Negara, not negeri, status for Sabah

Sabah was promised a 'national identity within the Malaysia Federation' but it never materialised when the state came under Umno hegemony.

Picture : Why the Borneos map are smaller than the peninsular ?

 

KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah was supposed to retain its “negara” or national status in a series of arrangements to ensure that the rights of Sabahans would forever be protected during the formation of Malaysia.

This little known fact was revealed at a national conference on marginalised communities, which arrested the attention of the participants.

They were told that the ideals that gave rise to the birth of a new nation in 1963 have, however, been eroded until those rights have all but disappeared.

“Sabah was given the understanding that it was to remain a national entity within the Malaysian Federation, which was to be a partnership of four national units – Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore and Malaya,” deputy president of CigMa or Common Interest Group Malaysia, Daniel John Jambun, said in his presentation titled “Lest We Forget”.

Elaborating further, he said: “We were to remain as a ‘negara’ (nation), not to become a ‘negeri’ (state).

“What eventually transpired was a process during which Sabah (like Sarawak) became one of the 13 states in Malaysia, no longer on the same status as Malaya, but just one of the states.”

Later, Jambun said that it was also the reason why Sabah’s head of state was officially called Yang di-Pertua Negara from 1963 till the early 1980s when the title was changed and reduced to Yang di-Pertua Negeri.

Jambun’s paper was based on a book of the same name authored by Dr Chong Eng Leong who agreed to have his book presented as a conference paper to the 220 delegates.

Chong’s book outlines the major losses Sabahans have suffered since independence due to various national policies following the formation of Malaysia.

Chong’s book focused on the “KL-encouraged” influx of Muslim illegal immigrants from Indonesia and Mindanao in the southern Philippines that served to dilute the once majority Christian native population in Sabah.

Unkept promise of autonomy

Jambun charged that the federal government was being disingenuous by claiming that the state had enjoyed tremendous development and numerous benefits since the formation of Malaysia.

“Under Umno, which took over the Sabah government from Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) in 1994, Sabah has ended up becoming the poorest state in Malaysia despite its vast natural wealth God has given us.

“Other than the economic losses, we also suffered loss of major rights and autonomy, as listed in the book, ‘Lest We Forget’,” Jambun said.

He said that a scrutiny of the 20-point agreement clearly showed that Tunku Abdul Rahman and other Malayan and Singapore leaders had promised autonomy or self-determination for Sabah, including retaining its own revenues.

It was a promise that has not been kept, he said.

“In fact, as a strategic move to ‘Malayanise’ Sabah, the population of the state was increased drastically through dubious means, mainly through the infamous ‘Projek IC’ or ‘Projek Mahathir’, which is to give Malaysian identity cards to Muslim illegal immigrants in Sabah to enable them to register as voters and thus change the political landscape.

“Through this project, the population of Sabah dramatically rose to 3.2 million, of which 1.5 million are bona fide Sabahans and 1.7 million foreigners.

“About 70,000 of these foreigners were registered as phantom voters and distributed throughout the constituencies in Sabah to give greater advantage to the ruling BN candidates to win elections.

“This strategy was then complemented by the infamous decision to implement what is called gerrymandering of constituency boundaries to give greater representation to Muslim-majority seats, thus outnumbering the non-Muslim natives,” he said, adding that the obvious manipulation has resulted in Sabah being dubbed BN’s “fixed deposit”.

Jambun also charged that the increase in Muslim-native seats and the reduction in Christian-native ones was made with the intention of forcefully and permanently changing the state’s demography.

This way, there would be more Muslims, thus depriving others of their rights, he said, adding that the issue of disenfranchisement would be brought to international attention.

Citing the revelation in Chong’s book, he disclosed that in the 1970 census, the mostly Christians and pagan Kadazandusuns numbered 215,811, Muslim Bajau and Iranun numbered 77,271 and Malays 18,362.

However, the 2000 census showed that the Kadazandusuns numbered 564,600, while the Bajau and Iranun 343,200, but the Malay suddenly stood at an astonishing 303,500.

He said that in the 1960 census, there was no Malay registered in Sabah, but just Bajau and Iranun.

‘Project Mahathir’ revealed

Jambun said that four people – Hassnar Ebrahim, Hassan Hamid, Yakup Damsah and Jabarkan Napi – cited in Chong’s book had been involved in recruiting new Malaysians by giving them identity cards.

He said that Hassnar, who is now Batu Sapi PKR head, had even revealed that there was a meeting in January 1986 chaired by the late Megat Junid Megat Ayob, then deputy home minister, detailing the mechanics of how foreigners were issued Malaysian identity documents.

Hassnar claimed that present at the meeting were former chief secretary to the government Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid, three top police officers from Bukit Aman, Sabah director of Immigration Dusmi Ibrahim, director-general of Immigration Halim Harun, a deputy director-general of the National Registration Department, a principal private secretary by the name of Azmin, Yahya Lampong and Hassnar himself.

“As Hassnar revealed, when one of them objected to this treacherous act, he was told by Megat Junid that prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad had approved it.

“This testimony was also given under oath during a trial to hear the 1999 Likas election petition filed by Chong, and that the testimony was not challenged,” Jambun said.

He added that Jabarkan, an ex-ISA detainee like Hassnar, also disclosed that there was a Sabah Umno special task force formed in 1991 to recruit foreigners who were then issued with Malaysian ICs and registered as Umno members and also included in the electoral rolls.

According to Jabarkan, office-bearers of the special task force for 1991-1993 were Musa Aman (currently Chief Minister) as director, Yahya Hussin as deputy director, Jabarkan himself as secretary and the late Malek Chua as treasurer. The team targeted 30 of the then 48 state

constituencies in an attempt to oust PBS from power.

Jambun said that he doubt the current Umno leadership would dare sue those who had revealed the clandestine activities in Projek Mahathir for it would open a can of worms.

The one-day National Human Rights Conference on the Future of Marginalised and Minority Communities in Malaysia was co-organised by CigMa, Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU), Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (SADIA), Hindu Rights Action force (Hindraf), Borneo Resources Institute (BRI) and London-based Human Rights Foundation.

Also present were Kita president Zaid Ibrahim, CigMa chief Jeffrey Kitingan, who is also leader of United Borneo Front (UBF) and Hindraf adviser, N Ganesan.

1 MALAYSIA or MELAYU ONLY?????

Masidi anggap penyanyi rap Atama kebudak-budakan, tidak bertanggungjawab

17th January, 2011


KOTA KINABALU: Artis rap tempatan Andrew Ambrose Mudi yang menjadi tajuk utama tempatan di sini kelmarin selepas laporan polis dibuat terhadapnya kerana dikatakan memfitnah pemimpin negeri, adalah seorang yang bersifat kebudak-budakan dan tidak bertanggungjawab, kata Menteri Pelancongan, Kebudayaan dan Alam Sekitar Sabah Datuk Masidi Manjun.

“Malang sekali bukan semua orang sama, ada sesetengah yang berperangai lebih kebudak-budakan berbanding yang lain,” katanya kepada pemberita ketika ditemui di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kota Kinabalu di sini.

Jumaat lepas,Pemuda PBS membuat laporan polis mengenai Andrew, atau dikenali sebagai Atama, yang membuat satu sketsa yang dipaparkan di laman web sosial Facebook, yang didakwa memfitnah Presiden PBS Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Ketua Menteri Sabah Datuk Seri Musa Aman, dan juga Masidi.

Timbalan Ketua, Pemuda PBS, Webley Disim, yang membuat laporan polis Karamunsing di sini berkata pergerakan itu memandang serius perbuatan tersebut dan menegaskan bahawa apa yang ditampilkan dalam dialog sketsa itu semuanya adalah bohong semata-mata.

Pergerakan itu menuntut penyanyi kelahiran Tambunan itu supaya menarik balik sketsa ity dan memohon maaf kepada mereka yang terbabit, dan berkata pihaknya tidak akan teragak-agak untuk mengambil tindakan mahkamah sekiranya mereka yang terbabit masih terus menyebarkan pembohongan.

Atama bagaimanapun berkata sketsa itu adalah gambaran kreativiti dan imaginasinya semata-mata.

Masidi berkata penyanyi muda itu seharusnya lebih bertanggungjawab dalam menyuarakan pandangannya dan tidak mengambil kebebasan bersuara sebagai lesen untuk memfitnah orang lain.

Sumber : http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/45627

UBF - Agenda for BORNEO!!!

UBF (United Borneo Front)

Mission:

To reverse colonization-style form of governance and restore the special rights, privileges and equal partnership status of the Borneo States in the Federation.

Vision:
That the Borneo States of Sabah and Sarawak will be a free, politically autonomous, democratic, secure and economically progressive state of Malaysia.

Core Objectives:
To ensure that the Malaysia Agreement including the 20 points conditions, assurances and the undertakings by Tunku Abdul Rahman and those contained in the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) Report as well as the Cobbold Commission are respected and implemented as per Article VIII of the Malaysian Agreement 1963.

UBF’s Core Demands
1. That the Federal government establishes a ‘Compliance Mechanism’ vide a Ministry or an enacted body to implement our core objective and core demands stated herein and comply with Article VIII of the Malaysia Agreement;

2. Demand for a fairer and more equitable revenue sharing formulae including a review of the percentage of oil net revenue as well as a fair and equitable representation and role in parliament/ Federal Cabinet/ Judiciary and the civil and diplomatic service;

3. Restore the equal partnership status of Sabah and Sarawak to Malaya in the Federation;

4. Demand for the abolishment of Cabotage/ Transport/ Trade Policies that negatively affects the Borneo States;

5. Demand for the respect and implementation of Native rights/ NCR and Article 153 of the Federal Constitution;

6. Demand for a shift in the economic development focus to Sabah and Sarawak including the narrowing of the Economic and Digital Divides between Malaya and the Borneo States of Sabah and Sarawak; and

7. Resolve the illegal immigrants (PTI)/ ‘Project IC’ problems and the threat to the territorial integrity of Sabah and Sarawak including the passing of the heaviest deterrent sentence on crimes related to the issuance of citizenship to illegal immigrants.

Role & Function:
Empowering the people by educating them about their political economic history; their rights and responsibilities, and to inculcate the spirit of our struggle for justice.

UBF, as a pressure group and civil rights movement, will align itself with political parties, organizations, and individuals who believe in our struggle and who can support, fulfill, or satisfy our objectives, demands, and agendas. We stand on the side of reason, logic, and what is right for the people of Borneo.

Catuan elektrik 14.5 jam kembali ke 24 jam di Sekolah Pedalaman Sarawak

Pada post yang lalu, JM ada menyiarkan artikel mengenai catuan elektrik di sekolah-sekolah pedalaman Sarawak dari 24 jam kepada 14.5 jam (Click untuk ke page tersebut).

Dan syukur kerana pada 1 Januari 2011 yang lalu, terdapat arahan agar janaan elektrik kembali kepada 24 jam. Semua warga pendidik, masyarakat dan murid-murid yang yang mempunyai keterlibatan dalam mana-mana sekolah pedalaman di Sarawak berasa lega dan gembira dengan pengeluaran arahan baru tersebut. Namun arahan tersebut hanya laku sehingga bulan Mac sahaja.

Namun, terdapat cakap-cakap orang mengulas mengenai pengeluaran arahan baru tersebut. Konon nya arahan tersebut dikeluarkan kerana mempunyai kaitan dengan Pilihan raya Sarawak yang bakal diadakan tidak lama lagi. Sejauh mana kebenaran "cakap-cakap" tersebut tidak pula dapat dipastikan. Namun persoalan disini, kenapa arahan tersebut hanya laku sehingga bulan Mac sahaja? adakah ini salah satu dari langkah penjimatan kerajaan?
secara logiknya, Bakun sudah hendak beroperasi... kenapa tidak berusaha untuk membekalkan sekolah tersebut dengan hidroelektrik berbanding diesel elektrik yang lebih mahal kosnya (untuk jangka masa panjang) serta menyumbang kepada pencemaran ? kalaupun, faktor geografi menyukarkan pembekalan elektrik, namun masih tidak logik jika sekolah ini dijadikan sebagai tempat PENJIMATAN kerajaan walhal, sekolah-sekolah ini menggunakan elektrik untuk tujuan kebaikan. Selaras dengan penujuan ke arah wawasan 2020 yang tinggal lagi 9 tahun, wawasan tersebut amat sukar jika catuan elektrik kekal dikenakan kepada sekolah-sekolah pedalaman.

Oleh yang demikian, jika benar "cakap-cakap" orang tersebut, maka tindakan pihak terbabit untuk menjadikan sekolah-sekolah pedalaman ini sebagai point KEMPEN POLITIK adalah amat tidak bertanggungjawab. Sekolah merupakan tempat untuk melahirkan generasi pemimpin dan pemacu negara pada masa hadapan oleh itu, ia sepatutnya tidak boleh di POLITIK kan kerana akan menjejas kelancaran produktiviti pelajar yang berjaya.

Oleh itu, sekolah di kawasan pedalaman Sarawak ini harus di bantu, dipertingkatkan fasiliti disamping kebajikan warga sekolah tersebut. kepada pihak-pihak yang berkenaan anda harus lebih bertanggungjawab dan bukan memperjudikan masa hadapan pelajar-pelajar anda semata-mata kerana GILA KUASA!!!!

Bakar patung bantah peguam minta perlahan azan....Patutkah ????

Isu Azan kembali hangat di bumi semenanjung Malaysia.... Jika di lihat di bumi semenanjung ini, tiap-tiap hari pasti akan ada isu yang berkaitan dengan sensitivisme sesebuah kaum atau agama.... kali ini pula heboh tentang BAKAR PATUNG BANTAH PEGUAM MINTA PERLAHAN AZAN ( baca disini dan disini .... kemudian fikir.... ).

Bah... hari ini mari kita renung-renung dan fikir-fikirkan bersama adakah logik dan patutkah adanya demonstrasi Bakar Patung sebagai tanda untuk membantah peguam yang meminta azan diperlahankan???

Bagi pandangan peribadi JM, ada beberapa perkara menarik mengenai isu ini.... bah lanjutkan terus pembacaan anda....

Berdasarkan lanjutan-lanjutan pembacaan JM mengenai isu ini, kalau ikut ulasan dari beberapa blog terkenal, Peguam tersebut dikatakan ahli MCA...so kalau MCA ini kemungkinan besar CINA...dan kononnya yang membuat demonstrasi itu orang UMNO.... jadi kenapa kunun dorang gaduh sesama sendiri ??? jadi, mungkin teori ada orang yang mahu MEMPOLITIKKAN isu ini boleh ditolak ke tepi.... jadi mungkin sekali mereka ikhlas untuk memperjuangkan agama Islam ini.

Namun ada lagi perkara lain yang JM rasa kita patut fikir jauh, bebas dan terbuka sikit....
Kalau kita ikut cerita akhbar-akhbar... ini Peguam pergi BERUNDING, TULIS SURAT dan minta dengan cara baik agar JAWI dapat BERTIMBANG RASA untuk MEMPERLAHANKAN sedikit Azan tersebut. Jadi JAWI pun BERSETUJU lalu mengeluarkan arahan kepada surau tersebut untuk memperlahankan azan tersebut di samping hanya menggunakan pembesar suara dalam surau tersebut sahaja ketika berkhutbah.

Oleh yang demikian, adakah patut golongan ANTI - PEGUAM ini bertindak terus menerus mengadakan demonstrasi dengan membawa sepanduk-sepanduk , lalu membakar patung peguam berkenaan???
tidak bolehkah golongan ANTI PEGUAM tersebut berjumpa baik-baik dahulu dengan peguam berkenaan ataupun lebih baik jika berunding dengan semua masyarakat bukan islam di kawasan tersebut untuk berbincang, bermuafakat mencari kesefahaman terhadap isu tersebut??

Bagi JM, tindakan mereka terus berdemonstrasi lebih memburukkan keadaan kerana masyarakat-masyarakat di tempat lain atau di negeri lain pasti akan terkena sedikit sebanyak tempias isu ini.
Minta Maaf banyak-banyak jika JM ibaratkan tindakan anti peguam ini tidak matang dan lebih cenderung menjadi pemangkin kepada sentimen perkauman, kebencian, prejudis, egoistik, seterusnya akan merosakkan perpaduan dan lebih teruk peperangan.

Pendek kata, apa salahnya duduk semeja...berunding dahulu....berfaham-fahaman dahulu.... bincang dengan baik...dalam keadaan aman...damai...harmoni.... susah sangat kah?????
Harap-harap kita orang BORNEO tidak akan terikut-ikut dengan gaya-gaya HARIMAU MALAYA ini......

Isu buang salib.... Ridhuan pertahankan Najib!!!! bodoh.....

Sebagai pembuka kata, Salam tahun baru 2011 saya ucapkan kepada semua pembaca-pembaca blog ini....uuuhhh...sudah lama tidak update blog ini...biasalah..kalau cuti, pulang kampung....disana kampung tidak kuat line internet....mau pasang streamyx pun, alang-alang...sebab bukan selalu juga saya pulang kampung...dalam setahun paling-paling pun dua kali saja balik kampung.....

Isu untuk kali ini adalah tentang isu "buang salib & tiada nyanyian natal" yang telah di arahkan oleh Jabatan Perdana Menteri sebagai syarat kehadiran Najib ke majlis itu.
Sememangnya kenyataan dan arahan tersebut amat menyinggung perasaan penganut Kristian.

Apabila isu agama dibincangkan, masyarakat Non-Muslim di Malaysia lazim mengalah dan mengaplikasikan sikap toleransi demi keharmonian bersama. Namun kenyataan dan ulasan seorang columnist UTUSAN MELAYU mempertahankan arahan "buang salib & tiada nyanyian natal" dari Jabatan Perdana Menteri itu menampakkan bagaimana seorang rasis berfikir....Sempit dan Pentingkan diri sendiri....sila baca sini ....

Siapakah Ridhuan Tee dan Jabatan Perdana Menteri untuk menetapkan bagaimana sebuah perayaan dirayakan???? Untuk perayaan Tahun Baru Cina, Deepavali, Kaamatan, Gawai dan sebagainya itu merupakan hak dan kebebasan masyarakat dan kaum yang terlibat untuk menentukan bagaimana untuk merayakan perayaan tersebut.

Hymns, bacaan doa dan salib merupakan sebahagian daripada Krismas. Pernahkan Ridhuan ini terfikir bagaimana pula jika Aidilfitri disambut tanpa bacaan doa, puasa dan bacaan Quran??? 

Menurut sumber, Arahan "buang salib & tiada nyanyian natal" tersebut dibuat tanpa pengetahuannya....adakah ini logik???  PM sekarang ini sedang bercuti di Dubai dan akan kembali minggu ini...

Sebagai teladan dan tauladan , mari kita ambil beberapa contoh amalan penganut muslim yang mulia dan sama-sama kita renung dan fikirkan disini.
1. Yasser Arafat merupakan seorang Muslim pergi ke gereja bersama-sama dengan isterinya yang beragama kristian ketika menyambut christmas eve mass.
2. Ada dikatakan bahawa Kalifah Umar telah bertemu dengan Bishop Baghdad di gereja Baghdad. Dan Kalifah Umar langsung tidak mengeluarkan arahan untuk menurunkan Salib. Malah Kalifah Umar menunaikan solatnya diluar gereja tanpa mengacau mana-mana pun salib.

Semangat rasis, sempit dan pentingkan diri sendiri yang diamalkan oleh UMNO seperti Ridhuan, Jabatan Perdana Menteri ini perlu menjadi panduan kepada rakyat agar berfikir 1000 kali sebelum memangkah calon UMNO pada PRU13 nanti.

ini lah antara bukti kegagalan 1MALAYSIA!!!!! mau belajar apa itu 1MALAYSIA???? pergi belajar dengan orang borneo dulu,.,...1BORNEO contoh kepada 1MALAYSIA.