UMNO, you're not qualified to probe anything as long as Mamak is not jailed.

Anwar: Probe other cases before calling for sex video RCI

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

April 07, 2011

SHAH ALAM, April 7 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the government should first complete investigations of other high-profile cases before pushing for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into a sex video which allegedly featured him.

The PKR de facto leader said that many important deaths remained unsolved such as the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shariibuu and the recent death of Selangor Customs assistant director Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed.

“Let them call for an RCI but before they do, first have an RCI on Altantuya, Port Dickson, (Teoh) Beng Hock and the Customs (officer) case,” Anwar (picture) told reporters today.

Citing the case of Altantuya, Anwar charged that there were many “missing links” to the Mongolian woman’s death which have not been investigated by the authorities.

News broke yesterday that a Customs officer was found dead on the first floor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office in Jalan Cochrane after falling from the third floor.

The MACC has suspended two officers for leaving Ahmad Sarbani unattended before he fell to his death from the MACC office here yesterday.

“Call for an RCI (on the sex video) that’s fine, but first settle these cases,” reiterated Anwar today.

A mysterious “Datuk T” had screened a video purportedly showing Opposition Leader Anwar having sex two weeks ago.

Former Malacca Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Perkasa treasurer-general Datuk Shuib Lazim then claimed responsibility for the video, saying they screened the video to show “a man who wants to be prime minister is not qualified.”

A 107-second snippet surfaced on the Internet on Sunday, just two days after police said the video was not doctored.

It made public part of the video that was only screened to select individuals and reporters prior to this but the clip has since been taken down from YouTube for violating the video site’s policy on nudity and sexual content.

PKR has claimed that the clip proved the man in the video was not their de facto leader and repeated its demand that the trio be arrested for pornography.

Anwar has denied he is the man in the video and accused Umno of a politically-motivated “scurrilous attack” on him.

The involvement of former Umno Youth chief Abdul Rahim has lent credence to the claim as Umno sought to distance itself from the video.

Anwar: RCI boleh, tapi…..

from Free Malaysia Today » Nation by Jamilah Kamarudin

SHAH ALAM: Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim bersetuju Suruhanjaya Siasatan DiRaja (RCI) terhadap kandungan klip video seks yang mengaitkan dirinya ditubuhkan.

Namun, Anwar menegaskan suruhanjaya itu juga perlu ditubuhkan untuk menyiasat skandal yang membabitkan pemimpin tertinggi negara di Port Dickson sekitar tahun 1990-an, skandal yang membabitkan pembunuhan warga Mongolia Altantuya Shariibuu serta kematian pegawai kastam semalam, selain kes Teoh Beng Hock yang sedang dijalankan sekarang.

“Biarkan sahaja mereka tubuhkan suruhanjaya tetapi (dengan syarat) suruhanjaya Beng Hock, Port Dickson, skandal yang mengaitkan pembunuhan Altantuya, serta kematian pegawai kastam semalam juga perlu ada,” ujarnya ringkas kepada pemberita di sini hari ini.

Beliau berkata demikian selepas hadir memberi ucapan penggulungan dalam majlis Taklimat Maqasid Syariah Pembangunan Ekonomi Selangor di Dewan Jubli Perak di sini petang ini.

Turut hadir dalam majlis tersebut Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim serta Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Datuk Mohammed Khusrin Munawi.

Semalam Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz berkata cadangan untuk menubuhkan Suruhanjaya Diraja bagi menyiasat rakaman video seks melibatkan pelaku mirip Anwar akan dikemukakan kepada Kabinet esok.

Nazri berkata penubuhan suruhanjaya itu perlu disegerakan berikutan penafian isteri Anwar yang juga Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail kelmarin yang suaminya itu adalah lelaki dalam video berkenaan.

‘Cops should screen sex video for Pakatan’

KUALA LUMPUR: Independent MP Zulkifli Noordin has asked the police to screen the sex video implicating PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim to opposition leaders.

The Kulim Bandar Baru MP and former PKR member said this would enable them to see if the man in the 21-minute video was really Anwar.

“The attorney-general and inspector-general of police should give permission for the full video to be shown to the leadership and a few members of Pakatan Rakyat,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby here today.

He added that the video screening should be done at a “closed-door meeting”.

Zulkifli said that a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) would not be needed if Pakatan leaders believed that the person in the video was Anwar.

“If they don’t, then the government needs to push for an RCI. It will be best if they (Pakatan leaders) could see it (the video) in full.

“Let them analyse the video. If they watch the video with an open mind, they will come out crying,” he added.

However, the firebrand MP stopped short of saying that the man in the video was Anwar. “I didn’t say that (it was him).”

The Omega watch

The Konsensus Bebas MP also took a swipe at Anwar ‘s wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, accusing her of being “irresponsible” in her position as PKR president.

“I don’t blame her. She has chosen loyalty over truth. That is her right as a wife and I cannot stop her from doing that,” he said, referring to her denial that it was Anwar in the video.

However, Zulkifli said that Wan Azizah owed it to PKR members to tell them the truth, and raised a question over Anwar’s Omega wristwatch.

During the release of the sex tape, whistleblower Shahzryl Eskay Abdullah said that he was holding Anwar’s watch. At the time, he said that Anwar left it behind after allegedly having sex.

Earlier this week, Wan Azizah admitted to holding the watch, although she refused to show it to reporters.

Challenging this claim, Zulkifli asked if she really had the watch. “If I were her, I would have shown the watch to reporters (asking for the watch). But she did no such thing,” he said.

He also said that if Wan Azizah really wanted to “redeem her family’s honour”, she would have advised her husband to hand over his DNA sample and the affected watch to the police.

“Why didn’t she do this? This is the best way to clear her family’s name,” he said.

Patutnya Eskay yang Mesti Tunjuk Jam, Bukan Kak Wan

Sepanjang sidang akhbar Eskay bersama Rahim Thamby Chik dan Shuib PERKASA, tidak sekali pun ESKAY menunjukkan Jam OMEGA yang beliau dakwa kepunyaan Anwar.

Dan tuduhan tersebut dimulakan oleh ESKAY dan Rahim Thamby. Secara logiknya, tanggungjawab ESKAY dan RAHIM THAMBY CHIK untuk menunjukkan jam yang Eskay dakwa kepunyaan Anwar tapi dalam simpanan beliau itu.

Saya tak paham kenapa beriye-iye sangat UMNO minta Kak Wan tunjukkan jam tersebut. Saya sebagai orang Islam yang mempunyai nilai-nilai kemanusian MENDESAK Kak Wan supaya JANGAN tunjuk jam tersebut SEBELUM ESKAY yang tunjuk.

Bagi saya, Eskay tidak ada jam tersebut. Beliau hanya berbohong dan menyerahkan jam yang BUKAN KEPUNYAAN ANWAR. Kemungkinan besar jam tersebut adalah ciplak dari China ataupun jjam tersebut milik Dr Mahathir kerana Dr Mahathir pun ada satu jugak.

Mungkin juga jam yang Eskay dakwa itu rupanya begini:

Mampukah BN pertahan dua pertiga di S'wak...

Menang? Menang. Berapa kerusi? Adalah... mungkin macam dulu atau bertambah.

Kalah? Kalah. Berapa kerusi? Adalah... ia bergantung kepada apa yang berlaku dalam 10 hari ini.

Pelbagai soalan, pelbagai jawapan. Berapa kerusi yang akan dimenangi oleh BN? Berapa kerusi pula yang akan dimenangi oleh pembangkang? Persoalan sekarang daripada 71 kerusi itu, berapa yang akan dimenangi oleh BN. Soalan seterusnya adakah BN akan mendapat majoriti dua pertiga.

Jika ditanya pemimpin BN, sudah tentu mereka yakin bahawa BN akan tetap mendapat majoriti dua pertiga. Berapa? Sudah tentulah yang paling minimum iaitu 48 kerusi. Yang paling tinggi... cakap betul-betul? Boleh mencapai 63 kerusi. Yakin? Aukk. Jika BN mendapat 63 kerusi maka pembangkang pula akan mendapat lapan kerusi. Macam sekarang?

Tak tahulah. Dua pertiga melambangkan pelbagai perkara dan signal. Dua pertiga juga membolehkan segala yang dirancang boleh dilaksanakan jika diadakan undian di DUN. Hakikatnya, BN mahu dua pertiga selepas mendapat mandat daripada rakyat.

Bagi pembangkang, mereka yakin jumlah kerusi yang akan dimenangi akan bertambah. Berapa rasanya....mungkin beberapa kerusi lagi.

Berapa? Mungkin empat..lima kerusi? Atau sekali ganda....15 atau 16 kerusi. Persoalannya...Apa alasan rakyat mengundi pembangkang? Apakahpolitik pembangunan yang dibawa oleh BN tidak laku di negeri ini? Ataupun, rakyat mahu perkara lain termasuk kepemimpinan.

Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud sudah menyatakan akan berundur selepas pilihan raya Sarawak ini. Jadi..bagaimana?

Ini persoalan yang perlu dilihat o! leh BN b agi memastikan bahawa ada jalan penyelesaian terhadap isu yang dibangkitkan oleh rakyat terutama di bawah.

Antara perkara yang selalu dibangkitkan ialah mengenai isu rasuah, tanah adat (NCR) dan juga peluang-peluang pekerjaan dan perniagaan untuk rakyat dan usahawan.

Isu tanah yang sering dibangkitkan oleh pembangkang terutama dengan memainkan isu sensitif yang membuat ada kumpulan yang tidak puas hati perlu ditangani dengan baik. Jaminan kerajaan negeri sejak sekian lama perlu diperkukuhkan lagi terutama dengan memberikan pemahaman kepada rakyat bahawa nasib mereka akan dibela.

Di bidang pekerjaan, rakyat sudah tentu mengharapkan kerajaan negeri menyediakan pekerjaan kepada mereka, terutama anak-anak lepasan sekolah dan universiti.

Dengan harga barang yang berbeza dengan 10 tahun lalu, rakyat sudah tentu mahu kerajaan negeri membantu mereka dalam menyediakan pekerjaan. Usaha memperkenalkan SCORE yang menjanjikan pekerjaan dan perniagaan sudah tentu disokong oleh rakyat terutama golongan usahawan.

Ini perlu dipamerkan agar keikhlasan untuk melihat rakyat mampu hidup mengharungi pelbagai cabaran pada masa akan datang dirasai dan dijiwai. - ibrahim yahaya

source:malaysiakini





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Friday Night Fever

Pakatan launches manifesto promising goodies...

Pakatan Rakyat has launched their manifesto for the
Sarawak election, promising a slew of goodies and cash for the people if they form the state government.

Coming just a day after Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud launched BN's, Pakatan leaders launched the 10-point manifesto simultaneously in Sibu and Kuching.

While the BN manifesto can be seen to be vague and offering no details, Pakatan listed their promises right down to the minute details of their populist policies which they intend to implement, and many of them intend to put cash right into the people's pockets.

We pledge a grant of RM200 for every child of Sarawak origin who begins Year One education. In appreciation of their contribution to the state, we promise to give all Sarawakians above 60 years old who are residents in the state annual welfare assistance of RM600 and to set up community support systems within every local government authority for their continued well-being, read just several sub-points of their manifesto.

There have been similar policies of giving cash away as 'welfare funds' to the people by the Pakatan Rakyat state governments of Selangor and Penang. Following aDAP trademark, Pakatan also promised free WiFi throughout Sarawak.

Targeting perennial land problems in Sarawak, they had promised to unconditionally renew expiring leases for another 99 years. They also promised to form a Native Land Commission to investigate land grab cases of Native Customary Rights land and to issue grant or leases to those lands.

Battling corruption

But top o! n their priority list is the fight for good governance.

We promise good governance premised on proven international principles of competency, accountability and transparency which will create and promote a clean administration of the state's welfare, equal business opportunities and bring back national pride, patriotism and self esteem in the public sector.

We pledge a fair distribution of the state's wealth and riches, endeavouring to end the practice of favouritism, corruption, cronyism and nepotism, pledged Sarawak DAP chairperson Wong Ho Leng in reading out the manifesto in Sibu this afternoon.

Apart from that, they also pledged to set up an independent commission of inquiry as well as an ombudsman to investigate allegations of corruption by BN politicians and their cronies.

BN said they want to make Sarawak the richest state by 2030. We are already the richest state in natural resources but we are still financially the fourth poorest state. What can they do in 19 years that they have failed to achieve in 30? asked Wong, in reference to Taib's tenure as chief minister.

Other points in the manifesto themed 'Change 4 Sarawak' is as follows.

• Freedom of belief

• Good governance

• Land reform and native land commission

• Eradication of poverty

• Federal state relations

• Greener Sarawak

• A fair deal for all Sarawakians

• Culture and Education

• Rights of women and those with special needs

• Investment into the future

source:malaysiakini

'Manifesto Pakatan janji RM600 untuk warga emas'

'Manifesto Pakatan Rakyat praktikal'





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Sarawak - A troubled election.....

The election campaign for the 10th Sarawak state election has been kicked off and this time, the BN no longer wins any seats without fighting. Several phenomena in the chaotic battle are worth noting.

After the nomination is made, the most crucial question is, who will be the successor of Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud? Taib have expressed his wish to retire during the announcement of the state assembly dissolution and if he wins, he might be the Chief Minister only for half of the term.

However, who will be the successor among the 34 candidates of the PBB? The Ba'Kelalan candidate remained a mystery when the BN announced its candidate list before the nomination day and therefore, it was rumoured that the mysterious candidate, believed to be Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala, was Taib's successor.

I had a dinner with Idris and he made it very clear that he did not want to get involved in politics. I believed that he would not involve himself in the battle since it was not his intention and he has had a very enjoyable life.

It is a battle between two lawyers in Ba'Kelalan. SPDP Ba'Kelalan Youth Chief Willie Liau is the BN candidate and if it is true that the candidate is the successor of Taib, why is he from the SPDP instead of the PBB? It is a matter of course just like Menteri Besar are usually Umno leaders.Therefore, the mysterious candidate for Ba'Kelalan was a layout and the question of who will be Taib's successor remains a puzzle.

All leaders will step down someday, including former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and former MIC President Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu. All leaders should leave when the time comes.
The second phenomenon worth noting is, it has been proven that elections in Sabah and Sarawak usually have more independent candidates. In the peninsula, elections are battles among parties and coalitions. Independent candidates usually have little opportunity to win.

In Sarawak, it is common for an independent candidate to win, such as three independent candidates had won in the 1979 state election. Most independent candidates will not maintain their neutral status after they win the elections. Instead, they join the BN. Therefore, it is actually a kind of business in politics to contest as independent candidates.

Another noteworthy issue is, whether Sarawak Orang Asli would change their mentality and accept non-native political parties. The DAP started to contest in Sarawak state election since 1978 and it had suffered defeat for continuous four terms. It was able to make a breakthrough only in 1996 by sending three candidates into the state assembly. The PKR was able to win only one seat in a Chinese constituency in the previous state election..

Political parties from the peninsula might defeat local political parties only after the regional politics mentality of Orang Asli is eliminated. It is not impossible to change the mentality of voters in Sabah and Sarawak. When Umno contested in the 1990 Sabah state election, it had successfully overthrown the PBS state government. Umno might enter Sabah after Taib's retirement.

I have a feeling that the upcoming Sarawak state election is not going to be a peaceful one. The Pakatan Rakyat will definitely have a strategy to counter the BN's strategy of development. Meanwhile, Umno would not only sit still and observe. Eventually, the situation ! will jus t be the same as by-elections held in the peninsula.

Let's wait and see whether there would be any explosive issues in the Sarawak state election! - Lim Sue Goan Translated by Soong Phui Jee

source :sin chew daily



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Baru Bian a Dayak leader in the making....

The delay, albeit brief, in BN's naming a candidate for theBa'Kelalan seat is being viewed in some quarters as confirmation that the PKR state chief and contestant for the seat, Baru Bian, is now endowed with the stature to which a Dayak leader has not ascended in more than two decades.

The conferment of this stature is vital to enabling this Native Customary Rights exponent to arrive at the level where the Dayak majority in the state would readily regard him as their leader, despite the disadvantage of him hailing from a small segment Lun Bawang of that majority's vast ethnic mosaic. Sarawak's Dayak community makes up 49 percent of the state's 2.3 million people. The Iban are the most numerous in this mosaic, followed by the Bidayuh, with the Orang Ulu, the cluster that groups the Lun Bawang, the smallest segment.

Intra-ethnic rivalry among the Dayak groups makes difficult the task of finding a leader of trans-ethnic appeal and unifying capability. The Dayaks have not had one since Stephen Kalong Ningkan was chief minister for the first three years of Sarawak's merger with the federation in the 1960s. Since his ouster in 1966, the community has struggled to find a leader with the stature and capability to lead them to a position of political primacy in the state's complex racial equation.

When the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party, a BN component, named Willie Liaw as their candidate for Ba'Kelalan, a day after the full BN list was unveiled last Sunday, the delay reflected their caution over fielding a candidate with 'winnable' attributes.

Reputedly, the BN had been mulling a list of three candidates which included a lawyer, Libat Langub, who it is said was reckoned as having more 'winnable' form than the eventual pick. But Libat, apparently, was reluctant to take on Baru because both enjoy ties of kinship and mutual help that would be unnecessarily affected by a political contest between the two.

To be sure, clan and family ties cut a broad and complicated swath across the small Lun Bawang community in the northern corner of Sarawak.

The common thread that binds them is membership in the Sidang Injil Borneo (Borneo Evangelical Mission), a fervent Christian denomination that is said to be pervasive in its hold on the Lun Bawang.

Top land lawyer

But politics is one of life's necessities and not even the fervour of Christian evangelism can be expected to obviate the need for people to own up to a political affiliation.

So once the BN decided that Nelson Balan Rining, the incumbent state assemblyperson for Ba'Kelalan, was not suitable because he has fallen down on the 'winnable' attributes, the coalition were faced with a tough task finding someone with the heft to dent the nimbus that has accumulated around Baru Bian.

Baru, 53, had in the last decade steadily risen to the status of top lawyer espousing the community's NCR cases which has become the foremost issue among the Dayaks. He has appeared in something like 200 cases over the years, a fact that has given him prominence in the community and in a state that has been held in some kind of hypnotic thrall by Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, whose political longev! ity is u nparalleled and whose rumoured wealth is legendary.

In these circumstances, it is an unlikely scenario that a lawyer from a segment of the smallest ethnicity in the Dayak mosaic could rise to challenge Taib's suzerainty over Sarawak politics. Hence the delay in announcing the BN candidate is being viewed as a tell-tale sign among evangelical Christians of how great a matter a little fire can kindle, as biblical language goes.- terence netto

source:malaysiakini







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I am writing to complain in regards with my conversation with Shan (h/p 012-2306299).

After talking to Shan, I SMS my order and willingness to pay by cash. She told me later that she already spoken to STP/Total Constant and was informed the reason and was not willing to help me with my order, even though I am willing to pay for the extra charges for the goods to come from Ipoh since there is no other agent in KL/Selangor.

Since Shan had only a brief snippet of what actually was the problem between your sole agent for KL/Selangor (STP/Total Constant) from their side and was not willing to hear and understand my woe, I am therefore forced to put it in black and white.

Since STP/Total Constant was given the sole agency for KL/Selangor in August 2008, for 5 months we were not sure who was the salesman for them as they were many (join and left within a month). Then there was one payment which was given and signed by one of them and money not given to the company. Since 2009 till today we were never service by any salesman from STP/Total Constant nor had anyone from the office come to see us. Then lately there was one payment that we had paid but had no signature of acceptance which I accepted responsibility and make another payment.

Last Friday we placed our orders as usual. Then when the goods came on Wednesday, we were told that we had to pay cash. Calls were made. I was told by Alice (STP) that her boss had stopped our credit because of these two incidents and ! being a bad pay master.

Those two incidents were settled amicably by both parties. As for the 30 days credit term, nobody follow strictly by that. For example if goods were delivered to me on the 5th of Jan, it does not follow suit that I will pay on the 5th of Feb. But definitely payment is made before the end of February. There is flexibility in any business. Now had someone from STP/Total Constant come to see me personally to inform me about the sudden stop of credit and the reason and allowed me to give my suggestion, I would not be angry and would have accepted their demand. Now I will not have anything to do with STP/Total Constant.

Then when I approached Shan to purchase direct from HQ or from other agent, this was turned down with the attitude of you either buy from STP/Total Constant or forget it. We do not need your business.

This is not the attitude of Global business but a mentality of a person not suitable for the job.

I have been a loyal supporter and user of Kraft product for 30 years and a faithful buyer of Philadelphia Cheese (2kg) since 2004 when I open my own shop till today and am proud to say I refused to carry other brand of cream cheese in my shop. I trusted the brand and quality even though STP/Total Constant never bother to service my outlet since 2009.

I wish to point out though we have been in this Bakery Ingredients line for only 7 (seven) years. We had visits from Directors from USA and Australia HQ from three companies and even local Directors who make an effort to visit once in two years to say hello, listen to our woes and suggestion. Today I am proud to say we have credit terms 60 90 days from these companies who took the trouble to understand that we should work as a team and be humble.

In 2008 Jusco for Queensbay Mall (Penang) Manager and a Director from Japan came to me for suggestion and ideas for their food court there even though we have no link in any business with them.

So now I will publicly say I have made a very! wrong c hoice in choosing, using and selling Kraft products especially Philadelphia Cream Cheese for so many years.

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Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism.

MALAYSIA: A Country Run by Gangsters

by Malaysian Unplug

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Does it feel like a bunch of gangsters are running this country?

by

Naragan


The most recent act by UMNO to try and kill off Anwar with a lowly sex video moved me to write this article.

Because it increasingly feels like we are living in a country run by GANGSTERS.

What characterizes gangsters?

Is there any difference between what GANGSTERS do and what UMNO is doing?

Use of force, fear, bribes, threats, violence, deceit, unchallengeable positions, indulgence, and parasitic existence and not worrying about appearances would be a reasonable answer to the first question.

To answer the second question “Is there any difference?”

I will examine how UMNO performs in many of these dimensions to answer that question.

1. Force –The Police, the Attorney General’s office, the Courts (I will call them the Unholy Trio from now on) are the instruments of force of UMNO.
   
   You see them figuring prominently in all occasions where UMNO’s lawlessness are questioned.
   
   Being involved with Hindraf Makkal Sakthi, I can tell you that, without batting an eyelid– our people are constantly threatened with detention under ISA, or with charges of sedition, or are charged with being involved in an illegal organization after UMNO unconstitutionally and unlawfully outlawed Hindraf.
   
   The form of force used and the way it is administered may vary in specifics between the gangsters and UMNO but in essence they are the same – UMNO and the gangsters equally resort to force because that is the sole source of their power.
   
   UMNO has lost its moral legitimacy in its claim for power and hangs on to power only because of the control of the instruments of force – the Unholy Trio being the prime instruments.
   
   The gangsters never had moral or legitimate basis for claims to power, their claim to power hinges only on one thing – the use of raw and brutal force.
   
   
2. Fear – UMNO so readily instills fear just like the local gangsters.
   
   UMNO uses the Unholy Trio along with the Media, and when necessary the underworld members to achieve this. The Police have a special unit the Special Branch just for this – the Malaysian Gestapo.
   
   Every so often we see battalions of the Light Strike Force or the Federal Reserve Units to disallow, to disrupt, to frighten off citizen’s gatherings.
   
   You should have seen the hundreds at the anti –Interlok forums throughout the country and the thousands at KLCC for Hindraf’s Solidarity March against UMNO’s racism.
   
   This is exactly what the local gang boss. Putting in the fear of god they say. What the gang boss does is what UMNO is doing.
   
   
3. Threats – The laws enacted by UMNO – ISA, Publishing and Printing Presses Act, Official Secrets Act, Seditions Act, Police Act and even the MACC are all actually devices crafted by UMNO that threaten all those that dare cross the line.
   
   This is the primary purpose of these acts and organizations, though more noble intentions are proffered to legitimize them. But the true intentions of these are to act as a sword over the heads of any that dare.
   
   The Media for its part carries statements from time to time from the Ministers, from the IGP, from the Attorney General,from UMNO stalwarts, from Right wing Perkasa or carries images and reports of the Police overpowering any attempts to challenge them or of right wing demonstrations threatening the rest.
   
   But the purpose is one – to pre-empt potential trouble makers.
   
   The gang bosses just use outright threats, they do not need these more sophisticated devices.
   
   As the saying goes, cut the throat of one chicken in front of all the monkeys so the monkeys will behave themselves. In that sense the devices of threatening may be different but both UMNO and Gangsters use threats to remain in power.
   
   
4. Violence – What happened in Kampung Medan in 2005 is a clear example of the workings of the Unholy Trio, the Media and the underworld in the meting out violence whenever they see a need.
   
   A little further back we had the May 13th riots and May 13th is still a keyword for violence . Hundreds of police killing and maiming continue till today in UMNO’s Police Stations.
   
   The Police in the fore and the Armed Forces at the back are nothing more than UMNO’s killing machines.
   
   The threat of violence that UMNO can unleash, should it decide to, is what holds much of the opposition back. Violence is the bread and butter of gangsters and it is the bread and butter of UMNO.
   
   UMNO and the gangsters understand this very well.
   
   
5. Bribes – When expediency requires and it is wiser, then UMNO bribes to clear their way of trouble makers.
   
   They buy up leaders of groups outside their circle of influence. They make “mafia offers”. They use skeletons in cupboards to assist them, as we see regularly happening in buying up of the opposition members of the legislature. Other forms of bribe, we see at election times.
   
   There is a free flow of gifts, goodies and promises. These are tidbits used to corrupt and remove obstacles or create perceptions while UMNO walks away with the loot – to UMNO these bribes are nothing more than the cost of doing business.
   
   Gangsters for their part use bribes to share their bounty when attempting to get at very large bounties. It is a cost of doing business for them too.
   
   
6. Unchallengeable positions – UMNO’s positions on issues are unchallengeable, just like it is with the local gangster. You challenge at the risk of losing everything.
   
   When you challenge they fight tooth and nail so you do not get what you seek, on the contrary they make you lose further with intense vindictiveness. Case in point is the Interlok novel. The book remains in the curriculum and the rest who voiced dissatisfaction get beaten up and charged in courts for speaking up, but the book remains in the curriculum.
   
   Another clear case in point is what UMNO is doing to Anwar Ibrahim. He gets all kinds of s*** thrown at him and with increasing frequency just because he dares to challenge the UMNOPutras.
   
   Challenge at great personal risk – they will ruin you if they can. Their position must not be challenged. This is very clearly the ways of gangsters too.
   
   The hallmark of a gangleader is one who has overcome all those who have challenged him and anyone who challenges the leader must lose or the leader loses his basis to continue as a leader. Exactly the case with Najib –ala UMNO and UMNO ala the people.
   
   
7. Deceit – “Biji setelor, rio sekampung” as the Malay proverb goes. UMNO throws a tid bit here, a tidbit there and the media steps in and creates perceptions of a totally benevolent and caring UMNO.
   
   UMNO holds the reins of the media tight. UMNO is able to manufacture perceptions in people that are so far removed from the truth that the lies are more real the reality itself. You speak the truth and no one listens to you, for they think you distort, for personal advantage.
   
   UMNO has established monopoly over their minds and UMNO will do with it what they want. They deceive the people and leave the rest of us biting the mud.
   
   UMNO caught between getting the non-Malay votes and increasing their appeal to the Malays use their outsource vehicle,
   
   Perkasa to create a perception of the Malays losing out to the non-Malays because the Malays are split.
   
   The reality is both the Malay And non-Malay people are losing out to the UMNO leaders and their Non-Malay elite accomplices as they use this perception to delude the people and walk off with the loot. No one really listens to this truth, they think it is distorted for personal use. This is a very refined deceit-making machine that we are up against.
   
   On this count UMNO has improved over the gangsters, recognizing they have to operate within a community of nations and have to be seen to be in accord with norms of civilization. They worry about how they will be perceived, they need to legitimize their position, the gangster does not have to.

So, except for this last point there is really not much difference between gangsters running this country and UMNO running this country.

UMNO is nothing short of being dignified gangsters. This truth may look far- fetched, but you think about what I have said, deeply. Just think about it.

If you agree, then do not be the person UMNO, the gangster wants you to be, the meek and powerless person. Look at what is happening in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen.

When all the people get together, the empire crumbles, because the true sovereign is the people united. We have to move out and into the light, to a future based on competence, not on force.

The people have to get out from the grips of gangsters.

Chapter 5: Samantha, Part 1

8 April, 2011 By June Low

Chatting up a lesbian with AIDS.On the top floor, there are only two apartments: mine, and my neighbour Samanthas. Samantha is a lesbian living with her cat, Balthazar, and AIDS. I know Samantha has AIDS because I saw her in the park one day chilling out on the grass. She was wearing a t-shirt that said, "I have AIDS, get used to it!"Wed seen each other a few times in the lift and said hi, but I never got to know her that well. This seemed like opportune moment and I jumped at it."Do you really?" I asked."What, have AIDS?" she asked."Yeah.""Yeah."Normally, that would have been a conversation killer, but while I stared at her wondering if this would be an appropriate time to bring up Jennifer Aniston, she proved to be no ordinary girl."Why dont you join me? Grab a grassy pew, as it were," she said, smiling widely.Up until she was diagnosed, Samantha was a prostitute*, and that was how she got AIDS.*A lot of people dont like the word "prostitute" and demand that you say "sex worker". But first of all, the word "prostitute" has been around longer than "sex worker", and I have noticed that people who demand political correctness are often the same people who protest outside old buildings that are about to be demolished, harping on about the importance of preserving history, so I personally have never hesitated to say "prostitute", because those types of people annoy me. "Isnt it dreadful how you have to be HIV positive in order to get AIDS? You would expect the people who come up with these terms to be more sympathetic for surely it is the most negative thing in the world to look forward to."Samantha told me she had been writing the story of her life for the past two months and was worried she would never complete it as sh! e had on ly written 364 words so far."Dont worry," I said reassuringly, "one more word and itll be a years worth!"She laughed and told me her girlfriend would shortly be joining us. She had such a beautiful laugh, I felt like I was listening to the kind of bells that only ring out in Christmas songs. I considered asking her if she would be interested in providing a sample for my friend Fred who worked as a DJ but thought it premature. She would probably be more inclined to agree to being featured on Freds Coconut Rasta Remix 2010 after a few drinks. As would anyone else.As I studied her small face, I found myself drawn to her. She wasnt very pretty, but displayed great strength you wouldnt expect from such a small frame. I asked if she was bisexual, she said she only fancied women. That was how I confirmed she was a lesbian."So you only had female clients when you used to turn tricks?" (I was rather proud of myself for remembering this term I had learnt from watching Pretty Woman it made me feel like I was "down with it". Whatever that meant.)"No, they were all men. Its like any bloody job, isnt it? You always gotta do what you dont like to do."Another little jingle rang out to tell us that an ice cream truck was nearby and Samantha started talking about the last boyfriend she had.To be continuedCopyright 2011 June Low All Rights ReservedJune is down with lesbians, contrary to popular belief.

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Senior customs officer linked to death plunge...

A senior Customs officer at Wisma Kastam in Northport in Port Klang is linked to the death of his colleague Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed, a DAP parliamentarian claimed today. Klang MP Charles Santiago (left) said forwarding agents who picketed against the use of a new import form system yesterday had raised this allegation, saying Ahmad Sarbani was "well-liked" among them.

About 800 forwarding agents protested delays in documentation processes after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested 62 Customs officers, 47 of them from Northport, in nationwide raids last week.

Ahmad Sarbani, an assistant director with the Selangor Customs Department, was among the 62 arrested on April 1 in the operation in Penang, Johor, Selangor and Pahang that also included the Inland Revenue Board, Customs Department and Bank Negara. He had fallen to his death from the third floor of the Kuala Lumpur MACC headquarters building on Jalan Cochrane yesterday.

"It's a big issue because it involves a huge cost, for ships are waiting at the port and can't unload... they can't move on to Singapore or Indonesia if the documents! are not processed.

"So that has become a cost... and it's an international problem now because shipowners believe there is a massive strike here and that's the reason for the delayed (documentation) process," Santiago said.

The forwarding agents would be lodging a report with the MACC in Shah Alam over the senior officer, he added, but decline to name the person.

Ahmad Sarbani, 56, had returned to the MACC office yesterday morning despite having given his statement earlier last week in relation to an investigation into billions of ringgit in unpaid taxes by Customs officers.

Federal Territory police chief Zulkifli Abdullah has classified the case as sudden death and a special task force had been set up to investigate the death. It is headed by Kuala Lumpur CID chief Ku Chin Wah.

source:malaysiakini

Tunggu apa lagi, buat laporan segera. Pokoknya mahu kah polis bertindak ke atas ikan jerung? Tengok saja Taib Mahmud, walaupun berpuluh laporan di buat, SPRM dan polis buat pekak saja...

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PRN SARAWAK: NEVA 4GIVE, NEVA 4GET!!