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Sultanate of Sulu & North Borneo/Sabah issuing birth certificates for children born in Sabah

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

In Parliament yesterday, I gave the Deputy Home Minister, Datuk Chor Chee Heung a copy of a birth certificate issued by the Sultanate of Sulu & North Borneo/Sabah for children born in Sabah, challenging Malaysian sovereignty in Sabah, as he said he was unaware of the existence of such birth certificates.
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Govt motion on price increases on Monday can be turned into “no confidence motion” if there are the numbers

Friday, June 20th, 2008

After a marathon meeting, Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) President Datuk Yong Teck Lee has received endorsement by SAPP supreme council for his call for a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Up to now, Parliament has not received any notice from any Member of Parliament for a no-confidence […]

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No confidence motion - will incipient revolt by BN MPs in support of Yong Teck Lee be crushed by BN SC emergency meeting?

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Following the bombshell by Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Yong Teck Lee yesterday announcing that its two MPs Dr. Chua Soon Bui (Tawau) and Eric Enchin Majimbun (Sepanggar) would move a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, many questions are swirling for answer, including whether it is possible for a […]

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SAPP bombshell - a second political tsunami in next few days?

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has dropped a bombshell when its president Yong Teck Lee announced that its two MPs, Dr. Chua Soon Bui (Tawau) and Eric Majimbun (Sepanggar) would move a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi when Parliament resumes on Monday.
But will the bombshell land in Parliament on […]

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Sabah the reason for the hefty unconscionable oil price hikes?

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

When in Kota Kinabalu last Saturday, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced “goodies” to tackle “long-standing issues” in Sabah which needed “urgent” solution, including:
• Abolition of Sabah Federal Development Department (JPSS);
• RM1 billion special allocation for rural development;
• Direct channeling of development allocations of 11 ministries;
• Federal government to allocate RM1 million each to MPs and […]

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Abdullah’s “goodies” on Sabah/Sarawak grouses - satisfied?

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

May 31, 2008 20:32 PM
Fed Devt Dept Scrapped, Cabinet Committee On Illegal Immigrants Formed - Abdullah
KOTA KINABALU, May 31 (Bernama) — The 17-year wait by state government leaders to scrap the Sabah Federal Development Department ended Saturday when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced the good news.
Following the […]

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Sabah - Cinderella after March 8 “political tsunami”

Friday, May 30th, 2008

All eyes are on the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, as Santa Claus with “goodies” for Sabah in his visit to the State tomorrow.
As reported by the Star yesterday, among the “goodies” for Sabah expected from the Prime Minister are announcements:
• Abolishing the controversial Department of Federal Development Sabah (JPPS) set up when the […]

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RCI for Sabah illegal immigrants crisis - Sabahan support

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

INQUIRY A NECESSITY
New Sabah Times
28th May, 2008
KOTA KINABALU: A Parliamentary Select Committee on illegal immigrants is no substitute for the Royal Commission of Inquiry, said UPKO secretary-general, Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau.
“Our call for the setting up of a Royal Commission of Inquiry on illegal immigrants is actually to address a very specific […]

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LKS to be suspended from Parliament because of blog?

Monday, May 26th, 2008

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Kiandee owes a public apology to Parliament, Sabah and the nation

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

In her Sunday Star parliamentary roundup “Lim stopped by Standing Orders” today, reporter Elizabeth Looi quoted Deputy Speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee as confessing that he did not know whether I had spoken the truth in Parliament on Thursday when objecting to his decision to disallow my amendment to the Motion of […]

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Don’t make Malaysian Parliament a laughing-stock at Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in KL in August

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

(Media Conference Statement at Perak DAP Hqrs in Ipoh on Saturday, 24th May 2008)

The 54th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference on “Expanding the role of Parliament in Global Society” will be held in Kuala Lumpur from August 1 to 10, 2008 and it should be a matter of pride to Malaysian Members of Parliament that […]

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May 22, 2008 – Sad Day for Sabah (In video and Hansard)

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

This is the video clip and Hansard extract of the parliamentary proceeding yesterday – another sad day for Sabah.
It could be the day for redemption for Sabah, the first step in the realisation of the 30-year dream of Sabahans to end the nightmare of illegal immigrants which have made them and future […]

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RCI on illegal immigrants in Sabah - substantive motion to overrule Robert Kiandee’s decision

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

I have faxed notice to the Speaker, Tan Sri Pandikar Amin to move a substantive motion to review and overrule the decision of Deputy Speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee in disallowing me from moving an amendment to the Motion of Thanks for the Royal Address yesterday in order to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry […]

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Motion to establish RCI on Sabah illegal immigrants sabotaged

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

The amendment motion in Parliament to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry to realize the three-decade dream of the people of Sabah to end their nightmare of the long-standing problem of illegal immigrants in the state was sabotaged when it was disallowed on the most flippant and unacceptable of grounds.
I had sought to […]

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It was 30 years ago that I first raised the problem of illegal immigrants in Sabah

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

A hostile posting in yesterday’s thread “Fulfilment of 30-year dream of Sabahans in the hands of Sabah BN MPs” reminded me that the first time I raised the problem of illegal immigrants in Sabah was exactly 30 years ago.
I referred to this in my speech in Kota Kinabalu at the 37th DAP anniversary […]

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