| It goes to MACC HQ after the S'wak MACC drags its feet in probing the first complaint. A second report has been lodged with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud.
This alleged conflict of interest in the transfer of state land to a company linked to a member of his family.
The first report was lodged by Dennis Along and Willie Kajan at the MACC office in Miri on Dec 13, and it was referred to the Kuching office as it was considered a 'high profile' matter.
"I have been calling the MACC for progrbn supreme council mt meeting sapp sabah issue 190608 taib mahmudess (reports), but until yesterday morning they kept telling me it is difficult because it's high profile, so I decided to refer the matter to the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya," Kajan said.
He said the MACC officer he filed the report with in Putrajaya informed him it would take between three months and a year to investigate his complaint.
According to Kajan's report, Taib, who is also Sarawak's planning and resource management minister, had abused his powers by directing the Sarawak Land and Survey Department to hand over 240 acres of native customary land in Mulu to Borsamulu Resort.
'Shares in BSSB'
The parcel, known as Lot 7, Block 14, Mulu District, inhabited by some 1,000 people from the Berawan, Tring and Penan tribes, is to be used for the state-supported Royal Mulu Resort.
NONE"There are orchards and paddy fields on the land owned by the native people. We have lived there for generations, but we have received compensation only for 19 acres of the land, at RM80 an acre," said Kajan, who claims to have both Berawan and Tring tribal lineage.
According a Sarawak Report article last November, Taib and his family members hold a 50 percent share in Kenyalang Cergas, which is one of the main shareholders of BSSB.
BSSB was in 1991 handed the ownership and management contract for the land, which was once a state-owned national park. |
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