AS A VETERAN activist of Sabah issues, I would like to advise my old friend Joseph Pairin Kitingan, the President of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) who is also the Huguan Siou of the Kadazandusuns, to consider paying 'Sogit' to his younger bother Dr Jeffrey, if indeed he has uttered the word 'Mendiang' (the late) on his brother.
If Pairin really and actually did utter the word 'mendiang' on Jeffrey in Beluran as claimed by some, I advise Pairin to promptly do the honourable thing to pay 'sogit' in the form of one buffaloe, a pig and a chicken as is the way of our custom when one utter such word on a living person.
As Chief Custodian of the Kadazandusuns Customs and Laws, Pairin knows best what to do in cases like this. So please be honourable so that everything is balanced again.
(NOTE : Lojingki, 71, was active together with the late Peter Mojuntin in now-defunct UNKO in the 1960s. Lojingki who claimed once a close friend of Pairin and many PBS leaders, had recently joined the State Reform Party (STAR) and was appointed its state committee member.)
Is it true that Pairin really uttered the word 'Mendiang' to his brother?
ReplyDeleteIf that is really the case, then Pairin really should apologize by doing the right thing.
ReplyDeletePairin kena perjelaskan hal ini, dan meminta maaf jika benar dia ada mengatakannya.
ReplyDeletemustahil Pairin menggunakan perkataan mendiang terhadap adiknya.. kalau ada pun dia guna perkataan itu, mungkin bukan ditujukan kepada adiknya.. mungkin kenyataan beliau telah diputarbelit oleh pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawab..
ReplyDeletekenapa Lojingki tidak ambil petikan penuh yang kononnya pairin menggunakan perkataan mendiang terhadap adiknya?? bagilah ayat penuh..
ReplyDeleteSome words uttered are meant to be double meaning. Who knows?
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