Luqman's musings

                                                                JPNS berkhidmat 24 jam From:luqmanm2002@yahoo.co.uk To:korporat.jpan@sabah.gov.my Cc:pejabatmayor.dbkk@gmail.com,upp.kktp.06@gmail.com Tue 19 Aug at 08:13   Director Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam Negeri Sabah Tingkat 2, Bangunan Persekutuan Jalan Mat Salleh, Tanjung Aru 88100 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

On 6 August 2025, I received a call from BIGoNS inviting me to attend a meeting on 12 August 2025.The meeting proceeded as scheduled. During the session, the chairman assured me that the minutes would be provided by the following Friday. Drawing from prior experiences with other government officials, where such documents have often been delayed, I proactively sent an email to BIGoNS on 13 August 2025, outlining the key discussions to ensure an accurate record. The following matters were discussed: Attendees were: Puan Siti Fairuz , Puan Jennifer, Puan Andrea , Enc. Fauzi , my wife Mariam and me. The meeting was chaired by Puan Andrea.

  Here are two of several emails attached to my email posted yesterday. These were addressed to the mayor and copied to JPA chairman Tan Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan bin Haji Abdul Aziz. ( Ketua Pengarah Perkhidmatan Awam ) and to the Sabah Integrity Department From:luqmanm2002@yahoo.co.uk To:mayor@dbkk.sabah.gov.my Cc:wdahlan@jpa.gov.my,marziana.malik@jpa.gov.my,sitifairuz.hussin@sabah.gov.my Tue 1 Jul at 07:10 Dear Datuk Mayor,

                           My meeting was scheduled for 2.30 pm on 5.8.2025. I sent off the following email to the mayor at 5am on the same day. This was so he is informed. Concerns Regarding Sabah Surveyors Board 's Response to Complaint From:luqmanm2002@yahoo.co.uk To:pejabatmayor.dbkk@gmail.com Tue 5 Aug at 04:52 Dear Datuk Mayor,   I received a letter dated 15 July 2025 from Datuk Sr. Bernard Liew Chau Min , Chairman of the Sabah Surveyors Board, in response to my complaint lodged on 15 December 2022. The delay of over two and a half years in addressing this matter raises serious concerns about the efficiency of our statutory bodies and their ability to drive progress in Malaysia .

  Here is a Daily Express news item dated 11.9.2025 and my thoughts. LINK Article: Deputy Chief Minister III cum Works Minister Datuk Shahelmey Yahya urged civil servants, especially in technical departments, to act with urgency when addressing public complaints on road conditions and water supply.

 Tatal kebawah untuk Bahasa Melayu. Attendees were: Puan Siti Fairuz, Puan Jennifer, Puan Andrea, Enc. Fauzi, my wife Mariam and me. The meeting was chaired by Puan Andrea. What a coincidence that Puan Andrea is the daughter of Datuk Abidin Madingkir who was the mayor who authorized the development plan (DP) attached to my son Faisal’s Sales and Purchase Agreement. Read my email to Abidin Madingkir. LINK

  Inspired by a friend’s post on Facebook, this is my story of defiance against authority overreach—call it Citizen Defiance Syndrome (CDS). When more of us embrace CDS, we’ll see civil servants do what they’re meant to: serve. I hope my stand against the Vistana Heights authorities becomes a case study in resolve. 

  Dear Datuk Seri Dr Samin Samitah, I have written several emails to you at mayor@dbkk.sabah.my and had never received any response. What your staff members are doing is detrimental to you and the Government of Sabah. They are misleading others to cover up their deceit in approving the occupancy certificate of Vistana Heights. Since 2022 I have tried to resolve matters amicably to no avail.

  The question I had asked since 2022 is if a retaining wall was mandated behind the houses along S1 to S18 (now renamed D17 to D18). In the minutes given to me on 11 th June 2025 Item 3.2 states: The approval record for the retaining wall plan for this development must be reviewed to identify if there is a proposal for constructing a retaining wall at the rear of Lot S9 for information and reference in the upcoming meeting. Action by: DBKK Engineering Department and DBKK City Planning Department.   The revised minutes given to me on 21.7.2025 states: The approval record for the retaining wall plan for this development must be reviewed to determine if there is a need to construct a retaining wall at the rear of Lot S9 for reference in the upcoming meeting. Action by: DBKK Engineering Department and DBKK City Planning Department.   There are two matters here for consideration:

  Request for Meeting to Discuss Concerns Regarding Vistana Heights Occupancy Certificate Approval   Dear Datuk Seri Dr. Haji Sabin Samitah,  

  Here is an email to the mayor dated 1.7.2025. Copied to integrity department. No response. To:mayor@dbkk.sabah.gov.my Cc:wdahlan@jpa.gov.my,marziana.malik@jpa.gov.my,sitifairuz.hussin@sabah.gov.my Tue 1 Jul at 07:10 Dear Datuk Mayor,

  Dear Datuk Abidin Madingkir, I read an article that said several of the statutory bodies are under your purview in your role as Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister. The article further said that you go on rounds to ensure the effective operations of government machinery. In addition to serving as Mayor of Kota Kinabalu from 2011 until 2016, you were also Permanent Secretary to various ministries such as the Local Government and Housing. Datuk you approved the development of Vistana Heights in 2011 when you were the mayor. The development plan was checked by Datuk Alijus Sipil. 

                                                           To read click on the image. Today’s (13.7.2023) Daily Express front page report carried a report by our former Chief Minister Tan Sri Harris Salleh. Commenting on a Daily Express report dated 12.7.23, he said that it was strange that in Kota Kinabalu City one can simply build a structure and then abandon it.     What came to my mind was the 2 abandoned structures at Vistana Heights. Nothing has progressed to the two buildings since occupancy certificates were issued for the rest of the project. These 2 detached houses were originally designed as semi-detached houses and redesigned to be detached houses when the land behind the houses collapsed. The two abandoned houses are an ...

 I wrote several emails to the mayor and not one was replied. Perhaps the ‘Perintah Am’ which stated that correspondences to government servants must be replied to within two weeks is outdated and not applicable anymore. Not one of my emails to DBKK, LPPB and the Mayor was ever replied.

  The article below appeared in the Daily Express today - 11.1.2023. I like to believe that this, at least partly, is because of my numerous emails to DBKK, LPPB, Mayor and ministers.  With the new government under DSAI I believe corruption will be reduced if not eradicated.