SABAH & MALAYSIA

What is the most effect way to get a recalcitrant to stay in line.
The art of this is practised in many ways. Some by offering incentives in the form of monetary gains, some by giving more power (of course, will also result in more money, a stupid repeat) and the best are those that can be ‘blackmailed’ to submission. None of the Malaysian politicians will ever admit they are subjected to such demeaning incentives or threats, all will insist that they work for the interest and harmony of the nation, very noble indeed!

As for Sabah politicians, the pattern is becoming clear, where you can distinguish the black sheep.
All the forays from politicians who initiated the determination to have illegal migrant issue in Sabah settled, turned pale when it came to real confrontation. It turned back to, tried and discarded plans, such as, select committee, another proper study on the situation, etc.
Perhaps the present guys think they can do a better job, they think the past selected people and the approach were ineffective. Or perhaps they just want another charade, hoping Sabahans ‘senang lupa’ and take the bait. This will at least buy them time to the next general election. Smart play.

It would be difficult to expect any favourable outcome from this present crop of Sabah parliamentarians, if they can be easily reign in by those in real power. They would not be given a chance to stand as candidates, if they are uncontrollable, given the fact that the federal government is never sincere in investigating this issue. One can also wonder will the Lingam case ever come before Royal Commission, if Dr. Mahathir had not been so provocative and determined to run down the PM.

While the state of Johor mauled the loss of Pulau Batu Puteh, due to their negligent effort to emphasise their sovereignty over it, over the past 60 years. This is only an outcrop of rocks and inhabitable by any standard and it takes only less than sixty years to be judged otherwise by ICJ.

With the incessant entry of illegal economic migrants, how long do you think it takes Sabah to become a foreign part of Malaysia.