T-shirt story better than concert

Singapore was expelled from Malaysia in 1965, but the Santana T-shirt sold at a concert there on March 7 begs to differ.

THE coincidence is amusingly uncanny. On the same week that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad released his much-anticipated memoirs, some rock concert T-shirts being sold in Singapore had prints saying that Singapore is part of Malaysia.

Yes, it's true. T-shirts on sale at the Santana concert on March 7 were emblazoned on the back with the concert tour venues: Bangkok, Thailand; Jakarta, Indonesia; Seoul, Korea; Perth, Australia; Christchurch, New Zealand; and, of all things, Singapore, Malaysia.

I missed the concert but still cannot contain the hilarity of the whole thing. The timing bordered on perfect irony -- on one hand, the former prime minister's book, A Doctor in the House, with certain blistering references to Singapore, and on the other, the collectors' item traded outside the Singapore Indoor Stadium proclaiming that Singapore is in Malaysia.

Danny Goon, a dear old friend from Penang, was one of the many Malaysians who went to see the concert and bought a T-shirt at the official merchandise store.

It was only later that he spotted the words written on the back.

This was his email to me:

Syed, Did you attend the Santana gig in Singapore on Monday? Well I parted with S$50 to buy a Santana T-shirt for a friend who missed his Guitar Heaven 2011 Tour concert in Singapore on Monday night. Little did I suspect that the T-shirt is likely to cause an international incident. Read the itinerary carefully... is the Red Dot still part of Malaysia? What would LKY think? Or Dr M? Incidentally, it is made in Haiti.

Cheers,

Danny.

The Red Dot is a common, somewhat repugnant, reference to Singapore, mainly used by leaders and politicians in the region; LKY is Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore and now minister mentor; while Dr M is Dr Mahathir.

Singapore used to be part of Malaysia after it merged with the Federation of Malaya alongside Sabah and Sarawak in 1963 to form Malaysia.

The union, however, was rocky from the start. Distrust and ideological differences between leaders of the state of Singapore and the Federal Government of Malaysia resulted in frequent disagreement in politics, economic, financial and social policies. Eventually, in 1965, Tunku Abdul Rahman decided to expel Singapore from the federation.

Some might consider the T-shirt boo-boo a trivial matter. Danny said he pointed it out to a few Singaporean friends who laughed it off. And the fact that the T-shirts were made in Haiti is small consolation.

But it might still touch a raw nerve in some people, including Dr Mahathir and Lee, whose disaffection for one another is well-known. Their respective memoirs say it best.

Lee, in From Third World To First, published in 2000 stated:

- We (Singapore) had to succeed (after separation) for if we failed, our only survival option would be a re-merger, but on Malaysian terms, as a state like Penang or Malacca.

- From time to time, whenever the Malaysians wanted things their way, even on matters strictly within our domestic rights, relations with Malaysia were strained. What they wanted is called in the Malay language an abang-adik (big brother-little brother) relationship with little brother giving way graciously. When non-vital interests were at stake, we were prepared to humour abang, but not when adik had legitimate interests to defend.

- Mahathir was candid about his deep anti-Singapore feelings. He recounted how, as a medical student in Singapore, he had directed a Chinese taxi driver to the home of a lady friend, but had been taken to the servants' quarters of this house. It was an insult he did not forget. Singapore Chinese, he said, looked down on Malays.

Dr Mahathir is equally, if not more, caustic in his memoirs. Among the passages:

- One area of Malaysian foreign policy that has always been challenging has been our relationship with Singapore. I may be wrong, but I suspect Lee Kuan Yew once nursed the thought of becoming prime minister of this country. (Aha, perhaps that explains the T-shirt imprints.)

- Enforced separation meant the end of Lee's dream. He cried when announcing it on television and never forgave Tunku. He did not attribute the expulsion to his own behaviour and obvious ambition, choosing instead to believe firmly that we (former Umno secretary-general Tan Sri Syed Jaafar Albar and Dr Mahathir) were responsible for Tunku's action.

- Malaysians were less sophisticated than they are now. They certainly did not possess the aggressiveness that is sometimes necessary in business. They preferred to sell their products to Singapore, which then acted as distribution centre and made a tidy profit marketing products obtained from Malaysia. They exported the same products, like orchids, to other countries, or sold processed raw materials back to Malaysia for a much higher price. Singapore agencies invariably included Malaysia as part of their own territory.

- It was only in Singapore that I experienced a very unusual kind of protocol. As a visiting head of government, I was only greeted by a protocol officer at the entrance of the prime minister's office and was then required to wait in an adjacent holding room until the prime minister was ready to see me. I was made to wait for about 15 minutes and felt very sorely used... So when Lee Kuan Yew, and later his successors, came to Kuala Lumpur, I followed his precedent.

Well, Danny, I may have missed Santana and his Black Magic Woman, but the T-shirt story is more entertaining, whether it caused an international incident or not.

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'Do not reject evidence on technicality'

KUALA LUMPUR: Evidence, even if obtained through unfair means, can be admitted in a trial in the interest of justice.

This was the submission of senior deputy public prosecutor Datuk Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden who is applying to review the ruling of a trial-within-a-trial last week where a toothbrush, a towel and mineral water bottle, were excluded as evidence in the sodomy trial of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Yusof said the High Court should not be duly concerned how samples of Anwar were collected for DNA profiling as long as it was "relevant and admissible."

"Justice cannot be sacrificed due to technical reasons," said Yusof, adding that it was evidence as long as it was relevant.

Yusof was making his submission yesterday in two separate applications:

- to review the ruling in a trial within-a-trial that the three items collected from a cell at the police headquarters here where Anwar was held overnight as admissible; and

- to compel Anwar to provide his specimen for DNA profiling as provided under the Evidence Act.

Yusof further submitted that the court should seriously consider the application to compel Anwar to provide his specimen so that "the truth could be discovered and more importantly that justice is administered according to the law."

He said judge Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah could not force Anwar to surrender his specimen but the judge could order someone else to obtain them from him.

He said the relevant consideration was whether the DNA obtained from Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan could be matched to the accused (Anwar).

"The chief function of a judge is to see that justice is done and a too rigid adherence to set rules may sometimes embarrass the judge in the performance of his duties and defeat the ends of justice," he said.

Yusof said Saiful had given evidence that Anwar sodomised him and ejaculation had taken place.

"As result of medical examination on Saiful, a high rectal swab was taken from the anus of the complainant and analysis by a chemist found the semen of a person known as 'Male Y'," he said.

Yusof said police in the course of investigation secured the three exhibits left behind by Anwar and the DNA profile of these exhibits conclusively matched the DNA profile of 'Male Y'.

He said the DNA profile from 'Male Y' was a crime scene sample.

"It is absolutely sensible for an accused person facing a sodomy charge to exonerate himself and voluntarily offer his DNA sample."

Yusof said the application to compel Anwar to give his specimen on the premise that an innocent person must be acquitted, and a guilty party be held liable for his crime.

On Anwar's arrest outside his home in Segambut on July 16, 2008, Yusof said it was lawful as the accused had made a detour while police were waiting for him at the headquarters as agreed upon earlier.

"CID director (Datuk Seri) Bakri Zinin knew Anwar was supposed to surrender, but the arrest was effected when Anwar detoured and went back home."

Anwar was scheduled to go to the police headquarters immediately after his appointment with a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officer in Putrajaya.

Yusof said no warrant of arrest was required since Anwar's arrest for alleged sodomy then was a seizable offence under the Penal Code.

The defence will make its submission today.

At the outset of the proceedings yesterday, Anwar's lead counsel Karpal Singh complained that certain newspapers had published contents of the prosecution's submission on the application to compel Anwar to give his specimen.

He said these mischievous and scandalous reports amounted to contempt of court.

Yusof replied that there was a case law which allowed for such publication in the interest of the public.

Zabidin then adjourned proceedings to meet the prosecution and defence in chambers.

Later in open court, the judge said he hoped parties would not hinder the ongoing trial or else "they may have to face the music".

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New bid to get Anwar's DNA

PUTRAJAYA: The public prosecutor in the Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial will today submit a 14-page application to the court seeking the presentation of the PKR de facto leader's blood sample.

The prosecution is citing Section 73 of the Evidence Act, read with Section 165 of the same act, which states: the judge may in order to discover or to obtain proper proof of relevant facts, ask any questions he pleases, in any form at any time, of any witness about any fact relevant or not.

The application says, among other things, that neither the parties nor their agent shall be entitled to make any objection to such question or order nor leave of the court to cross-examine any witness upon any answer given in reply to any question.

Solicitor-General II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden and his prosecution team, in applying Sarkar's Law of Evidence to support sections of the Evidence Act used, argues that when a man is exhibited whether voluntarily or by order, and even if the order goes too far, the evidence, if material, is competent.

Yusof will make a submission for judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah to review his decision in the trial-within-a-trial on Tuesday rejecting a mineral water bottle, Good Morning towel and toothbrush as evidence.

Yusof said it was not only logical but absolutely sensible for an accused person facing a charge of carnal intercourse against the order of nature, to voluntarily offer his DNA sample for matching with that of the crime scene sample, in order to exonerate himself.

He cited Sarkar's Law of Evidence's comment on section 165 of the act which says the chief function of a judge is to see that justice is done between parties, and a too rigid adherence to the set rules may sometimes embarrass him in the performance of his duties and defeat the ends of justice.

It also underlines that the position of a judge is not that of a moderator between contestants in a game with no inclination to interfere till the violation of its rules.

The judge, it said, had a much higher duty to perform as he must see not only that the proceedings were conducted according to the law, but also to administer justice and to find out the truth.

"It has also been said that counsel seek only for their client's success, but the judge must watch that justice triumphs.

"It is in the interest of justice that this application is premised upon that an innocent person must be acquitted and a guilty one be held liable for his crime."

Yusof, in his submission, also quoted the book Dealing With DNA Evidence: A Legal Guide which said, "DNA evidence has possibly the highest probative value of all, on par with fingerprint evidence, in identifying an individual."

He said it was best to hearken to the explanation in the book that DNA analysis had become an indispensable police tool as it allowed unambiguous identification of the criminal by traces of biological material left at the crime scene.

"With justice paramount in this case, we respectfully urge this honourable court to direct Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to provide a non-intimate or intimate sample of himself as this honourable court deems fit."

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This picture says it all

Why the excuse not to give his DNA?

The PKR secretary-general, Saifuddin Nasution is looking after his own butt when he defended Anwar Ibrahim by stating that former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad never gave his then-deputy and now opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim a chance to defend himself.

What chance are you referring to when Anwar Ibrahim did indulge in sodomy when there had been ample proof of it provided for the eyes of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad only by the police and army intelligence?

My luck seems to be with me when I coincidently met with one army intelligence who happened to be the one doing the spying to confirm the case and he confirmed it.

Another relative of mine had also confirmed that he had seen the video tape of Anwar committing the sodomy. Don't ask me how he got it but he has connection to the Special Branch people too.

I think that when PAS accused of Tun Dr Mahathir had once watched a porno with his grandchildren was an exaggeration when the truth could be that our premier had been shown the video tape of Anwar's indulging in sodomy by the police or army intelligence.

That makes more sense because an intelligent person like Tun Dr Mahathir is far too busy to be wasting his time watching porno for fun because he is busy doing more important things than wasting his brain capacity like that.

Do you think that the police and army intelligence are that stupid to just accuse anyone without providing solid proof of Anwar's sodomy charge?

Some proof are just too confidential when it involved with our nation's international relationship with other countries in which Anwar is their tool.

“That (Saifuddin's allegations) is a total lie. Saifuddin was not at the Umno supreme council meeting on Sept 4, 1998, he was not a supreme council member. So he cannot have known what went on, let alone challenge Mahathir's version of the events.

“I was there, as I was a member of the Umno supreme council. And I can confirm events as Mahathir related them was the truth,” Ibrahim told reporters in Parliament today.

“Take him to court, if they dare. Let truth prevail!” concluded Ibrahim Ali.

Why is it that Anwar is so reluctant to give his DNA sample to the police? How could the police make a thorough investigation about this sodomy case when the accused are not cooperating with them and making it hard for them to finish the investigation?

Moreover, Anwar's lawyer had advised him not to take Tun Dr Mahathir to court. Why is that?

All of these events seems to indicate that Anwar Ibrahim is the real culprit who had raped the anus of Saiful Bukhari.

Anwar Ibrahim himself knew that he is guilty. That is the one and only reason he is not giving up his DNA for testing to confirm his guilt.

Bamboo River seems so near

More revelations at the Sodomy 2 trial just makes me sick.

This Anwar Al Juburi is really a sicko.

He would go to any lengths to commit sodomy, even to the extend of raping his coffee boy who takes his fancies.

The exposure of him caressing Saiful Bukhari's breasts are just gross.

Moreover, that he used KY Jelly to fuck Saiful's butt.

This faggot also asked Saiful to suck his small dick in which the victim refused.

Some opposition supporters will spin this to say that this is consensual sex.

But bear in mind that this is blatant rape because if it's consensual sex, then the sodomy victim will not be making a police report on it.

Instead, they would go on indulging in a homosexual bliss because it's consensual sex and nobody will get to know about their abnormal sexual relationship.

Mr. Y is surely an addicted homo who loves to fuck boys that catches his eyes.

I don't pity his wife because his wife was the one who keeps denying the fact that her husband is a GAY and kept quiet which resulted in him raping the butt of other boys who do not believe that Anwar is a gay who loves sodomy.

Then and now

Why look so gloom and haggard? Mb he has imagined himself residing in Bamboo River?

After getting a punch for verbally abusing the police.

Good looking as always.

Anwar Ibrahim may have won it this round when the judge rejected the DNA evidence.

However, the question that lingers in the minds of people who can think, people who uses their brains unlike those Fuckatan Riot supporters who are only cows to be ridden on by the communists DAPig, why is it that Anwar Ibrahim had been so reluctant in giving his DNA for DNA testing?

Does he have something to hide?

Why was it that Karpal Singh before in 1998 claimed he had the proof of Anwar's sodomy?

But now, he can stoop that low to defend this person he had claimed he had proof of sodomy!

For me, it's just as simple as this. If he has nothing to hide, he would not go to any lengths to deny the police his DNA sample.

We know very well that Anwar Ibrahim is the proxy of the Jews.

And when he went overseas, he will freely go to any gay bars there. That is why the gay associations overseas are so excited to defend this hard core homosexual.

I bet that the CIA or Mossad even have the video of him visiting the many gay bars he went to. Maybe they even have the video of him committing the sodomy.

You know how secret agents are. They can do anything that ordinary folks like us think is impossible, just like in the spy movies.

That's because they had been receiving proper and hard training. They can survive anywhere because they had been trained to do so.

If Anwar is indeed an agent of CIA or Mossad, CIA or Mossad must now be feeling the heat because of the stupidity of their recruited agent.

I don't think that anyone can be as stupid as Anwar Ibrahim. So, I crown you Anwar Al Juburi, the highest crown, which is the KING OF SODOMY and STUPIDITY.

Run Anwar Run! Run to Washington and be with your true masters before you are thrown into Bamboo River and be a resident there for another 20 years.