tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18355857131567024732024-02-19T10:57:11.302+08:00Truly Malaysian"Voices" of a Malaysian living in Pearl of Orient .....TRULY MALAYSIANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454245402558842515noreply@blogger.comBlogger466125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835585713156702473.post-58960814117078876452012-11-02T14:11:00.003+08:002012-11-02T14:11:39.294+08:00The politician, his son and the crony<h2>
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Mariam Mokhtar <br />
November 2, 2012 There are many more ministerial children of whom we have heard nothing, yet.<br />
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If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then the way to an Umno politician’s heart, is through his spouse or children. In Malaysia, cronies beat a path to the politician’s door, to provide material goods for his family members.<br />
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Only the naïve would think their acts charitable. Cronies do it for personal gain: tenders for contracts, to avoid the law, a means to fleece the public through subsidies or when government projects are ‘outsourced” like the AES (Automated Enforcement System) aka “speed traps”.<br />
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Plum jobs and multi-million dollar government contracts are reserved for the offspring of Umno politicians, their cronies and pro-Umno civil servants.<br />
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The rakyat have heard of a few of the children of ministers who are allegedly involved in cronyism and corruption, but there are many more ministerial children of whom we have heard nothing, yet.<br />
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Whose son was allegedly awarded the RM128.4 million air traffic control system contract, through a “closed tender” process? This air traffic control system was allegedly faulty and risked the lives of millions of airline users.<br />
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Whose children are allegedly hiding in New York, at least until the furore of the scandal they are involved in, dies down? Were Muslims aware that this Hari Raya Haji 3,000 cattle had to be imported from Thailand for sacrificial slaughter? The irony is that farmers’ needs have been sacrificed for the vanity project of an incompetent family. This money should have filtered down to the farmers, to help them earn a living, to help the economy and the cattle industry.<br />
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Whose sons are indirectly involved in the latest launch of the airline, Malindo Airways? An online newpaper alleged that one of the companies investing in Malindo, had poor financial and safety records, and that its accounts had not been audited since 2007.<br />
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Which daughter of a former top civil servant owns a major interest in alternative energy projects in Malaysia? Her companies were allegedly set up recently and despite the lack of experience, still managed to secure a controlling interest in the alternative power generation needs.<br />
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The list is endless. Children of past and present politicians and also VVIPs, monopolise the multi-million ringgit projects, providing much needed goods and services, which you and your children have no alternative but to use. You also pay through the nose, for them.<br />
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When quizzed by reporters about the involvement of their spouses, children or friends, these politicians brush prying questions aside with:<br />
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a) My husband does not tell me what he gets up to.<br />
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b) What my wife does is private.<br />
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c) I don’t know what my son (or daughter) is doing.<br />
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d) My businessman friend wanted to surprise me with the contents of his briefcase.<br />
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No conflict of interest<br />
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Yesterday, Nazri ignored criticism of his son’s relationship with Michael Chia, the businessman who is embroiled in the RM40 million money laundering saga. Despite assertions that this money was destined for Sabah Umno, the members of Sabah Umno claim to have no knowledge of this donation.<br />
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Nazri also said that his reputation as a Cabinet Minister had not been compromised and he could see no conflict of interest in his or his son’s friendship with Chia.<br />
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An online newspaper reported that Nazri had said: “I don’t sleep with my son. I am not gay (homosexual). My son is not my wife, my son is not my lover. What he does, he doesn’t tell me.<br />
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“That is between my son and Michael Chia. If he (Chia) wants to give [Nedim] a Hummer or a Ferarri, it is Michael Chia’s business… its not like he (Chia) is giving it to me… and I am the minister, not my son.”<br />
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“What has he committed, tell me? He is not a minister. Where is the conflict of interest? He is my son”.<br />
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Cynics claim that the parliamentary ministerial code, which details the conduct expected of Malaysian MPs, can’t have been shown to Umno politicians like Nazri.<br />
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Despite being accused by the PKR strategy director, Rafizi Ramli, of having a conflict of interest, Nazri mocked reporters, “But I am still minister today, my friend. This is not going to hurt me one bit. I don’t think I am going to be affected by gutter politics”.<br />
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Last week, in Penang, a man was arrested for impersonating a member of the Kedah royal family. He and 12 others in his group, will be charged under Section 420 and 419 of the Penal Code, for cheating and dishonesty, and under Section 108 of the Road Transport Act 1987, for making false statements.<br />
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A few months ago, Nedim Nazri claimed to be a member of royalty, when a security guard at a luxury condominium in Kuala Lumpur denied entry to Nedim and his bodyguard. The guard was assaulted for doing his job, but last week the case was closed.<br />
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Who knows, the CCTV which recorded the attack on the security guard was probably pointing the wrong way, or was accidentally wiped clean? Did threats or rewards work this time? What happened to the charge for impersonating royalty?<br />
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In Malaysia, the person who is worse than the Umno crony is possibly the Umno politician’s son. He acts without restraint. He is free to do as he pleases. He is no better than a thug and he does not value your safety, nor your life. Nedim we know, has a chequered past.<br />
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In politics, the cocky politician who lacks humility, who belittles conflict of interest and who has two sets of laws, may well find his days numbered.<br />
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Nazri may mock the public now, but he may regret his actions later. If these men were to read about politics in the modern world, they would learn that sons follow their fathers’ fates, when the latter are toppled; men like Saddam, Gaddafi and Mubarak.<br />
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At last, Dato Sharizat will resign from her minister post and PM Najib says that her resignation has nothing to do with the "lembu ' case.<br />
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Pleaselah Najib. Please tell me what is the expertise of Sharizat's Family that have seen them awarded few hundred million contracts. Please do not forget that the whole Sharizat family form the board of National Feedlot Corporation and have drawn few hundred thousand salary a month. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Do not be surprised if your childrens suddenly asked you about the meaning of these words .</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">In case you are not aware about it, these words are very popular in Malaysia now when the practice of gutter politics to attack Malaysian opposition party has reached an all time high when Pro-Umno blogs claimed that Lim Guan Eng’s son molested a female schoolmate at the Heng Yee Chinese secondary school, and that Lim Guan Eng had paid off the girl’s family RM200,000 in a bid to shut them up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Pro UMNO blogger such as Papagomo and MIM has inserted a photo of Anya Corke, the girl claimed by pro-Umno bloggers to have been molested by Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s son in their latest attack against the Penang's chief minister. Anya Corke has denied ever meeting with Lim Guan Eng'son. In fact, Corke claims that she has not even been to Malaysia for the past seven years as reported by Free Malaysian Today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">What really make Malaysian furious is that the gutter pro UMNO bloggers has dragged an innocent children into their heartless and shameful attack against Lim Guan Eng.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Not enough with that , The UMNO youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has rubbed salt into wounds when he had written in Twitter “Mungkin dia roboh Kampung Buah Pala sebab nak ganti dengan Kampung Buah Dada” in response to another tweet by pro-Umno blogger “@PapaGomo”. [English translation: Maybe he destroyed Kampung Buah Pala because he wanted to replace it with Kampung Buah Dada.]</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">But what really shocked me is our deputy PM comments on the issue, as reported by Malaysian Insider</span><br />
<a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/muhyiddin-guan-engs-denial-of-sexual-harassment-by-son-not-enough/"><span style="color: cyan;">http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/muhyiddin-guan-engs-denial-of-sexual-harassment-by-son-not-enough/</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Read it and judge it whether these are the fair comments that supposed to be come out from a mouth of a so-called "respectable" 2nd man in Malaysia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">So if your children utterring "Tetek, Nenek and Kampung Buah Dada" please do not scold them. Blame it on Malaysia Gutter politics that "greatly" practised by which party?</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Tepuk "Dada" tanya selera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">p/s before that we have liwat,liwat,liwat now we have tetek nenek.........Can anyone tell me what has happened to my beloved country ?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<span style="color: red;"><strong><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-size: x-small;">Reported police road blocks in the Klang Valley on July 6, 2011. — Source: UndiMalaysia </span></strong></span><span style="color: red;"><strong></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Ai yo yo .....this morning our dear policeman has caused massive tarffic jam in Klang Valley....dun they know that BERSIH street demonstration has been cancelled? </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Read rakyat comments from twitter and facebook......</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Still remember Najib says "Rakyat didahulukan, pencapain....."</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;"> I say" </span><a href="mailto:!@#$%"><span style="color: red;">!@#$%</span></a><span style="color: red;">^&** </span></strong><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;">Cikgu Din Sas: Jika England,, polis memberi jaminan keselamatan kepada peserta unjuk rasa.Begitu juga Indonesia.<br />
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Ajuad Aziz: kt port klang pn ade ni, nk g kje pon jem, ape the.....<br />
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Don Sha: Hapa pun tableh!<br />
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Mohd Shahran Shah: dah nampak dah sapa nak buat kacau....</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;">Ivancph Ivan: sengaja polis ada kan roadblock waktu peak hour supaya rakyat boleh salah kan BERSIH. Entah pa mereka nak mengesan. ah moi dari china baru lepas kerja morning shift kat SPA ker?<br />
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Vijayan KrsnaZing: apa la yg kamu nak cuba buat ini? memang saya tak faham la!<br />
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Jer Saja: kerajaan dan polis nak balas dendam terhadap rakyat ingin nak bersih..... bila rakyat balas hadiah seperti ni pada kerajaan BN? </span><br />
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Paklah Damansara:</span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;"> sekarang siapa punca kl jem prdm or bersih najib bahlul jawablah<br />
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RT @morticya33:</span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;"> Haiya, patutla jam, police blocking the exit of Subang to Fed Highway from 3 lanes to 2 kltraffic<br />
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RT @syazwinasaw: All ways out of Subang have been blocked by police trying to create havoc aftr last nite's FRU showdown at a ceramah.<br />
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RT @saimatkong:</span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;"> OMG jam is everywhere & U will be late today! There's roadblock everywhere! One after toll towards Sunway. Use other roads...<br />
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RT @Wwyda:</span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;"> NO WONDER. Roadblocks during rush hour, really? Roadblocks in and out USJ, in front of summit. Only 1 lane in use.<br />
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RT @SookLee17:</span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;"> Are they out of their mind? Having road block at Sunway toll at this hour!<br />
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RT @cottonkyandyi:</span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: blue;"> Can someone tell me what's happening? Kinrara - bkt jalil; unusual jam!<br />
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RT @amptraffic kltu 0802: BESRAYA: crawl frm UPM-Sri Kembangan, roadblock at KM3.6. If u r coming frm SILK, expect delays frm Cheras Jaya.<br />
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RT @twentyplus: Alert, heavy jam at LDP due to Bersih roadblock, malaysia police boleh!<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>It has shown it has a knack of being inept at handling small shocks to the system. Many of us for example are not supporters of Anwar Ibrahim, but the manner the government handles the Anwar affairs — whether it’s the sodomy 2 charge or the recent video clip showing a person resembling Anwar in a sexual tryst, the administration has shown its ineptness and incompetence.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>In the video clip affair for example, people see the court as being a manipulated instrument to serve the interest of the sitting government. The court has allowed itself to be the pulpit for making political statements; lawyers representing the three people accused of possession and distribution or broadcasting pornographic material, used that occasion to declare the authenticity of the video and its main actor. How was it relevant and moreover we heard it through a secondary source- i.e. regurgitation from the defence lawyers. That become hearsay evidence and can be contested.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Its Anwar again this time having his hands tied behind and walloped defencelessly. Last time it was the physical black eye. This time it is the legal black eye. The last time, it nearly cost the loss of Najib in Pekan, this time it could probably cost more to Umno as a whole.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>The current shock to the system — a system made merry by numerous announcements of projects by the </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>PM and his chief major domo in this field of auta-mania, Idris Jala, is how the government handles the Bersih NGO.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>This is an NGO led by a Malaysian Indian lady by the name of S Ambiga. This lady has managed to rattle almost all the top guns in Umno and those wishing they were part of Umno.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Ibrahim Ali is responding mindlessly justifying his conduct as an answer to his interpretation of Bersih as being a movement to (1) unseat the government and (2) attacking the position of Malays. So he steps in as the self-appointed warrior defending the position of Malays. He says he is willing to be murderous and warned the Chinese to stay away. But he hasn’t asked his Chinese business backers to do the same.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Bersih was a godsend re-invigorating Ibrahim Ali from an otherwise political stupor. He now has an issue and Ibrahim Ali lives.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>But why is Ibrahim Ali defending the Umno led government? Ibrahim Ali is not even an Umno member. Two, has Umno not got enough warrior politicians to defend it in its hour of need? Umno does not need Ibrahim Ali to speak for the party. If it does, then the warrior politicians in Umno have since become eunuchs.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>The other reason for attacking Bersih as a movement to endanger Malays and Malay interests is too far-fetched to be dignified by answering it.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Who is the right mind will entertain the idea of unseating the government through undemocratic means? The only one that did, were the Umno politicians who engineered the downfall of the Perak PR government. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Already there are signs that the Perak government will be retaken by the PR forces.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Ambiga and the Bersih people must be absent minded or must have suffered a bout of spontaneous amnesia to not be aware that Governments can be unseated only though democratic means, that is by way of free and fair elections. Therefore to seriously suggest that Bersih is a copycat version of the mass movements in Tunisa and Egypt is not acceptable.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Our response becomes more bizarre when the discovery of the portrait of Shamsiah Fakeh among Bersih rally paraphernalia is taken as proof that Bersih is communist inspired! The whole handling becomes even more macabre with the ‘discovery’ of weapons said to belong to Bersih would be participants. Oh yes. Oh yes — more of the incompetence. The discovery is a miracle to happen just before the planned rally. I hope the people masterminding the discovery will also be ready with some creative answers to tell the PM, how the weapons were ‘planted’ there. How convenient! The gods must be smiling at the politicians and police.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>And now the investigation into the finances of Bersih shall be used as proof that Bersih is a Trojan horse for foreign subversion. That would probably provide an aphrodisiac for the recuperating Dr Mahathir who is a well-known opponent of any form of colonialism.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>People may get inspired by those movements but were probably so without seriously entertaining the idea of unseating a government by undemocratic or violent means. Public opinion will certainly go against Bersih if that is the case. Ambiga will be lynched for that.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>But the aims of Bersih are not that. By asking the elections commission to conduct itself properly shows that </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Bersih accepts that the means to unseat a government is through the voting system. But the voting system is in need of better supervision and that’s where the demands on the election commission come to the fore.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>This aim should be supported. Some people will show their support by participating in the rally. Some will not do so. It’s a matter of choice.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>The right to express their wishes must be upheld by the government. If Perkasa and other groups supportive of the sitting government are allowed to gather and demonstrate, that right must also be given to others. If the Bersih planned rally is wrong in law, then the same judgment applies to the rallies carried out by supporters of the sitting government.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Our laws are clear. If people break the law, irrespective of who they are, they must be brought to before the forces of the law. We have the institutions to deal with that and we certainly don’t need a third line of defence. Can any secret society and gangster organisations apply to be a bona-fide 3rd line of defence?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>The problem here is that the elections commission is seen as a pliant tool for one side of the contestants. It doesn’t answer questions with solutions but gives all sorts of excuses. People accept the principle of elections as a means to establish governments. But they also want that means to be above board. They accept they are powerless unless they act collectively and speak as a voice. The powerless are striking back demanding that competition to get power to form governments be carried out fairly and in even handed manners.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>The body that oversees elections is conducted fairly and transparently is the elections commission. We mustn’t lose sight of the object of the current disputes now. Bersih’s objective is to call upon the election commissions to conduct itself as it’s chartered to do. This isn’t a rally threatening the sovereignty of the Agong or to strike fear at Malays.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>The election commission is an independent commission. It’s not just another government department answerable to the Chief Secretary or even to the PM. It’s the custodian of fair and transparent conduct of elections and it must guard this role jealously. It does so jealously from the meddling and intervention of interested parties. It must also rid itself of any perceptions of being a submissive tool for those holding power at the moment.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Its responses to criticisms therefore mustn’t be evasive. It has to avail itself to the latest methods and technology that upgrade the participation of people in an electoral process. If the use of indelible ink is good for participatory democracy it must adopt the method as a natural development without having to be at pains defending its non-usage. If making voting compulsory and its cost effective doing so, then it must do so.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>People are now diverting their attention to debating whether the planned assembly of people in the Bersih Rally should be allowed or otherwise. The real issue has and is always the conduct of the elections commission.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>The watching majority must be dismayed at the response of our police. The police with all the sophisticated instruments of crowd control and other suppressive means appear to have admitted that they are powerless to control the crowds. What have we spent public money for then? The idea of a police is to keep the peace. In keeping the peace, it must conduct its business in a professional manner and be fair minded. If Bersih is not allowed to hold rallies, then other parties must also be disallowed.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>In Penang, the police have given permit for some people to hold a rally? In Rembau, some people consisting of ex policemen were given permit? Ibrahim Ali was even given a permit to denounce a rally that has not taken place. He is a clairvoyant extraordinaire who can see the future. In ancient times, people like Ibrahim Ali got burnt at the stakes. Shall we roast Ibrahim Ali then?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Let’s not forget the object of the issue. It’s the election commission. It answers to the Agong and therefore should not be seen as working for an interested party. What’s the problem with clearing the electoral registers off dead people? How can it apply its resources and time to restructure how postal votes can be seen to be fair and transparent? How can it monitor and apply strict rules to election spending and election funding etc.?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>These are important issues to those looking at elections as a means to exercise their democratic rights to elect a government of their choice. This isn’t an issue whether public demonstrations or going on a march as practices that are good only elsewhere but not suitable in Malaysia. The need to express publicly the collective wants and demands is part and parcel a democracy. — sakmongkol.blogspot.com</strong></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: red;"><strong>* Sakmongkol AK47 is the nom de plume of Datuk Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz. He was Pulau Manis assemblyman (2004-2008).</strong></span></em></div><script type="text/javascript">
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<em><strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">By The Wall Street Journal </span></strong></em><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">Wearing T-shirts with the likeness of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara may be a crime against good taste, but in markets across Asia they are freely available. So Malaysians were shocked over the weekend when police in Penang seized such shirts from opposition activists as evidence of a Communist plot to overthrow the monarchy. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">In the past week, Malaysian police have detained at least 101 activists whose shirts were advertising a protest planned for July 9. Called Bersih 2.0 or the Walk for Democracy, this rally reprises a 2007 event that drew 30,000 protesters. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">"Bersih" means clean in Malay, and the opposition political parties and NGOs that operate under its banner are demanding more honest elections. They are campaigning for measures to ensure that each person votes only once, the removal of fraudulent names from electoral rolls and an end to gerrymandering of constituencies to benefit the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO). All are reasonable requests that would boost political competition. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">Instead of responding to the substance of these demands, UMNO has chosen to intimidate those who make them. On Monday, the government accused 30 detained opposition members, including a member of parliament, with promoting communism and "waging war against the king" (Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy). The rhetoric is a throwback to the days of the Communist insurgency in the 1950s. As one opposition party leader asked: Since when are T-shirts deemed as waging war?</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">These measures are intended to scare off the upcoming rally. On Wednesday, police raided a Bersih office and arrested seven people, and the country's home minister outlawed T-shirts with pro-Bersih messages. Malaysia's constitution guarantees freedom of assembly and speech, but the government is violating those freedoms with impunity. The smear campaign against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has also heated up recently.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">The country is expected to announce elections soon and, in that light, these tactics betray a familiar paranoia. </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">In the 1990s, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad repressed the media and the opposition in the run-up to polls. Bersih 1.0 came before the 2008 general election, but then-Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi quelled it using teargas. Prime Minister Najib Razak was lauded for heading in the right direction on civil liberties when he assumed office in 2009. On present evidence, he is falling back on the party's familiar playbook.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: yellow;">Such tactics may backfire this time. UMNO, otherwise dominant since independence, has seen its vote share slip since 2008. Malaysians may conclude that a government that treats T-shirts as subversive cares more about retaining power than it does the country's well-being.</span></strong><br />
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Worst still now it is widely published in foreign media like CNN......<br />
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When " finding humour in other people's misery' has become Malaysian culture?<br />
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Mohd Ghani the komtar business man really bring shames to Muslim Malaysia no thanks to his despicable act bringing coffin around Komtar Penang .........<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Seven years later, she won the<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> One Million Star singing compettion in Taiwan </span></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">This is the true Malaysian sipirit that we always cheers, the never give up attitude and more important Malaysian are very talented and can easily survive in any part of the world.......</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Jess Lee you really make us proud, really.....</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday 30 December 2010 (AFP) - When computer engineer Wan Jon Yew left Malaysia in 2005 for a job in Singapore, all he wanted was to work in the city state for a few years before going home. Now, he says, he will never return.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>With a family, a home and a car, he now plans to settle in Singapore for good -- just one of the many Malaysians stampeding abroad every year in a worrying "brain drain" the government is trying to reverse.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"I wouldn't consider going back to Malaysia, I won't look back. If I were ever going to leave Singapore, I would migrate to Australia," said the 28-year-old, who now has permanent resident status.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"It's not about the money. I could have a better quality of life in Malaysia with my pay. I could have a semi-detached bungalow and have a maid there, but I would rather live in a government flat in Singapore."</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Wan, who is ethnically Chinese, is one of some 700,000 Malaysians -- most of them highly educated -- who are currently working abroad in an exodus that Prime Minister Najib Razak's government is struggling to reverse.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>The "brain drain" has a number of causes. Some have been lured by higher salaries, but others blame political and social gripes including preferential policies for Muslim Malays, who form the majority.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Many feel constrained by life in a country where the ruling coalition has been in power for half a century, and where progress on freedom of expression, the right to assembly, and tackling corruption has been slow.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>A decades-old affirmative action policy which hands Malays and the indigenous groups privileges in housing, education and business, has been criticised as uncompetitive and improperly benefiting the elite.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>As a consequence, many of those who have left are members of Malaysia's ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities, who make up some 25 percent and 10 percent of the population respectively.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Najib in December launched a "Talent Corporation" with incentives to woo back these highly skilled workers, as well as foreign professionals, to live and work in his multi-ethnic country.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Malaysia, Southeast Asia's third-largest economy with a population of 28 million, has ambitions to transform itself into a developed nation by 2020, but a lack of human capital is a barrier to reaching that goal.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>World Bank data cited by the Malaysian press shows that while globally the number of migrants rose 2.4 times between 1960 and 2005, Malaysia's diaspora registered a staggering 155-fold increase over the 45-year period.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"I don't want my children to go through the unfair treatment," said Wan, who believes Singapore offers "fair competition".</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"I'm not proud of being a Malaysian because I think the government doesn't treat me as a Malaysian.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"I would rather be a PR (permanent resident), a second-class citizen in a foreign country, than to be a citizen in my own country."</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Wan said his wife, an IT analyst, renounced her citizenship in July this year, joining a queue of about 30 Malaysians lining up to do so on that day alone at the Malaysian embassy in Singapore.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Commentators are sceptical over whether the government's latest effort to reverse the "brain drain" will be successful, warning it will be tough to persuade those in self-exile.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"Money does have a significant role but the most important factor, I think, is opportunity. Malaysia is too politicised and opportunities are not evenly available to everyone," political analyst Wan Saiful Wan Jan told AFP.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>In one example, he said academics are reluctant to work in local universities as they must sign a "loyalty pledge" barring them from, among other things, criticising government policies.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"In such an environment, obviously those with talents will find opportunity elsewhere," said the chief executive of think-tank the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS).</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Wan Saiful, who himself returned to Malaysia last year after living in Britain for 17 years, said the newly launched Talent Corporation will be "another expensive failure" if it does not tackle these structural problems.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"When I apply for a job, buy a house, register my children for school etcetera, why does it matter what my race or religion is? This should stop," said the analyst, himself a Malay.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Ethnic Chinese and Indian professionals who have left the country commonly say they felt a sense of marginalisation in Malaysia.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"When I went back to Malaysia, it was a culture shock in terms of politically how they promote the rights of the Malays over everyone else," said Chee Yeoh, a stock analyst who migrated to Australia three years ago.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Yeoh was educated overseas from the age of 10 and returned in 1998 to take up a position with a bank, but felt like leaving again "almost immediately".</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"I just didn't feel at home in Malaysia. I can't speak the Malay language -- essentially I felt like an outsider even more," said the 35-year-old analyst, who took a pay cut to move to Australia.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Najib has admitted the talent issues are "broad and complex", and will not set a target on how many Malaysians he hopes to lure back under the new programme.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>The initiatives include a "resident pass" which will give foreign skilled workers, and Malaysians who have gave up their citizenship, the long-term right to live and work in the country.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>But Fong Chan Onn, Malaysia's former human resources minister who was instrumental in previous "brain gain" efforts, said the government must tackle the issue holistically.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"The government needs to rectify this sense of marginalisation. We also have to improve the mechanism so it can be more effective to ask these talents to come back," he told AFP.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>"We have a long way to go. It is better late than never."</strong></span></div></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript">
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“<strong><span style="color: red;">A lack of competent leadership is a real problem for Malaysia</span></strong>,” said Kausikan, citing the need for Najib to prevail politically in order to avoid prosecution in connection with the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu.<br />
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“Najib has his neck on the line in connection with a high-profile murder case,” noted Kausikan.<br />
<br />
A few months earlier, Peter Ho told another US official: “The political knives will be out for Abdullah (Ahmad Badawi’s) son-in-law, Khairy Jamaluddin, whom nobody likes because he got where he is through family ties...”<br />
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Khairy is now the Umno Youth chief but has not been given an administrative post in Najib’s government despite being seen as one of the shrewder politicians in the country.<br />
“<strong><span style="color: red;">As for Najib Razak, he is an opportunist. Although he has not been critical of Singapore, he will not hesitate to go in that direction if it is expedient for him to do so. Najib’s political fortunes continue to be haunted by the murder scandal,</span></strong>” Ho had reportedly said.<br />
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Ho, 56, was head of Singapore’s civil service, until he retired on August 31 this year. He is now a senior advisor to the Centre for Strategic Futures that he had help set up to strengthen its public sector.<br />
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Kausikan was recently promoted one step to permanent secretary in the foreign affairs ministry on September 1.<br />
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Koh, 73, is special advisor to the Institute of Policy Studies. A law professor at the National University of Singapore, he is also the island republic’s ambassador-at-large and was part of the legal team representing Singapore in the Pedra Branca dispute case with Malaysia.<br />
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The leaked cables will give ammunition to hawks in the Malaysian government and Umno who believe that it is unproductive to have good relations with Singapore, whom they describe as calculative and condescending.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Malaysia is hardly mentioned in the 250,000 confidential cables so far released.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Why only countries like the United States, Britain, China and North Korea alongside a couple of distinguished figures in the likes of Azerbaijan’s first lady and Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew can claim to have secrets?</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Are you trying to hint that Malaysia is immaterial? Or Malaysia’s secrets are too hard to decipher? Or the country simply does not have any secret at all?</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Impossible!</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Since many countries have maintained diplomatic relations with us, and the diplomats from these countries need to submit regular reports to their parent countries, by logic there should be a multitude of confidential cables.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">To avoid excessive embarrassment on the part of WikiLeaks over the lack of decoded confidential cables from Malaysia, I have drafted a cable purportedly sent from an embassy here back to the parent country just for your perusal.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Subject: The Malaysia you may not have heard of</span></strong><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: red;">From the investigations carried out in secret by the Embassy staff, we have discovered some secrets many people are not aware of in Malaysia.</span></strong></em><br />
<em><strong><span style="color: red;">Malaysia is actually one of the wealthiest nations on Earth, whose people enjoying living standards far exceeding those of many developed states.</span></strong></em><br />
<em><strong><span style="color: red;">In this resourceful country, daily necessities are inexpensive, and everyone can afford relatively lavish life.</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">For instance, a politician hailing from a humble family can afford a one-acre Balinese mansion having worked only a few years as mentri besar (equivalent to our Governor).</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">According to the politician in question, the two plots of land with a housing unit is worth only RM3.5 million, about US$1.1 million, a price deemed impossible elsewhere in the world.</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">Although he has some minor problems at this moment, and will have to explain some of his transactions to the court, he appears completely calm, maintaining that all has said is true.</span></strong></em><br />
<br />
<em><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">He was a small-town dentist, a profession he claims has brought him RM60,000 a month (way higher than what our President makes) before he came to politics, and it was with this income that he built himself the posh mansion.</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">We can deduce from here that dentists are indeed in high demand in Malaysia, and the Embassy suggests that a few dental colleges be set up here to cater to the rising demand.</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">Sure enough we cannot assume that the income has been derived from his political career.</span></strong></em><br />
<em><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">Malaysian politicians are known for their utter incorruption, which the authorities have said is of a level comparable to Hong Kong.</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: red;">Moreover, residential units are extremely cheap in this country. A deputy minister has told the </span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: red;">Parliament housing prices rise only a meagre 3.5 per cent over the past 20 years, most definitely the lowest in the world.</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: red;">The Embassy suggests that we urgently send a delegation to Malaysia to study its housing price policy.</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: red;">Besides housing, Malaysia also boasts one of the highest car ownerships in the world. Having a few cars parked in the porch of a residential house is a common scene in this country.</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: red;">The country is home to two national carmakers churning out vehicles almost identical to </span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: red;">Japanese cars in design at half the cost.</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: red;">The Embassy therefore also concludes that a study tour of Malaysia’s automobile industry is both relevant and imperative.</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: #674ea7;">The extravagance of Malaysia is best seen in its burgeoning tourist industry. Malaysians, in particular politicians, can be seen everywhere from London, Sydney to Shanghai, many are generous grabbers of landmark properties in these leading metropolises.</span></strong></em><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;"><em><span style="color: #674ea7;">The Embassy therefore suggests that we build more luxurious mansions in our country, and group them under a specified Malaysian Housing Zone. </span></em>— mysinchew.com</span></strong></div><script type="text/javascript">
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<strong><em><span style="color: red;">These are the politicians who bring Malaysia backward..... </span></em></strong><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: blue;">By Bernama (not Apa nama)</span></strong></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: blue;">Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim today called for the blocking of the Facebook social networking website if its contents continue to pose a threat to national security. </span></strong></em><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">He said a Facebook account holder was found to have taken advantage of the technology to insult Islam and leaders of Malaysia.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">“If the website content poses a threat to national security and insults Islam, then it is unnecessary to have Facebook,” he told reporters after accompanying Perlis Facebook Association committee members to lodge a report at the Kangar police station on the insults hurled at Prime Minister Seri Najib Razak and former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on a Facebook page.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">The report was lodged by the association’s deputy president, Mohd Faizuddin Ismail, at about 5.30 pm.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: blue;">Shahidan said a report would also be lodged at the State Islamic Religious Department as the holder of the Facebook account had also insulted Islam, and added that the insults hurled at Najib and Mahathir were discovered by a member of the association on November 29.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">Shahidan, who is Tambun Tulang assemblyman, said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the Malaysian Islamic Development Department and the National Fatwa Council should act against the holder of the Facebook account. — Bernama</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Former Selangor Menteri Besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and was charged over alleged land fraud today</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Zoro unmasked called it dog and ponny show....?????</span></strong><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/v6/link.php?http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FZorro-unmasked%2F%7E3%2FIxtfB_Ci9Qw%2Fanother-dog-pony-show.html">http://www.malaysiakini.com/v6/link.php?http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FZorro-unmasked%2F%7E3%2FIxtfB_Ci9Qw%2Fanother-dog-pony-show.html</a><br />
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<strong>I <span style="color: red;">have same feelings with Nik Nazmi who tweet this.....</span></strong><br />
<strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">niknazmi RT @amuse_gueule: Rem the corruption case against minister Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam which came just before the 2004 ... </span></strong><a href="http://tmi.me/3SshE"><strong><span style="color: red;">http://tmi.me/3SshE</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: red;"> </span></strong><br />
<strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">It is just a political gimmick before election?</span></strong><br />
<strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Let's wait and see!!!!!!!</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>My dear friends, you decide..... </strong></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/barisan-nasional/13732-malay-supremacy-row-invoke-isa"><span style="color: magenta;">http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/barisan-nasional/13732-malay-supremacy-row-invoke-isa<script type="text/javascript">
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<strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">By 2010, the amounts of losses generated by leakage and corruption in the private water companies have now run into the hundreds of millions. Amongst the many questionable financial practices found in the private water companies are:</span></strong><strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">1. An audit report on Syabas showed more than 72% of contracts, worth RM 600 million in total, was awarded to companies chosen through direct negotiation not by open tender process. Also, RM 325 million was found to be ‘missing’ in discrepancies between Syabas’ public accounts and the records of contracts awarded from 2005 to 2007.</span></strong><strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">3. In June 2005, Syabas contravened the terms of their concession when they imported RM 375 million worth of pipes from an Indonesian company instead of sourcing them locally. The Indonesian company was owned by Tan Sri Rozali Ismail, the CEO of Syabas.</span></strong><strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">4. Tan Sri Rozali Ismail’s salary is RM 5.1 million a year or RM 425,000 a month.</span></strong><strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">5. The four water companies have a combined debt of RM 6.4 billion. The federal government has given Syabas a soft loan of RM 320 million. The total interest on this 20 year loan is RM 250 million, and Syabas will not be required to pay a single sen of this amount. Instead, this cost will be fully borne by Malaysian taxpayers.</span></strong><strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">In light of this appalling financial mismanagement, the Selangor state government has prevented Syabas from raising water tariffs by 37%, and is now endeavouring to reacquire all water concessions from the private water companies. Their goal is to eliminate the element ofprivatised profit and socialised losses, stop the corruption and leakage, andensure quality delivery of water at affordable rates. This move requires public and support and pressure to succeed.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">Selangor Times to hit the streets on Friday</span></span></span><br />
<i><span class="tsArticleByline" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">Maria J. Dass</span></span></span></span></i></span></strong></span><br />
<a href="mailto:newsdesk@thesundaily.com"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"><span style="color: red;"><strong>newsdesk@thesundaily.com</strong></span></span></span></span></a><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong><span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">SHAH ALAM (Nov 23, 2010):</span></span><span class="goog_qs-tidbit-0"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> Klang Valley residents will</span></span> have another avenue to voice their concerns when new community newspaper <em>Selangor Times</em> hits the streets on Friday.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>A total of 100,000 copies of the free weekly will be distributed every weekend at malls, LRT stations, 7-Eleven outlets and neighbourhood hubs.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>The focus is on community concerns, information on policies, and issues that affect the people and neighbourhoods in the Klang Valley. These include traffic and security problems, environmental and wildlife issues, licensing and land matters among others.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Its editor Chan Kok Leong said: "There will be no politics in this paper, only local and community issues.<br />
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There is a saturation of national news in the local dailies, but people don’t get much information on the issues in their communities and this is our niche, and will set us apart from the dailies."</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>The former journalist of <em>The Edge Financial Daily</em> said: "Our aim is to be the voice of the people – even if they are critical."</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Clogged drains, potholes, street lights and other problems that plague the community will be scrutinised and brought up to the relevant authorities for answers, said Chan.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>In addition, the 24-page English language paper, with an eight-page Chinese language pull-out, will have opinion pieces, sections on culture, features and community activities like neighbourhood events, he said.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Chan said the paper is funded by a businessman and has a licence from the state government.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Asked about the perception that the paper would be reflective of the Pakatan Rakyat-led Selangor government, he said: "We do not answer to Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim or any political party," he said. </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>The aim of the publication was to quote both sides of a story, be it from state or federal authorities, he added.</strong></span><br />
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<div><blockquote><a href="http://www.malaysiakini.tv/video/20469/sekincan-rep-caught-in-scuffle.html"><strong><span style="color: red;">http://www.malaysiakini.tv/video/20469/sekincan-rep-caught-in-scuffle.html</span></strong></a></blockquote><br />
<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/147620"><strong><span style="color: red;">http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/147620</span></strong></a><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Are UMNO gangster especially Noh Omar getting special treatment from the police when we have yet to see police taken any action so far?</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Why why tell me why?</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;"> Is Malaysia a civilised country? Do you expect UMNO to change?</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Tunggu lama lamalah..... </span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Remember what the UMNO Fuckers said .....Let's vote them out all these arrogant Fuckers!!!!!</span><br />
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<i>Translated by SOONG PHUI JEE</i></span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Many people are wondering: How could there be so many scandals revealed by the Auditor-General Report every year?</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">The problems does not lie in the shocking degree of the scandals, but why are these similar scandals repeating every year?</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">How could 16,013 of students allowed to draw RM2,378 in advance even though they did not apply loans from the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN)?</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">How could 3,793 students disappear after drawing in advance loans totaling RM4.9 million, and caused the PTPTN unable to collect the debts?</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">How could the Higher Education Ministry able to collect only RM1.51 billion of the RM3.19 billion debts with a recovery rate of less than 50%?</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">How could so many government departments and agencies not yet learn how to manage money even though they have ruled for decades? How could so many of them overspend, causing the accumulated overrun amount for a year to reach as high as RM4 billion?</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Even more difficult to understand, with such a huge amount of cost overruns, shoddy works can actually still be found everywhere.</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="color: red;">Nutritious sardine sandwiches have been turned into buttered bread. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">An ordinary chair costs RM80 originally has become a luxurious chair costs RM415. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">Spanish mackerel, black pomfret and red snapper have been replaced with cheaper fishes while no investigation has been conducted and no refund is made.</span></li>
</ul><span style="color: red;">Enough, enough, we have heard enough!</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Never mind, never mind, we are numb!</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Anyway, it has become an annual grand event like the Academic Awards as every year when the Auditor-General Report is released, the media will make a full coverage of the scandals. </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Anyway, we will have to suffer a great shock and make criticism every year when the Auditor-General Report is released.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Anyway, the plot of the show is always similar, only the time and the leading characters will be different.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Anyway, the similar process will repeat itself every year and the atmosphere will resume deserted after the bustling noises.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">What is the purpose of preparing the report if they only play up the issue to scare those who are involved in the scandals but do not take further action to prevent a repetition?</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Very well, the government has actually taken actions. To prevent a recurrence of cost overruns, the Finance Ministry has made four recommendations while the Higher Education Ministry will take numerous improvement measures to enhance supervision and collection of debts. Meanwhile, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has also said that a total of 13 investigation papers (KS), 14 preliminary investigation papers (KPA) and five examination and consultation (KPP) papers have been initiated following the release of the 2009 Auditor-General’s report.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">I hope we can soon see corrupt officials and contractors who are responsible for the shoddy works being sacked and charged.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Since the scandals have been revealed, those who are responsible must then be punished. The people will be satisfied only if the scandals end in such a way!</span></div></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript">
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>New York, London, Tokyo and Paris topped the list of the 2010 Global Cities index which assessed 65 major cities based on the strength of their business, human capital, political, cultural and information assets.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong><img src="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/images/uploads/2010/october/08/global-cities-ranking-graphic.png" style="float: right;" />The other Asia Pacific cities that made the top ten were Hong Kong - 5, Singapore - 8, Sydney – 9 and Seoul - 10.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Spurred by the increasing competition between cities which is contributing to a brain drain, government think tank Pemandu, is driving an initiative to make the Greater KL region a world class city.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Its stated goal is to propel KL to the top 20 in the world in both liveability and economic growth by 2020.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>The AT Kearney global cities ranking shows however, the amount of catching up that Kuala Lumpur has to do and that other cities have the same idea and are not standing still.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>In terms of liveability, KL ranks just 79th out of 130 cities in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2010 ranking of easiest places to live and was stagnant at 75th in the Mercer study of best places to live from 2006-2009.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>The city also failed to make the list of the top 100 most innovative cities with strong cultural and human infrastructure and global links as assessed by Australian innovation consultancy firm 2thinknow.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>Among initiatives planned for KL under the Economic Transformation Programme include a new MRT system to enhance public transportation, rehabilitation of the city’s polluted rivers, more green space, a high speed rail link to Singapore, improved pedestrian linkages and a more vibrant and seamless shopping belt. It is hoped that the better conditions will help attract top talent live in the city, whose population is expected to soar to 10 million in 2020 from 6 million currently.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>The city’s attractiveness however is hampered by an absence of world class universities, relatively low salaries, lack of major cultural and outdoor attractions, lack of orderliness and poor maintenance, low levels of sophistication, creeping urban sprawl, crime, unhygienic conditions and traffic congestion.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>The next few years will be critical for KL's ambitions to be a world class city as the AT Kearney report notes that the gap between the top cities and those who rank at the “tail” end is increasing.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>KL’s 48th position puts it behind Bangkok – 36 and Taipei – 39 but slightly ahead of Manila – 51, Jakarta – 53 and Ho Chi Minh city – 61.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>AT Kearney noted that global cities are the urban elite and are shaping the future with new deals and ideas.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>“Global cities are where you go to do business, yes, but also to see the greatest art, hear the greatest orchestras, learn the latest styles, eat the best food and study in the finest universities,” said the report.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><strong>“They have global corporations. But they also have think tanks, jazz bars and broadband. In a word, they have clout.”</strong></span></div><script type="text/javascript">
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<div class="caption-box" sizcache="82" sizset="10" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; vertical-align: top; width: 400px;"><img src="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/images/uploads/2010/09/26/lcw2.jpg" style="width: 400px;" /> <div class="img-caption">Lee celebrates after defeating Lin Dan at the Japan Super Series 2010 badminton championships in Tokyo September 26, 2010. — Reuters pic</div></div>KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — World number one Datuk Lee Chong Wei defeated archrival Lin Dan of China in the final of the Japan Super Series 2010 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Japan today. <br />
<div sizcache="79" sizset="37">According to <a href="http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/">http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/</a> Chong Wei took an hour and 22 minutes before finally overcoming Lin Dan 22-20, 16-21, 21-17 to bag the championship and the US$200,000 (RM610,000) purse.</div>Meanwhile, Malaysia’s top doubles pair Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong lost to Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng of China 21-18, 14-21, 12-21 in the men’s doubles final.<br />
Other Malaysians consisting of men’s singles Muhammad Hafiz Hashim and men’s doubles Mak Hee Chun/ Tan Wee Kiong had early exits from the championship. — Bernama<br />
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