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.

Dr Patau's STAR to spread wing to Sabah

Kuching (Dec 14, 2011): Maverick Sabah politician Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan is to announce the setting up of the Sabah chapter of the Sarawak State Reform Party (STAR) in Kota Kinabalu on Friday, his close friend said tonight.

He said STAR president Dr Patau Rubis have agreed to extend his party's influence to neighbouring state.

"Dr Jeffrey and Dr Patau have talked of spreading STAR to Sabah for sometime, and they have agreed," Dr Jeffrey's close friend said.

He said Dr Jeffrey had to resort to STAR after failing to re-register United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) with the Registrar of Societies (ROS).

USNO was dissolved in 1991 after UMNO spread its wing to Sabah, after PBS pulled out of the Barisan Nasional in the middle of the campaign for the 1990 general election.

Dr Jeffrey had also submitted an application to register his United Borneo Front (UBF) as a political party with the ROS, but has not succeeded.

According to sources, a number of Dr Jeffrey's supporters are expected to join to join the Sabah chapter of STAR.

Baru wants Taib & family members to be arrested

Media Statement: Taib’s Corruption – The Grandest Scandal of Them All?

A group of international and Malaysian NGOs have written a letter to the Malaysian authorities demanding the immediate arrest and criminal prosecution of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud and his family members for the alleged illegal appropriation of public funds.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, the Attorney General and the Inspector General of Police must respond immediately to the letter and evidence furnished by the NGOs.

While Taib’s wealth is not a secret, the details provided by the NGOs are shocking. Taib and his family’s alleged interest in just 14 companies amount to RM4.6 billion. In total, Taib and his family are alleged to have interests in 332 Malaysian and 85 foreign companies.

This debunks his recent official interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YK8KGX7E4A) where he stated that his family’s wealth is accumulated from business abroad and due to their talents.

Unfortunately, this allegation will continue the downward trend of Malaysia’s corruption score, making a mockery of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s transformation agenda. As Transparency International has stated, Malaysia continues to slide due to its inaction on ‘grand corruption’.

In other cases, the most recent being the alleged RM250 million National Feedlot Corporation scandal involving Minister Shahrizat Jalil and her family, the authorities do nothing. If they continue to remain silent in this grandest alleged corruption cases of them all that has now come to the world’s attention and drawn wide interest internationally, not only will our country’s image continue to deteriorate, but so will the faith of the rakyat.

Baru Bian

Sarawak State Chairman, Parti Keadilan Rakyat

State Assemblyman for Ba’ Kelalan