Recently, Lim Kit Siang of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) commented that the Kadazandusun-Murut (KDM) community in Sabah are the biggest losers in Sabah.
President of the Sabah Justices of Peace Council (MAJAPS), Datuk Clarence Bongkos Malakun was quick to brush the accusation aside. Datuk Clarence also said that there are four KDM permanent secretaries in state ministeries.
The North Borneo Herald wonders if Malakun is serious! To the layman, it is very obvious what the KDMs are experiencing. Not all of the KDMs are "Datuks" or presidents of important councils.
How many KDMs are District Officers in Sabah? And how many of them are non-Muslim? How many Federal departments or agencies in the state are headed by the KDM? What are the percentage of KDMs in university and teacher training college intakes in Sabah? What are percentage of KDM staff in government offices?
The most saddening part here is not that Malakun denies the KDMs are being sidelined, but the fact that the issue of KDMs being the biggest loser is brought up by a non-KDM, Lim Kit Siang.
Datuk= a honorary title conferred upon important people in Malaysia
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Dr. Nicholas Bawin has strongly voiced out the marginalization of the natives of Sabah and Sarawak when he went to the House of Commons, London, on March 9. 2010. Check it out at http://thebrokenshield.blogspot.com/2010/03/trails-of-broken-promises.html
i stop listening to cbm ever since the allah issue..he should names those kdm holding head of department status and compare to other non-kdm ..of course minus him who is the president of watyoumaycall council..he is the tipikal kdm leaders wit no balls just a lot of nose rings and polishing cloth..
son of seven
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