Re-delineation excercise: Court to decide Chee How's application for judical review on Feb 17

KUCHING, Feb 2.- High Court Judge Datuk Yew Jen Kie has fixed Feb 17 whether there are legal basis  in application for leave by the Sarawak Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) for a judicial review of the re-delineation exercise of the Sarawak electoral boundaries.

She fixed the date after hearing arguments from Sarawak PKR vice chairman See Chee How, who is one of the two plaintiffs, and Senior Federal Counsels Shamsul Bolhassan and Azizan Md Arshad, both representing the Federal Attorney-General's Chambers while Senior State Legal Counsel Datuk Fong Joo Chong is holding a watching brief for the Sarawak Government and Sarawak State Legislative Assembly.

See Chee How speaking to reporters

Thomas Tegong Laka launches first volume of TTL Video CD

KUCHING, Jan 31, 2015: Former RTM Iban Service head Thomas Tegong Laka today launched the first volume of visual video compact disc (CD) which he named Thomas Tegong Laka Video CD.

Each CD is sold for RM6, with most of the proceeds going to the Sarawak DAP.

He said there will be four volumes of his CDs, with each volume having different contents.

Thomas (2nd left) selling his CD to the first customer at the launch today. Seen watching are Chong Chieng Jen (centre), Sarawak DAP vice chairman Leon Jimat Donald (right) and Chong's political assistant Sanjan (left).

In the first volume, he explains why he joins the Sarawak DAP, not any of the State Barisan Nasional component party.

Go for small dams, Mahathir tells Sarawak government

KUCHING, Jan 27, 2015: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he prefers Sarawak to build a smaller, not mega, dams as being proposed by the state government.

"Mega dams destroy the environment,  forests, inundate large areas of land and displace many people," he said in his keynote address at the opening of the International Energy Week 2015 here.

Sarawak, under former Chief Minister Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud, had plans to build 12 mega dams which are capable of generating about 30,000MW of electricity.

Only Batang Ai dam (100MW)  is in operational while Murum dam (944MW) has just been completed.

Now, BMF goes after Cahya Mata Sarawak

KUCHING,  Jan 26, 2015: An explosive new research report by the Swiss Bruno Manser Fund discloses that Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS), a Kuching-based infrastructure company, received over USD 1.4 billion (MYR 4.9 billion) in state contracts since its takeover by the relatives of Sarawak Governor and former Chief Minister, Abdul Taib Mahmud.

The report, entitled “Corruption Management Sarawak – Cahya Mata Sarawak and Malaysia’s Taib family” analyses 89 contracts granted to CMS by Malaysian government agencies between 1993 and 2013.

Baru: Court of Appeal's decision shows that Malaysia is a secular, not Islamic state

KUCHING, Jan 23, 2015: Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian stressed that a judgment of the Court of Appeal  (CoA) on the Negri Sembilan Syariah case shows that Malaysia is a secular and not Islamic state as what  some Malayan politicians and various Islamic authorities have been claiming all this while.

"After a disappointing decision from the Federal Court in the appeal by the Catholic Church on the ‘Allah’ matter, the judgment from the CoA comprising Justices  Mohd Hishamudin Yunus,  Aziah Ali and Lim Yee Lan on the Negri Sembilan Syariah case gives us reason to be hopeful," he said today.

Baru Bian