Plot to oust Musa Aman – Part 1
It all began with OIL…
Sabah: Ground Zero
Sometime in late 2007, a group of businessmen approached Sabah CM Musa Aman to discuss ways they could explore and benefit from the state’s lucrative oil & gas industry.
Now, these are the same group of people who benefitted greatly from the state’s timber resources via Yayasan Sabah and other channels for many, many years.
The Sabah reforestation plan and conservation programme that was put in action by Musa’s government was taking a toll on this group of businessmen.
They could not make as much money as before and therefore, needed another cash cow.
Unlike the millions they made in the timber industry, the petroleum industry has the potential to make them billions!
Sabah has Malaysia’s top oil reserves and the Sabah Basin is projected to produce oil for a much longer period than any other oil-producing states in Malaysia.
All they had to do was get Musa’s blessings and the money from the petroleum industry would start pouring into their coffers.
But the unimaginable happened.
