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Monday, July 20, 2009
Kematian Beng Hock wajib dibela menurut Islam - Dato' Husam Musa
Nyawa seorang individu Melayu, Cina atau India adalah sama-sama berharga; Islam menuntut pembelaan atas kes pembunuhan.
Anwar mungkin merengkok 12 tahun kerana DNA
Oleh Zukri AksahKUANTAN, Julai 20 — Walaupun telah wujud empat laporan dari doktor berlainan yang mengesahkan bahawa Saiful Bukhari Azlan tidak mempunyai sebarang kesan yang menunjukkan dia diliwat, tetapi perbicaraan kes liwat Saiful lawan Anwar Ibrahim yang bakal bersambung nanti mungkin akan memberi kelebihan kepada Saiful.
Dalam ceramah umum di Beserah, Kuantan pada malam Sabtu lepas, pemimpin-pemimpin kanan PKR yang hadir, Zulkifli Noordin, Fuziah Salleh dan Azan Ismail, serta Saudara Ahmad Nizam Hamid senada dalam mendedahkan tentang keputusan hakim dalam sesi perbicaraan terakhir sebelum penangguhan baru-baru ini, bahawa perbicaraan seterusnya akan hanya mengambil kira bukti klinikal yang berupa hasil dari ujian DNA.
Keputusan mahkamah yang sebegini tentulah sangat mengejutkan, apalagi dalam keadaan telah wujudnya laporan pemeriksaan dari empat doktor yang bersedia memberi kesaksian mereka.
Mengecilkan skop pembuktian hanya kepada analisis DNA memberi gambaran bahawa empat orang doktor tersebut tidak berwibawa dan pandangan profesional mereka tidak berharga.
Pergantungan tunggal kepada ujian DNA dalam kes-kes jenayah, seperti di Amerika Syarikat, walaupun semakin diterimapakai di mahkamah-mahkamah mereka, namun sehingga hari ini masih menjadi kaedah pembuktian yang penuh kontroversi.
Ketepatan DNA hanya bersifat kepercayaan popular, bahkan kadar ketepatan 99.9 peratus DNA hanyalah suatu anggaran dan tidak ada sesiapa yang pasti tentangnya.
DNA memang berbeza untuk setiap manusia, tetapi yang digunakan dalam pembuktian adalah Profil DNA, yang sebenarnya hanya sebahagian kecil sahaja dari DNA keseluruhan seseorang manusia. Kerana itu, Profil DNA dua orang adik-beradik mungkin sahaja hampir sama.
Pada tahun 2001, Kathryn Troyer telah menjalankan ujian terhadap pengkalan data Profil DNA penjenayah Arizona, dan telah membuat penemuan dua penjenayah dengan profil genetik yang hampir sama, kedua-dua penjenayah ini mempunyai padanan 9 dari 13 lokasi kromosom. Sememangnya mereka berdua bukan adik-beradik kerana seorang berkulit putih dan seorang lagi berkulit hitam.
Asalnya FBI cuba menafikan bukti penemuan ini dengan mendakwa ia kes terpencil, 1 dalam 113 bilion, tetapi Troyer pada tahun-tahun berikutnya telah membuat berdozen-dozen penemuan yang serupa.
Ini telah menimbulkan persoalan tentang kredibiliti Profil DNA. DNA memang berciri unik, tetapi tidak untuk Profil DNA, ia hanya sekelumit dari keseluruhan genom.
DNA haruslah digunakan dengan kehadiran bukti dan kesaksian yang lain. Dalam kes jenayah, sebelum dibicarakan tertuduh bersalah atau tidak, Zulkifli Noordin berkata jenayah mesti dibuktikan berlaku.
Jika ada tuduhan seseorang merompak, rompakan itu mesti berlaku, ada barang yang hilang, ada wang yang hilang. Jika ada tuduhan seseorang merogol, rogol itu mesti berlaku, mangsanya disahkan hilang dara, ada bukti koyakan, ada bukti tusukan dan sebagainya.
Dalam kes Saiful, dia mendakwa diliwat, maka liwat itu seperti rogol mesti berlaku, ada koyakannya, ada tusukannya, dalam Islam mesti menghadirkan empat orang saksi. Empat orang saksi telah hadir dengan laporan mereka, keempat-empat mereka doktor dan kesimpulan mereka sama, liwat tidak berlaku!
Doktor-doktor ini tidak akan dipanggil ke mahkamah, hanya hasil ujian DNA sahaja yang akan digunakan. Sampel DNA Anwar, menurut Zulkifli Noordin, boleh diperolehi di mana-mana sahaja, bahkan dari peluh yang dilap ketika Anwar berdebat dengan Shabery Chik dahulu pun, sebelum itupun sampel DNA Anwar sudah berada di tangan polis, ketika Anwar ditumbuk pengsan oleh Rahim Nor, dicuri tanpa keizinan, itu pengakuan polis sendiri, dan ia terdedah untuk disalahguna dengan menaburnya di lokasi yang didakwa tempat kejadian atau di bahagian tertentu di tubuh Saiful.
Ulas Zulkifli Noordin lagi, kali ini Anwar mungkin akan terpaksa ke penjara untuk tempoh yang lebih lama, 12 tahun, kerana ini adalah tuduhan kedua untuk kesalahan yang sama.
themalaysianinsider
Kes 'puaka' UM : Mahkamah tolak lanjut reman presiden PMI
Abdul Rahim Sabri Jul 20, 09 1:18pmPresiden Persatuan Mahasiswa Islam (PMI) Universiti Malaya, Shazni Munir Mohd Ithnin ditahan Sabtu lalu bagi membantu siasatan berhubung kes menconteng dan percubaan membakar di dewan Akademi Pengajian Islam (API) universiti tersebut hujung bulan lalu.
Menurut peguamnya, Mohd Radzlan Jalaludin berkata, Shazni dibawa ke Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Lumpur untuk dilanjutkan tahanan reman terhadapnya.Bagaimanapun, katanya, mahkamah menolak permohonan tahanan reman itu kerana Shazni telah memberi kerjasama sepenuhnya kepada siasatan polis.
Menurutnya, mahkamah memutuskan siasatan telah lengkap dan Shazni pula mempunyai kuliah untuk dihadiri hari ini.
Ketika dihubungi pada jam 1.15 petang, Radzlan berkata, beliau dan keluarga Shazni kini berada di balai polis Brickfields untuk urusan pembebasan Shazni.
Shazni antara tiga pelajar API yang dikehendaki polis bagi membantu siasatan kejadian pada awal pagi 24 Jun lalu yang telah dituduh di Mahkamah Sesyen Kuala Lumpur.
Dua lagi pelajar API Mohd Izzuddin Hilmi Mohamad Zaini dan Mohd Syahruldeen Ahmad Rosli akan dibicarakan mulai 7 Disember ini.
Selain pemimpin pelajar itu, Muhammad Aizat Roslan dan Muhammad Saufi Jelani juga dicari polis.
Perkataan-perkataan yang diconteng dekat pintu masuk dewan kuliah utama API termasuklah "bini puaka" dan "pembunuh Altantuya" beberapa jam sebelum kedatangan isteri perdana menteri Rosmah Mansor.
Kedua-duanya juga dituduh menyimbah petrol di permaidani merah yang bakal dilalui oleh isteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak untuk kempen derma 'Power of 10 Sen : Gaza Dibela' bagi anak-anak Palestin.
malaysiakini
Zahid Agen Zionis?
uknowsanasini.blogspot.com
Zahid, Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia, mengaku bertemu dengan Natanyahu Perdana Menteri rejim Zionis Israel di Paris.
Tetapi kemudiannya pula, setiausaha akhbarnya mengatakan bukannya Natanyahu, tetapi Ehud Barak, Menteri Perperangan rejim Zionis Israel.
Takkan Zahid tak kenal untuk bezakan Natanyahu dengan Barak Atau tak ingat siapa yang dia jumpa dari rejim Zionis itu?
Namun siapa pun yang dia jumpa dari kepimpinan negara Zionis Israel itu, ada beberapa persoalan yang perlu dia jawab dan jelaskan kepada rakyat Malaysia :
1. Pertemuan antara kepimpinan negara/kerajaan merupakan pengiktirafan negara/kerajaan tersebut, sedangkan Malaysia secara rasminya tidak mengiktiraf negara/kerajaan rejim Zionis Israel. Apakah Zahid sudah secara peribadi dan sebagai Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia sudah mengiktiraf negara/kerajaan Zionis Israel? Atau apakah Zahid merupakan orang perantaraan atau agen Zionis untuk melobi Malaysia mengiktiraf negara haram dan zalim itu?
2. Kata Zahid, Natanyahu nak jumpa dengan dia. Apabila jumpa, maka Zahid lekturlah dia tentang kesalahan Israel terutama pendudukan haram Yahudi di Tebing Barat Palestin. Apakah Natanyahu nak berjumpa dengan Zahid untuk mendengar Zahid berleter?
3. Tentulah ada sesuatu yang penting yang nak disampaikan kepada, atau untuk diterima daripada Zahid oleh si Natanyahu. Dan pastinya Zahid sudah tahu terlebih dahulu dan dirancang akan pertemuan itu. Apakah sesuatu itu, apakah rancangan mereka itu?
Aku mengenali Zahid semenjak di Universiti Malaya lagi dalam tahun 1970'an. Walaupun dia junior daripada aku, dia kawan dan sahabat ketika itu. Kami sama2 meronda dengan motorsikal dengan kawan2 yang lain.
Zahid zaman itu baru mula menceburkan diri sebagai aktivis mahasiswa. Tetapi tak berkesempatan dia untuk berputik, Operasi Mayang 1974 telah mencantas gerakan mahasiswa.
Salah satu sifat Zahid yang sangat aku cam dari dulu lagi ialah ia takkan membuat sesuatu secara spontan. Ia akan mengambil masa yang panjang untuk memikirkan kos-rugi-untung akan sesuatu keputusan.
Jadi, pertemuan Zahid dengan kepala rejim Zionis Israel itu, pada hemat aku sebagaimana yang aku kenali Zahid, sememangnya pun sudah dirancang.
Persoalannya, apakah rancangan mereka itu?
Zahid, Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia, mengaku bertemu dengan Natanyahu Perdana Menteri rejim Zionis Israel di Paris.
Tetapi kemudiannya pula, setiausaha akhbarnya mengatakan bukannya Natanyahu, tetapi Ehud Barak, Menteri Perperangan rejim Zionis Israel.
Takkan Zahid tak kenal untuk bezakan Natanyahu dengan Barak Atau tak ingat siapa yang dia jumpa dari rejim Zionis itu?
Namun siapa pun yang dia jumpa dari kepimpinan negara Zionis Israel itu, ada beberapa persoalan yang perlu dia jawab dan jelaskan kepada rakyat Malaysia :
1. Pertemuan antara kepimpinan negara/kerajaan merupakan pengiktirafan negara/kerajaan tersebut, sedangkan Malaysia secara rasminya tidak mengiktiraf negara/kerajaan rejim Zionis Israel. Apakah Zahid sudah secara peribadi dan sebagai Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia sudah mengiktiraf negara/kerajaan Zionis Israel? Atau apakah Zahid merupakan orang perantaraan atau agen Zionis untuk melobi Malaysia mengiktiraf negara haram dan zalim itu?
2. Kata Zahid, Natanyahu nak jumpa dengan dia. Apabila jumpa, maka Zahid lekturlah dia tentang kesalahan Israel terutama pendudukan haram Yahudi di Tebing Barat Palestin. Apakah Natanyahu nak berjumpa dengan Zahid untuk mendengar Zahid berleter?
3. Tentulah ada sesuatu yang penting yang nak disampaikan kepada, atau untuk diterima daripada Zahid oleh si Natanyahu. Dan pastinya Zahid sudah tahu terlebih dahulu dan dirancang akan pertemuan itu. Apakah sesuatu itu, apakah rancangan mereka itu?
Aku mengenali Zahid semenjak di Universiti Malaya lagi dalam tahun 1970'an. Walaupun dia junior daripada aku, dia kawan dan sahabat ketika itu. Kami sama2 meronda dengan motorsikal dengan kawan2 yang lain.
Zahid zaman itu baru mula menceburkan diri sebagai aktivis mahasiswa. Tetapi tak berkesempatan dia untuk berputik, Operasi Mayang 1974 telah mencantas gerakan mahasiswa.
Salah satu sifat Zahid yang sangat aku cam dari dulu lagi ialah ia takkan membuat sesuatu secara spontan. Ia akan mengambil masa yang panjang untuk memikirkan kos-rugi-untung akan sesuatu keputusan.
Jadi, pertemuan Zahid dengan kepala rejim Zionis Israel itu, pada hemat aku sebagaimana yang aku kenali Zahid, sememangnya pun sudah dirancang.
Persoalannya, apakah rancangan mereka itu?
Thousands say goodbye to Teoh
malaysianinsider
ALOR GAJAH, July 20 — Nobody knows how he died even though the autopsy report says he died from internal injuries sustained in a fall. But what were his thoughts just before he died? Was he alone?
Today, at his funeral, thousands of people were determined that Teoh Beng Hock would not go to his final resting place alone. The funeral procession is led by a group walking ahead of the hearse and carrying a huge black banner that says, “Justice for Beng Hock, Answers for Rakyat.”
A band is playing and his crying siblings walk behind the slow-moving hearse. They each have a hand on the hearse as it moves through the congested road in Melekek.
His parents mourn at home, following a Chinese custom that dictates parents do not attend the funeral of a child.
A whole phalanx of Pakatan Rakyat politicians walk behind the Teoh siblings while hundreds line the road, saying their farewell to the 30-year-old political aide to Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah.
A little after 11am, the procession ends and the cortege makes its way to the cemetery in Semenyih.
Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, speaking to members of the press present at the funeral, said: “Firm action must be taken. The chairman of the MACC must be held accountable. This death is a cruel one. Enough is enough.”
On arrival at the cemetery, the casket was taken to a nearby temple for some prayers. At about 2pm, the casket was lowered into the ground with about 100 people in attendance.
The crowd is growing in size, numbering to a few hundred now, and including Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim and a few DAP lawmakers. The family has yet to arrive so the burial ceremony has not yet begun.
The prayers begin the minute Teoh’s siblings arrive. The sisters are crying and after the prayers, paper offerings are burned at the graveside.
The ashes from the offerings fill the air and his friends sing him a last farewell song... and with that Teoh Beng Hock is finally buried.
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid
ALOR GAJAH, July 20 — Nobody knows how he died even though the autopsy report says he died from internal injuries sustained in a fall. But what were his thoughts just before he died? Was he alone?
Today, at his funeral, thousands of people were determined that Teoh Beng Hock would not go to his final resting place alone. The funeral procession is led by a group walking ahead of the hearse and carrying a huge black banner that says, “Justice for Beng Hock, Answers for Rakyat.”
A band is playing and his crying siblings walk behind the slow-moving hearse. They each have a hand on the hearse as it moves through the congested road in Melekek.
His parents mourn at home, following a Chinese custom that dictates parents do not attend the funeral of a child.
A whole phalanx of Pakatan Rakyat politicians walk behind the Teoh siblings while hundreds line the road, saying their farewell to the 30-year-old political aide to Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah.
A little after 11am, the procession ends and the cortege makes its way to the cemetery in Semenyih.
Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, speaking to members of the press present at the funeral, said: “Firm action must be taken. The chairman of the MACC must be held accountable. This death is a cruel one. Enough is enough.”
On arrival at the cemetery, the casket was taken to a nearby temple for some prayers. At about 2pm, the casket was lowered into the ground with about 100 people in attendance.
The crowd is growing in size, numbering to a few hundred now, and including Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim and a few DAP lawmakers. The family has yet to arrive so the burial ceremony has not yet begun.
The prayers begin the minute Teoh’s siblings arrive. The sisters are crying and after the prayers, paper offerings are burned at the graveside.
The ashes from the offerings fill the air and his friends sing him a last farewell song... and with that Teoh Beng Hock is finally buried.
Kematian Teoh, Najib Harus Dipertanggungjawabkan!
Hari ini di Alor Gajah, ribuan manusia berhimpun atas di pengkebumian Teoh Beng Hock, membawa bersama mereka sepanduk "Keadilan untuk Beng Hock, Jawapan untuk Rakyat".Semasa upacara dijalankan, tunang Teoh, Soh Sher Wei, memanggil Teoh supaya kembali ke pangkuannya. Lelaki, perempuan, tua dan muda menitiskan air mata hari ini, begitu juga pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat.
Bermula seawal 9.45 pagi lagi, lebih 2,000 orang mengarak jenayah yang dihiaskan dengan ikatan merah, tanda kematian mengejut.
Teoh ditemui maut kerana terjatuh dari tingkat 14 ibupejabat Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) selepas disoalsiasat semalaman.
Setiap seorang hadirin memegang poster hitam-putih Teoh, yang memaparkan tulisan "Jangan Biarkan Beng Hock Mati Sia-Sia" Ketua Pembangkang Anwar Ibrahim yang turun memberi penghormatan terakahir menyeru kerajaan supaya tidak berdolak-dalik dan bertanggungjawab keatas kematian Teoh.
"Tindakan tegas mesti diambil oleh Polis dan Ketua Polis Negara Musa Hassan. Pengerusi SPRM Tan Sri Abdul Aziz mesti dipertanggungjawabkan," kata Anwar.
"Kita lihat perlanggaran peraturan, penderaaan rakyat, dimana SPRM diperalatkan oleh penguasa. Kita harus ambil tindakan yang tegas. Ini membabitkan kematian, tidak termasuk kezaliman-kezaliman lain. Najib mesti dipertanggungjawabkan," tambah Anwar.
Pada 11.05 pagi, upacara tamat dan mereka beransur menuju ke Taman Peringatan Nirvana di Semenyih, dimana mayat akan dikebumikan.
TVA
KJ – The Falling Star
malaysiandigest
He was the ‘the man behind the PM’ who many say wants to be PM. His star fell with his patron Pak Lah’s exit. But he is not going quietly.
He was the ‘the man behind the PM’ who many say wants to be PM. His star fell with his patron Pak Lah’s exit. But he is not going quietly.Hazlan Zakaria 20 JULY 2009
Caesar is famous for the quote ‘Veni, Vedi, Vici’. I came, I saw, I conquered. Khairy Jamaluddin is famous for “I am, the PM’s, Son-in-law.” Caesar is known for being assassinated because he wants to become King. Khairy, the man ‘behind the king’.
But for now, as far as honesty in politics goes, Khairy Jamaludin is probably one of the most honest politicians at the moment. At least when he is telling anyone that will listen, that he is now no longer the Prime Minister’s son-in-law. All that Khairy Jamaludin has now is Khairy Jamaludin. That is something that we can believe in. Though, whether it is a change for the better or not is a matter of conjecture.
For one, he has lost his 15 minutes of fame with the media. When once his every step and sneeze is dogged, he is now getting less airtime and print inches than even Tun Mahathir. The once ‘pariah’ of the media during Tun Abdullah’s Administration, Tun Mahathir is now back on the media centre stage. Khairy himself admitted in an interview by Sinchew that “the media is no longer interested in me.”
Khairy has even been spotted walking alone from parliament chambers and sitting by himself in the MP’s lounge. He cuts quite the figure of the lonely parliamentarian, when once his mere presence would command an entourage. No more staffers or ‘Oxbridge’ old boys following his coat tails.
We can also imagine that he now no longer has the reach and influence within the business world and with the procurement of government contracts. Something he has been alleged to wield during his ‘fourth floor’ days.
Khairy who once wielded ‘power’ indirectly – by virtue of the trust that his father in law put in him – now needs a new agenda to further his much talked about ambitions. Either to rise further up into power – or if what he says is to be believed – to serve the people.
But the public he claims to serve has lost all mind of Khairy, despite their once fascination with him. The Public’s love-hate relationship with this once blue eyed boy wonder has come to an end… for now. No Pak Lah also means no influence for him to wield. No reason for the public to watch or complain about him.
He is no longer the ‘gatekeeper’ to the most powerful man in Malaysia – the office of PM anyway, if not the holder of the office. He was the person we love to hate, but one that we all wanted to read or hear about. No matter what many thought of him, he did embody some qualities that we admire. He was the upstart commoner who married into ‘royalty’ and worked his way up to the top.
It was his perceived overbearing and allegedly arrogant attitude that many find distasteful. For as the saying, goes, the road to the top is sometimes lined with the heads of others you step upon. In Khairy’s case this is apparently in the literal as well as figurative. More than one contractor who vies for government contracts was heard to bemoan about Khairy allegedly stepping upon their lifeline.
His fall from grace was triggered by Tun Abdullah’s resignation as Prime Minister. Like a wagon hitched to a rising star, when the star falls, the wagon follows suit. But with the same cunning that saw his meteoric rise in UMNO and into Tun Abdullah’s ‘fourth floor’, Khairy hits the ground running – or is trying to at least.
His first act was to distance himself completely from the former Abdulah Administration. Cutting himself off from Pak Lah’s signature Islam Hadhari and Malay centric policies and looking towards a multiracial approach of a Malaysia for Malaysians.
Tapping perhaps, into the ‘liberalised’ mental attitude of a Malaysia tired of sectarian and racial politics. Although, he is careful to stay within UMNO’s delineated boundary – his power base as it were. He is saying that only a strong UMNO can serve both the Malays and the greater ‘bangsa’ Malaysia.
His next act was to mitigate and correct public perception of his ‘arrogance.’ He is changing his entire being and personal approach to the world in one quick about turn. He is eating ‘humble pie’ and saying to all that he can, how he really is a ‘shy’ and ‘awkward’ person. As he mentioned to Sinchew, he is a ‘strange politician’ unsuited to the game of popular politics.
Although some would say that the ‘humbling’ of Khairy is not by effort but by default as he finds himself out on a limb. Many questions the audacity of a man who opened a boutique named ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’, keeping in mind his set of circumstances.
Khairy’s next move was to hitch himself to another vehicle to advance his future. His vehicle to power post Pak Lah is UMNO Youth. A vehicle that many say he hijacked from Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir.
Political observers and pundits speculate that Khairy’s ascension to UMNO Youth Chief was the price Najib had to pay for Pak Lah’s meek step down from power. It is alleged to be the last back room deal that Khairy managed to wrangle out of his father in law.
Now Khairy is running UMNO Youth like his own personal fiefdom. Anchoring his strongest supporters into key positions and digging in for the long haul. It seems that UMNO Youth is now ‘Fortress Khairy’, just like the ‘fourth floor’ was then.
To be fair, as purported by an article “Khairy Lands on His Feet” in the Star, Khairy seems to be injecting life into UMNO Youth by galvanizing the wing with many new programs both to build up the movement as well as to widen its reach amongst the youth.
However, some would question if these are merely an extension of the secretariats set up by the movement’s out going Chief Datuk Hishammudin Tun Hussein. The same agenda with another name that some people are alleging Najib’s 1Malaysia is. A case of “Lembu punya susu Sapi dapat nama.” An old analogy of how someone is taking credit for another’s work.
Last but not least, Khairy is slowly working his way back to being a newsmaker, going where the media is to get his time in the media sun. He was in Manik Urai, he commented loudly upon the PAS unity issue and now he is vocal about saying that ‘Al-Islam is un-islamic.’ In relation to the story of the journalists who went undercover to a church and brought out and photographed the wafer representing the ‘host’, to the ire of Catholics.
For sure we are not going to hear the last of Khairy Jamaluddin, no matter how ‘shy’ he is. As has been observed here, it seems he is already plotting the road map of his ascension post Pak Lah. Whether or not this is going to be good for Malaysia or not is still up to conjecture. However he will be the one to watch, media ‘blackout’ or no. We can only hope that he has learnt his lesson and play a more acceptable role in serving the people – as he is alleging to do. Or if he is truly a misunderstood individual and sabotaged by wrongful perception, this is a chance for him to prove himself.
Caesar is famous for the quote ‘Veni, Vedi, Vici’. I came, I saw, I conquered. Khairy Jamaluddin is famous for “I am, the PM’s, Son-in-law.” Caesar is known for being assassinated because he wants to become King. Khairy, the man ‘behind the king’.
But for now, as far as honesty in politics goes, Khairy Jamaludin is probably one of the most honest politicians at the moment. At least when he is telling anyone that will listen, that he is now no longer the Prime Minister’s son-in-law. All that Khairy Jamaludin has now is Khairy Jamaludin. That is something that we can believe in. Though, whether it is a change for the better or not is a matter of conjecture.
For one, he has lost his 15 minutes of fame with the media. When once his every step and sneeze is dogged, he is now getting less airtime and print inches than even Tun Mahathir. The once ‘pariah’ of the media during Tun Abdullah’s Administration, Tun Mahathir is now back on the media centre stage. Khairy himself admitted in an interview by Sinchew that “the media is no longer interested in me.”
Khairy has even been spotted walking alone from parliament chambers and sitting by himself in the MP’s lounge. He cuts quite the figure of the lonely parliamentarian, when once his mere presence would command an entourage. No more staffers or ‘Oxbridge’ old boys following his coat tails.
We can also imagine that he now no longer has the reach and influence within the business world and with the procurement of government contracts. Something he has been alleged to wield during his ‘fourth floor’ days.
Khairy who once wielded ‘power’ indirectly – by virtue of the trust that his father in law put in him – now needs a new agenda to further his much talked about ambitions. Either to rise further up into power – or if what he says is to be believed – to serve the people.
But the public he claims to serve has lost all mind of Khairy, despite their once fascination with him. The Public’s love-hate relationship with this once blue eyed boy wonder has come to an end… for now. No Pak Lah also means no influence for him to wield. No reason for the public to watch or complain about him.
He is no longer the ‘gatekeeper’ to the most powerful man in Malaysia – the office of PM anyway, if not the holder of the office. He was the person we love to hate, but one that we all wanted to read or hear about. No matter what many thought of him, he did embody some qualities that we admire. He was the upstart commoner who married into ‘royalty’ and worked his way up to the top.
It was his perceived overbearing and allegedly arrogant attitude that many find distasteful. For as the saying, goes, the road to the top is sometimes lined with the heads of others you step upon. In Khairy’s case this is apparently in the literal as well as figurative. More than one contractor who vies for government contracts was heard to bemoan about Khairy allegedly stepping upon their lifeline.
His fall from grace was triggered by Tun Abdullah’s resignation as Prime Minister. Like a wagon hitched to a rising star, when the star falls, the wagon follows suit. But with the same cunning that saw his meteoric rise in UMNO and into Tun Abdullah’s ‘fourth floor’, Khairy hits the ground running – or is trying to at least.
His first act was to distance himself completely from the former Abdulah Administration. Cutting himself off from Pak Lah’s signature Islam Hadhari and Malay centric policies and looking towards a multiracial approach of a Malaysia for Malaysians.
Tapping perhaps, into the ‘liberalised’ mental attitude of a Malaysia tired of sectarian and racial politics. Although, he is careful to stay within UMNO’s delineated boundary – his power base as it were. He is saying that only a strong UMNO can serve both the Malays and the greater ‘bangsa’ Malaysia.
His next act was to mitigate and correct public perception of his ‘arrogance.’ He is changing his entire being and personal approach to the world in one quick about turn. He is eating ‘humble pie’ and saying to all that he can, how he really is a ‘shy’ and ‘awkward’ person. As he mentioned to Sinchew, he is a ‘strange politician’ unsuited to the game of popular politics.
Although some would say that the ‘humbling’ of Khairy is not by effort but by default as he finds himself out on a limb. Many questions the audacity of a man who opened a boutique named ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’, keeping in mind his set of circumstances.
Khairy’s next move was to hitch himself to another vehicle to advance his future. His vehicle to power post Pak Lah is UMNO Youth. A vehicle that many say he hijacked from Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir.
Political observers and pundits speculate that Khairy’s ascension to UMNO Youth Chief was the price Najib had to pay for Pak Lah’s meek step down from power. It is alleged to be the last back room deal that Khairy managed to wrangle out of his father in law.
Now Khairy is running UMNO Youth like his own personal fiefdom. Anchoring his strongest supporters into key positions and digging in for the long haul. It seems that UMNO Youth is now ‘Fortress Khairy’, just like the ‘fourth floor’ was then.
To be fair, as purported by an article “Khairy Lands on His Feet” in the Star, Khairy seems to be injecting life into UMNO Youth by galvanizing the wing with many new programs both to build up the movement as well as to widen its reach amongst the youth.
However, some would question if these are merely an extension of the secretariats set up by the movement’s out going Chief Datuk Hishammudin Tun Hussein. The same agenda with another name that some people are alleging Najib’s 1Malaysia is. A case of “Lembu punya susu Sapi dapat nama.” An old analogy of how someone is taking credit for another’s work.
Last but not least, Khairy is slowly working his way back to being a newsmaker, going where the media is to get his time in the media sun. He was in Manik Urai, he commented loudly upon the PAS unity issue and now he is vocal about saying that ‘Al-Islam is un-islamic.’ In relation to the story of the journalists who went undercover to a church and brought out and photographed the wafer representing the ‘host’, to the ire of Catholics.
For sure we are not going to hear the last of Khairy Jamaluddin, no matter how ‘shy’ he is. As has been observed here, it seems he is already plotting the road map of his ascension post Pak Lah. Whether or not this is going to be good for Malaysia or not is still up to conjecture. However he will be the one to watch, media ‘blackout’ or no. We can only hope that he has learnt his lesson and play a more acceptable role in serving the people – as he is alleging to do. Or if he is truly a misunderstood individual and sabotaged by wrongful perception, this is a chance for him to prove himself.
Kelantan prince sues Manohara and mother for RM105m
themalaysianinsider.com
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra of Kelantan has filed suit in the High Court here against his estranged wife Manohara Odelia Pinot and her mother Daisy Fajarina for alleged defamation.
He is claiming RM105 million in damages.
Manohara, 17, said to be a former Indonesian teen model, fled from her husband when the family was in Singapore in May.
She subsequently accused Tengku Muhammad Fakhry of sexual and physical abuse when she returned to Jakarta.
Her accusations have contributed to strained ties between Malaysia and Indonesia.
On July 5, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry also filed separate summonses against Manohara at the Syariah High Court in Kelantan, demanding the return of nearly RM1 million in alleged loans.
The Kelantan prince claims Manohara and Daisy had borrowed RM972,750 from him.
He also filed a summons in the Syariah Court for Manohara to be loyal to him.
In the affidavit filed today, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry said Manohara had tarnished his name and that of the Kelantan palace.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra of Kelantan has filed suit in the High Court here against his estranged wife Manohara Odelia Pinot and her mother Daisy Fajarina for alleged defamation.
He is claiming RM105 million in damages.Manohara, 17, said to be a former Indonesian teen model, fled from her husband when the family was in Singapore in May.
She subsequently accused Tengku Muhammad Fakhry of sexual and physical abuse when she returned to Jakarta.
Her accusations have contributed to strained ties between Malaysia and Indonesia.
On July 5, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry also filed separate summonses against Manohara at the Syariah High Court in Kelantan, demanding the return of nearly RM1 million in alleged loans.
The Kelantan prince claims Manohara and Daisy had borrowed RM972,750 from him.
He also filed a summons in the Syariah Court for Manohara to be loyal to him.
In the affidavit filed today, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry said Manohara had tarnished his name and that of the Kelantan palace.
Thousands throng stadium for Teoh
More than 3,000 people have packed the Kelana Jaya stadium in a two-hour gathering to mark the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock. Pakatan Rakyat top brass, including Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, took turns to address the crowd.
Ramai Percaya Beng Hock Dibunuh
Kenapa Teoh nak terjun bunuh diri? Tak logik! Kenapa berehat dulu, tak balik terus?
Itulah antara persoalan yang dikemukakan semula oleh orang ramai ketika diminta memberi pendapat mereka berhubung kematian Setiausaha Politik Exco Selangor, Teoh Beng Hock di bangunan Plaza Masalam, Khamis lalu.
Itulah antara persoalan yang dikemukakan semula oleh orang ramai ketika diminta memberi pendapat mereka berhubung kematian Setiausaha Politik Exco Selangor, Teoh Beng Hock di bangunan Plaza Masalam, Khamis lalu.
Tiada syarat untuk Chua Jui Ming sertai Pakatan Rakyat - Anwar
Bekas naib presiden MCA, Datuk Chua Jui Meng menyertai PKR tanpa syarat, kata Ketua Umum PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim."Ini penting untuk saya sahkan. Kita bincang isu-isu dan kita minta penjelasan daripada beliau. Beliau meminta rekod daripada kita.
"Kita juga lihat beberapa kenyataan beliau. Saya ucapkan terima kasih kerana menerima kita tanpa syarat," kata Anwar dalam satu sidang akhbar selepas Chua mengumumkan penyertaannya dalam PKR.
Oleh itu, katanya, tidak berbangkit soal Chua akan diberikan kerusi tertentu sebagai satu syarat menyertai PKR.
Ditanya sama ada bekas menteri kesihatan itu akan diberi jawatan tertentu dalam PKR, Anwar Ibrahim berkata ia akan dibincangkan dalam mesyuarat biro politik dan majlis tertinggi parti sebelum mendapat persetujuan presiden parti, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
Sebelum itu, mengumumkan keluar dari MCA dan menyertai PKR ketika berucap di majlis forum anjuran PKR di Sunway.
Kelmarin, Chua mengumumkan melepaskan jawatan ketua MCA bahagian Bakri, di Johor.
Chua hadir bersama bekas senator MCA, David Yeoh dan bekas ahli Parlimen Lumut. Kedua-duanya turut mengumumkan menyertai PKR.
Hadiri perkebumian Teoh
Sementara itu, Anwar berkata beliau akan menghadiri upacara pengkebumian bagi memberi penghormatan terakhir kepada mendiang Teoh Beng Hock dan akan menziarahi keluarga mendiang Isnin ini.
"Kita mesti berani kata, tidak kira sama ada Melayu, Cina, India, Iban... anak Melayu, anak saya, anak Cina anak saya, baru kita berani kata, itu satu Malaysia," katanya.
Mengulas lanjut berhubung kematian Beng Hock, Anwar menegaskan Islam memuliakan nyawa dan harta benda sesorang kerana ia merupakan antara prinsip utama dalam Islam.
Ini kerana, pencerobohan terhadap nyawa dan harta benda tersebut tidak boleh dimain-main dan dipandang ringan dalam Islam.
Dalam majlis tersebut juga, beliau mempersoalkan mengapa tidak ada siasatan terhadap pemimpin Malaysia berhubung pembelian kapal selam dan helikopter.
"Beratus juta, beli kapal selam, tutup fail. Ratus juta beli helikopter, tak tengok.
"Sebab apa? Sebab ada komisen tinggi, ada siasatan? Tidak... sebab untuk membela kementerian dan orang besar, pemimpin Umno dan Barisan Nasional," katanya.
malaysiakini
Chua Jui Meng umum sertai PKR
Bekas menteri kesihatan, Datuk Chua Jui Meng hari ini mengumumkan keluar dari MCA dan menyertai PKR di di majlis forum anjuran PKR di Sunway.Sebelum ini, Chua yang juga bekas menteri naib presiden MCA muncul di majlis tersebut bersama Ketua Umum PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Chua sebelum ini mengumumkan melepaskan jawatan ketua MCA bahagian Bakri Khamis lalu.
Kira-kira 800 hadirin di majlis itu bertepuk tangan ketika Chua dan Anwar melangkah masuk ke dewan pada jam 3.30 petang.
Terdapat kain pemidang yang mengucap tahniah kepada Chua kerana menyertai PKR", yang dipegang hadirin ketika Chua berjalan masuk.
Dalam ucapannya, Chua berkata beliau telah melepaskan jawatan ketua MCA bahagian Bakri untuk menempuh perjalanan baru untuk perubahan.
Katanya, sebab beliau menyertai PKR ialah kerana sistem dua parti ini berdepan dengan ancaman dari Umno.Menurut Chua, beliau yakin telah membuat keputusan yang betul, untuk menyertai PKR, terutama dalam detik penting dalam sejarah negara.
Menurutnya, kematian Teoh Beng Hock - setiausaha politik exco kerajaan Selangor, Ean Yong Hian Wah, menjadi pendorong penting baginya untuk melompat menyertai pembangkang.
Mayat Teoh ditemui Khamis lalu di atas bumbung bangunan bersebelahan pejabat Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) Selangor di Shah Alam, selepas disoal siasat semalam oleh SPRM, berhubung dakwaan salahguna wang peruntukan untuk DUN di Selangor.
Chua hadir bersama bekas senator MCA, David Yeoh dan bekas ahli Parlimen Lumut. Kedua-duanya turut mengumumkan menyertai PKR.
Dua hari lalu, Malaysiakini melaporkan bahawa Chua akan melompat menyertai PKR.Dalam sidang akhbar selepas itu, Chua ditanya mengenai laporan yang menyebut beliau menafikan akan menyertai PKR.
Dalam jawapannya, Chua menafikan berkata demikian tetapi sebaliknya berkata beliau telah disalahlapor.
Ada persamaan
Menurut bekas menteri kesihatan itu, beliau menyertai PKR kerana mempunyai persamaan idealisme dan visi dengan manifesto PKR untuk membawa perubahan di Malaysia.
“Saya sudah keluarkan manifesto saya beserta dengan idealisme dan visi untuk MCA.
“Saya membuat perbandingan manifesto beliau (Anwar) dalam agenda Malaysia dan manifesto PKR. Saya nampak isu-isu ada perkiraan yang sama. Itu mustahak bagi saya. Kalau ada idea-ide yang bercanggah saya tidak akan masuk PKR,” katanya
Beliau juga menafikan beliau kecewa dengan MCA dan menyifatkan perkara tersebut "tidak berbangkit sama sekali".
“Pada pemilihan tahun 2008 saya tewas, (kemudian) saya jemput Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat ke bahagian saya dan minta beliau menjelaskan kepada masyarakat Tiong Hua, walaupun kami bertanding satu jawatan yang sama, atas nama prisip, maka kita boleh kekal berkawan,” katanya.
Kata Chua, presiden MCA itu, pernah hadir ke bahagiannya sebanyak dua kali selepas beliau kalah dalam permilihan parti tahun lepas.
Menurutnya lagi, beliau mula membuat pertimbangan untuk menyertai PKR sebelum dan selepas pemilihan MCA pada tahun lalu.
“Kemasukannya saya ke dalam PKR adalah tanpa syarat.
“Saya ada idea dan wawasan yang sama dengan PKR. Kalau ada tempat ada platform, tempat itu bermula dengan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim,” tambahnya.
Katanya, keputusan untuk menyertai PKR juga dibuat selepas beberapa kali perbincangan dengan Anwar yang juga ahli parlimen Permatang Pauh.
malaysiakini
Tan Boon Wah Buat Laporan Polis
Berikutan pengalaman ngeri yang dilaluinya sewaktu disoal siasat oleh Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM), Ahli Majlis Perbandaran Kajang, Tan Boon Wah hari ini membuat laporan polis di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Shah Alam.Ketika ditemui pemberita di perkarangan balai polis, Tan dan peguam beliau N. Surendran memberikan beberapa kenyataan kepada pihak media.
Tan juga turut menceritakan bagaimana SPRM mahu beliau membuat pengakuan palsu menyalahgunakan wang peruntukan yang diberikan kerajaan negeri.
FRU Mengganas Tumbuk Dan Tendang Wanita
Dua kakitangan Ahli Parlimen Klang Charles Santiago membuat laporan Polis selepas dikasari Polis pada perhimpunan di hadapan Pejabat SPRM pagi tadi.
Tindakan ganas polis mengakibatkan mereka mengalami kecederaan akibat diseret di atas jalan sejauh 40 meter.
Bukan sahaja mengasari lelaki, anggota berkenaan turut bertindak mengasari kaum wanita dengan menumbuk dan menendang mangsa.
Ng Yap Hwa berkata, dia ditahan sewaktu cuba membantu Pembantu kepada Exco Kerajaan Negeri, Loo Thuan Boon dari ditangkap dan dicederakan anggota berkenaan.
"Lebih kurang enam anggota Polis pegang kaki dan tangan saya dan cuba menarik saya ke dalam kereta polis, saya jatuh dan mereka heret saya di atas jalan raya. Akibatnya saya mengalami luka, sakit di bahagian kaki dan baju dan seluar saya koyak," katanya selepas membuat laporan Polis di IPD Shah Alam.
Sementara itu, seorang lagi mangsa wanita, Sarah Devaraj berkata, di dikasari oleh Polis ketika cuba menyelamatkan Yap Hwa.
Katanya, tindakan Polis lelaki yang menumbuk dan menolaknya adalah satu gangguan seksual.
"Semasa saya cuba bantu dia salah seorang Polis telah tumbuk dan tolak saya. Saya membuat laporan ianya sebagai satu gangguan seksual kerana saya dalah seorang wanita. Mereka tidak ada hak menyentuh saya kerana mereka lelaki.
"Saya nampak Yap Hwa dilantai dan bila hendak bantu dia, FRU menendang saya di kaki dan mereka juga menggunakan perisai menekan kepala saya," katanya.
"Mereka sangat biadap dan kurang ajar terhadap seorang wakil rakyat, mereka menunjukkan jari di depan muka YB dan ia satu tindakan yang sangat kurang ajar," katanya.
TVA
Tindakan ganas polis mengakibatkan mereka mengalami kecederaan akibat diseret di atas jalan sejauh 40 meter.
Bukan sahaja mengasari lelaki, anggota berkenaan turut bertindak mengasari kaum wanita dengan menumbuk dan menendang mangsa.
Ng Yap Hwa berkata, dia ditahan sewaktu cuba membantu Pembantu kepada Exco Kerajaan Negeri, Loo Thuan Boon dari ditangkap dan dicederakan anggota berkenaan.
"Lebih kurang enam anggota Polis pegang kaki dan tangan saya dan cuba menarik saya ke dalam kereta polis, saya jatuh dan mereka heret saya di atas jalan raya. Akibatnya saya mengalami luka, sakit di bahagian kaki dan baju dan seluar saya koyak," katanya selepas membuat laporan Polis di IPD Shah Alam.
Sementara itu, seorang lagi mangsa wanita, Sarah Devaraj berkata, di dikasari oleh Polis ketika cuba menyelamatkan Yap Hwa.
Katanya, tindakan Polis lelaki yang menumbuk dan menolaknya adalah satu gangguan seksual.
"Semasa saya cuba bantu dia salah seorang Polis telah tumbuk dan tolak saya. Saya membuat laporan ianya sebagai satu gangguan seksual kerana saya dalah seorang wanita. Mereka tidak ada hak menyentuh saya kerana mereka lelaki.
"Saya nampak Yap Hwa dilantai dan bila hendak bantu dia, FRU menendang saya di kaki dan mereka juga menggunakan perisai menekan kepala saya," katanya.
"Mereka sangat biadap dan kurang ajar terhadap seorang wakil rakyat, mereka menunjukkan jari di depan muka YB dan ia satu tindakan yang sangat kurang ajar," katanya.
TVA
Polis Tidak Hormat Kerajaan Negeri - Xavier Jayakumar
Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, Xavier Jayakumar menyelar tindakan Polis Selangor yang menggunakan kekerasan sewaktu menangkap beliau bersama enam yang lain semasa berhimpun di depan pejabat SPRM pagi tadi.Katanya, tindakan berkenaan jelas menunjukkan polis tidak hormat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor dan pegawainya.
"Ia tidak seharusnya berlaku kerana saya hanya mengawal orang ramai dan tidak melakukan apa-apa halangan. Jelas nampak polis tidak hormat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor dan pegawainya yang sedia memberikan kerjasama dengan sesiapa sahaja.
"Saya harap ia tidak akan berlaku lagi di Negeri Selangor," katanya ketika ditemui di luar IPD Shah Alam selepas dibebaskan jam 5.30 petang tadi.
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