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Sabah oil and gas roadshow to promote funding, talent development opportunities

Dateline 2022-08-11, The Star: Local players in the oil and gas industry have been urged to take part in the Sabah Oil and Gas, Services and Equipment (OGSE) Roadshow 2022 here later this month. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said the roadshow would provide a platform for OGSE companies to explore government support to help grow their businesses and secure…

Sabah won’t back down in talks over oil rights, says minister

He will bang tables? Okay….. if that floats your boat. Dateline 2022-03-21, FMT: Sabah local government and housing minister Masidi Manjun has said he would not back down on the issue of the state’s rights, including on oil and gas, in its negotiations with the federal government and Petronas.Masidi, who is the head of the state’s negotiation team, said the terms in the talks were in line with…

Covid-19: Sabah records further drop in daily cases, but KK figures jump due to oil rig workers’ cases

Dateline 2021-09-25, The Star: Sabah recorded a further decline of daily Covid-19 cases on Sunday (Sept 19), dropping to 1,356 infections compared to 1,395 previously, but saw the state capital numbers increased from the work-related spread in the oil and gas industry.State Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said Kota Kinabalu district registered 220 cases, a jump from 160 the day…

526 cases recorded in Sabah a result of mass screenings of plantation workers

KOTA KINABALU: The high number of Covid-19 cases recorded in Sabah at 526 on Tuesday (Jan 19) is attributed to mass screenings by the Social Security Organisation (Socso) at plantation mills, especially in the east coast. “Today, no new clusters were reported,” state Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said in the daily updates of the Covid-19 situation in Sabah on Tuesday…

Veveonah was having her exams at time of video, confirms UMS

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KOTA KINABALU: Veveonah Mosibin was taking her university examinations online around the time her viral video was posted, confirms Datuk Masidi Manjun. Masidi, who was recently appointed as chairman of Universiti Malaysia Sabah’s board of directors in August this year, made the clarification via Twitter on Tuesday (Sept 8). Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Zahidi Zainul…

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Malaysia arrests British tourist because she got naked and "angered the spirits"

Malaysia – The world gets more loony by the minute. On June 9, Elanor Hawkins,24, was arrested at Tawau Airport and accused of causing the earthquake on June 5 that killed 18 people. How did she do it? She and her tour group stripped down on Mount Kinabalu, and authorities said that their actions caused the “mountain spirits” to be angry.

Did these young tourists make a mountain angry?

Up until her arrest, Eleanor had been “having the time of her life” on an extended trip to Southeast Asia. She was celebrating her recent graduation with a Master’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Southampton University. She began her journey in January, visiting different countries like Cambodia and Thailand. she had planned to go from Malaysia to Singapore, Hong Kong, and Indonesia.

The New Zealand Herald wrote,

The trouble began on May 30 when she set out to climb the 13,435-foot Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain between the Himalayas and New Guinea. The tour was organised by Jungle Jack Backpackers Lodge, a popular budget hostel less than a mile from the entrance to the Kinabalu national park.

“Around 7am, while the group were on their way back from the summit, they started to strip off their clothes – ignoring their guide,” said the official complaint, obtained by The Telegraph. “The guide warned them not to do so, but they replied: ‘Stupid man, go to hell.’

“He could not stop them. They even took a group photo and a selfie. Then they dressed and returned to the backpacker lodge.”

One blogger a big problem

Miss Hawkins is not the only one that Malaysian police are looking for. Four others were arrested when they turned themselves in to authorities. Six others from their tourist group are being sought as well.

“To appease the mountain protector, the 10 western tourists who stripped and urinated on Mount Kinabalu should be fined 10 head of buffalo, according to local customs. . According to local beliefs, the spirit of the mountain is very angry. The tourists who angered the guardian of the mountain should pay for their mistakes by giving ‘sogit’ (a peace offering).” Tindarama Aman Sirom Simbuna

A Canadian blogger, Emil Kaminski, who was with the tourist group, has a seriously different perspective.  He not only faces charges in indecent exposure, but also insulting the Malaysian culture through his blog posts. He deliberately egged on the situation and made folks furious on Twitter.

Masidi Manjun, the foreign minister, denied linking the nudity to the earthquake. But by then everyone was in an uproar.  Kaminski described him as a “deranged prick.” With all of the words flying around, Miss Hawkins is now under arrest in Malaysia awaiting the court decision with the other members of the group.

Perhaps Mr. Kaminski should get a clue as to how to pay attention to local customs without having to subscribe to their beliefs. Authorities have said they need to keep these tourists separated from local inmates due to the hostility towards their actions. A little respect would have gone a long way.

  “F**k your culture” says Emil Kaminski, tourist who posed nude on Mount Kinabalu. Screenshots: http://t.co/vzGotX6HZB pic.twitter.com/z6MNMAAuGR

— Latest on SAYS (@saysdotcom) June 8, 2015

Emil Kaminski @monkeetimevideo is apparently the nude guy who desecrated Kinabalu, ridiculed people of Sabah and the earthquake S&R efforts — Asrul Muzaffar (@asrulmm) June 8, 2015

I think that jerk, Emil Kaminski has deleted his facebook!! I can’t open it. Go to hell you freaking uncivilized piece of shit!! #SabahQuake

— #PrayForSabah (@hafifaumitis) June 8, 2015

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'Sabahans must refrain from commenting on racial issues'

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Too close to wildlife not good, Sabah tells tourists

By Sandra Sokial 

KOTA KINABALU, April 30:

The Sabah Government may ban tourists from disembarking from their boats in their eagerness to get closer to wildlife.

Seeing red over the tourism players’ stubbornness for continuing to put their guests’ lives in danger, Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said the state government would come up with guidelines for tourism operators, especially those operating along the Kinabatangan River, on proper handling of their tourists.

He was commenting on the recent complaint from Sabah Wildlife Department director Datuk Dr Laurentius Ambu that several lodge owners, guides and boatmen, including so-called “eco-operators” in Kinabatangan, had ignored their warnings and advice.

They continued to place themselves and their tourists at great risk to see the Borneo Pygmy elephants in the wild.

“I understand that some tourists want to be close to nature and wildlife. They want a feel of the wilds and they get excited when they spot a pygmy elephant, for instance.

“But the tourist guides are in charge of the group and they have the right to say ‘no’ to their guests.

“We are not being disrespectful, but we are protecting them from possible harm. Their safety is our priority,” said Masidi.

He said he did not want past mistakes and tragedies to recur.

In December 2011, an elephant at the Tabin Wildlife Reserve killed an Australian tourist after she left the trail to take pictures of the animal.

It was learnt that the victim had not heeded the advice of her guide to stay on the trail.