SABAH NATIVES STOP BEING A NATIVE?

Dear Editor,

NO MATTER what the commenters in Sabahkini.net say, all sabah natives will lose their native identity on conversion to Islam and practically is a 'Malay' because they can only be subjected to Syariah Court and are the Native Courts or Mahkamah Anak Negeri are forbidden to hear any cases coming from them.

And this order has been issued since 28th February 1995, as the copy of this letter from the Land and Survey Dept shows. (this copy is photographed from the wall just outside the Penampang Native Court)

This memo signed by the former Director Mohamad b. Jafry clearly stated that "Permohonan Jadual Satu bagi Pembahagian/Tuntutan waris harta pusaka bagi orang-orang beragama islam yang lazimnya dibuat dibawah ordinan harta pusaka Anak Negeri dan Harta Kecil 1941 tidak harus diproses lagi, termasuk juga proses pendaftaran perintah dalam format form jadual tiga yang dikeluarkan oleh Mahkamah Anak Negeri sejauhmana ia melibatkan harta pusaka orang-orang islam."

On discussing this issue with a Ketua Anak Negeri just yesterday, he informed me that lots of natives who converted did so without knowing the full implication of them losing their 'Adat Pusaka' and no matter how they regretted afterwards, it is already too late.

This KAN whose identity I wont reveal to protect him from being victimised also informed me that he has a cousin who had converted and after dying, his 50 acres of property still is not released by the Syariah courts after years and probably becomes their property since some of the children did not covert with him.

The KAN also confirmed that 75% of the property will be retained by the Syariah courts and only 25 % will be given to the non-moslem children.

He concluded in disgust that by converting to islam, you would only be making the syariah court and their masters richer from your properties.

No wonder this issue has not been discussed in public being covered up by the disguise of 'religious sensitivities' just as it was harped to me by commenters in sabahkini, such as Nundaring and Azraglee.

So the ordinary folks just have to shut up and put up with the bullshit otherwise they be threatened with the 'Anti-Islam' label and then prosecuted?

THIS is the proof that all natives of Sabah who converts to islam ceased to be a native as they no longer enjoy the services of the Mahkamah Anak Negeri.

Worse still, those who remained faithful as a true native of Sabah would still be forced to accept islamic bullshit.. for example, what if I want to sue another native for violating my native rights but he then convert to Islam?

I wont be able to bring him before the native courts but instead I have to submit myself the the syariah courts? Definitely the syariah courts will be given previleges to hear the case and since non moslem lawyers are also not allowed by the syariah, so definitely I as a non-moslem native is clearly discriminated.

So all of you Kadazans, Dusuns, Muruts or Rungus who have converted can forget about being a Sabah native and now YOU can have the previleges of calling yourself MALAYS.

As for Dompok who proudly announced the construction of 5 native court buildings around the state, one of course is being built near the Penampang district office, well he can claimed that the native court is now institutionalised. That is only in his dreams.

After all, if the majority of the natives are converted by hook or by crook, the Mahkamah Anak Negeri will be of no used and the Logo of the Buildings can easily be changed to Mahkamah Syariah.

Goodbye to all non-moslems, you will soon be an extinct species so long as the ARTICLE 1 of the 20 points cannot be reinstated into the state and federal constitution.

Cheers from me,

JOHN BABAGON