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Kelantan's gender segregation rules affect non-Muslim businesses – Friday, 23 November 2012 admin-s
Hanging out: Shoppers standing around outside Nice Hair Salon in KB Mall, Kota Baru.
(The Star) – Hair dressing salon operators are learning the hard way that gender segregation rules in Kelantan apply to non-Muslims as well. They have had to pay many summonses for allowing their female workers to cut the hair of non-Muslim male patrons, which they thought was permissible.
E-Life Hair Salon manager Ong Lee Ting said she had settled 11 summonses since she opened for business in KB Mall in 2010.
Hairy situation: Ong showing one of the 11 summonses she received for allowing her female employees to cut the hair of non-Muslim male patrons.Hairy situation: Ong showing one of the 11 summonses she received for allowing her female employees to cut the hair of non-Muslim male patrons.
The fines were imposed under Section 107(2) of the Local Council Act by-laws which prohibits a woman from cutting the hair of a man and vice versa regardless of religion.
"I have been paying fines of between RM200 and RM350," said Ong, who was issued the latest summons on Tuesday.
"I find the by-laws confusing … they should not apply to a non-Muslim woman cutting the hair of a non-Muslim man."
Gender segregation is among the controversial regulations imposed by the PAS state government, which insists that the rule be also observed at supermarket check-outs.
The last time Ong went to the local council office to pay a compound, she was told that the licence for the salon would be revoked because of the many summonses issued to the operator.
However, council secretary Mohd Anis Hussein said: "As long as they (the salon owners) pay the compounds, they will be allowed to operate."
He added that the salon owners understood the by-laws and the consequences of ignoring them.
Nice Hair Salon manager Alice Ong Lee Ruong was baffled by the rule.
"I would understand it if we were fined for allowing our women workers to cut the hair of Muslim men. But they were attending to non-Muslim men," she said.
Ong, who had settled 10 summonses so far, wondered for how long she would have to pay fines.
"They are not cheap and we have to consider the high rental, salaries of our workers and other expenses," she said.
Another salon manager, who declined to be named, said the council by-laws were making life difficult for hair dressers.
She had been issued four summonses so far.
Kelantan MCA information chief Tan Ken Ten said the by-laws were "not friendly" to non-Muslim business circles.
"The council, in its zest to implement Islamic principles in its by-laws, has caused hardship to the non-Muslim business community," he added.
National PAS Supporters Congress chairman Hu Pang Chaw agreed that the by-laws should not apply to non-Muslim women cutting the hair of non-Muslim men.
He urged the council to review the ruling.
Kelantan's hair dressing laws unlawful, says Karpal Singh – Saturday, 24 November 2012 Super Admin
(The Star) – The DAP wants the Kelantan government to intervene in the municipal council by-laws prohibiting women from cutting men's hair in the state.
Chairman Karpal Singh said he was surprised that the state decided to enforce such a ruling on non-Muslims.
"The state government has publicly declared that Islamic laws will not be extended to non-Muslims. PAS has also stated hudud will only be applied to Muslims.
"There's a lot of concern among the public on what has happened in Kelantan. If hudud is allowed to be applicable to Muslims, there will come (a time that it will) be extended to non-Muslims," he told a press conference in Air Itam on Saturday.
He was responding to reports that hair salon operators in the PAS-ruled state were being fined for breaching the by-laws which prohibit a woman from cutting the hair of a man and vice versa.
Karpal Singh said the ruling was unconstitutional and could be challenged in court.
"In fact, it should be challenged in court. Those concerned should not pay the fines. It is unlawful.
"I hope that the PAS leadership will intervene and do something about it as soon as possible," he said adding that Barisan Nasional should not be presented with issues that it can exploit now that the general election is looming.
Anything and everything BUT ending the APARTHEID of BUMIPUTERA eh? Karpal has become the Hairdressers/Barber's Association President or State Chinese Association Prsident now? This sort of case is even below the Chinese or Indian Chamber of Commerce or State Chinese Association to address (while in the same breath, we must be aware that the Chinese or Indian Chamber of Commerce, State Chinese Association, probably can't even talk about the APARTHEID oF BUMIPUTERA because they do not have parliamentary immunity – maybe a provision for them to also be granted parliamentary immunity?) , but somehow Karpal can't talk about the APARTHEID of BUMIPUTERA in spite of parliamentary immunity so this is a great opportunity to look busy while the minoriites remain second class citizens . . . look here 'Karpal' if you don't want to put that Parliamentary Immunity to good use, please give up that decades long seat you're wasting the Rakyats's mandate on, to somebody who will use the same to try to end the APARTHEID of BUMIPUTERA and lack of :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
Is Karpal a REAL lawyer and aware of the responsibility of an MP to the people? Most Malays and Muslims, probably also the Sultans know in their hearts that apartheid is wrong and that technically in Islam the APARTYHEID of BUMIPUTERA is ILLEGAL. Why does Karpal not HONESTLY and legally challenge the racists and Islamists on these facts? Self serving much? Too many family members, too many contracts colluded on? So does the rakyat need this kind of MP or perhaps has karpal and Sons family bloc spent too much time hoodwinking the Rakyat? An MP's job goes far beyond this hair issue, like for Human Rights Articles 1 and 18 . . . do something useful or MP-like, or GTFO of Dewan!
Mediocre! And in overall effectiveness, Karpal is but a decades long malingerer on the taxpayer dollar alongside BN's racism and corrupted worst …
Internal rifts may cost PKR Indian votes – by B Nantha Kumar, FMT – Friday, 23 November 2012 Super Admin
Indian leaders may jump ship if they are not picked as candidates in the coming general election, says a source.
Infighting, backbiting and sabotaging among Indian leaders in PKR could result in the party losing Indian support at the upcoming 13th general election.
The internal rift among these leaders could also play a role in thwarting Pakatan Rakyat's ambition of taking over the federal government after the polls. The opposition pact is made of PKR, DAP and PAS.
Speaking to FMT, a PKR source admitted that there would be "major party hopping" among Indians in PKR before and after the general election.
Declining to be named, the source said many Indians in the party were waiting for PKR to officially announce its list of Indian candidates to contest under the PKR banner in the coming general election.
"If their names are overlooked as a candidate, then they would jump ship to the Barisan Nasional or quit PKR without joining anyone… they have already made plans to this effect."
"Unlike PAS and DAP which have a long tradition and faithful members, PKR is a new set-up. Most of its members are from BN component parties. They ran from there to PKR. They ran because they were sidelined in their respective BN component parties. So when the same thing happens here, they would run again," said the source.
He said the problem among Indian leaders in PKR is "everyone wants a seat to contest".
"Of course, both Malays and Chinese in PKR also face the same scenario but Indians are the worst," said the source, who is very close to the party leadership.
He said PKR Indian leaders in their eagerness to win brownie points have also resorted to "attacking" each other in the mainstream media.
Tip of the iceberg
"Some are sending their supporters to Parliament to lobby for seats. For example, I was told that more than 60 candidate profiles have been submitted for the Bukit Melawati state seat in Selangor despite the incumbent M Mutiah declaring interest in defending the seat.
"This is just the tip of the iceberg. The factions in the party are heading for a showdown," the source said.
He claimed that PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim had often met party Indian leaders to get feedback on ways to boost Indian support for Pakatan, but not much was done on the ground to put the plans into action.
"But, this is not enough to woo Indian votes. The Indian leaders in the party are not united. If they are, then they can put up a strong front and lobby for votes of the community. There are several camps within the party and each camp is pressuring Anwar for seats.
Indian candidates are you idiots? Who needs to pressure Anwar? Any independent candidate can run for any seat without pressuring anyone. The whole idea of a political party is to keep all MPs captive to the supreme council. Podah!
'Anwar is an attention seeker' – Friday, 23 November 2012 Super Admin
Several BN leaders are appalled at Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim's attempt to get Australia to observe Malaysia's general election.
G Vinod, FMT
An MIC leader today chided Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim for seeking attention, especially with his call to Australia to observe the coming general election.
MIC vice-president SK Devamany was referring to Anwar's move to request the Australian government recently to observe the polls, claiming there were a lot of irregularities in the electoral roll.
However, Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr had rejected the former deputy prime minister's request, saying they cannot and would not influence how Malaysia runs its election.
"It's very hard for Australia to do anything about how they're run, as hard as it would be for Malaysia or another government to have a say in how Australian elections are run.
"We're not the election authority for Malaysia," Carr was reported as saying.
Election Commission (EC) chairman Abdul Aziz Yusof also criticised Anwar, saying the electoral body had instituted several measures to improve the nation's election process.
Taking Anwar to task, Devamany said that times have changed and the world community is watching each other's conduct in the information age.
"No point trying to seek attention from other people. They are watching us all the time," he said.
As for Anwar's accusation, the deputy minister said that the Barisan Nasional government is transparent and the former could always voice his grouses to the EC.
"He can always use his position as the opposition leader to get things done. But being the attention seeker he is, Anwar will devise new tactics to keep himself relevant.
"No wonder some Pakatan Rakyat leaders are seeking PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang to become prime minister if the opposition bloc wins the federal polls," said Devamany.
Risk of being colonised again
Echoing Devamany's sentiments, People's Progressive Party (PPP) president M Kayveas said that it was dangerous to get foreign powers to be involved in Malaysia's election.
He also said that with foreign powers' aid, the party benefiting from them would be indebted to the former and thus, put Malaysia at risk of being "colonised" again.
To prevent the colonisation factor, NO foreign government based groups people should to be invited keep tabs on the elections, BUT *ELECTION WATCHDOG GROUPS* from foreign and Australian and other non-Western governments should instead. In fact Australian Elections and other Western nations could do with foreign watchdog groups from other countries ESPECIALLY those not particularly friendly to Australia, to prevent fifth columnists manipulating votes to the favour of their own government. Who knows what collusion goes on between governments these days? Foreign governments cannot monitor without compromising the sovereignty of the monitored state.
Instead, unaffiliated to government/unfunded by government civil society WATCHDOG NGOs favouring opposition would be safest. Anwar thus could be in cahooots with the current majority Australian government with the same feigning disinterest. Now if watchdog groups unfriendly to their respective foreign governments were to be called on as monitors, having nothing to gain, these groups would be the most objective choice. This accusation could be avoided simply by Anwar contacting non-mainstream foreign monitors instead. As for attention seeking, 2 terms as MP limits should put paid to that sort of thing once and for all. For expedience, Anwar could be tolerated for now, but the next great purging of politicians will not be those corrupt, opaque and racist (BN era) but those NEPOTISTIC and TERM LIMITLESS (PR era). This would be true progress then to prevent a Mubarak, Gaddafi or Ali Salleh from forming out of term limitless Anwars and Lim Kit Siangs or whatever groups.
Karpal Singh: Peaceful Assembly Act ultra-vires to Federal Constitution – Saturday, 24 November 2012 Super Admin
(Bernama) – Lawyer Karpal Singh, acting for applicant Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, told the High Court here Friday that the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 had completely prohibited the right to assemble, by way of street protest.
The senior lawyer said the provision under Section 4(1)(c) was not intended to "restrict" but more to "prohibit" the right to assemble.
"Any street protest, actually, was a moving assembly and the Act should not completely prohibit it," contended Karpal by pointing out on the provision of Section 4(1)(c) of the Act, which he argued, was inconsistent and contravened with the provision of Article 10 (1)(b) of the Federal Constitution.
He said the Act defined a street protest as an assembly that was in movement.
"Even Article 10(1)(b) clearly stated that all citizens have the right to assemble peaceably, without arms," he noted.
He further submitted that the word, 'restriction', should be interpreted as reasonable restriction as stated in Article 10, and the constitution was the supreme law of the country.
"Any law passed after Merdeka Day, which is inconsistent with the constitution, should be declared void," said Karpal, who urged Justice Kamardin Kashim to allow Anwar's application with costs.
Kamardin set Nov 30, for respondent (prosecution) to reply to the applicant's submission Friday.
In a related development, Anwar's co-counsel, Ram Karpal Singh, said if the court ruled in Anwar's favour, one of the charges under the Peaceful Assembly Act would be dropped, leaving only two charges still pending at the Sessions Court.
Anwar, 64, together with Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali, 48, and Rembau PKR branch chief Badrul Hisham Shaharin (third accused), 34, were charged last May 22, with taking part in street demonstrations which allegedly led to chaos in the city.
The three also faced a second charge of conniving with Tangam Raju, Rajesh Kumar Gejinder and Farhan Ibrahim, by inciting them to remove steel barricades at Jalan Raja here on the same day.
They are the first to be charged under Section 4(2)(c) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, which carries a fine of up to RM10,000, upon conviction.
Last July 2, the trio were charged with conspiring with Tangam, Rajesh, Farhan and five or more supporters of 'Gabungan Pilihan Raya Bersih dan Adil (Bersih 3.0)' to defy a magistrate's court order dated April 26, against holding a rally at Dataran Merdeka from April 28 until May 1, this year.
Excuse me. No citizen needs to 'assemble' or riot IF our worthless waste of time nepotistic term limitless MPs (Karpal included) make the effort to end Bumiputra Apartheid or are not corrupt. This assembly thing is USELESS and has no weight legally. The wishes of 26 million Malaysians could be stopped by 222 self serving nepotistic and term limitless MPs simply because not enough Malaysians dare to be independents, there is always 3rd Force but even 3rd Force must respect term limits and preferably allow 1-Man-1-Vote systems in ratifying laws or at least ratifying laws on a district by district level.
An MP legally challenging the inequality and apartheid has more weight than 26 million Malaysians illegally marching. Is Karpal a false flag MP? Any and all Malays and other minorities who believe in neutrality and equality by changing the ILLEGAL and DISCRIMINATIVE Constitutional clauses and laws should give term limitless farces like Karpal here the boot. I'd DROP the right to peacefully assembly in exchange for ending APARTHEID and the below 3 items. Now think, which MP is worth voting for. The one who gives you the 'right to assemble' which is the 'precursor to riot' (there is nothing assembling can do, so frustrated assemblers end up RIOTING) but has no effect on policy, or the MP who grants equality and end of apartheid on your behalf so you do not need to march?
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
Free Rolls Royce offer for "Pornstar" Anwar Ibrahim look-alike by Government of Malaysia – Jul 03-2011
Wanna make some money ? Here is an opportunity: –
Previously, we reported how Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's oppositions leader has been "framed" with several sex tapes HERE.
While Anwar Ibrahim has denied he is the porn star featured in those sex tapes, it's very obvious these explicit videos which you can watch below and read more here, are either recorded or simply made up and released with only one thing in mind … Political Assassination.
It's designed to end the political career of Anwar Ibrahim and to kill the fragile oppositions of Malaysia,which is fighting to boot out the legacy government left behind by Asia's most corrupt dictator, Mahathir Mohamad, and allegation that can never be proven simply because everything including the judiciary is answerable to only one man in Malaysia ie. the Prime Minister … and yes, it's that absurd.
The country is currently helm by son of an ex-premier, who himself is laden with all sort of scandalous allegations including corruption and even … MURDER !
I love Malaysia.
Below is the latest "satire" from a pro-government newspaper (Fact: all newspaper in Malaysia are required by law to report only pro-government news. There is no press freedom in Malaysia.)
Go here if you just wanna know more about the sex scandal.
Swimming against the tide
By Joceline Tan @ Star Malaysia
The free Rolls Royce offer to any Anwar Ibrahim look-alike out there has gone unclaimed and US experts have verified the sex video to be authentic. What now for the leader of the Opposition?
NOBODY has claimed the Rolls Royce that is currently stretched out like a sexy lady on the porch of Zamil Ibrahim's house.
The former PKR politician does not see anyone coming forward now that the country's most talked-about sex video has been found to be authentic.
Zamil, who is now the Kedah chief of the new political party Kita, said he decided to put his prized wheels on the line because he became sick and tired of hearing claims that the man in the video was merely someone who looks like Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Posh car: No takers for the sleek and beautiful Rolls Royce which is still sitting on the porch of Zamil's house in Kedah. Inset: Zamil who loves the Rolls Royce.
"I couldn't take any more of the nonsense that it was an Anwar look-alike," he said.
Zamil loves the beautiful vintage Rolls the way some Malay men love their second wives. Nevertheless, he was prepared to hand over the Rolls to the person whom Anwar's supporters claimed had been the Anwar look-alike in the video. It was one of those droll manoeuvres loaded with political irony.
But deep down, Zamil is relieved the car will remain his. It is very similar to the Rolls Royce owned by no less than Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Taib Mahmud except that Zamil's is in better condition. The engine purrs, the dashboard gleams with polish and the leather seats are in a plush taupe.
Just a fortnight ago, a Chinese friend borrowed the car for his son's wedding. Zamil loaned the car plus his own driver because he did not want unfamiliar hands at the wheel.
Up against the wall: The sex video episode has reached a pivotal point and Pakatan parties are preparing to move on without Anwar who is seen here officiating at a new PKR branch in Kubang Pasu, Kedah.
There has been no love lost between Zamil and Anwar since the day Zamil claimed he was played out by Anwar over a position in PKR. Unfortunately for Anwar, Zamil does not take broken promises lightly and his quest for vengeance is far from over. A few days ago, Zamil lodged a police report on the police report that Anwar made to deny that he is the man in the video. Zamil's contention is that Anwar had lodged a false police report.
A lot of water has passed under the bridge since the sex video scandal exploded back in March. The so-called Datuk Trio comprising Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik, Datuk Eskay Abdullah and Datuk Shuib Ismail has been charged and convicted. Expert opinion from the US is that the video is genuine and the man in it was reported to be "99.99% Anwar."
End of story? Not quite – the end is still nowhere in sight for this controversial sex video.
"We have passed the climax but this thing has the look of an epic," said film-maker and Umno blogger Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, who is better known by his blogging name Kickdefella.
Talk is rife of a few more videos in the wings, as well as an explosive photograph. The Datuk Trio is not the sort of people you would want to fool around with, as PKR politician and Sungai Petani MP Johari Abdul has learnt.
Johari, who was among the first people the Trio invited to view the video, recently found himself the collateral damage in the controversy. Johari has been going about denying that it is Anwar but last week, the PKR side released a video which featured Johari rubbishing the Trio and the sex video. His account was obviously timed to coincide with the Trio's court conviction.
The Trio reacted by unleashing footage of Johari watching the sex video during which he appeared to acknowledge that it was Anwar. Johari did not come out very well from it and, if he knows better, this was just a warning from the Trio.
They obviously have more stuff than what has been seen to date given how cocksure they have been about their claims and actions as well as their willingness to swear on the Quran in the mosque.
But whether the Trio comes up with more of the same is not going to matter very much from now.
The sex video episode has reached a pivotal point with the conviction of the Trio and the authentication of the video. For months, Pakatan politicians had challenged the authorities to charge the Trio, and their conviction has taken the fire out of Pakatan's artillery.
Pakatan politicians have generally ducked the issue of whether the video was authentic or fake. Only one DAP politician had called for the video to be authenticated. He was quietly asked to shut up and no other Pakatan figure has since made such demands.
Their standard line of defence has been that this is "politik lucah" or vulgar politics while PAS took the Islamic and diplomatic way out by insisting that such cases require four witnesses. Very few of them have put their reputation on the line to say that it is not Anwar. Johari is one of them.
But there are still people out there who do not want to accept that the video is authentic despite the tests and analyses by the academic institute in the US.
At the same time, not all of those who agree that the man is Anwar approve of the entrapment. They feel that political victory or defeat should take place via a political contest rather than through sex traps.
But it is increasingly difficult for Pakatan and especially PKR politicians to go on insisting that it is not Anwar.
When asked about this, a PKR official would only say: "Let the public decide whether they believe the 99.99% finding."
Some people think Anwar is finished. Actually, he is far from finished but fewer people now think he is going to be the next Prime Minister – or even that he is Prime Minister material.
A serious matter
"Non-Muslims regard this as a private matter. But for us Muslims, it is a serious thing. I haven't seen the video but my friends have seen it and they can decide for themselves," said a top PAS figure.
Anwar's problem is the growing element of doubt among the swing group, especially the Malay middle ground. The hardcore supporters on either side will remain where they are; it is the swing group that Pakatan has to be worried about.
Anwar probably feels it when he goes on the ceramah circuit. The crowds are there but he knows they are also checking out his belly, his chest and even his nose as they are listening to him. Fortunately, his stomach is quite flat now that he has lost so much weight and is looking rather gaunt.
The sex video, for one, has been a top topic at the ceramah series organised by the Pasir Salak division. Umno ceramah can be quite boring affairs but this one not only had the crowd's attention but had them tickled too.
At one ceramah, the speaker said that given the sex-related incidents associated with the opposition leader, "the whole thing is beginning to look like a hobby."
"Hobbies are okay, but people with this type of hobby, it's better they don't try to become the Prime Minister," said the speaker.
Another speaker said: "Many of us have seen the video, the experts have said it is real, we know it's him, what else is there to argue. Only the PAS leaders are still arguing as though they know everything, as if they were in the bedroom, under the bed."
The ceramah series is the brainchild of Pasir Salak Umno politician Dr Faizal Tajuddin who wanted to counter and neutralise the string of ceramah by PAS, which has been parading its latest celebrity recruit, Bob Lokman, the Malay rocker who said he joined PAS because he wanted to go to heaven.
The main target is PAS but the sex video is one of the bullets being used by Dr Faizal's team.
Many are also waiting to see whether Anwar's wife and daughter, both politicians, will come forward to defend him again now that the video has been vetted as genuine. The family is said to have been in turmoil since the video surfaced in March but they have no choice but to keep up a united front.
It is quite clear by now that Anwar needs Pakatan more than Pakatan needs him. He was a superhero in the aftermath of March 2008 but Pakatan is now shouldering him through his personal problems.
Anwar's nemesis, Kita president Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, put it quite bluntly when he said the opposition has been "utterly compromised" by Anwar and that the latter is "destroying the credibility of the opposition."
Zaid was equally critical of the authority's handling of the sex video, describing it as "foolish and clumsy", all of which added up to what he described as "the tragedy of Malaysian politics."
Pakatan leaders know it as well. Privately, they are already talking of a revived role for Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah in the near future. Dr Wan Azizah has been playing the role of dutiful wife rather than PKR president but Pakatan leaders are ready to accept her if Anwar is indisposed.
"Kak Wan will still lead. We can work with her even though she is not up to mark," said the same PAS figure.
PKR deputy president Azmin Ali is experienced and capable but the Pakatan leaders are still uncomfortable with him. Rising star Nurul Izzah is ambitious but still very green and her haste to be noticed has seen her mired in embarrassing boo-boos such as claiming that the Malaysian submarine could not dive whereas it has dived to its maximum depth off the coast of Sabah with no less than the King onboard.
Recently, Anwar claimed he had the clout to call off the Bersih rally if he wanted to, implying he was still in charge. The rally's figurehead leader Datuk S. Ambiga immediately shot back that the rally is on.
It was a slap in the face for Anwar. The Bersih rally is basically a PAS show and it is the clearest sign that Anwar's centrestage placing in Pakatan politics has been hijacked by PAS.
Moreover, the new PAS battle cry is "PAS ganti Umno", the implication being that PAS has the ability to replace Umno and that can only mean one thing – PAS is positioning itself to dominate in the general election and claim the Prime Ministership.
Pakatan parties are preparing to move on without Anwar. His role as an intermediary between PAS and DAP is quite redundant now that the Erdogans are in charge in PAS. The Erdogans speak the same political language as DAP leaders and they can sit at the same table with DAP.
There is even talk that if Anwar cannot defend Permatang Pauh in the next general election, Nurul Izzah will go there since the election law disqualifies Dr Wan Azizah from contesting a seat which she resigned from.
The days when Anwar could walk on water are over. He is swimming against the current.
This is an old article, but lookalikes can be easily created given the amount of funds BN has. They could get the nearest looking lookalike 'Anwar' add abit of plastic surgery or anyone in the opposition and make them do all kinds of porn for release in the internet EVERY week or make the fakes 'say things' that are politically destructive which will be presented as insider records etc.. Chua Soi Lek could have been smart enough to dodge the bullet but chose to be honest, bravo, but a person who would be honest about invasion of privacy vids, yet not want to challenge apartheid is an oxymoron of sorts. As for Pakatan, the problem still stands and very clearly that Pakatan is a CLOSED party. I have at least tried quite indirectly to sound Pakatan out, and noted the extreme fear and prevention of 'outside' forces taking over. Then after Pakatan's sacrifice of Teo Beng Hock, perhaps was best that some of us were not invited to join anyway. After doing the scrimmage work, the least that some politicians could have done was not betray their would-be supporters to the psychiatric establishment . . .
We'd be better off setting up a 3rd Force party to remove the cynical apartheid tolerating hudud accepting guys with similar looking wives (Betty and Rosmah might as well be the same person), drop 50% of DAP's nepotists I say . . . those undemocratic creeps are very harmful to the country, as is any who are term limitless and nepotistic and refuse to make clear on :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
;while touting Hudud or an Islamist party PAS par excellence Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood. These Islamists are all the same IMHO, when courting the voters, they say nice things but after gaining power, they turn all Islamist and start persecuting everyone. MCA, MIC, Gerakan and PPP however have entirely failed to seperate from BN to lead 3rd force which I list below :
End the APARTHEID and drop the racists. or get the racists to drop apartheid if BN wants GE13. Other than that, the mandate which is unused as of now would likely become Pakatan's, a much worse option in many ways.
Pakatan must do more for Penang Malays – Saturday, 24 November 2012 Super Admin
The Malays in Penang want a Malay Deputy Chief Minister to look after their interests
To this, the congress' president Rahmad Isahak said it was becoming clear that both PKR and PAS have failed to maintain Pakatan Rakyat's hold on the Malays.
Hawkeye, FMT
The Penang Malay Congress has called on DAP to consider appointing a Malay to become the next Deputy Chief Minister (DCM) I if the present leader, PKR's Mansor Othman, relinquishes the post in favour of contesting a parliament seat.
The rumour mill is working overtime in Penang now since PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim announced last week that Mansor, a party vice-president, will contest the Nibong Tebal parliament seat.
The seat is presently held by Tan Tee Beng who had won the seat under the PKR banner in 2008 but has since become an Independent.
Anwar declined to comment on whether Mansor will be allowed to defend his present Penanti state seat on the mainland.
To this, the congress' president Rahmad Isahak said it was becoming clear that both PKR and PAS have failed to maintain Pakatan Rakyat's hold on the Malays.
Moving Mansor out of Penang, stengthens the congress' belief that Pakatan is concerned about the Malay ground here and confirms that the Malay electorate is disappointed with them, Rahmad said.
Mansor has been underfire for the last three years for failing to champion Malay issues well, and he is often seen as being subservient to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
To arrest an alleged decline in Malay support, Rahmad said Pakatan needs to revamp its present leadeship allocation.
A Malay DAP candidate, who wins in the next election, should instead be made the DCM I as this will demonstrate to the people that the party is committed to the Malays, Rahmad said.
Talk is that Penang DAP will consider fielding at least two Malay candidates here to challenge the perception among the Malay community that it is a Chinese party.
DAP's failure to field any Malays may also give rise to a number of independent candidates – sponsored by Malay civil groups where 23 organisations have sprouted up in Penang since 2008.
Rahmad said the Malays in Penang have become restless due to the inability of the DAP-led state government to effectively address their socio-economic issues.
The community's grouses are over the lack of affordable housing, erosion of their heritage and culture values, made worse by the demolition of traditional villages on the island and the lack of quality jobs despite a record number of fresh investments.
"If you ask a critically minded Malay if they support Pakatan, they remain speechless. It is not because Pakatan failed them, it is because the issues of the community has gone unnoticed by the inexperienced government for the past four years."
The Malay dilemma
The Malays are now venting their anger on PKR and PAS for failure to convince DAP over the critical need to look at the community's issues.
Even during Barisan's era, the Malay community here has been stirring up issues and expressing their anger, Rahmad said in an interview.
The Malays are in a dilemma here because if they support Pakatan, there is a preception out there that their issues will not be effectively resolved unless a strong-willed Malay leader is appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister I, Rahmad said.
On the other hand, it is pointless to support Umno as the party is part of the Barisan Nasional coalition, which is finding it increasingly difficult to regain acceptance in Penang, he said.
No problem if Penang has a Malay CM, but do grant :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
;so that the minorities will not care what race the CM is. Frankly Penang has had a minority CM for too long, on the other hand ALL OTHER Sultanate led STATES have had Malay MBs for too long as well. The door swings both ways . . .
Najib: Change can happen with the same government – by Ida Lim – November 24, 2012
Najib addresses the crowd at the Barisan 1 Malaysia gathering at the Putra World Trade Centre who respond by raising one finger. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — A change in government is not necessary for changes in the country, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today.
The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) is ready to change, said Najib, who is also chairman of the 13-member coalition.
"… BN is not a party that is inflexible. We are ready to change.
"Change can happen in our country and we have proven that not necessarily we change government, but we can bring big change with the same government," Najib said at the Barisan 1 Malaysia gathering at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) here.
He also hinted that the government may give more cash handouts to the people if the country is well-managed.
He was speaking about the government's financial aid to the working class and other sections of society, such as giving out tyres to taxi drivers and cash handouts to singles under the Bantuan Rakyat 1 Malaysia (BR1M) 2.0 scheme, before hinting that more handouts were possible.
"Boleh lagi. We (can) give more in the future with the condition that our country is managed well.
"And all these we are able to do because in the past four years, we have proven that this is not an empty promise…" Najib said.
If BN is unable to grant :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
;no change can be expected. BN has the mandate to grant the above now. Why has BN not used that mandate to grant the above? This proves there will be no change. The above 3 items cost nothing to implement.
ASEAN needs formal civil society engagement mechanism on human rights — James Gomez and Robin Ramcharan – November 19, 2012
NOV 19 — Unless appropriate formal and equitable engagement mechanisms are put in place, civil society will be not be in a position to effectively advocate for and ensure the protection of human rights in the region. This is the lesson to be gleaned from the adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) yesterday (November 18) during the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The inability of civil society organisations (CSOs) to meaningfully engage with members of ASEAN over the establishment of institutional and normative human rights frameworks to date explains the limited effectiveness of their advocacy in securing a real protection mechanism for the people of ASEAN.
Much of the discussion emerging from yesterday's release of AHRD has focused on the criticism by CSOs over the lack of adherence to international human rights standards and the rejoinder by ASEAN governmental representative that the tone of the current AHRD is what is politically feasible now within the regional grouping. But the root problem remains the lack of access of CSOs to the inter-governmental process that has crafted institutional mechanisms and the AHRD.
Over the last two years, CSOs seeking to advance the protection of human rights in the nascent ASEAN human rights regime have been confronted with a regional association and member governments that are still deeply wedded to the principle of non-interference and the primacy of national laws.
Beginning with the ASEAN Charter in 2008, which promised the establishment of a human rights body, CSOs have been pressuring member governments to adopt a mechanism that would speak to international standards and include a protection mechanism. At each step towards formalising a regional mechanism, for example in 2009 in the run up to the drafting of the Terms of Reference for the AICHR and now in 2012 in the drafting of AHRD, CSOs have tried their level best to engage with ASEAN but in vain.
On the adoption of the ADHR in Phnom Penh on November 18, CSO criticisms of the declaration continued unabated. While Singapore's Representative to the AICHR, Chang Heng Chee, hailed the advent of the "peer-review" mechanism and the ADHR as "the best that could be done" in the social and political context, the CSO exclusion from the process of crafting a human rights regime remains a blatant fact.
Some 60 CSOs wrote to ASEAN leaders requesting the postponement of the signing given serious flaws in the document. Echoing strongly their comments, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, also called for the same and has stated: "I am surprised and disappointed that the draft declaration has not been made public and that civil society has not been consulted in the drafting of the document."
Poignant criticisms have pointed to AHRD failings to meet existing international standards and the risks of creating a sub-standard level of rights protection in the region.
Pillay has cited as an example the provision on the right to life which, she said, should not be contingent on domestic laws that can be used to justify state-sponsored violence. Further, ASEAN governments want the enjoyment of rights to be balanced with the "performance of duties" and be subject to "national and regional contexts".
Rights in the region therefore stand to be restricted on a wide range of grounds, including "national security" and "public morality". The declaration is further criticised for having too many loopholes that may permit states to bypass international standards. Even Surin Pitsuwan, speaking at the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, admitted: "This document can be improved upon."
On such substantive matters critical to the well-being of all ASEAN citizens, CSOs have been confronted with ASEAN member-states' strategy of selective and limited engagement with CSOs to date over the establishment of a human rights regime in the region. The entire project of crafting a human rights regime is pursued purely as an inter-governmental activity.
With no institutionalised mechanism for consultation, CSO engagement has only been accommodated on a piece-meal basis and only because of the tireless advocacy, persistence and pressure by regional CSOs. This state of affairs has neutralised CSOs' ability to advocate successfully for the protection of human rights in the region.
Such a purely inter-governmental approach is entirely out of step with how inter-governmental organisations such as the UN, the EU and the OAS conduct their own inter-governmental activities. In those mechanisms civil society is mainstreamed into the human rights processes.
In addition to concern over core substantive dilemmas — the lack of real protection of human rights and the failure to meet international standards — the real subtext is the fact that civil society has not been mainstreamed as it should be. Lack of such mainstreaming undermines ASEAN's own call for a more people-centred community.
Civil society organisations, which have historically played a vital role in advancing the protection of human rights globally, and the media (traditional and new), must continue and intensify their push for more transparency in the ASEAN human rights regime, for the respect of international commitments already binding upon ASEAN states, for the respect for universal standards under the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and for real protection of fundamental rights.
When it comes to the development of human rights in the region, the lack of genuine consultation with CSOs by ASEAN's member governments reflects the marginalisation of one of the important sectors within the member states. A formal consultation mechanism is vital to the protection of human rights in the region and to the creation of a more people-centred ASEAN.
* Drs James Gomez (Thammasat University) and Robin Ramcharan (Queen's University Center for International Relations) are authors of the paper "The Protection of Human Rights in Southeast Asia: Improving the Effectiveness of Civil Society Advocacy".
* This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insider.
At very least allow ALL activites for registered persons in restricted zones for a start.
Hatred-filled, Dr M would rather have Chua Soi Lek as Prime Minister than Anwar – Written by Moaz Nair, Malaysia Chronicle – Saturday, 24 November 2012 09:50
From the Biblical book of Proverbs (15.33), it says: "The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honour."
The Qur'an (7:94) reads as follows: "Whenever We sent a Prophet to a society, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility."
One seeking honour must have an attitude of humility and recognising his responsibility to others must be his priority. One such personality among the ordinary citizens is the incumbent PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang.
In his speech at the recent 58th Muktamar PAS in Kelantan, he said, "To become the prime minister is not my aim in politics. I would rather be a slave to the people."
Be that as it may, the consensus among Pakatan allies is that Anwar Ibrahim will be made the prime minister in the event of the coalition taking over Putrajaya in the 13th general election. Of course, this is not going to make UMNO's supreme mentor, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, happy.
And Anwar – with his credentials, experience and international exposure – is considered by majority Malaysians to be the most qualified man to head the government.
Becoming a leader is a huge responsibility
As a devout Muslim, Hadi is aware that becoming a leader is a huge responsibility (amanah). As such, he said that "let a prime minister be a person from among those entrusted by the rakyat, who could carry out his duty in good conscience and is blessed by God".
This unmistakeably testifies that PAS advocates the principle of democracy in politics and the tussle to become the prime minister if Pakatan takes over Putrajaya in the next election does not exist at all.
In fact, according to political observers, there is no issue of any political scrimmage within the Pakatan coalition on the issue of who shall become the prime minister. The understanding on this issue has been generally accepted by all the three parties in Pakatan – PAS, PKR and DAP.
PAS and Pakatan Rakyat are not facing a dearth of leaders. Within PAS there are many among them who have a good religious background, are professional and also well-versed with the economy that could be entrusted to lead the nation.
Notably among them are scientist-cum-economist Dzulkefly Ahmad the Member of Parliament for Kuala Selangor, former deputy governor of Bank Negara, economist and consultant Rosli Yaakop and former Menteri Besar of Perak Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, a Member of Parliament and engineer by profession.
Unpretentiousness is the ethos found among PAS leaders. Political pundits have this to say: Even if a leader from PAS is appointed as prime minister this will not be a cause to worry among the non-Muslims. At present two states in the country have Menteri Besar from PAS – Kelantan and Kedah.
They have performed relatively well in the economic governance of the states even though they come from a religious background.
Nizar was chosen
But the best narration that could allay the fears of non-Muslims over PAS is that of what ensued in Perak in 2008. On 8 March 2008, the Pakatan Rakyat coalition in Perak won 31 seats of the 59 seat Perak State Assembly, which enabled it to form the state government with a simple majority.
The DAP commanded the most seats out of the 31 seats held by Pakatan Rakyat and were initially the claimants to the post of Menteri Besar. However, the Perak State Constitution stipulates that the menteri besar must be of Malay descent, and a non-Malay could only be appointed by a royal waiver by the Perak Palace.
To resolve this, all three parties sent their nominations for the menteri besar post to the Regent of Perak, Raja Nazrin Shah. Reluctant Nizar was chosen over Ngeh Koo Ham of the DAP and Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi of PKR on 12 March 2008 and he sworn in on 17 March 2008 at Istana Iskandariah, Kuala Kangsar.
Nizar from PAS ended up working harmoniously with all the coalition members and proved himself to become a popular menteri besar although his stint as the chief of Perak government was short-lived (17 March 2008 – 12 May 2009). This was after a controversial takeover of the State by Barisan in 2009 when three Pakatan assemblymen left the coalition to become Barisan-friendly.
On 11 May 2009, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that the Sultan could not constitutionally remove Nizar from office, and that Nizar had always been the rightful menteri besar. However, Nizar at the end of the day lost the legal proceedings when, in February 2010, the Federal Court ruled Zambry Abdul Kadir from Barisan to be the lawful menteri besar.
In the same year Nizar from PAS won the Bukit Gantang parliamentary by-election with a thumping victory over the Barisan candidate (Ismail Safian) that made him a member of parliament. He clinched the support of Malays and majority non-Malays in the by-election.
Nizar proved himself as a capable and well-liked menteri besar by all the races in Perak though he represented PAS – an Islamic party. He proved himself that he could handle the state with humility, integrity and fairness.
Thus, a PAS man becoming a leader of a state or nation should not become an issue in multi-racial and democratic Malaysia.
Chua Soi Lek as prime minister
Mahathir, in a media report, was cynical when he proposed that Karpal Singh – DAP Chief, a prominent lawyer and Member of Parliament – be chosen as the prime minister in the case Pakatan wins the next general election. This must be akin to suggesting Chua Soi Lek, the MCA President to become the prime minister within the Barisan rank.
By virtue of Mahathir's statement, if Karpal can become the prime minister of Malaysia there is no wrong then for Chua to be elevated as prime minister in Barisan. Perhaps, UMNO under their supreme guru, Mahathir, can ponder over this matter.
Mahathir insinuated that Pakatan is fractious when it comes to the appointment of a prime minister. Political observers opine that the man Mahathir fears most in life is Anwar. Anwar was ousted from the party in 1998 when Mahathir sensed that he would be sent to the political bin if he did not act fast enough on his ambitious nemesis.
Of course, Mahathir will be the most despondent man on earth if Anwar becomes the next prime minister of the country.
The country is now blessed with a two-party system and this bodes well for the people. There may be some minor differences in Pakatan as opposed to major squabbles in UMNO and Barisan.
UMNO has virtually decimated MCA, MIC and Gerakan by its Malay-centric approach to politics and is now all alone against the mounting crusade from Pakatan against Barisan.
The split in UMNO
Pakatan associates have not split to the extent of forming PKR Baru, DAP Baru or PAS Baru just to chase for the prime minister's post.
In 1987, for the first time in twelve years, the incumbent President, Mahathir, was challenged by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah for the Presidency of UMNO. There was a forceful campaign to win the support of the approximately 1,500 delegates from party branches all over the country, who came to elect the party officers.
Some were even accused of money politics during the intense campaigns to decide who would be the president of UMNO and subsequently the prime minister of the country.
The official results declared Mahathir the winner, with 761 votes to Razaleigh's 718. There was a major split in UMNO after that episode all because of "a prime minister's post". The vanquished was not happy and brought the matter to the Court.
UMNO was later declared as an illegal entity by the Court for having some "phantom" branches.
Soon after, UMNO Baru was born – laboriously "delivered" by Mahathir – and Razaleigh left UMNO to form Semangat46. This split in UMNO has remained until today. And Razaleigh until now has not given up his hope to become the prime minister.
As Hadi said, "Becoming a leader is not because one desires to become one. It must be with the blessings of God and with the consent and support of the majority".
Buzz is now steeping
There are many more senior UMNO proponents tussling, including the Perkasa Chief who is ambitious, to become or be made the prime minister. The incumbent Deputy UMNO President, Muhyiddin Yassin, has his own supporters who would want him to challenge Najib Abdul Razak – the present yet to be endorsed UMNO president – to become the prime minister and this buzz is now steeping in the party.
And Mahathir will not leave this world a happy man until he could be assured that his son Mukhriz is in line to the throne as well. Ambitious Khairy Jamaluddin – UMNO Youth Chief who holds no ministerial post and is more noted for his penchant for football than the welfare of UMNO – who is not in the good book of Mahathir and Najib is also very keen to become prime minister.
It was reported that Khairy did at one time boast that he wanted to become the prime minister before the age 40. His hope however is dashed under the present UMNO set-up.
Another point that should be highlighted here is that money politics has become the malady affecting UMNO party members who have been jostling up the political ladder since 1981. This mucky, corrupt and irreligious norm is not found in PAS, PKR or DAP.
More perceptible within UMNO
Pro-UMNO media is playing up the issue as though Pakatan is split over the choice of a prime minister in the event of Pakatan winning the next general election but this is a non-issue to the non-Malays as well as the Malays.
UMNO and its supreme but unpopular advice-giver have failed to unnerve those who might be concerned about Pas leading a new federal government.
In a nutshell, all the hankering and throbbing to become prime minister is more perceptible within UMNO than any of the Opposition party.
Of course Hadi in a humble way "welcomed" the sincere proposal by the Ulama Wing Chief – a polite gesture on Hadi's part to please the enthusiastic participants – that he be chosen to become the prime minister.
But wisdom prevailed in him, as he was quick to qualify that his aim in politics was not to become a prime minister. He even warned the participants of the risks of being desperately ambitious in politics.
He then aptly said, "Leadership is a huge trust and a big responsibility. Whoever becomes the prime minister is secondary. The good values of Islam should be upheld. A leader must be trustworthy, not corrupt, of high integrity and who could bring social justice to all Malaysians. And if this is achieved it is enough for me in this world."
The rakyat have not heard this kind of humble statement springing from any UMNO leader since 1981.
Malaysia Chronicle
. . . Becoming a leader is a huge responsibility . . .
Bullsh1t! All an MP needs to do is amend laws en masse with other MPs, and GTFO of Dewan after the 2nd term so that some other Malaysian will have a chance to do some policy work. All the MPs of today do are argue, never forward useful bills and keep apartheid in place by not challenging what is Illegal in the Human Rights Charter and Islam and virtually every faith on the planet. Responbsibility is making CHANGE by ratifying good policy and forwarding amendments to policy. Not keep the APARTHEID of BUMIPUTERA in place (BN), threaten to destroy private property (Gambier Threat – DAP), destroy livilihood of the streetside petty traders (DAP), ask for 750K funerals (DAP), ask for raises for MP and Assemblyman salaries (DAP), or try to impose Hudud on Malaysians (PAS), especially non-Muslim Malaysians, or pass off 8% quorum party elections as valid (PKR) or 0.002% (300 out of 1.5 million) for EXCO posts.
The above makes today's hateful term limitless and extremely nepotistic MPs, loudmouths without responsibility. ALL an MP needs to do is change a few things by putting a signature down which any street sweeper can happily do. So far nothing useful from either side, lots of mega contracts for 1% cronies but nothing concrete for the 99%.
. . . He then aptly said, "Leadership is a huge trust and a big responsibility. Whoever becomes the prime minister is secondary. The good values of Islam should be upheld. A leader must be trustworthy, not corrupt, of high integrity and who could bring social justice to all Malaysians. And if this is achieved it is enough for me in this world." . . .
APTLY? Malaysian Chronicle converted to Islam lately? 'The good values of Islam should be upheld.' is the vaguest most threatening thing being said as much as President Morsi of Egypt's 'Absolutist Decree' just recently. There are OTHER good values – of other fiaths, of democracy of HUMAN RIGHTS that too many religions attack constantly. WHAT THE HELL is apt about a potential crypto-Islamist statement like that given the neglect of 40% of the population's seculars or non-Hudu Malays up to 80-95% of Malaysia's population altogether?
Hadi has NOT addressed the seculars since 'accepting the PMship' a week or so ago – Morsi Style! please stop emboldening with this sort of collusion or laziness. Apt? Hadi has forgotten the 40% of non-Muslims and non-Malays as well as possibly 70% of the non-pro-Hudud Malays and Muslims. Malaysia Chronicle sure this can be called 'APT'? Frankly Malaysian MPs are overpaid, even when a 900 minimum wage cannot be implemented, what business have MPs have to take 23K per month of taxpayer monies? MPs salaries are paid by the Rakyat, did any Rakyat say they deserve 23K? On a 1-Man-1-Vote vote, probably MPs will have their salaries LOWERED to no more than 10 times minimum annual wage which would likely be RM$9000, even as minimum wage of $900 already gets ALL MP's dragging their feet . . . the Pakatan MPs are term limitless and nepotistic, do not care for the Rakyat, even as BN MPs continue apartheid . . . vote 3rd Force!
RPK: Do You Think I Give A Crap? – by RAJA PETRA KAMARUDIN – Monday, 05 November 2012 16:25
"More I read your articles, more I have an inclination that you really are on a BN payroll." – @bengali kunday.
That was what a reader going by the nickname of '@bengali kunday' said. Well, allow me to reply to that.
First of all, even if I am on the payroll of Barisan Nasional, so what? There are people like those in Malaysiakini, Malaysia Chronicle, and so on, who are on Pakatan Rakyat's payroll. In fact, sites like Harakah and many others actually belong to and are financed by Pakatan Rakyat or parties within Pakatan Rakyat. And they do not hide that fact or are apologetic or ashamed about serving the interest of a political party, notwithstanding the fact that it is an opposition party.
Are you implying that it is okay to be on Pakatan Rakyat's payroll but not okay to be on Barisan Nasional's payroll? Are you also implying that democracy and freedom of choice and freedom of association means you must be on Pakatan Rakyat's payroll but not on Barisan Nasional's payroll?
What type of democracy is this when you are restricted to serving one party's interest but not the other? What type of democracy is this when you have no freedom of choice or freedom of association and are obligated to serve one party's interest but not the other?
You take the moral high ground whenever you feel that someone is serving Barisan Nasional's interest but you do not demonstrate that same moral outrage if someone is on Pakatan Rakyat's payroll. So-called 'independent' human rights organisations such as Suaram openly work for Pakatan Rakyat but that is not repulsive to you. Only if they serve Barisan Nasional's interest is it repulsive.
Secondly, when I write articles very damaging to Barisan Nasional and Umno – such as my two recent articles this week in The Corridors of Power regarding Umno Sabah – you do not consider that as being on Pakatan Rakyat's payroll. However, if I write just one article that is slightly uncomplimentary to Pakatan Rakyat (in fact, the article that I wrote in which you posted that comment is not even about Pakatan Rakyat or uncomplimentary to Pakatan Rakyat) you consider that as being on Barisan Nasional's payroll.
To you Pakatan Rakyat supporters, the decent thing to do is to serve Pakatan Rakyat's interest. Serving any other interest is an indecent thing to do. You decide the moral boundaries and limits of decency and anyone who does not pass your interpretation and yardstick of morality and decency is vilified. Who appointed you the guardian and trustee of morality and decency?
How different are you from the religionists who decide what is moral and what is decent and impose their standards of morality and decency on others? Since Muslims represent the majority population in Malaysia can Muslims then, going by the doctrine of democracy where majority rules, impose their Islamic interpretation of morality and decency on the minority?
Since the majority dictates the ground rules then surely what is compatible to Islam should prevail and anything repulsive to Islam should be barred. In that case the Islamic Sharia law, Hudud included, should be the law of the land. Muslims who are the majority in Malaysia should decide what is moral and what is decent and Islam must be the code of conduct that all Malaysians should live by.
Religionists such as Muslims, even if they are the majority in Malaysia, should not impose their will on Malaysians, even on fellow Muslims, let alone on the non-Muslims. So why should you impose your will on others? The believers of Islam should not vilify those who are not of the Muslim faith. Why should the believers of Pakatan Rakyat vilify those who are not of the opposition faith?
When misguided Muslims adopt the 'either you are with us or you are against us' religious doctrine, you find that revolting, indecent and immoral. But you can adopt the 'either you are with us or you are against us' political doctrine and it is not revolting, indecent and immoral.
What kind of hypocritical double standard is this? You resent it when others impose their will on you and when they decide what is tolerable, moral and decent. But you can impose your will on others and decide what is tolerable, moral and decent. Can you see the hypocrisy that is so thick you can cut it with a knife?
Do you think I care a sh** about Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat? Do you think I care a sh** whether Barisan Nasional retains power or Pakatan Rakyat gains power? Do you think my life is only about the general elections and about who gets to march into Putrajaya? That is a very narrow way to look at life.
Do you honestly think that my mission in life is to make sure that Barisan Nasional does not get kicked out? Do you honestly think that my mission in life is to ensure that Pakatan Rakyat gets to form the next federal government? You have a very narrow mission in life. Do not imagine that my mission in life is as narrow as yours.
Politicians are politicians, never mind from which side of the political divide. And the narrow objective of all politicians is merely to get into power. What makes you think that that is also my very narrow objective? If you think that then you have not been reading properly what I have been writing over these last 35 years.
You Pakatan Rakyat supporters are still too immature. And that is why Pakatan Rakyat is not ready to run the country. Pakatan Rakyat supporters first need to gain some maturity before Pakatan Rakyat can be allowed to form the federal government. You need to suffer another term under Barisan Nasional. This suffering might then wake you up and only when you wake up can we talk about a change of government.
Yes, do keep whacking me. Continue to vilify me. And when you do I will do everything within my power to make sure that the coming general election is going to result in a huge shock and disappointment for you.
Never give a flower to a monkey, the Malays would say. That is like throwing pearls to swine, the English say. And that is how I look at some of you Pakatan Rakyat supporters, monkeys and swine that are not ready to be entrusted with power.
So you want to fight. So let's fight. I have nothing to lose because I don't care a sh** which side is going to win the coming general election. That is what you want. That is not what I want. Just because that is what you want you have this mistaken notion that that is what I also want.
What stupid people you are. If I support Pakatan Rakyat then I am God. If I do not support Pakatan Rakyat then I am a Barisan Nasional stooge. Well, let me break it to you gently. I am neither God not a Barisan Nasional stooge. I am an independent-spirited individual who does not care a sh** about losers like you.
*The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the writer.
Source: http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/no-holds-barred/52461-do-you-think-i-care-a-shit
RPK while full of energy to argue on blogs, evidently is not independent enough to run for MP, even with that vast network and ill gotten wealth from Marina's father . . .
SAVE OUR COUNTRY: Open letter to all Malaysians – by Yeo Yang Poh – Sunday, 25 November 2012 10:11
Dear Fellow Malaysians
It is true that there are things that we Malaysians should be proud of, and be thankful for. It is equally true that many things are not well in our country. They have not been well for some time now.
Matters of safety and security, price hikes, education, issues of equal opportunities and equal treatment, constriction of various forms of freedom, marginalization of several segments of society, the failing justice system, corruption in the public sector, the rising denial syndromes, the arrogance of wrongdoers nourished by their repeated ability to get off scot-free, and the numbness of the public reaction towards misdeeds and the lack of accountability, just to describe a few.
Many of the ills that we complain about in our society are the symptoms of the underlying causes. Some of the major root causes are:
(a) epidemic corruption in a system that does little to prohibit or redress it,
(b) lack of a system of transparency and accountability,
(c) the suppression of various freedoms so as to turn a silent majority into a silenced majority,
(d) a Government that is more interested in commanding than serving,
(e) a Parliament whose overwhelming majority cares more about power-consolidation than nation-building, and
(f) a weak "last bastion" in the form of a failing justice system.
Breaking point
Can things be allowed to go on this way? Can we afford to do so?
Should our future generations suffer the consequences of our permissiveness?
It is quite obvious that we need a better Government and a better Parliament.
But that will not happen if we, the citizens of Malaysia , do little more than blaming the Government and criticizing our Members of Parliament. It is we who put our MPs in the Parliament. It is we who must take the ultimate responsibility.The buck stops at each and every one of us.
My earnest appeal to everyone is therefore as follows:
– discuss the need for a better Parliament and a better Government, with your family members, colleagues, friends and persons close to you;
– make it a point to go and vote in the next election, and to vote for change and for betterment; discard the notion or excuse that your single vote will not matter;
– discard the notion or excuse that politics is dirty and all politicians are the same, and therefore that there is no point in voting;
– influence and encourage as many of your family members, colleagues, friends and persons close to you as possible, to come out and vote for change and for betterment in the coming election.
Meaningless to gripe if you don't VOTE
It is meaningless for us to complain about our Parliamentarians and the Government, if we do not first discharge a simple but sacrosanct duty of choice.
Let us all take the time to look into the beautiful but expectant eyes of our children, and of the children of many others for whom we care.
The future of our nation is meant for them. But millions of them cannot vote. They put their fate in our hands. They rely on us not just for their present living and support. They rely on us, too, to vote for a better future for them.
And after discharging our duty to vote, we must continue to be vigilant, and ensure that our elected representatives account for their actions, and make good their promises.
I humbly suggest to you that change and betterment are not empty dreams, if all of us play our respective parts. I invite you, and I urge you, to answer my appeal as set out above.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Yeo Yang Poh
(former Bar Council President)
So says the 'great legal mind' who propped up Mahathir's racist corrupt government and sat silently while in power as Bar President while APARTHEID of BUMIPUTRA and OPs Lallang went on. This legal beagle (no eagle even though was Bar Council President) Yeo Yang Poh entirely failed his watch, did not challenge Malaysia's failed state throughout the 1970s to 1990s.
The legal fraternity worldwide should blackball this failure Yeo and also the Bar Council of today as well for not challenging apartheid. And now Yeo thinks that writing an 'open letter' will exhonerate such neglect and tacit approval of such Malaysian racism, corruption, illegal actions and general malaise? Liar and traitor to all Malaysian, traitor to minorities, traitor to ETHICS and the integrity of the legal system! Shame on Yeo Yang Poh for never raising the possibility of ending the APARTHEID OF BUMIPUTRA!
Malaysia Chronicle must be getting chronic to allow such people to post articles on their media article. Cynical media portal featuring cynical letters from supposed learned writers who sellout the 99% of citizens!
DON'T BE SO 'ULU' UMNO: Stop the May 13 threats, have the GUTS to compete on level ground! – by Lim Kit Siang – Friday, 30 November 2012 15:44
The irresponsible threats raised by UMNO leaders at the 66th UMNO General Assembly of "May 13" and chaos if UMNO loses the 13th General Election, falsely claiming that Malays will lose political power and will be rendered "destitute in our own land", is the best proof of the failure and hypocrisy of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia policy.
If the 1Malaysia Policy proclaimed by Najib after he became Prime Minister in in April 2009 is more than election gimmicks for votes in the 13GE, its philosophy "to create a Malaysian nation where every Malaysian will regard himself or herself as Malaysian first and race, religion, geographical region or socio-economic status second" should have been the guiding spirit of speeches of UMNO/BN leaders and their party conferences.
But this is clearly not the case despite the onset of the 43rd month of Najib's premiership, as illustrated by the 66th Umno General Assembly.
In the first place, an Umno/BN leader fully imbued by the 1Malaysia spirit of "Malaysian first and race, religion, geography or socio-economic status second" would never entertain any notion let alone utter any threat of May 13 or chaos regardless of the outcome of the forthcoming 13th general election, as anyone who could toy with any May 13 threat or warning of chaos because of the free democratic choice of Malaysians in the 13th general election has not only failed to imbibe the spirit of 1Malaysia, but is acting in a most disloyal and unpatriotic manner utterly heedless of the higher interests of the nation and the best future for the country.
Felled by own falsehoods
Such disloyal and unpatriotic notions is all the more reprehensible as they are built on despicable lies and falsehoods, that the defeat of UMNO in the 13th GE will result in the loss of political power of the Malays resulting in the Malays, to quote one speech: "..if we go down in this struggle, we do not have anything left. Pakatan will be brought down to their knees, and eventually become destitute in our own land".
That fate may befall UMNO leaders – and that is if UMNO is incapable of reform even after being ousted from Putrajaya – but definitely it will not be the fate of the Malays.
This is because replacing UMNO/BN in Putrajaya will be the Pakatan Rakyat coalition comprising PKR, PAS and DAP – comprising Malaysians from all races, religions and regions representing the best interests of all.
Do MCA and the other BN component parties agree that if UMNO/BN loses in the 13GE, the Malays will lose political power?
MCA leaders are in fact saying the very opposite – telling the Chinese that if Pakatan Rakyat defeat UMNO/BN in the next general elections, the Chinese will lose even more political, economic, educational, socio-economic and citizenship rights!
Only the corrupt will lose power
Let UMNO and MCA leaders decide on one common message – whether it is the Malays or Chinese who will lose political power if UMNO/BN is replaced by Pakatan Rakyat in the 13GE.
The true answer is that it is not the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans or Ibans who will lose political power but the UMNO-putras and their hangers-on in the other BN component parties – with ordinary Malaysians regardless of race, religion or region coming into their own to have rightful share in the decision-making process in a more democratic Malaysia.
It is time that UMNO and MCA leaders stop their irresponsible politics of "divide and rule" and compete with Pakatan Rakyat parties instead on "unite and rule" for a more democratic, just, prosperous and competitive Malaysia.
Lim Kit Siang is the DAP adviser & MP for Ipoh Timur
Shaddap and GTFO of Dewan nepotistic term limitless creep!
DON'T BE SO 'ULU' DAP: Stop the APARTHEID OF BUMIPUTRA, have the GUTS to DEMAND level ground (below 3 items)!
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
Felled by own 90% Failures in the GE12 Manifesto
Such disloyal and unpatriotic notions is all the more reprehensible as they are built on despicable lies and falsehoods, that the defeat of DAP in the 13th GE will result in the loss of political power of the Lim Family Bloc, Anwar Family Bloc and Karpal Family Blocs resulting in the family blocs, to quote one speech: ". . . if Pakatan goes down in this struggle, Pakatan does not have anything left. Pakatan will be(ing) brought down to their knees, and eventually become destitute in Pakatan's own constituencies" to the empowerment of 3rd Force and the very rare handful of honest politicians within BN who subscribe top the above 3 items.
That fate may befall UMNO leaders – and that is if UMNO is incapable of reform even after being ousted from Putrajaya – but definitely it will not be the fate of the Malays.
This is because replacing UMNO/BN in Putrajaya will be the Pakatan Rakyat coalition comprising PKR, PAS and DAP – comprising Malaysians from all races, religions and regions representing the best interests of all.
Do MCA and the other BN component parties agree that if UMNO/BN loses in the 13GE, the Malays will lose political power?
MCA leaders are in fact saying the very opposite – telling the Chinese that if Pakatan Rakyat defeat UMNO/BN in the next general elections, the Chinese will lose even more political, economic, educational, socio-economic and citizenship rights!
Only the nepotistic and term limitless will lose power.
The true answer is that it is not the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans or Ibans who will lose political power but the DAP-putras and their hangers-on in the other Pakatan component parties – with ordinary Malaysians regardless of race, religion or region coming into their own to have rightful share in the decision-making process in a more democratic Malaysia by removing term limitless Lim Kitsiangs and Karpals and their families from family blocs in Parliament.
It is time that DAP and PKR leaders stop their irresponsible politics of "falsely-unify and rule-by-kicking out members and being dictators PAP style" and compete to match 3rd Force instead on "TERM LIMITS and END OF NEPOTISM" for a more democratic, just, prosperous and competitive Malaysia.
@AgreeToDisagree is the 3rd Force adviser & MP for The REAL ISSUE (Ending Apartheid via the above 3 items)
ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY: Malaysia can play key role – by Rueben Dudley, Petaling Jaya, Selangor – 23 November 2012 | last updated at 10:09PM
TWO important decisions at the recently concluded 21st Asean Summit in Phnom Penh were: the launch of the Asean Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and delaying the launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) by 12 months, from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2015, to iron out pending issues and prepare the necessary regulations.
RCEP is forged as an alliance between Asean and its six dialogue partners — Australia, China, India, South Korea, Japan and New Zealand — to create a free trade area with great potential for gains through economic cooperation.
To date, numerous free trade agreements (FTAs) and economic partnership agreements (EPAs) have been concluded between single Asean member nations and by Asean as a group with individual dialogue partners. However, the overlapping priorities, procedures and practices have reduced the effectiveness and the potential benefits of these agreements since businesses have to observe the different rules of these various arrangements while it has also increased the cost of utilising preferential concessions.
It is in that context that the Asean RCEP agreement, with its region-wide partners, has the potential to reduce the complexity arising from the current multiplicity of agreements by agreeing on a single package and focusing on Asean's centrality in the region.
Second, RCEP would be a basis for more complementary regional integration initiatives, since the partnership is to be built on the experiences, strengths and drawbacks of the many existing FTAs and EPAs.
It is also hoped that the Asean RCEP could spur efforts to set up an FTA between China, Japan and South Korea, a prospect faced with several impediments still to be resolved. Once established on a firm footing among the three northeast Asian nations, it can certainly enhance further regional economic integration.
All these positive aspirations and moves to achieve effective regional economic integration pivot on the countries concerned strengthening their commitment to, and being ready to work towards, that very goal, both among Asean members and their dialogue partners.
And, it is here, that the decision to delay by 12 months the launching of the AEC becomes critical. In that time frame, all Asean members must make progress to fulfil and implement the agreed road map and targeted actions for the AEC. That must surely be a prerequisite for realising the broader goal of regional economic integration.
One should also keep in mind that RCEP might be perceived as a competitor to the United States-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). At present, only Australia, Brunei, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam are a part of the TPP, while several other Asean members and dialogue partners, notably China, are not — a fact that could cause conflict of interests and derail effective economic integration.
Such a situation, if not clearly demarcated so that both the TPP and RCEP mutually benefit its members, could easily complicate further the existing and planned business pacts in the region, and frustrate efforts to achieve effective regional economic integration.
Malaysia, as a founding Asean member, having successful economic ties with all major countries and given its presence in both the TPP and RCEP, can and should play a key role in helping to promote the success of the AEC and the wider goal of regional economic integration, especially in the current context of a globalised economic and trading regime.
No. Malaysia may be a founding member of ASEAN, but has institutionalized apartheid in the social economic system and is nominally Islamo-extremist and Nazi style ethnic communalist to a certain level alongside extreme religious fundo-mindsets against LGBTs and other non-Muslim entertainments. These facts render Malaysia non-viable as an ASEAN signatory until corrected. So long as Malaysia has denied the minorities and non-Muslims :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
Malaysia's role in ASEAN will be limited and biased, value deducted and disunifying from sheer inequality of the APARTHEID of BUMIPUTRA applied against the superminority of 40% of the non-Muslim and non-Malay population.
The women haters in Parliament – November 28, 2012
NOV 28 — So, we now have rules in Parliament to stop lawmakers from saying sexist things.
You can stop them saying sexist things but it doesn't change their mentality. It doesn't change the fact that both Umno and PAS have chauvinists in their ranks who demean women with their words and actions.
It's not just Kinabatangan boor Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin. Let's not forget PAS spiritual advisor Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat who said, "Padan muka kena rogol" (Serves you right for being raped).
This is also the same man who said attractive women shouldn't work as they can get husbands, unlike their "uglier" brethren.
If I were to tell one of our chauvinistic MPs to his face that he hated women, he would probably reply, "Of course, not! I love women!"
Of course you do.
You love having women in your kitchen.
You love having women in your bedroom.
You love women when they tell you you're right. When they agree with you. When they're meek, pliable and not nearly as good at anything you do.
And when some woman tells you off for something like sexism or chauvinism, you brush her off as some "man-hating feminist."
There's a big difference between chauvinism and chivalry, but to some Malaysian men, they seem to be one and the same.
You don't have to be an MP to be sexist. Take former Umno Kota Kinabalu protem head, Roselan Johar Mohamed, who is famous not because he is current chair of the BIMP-Eeaga Malaysian Business Council but for saying "If you cannot fight rape, better lay down and enjoy it."
He claims he got that from a proverb by Confucius. I counter with a real quote from Confucius: "To subdue one's self and return to propriety, is virtue." Or, in other words, the right thing to do is have enough self-control to conduct yourself properly.
By that measure, too many of our politicians are very un-virtuous indeed.
It's not just the way our male politicians talk about women but the way female politicians are treated in this country.
Why the need for separate women's wings? Why, for instance, can't a woman contest for leadership positions against men in our political parties?
Why must there be separate wings and positions just for the women?
Why can't, say, a woman be the division head for Umno Selangor? Heck, why can't a woman be the mentri besar? Why aren't any of the mentri besar women? Where in our constitution does it specify that a woman cannot be head of state?
The reality is that sexism and chauvinism are entrenched in our local as well as political cultures. Telling our MPs to be "good boys" in Parliament isn't enough because all our men need to be taught to acknowledge women as equals.
Sexism, like racism, is something that will never really go away. But it doesn't mean that we can't do our level best to fight them.
You can start small by gently reprimanding someone like Bung by saying, "That's a sexist thing to say."
Mentally, feel free to imagine hitting him about the head with a rolled up newspaper. Even virtue has its limits.
(The writer would like to emphasise that she suggested to "imagine" and not actually perform acts of violence, no matter how tempting.)
* The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.
i) You can stop them saying sexist things but it doesn't change their mentality.
Hey you can't stop people from thinking or saying what they want 'Erna'. 1st Amendment Rights, Voltarian FREEDOM OF SPEECH (freedom of life)!
ii) It doesn't change the fact that both Umno and PAS have chauvinists in their ranks who demean women with their words and actions.
Doesn't change the fact that SOME women do prefer chauvinistic men enough to ignore any incidental 'demeaning' of women.
iii) Why the need for separate women's wings? Why, for instance, can't a woman contest for leadership positions against men in our political parties?
Erna are you a Muslim? UMNO and PAS are Muslim parties, seperate wings in fact are 'Muslim Characteristics', even though Malays are not Muslims to begin with. If Erna needs to be apostate, Erna should leave Islam, but do not try to change Islam's gender segregation. In time Islam will become a petty cult with the relic of gender seperation, this does not mean that Islam should change.
iv) Heck, why can't a woman be the mentri besar? Why aren't any of the mentri besar women? Where in our constitution does it specify that a woman cannot be head of state?
Do some work to declare Malaysia a secular state don't compl;ain here. In Islam, the Patriarchy is dominant, if Islam is the faith of the country, all Muslims should be aware that only men are MBs or CMs.Run for politics instead of carrying b@lls on the media portals. How about Erna run as the first apostate Malay woman MP candidate who will forward a bill for MBs to be women, or declaring Malaysia a secualar state Erna?
v) The reality is that sexism and chauvinism are entrenched in our local as well as political cultures.
AND some women like things this way too. And so long as there is demand, there will be supply.
vi) Telling our MPs to be "good boys" in Parliament isn't enough because all our men need to be taught to acknowledge women as equals.
ALL OUR MEN? Sorry Erna, women are not the same as men, or vice versa, NOR are men 'yours', and cannot be equals in the manner hoped for. Some women recognize this, some can't. Are you a lesbian or a man trapped in a woman's body Erna? Erna should have a sex change needed, or if bigendered in preference, lobby for 'shemale' to be included on ICs, Passports and perhaps even specil notes on birth certificates stating sex change or bigenderism.
vii) Mentally, feel free to imagine hitting him about the head with a rolled up newspaper. Even virtue has its limits.
Somone's into rough !@#. Nice! I'd say Erna is a closet lesbian, a man in a woman's body (too many male hormones in food?), or (secretly?) wants to be dominated by a 'Bung-like' man.
viii) You love women when they tell you you're right. When they agree with you. When they're meek, pliable and not nearly as good at anything you do.
Some do some don't. And as the song goes ' There's someone for everyone . . .' So stop picking on actually meek, pliable and ditzy women who are the raison d'etre of misogynistic men as much as meek, as much as pliable and ditzy women posing as such to seek the love of men they like even if these men are on the mental plane chauvinists! Some gaps in logic? Love and marriage is that nuanced, harems polygamous and polyandrous included . . . try the below link for some pretty normal looking polygamous families.
Under the correct circumstances, or without the right backers, the state would haul Erna up and decide Erna was insane and needed to be medicated the rest of Erna's life. How absolutist can anyone get and without thinking through the above facts if not merely being a feminist demogogue intent on limiting the myriad forms of expression in marriage?
Govt wants more Chinese to join 'Tukar' project – Wednesday, 28 November 2012 16:08
BERA – The government has tasked two cooperatives to get more Chinese traders to participate in the Retail Shop Transformation Project (Tukar) which has attracted less than 10 per cent of entrepreneurs from the community so far, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said here.
The government had also provided an allocation of RM8 million to the cooperatives – Koperasi Jaya Diri Malaysia Bhd and Koperasi Peralihan Usahawan Bersatu Cina – to do the job, which involved disseminating information on the project in Chinese to the targeted traders, he said.
Ismail Sabri said Chinese traders were reluctant to participate in the project because they could not obtain clear explanation of the project.
"We hope the two cooperatives will help disseminate the relevant information on Tukar in Chinese dialects to the traders for them to better understand the project," he told reporters after a dialogue with Chinese traders in Triang, here, yesterday.
Tukar is one of 13 Entry Point Projects under the Economic Transformation Programme to modernise 500 small retailers and co-operatives by the end of the year.
Ismail Sabri said it was not necessary for traders joining the Tukar project to sell only 1Malaysia products at their outlets as they could also sell other goods.
"The management of the business is upgraded under the Tukar project to be more systematic," he said.
– Bernama
Wednesday, 28 November 2012 20:00 posted by VQiong
Only opportunistic MCA cadre participated. No honourable Chinese will take up the offer.
Muhyiddin: We are just and fair to all races – Wednesday, 28 November 2012 16:14
DYSFUNCTIONAL STATE- Pakatan alienating each other, stoking racial hatred
KUALA LUMPUR: UMNO'S track record of being a just and fair party to all races compares favourably with the dysfunctional state governments ruled by Pakatan Rakyat since the 2008 general election.
Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Pakatan leaders, so used to stoking racial sentiments and religious extremism, had alienated each other in states under its rule.
He said a deep mistrust, racial and religious chasm and differing ideologies and political beliefs could seal Pakatan's fate.
In a rousing speech at the joint opening of the Wanita, Youth and Puteri delegates' conference last night ahead of the party's annual general assembly, Muhyiddin said:
"In Penang, DAP refuses to share power with Pas which has only one representative in the state assembly. Until today, none of the Pas members has been appointed as state executive council members.
"DAP went to the extent of appointing a Parti Keadilan Rakyat representative to handle the state religious portfolio although it knew that Pas was more qualified.
"Similarly in Kedah, the sole DAP assemblyman was not appointed as an exco in the Pas-ruled state while in Selangor, a Pas exco member and a DAP exco member had once clashed over the enforcement of Islamic laws in the PKR-led state."
Muhyiddin added Pakatan's win in the last general election served, therefore, as "a blessing in disguise for Barisan Nasional because it exposed its inability to work with each other".
He said power sharing among opposition leaders "had never existed" because of mistrust.
As for Umno, the deputy prime minister said the party continued to protect the interests of all races.
"Umno has never discriminated against any race in its struggles for the Malays and Islam in the last 66 years."
In an indirect reference to PKR's de facto leader, Muhyiddin hit out at "an opposition leader" whom he said had requested help from a foreign country to oversee the electoral process.
"He is telling lies to the whole world that our election process is not clean. This is treason and a dirty tactic by a desperado."
He said Malaysia under the BN administration had never reneged on its power-sharing promises in governing the country.
He also called on party members to give their all in the final lap before the general election.
"As party frontliners, Wanita, Pemuda and Puteri are the workhorses (pasukan tahan lasak). Go to all corners of the country and the cities, traverse valleys and the rivers, uphold our struggles and, God willing, we will parade our victory torch (in the general election)."
– New Straits Times
Muhyiddin: We are just and fair to all races.
NO, BN and UMNO are not just or fair to all races. Muhyiddin is not fair to all races. There is no justice or fairness without :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
NO EXCUSES: Rescind immediately invitation to Sri Lanka president – PKR tells Najib – Monday, 26 November 2012 08:39
We view with serious concerns the Malaysian government's invitation to Sri Lankan President Mahinder Rajapaksa to attend the 8th World Islamic Economic Forum from December 4 to 6 (despite the latest report that he may not be attending).
This invitation is certainly disgraceful and outrageous as President Mahinda Rajapaksa is a suspected war criminal for mass atrocities committed by the Sri Lankan army including the massacres of Tamil civilians and captured LTTE fighters, targeted shelling of civilians, rape, sexual assault, abuse and murder. In April 2011, a UN expert report concluded that as many as 40,000 people were killed in the final weeks of the war between the LTTE and government forces.
Although Malaysia is not a party to the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court (ICC), on 9 February, 2009 the government in its presentation at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UNHRC stated that "Malaysia has undertaken a detailed study and held consultations to study the legal implications arising from the provisions of the Rome Statute. Despite several concerns, Malaysia is fully committed to the principles and the establishment of the ICC and their integrity."
We therefore urge the Malaysian government to rescind the invitation to President Mahinda Rajapaksa as this invitation would send damaging signals to victims of mass atrocity in Sri Lanka and globally, Sri Lankan refugees worldwide including in Malaysia, and undermine Malaysia's credibility on issues of justice and the principles of the ICC.
Johari Abdul is the PKR Member of Parliament for Sungei Petani
Another stupido. Won't address apartheid in Malaysia but attacks Sri Lanka. PKR might be racist as well! Vote 3rd Force!
Traffic Fines In Malaysia Excessive – by @AgreeToDisagree –
Seatbelts not fastened, but do we really want to be fined? Get the 222 MPs to remove the fine! If any driver wants to die in an accident from not wearing seatbelts (which is not likely in slow paced jammed up roads in the cities), thats their right to do so.
But fining people only profiteers off the citizens! RM150 is EXCESSIVE especially from this sort of 'victimless traffic offence' thing. Was anyone hurt because the driver was not wearing a seatbelt? Was the driver driving quickly? Was the driver doing so many maneuvers with the car that needed a seatbelt to be worn? So the driver without seatbelt on might just be enjoying a sense of FREEDOM and not being bound into a seat to better enjoy a car ride while NOT being criminal minded. WHY does the traffic code need to be so invasive and consider this a crime? Who wrote the code? Also consider that a person who earns less than 1500 a month and barely saves 150 a month is effectively being bled to death by this sort of fine for a traffic offence.
I strongly suggest that 1% of salaries by applied for fining, and NO FINE by applied for those not currently working. This means that a 1000.00 earner pays 10.00 for a traffic offence, with 3% and 10% being levied for more serious or dangerous offences. Just wait till I get my MP's seat, prepare for MASSIVE overhauls of the system, so are we ready to vote and run for election alongside moi on this issue at least?
Percentage of salary based fines and bails (which seem to all say one thing – the rich are immune to justice and do not feel the pain of fines . . . ) BTW, the officer was 'kind' enough to offer to 'ignore' the 150 fine for a 50 'duit kopi', but even though moi could have put the money to better use, some of us would rather pay the full 150 than encourage bribery and corruption in the police force. BUT BECAUSE some of us also do not believe in destroying a civil servants life with a brownnoser style report, I'll leave the reporting of the bribery issue alone (no bribe paid anyway) and take on the state instead by running for candidacy (by proxy perhaps) simply to lower those damn fines or even amend the criminal codes as well. Whats the point of this sort of shameless profiteering?
Oh and the wheel clamp fine by police is excessive also, 50.00? What a waste of time and productivity, citizens may have slower traffic but saving money and time making trips to the payment counter makes for a happier citizen likelier to vote for the existing government. Plastic bags 0.20 cents? 0.05 cents more likely! To inform, out of sheer spirit some citizens hit with fines may not want to riot or turn cop-killers, but they sure as hell will try to screw the system if the system screws them. Whos's with the 99% in screwing back the system by making fines salary based through forcing MPs to assent to the above by voting someone else? Lets amend the criminal code by kicking out the BN and Pakatan MPs! End the APARTHEID of BUMIPUTRA! BN and Pakatan look set to not grant :
1) Freedom from Apartheid/Fascism (Article 1 Human Rights Charter)
2) Freedom from Religious-Persecution/Religious-Supremacy. (Article 18 Human Rights Charter)
3) Equality for all ethnicities and faiths in all aspects of policy, Law and Constitution. (Surah An Nisa 4:75)
;so why should we vote them and their 23K salaries? 99% are we ready to vote 3rd Force? Lets LOWER all MP salaries and traffic fines, ditch the Hudud elements in the criinal code ESPECIALLY for non-Muslims and by Human Rights ALLOW Muslims who really want to have Article 18 of the Human Rights Charter their right to exercise what the rest of HUMANITY can!


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