IS YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK:WAEL GHONIM AND THE SAGA OF DEMOCRACY IN MALAYSIA AND EGYPT

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Wael Ghonim, symbolic leader of the Egyptian revolution, gave an interview to 60 Minutes on Sunday night. His message is clear and compelling. Dictators of the world who oppress their people, you should be freaking out now. Watch here:

Minister in the Prime Ministers Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz should be praised for wanting to ban former US ambassador to Malaysia John R Malott from entering the Malaysia. In fact, the Cabinet should rally round him and enforce an immediate ban.

Poor Nazri. Why does he like to operate as Najibs chief blunderbuss? Is he desperate for brownie points? Hes trying so hard to please that it is painful to watch him.

Anyway, once the ban is in place we would all like to invite John Malott to Malaysia. We wont be sneaking him in. We will invite him to come by road, via the causeway from Singapore.

As we foresee that Nazris men wont be at the ready, we will give Nazri a tip-off. That should allow enough time to locate his men.

We will invite the foreign press to accompany Malott in his convoy. The Hindraf and Human Rights Party convoy was stopped recently and people were arrested. But then we dont foresee a successful crossing of the causeway, so this should not affect us.

Another coach will be laid on for the television crews of Al-Jazeera, ABC, BBC, CNN and others.

On the Johore side of the causeway, a similar complement of local and foreign media will be waiting, just in case Malott gives Malaysian immigration the slip, or the ban is suddenly overturned. In either case, we will say Nazris ban does not amount to muc! h.

We have every confidence in Nazris or the Home Minister Hishammuddin Husseins men. These ministers do not like to be proven wrong and would like nothing better than to punish these foreign devils.

It was Nazri who called Malott a liar because in his opinion, Malott had defamed our government through foreign newspaper.

Nazri asked, How would he know the real situation if he did not reside in Malaysia?

Is Nazri not aware that Malott was the US Ambassador in the late nineties?

Unlike Malaysian ministers whose jobs are to spread dissent and disinformation, the ambassadors of countries usually have a great deal of knowledge about foreign policy and a full grasp of the country in which they have been posted to.

Ambassadors are hand-picked by their nations in order to provide a good representation and to maintain solid relations with that country.

Nazri accused Malott of lying, but informed Malaysians are inclined to agree with the former US ambassador.

Malott may be staying in America but he is better informed and switched on about the disturbing trends in Malaysia, unlike Nazri, who like the rest of the Umno elite are stuck in their Ivory Tower.

There is no hope for a public discourse or debate between Nazri and Malott about the article which appeared in the Wall Street Journal.

Anyway, we wouldnt want it to happen it would further damage Malaysias credibility. It would be embarrassing for Malaysians to let the whole world know the true calibre of our ministers.

Many of our ministers are reluctant to enter a public platform to debate an issue. They do not know how to present logical arguments to persuade or convince. They cant tolerate differing views for a start. They only know how to threaten and intimidate.

We hope the cabinet approves the ban so we can invite Malott to Malaysia and assemble the foreign press. That will be the day when Malaysian racism and intolerance, will make headline news! in the foreign papers.

The ban on Malott will give us the much needed worldwide publicity .

The whole world will get the message that Malaysia does not tolerate criticism and they will learn something of our racial and religious intolerance.

The world will also see how we treat people who do not toe the government line. Malott will be refused entry into the country but ordinary Malaysians will not be as lucky. They will be subject to detention without trial.

People who dare to speak the truth are subject to various laws tosilence them. Many have been picked up and suffer whilst in police custody or languish, for years, in prison.

We owe it to these brave people and inform the world, that this is the true face of Malaysia.

The falseanxiety ofinfluence This was a reign of terror, and was a symbol of that reign of terror,It was intended to cause fear and to terrorize a population.

NEW YORK: OustedEgyptianPresident Hosni Mubarak has reportedly moved his family assets from European banks to institutions in Gulf region afterSwissauthorities took steps to freeze his foreign accounts.Were aware of some urgent conversations within the Mubarak family about how to save these assets, a senior intelligence was quoted as saying by the state-run Iranian channel Press TV.We think their financial advisers have moved some of the money around If he had real money in Zurich, it may be gone by now, he said.According to channel, former president is believed to have transferred a ! fortune to friendly Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.The report comes after Swiss authorities have announced to freeze his bank accounts. Estimates of the former Egyptian Presidents fortune varies there is a widespread rumour that it worth as much as $70 billion. However, US officials quote his familys wealth between $2 billion and 3 billion, New York Times said.Within hours of Mubaraks resignation on Friday, Swiss officials ordered all banks in Switzerland to search for and freeze any asset of the former president, his family or close associates, it reported.After Mubaraks fall, there are growing calls for an accounting to begin and Egyptian opposition leaders have vowed to press for a full investigation into his finances.Now we open all the files, George Ishak, head of the National Association for Change, an opposition umbrella group, said. We will research everything, all of them: the families of the ministers, the family of the president, everyone.According to the report, his family was woven into the Egyptian economy.However, tracing Mubaraks money will be difficult since business in Egypt is largely conducted in secret among a small group connected to him.Critics have said following the privatisation of Egypts economy in 1990s, Mubaraks family and other elite families have held stakes in the sale of state assets and in new business ventures.The article stated after former Presidents younger son Gamal left his job at Bank of America in London in mid-1990s, he joined forces with Egypts largest investment bank. Today, he has a significant stake in a private equity company with interests throughout the Egyptian economy, from oil to agriculture to tourism, corporate records and interviews show.The corruption of the Mubarak family was not stealing from the budget, it was transforming political capital into private capital, Samer Soliman, a professor of political economy at American University in Cairo, said.It has also been rumoured that the family has vast real estate holdings! .But the only property outside of Egypt that has emerged is the London townhouse at 28 Wilton Place inKnightsbridgewhere Gamal lived when he was an investment banker there, the report added.I recommend to Americans thesagaof Wael Ghonim the young Egyptian Google executive whose kidnapping by Egypts dreaded secret police and subsequent emotional public testimonial ushered in a new dawn in Tahrir Square this week.

His honor and honesty stands in stark contrast to the callow smear campaign escalated this week by the Mubarak regime against Tahrir Squares democracy protesters.readmoreIs Your Tax Dollars at Work:Wael Ghonim and the Saga of Democracy in Malaysia and Egypt

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Muslims nabbed in Valentine’s Day crackdown

KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 100 Muslims have been arrested in a religious crackdown on Valentine’s Day, officials said today, after Islamic authorities warned the celebration encourages “vice activities”.

Raids across the capital and Selangor, saw 96 individuals detained for “khalwat”, or “close proximity”, an Islamic law barring Muslims from being alone with someone of the opposite sex other than their spouse.

The mass arrests came after religious authorities warned against “immoral acts” during Valentine’s Day, saying they wanted to promote a sin-free lifestyle.

Religious enforcement officers here raided budget hotels and public parks ahead of Valentine’s Day detaining 16 Muslims, mainly teenagers, a spokesman from the Federal Territory Islamic Affairs Department told AFP.

“The operation was part our regular raids to stop ‘khalwat’,” said Asmawi Umar, adding the teenagers had paid around RM50 ringgit for a hotel room for two hours.

In Selangor, 80 Muslims were rounded up during raids between midnight and 6am on Valentine’s Day, according to media reports, quoting state religious authorities.

They face up to two years in jail and a fine if convicted in an Islamic Syariah Court.

Under Malaysia’s dual-track legal system Syariah Courts can try Muslims for religious and moral offences. More than 60% of the nation’s 28 million population are Muslim Malays.

Religious authorities last week launched a campaign called “Mind the Valentine’s Day trap” to condemn the celebration and said they would reject anything that contravenes Islamic teachings.

“In reality, as well as historically, the celebration of Valentine’s Day is synonymous with vice activities,” said Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz, head of Malaysia Islamic Development Department, which oversees the country’s Islamic policies.

However, rights groups have previously said that such moral crackdowns hurt Malaysia’s image as a moderate and progressive Muslim nation.

-AFP

MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND UMNO BLOGGERS:WAS PROSTUTUTING RACHEL MOTTE HIRED BY UMNO-BARISANS APCO TO DEMONIS FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO MALAYSIA JOHN R. MALOTT

Fear of any religious (i.e. Muslim) involvement in Egypts future government seems to be exercising the imagination of many a commentator and politician these days, and the Brotherhood as bogeyman theme has become common, in the US media in particular.

This articleinUSA Todayis especially notable; leading with an interview with a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, the article moves swiftly to raise the usual fears about Islamic law, and then slams the point home with this blatant imagery:

As he spoke late Saturday, the thump thump of a cleaver could be heard just outside the unadorned office. A man was hacking up a calf on a wood stump, arranging the meat on a plastic sheet on the patio floor. A bright puddle of blood ran into the street

The article also manages to introduce Reuel Marc Gerecht, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, as the moderate voice in the conversation, itself an unusual situation

Just for the sake of balance, heresa somewhat different takeon the Brotherhoods role in Egypt.

Personal Attacks on John R. Malott

ARTICLE IS MISSING FROM HER BLOG

Why was this article (reproduced below as published by The Sunday Times , February 13, 2011, pg 25) by Rachel Mottle removed from her blog:http://newledger.com/2011/02/anwar-ibrahims-pet-defender-ambassador-mallotts-credibility-gap/( Page Not Found)?Was it inaccurate about and offensive to the respected former US Ambassador to Malaysia, Ambassador John R. Malott, bordering on libel.

There is no way that Ambassador Malott and former senior United States Government Officials like Vice President Al Gore, William Cohen, Paul Wolfowitz will maintain their friendship with Anwar Ibrahim if he is someone who has links to any terrorist organisation. Anyway who is Rachel Motte? An expert on Malaysian politics? According to my sources, it is more likely that she is a right wing religious blogger.Din Merican

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On The Prophet's Birthday:Since when has democracy been the antithesis of stability?

As with Easter and Passover, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad is dated by the lunar calendar. This year it falls on Feb. 15, and the time seems particularly fraught with meaning. Every time there is a crisis in the Muslim world, grudges and resentments going back almost to the beginning of the faith, in the seventh century, seem to resurface. Islam, being an all-inclusive religion, refers every aspect of life back to God. When you feel that God has been affronted or disobeyed by your enemies, time disappears. It's always a good time to reopen old wounds. That's why there are rarely any upsets in society that are not also religious upsets. Traditional Muslim society equates with religious society. In Egypt, where secular rule has been the rule, the chemistry between God and government is still volatile and almost impossible to fathom if you live outside the Arab world. I don't speak as an insider but as a writer who delved into these issues when researching a book on the life of Muhammad. It is remarkable the extent to which the life of the Prophet set the template for attitudes that persist today. Among the most marked of these are a sense of being embattled for God, a defensive posture against infidels, a fierce desire to devote one's life to protect the Prophet, a desire to obey God's laws down to the smallest letter, and jihad, which in its broadest meaning denotes the struggle of the soul to reach a pure relationship with Allah against the temptations of one's base nature. These elements are entangled inside the worldview of devout Muslims. The new guard that tries to provoke change must contend not just with the old guard -- in this case the clash is between the youth of Egypt and the ruling military elite -- but also there is the rear guard of religious conservatism. A ! centurie s-old worldview is always ready to condemn change as being against the will of God. What I came to understand is that this worldview has its reasons for being. The Prophet was personally troubled about the messages he received that commanded him to convert the entire world to the new faith. When the early Muslims first fled from Mecca to Medina, Muhammad was welcomed as a peacemaker among warring tribes and faiths. His approach was conciliatory, and all sides recognized him as a fair arbiter. Islam sees itself as a faith that is far more inclusive than exclusive. Therefore, when Muhammad was forced to lead battles in defense of the faith, and afterwards when he turned on former Christian and Jewish allies, a dangerous rift became part of the Muslim worldview, at once aiming for universal peace and brotherhood but using violent means to get there. Christianity has its own built-in contradictions. This will always occur as long as human nature is divided. "What we say" and "what we do" have been perpetually at odds. In the present crisis the U.S. also falls between two stools. We say that we promote democracy around the world, but what we do is to defend stability (and the steady stream of Gulf oil) in support of reactionary, oppressive regimes. The layer of contradiction that we don't have, for the most part, is the religious one. Lurching toward modern secularism, Iraq, Iran, and Bosnia all ran afoul of religious pressures, and each society had to make peace with itself -- a very fragile peace at best -- in its own way. No doubt the same will happen in Egypt, with whatever convulsions that ensue when people are forced by passion and raging events to examine their innermost beliefs.

Since when has democracy been the antithesis of stability?

When dictators, whether secular or religious, c! oercivel y rule a nation, mass revolt becomes the only means to pursue needed reform. As our own history demonstrates, there is a way to seek reform without paralyzing the economy or starting a civil war. It is called democracy.

BY SAHAR AZIZ, FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Nothing to be afraid of

WASHINGTON, DC

Much of the discourse on the Egyptian revolution posits democracy as antithetical to stability. As Americans, we know better.

Our country is composed of people from all over the world with diverse political views ranging from the far right to the far left. We have communities of every faith, some of whom believe the others are doomed to eternal damnation. And yet we remain immune from the political instability experienced by other more homogenous nations.

Throughout our two hundred years, we have experienced economic, social, and political upheavals while remaining one of the most stable countries in the world. Our stability is not due to providence or mere good fortune. Rather it is our democratic institutions, individual rights, and the rule of law that shields us from the instability prevalent in nations ruled by dictators and monarchs.

Our democracy sustains our stability.

Hence if we seek stability in Egypt we should unequivocally support democracy for the Egyptian people. Not a diluted or superficial democracy based on a m! ere resh uffling of the usual suspects, but a fair and transparent system where the best and the brightest are elected by a people who will hold them accountable. And if they do not deliver, they will be expelled from power through elections.

While authoritarian regimes may appear stable, it is a mirage. Their populations are seething with discontent, eagerly waiting for the first opportunity to overthrow their despised despots. In the absence of popular support, dictators retain power through torture and repression -- often facilitated by military support and political cover from our government.

Thus it is a fallacy that dictatorships are inherently more stable. As we are now witnessing in Egypt and just witnessed in Tunisia, countries ruled by dictators are kegs waiting to explode. And the outcome is the farthest thing from stable.

Yet this fact is overlooked in alarmist and infantilizing concerns about the challenges of establishing democracy in Egypt. The naysayers echo Omar Suleiman's warnings that stability is more important than democracy, as if the two are mutually exclusive. They warn that immediate transition to democracy, as opposed to the textbook delay tactics of the Mubarak regime, will result in anarchy.

Our experiences in America directly contradict such claims. When voters became disaffected with failed Republican policies, the progressive left and youth mobilized in unprecedented numbers to elect the first African American president and bolstered the number of Democrats in Congress. Two years later when the Democrats failed to deliver on their economic growth policies, they were swiftly replaced with Tea Partyers seeking to reform what they perceived as a corrupted Washington. Despite the vitriol and entrenched opposition, we held our leaders accountable through the electoral process.

Moreover, a democratic Egypt creates the opportunities for a mutually beneficial economic and political relationship between the United States and Egypt. In addition to secure acc! ess to o il and gas, we benefit from transparent and vibrant emerging markets in which to sell our goods. In turn, Egypt needs foreign investment, technology transfer, and industrialization to develop the fullest potential of its extraordinary youth.

Democratically elected rulers will be held accountable by their people to grow Egypt's economy. They will be expected to provide quality education and jobs for the youth. If these rulers embezzle state resources or abrogate civil rights, two hallmarks of the Mubarak regime, the Egyptians will expel them through the democratic process.

But when dictators, whether secular or religious, coercively rule a nation, mass revolt becomes the only means to pursue needed reform. As our own history demonstrates, there is a way to seek reform without paralyzing the economy or starting a civil war. It is called democracy.

Sahar Aziz is a Legal Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center where she teaches national security and civil rights law. She served as a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This piece originally appeared in theHuffington Post.

What’s missing from Malott’s missive

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By Peter Masry

[via e-mail]

In his recent commentary in the Wall Street Journal Asia (February 8, 2011), ‘The Price of Malaysia’s Racism‘, former U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, John Malott, makes some valid criticisms regarding Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s 1Malaysia (One Malaysia) programme and its failure to realistically and adequately reconcile Malaysia’s persistent ethnic and religious disharmony with Umno’s ostensible desire to harmonize Malaysia’s multiculturalism under one coherently unifying banner.

The problem with Mr Malott’s analysis is not so much in how he validly describes the ethnocentrism of Umno and Umno-associated Malay-based nationalistic patriotic organizations, but with what Mr Malott leaves out in what should be an exercise in journalistic full disclosure; that is, that Mr Malott has never found fault with the primary opposition party, PKR and its de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Mr Malott seems to be of the school of diplomacy whereby if you are against one ideological force or particular government of the day, perforce, it means you must then support the opposing party in totality.

One can simply read all of Mr Malott’s commentaries in the WSJA, as well as Malaysian online journals like Malaysiakini, and find no criticism whatsoever of Anwar’s political behaviour since his entry into politics as a youthful activist in Umno.

Let us be clear: Criticisms of the ongoing and seemingly endless sham persecution of Anwar for yet unsubstantiated illicit sexual activities, putative corruption, forensic mismanagement on a monumental scale of legal evidence issued in court, and the obvious misuse and abuse of the Malaysian legal system and judiciary by Umno and its functionaries as a political weapon to wreck vengeance on Anwar for falling out with former Malaysian PM Mahathir bin Mohamad is justified, full stop.

However, in no rational way must responsible criticism of political vengeance taken against Anwar be equated with ideological and political support for Anwar.

Now, if one just happens to support the ambiguous and ever-changing positions taken by Anwar throughout his chameleon-like multiple epiphanies from student activist to Islamic radical to Umno straight-man to global trotter to opposition politician and now to martyr-in-the-making, that is a different matter and I would invite debate on Anwar’s putative political merits apart and aside from his rather obvious maltreatment from the government.

I find Mr Malott’s criticisms of Umno and the Malaysian government generally on mark; I also find, however, his unfettered support for Anwar which clearly appears to go beyond just criticism of Anwar’s political treatment — certainly allowed in a free and democratic society although Malaysia is somewhat less so than the United States — without much foundation.

I might also say, in the interest of full disclosure, Mr Malott should state the role that he and his spouse play in any global support groups for Anwar.

Full disclosure certainly does not, and should not, prevent anyone from taking political positions that they choose; however, the context within which we make judgments about individuals we observe, particularly as former U.S. government officials, must be disclosed.

I, for one, do not have any ties whatsoever to any political groupings or ideological frameworks in Malaysia. I only ask that Mr Malott disclose the same for himself and his spouse.

Finally, Anwar has shown himself to be a wily politician with a rather elastic political message, hardly immune to corruptive influences while he benefitted professionally and economically as a long-time former member of Umno’s inner circle, part-time Muslim and semi-secular scholar all concurrently and depending upon the intended audience at any given time.

And (as has been discussed before in WSJA and elsewhere), Anwar remains very much prone to crude anti-Semitic outbursts that are absolutely unjustifiable and not much different from that of former mentor, and current nemesis, ex-PM Mahathir even if Anwar’s bombast is often less frequent and usually less harsh in content, and notwithstanding the perennial Malaysian conspiracy theories that abound about supposed hidden Israeli/Jewish involvement in Malaysian and broader Islamic affairs.

Good show, Mr Malott, but better transparency and more commentaries on what you believe makes PKR and Datuk Anwar Ibrahim more politically palatable than the long series of rather insipid Umno-led governments are certainly in order.

[Peter Masry is Hartal's guest writer -- shar101]

Nothing happens to Sarawak This week

S'wak assembly unlikely to be dissolved this week: Taib

Taib says the state legislative assembly will not be dissolved by this week to pave the way for the state election. Sphinx Victory Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud said today the state legislative assembly will not be dissolved by this week to pave the way for the state election. Taib, who is also Sarawak BN chairman, said it was not true that he would call on Yang Dipertua Negeri Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng on Friday to seek his consent to dissolve the 71-seat assembly, the term of which expires in July. "I don't know. These people can create news as they like but I cannot confirm that," he told reporters after attending the state-level Prophet Muhammad's birthday parade and gathering in Kota Samarahan. He was responding to a portal news report yesterday quoting a source at Astana Sarawak as saying that the Chief Minister's Office had called last week to fix a Feb 18 appointment with the head of state for that purpose. "A story is a story. True or not true, let's see lah," said Taib, who also denied that he had called on Abang Muhammad Salahuddin yesterday as he was away the whole day attending the planning committee meeting. Taib to mark 30th year as CM Meanwhile, Taib, who will mark his 30th year as chief minister on March 26, is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at the Sarawak BN convention here on March 5 to be attended by 5,000 delegates from all the state BN component parties. The BN now holds 63 seats in the state assembly, with Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), led by Taib, having 35 seats, followed by the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) 12 and Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) and Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) eight each. Six of the remaining seats are held by the DAP while PKR and Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM), through an independent, have one each. The Election Commission is required to hold elections within 60 days of the dissolution of the state assembly. - Bernama

Sodomy II - Swab Test Taken From Monkey's Ass Presented As New Evidence

Swabs taken 2 days after alleged oral sex?

'Don't tell us that Saiful did not eat or wash his mouth for two days?' Ferd Tan: Hospital Kuala Lumpur's Dr Siew Shueu Feng and Dr Khairul Nizam are getting more incredible - taking swab specimens from complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's throat and tongue after being told that he had performed oral sex on the accused. Now don't tell us that Saiful did not eat or wash his mouth for two days, similarly to what he said earlier that he did not wash his anus for two days? Now we can clearly see what the prosecutors are trying to do in this case. In the eyes of the rakyat, it is a frame-up to remove a political rival. The prosecutors are applying the tactic of the infamous Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels: a lie, if audacious enough and repeated enough times, will be believed by the masses. Lonestar: It is to be presumed that after Saiful performed oral sex, he did not rinse his oral cavity or swallow right up to the time he was examined at Hospital Kuala Lumpur by this squad of unnatural sex experts. It is highly possible that one who can refuse to empty his bowels for some 48 to 72 hours can also ensure that whatever was deposited in his oral cavity can be retained for a similar length of time. What a guy! Karma: Why is it that Saiful is not charged for performing unnatural sex when he blatantly admitted to it? Whereas the one denying it, was charged. This is the same with the aircraft theft where the alleged abettor were charged and the abetted was let free. There are many more incidents of selective prosecution in Malaysia. MCA chief Chua Soi Lek is free of any prosecution for committing adultery despite admitting to it and this was backed with video evidence. Those issuing racial remarks like former Umno division chief Ahmad Ismail, Perkasa, Utusan Malaysia were all let free while Teresa Kok and another (Sin Chew journalist Tan Hoon Cheng) were kept under ISA when it was former MB Mohd Khir Toyo who misled the public about the azan issue. What a country we are in! Anonymous_4196: Contradiction: "I did not took specimen from other areas as the victim told us that he had washed and cleaned himself," he (Dr Khairul Nizam Hassan) said. This statement ran contrary to Saiful's testimony last year, when cross-examined by lead counsel Karpal Singh, said he did not wash his anus in order to preserve evidence." Unbelievable: How do you proof Saiful performed oral sex on Anwar as the medical examination on Saiful was done two days later. It is hard to believe that Saiful didn't drink or wash his mouth or brush his teeth for two days. Suppressing evidence: The examining doctor refuse to refer to their notes during trial to avoid handing the medical report to the defence team. Intimidation: We all know what happened to first doctor from Pusrawi hospital who examined Saiful and find no evidence of sodomy. I smell a fish so does the rest of the world. I hope those people who give evidence fear God. The least they can do is stop embarrassing the rest of us Malaysians. Wira: A 61-year-old skinny man forced himself on a young, 20 something healthy man for non consensual sex? That alone is incredulous. Only a judge in Malaysia would believe this story. Doctor: Saiful unusually calm during examination Kgen: The whole chemistry report and government doctor's reports can be taken as fabrication as they refuse to provide the means for cross-checking. We are told to believe that the doctors and chemists have acted in a fair and unbiased manner. This is not about faith this is a trial in which one man may lose his freedom. If they refuse to allow independent cross verification who are they trying to fool? Remember Sodomy I in which fake DNA evidence was presented? We are not the idiots they think we are. Che Dr Siew: If you really work without fear or favour, why then did you not refer to the medical notes when you were giving your testimony. Surely any sane person will refer to the notes to make sure that the testimony is accurate. And yet you referred to the notes during recess? Ng Jooi Eing: Why was Jude Pereira, being a non-medical officer, given the role to fill up a medical pro-forma form? Atan-Toyol: It is unbelievable that sperm and semen do not disintegrate due to microbial activities in the rectum - what more with the high temperature prevailing there. I don't have a medical degree but did study biological sciences at a tertiary institution. My common sense tells me that the rectum is not a refrigerator that can arrest microbial activities. I don't believe these doctors could retrieve any spermatozoa there, especially when it is mixed with faeces. Something stinks here. Justice Seeker: From the defence counsel's line of questioning, it has clearly exposed that Dr Siew Sheue Feng has breached the Hippocratic Oath. The Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken by doctors swearing to practice medicine ethically. But here we have got a doctor lying unabashedly. I have children who are doctors, they are ashamed that there is such a doctor in the medical profession - prostituting the medical profession. HRP activists released... with their shirts Amaso: Are those orange colour shirts causing social disorder or posing threat to national security? Why is the police so concerned with this when there are serious crimes to be resolved? Ketuanan Rakyat: This is Umnoputras' reaction to the objections against the use of the Interlok book in the schools by many Malaysian Indians. They want all Indian Malaysians to accept the usage of the term 'pariah' just as MIC is quietly accepting it as well. Previously, Indian Malaysians were described by Umnoputras as beggars who came from India. The Human Rights Party (HRP) should work with Pakatan Rakyat to throw Umnoputras/BN out of office. P Dev Anand Pillai: This is how the Indians are consistently bullied. In the rallying call for a change during the last elections, a new party has been formed. Yet, the Indians will vote for the BN again and again. So if they are not bullied, what else can they receive from the hands of the BN which they just can't part with? The injustice stares us right at the face and yet they don't seem to be perturbed until something befalls them. Well, if they are quiet, the "p" word will become the new word for the rest to describe Indian Malaysians. Anonymous_3fc4: Malaysia is getting very paranoid with coloured T-shirts. At one stage, it was black and now it's orange. This is really proving to be a police state. The mere colour of a T-shirt is enough send shivers down Umno's back. The new police chief has succumed to the same colour-phobia.

Citizens’ uprising mark the demise of political cartels and economic hoarding

By J. D. Lovrenciear

Indeed what we are witnessing in the Middle East region today signals a piercing, warning signal to the world that regimes guilty of economic hoarding and political cartels do not belong to the increasingly liberalising global environment.

Despite the police brutality and curtailing control mechanisms tightly in place, more and more countries are discovering that people’s willpower is no match.

Today, beginning with Tunisia and followed closely by Egypt, citizens there have shown the world that any amount of suppression and oppression is not able to imprison forever their passion for democratic equality and penchant for civil liberties.

If the media reports in the world are to be believed (assuming that these news bearers are not muzzled or harnessed by politicians with vested interest), the tide for change is bound to be spreading in a contagious manner from East to West, North to South.

Already Algeria, Bahrain, Iran and Yemen are beginning to experience people uprisings.

Triggered by increasing food prices, oppressive laws that curtail human dignity, inequalities in the equitable distribution of a nation’s wealth, concentration of power among those with vested and extreme interests – all of these have precipitated in the uprising by the common citizens.

Algerians under the pressure of rising basic food prices are crying out for the ouster of their eleven years reign President. Bahrain's King Hamad Isa al-Khalifa is giving out to every family USD 2,700 cash to quell unrest, seemingly. In Iran the hardliner President is seeing the wrath of tens of thousands as they clash with police. In Yemen the peope are up in arms against repression, corruption and economic conditions that only favour the rich and powerful.

What then would be the defining moments of truth for Malaysia? The answers lie in our political history of 53+ years.

Foremost, it is fortunate that the Tun Dr M2 did not cling to his premiership till this date. Unfortunately however, the cartel politics of Malaysia poses a contingent problem.

It has been a tradition within the political corridors to ensure that sons and daughters take over from where their fathers left. There is nothing wrong in this provided that the individual taking on the reigns is competent on his or her own merits. There is nothing wrong if the rakyat vote without manipulation an individual to take on the mantle.

But when politicking and strategic manoeuvring come into play, there is bound to be serious repercussions. In this New Age of a ‘Networked Society’ fuelled by the accelerating ‘Information Society’, cartel castles will be demolished.

Next, let us take a look at our socio-political fabric. After decades of affirmative policies, we still see inequalities in the economic pie sharing. For argument's sake let us assess the sitz-im-leben using race as an indicator:

• The number of Malays who are still in the marginally poor category is a shame.

• The number of young Malay youths who have fallen by the wayside of the nation’s human capital development is alarming. The old attribute of ‘Ahmad the driver’ is still prevalent. Just take a headcount of the number of unskilled workers comprising of pizza-delivery boys, dispatch riders, and mundane factory workers these past thirty years.

• The number of Malay youths who have fallen under drugs, street racing gambits and other vices is not hard to pinpoint.

• The numbers of Indian youths who are unable to find meaningful and gainful employment have taken to parang wielding gangsterism. The number of police arrests and custodial deaths can be a tip-of-the iceberg count.

• Vice dens can still be associated with the Chinese as legitimate and honourable avenues to be economically and financially rewarded have shrunk.

• In the name of higher profit margins we import millions of workers to harvest our palm oil, build houses and high-rise structures. Our own manpower is left in the lurch without becoming skilled workers who could form a formidable export industry in the future.

The economic factor under the label of NEP that we have prided these past thirty years seemed to be working pretty fine as we were told in the past. Attempts to question its quantum progress were quickly snuffed under the overwhelming threats of ISA and OSA or even the horrendous claim of ‘do not be anti-national’.

But truth always surfaces. Today we witness the number of poor Malaysians struggling to eke out a living on a RM3,000 and below monthly income.

Yes, we have made sure that everyone can have a car which they will be burdened to pay for over the next nine years. Yes we have succeeded in getting car owners to leave their cars at home and ride to work to save on their expenses.

Yes we have ensured that everyone can buy a roof over their heads provided they are in government employment or able to meet the monthly instalments that are scrutinized by the approving banks. And for the next fifteen to twenty years of your working life you slog to pay off the monthly rates.

Be it oil, sugar or rice – we are today at the mercy of rising food prices outside the borders of the country. The government can do nothing to alleviate the burden as rightly pointed out by a minister recently. Even our hugely US-export oriented trade and crude oil economy cannot save the ordinary rakyat from the ravages of world food shortage.

Yes we have great monumental buildings and spanking roads. But the rakyat on the road is worse off than when he lived in Indian Sentul, Chinese Jinjang or the humble Kampong Melayu forty years ago. Today the working soul has to pay for everything – from water, electricity, toll and parking to hospital visits and education. Never mind if he cannot even find a tiny plot to grow his own vegetables or be able to cast the net for some fish at the confluence of the KL-Klang rivers.

Seemingly, we have progressed. But our minds are closed with racism, religious discrimination and the chase after money, money, money and more money as the end all. Profiteering, hoarding and kickbacks are the rule of the economic game – be it the kedai runcit, the wholesaler, the contractor or the big time arms importer.

We are still battling after all these many decades on our education system. It is still the same old issue of Bahasa Malaysia versus English.

In a nutshell, if truly we have progressed as a nation of ONE people, advancing with the goodwill and honour of yesteryears, BN would not be battling its way to the polls today.

If truly we had no political cartels, we would not be seeing DSAI as a force to be contended with.

If truly we had an economy that was built on equitable distribution that emphasised the meaningful survival of the humble rakyat, we would not be questioning the notion of wealth accumulation which is the current trend among the powerful.

If truly we had our nation built on true democracy and exemplary civil liberties, we need not worry about the tides of change sweeping the world. In fact we will be party to promote change in the world for the better.

Time will tell viva Malaysia.

Ghandi will wipe Mamak off

HINDRAF's People’s March for “SOLIDARITY AGAINST UMNO/BN RACISM” on 27/2/2011 at KLCC

Despite various repeated attempts by the Malaysian Indian community, the UMNO/BN government refuses to remove the “INTERLOK†novel as a compulsory read for the Form Fivers.  Where countries are moving and building nationhood by abolishing racism, the UMNO government aided and abetted by their allies are encouraging racism to further extend their political hegemony through the artificial Malay supremacy agenda. The absence of national affinity and shared destiny for all citizens of Malaysia is clearly obvious as we can see by the arrogance of UMNO and its mandores in sidestepping the concern of the Malaysian Indian with regards to this controversial novel that promotes caste epithets, ethnic slurs, racial prejudices, and communal stereotyping in the mind of the young. Â

“Interlok†is nothing but an engineered plan by UMNO to further plant the seed of racism and segregation in schools and in the mind of the youths similar to the programs that are run by the BTN (Biro Tata Negara).

Tolerance and co-existence has been abused and misused, patience has been taken for granted endlessly. It is time to bury racism in Malaysia and it is the time to take the bull by the horns.

UMNO has to go. RACISM has to go.

Please join us in our march to show solidarity against racism perpetrated by UMNO and its allies. W.Sambulingam
HINDRAF National Co-ordinator For more information please contact:-
W.Sambulingam: 0102774096
S.JAYATHAS: 0126362287
S.Tiaga: 0193085944
T.Selvam: 0163137840 Please forward to all.

D-Day for former Batu Estate workers

from Free Malaysia Today » Nation by K Pragalath

KUALA LUMPUR: Batu Estate’s ex-workers are facing their D-Day tomorrow as Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) safety and enforcement department decided in favour of Mayland Developers Sdn Bhd to demolish their homes located next to Putramas Condominium.

Notice of the demolition has already been issued to the 38 former workers.

Yesterday, the ex-estate workers submitted a memorandum to DBKL and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to stop the demolition.

Representative V Thilagenthiran questioned DBKL’s involvement in the dispute between Mayland and the workers, some having lived there for the past 70 years.

“Why is DBKL interfering in the matters of two parties over a private land?” he asked.

“The demolition would violate a High Court judgment that we are the rightful residents in October 2003.”

DBKL’s assistant administrative officer, Sa’adiah Hashim, however, maintained that the homes of the ex-Batu workers were squatters.

“Our job is to demolish the squatters,” she said when met at the department.

Thilagentiran later had a meeting with DBKL’s operations enforcement officer, Osman Ismail, which was constantly interrupted by Sa’adiah.

“She claimed that we received between RM10,000 and RM30,000 as compensation to leave but we did not,” Thilagenthiran said.

Since 2003, Mayland was supposed to take up further court proceedings if it wanted to evict the ex-Batu estate workers “with full hearing and not summarily disposed of”, but the developer had resorted to intimidating the workers, using gangsters since mid last year, alleged Thilagenthiran.

Previously, local MIC representatives lobbied the ex-workers to accept the RM30,000 and flats meant for squatters.

Failure to do so prompted Federal Territories and Urban Well-Being Deputy Minister M Saravanan to rope in DBKL which issued a demolition notice in October 2010.

But the demolition did not take place after a verbal assurance from the Minister Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin’s private secretary, Shazril Fazira Faridam.

SAPP gearing up for general election

LAHAD DATU: Local opposition party Sabah Progressive Peoples’ Party (SAPP) has started full-scale preparations to face the coming general election as the Chinese New year celebrations wind down to an end this week.

The party is also seeking better co-operation with other opposition parties to find a formula to defeat ruling Barisan National (BN) coalition, party president, Yong Teck Lee, told reporters here.

He said there have been talk that the government would call general election before June this year and as such SAPP is making preparations in earnest, particularly in Lahad Datu.

Yong, however, said no decision had yet been made on where exactly the party would place its candidates.

“It is still premature to discuss this, but SAPP will give full support and will do its best to help other opposition party candidates to defeat BN candidates in the general election.”

Yong, a former Sabah chief minister, was speaking to reporters at a thanks-giving dinner at his house on Sunday night. The dinner was held in conjunction with the Pesta Xin Chun organised by the party Lahad Datu division two weeks ago.

Yong said the bigger turnout at Pesta Xin Chun compared to last year was due to the party’s good relationship with leaders from the local community, especially the Chinese community.

Yong has made frequent trips to Lahad Datu of late to meet with local community leaders after the Batu Sapi by-election.

Not in Lahad Datu

Asked if he would stand in Lahad Datu in the coming general election, Yong said that though Lahad Datu is his hometown, he had no intention to stand there.

On the biggest obstacle for co-operation with other opposition parties, he said that peninsula-based opposition parties do not understand the principle of autonomy for Sabah, and as such this was hindering talks among the parties.

He said that SAPP was seeking autonomy to enable Sabahans to decide for themselves their own government, instead of the federal government appointing the state government.

“This has been in the Malaysia Agreement all this while when Sabah and Sarawak agreed to form Malaysia in 1963… it is not something new…”

He believes that after step-by-step discussions in the near future with PKR and coalition leader Pakatan Rakyat, an understanding could be reached on Sabah autonomy before the general election.

“They have to accept the principle of autonomy for Sabah first; the rest will be easy to talk.”

Meanwhile, SAPP Lahad Datu division chairman, Wong Yu Chin, said the division had received more membership applications after the party had pulled out of BN last year, adding that this indicated growing support for the party’s struggle.

‘Start talks on seat allocations’

from Free Malaysia Today » Nation by G Vinod

PETALING JAYA: The top leadership in Pakatan Rakyat has been urged to set up a “seat negotiation committee” to kickstart talks on seat allocations among its component parties in preparation for the next general election.

In making this call, DAP vice-chairman, M Kulasegaran, said the committee should be empowered to allow swapping of seats among component parties, if there is need for it.

He said that it was vital for the opposition coalition to form the committee soon as it was speculated that the polls may be called as early as March or April this year.

“With Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak meeting his party division leaders recently, it is certainly another indication why it is likely that a snap poll will take place soon,” Kulasegaran said in a statement.

Kulasegaran, who is also Ipoh Barat MP, said that the coming general election was going to be the most important polls in the country, as Barisan Nasional (BN) was likely to lose federal powers.

“Unlike previous elections where the talk of opposition toppling the BN government was regarded as a political joke, the political landscape has changed since the 2008 general election.

“Therefore it is important for Pakatan to be prepared as the coming electoral battle may be the dirtiest in the nation’s history, as BN will do all it can to cling to power,” he said.

Maximise use of web

Kulasegaran also urged Pakatan leaders to make full use of the Internet tools such as the social networking media in order to deliver the opposition’s message to the masses.

“The Egyptians made full use of social networking media to mobilise the masses to force its long- serving leader out,” Kulasegaran said, referrring to the 18-day demonstration in the Middle Eastern nation that forced its 82-year old president, Hosni Mubarak, to step down last Friday.

PKR vice-president Tian Chua said that a seats negotiation committee already exists in the coalition.

“Seats allocation is part of the agenda but the discussion is still going on,” said Tian Chua, who is also Batu MP.

When asked on the possibility of swapping seats, he said the matter was also being deliberated in the committee.

In the previous general election, Pakatan Rakyat denied BN its two-thirds majority majority in Parliament while seizing control of five states.

One of the states, Perak, returned to BN after a series of defections in 2009.

Minister in the Prime Ministers Department Dato Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz will be proposing that the Cabinet bans former US Ambassador to Malaysia John R. Malott from entering the Malaysia.This follows Malotts scathing criticism of the Najib Administrations handling of race relations in an article published by the Wall Street Journal last week.

According to a report published by Sin Chew Daily today, Nazri had described Malotts article as lies and defamation.

Mallot defamed our government through foreign newspaper. How would he know the real situation if he did not reside in Malaysia? We know he is a staunch supported of PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, said Nazri

John Mallot responds.......

I dont really know who Rachel Motte is, or why she suddenly has become an expert on Malaysia in the past year. But I do know that she wrote an article about me recently, saying that I am a pet of Anwar Ibrahim, who according to her has direct connections to terrorist organizations and a long history of being an anti-Semite.

I also know that to her credit when I contacted Rachel on February 12 and told her that I believed that her article was inaccurate and potentially libelous, she immediately took it down for review. It no longer is on her website, and I thank her for that.

But I also know that Utusan Malaysia has reported her article verbatim and even went to the trouble of translating it into Malay. And thanks to Dato Din Merican, now I know that the NST has chosen to print it as well.

Mottes Article: Why Libelous

Here are the problems with the article, and why I believe that I would be well within my rights to sue the NST, Utusan Malaysia, and others for libel. As someone who has been in public life for over 40 years, I know very well that anything I do, say, or write is open to examination. So that is why I am always very careful to have documentation for everything I say. We can disagree on the analysis, but not on the facts.

Mottes Article: Anwars Pet? I am Nobodys Pet

When I took a look at Rachels article, I had two major areas of concern. First, Rachel characterized my relationship with Anwar as being his pet. This is offensive to me, as I served my nation for over 30 years as an Ambassador, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, and Consul General under seven Presidents. It would be like me calling Dato Johan Jaffar the lapdog of UMNO. I am Nobodys pet.

Second, there were many statements that to my mind are libelous:

(a) that I am defending a man with direct ties to terrorist organizations, and a man whose anti-Semitic comments and conspiracy theories are too long to discuss;

(b) that rational thinking men and women are able to discern the difference between good and bad individuals, people you should support, versus those you should distance yourself from, implying that I am not a rational thinking person; and

(c) that I am blinded by [my] support of an anti-Semite with clear and undeniable ties to an organization that supports terrorism.

As a former Ambassador to Malaysia, I had access to intelligence reports, and I can say categorically that Anwar does not have ties to any terrorist organizations. Furthermore, Anwar continues to be a friend of former Vice President Al Gore, former Secretary of Defense William Bill Cohen, and former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz.

No ne of these gentlemen would continue their relationship with Anwar if he had ties to terrorists. Furthermore, Anwar would not be admitted to the US if he had such a connection (and he was here last week). Furthermore, Paul Wolfowitz (who is Jewish) would not be Anwars friend if Anwar were anti-Semitic.

In a libel case, the burden of proof will be on NST and the others to prove that Anwar has terrorist ties and that he has a long history of anti-Semitic comments. By publishing Rachels article, after she removed it from her website, the NST has asserted something that it cannot prove. It has claimed that I am defending a terrorist and an anti-Semite.

These former senior USG officials would support and defend me, based on their knowledge and access to official USG records. The only evidence that Rachel and the NST will have will be blog postings that have circulated over the past few years, as part of a campaign to smear Anwar and discredit his reputation and standing in the United States.

For example, the efforts of Jack Abramoff and others to smear Anwar a multi-million campaign funded by the Malaysian Government were well-documented in US Senate hearings conducted by Senator John McCain. We also know, according to The Washington Post newspaper, that APCO was engaged in a similar effort last year, paid for by the Malaysian Government, according to APCOs official filings.

Rachel says that Anwars connections to terrorist organizations are because he was a founder of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), which is based in Virginia. Like many other Islamic/Muslim groups, the IIIT was raided by the FBI after 9/11 and was investigated thoroughly. The US Government never filed any charges against IIIT. The US Government h! as never listed it as a terrorist organization, and the US Government has never closed it down. Yet the charges of an IIIT connection to the Muslim Brotherhood continue to circulate, without evidence, on various right-wing blogs. What do these bloggers know that the US Government does not? Does the NST take the word of unknown bloggers over the US Government? What evidence can the NST present in court in a libel case?

Anwars so-called long record of anti-Semitism!

Rachels other claim was what she called Anwars long record of anti-Semitism. She said that I am supporting an anti-Semite. The reality is, there is no long list of anti-Semitic comments by Anwar Ibrahim. Indeed, throughout his political career, Anwar often has been accused of being close to Jews. For example, Ian Buruma recounts two stories in his New Yorker article on Anwar. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_buruma

The first is that when Anwar was kicked out of the Cabinet in 1998, Mahathir who had accused George Soros and the Jews of causing the 1997 Asian financial crisis briefed the Cabinet on Anwars Jewish connections, pointing out that his friends were people like Robert (Bob) Rubin, Bill Cohen, James (Jim) Wolfensohn, Paul Wolfowitz, and so on. All American Jews. The second Buruma story is Mahathirs famous comment that Anwar would make a good Prime Minister of Israel.

Rachel wrote an article, The Reversal of Anwar Ibrahim, claiming that Anwar had become an anti-Semite, in the New Ledger blog on April 29, 2010. But two months later Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin undercut her thesis and his own Governments efforts to portray Anwar as anti-Semitic when he said on July 1, We know for a fact his ties with pro-Zionist groups. - http:// www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=510092

According to The Washington Post, the Malaysian Embassy and APCO worked hard last year to publicize Anwars comments on Zionist aggression, after the May 31 Israeli action against the relief ship Mavi Marmara. But for reasons that are very understandable, the Malaysian Government did not want to call attention to Najibs own remarks, which were even stronger, accusing the Israelis of terrorism. Najib called the Israeli actions a blatant act of aggression and terrorism committed by the Zionist regime. He also referred to Zionist atrocities. His remarks are on the official website of the Prime Ministers office, at - http://www.kln.gov.my/web/guest/home/-/journal_content/56/10136/691222?refererPlid=10139

Najib also said that, The Israeli commandos shot the activists point blank and even from the back, and this is an act of a coward which cannot be forgiven. These blatant acts occurred because the world gangsters, Israel, feel they are protected by a world power. The latter reference, of course, is to the United States.- http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_536698.html

Anwars comments last year caused a lot of problems, but to say that he has a long history of anti-Semitism, and that I therefore am linked to an anti-Semite, is wrong. I know that the NST has been running op-eds attacking me everyday. But they need to be careful about crossing the line into libel.John R. Malott

source:dinmerican wordpress.com

Aku tak mau komen apa cukuplah sekadar aku petik sebahagian pandangan Dato' Mohd.Ariff Sabri bin Hj. Abdul Aziz aka Sakmonkol AK47....

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"Kepada saya itu petanda bahawa apa yang Malott katakan bukanlah definitive. Maka kalau ianya bukan definitive, apa pasal kita hilang akal sebentar dan mahu kenakan travel ban?

Sepatutnya, kita jemput Malott datang untuk memberi pandangan nya. Dan jika Nazri terror, dia boleh berdebat dengan Malott. Kita akan sokong kalau dia menunjukkan kejantanan nya dalam gelanggang.

Kalau menteri UMNO bersikap tongong macam ini, susah lah kita hendak mempertahankan kredibiliti kepimpinan UMNO. Ada orang kata, kita tak perlu layan Malott sebab dia bukan taraf itu dan ini. Adakah ini bermaksud, hanya bila kita ada taraf dan kedudukan, maka kita ada hak untuk beri komen? Kalau macam saya ADUN pencen, di kira takde taraf, tak boleh beri pandangan keatas buah fikiran bangang pak menteri , ADUN atau MP?

Ada menteri kata pandangan Malott ketinggalan zaman. Kalau ketinggalan zaman, ekau tunjukkan di mano jang. Jika main beri kenyataan yang umum, tidak lah ekau terer eh jang. Kalau kita nak ban orang sebab dia beri pandangan yang tidak menyenangkan kita, ini nama nya macam ke budak budakan.

Yang paling saya meluat ialah kita memperkecilkan pandangan Malott sebab dia di katakan berkawan dengan Anwar Ibrahim. Siapa dia nak berkawan sepatutnya tidak mendatangkan masaalah kepada kita. Anwar Ibrahim ini dahulu kan Timbalan Perdana Menteri kita dan TImbalan presiden UMNO. Suatu ketika , semua mereka yang sekarang ini dok hentam Anwar cium tangan Pak Sheikh. Kita harus membezakan antara penyakit peribadi dan ingatan tulus ikhlas."

Wallahu'alam bissawab.

Baca komen sepenuhnya,'Camno nak handel Malott?'

cheers.

Only empty promises in Batu Sapi

LAHAD DATU: The promises made by Barisan National (BN) during the Sandakan Batu Sapi parliamentary by-election last October have come to nothing, a losing contender for the seat has charged.

Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) leader, Yong Tack Lee, said that after 101 days there are still no signs of any work being carried out to fulfil the state BN government’s promises to the people of Batu Sapi.

“I am not talking about completion. I am talking about starting work, and today after 101 days after they won the Batu Sapi seat, I have yet to see any project being carried out.”

He said that among the promises made were the construction of a RM16 million road stretching for 2km in Taman Mewah, the RM5 million Sibuga road by-pass and the RM30,000 Kampung Pukat community hall.

“The BN government said the state has a RM2 billion reserve fund, but it can’t even start work to build the hall which costs only RM30,000,” he said.

Yong also regretted that the BN government had reneged on its promise to give RM30,000 to every school in Batu Sapi.

He said that the BN state government had in the last 100 days made the same promises three times to the Batu Sapi people.

The first time was during the by-election, the second time was when it won and the third was last week when Chief Minister Musa Aman visited Sandakan where he reiterated the promises.

“Not only have the people failed to see any the promises materialise, they also suffered from a flash flood recently.

“So after 101 days, the people can now see for themselves that these are all sweet, empty promises,” Yong said at a thanksgiving dinner here on Sunday night.

Depa main rebut kerusi pula dah....

PKR kini menghadapi rundingan sukar dengan rakannya PAS apabila kedua-dua parti kini mengintai kerusi yang sama dalam pillihan raya umum ke-13 yang dijangka berlangsung tahun ini. Tanpa menamakan kawasan terlibat, Timbalan Presiden PKR Ali berkata, ia melibatkan kawasan tanpa majoriti sesuatu kaum atau dengan kata lain dirujuk sebagai "kawasan bercampur".

"Tiada lagi formula PAS akan bertanding di kawasan majoriti Melayu, DAP di kawasan Majoriti Cina dan PKR di kawasan bercampur. Sekarang, PAS juga mahu kawasan bercampur," kata Azmin pagi ini.

PAS secara tradisionalnya menikmati sokongan daripada masyarakat Melayu tetapi pilihan raya demi pilihan raya kecil baru-baru ini membuktikan bahawa perkara itu kini menjadi cabaran untuk gabungan Pakatan Rakyat. Sebagai contoh, dalam pilihan raya kecil Tenang baru-baru ini, calonnya Normala Sudirman tewas apabila 83.3 peratus sokongan Melayu pergi kepada BN.

Sebagai parti yang lebih tua dan lebih tersusun daripada PKR, PAS dijangka menyandarkan kepada kekuatan jenteranya di peringkat kawasan untuk berunding bagi pembahagian kerusi.

source:malaysiakini

Berebutlah labu, akhir2 semuanya kantoi.....

cheers.

Doc: Saiful has a very cool ass !

Thank You Najib, UMNO & Barisan Nasional

Hidup Mamak, Glory To Mahathir, Please Support The Weighing Scale Gang This Coming General Election !

X BN ! Check Barsian Nasional !! Cross Anything But Pakatan Rakyat

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Doctor: Saiful unusually calm during examination
HKL's Dr Khairul Nizam notes that Saiful was "calm" when he was being examined, adding that this was not normal. The sodomy trial resumes today with senior counsel Karpal Singh expected to grill Hospital Kuala Lumpur pathologist Dr Siew Sheue Feng about the medical pro-forma forms. The pro-forma form is a standard sexual assault victim questionnaire and in this case it would be on the complainant, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who is former political aide to Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim. In the last court session, Siew provided a blank pro-forma form for the defence's reference. Siew, had also pointedly refused to refer to the medical notes during the defence's cross-examination but he received a lot of flak after he was caught referring to it during the break. As a result, Kuala Lumpur High Court judge justice Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah has ordered it to be provided to the defence. Solicitor-general II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden returns to court after having recovered from a leg fracture. The trial has also attracted a Finish embassy representative among many other foreign observers. LIVE REPORTS 8.29am: Sodomy complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's father Azlan Mohd Lazim is in court at the Jalan Duta Court Complex in Kuala Lumpur. azlan8.35am: There are not many people in court so far. It could be because the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Teoh Beng Hock is kicking off its hearings today also at the Jalan Duta Court Complex. Journalists and the public are allowed to go into the courtroom. The public prosecuting team led by solicitor-general II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden enters the courtroom from a separate entrance. 8.36am: A representative from the Australian embassy arrives along with PKR MP Johari Abdul, who represents Sungai Petani, Kedah. Also there are not many journalists, particularly from the Chinese press, as probably the attention is on the RCI. 8.39am: Anwar arrives with wife and PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail along with approximately a dozen of supporters. Also seen in court is former Jeli MP Mohd Apandi Mohamad from PAS, who was acquitted last Friday of 13 charges of falsifying documents pertaining to his parliamentary accommodation claims nine years ago. A group of Anwar supporters wearing 'Kami sokong Anwar' t-shirts have stationed themselves outside the court room. 8.41am: Lawyer Sankara Nair arrives with Australian pathologist Dr David Wells, who has been hired to advise the defence team. 9.01am: Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim walks into the courtroom and shakes hand with everybody. Also sitting in the public gallery is Machang MP and PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution. 9.05am: Court is called into session with High Cout justice Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah presiding. There is, however, no sign of lead defence lawyer Karpal Singh. The public gallery is quite full with about 70 people. 9.07am: Court stands down after defence lawyers Param Cumaraswamy and Sankara Nair request the judge for another 10 minutes to wait for Karpal. "He is around and is scheduled to do the cross (examination) as this is his part," says Param. It is learnt that Karpal is at the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Teoh Beng Hock which will be holding its hearing in another courtroom nearby. 9.37am: Court yet to begin as it is still awaiting Karpal's arrival, who is being held up at Teoh RCI. The court interpreter has inquired twice as to when Karpal would be in court. 9.41am: Court resumes without Karpal. NONEHospital Kuala Lumpur pathologist Dr Siew Sheue Feng (right) takes the witness stand. Defence lawyer Sankara Nair to do the cross-examination. A representative from the US embassy arrives. 9.43am: Sankara begins by asking Dr Siew about the pro-forma form. Dr Siew says he filled in pages 3, 5 and 6 of the document, and the form is for rape victims. "There is no specific pro-forma for sodomy cases at HKL," says Dr Siew. 9.48am: Dr Siew adds that there was then no specific pro-forma form for sodomy cases. "Only now there is." A heated exchange breaks out between the witness and Sankara. Witness says he did not fill page 4 of the form because it involved the rape victim and needed his consent. 9.50am: Dr Siew says the form used has a diagram which included the vagina and other female body parts, and was thus not suitable for sodomy cases. He says there was another doctor who helped him fill the pro-forma form. "Also, investigating officer Jude Pereira fill up one page of it (the form)," adds Siew. 10.02am: "He (Saiful) had been sodomised by the VIP eight times," says Dr Siew, when asked about Saiful's medical history. There is an exchange between defence lawyer Sankara and Dr Siew on why the doctor has failed to fully ask about Saiful's medical history. 10.13am: Dr Siew says Saiful went to the outpatient clinic at HKL and was referred to the accident and emergency unit, and later to the one-stop crisis centre. Saiful came in at 6pm on June 28, 2008. But Sankara says he wants to know what happened in between, as the victim was only examined at 10pm. Batu MP Tian Chua walks into the courtroom and takes a seat in the public gallery. 10.20am: Solicitor-general II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden objects to Sankara line of questioning, saying he is wasting the court's time by asking something which the witness does not know. Earlier, Dr Siew had told the court he knew of one Dr Suresh, who had also attended to Saiful. Judge Zabidin dismisses the objection and allows the defence to continue questioning. Hospital Pusrawi 280708.jpg10.27am: Dr Siew is given the Hospital Pusrawi's doctor report. "Pain in anus, patient alleged assaulted by introducing plastic into anus," says Dr Siew reading from the Pusrawi report aloud. Questioned by the defence, Dr Siew agrees that pain in anus could be as a result of fissure or trauma. The witness adds that he had examined Saiful around 9.12pm that night, and that Saiful looked calm and cool. Sankara says if the patient is in pain, the proctoscope may not be inserted. 10.39am: Dr Siew reads the Pusrawi hospital report, which states that Saiful's anus was in pain for two days. The Pusrawi doctor had also inserted a proctoscope inside Saiful's anus and noticed no tear, no injury and no discharge. Dr Siew concedes he has seen a low number of sexual assault cases compared to international standards, since he has attended to only 20 sodomy and fewer than 100 rape cases since 2000. 10.52am: Sankara asks for a 10-minute break after lead defence lawyer Karpal enters the courtroom. Justice Zabidin allows the court to stand down. 11.10am: Court resumes. 11.13am: Dr Siew, when questioned by Sankara, says that the HKL forensic pathologist operates in an unbiased manner, without fear or favour, and that all cases are treated fairly. Dr Siew says DNA tests are not done in HKL but at the Chemistry Department. He agrees he has some knowledge of DNA. 11.41pm: Pointing to the chemist's report, Sankara asks the witness to read the part that states Saiful's seminal and semen stains were found on the complainant's underwear and trousers. However, Dr Siew says he did not note it down in the report. 12.32pm: Court adjourns to 2pm. 2.13pm: Court resumes with Justice Zabidin presiding. Dr Siew returns to the witness stand. 2.21pm: Dr Siew testifies that he had signed on the bottle containing the cotton swab sample. However, he did not sign on the sealed plastic bag wherein the bottle was placed. “I wrote on the plastic bag but did not sign it. I do not think it was necessary," he said when asked by Sankara whether this was good practice. Dr Siew said he sealed 10 cotton swab samples. 2.31pm: Responding to a question from Sankara, Dr Siew says he is competent in his task. Dr Siew also says the chemist's reports are given back to him by the police, although this may at times take months. Dr Siew said in Saiful's case, the sample was sent on June 30, 2008, two days after the examination. The results were obtained on July 11. 3.01pm: Sankara calls Dr Siew a liar and the latter denied that investigating officer Jude Pereira had told him that the semen samples obtained from Saiful's rectum belonged to Anwar. “I am not lying,” said the doctor. Earlier, Siew told the court that he was informed by Pereira that the male DNA marked “Y” by the chemist belonged to Anwar. 3.03pm: Sankara completes cross-examination. DPP Nordin Hassan begins re-examination. 3.17pm: During re-examination by DPP Nordin Hassan, Dr Siew said investigating officer Jude Pereira did not interfere with nor dictate the doctors' examination on Saiful. Dr Siew also said that Jude was only involved in writing the investigating officer's particular's in the pro-forma form and not elsewhere. 3.29pm: Dr Siew said sperm or semen specimens can be successfully recovered from the anal area within 46 hours and if it was inside the rectum, it could last for 65 hours. This is conclusion was based on medical literature. 3.40pm: HKL emergency care specialist Dr Khairul Nizam is called to the witness stand. Upon questioning by Sankara, Khairul said that Saiful arrived at the trauma centre at 5pm and was attended to at 9pm. "Saiful was calm when I examined him," said Khairul, adding this was not normal behaviour, upon further questioning by Sankara. 4.11pm: Court adjourns. Hearing will resume on Wednesday, 8.30am.

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VIC. I.T VIR (VICTA JACET VIRTUS) / Virtue Lies Defeated

Note: This drawing from Arturo Reverte's The Club Dumas book may be similar to some other real-life tarot cards, but I want to comment about the title of the card. The original drawing is actually a knight with the sword in the Archangel Michael position (a halo of light around his head) ready to cut a woman (not a monk) down.

This picture simply tells us two things:

1. A good man in form of the monk gets beaten down a knight with club - where good gets beat down by unjust people. Sounds like life is unfair and cruel to us. The actual drawing is having a knight with a sword in the pose of Archangel Michael ready to strike down a kneeling woman.

2. The wheel of fortune at behind shows of the cycle of reign (past, present and future). In the counter-clockwise direction, the man in facing up shows of "I Will Reign", while on the man on top shows "I Reign", and the head down position shows "I've Already Reigned".

There is also another meaning here:

The traveler whose consciousness reflects the level of Netzach/lower feeling will find that his emotional response to the 'ups' and 'downs' of life is colored by his ego's assessment as to whether what is happening to him is 'just' or 'unjust'. If he believes that the experience is 'unjust', he will feel victimized by powers that are apparently beyond his control and may come to believe that there is no moral order in the world or that the world is actually 'evil'. If he believes that his experience is 'just', he may draw the conclusion that by behaving in accordance with certain rules, he can control what happens to him in the future. For example, he may expect that good behavior will result in favorable experience ('favorable' as defined by the ego, of course). Notice that the two perceptions are extreme opposites -- the belief is either that the individual has no control over what happens to him (and this is perceived as 'evil'), or that the individual has absolute control over what happens to him (and this is perceived as 'good'). From the ego's perspective, the most important thing is that it always be 'in control'. If it perceives that it is *not* 'in control', it feels that it is being 'victimized'.

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I tend to notice some similarities in Malaysia as with what is explained above and in the card. Sunday's clampdown on the outlawed Hindraf activists by the police in several states tend prompted some commentary on what is happening in Malaysia's society. Some would say that freedom has been stifled, some say that the level of freedom entitled has not reached to the accepted point although there is. But this is where how a virtue lies defeated.

If you see a knight beats down a monk, it's like a police coming in down and arresting people for non-violent crimes, crimes that do not make sense, crimes that violate the moral code. Sound's unjust, yes. Let's recall first hand, what is the definition of virtue? Virtue means moral excellence, a trait that is morally excellent and thus valued as a foundation of principle and good being.

We also look at the wheel. This also reflects on what is happening in Malaysia. Currently BN is running Malaysia, and inevitably someday they will fall eventually. It is clear, that as mentioned in the wheel of fortune picture above, no man or entity is omnipotent. Their slogan of "Now and Forever" seems to challenge the law of nature. There are people wishing for change to happen, but the question posed is when is likely change will be seen? When? Only after disaster strikes? Only when people finally realizes false promises all around? When people finally realize that things have gone wrong and upside down?

because they had objected to the unlawful confiscation of their Hindraf Makkal Sakthi shirts. To continue to detain them for this reason is in complete breach of the law and demonstrates the arbitrary conduct of the police. - N. Surendran's press statement on HRP arrests.

Hindraf tried to tell Malaysia how things go wrong. Instead they were treated as criminals with weapon arms. When they want to leave with their shirts, the police threatened to hold them further in prison. Hindraf fell short of reaching out to the mass reaches. Had they speak to the masses in Bahasa Malaysia, they might have captured the attention of 15 million Malaysians who are Malays - since the bulk of them forms the electorate in Malaysia. When they are arrested, this means that their virtue of doing what is right has been defeated by the evil. A convoy has been assumed as an illegal assembly.

Shouldn't the police pay more attention to getting those violent criminals and the safety on the streets rather than going after people who want to assemble in big groups? Perhaps paranoia has already affected them or what they do puts me into thinking that they are acting on behalf of their political masters who are hell bent to whack the opposition to kingdom come?

Do I support Hindraf? Not entirely, but I see the latest arrest as a virtue being defeated. God is not there on that day? You bet it.

courtesy of A Little Taffer's Room

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Muhyiddin doubts HRP gaining traction from ‘Interlok’

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

JASIN, Feb 14 — Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today that attempts by the Human Rights Party to exploit the Interlok novel issue was not getting the support of the majority in the Indian community.

“I see that the attempt by this splinter of Hindraf (the banned Hindu Rights Action Force) to rouse the Indians is not getting support,” he told reporters after meeting Barisan Nasional campaigners for the Merlimau by-election on March 6.

Also present were Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam.

Asked about the arrest of 59 leaders and supporters of HRP in several states yesterday, he said that it was a security matter being handled by the police.

“We understand the problem and we will handle it appropriately,” Muhyiddin said.

Hishamuddin said police had acted professionally and that the 59 were arrested for breaking the law. — Bernama