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BN sweeps Merlimau and Kerdau.....

N27 Merlimau

BN - 5,962
PAS - 2,319

Majority - 3,643











N28 Kerdau

BN - 5,060
PAS - 2,336

Majority - 2,724

cheers.

Malaysia Boleh

6 March, 2011 By May Chee Chook Ying

Thanks at the Buddhist Temple | Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustomsA person of faith, any faith for that matter, I believe, will profess a God who is the God of all humanity. This God is just and his commands demand that we be just.As a child or as a young adult, I looked up to leaders with a blind faith. What with their greying hair, they were father-figures to me. I think this role has not changed for our young people. A leader therefore must play the role of a good father.A good father loves his children and teaches them what is good for them. When a child goes astray, a good father wants to save and he saves by punishing what the child is doing. And it is only the just who will be saved.A good leader like a good father will not allow his people to sink into poverty. And he would if he keeps insisting on giving them fishes instead of teaching them how to fish!When a leader keeps regressing and reminds his chosen people that the land belongs to them, he is enslaving them. History has taught us that this kind of thought represents only the first phase and if we holdfast to it, whats happening elsewhere can happen here, too.We should be ushering in a new age, one heading towards authentic civilization where we can create a network of more human relationships and true human progress. We are all Malaysians and we must believe that we are equal. There is no justification for our society to leave all the capital in the hands of owners so that most of the workers cannot benefit from the riches of their own country. We must not allow some narcissistic old frogs (who live under their "tempurungs") prevent others from exercising their human responsibilities and liberties. We must denounce such double voluntary blindness that continues to keep some of our otherwise capable people in crutches. "Malaysia ! Boleh&qu ot; must ring true, not hollow!It is said that: "To do justice for the meek was and continues to be the first function of sovereigns." So, leaders, be like a good father, protect the meek irrespective of creed and colour. Affirmative action should be for the marginalized. When an action reduces an otherwise capable person to one who loses belief in himself, it is no longer affirmative!Guide politics in such a way that there may be fruit to harvest at a given time. We need to destroy "ancient thoughts and structures" that enslave us. Moments of anguish await us but we need to persevere for the sake of our beloved country and future generations. We need to educate the masses that todays meagre success means tomorrows defeat and humiliation. We need to dedicate ourselves to bringing about justice and that cannot happen if we allow ownership of the country into the hands of "an unwise father."A good leader is like a good father. A good father is like God to us. Otherwise, he is just a mere and arrogant mortal. One, whose days are not just coming to an end but the poor lion may just have to eat hay for his remaining days on earth!I always thought this is how a good leader should bow out: Know the truth, let your people know the truth. If you truly love your people, set them free. It is the truth and only the truth that will set them free. That should be your legacy.
May Chee Chook Ying resigned as a teacher some eleven years ago in an effort to be a better mother. Eleven years later, shes still in the dark! Sometimes, because of whats ingrained in her vocabulary, she makes remarks or typecast persons, which her 4 kids deem are racist. Shes trying hard to shake that off, very hard, but believes deep down inside, shes not one. She feels blessed her kids can accuse both their parents of being racists! It is her kids who remind her, now and then, what it means to be Malaysian. She believes a true Malaysia is possible. She h! as to be cause its possible she may have a grandchild whose name may be Travis Tuppani or Emma Abdullah. Shes going to love them all the same.

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One Response to Malaysia Boleh

GG on 6 March, 2011 at 5:59 pm

Well, sometimes it takes only a pretty convincing slogan to fool the masses. If things doesnt improve soon, then Malaysia Boleh is just a pretty convincing slogan.And speaking of slogan, I wonder what happened to Wawasan 2020? Did it fade into obscurity?

Sodomy II - a crucial stage ahead...

The Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial enters a crucial stage this week with an expected ruling on a trial-within-a-trial, to determine whether his arrest was unlawful and whether the critical evidence of a white toothbrush, Good Morning towel and a mineral water bottle, could be admitted as evidence.

So far, the three items which were allegedly retrieved from a cell occupied by Anwar on the night of his detention on July 16, are the only link to the identity of 'Male Y', who is alleged to have sodomised the complainant, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, Anwar's former aide.

Since the trial began, the prosecution has built its case without identifying directly Saiful's alleged sexual assailant, and only referring to the person responsible as 'Male Y' despite the prosecution and defence raising doubts by suggesting that there could be other suspects.

Thus the three items which the prosecution wants the court to mark as evidence against the objections of the defence, could make or break the case.

Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah has allowed the trial-within-a-trial on the complaint by defence lead counsel Karpal Singh that the arrest was unlawful and the items were unfairly obtained by the police.

A trial-within-a-trial is where the judge will decide on the admissibility of controversial evidence into the court. Normally applied to the confession of an accused before the authorities, it can also apply to evidence admissibilit! y.
Anwar was the first to testify in the trial-within-a-trial where he told the court of the nature of his arrest, in which 10 to 15 men armed with sub-machine guns and wearing balaclavas arrested him while he was heading home in Bukit Segambut.

He told the court he was not informed of the grounds of his arrest.

Anwar and his lawyer Sankara Nair had testified they had agreed to meet investigating officer superintendent (then DSP) Jude Blacious Pereira (right) and that the arrest was not necessary.

He also spoke about his examination at Hospital Kuala Lumpur and the conditions of the cell where he was detained overnight.

Lawful or unlawful arrest?

The next day Anwar testified to the discrepancies in his 112 statement, a witness statement recorded by Pereira when he was brought to the Kuala Lumpur police contingent headquarters on July 16, 2008. There are a number of differences between the original and the copy handed to Anwar's solicitors.

While Anwar maintains he was not informed of the grounds of his arrest, arresting officer superintendent Ahmad Taufiq Abdullah testified that he had informed Sankara and the accused that he was being picked up for an alleged offence under section 377B of the Penal Code for consensual sodomy.

Ahmad Taufiz also informed the court that the warrant of arrest dated July 15, 2008, was only served on Anwar after he was brought to the Kuala Lumpur police contingent headquarters.

Besides Anwar and Sankara, Subang MP Sivarasa Rasiah also testified for the defence while Ahmad Taufiq is the solitary witness for the prosecution.

Earlier on Monday, police audio and video specialist ASP Fauziah Che Mat testifie! d on the inconsistency in the time of the CCTV revealed in the guard post and the lift entrance.

This is followed by testimony from other expert witnesses to certify the veracity of the CCTV recordings that depict Anwar and Saiful arriving and leaving the Desa Damansara condominium at separate times.

Tuesday saw several police officers including retired CSI superintendent Amidon Anan testifying that a toothbrush, a towel and a mineral water bottle was recovered from Anwar's cell. The veracity of Amidon's testimony was supported by other officers including D9 serious crimes officer in charge, superintendent Yahya Abdul Rahman.

Karpal had also charged that Anwar's cell had resembled an animal pen.

Tomorrow will see both the defence and prosecution making submissions on the trial-within-a-trial, to be followed by a much anticipated ruling on the matter.

As 21 prosecution witnesses have already testified, the prosecution is seen to be nearing the end of its case.

It remains to be seen if other witnesses besides Pereira will be called, including those who were allegedly with Anwar at the condominium at the time of the said incident.

The court has earlier agreed to continue hearing until March 25.

The resumption of parliamentary sittings tomorrow will not affect the trial as Karpal and Anwar - both MP for Bukit Gelugor and Permatang Pauh respectively - are serving a six-month suspension from Parliament.- Hafiz Yatim.

source:malaysiakini

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Do we have a deal?

Zahid is again doing what he knows best and that is, accusing the opposition of attempting to stage an uprising like in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.

Zahid like many of his UMNO bastards have repeatedly used race to incite hatred among the people. The trouble with these kinds of arrogant sick ass is that, they do not want to acknowledge they are the cause and root in the anger of the people. People like them misuse their position and money to cause injustice and pain to others without shame and moral. That is the trouble with Malay upbringing by Mahathir, the mamak India who does not realize he is Indian.

Similar in many ways with cancer known as a silent killer so too are the peoples anger and rage. We do not need the opposition to rise against the Government. When the time is ripe we will rise in union and fury, willingly giving up our lives to save this country from UMNO cum BN traitors and thieves proudly.

We do not forget, the words of the Prime Minister wanting to defend Putrajaya at all costs and Zahid wanting to defend the Prime Minister to his death.

Keep Putrajaya by all means and turn it into sendirian berhad and Zahid can have Mr Rosmah, we the people are only interested in getting back the rest of the country.

Malaysia richest beggars

Mahathir keeps on telling the Bumiputras to stop depending on the government to succeed in business. It would be good if he can acknowledge that his own children are the beggars and useless who cannot live on their own without help from UMNO Government.

Look at the recent Petronas US800 million contract given to Kencana Petroleum and SapuraCrest which Petronas Carigali is more qualified to do the job but was sidelined.

What about the KVMRT unlimited billion project given to the elites children?

The 6,000 yearly APs given to Naza and Mahathir's family alone.

Whose children benefit from the Cochrane Road and Sungei Besi RMAF land deal?

Who are the Muslim families who have gambling licenses and are owners of Genting?

Who owns the existing Istana land?

Who sold off KLCC to the Sultan of Brunei?

Who have millions and billions stashed overseas?

Molecular not for amateur

Re-Definition - Molecular Cuisine: Traditional Recipes through a Modern Kaleidoscope breaks the norm of culinary cookbooks.

The book authored by Darren Teoh, a chef lecturer at KDU University College's School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts, focuses on molecular cooking techniques.

Molecular cooking is the application molecular gastronomy, a scientific discipline that investigates what happens during food preparations at a chemical and physical level.

The book pays tribute to local cuisine and produce, and is the first in Malaysia that applies molecular cooking techniques to local recipes.

The use of these methods also means that the book showcases a modern style of Malaysian cuisine. It offers an alternative perception of traditional Malaysian cooking and illustrates how local produce can be turned into avant garde dishes.
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It is good that Darren Teoh has authored a book on Molecular Cuisine. But a word of advice to our local chef not to be arrogant and clever to play around with liquid nitrogen. In 2009 a young chef tried experimenting with liquid nitrogen ended up burning himself and the apartment in Sri Hartamas.

My son has six(6)working years as a chef and has been working with liquid nitrogen for two years, yet he is not consider knowledgeable (in other word not qualified) enough.

Many Malaysians think they have nine lives and do not think of the consequences and are full of regrets later.

Life is precious so do not be too clever and think! it will never happen to you.

LLA Series: Dont Lose Your IC!

6 March, 2011 By Fahri Azzat

What could happen when you lose your IC, a case of identity fraud successfully defended and a critical evaluation of the loan approval process practiced in some local finance companies. One of my most common gratuitous advice is: Dont lose your IC! (IC is short for Identity Card and refers to the National Registration Card which every Malaysian has). This lesson comes from my civil legal aid cases. Most of my civil cases were identity thefts. The people who found my clients IC would use it to apply for credit cards, car loans or even loan agreements.One of my first few cases was a young client who was being sued for a few thousand ringgit by a bank for credit card debts. He never applied for one. He wouldnt qualify for one then either. He was a student. He did not work either. I wrote to the bank to explain the situation and request they withdraw the case. They were not interested and filed a summary judgment application against my client. This is a procedure to enter judgment against a defendant if the facts proving his liability is clear. If the court thinks it clear, then it will enter judgment against the defendant. If not, it will order the claim to be set down for trial.In its summary judgment application the bank exhibited the documents supporting the application for a credit card. One of the documents was a pay slip indicating that my client was an accountant earning RM 5,000.00 a month. According to the employers letter he worked for more than a year. That meant he was 17 years old when he started working at the firm.The telephone numbers on the employers letter predictably did not work.

Mohd Ultraman is a citizen of Malaysia. Yay!The bank understandably lost the application. Despite this they wanted to go for trial even though it was! clear t he application was a fraud. We prepared for trial but eventually I think the banks lawyers talked some sense to them and they withdrew the case.A case I am particularly pleased about involved a student who was studying in Kelantan. He lost his IC in Kuala Lumpur a few years earlier when he came down for a visit. Several years later he received a curious notice. It wasan insurance notification about a Mitsubishi Storm he supposedly bought. He was naturally perturbed since he only rode a motorbike and was engaged at the time in his studies. He was not in Kuala Lumpur either on the day the hire purchase agreement was purportedly signed.

A model of the vehicle bought under my client's name.He lodged a police report about the incident then came down to Kuala Lumpur to meet with the bank representatives to explain that he did not purchase the pick up truck. To his surprise, the finance company refused to withdraw the case. They claimed 3 finance company officers were certain he was the person who signed the agreement. Soon after the meeting the finance company commenced legal action.Upon receiving the brief I wrote to the finance company appealing them to withdraw the case. They declined and filed a summary judgment application against my client. A careful scrutiny of the documents suggested that they were fraudulent as well. For example, my client had 2 different EPF numbers; the photo on his driving license was lifted from his IC and a poor forgery; and the details on his pay slip were unconvincing - he began his employment on 00/00/0000. All this made it certain they would lose the application. And they did.You may wonder why the bank didnt just go straight to trial since this was not a clear cut case of liability. This is because bank officers like most people dont like to go to court. So they try their luck with these applications. Now despite all these facts, the finance company insisted on going for trial. Althou! gh I was annoyed initially, I looked forward to the opportunity of grilling the hell out of the finance officers. For the trial, I brought the college administrator, his friend who was with him at the material time and a handwriting expert.

It's all good when signing the agreement. The bad comes later.The crux of the case was over the identity of the person who signed the agreement. That was my difficulty - how was I supposed to impugn the identification by the finance company officers? As it turned out, an unrelated piece of evidence helped me break them down. According to their evidence my client came to sign the agreement together with a Chinese man. It was the presence of this Chinese man that proved their undoing. The rest of their evidence was directed at confirming my clients identification and how they went about doing it.My cross-examination of them focused on 3 areas. The first area was the people they met in their usual course of work. It turned out each of them saw anything between 400 - 600 customers a month. In a year it reached the thousands. They only saw them to sign the agreements. That on average took about 20 - 30 minutes to complete. They didnt seriously compare the applicant with the photo in their IC. And about 7 years had lapsed since they allegedly saw my client at their office.The second area was the description of the Chinese man that purportedly came in with my client and making them compare their descriptive memory between the two of them. Though they all did wonderfully with the alleged description of my client (because they had seen him at previous trial dates which were adjourned and because he turned up at their office to explain), they were dismal in their description of the Chinese man. This provided an excellent control to their description of my client and demonstrated their true identification ability - they couldnt remember. The best they could muster about the Chinese man was chubby! , big si zed and short hair. With my client however they remembered him down to his clothes.

Not the Chinese man that purportedly came with my client.These two areas of cross-examination bolstered my submission that it was impossible for the officers to remember what my client looked like. It did not help their case that one of them let slip that they supposedly refreshed their memory from a CCTV recording, which they did not bring and so attracted a negative presumption from the court (i.e. if the CCTV were brought to court it would be prejudicial to the finance company). The Judge ruled in my clients favour on this and we won the case.The third area had to do with the supporting documents. I took the lead witness (the officer that recommended the loan for approval) through all the documents and pointed out the glaring errors in the supporting errors as describe above. Despite the shoddiness of the documents he insisted that the documents were original simply because they had colour copies!This line of questioning made me wonder: These officers were supposed to be competent at their job. How is it they could be fooled by this silly documentation? I spotted these discrepancies on my first pass simply because they were so glaring. They didnt just stand out, they practically leaped at me and tugged at my beard. Did I mention that the officers got a commission for each successful application approved? So it is in their interest to recommend a loan for approval. It is a win-win situation all around. Applicant gets their loan, officer gets their incentive and finance company gets turnover.I can easily imagine a scenario where a corrupt officer colludes with an applicant to get a loan approved. Im not saying this happened in my case, but this case demonstrated how vulnerable this system is to corruption. The applicant puts in bogus documents using someone elses name. An officer recommends the loan for approval. HQ more often than no! t approv es the loan (after all, the officer was on the front line and verifying the documents). The loan is drawn down to pay for the vehicle. It is released to the applicant. He disappears and sells the vehicle off splitting the proceeds with the officer. The loan will immediately be in default. Sometimes theyll pay the first instalment to buy more time. The finance company initiates legal proceedings against the applicant but against the person whose name he used. In this scenario, the 2 losing parties are locked in battle with each other - the finance company and the victim of identity fraud. Money, time and effort are wasted by both the innocent parties. Whereas the 2 parties who should be accountable are not even on record - the finance officer and the fraudster.The finance company thankfully did not appeal against the decision. It would have been fun for me to do but in the larger picture, it would have been a real waste of time. Of course my client was put to great inconvenience in having to come down to Kuala Lumpur each time for the case when he was still in Kelantan, and to take time off from work to attend to the case. At least it ended well for him.If you lose your IC, the National Registration Department recommends the following:

"The applicant is required to go to the NRD Counter without any document or the applicant can bring the following supporting documents, if any (original and copy):

• Letter of confirmation or Welfare Card from the Social Welfare Department/ Letter of confirmation from the Orang Asli Affairs Department/ Penghulu / Village Chief/ Tribal Chief / District Office/ Chairman of Village Working Committee - for the poor and destitute, and the disabled (OKU).
• Letter of confirmation from the Social Welfare Department/ Fire and Rescue Department/ Penghulu / Village Head/ Tribal Chief/ District Office/ Chairman of the Village Working Committee - for victims of natural disasters.
• Letter of confirmation from Prison/ Rehabilitation Cen! tre - fo r former prisoners or trainees of the centre.
• Student?s Card or letter of confirmation from School Principal/Registrar of institution of higher learning - for students from any local or overseas school, college or institution of higher learning.
• Police report which states clearly the particulars of the incidence and the lost Identity Card."

Fahri Azzat has lost his IC several times in his lifetime but thankfully none of them were used for some fraudulent purpose. He thinks that the IC system is outmoded and that biometric measures should be used instead since they are less vulnerable to counterfeiting. He also wonders how the current numbering system for the IC can accommodate the growing Malaysian population but hasnt the time to find out.

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This entry was posted on 6 March, 2011 at 9:00 am and is filed under Talking about Lawyers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Anwar's magic still works but is it enough?

His larger-than-life persona still holds a certain charm over voters, who came out in droves.

If the rostrum were a playground, then Anwar Ibrahim is king of the game.

The PKR de facto chief proved he is still a force to be reckoned with on the political ceramah circuit, with people coming from near and far to listen and see for themselves the iconic leader who championed the reformasi movement in the late 1990s.

The talk of him being allegedly a sodomite and even a munafik, or a hypocrite, simply could not stem the tide of ceramah-goers that were eager to be entertained by his mesmerising oratory skills.

And entertained they were. Even if he appeared tired, probably due to the punishing schedule of running back and forth from Kuala Lumpur - where his second sodomy trial is on-going - and the two states, the 64-year-old former deputy premier commands rapt attention from his audience.

With every rise in tone, with every grin that goes with a joke, Anwar has proven that the sheer force of his personality continues to be a kind of magical elixir that reinvigorates a flagging campaign when it counts.

The biggest turnout however was in Permatang Pasir in Merlimau, where thousands turned up to listen his pitch, even if they had to park as far as two kilometres away from the venue.

With so many people packed at the actual venue, at least 1,000 latecomers had to be content with watching a CCTV broadcast of his ceramah on TV sets placed around the area.

The opposition leader's charismatic personality and charm, works its magic with the smaller crowd of 200 that turned up in Ayer Merbau and is equally potent with the larger ones. Such is his ability that even with a small crowd, he was able evoke an enthusiastic response.

'Revolution is possible'

In both Merlimau and Kerdau, listeners appeared to lap up much of what he dished out during his ceramahs, where he judiciously avoided, for the most part, past and current controversies facing his party and himself.

Instead, he focused on the recent revolutions in the Arab world, equating the uprising with the situation in Malaysia.

At each whistlestop, he spoke of the events leading to the ouster of Tunisian leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak as well as the current civil uprising facing Lybian president Muammar Gaddafi, drawing parallels between these countries and the alleged countless misdeeds of Umno and BN.

From corruption to racism and religious disharmony, Anwar weaved a tale of a people who would one day rise up to seize their rights from a government that has allegedly pillaged and plundered the riches of the land.

And at the end of every tale, he declares that the possibility of a better tomorrow is very real for each and every Malaysian - so long as they reject Umno and BN - finishing his speech by leading them with three cheers of "reformasi".

Still a real threat

His charisma is not lost on his opponents in BN, who have employed some ingenious ways to try and cut off the star politician's inherent pull factor, including inviting onto the stage a host of speakers who were at one time his allies and inner-circle.

The most prominent 'counter-agent' brought in must surely be Ummi Hafilda Ali, sister of his long-time aide and now PKR deputy president Azmin Ali.

And she is quite capable of keeping a decent crowd going all by herself, with tales of alleged indecency and the dark side to Anwar's character.

Indeed, a choc full of stories of sexual intrigue, subterfuge and corruption that would make any working girl blush.

But going head-to-head with the man himself, as she did at Rumpun Makmur in Kerdau, she couldn't help but falter as curious onlookers abandoned her mid-speech and defected to the Pakatan camp that was just across the road.

Also hitting the campaign trail to debunk the Anwar factor is former aide, Rahimi Osman, who claimed late last year that he was forced to sign two statutory declarations that linked Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor to Anwar's on-going sodomy trial.

Junior leaders in both Merlimau and Kerdau also made a full frontal attack on Anwar at the ceramah circuit, especially after his visits to both constituencies, that made it seem that the man himself was contesting the two seats.

Situation still unreadable

Despite the positive reception to Anwar's presence at the ceramah venues, the big question remains - how effective will he be in swinging the votes in Pakatan's favour?

A test case would be in Rumpun Makmur, a Felcra area in Kerdau, where he managed to hold sway among 700 people, squeezed against each other in the small clearing that made their campaign venue.

But if the admission by some who attended the double ceramah is to be taken seriously, then possibly a large number of those present weren't even voters in the by-election and were simply curious onlookers drawn by Anwar's star factor.

Pakatan's fall back on their de facto chief 's personal approach to rally the troops and boost their morale, may not be enough to convince the voters to tilt the weighing scale for a newer alternative, especially in rural constituencies where BN still holds sway.

Cop: I told lawyer of Section 337B arrest

The Penal Code section refers to sodomy, but Supt Ahmad Taufik Abdullah did not state this to Anwar Ibrahim's counsel Sankara Nair.

A police officer, who arrested Anwar Ibrahim testified in the trial-within-a-trial to ascertain whether that action was unlawful , said that he had told Anwar's lawyer Sankara Nair the Permatang Pauh MP was being picked up under Section 377B of the Penal Code, which covers sodomy.

Despite not stating what Section 377B was about, Supt Ahmad Taufik Abdullah (then an ASP) said, he made the arrest on the directive of Federal Criminal Investigations Department chief Bakri Zinin.

"Bakri himself instructed me, and I was asked to assemble the men," Ahmad Taufik, who was the only prosecution witness at the hearing, said in reply to questions from Solicitor-General II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden.

"My men halted Anwar's car as he diverted from heading towards the Kuala Lumpur police contingent headquarters for the promised meeting at 2pm with DSP Jude Blacious Pereira," he said.

As the car stopped, Ahmad Taufik said, Sankara came out and he informed the lawyer of the intention to arrest Anwar under Section 377B.

"I also told Anwar, who was in the car, that he would be arrested under that section," he said.

Section 377B of the Penal Code covers consensual sodomy. It carries a minimum punishment of up to 20 years jail and whipping.

Arrest warrant given later

He agreed that he did not have the warrant when arresting Anwar before the politician could reach his Segambut home, but acknowledged that Pereira had given it to him at KL police headquarters.

Cross-examined by Karpal Singh, Ahmad Taufik denied that he did not inform Sankara that the arrest under Section 377B.

"I did inform Sankara outside the vehicle and Datuk Seri (Anwar) when he was inside the police vehicle," he maintained.

NONEAnwar testified yesterday that 10 to 15 members of the police Special Action Unit, wearing balaclava and armed with submachine guns, stopped his car near his home at Jalan Bukit Segambut about 1pm on July 16, 2008.

He did not deny that he was told of the order to arrest him, but said he wanted to know the grounds for the arrest.

This was because Anwar claimed he agreed to meet with Pereira at 2pm that day.

Another of Anwar's witness testified that on the morning of July 16, 2008, he had accompanied Anwar to the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission, office in Putrajaya regarding fabrication of evidence in the (Anwar's) black eye incident of 1998.

Sivarasa said he went back separately from the others when he learnt of Anwar's arrest.

I went to IPK (KL police headquarters) at about 2pm. Myself and Sankara Nair were taken to a meeting room.

"Other officers were present. I remember ACP Razali and Yahya. I was the only lawyer present when (Anwar's) statement was recorded," said Sivarasa who is also the Subang MP.

In reply to Karpal Singh's questions, he said despite finishing recording Anwar's statement, Pereira informed them that the politician would be taken to the Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

"I was present with him at HKL. The police (Pereira) made a request for a blood sample."

"I went to IPK (KL police headquarters) at about 2pm. Myself and Sankara Nair were taken to a meeting room.

"Other officers were present. I remember ACP Razali and Yahya. I was the only lawyer present when (Anwar's) statement was recorded," said Sivarasa who is also the Subang MP.

In reply to Karpal Singh's questions, he said despite finishing recording Anwar's statement, Pereira informed them that the politician would be taken to the Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

"I was present with him at HKL. The police (Pereira) made a request for a blood sample."

"Anwar consulted me, and I consulted other lawyers as part of the team, and I advised him to decline," said Sivarasa.

Cop wants Anwar held overnight

He recalled Anwar explaining why he declined which was based on his experience in 1998 (during his previous case), where (the samples) were used illegally for other purposes.

NONE"After finishing at the hospital, Anwar was brought back to IPK KL. I expected the police to release him. However, Jude (Pereira) said the police will detain Anwar overnight as they have yet to finish recording his statement.

"I gave my solicitor's undertaking that I would bring Anwar the next morning, but Jude refused. I reminded him that this was serious and Anwar should be released. However, Jude insisted this was his decision to detain Anwar overnight," said Sivarasa.

Initially Karpal made an application to call Bakri, former inspector-general of police Musa Hassan and former home minister Syed Hamid Albar in the trial-within-a-trial as defence witnesses.

High Court judge Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah inquired how come the defence did not indicate this earlier, as subpoenae would have to be issued.

After meeting all parties in chambers, Karpal withdrew the request. Hearing continues on Monday with submissions from both sides on the trial within the trial.

Karpal: "Malaysia’s lock-ups is Nazi death camp"

Malaysia’s lock-ups require immediate attention: Karpal

GEORGE TOWN, March 5 – Bukit Gelugor member of parliament (MP) Karpal Singh has urged the federal government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry, with terms of reference to enquire into the “deplorable” condition of lock-ups and prisons nationwide.

He said the state of affairs involving lock-ups required immediate attention and rectification as suspects should be denied such deplorable treatment.

“The lock-up located at the seventh floor of Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontingen (city police contingent headquarters) in Kuala Lumpur, in which (Opposition Leader) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was detained on July 16, 2008, clearly reflects the deplorable conditions of such lock-ups throughout the country,” he told reporters here today.

Karpal, who is also DAP national chairman, said toilets at lock-ups were “not fit for humans”.

To compound the situation, the toilets were in the immediate vicinity of the area in which suspects slept on the cement floor, he noted.

He described another lock-up at the Gombak police station as not fit for human habitation as suspects were made to lie on the cement floor in batches of five, without mattresses or blankets. – Bernama

D-Day arrives for Merlimau voters

Both BN and Pakatan Rakyat have wrapped up their ceramahs and now await the outcome

MALACCA: Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin wrapped up the last day of campaigning for the Barisan Nasional (BN) with a final pitch for the votes of the Merlimau constituents.
PAS, joined by its Pakatan Rakyat allies PKR and DAP, went all over the place with a final pep talk to try and turn the BN tide.
In the eight days of intense campaigning, both rival parties battered each other and chased each other to get the 10,500-odd voters to elect one of their candidates as their state assemblyman.
BN went into the arena confident of retaining the seat while PAS is nurturing a forlorn hope of unseating BN or least trimming down its majority.
BN puts its hope in its candidate Roslan Ahmad, a local who is the Jasin Umno committee member, while PAS picks Yuhaizad Abdullah, who is not a voter in Merlimau but a local boy.
From the very beginning, the voters have up their minds that BN would retain the seat but PAS, being an old rival of Umno, the backbone of the ruling coalition, would not want the seat to be given away free.
Although PAS waded in without “heavy artillery”, the Islamist party wants to show it is still around and can deliver powerful punches at his rival.
The last eight days saw federal leaders swarming Merlimau, with Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam leading the charge.
Chipping in are several pro-BN NGOs which have been actively organising events to lure voters away from the Pakatan trio.
Wrong candidate
Bread-and-butter issues were the main concerns of the Merlimau folk and Mohd Ali was on hand to get things sorted out promptly.
For PAS, lack of issues, shortage of funds and fielding the wrong candidate have put the party at a distinct disadvantage.
The party’s election machinery fell apart half way through the campaign, with several operation centres left unmanned.
PKR and DAP brought up national issues but the voters were clearly not paying much attention to the speakers in their nightly ceramahs.
Although PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim drew some 1,000 people to his ceramah, the audience was more interested in what he had to say about his ongoing sodomy case.
There is gloom in the Pakatan camp as campaigners realised with a sinking feeling that defeat is almost certain. All they were able to do on the final day was making a round of the polling stations to take a last headcount.
Tonight the ceramah guns fall silent as the rival parties concentrate on “locking up voters” – standing by them, consoling them and giving them last-minute help, all in the hope that they would not forget whom to vote for.
Campaigning ends at 12 midnight. Tomorrow campaigners will have a very busy ferrying voters to their respective polling stations. - FMT

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