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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Putrajaya silent on Sabah floods

Petronas is robbing Sabah and Sarawak of billions if not trillions but is not willing to fork out even a single sen in aid when floods hit the two states.
putra jaya_1KOTA KINABALU: Sabahans should not continue to suffer in silence this time as in December and January when heavy rains caused widespread flooding. They should take note that Putrajaya is looking the other way as flooding brought by continuous rains ravages the state.
“There’s no sign of Federal aid for the flood victims like elsewhere in the country,” said Bingkor Assemblyman Jeffrey Kitingan. “There has been no statement from the Prime Minister.”
“The people should open their eyes and see what kind of government they have.”
He was commenting on the lack of response from the Federal authorities on the widespread flooding in Sabah in recent days especially in Kota Kinabalu, Penampang, Papar and Tuaran.
Jeffrey pointed out that in contrast the Federal government rushed aid to flood victims along the east coast of the peninsula.
“The Prime Minister and his 1Malaysia team handed out RM500 in immediate flood aid to the flood victims.”
He added that they were swamped with TV sets, refrigerators, bed sets, pillows and mattresses amounting to RM5,000 per family. The Prime Minister himself handed out the aid, said Jeffrey. “Flood victims in Sabah and Sarawak didn’t get even a single pillow.”
In addition, continued Jeffrey, the Federal government gave compensation to farmers and fishermen in the peninsula for their crop losses, and replaced their livestock and fish in cages which perished in the floods. “The Agriculture Minister delivered the aid within two weeks.”
Jeffrey also took to task Petronas, “which is robbing Sabah and Sarawak of billions if not trillions”, but is not willing to fork out even a single sen in aid when floods hit the two states.
“They gave out cash aid with our money to flood victims in the peninsula,” said Jeffrey. “They are not willing to do the same in Sabah and Sarawak.”
Under their so-called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, he said, “they once handed out scientific calculators a few years ago to Form Four students in some schools in Kota Kinabalu.”

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