Al Jazeera 101 East – The Fight for Power
Friday, March 20th, 2009 1,768 viewsAl Jazeera 101 East programme on Astro Channel 513 was showing a documentary on the proposed 12 dams in Sarawak last night.
The documentary mainly touched on the details of Taib’s family Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS) and its businesses, a short interview carried with James Jemut Masing, the Sarawak Land Development Minister, social activist Dr John Brian Anthony of Dayak Baru, Abdul Aziz Hussain – Managing Director of Sarawak Energy and the people affected by proposed dams development.
The most interesting part to watch is of course, the interview with James Jemut Masing where good questions were asked by the interviewer, Fauziah Ibrahim specifically on the topics such as political and capital cronyism, conflict of interest, corruption, environmental issues and abuse of power by who else but Pek Mo lah!
Let me quote the opening statement by the journalist:
“For decades, Asia political dynasties have been leased to political cronyism. Here in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, the political and economic scene has been dominated for 30 years by one man, Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud.“
