Will Kimanis History Repeat Itself in Sarawak? | Broadcast 20 January 2020
On today’s show, we open with a terrifying case as Apai Emanuel of Bintulu tells us how his son was almost kidnapped from the compound of his primary school, SK Kidurong 1. This was possibly motivated by his opposition to the forced relocation of his community to Kampung Pisang from Sungei Sebatang, he says, though this is still under investigation. But even though this is an isolated incident, it raises issues of security in schools, especially where the grounds are open to all and there is only a single security guard.
Then we turn to the second part of our interview with Oswald Braken Tisen of Sarawak Forestry, in which he tells us of the compensation scheme set up for anyone who suffers losses due to wildlife. Through this, farmers can protect wildlife and their livelihoods at the same time. The fact that no one has ever claimed is beside the point. The information should be out there now and there is always a first time!
The Kimanis by-election over the weekend was the latest in a string of such election defeats for the new PH government, extending the margin between themselves and their opponents. Sabah lawyer and political economist, Jeremiah Yee, tells us about the Sabah Temporary Pass (PSS), one of the main points of contention in the election battle, and about why many Sabahans are against it, especially given the backdrop of Project IC.
Then Bill Jugah, a Sarawak activist dealing with issues of statelessness, tackles the question of why Sabah is so keen to do something about this problem while the natives of Sarawak remain unconsidered and undocumented. To end, we hear from multiple voices – activists, politicians and commentators – as to why PH is failing to make inroads on the by-election scene. Single issues like PSS are coming to the forefront while issues like the economy, probably the world’s most effective vote winner, are being ignored. With the next election drama likely to be the Sarawak State Election, how many of these electoral trends will continue to impact in the broader scheme of a whole state and will PH be able to turn themselves around in order to turn the tables?
Tune in for all this and more, including our usual Berita Menoa. Semoa Kitai Tau Bejako
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Dalam programme Radio Nyawa Sarawak lemai tu, kita ningaka berita ari Apai Emanuel ari Bintulu ti nusui pasal anak lelaki iya ti nyau deka ditabanka orang lebuh anak iya ti ba semak sekula SK Kedurong 1. Nya nyangka dikereja orang ti deka mejalka sida pindah ari Sungai Sebatang ngagai Kampung Pisang, ku iya, taja pekara nya mengkang ditasat. Taja tu pekara ti tunggal, tang nya ngasuh ati mensia mayuh irau pasal pengelikun anak sida ba sekula nya, laban kandang sekula nya nadai pagar sereta nadai siku Penyaga pengelikun.
Udah nya ba randau ti kedua enggau Oswald Braken Tisen ari Opis Kampung Sarawak, ti nerangka atur ganti-rugi dibayar ngagai sebarang orang ti bakal tauka mati laban jelu siga. Atur tu dikena nyaga nyawa mensia sereta nyaga pengidup jelu siga. Tang ngelamatu nadai orang ti udah kala minta ganti-rugi.
Pengawa bepilih-mit ba Sitak Kimanis udah tembu ba ujung minggu tu tadi, pengalah ti penudi ditapi Perintah Pakatan Harapan. Siku lawyer di sabah sereta orang ti beratika politik, Jeremiah Yee, nerangka reti Sabah temporary Pass (PSS), nya sebengkah pekara ti dipetalatka maya bepilih nya kamari, nya ti balat disakal rayat Sabah.
Udah nya Bill Jugah, siku Sarawak activist, nanyaka nama kebuah Perintah Menua Sabah balat bendar deka mutarka pekara orang ti nadai IC, tang Perintah Sarawak nadai berunding deka meri IC ngagai rayat Sarawak ti nadai IC. Dikena ngujungka programme lemai tu, kitai mayuh bendar kenang pasal PH ti alah ba bepilih mit di Sitak Kimanis. Ketegal sebengkah pekara PSS ti nyadika batang kenang, tang pekara pasal penatai-pemisi nadai dikibuh, nyangka dunya diatu melakangka pekara ngapa ti mai pemenang. Menua Sarawak enda lama agi deka ngatur pengawa bepilih besai, baka ni ku empas pemutus bepilih mit Kimanis ba bala pengundi di sarawak ditu, kati ulih enda PH nukar pengalah nyadi pemenang.
Pendingka programme ari Radio Nyawa Sarawak nyengkaum Berita menua. Semua Kitai tau Bejaku!