Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Social Political Buzz & Bulls

Its all a political ploy by PAS, says Muhyiddin

PONTIAN: The move by PAS to raise issues on the implementation of hudud is a political ploy to regain the peoples support, especially the Muslim voters, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.

He said PAS realised that the support of Malay voters for the party had been badly affected following its decision not to set up an Islamic state and instead opting for a welfare state.

It is a political ploy by PAS because it notices that support for the party has been badly affected lately. Some of its supporters are not happy with the party, he said after attending a gathering with the people at Masjid Jamek Kampung Sungai Bunyi, here today.

Muhyiddin, who is also Umno deputy president and Education Minister, said PAS must explain to the people instead of deceiving them by claiming that it would not implement hudud.

He was commenting on the statement by the opposition pact leadership council yesterday that they would not implement hudud aw as proposed by PAS because this was not in line with their joint policy, Federal Constitution and the Orange Book agenda.

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim said the opposition pact respected the PAS stand on this matter but at the same time, it accepted the differing stand of the DAP in opposing its implementation.

Muhyiddin said PAS realised that if it insisted on implementing hudud, it would face strong opposition from component parties of the pact such as the DAP and PKR.

PAS should explain and should not deceive the people by saying it wont implement (hudud) because it knows that if it insists on implementing (hudud), it will face opposition from the DAP and PKR, he said.

Earlier, Muhyiddin said a new approach was needed by the government in administering and bringing ! developm ent to the country in view of the countrys demographic composition where 60 percent of the population were young people.

The young generation have their own mindset that is different and they also realise that they have their own rights. With the existence of Facebook, Twitter and Internet, the style of administering the country now is different, he said.

Muhyiddin also announced an allocation of RM2 million for the construction of a new mosque for Kampung Sungai Bunyi.

-Bernama


Maseu - 'Mahathir destroyed MAS...

Malaysian Airlines System Employees Union (Maseu) secretary general Ab Malek Arif said the staff of the national airlines had not forgiven former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for appointing Tajuddin Ramli to replace Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman as chairman in the 1990s.

Claiming that invisible hands had been at work since Tajuddins appointment, Malek recalled how MAS was making profits every year before Tajuddin came on board.

He said since Tajuddin's entry, "MAS not only did not make profit, in fact it has been making losses every year.

"It is clear that MAS staff are still angry and cannot forgive what Mahathir did," he said


On the recent controversial share swap deal between MAS and Air Asia, Malek questioned the wisdom of having such a swap with a small company like Air Asia, whereas MAS had bigger number of assets.

He said while on the surface only Air Asia boss Tony Fernandes was visible, "behind the screen there are many invisible hands".

"We know Tony will not be able to do anything if theres no influence from the back. Tony came under someones instruction and this well known among MAS employees, he said.


Yesterday, Mahathir said he was fed-up with MAS's failure to make profits despite being supported by the government with ample funds and protection over the years.

I support MAS/Air Asia cooperation because for years now I have been fed-up with the management of MAS. Government had supported MAS with funds and protection but MAS had never done well.

"Air Asi! a is a n ewcomer but it has managed to sustain itself. Despite giving free seats and cheap fares it is still surviving. And it is apparently making some profits. By right it should close down by now. That it is still around must be because its management knows something that I dont know, he wrote on his blog.

Mahathir said all that he wanted was Air Asias management playing a role, indirectly or directly in the management of MAS.

I believe Air Asia can contribute in this area i.e. unless MAS is not prepared to learn from a 'cheap' airline. That would be a tragedy. I hope I have made clear why I support MAS and Air Asia working together, he stressed.

Following the swap, Fernandes and his partner Kamaruddin Meranun joined the MAS board to help 'turn it around'.

Maseu meanwhile threatened to hold a picket against MAS.

Malek claimed that Tonys presence in MAS together with the "invisible hands" were aimed at taking over MASKargo and also the Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) business.

Recalling that MAS suffered RM270 million and RM500 million in losses for the first and second quarters of 2011 respectively, Malek said the performance was not acceptable to staff.


Why losses continue to happen?, asked Malek.

source:harakahdaily

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The MAS-AA deal once again-2

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Lawatan Kerja SAMM ke Sabah 30 Sept 2 okt

Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) akan mengadakan satu lawatan kerja rasmi ke Sabah bermula 30 September 2011 hingga 2 Oktober 2011. Lawatan kerja rasmi ini sebahagian dari rangka kerja yang diputuskan dalam Rapat (pengurusan) Kebangsaan yang diadakan hujung minggu lepas.

Lawatan ini bertujuan untuk bertemu dan menyusun massa muda radikal di bumi dibawah bayu. Selain itu ia juga bertujuan untuk memulakan kaji selidik, mengumpul pendapat dan suara muda di Sabah mengenai beberapa isu.

Seramai 6 orang delegasi dari SAMM Kebangsaan yang diketuai sendiri oleh cheGuBard akan memenuhi jadual padat aktiviti yang dijadualkan akan diadakan di K.Kinabalu, Kudat dan Sandakan. Semua acara ialah acara tertutup.

Pertemuan dan taklimat khas bersama kader kader baru SAMM di Sabah dan pertemuan dengan pimpinan SAMM Sabah menjadi agenda utama. Pertemuan dengan pemimpin politik (parti pemerintah dan pembangkang), pemimpin pemimpin masyarakat setempat serta beberapa tokoh muda turut diadakan, ini bertujuan untuk bertukar pandangan dan mengumpul pendapat isu sebenar di Sabah.

Perbagai isu terpendam di Sabah ; dari isu kerakyatan, isu tanah NCR, isu royalti sehinggalah tuntutan janji pelaksanaan Perkara Perjanjian 20 yang mengikat Sabah ke dalam Malaysia. Semua isu ini tidak boleh diselindungkan saja. Masalah rakyat Sabah juga masalah rakyat Malaysia. Anak Muda Malaysia tidak kira di mana termasuk kita di semenanjung harus memahami apa sebenarnya yang berlaku di Sabah. Sabah sebahagian dari kita, jika mata kiri sakit mata kanan berpotensi tinggi berjangkit.

Selama ini kita cuma dimaklumkan mengenai pandangan dan situasi Sabah melalui propaganda pihak tertentu sahaja. Ia mungkin ditambah atau disunting ikut kepentingan. SAMM berharap dengan lawatan kerja ini dapat melihat sendiri dan mengumpul suara pandangan anak muda Sabah yang sebenar. Selain dapat mencari titik temu kerjasama yang lebih erat dalam menyusun kebangkitan massa muda.

Kenyataan Media :

Khairul Fauzi Hj Muhammud
Penyelaras SAMM Kebangsaan

29 September 2011


Share prices end higher

KUALA LUMPUR: Share prices on Bursa Malaysia ended higher in late afternoon trade in tandem with the rebound on share prices in Asian equity markets, dealers said.

The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) closed 15.91 points higher at 1,387.46 after opening at 1,361.43.

Asian markets rebounded driven by hopes that German authorities would approve an increase in euro-zone rescue funds, dealers said.

The Finance Index gained 47.939 points to 12,606.39, Plantation Index rose 38.53 points to 7,006.45 and the Industrial Index increased 45.73 points to 2,551.26.

The FBM Emas Index climbed 119.14 points to 9,386.05, FBM70 Index surged 167.86 points to 9,941.28, the FBMT100 advanced 116.41 points to 9,241.22 and the FBM Ace added 30.58 points to 3,616.40.

Gainers beat losers 513 to 229 with 228 counters unchanged, 517 untraded while 25 others were suspended.

Turnover was higher at 920.957 million shares, worth RM1.366 billion, from 850.054 million shares, worth RM1.517 billion, registered yesterday.
Actives, Compugates Holdings rose half-a-sen to 6.5 sen, SP Setia jumped 37 sen to RM3.87, GPRO Technologies increased one sen to 15 sen and Asiaep Resources gained half-a-sen to 7.5 sen.

Heavyweights, Maybank increased one sen to RM7.98, CIMB Group slipped 13 sen to RM6.88, Sime Darby rose 34 sen to RM8.48 and Petronas Chemicals gained seven sen to RM5.55.

Volume on the Main Market increased to 714.4 million shares, worth RM1.34 billion, from 658.915 million shares, worth RM1.497 billion, recorded yesterday.

Turnover on the ACE Market decreased to 127.34 million units, valued at RM14.275 million, from 142.958 million units, valued at RM16.225 million, transacted yester! day.

Warrants increased to 72.06 million shares, valued at RM4.56 million, from 45.649 million shares, worth RM2.862 million, registered yesterday.

Consumer products accounted for 21.6 million shares traded on the Main Market, industrial products 91.7 million, construction 37.5 million, trade and services 253.8 million, technology 12.5 million, infrastructure 18.9 million, finance 83.2 million, hotels 1.7 million, properties 157.5 million, plantation 31.2 million, mining 20,000, REITs 2.5 million and closed/fund 81,000.

- Bernama


Tevez suspended for two weeks and fined

LONDON: Carlos Tevez has been suspended by Manchester City for two weeks after Roberto Mancini made it clear to the clubs chairman, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, that the player has no way back following his apparent refusal to take part in their Champions League tie at Bayern Munich.

A furious Mancini told Tevez to go back to Argentina during their dressing-room confrontation after the 2-0 defeat and the clubs owners in Abu Dhabi have backed the manager after he said the striker must never play for City again.

Manchester City can confirm that striker Carlos Tevez has been suspended until further notice for a maximum period of two weeks, the club said in a statement.

The players suspension is pending a full review into his alleged conduct during Tuesday evenings 2-0 defeat to Bayern Munich. The player will not be considered for selection or take part in training while the review is under way. The club wanted to suspend Tevez for longer but were restricted by Premier League guidelines.

The clubs lawyers are now scrutinising Tevezs contract to determine what more action they can take and, specifically, whether he was guilty of gross misconduct by refusing to come on as a second-half substitute at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday. Tevez, in a remarkable change of direction, now denies this, blaming a misunderstanding presented by language issues.

The process is not going to be particularly quick, with City acutely aware of the importance of going through the appropriate channels to cover the club should the dispute develop into a legal battle. They are so determined to present a watertight case they intend to interview everyone who was in Citys dugout when the controversy flared up.

As the highest earner at the club and in the Premier Lto attend a formal disciplinary hearing and will almost certainly be fined two weeks wages, the maximum eague, that amounts to 500,000, the biggest fine ever meted out to a player in English football.

The most likely o! utcome i s that Tevez will be sold for a cut-price fee in the January transfer window. Until then, however, Mancini will push for him to continue to be left in isolation, his career on hold after one controversy too many for the former West Ham United and Manchester United striker, who is now openly reviled by supporters of the citys two clubs.

-Agencies


Mystery of the detained airman

LABUAN: The RMAF has detained a flight sergeant for mysterious reasons and has been subjecting his family to harassment, according to a police report that his wife lodged here early last week.

Norisah Ismail told FMT that two lieutenant colonels barged into her flat on Sept 11 without a search warrant, fired off confusing questions at her and warned her not to behave like PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

She said they arrested her husband, Zulkifli Mohammad, without giving any reason, but took him home briefly on Sept 12 for him to collect his bank books, and afterwards flew him to the RMAF holding centre at either Subang or Sungai Besi.

However, a week after the police report was lodged, Zulkifli was flown back to Labuan to be detained there, she added.

Without giving details, she said air force personnel continued to harass her and her household, which includes her aging mother and two toddlers.

One reliable source told FMT that the police had written to the magistrates court in Labuan, informing it of a report about an offence where usually no arrests are made. The letter reportedly said the complainant would be advised to take the matter to court herself for further action.

My family is particularly sore with the two senior air force personnel, both lieutenant colonels, who barged into our house, Norisah said.

The two challenged her to engage legal help if I dared, she added.

She said she was praying that her police report would guarantee her safety and that of her family in Labuan and elsewhere.

Lawyers told FMT that Norisah could take the matter to court by way of a habeas corpus application, but they said not many lawyers in the country were well-versed i! n milita ry law.

Norisah said her greatest fear was that Zulkifli would be tortured for a statement.


Typhoon Nesat shuts down Hong Kong

HONG KONG: Hong Kong battened down today, suspending financial markets, schools and transport services as hurricane-force winds from the deadly typhoon Nesat buffeted parts of the territory.

The Hong Kong Observatory issued a number eight tropical cyclone warning and winds gusting up to 160kmh were recorded in some exposed areas.

The high winds felled trees and kept most businesses closed, leaving the citys normally bustling central business district eerily quiet during morning rush hour, with only a few people struggling to work on foot.

At least three people were injured two when a piece of scaffolding hit a taxi and another struck by a falling tree, according to public broadcaster RTHK.

About 50 people were evacuated from their flats after a barge slipped its moorings and crashed into nearby railings, the broadcaster said. The government has opened typhoon shelters for people who want to seek refuge.

Financial markets, courts, schools and government buildings are all closed during a number eight warning, and ferry services suspended.

Hong Kong, a major shipping hub, also suspended port services. At least 38 flights at the Hong Kong International Airport were delayed as of 10.00am, a spokesman from the airport authority told AFP, and the citys huge fleet of public buses was brought to a near-standstill.

Weather forecasters said the typhoon was heading toward Chinas Hainan Island, and there were no predictions the situation would worsen in the territory.

In the observatorys typhoon warning scale, signal number 10 is the highest signal, indicating a direct hit.

Weather officials said the typhoon was centred about 350km south-southwest of Hong Kong and was expected to move across the northern part of the South China Sea towards Hainan to western Guangdong.

According to the present forecast track, Nesat will be closest to Hong Kong this morning, passing around 350km south-southwest of Hong Kong, the observatory said in! a state ment.

High winds are expected to persist this morning and there will also be squally showers. The number 8 gale or storm signal will remain in force for most of the morning, it added.

Tens of thousands of people in the Philippines were battling neck-deep floodwaters after Typhoon Nesat claimed at least 35 lives, and authorities said the toll was likely to rise.

Nesat smashed into the Philippines main island of Luzon on Tuesday, bringing heavy rains and wind that caused storm surges and massive flooding.

-AFP


Animal Welfare Bill: Is it comprehensive enough?

FMT LETTER

From SM Mohd Idris, via e-mail

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has doubts that the proposed Animal Welfare Bill to be tabled in Parliament next year will change and institute reforms in the way animal welfare has been handled.

Promises of an amendment to the Act has been ongoing since the 80s and despite years of pressure from animal welfare groups and NGOs, the Act is yet to become a reality.

News of the proposed bill will not remove the poor public perception of the authorities unless and until the VSD is thorough in its mission and fair in its deliberations and comprehensive in its recommendations.

Malaysia does not have an animal welfare law, only a prevention of cruelty law, which basically means that nothing can be done about the way an animal is treated, if it has not suffered an overt act of cruelty.

The authorities must wait for the animals situation to deteriorate to the level of prosecutable cruelty before they act. But even then the VSD does not pursue cases right to the end.

When animal abusers are caught the worst punishment they will likely face is a relatively small fine. With such paltry penalty provisions, the Acts deterrence value is minimal.

It is imperative that every complaint be addressed with appropriate action. Non action has eroded the confidence of the public as by and large current regulations are either not implemented or enforced.

This is evidenced from a statement by SPCAs Selangor chairman Christine Chin that of the 100 over cases that we brought to their attention, only less than five were prosecuted.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry cannot afford to introduce measures that are half-hearted or which they are unwilling to carry out thoroughly and comprehensively.

The drafting of the Bill must be comprehensive enough and should only be done after consultation with a committee of veterinarians, ornithologists, ichthyologists, a! nimal we lfare groups and the relevant authorities.

Details covered should include pet shop and aquarium rules, breeders and sale of dogs, stray and feral animals, livestock transportation, and myriad issues related to trade in live organisms, cruel animal sports, mutilations and animal slaughtering in markets and abatoirs.

Animal populations have to be better regulated where pets have to be treated as just that and not commodities that can be acquired and thrown away on a whim. There must be rules on the selling, breeding and importing pets where unlawful dog breeders could be fined and ordered to perform hours of community service.

Pet shops are least regulated with rabbits crammed in cages, tortoises piled high in aquariums with nowhere to climb out and get dry. Pet shops only provide space for an animal to stand in and turn around.

Pet shops openly display puppies and kittens far too young to be separated from their mothers, isolated and curled up miserably in small cages without comfort, companionship or stimulation.

All these are perfectly legal under the seriously outdated animal welfare laws and regulations. Checks into conditions of pet shops are seriously lacking as the officers are either ignorant or lack knowledge on proper care and good animal husbandry.

No law can be effective unless it is properly implemented and enforced. Law enforcers should be properly trained and competent enough to undertake enforcement work.

If the Ministry and the VSD are truly sincere in securing humane animal treatment, they must pass legislation with fangs longer than those it seeks to protect.

The writer is president of Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM)


BMW to recall 380 cars in South Korea for faulty wiring

SEOUL: BMW is recalling over 380 of its X5 and X6 sport utility vehicles sold in South Korea for faulty wiring that could cause a fire, the Transport Ministry said today.

The wiring to the fuel-filter heater, when damp, could electrically overload the heater even when the engine is turned off, causing the battery to discharge or even start a fire, according to the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs.

A fuel-filter heater is used to warm fuel in cold temperatures, reports Yonhap News Agency.

Vehicles subject to the recall are 382 X5 and X6 vehicles manufactured between Oct 9, 2008 and June 12, 2009, according to the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs.

Free repair services will be provided at BMW service centres throughout the country from tomorrow, and owners of the vehicles who have already fixed the problem can receive cash reimbursements.

- Bernama


Babyrina and four witnesses

By Zaidel Baharuddin

If you remember the days of dialling 1515 through a 56kbit dial up modem, chances are you know who Babyrina is.

During the days of Jaring being the only Internet Service Provider, Babyrina was somewhat of an urban legend. Some say shes actually a Latino while others say shes an ex-MAS stewardess who resides in United Kingdom.

Whoever she may really be, in the days of limited bandwidth and having the patience to wait several minutes for pictures to load, Babyrina filled the exciting imaginations of many pubescent young men in the early nineties.

Yes kids, this is before Facebook, heck its even before Friendster, this was the time where the definition of social network is #kampung at MIRC.

Anyway for the sake of some readers I should do some explanation. Babyrina is supposedly the first Malay porn star whose pictures hit the Internet in the early nineties.

This were the days when handphones have yet acquired the capability of taking pictures and recording videos ( hence 3GP production was not yet available) thus randy photos of a Malay lass in action was something very rare which in turn propels Babyrina to stardom.

She became a household name amongst the few netizens back in those days. I believe she hosted her own site complete with paid membership and all the jazz of an adult entertainment entrepreneur.

Of course this was eons ago. Now locally produced videos are abundant around the net in the form of pixelated 3GP formats and some even in high quality high definition infra-red spy camera videos shot from various angles.

From the stairs of a low cost flat to hotels and fancy apartments indeed it has been a long journey since the days of Babyrina.

The rise of the infidels

Ironic it may sound, it seems that today, Babyrina is even more related to the Malay society more than she was during her heydays of cyberspace.

The only difference this time around is that unlike before, where her name was being mentioned in discussions amongst amorous netizens who has time to spend on waiting for things to load, this time she is more related in the realm of politics and morality.

Now if you follow Malay politics you should notice by now that one of the favourite subjects when it comes to politics amongst the Malays is Islam. Not that theres anything wrong with it for aligning your political ideology with the values of Islam, it is something that every Muslim should do.

The only problem is that thanks to politicians, when it comes to a political discourse it usually ends with the conclusion that the other side are infidels.

You cant win when face with righteous self-proclaimed honourable teacher who somehow seems to give out fatwas that coincides with political expediencies. After all they say who is he who lacks knowledge to question the honourable teacher?

Take for example when politicians began to preach that videos and DNAs shouldnt be used in courts and that a true Islamic way to settle disputes is to bring it to a syariah trial hence the need to produce four witnesses.

Some even go as far as bringing in Qazaf as a measure of proving innocence because of the prosecutors failure to produce four witnesses.

I have been accused of many things when posing questions on these interpretations of the Islamic laws, from the usual Kafir (infidel) to Yahudi (Jewish) though I dont really mind being the latter as my usual retort being Ok lah tu, Nabi Isa pun Yahudi jugak

If I were to take a narrow interpretation of the Islamic law, one would need to produce four witnesses when accusing someone of adultery or indecent behaviour and by virtue of that a video, picture or any form of scientific! proof d eems invalid as it was never mentioned in the Quran.

Quite stupid dont you think?

And even more amazing, lets just say authorities wanted to press charges to Babyrina, the infamous Malay pornstar for indecent morally detrimental activities, they would then need to produce four witnesses who saw her in action right before their eyes (meaning live).

Any failure to do so, Babyrina can file for Qazaf in the very same court to sentence authorities for wrongdoing and false accusation.

But of course, Islamic laws are not that narrow nor is it that idiotic. Theres no such notion that all scientific empirical evidence is excluded for the sake of four witnesses.

Different rules for politicians

There are things such as Takzir which means under the discretion of a judge and the notion of bringing in four witnesses only arises when no scientific nor circumstantial evidence is available.

Since the burden of proof falls under the prosecutor, failure to submit any credible four witnesses, the accused can apply for Qazaf to seek damages as his or her reputation is tainted.

Imagine wedlock pregnancies or rape cases where DNA and semen and such obvious evidence are simply shoved away because failure to produce four witnesses.

If you were to ask the usual political preacher on questions of morality and values and brought forth the case of say one Babyrina who corrupts society with her sexual deviancies being caught on tapes, you will get a thumping approval of prosecution.

Perhaps also a lengthy explanation on how one may apply the Islamic laws and various measures to ensure such things can be brought to justice.

You will be enlightened and perhaps to a certain extent, though you may disagree with its implementation, you wont be as fearful as it like you were before; perhaps Hudud isnt really that scary after all.

Now here comes the punch line, ask the same question again, only this time around change the name to a well-kno! wn polit ician.

You think you will get the same answer? Sure? Here in Malaysia, people often get confused between politics in Islam and politicising Islam.

Zaidel Baharuddin is Mr Right, Mr Right Wing that is, electronics engineer by day writer by night, Frank Sinatra fanboy all day long, catch me at WirawanWeb.com, lipassepi.blogspot.com or follow me on twitter via @Sinatra_Z. He is a FMT columnist.


Stay out of NS, Mat Sabu warned

SEREMBAN: If Perkasa has its way, PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu will be persona non grata in Negeri Sembilan.

The state Perkasa will be watching very closely to see if Mohamad Sabu (popularly known as Mat Sabu) will be attending any PAS ceramah in the state in the near future.

Its state president Mohd Noor Nordin Abdullah said if he turns up, Perkasa will stage a protest.

Mohd Noor Nordin said they are not against PAS but only against Mat Sabu.

As long as Mat Sabu attends any ceramah sessions in any part of Negeri Sembilan, we will stage protests unless he apologizes to the families of the policemen who died during the Bukit Kepong incident, he said.

The controversy surrounding the Bukit Kepong incident came about when Mat Sabu had allegedly defended communist fighters who attacked the Bukit Kepong police station on Feb 23, 1950.

Utusan Malaysia, in its report on Aug 27, said Mat Sabu, in a speech on Aug 21, hailed communist fighters as heroes and not the 17 policemen who died during an exchange of fire.

He also must publicly apologize to servicemen as most of them are hurt by his remarks, said Mohd Noor Nordin.

On another note, Mohd Noor Nordin denied that the protest at Ampangan last Saturday was pre-planned.

It was a spontaneous protest by certain individuals who represent former soldiers and NGOs.

I was only told about the protest at 7.30 pm and at that point of the time I was at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), said Mohd Noor Nordin.

Yesterday FMT reported that the state PAS will be inviting Mat Sabu again for another ceramah session next month in Seremban.

Police report by PAS

Meanwhile in another development, state PAS commissioner Mohd Taufek Abdul Ghani today lodged a police report against Mohd Noor Nordin over his threats.

The report was lodged at the Seremban police district headquarters. Mohd Taufek was accompanied by state PKR youth chief Mohd Nazree Mohd Yunus.

Mohd Noors remarks contradicted the freedom of speech as per stipulated in Article 10 of the Federal Constitution.

He does not understand the law and has hijacked the authority of police in determining the permission to hold a ceramah, said Mohd Taufek.

I urge the police to investigate him and Perkasa on this matter as we dont want a repeat of the Saturday incident, he added.

Mohd Taufek also confirmed that Mat Sabu will deliver another ceramah on Oct 6 at a location to be determined later.

Also read:

Mat Sabu blamed for Seremban fracas

Perkasa mobs attack premeditated

Perkasa mob disrupts PAS ceramah


Hudud: Nik Aziz terima keputusan Pakatan

PETALING JAYA: Mursyidul Am PAS Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat tetap menerima baik keputusan Pakatan Rakyat semalam walaupun pelaksanaan hukum hudud tidak akan dilaksanakan selagi tiada kata sepakat dicapai.

Beliau berkata pihaknya menghargai pendirian Pakatan yang menghormati hak dan kehendak PAS untuk melaksana hudud seperti yang terdapat dalam Enakmen Jenayah Syariah II Kelantan 1993.

Saya dimaklumkan keputusan pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat semalam yang menghormati hasrat Kelantan untuk memasukkan hukum hudud didalam undang-undang syariah.

Alhamdulillah saya menerima baik dan bersyukur kerana rakan-rakan dalam Pakatan Rakyat memahami hasrat Kelantan apatah lagi kerana ia tidak menyentuh (masyarakat) bukan Islam.

Tinggal lagi sekarang, kerajaan pusat yang didokong oleh Umno yang masih menghalang hasrat kami, kata Menteri Besar Kelantan dalam kenyataan melalui laman sosial facebook miliknya pagi tadi.

Menteri Besar itu turut menyeru masyarakat bukan Islam supaya tidak perlu gentar dengan hudud dan memberi jaminan ia hanya akan dilaksanakan dengan telus terhadap masyarakat beragama Islam di Kelantan sahaja.

Saya harap masyarakat bukan Islam tidak takut dengan hukum hudud hanya kerana salah faham, tidak dapat memahami konsep sebenar atau sesuatu yang menyebabkan anda tidak tahu atau kurang pasti, katanya dalam kenyataan berasingan awal pagi semalam.

Pakatan dalam mesyuarat malam semalam berpendirian tiada kata putus tentang pelaksanaan hukum hudud seperti yang dihasratkan PAS selagi tiada persetujuan sebulat suara oleh DAP dan PKR.

Ini kerana PAS masih terikat dengan dasar bersama Pakatan yang dipersetujui dalam Buku Jingga selain peruntukan dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan.!

M esyuarat Pakatan malam tadi dihadiri beberapa pemimpin tertinggi termasuk Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, Penasihat DAP Lim Kit Siang, Pengerusi DAP Karpal Singh serta Presiden PKR Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.


The benefits of English-medium national-type schools

By Lan Boon Leong

It was reported in the press last month that the Education Ministry is sticking by its decision to abolish the PPSMI policy of teaching and learning Science and Mathematics in English.

The abolishment of the policy means that the two subjects will be taught solely in Bahasa Malaysia in the national schools, and solely in Mandarin or Tamil in the national-type schools.

The Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said he and many other academics believe the two subjects need to be taught in the students mother tongues.

UNESCO, in fact, advocates mother-tongue education for all subjects because studies have shown that children learn better in their mother tongue.

However, mother-tongue education, although desirable, will make the national and national-type schools even more ethnically polarized than they are today.

Moreover, there are many Malaysian children of diverse ethnic background Malays included whose mother tongue or first language is English.

But there are presently no English-medium national-type schools to accommodate them. These children are academically disadvantaged compared to their peers whose mother tongue is Bahasa Malaysia or Mandarin or Tamil.

The solution to these two problems ethnic segregation and linguistic inequity is obvious: the government needs to add English-medium national-type schools to our national school system.

These schools will clearly not be attended solely by English-speaking Malaysian children. Many parents of children whose mother tongue is not English would also send their children to these schools because they understand the importance of English for their childrens future.

Co nvert nation schools

English-medium national-type schools will therefore have a much better ethnic mix of students than the Mandarin or Tamil counterparts and the national schools, and thus able to foster ethnic harmony unlike our present schools.

Furthermore, children whose mother tongue is not English who attend these schools should be more proficient in English.

These benefits of English-medium national-type schools, which are vital to our countrys future, are crystal clear.

So what is stopping the government from establishing them? It is not difficult to do so we could start simply by converting some national schools, particularly the mission schools, to English-medium ones.

If you are a Malaysian parent who is in favor of the establishment of English-medium national-type schools, please vote at www.surveymonkey.com/s/NKRJVDH and join PENS (Parents for English-medium National-type Schools) at www.facebook.com/#!/groups/PENSmember/ to help recruit more members.

If we do not push for English-medium national-type schools, they will never be established. But if our collective voice through votes is loud enough, there is at least a possibility. Vote and campaign for your childrens future!

Lan Boon Leong is an Associate Professor at Monash University Sunway Campus.


Is Petronas Dr Ms next target?

The real Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is emerging. Former prime minister Mahathir looks out for the welfare of the corporate world the big businesses, the crony capitalists.

He wants to ensure subsidies go to Independent Power Producers, juiciest of deals go to highway toll operators, big business continue to get bigger businesses.

He will support the Gamuda-isation of Malaysia. Yes sirree folks, Mahathir is the champion of corporate welfarism.

Under this version of welfare, the power of the state is used to protect the rich and powerful rather than the poor and the society in general.

Mahathir is now the spokesman of welfarism.

Contradictory Mahathir

Mahathir continues to be the embodiment of contradictions. He moves from one extreme to another without being burdened with the feelings of guilt.

He is generally seen as the man responsible for breeding the culture of corruption, yet he can also be the spokesman for a clean government.

Ex-ministers who listened to his solemn intonation that the government is corrupt from the top to bottom, could have puked all over the place in one of those gatherings of ex-ministers.

He quits Umno when he thinks Umno is rotten to the core. Each level of the Umno leadership is corrupt, he has said.

And this, he had told a social gathering of ex-minister, would include premier Najib Tun Razak. And when Umno was led by Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, he left Umno.

Next target Petronas

Mahathir wants to have his cake and eat it too all the time. Therefore the world is how he defines it.

So I was not surprised when Mahathir came out in support of Air Asia gobbling up MAS.

He detests! MAS all uding to its stinking management. But there is an endgame to Mahathirs shifting of the goal post.

Next month, he will say hes fed-up of stodgy and limbering Petronas. So he will say he supports Kencana-Sapura as the new evil axis that will eat up Petronas.

How?

All new fields will be declared marginal fields and Mahathir will no doubt support a bill and law to give a monopoly over marginal fields to Sapura and Kencana.

The writer is a former Umno state assemblyman and a FMT columnist.


Yahoo! stays on course after CEO ouster

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo! Yesterday argued that the ouster of its chief executive has not knocked it off course, and that it was building on its strategy of making offerings more social and mobile.

We are heads down; we know exactly what we want to do, Yahoo! vice-president of applications and mobile Steve Douty said during a briefing with reporters at the California companys office in San Francisco.

Is there some amount of uncertainty? Sure, he said. But we have been really successful at focusing on products that are going to move the needle for us and there is no reason to change them.

Yahoo!s board of directors fired chief executive Carol Bartz on Sept 6 less than three years after she was brought in to help turn around the struggling Internet company.

A new chief executive has yet to be selected by the Yahoo! board, which Bartz has derided as doofuses who handled her departure poorly.

Yahoo! yesterday showed off its first Flickr application for mobile gadgets powered by Google-backed Android software and enhancements to the popular photo sharing and storage service.

A Photo Session feature lets Flickr users in different places flip through an online photo album using iPhones, iPads, or desktop computers as though they were sitting together looking at the images with friends.

Flickr was capitalising on location-sensing capabilities in smartphones to tag images and creating chat forums to let people discuss pictures in text-message exchanges.

Mobile and social are really infusing everything we do, said Yahoo! senior director of product management Jonathan Katzman.

- AFP


Tiada kata putus untuk laksana hudud...

Cadangan PAS untuk melaksana undang-undang hudud ke atas orang Islam di Kelantan masih belum dapat diputuskan oleh majlis pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat walaupun hangat dibincangkan dalam mesyuaratnya malam ini.

Bagaimanapun, ketua umum Pakatan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata, majlis pimpinan itu menghormati niat kerajaan Kelantan untuk melaksanakan undang-undang berkenaan.

Majlis itu juga menghormati pendirian DAP yang menentang keras cadangan berkenaan, kata Anwar kepada media selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat itu di ibupejabat PAS, Kuala Lumpur.

Kesepakatan yang berjaya dicapai dalam mesyuarat selama tiga jam, lewat malam ini, hanyalah berhubung kesepakatan untuk PAS dan DAP meneruskan perbincangan bagi melaksanakan hukum hudud dan juga mempertahankan dasar-dasar bersama.

"Pendiriannya jelas bahawa DAP menentang (cadangan melaksana hudud) dan PKR serta PAS menghormatinya.

"Mesyuarat juga memperakui dan menghormati perbedaan ideologi setiap parti dalam Pakatan Rakyat sebagai permuafakatan demokratik, termasuk pendirian PAS berkenaan hukum syariah," katanya lagi.

Jelasnya, Pakatan jelas menghormati hak dan kehendak PAS untuk melaksana hudud, namun parti Islam itu masih terikat dengan dasar bersama yang dipersetujui serta manifesto dalam Buku Jingga.

"Mesyuarat juga memperakui kewujudan Enakmen Syariah II Kelantan 1993 dan Enakmen Jenayah Syariah Terengganu 2003," tambahnya.

Malah, kedua-dua enakmen tersebut dibentuk oleh dua negeri berkenaan ketika PAS, DAP dan PKR masih belum membentuk Pakatan, katanya lagi.

Namun, terdapat keperluan untuk merujuk perkara itu ke majlis pimpinan Pakatan ! Rakyat k erana ia melibatkan pindaan perlembagaan, tambahnya.

Bagaimanapun, ditanya sekiranya Pakatan akan meminda perlembagaan bagi usaha itu seandainya ia berjaya membentuk kerajaan persekutuan, Anwar berkata tiada persetujuan bersama dicapai.

Katanya lagi, mesyuarat juga telah menerima penjelasan berhubung pendirian Kelantan dalam isu berkenaan yang disampaikan anggota exconya, Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan yang mewakili menteri besar.

Turut hadir penasihat DAP, Lim Kit Siang; pengerusi DAP, Karpal Singh; presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang dan presiden PKR, Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

source:malaysiakini

Pakatan: Hudud only if all parties agree


cheers.

Teresa Kok: "Najib #1 Talk Kok"

Najib gets a drubbing over ‘Community Chest’

By Tarani Palani, FMT

Q: Does Miss Kok have the balls (or boobies) to challenge Lady Rosy, boss of the #1 Talk Kok King for a Flute Blowing Fight ?

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has received a drubbing for claiming credit for the private sector initiative to provide funds for vernacular and mission schools.

DAP leader and Seputeh MP Teresa Kok said: “He has no right to boast because the funds are from the private sector. He should not mislead the public into thinking that it was provided by the government or Barisan Nasional”.

On Monday, Najib announced that a minimum of RM100 million of gambling profits would be channelled to these schools annually through a fund called ‘Community Chest’.

It will be funded primarily by the profits of gaming company Pan Malaysian Pools Sdn Bhd, returns from its investments and public donations.

Kok also took Najib to task over his statement that NGOs and government linked parties will have a say in how the funds will be allocated.

“Najib said, ‘the funds will be distributed in close consultation with the government… parties like MCA, Gerakan and MIC as well as NGOs… to ensure that it will be distributed fairly’.

“The message he seems to be sending is, “if you support MCA, Gerakan, MIC and BN-affiliated NGOs, I will reward your school with education funds”

“It is much the same message as his infamous “You help me, I help you,” speech during the Sibu by-election,” said Kok in a statement.

Staying apolitical

Vernacular schools have complained about unequal treatment from the government and Kok said Najib’s attempts at associating himself with the funds will not deceive the public.

READ MORE HERE.

PRU 13: Apabila ahli-ahli nujum menilik..

Ketika arena politik negara semakin dilanda wabak demam pilihan raya yang tidak berapa lama sahaja lagi, bermacam ramalan yang dapat kita dengar dan baca di sana sini.

Ramalan-ramalan politik ini tentunya datang dari ahli-ahli nujum politik negara yang datangnya dari pelbagai medium termasuklah medium internet, media cetak, cofee house hotel yang berbintang-bintang hinggalah ke kedai kopi di bawah pokok.

Walaupun ada juga ahli-ahli nujum politik negara ini hanya menjampi mangkuk ajaib atau bebola kristal mereka di kedai-kedai kopi, tetapi bacaan politik sesetengah mereka ini tidak boleh diperlekeh begitu sahaja kerana bacaan politik mereka ini juga tidak kurang menariknya.

Biar pun ada sesetengah ramalan sedikit merapu, nakal dan bersifat propaganda, tetapi banyak juga yang mampu memberi hujah-hujah dengan baik bersandarkan fakta-fakta yang menarik untuk difikirkan.

Dari mangkuk ajaib dan bebola kristal ahli-ahli nujum yang datang dari pelbagai medium ini, bermacam ramalan dapat dilihat, seperti siapakah calon parti tertentu, siapa tikam belakang siapa, siapa bakal menang dan yang paling popular ketika ini ialah bilakah Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU 13) akan diadakan.

Dalam banyak-banyak tilikan yang meramalkan tarikh sebenar PRU 13 akan diadakan, terdapat beberapa tarikh yang begitu hangat disebut-sebut oleh ahli-ahli nujum politik negara ini.

11 Februari 2012

Minggu lalu, sebuah akhbar harian turut tidak ketinggalan meramalkan tarikh PRU 13 dengan tajuk utama muka hadapannya yang meramal PRU 13 akan diadakan pada 11 Februari 2012.

Dalam liputan khas PRU 13 dengan empat muka penuh itu, ianya bolehlah dianggap satu analisa yang menarik dengan pemben! tangan f aktanya yang begitu teliti.

Cuma yang tidak dikaitkan dalam analisa tersebut ialah perbicaraan kes liwat 2 yang sedang dihadapi oleh Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang dianggap oleh sesetengah ahli nujum lain sebagai salah satu faktor yang mungkin berada dalam perhitungan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Persoalan yang mungkin sesuai untuk diperhitungkan tentunya seperti bilakah perbicaraan kes liwat 2 itu selesai, adakah Anwar akan didapati bersalah, jika mahkamah mendapati beliau bersalah apa pula hukumannya nanti yang sudah tentulah bukan denda ketuk ketampi.

Silap-silap hari bulan, jawapan-jawapan dari persoalan-persoalan itu tadi boleh menyebabkan Anwar hilang kelayakkan untuk bertanding dalam PRU 13 nanti.

Apa pun yang pastinya, kes liwat 2 itu memang banyak memberikan kelebihan kepada Najib dalam usaha untuk memadamkan impian Anwar untuk bergelar PM Malaysia.

Malah bukan itu sahaja, sekiranya Anwar hilang kelayakan bertanding gara-gara keputusan mahkamah nanti, kubu kuat Anwar di Permatang Pauh dengan sendirinya menjadi kucar-kacir untuk memilih calon sesuai dalam PRU 13 kelak.

Harus diingat, Presiden PKR, Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail ketika ini masih jauh untuk menghabiskan tempoh edah setelah hilang kelayakan untuk bertanding dalam mana-mana pilihan raya di negara ini ekoran tindakan meletakkan jawatan sebagai YB di parlimen yang sama pada 2008.

PAS ramal 11 November 2011

Selain akhbar harian tersebut yang menjangkakan 11 Februari 2012, Pesuruhjaya Pas Terengganu, Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut juga memberitahu PAS telah menyasarkan tarikh 11 November 2011 sebagai tarikh pilihan raya diadakan.

Kata beliau, bajet yang bakal dibentangkan pada 7 Oktober nanti merupakan bajet pilihan raya untuk mengambil hati rakyat agar memberikan undi mereka kepada Barisan Nasional (BN).

Sementara itu, tarikh lain yang juga sedang hangat diperkatakan ialah pada 11 Oktober tahun ini ia! itu empa t hari selepas pembentangan Bajet 2012.

Namun ramalan 11 Oktober nampaknya hampir tidak menjadi kenyataan apabila hanya tinggal seminggu lebih sahaja lagi dari sekarang sebelum menjelangnya tarikh yang diramalkan itu sedangkan hingga hari ini Parlimen masih belum dibubarkan.

Ditambah pula dengan faktor pembentangan Bajet 2012 pada 7 Oktober nanti dan perbahasan sebelum bajet boleh diluluskan yang pastinya memakan masa yang panjang.

Membubarkan parlimen sebelum undian meluluskan bajet di parlimen dijalankan dan persidangan yang hanya selesai pada awal Disember nanti akan banyak mencetuskan kontroversi dari segi perlembagaan.

Seperti kata Profesor Dr Aziz Bari, silap-silap hari bulan Bajet 2012 jadi bajet tidak sah dan terpaksa dibentangkan semula.

Kalau Najib masih bernasib baik, dapatlah sekali lagi beliau membentangkan bajet dan kalau tidak bernasib baik, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin atau pun pihak yang sekarang ini berada di blok yang bertentangan pula membentangkan Bajet 2012.

Najib sendiri tentulah tidak mahu dilihat sebagai PM paling kurang cerdik apabila membuat keputusan tidak bijak dalam memilih masa paling sesuai untuk membubarkan parlimen untuk mengadakan pilihan raya.

Angka 11

Ramalan-ramalan ahli-ahli nujum politik negara menjadi semakin menarik apabila masing-masing cuba mengaitkan ramalan mereka dengan angka 11 apabila Najib memberitahu DJ sebuah stesyen radio bahawa angka itu begitu dekat dengan dirinya.

Sekiranya Najib sememangnya mempunyai tahap obses yang begitu tinggi dengan angka tersebut, maka bacaan mudah boleh dibuat dengan mengandaikan tarikh 11 November 2011 (11/11/11) sebagai pertaruhannya.

Namun ianya tidaklah semudah itu untuk membaca perhitungan politik dalam fikiran Najib hinggalah ke saat ini.

Sudah tentunya Najib tidak akan meletakkan angka tersebut sebagai antara kriteria utama dalam mencaturkan masa depan politik beliau dan parti yang diterajuinya.

Kalaup! un betul Najib memilih tarikh 11 haribulan untuk mengadakan PRU 13, sudah semestinya ada perhitungan lain yang menjadi keutamaan Najib ketika memilih tarikh itu berbanding faktor angka 11 itu sendiri.

Sekali lagi, Najib tentulah tidak mahu dilihat sebagai PM paling kurang cerdik untuk memilih tarikh sesuai untuk membubarkan parlimen bagi mengadakan pilihan raya.

Mac 2012 Tony Pua

Bagi Ketua Publisiti DAP, Tony Pua pula meramalkan PRU 13 bakal diadakan dalam tempoh kurang enam bulan dengan menyasarkan sekitar Mac 2012.

Manakala dalam sembang kedai kopi sedikit masa dahulu, seorang ahli nujum politik negara yang pernah berkhidmat sebagai pengiring khas kepada seorang kenamaan politik di Sarawak pernah memberitahu PRU 13 akan diadakan pada 15 November tahun ini.

Bagaimanapun gambaran dalam mangkuk ajaibnya tidaklah begitu jelas dek riak-riak air di dalamnya dan kerana itu beliau tidak dapat memberi hujah bagi menyokong kenyataannya melainkan memberitahu tarikh itu diperolehi daripada ahli politik yang beliau sendiri iringi itu.

Pada Jun lalu pula, politik negara tiba-tiba menjadi riuh apabila ada ahli nujum politik negara yang meramalkan PRU 13 bakal diadakan pada bulan berikutnya iaitu Julai lalu apabila Umno sibuk mengadakan simulasi pilihan raya.

Namun ramalan tersebut turut tidak menjadi kenyataan apabila tiada apa-apa yang berlaku sehinggalah ke penghujung bulan itu.

Ramalan nakal

Ada juga ramalan yang tampak nakal tetapi mencuit hati apabila menyedarkan hakikat sebenarnya, Najib sendiri juga sama seperti ahli-ahli nujum politik negara yang lain, masih terteka-teka bila agaknya isterinya mahukan parlimen dibubarkan.

Ramalan lain yang tidak kurang juga nakalnya apabila meramalkan Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor bakal diturunkan sebagai calon heavy weight bagi BN walaupun tidaklah mustahil, untuk melanggar dan melenyek-lenyek Pakatan Rakyat.

Begitulah istimewanya negara ki! ta berba nding negara lain apabila rakyatnya khusus bagi pemain-pemain politiknya, berseronok merasai debaran dengan penuh suspen untuk mendapatkan ramalan terbaik daripada ahli-ahli nujum politik negara.

Berbanding di kebanyakkan negara-negara lain, tarikh pilihan raya telah pun diumumkan berbulan-bulan lebih awal sekaligus menghilangkan unsur suspen dan thrill seperti mana kita di sini.


Pakatan: Hudud only if all parties agree

By Shannon Teoh
The Malaysian Insider
Sep 29, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 Pakatan Rakyat (PR) agreed today that the contentious hudud or Islamic criminal law is not part of its joint policy until all parties agree to it, stepping back from the brink of a major difference that broke an earlier opposition coalition.

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told a press conference just after midnight that the set of Islamic laws was certainly now not PR policy and DAPs objection has to be respected.

Anwar said PR will continue to allow its members to air different views. File pic
Yes, very clear, it has to be together, the PKR de facto leader replied to a question on whether any move to implement hudud would need the unanimous agreement of all three parties in the pact.

He had earlier backed imposing the law in Kelantan, just like political foe Umno whose former leader Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dredged up the issue last week.

Close to 30 top PR leaders had met for over three hours last night to resolve the longstanding hudud issue which has seen the DAP and PAS repeatedly at loggerheads.

Dr Mahathir, who opposed hudud when Kelantan passed the law in 1993, dared Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat, the states mentri besar, to implement hudud now that the countrys longest-serving prime minister was no longer in power.

The PAS spiritual leader then called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to propose amendments to the federal constitution to allow the Islamic law, which prescribes stoning, whipping and amputation as punishment for criminal offences.

But the DAP has insisted that it is not part of PRs common policy, leading to the three-year-old pacts unity being questioned.

Secretary-general Lim Guan Eng vowed this week that his entire central leadership would resign their! posts i f hudud became part of the coalitions joint stand.

PR issued a gag order earlier this week, barring their members from speaking on the issue until the pacts emergency meeting last night.

Anwar also said PR will continue to allow its members to air different views but that no policy would become part of its common platform without the consensus of all.

Why must PAS be denied the right to articulate their views? We cannot deny the right of any party to bring forward any view. PR respects PASs initiative and aspiration but we have to reach a consensus, the former deputy prime minister said.

He added that he could not understand why (hudud) cannot be discussed? Why the strong abhorrence?

The Permatang Pauh MP also said that the hudud enactments that were passed in PAS-ruled Kelantan and Terengganu in 1993 and 2003 respectively were done before PR had been formed.

Anwar said that both enactments are there, but it requires PR consensus and an amendment to the constitution. DAP is not supportive of that particular position.


Senior Citizen asks Sharizat to be fired immediately

Senior Citizen's Outrage: Open Letter To Sharizat

got this thru email

A superb letter written by a man at his golden age. Especially special for penangites.
Hi there,
This letter is very well written and worth a read. It is full of fire and emotion. He or she maybe old (senior citizen) but the words expressed are excellent. BRAVO friend.


Open letter to Sharizat.

Many senior citizens are outraged by your uncalled for comments about the RM100 given to them by the Penang state government in appreciation of their contributions to the development of Penang .

Your comments indicate how uncultured you are, totally unbefitting of a cabinet minister. You said you are ashamed and offered your sympathies to Penang ’s senior citizens because they are worth — according to your absurd calculation — less than RM10 a month in the eyes of the state government.

Can I ask you how much a senior citizen was worth when the BN ruled Penang ? Absolutely nothing, Yes Nothing at all.
You went on to say that you thank God that there is a federal government and a Barisan Nasional government to take care of the people’s welfare without which the poor in Penang will be starving. Yes, the BN government looked after the people of Penang so well that on 8 March 2008, they kicked the BN out of Penang !

As a senior citizen, let me tell you this. It is not the money that matters. It is the thought, the appreciation and the caring attitude of the state government that senior citizens value most.

Did you say that the BN government looks after the people’s welfare? Let us examine the BN’s track record. The NEP has been in existence for almost 40 years and during this period about 1 trillion ringgit was allocated supposedly to help Malays through ASN, ASB and numerous other government programmes involving many government agencies.

Umnoputras hijacked the NEP and by masquerading as champions of the Malays siphoned off a sizeable amount of the funds to enrich themselves, their families and their cronies. These Umnoputras live in palatial houses and live opulent lifestyles. Look at the posh cars they and their cronies drive and the designer clothes they wear while the poor Malays continue to languish in poverty, even after 52 years of Umno’s total dominance in Malaysian politics. How much have these Umnoputras, their families and cronies invested in high-end properties overseas? How much of the loot is stashed away in overseas banks?
A Morgan Stanley analyst estimated that between 1984 and 2003, RM360 billion was siphoned off by Umnoputras and their cronies. The Auditor-General’s Report bears ample testimony to the plunder of the nation’s wealth.

After more than 52 years of Merdeka, many kampungs do not have basic amenities like piped water and electricity while Umnoputras are wallowing in wealth and luxury. No wonder the income differential in the Malay community is the highest among all ethnic groups in Asia .
You were defeated in the last elections and came into the cabinet through the backdoor. We are ashamed of you No wonder Rafidah poured scorn on you. As minister of Women, Family and Community Development, you did little to genuinely empower Malaysian women, especially Muslim women whose problems — marriage, divorce, custody of children, alimony, property rights etc,etc have remained unresolved. Your failures in this regard are well documented by women NGOs and Sisters in Islam.
You had the audacity to offer your sympathies to the senior citizens of Penang . Let me tell you this:
Shut your face, honey. Guan Eng is making money (for Penang , of course), unlike you and the rest of umno gang.
My advice to you is this:

Don’t open your mouth to make a bloody fool of yourself. Do us a favour; disappear from the political scene.
.
Stop monkeying around.

Orang Lama Malaysia

Mahathir is confirmed enemy of all Malaysians ...

Fcuk Utusan Melayu

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Sam Singh a.k.a. Hantu Singh

FMT LETTER: From Mathias Gomes,a e-mail

Sam Singh reads only articles that are pro Pakatan and on purpose irks readers with his silly and incensed comments, at times even pissing of readers of FMT who have resorted to use vulgarities on him.

It is not nice to read comments that are vulgar in nature, especially if it is directed at you and your community, but Sam Singh doesnt care.

Most of the comments he posts are designed to create a furore, and he manages to bring in a flood of replies with many vulgarities thrown in.

As an avid reader of online papers, I think he is the only one of the reading commentators who posts a picture of himself proudly which sometimes make me think he is a fake Singh.

He could be a fake Singh, cause I have a lot of Sikh friends who I grew up with, and in College too. They are very proud of their heritage, they will not give an inch if you speak of their heritage or their turban, which they revere in high esteem.

But this Sam Singh doesnt care even if you whack his community or his heritage, he continues to irk readers of FMT till kingdom come. This proves he could be a fake Singh.

Sam Singh if you are fake Singh, stop it and reveal your true identity, or use some pseuodymn to cover your image. At least the Sikh community will be left out of the barrage of insults it gets.

If you still want to maintain the Sam Singh alter ego then at least tone down your comments, and comment sensibly.

Sometimes you make me feel you are a pro Umno Malay blogger, and that you have hijacked the picture from some Indian Blogs. Correct me if Im wrong.

KOLEKSI PEMIMPIN UMNO/APCO HINA ISLAM

KOLEKSI KENYATAAN/UCAPAN YANG MENGHINA ISLAM, MENGELIRUKAN RAKYAT MENGENAI ISLAM DAN MENGHALANG PERKEMBANGAN ISLAM DI MALAYSIA

(Kenyataan Mahathir kepada wartawan pada 3hb Mac 1994 di Nilam Puri, Kelantan Darul Naim): Hukum rejam kepada penzina adalah primitif

(Kenyataan Najib Razak pada 20hb April 1983 kepada para wartawan): Negara akan huru-hara sekiranya undang2 Islam dilaksanakan -

(Kenyataan Mahathir pada 14 Julai 1992 kepada wartawan). Apabila hukum rejam batu sampai mati kepada penzina dan potong tangan kepada pencuri, nescaya ramailah rakyat Islam yang mati dan kudung tangan. Ini sangat memalukan umat Islam kerana orang bukan Islam akan sempurna sifatnya dan boleh meneruskan kerja.

(Ucapan Mahathir pada 30 April 1992 di perjumpaan Ketua2 Umno bahagian Johor). Saya nak tahu siapakan di antara ahli2 Pas yang sanggup memotong tangan orang jika hudud dilaksanakan di Kelantan. Barangkali Nik Aziz akan melakukannya. Jika benar kita nak tengok apa yang berlaku selepas hukum itu nanti.

(Ucapan Mahathir pada 2 Mei 1992 di Papar Sabah). Bagaimana kita boleh maju kalau orang Islam sudah tidak ada tangan dan kaki. Bagaimana mereka mahu bersaing dengan bangsa2 lain kalau sifatnya sudah tidak cukup. Hukum Hudud tidak sesuai dilaksanakan di negara ini yang mempunyai rakyat berbilang kaum dan agama.

(Kenyataan Mahathir kepada para wartawan pada tahun 1994 selepas mesyuarat MT Umno). Saya ingin memastikan bahawa negeri2 yang diperintah oleh BN tidak akan melaksanakan hukum hudud.

(Ucapan Mahathir pada 14 Ogos 1994 di Pasir Mas Kelantan). Sukar dilaksanakan hukum syarak kerana masyarakat Malaysia bukan seratus peratus Islam.

(Ucapan Mahathir pada 3 Mac 1994 di Pusat Bahasa Arab, Nilam Puri, Kelantan). Apakah hukum hudud mesti dilaksanakan juga walau apa pun keadaan sehingga mendatangkan mudarat kepada orang Islam! . Apakah dalam keadaan Islam sudah lemah, hukum2 yang boleh melemahkan lagi orang Islam mesti dilaksanakan? -

(Ucapan Mahathir pada 3 Mac 1994 di Pusat Bahasa Arab, Nilam Puri, Kelantan) Hudud tidak boleh dilaksanakan kerana sukar mendapat saksi yang tidak fasik. -

(Kenyataan Najib Razak pada 20 April 1992 kepada para wartawan). Kerajaan Kelantan harus dipertanggungjawabkan jika berlaku huru-hara, ketidakstabilan politik, perpecahan di kalangan umat Islam dan kegelisahan rakyat apabila hukum hudud dilaksanakan di negeri itu. Rakyat harus menyoal perlaksanaan hukum itu menguntungkan atau menyebabkan perpecahan, pertentangan dan ketidakstabilan politik. Tidak semua negara Islam mengamalkan hukum hudud bahkan ada negara Islam lebih makmur tanpa hukum itu.

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, temubualnya dengan media massa, 14 Julai 1992) "Apabila hukum rejam batu sampai mati kepada penzina dan potong tangan kepada pencuri, nescaya ramailah rakyat Islam yang mati dan kudung tangan.Ini sangat memalukan ummat Islam, kerana orang bukan Islam akan sempurna sifatnya dan boleh meneruskan kerja."

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, ucapannya di Pusat Bahasa Nilam Puri, Kelantan, 3 Mac1994). "Saya cabar Kelantan laksana hukum hudud di depan orang bukan Islam."

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, ucapannya di Pusat Bahasa Nilam Puri, Kelantan, 3 Mac 1994) Hudud tidak boleh dilaksanakan kerana sukar mendapat saksi yang tidak fasik

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, ucapannya di Pasir Mas, 14 Ogos 1994). "Al-Quran perlu ditafsirkan semula untuk disesuaikan dengan keadaan masa kini."

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, temubualnya dengan media massa selepas sidang Majlis Tertinggi Umno, 1994). "Saya akan mempastikan bahawa negeri-negeri yang diperintah oleh Barisan Nasional tidak akan melaksanakan hukum hudud."

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, ucapannya di Pasir Mas, Kelantan, 14 Ogos 1994). "Kerja yang paling sesuai bagi Tok Guru ! (ulama') ialah mengajar, bukan mentadbir."

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, ucapannya di Pasir Mas, Kelantan, 14 Ogos 1994). "Sukar dilaksanakan hukum syarak kerana masyarakat Malaysia bukan seratus peratus Islam".

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, ucapannya di Pasir Mas, Kelantan, 14 Ogos 1994). "Kita (Kerajaan Pusat) akan ambil tindakan jika Kelantan meneruskan usaha melaksanakan hudud."

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, kenyataannya kepada wartawan, 30 April 1992). "Bukan kerana dengan melaksanakan hukum hudud saja kita boleh menjadi Islam. Kita tengok banyak negara Islam yang tidak melaksanakan hukum hudud,tetapi tidak bermakna mereka tidak Islam."

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, temubualnya dengan wartawan, 18 Ogos 1991). "Perlaksanaaan hukum hudud boleh menyebabkan umat Islam menjadi mundur kerana tidak boleh bersaing dengan orang bukan Islam apabila orang Islam dipotong tangannya dan dilakukan hukum hudud yang lain, sedangkan orang bukan Islam tidak dikenakan."

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, bercakap kepada wartawan, 24 April 1992) . "Jika mereka hendakkan sangat hukum hudud, mereka kenalah cuba hukum mereka sendiri atau mahkamah mereka sendiri. Mereka seronok nak potong tangan orang, seolah-olah jika tidak potong tangan, tidak Islam. Sekarang kita nak tengoklah mereka boleh buat atau tidak."

(Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, bercakap kepada wartawan, 20 April 1992): "Kerajaan Kelantan harus dipertanggungjawab jika berlaku huru hara, ketidakstabilan politik, perpecahan di kalangan umat Islam dan kegelisahan rakyat apabila hukum hudud dilaksanakan di negeri itu.rakyat harus menyoal perlaksaaan hukum itu menguntungkan atau menyebabkan perpecahan pertentangan dan ketidakstabilan politik. Tidak semua negara Islam mengamalkan hukum hudud, bahkan ada negara Islam lebih makmur tanpa hukum itu."

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, ucapannya di Papar, Sabah, 2 Mei 1992). "Bagaimana kita boleh maju kalau orang Islam sudah ti! dak ada tangan dan kaki? Bagaimana mereka mahu bersaing dengan bangsa-bangsa lain, kalau sifatnya sudah tidak cukup? Hukum hudud tidak sesuai dilaksanakan di negara ini yang mempunyai rakyat berbilang kaum dan agama."

"(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, bercakap kepada wartawan, 15 Julai 1994). Jika semua urusan selesai dan kita puas hati sikap Israel, kita akan mengiktiraf negara itu."

(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, ucapannya di Pasir Mas, Kelantan, 14 Ogos 1994). "Melaksanakan hukum hudud sehingga melemahkan orang Islam sehingga menjadi masyarakat kucar kacir dan ditindas oleh orang lain tidaklah secucuk dengan ajaran Islam."

(Dato' Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamad 28/9/2001) Perhimpunan Agong Umno. Mahathir berkata: Malaysia telah diistiharkan sebagai sebuah Negara Islam oleh Dr Mahathir ketika merasmikan Kongres Tahunan Partai Gerakan pada 28 September 2001 yang lalu.

(Dato' Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamad3/3/94) 'Hukum rejam kepada penzina adalah primitif'.

(Dato' Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamad 14/7/92) 'Apabila hukum rejam batu sampai mati kepada penzina dan potong tangan kepada pencuri, nescaya ramailah tangan. Ini sangat memalukan umat Islam kerana orang bukan Islam akan sempurna sifatnya dan boleh meneruskan kerja'.

(Dato' Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamad 2/5/92) 'Bagaimana kita boleh maju kalau orang Islam rakyat Islam yang mati dan kudung sudah tiada tangan dankaki. Bagaimana mereka mahu bersaing dengan bangsa-bangsa lain kalau sifatnya sudah tidak cukup. Hukum Hudud tidak sesuai dilaksanakan di negara ini yang mempunyai rakyat berbilang kaum dan agama'.

(Dato' Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamad 1994) 'Saya akan memastikan bahawa negeri-negeri yang diperintah oleh BN tidak akan melaksanakan hukum hudud'( hukum Islam)

(Dato' Seri Najib TunAbd Razak 20/4/93) 'Negara akan huru-hara sekiranya undang-undang Islam dilaksanakan'. (Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi: 13/11/99) 'Apa erti negara Islam jika! mundur '.

(Dato' Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamad 11/1/02 Berita Harian Mahathir berkata):Malaysia adalah sebuah negara Islam sejak merdeka dan peniaga serta pelancong Jepun sudah melawat negara ini sejak itu lagi. Kita tidak mengalami sebarang perubahan walau sedikitpun, lantas kebimbangan ini tidak berasas sama sekali, katanya berucap pada majlis jamuan meraikan rakan sejawatannya dari Jepun, Junichiro Koizumi di Seri Perdana di sini malam ini.

Firman Allah SWT: "Maka demi Tuhanmu mereka (pada hakikatnya) tidaklah beriman sehingga mereka menjadikan kamu hakimAllah swt." (al-An'am:57)

Firman Allah SWT: "Barangsiapa yang tidak memutuskan menurut apa yang diturunkan Allah, maka mereka adalah orang-orang yang kafir" (al-Maidah: 44)

Firman Allah SWT: "Barangsiapa yang tidak memutuskan menurut apa yang diturunkan Allah, maka mereka adalah orang-orang yang zalim" (al-Maidah:45)

Firman Allah SWT: "Barangsiapa yang tidak memutuskan menurut apa yang diturunkan Allah, maka mereka adalah orang-orang yang fasiq" (al-Maidah:47)

Firman Allah SWT: "Apakah hukum Jahiliyyah yang mereka kehendaki, dan hukum siapakah yang lebih baik dari hukum Allah bagiorang-orang yang yakin?" (al-Maidah:50)

MENGHINA SUNNAH - BERJANGGUT
(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Majlis Tertutup Majlis Agama Kebangsaan, 1997). "Sapa tau janggut Nabi macam mana? Sapa biasa tengok janggut nabi, ada gambar? Kita tak tau. Ada pulak yang kata janggut mesti sampai ke pusat. Ada yang special sikit macam tu! (ketawa). Apakah kita nak jadikan ini ukuran agama Islam kerana kita berjanggut maka kita Islam. Kononnya Sunnah Nabi. Kita tak tau. Kita tak tau sebenarnya macam mana janggut dia (Nabi) (menahan ketawa).

Di zaman itu nak cukur pun mudah ke?Dia bukan ada Gillette. Zaman nabi ada Gillette ke, tak dak. Pisau cukur pun tak dak masa tu. Jadi masalah macam mana nak cukur masa tu. Lepas itu, dia berjalan sana sini naik unta. Bukan nak dapat air banyak...(di) padang pasir"! .

MENGHINA HUKUM MENUTUP AURAT DAN MENGALAKAN RATU CANTIK
(Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Majlis Tertutup Majlis Agama Kebangsaan, 1997). "Apakah kalau kita tidak tutup (aurat) kita tidak Islam? Banyak benda yang disuruh oleh agama Islam yang kita tidak buat, tetapi kita masih Islam".

Dr.Mahathir Mohamad: 5 September 1997, PWTC, Perhimpunan Agung UMNO). Tujuan menutup aurat ialah kerana di zaman Nabi, Arab Jahiliyyah mempunyai nafsu yang kuat sehingga sering menculik dan merogol wanita daripada kabilah-kabilah lain. Akibatnya ialah peperangan antara mereka yang tidak pernah tamat".

(Mahathir Mohamad, Utusan Malaysia, 19 Julai 1997) Apabila tiga orang gadis Melayu Islam, Fahyu Hanim Ahmad,18 (Alor Setar), Noni Mohamad, 19 (George Town), dan Sharina Shaari 23, (Alor Setar), menyertai pertandingan Miss Malaysia Petite 1997 yang diadakan di Classic Ballroom, Hotel Holiday Villa Subang Jaya 13 Jun 1997 ditangkap oleh lima pegawai JAIS, Mahathir yang ketika itu sedang bercuti di Okoyama, Jepun mengulas:

"Cara ini meninggalkan kesan buruk sampai ke bila-bila kepada pihak yang terlibat termasuk keluarga mereka. Orang-orang ini tidak faham apa yang dikehendaki oleh agama. Inilah masalahnya apabila kita memberi kuasa kepada orang-orang yang tidak tahu menggunakan kuasa".

Allah berfirman: "Katakanlah kepada wanita yang beriman: "Hendaklah mereka menahan pandangannya, dan memelihara kemaluannya, dan janganlah mereka menampakkan perhiasannya, kecuali yang (biasa) nampak daripadanya. Dan hendaklah mereka menutupkan kain tudung ke dadanya, dan janganlah mereka menampakkan perhiasannya kecuali kepada suami mereka, atau ayah mereka.( An-Nuur:31)

Sesungguhnya termasuk ahli neraka, iaitu perempuan-perempuan yang berpakaian tetapi telanjang, yang condong kepada maksiat dan menarik orang lain untuk membuat maksiat.mereka ini tidak akan masuk syurga dan tidak akan mencium buanya (Muslim)

MENGHINA DAN MEMECAT ULAMA'
(Dr. Mahathir Mohama! d, Majli s Tertutup Majlis Agama Kebangsaan, 1997). "Saya bukan lawan semua dengan mufti, tetapi mufti (Dato' Ishak Baharom) yang semacam ini bukan mufti. Ulama', macam-macam ulama' ada."Takkan satu orang boleh mendakwa diri dia ulama dan kita mesti sembah dia inilah waris nabi, bukan main senang. Masuk persatuan ulama' jadi waris nabi. Syed-syed pun tak pernah berkata macam itu, yang kata dia keturunan nabi, keturunan sahabat-sahabat nabi - pun dia tak kata macam itu. Ini mana-mana tempat membuat dakwaan bahawa 'ulama' adalah waris nabi'. Mudah nak jadi waris nabi. Tak payah sapa pilih."

(Dato' Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamad, 8 Nov.1991, Perhimpuan Agung UMNO, PWTC). " Ajaran ulama' inilah yang menyebabkan umat Islam menghabiskan hayat mereka semata-mata membuat persediaan untuk akhirat. Dan untuk ini, berbagai-bagai ibadat dicipta dan ditokok-tambah untuk memenuhi masa hidup mereka".

Senior Citizen's Outrage: Open Letter To Sharizat

got this thru email

A superb letter written by a man at his golden age. Especially special for penangites.
Hi there,
This letter is very well written and worth a read. It is full of fire and emotion. He or she maybe old (senior citizen) but the words expressed ! are excellent. BRAVO friend.


Open letter to Sharizat.

Many senior citizens are outraged by your uncalled for comments about the RM100 given to them by the Penang state government in appreciation of their contributions ! to the development of Penang .

Your comments indicate how uncultured you are, totally unbefitting of a cabinet minister. You said you are ashamed and offered your sympathies to Penang s senior citizens because they are worth according to your absurd calculation less than RM10 a month in the eyes of the state government.

! Can I ask you how much a senior citizen was worth when the BN ruled Penang ? Absolutely nothing, Yes Nothing at all.
You went on to say that you thank God that there is a federal government and a Barisan Nasional government to take care of the peoples welfare without which the poor in Penang will be starving. Yes, the BN government looked after the people of ! Penang so well that on 8 March 2008, they kicked the BN out of Penang !

As a senior citizen, let me tell you this. It is not the money that matters. It is the thought, the appreciation and the caring attitude of the state government that senior citizens value most.

Did you say that the BN government looks after the peoples welfare? Let ! us examine the BNs track record. The NEP has been in existence for almost 40 years and during this period about 1 trillion ringgit was allocated supposedly to help Malays through ASN, ASB and numerous other government programmes involving many government agencies.

Umnoputras hijacked the NEP and by masquerading as champions of the Malays siphoned off a ! sizeable amount of the funds to enrich themselves, their families and their cronies. These Umnoputras live in palatial houses and live opulent lifestyles. Look at the posh cars they and their cronies drive and the designer clothes they wear while the poor Malays continue to languish in poverty, even after 52 years of Umnos total dominance in ! Malaysian politics. How much have these Umnoputras, their families and cronies invested in high-end properties overseas? How much of the loot is stashed away in overseas banks?
A Morgan Stanley analyst estimated that between 1984 and 2003, RM360 billion was siphoned off by Umnoputras and their cronies. The Auditor-Generals Report bears ! ample testimony to the plunder of the nations wealth.

After more than 52 years of Merdeka, many kampungs do not have basic amenities like piped water and electricity while Umnoputras are wallowing in wealth and luxury. No wonder the income differential in the Malay community is the highest among all ethnic groups in Asia .
! You were defeated in the last elections and came into the cabinet through the backdoor. We are ashamed of you No wonder Rafidah poured scorn on you. As minister of Women, Family and Community Development, you did little to genuinely empower Malaysian women, especially Muslim women whose problems marriage, divorce, custody of children, ! alimony, property rights etc,etc have remained unresolved. Your failures in this regard are well documented by women NGOs and Sisters in Islam.
You had the audacity to offer your sympathies to the senior citizens of Penang . Let me tell you this:
Shut your face, honey. Guan Eng is making money (for Penang , of ! course), unlike you and the rest of umno gang.
My advice to you is this:

Dont open your mouth to make a bloody fool of yourself. Do us a favour; disappear from the political scene.
.
Stop monkeying around.

O! rang Lama Malaysia

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