17 July 2023
Topik Pada Hari Ini
> John Brian, aktivis politik – PSB, parti oportunis
> George dari Baram – Taib bukan bapa Sarawak moden
> Pn. Irnie dari Kampung Ganuh Pahang – Polis tangkap orang asli Pahang yang mempertahankan tanah mereka
> En. Roma, Sarawakian bekerja di Selangor – Menolak Infografik Perbelanjaan Groceries J-Kom sebagai "tidak masuk akal"
On Today Show
> John Brian, political activist – PSB, an opportunist party
> George from Baram – Taib not the father of moden Sarawak
> Pn. Irnie of Kampung Ganuh Pahang – Police arrest orang asli from Pahang who defending their land
> Mr. Roma, Sarawakian working in Selangor – Slams J-Kom's Grocery Cost Infographic as "Nonsense"
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Special Randau
> Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah said that the matter concerning Kedah caretaker MB Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor's speech has not been resolved. Sanusi had written to the ruler to apologize for his speech, but the ruler said that the matter is still not over. Sanusi's speech had compared Kedah and Selangor's royal households, and claimed that the Kedah ruler would not have chosen Amirudin Shari as menteri besar.
> Sara aid recipients can make cashless purchases at 600 supermarkets and grocery stores nationwide. Participating retailers include Mydin, 99 Speedmart, Econsave, Lotus's and Giant Hypermarket. Recipients need only show their MyKad when making purchases.
> Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) has vouched its full support to Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) for greater unity and solidarity in the state. PSB president Wong Soon Koh said the party is pledging its full support to Premier Abang Johari Tun Openg to ensure that all initiatives and efforts to make Sarawak a developed state successful.
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John Brian, political activist
*PSB, an opportunist party*
The cooperation of PSB (President Wong Son Koh) with PDP (President Tiong King Sing) is surprising but easy to read. According to John - This cooperation is aimed at business monopoly. During the administration of Adnan Satem as the chief minister of Sarawak, many timber licenses belonging to the Foochow Chinese were canceled, angering the timber industry. Son Koh and Tiong are descendants of FooChow. But with the change of leadership at the center and state. Son koh will get business benefits if he cooperates with the Premier of Sarawak and the central government. That is the main motive of Son Koh and Tiong king Sing. Apart from that, PSB's support for GPS will weaken the Dayak voice. PSB knows that parties based on Dayak support such as PBDS, Aspiration, SEDAR and PBK are too small and will not challenge GPS. Continuing with these parties will not benefit PSB. So with the Movement that PSB made - PSB can gain business from the central and state governments. At the same time the threat to GPS has been reduced. If this continues then the business wealth of the Foochow Chinese in Sarawak will continue to be preserved. John hopes that Sarawak's Dayak voters will be wise to evaluate this development and vote wisely in the future.
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George from Baram
*Taib not the father of moden Sarawak*
According to the Borneo Post, Taib Mahmud is one of those rare breed of politicians who has helped transform Sarawak from a mere backwater area in the 1960s into a modern and progressive region in Malaysia today, and named him as “Father of Moden Sarawak”.
George disagrees with this. He said that if Taib is the father of modern Sarawak, why are there still many rural areas in Sarawak without basic infrastructure? Why are the rural indigenous people still poor?
He points out that although Sarawak has made progress since the 1960s, those developments have only enriched politicians and their cronies.
Taib's wealth is built on the exploitation of forests and the destruction of indigenous customary lands. The so-called development is only for the benefit of Taib and his cronies, not for the benefit of the rural people. Therefore, he does not agree that Taib Mahmud is the so-called father of moden Sarawak.
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Pn. Irnie of Kampung Ganuh Pahang
*Police arrest orang asli from Pahang who defending their land*
Pn. Irnie’s husband – Azlan protested a logging company’s alleged encroachment into native customary land in Kampung Ganoh, Pahang, was arrested by police on 3 July.
Her husband was arrested for kicking the tyre of a car belonging to one of the company’s surveyors, He has been remanded since 5 July and could be charged for criminal intimidation.
The incident took place when the Orang Asli community in Kampung Ganoh had tried to block the surveyors from entering their land. The area proposed to be logged is located directly in a “Hutan Tadahan Air” (water catchment forest)
Azlan has been released, but his phone has been confiscated by the police. Local residents are still determined to prevent the logging company from entering their land. They do not understand why the Pahang Forestry Department approved a water catchment forest to be logged, and allow a company to make preparations for logging in a water catchment forest.
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Mr. Roma, Sarawakian working in Selangor
*Slams J-Kom's Grocery Cost Infographic as "Nonsense"*
Mr Roma share his opinion, saying that is hard to leave in Selangor and still the J-kom showing the non-sense infographic data that does not make sense
The Community Communications Department (J-Kom) released an infographic that estimated the cost of groceries for a month. The infographic was met with criticism for being unrealistic and tone-deaf..
Roma has lived in Selangor for 16 years, saying that the monthly kitchen expenses of the whole family are over 1K because all items have to be bought and extra. Also, the high price of items will increase the family's expenses even more. How could J-kom make such a statement?
He hopes that Prime Minister Anwar will ask J-kom to review the matter, and understand the people's situation.