Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Pelajar Malaysia Mangsa Rusuhan,Di Rawat

Pelajar Malaysia Mangsa Rusuhan,Di Rawat

Pelajar Malaysia Mangsa Rusuhan,Di Rawat

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:46 PM PDT



Mohd Asyraf Haziq in the Royal London hospital, Whitechapel
Mr Haziq is due to have an operation for a broken jaw at the Royal London hospital, Whitechapel

A Malaysian student who was filmed being mugged after rioters attacked him in London is recovering in hospital.

The attack in Barking on Mohd Asyraf Haziq, 20, on Monday night, made headlines after it was put on YouTube.


Dzuhair Hanafiah, chairman of the London UMNO Club, an organisation which takes care of Malaysian people in the capital, said Mr Haziq was "in good spirits".

He said he was due to have surgery on his jaw at the Royal London Hospital.


Mr Hanafiah, who visited the accountancy student in hospital on Tuesday night, said Mr Haziq had been on his bicycle on his way to a friend's house when he was attacked by a group of youths.


Bleeding

"They wanted his bicycle - one of them took it away. Asyraf said he was no more than 12 years old. Another person took his mobile phone. Then someone punched or knocked him with an object, he can't remember what, but when he regained consciousness he was bleeding," he told the BBC.

Mr Hanafiah said the friend who was with Mr Haziq, who was also on a bicycle, managed to escape.

The YouTube clip - which has been viewed more than a million times - shows a group of young men appearing to try to assist Mr Haziq, helping him to his feet, only for them to rummage through the contents of his rucksack and remove items, leaving him to stagger off in a daze.

"According to Asyraf, a different group then came and stole his Sony PSP, a game console, but they didn't manage to find his wallet. He thinks they may have been part of the same gang, but there were about 20 people," said Mr Hanafiah.


He said Mr Haziq was "really shaken at that point" but was rescued by a local woman who took him back to her house, and then managed to contact a friend of his through Facebook, who came and picked him up.

Mr Hanafiah said as the swelling got worse, the friend realised Mr Haziq - who had won a scholarship to study in the UK and had arrived in London only last month - needed more treatment and he went to hospital.


Speaking about the attack, Mr Hanafiah said Mr Haziq was "shocked that he had been beaten up, and that he couldn't defend himself", but he believed he was all right.

"He wants justice to be upheld, he knows a police report will be lodged and he hopes the police will take action. None of his property has been found.

'Rescue missions'

"But he looked pretty cheerful. He's due to have surgery today for a broken jaw, he's got some broken teeth, but he seems in good spirits," he said.


Mr Hanafiah said Mr Haziq told him the attack would not deter him from studying accountancy at Kaplan Financial in London Bridge, and he wanted to continue to live in Barking.

But he said some other Malaysian students in London had been in contact over the past few days with concerns, and there had been a few "rescue missions".


"At 4am we had a call from a lady in Peckham who didn't feel safe, so we went and picked her up, and she is now staying in a student hostel in Bayswater.

"We've also moved five of Asyraf's friends from Barking to the hostel," he said.

Asked whether Mr Haziq had seen the clip on YouTube, Mr Hanafiah said he had.

"He knows about it, he was laughing when he saw it, but he doesn't know the extent of the YouTube effect on him yet," he said.


Mr Hanafiah said there were about 12,500 Malaysian students in the UK; about 4,000 of them are government-sponsored students.

A spokesman for the Malaysian high commission said it had offered consular assistance to Mr Haziq and that the deputy high commissioner, Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah, had visited him in hospital.-BBC


Pisau kata " moga Haziq cepat sembuh dan dapat meneruskan pengajian beliau"




Desperate UMNO-BARISAN’S Scandal of the century the Sting Was MAS turnaround a mere charade?

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has described the share swap involving Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia as a very good idea.

He also expressed hope that the cooperation would benefit both sides.

"AirAsia can learn about the experience of MAS and MAS can learn how to reduce costs as done by AirAsia," he said when asked to comment on the collaborative framework entered into by the airlines earlier Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters after the breaking of fast hosted by carmaker Proton here, Dr Mahathir was also asked about the impact of US economy on Malaysia.

"We have shifted from the US to China. Our trade with China has increased multiple folds.

"We have made preparations. When a slowdown hits the US economy, we have another big trade partner," he replied.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has questioned the latest effort to rescue the loss-making state airline, charging today that the Malaysia Airlines (MAS)-AirAsia share swap meant that Putrajaya's previous turnaround plans had failed.

He also said the deal would create a monopoly that will burden air passengers.
"Is the government specifically admitting that the so-called successful turnaround of MAS was a mere charade? The Prime Minister must be held accountable for misleading the rakyat on this.
"More importantly, the deal raises the question as to what is the fate of the GLC Transformation Programmes that had been launched by Prime Minister Najib Razak to much fanfare and wastage of millions of the rakyat's money," he said in a statement, claiming that the share swap would not benefit MAS employees.
The national airline recently recorded a first-quarter net loss of RM242.3 million against a profit of RM310.6 million in the same period a year ago.
MAS main shareholder Khazanah Nasional Bhd has defended previous efforts at reforming the national flag carrier with managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar saying that the share swap was necessary to keep MAS afloat.
Anwar also raised concerns of AirAsia's possible "monopoly" of the domestic airline industry with the recently-inked MAS-AirAsia share swap yesterday.
"The MAS-Air Asia share swap announced yesterday raises serious concerns over the dominance of Air Asia over MAS and effectively reducing competition between the two.
"This may lead to a virtual monopoly of the domestic airline industry in the long run and give rise to risks and concerns associated with monopolies, more so because of the involvement of cronies and political power brokers," the Opposition leader said.
The opposition leader charged that Tony Fernandes's participation in the MAS board was a possible conflict of interest. — file pic

MAS main shareholder Khazanah Nasional Bhd finalised a share swap with Tune Air Sdn Bhd yesterday which saw the state investment arm pare down its stake in the ailing state carrier by almost a third.

Under the "Comprehensive Collaboration Framework", Tune Air, AirAsia's main shareholder, will swap a 10 per cent stake in the no-frills airline for 20.5 per cent share in MAS.
Before the share swap, Tune Air was the biggest shareholder in AirAsia with 26.28 per cent stake while Khazanah held a total of 69.33 per cent share of MAS.
The MAS board will also see some new faces, namely Land & General Bhd founder Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah, former IJM chief executive Datuk Krishnan Tan, Astro chief executive Datuk Rohana Rozhan and David Lau from Shell Malaysia, who will act as independent non-executive directors.
AirAsia founder and chief executive Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun have also been appointed as non-independent non-executive directors of MAS.
MAS managing director Tengku Azmil Zahruddin Raja Abdul Aziz, who stepped down will join Khazanah as an executive director effective September 12, 2011. An executive committee led by Tan Sri Mohd Nor Yusof will manage the state carrier until a new chief executive is appointed while day-to-day operations will be handled by Khazanah executive director and MAS board member, Mohd Rashdan Mohd Yusof.
Anwar charged that Fernandes's participation in the MAS board raised the likelihood of a conflict of interest in spite of Fernandes's "non-executive" position.
"This is clearly a violation of corporate governance rules and should not be condoned.
"This deal also raises fundamental issues of transparency because of the secrecy in which it was shrouded. In this regard, the Securities Commission must investigate the possibility of irregularities including insider trading of the shares of both entities," added Anwar.
The collaboration agreement comes into immediate effect for a period of five years with the option of an extension for a further five years.
 We will let the boss of Khazanah say anything he wants at the moment and have his five minutes of fame. At least we are spared his newfound religiosity. Everyone would be forgiven for thinking this is the last word on the issue because the boss of Khazanah says whatever you may think of the deal between MAS-AirAsia, it is defensible. Among other things, he says, this is not a bailout of MAS.
We will take him on these issues.
The first question we want to ask: why was this deal worked out in the first place? Why AirAsia (AA)? It's currently operating at how many times its PE? 40 times? Looking at its numbers and the fundamentals, the high PE could mean its stocks are overpriced. That may mean some boys are cooking the numbers to set up the market and make a killing. Maybe.
If the reason as Dr Mahathir says is that MAS can learn from AA on ways to cut costs, you mean those damn exercises carried out by Idris "al Dunlap" Jala weren't enough? Why don't we learn from Singapore Airlines or Qatar Airlines? Oh … we want to learn from our homegrown talent will be the likely answer.
I know this is a BAD deal because Dr Mahathir said so. Dr Mahathir always says something when he actually means the complete opposite.
Yeah baby, what can we learn from AA?
How about the homegrown talent's track record then? Well, let's see. As of the first quarter of 2011, AirAsia debts amounted to RM7.7 billion with cash balances amounting to RM1.7 billion. This part doesn't require teaching for MAS. Its executives are renowned masters.
Let's see further. Hmm, in August 2010, AA announced a deferment of their proposed aircraft purchases but sometime in June 2011 they reversed their decision and proceeded to place an order for an additional 200 new aircraft at the Paris Air Show. No big deal, we can order as many as we want. Possibly the commission earned from the purchases dwarfs the one earned from the Scorpene submarines which are not submersible.
As of 31 March 2011, as we can see from its first quarter report, AA's capital commitments stood at RM19 billion. With the above announcement, an additional RM54 billion will be added as Capital Commitments. The proposed Capital Commitments of roughly RM74 billion will be spread over a 15-year period ending 2026.
In other words, AA has to increase its earnings to an average of RM5 billion per annum to meet its future dues. From 2006 to 2010, AA's revenue grew tenfold from RM110 million to roughly RM1.1 billion, an average growth of RM200 million per annum. How will it reach RM5 billion? We will see in the coming months when they rationalise all the routes and whatnot.
Its cash reserves rose six-fold from approximately RM300 million to RM1.7 billion but its debts skyrocketed from RM1.05 billion in 2006 to RM7.7 billion in 2010, an increase of 700 per cent.
Surely this looks like a debt burden that is spiralling out of control.
But spend, baby spend.
This deal is signed, sealed and delivered at an onerous and ominous time. The world economy, including that of Asia, will be into another maelstrom and air travel will invariably be hit. So what can be done?
One, AA can cancel orders but contract penalties will be onerous. AirAsia wouldn't want to pay penalties would it? The hutang with MAB too, it dragged on for what seemed like forever. That option is no-go and why would anyone want to forfeit commissions, my man?  Also, Tony is probably thinking along what Keynes said — when you are a big borrower, the banks are scared of you. So as a big borrower Tony feels that size does matter after all — it will shield him from foreclosure as banks will be leery of bearing heavy losses! Give it to me, bebeh!
But also, a sizeable chunk of those loans are being held by Malaysian banks and in the worst-case scenario, the government and the taxpayer will have to pick up the tab to avert a financial meltdown cascading down the AA slope. So maybe what a blogger said about enriching AA on taxpayers' money is true after all.
Let me speak to some financial whiz kids to see the deal from a different perspective. No, I am not going to dignify one commentator with an answer stating that I am a racist for writing this article. If it were that Meranun chap inking this deal, I would wallop him all the same. Who cares what race Tony belongs to? You mean I can't criticise dear Tony because he is of a different race and if I do, it amounts to racism? FU!
Take a look at MAS, the whipping boy presently but which is instrumental to further the game being played by bossman Azman Mokhtar and gang. MAS has a paid up of RM 3.384 billion and has a fixed asset value of RM8.4 billion. Its net asset is at RM6.962 billion, where cash constitutes RM2.086 billion.
Compare that to the position of AirAsia, which we pointed out above; it has borrowings up to RM7.7 billion and its cash position is RM1.7 billion. In an earlier article, we pointed out that AirAsia has a record of being a bad debtor; it once owed Malaysia Airports over RM65 million and whenever action was taken against them, they ran to their chief counsel, then PM Pak Lah. Now of course it has Tun Mahathir on its side and the abrasive and aggressive Rafidah Aziz who can be counted to also be its enforcer.
Malaysia Airlines's wealth is actually its network and position in the Tier-5 airline market. Malaysia Airlines's annual operating turnover is RM12.98 billion versus AirAsia's RM 3.948 billion. MAS's operating revenue from airline operation is at RM11.649 billion against Air Asia's RM2.839 billion.
This whatever you call it — merger, cooperation, or whatisitsname — is a mystery-shrouded takeover with the elements of manipulation and failure of disclosures. What is happening to the position of minority shareholders?
Khazanah is giving away 20.5 per cent of its holdings in a company with a bigger network, acclaimed higher standard of service, much bigger operating revenue, stronger assets, fewer debts, more cash and a better paymaster track record to another company with a lesser track record, but one that excels in hyped-up marketing and showing it can make a lot of net money in a shorter period of time.
Also, I find it strange to see one merchant bank acting as common adviser to this deal. Then I remembered the present capo dei capi of Khazanah is cheese compared to chalk of another earlier Khazanah boss
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Mr. Honorable Home Minister? ‘ayes’ grow for Bersih 3.0 can be worst than London’s burning

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 11:21 AM PDT

It would do the UMNO political party greater good if its party members did not speak under the hats of their appointed roles vested by the civil and voting citizenry. It would do the appointed individuals greater good too if they spoke for all Malaysians when using the power of their chair to deliver messages to the electorate.The call for Bersih 3.0 is building momentum and will continue to do so for as long as the Election Commission stays stubborn and refuses to admit there is anything wrong with the existing voting system.
Unlike, Bersih or Bersih 2.0, Bersih 3.0 does not need publicity. As a movement, Bersih has taken on a life of its own and it is now very much a citizen awareness movement.
Malaysians have come to learn the meaning of the words, indelible ink, election fraud, biometric fingerprinting and phantom voters, thanks to Bersih chief Ambiga Sreenevasan and her team. We now know about 'instant-citizen' voters, phantom voters and ghostly apparitions who appear right on cue at every general election.
Yet in the face of all this, the Election Commission and the prime minister remain absolutely sure that elections in Malaysia are free and fair.
Bersih 3.0
Can Bersih 3.0 put an end to election fraud? Put it this way, it is the only form of pressure that Malaysians can apply on the BN government and the EC. So, this is one option that Malaysians must embrace and prepare themselves for. Or forever hold their peace when the country goes bankrupt or is turned into a police state.
Bersih 3.0 should be more than another massive march on the streets of Kuala Lumpur. Instead, Bersih 3.0 should also be about concrete measures to address the existing election frauds that are so glaringly visible for all Malaysians to see, but which are invisible to the EC and Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Irrefutable evidence has to be gathered and compiled. For example, citizens should take it upon themselves to check with the Election Commission on the status of voters registered at their addresses. Any irregularity has to be reported immediately and catalogued with an impartial and independent body, not just with the EC or the police.
Citizens should be watch-dogs to the initiatives made by the EC to ratify the complaints made. The EC owes it to the people that their vote will be treated with the upmost care. EC must be constantly reminded that they are caretakers of the citizens' right to elect the government of their choice and not the EC's choice.
The Immigration Department should also be watched by the citizens of Malaysia with regards to its handling of illegals, who have made their way to Malaysia. As citizens, we need to protect our rights. The Home Minister, as the minister in charge of the Immigration Department, has to discharge his duties and put his country-men ahead of any other national who chooses to come to Malaysia.
Treason
Selling citizenship for votes is akin to high treason and the Immigration Department and NRD should not be partakers of this abuse.
Voter registration should be a citizen's initiative and not the prerogative of political parties. Bersih 2.0 has awokened many Malaysians, who have made a beeline to vote. This group should not be hindered, thus the EC should cut down on the lapse time it currently takes to certify an applicant worthy of voting.
At the moment, the EC takes three months to certify an application and even then there have been allegations that some registrations are not accepted even if the application is perfectly complete. This is due to the fact that only political parties are empowered to register voters. Opposition parties have long accused the EC of bias and that voters registered by them are either delayed or never approved.
Automatic voter registration is the way of the future, since it ensures that a Malaysian born of Malaysian parents will be automatically eligible to vote by the time he or she reaches 21. Rather than purchasing biometric machines, the EC should look at putting in place automatic voter registration. Citizens should petition the EC to implement automatic registration.
PACAs
Bersih 3.0 should also be about training Polling Agents and Counting Agents (PACA). It is about having the citizens be a part of the election process and not to allow it to be fully in the hands of the EC – who are definitely short-handed. PACAs are people commissioned by the contesting candidates to monitor the polling streams and the counting process at each and every polling station.
PACAs are powerful tools to ensure polling is fair as it provides a means for all parties involved to watch over the voting process. If there are ground for contention, PACAs can raise these points on the spot with the EC officer.
The recent ruling by EC that in future elections, PACAs cannot bring along their hand-phones into the polling station, seems to suggest the EC's uneasiness that those PACAs who are vigilant and alert may report immediately to their respective candidates or to their superiors if they spot irregularities.
Too patient
Bersih 3.0 should be more than just a march on the street. But make no mistake, a march it has to be if all reasoning fails. At the same time, Bersih 3.0  must evolve into a mature citizen's movement capable of initiating concrete changes. Politicians from both camps will continue to expose and rile up each other over their faults.
Citizens have been too patient. We know there are fraudulent practices in place and have had enough of the rhetoric and excuses from the BN as why it cannot to put in place better solutions, such as indelible ink.. What we want are clear and decisive actions that we, as citizens of Malaysia, can understand and accept.
In a broken government unable to take care of its citizens, it is the citizens that have to rise up, take care of themselves and vote in a new government   -  Malaysia Chronicle
For those who are interested, there will be a training session for PACA's this Saturday at:

PACABA Training: Sat 9:30am – 4:30pm, 13th Aug 11. MBPJ Bilik Bunga Mawar (1st Fl) Jln Yong Shook Lin.

At main entrance, turn left up the stairs. 1st room directly facing the stairs.

Next to PJ Civic Centre.

The government will work hard to ensure that the problem faced by the people with regard to the cost of living could be tackled in the wake of the challenging global condition, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
The Prime Minister said it was the responsibility of the government to do whatever was best in tackling the rising costs and find ways of reducing its effects on the people.

He said the 2012 Budget would pay special attention on managing the people's cost of living and the government would draw up the best strategy to reduce the burden faced by the people and at the same time manage the country's economic growth.

Thus, he said, the government had announced the seventh National Key Result Area (NKRA), namely tackling the rising cost of living, this year, after taking into account the increased cost of food and essential items globally.

"In two years since the NKRAs were announced, the cost of living in Malaysia has risen to affect a majority of the population, in varying degrees.

"Many are feeling the pinch, but are not quite aware that this phenomenon is occurring worldwide, and hitting many other countries fairly hard.

"The fact is that so many global factors have affected our cost of living and the poor and developing countries are feeling the worst impact," he said in his blog www.1malaysia.com.my here today.

Najib said this would be the role played by the seventh and latest NKRA whereby the government would look into ways to improve the agriculture supply chain to ensure minimal food loss during the production and supply process.

He said the government would continue with the price control system and manage the subsidies, which were already among the highest in the world.

"We will expand Rakyat-focused initiatives such as the 1Malaysia Clinic, Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia and most recently, the 1Malaysia Rakyat Menu. The latter is a programme to encourage food vendors to offer a package menu with a maximum price of RM2 for breakfast and RM4 for lunch at participating restaurants," he added.

The Malaysian Home Minister has come out with guns-blazing. He has lambasted the opposition parties and citizens aligned to the 'enemies' of BN. He categorically stated that there are Malaysians misusing the new media to spread lies. He went on to state that there are people outside the country who appreciate what Malaysia has to offer. And that Malaysians are not appreciating these at all.

Why is the minister harping on wanting to rest on his laurels? And why must he put down the dignity of the citizens and praise those who are not even in the country?
And along with that he also laced his words with threats that the police will have on record the citizens' particulars when they are hauled in for demonstrating – short of saying that citizens who demand transparency and accountability in governance are black listed.
Not undone yet, the minister concludes with an apparently contrite heart that the government has been slow in harnessing the new media to engage battle with the opposition parties and citizens who are on the opposition camp.
Now does it not amaze you that each time our ministers make a post-event comment or give an ultimatum, it suspiciously falls off the mark almost all the time. Even what is reported by the main stream media reveals these, in between the lines.
Now, ministers are there as ministers not to glorify party politics. They are there to serve the nation – all citizens irrespective of which political party they are aligned to.
So why does the Home Minister talk of doing battle with the opposition? If he wants to speak so then he must not be reported as the 'Home Minister' but a party politician. and such reports should be restricted to their own party organs – not the main stream media by any count.
The other gross missed mark is the minister's claim that Malaysians are not appreciating what they have. Again, is he speaking in defense of the citizens or is he voicing his total disgust with anything that is 'opposition'?
In the first place, citizens are only asking why can't Malaysia be better than what it already is. Is this aspiration to excel a crime? Is this not being loyal and patriotic towards nation-building? Malaysians from all walks of life are only asking the government to account in a transparent and responsible manner. They want to have a participatory role in decision making because they care for the future of this nation.
The ballot box is not the end-all for citizens' participation in nation building. They want to have a say and want to know and most importantly hold those whom they elected accountable to the voters. Now is this far too unbearable for our ministers?
And the government despite having all the main stream media in their claws, are still unable to convince the citizens – the tens of thousands for example who marched on July 9, 2011. What does this teach? Do you not recognize the learning opportunities here Mr. Honorable Minister?
Lest the Home Minster fail again, he must be told that the new media has become the alternate media for Malaysians simply because the main stream media is filtered beyond reasonable parameters. Is it not true? If no, then please explain why the editors must get clearance from your ministry for every single bit of news deemed 'sensitive' by your office and the powers that be?
It would do the UMNO political party greater good if its party members did not speak under the hats of their appointed roles vested by the civil and voting citizenry. It would do the appointed individuals greater good too if they spoke for all Malaysians when using the power of their chair to deliver messages to the electorate.
This then is the first and foremost lesson to be learned when it comes to harnessing the new media. But it is sadly obvious the minister seems to have fixed his perspectives on doing a cyber war instead. How sad.

Civil disturbances never have a single, simple meaning. When the Bastille was being stormed the thieves of Paris doubtless took advantage of the mayhem to rob houses and waylay unlucky revolutionaries. Sometimes the thieves were revolutionaries. Sometimes the revolutionaries were thieves. And it is reckless to start making confident claims about events that are spread across the country and that have many different elements. In Britain over the past few days there have been clashes between the police and young people. Crowds have set buildings, cars and buses on fire. Shops have been looted and passersby have been attacked. Only a fool would announce what it all means.
We can dispense with some mistakes, though. It is wrong to say that the riots are apolitical. The trouble began on Saturday night when protesters gathered at Tottenham police station to demand that the police explain the circumstances in which a local man, Mark Duggan, had been shot dead by the police. The death of a Londoner, another black Londoner, at the hands of the police has a gruesome significance. The police are employed to keep the peace and the police shot someone dead. This is a deeply political matter. Besides, it is conventional to say how much policing in London has changed since the Brixton riots of the early eighties - but not many people mouthing the conventional wisdom have much firsthand experience of being young and poor in Britain's inner cities.
More broadly, any breakdown of civil order is inescapably political. Quite large numbers of mostly young people have decided that, on balance, they want to take to the streets and attack the forces of law and order, damage property or steal goods. Their motives may differ - they are bound to differ. But their actions can only be understood adequately in political terms. While the recklessness of adrenaline has something to do with what is happening, the willingness to act is something to be explained. We should perhaps ask them what they were thinking before reaching for phrases like "mindless violence". We might actually learn something.
The fierce conflict remains ahead
The profusion of images that modern technology generates makes it even more difficult to impose a single meaning on a complex event. Those who live in terror of a feral underclass and those who are worried about the impact of fiscal austerity on vulnerable communities can find material online that confirms their world-view. There will be a fierce conflict in the weeks ahead as politicians, commentators and others seek to frame the events of the last few days in ways that serve their wider agenda. The police, for example, will call for increased budgets to deal with the increased risks of civil disorder. In this sense, too, riots are inescapably political events.
There are signs too that technology is allowing individuals to intervene in the process by which meaning is assigned to social events. When disorder broke out in France in 2005 in somewhat similar circumstances the political right was the major beneficiary. Sarkozy's rise from interior minister to president owed a great deal to his role in expressing the anxious aggression of a mass constituency that often lived far away from the burning cars and public buildings.
In London today people were on the streets tidying up the damage. The hashtag #riotcleanup on Twitter is being used by councils and residents to coordinate the work. The decision to act in this way, to make the streets a little more safe, to reclaim them for peaceful sociability, steps away from the temptation to condemn the violence or explain it in terms that inevitably simplify or distort it. Those who come together like this will be less likely to conclude that the country is on the verge of chaos, less likely to call for harsh measures and the further erosion of liberty in the name of security. It is the one shrewd thing one can do in present circumstances and it is to be celebrated.
So there is no single meaning in what is happening in London and elsewhere. But there are connections that we can make, and that we should make. We have a major problem with youth unemployment. There have already been cuts in services for young people. State education in poor areas is sometimes shockingly bad. Young people cannot afford adequate private housing and there is a shortage of council-built stock. Economic inequality has reached quite startling levels. All this is the consequence of decisions made by governments and there is little hope of rapid improvement. The same politicians now denouncing the mindless violence of the mob all supported a system of political economy that was as unstable as it was pernicious. They should have known that their policies would lead to disaster. They didn't know. Who then is more mindless?
The global economic crisis is at least as political as the riots we've seen in the last few days. It has lasted far longer and done far more damage. We need not draw a straight line from the decision to bail out the banks to what's going on now in London. But we must not lose sight of what both events tell us about our current condition. Those who want to see law and order restored must turn their attention to a menace that no amount of riot police will disperse; a social and political order that rewards vandalism and the looting of public property, so long as the perpetrators are sufficiently rich and powerful.

On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered outside the Tottenham police station, peacefully calling for "justice" for Mark Duggan, a man killed by officers three days prior.
Police stood in formation, separating the community members from the station they were guarding, until a 16-year-old woman reportedly approached an officer to find out what was going on.
According to a witness account, some officers pushed the young woman and drew their batons.
"And that's when the people started to retaliate. Now I think in all circumstances, having seen that, most people retaliate," said the witness.
The "retaliation", from peaceful chants of "justice" in front of the police station, have since turned into massive groups of Londoners in numerous parts of the city who seem unafraid of breaking windows, looting stores, and burning buildings, doubtless causing millions of pounds' worth of damage.
Scores of businesses have been looted and international media continue to play images of smoldering buildings, in areas where firefighters were reportedly too afraid to enter – for their own safety.
According to witnesses and overhead helicopter footage, police have not been able to control much of the situation, and have repeatedly been forced into retreat by angry rioters.
"The kids realise the police can't keep control of it," said Bristly Pioneer, a Hackney resident and activist with the Space Hijackers, an anarchist collective focused on reclaiming public space. "And the kids don't give a f*** because no one gives a f*** about them."
"These kids have basically been abandoned – not even just the kids, whole communities have been abandoned by the rest of society," he added. "I can't say I'm surprised this is happening. It's been building for years."
Klara, an activist with Occupied London, a group focused on responding to the European austerity crisis, and another resident of Hackney, asked that her last name not be used. She told Al Jazeera: "It's a bubble of anger and anxiety and oppression that has to be burst."
"When you talk to people in the streets, they're extremely politically articulate. They know the problems in their community," she said.
In a video posted on The Guardian's website on July 31, youth in the London borough of Haringey described the effects of the closure of eight youth centres, a move they said led to a growth in gang membership and crime – as they and their peers have nowhere to go after school.
A week before any window was broken or store looted, one of the young people in the video said: "The government doesn't realise what they're doing to us". Another adds, "there's going to be a riot".
A tipping point
Tottenham, where Duggan was killed, is a Haringey neighbourhood which has among the highest unemployment rates in London - and a larger than average youth population. People of colour here have particularly felt the effects of deteriorating social services and targeted police harassment and violence, said author Richard Seymour.
"There's kids here who basically no one cares about, and nobody does anything for," said Seymour, a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics. "When the rioters themselves are asked, they will say that they are abused by police, harassed by them, and nobody's done a thing about it."
Seymour also explained that after many of the 333 deaths in police custody between 1998 and 2010 in Britain, "Large, peaceful protests in response [to the in-custody deaths] were more or less ignored" and not a single officer has been prosecuted.
As a result, Duggan's killing crossed a threshold for young people, angry with the systems that have left them behind, and tired of non-violent protest that goes without much response.
"I saw a whole load of kids, ranging from teenagers, and also grown-ups, in the streets. Most people seemed very happy, there were a lot of smiles in the streets, and a sense that people finally had control of something … And then there were people who were extremely angry at police," said Klara, the Occupied London activist. "It's just surprising that something like this hasn't happened before now."
Meanwhile, a local shop owner told Al Jazeera: "I'm very shocked … I'm so devastated. I don't know how to explain myself."
The chaotic situation has left many Londoners, and people around the world, wondering when the destruction will stop – and how the government will respond to the anger born out of alleged police racism, cuts to social services and unemployment.
Criminality
Just moments before Britain's prime minister made his first post-riot statement, Seymour told Al Jazeera: "The dominant response of the political class is to say it's all criminality … that's something that could undermine anything towards seeking justice."
The alternative, he said, would be "addressing the political crisis" on a deeper level.
David Cameron, the British prime minister, played the card Seymour had predicted, saying: "This is criminality pure and simple, and it has to be confronted and defeated."
London's acting police commissioner, Tim Godwin, agreed, saying: "This is not a game – this is criminality, burglary and violence … There can be no excuses for this behaviour." Calls to Scotland Yard went unanswered.
"Everyone is anticipating the probability of more violence as night approaches. Everyone has their theories about this, but I think one of their [the government's] main challenges will be to separate genuine grievance from simple copy-cat criminality," said Al Jazeera's Tim Friend, reporting from London.
But that would mean the government strongly recognises the 'grievances', which is far, at least, from the initial response.
In his first statement on the riot on Tuesday morning, the British PM said at least 450 people had been arrested for riot-related crimes.
Cameron also announced a massing of police officers, with numbers to be increased from 6,000 in the first three nights of rioting to 16,000 on Tuesday night.
"There will be aid from police coming from up and down the country," he said. "We will see that many more arrests will be coming in the coming days."
Speaking directly to those breaking the law, Cameron said: "Justice will be done … You will feel the full force of the law, and if you are old enough to commit these crimes, you are old enough to feel the full consequences."
Klara said that many people support the increase in police presence and hope that it will force the end of rioting, but warned that the support of intensive policing measures "could spark things off even more, because the police are exactly the problem in these neighbourhoods".
"It's hard to say what type of policing would calm things down and what type of policing would escalate it … When you're being harassed by police on a daily basis, you're no longer afraid of it."
Finding 'justice' in the rubble
With police absent or unable to control crowds in past days, reports have spread of communities banding together to defend their own neighbourhoods.
"There's a Turkish neigbourhood in Hackney that successfully prevented the rioters from destroying the area," said Klara.
Seymour described similar scenes of people standing outside their businesses with baseball bats, in a vigilante defence from lawless London.
"I talked to residents and they told me they will do the same if they don't feel like their livelihoods are being protected by the police," said Al Jazeera's Charlie Angela, reporting from Hackney,
In a different form of community defence, one of the highest trending hashtags on Twitter early on Tuesday was#riotcleanup, and many people used it to coordinate cleanup efforts in riot-hit neighbourhoods around London.
What has emerged due to rioting is a lawless sense that Londoners need to create response plans for when police are not able to handle a situation.
Klara said that more than ever: "There is a lot of debate in the streets. Everyone's talking about police killings, deaths in custody [and other social woes]."
Meanwhile, no one seems to support the destruction caused by the riots, but many believe that the situation is an expression of political anger.
When asked if the riots could lead to any positive outcome, Seymour said it already had, and described an interview he saw on television in which a rioter was asked the same question.
The rioter's answer: "Yes [it has been successful], because if we hadn't rioted, you wouldn't be talking to us now."

Sometimes A Nudge and Insult Is Necessary

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 10:41 AM PDT

I was reading Ambiga's interview with Malaysiakini just now. I must say that given of the past history of EC not really doing much in its electoral reforms, this has already raised the need of civil societies and election watchdogs to pressure, or in another word, "nudge" the commission to do as what they have demanded simply with the argument of that they have the similar role capacity of a federal court judge, as what she said.

The few paragraphs from the interview pointed to that above:

However, in a recent interview with Malaysiakini, Ambiga said she believes that the electoral reform movement must engage with the EC, and that the commission will change only under pressure from the people.

"I still have hope. I still have hope that things can move," she said firmly.

The former Bar Council president reiterated that the federal constitution places election commissioner on the same position as a federal court judge, therefore leaving the EC out of the picture of electoral reform would be a mistake.
"I think we probably have to do both (EC and ruling parties). The EC may feel they are powerless, we don't agree and sometimes it is a question of empowerment, and we have to keep persuading them that in fact, they have power more than they think they have.

"They are the body, in my view, it is their responsibility. Shifting the focus away from them would be the wrong thing to do because you are sending the message that they are not responsible for the state of elections in this country and I disagree with that.

"I think they are entirely responsible and there are many thing they can do and I think if they have to take a stand against the government, they have to do it because they are an independent body, they are the ones who should be doing it," she said.

And to cap things up very interestingly, Bersih 2.0 has given them exactly 90 days to implement the reforms as some sort of an ultimatum, not really, but I feel that it also adds to another way of nudging the Election Commission to do a lot clean up and fixing. Many have believed that Pakatan can win well in election, but if they lose, it's likely of the vote fraud and manipulation. Therefore, the ball is now in the EC's court. Now is the time. The chances of holding a general election end of this year has been stalled following the world market meltdown in the last 4 days. Almost RM 100 billion got wiped out in the local stock market. When this happened, all of Najib's economical programs will substantially delayed and the ETP being limped and dragged to next year at most - meaning no elections at this point of time and only next year

Interestingly. I feel that it is important to move one more level up. The level of awareness of fraud election and the mismanagement by the present government of the day at the rural areas is still at the unsatisfactory level. The main factor is no doubt the lack of access to alternative media whereas the national media is hogged with pro-government stuff. Therefore, what Wan Ahmad said of the present media being fair is not really accurate, but a mere excuse to skirt out of the eight demands that Bersih was demanding about.

It's true that currently Bersih's impact doesn't reach much in the rural area. There is a need to get people there to realize. I've noticed that PR has embarked on a strategy to coincide with the Raya celebrations. During the Tenang by-election campaign, several news reports have pointed out that voters there don't really give a damn or totally ignorant to the present problems faced - inflation, bread and butter difficulties, etc.. they just have the blind faith on the leaders. To some, relying on the profit of palm oil, rubber and so forth would not help much. With the kind of mindset, the country cannot progress that far.

Example of responses would include: "I don't know; I heard they wanted to demonstrate or whatever; I don't care about politics;" - and allow me to add to that - "Do I care?" 

How are people going to convince these people of the mistakes that they are making? Didn't someone said of the saying "Blind faith to the leaders will get you killed?" From my understanding, the young who were originated from the rural areas have already started to educate their relatives, family and friends in the areas of new things that they ought to know. But the problem is of the mindset of unwilling to take in the eye-opening revelations. Excuses would come in the way.

So I think, that sometimes verbal insults have to be necessary to shake up and reveal things. It may be crazy, and yes some will call me crazy but sometimes it will get people to realize of their mistakes. I once recalled scolding an Indian amah during the Hulu Selangor by-election campaign, that when I read of the woman's laments of no help for the last 20 years despite repeated requests and yet voted for the same party over and over again. As the saying goes, if you don't like it, then change it. That got me wondering whether if it's lack of knowledge or blind faith that plays the scenario.

This is why I said that nudging and insult sometimes can be necessary, although it can be bad.


1st.world laws vs 3rd.world criminals

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 09:57 AM PDT

1.Riot :
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
2.Demonstration:
a manifestation of grievances, support, or protest by public rallies, parades, etc.
3.Rally:
to come together for common action or effort.
4.Protest :
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid.
Now which part of the 4 verbs and definitions above do simpletons not understand ? To compare and justify the riots in England (here) and the Malaysian BERSIH rally/protest/demonstration (here) in the same vein is utterly stupid. To say that there was violence by the protesters here in Malaysia is a blatant lie. I was there ( at least in one part of the city as you can see from the photos in the link which I snapped with my own camera !) so show me if the faces in the pictures looked thuggish or threatening in any way in any of the photographs.

The only aggression apparent here in Malaysia was the brute force of our police who for no reason and without provocation fired rounds and rounds of tear gas into peaceful marchers from all walks of life and jetted down on unarmed citizens chemical-laced water, charging into crowds to even kick, punch and beat many before arresting 1,600 in under 4 hours for being there to express and exercise their fundamental rights for a common stand as in Nos.2, 3 and 4 of the definition above and which so many arm-chair critics who were nowhere near the rally failed to understand but condemn the rally participants by reading what the government controlled media fed them.

Looking now at the scenes in London, me thinks our "trigger-happy" cops would have a field day mowing-down the unruly and wild mob of opportunistic looters with their guns and maybe would have even confiscated the "bounty" from the looters for themselves. Because English law prohibits the street cops from carrying arms but truncheons, many gangsters and looters there took advantage of the "1st world soft" approach of the bobbies and only when the situation now gets to an extremely high and dangerous level.....out comes the water-canons ! Can the same be said of our "thugs"-in-blue back home ? Here they conduct "preemptive" road-blocks and arrests days before a rally is due and frustrate the masses into believing the worst and then expect the non-participants to lay the blame on the rally-goers !

Well what can I say of the London rioters but it's a crying shame as the looters there were damn lucky we didn't dispatch our boys-in-blue immediately on Day 1 to merry old England to quell the situation sooner !


Find solution for the high infant mortality in Terenggannu

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 09:08 AM PDT

DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong Dr Tan Seng Giaw insists that there is an urgent need to find out the reasons for the high infant mortality (IMR) in Terengganu, then Malacca, Kelantan and Perlis compared with other states in Malaysia.

Having found the reasons such as poverty, we should then implement an effective solution to the problem.

On 10.8.2011, Dr Tan notices the findings of the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) on infant mortality in Malaysia.

The Director-General of LPPKN Datuk Aminah Abdul Rahman says that Terengganu has recorded the highest infant mortality rate in Malaysia with an average of 9.2 fatalities for every 1,000 newborns. Malacca is 8.4, while Kelantan and Perlis are 8.1. The national average is 6.2.

Why should states such as Terengganu have such high IMR? With revenues also from petroleum for many decades, the state income is relatively big. Why should there be severe poverty in the state?

We need detailed study of those states with high IMR so that we know the true causes. Then credible solution can be found.

Tan Seng Giaw


Where’s the beef for Malaysia Airlines?

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 05:46 AM PDT

The snakeyest deal ever: Malaysia Airlines-AirAsia 'share swap' deal

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The grin on Tony "Ular" Fernandes  tells a thousand tell. But there's more to just the grin. If anyone care to look at this picture in almost all dailies in the country this morning, there is one glaring point which a strong message is being sent.

There are three Fernandes's logos in the backdrop; Tune Air, AirAsia and AirAsia X BUT there is only Malaysia Airlines's logo, stand alone. The organisers of this signing ceremony do not even have the audacity to include Firefly and MASWings logos on it.

Of course, so many persons also asked why should CIMB's logo on it as well? "They are just the advisers. They are not stakeholders".

This was and is our all time favourite to remind ourselves who Malaysia Airlines is

On behalf of many Malaysians and our readers here in BigDogDotCom, we only have questions. No answers and most of us started the guessing game. So who ever is close enough to Khazanah Nasional Bhd. management and of course the advisers to this 'share swap' deal for Prime Minister Dato' Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak, please answer these questions:

1. Where is the beef for Malaysia Airlines in this 'share swap' deal?

Seriously, Fernandes and friends get to own 20.5% of Malaysia Airlines, two very strategic seats on the BOD as non-executive and non-independent directors, seats in the Exco which will decide on operations and all decisions involving money and almost help themselves to the entire Malaysia Airlines as they like.

They already wanted to 'kill' the growingly popular Firefly, which is Malaysia Airlines's low cost carrier as a direct threat to AirAsia.

2. If this is 'share swap' deal, why isn't any of Malaysia Airlines BOD member(s) get to be on AirAsia BOD?

This is something strange. If this is a true 'share-swap' deal, then who is representing Malaysia Airlines's strategic interests in AirAsia. If there is none, how come?

3. How come Khazanah did not appoint anyone who have had relevant airline industry experience as non-executive-independent director in Malaysia Airlines BOD?

There are very experienced former airliners in likes of Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad Abdul Majid who is now MD for Malaysia Airports Bhd., who was an Executive Vice President in Malaysia Airlines not so long ago and persons like these wealth of experience must come very handy for Malaysia Airlines. Unless Khazanah feels that a long time retired banker or satelite broadcaster is a more valuable personality and/or relevant experience to be in the BOD.

4. What is the 'value add' for Malaysia Airlines in this 'share swap' deal?

Malaysia Airlines have bigger international networks across five continents,codeshares and recent membership to One World alliance. That is without considering the fact that MH flies to very sassy destination like London Heathrow, Tokyo Narita and Los Angeles International, which AirAsia don't. So what is it with AirAsia that Malaysia Airlines would benefit from?

5. What is it in for Malaysia Airlines's 20,000 employees?

What would these people get from the 'share swap' deal and what will become of them. Will they still have a job after Fernandes are done with his 'butchery'?

6. Who else benefited from this 'share-swap' deal?

Last but not least, who are the parties that benefit from this beside Fernandes, his partner Kamaruddin Meranun and the 'advisory' fee CIMB?

AirAsia's stock the last six months

It suspiciously looks like this 'raid on Malaysia Airlines' was planned carefully. First it was the appointment of former MITI Minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz and PM's blue-eyed-boy Omar Ong into the BOD. Then it was about trying very hard to get the 'replacement Labu'. Rumour has it that Fernandes 'threatened' to move his HQ to Jakarta was calling a bluff, as the prepatory work for the kill. More rumours about some people pushing up AirAsia's shares from RM 2.40 six months ago to RM 3.90 last week, so that they 'share swap' deal could be two-for-one.

Malaysia Airlines

Now compare that to Malaysia Airlines's six months ago price level. It was almost the same.

From where we are standing, it looks very suspicious. The modus operandi was similar when ECM Libra wanted to 'eat up' four times larger Avenue Capital Bhd, 'The sardine going after the shark'. Well, they were very successful with the authorities backing them up. Santayana said that people who did not learn for their past mistakes are doomed to repeat that again. In this 'share-swap' deal which was almost like a pirate raid, was inked in a manner probably because the majority of us failed to take note of what had happened in the past.

There is one thing peculiar about Malaysia Airlines, which should be pondered. For all the conspiracy theory pundits; former Chairman Tan Sri Dr Munir Majid was sent in a few months before AirAsia went listen of Bursa Malaysia. Conveniently, he exited a few weeks back. Please do the math.

We would like to quote The Edge's reporting on what Khazanah Managing Director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar's take on the 'share-swap' deal:

Azman said the transaction has been pragmatically structured in that the business models, brands, boards, governance structures and cultures will remain distinct and separate, but is now complemented by the comprehensive collaboration frame (CCF) work.

"They (the two airlines) are not combining, but competing in some cases and collaborating in some cases. Can you imagine the power of MAS' 13 million passengers and AirAsia's 39 million passengers a year. This is a very powerful combination.

"We don't have time anymore to look at petty things and differences. It's time to go forward," he added.

In addition, Khazanah also proposed to acquire 10% of AirAsia X on terms and at a price to be mutually agreed later. Azman said this would be done "quickly", adding that its investment in the aviation sector currently accounts for about 3% of its portfolio.

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This 10% acquisition of AirAsia X is outside the 'share swap' deal. So the "Thirteen Million Plus Ringgit" question is:

1. How much is the acquisition will burn Khazanah's coffer?

2. Will CIMB be part of this acquisition advisory?

3. Will this acquisition, if and when it happens, be made known to public?

Malaysia Airlines's tagline used to be, "Going beyond expectations". Khazanah really gave Fernandes this tagline to come through. And for PM 'Flip-Flop' Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to play this 'adviser' role in seeing both parties get to deliver what they are supposed to is a really pathetic joke.

*Updated 2330hrs

Just A Theory Why Anwar Not PKR Member

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:00 AM PDT


Recently I decided to tweet Anwar, supprisingly, he replied and said " no wonder you pening, no facts". It is obvious he is pissed about what I accused him and wrote in my blog. Then his "followers" decided to join in the fun by calling me names and whole bunch of bull. I replied to all by asking 1 question, "why is Anwar not a PKR member?", none of them answer. Not even Anwar dare to answer it too.


It seems my question cannot be answered by any of them and to my suprised, I got another message from another guy asking whether it is true that Anwar is not PKR member. I replied and told him that Anwar is not PKR member but I know many people would like to know why Anwar is not PKR member. There would be lots of questions to why Anwar not PKR member because he is the PKR "de facto" party leader after all.


Now, how can you be a "de facto" leader when you are not a member of the party? So what is the meaning of De Facto in politics? In politics, "a de facto leader is one who has assumed authority, regardless of whether by lawful, constitutional, or legitimate means; very frequently the term is reserved for those whose power is thought by some faction to be held by unlawful, unconstitutional, or otherwise illegitimate means, often by deposing a previous leader or undermining the rule of a current one. De factoleaders need not hold a constitutional office, and may exercise power in an informal manner".

To make it short and simple, Anwar can decide what he wants to do in PKR without being a member and will not be liable for his actions. So is this the leader you want to run the country? A leader without responsibility?

Is it clear now? Let me make it more clear. A person who can decide what to do and not held responsible is not good for a party or leader. Anwar have the support to be the PKR president but he don't want to, why? I'll get to that in short while. Anyway let me recap some of Anwar brief "contribution" to Malaysia as per wikipedia (Let it be known that wikipedia is NOT UMNO controlled media, that is a fact!":

1. From 1968 to 1971, as a student, Anwar was the president of a Muslim students organisation, Persatuan Kebangsaan Pelajar Islam Malaysia (PKPIM). Around the same time, he was also the president of Persatuan Bahasa Melayu Universiti Malaya (PBMUM). He was one of the protem committee of Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM) or Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia which was founded in 1971. He was also elected President of the Malaysian Youth Council or Majlis Belia Malaysia (MBM). Very ambitious young man with leadership charisma of simply power crazy?

2. In 1974, Anwar was arrested during student protests against rural poverty and hunger. This came as a report surfaced stating that a family died from starvation in a village in Baling, in the state of Kedah, despite the fact that it never happened. He was imprisoned under the Internal Security Act, which allows for detention without trial, and spent 20 months in the Kamunting Detention Centre. See how Anwar created lies in order to shame the nation.

3. In 1968-1971, he was first groomed in the National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students (Persatuan Kebangsaan Pelajar Islam Malaysia, PKPIM) as the president of the Union. Despite his aggressiveness, he is still a favourite candidate for PKPIM, why? It is easy, he talks a lot.

4. In 1982, Anwar, who was the founding leader and second president of a youth Islamic organisation called Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM), shocked his liberal supporters by joining theUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO), led by Mahathir bin Mohamad, who had become prime minister in 1981.

5. He moved up the political ranks quickly: his first ministerial office was that of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in 1983; after that, he headed the agriculture ministry in 1984 before becoming Minister of Education in 1986. By then, speculation was rife about Anwar's ascent to the Deputy Prime Minister's position as it was a commonly-occurring phenomenon in Malaysia for the Education Minister to assume the position of Deputy PM in the near future.

6. During his tenure as Education Minister, Anwar introduced numerous pro-Malay policies in the national school curriculum. One of the major changes that he did was to rename the national language from Bahasa Malaysia to Bahasa Melayu, Isn't that racist?.

7. Non-Malays criticized this move as it would cause the younger generation to be detached from the national language, since they would attribute it to being something that belongs to the Malays and not to Malaysians.

8. In 1991 Anwar was appointed Minister of Finance. In 1993, he became Mahathir's Deputy Prime Minister after winning the Deputy Presidency of UMNO against Tun Ghafar Baba. Tun Ghafar was a gentleman and UMNO strongmen but he was defeated by Anwar money politics and backstabbing deal. YES..this is the era where money politics started! It was started by Anwar!

9. There is report on Anwar using large cash payments to win support. Anwar is alleged to have resorted to money politics to secure his position as deputy president of UMNO. Anwar's followers were witnessed by even foreign journalists handing out packets of money to acquire support of UMNO division leaders. These followers are said to be working under Anwar's instructions.

10. Anwar was being groomed to succeed Mahathir as prime minister, and frequently alluded in public to his "son-father" relationship with Mahathir; in early 1997, Mahathir appointed Anwar to be acting Prime Minister while he took a two-month holiday. During this time, Anwar started his campaign to bring down Tun Mahathir...more money was spent and guess where it come from? Yes, it comes from projects awarded to his cronies. That was in 1997, now in 2011, Anwar get his money from foreign funding (CIA & Israel) and from milking the state government assets, contracts and savings.

11. Towards the end of the 1990s, however, the relationship with Mahathir had begun to deteriorate, triggered by their conflicting views on governance. In Mahathir's absence, Anwar had independently taken radical steps to improve the country's governing mechanisms which were in direct conflict with Mahathir's capitalist policies. Issues such as how Malaysia would respond to a financial crisis were often at the forefront of this conflict. Anwar may be outspoken but he is no accountant or understand finance!

12. Anwar's frontal attack against what he described as the widespread culture of nepotism and cronyism within UMNO (and the ruling coalition as a whole) angered Mahathir, as did his attempts to dismantle the protectionist policies that Mahathir had set up. "Cronyism" was identified by Anwar as a major cause of corruption and misappropriation of funds in the country. See how Anwar manipulate and disguise his own doing by blaming others? Yes, that is Anwar gift! He can tell you lies and make you believe it is a fact.

13. During the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis Anwar, as finance minister, supported the International Monetary Fund (IMF) plan for recovery (remember when bank loan interest went up as high as 20%?). He also instituted an austerity package that cut government spending by 18%, cut ministerial salaries and deferred major projects. "Mega projects", despite being a cornerstone of Mahathir's development strategy, were greatly curtailed. By cutting all these, Anwar thought he can stop or kill Tun's in his tracks. Making Tun a failure as leader that was the main attention. While doing so, Anwar uses the people suffering which was inflicted by him to force Tun into early "retirement".

14. Although many Malaysian companies faced bankruptcy, Anwar declared: "There is no question of any bailout. The banks will be allowed to protect themselves and the government will not interfere." Anwar advocated a free-market approach to the crisis, including foreign investment and trade liberalisation. Mahathir blamed unchecked currency speculators like George Soros and supported currency controls and tighter regulation of foreign investment.

15. In 1998 Newsweek magazine named Anwar the "Asian of the Year". However, in that year, matters between Anwar and Mahathir came to a head around the time of the quadrennial UMNO General Assembly. The Youth wing of UMNO, headed by Anwar's associate Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, gave notice that it would initiate a debate on "cronyism and nepotism". The response was swift, as Mahathir issued lists of cronies who had benefited from government share allocations and privatisations. The list included Anwar and Zahid, along with several of Anwar's other allies. So who actually practise cronyism..Mahathir or Anwar?. Zahid quickly change side and untill now he existed in UMNO. Zahid is one of the torn in UMNO today and continues to support Anwar descreetly, after all, Zahid owes Anwar big time!

16. In the list, Anwar's father and his two brothers are shown to have received shares allocated by the government for the bumiputra. His father Datuk Ibrahim Abdul Rahman and his brothers, Farizan and Marzukhi, hold shares amounting to more than 7.1 million units in three companies.

17. On 2 May 1998, Dato' Ibrahim Abdul Rahman owned 250,000 shares of Pengkalen Holdings Berhad and 3,790,500 of Nissan Industrial Oxygen Incorporated. Farizon owned 250,000 shares of Pengkalen Holdings Berhad. Marzukhi owned 2,800,000 shares in Penas Corporation. In the list, Ibrahim Abdul Rahman owned 2,000,000 shares in Industrial Oxygen Incorporated Bhd in 1993.


You see, Anwar did a lot of contribution. He introduced cronyism, money politics, high interest rates, sabotage, sodomizing young men / women (regardless you are married or not) and reaping wealth for his own family. Still not convince Anwar NOT a good leader? Well, you must be saying by now that Anwar was frame and should fight for his injustice, right? Around this time, PKR was born.


A party established for the injustice caused by Mahathir to Anwar. PKR is not formed for the good or betterment of Malays but for the glory of one person. Hmm, I have never heard a party formed for the sole of one person but then again, we are in Malaysia and Malays are very gullible people, they just love Anwar charisma as Anwar is good in portraying himself as religious person, after all, he was the ABIM leader, so he must be pure and free from sin!


UMNO was formed to fight for Malaysia Independence, protecting Malay rights and making sure all Malaysians get a fair share of the country wealth. What does PKR fight for? Fight for a guy who WILL repente his wrong doings? Another interesting facts we must acknowledge, almost 90% of PKR members are UMNO rejects! Those who stayed behind in UMNO and did not followed Anwar are just oppurtunist or too scared losing their positions. They would abandon anyone without hesitation, they just don't have the loyalty!


Okay, by now you must be tired and really want to know why Anwar is not PKR member. I got a theory and would just love to share it with you. If Anwar or his Anwarista's follwers are reading this, ask yourself why Anwar is not a PKR member when you are one.


1. Anwar want to become PM one day. He missed his oppurtunity and now out with a vengance! The only way he can be PM is by JOINING UMNO! Yes! that is the truth!

2. Anwar cannot be PM with PKR because UMNO still have Malay majority. After all PKR is just a small party with only 500k members compare to 3.5 million UMNO members.

3. The only way he can "forced' his way into UMNO is by creating a divertion or "smoke screen". PKR is his tool of choice. He have already have few friends that willing to help him. These friends are planted in UMNO.

4. Anwar's UMNO friend (known to many as KJ) manage to get him free and even rush to the airport, just to send his passport so he can go for his "neck" treatment in Germany.

5. Anwar's UMNO friends too managed to break the Malay voters by dividing the Malays with such issue as religion, Malay rights and more. You may not realized this but since Pak Lah took over as PM, he got special advisor to advise him on what to do, and this so called "advisor" was known to be Anwar's daughter exboyfriend but decided to jump ship when Anwar was sack from being DPM.

6. Then more of his UMNO friends decided to start "cancer" virus within UMNO so it look like UMNO is breaking up. Well this tactics works and we can see the result in PRU 12 where BN lost many states.

7. So when UMNO is desprate to gain back the voters, Anwar expect UMNO will bow down and plea bargain a deal with him to join UMNO..BUT can this work?

8. By now some of Anwar cronies are holding high position in UMNO. If they allow him to come back, they would have to be "demoted" or maybe stab from behind by Anwar because they abandon him when he was sack in 1988.

9. So what to do? Anwar making more threats and pushing his luck by becoming PR leader. WAIT! How can he be a leader of PR when he himself does not belong to any party? Can you see the pattern now?

10. Anwar want to keep his option open and hope UMNO will crumble in the near future and offer him to comeback to UMNO so he can proclaimed as savior of the Malay race.

11. Can this be done? He is not getting any younger, so he need to do something fast and decisive. What can he do?

12. In desprate attempt, Anwar decided to play the religion, race and some blackmailing card! He supported Hindraft cause which is totally opposite his stands when he was the ABIM president (I must remind you, he abandon ABIM and join UMNO).

13. Anwar can agrees with DAP about abolishing the Malays right (again against his early ideals)

14. It seems Anwar willing to do anything as long as he can shake and force UMNO to take him back. He don't care what happen to the country, he just want to achieved his objective no matter what it takes.

15. Anwar is full of tactics and knows the government would hesitate to act against so called peaceful demonstrator. So a plan must be hatch in order to make sure people still remember Pakatan Rakyat. Why need to remind the people? Well, the people now enjoy better economy and frankly speaking, the government manage to answer all the people's issues. Action was taken and people are more happy BUT this does not go well with Anwar, so he need a scape goat and BERSIH was born. BUT there's another problem, if the rally is only supported by non Malays, a tragedy and anarchy can happen, so Anwar bring in the extra actors aka PAS and PKR...with Malays being divided and manipulated, it was very easy to use them as shield for his BERSIH rally...everyone knows that Malays will not fight with Malays...so Anwar's plan was well choreographs, or was it?

16. Anwar knows that it is difficult to bring in money and buy his way in UMNO. If he is allowed to bring in money and start his old habits, we will see UMNO crumbles as we must remember that Anwar still have cronies in UMNO.


UMNO members need to open their mind and thinks ways how to make sure this sodomizer would not get back into UMNO. He can die as PKR "de facto" leader but not as UMNO member.

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JK Disiplin DAP pecat tiga ahli

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:50 AM PDT

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KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Ogos: Jawatankuasa Disiplin DAP memecat tiga ahli parti itu berkuatkuasa serta merta kerana melanggar disiplin parti.

Pengerusinya, Tan Kok Wai berkata, ketiga-tiga mereka adalah Puah Ju Kian (Cawangan Telok Gadong), Yap Kon Min (Serdang Bahru) dan Tan Chew Wah (Kampung Baru Balakong).

Puah Ju Kian didakwa salah menguruskan hal ehwal cawangannya, Yap Kon Min pula didapati salah membuat kenyataan yang salah secara berulang kali terhadap pimpinan DAP manakala Tan Chew Wah pula didapati bersalah dan secara berulang kali membuat kenyataan buruk secara terbuka terhadap pimpinan DAP.

Menurut Tan Kok Wai yang juga anggota Parlimen Cheras, Jawatankuasa Disiplin DAP telah mengadakan perbicaraan terhadap ketiga-tiga mereka pada 5 Ogos lepas di Ibu Pejabat DAP dan penjelasan mereka tidak memuaskan hati jawatankuasa kerana ia telah memburukkan kepentingan parti itu.

"Ekoran pemecatan ini, ketiga-tiga mereka tidak lagi berhak mewakili DAP dalam sebarang urusan atau bertindak sebagai ahli DAP.

"Bagaimanapun mereka boleh membuat rayuan dalam masa 14 hari terhadap keputusan ini kepada Jawatankuasa Pusat Parti berdasarkan perkara VII para 3 Perlembagaan DAP," katanya dalam satu kenyataan.

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Pampasan puluhan juta paun

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:40 AM PDT

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LONDON: Syarikat insurans dipercayai menanggung pampasan puluhan juta paun berikutan rusuhan selama tiga malam di London dan beberapa bandar utama Britain lain.

"Terlalu awal bagi kami untuk memberi gambaran tepat mengenai jumlah kos, khususnya kos gangguan perniagaan.

"Syarikat insurans kini bertungkus-lumus menguruskan tuntutan yang diterima," kata jurucakap Persatuan Syarikat Insurans Britain (ABI), Nick Starling, semalam.

Sebahagian besar London rosak selepas rusuhan, penjarahan dan pembakaran yang dilakukan oleh kumpulan remaja. - AFP

Bekas Pengerusi BMF Lorrain Meninggal Dunia

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:15 AM PDT

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KUALA LUMPUR 10 OGOS : Bekas pengerusi Bumiputra Malaysia Finance (BMF) Lorrain Esme Osman dilaporkan telah meninggal dunia di London kelmarin.

Dipetik Utusan Malaysia hari ini, kenalan Allahyarham Datuk Zuraidah Atan berkata, beliau mendapat berita mengenai kematian Lorrain menerusi panggilan telefon daripada seorang rakannya dari London.

"Saya diberitahu bahawa beliau meninggal dunia akibat kanser," kata beliau.

Difahamkan Lorrain sedang dirawat di sebuah hospital di London ketika itu.

Zuraidah yang juga Penasihat Kehormat Majlis Kanser Kebangsaan berkata kali terakhir beliau bertemu dengan Allahyarham pada 2009.

Lorrain, 79, bekas peguam yang kemudiannya menjadi ahli perbankan terlibat dalam skandal BMF yang menggemparkan negara melibatkan RM2.5 bilion pada 1980-an.

Beliau dibebaskan dari penjara Hong Kong pada Ogos 1993 selepas menjalani hukuman penjara setahun.

Lorrain mengaku bersalah atas tuduhan berkonspirasi memberi pinjaman kepada sebuah firma diketuai oleh bekas ketua Kumpulan Carrian, George Tan.

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Najib gagal uruskan ekonomi

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 01:37 AM PDT

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Angka-angka ekonomi terkini yang baru diumumkan membayangkan ekonomi negara akan terus malap; selain dari kerugian ratusan bilion ringgit yang dialami pelabur di Bursa Kuala Lumpur sejak Jumaat lalu.

Keputusan agensi pelaburan dan penganalisa pasaran memotong unjuran pertumbuhan ekonomi negara di bawah paras 5% bagi tahun 2011 menjadi tanda-tanda bahawa dasar dan inisiatif ekonomi yang menjadi tonggak pentadbiran Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak (seperti Program Transformasi Ekonomi, Rancangan Malaysia Kesepuluh dan Model Ekonomi Baru) telah gagal sejak dari awal-awal lagi.

Jika prestasi ekonomi terus malap seperti yang diunjurkan, Program Transformasi Ekonomi akan gagal sebelum memasuki tahun kedua kerana ia mensasarkan pertumbuhan ekonomi 6% setahun untuk mencapai sasaran Pendapatan Kasar Kebangsaan (GNI) per kapita sebanyak RM48,000 menjelang 2020 yang diwar-warkan. Pertumbuhan ekonomi tahunan di bawah angka 5% setahun bermakna Program Transformasi Ekonomi telah gagal menarik minat pelabur walhal kerajaan menumpukan sepenuh tenaga, fokus dan jentera kerajaan untuk mempromosikannya. Jika ia gagal menarik perhatian dalam tahun pertama dan di kemuncak promosinya, bayangkan keadaannya 2-3 tahun akan datang.

Prospek yang malap ini akan diburukkan lagi dengan keadaan tidak menentu yang dialami Amerika Syarikat dan negara-negara Eropah. Pakar ekonomi dunia sependapat bahawa krisis hutang di Eropah akan mengheret 3 ekonomi terbesarnya iaitu Itali, Perancis dan Jerman ke kancah kekalutan ekonomi seperti yang dialami oleh negara-negara Eropah lain. Jika ini berlaku, prestasi ekonomi Malaysia akan turut terkesan dan memburukkan lagi angka pertumbuhan ekonomi tahun-tahun akan datang.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak juga perlu menerima hakikat bahawa pentadbiran beliau telah gagal mencapai sasaran pelaburan swasta yang ditetapkannya sendiri dan diumumkan sebagai strategi utama beliau menghidupkan kembali pertumbuhan ekonomi Malaysia. Sebelum ini, PEMANDU dengan gah mengumumkan bahawa 92% daripada dana untuk melaksanakan projek-projek di bawah Program Transformasi Ekonomi bernilai ratusan bilion ringgit akan dibiayai swasta.

Namun, sumber dana untuk membiayai projek-projek utama yang diumumkan masih diselubungi rahsia. Setakat ini, 77% daripada 10 projek terbesar yang diumumkan di bawah Program Transformasi Ekonomi akan dilaksanakan dan dibiayai oleh syarikat berkaitan kerajaan (GLC).

Analisis 10 projek terbesar seperti berikut akan membuktikan bahawa pentadbiran sekarang masih menggunakan kaedah pergantungan kepada wang rakyat untuk mewujudkan peluang ekonomi, tetapi kini ia disalurkan melalui GLC:

Setakat ini, 10 projek terbesar di bawah Program Transformasi Ekonomi menelan pelaburan RM142 bilion, iaitu 82% daripada keseluruhan pelaburan projek-projek yang telah diumumkan berjumlah RM173 bilion. Hakikatnya, 77% daripada 10 projek terbesar di bawah pelan ekonomi Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak sebenarnya menggunakan dana awam melalui GLC dan membuktikan bahawa sasaran 92% pembiayaan swasta itu tidak lebih dari angka-angka untuk kempen politik yang sudah tentu tidak akan dicapai.

Prestasi 3 penanda aras ekonomi yang paling utama (iaitu kekalutan di Bursa Kuala Lumpur, unjuran pertumbuhan yang semakin rendah saban hari dan kegagalan menarik pembiayaan swasta bagi projek-projek utama di bawah Program Transformasi Ekonomi) sudah cukup untuk membayangkan kegagalan dasar dan inisiatif ekonomi Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Malangnya, prospek ekonomi murung yang menyelubungi Malaysia adalah berlainan sama sekali dengan prestasi ekonomi Indonesia. Pertumbuhan ekonomi Indonesia terus meningkat pada kadar 6.5% suku yang lepas dan dijangka mencecah 7% tahun depan. Pada masa rakyat Malaysia bergelumang dengan kadar inflasi tertinggi dalam tempoh 2 tahun, Indonesia pula mencatatkan kadar inflasi terendah dalam tempoh 14 bulan yang lalu. Sementara kadar kenaikan gaji hanya menokok pada angka 2.6% sahaja bagi pekerja Malaysia sepanjang sedekad yang lalu, pekerja di Indonesia menikmati kadar kenaikan gaji tahunan 10% sejak tahun 2006.

Sudah tentu ada perbezaan yang nyata dari segi pendekatan ekonomi sehingga mengakibatkan prestasi yang berlainan seperti ini. Pemerintah Indonesia mengalu-alukan reformasi dan keterbukaan sejak tahun 1998 lagi, berbeza dengan Barisan Nasional yang mencari seribu satu alasan untuk memadamkan api reformasi yang dituntut rakyat sehingga mengorbankan prestasi ekonomi negara.

Baiknya keadaan ini tidak akan berterusan kerana lebih ramai rakyat boleh menilai sendiri bahawa reformasi ekonomi hanya boleh berlaku seiringan dengan reformasi politik, selaras dengan pendekatan ekonomi yang diperjuangkan Pakatan Rakyat.

RAFIZI RAMLI

PENGARAH STRATEGI

Datuk Prof Dr Zaleha Kamaruddin Dilantik Rektor Baru UIAM

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 01:26 AM PDT

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GOMBAK 10 OGOS : Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM), Datuk Prof Dr Zaleha Kamaruddin dilantik sebagai Rektor Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) yang baru berkuatkuasa hari ini.

UIAM dalam satu kenyataan hari ini berkata, Zaleha dilantik menggantikan Datuk Seri Prof Syed Arabi Idid yang tamat tempoh sebagai Rektor pada 1 Jun lalu.

Zaleha yang berkelulusan Ijazah Kedoktoran (Undang-Undang) dari Universiti London pernah menjadi Dekan Kuliyyah Undang-Undang Ahmad Ibrahim di UIAM, menurut kenyataan itu.

"Zaleha juga pernah berkhidmat di IKIM selama dua tahun secara pinjaman berkuat kuasa 2 Ogos 2009 hingga 1 Ogos lalu menggantikan Datuk Nik Mustapha Nik Hassan yang dilantik Ketua Pengarah IKIM.

"Beliau memulakan kerjaya sebagai Penolong Pensyarah di Kuliyyah Undang-Undang UIAM pada tahun 1985 dan kemudian dilantik sebagai Pensyarah di Kuliyyah yang sama pada tahun 1988," katanya.

Menurut kenyataan itu, beliau pernah memegang jawatan sebagai Timbalan Dekan Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Timbalan dekan Pusat Penyelidikan UIAM.

Zaleha, anak kelahiran Raub, Pahang, banyak menghasilkan buku, artikel dan penyelidikan berkaitan undang-undang dan juga memberi khidmat perundingan kepada kementerian, jabatan dan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO).

Pada Mac 2009, beliau menerima Anugerah Tokoh Pendakwah Negeri Selangor daripada kerajaan negeri.

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Syabas YB Zulkifli Noordin

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 01:24 AM PDT



Thanks to regular commentor 'A Good Man Does Nothing' for highlighting this today. I went over to YB Zulkifli Noordin's Blog as suggested by 'Good Man' and read this : WHY NOT ME?

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YB Zul has put forth some very pertinent legal issues about the ongoing liwat drama in the Court. It does not take long to read Zul's article. Do read it.

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Just to refresh your memories, until Saiful Bukhari made that Police Report, Zulkifli Noordin was one of Anwar Ibrahim's most trusted aides and friend. Few people know the inner workings as well as the details of Anwar Ibrahim's shenanigans as well as Zul Noordin. He reveals some of these shenanigans in this article. I have truncated Zul's article down to some main points here.

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Mungkin ramai yang akan terpinga-pinga kenapa Mat CD dan juaknya Karpal Singh nak memanggil PM sebagai saksi mereka kerana ramai yang tidak faham apa kaitan PM dengan liwatan Anwar terhadap Saiful. Bak kata seorang kawan, "dia yang sedap menyondol, PM nak kena pikul!".
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Apa pembelaan Anwar? Alibi - beliau mendakwa tidak ada ditempat kejadian. Anwar berhadapan dengan satu masalah besar untuk menafikan dia tidak ada ditempat kejadian.
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Jadi apa relevannya Mat CD nak panggil PM sebagai saksi? Anwar tidak pernah kata pada masa kejadian dia sedang bermesyuarat, atau makan kuaci dengan PM. Atau pada masa kejadian Datin Sri Rosmah sedang masak nasi untuk dia dan Wan Azizah makan. Itu maksud pembelaan alibi. Maknanya dia tiada ditempat kejadian tetapi sebaliknya mendakwa sedang berada dengan PM dan Datin Sri Rosmah.
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Teman kenal Anwar ni yop. Pada perbicaraan tahun 1998, kami merancang memanggil YAB Tun Mahathir...Apa tujuan nak panggil Tun M dan lain-lain tu? Ringkasnya bak saperti kata Anwar sendiri, "kita pulun mamak kutty ni dalam Mahkamah!".
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Yang peliknya, kenapa Anwar tidak berani panggil bini dia sendiri sebagai saksi? .... mungkin Wan Azizah boleh datang dengan pakai jam Omega.
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Teman bertambah pelik kenapa saksi alibi saperti Haji Hasanuddin, Mohd. Sani dan lain-lain juga perlu diminta melalui Mahkamah. Mereka ini adalah kawan-kawan Anwar. Persoalannya, mengapa Anwar perlu memohon Mahkamah supaya mereka ini, kawan-kawan dia sendiri, hadir dan datang beri keterangan untuk dia. Apakah mereka pun dah cabut dari Anwar?
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Dan bertambah-tambah teman pelik kenapa teman sendiri dan rakan-rakan lain tidak dipanggil sebagai saksi? Contohnya:
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1. Rahimi - Rahimi yang rekemen Saiful bekerja di pejabat Anwar. Rahimi telah membuat lapuran polis yang beliau disuruh membuat Surat Akuan Sumpah palsu untuk mengaitkan YAB PM dalam kes liwat tersebut. Mengapa Anwar tidak memanggil Rahimi sebagai saksi?
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2. Rasid - Rasid juga telah membuat lapuran polis beliau disuruh buat Surat Akuan Sumpah palsu berkaitan kes liwat terhadap Saiful ini. Kenapa Anwar tidak memanggil Rasid, rakan banduan penjara Sg. Buloh bersama dengan Anwar dahulu?
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3. YB Senator Ezam Mohd. Nor - bekas Ketua Pemuda PKR, mantan panglima kanan Anwar. Saiful berjumpa dengan Ezam menceritakan bagaimana dia diliwat oleh Anwar. Mengapa Anwar tidak mahu memanggil Ezam sebagai saksi?
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5. Anuar Saari - bekas pegawai khas Anwar. Beliau boleh berikan keterangan mengenai pengalaman "ngeri" yang beliau lalui bersama Anwar.
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Teman juga mahu bertanya, mengapa Anwar tidak mahu panggil teman sebagai saksi? Teman bersedia bila-bila masa. Malahan teman cabar Anwar dan Karpal supaya memanggil teman sebagai saksi.
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2. Teman juga akan ceritakan apa berlaku dalam bilik hotel Quality Inn, Shah Alam malam 28.06.2008 itu selepas Saiful membuat lapuran polis itu.
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3. Teman juga nak ceritakan kepada Mahkamah apa yang dibincangkan malam itu. Bagaimana Rahimi dibawa datang ke Quality Inn Hotel malam itu?
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4. Teman juga akan menceritakan kepada Mahkamah bagaimana timbul kisah Anwar nak lari ke Turki, kemudiannya ditukar ke Kedutaan Turki, kemudiannya ditukar ke rumah Duta Besar Turki. Kenapa Anwar nak lari?
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Teman cukup yakin Anwar akan mencari jalan menangguhkan kes dia sehingga ke PRU 13. Sebab dia berharap akan menang pilihanraya ke 13 dan jadi PM, dan lepas itu bolehlah semua kes dia ditutup; dan kalau boleh sumbat Saiful (dan juga Datuk Eskay) dan yang lain-lain dalam tahanan. Itulah yang dibuatnya terhadap Umi Hafilda & Azizan pada tahun 1997, sehingga menyalahgunakan pihak Cawangan Khas PDRM untuk menyumbat Umi & Azizan kedalam tahanan dan membuat surat Akuan Palsu untuk melepaskan Anwar. Itulah sebab YA Augustine Paul menyumbat Anwar ke penjara Sg. Buloh selama 6 tahun, kerana menyalahgunakan kuasa mengarahkan Cawangan Khas PDRM mendapatkan akuan Palsu daripada Umi & Azizan!
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Zulkifli Bin Noordin
Selasa, 09 Ogos 2011

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I find the following points by YB Zul Noordin quite interesting :

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4. "...bagaimana timbul kisah Anwar nak lari ke Turki, kemudiannya ditukar ke Kedutaan Turki, kemudiannya ditukar ke rumah Duta Besar Turki. Kenapa Anwar nak lari?"

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I suppose there was no Air Asia flight leaving for Turkey that evening. Who knows, now with Air Asia acquiring and bailing out MAS, more flights may be available to Turkey. Maybe if there is a third round, the clown will fly the coop?

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This following point by YB Zul is also very interesting :

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"Teman bertambah pelik kenapa saksi alibi saperti Haji Hasanuddin, Mohd. Sani dan lain-lain juga perlu diminta melalui Mahkamah. Mereka ini adalah kawan-kawan Anwar. Persoalannya, mengapa Anwar perlu memohon Mahkamah supaya mereka ini, kawan-kawan dia sendiri, hadir dan datang beri keterangan untuk dia. Apakah mereka pun dah cabut dari Anwar?"

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Do you all remember just a few weeks back Anwar's driver made a delayed Police report (delayed by about three weeks) that someone had tampered with the brakes or wheels on Anwar's car in an alleged sabotage attempt? Its the same Sani fellow - Anwar Ibrahim's driver of 28 years. And Hasanuddin is Anwar's very close buddy who is the owner of the two condo units which he allowed his "beloved Anwar" to use for his "rest and recreation".

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And yet, Anwar has to apply to the Court now so that he can interview these close friends of his - Hasanuddin, Sani and others. Isnt this totally strange? They are not 'close friends' anymore ?

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Not only these guys, but now Anwar has also had to apply to the Court to be able to interview the people whom he had cited as his own main alibi witnesses !!! Here is a report from The Star about this strange development as well :

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KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim filed a second notice of motion within a week at the High Court here and this time he wants the court to issue an order to interview 10 witnesses, including two Indonesian maids, whose names he had listed in his alibi notice.

In the application filed Monday morning via Messrs Karpal Singh & Co, Anwar named the two former Indonesian maids of Hasanuddin Abd Hamid, owner of the condominium unit where the incident allegedly took place. One of the maid was identified as Suliati, while the other was Fitria Dipan. Eight others named were :

1. Abdullah Sani Said (Anwar's former driver)
2. Mokhtar Mustafa
3. Nik Mahmood Nik Hassan
4. Noor Sham Abdul Hamid
5. Prof Dr Mohamd Ariff Abdul Karem (ex-executive director of MIER)
6. Mohd Khoharullah Abdul Majid
7. Raymond Yeoh Cheng Seong (banker)
8. Omar Malek Ali Merican, former COO, Bursa Saham Malaysia, .

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To quote Zul Noordin again : "Mereka ini adalah kawan-kawan Anwar. Persoalannya, mengapa Anwar perlu memohon Mahkamah supaya mereka ini, kawan-kawan dia sendiri, hadir dan datang beri keterangan untuk dia. Apakah mereka pun dah cabut dari Anwar?"

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The end is nigh

Pemimpin Pakatan Pernah Kata Demo London Aman

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Ada pemimpin haprak pakatan kata demo di London aman tak serupa di KL,polis Malaysia zalim,kejam dan tidak berperikemanusian. Nah baru sebulan Allah dah tunjuk macam mana rusuhan di London .

Jom kita tengok kiblat pakatan macam mana.















Pisau kata " bersih punya plan lebih kurang macam kat atas tu,tapi tak jadi PDRM berjaya halang"



Lagi pengundi berganda ditemui

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:47 AM PDT

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KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Ogos: Dewan Pemuda PAS Kawasan Titiwangsa menemui lima lagi pengundi bertindih di parlimen itu dalam semakan terbaru mereka melalui web Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR).

Kesemua mereka mempunyai dua kad pengenalan baru yang nombornya berbeza namun mempunyai nombor kad pengenalan lama yang sama.

Antaranya individu bernama SA'AD BIN SAMSUDIN, yang memiliki dua kad pengenalan baru iaitu 380913105681 dan 510913105553 tetapi nombor kad pengenalan lama yang sama iaitu 1479323.

Beliau mempunyai dua hak mengundi iaitu di Parlimen Titiwangsa dan Parlimen Setiawangsa.

Kes kedua membabitkan seorang wanita SHODAH BINTI ABDUL RAHMAN juga memiliki dua kad pengenalan baru berbeza iaitu bernombor 550620055800 dan 560620055412 tetapi nombor kad pengenalan lama yang sama iaitu 4802777.

Beliau juga mempunyai kelayakan mengundi dua kali di Parlimen Titiwangsa.

Kes ketiga, seorang lelaki bernama MOHAMAD BIN ISMAIL, memiliki kad pengenalan lama bernombor 8370614, tetapi mempunyai dua kad pengenalan baru, iaitu 540405025757 dan 540405025095 dan memilik hak kelayakan mengundi di Parlimen Setiawangsa dan Parlimen Titiwangsa.

Kes keempat iaitu melibatkan seorang lelaki bernama ANDERSON A/L P ARPUTHANATHAN. Beliau memiliki nombor kad penganalan lama yang sama iaitu A0831847, tetapi memiliki dua kad pengenalan baru yang berbeza iaitu 671117106499 dan 671117105963.

Beliau juga mempunyai dua hak kelayakan mengundi iaitu di Parlimen Setiawangsa dan Titiwangsa.

Kes kelima, juga dengan memegang kad pengenalan lama yang sama iaitu 7877951, beliau ini mempunyai kad pengenalan baru yang berbeza iaitu 491006045672 dan 491006015094. Pengundi perempuan ini bernama CHELLAMAH A/P MURUGESU boleh mengundi di Parlimen Setiawangsa dan Titiwangsa.

Ketua Pemuda PAS Titiwangsa, Mohamad Suhaimi Abdul Aziz berkata kesalahan tersebut merupakan perkara sangat serius dan tidak boleh dipandang ringan.

"Dengan lima contoh yang didedahkan ini, cukup untuk membuktikan bahawa memang terdapat usaha untuk membolehkan seorang pengundi mengundi lebih dari dua kali. Lebih dari itu, ia membuktikan bahawa usaha ini berjalan secara terancang di seluruh negara.

"Jika ini merupakan suatu kecuaian, kecuaian ini sememangnya tidak boleh dimaafkan kerana ia boleh menyebabkan berlakunya penipuan dalam sistem pilihanraya di Malaysia," katanya dalam satu kenyataan kepada Harakahdaily.

Selain mahu nama-nama tersebut disiasat oleh JPN dan SPR, mereka juga mahu kedua-dua pihak yang bertanggungjawab itu membuat penjelasan kenapa perkara tersebut boleh berlaku.

Kegagalan memberikan penjelasan munasabah kata mereka, hanya akan mengesahkan dakwaan banyak pihak sebelum ini bahawa sememangnya terdapat komplot pihak tertentu memanipulasi daftar pemilih demi kelangsungan politik mereka.

"Kita juga mendesak agar JPN menyiasat identiti kesemua individu yang didedahkan ini dan menarik balik kad pengenalan yang dikeluarkan lebih dari satu untuk seorang.

"Mungkinkah wujud kad pengenalan palsu yang diberikan kepada setiap pengundi ini, bagi membolehkan mereka mengundi 2 kali? kerana ada kad pengenalan tersebut tidak ada dalam senarai jabatan Pendaftaran Negara," tegasnya.

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Infak Sempena Bulan Ramadhan

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:02 AM PDT

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Sahabat dan rakan yg dermawan dan hartawan:

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• Maybank 556057201847, atau

• Affin Islamic Bank 106630001069.

• Infak anda akan dimanfaatkan untuk gerak kerja fi sabilillah termasuk membantu rakyat yang ditimpa musibah kehidupan.

• SMS makluman infak anda ke 013-900 8480

• Terima kasih atas infak anda, semoga sentiasa dilimpahkan rahmat Allah seisi keluarga.

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Anwar Dibenar Hadir Temubual Saksi

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:53 PM PDT

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KUALA LUMPUR 10 OGOS : Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini membenarkan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hadir dalam setiap temuramah peguambela ke atas 15 saksi pendakwaan.

Sesi temubual semalam tergendala apabila, Bekas Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan dan bekas Ketua Polis Melaka, Datuk Mohd Rodhwan Mohd Yusof enggan ditemuramah, jika Anwar hadir sama pada sesi temubual kes fitnah liwat II tersebut.

Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi, Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah bagaimanapun berkata, Anwar hanya hadir dalam temubual itu namun tidak dibenarkan menyoal saksi.

Peguam Anwar, Karpal Singh berkata, Anwar sebagai yang dituduh dalam kes ini berhak untuk hadir sama dalam setiap sesi temubual saksi.

"Sebagai tertuduh, beliau ada hak untuk berada di situ," kata beliau kepada wartawan di kompleks Mahkamah Jalan Duta hari ini.

Pihak pembelaan yang diketuai oleh Karpal kini dijadualkan mewawancara 10 saksi hari ini.

Bagaimanapun senarai itu tidak termasuk nama Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, dan isterinya Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor mahupun Musa yang juga antara saksi yang ditawarkan oleh pihak pendakwaan.

Karpal bagaimanapun menegaskan bahawa semua 15 saksi yang dibekalkan itu perlu ditemubual segera.

"Kami akan terus mewawancara mereka. Kami mahu selesaikannya dalam minggu ini. "Biar saya terangkan dengan jelas, kami mahu temuramah mereka secepat mungkin. Semalam kami sudah mahu mula. Saya tidak faham kenapa Pendakwaraya membantah kehadiran Anwar," terang Karpal.

Mahkamah sebelum ini telah menetapkan tarikh 15 hingga 26 Ogos untuk pihak pembelaan mengemukakan hujah pembelaan.

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Pengedar Harakah maut kemalangan

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:44 PM PDT

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TEMERLOH, 10 Ogos: Aktivis PAS yang juga pengedar Harakah daerah ini, Zulhazmi Norwawi, 39, kembali ke rahmatullah kira-kira jam 5 petang semalam setelah van dipandunya terbabas di Lebuh Raya Pantai Timur (LPT) berhampiran Sungai Dua, Karak.

Menurut keluarga terdekatnya, Allahyarham memandu bersendirian dalam perjalanan pulang dari Kuala Lumpur setelah membeli barang-barang untuk perniagaannya ketika kemalangan.

Tambahnya, van jenis Nissan Vannete yang dipandu Zulhazmi terbabas di tempat kejadian lalu melanggar pokok dan beliau meninggal dunia serta merta sebelum dibawa ke Hospital Bentong.

Jenazahnya sempurna dikebumikan di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Kuala Kerdau jam 1 pagi tadi.

Zulhazmi yang merupakan AJK MTD Kuala Semantan berasal dari Kampung Kelebang, Kerdau dan kini menetap di Paya Pulai, meninggalkan seorang balu dan tiga orang anak kecil berumur antara tiga hingga 11 tahun.

harakahdaily/-

Bantuan mencari gadis hilang

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:33 PM PDT

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KAMPAR, 10 Ogos: Orang ramai diminta membantu mencari gadis, Seri Najwa Ferda, 17, yang dilaporkan hilang pada 4 Ogos lalu di Tualang Sekah, Malim Nawar.

Menurut abangnya, Ameerul, gadis yang berketinggian 156 cm itu dipercayai membonceng motosikal yang ditunggang seorang lelaki kira-kira jam 6.00 pagi.

Katanya, kehilangan adiknya itu telah dilaporkan kepada pihak polis.

Sehubungan itu, ujarnya mereka yang mempunyai maklumat berhubung adiknya itu boleh menghubunginya di talian 017-5351451 atau ibunya, Puan Seri Wang (017-5999137) serta Sarjan Norhisham (019-5162896).

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