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Kota Kinabalu: Parti Solidariti Tanahairku has advised voters against voting for state PKR and DAP as their actions in the run-up to the 14th general election clearly show that they are no longer credible and cannot be trusted to safeguard Sabah. Its Deputy President cum party candidate for Liawan seat, Datuk Dr Kong Fui Seng said both parties had previously insisted that they would not give way to local parties.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak can no longer count on the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo as a "fixed deposit" for his ruling coalition, a senior defector said, just days before the country goes to the polls. Shafie Apda, leader of Parti Warisan Sabah speaks at a campaign stop in Kimanis, a largely agrarian district about 60 kilometres southwest, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia May 5, 2018.
Kota Kinabalu: Forestry officials arrested seven people - a Cambodian and six illegal immigrants - for possession of protected gaharu wood worth millions of ringgit at a house in Keningau on Feb 2. Sabah Conservation Chief Datuk Sam Mannan said in a statement, Monday, that the seven were believed to have obtained the gaharu from protected forests, including parts of the Maliau Basin. "It is believed that the gaharu is worth millions of ringgit," he said, adding that the raid was made after a month-long surveillance.
Kota Kinabalu: Opposition Parti Warisan Sabah is fiercely denying that it is a proxy of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the State as it goes into talks with Sabah Pakatan Harapan for an electoral seat pact. Warisan Youth Chief Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman said the cautious response to Sabah Pakatan's offer for their party to lead the opposition in the State was a clear indication that they were not a proxy of Pakatan Chairman Tun Mahathir.
KOTA KINABALU: Opposition Parti Warisan Sabah is fiercely denying that it is a proxy of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the state as it goes into talks with Sabah Pakatan Harapan for an electoral seat pact. Warisan Youth chief Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman said that the cautious response to Sabah Pakatan's offer for their party to lead the Opposition in the state was a clear indication that they were not a proxy of Pakatan chairman Tun Mahathir.
Kota Kinabalu: A 53-year-old businessman was charged with allowing 19 illegal immigrants, including a man, to remain in his premises. He is accused of permitting the Filipino and Filipinas aged between 21 and 55, who did not have any valid documents to stay at the second floor of the Promenade Hotel in Lorong Api-Api, here at 8.44pm on Nov 23 this year.
KOTA KINABALU: The children enthusiasA tically greeted a team of volunteers who arrived at the Sandakan landfill to hand over daily essentials to the residents. They are Jennifer Chua, Alya Syahida Allias, Mila Razali and Yeam Shin Yau of the non-A governmental organisation Happy Caring Hearts Crews.
Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town have been cornered and their firepower is flagging, the military said Thursday, as the five-week battle for control of Marawi City raged on. Despite signs that the insurgents are now on the back foot, Southeast Asian governments are worried that the siege could be just the prelude to further violence as the ultra-radical Islamic State group tries to establish a foothold in their region.
A graffiti is seen on a wall of a back alley as government soldiers continue their assault against the Maute group, who have taken over parts of Marawi City, Philippines June 22, 2017. A government soldier guards a city hall compound, as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group, who have taken over parts of Marawi City, Philippines June 22, 2017.
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Parti Keadilan Rakyat called on the police to check all foreigners for hidden weapons and authenticity of their documents. Its Chief Christina Liew made the call in the wake of Wednesday night's hostage drama in which a 30-year-old foreigner surrendered to police two hours after he held two women hostage in two separate incidents at Damai, here.
Kota Kinabalu: Sabahans should put their heads together regardless of political alliance and stand together when facing problems which degrade Sabah. Sabah Progressive Party Deputy President Amde Sidik said it is general knowledge that Sabah was a nation before it was demoted to a mere state under Malaysia.
Labuan: The panel set up by the Federal Government to identify is sues of non-compliance to the terms in the Malaysia Agreement 1963, which bestows special rights to Sabah and Sarawak, should set a date on when its findings will be completed and whether its recommendations will be implemented without delay. "Such declarations will help avoid adverse public perceptions that the new committee is not an eyewash that would end up with no outcome like several other panels or committees formed before to study various issues affecting Sabah," he said.
ANIFAH SHOCKER: SABAH MINISTER AIMS SHARP BARBS AT ROSMAH & NAJIB OVER RIZA - 'I GO & RETURN ON COMMERCIAL FLIGHT, I DON'T HAVE PRIVATE JET' Foreign Minister Anifah Aman has denied attempts to bring "businessman" Riza Aziz, reported the BN Backbenchers Council's website today. The report citing a blogger Zaharin Mohd Yasin known as 'Sang Kelembai' quoted Anifah saying the US Department of Justice suit is not the business of the Foreign Ministry.
Kota Kinabalu: A 36-year-old government servant will on June 22 get to know whether he has to answer to a charge of asking a bribe of RM6,000 from a man. Sessions Court Judge Dato Ishak Bakri fixed the date for Mohd Rithwan Mohd Salleh during clarification and submissions from both parties.
Kota Kinabalu: A 58-year-old rental car driver, who allowed six Filipino illegal immigrants to be in his vehicle in Pitas, was sentenced to nine months' jail and fined a total of RM30,000. High Court Judge Ravinthran N. Paramaguru meted out the sentence to Mohd Abbas Mohamad, a local, after he pleaded guilty to committing the offence in a van at 9.20am on Jan 24 this year along Jalan Kampung Pias, Pitas.