PBB Jepak party machinery ready for polls

Borneo Post

Posted on March 31, 2011, Thursday

BINTULU: The election machinery of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Jepak is fully prepared for the 10th state election.

Deputy chief of PBB Jepak cum N.58 Jepak election director Saidi Abang Samsudin said the party machinery was in all preparedness and would do its best to face the election.

He said they had been conducting campaigns at the grassroots level in recent years.

Asked about the other candidates who would be standing in the Jepak constituency, he said only one candidate would be elected for the seat.

“Only Datuk Talib Zulpilip receives strong support from all races involving Malays, Iban in Jepak. I am confident that BN will win in Jepak,” he said yesterday.

Don’t be influenced by opposition – Pandi

Borneo Post

Posted on March 30, 2011, Wednesday

KUCHING: Sarawakians must not let themselves be duped by the opposition parties that they have the people’s interest at heart.

This is because the only thing that matters to them is to be a dominant pact in the state and not to fight for the people’s interest, said PBB vice youth chief Pandi Suhaili.

He pointed out that the opposition pact’s true colour was evident when the various opposition parties spent all of their time sorting out their internal problems regarding seats allocation instead of attending to the rakyat.

“All this while, the opposition likes to project an image as the people’s fighter of which the interest of the rakyat is the paramount interest of the party.

“However, the pressure during the negotiation process has caused them to blurt out to admit that what matters to them is to be a dominant party in Sarawak and not the rakyat’s interest,” he said when contacted in Miri.

PR cuba alih perhatian rakyat dengan isu video seks: Pandi

PR cuba alih perhatian rakyat dengan isu video seks: Pandi

Utusan Borneo

Posted on March 23, 2011, Wednesday

BINTULU: Pakatan Rakyat (PR) cuba mengalihkan perhatian rakyat yang kini tertumpu kepada isu terkini video seks membabitkan seorang pemimpin pembangkang, sekali gus mampu menjejaskan reputasi mereka pada pilihan raya negeri ini.

Naib Ketua Pemuda Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Pandi Suhaili berkata, seruan bahas isu tanah Hak Adat Bumiputera (NCR) diragui apabila ia dipersetujui ketika rakyat heboh memperkatakan skandal seks membabitkan pemimpin PR.

“Kita tidak tahu sama ada dakwaan itu benar atau sebaliknya, tetapi pembangkang terlalu cepat melatah dan menyatakan video tersebut memberi imej buruk kepada PR,” ujarnya ketika dihubungi.

Katanya, jika pembangkang jujur dalam perjuangan membela rakyat seperti didakwa, mereka tidak akan menunggu sekarang untuk menyahut cabaran PBB agar berbahas pada awal bulan ini.

Kelmarin, Ketua Wanita PKR Zuraida Kamaruddin berkata, mereka setuju tawaran berbahas dengan Ketua Penerangan PBB Tan Sri Datuk Amar Adenan Satem mewakili Ketua Menteri Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.

Abg Johari: Decision to step down Taib’s own

Abg Johari: Decision to step down Taib’s own

by Jeremy Veno. 

Posted on March 21, 2011, Monday

KUCHING: Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud’s decision to step down as chief minister is made on his own free will, said Satok assemblyman Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg yesterday.

“I personally know Taib’s ways. He was already the chief minister when I was elected a state assemblyman. I have been under his administration for the past 30 years.

“Knowing his ways as the chief minister of Sarawak, I am sure that he will come to a decision as soon as he has made up his mind,” he said when commenting on Taib’s disclosure to step down after the state election.

Taib however did not mention a specific date except to say it might be in mid-term of the next state legislative assembly.

Abang Johari, who is also Minister of Housing and Urban Development, said he believes Taib wants a smooth transition of power before letting go so as to avoid ‘unfavourable’ situations happening in the state.

Exodus may leave PKR without members

Exodus may leave PKR without members

Borneo Post
Posted on March 21, 2011, Monday

KUCHING: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Sarawak would end up with no members left before the election if the exodus of its members goes on as it is now.

Saying that members are leaving the party because of disillusionment that the party has failed to walk its talk, Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth vice chief Pandi Suhaili said it was not a surprise that PKR’s Youth vice-chairman Granda Aing had turned his back on it to join SNAP.

“As time goes by, many of its leaders and supporters start to realise that the party is actually not fighting for the interest of the rakyat but for the interest of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as well as a handful of leaders in the state leadership,” he said when contacted yesterday.

He added the admission by Granda that PKR was full of problems was also not a surprise because many Sarawakians already knew about it.

Pandi pointed out that there were already many signs that foretold the exodus of the party members.

PBB Youth: Squabbles in PR confirm desire for power

PBB Youth: Squabbles in PR confirm desire for power 

Borneo Post

Posted on March 19, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: The Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) youth wing has labelled the public squabbles of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) component parties over state constituencies as confirmation that they are only interested in getting power.

PBB vice-youth chief Pandi Suhaili said the tussle on seat allocation further strengthen the perception that the opposition is not concerned about the people’s welfare.

“The public squabbles on the seat allocation clearly shows that they are blinded and guided by their greed to wrest power from BN (Barisan Nasional) at all costs,” said Pandi, who is also the youth wing’s economy bureau chief, when contacted.

He said although Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and the Sarawak National Party (SNAP) might choose to put aside their differences later, voters should not be convinced by the supposed show of unity.

He pointed out that if the two parties are really sincere about serving the rakyat, they would not openly disagree over the constituencies.

Malaysiakini fails to strike out Taib’s defamation suit

Malaysiakini fails to strike out Taib’s defamation suit
Posted on March 18, 2011, Friday

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysiakini yesterday failed to strike out a defamation suit by Sarawak Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud after the High Court here dismissed its application.

Justice Datuk John Louis O’hara said after looking at the defendant’s submission, the court found that the constitutional issue raised by Malaysiakini that there ‘can never be cause of action’ was baseless and it was not an abuse of the court process.

The judge said that he arrived at the decision after looking at provisions of the Defamation Act and the Federal Constitution. He also ordered Mkini Dotcom which owned the online news portal to pay costs of RM10,000 to Taib, the plaintiff. However, the judge did not set the date for hearing of the defamation suit. In 2007, Taib filed the suit after Malaysiakini ran a series of 12 articles from April 6 to May 3, 2007 which he claimed contained defamatory words against him.

PBB sec-gen denies party taking Bengoh from SUPP

Borneo Post

Posted on March 15, 2011, Tuesday

KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) secretary-general Dr Stephen Rundi dismissed talks that his party was interested to take over Bengoh seat from Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) as mere “political rumours”.

This is because PBB had always been loyal to its fellow component parties in Barisan Nasional (BN) and would never resort to any tactic to undermine any component party, he pointed out.

“It is never in our agenda to backstab a fellow component party in BN. We will always cooperate with all the parties in BN,” he said when contacted yesterday.

PBB supreme council member Datuk Dr James Dawos was the first to respond to the rumours when he was asked by the press last Saturday.

He had said as far as BN was concerned, Bengoh was and would continue to belong to SUPP unless there was a seat swapping agreement.

Home Minister’s words reassure PBB Youth

Borneo Post

Posted on March 10, 2011, Thursday

KUCHING: The Parti Pesaka Bumiutera Bersatu (PBB) Youth movement thanked the Home Ministry for giving assurance that it would not leave any stones unturned in its investigation into the operation of Radio Free Sarawak (RFS).

Vice youth chief Pandi Suhaili said the movement felt relief with this assurance because it wants the radio station to stop from broadcasting its malicious lies to the rakyat.

“We are living in a multi-racial state by which it is of great importance for all of us to have a good relationship with all communities in order to have a peaceful life.

“Therefore, we must not condone any act of planting the seeds of hatred among the rakyat by irresponsible party such as RFS,” he said when met yesterday.

On Tuesday, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammudin Tun Hussein was quoted as saying the ministry would investigate into the operation of the radio station because “I want Malaysia to be safe.”

PBB Youth wing praised for lodging police report

PBB Youth wing praised for lodging police report

Borneo Post

Posted on March 6, 2011, Sunday

KUCHING: Chief Political Secretary to the Chief Minister, Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah praised the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth wing for lodging a police report against Radio Free Sarawak.

He said the movement had done a justified act because its members were trying to fight an evil cause aimed at creating disunity among the ‘rakyat’.

“It is my hope that Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), Home Ministry (KDN) and police would investigate and (subsequently) take action against those involved,” he said when met during the BN Convention at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) yesterday.

He pointed out that all parties should be united in protecting the racial harmony that is being enjoyed by all.

The PBB youth wing led by its youth vice chief Pandi Suhaili lodged a police report against the radio station at the Simpang Tiga Police station last Friday.

PBB Youth lodges police report on Radio Free S’wak

PBB Youth lodges police report on Radio Free S’wak

Posted on March 5, 2011, Saturday

KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth is urging the police to take action against Radio Free Sarawak if investigation shows it has violated the country’s Sedition Act.

The Malaysia Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) should also take action against the radio station if it is operating without a valid licence.

The party’s vice-Youth chief Pandi Suhaili said they decided to lodge a police report after Deputy Minister of Information, Communication and Culture Datuk Joseph Salang said MCMC could take action against the radio station.

“We hope the authorities take harsh action against the radio station because it is causing the rakyat to feel uneasy with the content of its broadcasting, which we understand is instigating them to hate the government,” he said when met at Simpang Tiga Police Station yesterday.

He added that the peace and harmony enjoyed by the rakyat were under threat from the radio station said to be operating illegally in the country.

PBB Youth lodges report against Radio Free Sarawak

New Sarawak Tribune

Saturday, 05 March 2011 15:01

Written by Connie Chieng 

KUCHING: A group, comprising members of the various Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth wings, lodged a police report against Radio Free Sarawak for causing tensions among the community here and wanted the radio’s operation to be stopped immediately.

Led by PBB Youth Vice-Chief, Pandi bin Suhaili, and a legal advisor, Firdaus Morshidi, the group lodged the report at the Simpang Tiga police station’s One-Stop Centre at 3.30 pm yesterday.

Pandi and Firdaus told the media that they also wanted the police to take action against Radio Free Sarawak due to its anti- Sarawak government stand and comments, which were seditious and defamatory.

PBB Youth Information Chief, Abdul Aziz Adenan, said action should be taken against the operators of the radio which was being operated without valid licence.

“ D e p u t y M i n i s t e r o f Information, Communication and Culture, Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum, had stated that the Malaysian Commission Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had traced the signal to Melaka and not London as alleged by the operators,” said Aziz.
  

More important matters for CM to do than debate, Baru told

More important matters for CM to do than debate, Baru told

Borneo Post

Posted on March 1, 2011, Tuesday

KUCHING: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) state chairman Baru Bian should not waste Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud’s precious time by challenging him to an open debate on Native Customary Rights (NCR) land.

This is because Taib has many matters which he has to give due attention to by virtue of being the chief minister of the state, said PBB Youth vice-chief Pandi Suhaili, adding that many members of the party were willing to take up the open debate challenge.

To him, Baru is only distracting the chief minister from giving his attention to more important matters.

“There are many capable elected leaders in the party who are willing to face an appointed leader like Baru.

“Although many appointed leaders in the opposition are trying to instigate the rakyat to go against the government, we believe that we can give a good explanation on the NCR issue,” he said when contacted yesterday.