Diverted Elsewhere - 60% of Development Funds

The revelation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) that 60 percent of Government allocations for key infrastructure projects have been diverted elsewhere is most shocking.

MACC's investigation revealed that between 2002 and 2008, only 40 percent of the money given by the Government were spent on the projects proper.

Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan responded by wanting MACC to give full and detailed briefing on their findings.

If we learned from what happened to the Auditor General's report on abuses on the state administration, MACC will have to retract their report or revise to a milder version.

For as long as we continue to keep Taib Mahmud, PBB and Barisan Nasional in power, we Sarawakians will continue to lose out while the powerful few will continue to amass wealth.

Taib Mahmud's Dynasty Another Splash of Wealth

Jamilah Taib, daughter of Taib Mahmud (Chief Minister of Sarawak) and her husband, Sean Murray own the 2nd most most expensive private residences in Ottawa, Canada.

The couple's house at 688 Manor Ave. in Rockcliffe Park, worth $9,609,000, equivalent to RM28,331,251.00. Read more here.

URGENT! Taib Mahmud Must Be Removed NOW!

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Al Jazeera's Evidence Against Taib Mahmud

Sarawak Rivers Hazardous to Humans

As reported in The New Straits Times, Dr. Pengguang Manggil of Sarawak Natural Resources and Environment Board highlighted that several rivers in Sarawak have high bacterial concentration and are hazardous to humans. Such rivers include Sungai Bintangor and Sungai Sekama. The rivers such as Sungai Padungan and Sungai Maong cannot even be used for irrigation.

These rivers are polluted by effluents ands wastes dumped from food outlets, heavy industries, river-plying vessels and households. Rivers such as Sungai Sarawak are polluted with effluents and wastes from agricultural activities, land clearing and mining.

As the Sarawak continues to have Taib Mahmud and Barisan Nasional in power, our land and rivers will continue to be devastated. And we'll continue to destroy what we should preserve for the future generation.

Now is the time to remove Taib Mahmud and Barisan Nasional. We owe that to our future generation.

Apa Itu? Dayaks Insulted by Taib Mahmud

On Saturday, 1 November 2008 at the Sarawak Agro Fest 2008, Taib Mahmud arrogantly embarrassed and insulted the Dayaks saying that the shifting cultivation of the Dayaks created 2 mil acres of native customary rights land. His words, “You see, they (Dayaks) have two million acres under NCR lands just because of shifting cultivation. Apa itu?”

There is more than 7 million hectares of timber concessions which benefit Taib Mahmud dynasty and cronies.

Five companies control more than 5 mil hectares of timber concessions in Sarawak. Apa itu? Read more on Sarawak Headhunter blog here.

After 50 years, Sarawak is still beggar state

Sadly, Sarawak remains a beggar state, even after half a century of independence and after over 25 years under control of the Taib Mahmud dynasty. So much timber and other natural resources have been extracted from the land for as long as Taib has been in power. Yet, Sarawak is in the same financial state as African countries depending on handouts from other governments.

How many indigenious Sarawak companies export Made-in-Sarawak technologies and high value services? What is the contribution of the value of export of indigenious technologies and services to the State's GDP (excluding natural resources and related products)? For how long can we let Taib Mahmud plunder the land? When can we start focusing on developing indigenious high value-added products and services, and stop plundering the land to conserve for future generation?

Rush the Removal of Taib

Now Taib Mahmud has to insult the intelligence of Sarawakians. How dare he say Sarawakians can only accept and understand change slowly?

The one mother of all changes that Sarawaks want to rush is the removal of Taib Mahmud, Alfred Jabu and George Chan.

So why is Taib calling for slow tempo? To give him and his cronies more time to amass wealth and plunder the land?

Authorized Abuse of Sarawak Natives

Yet another abuse. This is how Taib Mahmud's Politics of Development works.

As reported in The Star Online:

Friday October 3, 2008
Ministry to probe sex abuse claims by Penans

PETALING JAYA: The Women, Family and Community Develop­ment Ministry will investigate claims of timber workers sexually abusing Penan women and girls.

Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen said she had instructed the womens affairs director-general to meet Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu and obtain more information after the Hari Raya holidays.

“We are very concerned about the matter,” she said.

“I have also talked to the Health Ministry to do something as we want to ensure the health of the Penans has not been compromised.”

Alfred, who is also the chairman of the steering committee on the Penans, had dismissed the sexual abuse claims, saying he had not heard about such complaints from the tribe’s community leaders.

Dr Ng was responding to Suhakam commissioner for Sarawak, Dr Mohd Hirman Ritom, who said on Tuesday it would investigate the sexual abuse claims.

Suhakam commissioner Datuk Dr De­­nison Jayasooria had urged the ministry and federal police to look into the matter since the Sarawak police said that they could not investigate as there was no official report.

The claims of abuse first surfaced on the Bruno Manser Fund website.

Some of Taib Mahmud's Doings

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