Quixotic Quest for Accountability
Challenging silence, demanding integrity Has my vision of a better Sabah — one properly managed by civil servants and politicians — been too idealistic, unrealistic, and impractical? That is the question I have wrestled with for the past four years, ever since I began my fight against the developer of Vistana Heights . The houses there were built in blatant disregard of the development plan submitted to DBKK . A retaining wall was never constructed, though an engineer supposedly supervised it. An architect submitted an as ‑ built survey plan, then disclaimed responsibility for another professional’s work, despite being the principal submitting officer. DBKK issued an occupancy certificate despite serious discrepancies in the submitted documentation—discrepancies that remain unexplained to this day.