Gift from parents

IF YOUR father is a criminal, you have a crooked mother and you are a man it is more likely than not you too are headed for a life of crime.

A study by the Institute of Criminology has looked at the likelihood of criminal tendencies being transferred from parents to their children.

Previous studies have found that criminal fathers do have an influence on their sons, but this was the first time a mother's impact has also been examined.

The study, published yesterday, found sons with criminal fathers and law-abiding mothers had a 48.5 per cent chance of committing a serious crime in their lifetime. If the mother had a criminal record, but the father was clean, the probability of the son offending was 33 per cent.

But if both parents had criminal records it created a ''multiplier effect'' and the probability the son would commit a serious crime increased to 67 per cent.

This compared with an 18.7 per cent chance of offending if neither parent had a record.

''The more severe the criminal offending history, the greater likelihood of intergenerational transmission,'' Dr Adam Tomison wrote in the report.

The study was conducted by tracking the criminal history of six extended Tasmanian families, all known to police. Of 313 family members identified, 99 men and 60 women had criminal records for serious offences, including car theft, assault and stealing.

There have been high-profile examples where sons and daughters of criminals have also been convicted. Kathleen Folbigg was convicted in NSW of killing her three infant children in 2003. During the trial it was revealed she had learnt as an adult that her father had stabbed her mother to death in 1968.

The AFL player Andrew Krakouer and his brother T! yrone Kr akouer both spent time in jail for an assault outside a Fremantle nightclub in December 2006. Their famous footballing father, Jim Krakouer, had been jailed in 1996 for drug trafficking.

Dr Tomison said the study highlighted the importance of intervention programs for children known to be at risk.
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Will we get a chance to witness this?

Kalau UMNO Kalah, yang akan Menang ialah PAS, bukan DAP.

Sedarkah kita ditipu UMNO? Ke hulu ke hilir UMNO menjaja kononnya Melayu dalam bahaya kerana UMNO sudah lemah. Maka, bahayanya adalah DAP akan berkuasa dan Melayu akan hilang segala-galanya.

Sedarkah UMNO bahawa 90% kerusi mereka di Semenanjung ditandingi oleh PAS? Apabila UMNO kalah, yang menang adalah PAS, bukan DAP. Malahan seluruh MAlaysia sepanjang sejarah pilihanraya Malaysia, kita boleh bilang dengan jari kerusi UMNO yang ditandingi DAP.

Dengan kata lain, kalau UMNO kalah tersepuk menyembah bumi, yang akan bangun di atas debu UMNO itu adalah PAS. Hak orang Melayu dan Islam tetap terjamin dengan PAS berkuasa.

Orang Melayu tidak perlu takut untuk berubah kerana hak mereka lebih terjamin di bawah PAS berbanding UMNO.

Nak harap apa dengan UMNO? Agama sendiri mereka gadai. Cuti hari Jumaat pun mereka gadai tukar pada Hari Ahad.

Tulang Besi

Taibs suit against news portal proceeds to trial

MalaysiaKini - PUTRAJAYA: Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmuds defamation suit against online news portal Malaysiakini will proceed for trial at the High Court.

This follows the Federal Courts decision today to dismiss Taibs application for leave to appeal a decision of the Court of Appeal in removing only one of four paragraphs of the Malaysiakinis statement of defence.

Court of Appeal president Alauddin Mohd Sheriff and Federal Court judges Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin and Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusoff ordered Taib to pay RM10,000 in legal costs to the news portal and co-defendant, editor-in-chief Steven Gan.

On Jan 3, this year, the Court of Appeal had partly allowed Taibs appeal. It (The Court of Appeal) struck out one of the four paragraphs that Taib sought to remove from the defence, namely that his suit was an abuse of the court process.

The other three paragraphs remained intact and concerned Malaysiakinis justification for the article, readers comments and Archipelago shippings alleged connection with Taibs family.

On May 28, 2009, Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Justice Zabariah Mohd Yusof dismissed Taibs application to strike out the four paragraphs from Malaysiakinis defence statement after she ruled that those paragraphs contained facts that were relevant to the defence.

The suit, filed in 2007, was over a series of articles pertaining to timber trade in Sarawak.

Taib is seeking an unspecified amount in general damages, aggravated and/or exemplary damages.

-Bernama

PM must be a Malay

Zaira Jaafar, centre, with Perkasa colleagues

MalaysiaKini - KUALA LUMPUR: Ultra Malay group Perkasa insisted today that the post of prime minister is reserved only for a Malay-Muslim.

Independent constitutional experts have argued that there are no provisions that state the premier must be a Malay-Muslim, but Perkasa womens wing Youth chief Zaira Jaafar argued otherwise.

She said the sovereignty of the Malay Rulers was enshrined in the Federal Constitution, so the post (of prime minister) must be filled by a figure from the majority race.

It is implied, she told reporters after lodging a police report on Utusan Malaysias article that Christian leaders wanted to abolish Islam as the official religion.

If we refer to the constitution, then a prime minister does not have to be a Muslim but the provision must be read together and not separately because the articles are all interconnected.

Under Article 181 on the sovereignty of the Malay Rulers, we understand that a king has to be a Malay and professes Islam, Zaira said.

Ironically, Perkasas backer, influential former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, agreed with the view that no provisions in the Federal Constitution state that the post must be filled by a Malay-Muslim.

However, he reminded the Malays that the post may be taken by a non-Malay should the countrys majority electorate remain divided.

The police report, based on blog postings by several pro-Umno bloggers, had charged the DAP with sedition for allegedly trying to change the countrys laws to allow a Christian prime minister.

The only evidence it has was a grainy photograph showing what they all! eged was a secret pact between the opposition party and pastors from Sarawak at a hotel in Penang last Wednesday.

Big issue

Umbrella church groups like the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship (NECF) and partners Global Day of Prayer, Marketplace Penang and Penang Pastors Fellowship dismissed the allegations as lies.

DAP leaders, who have also refuted the allegation, have accused Utusan of lying and have lodged police reports over the matter.

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has called for calm, saying that the matter should be investigated first.

Article 43(2)(a) of the Federal Constitution states only that the Yang diPertuan Agong shall appoint as prime minister a member of Parliament who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the Dewan Rakyat.

Opposition leaders argue that the continued attack on the Christian community by Utusan and groups like Perkasa is undermining Najibs attempt to bring the divided races together under his 1Malaysia banner.

Zaira denied Perkasa is sabotaging Najibs 1Malaysia. She said that her outfit was only interested in unravelling the truth behind the allegations.

Many police reports have been lodged and we are only doing the same because its a big issue. We know that many have yet to understand the Federal Constitution, she said.

Ku Nan: Anwar is the pandi kutti, not my PM

MalaysiaKini - KUALA LUMPUR: Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Mansor criticised Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim for allegedly calling Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak pandi kutti, a Tamil description of a piglet.

He said it was typical of the opposition to resort to name calling.

Why must he use the word pandi kutti he is the pandi kutti. Not my prime minister. I am very upset with such statements, he told a press conference at Umnos headquarters here.

Anwar has allegedly made the offensive remark at a ceramah in Klang yesterday.

Adnan said Umno would not demand an apology from Anwar over his remark, adding that the ruling Malay party was against smear tactics.

The opposition leader, however, has embarked on a crusade to counter what he believed to be a concerted campaign by his political rivals in Umno to tarnish his name.

Anwar has been implicated in a sex video scandal involving a man said to resemble him having sex with a woman of Eastern Asian features. He has vehemently denied the allegation.

Anwar is also facing his second sodomy trial in 10 years. He has been charged with sodomising his former aide, Saiful Bukhari Azlan, a charge he openly claimed was trumped up by Najib and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, in a bid to kill his political career.

Adnan said that Anwars name calling methods were used to divert attention and cover up the allegations against him.

He added that Umno would not resort to such tactics.

We know more about him than he knows about us but we wont play such dirty tactics.

Citing the recently concluded Singaporean general election, Adnan said the political leaders there had abstained from sme! ar tacti cs and fought only ideological battles.

They only fight on issues. No one called people names there, he said.

Baptising Msia: PAS calls it hogwash

MalaysiaKini - PETALING JAYA: PAS leaders have rubbished a media report regarding an alleged Christian plot, so much so that the Islamic party did not even bother seeking a clarification from its ally DAP.

Instead, they gave the Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia, which broke the news on its front-page last week, a baptism of fire for peddling propaganda.

PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali said: It is a propoganda designed to attack DAP and PAS at the same time. It will not work because we have an understanding between us.

He said PAS also did not believe the report which claimed that DAP was conspiring with Christian leaders to make Christianity the official religion of Malaysia and to eventually install a Christian prime minister.

According to the daily, which quoted two blogs, this was discussed during a closed-door meeting in the DAP-run state of Penang.

Usually they will call us or we will call them to seek clarification, said Mustafa. But not this time. We dont believe in the report.

PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub said that the Umno-owned daily was making irresponsible allegations.

The race and religion cards are the last resort in trying to win back Malay support, he said.

Asked if DAP had contacted PAS over the controversy, Salahuddin replied that there was a meeting held last week but there were no problems.

We must not be trapped in their political games, he said.

DALIL CUTI HARI JUMAAT - Menjawab soalan Juak2 UMNO

Tulang Besi telah menulis artikel mempersoalkan kedudukan Islam sebagai agama rasmi di Malaysia sedangkan cuti umum rasmi Malaysia adalah pada hari Ahad dan bukan Hari Jumaat.

Seorang pembaca Malaysiawaves meninggalkan pertanyaan berikut:

Anonymous said...
Cuba bagi satu dalil agama yang kata umat Islam kena cuti hari Jumaat?
May 9, 2011 4:45 PM

Maka, dengan berbesar hati Tulang Besi membawa dalil yang diminta:

Among these Christians, Sunday worship and/or rest eventually became synonymous with a first-day "Christian Sabbath"..

(TERJEMAHAN: Di kalangan majoriti penganut Kristian, Ibadah pada hari Ahad telah menjadi serasi dengan hari pertama Sabbath Kristian.)

Jelas, dari WIKIPEDIA, hari Ahad diterima sebagai hari pertama Sabbath yang berkaitan dengan ibadah dan kesyukuran penganut agama Kristian.

Walaupun tiada dalil yang mewajibkan cuti hari Jumaat dalam Islam, tapi terdapat DALIL yang jelas HAri Ahad adalah hari ibadat untuk penganut Kristian.

Tindakan UMNO menukar hari cuti dari Hari Ahad ke HAri Jumaat di Perlis dan Johor, satu masa dahulu (terima kasih Muhyiddin Yaasin mantan MB Johor) adalah tindakan memuliakan Hari Sabbath orang Kristian serta menjulang tradisi serta amalan penganut agama Kristian.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Sekian

Tulang Besi

ps yang herannya, WIKIPEDIA pun tahu Hari Jumaat tu Hari Cuti dalam Islam:

Islamic rest day
For more details on this topic, see Jumu'ah.

The Quran acknowledges six-day Creation (32:4, 50:38) and Biblical Sabbath (yaum as-Sabt: 2:65, 4:47, 154, 7:163, 16:124), but Allah's mounting the throne after Creation is taken in contradistinction to Elohim's concluding and resting from his labors, and so Muslims replace Sabbath rest with jumu'ah (Arabic: ). Also known as "Friday pra! yer", ju mu'ah is a congregational prayer (salat) held every Friday (the Day of Assembly), just after midday, in place of the otherwise daily dhuhr prayer; it commemorates the creation of Adam on the sixth day. The Quran states: "When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday, hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah, and leave off business: That is best for you if ye but knew" (62:9). The next verse ("When the prayer is ended, then disperse in the land ...") leads many Muslims not to consider Friday a rest day, as in Indonesia; but many Arab countries, such as the United Arab Emirates, do consider Friday a rest day, and others, like Pakistan, half a rest day (after Friday prayer is over). Attendance is strictly incumbent upon all free adult males who are legal residents of the locality.

Indonesia drops stiffest terror charges against Bashir

Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir had the most serious terror charges against him dropped for lack of evidence, leaving him facing a possible life sentence instead of death. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

JAKARTA - INDONESIAN prosecutors on Monday dropped the most serious terror charges against radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for lack of evidence, leaving him facing a possible life sentence instead of death.

Prosecutors at his trial in Jakarta said the charge of providing firearms and explosives for terrorist acts, for which the 72-year-old preacher could have faced the death penalty, 'could not be proven convincingly'.

The charge of inciting acts of terrorism was also dropped, leaving only the accusation of providing funding of more than US$62,000 (S$76,400) to a terrorist group, for which the prosecutors sought a maximum life sentence.

Hundreds of Bashir's radical followers erupted into chants of 'Allahu akbar' (God is greatest) in support for the man who is widely regarded as a spiritual leader of South-east Asian jihadists. Bashir told AFP as he was led away that he rejected the charges and condemned the prosecutors as 'friends of the devil'.

'Friends of the devil are always like that, always at war with people who try to defend Islam,' he said. 'Such insolence. These people should be called terrorists, may Allah immediately send them a disaster.'

He said the charges were bogus. 'I should have been freed,' he added.

About 2,500 police backed by armoured vehicles surrounded the Jakarta courtroom as the cleric appeared in his usual white robes to face the sentencing recommendations. 'It is normal that they will seek the de! ath pena lty.... I've been turned into an icon as if I'm Osama the terrorist,' he said, referring to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, killed by US special forces in Pakistan last week. -- AFP

Furious villagers torch logging camps, machinery

MalaysiaKini - KUCHING: About 500 villagers from 10 Bidayuh villages burnt seven heavy machineries, four lorries and five logging camps after their elected representative and state minister Michael Manyin and the police failed to look into their complaints.

The value of the destroyed properties is believed to be worth several millions of ringgit.

One of the village leaders, who did not want to be identified, said that they had to take the law into their own hands as Manyin and the authorities had failed to safeguard their interests.

They had failed to stop the logging activities and the villagers could not tolerate it any more.

We have made several reports to the authorities and yet the logging activities still continue, he said, pointing out that their crops, fruit trees and their land have been destroyed.

He also said that they had warned the workers to stop the logging activities, but they simply ignored their warning.

We gave them ample time, and when they failed to adhere to our warning, we have to take action.

We have to burn down their camps and machinery. We really mean busisness, he said.

Serian police, who arrived at the scene yesterday, could not do anything as they were outnumbered in the face of emotional and angry villagers.

Serian police chief ASP Awangku Ahmaddin Awang Wang who was also present at the scene was not willing to comment.

It is not certain if anyone has been arrested.

Manyin is lying

Last month the villagers met Manyin and also lodged a number of police reports against a certain timber company which allegedly encroached int! o their native customary rights land.

Instead of peacefully settling the issue, Manyin who is Tebedu assemblyman, had arrogantly dismissed it.

He reportedly said that the problem arose because the villagers had initially rejected their land being used for road construction.

According to Manyin, when the company offered them lucrative compensation, the villagers agreed and the only trouble makers were the ones whose land was not affected.

He said: They were not part of the group that received RM40 per square metre as compensation for affected land to be used to build the timber road. This group demonstrated by blocking the access road.

They also destroyed a timber bridge, he said.

But Manyins statement was hotly disputed by Bisa Duda, a spokesman of the villagers who demanded that Manyin apologise to them.

Duda said the villagers were not offered a lucrative compensation and the allegation was considered by the villagers as insulting and embarrassing.

He added the villagers were not interested in the compensation as they do not want the company to encroach into their NCR land.

We are not after the money. We do not want the company to use our land and the jungle in our area as these are our ancestral properties, Duda said.

He accused Manyin of telling lies as the villagers never agreed to allow their land to be used for the construction of the timber road.

Islam Agama Rasmi tapi Cuti Hari Ahad?????

Lupakah kita siapa yang tukar cuti di Johor dari Hari Jumaat kepada Hari Ahad? Bukankah UMNO di bawah Muhyiddin Yaasin yang tukar hari cuti rasmi Johor dari Jumaat kepada Ahad?

Hari Ahad ini Hari Ibadat agama yang mana? Agama Islam ke?
Konon marah pasal agama rasmi Malaysia. Tapi, mereka juga yang tukar Hari Cuti di Johor dari Hari Jumaat kepada Hari Ahad.

Juga, setakat ni, berapa negeri pimpinan UMNO yang menjadikan Hari Cuti mereka hari Jumaat?

Pahang tu hari cuti hari Jumaat ke Hari Ahad? Wilayah cuti hari apa? Melaka Cuti hari apa?

Di Selangor dan Penang, bukan UMNO yang mulakan cuti Hari Ahad ke?

Kalau Persekutuan dah buat cuti hari Jumaat, otomatik negeri semua dalam Malaysia akan bercuti hari Jumaat. Betul tak?

Dasar UMNO Parti Lidah Bercabang!!!!!

Tulang Besi

BN nak menang besar dengan menggunakan isu moral....

Nampaknya BN/UMNO memberikan keutamaan kepada isu moral untuk menjauhkan pengundi dari parti-parti pembangkang. Isu video seks dan sodomi memainkan peranan utama di pihak BN untuk menagih sokongan yang kian menurun untuk kembali kepada pihak pemerintah kerajaan Persekutuan itu. Ramai pemimpin setiap peringkat BN khususnya UMNO merasakan kali ini isu terhadap Anwar bak kata orang minang merupakan isu yang mangkuih bagi BN.

Beberapa pemimpin UMNO yang selalu bersama saya begitu berkeyakinan yang isu video yang dikaitkan dengan Anwar itu akan membawa kembali BN dengan kemenangan di setiap kerusi yang BN telah kalah dahulu. Begitu confident sekali mereka ini. Isu moral terhadap Anwar merupakan isu yang memberikan semangat kepada mereka untuk mendapatkan kembali sokongan ramai terhadap BN. Saya hanya mendiamkan diri sahaja kerana keadaan yang sebenarnya berlaku di bawah ini bukannya seperti yang mereka sangka.

Saya cuba juga untuk memberikan pandangan yang beza dengan mengatakan kalau BN menggunakan isu moral untuk admonish pembangkang ianya akan merugikan BN akhirnya. Tetapi mereka tetap merasakan mereka telah melakukan perkara yang terbaik buat UMNO dengan menggunakan isu moral untuk menjatuhkan parti-parti pembangkang. Kalau sudah begitu..gasak dialah. Saya hanya berkata dalam hati saya, May God bless you!.

Rata-rata di kalangan orang UMNO mereka percaya yang isu moral yang dilabelkan terhadap pemimpin pembangkang itu sangat mujarab untuk mendapatkan sokongan ramai. Kita tidak mengambil isu yang baik dan mengambil isu moral untuk menjatuhkan PR. Sesungguhnya ini adalah isu yang counter productive bagi UMNO dan BN kerana ia hanya membuatkan rakyat berasa mu! al dan j elek.

Menggunakan isu moral yang tidak ada batas itu memakan diri UMNO sendiri. Rakyat bertanya bagaimana pihak yang ditolak rakyat kerana isu moral yang nyata boleh menggunakan isu moral untuk mendapatkan kembali keyakinan rakyat? UMNO/BN tidak ada isu moral kah?

Bukankah isu rasuah itu merupakan isu moral yang paling rendah sekali sehinggakan rakyat mempunyai persepsi yang UMNO itu adalah rasuah dan rasuah itu adalah UMNO. Apa yang membezakan di antara isu seks dengan isu rasuah? Bukankah rasuah itu merupakan kerja hina yang disamakan sebagai mereka yang memakan daging saudaranya sendiri?

Kenapa BN berani-beraninya menggunakan isu moral sebagai senjata yang mereka percaya sebagai senjata yang paling ampuh bagi BN? Rakyat lebih berminat untuk melihat harta yang mereka amanahkan kepada pemimpin itu dijaga dengan baik seperti yang diamanahkan? Rasuah merupakan dosa besar terhadap rakyat. Jika Anwar melakukan sodomi terhadap 50 orang, kerajaan BN pula seolah-olah membuntutkan 28 juta rakyat Malaysia melalui rasuah.

Rasuah berlaku dari atas sehingga ke bawah, dari penggubal dasar sehingga ke pelaksana. Bagaimana pimpinan kita hendak memberi alasan kepada rakyat terhadap isu pegawai-pegawai dan kakitangan kerajaan di peringkat bawah seperti di pejabat-pejabat kerajaan di daerah-daerah yang mempunyai lessen kelas F untuk berlumba dengan kontraktor sepenuh masa misalnya.

Moral yang rendah ini sudah menusuk dengan begitu dalam di dalam sistem perlaksanaan dasar yang telah ditetapkan. Bagaimana Najib hendak menjelaskan kenapa Menteri-Menteri Besarnya yang begitu kaya raya walaupun baru sahaja menjawat jawatan yang di amanahkan rakyat itu?

! Bagaiman a Najib hendak memberikan alasan kenapa bekas pemimpin utama negara menggunakan wang rakyat sehingga melebihi RM 1 billion untuk menyelamatkan perniagaan anaknya yang gagal? Boleh kah isu ini di tutupi oleh Najib dan barisan kepimpinannya? Berlambak-lambak isu moral terhadap kita boleh di jadikan isu besar oleh pihak lain, tetapi kita masih lagi percaya isu jam omega dan video seks akan memberikan kita kemenangan. Takkanlah jam omega boleh kita jadikan isu untuk memilih kerajaan.

Kenapa payah sangat untuk menyelesaikan isu pemimpin MCA dan UMNO yang terlibat dengan kes PKFZ yang melibatkan RM12 billion itu. Ini semuanya isu moral yang melibatkan kehilangan wang rakyat yang berbillion ringgit.

Sebaik manakah taraf moral pihak kita untuk mengisukan pihak lain dengan isu sejelek ini. Kita beriya-iya mengatakan berzina itu berdosa besar tetapi tidak pula mengisukan rasuah dengan menggunakan wang rakyat untuk menyelamatkan perniagaan anaknya itu tidak pula dikatakan berdosa.

Jadi persoalannya sekarang apa kah yang dimaksudkan oleh PM Najib yang BN akan menggunakan apa juga cara bagi mengambil kembali pemerintahan Selangor itu?

Nak lakukan rampasan kuasa seperti yang kita lakukan di Perak? ATAU nak guna bomoh dan ilmu hitam? -Aspan Alias

Baca artikel penuh di sini.

source:aspanaliasnet.blogspot.com

cheers.

"DAP: Mr. Rosmah used by wicked pussy to commit crimes ... ?"

"Is the what they actually wanna say ... ? Please confirm because this is serious ... "

DAP: Najib's fixed deposit Rosmah, not S'wak

DAP Sarawak reps take a swipe at Najib’s ‘fixed deposit’ claim along the way. Penang DAP's mega-ceramah last night welcomed the five new DAP Sarawak assemblypersons who were the 'heroes' of the recent state election, along the way taking potshots at Prime Minister Najib Razak's 'fixed deposit' claim on Sarawak. Kicking off the event was Padungan assemblyperson Wong King Wei (right) belting out a Chinese song 'Beating Heart' to the 1,000 strong crowd at the Dome, in Komtar. The song's lyrics were altered to convey messages like the brain drain and how Sarawakians had to leave their land for greener pastures because the country had failed to provide them with proper livelihoods. Wong's good vocals excited the crowd and earned him a big round of applause. During his speech, the youthful Wong said change was yet to reach the sandy shores of Penang as Pakatan Rakyat only ruled the state and not Putrajaya, the country's administrative capital. He added that Sarawakians resented Prime Minister Najib Razak's remark that the state was BN's 'fixed deposit' adding it was not very respectful. "That is why Sarawakians showed that they are not the fixed but 'floating' deposit...they can move around and support others if they choose to do so," he quipped. "Najib's fixed deposit is (his wife) Rosmah (Mansor) and the deposit has been deposited in Mongolia," he joked. Guan Eng an inspiration In last month's Sarawak election, Pakatan Rakyat made inroads into the BN stronghold with DAP winning 12 seats out of the 15 it contested, while the ruling coalition's popular vote dropped from 63 to 58 percent. Last night's event was meant to be a political ceramah for the five Sarawak heroes - Wong and other newly elected reps Chong Chieng Jen (Kota Sentosa), Chew Chiu Sing (Kidurong), Christina Chew (Batu Kawah) and Ling Sie Kiong (Piasau) - to tell their stories to inspire others to the higher goal of reaching Putrajaya. However, most of them instead piled compliments at Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for being the 'campaign star' who helped the Rocket launch its missiles into the urban areas, slaying most of the BN candidates who contested against the party. Kota Sentosa's Chong, who is also the DAP state secretary, however appeared a little embarrassed to relate Sarawak's success story in Penang, saying. "It is like an apprentice teaching his master." "You (Penangites) not only gave us (DAP) 100 percent support (in the last general election), you even gave us a chief minister...you have been very generous," he said. "During the election in April, you even loaned us your CM for two weeks, your assemblypersons and members of Parliament too," he added. Chong joked that Lim was not the only CM who help garner votes for the party in the recent polls, but that the other CM Abdul Taib Mahmud, nick-named Pek Moh (white haired), was also helpful. Everywhere Lim visited, said Chong, the CM and party secretary general was met with rousing applause, unlike Taib who was hurled with brickbats, sneers and jeers. The Kota Sentosa rep added how bad the situation was for Taib, who was even shunned at BN ally SUPP's rally, where the BN candidate had even avoided taking photos with the long-reigning CM Chong stressed that their campaign theme was a choice between a corrupt or a clean leader. "We presented them with two icons: Taib represents the face of a corrupt government, whereas on the other spectrum is Lim, who reflects a clean and fair one," he said. 'BN can't rid corruption' Chong said it would be impossible to get rid of corruption from within BN as it was too entrenched in the system, driving home the message that a change of government was necessary to tackle the issue. "Look at former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, he wanted to eliminate corruption, but he got eliminated instead," he added. "Getting rid of corruption must happen from outside (the government) or else you can wait till the cows come home...corruption would still be rampant and prevalent," he stressed. The most entertaining speaker of the evening was Piasau rep Ling, who had slain the dragon Sarawak deputy chief minister George Chan. Only 28 year old, Ling said he derived his confidence from the people, who helped him turn Piasau into "pisau" (knife) to enable him to protect their rights. "It came to the point where SUPP dared not speak out about what the people wanted or needed...all they could say is yes...yes...Pek Moh is good," he told the laughing crowd. "That is why it was shocking that after so many years in power, Pek Moh could say that he does not know what the people wanted," he added. He then showed a photo of himself with Gerakan chief Koh Tsu Koon and state chief Teng Hock Nan during the campaign period. "I didn't think I could kick them (BN) out but I did...because you also can see lah, who is more handsome!" he joked. Joke's on Taib His tickled the crowd with a parting shot, a running joke in Piasau these days where Pek Moh is said to have visited the touristic Mulu caves with an Italian and a Japanese, accompanied by a local guide. The joke relates how the foreign guests were so hungry they ate their respective local dishes, pizza and sushi respectively. "Pek Moh was hungry too and he started to eat two char siu pau," said Ling, hinting at Taib's new Lebanese wife. "Then the local Mulu guide felt hungry too, and guess what he ate? He ate up Pek Moh and then threw him off the mountain! "That is how much people hated Taib, because he was so corrupt," said Ling.

Race, religion not issues for Sabah, Sarawak

MalaysiaKini : Several Christian pastors in Peninsular Malaysia have reportedly discussed the idea of Christianity being the official religion of Malaysia. If any part of Malaysia has a case for making Christianity the official religion, its Sabah and Sarawak where the majority of the people, the natives or Orang Asal included, are overwhelmingly Christian.

Instead, the people in Malaysian Borneo decided from the very beginning that they would not have an official religion. The thought of making Christianity the official religion in Sabah and Sarawak never for one minute crossed the minds of the people in these two states. Religion had to remain a private and personal affair, separate from politics and the state.

This decision was reflected in the Cobbold Commission Report, the Inter-Governmental Committee Report and the 1963 Malaysia Agreement.

The Batu Sumpah Oath Stone in Keningau, Sabah, is also a reminder of the promises of Malaysia: no official religion; freedom of religion; respect for adat (customary law); and the state government holds authority over land. The people of the interior, in return, pledged loyalty to Malaysia.

The Oath Stone was meant to overcome the resistance of the people in the interior to Malaysia. They did not understand all the various documents on Malaysia and needed something simple to dramatically translate all their concerns into an enduring form that they could grasp.

The reality is that this provision on Sabah and Sarawak having no official religion has been observed more often than not in the breach. The goodwill of the people of Sabah and Sarawak has been taken for granted by the federal government.

Former Sabah state secretary Simon Sipaun, now under probe for sedition, best summed up the scenario when he told participants at an inter-party dialogue in Kota Kinabalu in early March that life in Sabah was better befor! e Malays ia.

Sipaun pointed out that based on his personal experience in the civil service, that there was no Muslim-Christian conflict in Sabah before Malaysia.

No body-snatching cases

There were no issues like the term Allah an attribute of God being reserved only for Muslim use; the Bible not being allowed to be in Malay print; no cases of body snatching at the morgue; non-Muslims not being allowed freedom of worship and being forced to convert to Islam upon marriage to a Muslim; Muslims not being allowed freedom of worship including the right to leave the religion; and no case of Christians with Muslim-sounding names being listed by the authorities as Muslim.

Sipaun stressed that recruitment into the state civil service and promotions before Malaysia were based on merit and not race or religion. Likewise, scholarships were handed out on the basis of merit and not race and religion.

Before Malaysia, the last non-Muslim governor of Sabah was a British.

Since 1963, all governors in Sabah as in Sarawak have been Muslim and the Christians and others have been effectively denied the opportunity to occupy the post. The only time a Christian was appointed governor after 1963 was when Donald Stephens, the Huguansiou (paramount chief) of the Dusuns (including the Kadazan or urban Dusun) and Muruts, converted to Islam after a stint in virtual exile in the mid-1970s as High Commissioner to Australia.

Stephens had a brief first stint as chief minister but was ousted by Kuala Lumpur after he wanted Sabahs participation in Malaysia reviewed upon Singapores exit in 1965. Stephens held that the partnership Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore, and Malaya that governed the Federation of Malaysia ceased to exist after the city states exit. Stephens wanted out.

Stephens made an even briefer second stint as chief minister in 1976 but this time as a Muslim by the name of Mohd Fuad. He came to an untimely end in! a plane crash after he held out for a higher oil royalty for Sabah and not a measly five per cent. His predecessor, Mustapha Harun, was ousted on the same issue but lived to a ripe old age after looking on helplessly when Umno entered Sabah to displace and deregister his United Sabah National Organisation (Usno).

Between Stephens and Joseph Pairin Kitingan, another chief minister (1985-1994) and currently the Huguansiou, there was Peter Lo as an interim chief minister.

Another exception was during the rotation of the Sabah chief ministers post after 1994 when three non-Muslims held the post for brief two-year stints Yong Teck Lee, Bernard Giluk Dompok and Chong Kah Kiat to be replaced thereafter by only Muslim chief ministers.

Again, the issue of race and religion seems to predominate in Sabah in line with the ketuanan Melayu Malay supremacy dictates of the Umno federal government.

Instant natives

Sabahans in general and the same in Sarawak are uncomfortable that the politics of race and religion in Peninsular Malaysia has invaded the body politic in their state and resulted in polarisation. This has pitted the Muslims, not so much the locals but the illegal immigrants, against the non-Muslims in every sphere of life in Sabah and Sarawak.

One of the most polarising issues has been the influx of 1.7 mostly Muslim immigrants from the Philippines and Indonesia to overwhelm the 1.5 million Sabahans. Most of the immigrants are illegals while a minority has employment passes.

To add insult to injury, many illegal immigrants appear to have been issued with Malaysian personal documents and this has facilitated their placement in the electoral rolls. This lies at the heart of the continuing marginalisation and disenfranchisement of Sabahans, the natives or Orang Asal in particular including local Muslims.

Its not known how many thousand illegal immigrants have since become instant natives by the simple bac! kdoor me thod of securing Malaysian personal documents, which place their birth officially as somewhere in Sabah. Officially, they are listed as Malays, a classification which did not exist in Sabah before 1963.

Muslims in Sabah are generally listed as Bajau, Suluk, Barunai (Brunei Malay), Irranun or Dusun. The last category may be Ranau, Bisaya or Orang Sungei, among others. Most Dusun in Sabah are Christian if they are not animists or pagans. The Dusun are also one of the two original native groups in neighbouring Brunei, the other being Dayak.

Sabahans and Sarawakians would not agree with any proposal that Christianity be recognised as the official religion of Malaysia or at least in their half of the country on the other side of the South China Sea. If Christians in Peninsular Malaysia want their religion to be the official one for the state, its their cause which they have to pursue on their own.

However, Sabahans and Sarawakians would very much want the race and religion factors to be removed from the politics and administration of their states. They would very much want life to be as it was before Malaysia when there was also no fear of the police, as Sipaun observed, no draconian laws like the Internal Security Act (ISA) and no emergency ordinances governing the populace.

Putrajaya should stop pursuing Umnos ketuanan Melayu agenda in Sabah and Sarawak and ruling the state through local proxies. The politics in these states militates against such a mindset. The local populace does not have a fixation, as in Peninsular Malaysia, with the Chinese being in business or being wealthy.

A chastened PAP

When polling ended on Saturday, the Peoples Action Party (PAP) came out looking good and at the same time chastened.

In a seismic shift, the PAP lost not only its share of the popular vote but also its foreign minister and four other candidates.

Foreign Minister George Yeo and Senior Minister of State Zainul Abidin Rasheed (slated to be the next Speaker of Parliament) were unceremoniously dumped in an election the PAP has called one of the keenest and most challenging.

The PAP, according to its secretary-general and Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, even lost its share of the popular vote.

The ruling party secured only 60.1% of the popular vote compared with 66.6% in the 2006 election and 75% in 2001. Thus there has to be some soul-searching, as Lee himself was at pains to point out.

The loss of Yeo now means that countries such as Malaysia and all the other nations Singapore deals with internationally, will be seeing a new foreign minister.

Decades of pent-up frustrations over spiralling education fees, ever rising cost of living, unrestrained entry of foreigners, the snatching of jobs meant for Singaporeans, and the issue of home affordability have all combined to give the election a potent vitriolic brew.

So why shouldnt the PAP be feeling chastened? And just why shouldnt Lee be collegial when he said, We will work with you to secure our future together. Only four years ago, he was baring his fangs.

While on the stump, Lee himself said that the PAP should be able to connect emotionally. And there are plenty of reasons why that needs to happen.

Putting on a human face

The election saw residents venting their frustrations on the government and hurling verbal abuse at PAP members and activis! ts. Ther e were also allegations of impropriety when PAP candidate, Janil Putcheary, was derided for being evasive on the question of why he never did the mandatory national military service.

And the election also took an ugly turn. Numerous police reports were lodged about the defacing of election posters and other electoral paraphernalia.

In most constituencies where the demographics had favoured working class voters, the PAP was outclassed, though not necessarily out voted.

Even former prime minister Goh Chok Tong, too, was smarting from near defeat. Only a mere 56% of the electorate in his Marine Parade Group Representation Council (GRC) cast their ballots for him.

The only consolation in Punggols single-member constituency was that its PAPs Eurasian member, Michael Palmer, was able to coast to victory. His margin of 53% was significant as it disabused the notion that the politicking on the island republic was race-based.

Yet the consolation must be short-lived. Palmers opponent, Workers Partys Lee Li Lian, garnered 40% of the votes although she was hardly seen campaigning except for one day (May 4).

Similarly, in the Joo Chiat constituency, PAPs Charles Chong narrowly escaped defeat when dark horse opponent Yee Jen Jong, of the Workers Party, lost by a mere 380 votes.

Needless to say, these are indeed difficult times for the PAP. All the seats it lost in the previous polls were never wrested back (Hougang in 1991 and Anson in 1981). And now it is Aljunied GRC.

Little wonder that Lee tried to put on a human face through public apologies and urging PAP to connect emotionally with the people.

Maxwell Coopers in a freelance writer based in Singapore.

"Mamak: Anwar also sleep with my wife !" ???

Dr M: Anwar’s refusal to take oath shows guilt

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

May 08, 2011

Shazryl (centre) kisses the Quran during his oath-taking ceremony, in Sentul April 29, 2011. — file pic

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s refusal to take a religious oath proves he is the man in a sex video that appeared on the Internet recently, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed said today.

The former prime minister joined the list of Anwar’s detractors who believe the opposition leader’s reluctance to take the oath to be a sign of guilt.

“Why doesn’t he dare to swear? With Saiful (Bukhari Azlan) he didn’t dare to, even with this one he does not dare sumpah because he is guilty,” Dr Mahathir told reporters today.

“If he takes the oath, people will see that he is clearing his name; his refusal to do so proves otherwise,” he added.

A sex video allegedly featuring Anwar was first screened to journalists at the Carcosa Seri Negara hotel on March 21, but has now leaked onto the Internet.

Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah, part of the “Datuk T” trio who had claimed responsibility for the video’s screening, took an oath at the Masjid Amru Al-As mosque last Friday over the controversy.

Shazryl had invited Anwar to join him during the oath-taking but the latter had ignored the challenge.

He also reiterated his willingness to take a polygraph test to prove that he was not lying over the video but insisted on two conditions — that Anwar takes the test first and that the tests be broadcast live.

“I feel no sense of dread for I have nothing to hide.

“It must be fair, it must be live so there will be no claims of conspiracy,” Shazryl had said.

Shazryl added he had never once accused Anwar of committing adultery but merely wanted the leader to admit that he was the man in the video.

“I merely asked — is this him? I went to reporters because you know him best,” he had said.

Anwar and his family have denied that he was the man in the sex video.

Lawyers are pissed that cops do not see them as saints ...

Bar Council’s circular on PDRM’s pledge to provide legal access – What a bloody joke!

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

By Eric Paulsen

As lawyers have complained time and time again, the PDRM just do not give a damn to any right to legal counsel. You can argue all you want that this right is enshrined in Article 5 of the Constitution or section 28A of the Criminal Procedure Code or as part of the newly launched Yayasan Bantuan Guaman Kebangsaan programme by the government and the Bar Council.

On 4 May, Lawyers for Liberty lawyer Fadiah Nadwa Fikri while attempting to meet her client Mohd Arif, 19-years-old, who has been detained without trial under the Emergency Ordinance since 8 March at IPD Gombak, was subjected to harassment, rude remarks and criminal intimidation by a bunch of policemen. When she objected to their presence during the meeting with her client, one of the policeman pointed to her aggressively and said more than once “Jangan sampai jadi SPRM”!

What the hell is going on?

Btw, the meeting was not held on the ground floor but on the 3rd or 4th floor, and the policeman who threatened the lawyer and/or her client refused to leave the room and stayed there during the entire meeting with another policeman.

What PDRM pledge? What special room? What private conversation with legal counsel? What a bloody joke!

http://www.lawyersforliberty.org/2011/05/bar-councils-circular-on-pdrms-pledge-to-provide-legal-access/

Malaysiain the Era of Globalization #64

Chapter 8: Culture, Institutions, and Leadership

Economic Culture of Malays

The aspect of Malay culture that is pertinent here is the subset termed economic culture, that is, the beliefs, attitudes, and values that bear on the economic activities of individuals, organizations, and other institutions (Porters definition). I will analyze these on whether they are productivity enhancing or productivity eroding, that is, whether they add to or take away economic value from society.

I will concentrate on the three factors that, as previously alluded to, lead to progress or advancement of society. These are the cultural attitudes toward work, savings and frugality, and learning. First I will dispose of some stereotypes, indeed caricatures of Malays: we are lazy, do not save, and have no passion for knowledge. At the 2001 UMNO General Assembly, Mahathir introduced yet a fourth stereotype: Malays are an ungrateful and forgetful bunch. I simply dismiss this latest caricature because these traits (ungratefulness and forgetfulness) do not have any bearing on economic activity.

Anyone who has seen rice farmers slogging under the blazing Malaysian sun or fishermen bracing the fierce seas to haul in their catch would have to be simply rude and unbelievably insensitive to label them as being lazy. I challenge anyone to undertake those harsh physical labors. I have done my share of rice planting and rubber taping in my youth, and none of my subsequent jobs compare in any way with my earlier hard labor. Village life is tough and you would not survive if you were lazy.

The difference between a Malay farmer and his American counterpart is not that the former is lazy or not hard working rather the latter is so much more productive. American farmers use modern equipment and tools, and their government is enlightened enough to provide them with various subsidies and farm support programs, its commitment to capitalism and free trade notwithstanding. The average Ame! rican fa rmer has a degree from the local A & M (Agricultural & Mechanical) University; his Malaysian counterpart barely finishes primary school. It is not hard work that made the difference, rather smart work.

Similarly, when I was teaching medical students at the National University in Malaysia, I had to force them to take time out from their studies; they were such bookworms. These students were not lazy; indeed they studied twice as hard as their American counterpart and have not much to show for their effort as they were duplicating it. They had to read books in English and then translate them into Malay. I effectively halved their workload by making them present in English, dispensing with the translations. That is, I made them study in a smarter and more efficient way.

I escaped village life not by working hard but by working more effectively. My fellow classmates and villagers were even more hard working, but they were concerned with more grandiose goals like saving their race, culture, and language. Knowing my limitations, I focused on myself. Unfortunately many young Malays today are repeating the same mistakes of my earlier compatriots. I see todays young busy trying to bring reform and justice to the nation busy trying to save it. They will be no more successful than my village friends of yore. If I can give todays young some unsolicited advice, it is this: Have a more modest goal and concentrate instead on bringing justice and reform to yourself and your family. You are then more likely to succeed, and as you succeed, so would the country.

The challenge for Malaysian policy makers is not to endlessly castigate Malays for not working hard, rather how to channel their capacity for hard work more productively so they can see the rewards and be stimulated to work even harder. Nothing discourages a person more than to see his hard work not producing results. Equally bad is to see someone not working hard and being rewarded for their laziness. Special privileges, ! by guara nteeing quotas and requiring a certain number of Malays be appointed company directors for example, encourage exactly this type of unproductive rent-seeking behaviors. Worse, these are bad examples for our young.

Instead of forever lamenting that Malay farmers do not work hard, I would instead make sure that they are equipped with the necessary modern machinery and tools. Make tractors readily available to them, either to buy or rent. China manufactures small tractors at a fraction of the price of American brands. Import these machines and subsidize their costs. Better still, Malaysia has national car and national motorcycle projects, why not a national tractor project? Many Western countries subsidize energy, research, transportation, and other costs for farmers. Their commitment to free enterprise notwithstanding, these countries have extensive farm support programs. If rice is tripled in price, many would take up rice farming and the fallowed fields would quickly be put to productive use. During the Korean War when the price of rubber skyrocketed, the government could not find enough recruits for its army and police force as young village men took to tapping rubber.

Contrary to their leaders thinking, Malays do respond to economic forces and incentives.

In the 1970s I came upon a program to help Malaysian fishermen outfit their fishing boats with diesel engines and icemakers to improve their productivity. The appropriate feasibility studies were, I was sure, done with great care and the necessary funding secured. But in the end the plan failed miserably. The authorities, as usual, reverted to pat pattern and blamed the lazy and un-enterprising fishermen.

The truth was far different. For one, the plan was poorly executed. The government, through its Agricultural Bank, simply gave the money to the fishermen to buy the engines and machines. The suppliers, aware that the government was funding the project, immediately jacked up their prices, and the poor farmers ende! d up pay ing considerably more. Additionally, the dealers began charging for other supplies like hoses and clamps that should have been included in the base price. The end result was that what was once a viable business proposition now became expensive and a money-losing venture. The fishermen were unable to afford to service their equipment and within a year the whole project collapsed.

When I suggested to the officer in charge that he should have negotiated with the suppliers for a preset price to include installations and a year of servicing or better still, training the fishermen to maintain those machines, he was taken aback. He had never thought about it. With the banks clout, he could have bargained a hefty discount and passed on the savings onto the fishermen. With a reduced capital expense, the whole project could have been very viable.

When the project failed, I am sure the final official report would be replete with references to our fishermen being ignorant and unable or unwilling to adapt to modern ways! In truth it was our officials who were ignorant. That bank officer was interested merely in dispensing the loans that the government had mandated; he did not consider that it was his job to help the fishermen. Had he done more along the lines I suggested, not only would the fishermen (and their families) be better off, so would the bank. For one, its loans would have been repaid and two, the now well-off fishermen would ask for more loans to upgrade their fleet. As it was, the bank ended up repossessing rusted and broken down motors and icemakers. Sadly, I can multiply such episodes many times over. In the end it is the poor fisherman or farmer who gets the blame.

Next:Our Purported Lack of Learning And Savings

Pegawai Kastam TIdak Bunuh Diri. Ada Saksi - Keluarga Sharbani

NOTA EDITOR: Keluarga Arwah Ahmad Sarbaini mengatakan mereka mempunyai saksi arwah tidak bunuh diri dan tidak pernah dibiarkan berseorang oleh pegawai SPRM. Ini berlawanan dengan dakwaan kononnya Arwah meninggal dunia dengan mengejut selepas beliau ditinggalkan berseorangan.

Hairan mengapa Utusan Meloya tidak berani untuk menyiarkan berita di bawah ini? Akhbar2 dan media Malaysia lebih berminat menyiarkan video blue Rahim Thamby Chik.

It's not suicide, say Sarbaini kin
NEW STRAITS TIMES
2011/05/06
By Hariz Mohd
harizm@nst.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: The family of Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed is now more convinced than ever that the former Selangor Customs Department assistant director did not commit suicide.

This is after they spoke to a witness who said Ahmad Sarbaini was never left alone when he was at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office on April 6 -- the day he was found dead.

The family had given the particulars of the witness to police to assist investigations into the case, which had been classified as sudden death.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a family member told the New Straits Times yesterday that what was revealed by the witness contradicted MACC's statement on events which transpired on the day Ahmad Sarbaini was found dead.

Hours after the Customs officer was found sprawled on a badminton court at the Selangor MACC headquarters in Jalan Cochrane here, a statement was released by the anti-graft body.

Its investigations division director, Datuk Mustafar Ali, said Ahmad Sarbaini arrived at the complex on a motorcycle at 8.26am and waited for the investigation officer (IO) at the lobby until 9.30am.

An officer then escorted Ahmad Sarbaini to the IO's room and they waited there before he left the victim alone at 10.15am to look for the IO.

Ahmad Sarbaini, 56, was said to be missing from the room, and was found lyi! ng face down on the complex's badminton court two floors below by another MACC officer at 10.40am.

"This is contradictory to what the witness said," said the family member.

"This information was passed on to the police to help in the investigations.

"We also gave them the name of the witness and his contact number.

"We are now waiting for the outcome."

The family member, a man in his 50s, said he met the witness on April 9.

"The witness told me that Ahmad Sarbaini was accompanied by more than one MACC officer into the IO's room. He was never left alone.

"The witness also gave other important details, which have been passed on to the police."

He, however, did not want to divulge any information on the witness, fearing that it would jeopardise the investigation.

He said after talking to the witness, the family was now 100 per cent sure that Ahmad Sarbaini did not commit suicide.

Ahmad Sarbaini was among 62 Customs officers detained by the MACC nationwide on April 1 for investigation into graft allegations.

He was released on bail the next day.

Several days later, Ahmad Sarbaini went to the MACC office to meet the IO to discuss his case.

MACC had said that Ahmad Sarbaini was not summoned to the office, but that he came on his own will.

His family, friends and colleagues had dismissed the allegation that he committed suicide.

They suspected there was foul play involved in his death.

Ahmad Sarbaini was described as a pious man who was also the imam at the Customs quarters in Kelana Jaya where he stayed.

A colleague had said that he played tennis with the deceased the day before he died, and rejected the possibility that Ahmad Sarbaini was suicidal.

City Criminal Investigation Department deputy chief Assistant Commissioner of Police Khairy Ahrasa said they had recorded a statement from the witness.

"In fact, we spoke to him again recently after the Attorney-General's Chambers instructed ! that we question him further.

"The investigation papers were then re-submitted to the chambers yesterday and we are waiting for further instructions."

He added that to date, they had interviewed 44 people in connection with the case which was still classified as sudden death.