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Thursday, March 6, 2008

THURSDAY-06 MARCH 2008- PKR CLAIMS 80% OF STALLS SUBLET TO FOREIGNERS

PKR claims 80% of stalls sublet to foreigners

INANAM:

Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate for Inanam, Daniel John Jambun, has claimed that 80 percent of the stalls at the Inanam tamu ground are sublet to foreigners. “There are these talks going round in Inanam that 80 percent of the stall operators are foreigners,” Daniel said in a statement here yesterday. Daniel who is also PKR State Liaison Deputy Chairman, said when he wins he would ensure that these stalls are returned to locals, and ensure only deserving natives or locals would carry out business at these stalls. He also reiterated PKR’s stand to do away with the BN practice of appointing Village Development and Security committee chairmen and village chiefs, so as to enable the villagers to choose their own Government at kampung level as this is more democratic and would ensure leaders are answerable to his or her own villagers and not to politicians.