CONFERENCE.....Lawyer
Ken Yong Chie Man, Lawyer Peter Marajin, Bernard Fung Fon Chen, Tuan Hj Amde
Sidek (SAPP Deputy President leading the press conference), Nazib Maidan Dally,
Tahir bin Dahu (aged 65, ex-JASA Penerangan, Tawau), Stanis Siap (aged 67,
ex-medical department, Penampang), and Jamil William Core ( aged 49, Kimanis).
KOTA KINABALU: A group of
ex-civil servants have expressed concern with the development of the
Borneonisation case against the federal and Sabah state governments.
“We believe that many other
ex-civil and still serving civil servants share our views and concern on this
matter,” they said in a statement, yesterday.
Recently, on Feb 1, the
Court of Appeal in a majority 2-1 decision overruled the High Court in Kota
Kinabalu and held that the people of Sabah does not have the locus standi to
sue the federal and Sabah state governments in a court of law.
The High Court in Kota
Kinabalu, had in May last year, ruled that the plaintiffs, Sabahans Bernard
Fung (aged 72, ex-police, Inanam) and Nazib Maidan (aged 37, ex-teacher,
Sipitang) have the locus standi to take the federal and Sabah state governments
to court to implement the Borneonisation of the civil service as promised in
the Malaysia Agreement 1963.
“Now it seems that under the
law, we the people cannot sue the federal or state government for any breach of
the Malaysia Agreement or the promises contained in the Inter-Governmental
Report, and that the party that has the locus standi to sue on behalf of Sabah
is the Sabah state government, and not Sabahans like Bernard Fung and Nazib
Maidan.
“We ex-federal civil
servants in Sabah, wish to urge the people of Sabah to support SAPP to form the
next Sabah government because we believe that a SAPP state government will make
sure that the federal government will fully implement the Borneonisation
program as promised by Malayan and British leaders before the formation of
Malaysia.
“We also believe that since
a state government has the locus standi, then the SAPP state government can
take the federal government to court if they still refuse or fail to implement
the Borneonisation program. This time round, the federal government will not be
able to use the argument of lack of locus standi against the plaintiff because
the plaintiff is the Sabah state government.
“And unlike the present BN
Sabah state government which refuses to do anything about the rights of
Sabahans regarding the Borneonisation program, we sincerely believe that the
SAPP Sabah government will go to court to ensure that the rights of the people
of Sabah are protected. If need be, the SAPP Sabah government will bring this
matter to the courts in the United Kingdom which has jurisdiction over the case
because the British capital London is where the Malaysia Agreement was signed
on 9 July 1963,” they said.
1. Bernard Fung Fon Chen,
aged 72, ex-Police, Inanam
2. Nazib Maidan Dally, aged
37, ex-teacher, Sipitang
3. Tahir Bin Dahu, Tawau,
aged 65, ex-JASA (Penerangan), Tawau
4. Stanis Siap, aged 67,
ex-medical department, Penampang
5. Jamil William Core ,
Still serving at SESB, aged 49, Kimanis
with lawyers Ken Yong Chie
Man and Peter Marajin, led by SAPP deputy President Tuan Hj. Amde Sidek. (BP)
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