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Dulu PATI.. Kini dah jadi Pengundi?

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:48 PM PDT

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 05:17 PM PDT

Last night (July 31) marks the beginning of 1st Ramadan 1432 Hijrah which means today August 1, Muslims in Malaysia and most parts of the world will start fasting for one month. At the end of one Ramadan, Muslims generally make a special prayer to seek God's Grace for the opportunity to meet with another Ramadan because only God knows of life, death and the hereafter- Wallahu a'lam. And so it is with the wife and children of Ahmad Sarbaini who will not get to fast with him this year.

RPK MT revelations on the Death of Ahmad Sarbani

Raja Petra Kamarudin's Malaysia Today (RPK MT) had run an 9 Part series on the Lies and Deceptions by the MACC in the death of Ahmad Sarbaini when it became obvious that the MACC would not be telling the truth in the Inquest. This became clear when Police Forensic Officer ASP Fauziah Che Mat testified that an expert had tampered and erased over 22 hours of CCTV recording at the KL MACC Office.

Instead of comforting and offering condolences to Ahmad Sarbaini's widow and family, the MACC compounded their grief by trying to justify that he was a crooked Customs officer who had tried to escape via a pantry window but instead fell to his death. The MACC did not care that there was not an iota of evidence to arrest the man. The MACC did not care that their sole evidence was a so-called voluntary "confession" which had been debunked by its own Investigating Officer (IO) Abd Ghani Bin Ali who had admitted to the Coroner that this was the first time in his 20 over years as an IO that anyone had ever given a "confession".

To continue to defame a man after his death is very cruel and unIslamic. In the spirit of Ramadan, I ask these Malay/Muslim MACC officers and the other witnesses not to perpetuate any more lies when the Inquest resumes on Tuesday August 2, regardless that RPK had already exposed to the Malaysian public who the real killers were.

It appeared that RPK had exposed all that in order to pre-empt a recurrence of the findings in the death of Teoh Beng Hock (TBH). Although the Malaysian Bar had issued a statement to express dismay with the TBH RCI Report, yet, several key points are very damning to the MACC as follows:

1) That TBH was subjected to "aggressive, relentless, oppressive and unscrupulous interrogation" and that the recording of his statement was unlawful;

2) That most of the MACC officers who were involved in the operations and who gave evidence as witnesses were neither truthful nor credible, as they "had the inevitable habit of lying";

3) That massive operations launched by the MACC were grounded on mere belief of information purportedly received over the telephone, and without proper groundwork or investigation.

That sums it all – that MACC officers act unlawfully; have the habit of lying; and mount operations without proper groundwork or investigation. That is what will happen to you if you suffer the misfortune of being an MACC target!

That was what happened in 2007 to five ordinary Policemen whose only crime was to truthfully report that former IGP Musa Hassan was in cahoots with the Along illegal loan shark syndicate. To cover himself, Musa Hassan accused these junior policemen of trying to bring him down.

Instead of protecting these lowly ranked policemen or investigating the truth of their intelligence reports, then MACC Chief Ahmad Said Hamdan and A-G Gani Patail worked to destroy them. Instead of giving these five policemen commendation medals for bravery or for whistle blowing, the MACC intimidated several Chinese informants to frame these junior policemen. A-G Gani Patail then charged them for fabrication of evidence against IGP Musa Hassan while the syndicate man, Goh Cheng Poh aka Tengku Goh went scot free.

The mainstream media led by Dato' Charles Lourdes of The Star then conspired with A-G Gani Patail, Musa Hassan and Ahmad Said of the MACC to malign these ordinary policemen by branding them as traitorous officers when they were hauled to court.

I have highlighted parts of the news clips below for readers to see the journalistic slant given to that story in calling known criminals and Restricted Resident (RR) detainees as businessmen. It is also evident that former IGP Musa Hassan had sided with known criminals and RR detainees to forsake his own men in blue:

READ MORE HERE

Making offence in Twitterjaya

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 02:41 PM PDT

This misconception is further compounded by some of our Ministers' statements that "special laws or rules" will be made to govern publications in cyberspace. Those kind of statements give the impression that the cyberspace is not governed by our "normal" laws and that whatever is published in cyberspace is not subject to such laws. Hence the necessity for "special laws or rules" to govern publications in cyberspace.

That is one of the most biggest misconceptions in this new millennium.

In so far as Malaysia is concerned, the only laws which do not govern the cyberspace is the necessity for licenses or permits before a publication is made. Apart from that, I can't think of any laws which do not apply to the cyberspace, especially when it comes to publications of materials, be it in audio, video or written form.

If somebody publishes an article in cyberspace about another person's character which is not true and that publication adversely affects the person's character or credibility, the law of defamation applies just as it does if such publication was made in a magazine or newspaper. It is as simple as that. For those who would like further reference on this, just go and read Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56 (Australian High Court).

The mere fact that our government has issued the Bill of Guarantee does not in any way mean that we can do whatever we like in cyberspace. All publications in cyberspace are still subject to the laws. Pure and simple.

The only thing about the cyberspace is anonymity. That makes it a bit more difficult for the prosecution to prove that the maker of the offending publication is the accused person. How does the prosecution prove that the accused person was the actual person who published the offending publication?

The second thing which poses a difficult issue in any prosecution for offending publications in cyberspace is jurisdiction. The Gutnick's case above demonstrates that.

In short, I am writing this in Kuala Lumpur. This article is stored in digital form in a server somewhere in the world. I must confess I do not know where the server is. It could be in Timbuktu for all I know.

As and when you hit on this blog from your computer in say Ipoh, this blog will appear on your monitor. You will then read what I have written in Ipoh.

Let's just say I am sued in Kuala Lumpur for defamation for my article. The question is whether the Courts in Kuala Lumpur would have the jurisdiction to try my case. That would depend where the publication was made.

Questions regarding jurisdiction is imperative because a Court can only try a case which is within it's territorial jurisdiction.

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:12 AM PDT

Sometimes I do wonder if our nation's top leadership ever provides the right solution to our livelihood problems. Malaysia's once formidable English standard has declined as a result of excessive application of nationalism but the solution to teach mathematics and science in English, without first strengthening, improving and reinforcing primary level English syllabus and teaching resource before making the leap, actually resulted in messing up the learning of all 3 subjects for many young Malaysians.

Although I believe the suppliers of text books would have made impressive profits then.

When I read this morning's headline, I struggle to get it around my head this nugget.

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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/7/31/nation/9211091&sec=nation

Sunday July 31, 2011

Food stamp plan will help stem rising food costs, says Muhyiddin
By HAMDAN RAJA ABDULLAH

MUAR: Malaysia may introduce food stamps soon to cushion the rise in food prices, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.

The Deputy Prime Minister said the Government was concerned about the rising cost of living which was occurring globally, adding that the food stamp idea was among the options being considered in an effort to reduce its impact.

Muhyiddin, who heads the Cabinet committee looking into the cost of living, said rising prices was a global issue linked to the higher price of fuel which is affecting food production.

He said that at the same time, long droughts and floods which hit many food-producing countries also affected the price of many commodities.
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Food stamp is a form of subsidy to assist the financially deprived to obtain food but addressing the issue of raising food prices?

I am sorry, DPM. It does not address the rising food prices and the majority of Malaysians who hold a decent job but struggling to cope with over priced cars, houses and daily living expenses would not benefit from this solution.

Sounds like another pre-general election gesture again, like that additional Mydin branch carrying that logo paid by tax payers in Kelana Jaya.

While food stamp sounds good on paper, the BN administration is not famous for proper execution of reasonably advertised policies and plans. Take a look at the long list of cock-ups namely NEP, Buku Hijau, Proton, Bakun Dam, Wawasan 2020, national service, PKFTZ, ETP etc. Just take a look at the on-going registration of legal foreign workers.

Also it is puzzling that while the current administration boast of moving the nation towards high income, it resorts to issuing food stamp to further signify the declining purchasing power and earning capacity of Malaysians.

To this writer, improving the purchasing power parity of Malaysians is a key ingredient to moving towards high income nation. While it is important to raise the wage level of Malaysians, making prices of goods and services go down, do more to enrich Malaysians.

The raise of food prices is due to external and internal factors.

Externally, the main reason is not really weather or fuel, but unethical, immoral and inhuman price speculation.

Dulu PATI.. Kini dah jadi Pengundi?

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:08 AM PDT

Bagaimanapun Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) kelihatan tidak berminat langsung dengan penggunaan dakwat kekal seperti yang dicadangkan oleh BERSIH 2.0 itu tetapi mereka lebih berminat dengan penggunaan Sistem Biometrik yang bagi mereka ianya lebih praktikal.

Mungkin kerana jika dibandingkan Sistem Biometrik dan Dakwat Kekal, kos untuk menyediakan prasarana dan peralatan sokongan untuk Sistem tersebut adalah tinggi jadi komisyen yang dijanakan bagi membolehkan system tersebut digunakan juga adalah tinggi..

Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR), Tan Sri Abd. Aziz Mohd. Yusof berkata, pihaknya akan bekerjasama dengan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) untuk menggunakan sistem biometrik yang kini diguna pakai ke atas warga asing.

Kementerian Dalam Negeri dilaporkan telah memulakan program pemutihan dan pengampunan terhadap hampir dua juta pendatang asing tanpa izin di negara ini mulai 1 Julai lalu.

Objektif pemutihan itu adalah untuk mengumpul data pendatang asing tanpa izin di negara ini termasuk berapa ramai yang bekerja dalam sektor yang dibenarkan mengambil pekerja asing dan memberi peluang kepada pendatang asing tanpa izin untuk pulang ke negara asal tanpa dikenakan tindakan tetapi terhad kepada tempoh yang dibenarkan.

Dan tempoh terakhir bagi warga asing untuk mendaftar ialah pada 31 Julai 2011.

Memandangkan sehingga hampir ke tarikh 31 Julai hanya sekitar lebih kurang 300,000 orang PATI yang mendaftar dan ianya jauh tersasar dari sasaran iaitu 2,000,000 orang PATI.

Tanpa memberikan sebarang alasan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein mengumumkan proses Pendaftaran Biometrik bagi pekerja asing tersebut telah dilanjutkan ke satu tarikh yang akan ditentukan kelak.

Apa yang terlalu penting bagi UMNO/BN dalam hal pendaftaran Pendatang Tanpa Izin ini hingga membuatkan mereka sanggup melanjutkan tempoh akhir pendaftaran tersebut, sedangkan sebelum ini Hishamuddin telah berkata pendaftaran ini akan dapat menyelesaikan masalah pendatang asing tanpa izin, di samping menangani jenayah merentas sempadan dengan membendung kegiatan haram termasuk penyeludupan dan pemerdagangan manusia.

Tidakkah melanjutkan tempoh pendaftaran ini akan memberikan lebih masa bagi aktiviti jenayah merentas sempadan seperti yang Hishamuddin katakana diatas?

Kelihatan juga ianya lebih penting dari mengistiharkan pendapatan tahunan kepada Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri kerana tarikh akhir bagi menyerahkan penyata pendapatan yang menjadi sumber kewangan Negara tidak pernah dilanjutkan sepertimana proses pendaftaran PATI ini dilanjutkan.

Ahli parlimen Pokok Sena, Mahfuz Omar, yang mempertikaikan cadangan penggunaan system Biometrik ini berkata penggunaan system ini adalah cara bagaimana untuk menghalalkan pendatang asing mengundi pada pilihan raya akan datang.

"Sebab mereka dalam usaha memberikan taraf kerakyatan kepada sebabahagian besar pendatang asing dan akhirnya mereka memberi kad pengenalan dan borang akaun bersumpah kepada warga asing ini untuk menyokong BN dalam pilihan raya akan datang," kata Mahfuz.

Samada benar atau tidak dakwaan Mahfuz itu, cuba perhatikan nama-nama yang tersenarai jika nombor-nombor MyKad yang disenaraikan dibawah disemak di SEMAKAN DAFTAR PEMILIH SPR..

Nama-nama yang jelas bagi kita adalah nama warga asing yang kini boleh mengundi di kawasan Parlimen Hulu Langat, antaranya..

Kredit: www.malaysia-today.net

Isnin, 1 Ogos 2011

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