Sabah ex-ISA detainee Hassnar Ebrahim who is allegedly "in a glass house himself" has incurred the wrath of legions of Dusun stone-throwers after an ill-timed political statement.

He stands accused of trying to wreck the peace process in PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) by launching an unprovoked personal attack on newly re-designated vice-president (Sabah/Sarawak) Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan.

Members of the party's powerful KadazanDusunMurut (KDM) Task Force want his head to roll, for the attack, "if he's still a member of the party".

Senior KDM Task Force members recall that he either "quit or was forced out after making a mess of the party" in the Libaran division in 2004.

hassnar ebrahim 291009 02 The KDM Task Force also wants Hassnar ( left ) to be held accountable for his admitted role - which he "regrets" - in placing 15,000 illegal immigrants on the electoral rolls after 1985.

Hassnar has also publicly alleged several times that other operatives committed the same offence for 135,000 illegal immigrants between 1970 and 1985.

The most notable admission was an interview with the national news agency, Bernama , on Jan 19, 2007 - 'Project IC boils over in Sabah' - in which Hassnar gave the most chilling account ever of illegal immigrants getting MyKads and entering the electoral rolls.

He was explaining his detention under the Internal Security Act.

PKR Wanita deputy chief Evelyn Gobile wants Hassnar to stop being "obsessed with Jeffrey" and instead come clean once and for all on his role in the illegal immigrants issue.

"It is not enough that he keeps saying he regrets his past actions. He must make proper amends," said Evelyn in the first reaction to Hassnar's blistering attack on Jeffrey.

Haul them to court call

"If he's really sincere and sorry, he should produce all the documentary evidence and bring the authorities to court. Otherwise, he's irrelevant in the politics of Sabah."

Evelyn stressed that Hassnar's actions, by his own admission, "was an act against the state" and has grave security and political implications especially for the genuine natives of Sabah.

Another woman's wing leader, who requested anonymity, sees some parallels between Jeffrey and anti-illegal immigration activist Dr Chong Eng Leong.

The former PBS (Parti Bersatu Sabah) supreme council senior member, she notes, has pledged that he "will stop frogging (in politics) after the names of the illegal immigrants listed in his book are expunged from the electoral rolls".

"I illegal immigrants roundup 010305 group f Hassnar is seriously a repented bad guy, he should give himself up to the police and cooperate in naming those people involved in the project IC, and registration of these PTIs (illegal immigrants) as Sabah voters," she said.

Dusun activist Raymond Tombung describes Hassnar's latest outburst against Jeffrey as "an invention driven by fear".

This is not the first of his inventions about Jeffrey, recalled Raymond. "Hassnar had previously claimed that Jeffrey's troubled politics in various parties was just to protect PBS".

Raymond is among those who thinks that Jeffrey's decision to stick with PKR "will cost him some support".

KDM Task Force deputy chairman Daniel John Jambun is convinced that Hassnar has a short memory and has forgotten recent history.

Nailing yet another lie

He stressed on Jeffrey's contributions to PKR in setting up the Task Force - Jeffrey is the chairman - and building up the party for last year's general election.

"Unfortunately, Jeffrey was bed-ridden for six months - Dec 2007 to May 2008 - after an accident left him paralysed. He almost died working for this stupid, ungrateful PKR," fumed Daniel, a former deputy state chief.

"Otherwise, PKR could have forged a one-to-one electoral pact and won some seats in Sabah. Even then, the opposition lost seven seats by just small margins."

Taking a quick look into recent political history, Daniel pointed out that Jeffrey's group of 30-odd independent candidates lost by only small margins in the 2004 general election.

This was the same election where PKR candidates all lost their deposits, he added. "Similarly, PKR candidates lost theirs in the 1999 polls even though Jeffrey's independent group did not take part."

Daniel, one of the main architects behind the proposed Parti Cinta Sabah (PCS), denied the party's application had been rejected as claimed by Hassnar.

dr jeffrey kitingan "No application for a registration of a political party in Malaysia has been rejected in just two days," pointed out Daniel. "As the Registrar of Societies himself has stated publicly, it will take at least four months before a party can be registered."

Both Sapp youth chief Edward Dagul and former PKR state secretary Kanul Gindol denied that Jeffrey ( left ) had ever tried to join Sapp and been rejected.

"Having read the letter to Malaysiakini from Hassnar Ebrahim, the 'word on the street' remains hearsay," said Edward.

"I maintain that to the best of my knowledge, there have been no attempts by Dr Jeffrey to contact Sapp to apply for party membership. So, how to reject if no application has been made?"

Kanul, who has admitted being a go-between in persuading Jeffrey to join Sapp, describes his old boss as a "trouble shooter" and not a trouble-creator as claimed by Hassnar.

"Those who claim he's a trouble-maker are proxies, traitors and stooges who don't want Sabah issues being raised," said Kanul.

The former political secretary to Jeffrey dared Hassnar to confront PKR advisor Anwar Ibrahim over his refusal to accept his former boss' resignation from the PKR National Political Bureau and as vice-president.

Jeffrey was at a loss for words over Hassnar's attack on him. Initially, he queried the former Libaran division chief's locus standi.

"I thought that he left the party in 2004," said Jeffrey. "I only joined in 2006."

The Sabah PKR strongman, who is also the Keningau division chief, thinks that "Hassnar is biting off more than what he can chew".

"He's getting into petty issues and all not true," said Jeffrey in a telephone call to Malaysiakini .

"My politics have always been on issues and not party politics. No one is raising Sabah issues and this is my beef with PKR, not about posts."

Jeffrey admits questioning controversial state chief Ahmad Thamrin Jaini's right to hold the post "because the process of democratic decision-making was cast aside by PKR headquarters".