Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Polis : Seksyen 27 (5) Akta Polis 1967 & Seksyen 141 Kanun Keseksaan jika timbulkan ketegangan dan mengancam keselamatan awam

Polis beri amaran batalkan perhimpunan ISA

Polis memberi amaran tegas terhadap pihak pro dan anti-ISA supaya membatalkan rancangan mereka untuk mengadakan perhimpunan Sabtu ini.


Ketika memberi amaran tersebut, Ketua Polis Kuala Lumpur, , Datuk Muhammad Sabtu Osman (kiri) berkata, perhimpunan itu dikhuatiri menimbulkan ketegangan dan mengancam keselamatan awam.

Menurutnya, polis telah memanggil Majlis Permuafakatan Ummah (Pewaris) semalam untuk memaklumkan mengenai arahan tersebut kepada mereka.

Manakala polis juga, katanya, akan bertemu dengan Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) petang esok untuk memaklumkan perkara yang sama.

Polis juga, katanya, akan mengadakan sekatan jalanraya dua hari lebih awal dan akan menahan bas-bas disyaki membawa pesertai ke perhimpunan itu.

Sebelum ini, Pewaris dan sepuluh lagi NGO Melayu yang pro-ISA, merancang berdemonstrasi Sabtu ini di ibu negara, serentak dengan perhimpunan besar anjuran Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) dan pakatan pembangkang.

Bercakap dalam satu sidang akhbar di ibupejabat polis kontinjen Kuala Lumpur petang ini, Datuk Muhammad Sabtu berkata polis mengkelaskannya sebagai satu perhimpunan haram di bawah Seksyen 27 (5) Akta Polis 1967.

Polis juga, tegasnya, akan mengambil tindakan mengikut Seksyen 141 Kanun Keseksaan atau undang-undang lain sekiranya ada pihak yang mengambil bahagian dalam perhimpunan tersebut.

Menurutnya, pihak polis telah bersedia dengan kekuatannya untuk memfokuskan kepada perhimpunan itu jika diadakan juga.

"Polis akan mengambil tindakan berhemah, kecuali tidak ada cara lain. Polis tidak ingin melihat berlakunya kecederaan, luka atau dalam keadaan yang terdesak," tegas Datuk Muhammad Sabtu.

Ditanya sama ada polis akan membuat tangkapan awal bagi mengelak perhimpunan tersebut, beliau berkata:

"Sebagai langkah pencegahan, polis boleh mangambil tindakan awal mengikut Seksyen 105, Kanun Acara Jenayah, jika nampak niat, pergerakan walaupun sehari sebelumnya," katanya.

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Ronnie : I'm also under "siege"

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KLANG : Selangor state executive councillor Ronnie Liu said he had come under "siege" from seven different forces, including from within his own party because his showy way of doing things has invited much dissatisfaction from his own comrades.

He told Sin Chew Daily during an exclusive interview that these seven forces came from the police, the MACC, Barisan Nasional, former Selangor menteri besar Datuk Seri Khir Toyo, as well as some people from the three component parties of Pakatan Rakyat.

He said, "Among these seven different forces, some are actually the same group of people, and I roughly have some idea who is behind all this."


He admitted that other than people outside his party, he also came under the pressure from people within his own party.

"Within my own party, there are people holding different political ideologies from me. I'm a very straightforward guy willing to express myself in almost anything. But there are people who do not think my way!"

He cited an example: On the lists of district and municipal councillors, people within this party were well aware that he did not have the absolute power to decide who should be in. However, he was made to take the blame when the lists failed.

"I'm not going to point out who, but a certain political party failed to come out with the list, but then I was made the scapegoat, which is not fair."

He said he refused to reveal the truth because he did not want to hurt his ally.

On the accusation that he collaborated with people involved in illegal activities and allowed his office to be used by them for meetings, Ronnie Liu responded, "This was done by people from the same camp and party. They spread the rumour without finding out the truth in order to bruise my image."

He pointed out that people from his party were indeed involved, and he knew who they were. However, he refused to reveal their indentities because they were all comrades from the same party.

"We mustn't take things too lightly and must try to defend ourselves. Not everyone will understand and if we do not clarify, people would think we admit our wrongdoing by remaining silent."

Ronnie Liu said he had exposed many perpetrators of scandals in the country even before he became a state executive councillor. Since he took over as the state Exco heading the Local Government, Study and Research Committee, he has often voiced out on behalf of the government and that made many people unhappy with him.

"I used to reveal the irregularities within BN and it is inevitable that people from the rival camp hate me very much and launch personal attacks on me."

However, he said many of the accusations towards him had been fabricated and immoral.

On a number of issues, such as the Damansara primary school, Bandar Mahkota and the high tension cable at Rawang New Village, Ronnie has found himself bump into the police, and that made him a natural target of the police.

As for the MACC, Ronnie frequently comes under attacks on issues such as the PKFZ scandal, the Chang Ming Thien Foundation and the Teoh Beng Hock incident.

He even said he once suspected that it was MACC which posted the untruthful allocation records of him and Ean Yong Hian Wah on the Internet, as only government authorities could possibly have this kind of information.


(Translated by DOMINIC LOH/Sin Chew Daily)

UNISEL : Pemuda Pakatan ulangi desakan ganti Rosmah

Pemuda Pakatan Rakyat Selangor mengulangi desakan kepada kerajaan negeri itu supaya menukar segera Canselor Universiti Industri Selangor (UNISEL), Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor yang didakwanya tidak layak dan kompeten untuk menduduki kerusi berprestij itu.

Dalam satu kenyataan bersama, ia berkata ianya selaras dengan sokongan tidak berbelah bagi mahasiswa dan pensyarah UNISEL sendiri - dalam satu program yang dihadiri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim - yang mahukan Canselor UNISEL ditukar segera.


"Malahan kita yakin masyarakat di Selangor juga mahu kepada seorang Canselor UNISEL yang boleh mencerminkan prestij dan imej keilmuan dan taman budi sebuah gedung ilmu negara," kata kenyataan itu lagi.

Menurutnya, kerajaan negeri sepatutnya sudah menyedari dan bertindak proaktif untuk menukar Canselor UNISEL kepada individu yang lebih berkelayakan dan mempunyai nilai ilmu, akal budi dan akhlak murni yang tinggi.

"Ia adalah salah satu usaha progresif bagi mencerminkan gerak kerja bersungguh-sungguh kerajaan negeri memartabatkan insititusi pengajian tinggi ke peringkat global.

"Kita mahu UNISEL dipandang tinggi dan dihormati di peringkat antarabangsa sebagai sebuah gedung ilmu yang mampu mencapai standard universiti tersohor dan terbilang dunia.

Untuk jadi universiti terbaik

"Justeru, Pemuda Pakatan Rakyat mengulangi desakan agar pertukaran Canselor ini disegerakan kerana jelas penolakan mahasiswa dan pensyarah sendiri yang menyatakan pendirian ini secara terbuka. Kerajaan negeri perlu memilih individu yang paling sesuai dan terbaik untuk Canselor baru UNISEL akan datang," tambah kenyataan itu lagi.

Menurutnya, Pemuda Pakatan Rakyat yakin, apabila kerusi Canselor UNISEL disandang individu yang layak dan mempunyai ilmu dan akhlak yang tinggi, maka usaha ke arah meninggikan dan martabat kedudukan UNISEL akan semakin bersemarak.

"Pemuda Pakatan rakyat bertambah yakin UNISEL kelak akan menjadi salah satu universiti terbaik dunia yang pada kelasnya yang tersendiri.

"Justeru, kerajaan negeri hanya mempunyai satu sahaja pilihan iaitu meletakkan individu terbaik dan paling layak untuk kerusi Canselor UNISEL ini," tambahnya.

Kenyataan bersama itu ditandatangi oleh Ketua Pemuda Angkatan Muda PKR Selangor, Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainuddin, Hasbullah Mohd Ridzwan (Pemuda PAS Selangor) dan Lau Weng San (DAPSY Selangor).

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Kajiselidik Dapati 97% Rakyat Hidup Dalam Ketakutan

Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan menerima tamparan hebat apabila sejumlah 95 peratus rakyat mengatakan mereka tidak yakin pihak berkuasa boleh menjamin keselamatan orang ramai.

Dalam satu soal selidik di laman sesawang Kementerian Dalam Negeri, 95&% responden, bersamaan 5,209 peserta, berasakan kerajaan tidak mampu menjaga keselamatan mereka.




Dalam tiga hari tinjauan soalselidik elektronik dinaikkan di laman sesawang Kementerian Dalam Negeri, 6,058 peserta berasakan kadar jenayah yang meningkat mutakhir ini menyebabkan mereka hidup dalam ketakutan, manakala 5,549 peserta merasakan pihak berkuasa tidak mampu menjamin keselamatan mereka.

Begitu menurut rencana terbaru Penasihat DAP Lim Kit Siang di laman blognya hari ini.

Bermula 23 Julai lalu, penyertaan awal adalah seramai 866 bagi tinjauan pertama dan 894 bagi tinjauan kedua.

Jumlah peserta meningkat pada hari berikutnya kepada 2,846 bagi tinjauan pertama dan 2,619 bagi tinjauan kedua.

Hari terakhir tinjauan mencatatkan respon dari 6,058 orang bagi tinjauan pertama dan 5,549 bagi tinjauan kedua.

Keputusan ini menunjukkan sejak 23 Julai jam 12 malam hingga 26 Julai jam 10 pagi, 97 peratus responden secara konsisten mengatakan mereka tidak berasa selamat, manakala 95 peratus secara konsisten menjawab kerajaan tidak mampu menjamin keselamatan mereka.

"Hanya ada satu kesimpulan dari statistik ini - akuan bahawa Musa Hassan telah gagal sebagai Ketua Polis Negara, dan perlunya KPN baru untuk membebaskan Malaysia dari jenayah," tegas Kit Siang.

"Kes ragut sahaja meingkat 99 peratus dari Januari hingga April tahun ini berbanding tempoh yang sama tahun lepas. Sebanyak 1,206 kes dilaporkan dalam empat bulan tahun ini berbanding 606 sahaja tahun lalu. Bahkan jumlah 1,206 ini adalah kecil kerana majoriti mangsa tidak melapor kerana mereka tidak lagi yakin pada polis," tambahnya lagi.

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Malaysian politics today : Don't get mad, get even

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Stanley Koh Tuesday, 28 July 2009

If Malaysians had generally thought that the changed political landscape would speed up the process of democratic reforms soon after the “308” political tsunami, they were in for a deep disappointment.

Instead, Malaysians found themselves and the nation being dragged back into an era they thought would be passing away.

The old racist language, old political characters, old mindsets and old faces, should have retired from the scene but no, they are still on the centre stage.

Once again, Malaysians are short-changed by an un-evolving political culture. A culture where more and more Malaysians are into believing that the ballot is stronger than the bullet, paraphrased by former American president Abraham Lincoln.

What we see in the domestic landscape are two obvious lagging problems: the political challenges seem insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible.

In truth, Malaysians perceived that local politics has become a mere diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

Don’t get mad, get even

What Malaysians see and hear in the political chorus is an insecurity of the ruling regime-central to its survival and a “dragon slayer” Opposition, avowed to become an alternate government at the federal level.

The Malaysian current political scenario is apparently centred on three laws of politics, exampled by an observation from Everett Dickson.

According to Everett Dickson, the first law is to get elected, the second, re-elected. The third law is not to get mad but to get even.

Recent political developments in the country seem to follow Dickson’s assumption as we witnessed a fierce battle of strategic gamesmanship as one political drama unfolds after another.

To non-partisans, it no longer matters whether the political landscape is an arena of morals or an arena of interests because it is common knowledge our local politics has rarely been dedicated on the basis of morals in the first place.

Both the opposition and the ruling regime may have their fair share of weaknesses but the generalised bias is heavily stacked against the ruling Barisan Nasional regime for woefully neglected national interests and instituting a warped democracy evident by a huge literature of a failed government.

Mysterious death of Teoh Beng Hock

Malaysians are becoming more and more eloquent against the ruling regime for trying to impede or prevent the nurturing of more democratic principles governing important institutions, including values and activities encompassing all aspects of Malaysian life.

The latest bizarre tragedy of Teoh Beng Hock, aide to a Selangor state executive councillor, plunging to his death at the Selangor headquarters of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) somewhat crystallised a characteristic of the Barisan Nasional governance.

The ruling regime is bankrupt of foresight and a moral driving force in governing the enforcement agencies, not just MACC, but generally law enforcement agencies in the country.

The MACC 2008 Act was rushed through parliament by the BN caucus in two days without a proper deliberation on the operating procedures by both sides of the August House. It was placed under the jurisdiction of the Attorney-General instead of the scrutiny of parliament.

One of its biggest blunder is its failure on delivering “essential demands” to the development of a civil society reflecting a new century to political democracy, media freedom, the rule of law, social security and fairness.

The pernicious development of mysterious deaths of those under police custody has become the Barisan Nasional lineage and infamous legacy of its governance besides other serious allegations on corruption by its fraternity of lawmakers and more recently political conspiracy in the Perak coup.

‘Absolute powers corrupt absolutely’

In fact, the mistakes and failures under BN’s governance and leadership come in all shapes and sizes over the years which have tragically become an integral part of the Malaysian political culture.

A culture of mental captivity, a disease suffered by politicians who place political expediency over moral values and ethics, thinking they can get away with absolute political power at hand.

There is absolute truth in the popular catch-phrase that “absolute powers corrupt absolutely”.

A former prime minister once reminded Malaysians that democracy is not our nation’s religion. But as the political developments are getting “more hazy”, the statement can be a nail to a political coffin.

All human beings would like to be free to express their thoughts and beliefs, under the parameters of a humane set of laws and guaranteed under certain decent political conditions.

Who would not like the “right to life, liberty and security of a person?”

A new Malaysian political culture must emerge. People should not be arrested for peacefully criticising their government. There must be mechanisms to resolve peacefully political conflicts of interest and even to change a government in power, if most people desire it - through the ballot box.

Like the popular dictum which says: “There must be a fair game or a level playing field.”

Where is the separation of powers?

In a healthy political environment, true independence must be seen and seen to be carried out by guardians of political power in a parliamentary elected system of government.

Instead, Malaysians have heard all sorts of allegations linking abuse of power, rampant corruption and conspiracy to government institutions and enforcement agencies which were by statutory laws supposed to be independent from the executive in the corridors of power.

The principle of separation of powers in a Malaysian parliamentary system of government (executive, legislature and judiciary) remains an unconvincing truth, in fact more of a myth in the mindsets of many sceptical Malaysians.

As part of this political culture, there is yet to be seen any sign of reforms being instituted or taken place.

Infringement of human rights, arbitrary arrests, deaths under enforced custody, political conspiracy to overthrow an elected government and many more sleazy politicking methods have no moral justification to be a part of our governance system.

They should not be an integral composite of our Malaysian political culture regardless of ideological differences within our political divide.

Najib promised to change Umno

Our political cultural DNA as currently practised has been described by some critics as “convoluted politics” involving deception, hypocrisy and a gross breach of human dignity and integrity.

Aptly described by the Chinese saying, “yi shou zhe tian,” (literally meaning “shutting out the heaven with one hand’), our political aspiration has fallen way short of expectations in the eyes of civil society and Malaysians in general.

The inhumane practices by law enforcement agencies should no longer be accepted including those alleged to be part of an excuse for questionable political arrangements.

These frequent practices of infringing human rights and decency particularly lip-services, the old missionary zeal of the Barisan Nasional ruling regime, are in the eyes of many conscientious and thinking Malaysians beginning to wear thin.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has promised to change his Umno party, the dominant party in the Barisan Nasional. “Umno has already started the process of re-inventing itself.”

“It is critical that Umno undertakes such an exercise, for it has to keep up with the times. It is no longer an option, for we either change or be changed,” Najib Razak said when he was then the defence minister and vice president of Umno.

Look at Khir Toyo’s mansion

“We must also begin to stress the intrinsic value system by focusing on things like the inculcation of the love of knowledge, the competitive ethos, positive work ethics and a higher sense of commitment.”

“Those holding public office must strive for a higher standard of behaviour. I just believe that the lives of politicians are much more challenging than ever before. I guess this is a sure sign that the political progress is progressing and maturing,” Najib said this in a speech delivered at a public lecture at University Malaya with the theme: “Malaysian Politics at the Beginning of the 21st Century.”

Much change had indeed taken place since 2001, highlighted by recent developments of the Perak coup, including controversies of the PKFZ, former Selangor menteri besar Khir Toyo’s mansion and Teoh Beng Hock’s puzzling death.

With hindsight, Malaysians are still waiting for a change, not just for his party but more importantly for the nation. As the saying goes: “A white-washed crow soon shows black again.”

Malaysians will know whether indeed the truth of change has indeed taken place well before the next general election.



STANLEY KOH is senior researcher with the Malaysian Mirror.

PERGI JAHANAMLAH UMNO - TGNA

Hanya kerjasama antara Kerajaan Negeri dengan Kerajaan Pusat bukan kerjasama Umno-PAS.





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Tidak sertai perhimpunan Mansuh ISA atas faktor kesihatan - Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat

Turun beramai-ramai sebagai tanda protes terhadap kesilapan UMNO menzalimkan rakyat.





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'Konspirasi jatuhkan kerajaan Pakatan Selangor'




Siasatan terhadap tujuh ADUN Selangor - yang membawa kepada kematian Teoh Beng Hock - didakwa sebahagian konspirasi BN bagi merampas kuasa daripada Pakatan Rakyat seperti di Perak.

Naib Pengerusi Kelab Penyokong Kerajaan Selangor, Ng Suee Lin mendakwa, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak akan sentiasa berusaha merampas kerajaan negeri itu seperti pernah diusahakannya sejak tahun lepas.


"Ini perancangan yang kita dengar sekarang. Di kedai kopi pun kita dengar, (bahawa) Najib sebagai pengerusi perhubungan Umno Selangor, akan cuba dengan apa cara sekalipun untuk merampas kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat supaya kembali ke pangkuan mereka.

"Dulu di Perak, pada mulanya, kita dengar khabar angin sahaja, kemungkinannya berlaku rampasan kuasa," katanya.

Kemudian, dakwa Ng lagi, selepas campur tangan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM), dua exco di Perak didakwa atas tuduhan rasuah, maka khabar angin itu menjadi kenyataan.

Dalam sidang akhbar bersama lebih 10 ADUN DAP, PAS dan PKR petang ini, Ng mendakwa, konspirasi BN bermula dengan penangkapan exco Selangor, Teresa Kok bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), September tahun lalu.

Isu lembu korban

Tangkapan ADUN Kinrara dan ahli parlimen Seputeh itu didakwa berhubung isu penggunaan pembesar suara bagi kegunaan azan di sebuah masjid di Bandar Kinrara, Puchong.

Manakala episod kedua pula, menurut Ng, membabitkan kes exco Selangor, Ronnie Liu yang didakwa menghalang tugas anggota penguatkuasa di sebuah hotel di Puchong.

Ronnie, juga ADUN Pandamaran, dihadapkan ke mahkamah pada 17 November tahun lalu atas tuduhan bersubahat menghalang tugas penguatkuasa Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) daripada menutup sebuah hotel pada 2007.

Episod ketiga pula, kata Ng lagi, apabila Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim didakwa menyelenggara kereta sendiri dengan peruntukan negeri dan juga mengagihkan lembu korban daripada dana anak syarikat Selangor di kawasan parlimennya di Bandar Tun Razak, awal tahun ini.

Ng, yang juga ADUN Sekincan, terus mendakwa bahawa episod seterusnya ialah perbuatan menyebarkan gambar bogel exco negeri, Elizabeth Wong pada Februari lalu.
Ng juga berkata, episod konspirasi tersebut sebahagian projek mempengaruhi masyarakat yang digerakkan oleh Jabatan Perdana Menteri (JPM) yang ditimbulkan oleh ADUN Pakatan di persidangan DUN Selangor, Mac lalu.

Dalam sidang itu, dewan membahaskan usul tergempar oleh ADUN Kampung Tunku, Lau Weng San bagi membincangkan pelaksanaan projek "people-centric" oleh Pejabat Pembangunan Negeri Selangor di bawah JPM.

'Guna jentera kerajaan'

Program itu didakwa oleh wakil rakyat itu, yangjuga setiausaha DAP Selangor, cuba menjatuhkan kerajaan negeri dengan menggunakan pelbagai jentera dan agensi kerajaan persekutuan.

Sementara itu, timbalan pengerusi Kelab Penyokong Kerajaan Selangor, Abd Rani Osman mempertahankan wakil rakyat Pakatan yang kini disiasat SPRM berhubung perbelanjaan peruntukan DUN masing-masing.

ADUN PAS Meru berkata, perbelanjaan ADUN tertakluk kepada budi bicara mereka, dengan syarat ia sampai kepada semua pihak, seperti dinyatakan dalam Surat Pekeliling Perbendaharaan Negeri Selangor (Peruntukan ADUN).

"Peruntukan ini diletak bawah pejabat tanah dan daerah, bukan di bawah meja ADUN. Lagi pun ia dikeluarkan selepas acara selesai," katanya, sambil mempertikai kewajaran ADUN Pakatan Selangor disiasat.

Beliau sebelum itu mempengerusikan mesyuarat kelab itu di bangunan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri (SUK) di Shah Alam petang ini.

Turut hadir dalam sidang media itu, ADUN Hulu Kelang, Saari Sungib.

Sementara itu, membandingkan dengan ADUN Pakatan, Lau pula menyelar peruntukan kepada wakil rakyat BN – termasuk ahli parlimennya – yang didakwanya tidak jelas jumlah dan pembahagiannya.

"Sampai sekarang kami tidak tahu saiz peruntukan, kepada siapa (diberikan), di mana wang ini dibelanjakan oleh ADUN dan ahli parlimen BN, ketua bahagian (Umno), penyelaras yang dilantik BN dalam menangani peruntukan RM2 juta (di setiap parlimen).

"Saya meminta, kalaulah BN (anak) jantan, kalaulah Umno ini jantan, sekurang-kurangnya umumkanlah untuk rakyat," katanya.

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Umno terdesak, ibarat Majnun gilakan Laila




Hidung tak mancung pipi tersorong-sorong. Inilah perasaan yang menimpa pemimpin Umno sekarang apabila sedaya upaya berusaha menjalinkan hubungan dengan PAS.
Sedangkan ia tidak lebih seperti bertepuk sebelah tangan.

"Saya pun tak faham kenapa perkara ini boleh berlaku, macam cerita Majnun pula apabila seorang pengembala kambing berhajat untuk mengahwini anak raja.

"Macam-macam kerenah yang dibuat oleh Majnun sehingga pada suatu hari dia duduk seorang diri di bawah pokok sementara menunggu kambing sedang makan rumput, Majnun bercakap seorang diri.

"Apabila kawan dia tanya kamu bercakap dengan siapa, lalu Majnun menjawab, saya sedang bercakap Laila, seorang anak raja.

"Macamana seorang pengembala kambing mahu mengahwini anak raja. Mahu tidak mahu dia menulis nama Laila atas pasir. Dia tulis nama Laila lalu dia baca sendiri berulang kali.

"Kawan dia bertanya lagi, kamu bercakap dengan siapa, lalu dia jawab lagi dengan Laila. Mana Laila, kawan dia tanya, ini� Majnun menunjukkan nama Laila yang dia tulis di atas pasir," katanya Menteri Besar Kelantan ketika ditemui di pejabatnya hari ini.

Sebelum ini pemimpin Umno beriya-iya benar mahu mengadakan kerjasama dengan PAS kononnya untuk perpaduan orang Melayu.

Impian itu dicetus semula pemimpin Umno ekoran kenyataan Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat meminta kerajaan pusat memberi kerjasama penuh kepada kerajaan negeri dan melupakan sengketa politik.

Ekoran itu Timbalan Presiden Umno, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dilaporkan berkata, Umno akan membincangkan perkara tersebut dalam mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi Umno Jumaat ini.

Sebelum ini Umno amat mengharapkan perpaduan Umno dan PAS dijalin semula selepas idea kerajaan perpaduan yang dicetus ditarik balik.

Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz berkata, apa yang berlaku terhadap Umno sekarang hampir serupa kisah dengan Majnun yang tetap berkeras mahu berkahwin dengan anak raja.

"Walaupun dia tak dapat kahwin dengan anak raja, tetapi sekurang-kurangnya dia boleh menulis nama Laila dan bercakap dengan Laila seorang diri," katanya.

Beliau juga mempertikaikan laporan akhbar mengenai isu tersebut kerana apa yang disentuhnya sebelum ini hanya berkaitan hubungan kerajaan negeri dan pusat, bukan berkaitan parti.

Katanya akhbar menyebut mengenai perkara itu, namun beliau tidak tahu menahu pun tentang perkara tersebut.

"Sepatutnya perkara yang melibatkan saya kena tanya saya dulu. Orang lain tidak ada hak untuk menjadi jurubahasa kepada saya.

"Saya tidak pernah sebut lupakan perkataan sengketa lama. Saya tidak pernah mengeluarkan kenyataan sebegitu sebagaimana yang disiarkan sebuah akhbar harian baru-baru ini.

"Tuan-tuan boleh check balik semula record pertemuan antara saya dengan Dato' Mustapa Mohamed di Kuala Lumpur sempena Fiesta Kelantan yang dianjurkan oleh sebuah syarikat baru-baru ini," ujarnya.

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