Jabu blamed for failures of RGCs

KUCHING, Nov 12, 2014: Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian is attributing the  failures of the Rural Growth Centres (RGCs) in Sarawak to Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Rural Development Alfred Jabu Numpang.

"If what have been mentioned in the Auditor-General's Report are correct, then he should be held responsible as well as officers involved in the development of the RGCs," Baru told reporters on the sidelines of the Sarawak State Assembly sitting here today.

Make your stand on Christians' rights, Baru tells JAKIM and JAIS

KUCHING, Nov 12, 2014: Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian is asking why the Malaysian Islamic Affairs Department (JAKIM) and Sarawak Religious Islamic Department (JAIS) are not making their stands on the rights of Christians in Sarawak to use the word "Allah" in their prayers and in churches.

"I am thankful for the voices of Chief Minister Adenan Satem and Land Development Minister James Masing who have consistently rejected the religious extremism that is being propounded by several groups in Malaya," Baru said when debating the State Budget 2015 today.