Yong Lodges Police Report Against Tham Over Cheating Claims

SANDAKAN: A police report was lodged here yesterday by Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Yong Teck Lee against former SAPP deputy president Datuk Tham Nyip Shen over alleged concealment of information on corruption from the authorities.

Yong, who is a former Chief Minister, made the report following press statements made by Tham on Nov 3 and Nov 15 that certain Forest Management Unit (FMU) applicants had claimed they were cheated of large sums of money.
Tham claimed that he had been reliably told on many occasions that there were people who received large sums of money after promising FMU deals to some people in Sandakan.

Tham's expertise on free computers and others going to jail

Kota Kinabalu, Nov 12, 2010: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) ex-Assistant Secretary-General, Foo Fook Ming questioned the government whether that income level, occupation and political affiliation part of the conditions to receive a free computer.

"In recent months, the BN government has been dishing out tens of thousands of laptop computers to individuals. Are the computers given out in accordance with the specifications?

"SAPP advises the government officers handling the distribution of the computers to make sure that they do not become victims in being involved in dishing out illegal, substandard computers installed with pirated software.