Senarai jemaah menteri yang diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hari ini.
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Khairy tak terpilih dalam Kabinet
Thursday, April 9, 2009
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Rayuan Terhadap Hukuman Azilah dan Sirul
Peguam kepada Cif inspektor Azilah Hadri and Korporal Sirul Azhar Umar, Hasnal Rezua Merican akan mengemukakan rayuan terhadap hukuman gantung sampai mati yang dijatuhkan keatas mereka oleh Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam Mohd zaki Mohd Yassin pagi tadi.
Manakala Karpal Singh yang menjadi peguam pemerhati bagi pihak keluarga Altantuya juga menyatakan bahawa sabitan ke atas kedua-dua tertuduh itu, tidak dapat memperbaiki imej Malaysia di peringkat antarabangsa.
Satu lagi persoalan yang belum terjawab ialah sama ada kedua-dua tertuduh itu melakukannya atas kehendak sendiri atau diarahkan berbuat demikian oleh orang lain.
Menurut ketua pihak pendakwaraya Tun Majid Tun Hamzah, pula berkata pihaknya berpuas hati dan telah membuktikan bahawa tiada orang lain terbabit dalam kes pembunuhan itu.
“Pastinya Dr Shaariibuu Setev (bapa Altantuya) tidak akan puas hati kerana beliau merasakan terdapat orang lain lagi yang turut terbabit tetapi terlepas daripada hukuman,” kata Karpal Singh kepada pemberita diperkarangan mahkamah pagi tadi.
Menurutnya, masih banyak persoalan yang belum terjawab berhubung motif pembunuhan wanita Mongolia itu.
Kedua-dua mereka didapati bersalah di atas tuduhan membunuh warga Mongolia, Altantuya Shaariibu di kawasan antara Lot 12843 dan Lot 16735 Mukim Bukit Raja, Puncak Alam, antara jam 10 malam pada 19 Oktober dan 1 pagi, 20 Oktober 2006 lalu.
Altantuya. dibunuh dengan kejam sebelum mayatnya diletupkan dengan bom C4 di kawasan hutan di Puncak Alam.
Kes berprofil tinggi ini yang dikaitkan dengan Abdul Razak Baginda, yang rapat dengan Perdana Menteri Najib Razak dituduh bersubahat dengan pembunuhan berkenaan.
Sejak kes terbabit diketahui umum, Najib berulangkali terpaksa menafikan sembarang pembabitannya dalam kes tersebut yang mengundang liputan meluas di merata dunia.
Manakala Karpal Singh yang menjadi peguam pemerhati bagi pihak keluarga Altantuya juga menyatakan bahawa sabitan ke atas kedua-dua tertuduh itu, tidak dapat memperbaiki imej Malaysia di peringkat antarabangsa.
Satu lagi persoalan yang belum terjawab ialah sama ada kedua-dua tertuduh itu melakukannya atas kehendak sendiri atau diarahkan berbuat demikian oleh orang lain.
Menurut ketua pihak pendakwaraya Tun Majid Tun Hamzah, pula berkata pihaknya berpuas hati dan telah membuktikan bahawa tiada orang lain terbabit dalam kes pembunuhan itu.
“Pastinya Dr Shaariibuu Setev (bapa Altantuya) tidak akan puas hati kerana beliau merasakan terdapat orang lain lagi yang turut terbabit tetapi terlepas daripada hukuman,” kata Karpal Singh kepada pemberita diperkarangan mahkamah pagi tadi.
Menurutnya, masih banyak persoalan yang belum terjawab berhubung motif pembunuhan wanita Mongolia itu.
Kedua-dua mereka didapati bersalah di atas tuduhan membunuh warga Mongolia, Altantuya Shaariibu di kawasan antara Lot 12843 dan Lot 16735 Mukim Bukit Raja, Puncak Alam, antara jam 10 malam pada 19 Oktober dan 1 pagi, 20 Oktober 2006 lalu.
Altantuya. dibunuh dengan kejam sebelum mayatnya diletupkan dengan bom C4 di kawasan hutan di Puncak Alam.
Kes berprofil tinggi ini yang dikaitkan dengan Abdul Razak Baginda, yang rapat dengan Perdana Menteri Najib Razak dituduh bersubahat dengan pembunuhan berkenaan.
Sejak kes terbabit diketahui umum, Najib berulangkali terpaksa menafikan sembarang pembabitannya dalam kes tersebut yang mengundang liputan meluas di merata dunia.
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Terkini : Azilah dan Sirul Hukum Mati
Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam hari ini menjatuhkan hukuman mati ke atas Cif Inspektor Azilah Hadri dan Koperal Sirul Azhar Umar selepas mereka didapati bersalah terhadap tuduhan membunuh wanita Mongolia, Altantuya. 
ALTANTUYA MURDER TRIAL It's D-Day for Azilah and Sirul
KUALA LUMPUR: They were always in the background, the core of the security unit in charge of the safety of VVIPs.But all that changed for Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar from the Special Action Squad three years ago.They were thrust into the limelight, charged with the murder of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu.
And even then, the two police commandos, were always in the background, this time with help from fellow officers who escorted them from the Sungai Buloh prison to the Shah Alam High Court.No matter the verdict today, Azilah and Sirul will always be remembered for the Ninja-style cover to hide their faces from press photographers.Today, they will no longer remain in the background.They will either be acquitted for the Mongolian woman's murder or they will be sentenced to the gallows.High Court judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin will deliver the verdict today after a trial which stretched over 159 days.Azilah, 32, and Sirul, 37, were charged with the murder at Mukim Bukit Raja between 9.54pm on Oct 18 and 9.45pm on Oct 19, 2006. They were first charged in 2006 and were called to enter their defence on Oct 31, last year, after 84 prosecution witnesses testified.Azilah gave evidence from the witness box while Sirul testified from the dock. In his defence, Azilah, claimed he was not the last person to be seen with Altantuya.He had also filed a notice of alibi at the beginning of the trial, claiming he was not at the scene on the night Altantuya was murdered. He claimed instead that he was with his fiancee at a restaurant in Wangsa Maju.The court heard that Azilah was engaged to Norazila Baharuddin. He also has an adopted son.Sirul, meanwhile in his tearful testimony, claimed he was made a scapegoat in the case. The father of two read out a statement from the dock.Counsel Datuk Hazman Ahmad and J. Kuldeep Kumar represented Azilah, while Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin, Hasnal Redzua Merican and Ahmad Zaidi Zainal represented Sirul.The prosecution team comprised DPPs Tun Abd Majid Tun Hamzah, Noorin Badaruddin, Manoj Kurup and Nadiah Hanim.Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda was also charged with abetting the duo in Altantuya's murder. He was freed by the High Court on Oct 31 without his defence being called.Altantuya was a mother of two boys, aged 4 and 10.She attended high school in Russia and was also trained as a teacher and translator in English and Russian at the National University of Mongolia.Altantuya's murder grabbed headlines due to the manner of her death where her body was blown up with explosives.
And even then, the two police commandos, were always in the background, this time with help from fellow officers who escorted them from the Sungai Buloh prison to the Shah Alam High Court.No matter the verdict today, Azilah and Sirul will always be remembered for the Ninja-style cover to hide their faces from press photographers.Today, they will no longer remain in the background.They will either be acquitted for the Mongolian woman's murder or they will be sentenced to the gallows.High Court judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin will deliver the verdict today after a trial which stretched over 159 days.Azilah, 32, and Sirul, 37, were charged with the murder at Mukim Bukit Raja between 9.54pm on Oct 18 and 9.45pm on Oct 19, 2006. They were first charged in 2006 and were called to enter their defence on Oct 31, last year, after 84 prosecution witnesses testified.Azilah gave evidence from the witness box while Sirul testified from the dock. In his defence, Azilah, claimed he was not the last person to be seen with Altantuya.He had also filed a notice of alibi at the beginning of the trial, claiming he was not at the scene on the night Altantuya was murdered. He claimed instead that he was with his fiancee at a restaurant in Wangsa Maju.The court heard that Azilah was engaged to Norazila Baharuddin. He also has an adopted son.Sirul, meanwhile in his tearful testimony, claimed he was made a scapegoat in the case. The father of two read out a statement from the dock.Counsel Datuk Hazman Ahmad and J. Kuldeep Kumar represented Azilah, while Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin, Hasnal Redzua Merican and Ahmad Zaidi Zainal represented Sirul.The prosecution team comprised DPPs Tun Abd Majid Tun Hamzah, Noorin Badaruddin, Manoj Kurup and Nadiah Hanim.Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda was also charged with abetting the duo in Altantuya's murder. He was freed by the High Court on Oct 31 without his defence being called.Altantuya was a mother of two boys, aged 4 and 10.She attended high school in Russia and was also trained as a teacher and translator in English and Russian at the National University of Mongolia.Altantuya's murder grabbed headlines due to the manner of her death where her body was blown up with explosives.
MalaysianBar
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Malaysia agreed to adopt the OECD’s regulations.
Malaysia off the OECD blacklist
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia and three other countries, which had been blacklisted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), are now off the list after they agreed to adopt the OECD’s regulations.
Last week, G20 leaders meeting in London cited Malaysia, the Philippines, Uruguay and Costa Rica as uncooperative tax havens, based on an OECD list.
These four countries are now in the category of jurisdictions that have committed to the internationally agreed tax standard but which have yet to substantially implement it.
OECD secretary-general Angel Gurria told reporters in Paris yesterday that the four jurisdictions have now made a full commitment to exchange information to the organisation’s standards.
Last week, G20 leaders meeting in London cited Malaysia, the Philippines, Uruguay and Costa Rica as uncooperative tax havens, based on an OECD list.
These four countries are now in the category of jurisdictions that have committed to the internationally agreed tax standard but which have yet to substantially implement it.
OECD secretary-general Angel Gurria told reporters in Paris yesterday that the four jurisdictions have now made a full commitment to exchange information to the organisation’s standards.
According to Deloitte Malaysia associate director Tan Hooi Beng, the swift action taken by the Government to rectify the country’s status showed its commitment to cooperate in the fight against tax abuse.
He said in an e-mail reply to StarBiz that the country was also proposing legislation this year to remove impediments to the implementation of the required international tax standard.
Tan said even before the OECD’s progress report of April 2, there was already a proposal to update financial regulations in Labuan in order to meet OECD requirements.
He added that the proposal was now awaiting parliamentary approval.
Tan had, in an earlier report, said Malaysia already had double taxation agreements (DTAs) modelled closely on OECD requirements with 69 different jurisdictions.
Labuan, although governed by separate company and tax legislations, has been able to rely on the DTAs as part of Malaysia although to-date several countries, including Australia, Japan, Britain and the Netherlands, have excluded Labuan from the DTA.
He said in an e-mail reply to StarBiz that the country was also proposing legislation this year to remove impediments to the implementation of the required international tax standard.
Tan said even before the OECD’s progress report of April 2, there was already a proposal to update financial regulations in Labuan in order to meet OECD requirements.
He added that the proposal was now awaiting parliamentary approval.
Tan had, in an earlier report, said Malaysia already had double taxation agreements (DTAs) modelled closely on OECD requirements with 69 different jurisdictions.
Labuan, although governed by separate company and tax legislations, has been able to rely on the DTAs as part of Malaysia although to-date several countries, including Australia, Japan, Britain and the Netherlands, have excluded Labuan from the DTA.
Komponen BN tak puas hati bayangan kabinet Najib
MCA mengadakan mesyuarat tergempar barisan pemimpin kanannya pagi ini - dipercayai tidak berpuas hati dengan keputusan Datuk Seri Najib Razak - susulan rombakan kabinet perdana menteri yang dijangka lebih kecil. Pertemuan itu diadakan di Kementerian Pengangkutan di Putrajaya selepas presidennya Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, yang juga menteri pengangkutan, bertemu Najib kelmarin. Dalam sidang media selepas mesyuarat selama 90 minit itu, Ong berkata MCA menggesa Najib mengekalkan kuota parti itu - rakan komponen kedua terbesar dalam BN - seperti sejak pembentukan gabungan itu pada 1974. MCA mendapat empat jawatan menteri dan enam timbalan menteri dalam setiap kabinet yang dibentuk oleh perdana menteri lalu, kata Ong.Najib kini dalam proses rundingan dengan barisan pemimpin atasan 13 parti komponen BN, termasuk Umno, sejak dilantik secara rasmi sebagai perdana menteri keenam di Istana Negara, Jumaat lalu. Beliau menangguhkan pengumuman barisan kabinetnya - yang dijangka membawa kejutan - tengah hari ini bagi meneruskan rundingan tersebut.Keputusan tiga pilihanraya kecil semalam difahamkan turut menjadi pertimbangan Najib dalam memuktamadkan kabinet pertamanya itu.Difahamkan, hampir separuh muka baru diramalkan menganggotai kabinet tersebut - lebih kecil daripada yang dibentuk Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dengan 29 orang menteri dan 27 kementerian.Najib juga dipercayai mempertimbangkan dengan serius keanggotaan pemimpin Sabah dan Sarawak - yang menjadi asas sokongan utama BN seperti keputusan pilihanraya umum Mac tahun lalu.Presiden PBS Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan bertemu Najib semalam, sementara Presiden UPKO Tan Sri Bernard Dompok dilaporkan berunding sehari sebelum Najib mengangkat sumpah.
Video - Barisan wins Batang Ai, Pakatan Rakyat takes Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau
It is status quo in the tri-elections on Tuesday with Barisan retaining the Batang Ai state seat in Sarawak and Pakatan Rakyat again winning both the Bukit Selambau state seat in Kedah and the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat in Perak.The official results of the three by-elections are as follows:
Batang Ai: Malcom Mussem Lamoh (BN) 3,907 votes; Jawah Gerang (PKR) 2,053; Majority - 1,854 votes.
Bukit Gantang: Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (PAS) 21,860 votes; Ismail Saffian (BN) 19,071; Kamarul Ramizu Idris (Independent) 62; Majority - 2,789 votes.
Bukit Selambau: S. Manikumar (PKR) 12,632 votes; S. Ganesan (BN) 10,229; Majority - 2,403 votes.
Pilihan raya kecil: Skor BN 1, Pakatan 2
Pilihan raya kecil serentak di tiga kawasan berakhir hari ini dengan Barisan Nasional (BN) menang satu manakala Pakatan Rakyat pula menguasai dua bahagian.BN mengekalkan kerusi Batang Ai di Sarawak manakala Pakatan yang menurukan calon PAS dan PKR masing-masing mempertahankan kerusi Parlimen dan DUN Bukit Selambau.
Bekas Menteri Perak, Datuk Seri Ir Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin memenangi kerusi Parlimen Bukit Gantang dengan memperoleh sebanyak 21,860 undi.
Beliau mencatatkan majoriti 2,789 undi - berbanding 1,566 undi yang direkodkan oleh calon PAS pada Mac 2008.
Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Pasir Panjang ini menewaskan calon Barisan Nasional (BN), Ismail Saffian yang mendapat 19,071 undi manakala calon Bebas, Kamarul Ramizu mendapat 62 undi.
Kamarul hilang wang deposit. Undi rosak adalah sebanyak 456.
Muka baru dalam Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) S. Manikumar berjaya mempertahankan kerusi parti itu setelah menang dengan majoriti 2,403 undi.
Kerusi itu pernah dimenangi oleh calon Bebas V. Arumugam setelah mengalahkan calon Barisan Nasional (BN) S. Krishnan dengan majoriti 2,362 pada pilihan raya lepas, sebelum beliau menyertai PKR.
Manikumar, 35, memperoleh 12,632 undi manakala calon BN S.Ganesan mendapat 10,229 undi.
Pilihan raya kecil itu mencatatkan sejarah tersendiri apabila ia menyaksikan pertandingan yang membabitkan 15 calon, termasuk 13 calon Bebas.
Calon Bebas Mej (B) Anuar Abd Hamid mendahului undi calon-calon bebas yang lain dengan hanya memperoleh 528 undi dan hilang wang pertaruhan.
Keputusan diumumkan oleh Pegawai Pengurus Pilihan Raya Datuk Abdullah Mat Akhir di pusat penjumlahan undi di Dewan Sekolah Menengah Teknik 2 pada pukul 10.45 malam ini.
Kawasan DUN Bukit Selambau mempunyai 35,140 pengundi berdaftar termasuk 15 pengundi pos dan 70 peratus daripada jumlah itu mengundi hari ini.
Pilihan raya kecil itu diadakan setelah Arumugam melepaskan jawatannya pada 8 Februari lepas.
BN pula mengekalkan kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Batang Ai apabila calonnya, Malcolm Mussen Lamoh memenangi pilihan raya kecil itu dengan majoriti 1,854 undi.
Mussen, muka baru yang juga bekas jurutera Jabatan Pertanian Sarawak, memperoleh 3,907 undi untuk menewaskan ahli politik veteran Jawah Gerang, bekas Ahli Parlimen Lubok Antu selama lima penggal, yang meraih 2,053 undi dalam pertandingan satu lawan satu.
Pegawai pengurus pilihan raya Nelson Mujah Girie membuat pengumuman itu di Kompleks Sukan Lubok Antu pada 7.45 malam.
Batang Ai, sebuah daripada kerusi DUN dalam Parlimen Lubok Antu, mempunyai 8,006 pengundi berdaftar, termasuk 43 pengundi pos.
Pada pilihan raya negeri Mei 2006, penyandang kerusi berkenaan daripada BN, Datuk Dublin Unting Ingkot memenangi kerusi majoriti kaum Iban itu setelah menewaskan Nicholas Bawin Anggat daripada Parti Kebangsaan Sarawak (SNAP) dengan majoriti 860 undi.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
EC sends workers and ballot box to polling station
Eight teams of Election Commission workers are arriving at remote polling districts for the Batang Ai by-election in Sarawak.
Najib expected to opt for a ‘leaner and meaner’ Cabinet
The new Cabinet list is being finalised as Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak huddles down with the leaders of Barisan Nasional component parties in the next couple of days.
The Prime Minister is expected to shrink the size of the Cabinet to make it more efficient to ensure faster decisions. He could unveil his Cabinet as early as tomorrow.
MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat was the first to meet Najib yesterday morning. The Transport Minister arrived at the Prime Minis-ter’s Office at 10.50am and left about an hour later. Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, who arrived just before noon, was seen leaving before 1pm.
Later, while campaigning in Bukit Gantang, Ong told reporters that he had submitted a list of names to Najib to be considered for the new Cabinet line-up.
“The list contains names of leaders according to their hierarchy in the party and their status as MPs,” he said after meeting the people of Simpang New Village.
He declined to reveal the number of names submitted and said he had no knowledge of the size of Najib’s Cabinet.
“That’s the Prime Minister’s prerogative,” he said, adding that there was no point in speculating what the quota for MCA was in the new line-up.
Dr Koh declined to speak to reporters when met at the entrance to the Putra Perdana complex.
When contacted by The Star, Parti Bersatu Sabah president Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan confirmed that he has an appointment with the Prime Minister in Putrajaya at 4pm today.
He, however, declined to reveal if the meeting was to discuss PBS’ representation in the Cabinet or whether he would bring a list of names to be recommended for posts.
United Pasok Momogun Kadazan-dusun Murut Organisation (Upko) president Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said he had met the Prime Minister, but declined to reveal details.
The new Umno president is only expected to meet Barisan leaders from Sarawak after today because they are busy with the Batang Ai by-election.
Najib is expected to announce his Cabinet line-up before the end of the week when he is scheduled to leave for Thailand to attend the Asean + 3 summit.
The new Cabinet is expected to be a smaller than the present one which has 27 ministries with 31 ministers.
The Prime Minister is expected to shrink the size of the Cabinet to make it more efficient to ensure faster decisions. He could unveil his Cabinet as early as tomorrow.
MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat was the first to meet Najib yesterday morning. The Transport Minister arrived at the Prime Minis-ter’s Office at 10.50am and left about an hour later. Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, who arrived just before noon, was seen leaving before 1pm.
Later, while campaigning in Bukit Gantang, Ong told reporters that he had submitted a list of names to Najib to be considered for the new Cabinet line-up.
“The list contains names of leaders according to their hierarchy in the party and their status as MPs,” he said after meeting the people of Simpang New Village.
He declined to reveal the number of names submitted and said he had no knowledge of the size of Najib’s Cabinet.
“That’s the Prime Minister’s prerogative,” he said, adding that there was no point in speculating what the quota for MCA was in the new line-up.
Dr Koh declined to speak to reporters when met at the entrance to the Putra Perdana complex.
When contacted by The Star, Parti Bersatu Sabah president Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan confirmed that he has an appointment with the Prime Minister in Putrajaya at 4pm today.
He, however, declined to reveal if the meeting was to discuss PBS’ representation in the Cabinet or whether he would bring a list of names to be recommended for posts.
United Pasok Momogun Kadazan-dusun Murut Organisation (Upko) president Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said he had met the Prime Minister, but declined to reveal details.
The new Umno president is only expected to meet Barisan leaders from Sarawak after today because they are busy with the Batang Ai by-election.
Najib is expected to announce his Cabinet line-up before the end of the week when he is scheduled to leave for Thailand to attend the Asean + 3 summit.
The new Cabinet is expected to be a smaller than the present one which has 27 ministries with 31 ministers.
Read more : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/4/7/nation/3646742&sec=nation
Saya bukan hakim, rakyat faham krisis politik - Mahathir
"korek..korek..korek.."Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad yang berkempen untuk Barisan Nasional (BN) di Bukit Gantang pagi tadi berkata, rakyat negeri Perak kini sudah memahami tentang krisis politik Perak yang sudah memasuki bulan ketiga.
Sehubungan itu, Dr. Mahathir mengakui beliau pernah memberikan pandangan mengenai isu berkenaan sebelum ini dengan mempersoalkan cara BN mengambil alih kerajaan negeri, tetapi sama ada ia salah ataupun sebaliknya perlu dibuktikan oleh lunas perundangan.
Ketika ditanya mengapa beliau menyokong Menteri Besar Perak yang baru, Datuk Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir sedangkan sebelum pernah mempertikaikan peralihan kuasa kerajaan negeri Februari lalu, bekas Presiden Umno itu berkata:
"Kita perlu menyokong, sudah tentu melainkan, mereka boleh membuktikan secara perundangan bahawa ia (peralihan kuasa kerajaan negeri itu) adalah salah... oleh itu ia perkara berlainan."
"Bagaimanapun pada masa sekarang nampaknya ia sudah diterima oleh rakyat," kata beliau ketika ditemui wartawan selepas majlis makan tengah hari bersama pegawai kerajaan di Kamal Lodge di sini semalam.
Bekas Perdana Menteri itu terdahulu menyampaikan ucapan kira-kira 40 minit pada Program Memasyarakatkan Seni Budaya di Simpang dekat sini.
Dalam ucapannya itu, beliau meminta rakyat menyokong kepimpinan Datuk Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak sebagai Perdana Menteri dan Zambry selaku Menteri Besar.
Mengulas lanjut isu itu, Dr. Mahathir memberitahu: "Penjelasan adalah mudah."
"Saya bukan hakim, kemungkinan saya silap (kenyataan sebelum ini)... ia bergantung kepada hakim," jelas beliau lagi.
Turut hadir pada majlis itu ialah Timbalan Presiden Umno, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan zambry.
Ini kali pertama Dr. Mahathir berada di Perak sejak tercetusnya kriris politik.
Malah ini kali pertama Dr. Mahathir, dalam tempoh tahun lalu, turun gelanggang berkempen membantu calon BN.
Dalam ucapannya, Dr. Mahathir turut menyentuh tentang soal derhaka dan tindak-tanduk Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri ketika era beliau.
Dr. Mahathir memberitahu, beliau pernah menaikkan ramai orang termasuk Anwar yang memegang jawatan sehingga sebagai Timbalan Perdana Menteri.
Bagaimanapun kata beliau, Anwar tidak sabar, sebaliknya telah bertindak mahu "menjatuhkannya".
Malah Dr. Mahathir menyifatkan Anwar, yang dipecat pada September 1998, sebagai orang yang sukar untuk dipercayai.
Misalnya Dr. Mahathir, yang awalnya tidak menyebut nama Anwar tetapi apabila dipaksa oleh kira-kira 5,000 hadirin, akhirnya menyebut "wahai Anwar", sambil berkata, beberapa hari lalu Ketua Umum Pakatan Rakyat itu dikatakan mahu membuat pengumuman kejutan tetapi tidak menjadi.
Ia seperti juga kononnya mahu mengumumkan sesuatu yang besar menjelang 16 September (2008), kata beliau.
Mengenai isu derhaka, Dr. Mahathir memberitahu: "Kalau tidak setuju, tidak mengapa... tapi jangan sampai mohon derhaka."
Sehubungan itu, Dr. Mahathir mengakui beliau pernah memberikan pandangan mengenai isu berkenaan sebelum ini dengan mempersoalkan cara BN mengambil alih kerajaan negeri, tetapi sama ada ia salah ataupun sebaliknya perlu dibuktikan oleh lunas perundangan.
Ketika ditanya mengapa beliau menyokong Menteri Besar Perak yang baru, Datuk Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir sedangkan sebelum pernah mempertikaikan peralihan kuasa kerajaan negeri Februari lalu, bekas Presiden Umno itu berkata:
"Kita perlu menyokong, sudah tentu melainkan, mereka boleh membuktikan secara perundangan bahawa ia (peralihan kuasa kerajaan negeri itu) adalah salah... oleh itu ia perkara berlainan."
"Bagaimanapun pada masa sekarang nampaknya ia sudah diterima oleh rakyat," kata beliau ketika ditemui wartawan selepas majlis makan tengah hari bersama pegawai kerajaan di Kamal Lodge di sini semalam.
Bekas Perdana Menteri itu terdahulu menyampaikan ucapan kira-kira 40 minit pada Program Memasyarakatkan Seni Budaya di Simpang dekat sini.
Dalam ucapannya itu, beliau meminta rakyat menyokong kepimpinan Datuk Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak sebagai Perdana Menteri dan Zambry selaku Menteri Besar.
Mengulas lanjut isu itu, Dr. Mahathir memberitahu: "Penjelasan adalah mudah."
"Saya bukan hakim, kemungkinan saya silap (kenyataan sebelum ini)... ia bergantung kepada hakim," jelas beliau lagi.
Turut hadir pada majlis itu ialah Timbalan Presiden Umno, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan zambry.
Ini kali pertama Dr. Mahathir berada di Perak sejak tercetusnya kriris politik.
Malah ini kali pertama Dr. Mahathir, dalam tempoh tahun lalu, turun gelanggang berkempen membantu calon BN.
Dalam ucapannya, Dr. Mahathir turut menyentuh tentang soal derhaka dan tindak-tanduk Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri ketika era beliau.
Dr. Mahathir memberitahu, beliau pernah menaikkan ramai orang termasuk Anwar yang memegang jawatan sehingga sebagai Timbalan Perdana Menteri.
Bagaimanapun kata beliau, Anwar tidak sabar, sebaliknya telah bertindak mahu "menjatuhkannya".
Malah Dr. Mahathir menyifatkan Anwar, yang dipecat pada September 1998, sebagai orang yang sukar untuk dipercayai.
Misalnya Dr. Mahathir, yang awalnya tidak menyebut nama Anwar tetapi apabila dipaksa oleh kira-kira 5,000 hadirin, akhirnya menyebut "wahai Anwar", sambil berkata, beberapa hari lalu Ketua Umum Pakatan Rakyat itu dikatakan mahu membuat pengumuman kejutan tetapi tidak menjadi.
Ia seperti juga kononnya mahu mengumumkan sesuatu yang besar menjelang 16 September (2008), kata beliau.
Mengenai isu derhaka, Dr. Mahathir memberitahu: "Kalau tidak setuju, tidak mengapa... tapi jangan sampai mohon derhaka."
mStarOnline
Monday, April 6, 2009
12 held : Burning Sabah flags
Lahad Datu: Police sent rapid reinforcements of 80 officers and personnel from the General Operations Force (GOF) and Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) after two groups involving 12 men burnt Sabah flags in the township, here, Saturday.
District Police Chief Supt Mohd Suhaimi Abd Rahman said they received a report on the act committed by the men aged between 14 and 41 at 8.40am and immediately went to the scene where they found the two groups in the vicinity.
"One of the groups was at the old harbour area near Milimewa while another at the central market," he said.
The two groups eventually converged and together rode in two four-wheel drive vehicles to the district police station where they were detained.
Suhaimi said the group leader was a Suluk man aged 41 who claimed he was a descendent of the so-called Sultan of Sulu. All the suspects had MyKads. Investigations were framed under Section 143 of the Penal Code for unlawful assembly.
He advised the public not to panic or listen to rumours as the situation was under control.
District Police Chief Supt Mohd Suhaimi Abd Rahman said they received a report on the act committed by the men aged between 14 and 41 at 8.40am and immediately went to the scene where they found the two groups in the vicinity.
"One of the groups was at the old harbour area near Milimewa while another at the central market," he said.
The two groups eventually converged and together rode in two four-wheel drive vehicles to the district police station where they were detained.
Suhaimi said the group leader was a Suluk man aged 41 who claimed he was a descendent of the so-called Sultan of Sulu. All the suspects had MyKads. Investigations were framed under Section 143 of the Penal Code for unlawful assembly.
He advised the public not to panic or listen to rumours as the situation was under control.
SabahDailyExpress
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