High Chaparral: Deputy CM Mansor to meet developers

 Housing  15 Responses »
Jun 292009
 

Deputy Chief Minister Mansor Othman is to meet the Oasis developers tomorrow to discuss the crisis faced by High Chaparral villagers facing eviction, according to a media source. He expressed some optimism that the developers could be persuaded not to file the writ of eviction on the residents just yet.  The residents want their village to be preserved as a cultural and heritage area. Mansor’s meeting with the developers will thrust the new Deputy CM into the spotlight and provide a stern test of his mettle under pressure.

Now it’s 1Sarawak…

 Development issues, Energy resources, Environment, Ethnic and inter-religious relations  7 Responses »
Jun 282009
 

From 1Malaysia… it’s now 1Sarawak… Or is it from 1Sarawak towards 1Malaysia? Whatever. I just wonder what “1Sarawak” would mean to those struggling to protect their native customary land from encroachment by plantation and logging firms or to those being displaced by the state’s dam-building frenzy. Excerpt of a report from The Borneo Post: Promoting 1M’sia with 1S’wak Concepts vital to thwart effects of new-style politics which could be detrimental to progress SRI AMAN: Sarawak is ready to lead the way in realising the 1Malaysia concept by developing its own version called the ‘1Sarawak’.

Frustrated villagers gather outside Adun’s house

 Accountability, Housing, Malaysian history, Marginalised groups, Twitter  23 Responses »
Jun 272009
 

Photos by Kris Khaira and another 2100: As time runs out, a few dozen High Chaparral villagers have gathered outside the house of the Adun for Seri Delima, R S N Rayer, located off Jalan Masjid Negeri/Green Lane. Some of the frustrated villagers call for his resignation. “We were betrayed by the BN government previously,” says one of them. “We voted for the Pakatan government, hoping they could bring about change. But we have been let down again.” No one emerges from the house. The lights inside are off though the porch with cars parked in it is lit. Several of the villagers are being interviewed by reporters. One of them claims that the village land could have been federal instead of state land. He says that when the Housing Trust was dissolved in the 1970s, “Vested Crown” land should have gone to the federal government.

Najib to Obama: M’sia strongly believes in democracy

 Accountability, Democracy, United States  17 Responses »
Jun 272009
 

Would you believe it? When Obama phoned, Najib told him that Malaysia strongly believes “in the ideals and principles of democracy, including accountability and transparency”. I wonder if he mentioned how 900 police and riot police personnel turned up to try and stop the DAP from holding a dinner in Klang on 21 June and in the end, carted away the PA system and forbade the organisers from making speeches. Najib also discussed Obama’s plan to close down the Guantanamo detention camp and indicated Malaysia’s willingness to accept two Malaysian detainees held there. Would they receive a fair trial in Malaysia’s democracy? In line with Malaysia’s professed strong belief in democracy, would the Malaysian government similarly shut down the Kamunting Detention Centre for good?

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