Labuan oh Labuan
I just got back from Labuan mid last week. The architecture of Masjid Jamek An-Nur impressed me so much that I stopped by to take some shots for my travelogue. Local Muslims and musafirs alike pray there
Masjid Jamek An-Nur, Labuan... LensaPress photo by Jeff Ooi
Incidentally, The Star reported today that an MP is being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) for allegedly using forged documents to obtain bank loans.
According to the paper, the implicated politician is also said to have used forged ICs to obtain hundreds of thousands of ringgit from the banks to start businesses and buy property.
The politician, who has been tracked on the ACA radar for several months, is reportedly also being investigated for using forged documents or ICs to open shell companies to get government projects.
The Star quoted sources as saying that the ACA from Putrajaya had questioned the MP and seized documents from his office in Kota Kinabalu, which is about 30 minutes by air from Labuan.
R.I.P. Apart from the majestic mosque, suffice to say, Labuan also hosts one of the best-kept WWII memorials in the world where war heroes, not corrupted politicians, rest in peace.
WWII War Memorial, Labuan... LensaPress photo by Jeff Ooi
Labuan oh Labuan...
Comments
Thank goodness you are back safe and sound. Like the rest of Asia especially, it is comforting to know that Labuan is now spared from the scourge of the SAR menace especially now that it is the winter season in the northern hemisphere. Bravo to the health workers and enforcers. Way to go!
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January 15, 2008 12:49 AM
I have always wondered why the Federal govt decided to make Labuan an international off-shore financial centre.
Labuan is not exactly the easiest place to reach. Its air links to the outside world are limited.
Any self-respecting tax haven or off-shore financial centre should be easy to reach, with plentiful air connections to regional capitals.
It would have been much better, in hindsight, to have made Penang an off-shore financial centre and developed Labuan into an international-class holiday resort like Hawaii or even Singapore's Sentosa.
But maybe politics trumped economic logic!
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January 15, 2008 09:11 AM
Oh Jeff,
I hope this is not another one of your clever articles with hidden messages. This is starting to feel like "Da Vinci's Code"!
BTW, can we have a poll on what your readers think about the members of the Royal Commission?
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January 15, 2008 12:41 PM
Labuan oh labuan
where they spend over RM4mil on flowers to decorate the streets.
where they spent millions building the sea front area for sea sports and now its just another white elephant.
Labuan oh labuan where there are more foreign women selling themselves than shops selling cars...
labuan oh labuan indeed
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January 15, 2008 12:51 PM
oh yeah and im sure you know the controversy sorrounding the building of this mosque.
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January 15, 2008 01:05 PM
Sassyjam, may i know what's the controversy ?
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January 15, 2008 03:51 PM
Jeff
Thanks for featuring Labuan, my hometown, in your blog. Fantastic pictures too.
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January 16, 2008 01:39 PM