I refer to the letter Islamic state claim a breach of social contract .

Under the Mahathir government, the Dayaks of Sarawak were slightly better treated - they could form their own political parties and they had at least one full-fledged Dayak minister in the person of Leo Moggie and a number of deputy ministers.

Now, under the Abdullah Ahmad Badawi government, the Dayaks are unfairly treated. There is no Dayak minister and there are only four Dayak deputy ministers although there are about 14 Dayak members of Parliament.

We are also disallowed from forming any Dayak political party. A group of Dayak pensioners who tried to register the Malaysian Dayak Congress as a party in place of the de-registered Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak failed in their application.

The Registrar of Societies rejected the application, citing Article 7 (3) (a) of the Societies Act 1966, which says that '... it appears to him that such a local society is unlawful under the provisions of this Act or any other written law or is likely to be used for unlawful purposes or any purpose prejudicial to or incompatible with the peace, welfare, security, public order, good order or morality in Malaysia'.

The rejection of their application not only deprives the Dayaks of their rights and special privileges but worst, accuses us of being disloyal to Malaysia which our great-grandfathers had helped to form.