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Corruption Inside Sarawak: Inside Malaysia’s Shadow State

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Online Appeal: Against Taib as Governor of Sarawak!

【An online petition has been set up to allow individuals to also voice against the purported appointment. We invite all to sign the online petition here: http://chn.ge/1cbEJuh】

1. 2. Petition by

      Civil Rights Committee- KLSCAH

Bahasa Malaysia:

Satu Penghinaan Kepada Negara Jika Taib Mahmud Dilantik Sebagai Ketua Negeri Sarawak

Kami, yang menandatangani di bawah, menyatakan bantahan kuat kami kepada spekulasi pelantikan Taib Mahmud sebagai Ketua Negeri Sarawak (Yang Dipertua Negeri) selepas beliau meletakkan jawatan sebagai Ketua Menteri selama 33 tahun. Memandangkan andaian jawatan yang mulia itu akan menjadi penghinaan kepada negara, kami dengan ini menyenaraikan sebab-sebab mengapa beliau mesti dihentikan daripada berbuat demikian:

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https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/seri-paduka-baginda-yang-di-pertuan-agong-stop-taib-mahmud-s-appointment-as-sarawak-governor#invite

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Sarawak Report

17 Feb 2014

A National Disgrace if Taib Mahmud is appointed as Sarawak’s Head of State

Will the Agong be asked to appoint Taib Governor?

We, the undersigned, register our strongest objection to the speculated appointment of Taib Mahmud as the Head of State (Yang di-Pertua Negeri) of Sarawak after his resignation as Chief Minister for 33 years. Considering that his assumption of the dignified office would be a national disgrace, we hereby list out the reasons why he must be stopped from doing so as follows:

1. Outrageous Corruption and Exploitation

Taib Mahmud has abused his power as Chief Minister in the past 33 years by outrageously exploiting Sarawak’s natural resources for personal gains.
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In particular, Taib has committed mass human rights violation against the natives especially the interior communities, despite himself being a native from the Melanau group.
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The Head of State should be a symbol of unity for Sarawakians from all walks of life and of all political persuasions. Clearly, Taib – emblematic of ethnic and political divide while having brought much suffering to so many Sarawakians — is completely unfit for the office of Yang diPertua Negeri.

3. Dynastic Rule

There are serious concerns that, given his clan’s dynastic dominance over the state, a switch from the office of the Chief Minister to that of the Head of State on the part of Taib would mean an extended rule rather than retirement from active politics.
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In light of all this, we call upon all Malaysians to stand up and be counted in stopping Taib’s appointment as the Head of State, for the people of Sarawak deserve a true democracy in which no one clan or family should be permitted to administer the state like a private property or entity.

Besides that, Taib must be held accountable for his crimes against Sarawak and Sarawakians. Taib Mahmud’s only rightful place is the accused’s dock facing charges on corruption, land grabbing and tax evasion, not Astana Negeri.

【An online petition has been set up to allow individuals to also voice against the purported appointment. We invite all to sign the online petition here: http://chn.ge/1cbEJuh】

Undersigned by,

NGOs

1 ALIRAN
2 All Women’s Action Society（AWAM）
3 BARAMKINI
4 BERSIH Sibu
5 Center for Orang Asli Concerns （COAC）
6 Civil Rights Committee of The KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
7 Community Development Center
8 Damn the Dams Action Group
9 ENGAGE
10 Gerakan Bunga Raya
11 Hands Of Malaysians Extended（HOME）
12 Himpunan Hijau
13 Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas（JERIT）
14 JIHAD for JUSTICE
15 Johor People’s Action Group（JPAG）
16 Johor Yellow Flame
17 Kajian Politik untuk Perubahan（KPRU）
18 Kelab Bangsar Utama
19 Kill the Bill
20 KOMAS
21 LLG Cultural Development Centre
22 Malaysia Youth & Students Democratic Movement（DEMA）
23 Malaysian for Beng Hock
24 Malaysian Spring Single Mothers’Society
25 Malaysian Election Observers Network（MEO-Net）
26 Mama Bersih
27 National Indian Rights Action Team（NIAT）
28 Northen Green Youth
29 Oriental Hearts and Mind Study Institute（OHMSI）
30 Pahang Ban Cyanide in Gold Mining Action Group（BCAC）
31 Penang Voters Awareness
32 Peoples’ Green Coalition
33 Persatuan Alumni PBTUSM KL & Selangor
34 Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor（EMPOWER）
35 Persatuan Komuniti Prihatin Selangor dan KL
36 Persatuan Sahabat Wanita, Selangor（PSWS）
37 Pertubuhan Pembangunan Wanita Malaysia, PJ Branch
38 Pertubuhan Solidariti Hijau Kuantan（PSHK）
39 Radio Bangsar Utama
40 Sahabat Rakyat Working Committee
41 Save Malaysia Stop Lynas（SMSL）
42 SAVE Sarawak’s Rivers Network
43 Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia（SABM）
44 SEED Lemon Melaka
45 Selangor and KL Hokkien Association Youth Section
46 Sembang-sembang Forum
47 Serdang Bharu School Alumni Youth Section
48 Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia（SAMM）
49 Solidarity for Civil Rights in China（SCRC）
50 Suaram Penang
51 SUARAM
52 Sunflower Electoral Education Movement（SEED）
53 Sunflower Paper
54 The Islamic Renaissance Front
55 Writer Alliance for Media Independence（WAMI）

Political Parties

1 Angkatan Muda Keadilan（AMK）
2 DAP Socialist Youth（DAPSY）
3 Dewan Pemuda PAS Malaysia（DPPM）
4 Parti Sosialis Malaysia

For the whole article, click on:

http://www.sarawakreport.org/campaign/a-national-disgrace-if-taib-mahmud-is-appointed-as-sarawaks-head-of-state/

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