Apa salahnya bonus setara penjawat-pesara?

Pesara kerajaan Malaysia

Bonus atau bayaran khas Aidilfitri yang diminta Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (Cuepacs) - sebulan gaji untuk penjawat awam dan pesara kerajaan serta sebulan gaji sebelum akhir tahun ini - tidak dapat ditunaikan oleh kerajaan BN pimpinan Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Rata-ratanya melahirkan dukacita, khususnya pesara kerajaan Malaysia. Najib tidak merasai beban penderitaan rakyat yang rata-rata berpendapat sedemikian.

Dengan RM500 untuk pesara, apa yang boleh diraikan semasa Aidilfitri ini? Itu keluhan seorang teman pesara juga, yang amat rasa tertekan dengan kenaikan harga barang yang melambung ketika ini.

Tambahan pula tidak semua pesara yang hidup mewah. Pesara juga terdiri daripada pelbagai kategori usia dan latar belakang. Apa salahnya penjawat awam yang sedang berkhidmat dan pascaperkhidmatan diberikan bonus atau bayaran khas yang setara? Begitulah keluhan mereka.

Nampaknya Najib dan BN mahu memberi gula-gula kepada golongan pesara. lngatlah, pesara kerajaan yang berjumlah lebih 600,000 boleh merubah senario politik negara menjelang pilihan raya umum ke-13.

Oleh itu janganlah meremehkan keupayaan golongan ini. Walaupun mereka telah bersara daripada perkhidmatan kerajaan tetapi rata-ratanya masih memainkan peranan dalam aktiviti kemasyarakatan semasa.

Paling tidak pun, satu undi daripada mereka akan menentukan golongan mereka diberikan bantuan kebajikan yang setimpal.

Justeru saya bersetuju kerana suatu masa nanti penjawat awam jika dipanjangkan umur juga akan menjawat jawatan kekal ke akhir hayat sebagai pesara kerajaan.

Pelepah yang muda di pohonan, janganlah ketawa pelepah yang jatuh terdampar di bumi. Lambat-laun semua akan merasainya

AirAsia, MAS meterai perjanjian tukar saham

Tune Air, pemegang saham terbesar dalam AirAsia, akan mengambil-alih 20.5 peratus saham MAS, manakala Kazanah Nasional pula akan memiliki pegangan 10 peratus di AirAsia.

Pemegang saham utama Penerbangan Malaysia (MAS) dan syarikat penerbangan tambang rendah, AirAsia akan memeterai rangka kerja kerjasama komprehensif (CCF) untuk meneroka peluang sinergi dalam pelbagai bidang di bawah sektor penerbangan.

Di bawah perjanjian ini, Tune Air Sdn Bhd, pemegang saham terbesar dalam AirAsia, akan mengambil-alih 20.5 peratus saham dalam MAS, manakala Kazanah Nasional Berhad pula akan memiliki pegangan 10 peratus saham AirAsia.

Semua syarikat terbabit juga akan melengkapi bidang perniagaan satu sama lain serta memanfaatkan daya saing teras masing-masing dan mengoptimumkan kecekapan untuk manfaat pengguna.

Khazanah juga dijangka akan mendapatkan pegangan 10 peratus dalam AirAsia X, bergantung kepada terma dan harga yang ditawarkan.

Apa maksud tersirat Najib umum bonus awal?

Thean Soon Fatt

Pengumuman bonus kepada penjawat awam jelas menunjukkan tindak-tanduk parti pemerintah memikat hati kakitangannya menjelang pilihanraya umum ke-13 (PRU-13) nanti.

Dalam sejarah perkhidmatan awam negara, berita pemberian bonus tidak pernah diumumkan sebegitu awal sekali. Sesungguhnya para kakitangan kerajaan baru sahaja menghabiskan separuh tempoh perkhidmatan dalam tahun semasa.

Masih terdapat empat bulan pekhidmatan yang belum boleh diambil-kira, tetapi bonus telah dibayar lebih awal. Ini mungkin menunjukkan tata amalan kewangan yang tidak begitu cermat.

Mengikut amalan biasa, pemberian bonus sepatutnya diumumkan menjelang pembentangan bajet bulan Oktober nanti. Tetapi kali ini, kerajaan tidak dapat bersabar lagi, besar kemungkinan disebabkan oleh PRU-13 akan berlangsung bila-bila masa.

Dengan pengumuman bonus ini, maka boleh dikatakan hampir pasti PRU-13 akan berlangsung sebelum akhir tahun ini.

Sejak mengambilalih pucuk pimpinan kerajaan, Datuk Seri Najib Razak belum pernah menawarkan bonus kepada penjawat awam. Tahun 2009 dan tahun lalu, kakitangan awam mendapat dua kali bayaran saguhati sebagai ganti bonus.

Pada masa yang sama, kenaikan kos hidup terus meningkat, mengakibatkan kakitangan kumpulan sokongan sentiasa tertekan dan terhimpit.

Dengan adanya pemberian bonus menjelang sambutan Aidilfitri kali ini, kakitangan boleh merasa lega dan suka tetapi bagaimana dengan undi-undi yang dipegang, ke mana hendak ditujukan pilihan mereka?

Tahniah dan syabas diucapkan kepada kerajaan dan kakitangannya.

Bayaran bonus menunjukkan kerajaan pemerintah menghargai sumbangan kakitangannya tetapi kerajaan boleh tersilap membuat andaian dan mengaitkan bonus ataupun sebarang bayaran tunai dengan undi pilihanraya.

Mengimbas kembali sejarah, pada bulan Julai tahun 2007, bekas perdana menteri Tun Abdullah telah meluluskan kadar kenaikan gaji yang paling besar dalam sejarah perkhidmatan awam tetapi menjelang pilihanraya umu! m Mac 20 08, undi-undi kakitangan kerajaan di kawasan bandar dan pinggir bandar masih berganjak dari tradisi pro-kerajaan kepada pro-pembangkang.

Perubahan haluan dikatakan antara faktor penyumbang yang paling besar mengakibatkan kerajaan negeri-negeri Perak dan Selangor tumpas secara mengejut.

Kerajaan mesti berhati-hati kerana model pemikiran rakyat kawasan bandar dan pinggir bandar sudah banyak berubah. Walaupun kerajaan berniat baik, golongan pengundi bandar dan pinggir bandar tidak lagi merasa terhutang budi dan terpanggil untuk membalas budi menerusi peti undi.

Dalam usaha memikat hati rakyat dan pengundi, strategi yang lebih teratur dan perhatin hendaklah diterapkan sepanjang masa.

Rusuhan di London: 160 orang ditahan polis

Sekurang-kurangnya 160 orang ditahan oleh polis manakala keganasan baru dilaporkan tercetus dan merebak ke bahagian lain di ibu negara Britain itu.

Tiada rakyat Malaysia yang terlibat dalam rusuhan di London yang tercetus pada hujung minggu lalu, kata Menteri Luar Datuk Seri Anifah Aman.

Malah, katanya yang dipetik Bernama, rakyat Malaysia sebenarnya tidak ada sama sekali di kawasan itu.

"Saya mendapat laporan daripada Pesuruhjaya Tinggi kita di sana, Datuk Zakaria Sulong, bahawa rakyat kita terutamanya pelajar, sedang bercuti.

"Sebahagian besar daripada mereka telah pun pulang ke tanah air, tetapi saya menasihati rakyat Malaysia di kawasan berhampiran supaya tidak pergi ke kawasan yang tertentu," katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis berbuka puasa kementeriannya di Kota Kinabalu malam tadi.

Rusuhan dan samun tercetus pada Sabtu di Tottenham di Utara London susulan tunjuk perasaan aman berhubung kematian Mark Duggan, seorang penduduk tempatan berkulit hitam yang berusia 29 tahun, selepas ditembak polis dua hari sebelum itu.

Bagaimanapun, Anifah berkata keadaan masih selamat untuk melakukan perjalanan ke Britain, namun menasihati rakyat Malaysia agar menjauhkan diri dari Tottenham, sebuah kawasan dengan kadar pengangguran yang tinggi dan diselubungi isu perkauman, buat sementara waktu.

160 ditahan

Sementara itu, AFP melaporkan sekurang-kurangnya 160 orang ditahan oleh polis kerana didakwa terbabit dalam rusuhan dan samun di utara London sejak Ahad lalu manakala keganasan baru dilaporkan tercetus dan merebak ke bahagian lain di ibu negara Britain itu.

Rusuhan itu dikatakan kejadian terburuk di London dalam tempoh lebih ! 25 tahun .

Wartawan AFP melaporkan beribu-ribu penduduk mencuri barangan dari sebuah gedung barangan elektrik di kawasan Brixton, selatan London pada awal pagi ini, menakala gerombolan pemuda membaling objek ke arah polis.

Menurut Scotland Yard, kejadian mencuri merebak ke beberapa kawasan di utara, timur dan selatan bandar raya ini, sementara sekumpulan kira-kira 50 pemuda merosakkan harta benda di kawasan tumpuan pelancong di Oxford Circus.

Perusuh merosakkan sebuah kereta polis dan memecahkan tingkap di Enfield, pinggir utara London kira-kira lima kilometer dari Tottenham, medan kekacauan pada malam sebelumnya.

Pasukan polis tambahan dikerahkan di kawasan-kawasan kediaman bergolak selepas tiga anggota polis dimasukkan ke hospital akibat dirempuh kereta.

Laporan AP pula memetik pegawai kanan polis Christine Jones, berkata 35 pegawainya cedera, ketika cuba menahan penunjuk perasaan itu.

Beliau berkata, kumpulan belia menyamun kedai, menyerang pegawai polis dan membakar kenderaan dalam keganasan yang menimbulkan persoalan mengenai tahap keselamatan bandar raya itu menjelang Sukan Olimpik 2012.

Christine berkata, pihaknya 'terkejut' dengan tahap keganasan dan kemarahan yang ditunjukkan penunjuk perasaan ke atas polis.

Bom petrol

Sebilangan mereka melempar bom petrol ke arah polis, manakala yang lain menyerang anggota kami dengan kayu besbal dan batang besi. Keganasan juga merebak ke bahagian lain di London, termasuk kawasan tarikan pelancongan dan pusat beli belah utama, katanya.

Keadaan di Tottenham dilaporkan tenang malam semalam, namun keganasan merebak ke Walthamstow Central di timur London, apabila 30 belia mencuri dan merosakkan kedai.

Kami menempatkan pegawai tambahan di seluruh London dan membuat pemantauan rapi bagi mengelak keganasan daripada berterusan, katanya.

Sementara itu Jabatan bomba London dalam satu kenyataan berkata, ia menerima 49 panggilan kebakaran di Tottenham tetapi tiada anggota cedera.

Laman web sosial dibanjiri khabar angin rusuhan lain bermula atau dirancang di bahagian lain tetapi polis memberi amaran supaya tidak mempercayainya

Palanivel kini Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri

Hadir pada majlis itu ialah Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak, timbalannya Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan Yang Dipertua Dewan Negara Tan Sri Abu...

Presiden MIC Datuk G Palanivel yang dilantik Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, hari ini mengangkat sumpah jawatan dan taat setia serta sumpah simpan rahsia di hadapan Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin di Istana Negara di Kuala Lumpur.

Hadir pada majlis itu ialah Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan Yang Dipertua Dewan Negara Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang.

Turut hadir Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz, Menteri Sumber Manusia Datuk Dr S Subramaniam dan Menteri Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui.

Palanivel, 62, sebelum ini dilantik sebagai Timbalan Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi ketika rombakan kecil kabinet pada 4 Jun 2010.

Beliau juga pernah menjawat jawatan Timbalan Menteri Pembangunan Luar Bandar dan Timbalan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat.

Palanivel pernah menjadi Anggota Parlimen Hulu Selangor dari 1990 hingga 2008.

Beliau tewas kepada calon PKR Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Ahmad pada pilihan raya umum yang diadakan pada Mac 2008 dengan majoriti 198 undi.

Palanivel dilantik sebagai Presiden MIC menggantikan Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu pada 6 Disember 2010.

Pelantikan beliau sebagai Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri diumum Najib pada Perhimpunan Agung MIC 30 Julai lalu.

- Bernama

Election Commission registers voter named 'Kg Baru'....

The Election Commission (EC) has been found to have registered a voter named 'Kg Baru'. At the same time, a new search has turned up more names in the electoral roll without a record in the National Registration Department (NRD) online database.

According to the EC online verification system, 'Kg Baru' (Mykad: 830527115422) is a voter registered in the state constituency of Hulu Besut and parliamentary constituency of Besut, Terengganu.

However, a check with NRD online system revealed that the Mykad number is assigned to one Noraini binti Abdullah(below).


"The question is, how can the EC make such a shameful mistake? How did it happen? asked Johor PAS Youth chief Suhaizan Kaiat, who discovered the flaw. Does (EC deputy chairperson) Wan Ahmad Wan Omar still think this is an issue that should only be answered by the EC clerk?"

Suhaizan also said he had detected a 'phantom voter' with no record in the NRD online database. During a verification check this morning, the EC online system showed (right) that Farhana binti Abdul Rashid (Mykad: 840505715012) is a voter registered in the state constituency of Wakaf Mempelam and parliamentary constituency of Kuala Terengganu.


No result in the NRD database

However, the same identification number returned no result in the NRD online database which stated 'no application/the number entered is not valid'(below). "How can the EC register phantom voters when its registration system is linked with the NRD database through the Agency Link-Up System (Alis)?" queried Suhaizan in a statement.

This is not the first case of voters without a NRD record. This was also the case with two eligible voters, who appeared on the EC online verification system as being registered in the Hulu Langat parliamentary constituency. Suhaizan said such mistakes could have been due to human negligence, but that this shows the EC's voter verification system had failed to detect errors when the details were keyed in.

For this reason, he urged the EC to abolish the RM10 fee levied on each objection raised by the public, as well as the RM200 penalty for every objection that is rejected.

"One way to detect human negligence is through objections... But when the fee is too high, it burdens those who want to raise objections, when the purpose of objections is to clean up the electoral rolls," said Suhaizan. "The objection fee is one of many weird matters in Malaysia. In fact, the EC should pay those who make objections as a token of appreciation, rather than charge them," he added.
Objection period 'too short'

Suhaizan also complained that the five-day objection period (July 29 - Aug 2), including a weekend, for the second quarter supplementary electoral roll draft was too short and unreasonable.

"The charges and short period make it seem that the EC has hidden agenda to! make it difficult for people to raise objections."

Under election laws, the EC updates the electoral rolls every three months with a quarterly supplementary electoral roll draft.

The names of all newly-registered voters, voters who have changed their residing addresses and voters who have been removed from the electoral roll, are compiled in the supplementary electoral roll draft.

The roll is then displayed usually for one week, for public scrutiny, before it is gazetted and used in the next election.

During the display period, members of the public can raise objections to the names listed in the supplementary electoral roll, but must pay the related fees.

source:malaysiakini

SPR daftar Kg Baru pula sebagai pengundi
cheers.

Weasel Yen Yen disappoints Sabah artists

FMT LETTER

From Huang Poh Lo, via e-mail

The 1 Malaysia Contemporary Art Tourism exhibition is the brainchild of tourism minister Dr Ng Yen Yen and it is currently being held nationwide.

There was a grand launching in Kuala Lumpur by Ng, and at Kota Kinabalu, it was officiated my Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Masidi Manjun.

Also present were the director general of Tourism Malaysia, Azizan Noordin, and representatives from local bodies like the Sabah Tourism Board and Sri Pelancongan.

Im one of the participants, and writing on behalf of some if not all of the other participants who are unilateral in their utter disappointment and disgust over Ng Yen Yen.

The exhibition is currently being held at the Kota Kinabalu International Airports departure hall. On Saturday afternoon, I was informed that Ng would be arriving at 8pm via the VIP exit at the departure hall.

I took the opportunity to inform all the participating artists to stay back to welcome Ng, though we were unsure of her itinerary. My rationale was, she had to pass the gallery and this project was her baby, and surely she would be excited to call in and say hello.

I knew that I could intercept her politely, as I have never been weary of politicians. When it was about 7.30 pm, and while we were doing some touch ups, we were, to our surprise, greeted by the director general of tourism and the director of tourism board Sabah and his assitant director. The director general had flown into Kota Kinabalu just to welcome Ng.

This was welcoming news for all of us as it would have given us a boost. Yes, Ng was visiting the art show. MCA members received Ng and while she was being whisked past our gallery, she was greeted and invited in, but she hastily remarked to the director general of tourism that she was in a hurry to attend a MCA meeting.

We were all disappointed and I could see the embarrassment on the face of the DG. J! ust five minutes of walking through and greeting the artists would have been great encouragement for many local artists. We were consoled and felt that perhaps she would visit us the next day and we thought, well, maybe she was tired, and there was this meeting. Tidak pa lah.

On Sunday we were informed that Ng would indeed be making a visit just after 12pm. More artists turned up armed with their cameras and videos. By 2pm we had all given up hope and utterly dismayed at such a slight by a minister. We were later told that she did a houdini and vanished through another exit point.

Ng has clearly proven herself that what she is good at is only for the camera. Yes, the sparkle, the fanfare, the trips, the extravagance, the media coverage, etc. She is not in the least bothered about implementation and results.

A responsible minister would go out of the way to stay in touch with the progress of his or her very own project. And for the DG of tourism, in his sincerity, had just wasted his time, and taxpayers money. An unproductive stay and another boring flight home.

Artists are very special people. Ng Yen Yen has failed Sabah Artists and Art Tourism.

Hasan Ali Sudah Berbunyi Seperti Zul Nordin

Zulkifli Nordin sebelum dipecat telah mengeluarkan kata-kata berikut:

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Jan - Ahli Parlimen Kulim - Bandar Baharu, YB Zulkifli Nordin lebih rela dipecat daripada PKR jika ketegasannya memperjuangkan isu Islam menerusi parti itu tidak disenangi oleh kepimpinan. Zulkifli dilihat begitu agresif untuk mempertahankan larangan penggunaan kalimah Allah oleh non Muslim di Malaysia sejak ia diputuskan oleh Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur beberapa minggu yang lalu.

Hasan Ali pula baru membuat kenyataan berikut:

"Saya sanggup melakukan apa sahaja termasuk menerima kenyataan jika saya diminta melepaskan jawatan sebagai Exco Kerajaan Negeri dan apa-apa jawatan sekali pun demi memperjuangkan apa yang saya yakin dapat membantu umat Islam, khususnya di negeri Selangor.

Maka, bunyi Hasan Ali sudah seiras-iras bunyi Zulkifli Nordin. Masing-masing menyatakan kesediaan mereka untuk dipecat kerana "memperjuangkan Islam".

Setakat ini, bukti yang dikatakan bukti itu yakni dalam bentuk "itenerary" masih belum ditunjukkan kepada umum. Yang ada hanyalah cebisan kertas kuiz berkaitan Islam yang dibuang dalam tong sampah. Bukannya kuiz berkenaan agama kristian tapi berkenaan agama Islam.

Adakah Hasan Ali sedang bersedia untuk melompat menjadi BEBAS seperti Zul Nordin? Adakah beliau mahu membina imej seorang pejuang Islam sebelum beliau melompat memandangkan masa depan beliau dalam PAS begitu muram?

Jelasnya, petanda-petanda Hasan Ali mengikut jejak langkah Zul Nordin begitu jelas. Cumanya, kalau Hasan Ali berani melompat sebegitu, terdapat beberapa dokumen yang akan mendedahkan siapa sebenarnya Hasan Ali yang bakal didedahkan. Maka, tidak wajar bagi Hasan Ali mengikut jejak langkah Zul Nordin itu.

Tulang Besi

Musa Hassan and Rodwan objects Anwar's presence...

The interviews scheduled today with former IGP Musa Hassan and former Malacca police chief Mohd Rodwan Mohd Yusof(left), by Anwar Ibrahim's defence team, have stalled.

This followed objections from the prosecution to Anwar's presence during the interviews, related to his defence in the Sodomy II trial.

His lawyers were informed of this by investigating officer DSP Jude Blacious Pereira.

Karpal Singh and Sankara Nair, who are in the defence team, told reporters that this had never happened before.

"Anwar's presence is needed as he is the person accused, and he has the right to be there," said Karpal.

"He has to be there as we may need to seek certain instructions. This, I have to emphasise, has never happened before in my legal practice and this is a first."

Karpal said he had to correct the perception that it was not the defence that is prolonging the case, since the objection was raised by the prosecution.

"We want to get on with the case as soon as possible."

Yusof to seek judge's direction

Solicitor-General II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden, who is heading the prosecution team, said in a text-message that Anwar's presence is not necessary.

Karpal said Yusof wants to meet with the trial judge, Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah, for further directions on the matter.

"We will wait for the prosecution to meet the judge, for they cannot meet him alone," he said.

"We have to also be present as well."

Karpal said Jude had informed them that another six witnesses have been scheduled to be interviewed tomorrow, but that he did not have the particulars.

However, he said, as a result of today's development, the interview sessions have b! een put on hold until the objection to the accused's presence is resolved.

source:malaysiakini

Temubual saksi bekas polis tergendala

Sodomy trial witness interviews hit snag

Takut ke....

cheers.

Battle starts for natives suing Taibs sister

KUCHING: The hearing of a lawsuit against Chief Minister Taib Mahmuds sister, Raziah Mahmud, has begun.

The lawsuit was filed by natives Numpang Anak Suntai and 14 others on behalf of 276 Iban landowners of Sebangan/Sebuyau.

The suit, which is against Quality Concrete Sdn Bhd and Loyal Billion Sdn Bhd, is being heard at the Kuching High Court.

Quality Concrete, which is owned by Raziah, is alleged to have encroached into 3,305 hectares of forest which the Ibans have claimed as their native customary rights (NCR) land.

The Loyal Billion timber company, a contractor for the licence holder, Forest Department and the state government are also named as defendants.

One week has been set aside for the hearing, which began yesterday, before Judicial Commissioner Ravinthran N Paramaguru.

Lawyers See Chee How and Desmond Kho are representing the natives, while counsel Liew Tang Chieh and Joseph Chioh are representating Quality Concrete, Loyal Billion, the Forest Department and the state government.

More than 300 Ibans turned up at the court to give their support.

In their statement of claims, the Ibans alleged that Quality Concrete and Loyal Billion had trespassed into their land and had illegally carried out logging activities.

They also claimed that such illegal activities had affected their farms, their fruit trees and old longhouse sites.

The natives also claimed that their land was damaged as a result of the construction of roads and extraction of timber from the land, which is not a licensed area.

They also alleged that the rivers which are important for their daily needs have been found to be polluted by the logging activities.

This has also affected their farms, hunting and fish! ing grou nd as well as their cultivated gardens.

Seeking courts help

The natives want the court to assess the losses and damages suffered by the people.

In March this year, after a full inter-parte hearing, Kuching High Court Judicial Commissioner Rhodzariah Bujang granted a further interim injunction sought by the Ibans against the timber companies to stop all logging and related activities on the land.

The injunction will be in place until the disposal of the case.

In July this year, the deputy public prosecutor (DPP) had withdrawn his appeal against Numpang in a related case involving Loyal Billion and Quality Concrete timber companies.

Numpang was acquitted in March this year after magistrate Sharizat Ismail found out that the prosecution had failed to put up a prima facie case against him for criminal intimidation.

The companies had lodged a police report against Numpang for criminal intimidation.

Numpang and six others were arrested after fire destroyed the campsite of the Loyal Billion timber company.

In the fire, six tractors, two logging trucks, a pick-up and excavator worth RM2 million were destroyed.

However, Numpang alone was charged.

Taibs rogue PR campaign, thanks to Najib

Hilangnya Syarikat Penerbangan Melayu di Bawah Pentadbiran UMNO

MAS telah bangkrap. Mengikut maklumat yang Tulang Besi dapat, untuk menyelamatkan MAS dari bangkrap bagi kali yang ketiga, dana sejumlah RM2 billion di perlukan. Sejarah MAS menunjukkan terdapat 3 kali di mana MAS terpaksa di selamatkan:

1.0 Pada tahun 1994 di mana Tajudin Ramli terpaksa membeli 24% dari saham MAS dari Bank Negara kerana Bank Negara pada masa itu menghampiri bankrupsi. Kos bailout: RM1.8 billion

2.0 Pada tahun 2000 dimana kerajaan Malaysia menanggung semua hutang MAS serta membeli saham Tajuddin pada RM8. Kos Bailout : RM 4 billion.

3.0 Sekarang ini dimana MAS mungkin terpaksa dijual kepada AirAsia yang mana butirannya masih rahsia. Untuk menyelamatkan MAS kali ini memerlukan wang RM2 billion untuk dipam.

Jelasnya di bawah pentadbiran UMNO, MAS menuju bankrup. Nampaknya MAS akan dijual kepada AirAsia yang dipimpin oleh seorang yang bukan Melayu.

Tak sabar nak tunggu reaksi dari Ibrahim Ali atas isu MAS dijual pada "bukan melayu" ini.

Tulang Besi

Will the dragon rise from the ashes?

There is nothing certain in the Malaysian political landscape anymore. And that applies to the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) as well. Once the bastion of the Chinese voters and riding high, it is now back on terra firma.

Come the next general election, what is in store for Dr Chua Soi Lek and his party, nobody can tell.

Chua, a practising psychiatrist, now turned politician and health minister from 2004 to 2008, has always chartered his own future despite all the odds stacked against him.

Will he be able to turn MCA around, despite its negative image and playing second fiddle to big brother Umno?

Sources close to Chua say their president is a silent fighter.

His two-year tenure as the president has not seen many community projects compared to his predecessors like Dr Ling Liong Sik and Ong Ka Ting. But one thing going for Chua is that the party is more vocal now.

The party knows it is standing on its last leg and has been preparing for the general election as early as a year ago. It has been conducting nationwide cadre-training classes and drumming support for the party. This includes brain-storming sessions and overseas study tours to Taiwan and China.

Party sources confirmed recently that formal notices have been sent out to its divisions and branches to set up general election committees.

Playing the race card

Even divisions and states had been instructed to submit in the names of three candidates each for all the MCA parliamentary and state seats before Oct 6.

According to a party veteran, the MCA is facing a crisis of public confidence given the edgy mood of the electorate. There is genuine fear within the leadership that it would suffer the loss of more seats (it now has 15 pa! rliament ary and 32 state seats).

Chuas involvement in a sex scandal in early 2008 may yet drag the party down.

Many in the party see his rise to become the president as unforgivable. They believe that Chua has destroyed the moral and leadership legacy of the founding fathers Tan Cheng Lock and his son, Siew Sin .

There is no question as to our allegiance to the BNs struggles MCA will continue to remain in the BN coalition, the MCAs publicity machinery made this very clear in its recent newsletter.

There may be some optimism among the rank and file but most feel there are more minuses than pluses.

MCA is playing the race card by pitting the Chinese against the DAP at the expense of the Malays. The party is not helped either by its leaders taking pot shots at Pakatan Rakyat coalition state governments of Selangor and Penang to score political mileage.

But the party strategists have somewhat forgotten the history of power abuse, political plunders, mismanagement and corruption of BN leadership, of which MCA is a partner.

Publicity blitz

By and large, the Malaysian public has not forgotten. There are only two possible outcomes for MCA (at the next national polls). The party will either be wiped out or just survive.

The partys recent publicity blitz with the message, MCA to decline all government posts is hardly convincing despite the party describing it as bold and courageous.

The most common complaint against the party is that MCA is spineless and has failed to provide check and balance on the abuse of government powers .

The partys publication, Guardian (May 2011), said: The stand taken by MCA is in the spirit of democracy to respect the decision of voters.

The party was referring to its latest stand that it will decline all government posts in the event that its electoral performance at the 13th general election turns out to be worse than 2008.

If this is MCAs stand, then how is it that Chua had recommended! senator ship to his loyal supporters so that they can be nominated as ministers in the BN government line-up?

Examples included Donald Lim Siang Chai who was made deputy finance minister despite his electoral defeat in the 2008 general election and Heng Seai Kie who became woman, family and community development deputy minister. Heng did not even contest as a candidate.

Hence, the partys decision to decline all government posts pending the electoral results in the next national polls is tantamount to reshaping ones foot in order to fit into a new shoe.

To some political pundits it was interpreted as a publicity stunt and a move to get more votes.

And Chua is competent in psychology. The Malaysian public including the opposition should not underestimate Chuas ability to re-create his political career and that of his party.

Stanley Koh is a former head of MCAs research unit. He is an FMT columnist.

DASAR-DASAR DAKWAH DAN SIKAP ISLAM TERHADAP LAWAN

Firman Allah bermaksud:

Serulah (manusia) kepada jalan Tuhanmu dengan hikmah dan pelajaran yang baik dan bantahlah mereka dengan cara yang baik. Sesungguhnya Tuhanmu Dialah yang lebih mengetahui tentang siapa yang tersesat di jalan-Nya dan Dialah yang lebih mengetahui orang-orang yang mendapat petunjuk.

Dan jika kamu memberikan balasan, maka balaslah dengan balasan yang sama dengan seksaan yang ditimpakan kepadamu. Akan tetapi jika kamu bersabar, sesungguhnya itulah yang lebih baik bagi orang-orang yang sabar.

Bersabarlah (hai Muhammad) dan tiadalah kesabaran itu melainkan dengan pertolongan Allah dan janganlah kamu bersedih hati terhadap (kekafiran) mereka dan janganlah kamu bersempit dada terhadap apa-apa yang mereka tipu dayakan.

Sesungguhnya Allah berserta orang-orang yang bertakwa dan orang-orang yang berbuat kebaikan.

[ Surah an-Nahl:125-128)

Pertemuan dengan Timbalan Menteri Luar Negeri Jerman

Saya telah dijemput untuk bertemu dengan Werner Hoyer, Timbalan Menteri Luar Negeri Jerman, petang tadi. Bersama-sama saya, seperti kelihatan dalam gambar, ialah Tn Hj Mohd Sabu, Timbalan Presiden PAS, dan YB Tan Seng Giaw, Ahli Parlimen Kepong, yang mewakili DAP. Tidak ketinggalan H.E. Dr. Guenter Gruber, duta Jerman ke Malaysia, turut bersama dalam pertemuan ini.

Alhamdulillah, satu sesi yang cukup menarik dan saya pasti bakal membuahkan hasil yang akan mengeratkan hubungan diplomatik antara Pakatan Rakyat dan kerajaan Jerman. Mereka juga amat tertarik dengan janji terbuka PM untuk mereformasikansistem pilihanraya Malaysia agar sejajar dengan taraf antarabangsa.

Ya, kita nantikan pelaksanaan tersebut, khusus sebelum PRU ke 13 tiba, InsyaAllah.

Anwar Ibrahim Sodomy II The Recorded Truth 08 Ogos 2011

Mahkamah Tinggi Jenayah 3 KL
Di hadapan Yang Arif Dato Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah

Pihak-pihak:
PP: Semua hadir kecuali MHZ
PB: KS, SN, Marissa,
WB: Zambri Idrus (for complainant)
Expert for Defence: Prof. David Wells, Dr. Brian McDonalds
AI hadir

[9.38 a.m.]
Keputusan permohonan 44-197-2011 & 44-204-2011

KS: Pihak-pihak seperti dahulu.

YA: Ini keputusan mahkamah bagi permohonan 44-197-2011 dan 44-204-2011. Setelah meneliti kedua-dua hujahan yang dikemukan kedua-dua belah pihak, mahkamah metuskan bahawa : (a) apabila pendakwa menawarkan mana-mana saksi kepada pembela dki akhir kes pendakwaan maka menjadi tanggungjawab pendakwa untuk memastikan saksi-saksi tersebut hadir di mahkamah bila diperlukan oleh pihak pembela; (b) pihak pembela pula mempunyai hak untuk meneramah saksi-saksi yang ditawarkan tertakluk kepada syarat saksi-saksi itu sendiri bersetuju untuk ditemuramah. Berdasarkan kedudukan yang dinyatakan seperti di atas maka permohonan 44-197-2011 & 44-204-2011 dibenarkan dengan perintah seperti yang dipohon dalam kedua-dua permohonan tersebut.

MY: Terima kasih.

YA: So when can you fulfil this obligation? Or maybe you want to stand down for a while? Stand down for a while.
[9.40 a.m.] Stand down.

[10.12 a.m.] Pihak-pihak masuk ke Kamar Hakim
[10.22 a.m.] Pihak-pihak keluar dari Kamar Hakim

[10.24 a.m.]
MY: YA, pihak-pihak seperti dahulu. Berikutan dengan perintah yang YA berikan sebentar tadi, pihak pendakwa memerlukan masa untuk membuat urusan temubual saksi-saksi ini. Saya telah berbincang dgn En. Karpal dan yang lain-lain. Kami memohon untuk diberi masa seminggu untuk urusan saksi-saksi untuk ditemubual kerana (2) daripada saksi-saksi ini tiada di Malaysia. Ini adalah tertakluk kepada pihak-pihak yang akan merayu.

YA: So start next week, 15 Ogos 26 Ogos 2011.

MY: Much obliged.
[10.27 a.m.] Adjourned.

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