Latest in the list Mr. Tony Badak for Bekenu

Stanley: Hahaha...enti Tony Badak nya menang ba bekenu...siap Indu daho dedia ila...pemadu pengindu Tony Badak nya...hahaha

Edwin: Gelaran iya ... Ambai Kumang.... hehehe!!!

Stanley: Parai kitai...udah ba spdp engkejuk ga ngagai snap...pemadu meh tony. Enti nunda keh sida sdnu host gawai taun tu tang ia enggai. Laban sdnu ditu enda ngam enggau pangan diri pasal duit ba last dinner sida suba.

Edwin: Harinya ngeshow ngagai bala mai 5 iko indu pare enggau iya ....

Stanley: Endang keh pengawa ia nya. 1st wife ia suba Ivy nama.... Diatu udah divorce. Lega amat asai ati Ivy diatu laban udah settle. Ukai main Tony nya sakit suba kna syphllis. Nya kebuah Ivy mai sarak. Enda tan agi ia...

"All the candidates are deemed 'high risk', integrity wise, and are not favourable under the principles MCLM holds," Haris said.

1. Edwin Dundang (Marudi)

2. Kebing Wan (Telang Usan)

3. Augustine Liom (Machan)

4. Anthony Liman Sujang (Krian)

5. Dayrell Walter Entrie (Bukit Saban)

6. Stephen Sigar (Opar)

7. Frankie Jurem Nyumboi (Tasik Biru)

8. Richard Peter Munai (Bengoh)

9. Sylvester Belayong (Kedup)

10. Abang Othman Abang Gom (Lingga)

11. Dan Giang (Balai Ringgin)

12. Joe Unggang (Layar)

13. Tedong Gunda alias Jamal Abdullah (Pakan)

14. George Lagong (Baleh)

15. John Bampa (Belaga)

16. Johari Bujang (Lambir)

17. Simijie Janting (Engkilili)

18. Ateng Jeros (Tarat)

19. Anthony Nais (Tebedu)

20. Ivanhoe Anthony Belon (Bukit Begunan)

21. Bakin Umpa (Meluan)

22. Alexius Douglas (Ngemah)

23. Munan John Andrew (Tamin)

24. Adang Jirau (Kakus)

25. Douglas Alau (Pelagus)

26. Toh Heng San (Katibas)

27. Rosnah Mohamad (Jepak)

28. Lawrence Cosmas Sundang (Batu Danau)

Feel free to contribute any information you might have on any of the above candidates. As they are willing to offer themselves as candidates, then they must also be willing to submit themselves to the scrutiny of the public who will eventually vote for them. Or not.

Leave your information in the comment section.

MCLM snips Snap off over 'suspicious practices'

The Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) has cut ties with the Sarawak National Party (Snap), saying it is "suspicious" about the latest acitivities of the revived political party.

The main objective of its alliance with Snap, MCLM president Haris Ibrahim said, was to attend to the plight of marginalised Sarawakians by bringing an end to the 30-year reign of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud.

"Our aim was to help in establishing a pro-rakyat government," Haris said, but MCLM has the past few days been receiving information that Snap candidates, and some of their privileged leaders, had suddenly come into significant amounts of funds.

"We have been told that the funds were being made available by operatives from Kuala Lumpur acting under the direction of the BN," Haris (left) told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.

"There is no conclusive evidence, but in situations like this, you rarely get black-and-white evidence."

If this information was true, he said, then it was a betrayal of the worst kind to people who have been oppressed for the last 30 years. "Betrayal is a hard word, for the alliance we had forged was based on trust."

MCLM announced its partnership with the Dayak-based party on Feb 16 and said it would assist Snap in screening prospective candidates, as well as organising training for counting agents and in polling procedures for its members.

However, last week, MCLM was informed that Snap wished to cancel the training sessions until further notice.

On March 16, Snap choose 16 candidates for the coming Sarawak election without consulting MCLM and six days later, it named another 11 candidates.

Snap's candidates 'high risk', integrity-wise

"All the candidates are deemed 'high risk', integrity wise, and are not favourable under the principles MCLM holds," Haris said.

He also noted that he had since tried to get an explanation from Snap's secretary-general Stanley Jugol, but failed.

"I only received a faxed statement from them, late yesterday evening at 5pm. The very same statement that Snap had forwarded to the media," he added.

This statement was on Snap rejecting a report in the Sarawak Report website that it had entered into a deal with the BN.

Nevertheless, Haris said, MCLM would not be deterred in teaming up with other opposition parties that share its goals.

"We will work hand in hand with those opposition parties whose aspirations are to take this nation back to the 'Bapak Malaysia' era... one people-one nation, all equal," he stressed.

As for now, Haris reiterated that MCLM would assist any opposition party that needed its help during the Sarawak state election.

"Even (if) it is too late now, we will still give assistance if they (opposition parties) need it," Haris said.

The Sarawak Report yesterday said there was a secret arrangement between Snap and the BN in Kuala Lumpur.

The website said it has received "explosive evidence" that a secret deal had been forged between BN and Snap in a desperate attempt to destroy the opposition and maintain BN's grip on Sarawak in the coming April 16 state election.

Jugol, in a statement sent out to the media yesterday afternoon, refuted the accusation.

Why MCLM has severed ties with SNAP

I reproduce the press statement released at the MCLM press conference this morning.

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On 16th February, 2011, MCLM announced the formation of a strategic alliance with the Sarawak National Party (SNAP), the objective being to lay the foundation of a concerted effort to, firstly, end the plight of the marginalized Sarawakians by ending Barisan Nasional and Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s 30-year reign of pillage in Sarawak in the soon-to be held state elections and, secondly, to establish a pro-rakyat federal government post the 13th General Election and begin the process of restoring the nation to the rakyat.

In late February, during a meeting with the SNAP leadership in Kuching, MCLM had, in keeping with its drive to improve the quality of candidates offered to oppose BN candidates in the state elections, as well as to empower citizens to be effective agents of change and reform, offered to assist SNAP in screening the prospective candidates of SNAP as well as organising polling agent/counting agent training for its members.

Whilst the SNAP leaders had, then, enthusiastically accepted this offer of help, leading us to arrange for the training to take place in Miri on 19th March, 2011, developments over the last two weeks have led us to the irresistible conclusion that there was little sincerity, if any, on the part of the SNAP leaders in ever wanting to achieve the stated objectives of the alliance as aforesaid.

Towards the end of the second week of March, without proffering any reasons, we were informed by SNAP that the training was cancelled until further notice.

Then, on 15th March, 2011, we received information that SNAP would, on the following day, be announcing the names of 16 candidates to contest in the state elections even though, until then, we had not been given the full details of any of those candidates to be screened.

On 16th March, 2011, SNAP did indeed announce the details of 16 candidates, none of whom, as far as we know, had been screened to ensure capability and integrity.

Intelligence reports from our operatives in Sarawak have confirmed our worst fears: many of the 16 candidates are regarded as high-risk, integrity-wise.

Over the last few days, we also received reports that the SNAP candidates and some of their ‘privileged’ leaders had suddenly come into significant funds that were being made available by operatives from Kuala Lumpur acting under the directions of BN.

On 22nd March, 2011, SNAP announced the names of another 11 candidates.

Again, information we have received of these latest candidates is not favourable.

It must be stressed here that the action by SNAP to renege on an arrangement to screen all potential candidates, and to now announce candidates of questionable integrity, without more, makes the continuation of the alliance quite untenable, as we have at all times made clear our insistence that only candidates of unquestionable integrity are to be offered to serve the rakyat in the state assemblies and Parliament.

On 23rd March, 2011, reports in the news portals Sarawak Report and Free Malaysia today confirmed the information that we had received last weekend that SNAP was receiving funding from Barisan Nasional and had entered into an alliance with BN to keep the latter in power in Sarawak.

We have since sought from the leaders of SNAP some cogent and convincing reasons for their actions, and a rebuttal of the most serious allegation that they are now working in concert with BN to undermine efforts to bring about a regime change in Sarawak but, regrettably, none has been forthcoming.

For these reasons, we are, with immediate, effect, severing our alliance with SNAP.

We also call on the people of Sarawak to exercise their vote wisely in the coming state elections and to reject the overtures of BN and its allies, both open and concealed.

HARIS IBRAHIM

PRESIDENT

MALAYSIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES MOVEMENT

http://harismibrahim.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/why-mclm-has-severed-ties-with-snap/

MCLM severs alliance with Snap

Tashny Sukumaran | March 25, 2011

MCLM is distressed by reports of Snap being funded by pro-BN parties.

FMT ALERT

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) today announced that it was severing ties with Sarawak National Party (Snap) due to the latter’s alleged engagement in dubious practices.

MCLM president Haris Ibrahim explained that the objective of the alliance was to end the plight of marginalised Sarawakians by ending Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s 30-year reign, and to establish a pro-rakyat federal government.

“We have received reports that the Snap candidates and some of their ‘privileged’ leaders had suddenly come into significant funds that were being made available by operatives from Kuala Lumpur acting under the directions of BN, ” Haris said in a press conference today.

“There is no absolute conclusive evidence but in situations like these you rarely see conclusive black and white evidence. If this information is true, then it is a betrayal of the worst kind to a people who have been subjected to oppression for the last 30 years,” he added.

In late February, MCLM announced their partnership with Snap, saying that they would assist the party in screening prospective candidates and organise polling and counting agent training for its members.

Haris revealed that early last week “we were informed by Snap that the training was cancelled under further notice”.

MCLM was then told on March 16, 2011 that Snap had chosen 16 candidates without consulting them.

All of these candidates were deemed by MCLM to be “high-risk, integrity-wise”.

One week later, a further 11 candidates were named. “Again, information we have received of these latest candidates is not favourable.”

Haris said that despite seeking an explanation for their actions from Snap, none had been forthcoming.

He promised, however, that MCLM would not be deterred by this unfortunate episode, and continue to pursue the forging of workable alliances with any opposition party who shared common goals.

‘Number 2 enemy’

Yesterday, Sarawak-based Move for Change Sarawak (MoCS) also similarly cut off all ties with Snap, labelling the party as being the ‘number two’ enemy for Sarawakians.

MoCS chairman Francis Siah claimed that Snap had deviated from its original intention with the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.

“Snap has deviated from its original intention of working together with PKR, DAP, PAS and MoCS.

“For this reason, we from MoCS will field candidates and fight Snap in Marudi, Bukit Saban, Krian and Machan.

“We will work together with DAP, PKR and PAS to wrest these areas, ” Siah said.

Snap however has denied having a “secret” arrangement with BN or Umno.

Describing the accusation as a “fabrication of the worst order”, Snap secretary-general Stanley Jugol said there was “never” any meeting between Snap leaders and Umno information chief Ahmad Maslan.

Not a Pakatan partner

FMT Staff | March 25, 2011

SNAP, battling allegations of secretly bedding with BN, said it is not a 'genuine' partner in Pakatan Rakyat

KUCHING: Sarawak National Party (SNAP) has denied having a “secret” arrangement with the federal-level Barisan Nasional (BN).

Describing the accusation as a “fabrication of the worst order”, SNAP secretary-general Stanley Jugol said there was “never” any meeting between SNAP leaders and Umno information chief Ahmad Maslan.

“There has also been no meeting with any BN representatives to negotiate any arrangement.

“The article is naughty and vicious,” he said, alluding to online blog Sarawak Report’s latest posting “SNAP’s deal with BN”.

The article claimed that a secret plot was being hatched in Kuala Lumpur to use SNAP as a vehicle to oust Chief Minister Taib Mahmud, break up the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (read PKR) pact and form a new BN coalition with another leader who would continue to represent peninsula interests.

Jugol said the article was “designed to weaken SNAP” as the party prepared for the upcoming state election.

“The real truth is that SNAP is an independent party. Our objective is to unite the native peoples, particularly the Dayaks, under a single political umbrella,” Jugol said in a statement yesterday.

He claimed the online report had made “a number of scurrilous remarks”.

“First, it (report) said that we are demanding all winnable seats. This is just hogwash. From whom are we demanding these seats?

“Why should we want seats just because they are considered winnable?

“Second, the writer said that the party is duplicitous because after winning those seats, SNAP will go to BN.

“What does he take Sarawakians for? Simpletons? He is being downright malicious and dishonest when he said that SNAP wants to go that route.

“Doesn’t he know that to go to the BN fold, a party will have to get proper consent from its members and the concurrence of each and all of the parties which are already in BN?

“Thirdly, writer said that ‘SNAP is now the safe deposit box for Umno-BN government’. What safe deposit box is he talking about?” Jugol asked.

Not a Pakatan partner

Jugol described the report as a “tired and worn-out gimmick” aimed at “confusing” Sarawakians.

He also said that SNAP was no longer a “genuine partner” in the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.

“We have said time and again that SNAP, while strictly not a formal member of Pakatan, is willing to work with Pakatan in Sarawak.

“But the basis of this collaboration with Pakatan has always been whether Pakatan could help enhance the interest of the party and that of Sarawakians.

“Why should we work with any organisation that compromises the interests of Sarawak? ” he asked.

Jugol also denied claims that SNAP was ready to pay for PKR candidates to join the party.

“It is a nonsensical and irresponsibel statement. The statement is designed to create confusion, cast the party in a bad light and depict PKR people as ready for sale. This is an outrageous view,” he said.

Jugol also chided the report for accusing SNAP of being a “fake opposition”.

“For Sarawakians who are party members and who have suffered badly for years when their party was deregistered and were deprived of their political vehicle, it was surely not fake suffering, ” he said.

He also slammed claims that former minister Leo Moggie was involved in the secret plot.

“Moggie is working hard as chairman of a government-linked company in Kuala Lumpur. We are sure that he has no time for such petty politicking and character assassination.

“We also categorically say that we are not part of any plot,” he said.

Pressure group says Snap has lost its funder

by Stephen Tiong

Controversial businessman Soh Chee Wen has reportedly withdrawn financial support for the Sarawak National Party (Snap).

This was revealed by pressure group Movement for Change Sarawak (MoCS) leader Francis Siah, who claimed that Soh gave him the green light to make the announcement.

However, this could not be independently verified by Malaysiakini. Telephone calls and text messages to Soh went unanswered.

He said Soh contacted him last night. after reading an article on the Sarawak Report website, that Snap was consorting with BN.

“Soh wants to clear his name, say that he is no longer involved. He asked me to this, so I am doing it now,” Siah (right) told reporters.

He claimed that Soh had initially agreed to help Snap financially because his intention was to mobilise maginalised groups throughout Malaysia into a political force.

“He has given more than RM300,000 to Snap. The first RM50,000 was received by one of the leaders, and after that more money was given out," Siah said.

Down payment for cars

He said some Snap leaders also asked Soh for the downpayment for six vehicles.

“But Soh only gave three of them RM20,000 each as downpayment for the vehicles and rejected fundomg for the other three vehicles,” he said.

Soh (right) is a wealthy businessman and former associate of then MCA president Dr Ling Liong Sik.

After his fallout with MCA, Soh became close with PKR's top brass and allegedly backed the then PKR supreme council member, Zaid Ibrahim.

Now that Soh and his political associates are no longer with PKR, there has been heavy speculation that he is betting on Snap, which is on a collision course with Sarawak PKR over seat allocations in the coming state election.

On March 6, Snap president Edwin Dundang told a press conference that he "has never heard" of Soh.

MoCS to field candidates

On the coming Sarawak election, Siah said MoCS was contemplating fielding candidates in Bukit Saban, Krian, Machan and Marudi, with the intention of spoiling Snap's chances there.

Certain Snap leaders, he claimed, had deviated from their original intention, which is to unite the Dayak community.

“It is for this reason that MoCS has to fight Snap in this election. Since MoCS has been partly responsible in the so-called rebranding and rejuvenating of Snap, we have to get at it in the election, at whatever cost,” he said.

He said that at an earlier meeting among Snap, PKR and MoCS, it was decided that Snap and PKR would combine forces to fight for the Dayaks. However, he said, Snap has reneged on this agreement.

“We want to finish off Snap. It is now MoCS' No 2 enemy, after Chief Minister Taib Mahmud,” Siah added.