Hollywood star, Sigourney Weaver in a surprise visit to Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Sigourney Weaver became the star of the Alien films, reprising her role as Ripley in four sequels between 1979 and 1997. She did not appear in either of the Alien vs. Predator crossovers of the 2000s, but has expressed interest in doing a fifth Alien film.



Sigourney Weaver is a Hollywood icon. She catapulted into fame by playing the role of Alien buster, Ellen Ripley in 1979 right up to Alien 4th sequel in 1997. She also starred in other blockbusters movies including Ghostbusters and Gorilla in the Mists.


In the 1988 movie Gorillas in the Mist, Sigourney plays the role as the real life American naturalist Dian Fossey and her work in Rwanda with Mountain Gorillas over a period of 18 years.

Sadly, Fossey was found murdered in the bedroom of her cabin in Virunga Mountains, Rwanda on December 26, 1985. The last entry in her diary read:

“ When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future ”

Fossey's skull had been split by a panga (machete), a tool widely used by poachers, which she had confiscated from a poacher years earlier and hung as a decoration on the wall of her living room adjacent to her bedroom. Fossey was found dead beside her bed, with her handgun beside her. She was in the act of loading her weapon, but picked the wrong type of ammunition during the struggle. The cabin showed signs of a struggle as there was broken glass on the floor and tables along with other furniture overturned. All Fossey's valuables were still in the cabin - thousands of dollars in cash, travelers' checks, and photo equipment remained untouched. It remains a mystery.

Now back to Sigourney Weaver surprise visit to Sabah. The visit was so sudden that the local and international media, missed it completely.

Weaver visited the Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary in Sandakan last week between 17 April 2011 to 24th April 2011. After that, her whereabouts remains a mystery. People including the media didn't know her shedules as well as her flight details, leaving out of Sabah and Kuala Lumpur.



Well, the Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary is the largest of its kind in the world. The centre opened in 1964 as the first official orangutan rehabilitation project for rescued orphaned baby orangutans from logging sites, plantations, illegal hunting or kept as pets.

The orphaned orangutans are trained to survive again in the wild and are released as soon as they are ready. The sanctuary is located within the Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve which covers an area of 5529 ha, much of which is virgin rainforest.Today around 60 to 80 orangutans are living free in the reserve. It has become one of Sabah's top tourist attractions.

Altogether, it is estimated that Sabah which is in Borneo island, is the habitat to approximately 12,000 Orang Utans.

Apart from the Orang Utan Sanctuary which Sigourney Weaver visited, she also took some time off to wander around the Borneo Sun Bear Sanctuary, located within the Orang Utan Sanctuary.









All the best Miss Weaver.

Perairan Tawau-Sebatek, sering dijadikan laluan penyeluduip

Kedudukan Sabah yang terletak hampir dengan sempadan maritim dan darat Indonesia dan Filipina, seringkali dieksploitasi dan diambil kesempatan oleh penyeludup untuk membawa masuk atau keluar barangan terlarang, tanpa mengikut saluran sah.

Sudah seringkali kita mendengar di mana pihak berkuasa Malaysia termasuk Pasukan Gerakan Marin, Polis dan Agensi Penguat-kuasaan Maritim Malaysia, APMM menumpaskan percubaan menyeludup masuk atau keluar barangan dari Tawau ke negara jiran.

Terbaru, APMM cawangan Tawau berjaya melumpuhkan percubaan membawa masuk kayu bergergaji dari negara jiran ke Sabah, menerusi kaedah tidak sah.

Nilai rampasan RM320,000.










Menurut siaran media APMM Tawau, operasi terbaru pada 14 April 2011 dilancarkan hasil maklumat orang awam.

Satu pemeriksaan telah dilakukan oleh bot ronda APMM sekitar jam 2.00 petang dan menahan dua buah bot Jongkong yang sedang bertambat di Jeti Sungai Tawau dalam keadaan yang mencurigakan.

2 juragan dan 6 orang awak-awak warganegara Indonesia berumur lingkungan 20-an ke 60-an gagal mempamerkan permit masuk yang sah.

Pemeriksaan lanjut mendapati, kedua-dua Bot Jongkong tersebut dipercayai berasal dari Kalimantan, Indonesia yang ingin memunggah muatan kayu bergergaji disyaki jenis Kayu Amara (Kayu Malam) tanpa melalui jeti yang telah diwartakan.

Jongkong pertama telah membawa muatan Kayu Amara berjumlah lebih kurang 65 batang manakala Jongkong kedua telah membawa muatan Kayu Amara berjumlah lebih kurang 25 batang dipercayai untuk diseludup masuk.

Kesemua Kayu Amara dan dua buah Bot Jongkong tersebut bernilai lebih kurang RM 320,000.00 telah disita dan akan disiasat di bawah Akta Lembaga Perkayuan Industri Malaysia kerana tidak mempunyai sebarang dokumen sangkutan untuk membawa masuk muatan Kayu Amara tersebut dan Akta Imigresen 1952/63 kerana gagal mempamerkan permit masuk yang sah.

Menurut APMM ini kes pertama melibatkan rampasan kayu bergergaji di Tawau, tahun ini.

Orang ramai yang mempunyai sebarangmaklumat aktiviti penyeludupan di perairan Tawau boleh menghubungi talian Hotline APMM 089-752115.

Sabah Hargai pengorbanan Tentera Australia ketika perang dunia ke 2

Ketika perang dunia ke 2 pada 1940 hingga 1945, ribuan askar Commonwealth termasuk dari Australia dan New Zealand, sama sama membantu tentera British berjuang menentang keganasan tentera Jepun di Borneo.

Dalam peperangan itu, ribuan tentera Australia maut dek kekejaman Jepun.

Antaranya lebih 2,000 tentera Australia yang maut ketika dipaksa berjalan kaki dari kem tahanan di Sandakan ke Ranau sejauh 300 kilometer.

Hanya 6 saja tentera Australia yang terselamat dalam persitiwa dikenali Death March itu.

Lebih 2,000 lagi maut kerana dipaksa berjalan kaki tanpa makanan dan ubat ubatan mencukupi.

Siapa yang cuba melarikan diri akan dipancung, diseksa dan ditembak Jepun.

Jepun memang kejam, entah apa tujuannya mencetuskan perang Dunia ke 2 bersekongkol dengan Jerman dan Itali dalam kuasa Axis. Tiada faedahnya Maharaja Hirohito bersekongkol dengan Hitler dan Musollini.

Akibatnya, jutaan rakyat Jerman, Itali dan Jepun mati sia sia.

Ribuan lagi rakyat tidak berdosa iaitu orang awam, orang tua, wanita dan kanak kanak mati di Malaysia.

Kesannya?? Saiz negara Jepun, Jerman dan Itali sama saja. Tidak berubah menjadi lebih besar...

Apapun, kerajaan Sabah tetap menghargai pengorbanan tentera Australia di Sabah.

Satu upacara memperingatinya dilakukan di Beaufort, Sabah pada 22 April 2011 lalu, disempurnakan Ahli Parlimen Beaufort, Datuk Seri Panglima Lajim Ukin.













Menurut Lajim, Kerajaan Sabah melahirkan penghargaan yang tidak terhingga kepada usaha, keberanian dan pengorbanan yang dihulurkan oleh semua pejuang khususnya Australia semasa Perang Dunia Kedua.

"Kami terhutang budi atas pengorbanan dan keberanian mereka," kata Lajim pada ucapannya di majlis memperingati korban tentera Australia Perang Dunia Kedua di Tugu Peringatan Startevich di Beaufort pada 22 April 2011.

Lajim menambah : "Ia adalah masa yang sesuai dan wajar untuk kita balas kembali pengorbanan yang telah diberikan oleh askar-askar ini dengan mengadakan majlis memperingati perang seperti ini," katanya.

Lajim berkata Tugu Peringatan persendirian, L.T. Startevich itu adalah
tapak peringatan sejarah penting di Sabah, sehubungan itu, kerajaan negeri telah
mengisytiharkan tugu peringatan itu sebagai Tapak Warisan Budaya pada 1998 untuk
memastikan ia dipelihara selama-lamanya dan tidak diganggu oleh sebarang
aktiviti yang akan memberi kesan negatif di tapak itu.

Kewujudan tapak warisan sejarah seperti Tugu Peringatan Startevich telah
meningkatkan hubungan akrab dan jalinan persahabatan antara kedua-dua negara,
Malaysia dan Australia, katanya.

Aftermath of the April 16th, 2011 Sarawak election, : Sabah is different says Sabah BN Leaders

The 10th Sarawak election held on 16th April 2011 showed that the majority of the Chinese voters, voted for the oppositions, and they did not give a damn on the ruling coalition, the mighty Barisan Nasional, BN.

The Prime Minister of Malaysia, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and the long serving Chief Minister, Pehin Sri Taib Mahmud, tried their best campaigning for the BN in the urban areas where the Chinese community dominates the number of voters.





However, how hard they tried, the Chinese voters had made up their mind.

No matter how much they announced to the tune of hundreds of millions of ringgits of special allocation to the Chinese community, Chinese schools and Chinese Chambers of Commerces, the Sarawakians Chinese voters won't budge.





They still chose the rocket (DAP) symbol, rather than the Dacing (BN) symbol.

The end result > BN won 55 out of 71 seats, The opposition won 16 seats in which the DAP won 12 seats, Parti Keadilan Rakyat 3 seats and an Independent candidate won 1 seat.

In the previous Sarawak state election in 2006, Taib Mahmud's BN won 62 seats and only lost 9 seats.

BN's popular votes also decreases from 65 % to 55 %.

Why did they do that??

One things is a sign of protest to the 30 years old reign of Pehin Sri Taib Mahmud as Chief Minister of Sarawak.

The other was the professionally and wonderfully done DAP campaign strategies.

The DAP slogan was "CHANGE" or UBAH in Malay.





The BN slogan was continous prosperity through development for all Sarawakians, regardless of races, religions and areas including in remote settlements.

In the end, the DAP won 12 out of 15 seats they contested while the Sarawak United People's Party, SUPP, a BN component party, fared miserably, losing 13 out of 16 seats!!!



Their biggest casualty is none other than the SUPP President himself, Tan Sri Dr George Chan who was undefeated in 6 succesive elections, but this time, he bowed tamely to an uknown DAP rookie and first-timer!!!

I wonder what will happen had DAP contested in all 71 seats in Sarawak???

Meanwhile Taib Mahmud's Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Sarawak, PBB regained their supremacy, winning all 35 seats that they contested including Taib who retained his seat in Balingian.

The 100% win echoes PBB's similar feat in the 2006 election.

After the Sarawak election, what did their BN counterparts in neighbouring Sabah have to say??

A Sabah BN leader said the BN should accept the decision by the people in Sarawak in the recent State election, especially in urban areas.



Gerakan Vice-President Datuk Raymond Tan said it was more important to find out why the Chinese in urban areas decided to vote for the opposition.

"They were very, very well prepared, what to say and what picture to put up. They planned everything. They did very well, were organised and very detailed," he said on Tuesday, 19 April 2011.

However, the peninsula-based Gerakan believes the "winds of change" as demonstrated by the Chinese community there would not blow over to Sabah.

"The party (Gerakan) had learnt well about what had transpired in Sarawak and, thus, will prepare for the general election that is expected to be held soon.

"When the time comes for Sabah, we will know what to do," Tan said.

During his trips to Sarawak, Tan said he found that the people there understood the scenario not just in Sarawak but also issues and challenges in the country, especially in urban areas.

The people are more open-minded to issues both in the state and also nationwide. Hence, Sabah must learn about what transpired in its neighbouring State, he said.

"This is something that we and I need to be aware of and learn from in order for us to prepare ourselves in the direction that we are going," he said.

Tan, who is also State Industrial Development Minister-cum-Tanjong Papat Assemblyman, said doing the routine during campaigning such as putting up posters, giving ceramah (public rally) and shaking hands with the constituents was not enough.

"They could not claim that are already popular after doing all these.

Each campaign process is different and they learn new things from it, he said, adding the Sarawak general election was no exception."

People in the State, particularly in urban areas, he said, would draw comparisons to the scenario that took place in Sarawak.

"So, if the people in Sarawak were discontented or unhappy with certain things there and the Government was not doing anything about it, and we face a similar situation, then we would probably end up in the same way," he said.

Thus, the party needs to be focused, he said, adding if certain things were raised by the people and not enough was done to address these, Sabah would probably face a similar fate.

From his observation, he said many people especially in Sarawak's urban areas are unhappy, discontented and also frustrated over some issues.

Certain things that the Government should have settled, he said, failed to be resolved.

However, Tan said the situation was not only faced by certain communities but felt across the board. It applied to the Chinese, Ibans and also Malays, he said, adding that it was not only confined to the Chinese.

It is for this reason that the opposition influence had spread from urban areas to rural areas.

"So, the Prime Minister was right in querying whether we are really in touch with the people and that if you are in touch with the people and know how to address their needs, you will get their support," he said.

He said that as leaders they could not just assume that the people would be contented after providing them with the necessities.

"You could have done it but they would still be unhappy.

So, it is important that whatever you do, it touches them or that it gets to them," he said.

Meanwhile a leader from the Liberal Democratic Party, LDP thinks otherwise, saying the BN is not fully aware of the needs of the people especially the Chinese community.



The controversial LDP Deputy President Datuk Chin Su Phin said despite retaining the two-third majority, Sarawak BN saw its votes dropping to 55 per cent from 65pc in the previous state election.

"This means almost half the popular votes went to the opposition," he said.

"In the Chinese majority seats, about 80 per cent of the votes went to the opposition, particularly DAP which won 12 of the 15 seats that are concentrated in the urban areas. Even Parti Keadilan Rakyat won three seats of which one is a predominantly Dayak area," he said.

According to Chin, Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud should thank Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as well as the entire Federal Cabinet who went all out campaigning for the BN during the election.

"It was the first time we saw both the PM and DPM campaign together for one week. If not for the two leaders the result would have been different and the BN might have failed to get a two-third majority," he said.

On the defeat of SUPP President Tan Sri George Chan, he said the people there wanted Taib to step down as Chief Minister.

"As a result, SUPP became the victim. Had the issue been settled before the election, SUPP would not have lost heavily," he said.

He claimed the same leadership issue was adversely affecting the Sabah BN coalition and that the Prime Minister should be brave enough to effect changes in the BN leadership in the two states.

Chin claimed the Sabah BN leadership exploited powers and influence to gain the support from the Chinese chambers of commerce and religious bodies.

"It was sad that certain leaders from the Chinese chambers of commerce and religious bodies were involved in politics as well as issuing political statements to the media for their own agenda," he said.

"The Prime Minister should re-look the situation in Sabah and change the State BN leadership as soon as possible and not wait until the next general election. We believe Sabah Umno have adequate leaders from their own ranks to take over and effect the changes," he said.

"Apart from the Chinese, many from the other communities are also unhappy with the present State BN leadership. We all see the problems in Sabah and I hope other BN component parties are brave enough to speak up," he said.

"In the 2008 general election, Gerakan almost lost all the seats it contested due to the political tsunami and today, SUPP was dealt the same fate, so there is a great urgency to resolve the pressing BN leadership issue in Sabah before the next general election comes," he said.

He said the Chinese community in Sabah is not anti-BN government and in fact appreciated the government contributions including the allocation of financial grants to schools and religious bodies.

"I believe the issues such as concerning the Bible and the illegal immigrants are not the reason for the people to vote the opposition in Sabah and Sarawak. The main reason is that they have lost confidence in the BN leadership of the State.

"Another issue is the Chinese dislike for certain BN leaders who always raise sensitive issues in Parliament and to the media," he said, adding that he agreed with Umno Youth Chief, Khairy Jamaludin that "what we are facing now is the problem of leadership".

"The LDP will bring up issues affecting the BN and the people of Sabah in the next BN supreme council meeting," said Chin.

Malaysia's biggest jackpot winners!!!

Preseverence and team-works catapulted 16 lucky Malaysians from Sabah into instant millionaires.

They won Malaysia's biggest ever lottery jackpot of RM48 Million or approximately USD 16 million!!!

According to sources, the 16 male gamblers, all Chinese, betted on the same sets of number for 2 weeks or 5 draws in a row, investing a total of RM2,000 in total or a mere RM125 (USD 41.6) each.

Well, their investment paid handsomely.

To the envy of millions of gamblers in Malaysia, the lucky 16 struck The Supreme Toto 6/58 jackpot of almost RM48 million.

They played System 9 containing the numbers -- 2, 3, 8, 19, 23, 27, 28, 31 & 56 -- and six of these numbers -- 8, 19, 23, 28, 31, and 56 -- came out as the winning combination.

The numbers eventually won the snowball jackpot of Supreme Toto 6/58, which totalled RM47.84 million.

On top of that, because they had bet on System 9, they won an additional RM127,744, bringing the total winnings to RM47.97 million.

System 9 allows players to choose nine numbers from one to 58 and created 84 combinations of six numbers, which increased their chances.

The winners, between the ages of 30 and 50, had agreed to share their fortune among themselves in varying sums depending on their investments.

They found out about their winnings when one of them saw it in the Sports Toto website on Saturday,16 April 2011 before contacting the rest of the group.

With this payout, and the Mega Toto 6/52 jackpot of RM17.7 million that was paid out 10 days earlier, Sports Toto had paid out a total of RM65.5 million in less than two weeks.

Happy holidays you lucky freaks!!!

Chatting babies video a YouTube sensation

Well this reminds me of the hit 1989 romantic comedy "Look Who's Talking" which netted a very handsome and cool gross revenue of USD 279 million against a modest budget of USD7.5 million.



Look Who's Talking was written and directed by Amy Heckerling and stars John Travolta and Kirstie Alley. Bruce Willis plays the voice of Mollie's baby son, Mikey who can talk like grown-up men.

And below is a real life Who's Talking, year 2011 edition which has quickly become an internet sensation!!!



A video of a pair of diaper-clad babies seemingly engaged in an animated conversation in a home kitchen was a fast-spreading YouTube sensation.

The two-minute snippet of the lively exchange between twin brothers barely old enough to stand has been watched more than 2.2 million times since it was uploaded to the Google-owned video sharing website on Valentine's Day.

The then 17-month-old boys laughed, gestured, and raised their feet during what appeared to be a baby talk chat so genuine that it inspired viewers to add playful captions suggesting translations.

Suggestions included that one brother telling the other "That diaper is so 2010" and getting a retort along the lines of "If you're so smart, where is your other sock, Einstein?"

Child development specialists were citing the video in online discussions of how natural and healthy it is for babies to develop language skills as they mature.

"We've had a fascinating time seeing language blooming around here," the boy's mother said at her twinmamarama.com blog devoted to being a twin sister raising twin boys.

"Now the experts weigh in on this kind of twin language," she continued.

"I remember my own folks talking about my sister and I sending out verbal signals (essentially squeaks and shouts) in an attempt to pinpoint the location of our twin sister around the house!"

The "Twin baby boys have a conversation -- part 2" video at YouTube was one of a trio of clips at the website starring the babies.

Look who's Talking!!!!

Singaporean army counselled soft looking army guy

The photograph showed the young Singaporean soldier in military fatigues and combat boots walking on a footpath, with his female domestic helper following behind with his military-issue rucksack.

This particular picture has caused furoure, red faces and embarassment in the Singapore Armed Forces.

This infamous picture, which quickly became an internet sensation, gave the impression that Singaporean armed forces recruits are softies and not real men and the enemies will laugh at them!!!

Real Soldiers are expected to be able to carry their weapons and rucksacks while engaging in a running gun battle for up to 160 kilometres...!!!

Soldiers are expected to be tough and ready to fight any battle, anywhere, anytime.

But that picture gave unwanted impressions that the particular soft soldier is not at all ready for any battle yet for he will ask for his maid to do the battle on his behalf instead!!!

Look at the pictures below. These are real men, real soldiers, real army personells, ready to fight galantlly and with true valour for their beloved country!!!

These real soldiers are ready to defend the sovereignty of their respective nations!!!

































But ahhh.. here is a real sissy soldier!!! Is he Gay??? nobody knows..

Meanwhile media reported that the sofite Singaporean soldier who was photographed with a maid carrying his rucksack has undergone counselling and is "remorseful" over his behaviour, the Singaporean defence ministry said.

"The serviceman concerned has identified himself to his commander," defence ministry director of public affairs Colonel Desmond Tan said in a letter published in the Straits Times on Tuesday, 5th April 2011.

"He has been counselled and continues his training."

Tan said the soldier was "remorseful for his actions and realises that it was wrong for him to have allowed this".

Singapore maintains a conscript-based military and its armed forces are among the best equipped in Asia.

Every able-bodied male citizen and permanent resident 18 years old and above must undergo two years of military training.

There has been criticism that current training drills are not as tough compared with what older generations had to undergo because of complaints from parents.

Analysts, however, said the rucksack photograph was not a fair representation of today's armed forces.

Poor boy...

Poco Poco dance.. what's wrong with it??

To most Malaysians, the popular Poco Poco dance is a harmless dance and nothing else differentiate it with other normal dances.

However Harussani Zakaria thinks otherwise.

Harussani Zakaria, mufti of the northern Malaysian state of Perak has said the "poco-poco" dance violated Islamic law as it was a "cult dance," whose "moves reflect the making of a cross and so is unacceptable in Islam."

As a result of this, the head of Malaysia's Islamic Development Department, which sets national level Islamic policies, said a National Fatwa Council will be convened on April 20, 2011 to rule on the issue, the New Straits Times, Malaysia's tio English language newspaper reported.

"I hope other state muftis will be patient and wait for the meeting," Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz told the paper.

"If any of the states have concluded its findings on the matter, I invite them to share it with us," he added. A department official confirmed the remarks but declined further comment.

In Malaysia, many adults use the dance to keep fit and some Islamic thinkers say it should not be banned if it is done solely for health reasons.

The origin of poco-poco is unclear but many trace it to Indonesia more than 20 years ago to accompany a song of the same name.

It is also a Jamaican word which relates to a wild dance under the possession of spirits.

Harussani said the dance originated in Jamaica and is also practised in the Philippines and parts of Indonesia which have a Christian majority.


The Poco Poco is popular in Europe too, as demonstrated by the Folkuniversitetet dancing class students in Linkoping - Sweden.

Malaysia's population is dominated by Muslim Malays, and the ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities are becoming increasingly concerned over rising "Islamisation" of the multicultural country.


In 2008, Malaysia's highest Islamic body, the National Fatwa Council, banned yoga for Muslims, saying it could erode their faith.

But the decision triggered uproar from moderate Muslims, prompting then prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to wade into the row, saying Muslims could do yoga as long as it had no Hindu spiritual elements.

I’m being sexually harassed, says Bung Mokhtar after calling Malaysian female drivers as lousy drivers!!

Kinabatangan Member of Parliament, Datuk Bung Moktar Radin on the limelight again.

1st he drew ire from women groups for suggesting in the Malaysian Parliament that women leaked (menstruate) every month, that remarks came after the MPs debated about leak in the Parliament roof.

2ndly, he was constantly on the limelight when he married Malaysia's sexy and popular actress, Zizie Ezette.


Maybe Bung Moktar is reffering to these kind of women drivers..

He said most women drivers were slow and did not pay attention to their surroundings while they were at the wheel.

“Some women drivers drive slowly and seem oblivious to traffic.

“When you honk at them, they get agitated with some even showing hand gestures to other drivers,” he said during the debate on the Supplementary Supply Bill.

Today, Wednesday 30th March 2011, an annoyed Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin has made a passionate plea to women's groups not to target him as a sexist following his comments about women being slow drivers.

The Kinabatangan MP said his Monday's 28 March 2011 remarks in the Dewan Rakyat had been manipulated, causing him to be singled out by women's groups so much so that he felt “sexually harassed”.

“I was talking about careless drivers and dangerous road conditions,” he said, explaining that he did not accuse women of being 100% responsible for road accidents and that he was merely talking about those who had just passed their driving tests.

He said he had the utmost respect for women and considered them as a God's gift who must be respected and treasured.

“But this has been manipulated by several parties as though I did not respect women. Today, I have become the focus of women's groups. I wish to ask the Speaker for help as I consider this sexual harassment against me,” he told the Dewan Wednesday, 30 Mac 2011, amid laughter from the floor.

“I never said that women were the cause of it (road accidents). It is the Opposition who twisted it,” he added.

He did not blame the media for sparking the uproar against him, saying “it is usual for newspapers to sensationalise the news”.

His clarification drew support from Datuk Ismail Kassim (BN-Arau), who said the issue did not arise as he was witness to it when Bung Mokhtar spoke about it on Monday.

After the controversial remarks, Bung has come under fire from various quarters including women groups, the opposition and even from a BN women minister.

Women's groups have slammed the sexist remarks by Bung against women drivers, calling him a disgrace.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister of the ruling BN party, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said Bung's statement against women drivers was completely uncalled for and offensive.

“We are gathering statistics on road accidents from the police to get a clearer picture about the allegation,” she said in a statement.

Bung Mokhtar, claimed that most women drivers were slow and paid little attention while on the road.

“When you honk at them, they get agitated with some even showing hand gestures to other drivers,” he said.

All Women's Action Society (AWAM) acting president Ho Yock Lin called for Bung Mokhtar to resign immediately.

“He is an utter disgrace as a parliamentarian and an embarrassment to his party,” she said.

Women's Aid Organisation executive director Ivy Josiah said “Bung has driven home the point that he is truly a sexist MP who does not deserve our vote.”

She added that the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) had rightly listed Bung as one of the many sexist MPs in 2008.

Expressing shock over the remark, another BN leader, Wanita MCA vice-chairman Senator Heng Seai Kie called on Bung Mokhtar to undergo a mandatory course on gender equality.

“His pathetic utterances betray his warped mentality which has no place in Malaysia,” she said.

PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah described Bung's sexist remark as being devoid of factual statistics.

The statement also sparked a heated debate on Facebook with some male users agreeing with Bung while women lashed out against him.

On Twitter, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng called Bung a threat to gender equality and said: “Maybe Bung will suggest next that women drivers be banned since they are such a menace.”

The report was also carried by international news agency AFP.

A poll posted on The Star Online asking readers if they agreed with Bung's remark that women are lousy drivers revealed that at 7.30pm yesterday, almost 4,000 people had voted with respondents equally split