Tony Thien

Sapp chief: Viable alternatives to coal station available

Sapp chief: Viable alternatives to coal station available

If a coal-fired power plant is bad for Lahad Datu on environmental grounds, how could it be good for Sandakan? asks Yong Teck Lee.
Clean up your own backyard, MCA told

Clean up your own backyard, MCA told

The peninsula-based party has no business meddling in matters involving Sabah, says a former deputy chief minister of the state.
MP shares surname, address with Filipino

MP shares surname, address with Filipino

sapp eric majimbun Sabah MP Eric Majimbun got a rude shock recently when he discovered that he shared the same surname and address in a MyKad allegedly belonging to a Filipino illegal immigrant.
Jabu blasted for calling NGOs 'intruders'

Jabu blasted for calling NGOs 'intruders'

The deputy chief minister did not want Salcra to meet the representatives of foreign NGOs because they were “intruders only looking for opportunities to make up stories.”
Ibans fight for communal forests

Ibans fight for communal forests

Rumah Sengok residents in Bintulu are fighting a losing battle to protect their communal forests. considered their most valuable assets, from loggers.
PBB blasted: Anwar's no liar

PBB blasted: Anwar's no liar

A state PKR leader blasts a senior PBB minister for labelling Anwar Ibrahim a 'liar' who has been bluffing the people all this time.
Challenge from sacked village chiefs

Challenge from sacked village chiefs

The six Bidayuh headmen who were sacked want two state leaders to specify their allegations of how they had not co-operated with the government on development projects.
Court dismisses Bandar Kuching poll petition

Court dismisses Bandar Kuching poll petition

updated 3pm DAP’s Chong Chien Jen will keep his Bandar Kuching parliamentary seat as the election judge dismisses a petition filed by a voter.
'Gila-gila': Deadline set for BN rep to issue apology

'Gila-gila': Deadline set for BN rep to issue apology

Seven Bidayuh village chiefs are running out of patience with a Barisan Nasional representative who has labelled them as 'crazy'.
'I stopped PM from ordering Yong's arrest'

'I stopped PM from ordering Yong's arrest'

raymond tan Former Sapp deputy president Raymond Tan claims that he had intervened in June to deter an anti-graft investigation against party president Yong Teck Lee.
Sapp No 2 unwilling to let go of cabinet position

Sapp No 2 unwilling to let go of cabinet position

Deputy party president Raymond Tan, who has opposed Sapp's plan to leave the BN, is reluctant to give up his deputy chief minister cum infrastructure development posts.

Court frees Iban activist of arson charge

Court frees Iban activist of arson charge

Jacob Emang, a controversial Iban social activist in defending native customary rights (NCR) land in Sarawak’s Sri Aman Division, is acquitted of an arson charge.
Suhakam slammed over 'closed-door' meeting on dam

Suhakam slammed over 'closed-door' meeting on dam

Why did Suhakam keep its meeting involving the Penan community affected by the new Murum hydro-dam a closed-door affair?

Sapp may pull out of BN on Sept 17

Sapp may pull out of BN on Sept 17

The rebel party's top decision-making body is to meet next Wednesday to discuss its status within the ruling BN.
Rebel party calls for an end to racial politics

Rebel party calls for an end to racial politics

yong teck lee "I suspect that behind the scenes and in private confines, even more radical and extreme views are being hatched,' says Sapp president Yong Teck Lee.
Apologise on 'gila-gila' remark, demand village chiefs

Apologise on 'gila-gila' remark, demand village chiefs

Tasik Biru state rep Peter Nansian has been told to apologise to the village chiefs recently stripped of their positions for calling them gila gila.
Village chiefs: We are not 'gila gila'

Village chiefs: We are not 'gila gila'

A BN state rep denies seven village headmen were sacked because they supported the opposition. Five of them will publicly clarify the matter tomorrow.
Bakun land dispute: Solution in sight

Bakun land dispute: Solution in sight

There may finally be a solution soon to the land issue involving the government and the native farming community living near the multi-billion-ringgit hydro dam project in central Sarawak.

Village chiefs sacked for backing opposition

Village chiefs sacked for backing opposition

Kuching Seven village chiefs in western Sarawak were allegedly sacked for campaigning in favour of opposition parties during the March general election.
Sarawak natives from Bakun area join PKR

Sarawak natives from Bakun area join PKR

About 500 Orang Ulu today applied en masse to join opposition party PKR, while another 500 are due to make a similar move tomorrow.
Sapp strips deputy chief of zone chairmanship

Sapp strips deputy chief of zone chairmanship

Sapp has removed its deputy president Raymond Tan as Sandakan zone chairperson, replacing him with secretary-general Richard Yong.
Paid overseas holidays won't stop crossovers

Paid overseas holidays won't stop crossovers

Pakatan leaders are tickled by the reported all-expenses paid holidays government MPs had been told to take beginning this Sunday to Sept 19.
Stall timber talks, NGO tells EU

Stall timber talks, NGO tells EU

The EU is on the verge of a timber agreement with Malaysia - despite the emerging timber import - re-export scandal in Sarawak.
Rebel party: It's not for Najib to apologise

Rebel party: It's not for Najib to apologise

chong pit fah Sapp says that Umno's failure to take action against Ahmad Ismail is a sign of BN’s blatant hypocrisy, especially in dealing with the conduct of its members.

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