Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:49:21 +0800
Below are a mixture of what is claimed as fact plus conjecture.
NEWSBREAK
Here's a dramatic twist to the Perak Conundrum…
HRH SULTAN AZLAN SHAH DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE – IT WAS EITHER ACCEPT NAJIB OR LOSE THE THRONE OF PERAK IN A FEW MONTHS.
There was controversy when Azlan was elected as Raja Muda (Crown Regent) because his mother is a commoner and was therefore considered an outsider.(FACT) In fact it is believed that he lived outside the royal community when he was growing up.
It is now understood that hrh Sultan Azlan Shah was put to the throne by Mahathir since there were claims for the throne of Perak from the descendants of Sultan Idris, uncle of Sultan Azlan. Azlan is in other words not fully of royal blood since his mother was but a mere commoner.(FACT)
Further his wife, mother to Raja Nazrin, is a well known commoner (a former teacher at the Raja Perempuan School, Ipoh) and so by being half diluted by commoner's blood himself, his son Raja Nazrin is three-quarters diluted again.
The fact we're facing now is that Nazrin faces the risk of not being able to ascend to the state throne. (FACT) The inside story is that Najib held a gun (figuratively speaking, that is) to hrh Sultan Azlan Shah's head, saying, "either you follow what I say or I swear on the Quran that Raja Nazrin will never be the next monarch."
There is also the case of the recent murder of the princess that will likely implicate the royal household not to mention the sales of the datukship titles. Let us be clear that the Sultan had no choice – he was indeed blackmailed.
There was controversy when Azlan was made sultan and now if he chooses Pakatan's call for dissolution, his son Nazrin, will be the sacrificial lamb, facing the humiliation of losing the throne altogether. It will then be said that Nazrin is not 'Keramat' pure royal blood. And don't forget that UMNO is already incensed with Nazrin whom they widely regard as a 'big mouth' for talking about justice and the rule of law.
We understand that all these had come from within the palace grounds.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Missing Person: Tan Chin Kieu
Name of missing person: Tan Chin Kieu (aka Chin Wong Pin)
Age : 85
Height : 150 cm
Residence : Jalan Landasan, off Jln Bukit Kuda
Kampung Kuantan, Klang
Date reported missing : Mr Tan Chin Kieu left his house at around 2 o'clock on the afternoon of 11th Feb 2009 and has not been seen since. A police report has been made.
Clothes worn : long sleeved shirt, shorts and a white cap
Contact : Mr Tan (son) 016-281 3875
Mr Peter Tan (friend) 012-3322 999
Please help circulate
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
When is a Hee not a He? When she is a shee-Hee-it
When is a He not a He. When she is a She-Hee-it, or SHIT in short.
Photo of Hee Yit Foong courtesy of Malaysiakini
Background: Hee Yit Foong was a long time DAP member, Perak State Assemblywoman and Deputy Speaker who hankered for an exco (executive committee) post and for a CAMRY car but didn't get them. So she sulk and eventually turned Independent while throwing her support to the dastardly BN @ UMNO, handing the Perak state government to BN. She is now the most hated and despised person in Perak and possibly the whole of Malaysia.
Malaysia Police State Disappearing People
With Najib Abdul Razak soon assuming power, will Malaysia trend towards a police state? Why this question? Many people connected with the unsavory aspect of Najib seem to go missing - disappear. First there was Altantuya Shariibuu. Then private investigator Bala. Recently the Perak state assemblymen and that turncoat assemblywoman Hee Yit Foong. And now the Kedah (Bukit Selambau) assemblyman and state exco V. Arumugam
Thursday, February 5, 2009
WHAT TO DO IF STOPPED BY MALAYSIAN POLICE
From an email forward:
WHAT TO DO IF STOPPED BY MALAYSIAN POLICE
This is is very useful information. Please pass it on to your friends and family.............especially the women folk!
The next time you are stopped by persons who claimed they are plain clothes police, you are under no obligation to answer their questions or follow their orders, lawyers said today.
'Policeman who is not wearing his uniform does not have the authority to stop anyone,' lawyer and human rights activist Sivarasa Rasiah said.
Procedures to follow in the event you are stopped by uniformed police Officers while driving:
1. Stop the car and wind down your window.
2. If the police officers ask for your documents, request to see their IDs first.
3. If you are satisfied about their identity, ask them if you are being summoned, and for what offence.
4. Produce your identity card and driver's license and wait to collect your summon ticket.
In the event that the police officers ask you to follow them to the police station:
1. Ask if you are under arrest and for what offence.
2. If you are not under arrest, you have the right to leave.
In the event you are flagged down by persons you believe could be plain clothes police:
1. Do not stop because plain clothes police officers do not have the authority to stop you.
2. Drive to the nearest police station and lodge a report. (The same procedure applies to pedestrians)
In the event the police come to your house:
1. Do not let them in before checking their IDs.
2. If you are not satisfied, phone the nearest police station and confirm if they had been sent to your house.
3. You are under no obligation to allow them into the house if they don't have a search warrant.
4. Do not go with them if you are not under arrest.
In the event persons who claimed to be plain clothes police come to your house:
1. Do not let him in because they do not have the authority to do so.
2. Lodge a report at the nearest police station.
Sivarasa was commenting on the alleged gang-rape of an 18-year-old Uni student by four men claiming to be police officers on New Year's Eve. The girl said that her car was stopped in Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur and were asked by the men to open the car bonnet. She was then told that she had committed an offence and ordered to follow the men to a police station. The girl was driven in her car along the North-South expressway to the Tapah-Cameron Highlands road before she was raped in an oil palm estate.
This incident, and many others, have sparked confusion over the procedures which motorists must follow when flagged down by the police. The most common problem is that most people take instructions without determining if the other person is really a cop,' lawyer Annie Santiago said.
However, if you are stopped by a uniformed policeman, then you are required to stop. But you need not get out of the car because you are not expected to do so, Santiago said. He other rule to follow is to provide your identity card only when you are asked to do so. 'Even then, you should get his ID first to confirm if he is a cop. There is no harm in calling the relevant police station to verify if he is supposed to be on duty that day,' Sivarasa said.
Both lawyers said that motorists should never follow an officer to the police station unless one is under arrest . 'If you are not sure, and your instincts tell you that something is wrong, then drive off to the nearest police station and lodge a report,' Sivarasa said.
In response to the alleged gang-rape of the 18-year-old, Women's Aid Organisation executive-secretary Ivy Josiah called on the police to launch an education program to teach the public about their rights to prevent them from being victimised by bogus police officers.
PLEASE PASS IT ON..........
WHAT TO DO IF STOPPED BY MALAYSIAN POLICE
This is is very useful information. Please pass it on to your friends and family.............especially the women folk!
The next time you are stopped by persons who claimed they are plain clothes police, you are under no obligation to answer their questions or follow their orders, lawyers said today.
'Policeman who is not wearing his uniform does not have the authority to stop anyone,' lawyer and human rights activist Sivarasa Rasiah said.
Procedures to follow in the event you are stopped by uniformed police Officers while driving:
1. Stop the car and wind down your window.
2. If the police officers ask for your documents, request to see their IDs first.
3. If you are satisfied about their identity, ask them if you are being summoned, and for what offence.
4. Produce your identity card and driver's license and wait to collect your summon ticket.
In the event that the police officers ask you to follow them to the police station:
1. Ask if you are under arrest and for what offence.
2. If you are not under arrest, you have the right to leave.
In the event you are flagged down by persons you believe could be plain clothes police:
1. Do not stop because plain clothes police officers do not have the authority to stop you.
2. Drive to the nearest police station and lodge a report. (The same procedure applies to pedestrians)
In the event the police come to your house:
1. Do not let them in before checking their IDs.
2. If you are not satisfied, phone the nearest police station and confirm if they had been sent to your house.
3. You are under no obligation to allow them into the house if they don't have a search warrant.
4. Do not go with them if you are not under arrest.
In the event persons who claimed to be plain clothes police come to your house:
1. Do not let him in because they do not have the authority to do so.
2. Lodge a report at the nearest police station.
Sivarasa was commenting on the alleged gang-rape of an 18-year-old Uni student by four men claiming to be police officers on New Year's Eve. The girl said that her car was stopped in Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur and were asked by the men to open the car bonnet. She was then told that she had committed an offence and ordered to follow the men to a police station. The girl was driven in her car along the North-South expressway to the Tapah-Cameron Highlands road before she was raped in an oil palm estate.
This incident, and many others, have sparked confusion over the procedures which motorists must follow when flagged down by the police. The most common problem is that most people take instructions without determining if the other person is really a cop,' lawyer Annie Santiago said.
However, if you are stopped by a uniformed policeman, then you are required to stop. But you need not get out of the car because you are not expected to do so, Santiago said. He other rule to follow is to provide your identity card only when you are asked to do so. 'Even then, you should get his ID first to confirm if he is a cop. There is no harm in calling the relevant police station to verify if he is supposed to be on duty that day,' Sivarasa said.
Both lawyers said that motorists should never follow an officer to the police station unless one is under arrest . 'If you are not sure, and your instincts tell you that something is wrong, then drive off to the nearest police station and lodge a report,' Sivarasa said.
In response to the alleged gang-rape of the 18-year-old, Women's Aid Organisation executive-secretary Ivy Josiah called on the police to launch an education program to teach the public about their rights to prevent them from being victimised by bogus police officers.
PLEASE PASS IT ON..........
Save Perak Government Assembly
Perhimpunan Selamatkan Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Perak Hari ini (5 Feb)
Perhimpunan 100 ribu rakyat akan diadakan hari ini (5 Feb) pada jam 7 malam di Kediaman Rasmi Menteri Besar Perak, bersama Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan semua Menteri Besar Negeri Pakatan Rakyat, bagi menyatakan sokongan terhadap kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Negeri Perak dan menuntut agar hak rakyat dikembalikan.
Berikut adalah mesej khas dari Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim buat semua penyokong Pakatan Rakyat:
"Pertahankan Kuasa Rakyat - Saya bersama Menteri Besar dan Pakatan Rakyat esok Khamis 7:30 malam di Ipoh. Saya yakin, Insyallah rakyat yang menentukan."
Semua penyokong Pakatan Rakyat dan aktivis diminta hadir untuk memberi sokongan.
BIRO PENERANGAN PARTI KEADILAN RAKYAT
Perhimpunan 100 ribu rakyat akan diadakan hari ini (5 Feb) pada jam 7 malam di Kediaman Rasmi Menteri Besar Perak, bersama Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan semua Menteri Besar Negeri Pakatan Rakyat, bagi menyatakan sokongan terhadap kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Negeri Perak dan menuntut agar hak rakyat dikembalikan.
Berikut adalah mesej khas dari Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim buat semua penyokong Pakatan Rakyat:
"Pertahankan Kuasa Rakyat - Saya bersama Menteri Besar dan Pakatan Rakyat esok Khamis 7:30 malam di Ipoh. Saya yakin, Insyallah rakyat yang menentukan."
Semua penyokong Pakatan Rakyat dan aktivis diminta hadir untuk memberi sokongan.
BIRO PENERANGAN PARTI KEADILAN RAKYAT
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Election Commission’s decision ultra vires
Election Commission’s decision ultra virus
Aliran
The Election Commission has no inherent powers to decide whether a vacancy has occurred in a constituency. It has no discretionary authority to override the notification of the Speaker of the Perak State Assembly declaring that the state seats of Changkat Jering and Behrang have fallen vacant following the resignations of the incumbents of these seats.
The EC cannot plead that doubts exist because the incumbents have disputed the validity of their resignation letters.
It is completely unacceptable for the EC chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof to state, “As such, EC decided that it cannot establish that vacancies have occurred.” It is not for the EC to cast doubts on the notification of the Speaker declaring the vacancies in these two constituencies.
As a newly appointed Chairman, he may not be all that conversant with the rules governing elections. But he must heed the words of his predecessor, the former EC chairman Tan Sri Rashid Abdul Rahman who had served the EC for some 25 years. According to Rashid, the EC has no choice but to call for by-elections. Rashid was well aware of the present controversy surrounding these resignation letters when he gave his opinion.
Legally there exist no doubts as to the vacancies of these two seats but there are clearly doubts as to why the EC chose to take this decision which is without doubt ultra virus. The EC should have told the two disputing Assemblymen to take their matter to court and sort out their problems. This would have been the correct stand to take. The EC should never be seen to be part of their problem. In this manner, the EC would have established itself as an impartial institution to conduct free and fair elections. That perception is in serious doubt today.
The EC’s decision will perpetuate this problem of party hopping that is plaguing the Perak state government. With the serious economic problems that we are faced with, the government cannot be embroiled with unethical party hopping which seems to take up so much time and energy of the government to stay in power and that of the opposition bent on toppling a legitimately elected government.
As long as this razor-thin majority is in place, the uncertainties of governance will continue to exist to the detriment of the people and their welfare.
To overcome the present problem once and for all, Aliran would urge the Perak state government to seriously consider dissolving the state assembly and go back to the people as the ultimate arbitrators to solve this problem.
Aliran would also like to appeal to His Royal Highness, the Sultan of Perak, in all humility, to kindly consent to the dissolution of the state
assembly as a way to overcome this deadlock.
Aliran
The Election Commission has no inherent powers to decide whether a vacancy has occurred in a constituency. It has no discretionary authority to override the notification of the Speaker of the Perak State Assembly declaring that the state seats of Changkat Jering and Behrang have fallen vacant following the resignations of the incumbents of these seats.
The EC cannot plead that doubts exist because the incumbents have disputed the validity of their resignation letters.
It is completely unacceptable for the EC chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof to state, “As such, EC decided that it cannot establish that vacancies have occurred.” It is not for the EC to cast doubts on the notification of the Speaker declaring the vacancies in these two constituencies.
As a newly appointed Chairman, he may not be all that conversant with the rules governing elections. But he must heed the words of his predecessor, the former EC chairman Tan Sri Rashid Abdul Rahman who had served the EC for some 25 years. According to Rashid, the EC has no choice but to call for by-elections. Rashid was well aware of the present controversy surrounding these resignation letters when he gave his opinion.
Legally there exist no doubts as to the vacancies of these two seats but there are clearly doubts as to why the EC chose to take this decision which is without doubt ultra virus. The EC should have told the two disputing Assemblymen to take their matter to court and sort out their problems. This would have been the correct stand to take. The EC should never be seen to be part of their problem. In this manner, the EC would have established itself as an impartial institution to conduct free and fair elections. That perception is in serious doubt today.
The EC’s decision will perpetuate this problem of party hopping that is plaguing the Perak state government. With the serious economic problems that we are faced with, the government cannot be embroiled with unethical party hopping which seems to take up so much time and energy of the government to stay in power and that of the opposition bent on toppling a legitimately elected government.
As long as this razor-thin majority is in place, the uncertainties of governance will continue to exist to the detriment of the people and their welfare.
To overcome the present problem once and for all, Aliran would urge the Perak state government to seriously consider dissolving the state assembly and go back to the people as the ultimate arbitrators to solve this problem.
Aliran would also like to appeal to His Royal Highness, the Sultan of Perak, in all humility, to kindly consent to the dissolution of the state
assembly as a way to overcome this deadlock.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
PLEASE Perak MB dissolve assembly and go for re-election
This is going to be OT (off topic) because I am not going to write about why I so desperately wants Perak MB to ask for audience with Sultan Azlan (highly respected former Chief Justice of Malaysia (or is it Lord President) to request for the Perak Assembly to be dissolved so that we can have a very exciting re-election in Perak. It is all in various blogs especially Raja Petra Kamarudin's Malaysia Today, a precious blog cum news aggregator (news portal), a very precious source of information. You get news that is so exciting that I hope I can sleep tonight. For all that plus what is going on in Perak, I leave it to you to go to blogs plus Malaysia Insider plus Malaysiakini (online newspaper worth every cent I paid for the subscription and more, and read it yourself. There is no way I can put it better than them. Don't bother about The Star, New Straits Times or the other MSM. Those are no newspaper. Those are wastepaper.
And last thing I leave with you before I go read the online news and blogs again. Who is that person with Najib, our future Prime Minister?
If you want to know, go to EITHER YOU ARE WITH ME, OR YOU DIE (from RPK's Malaysia Today, so great a news portal cum blog that if RPK wants to charge subscription, I would pay. Don't miss. It is free.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Implement Anti-party hopping law now
Let us echo the call of Lim Guan Eng, Chief Minister of Penang, to implement an Anti-party hopping now together with the abolishment of the requirement of any MP who resign to wait 5 years before he/she can stand for election again. Previously, the Barisan Nasional has tempted MPs from the opposition to hop over to the BN with promises of rewards and positions. That was how they ended up ruling Sabah after it fell to the opposition. Now that they are facing this threat of BN MPs hoping over to Pakatan Rakyat, they are making calls for BN MPs who hop over to Pakatan Rakyat to resign.
Good, I support that, but change the rule that forces such MP who want to hop to wait 5 years for re-election to the rule that make it a requirement for MPs who want to hop to resign and immediately stand for a by-election. I am sure all Malaysians are looking forward to more free and fair by-elections.
Good, I support that, but change the rule that forces such MP who want to hop to wait 5 years for re-election to the rule that make it a requirement for MPs who want to hop to resign and immediately stand for a by-election. I am sure all Malaysians are looking forward to more free and fair by-elections.
Ahmad Ismail to be arrest under ISA for his protection?
Malaysia Insider reported Ahmad Ismail to face sedition charge? because of the allegedly seditious words Ahmad Ismail uttered at an election campaign for the Permatang Pauh by-election. He allegedly said that Chinese were immigrants and squatters and therefore could not expect to have equal rights as the Malays. His comments were reported by Sin Chew Daily and led to the arrest under ISA of the reporter Tan Hoon Cheng "for her protection" (Syed Hamid Albar, Home Minister's most ridiculous statement). I just wonder if Ahmad Ismail would be arrested under ISA for his protection?
Sunday, January 25, 2009
UMNO Assemblyman Nasarudin Hashim defect to PKR
Datuk Nasarudin Hashim, Umno Perak’s assemblyman for Bota, has quit the party with immediate effect and crossed over to PKR. Let this be the beginning of a flood of defections to Pakatan Rakyat and the formation of a new Federal Government.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
A. Kugan police custodial death
Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail: "After studying the photos and investigation papers, I suggested to the Deputy IGP to classify the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code. If investigations reveal that he died from being assaulted, then those responsible will be charged with murder."
What? What happens if torture is not the direct cause of death? Can police get away with torture?
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
TheStar dare not report relationship between Musa Safri and Najib Abdul Razak
Today, the hopeless case TheStar again showed self censorship when it refused to tell of the relationship - Najib Abdul Razak's aide-de-camp Musa Safri in the Altantuya Shaariibuu's murder case:
However, C/Insp Azilah admitted that he had communicated with Razak and his friend DSP Musa Mohd Safri, who was a minister’s aide-de-camp, between Oct 20 and Oct 22.
However, C/Insp Azilah admitted that he had communicated with Razak and his friend DSP Musa Mohd Safri, who was a minister’s aide-de-camp, between Oct 20 and Oct 22.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Police stopped KT victory celebration at Civic Center
Tonight starting from 8pm the Barisan Rakyat were supposed to hold a peaceful victory celebration of the Kuala Terengganu by-election victory at the PJ Civic Center (more accurately at the tarmac in from of MBPJ or Majlis Bandaran Petaling Jaya. Mats were laid on the floor and food were placed on top. The Barisan Rakyat team in the blue Mercedes van arrived and the food from Kuala Terengganu were added to those already laid there. It was then the police arrived and surrounded us. Just imagine, they sent not only very many police against this peaceful gathering, they even brought the FRU or the Malaysian riot squad. The one in charge didn't heed the pleading and gave the order to dispersed a few times. So we had no choice but carried the food over to the Lotus Restaurant opposite the road where we had our peaceful celebration.
Don't the police have better things to do than to harass peaceful gathering which pose no threat to the nation's security?
Don't the police have better things to do than to harass peaceful gathering which pose no threat to the nation's security?
Just Change - DAP election campaign song
Video of the election campaign song Just Change of the DAP (Democratic Action Party) for the historical Malaysia
Lyrics for the DAP election campaign song Just Change:
Just change for Malaysia
Just change for Malaysia
Just change we will overcome
Just change we will see the sun
Together all races stand as one
Together we will never run
Together it is like never before
Together what we are fighting for
Just change for Malaysia
Just change for Malaysia
Just change we will overcome
Just change we will see the sun
Corruption we will stop the drain
Senseless crime we will end the pain
Inflation we will also tame
Together we will rise again
Just change for Malaysia
Just change for Malaysia
Just change we will overcome
Just change we will see the sun
We will fight for our rights to be free
For equality
Justice we will defend
Leaders must have integrity
Forever Malaysians must come firs
And never will we be coerced
Remember if we vote wisely
We will make history
Everyone of us must change
Just change for Malaysia
Just change for Malaysia
Just change we will overcome
Just change we will never run
Just change for Malaysia
Just change for Malaysia
Just change we will overcome
Just change we will see the sun
Just change
Acknowledgement: The DAP campaign song Just Change is adapted from the song Go West by the Pet Shop Boys
Lyrics for the DAP election campaign song Just Change:
Just change for Malaysia
Just change for Malaysia
Just change we will overcome
Just change we will see the sun
Together all races stand as one
Together we will never run
Together it is like never before
Together what we are fighting for
Just change for Malaysia
Just change for Malaysia
Just change we will overcome
Just change we will see the sun
Corruption we will stop the drain
Senseless crime we will end the pain
Inflation we will also tame
Together we will rise again
Just change for Malaysia
Just change for Malaysia
Just change we will overcome
Just change we will see the sun
We will fight for our rights to be free
For equality
Justice we will defend
Leaders must have integrity
Forever Malaysians must come firs
And never will we be coerced
Remember if we vote wisely
We will make history
Everyone of us must change
Just change for Malaysia
Just change for Malaysia
Just change we will overcome
Just change we will never run
Just change for Malaysia
Just change for Malaysia
Just change we will overcome
Just change we will see the sun
Just change
Acknowledgement: The DAP campaign song Just Change is adapted from the song Go West by the Pet Shop Boys
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Dato Abdul Azeez caught disguising as voting agent
Translation from Malay from Malaysia Today: PENGERUSI PUTERA UMNO 'DITAHAN' KERANA MENYAMAR, LAPORAN POLIS AKAN DIBUAT
The Chairman of the UMNO Putera Bureau Dato Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim was "arrested" by a PAS pemantau squad from Kedah because he is believed to disguise himself as a voting agent.
The incident happened at about 10.44am this morning when the PAS pemantau squad headed by Syed Fadil Husin and Ahmad Rizal became aware Abdul Azeez exited from the "voting place" in Sekolah Kebangsaan Pusat Cahbang Tiga near here.
Azeez was found to be wearing Barisan Nasional pass card belonging to Ibrahim Omar Identity Card Number 660404-11-5335 and him of representing a local while he is a BN candidate who contested in the Parliamentary Constituency of Baling, Kedah against Dato Taib Azzamuddin from PAS,
A police report was made because of the offence that Azeez who is accused of disguising as a voting agent.
The Chairman of the UMNO Putera Bureau Dato Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim was "arrested" by a PAS pemantau squad from Kedah because he is believed to disguise himself as a voting agent.
The incident happened at about 10.44am this morning when the PAS pemantau squad headed by Syed Fadil Husin and Ahmad Rizal became aware Abdul Azeez exited from the "voting place" in Sekolah Kebangsaan Pusat Cahbang Tiga near here.
Azeez was found to be wearing Barisan Nasional pass card belonging to Ibrahim Omar Identity Card Number 660404-11-5335 and him of representing a local while he is a BN candidate who contested in the Parliamentary Constituency of Baling, Kedah against Dato Taib Azzamuddin from PAS,
A police report was made because of the offence that Azeez who is accused of disguising as a voting agent.
Friday, January 16, 2009
KT by-election vote buying at Hotel YT Midtown
Is the Barisan Nasional desparate and resorting to vote buying in the Kuala Terengannu by-election? Here is what Tian Chua of PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) has to say:
This election is tainted lah. With eh very, a lot of irregularitise, including money politics, including intimidations, government using government facilities to campaign. So we express our regrets this. And ah, and very unfortunate eh the government will as if like they will at all cost wants to win this election. Depends on how you look at it, but the is money being distributing, being distributed almost everyday. Ah they go to different places, giving 300, 500 and that sort of cash, handing it out with eh with the intention of persuading people to support eh Barisan Nasional. Eh this is unethical. I am not too sure what happened just now, but it looks like they are copying eh IC Identity card numbers of all the people and promising that eh if Barisan Nasional wins, tomorrow they will get the cash. So this is eh, this is eh in a way is a form of illegal vote buying. You cannot eh use money to influence or tempting for their voting persuasion. So this is happening here.
Source: Malaysiakini
Is UMNO or PAS more Islamic and dangerous?
Who is more Islamic and dangerous? Here are 2 person's view:
Raja Petra Kamarudin: Umno is more Islamic & dangerous than PAS. Who breaks ur temples? Who put 5 in ISA? Who declare M'sia Islamic country? Who snatch dead bodies? Who kill in police custody? Who create bumiputra? Who break family using syariah law?...Who use khalwat to spy on people? Who implement Islamic policy in schools? It is BN. For 50 yrs they brainwashed us to think that they are moderate. They are the extremists."
Jacqueline Ann Surin: "To that list, I might add that it is also under the current administration that Muslims are denied the religious freedom to choose another faith. Under this same administration, the Catholic Herald and all other non-Muslim groups are banned from using the word "Allah".
Malaysians signing a petition against the Islamic Family Law amendment, January 2006 (Pic courtesy of Ezrena)
Additionally, it was the BN government that, in late 2005, passed amendments to the Islamic Family Law that were not only grossly unjust to Muslim women but were also un-Islamic. And today, it is the BN government that is making it mandatory for Muslims to undergo flawed pre-marital HIV testing, which may even be extended to non-Muslims.
So, yes, PAS needs to be taken to task for not giving up its Islamic state agenda for a nation that was founded as a secular democracy. But, so should Umno, which, perhaps more cleverly, is less transparent about its attempts to infuse certain kinds of Islamic laws and teachings into public policy. And when these laws and teachings are contested, what's worse is that public discussion is curtailed through silencing and fear. Or sometimes, by telling concerned non-Muslims not to worry because it doesn't affect them. We should bear in mind that this is an oft-used argument both BN leaders and Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim are guilty of.
Umno may not be promoting hudud. For now. But more importantly, what is clear is that they haven't publicly opposed it, either. And, from the examples above, the Umno-led BN clearly has aspirations for an Islamic state of sorts. And I mean in a prejudiced way that perverts the more inclusive and just interpretations of all discourses "Islamic". Because I believe that Islam promotes justice, fairness and compassion as exhorted by notable Muslim organisations such as Sisters in Islam, and Muslim scholars such imam Feisal Abdul Rauf."
Raja Petra Kamarudin: Umno is more Islamic & dangerous than PAS. Who breaks ur temples? Who put 5 in ISA? Who declare M'sia Islamic country? Who snatch dead bodies? Who kill in police custody? Who create bumiputra? Who break family using syariah law?...Who use khalwat to spy on people? Who implement Islamic policy in schools? It is BN. For 50 yrs they brainwashed us to think that they are moderate. They are the extremists."
Jacqueline Ann Surin: "To that list, I might add that it is also under the current administration that Muslims are denied the religious freedom to choose another faith. Under this same administration, the Catholic Herald and all other non-Muslim groups are banned from using the word "Allah".
Malaysians signing a petition against the Islamic Family Law amendment, January 2006 (Pic courtesy of Ezrena)
Additionally, it was the BN government that, in late 2005, passed amendments to the Islamic Family Law that were not only grossly unjust to Muslim women but were also un-Islamic. And today, it is the BN government that is making it mandatory for Muslims to undergo flawed pre-marital HIV testing, which may even be extended to non-Muslims.
So, yes, PAS needs to be taken to task for not giving up its Islamic state agenda for a nation that was founded as a secular democracy. But, so should Umno, which, perhaps more cleverly, is less transparent about its attempts to infuse certain kinds of Islamic laws and teachings into public policy. And when these laws and teachings are contested, what's worse is that public discussion is curtailed through silencing and fear. Or sometimes, by telling concerned non-Muslims not to worry because it doesn't affect them. We should bear in mind that this is an oft-used argument both BN leaders and Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim are guilty of.
Umno may not be promoting hudud. For now. But more importantly, what is clear is that they haven't publicly opposed it, either. And, from the examples above, the Umno-led BN clearly has aspirations for an Islamic state of sorts. And I mean in a prejudiced way that perverts the more inclusive and just interpretations of all discourses "Islamic". Because I believe that Islam promotes justice, fairness and compassion as exhorted by notable Muslim organisations such as Sisters in Islam, and Muslim scholars such imam Feisal Abdul Rauf."
Razak Baginda Azilah Hadri lied
Did Razak Baginda lied when he made a sworn affidavit that Azilah Hadri told him that he (Azilah) had killed six men, or did Azilah Hadri lied (committed perjury) when he testified under oath that he never told Razak Baginda that he had killed six men? Both of them cannot be telling the truth. One lied. Who?
Election Commission says bad ethics is OK
Most Malaysians have the opinions that the Malaysian Election Commission is biased towards Barisan Nasional and the recent case of the Election Officer Datuk Mat Razali Kassim forced to resign because he campaigned for BN and threatened government staff with lay offs if they dare to vote for the opposition just confirmed on most Malaysian, no not mere suspicions, it is more than suspicions. This is just one case which has blown up in public. Worst, the newly appointed Election Officer said bad ethics is OK as long as bad ethics is illegal. I think this is the motto of Barisan Nasional, it is OK to do wrong as long as you don't get caught.
"As an RO, he has ethics. He cannot be biased towards any party. He must remain neutral and impartial," noted Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar. It's just ethics. Ethics is not law."
"As an RO, he has ethics. He cannot be biased towards any party. He must remain neutral and impartial," noted Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar. It's just ethics. Ethics is not law."
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