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- Tribute to Aleesha (alias Ashraf)
- Taib Paid Out $5 Million To Attack Sarawak Report! – International Expose
- Misteri gentar mempertahankan 1 Malaysia
| Tribute to Aleesha (alias Ashraf) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 04:48 PM PDT That's when I realised how important gender recognition and acceptance was for her, and how without it, life was not worth living. I had this strange fear that she was going to take her own life. Of course, the hospital and doctors now tell us she died of a heart problem and low blood pressure. It would not be proper for me to think otherwise. We as a nation must not let her death go to waste, for we can learn something from this tragic loss of life. If we do nothing, then more lives will be wasted, and more families will be heartbroken or will suffer in silence. Questions about sexuality, gender, belief, faith and personal freedom are important matters to the individuals concerned. To many of us, they constitute the core of our existence. That's why the Government (and that includes the Ministers, the Registration Department, religious authorities and judges) should handle these issues with care and gentle consideration. I know it's difficult for this Government to be gentle and respectful of minorities, or anyone different. They have begun to believe their own spin: that they are the great protectors of the religion, race and general wellbeing of the Malays. They have taken it upon themselves to decide for the Malays (who are by law Muslims) everything under the sun, big and small. For example, if the Malays want to sell a piece of property, chances are the Menteri Besar and his Exco have to approve the transaction. I tried to sell a small shop lot after owning the property for four years,but my application was rejected. Maybe one day during a recession when prices have gone south, I will finally get the approval to sell from these great protectors of my race. It seems that as a Malay, I am not considered fit enough to decide when I can sell my own property. I am not fit to take advantage of the market situation. I must be really incapable and weak, like a walking handicap. My rights as a property owner are restricted, but the Government will say it's for my own good. I apologise for the digression, but this same lack of recognition of our right to choose is reflected in Aleesha's case. In future, if a Malay says she is a woman, whether by birth or by biological transformation in adult life (and scientifically or by hormonal testing one can easily establish that assertion to be largely correct), then I hope the Registration Department will just accept that fact. Why is the Department so interested in denying her proper identity?
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| Taib Paid Out $5 Million To Attack Sarawak Report! – International Expose Posted: 01 Aug 2011 04:02 PM PDT We can expose FBC Media, a TV production company which doubles as a "strategic communications" firm, for conducting an illicit scam over the past decade, secretly selling slots across a number of supposedly impartial TV news programmes to promote its international clients, including Najib Razak and Taib Mahmud. The practice, which is designed to deceive hundreds of millions of TV viewers, has netted the company tens of millions of dollars, providing characters like Taib Mahmud with positive publicity on prime international TV shows. It is all paid for, of course, by their own taxpayers, whom they are also seeking to dupe and impress. Our evidence further shows that FBC Media are also linked to the vicious online blogging campaigns in the US which have defamed both Anwar Ibrahim and Sarawak Report over the past months [see Sarawak Reports Dirty Tricks Coverage]. Top global TV stations in trouble Our in-depth investigation into the scandal implicates some of the world's most prestigious broadcasting networks, including CNBC, CNN and even BBC World, which is supported by the British government. All these stations have carried programmes made by FBC Media, containing items promoting their multi-million dollar PR clients. Allowing characters like Taib Mahmud to buy positive coverage on editorial news shows is rightly banned under broadcasting laws and it is those broadcasting companies themselves that hold ultimate legal responsibility for all the content they put out.
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| Misteri gentar mempertahankan 1 Malaysia Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:21 PM PDT Maka, mana mungkin sesiapa gentar mempertahankan 1 Malaysia? Mungkin kita jadi gentar sebab orang UMNO , parti yang di ketuai oleh PM kita, mengalami tekanan kelam kabut serta tidak karuan fikiran mereka. Bayangkan, semenjak 1981 dan berkemuncak pula dari 1988 apabila UMNO baru di ujudkan, orang UMNO hanya ada satu sahaja paradigm- iaitu bercakap segala gala nya dari sudut kepentingan orang Melayu. Tiba tiba, tahun 2010, setelah lebh 30 tahun bercakap dari sudut Melayu sentrik, orang UMNO di suruh bercakap mengenai 1 Malaysia. Bagaimana mereka tidak bercelalru fikiran? Selama ini mereka hanya tahu bercakap serta beroperasi atas landasan pro- perkauman, Najib pula suruh mereka cakap tidak perkauman. Sebab itu, ketika selesai Perhimpunan Agung UMNO tahun lalu, saya melihat para perwakilan semua menolak idea idea besar Najib. Secara keseluruhan idea Najib mengenai 1 Malaysia, mengenai transformasi ekonomi, mengenai segala nya lah, di tolak. Namun, akhbar arus perdana tidak menghuraikan perkara ini. Maka elok pula saya mengingatkan nya. Bila Najib cakap mengenai 1 Malaysia, perwakilan bercakap mengenai ketuanan Melayu atau Melayu di dahulukan. Apakala Najib bercakap mengenai transformasi ekonomi, para perwakilan mendesak dasar ala DEB di kembalikan. Akhirnya, modal untuk Najib mempertahankan diri ialah mengistiharkan bahawa dia anak Tun Razak. Yang ini, tentulah tidak ada orang boleh nafikan. Tapi apakah penilaian kita apabila seseorang hanya boleh mempertahankan diri nya, dengan resort kepada mengingatkan perwakilan bahawa dia anak Tun Razak? Kepada saya itu sudah jelas menunjukkan Najib tidak terdaya mempertahankan idea idea besar nya atas dasar merit. Jadi deep down orang Melayu curiga dengan wawasan Najib. Setelah 30 tahun bercakap dan menghidupkan cita cita Melayu Raya dalam segala aspek kehidupan, kita di kehendaki mengubah haluan. Sampai bila bila pun, matlamat dan agenda orang Melayu tidak akan dapat di capai dan ianya akan di tunda untuk jangka waktu yang tidak dapat di tentukan. Keadaan yang melanda orang Melayu hari ini, terutama nya orang UMNO tidak ubah seperti orang yang baru hendak belajar solat dan puasa. Seorang ustaz bertanya pada sahabat nya, wok weh, mengapa kamu tidak berpuasa, maka sahabat nya menjawab, bagaimana mahu puasa sedangkan aku tidak sembahyang. Bukan kah ulamak mengingatkan kita, kalau kita puasa tapi tidak sembahyang, maka puasa kita jadi sia sia kerana yang kita dapat ialah berlapar.
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