KOTA KINABALU, 2 Jan 2009: Former Sabah state minister Datuk Conrad Mojuntin was jailed for six months by the High Court here today for criminal intimidation. He was jailed for criminally intimidating businessman Doughty Disimon, 30, outside SJD Cafe and Sports in Donggongon, Penampang, near here at about 3.30am on 23 Oct 2005. However, Judicial […]
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Police bust fake ID syndicate
LAHAD DATU, 28 Dec 2008: Police here have busted a syndicate that supplied fake identity documents (IDs) to foreigners. Lahad Datu police chief Supt Md Suhaimi Ab Rahman said the syndicate was believed to have been active over the last six months. Police were able to put an end to the syndicate following the arrest […]
Sabah’s pipe dream
By Sim Kwang Yang(© Kevin Abbott / sxc.hu) THE controversy over the proposed RM1.6 billion gas pipeline running from Kimanis, Sabah to Bintulu, Sarawak illustrates a classic problem. It shows how, in a federated system of government, the power centre at the federal level can divide, rule, and exploit marginal outlying states. The project is huge. The offshore […]
Anwar confident of uniting Sabah, S’wak opposition
KOTA KINABALU, 21 Nov 2008: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is confident of uniting the main opposition political parties in Sabah and Sarawak to field a single candidate against the Barisan Nasional (BN) in all constituencies in the next general election. The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor said such a formula, mooted by the PKR, DAP […]
Upko questions re-issuance of green MyKad
PENAMPANG, 21 Nov 2008: Upko Youth has questioned the move by the National Registration Department (NRD) to re-issue the green MyKad to stateless people in the country, particularly in Sabah. Upko Youth chief Arthur Sen said the move would create anxiety among the people and a new round of political pressure in the state. “There […]
