Fwd: The Complete Annihilation of USNO

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From: "Ir. Hj. Othman bin Ahmad" <othm...@lycos.com>
Date: Feb 22, 6:58 pm
Subject: The Complete Annihilation of USNO
To: soc.culture.malaysia

UMNO in Sabah was initially formed by former USNO members led by Tun
Mustapha, a suluk-bajau leader.

Since USNO was deregistered, these former leaders formed USBO (Bajau-
Suluk association) and later kelab USNO.

In this election, none of them had been nominated by UMNO. Many of
them are still at their prime in their 50s, and highly educated, to be
replaced by candidates in their 60s and virtually uneducated.

Even worse, an outsider is nominated to represent UMNO, for example
the candidate replacing Datuk Salleh, a former Chief Minister of
Sabah, is from
Tuaran.

These places, Kota Belud and Sekong, Bajau dominated constituencies
are famous for their loyalty to candidates who give out the most
money.

What are left are former Berjaya leaders that were virtually wiped out
during the 1980s elections.

During my high school, I used to believe in the charges against USNO
and its leaders, especially Tun Mustapha, but it was due to our
loyalty to family members who had formed Berjaya, but they were all
killed in the complete destruction of a Norman Islander, a short-
takeoff propeller plane.

They were replaced by puppets such as Harris Salleh that had
surrendered Sabah's oil rights and witnessed by Pairin himself.

Now I realise that all these are false propaganda. The expenditures
were important for Sabah, and not corruption. Whatever that they get,
are all legal and proper and important for the development of Sabah,
such as the Boeing 707 state jet. Many Sabahans benefit from them,
such as free Haj pilgrimages and convenient travel for many State
functions that were participated by Sabahans such as Boy Scouts. Every
Sabahan even manage to get a few hundered ringgit every year of the
Sabah Foundation profits. Remember that those were in the 1980s when
the value of RM was still much higher than nowadays.

I've a friend who is a very strong supporter of USNO. I used to treat
his compliments of USNO as exaggerations but now I sincerely aplogise
to him. I had been a fool all these years. USNO was the best for Sabah
and the spirit of USNO and therefore the future of Sabah will die in
this election.

Sabah is already the poorest in the whole world. No good news for
Sabah apart from more thefts of Sabah's land and resources. My advice
for Sabahans is to get ready to send out children overseas in order
for them to enjoy life outside poverty. Remember that a salary of less
than RM820 in 2007 is considered as poverty so it will be worse in
2008.

Please take note that BN has never promised to eradicate poverty in
Sabah, ONLY HARD CORE poverty, and no money has been declared for
them. Only money to identify who they are.

But then in 2004, BN won without a single manifesto, so not much is to
be expected in 2008.

Development Corridors are More thefts: We just want our money back

The development corridors mentioned for Sabah is similar to the KKIP.
Lessons gained is that it is just a land grab from Sabahans to be
given to private enterprises who are well financed by banks based in
West Malaysia.

Native land were forcefully acquired at RM3 per sq. foot and later
sold at higher prices. However the prices do not reflect the true
market prices of these beautfiful land at Sepanggar Bay.

The Oil Palm estates established along the roads where West Malaysian
companies managed to get approval for land that had already been
applied by Natives were similar in nature. Native customary rights
were denied to Natives.

In places where the natives had fought strongly like in Kalabakan,
Pensiangan, roads were very slow to be built. Started in 2001, it is
still not completed.

Another case, was the acquistion of Sabah Medical Centre building at
Likas which was sold to the Federal Government for RM50, despite its
good view on top of the hill at a prime residential land of King
Fisher Park to be replaced by a Hospital for women. Claimed to be a
specialist hospital, but it turned out to be just empty promises.

It is downgraded into low class hospital whereas Sabah Medical Centre
had to build a new building at Damai.

This is just a classic theft of Sabah's resources. The health ministry
does not even have enough allocation to build a new hospital, but has
to steal land and buildings from Sabahan. It is not a surprising
situation when only 7.9% were allocated to Sabah that has a population
of 13% of Malaysia, and an area of 25%, and with high inflationary
pressures due to transport and manufacturing monopolies demanded by
the Federal Government.

More corridors will mean more native land forcibly acquired to be sold
to private enterprises. The Federal Government does not even spend a
single cent for SAbah, while stealing all its petroleum and oil palm
resources.

What is need is more allocation for SAbah which is among the poorest
region in the whole world.

During the campaign against PBS, the Federal Government through BN
promised Free Trade Zones for SAbah which is vital for Sabah in 1994.
It is a form of budget allocation because taxes are subsidised in
Sabah. It never materialised. Many of those false promises for Sabah.

The result is that Sabah is now among the poorest in the whole world.

Instead of eradicating poverty, the BN government, try to eradicate
Hardcore Poverty. This is entirely different from eradicating poverty.
It is much cheaper and easier to eradicate Hardcore poverty because
only 24,000 families are involved and the amount to be spent is also
very small, less than RM1200 per family.

To eradicate poverty in SAbah, needs RM820 per month per family
amounting to RM10,000. This is 50% higher than the RM690 in the 2004
poverty statistics.

This figure was given to me by a UMS academician who specialise in
poverty studies. I was so shocked to hear his statement. I'm sure the
govenment will not allow this figure to be officially used. In fact,
the Federal Minister had already announced that the poverty figures
must be amended to be the same for the whole of Malaysia.

Which means that Sabah will deteriorate further among the poorest in
the whole world, when thefts by these corridors were implemented.

What is needed is more budget allocation to build roads and
infrastructures. The Bakun DAm electricity is badly needed in Kota
Kinabalu. We had many power cuts this week alone. In fact, just now, I
had a power failure. The other day, also more power cuts.

What is the point of having development corridors when there is no
electricity to power them. Or water and roads.

The Trans Borneo Highway is badly needed in order to improve trade
with Brunei and Kalimantan.

Forget about any development corridors. Spend more on
infrastructures. Sabahans will develop themselves from then on. What
is required is just OUR OWN MONEY BACK.

WE NEVER DEMAND ANY MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS NOT
OURS, IN THE FIRST PLACE.

The Federal Government had broken the constitution as well as the
Malaysia Agreement that a minimum of 20% of resources must be given
back to Sabah.

Now the Petronas Agreement whereby it allows itself to give to SAbah
less than 1% of our oil revenue is certainly illegal. The minimum
amount must be 20%.

SAbahans must stop blaming ourselves for our short comings. REmember
that victims are never at fault. Our leaders may be stupid or made
mistakes. I myself only realised many of these points a few months
back so I also made major mistakes in not highlighting these issues.

We should not have trusted foreigners. Especially foreigners with
powers like the Malayans. Sabahans must be willing to fight to the
death to protect its rights and resources. WE should not be
intimidated. We should never delve in self-pity.

Corruption and illegal immigrations are important issues but lack of
budget spending is the second most disastrous one. We must show it
clearly, or else there will be no future for our children and grand
children.

The loss of our Federal Representation is the worst, which led to all
these other problems, but this is a more complicated issue.

Sabah is heaven free from any natural disaster,
but Malaysia is the only Disaster for Sabah.
How long will the Heaven Last in Sabah?

Independence of Malaysia vs National Day

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Columns/2119002/Article/index_html

Again John Teo from Sarawak made a mess of the truth.

National Day can be designated any day but Independence Date must be
historically correct.

Lying about History is lying to God.

Malaysia has never been colonised so there is no need for it to be
independent.

To say that Malaysia achieved Independence on the 31st of August,
1957, i.e. 50 years ago, is like saying that Malaysia exists that day.
The word Malaysia itself does not exist 50 years ago.

It is even worse for Sabahans and Sarawakians who celebrate their
Independence on the 31st of August, 1957, i.e. 50 years ago. They are
just bloody fools.

For Malayans, they have reasons to celebrate. For them, since day one
of the formation of Malaysia, Malaysia is just a renamed Malaya, and
Sabah and Sarawak JOINED Malaya, and never formed Malaysia.

However legal documents signed by Tunku Abdul Rahman didn't support
that view. It is clearly stated in simple English words that Sabah and
Sarawak established Malaysia, together with Malaya.

You can read these legal documents in my blog
sabahcolonised.blogspot.com

Independence of Malaysia vs National Day

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Columns/2119002/Article/index_html

Again John Teo from Sarawak made a mess of the truth.

National Day can be designated any day but Independence Date must be
historically correct.

Lying about History is lying to God.

Malaysia has never been colonised so there is no need for it to be
independent.

To say that Malaysia achieved Independence on the 31st of August,
1957, i.e. 50 years ago, is like saying that Malaysia exists that day.
The word Malaysia itself does not exist 50 years ago.

It is even worse for Sabahans and Sarawakians who celebrate their
Independence on the 31st of August, 1957, i.e. 50 years ago. They are
just bloody fools.

For Malayans, they have reasons to celebrate. For them, since day one
of the formation of Malaysia, Malaysia is just a renamed Malaya, and
Sabah and Sarawak JOINED Malaya, and never formed Malaysia.

However legal documents signed by Tunku Abdul Rahman didn't support
that view. It is clearly stated in simple English words that Sabah and
Sarawak established Malaysia, together with Malaya.

You can read these legal documents in my blog
sabahcolonised.blogspot.com

The constitution guarantees the right of assembly

Any legistation that disallows these rights, violate the constitution.

The police must issue the permit if the assembly or gathering is
peaceful, and the police cannot make a presumption that any assembly
is not peaceful because it will be against the right of assembly.

The police can only have the right not to issue a permit, if the
intention is clearly not peaceful. If the intention is peaceful, and
the police refuses to give any permit, the police has violated the
constitution.

I've got the feeling that the police acted on people who gather in
large numbers although they are peaceful. By acting violently against
peaceful demonstrators, it made an appearance of force and violence,
to the point of hurting children and women. How can children and women
be violent? They don't have the strength to be violent.

Videos must be taken of all these processions and taken to court in
order to challenge the actions of the police. Malaysian civil servants
had little respect for the law and this is very disturbing. And they
are allowed to break the laws at will because they were not challenged
in courts, and courts took too long to make decisions, as long as 10
years.

Ir. Hj. Othman bin Hj. Ahmad
Sabah is heaven. Beautiful shark-free beaches and mountains,
next to civilizations with no natural or man-made disasters,
except Malaysia. But how long will it last?
Disclaimer: I only speak for myself.
Homepage: http://othmanA.tripod.com
Blog: http://othmanahmad.blogspot.com

Supporting ineffective leaders is committing 2 sins

If you know a leader represents an organisation that is not effective
in developing ourselves, and yet you still support them, it should be
clear that you are committing a sin that will haunt you forever.

But what is not clear is that, the reason usually put forward to
support such leaders is that the alternatives are even worse. Which I
tend to support and therefore had been silent all these while.

But it this were the case, you are committing another sin of
condemning someone before he has committed any crime. I know that all
politicians are bad. But how can we be sure that the opposition
politicians will be even worse, without even giving them a chance to
prove themselves. Even if you are right in the end, you still do not
have the right to condemn them without giving them any chance to
succeed.

It is unlikely that any opposition will ever be in a worse position
than BN is. Our laws are the most oppressive ever, and still is. It is
correct that Malaysia is still in a state of emergency. Election fraud
is rampant now. We are now in a position of no turning back.

In fact one reasons why people support BN is because of the certainly
of winning due to the election frauds. In Malaysia, if you don't
support the winning party, it will mean the end of your business and
businessmen are still the most important component of any party. All
need money to fund their campaigns.

This in itself is an evil thing to do, and yet perfectly acceptable to
Malaysians. Intimidation is part and parcel of living. Short term
gains is much better than long term gains. Soon we will end up like
North Korea, where we shall be thankful for even the provision of the
very basic necessities, to the point of worshipping the leaders for
giving us medical support that can only be provided by foreigners, as
shown by one documentary, of an eye surgeon.

Will the opposition leaders succumb to the same evils? Maybe. PAS may
impose even worse laws such as the forbidding of alcohol, the wearing
of microskirts by Air Asia flight attendants that allow them to show
their genitals especially when they use G-string underwear. All these
are just hearsay. We cannot condemn them for something that they
haven't done yet.

Even I am so suspicious that we will end up becoming the Taliban
Afghanistan if PAS won. The point is, we cannot condemn them for
something that they had not done. For Muslims it is a sin that we will
be penalised in the hereafter.

Sarawak's resources stolen because it is not economical for Sarawak to use?

Click the picture above in order to see a larger picture.

Borneo Post today: (11 Nov 2007)

Although it is recognised by Sarawak's Chief Minister that Sarawak is still backward, he accepts that resources from Sarawak be used to develop the already developed Malaya more than Sarawak that is in dire needs for development in all aspects, just because it is not economical to spend per population in Sarawak because of Sarawak's remoteness.

In order for Sarawakian to survive, it has to cut more of its trees and open up more plantations, destroying its environments, because its resources are used up to develop Malaya that is already in a much more advanced state of development.

In fact these expenditures of resources that had made Malaya cheaper to develop further than Sarawak. It is much cheaper to develop what is already developed than one that has never been developed. It was not cheap when the British developed Malaya and Sarawak initially. It is now much cheaper to develop Malaya per population because the basic infrastructures are already there. It is the expenditures of resources that had made it more economical to develop Malaya compard to Sarawak, and if more resources were used, it will make it cheaper to develop Sarawak. Sarawak was at a stage of development that Malaya was earlier.

When the British first built the Malayan railways, there was virtually nobody building homes along the railway tracks. It must have been extremely uneconomical in those days, and yet the British had persisted for the sake of long term benefits.

Once the railways were built up, more people will inhabit the towns along the tracks making it more economical to build more roads.

The same thing should happen to Sarawak and Sabah. You first spend money at a less economic rate, in order to develop roads linking major population centres that will allow the areas around the roads to be developed cheaply and economically, increasing productivity.

Actually this is just an excuse to steal the resources of Sarawak and Sabah. In Sabah, there is no attempt to build roads to Tambisan, which is just a few miles from Felda Sahabat Plantations build around the town of Sabahat, and yet, no attempt was ever made to build such road.

It is certainly very economical for everybody because it will allow the fish and small holders in Tambisan to sell their goods to the major population centres. Whereas virtually nobody with little economic prospect areas in Malaya, in the mountainous areass, were developed with billions of ringgit, so the criteria for economic viability per population is never followed.

The reasons why the Paitan and Sapulut roads were build had nothing to do with helping Sabah, but only to help the Malayan planters in the areas to prosper and no expenditure was ever considered for the economic well being of the surrounding very poor people in these areas by extending these roads to their villages, unlike in Malaya where even the tiniest villages with only a few houses are connected to sealed roads.

This is worse than colonisation. This is blatant theft and it can only be bad for Sabah and Sarawak in the long run. The destruction of our natural resources will be even faster. Malaysia is indeed a disaster for Sabah and Sarawak.

The excuse that Malaya will make a good market for Sarawak's renewable resources is just another theft. Out of 12 billion RM, only 4 billion is spent on developing the resources. 8 billion is spent on the transmission to the cruel imperialist Malaya, and the cost is to be take up by Sarawak, along with the destruction of hundreds of acres of prime land and forests, as well as the bio-diversity of Borneo. And worse, these renewable resources are not for sale to Sabah and Sarawak, let alone Indonesian Kalimatan which is nearer and much more economical to sell. Sarawak and Sabah has to settle for more environment destruction such as the huge coal plant at Silam, the site of the Eco-Challenge, and still, Sabah is suffering from lack of electricity and prices much higher than in Malay.

No, this is not colonisation, like the British Colonisation, this is blatant imperialistic theft of resources of Borneo, which is wrong and very destructive to the world. The rich environment of Borneo must be preserved and protected as long as necessary, not to be wasted in order to appease the appetite for the Malayans for cheap resources.