Wong Ho Leng: Might is right

Opposition leader Wong Ho Leng (DAP-Bukit Assek) has been suspended from the Sarawak State Assembly for 12 months for a “camouflage” remark he made against a senior minister last November.
Speaker Datuk Mohamad Asfia Awang Nasar made the decision Wednesday after the matter was put to the vote and the majority of assemblymen were in favour [...]

Joseph Entulu: Drop the term “Dayak”

SIBU: The term “Dayak” coined by the colonial power to describe all 26 non-Muslim communities of Sarawak in the 1820s should no longer be used in present time, said Rural and Regional Development Deputy Minister Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun.He said the term should be dropped because it conveyed negative connotations like being uncivilised, uncouth and [...]

Yes, Taib’s dominance must end

I couldn’t agree more with this headline quote on Malaysiakini of Anwar calling at end to Taib Mahmud’s dominance in Sarawak politics. Taib Mahmud is currently the longest serving chief minister of any state in Malaysia. He has held on to power much longer than Mahathir ever did.
Ask any literate Sarawakian, and there is [...]

Sarawak DAP tells BN reps: Join us

I think if Sarawak BN representatives heeded the DAP’s call to join them as members or as equal partners in a new alliance, I hope it would be because they believed in the agenda promoted by the Sarawak DAP and the Pakatan Rakyat.
The three items in the agenda as outlined in this Malaysiakini news report [...]

12 dams in Sarawak

Abdul Taib Mahmud, Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Sarawak (PBB) president, in a Malaysiakini news report is quoted as saying Yong Teck Lee and SAPP’s no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister as “indecenct and a betrayal” to the party. Hah! He’s a fine one to talk about indecency and betrayal!
I don’t care all that much about [...]

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