Do not vote for a government led by Taib – Why?
Taken from; Sarawak Report
Dayakbaru:
We have a serious “corruption through abuse of power” situation now in Sarawak that can bring the progress and wealth of our country down the drain. The person at the centre of this serious situation is non other then the Chief Minister, Taib Mahmud himself.
We have made a report against him for his billion with the “hope” that action will be taken against him. Many would laugh off this report but beside beating his BN team in the coming State election what other choices do we have. Even the slightest possibility of moving forward to bring him to justice is a positive development in our effort to end the robbery and rape on our natural resources in Sarawak.
Taib strength is in his ability to deliver the seats to federal Government. Samy Vellu is being sideline because he cannot deliver the Indian seats to BN. MCA is struggling to keep the pace. The best way for UMNO to check the progress of Pakatan Rakyat is to throw in a much “personal attack”as possible to its leaders.
In Sarawak, we must stay focus on ending Taib’s rule in Sarawak. We know he has the money, but that is only only as we can still win the election by creating trust with the voters for Pakatan Rakyat political struggle. It is a reminder to all that we should not be “spectators” any more in the coming election. We must take some risk and concrete effort to help the Opposition wrest control of the Government in sarawak.
Read below why we should not vote for Taib led Government. Taib is causing destruction to our country, Sarawak.
No secret about Taib’s thieving ways
Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud’s methods for milking Sarawak’s wealth at the expense of its people has been documented by numerous respected international news organisations, including Bloomberg, The London Times and Al Jazeerah TV. The real scandal is that Malaysia’s forces of law and order have not long since arrested him and brought him to trial.
Taib abused his position as CM, Planning Minister and Finance Minister
Taib abuses his positions as Finance Minister and Chief Minister to make sure that nearly all state contracts go to companies that he and his family own. He runs Sarawak like his own private enterprise. This is the essence of corruption. Under proper governance all state contracts should be independently awarded to companies that gives the taxpayer best value for money by the job. This should be an open process that everyone can check. But in Sarawak Taib hands out contracts behind closed doors – and he gives them to himself!
Dishonest Contracts
A brand new building that no one needs to feather Taib’s nest
Abdul Taib Mahmud governs Sarawak purely in order to make a profit for himself. The biggest company in Sarawak is Cahya Mata Sarawak, the huge construction conglomerate, which is owned mostly by himself and members of his family. Before Taib took power CMS was a profitable public company owned by the State, but he used his influence to privatise it and then take it over himself. Nowadays Taib makes sure numerous government projects, involving huge payments from the taxpayer, are given to CMS.
CMS gets Government contracts every year – without fail
An estimated MR 500 million are handed out each year to CMS by the department of Public Works alone. On top of that there are numerous one-off projects, for example the construction of the multi-million US dollar Aluminium Smelter project linked to the controversial Bakun Dam and of the new MR300 million Parliament Building in Kuching - guess which company the Sarawak State ‘negotiated’ to give these contracts to?
Straight Scams
Another frequent scam is when money ‘disappears’ through sub-contracting. What happens here is Taib hands out a huge government contact to CMS or another family company, which is then allowed to sub-contract the whole job to another company for far less money. In this way the Taib family can make millions of ringits of profit for doing nothing at all. The Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission announced in November that a staggering 60% of the money laid out every year by Taib’s government on state projects ‘disappears’. It is easy to see how.
Kickbacks worth billions of Ringits
Taib also makes sure his companies and family members control all the key positions where is it possible to accept big bribes from businesses. Take the scandal exposed when the Japanese tax authorities revealed some months back that tens of millions of US dollars have been paid in secret, illegal kickbacks by Japanese shipping companies exporting timber from Sarawak. The money, which adds up to hundreds of millions of ringits over the last 20 years, was paid directly to companies owned by Onn Mahmud, the brother of Chief Minister Taib Mahmud.
Your wealth, but Taib’s profit
Faced with prosecution for not declaring these bribes, the Japanese timber companies explained that the Sarawak government does not allow export permits unless they ‘negotiate’ with a companycalled Achi Jaya Shipping. Achi Jaya Shipping is owned by Onn Mahmud, the brother of Tab Mahmud.
Taib rob Sarawak of its land to give to himself through proxies
Taib has taken millions of hectares of native customary rights lands from their rightful owners, the indigenous peoples of Sarawak. The estimated value of timber exported from Sarawak is US$ 25 billion. He has taken billions of that profit for himself. How much went to the rightful owners? In the process, his careless, unsustainable logging has destroyed one of the world’s most precious natural jungles.
Jobs and concessions for the family
Taib Mahmud has handed out over 1 million hectares of logging concessions to his own family. He has also made sure that all the most influential jobs in the Government and state companies go to his own family. Particularly favoured is his cousin, Abdul Hamed Sepawi, Chairman and major shareholder in the developer Naim Holdings Bhd., which has received numerous government contracts.
All but gone
The Managing Director of Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB), which is handing out the contracts for the dam-building, is Taib’s brother-in-law, Aziz Husain. Taib’s brother Onn Mahmud controls shipping permits.
Taib’s sister Roziah Mahmud controls a huge business empire in Sarawak and was handed control of the Royal Mulu Hotel in Mulu National Park. Now Taib’s son Suleman has been given a parliamentary seat and as Taib grows visibly weaker every day the talk is all about making him the new Chief Minister!
We Must vote Taib led Government OUT!
Why vote back a weak and corrupt old man, who is dashing early into the elections just so that he can use his last fading influence to hand over to his inexperienced son? PKR have pledged to chase the Taib family for their money and return it to invest in Sarawak. Suleiman Taib will seek to continue his father’s rape of this country.
Conclusion
Many BN grass root supporters are supporting BN for the money: the business and the little power they got through community leadership appointment.
Once Taib Government is defeated, these BN supporters would run faster away from BN. That is the trait of “opportunist” by not risking anything but expect to gain everything. The mean to get what they want is not important but to get what they want is everything.
Change WE Must. We Must hold ourselves accountable and responsible to see that we bring down this Taib led Government. We cannot always start a new approach to development and progress for our State and Country.
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Inspirational word from gkm2020
If Pakatan is seriously thinking of making any headway in ruling Sarawak, they must win the Dayak votes. There is no two way about it. Without the Dayak votes, you can forget kicking Taib and his family out. So far I don’t see much effort being made to win the Dayaks over. Election is around the corner so why is PR sitting on their ass?
Patut mupok meh bejalai niki rumah panjai bekelala enggau tuai tauka nembiak di rumah panjai, enda iboh belanja maioh beambat ambat baka BN, kitai ga nadai belanja amat meh mupok madah ke polisi PKR ngagai pengundi dayak,nadai lama da pelaba ke aku laban Uban nyau udah ngalau ragum iya,ngiga ilham ko sida.
Taja pan mayuh org dah madah diri enggai meda Taib nya tang pasti iya akan menang agi….All the candidates of PR taja dah menang bepilih ila sigi madah ke “Semina BN aja olih ngemansang ka menua Sarawak” A statement that we hear every time when a n opposition candidate melantun-lantun masuk BN….Pedis pending ninga tang nya meh senario politik MAlaysia.Munyi ko Mahatthere “A party that has more $$$$ will win”. So sad……..So ti ngira ka ngengkahka manuk baru ba kelang tau meh bepikir-pikir org ke ka nyabung State election ila…..Bakani tusah kitai ka mai perubahan (Change we Must) but in the end the other party will have their way to win…so now how?????? Kasih amai kita Dayak di Sarawak…….Kemaia olih ngasai perubahan. But anyway all the best to DB and team of change in Sarawak…….
Yes…very true apai jugah. The dayaks heart and mind need to be won. True, so far I have not seen any structured approach on how PR will do that. If it is a people’s party, it must show that they are with tthe people. But til now I have not seen of that. During the last MP election, PR candidate appeared, but he was never seen before the election and after the election. I know the execuse is lack of fund…but moeney is not everything.
Nya aja kaban…mupok aku.
Enti empai puas kena pegai iya 30 taun, tau ga ngering ke iya awak ke iya minchai kitai sampai ke iya pahai.
Enti iya gugur nitih ke unggal Pihin nya, kilang bol TS Jabu – JABU-LANI Pte Ltd pen tutup ga. Ka pen enda, ngena bola Adidas ga.
While urban voters know very well about Taib, the rural voters still treat him like `God`.
If Dayak ministers and elected representatives are still praising Taib, do you think rural and kampong voters believe you that he is no good? What are DB strategies to convince the rural voters to vote him out?
As we Dayak.
We know what we want right.
1: Equal opporunity employement working as goverment servant, Petronas, Shell, port and let Dayak also be a managing directior for the company, General defense department.
2: Opporunity to develope our land with more clear agreement that more benefit the land ower and give a land tittle to landower.
3: More opporunity for Dayak Student entering univeristy overseas and local, schoolship, and technical school for these not perform well so that can be part of human capital and able to competation international.
4: More Dayak trained opporunity into business and give a opporunity like bangsa Melayu
5: Aspath road, treated water, electrical supply 24 hour to our long house.
6:Increase salary for comumity leader and his assistance example commuinity leader RM600.00 and his assistant get RM400.00
7:Discount rate or subsidary for agro products and stable the market such like rubber, paper, Koko etc that is part of Dayak Income monthly
If PKR have these agenda with their campign promise i dont think that Dayak will not weakup for being leave behind since 47 year old. that BN Goverment has done very little or mimimal do to or help Dayak.
Like
1: Clean up the river – Dayak longhouse got RM3000.00 this is maybe done only one ever 3 or 4 years.
2: Beside of that like giving a chick to Dayak which is or maybe or 20 head per person. which equivlant RM200.00 Which happen maybe one every five year on none
3: Get a approve for paper, rubber schame which not all get it.
So why PKR can not do or talk to Dayak like this way if they be a goverment of Sarawak.
Let put a banner, sloogan by all mean to inform the Dayak.
So if your are, the canidate for stand against BN next election. You must willing to speak-up without fear and Faviour speak loud and clear.
Chreers Salam 1PKR
There will be times when he has to submit to the almighty, we must aware that politics is all about fooling people to believe of the tricks like a magician. We have to uncover the magician code to tell the people that they have been fooled. If not the “tulah” or the curse will befall on the offender.
Time is up and the opposition must work hard to brainwash the poor and pathetic dayak voters who lacked sound knowledge of reasoning on voting for alternative government to replace the tyrants who plundered the wealth and resources of the state.
VOTE TAIB AND HIS COHORTS NO MORE….spread the new testament to corners of Sarawak!!!!
Bala Kaban.
Udah lama bala kitai meri peluang NGUNDI bala Tai Manok, 47 taun ke udah. Lalu bedau bisi entu berubah pendiau-pengidup kitai Iban ke maya ari tu, nama ke enggai siku-dua nadai disebut laban enggi orang ribu. Kitai nanya diri empu dini endor pendiau kitai enti dibanding enggau orang bukai? dayaklama b.Abdullah any information or what say you?
Umbas meh kitai Iban ngundi Tai Manok, ngator diri empu meh kitai ari kediatu. Nah kelia-munya, nadai meh bala Tai Manok ngadu ke aki-ini kitai, sida iya ngadu ke diri empu. Enti gaya pengidup aki-ini kitai kelia enda betul nyau enda ga kitai Iban datai baka ke maya ari tu.
Ngerandang ke diri empu meh kitai bala kaban, anang tak numpang ba orang belama-lama, seumur idup. Bala kaban ke nadai penanggul bejalai ke rumah panjai meh ari diatu, kena nyedia kediri ba SE tu ila.
Betemu enggau bala rebak baru, ngasoh bala sida iya ngerijista ngundi enggau jampat enggai ke nadai peluang.
Mupok kaban. Idup Iban Idup Dayak. OOhhaa…..
Glad that you had put it that way, as for me that’s the very reason I quit thinking politics. What you have described had been known since the Ming Court affairs, well known open secret, it is about the control of wealth, the money and the power, then divide and rule, these are what many Dayaks used to oppose, the very struggle of Dayakism for many years.
Sadly, the same Dayak fighters are the ones who steadfastly support and put Taib to power under the disguise of BN. Just look around and see that almost all able Dayak politicians support BN. Baru Bian was an ardent BN supporter once and God forbid if John Brian wasn’t one as well! Johnicol Rayong and Nicolas Bawin had uttered statement at the onset of setting up MDC that there was a possibility that MDC would join BN had it was able to be registered.
Even PKR MPs and Aduns, many had jumped into BN despite the fiery opposition stances since 2004.
Would Sarawakian opportunist politicians who are currently opposing BN not betray the voters should they win? I won’t dare to place my bet!
What do we do, should we not continue to fight for our belief or should we do nothing? Well fight you must and change you must you said, but change is within individual, and to change rural voters’ political stands – that’s not something you can do without visible monetary strength and local influences. I was at a rural longhouse in the rejang river last week and the way I see it our rural folks lives are very much intertwined with the government people and that means BN. As in election after election – these voters vote BN. Well it is interesting to see if Pakatan Rakyat will have significant impact on such Dayak votes. In Batang Ai and in the last Sibu Election the Dayaks still voted for BN. You need all the help you can get!
On another observation, don’t you find it ironic or downright disgustiing to see how politicians behave in order to survive by doing frog jumping? How friends and relatives could become political foe overnight and vice versa. Johnicol Rayong is our current living legendary frog…what is Adit doing leaving ex PBDS comrades…can’t be friendship got so simple eh? J Salang and Lutor…if only both of you could see the future, PBDS would be still alive now wouldn’t it not?
How about SPDP and PBB……..it is about politiek!! To quote Datuk Sng, “enti dek pechaya ke jako sida iya, manah agi dek pechaya ke manok bekukok ba baruh nya!”
….depend on which “manok” you refer to…LOL
Yes,
Indeed the time is up for all the Dayak Ibans to vote for the CM Taib led government. He has been there for so many years. In the office for almost 28 years is almost too long for a person to discharge his duties efficiently. This old man is now rather old. The time is catching up with him and soon he will have to listen to the call of the Almighty. There is a sign of frailty in his appearance now.
He has amassed a wealth of fortune for himself and his children without the rural Dayak knowledge as he keeps his wealth abroad. Until recently,nobody really knows how much money has been swindled and plundered by him if not for the revelation from the Sarawak Report.
Luckily, I have not been wrong all this while. Honestly speaking I have never voted for the BN candidate except for the first occasion when I voted for the first time whereby I honestly believed that BN was the only party that could deliver all the goodness in this world. Soon I knew that all the goodness was only verbal promises which till now,has not been delivred.
It was a huge mistake. I regretted it till this very day. How could I was then so naive to be persuaded by the BN campaigners not only voting the BN candidate but also campaigned for the BN candidate. Being a fresh scool leaver then, of course I managed to force other rural folks to to the same.
I hope, the younger school leavers nowadays should not be so stupid to be influenced and exploited by the Bn candidate to campaign for them in the future if DBs are seriously talking about CHANGE WE MUST. Of course I know a few students who managed to gt a place in several Universities who normally some to see me for something. I really take the opportunity to inform them of the cruelty of the current government by making sure that when they come back home, kindly ensure that they do not vote for the BN government.
Cruelty here means a lot. There are too many things that could fall under this category; discrimination. marginalization and so forth.
Since then, there is now issue of not voting for the Opposition. Therefore, the question of not voting for the CM Taib led government does not exist for me and and hopefully my ex-students after their graduation.
So how nos fellow DBs? What are our next course of action? To me, other than getting systematically organized, we must make use of every opportunity to convince them of the need to change the current government. Of course, they are Ibans who disagree to criticize the government but what to do. Frankly speaking, the re are people who would give you a fair degree of food for thought. But this is only part and parcel in delivering our thoughts with regards to the misdeed of the government of the day.
Cheers…
Kapa ka ngundi bn,kapa ka ngundi taib.Enda nemu meh enti mentaliti orang ka nyadi wakil rakyat ari BN baka bisi ngembuan lesen kaya?
If the Dayaks mentality never change in rural areas in comning SE,Taib will continue to rule Sarawak.Tuai rumah are charmed by Taib that they always support him regardless whatsoever bad news against him.In summary, it the rural votes that enable him to stay for so long.
Explain to the rural uneducated folks that the money for developments is their own money not given free by Taib and Najib.
Okay, kalau kita tau kita belum cukup berpengaruh utk mengambil hati para pengundi dayak, why not we get start now. Bermulalah dari keluarga kita sendiri, selepas itu saudara mara sterusnya kawan2 sepejuangan kita. Ceritalah kepada mereka akan niat baik, jujur, perihatain dan kesungguhan PR ingatkan perubahan di dalam sarawak. Kita mau kan kerajaan baru utk mengubah akan nasib kita yg selama ini membuat kita terkongkong tidak mendapat apa2 dari hasil bumi kita. Sepatutnya kita dayak lebih kaya daripada cina yg mana hanya pendatang (maaf) utk berniaga di kawasan2 tertentu, ini kan bumi, tanah, hutan, sungai, batu kita. Sikap pentingkan diri sendiri yg di amalkan oleh YB2 dayak kita yg ada sekarang inilah membuat dayak kehilangan harta dan tidak punya apa2. Mereka hanya fikir utk memenuhi poket sendiri, ayuh katakan kepada taui rumah serta orang2 kampung bahawa kita sudah lama tertipu dgn kata janji mereka ini. Tidak ada pun saya dengar yg org di Batang Ai mendapat khidmat elektrik percuma dengan terbinanya empangan hydro disana masih jg bayar bil letrik. Jelas sekali bhawa kerajaan Aban Taib belum puas utk membolot hasil bumi ini, dimana dlm perancangan beliau ingin membinakan lagi 12 empangan hydro di seluruh sarawak. Apakah terbinanya hydro BAKUN tidak mencukupi utk menerangi bumi sarawak ini, sedangkan bakun dijangka boleh meliputi Semenanjung M’sia bahkan Singapura. Ah..! itu semua tektik aban taib nak dapatkan wang ringgit dari bumi kita, sebenarnya bukan utk kerajaan tetapi utk dia serta kroni2 dia dlm BN. Enough is enough let change our mind, do not stick on this type of govn. again.
Don’t let HIM die but let HIM cry, when not in power in next SE.
Change we MUST !!!
Baram
by Jamie Harrison (Taken from Sarawak update)
Syabas to all Tuai Rumah” Salam 1DAP/PKR
10 Iban longhouse Chief or Tuai Rumah from Balai Ringin has joined the DAP officially together with 620 others as the party shows its interest in having a candidate there in the coming state election.
Secretary General of State DAP Chong Chieng Jen today received the forms and membership fees of over RM2,000 from its Protem Chairman, Augustine Terban anak Ngchangak.
In a press conference this afternoon, Chong flanked by Augustin and Sri Aman DAP Chairman, Leon Jimat Donald said the applications were genuine.
He said from the number, 89% were Dayak, 5% Chinese and 6% Malays.
Chong said the application would be send to the Registration of Society for application.
He said DAP wish to contest in Balai Ringin, the seat held by Snowdan Lawan. In the last election, there were 8,469 voters in Balai Ringin.
When asked if the Tuai Rumah would get into trouble for joining the DAP, Chong said it should not be. “This shows that the people there want a change in the government,” he said.
In Sarawak, he pointed out that there were five Dayaks majority branches which included Sri Aman, Meradong Scheme B, Tamin, Serian and now Balai Ringin.
“It has always been the DAP effort to have a multi racial party and we are getting there,” he added.
For lift membership, an applicant need to pay RM100. For Non Chinese, they have to pay RM1 while the Chinese has to pay RM5 annually.
The deputy chairman is Augstine Bagat anak Sikut, Secretary Nyalau anak Geli, Treasurer Anthony Singa ak usit, Publicity chief, Strorey ak Entili, youth chief, Jason ak Jacob. Women Biro is Innah ak Jalang.
Every time I read Dayak Baru blog, I get dispirited because we read about the pitiful plight of the dayaks and there seems no remedy. Every writer and contributors know what is the right thing to do, but the dayaks at the grassroots keep doing the opposite. There are many excellent suggestions but what about implementation ? I sincerely hope that we are not the ‘old toothless dog’ that send no shiver to the spine.
CharcoalArt,
I pick out 2 key points from the writeup, that I think merit to be discussed in this blog to some degree of closure since its a recurrent theme.
Trust in Dayak Politician
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The key point you raise is if, there is any Dayak politican (BN/PR) that can be trusted to champion the cause of the community – given the SNAP/PBDS/PRS/SPDP history.
But, the point is NOT whether Dayak politicians can be trusted to be the community champion but:
- its the question of whether we WANT to change and wether we BELIEVE in our community capacity to change.
If you will never believe that the Dayak community will ever produce selfless politician and capable leadership,then you will sentence the community to permanent failure. Not a constructive stance to have. It would be the same mind game that propagandist would often play out against the enemy during war time, to instill psychological paralysis , that the enemy is inherently weak and good for nothing. Don’t fall for it.
As for believing the word of politician, the mantra in this blog is not to believe anything without evidence. We want readers to read and understand the issue for themselves before making any judgement. We want voters to be rational.
Dayak Supporting BN
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I think, for the most part – it is unfortunately true that Dayaks have got used to equate BN with perintah (government) and with king (raja). So many naive Dayak voters would not want to vote against the Opposition for fear of the wrath of the king. Of course Jabu made use of this Dayak instinct with his “anang ngelaban perintah” and Manyin even go further and threathen to withdraw appointment of any Tuai Rumah who vote against BN.
This would be a difficult issue for politicians who would stake their career on wresting control from the incumbent BN candidate: a gamble. And precisely for that reason,those who made the personal sacrifice anyway, to try to effect change of political leadership at the grassroot,should be praised (except those who wants to sell out the candidacy to the highest bidder),instead of ridicule.
On a personal level, we will have to look deeply into ourselves whether our support in the fight against social inequality and injustice, like the myriad of NCR land issue, would be in anyway be worthy of our continuing support if the voters themselves couldn’t give a damn (by their votes).
To me,in that case, I think it unconscionable to be a populist in the bad sense of the word, and to be like a dead wood, to go with the flow, when we know of the injustictices of leaving the NCR land without proper deeds and title.
I think it best to take a stand, and be prepare to walk alone – if you are convinced that you are doing the right thing, than to try to be a chameleon and to always follow what the voters might want to hear. That’s the essence of leadership, and in light of the earlier point, about Trust in Dayak politician, its the characteristic that need to be nurtured in future generation of Dayak leaders.
Charcoal Art
Are you holding on to a fatalistic view of your own community leadership? Does a generation of untrustworthy and in effective Dayak leaders represent the whole leadership for generations of Dayak and their civilization?.
I know many Dayakbaru people in this blog and ALL are people who are highly successful materially and in career term. They have made change upon themselves.
These Dayabaru are beginning the process of “walking beyond themselves”, trying to help the community but first they must be familiar with the issues and the importance of net working. I know of a few initiatives by Dayakbaru to help the community through their better understanding of “what is the problem” discussed in this blog, they organize themselves into a cohesive body and has gone to the ground to meet the people to solve the problem.
I do not see the need to sound the trumpet like the BN people about what has been achieved. We are doing this for our our community: NOT recognition, not position and definitely not for money.
Come and join us sometime. I know KL is a nice place to relax over the weekend. You will enjoy it better traveling and meeting people in the long houses and in different places at least once a month.
We must believed in our ability to change and improve instead of condemning ourselves to eternal failure.
Fifty years already Merdeka under the BN goverment, we the dayak still talking about Road developement, Electricity and water to our long house. At the rate the present goverment is doing we may need another 100 more years to have roads, electricity and water supply to our long house. By that time all
our NCR land also has be taken by the BN.
So why vote for BN?
All the dayak please make a change and vote for opposition who ever there are and let try what they can do for us for the next five years
Come what may, Taib’s reign must be stopped. Enough is enough. The opposition has no record. Of course there is no record becos they have never been in the government. One very clear record of the present government is the accumulation of wealth by Taib’s cronies and the control of the states economies thru numerous companies which had been privatised for Taib’s benefit. These companies had been given contracts worth many millions of ringgit.
PR may not have the experience to govern the country but that doesn’t mean it cannot govern the country. If we had been marginalised by the Taib’s Gomen, what is wrong with going for a change. I’m very sure that we dayaks will not be marginalised again, not probably from the very begining of their administration.
Once BN has lost control of the State, I don’t think there will be any frog from PR, there might be a few from BN. So for now, we have to change the present BN gomen which has proven record of it’s unworthiness to govern Sarawak. Who ever they may be standing using the dacing symbol should be voted out. Let the penghulus and TR throw their support to the BN. I’m sure they cannot win if we ordinary people don’t support them. What can they do once they lost in the election? Nothing to be scared of.
Change we must. Fight to win. Forget about our old slogan, Fight till death. BN cannot kill us but we can kill BN gomen.
BN still have no clues on the slogan “Change We Must”. BN supporters still thinks PR approaches on this coming election is still same as the last election in 2008.
PR should start pre-election campaigns in iban areas by informing them “Anang takut ngelaban perintah “
Akih Wahab madah khidmat Taib agi diguna amat meh iya nyau udah tuai, 70 taun lebih umur. Sigi enda patut ga kitai ngelak sida politik nya nyadi wakil rayat lebih ari 2 terms. Nyau baka sida dictator ga enti nya iya aja aja ke dia deh. Peda sida Mo Si Tong, sida Makos, sida Pak Harto, sida Fidel Kastro etc….pama sida nya.
Nadai apak megai menua lebih ari 2 penggal. Peda kitai coach Jose Murino. Dini iya bisi lama megai kelab. He is the only coach who is willing to get out of the club that he had successfully made a champ.
No Room for Getting Dispirited. Most of us have been with this blog for quite some time. Some have disappeared from contributing ideas anymore but probably are still reading whatever is written in this blog. There could be some reason for their unwillingness to contribute anymore. Or alternatively, they have gone to the ground to initiate the kind of CHANGE WE MUST that DBs have been longing for. Hopefully, the absence of these people are not due to their tired minds thinking of the Dayak Iban plights which eventually giving rise to become dispirited.
There is no room for those who are concerned with the Dayak Iban plights to get dispirited easily. This blog is about 2 years and 3months old. Several hardcore Issues gripping the Dayak Ibans have been repeated times and times again. There is no harm in repeating ourselves until the problems are solved. In fact, someone says that DBs need to repetitive in order to be heard.
Cheers…
Tabi basa semua.
Nama kabuah enda nyukung perintah betuai ke taib? Mayuh kabuah ia..
(1) Taib kelalu lama dah megai sarawak.
(2) Udah leju enggau bala soldadu taib ti udah lama nyadi tuai kitai. Nadai urang baru.
(3) Taib berupai ngangkat kadiri sebilik dalam politik menua sarawak. Badu ia kada enda anak ia nganti.
(4) Pemansang menua sarawak agi tinggal ari menua bukai. Agi baka selama. Gaji urang kerja kompeni nadai nemu besai.
(5) Raban dayak majak ditinggal ke bansa bukai kelebih agi kitai iban. Engka munyi ko bala(tusoi urang),laban kitai kelia ngalah ke menua sida iya. Diatu sida iya ngalah ke kitai iban ngena mata pensil. Kelia kitai ngalah ke menua sida ngena mata ilang enggau nyabur.
(6) Pengaya menua ambis diambi taib sebilik. kelebih agi tanah menua sarawak.
(7) Ari ni parti kitai dayak nadai agi? ti enda ketegal taib. PBDS nadai temu agi mina tinggal nama aja. MDC enda ulih nyadi parti politik mega tegal taib. Takut ke bansa dayak angkat muai BN ti MDC dikemendar ROS nyadi parti politik. Taib sebilik nadai ulih angkat agi ti bansa dayak enda nyukung sida iya agi.
Nya meh kabuah kitai enda entu nyukung perintah ke betuai ke taib bin mahmud agi.
Nuju Unggal Cikgu Iban @ bala DB semua;
Keterubah aku meri selamat betemu baru enggau bala kita semua.. Endang amai udah lama ga diri empu enda enggau bala pangan ke bukai betusut penemu ba blog DB tuk.. Aku endang ngaku utai nya tang meh ketegal ke maioh pengawa bukai ke nyengala agi dikereja nya meh kebuah enda entu ulih betalat ke penemu ba ditu selalu..
Ukai reti ga aku pangan nadai agi ‘spirit’ deka terus meri penemu ngagai bala maioh ba blog tuk.. endang bepilih ba sitak Sibu suba bisi meh aku enggau bala PR kimpin ba Bawang Assan & tanjung Penasu… maioh penemu dikongsi enggau bala rumah panjai ba menua nya. Tang meh nama utai udah nyadi maya ke muai undi kaban DB? MAKIN MAJAK KITAI BANSA NGUNDI CALON BN, UNDI KITAI BANSA NYAU MAJAK BETAMBAH 20% SOKONG NGAGAI CALON BN… enggau aku tu jako amat nya kaban… ukai mina baka sekeda kitai tak semina bejaku tang enda ngereja/nulong kimpin… Kitai Iban ba menua nya ukai enda dipadah pasal penusah kitai bansa dipegai perintah jam ke diatu, tang meh agi masih keras ati ngundi BN… bah nama jako agi deh kaban? Tau kini kitai nya tadi dikumbai ‘nadai semangat’ sepengudah ‘all the effort’ dikena maya ke kimpin?
Nya alai kaban semua, bela sama meh kitai berunding panjai panjai… Ba aku jam ke diatu, tak semina bala diri empu meh ke ulih dipadah serta digempung dalam penemu politik.. mina bala iya ke endang segulai sejalai sepenemu enggau kitai ke ulih berubah dalam penemu politik… ukai enda kasih meda kitai Iban, tang kitai Iban empu ke enggai sedar sedar majak madah nadai perintah kitai deka parai deka idup cukup merinsa.
Ari nya kaban, tak baka kepapas ga munyi jako aku tu… tak ngidup kediri dulu meh kitai, sama begiga ke jalai dikena nambah ke penatai pemisi kitai empu… Baka aku, ukai ka nusoi pengawa diri tang lebih ke ka bekongsi enggau kitak… suba amat aku gawa ke tasik kira bisi 15 taun udah gawa… diatu udah pulai ke menua serta ngemansang ke tanah diri empu… aku muka sawit kediri empu kira bisi pemesai tanah 2.5 hektar..diatu sawit nya baru mansut ke buah… bala aku empu gawa enggau aku… kira ke nulong sida ga aku, nda pia unggal?
Diatu, aku bisi projek ke baru.. ngaga rumah sarang burung walit.. rumah nya udah siap kira 4 bulan ke udah, lalu bisi ga udah nyadi besarang peda aku… modal? enda iboh kira nya kaban.. iya ke udah dikena kira ke RM45K udah pansut ari diri empu… sekali dak, bala diri empu bai aku gawa ngemata ke projek nya… jangka aku dlm setengah taun dak agi projek tu ulih ngeluar ke asil iya… kira bisi pemerat 4 kilo sebulan ulih diambi serta dijual sarang burung nya (sekilo rega kira RM4,600+ jam diatu)… Jadi kaban DB, sapa bulih untung deh? Udah tentu aku empu enggau bala aku ke gawa enggau aku… untung enti maioh, gaji sida pan ka ditiki ke tinggi agi…
Nya chara aku dikena nulong bala diri empu… aku ngasai ke chara politik bedau entu ulih kitai bansa laban kitai apin sedar guna politik ke bendar dikena ngemaju ke bansa kitai… ka pan enda ngena chara nya kaban…
Aku minta ampun nyangka jako bisi kasar serta tinggi didinga bala maioh… enti penemu nya tau diguna, ambi meh, tang enti nya salah tau leka ke tisi… Nya aja ari aku, terima kasih…
Taju Remaung
Menua Maling Menua Aku…
Taju Remaung.
Nama kabuah undi menua tg penasu enggau bwg assan betambah nggai BN? Kebendar iya ia ulih di kemula Bansa Ngemula. Sigi amat ko DB, kitai iban mula mula aja angat dahnya chelap.
Ti aku sigi enda nyukung BN. Ngundi bepilih mit tu pen enda meh aku mangkah lambang dacin. Tang sayau kami tg penasu agi mayuh kaban dayaklama. Agi bedau nemu berunding. Tang nembiak dayakbaru rebak aku sigi enda nyukung bn. Diatu aku umur aku 27 taun.
Munyi ko nuan nya gawa kediri empu. Kati ka gawa kediri empu ti tanah ambis dijual baka menua kami tg penasu dia. Ti menua disida indai aku ba tg bekakap tunga ke bwg assan engka amat meh bisi tanah. Ka pen enda sida ke kurang pemandai ba menua kami tg penasu kereja ba kompeni mit meh sebelah sibu. Bisi nya ngejang ke menua sibu.
Subaa kala perintah BN meri kampung ngagai kami semenua tang diatu diambi perintah bn. Diberi iya ngagai kompeni KTS Holdings endur sidanya nanam sawit. Pikir aku nemu DB pasal tanah ke ka diberi bn nya.
Ukai entu salah kitai dayak. Mayuh agi sida ke megai pengawa ba perintah ke enda betul megai.
Terima kasih…………
The apes, the low class mentality Ibans still go for bananas….vote for BN. They are too weak to hold the pencil to vote out BN not in one election but in every election since independent. Poor descendants of Adam…never learn how much longer they want to suffer under BN?
They failed to become smart militant against all odds!
CA,
The spirit to fight the Dayak Right is just started. Most of our Dayak come to know School at the beginning of 1960s and move from longhouse to town see the modern world at 1990s.
Our civilization is too young to condemn our failure, adjust our capability to change.
I put my believe on my own people to success to fight their right within next 20-30 years.
Munyi ko jako Cikgu tak terasa ga laban utai sebut cikgu pasal bala DB ke kurang active meri productive comment enggau article.
Terima kasih Cikgu. Endang patut disebut ga jako nya ngagai bala ke lama ke udah midang ka diri.
Bisi bala politician kitai, baru kemari dilantik nyadi menteri, peda nyau kerah kerah ga ka nganu sida civil servant ba surat kabar. Kati nadai palan alai ngomplen iya nya? Ngompelen nyau enda beradat nya uchu. Sida surat kabar badu enda ka meh laban deka ngelaku ke surat kabar sida iya. Sensasi agi berita, mayuh agi ga kena beli. Ngompelen ba surat kabar nya endang baka ulah anak mit nya, ke lebih agi sida menteri nya baru ngiku pipit dipadu nyadi menteri. Anang ka lelawa nunjuk ke kuasa. Salah guna kuasa nya uchu. Ari ni iya nyadi menteri/wakil rayat enti enda ari undi rayat. Iya mesti ingat, sida civil servant nya pen anak biak SS Datk Amar Mosidi. Anang deka sebahang bejai anak buah SS nya.
Be professional. Bringing your grieviance to the press is not being professional but childish way.
Thank you all for your comments and kind words of wisdom. I do realise that I had sounded more than persimistic but as much as you want to disagree you also know fully well that my comments merely pointing out the facts. I am not sure how many Dayak Barus are, lets take a no. say 5,000, 10,000? or so, I don’t know, certainly many people read Dayakbaru blog…thanks to internet.
Considering about 1 million Dayaks in Sarawak, the relatively small no. of Dayak Barus are not my worries, I believe these Dayak Barus know enough that we Dayaks need to change and should get rid of the injustices which had been administered to us Dayaks as punishment for “ngelaban perintah” one way or the other.
My worries are the 995,000 other Dayaks who are pretty much comfortably stuck in their ways of living under the BN rule for the last 30 years or so. If you go to any rural longhouse chance are the people you talk to are BN supporters. 2 weeks ago, I tested this theory by provoking those who sat at the coffee shop with me, saying we need change..bla bla bla…while many would tend to agree that an Iban should be the chief minister who should replace Taibt all of them said they support James Masing or Alex Linggi or even Larry Sng…which means of course they support our beloved CM…tu meh politik kitai Iban…the 995,000 Dayaks aren’t able to ngelaban…it’s too complicated for them…it takes a lot to ngelaban because the stakes are too high for them.
If you analyse further much of these indecisiveness and stubborness to change have got a lot to do with their struggles to survive. Fact is we Dayaks are simply too poor to have independent political ideology, we depend on our political friends in BN to survive, to place our hopes even for a handful of crumbs. This is something Dayak barus who are a lot wealthier and have stable incomes won’t fully understand.
But this is the real scenario, not a situation that you and I wish to see but it is too real to ignore; not unless you are fond of dreaming.
I thanks DJBA for the invitation to join your regular trip, why not eh sometime…I do need some dose of fresh air every now and then…I may even be there during election time to meet many friends, not an issue for me. I am neither dispirited nor giving up on Dayaks but I am also being realistic, I am of course truly disappointed, I feel betrayed, I observed, I learned…I have little trust of Dayak leaders…i think most don’t have principles, they live for himself…but then again that’s politics…
I admire UMNO…at least they openly fight for the Malays but we Dayaks, hmm…I will wait for the days we change…meanwhile let’s try to survive first without trying to be a hero.
Hi CA,
This is a well written piece. In a word, you are not dispirited but yours is a call to be realistic and pragmatic. The last sentence sums it up for me:
>> Let’s try to survive first without trying to be a hero.
I agree – about being very realistic, pragmatic and about “not trying to be a hero”.
Perhaps its better to be an “anti-hero” instead ?
- Nobody should have to make personal sacrifice even for a noble cause, exceeding what they are capable of. Always maintain capacity to fight another day – for the long haul.Persevering anti-hero fighter is better than a “dead” hero.
- Also, I don’t think anybody would be under any illusion that BN in Sarawak would be toppled in a single State Election. So prepare for disappointment and to build up the strength to get up again, and again – if necessary. If the cause is genuinely larger than oneself, then the chap would be bonafide “anti-hero”.
- Even if PR would miraculously topple BN in the coming State Election, the social change among Dayak that people talk about here, would not happen until many years later.So prepare to be an “anti-hero” for post-election victory, to fulfil election promise – to do work, to get down and dirty – relentlessly, er for the rakyat ..not family (our current heroes tend to unabashly enrich themselves …).
This should cheer up the anti “heroes” in you, and all of us, I think …
A very serious reeducation program needs to be done to educate our kampung folks about the “perintah” that they are very confused about. It is gross treachery to allow our folks to be fooled and cheated the way they were the last 48 years. They may not understand you the first time, but on our part, don’t give up on our own people! We are no hero, but don’t ever be a COWARD.
Bala Kaban.
Don’t waste so much time on tai manok issues kaban. Better go & look for REBAK BARU, talks to Rebak Baru, recruits more Rebak Baru & visit longhouses.
As for me, I have a programme in Luau next’s week & Ulu Kanowit the week after, follow by Ulu Mujok & Entabai River.
Cheers Rabak Baru.
Mupok Kaban. Idup Iban Idup Dayak. OOhhaa…..
Julaw & Bala kaban,
Aku mai bala kitai muka Malaysia Today pagi tu.Maioh endar berita ti tau dikunsi enggau bala kitai ti bedau nemu nama kebuah kitai enda tau nyukung perintah ti betuai ka TM.
Wat Julawm gaga ‘print out’ sadong ngagai bala maioh awak ka mata tau enchelak.Udah kelalu lama bala kitai dikemelika ulih bala penyamun.
Selamat macha Malaysia Today-London Connection & Boy Racer as Chief Minister…..TQ.
Kati ku kitai deka mantah BN diatu? Sekumbang BN megai kitai 47 taun ke udah, jalai alun menua kitai ari Kuching udah ditar sampai ke Lawas kin.
Mayuh menua udah datai jalai. Menua nyau enda mayuh babas, kampung gun kampung jerong agi. Ladang sawit nyau mayuh. Telaga minyak pen mayuh udah digali.
Mengeri mengeri ba menua tu pen mansang amat. Baka ba Kuching udah mayuh supermarket ke besai baka Spring, Belabat, Giant, Everrise, H & L etc.
Rumah Dewan DUN ke nyadi mercu tanda menua tu ke amat dikegaga ke kitai menua tu amat meh kos ngaga iya kelalu mar pen chukup ngaga ke ati kitai. Pegong pen mayuh udah diperambu deka digaga.
Nya meh nunjuk ke perintah amat mentas meri pemansang ngagai rayat. Jai akal amat meh enti kitai nyau baka kachang enda ingat ke kulit. Pemansang baka jalai, rumah, ladang, pegong etc udah bisi tang agi ga ka bejai perintah. Bah! Nama utai deka dipinta kita deh?
Ila kita deka ensepi enti kita megai perintah. Nya baru kita ninga urang deka bejai kita.
Salam 1IbanLama
IbanLama,
You chatter box keep on talking nonsense! You know why people here didnt response to your comments? Not worth (their time) answering to a naive little boy.
Go into the bigger world my little boy, and dont confine yourself inside the coconut shell, only then you know why BN should be toppled right from now.
Ibanlama
We are not impressed with all those high-rise shopping complexes. It doesnt mean anything to us Dayaks, its just to enrich the economy of the chinese in town areas and we dayaks in the rural gained nothing significant from all these.
Are we born to lose?? No really….we desperately demand for equal rights for our people to progress not just for the benefits of certain quarters only.
TIME IS UP!!!!!Come brothers let us vote for rights and justice, banish the tyrants from the political scene!!!
My dear friends, Unak wi Semambu and Oranje Indu Engkerawai,
Why do I am brave to say these? We iban, especially the IbanBaru are not daring enough to explore spaces and opportunities in towns, in the Spring, BuluLebat, Everrise etc. Even venturing into small restaurant besuiness, some ibans including the OldIbans just can’t keep going and slowly like a mushroom that grow vry fast and dies soon too or just hot hot chicken waste only. Our YBs have set many opportunities like OP Scheme, Paddy Schemes, Fish ponds, rubber, pepper….and yet we have not gone serious into such joint venture. At the end ot the day, we dwell in hatred feeling blaming the government for not doing enough. Why can’t we cooperate with the govt and same same we eat together the fruit of independence or Poilitics of Development.
For akih Unak, no need to use your ‘unak’ to injure a passerby or for akih Engkerawai, no need to sting anyhow. Just look for any good opportunites within the government.
There are lots of opportunities under the coconut shell. Just cooperate with Pehin and he will feed you coz of your supporting roles in his government.
Salam 1BN
The abuse of power was reported by many but still we opt for this leadership.
Nyu abis tanah Dayak dambi perintah “in the name of progress” ku jaku, nadai mih anak Dayak berani engkasak.
“Nyangka nadai taring” ku dalam post madik GKM2020. Nadai taring, nadai pengaruh di tankin ba punggung ti ngasuh bansa Dayak nadai pemerani agi, pia?
C’mon folks. Aku ukai mai kitai besalah ke sida ti megai diatu, tang mai kitai sama berunding “where are heading from here” dalam kandang 20 taun ti ka datai?
Do we still have our longhouses? What about our land, is it still there for us? Or do we shift our homes to the city and how do we fare with the city dwellers at that time?
So many Questions with no Answers which must be addressed by the leaders of today and of tomorrow.
But for now, do we sit and wait for the skies to fall on our heads??
New comer to All native comrades,
What’s happening to u all, the majority in s’wak? It’s time to wake-up for coming election after taking BN’s “RMxxx sleeping pills” and sleep for 47 years. You all know what is going on around u, but there is still long way to go.
Yours conditions today are the political strategies of BN. Marginalized in every aspect of life for a living. Think about it profoundly. Why and how after 47 years of BN’s ruling, majority of u are still as u are as before? Do not blame yr fore fathers ‘cos they are uneducated, cheated and tricked by educated.
To cut short, it is yr this-generation duties n responsibilities to awake them up n together strive for yr next generation’s future which still look gloomy if this g’vnt is on power.
Sibu’s by-election is the best example. They get fed-up n show them who is the REAL BOSS n BN is worry now in urban areas. Rural areas – yr areas are still the BN’s deposit in Borneo Daily. Sibu’s people do not care about PR’s agenda. There is nothing to loose to give PR 5 year term than BN’s 47 years and knowing that as declared by Idris Jala that we’re on the road to BANKRUPTCY. U well know that to save Malaysia, all subsidies are cut n all soft of taxes (GST, 4D, etc) are robbing yr money pocket.
Sibu people said – If DAP pick an ORANG UTAN as a candidate in last by-election, DAP is still going to WIN. PM’s RM5,000,000.00 pledge “U help me, I help U” is still not able to move majority’s heart. Vote for Change or else u r still as u r today. God Bless U all.
Its due to the illiteracy rate amongst our Dayak voters esp in the rural areas that we are able to be manipulated and controlled by the BN govt. And these rural voters form the majority of the votes in Sarawak.
Majority votes from these illiterate Dayaks formed the bulk of force that gives authority for BN to form the government which means the minority intelligence of the few enlightened Dayaks are suppressed, and in a democracy, majority votes may not necessarily be practically correct to our Dayak political struggle. BN have and will continue to exploit these ignorance amongst our Dayak people, and these are the main issues that needs to be addressed by our DB if they wish to realized their dream of toppling BN and TM and forming the next Government.
Even if the internet were to reach every longhouse in Sarawak, it would still be like the proverbial white elephant, afterall how would you expect the old folks to educate themselves politically if they do not know how to use modern technology?
The only solution is doing it the hard way, that is to go to every longhouse in Sarawak,and explain from A to Z our political vision, and the injustices due to the present BN land grabbing policies and many more issues negatively affecting our dayak people. And the time to do so is now or has it started? I hope so, becos time is running out as SE is just round the corner.
malileboo,
U R RIGHT!
Bala kaban menyadi. Ukai PKR enggai ngagai kitak ka di rumah panjai. Nama kebuah. Kebuah ia ,ianya kitai ka di rumah panjai enggai ka penatai sidak.Tang enti orang BN datai ,peda meh bala kitak nyambut sida. Ia ka bendar kitak ka di rumah panjai rindu ka dikemeli enggau diperbodohkan ulih sidak Taib and CO. YB dayak,anang arap. Pengindu enda tau badu-badu.TQ
Hope someday greedy men will prosecuted and well judged.Return back the wealth and money to the peoples of sarawak.
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