LUBOK ANTU, Marach 27(Bernama)-- If one visits Lubok Antu town now, it pays to stay on the right side of the law because this rustic border town is swarming with cops, in plain clothes and uniforms.An informed source said there are about 800 of the men in blue all over the place.There are also many civil servants coming from all over the state and an unusually strong media presence here, all for just one thing -- the Batang Ai state by-election.The tussle for the seat is expected to be between the Barisan Nasional, through its component, Parti Rakyat Sarawak(PRS), and the opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) although an independent is also keen to join the fray.Nomination is on Sunday and polling on April 7 should there be a contest but the PKR campaigners have yet to make their presence felt.For now, the BN is in control, its members crisscrossing the 1,341 sq km of Batang Ai, a constituency of 22,270 people but only 8006 of whom are registered voters, a figure confirmed yesterday by the Election Commission.The BN is counting on Malcolm Mussem Lamoh, 49, an engineer, to defend the seat and deliver it as "a gift form the state Iban community to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, the new Umno president and eventually the new prime minister."PKR, which is making its debut in this Dayak-majority seat, is banking on veteran and one of the most vocal Iban politicians, Jawah Gerang, 56, a five-term former BN parliamentarian, to deliver.The independent who has expressed his intention to contest is Johnny Chuat, an Iban portal owner and part-time Iban education activist.An interesting part of the campaigning now is through the Internet where a dozen or more weblogs are dedicated to the cause.On the ground, if there is one overwhelming issue from PKR, it is the need to change the current government.Its "Give Change A Chance" slogan is contagious, especially among the younger voters. The current state government has been said to be unsympathetic to the Ibans in terms of its land policy and education and civil service opportunities while current Iban leaders in the cabinet are demonised to be ineffective lackeys.A PKR source said its machinery was just warming up with Jawah at the helm, assisted by Lubok Antu PKR division chairman Nicholas Bawin.Carrying the flag for the BN are PRS president Datuk Sri Dr James Jemut Masing, his deputy Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun, information chief Datuk Joseph Salang and Lubok Antu MP William Nyalau.So far, Mussem has been a silent observer at the numerous meet-the-people sessions, preferring to leave it to deputy Chief Minister Tab Sri Alfred Jabu, who was constantly with him, to speak his mind on why the Ibans, who are the majority voters here (98 per cent) and in Sarawak, should keep the faith and confidence with the BN.Salang said changing the state government was a PKR mission impossible in view that the BN held 63 of the 71 seats in the state with DAP holding six and PKR and an independent, one each.Even if PKR won Batang Ai, the BN would still have 62 seats, he said, adding: "PKR should concentrate on the next state election, about two years away, where and when the stakes are even higher."To PKR, although it may be just a by-election, winning Batang Ai is just as crucial as it is the first assault in its battle to sign up the Ibans, and eventually the other Dayak communities, in its national political agenda.So, with accommodation becoming a big problem now, from Sri Aman town 83km away to Betong town as the nomination day approaches, those men in blue are resorting to camping out while the civil servants pack their offices to the brim or are renting any available places.
Friday, March 27, 2009
"Nazri's Son Was Behind the Murder of Darren Kang Tien Hua" in 2004
And here we have the rumored murderer of Darren Kang with a few of his friends, just look at the really thuggish one on the far left.
Wow, you learn something new everyday. Got an interesting tip few days ago claiming that the son of minister Nazri was involved in the murder of Sheffield University law student Darren Kang Tien Hua. It was not looked into, then a second tip came in with the same accusation a few days later with the added claim that witness came forward the night of the killing but later stop talking after they realize who the murder was related to. So I searched news articles from Malaysia in 2004 and what you know, the son of a Malaysian minster was on the murder scene of Darren Kang. The Star article did not mention the minster by name but the article does seem to backup the tipsters.
Wow, you learn something new everyday. Got an interesting tip few days ago claiming that the son of minister Nazri was involved in the murder of Sheffield University law student Darren Kang Tien Hua. It was not looked into, then a second tip came in with the same accusation a few days later with the added claim that witness came forward the night of the killing but later stop talking after they realize who the murder was related to. So I searched news articles from Malaysia in 2004 and what you know, the son of a Malaysian minster was on the murder scene of Darren Kang. The Star article did not mention the minster by name but the article does seem to backup the tipsters.
Read more : http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/19815/84/
Hujah suara baru Harakah
" LAWAN TETAP LAWAN "
Tidak mudah patah semangat dan menyerah kalah selepas permit Harakah digantung tiga bulan, kumpulan wartawan organ PAS itu kini berusaha menerbitkan akhbar Hujah bagi mengisi kekosongan itu. "Cetakan terbaru itu memuatkan 48 halaman dan beberapa isinya kita akan ubah sedikit (daripada Harakah) mengikut kesesuaian," kata ketua pengarangnya Ahmad Lutfi Othman ketika ditemui Malaysiakini hari ini. Bagaimanapun, tambah beliau, ada ruangan-ruangan tertentu dikekalkan dengan sedikit perubahan tajuk dan sebagainya. "Mesyuarat semalam memutuskan yang kita akan tetap meneruskan perjuangan dan kita akan beroperasi seperti biasa. "Jumaat depan, Hujah akan berada di pasaran," tambahnya. Ditanya sikap orang ramai terhadap penggantungan Harakah secara mengejut awal minggu ini, Ahmad Lutfi berkata, ada "desakan luar biasa" daripada orang ramai, khususnya peminat setia akhbar itu. "Memang ada desakan pembaca yang meminta agar (PAS) adakan demonstrasi," katanya. Bawah pentadbiran Datuk Seri Najib Razak, tambahnya lagi, kebebasan akhbar semakin merosot. "Di bawah pemerintahan Dr Mahathir (Mohamad), memang ada sekatan (terhadap Harakah). "Tapi, tak pernah digantung. Di bawah Najib, belum (berkuasa) apa-apa lagi, sudah ada masalah permit yang lebih dahsyat. "Pada zaman Mahathir, saya pernah menang perbicaraan di Mahkamah Tinggi berhubung penerbitan (tabloid) Haraki," kata Ahmad Lutfi. Sejak Harakah dibenarkan beroperasi pada 1987, inilah kali pertama akhbar itu dikenakan tindakan penggantungan oleh KDN. Selepas pilihanraya umum Mac tahun lepas, kementerian itu mengizinkan PAS menerbitkan kembali akhbar itu sebanyak dua kali seminggu selepas dilarang sejak 2000. Menyentuh isu gaji wartawan dan kakitangan Harakah, beliau berkata, ia dibayar seperti biasa. "Mungkin akan ada perubahan dari segi (jumlah) elaun," katanya.Pada 23 Mac, KDN menggantung permit dua akhbar pembangkang berpengaruh termasuk Suara Keadilan masing-masing selama tiga bulan berkuatkuasa serta-merta. Tindakan tersebut menghalang keberkesanan kempen PAS dan PKR bagi menghadapi tiga pilihanraya kecil kawasan parlimen Bukit Gantang di Perak, DUN Bukit Selambau di Kedah dan DUN Batang Ai di Sarawak antara 29 Mac hingga 7 April ini.
Malaysiakini
Khir Toyo salahkan publisiti isu BALKIS, punca tewas Ketua Pemuda
aiii.. toyo, takkan takdak angin pokok bergoyang..
KUALA LUMPUR: Vanquished contender for the Umno Youth chief’s post, Datuk Seri Mohamad Khir Toyo, has attributed his loss to the bad publicity that he received over the issue of the Wives of Selangor Assemblymen and MPs Welfare and Charity Organisation (Balkis).
Dr Khir said there were delegates who had changed their minds and voted for his fellow contenders after hearing of the Pakatan Rakyat state government’s continuous claims that Balkis had misused funds meant for charity and welfare when the state was under Barisan Nasional.
The state government had also claimed that Dr Khir, who was then the Mentri Besar, and his wife Datin Seri Zahrah Kechik, the then Balkis chairman, were involved in the misuse of the funds.
“Even though I have been investigated and cleared by the police, the state government’s raising of the issue during the recent state assembly sitting caused confusion among some of the delegates,” he told reporters.
Dr Khir, however, said that he accepted his loss as a decision made by the delegates and congratulated Khairy Jamaluddin on being elected the new Umno Youth chief. He said it was now time to move on and hoped that Khairy would work hard and bring about changes and improvements he had promised during the campaign for the Umno elections.
Dr Khir said there were delegates who had changed their minds and voted for his fellow contenders after hearing of the Pakatan Rakyat state government’s continuous claims that Balkis had misused funds meant for charity and welfare when the state was under Barisan Nasional.
The state government had also claimed that Dr Khir, who was then the Mentri Besar, and his wife Datin Seri Zahrah Kechik, the then Balkis chairman, were involved in the misuse of the funds.
“Even though I have been investigated and cleared by the police, the state government’s raising of the issue during the recent state assembly sitting caused confusion among some of the delegates,” he told reporters.
Dr Khir, however, said that he accepted his loss as a decision made by the delegates and congratulated Khairy Jamaluddin on being elected the new Umno Youth chief. He said it was now time to move on and hoped that Khairy would work hard and bring about changes and improvements he had promised during the campaign for the Umno elections.
The StarOnline
Shahrir letak jawatan menteri
“I always believe we have to introduce new blood, new talent. I think it is not fair (to be reappointed twice). “In 2004, I was appointed. Then, I also contested and lost. No matter how good you are, there is always someone better than you,” he said.
" bijak-bijak.. tau takper.. blah ah.. "
I am not very interested (to continue as Minister). The responsibilities should be given to someone else as with this post, you can really help the people. If I do not step aside, then someone is deprived of a golden opportunity . “One year is enough. I have done my part in the one year I held this post. When I came in, inflation was skyrocketing but it is all right for now. Even the price of chicken has come down,” he said.
"is it enough? Chicken price? "
“I am not certain how to answer. It has also confounded me. I cannot explain, especially when they are from states that had been able to garner the support of the people during the last election,” he said.
" so... dont explain, dont answer.. balik kampung tanam jagung.. for your domestic trade at kampung.. "
" bijak-bijak.. tau takper.. blah ah.. "
I am not very interested (to continue as Minister). The responsibilities should be given to someone else as with this post, you can really help the people. If I do not step aside, then someone is deprived of a golden opportunity . “One year is enough. I have done my part in the one year I held this post. When I came in, inflation was skyrocketing but it is all right for now. Even the price of chicken has come down,” he said.
"is it enough? Chicken price? "
“I am not certain how to answer. It has also confounded me. I cannot explain, especially when they are from states that had been able to garner the support of the people during the last election,” he said.
" so... dont explain, dont answer.. balik kampung tanam jagung.. for your domestic trade at kampung.. "
Sarawak Baby Die Neglected By Drunk Parents
A baby boy, less than a month old, starved to death after his parents allegedly forgot to feed him because they were too drunk.The baby died in the intensive-care unit of Miri Hospital yesterday morning and a police report has been lodged.
Police now want to question the parents, in their early 30s from a longhouse in southern Sarawak, who came to Miri to work and were renting a house at a low-cost housing scheme near the Sarawak-Brunei Highway, some 12km north of the city centre.
Relatives found the baby unconscious in the house and rushed him to the hospital at about 3am on Wednesday. Miri deputy OCPD Supt Ismail Paduka Idris confirmed that the baby died in the morning.
“We are investigating claims that the parents had indulged in a prolonged drinking spree and had neglected the baby.“Initial investigations show that the baby might have been so severely neglected that he suffered fatal consequences.“We want to find out whether this was due to carelessness,” Supt Ismail said. The couple also have a three-year-old daughter.
Police now want to question the parents, in their early 30s from a longhouse in southern Sarawak, who came to Miri to work and were renting a house at a low-cost housing scheme near the Sarawak-Brunei Highway, some 12km north of the city centre.
Relatives found the baby unconscious in the house and rushed him to the hospital at about 3am on Wednesday. Miri deputy OCPD Supt Ismail Paduka Idris confirmed that the baby died in the morning.
“We are investigating claims that the parents had indulged in a prolonged drinking spree and had neglected the baby.“Initial investigations show that the baby might have been so severely neglected that he suffered fatal consequences.“We want to find out whether this was due to carelessness,” Supt Ismail said. The couple also have a three-year-old daughter.
Taib Is a Very Sick Man
Taib is a very sick man. Not only does he suffer from colon cancer, but also cancer of the brain, cancer of the heart and cancer of the soul.Symptoms are greed, lust for power, aggrandisement, lying, egomania, megalomania, denial, grand scale kleptomania, deception, intolerance, anger, expensive tastes, waste, extravagance, unfeeling and uncaring, lack of conscience, ethics and principles, inhuman, habitual and chronic misgovernance, corruption and maladministration.New and more frightening symptoms are being discovered by the day.These are highly contagious diseases which have affected his entire family, henchmen and cronies and their families as well and will affect all those who come into contact with him and them.
Shake or kiss his hand and kowtow to him at your own peril.Shun him and all his family, henchmen and cronies and their families until this plague is removed from the face of Sarawak.The only known cure for this disease, known as corruptus debilitatus or debilitating corruption, is sincere repentance and restitution (return of all wealth stolen from Sarawak).However, in really chronic cases, denial of reality has already been so strongly engrained that they will refuse to accept any wrongdoing on their part, therefore denying themselves of cure.
Shake or kiss his hand and kowtow to him at your own peril.Shun him and all his family, henchmen and cronies and their families until this plague is removed from the face of Sarawak.The only known cure for this disease, known as corruptus debilitatus or debilitating corruption, is sincere repentance and restitution (return of all wealth stolen from Sarawak).However, in really chronic cases, denial of reality has already been so strongly engrained that they will refuse to accept any wrongdoing on their part, therefore denying themselves of cure.
Posted by Al Tugaw
Jawah seorang yang tidak berpendirian teguh, kata Masing
KUCHING: Calon Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) dalam pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai, Jawah Gerang dilabelkan Presiden Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Dato Sri Dr James Masing sebagai seorang yang tidak berpendirian teguh.
Masing memberi contoh, satu ketika dahulu Jawah mengagung-agungkan jasa dan usaha Barisan Nasional (BN) dalam membawa pembangunan untuk manfaat rakyat.
Katanya, bukti Jawah berkata demikian ada terpampang dalam akhbar The Borneo Post keluaran 20 September 2007 di muka surat lima.
Antara lain, Jawah dipetik sebagai berkata: “Saya orang setia dengan BN dan akan setia selamanya.”
Kata-kata yang dipetik dalam majlis Pemimpin Bersama Rakyat pada 18 September dengan tajuk ‘BN the only ways, says Jawah’ itu mungkin tidak diingati beliau, tetapi tidak bagi Masing.
“Dalam artikel ini juga dia menyanjungi Ketua Menteri Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud atas dasar pembangunan yang dibawa oleh BN.
“Dia juga iktiraf Timbalan Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu sebagai pemimpin Dayak yang telah membawa pembangunan kepada rakyat,” kata Masing dalam sidang media di sini, semalam.
Jawah, bekas Ahli Parlimen Lubok Antu ketika masih berada dalam BN, telah berkhidmat selama lima penggal.
“Apa yang kita hendak kata lagi jika 25 tahun dia berkhidmat sebagai wakil rakyat tetapi kemudahan infrastruktur di Batang Ai masih kurang memuaskan,” katanya.
Pengundi di Batang Ai katanya, pasti tahu batasan keupayaan Jawah dan seterusnya membuat keputusan yang bijak untuk terus menyokong calon BN.
“Apa yang dapat dan tidak dapat lakukan (Jawah) merupakan rahsia yang sudah diketahui umum,” ujar beliau.
Pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai yang dijadualkan pada 7 April depan dijangka menyaksikan pertandingan tiga penjuru antara Jawah, calon BN Malcolm Mussen Lamoh dan calon Bebas, Johnny Chuat.
Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menetapkan hari penamaan calon pada Ahad ini. Kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri itu kosong berikutan kematian Datuk Dublin Unting Ingkot pada 24 Februari lepas.
Sementara itu, Masing menafikan dakwaan PKR yang mengatakan Jabatan Tanah dan Survei Sri Aman meminta nama, salinan kad pengenalan dan nombor akaun daripada penduduk rumah panjang.
Jabatan Tanah dan Survei katanya, cuma meminta tuai rumah memberi salinan kad pengenalan setiap penghuni rumah panjang untuk mengemas kini maklumat bagi Skim Penempatan Semula Batang Ai, Lubok Antu.
“Kandungan surat daripada Jabatan Tanah dan Survei bertarikh 13 Mac 2009 kepada Tuai Rumah Nanga Ukom, Lubok Antu, misalnya, tidak ada menyebut tentang meminta nombor akaun,” katanya.
Justeru, beliau mahu PKR tidak membuat tuduhan melulu semata-mata hendak mencari kemenangan.
Isnin lepas, Penasihat PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menyuarakan kebimbangannya dengan amalan politik kotor yang mungkin bakal menjejaskan keputusan pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai.
“Saudara (Ketua PKR Lubok Antu) Nicholas Bawin Anggat baru-baru ini mendapat tahu Jabatan Tanah dan Survei Bahagian Sri Aman meminta salinan kad pengenalan dan nombor akaun penduduk rumah panjang di Lubok Antu,” katanya.
Masing memberi contoh, satu ketika dahulu Jawah mengagung-agungkan jasa dan usaha Barisan Nasional (BN) dalam membawa pembangunan untuk manfaat rakyat.
Katanya, bukti Jawah berkata demikian ada terpampang dalam akhbar The Borneo Post keluaran 20 September 2007 di muka surat lima.
Antara lain, Jawah dipetik sebagai berkata: “Saya orang setia dengan BN dan akan setia selamanya.”
Kata-kata yang dipetik dalam majlis Pemimpin Bersama Rakyat pada 18 September dengan tajuk ‘BN the only ways, says Jawah’ itu mungkin tidak diingati beliau, tetapi tidak bagi Masing.
“Dalam artikel ini juga dia menyanjungi Ketua Menteri Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud atas dasar pembangunan yang dibawa oleh BN.
“Dia juga iktiraf Timbalan Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu sebagai pemimpin Dayak yang telah membawa pembangunan kepada rakyat,” kata Masing dalam sidang media di sini, semalam.
Jawah, bekas Ahli Parlimen Lubok Antu ketika masih berada dalam BN, telah berkhidmat selama lima penggal.
“Apa yang kita hendak kata lagi jika 25 tahun dia berkhidmat sebagai wakil rakyat tetapi kemudahan infrastruktur di Batang Ai masih kurang memuaskan,” katanya.
Pengundi di Batang Ai katanya, pasti tahu batasan keupayaan Jawah dan seterusnya membuat keputusan yang bijak untuk terus menyokong calon BN.
“Apa yang dapat dan tidak dapat lakukan (Jawah) merupakan rahsia yang sudah diketahui umum,” ujar beliau.
Pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai yang dijadualkan pada 7 April depan dijangka menyaksikan pertandingan tiga penjuru antara Jawah, calon BN Malcolm Mussen Lamoh dan calon Bebas, Johnny Chuat.
Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menetapkan hari penamaan calon pada Ahad ini. Kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri itu kosong berikutan kematian Datuk Dublin Unting Ingkot pada 24 Februari lepas.
Sementara itu, Masing menafikan dakwaan PKR yang mengatakan Jabatan Tanah dan Survei Sri Aman meminta nama, salinan kad pengenalan dan nombor akaun daripada penduduk rumah panjang.
Jabatan Tanah dan Survei katanya, cuma meminta tuai rumah memberi salinan kad pengenalan setiap penghuni rumah panjang untuk mengemas kini maklumat bagi Skim Penempatan Semula Batang Ai, Lubok Antu.
“Kandungan surat daripada Jabatan Tanah dan Survei bertarikh 13 Mac 2009 kepada Tuai Rumah Nanga Ukom, Lubok Antu, misalnya, tidak ada menyebut tentang meminta nombor akaun,” katanya.
Justeru, beliau mahu PKR tidak membuat tuduhan melulu semata-mata hendak mencari kemenangan.
Isnin lepas, Penasihat PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menyuarakan kebimbangannya dengan amalan politik kotor yang mungkin bakal menjejaskan keputusan pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai.
“Saudara (Ketua PKR Lubok Antu) Nicholas Bawin Anggat baru-baru ini mendapat tahu Jabatan Tanah dan Survei Bahagian Sri Aman meminta salinan kad pengenalan dan nombor akaun penduduk rumah panjang di Lubok Antu,” katanya.
Polis : Tiada Kompromi
Amaran dikeluarkan kepada pihak menganjur ceramah haram di tempat awam.
KUCHING: Polis mengeluarkan amaran tidak akan berkompromi termasuk mengenakan hukuman penjara terhadap mana-mana pihak yang menganjurkan ceramah atau kempen di kawasan awam tanpa permit.
Timbalan Pesuruhjaya Polis Sarawak SAC I Dato’ Hamza Taib berkata, tindakan diambil mengikut Seksyen 27 Akta Polis kerana kesalahan mengadakan ceramah umum secara haram di kawasan terbuka.
“Bagaimanapun tiada sebarang permohonan permit untuk mengadakan ceramah umum dikemukakan oleh mana-mana parti yang bertanding dalam pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai, setakat ini.
“Ceramah yang diadakan di kawasan tertutup atau milik persendirian seperti di rumah panjang, bagaimanapun tidak memerlukan permohonan permit,” katanya sambil menambah, kelulusan permit yang dikeluarkan oleh Ketua Polis Daerah (KPD) dibuat selepas menilai tahap keselamatan umum.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika ditemui pemberita selepas merasmikan majlis Perbarisan Peringatan Hari Polis Ke-202 Tahun 2009 di Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Jalan Badruddin di sini, semalam.
Ditanya mengenai persediaan polis menghadapi pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai, Hamza memberitahu, pasukannya kini berada dalam keadaan bersedia.
“Selain menempatkan 850 pegawai dan anggota, persiapan logistik termasuk menyediakan tiga helikopter, pesawat ringan (dua) dan bot (10) diyakini mampu melancarkan tugas polis mengawal keselamatan sepanjang tempoh proses pilihan raya mulai hari penamaan calon, kempen dan pembuangan undi,” jelasnya.
Menurunya, kos yang diperlukan untuk mengendalikan tugas mengawal keselamatan orang ramai dan memastikan pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai berjalan lancar dianggarkan lebih RM1 juta.
Terdahulu, Hamza yang membaca perutusan ketua polis negara mengingatkan warga polis bahawa revolusi teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) telah membuka ruang kepada penjenayah untuk berkongsi maklumat dan bergerak dengan lebih pantas.
Penjenayah sofistikated yang dilengkapi dengan pengetahuan, senjata dan teknologi melakukan jenayah canggih telah membawa kepada perubahan jenis dan trend jenayah yang sukar dikesan, ujarnya.
“Ini merupakan cabaran polis masa kini, namun sejarah membuktikan setiap cabaran itu telah berjaya diatasi kerana PDRM tidak meminggirkan revolusi maklumat,” kata Hamza sambil menyeru warga polis bertekad membanteras dan menyelesaikan jenayah, memastikan keamanan, meyakinkan masyarakat dan memantapkan integriti pasukan.
Timbalan Pesuruhjaya Polis Sarawak SAC I Dato’ Hamza Taib berkata, tindakan diambil mengikut Seksyen 27 Akta Polis kerana kesalahan mengadakan ceramah umum secara haram di kawasan terbuka.
“Bagaimanapun tiada sebarang permohonan permit untuk mengadakan ceramah umum dikemukakan oleh mana-mana parti yang bertanding dalam pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai, setakat ini.
“Ceramah yang diadakan di kawasan tertutup atau milik persendirian seperti di rumah panjang, bagaimanapun tidak memerlukan permohonan permit,” katanya sambil menambah, kelulusan permit yang dikeluarkan oleh Ketua Polis Daerah (KPD) dibuat selepas menilai tahap keselamatan umum.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika ditemui pemberita selepas merasmikan majlis Perbarisan Peringatan Hari Polis Ke-202 Tahun 2009 di Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Jalan Badruddin di sini, semalam.
Ditanya mengenai persediaan polis menghadapi pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai, Hamza memberitahu, pasukannya kini berada dalam keadaan bersedia.
“Selain menempatkan 850 pegawai dan anggota, persiapan logistik termasuk menyediakan tiga helikopter, pesawat ringan (dua) dan bot (10) diyakini mampu melancarkan tugas polis mengawal keselamatan sepanjang tempoh proses pilihan raya mulai hari penamaan calon, kempen dan pembuangan undi,” jelasnya.
Menurunya, kos yang diperlukan untuk mengendalikan tugas mengawal keselamatan orang ramai dan memastikan pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai berjalan lancar dianggarkan lebih RM1 juta.
Terdahulu, Hamza yang membaca perutusan ketua polis negara mengingatkan warga polis bahawa revolusi teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) telah membuka ruang kepada penjenayah untuk berkongsi maklumat dan bergerak dengan lebih pantas.
Penjenayah sofistikated yang dilengkapi dengan pengetahuan, senjata dan teknologi melakukan jenayah canggih telah membawa kepada perubahan jenis dan trend jenayah yang sukar dikesan, ujarnya.
“Ini merupakan cabaran polis masa kini, namun sejarah membuktikan setiap cabaran itu telah berjaya diatasi kerana PDRM tidak meminggirkan revolusi maklumat,” kata Hamza sambil menyeru warga polis bertekad membanteras dan menyelesaikan jenayah, memastikan keamanan, meyakinkan masyarakat dan memantapkan integriti pasukan.
Immature UMNO Youth
The PEMUDA Delegates have spoken and selected KJ to helm the UMNO wing. The implications of which not only speaks of PEMUDA's immaturity but may also herald the end of UMNO.
(Khairy is said to be anti-Malay culture and is not seen as a leader who will inspire Malays to become nationalists Malays. In the opposition grouping, Khairy is seen as a hurdle to their own Malaysian Nationalistic agenda. That makes Khairy the person to watch and the young leader that may become the deciding factor in the future of the Umno) by Ali Cordoba http://wfol.tv/index.php
The delegates have spoken and the results of the three UMNO wings are out. There were no surprises in the result for the Puteri and Wanita chiefs. As expected, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil won the Wanita Chief while Rosnah Abdul Rashid won the Puteri Chief.However, the big surprise for most was the choice of the Pemuda Chief. Many did not expect Khairy Jamaluddin (KJ) to win the post, especially after being found guilty barely a week ago by the UMNO Disciplinary Board for money politics.Rumours have been running like wild fire since the results were announced that four figure persuasions were being offered in abundance even within the last hours before voting began.
However, this too could be a case of sour grapes as hundreds of MACC undercover personnel have been said to be stationed in and around PWTC throughout the duration of the UMNO assembly.However, if it is true, then the stand that UMNO made yesterday that whoever is caught indulging in money politics will be stripped off their elected post, even if found guilty after the convention, will be tested to its full seriousness.Why KJ’s win is such a controversy?On the surface it looks like Pemuda UMNO is finally following and not resisting the winds of change that is sweeping the nation. The trend of picking young, upward and mobile leaders is finally catching on in UMNO.
However, the circumstances surrounding KJ in the past year and especially recently makes him the least qualified candidate to be the face of change in UMNO, what more the catalyst.His conviction by the UMNO Disciplinary Board has big implications now that he is elected.
The messages that come with a guilty member being chosen to helm an UMNO wing is that firstly Pemuda UMNO is not serious about eradicating money politics.
What other message can the public have but this. If they are serious in stamping out money politics once and for all, what better way to start than to elect a leader that has not been found guilty of that very crime.
“It’s elementary,” as Holmes would tell Watson. However, Pemuda went contrary to that and elected KJ.Secondly, Pemuda UMNO is ‘kurang ajar’. Pemuda UMNO just showed their ‘kurang ajar’ or disrespect to the UMNO Diciplinary Board. This is a very senior and important board.
If their decisions are not followed, what is the point in establishing it in the first place? The Board has clearly made a decision and a clear one at that. Pemuda’s message is that the board’s decision is not only unimportant but flat wrong!
They basically disagree with the board’s decision. This can only mean that from now on, Pemuda will consider the Board’s decisions as redundant and irrelevant.Thirdly, Pemuda UMNO is immature in reading the ground swell of reality. Corruption is the single biggest public concern now. Pemuda UMNO just spat that concern into the wind.
As long as KJ is their chief, it will come to haunt them in many years to come.How can he be the poster boy in the fight against corruption especially by the opposition? What defense can Pemuda UMNO give when confronted by the fact that they are helmed by someone found guilty by his own party of corruption?Pemuda had an obvious choice in Mukhriz Mahathir. Among the three candidates, he is the only one that is perceived to be clean of money politics.
However in choosing KJ, it is just pure rebellion in the part of Pemuda. Are we to expect an anarchist Pemuda? It does look like it with the direction they have chosen to travel in right now.These are the three main messages that Pemuda has given by electing a guilty man to helm it.Such a reckless and irresponsible choice has blown any chance UMNO has in attracting the youth because even Pemuda is not serious in choosing a clean young leader.And the saddest thing that came out of this is that the future leaders of UMNO, which will come from the ranks of today’s Pemuda, condones corruption!
That is exactly how the public will read from this stubborn and immature choice.Remember, the fastest way for a tree to die is if it’s roots start to rot, and where lies UMNO’s roots but in Pemuda.
However, this too could be a case of sour grapes as hundreds of MACC undercover personnel have been said to be stationed in and around PWTC throughout the duration of the UMNO assembly.However, if it is true, then the stand that UMNO made yesterday that whoever is caught indulging in money politics will be stripped off their elected post, even if found guilty after the convention, will be tested to its full seriousness.Why KJ’s win is such a controversy?On the surface it looks like Pemuda UMNO is finally following and not resisting the winds of change that is sweeping the nation. The trend of picking young, upward and mobile leaders is finally catching on in UMNO.
However, the circumstances surrounding KJ in the past year and especially recently makes him the least qualified candidate to be the face of change in UMNO, what more the catalyst.His conviction by the UMNO Disciplinary Board has big implications now that he is elected.
The messages that come with a guilty member being chosen to helm an UMNO wing is that firstly Pemuda UMNO is not serious about eradicating money politics.
What other message can the public have but this. If they are serious in stamping out money politics once and for all, what better way to start than to elect a leader that has not been found guilty of that very crime.
“It’s elementary,” as Holmes would tell Watson. However, Pemuda went contrary to that and elected KJ.Secondly, Pemuda UMNO is ‘kurang ajar’. Pemuda UMNO just showed their ‘kurang ajar’ or disrespect to the UMNO Diciplinary Board. This is a very senior and important board.
If their decisions are not followed, what is the point in establishing it in the first place? The Board has clearly made a decision and a clear one at that. Pemuda’s message is that the board’s decision is not only unimportant but flat wrong!
They basically disagree with the board’s decision. This can only mean that from now on, Pemuda will consider the Board’s decisions as redundant and irrelevant.Thirdly, Pemuda UMNO is immature in reading the ground swell of reality. Corruption is the single biggest public concern now. Pemuda UMNO just spat that concern into the wind.
As long as KJ is their chief, it will come to haunt them in many years to come.How can he be the poster boy in the fight against corruption especially by the opposition? What defense can Pemuda UMNO give when confronted by the fact that they are helmed by someone found guilty by his own party of corruption?Pemuda had an obvious choice in Mukhriz Mahathir. Among the three candidates, he is the only one that is perceived to be clean of money politics.
However in choosing KJ, it is just pure rebellion in the part of Pemuda. Are we to expect an anarchist Pemuda? It does look like it with the direction they have chosen to travel in right now.These are the three main messages that Pemuda has given by electing a guilty man to helm it.Such a reckless and irresponsible choice has blown any chance UMNO has in attracting the youth because even Pemuda is not serious in choosing a clean young leader.And the saddest thing that came out of this is that the future leaders of UMNO, which will come from the ranks of today’s Pemuda, condones corruption!
That is exactly how the public will read from this stubborn and immature choice.Remember, the fastest way for a tree to die is if it’s roots start to rot, and where lies UMNO’s roots but in Pemuda.
Orang Najib kuasai Umno
Semua "orang presiden" Umno, Datuk Seri Najib Razak akhirnya sampai di garis kemenangan dengan bergaya.
Azalina, Shahrir dan empat MB tewas
Dua menteri, tiga timbalan menteri dan empat menteri besar dan ketua menteri tewas dalam persaingan merebut kerusi Majlis Tertinggi (MT) Umno.
Dua menteri berkenaan ialah Menteri Pelancongan, Datuk Azalina Othman Said dan Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Datuk Shahrir Samad.
Timbalan menteri yang gagal mendapat tempat: Timbalan Menteri Sumber Manusia, Datuk Noraini Ahmad dan dua timbalan menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum dan Datuk Hasan Malek.
Manakala empat menteri besar dan ketua menteri yang turut gagal dalam persaingan itu: Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman (Johor), Datuk Adnan Yaakob (Pahang), Datuk Seri Md Isa Sabu (Perlis) dan Datuk Seri Mohamad Hassan (Negeri Sembilan).
Hanya seorang ketua menteri yang berjaya terpilih kali ini iaitu Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Aman.
Dua menteri berkenaan ialah Menteri Pelancongan, Datuk Azalina Othman Said dan Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Datuk Shahrir Samad.
Timbalan menteri yang gagal mendapat tempat: Timbalan Menteri Sumber Manusia, Datuk Noraini Ahmad dan dua timbalan menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum dan Datuk Hasan Malek.
Manakala empat menteri besar dan ketua menteri yang turut gagal dalam persaingan itu: Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman (Johor), Datuk Adnan Yaakob (Pahang), Datuk Seri Md Isa Sabu (Perlis) dan Datuk Seri Mohamad Hassan (Negeri Sembilan).
Hanya seorang ketua menteri yang berjaya terpilih kali ini iaitu Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Aman.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tuduhan terhadap TPM:PAS cabar kerajaan saman media asing
Presiden PAS Dato' Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang mencabar kepimpinan negara ini untuk mengambil langkah berani dengan memulakan tindakan menyaman media-media cetak dan internet antarabangsa berhubung tuduhan Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia dengan pelbagai kes rasuah dan jenayah.
Katanya tindakan saman ini adalah perlu supaya imej Malaysia yang tercalar akibat berita yang sangat memalukan ini dapat dipulihkan.
"Sekiranya tindakan saman ini tidak diambil, maka sebenarnya maruah dan masa depan negara akanmenjadi bahan momokan masyarakat dunia," katanya dalam satu kenyataan media kepada Harakahdaily sebentar tadi.
Antara media asing yang menyiarkan berita berkaitan salah laku Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak yang dikatakan bakal mengambil alih tampuk kepimpinan negara ialah akhbar Liberation yang berpangkalan di Perancis, The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Times Online, The Times of India (India), The Australian (Australia), Kompas (Indonesia), The Nation (Thailand) dan NineMSN (berita internet antarabangsa).
Kata Ustaz Hadi penyiaran berita seperti demikian adalah sangat memalukan seluruh rakyat dalam sebuah negara yang berdaulat ini.
PAS katanya berpendapat bahawa kepimpinan adalah merupakan satu amanah yang sangat besar, dan ianya wajib dipikul oleh orang atau pemimpin yang bukan sahaja layak dan adil tetapi juga perlu dilihat bersih amal perbuatannya.
Risiko mempunyai kepimpinan yang rosak akhlak dan mempunyai seribu satu macam bebanan fitnah adalah sangat tinggi, di mana maruah negara adalah menjadi taruhannya, kata Ustaz Hadi
Hal ini menjadi lebih buruk apabila media cetak dan internet antarabangsa mula menyiarkan berita kaitan kes rasuah dan jenayah ini dengan Timbalan Perdana Menteri yang bakal mengambil alih kuasa.
"Ucapan saya di Dewan Rakyat pada 18 Februari lalu adalah terang dan jelas, bahawa seseorang pemimpin terutamanya bakal Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang baru mestilah dibersihkan terlebih dahulu dari sebarang fitnah sebelum layak memegang tampuk pemerintahan yang sangat berat ini,"katanya.
Katanya tindakan saman ini adalah perlu supaya imej Malaysia yang tercalar akibat berita yang sangat memalukan ini dapat dipulihkan.
"Sekiranya tindakan saman ini tidak diambil, maka sebenarnya maruah dan masa depan negara akanmenjadi bahan momokan masyarakat dunia," katanya dalam satu kenyataan media kepada Harakahdaily sebentar tadi.
Antara media asing yang menyiarkan berita berkaitan salah laku Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak yang dikatakan bakal mengambil alih tampuk kepimpinan negara ialah akhbar Liberation yang berpangkalan di Perancis, The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Times Online, The Times of India (India), The Australian (Australia), Kompas (Indonesia), The Nation (Thailand) dan NineMSN (berita internet antarabangsa).
Kata Ustaz Hadi penyiaran berita seperti demikian adalah sangat memalukan seluruh rakyat dalam sebuah negara yang berdaulat ini.
PAS katanya berpendapat bahawa kepimpinan adalah merupakan satu amanah yang sangat besar, dan ianya wajib dipikul oleh orang atau pemimpin yang bukan sahaja layak dan adil tetapi juga perlu dilihat bersih amal perbuatannya.
Risiko mempunyai kepimpinan yang rosak akhlak dan mempunyai seribu satu macam bebanan fitnah adalah sangat tinggi, di mana maruah negara adalah menjadi taruhannya, kata Ustaz Hadi
Hal ini menjadi lebih buruk apabila media cetak dan internet antarabangsa mula menyiarkan berita kaitan kes rasuah dan jenayah ini dengan Timbalan Perdana Menteri yang bakal mengambil alih kuasa.
"Ucapan saya di Dewan Rakyat pada 18 Februari lalu adalah terang dan jelas, bahawa seseorang pemimpin terutamanya bakal Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang baru mestilah dibersihkan terlebih dahulu dari sebarang fitnah sebelum layak memegang tampuk pemerintahan yang sangat berat ini,"katanya.
Pak Lah tempelak Najib sekat kebebasan rakyat bersuara
Semakin dekat Dato' Seri Najib Razak menghampiri jawatan Perdana Menteri, bertambah ramai pihak tampil mempertikaikan kewibawaannya.
Malah kegelojohan pemimpin terbabit dapat dilihat apabila cuba menyekat kebebasan rakyat bersuara. Tindakan menggantungkan permit penerbitan Harakah dan Suara Keadilan selama tiga bulan membuktikan hakikat itu.
Lebih memeranjatkan lagi apabila Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi seperti menempelak tindakan Najib dengan menganggap Umno tidak akan berjaya melakukan perubahan dalaman jika mengambil pendekatan 'order lama' yang tidak disenangi rakyat.
"Termasuk menyekat kebebasan rakyat. Ramai tidak yakin Umno akan kembali mencapai kemenangan jika kita kembali kepada cara lama dengan menyekat kebebasan rakyat menyuarakan kritikan," katanya pada ucapan dasar pada Perhimpunan Agung Umno hari ini.
Mursyidul Am PAS, Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat melihat Umno tidak akan selamat bahkan mungkin berdepan dengan masalah dalaman yang lebih parah di bawah kepemimpinan Najib.
Menurutnya kekalutan yang berlaku dalam parti itu bukan kerana orang lain, sebaliknya kerana masalah dalaman parti itu sendiri.
"Keadaan itu berlaku berikutan kegagalan pemimpin Umno mentadbir parti dalam mengekang kemaraan rasuah yang semakin parah dan bernanah dalam parti itu," katanya pada majlis penyerahan watikah dan angkat sumpah penghulu-penghulu Kelantan 2009, di Putik, hari ini.
Pada perebutan jawatan Ketua Pemuda Umno semalam menyaksikan calon yang kurang pencalonan pada mesyuarat di peringkat bahagian menang iaitu Khairy Jamaluddin.
Sedangkan sebelum ini menantu Perdana Menteri itu disahkan bersalah kerana terbabit dengan amalan politik wang, namun masih berpeluang bertanding.
Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan berkata, ekoran masalah yang berlaku dalam Pemuda Umno semalam beliau difahamkan telah berlaku rasa tidak puas hati di kalangan perwakilan.
"Ini adalah sebahagian dari petanda-petanda yang akan memecah-belahkan Umno pada masa akan datang khususnya setelah berada di bawah Najib," katanya.
Beliau juga berkata, walau pun kesemua sayap Umno kini dipimpin pemimpin baru termasuk Pergerakan Wanita, Pemuda dan Puteri namun asas perjuangan tetap sama.
Katanya, selagi parti berkenaan tidak menjurus kepada ketaqwaan kepada Allah dan hanya mengutamakan bangsa Melayu sahaja, suasana gawat tetap akan berlaku.
Oleh itu beliau berkata, bagi mengelakkan kecelaruan politik di negara ini rakyat hendaklah menolak perjuangan Umno dan BN.
Katanya juga pemimpin Umno sekarang mulai membaca terjemahan ayat-ayat al Quran ketika merasmikan perhimpunan tersebut semalam.
"Ini menggambarkan pengaruh PAS dalam masyarakat hari ini begitu hebat sehingga menyebabkan pemimpin Umno terpaksa menggunakan terjemahan ayat al-Quran dalam ucapannya untuk menarik perhatian umum.
"Perkembangan itu memaksa Umno menciplak apa yang menjadi pegangan PAS selama ini," ujarnya.
Beliau juga menyarankan Umno mengamalkan apa yang terkandung dalam al-Quran sepenuhnya berbanding dari apa yang dilakukan sekarang hanya mengambil sebahagian kecilnya sahaja.
Sementara itu dalam perkembangan berkaitan Umno masih lagi mengangkat pemimpin yang disahkan terbabit dengan rasuah seperti diputuskan Lembaga Disiplin Umno terhadap Khairy sebelum ini.
Ketua Pemuda PAS Pasir Mas, Rozi Muhammad berkata, Umno semakin cepat menuju kehancuran apabila pemimpin yang disahkan terbabit dengan rasuah diberi peluang menerajui Umno.
"Kemenangan Khairy membuktikan usaha Umno membanteras rasuah politik tidak berjaya," katanya.
Malah kegelojohan pemimpin terbabit dapat dilihat apabila cuba menyekat kebebasan rakyat bersuara. Tindakan menggantungkan permit penerbitan Harakah dan Suara Keadilan selama tiga bulan membuktikan hakikat itu.
Lebih memeranjatkan lagi apabila Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi seperti menempelak tindakan Najib dengan menganggap Umno tidak akan berjaya melakukan perubahan dalaman jika mengambil pendekatan 'order lama' yang tidak disenangi rakyat.
"Termasuk menyekat kebebasan rakyat. Ramai tidak yakin Umno akan kembali mencapai kemenangan jika kita kembali kepada cara lama dengan menyekat kebebasan rakyat menyuarakan kritikan," katanya pada ucapan dasar pada Perhimpunan Agung Umno hari ini.
Mursyidul Am PAS, Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat melihat Umno tidak akan selamat bahkan mungkin berdepan dengan masalah dalaman yang lebih parah di bawah kepemimpinan Najib.
Menurutnya kekalutan yang berlaku dalam parti itu bukan kerana orang lain, sebaliknya kerana masalah dalaman parti itu sendiri.
"Keadaan itu berlaku berikutan kegagalan pemimpin Umno mentadbir parti dalam mengekang kemaraan rasuah yang semakin parah dan bernanah dalam parti itu," katanya pada majlis penyerahan watikah dan angkat sumpah penghulu-penghulu Kelantan 2009, di Putik, hari ini.
Pada perebutan jawatan Ketua Pemuda Umno semalam menyaksikan calon yang kurang pencalonan pada mesyuarat di peringkat bahagian menang iaitu Khairy Jamaluddin.
Sedangkan sebelum ini menantu Perdana Menteri itu disahkan bersalah kerana terbabit dengan amalan politik wang, namun masih berpeluang bertanding.
Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan berkata, ekoran masalah yang berlaku dalam Pemuda Umno semalam beliau difahamkan telah berlaku rasa tidak puas hati di kalangan perwakilan.
"Ini adalah sebahagian dari petanda-petanda yang akan memecah-belahkan Umno pada masa akan datang khususnya setelah berada di bawah Najib," katanya.
Beliau juga berkata, walau pun kesemua sayap Umno kini dipimpin pemimpin baru termasuk Pergerakan Wanita, Pemuda dan Puteri namun asas perjuangan tetap sama.
Katanya, selagi parti berkenaan tidak menjurus kepada ketaqwaan kepada Allah dan hanya mengutamakan bangsa Melayu sahaja, suasana gawat tetap akan berlaku.
Oleh itu beliau berkata, bagi mengelakkan kecelaruan politik di negara ini rakyat hendaklah menolak perjuangan Umno dan BN.
Katanya juga pemimpin Umno sekarang mulai membaca terjemahan ayat-ayat al Quran ketika merasmikan perhimpunan tersebut semalam.
"Ini menggambarkan pengaruh PAS dalam masyarakat hari ini begitu hebat sehingga menyebabkan pemimpin Umno terpaksa menggunakan terjemahan ayat al-Quran dalam ucapannya untuk menarik perhatian umum.
"Perkembangan itu memaksa Umno menciplak apa yang menjadi pegangan PAS selama ini," ujarnya.
Beliau juga menyarankan Umno mengamalkan apa yang terkandung dalam al-Quran sepenuhnya berbanding dari apa yang dilakukan sekarang hanya mengambil sebahagian kecilnya sahaja.
Sementara itu dalam perkembangan berkaitan Umno masih lagi mengangkat pemimpin yang disahkan terbabit dengan rasuah seperti diputuskan Lembaga Disiplin Umno terhadap Khairy sebelum ini.
Ketua Pemuda PAS Pasir Mas, Rozi Muhammad berkata, Umno semakin cepat menuju kehancuran apabila pemimpin yang disahkan terbabit dengan rasuah diberi peluang menerajui Umno.
"Kemenangan Khairy membuktikan usaha Umno membanteras rasuah politik tidak berjaya," katanya.
P'wakilan bantah Khairy, Ali mengundi
Sekurang-kurangnya dua perwakilan Muar memboikot pengundian jawatan tertinggi Umno hari ini kerana membantah Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam dan Khairy Jamaluddin dibenarkan mengundi.Datuk Kadar Shah Sulaiman Shah dan adiknya Hassan memberitahu Malaysiakini bahawa mereka tidak akan menyertai lebih 2,050 perwakilan memangkah calon pilihan masing-masing.Tindakan mereka diambil ekoran surat bantahan mereka berhubung perkara itu telah ditolak oleh pengerusi tetap perhimpunan agung Umno, Tan Sri Onn Ismail.Lembaga Disiplin Umno minggu lalu mendapati naib presiden itu dan Khairy bersalah selepas ejen-ejen mereka terbabit dalam rasuah dan sogokan politik.Mohd Ali dilarang bertanding jawatan timbalan presiden, manakala Khairy diberi amaran tetapi dibenarkan bertanding jawatan ketua Pemuda Umno yang dimenanginya semalam.Onn memanggil Kadar naik ke pentas untuk mengambil jawapannya terhadap bantahannya itu.Bantahannya jelas ditolak apabila Onn memanggil Mohd Ali dan Khairy mengundi calon-calon yang bertanding.Sebelum pengundian bermula kira-kira 12 tengah hari tadi, suasana kempen saat akhir sampai ke kemuncaknya pagi ini apabila penyokong bersesak-sesak mengedar kad nombor calon-calon masing-masing.Selepas presiden Umno, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi selesai menyampaikan ucapan dasar pada 11.15 pagi, para penyokong menjerit-jeritkan nombor calon pilihan masing-masing tanpa henti.Ratusan penyokong berkumpul di hadapan pintu keluar Dewan Merdeka di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) dalam pakaian dan tag bercetak nombor pengundian bagi calon pilihan mereka.Tinjauan Malaysiakini mendapati ada juga penyokong yang memakai topeng wajah calon pilihan mereka.Suasana sesak dan terlalu bising itu menyebabkan pergerakan menjadi sukar dan mengganggu hampir seratus petugas media yang menunggu barisan pemimpin tertinggi parti itu keluar dari dewan untuk mendapatkan komen mereka berhubung ucapan Abdullah.Keadaan gamat dan sesak itu memaksa polis dan anggota RELA beberapa kali membuka laluan untuk pemimpin parti itu keluar dari dewan. Anggota penguatkuasa juga menutup tempat itu dengan plastik penghadang bagi mengelak kumpulan penyokong mengganggu pergerakan orang ramai di sekitar kawasan tersebut.Kumpulan penyokong juga kelihatan memenuhi tingkat bawah bangunan Umno itu, tempat skrin besar ditempatkan dan gerai jualan..Seramai 68 calon bertanding bagi jawatan-jawatan timbalan, naib presiden dan anggota Majlis Tertinggi (MT). Keputusan rasmi dijangka dapat diketahui sekitar jam 10 malam.
SPR jawab isu '96% pengundi hantu' di Btg Ai
Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) menolak laporan pemantau bebas Malaysians for Free and Fair Election (Mafrel) tentang kewujudan "pengundi hantu" di DUN Batang Ai, Sarawak.Timbalan Pengerusi SPR Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar berkata, sebagai NGO pemerhati yang diiktiraf suruhanjaya itu, Mafrel seharusnya tidak menimbulkan kekeliruan rakyat, lapor Bernama."SPR tidak berhak untuk memindah alamat daftar pemilih di sesuatu kawasan, selain tidak berhak untuk menghapuskan nama pemilih yang telahpun meninggal dunia selagi tidak menerima surat kematian yang sah daripada pihak Jabatan Pendaftaran," katanya selepas menyampaikan taklimat sempena persiapan pilihan raya kecil Batang Ai di Lubok Antu hari ini.Mafrel baru-baru ini melaporkan terdapat 7,117 ataupun 96 peratus daripada 8,006 pengundi di DUN itu tidak mempunyai alamat tetap dan tidak dapat dikesan.Wan Ahmad dilaporkan menambah, Mafrel seharusnya faham keadaan di Batang Ai kerana kebanyakan pemilih yang berdaftar tidak tinggal tetap di sesuatu tempat kerana telah berpindah dan bekerja di luar kawasan mengundi. Katanya, hanya pemilih atau keluarga pemilih (jika pemilih sudahmeninggal dunia) berhak untuk membuat sebarang perubahan kepada senarai daftar pemilih yang dipegang oleh SPR selepas mendapat dokumen pengesahan daripada Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara atau polis."Tidak semudah yang disangka untuk menggunakan nama pengundi yang telah meninggal dunia, kerana kita harus memeriksa kad pengenalan, selain dokumen rasmi yang lain sebelum membenarkan mereka yang terbabit untuk mengundi," beliau dipetik berkata.Katanya, SPR berhak untuk menolak nama seorang pemilih sekiranya wujud kesangsingan dengan status pemilih yang tidak mempunyai sebarang dokumen pengenalan diri selain kad pengenalan seperti lesen memandu.Batang Ai mempunyai pemilih berusia 111 tahun dan 109 tahun (masing-masing seorang), dua orang (95 tahun), 14 orang (81hingga 90 tahun) dan selebihnya bawah 79 tahun, tambah Wan Ahmad.Sebanyak 26 saluran pengundi akan dibuka pada 7 April depan, termasuk satu untuk undi pos dan keputusan dijangka diumumkan kira-kira 9 malam.Penamaan calon bagi pilihan raya kecil ini diadakan Ahad ini.
Abdullah serah jawatan PM pada Najib..
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dalam ucapan Dasar Presiden terakhirnya hari ini menegaskan, beliau akan memberi sokongan padu kepada Presiden Umno baru, Datuk Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak yang bakal mengambil alih jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri keenam.
“Saya percaya, saya menyerahkan tanggungjawab negara kepada nakhoda lebih muda yang memiliki kematangan dan pengalaman untuk mengemudikan bahtera negara.
“Saya menyeru supaya beliau diberikan sokongan yang padu untuk membolehkan beliau membawa negara ke mercu kejayaan yang lebih gemilang,” kata beliau dalam ucapan Dasar Presiden pada Perhimpunan Agung Umno 2008 pagi ini.
Najib, Timbalan Perdana Menteri, telah memenangi jawatan Presiden tanpa dicabar selepas Abdullah memutuskan untuk tidak bertanding.
Abdullah turut menjelaskan sebab beliau memutuskan untuk tidak mempertahankan jawatannya kali ini.
Perdana Menteri berkata, beliau memutuskan untuk tidak bertanding demi memperkukuhkan parti selepas keputusan dalam pilihan raya umum tahun lalu.
“Jika kita terus bertanding begitu hebat, bermati-matian untuk merebut jawatan, tetapi apakah ertinya jawatan tersebut kepada Umno yang telah tinggal rangka yang terbujur di kuburan.
“Barang dijaduhkan Allah dari Umno menimpa nasib hiba yang sedemikian.
“Atas kesedaran tersebut, atas rasa cinta kepada Umno, atas rasa tanggungjawab terhadap Umno dan bangsa Melayu, saya memilih untuk menunjukkan teladan, dengan tidak mempertahankan jawatan Presiden parti, bertujuan memberi laluan kepada pemimpin yang lebih muda walaupun masih terdapat ramai daripada ahli-ahli parti dan rakan-rakan baik di dalam ataupun di luar kerajaan meminta saya untuk terus mempertahankan jawatan,” katanya.
Abdullah menambah, beliau menghargai keputusan rakan-rakan yang turut memilih langkah yang sama - di semua peringkat.
“Bahawa jawatan dan kedudukan bukannya milik peribadi sedangkan harta milik peribadi juga tidak akan dapat dibawa sampai ke mati,” katanya lagi.
“Saya percaya, saya menyerahkan tanggungjawab negara kepada nakhoda lebih muda yang memiliki kematangan dan pengalaman untuk mengemudikan bahtera negara.
“Saya menyeru supaya beliau diberikan sokongan yang padu untuk membolehkan beliau membawa negara ke mercu kejayaan yang lebih gemilang,” kata beliau dalam ucapan Dasar Presiden pada Perhimpunan Agung Umno 2008 pagi ini.
Najib, Timbalan Perdana Menteri, telah memenangi jawatan Presiden tanpa dicabar selepas Abdullah memutuskan untuk tidak bertanding.
Abdullah turut menjelaskan sebab beliau memutuskan untuk tidak mempertahankan jawatannya kali ini.
Perdana Menteri berkata, beliau memutuskan untuk tidak bertanding demi memperkukuhkan parti selepas keputusan dalam pilihan raya umum tahun lalu.
“Jika kita terus bertanding begitu hebat, bermati-matian untuk merebut jawatan, tetapi apakah ertinya jawatan tersebut kepada Umno yang telah tinggal rangka yang terbujur di kuburan.
“Barang dijaduhkan Allah dari Umno menimpa nasib hiba yang sedemikian.
“Atas kesedaran tersebut, atas rasa cinta kepada Umno, atas rasa tanggungjawab terhadap Umno dan bangsa Melayu, saya memilih untuk menunjukkan teladan, dengan tidak mempertahankan jawatan Presiden parti, bertujuan memberi laluan kepada pemimpin yang lebih muda walaupun masih terdapat ramai daripada ahli-ahli parti dan rakan-rakan baik di dalam ataupun di luar kerajaan meminta saya untuk terus mempertahankan jawatan,” katanya.
Abdullah menambah, beliau menghargai keputusan rakan-rakan yang turut memilih langkah yang sama - di semua peringkat.
“Bahawa jawatan dan kedudukan bukannya milik peribadi sedangkan harta milik peribadi juga tidak akan dapat dibawa sampai ke mati,” katanya lagi.
Najib Perlu Membuktikan Dirinya Bersih Dari Tuduhan Yang Dilemparkan
Yesterday I gave an interview to Sarah Stewart, the Bureau Chief of AFP in Malaysia. Among the questions she asked me was the unavoidable question about the international scandal linking Dato’ Seri Najib Razak with the murder of Altantuya Sharibuu and with the purchase of the Scorpene submarines.
I told Sarah that in my long experience as a politician the only way to clear one’s name when a scandal has broken out around oneself is to meet it head on in the court of law. The BMF scandal of the 1980’s also had its share of lurid detail. There too a large sum of money and a murder was involved. An unseen hand had woven the threads of the story around me to destroy me politically. But when international newspapers alleged that I was involved in any wrongdoing, I took action against each and every one of them in their home jurisdictions.
I sued The Telegraph and The Sunday Times of the UK, and The South China Morning Post of Hong Kong. I won all three cases, the newspapers published unreserved apologies and printed retractions covering half a broadsheet page each, and I came away with a tidy sum of money for my trouble.
It is safe to say that in the international media, the incoming Umno President and the presumptive Prime Minister is being evaluated through the Altantuya scandal. The UK’s Sunday Times, the International Herald Tribune, the French daily, Libération, The Australian Financial Review, the Far Eastern Economic Review and the New York Times have all published stories raising questions about the link between the murdered young woman, Dato’ Seri Najib, and the gigantic commission paid out by the French company Armaris to a Malaysian company for the purchase of submarines. This is now an international story.
And this story will not go away. With its dramatic details and the alleged involvement of elite Malaysian government operatives, it captures the journalistic imagination. But the story is now connected with an ongoing investigation into the dealings of a major French company. The story is also going to stick around because it is a handy looking-glass into Malaysia’s “increasingly dysfunctional political system.” It implicates our entire system of government, our judiciary, and our press, and it casts a shadow on our ability as a nation to face and tell the truth. Against this backdrop promises of reform ring hollow. The storyline of the New York Times article, for example, is that scandal-clouded succession reveals a once confident young country shaken to its foundations by institutional rot. I cannot say this is inaccurate.
The scandal is bringing shame to the nation and damaging our international credibility. For the honour of the nation, for the honour of the office of prime minister, for the honour of the sovereign institutions expected to endorse, confirm and lend authority to him should he become prime minister according to Umno’s plans, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak should finally face these suspicions and implied charges, submit himself to legal scrutiny, and come clean on them.
Swearing on the Al-Quran is not the way out. Scoundrels have been known to do that. The truth, established through the rigorous and public scrutiny of the law, is the only remedy if an untrue story has gained currency not just internationally but at home among a large section of the people.
Najib should voluntarily offer to testify at the trial of the two officers charged with killing Altantuya Sharibuu. He could also write to these newspapers and if necessary he should take legal action against them to clear his name and that of our country.
I told Sarah that in my long experience as a politician the only way to clear one’s name when a scandal has broken out around oneself is to meet it head on in the court of law. The BMF scandal of the 1980’s also had its share of lurid detail. There too a large sum of money and a murder was involved. An unseen hand had woven the threads of the story around me to destroy me politically. But when international newspapers alleged that I was involved in any wrongdoing, I took action against each and every one of them in their home jurisdictions.
I sued The Telegraph and The Sunday Times of the UK, and The South China Morning Post of Hong Kong. I won all three cases, the newspapers published unreserved apologies and printed retractions covering half a broadsheet page each, and I came away with a tidy sum of money for my trouble.
It is safe to say that in the international media, the incoming Umno President and the presumptive Prime Minister is being evaluated through the Altantuya scandal. The UK’s Sunday Times, the International Herald Tribune, the French daily, Libération, The Australian Financial Review, the Far Eastern Economic Review and the New York Times have all published stories raising questions about the link between the murdered young woman, Dato’ Seri Najib, and the gigantic commission paid out by the French company Armaris to a Malaysian company for the purchase of submarines. This is now an international story.
And this story will not go away. With its dramatic details and the alleged involvement of elite Malaysian government operatives, it captures the journalistic imagination. But the story is now connected with an ongoing investigation into the dealings of a major French company. The story is also going to stick around because it is a handy looking-glass into Malaysia’s “increasingly dysfunctional political system.” It implicates our entire system of government, our judiciary, and our press, and it casts a shadow on our ability as a nation to face and tell the truth. Against this backdrop promises of reform ring hollow. The storyline of the New York Times article, for example, is that scandal-clouded succession reveals a once confident young country shaken to its foundations by institutional rot. I cannot say this is inaccurate.
The scandal is bringing shame to the nation and damaging our international credibility. For the honour of the nation, for the honour of the office of prime minister, for the honour of the sovereign institutions expected to endorse, confirm and lend authority to him should he become prime minister according to Umno’s plans, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak should finally face these suspicions and implied charges, submit himself to legal scrutiny, and come clean on them.
Swearing on the Al-Quran is not the way out. Scoundrels have been known to do that. The truth, established through the rigorous and public scrutiny of the law, is the only remedy if an untrue story has gained currency not just internationally but at home among a large section of the people.
Najib should voluntarily offer to testify at the trial of the two officers charged with killing Altantuya Sharibuu. He could also write to these newspapers and if necessary he should take legal action against them to clear his name and that of our country.
Written by razaleighhamzah
March 25, 2009 at 7:30 am
March 25, 2009 at 7:30 am
UMNO - Jalan Pintas Ke Neraka!!
Aku bukan Ahli Majlis Fatwa.. Bukan.. aku juga bukan Ahli Majlis Agama Islam… Bukan juga ..Aku juga bukan Ustaz… bukan .. tambahlagilah Ustaz cap kepala ayam… Aku cuma sebagai Umat Islam yang saling sampai -menyampaikan sahaja.. Untuk Cerita lebih lanjut ada kat sini.
Jadi dah kalau macam tu, pakat-pakat keluarlah dari UMNO… Dan buat paar pengundi PRK Bukit Gantang,,, Ingat jangan UNDI UMNO… Short Cut ke Neraka..Dalam Islam ni hanya ada Dua sahaja… Neraka atau syurga.. Tepuk dada tanya Iman…….Mamposs UMNO
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