IPU takes cudgel to Anwar trial....

from tumpang sekole...? by ali allah ditta

The way the Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial is being conducted has received outright condemnation from an international legislaters body- the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU). The IPU which has been keeping a close eye on the case unanimously adopted a resolution that the prosecution in the case had been compromised and was choc-a-bloc with defects.

The resolution, adopted by the Geneva based IPU on Oct 6, noted procedural irregularities, based on a report by Queens Counsel, Mark Trowell, which was handed over to the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, compromising the prosecution's case.

Trowell, who has been an observer at the trial had submitted the 24 -page report to the IPU.

"Trowell provides a detailed analysis of this question and arrives at the conclusion that `since the prosecution case has been completely compromised, the public interest would justify discontinuing the proceedings.

"It noted that the Malaysian delegation's the view that this did not take into account the interest of the victim in receiving justice." the resolution states.

It is learnt Malaysia was represented by Deputy Education Minister Wee Ka Siong and Nancy Shukri (MP for Batang Sadong). Questions had been raised over Wee's presence at the IPU in the Malaysian delegation, as according to Anwar's lawyer Sankara Nair, the Permatang Pauh MP has a suit pending against the deputy education Minister.

"His presence there representing Malaysia's MPs, is certainly in question as he did not state his interest to the union because Anwar has a defamation suit pending against him," Sankara said.

IPU in its resolution endorses the circumstances in the conclusion arrived at by Trowell.

In April IPU, had in its resolutions claimed that the prosecution's case was riddled with defects.

Discrepancies in Anwar's trial noted

It also recognises that a balance has to be struck between the interest of the complainant and the accused, but considers in this instance it cannot serve the interest of justice to continue pursuing a case which is heavily compromised and gravely impairs the rights of the accused.

Trowell in his report struck the chord of discrepancy plaguing Anwar's trial:

* The complaint was brought against the opposition leader, just as he was returning to the political scene;

* The complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's visit to the Deputy Prime Minister and a senior assistant commissioner before filing a complaint;

* The fact the attorney general (Abdul Gani Patail), the main prosecutor in the first sodomy proceedings has been involved in the present case and also he being investigated by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Agency following allegations of fabricating of evidence;

* The almost systematic rejection of all defence application for disclosure of prosecution evidence, which it would need in order to mount the defence; and,

* The relationship between a member of the prosecution team (Farah Azlina Latif) with complainant (Saiful), (left)was accepted as true by the High Court

Committee to continue monitoring trial

IPU in its resolution also notes that the judge, Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah, had rejected the defence's application to strike out the charge following the alleged affair, and would request the continued presence of an observer to be present at crucial hearings. It also calls for equality between the prosecution and defence -- an essential element of a fair trial. Failing which it would be deemed that judgments issued by the court will be fundamentally flawed.

It stresses the need for Malaysia to respect the United Nations Human Rights Council, of which it (Malaysia) is a member, and as such it should uphold the highest standards in promoting and protecting human rights. The IPU calls the Malaysian Parliament to do much more to ensure due administration of justice.

The union directed its secretary-general, to convey this resolution to Malaysia's parliament, Anwar, his lawyers and other interested parties. It also urged the Committee of the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, to continue examining the case and submit a report at its 124th IPU Assembly scheduled for April 2011.

source:malaysiakini

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Spend money developing Mt Kinabalu, not 100-storey tower

By Queville To (FMT)

KOTA KINABALU: Why are we creating costly artificial skyscrapers when we should be focusing on developing and promoting our natural wonders like Mount Kinabalu? That was the question posed by Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP).

Mt Kinabalu, a World Heritage Site and a tourism icon for Malaysia, for one could be better promoted if the government wants mega-scale eco-tourism development, instead of building a 100-storey tower that cost billions of ringgit, said SAPP information chief, Chong Pit Fah.

Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's announcement of the proposed RM5 billion Warisan Merdeka tower in Kuala Lumpur, he said: “Why spend billions of the taxpayers’ money to create a tourist attraction in the form of a 100-storey building, when God has given us such a magnificent natural tourist attraction which no building in the world is taller than?

“We are not Dubai or Las Vegas which are barren and devoid of any natural attractions that they need to create some man-made ones, instead.”

Chong was responding Najib's announcement while tabling the budget last Friday that the proposed 100-storey tower was expected to be ready by 2020.

Chong said the money could be better spent upgrading existing facilities and adding new attractions in the vicinity of the world-famous park.

He said that despite its world heritage status, the facilities at the Kinabalu Park leave so much to be desired.

“For so long such an important site for the country has seen little development,” he said.

Chong wanted to know how the proposed construction of the tower near Stadium Merdeka and Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur would benefit the people in Sabah.

Another white elephant

He reminded that the country already had the iconic Petronas Twin Towers which was funded by revenues derived from oil and gas in Sabah.

“It’s time for Sabah to get back what is due to it,” he stressed.

He said there were more important things to focus on like better education, better health care, better public transportation, safer neighbourhoods and cleaner water. There is no need for a taller building.

“We certainly don't need another white elephant. The government should prioritize the people's needs over the selfish needs of the privileged few.

"We saw too much mega projects during the era of former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and today the rakyat are still
paying for them.

"We are at the brink of the country declared a bankrupt as was highlighted by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Idris Jala,” he noted.

Chong likened the government’s decision on the tower to historic blunders by governments at the expense of the people and such acts he added had sparked change.

He described it as a clear indication that the BN-led government had completely lost its direction.

The trial of Anwar Ibrahim

The 24-page report on the trial of Datuk Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim in the High Court of Malaysia observed on behalf of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) by MARK TROWELL QC, August 2010.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

You can read the full 24-page report in PDF by downloading it from here:

http://www.malaysia-today.net/files/Mark-Trowell-Report-August-2010-IPU.pdf

Mega tower poser for PNB

By Rahmah Ghazali

KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition MP Mahfuz Omar currently cast doubts upon a monetary ability of government-linked company Permodalan Nasional Bhd to set up a RM5-billion 100-storey Menara Warisan, which has sparked controversy.

This was despite a assurance of PNB arch executive officer Hamad Kama Piah Che Othman which PNB has a supports to implement a project.

Hamid Kama had pronounced which Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB), PNB's wholly-owned subsidiary, operates a series of unit certitude schemes, as well as to illustrate a supports will come from these internally generated revenue.

"I wish to remind Hama Kama which ASNB's total certitude supports stand during RM115 billion. you dont think PNB has some-more supports than what ASNB has accumulated from a community.

I wish to highlight which this will but delay as well as in a roundabout way engage income from a unit certitude schemes," he said, adding which a increase should go but delay to a people.

Mahfuz additionally pronounced it would be "unfair" to a people if a increase were used only to construct a 100-storey tower.

"Besides, you already have huge buildings with unoccupied offices," he said.

Mahfuz pronounced which Kuala Lumpur would not suffer from a miss of space as Naza TTDI Sdn Bhd was additionally endeavour a RM15-billion development plan comprising a Matrade Centre, offices as well as residences.

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, when phenomenon Budget 2011 recently, revealed which a mega tower, once finished in 2015, would attract some-more foreign approach investments.

Signature drive

Meanwhile, Pakatan Rakyat has launched a signature campaign opposite a skyscraper project.

Speaking to reporters during Parliament house, PKR Youth arch Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin pronounced which Kuala Lumpur was already "congested! ".
He pronounced a building a whole of some-more buildings in a city would eventually lead to some-more trade jams.

In perspective of this, he pronounced which Pakatan would go upon a signature expostulate to get public feedback.

"We are going to collect 100,000 signatures by a finish of December as well as you will forward them to a budding minister," he said.

He additionally pronounced a building a whole of a mega building was nonessential as Kuala Lumpur has most buildings such as a Dayabumi office complex, "which is still empty".

Shamsul Iskandar additionally voiced his concern over PNB's approach impasse in a project, claiming which PNB had deviated from a purpose of receiving care of Bumiputera interests.

"Even if PNB uses a inner supports but touching investors' money, will a RM5-billion plan be beneficial to a public?" he asked.

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Rais VS .... Rocky Bru ' those not affected will not understand'

Minister of Information, Communication and Culture, Datuk Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim defended his actions to make police reports against blogger Rocky Bru @ Datuk Mountaineering Attan and two others are seeing a claim his company That Could Be Involved in broadband contracts worth millions of dollars ... Because it is rights.

"It's Easier (this issue). People do not take the problem do not know.They have publicly humiliate me. I as a member of the administration has long served Which never received a blow and Poor.

"They Provide What is not correct. So I as an ordinary citizen, there is no other way Except to report to the settled laws of our country. So if it was wrong, or not properly considered, I do not have it, I can do a lot of options, but it's my right, "he said When met outside Agendadail! y Merdek a PWTC Hall, Thursday.

He was Asked to comment on reports of Several blog tells of meeting with some bloggers at his residence on Monday, Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak has expressed a sense of aggrieved to move Rais made a police report against Rocky and two other bloggers , Big Dog and TNT.

So far Rocky has been Called to give evidence to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). Rocky makes posting under the title Who gets Santa Rais RM1billion handout?on October 9.

"Create a report (the police) is my right. So I have no party is turning and I do not think the Prime Minister issued a word That Because I had no opportunity to defend myself, "said Rais, who said hedid not know anything about the meeting.

Asked Whether Would he withdraw or continue with a report on the Rocky and the two bloggers, Rais said he insisted on only exercise THEIR rights.

"That's my right. I have a report.! So That extent. So what happens after That we will see what happens.And I have no purpose for any inconvenience memperli or far from where the Prime Minister.

"I had worked under his father (the late Tun Razak). Now I am working under him, so if he does not like, or do not feel comfortable, he will have a choice. I am the common people.

"For me right Rais Yatim who tried to clean things diharu-birukan by the parties concerned. That's it. I have no other claim, just report it and it is up to the Authorities point of view of the law Because my name has been tainted .

"For Those who do not feel They definitely do not understand. Because it was not true, so I took the options available to law. That's it. "

When Asked Whether his actions Were done Because of instinct as a father, he denied.

"It was not there. As an individual, a citizen of Malaysia who is also rates deepening the country's laws, far as I know, nothing wrong if someone Takes a choice to report to police or to others if he was mocked by other parties.

"Maybe I need to take action under civil law. No need to make a police report. The crime, it is up to the parties concerned. I have no other choice. "

courtesy of agendadaily

Letter & Opinion From Joe Public

Dr M, Badawi and BN leaders laud Najibs Umno speech

Malaysia Chronicle

WITH VIDEO The heads of MCA, MIC and Gerakan joined former Umno president Mahathir Mohamad and Abdullah Badawi in lauding Najibs controversial opening speech at the 61st Umno annual assembly.

Najib had made barely-veiled threats of violence including ethnic cleansing if Umno lost its five-decade stranglehold on the federal government and if unnamed parties did not stop debating or challenging Malay supremacy.

Even if our bodies are crushed and our lives lost, brothers and sisters, whatever happens, we must defend Putrajaya, Malaysiakini reported Najib as saying..

What I am saying is not surprising. In the 20th century, we have seen cases of punishment without trial in the United States, the holocaust tragedy in Europe, the slaughter of Palestinians in the Middle East and the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Rwanda. Imagine, what is the outcome, if every generation of Malaysian question the social contract which was agreed upon by their forefathers.


Malaysia Chronicle appends below the reactions of the BN team.

Mahathir Mohamad, former prime ministerThe Malays must realise where they stand and that they need to work hard to be successful.I have said this before when I was president, and Najib is reinforcing this. They don't really understand the contents of the constitution. If you hold on to the original agreement, there is no problem. When people want to make changes that all this while had not been allowed, that would spark tension among races.

What Najib said is that we have a formula that has worked well for the past 50 years, so why do you want to change it? Why bring up issues that only cause tension among all races?

Abdullah Badawi, former prime ministerThis entrenchment in the constitution, follo! wed cons ensus among the leaders of that time. We must realise this.

Samy Vellu, MIC presidentI don't think this is a racist message. This is only to unite the Malays with other races so we BN can hold power.

Chua Soi Lek, MCA presidentI think we should be able to discuss this. Since this is a sensitive issue, we should not discuss it in a high-profile manner. I think we should not be stopped from discussing any issue. So we can discuss this in a low-profile manner behind closed doors, to ensure that what was enshrined in the constitution is implemented in a fair.

Koh Tsu Koon, Gerakan presidentLaws must be seen through a balanced viewpoint and not just through one interpretation. No, no, no. He only said that if Malay rights are questioned, everyone will feel uncomfortable and this will give rise to the opportunists. We must oppose them. What is important is that he stressed that we are on the same path based on the 1Malaysia principle. This message must be promoted and I believe this is a good start.

BN leaders' reaction

Umno leaders' reaction

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Mega tower poser for PNB

By Rahmah Ghazali

KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition MP Mahfuz Omar today expel doubts upon a financial capability of government-linked association Permodalan Nasional Bhd to build a RM5-billion 100-storey Menara Warisan, which has sparked controversy.

This was despite a declaration of PNB arch executive military officer Hamad Kama Piah Che Othman which PNB has a supports to exercise a project.

Hamid Kama had pronounced which Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB), PNB's wholly-owned subsidiary, operates a series of section certitude schemes, as well as thus a supports will come from these internally generated revenue.

"I wish to remind Hama Kama which ASNB's total certitude supports mount during RM115 billion. you dont consider PNB has some-more supports than what ASNB has amassed from a community.

I wish to stress which this will without delay as well as in a roundabout way engage income from a section certitude schemes," he said, adding which a increase should go without delay to a people.

Mahfuz also pronounced it would be "unfair" to a people if a increase were used only to erect a 100-storey tower.

"Besides, you already have huge buildings with unoccupied offices," he said.

Mahfuz pronounced which Kuala Lumpur would not suffer from a lack of space as Naza TTDI Sdn Bhd was also undertaking a RM15-billion growth plan comprising a Matrade Centre, offices as well as residences.

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, when phenomenon Budget 2011 recently, suggested which a mega tower, once finished in 2015, would capture some-more unfamiliar direct investments.

Signature drive

Meanwhile, Pakatan Rakyat has launched a signature campaign against a skyscraper project.

Speaking to reporters during Parliament house, PKR Youth arch Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin pronounced which Kuala Lumpur was already "congested".
He pr onounced a building a whole of some-more buildings in a city would eventually lead to some-more trade jams.

In view of this, he pronounced which Pakatan would go upon a signature drive to get open feedback.

"We are starting to pick up 100,000 signatures by a end of December as well as you will brazen them to a budding minister," he said.

He also pronounced a building a whole of a mega building was nonessential as Kuala Lumpur has most buildings such as a Dayabumi bureau complex, "which is still empty".

Shamsul Iskandar also expressed his concern over PNB's direct impasse in a project, claiming which PNB had deviated from its purpose of receiving care of Bumiputera interests.

"Even if PNB uses its internal supports without in contact with investors' money, will a RM5-billion plan be profitable to a public?" he asked.

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Batu Sapi: Can Yong be trusted?

By FMT Staff

KUALA LUMPUR: Today in Sabah, Pakatan Rakyat leaders have been approaching to meet with Sabah Progressive People's Party (SAPP) over PKR's candidacy in a Batu Sapi by-election. Uppermost upon Sabah DAP's mind is either SAPP trainer Yong Teck Lee can be trusted.

State authority Hiew King Chieu said: "I consider Anwar's call to Yong to give way to PKR in Batu Sapi is apt. Pakatan is a strong as well as renouned bloc which cuts opposite racial as well as religious lines.

"But we believe a pass issue here is SAPP. Rumours have been which Pakatan wants SAPP to work with them though a question is can they be trusted."

Hiew, who is Kota Kinabalu MP, pronounced Pakatan must sense from Sabah's domestic story which he pronounced has been filled with intrigue, personal power fool around as well as betrayals between domestic partners.

"My suggest is for Pakatan to consider thorughly about a tie-up with SAPP, investigate their credentials first.

"When they were with Barisan Nasional, SAPP was used by Umno to mangle up a votes in a by-election as well as ubiquitous elections," pronounced Hiew.

He combined which an additional point was SAPP's continuous insistance which they have been a internal celebration with a strong presence.

"The actuality is which SAPP is a celebration from Sabah though purebred in Kuala Lumpur just similar to DAP, PAS as well as PKR.

"SAPP claims which Pakatan is a celebration from a peninsula. This is not true. We have been a inhabitant celebration whilst SAPP is in actuality a 'mosquito party'. Let me explain. DAP has 29 parliamentarians as well as 71 state assemblymen whilst SAPP has usually two MPs as well as two assemblymen, as well as which too usually in Sabah," Hiew said.

Chequered past

As such, he pronounced it was next to impossible for any celebration to wo! rk with SAPP.

"This is because story has taught us how Umno-BN paid for over SAPP when they were with Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), who is a domestic partner in a state government.

"SAPP afterwards went upon to misuse PBS as well as lift down Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan's administration in 1993," pronounced Hiew, adding which a matter did not stop there.

In 2009 an indignant Yong pulled SAPP out of a BN bloc after accusing afterwards premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of denying Sabah rights as well as ignoring him.

"His (Yong) record speaks for himself. When Pairin was his trainer Yong tricked him, when Pak Lah became his boss, again Yong tricked him. I'd similar to to ask if there is any celebration confidant sufficient to risk partnering SAPP.

"We have worked really tough given a 2008 ubiquitous election...made most sacrifices built our strength in Sabah.

"I don't consider we should rubbish it over a team-work with SAPP. They cannot be devoted generally given Yong has repeatedly pronounced which SAPP will competition 40 seats in a entrance election," Hiew was reported as observant in Suara Keadilan.

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Logjam disaster: Blame in on the rain, not the loggers

By Joseph Tawie

KUCHING: The censure diversion between Land Development Minister James Masing as well as state timberland executive Len Talif over a new logjam mess along a Rajang river has shifted to a weather.

Talif is blaming a sleet as well as is of a perspective which loggers had nothing to do with it.

In a direct challenge to Masing, Talif pronounced a logjam was not caused by logging though due to a becoming opposite patterns of sleet in a area.

Many suspicion which logging was a categorical cause, though studies showed which it contributed minimally to a large waste which clogged a Rajang River for several days.

The shifting patterns of sleet in a area is a categorical culprit. The sleet pattern has been becoming opposite in a final 3 years.

According to a hydrography report upon Nanga Gaat, a H2O level upon October 3 during 4.48 pm was 8 metres. On October 7 during 7.00 am, a H2O level was 5 metres. At 9.00 pm upon a same day, it rose to eleven metres.

Through this study, you have concluded which a waste was caused by a concentration of rains inside of a reduced period, he said.

Since a logjam which stretched 250km of a Rajang river, Masing has strongly criticed a dialect as well as blamed prevalent illegal logging in forests in Sungai Melatai, in a Baleh constiteuncy, for a mess

Masing pronounced complicated logging activities in Sungai Melatai had caused landslides during complicated rains bringing with it logs as well as waste down a river right in to Rajang.

Masing wants quick action

He has demanded which a authorities (forestry department) take unrelenting movement opposite companies. According to him, this was a third incident of a kind.

Talif however has denied there have been logging activities in Sungai Melatai. According to him all activities there had stopped in 2007.
But M asing, in whose subdivision Sungai Melatai sits, has a opposite perspective of a 'man-made disaster', as well as Talif's rejection of existent logging activities in Sungai Melatai.

I am not being polemical here. But it is engaging to note which where there have been large dirt erosions in a top reaches of Baleh River there have been extensive logging activities.

There have been no large erosions where there have been no logging activities.

What does this mean? Let dirt experts have their conclusions. we mount to be corrected upon a means of Baleh logjam issue, pronounced Masing who is additionally Baleh assemblyman.

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Batu Sapi: Can Yong be trusted?

By FMT Staff

KUALA LUMPUR: Today in Sabah, Pakatan Rakyat leaders have been expected to meet with Sabah Progressive People's Party (SAPP) over PKR's candidacy in the Batu Sapi by-election. Uppermost upon Sabah DAP's mind is whether SAPP trainer Yong Teck Lee can be trusted.

State chairman Hiew King Chieu said: "I consider Anwar's call to Yong to give approach to PKR in Batu Sapi is apt. Pakatan is the clever as well as popular bloc which cuts across racial as well as religious lines.

"But we hold the pass issue here is SAPP. Rumours have been which Pakatan wants SAPP to work with them though the question is can they be trusted."

Hiew, who is Kota Kinabalu MP, pronounced Pakatan contingency sense from Sabah's domestic story which he pronounced has been filled with intrigue, personal energy play as well as betrayals among domestic partners.

"My advise is for Pakatan to consider thorughly about the tie-up with SAPP, investigate their background first.

"When they were with Barisan Nasional, SAPP was used by Umno to mangle up the votes in the by-election as well as ubiquitous elections," pronounced Hiew.

He added which another indicate was SAPP's successive insistance which they have been the internal celebration with the clever presence.

"The actuality is which SAPP is the celebration from Sabah though purebred in Kuala Lumpur just similar to DAP, PAS as well as PKR.

"SAPP claims which Pakatan is the celebration from the peninsula. This is not true. We have been the inhabitant celebration while SAPP is in actuality the 'mosquito party'. Let me explain. DAP has 29 parliamentarians as well as 71 state assemblymen while SAPP has only two MPs as well as two assemblymen, as well as which too only in Sabah," Hiew said.

Chequered past

As such, he pronounced it was next to impossible for any celebratio! n to wor k with SAPP.

"This is given story has taught us how Umno-BN paid for over SAPP when they were with Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), who is the domestic partner in the state government.

"SAPP then went upon to betray PBS as well as lift down Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan's administration department in 1993," pronounced Hiew, adding which the matter did not stop there.

In 2009 an angry Yong pulled SAPP out of the BN bloc after accusing then premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of denying Sabah rights as well as ignoring him.

"His (Yong) jot down speaks for himself. When Pairin was his trainer Yong tricked him, when Pak Lah became his boss, again Yong tricked him. I'd similar to to ask if there is any celebration bold sufficient to risk partnering SAPP.

"We have worked really hard given the 2008 ubiquitous election...made most sacrifices built our strength in Sabah.

"I do not consider we should rubbish it over the team-work with SAPP. They cannot be devoted generally given Yong has regularly pronounced which SAPP will contest 40 seats in the coming election," Hiew was reported as saying in Suara Keadilan.

Also read:

Yong could short-circuit Pakatan dream

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Najib: Malay rights fully protected

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno president as well as Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak pronounced a privileges as well as rights of a Malays have been entirely stable underneath a Federal Constitution as well as cannot be disputed, as well as this actuality should be supposed by all races in a country.

He pronounced this actuality was agreed upon by a founding fathers representing all a races in a nation when it gained independence.

"Even if a two-thirds infancy is gained in Parliament, zero can be changed without a consent of a Council represented by a nine Malay Rulers.

"In alternative words, it would be purposeless to argue as well as make use of this provision upon citizenship to bluster a alternative races since a provision enshrined is so petrify even if an emergency were to be declared, it still cannot be touched," he pronounced in his keynote address during a Umno General Assembly 2010, during a Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Centre, here.

When delivering his debate with a thesis 'Empowering a Race to Lead Prosperity', Najib pointed out that efforts by certain groups to question a position of a Malays as a race whose privileges have been protected, had clearly caused uneasiness as well as dissatisfaction towards a Malays who have been noted for their easy attitude.

"This feeling of discontentment has started to widespread as well as may destroy a secular harmony that we have nurtured for so long," he pronounced to loud acclaim from a more than 4,000 representatives as well as observers.

Najib pronounced that after gaining autonomy for 53 years as well as that Malaysians were right away confronting relentless vigour upon a main thrusts in secular relations that had existed all this while, this national polemic could possibly pose a threat to national solidarity.

"What poses a problem underneath these circumstances is that there will be tragedy when story ! is aband oned or lost as time goes by, or when there have been insane groups who try to re-interpret all this to suit their interests or
narrow agenda," he said.

Najib pronounced a Malays had actually made a biggest sacrifice to achieve independence, when they were peaceful to share a ownership of 'Tanah Melayu', that was their motherland, with a alternative races.

- Bernama

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Pelaburan Asing: UMNO Gelabah, Salahkan Pembangkang Pula

Setelah khabar bahawa Filipina lebih enteng dari segi menarik pelabur asing berbanding Malaysia, UMNO mengambil keputusan menyalahkan pembangkang pula. Kenyataan Mukhriz hanya mendedahkan kekukusutan UMNO di dalam menyelesaikan masaalah kemasukan pelabur asing yang semakin meruncing di Malaysia.

Hakikatnya, pelabur2 asing MENOLAK UMNO. Sekiranya UMNO pergi, maka pelabur asing akan kembali ke Malaysia, inshaalah.

Dengan tiadanya kemasukan pelabur asing, masaalah pengangguran akan semakin meruncing, gaji2 pekerja seluruh Malaysia tidak akan naik dan kuasa membeli semakin mengecil.

Duit minyak kita pun semakin habis kerana Idris Jala kata pada 2011 Malaysia akan menjadi pengimpot minyak.

HAkikatnya, UMNO akan merosakkan serta menjahanamkan Negara kita ini.
Tulang Besi

Mukhriz hina pelabur tidak datang ke Malaysia
Abdul Aziz Mustafa
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Okt: Timbalan Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri, Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir menghina para pelabur apabila mendakwa mereka tidak datang ke negara ini akibat hasutan pembangkang.

Ahli Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat, Mohamad Sabu berkata, Mukhriz memalukan Malaysia kerana beliau boleh mengakibatkan orang luar menghina Malaysia kerana mempunyai menteri yang tak cerdik.

"Jangan hina pelabur. Mereka tidak bodoh seperti orang menjawab tidak pakai akal.

"Bila pelabur hendak buat keputusan sama ada hendak melabur atau tidak ke negara ini, mereka tidak tanya Presiden PAS. Mereka tanya badan-badan yang diiktiraf seperti Economic Intelligence Unit atau Moody's," katanya mengulas dakwaan Mukhriz di Dewan Rakyat hari ini.

Menjawab soalan Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli (PAS-Kuala Krai) mengenai kejatuhan pelaburan asing sehingga 81 peratus ke negara ini, Mukhriz mendakwa kejatuhan berlaku akibat tindakan pembangkang memburuk-burukkan negara ini di luar negara.

"Dalam keadaan sebahagian besar pelabur sudah tak ada selera untuk melabur di negara ini, tiba-tiba muncul pula seorang yang bertaraf timbal! an neger i di negara ini yang nampaknya cuba membayangkan para pelabur bodoh sangat untuk membuat keputusan tentang pelaburan mereka, kata Mohamad.

Katanya, Mukhriz juga kelihatan menyifatkan rakyat terlalu bodoh untuk menelan jawapan seperti itu.

"Saya rasa akhirnya Mukhriz sendiri yang akan dianggap berada dalam tahap kebodohan yang teramat bodoh dengan jawapan itu. Jangankan ahli-ahli Dewan Rakyat di mana beliau memberikan jawapan itu, orang-orang Kampung Kandis di Jerlun pun mentertawakan beliau," katanya.

Mengenai tuduhan Mukhriz bahawa pembangkang tidak patriotik, Mohamad berkata, pihak yang tidak patriotik ialah kaki rasuah yang dilihat oleh rakyat berduyun-duyun di dalam Umno sehingga ayah Mukhriz sendiri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mengingatkan rakyat bahawa Umno sudah jadi parti perasuah.

"Bila rasuah, untuk mengelakkan hukuman, kuasa disalahgunakan, kebebasan kehakiman dinodai dan pelbagai kejahatan lagi dilakukan.

"Kaki-kaki rasuah itulah, termasuk di dalam Umno, yang tidak patriotik dan menyebabkan pelabur tidak mahu datang ke negara ini," katanya.

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Logjam disaster: Blame in on the rain, not the loggers

By Joseph Tawie

KUCHING: The censure game between Land Development Minister James Masing as well as state timberland director Len Talif over a new logjam disaster along a Rajang stream has shifted to a weather.

Talif is blaming a sleet as well as is of a perspective which loggers had nothing to do with it.

In a direct plea to Masing, Talif said a logjam was not caused by logging though due to a becoming different patterns of sleet in a area.

Many suspicion which logging was a categorical cause, though studies showed which it contributed minimally to a large debris which clogged a Rajang River for multiform days.

The shifting patterns of sleet in a area is a categorical culprit. The sleet pattern has been becoming different in a final 3 years.

According to a hydrography inform upon Nanga Gaat, a H2O level upon October 3 during 4.48 pm was 8 metres. On October 7 during 7.00 am, a H2O level was 5 metres. At 9.00 pm upon a same day, it rose to 11 metres.

Through this study, we have concluded which a debris was caused by a concentration of rains within a reduced period, he said.

Since a logjam which stretched 250km of a Rajang river, Masing has strongly criticed a dialect as well as blamed rampant bootleg logging in forests in Sungai Melatai, in a Baleh constiteuncy, for a disaster

Masing said complicated logging activities in Sungai Melatai had caused landslides during complicated rains bringing with it logs as well as debris down a stream right into Rajang.

Masing wants swift action

He has demanded which a authorities (forestry department) take unrelenting movement opposite companies. According to him, this was a third situation of a kind.

Talif however has denied there have been logging activities in Sungai Melatai. According to him all activities there had stopped in 2007.

But Masing, i! n whose constituency Sungai Melatai sits, has a different view of a 'man-made disaster', as well as Talif's denial of existing logging activities in Sungai Melatai.

I am not being polemical here. But it is interesting to note which where there have been large soil erosions in a top reaches of Baleh River there have been extensive logging activities.

There have been no large erosions where there have been no logging activities.

What does this mean? Let soil experts make their conclusions. we mount to be prepared upon a means of Baleh logjam issue, said Masing who is also Baleh assemblyman.

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30 years ago we had a system

Tan Yi Liang from the Sun posed a question to Hamid Albar what does someone who is chauffeured around in a luxury car know about the woes of the average commuter? Hamids replied I use public transport once in a while. When pressed further when he took the trip, Hamid proudly without shame said he took it 30 YEARS AGO.

30 YEARS AGO we had Len Sen, Foh Hup, Selangor Bus and not forgetting our laissez-faire mini buses until Mahathir decided he could do a better job of making more money and mismanaging it.

Buses 30 years ago can take us through every corner we wish to go. We could depend on it to come frequently. The buses had no air-conditions then so we sweated on every trips, had to endure the smelly odour from many armpits pitted against our face during peak hours. The high speed crazy driving that drivers were competing with each other to reach their destination on record time and at the same time get more passengers. We get change back when we could not give the exact fare. 30 years ago we had a reliable bus system. Taxis then were meant for the rich and people who did not wish to be pack in the sardine can, smelling like a rotten egg.

So my dear Hamid as someone who was kicked out from the government and now given a task as Chairman of Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), you should be thankful and do your job properly and not indulge in fantasy that our transport system can work itself with you sitting grandly and talking rubbish. Come down to the ground and see how screw up and mismanage the transport system is. Take off that fancy expensive shirt of yours and dress in T-shirt and make sure you carry a couple of ringgit and a RM50. Hail a cab and be prepared to be given a tour of the city in order to reach your destination and also note how the meter can click, click at a blink of an eye. Your fare would be 10% - 15% higher than normal and! give th at RM50 and check your change. Then take any particular number bus. Check your time and once the bus arrives be sure to hand over 2 RM1 and see whether you can get back your 10 sen change back.

Hamid, 30 years ago our transport system was much, much better than what we are getting right now.
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Batu Sapi: Can Yong be trusted?

By FMT Staff

KUALA LUMPUR: Today in Sabah, Pakatan Rakyat leaders have been approaching to encounter with Sabah Progressive People's Party (SAPP) over PKR's candidacy in the Batu Sapi by-election. Uppermost upon Sabah DAP's thoughts is whether SAPP trainer Yong Teck Lee can be trusted.

State chairman Hiew King Chieu said: "I consider Anwar's call to Yong to give approach to PKR in Batu Sapi is apt. Pakatan is the clever as well as popular bloc which cuts opposite secular as well as eremite lines.

"But I hold the key issue here is SAPP. Rumours have been which Pakatan wants SAPP to work with them though the question is can they be trusted."

Hiew, who is Kota Kinabalu MP, pronounced Pakatan must sense from Sabah's domestic story which he pronounced has been filled with intrigue, personal power play as well as betrayals between domestic partners.

"My advise is for Pakatan to consider thorughly about the tie-up with SAPP, investigate their credentials first.

"When they were with Barisan Nasional, SAPP was used by Umno to mangle up the votes in the by-election as well as general elections," pronounced Hiew.

He added which another indicate was SAPP's continuous insistance which they have been the internal celebration with the clever presence.

"The actuality is which SAPP is the celebration from Sabah though purebred in Kuala Lumpur just similar to DAP, PAS as well as PKR.

"SAPP claims which Pakatan is the celebration from the peninsula. This is not true. We have been the national celebration while SAPP is in actuality the 'mosquito party'. Let me explain. DAP has 29 parliamentarians as well as 71 state assemblymen while SAPP has usually dual MPs as well as dual assemblymen, as well as which too usually in Sabah," Hiew said.

Chequered past

As such, he pronounced it was next to impossible for any c! elebrati on to work with SAPP.

"This is because story has taught us how Umno-BN paid for over SAPP when they were with Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), who is the domestic partner in the state government.

"SAPP afterwards went upon to misuse PBS as well as lift down Chief Minister Joseph Pairin Kitingan's administration in 1993," pronounced Hiew, adding which the matter did not stop there.

In 2009 an indignant Yong pulled SAPP out of the BN bloc after accusing afterwards premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of denying Sabah rights as well as ignoring him.

"His (Yong) jot down speaks for himself. When Pairin was his trainer Yong tricked him, when Pak Lah became his boss, again Yong tricked him. I'd similar to to ask if there is any celebration bold enough to risk partnering SAPP.

"We have worked very hard given the 2008 general election...made many sacrifices built the strength in Sabah.

"I do not consider we should rubbish it over the team-work with SAPP. They cannot be devoted especially given Yong has repeatedly pronounced which SAPP will competition 40 seats in the entrance election," Hiew was reported as saying in Suara Keadilan.

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Najib: Malay rights fully protected

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno president as well as Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak pronounced a privileges as well as rights of a Malays have been entirely protected underneath a Federal Constitution as well as cannot be disputed, as well as this actuality should be accepted by all races in a country.

He pronounced this actuality was agreed upon by a first fathers representing all a races in a country when it gained independence.

"Even if a two-thirds infancy is gained in Parliament, zero can be changed without a consent of a Council represented by a nine Malay Rulers.

"In alternative words, it would be purposeless to quarrel as well as use this sustenance upon citizenship to bluster a alternative races since a sustenance enshrined is so concrete even if an puncture were to be declared, it still cannot be touched," he pronounced in his keynote residence at a Umno General Assembly 2010, at a Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Centre, here.

When delivering his debate with a thesis 'Empowering a Race to Lead Prosperity', Najib pointed out which efforts by certain groups to subject a position of a Malays as a competition whose privileges have been protected, had obviously caused uneasiness as well as dissatisfaction towards a Malays who have been remarkable for their easy attitude.

"This feeling of discontentment has begun to widespread as well as may destroy a secular harmony which you have nurtured for so long," he pronounced to shrill acclaim from a more than 4,000 delegates as well as observers.

Najib pronounced which after gaining autonomy for 53 years as well as which Malaysians were right away facing relentless pressure upon a main thrusts in secular family which had existed all this while, this inhabitant polemic could presumably poise a threat to inhabitant solidarity.

"What poses a complaint underneath these circumstances is which there will be tension whe! n story is ignored or forgotten as time goes by, or when there have been irresponsible groups who try to re-interpret all this to fit their interests or
narrow agenda," he said.

Najib pronounced a Malays had essentially done a greatest scapegoat to grasp independence, when they were willing to share a tenure of 'Tanah Melayu', which was their motherland, with a alternative races.

- Bernama

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Logjam disaster: Blame in on the rain, not the loggers

By Joseph Tawie

KUCHING: The blame game between Land Development Minister James Masing as well as state timberland director Len Talif over a new logjam disaster along a Rajang stream has shifted to a weather.

Talif is blaming a sleet as well as is of a perspective which loggers had zero to do with it.

In a direct plea to Masing, Talif pronounced a logjam was not caused by logging but due to a becoming opposite patterns of sleet in a area.

Many suspicion which logging was a categorical cause, but studies showed which it contributed minimally to a large waste which clogged a Rajang River for several days.

The changeable patterns of sleet in a area is a categorical culprit. The sleet settlement has been becoming opposite in a final 3 years.

According to a hydrography inform upon Nanga Gaat, a H2O level upon October 3 at 4.48 pm was 8 metres. On October 7 at 7.00 am, a H2O level was 5 metres. At 9.00 pm upon a same day, it rose to eleven metres.

Through this study, you have concluded which a waste was caused by a concentration of rains within a short period, he said.

Since a logjam which stretched 250km of a Rajang river, Masing has strongly criticed a dialect as well as blamed prevalent illegal logging in forests in Sungai Melatai, in a Baleh constiteuncy, for a disaster

Masing pronounced complicated logging activities in Sungai Melatai had caused landslides during complicated rains bringing with it logs as well as waste down a stream right in to Rajang.

Masing wants quick action

He has demanded which a authorities (forestry department) take stern movement against companies. According to him, this was a third incident of its kind.

Talif however has denied there have been logging activities in Sungai Melatai. According to him all activities there had stopped in 2007.

But Masing, in whose s! ubdivisi on Sungai Melatai sits, has a opposite perspective of a 'man-made disaster', as well as Talif's denial of existent logging activities in Sungai Melatai.

I am not being polemical here. But it is interesting to note which where there have been large dirt erosions in a upper reaches of Baleh River there have been extensive logging activities.

There have been no large erosions where there have been no logging activities.

What does this mean? Let dirt experts have their conclusions. I mount to be prepared upon a means of Baleh logjam issue, pronounced Masing who is additionally Baleh assemblyman.

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Yong could short-circuit Pakatan dream

By Michael Kaung

KOTA KINABALU: As a countdown starts in a competition to become a next MP for Batu Sapi, Sabah antithesis strongman Yong Teck Lee is being touted as a intensity antithesis super candidate.

If Yong, a Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president, throws his hat in to a ring, it is likely which a inhabitant antithesis front, Pakatan Rakyat, will lift out of a by-election, well-placed sources here said.

Political observers here have been keenly watching what a high-powered Pakatan commission from Kuala Lumpur led by de facto personality Anwar Ibrahim will have to say if a SAPP boss declares which he will be a claimant in a November 4 by-election.

The PKR-Pakatan commission is scheduled to meet with SAPP today

"It all depends who is a candidate. If Yong stands, it won't be right for a Pakatan claimant to plea him," pronounced a domestic researcher who requested anonymity.

"But if Yong doesn't stand, PKR (which has been since a mandate by Pakatan to commission a candidate) could either commission Thamrin (state party arch Ahmad Thamrin Jaini) or Hasnar (Ibrahim, a PKR Batu Sapi divisional chief).

"Hasnar is a persistent character. He intimidated all a PKR leaders when he pronounced last Sunday which he could clean them all out."

Hasnar's comment were believed to have been targeted during sure PKR leaders whom he perceived as interfering in a preference of a candidate.

"Perhaps he will usually listen to Anwar... if not there will be trouble," a researcher said.

Short on candidates

SAPP has a own woes. It has a singular choice of possibilities who mount a good possibility of wresting a chair from a statute Barisan Nasional (BN).

SAPP's Sandakan bend personality Poon Kee Yang is uncelebrated from a host of other candidates. The party mislaid their big guns in Tanjung! Papat a s well as Elopura (assemblymen Raymond Tan as well as Au Kam Wah) when it pulled out of a BN.

Former deputy arch apportion Tham Nyip Shen is another personality who give up SAPP after a pullout.

Among those shortlisted by SAPP as intensity possibilities have been Yong himself, secretary-general Richard Yong, as well as former eccentric Sandakan MP Chong Hon Ming.

Yong, however, will have to contend with a fact which he is an outsider from a Hakka community, while a infancy of Chinese voters in Batu Sapi have been either Hokkien or Teochew.

"As it stands, a competition is wide open. There is additionally a likelihood which a Batu Sapi local could mount as an eccentric as well as stone a boat," a domestic pundit said.

The by-election follows a death of incumbent Edmund Chong Ket Wah, who won a chair during a 2008 ubiquitous election with a gentle 3,708-vote majority, defeating eccentric claimant Chung Ong Wing.

Chong polled 9,479 votes against Chung's 5,771.

Batu Sapi has 25,582 voters, of whom 24,047 have been ordinary voters as well as 1,535 postal voters.

A sum 15,099 or 59.02% of a voters have been Muslim Bumiputera, 689 non-Muslim Bumiputeras (2.69%), 9,737 Chinese (38.06%) as well as others, 57 (0.22%).

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Sivarasa joins slam Zaid chorus

By Stephanie Sta Maria

PETALING JAYA: PKR vice-president R Sivarasa is the latest to lend his voice to the chorus of protest opposite Zaid Ibrahim for labelling the celebration as the one emanate party.

Expressing disbelief over Zaid's unkind salvo, the Subang MP asked if the former law apportion had forgot which celebration he belonged to now as well as which he was in the using for deputy presidency.

It is insane as well as even antagonistic for him to indicate which PKR is the one emanate celebration keen only to champion Anwar Ibrahim as well as his ongoing trial.

This myth is something which we routinely listen to from Umno-BN politicians. we am further shocked which Zaid referred to which by fortifying Anwar, the celebration is unable to defend the rakyat, he added.

Sivarasa was responding to Zaid's choosing manifesto, which between others, said PKR's struggle for probity contingency extend over Anwar as well as his sodomy trial.

His declaration drew swift critique from several quarters, together with his rival for the series dual post Azmin Ali as well as secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution, who both indicted Zaid of spewing Umno propaganda.

Umno-BN-like criticism

Meanwhile, Sivarasa cursed Zaid, the former Umno MP, for his Umno-BN-like critique notwithstanding PKR's great lane record in fortifying the rakyat on assorted issues concerning civil, political, economic, amicable as well as informative rights.

Sivarasa, who is part of Anwar's counterclaim team, additionally lambasted Zaid for obsequious which alternative candidates' protectiveness of Anwar was nonessential as he had mustered the most appropriate authorised team.

He said securing probity for Anwar went over the clever authorised counterclaim to include the debate outward court to expose the governments strategy of key institutions to pe! rsecute political opponents.

This matter which Anwar has the most appropriate authorised counterclaim as well as so there is zero else to do positively seems really Umno-BN-like as well as positively appalling entrance from the PKR leader, he added.

Sivarasa emphasised which the import of Anwar's hearing represents Umno-BN's brand of sham democracy.

He reminded Zaid of Anwar's six years' seizure as well as combined which it would be ungrateful of PKR to abandon him during this stage of the party's growth.

I am positively during the detriment to understand Zaids debate strategy as he seems focussed on publicly as well as continuously criticising the celebration as well as its care - which we contingency remind he is additionally part of - instead of strengthening the celebration as well as championing the partys policies, processes as well as issues together with which of Umno-BNs harm of Anwar, he combined in the statement.

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Spend money developing Mt Kinabalu, not 100-storey tower

By Queville To

KOTA KINABALU: Why have been you creating costly artificial skyscrapers when you should be focusing upon developing as well as compelling our healthy wonders similar to Mount Kinabalu? That was the subject acted by Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP).

Mt Kinabalu, the World Heritage Site as well as the tourism icon for Malaysia, for one could be improved promoted if the government wants mega-scale eco-tourism development, instead of office office building the 100-storey office building that price billions of ringgit, pronounced SAPP report chief, Chong Pit Fah.

Taking the appropriate during Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's announcement of the due RM5 billion Warisan Merdeka office building in Kuala Lumpur, he said: Why outlay billions of the taxpayers income to emanate the traveller captivate in the form of the 100-storey building, when God has given us such the pretentious healthy traveller captivate that no office office building in the universe is taller than?

We have been not Dubai or Las Vegas that have been empty as well as abandoned of any healthy attractions that they need to emanate some synthetic ones, instead.

Chong was responding Najib's announcement whilst tabling the budget final Friday that the due 100-storey office building was approaching to be ready by 2020.

Chong pronounced the income could be improved outlayed upgrading existing comforts as well as adding new attractions in the vicinity of the world-famous park.

He pronounced that despite the universe birthright status, the comforts during the Kinabalu Park leave so most to be desired.

For so prolonged such an important site for the nation has seen small development, he said.

Chong longed for to know how the due office building the whole of the office building nearby Stadium Merdeka as well as Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur would benefit the people in S! abah.

Another white elephant

He reminded that the nation already had the iconic Petronas Twin Towers that was funded by revenues subsequent from oil as well as gas in Sabah.

Its time for Sabah to get back what is due to it, he stressed.

He pronounced there were more important things to focus upon similar to improved education, improved health care, improved open transportation, safer neighbourhoods as well as cleaner water. There is no need for the taller building.

We positively don't need another white elephant. The government should prioritize the people's needs over the selfish needs of the privileged few.

"We saw as well most mega projects during the era of former prime apportion Dr Mahathir Mohamad as well as currently the rakyat have been still
paying for them.

"We have been during the brink of the nation spoken the broke as was highlighted by the Minister in the Prime Ministers Department, Idris Jala, he noted.

Chong likened the governments decision upon the office building to historic blunders by governments during the expense of the people as well as such acts he added had sparked change.

He described it as the clear denote that the BN-led government had utterly lost the direction.

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Jui Meng sees Pakatan winning snap polls

By Joe Fernandez

KOTA KINABALU: Former MCA vice-president Chua Jui Meng, 66, sees Pakatan Rakyat winning a next ubiquitous election, which will probably be hold no later than 11-11-11, which is, Nov 11, 2011, a series eleven being a favourite with Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

This mindfulness with numerology with a Umno president, as revealed by Chua, is expected to come as a surprise to many, especially Muslims since Islam eschews damned of any kind.

If a polls have been hold most earlier, it may coincide with a Sarawak state choosing though only to save one of Najibs electoral fixed deposits, pronounced Chua, right away a senior personality during PKR.

He does not see what Najib could presumably gain from delaying a next ubiquitous choosing over 2011 since hes yet to win his own charge like previous budding ministers.

Najib cant just suggest out former budding ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawis tenure as well as then go to a polls, pronounced Chua who is a Johor PKR chief. That would be unprecedented. He will be seen as a sore duck budding minister as well as as well chicken to exam his acceptance between a people.

Chua was speaking to FMT here, upon a second day of a three-day visit to Kota Kinabalu to meet with party leaders to gauge preparations for a forthcoming Batu Sapi parliamentary by-election.

No matter when a ubiquitous choosing is held, according to Chua, a finish is near for Umno as well as a Barisan Nasional (BN). He renews a mantra which a antithesis alliance would seize a reins of energy in Putrajaya come a 13th ubiquitous election.

We know who you are, a people know who you have been as well as most important of all, you know where you have been going, pronounced Chua. The Common Policy Framework (CPF), our joint manifesto, is our roadmap to Putrajaya.

Writing upon a wall

Those who! disbeli ef which Pakatan will come to power, pronounced Chua, should review a antithesis alliances CPF as well as review it with any which Umno as well as BN has to offer.

The essay is upon a wall for a statute bloc after more than half a century of an consecutive spell in power, he added. The people, especially a Chinese as well as alternative civic dwellers, will conflict against a impassioned racial polarisation in a country created by Umno.

He pronounced a great promises in a CPF have been a democratisation of Malaysia, keeping Article 153 of a Federal Constitution in a proper perspective, a replacement of a doctrine of separation of powers as well as respect for a federal structure which empowers a states.

Furthermore, a autonomy of Sabah as well as Sarawak is carved in stone in a CPF, Chua said, when it was suggested which vice-president Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan may not be very happy with PKR in particular.

We dont get a feeling which Jeffrey is unfortunate in any approach with PKR, he said. you must confess which you havent asked him anything about his preference not to accept nominations for a vice-presidents post.

He pronounced which it would not be proper to review anything in Jeffreys statement last Saturday over what he has stated when explaining because he wasnt in a contest for a vice-presidents post.

Jeffreys reasons for branch down a vice-presidency bid have a lot of sense, he said. Like him, you am additionally not in a hunt for party posts as well as positions. We have been over that.

Partnership of 3 territories

Chua reiterated which Pakatan would respect a suggestion of a Malaysia Agreement of 1963 as well as honour a oath which Sabah as well as Sarawak, as envisaged by a first fathers, have been equals as well as partners of Peninsular Malaysia in a Malaysian Federation.

He does not see Sabahans as well as Sarawakians as carrying a subordinate purpose in PKR. Any inferior role, he opines, would be i! n contra diction to Pakatans oath in a CPF which Malaysia underneath a antithesis bloc would be a partnership of 3 territories in equality.

Everybody can verbalise up during PKRs autarchic council as well as inhabitant domestic bureau meetings, pronounced Chua, brushing in reserve allegations which de facto party arch Anwar Ibrahim wants Sabah as well as Sarawak underneath his thumb.

Anwar, pronounced Chua, is not a arrange of person painted by a promotion machine of Umno as well as a BN. Otherwise, you wouldnt be in PKR.

Senior Lembah Pantai PKR romantic David Yeoh, who was additionally present, pronounced which he would be peaceful to die for Anwar. Senior Sarawak PKR romantic Michael Bong, a third party personality benefaction during a interview, seconded Yeoh as well as suggested which Anwar is a most misunderstood leader.

Chua dispelled a idea which instead of carrying a two-party system, Malaysia should opt for a three-party approach, which is, environment up a Borneo-based inhabitant bloc in keeping with a suggestion of a 1963 Malaysia Agreement.

We need a two-party, not three-party system, pronounced Chua. Theres no room during a moment for a third option.

Besides a CPF, Chua points out which a personality of Anwar himself is an additional winning indicate for Pakatans chances in a coming polls.

In addition, a antithesis is increasingly better organised distinct in a past when BN often won by default. There is additionally a greater clarity of accord as well as compromise between Pakatan component parties.

Asked either Umno would be peaceful to give up energy peacefully after over 50-odd years as a federal government, he pronounced he prefers to cross a bridge when you come to it.

We have been asked this question many, most times, pronounced Chua. We must be a republic where people have been tangible by their character as well as usual humanity, not race.

Already, he added, Umno is panicky over a Bar Councils campaign to educate a peopl! e upon a Malaysian Constitution.

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No more blanket support for Pakatan, says Hindraf

By Athi Shankar

GEORGE TOWN: Unlike in 2008, Pakatan Rakyat cannot design anymore free lunches from a Human Rights Party (HRP)and its axis, Hindraf Makkal Sakti.

Hindraf authorised adviser as well as HRP secretary-general P Uthayakumar insisted which his organisation was committed to democratically finale a Umno-Barisan Nasional 53-year sovereign rule in a subsequent election.

But no vacant cheque await this time for Pakatan to Putrajaya, he pronounced in a matter here today.

In a last ubiquitous election, he pronounced 90% of racial Indian electorate corroborated PKR, DAP as well as PAS in reply to Hindrafs call for a new domestic direction.

He pronounced racial Indians naturally would have tall expectations of PKR, DAP as well as PAS, especially in a Pakatan-ruled states.

He pronounced a Pakatan contingent capitalised upon a domestic awakening combined by Hindrafs Nov twenty-five convene as well as won 82 parliamentary as well as some 200 state seats.

The coalition additionally prisoner Selangor, Penang, Kedah as well as Perak (which it after lost to BN around defections), besides maintaining PAS home turf Kelantan.

But after carrying made full use of a Indian voters, Pakatan dumped them similar to sucked oranges, pronounced Uthayakumar, a former ISA detainee.

He claimed which 100,000 bad Indians would not have gone to a streets upon Nov twenty-five if only PKR, DAP as well as PAS had oral up for them.

Political passion lacking

Uthayakumar pronounced land for Tamil schools as well as Hindu temples, as well as preparation opportunities for competent racial Indian students were among stream dire issues which never attracted Pakatans attention.

He pronounced Pakatan leaders, together with 11 racial Indian MPs, lacked a domestic passion as well as vibrancy to hold up a racial Indian village in! a count ry.

He pronounced land matters were to a single side under a purview of a menteri besars in Selangor as well as Kedah, as well as chief apportion in Penang.

But, he pronounced notwithstanding two as well as half years of statute these states, Pakatan has denied land for Hindu temples, burial grounds, Tamil schools as well as Indian villages even when it would be during no cost.

Pakatan could have since permanent resolution to long-standing problems faced by a Indian bad all in a single go.

But a coalition failed to seize a opportunity. Where is a promised shift then?

How is a supposedly multi-racial tip care of PKR-DAP-PAS any opposite from a Umno-led regime? asked a outspoken tellurian rights advocate.

Uthayakumar removed which there was never an instance when a Pakatan parliamentarians, together with a racial Indian MPs, had walked out or tabled an puncture motion upon a vicious as well as dire Indian problem.

Why is which Pakatan MPs have refused to seriously debate in Parliament a denial of tertiary preparation as well as scholarships for some 2, 237 tip as well as tall achieving Indian students?

(Is is since of) fright of losing Malay votes as well as wanting to be seen politically correct? he asked.

Not multi-racial enough

Uthayakumar pronounced a tip leaders in Pakatan have refused to address scores of dire Indian problems in a coalition-ruled states.

He chided a PKR, DAP as well as PAS tip care for side-tracking a vicious Indian problems as well as enchanting their racial Indian so-called leaders to attack Hindraf-HRP.

Its an open tip which DAP, PKR as well as PAS have been not multi-racial sufficient to speak up for a Indian poor.

Its since PKR, DAP as well as PAS have blatantly ignored a problems of a Indian bad which HRP has been forced into existence, he said.

He a! dditiona lly removed which PKR refused to make approach for a HRP claimant in Hulu Selangor by-election even yet a claimant would have a better possibility of winning.

He pronounced even yet MIC was virtually wiped out in a last election, Umno not only gave approach but focussed backwards to await as well as ensure MICs win in a Hulu Selangor by-election, which had a small 19% Indian electorate but 53.9% Malay electorate.

But, he said, a multi-racial outfit of PKR not only refused to make approach for HRP but wanted to be seen as a some-more Malay celebration than Umno-fielded Malay candidate.

This was silently watched by a Malaysian Malaysia DAP as well as PAS, pronounced Uthayakumar.

Thus, he pronounced a Indian bad had been denied a single sole HRP voice in Parliament, whilst a rest of Pakatan MPs, together with PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim, Lim Kit Siang (DAP) as well as Hadi Awang (PAS) continued to exclude to hold up dire Indian problems.

Indian possibilities dumped

Pakatan's choice of a non-Indian claimant in Hulu Selangor was not a first time PKR, DAP as well as PAS have dumped potential Indian candidates.

He pronounced PKR, for instance, had selected only racial Malay possibilities in traditionally Indian reserved seats as they do not form a infancy in any of a 222 Parliament or 576 state seats.

He removed which PKR had regularly snatched away normal Indian seats in a ubiquitous elections of 1999, 2004 as well as 2008 as well as by-elections in Teluk Kemang, Lunas as well as Ijok.

Going by Pakatans multi-racialism, he argued which Indian possibilities should have been fielded in Permatang Pauh (PKR), Bukit Gantang (PAS) as well as Ketari (DAP).

But Pakatan brand of multi-racialism does not work this way, he said.

Instead, he pronounced Hindraf-HRP was indicted of being racist for questioning both Umno, PKR, DAP as well as PAS' acts of racism by elect as well as omission.

He claimed which Pakatan! 's tip c are did not wish to give HRP even a sole voice in Parliament since PKR, DAP as well as PAS did not wish a dire Indian problems to be ventilated as well as turn politically detrimental to them.

They might end up losing a Malay-Muslim votes.

So they have been slightest worried about Indian bad being victimised upon a daily basis, claimed Uthayakumar.

Electoral gerrymandering

PAS has been statute Kelantan with 735,551 often Malay voters, whilst DAP has been helming Penang with 704,097 often Chinese voters.

But even with 715,099 Indian electorate based upon a 2008 electoral roll, he indicted Umno of gerrymandering electoral delineation to avoid Indians forming infancy in any of a countrys 222 sovereign as well as 576 state seats.

This is to preserve bad Indians in politically unable state as well as keep a village under a proposal mercies of Umno, as well as right away PKR, DAP as well as PAS domestic masters," he said.

He pronounced HRP would never desire for seats from Pakatan or BN since it was not a desperate domestic outfit.

We have been domestic activists first as well as politicians last, pronounced Uthayakumar.

He pronounced HRP would go solo in a subsequent ubiquitous choosing as a last resort.

It is right away embarking upon its Project 15/38 by concentrating Indian electorate into fifteen parliamentary as well as 38 state seats

HRP would first concentration upon a sovereign seats of Padang Serai, Batu Kawan, Teluk Kemang, Kota Raja, Cameron Highlands as well as Tebrau federal; as well as after upon Lunas, Prai, Buntong, Port Dickson, Sri Andalas, Tanah Rata as well as Puteri Wangsa state seats.

He described a racial Indian domestic standing in a nation as a tender understanding in BN but no understanding in Pakatan.

If a MIC was since a tender understanding of 9 parliamentary as well as twenty state seats under BN arrangement, he pronounced it was no understanding in Pakatan sin! ce HRP w ould be since 0 sovereign as well as state seats.

Therefore, he pronounced HRP would competition in these earmarked seats to seek domestic empowerment as well as speak up but fright or favour.

We have been not prepared to turn a Indian mandores for Umno or PKR, DAP or PAS domestic masters.

HRP will climb again to a occasion in a subsequent ubiquitous choosing in a suggestion of Nov twenty-five Hindraf rally, pronounced Uthayakumar

See What Mr. X Gotta Say ?

By Joseph Tawie The blame game between Land Development

By Joseph Tawie

The blame game between Land Development Minister James Masing and state forest director Len Talif over the recent logjam disaster along the Rajang river has shifted to the weather.

Talif is blaming the rain and is of the opinion that loggers had nothing to do with it.

In a direct challenge to Masing, Talif said the logjam was not caused by logging but due to the changing patterns of rain in the area.

Many thought that logging was the main cause, but studies showed that it contributed minimally to the massive debris that clogged the Rajang River for several days.

The shifting patterns of rain in the area is the main culprit. The rain pattern has been changing in the last three years.

According to the hydrography report on Nanga Gaat, the water level on Oct 3 at 4.48 pm was 8 metres. On Oct 7 at 7.00 am, the water level was 5 metres. At 9.00 pm on the same day, it rose to 11 metres.

Through this study, we have concluded that the debris was caused by the concentration of rains within a short period, he said.

Since the logjam that stretched 250km of the Rajang river, Masing has strongly criticed the department and blamed rampant illegal logging in forests in Sungai Melatai, in the Baleh constiteuncy, for the disaster

Masing said heavy logging activities in Sungai Melatai had caused landslides during heavy rains bringing with it logs and debris down the river right into Rajang.

Masing wants swift action

He has demanded that the authorities (forestry department) take stern action against companies. According to him, this was the third incident of its kind.

Talif however! has den ied there are logging activities in Sungai Melatai. According to him all activities there had stopped in 2007.

But Masing, in whose constituency Sungai Melatai sits, has a different view of the man-made disaster, and Talifs denial of existing logging activities in Sungai Melatai.

I am not being polemical here. But it is interesting to note that where there are massive soil erosions in the upper reaches of Baleh River there are extensive logging activities.

There are no massive erosions where there are no logging activities.

What does this mean? Let soil experts make their conclusions. I stand to be corrected on the cause of Baleh logjam issue, said Masing who is also Baleh assemblyman.

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Zaid Ibrahim fumbles on PKR, says Netto

October 21, 2010

Zaid Ibrahim fumbles on PKR, says Terence Netto

COMMENT: This column has espoused the view that the contest for the deputy presidency of PKR is a bridge thats being crossed too early and that the current choice is a false one.

All that is academic now that the race is off to a start, and all eyes are focused on the outcome of this unique exercise in direct voting of a political partys principal office-bearers.

But the latest bloviations of Zaid Ibrahim, one of three contestants for the No 2 slot, serve to underscore the contests presumption more than its factiousness.

Speaking like he has just emerged from long hibernation, Zaid said in a blog posting (below) that securing justice for Anwar Ibrahim has become the sole struggle of PKR and that it was unworthy for it to become a one-issue party.

Zaids candidacy for the No 2 post was from the start a protest of Anwars stultifying control of PKR. But Zaid is fumbling badly with the arguments around which to configure his opposition to that control.

Anwars legal problems are emblematic of the UMNO-imposed flaws in our polity. Liberation from those flaws must mean emancipation for our politics and society. That lawyer Zaid misses this salient point is plenty troubling.

Judiciary used to remove political rival

His contention that Anwar has the best legal team and presumably on those grounds is adequately protected recalls a similar observation in the mid-1970s by former Lord President Suffian Hashim who denounced Harun Idris from the bench, saying that the impugned Selan! gor ment eri besar had no reason to fear due process because he had the best lawyer in town.

Arraigned for corruption, the popular Harun, fast emerging as rival for power in UMNO, was defended by RR Chelliah, arguably the best trial lawyer in town then.

Suffian was credulous about the motive behind the indictment of Harun, an early instance, albeit more genteel, of the misuse of the judicial process to remove a rival for power in UMNO.

Thirteen years later when Salleh Abbas was removed as Lord President, in comparable circumstances of peril to the UMNO supremo, the now-retired Suffians publicly expressed dismay was like the regrets of the owner who bolts the barn after the horses had fled the stable.

Zaid Ibrahims latest arguments are not calculated to encourage his auditors to be persuaded by the merits of his case that the hand Anwar wields smothers rather than sustains PKR.

Zaid Ibrahim: Empowering PKR

KeADILan needs to be molded into a genuine political force, one that the Rakyat and our coalition partners can rely on to forge a better future. This election is about the future of the party and the nation. But we need to fix ourselves before we can even think about fixing the nation. We need to position ourselves to be leaders in Pakatan Rakyat, to provide a genuine platform for the public and steer the coalition towards winning GE13. Our coalition partners deserve better from us.

Whilst we need to secure justice for Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, there are so many more injustices facing the people of this nation that require our attention. The people are clamouring for economic and social justice and the right to be treated with respect and dignity in accordance with the rule of law. It is unworthy of us to reduce this party as a one-issue party. It is unworthy for those we seek to represent. We are not m! erely th e party of reformasi, but also of reform. My interest is in that future. But this election isnt about positions and power play. It isnt about who is next. It is about what is next.

Pemilihan 2010 is both a first for our country and for our party. Every member has a vote, and every vote counts. For the first time in history, the party can choose to elect its leaders on principles and not just on blind loyalty. The party can decide on a candidate based entirely on his or her contributions and commitment.

I believe that our party members are mature enough to evaluate the existing leaders for themselves. I leave my proposal and vision to their judgement because I am confident that this is the way towards real change in our Government.

I am thankful and grateful for the confidence and support shown by members and party branches through their nominations. It is, after all, for them that I have stood up and spoken out. I do not seek this position for glory. I do it because of the challenges it brings. I do it because of the hard work that still remains. While other candidates harp on their ability to protect Anwar, I believe he has mustered the best legal team to protect him. I, too, care about him and his family,but above all, it is the struggle and interests of the people that is paramount. And I know that the party members will be able to make that distinction.

The future of Malaysia is inextricably intertwined with the future of our party. We have to stay on course. The people have chosen to trust us. And so, I humbly ask for your faith that we may work together in reclaiming our partys ideals at this defining moment in history.

Nine Points on How to Revitalise the Party and the Country

We need to reinvigorate our grassroots. For the success of a political party needs to be measured by its grassroots activities. Our branches are made up of eager and committed individuals but sadly lack the vitality and dynamism due to lack of finances. I am in a positio! n to fin d solutions in order to enable a more efficient and effective political machinery to support these leaders and their good work. It is crucial that the Cabangs are more energetic and engaged in the party process. It is crucial for party activities to reflect the enthusiasm and drive ofthe branch leaders. I will encourage membership recruitment; although quality and committed members are more important than numbers. We must discard those who have left the party at heart but merely keep their names on the register. We will actively outline the partys struggle to maintain focus instead of merely dwelling on the same old issues.

We must empower our party stalwarts through further democratisation, irrespective of their position. We need to move away from feudalistic politics, we need to decentralise and empower the party branches and state level committees. Those who are closest to the issues and are best equipped to address them. We can no longer afford to assume that the central leadership knows everything. I will work with party members at every level to develop just and sustainable policies for better management.

We need to extend our membership to those who are able and willing to contribute, without discrimination. The party needs to be more inclusive. Many former members who have been marginalised, or disillusioned, or have just lost interest, need to be welcomed back to the fold. We need to identify members who are capable, to give them the opportunity to take on bigger responsibilities and roles. For we are only as credible as the leaders we put up. They need to be selected based on the most rigorous of standards. They need to be a reflection of the communities they represent. The Sabahans, for example, should be allowed to elect their own chiefs. As should the Sarawakians.

We need to strive to be the multiracial and multi-religious party that this country needs. That will be our strength. We need to unite members from every colour and creed in this country. That will be a star! k contra st to the ruling coalition which has failed to unite the nation after 53 years. We need to seize this opportunity, to demonstrate that we can unite the entire country. I will work tirelessly to extinguish prejudice and suspicion between the various groups, races, and religions.

We need to move past the divide and rule policy as practised by the present ruling party. It is neither healthy, nor progressive. As a progressive political party, KeADILan can transcend the boundaries of race, religion, and culture in the context of the existing Constitution. This diversity is our strength. I will promote a model for a political party that is more transparent and democratic. We cannot sap our energies operating in different groups East Malaysians versus West Malaysians, reformists versus Islamists, Anwaristas and Socialists versus everyone else.

We need to be consistent in what we say and do. Leaders in both PKR and Pakatan Rakyat must always place the nations interest above all else. There needs to be a consensus on what we stand for as a group. As the PR coordinator, I am able to serve this well.

We need to be clear on where we stand on the rights and liberties of our citizens. We must champion the plight of all Malaysians. I believe that the party should defend the Federal Constitution and seek justice for every ethnic group without fear of being accused of neglecting our own race.

I will make sure our prize asset, Selangor, will remain strong and free of infighting. I will ensure that Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim will be given all the support needed to achieve electoral success and accelerate developmental activities so that the people will retain PKR and Pakatan Rakyat in Selangor.

We must, as the opposition, fulfil our central role of providing checks and balances to the current administration. Our primary role is to keep the government of the day accountable. And we can only do so if we convince our rakyat that we have capable leaders in the party. To achieve that, I shal! l appoin t only the best and the brightest to aid us and our Parliamentarians members of the public, intellectuals, technocrats, people with the ability and the know-how to best aid us. I shall create a formal platform to engage the population. To govern in consultation with the electorate.

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