Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Social Political Buzz & Bulls

AHB scheme enables Bumi to share countrys wealth equitably


The Amanah Hartanah Bumiputra investment scheme launched on Monday, will provide an opportunity for the Bumiputra group to equitably share in the country's wealth and succeed economically.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the scheme was part of the government's move to bring about a major change in the country's economy, so that wealth would not be concentrated in the hands of the upper class.

"We do not wish to see a widening gap between those with high incomes and the low-income earners, so with efforts like this we can help reduce that gap.

"It (AHB) also provides another instrument, whereby the country's wealth can be earned by as many Malaysians," he said when launching the AHB scheme at the Sime Darby Convention Centre in Bukit Kiara, here, Monday.

Also present were Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, secretary-general of the Treasury Tan Sri Dr Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah, and Pelaburan Hartanah Berhad managing-director/chief executive officer Kamalul Arifin Othman.

Najib said the government held to the principle that the country's wealth must be distributed equitably and justly because, if a large section of the population, who were Bumiputra, could not share the wealth, it meant the situation had denied them of their rights.

"This will also not contribute to political stability in the long run. We do not want to deny the rights of the Bumiputra to continue investing and succeeding in business and the economy.

"Surely, if the Bumuiputra are passing through the city and each time they look up and see the skyscrapers and commercial buildings of high value are not owned by them, they will feel dissatisfied and uneasy," he said.

Najib, who is also the chairman of Yayasan Amanah Hartanah Bumiputra, said the move to ! introduc e the AHB scheme was not only to increase Bumiputra ownership of high-value commercial assets, but also to ensure permanent ownership.

"The government will continue to assist Bumiputra with opportunities to invest and own high-value and strategically-located real estate so that our aspiration to see a more balanced distribution of wealth is achieved," he said.

The AHB scheme was announced by Najib, who is also Finance Minister, when he tabled the 2011 Budget in October to provide an opportunity for the Bumiputra community to increase ownership of strategically-located commercial property.

The RM1bil scheme is open to Bumiputera investors aged three months and above, with the condition that investors who are below 18 have the signature of their lawful guardians who are Malaysian citizens, to invest.

The units are sold at a fixed price of RM1 per unit. Bumiputra can participate in the scheme with a minimum investment of RM500. - Bernama


Letter & Opinion From Joe Public

Malaysians feeling safer: Fact or fallacy?

Mariam Mokhtar, Malaysia Chronicle

EDITOR'S PICK A couple of days earlier, a Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) vice-chairman Lee Lam Thye pronounced which a negative notice of a military by a community is seen as a new crime which should be tempered immediately. Lee is mistaken. People usually criticize when it is glaringly viewable which a military have been violent or high-handed.


Malaysians feel safer: This was a conclusion reached by a worlds largest law marketplace research specialist TNS Research International (TNS), from a study conducted at crime hotspots in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Penang as well as Johor.

The consult was used to evaluate a National Key Results Area (NKRA) on crime rebate under a Government Transformation Programme. The results showed which a fear of becoming victims of crime decreased from 58.5% in Dec 2009, to 55.1% in May this year.

The TNS managing director, Yazid Jamian said, The 3.4% drop within a short period of time is poignant as well as marks a worthy improvement. It indicates which Malaysians have been now less aroused of becoming victims. This signifies certainty in a military force.

The robbery as well as burglary category of a index showed a 10% rebate to 58.7% this year whilst violence saw a 3% rebate to 44.9%.

The consult additionally showed which open satisfaction with a military services increased from 35.8% in Dec 2009 to 42.2% in May this year.

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein credited crime rebate to a deployment of 14,222 policemen as well as 3,663 RELA as well as civil defence force members at 50 hotspots.

However, a open would be forgiven for meditative which a Malaysia surveyed by TNS, is different from a a single they inhabit.

Snatch thefts, muggings, rapes, burglaries, online scams, kidnaps as well as violent assaults make every day reading in a ne! wspapers as well as on air wave as well as television.

Every travel dilemma as well as office building has a closed circuit camera to monitor a movements of a open as well as certainty guards have been deployed for gated communities. But not everybody can afford to live in a gated community or compensate a service charges of a well-guarded premises.

Yazids conclusion which Malaysians have been confident in a military force contrasts sharply with a notice of members of a community who say which victims of military abuse as well as deaths of people kept in apprehension have been high. It additionally does not explain how a spate of indiscriminate shootings of teenagers can enthuse certainty in a military force.

Moreover, military action is believed by multiform buliding to be used against political opposition members.

Others allege which there is involvement of a military in crime syndicates as well as which corruption is a serious complaint within a military force.

A couple of days earlier, a Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) vice-chairman Lee Lam Thye pronounced which a negative notice of a military by a community is seen as a new crime which should be tempered immediately.

He said, Although a military as well as alternative agencies do a good job of fighting crime as well as arresting offenders, there have been still those who criticize as well as highlight a weaknesses of a police.

Lee is mistaken. People usually criticize when it is glaringly viewable which a military have been violent or high-handed.

Lee additionally pronounced which Asians, including Malaysians, were prone to doubt as well as having a negative notice of anything done by a authorities.

Again, this is erroneous as Malaysians have been by nature passive as well as will not normally subject those in authority.

Last June, Hishammuddin disclosed in parliament a military loss of 62 firearms given 2001. This enclosed 36 semi-automatic pistols, 51 revolvers, dual sub-ma! chine gu ns, 58 cases of missing vehicles, involving 49 motorcycles, 3 cars, a single outpost as well as a four-wheel drive vehicle.

Salahuddin Ayub (PAS-Kubang Kerian) who was between 3 Pakatan Rakyat cabinet committee members overseeing a home method demanded which Hishammuddin explain how such loss of military skill was possible.

Salahuddin resolved then, which a military inability to ensure a safety of the own equipment would erode open certainty in their ability to quarrel crime.

Kembalikan hak air: MB gembira dengan reaksi orangramai

Oleh Fazy Sahir

SHAH ALAM: Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim berkata kempen 'Kembalikan Hak Air Selangor' kini telah mencecah 50,000 tandatangan rakyat Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan.

Menurut Khalid, perhimpunan pada Ahad ini akan diteruskan dengan rakyat diseru turun beramai-ramai ke Masjid Negara bagi menyerahkan chit kepada Yang Dipertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.

"Saya akan turun bersama-sama rakyat untuk berhimpun di Masjid Negara. Jika perlu rakyat akan bergerak ke Istana Negara untuk serah chit untuk minta Yang Dipertuan Agong.

"Kami minta agar Yang Dipertuan Agong beritahu Perdana Menteri supaya penswastaan air dihentikan. Beri peluang kepada rakyat agar diberi harga yang munasabah," katanya.

Kempen ini merupakan bulletin kerajaan negeri yang mahu empat syarikat swasta air dibeli semula dan diletak dalam satu badan dimana rawatan dan agihan air akan dilakukan oleh satu pengendali tunggal milik kerajaan negeri.

Melalui penghapusan penswastaan air, kerajaan negeri menjangkakan tarif air mampu dikurangkan sehingga twelve peratus setahun dan mengekalkan dasar pemberian air percuma sehingga 20 scale padu kepada setiap isi rumah.

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Ketika ditanya mengenai notis 14 hari yang dihantar kerajaan Selangor kepada Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas), Khalid berkata pihaknya masih menunggu masa tamatnya notis tersebut.

Notis bertarikh twenty-three November 2010 ini dihantar supaya menghentikan Program Tabung Budi kerana melanggar syarat perjanjian konsesi air.

Selain menghentikan program tersebut dalam masa 14 hari, Syabas juga dikehedaki memaklumkan kepada kerajaan Selangor berkenaan pembatalan Tabung Budi. Pembatalan tersebut juga perlu diiklankan di dalam akhbar-akh! bar utam a di Malaysia.

Tak tahu yang mana salah tafsir

Sementara itu, Khalid ditemui memberi reaksi berhubung tindakan perwakilan PKR - bukan Islam yang menggunakan ayat Al-Quran dalam ucapannya semalam sehingga mencetuskan pelbagai negatif mengenainya.

Namun Khalid berkata jika perkara itu silap, PKR akan memohan maaf berhubung hal tersebut.

Malah beliau turut mempertahankan tindakan perwakilan yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Hutan Melintang S Kesavan.

"Perkara itu bagus kerana semua orang akan membuat Al-Quran sebagai rujukan. Jika silap bagi pihak PKR kita akan minta maaf, tapi dia ikhlas berbuat demikian. Saya bukan pakar tentang hal ini tetapi dia mencuba dan saya tidak halang.

"Jika silap kita betulkan," katanya selepas persidangan Menteri Besar dan Ketua Menteri negeri-negeri Pakatan Rakyat disini hari ini.

Dalam pada itu, Menteri Besar Kelantan Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat berkata beliau bersetuju dengan tindakan Kesavan.

"Saya tidak tahu ayat mana yang orang maksudkan salah tafsir...saya setuju benar dengan tindakan orang bukan Islam untuk mempelajari dan menggunakan ayat Al-Quran. Itu tujuan tindakan itu benda yang baik.

"Malah mana-mana program yang kami buat adalah untuk mengajak orang Islam dan bukan Islam untuk turut serta," katanya.


Jais to charge 21 followers of deviationist cult


The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) will prosecute the 21 followers of the deviationist cult group Islam Jamaah (IJ), who include six Indonesians and two Bangladeshi, who were caught at a surau in Sungai Tangkas, Kajang last Friday.

JAIS director Datuk Mohamed Kushrin Munawi said they would be charged at the Kajang Syariah Court tomorrow with performing Friday prayers without permission, and with following an iman who had no accreditation from the state religious authorities.

The suspects, aged between 29 and 50, had performed Friday prayers without meeting the quorum of at least 40 people, and where the sermon was in Arabic and taken from their own collection of books, instead of following the text from Jais, he told a media conference here today.

He said they would be charged under sections 12 (c) and 13 (1) of the Selangor Syariah Criminal Enactment for violating the fatwa (edict) of the Selangor Fatwa Department.

They would also be charged under section 97 of the Administration of the Religion of Islam (State of Selangor) Enactment for using an unauthorised building to perform Friday prayers.

Kushrin also said Jais was looking for the leader of the group, identified as Abdul Wahab Jantan, 41, who is believed to be in Solo, Indonesia.

He said the department had been monitoring the activities of the group since last year.

We believe there are about 1,000 IJ followers who are still active in the state and operating at Sungai Tangkas in Kajang, Padang Jawa and Sungai Udang in Klang, Bagan Hailam, Port Klang and Bandar Baru Hicom, Shah Alam, he added. Bernama


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Khalid: Pakatan harus bersedia untuk PRU 13

Oleh Fazy Sahir

SHAH ALAM: Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim berkata Pakatan Rakyat masih melihat beberapa aspek penting bagi gabungan itu dalam persediaan mereka menghadapi pilihan raya ke-13 kelak.

Namun Khalid yang ditemui enggan mendedahkan butiran lanjut berhubung strategi Pakatan sambil berkata persediaan itu perlu dilakukan dari sekarang.

"Saya tidak mahu bercakap mengenai strategi kami (Pakatan) tetapi saya nasihatkan kita perlu bersedia daripada sekarang.

"Kita akan lihat aspek di Malaysia, persediaan apa yang pemimpin dan parti harus lakukan," katanya dalam sidang media selepas persidangan Menteri Besar dan Ketua Menteri negeri-negeri Pakatan Rakyat disini.

Khalid turut menafikan persidangan kali ini membincangkan tentang persediaan pilihan raya tersebut.

Sebaliknya persidangan yang masuk kali kedua itu katanya adalah untuk membincangkan sistem pentadbiran dan politik di negeri-negeri Pakatan.

"Tiada...kami tidak bincang tentang pilihan raya dalam persidangan ini. Kami bincang tentang sistem pentadbiran dan politik negeri Pakatan dalam meneruskan cita-cita rakyat seperti apa yang kita janjikan dahulu.

"Kita bincang Pakatan sebagai kumpulan politik malah setiap menteri besar daripada kita sendiri memberi ucapan dalam bengkel yang telah diadakan hari ini.

"Persidangan ini juga mengimbas kembali usaha -usaha dilakukan Pakatan pada Mac 2008 dan kita mahu kongsi pengalaman ini bersama-sama dan bekerjasama untuk bangunkan negeri kami," katanya.

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Bezakan antara kawan dan lawan, kata Guan Eng

Safeguard public confidence, Kedah MB tells colleagues


Appoint Ronnie into S'gor DAP committee

Tee Boon Hock (right) - the branch indicate for Ronnie (left)Thomas Lee

The anticipated battle royale during the Selangor DAP gathering cum state celebration choosing final Sunday twenty-eight November 2010 seemed to have dissolute in to the meek as good as amiable affair, notwithstanding with the large casualty in lively maestro celebration leader Ronnie Liu. But the composition of the newly inaugurated state cabinet is the means for concern.

The obviously partisan gathering representatives gave the dual identifiable contending camps led by dual equally distinguished seasoned leaders with scarcely equal series of grassroots supporters almost equal illustration in the brand brand new Selangor DAP committee.

On the single side is the supposed Justice Reform Group, additionally well known as the Rainbow Coalition, headed by independent-minded nonconformist DAP maestro Teng Chang Khim of the OMG fame.

On the alternative side is the group led by renouned non-nonsense celebration brave Teresa Kok, the large grown smart-alecky lady with absolute integrity as good as tall dignified probity.

Teng is the state public partial of for Sungai Pinang as good as the Speaker of the Selangor State Assembly. He is an inaugurated partial of of the DAP inhabitant cabinet as good as was additionally the partial of of the prior Selangor DAP committee. He performed rather good in the Sunday poll by garnering the fourth tip series of votes, as good as managed to lay explain to the vice-chairman post in the brand brand new state committee.

Teresa is the state public partial of for Kinara as good as MP for Seputeh, as good as the Selangor comparison state senior manager councillor . She is the DAP inhabitant organizing cabinet partial of as good as the Wanita DAP secretary. She did not hold any in front of in the prior Selangor DAP committee. She came in duri! ng the 1 1th in front of in the choice of the 15-member inaugurated state committee. As her faction obtained the infancy of 8 cabinet seats, she was spoken the brand brand new celebration state authority for Selangor.

The Teng stay comprised in all disgruntled celebration old hands who felt which they had been left out of the mainstream after the DAP as good as the partners -- PAS as good as the PKR -- in the Pakatan Rakyat propelled to power in Selangor after the Mar 2008 ubiquitous election.

Most of those in the Teng camp, who had been loyal members portion the celebration for years, resented the actuality which many well-educated as good as clear immature upstarts recruited in to the celebration were since positions as good as selected as choosing candidates over their heads.

What eventually sparked off their public display of their melancholy as good as rancour was the sacking of maestro Selangor DAP organizing cabinet partial of Tee Boon Hock in August this year.

Tee was sacked from the celebration as good as private as the Klang metropolitan councillor for issuing letters of await to companies applying for stipulate jobs in the internal councils in the name of DAP brave as good as state senior manager councillor Ronnie Liu.

The Teng supporter claimed which Tee was done the domestic scapegoat to save face for the party, which has been priesthood about integrity, credibility, burden as good as clarity since the establishment.

Although Tee is no longer the DAP member, he still commands considerable influence between the celebration grassroots members in Selangor. He was actively campaigning for Teng as good as his team, starting round drumming up await to oust Teresa as good as her organisation as he felt which they had abandoned him when he was in trouble. It is obvious from Sundays choosing formula which Tee has the final laugh, in all when his former domestic fan as good as boss turned counter Ronnie Liu was unceremoniously brushed in reserve by the delegates.
Since the Mar 2008 ubiquitous election, Tee has been instrumental in augmenting the series of DAP branches in Selangor in his genius as the Selangor organizing secretary, as good as these branches have the soothing mark for him as good as still gulf the goal of carrying him reinstated as the celebration partial of as good as easy as the leader.

Some of the large names in the Teng stay included, between multiform others, prior Selangor DAP vice-chairmen Kannan Thangarasu, prior assistant treasurer Batumalai Malinaidu, prior assistant cabinet partial of as good as Sekinchan state public partial of Ng Suee Lim, Senator S. Ramakrishnan, as good as successful maestro James Ooi. Although Klang MP Charles Santiago was not publicly identified with the group, he is pronounced to be upon really accessible tenure with Teng, as good as is looked upon as an fan by Teng.

The Teng organisation campaigned upon the explain which the prior Selangor DAP care underneath state senior manager councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah had been weak, as good as had been giving in as well many to the alternative Pakatan Rakyat partners PAS as good as PKS, allowing them to squeeze many large posts as good as positions in the state supervision as good as agencies. They purported which the then obligatory Selangor DAP cabinet members, many of whom have been MPs, state public members as good as state senior manager councilors, had unsuccessful to get for the celebration the satisfactory share of internal council posts, encampment development jobs, as good as positions in government-linked companies as good as agencies..

They had pledged which Teng as good as his group would be means to remodel the celebration enlightenment as good as use in to the some-more satisfactory as good as dynamic movement.

The Teresa camp, upon the alternative hand, had campaigned upon the togetherness theme, observant which the clever as good as united DAP state care was essential for the Pakatan Rakyat to retain carry out of the Selangor state go! vernment , as good as for the alternative bloc to succeed in the Battle for Putrajaya. The togetherness team, comprising often inaugurated representatives, was pronounced to have the publicity as good as await of the tip inhabitant celebration leadership.

Nearly the thousand representatives from 144 branches attended the state gathering non-stop by secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, as good as graced by rarely respected celebration using light Lim Kit Siang.

Some poignant facts emerged from the celebration elections which indisputably simulate the current as good as evident destiny direction of the DAP.

First of all, notwithstanding the quality of the Teresa Unity group members, many of whom have been inaugurated representatives, they unsuccessful to win considerable substantial await from the celebration delegates. Teng appeared to be the challenging force with wide grassroots support, coming in fourth in the 15-seat line-up, winning some-more votes than Teresa, who managed usually to finish in the 11th place..

Teng is well known to be the non-conformist independent-minded go-it-alone character, whose attribute with alternative celebration leaders is merely an impersonal organic one. In alternative words, he is not the group player. Yet, he is the hero between the Selangor grassroots, as it is in all the nature of the anti-establishment people to look up to the rebel. Teng had once even asked iconic celebration brave Kit Siang to step down from the celebration leadership, the sign of perfect arrogance.

Hence, with the strong-headed Teng carrying the really bona fide as good as powerful contend in the Selangor DAP cabinet now, with await from his four group members, as good as perhaps Charles Santiago too, Teresa is certain to have the tough time in using the state committee. This can even be seen in the choosing of the state authority in which Teresa got usually 8 votes, usually the single some-more than Teng.

The large crunch will come when the next ubiquitous choosing is ! called, as good as Teng is approaching to direct the large contend in the selection of candidates.

The evident vicious dilemma for Teresa, however, is the decision upon the fate of Ronnie Liu, either to co-opt the defeated state senior manager councillor in to the state cabinet as an allocated member.

Teng, the long-time diehard opposition of Ronnie, is certain to retard the appointment, even if the tip inhabitant care recommends it. Teng has already indicated which Ronnie should not be appointed, saying: Lim Kit Siang himself pronounced this sunrise (Sunday during the convention) which supervision leaders must have the charge of the party. We can usually obediently follow what he said."

Within the Teresa camp, Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, who defended his post as the state emissary chairman, was quoted as observant which in the past, it has always been the 15-member committee, hinting which it is not required to make the appointment.

Ronnie is obviously in genuine large trouble, with his mainstream domestic career becoming obliviousness to ending, the partial as good as parcel of the alienation process by both foes as good as friends within his own party.

Ronnie mislaid in the celebration election, not usually because of the Tee Boon Hock factor, though simply because the little of the receiving flight stars in the party, the immature upstarts in the Teresa camp, understand him as an irritant as good as the guilt with his ardent burning piece of wood type of politics. He could have won if the Teresa supporters did not abandon him. In alternative words, Ronnie was the victim of domestic betrayer.

Another poignant actuality which emerged from final Sundays Selangor DAP choosing is which the positive regeneration of care is gathering momentum in the party, with the procedure for shift receiving place during the really quick pace. The tip dual candidates with the tip numbers of votes have been dual immature ladies Teratai state public partial of Jenice Lee, who garnere! d the ti p series of votes with 703, as good as Subang Jaya state public partial of Hannah Yeoh, who polled 664 votes.

Within the Selangor DAP, Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching, as good as Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo have been additionally between the rising leaders upon which the celebration can rely upon to lead it to larger height.

Their choosing in to the state cabinet is an publicity by the ubiquitous grassroots members, notwithstanding with the little sullen as good as critical discontent from the little rioter veterans who resent being sidelined in the mainstream celebration affairs.

It is many hapless which these veterans should want to stone the vessel sailing towards Putrajaya when their prime time is over. As veterans, they should concede the youngsters to lead the charge, supporting as good as using them, instead of making hold up difficult for them by challenging them as good as using them down.

The Battle for Putrajaya is consequential for the destiny of democracy as good as tellurian rights in our country, as good as the DAP has the really critical purpose to fool around in bringing about the fulfilment of the New Malaysia, where truth, righteousness, honesty, justice, fairness, equality, as good as human, civil as good as constitutional rights reign supreme.

Hence, Teng Chang Khim as good as those in his stay should leave in reserve their personal agenda, as good as give their wholehearted joining as good as co-operation to work together with the alternative celebration leaders to make the Putrajaya mental condition come true.

For the start, designate Ronnie in to the Selangor state committee. The celebration cannot afford to lose this honest, transparent as good as overworked grassroots leader, who has since scarcely 20 years of loyal dedicated service to the celebration as good as nation.

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Khalid: Pakatan harus bersedia untuk PRU 13

Oleh Fazy Sahir

SHAH ALAM: Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim berkata Pakatan Rakyat masih melihat beberapa aspek penting bagi gabungan itu dalam persediaan mereka menghadapi pilihan raya ke-13 kelak.

Namun Khalid yang ditemui enggan mendedahkan butiran lanjut berhubung strategi Pakatan sambil berkata persediaan itu perlu dilakukan dari sekarang.

"Saya tidak mahu bercakap mengenai strategi kami (Pakatan) tetapi saya nasihatkan kita perlu bersedia daripada sekarang.

"Kita akan lihat aspek di Malaysia, persediaan apa yang pemimpin dan parti harus lakukan," katanya dalam sidang media selepas persidangan Menteri Besar dan Ketua Menteri negeri-negeri Pakatan Rakyat disini.

Khalid turut menafikan persidangan kali ini membincangkan tentang persediaan pilihan raya tersebut.

Sebaliknya persidangan yang masuk kali kedua itu katanya adalah untuk membincangkan sistem pentadbiran dan politik di negeri-negeri Pakatan.

"Tiada...kami tidak bincang tentang pilihan raya dalam persidangan ini. Kami bincang tentang sistem pentadbiran dan politik negeri Pakatan dalam meneruskan cita-cita rakyat seperti apa yang kita janjikan dahulu.

"Kita bincang Pakatan sebagai kumpulan politik malah setiap menteri besar daripada kita sendiri memberi ucapan dalam bengkel yang telah diadakan hari ini.

"Persidangan ini juga mengimbas kembali usaha -usaha dilakukan Pakatan pada Mac 2008 dan kita mahu kongsi pengalaman ini bersama-sama dan bekerjasama untuk bangunkan negeri kami," katanya.

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Bezakan antara kawan dan lawan, kata Guan Eng

Safeguard open confidence, Kedah MB tells colleagues


Apa guna ketuanan Melayu jika pencuri pimpin negara


(Harakah Daily) - Tidak ada guna jika 'ketuanan Melayu' hanya diguna untuk mempertahankan pencuri dan perompak sebagai pemimpin negara," kata Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Mahfuz Omar.

Sebaliknya beliau menegaskan, Melayu hanya akan terus menjadi tuan jika pemimpinnya bermaruah dan maruah orang Melayu adalah dengan Islam.

"Melayu akan terus jadi tuan kalau Melayu itu bermaruah, dan maruah orang Melayu adalah Islam.

"Tidak ada guna kita pertahan ketuanan Melayu, kalau pencuri jadi tuan," katanya yang juga Ahli Parlimen Pokok Sena.

Beliau berkata demikian sebagai mengulas isu 'ketuanan Melayu' yang cuba ditanam oleh Umno dalam pemikiran orang Melayu.

Jelasnya, Umno bertindak demikian kerana hanya mahu mengekalkan kuasa mereka, dan mahu memugar kembali kepercayaan orang Melayu kepada parti itu yang sudah luntur.

Sedangkan katanya, yang menjadikan Melayu lemah adalah sikap pemimpin Umno sendiri yang merosakkan kepercayaan itu.

Kepercayaan itu bukan sahaja pudar di kalangan Melayu, malah turut terkesan kepada bukan Melayu.

Menyedari hakikat itu, PAS katanya membawa pendekatan dakwah agar orang Melayu bermaruah dengan Islam.

Hasilnya, PAS diterima sebagai tuan, bukan sahaja oleh Melayu malah bukan Melayu juga.

"Orang bukan Islam boleh terima pemimpin Melayu di kalangan PAS untuk jadi pemimpin dia.

"Orang bukan Islam boleh terima Tok Guru Nik Aziz jadi pemimpin dia di Kelantan, Datuk Seri Ustaz Azizan di Kedah, Datuk Seri Nizar di Perak dahulu," katanya.

P. Uthayakumar’s “ethnic cleansing” Sedition case


P. Uthayakumar’s “ethnic cleansing” Sedition case. Biased Judge again refused to adjourn case pending High Court hearing to declare Sedition Act Ultra virus Article 4 of Federal Constitution.

Proceedings began at 9.00 a.m before Judge Sabaraiah Osman, N. Surendran appeared for P. Uthayakumar. DPP Noorin Badaruddin and two other DPP’s appeared for the prosecution.

P.Uthayakumar continued cross examining DCP Acryl Sani bin Abdullah Sani after N. Surendran’s application for an adjournment pending the High Court appeal was turned down by the biased Judge.

DCP Acryl Sani testified:-

1) That from 2000 to February 2010, 147 police detainees had died(were killed) in police custody.

2) The Indian detainees names revealed were all between in the ages 22 to 45.

3) Almost all suffering from head injuries.

The document tendered by DCP Acryl Sani bin Abdullah Sani had a discrepancy in that for the death in police custody cases only 13 names were listed out when the list stated 28. So where is the unaccountable balance 15 names in the official police documents.

P. Uthayakumar suggested that many more names were left out to constitute about 60% of the victims of death in police custody and shot dead by police being Malaysian Indians.

As for the shooting to death cases the Indians were listed as 27 but he could only name 23 according to his official police list submitted in Court.

The joke is this police DCP stated that Ngu Huat Leong and Khoo Ghee Kian who were shot dead in Buntong, Miri were Indians.

When has there been Indian criminals with Chinese names in Luntong, Miri, Sarawak. This only goes to prove that the police Raja Di Malay-sia have been getting away with murder for many many years.

P. Uthayakumar told the police DCP to come back with the real and unadulterated figures tomorrow morning. This case started at 9.00 a.m and dragged on right up to 5.00p.m with a lunch break. The biased Judge again threw out a few of P. Uthayakumar’s applications including his lawyer’s application as above.

This matter is adjourned to 9.00 a.m on 30/11/10 for tendering of the IGSO which empowers the Polis Raja Di Malay-sia to shoot and murder innocent citizens before being found guilty in a Court of law and in direct contravention of Article 5(1) of the Federal Constitution which guarantees the right to life.

This biased Judge ruled that the internal police house rules to murder Malaysians is above the Federal Constitution which is the supreme law of Malaysia according to Article 4 (1) of the Federal Constitution.

Earlier during cross examination DCP Acyrl Sani bin Abdullah Sani, the Federal CID Deputy Director I at Bukit Aman testified that the Indian population is 15%. This proves that UMNO has scaled down the Indian population statistics by 50% to a mere 7.5% to maintain and sustain their Malay muslim supremacy and hegemony.

But now the cat is out of the bag and many more truths will surface from this malicious and vindictive trial of P. Uthayakumar under the obsolete, unlawful and unconstitutional Sedition prosecution.(including as reported in Malaysiakini.com today)

S. Thiagarajan

Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court No. 4

29/11/2010

courtesy of Human Rights Party Malaysia

Mahathir wants you to drive a health hazard called Proton while hie and his buddies has dozens of these ...

Veyron Frenzy on James: 42 and counting

The Bugatti Veyron seems to the one of those invincible hype machine endeavours that never fails to catch the attention of the media, the industry or web-savvy fans around the world, rivalled by possibly only McLaren. Indeed, we’re just as guilty of buying into the Veyron’s hypnotizing allure, as do members of the fairer sex seem to be. But who can blame them? Currently, there are no fewer than 42 different Bugatti Veyrons available on JamesList, with prices going from around €800,000 to over three times that sum.

However, the perhaps most eye-catching variant is the still the Pur Sang. In total, there were only six made, one of which was a prototype. Patting ourselves on our backs, there’s now four Pur Sangs on JamesList, one of which is the aforementioned most expensive Veyron currently available (if you exclude all those annoying P.O.R. listings) at $3,5 million. Let’s hunt down the final example along with the prototype for completeness sake, shall we?

Take a look at the 42 different Veyrons and the four Pur Sangs in the meantime.

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Govt to 'save' Shah Alam Hospital project


By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

KUALA LUMPUR: The controversial Shah Alam Hospital has been reopened for a new tender, Works Minister Shaziman Abu Mansor said today.

Shaziman said his ministry would be appointing a “white knight” contractor through a limited tender procurement method to finish the job.

"The advertisement for the tender was issued on Nov 26 and will close on Dec 17," he said at the Dewan Rakyat.

Shaziman was disputing allegations of cronyism made by Shah Alam PAS lawmaker Khalid Samad who was moving a censure motion against the minister.

The RM10 pay-cut motion was moved following the minister's inability to tackle alleged discrepancies in the various mega-construction projects, including the Shah Alam Hospital.

Ballooning costs

Khalid was questioning the whopping increase in cost of the Shah Alam Hospital project, which was initially estimated to cost taxpayers RM300 million but later ballooned to RM482.6 million.

It was scheduled for completion this month but has been extended to June, 2011. The delay arose amidst allegations of malpractices which Khalid claimed resulted from directly awarding the project to incapable Umno-linked crony companies.

The contract was awarded to a company called Sunshine Fleet Sdn Bhd. It was approved by Shaziman's predecessor under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

Despite the attacks, Shaziman said that contracts awarded through direct negotiations only amounted to 5% of all government projects tendered out.

These contracts awarded take into consideration the high-profile nature of the projects. Issues like security and expertise are often the criteria used to justify the practice, said Shaziman.

He also shrugged off allegations of irregularities in the delay, saying the postponement was approved by the government.

"It was approved to ensure that the project will not be disrupted following the increase in construction material and fuel prices," explained Shaziman.

Khalid, who disagreed, said the point of contention was not the 5% but the amount of taxpayers' money involved in the projects.

The main idea behind any tender-awarding process was to attain the best quality at the lowest price, which the government has failed to practise in light of the constant increases in projects cost like the new national palace and the National Cancer Institute, Khalid added.

Motion rejected again

The cost of the new palace was initially estimated at RM394.8 million but soared to RM650 million. The National Cancer Institute's initial cost was RM340 million in 2007 but rose to RM700 million.

Khalid again accused the government of cronyism in awarding the projects to companies linked to Umno.

But Shaziman insisted that the contracts were awarded for valid reasons and that the valuation of the costs were done thoroughly by the Economic Planning Unit.

The debate between Khalid and Shaziman eventually turned into a chaotic verbal jostle between the two sides of the House.

Deputy Speaker Ronald Kiandee was forced to calm tempers down. The motion was subsequently rejected.

Perkasa: Banish 'political whores' Wan Azizah, Azmin


By Teoh El Sen

KUALA LUMPUR: Perkasa has launched a vitriolic attack on PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and her newly minted deputy Azmin Ali for allegedly turning their backs on the concept of Malay supremacy to lure Chinese and Indian votes.

The hardline Malay group's Youth chief Arman Azha Abu Hanifah had labelled the opposition duo as “political prostitutes” and demanded that such individuals be banished.

He was responding to Wan Azizah's speech at the PKR national congress yesterday, which was backed by Azmin.

Calling them “traitors” to the Malay race, Arman said: “They are successful because of 'ketuanan Melayu' (Malay supremacy) but now, they have forgotten their roots.”

After achieving success, he said, these individuals had become “arrogant and crazy” and were prime examples of “Melayu mudah lupa” (Malays forgetting easily).

“They are political prostitutes who will do anything just to get Indian and Chinese support," he added during a press conference here this afternoon.

Stressing that Perkasa was neither a racist nor right-wing outfit, Arman called on the Malay rulers to banish those who went against “ketuanan Melayu”.

He also described the PKR president's speech as deriding the Malay rulers, whose sovereignty was protected under “ketuanan Melayu”.

Arman claimed that the concept of “ketuanan Melayu” had been misconstrued as the subjugation of other races.

“We want other races to respect the social contract and know the country's history,” he said, adding that Perkasa upheld the Federal Constitution and wanted to ensure that Malay rights were respected.

Not sparing Wan Azizah's husband, PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim, Arman said that the latter was the cause of Malay disunity and was not fit to be prime minister.

"If he wants to lead the country, he should resolve his personal problems first... he has yet to resolve this (the sodomy trial) but he wants to lead," he added.

Wan Azizah: It's about the goodness in a person

In an immediate reaction, Wan Azizah expressed shock over Arman's statement.

“Oh my goodness! I think Arman mistook what I have said, and he should read the text of my entire speech. (Before I delivered the speech), we (PKR leaders) sat and debated it (the content).

“You're not born of race; if you are a Muslim, the most important thing is your faith and it is the goodness in a person which is the differentiating factor regardless of whether you are a Malay, Chinese or Indian,” she told FMT.

Quoting Prophet Muhammad, she said that the prophet himself had stressed that a good person was defined by the manner he or she led their life.

Meanwhile, PAS Youth chief Nasrudin Hassan Tantawi also condemned Arman over his stinging remarks.

“Calling them 'political prostitutes' is crude and harsh. I believe the PKR president did not mean to sideline Malay rights, but called on us Malays not to be racist,” he said.

Nasrudin said while it was not wrong to fight for one's race, it should however not be at the expense of other races.

“I am worried that Perkasa is only fighting for the Malays, we should not do this. We should fight for justice for all races. However, I am not against ketuanan Melayu,” he added.

'This are not Malay values'

Nasrudin's DAP counterpart Anthony Loke was not surprised by Arman's tongue-lashing, given that it had come from a Perkasa leader.

"Of course, coming from Perkasa it is not surprising. I feel it is too much for anyone to use such a word to label your political opponent, especially a woman. This is highly insensitive, derogatory and unbecoming of a Malaysian citizen," he told FMT.

"I am sure the Malay culture does not condone such an act as the Malay culture values politeness and respect. It is these so-called protectors of Malay values who are saying such things," he added.

On the same note, Loke praised Wan Azizah and other PKR leaders for raising the subject, knowing that they would come under attack from the likes of Perkasa.

“Saying that we are against 'ketuanan Melayu' does not mean we are questioning the position of the Malay rulers, the royal institution is there. This is in Pakatan Rakyat's common policy, we uphold the constitution. Pakatan has no problem with the institution of constitutional monarchy.

"The very reason we question 'ketuanan Melayu' is because we question Barisan Nasional's approach to formulating policies based on racial interests and approaches,” he told FMT.

Noh Omar: PKR gives wrong impression

In a related development, Selangor Umno deputy liaison chief Noh Omar also slammed PKR for raising the “ketuanan Melayu” issue and giving the impression that Malays wanted to lord over the rest.

Calling it a wrong impression, he said that it was done with the intention of seeking political mileage.

“'Ketuanan Melayu' does not mean that we want to become 'tuan'. It means safeguarding the rights enshrined in the constitution with regard to the Malays,” he was quoted as saying by Bernama.

According to him, PKR leaders themselves do not understand the concept and had failed to protect it as witnessed in several issues such as Selangor excos not using the national language in their official letterheads and allowing non-Muslims to enter mosque grounds to the point that the sultan had to interfere.

“In this context, the 'ketuanan Melayu' which we want to defend, is the sanctity of Islam as the official religion and Bahasa Melayu as the national language. This is what is meant by defending 'ketuanan Melayu' and PKR has failed to do so,” he said.

Nurul: No place for prima donnas in PKR


Nurul Izzah
PETALING JAYA, Nov 28 — Newly elected vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar reminded party delegates today that PKR is a party of principles and not personalities.

Nurul Izzah said that the party’s struggle had always been based on principle, and personalities should not be the basis of its identity.

“PKR is a party with dignity because we have struggled based on the principle of honesty and high moral values and not based on personality alone. We must distinguish between personalities with principles which mould personalities. Only principle and not personality should be institutionalized within our party,” she said during her winding-up speech at the party’s national congress here today.

Nurul Izzah (picture) stressed that the public wanted transparency from its party and state leaders.

“We must speak the truth even though it may be acceptable by others. People want to hear what we can and are able to offer. People want us to be honest and transparent in charting our struggle which is free from fraud and abuse in our actions. Including the election process of party leadership, party policies, and plans to develop the country and evaluation of states which are governed by us,” she said.

“We must speak the truth and have a culture of honest politics; honest in our actions and to the people as honest politics is the basis for any political struggle,” she added.

She also said that the party had only completed the first phase of its journey.

“We have been successful in the first phase of making PKR a party that is credible. However the next phase is ensuring the continuity in the management of our success,” she said.

She stressed that the public could no longer trust Barisan Nasional (BN) as the ruling continued to mismanage the country’s economy.

“We must realize that household debt as of August amounted to RM560 billion, an increase of RM44 billion in just one year. This is compared to RM150 billion in 1998.

“The percentage of debt to disposable income is 140 per cent which is the highest in Asia. This means that the people owe more than their income,” she said.

Nurul Izzah added that the country must rid itself of corrupted leaders.

“We must realize that our country is rich with resources and has the capability and expertise to make Malaysia into a country that is rich for all the people and escape from the verge of collapse. But this can only be possible if the country is led by leaders that practices honest politics. This is the call that PKR must follow,” she said.

Nurul Izzah, who led the race for the four elected vice presidencies with 13,211 votes, was named as one of four elected vice presidents, along with Tian Chua (11,744), Fuziah Salleh (8,927), Mansor Othman (857).

- Malaysian Insider

Makkal sakthi or what not, Indians will not be fooled

Dr Ravichandran

It was the 'makkal sakthi' awakening and the civil society's overwhelming contribution that made March 08 a reality for Pakatan. Not denying their efforts but the win was definitely to their disbelief.

The later events of Hindraf's destruction to pieces were sheer disappointment or rather a stab in back for the Indians. Since the Pakatan take over it's been a tussle between the two sides of political arena, in an area of limited Indian issues hence forgetting or simply evading the many issues that Hindraf had once put forward.

British masters used the different peoples of Malaya for different purpose, some collaborated with them to pave their way into the heartland of Malaya, some simply wanted them in for their changing lifestyle; yes, money was the game even then.

However for most Indians it was pure indented labour for the British to reap the benefits of the land, denying the fact that Indians helped create the most important commodity for the future Malaysia's success and survival.

British masters always had someone doing the dirty job for them; as for the Indians they had a small group of Indians to control the bigger. Somehow the Indians from those days were appeased simply by the protection of the Tamil language and ironically toddy shops!.

However Indians did find a brief taste of freedom in new Malaya or Malaysia, however though it seemed like they were relieved of the oppression of the estates they were actually displaced to urban slums.

Struggling Indians found their success even then as education was by merit and there were government jobs. Like slumdog millionaires (the movie) it was survival of the fittest and the luckiest.

Futhermore they did well in education and managed to climb up the economic ladder. For all these hopes they always fell back to their religion and ancestral respect by maintaining the many places of worship that had given their ancestors courage during the time when the British masters forced them to clear the jungle to create townships.

Till today most others have been reaping the benefits of Malaysia's economic wealth without a single thought or sense of gratitude for this historic Indian contribution to nation building. Indians and the rest of the other communities found and maintained good friendships along the way and they were together in the politics of this country.

The free will was however short lived as the British master's cancer started creeping into the soul of the politicians. Indians needed to be marginalised, again with small group Indians doing the dirty job of their masters or simply closing one eye towards the calculated and slow measures that brought about marginalisation while camouflaging with it with the Tamil agenda; not to mention also the protection of toddy shops and further helped by samsu haram and “not haram”.

Unlike their British masters this new breed of masters found the other area Indians could be manipulated or distracted while they continuously marginalised them. Yes, religion and the place of worship that even the cruel British displayed some sensitivity in handling, which for the new masters and their subordinates has been the greatest playing field.

They plan the destruction and they come to save them in the nick of time, the sentiment which for common Indians will bring them down to their knees…. These deceitful tactics have been like a political mantra to all future politicians, while the Indians started losing their government jobs, their chance for higher education, their oppression in many ways in business ventures, leaving only a handful that managed. And the Indians slowly lost whole lots of other things that Hindraf has pointed out

Then the makkal sakthi awakening of 2008…then what changed after that?

The cancer spread into 'makkal sakthi' with similar modus operandi; the shattered movement has killed the enthusiasm of the majority Indians and they are slowly falling prey again to their political masters.

Now the gullible politicians on both ends are working on the same module that has ruled over the Indians for decades. Yes, back to issues of Tamil schools, temples and nobody give a damn about minority protection.

Oh God!!! Politics will change the man and not otherwise; this is strongly proven in the Malaysian scenario. And now there is a 'third force' hovering over the horizon……is there yet hope for Indians in Malaysia?

Will the politician ever walk the talk? Will there be a ministerial post specifically for minority protection and sensitive issues? Will any right minded politician take the lead? If there is, then it's time again for the majority Indians to awaken and to make a point, “DON'T TAKE INDIANS FOR A RIDE” no matter what you call yourselves. We know!!!!

The writer is chairman of Malaysia Hindu Sangam of Penang.

Govt to 'save' Shah Alam Hospital project

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

KUALA LUMPUR: The argumentative Shah Alam Hospital has been reopened for a new tender, Works Minister Shaziman Abu Mansor pronounced today.

Shaziman pronounced his method would be appointing a white knight executive through a limited proposal procurement method to finish a job.

"The announcement for a proposal was issued upon November 26 as well as will close upon December 17," he pronounced during a Dewan Rakyat.

Shaziman was disputing allegations of cronyism made by Shah Alam PAS lawmaker Khalid Samad who was relocating a condemnation suit opposite a minister.

The RM10 pay-cut suit was changed following a minister's inability to plunge in to purported discrepancies in a assorted mega-construction projects, together with a Shah Alam Hospital.

Ballooning costs

Khalid was doubt a whopping enlarge in price of a Shah Alam Hospital project, which was primarily estimated to price taxpayers RM300 million though later ballooned to RM482.6 million.

It was scheduled for execution this month though has been extended to June, 2011. The delay arose amidst allegations of malpractices which Khalid claimed resulted from without delay awarding a project to incapable Umno-linked associate companies.

The contract was awarded to a company called Sunshine Fleet Sdn Bhd. It was approved by Shaziman's prototype underneath a Ninth Malaysia Plan.

Despite a attacks, Shaziman pronounced which contracts awarded through direct negotiations only amounted to 5% of all supervision projects tendered out.

These contracts awarded take in to care a high-profile inlet of a projects. Issues similar to security as well as imagination have been often a criteria used to justify a practice, pronounced Shaziman.

He additionally shrugged off allegations of irregularities in a delay, observant a delay! was app roved by a government.

"It was approved to safeguard which a project will not be disrupted following a enlarge in construction element as well as fuel prices," explained Shaziman.

Khalid, who disagreed, pronounced a indicate of row was not a 5% though a volume of taxpayers' income involved in a projects.

The categorical thought behind any tender-awarding process was to achieve a best peculiarity during a lowest price, which a supervision has unsuccessful to rehearse in light of a constant increases in projects price similar to a new inhabitant house as well as a National Cancer Institute, Khalid added.

Motion rejected again

The price of a new house was primarily estimated during RM394.8 million though soared to RM650 million. The National Cancer Institute's initial price was RM340 million in 2007 though rose to RM700 million.

Khalid again indicted a supervision of cronyism in awarding a projects to companies linked to Umno.

But Shaziman insisted which a contracts were awarded for valid reasons as well as which a gratefulness of a costs were done thoroughly by a Economic Planning Unit.

The discuss in in between Khalid as well as Shaziman in a future incited in to a chaotic written shove in in between a dual sides of a House.

Deputy Speaker Ronald Kiandee was forced to ease tempers down. The suit was subsequently rejected.


Ex-MACC chief denies defaming S'gor MB over cows, cars

Selangor MB Khalid IbrahimKUALA LUMPUR - Former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission arch supervision official Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan denied creation insulting matter against Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim upon a investigations into purported corruption as well as energy abuse by a latter.

He pronounced he had spoken a difference in a matter which was claimed to be insulting in good conviction as well as without ill-intent to repairs Abdul Khalid's repute as well as image.

The difference were spoken in reply to questions from media member during a media discussion held upon February 20, 2009 upon a swell of MACC's investigations into purported corruption as well as energy abuse by a Selangor Menteri Besar, pronounced Ahmad Said in his counterclaim statement.

The counterclaim statement, filed upon July 31 last year, was in reply to a fit filed by Abdul Khalid against him, a MACC as well as a supervision pertaining to a outcome of a commission's investigations into a purported energy abuse by Abdul Khalid.

Ahmad SaidIn a counterclaim statement, which was obtained by a media today, Ahmad Said pronounced he had released a matter concerned in his capacity as a MACC conduct as well as was fulfilling his shortcoming to surprise a swell of a investigation of a box to a public.

Alternatively, he said, a matter was done upon occasion of qualified privilege.

In his suit, Khalid claimed which a avowal done by Ahmad during a press discussion was libellous.

He is looking compensatory damages, aggravated damages, model damages, ubiquitous indemnification as well as special damages, as well as an injunction to forestall a defendants from repeating a purported insultin! g words.

During a conference, Ahmad Said had told a media upon a swell of a commission's investigations into a purported energy abuse by Abdul Khalid over a maintenance of his personal automobile as well as squeeze of 46 cows for Hari Raya Aidiladha for a Bandar Tun Razak parliamentary constituency.

In a matter of claim, Abdul Khalid claimed which a matter meant which he was a liar, unprincipled, corrupt, reprobate as well as an unfit statesman who had committed a criminal offence.

He pronounced a matter instigated open hatred against him as well as lowered his venerate in a eyes of a public.

He additionally claimed which MACC had acted over a powers as well as by a actions, had effectively usurped a exclusive powers as well as functions of a Attorney-General.

High Court deputy registrar Anisah Normah Muhammad Nor set January twenty-six subsequent year for box government when a box came up for mention before her today.

Lawyer Wan Anuar Shadat Mohamed Amin represented Abdul Khalid, whilst senior sovereign warn Habibah Harun represented Ahmad Said.

-- BERNAMA

EXPOSED: ROMANCE BETWEEN PERMAISURI SITI AISHAH AND SYED ABDULLAH AL ATTAS (FINAL 4)


"Cinta Syyhh"

15 days to go....


Dah terlanjur...

1. Mana dahulu? Alfatihah atau AlBaqarah? (klik)
2. Hantu (Makhluk Paranormal) suka perempuan seksi? Ini antara bukti yang kecil saja hasil kajian kami untuk berkongsi pengalaman dengan anda. Masih ada 78 rakaman lagi sebagai bukti yang masih belum sempat dimuatkan dalam blog ini.(Klik)

Mantan Permaisuri Aishah pada 20-5-2010 di Janda Baik. Kenapakah beliau boleh bertukar menjadi xxxx secara tiba-tiba? Adakah kerana 'kesilapan' yang lalu semasa menjadi permaisuri atau xxxx?

Ramainya yang telah menyihir Aishah...Mama sendiri tak pernah marah Aisyah berpeluk dengan lelaki. Yang korang sibuk pasal apa? Mama mesti pelik bagaimana syed boleh dapat gambar-gambar 'seumpama' ini. Kamera Aisyah yang berwarna hijau itu sentiasa berada di dalam begnya. Syed pun tak tau bila masa gambar Syed berpelukan dengan Aisyah dan lelaki lain dicuci dan dimana! Tetapi Allah Maha Kaya dan Syed tidak pernah menyangka tetiba satu hari bulan Julai 2010 ada seorang hamba Allah dari Kuala Lumpur datang ke Janda Baik semata-mata hendak memberikan gambar 'seumpama' ini pada saya. Saya dimaklumkan bahawa gambar-gambar itu telah di'cuci' di kedai gambar Pavilion pada bulan Jun 2010. 4 bulan saya simpan gambar ini dan saya! termenu ng! Banyak-banyak manusia dalam dunia ini kenapa saya pula yang terpilih memiliki gambar 'seumpama' ini?


Adakah Ustaz ini juga telah menggunakan ilmu sihir....? Dato Seri..., Aisyah perlukan seorang suami dan sudah terlalu lama menjanda. Beliau perlukan seseorang untuk bermanja....Janganlah disekat nafsu dan perasaannya. Beliau berkahwin ketika usia remaja.... Berilah beliau peluang kali ini. Adakah kerana wang ringgit atau pangkat Aisyah diperlakukan begini. Berpijaklah dibumi yang nyata. Dulu pun Dato Seri orang kebanyakan jugakan? Please...lepaskan dia.. Saya merayu...Biar satu Malaysia atau dunia tahu saya dedahkan penderitaan Aisyah selama hampir sepuluh tahun. Saya tiada ruang lain untuk membantunya. Ianya berlaku secara spontan setelah mendapat ilham DARINYA. Terpulang pada orang ramai untuk mengatakan saya mengaibkan Aisyah tetapi DIA maha mengetahui nawaitu saya. Banyak Aisyah luahkan pada saya satu ketika dahulu dalam talianatau ketika kalau ada ruang kami berdua sahaja tanpa kehadiran mama. Kalau Dato Seri tidak percaya apa luahannya pada saya, Dato Seri boleh periksa perbualan kami satu ketika dulu. Saya tidak gentar! Pada mulanya Aisyah paling gembira kalau saya panggil namanya "Ya Ukhti..." dengan nada berlagu... Maaf Dato Seri, saya terpaksa paparkan gambar-gambar 'seumpama' ini diadalam buku "Cinta Syyhh".

Buat mama, sebagai seorang wanita mama lebih mengetahui perasaan Aisyah bukan? Kadangkala Aisyah tidak mahu bayar kasut yang harganya tak sampai RM200 yang mama berkenan ketika membeli belah? Mama terpaksa bayar duit sendiri padahal Aisyah sanggup 'shopping' puluhan ribu ringgit sehari dan berikan barangan tersebut pada siapa yang menggembirakan hatinya. Kenapa ini boleh berlaku? Adakah Aisyah marah pada mama atau...

Mama, maaf kalau bahasa Syed agak ka! sar atau lucah. Bagaimanakah perasaan kita kalau lubang telinga yang gatal tak dikorek?
Bukan setahun mama tapi 10 tahun!

kekadang saya tegur juga Aisyah tentang ketidakadilannya tentang perkara sebegini tetapi Aisyah akan menjawab sambil mulutnya dimuncungkan dahi berkerut "Kadang-kadang Aishah belikan barang-barang untuk dia orang juga abang" Bila saya tanya bila? Aisyah m,enjawab dengan selamba " Kalau ada moodlah". Bila dia dah buat perangai macam tu saya pun malaslah nak tanya lagi...

read earlier post: http://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/2010/11/exposed-romance-between-permaisuri-siti_27.html

courtesy of UncleSeekers

SPDP sleeping with enemy, say other BN parties


By Joseph Tawie

KUCHING: The Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) has come under fire from two other component parties of the Barisan Nasional for allowing its members to associate openly with PKR and with Larry Sng, the state assemblyman and assistant minister who has been sacked from Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS).

Roland Sagah, the state assemblyman for Tarat and a supreme council member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (PBB), said he found it “very disturbing” that some SPDP members were moving around the area discrediting him and the MP for Mambong, James Dawos Mamit.

“What they have done is tantamount to belittling the BN elected representatives in the area--myself and Mamit,” he said.

They were also pinching members from PBB and other BN parties, he alleged.

“Their act of going around with PKR members is totally not in the spirit of BN, particularly as the state election looms,” he added.

PRS is also sore with SPDP. Its information chief, Wilson Nyabong, said the party was displeased that some PDP members were showing support for Sng, who won the Pelagus state seat on the PRS ticket.

Nyabong, who is also political secretary to the chief minister, was reacting to a news item about certain SPDP members suggesting that BN accept Sng as a direct member.

“The statement is most regrettable,” he said.

Referring to reports that Sng had the support of longhouse chiefs, he said the chiefs were misled by Sng’s men.

PRS is determined to keep the Pelagus seat for itself and is worried that Sng would contest there as a direct BN member.

Nyabong said Sng’s men were themselves misled into thinking that BN would nominate Sng for the seat.

He asserted that the nomination would come from PRS and that the party was confident of retaining Pelagus.

S'gor DAP polls: Grassroots wants more check and balance

By Alan Ting

KUALA LUMPUR: The just-concluded Selangor DAP election has sent the clever vigilance which grassroots members want some-more checks as well as balances in the state leadership.

Despite clever campaigning by dual opposition factions, some-more than 1,000 delegates motionless to opinion for representatives from both camps in to the 15-member committee.

Team Unity, headed by comparison state executive councillor as well as Kinrara representative Teresa Kok, saw seven of its possibilities making the cut while Selangor State Legislative Assembly Speaker Teng Chang Khim's Rainbow group clinched 5 seats

Kok, who accomplished 11th, was made state chairman while an additional key DAP leader in the state as well as state executive councillor Ronnie Liu was booted out.

Three neutral possibilities Janice Lee, Hannah Yeoh as well as Charles Santiago secured the tip three places.

DAP executive executive cabinet part of Jeff Ooi pronounced the new care should take note of the wishes of the grassroots who longed for some-more checks as well as balances in the state leadership.

"The grassroots has sent the clever summary which Kok needs some-more time to set up up her domestic bottom in the state. Some may still be distrustful of her, particulaly upon time management," pronounced the blogger-turned MP for Jelutong.

The Tee factor

He pronounced Kok, whose group was upheld by the executive leadership, had the tremendous charge before her, adding which grassroots members were still angry over her purpose in the sacking of former Selangor DAP organising secretary Tee Boon Hock.

"The sacking has left some unanswered questions as well as this was reflected in the outcome of the result," Ooi pronounced in giving his personal assessment upon the matter.

Ooi pronounced Liu's defeat was additionally "a big doctrine! for the executive leadership" which had upheld the standing quo in the state leadership, but which the grassroots thought otherwise.

"The tip 5 are not from the unity team. The executive care should take note," he said.

Despite Liu's setback, Ooi pronounced he did not hold there would be changes to the state exco line-up as he still enjoyed the backing of the tip national leaders.

Klang MP Charles Santiago pronounced it was transparent which both sides were similarly represented as the members longed for to make firm the state DAP.

"It's not 10 to 3, twelve to 3. So, the voice of the delegates was to make firm the state DAP. It's transparent which they need to work together," he said.

Furthermore, he said, Kok was elected as chairman during the second harvesting machine of the election, with the infancy of just one vote.

Strategic option

However, whether there is the change or not, UCSI University's domestic researcher Ong Kian Ming pronounced the subject of Liu's standing would remain, during least for sometime.

"My clarity is which his in front of may be untenable, since these election results. The subject then would be, who should reinstate him," he said.

Judging by the number of votes received, Ong pronounced one would select Janice Lee, the Teratai state representative, but where seniority is taken in to consideration, Ng Suee Lim, the Sekinchan assemblyman, could be the choice.

"Of the two, selecting Ng will be the improved 'strategic' option, since which it will progress his chances of retaining his seat. It has 56% Chinese electorate as well as he won with the infancy 190 votes in 2008," he said.

- Bernama


PM: Skewed property ownership will spark political instability

Najib - trying to push for 100-stories towerPETALING JAYA - The imbalance in skill tenure in a country, which currently leans towards a non-Bumiputera, does not minister to long-term domestic stability, pronounced Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The Prime Minister pronounced there was a likelihood which a Bumiputera would not be happy with a benefaction scenario.

He pronounced a one-sided situation was most viewable in a Klang Valley, quite in Greater Kuala Lumpur.

Imagine a feeling of a Bumiputera who are walking in a city and, when they demeanour at all a skyscrapers, they feel which they have no share in them.

They would feel unfortunate as well as discontented as well as would interpretation which countrys wealth had not been distributed sincerely or evenly as well as which they have been denied their rights (for equal skill ownership).

These feelings will not minister to long tenure domestic stability, he pronounced when launching a Amanah Hartanah Bumiputera (AHB) investment account here Monday.

Also benefaction was Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

The RM1bil fund, announced during Budget 2011, is managed by Pelaburan Hartanah Bumiputera (PHB) as well as enables a Bumiputera to experience in a tenure of genuine estate resources with a minimum entrance investment of RM500.

PHB is a auxiliary of Yayasan Amanah Hartanah Bumiputera. Najib pronounced a launching of AHB was an beginning to safeguard a offset tenure of resources in a country.

This is in line with a NEMs (New Economic Model) core, which is, to promote inclusiveness.

It is additionally to tighten a gap in tenure of skill tenure between a Bumiputera as well as others, he said.

On a prospects of AHB, he pronounced he believed it could produce returns which could be even improved than fixed deposit.

Najib additionally referred to GLCs a! s well a s private companies prerogative their staff, including those who were retiring with a funds shares, to serve promote a fund. - Star

P. Uthayakumars ethnic cleansing Sedition case

P. Uthayakumars ethnic cleansing Sedition case. Biased Judge again refused to adjourn case pending High Court hearing to declare Sedition Act Ultra virus Article 4 of Federal Constitution.

Proceedings began at 9.00 a.m before Judge Sabaraiah Osman, N. Surendran appeared for P. Uthayakumar. DPP Noorin Badaruddin and two other DPPs appeared for the prosecution.

P.Uthayakumar continued cross examining DCP Acryl Sani bin Abdullah Sani after N. Surendrans application for an adjournment pending the High Court appeal was turned down by the biased Judge.

DCP Acryl Sani testified:-

1) That from 2000 to February 2010, 147 police detainees had died(were killed) in police custody.

2) The Indian detainees names revealed were all between in the ages 22 to 45.

3) Almost all suffering from head injuries.

The document tendered by DCP Acryl Sani bin Abdullah Sani had a discrepancy in that for the death in police custody cases only 13 names were listed out when the list stated 28. So where is the unaccountable balance 15 names in the official police documents.

P. Uthayakumar suggested that many more names were left out to constitute about 60% of the victims of death in police custody and shot dead by police being Malaysian Indians.

As for the shooting to death cases the Indians were listed as 27 but he could only name 23 according to his official police list submitted in Court.

The joke is this police DCP stated that Ngu Huat Leong and Khoo Ghee Kian who we! re shot dead in Buntong, Miri were Indians.

When has there been Indian criminals with Chinese names in Luntong, Miri, Sarawak. This only goes to prove that the police Raja Di Malay-sia have been getting away with murder for many many years.

P. Uthayakumar told the police DCP to come back with the real and unadulterated figures tomorrow morning. This case started at 9.00 a.m and dragged on right up to 5.00p.m with a lunch break. The biased Judge again threw out a few of P. Uthayakumars applications including his lawyers application as above.

This matter is adjourned to 9.00 a.m on 30/11/10 for tendering of the IGSO which empowers the Polis Raja Di Malay-sia to shoot and murder innocent citizens before being found guilty in a Court of law and in direct contravention of Article 5(1) of the Federal Constitution which guarantees the right to life.

This biased Judge ruled that the internal police house rules to murder Malaysians is above the Federal Constitution which is the supreme law of Malaysia according to Article 4 (1) of the Federal Constitution.

Earlier during cross examination DCP Acyrl Sani bin Abdullah Sani, the Federal CID Deputy Director I at Bukit Aman testified that the Indian population is 15%. This proves that UMNO has scaled down the Indian population statistics by 50% to a mere 7.5% to maintain and sustain their Malay muslim supremacy and hegemony.

But now the cat is out of the bag and many more truths will surface from this malicious and vindictive trial of P. Uthayakumar under the obsolete, unlawful and unconstitutional Sedition prosecution.(including as reported in Malaysiakini.com today)

S. Thiagarajan

Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court No. 4

29/11/2010

courtesy of Human Rights Party Malaysia


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For PKR and Pakatan, Anwar remains pivotal


November 29, 2010

Anwar (centre) continues to be the glue that holds Pakatan Rakyat together. — file pic
ANALYSIS, Nov 29 — PKR concluded its seventh annual congress over the weekend by rallying around “God sent” de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, a description that has caused consternation among the party’s watchers.

While PKR’s political opponents derided Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail’s remark as ludicrous, the phrase was calculated to please the hardcore Anwarites and raise the morale of the party faithful by renewing the “magic” that Anwar once had with the rank and file.

The faithful might be shrinking and drifting but PKR has only one way to go — the Anwar way. That is because the decade-old party has not moved away from its charismatic founder.

No matter how jaded Anwar might get in the years ahead or how irrelevant, politically, he might become, PKR’s destiny — and, by extension, that of Pakatan Rakyat — is firmly entwined with his; one cannot be separated from the other.

There is nobody in PKR today, Azmin Ali and Nurul Izzah included, who can replace Anwar.

Azmin might have been endorsed by Anwar but Pakatan Rakyat allies DAP and PAS do not see him as a successor to Anwar — not now or in the future.

DAP is not even ready to endorse Azmin as mentri besar of Selangor, even if Anwar wants to replace Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim. Not only DAP, but PKR leaders in Selangor are also squeamish about Azmin as mentri besar.

Nurul Izzah is too young and inexperienced politically to head PKR. Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, who could have been a successor to Anwar, has burned his bridges with the party and Pakatan Rakyat by overplaying his hands too early, revealing his unbridled ambitions to become prime minister via Pakatan Rakyat.

That leaves PKR irrevocably linked with Anwar and his personal and political fortunes, at least for the rest of the current decade.

The time gained can help newly elected vice-presidents like Nurul Izzah, Tian Chua, Fuziah Salleh and Datuk Mansor Othman to grow into their jobs as leaders.

Another PKR leader to watch is Elizabeth Wong, who was voted in with the highest number of votes for the central leadership council. Badrulamin Bahron, Hee Loy Sian and Khalid Jaafar are other newly-elected leaders who have potential to grow and lead PKR.

For now, Anwar keeps his place as the indispensable and undisputed leader.

Although unelected, Anwar remains synonymous with PKR. It is a relationship that is not going to change any time soon, and if there are any PKR members or leaders left who disagree with the set-up, the message of the congress over the weekend is very loud and clear — please leave.

The delegates have said it: There is no more room in the party for unchecked dissent. As one delegates from Pahang put it, democracy is fine but party discipline is paramount.

As a result of the haemorrhaging, the PKR will shrink further, but it is likely to be more disciplined and united.

The other upshot of the congress is the continued attempts to win the Malay ground by being pro-Malay and speaking up for the Malay condition in society. After 40 years of affirmative action, the Malays are still the poorest among poor Malaysians.

It is a situation that reflects badly on Umno that the billions of ringgit spent on this social engineering, while successfully lifting Malays into the middle class, had been mismanaged and misdirected.

However, Umno has woken up to the angst among the Malay working class and is better allocating resources in their direction.

The PKR championed the “Malay poor” issue for maximum political capital in 2008, winning in urban areas on Malay and other votes, but a repeat of the same seems unlikely, with Umno wooing the urban Malay votes with numerous imaginative programmes.

By raising and deriding the “Ketuanan Melayu” issue, another holdover from Election 2008, PKR could end up alienating the Malay vote even as it reassures its non-Malay vote bank that it remains committed to an egalitarian society.

It is not just PKR; Pakatan Rakyat as a whole is scrapping the bottom of the political barrel for issues to galvanise voters in the way the Hindraf and Bersih rallies had in the months preceding March 8, 2008.

Next week, Pakatan Rakyat will organise a rally outside the Selangor palace over the current state water issue, in the hopes that it spark voters’ imaginations.

With Anwar’s own Sodomy II trial and the Teoh Beng Hock verdict weighing heavily on PKR and Pakatan Rakyat, the infighting hammering DAP in several important states like Perak and Selangor will harm the coalition’s performance in the rumoured snap general election.

Anwar still has between six months to a year to consolidate his party, reignite Pakatan Rakyat’s flagging morale and lead it into the 13th general election, which could be a do or die battle for the fledgling pact.

Barisan Nasional is over a half century old while three-year-old Pakatan Rakyat still remains a loose coalition of dissimilar parties, brought together by Anwar in a marriage of convenience and aided by an anti-BN wave that is losing steam.

Unless, as veteran DAP leader Lim Kit Siang once said, Pakatan Rakyat gets its act together, it will end up as a one-term wonder.

MP seeks to raise latest racist episode in Parliament


UPDATED @ 02:59:44 PM 29-11-2010
November 29, 2010

Er wants Parliament to discuss the racist incident in Negri Sembilan after claiming public interest. — file pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — Parliament today received a motion notice on yet another racist incident, this time involving a teacher who allegedly uttered racial slurs while invigilating for the SPM examination in a school in Negri Sembilan last week.

The motion was filed by Er Teck Hwa (DAP-Bakri) with the Speaker’s office this morning.

In his notice, Er noted that the issue should be debated in the House as it was specific, urgent and of public interest.

“A drastic and effective action should be taken to prevent similar incidents from recurring,” he said.

In the incident on November 24, a school teacher, reportedly from a secondary school in Port Dickson, had allegedly uttered derogatory remarks against Chinese and Indian students when they arrived late to the examination hall for their SPM examination.

According to reports in the Chinese media, the teacher had censured the students for their tardiness by telling the Chinese students to return to China and the Indian students to India if they failed to understand her instructions in Bahasa Malaysia.

“In recent days, racially discriminatory remarks like these have really hurt our feelings, when what we really seek for is unity and harmony,” said Er in his notice.

“Similar statements have been made by others, like the prime minister’s special officer in February, a schoolteacher from SMK Gajah Berang in July and two school principals from SMK Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra and SMK Bukit Selambau in August and now another one in the incident above.”

He added that the incidents were clearly not isolated cases as they bore similarities and involved equally disparaging remarks against the Chinese and Indian communities.

“The Chinese and Indians have been asked to return to China and India, and the Indians were likened to dogs with their prayer strings while the Chinese were accused of being prostitutes,” he pointed out.

Er was referring to the slew of racially-charged incidents that have been plaguing the Najib administration throughout the year, beginning with the remarks made by Datuk Nasir Safar, the prime minister’s former special officer, who had allegedly said during a 1 Malaysia event that the “Indians came to Malaysia as beggars and Chinese, especially the women, came to sell their bodies”.

Nasir was later asked to resign from his post but no further action was taken against him.

The Najib administration later came under fire for failing to act quickly against two other incidents involving the school principals in Kedah and Johor, whose remarks against the Chinese and Indian communities had sparked public uproar.

In the Johor incident, school principal Siti Inshah Mansor had reportedly made derogatory remarks during the launch of the school’s Merdeka celebrations.

“Chinese students are not needed here and can return to China or Foon Yew schools. For the Indian students, the prayer strings tied around their neck and wrist makes them look like dogs because only dogs are tied like that,” she was quoted as saying in at least one of the over 20 police reports lodged against her.

Parents had also claimed that Siti Inshah had made similar racist remarks in her previous school, SMK Kelapa Sawit, where she had allegedly called Indians Nigerians.

Another student had alleged that Siti Inshah had used the Proton Saga as an analogy for Malaysia, describing how the Chinese and Indians are passengers in the car and cannot claim any rights to the “car”.

In the Kedah incident, the school principal had allegedly told off several Chinese students and accused them of disrespecting the Muslims by eating in the school canteen during fasting month.

Shortly after the two incidents, another case involving a civil servant hit the headlines in September.

National Civics Bureau (BTN) assistant director Hamim Husain had allegedly uttered racial slurs during a closed-door Puteri Umno function, in which he referred to the Chinese and Indian communities as “Si Mata Sepet” and “Si Botol”.

Since then, the Kedah principal has been punished with a warning and a transfer, while Hamim was suspended from his duties since October 6.

An Alternative Paradigm For Change And Reform (?)


By Malik Imtiaz Sarvar

I do not think I am alone in feeling that this country is in need of a serious overhaul. Sweeping reform, of a nature far deeper than the superficial changes conceived by consultants to seduce voters, is critical to our continued survival. If voter sentimentnat the last general election is any indication, I think I am similarly not alone in believing that a change of government is in order.

I am guided to this conclusion not by dint of any admiration for those currently in Pakatan Rakyat(PR). Although admitted , there are individuals among them for whom I have a great deal of respect, this in itself is not a reason for change. The matter is addressed rather by reference to the seming inability of Barisan Nasional (BN) at the present time to form the kind of government this country needs.

It is not very difficult to prove this proposition: the BN is held by its component parties and their members, in particular UMNO. In as much as some within the BN may wish to push the envelope on reform, they are subject to those who shape influence with these parties.

Sadly, these influences seem to be driven by the belief that the ends justify the means. It is for this reason that painfully sectarian communal politics and the attendant inflammatory race and religious posturing are still very much a part of our lives despite this obviously being counter to the interests of us all. Repeated pleas to reconsider the value of such politics is met with hostility or simply ignored.

Their impact on the landscape is undeniable. Constant pandering to the politics of race and religion has resulted in grave consequences. Our country has been left terribly weakened, its institutions in seeming disarray, with no clear direction as to! how to restore things to the way they once were.

At the heart of this is a highly worrisome race relations problem that is not only disruptive of desperately needed unity but also undermines our fundamentals, not least for standing in the way of constructive dialogue. Rather than engage in the issues, the government chooses to police thought and expression, the imminent sedition laws for cyberspace aptly illustrating the seige mentality of the current leadership.

To say that the citizenry is fearful for its future would not be overstating the situation, I think. For many of us, hope of the leadership recognising that what is best for our country is not necessarily defined by its political interests has diminished, if not wholly faded away. Trends that led us to doubt the quality and integrity of the government have not been arrested; concerns about the independence of key institutionsthe Attorney-Generals Chambers, police, anti-corruption commission, Judiciary, and Election Commission, to name but a fewstill abound as do doubts about the commitment of these bodies to the spirit of the Constitution.

The rakyat (people) has for some time felt that it cannot take their government at face value or believe in it being committed to do right by them. The constant refrains by its agents that all is well have worn thin. It is for this reason that the vote turned against the BN in 2008 the way it did. Wisdom would dictate that this was not so much due to voters favoring the PR rather than rejecting the BN.

Forgive me if I am not saying anything new in this. There is a purpose in reiterating this for the benefit of the PR. In the aftermath of the previous general election, opposition politicians talked about the political tsunami that engulfed the nation in tones of euphoric surprise initially. Over time, the tone and tenor of the rhetoric mutated and it is beginning to seem as if some of the! politic ians feel they are where they entitled to be. Some have gone so far as to posture as if they are our only choice.

This sense of entitlement is worrying as it is possibly indicative of politics having trumped the underlying cause of change and reform. If this is the case, the line between these politicians and those whom they condemn is less defined than they would have us believe. It would be wise for these politicians to recall that they were swept to success by a voter sentiment that is as likely to change its direction if the voters are left dissatisfied with what they perceive.

Leave aside the fact that the PR has precious little to make voters aware of what it expects to when, and if, it gets to Putrajaya. Or that it has not made clear what and how it will do as the government will be more viable for the nation than what the BN is doing. These are important issues but are unfortunately beyond the scope of this commentary.

Consider instead what it is Malaysians are being shown about PR through Keadilan. The Keadilan party election controversy raises serious questions about the ability of the party, and its allies whose fate is tied to it, to champion democracy it says it is fighting for.

Electoral irregularities are bound to happen and in any race, there will always be concerns about how level the playing field is. What is troubling is the scale of the complaints and the manner in which they have, or rather have not, been addressed. We have heard much about naysayers, traitors and the like, but we have heard little about the complaints levelled against the process and how they have been dealt with.

Malaysians need to understand clearly what it is that happened and why it happened. In particular, they need to be made to understand why there are factions within the party that have allowed their personal interests to get in the way of the ca! use they have represented themselves as championing.

Equally of concern is how, despite the matter having a direct bearing in the reputation of the reputation of the coalition as a whole, the other members of the PR feel unqualified to raise their concerns about it publicly. This is reminiscent of the relationship that the other component parties have with UMNO and, if so, raises an issue as to the power dynamics within the coalition.

The PR cannot run away from the fact that the Keadilan controversy has dented public confidence. Simply repeating that all is well will not go far in addressing the fundamental difficulties that have been brought into focus by it. Concrete steps must be taken.

Which brings me to the crux of the matter. It still hold the view that we need a new way of governing our country.. The question is, are we comfortable with placing our hopes entirely on PR? Some would have us believe that it is one or the other, a model that is problematic now that PR has shown itself to have feet of clay. I do not think our options are that limited. For one, PR can be made to see that it does not play a messianic role in the unfolding saga. For another, who is to say that we should not be recasting the paradigm and looking at alternatives?

*Malek Imtiaz Sarwar is a lawyer and the president of the National Human Rights Society (HAKAM).

Source: The Edge Malaysia (November 29, 2010) Courtesy of Malaysia for All

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