Utusan tops as the most pro-BN paper

(Aliran) The election media monitor initiative, organised by the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Writers Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI) and Charter 2000-Aliran confirmed that major print media continue to the line of the incumbent government, formed by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, in their election coverage by allocating the majority of stories and spaces for their candidates.

The bias toward BN effected a significant amount of news and news spaces being dedicated to BN candidates- their background and what they said, as well as the portrayal of imminent electoral victory for BN. In contrast, issues that are of interest to the voters- analysis of the parties manifesto, the track record of the party etc, issues with the Indian community were given very little space. After the candidates, other main issues covered were chiefly the questions of the new Penang chief minister and attacks on the oppositions.

Among the six newspapers covered- The Star, NST, theSun, Utusan Malaysia, Malaysia Nanban and Makkal Osai - the order of the percentages of space dedicated to pro-BN stories is as follows - Utusan Malaysia at 82%, Malaysia Nanban at 70%, Makkal Osai at 66%, The Star at 63%, NST at 60%, and theSun at 43%. Interestingly, Makkal Osai, which is yet to get a new publication permit for 2008, also has the highest percentage of space for pro-Opposition stories at 23%.

CIJ Executive Director, Gayathry Venkiteswaran said the electoral setback of the BN despite the pro BN media is a strong indicator of the public rejecting the media's propagandist approach and the need to change the editorial policy. She recommeded that the Malaysian media change along three lines- return to the ethical and profesional standards of fairness, objectivity, balance and accuracy, more competition in the form of more media being allowed, and doing away with the laws that restrict the media.

The election media monitoring initiative covered the period from a week before the nomination day until the day of the election. However, for the purpose of the report the results analysed were from the period between 25 Feb- 8 March. Analysis by volunteers are available on http://www.aliran.com/elections..

Attached with the statement is the executive summary of the findings. The full report is available in CDs and to be distributed upon request.

Issued by
Centre for Independent Journalism

Lelaki ditahan kes hina Raja

KUALA TERENGGANU (B.harian): Polis menahan seorang lelaki berusia 20-an yang bekerja di sebuah sekolah memandu di Besut, tengah malam kelmarin kerana disyaki terbabit dalam kes hasutan berhubung isu pelantikan Menteri Besar Terengganu yang baru, Datuk Ahmad Said.

Lelaki terbabit yang berasal dari Kuala Besut ditahan sepasukan pegawai dan anggota daripada Bahagian Siasatan Jenayah Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Besut, kira-kira jam 12.30 tengah malam.

Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah negeri, Asisten Komisioner Mohd Fauzi Abduri, berkata lelaki terbabit adalah seorang daripada empat lelaki yang memegang kain rentang bertulis `Kami Nak Deris Natang' di hadapan kediaman Menteri Besar di Seri Iman, di sini, pada 16 Mac lalu. Deris adalah singkatan nama untuk bekas Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh.

Mohd Fauzi berkata, suspek dikenal pasti sebagai seorang daripada empat lelaki dalam gambar yang dirakam memegang kain rentang itu pada hari kejadian.

"Polis sedang mencari tiga lagi lelaki yang terbabit untuk membantu siasatan polis," katanya kepada Berita Minggu, di sini, semalam.

Mengenali Pengkhianat Melayu Umno Di Pulau Pinang

Assalamualaikum wbr Tuan Webmaster dan sekelian Muslim/Muslimat juga semua warga marhaen Malaysia yang dihormati !

Izinkan saya mengimbas kembali demonstrasi 'orang utan-orang-utan' Umno di Komtar tempoh hari, kononnya atas kesedaran dan pembelaan DEB, mempertahankan 'ketuanan' juga hak-hak Melayu !

Siapakah di antara pembelot & pengkhianat Melayu yang mengkhianati Melayu sebenar? Di antara 'orang utan' juga pengkhianat yang ke Komtar terpekik terlolong ialah Rashid Abdullah, Roslan Sadin, Musa Sheikh Fadzir, Azhar Ibrahim dan lain-lain.

Mereka-mereka inilah antara kroni yang menyonglap dan mem'faraid'kan segala kontrak, tender juga apa saja 'lobang-lobang' untuk 'buat duit' !

Si Azhar Ibrahim siapa tak kenal dia di Pulau Pinang dan Seberang Perai? Penyangak Umno tersohor yang 'sapu' habis kontrak lori angkut sampah dari di sebelah Pulau Pinang sampai ke Seberang Perai (MPPP & MPSP) tapi di'sub-con'kan, terpekik terlolonglah bila BN merudum di PP kerana 'sorru' free dan kontrak sampah nak miss! Tapi tak malu tempikkan DEB mesti dibela konon !

Seekor 'orang utan' lagi jenama dari Pinang Tunggal iaitu Roslan Sadin (Saidin) 'pulun' kontrak landscaping, guardrail & beautification konon begitu juga di'sub-con'kan ! (Sebelum lampu isyarat dibina di Bagan Jermal dekat Sunrise Tower adalah didirikan satu tugu atau apakejadahnya di bulatan itu tapi terus runtuh/rebah ke bumi tapi kos dikenakan ratusan ribu ringgit, begitu juga dekat bulatan di Green Lane). Walaupun dikira mamat sub-con, mereka ini tapi bayaran dikenakan berganda !

Lagi dahsyat bekas timbalan ketua menteri PP si Rashid Abdullah dan orang kuat Umno PP Hilmi Yahya 'sapu' dan 'kaut' kontrak infra TNB, Telekom dan Air! Bila merudum kerajaan 'orang utan' BN maka kuatlah tempikan mempertahankan DEB dan hak Melayu! Tapi sebenarnya nak hilang segala 'lobang free' dan kontrak atas angin saja! Masa Melayu PP kena hambat dan halau dari kampong halaman mereka seperti di Jelutong, mana Umno? Demi pembangunan konon meratakan tempat-tempat/kampong Melayu dan menaikkan kondo mahal yang tak termampu Melayu beli hingga lari beli di Kedah dan tempat lain-lain yang termampu !

Ini hal 'orang utan' Umno yang di atas, belum lagi dengan exco-exco juga pegawai-pegawai serta pengarah di MPPP & MPSP yang juga orang Umno mem'faraid'kan sesama 'geng-geng' Umno jutaan ringgit wang rakyat dengan berbagai skandal tapi konon membela Melayu ! Mungkin Melayu Umno ingat semua Melayu bodoh atau jahil sehingga apasaja mereka boleh buat.

Ini hanyalah secoret kisah kebejatan Melayu Umno penderhaka yang konon berjuang mempertahankan DEB, ketuanan dan hak orang Melayu tapi sebenarnya pengkhianat besar pada Melayu/Islam dengan bertopengkan Umno ! Jika disiasat secara telus oleh BPR mungkin 99 % atau lebih Melayu Umno akan terhumban 'ke dalam' penjara ! Tapi oleh kerana BPR, Polis menjadi kuda tunggangan dan alat Umno maka terselamatlah pemimpin-pemimpin dari PM sampailah ke budak pejabat !

Wassalam

Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar


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Malaysian opposition slams government's refusal to free Indian lawmaker

The Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: A Malaysian opposition party on Saturday condemned the government's refusal to release an ethnic Indian activist elected as a state legislator while in jail.

M.Manoharan — a leader of the Hindu Rights Action Force, or Hindraf — was arrested shortly after his group organized a rally in November in which 20,000 Indians protested alleged government discrimination. He has been held since December under Malaysia's Internal Security Act, which allows for indefinite detention without trial.

While behind bars, he contested the March 8 election as a member of the Democratic Action Party and won a seat in the Selangor state legislature.

Despite Manoharan's win, Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said the government cannot free him because he is still a security threat, The Star newspaper reported Saturday.

Calls to Syed Hamid and his aides went unanswered Saturday.

Lim Kit Siang, who heads the opposition Democratic Action Party slammed the government's decision.

"It shows that the Cabinet is not really listening to the people's voice for change toward a more democratic, accountable, just and more progressive Malaysian society," Lim told The Associated Press.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's ruling National Front coalition retained power in the March election, but suffered the worst losses in its 51-year rule.

Khaled: Bloggers censoring govt feedback to their sites

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JOHOR BARU: Bloggers have been accused of censoring feedback sent by government departments to their websites.

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the feedback was aimed at correcting inaccurate statements and false allegations about the Government, which appeared in some of the cyber articles.

He said the Government was not given a chance to explain certain issues to the people.

“There were articles criticising the Government. We also sent in many replies but they were removed by the bloggers,” he said.

Mohamed Khaled said the Government had in the past ignored such articles.

“We made a mistake. The blogs play an important role. The people read and believe what's said in the blogs.

“Now, we are looking at the blogs to respond to them but are prevented from doing so,” he said.

Mohamed Khaled said he would bring up the issue in the next Cabinet meeting. He was at the SM Taman Johor Jaya 1 Parent-Teacher Association meeting yesterday.

He announced an allocation of RM20,000 for the school’s building fund.

Khaled also presented certificates of excellent performance to Tien See Yah, who scored 10As in the 2007 SPM examination, and a model student, Looi Zhen Siang.

No2umnO - Malas nak komen... Korang belasah lah...

MUST READ: Dubai's World Cup costs less to stage than Trengganu Monsoon Cup!

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Well, did I mention about comparing Dubai World Cup to Pak Lah's Terengganu Monsoon Cup? Idris Jusoh or Patrick Badawi or Khairy, or whoever related to Pak Lah had mentioned the annual yatch race was watched by billions of people around the world. It costs wang ehsan about RM300 million to run.

How come there was not even a single news on Monsoon Cup here?

I can see that even billed as world's richest race, Dubai's World Cup costs less to stage than Trengganu Monsoon Cup! more...

NOW THEY TALK ....

IMPORTANT FACTS
PPSB chief operating officer Mohd Niana Merican Abd Kadir Merican PPSB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Finance Ministry PPSB has been incurring an annual loss of RM12mil operating the ferries

now the news ...

Penang plans to scrap vehicular ferry service
Star
BUTTERWORTH: The Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB) will scrap the vehicular ferry service between Penang island and Seberang Prai once the expansion of the Penang Bridge is completed in September next year.

PPSB chief operating officer Mohd Niana Merican Abd Kadir Merican said the remaining four vehicular-cum-passenger ferries would continue to operate despite suffering operating losses.

He said the company also planned to operate a speedboat ferry service as it was cheaper and efficient.

“The speedboat idea was mooted three years ago. Travel time between the island and mainland on speedboats will only take eight to 10 minutes compared with 20 minutes using the ferry,” he told reporters at the launching of free tuition classes for 141 of the port’s staff members at Wisma Perkeso in Seberang Jaya yesterday.

PPSB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Finance Ministry after its corporatisation on Jan 1, 1994, has been incurring an annual loss of RM12mil operating the ferries. It also manages the port.

Mohd Niana said the company was losing about RM200 on each ferry trip, adding that the operating cost was RM600 while revenue collected was RM400.

He said the bridge would have three lanes on each side and a special motorcycle lane when the expansion work was completed.

“It will be able to accommodate the huge traffic volume and as such, we will be able to scrap the vehicular ferry services and reduce our losses,” he added.

In November last year, PPSB held talks with the ministry to take over the maintenance of ferry services. PPSB chief executive officer Datuk Ahmad Ibnihajar said then that it had requested for fuel subsidy and buying of catamarans to complement the ferry services.

Ahmad also said the Government should emulate Hong Kong where the municipality handled maintenance while the port management focused only on giving better services to port users.

He had also said that PPSB had to fulfil its social responsibility and could not simply increase the ferry fares to recoup losses.

Khir Toyo penulis blog

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SHAH ALAM - Bekas Menteri Besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr. Mohamad Khir Toyo (gambar) kini menjadi seorang penulis blog.

Laman blog beralamat www.drkhir.blogspot.com itu sebagai salah satu saluran untuk Mohamad Khir menyuarakan pandangannya terhadap pentadbiran baru kerajaan campuran di negeri itu.

Menurut Mohamad Khir, ia juga diwujudkan supaya setiap permasalahan rakyat diambil kira oleh kerajaan negeri termasuk melaksanakan janji-janji yang dibuat pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-12 lalu.

"Saya kini ada banyak masa berbanding sebelum ini yang sebahagian besarnya ditumpukan kepada tugas sebagai Menteri Besar dan Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan UMNO serta Pengerusi Barisan Nasional Selangor,'' katanya di sini semalam.

'Saya ingin tahu pembunuh Noritta'

HANIF BASREE ketika dibebaskan daripada tuduhan membunuh Noritta di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur pada tahun 2004.

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SHAH ALAM - "Walaupun saya bebas, namun saya sendiri ingin tahu siapakah pembunuh sebenar Noritta."

Demikian harapan Hanif Basree Abdul Rahman, 40, yang dibebaskan Mahkamah Persekutuan kelmarin daripada tuduhan membunuh Eksekutif Pembangunan Perniagaan, Noritta Samsudin, 22.

Jurutera Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam itu berkata demikian ketika dihubungi Kosmo! Ahad semalam bagi mengulas perkembangan kes pembunuhan Noritta yang juga peragawati sambilan. more...

No2umnO - Mungkin ada kaitan beliau secara peribadi antara Haniff dan Noritta tetapi tidak membunuh. Itu ramai kita tahu. Tapi ada pihak yang sengaja mencari bukti yang berkaitan agar pembunuh sebenar dilupakan. Noritta dan Haniff adalah mangsa. TEmpoh untuk melalut lalut cukup panjang, bukti dah lama kena buang. Ramai sangat yang buat siasatan. Tak tahu sapa yang betul betul siasat dan tak tahu dalam ramai ramai tu, mungkin ada yang tukang bersihkan bukti. Biasa lah .... Malaysia boleh. Ada kuasa, ada wang.....semua aku punya.

Pengarajan kepada semua. Sosial, terlalu bebas, selingkuh, kuasa politik, rasuah .... banyak pengajaran beb.

SENARAI EXCO CAMPURAN PERAK

Mansuh sistem kuota – Dr. Mahathir

KUALA LUMPUR 29 Mac – Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad mahu sistem kuota yang dilaksanakan semasa beliau memegang jawatan Presiden UMNO dimansuhkan kerana telah disalah gunakan pemimpin- pemimpin parti.

Bekas Presiden UMNO dan bekas Perdana Menteri itu memberitahu, sistem kuota itu telah disalahgunakan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin yang berkuasa dengan menghalang Bahagian UMNO mencalonkan orang lain dalam pemilihan parti.

“Pada masa dulu, sistem kuota itu bertujuan untuk memberi pengiktirafan kepada pemimpin parti yang benar-benar ingin bertanding dan untuk mendapat pencalonan dari 60 bahagian bagi bertanding jawatan presiden adalah mudah.

“Tahun 2004 menyaksikan ia disalahgunakan di mana bekas Naib Presiden UMNO yang juga bekas Menteri Kewangan, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah yang ingin bertanding untuk jawatan presiden UMNO hanya mendapat satu pencalonan sahaja itupun dari bahagiannya sendiri. more...

No2umnO - Seronok juga tengok apabila Mahathir sekarang pun sudah berubah. Mungkin nyanyuk atau benar benar mudah lupa sehingga kan beliau turut menjadi bidadari di dalam menyatakan pendapat. Sedangkan pada waktu pemerintahan beliau, apa pun tak boleh nak sebut, bakal kena tindakan. Bukan orang tak tahu pekungnya, tapi sebab mungkin kemajuan yang dibawa ketika itu.

Menarik di dalam wawancara oleh Pihak TV semalam, Shahrir Samad yang kini sebagai Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna melalui nada sinis berulang ulang kali menyatakan kesyukurannya kerana Mahathir bekas PM dan bekas Presiden Parti telah mengakui yang sistem diguna pakai oleh UMNO sejak pemerintahan beliau itu adalah salah. Merujuk kepada temubual tersebut, beliau sememangnya tidak bersetuju, namun apakan daya kerana bukan mudah untuk menyanggah ketika itu dahulu.

Selain Rosol, turut berada di LTSM ialah kesemua ADUN BN yang lain kecuali Idris

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, Pemangku Raja Terengganu, Tengku Muhammad Ismail (tengah), Tengku Muhammad Mua’az (depan) dan Menteri Besar, Datuk Ahmad Said berdoa sejurus selepas tiba di Lapangan Terbang Sultan Mahmud, Kuala Terengganu, semalam. – Gambar Fauzi Baharudin. more...