Let us remember what had caused the 13th May 1969 riot. Malay must not forget. The culprit behind it wants the Malays to forget so that they can do it all over again.
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MoHE not responsible for students involved in illegal rallies abroad
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE)will not be responsible nor guarantee Malaysian students should they be detained for holding illegal rallies abroad.
Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin was however confident that it would not happen as it was not easy for students in foreign countries to get such permission.
"They can't simply hold rallies as students are subjected to laws in the respective countries," he said when asked about posting in some blogs and portals that Malaysian students abroad will hold simultaneous rallies on July 9.
Khaled said it was improper for students to hold or join illegal rallies as it would not yield results.
Moreover, the students would be used for the benefit of certain parties.
"Students involved in illegal rallies will have to face the law. For example, they will be arrested if they were to assemble in Singapore or Egypt."
Asked whether students involved in rallies would be recalled or have their sponsorship withdrawn, Khaled it was up to the sponsors to take action.
"We will not intervene because sponsorship does not come under the ministry," he added. -- BERNAMA
The Malaysian students locally or overseas should carry-the can if they are being arrested for being involved in illegal rallies in Malaysia or abroad.
Anyone should be brave to face the consequences of their action. Since you are so brave to join the illegal demonstration, please do not whine when you are arrested for breaking the law.
Besides, if you are unintelligent and feel that your studies are making your head explode, this is a good time to rest in jail. Therefore, I am encouraging you guys to join the illegal rally. Just go ahead!
The government should also withdraw the scholarships and education loans of those students apprehended in the illegal rally. A lesson must be given to those witty students.
We are a civilised country and surely in any civilised countries, there are laws and regulation that must be followed by every citizen in that country. Even the civilised USA have the Patriot Act.
So, do not criticise us when you have a more barbarous law. You are only doing it to safeguard America from terrorists and Malaysia is doing it to safeguard the majority of the people from chaos.
At least, we do not torture those caught in Guantanamo Bay. And those released from I.S.A. turns out to be plumper than before they were out of jail. So, those who thinks that they want to rest in jail and get 3 free meals a day, just join the Bersih rally. I am sure you will experience a more stress free life in jail.
Just look at Anwar Ibrahim. He is well rested enough that he can screw a "China Doll" with so much gusto.
The human rights of the majority is at stake and more important than that of the minority who wants to seize the power from the rightful government via using a violent way by creating chaos in the country.
I too am looking forward to be caught and resting in jail for some jolly good time when I join Perkasa in the rally which had been told not being given the police permit.
But before I am being dragged to jail, I do have to bash open some head until the brains spill out. I am so looking forward to it and will hit people gleefully.
It's a bit ironic when the 30 members of Parti Sosialis Malaysia which had been apprehended by the authorities where caught with red t-shirts, bearing pictures of past Parti Komunis Malaya (PKM) leaders including Chin Peng, Abdullah CD, Rashid Maidin and Suriani Abdullah were found with them.
Hence, the denial by PSM secretary-general, S. Arutchelvan about the use of Section 122 of the Penal Code for waging war against the King by its 30 members who had been arrested in Penang is a just move.
If those people weren't involved with communism, why would they be with those items which once and for all prove that they are communists? And why make a lame excuse of the authorities are only making them scapegoats for the illegal rally planned by Bersih 2.0?
If you are not a goat, then don't act like one.
The arrest was not planned but those PSM members were the ones who are planning to jeopardise the national security of the nation.
Surely motherfuckers who are out to create chaos in our beloved country who had been peaceful are the pawn by unseen hands who would so love to see this country to be in chaos or suffer another racial riot just like the 13th May 1969 riot???
Meanwhile. the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) had proven themselves to be goats as well.
Surely it is the right of the people to assemble and to express their views in a peaceful manner. But we had seen what had happened during the first illegal rally of Bersih 1.0 and surely what had occured then, will happen again this coming 9th July 2011.
If it's the Bersih's goats rights to assemble peacefully, then Perkasa and Pemuda UMNO has the right to assemble peacefully as well, doesn't they?
The main funding for the proposed rally had been reported to be from foreign NGOs which means this is clearly the work of hidden hands so that chaos will ensue so that what had happened in Libya will occur here as well.
NATO will then come in with the make-believe reason of liberating Malaysians from the chaos that had happened.
Since the goats are so determine to rally, people who loves to eat goat meat can rally too because goat meat taste so good when they are cooked!
Bernama reported that 16 men had been arrested around Shah Alam, Gombak, Klang North and the latest arrest involving 8 people who were arrested in Taman Kosas in Ampang.
In total, 16 men believed to be inciting the public to join the illegal assembly that will be held on 9th July by Bersih.
All those arrested were detained under Section 27 (5) of the Police Act for organising an illegal assembly, were later released on police bail, Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah, Selangor police chief informed.
Reporters were informed that among the incitements were wearing and selling yellow T-shirts.
The public had been warned not to attend the illegal assembly as it would jeopardise the safety of the public and will cause traffic congestion.
Meanwhile, the illegal assembly planned by Bersih this 9th July had raised concerns of the Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein who said that it has a hidden agenda.
He also said that the police had been instructed to discharge their duties professionally since the development was evident of late and could jeopardise peace and lead to chaos in the country.
Throughout the country, 30 individuals had been arrested over the planned assembly in Penang and Johor.
On Saturday, 31 people were arrested after Penang police found 28 T-shirts with images of the banned PKM leaders and PSM and flyers that called on the people to bring change to national politics on a bus they were travelling in.
PSM general secretary S. Arutchelvan clarified that their Udahlah tu...Bersaralah!! flyers were meant for their roadshow as a run up for the coming election and had nothing to do with Bersih 2.0.
I don't believe a damn thing that is uttered by that pariah because even the Malay saying said "Jika jumpa keling dan ular, jangan dipukul ular, pukul keling tu dulu".
If the saying does not have some truths in it due to the past experiences of those who had been stabbed in the back by a pariah, surely it would not arise.
Perkasa will cancel if illegal rally on July 9 is called off
KUALA LUMPUR: Perkasa will cancel its planned rally if the Opposition-initiated Bersih rally on July 9 is called off, its president Datuk Ibrahim Ali said Monday.
He said Perkasa's rally was to show that not all Malaysians supported the Bersih rally.
Ibrahim also urged the police to take whatever action within the confines of the law to stop the organisers from going ahead with the July 9 rally.
He was speaking to reporters after giving his statement at the Dang Wangi police station, where he arrived at noon.
He left the station at 1.45pm.
Taken from The Star
Bersih is not an NGO or free from any political influence as we can see that previously in the Bersih 1.0 rally in 2007, the majority of those who turned out for the rally are actually PAS members.
However, the question is where are the DAP and PKR members? Why is it only PAS members are making a fool of themselves, since they are certainly fools for being used by the communist elements of Malaysia even though the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) had been disband.
Even PAS had (refer Harakah daily) urged its members to go to the illegal rally that will be held on this coming 9th July 2011.
They would even provide a lawyer for free for their members who went to the illegal rally on that day if the members are caught by the authorities.
However, in the news last night, Ambiga had confirmed that Bersih will go on with it's plan of holding the illegal demonstration.
In retaliation, Datuk Ibrahim Ali also stressed that he could not stop Perkasa members to go for a demonstration too so that the world will know that not all Malaysians supports Bersih.
PM: Organisers will be held responsible if there is chaos at rally
KUALA LUMPUR: The organisers of the July 9 rally will be held responsible if the march should result in chaos, warned Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Najib said the rally was not about wanting to send a memorandum to the King or about flaws within the country's election rules but about the Opposition wanting to wrest back the political momentum regained by Barisan Nasional.
“Do not create chaos just because you want power. If the country is in chaos, then you will be held responsible,” he said during the opening of PPP's 58th annual general assembly at Putra World Trade Centre here yesterday.
The Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9 attempts to gather people on a march to Istana Negara to hand over a memorandum on electoral reforms.
Both Umno Youth and Perkasa had since announced that they would hold rallies of their own on that day. None of them have received police permit for any gathering.
Najib said it was irresponsible for certain groups to create chaos just to gain power, pointing out that claims of irregularities in election rules and electoral roll did not make sense when the Opposition was in power in four states.
“Barisan does not manipulate the election. If we do, why should we want to lose four states to the Opposition?
“We do not want to win elections based on manipulation. We want to win because the rakyat support and trust us,” he said.
Najib also challenged the Opposition to fight it out with Barisan in a general election instead of holding street demonstrations, which would only result in problems.
“If you have guts, then fight us during an election and not this way. Only those with no guts will hold demonstrations,” he said.
In his speech, PPP president Datuk Seri M. Kayveas criticised Bersih 2.0 organisers, saying that street demonstrations were not part of Malaysian culture and that it would only cause instability.
“Why must the rally organisers drag the innocent public into their cause? Do they really consider the public's safety and peace when they plan a demonstration?
Taken from The Star
The opposition who is the real culprit behind the proposed Bersih illegal rally are not actually keeping to their words of upholding democracy when they are inciting their followers to cause the downfall of the Federal Government via the illegal demonstration.
The flyers of those apprehended by the police yesterday read: “If the people of Arab nations were successful in toppling the autocratic regimes that had ruled for decades, it is not impossible for Malaysians to demand for political changes in our country."
They are actually not democratic at all because they would rather create chaos in the country rather than waiting for the General Election which is just around the corner.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had this to say about what is planned by Bersih.
“If we could manipulate elections, all the states would be ruled by the Barisan Nasional (BN). We are not people who manipulate elections.
“We do not want to be in power without the support of the people. That is Barisan Nasional,” he said when opening the People’s Progressive Party’s 58th general assembly on June 26th 2011.
“If you really have guts, get in the ring. If you don’t have guts…what can I do, do it in the streets and be prepared to face the consequences,” he said.
Penang deputy police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Jaafar (left) and Seberang Prai Utara police chief Assistant Commissioner Zulkifli Alias with the seized T-shirts and leaflets. — NST picture by Zulfa Mohamad
31 had flyers, T-shirts of communist leaders
KEPALA BATAS: The 31 supporters of the planned Bersih 2.0 rally, including Sungai Siput member of parliament Dr S. Jayakumar Devaraj, detained in Sungai Dua here on Saturday, are being investigated for allegedly preparing to wage war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Penang deputy police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Jaafar said police had classified the case KEPALA BATAS: The 31 supporters of the planned Bersih 2.0 rally, including Sungai Siput member of parliament Dr S. Jayakumar Devaraj, detained in Sungai Dua here on Saturday, are being investigated for allegedly preparing to wage war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Penang deputy police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Jaafar said police had classified the case under Section 122 of the Penal Code after seizing 28 T-shirts with images of the banned Malayan Communist Party (PKM) leaders and Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) flyers that called on the people to bring change in national politics. The T-shirts were found on a bus in which the 31 were travelling.
Under the code, those found guilty of collecting and attempting to collect men to wage war with the intention, or being prepared to wage war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or any of the rulers or Yang Dipertua Negeri, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment not exceeding 20 years and shall also be liable to fines.
Rahim said the red T-shirts carried the images of PKM’s top leaders. The other T-shirts, found in the bus’ luggage compartment, had the slogans “Serangan Neo- Liberal Rakyat Terus Sengsara” (Neo-liberal attack the people continue to suffer) and “Anti-Capi - talism”.
Rahim said police had taken seriously the group’s alleged attempt to cause trouble at the Bersih 2.0 rally, scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur on July 9.
Asked to explain such stern classification used against the group, he said it was due to the seizure of the PSM flyers containing provocative m e s s a g e s.
The flyers read: “If the people of Arab nations were successful in toppling the autocratic regimes that had ruled for decades, it is not impossible for Malaysians to demand for political changes in our countr y.
“We have been suffering enough for the past 54 years under one-party rule. It is time for change.” “We view these messages seriously as they may pose a threat to national secur ity,” Rahim said at a press conference at the Seberang Perai Utara district police headquarters in Bertam here yesterday.
Out of the 31 people arrested, aged between 16 and 64 years, 17 were male and 14 female.
Except for the minor, all 30 detainees were presented at the Butterworth magistrate’s court for remand proceedings yesterday.
The group was stopped at the Sungai Dua toll plaza in Butterworth while travelling from Sungai Petani in Kedah to Penang island.
Police stopped the bus after receiving a tip-off that the group was carrying weapons and materials inciting the people to join the Bersih 2.0 rally.
Police also seized PSM flags, 600 Bersih 2.0 rally flyers and more than 6,000 copies of the flyers in Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil.
In Ledangin Johor, police detained 28 passengers of a bus and two women in a lorry on Saturday for possessing printed materials related to the Bersih 2.0 rally.
A statement issued by the Johor Criminal Investigation Department said the 30 people detained included a South Korean woman and a Filipino man in the bus.
A team from the Ledang district police stopped the bus and lorry at Km2, Jalan Paya Mas in Tangkak at 5pm Saturday.
The 30 were released on police bail at 4.05pm yesterday.
State CID spokesperson Assistant Superintendent Mazlan Idris said policemen conducted a search of the bu s’ luggage compartment and found 1,435 pieces of printed paper with “Bersih 2.0” on them.
Taken from The New Straits Times
Read this too.
PSM activists trying to rekindle communist ideology
PSM activists trying to rekindle communist ideologyKEPALA BATAS June 26 - The group of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) activists detained at Sungai Dua toll plaza here yesterday are using the July 9 illegal rally to rekindle the communist ideology.
Penang deputy police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Jaafar said the 30 activists led by Sungai Siput Member of Parliament Dr. Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj had distributed flyers deemed a threat to national security.
“They were carrrying items inciting the people to hate the government. This is serious and can threaten national security,” he told reporters here today.
Police also seized various items associated with the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) ideology from the activists travelling from Sungai Petani, Kedah to Penang.
"They include flyers and t-shirts with Chin Peng, Rashid Maidin and Suriani Abdullah, all connnected with MCP, written on them.”
Rahim said the 30 people aged 18 to 64 years were remanded to facilitate investigation into the case.
The remand order was issued pursuant to Section 122 of Penal Code for waging war on Yang diPertuan Agong. - Bernama
Taken from Bernama
I would like to applaud the police for taking stern action against the subversive elements in the country.
If those traitors are being investigated under allegedly preparing to wage war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, then they have to be punished severly.
I had written about this over and over again. Our country needs a new Act in which the authorities can charge those who became the agents of the foreign country under "TREASON".
So, a new Act for TREASON had to be legislated soon so that it will be official that the government don't take to Malaysians becoming traitors or foreign agents lightly.
If they want to create chaos in the country and be traitors by becoming the accomplice of the 'hidden hand' which had given a hand in creating the tension and chaos in the Middle East countries then, the government and the authorities have to do whatever it takes to stop them from doing it.
Their irresponsible action will surely create disturbance in the country and they do not care of the majority of the people will suffer because of the actions of the minority who wants to create tension and disorderly in the city.
If we study the root cause of the 13th May 1969 racial riot, this is one of the modus operandi of the communist by deliberately finding an excuse to do things to create racial tension especially in the city.
Malaysia is a democratic country which upholds the rights of the people to vote to choose a government and we don't want any subversive elements to topple the government via undemocratic ways of holding illegal street demonstrations which will surely create chaos and panic in the hearts of the people who lives and works in the city.
Hisham: ISA may be used against organisers
HULU SELANGOR: The Home Ministry has not ruled out the possibility of detaining those involved in the Bersih 2.0 Rally under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the ministry would not discriminate when it came to enforcing the law.
"It does not matter if it is Bersih, Perkasa or Umno Youth -- anyone who is found to be a threat to national security can be detained under the ISA," he said yesterday.
"For the time being, other laws can be utilised. We have not reached that level yet. We will monitor the situation," Hishammuddin, who is also the Umno vice-president, said after opening the Hulu Selangor Umno division meeting.
He said the ministry's responsibilities were to ensure the country's state of peace was maintained.
"We cannot allow some quarters to exploit matters that could jeopardise our country's sovereignty."
In Pasir Gudang, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin reminded undergraduates at institutions of higher learning to refrain from getting involved in illegal assemblies.
He said this when asked on the possibility of undergraduates participating in the planned rally on July 9 in Kuala Lumpur.
"I believe the undergraduates can judge what is right or wrong when it comes to such an activity, because the main purpose the government provides tertiary education is for them to think rationally.
"I hope they do not make the wrong decision by getting involved in the illegal assembly to avoid being trapped in a political game," he said after launching the Attack Pasir Gudang community programme by students of Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka here yesterday.
Taken from The New Straits Times
Well! All that I can say is that it's about time that Hishamuddin grow a pair of balls.
I am sure that foreign intelligence a.k.a. CIA has its hidden hand involved in the upcoming Bersih illegal rally which the police had announced will not be given any police permit to hold it.
By the way, let us not forget that Anwar Ibrahim is also a CIA agent and a traitor to his own nation.
If it were up to me, I would ensure that this traitor be hanged to death just like those who distributes drugs to drug addicts.
But It will be much much better if there is a public execution via shooting to death by the firing squad.
The sex video who featured a man resembling Parti Keadilan Rakyat de facto adviser, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had been confirmed by 2 US experts to be authentic and had not been tampered with or superimposed.
This was revealed at the magistrate's court yesterday during the court hearing for the case of the Datuk T trio who pleaded guilty to charges of publicly displaying an obscene video clip last 21st March.
The court ruled that businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and former Perkasa treasurer-general Datuk Shuaib Lazim were both fined RM3,000 and RM1,500 respectively.
Former Malacca chief minister, Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik who was charged with abetting the duo was fined RM1,000.
The offence had been committed at Bilik Seri Makmar, Carcosa Seri Negara between 10 am and noon.
The accused had been represented by counsel Zamani Ibrahim, Suhaimi Salleh and Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah respectively.
The court had been presented with the facts of the case in which Computer Science Professor Hany Farid and Professor Lorenzo Torresani of Dartmouth College, New Hamshire, had been responsible in conducting a facial recognition of the man in the video and found it to resemble Anwar.
Considering that they were first time offenders and had voluntarily pleaded guilty at the very first opportunity, Magistrate Aizatul Akmar Maharani meted out the fines.
At press time, the three paid their fines.
Speaking to reporters outside the court, Shafee said Datuk T’s supporters had collected some RM22,000 for the fines. About 100 supporters had gathered at the court with banners.
Watch the youtube made by an ingenious person. If you are not an expert in something, don't try to act as if you are.
This is because you will only look like someone maladroit. This person Joe Abdul had proven himself to be a true Anwarinas, who is willing to make a fool of himself just to defend Anwar.
On Friday, the 24th of June 2011, the Datuk 'T' trio consisting of former Malacca chief minister, Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby, Shazryl Eskay and Shuib had been charged in a Magistrate's Court for screening the pornographic video.
They had pleaded guilty because they were gentlemens who knew to admit their mistakes when they are wrong and did something that is against the law of this country.
Shazryl Eskay and Shuib were both fined RM3,000, and Rahim were slapped with a RM1,500 fine.
I am sure that Joe Abdul is an amateur in making videos if we compare them to the 2 US expert witnesses from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States who had confirmed that the sex video screened by businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and former Perkasa treasurer-general Datuk Shuib Lazim was original and had not been tampered with or super imposed.
Computer Science Professor Hany Farid and Assistant Professor Lorenzo Torresani confirmed that the man seen having sex with a woman in the video resembled Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The analysis done by the experts from Dartmouth College had confirmed the recording was an original from a DVR recorder taken from Shazryl.
Meanwhile, Datuk Seri Najib was leaving the decision to the public on whether the man in the video clip is Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who is currently the opposition leader.
Several MPs including Bayan Baru MP Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohd Hashim, Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong, Kulim-Bandar Baharu MP Zulkifli Noordin, Padang Serai MP N. Gobalakrishnan and Pasir Mas MP Datuk Ibrahim Ali had called for the opposition leader to step down to protect the Parliament's sanctity.
Use 1Malaysia notebook for learning purpose, Rais tells recipients
PEKAN June 23 — Students who have been given the 1Malaysia Netbook for free are advised not to use it for negative purposes but to help them in their studies.
Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said monitoring by teachers at school and by parents at home was vital to avoid misuse of the Internet for purposes that were wrong or immoral.
"Parents and teachers have a role to play in ensuring that the young do not view undesirable materials or upload them onto their websites as there are existing threats of exposure to pornography, lies and cheating through the Internet.” Rais said this after launching a Wireless Village programme and handing over 1Malaysia computer laptops to 645 secondary school students in the Pekan parliamentary constituency, at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Lepar, here, today.
He said the young should best use the Internet to change their way of thinking to become wiser, in tandem with rapid development of the technology itself.
In another development, Rais said the national broadband penetration was expected to reach 60 per cent by the end of this year.
He said at the moment, it was 58.4 per cent penetration, exceeding the target set since the National Broadband Initiative was launched in March last year.
— BERNAMA
The students and parents of the recipients of the 1Malaysia Netbook should be grateful towards the government for being so generous in giving the laptops to 645 students.
The netbook should be used to improve their knowledge and education when their parents installed the internet at home instead of becoming involved with political parties.
Prove to the government that the move to give free netbooks to students reaps the benefits when the students gained excellent results in their studies and will be able to continue their higher learning education to higher learning institutions locally and abroad.
Students should not get involved with illegal demonstrations as well. They should be concentrating on their studies by going for tuitions or to the library to enhance their knowledge rather than wasting time doing useless things.
The schools must dismiss the students caught going to the Bersih 2.0 illegal demonstrations to teach them a stern lesson that it is not worth it to do that. If you are dismiss from your school, will PAS champion your rights for the education that you deserve?
Chinese students are busy studying in the library that they do not know where the bus station is but the Malay students are busy wasting their time doing crappy things.
For instance, you will not see any Chinese going to the illegal demonstration as proven by the Bersih 1.0 in 2007. Most of the participants are PAS members who had been used by the others in Pakatan Rakyat to do their dirty job.
So, think and don't be used by those who wants to fulfill their dirty agenda to create chaos in the country by using a third party which is by using the unintelligent ones in PAS.
Concentrate in your studies and forget politics. You can always join and be a member of the political party that you like after you graduated and start working.
Bersih's demands in line with Islam: PAS Ulama head
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 23: The head of PAS's Ulama wing said the electoral reform group Bersih's demands for clean and fair elections were in line with Islam.
In a statement to Harakahdaily, Harun Taib (right) said Islam enjoined Muslims to fight those who betray the people in matters of governance.
“It is obligatory upon every Muslim to support whatever actions, words or stand taken in defence of truth, without taking into account differences in religion, race or political loyalty," said Harun.
According to him, spreading the truth and ensuring that corruption and injustice are eradicated was considered as part of jihad (fighting in the way of God).
“Even if such actions (in defending truth) are spearheaded by non-Muslims, supporting them is obligatory," he added.
His comments come amid remarks by pro-UMNO leaders that the Bersih rally on July 9 was against Islamic values because it was led by a non-Muslim, referring to the coalition's chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan.
'Muslims must speak up'
On claims that PAS was not consistent in its Islamic ideology, Harun's reply was that the list of failures by UMNO in defending Islam in the country "is too long".
Harun's support for Bersih echoes another statement by former Perlis mufti Asri Zainul Abidin (left), who described the coalition's intentions as "good", and said Islam encouraged participating in a peaceful rally with such intentions.
"It is forbidden for the demonstrators or police to provoke anyone, resulting in riots. The police should realise that the demands are good for the country and not only for the betterment of the people but also the police," said Asri.
Earlier, a Muslim youth empowerment group said silence on the part of Muslims over injustices would only strengthen corrupt despots.
Islamic Renaissance Front director Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa said Muslim history was rife with instances of Islamic scholars speaking up against unjust leaders.
"Many were imprisoned as a result of their criticisms against rulers of their time. We are the inheritors of this tradition, which provides today’s Muslims with a storehouse of democratic ideas," he added, urging Malaysians to attend the Bersih rally.
Taken from Harakahdaily English version
I am sure that what had been uttered by Harun Taib sound like its coming from a politician and not from an ulama. An ulama will not encourage anyone to attend anything that is illegal and against the law.
I am surprised why the mufti are keeping quiet as a mouse about this issue. They should voice out the truth about what Islam thinks about the Bersih rally in which the participants who will then create chaos and disturbance to the public.
In addition to that, surely the nearby shops will be closed because the owners are afraid that things will get out of hand and their shops will be destroyed due to the unruly behaviour of the Bersih participants.
Haram bertentang nilai sebenar Islam
SHAH ALAM – Demonstrasi jalanan melibatkan pertembungan tiga penjuru antara Gabungan Pilihan Raya Bersih dan Adil (Bersih 2.0), Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) dan Pemuda UMNO boleh menjurus kepada hukum haram kerana jelas bertentangan etika Islam.
Penasihat Majlis Agama Islam Johor, Datuk Noh Gadut berkata, tindakan ke arah perpecahan, huru-hara dan mengganggu ketenteraman awam bercanggah dengan nilai Islam.
“Perhimpunan itu tidak membawa kepada kebaikan dan wujud usaha puak lain yang ingin bertembung dalam demonstrasi jalanan terbabit. Ini bukan budaya Islam dan bukan budaya masyarakat Malaysia.
“Islam agama aman damai, sejahtera dan menuntut perpaduan. Masyarakat perlu berfikiran waras. Perhimpunan itu akan datangkan banyak keburukan daripada kebaikan,” katanya.:
Menurutnya, jika berlaku pertembungan antara tiga kumpulan pada perhimpunan terbabit tidak mustahil akan berlaku perkara tidak diingini seperti pergaduhan, tuduh menuduh, kerosakan harta benda dan paling dikhuatiri pertumpahan darah.
Yang Dipertua Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim), Datuk Aziz Jamaludin Mhd Tahir berkata, perhimpunan Bersih 2.0 adalah helah untuk mengheret rakyat ke dalam kancah politik.
“Usaha itu adalah percubaan pemimpin untuk uji pengaruh dan kerana itu sanggup menipu lebih ramai rakyat kononnya, sistem yang pernah memberikan kemenangan kepadanya dulu dan sedikit peluang berkuasa sebagai tidak boleh dipertahankan, ia perlu dirombak dan diberikan jaminan baru sesuai dengan keperluan mereka.
Beliau sifatkan penganjuran yang turut disertai Pakatan Rakyat, badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) dan rakyat itu sebagai satu bentuk ‘anarkisme’ yang berlaku kali kedua dalam negara selepas Bersih pertama pada 2007.
Taken from Sinar Harian
Sahih Bukhari Chapter No: 45, Oppressions (Al-Mazalim)
Hadith no: 655 Narrated: Abu Said Al-Khudri
The Prophet (SAW) said, "Beware! Avoid sitting on the roads (ways)." the people said, "there is no way out of it as these are our sitting places where we have talks." the Prophet (SAW) said, "If you must sit there, then observe the rights of the way." they asked, "What are the rights of the way?" He said, "they are the lowering of your gazes (on seeing what is illegal to look at), refraining from harming people, returning greetings, advocating good and forbidding evil."
The illegal rally of Bersih 2.0 does not apply for the police permit. The organisers also can find another way to get their message across such as having a close discussion with the Election Commission.
Moreover, the Election Commission had offered to meet up with the Bersih organisers but Bersih refused the offer. This proves that even though there is a peaceful way to solve this problem, the Bersih organisers chooses the illegal way.
Therefore, this proves that the Bersih organiser are politically motivated when most of those who attended Bersih 1.0 in 2007 are PAS members.
Anwar says unfazed by sex video bombshell By Clara Chooi June 24, 2011
SHAH ALAM, June 24 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim shrugged off today’s revelation in court that US experts had pointed him out as the man in a recent sex video, maintaining that the entire case was a conspiracy by political adversaries.
The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) de facto leader was a picture of calm when approached by reporters asking for his next course of action, at the sidelines of an economic talk at the Quality Hotel here,
Shrugging, Anwar said he had anticipated the outcome of today’s court proceedings, claiming to be unaffected by it.
“I think it is all pre-arranged. The prosecution would, as you know, ensure they get a light sentence and then they would of course try and use this to make inferences.
“I’ve declared very clearly my innocence so they can use whatever they want, quoting some sources... first they say it was somebody from Korea and now they say it was somebody from the US. They can say whatever. It is just a political attempt to smear me,” he said.
Anwar also claimed that several acquaintances had confirmed with him yesterday that Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik, one of the key protagonists behind the sex video, had met with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in Parliament yesterday.
“We use the same lift. Quite a number of them spotted him so they cannot deny. We know for a fact that Abdul Rahim was at the PM’s office in Parliament at 11.45am,” he said.
(Left to right) Shuib, Abdul Rahim, and Shazryl smile as they arrive at the magistrate’s court in Kuala Lumpur, June 24, 2011. — Picture by Choo Choy May According to Anwar, Abdul Rahim’s meeting with Najib clearly indicated that today’s court proceedings had been planned in advance, and likely handled by the Attorney-General himself.
“That is why I am not even affected by it. This is only a show, to charge them. What is Abdul Rahim’s deal with Najib? This has to be explained,” he said.
Former Malacca chief minister Abdul Rahim, along with businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and former Perkasa treasurer-general Datuk Shuib Lazim, all of whom make up the “Datuk T” trio, were fined this morning for their involvement in the screening of the sex video at Carcosa Seri Negara Hotel on March 21.
Abdul Rahim was hit with a RM1,000 fine for abetting Shazryl and Shuib, who were fined RM3,000 and RM1,500 respectively.
When asked if he planned on taking action against the trio, Anwar shrugged again and pointed out that he had already lodged a police report on the matter.
“I’ve lodged a report but what action was taken? We all know too well the system that we have here. The only reason why I had to lodge the report although I knew the limitation of the system was because if I didn’t, then they would take that to mean guilt,” he said.
Anwar also admitted that he may now be accused of lodging a false report but said that he would deal with it when it occurs.
He expressed confidence that his supporters would not be swayed by today’s events, adding that most Malaysians were now fully aware of the system.
“And since when do we infer that the authority of morality is left to Abdul Rahim, Shazryl, Shuib or (lawyer Datuk Seri) Shafee Abdullah?” he said.
Shafee had said today that according to a study by experts from the Dartmouth College in the US, it was 99.99 per cent certain that the man in the video is Anwar.
From The Malaysian Insider
Anwar Ibrahim is a master in deceit and will be cool as a cucumber even when he is lying because he knew that he is a great 'orator' who can persuade any of his supporters to believe whatever lies that he spins up.
He can lie smoothly without even blinking his eyes or looking guilty for lying through his teeth.
Therefore, his hard-core supporters will support him even though they had been shown what Anwar Ibrahim truely is; a sex maniac, a manipulator, a traitor and a sodomiser.
This is a true politician because he has no integrity or honour at all unlike those other politicians embroiled in sex scandals will voluntarily hand over their resignation.
Anwar's claim of conspiracy is getting a little bit stale and the truth is that he is the master conspirator, becoming a foreign agent's spy to sell out Malaysia's sovereignty to foreign power.
We can see that when many foreign leaders came to his aid when he was once again charged with another sodomy charge. Even those gay associations came to his rescue.
Why would gay associations defend someone who is not gay if Anwar is not gay?
For me, surely one would not defend someone who is unlike them because I certainly would not do it. For instance, if I supports UMNO, surely I will not defend Pakatan Rakyat and vice versa.
KUALA LUMPUR: Businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah, and former Perkasa treasurer-general Datuk Shuaib Lazim have been charged in a magistrates' court here to openly displaying an obscene film at Carcosa Seri Negara on March 21, this year.
Former Malacca Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik instead was charged with abetting them.
All three pleaded guilty to the charges under Section 292 of the Penal Code.
If convicted they can each be jailed up to three years or fined or both.
They were charged with openly displaying an obscene video clip showing a man and a woman having sex.
They were said to have done so at Bilik Seri Makmur, Carcosa Seri Negara, in Kuala Lumpur between 10am and noon, on March 21, this year.
All three admitted to the facts of the case that were read out to them.
But when the facts of case were read to Shazryl, he said he agreed, but said the expert report from the US did not say “look like Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim” but that “it was Anwar Ibrahim”.
Prosecuting were deputy public prosecutor Datuk Kamaluddin Md Said, and Mohd Hanafiah Zakaria.
Representing the three accused were lawyers Zamani Ibrahim, Suhaimi Salleh, and Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.
Muhammad Shafee said while the sex video that was shown was obscene, the intention was never to corrupt or deprave public morals.
"Instead, their motive was an honourable one - to expose a depraved and corrupt public leader," he said.
He added that the trio had done a public a service and cannot be allowed to walk out of court thinking justice was not done to them. Justice can be done for them by showing them compassion in sentencing, he said.
Earlier at 8am, about 100 supporters of the three known as Datuk T started a rally at the KL Court Complex carrying banners and chanting “Hidup Datuk T.”
There were also about 20 police personnel watching over the crowd.
Perak Perkasa chairman Ahmad Zaini Ismail, speaking on the behalf of the groups at the rally, said they were there to show support for Datuk T and that they had complete trust in the judicial system.
From The Star
When you do something wrong, it's honourable to admit your mistakes. Don't be like some person who will deny the wrongs that they had done.
Sex video case: Datuk T trio fined for showing obscene
KUALA LUMPUR: Businessman Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and former Perkasa treasurer-general Datuk Shuaib Lazim were fined RM3,000 in default three months jail and RM1,500 in default two months jail respectively, for openly displaying an obscene film at Carcosa Seri Negara on March 21 this year.
Former Malacca chief minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, who was charged with abetting them, was fined RM1,000 in default one month jail.
Magistrate Aizatul Akmal Maharani meted out the fines at about 12.30pm after hearing the submissions from parties earlier Friday.
He said, in arriving with his decision, he had taken the factors of public interest, interest of the accused, and facts of the case into consideration.
“Also, that they had pleaded guilty at the first opportunity in the proceedings and that they are first time offenders,” he ruled.
Prosecuting were deputy public prosecutor Datuk Kamaluddin Md Said and Mohd Hanafiah Zakaria.
Representing the three accused were lawyers Zamani Ibrahim, Suhaimi Salleh, and Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.
Muhammad Shafee said while the sex video that was shown was obscene, the intention was never to corrupt or deprave public morals.
"Instead, their motive was an honourable one - to expose a depraved and corrupt public leader," he said.
He added that the trio had done a public a service and cannot be allowed to walk out of court thinking justice was not done to them. Justice can be done for them by showing them compassion in sentencing, he said.
Muhammad Shafee then applied orally for the three accused to be allowed to pay the fine on Monday, saying that Datuk T's supporters had insisted on paying the fine for them, and as such it may take a while for them to settle the payment.
The court granted them until 4pm to pay the fine.
All three had pleaded guilty to the charges under Section 292 of the Penal Code earlier Friday morning.
They were charged with openly displaying an obscene video clip showing a man and a woman having sex.
They were said to have done so at Bilik Seri Makmur, Carcosa Seri Negara, in Kuala Lumpur between 10am and noon, on March 21, this year.
Speaking to reporters outside the court complex later, Muhammad Shafee said that the supporters had managed to collect RM22,000 to pay the fine, and would do so when the payment counter reopens after the lunch break.
Earlier at 8am, about 100 supporters started a rally at the KL Court Complex carrying banners and chanting “Hidup Datuk T.”
There were also about 20 police personnel watching over the crowd.
Perak Perkasa chairman Ahmad Zaini Ismail, speaking on the behalf of the groups at the rally, said they were there to show support for Datuk T and that they had complete trust in the judicial system.
Taken from The Star
It's good for them to admit the guilt for exposing the sex video. They had been given the fines for exposing the sex video to the reporters.
However, the same can't be said about the opposition leader. People who don't have integrity and honour should not be a politician because politicians are leaders to whom people look up to.
KUALA LUMPUR: Bersih 2.0 chairperson Datuk S. Ambiga and several others received death threats prompting Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein to direct police to investigate the matter.
Hishammuddin said the ministry viewed the threat as serious and that he would personally ensure the police investigated the matter.
“I will be going to Bukit Aman after this and I will ensure that the police look into the SMS messages and where they originated to ensure it is not a real threat,” he told reporters at Parliament lobby yesterday.
The death threat received by Ambiga and several others via SMS warned them to stop their planned “Walk for Democracy” rally on July 9.
Ambiga, who received the SMS on Wednesday at about 9.30pm, said she was at home when the message came in.
“The SMS was a threat to kill me and anyone around me if I went ahead with the rally. The threat will not stop us from the planned rally,” she told reporters after lodging a police report at the Jalan Travers police station at about 1pm yesterday.
City CID Chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Ku Chin Wah said police were investigating the case under Section 507 of The Penal Code for criminal intimidation.
Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang described the threats as “shocking and outrageous”.
Meanwhile, Bar Council has thrown its support to all three parties intending to have the rallies on July 9.
Its president Lim Chee Wee said Umno Youth, Bersih and Perkasa have the right to advocate their views in public arena peacefully.
Separately, Padang Serai MP Gobalakrishnan claimed that Anwar had masterminded the rally to create chaos and to distract the public from other issues that implicated him.
Taken from The Star
Now, I think I had heard of that before. Let me think from where? Oh! Maybe it's this one.Seems a little bit too familiar, doesn't it?
29 June 2008
Anwar receives death threats, in hiding at Turkish embassy in KL
PUTRAJAYA - MALAYSIA'S opposition Parti Keadilan Raykat has moved its de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to the Turkish embassy in Kuala Lumpur after he had received death threats.
Mr Anwar said death threats had been made against him and that since Sunday he has taken refuge at the Turkish embassy in Kuala Lumpur on the invitation of the ambassador.
'I have been told that my assassination has not been ruled out as means to subvert the people's will and bring an end to the transformational changes taking place in Malaysia,' Mr Anwar said in a statement.
The threats come on the back of new sodomy allegations against Mr Anwar.
Mr Anwar was was sacked by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad over similar allegations in 1998.
Federal CID director Comm Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin said the police would conduct a thorough and fair investigation in the sodomy allegations.
They will also investigate the allegations before taking a statement from Mr Anwar, he said.
Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reiterated that the Barisan Nasional Government was not behind the latest allegation of sodomy against Mr Anwar.
Stating that he was shocked on hearing the police report lodged by an aide of Mr Anwar on Saturday night, Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he would leave the police to conduct investigations on the allegations and to take the necessary action.
He said he or the Government did not instruct the police to take any action. On Mr Anwar's statement that the allegations were a complete fabrication to kill his political career, as in 1998 when he was sacked as Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Abdullah said the Government had nothing to do with the police report.
'We are not involved. Umno and Barisan Nasional did not plan to trouble, disturb or accuse him.
'I believe even my friends like Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib (Tun Razak) did not have any intention to do such a thing to him,' he told reporters here on Sunday after launching the Bumi Hijau programme.
Mr Abdullah said the alleged victim has the right to lodge a police report if it had really happened.
When asked if Mr Anwar would be arrested following the latest allegation, Mr Abdullah said he did not want to speculate on the matter and would leave the matter to the police.
Meanwhile the aide, who had started working at PKR about three months ago to help in the 12th general election, had lodged a police report alleging sodomy by the PKR leader at about 5.45pm on Saturday.
The man, in his 20s, is being treated at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur.
Mr Anwar called for an urgent press conference at 1.20am Sunday morning to deny the allegations.
In a statement read out by PKR vice-president Sivarasa Rasiah at a hotel in Shah Alam, he described the allegations as 'total fabrication'.
The statement, which was also faxed to media offices, said: 'The police report lodged against me today is a complete fabrication. I believe we are witnessing a repeat of the methods used against me in 1998 when false allegations were made under duress.'
Sources said police were waiting for the medical report from the hospital before proceeding with investigations.
They also said Mr Anwar was expected to be called up by the police to have his statement recorded.
DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang posted in his blog early on Sunday morning that he had spoken to Mr Anwar over the phone and 'he is expecting the worst.'
Mr Anwar and his adopted brother Mr Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja were found guilty by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Aug 8, 2000 on the charge of sodomising Anwar's former family driver, Mr Azizan Abu Bakar, at Mr Sukma's apartment in Tivoli Villa, Bangsar, between January and March 1993.
Mr Anwar was sentenced to nine years' jail while Mr Sukma received six years and ordered to be given four strokes of the rotan. Mr Sukma was also convicted by the High Court on a charge of abetting Mr Anwar in the commission of the offence.
In 2003, the Court of Appeal dismissed their appeals.
Mr Anwar was first convicted for corruption on April 14, 1999 and was jailed for six years. He should have been released on April 14, 2003 after a one-third remission but had to start serving his sentence for the sodomy offence, which the court ordered to be served consecutively.
Mr Anwar was freed in 2004 after the Federal Court acquitted him of the charge of sodomising his former family driver. -- The Star/ANN, AFP
Now, Anwar Ibrahim is still alive and well until now. So, what does that proves?
He is a blatant liar and will cry wolf to gain sympathy from the public.
But too much of the wolf crying and no wolf ever came will make people think he is not genuine.
The saga started when on the 21st March 2011, Malaysia had been rocked by the exposé of the sex scandal alleged to be the opposition leader having sex with a woman believed to be a foreign prostitute.
The press representatives had been shown a 30 minute video clip. The video footage were shown in stages at Carcosa Seri Negara by a group of unknown people led by a man who introduced himself as Datuk T.
The video was taken a month earlier on the 21st February 2011, 10 p.m. purportedly at a hotel in Ampang.
Datuk T told members of the media to watch the video first before he sends a copy to the politician and his wife for them to identify the person in the video, a week from 21st March.
A day after the emergence of the sex video, Anwar Ibrahim went to the Dang Wangi district police headquarters with his wife, Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to lodge a police report denying that he was the man in the video and the copies of the report had been distributed to the media.
"This is a humiliating, excessive and politically-motivated attack against my character and reputation and my family," he said in the report.
Two days after the tape had been revealed to the selected media representatives, Datuk 'T' revealed themselves to be the collective trio of Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah, Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Tambi Chik and Datuk Shuib Lazim.
The breaking news is buzzing that the trio will be charged in court on the 24th of June 2011 for breaching the Film Censorhip Act by screening the video which showed a man resembling Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim having sex with a woman believed to be a foreign prostitute.
The trio if found guilty, will be fined at least RM10,000 or jailed for 5 years or both. This case is brought to court after the police investigated the report lodged by Anwar, who vehemently denied he was the man in the video and this is a plot by certain parties to denounce his credibility.
The police had verified the authenticity of the video and the indentity of the man in the video.
Indonesian maids surely helps working couples who have to leave their children at home when they go to work. However, most cases that we read in the newspapers potray the negative impact of the maids to their employers. It is much better for working couples to leave their kids at the nursery. Better if the employers could provide a nursery at the respective offices.
Indonesia had certainly been way out of line when they asked for the maid to be paid RM600 a month which is not worth it because they are uneducated unlike the Filipino maids, most of the times the maids lies about their true age which they make it to be older than they are, and they are so lazy that if their employer is not at home, they will not do any job but just sleep 24/7.
Some of the maid that arrive were said to have undergone some kind of training at the maid agencies but most are dumb and will destroy whatever electrical appliances of the employer.
For the maids that stay-at-home when both their employers are at work, they will take the opportunity to bring in their Bangla boyfriend home where they will have sex and have babies out of wedlock.
That's the case for the maid of the best friend of my mum. Not only that, the maid will be so cheeky that they will be lustful even towards the husband of the couple that hires her.
Not only that, many of them also run away from work after robbing their employers in a conspiracy with their respective maid agencies. We also don't know what kind of black magic they will bring with them because we know that in Indon, the Muslims there are quite weird as Christians can marry Muslims there.
We can't even trust the Muslim Indon maids. And don't ever let them cook your food because we never know what kind of dirty things they will put in there to make you stupid and for you to follow their every bidding.
Sure that not everyone is bad but the thing is that we don't know who is bad. It's better to be safe than sorry. In my lifetime, I had never met a good Indon maid. All are good pretenders who pretends to do work in front of their employers.
So, to those who have Indon maids, just install CCTVs all over your house. The things I mentioned above might seem too good to be true, but it's the reality of what had already happened to those who had already employed those Indon maids.
Malaysian employers need to pay agents up to RM8,000 for each maid and recover part of the cost by deducting money from the maid's salary, causing dissatisfaction, with some maids resorting to running away from their employers.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Don't forget that the maid are already living freely with the employer and don't have to pay for anything including the meals that they eat daily. This seems so unfair because the cost of living in the city for example for a single man/woman will cost a lot.
For example on a monthly basis, renting a room will cost RM500-RM450 (max) and food will cost another RM300. So, it will be fair if the ungrateful maid are also charged to pay for the room that they get and the food that they eat from the employers. Oh wait! That means that they have to work for free.
On the 31st May 2011, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). ending a two-year freeze on Indonesian maids working in Malaysia.
The Malay Mail dated 21st June 2011 reported that a total of 18,716 foreign maids ran away from their employers during the whole of 2010. 17,205 or 92.3% of them were from Indonesia.
Indonesian maids comprised of 76.7% of the total 247,069 foreign maid population in Malaysia as at December 2010.
On the 23rd of July 2011, The New Straits Times reported about the Customs Department detaining an Indonesian woman, in her 40s, smuggling RM1.4 million worth of syabu via the Penang International Airport. The two packets containing white crystalline powder, weighing about 5.78 kg that was hidden in a special compartment of the bags.
The Sun Daily reported about Indonesia barring workers to Saudi Arabia after an Indonesian maid was beheaded for murdering her Saudi employer.
The situation should be the other way round since the maid murdered her employer. An eye for an eye is the punishment in Islam so it is fair!
Reading about this news will surely raise your temperature. I bet this does not happen only in Kulai resort in Johor but all over the country where there are Indonesian caddies who provide sexual services to the rich Chinese golfers who are members of golf clubs or golf resorts.
Read the experiences of Muzli Mohd Zain with his 5 maids in a span of 9 years.
KUALA LUMPUR: The police met the three groups intending to hold mass rallies and street marches next month, reiterating that none will get a permit to do so.
“I can categorically say this,” Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters here yesterday.
“Some want us (the Government) to use the Internal Security Act against them. But there are other laws that we can use,” he said.
The opposition-initiated Bersih 2.0 coalition is adamant about going ahead with its July 9 street march, prompting Umno Youth to go on with its counter rally.
Gerak Aman, a newly-launched coalition of 57 non-governmental organisations and led by Malay rights group Perkasa, has also said it would take to the streets on the same day if Bersih 2.0 continued with its rally.
Perkasa chief Datuk Ibrahim Ali welcomed the police decision against issuing the permits.
“If they (the other groups) are determined, I will have to consult the Gerak Aman committee on our next course of action,” he said.
Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said the wing would continue with its planned march, even without a police permit.
Meanwhile, Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah said the state police received 53 reports this month over the Opposition-initiated Bersih 2.0 rally.
The reports were made by NGOs and individuals, including taxi drivers, he said.
In IPOH, a group led by former Perak PKR Youth acting chief Faizal Effendi Hashim lodged a report against Bersih 2.0 at 11am yesterday.
Another report was lodged by representatives of three local NGOs Pertubuhan Masyarakat Prihatin Perak, Pertubuhan Kebajikan Rakyat Perak and Pertubuhan India Muslim Perak at 6pm.
Malaysian Youth Council president Mohamed Maliki Mohamed Rapiee said it strongly opposed street demonstrations.
“The council intends to collect one million signatures against the Bersih 2.0 rally,” he said.
Taken from The Star
In the Bersih.org site, there are 8 immediate demands which is :
1. Clean the electoral roll
The electoral roll is marred with irregularities such as deceased persons and multiple persons registered under a single address or non-existent addresses. The electoral roll must be revised and updated to wipe out these ‘phantom voters’. The rakyat have a right to an electoral roll that is an accurate reflection of the voting population.
In the longer term, BERSIH 2.0 also calls for the EC to implement an automated voter registration system upon eligibility to reduce irregularities.
I say : Here Bersih is totally lying to the public. Any registered voter or any person who is going to vote have to register themselves as voters at the EC offices or the nearest post office. But they have to use their identity card (I/C) to register using the address stated in the IC. So, it is absolutely a lie when Bersih said that deceased persons and multiple persons are registred under a single address or non-existent addresses. If that were true, they are the ones who are doing it. And, who have multiple ICs that they can register many times? I don't. Do you?
On the automated voter registration system upon eligibility to reduce irregularities, how can you ensure that all those automatically registered will go out to vote? We can't even compel those who are registered voters to go out to vote.
In October 2010, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz had announced that the government will not implement automatic voter registration.
“The government does not intend to implement automatic registration for those above the age of 21 years of age because a large number of Malaysians do not live in the address stated in their IC. If automatic registration is implemented it will bring big implications to those involved as we are looking at the mobility of the people which is very high.
“This is because there are some who still haven’t changed their address and automatic registration would cause further complications. What concerns us is that the percentage of voters coming out to vote on the day of elections will decrease and this will affect the country’s image in the global perspective.”
The opposition supporters have been known to pay to keep the ICs of the voters to stop them from voting. They had also been illegally stopping busses carrying outstation voters working outside of the respective voting areas from entering the by-election areas.
2. Reform postal ballot
The current postal ballot system must be reformed to ensure that all citizens of Malaysia are able to exercise their right to vote. Postal ballot should not only be open for all Malaysian citizens living abroad, but also for those within the country who cannot be physically present in their voting constituency on polling day. Police, military and civil servants too must vote normally like other voters if not on duty on polling day.
The postal ballot system must be transparent. Party agents should be allowed to monitor the entire process of postal voting.
I say : The opposition wants this system to be implemented so that they can manipulate the system. Concerns about postal voting have been raised as to whether it complies with the requirements of a secret ballot, in that people cast their vote outside the security of a polling station, and whether voters can cast their vote privately free from another person's coercion. There have been cases of electoral fraud with postal votes in the United Kingdom (including in Birmingham at the 2004 European and local government elections in the UK).
In Texas, electoral fraud occurring over the years involves political operatives engaged by candidates illegally aid those eligible to vote by mail, usually voters over 65 years of age or voters with a disability. There have been cases of electoral fraud with postal votes in the UK (including at the 2004 European and local government elections in Birmingham).
3. Use of indelible ink
Indelible ink must be used in all elections. It is a simple, affordable and effective solution in preventing voter fraud. In 2007, the EC decided to implement the use of indelible ink. However, in the final days leading up to the 12th General Elections, the EC decided to withdraw the use of indelible ink citing legal reasons and rumours of sabotage.
BERSIH 2.0 demands for indelible ink to be used for all the upcoming elections. Failure to do so will lead to the inevitable conclusion that there is an intention to allow voter fraud.
I say : This use of an indelible ink has not been used in any of the election in developed countries. Some countries (in which some still cannot be categorized as developed countries) which have used Electoral stain in general elections include:
* Afghanistan * Benin * Burkina Faso * Democratic Republic of the Congo * Egypt * Gambia * India * Indonesia * Iraq * Lebanon * Mauritania * Peru * Philippines * South Africa * Sri Lanka * Suriname * Tchad * Uganda * Zimbabwe
There had been controversies in countries in which they had been used. In the Afghan presidential election, 2004, allegations of electoral fraud arose around the use of indelible ink stains, which many claimed were easily able to be washed off. Election officials had chosen to use the more efficient marker pen option; however, regular marker pens were also sent out to polling stations, which led to confusion and some people being marked with less permanent ink.
During the Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008, reports surfaced that those who had chosen not to vote were attacked and beaten by government sponsored mobs. The mobs attacked those without ink on their finger.
In the Malaysian general election, 2008, the election authorities canceled the use of Electoral Stain a week before voters went to the polls, saying it would be unconstitutional to prevent people from voting even if they had already had their fingers stained. Additionally they cited reports of ink being smuggled in from neighboring Thailand in order to mark peoples' fingers before they had a chance to vote, thus denying them their rights. This must be the work of the opposition parties who had been so adamant in demanding the usage of the indelible ink.
In America, this is what Ted Gunderson wants for America :
No use of computer voting or vote counting in federal elections. All voting to be on paper ballots, with voters using indelible ink on a thumb after voting, all vote counting to be done in public at each voting place, with results publicly posted at each voting place immediately after counting.
4. Minimum 21 days campaign period
The EC should stipulate a campaign period of not less than 21 days. A longer campaign period would allow voters more time to gather information and deliberate on their choices. It will also allow candidates more time to disseminate information to rural areas. The first national elections in 1955 under the British Colonial Government had a campaign period of 42 days but the campaign period for 12th GE in 2008 was a mere 8 days.
I say : The Bersih group are pro opposition who are only finding the fault of the government. In an article in The Malaysian Insider, there is this news about 3 Malay youths detained under the Emergency Ordinance (EO) 1969 for allegedly stealing motorcycles.
One commentor asked why is the the EO still in place since the Communist Party of Malaya had been disbanned? How could Bersih be so biased as to refer to the campaign period of 42 days by the British Colonial Government in 1955? Malaysia had achieved her independance in 1957, so how can they refer to something that is done before Malaysia's independance?
Now, Chin Peng is one of the most influential member of the CPM where he is the Secretary-General from 1947–present. CPM had been disbanned but it has re-emerged using a new name, which is DAP.
To prove to you that DAP is a communist party and supports Chin Peng, just watch this youtube.
The Government should accept Chin Pengs apology and allow him to return to Malaysia (1 of 2) uploaded by DAP video.
The Government should accept Chin Pengs apology and allow him to return to Malaysia (2 of 2) uploaded by DAP video.
5. Free and fair access to media
It is no secret that the Malaysian mainstream media fails to practice proportionate, fair and objective reporting for political parties of all divide. BERSIH 2.0 calls on the EC to press for all media agencies, especially state-funded media agencies such as Radio and Television Malaysia (RTM) and Bernama to allocate proportionate and objective coverage for all potlical parties.
I say : It is a well-known fact that the Jews control the world media. Read the links here, here and here.
The opposition in Malaysia had been free to have their own media. In fact, they had been in control of the alternative media via blogging ever since Anwar Ibrahim had been sacked from the Deputy Prime Minister position on 2nd September 1998 due to “doubts on his moral and personal integrity” in which resulted in the 2008 tsunami where 5 states had fallen into the hands of the opposition. Read more here.
Moreover, the opposition have their own publication in which they had been spreading vicious rumours against the government via Harakah daily, Suara Keadilan and Roketkini. Not to forget websites such as Malaysiakini and The Malaysian Insider.
6. Strengthen public institutions
Public institutions must act independently and impartially in upholding the rule of law and democracy. Public institutions such as the Judiciary, Attorney-General, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC), Police and the EC must be reformed to act independently, uphold laws and protect human rights.
In particular, the EC must perform its constitutional duty to act independently and impartially so as to enjoy public confidence. The EC cannot continue to claim that they have no power to act, as the law provides for sufficient powers to institute a credible electoral system.
I say : The public institutions had been acting independent and impartial. However, the opposition is not satisfied because they want the public institutions to follow what they want.
Let's read the oppositions version of one case here. Let's read what the media has to say say about it.
And what's this about Teoh Beng Hock been sodomised and murdered??? And this is not to be told to others.
7. Stop corruption
Corruption is a disease that has infected every aspect of Malaysian life. BERSIH 2.0 and the rakyat demand for an end to all forms of corruption. Current efforts to eradicate corruption are mere tokens to appease public grouses. We demand that serious action is taken against ALL allegations of corruption, including vote buying.
I say : There is no vote buying. Besides, your vote is secret. How could BERSIH 2.0 demand for the end of corruption, when the leader for the Pakatan Rakyat is Anwar Ibrahim, a convicted criminal jailed for corruption and sodomy?
You said you want to stop corruption but your leaders in DAP, PKR and PAS are all corrupt as well.
8. Stop dirty politics
Malaysians are tired of dirty politics that has been the main feature of the Malaysian political arena. We demand for all political parties and politicians to put an end to gutter politics. As citizens and voters, we are not interested in gutter politics; we are interested in policies that affect the nation.
I say : Politics are not dirty. There are only dirty politicians that have to be kicked out from the parties to ensure that the party is clean from money politics and corrupt politcians.
Bersih being used by the opposition for their agenda, says Chua
KAMPAR: The organiser of the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (Bersih) rally is being used by the opposition parties to achieve its political agenda, said MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.
“Bersih started out as a non-governmental organisation to express concerns over irregularities in the electoral process.
“However, it is now being infiltrated and influenced by opposition leaders to gain political mileage.
“They are trying to stoke the emotions of the people and create feelings of hatred against the Government,” Dr Chua said after opening the Kampar MCA division annual general meeting here yesterday.
He said MCA was firm in its stand not to support such illegal rallies as they disrupted peace and harmony of the society, adding that the party also backed MCA Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong's decision against participating in a rally planned by Umno Youth on the same date.
Earlier in his speech, Dr Chua urged party leaders and members to get closer to the people.
“I observed that during programmes organised by the MCA, only party members and supporters were present.
“We failed to attract non-members and the public,” he said.
Citing an example, Dr Chua said when he was campaigning in the Batu Sapi by-election, he approached a voter and asked him why he had supported the DAP.
The voter told him that the DAP showed more concern for the welfare of the people.
“This voter said the Barisan representative only visited their areas twice a year during festive season.
“On the other hand, the opposition representative often go to the ground,” he said, adding that such an action had caused the people to think that Barisan did not need them.
From The Porn Star
Are we sleeping with the enemy? This is because most of the times, the statement given by MCA leaders or Gerakan leaders sounds so much like they are coming from DAP leaders.
MCA also admitted their weaknesses in attracting the public to them as DAP showed more concern for the welfare of the people.
MCA had also not shown any good results in the last general election and they certainly have not improved in attracting the Chinese to them.
Is this blatant sabotage by MCA so that Barisan Nasional will lose more seat in the forthcoming general election?
If this is, UMNO should seriously think about other ways to win the general election because it does not feel like the other component parties are working hard to ensure BN wins.
Any members of the component parties caught in the Bersih rally should be kicked out from their respective parties.
The Chinese are hand in hand and the Malay are fighting tooth and nail with each other.
DAP reps criticised for not wearing ceremonial attire
PERHAPS they were taking a page out of the book of their Perak colleagues, when 12 DAP assemblymen turned up for the opening of the 17th state assembly sitting minus their ceremonial attire.
The move sparked the first round of battle between Barisan Nasional and the opposition.
There was no surprise in the move, however, as state DAP chairman Wong Ho Leng had stated on Monday that the party's assemblymen would participate wearing dark suits rather than the ceremonial attire.
His rationale was that the party did not want to waste taxpayers' money as a full official attire, including a songkok, would cost between RM2,000 and RM4,000.
"In the past session, the speaker has ruled that it is not necessary to wear the official uniform as long as we wear dark official suits.
"Since it is not the rule of the day, all 12 of us will come in dark suits as we have done all this while," the Bukit Assek assemblyman had said on Monday.
The three Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) assemblymen, who came wearing the complete official attire, including songkok, however, held a different view.
PKR's Padungan assemblyman See Chee How said the Sarawak assemblymen were given a choice on whether to wear the state assembly costume or not. It was thus a non-issue.
The state PKR information chief said the party's assemblymen chose to wear it because the attire was just a state assembly costume and the songkok just a headpiece, with no religious connotation," said See.
However, some BN assemblymen expressed regret over DAP's stance.
Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) deputy president Datuk Amar Abang Johari Openg said the wearing of the ceremonial attire was a gesture of respect to the Constitution as well as to the Yang Dipertua Negeri Sarawak.
"We have all pledged to uphold the Constitution. We feel that for the DAP not to use the attire, it is as if they do not respect our sovereignty.
"I want to thank the PKR assemblymen, though they are in the opposition. They respect the state assembly and also our guest of honour. I think they have better culture than the DAP," said the Satok assemblyman.
Both Abang Johari and Speaker Datuk Seri Mohd Aspia Awang Nassar explained that the songkok itself did not have any religious connotation.
"I respect Lim Guan Eng (DAP president) because Lim wore a songkok when he attended the Rulers' Conference," Aspia said.
He said the state assembly would not force assemblymen to wear anything they did not want but he stressed that wearing a songkok did not signify that a person was a Muslim.
"It is wrong to think that a songkok shows your religion. If you look at Indonesia, there are non-Muslims who wear songkok."
Taken from New Straits Times.
The actions of the jackass DAP representatives of not wearing the ceremonial attire is a blatant act of disrespect towards the Constitution and the Yang Dipertua Negeri Sarawak.
These motherfuckers who can't even speak proper Malay, should be stripped of their nationality as Malaysians because they are actually communists and should go back to either China or Singapore.
If they cannot even adhere to the simplest of rules which had been in place for decades, we can just imagine what will this country turn to if those motherfuckers were given the chance to administer our country.
Just as Selangor had been a heaven now for vice den and will soon replace Thailand as a sexual destination, we can expect Malaysia will later be recognised to be a homosexual country if Anwar becomes the puppet Prime Minister for the DAP and the Jews.
Those immigrant should remember if it were not for the goodwill of the Malays to grant the Chinese and Indians the Malaysian nationality in the exchange to get sovereignty from the British, you would still be a China or India national.
Bribery, a form of corruption, is an act implying money or gift given that alters the behavior of the recipient. Bribery constitutes a crime and is defined by Black's Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official or other person in charge of a public or legal duty.
The bribe is the gift bestowed to influence the recipient's conduct. It may be any money, good, right in action, property, preferment, privilege, emolument, object of value, advantage, or merely a promise or undertaking to induce or influence the action, vote, or influence of a person in an official or public capacity.
Personally, I think that not only those who received the bribes should be charged in court but those who gave the bribes should be charged as well.
Top govt officer among 8 held over graft, cheating
GEORGE TOWN: Eight people, including a high-ranking government officer here and four civil servants, have been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes and being involved in misappropriating cooking gas subsidies.
The officer was in his 50s, while the other seven were between 20s and 50s, state Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission director Datuk Latifah Md Yatim said.
Latifah said the cooking gas was bought at a subsidised rate, put into industrial barrels and resold to factories at a normal rate.
"We believe we have successfully bust this syndicate," Latifah said here yesterday.
It was earlier reported that an enforcement team from MACC and Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry last week raided three premises in Sungai Bakap on the mainland, and seized hundreds of liquefied petroleum gas cylinders worth RM200,000.
Taken from New Straits Times
Those who takes bribes so that others can make profit out of it are traitors of the country just like those people who let themselves to be agents of foreign nations to sell out this country to those foreigners.
Malaysia Lost RM754 Million To Sand Theft
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Bernama) — It is estimated that the country lost RM754 million in revenue due to rampant sand theft and illegal logging throughout last year.
According to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Annual Report 2010, the government lost an estimated RM745 million in royalty due to sand theft and RM8.95 million from illegal logging.
With an estimated 3,000 lorries used to transport illegally-mined sand over the one-year period, the losses could amount to RM600 million, and another RM145 million lost to smuggling of sand to a neighbouring country, according to the report.
It said that throughout 2010, MACC received 410 tip-offs on corruption and power abuse related to illegal sand mining.
Forty-five investigation papers were opened, resulting in 43 arrests made, with 22 of the individuals involved charged in court for corruption offences and other wrong-doings related to sand mining.
The report said the bribes amounted to RM321,528, with RM88,000 being the highest amount received by an offender uncovered during last year’s ‘Ops Pasir’ (Operation Sand).
Six people were also arrested for bribery involving sex.
The MACC revealed in the report that besides offering bribes to enforcement officers, the culprits also issued threats.
“The illegal sand mining locations were fenced up and guarded by tontos, with some of the armed with guns.
“They not only interfered with enforcement work but also dared to threaten and point their pistols at the enforcement officers,” the report said.
With regard to illegal logging, it said the losses were based on the estimated value of the illegally-felled logs seized during ‘Ops Balak’ (Operation Timber) last year.
Throughout last year, 10 investigation papers were opened from 46 tip-offs received on corrupt practices related to illegal logging.
Some of the operations against illegal logging were carried out in Johor, Perak and Pahang including along the Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands Road, and in Kedah and Hulu Selangor.
In an enforcement operation at the Bintang Hijau Forest Reserve in Lenggong, Perak, the MACC found 800 logs worth RM250,00O and which were from illegally-felled trees.
In another operation at the Tersang Forest Reserve in Raub, Pahang, it was discovered that the stolen logs were sold to buyers at RM2,500 each.
In an operation in Kedah, the MACC arrested the South Kedah District Forestry director, an officer and two forest rangers for asking for bribes from a timber businessman.
The report said illegal logging not only caused heavy revenue loss but could also destroy the habitats and their eco-systems, besides threatening the lot of the Orang Asli who depended on jungle produce for a living. — BERNAMA
Bribery not only will make our country lose out in monetary terms but also the corrupt officers can be bought to do whatever dirty bidding of their paymasters.
Not only the sand theft and illegal logging will destroy the natural resources, but will also effect the people living nearby those areas.
Hundreds of millions of ringgit worth of sand shipped off to Singapore island
JOHOR BARU: After a hiatus of several months, sand thieves have returned with a vengeance to continue mining sand worth hundreds of millions of ringgit which is shipped off to Singapore.
The sandmen have expanded their activity along Sungai Johor, ignoring a national ban on the export of sand and despite a clampdown by the authorities last year.
Starprobe recently followed the trail of the illegal activity, which started from a jetty in Kota Tinggi, Johor, to Ulu Tiram, about 20km away, before the sand was loaded on to lorries after the washing process was completed.
A tug boat (top picture) on the Sungai Johor pulling a barge loaded with sand. On the left are two dredging ships. Above: Sand being loaded on to lorries by excavators at one of the collection areas in Pulau Punggol Timor in Singapore. — M. RAJAN / The Star
The sand is transported to several barges, each with a capacity of up to 4,000 tonnes. Some of the barges and tugboats were registered in Singapore.
Taken from The Star
Those motherfuckers who are involved with sand theft should also be investigated and arrested a.s.a.p.
I want to know what are the authorities are doing when these cases had been exposed over and over again in the media, but it is still rampant???
Are those officers sleeping on the job or they themselves are receiving some kind of pay from those sand thieves?
If they are doing their jobs, surely those motherfuckers who sold the sand to Singapore will be caught and put in jail for being traitors of this nation.
I bet some local gangsters are involved in this case because none of them are being caught or charged.
The majority of the people will not respect the law enforcement agencies because these cases are rampant and no action seems to be taken.
So, are these people on the payroll of these criminals? If not, why is there no legal action taken by them towards those criminals?
Those who received and gives bribes should be charged under the most harsh laws to give example to others not to do it.
