Friday, October 13, 2006
Ikatan Keluarga dan Politik; Fenomena Global
Dominasi politik keluarga bukanlah satu prekara baru di dunia dan tidak pula tertumpu kepada wilayah atau negara saja.
Trend itu menjadi satu fenomena global yang wujuk sejak berzaman dan seolah-olah tidak lekang dek panas dan tidak luput dek hujan, ia terus mewarnai suasana politik masa kini.
Dari Asia, Timur Tengah hingga ke Amerika Syarikat, soal anak mengikuti jejak langkah ibu, bapa atau datuk dalam meneraju pimpinan politik dan negara memang tidak asing lagi, malah ada yang menjadikan kepimpinan negaar sebagai 'dinasti keluarga'.
Keluarga Nehru, misalnya, mendominasi kepimpinan politik India melangkaui empat generasi - dari datuk turun kepada anak perempuannya dan kemudian cucu.
Anggota keluarga ini yang diterajui Jawaharlal Nehru "memerintah" India selama 37 dari 53 tahun India merdeka. Semua mereka Nehru (1947-1964), Indira Ghandi (1966-1977) dan sekali lagi daripada 1980-1984 dan Rajiv Ghandi 1984-1989 adalah Perdana Menteri negara itu.
Kini janda Rajiv Sonia Ghandi, wanita keturunan Itali pula meneruskan dinasti keluarga ternama India itu. Beliau kini adalah ketua Parti Kongres dan juga ketua pembangkang di negara itu.
Dominasi politik keluarga ini paling ketara, selain India, ialah di Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka dan Nepal.
Keadaan yang sama juga berlaku di Amerika Syarikat yang mana keluarga Kennedy dan kini Bush meneruskan legasi kepimpinan politik keluarga di mana George W Bush kini menjadi Presiden ke-43 Amerika. Bapanya George Bush senior pula adalah Presiden ke 41.
Nama-nama lain yang tidak asing lagi ialah Megawati Sukarnoputri, anak perempuan presiden pertama Indonesia, Sukarno; Gloria Macapagal Arroyo presiden Filipina sekarang, Lee Hsien Loong, Perdana Menteri Singapura, Bashar Al-Assad, Presiden Syria yang mengambil alih pucuk pimpinan selepas kematian bapanya.
Megawati, wanita pertama menjadi presiden Indonesia mengetuai Negara itu dari 2001 hingga 2004, sementara Arroyo adalah anak presiden Filipina ke-12 iaitu Diosdado Macapagal.
Lee Hsien Loong pula adalah anak sulong bekas Perdana Menteri Singapura Lee Kuan Yew yang kini masih menjadi menteri kanan berpengaruh dalam Kabinet negara itu.
Hakikatnya, memang sudah menjadi tuntutan sejarah bahawa ikatan kekeluargaan dan politik adalah satu perkembangan yang bukan luar biasa untuk dicemburui.
Maka apabila sejarah Malaysia masa kini menyaksikan cucu Abdullah Fatim menjadi Perdana Menteri dan anakanda Tun Razak Hussein bakal menjadi Perdana Menteri selepasnya, tidak wajar menjemput rasa irihati mana-mana pihak.
Begitupun tidak dapat dinafikan ikatan kekeluargaan bukanlah faktor penentu jatuh bangunnya atau maju mundurnya seseorang tokoh politik.
Banyak faktor lain umpamanya, Dato' Seri Abdullah dan Dato' Sri Najib memang mempunyai karisma, punya kelayakan, pengalaman, keterampilan dan personaliti unggul yang menyaksikan mereka maju menjadi Perdana Menteri dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri.
Cerahnya masa depan barisan pemimpin pelapis seperti Dato' Sri Hishamuddin, Khairy dan Dato' Mukhriz juga bukan semata-mata kerana faktor kekeluargaan.
Dato' Seri Hishamuddin seorang peguam lulusan University of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, yang mewarisi darah perjuangan datuknya, Dato' Onn Jaafar, terbukti tenang menghadapi segala cabaran politik, punya karisma sesuai dengan citarasa generasi muda seangkatannya dan lenggok politiknya amat dewasa dan matang setaraf rakannya dalam Kabinet dan Majlis Tertinggi.
Begitu juga Dato' Mukhriz Mahathir yang mendapat undi tertinggi dalam pertandingan jawatan Exco Pemuda UMNO. Graduan bidang pemasaran dari University Boston, Massachusetts, Amerika itu bijak melakar imej politik dengan menerajui Gerakan Aman Malaysia tajaan Pemuda.
Di situ beliau memahat nama sebagai insan muda yang penyayang, tangkas bertindak membela mangsa tsunami, mangsa kekejaman peperangan, mangsa gempa bumi.
Begitu apabila tiba masanya anak-anak muda seperti Dato' Sri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein - cucu Dato' Onn Jaafar dan Dato' Mukhriz, anak Tun Dr Mahathir - muncul mewarisi kepimpinan negara. Kita terimalah ia sebagai aturan Allah SWT yang tidak mampu kita sekat, halang atau kita curigai dan yang pentingnya mereka semuanya sama-sama layak, sama-sama memiliki karisma dan sama-sama punya daya juang.
Perkara yang sama berlaku untuk Pihak Pembangkang di mana kita menyaksikan Wan Azizah dan anaknya Nurul Izzah sebagai ahli Parlimen, Lim Kit Siang dan anaknya yang juga Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng, Karpal Singh dan juga anaknya.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Screw Lim
OK Lim, the report from ASLI is full of shit because:
Are you saying that because the government is controlled by UMNO, and UMNO is a Malay party, and because GLCs are owned by the Government, so naturally the Malays own the GLCs?
Are you saying that because Malays are priveleged to have 30% of stake in companies going for listing and usually they divest their interest for a profit and because of that the companies must maintain the 30% of Malay equity, that it is a leakage in the system, and the Malays are taking advantage of an 'instant' wealth program? When the report states that the divestment by the Malays are usually channelled back to properties and such, that the volume of Malay wealth is not necessarily decreased, what about the volume of Chinese wealth?
"The rise of the Malays in emerging sectors, especially in key executive positions is a good indication that Malays no longer need the NEP" - well, it doesn't mean we own these companies.
I've got more points, but I hate to argue more. I'm not an economist, but I think even my grandma understands that the report is just crap.
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Lim free to resign based on principle, says Mirzan
PETALING JAYA: Asli’s head of Centre for Public Policy Studies Dr Lim Teck Ghee has resigned over the controversial studies on bumiputra equity ownership in Malaysian companies.
Mirzan said that after re-examining the methodology and conclusions of the report, Asli had concluded that there were shortcomings in assumption and calculation that led to conclusions that could not be vigorously justified.
He also expressed deep regret over the “hurt and confusion felt by all Malaysians” caused by the report.
“Since I cannot agree with Mirzan’s statement and because of the need to defend the position and integrity of independent and non-partisan scholarship, I will be stepping down from my position at the end of the month,” Dr Lim said in a four-paragraph press statement here yesterday.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Kuan Yew sends reply to Abdullah
This is Singapore's attempt to destabilize politics in Malaysia and Indonesia. Their attempt to duplicate Israel's way of crushing their enemies is sub par. In addition, this is another attempt to temporarily divert attention from their plans to continue to kill off our effort to build Port Tanjung Pelepas and KLIA to steal more businesses from Singapore. What we need to ponder as Malaysians is this, what can Malaysia offer to the world in the future when we become net importer of oil? 87% of manufacturing work will be setup in China. Almost all IT outsourcing work will be in India. Will we be the provider of food to the world? We can't even be self-sufficient and have a RM1 billion-food bill. Will we be the batik center of the world? What kind of GDP will that generate? Will we be the next Biotech Nexus? How many scores of years and number of failures do Biotech ventures need to go through before hitting it in the bull's eye? Will we be the chosen logistical stop in South East Asia? This is more probable. All we need is another private air courier service, strengthen Senai, connect Senai to PTP, and ensure that the bridge linking Malaysia and Singapore is up to enable ships to by pass Singapore port.
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s founding father and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has written to Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi over his recent remarks about the Chinese being marginalised in Malaysia.
The Straits Times quoted Lee’s press secretary, Y. Y. Yeong as saying the letter was now with the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur.
“(It) is ready to be personally conveyed to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi,” she said.
Abdullah wrote to Lee last week seeking clarification over the controversial remarks.
On Sept 15, Lee, 83, told a forum on good governance that the attitude of Malaysia and Indonesia towards the republic was shaped by the way they treated their Chinese communities.
“My neighbours both have problems with their Chinese. They are successful, they’re hardworking and therefore they are systematically marginalised, even in education.
“And they want Singapore, to put it simply, to be like their Chinese, compliant,” Lee had said.
The remarks drew protests from Malaysia and Indonesia, with the foreign ministries of both countries summoning Singaporean envoys to explain Lee’s remarks. – Bernama.
Monday, September 25, 2006
'Jihad' auto dealer ad upsets U.S. Muslims
CINCINNATI (Reuters) -- A car commercial proclaiming a jihad on the U.S. auto market and offering "Fatwa Fridays" with free swords for the kids is offensive and should not be aired, Muslim leaders said on Sunday.
The radio advertisement for the Dennis Mitsubishi car dealership in Columbus, Ohio, has "a whole jihad theme," said Adnan Mirza, director of the Columbus office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
"They are planning on launching a jihad on the automotive market and their representatives would be wearing burqas ... ," Mirza said. "They mentioned the pope in there and also about giving rubber swords out to the kiddies -- really just reprehensible-type comments."
Details of the radio ad, which has not yet been broadcast, have been reported in the local media, but officials at the dealership declined to comment about the content of the radio spot.
Two employees at the dealership said they had been deluged with calls about the commercial.
"The ad has has never been released, it is not out for public listening," said one employee who declined to give his name.
Mirza said several local radio stations had already rejected the ad and he hoped the controversy would convince the dealership to rethink its sales strategy.
"We've made it clear to this dealer that this campaign runs contrary to our company values and we strongly urged him not to run the campaign," Mitsubishi Motors North America said in a company statement released Monday afternoon. "The dealer has agreed not to run it."
Mirza said the Council on American-Islamic Relations would likely contact the dealer to "offer some kind of cultural or sensitivity awareness training."
Thursday, September 21, 2006
New IGP on the roll
Tan Sri Musa spared no time to fight for the basic rights of our men in blue. RM650 as a constable! Yikes, so maids even get more than that and you expect these guys to patrol the streets 24 hours a day and stay clean all day. Funny thing is, even Datuk Johari Baharom missed the boat on this. He was too busy with the election in Kubang Pasu that he forgot to do his job. It's quite a rare occassion when your Minister supports a motion by the IGP, not the other way around. And please, Tan Sri KPPA, stop shooting the cops and give them some support. Yea, we understand that now you're saying hospital helpers get less than that, but they don't have to put their lives on the line for the public.
So we wait for our leadership to support this lonely man in blue.
PUTRAJAYA: The police want a salary revision to meet rising living costs and higher public expectations.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said that low-ranking policemen, including constables, were now drawing a monthly salary of as little as RM650, putting them among the country's hardcore poor.
“A new salary scale is being studied and will be submitted to the Internal Security Ministry,” Musa told newsmen here yesterday.
“I understand that we cannot ask too much from the Government as there are many people involved (in the force) but their salary is very low.”
The police had their last salary revision about 10 years ago.
Monday, September 11, 2006
GPMS Nafi Laporan Kaitkan Pihaknya Berkempen Di Kubang Pasu
Kuala Lumpur -- Gabungan Pelajar-Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung (GPMS) kecewa dan menafikan laporan di laman web alternatif yang mengaitkan GPMS dalam kempen pemilihan perwakilan untuk UMNO Bahagian Kubang Pasu yang akan berlangsung Sabtu ini.
Dalam satu kenyataan ringkas kepada laman webPemuda, Setiausaha Agungnya, Mohd Nardin Awang menafikan GPMS telah digunakan oleh pihak-pihak tertentu dalam UMNO untuk berkempen dari rumah ke rumah bagi memastikan bekas Presiden UMNO, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tidak terpilih sebagai perwakilan untuk ke Perhimpunan Agung UMNO, November ini.
Sehubungan dengan itu jelas beliau tidak timbul isu GPMS menghantar ahli-ahlinya untuk turut serta dalam kempen 'anti-Mahathir' sebagaimana yang di laporkan dalam laman web tersebut.
"Agenda perjuangan GPMS berlandaskan kepada pendidikan. Justeru GPMS akan menumpukan kepada asas perjuangan GPMS dalam memperjuangkan dan menjaga hak-hak, mengemukakan segala permintaan dan memperbaiki keadaan pelajar-pelajar Melayu dari segenap lapisan", katanya.
Monday, August 28, 2006
MPs’ right to immunity ‘Civil servants must not question it’
MP Jasin should be awarded Best Actor or Best Kaki Taichi 2006. What started from him asking favor from Customs to close one eye on his timber import became a barrage on hard working civil servants. Add that with some fiery comments from Nazri Aziz and Bung Mokhtar, some MPs really made the Parliament an august institution in the world (yea rite). Sure Raja Zainuddin, I understand that MPs have priveleges at the Parliament to debate on issues freely, but you must also realize that any ordinary man pushed into a corner naturally would defend himself, as such in the case of Malacca Customs Enforcement Director. You also need to adhere to freedom of speech for the people. So I hope next time if your own flesh & blood gets a threat SMS that you won't go to the Press.
I guess you're scared that people would know that there is a total of 160 names of VIPS who got cars dirt cheap from Customs, ooops, I'm not supposed to say that, sorry, is your name there too? You lambast the civil servants, beat them up real good, and expect the jentera to perform well for 9MP, expect them to be transparent, expect them to service the rakyat efficiently and courteously, expect them to go home with that small salary and be thankful that at least they have a job. I'm sure you sleep well at night dear MPs.
TAIPING: Civil servants should not question the immunity enjoyed by legislators in Parliament, said Backbenchers Club acting chairman Datuk Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar.
He said immunity was a right enjoyed by MPs all over the world.
Raja Ahmad Zainuddin said he was concerned over a newspaper report yesterday that Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Samsuddin Osman would meet the Attorney General to discuss the immunity of MPs who attacked government departments in Parliament.
Samsuddin had said that Government agencies had a job to do and should carry out their responsibilities without fear or favour.
“The proposed meeting with the Attorney General should not happen as immunity is our right in Parliament,” said Raja Ahmad Zainuddin after the opening of the Bukit Gantang Umno delegates meeting by Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin here yesterday.
“Such a move seems as if he (Samsuddin) has no respect for us as the country’s legislators and policymakers.
“I don’t know why this matter (immunity) is being raised as we have been given the freedom to speak and present our views and opinions on every Bill tabled.
“If we don’t play our role, we may be perceived as rubberstamps,” he said.
“Government agencies should concentrate on improving the delivery system and reducing bureaucratic red tape,” he added.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Anwar Simpan Fail Rafidah???
Bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim mendakwa bahawa beliau ada menyimpan kertas pendakwaan terhadap Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz. Beliau berkata demikian ketika menyampaikan ucapan di Dungun, Terengganu diatas jemputan PAS tidak lama dulu.
Menurut Anwar, beliau berjaya mengambil kertas pendakwaan tersebut dipejabatnya sebelum beliau dipecat dari jawatannya sebagai Timbalan Perdana Menteri.
Menurut Anwar lagi, sebelum itu beliau pernah menyerahkan fail tentang Rafidah itu kepada Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (Tun) untuk diambil tindakan terhadapnya.
Sementara itu, difahamkan punca-punca yang boleh dipercayai bahawa Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi pernah meminta Rafidah meletakkan jawatan, tetapi beliaau dikatakan enggan berbuat begitu. Dan adakah is mempunyai kaitan dengan pengagihan AP yang bertimbun-timbun kepada dua individu tertentu?
Dalam pada itu bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad baru-baru ini ada menyebut bahawa sebelum beliau mengundur diri, beliau telah diminta Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi agar mengambil tindakan terhadap seorang pemimpin tertentu setelah siasatan dijalankan ke atasnya tetapi menurut Tun Dr. Mahathir, Pak Lah tidak mengambil tindakan apa-apa terhadap pemimpin berkenaan. Mungkinkah pemimpin yang didakwa itu adalah Rafidah atau ada seorang lagi?
Sebenarnya, banyak lagi perkara yang membabitkan Rafidah yang tersiar dalam internet dan sesungguhnya menurut ramai pemimpin, Rafidah sebagai Ketua Pergerakan Wanita UMNO Malaysia sudah tidak layak lagi memegang jawatan itu kerana nama beliau sudah tercemar.
So persoalannya ialah, kenapa DSAI simpan fail Rafidah? Untuk sabotaj atau minta favor?
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Crisis in the Government
So a little bird has just informed that Tan Sri Aseh Che Mat has gotten both Agong and one Sultan Pahang to do lobbying work for him for the KSN seat. Let's just go through this guy's profile.
During the last general election, he was seen holding a Nokia Communicator for Pak Lah on National TV, standing on the stage at Bilik Gerakan and passing the phone to Pak Lah. Some machai. Not really professional, has got nothing to do with politics and there he was, sucking and licking.
Son was suspended for money politics against the now Ketua Pemuda Putrajaya during the race for Ketua Pemuda Putrajaya. Apparently the son used his dad's position to mobilize some money from Pelita Nasi Kandar.
Reported to have bomoh working for him.
He was so excited about the prospect of becoming the next KSN that he gathered his closed cronies with the senior govt officer group and promised them promotions and kickbacks if they support him.
What does he gain from being the next KSN? Damn, just about everything within the power of KSN. Now that RMK9 is about to kickstart, look out for a lot of land acquisition approvals within Wilayah Persekutuan.
I hope he tries to enter politics after his retirement, would like to see him get stomped and slapped around.
Oh wait, did I mention that his cousin is the KP of ACA, so don't even worry about him getting screwed for corruption. KP himself has 6 petrol stations across the Peninsular.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Now we know the real story behind the foreign labour issue
The Immigration Department is currently facing a dilemma. Azmi Khalid, the Minister under which the department comes, has issued licences to six companies giving them approval to bring in foreign labour. One of the companies is controlled by his son, Johan, while another by Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, the ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ from Perak, a close acquaintance of Tan Sri Megat Junid, also a Perakian.
(Megat Junid was the Minister then who was the kingpin of the foreign labour syndicate and who removed Dato’ Syed Daniel from the Immigration Department when he tried to smash the syndicate).
Azmi Khaid issued the licences during the time of the moratorium declared by the Prime Minister. The Secretary General of the Ministry, Aseh Che Mat, says he knows nothing about these licences though copies have been sent to his department.
The Immigration authorities are in a quandary as to whether the letters of approval are genuine or fake though they have been signed by the Minister himself and on official government letterheads. On the other hand, they are also scared of complying with the letter as this runs contrary to the orders from the Prime Minister's office.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Perhimpunan Gabungan Pemuda Malaysia - 22 Aug 06
UMNO, MCA, PAS, Keadilan, DAP, Gerakan, MIC in the same room? Sounds far fetched, but that was what happened at Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka tonight. Perhimpunan Gabungan Pemuda Malaysia was organized by DBP to show unity of voice in condemning the Israeli invasion in Southern Lebanon. It's the first time in my lifetime to witness all Ketua or Naib Ketua Pemuda of these parties sitting together with their supporters behind them voicing out the same issue. The Pemuda Malaysia condemns the invasion with their utmost distaste and disgust. All of Ketua Pemuda took the podium and delivered sound speeches on the brutality of the Israeli Defence Force (mind you that only Singapore and Israel carry the word Defence for their Armed Forces).
Of course Naib Ketua Pemuda Keadilan Shamsul Iskandar a.k.a. Baldy (maybe baldi sounds better) had to play spoiler like always. He started his speech with "Salam Sejahtera Tuan2 Puan, Salam Reformasi". He had to include political content in his speech. He said that if it were Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim in power, this whole movement of youth leaders to condemn the attacks would have taken place the minute Israel began their invasion, not a month after! That's when the whole hall started booing and shouting. Keadilan supporters stood up and started protesting, seeing their leader dead on his tracks and being target practice for Pemuda UMNO supporters. Of course there were only a handful of them, so their rationale kicked in and they sat down quietly.
MCA Youth Leader then took the podium and lambasted the fool to dust.
The grand finale was Dato' Seri Hisham's speech, which as always excited the crowd with his fiery words. He took a second jab at Baldy by telling everyone this is not the forum for political purposes.
Baldy, sorry man, it wasn't your night after all.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Hall of Shame
NST Aug 20:
RM10m spent on study tours
RM33m spent on cars
Nobody is perfect. Least of all the local councils. For too long, they have been accused of operating behind a thick veil of secrecy, running the councils as if they were their fiefdoms. Transparency, accountability, consensus - these words don't exist in their vocabulary.
So why are the ratepayers always critical of local authorities? Here's why:
- Kuala Lumpur City Hall spending RM10.5million over five years on trips abroad for its officials; RM33.4million to buy vehicles; and RM5million to fete its employees;
- A RM350,000 flagpole erected at the Ipoh Padang;
- The Seberang Prai Municipal Council gave a multi-million ringgit contract for the supply of fresh flowers to its office;
- A bus and taxi terminal in Cameron Highlands not built to specifications by the district council;
- The Selayang Municipal Council sending some officers and others on a "foreign study" tour although it had no money;
- The Selayang Municipal Council, again, forcing residents to buy bins from it or risk not having their rubbish collected;
- Subang Jaya Municipal Council directing all eateries to engage the services of a seven-company consortium providing pest control services at exhorbitant fees. And the seven were not even registered with the National Association of Pest Control Companies;
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Freshmen calculus: Socialist =/ Malaysia
Thank God Its ROS
OK, here’s the deal Dr Nasir Hashim, first of all, you wish to start up a national political party but you can’t even get representation from 7 states. Well, hard work would pay off, as long as UMNO rules,
Putrajaya: Parti Sosialis
Yikes my 15min WIFI access is almost up!!!
Aiming for Ketua Pemuda or Cabinet seat next?
Hero Melayu, reporting from across the border after a good massage and heavy dinner with ex-gf. Still can't figure out the difference between "no monopoly" and "it was open tender but only one company submitted proposal".
Selangor MB Dato’ Sri Khir Toyo needs to step up against bombardment of attacks since the Bukit Cahaya deal, flooding in Shah Alam after announcement of Selangor Maju, the controversial RM40million Exco residences and now billboard issues. Selangor grass root making noise about representation of Selangor YB’s in the cabinet, which is nil. Well, here’s your chance unless you think MB seat is pretty damn warm and relaxing to leave.
“Everybody can have their own signboard but they need to contribute to the state or to the local authorities. That is our position, we don’t keep changing our word”, he said. “We encourage any company that wants to build bridges. Kalau the Sun nak buat, we are willing. We are very happy because the cost is very high. We have to build about 60-100 overhead bridges and we will stick to our decision. Build a new bridge and you can put up your billboards”.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Wrong info circulated via SMS - Lina Joy
"Lina Joy dah menang kat court. Pertubuhan Melayu Murtad (IFC) dah diluluskan. Pergi ke www.myislamnetwork.net untuk bantahan. Cukup 1 juta petisyen, IFC akan dibubarkan. Sebarkan msg ni, plz!"
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Malay brilliance - Just add water
So who would have thought that our Malay scientist could invent a car engine that uses water as supplementary fuel? Dr Halim Ali from Johor has done just that and the engine boasts 50% fuel consumption saving. 2 models were launched by YAB PM yesterday, the Tourer priced at RM58,888 and the Trekker at RM84,888, both carrying 2.4-litre engines. 80% of the cars will be exported to the Middle East and Asean countries. The launching of the 2 models took place at the Zon, JB, owned by the famous Datuk K. Also present were Dato' Seri Khaled Nordin, MECD minister and Dato' Shahrir Samad, JB MP.
Because of the potential growth in this product, President and chief executive officer Abdul Uzza Shikh Mohamed had asked YAB PM to give JB automotive hub title, same as Gurun or Tanjung Malim.
The night before, YAB PM was at the official residence of Johore MB to meet Johore politicians and businessmen. All 26 Division leaders of Johore pledged undeniable support to YAB PM.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Pemuda PJU: Program Jasamu dikenang bersama Tun Mahathir
So here's the juice. Pemuda UMNO Bhg Petaling Jaya Utara planned to invite Tun Mahathir to officiate their Mesyuarat Perwakilan, without the consent of Ketua Bahagian, Senator Dato' Ikhwan and crew. So after the big hoo haa that Tun Mahathir cannot officiate any UMNO official functions, Pemuda UMNO PJU decided to organize a separate function for Tun called 'Jasamu dikenang'. This program was supposed to be after the Perasmian of Mesyuarat Perwakilan. So we waited patiently this morning for the arrival of Tun M, Dato' Ikhwan and gang. When the MC took over, he gave the normal welcoming speech and passed the mike to Timbalan Setiausaha Pemuda. This guy announced that there was a slight change of plan. They postponed the Perasmian to 3pm and moved up Tun's program. Of course, everyone was happy about it, except for Dato', hahah, should see the look on his face.
Azli, Ketua Pemuda PJU, took the floor. He mentioned that he's not sure why people are afraid of inviting Tun M. He doesn't care about the repercussions because to him, honoring a national hero is more important than to tow the line. Well, good luck to him and his political career.
Don't get me wrong. I respect Tun Mahathir to death, but rules are rules. First, if you're planning to invite Tun to your Bahagian, what's the problem discussing it with Ketua Bahagian. He's not there for nothing. No. 2, if you really want to have Tun to speak, you can always use other platforms, i.e. NGO. No. 3, on top of that, you embarassed your Ketua Bahagian and made his program less important. Remember that you're gonna be long in that Bahagian, you are just Pemuda.
Anyway, Tun started with his appetizers of Malaysia's history, that Malaysia has been colonized for 450 years since some screwed up guy from Portugal came down and conquered Malacca. He then talked about the past leadership and their contemporaries. Although leaders come and go, UMNO will continue to move on.
For his main course, he gave an analogy of imam and saf. If imam fumbles during prayers, the jemaah is obliged to advise. Same with the current political scenarios. He talked about the bridge and why we are offering our kedaulatan to Singapore if we allow planes to fly over Johor airspace and make Singapore 1.5times bigger by selling sand to them and allowing them to build casinos.
For dessert, he talked about the AP kings and how the priveleged few were misusing the concept of helping out Bumiputera in the automotive industry.
Sorry folks, nothing controversial was discussed today.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Sijil Pembaptisan Lina Joy
Dalam laporan tersebut, beliau juga menyatakan gereja tersebut bercanggah dengan Perkara 11(4) Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan menjadi satu jenayah di bawah Seksyen 298A Kanun Keseksaan.
PEMBELA memohon Polis DiRaja Malaysia menjalankan siasatan serta-merta berhubung laporan tersebut. Sekiranya perkara tersebut mempunyai asas, gereja tersebut perlu dikenakan tindakan sejajar dengan lunas undang-undang negara. Tindakan tersebut secara terang-terangan boleh menggugat ketenteraman dan keharmonian beragama di negara ini. PEMBELA memandang isu ini sebagai satu kesalahan yang serius.
2 times 5 = MP Jasin??
So what's Datuk Mohd Said up to? He is trying to clean up his own mess or is he diverting attention? So it's ok for him to tell Customs to close one eye, but it's not ok for ex-government officers to work for contractors of Govt. 2 kali lima je. He needs a better political advisor to advise him on how to create political mileage or maybe he doesn't have one. MPs, where's the follow up? You're gonna let this guy get away with the timber import? Kalau politician ada girlfriend, gossip satu bulan, but on more serious issues, buat tak tahu.
MP: Ex-senior government staff should not deal with former departments
By NIK KHUSAIRI IBRAHIM
PENANG: Jasin MP Datuk Mohd Said Yusof said retired senior government officers should be barred from taking up positions in private companies dealing with their former agencies.
He cited an example of some retired senior Customs officers who were now working as advisers to a well-known company that import and assemble cars.
“Their job is to make sure the process of bringing in foreign cars runs smoothly. Networking with former subordinates and colleagues works to their advantage,” he said.
Citing another example, he alleged that a retired senior Immigration officer had been appointed an adviser to an agency involved in securing foreign workers.
Mohd Said, who made headlines in June after allegedly calling Customs officials to “close an eye” on the size of the logs his company imported from Indonesia, said it was wrong for retired officers to take advantage of their networking within the agency for the benefit of the company they were working for.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
IMPLICATION FROM THE WORD "INDIVIDUAL" - LINA JOY
Good that everyone is focused on our current political scenario. However, we must not forget the other imminent danger - the status of Islam in the eye of the Constitution. So what if LJ wins her case??!
1. According to the Constitution, Muslims are allowed to convert after the age of 18. This is contradictory to Article 160 which states that Malays in Malaysia are defined as Muslims, someone who live in Malay customs and speak the language.
2. Syariah court may no longer be relevant if Lina Joy wins. So, our future offenders of the religion can just challenge the Syariah court and take it to the Court of Appeals, then Federal.
3. Our king and sultans are no longer the symbol of the Protector and Guardian of Islam in the country.
4. Muslim parents would not be able to guide/force/encourage/convince their kids not to convert should they choose to, after the age of 18.
5. Rukun Islam in principal is no longer valid in Malaysia. If we are really serious in the campaign for Islam Hadhari, we need to give stronger support to Syariah court and whack the shit out of JAKIM and the other Jabatan Agama Islam's and the ustads and officers to work. Start a nationwide roadshow and identify the potential Murtads. Help them out. It ain't moving an inch!
Why this case?
1. This case is supported not just locally, but internationally, especially by enemies of Islam. If this case goes through, let's just say there's going to be a long line at JPN to take out the word "Islam" from people's ICs.
2. It is a clear indication that Islam is under threat. Golongan Kufur can just question the standing of Islam in this country.
3. Another case that challenges the authority of the Syariah court, just like Aishah Bukhari, Hartini Kamarudin, Moorty.
4. After Muhammad Abdullah @ Moorthy, S. Sharmala's case, Article 11 Group has been pushing hard for Lina Joy. We need to be on guard for the next onslaught and ready to defend our turf.
5. The sad thing about Article 11 group or Inter-Faith Commission (IFC) is that most of them are Malays, including the Sister-in-Islam (SIS). WTF?
6. If Syariah court is challenged directly and Article 121(A) is amended to suit the decline of power in the Syariah Court, it is a direct challenge of the rules imposed by our Creator. Masyallah!
7. There are approximately 100,000 murtads in this country according to the Mufti of Perak, waiting for Lina Joy's case to go through.
8. International support for IFC is widespread. Funding is pouring in like it's Tsunami all over again.
9. So who's this Malik Imtiyaz Sarwar, from Bar Council. A Muslim who presented his case supporting Lina Joy in Putrajaya without the consent of BC. Malik agrees that Muslims should have the freedom to choose their religion of choice. Somebody shoot this guy!
This is what Lina Joy's defence council said:
"....it is time that we must knock into the heads of Malays that our country Malaysia has never been an Islamic country. Strong message must be thrown at the Muslims to tell them that in Malaysia, Islam is just a subservient to the Constitution..."
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Tun Mahathir - The Economic Czar
So I had the privelege of attending another forum with the great Tun M this morning. This time it is about the past Premiers foreign policy, from Tunku Abdul Rahman to his time. Malaysia foreign policy shifted from pro-Western during post-colonizalition period, to non-aligned+pro-ASEAN, to critical of the West. Of course a question was asked about the roll of OIC and OPEC. He urged OIC countries to boycott the US dollars. The US apparently is in deficit of roughly USD 14 trillion. That's a lot of zeroes! Tun M, also the advisor to Petronas, did challenge Petronas to take up that bold step. The Euro is further strengthening itself against the US dollars. It's high time we wait for losers in the Arab League, OIC and OPEC, all worried about their vested interest with the US or fear of bombardment from scores of B-2 squadrons from the great US armada.
July 29, 2006 19:17 PM |
Dr M Tells World To Use Dollar Weapon To Pressure Washington
LANGKAWI, July 29 (Bernama) -- Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Saturday urged countries in the world to stop using the US dollar in their international trade in order to pressure Washington to end its support for Israel's savage attack on Lebanon.
He said the oppression and cruelty of Israel against the Lebanese and Palestinians would not end so long as the United States continued to support and give aid to the Jewish regime.
"Switching out of the US dollar to using other currencies such as the euro and yen or gold will somewhat weaken the US and put pressure on it," he told reporters after visiting several development projects here.
He was asked to comment on the fierce land, sea and air bombardment of Lebanon in the past few weeks which had destroyed much of southern Lebanon and killed more than 600 Lebanese.
Dr Mahathir said Israel would not have dared to attack Lebanon without the financial and arms support given to it by America.
He said Israel was definitely wrong in attacking Lebanon but the bigger wrong was committed by the US in supporting the Israeli action.
"If the world is sincere in helping the Lebanese and Palestinians, they should reject the use of the dollar in international trade.
"When the demand for the dollar falls, America will be weakened and it will lack the ability to act as a bully in the global stage," he said.
He said the suggestion to stop using the dollar in international trade would be difficult to implement because many countries relied on it and they were also afraid of offending the US.
Even the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) did not have the courage to take on the US because its members were divided in their stand, with some supporting the US while others were opposed.
"We cannot hope for OIC to do anything. Only when the Western world acts, then the OIC might follow suit," he said.
-- BERNAMA
Friday, August 04, 2006
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Thursday, August 03, 2006
Of bull and whiners - PAS
Hmmmmmm, now this is really something. Fabrication of crap on the net. Harakahdaily needs consulting on spin doctoring. PAS/Keadilan bitching about double standard of police towards them. They don't realize that this is an OIC meeting, not some Mesyuarat Bahagian. Security is of paramount importance! Read on.
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Ogos (Hrkh) - Peserta Himpunan Wanita PAS dan KeADILan kesal dengan sikap biadap dan tindakan polis yang menggunakan kekerasan menghalang peserta perhimpunan mara ke kawasan hotel JW Marriot di sini bagi menyerahkan memorandum membantah kezaliman rejim Zionis.
1. You gotta be early to these kind of functions, especially when you have high security risk VIPs attending, i.e. President of Iran. You can't just waltz in at your leisure. PAS is saying that Police did not grant them access to the hotel. Heck, even Dato' Rahman, Setiausaha Pemuda, could not get his car into the compound. Had to walk a bit to get to the hotel. 80% of Pemuda were outside the barracade. So what's PAS bitching about?
2. Wanita KeADILAN and kids were there? Don't know whether it's true, but I didnt see no women nor kids. Even if they were there, why do you torment kids and bring them to political rallies?? Don't they have schools to go to or other kids to play with???
3. They're upset that Pak Lah sent his Press Secretary to receive memorandum instead of OIC secretary. Bak kata orang Melayu, 'dah bagus orang hantar, banyak pulak songel'.
Here's the article from Harakahdaily.
Wanita KeADILan, PAS kesal Pengerusi OIC tidak hantar wakil terima memorandum
Thu | Aug 03, 06 | 05:54:41 PM
Oleh Saidatul Amani
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Ogos (Hrkh) - Peserta Himpunan Wanita PAS dan KeADILan kesal dengan sikap biadap dan tindakan polis yang menggunakan kekerasan menghalang peserta perhimpunan mara ke kawasan hotel JW Marriot di sini bagi menyerahkan memorandum membantah kezaliman rejim Zionis.
Walaupun peserta perhimpunan aman itu tidak melebihi 100 orang yang terdiri daripada wanita dan kanak-kanak, pihak polis menggunakan kekerasan termasuk menggunakan dua ekor anjing dan dua trak pasukan simpanan polis (FRU).
Perhimpunan diadakan lebih kurang 100 meter dari hotel JW Marriot bermula jam 12 tengah hari. Pemimpin Muslimat PAS, Aiman Athirah Al-Jundi melaungkan takbir 'Allahu Akbar!, Hidup! Hidup Islam, jahanam! jahanam Yahudi, hancur Yahudi, hidup Hamas, hidup Hizubullah, 'we want peace', diikuti orang ramai.
Suasana perhimpunan digamatkan lagi apabila peserta bergerak menuju ke hotel JW Marriot, tetapi dihalang oleh pasukan polis. Aiman meminta kebenaran daripada pihak polis untuk meneruskan perjalanan tetapi seorang pegawai polis yang memakai tanda nama, Rizami menghalang dan berkata; "Saya kata tidak boleh kebelakang..."(nada menjerit serta menengking).
Athirah meneruskan laungan, "jahanam Yahudi! hidup Islam!" Serentak itu dua ekor anjing dikejarkan di hadapan peserta perhimpunan, lebih kurang tujuh meter jaraknya.
Pegawai polis lain turut memberi amaran antaranya, Rahim berkata; "Saya nak tanya satu, saya nak cakap atau anjing bercakap'." Kedengaran suara peserta menjawab; "Berkuasa sangat ke..." Rahim menjawab; "Ya, saya berkuasa saya PDRM, nak jaga perempuan, ini semua perempuan. Perempuan tak reti bahasa, pergi ke belakang. Nak saya guna bahasa binatang."
Serentak dengan ugutan dan jeritan pegawai polis, kanak-kanak yang ada di situ terus menangis ketakutan dengan nyalakan anjing.
Walaupun peserta perhimpunan itu digertak dan diugut dengan nyalakan dua anjing tetapi sedikit pun tidak mematahkan semangat juang mereka yang berada di bawah pancaran matahari.
Pihak polis hanya membenarkan lima orang wakil ketua wanita NGO pergi ke hotel JW Marriot untuk menyerahkan memorandum iaitu, AJK Muslimat PAS Pusat, Ustazah Nuridah Mohd Salleh; Ketua Muslimat PAS Selangor, Ustazah Wan Hasrina Wan Hassan; Fauziah Salleh; wakil pelajar, Anfal Sahri dan Nurul Iman.
Bagaimanapun, memorandum itu tidak diserahkan kepada Pertubuhan Persidangan Islam (OIC) kerana Pengerusi OIC tidak turun berjumpa dengan degelasi itu, sebaliknya hanya menghantar wakilnya iaitu, Setiausaha akhbar PM, Azhar Othman.
Penggerak utama Himpunan Wanita dan Kanak-kanak, Ustazah Nuridah kesal dengan pihak berkuasa polis yang menggunakan ugutan menggunakan dua anjing untuk menghalang himpunan wanita itu bergerak ke hotel JW Marriot.
Beliau kesal kerana pihak polis sentiasa menggunakan kekasaran dan kekerasan ketika berhadapan dengan rakyat.
"Suatu yang amat menyedihkan, pihak polis kata kita menggunakan kanak-kanak, sebenarnya kita mahu menunjukkan kepada OIC kanak-kanak seperti inilah yang menjadi mangsa keganasan rejim Israel di Palestin dan Lubnan," katanya.
Beliau ditemui selepas menunggu lebih 20 minit kehadiran Pengerusi OIC, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi di hadapan hotel JW Marriot untuk menyerahkan memorandum mendesak OIC perlu mengambil tindakan segera.
Nuridah yang juga Ketua Muslimat PAS Wilayah Persekutuan kesal kerana pihak polis melayan mereka dengan kasar, dijemput ke dalam pun tidak, hanya berdiri di luar dan pihak polis beberapa kali mengarahkan mereka bergerak keluar dan menghalang menghampiri kawasan pintu masuk hotel.
"Sebenarnya kami memang marah dan kami beritahu kepada polis tadi, kami datang dengan jiwa dan perasaan bukan datang saja-saja, malangnya inilah yang kami dapat daripada kerajaan Malaysia," keluhnya.
Tambah beliau, jika Pengerusi OIC memberi alasan semua ahli Jawatankuasa OIC sibuk; "Kami berdoa mudah-mudahan alasan yang diberi itu benar semoga OIC dapat buat sesuatu keputusan yang drastik untuk menyelamatkan umat Islam di sana."
Katanya, "jika pendirian OIC setakat O...I...See...kami akan buat lagi perhimpunan aman, insya-Allah."
Sementara itu, Ketua Wanita KeADILan, Fauziah Salleh kesal dengan alasan Abdullah yang hanya menghantar setiausaha akhbarnya, Azhar Othman untuk menerima memorandum kepada OIC.
Menurutnya, ramai wakil OIC yang hadir, takkan seorang wakil tidak boleh dihantar untuk menerima memorandum, kenapa Pengerusi OIC hantar setiausaha akhbar PM.
"Abdullah tak faham ke perbezaan antara setiausaha akhbar PM dengan setiausaha OIC. Tindakan Pengerusi OIC yang gagal menghantar salah seorang wakilnya menunjukkan kegagalan dan kelemahan beliau sebagai pemimpin," tegasnya.
Tambah beliau, jika begitu lemah menjadi Pengerusi OIC tidak boleh mengarahkan seorang ahli jawatankuasanya untuk menerima memorandum bagaimana beliau mahu mendesak Israel dan AS menghentikan peperangan di Lubnan dan Palestin.
"Saya tidak yakin dan nampak OIC akan mampu melakukannya ditambah pula dengan Pengerusinya yang hanya menghantar setiausaha akhbarnya untuk menerima memorandum," katanya.
Monday, July 31, 2006
PRETENDER #1 - ANWAR IBRAHIM Part 3
Cara merompak keenam:
Bagaimana RHB dibenarkan membeli Sime Bank? Ini semua kehendak Anwar Ibrahim kerana tamak. MRCB ada 27% dalam RHB. Apabile RHB tidak boleh buat placement untuk pembeliannya, Anwar telah arahkan Tong, Phileo Allied untuk mengambil placement ini dengan 'aku janji' oleh Anwar bahawa placement ini akan dibeli oleh agensi kerajaan seperti EPF dan lain-lain sedikit masa lagi. Mana Phileo Allied ada duit, tetapi Bank Negara telah menjamin dan Bank Negara juga jamin jika RHB tidak dapat kutip hutang lapok Sime Bank, Bank Negara akan bayar. Ini kerja Mat Dom dan Murad yang korup. Dulu Murad telah tipu Bank Negara untuk mengambil alih CCB sekarang Phileo Allied. Cuba suruh BPR geledah Bank Negara bagaimana transaksi CCB. Murad boleh masuk penjara tetapi BPR pun takut dan dengar cakap Anwar Ibrahim. Phileo Allied ini pon kepunyaan Murad dan Anwar. Sheeda, istera Azmin yang menjaga hak Anwar disini. Dengan gelagat ini, bagaimana ekonomi negara hendak pulih?
Cara merompak ketujuh:
Anwar memastikan kesemua projek-projek pembinaan yang cara negosiasi diberi kepada Johawaki. Siapa punya Johawaki? Depan YB Mahud, Johawaki mempunyai projek lebih dari RM2 billion dan Anwar Ibrahim ada saham melalui bekas setiausaha politiknya YB Solomon yang pergi mengutip wang dari Johawaki. Anwar juga pastikan pengswastaan dari EPU diberi kepada syarikat-syarikat yang dia puya kepentingan sehingga teksi KLIA yang Latif Mirasa dapat pun dia ada saham. Ini Latif Mirasa sendiri yang memberitahu umum bahawa dia sendiri kumpul wang dari rasuah dan peras ugut untuk politik Anwar dan dia sudah ada RM250 juta. Latif dengan bangga memberitahu orang-orang UMNO macam mana kabinet telah luluskan teksi Mercedeznya tanpa cukai. Ini kerja Anwar...Mahathir boleh buat apa?
Anwar Ibrahim hanya bertopengkan Islam. Apa yang dia lakukan masakini tidak langsung memikirkan umat Muhamad dan makhluk Allah. Dia hanya hendak mencapai matlamatnya untuk menjadi kepada negara dan memuaskan nafsunya. Tunggu dan lihat bagaimana Tan Sri Rashid Hussein RHB akan dia musnahkan apabila MRCB dan Phileo Allied menjadi pemegang saham utama RHB.
Bila ekonomi negara tidak pulih mengikut rancangannya, Mahathir pula akan dikorbankan. Sekarang ini, Anwar Ibrahim seperti musang yang sedang menjaga kandang ayam. Bila musang makan ayam, bulu dan tulang pun kita tidak dapat cari dalam reban.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
PRETENDER #1 - ANWAR IBRAHIM Part 2
So apparently a friend of mine, a Malaysian Immigration Officer in London, mentioned that he met DSAI a few months ago. He said that DSAI looked really fit and healthy. Doesn't look like someone who just recovered from surgery (so what was he doing in Germany again after his release??)
ANWAR MEROMPAK UNTUK KEKAYAAN: PART 2
CARA MEROMPAK KEDUA
Bangunan baru Telekom yang berharga RM600 juta, kontrak diveri kepada PROJAS. Siapa punya PROJAS? Kamaruddin Jaafar. Inilah salah satu sebab lagi kenapa Tan Sri Rasdan diberhentikan kerana Anwar tahu kalau pengacau rancangannya ada maka barangkali PROJAS yang langsung tidak terkenal dalam pembangunan bangunan tinggi pasti tidak dapat kontrak yang lumayan ini. Yang sedihnya, PROJAS dan Kamaruddin Jaafar hanya makan komisyen sahaja. Kerja kontrak sebenar bukan mereka buat. Kamaruddin Jaajar dapat 30% keuntungan. Untuk Anwar Ibrahim, lebih kurang RM180 juta upfront.
CARA MEROMPAK KETIGA
Tanah KTM di Brickfields depan Museum Negara yang dikenali sekarang sebagai KL Sentral telah diswastakan kepada MRCB. Harga pembelian tanah swasta KTM ini oleh MRCB hanya RM20 satu kaki persegi. Lepas itu MRCB membuat banyak blok di atas tanah dan telah mula menjual blok-blok kepada syarikat dari Singapura, Jepun, Eropah dengan harga RM1,000 satu kaki persegi. Berapa billion MRCB untung?? KTM bodoh ke?? Apa boleh buat, kata budak2 KTM, Anwar TPM dan Menteri Kewangan. Siapa berani soal? Anwar yang punya MRCB.
CARA MEROMPAK KEEMPAT
TNB telah memberi kontrak power transmission kepada MRCB berjumlah RM500 juta atas arahan Anwar Ibrahim. Pada hal, Ruslan Ali Omar yang mencadangkan projek ini kepada Anwar. Anwar telah ambil kertas kerjanya dan beri kepada MRCB. Roslan sokong Syed Hamid, bukan orang Anwar.
CARA MEROMPAK KELIMA
Apabila Sikap Power tidak boleh berjalan selepas diberi hak pengswastaan power plant kepada Zainal Osman, Astaman anak Tan Sri Aishah Ghani, Kassim Mahmud, bekas Ketua Bahagian Larut, orang kuat Anwar. Anwar telah arahkan MRCB untuk mengambil alih dengan memberi keuntungan kepada Zainal, Astaman dan Kassim, RM50 juta seorang. Hanya dengan jual lesen dengan ‘aku janji’, maka akhirnya Anwar kemudian arahkan MRCB jual Sikap Power yang mempunyai modal berbayar RM1 juta kepada Malakof dengan keuntungan RM400 juta. Lepas itu membernarkan Malakof mejual 15% kepada syarikat British dengan keuntungan RM250 juta pula dua minggu selepas itu. Dalam kegawatan ekonomi ini pun, kurang dari 2 bulan Anwar untung RM650 juta. SC luluskan transaksi ini seperti kilat kerana Munir burung terkokok Anwar Ibrahim. Kalau syarikat public listed lain pasti banyak soalnya. Apa boleh buat, budak2 SC kata ini TPM dan Menteri Kewangan punya kehendak dan MRCB Anwar punya.
PRETENDER #1 - ANWAR IBRAHIM
yes yes we know, we can't predict the future. Your enemies today could be your friends tomorrow, vice versa. Regardless, we're going to start monitoring and 'pantau' the wannabe's and the upcoming and promising politician/corporate figure. We call it the Pretenders and Contenders!!
Pretender # 1: Anwar Ibrahim
So how would Anwar fit into the grand scheme of things? Ever wonder why he was released? Beats the hell out of me. Before we even talk about what he is capable of, we must remember history.
History teaches man that man never learns from history.
ANWAR MEROMPAK UNTUK KEKAYAAN DIRI: PART 1
CARA MEROMPAK PERTAMA
Menyuruh Telekom membeli Emartel. Tan Sri Rasdan ketika itu Pengerusi Telekom tidak setuju kerana Emartel belum beroperasi pasti rugi. Tetapi tidak boleh buat apa-apa kerana dia bukan TPM dan Menteri Kewangan. Anwar telah paksa Telekom membeli MRCB, untuk 600 juta ringgit. Syarikat yang belum beroperasi dengan sepenuh pun boleh dapat untuk kerana lessen yang Anwar telah dapatkan dahulu. Anwar Ibrahim tidak maafkan Tan Sri Rasdan sehingga dari Pengerusi Eksekutif diturunkan pangkat kepada Pengerusi dan apabila tamat tempoh, Tan Sri Rasdan diberhentikan dari Telekom oleh Anwar Ibrahim.Friday, July 28, 2006
Round 2: Pemuda UMNO vs Rice
Ok, maybe it’s too absurd to have the
Dengan laungan “Jahanam
Perarakan dan tunjuk perasaan itu yang diketuai Naib Ketua Pemuda UMNO Malaysia, Khairy Jamaluddin dan beberapa pemimpin Pemuda UMNO dan BN yang lain terus bersemangat biarpun dalam keadaan hujan yang mula turun.
Pelbagai sepanduk dan kain rentang dipaparkan antaranya, “Stop Israel”, “Selamatkan Palestin” “Save Lubnan” “Laknat Amerika”, “Rejim Israel Zalim” “Hentikan Israel” dan pelbagai sepanduk lain memenuhi ruang perhimpunan.
Kemuncak perarakan tersebut, gambar-gambar Presiden Amerika Syarikat George Bush, Perdana Menteri British, Tony Blair, dan Rice dibakar oleh penunjuk perasaan.
Beberapa Pemimpin Pemuda UMNO dan BN yang berucap di hadapan ribuan penunjuk perasaan sepakat mengutuk kekejaman
perasaan yang dikawal ketat oleh pasukan keselamatan.
Turut kelihatan unit simpanan persekutuan serta disokong oleh unit udara, penembak tepat dan unit anjing pengesan, berada dalam kawalan.
Perhimpunan tersebut berakhir kira-kira jam 4.30 petang setelah Khairy Jamaluddin berjaya menyerahkan nota bantahan kepada Setiausaha Amerika Syarikat, Condoleezza Rice.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Melentur Buluh Biar Dari Rebungnya..
I marvel at how imbecilic individuals can manage a smile that wide. To the Lim’s and the rest of the rocket symbol (please do something about that pathetic rocket) party, Malaysia is where it is today because of the stability and harmony managed by UMNO through its collaboration with various parties in BN. I guess it is not fair for Lim Jr. to fully shoulder these critics, as with most individuals, we are a product of our parents efforts, as the Malay proverb says; ‘melentur buluh biar dari rebungnya’. I wonder how much effort Lim Sr. deposited here?
I refer to the press statement by Lim Guan Eng, 25th July 2006 on the DAP website; ‘Hishammuddin is Wrong to Say that Article 121(1A) Makes Malaysia An Islamic State’. I am not an advocate of the notion ‘holier than thou’; nevertheless I am realistic and just. To me, Islam is the national religion as the Malay language is the national language. Therefore we Malaysians must except it and have to be considerate. There has been a great deal of consideration practiced within the nation, however there are the minority few that persist to be a pain.
Why do we have various school streams (SRJK (C), (T)…etc)? It is obvious that the government has taken into consideration the feedback from all races before implementing such a system. Today we have a multi lingual society, unlike Indonesia and Thailand, where everyone speaks one language, the national language, where there is only one type of national school, no ‘jenis ‘cina or ‘jenis tamil’. Go meet an Indonesian Chinese, they speak the same lingo the maids and construction workers in Malaysia. However, most non-Malay Malaysians speak broken bahasa.
Back to the topic mentioned by Lim Jr., it’s a matter of interpretation. Many things said and done by the government may be subjective to few, however excepted by many. We live in a democratic country, hence majority of votes decide the ruling party. Ask yourself this question, is it in the interest for all, if a political party’s 30 leadership positions are represented by 2 from the majority race? That is DAP for you..!!
FAKTA KES LINA JOY
2. Berusaha untuk menghilangkan perkataan agama Islam tersebut dengan permohonan kepada Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) pada tahun 2000.
3. Permohonan ditolak oleh JPN disebabkan tiada perakuan dari Mahkamah Syariah yang menyatakan beliau keluar dari Islam.
4. Mahkamah Syariah menggunakan pakai undang2 Islam yang tidak membenarkan seseorang Muslim keluar dari Islam (Murtad), dan "Sijil Tukar Agama" seperti yang dikehendaki oleh JPN tidak dikeluarkan.
5. Permohonan bermula di Mahkamah Tinggi tahun 2000, seterusnya ke Mahkamah Rayuan pada September 2005, dan keduanya mengiktiraf bahawa kes ini adalah dalam kuasa Mahkamah Syariah untuk membenarkan beliau keluar dari Islam dan membolehkan JPN menukar perkataan Islam di dalam KP.
6. Setelah semuanya tidak berjaya, peguambela, Dato' Dr Cyrus Das, juga bekas Presiden Majlis Peguam, berjaya mendapat kebenaran untuk kes dibawa kepada Mahkamah Persekutuan.
7. Kes didengar oleh 3 Hakim (2 Muslim & 1 Non-Muslim: Ketua Hakim Tun Fairuz, Dato' Alauddin & Dato' Richard) pada dasarnya berpendirian yang sama menyokong tindakan kedua mahkamah terdahulu HINGGALAH Majlis Peguam yang diketuai oleh Peguam Malik Imtiaz Sarwar dan beberapa yang lain, yang hanya menjadi barisan peguam pemerhati beserta banyak lagi NGO yang menyokong Lina Joy meminta untuk memberi hujah & bersuara, dan DIBENARKAN oleh mahkamah yang terlibat.
8. Itu adalah permulaan isu ini dibesarkan yang mana tidak pernah dalam sejarah perundangan negara peguam pemerhati dibenarkan berhujah di mahkamah.
9. Hujah yg dibawa oleh barisan peguam pemerhati yang diketuai oleh Majlis Peguam tersebut melarikan isu sebenar kes berkenaan daripada penghujahan hak & kuasa Mahkamah Syariah TETAPI membawa hujah bahawa Lina Joy berhak untuk mempraktikkan kepercayaannya, agama barunya & dilindungi oleh perlembagaan sebagai hak individu seperti yang terkandung dalam Artikel 11 Perlembagaan Persekutuan.
10. Isu Mahkamah Syariah seperti yang diputuskan oleh mahkamah terdahulu sudah tidak releven lagi pada hujah Majlis Peguam, dan isu yang kebebasan mutlak individu yang diperjuangkan oleh Kumpulan Artikel 11 & IFC dijadikan isu utama kes ini di Mahkamah Persekutuan.
11. Isu yang diperjuangkan oleh kesebelas NGO non-Muslim atas nama kumpulan Artikel 11 & Inter-Faith Commission (IFC) adalah untuk mendefinisikan perkataan "person" (individu) yang terkandung di dalam artikel 11 tersebut untuk merujuk kepada individu per se (secara peribadi), bukan lagi kumpulan atau agama secara umumnya.
12. Ini adalah kali pertama dalam sejarah Malaysia attempt yang sebegitu berani & bersikap kurang ajar yang dilakukan untuk menghuraikan definisi tersebut untuk menguraikan ikatan Islam mengikut kefahaman peribadi seseorang penganut itu sendiri, dan menafikan hak Islam sebagai agam untuk mewajibkan umatnya mempraktikkan amalam & syariat Islam seperti yang terkandung dalam undang2 Islam.
NEXT POSTING: IMPLIKASI DARI DEFINISI "INDIVIDU"
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Our un'joy'ness about Lina Joy
ISLAM DIHINA, UMMAT ISLAM DICABAR!
Golongan Kuffar sudah berani mengajak anak2 kita meninggalkan aqidah Islam yang mereka pegang. Fakta yang terkandung dalam tulisan ini diringkaskan berdasarkan pelbagai kajian kes Murtad di Malaysia serta kupasan kes Saudari Azlina Jailana (Lina Joy) lawan MAIS, Kerajaan Malaysia & JPN, yg dibincangkan di hadapan peguam2 Islam Malaysia & organisasi bukan kerajaan (NGO) yg hadir pada taklimat isu murtad pada 12 Julai 2006 di Bilik Mesyuarat Mahkamah Syariah Kuala Lumpur, serta berdasarkan beberapa siri taklimat kepada masyarakat & NGO Islam tentang Isu Murtad di Malaysia.
LATAR BELAKANG
Bangsa Melayu khususnya di
Istilah Melayu ditakrifkan dengan jelas dalam Artikel 160 Perlembagaan Persekutuan sebagai seorang yang penganut agama Islam, berketurunan Melayu dan mengamalkan dan bercakap Bahasa Melayu mengikut definisi perlembagaan sama sekali tidak boleh dipisahkan.
Oleh itu, Melayu dan bangsa lain yang menganut agama Islam di Malaysia adalah tertakluk sepenuhnya di bawah syariat Islam & perundangan Mahkamah Syariah di Malaysia.
SAUDARI AZLINA JAILANI @ LINA JOY
Nama asal: Azlina Jailani, pernah memohon pada tahun 1997 untuk ditukar kepada Azlina Lelani tetapi ditolak sebab beralasan telah tukar agama Kristian.
Permohonan kedua untuk tukar kepada Lina Joy pada 1999 tanpa menyatakan sebab pertukaran kepada agama Kristian telah diluluskan, dengan Kad Pengenalan tertera perkataan Agama Islam.
Ayah bernama Jailani bin Shariff dan ibu bernama Kalthum binti Omar, keduanya beragama Islam dan mengamalkan hidup sebagai Muslim.
Berwajah ‘typical’ Melayu, berbangsa Melayu keturunan Jawa, berumur 42 tahun.
Mengisytiharkan tidak pernah mempraktikkan Islam sejak lahir, beragama Kristian sepenuhnya sejak tahun 1990, mempunyai sijil Baptis dari Gereja yg dikeluarkan pada 1998, dan pada tahun 2000 menyatakan hasrat untuk berkahwin dengan seorang India Kristian dan meminta untuk didaftarkan perkahwinan tersebut untuk mengesahkan perkahwinan beliau.
Telah beberapa kali dipanggil dan dinasihat untuk bertaubat & masuk Islam semula oleh MAIS, tetapi beliau mempertahankan dengan alasan pilihan keluar dari Islam adalah kehendak sendiri dan telah dimaklumkan pada kedua ibu bapanya.
POSTING SETERUS NYA: FAKTA KES!!Tuesday, July 25, 2006
PAS our savior!!!!
Suddenly PAS leadership has gotten revelation from Kedai Kopi Kak Leha that taking sides is not an option, PAS needs to save the country. Question is, save it from what?? Why do they think for a second that the country needs saving, especially from these wannabes?? The leadership has stated that it's no longer about the bickering between 2 premiers, but about saving the nation. I just love how their wannabe, small time spin doctors try to formulate strategies like these.
What they need to do is address more serious issues like the apostasy of Lina Joy and leave the real politik to the big boys.
MARANG, 22 Julai (Hrkh) - Dato' Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang menegaskan bahawa PAS tidak mengambil kira kepentingan bekas dan Perdana Menteri sekarang untuk menyelamatkan negara.
Beliau menambah, PAS meletakkan kepentingan Islam untuk menyelamatkan negara ini yang mengatasi segala-galanya termasuk pertembungan antara Tun Mahathir Mohamad dengan Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
"PAS tidak kira siapa sama ada Mahathir atau Abdullah Badawi kerana yang penting, kita hendak menyelamatkan negara ini," ujar Presiden PAS itu ketika ditemui di rumahnya di Rusila, semalam.
Ini, katanya kerana negara telah dilanda dengan musibah politik, ekonomi, sosial dan lain-lain yang melahirkan pelbagai gejala kepada rakyat.
"Ini menjadi tanggungjawab kita untuk menyelamatkan negara dan kita mengajak semua pihak jangan hanya menjaga kepentingan diri masing-masing. Kita hendaklah meletakkan kepentingan Islam untuk menyelamatkan negara, mengatasi segala-galanya," ujarnya lagi.
Semasa ditanya apakah yang dijangkakan jika pertelagahan antara Mahathir dan Abdullah berlarutan, beliau berkata perkara yang akan datang berada dalam ilmu Allah SWT.
Tambahnya, manusia tidak tahu perkara yang berlaku pada masa akan datang.
"Apa yang kita buat ialah kita merancang, merangka strategi perjalanan parti kita dan yang penting untuk menyelamatkan negara kita tanpa mengira siapa," ujarnya lagi.
Beliau juga menjelaskan berhubung kesediaan PAS memaafkan bekas Perdana Menteri itu, keputusan PAS menghantar wakil ke majlis syarahan dan dialog dengan Mahathir pada 24 Jun lalu, hubungan dengan parti KeAdilan berikutan keputusan itu, kesediaan wakil PAS hadir jika Mahathir melakukan road show ke negeri-negeri dan lain-lain lagi.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
PAS and it's confusion
Small time talkers.
Excerpt from Harakah:
Antara perbincangan yang menarik perhatian hadirin ialah isu Lina Joy, di mana pemimpin negara dikatakan tidak berbuat apa-apa dengan kes berkenaan, serta usaha-usaha untuk menghalang pihak bukan Islam mencampuri urusan agama Islam.Turut hadir dalam forum berkenaan ialah Setiausaha Agung PAS, Dato' Kamarudin Jaffar, AJK PAS Pusat, Mahfuz Omar, Timbalan Ketua Pemuda PAS Pusat, Ustaz Idris Ahmad, Ahli Majlis Tertinggi KeADILan, Ustaz Badrul Amin Baharun, Pengerusi Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI), Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, dan Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.
Excerpt from MMJ's sources:
13 Julai 2006
Peguam Kes Murtad Shazalina/Linda Choy (Ust Zulkefli Nordin), beliau telah memberi ceramah pada malam tadi di Surau As Sakinah, TTDI Jaya, Selangor tentang kumpulan kafir Artikel 11/ IFC.
Mereka ini (IFC) sedang bergiat untuk menghapuskan keistimewaan orang Islam di Malaysia, pihak Mahkamah Persekutuan hanya ada masa 6 minggu sahaja lagi untuk membuat keputusan sama ada meluluskan atau tidak.
Kalau LULUS maka orang Islam dalam bahaya besar. Boleh hubungi Ust Zulkefli sendiri (0133998718) untuk penjelasan lebih lanjut, pihak peguam Muslimmemberi penerangan tentang perkara ini.
Apa bahayanya...?
1) Semua anak-anak selepas berumur 18 tahun bebas menukar agama, keluar masuk mana-mana agama macam masuk panggung wayang. Mereka punyai hak untuk menukar perkataan agama di kad pengenalan, cuma mengisi borang di kaunter saja. Kalau sekarang, mereka yang mahu menukar agama, ( menjadi murtad ) perlu memohon di jabatan Agama atau pihak berwajib. Diproses, kemudian dikaunselling untuk beberapa tempoh oleh tertentu oleh beberapa siri ustaz-ustaz yang berwibawa untuk menyelamatkan akidah orang-orang yang terkeliru ini.
Namun jika sekiranya kumpulan Artikel 11 atau IFC ini menang tiada lagi benteng rasmi terakhir kita. Cuma itu yang kita ada sekarang.
2) Lahirlah keluarga -keluarga yang mempunyai pelbagai anutan dalamnya. Seperti di Jogjakarta, hari ni semua Islam , esok ayah dan anak hindu, lusa emak kristian. Kubur boleh campur sebab dah tak ada pemisahan akidah yang sahih, itulah pengalaman kami di sana tempohari..
3) Banyak lagi hak-hak orang Islam yang tercabar dan akan di batalkan. Apabila Rasulullah s.a.w. membawa risalah Islam, dan telah jelas pemisahan antara kebenaran dengan kebatilan, maka kebenaran itu perlu
dipertahankan, perlu dibela dengan sebaik-baiknya. Bagi muslim, Islam adalah satu sistem yang datang untuk kesejahteraan semua manusia, malah seluruh alam ..tak kiralah samada untuk Muslim atau
bukan Muslim. Islam tidak membenarkan umatnya didakwah atau diajak oleh orang bukan Islam atau orang kafir adalah kerana tidak mahu kita jatuh semula dalam kebatilan dan kesalahan. Di sinilah ada undang-undang untuk menjaga kebenaran itu.
Islam sayang kepada mereka yang beriman, menjaga mereka , sebab kebenaran adalah sesuatu yang perlu dijaga. Bagi mereka yang sudah mendapat kebenaran dan cahaya yakni beriman, kemudian menolaknya, menggambil yang batil, mereka ini setelah dinasihati tapi terus mengkhianati kebenaran tersebut yakni Islam, maka wajarlah mereka dikategorikan sebagai pengkhianat. Dan pengkhianat kepada kebenaran ini wajarlah mendapat haknya... yakni perlu dihukum. Dalam mana-mana golongan pun, pengkhianat adalah lebih buruk
dari musuh.
Sebab, musuh Islam mungkin belum menggenal apa itu kebenaran, tetapi pengkhianat adalah mereka yang menganiaya diri dan membahayakan orang lain, mengancam orang ramai dan Islam itu sendiri.
Apa yang kita ada sekarang dalam realiti di negara kita alah sedikit ruang yang tertinggal untuk dipertahankan. Setiap muslim yang bercita-cita untuk murtad perlu menjalani proses tertentu untuk menyelamatkan akidah mereka yang mungkin terkeliru dan realitinya tidak sedikit yang dapat diselamatkan.
Janganlah kita berpeluk tubuh.. masa untuk menjadi penonton atau orang yang tertidur tiada lagi...! Ketahuilah apa yang sedang berlaku di Mahkamah Persekutuan hari ini adalah masalah kita dan masa depan aqidah anak-anak kita.
Sila sebarkan berita ini kepada semua orang Islam kerana isu ini amat serius... APAKAH PERANAN DAN TANGGUNGJAWAB KITA?? KITA HANYA ADA DUA PILIHAN.....
1) MENYOKONG KUMPULAN ARTIKEL 11 SECARA TERBUKA ATAU SENYAP DENGAN
TIDAK BERBUAT APA-APA....ATAU BERSEKONGKOL DENGAN MEREKA.
2) MENENTANG KUMPULAN PELAMPAU INI (KUMPULAN ARTIKEL 11 ) SECARA TERSUSUN . MASING-MASING WAJIB MENJALANKAN TUGAS DIBIDANGNYA . IMAM DAN KHATIB PERLU MENJELASKAN KEADAAN INI DI MIMBAR MESJID DAN CERAMAH, GURU DAN PELAJAR DALAM KELAS, ORANG RAMAI MENGHADIRI PERBICARAAN DI MAHKAMAH PERSEKUTUAN K. LUMPUR, MENULIS DAN
BLOGGER MENGHEBAHKAN, NGO MENGUTIP TANDATANGAN DAN MENGGHANTAR PETISYEN
KEPADA YANG PARLIMEN , PERSEMBAHKAN KEPADA YANG DIPERTUAN AGONG DAN MAJLIS RAJA-RAJA YANG SEDANG BERSIDANG, MENGAJAK YANG BERHORMAT DAN MENTERI MEMAHAMI MASA DEPAN KITA .. DAN BANYAK LAGI.