Quality Concrete ordered to pay the villiagers a sum of RM160,000

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COURT RESUMES

Friday, December 16, 2011 - 09:20 AM

Parties as before

Joseph Chioh: Director of Forest has agreed to exclude three areas 5 on the Western

side of the said licence T/8473 which is within the area marked as

NCR in map. Therefore there is no more timber licence granted on

any part of the area claimed by plaintiff as NCR land in the plan

marked as “M” attached to the Statement of Claim.

10 Mr. See Chee How: It is in Tag 2, last map, Bundle K.

Mr. Liew: The plaintiff and 1

settlement and would like to record consent order as per draft.

Mr. See Chee How: I agree.

Mr. Liew: Can court approve it?

15 Court: Consent order granted as per draft, as follows:

st to 4th defendant have entered into amicable

CONSENT ORDER

THIS ACTION

Ravinthran N. Paramaguru in the presence of Mr. See Chee How of Counsel for the

Plaintiffs, Mr. Liew Tang Chieh of Counsel for the 1

and Mr. Joseph Chioh Hock Hua of Counsel for the 5

CONSENT IT IS THIS DAY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED

1. Strictly for the amicable settlement of the Plaintiffs’ claim against the 1

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RM160,000.00 as damages being full, final and complete settlement of the

Plaintiffs’ claim against the 1

this consent order shall not in any way affect the Plaintiffs’ claim vis a vis the

5

having this day been fixed for trial before Justice Tuanst, 2nd, 3rd and 4th 20 Defendantsth, 6th and 7th Defendants BYthat :st, 2nd,rd and 4th Defendants, the 2nd 25 Defendant do pay the Plaintiffs the sum ofst, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Defendants in this action andth, 6th and 7th Defendants’ defence in this action;

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2. The payment of the said RM160,000.00 is to be made payable directly to Baru

Bian Advocates & Solicitors on the date hereof ;

3. The 1

Timber Licence No.T/8473 over the licence area shaded

locality map annexed herewith and marked as Exhibit “Q”;

4. The Plaintiffs’ action against the 1

counterclaim of the 2

st and 2nd Defendants shall not submit their application for renewal of5 in yellow in thest, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Defendants and thend Defendant shall be struck out with no liberty to file

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5. Upon payment, the Plaintiffs shall have no further claims against the 1

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afresh;st, 2nd,rd and 4th Defendants in respect of this action; and

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Dated this 16

6. There shall be no order as to costs;th day of December 2011

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Court: Trial against the 5

week.

25 10:05 AM – 16 December 2011

(RAVINTHRAN PARAMAGURU)

Judicial Commissioner

30th, 6th and 7th defendant to proceed as scheduled next

Dr Jeffrey is now a STAR member

Jeffrey’s back to active politics

Luke Rintod

 | December 16, 2011

Sarawak Reform Party (STAR) officially announced Sabah politician Jeffrey Kitingan as the chairman of its Sabah chapter.

KOTA KINABALU: Maverick Jeffrey Kitingan, who has been without a party since he left PKR one year ago, has now joined a reactivated 16-year-old Sarawak party, Sarawak Reform Party (STAR).
STAR president, Dripin Sakoi, presented Jeffrey a membership card and document empowering him to lead a Sabah chapter of the party in time for the 13th general election.
Four other Jeffrey allies in Sabah, who also received their membership cards from Sakoi today, are Guandi Kohoi, Rubin Guribah, Jeffrey Telado and James Aik.
Sakoi, who took over the presidency from STAR founder Patau Rubis in March, surprised everyone in the packed hall of a restaurant in Penampang, near here, when he invited the five to come forward and received their STAR cards while he was giving a short speech after Jeffrey finished his.
“We in STAR fully subscribed and support the Borneo Agenda of UBF (United Borneo Front) and it is time now for us to unite… I am calling on Jeffrey to come forward and receive his membership. He is now to lead the Sabah chapter,” Dripin said amidst applause from the some 300 supporters of UBF and guests.
FMT learnt that Jeffrey will tonight be meeting with his people to set up an organising committee for the launching of STAR Sabah on Jan 6.
It is understood that that Hongkod Koisaan hall, which is the headquarters of the Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA), has been booked. The 4,000-capacity hall will be the site for Jeffrey’s clarion call to gather together the much-touted third force.
Earlier in his press conference, Jeffrey did not mention joining any party. Neither did he say anything about it his hour-long speech.
In his speech, he reiterated his frequent call for the people to unite and see the reality of false hope and broken dreams spun by the then regime.
“We have been duped because we were too young to comprehend then (1963).
“They exploited us until we became just one of the 13 states in the federation, until we have become the poorest in this country.
“We must put a stop to this and the only way is to unite once again to fight for our independence and our rights,” Jeffrey said.

STAR on the lookout
Over the past year, Jeffrey has been travelling all over Sabah holding hundreds of tea-parties to explain and galvanise people to support his Borneo Agenda.
Badaruddin Datu Mustapha Harun, son of a former chief minister, was one of two speakers at the event. The other was Sabah Progressive People’s Party (SAPP) deputy president Amdi Sidek.
Badaruddin urged all the three major native communities in Sabah – Muslims, non-Muslims and Chinese – to unite and vote Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) out of Sabah at the next general election.
“I have this message for Prime Minister (Najib Tun Razak): ‘kalau anak jantan, kasih daftar parti Usno sekarang…’” said Badaruddin, whose challenge to Najib was met with thunderous applause from the floor.
Badaruddin is the pro-tem president of Usno Baru which has thrown its support behind Jeffrey’s Borneo Agenda.
Among the guests who witnessed the event were Sabah Progressive Peoples Party (SAPP) adviser, Mohd Noor Mansor, former Suhakam commissioner Simon Sipaun, activists Patrick Sindu and Kalakau Untol.
The event was to celebrate the first anniversary of UBF which was launched a year ago in this same venue. Today is also the date of STAR’s 16th anniversay.
Meanwhile, Rubis, who is now the party’s permanent chairman, has dismissed any links between the party and UBF.
He said STAR was now looking for strategic partners to continue its struggle.

Come to Sarawak to do drama series, Chong tells Hong Kong and Korean drama directors

Kuching (Dec 16, 2011): Hong Kong film directors, like Raymond Chow and James Woo, should consider coming to Sarawak to produce a drama series on how to beat the election system, and get away with it.

"The SUPP saga is a classic example. It is more interesting than any current Hong Kong or Korean drama series, and I think the film directors should come and learn from this SUPP saga on how to cheat in real life," Sarawak DAP secretary Chong Chieng Jen told reporters today.

"What happened in SUPP, from the beginning of the saga to the time of the fire that destroyed the meeting room, is a classic textbook materials. It is the ultimate way to cheat," he said.

"The fire was rather conspicuously suspicious, and the CCTV sets suddenly malfunctioned. They could not be co-incident."

"Someone should write the SUPP saga for the whole country to read. We thought that the happenings are only in the movies, but we now know that they happen in real life," he added.

"First, qualified branches became unqualified and unqualified branches became qualified. Certain candidates became unqualified and in some others, unqualified candidates became qualified.

"The whole thing is boiled down to cheating.

"What happened in SUPP reflected the true situation in Malaysia during the general and state elections, and only the Barisan Nasional is capable of doing it," he said.

Chong said the rival groups in SUPP must have a lot of experienced on how to win in the elections, and so they applied the tactics in the party election.

"The people should now be convinced that the BN has been cheating all this while. But for SUPP, what goes around comes around," he said.

Chong said his father, Chong Siew Chiang, lost in Sarikei in the past state and general elections because he was cheated.

"He was leading all the way, and then suddenly, a ballot box appeared. My father lost by a small margin of votes," he added.

Asked whether he wanted to see SUPP de-registered because of alleged irregularities and manipulations, Chong said:"No." - By Sematong Express.

Ask Taib, Chong tells reporters

Kuching (Dec 16, 2011): "You got to ask the chief minister. He should be in the knowledge. He is the chief minister and finance minister," Sarawak DAP secretary Chong Chieng Jen replied when reporters asked him whether anyone from Sarawak were among those who had contributed to the staggering RM150billion illicit outflow of capital from Malaysia in 2009.

Chong, the Bandar Kuching MP and Kota Sentosa State Assemblyman, said Malaysia is known world-wide for the wrong reason.

"The outflow of RM150 billion just in 2009 alone is a very serious matter. In South-east Asia, Malaysia is top and the next country from the region is very far behind," he said when commenting on the statistics released by the Global Financial Integrity (GFI) yesterday.

Chong said between the years 2000 and 2008, about RM889 billion was illegally siphoned out of the country, mainly the proceeds of bribery, theft, kickbacks and tax evasion.

Malaysia (US$338b) is fifth after China (US$2,500b), Mexico (US$453b), Russia (US$427b) and Saudi Arabia (US$366b) among the countries with the massive outflow of illicit capital.

Chong said inspite of the what Prime Minister Najib Razak was doing in his transformation plan, the national debt continued to escalate.

"The reasons are that he (Najib) was concerned with the superficial reform, but not going into the fundamentals, like getting rid of corruption and leakages," he said.-Sematong Express

Why scare of the reporters, huh?

The press people who wanted to interview the state ministers and chief minister after the state cabinet meeting this morning were shocked to learn that they were barred from entering Wisma Bapa Malaysia.

A notice was pasted at the guardhouse at Wisma Bapa Malaysia, telling reporters and photographers that they were unwelcomed.

According to the guards, they were informed yestterday about the directive to bar the press people.

Normally, the press people would wait at the ground floor of the building for the cabinet meeting to finish.

However, this time they were not allowed to step into the compound of the building.

The guards said they were not told of the reasons for barring the press people.

Some reporters, under pressure from their editors to come back with stories, are still waiting outside the guardhouse as at 3.50pm, inspite of the blazing sun.