3 male DNA samples...

The presence of three male DNA samples including that of victim Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan in the peri-anal area (the border of the anal region) as reported by the chemist in her report, created a buzz among Anwar Ibrahim's supporters in court. Earlier, chemist Dr Seah Lay Hong, who is the head of the Serious Crime Unit of the Chemistry Department, testified that two semen stains each were found on Saiful's trousers and also grey underwear.

Tests on the stains found Saiful's DNA on the two stains on Saiful's trousers, while on the underwear, a stain contains Saiful's DNA while the other contains the alleged victim's DNA and another unknown male contributor, dubbed Male Y. While the DNA of Male Y was found on all four cotton buds retrieved from Saiful's anus, it was one of them which possessed DNA from another unidentified male which is raising eyebrows. The cotton bud in question is B5 which was retrieved by the Hospital Kuala Lumpur doctors from Saiful's peri-anal area.

Seah, in replying to questions from DPP Noorin Badaruddin in the afternoon, said the DNA profile derived from B5 consisted of a mixture of male-origin DNA profiles. It is concordant with the profile of blood stain specimen B10 (Saiful's blood sample), the Male Y and one other male contributor, she said.

Explaining her findings on Appendix 1 under the Summary of STR results, Seah, who has been with the Chemistry Department since 1991, said B5 is a non-sperm extract. She said it contains readings of Saiful's DNA string, Male Y DNA string and that of another unidentified male. All these tests, she said, are done through an electropherogram (DNA sequencing) machine.

When asked by DPP Noorin as to how it was possible to have th! ree DNA samples, Seah said this could have been as a result of 'touch DNA' whereby Saiful may have sat on a toilet seat. This could be possible... it may require a 'touch' for someone's DNA to be transferred. However, I agree I am no expert in this. Seah also said she could not answer as to how long such a seminal stain can last in one's rectum, as she was not a medical expert.

Dominant 'Male Y'

Seah also testified that her findings and DNA analysis from the sample taken from the cotton bud revealed that Male Y is the dominant. The sperm extract conducted on B7 (high rectal swab) showed the dominance of Male Y. Similar findings were made on the second semen stain found on Saiful's grey underwear, she said. Seah also testified that no DNA profiles were retrieved from swabs B, B1, B2, B3, B4 and B6.

The chemist has yet to testify on two other swabs namely B8 and B9, where DNA analysis was also performed after finding traces of semen. B8 was retrieved from the higher rectal area while B9 is from the lower rectal area. What the prosecution is trying to prove today is that the presence of the Male Y DNA inside the rectum is proof of sodomy.

Earlier in the trial, the HKL doctors testified that a seminal stain can stay in the rectal area for 72 hours. They had also testified that following traces of semen stains in the anus from the Chemist's Report, they adduced that penetration and sodomy had taken place. The hearing was put off earlier when it was discovered that the DNA charts which were provided to the defence before the trial were not ample. This was clarified with Anwar's specialist, Dr Brian McDonald, who was also present to assist the defence team.

Hearing continues with Seah's continued testimony.

source:malaysiakini

'Air mani 'lel! aki Y' d itemui pada seluar Saiful'

3 sampel DNA lelaki,satu dikatakan dominant Y dan yang satu lagi diistilah sebagai 'touch DNA' Hari baru aku kenal dan belajar perkataan baru 'Touch DNA' .

DNA Saifool dikesan pada seluar dan seluar dalamnya. Kalau Saifool diliwat,kenapa DNAnya berada pada seluar dan seluar dalamnya? Kemungkinan besar DNAnya itu diletakkan di seluar dan seluar dalamnya oleh orang2 tertentu....

"Seah said this could have been as a result of 'touch DNA' whereby Saiful may have sat on a toilet seat." Buat apa Saifool duduk di atas 'toilet seat', sedangkan dalam keterangan awal Saifool kata dia tak berak 2 hari....

Plot dah menjadi lintang pukang....

cheers.

I welcome Mahathir to jailed for at least 8 years plus castration ...

Dr M welcomes eight-year term for PM

February 17, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he welcomed a suggestion to limit the term of a prime minister to eight years.

He said the suggestion should be considered but if someone had given the best service and had not committed anything which could be detrimental to the country, an extension would be appropriate.

“For example, if we limit the period of power to a term, it will not enable a leader to perform his duties efficiently and will fail to carry out what has been planned,” he said.

Dr Mahathir (picture), who held the position for 22 years from 1981 until 2003, said this during a question-and-answer session at a forum entitled “Current Challenges of Democracy System and Malaysian Constitution Towards Achieving Vision 2020” here today.

He said this in response to a suggestion by Pasir Mas MP Datuk Ibrahim Ali who proposed that a person holding the post of a prime minister be limited to only eight years.

Dr Mahathir said the duration was relevant as normally after taking over the country’s leadership, the person has to first learn about it.

“The first year is the year to start learning the intricacies of governing, the second year to plan and set out various programmes while the third year is the year for him to implement what he has planned.

“The fourth year comes the general election. So where he has the time to carry out what he had planned to do,” he said.

On the Internal Security Act, Dr Mahathir said the Act was good but should not be misused.

“ISA is not a necessity and I also had suggested that ISA be abolished. However, after getting advice from my adviser, namely the police, ISA was not abolished.

“This ISA is good for us, look at Ibrahim, after he was in and out, he became good,” Dr Mahathir added. — Bernama

Gasak, Gasak & More Gasak Mamak style

Auditor-General rues unchecked spending in GLCs

We have too many underperforming government-linked companies where millions of ringgit are wasted, Auditor-General Ambrin Buang says. Hundreds of government-linked companies (GLCs) have been established in Malaysia, but their performances have been mediocre. So declared Auditor-General Ambrin Buang, who added, "sometimes, I question if they (these companies) are even relevant in the 20th century". NONESpeaking at forum on public governance in Putrajaya today, Ambrin said GLCs could do well to adopt the private sector's code of governance, since it was in these public companies where much of the public funds were wasted. "It is this sphere of government that is very loose, where people are awarded for not doing anything," he told the audience of about 80 people, made up mostly of academicians. Mismanagement in GLCs have featured prominently in the many reports of the auditor-general. In 2009, for example, the report to Parliament highlighted RM1.45 billion in losses incurred by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd. In 2005, his office ticked off the Treasury for guaranteeing loans amounting to RM47.5 billion for GLCs without sufficient supervision on how the money is to be repaid. Stop rewarding the crooks However, Ambrin said today that it is "not fair" to say the government wasn't doing much to curb excessive spending, particularly in GLCs, as the cabinet had instructed that all those responsible be brought to task. "But action by the heads of department has been lacking. (They) condone or kesian (feel pity) because they are retiring, etc. That must change," he said. NONEPanelist and Umno disciplinary board member Megat Najmuddin Megat Khas, said the size of the bureaucracy made corruption difficult to police. "We have one federal government, 13 state governments and more than 100 local governments. We have too much government that is becoming ungovernable. There are many layers of power, overlapping half of the time," Megat Najmuddin said. However, good public governance, the former Kelana Jaya assemblyperson said, could not take place without political governance. "Funding for political parties is totally opaque and this is where the problem starts, it creates corruption... Our political system is built for corruption," he said. Megat Najmuddin added that Malaysia's system of reward and punishment was "upside down, for we punish the good and reward the crooks". "That is the general view, if you look at who gets a datukship or becomes a Tan Sri," he said. Safeguards are weak Agreeing with him, UiTM professor of law Shad Saleem Faruqi said corruption in Malaysia had become "institutionalised". "The tender system, for example, is the mother of all corruption... The electoral system, too, limits the amount spent on individual candidates, but not that spent by the (political) party. NONE"(The government) tries to solve problems using populist measures, like in education, where we shave the mountain instead of preparing students so they can mount the peak," Shad Faruqi said. In a speech he made earlier, he noted that several instutitional safeguards of good governance in Malaysia were weak, including the judiciary, which he described as "having become part of the problem". Federalism, which aimed at limiting power and areas of corruption, Shad Faruqi said was "not working very well" as Malaysia practised a "quasified system", as had been evident in the appointment of Selangor state secretary Mohd Khusrin Munawi without the menteri besar's consent. "Surely, the chief executive (of the state) should have a say. That adheres to the spirit of federalism. There may be legality (in the appointment), but there is no legitimacy," he added.

Campus polls: Group breaks down deputy VC's door

Revolution started ? by Malaysiakini However, security guards prevent some 60 of them from entering UM's student affairs deputy vice-chancellor's room. Huffing and puffing in anger, close to 100 students broke down the door to a Universiti Malaya (UM) deputy vice-chancellor's office to protest the barring of candidates from the coming campus student body elections. NONEThe door collapsed after they shook it vigorously, causing the hinges to give way. However, they were prevented from barging into the office by a team of security guards. The students, from the anti-establishment pro-mahasiswa faction (pro-M), earlier held a vigil outside the office of the deputy vice-chancellor in charge of student affairs, Rohana Yusof. Parading a banner that read, “We demand that the four be given their rights”, the group also displayed the effigies of four “corpses”, which they said represented “the death of democracy” in the campus of the nation's oldest university. They had gathered in a protest vigil outside the deputy vice-chancellor's office from11am, and were still there this evening, expressing their displeasure with the university's decision. One of the four denied the opportunity to contest was snubbed for missing out on parts of the campus elections course and a student affairs department briefing session last Saturday. At a press conference earlier today, the pro-M explained the that the missing parts arose from allergies the student had suffered. He had provided a doctor's letter, which the student affairs department refused to acknowledge. Two others, they said, were not able to do so because they were attending compulsory programmes organised by their departments. 'Rejected outright' “They even produced letters from their department heads, but these were rejected outright by the department,” explained pro-M spokesperson Mohd Sabri Jamaluddin. The fourth student denied the opportunity to contest the elections sent in his application form late, after being urgently called home to resolve a family inheritance problem. NONEThe four represented one general seat and three faculty seats pro-M is contesting. A total of 43 seats are being contested in the UM campus elections, nine general seats, 32 faculty seats and two graduate seats. UM's pro-M front chairperson Farid Jalpah told Malaysiakini that the forms of two other candidates friendly to the group had also been rejected for reasons not specified. Farid said he had met with university vice-chancellor Professor Ghauth Jasmon for clarification on the barring of the four pro-M students from contesting. He said Ghauth said, during the 30-minute at the vice-chancellor's office, that he would address their protests. Farid also said the head of the selection committee for the student body elections had not made any objection to the nominations of the four pro-M candidates in question. 'University muted' This morning also saw 120 pro-M students marching their candidates from the field in front of the engineering faculty towards the nomination centre at the Graduate Student's Complex. NONEStarting at about 8.50am, they shouted 'students arise!”, “long live students!” and “reject e-voting!”. They also carried two huge banners that read, “university muted”. Other than UM, four other universities, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) also held nominations for their student body elections today. Polling day for all these universities is Feb 21, after a four-day campaign period. Things are basically smooth in other universities, with the pro-M front in UKM seeing three of its candidates winning without contest. However, in UPM, similar troubles ensued when six of the pro-M candidates were rejected because their nomination forms were allegedly incomplete. The rejected candidates are appealing their rejection, with the decision on their appeal pending at the time of writing.

Saiful loves Semen

Buzz over finding of three male DNA samples

According to chemist Dr Seah Lay Hong, the samples were those of Saiful, an unknown ‘Male Y’ and another unknown male. The presence of three male DNA samples including that of victim Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan in the peri-anal area (the border of the anal region) as reported by the chemist in her report, created a buzz among Anwar Ibrahim's supporters in court. NONEEarlier, chemist Dr Seah Lay Hong, who is the head of the Serious Crime Unit of the Chemistry Department, testified that two semen stains each were found on Saiful's trousers and also grey underwear. Tests on the stains found Saiful's DNA on the two stains on Saiful's trousers, while on the underwear, a stain contains Saiful's DNA while the other contains the alleged victim's DNA and another unknown male contributor, dubbed “Male Y”. While the DNA of “Male Y” was found on all four cotton buds retrieved from Saiful's anus, it was one of them which possessed DNA from another unidentified male which is raising eyebrows. NONEThe cotton bud in question is B5 which was retrieved by the Hospital Kuala Lumpur doctors from Saiful's peri-anal area. Seah, in replying to questions from DPP Noorin Badaruddin in the afternoon, said the DNA profile derived from B5 consisted of a mixture of male-origin DNA profiles. “It is concordant with the profile of blood stain specimen B10 (Saiful's blood sample), the Male Y and one other male contributor,” she said. Explaining her findings on Appendix 1 under the Summary of STR results, Seah, who has been with the Chemistry Department since 1991, said B5 is a non-sperm extract. She said it contains readings of Saiful's DNA string, Male Y DNA string and that of another unidentified male. All these tests, she said, are done through an electropherogram (DNA sequencing) machine. When asked by DPP Noorin as to how it was possible to have three DNA samples, Seah said this could have been as a result of 'touch DNA' whereby Saiful may have sat on a toilet seat. “This could be possible... it may require a 'touch' for someone's DNA to be transferred. However, I agree I am no expert in this.” Seah also said she could not answer as to how long such a seminal stain can last in one's rectum, as she was not a medical expert. Dominant 'Male Y' Seah also testified that her findings and DNA analysis from the sample taken from the cotton bud revealed that Male Y is the dominant. “The sperm extract conducted on B7 (high rectal swab) showed the dominance of Male Y. Similar findings were made on the second semen stain found on Saiful's grey underwear,” she said. Seah also testified that no DNA profiles were retrieved from swabs B, B1, B2, B3, B4 and B6. The chemist has yet to testify on two other swabs namely B8 and B9, where DNA analysis was also performed after finding traces of semen. B8 was retrieved from the higher rectal area while B9 is from the lower rectal area. What the prosecution is trying to prove today is that the presence of the Male Y DNA inside the rectum is proof of sodomy. Earlier in the trial, the HKL doctors testified that a seminal stain can stay in the rectal area for 72 hours. They had also testified that following traces of semen stains in the anus from the Chemist's Report, they adduced that penetration and sodomy had taken place. The hearing was put off earlier when it was discovered that the DNA charts which were provided to the defence before the trial were not ample. This was clarified with Anwar's specialist, Dr Brian McDonald, who was also present to assist the defence team. Hearing continues tomorrow with Seah's continued testimony.

IPCMC: Blame Hisham, says Kit Siang

Veteran DAP chief Lim Kit Siang takes a swipe at Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein for still hindering the formation of IPCMC.

KUALA LUMPUR: Lim Kit Siang has castigated Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein for continuing to be a stumbling block in the formation of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).

In his latest blog post, the DAP stalwart described Hishammuddin’s statement as the strongest proof of the continuing lack of political will to eradicate police abuses and corruption.

Hishammuddin recently confirmed that the door is still shut to IPCMC and maintained that the commission would not resolve police abuse cases.

He also said that “political will” to transform the police force was more crucial.

Responding to Hishammuddin’s statement, Lim wrote: “It was Hishammuddin who led the opposition to the establishment of the IPCMC when it was proposed by the Dzaiddin Royal Police Commission five years ago.

“The IPCMC was the most important of its 125 recommendations to create an efficient, incorruptible, professional and world-class police force.”

The Dzaiddin Royal Police Commission had even accompanied its recommendation with an enclosed draft legislation which detailed the IPCMC’s powers of investigation and inquiry to help fight corruption in the force and to investigate public complaints.

Almost immediately after the announcement, Umno Youth had shot down the recommendation over concerns that the IPCMC would be turned into an avenue by certain quarters to expose the weaknesses in the country’s administration.

Poor substitute

Two months later, the Bar Council launched a signature campaign in support of its establishment with the signatures handed over to then Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

In December 2007, Parliament unveiled the Special Complaints Commission (SCC) in place of the IPCMC which was aimed at addressing misconduct by all enforcement agencies.

Amnesty International Malaysia denounced the SCC as a poor substitute that lacked independence and failed to address the need for a mechanism that demanded police accountability for their actions.

“Hishammuddin even went against Abdullah who had publicly committed himself to accept and implement the IPCMC recommendation,” Lim said.

“The combined opposition of Umno and the police forced Abdullah to backtrack and finally scuttle the IPCMC proposal.”

In June 2009, the government also rejected the proposal on the basis that its powers were “too broad and unconstitutional”.

Lim said that the recent spate of high-profile police abuse cases and custodial deaths have once again highlighted the need for an IPCMC to address these cases with seriousness, authority, independence, impartiality and professionalism.

“With Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s ‘People First, Performance Now’ slogan, Hishammuddin should table a formal proposal to ask the Cabinet to revisit the IPCMC recommendation instead of continuing to spearhead its opposition,” he said. - FMT

Why is Numpang Suntai charged for Criminal Intimidation ?

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An innocent man, Numpang Suntai took it upon himself to defend his family heritage and NCR Land. The Government will not help him. Instead the Government under Taib Mahmud grabbed his family NCR Land, arrested him together with 6 others and charged him for Criminal Intimidation.

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Will Kita survive?

from Free Malaysia Today » Nation by G Vinod

PETALING JAYA: With Kita now opening its membership to non-Malays, analysts are saying that it needs more than just a multiracial character to survive as a political party.

Yesterday, the Registrar of Societies approved Kita’s application to accept non-Malays as members. Kita used to be Akim, a party splintered from PAS with its membership restricted to Muslims.

FMT talked to three political analysts and they agree that Kita is still seen as a Zaid Ibrahim party, which may or may not be a good thing, depending on how he articulates the party’s ideals.

“Zaid is known for his stand on equality, freedom and respect for the constitution,” said Khoo Kay Peng, whose advice was that he should continue to champion those issues, but in Kita’s name.

For starters, he added, Kita should unveil its election manifesto to the public as soon as possible.

With heavy competition from other multi-racial parties, namely PKR, DAP, Gerakan and the People’s Progressive Party, one way Kita could rise above the fray is to emphasise its struggle to promote good governance, he said.

Khoo also reminded the party that while it was good to open its doors to non-Malays, it should understand that maintaining its membership would be another challenge altogether.

He cited the example of PKR, which despite being on the political scene for more than 10 years, was still having problems with defections.

“Unlike the more seasoned DAP and PAS, it will take time for a new party like PKR or Kita to prove its mettle,” he said.

Khoo cautioned Zaid not to use his party as a platform to attack others, for it might prove to be the young party’s undoing.

“If Zaid is going to use Kita to attack Anwar Ibrahim or PKR, it will fail because that would be getting too personal,” he said.

Influential movements

Another analyst, Ong Kian Meng, thinks Kita’s influence will be concentrated only in the constituency that Zaid will be contesting in the next election.

“The fact is Kita is still seen as a Zaid party and the latter’s reputation is somewhat tarnished with his resignation from PKR,” he said.

Zaid, who was vying for PKR’s deputy presidency, left the party last year after accusing the party of rigging its internal elections to ensure the victory of his rival, Azmin Ali.

Ong said Kita could survive only if it joined forces with other influential movements such as the United Borneo Front, the Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement and Hindraf.

“It has to reach out to broader base,” he said.

Sivamurugan Pandian of Universiti Sains Malaysia agrees. He said working with other movements would help Kita strengthen its machinery.

“And the party should focus on urban areas for now as Zaid is more appealing to urban voters,” he said.

Commenting on Zaid’s statement that he was not concerned about the size of Kita’s membership, Sivamurugan said the party needed a few thousand members in order to take its political message across Malaysia, “unless, of course, Zaid wishes to focus on limited areas only.”

Kita is said to have about 300 members.

Also read:

Non-Malays can now join Kita

MUHYIDDIN: BN NOT SCARED BY REVOLUTIONARY THOUGHTS WE ARE A POLICE STATE THE BRUTAL CRACKDOWN WITH ARRESTS AND POLICE INTIMIDATION IS OUR PHENOTYPIC TRAITS

It is not over. We are mistaken. We all are standing at the Tahrir Square helplessly. Without being able to remove the rule of Hosni Mubaraks. These are those Hosni Mubaraks who have been in power for over thirty years actually generations. These are none other than ourselves. We are clinging to our prejudices, preconceived notions, respective schools of thought and outdated ideas more strongly than Hosni Mubarak clung to power. Some of us are clinging to them from a much earlier age. Some of us are still not relenting while Hosni Mubarak actually did. Hosni Mubarak proved to be more flexible and accommodating.

Having studied in Jamiatul Falah I know many of my Falahi friends. A big number of them find it extremely abhorrent to hear anything different different from what they have grown older with. This defeats the very purpose of the existence of Jamiatul Falah (if some of the words have some meaning). When I see that they have become followers, it hurts. When I see that they make fun of the same methodology which they have learnt, then it pains. When I see that they are not willing to see beyond, then I wonder. When I see their giant Hosni Mubaraks then I aspire for many more Tahir Squares.

I am fortunate to know many AMU alumni. For them their preconceived notions and gravely mistaken ideas about the nearest life (al-hayaat al-dunyaa) and the way of life (al-deen) which they have relentlessly clung to for many generations under severe conditioning effects are far louder than all the clamouring on the Square. They give a deaf year to the protests. They are not listening to the teeming millions who have swarmed the streets of Cairo. Their rule of thirty years is not coming to an end. Not i! n the ne ar future.

Our arrogance is the greatest Hosni Mubarak. When I find arrogance it only means that truth is eluding us the seeking of which is our career on earth to the best of our capacities and with utmost humbleness. How can we afford not to relent when faced with truth? How can we be arrogant and the seeker of truth both at the same time? If we still cannot see the difference then we need to go back to Makkah and analyze the characters who was arrogant and why and who wasnt and why not?

We have been against one Hosni Mubarak mistaking him all this while to be somewhere farther away from ourselves. But the one which is the real one and is constantly in the mirror we do not worry about him. And we allow him to perpetuate his tyrannical rule as long as he wishes. The struggle for deposing these Hosni Mubaraks has to continue all the life. Unless we depose them we will not see the real and lasting change which we are aspiring to and are deservedly excited about.

We expect change from masses and then the Governments. We think that the change in regime is a precondition for the change within. But then what and why do we teach? How will we justify the existence of so many educational institutions? The day we sincerely work on ourselves and send our own selves to Sharm El Sheikhs (or anywhere else) we will see a new dawn. We will see a changed world around us. Congratulations for removing one Hosni Mubarak. There are many more.

Some of them I recently met during a study circle of Quran. The friends had reached to the concluding rukoo of Soorah al-Baqarah. On being asked to comment, I protested on the Tahrir Square that My pace of studying Quran is very slow and I havent reached the end of Soorah al-Baqarah as I am still stuck with Show us the Straight Path in Soorah al-Faatihah because when I contrast it with our situation then I hardly find any Path or anything Straight. But my protest was brutally crushed. I am sure the same regime will continue for some more time! and any protests will be dealt with in the same manner. Everyone is the victim here, though. Including the circles and the Book.

I have seen them in the emails on our Forums. I come across them in my daily conversations. I see them in our directionlessness and complete disorientation. I see them in our mistaken priorities. I see them in our frequent assertion that Jirgah apni jagah par lekin parnaalah wahee(n) giray gaa. I see them in our love for speed and distaste for direction. I see them in our notion that we cannot do anything unless the regime changes. I see them in blaming all others for our ills and evils. We have to depose all these Hosni Mubaraks one by on

Anwar Ibrahim has denied claims by former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad claims that he had tried to abolish the Internal Security Act (ISA), but was blocked by the police.

Speaking to reporters after attending his sodomy trial at the Kuala Lumpur High Court, Anwar, who served for Mahathirs deputy for five years, said that the matter was never brought up.

This matter was never brought up by Dr Mahathir at all whether in government nor in the party. Im surprised why he is bringing it up now.

In fact, Dr Mahathir was the person who defended (the ISA), he said.

Unlike Mahathir, Anwar said that he had personally proposed that the ISA be reviewed when he was in government.

Check the Hansard. I rased the matter in Parliament while I was in government in the early 1990s, he said.

Hanif never approached me

Anwar, who was incidently detained under the ISA in the 1970s, said Mahathir had never made any initiative to amend or repeal the ISA when the latter was Home Minister.

At a forum on democracy organised by the Senate today, Mahathir claimed that the police had dissuaded him from scrapping the ISA.

I suggested scrapping of the ISA, but I depend on national security advice from the police and they said cannot (b! ecause) that there are still threats, he said.

Another panelist at forum, former Inspector-General of Police Hanif Omar concurred with Mahathir, adding that the law was necessary at the time.

Asked on this, Anwar said he did not know whether Mahathir had met Hanif on this.

However, he stressed that he was never approached by Hanif over his opposition to the ISA.

Who says Malaysia is not a police state? When Ops Lalang happened in 1987, Tunku Abdul Rahman lamented: Overnight Malaysia has become a police state.

At that time, the Tunku, Bapa Malaysia, knew the underlying reasons for Mahathirs actions and he was not afraid of revealing them.

He said, Umno was facing a break-up. The prime minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamads hold on the party appeared critical when election rigging was alleged to have given him a very narrow victory against Tunku Razaleigh.

The case alleging irregularities brought by Umno members was pending in court. If the judgment went against him he would have no choice but to step down. So he had to find a way out of his predicament.

A national crisis had to be created to bring Umno together as a united force to fight a common enemy and the imaginary enemy in this case was the Chinese community

All is revealed.

That was in 1987.

Fast forward 2011 and this time the enemy is not imaginary. It is the Malaysian people.

Malaysians have been galvanized by Pakatan. This coalition of parties which make up the Opposition movement, is led by Anwar Ibrahim, whose own political future hangs in the balance because of the sodomy trial.

However, the publics desire for change is huge and the opposition movement has become greater than the man. It does not matter if Anwar is not at the helm, because he has laid the foundations for proper governance and there are enough capable people to steer the country into the right direction. There is enough momentum to propel the country fo! rward.

BN is afraid because they know that even if Anwar was not around, the Opposition remains a dangerous threat. For as long as the Opposition is strong, BNs survival is doomed.

We live in a police state and the police are tasked to do the dirty work of the government. Their trick is to intimidate and harass members of the public.

Why else would they arrest an entrepreneur, Norazimah Mohamad Noor and charge her with taking part in a demonstration against price hikes in 2008?

She was arrested by four officers from the Dang Wangi police station, who picked her up around midnight at her home in Jinjang.

Norazimah and 43 others have been charged with illegal assembly for the price hike protest at KLCC in January, 2008.

The others on trial are PAS treasurer Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli, PAS MP for Kuala Selangor Dzulkifli Ahmad, PKR vice-president Tian Chua, PSM president and Kota Damansara assemblyperson Dr Nasir Hashim and secretary-general S Arutchelvan.

Norazimah is not the first, nor the last to be arrested because BN wants to send a message to the rakyat. They are warning the rakyat that if we dare protest or speak out against them, they will pursue us.

There have been other tell-tale signs of BNs desperation.

The blogger who spoke about the Minister of Information, Communication and Cultures alleged rape of his maid found his car stolen and his house broken into.

The office of a community paper in a northern state which complained about rising crime found its offices vandalised.

An Indian reporter, who went to cover former Prime minister Mahathir Mohamads talk entitled the Malay race and the Future was barred from entry.

A reporter who covered the Hindraf and Human Rights Party convoy had a camera smashed into her face. Several people were arrested at this gathering.

Namewee was harassed when he made his video clip about two heads of school who were racist.

The Malaysia Chronicl! e too, h as seen its share of harassment.

But we return to the entrepreneur, Norazimah, who was arrested for taking part in a demonstration against price hikes.

BN might like to be reminded that one of the main reasons for the Egyptian and Tunisian uprising was to protest against rising prices.

The Tunisian president responded with his usual tricks first the brutal crackdown with arrests and police intimidation.

But when the unrest spread, he changed tack and pledged empty promises of change.

Well, we know what happened to President Ben Ali after that.READMOREMuhyiddin: BN not scared by Revolutionary Thoughts we are a Police State the Brutal Crackdown with Arrests and Police Intimidation is our Phenotypic Traits

Jejantas KLCC. Surat Terbuka Nurul Izzah

NOTA EDITOR: Ikuti beberapa persoalan yang tidak berani dijawab oleh UMNO yang ditimbulkan dalam surat dibawah sehingga sekarang.

Jejantas: Surat terbuka Nurul Izzah kepada Datuk Bandar KL
Nurul Izzah

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuad Bin Ismail

Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur

Tingkat 27, Menara DBKL 1

Jalan Raja Laut

50350 Kuala Lumpur

Assalamualaikum w.b.t Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuad ,

PENJELASAN BERKENAAN DENGAN PROJEK JEJANTAS YANG MENGHUBUNGKAN PUSAT KONVENSYEN KL DAN HOTEL IMPIANA KLCC

Dengan hormatnya saya merujuk kepada perkara di atas.

Buat pengetahuan pihak Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuad, saya telah melawat projek Jejantas yang menghubungkan Pusat Konvensyen Kuala Lumpur dan Hotel Impiana KLCC, yang telah membawa saya kepada persoalan-persoalan berikut:

1. Merujuk kepada laporan Bernama (terbitan The Star bertarikh 8hb September 2010), yang menyatakan, Petronas telah menyumbangkan RM100 juta kepada pembangunan kemudahan dua-fasa ini yang menyokong usaha kerajaan bagi menggalak dan merangsang pertumbuhan industri pelancongan. KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd (KLCC), sebuah subsidiari milikan-penuh Petronas telah ditugas mengurus peruntukan tersebut bersama DBKL sebagai penyelaras projek utama untuk laluan pejalan kaki di KL.;

Adakah DBKL dikecualikan dari meluluskan reka bentuk projek tersebut? Dan jikalau ya, megapakah Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd telah dilantik untuk meneruskan projek jejantas (fasa kedua) dan adakah tender terbuka dilaksanakan sebelum mereka dipilih?

2. Merujuk kepada laporan The Star bertarikh 9 Februari, Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuad Ismail dan ketua pegawai eksekutif KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd telah menandatangani surat perjanjian untuk penyerahan jejantas ini dari KLCCH ke DBKL.;

Berapakah kos penyelenggaraan kemudahan ini (dan juga jejantas fasa kedua) pada tahun-tahun akan datang, dan siapa yang akan menanggung beban penyelenggaraan te! rsebut?< br>
Saya amat berharap agar Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuad dapat memberikan respon segera di atas persoalan dan permasalahan yang saya bangkitkan di dalam projek jejantas ini.

Segala kerjasama daripada pihak Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuad, saya dahului dengan ucapan terima kasih dan mudah-mudahan segala kerja kita diberkati Allah S.W.T..

Bersama Menegakkan Keadilan

Sekian. Wassalam.

Yang Berkhidmat,

Nurul Izzah Anwar

Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai

s.k.

Yang Berhormat Senator Datuk Raja Nong Chik Bin Raja Zainal Abidin

Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan Dan Kesejahteraan Bandar

Pejabat Menteri

Aras 4, Blok 2, Menara PjH

Presint 2 62100 Putrajaya

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CAN WE TRUST THIS UMNO-BARISAN GOVERMENT LEADERS HAS FOUND OFF SWITCH FOR INTERNET

Lets stop being so confused about the Internets role in revolutions. Technology works with human networks and amplifies human activities, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. But is an open Internet a human right?

Politics, Ethics, and Constitutional ideals of free speech were the focus ofSecretary Hillary Clintons speech today, marking the first time a major political figure has presented a detailed analysis of the role of Internet freedom in global democracy. Protecting free speech on the Internet was highlighted as critical to global diplomacy and an open society.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announced that he would not censor the Internet despite the influence of Facebook and Twitter in triggering the rebellion in Egypt and claims by the Opposition that Najibs administration fears online dissent.

For months, the government talked about amending the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) to cover online content.

In late January and early February this year, both the Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and the Minister of Information, Communication and Culture, Rais Yatim appeared ready to take the regressive step of controlling the online media.

Yesterday, Najib seemed to tell us that there was no such plan for online censorship.

So is this part of the wider government plan to confuse us and feed us with conflicting news in its disinformation and miscommunication plan?

No. There is no specific plan to throw us! off tra ck. The real story is that the government is itself confused and is clueless. The mixed messages coming out of Putrajaya are typical of this government it excels in behaving like a headless chicken.

One doubts if Rais, Hishammuddin and Najib will censor the internet. The backlash from Malaysians, who are known worldwide for their Internet savvy would cause irreparable damage to Najibs administration.

Internet users are not just opposition supporters but also normal people who use it in their everyday lives for social interaction, information seeking and online purchases. There are also the businesses to consider.

If there was censorship of the Internet, Rais wouldnt be able to become an overnight sensation.

In January 2010, Rais warned Malaysians to be wary of the Internet because the west had introduced it. He said, We are not saying they cannot use Facebook or Twitter, but when using such facilities, they must upkeep the values taught by Islam, Buddhism or Christianity to maintain our culture.

As a result of Raiss announcement Twitter users launched a flurry of tweets marked with a #yorais hashtag (a parody of Yo Mamma jokes), and was among the top three topics on Twitter. Rais took pride of place alongside tweets for the 2010 Haiti Earthquake and Krafts takeover of Cadbury.

It there was censorship, how else would Rais and Hishammuddin find information about Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim? In July 2010, they trawled the net and found a blog article which they then used to accuse Anwar of being a CIA agent.

These two had egg on their faces as they found nothing to implicate Anwar. Perhaps Rais and Hishammuddin are the ones who should be barred from using the Net. Did they care to investigate fir! st befor e putting this damaging news out on various online sites, including Umno online? No.

On 26 January 2011, Home Ministry secretary-general Mahmood Adam said that the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 would be amended to expand its scope and include publications posted online and plug loopholes.

His announcement was echoed by Minister in the Prime Ministers Department Mohamed Nazri Aziz who said that media freedom should not be interpreted to mean absolute freedom, including the freedom to lie and slander, even if it affected national security.

The following day, Hishammudin denied that the government had plans to implement new regulations to control online media content, claiming that existing laws already covered the Internet.

A week later, Rais said that the guidelines on laws governing the dissemination of information through the media, including the Internet, will be tabled at the Cabinet meeting soon.

Perhaps Najib is fed up with his ministers who simply cannot come to an agreement and so he has decided to end the nations heartache with all this flip-flopping. That is probably why he announced that there will be no internet censorship.

We agree. If he censored the information highways, there goes the 2020 developed nation dream. And how would he justify the ghost-town called Cyberjaya?

David Brooks from theNew York Timesnoted on PBS last Friday that since 1974, 85 autocracies have collapsed under the weight of popular social movements. As these protesters and ci! tizens b ecome further wired, it is critical that United States diplomats use new technologies to listen to these voices and communicate with these citizens with consistency. While it is going to be difficult to implement such a vision, and inevitably points of tension and potential contradiction will emerge, this post lays out key issues from todays speech that we must deal with to protect the Internet as an open and democratic public space.

The Continued Importance and Reach of Technology:Cultures and societies develop using the tools and technologies of their time. With four billion mobile phone users and 30% of the worlds population with basic Internet access, its absurd to dispute the implications of these technologies on social, political, and economic life. While 70% of the worlds population has yet to join the conversation, many are indirectly affected by technological change. In an earlier speech on January 21, 2010, Clinton expressed this when she stated,readmoreCan we Trust this UMNO-BARISAN Goverment Leaders has Found Off Switch for Internet

Dulu tilam,sekarang bulu,carpet,seluar dalam.....

Kalau dalam sodomi I, kita lihat tilam diusung naik turun mahkamah, sodomi II yang diusung naik turun mahkamah adalah, helaian bulu kemaluan,seluar dalam,cadar dan carpet.

Ketua Unit Jenayah Berat Jabatan Kimia, Dr Seah Lay Hoong mengemukakan semua ini sebagai bahan bukti di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur hari ini. Antaranya adalah.....

1. Sehelai seluar dalam kepunyaan Mohd Saiful. Seluar dalam tanpa jenama itu sebelum ini didakwa saksi terdapat kesan air mani Saiful.
2.Sehelai permaidani berwarna warni juga turut dijadikan sebagai saksi pendakwaan, yang dikatakan disita dari Jabatan Kimia.
3.Kain cadar berwarna kelabu turut ditanda sebagai bahan bukti.
4.Sepasang seluar hitam tanpa jenama.
5.Kemeja biru dan kolar putih berjenama Ralph Lauren.
6.Baju hijau jenama G2000 kepunyaan Saiful.
7.Helaian bulu kemaluan.

Peguam, Sankara Nair bagaimanapun membantah cadangan pihak pendakwaan ia adalah bulu kemaluan dan menyoal bagaimana Dr Seah tahu perkara tersebut? Sankara Nair mempersoalkan mengapa ia tidak disebut sebagai rambut sahaja kerana ia kelihatan seperti helaian rambut. Hakim Zainal Abidin Mohd Diah berkata Sankara boleh menyoal balas Dr Seah kemudian.

'Semen found on Saifuls clothes, anus'

'Sodomy II judge junks evidence after numbers gaffe'

cheers.

New-age land mafias in Kg Baru

Almost every Malaysian prime minister has stepped foot on Kampung Baru chanting that they want to help develop it, but do you see any development done?

The Minister of Federal Territories announced in December 2010 that the draft for Kampung Baru Development Corporation has been tabled in Parliament. However, the draft itself is not made public to the people of Kampung Baru and limited information was circulated select residents.

On Federal Territory Day, the Minister again informed the public that Kampung Baru's development will be set up this year. Some of the residents managed to get a copy of the draft. Several items in this draft are worth pointing out here.

Firstly, the majority of the board members of the Corporation will be appointed by the Minister. Only two will represent the residents.

The appointment itself represents the imbalance of powers granted to the Corporation.

Secondly, an advisory board (consisting of 15 representatives from the residents) will be formed to assist board members. You may think that this is good news for the residents. Sadly, however, Article 19 (3) of the Act stipulates that the advices given by the advisory board are non-binding upon the Corporation.

Meanwhile, in the name of development, the Corporation has the power to apply for land acquisition pursuant to the Land Acquisition Act 1960. There is therefore no guarantee on the fairness of the market value of the acquired land and the land owners will be forced to surrender their rights.

It is devastating even to write about the two most crucial Articles under the draft of the Corporation. Under Article 51 of the Act, the Corporation is immune - no legal actions can be brought against the Corporation over their decisions.

When even the Sultans are no longer immune, here we have a body with supreme powers. It makes you think that these mafias are really hungry for the precious lands of Kampung Baru and you can imagine what they will do once they have obtained the gre! en light to ransack this area.

Finally, Article 57 of the Act will rescind the Malay Agricultural Settlement Rules 1960 which provides for land transfer in Kampung Baru restricted for the Malays. The proposed Act makes no mention of protecting and maintaining the interest of Malay ownership of lands here.

I call upon you to join the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SaveOurKampungBaru to show our opposition to this new-age mafias.

TG.Nik Aziz - Moga Mahathir mendapat hidayah Allah SWT....

Mursyidul Am PAS, Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berharap bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mendapat hidayah Allah SWT.

Saya tidak berhasrat setakat ini untuk mengulas jawapan Tun Mahathir terhadap saya seperti yang tersiar di muka hadapan akhbar Utusan pada hari ini, tulis beliau yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan di laman Twitter.

Akhbar Utusan Malaysia hari ini melaporkan Mahathir berkata, tujuan hidup Mursyidul Am PAS itu hanyalah untuk memenangi pilihan raya dan kemudian menjadi pemerintah bersama DAP serta Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). Katanya, Nik Abdul Aziz secara terbuka sanggup mengkafirkan orang Islam Umno, dalam masa sama bersedia bekerjasama dengan syaitan menjayakan perjuangannya.

Beliau berkata, Menteri Besar Kelantan itu juga sanggup bekerjasama dengan pihak yang menolak perjuangannya untuk mendirikan negara Islam ala PAS di samping mempertahankan pendapat tokoh bukan Islam supaya umat Islam melonggarkan pegangan mereka terhadap ajaran Islam.

Harapan Nik Aziz ialah dengan melakukan semua ini orang bukan Islam di Malaysia akan sokong partinya di dalam pilihan raya. Bukan Islam yang diutamakan, bukan mengabdikan diri kepada Allah tetapi kemenangan dalam pilihan raya.

Orang Umno beragama Islam. Walaupun bagi Nik Abdul Aziz mereka bukan Islam kerana tidak sokong PAS namun dunia mengiktiraf bahawa orang Melayu termasuk ahli Umno dan ahli PAS juga adalah orang Islam, ujarnya lagi. Beliau berkata demikian di dalam entri terbarunya bertajuk Jawapan Kepada Nik Aziz di blognya http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/2011/02/jawapan-kepada-nik-aziz.html hari ini! .

Cukuplah saya berkata, saya simpati dengan beliau, semoga beliau mendapat hidayah Allah SWT, kata Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz.

source:harakah daily

cheers.

Of Learning: Lessons From My First Year

17 February, 2011 By Choo Mun Wei

A young lawyer reflects on her first year of practice, and on the journey of learning.

Where does a first-year lawyer go?

"Learn well when young. When old, you will not have a second chance."

This was the parting advice given to me by my former employer when I left his firm. I was only freshly called to the Bar at that time. That line encapsulates the importance of learning for junior members of the Bar like myself. For what we learn in these "formation years" would become the building blocks for our practice in years to come.

What then are the foundations that we need to build for ourselves as young lawyers?

There are the "hard" skills the legal skills like drafting, research, advocacy, knowledge of the law and the "soft" skills including how to handle clients, and how to work in a team.

What would be the ideal ingredients for learning well?

At the forefront is attitude.

To learn well, a young lawyer needs to be industrious, be keen to learn and improve, and have humility and perseverance. Attitude does indeed determine altitude how high you can go in the field.

Linked to humility and perseverance is the ability to take pains. Among others, the pain of being reprimanded when we commit errors often, especially in the case of litigation lawyers, this involves more than a mere comment or telling-off. There may be profanities involved, you may come out feeling like a useless mortal, you may question whether youre suited to the profession. But there is credit to this form of training. After all, not all judges are nice and pleasant folk. And if you cant defend your work and ideas before your senior and take blows from him/her, would you be able to defend your case in open Court and take similar blows before a Judge?

This ! form of training may be harsh and may not be pleasant. But then again, there are advantages to being told off on the spot of your misgivings. To me at least, one of the ingredients to learning well, is timely and direct feedback. For one, I prefer seniors to tell me off straight to my face when I commit an error so that I know exactly what went wrong and can instantly learn from my mistake. I shun general comments which do not pinpoint instances of shortcomings, especially those given a considerable amount of time down the line. But thats just me. Maybe Im too dim for innuendos.

So the young lawyer him/herself plays a pivotal role in his/her learning process. But so too does the environment in which he/she practices, to some extent.

Does he/she have access to the necessary tools to aid his/her learning?

For example, does the firm have a decent library? I think a good library would be necessary to hone ones research skills. With the advent of online research, were supposed to be able to get answers at the click of a mouse. But do we? What if the online search casts too wide a net and returns too many hits? Surely it isnt time-efficient to go through countless irrelevant cases.

And what if, as a new kid on the block, Im so clueless about that area of the law that I dont even know what are the right keywords to enter?

Does the firm have the relevant textbook for my preliminary reading or Halsburys Laws of Malaysia? I for one advocate starting off most research tasks with hard-copy research to familiarise oneself with the area of law. Good textbooks would also have categorised the subject matter into convenient chapters so you may even be able to quickly find your answer from there. Failing which, now having a better "feel" of the subject matter, you know what keywords to enter into the online search engine to find your answer from there. Having more knowledge of the subject matter, you are also more able to filter off the irrelevant material from the relevant and more quickly and efficiently fin! d your a nswer.

Also key to conducive learning is the culture of the firm at which one practices.

Does the firm have a culture of training its people? How important is training to the firm?

How does the firm view its young lawyers? Are they merely tools to get the work done? Or are they human assets which the seniors seek to groom and nurture into decent lawyers in their own names and hopefully, one day, their fellow partners or successors? The firms approach would determine the form and amount of guidance provided to its young lawyers, how (and if any) feedback is given and what tools and support (human and otherwise) they provide to their young lawyers to assist in their work. This would in turn hugely influence the young lawyers learning curve and method of learning be it learning by example and observation or largely trial and error.

That said, ones environment only affects ones learning to a certain degree. The young lawyers own attitude, perseverance and resourcefulness would be the chief determinants, although a good environment would lend the young lawyer marked advantage over his/her peers.

My first year in practice has been a roller-coaster ride, and I have learned considerably.

Yet there is still so so much to learn.

I wish the best of luck to my fellow young lawyers.

To the senior lawyers who have taken the time to read this article, and perhaps even given it some thought, I thank you.

Mun Wei has just stepped into her second year in practice as a litigation lawyer at a KL-based firm. Shes currently seeking out the elusive concept of work-life balance whilst working on being good at what she does.

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Sodomy II: Dent in prosecution case

Lead defence lawyer Karpal Singh points out discrepancies between the verbal testimony and information in a document. Lead defence counsel Karpal Singh managed to put a major dent into the prosecution's case in Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial in the Kuala Lumpur High Court. The veteran lawyer pointed out this morning that the pro forma form filled by a Hospital Kuala Lumpur doctor has the words 'attempted sodomy' and 'attempted oral sex'. The form was filled by doctors - mainly forensic pathologist Dr Siew Shueu Feng - who had interviewed and examined complainant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan on June 28, 2008. NONEFormer HKL Accident and Emergency Unit head Dr Khairul Nizam Hassan told the court that Saiful had told the medical team that he had been sodomised and forced to perform oral sex. "He (Saiful) did not mention 'attempted' but 'sodomy' and 'oral sex'," he said. When shown the pro forma form, however, Khairul Nizam agreed the form states 'attempted sodomy' and 'attempted oral sex'. Despite this, he maintained that the medical examination was conducted to check for sodomy and oral sex. NONEKarpal pursued the matter, asking Khairul Nizam many times if the pro forma form was based on interviewing Saiful. The witness agreed, but stressed that the form is just as a guideline. "How can you say it is sodomy or oral sex when the report states 'attempted'?" asked Karpal. He persisted with this line of questioning until Solicitor-General II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden - who is leading the prosecution team - objected to the repetition of the questions. Missing information Karpal also pointed out that vital information which should have been indicated in the pro forma form had not been filled by the doctors. The 'vital information' included the circumstances that led to the alleged incident; on the complainant's medical history; and on past rectal examination as to whether or not the victim had defecated. Other parts of the form that were left blank were on the rectal examination and the place of the alleged incident. Khairul Nizam's testimony acknowledged that no force was used but that there was resistance. The pro forma form states that the alleged incident lasted 30 minutes and that Saiful had complained of pain and bleeding during full penile penetration. Karpal pointed out that there was no clinical finding to suggest penetration had taken place. "There could not be penetration, as SP1 (Saiful) says it was 'attempted'." On re-examination by DPP Nordin Hassan, Khairul Nizam agreed that Saiful's main complaint was that he had been sodomised. mohd saiful bukhari azlan 4 at jawi 271108He disagreed that Saiful had claimed there was 'attempted' sodomy or oral sex. Khairul Nizam clarified that, prior to June 28, 2008, HKL did not have a pro forma form for sodomy. "This is (now) used as a guideline if an incident has taken place within (the past) 24 hours," he said. Khairul said that, after checking against the Chemist Department report obtained on July 11, 2008, the doctors determined that sodomy had occurred. “We did not know where the semen was found, but on comparing with ID24 (the documented location), it was discovered (that sodomy had occurred).” He said the doctors had compared four items on which there was semen obtained from the peri annal and lower and high rectum. This led them to the conclusion that there was penetration. Karpal wants charge dropped Outside court, Karpal and Anwar Ibrahim urged the attorney-general (AG) to drop the charge. "The doctors have contradicted their report and Saiful's complaint. The pro forma form states 'attempted sodomy',” said Karpal. "I called on the AG to step in immediately and drop the charge, (or it will) result in further embarrassment for the country." Karpal noted there is provision in lower courts for a charge to be dropped if there is conflict of evidence. Since there is no such provision in the High Court, he wants the AG to step in. Anwar reiterated that the charge is frivolous and politically motivated. “The AG should not act in the interests of his political masters," he added. Lawyer Param Cumaraswamy, who is also in the defence team, echoed similar sentiments. "The revelation today made over the pro forma reinforces our claim as to why such documents should have been made available to the defence to ensure the smooth running of the trial," he said. "It is proper now for the prosecution to honourably withdraw the charge in light of this latest development." Param, a former UN special rapporteur, noted that what the public wants is for the prosecution to abide by standards set up in the UN Standard Rule on Prosecution.

'SUPP runs scared of Taib'

So claims Sarawak DAP secretary Chong Chieng Jen, who questions the party’s ‘lack of guts’ to stand up to the chief minister. Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), the second most powerful in the state BN after Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu, has been accused of having no guts to stand up to Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud. “SUPP will not say 'No' to whatever Taib wants on many issues, even though it does not agree (with him),” Sarawak DAP secretary Chong Chieng Jen claimed today. “The party even has lost autonomy on the selection of its candidates for the upcoming state election.” Chong, the Bandar Kuching member of parliament and state assemblyperson for Kota Sentosa, cited the selection of the candidate for Padungan as clear example of this. “SUPP's candidate for Padungan is 99 percent the mayor of Kuching South City Council James Chan because he is the person identified by Taib. “(The party) has no guts to reject Taib's wishes. It is scared of Taib, that is why its leaders dare not challenge him...SUPP can only kowtow (to Taib).” Chong said Chan would officially be SUPP's candidate, but in reality he would be Taib's man. “Taib, at the Chinese New Year open house of Kuching South City Council last week, had hinted very strongly that he wanted Chan to contest,” he said. Chong also accused SUPP of not being truthful in regard to resolving problems faced by landowners. He said the party had made three major announcements that all problems relating to land issues had been resolved, but that this is not true. “We have been asking the government to amend the Sarawak Land Code (to provide) for automatic renewal of the land lease upon expiry; and to amend Section 47 of the Code to limit the freezing of any land for a period of two years. “The government should return the land to the owners if it does not want to use such land after two years.” He said many plots of lands earmarked for town extension or public purposes have been placed under Section 47 for years, some as long as 30 years. This is most unfair to the owners as they cannot develop their property, he said. Seat allocation talks Chong said the DAP and its Pakatan Rakyat partners will explain the failures of the BN state government when campaigning during the upcoming state election. Saying that the DAP is ready to face the election, which some think could be held as early as April, Chong said the people must be prepared for change. He said the deciding factor as to who will emerge victors will be based on which coalition can come up with pragmatic policies for the people. “We have proven that Pakatan can manage the government better than BN as seen in the four states ruled by Pakatan governments (in the peninsula),” he noted. azlan“There has been no fundamental change in BN polices, in spite of the so-called Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) and New Economic Model (NEM) announced by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.” He said the ETP and NEM are just empty slogans and that corruption, cronyism, nepotism and abuse of power still exist. He said the federal government continues with wasteful spending, for example, on the purchase of navy patrol vessels at RM6 billion. Chong suggested that savings from the reduction of subsidies on essential goods are meant to finance such purchases, which “are not essential items”. On seat allocation within Pakatan, Chong said a few glitches need to be ironed out. “But I don't think there will be any problem for DAP, PKR, PAS and Sarawak National Party to reach an agreement,” he said. Chong said he does not want to speculate on the number of seats the DAP will contest, as the final list will be decided by the Pakatan leadership.

Syabas to Penang’s interfaith panel

By Thomas Lee
Mysinchew.com
2011-02-16

Penang has become the first state in the country to establish a state executive council portfolio to handle religious matters relating to the non-Islamic religions like Buddhism, Christianity, Sikhism, Taoism and Hinduism.

The high-profile Exco Non-Islamic Religious Affairs Committee is headed by Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng himself, with Deputy Chief Minister (II) Prof Dr P. Ramasamy as the deputy chairman.

The proposal for the committee was tabled by Ramasamy at the recent weekly state executive council meeting and approved.

The establishment of the exco committee marks the high point in the state’s celebration of the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week this week.

According to Guan Eng, the exco portfolio seeks to promote diversity and positive human interaction on cultural, religious and social spheres, matters which are consistent with George Town as a UNESCO World Heritage city.

“Despite our differences, we are united by our common aspirations for good practices and universal moral values of peace, justice, moderation and harmony. Co-operation not confrontation, mutual respect not tolerance, and understanding not ignorance will be the governing creed of this new Penang exco portfolio,” Guan Eng said.

As a demonstration of his sincere and pragmatic approach to the matter of racial and religious harmony, Guan Eng has offered to co-operate and work with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to prevent any extremist or militant groups from threatening the unity and security of the country.

Najib had expressed similar hopes when he addressed the United Nations 65th general assembly last year.

Guan Eng said that the Penang state government is concerned at the existence of extremist groups which seek to racialise every event for their own selfish interests.

He pointed out that the Pakatan Rakyat-controlled Penang state government has been under siege with constant unwarranted attacks of being anti-Malay even if a simple and small matter involves merely 10% Malays or one Malay out of 10 affected parties.

Guan Eng urged the people to embrace the future by embracing every Malay, Indian, Chinese, Kadazan and Iban, as Malaysian brothers and sisters, Malaysian sons and daughters, so that “we grow together, learn together and enjoy the success together”.

Guan Eng must be given full support for dealing with the inter-faith issue sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than mere rhetorical and theoretical considerations.

The setting-up of the high-profile Exco Non-Islamic Religious Affairs Committee in Penang is certainly a very positive practical first step in dealing with and managing the most highly sensitive inter-racial and inter-religious potency in our pluralistic multi-faceted society.

In every human society throughout the world and throughout history, the various religions and their theologies, ethics, and traditions influence everything else, shaping socio-economic and political ideas and ideals, attitudes and institutions. Religious teachings and traditions shape how people respond to each other in their daily social inter-course and interaction in the community at large.

Most of us jealously preserve and protect our own religious beliefs and traditions as generally they symbolize our essential identities, theologically, historically, culturally, socially, and even politically. Ultimately, our religious faiths symbolize for us as communities and individuals our dignity as persons and our very souls.

Hence, in our multi-racial, multi-religious, multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-ideological society, the only way for us to live in peace and harmony is for us to live in peaceful co-existence, recognizing, understanding, accepting, respecting, and even enduring patiently and lovingly with each other.

Obviously, there are some of us who believe that we must “share our faith” with those whom we consider “lost”, and will go all out to convert people of the other faiths.

Of course, such motivation to bring about redemption for those whom we believe are doomed may not be bad or wrong, but the way we “share our faith” or propagate our religious beliefs must take into consideration the fundamental human and divine rights of others to believe and practise their particular faiths.

In the preocess of seeking to evangelise or seeking to win others to our own faith, we must not run down, denounce or condemn the religious systems of others. About the only legitimate way we can share our faith is just to tell and explain our faith to those who are willing to hear, period. It is certainly not at all right and proper to deprecate and desecrate the religious beliefs of others.

Hence, I believe the most vital tool in the promotion of religious harmony among people of various faiths and belief systems is dialogue.

Guan Eng’s Exco Non-Islamic Religious Affairs Committee should perhaps consider holding regular roundtable dialogues for the leaders of the various religious groups in the state as a mean to promote understanding and fellowship.

The issues to be discussed should be those of common universal ethical values and matters of common interests in the socio-economic and political fields.

Such a roundtable dialogue could be held whenever some socio-religious issues that cause confusion and controversy among the people. For example, the recent controversy over the Valentine’s Day celebration could easily have been resolved following a declaration by a roundtable consensus.

Actually, the Valentine’s Day controversy was not a real issue but exploited by some silly brainless people to gain public attention and promote their narrow political-religious agenda. The storm in the Valentine tea cup stirred up by the not-so-intelligent and not-so-informed smart alexes could have simply be dismissed as a petty trivial matter.

One significant way for a plural society like Malaysia to cultivate, promote and develop interfaith harmony is through education. Much of the confusion and conflicts concerning religion is caused by the lack of understanding and appreciation of the real teachings and practices of each other’s religion.

Hence, I believe that have religious studies as a compulsory subject in school could help promote understanding, appreciation and acceptance of each other’s faith.

Currently, only the Muslim students have the privilege to attend lessons on their faith from primary to secondary school level. It is time to make the study of comparative religions a subject for all students, so that our young people will grow up with a balanced attitude towards people of other faith. And to ensure there is no accusations or charges of deceptive presentation of the various religions, the textbooks for the various faiths should be written and recommended by the religious authorities of the faiths concerned.

There are several things that Guan Eng’s Exco Non-Islamic Religious Affairs Committee should initially do.

First, it should draft a code of interfaith relationship, listing out the various areas where religious leaders can jointly work together, and the sensitivities of each religious faiths.
Secondly, it should appoint a panel of religious experts to monitor the state of interfaith relationship in Penang.

Thirdly, it should hold an annual interfaith conference over one weekend, inviting respected world religious leaders to share and talk on issues of common universal religious-moral values and practices.

Finally, it should embark of an information cum education campaign among the people by publishing a weekly state government newspaper to let them know what the state government is doing. The mainstream media have not been fair to the Pakatan Rakyat-controlled states, and have been ignoring important messages by the elected leaders of the state. For example, Guan Eng’s Chinese New Year was not given any coverage in the mainstream newspapers.

Guan Eng’s Exco Non-Islamic Religious Affairs Committee deserves the support of all the people, especially the religious authorities of the various faiths. Our plural Malaysian society is currently in a frail state, with fragile grip on the racial-religious reality we are in. Hence, we must support Guan Eng’s very noble effort at seeking to bring together the people of all faiths to live and co-exist in peace and harmony.

Two NS trainees die of illnesses, another still in coma

By The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Two National Service trainees died in the past four days of different causes and at separate hospitals.

Mohamad Zulhaili Noraihan, 17, died of meningoencephalitis (bacterial infection of the brain) at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Tuesday. The Kuala Lumpur boy had reported for training at the Wawasan Papar camp in Sabah on Jan 2.

A medical form prior to his entry to the camp had stated that he was being treated for nephrotic syndrome and that he suffered from gastric and kidney problems and had previously suffered from head injuries.

“He was treated initially at a clinic at the camp on Jan 24 for a pain in the ear and also on Feb 10 for fever and headache,” said NS Department director-general Datuk Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil last night.

He said the boy was then referred to Papar district hospital when his headache did not ease off, adding that he was subsequently sent to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Apparently, he had developed fever after swimming with friends in a pond at the camp.

In another case, Fatini Aqilah Fadhil died of neutropenic sepsis (leukaemia) at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh last Sunday.

Fatini, 17, was based at the Chenderiang camp in Tapah starting Jan 2.

“She was given a Chinese New Year break like other trainees from Feb 2 to Feb 6,” Abdul Hadi said.

However, the girl was admitted to the intensive care unit at Taiping Hospital on Feb 7.

At the PDS Resort camp in Port Dickson, where NS trainee A. Tamilarasi fell into a coma due to high fever, spokesman Mej Mohd Rafee Zain said the authorities did not refer her to the hospital as her condition had not been serious.

“She was still able to attend all the programmes. Our medical staff examined her thoroughly to ensure she was able to undergo training,” he said, adding that the camp authorities were not negligent in not referring her to a government clinic or hospital.

“We always have medical officers who examine trainees showing signs of being ill. When she was here, her condition was not serious enough to warrant her being sent for treatment outside the camp,” he said.

Tamilarasi is fighting for her life at the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital intensive care unit where she has been warded since Feb 8.

Mej Mohd Rafee said that when Tamilarasi did not return to the camp after the five-day break on Feb 7, the camp authorities called her father who said a private clinic had given her seven days’ medical leave. She slipped into a coma the next day.

Yesterday, Tamilarasi’s father K. Anandan, 39, said doctors had told him that the girl might require dialysis and minor surgeries.

“They (doctors) are almost certain that she must have contracted an illness during training,” he said.

Wan Azizah Sings to the Tunes of Party Parasites

from Malaysia Today - Your Source of Independent News by admin-s

By Ronnie Klassen

Parti Keadilan Rakyat's President Dato Seri Wan Azizah blatantly lied in her statement that the position of "Director of Communication PKR Sabah" doesn't exist, has never existed and Ronnie Klassen was never the Director of Communications of PKR Sabah. Wan Azizah is a BLATANT LIAR of the highest order, and questions are now asked if PKR is truly fighting for the rights of Sabahans. Sabahans have been hoodwink by UMNO/BN for the last 47 years,the people have suffered enough.

In her statement that appeared in all the local media in Sabah, she blatantly stated that, there was no such post. As a responsible Malaysian citizen, I lodged a Police report on the 11th. Feb. 2011, against one Datu Akjan Ali Muhammad in his self proclamation as the "Sultan of Sulu" which appeared in a news portal. In the name of protecting the country's sovereignty and safe guarding National Security, I lodged the report alongside Dr.Chong En Leong at the Kota Kinabalu Police Headquarters, Karamunsing at 1.58pm on the 11th. Feb. 2011. The report was lodged in our capacity as responsible Malaysians.

Ironically,the PKR President in her statement, stated that the report lodged by me, was not the stand of the party and does not reflect PKR's opinion in the matter. Is Wan Azizah telling Sabahans that PKR fully concurs with Datu Akjan as the self proclaimed Sultan of Sulu, since my report does not reflect the opinion of PKR? Bear in mind, similar reports were also made by SAPP and ironically by UMNO and Barisan Nasional. Has Wan Azizah been away for a long holiday and only just return to Malaysia, and lost total sight of what's happening in Sabah?

For the record, I had received an email from Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in June 2009,informing me that he would like to put me up in the state leadership. In mid-July 2009, I was offered the position of Director of Communication for PKR Sabah by Azmin Ali at the advice of Dato'Seri Anwar Ibrahim, during our meeting at Shangrila Tanjung Aru Beach Hotel, Kota Kinabalu. I did not immediately respond to his offer, and needed time to consider.

It was only 2 weeks later that I agreed to accept the post, and the announcement of the state line-up was formalized and was published in all the local media, on the of 3rd. July. 2009, My immediate duties was to engage with the younger generation, in the cause of the party and to ignite the tsunami of change. On the 20th. Dec. 2009, I organized a Dialogue cum Forum in Kota Kinabalu, where I successfully managed to assemble 150 young professionals, with the hope of getting the young generation to become leaders in PKR, eventually replacing the old and withered leaders. The guest of honour was none other then Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim himself. Why didn't Anwar say that Ronnie Klassen is not the Director of Communications in his speech?

In January 2010, a new state chief, Thamrin Hj.Jaini, took over PKR Sabah, after Azmin Ali was unceremoniously ousted out of the state, as the state leaders wanted a Sabahan to lead. I was retained as the Director Of Communications and had attended all state leaders meeting held at the PKR Headquarters in Penampang. My contribution has been enormous for the party, and I challenge any state leader to say otherwise. To name a few of my contributions and sacrifices,

1. The establishment of a huge network of supporters in the Internet all over Malaysia, Sabah in particular.
2. The establishment of a network of Sabahans residing in Peninsular Malaysia, to assist needy Sabahans.
3. Our joint network between PKR and DAP in assisting jobless and homeless Sabahans in Peninsular Malaysia.
4. My assistance and support together with my team members in all the by-elections.
5. Providing input to the state leaders, and setting up of groups to engaged with the younger generation at grass root level.
6. The setting up and joint effort of common groups overseas, to spread the word of Change.
7. To keep members, supporters and voters abreast on current issues through messages in the Internet, particularly in FaceBook.
8. My blog was used to enhance the image of the party as well to improvise the party through mistakes done.
9. To take UMNO/BN to task on issues affecting Sabahans through my blog, which was my mouth piece to the people.
10. To liaise with the media on all press conferences and press statement.
11. To provide a platform for all party divisions to voice the problems of the people.
12. Encouraging party leaders to engage with the people through FaceBook, in order to have first hand knowledge on the grievance of the people.

In addition, I had to succumb to Police apprehension and countless reports lodged against me by UMNO/BN. In short I was UMNO/BN's biggest nightmare due to my constant attacks at them. The party hail me as a active and dynamic Director of Communications, performing well above expectations. All these efforts were without party funding, and I had to used my own funding and at times practically begging for financial support from friends.

Meetings after meetings were held in my Communications Bureau to find ways to strengthen the party, and there were many occasions when I was required to travel to Kuala Lumpur for meetings with Party Headquarters Officials, all in the name of the party. No financial assistance was provided for our efforts by the party, we were totally on our own, all in the name of change and for the people, and it was an honour to fight for the people.

Was there a hidden hand who had instigated the President to make such a statement? Even if there was, Wan Azizah as an "intelligent" President of the party, should behave like a President and not stoop so low to the demands of greedy leaders, but seek the facts and truth, and not being used by individuals for their own personal agenda.

Read more at: http://advocateviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/wan-azizah-sings-to-tunes-of-party.html