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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
PRU 13/ GE 13 | Manifesto BN - PERUMAHAN - Janji ditepati !
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Monday, February 25, 2013
GE 13 | What PAKATAN RAKYAT PROMISES
"We have calculated that on average, a family can buy groceries such as 10kg of rice, 5kg of cooking oil and other essentials per month with RM41.60. That means they have enough to buy food for 12 months with the RM500 BR1M" - PM Najib
If what Malaysia's PM Najib had been quoted to have said has a grain of truth, we could lend Jim Cameron of UK lots of money to tide things out and he wouldn't have to sell military choppers to India!
And with that kind of background noises, Malaysia's opposition,from Pakatan Rakyat, is really offering Liberty, Equality and Freedom Fraternity (Liberté, égalité, fraternité) in their proposals for the imminent general elections, the GE13.
Have a look at what they're offering!
MANIFESTO RAKYAT
PAKATAN HARAPAN RAKYAT
MANIFESTO RAKYAT
PAKATAN HARAPAN RAKYAT
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THE PEOPLE’S WELL-BEING
- Lower oil prices
- Lower electricity charges
- Lower water charges
- Abolish tolls
- Abolish monopolies
- Lower car prices
- 150,000 affordable and comfortable housing
- National Housing Corporation: investing
- RM5 billion in the first year and RM2 billion a year after to build affordable and comfortable housing
THE FRATERNITY OF THE PEOPLE
- Respect the position of Islam as the official religion and guaranteeing the freedom of religion as enshrined in the Federal Constitution
- Elevate culture as a positive foundation of community
- Malaysian Women’s Contribution Fund: contribution of RM50 per month for wives who qualify, and husbands will be obliged to provide toward a contribution fund proportionate to their income (between RM10 to RM100 per month).
- Senior Citizens’ Bonus Scheme (60 years and above): RM1,000 Bonus each year
- Uphold the national language, ensure the rights of mother-tongue languages, and improve the command of English
- Additional assistance of RM300 per student each year for the 1,854 people’s religious schools, national-type Chinese and Tamil schools (SJK), private Chinese, Tamil, Iban,
- Kadazan and mission schools.
- Free education for all, abolishing PTPTN
- Eliminate AES, revoking AES summonses Justice for FELDA settlers
- Increase police capabilities to solving crime
- Free ward service to all citizens in all government hospitals for class 2 and 3 wards
- Social Welfare Assistance increased to RM550 a month
THE PEOPLE’S ECONOMY
- 1 million new job opportunities for the people by gradually reducing dependence on foreign labour
- Minimum wage of RM1,100 per month; RM2 billion facilitation fund to facilitate minimum wage
- People’s Pioneer Scheme: train 1 million school leavers without higher education to uplift their skills in technical fields, combining employment opportunities with periodic certification of skills.
- 5 technical universities and 25 new vocational schools to be built
- Education reform to drive the economy Cultivate smart partnership of trade unions, employers and government
- SMIs and innovation to drive the national economy – RM500 million national innovation fund, SMI financing and incentives reshuffle
- Tax adjustment to promote equity - income band will be broadened so that the 26% tax rate will be payable for taxable income exceeding RM400,000 as compared to RM250,000 at present Sustainable economy – halt Lynas operations, review implementation phases of RAPID, reform all existing legislation related to logging, and will regulate logging activities
- Defend military veterans’ economy and welfare – RM500 million for Military Veterans’ Small
- Recognise the Unified Examination Certificate (Combined Chinese Schools) (UEC)
- Respect the position of Sabah and Sarawak in the Federation – federal cooperation, fair representation, citizenship, recognition of customary Land Rights, competence and capability of Sabah and Sarawak, justice in the oil issue, and unified development
- Immediate programmes for Sabah and Sarawak – eliminate cabotage system, create investment incentives to create jobs, oil companies owned by the governments of Sabah and Sarawak, highway across Sabah and Sarawak, halt the construction of dams that destroy the environment and displace locals
- Preserve Orang Asli customary land rights and welfare
- Entrepreneur Fund, increase government contribution to the Armed Forces Fund Board (AFFB) from 15% to 20% (managed separately from pension funds), Soldiers’ Dividend will remunerate non-pensionable veterans to the amount of RM2,000 per year
- Making taxi entrepreneurs viable by giving permits directly to taxi drivers
- R&D investments to reach 5% of GDP
- Public transport – the lifeline of the national economy – free public transport for differently-abled people, integrated plan involving MRT and buses in the Klang Valley, RM2 billion to double the number of buses and bus routes, initiate steps towards building the first inter-city high speed rail system in Southeast Asia
- Break monopolies to encourage competition –
- Anti-Monopoly Cmomission, Public Contracts Commission to evaluate public agreements like IPP and unfair concessions, break up monopolies in communications, essential foods, pharmaceuticals, civil aviation and other key sectors, dissolve 1MDB, open tenders, disposal and handover of government holdings in selected government-linked companies (GLCs) via management buy-out (MBO) to produce more viable entrepreneurs
PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT
- Reform Islamic and religious institutions
- New remuneration and service packages for civil servants
- Clean, fair and transparent elections
- Reform the judiciary, Attorney General's Chambers, MACC and PDRM
- Reform Parliament
- Media freedom and restore trust in media practitioners
- Abolish UUCA and ensure academic freedom
- Abolish legislation that is “anti-rakyat”
- Corruption Elimination Policy (DEBARAN) – restructure the MACC to focus on big corruption cases that involve the public interest, tighten corruption-related legislation
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Friday, February 1, 2013
MALAYSIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CARD 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | World Report 2013 | Malaysia
In a nationally televised speech on Malaysia Day in September 2011, Prime Minister Seri Najib Tun Razak called for a Malaysia “which practices functional and inclusive democracy, where peace and public order are safeguarded in line with the supremacy of the Constitution, the rule of law and respect for basic human rights and individual rights.” However he added that there had to be “checks and balances … between national security and personal freedom,” and ensuing reforms have favored security over internationally recognized human rights.
Parliamentary elections must be held no later than April 2013, and political tensions were already high in November with both the opposition and the government alleging engagement by their political opponents in election-related intimidation and violence.
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(Use browser Back function to Return to CONTENTS)- Preventive Detention
- Freedom of Assembly and Association
- Freedom of Expression
- Police Abuses and Impunity
- Trial of Anwar Ibrahim
- Human Rights Defenders
- Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Trafficking Victims
- Detention and Drugs Policy
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Key International Actors
Preventive Detention
In his September 2011 speech, Prime Minister Najib pledged to replace the notorious Internal Security Act (ISA), which permitted long-term detention without trial, and other rights-restricting legislation. The Banishment Act 1959 and the Restricted Residence Act 1933 were the first to be rescinded, followed by three emergency declarations and the emergency-related laws they made possible. One of the rescinded laws, the Emergency (Public Order and Crime Prevention) Ordinance 1969, had been regularly used to hold criminal suspects indefinitely without charge or trial.
The Security Offences (Special Measures) 2012 Act (SOSMA) replaced the ISA on July 31, 2012. On a positive note, SOSMA reduced initial detention without charge from 60 to no more than 28 days, and required that a suspect be charged in court or released thereafter. However, other provisions reduce human rights protections, including an overly broad definition of a security offense, allowing police rather than courts to authorize interception of communications during investigations, and permitting prosecutors to conceal the source of evidence and to keep the identities of witnesses secret, thereby preventing cross-examination. Even if a suspect is acquitted under SOSMA, the law permits a series of appeals, with bail disallowed, that could result in a suspect’s indefinite detention. Malaysian authorities, using transitional authority at the time SOSMA replaced the ISA, still hold 27 ISA detainees.
Freedom of Assembly and Association
In 2012, the government continued to violate rights to free association and peaceful public assembly. While Prime Minister Najib agreed in September 2011 to review section 27 of the Police Act, which mandated police permits for public assemblies, the government hastily drafted and passed a replacement Peaceful Assembly Act on December 20, 2011.
The new law rescinded the requirement for a permit but also introduced major new restrictions, including a broad ban on “moving assemblies” of any kind. Static protests are also prohibited closer than 50 meters from many prohibited sites, making it virtually impossible to hold an assembly in an urban setting. Other restrictions include empowering the police to set assembly conditions such as time, place, and date after taking into consideration other groups’ objections or “any inherent environmental factor.” Police were also given the power to use all “reasonable force” to break up a protest.
City and federal officials sought to prevent an April 28 sit-in sponsored by Bersih 3.0, the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections. They barred Bersih from using Dataram Merdeka (Independence Square) in central Kuala Lumpur and barricaded the area. Nevertheless, marchers numbering in the tens of thousands walked peacefully toward the barricaded square and when the announcement came that the rally was over began a peaceful dispersal. However, a small group breached the barricades. The police reacted with excessive force in what became a four-hour onslaught of tear gas, water cannon, and indiscriminate beatings and arrests.
On July 1, 2011, Home Affairs Minister HishammuddinHusseindeclared Bersih an illegal organization under the Societies Act. On July 24, 2012, the Kuala Lumpur High Court overturned that decision, ruling that the original decision was “tainted with irrationality.”
Freedom of Expression
Most major newspapers and television and radio stations remain controlled by media companies close to political parties in the government coalition. A recent amendment to the Evidence Act has raised fears that intermediary liability on the internet will further decrease freedom of expression. The provision creates a legal presumption that an owner, administrator, host, editor, or subscriber to a network service who has in their custody or control any computer from which any publication originates is presumed to have published or republished the content of the publication unless the contrary is proven.
The Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) retains its potency despite some reforms, such as ending the need to renew licenses annually and adding judicial oversight to what was the home minister’s unchecked power to approve or reject license applications. New publications still require initial approval and licenses still may be arbitrarily revoked. Other means of control include calls from the ministry offering “advice” to editors and prison terms and fines for “maliciously” printing so-called false news. The home minister maintains absolute discretion over licensing of printing presses.
In 2012, Malaysian courts partially advanced the right of free expression. Malaysiakini, the largest online newspaper in Malaysia, had repeatedly and unsuccessfully applied to publish a daily print version. On October 1, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled the home minister’s refusal was “improper and irrational” and the application should be resubmitted. In a significant statement contradicting the prevailing government view, the judge said that a license to publish was “a right, not a privilege.” The attorney general's chambers and the Home Ministry appealed the court’s decision.
Sisters in Islam, a local nongovernmental organization, also won a significant victory in July when the Court of Appeal dismissed a government appeal to overturn a 2010 High Court decision lifting the ban on Muslim Women and the Challenge of Islamic Extremism, a book of essays originally banned in 2008.
A civil court’s decision that the arrest of political cartoonist Zunar under the Sedition Act and the PPPA in September 2012 was lawful had a more negative impact, reinforcing the unwillingness of printing presses, publishers, and bookstores to be associated with controversial books.
Police Abuses and Impunity
Human Rights Watch and local civil society groups have documented police abuses, including excessive use of force during arrests, suspicious deaths in custody, failure to adequately investigate such incidents and to hold accountable those responsible; and inadequate post-mortem inquiries and investigations. Victims of police violence reported few effective avenues for redress and decried an apparent culture of police impunity for mistreatment.
Trial of Anwar Ibrahim
On January 9, 2012, a Kuala Lumpur court acquitted Anwar Ibrahim, parliamentary leader of Malaysia’s political opposition, of sodomy on the grounds that it could not “be 100 percent certain that the [DNA] evidence can be accepted, as there could have been tampering.” An appeal by the attorney general’s chambers, could add months, if not years, to resolution of the case.
Human Rights Defenders
Many observers believe the investigation was prompted by Suaram’s decision in 2010 to become involved in a French judicial investigation examining alleged corruption in Malaysia’s purchase of submarines from a French defense company.
Throughout September and October, pro-government media alleged that Suaram and a number of other NGOs critical of the government were receiving foreign funding in an attempt to destabilize the government.
Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Trafficking Victims
Malaysian immigration law does not recognize refugees and asylum seekers. The government is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and lacks domestic refugee law and asylum procedures. Malaysia refuses to permit refugees to work or to allow for education of refugee children.
In February, Malaysia denied the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) access to asylum seeker Hamza Kashgari, who appeared to be an asylum seeker from Saudi Arabia. He had fled after it was learned he had tweeted messages that some deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. Kashgari was deported amid execution calls in his homeland. At this writing, he was still imprisoned.
The Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act conflates trafficking and people smuggling, and fails to provide meaningful protection to victims of either crime. The government confines trafficking victims in sub-standard government shelters without access to services and assistance until legal cases they are involved with are adjudicated.
Detention and Drugs Policy
The Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act continues to authorize preventive detention. During 2012, an estimated 700 people were held under the act.
The National Anti-Drugs Agency maintains over 20 puspens (drug detention centers) where users are held for a minimum of two years. Rates of relapse in Malaysia have been estimated at 70 to 90 percent and those re-arrested as users face long prison terms combined with caning. Drug traffickers face mandatory death sentences, but the number of people executed is not publicly available.
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
In 2012, discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons reached new levels of intensity. On June 25, Prime Minister Najib publicly stated that LGBT activities do not “have a place in the country.” On July 19, speaking before 11,000 imams and mosque committee members, he stated that “it is compulsory for us to fight” LGBT behavior.
In March, the High Court dismissed the application of the LGBT group Seksualiti Merdeka for a review of the police ban on their November 2011 festival, leaving the future of the annual festival in doubt.
Two October court rulings concerning transsexuals also caused alarm: in one, a transsexual was refused the right to change the gender recorded on her national identity card; and in the other it was ruled that Muslims born as males may not dress as females.
The government refuses to consider repeal of article 377B of the penal code which criminalizes adult consensual “carnal intercourse against the order of nature,” or to replace article 377C on non-consensual sexual acts with a modern, gender-neutral law on rape.
Key International Actors
The United States has not strongly pressed Malaysia over its failure to honor international human rights standards. Other than its demands for a fair trial for Anwar Ibrahim, the US has allowed concern for security cooperation to trump speaking out about human rights. During Trans-Pacific Pact free trade negotiations, the US has failed to hold Malaysia accountable for its human rights violations.
Malaysia is a member of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), but has not signed or ratified most core human rights treaties. The government has also opposed including protections on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Human Rights Declaration and has blocked consideration of a comprehensive agreement to protect the rights of all migrant workers in ASEAN. + HRW
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Monday, October 29, 2012
Truly '1Malaysia' | Love is in the air & all around
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Rais said religion instructs that “any debt has to be [repaid] |
He said it was because of this love for the people that the BN government always provided various kinds of aid and continuous contributions to the rakyat.
“If we are to list the party’s deeds, it’s too long... the opposition has to give political excuses merely to refute all the deeds and promises made by the BN government which have always been fulfilled.
“I’m grateful that the rakyat accepts every aid programme positively and rejects the talks from the opposition which only knows how to make promises,” he said when launching the “Himpunan Kasih Sayang Komuniti 1 Malaysia” (1 Malaysia Community’s Love Gathering) at the Kedah state level, here today.
Kedah Umno liaison chairman Datuk Paduka Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah and secretary-general of the Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture, Datuk Kamaruddin Siaraf and Jerai Umno division head, Datuk Shuhaimi Abdullah were among the almost 3,000 people who were present. Rais said the 2013 budget tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on September 28 clearly showed that the government gave priority to the welfare of the people and students.
“Religion teaches us to be good and sincere human beings with integrity. So, if we have any debt, it has to be paid. The government, however, has given much concession,” he said, describing as inappropriate the promise made by the opposition to write off the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans if it were to win the 13th general election. He said that in the Jerai parliamentary constituency alone, 21,789 people had received the 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) totalling RM10,894,500 while the RM100 aid for students had benefitted 27,892 students involving alost RM2.8 million.
A total of 445 fishermen received the cost of living allowance of RM200 amounting to RM89,000 each month while 1,364 fishermen received the diesel subsidy, he added.
Rais later gave away five wheelchairs, five hampers, and a contribution of RM1,000 to three newly-wed couples comprising a Malay couple, a Chinese as well as an Indian couple.
Meanwhile in Guar Chempedak, near here, three newly-wed couples who were feted at the gathering described the celebration as a very happy occasion with the presence of the information, communications and culture minister together with almost 3,000 guests at the Guar Chempedak Multipurpose Hall.
The three couples did not expect that the small wedding reception they had planned earlier had become such an elaborate gathering with the presence of the various races.
Fadzilah Md Saad, 32, and husband Azizi Yusuf, 31, Joane Chong Khai Juen, 22, and Lim Cin Keak, 22, from Gurun and G. Punisha, 23, and husband M. Shankaran, 24, from Bedong were very happy when met at the reception.
The couples said they were shocked when they were told that their wedding reception would be sponsored. — Bernama | The Malaysian Insider
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Sea of Green | But not Scorpene Submarines
Like most things in Malaysia, as with the ignoble Twin Towers, Parliament is a show joint. Bung Mukhtar, that Sabah MP, was one of them who started it all, under the slitty eyes of the Speaker from Sabah, a Panglima or Pendikar something with a broken Kris.
It's quite amusing. Mohd Aziz MP had made a call, loud and clear, for Bersih leader to be hanged for treason - all for commiting the act of wanting free and fair elections. You could guess what happened or will happen next.
Parliament is broken and in a mess ... about time we have a General Election ... and soon. But for Goodness sake, not during Haj season lah!
But Hell, it might just come...sooner than later!
# If you like Hangman ...you could try this ..www.hangman.no
PS: Not all submarines are bad. How about this one?
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Sarawak GE 13 | Eyeing the Election Candy?
Proposed 1,480 metres span Batang Sadong Bridge at Kampung Buloh, Sarawak
I've been through the area before. Crossing the Batang Sadong to Kota Samarahan, another river to cross took half a day ...that's very unproductive to residents in both Samarahan and Asajaya for their livelihood. In the Asajaya area lie many kampungs, mostly of Malay farmers and fishermen who virtually (mostly unfairly voted and kept Taib and truant son Sulaiman in Parliament for decades.
People in Asajaya and Sadong actually used to have a language or dialect heritage. I hope they still do though it's probably gone, what with that silly botak Rais Yatem conditioning with RTM Radio and TV. I hear little of it now. It's got a heavy "twang" on the nasal/glottal and half nasal sounds as in the word "orang" the "ng" would twang! :) Some studies have been done on this. James Collins has traced localities and local Malay dialests[#].
Once chatted with a Chinese shopkeeper in his late 30's, apparently disenchanted, because he and family gave up farming ...orange orchards and pineapples. On being asked why, they couldn't face some diseases and pests or blight impropoperly or unprofessionaly un addressed.
Those pineapples from Asajaya, Nenas Sarikei, used to be the darling of farming there.
These are simple humble folks whose life used to be the land and the sea. Except for some, others have more or less abandoned traditional farming and gravitated to the bright lights of Kuching, where for the young there aren't bountiful jobs. For those who managed to get to University there are PTPTN loans for both parents and children to shoulder.
Once rode a bike from Serian through Simunjan and saw along the way some swathes of land prepared for oil palm plantations.
But with unethical land distribution, the land is no longer their life sustainer. Most might, though without adequate local studies, have been disenfranchised.
They could well build that bridge joining Asajaya and Kota Samarahan. With losses throught corrupt practices just about a lot of other things could be improved. If they won't build that bridge for Asajaya, people might gravitate to Serian where market for agricultural products for smallholders is restricted compared to Kuching.
Election candyJust another paper project ? There is of course an alternative consideration. This much talked about bridge may again not reach fruition. It may well turn out to be yet another of those projects where a tranche of public money gets handed out to well-connected persons and where promises are made just before elections, for the whole matter to suddenly fizzle out the moment the election is over! |
A point in case is those roads that were ‘about to be started’ just before the State election just last year. The moment the election was over the machinery disappeared, along with the money that the local BN YBs had promised their voters had been allocated to the projects.
And readers have just sent a reminder from Sibu, where we recently queried yet another of Najib’s phantom pre-election promises, the so-called University of Technology. We have shown that plans have progressed no further than a request being made and no money has been put aside.
Yet, it was nevertheless indicated last month that construction would begin at the start of June.
Of course, at that time politicians all believed that the election would be called in June. But, Najib has again lost his nerve and postponed the election.
The projected site for the Sibu Technology University Campus. Not a sign of activity there now the election has been again postponed!
So, no surprise that our Sibu observers have reported that, as we approach the end of June, not a spadeful of soil has been turned on the supposed site for the Sibu University Campus!
More at ...Sarawak Report.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Bersih 3.0 Government phone jamming | Rais screws up numbers
First he said there were only some 20,000 people on Bersih 3.0 day on 29 April 2012.
On any week day there are some 2.0 million using mobile phones to run their lives in KL. On that Saturday, not being a week day, there should have been less. But Malaysia is "Very Boleh" so what's a 2.0 million on a week day in KL? Or 300,000 at Bersih 3.0 day? That, Malaysian mobile phone services should have handled with a breeze.
Dishonesty is not something unusual with Rais Yatim as he had been berated for being intellectually dishonest. Now he says Government didn't jam mobile phone lines services!
A mobile phone jammer on Berish 3.0 Day
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Malaysia Politics | Fear of Fears - thinking afraid
"Speak Your Mind": Bersih 3.0, What's Next?
Check back at minute 4:40 and how insulated and incompetent the BN government is. The pillow huggers and the TV gazers are "intellectually not satisfied" !!!
Are you the Sony Model and/or just the old Artoo-Detoo with some loose wires ?
So much for visions and nightmares!
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Education? | The best 1Malaysia Instant Noodles you can get
“The world's a stage and each of us must play a part.” - Super Jib the Bard.
PM Najib said that in Washington, a place where there ain't many people who remember the other Bard.
Are there jobs for Malaysian US graduates when they finish college and universities? Najib says Americans will take care of Malaysians while their own people are crying out for more jobs and have Occupied Wall St to make sharp points. There don't seem to be much to spare for Yankees, least of all Malaysians.
Former US Secretary of Labor and present Professor Robert Reich says Americans are f*cked. Wonder if Malysians can submerge from the economic chaos there and make the yanks look stupid.
Maybe Insp.Clouseau can investigate why so Malaysians are not so enlightened.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Bersih Fallout | Melayu malulah
Tunku Aziz Ibrahim’s ‘live TV resignation’ from the DAP will damage the party’s image among "thinking Malays".
THE persecution of Tunku Aziz Ibrahim has begun in earnest on the Internet. The former DAP vice-chairman was hailed as a hero by Pakatan Rakyat supporters when he joined DAP in 2008. Today the same people are vilifying him on pro-Pakatan news portals, criticising his decision and calling him all sorts of names. Politics is a cruel game but the anonymity afforded by the Internet makes ordinary people even more cruel and ruthless than politicians. - Joceline Tan, The Star 16 May 2012
When you're a member of the BN parties you only suffer once. You vote for BN and that's it. Subsequently were you to go umpteenth times voting for them again, its counted as once. BN forever. If you're just a supporter, you're a little freer.
As for other non party members you face all kinds of shit. One time it's BN you vote another it's the opposition. If you make a mistake once you're in jeopardy. After anothe 5 years you make another you're in double jeopardy. In fact since 1963, youre life has been nothing but jeopardy. The BN has been ruling since you first learn to walk. Some say you alway have that limp.
If you're a Malay you're never in hell. Jeopardy is just jest!
You are the "prince of the land" but might be landless. You're supposed to be owning 30% of the national equity but probably be in debt at 60% of that quantum. You might have a responsible position but you can't think. You are asked to be YOU, a "prince of the land" and you really don't need to think. Others are willing and able to do it for you. This will largely be the few Malays, the nobility and the royalty or the Sheikh or Abang. Then there will be able and willing people like Jocelyn Tan. Is that great or isn't it?
Well, Tunku Aziz is a right royal Malay. He has served the country and ably, too.
So now that Tunku Aziz bungled and the "thinking" Malays don't like it, the DAP will be damaged. Why? Because "thinking Malays" think Malays!!! Or so it seems. Malays never think. They just mock ...themselves. Malays mock Malays.
Tunku Aziz was and is right. It was much mockery. More than money Malays made. Mindful of their minders like Tunku Aziz the Malay, sons of the motherland (or was it the fatheland).
Malays never did and never had any mind. Tunku Aziz screwed up and they blame the DAP.
Malulah Melayu!
And what's worst, those Malays who are both real and virtual citizens ---grrr ---- they are worst than politicians, they're cruel and ruthless! And they "persecute" dear Tunku Aziz, a towering Malay Man. Let's hope Tunku Aziz get's due protection from the Legal Authority, minus the mockery it was enscombed in. encumbured with.
Memang malulah Melayu.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Doomed at the Dome? | Super Jib's evening koyak !
But Insp.Clouseau was not there. The Bersih panthers were.
Super Jib had to plead, "Stop it!" They weren't there to totally wreck his evening but they weren't happy just to be wallflowers.
Actually had there been a meet with all before the evening it would have taken out the sting in the panther's growls. What happened to those expensive Brit spinners? Or gurus from the LSE? Some friends of BN they are!
You'd have thought London was square just like Dataran Merdeka. Had I been Najib, I'd have hit Paris and painted it all red! This song kept me out of the bathroom boyhood days while big brother yelled and danced while I tugged at my towel and napped back again till he finished.
Maybe Najib's belting out "New York New York" right now! And we're paying for it!!!
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Malaysia Politics | Nizar's PAS gatecrashes an UMNO Ceramah
Former Perak MB, PAS Leader Nizar Jamaluddin (2nd from Right) at an UMNO ceramah.
PIX Credit | Tranungkite.net
Nizar explains his 'gatecrashing' at UMNO's event to run him down
Harakahdaily | 14 May 2012May 14: Former Perak Menteri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin's non-conventional act of walking into an 'enemy' event in Kampar last night has raised eyebrows among Malaysians, but the popular Perak politician has defended his presence in the lion's den.
"What is so wrong to sit and hear about my own lies, which I might have forgotten?" Nizar asked back when queried for his comments.
The event organised by Kampar UMNO, after all, was on the topic 'Nizar the Serial Liar", and featured former PKR information chief Hanafiah Man.
Hanafiah was condemning Nizar while adressing the 100-odd attendees when Nizar, who was ousted in the now famous Perak constitutional coup of 2009, walked in and sat beside Radzi Manan, the Kampar UMNO division chief.
According to the PAS central committee member, he was on his way to address his party's event some 150 metres away. "So I asked a friend of mine to give me a ride on his motorbike to the (UMNO) ceramah," he told Harakahdaily.
Recalling the moment, Nizar said Hanafiah suddenly changed his tune and there were silent murmurs from among the speakers.
Nizar said Radzi then advised him to leave to avoid any untoward incident.
"He questioned if I would approve UMNO supporters coming to my event. I replied that I would prefer UMNO members attending my event as it will be easier to pass on information," said the Bukit Gantang member of parliament.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Super Dude over Dome | It's Super Jib !!!
Thanks, Dan of Penang for the great graphics! Make a claim on the Caliph! ;))
Hope it passes his scrutiny. Super Jib has his u/wear inside out! :))
Watch it, Jib! The Panther's on your tail !
Excusez-moi! Monsieur!!!
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Tunku Aziz says Ta! Ta!
Tunku Aziz is a strange guy. Read what he said:
“I served Dewan Negara, not as an Opposition proponent but as a loyal citizen for the best interest of the country."
The principal object of that sentence is NOT AS AN OPPOSITION PROPONENT.
A young budding politician of 37-40 years old would tell him off. For what? For being an old jerk. Here was an opportunity for him to preach. The occasion demanded it but like the Bersih incident he ...was him. All he had to do was say something like -
“Thank you guys. I may want to go fishing more now but I won't catch any sharks. But before I pack up, I'm overawed at this opportunity in having served my motherland (or was it fatherland) Malaysia. I may have screwed you up from across the aisle but hey! we're doing all this for Malaysia. Whether you're an opposition member or government member we serve our nation. When we fell short you were there. And when you did too, we screwed you up real good. But hey! give me a call if you like fishing! Ta! ta! ”
Habis! Apalah cakap macam tu? When will it stop in the average Malaysian's mind that the opposition are traitors. PM and DPM and that skunk Ahmad Maslan say that all the time - opposition are traitors! Those skunks in tall songkoks, supporters of UMNO say that moning noon till night. Brahim Ali and Hasan Ali if they didn't say it they meant it. Especially in the kampungs. They're never shy anywhere.
The moment called for it. Tungku Aziz wasn't there at all.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
NST | The mighty Media Prema quashes Tok Guru
You know I get piqued about NST after been pissed over their "spittooning" of Bersih.
Who are these guys? I found out the group belongs to Media Prema which has muscles worth RM2.4 billions ! Well, with sums like that you get humbled when your internet bandwith and speed suck. Maybe it never occurs to them, you guess, that if they make your life liveable that RM2.4 billions would double or treble and go haywire at RM7.5 billions or RM10.0 bllions.
Johan Jaafar[L] captains Media Prema and no Malaysian alive does not know him as his face flashes over all the media companies he leads in the group - several TV stations including the Government's. He is especially prominent when when his network dishes a spin and he is supposedly generous in his extrapolation of all else that supposedly ticks of our gray matter
Perhaps, they give it back to him in the security of his house and family. Or what else is there of the flower beds he has around. Kind words and kindness beyond conspicuous prices.
But the house is pretty in its own way for its owner.
So what is a RM2.4 billiions group doing running down an old man who only has RM2.00 in his pocket? What would it cost for anyone to sit and chat with Tok Guru Nik Aziz? Very little. But a lot to MediaPrima, RM2.4 billions actually.
You now know why they say Tok Guru is a dumb old man who knows nuts of the economy.
Don't ask don't tell. Or what you say and do is Haram and the only place for you is hell. Please find out for yourself in the links below.
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Friday, May 4, 2012
Malaysian Election Commission | PAS Notice Embargo
In a separate report by Free Malaysia Today, Mohamad Sabu, was quoted as having said "no date" has been set to demand resignation of EC Chairman and Deputy, as PAS are only supporters of the Bersih movement. Berish's Co-Chair Datuk Ambiga stated then no subsequent rally has yet been considered and would continue to emphasize the irregularities in the electoral process.
We'll keep the Countdown as self reminder for any development!
PETALING JAYA: PAS deputy president, Mohamad Sabu, today did not rule out the possibility of another rally if top Election Commission (EC) officials do not resign immediately.
He was, neverthess, quick to add that the decision to hold another protest was solely up to electoral watchdog Bersih. He said that political parties were merely supporting the coalition of 84 NGOs under the Bersih umbrella which held its third rally on Saturday.
“What I can say is that should the EC top guns not resign, the next time, we [PAS] will mobilise one million people.
“If they [EC officials] are stubborn and refuse to step down, there may be another rally. But we will leave that for Bersih to decide.
“We are merely political parties who support them,” said Mohamad Sabu, popularly known as Mat Sabu.
One of Bersih’s demands at Saturday’s rally was for the immediate resignation of EC chairman Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusoff and his deputy Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.
Bersih claims that the electoral roll is ridden with irregularities which will not guarantee free and fair elections.
It’s co-chairman S Ambiga said that no decision has been made over another rally, adding that the group will continue to highlight irregularities in the electoral process. Mat Sabu was speaking to the press this afternoon after sending a memorandum to the EC demanding the resignation of Abdul Aziz and Wan Ahmad.
The memorandum was accepted by a representative from the EC’s public relations office.
“They have fallen short from fulfilling their duties. They have not cleaned the electoral roll and now there is evidence that they are Umno members,” he said.
He was referring to PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution’s revelation last week that Abdul Aziz was a member of Umno’s Sri Ampang branch and Wan Ahmad a member of the Kubang Bunggor branch in Pasir Mas.
Both Abdul Aziz and Wan Ahmad responded to Saifuddin’s revelation, saying that they may have been registered as members decades ago but have remained inactive.
Mat Sabu, however, said that no definite time line was given for the duo to resign. When asked what action would the political parties take should the EC heads refuse to resign, Mat Sabu merely said, “We [political parties] will have to discuss the matter”.
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Bersih 3.0 | K.L. and Global Bersih scenes
KL | Scenes of Bersih 3.0 | 28 April 2012
Global | Scenes of Bersih 3.0 | 28 April 2012
KL (Mkini) | Scenes of Bersih 3.0 | 28 April 2012
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
@Bersih 3.0 | Accountability question
“...both the organisers and the state have equal responsibility to ensure peace and security. Yet in this case, the state imposed the entire burden on Bersih 2.0.
We discharged that burden fully and Bersih 2.0 had full control until tear gas was fired. Once that happened the burden shifted to the police to handle the situation that they had created. The responsibility became theirs. It must be noted that all the reported acts of violence that ensued came only after the tear gas was fired.”
PRESS STATEMENT
Datuk Ambiga
Co- Chairperson Bersih 2.0 steering committee
1 May 2012
bersih.org
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