'Jabu is a man in desperation after 1,000 people came out to hear Anwar talk in Betong. For the first time in history, the people have overcome their fears.'
DCM Jabu warns campaigners from peninsula
Jungle Son: This is the voice of Alfred Jabu Numpang, a man in panic and in desperation after 1,000 people came out to hear Anwar Ibrahim at a ceramah three days ago in Betong. For the first time in history, the people of Betong have overcome their fears.
Jabu, there is no need to threaten our Peninsular Malaysian brothers and sisters. We Sarawakians welcome them to help open the eyes of the Betong and Sarawak Ibans to Taib Mahmud's and your wrongdoings. Your days are numbered.
You, Taib and George Chan are in your 70s. Give a chance to the younger generations. Your ‘miring' will not help you a bit. Instead, God will intervene and you will be shown your rightful place after this election.
BigBens_KL This is a voice of a man who is afraid of challenges. You can use this tactic 100 years ago but not now. Jabu, be a man and face it like a warrior. Have a fair fight like a real Iban warrior (if you are one). Agi Idup Agi Ngalaban!
Atan-Toyol: Why do you think the peninsula people are troublemakers, Jabu? Shame on you for having such a low opinion of your countrymen across the South China Sea. You said the BN brought prosperity to your people. The only prosperity brought to Sarawak mostly went to Taib Mahmud, his family, relatives and yourself.
The people in the rural areas have not benefited much development. Their lives have not changed much since 1963. Please don't fool the people. How long more will you want to plunder your state's wealth?
Sarawakian_3ff9: Like Taib Mahmud, Alfred Jabu likes to threaten others with his hocus-pocus nonsense. He's trying to turn a traditional treatment for illness into some sort of black magic.
Anonymous_3ea4: Again the BN's fear tactic is showing holes. Most, if not all, Sarawakians know that their politicians have been screwing them for years. An oil- and timber-rich state with so little development for the people, yet being plundered and screwed more by the BN political morons who head the state.
Sarawakians, claim what is rightfully yours. Reclaim your state from the ‘Barisan Nonsense' and give your people a good education to rise up and bring prosperity to the state. Vote out the donkeys and nonsensical morons like Jabu.
Ronin: Jabu, you prayed for peace and harmony but instill hate among Ibans against West Malaysians even before the campaign has started.
Junky: Jabu is advising Peninsular Malaysians to behave themselves. The way Jabu put it, it sounds like he is warning them to stay away from the Sarawak elections so that they can easily win the state election and continue skim off the wealth of Sarawak to the last drop.
FatLOM: Many of you may not know what Jabu is doing with the ‘miring' ceremony. In short, he is asking for blessing from the ‘petara', in the same way you would pray to your god for victory in battle.
However, there is more to this than meets the eye. By inviting the tuai rumah (longhouse chiefs) to participate in the ceremony, he is basically reminding them of their obligation to ensure his victory in the election.
A parallel would be when you are invited to be someone's godparent. Whether you hate or love your godchild, you will feel somewhat compelled to help the child through thick or thin. This is the true meaning of this ceremony.
Pakatan Rakyat would do better to bypass the tuai rumah if Pakatan are to win their vote. A good way is to remind the tuai rumah that they are not a true "leader" in the sense of the word but rather a keeper of the adat for the rumah panjai .
Technically, in the Iban comunity, there is no such thing as a "leader" since everyone are entitled to his opinion and have freedom to do what he want.
Ng sticks with Padungan, forces three-way fight
Quigonbond: I think Malaysian voters tend to vote for party rather than personality. In fact, if Dominique Ng starts whacking DAP harder than SUPP, he risks alienating voters' sentiment who wants change.
Alone, he won't be able to offer the change because like Wee Choo Keong, he could end up siding with BN as it suits his personal agenda. I doubt the voters will want to take this kind of risk.
SMC77: Come on, Ng, you should have the guts to say you will quit politics if you fail to win the seat. Why are you happy to settle as No 2 in the poll? There is no prize for No 2 in the polls and certainly the reason you quit PKR and Pakatan is that you want to be MP. Be a man and tie your future to this battle.
Kenyalang: This is very, very sad. It's like handing Padungan back to BN on a plate. Like 1999, when BN, Ng and DAP go head-to-head, the winner was BN. The biggest loser will be the voters of Padungan.
Anonymous Momok: DAP shouldn't have asked for a swap in the first place. There is a secret agenda involved here. The Chongs see him as a thorn in their flesh and Wong Ho Leng unwittingly walked into their trap. Private vengeance warrants no place in a time like this.
One doesn't take a meal from a hungry person when he is about to eat it - it is cruel, despicable and downright evil. If he wins, who knows, he might come back to PKR. Is that unprincipled? In a scenario like this, an eye for an eye is the best medicine to cure all ills.
Changeagent: I only wonder if things could have been amicably and better managed by the Pakatan coalition, especially with the state elections being so close. Padungan and Batu Lintang are two seats that should have been easily retained by Pakatan. Now, they have been unnecessarily put at risk.
One cannot fault Ng for feeling betrayed by PKR. He is, after all, the incumbent assemblyperson for Padungan and cannot be faulted at all by his former party.
That said, I still hope that cooler heads will prevail and that there will be an amicable solution between PKR, DAP and Dominique Ng before polling day.
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