ISA: ADA LAGI TANGKAPAN?

Beberapa Pemimpin Kumpulan Pelampau Akan Ditahan Mengikut ISA, Kata Johari

JITRA, 15 Dis (Bernama) -- Kerajaan akan menahan beberapa lagi pemimpin dan penyokong kumpulan pelampau yang mendalangi perhimpunan haram di Kuala Lumpur, mengikut Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) dalam tempoh terdekat.

Timbalan Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum berkata kesemua mereka yang akan ditahan itu terbabit dalam mendalangi satu perhimpunan haram yang membangkitkan isu perkauman.

Nama individu terbabit sudah disenaraikan dan polis hanya menunggu proses penahanan selepas memperoleh bukti lengkap mengenai pembabitan mereka dalam perhimpunan haram baru-baru ini, katanya selepas merasmikan Majlis Mesra Rakyat Parlimen Kubang Pasu di sini, hari ini.

Beliau berkata penggunaan ISA bukan boleh dilaksanakan sewenang-wenangnya selagi tiada bukti pembabitan dalam aktiviti yang boleh mengancam dan menggugat keselamatan negara.

Johari berkata penahanan lima pemimpin kumpulan pelampau itu sebelum ini adalah kerana terdapatnya bukti pembabitan mereka dalam menghasut dan menggugat keselamatan negera.

Mereka ditahan setelah Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berpuas hati dengan laporan kegiatan mereka, katanya.

'Damai Malaysia' sounds like bullshit Malaysia.

via Viva la Revolucion!

I really can't stand it when someone tries to insult my intelligence. I mean, I'm not even so much as pissed if someone's trying to feed me bullshit; because if they manage to pull it off, well hey, hats off to you pal, guess you got me on that one. But when someone tries to piece together a 10 second thought process with no contemplation on how to lie to me, that pisses me off.

Like this little bullshit which I'm going to tell you in a minute.

In case you haven't been reading the news, (and I don't blame you if you haven't, the mainstream media sells you shit) there have been 2 massive street demonstrations in KL within the last several months, Bersih, a coalition of NGO's and political parties calling for electoral reforms, and a HINDRAF (Hindu Rights Action Force) rally for which they filed a class action lawsuit against the United Kingdom for 4 trillion US dollars (2 million dollars for 1.5 million Indians in Malaysia). The crowd estimates for both rallies were around 40 000 people.

Anyway, I was just browsing through NST before I came across this piece of news right here. Apparently more than "400 NGO organisations came to protest the recent street demonstrations".

"Damai Malaysia is a coalition of 395 NGOs representing 1.5 million Malay-sians who have declared their stand against street demonstrations."

For the record, "Malaysians" is one word dumbass. Way to make a typo that insinuates racism Ranjeetha Pakiam.

Anyway, it says here that it's the 'silent majority' that's speaking out for Malaysia. Right. Silent majority. Because the overwhelming amount of 350 people...

"A few uniformed policemen were seen monitoring the crowd of more than 350."

...beats 40 000 people any day.

But let's not stray from the point. Just because 350 people were there it doesn't mean that it's not representing a lot of people. In fact, NST claims that it represents the "silent majority" of 1.5 million Malaysians.

Wow. I wonder how they get that number.




I mean, seriously, I tried to verify who exactly are these silent 1.5 million people, and you'd think that they'd have the initiative to at least make a website if they really cared. I mean, Bersih has its own Website, AND Wikipedia entry.

Now when I type 'Damai Malaysia' online, I find...




Now, one might wonder, why is it that the 'noisy minority' such as HINDRAF and Bersih have references online, while 'Damai Malaysia' scores a Swiss Garden Golf Resort? I mean if there are indeed 1.5 million Malaysians behind Damai Malaysia, then you'd think at least one of them would be a cyber geek who's compelled enough to make a site or write something about it online.

SMS PERKAUMAN SEDANG BEREDARAN .... AWAS !!!

Ketika ini beberapa SMS telah beredar bertujuan untuk menghasut rakyat tentang perbalahan kaum yang dikatakan akan berlaku. Berikut adalah diantara SMS yang diterima,

"Ada rusuhan bsar2an pada 15& 16hb ni. Polis srh sbarkan hal ini pd smua bgsa (dipotong) spya jgn prgi KL&jgn kuar umah sb kli ni rsuhan b'snjta..mlm or wktu tdur kaum kulit (dipotong) nk srng org hbis2an...Yg dr kp.,jgn naik bas lwt ptg,bhya. Sbb hal ni akn b/laku bila2 ms.."

Ia adalah diantara bentuk sms yang diedarkan yang disebut di dalam berita .

Rujuk:

Don’t spread rumours via SMS, warns IGP

Rusuhan kaum: ISA akan dikenakan terhadap penyebar khabar angin
KUALA LUMPUR 15 Dis. - Ketua Polis Negara (KPN), Tan Sri Musa Hassan hari ini memberi amaran akan mengenakan tindakan mengikut Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) terhadap mereka yang menyebarkan khabar angin kononnya pergaduhan kaum akan berlaku di Kampung Baru di Kuala Lumpur dan Puchong esok.

Cuma hubungi pihak MAXIS, DIGI, CELCOM dan lain lain syarikat komunikasi negara Malaysia, si pengedar sms akan mudah dikesan. Cuma nak tanya, bila nak siasat?

SMS berunsur fitnah dan perkauman ini nampaknya sudah berlaku sejak berlaku insiden demonstrasi HINDRAF. Siapa kah sebenarnya dalang yang sengaja membakar api ini? Tanya diri sendiri. Awas ... mainan politik ... Siapa 'kambing hitam' di dalam hal ini?

Tenaga asks Malaysia for 10 years of price increases

via Malaysiatoday
By Soraya Permatasari and Angus Whitley

(Bloomberg) -- Tenaga Nasional Bhd., Malaysia's biggest power utility, wants the government to let it raise electricity prices every year for a decade to compensate for a planned reduction in fuel subsidies.

After the natural gas subsidy to Tenaga is removed, the state-controlled company should be allowed to sell electricity at rates that reflect the cost of the fuel, Chief Executive Officer Che Khalib Mohamad Noh said in an interview yesterday.

A gradual increase in power prices ``would be easier, less painful'' for customers, Che Khalib said in Kuala Lumpur. The gas ``price in Malaysia is far too low. We have to correct that.''

A surge in prices of crude oil, gas and coal has swelled Tenaga's costs and increased Malaysia's annual fuel subsidy to more than 30 billion ringgit ($9 billion). The utility's shares have lagged behind the benchmark index this year partly on concern earnings may be eroded by higher fuel costs.

``It makes perfect economic sense instead of a one-off removal of the subsidy,'' said James Ratnam, an analyst at TA Securities Holdings Bhd. in Kuala Lumpur with a ``buy'' rating on Tenaga. ``Unless there's a clear policy, it will still weigh on the share price.''

Tenaga rose 5 sen, or 0.5 percent, to 9.40 ringgit at the close of trading on Bursa Malaysia Securities, the first gain in four days. The stock has fallen 14 percent this year compared with the 28 percent gain on the benchmark index.

Public Protests

Energy price increases had triggered public protests in Malaysia. A gasoline price hike in March 2006 led to street demonstrations in Kuala Lumpur. In May last year, police used water cannon to disperse crowds protesting against higher electricity rates. Opposition parties held protests in February after road-toll prices climbed.

Ten years of consecutive electricity price increases is ``politically, not realistic,'' TA's Ratnam said.

Malaysia fixes diesel, gasoline and power prices to keep inflation in check. Tenaga, more than half-owned by the state, needs government approval for any rate increase.

At an average price of 26.2 sen per kilowatt-hour, Malaysian power rates are the cheapest in Asia after Taiwan, with 25.4 sen, and Indonesia, with 23.2 sen, Che Khalib said on May 24 last year.

Under Tenaga's proposal to the government, prices should be reviewed every three months after the decade of annual increases expires, Che Khalib said.

Buying Gas

The effect on Tenaga ``should be neutral if gas prices are also increased gradually over the same period,'' said Tursina Yaacob, an analyst at OSK Securities Sdn. in Kuala Lumpur. ``If it's a gradual increase, consumers won't feel it that much.'' She has a ``buy'' rating on Tenaga stock.

Under an agreement with Malaysian state oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Bhd., power producers in the Southeast Asian country buy gas at 6.40 ringgit per million British thermal units. That's about 70 percent below the market price, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Sept. 24.

A surge in prices of natural gas, which is used to generate half of Tenaga's electricity, has increased the government's total gas subsidy by 9.1 percent to 15.6 billion ringgit in the year ended March 31, according to Petronas, as the oil and gas company is known.

Crude oil has surged 52 percent in New York this year and reached a record $99.29 a barrel on Nov. 21.

Tenaga generates almost half of Malaysia's electricity and is also the country's transmission monopoly, while so-called independent power producers including Tanjong Plc and YTL Power International Bhd. generate 51 percent.

Tenaga uses gas to produce half of its power, coal to generate 31 percent and oil-products for the rest.

Coal Prices

The utility said on Oct. 25 that higher fuel prices, mainly coal, and increased payments to buy power from independent generators will hurt profit in the year ending Aug. 31.

Tenaga currently buys coal at 40 percent below market prices under contracts that will expire mostly in August next year, Che Khalib said in the interview.

The company is in talks to extend the contracts for another year, he said. Tenaga has agreed to buy coal at 20 percent below market prices from two new mines in Kalimantan, Indonesia, stretching supplies until August 2009, he said.

Prices of thermal coal shipped from Australia's Newcastle port, an Asian benchmark, reached a record in the week through Dec. 7, according to the globalCOAL weekly index, amid rising demand from power utilities, export bottlenecks in Australia and surging consumption in China.

Tenaga is prepared to spend $2 billion for more power plant projects in the Middle East to expand overseas, Che Khalib said. The company has been pre-qualified to bid for some projects, he added, declining to elaborate. It has a joint venture with Malakoff Bhd. to build power and water plants in Saudi Arabia.

The utility is in talks with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to accelerate payments on some of its yen-denominated loans that account for almost 15 percent of the company's total debt.

Tenaga is considering a government offer to take a 20 percent stake in a project to lay 700 kilometers (435 miles) of undersea power cables from the Bakun hydroelectric plant in the eastern state of Sarawak to the Malaysian peninsula, Che Khalib said.

Fatwa on ISA

via cyusof.blogspot

Well, we saw this coming.

A government bankrupt of ideas have finally grabbed the 5 leaders of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) under the controversial Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows for detention without trial for a 2 year term in the interest of so called 'public order'. Sheeesh.

Nothing really justifies this draconian law as a 'necessary evil'. Government apologists will forever argue that the 'silent majority' of the rakyat gave tacit approval by returning the same government again and again. But people, this a baaad 'preventive' law. It may have served its purpose during its time but its now no longer necessary. There are other punitive laws in place so lets charge the 5 in a court of law, eh? Whats the matter, no credible evidences to make them stick? Come on, even the seemingly harsh Shariah Laws require credible evidences and witnesses before punishment can be meted out.

The Mufti of Sabah recently willy nilly issued a fatwa (religious decree) that declared all Buddhist statues haram (forbidden) in the state. This, I believe, is more dangerous to public order and threatens the very fabric of our multi racial and multi religious society. On 18th August 2004, a group of 22 ISA detainees challenged the Malaysian Council of Muftis to make a fatwa on the ISA, which ex detainee Saari Sungib argued, violates “principles of human rights and the rule of law enshrined in the Scriptures”. But somehow this was kept out of the mainstream media and nothing came out of it. No prizes for guessing why.

Perhaps its about time all the state Muftis, or even one of them to have the balls to sort this matter out once and for all.

NGOs discuss Indian issues with PM in heart-to-heart chat

via malaysiaonnews.blogspot.

PUTRAJAYA: A frank and open discussion. That was how representatives of Indian groups described their two-hour meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday.

The talks centred on issues affecting the community, particularly its socio-economic standing in the country.

A spokesman from the Prime Minister's Office said Abdullah told the representatives of the 13 non-governmental organisations what the Government was doing to help uplift the economic and social standing of the Indian community.

“He also explained the Government’s stand on the Hindraf issue. All those who attended pledged to work with the Government for the betterment of the Malaysian Indian community,'' he added.

The meeting took place just 24 hours after the arrest of five Hindraf leaders under the Internal Security Act on Thursday.

The spokesman said Abdullah also stressed on the importance of preserving peace and stability, which was important to a developing nation like Malaysia.

“One thing for certain is that the NGOs disagreed with the way Hindraf used demonstrations to voice its views and claims, specifically ethnic cleansing of the Indian community, which they said did not make sense,” he added.

The 13 NGOs that attended the meeting were the Malaysian Hindu Sangam, Malaysian Hindu Dharma Mamandram, Malaysian Hindu Association, Sri Murugan Centre, Malaysian Hindu Youth Council, Malaysian Tamil Youth Bell Clubs Council, and Malaysian Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

The others were the Malaysian Indian Business Association, National Land Finance Cooperative Society, National Union of Plantation Workers, Malaysian Tamil School Headmasters Association, Child Information Learning and Development Centre, and Yayasan Strategik Sosial.

Works Minister and MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu and Suhakam commissioner Datuk N. Siva Subramaniam also attended the meeting.

Malaysia Hindu Dharma Mamandram president Assoc Prof N.S. Rajendran said the meeting was called to hear the expectations and feelings of the Indian community.

“He asked us to be frank about the real situation. All of us were given a chance to express our views.

“We raised issues on education, civil service, promotions, racial integration, religion and others.

“The Prime Minister was very attentive and took down notes,” he said.

Rajendran said: “Some of the representatives raised ‘rather hard issues’ to which Abdullah replied ‘Don’t worry, I am here to listen and I want you all to be frank’.

“The Prime Minister also stressed that this would not be the last meeting. He said he would have a discussion with Samy Vellu on the issues raised,” he added.

Malaysia Hindu Sangam president Datuk A. Vaithilingam said they asked Abdullah to consider releasing the five Hindraf leaders held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) and charge them in court.

“We also made a request to release the 31 people charged in court as they were at a place of worship (Batu Caves) and many of them were merely bystanders who might have just questioned the police and were arrested,” he added.

Vaithilingam said he also agreed to be the coordinator to prepare a memorandum to be submitted to Abdullah on the community’s plight.

Siva Subramaniam said it was the first time he saw NGOs boldly pouring out all their grievances.

Before the discussion Abdullah also met with Bar Council chairman S. Ambiga.
- Thesun

Menteri Penerangan ZAINUDDIN MAIDIN Meng'api'kan Isu Perkauman

From Malaysiakini: Read here article by Jamiliah Kassim

Tidak boleh dinafikan bahawa tindak-tanduk Hindraf telah mengakibatkan keadaan menjadi tegang dan semakin ramai di kalangan kaum Cina dan India yang terpengaruh dengan fakta-fakta yang disampaikan dan menyokong mereka.

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket Apa yang perlu pemimpin kita lakukan sekarang bukanlah dengan mengapi-apikan keadaan yang sudah tegang. Ucapan Menteri Penerangan, ZAINUDDIN MAIDIN amatlah TIDAK SESUAI pada peringkat ini.

Cuba fikirkan tentang latarbelakang pemimpin ini.

Siapakah beliau?

Apakah beliau layak menyebut tentang mempertahankan kedudukan orang Melayu?

Jawapannya TIDAK!

Merbahaya sekiranya rakyat terpedaya dengan ucapan yang dibuat oleh pemimpin sebegini.

Orang Melayu mungkin dihantui pemikiran membalas dendam atas apa yang dilakukan oleh Hindraf manakala orang India pula semakin benci kepada Umno, Barisan Nasional dan kerajaan.
Golongan anak Melayu berpendidikan tinggi dan berfikir waras tidak mahu keadaan tegang ini berterusan. Melobi di peringkat antarabangsa hanyalah mendatangkan kesan-kesan negatif kepada pembangunan negara.

Gambaran ketidakstabilan politik akan menyebabkan pelabur asing menjauhi negara ini. Seterusnya, wujud masalah pengangguran dan bertambah buruk lagi dengan masalah sosial seperti kecurian, rompakan dan sebagainya apabila golongan miskin kehilangan periuk nasi mereka.

Apakah pemimpin kita mahu keadaan sedemikian berlaku? Kita mahukan kepemimpinan Umno yang bijaksana dan berwibawa dalam menandingi soal-soal perkauman.

Strategi-strategi yang lebih berproduktif sekarang ialah:

1. Menghentikan segala tindak-tanduk yang mengapi-apikan keadaan.
2. Mempereratkan lagi perpaduan antara kaum melalui pelbagai aktiviti amal.
3. “Mendinginkan api” dengan pemberian kebajikan, seperti meluluskan pembinaan sekolah rendah Tamil dan Cina, dan membuat paparan meluas tentang berita-berita positif.

SAMY BARU NAK SIBUK PASAL BANTU INDIA

MIC: Berikan pinjaman Tekun kepada kaum India

KUALA LUMPUR: MIC, yang mahu lebih ramai kaum India terlibat dalam perniagaan, mencadangkan kerajaan memberi bantuan kewangan khas seperti Skim Tabung Ekonomi Kumpulan Usahawan Niaga (Tekun) kepada kaum berkenaan.

Naib Presiden MIC Datuk S. Veerasingam berkata bantuan kewangan itu penting dalam menggalakkan kaum India memulakan perniagaan.

"Dalam usaha membasmi kemiskinan dan menaikkan taraf hidup kaum India di Malaysia, kami mahu melihat lebih ramai kaum itu terlibat dalam perniagaan," kata Veerasingam ketika diminta mengulas mengenai usaha terkini MIC dalam meningkatkan kedudukan sosioekonomi kaum India.

"Kami mahu melihat mereka menjalankan perniagaan sendiri, dan apapun masalah, kami akan membantu mereka. Jika mereka mahu memulakan perniagaan tetapi gagal mendapatkan pinjaman bank, kami akan berusaha mencari jalan penyelesaian untuk mereka," katanya.

Veerasingam yang juga Timbalan Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna, berkata MIC sudah mengemukakan cadangan mengenai bantuan kewangan kepada kerajaan Jun lepas.

"Kami mencadangkan kerajaan menyediakan bantuan kewangan seperti Tekun untuk membantu kaum India memulakan perniagaan," katanya kepada pemberita selepas menyampaikan ucaptama pada Konvensyen Antarabangsa Penduduk Asal Global (GOPIO) kesembilan, di sini hari ini.

Ditanya mengenai kemajuan cadangan itu, beliau berkata: "Saya difahamkan Perdana Menteri (Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) sedang mengkajinya, dan memang kami mengharapkan kerajaan membuat keputusan yang mememihak kepada kami tidak lama lagi."

Konvensyen itu yang dianjurkan bersama oleh GOPIO, Dewan Perniagaan dan Industri India Malaysia dan Persatuan Perusahaan Kecil dan Sederhana Malaysia.

Konvensyen itu meliputi tiga persidangan utama yang memberi tumpuan kepada isu-isu ekonomi, perniagaan dan sosiekonomi.

Minorities and opposition united against the government

via asianews.

The last month has seen a crescendo of protests led by the Indian minority and opposition parties demanding equal opportunities and electoral reform. Authorities react with force while premier Badawi approves the implementation of the draconian Internal Security Act.

Kuala Lumpur (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Malaysia’s opposition parties have come out in support of the Indian ethnic minority, which has launched a series of protests recently against the governments discriminating policies. Yesterday former vice premier Anwar Ibrahim demanded that the 5 Indian activists arrested on December 12 for their role in organising protests be allowed to appear before the courts to avoid a violation of their rights. M. Manoharan, R. Kengadharan, B. Ganabathi Rao, Vasanthan and lawyer P. Uthayakumar, are being held under the Internal Security Act (ISA).

ISA is an emergency law which has been in vigour since 1969, and is widely criticised by the International community. It allows for the unlimited detention of presumed criminals, torture and beatings and even sets out that they can be re-arrested after a court has ordered their release.

The 5 are leading members of Hindraf (Hindu Rights Action Force), the group which has become the main defender of the Hindu minority in the country. It was their initiative which saw over 30 thousand people – according to unofficial estimates - take to the streets of the capital Kuala Lumpur November against racial discrimination which favours the majority Malay population.

The Indian community’s discontent is accompanied by the oppositions’ campaign for electoral reform ahead of the general election set for 2008. The authoritarian premier Abdullah Badawi is facing a deep governmental crises. Protests in recent months have rocked social classes, a crises refelected in the institutions and economy. Out of 27 million inhabitants, Muslim Malays count for 60% and dominate the political scene; 25% are of Chinese origin, and highly influential in the economy, while only 10% is represented by Indians, who take up the most undesirable jobs.

DIHALANG TAPI ....4,000 ORANG HADIR

Lebih 4,000 hadiri ceramah PKR di Jalan Kebun ..

Malaysiakini.com
melalui: harakahdaily

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Dis - Lebih 4,000 orang membanjiri kawasan ceramah anjuran Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) di Jalan Kebun di Kampung Jawa, Klang malam kelmarin.

Beberapa orang anggota polis kelihatan berada di i tempat ceramah tersebut yang berjalan lancar tanpa sebarang masalah.

Pada mulanya, ceramah tersebut, yang turut dihadiri oleh Penasihat Umum PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, dijadual diadakan di Dewan Hokkien, di bandar Klang.

Bagaimanapun, kerana tidak mendapat permit, pihak penganjur memutuskan untuk mengubah tempat ceramah ke Jalan Kebun.

Selain Anwar, turut berceramah malam tadi ialah Setiausaha Agung PKR, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim; Naib Presiden PKR, Sivarasa Rasiah; Timbalan Setiausaha Agung PKR, Dr Xavier Jayakumar; Ahli Majlis Pimpinan Tertinggi PKR, S Manikavasagam, dan ahli jawatankuasa PAS pusat, Dr Lo'Lo' Ghazali.

Dalam ceramahnya itu, Anwar mendakwa, Barisan Nasional (BN) sedang mengatur strategi Umno untuk memainkan isu perkauman khususnya membabitkan kaum Melayu dan India.

Sehubungan itu, katanya orang muda baik Melayu mahupun India perlu mendokong aspirasi rakyat untuk membina sebuah negara yang aman, maju dan adil untuk semua orang.

"Azizah (Datin Seri Wan Azizah Ismail) mendapat laporan bahawa Umno menyebar risalah supaya jangan percaya Anwar kerana beliau menyokong Hindu.

"Tetapi saya ingin menjelaskan bahawa saya menyokong tuntutan kaum India dalam beberapa segi seperti keperluan sekolah Tamil, ekonomi dan pembinaan kuil.

"Saya tidak menyokong kaum India yang membuat tuntutan ke atas hak-hak orang Melayu," katanya dalam ceramah di Klang malam tadi.

Selesai melalui rundingan

Anwar berkata, masalah kaum di dalam negara ini perlu diselesaikan melalui rundingan dan bukannya dengan memainkan isu perkauman.

Katanya, beliau telah berjaya mendamaikan kaum Melayu dan India ketika mereka bergaduh dalam isu kuil di Kampung Rawa, Pulau Pinang beberapa tahun lalu.

"Saya datang ke kampung tersebut setelah polis menangkap orang Melayu dan India yang bergaduh. Dalam kejadian tersebut, orang Melayu memukul seorang budak lelaki India yang berumur 13 tahun, manakala orang India memukul budak lelaki Melayu yang berumur 14 tahun.

"Saya panggil kedua-dua kumpulan orang Melayu dan India dan tanya mereka apa yang telah berlaku sehingga tercetusnya pergaduhan di antara mereka.

"Insiden tersebut tercetus setelah kuil yang terletak bersebelahan masjid telah dipindahkan sedangkan bunyi loeng kuil tidak menjadi masalah kepada orang Melayu," katanya.

Anwar berkata, beliau sebagai orang Melayu dan orang Islam, merasa malu jika melihat kaum India melarat dan terpinggir.

Katanya, seorang pemimpin yang baik perlu mengambil kira semua kaum dan bukannya kepada kaum tertentu sahaja.

SEHARI BERSAMA TG NIK AZIZ

MALAYSIA DAN PAKISTAN MEMANG SAMA

Musharraf to Lift Emergency Rule, Meet Key Demand
Bloomberg.com

By Khaleeq Ahmed and Farhan Sharif

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- President Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to lift emergency rule and restore the constitution in Pakistan today, meeting a key opposition demand for free and fair parliamentary elections next month.

The provisional constitutional order will be revoked through a presidential ordinance in Islamabad today, according to Musharraf's spokesman Rashid Qureshi. The president will address the nation in a televised speech at 8 p.m. local time, the official Associated Press of Pakistan said.

The restoration of the constitution may curb opposition to Musharraf from former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, who have said their parties will contest the Jan. 8 ballot under protest. The U.S. had also been pressing Musharraf to revoke the emergency decree before the election.

Musharraf suspended the constitution on Nov. 3 and fired Supreme Court judges, accusing them of interfering in affairs of state and hampering the fight against terrorism. He also imposed media curbs, suspended citizens' rights and arrested thousands of opposition supporters.

`The lifting of emergency fulfills a demand of the political parties and the international community,'' Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, assistant professor of international relations at Quaid- e-Azam University in Islamabad said. ``Media curbs still remain and the judiciary's position is the same. So this is just a way to legitimize the elections.''

Constitution Amended

Musharraf amended the constitution late yesterday to ensure any actions taken under emergency cannot be challenged, Daily Times newspaper reported.

The president is not scheduled to relax restrictions on the media and has said he won't reinstate deposed judges, including former top judge Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry.

Musharraf fired the country's judges as they were due to rule on the legality of him seeking a second term in office while remaining army chief. A new panel of Supreme Court justices, all appointed by the president, rejected the challenge and backed the Oct. 6 presidential ballot, in which Musharraf won a majority of votes from lawmakers.

Musharraf stepped down as army chief on Nov. 28 and was sworn in for a second five-year term as president a day later. Most opposition supporters have been freed.

Lawyers' Boycott

Lawyers plan to boycott the election to pressure the government to reinstate deposed judges, according to the Pakistan Bar Council. As many as 40 lawyers, including Aitzaz Ahsan, president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, have withdrawn their applications to contest the election.

Cricket captain turned lawmaker Imran Khan has said his Tehrik-e-Insaaf party will boycott the elections because they are illegal under Musharraf. Khan won the sole seat for his party in the 2002 elections.

Jamaat-e-Islami, the second-largest religious party has also decided to boycott the ballot.

An opinion poll published on Dec. 13 shows that 67 percent of Pakistanis want Musharraf to resign immediately. Presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi rejected the poll, the official Associated Press of Pakistan reported.

The survey was conducted last month by the Washington-based International Republican Institute after Musharraf declared a state of emergency. A majority of Pakistanis oppose the decree and 70 percent of respondents said the government doesn't deserve to be returned to office in elections.

Emergency Opposed

Seventy percent of respondents opposed the state of emergency and 26 percent supported it.

Bhutto, 54, who returned to Pakistan in October, ending eight years in self-imposed exile, has said she has evidence the pro-Musharraf party plans to rig voting. She survived an assassination attempt on her homecoming procession when suicide bombers killed 136 people in Karachi.

Sharif, 57, who was barred by the Election Commission from contesting the ballot on the grounds that he was convicted of hijacking in 2000, has said he won't work under Musharraf if he wins a majority in the voting. Sharif returned to Pakistan last month.

TIBA TIBA SEMUA JADI BERANI

Ingatkan ada harapan, rupanya rakyat bakal kecewa. Pelbagai pihak meragui individu yang dilantik di dalam Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja yang ditugaskan menyiasat kes penetapan ketua hakim negara (Video VK LINGAM).

Pertimbangkan Kembali Perlantikan Suruhanjaya Diraja untuk Menyiasat Klip Video

Kuala Lumpur, 13 Disember – Parti Keadilan Rakyat menyeru Perdana Menteri untuk mempertimbangkan kembali perlantikan Tan Sri Haidar Mohamed Noor, Datuk Mahadev Shankar dan Tan Sri Amar Steve Shim Lip Kiong, sebagai anggota Suruhanjaya Diraja untuk Menyiasat Klip Video, seterusnya memikirkan kembali bidang kuasa Suruhanjaya ini yang kini terlalu terhad.

Begitulah mesej yang disampaikan William Leong, Bendahari Agung PKR, dalam kenyataan medianya yang diperoleh SuaraKeadilan.com hari ini.

dan

"Pembabitan Haidar dan Steve Shim timbulkan persoalan"

Oleh Anwar Ibrahim

SETELAH saya mendedahkan klip video Lingam kepada orang ramai kira-kira tiga bulan yang lalu, kerajaan kini telah mengumumkan keangg...

Pada awalnya semua yang terlibat tidak berkata barang sepatah. Kini dua individu penting di dalam rakaman video tersebut, tiba tiba jadi berani

Lingam: I'll cooperate with royal commission (Malaysiakini)

Prominent lawyer VK Lingam today broke his two-month silence on his alleged role in the appointment of ‘friendly’ judges to the higher courts.

He said he would cooperate with the royal commission to be set up by the government to look into the ‘Lingam tape’ scandal, named for his alleged involvement in a telephone conversation recorded in 2002.

“I will surely cooperate with the royal commission. And as such, it would be inappropriate for me to comment further on the matter now,” he told Malaysiakini today when contacted this afternoon.

He sounded calm and collected when asked about his alleged involvement which was caught on camera.

dan kemudian ....

"Saya sanggup jadi saksi Suruhanjaya Diraja" Tengku Adnan
PUTRAJAYA: Menteri Pelancongan, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, antara individu yang disebut dalam klip video ‘Lingam’, sedia memberi keterangan kepada Suruhanjaya Diraja yang menyiasat kesahihan video didakwa perbualan telefon seorang peguam dengan hakim kanan mengenai pelantikan hakim di negara ini.

Adakah kerana mereka cukup selesa dengan individu Suruhanjaya yang terlantik itu? Nampaknya kita bakal kecewa lagi.

How Dare They Insult Us!!

via rantingsbymm

I'm sorry, who are Damai Malaysia and who are the supposed 395 NGOs represented by them? Where is the list of those NGOs? So far the ones mentioned are all related to political parties which, in my book, don't count as NGOs.

Secondly, where do they get off saying that they represent the silent majority? Were YOU asked? I'm sorry, I haven't said much but I am NOT represented by this Damai lot. Who the hell is Mohd Saiful Adil Mohd Daud anyway?

Thirdly, what is in the memo? If they are claiming to represent the silent majority, then don't the silent majority have a right to read that memo? I haven't seen any report that actually tells us what is contained in that memo. And I love how thick it is! They seriously expect the PM to read the entire thing? (Or maybe it just says nothing except 'we love you' throughout?)

Fourthly, what is the difference between presenting this memo and those other memos? Just because this one says 'We Think You're Wonderful' and 'People Who Demonstrate Are All Thugs', they get to hand it directly to the PM? While the ones that say 'Please Can You Listen and Deal with Real Issues?' have to go through police barricades, water cannons and tear gas? Is the inability to go shopping the most important issue of the day?

I can tolerate most things but I can't abide being insulted and treated as if I'm stupid. Since when does peace mean maintaining hotel room bookings and retail sales? You mean, as long as tourists come and we're shopping we're OK? How dumb is that?

Peace is not possible without justice and equality. Look at places like Palestine; without justice and equality for all the people who live there, there can be no peace. Do we condemn their need to protest, even while we may not support some of their violent forms of expression?

Just because we don't have violence doesn't mean we have true and meaningful peace. Peace doesn't mean just being able to go round without worrying if someone is going to shoot you ( though going by some of the stories in the papers, we should worry about this too). It also means living with a clear conscience, that your friend and neighbour is not suffering from injustice. It means everyone has the opportunity to better themselves, not just some.

I resent the implication that those who support the right to dissent and protest do not want peace and want violence. Hey, I have kids too and I want them to grow up in a peaceful country. But I don't want them to grow up in place where they cannot say what they think, where they are treated as if they are retarded if they want to express what they feel, where if they do not agree with the Government they are immediately labelled traitors. Excuse me!!! Do you know of any country where whole swathes of people are called thugs and traitors yet still remain peaceful? It is the name-calling, accompanied by thuglike behaviour on the part of Government institutions, that leads to violence, not the other way round.

All it takes is some empathy. I am so appalled that all the discussion is about what a nuisance demos and protests are when the real issues are swept under the carpet. Demos are just symptoms, not the real issue. What is so difficult about saying, "OK, enough already. Let's all be civilised and sit down and talk?"

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Dua Perkataan Bila Diubah Akan Membawa Makna Berbeza

Perkataan Kereta Api bila diterbalikkan akan menjadi Api Kereta.
Maknanya kini sudah tidak samakan?...



Begitu juga antara Beruk Mamat dengan Mamat Beruk.
Beruk Mamat bererti beruk itu kepunyaan Mamat sebaliknya
bila Mamat Beruk membawa erti perangai Mamat seperti beruk.

Dan begitulah halnya juga antara Hadharah Islamiah dengan Islam Hadhari..... Hadhariah Islamiah bererti 'Kemajuan Menurut Islam' manakala Islam Hadhari ialah 'Islam Menurut Kemajuan'. Perkataan yang hampir sama tetapi membawa implikasi yang sangat besar terhadap akidah umat Islam.

Bila Islam menurut kemajuan bererti apa-apa sahaja kemajuan yang ingin dicapai mestilah menuruti kehendak syariat Islam. Kerana tidak semua yang nampak maju itu menurut kehendak Islam. Sebagai contoh bila hendak membuat bangunan dari mana sumbernya. Adakah melibatkan riba? Apakah tujuan bangunan itu dibuat? Adakah untuk tempat perjudian dan sebagainya. Buat bangunan tidak salah tetapi cara dan tujuan mungkin salah.

Berbanding dengan Islam Hadhari bererti 'Islam Menurut Kemajuan' adalah salah sama sekali. Islam 'wajib' dituruti bukan menuruti. Kita boleh melihat hari ini betapa banyak kemaksiatan terjadi di negara kita dalam mengejar apa yang dikatakan kemajuan. Lagipun ia merupakan satu bid'ah dholalah iaitu bid'ah yang tidak baik dan membawa kepada kesesatan yang nyata.

Kenapa? kerana apa yang telah dibawa oleh Nabi Muhammad telah cukup sempurna dan tidak perlu lagi ada penambahan dan pengurangan.

"Pada hari ini, Aku telah sempurnakan bagi kamu agama kamu dan Aku telah cukupkan nikmatKu kepada kamu dan Aku telah redakan Islam itu menjadi agama untuk kamu".
Al-Maedah: 3

Sabda Nabi yang bermaksud "Umatku akan berpecah kepada 73 puak. 72 masuk neraka dan 1 masuk syurga. Yang masuk syurga ialah mereka yang mengikut Al-Quran dan sunnahku".

Maka Islam Hadhari termasuk dalam kumpulan yang mana agaknya....

dipetik: MARHAEN
Sumber: http://fikir2renung2.blogspot.com/2007/12/dua-perkataan-bila-diubah-akan-membawa.html

KENYATAAN KHIR TENTANG RIMBA JAYA

Rujukan: KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Dis (Bernama)
Berikut transkrip penuh wawancara itu:

Menurut Khir: Masalah di Kg Rimba Jaya pula, ramai yang salah faham mengenai tindakan merobohkan kuil di kawasan itu yang dikatakan dilakukan sebelum Deepavali. Sebenarnya kita telah menghentikan perobohan kuil itu sebelum Deepavali lagi dan hanya diteruskan selepas lima hingga enam hari perayaan itu, iaitu pada 15 November 2007.

Isu kuil ini ramai tidak faham, saya ingin menjelaskan bahawa tanah ini merupakan tanah milik swasta, yang dimiliki rakan kita dari kaum Cina, Syarikat Ho Hah Development Sdn Bhd pada 1977.

Pada 1988, Ho Hah mendapat keputusan mahkamah untuk mengeluarkan setinggan di kawasan ini, termasuk kuil dan bangunan yang lain tanpa sebarang pampasan.

Pada 2003, syarikat ini disenarai hitam (kerana bankrap) dan kita cuba selesaikan masalah kerana sebahagian besar setinggan kerap bertanya kepada kerajaan apa akan jadi pada mereka. Masalahnya tanah ini bukan tanah kerajaan, sebaliknya tanah persendirian, maka adalah tidak munasabah jika kerajaan memberikan tanah tersebut kepada mereka dan syarikat itu pula telah dimasuk dalam senarai hitam. Maka kerajaan negeri berbincang dengan beberapa syarikat termasuk PKNS, maka syarikat yang berjaya ialah Kem Rimba Jaya yang menawarkan untuk membeli tanah RM2.5 juta.

Tetapi kerajaan negeri juga mensyaratkan jika mahu membeli kawasan tersebut, perlu menyediakan kawasan rumah untuk setinggan yang tinggal di situ, tapak untuk rumah ibadah, dan dua lagi tadika, iaitu tadika KEMAS dan tadika untuk masyarakat India.

Mereka juga diwajibkan untuk menyediakan sebuah dewan tempat perhimpunan orang ramai. Syarikat itu bersetuju untuk menyediakan semua keperluan kerana kerajaan negeri amat prihatin dengan mereka yang tinggal di setinggan sebab itu walaupun kerajaan Persekutuan menetapkan bayaran bagi rumah kos rendah RM45,000, kerajaan negeri menurunkannya lagi kepada RM35,000 dan duit perpindahan bayaran sewa untuk dua tahun dan sebagainya.

Apabila syarikat setuju dan kita tawarkannya kepada setinggan, ada 1,220 keluarga setinggan yang tinggal di situ, dan ada sebuah surau dan sebuah kuil besar serta dua buah kuil kecil.

Apabila telah setuju, kira-kira 800 daripada 1,000 lebih keluarga itu setuju untuk terima, dan mereka ini berpindah ke kawasan perumahan milik kerajaan, rumah pangsa Seksyen 26, Kampung Baru Hicom.

Maka mereka tinggal dan sewa terpaksa dibayar oleh syarikat (Kem Rimba Jaya) dan oleh kerajaan negeri. Apabila hendak ambil tindakan pada 2003, kita tidak boleh ambil tindakan kerana mereka ambil tindakan mahkamah, jadi kita tunggu sampai 2005 pun tak boleh lagi. Jadi sewa ini terpaksa dibayar oleh kerajaan dan pihak syarikat.

Kemudian pada tahun 2007, kita bawa kes ini kepada Mahkamah Rayuan, dan hakim secara consensus menolak keputusan hakim mahkamah sebelumnya. Dan kita mengambil tindakan sewajarnya dengan berbincang dengan pemilik kuil.

No2umnO - Kita diajar untuk bertindak adil. Pemimpin mahupun rakyat. Kalau pemimpin memberikan pelbagai alasan mereka, kita tidak perlu percaya 100%. Kita sudah tahu hakikat bahawa media adalah milik mereka. Mungkin ada rakyat yang terus mempercayai apa kata pemimpin, itu tidak mustahil. Tetapi keterangannya tidak disertakan sebarang bukti dan fakta.

Kalau bijak sangat pun KHir Toyo di dalam segi menghafal, bukti adalah penting untuk ditunjukkan kepada rakyat. Rancangan yang disiarkan tersebut, lebih kepada sessi penerangan sebelah pihak. Kita tidak dengar apa kata mangsa di Rimba Jaya. Apa yang kita tahu adalah apa yang Khir Toyo katakan. Mungkin ada betul dan mungkin tidak. Kita tidak boleh membuat sebarang keputusan.

Kita sering kata pemimpin tidak adil. Tetapi sedar kah kita bahawa mempercayai hanya satu pihak menyebabkan kita tergolong kepada golongan mereka juga. Kalau kita mahu menjadi lebih adil di dalam memerikan pendapat, kita perlu sedikit rajin untuk mencari keterangan dari pihak lain. Memberikan kepercayaan kepada apa yang diterangkan oleh Khir Toyo menjadikan kita bodoh di dalam membuat pertimbangan.

Berpendapat biar lah berfakta. Agar kenyataan tidak disanggah.



Berpendapat biar lah berfakta. Agar kenyataan tidak disanggah.

Writ of habeas corpus filed for Manoharan (Malaysiakini)

via presentpowerpoint

IPOH: A writ of habeas corpus for the release of lawyer M. Manoharan from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) has been filed. DAP national chairman Singh, who is acting as lawyer for the detainee, said the application was filed at 4.30pm at the High Court here Friday. The High Court here fixed next Wednesday to mention the case, in which the Internal Security Minister and head of the Kamunting detention camp have been named as respondents. Karpal Singh said the two-year detention order issued by the Internal Security Ministry was unconstitutional and invalid. He said the detention order was not done in accordance with Section 73 of the ISA, which requires police investigations and recommendations to be given to the Internal Security Minister within a period of 60 days before a detention order is issued. During the 60-day period, he said, a detainee would be allowed to put up his defence before the Minister made a decision on the detention order. Manoharan, who was detained at 2pm on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, is already put under a two-year detention order, which was handed to his wife V.N.S Pushpaneela when she visited Manoharan at the Kamunting detention camp in Taiping Friday morning.

“For the first time in the legal history of the ISA in Malaysia, a two-year detention order has been issued against a detainee without the initial 60-day period,” said Karpal Singh. “The order made by the Minister is defective,” he added. Manoharan and V. Ganabatirau, who are DAP members, are among five who were detained under the ISA on Thursday. The other three are lawyers P. Uthayakumar and R. Kenghadharan, and Hindraf coordinator T. Vasanthakumar.

Earlier at 10.30am yesterday outside the gates of the Kamunting detention camp in Taiping, Karpal Singh was denied entry to visit the detainees as their lawyer.

GELAGAT ANAK PAK HASSAN

(Imej dipetik dari Fuiyoh Malaysia)

Ini Abang nya



Ini Adiknya.



Dan ini, adik dan kawan kawannya



Abang nya satu hal....adiknya pun satu hal. Kalau sebelum ini Tamimi Sharegar menjadi MAK NYAH, kini JALALUDDIN HASSAN pulak. Nak cakap macamane lagi? Dah itu jalan yang dipilih. Apa komen Ustaz Hassan tenang anak anak nye? Aku cuma geleng kepala saje. Tentu berbangga seorang ayah melihat kejayaan anak anaknya.

p/s: Nak minta Musa Hassan tolong check "TILAM" adik dia.

ISA detainee misses his three children

via Star 15/12

TAIPING: The first thing Hindraf legal adviser M. Manoharan asked his wife when she visited him at the Kamunting detention camp here yesterday was about his three children.

V.N.S. Pushpaneela, 46, said Manoharan missed the two boys, aged eight and 10, and girl, also 10, because he had not seen them for two weeks.

“He asked why I did not bring the children along,” she said after she was allowed to see Manoharan, 46, for 45 minutes.

Concerned wife: Pushpaneela answering questions from newsmen who surrounded her at the gates of the Kamunting detention camp in Taiping on Friday. On her left is Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran.

She added that her husband had not seen the children because they were away visiting their cousins in Klang during the school holidays.

On Thursday, Manoharan and four others – lawyers V. Ganabatirau, P. Uthayakumar and R. Kenghadharan and Hindraf coordinator T. Vasanthakumar – were detained for two years under the Internal Security Act (ISA).

Pushpaneela said she was shocked to find out that her husband had been detained because he was only fighting for the rights of the Indian community.

“He did not do anything wrong,” she said.

She added that her children were very disturbed when they heard that their father would be detained for two years.

On her visit, Pushpaneela said her husband looked fine and he met the other detainees for breakfast.

“He looks healthy and went for a jog this morning,” she said.

She added that Manoharan was sent to Kamunting at midnight after he was arrested on Thursday afternoon.

Pushpaneela said the camp authorities allowed her to visit Manoharan once a week, adding that the families of the other four detainees were also there for a visit.

Gamuda, MMC dapat projek, rakyat dapat apa?

Gamuda, MMC win RM12.5 billion Malaysian rail project
By Stephanie Phang

(Bloomberg) -- Gamuda Bhd. and MMC Corp. won a 12.5 billion ringgit ($3.8 billion) contract to build a railway in western Malaysia, the nation's biggest rail project.

The 329-kilometer (204 mile) double-rail link connecting Ipoh in Perak state to Padang Besar on the northern border with Thailand, will take five years to complete, Gamuda, the country's second-largest builder by market value, said in a statement today.

Malaysia revived the project, first awarded to the companies in 2003, to replace a single rail system and build new stations as Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi seeks to boost economic growth by lifting public spending. Revenue from the project will contribute to Gamuda's earnings this fiscal year ending July 2008, the Petaling Jaya-based company said.

``Their numbers are going to come in very strongly from this year onward,'' said Wong Chew Hann, an analyst at Aseambankers Malaysia Bhd. with a ``buy'' rating on Gamuda stock. Completing the project ``shouldn't be a problem.''

The original contract awarded in October 2003 was valued at 14.5 billion ringgit, and included a link in the south. Abdullah, who came into power in November that year, postponed the project in December to cut spending and trim the nation's deficit. |more...|

No2umnO - Rakyat dapat resit cukai dan dapat bayar tambang. Kita kena lagi !!!

15/12: INDAH KHABAR DARI RUPA

KPN: Waythamoorthy tidak akan terlepas KPN: Waythamoorthy tidak akan terlepas (Utusan Meloya)
KUALA LUMPUR 14 Dis. - Polis akan memastikan seorang lagi dalang dan penggerak utama Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), P. Waythamoorthy yang dipercayai kini berada di luar negara tidak terlepas daripada tindakan undang-undang.

Kerajaan, rakyat belanja lebih kerana kurang integriti
KUALA LUMPUR 14 Dis. – Percaya atau tidak, jika dikatakan rakyat negara ini terpaksa menanggung kos antara 15 peratus dan 20 peratus kerana kurangnya integriti di kalangan masyarakat.

‘Mereka telah diberi peluang’
KUALA LUMPUR 14 Dis. – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, penahanan lima orang mengikut Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) semalam kerana mengetuai demonstrasi haram di ibu negara bulan lepas, bukanlah satu perkara mengejutkan.

NGO kaum India puas hati
PUTRAJAYA 14 Dis. – Para pemimpin 13 Badan Bukan Kerajaan (NGO) kaum India berpuas hati dengan pertemuan yang berterus terang dan terbuka bersama Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi di Pejabat Perdana Menteri di sini hari ini.

Sokong tindakan ISA
KUALA LUMPUR 14 Dis. — Peniaga di sekitar ibu kota hari ini menerima baik tindakan kerajaan yang mengutamakan kepentingan awam, keamanan dan keselamatan negara, termasuk tindakan menggunakan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) terhadap lima dalang perhimpunan haram di ibu negara.

Perhimpunan haram jejas pelancongan
PUTRAJAYA 14 Dis. – Tindakan sekumpulan individu menganjurkan perhimpunan haram di ibu kota baru-baru ini secara tidak langsung telah menjejaskan industri pelancongan negara.

Pemuda UMNO anjur Korban Perdana di Kelantan
KUALA LUMPUR 14 Dis. – Pemuda UMNO akan menganjurkan program Korban Perdana di Kelantan pada 22 Disember ini bersempena sambutan Hari Raya Aidiladha.

Pengarah didakwa terima suapan RM119,000
JOHOR BAHRU: Seorang pengarah syarikat didakwa di Mahkamah Sesyen di sini, semalam, atas empat tuduhan menerima rasuah RM119,000 kononnya untuk beberapa orang, termasuk Timbalan Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri, Datuk Johari Baharum dan Umno Kubang Pasu pada Februari dan Mac lalu. [+]

JKM siasat kes tipu bantuan banjir
GEMAS: Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) akan menyiasat dakwaan wujud penipuan oleh sesetengah pihak yang mendakwa mangsa banjir di daerah ini, sedangkan kediaman mereka langsung tidak terjejas dengan bencana itu. [+]

Tindakan ISA disokong: NGO
KOTA BHARU: Majlis NGO Kelantan yang mewakili 50 pertubuhan dan badan bukan kerajaan seluruh negeri ini dengan keahlian lebih 100,000 orang, menyokong penuh langkah kerajaan menahan lima pemimpin Barisan Bertindak Hak-hak Hindu (Hindraf) mengikut Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA). [+]

Sayangkan negara dan pengkhianat sebenar

dipetik: klpos

Oleh Fudzail

Dubai Online 2.0 MAKA ISA pun menjadi senjata paling mudah untuk membisukan mereka yang konon-kononnya menjejaskan keamanan negara. Seperti dijangkakan, ISA akan terus hidup untuk 1,000 tahun lagi di Malaysia selagi parti yang memerintah memerlukan suntikan nafas paling mujarab setiap kali dalam kecemasan.

Semua skrip yang biasa didengari setiap kali ISA digunakan juga meriah berkemundang. Justifikasi menggunakan ISA memang mudah dan tidak perlu berhujah secara dialog di mahkamah atau berbahas di Parlimen, semuanya monolog. Ikut Suka Aku.

Begitulah lapuran terkini sebuah akhbar perdana milik UMNO, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata, penahanan lima orang, yang mendalangi perhimpunan haram di ibu negara bulan lepas, mengikut Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negara (ISA) berkuatkuasa hari ini dibuat berdasarkan kewajaran menjaga keselamatan negara.

Menjaga keselamatan negara memang tidak mudah kalau tidak mempunyai kemampuan. Apalagi kalau kepopularan yang berkuasa semakin menurun, dengan penyelewengan dan kebobrokan dipelbagai peringkat. Apabila kesedaran rakyat semakin meningkat terhadap hak-hak mereka sebagai rakyat dalam negara demokrasi yang konon-konon mengikut hukum-hakam Hadhari.

Dalam berita lain diakhbar yang sama bertajuk 'Mereka tak sayang negara', PM, "Mereka sebenarnya tidak sayangkan negara, mereka hanya tamak kuasa dan, apa jadi kepada negara, mereka tak kisah," katanya kepada pemberita selepas menerima memorandum daripada kumpulan Damai Malaysia yang membantah demonstrasi jalanan di negara ini.

Dalam lapuran yang sama,
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hari ini berkata golongan yang membuat fitnah terhadap Malaysia di luar negara terdiri daripada mereka yang tidak sayangkan negara ini.
"Rakyat juga marah kepada golongan yang pergi ke luar negeri yang cari sokongan dan membuat cerita serta tuduhan bukan-bukan" .
Walau berita tersebut tidak kena mengena dengan kami yang menjadi ekspatriat, apa yang ingin diulas ialah mengenai 'tidak sayangkan negara'.

Pada hari ini, dulu, kini dan selamanya, majoriti rakyat memang sayangkan negara. Bak lirik lagu patriotik, Malaysia tanah tumpah darahku. Walau berada di perantauan mencari rezeki dan tidak pulang untuk mengundi.

Tetapi sayang kami kepada negara, tidak semestinya sayangkan pemimpin negara atau mereka yang menjadi menteri, termasuk perdana menteri, isteri, anak dan menantu. Tidak juga keluarga dan kroni para menteri dari pelbagai keturunan yang membahagikan kekayaan negara sesama mereka dengan menidakkan hak-hak rakyat yang lain.

Menuduh mereka yang keluar negara untuk memberitahu keadaan sebenar tanahair tumpah darah, terutama kebobrokan pemerintahan bukanlah pengkhianat namanya. Bukan cerita bukan-bukan yang dibawa kerana dalam dunia yang dipenuhi teknologi canggih, apa sahaja maklumat boleh dikesan sama ada benar atau fitnah.

Kalau kita mahu disenaraikan pengkhianat sebenar, kita boleh bermula dari kepimpinan negara sendiri dan kalangan mereka yang menduduki kerusi parlimen atau DUN.

Ramai pemimpin lebih sayangkan kuasa dan harta dari sayangkan negara. Sudahlah mereka mendapat pelbagai keistimewaan sewaktu berkuasa, masih tidak cukup demi survival perut. Mereka sayangkan rakyat selagi memerlukan mereka untuk lima tahun sekali.

Ramai pemimpin superfisial ini bimbang menjadi seorang tua yang sepi di kaki bukit selepas pencen, seperti yang dialami oleh mantan PM yang nampaknya tidak dipedulikan. Walau harta bertimbun, dengan maki hamun dari rakyat terniaya, apakah mereka boleh bahagia dalam sisa-sia kehidupan? Itu belum mengenang nasib di akhirat terutama berdepan dengan keadilan sebenarnya, dan mereka yang mencuri hak rakyat terpaksa meminta halal segala yang dibaham semasa berkuasa dari jutaan rakyat!

Contoh terbaru, Dewan rakyat meluluskan dengan sebulat suara untuk meminda umur persaraan anggota Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) daripada 65 tahun sekarang kepada 66 tahun.

Apakah signifikannya kepada negara dan rakyat dengan pindaan ini?

Mereka yang sudah berusia lebih 65 tahun dengan kredibiliti dan rekod perkhidmatan yang cukup teruk mahu dilanjutkan dengan membazirkan ruang parlimen serta dibentangkan sendiri oleh PM. Perlukah kita dengan mereka yang boleh dianggap pelawak yang tidak kelakar ini?

Malah beberapa jawatan penting juga diisi oleh mereka yang sudah sepatutnya pencen. Tentu ada strategi untuk melanjutkan khidmat orang-orang tertentu. Sudah pasti strategi yang memihak kepada mereka yang berkuasa untuk mempertahankan kekuasaan.

Begitu juga skandal hakim dalam video Lingam yang mana Suruhanjaya Diraja dianggotai oleh beberapa orang yang sudah hilang kredibiliti.

Itu belum disebut kes pendakwaan di mahkamah seperti pembunuhan Altantuya yang nampaknya mengikut skrip yang sudah tersedia. Begitu juga dengan kes penyelewengan Perwaja dengan bintang utamanya, Eric Chia.

Bagaimana dengan skandal ECM Libra? Monsoon Cup? Lapuran Audit Negara? Skandal membekal centrifuge? Skandal Minyak Iraq?

Terlalu banyak yang boleh disenaraikan walaupun untuk sekadar tempoh 4 tahun lalu.

Apakah segala tindakan bertaraf nasional ini bererti mereka yang berkuasa sayangkan negara? Tidakkah mereka yang menulis skrip dan pelaku kesemua siri kebobrokan 'Malaysia Boleh' terbitan Islam hadhari ini boleh diklasifikasikan sebagai PENGKHIANAT?

(Fudzail adalah ekspatriat Malaysia yang bermastautin di Dubai sejak tahun 2000. Berkelulusan sains komputer dari New Zealand. Pernah terlibat dalam pembangunan Dubai Internet City, Palm Jumeirah dan 15 projek mega lain. Kini menguruskan projek pembinaan prasana dan utiliti di Palm Jabel Ali. Beliau boleh dihubungi melalui fudzail@yahoo.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it serta kerjadubai.blogspot.com)

Demokrasi In Malaysia (Versi Terjemahan)

(Democracy in Malaysiat)
Petikan drp Wall Street Journal
melalui: MARHAEN

Semasa Perdana Menteri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi memulakan jawatannya pada 2004, dia telah disambut sebagai seorang pengubah yang akan menyuburkan kebebasan demokrasi di Malaysia. Kelmarin, kerajaan beliau telah menyuburkan kembali Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), satu undang-undang peninggalan penjajah dahulu yang memberikan kuasa mutlak kepada Eksekutif untuk menahan pihak penentangnya. Tindakan itu mencetuskan persoalan serius tentang iltizam Abdullah terhadap demokrasi.

Malaysia sedang berdepan dengan krisis politik yang paling besar sejak 1998, ketika mantan Timbalan Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim, mengepalai pergerakan Reformasi. Sejak November, sekitar 30,000 orang telah bersatu melaungkan agar diadakan perubahan kepada sistem pilihan raya, lebih 20,000 orang etnik India telah membantah terhadap perbezaan ekonomi dan para peguam telah berjalan kaki tunjuk perasaan menentang rasuah penghakiman. Protes yang sama telah diadakan lebih awal pada minggu ini.

Pada mulanya Abdullah menyahut cabaran secara bertahan, meminta para pembantah supaya duduk di rumah. Polis juga menolak setiap permohonan mahukan permit membantah, dengan alasan mahu mengekalkan perpaduan rakyat. (Di Malaysia, walaupun Perlembagaan membenarkan hak berkumpul secara aman, mana-mana kumpulan yang berkumpul lebih daripada lima orang mesti terlebih dahulu mendapatkan satu permit).

Apabila tindakan ini tidak berhasil, Abdullah mengambil satu cara kekerasan yang pernah diamalkan oleh bekas ketuanya dahulu, Mahathir Mohamad, dengan memperlekeh pembangkang politik. Kelmarin, aktivis India yang turut sera dalam perhimpunan aman pada 25 November, telah ditahan di bawah ISA. (Mereka boleh ditahan selama dua tahun kerana menghasut dan menjalankan aktiviti yang mengancam keselamatan nasional,” demikian kata Johari Baharom, Timbalan Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri kepada BERNAMA. Beliau tidak menjelaskan bagaimana satu bantahan aman boleh “mengancam keselamatan negara.”

Abdullah memang sudah lama berdepan dengan ledakan itu sepanjang minggu. Pada hari Ahad, satu kumpulan peguam dan aktivis - termasuk penggerak utama yang melancarkan bantahan yang paling besar bulan lalu - telah ditangkap, dan dibebaskan kemudiannya. Pada hari Selasa, beberapa orang pemimpin parti pembangkang telah dipenjarakan. Ada segelintirnya - walaupun bukan semuanya – sudahpun dibebaskan dengan ikat jamin. Ada yang tidak pun didakwa. Akan tetapi mesejnya amat jelas. Anda kritik kerajaan sebelum pilihan raya umum yang akan diadakan, mengikut jangkaannya pada awal tahun hadapan, ataupun mendesak agar proses pilihan raya dibersihkan, anda boleh disumbat
dalam penjara.

Tindakan beliau secara kekerasan ini sesungguhnya memburukkan keadaan Abdullah. Rakyat Malaysia bukannya mempunyai kebebasan bersuara yang sama dengan negara demokrasi yang lain. Pihak media memang begitu dipengaruhi oleh kerajaan. Jadi, salah satu daripada segelintir cara untuk ahli politik pihak pembangkang dan aktivis menyuarakan rintihan ialah keluar di jalan raya. Dengan menafikan hak itu, Abdullah sebenarnya mencabar kumpulan tersebut menganjurkan bantahan orang ramai yang lebih besar lagi.

Rakyat Malaysia memang tidak suka dengan bantahan ganas si jalan raya. Seperti yang pernah dilalui oleh negara ini pada 1969 dahulu, ketika beratus-ratus orang telah terbunuh dalam rusuhan antara orang Melayu dan Cina. Akan tetapi dalam sebuah negara demokrasi yang matang, tidak ada sebab kenapa rakyat Malaysia, tidak boleh dipercayai mengadakan debat aman mengenai masa depan politik mereka. Cara Abdullah menangani protes masa depan akan menentukan hala tuju demokrasi Malaysia. Kalau diambil kira tindakan semalam, pertandanya memang tidak bagus.


UBAH SEBELUM PARAH
UBAH DEMI MARUAH

DEDAH: Apa kaitan Web Power Sdn Bhd dengan PDRM?

dipetik: teresakok

Today is a tiring and crazy day for me. The Dewan Rakyat passed a resolution earlier in the morning that the Dewan Rakyat can only recess after we have passed the budget of Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Internal Security. This made me cancel my dinner appointment with some supporters tonight.

Fong Po Kuan presented a RM10 pay cut on Minister of Internal Security, i.e. the Prime Minister himself. She was ‘bashed up’ by all the naughty boys of BN with their loud voice and ridiculous statements, and of course, we yelled back at them too.

Today I am forced to write two speeches and I participated in three debates in the three ministries mentioned above. Parliament sitting ended at 11.30pm tonight.

Below is my speech on Internal Security Ministry, I spoke a lot about Web Power Sdn Bhd. When Deputy Minister Foo Ah Kiow replied he said he has no information about Web Power Sdn Bhd and he said he’ll give me written reply:

Ucapan YB Teresa Kok, Ahli Parlimen Seputeh Dalam Perbahasan Peringkat Jawatankuasa Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri Pada 10 Disember 2007

Butiran: 020000 POLIS DIRAJA MALAYSIA, 050000 PENJARA

Saya ingin tanya tentang hubungan di antara syarikat Web Power Sdn Bhd dengan PDRM.

Isu Pertama
Pada pertengahan tahun ini, Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri telah diarahkan oleh Perdana Menteri merangkap Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri untuk menyewa 31 buah helikopter daripada syarikat WebPower/Eurokopter selama 30 tahun. Anggaran kos penyewaan ini ialah RM400 juta setahun.

Cadangan PDRM kepada kerajaan di bawah Rancangan Malaysia Ke-9 ialah membeli 8 buah helikopter dengan peruntukan sebanyak RM272 juta, dan saya difahamkan 8 helikopter adalah jauh lebih dari mencukupi untuk kegunaan PDRM.

Soalan saya ialah, apakah perlunya PDRM menyewa 31 buah helikopter daripada Web Power Sdn Bhd walhal cadangan PDRM kepada kerajaan pada asalnya hanya membeli 8 helikopter sahaja? Apakah perlunya PDRM menggunakan wang sebanyak RM400 setahun untuk menyewa 31 buah helikopter ini? Kenapakah PDRM tidak menggunakan peruntukan ini dalam usaha pembasmian jenayah dan peningkatan gaji dan elaun anggota polis, tetapi ia disalurkan untuk menyewa 31 buah helikopter?