DUN rejects emergency motion on Sabah, Sarawak High Court Registrar’s move to Kota Kinabalu | Borneo Post Online
The views of the Sarawak State Assembly building taken from the air – Bernama file photo
KUCHING:
An emergency motion seeking for the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) to
reiterate and reaffirm its protest against the decision to relocate the
office of the Registrar of High Court in Sabah and Sarawak from Kuching
to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah effective this Friday was rejected in the
august House today.
DUN Speaker Datuk Amar Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar
disallowed the motion moved by Batu Lintang assemblyman See Chee How
under the grounds that the motion should have been sent at least 24
hours before the commencement of DUN Sitting at 9am today.
“Under
Standing Order 15(2), a member who wishes to seek leave to move the
adjournment of the Dewan shall at least 24 hours before the commencement
of the Sitting hand to the Speaker a written notification to be
approved by the Speaker of the matter which he wishes to discuss,” he
said, noting that he had only received the notification yesterday
evening which was less than 24 hours before the start of this morning’s
Sitting.
Though he acknowledged that the motion was a “very good”
one which touches the interest of Sarawak, he regrettably had to
disallow the motion in view of the time constraint.
See, when
moving the motion, said the Chief Registrar of Federal Court of Malaysia
together with senior members of the judiciary have met with Chief
Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg yesterday to obtain his
consent on the impending relocation of the registrar office effective
November 15.
“Whereas the Dewan has unanimously passed the motion
on April 30 2019, that the decision to relocate the office from Kuching
to Kota Kinabalu was made in contradiction with Article 121(4) of the
Federal Constitution to put on record our strong displeasure and protest
against the decision of the relocation and call upon the state
government to stand firm against the relocation.
“It’s moved that
this House here thereby resolves that this honourable legislative
assembly reiterates and reaffirms this decision against the relocation
of the office from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu for the reason enumerated in
the motion passed in the august House on April 30 to protect the
sanctity of the Federal Constitution and to safeguard in variable
constitutional rights of Sarawak,” he said.
When Asfia rejected
the motion, this had led Kota Sentosa assemblyman Chong Chieng Jen to
urge to suspend the requirement of 24 hours in view that the meeting
between the Chief Registrar of Federal Court of Malaysia and Chief
Minister was held the day before.
“No doubt the motion was handed
short of the time provided under the Standing Order but you do have the
power to suspend certain provision of the Standing Order in order to
facilitate the deliberation of more important matters.
“Due to its
importance and also the fact that this is a follow-up on a motion that
has been passed in this House, I urged the Speaker to suspend the
requirement of 24 hours as provided under Standing Order 15 and have the
motion in this House be debated to reaffirm and reiterate our stand to
maintain the Registry of High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in Kuching.”
See
also argued that it is the power of the DUN Speaker to waive the
requirement of a 24-hour notice to table the motion and that the
discretion should be exercised in this case considering the urgency and
importance of the matter.
However, Asfia said that his ruling to
reject the debate of the motion was also made in view of the passing of
the Motion made on April 30 this year, that under the Standing Order, a
motion on the same subject matter cannot be moved and be debated in the
House twice unless the latter is a motion of rescission.
The State
Assembly, on April 30, unanimously called upon the state government to
stand firm against any move to relocate the principal registry of the
High Court in Sabah and Sarawak from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu and also
to undertake all necessary engagement and actions to protect the
sanctity of the Federal Constitution and to safeguard the inviolable
constitutional rights of Sarawak.
On April 19, a circular signed
by the Chief Registrar of the Federal Court had stated that the registry
would be relocated to Kota Kinabalu on May 1.
The relocation did
not occur following strong objection from the Chief Minister’s office as
well as the state’s legal fraternity.
The Federal Court Chief
Registrar had issued a circular on April 23 to announce that the planned
relocation would not be implement.
My comments:
What is the motive of relocating the Registry of High Court Sabah and Sarawak in Kuching to be relocated to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah? What is DUN Sarawak? Where is the power of DUN Sarawak? By the way, we Sarawakians will tell GPS-clowned political clowns, to make way for Party Bumi Keyalang/PBK, the only party that i see so far dare to declare their political will to quest for Sarawak Independence which means to sever with the Malayan government once and for all. I believe that PBK will attract lots and lots of Sarawakians to follow the determination of this party.
No, no extreme will last. Mahathir, this devil will see the end of his evilness in Sarawak if Allah has the eye to see all and never misses one. May Allah bless all the Sarawakians who are prepared to end the Malayan parties meddling in my country, Sarawak.
MA63 is a fraud and shall be settled at the International Court of Justice. I strongly believe that since Mauritius has gained back the Chagos Island, there is no reason to say that MA63 is not a fraud as Sarawak and Sabah had no political capacity to sign an international treaty. Everything was done against the will of Sarawakians. Many Sarawakians went underground at that time just because of this forced federation with the Malayan government. The federation of Malaysia is in a mess as it has no base instead these Malayan devils use MA57 in place of MA63.
Once it is settled in the International Court of Justice, the whole-wide world will see the breakup of this federation of Malaysia which is actually the federation of Malaya in disguise.
KUCHING: Well, by all means, if my quest to fight for my beloved State of Sarawak should land me in jail, why not?
You would not believe the above statement was made by a lady!
So,
who is she? Well, she definitely is a lady with plenty of guts to say
so. And most of all, she is willing to give all her unconditional love
to the ‘Land of Hornbills’.
She is none other than Lina
Soo. She is a petite and sweet person, and one who sets her priority
straight. Currently, she is the President of Star Reform Party (STAR),
an opposition party in Sarawak.
New Sarawak Tribune was
eager to know about Lina’s strong will and determination to fight for
Sarawak’s right, and decided to interview her.
When asked how old she is, she answered with a laugh: “Well a lady’s age is always a secret!”
Lina
went to SMK St. Mary’s in Kuching, and went on to pursue a Master
degree in Business Adminstration (MBA) from Leicester University in
England.
She has a daughter who is currently working in Singapore.
In
2013, Robert Pei, a Sarawak-born lawyer practicing in Australia sent
Lina the declassified colonial documents to study, and gave her his
research papers on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). Lina then started
to scrutinise them and did more research on MA63.
She
studied the British documents and later wrote her first book, ‘Sarawak,
The Real Deal’ which was published and released on Sept 24, 2013. The
book’s released date was in line with the founding date of Sarawak,
which was on Sept 24, 1841. It is based upon the British documents and
Sarawak gazetted records.
In 2016, she decided to join
STAR. Before that, she was with the then Malaya-based opposition party,
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and later, Sarawak United Peoples’s Party
(SUPP).
Q: What influenced you to join politics?
A:
I grew up in the era of the formation of Malaysia, and when MA63 was
formed. I was still young at that time, and didn’t quite know what it
was about. It all started in 2013, when I began to show interest to
learn more about MA63, and came to realise that the book is the only
weapon that could save Sarawak.
My main reason and
purpose of joining politics is to help gain back what belongs to
Sarawak, and also to create public awareness on MA63 among Sarawakians.
Q: How have you managed to create the awareness and what challenges did you face at the initial stages?
A:
I started to give public talks on MA63 and the formation of Malaysia in
2013 which were held in Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu, Miri, and Kuala Lumpur.
I was doing it as the President of Sarawak Association of People’s Aspiration (SAPA), which is a Sarawak NGO for Sarawak rights.
Then
in November 2014, the former Minister of Home Affairs Dato Seri Ahmad
Zahid Hamidi deregistered SAPA and claimed that the association was a
threat to public order and security.
The challenges
were there; each time I held a public talk on MA63, the Special Branch
would track and interrogate me. And I had to give a police statement
after the talk.
But that didn’t stop me and other
members. We went to the High Court and Appeal Court to set aside the
Home Minister’s order, and we won twice. Now, the case is pending before
the Federal Court. Since we have a new government that is in power, we
will request the Home Affairs Ministry to withdraw their appeal.
Q: Do you think many are aware of it now?
A: Yes, it took me five years to talk about MA63. I believe many are aware of it already and are more politically matured now.
The youths especially, they have been starting to learn and educate themselves on MA63.
I
will still continue to create more awareness on MA63 and hope more
youths and the public at large will take the time to study about it.
Q: What made you decide to join PKR and SUPP, and then left?
A: I only joined PKR for a while and then left because Malaya party interests are not compatible with Sarawak interests.
On
SUPP, I joined the party also for short while and left because I
realised the leaders were not working for the people effectively. Today
some of those leaders are no longer in the party due to election
defeats.
Q: Why STAR?
A: All
political parties are good as they share similar objectives of what to
fight for justice, fairness, improve the economic standards, and to
empower the people.
However, it depends on the leaders to make a difference, whether they are fighting for the people or for personal interest.
“A political party is like a knife. The knife can be used to save a life in surgery or it can be used to injure or kill.”
I
fell in love with STAR because it is a party for Sarawakians who love
Sarawak. The party is a struggling party with financial constraints as
it does not have any tycoon or businessmen to donate to it.
STAR
members love their party, and of course Sarawak. We share the bond of
passion for our State (note that Sarawak is a country within the
Federation of Malaysia).
In STAR, we struggle for Sarawak’s rights, interest, territorial integrity, pride, and internal sovereignty.
For having the same vision, that is what binds STAR members.
Q: Any big plans for STAR?
A: Founded in October 1996, STAR currently has more than 5,000 members throughout Sarawak.
We
are small now, but we are consistent in our political beliefs and
agenda, and are getting more support from throughout Sarawak.
You
see, Rome was not built in a day. We are confident that more
Sarawakians will be attracted to STAR to share the same aspirations for a
stronger Sarawak in terms of economic and political rights. And for the
sake of our future generations!
Q: What values do you uphold in continuing to fight for Sarawak?
A: Consistency and belief in doing what is right for the people and country.
To
quote former United States President John F. Kenny, “Ask not what your
country can do for you but what you can do for your country.”
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