Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Sabah trapped by BN trickery

Honest cooperation in any relationship is important and that includes state-federal ties, opines a former Sabah chief minister.
KOTA KINABALU: The state-federal relationship which is "more a collusion than cooperation" must be changed, former chief minister Yong Teck Lee said.

He said that considering the pivotal positions Sabah and Sarawak hold in determining the political course of the country, the relationship must be changed to that of true cooperation.

"The state-federal relationship status has changed. If before the state government cannot rule without the support of the federal government, today it is the federal government which cannot be formed without the support of Sabah and Sarawak," he added.
He was delivering a talk on "Special rights, autonomy and equal partnership status" at the United Borneo Front (UBF) inter-party seminar here on Saturday.

Said Yong: "We want to see a relationship in the form of cooperation and not kupsitsama (collusion) between the federal and state governments."

"Kupsitsama is like the case of the cancelled coal-fired power plant project. The project was actually announced by (Prime Minister) Najib (Tun Razak)… and all supported it.

"Melanie Chia (Luyang assemblywoman) and Liew Teck Chan (Likas) tabled a motion to object to this project during the State Legislative Assembly sitting," said Yong who is Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president.

He pointed out, however, that BN representatives like Samsuddin Yahya (Sekong) and Mohd Suhaili Said (Tungku) fought for it.

"Samsuddin said that we are anti-development while Suhaili said the people wanted the coal-fired power plant, but the Chinese did now want it.

"When Sepanggar MP Eric Majimbun raised the matter in the Parliament, semua hantam (all rallied against him), saying the people in Sabah want the coal-fired power plant… it's clean coal and so on.

"Then when Chief Minister (Musa Aman) announced that the project was scrapped, all of them also supported it, saying the people come first, and that Musa loves the people of Sabah… What is this?" he asked.

No honesty

Yong said the same trend could be seen with the proposal to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry on illegal immigrants. "All the Barisan Nasional (BN) people refused to sign our signature campaign to call for the setting up of the commission."

"But if one month later Najib announces the setting of a Royal Commission of Inquiry on illegal immigrants in Sabah, the same thing will happen (support for Najib)," he said.

He cited the Teoh Beng Hock case as an example.

"Najib had said that there was no need for a Royal Commission of Inquiry because an inquest had been carried out… but when a by-election came, such a commission was announced and all including (MCA president) Chua Soi Lek said it was good because he (Najib) loves the people and wants to know the truth.
"So that is what we call 'kupsit sama' because there is no honesty in it. We don't want this. We want a state-federal cooperation," said Yong.

On illegal immigrants, he said the issue had been repeatedly raised in the State Legislative Assembly and Parliament, but the Umno-led government was unsupportive despite its obvious importance.

"Have you heard anyone from Umno talk about this problem? Have you heard PAS talk about this? In PKR only one or two who are not Muslims (have supported the call)," he said, adding that even Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) was silent.

On the Borneo Agenda and Borneo Alliance objectives, Yong said they (proponents) have to work harder to unify the multiracial population of Sabah.

"If not, the divide-and-rule policy practised by Kuala Lumpur will continue to succeed," he said, adding that the tactic was common in developing nations.

Double-talking politicians

Citing an example, Yong said that when SAPP was still in the BN, a leader from the peninsula came to Sabah and told him: "'We Malays easy to work together with Chinese; in the peninsula Malays and Chinese have worked together like siblings for 50 years; the Kadazans are not easy to work with.

"The same leader then talked to Bernard Dompok (Upko president) and said, 'Tan Sri, we and Kadazan are Bumiputeras. The Chinese are not good.

"'In the Peninsula, the five million Chinese want so many things… We Bumiputeras need to be united.'
"Bernard Dompok and I are buddies. He told me what had happened, and I also told him what the leader told me… but many in Sabah feel trapped by this tactic, which will result in the people fighting among themselves," he said.

Yong added that such tactics were still prevalent in Malaysian politics.

"How do we overcome this? We need to avoid falling into this trap.

"We can belong to different parties, different non-governmental organisations, but we must have the same struggle," he said. (By Dominic Legeh)

43 comments:

  1. I agree with the last quote "We can belong to different parties, different non-governmental organisations, but we must have the same struggle,"

    Therefore stop the fault finding, stop the finger pointing and start working together to find solutions and take concrete actions to solve problems.

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  2. hmmm..Sabah used to be trapped by Yong trickery..if I'm not mistaken.

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  3. I couldn't agree more with Anna's comment. Instead of blaming, why not work together and brainstorm some ideas to find solution to solve the problems.

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  4. Trickery? who's trickery, anyway?

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  5. It's again showing sign of trickery to pressure Sipaun.
    As 3.8 IWDay just passed by hopefully Sabahan women in Sabah could be brave enough to render support to this gentlemen who spoke the truth.
    Send him jasmine will you if stand united...Christina,Melanie,Datuk Chua Soon Bui and many other should be able to lead the way!
    Read this at Saying with Jasmine in action to support equal gender's right!

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  6. Quoted from YB Teresa Kok:“While I do not seek a revolution for Malaysia, I do seek reform in terms of institutional reform, reform of our judiciary, reform of our legislature, reform in our media freedom, reform in our civil liberties and reform in human rights,”
    Thus is true reform of our judiciary...reform in human rights we seek.
    Thank you YB for your awakening call to sabahan.

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  7. Good article..shows that Umno leads other components by pulling their noses...Yes men!

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  8. yup. is better work together to solve the problem than blame each other.

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  9. Trickery? i think every party got their own thickery

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  10. no need to blame others. Show the efforts and not just talk.

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  11. "Have you heard anyone from Umno talk about this problem? Have you heard PAS talk about this? In PKR only one or two who are not Muslims (have supported the call)," he said, adding that even Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) was silent."

    Ironically, Yong did't even utter a single words about the illegal immigrant during the Batu Sapi by election...The pot calling the cattle black?

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  12. To refresh your memories on the Batu Sapi by-election, Yong was hit left and right by both PKR, Dap and BN....

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  13. Trickery??I thought this suitable for SAPP actually..but better no need to blame other lah..Try to cooperation to do something for Sabah..

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  14. Sabah has been tricked for too long and it is time we wake up and wacked them back!

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  15. That's what they all say when the truth is every party is "tricking" everyone.

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  16. and Sabah will trapped by SAPP and other opposition party trickery if they managed to seize the state government.

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  17. Let me tell you something. There is no political party is real for the people.

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  18. Kalau la SAPP nak sangat nampak pembaharuan, cuba lihat kat kampung2 tu.

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  19. I don't think there is anyone who stands up for all of us here.

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  20. Keadilan ke mana?

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  21. Hentikan mempolitikkan isu-isu penting, dan berusaha menyelesaikan masalah.

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  22. What will happen if the SAPP become a state goverment...

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  23. Ketua SAPP ialah Yong. Kita sda nmpk bagaimana Yong merntah kerajaan negeri ketika jd CM dlu.

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  24. This is for SAPP Datuk Yong, YB Melanie and Datuk Chua Soon Bui.Always stand for people and righteous!

    真情。。。层层风雨不能阻隔,总有云开日出时候 一剪梅-费玉清

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  25. Its best to stop politicizing the issues in Sabah. We need concrete actions not playacting.

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  26. 爱我所爱,无怨无悔。。。天长地久

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  27. Remember History Will Always Judge And Justify The Truth!

    谁是谁非?谁应被审判?拥护与爱沙巴的子民应该为此声讨公正!历史的见证岂能被否定和推翻呢?更甚的是那些不敢面对事实的政治投机份子,还敢去报警!另外更有非法外来者对声讨要求政府成立本州非法移民皇家調查委員會而威胁沙巴子民一事,那说的过去!

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  28. "Di Malaysia ini, hampir apa saja kenyataan yang tidak kena di mata dan telinga UMNO akan disifatkan sebagai menghasut. Akan tetapi kalau sebelah puak mereka yang melakukan perkara yang sama, bagi mereka itu adalah perkara yang wajar."

    Baca terus UMNO Sabah Dah Naik Minyak>

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  29. Baik tumpukan perhatian dalam isu yang betul-betul penting.

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  30. What is "betul-betul penting?
    Be reminded of your effort as sabahan leaders under supress that 'key to putrajaya is to convince a 'change' in Sabah and Sarawak!
    You will know what is important then.Last election and before always spoilt the eggs!

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  31. old wine,new bottle or
    new wine ,old bottle or
    any wine,no bottle!
    What do you have in mind?
    No unity always have different taste....and never change!

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  32. We'll see how it goes.

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  33. DATUK JEFFREY SHOULD SHOW MORE COMMITMENT IF HE WANT TO PROTECT SABAHAN RIGHT...ACT MORE..SABAH IS FIXED DEPOSIT FOR .... WHAT IS FIXED DEPOSIT: 1.CRUD OIL AND GAS
    2.BIG VOLUME REGISTERED VOTER FROM SABAH
    3.A LOT OF PUPPET OR PROXY, READY TO USE

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  34. Next GE is almost here.

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  35. Surely we see more BN trickery in action againHoly Scriptures Desecrated .

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  36. Remember to cast your vote during the next general elections.

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  37. Undi UMNO = Undi PENDATANG HARAM datang Sabah merampas tanah2 dan hak2 pribumi Sabah = Pengkhianat.

    Insaflah kerja syaitan umno dan penyokong2nya. Allah bukan buta dan tak tahu kerja syaitan kamu buat.

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  38. Now its up to the Sabahans to make their choice.

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  39. practise another 1trickery... 1Husband + many wives concepts....

    谁虐待马华这怨妇?

    这种男人还能要吗!

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  40. Sabahans must do what they need to do.

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  41. 大选两沙论-物物交换!

    #你给油田我将把沙地成为最富有的一州,别再战死在“沙“场吧?
    用语言和智慧的‘贿赂,引诱’也该属贪污,而非只限于金钱啊!#


    羊毛出在羊身上嘛!

    华人啊哈,要谈“康头”与富贵。笑贫不笑贱!

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  42. kita ni bukan apa...tapi kanapa apabila masa pilihan raya baru nak kata buatkan negeri Sarawak paling kaya?
    Tenguk negeri Sabah dah jadi paling miskin sikarang...dah lama sudah miskin!
    Apalagi kata baru baru ni nak bagi WIFI tetapi ayur tiada langsung untuk kampong kita,jalan buruk dan letrik pon takdak!
    Macam mana ni?Orang sina dan sabahan tak sedar kah?

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  43. Pandai-pandailah menilai sendiri.

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