manah meh ti meri…benefits agai bala…menyadi kitai…d sabah ditu….
laban ukai mina tanah aja kena…rumah pan kena…serta disungkur,nya siti sebab..ga…paling besai nya tanah pusaka…
apa pun rakyat didahulukan….kih…

I really appreciate and respect your advised. I know as a senior citizen and at your golden age you must have a vast experience and a lot of going through. While i m just mid tweenthies and gred N17.

Furthermore i know you are genuine in your thoughts in this DB. And most of all i like parables based on your experience since its contain wise message.

But due to some differences in our approach, principle and thought does’nt mean we cannot be friend or brother. Even political parties with different agenda,goal,religion,colour can FORM PAKATAN. What more to say we have the same blood brother,

Only our perceiptions and rules that tied and bound us, make us distinguished from each other such as PERSEKITARAN and G.O.

But you admitted you have sold your soul, sad.

Selling thier soul not too bad, at least still got residual valvue.A person with no soul like you what to sell? Maybe your backside there is a ready buyer in the person of DSAI, correct, correct, correct.

KAIDUAN DAM-BRINGS MORE BENEFIT TO PEOPLE IN KK, PAPAR, BEAUFORT, BONGAWAN.

I just came back from KK where I have informal dialogue with YB Marcus Mojigoh & Lamsimbang during last weekend.

We have breakfast at Hotel Travel Lodge & Adventure, in Putatan, belongs to an Iban from Sibu. It is 3 stars Hotel. Then, we drived to Donggongon (Penampang town) before we make further inward journey to Papar using the old Papar Road.

However we on the way, we detoured to Ulu Sungai Inobong, Penampang, where big bungalows of YB Philip Lisimbang, YB Benard Dompok and also YB Marcus Mojigoh. We have tea in YB Marcus big house. We shared a lot funny stories of the early days in Malaya.

After that we proceed to Papar town using the new road passing many Kedazaan villages. We proceed further toward the Croocker Range Park and there we have coffee again.

As we continued sipping our coffee on the top of mountain overlooking Papar in the East, Keningau in the West, while KK in the north, we discussed many issues. But the most important issue is the critical water supply and electricity supply of the Papar areas.

If you ever live in KK or Papar, only then you have experienced the electricity black out is not less than 3 times a week. The water is another problem, low pressure and water rationing almost every night.

The state govt realised these have to be tackled immediately. The opposition like DAP and SPDP (Yon teck LE) party are CAKANG KOSONG only.

The Sabah state govt proposed many options to solve both energy and water problems. One of the options is to import electricity from Swk, probably from LAWAS dam. Other alternative is to set up power generation plant in Lahad Datu but opposed by NGO.

Kaidun Dam is just another proposal. It is situated within the mountain ridges of Inobong and Papar. The dam is designed to generate electricity and water supply for large population of people in Papar, Beaufort and KK. The state govt had studied the social impact of this project carefully. Both NGO and govt agencies had worked best for the people. Don’t worry, BN is doing best for the people under 1MALAYSIA CONCEPT.

Nya aja kaban.

Should Sarawak Dayaks stand and defend their lands and native’s right with their lives?
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DL (unlike DB) value their life. DB can surrender their life as their life might be worthless…but I want to remind DB to buy life insurance policy for thier love one.

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Cahngopngop,
I have to believe that you have sold your soul to the devil too.How much? Heh…

Interesting that there are many parallels and differences with land issues over here in Sarawak.

1. The 2000-odd people were caught by surprise ..
2. Well-known political figures and a company ..
3. Federal-funded project …UMNO bizpolitics
4. Infrastructure Fed project – good for Sabah
5. Sloppy Feasibility Study, EIA, SIA, etc etc ..
6. Logging started -before- FS was completed !
7. Angry natives .. but destitute & powerless

If I were to put aside for the moment, any notion of deliberate wrong-doing for easy money through corrupt practise, there is still the apparent project management failure to engage the natives in the area.

It looks to me, while government officials may display with pride Social Impact Assessment report prepared by consultants, I have always suspect that such study would be prepared for show.

While and infrastructure project such as electricity supply, which is notoriously unreliable in some parts of Sabah, would benefit many people, the project governance – must be designed so that it does not become a symbol of the tyranny by the majority (to borrow a political science lexicon).

Incidentally – something should be said of the phrase “tyranny of the majority” : as can be observed in news forum and coffee shops, the Malaysians political mind seem relatively stuck in the Middle Ages in allowing the majority absolute right to oppress the minority; while modern system of government would go the extra mile to design its political structure and implementation of public policy, to avoid tyranny of the majority.

This little story on the Kaiduan Dam, exemplified the dismissive attitude by all parties involve toward the natives in the area, that may have its roots in the typical Malaysian psyche that if it is ultimately good for the majority public at large, all opposition to the project would be crushed by hook or by crook. In the face of such injustice, one can’t help rooting for the victim to get a just and fair resolution.If the evil empire is too strong, one would certainly hope for the victims to have the strength and courage to be persistent – and yet to not giving in to a bloody confrontation.

The Dayaks now are not so blind as before not so stupid not so lazy not so coward and not so easy to fool as someone might think they are. If there is no other alternative of course they are willing to do anything even to part with their life for the sake of their property. Dayaks now are now like a wounded bear so should be handled with care.
History of the Dayaks are not too old to remember.

My advice to KOP and Yang dikasihi, just send your L&S staff to do the work, give land title and the big problem will be solved. If you still cling to what you think is right, you are not only ignoring the Dayaks right but destroying the whole peaceful state.

Sabah politic is totally different from us. They are totally controlled by UMNO. While Swk is in the hand of Swkian. Our CM and our paramount chief are locals, both committed to develop swk to a greater social and economic heights. So we are safe from the tyrant west Malaysia politicians.

But DB Group is assimilating themselves with PKR now. Are they sure this people will not destroying Swkian, if they were to be given a power.

I was living in Penampang for several years. My close friend while in Penampang was Joanes Lubunda, a prominent lawyer. He is a Kedazaan, is born and staying in Penampang now. During his early days he studied in College Tanjong Lobang, Miri, at same time as YB Aidan Wing.

Soon after he graduated from UM in late 1970s he worked as magistrate in Miri. However, later he worked for BERJAYA GOV’T as legal adviser. I learnt a lot of Sabah politics from him.

Actually Sbh is a safe haven, not only for the local but for foreigners like Indon, Filipino, Pakistan and Indian. The local people are more open minded when compared to the natives of Swk.

Large part of Sbh have been developed mainly for oil palm, koko & rubber trees. Oil palm plantation is sprouting all over the places, but more concentrated in Lahad Datu and Tawau.

However, rubber plantation is concentrated in Sipitang area, because more demand for rubber in Sipitang town , being situated near to the swk border where the price of rubber is higher by rm1.00 in Swk where compared Sbh. The price is being controlled by Lembaga Getah Negara while is Swk is free market.

Undeniable Sbh is always facing energy crisis and also water crisis especially during the dry season. Babagon Dam was constructed 10 years ago is meant to supply enough water for the KK and Pemanpang areas.

However more acute is the power shortage. In a week in Penampang area, at 3 times electricity supply experienced black out. People could not bear this anymore particularly the business people.

Sometimes last 2 years a power station was proposed in Lahad Datu for electricity generation. But being opposed by NGO, because it will be powered by coal, which caused pollution of air. Now the govt planned to harness energy by means of hydro using Kaiduan Dam. But still being opposed.

May be the last resort is the NUCLEAR POWER, and I hope by this time CAHRLES GAULES is already 6 FEET UNDERGROUND, NO CHANCE TO oppose or ENJOY CONTINOUS SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY.

Nya aja kaban.

sepngudah bangsa dusun di gabung engau kadazan..dia sida bc majority serta bngsa dusun bsi terjamin..mimit laban taja kdazan mina mimit ianya Tggal ba area papar seta penampang….tang kdazan ga mayuh agi educated ari sida….
nyetuk ka palan nanam kubis ba keningau semak mount kinabalu pan diato ukai bala dusun..tang cina….

bisi ga bala entua ngadu tanah di Papar…lbn sekeda tanah d papar laban takut ka tanah pesaka mega di sungkur….

What is perhaps misleading is: “what the writer of the article had written”, given he is a good writer.

He had interviewed Nousi Giun for over an hour and he claimed, I quote, “they’re not interested in any compensation, relocation or compromise, we’ll defend our lands and rights with our lives.”

I detected what the writer claimed was Nousi Giun wanted first was compensation and relocation which he said the company was not interested to entertain him and the company would not compromise.

It is not the same as the 2500 people all wanted to defend the lands and rights with their lives.

Perhaps, only Nousi Giun alone wanted to defend his land and right with his life.

My suggestion is for the people affected to seek alternative solutions and courses of action, without having to defend with their lives if that was what they wanted to or what Nousi Giun wanted to.

The orang asli had in the past fought and won their case in Peninsular Malaysia. Sabahans and Sarawakians can learn a thing or two from the orang asli.

Meanwhile, bring the case to the Agong and the Prime Minister. I am sure the PM will look into it and if it is justified, he will intervene.

The dayaks should defend the lands and rights, truly and legally theirs, with all their resources, cooperation and wisdom, without the loss of a single drop of blood or live.

God be with the dayaks in their claim of the lands and rights, truly and legally theirs.

Thank you, friends.