KERAJAAN BN SABAH TOLAK TUAH

Oleh: SURIATI MAHMUD

KERAJAAN Barisan Nasional (BN) Sabah disifatkan sebagai menolak tuah dan terus menyebabkan bahagian utara Sabah yang berpotensi menarik pelancong sebagai kawasan yang terus mundur untuk melestarikan agenda mereka menjadikan rakyat Sabah miskin dan terus bergantung kepada ehsan BN.

“Kudat sepatutnya boleh maju dengan cepat jika Patung Dewi Laut Mazu dibenarkan didirikan di atas tapak yang telah disiapkan tanpa sebarang campurtangan politik,” ujar Johani Abdul Halim yang menyifatkan campurtangan kerajaan negeri Sabah mencabul kebebasan beragama yang dijamin dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan menghina agama Islam yang syumul.

Menurut Johani, beliau baru kembali daripada Kudat dan sedih dengan kekejaman Kerajaan BN Sabah yang munafik kerana menghalang pembinaan patung Dewi Laut Mazu yang mempunyai pelbagai fungsi; terutama untuk menarik pelancong ke Kudat.

Cadangan Kerajaan Negeri untuk membina Patung Mazu kedua di Pantai Bak Bak sebagai cadangan orang yang tidak masuk akal kerana pelancong tidak akan singgah ke Kudat sebagaimana sebelum ini selepas mereke melawat Simpang Mengayau.

“Cadangan Mantan Ketua Menteri, Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat untuk membina patung Mazu sewajarnya disambut oleh seluruh warga Sabah untuk membuktikan bahawa tidak berlaku penindasan agama dan rakyat Sabah hidup secara harmoni tanpa mengambil kira asal keturunan dan fahaman agama; sekaligus melenyapkan tafsiran barat bahawa Islam adalah teroris,” ujar Johani yang juga Ketua Cabang PKR Silam.

Tegas Johani, jika 20 % daripada 200 juta penganut Mazu dunia menziarahi Kudat maka Kudat akan lebih maju daripada Langkawi dan Kota Kinabalu.

“Sekurang-kurangnya Kudat akan dibanjiri pelancong secara tetap dua kali setahun iaitu pada 23 Mac dan 9 September kerana dua hari besar ini merupakan hari kebesaran untuk penganut Mazu. Dengan ini Kudat akan membangun secara mendadak dan ekonomi Kudat yang lembap akan pulih serta merta,” ujar Johani yang menggesa agar Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Aman tidak terlalu keras kepala dan menunjukkan sifat munafiknya melakukan kekejaman terhadap penganut agama lain.

Kini tibalah masanya kata Johani, warga Tiong Hua mentaati ajaran nenek moyang mereka dengan memilih Pakatan Rakyat sebagai Kerajaan Negeri dalam pilihanraya umum akan datang untuk menghentikan kezaliman daripada berlarutan.

“Untuk apa kita cakap banyak kerana BN tidak lagi memenuhi aspirasi masyarakat Tiong Hua sehingga terpaksa meminta izin untuk mendirikan rumah ibadah sekalipun di atas tanah persendirian, berbanding BN membina pusat maksiat secara wewenang,” tegas Johani yang merancang untuk menawan Kudat daripada BN pada pilihanraya umum akan datang.

MY TRIP TO KUDAT STATUE

By: TERESA KOK

We are on top of the base of Mazu statue. From my left is Jimmy Wong (Tawau), me, Lim Kit Siang, Pastor Jeffery Kumin and Dr Hiew Keng Chiu (KK).

Hello friends,

Lim Kit Siang and I have been travelling in Sabah for 4 days. We took the opportunity of attending the Christmas Celebration organised by Sabah state government and Ministry of Arts and Heritage in KK on 29th December 2007, and attending some activities organised by the DAP Sabah.

On 29th December, after attending the Christmas function in KK, we then drove for 3 hours to Kudat together with Dr Hiew Keng Chiu, Pastor Jeffery Kumin from KK. When we arrived at Kudat, it was about 9pm, then only we have dinner. We stayed at the resort next to Mazu statue that night.

The lady boss of that restaurant told us that they have been hoping that Mazu statue to be built, when the base of the statue was under construction, there were so many tour buses coming to Kudat and have made the area prosper. Kudat is one of the poorest areas in Sabah, there is no industries and plantation in the area, many people are jobless and poor. So, it was right for Chong Kah Keat to come out with the idea of building the tallest Mazu statue in that area in order to attract tourists.

Mazu Statue Is Not Located In City Center & Does Not Cause Traffic Jam

Before I went to Kudat, I was told that the Mazu statue location was at the center of the town and will cause traffic jam, that’s why the state government opposed to it. When I went to the statue site, I realised that this accusation doesn’t hold water at all, as the statue is located near to the sea, it is not at city center. Besides, it is also so far away from the mosque, I think about 1km away. There is no reason for the mosque to oppose to it at all. I was told that the Muslim people there generally have no objection to the Mazu statue at all, in fact they welcome it cos it could attract tourists to come to their town.

I woke up at 6am the other morning, and went to the Mazu site at 6.30am. This is because my the other colleague Jimmy Wong from Tawau has to take the flight of 10.15am to fly from KK to Tawau. He has to rush to KK after taking photo and have press conference.

After the press conference, we then went to city center to see that mosque. We saw that there is an old temple built by Hokkien Association, Hou Teck Temple opposite the mosque, it is about 50 meter away only. The question is, if the mosque has opposed to the Mazu statue, then how come the mosque can be built opposite the Hock Teck Temple last time? (The Buddhist temple was built much earlier than the mosque).

I know Chong Kah Keat is not a political figure that like by all in Sabah. However, if we just look at the issue, we will find that the sabah state government, especially the chief minister of Sabah Musa Aman has been very unreasonable and unprofessional in handling this case. How can he gave approval to the construction of this Mazu statue and the gave the stop work order after that? It is clear that he did this with the intention to sabotage Chong Kah Keat and to take his personal vengeance against Chong Kah Keat due to their personal differences in the Sipadan Island issue previously.

UMNO Splitted Sabah Community

It is sad that religious undermining has slowly creeped into Sabah now. Sabah used to be a state that has highest degree of religious and racial harmony in the country. All these are because of UMNO, UMNO has splitted the peaceful living community in Sabah and has hurted the Sabah’s economy.

Mazu statue is facing the sea. This photo taken on top of the base of Mazu statue.

Behind us is the base of the Mazu statue which is almost at completion.

We are standing outside the Hock Teck Temple. The building behind the tree is a mosque.

This is the mosque which is about 50 meter away from the Hock Teck Temple. The co-existence of both the mosque and Buddhist temple in Kudat town center has never been an issue. It is UMNO politician that made it an issue.

Hock Teck Temple front look. The temple is built by Hokkien Association. It is opposite the mosque.

PATUNG MAZU Vs PATUNG MA SULU?

 

BARU-BARU ini saya berpeluang melawat tapak Patung Mazu di Kudat yang menjadi kontroversi selama ini kerana kejahilan pemimpin Sabah, terutama Ketua Menteri Sabah tentang agama Islam sekalipun menantunya, Datuk Haji Ariffin Ariff lulusan Universiti Al-Azhar.

Alangkah malunya saya sebagai seorang Islam apabila melihat komponen patung Mazu dijemur di atas tanah seperti nelayan menjemur ikan masin semata-mata kerana Musa Aman tidak membenarkan ianya dipasang dan terus menghina Tuhan penganut Mazu dengan mengulangi tawaran ‘Firaun’ agar lokasinya dipindahkan ke tempat yang lebih jauh daripada Masjid Assyikirin.

Saya malu kerana melihat Tuhan orang lain dihina Musa Aman yang bertuhankan ‘Wang’ tetapi mengaku beragama Islam sehingga memaksa Mufti Negeri Sabah mengeluarkan fatwa kepada penganut agama lain; tidak ubah seperti mengharamkan Kaum Tiong Hua makan khinzir.

Jika di Kelantan yang digelar ‘Serambi Mekah’ mempunyai Patung Buddha yang terbesar, kenapa Musa Aman mengamalkan hukum rimba seperti yang diamalkan arwah bapanya di ‘Pushtun’ yang berserban besar kerana otaknya kecil dengan melarang Patung Mazu didirikan di tapak yang asal?

Tidak pasti apa yang ada dalam kepala Musa Aman yang sudah merasakan dirinya kebal kerana menanti masa untuk menjadi TYT dan diberi gelaran Tun sebagai syarat untuk berundur; melainkan melakukan kekejaman kepada penganut agama lain sehingga mereka memandang serong ajaran dan fahaman agama Musa Pushtun yang mengaku beragama Islam sekalipun berperangai lebih dasyhat daripada Yahudi dan Komunis.

Majoriti pemimpin Islam di Kudat tidak pernah membantah melainkan Haji Harun yang dijanjikan jawatan Ketua Daerah yang menjadi dalang mencipta plot palsu bantahan umat Islam tetapi berperangai lebih ganas daripada Musa Aman kerana mempunyai Skandal dengan isteri orang.

Saya juga berkesempatan melawat Pantai Bak Bak yang diluluskan sebagai Tapak Mazu yang akan dibina oleh Kumpulan Sari Tan dan ‘penjilat pant*t’ Musa Aman, Datuk Albert Lim sebagai mempersendakan Tuhan penganut Mazu kerana mengadap Laut Sulu dan bukannya Mazu yang dibina Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat yang membelakangi laut Sulu sebaliknya menghadap Laut China Selatan.

Sehubungan itu, sukacita saya menamakan Patung yang akan didirikan Chong Kah Kiat sebagai ‘Mazu’, manakala Patung yang akan didirikan kroni Musa Aman sebagai ‘Ma Sulu’ kerana menghadap Laut Sulu!  (FREESABAHKINI).

SEEING IS BELIEVING?

This site were offer to other party to erect second Mazu, at Pantai Bak-Bak, Kudat far away from Kudat Town. State government allocated two acres of land for that purpose.

 

ALL pictures publish below are originally taken at Mazu side at Kudat without any modification. How dare Sabah Government 'bury' the Federal Constitution in the chest of Chinese Mazu Devotee? Do i need to put a caption if Chinese proverb says,  "One Picture is worth ten thousand words."

MUSA AMAN WAJIB BERTAUBAT DEMI BN?

Saudara Pengarang, DARI sudut hati saya yang penuh keinsafan dan dari akal saya yang masih waras, saya menyusun sepuluh jari memohon maaf sekiranya terguran terbuka saya terhadap Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Aman menyebabkan ada pihak yang suka mengampu beliau tidak senang hati dan melemparkan tuduhan liar terhadap saya. Setelah hampir setahun kepingan Patung Mazu bertebaran di tanah, tidak ubah seperti nelayan menjemur ikan masin, tibalah masanya Datuk Musa bertaubat dan memohon ampun daripada seluruh penganut Mazu agar tidak dihukum oleh pengundi pada pilihanraya umum akan datang, sekalipun masih bermegah dengan kemenangan Batu Sapi yang tidak seberapa. Sebagai Ketua Cawangan UMNO, saya terpaksa membuat teguran, atas nasihat dan restu Perdana Menteri yang meminta semua Ketua Cawangan UMNO menegur pemimpin yang tergelincir daripada landasan dan lupa amanah ahli; apatah lagi bersikap munafik, menghina penganut agama lain dan berperangai seperti Namrud di zaman Arab Jahiliah. Saya bimbang, senyapnya masyarakat Cina bukan kerana mereka takut kepada kuasa eksekutif Ketua Menteri Sabah, bukan juga kerana simpati kepada Mantan Ketua Menteri, Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat atau kerana mulut mereka disumbat dengan projek; namun merupakan dendam kesumat yang sedang menyala dan bakal memuntahkan laharnya pada pilihanraya umum akan datang; lebih hebat daripada letusan Gunung Merapi. Gelincirnya sokongan kaum Cina akan menggelincirkan BN daripada tampuk kuasa di Sabah dan ramalan Blogger Raja Petra bahawa ‘Parlimen Digantung’ adalah kenyataan yang terpaksa dihadapi sekiranya Musa Aman mengekalkan kedegilan dan kezuhudannya terhadap isu agama ini; sekaligus menyimpang daripada lunas Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Sewajarnya, perlantikan Datuk Juhar Mahiruddin sebagai TYT yang baru memberikan harapan baru untuk menyelesaikan isu Mazu yang merupakan kezaliman yang ketara Kerajaan BN terhadap penganut Mazu semata-mata kerana sengketa peribadi antara Musa Aman dengan Chong Kah Kiat. Sebagai Ketua Agama di Sabah, TYT sewajarnya menasihati Ketua Menteri dan Menteri Kerajaan Tempatan dan Perumahan agar tidak mencampuri urusan agama lain bagi memastikan semua amalan agama di Sabah dilaksanakan secara harmoni dan muhibbah. Yakinlah bahawa ‘Hukum Karma’ tetap berjalan. Sehebat-hebat Firaun, mati oleh seekor nyamuk dan saya amat kesal jika pemimpin Sabah yang menghina agama orang lain ditimpakan nista dan aib yang memalukan; apatah lagi nista paling ketara ialah Sabah yang kaya raya menjadi papa kedana dan rakyatnya termiskin di Malaysia. Sebelum semua rakyat Sabah mendapat bala, saya menyarankan agar semua yang ‘berdosa’ kerana menghalang pembinaan Patung Dewi Laut Mazu agar bertaubat dan kembali kepada agama Islam yang Syumul dan mengembangkan syiar Islam secara harafiah, holistik dan bersumberkan ilmu akliah yang berlandaskan Al-Quran dan Sunnah. Saya turut mengambil kesempatan agar Mufti Negeri Sabah meletakkan jawatan jika tidak berani berkata benar sehingga sanggup mengeluarkan fatwa kepada ‘bukan Islam’ terutama berkaitan Patung Mazu. Kepada Penganut Mazu di seluruh dunia, saya memohon maaf di atas penindasan yang dilakukan kerajaan BN dan berharap agar tidak membalas layanan buruk berkenaan dengan memberikan undi kepada pembangkang kerana masih ada ruang untuk memperbaiki kesilapan pemimpin BN yang lupa diri dan bongkak. Saya yakin, jika izu Mazu ini diselesaikan dengan baik, ‘Win-Win Situation’, InshaAllah ekonomi Sabah akan pulih kerana lebih 20 juta Penganut Mazu akan melawat Kudat dan melimpahkan rezeki kepada rakyat melalui kegiatan pelancongan; sekaligus membasmi kemiskinan yang mencengkam Sabah selama ini ketika pemimpinnya kaya raya. Salam 1Malaysia, AZIZUL SANARUL @ AJIJUL Ketua Cawangan UMNO Tampi-Tampi Darat Semporna. (NOTA: Surat terbuka ini adalah pandangan dan sorotan sanubari Azizul yang cintakan keamanan dan mencambah keharmonian kaum dan kesucian agama di Sabah; tidak ada kena mengena dengan pandangan Sabahkini.net. Menurut Azizul surat asal telah dikirim kepada Ketua Menteri Sabah dan disalinkan kepada Perdana Menteri dan TYT Sabah.)

Thousands of building to fall with Mazu?

By Charlie Rudai

KUDAT: Thousands of buildings in Sabah may have to be demolished. According to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), this is one of the implications of the judiciary’s silence on whether the Mazu statue in Kudat is an illegal structure.

The statue was at the centre of a court battle that ended last week when the Federal Court effectively turned down a request by its promoters to appeal against the state government's decision to stop the construction.

Mazu is a Chinese goddess of the sea whom fishermen and sailors worship as their patron. Her statue in Kudat was the idea of former chief minister Chong Kah Kiat. Construction began in early 2006 with the Kudat Town Board’s approval, but the state government ordered a halt in October that year following a fatwa by the Sabah Mufti.

In December 2008, Chong, as chairman of the Kudat Thean Hou Charitable Foundation, sought a court declaration that the town board’s approval was valid and that the fatwa violated Article 11 of the Federal Constitution. He sued Chief Minister Musa Aman and three others, including the Kudat Town Board, which withdrew its approval in November 2007.

The defendants sought to strike out the suit, but the Kota Kinabalu High Court dismissed the action in April last year. They appealed and won their case on Aug 5. The Court of Appeal ruled that Chong did not have the legal standing to initiate his suits.

Chong then filed for leave to appeal to the Federal Court, which resulted in last week’s decision. The Federal Court did not give a reason for rejecting the appeal.

Unanswered questions

LDP’s Tanjung Kapor chief, Teo Chee Kang, said the courts had thus left the merit of the case undecided.

Speaking at the LDP Tanjung Kapor annual general conference here on Sunday, he said: “While the court’s decision should be respected, it has left many questions unanswered.”

He noted that during the hearing of the case, the government invoked “a whole new ground” for disallowing the statue: that the plan for its erection did not obtain the prior approval of the Central Town and Country Planning Board.

He said this raised the question of the legality of other structures approved by local authorities but not the board.

“It is common knowledge that before April 2008, save those which involved re-zoning, development plans did not have to go through the Central Board,” he said.

“What about the hundreds or perhaps thousands of buildings and structures that are found all over Sabah?”

Included among these “hundreds or thousands” are the 1Borneo building, the Suria Building and the Waterfront Project.

“Are they illegal structures? Should they be demolished? In the interest of the public at large, someone must answer these questions,” Teo said.

Chong a hero for fighting for Mazu statue, says LDP chief

 

By Michael Kaung, Free MalaysiaToday

 

KOTA KINABALU: Barisan Nasional component party leader VK Liew (pic) is upset with the state government over how it toppled what would have been the world's tallest Mazu statue sited in Kudat on the East Coast of Sabah.

“Like it or not, what happened in Kudat has gone down in history and history will judge the conscience, the good deed and sincerity of Chong Kah Kiat,” said the Liberal Democratic party chief.

"Now that the Federal Court has ruled against the legality of the Thean Hou Foundation that may have affected the continuation of the construction of the Mazu, it is not an end of a journey," added Liew, who is also a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department.

He was commenting on Monday's unanimous decision by a five-man Federal Court bench to dismiss a leave application by the Kudat Thean Hou Charitable Foundation chairman Chong to appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision that the state government used to stop the project.

The Mazu (Goddess of the Sea) statue project was abruptly cancelled by the state government led by Chief Minister Musa Aman after it had been granted approval by the state authorities earlier.

The cancellation of the project led to a bitter Chong resigning from the state cabinet and filing a suit against the state government which dragged on through the courts until last week.

Liew, who took over from Chong after he stepped down as LDP chief, was quick to laud his former boss as a hero.

“History will judge our actions, our deeds and our sincerity,” he said, quoting a famous Malay proverb "Gajah mati meninggalkan gading, (Elephant dies by leaving its tusk) Harimau mati meninggalkan belang, (Tiger dies by leaving its skin) Manusia mati meninggalkan nama.” (Man dies by leaving his name) to emphasise his disappointment.

"At the same time, history will gauge and judge those who have oppressed him (Chong) in his cause and struggle,” he said when asked to comment on the recent court ruling that brought an end to the former Sabah chief minister's bid to erect the statue in his hometown.

“We must not be confused with the offer to relocate and the construction of another Statute of Mazu by another association as there are two different sets of circumstances confronting the matter,” he pointed out when asked about the offer by the state government to relocate the statue to another site.

Political will needed

Liew, who is also the MP for Sandakan, said that the best solution to the issue lies in the political will of those who can make a difference to the deadlocked issue.

CHINA MAZU PRAISES MUSA

THE openness of the State Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman to grant a piece of land in Pantai Bak Bak, Kudat for the construction of the Mazu Statue has been commended by the Mazu Original Temple Management Board in China. Federation of Sabah and FT of Labuan Hainan Association President John Lim, who led a delegation there, paid a courtesy call on Musa at Sri Gaya, Wednesday. They briefed the Chief Minister on the progress of the project following the visit to Meizhou Island, China recently. "They said the spirit of love and charity of Mazu will continue to prosper and extend throughout the State of Sabah if there is such an open-minded leader," said Lim. The Federation together with Malaysia Hainan Association led a 30-member delegation to visit the Mazu Original Temple in Meizhou Island from Sept 7 to 13. According to Lim, the purpose of the trip was to receive guidance and blessing from the Mazu Original Temple. He also told Musa that early last year the Mazu Original Temple Management Board had sent four representatives to visit the proposed site in Pantai Bak Bak, Kudat. During the visit, the four representatives unanimously approved the proposed site because it is located against the back of a hill and "having life" plus serenity. Lim said the Mazu Original Temple Management Board Senior Secretary, Zuang Mei Hua, also believed that the construction of the Mazu Statue would not only receive support from the Chinese community in this country but also from all over the world. Apart from that, it was the responsibility of the Original Temple Management Board to provide assistance and fully support the construction. Lim said that the Federation received a lot of calls from the Hainanese and Chinese community when they first heard about the land approval by the State Government for the Mazu Statue construction. On another note, he said that after visiting the Mazu Original Temple they now realised that the construction cost would be huge and are, therefore, appealing for financial assistance from the State Government. Besides that, he said they would also be calling for assistance from the Chinese community and other associations so that the Mazu Temple could be constructed as planned. Meanwhile, Musa said the Government would support and provide assistance to the best of its ability to the endeavour. "The Barisan Nasional Government is an open, accepting and caring Government. I believe the construction of the Mazu Statue will not only benefit the people of Sabah but also those from beyond our shores," he said. Also on hand was Resource Development and Information Technology Minister, Datuk Dr Yee Moh Chai.

MUSA TIKAM LDP DARI BELAKANG?

Share Saudara Pengarang, SEBAGAI salah seorang pengundi BN di Sandakan, saya ingin bertanya kepada bekas YB LDP yang buat kejutan ‘Katak Puru’ baru-baru ini iaitu Datuk Peter Pang En Yin. Dia mengamalkan budaya politik Malaysia aliran dari mana? England, Amerika atau Afrika? Saya tidak menyangka dalam sekelip mata boleh menjadi siluman katak yang melompat ke sana ke mari walaupun dalam kolam sendiri (Barisan Nasional) tetapi apakah Pang lupa kepada jasa ibubapanya yang memelihara beliau dengan kasih sayang daripada tapak kaki sebesar dua jari sehingga menjadi Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sabah? Kalaulah kerana disebabkan bapanya (Pang) marah kepada Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman dan sekadar untuk menunjuk kesetiaan kepada boss atau rakan sekerja, apakah Peter Pang boleh menggantikannya namanya kepada Peter Musa? Apakah budi, kasih dan jasa ibubapa boleh dinafikan oleh anak atau dihapuskan serta merta tanpa mengira agama dan bangsa? Semasa pilihanraya umum lalu, Peter Pang bertanding atas tiket BN tetapi menggunakan panji-panji LDP. Tidakkah beliau sedikitpun tidak merasa terkilan mengkhianati para pengundinya yang mengundi LDP sekalipun hampir semua calon LDP cuba disabotaj oleh pemimpin UMNO dengan memasang calon bebas seperti penipu besar, David Fong Vun Fui? Pang harus sedar, apa-apapun boleh terjadi dalam politik. Bagaimana nanti jika Perdana Menteri menggantikan Musa dengan pemimpin UMNO yang bersih dan berkaliber daripada Musa yang bergelumang dengan pelbagai Skandal. Ketika itu, di manakah kedudukan Pang? Apakah akan kekal setia kepada Musa? Bukankah ini memalukan diri sendiri namanya kerana taat secara membuta tuli di ambang kejatuhan Musa sebagai Ketua Menteri Sabah? Tidakkah Pang sedar bahawa Musa mempergunakan dirinya untuk menyelamatkan diri di saat akhir untuk membalas dendam kepada Chin Su Phin dan VK Liew dan semua pemimpin LDP kecuali Pang (yang membelot di saat akhir) ketika LDP memerlukan sokongan padu untuk mendesak Perdana Menteri melantik pemimpin baru menggantikan Musa, yang secara khianat menzalimi Dewi Laut Mazu; salah satu yang dijadikan punca balas dendam Musa dengan menikam LDP daripada belakang sedangkan pemimpin LDP bertanya atas semangat setiakawan ketika Mesyuarat BN berhubung semua projek di Sabah, bukan merujuk kepada Mazu. Walaupun Pang diterima sebagai Ahli Gerakan, namun kesan buruk yang jelas kelihatan ialah penentangan daripada parti politik tempatan sehingga Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sabah merangkap Huguan Siou KDM, Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan menegaskan bahawa kerusi Ketua Menteri yang disandang Pang sebelum ini harus dikembalikan kepada parti tempatan Sabah; sedangkan Gerakan adalah Parti Semenanjung Malaysia. Pang bersandiwara dengan mengukir kata-kata palsu di bibirnya bahawa beliau tidak dapat tidur kerana kesal LDP menentang Ketua Menteri Sabah secara lantang, terbuka dan membelakangkan semangat BN. Tetapi sekarang Pang mungkin boleh tidur lena, tetapi dia tidak sedar bahawa Musa dan Perdana Menteri kini tidak dapat melelapkan mata apabila terkenangkan kata-kata manis tetapi beracun yang dikeluarkan Pairin dan pemimpin parti komponen BN Sabah (selain UMNO) bahawa jawatan Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sabah (Walaupun tidak termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Sabah) tidak boleh diberikan kepada parti bukan tempatan Sabah. Tanpa Pang sedar, kesannya, amalan tradisi di Sarawak akan menjangkit ke Sabah kerana di Sarawak jawatan Ketua Menteri mesti daripada parti tempatan sedangkan UMNO adalah parti Semenanjung! Saya yang kenal rapat dengan bapa Pang berasa terharu dan hampir menitiskan air mata dengan pengkhianatan Pang kepada LDP apabila dia berkata; “Haiya..anak saya Peter seperti anak lembu. Dia belum kenal harimau! Teruk lagi, baru naik heli LDP dalam dua tahun, dapat hadiah YB, Datuk dan Timbalan Ketua Menteri. Budak umur 2 tahun tunjuk eksyen pandai Sun-Chi Sam Kok Cina. He.he..padahal kena pukul banyak kali separuh mati, tapi tidak sedar.” Salam Merdeka, ‘SUN TZU’ PING FA (NOTA PENGARANG: Pendapat penulis surat ini adalah berdasarkan pengamatan dan pemikiran beliau sendiri dan tidak mencerminkan pandangan Sabahkini.net. Surat ini disiarkan bagi mengekalkan dasar ‘Langit Terbuka’ Sabahkini.net dengan tidak memihak kepada mana-mana blok. Harap Maklum)

BN ALLY SEEKS TO MEND LDP

Share

By: JOE FERNANDEZ

THE United Pasok Momogun KadazanDusunMurut Organisation (UPKO) has risen to the defence of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). It wants the rebel BN party to be given a chance to explain its stand on Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman.

This follows LDP allegations that it was prevented from speaking out during the Sabah BN meet last week.

" We have to make sure that the problem will not escalate to a level that will weaken the BN and erode public confidence in the coalition," said Upko Vice-President and senator Maijol Mahap. "LDP must explain to Sabah BN and not just the Prime Minister."

He was calling for damage control measures following stepped up Sabah Umno attacks on the LDP in the wake of its no confidence stand on Musa.

He noted that the LDP had also gone public with the allegation that it was insulted during the recent Sabah BN meet, complained about being marginalized and railed against "the extremist notion of one race dominating over the others".

The Upko veep thinks it's still not too late for the LDP to be given the opportunity to explain its unhappiness with the chief minister and the BN "and mend the dented bridge". The barrage of attacks against the party from Sabah Umno leaders would not help resolve the situation amicably, he added.

The Senator pointed out that the Sabah BN has gone through many obstacles from its inception and there was no reason why the coalition could not handle LDP in a manner that would continue to maintain public support.

"It is crucial for other BN component parties to ask themselves why LDP leaders had acted in such a manner," warned Maijol. "We need to understand why the LDP episode happened."

Maijol isn't sure that BN component parties really understand and care for each other by providing an avenue to "harmonise and permeate (strengthen) our relationship".

"If one of us goes sulking, the other brothers should understand why," said Maijol. "If a BN component party talks to much and expresses displeasure with the coalition or the leadership, there must be reasons why it behaves like that."

The senator pointed out that the LDP was the oldest party in the ruling Sabah coalition and had been a good member despite Sabah Umno attacking its leaders instead of making attempts to bridge the differences.

Pointing to path of peace

"This is a challenge for Sabah BN chairman and Chief Minister Musa Aman to win back the heart of the LDP before it reflects badly on him," he said. "The LDP should be given a chance to sit down with us again so that they can help diffuse further tension and escalation."

He conceded that it won't be easy for Musa, and with good reasons, but nevertheless the attempt must be made. The chief minister appeared to burn his bridges with the LDP after he publicly expressed disappointment last weekend with attempts to bring up the aborted Mazu-Goddess of the Sea statue project in Kudat during a rare Sabah BN meet last week on Tuesday.

Maijol stopped short of calling for another Sabah BN meet to provide LDP an avenue to pour out its heart to its fellow component members.

There had been only two Sabah BN meets this years after a lapse of four years. The absence of regular meets has been a sore point with the LDP which has taken to the media to wash its dirty linen.

UPKO president Bernard Giluk Dompok, likewise, opined that it was not the done thing for BN component parties to pass judgment on a fellow component party. "I wouldn't want to assess them (LDP) on this. It is not proper and it will not help the BN," said Dompok.

The Upko president stressed that his party prefers to agree to disagree when there are some differences with the other BN component parties that cannot be bridged. Still, he feels that there has to be some leeway in the BN to make all parties feel comfortable with the coalition.

"We leave it to the LDP to sort out things with the state government," said Dompok making a distinction between the BN coalition and the state government. "They said they can no longer work with the Chief Minister."

Dompok, who is also the Federal Minister for Plantation Industries and Commodities, noted that the LDP still supported the BN concept of power-sharing and consensus-and-compromise. They have also pledged to co-operate with Umno and fully support the prime minister, he added.

Stirring call to respect high office holders

Meanwhile, there has been no let-up in Sabah Umno attacks against the LDP. The other component parties maintain a discreet silence.

Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Yahya Hussin called on the LDP to "make use of proper channels if they want to voice out their dissatisfaction with any component party".

Umno Penampang Division Chief, John Ambrose said that the BN component parties should not condone the public humiliation of Musa (by the LDP).

"We have to respect as the Sabah BN and Umno chief because the appointment comes from the Prime Minister who is also BN chief and Umno president," said Ambrose.

"If the LDO opposes Musa, it shows that it doesn't respect the prime minister."

Kalabakan MP Abdul Ghapur Salleh, one of those being blamed for engineering a crisis with LDP, labelled the party as ‘rojak (in a mess)’ with no future (in BN). "In the BN we are all equal," claimed Ghapur. "If there is something wrong, tell it in a respectful way."

FORMULA LOMPAT PARTI, HANCURKAN BN?

Share Oleh: GONOD SUNDA SEJENAK selepas pergolakan parti parti komponen BN di Semenanjung Malaysia seperti Gerakan, MIC, UMNO, PPP dan MCA reda seketika kini timbul lagi pergolakan sebuah parti tempatan LDP yang dianggap sebuah parti ‘senior’ dalam komponen BN di Sabah bersama dengan parti AKAR (sudah dibubar) sebuah parti ‘multi racial’ tempatan pada ketika itu. Kemelut pergolakan LDP-Umno di Sabah itu, semakin diburukkan lagi situasi politiknya apabila pemimpin kanan LDP itu yang juga seorang Timbalan Ketua Menteri, Datuk Pang secara tiba-tiba mengumumkan keluar daripada LDP sekaligus meletakkan jawatan sebagai Timbalan Ketua Menteri merangkap Menteri Belia dan Sukan Negeri Sabah tetapi masih mengekalkan statusnya sebagai Adun Karamunting meletakkan suasana kepimpinan LDP dalam keadaan terus tertekan. Senario ini mengingatkan semua rakyat Sabah bahawa apa yang berlaku dengan SAPP suatu ketika dahulu rintangan politiknya seakan-akan sama dengan apa yang sedang mendepani kemelut kepimpinan LDP ketika ini. Malahan penderhakaan segelintir pemimpin SAPP yang meninggalkan bahtera SAPP dan masih bersama BN di saat-saat mereka diperlukan bagaikan dimakan arus sumpah SAPP malahan sumpahan itu terus ‘mengena’ sehinggakan pemimpin kanannya ketika itu yang juga seorang Timbalan Ketua Menteri terpaksa hinggap ‘mengemis meminta suaka politik’ kepada sebuah parti yang kurang ternama di bumi Sabah suatu ketika dulu semata-mata untuk meneruskan cita-cita dan 'survival' politik mereka di bawah telunjuk ‘Mahaguru’ barunya. Ramalan demi ramalan terus bermain di kepala 'peramal bintang kedai kopi' bahawa senario yang dialami kawan Raymond Se Sandakan dengan Pang mungkin akan mewah seketika sehingga PRU13, namun rakyat di kawasan mereka sudah pun berkira-kira dan mencongak-congak masa depan karier politik kedua-dua pemimpin serpihan ini sama ada masih diterima oleh pengundi kawasan masing-masing atau sebaliknya. Jika tidak! Jawapannya amat mudah mereka akan berada di senarai antara pemimpin ‘makan pencen’ untuk selama-lamanya. Ramai yang berpendapat bahawa kemelut kepimpinan LDP ketika ini bukanlah suatu tekanan tetapi sebaliknya kini LDP melalui suatu proses 'Re-Branding' terhadap tahap kesabaran, kesetiaan dan keberanian pemimpin-pemimpinnya yang seolah-olah dalam proses menapis kredibiliti dan pendirian perjuangan pemimpinnya. Kini, ternyata sudah terdapat seorang daripada pemimpin kanannya terkeluar daripada jenis baka pemimpin yang tulen yang disangkakan mampu melawan arus dan kini beliau bersiap sedia mengharungi dunia politik lain dan dijangka akan menjadi ‘pengemis politik untuk mencari suaka politik dari rakan-rakan komponen yang lain atas perintah Tok Guru Cucu Datuk Merah’. Kemungkinan talian hayat politik Pang akan terselamat dan nilai saham politiknya masih di paras ‘Dinar’ jika Pang tidak teragak-agak untuk mengosongkan kerusi DUN Karamunting dari sekarang untuk membuktikan pegangan kenyataannya yang memilih Musa Aman sebagai idola politiknya berbanding V.K.Liew bekas bossnya, yang pernah berhempas pulas mengangkatnya ke takhta politik yang lebih tinggi dan selesa berbanding Teo dan Chin yang kini lantang bersuara menuntut keadilan dari Musa dan BN. Kenyataan Perdana Menteri yang juga Pengerusi BN Dato’Seri Najib Razak ketika mengulas perletakan jawatan Pang dan tindakannya keluar dari LDP tanpa segan silu terus menyatakan Pang keluar LDP akan berhijrah ke Gerakan. Apakah Najib sudah merancang perkara ini lebih awal, kalau tidak, mengapa Najib terus sahaja menyatakan bahawa Pang akan berhijrah ke Gerakan? Wajarkah seorang Pengerusi BN bertindak sedemikian rupa tanpa berunding terlebih dahulu apabila seorang pemimpin BN melompat dari parti ke parti dalam parti komponen BN! Apakah perasaan parti komponen BN yang terlibat yang seolah-olah dimalukan dengan tindakan sebegini rupa bertujuan menggertak LDP dan V.K.Liew atau antara lain perkataan mereka berusaha bersungguh sungguh men’demoralise’kan LDP? Segenap lapisan rakyat yang menyokong dan mengundi LDP pada PRU12 kini terus tergamam dan tertanya-tanya di hati kecil mereka bahawa apakah isu yang paling besar dihambatkan oleh LDP kepada BN sehinggakan LDP disisihkan secara tidak demokratik. Kebanyakan rakyat dan pengundi LDP tahu ialah isu MAZU di Kudat dan isu Ketua Daerah Kudat, Haji Harun Bidin yang memecat 8 pemimpin masyarakat tanpa pengetahuan wakil rakyat Tanjung Kapor, Datuk Teo Chee Kang. Isu MAZU yang sangat popular di kalangan masyarakat Cina, khususnya di Kudat. Bagi mereka, sepatutnya Musa, selaku Ketua Menteri terus berpegang teguh kepada keputusan awalnya (yang telah pun mempersetujui lokasi cadangan itu di peringkat awal menurut mantan Ketua Menteri Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat) dan bukan bersikap berbelit-belit dengan menukar keputusan di saat-saat akhir menjadikan gangguan besar kepada proses pembinaan patung MAZU. Akibat daripada keputusan Musa yang sering berubah-ubah membuatkan ramai masyarakat Cina merasa marah dan kurang senang dengan kelibat Musa yang dilihat seolah-olah ibarat ada udang di sebalik batu, malah lebih sinonim dengan cerita donggeng wayang Indonesia sekitar tahun 1970-an yang bertajuk ‘Pembalasan Si Pitung’(sebuah kisah seorang pedagang yang suka memendam dendam). Apa pun riak-riak ini, sudah menunjukkan bahawa bahtera UMNO-BN akan karam pada bila-bila masa sahaja dari sekarang yang bukan sahaja di Sabah dan Sarawak tetapi juga meliputi Semenanjung Malaysia. Nyatalah bahawa andaian tokoh-tokoh politik veteran dalam pembangkang bahawa Sabah dan Sarawak bukan lagi ‘Fixed Deposit’ tetapi kini telah bertukar kepada ‘Lost Deposit’ adalah tepat dan benar.

LDP SUPPORTS ITS DEPUTY'S STAND

By: DATUK TEO CHEE KANG THE State BN meeting held on 24 August 2010 was supposed to be a forum for all component Parties to raise, deliberate and resolve issues. Liberal Democratic Party attended the meeting with the intention of resolving issues in the spirit of Barisan Nasional. When faced with conflicting views, we were prepared to reason and rationalise matters with the hope of arriving at solutions for issues concerning Barisan Nasional or public interests, no matter how sensitive those issues are. In the meeting, LDP brought up two issues. Firstly, are ongoing and completed development projects without having obtained prior approval of the Central Board illegal? Although this question came about because of the Mazu case, it is a separate issue. One of the defences relied by the State Government in the case was that the Mazu project did not obtain prior approval from the Central Board, it is therefore illegal. Before April 2008, Central Board approval was never required for development plans except those involving changes in the zoning. Coincidentally, while the Mazu case was ongoing in court, such practice was changed by the Government thereby requiring Central Board approval for all projects, including building a house on private land. The Government now owes the people of Sabah an explanation whether all buildings throughout the State completed without Central Board approval are illegal. The result can be disastrous! This is clearly an issue of public importance, as opposed to personal interests. If LDP is championing personal interests, why would we talk about this to the dislike of the Chief Minister? We felt insulted for being arbitrarily stopped when seeking to raise such issue in the meeting. The second issue raised was pertaining the termination of the positions of the 8 community leaders initiated by the Kudat District Chief behind my back. This is not an isolated case, it has happened to many other Assemblymen from other component Parties. In view of the clear contravention to the accepted practice of the BN Government that termination and appointment of such positions are done through the State Assemblyman unless he is an opposition member. Together with the concrete evidence in the form of audio CD that the District Chief sabotaged me as the BN candidate in Tanjong Kapor in the 2008 election, the decision of merely giving him a warning is incomprehensible and unacceptable. The fear of him joining the opposition should not deter him from being sacked, otherwise it will encourage backstabbing in BN. LDP Deputy President Datuk Chin Su Phin has every reason to declare that the Party can no longer work with the Chief Minister. The Party stands by what he said.

UNFORTUNATE FOR LDP FOR DRAGGING MAZU ISSUE

CHIEF Minister Musa Aman said it was unfortunate that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) chose to bring up the Mazu statue case at the recent state Barisan Nasional (BN) meeting, here. He asserted that the Mazu case had already been decided by the highest court in the country. On July 26, the Federal Court in Putrajaya turned down a request by former Sabah chief minister Chong Kah Kiat to appeal against the state government's decision to reverse the approval for the construction of a 108-ft high Mazu (Goddess of the Sea) statue in coastal Kudat town. "As BN leaders, we should come together at a BN meeting with goodwill and with the intention of putting the interest of the people first, not personal interest," he told reporters after handing over Raya goodies to heads of security agencies as well as the Fire and Rescue Department in Sabah at Tun Raffae Auditorium, Menara Tun Mustapha, here, today. Musa, who is state BN chairman, was commenting on LDP deputy president Chin Su Phin's shocking announcement yesterday that the party could no longer cooperate with Musa. Chin was also quoted as saying that the LDP would continue to support and work together with Umno in the ruling coalition, and expressed full support for Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and his 1Malaysia vision. "As far as I am concerned, the BN meeting was conducted in an amicable manner. It was a productive meeting and it was very cordial," Musa said. "Most of the BN leaders expressed their views and suggestions on issues with the welfare or interest of the people in mind, such as land and illegal immigrant issues. I listened and explained where needed," he added. Earlier, Musa said the handing-over of Raya goodies had become an annual tradition for the state government to show its appreciation for the security forces for their services. "It is our way of saying 'thank you' for their commitment in ensuring peace and security," he said. (BERNAMA)

BENARKAH LDP AKAN JADI PEMBANGKANG DI SABAH?

Oleh: HAJI GHULABDIN ENJIH PERGESERAN antara Timbalan Presiden Parti Liberal Demokeratik (LDP) Sabah, Datuk Chin Su Phin dengan Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Aman tidak boleh disembunyikan lagi apabila kedua-dua pemimpin itu telah menyatakan perasaan tidak senang dan tidak sebulu di antara mereka. Apakah LDP menerusi Timbalannya Chin Su Phin berani mencadangkan agar LDP menjadi pembangkang di Sabah dan menyokong BN di peringkat Pusat? Layanan hambar Musa selaku Pengerusi BN Sabah kepada wakil LDP semasa mesyuarat BN negeri baru-baru ini, yang didakwa oleh Chin Su Phin memperlekehkan perjuangan mereka mengenai isu penting Patung MAZU di Kudat, atas alasan Musa ianya bukan keutamaan untuk dibincangkan. Sebaliknya, menurut pemimpin nombor 2 LDP itu menggambarkan sikap ‘tidak peduli’ Musa terhadap sebarang isu rakan gabungannya semasa mempengerusikan mesyuarat BN. Jesteru itu ia hanya mahukan pandangannya semata-mata mesti didengar, tetapi Musa tidak mahu mendengar apa yang pemimpin LDP hendak katakan. Sementara itu, Musa mempertahankan dirinya dan berpandangan tindakan pemimpin LDP yang tidak rasional dengan membangkitkan isu yang dianggapnya telah diselesaikan menerusi Mahkamah tidak perlu lagi ditimbulkan dalam mesyuarat BN. Apa yang patut diketengahkan dalam mesyuarat penting yang jarang diadakan itu ialah soal politik yang mencakupi persiapan BN dalam memperkukuhkan parti masing-masing termasuklah membincangkan isu utama kepentingan rakyat dan bukannya kepentingan Individu tertentu dalam LDP semata. Pada 26 Julai lepas, Mahkamah Persukutuan di Puterajaya menolak permohonan bekas Ketua Menteri Sabah, Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat yang juga bekas presiden LDP, untuk merayu terhadap keputusan kerajaan negeri menarik balik keputusan membenarkan Patung MAZU (Dewi Laut) setinggi 36 meter di Kudat. Jadi berdasarkan kepada isu yang dianggap selesai itu, LDP wajar mengunakan tempat bermesyuarat bersama komponen BN yang lain untuk menyuarakan pandangan bagaimana menjadikan Negeri Sabah tempat yang lebih selesa untuk rakyat pelbagai kaum. Jika telah jelas secara terang yang kedua pemimpin ini mempunyai krisis mereka tersendiri, sehingga dengan lantang Chin Su Phin menyatakan dengan tegas untuk tidak menyokong Musa selaku Ketua BN Sabah dan juga Ketua Menteri, sudah pasti situasi tegang pimpinan BN ini akan menyebabkan kekuatan dan keutuhan BN di Negeri Bawah Bayu yang selama ini menjadi kebanggaan pimpinan BN akan mencairkan ‘Fixed-Defosit’ atau simpanan tetap politik BN pusat dalam menghadapi Pilihanraya Umum ke 13 tidak lama lagi. Meskipun tegas dengan pendirian tidak menyokong Musa, namun LDP, kata Chin Su Phin masih sanggup bekerjasama dengan Umno dan sekali gus menyatakan sokongan penuh terhadap Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak selaku Presiden Umno dalam merealisasikan Visi 1 Malaysia. Selepas mesyuarat BN Negeri yang dianggap mengecewakan LDP baru-baru ini, Chin Su Phin dikatakan mengambil langkah drastik untuk mengadakan mesyuarat dengan kalangan Ahli-Ahli Majlis tertinggi LDP kecuali Presidennya Datuk V.K. Liew yang pada ketika itu dalam lawatan sambil bekerja ke Luar Negara. Apakah mesyuarat LDP itu membincangkan keinginan mereka untuk meminta pucuk pimpinan pusat agar mengantikan Musa dengan pemimpin lain yang sebulu dan boleh diterima oleh LDP serta pimpinannya?. Api marah membakar LDP dalam perjuangannya selama ini bukan semata-mata akibat pergeseran tentang Patung Mazu, malah ia termasuklah pemecatan beberapa orang pemimpin tempatan penyokong LDP di Kudat yang dikatakan dilakukan oleh Pemimpin Umno kawasan itu, Haji Harun Bidin yang juga Ketua Daerah Kudat, dengan LDP beralasan Musa selaku Ketua Menteri dan Menteri Kerajaan Tempatan dan Perumahan, Datuk Hajiji Haji Noor menghalalkan tindakan itu. Chin Su Phin tidak yakin bahawa tindakan benar-benar diambil oleh pucuk pimpinan BN sabah terhadap Haji Harun meskipun dia didakwa oleh LDP memberi sokongan kepada pembangkang dan menentang BN dalam pilihanraya umum Mac 2008. Jawapan Hajiji semasa mesyuarat itu menjelaskan yang beliau telah memanggil Haji Harun dan memberi amaran kepadanya supaya tidak merosakkan imej BN. Sebenarnya dalam hemat LDP tindakan yang lebih tegas harus diambil kepada Haji Harun dengan membuat siasatan lebih menyeluruh dan bukan sekadar membuat amaran yang akhirnya mengundang rasa tidak percaya pimpinan LDP terhadap kredibiliti Musa selaku Ketua Pentadbir Negeri. Apakah isi kandungan memorandum yang akan dikemukakan kepada Pengerusi Barisan Nasional yang juga Perdana Menteri selepas mesyuarat tanpa dihadiri Presiden LDP, V.K Liew?. Apakah LDP mahu pimpinan pusat BN agar mengambil tindakan untuk mengantikan Musa atas ketegasan mereka tidak boleh berkerjasama dengannya? Tetapi tidakkah LDP sedar bahawa Musa masih mendapat sokongan yang kuat daripada komponen BN yang lain-lain di Sabah seperti Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS), UPKO, MCA, MIC dan Gerakan?. Apapun, penyokong BN mengharapkan pergeseran ini tidak akan berlarutan yang memperlihatkan LDP membawa haluannya sendiri. Penyokong BN nyata sudah cukup teruja dengan tindakan yang diambil oleh rakan komponennya Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) yang sekarang berlagak sumbang di luar BN, seharusnya dalam mendepani kemelut ini pemimpin BN Sabah sanggup menjadikan kekuatan dan kemantapan BN sebagai agenda yang utama. Janganlah mengambil sikap mempertahankan diri sendiri seperti Pak Kadok, ‘Menang Sorak Kampung Tergadai.’

GEMPAR! AKSI PEMBAKARAN AL-QURAN SEDUNIA?

Oleh: HAFIZ JAMAIL TINDAKAN Jemaah Gereja Dove Outreach yang akan melakukan aksi pembakaran Al-Qur`an sedunia yang di kawasan lapang Gereja Dove Outreach World Center, Florida, Amerika Syarikat, pada 11 September 2010 hanya disifatkan sebagai akan menghancurkan keangkuhan nama Amerika di mata dunia Islam. Ketua Penerangan Angkatan Muda Parti Keadilan Rakyat (Sabah), Zainuddin Hassan berkata demikian sebagai mengulas perancangan rapi yang dibuat oleh gereja berkenaan yang menamakan aksi tersebut sebagai ‘Hari Pembakaran Al-Qur`an Se-Dunia’ sebagai protes dalam bentuk peringatan tragedi penyerangan Menara Kembar World Trade Center, New York, pada 11 September 2001. "Kita seru mereka membatalkan niat mereka demi menjaga keamanan sejagat dan tidak ada gereja di Malaysia mengikut jejak langkah mereka, kerana akan menimbulkan ketegangan agama dan perbalahan kaum,” ujar Zainuddin yang menyifatkan tindakan tersebut dilihat sebagai tidak bertamaddun dan menganjurkan provokasi yang didalangi kumpulan fanatik dan Yahudi. Zainuddin juga meminta umat Islam di Malaysia bersabar dan tidak mencetuskan huruhara sebagai tindak balas terhadap insiden yang menghina agama Islam kerana Islam adalah agama yang mengajarkan kedamaian sekalipun kepada penganut agama lain. Tindakan gereja berkenaan kata Zainuddin, untuk meledakkan kemarahan umat Islam di serata dunia diharap tidak berjaya dan mereka akan menerima balasan daripada Tuhan yang maha kuasa kerana menghina kitab suci penganut agama lain. Dalam pada itu, Zainuddin menggesa campurtangan Presiden Amerika, Barrack Obama yang dipercayai adalah penganut agama Islam kerana hampir setiap satu daripada empat warga Amerika Syarikat yakin bahawa Barack Obama adalah muslim sebagaimana yang dilaporkan oleh akhbar The Daily Mail. Zainuddin menegaskan, mengikut laporan akhbar tersebut, Obama yang mempunyai nama tengah Hussein telah menganut agama Islam karena dia memainkan peranan penting membina masjid berdekatan lokasi pemboman 9/11 di New York yang menimbulkan pelbagai kontroversi, terutama kerana menerima dana daripada Iran dan Arab Saudi. “Obama menyatakan bahawa Muslim memiliki hak yang sama untuk menjalankan agama yang dianut, tidak berbeza dengan hak setiap orang yang berada di AS,” kata Zainuddin yang meminta Ketua Menteri Sabah yang beragama Islam turut mengikut jejak langkah Obama yang menjadikan visi umat Islam melihat masjid yang akan dibangunkan di Park 51 atau Cordoba House setinggi 13 tingkat akan menjadi kenyataan; sama dengan hasrat Penganut Mazu untuk melihat Patung Dewi Laut Mazu berdiri tegak di Kudat, berdekatan Marina Golf Resort.

MAZU TO STAND OR LIE DOWN, UP TO CHONG

Dear Editor, THE Sabah CM was being generous to Chong's request to build the Mazu statue, since the Kudat Thean Hou Charitable Foundation is an non registered organization, lawfully no lands will be allocated for any form of constructions. But the CM is willing to compromise and allow for relocation and compensation for the sake of peace among the people and freedom of religion, now it’s only up to Chong Kah Kiat whether he wanted to accept CM's good intentions. However, it was known that Chong had refuses the offer but sources tells us that members and followers of the Foundation has offered Chong monetary fund’s to continue with the building of the Mazu statue, but a word of reminder for Chong, as an non-registered organization. This kind of fund raising are against the law, as a lawyer, he should know better. Technically, the only way Chong wanted to have this statue constructed for the people, is to take the CM's offer. Regards, TRUE SABAHAN