawak rights over petrol be handed over to Federal government.

"He warned Adenan who earlier said Tun was stubborn and keras kepala. He told Adenan not to knock his head to the wall, because the wall is harder," Bujang Ulis recalled.

What make Bujang suspect that Tun is suffering from memory lapse is the old man inability to remember Ming Court episode.

"At the height of crisis, The (LATE) Sarawak Tribune was pro Tun Rahman, and Tun would write in a famous segment called Inside Story. One of the article was about that goon who was then the Primary Industry minister of Malaysia trying to make Sarawak petrol the rights of Malaysia federation. Tun objected this and meet Tun Razak expressing his disagreement(and settled for 5% royalty).

"Tun is afraid because they have just reconciled (Tun and Idiot) but it is unfair to blame Stephen Yong," Bujang Ulis said.

Who is that Idiot? Guess and win a free trip on board Matang Bus Company during rush hours for two - SARAWAKHABAR.BLOGSPOT.COM


p/s Background - Bujang Ulis is a former PBB vice president and once a former deputy Primary Industry Minister and deputy Education Minister. His only recognition of Datoship is from Mindanao. Not from Federation of Malaysia or Sarawak government.

POLEMIK PKNS - PEGAWAI MELAYU SENDIRI ADA KEPENTINGAN.

In fact it was told that Tan Sri Khalid made the decision based on merit. When Tan Sri met with PKNS high ranking executives, only Madam Low was able to answer Tan Sri Khalid’s questions. The rest of the Malay senior executives can only smile and keep very quiet. Naturally they had a lot to hide and talking puts them in jeopardy. Not to mention, only Madam Low seems to not to have equities in PKNS’s subsidiaries.

Rekod juga menunjukkan hampir 70% kontraktor yang mendapat tender daripada PKNS adalah bukan Melayu. Mereka ini dianugerahkan kontrak yang berjutaan ringgit. Manakala kontraktor Melayu cuma mendapat kerja yang kecil-kecil.
Kontraktor bukan Melayu inilah yang juga membiayai beberapa politikus UMNO untuk meneruskan hayat politik mereka. Tak percaya tanyalah Khir Toyo n geng.

NASIB KAKI TANGAN SEMENTARA KERAJAAN NEGERI DIABAIKAN.

''TERIMA KASIH DI ATAS KERJASAMA YANG DIBERIKAN SEPANJANG BERKHIDMAT DI JABATAN NEGERI SARAWAK"

Orang berbudi memang sepatutnya kita mengucapkan terima kasih. Sudah menjadi amalan manusia sejagat. Tetapi dalam kes kakitangan bertaraf sementara atau kontrak yang bekerja di jabatan-jabatan kerajaan Negeri Sarawak, nasib mereka umpama habis madu sepah dibuang. Apa tidaknya, perkhidmatan mereka akan ditamatkan mulai 31 Disember 2008. Mereka yang bilangannya ratusan orang difahamkan berkhidmat di JKR Negeri, Jabatan Pertanian, DID dan jabatan lain sudah menerima surat penamatan perkhidmatan awal Oktober lalu. Notis 3 bulan telah dikeluarkan oleh jabatan masing-masing. Surat pekeliling mengarahkan penamatan ini telah ditandatangani oleh Serudu Sokhlai, Unit Pengurusan Sumber Manusia, Jabatan Ketua Menteri Negeri Sarawak.

Apalah nasib mereka yang telah bekerja semenjak 1994 lagi? Periuk nasi mereka bergantung sepenuhnya kepada gaji tersebut sebagai sumber pendapatan. Apa nak jadi dengan perbelanjaan persekolahan anak-anak, perbelanjaan harian, pinjaman bank dan sebagainya. Ditambah lagi keadaan ekonomi yang merudum, menambah sengsara penghidupan mereka.

Di manakah slogan Kerajaan Prihatin yang sering dilaung-laungkan pemimpin BN? Di manakah semangat membela nasib rakyat yang menjadi tunjang politik pembangunan Taib. Kenapa orang yang sama-sama berjasa, menabur bakti sepanjang perkhidmatan "sementara", diberhentikan begitu sahaja?

Taib dengan megah menyatakan bajet RM4.3 billion Sarawak 2009, adalah bajet surplus. "Tidak perlu mengikat perut dan mengurangkan perbelanjaan" katanya kepada pemberita selepas pembentangan bajet semalam. Bajet 2009 lebih besar berbanding bajet 2008 (RM3.5 billion).
"Sehubungan itu, rakyat perlu bekerjasama dengan kerajaan mengharungi kemelut ekonomi dunia yang paling teruk sejak 1930", tambahnya lagi.

Sehubungan itu juga, kita berharap Taib dan kerajaan negeri memberi kerjasama dengan tidak memberhentikan perkhidmatan anak Sarawak yang malang itu.

Kita menyeru pekerja-pekerja terbabit tampil supaya dapat diperjuangkan semasa persidangan DUN sekarang. Pejabat PKR ada menerima salinan surat arahan tersebut tetapi kami memerlukan maklumat yang lebih lengkap. Kepada rakan-rakan yang mengetahui masalah ini sila berhubung dengan YB Dominique Ng atau saya seberapa segera.

SUBSIDI UNTUK KERAJAAN BN.

"Shahrir berpendapat pada tahun hadapan sistem pemberian rebet akan ditukar kepada sistem yang lebih baik untuk kesejahteraan rakyat. Shahrir mendakwa dari maklum balas orang ramai, mendapati ramai yang tidak menyukai pemberian rebet tersebut, ramai tak setuju, ramai tidak menghargai usaha kerajaan untuk membantu rakyat.

Kalaulah beruk seumpamanya boleh memahami apa yang diperkatakan oleh sharir hari ini pasti dibalingnya sharir dengan buah kelapa. Iya betul, ramai tidak setuju dengan pemberian rebet tersebut, ramai juga tidak menyukainya dan ramai juga tidak menghargai usaha kerajaan itu kerana jumlah rebet yang diterima oleh rakyat adalah tidak setimpal dengan kesusahan yang telah dialami oleh rakyat yang menanggung sengsara dengan kenaikan minyak yang melampau oleh kerajaan pada bulan jun yang lalu.

Kini, rakyat tidak menyukai, tidak setuju dan tidak menghargai langsung usaha kerajaan itu. Kini rakyat terpaksa memberi subsidi minyak kepada kerajaan BN bukan kerajaan BN beri subsidi minyak kepada rakyat kerana harga minyak dunia turun manakala harga minyak di pam masih tinggi. Harga minyak sehingga kini 02.11.08 US dollar 67.81.

Lagi kerajaan menyusahkan rakyat. Subsidi benih padi dihentikan dan pembekalan benih padi diambil alih oleh pihak swasta. Kenapa begini jadinya dalam keadaan kelembapan ekonomi yang tidak menentu. Betul kata petani tua di berita tv3 hari ini " kerajaan sepatutnya membantu petani, nelayan pula kerajaan dapat beri subsidi minyak, bagi petani langsung tidak ada subsidi, dengan keadaan sebegini bagaimana kerajaan mahu mengangkat golongan petani berada di golongan pertengahan ". Atau tindakan kerajaan ini merupakan balasan kepada rakyat yang menyokong PR pada PRU12 yang lalu kerana jelapang-jelapang padi utama negara terletak di negeri-negeri di bawah pemerintahan kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat

Lihatlah apa yang telah kerajaan perlakukan terhadap rakyat. Sepatutnya kerajaan membantu golongan seperti ini. Tidak menghairankan jika harga barang naik disebabkan tindakan kerajaan seperti mana penarikan subsidi benih beras tersebut. Jelas, undi BN Barang Naik. Oleh keretaburuk

SWAK PKR SHOOTS DOWN SOI LEK'S 'RETURN' TO CABINET

Two Sarawak PKR leaders have scoffed at talks of Dr Chua Soi Lek’s return to the Federal Cabinet.Sarawak PKR chairman and Padungan state assemblyperson Dominique Ng came out strongly, albeit in sarcastic fashion, against certain members of the cabinet.

“In a cabinet filled with ‘suspicious characters’ of all shades, which allegedly include a high-class woman assaulter and corrupt-tainted people, surely a reformed corruptor of morals would not be out of place?

“Indeed, he [Dr Chua] is in fine company and I might say to be merely among his high-flying peers!,” said Ng.

Ng was among several people who spoke to Malaysiakini today on wide speculations that Chua could be brought back to the cabinet through the Senate.

Chua, who beat MCA secretary-general Ong Ka Chuan and two others in the recent party elections, was at the centre of the ‘Minister in the Sex Video’ scandal last year which forced him to resign his ministerial and party posts. Chua was also not re-nominated as a BN candidate in the March 8 general election.

After his surprise victory in the party polls, there were talks that the party may be recommending him to be a senator in order to return to the cabinet. By tradition, the deputy president of the MCA gets a ministerial post.

This has become a hot issue in the national press and DAP chairperson Karpal Singh was recently quoted in a national daily as saying that he has no wish to see a “porn star in the cabinet.”

Sarawak PKR Stampin division chairperson See Chee How (right) asked whether Chua is really a changed man now.

“He was in the cabinet before and he has nothing to show, from his records, that he dares to stand up against Umno’s dominance in BN,” See pointed out.

With his fall before the general election and rise after the party election, Chua may have given all MCA members and others a glimpse of hope but will MCA risk its position to shake Umno’s dominance,” he asked.

See opined that Chua’s presence in the cabinet could put MCA in a more vulnerable position as he (Chua) would even be more reluctant to speak up against Umno’s dominance and wrongdoings because of his own skeleton in the cupboard.

See said Umno’s dominance is the root cause of the country’s racial polarisation, corruption and poor governance and mismanagement of the various arms of government.

According to him, the appointment of Chua as a senator and cabinet minister, if it happens, will allow the Umno-dominated BN to keep the forces in MCA in check more easily.

Why? Surely, you cannot expect someone with a dark cloud hanging over his head to speak his mind against Umno people who are or could be just as ‘colourful’ as him, See added in jest.

NGAJAT UNTUK JABU

Atur langkah menggetar jantung
Ilang bersinar memukau pandang
lalu aku tidak lagi takut diugut
hanya kerana dia berpakaian seorang pembesar!

ZAID IBRAHIM BUKAN LAGI SENATOR

Bekas Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim telah melepaskan kedudukan sebagai anggota Dewan Negara beberapa minggu selepas meletakkan jawatan Kabinet September lalu. Zaid, yang pernah secara terbuka mengkritik penggunaan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), mendedahkan perkara tersebut pada satu seminar di ibu negara semalam.

Menjelaskan kedudukan sebenarnya, Zaid berkata, beliau bukan lagi digelar Senator kerana telah mengambil keputusan melepaskan jawatan tersebut. Kata Zaid, sejurus selepas berhenti daripada menjadi menteri beliau turut mengambil keputusan melepaskan kedudukan di Dewan Negara bagi membolehkannya memfokus terhadap yayasan yang ditubuhkan untuk mengeratkan hubungan rakyat pelbagai kaum negara ini.

Pada September lalu, Ketua Umno Bahagian Cheras, Syed Ali Alhabshee mencadangkan Zaid dilucutkan jawatan Senator kerana tindak-tanduk politiknya bercanggah dengan prinsip Umno dan Barisan Nasional. Beliau menegaskan, mana-mana pemimpin UMNO yang dilihat bersekongkol dengan pembangkang hendaklah dikenakan tindakan tegas. Malaysiakini

BEGINDA URGED TAIB TO STEP DOWN

Malaysiakini's report:

First, he called Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and Umno ‘bullies’.

MCPX

Now Parti Rakyat Sarawak’s (PRS) former publicity head of its Balleh division Beginda Minda has boldly called on PBB president Abdul Taib Mahmud to step down as Sarawak chief minister.

Revealing bundles of flawed strategies in the Taib administration on Mkini.tv’s 'Uncensored' talk show, Beginda also held long-serving Iban Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu equally responsible for the agony and sufferings of the Dayak community, adding that “Jabu should also seriously consider retirement as soon as possible".

"Taib’s era has passed. It is time for him to give way to the younger generation to take over the reins of power in Sarawak. Twenty seven years as chief minister is long enough,"

Beginda insisted that he was not launching a personal attack at these two Sarawak leaders but that he has decided to come out publicly to “say what has to be said” as he (Beginda) is also a member of a BN component party.

“My request is for Taib and Jabu to step down gracefully and retire as honourable and respected statesmen. Surely, it is better to go that way than to be forced out of office through people’s power,” he reasoned.

"Taib has been active in politics since the first days of independence in 1963 and has been chief minister of Sarawak since 1981. Alfred Jabu has been in active politics since 1974 and was made deputy chief minister shortly after.

"Admittedly, these two gentlemen have done much for Sarawak. There have been pluses, I grant that, but there are many negatives as well," he said.

Beginda touched on several issues close to the hearts of Sarawak Dayaks during the interview. He spoke at length on the land issue, uneven development in the state, lack of employment opportunities and the ‘sufferings’ of his Iban community.

“It is a fact that after 45 long years of independence, many areas in Sarawak are still not being developed, including my hometown of Kapit.

"Kapit is still the same as it has been during the colonial time of the British. During the time of Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke, we were rowing sampans as there were no roads to get out of Kapit.

“Today, there are still no roads linking Kapit to other towns and we still have to use boats ... only that this time, the boats have engines.

"I know that the two gentlemen (Taib and Jabu) will not be able to tolerate my public expression of these grouses. But the truth must be told. Enough is enough … my advice to them is not to wait until people demonstrate in the streets," he said.

Beginda also reiterated that PBB has an ‘apparent policy’ of undermining their coalition partners in "varying degrees of subtlety".

"The BN partners - Sarawak United People's Party (Supp), PRS or Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) - are in themselves complete organisations and their interests need to be respected. Interference by a senior partner, no matter the guise, is a form of bullying.

"Bullying goes against the grain of good and just participation in political affairs and dilutes the effectiveness of coalition partners when in fact they (the partners) should be effective and are seen as effective.

"Inevitably a coalition partner which is denied an effective delivery system will be held in ever diminishing esteem by the electorate," said Beginda.

Beginda was removed as publicity chief of the PRS Balleh division on Oct 27 following his ‘bully’ statement published in Malaysiakini two days earlier. He maintained he has no regrets over what he said.

Asked whether Taib could be behind the disbandment of Dayak-based parties, Beginda said: "It is very clear."

"One of the impacts of political interference has been to wreck the political cohesiveness of the Dayak people.

"Every decade, it seems that the Dayaks have to create a new party and as long as the party is young and new, it will be a junior partner. This is what PBB wants," said Beginda.

“If you look at the history of Snap, PBDS, SPDP and PRS, you will know what I am talking about,” he added.

Beginda also rebuked Sarawak's land policies which have not been reviewed since the 1960s although Taib has been in power for 27 years.

"There have been many disputes over land ownership and the exploitation of resources, such as timber, which have pitted timber companies against natives who have traditionally regarded tracts of land to be theirs," he lamented.

"In Sarawak million of acres of NCR land are affected and the economic opportunity for the Dayaks from their lands are lost. The natives need the ownership of their lands to be put in order through proper surveying," said Beginda.

He urged the state government to adhere to growing public dissatisfaction regarding land policy and ensure commitment to review current land policies.

"The uproar last month in Bekenu Sibuti, where the Kedayan people were under threat of an eviction order apparently made to make way for plantation development, need not have happened if a proper land policy that protects native lands and if a proper land adjudication had been put in place.

"This is no longer just an abuse of power but oppression of the people. If this goes on, the natives will lose everything," he said.

Baginda Minda pernah menjadi terkenal apabila kes liwat Anwar Ibrahim dibicarakan di mahkamah 1998. Pendedahan berani mengenai hubungan intimnya dengan Ummi Hafilda (adik Azmin Ali-Naib Presiden PKR) menggemparkan arena politik tanahair. Semasa bertemu beliau di Permatang Pauh Ogos lalu, saya berkesempatan mengorek cerita tersebut. Baginda dengan berani mendedahkan bahawa beliau dan Ummi Hafilda pada masa itu memang mempunyai hubungan intim. Dan jika Baginda enggan menuruti kehendak Ummi, Ummi mengugut akan bermalam bersama dengan seorang bekas ahli politik UMNO yang bertubuh sasa.

Dan kini keberanian Baginda menyerlah lagi dengan menasihatkan Taib Mahmud dan Jabu Numpang supaya berundur dari jawatan masing-masing. Tahniah. Nya baruk Iban sejati.

SUATU KEJUTAN AKAN MELANDA POLITIK SARAWAK!

Mungkin ada di kalangan ahli PKR yang sudah mengetahui berita ini. Dan sudah pasti ramai yang masih tertanya-tanya. Benarkah sianu sianu akan menyertai PKR Sarawak? Siapakah sianu itu? Benarkah dia figura penting dalam politik Sarawak? Berapa ramai pengikutnya akan turut serta meninggalkan kapal yang semakin bocor?

Segalanya akan terjawab pada 15 November 2008 nanti. Sama-samalah kita menanti detik itu di mana Anwar Ibrahim, bakal Perdana Menteri menerima borang permohonan figura ini dan pengikut-pengikutnya.
Suntikan kemenangan moral sebelum berperang pada pilihanraya DUN Sarawak yang dijangka 2009 atau awal 2010.