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- From the team of 15 Malaysia: UndiLah Launching at 16th Sept 2011
- Snap Elections - Right At The Door Steps
- That Effing Show #64: Sejarah Malaysia Revisited
- Malaysian Scorpene Submarine Corruption Case Legal Briefing
| From the team of 15 Malaysia: UndiLah Launching at 16th Sept 2011 Posted: 14 Sep 2011 11:10 PM PDT JhlyvlstcM8 From the Team that brought you '15Malaysia' and 'HereInMyHome', brings you 'UndiLah', a Pete Teo PSA music video promoting the Rakyat's right to vote. Again, we have done an independent, bi-partisan and ZERO-budget production involving over 180 people including common folks, politicians from all parties, athletes, entrepreneur, musicians, actor/actress and a Star War character.Song performed by Afdlin Shauki, Namewee, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, and names like Pete Teo, Lee Chung Wei, Wee Ka Siong, Tony Pua, Nurul Izzah Anwar, Tony Fernandes, Lai Meng, Jehan Miskin and many more are among some of the volunteers that contributed to the success of the project. Again, this By Malaysians, Of Malaysians, For Malaysians Music Video is up for FREE DOWNLOAD through its official website www.undilah.com <http://www.undilah.com/> and the music video will be released at the strike of midnight of our Malaysia Day, 16th Sept 2011. Official Website: www.undilah.com <http://www.undilah.com/> Please help us to spread the news or contribute in any way you can. Lastly, thank you for your interest and please help engage Malaysians to claim our ownership of this lovely country. Yours truly, Albert Law Producer of 'UndiLah' |
| Snap Elections - Right At The Door Steps Posted: 14 Sep 2011 11:00 PM PDT By XGeneration-Harapan Could it be that PM Najib is going to announce the immediate dissolution of parliament leading to snap polls tonight afer announcing some much awaited news of the relaxation on curbs on a host of civil liberties and maybe some further goodies for the rakyat? If he really does that, I bet that this is going to catch all the opposition figures in a real surprise move but if you look from his angle, isn't this a fantastic move? By what he is going to do, he doesn't even need to answer to Bersih or PAS, the missing clone voters, the controversial church raid etc. Just by one smart move, he now can solve all his headaches of having to give solutions on how to tackle the problem of bringing prices of daily consumerable (edible & non-edible) down. Once and for all, he doesn't need to worry about the difficulties in finding safe seats for MCA and Gerakan. By doing this, he basically is able to outsmart Anwar on his current court case whereby there is a strong possibility that Annuar could overturn the verdict and thus turning the tables on his accuser and those behind it. This will have a lot of repercussions and as a result putting the government in a worrisome and embarrassing situation. By having an election now, it will also potentially give a new lease of life to Sarawak CM Abu Taib Mahmud who is facing imminent MACC as well as some other foreign government probe against his finances as well as having to face all the NCR cases that are coming up ever so often and deals a very hard blow against his reputation and creating an unstable govt. Then again what about all the controversial cases that are pilling up against our AG Abdul Gani Patail as reported by RPK and other prominent Malaysian personalities, how long can he repulse these accusations and attacks as so far all he could do was to keep mum? Do you really think that dealing with such serious accusations, you can just hide in a corner? If ever they are successful in bringing the AG down, you can imagine how big a can of worms they would have opened at the expense of Najib? It is going to be a mouthful! If after hearing all these "favorable" news, you are still not convinced, then you better tell me when would be an even more opportune time to call for snap elections? Look at what is happening to our so-called formidable opposition. They can't even unite for one moment "to win the war for once" but have to fight over each other's dead body just to secure a seat during the present Pakatan Rakyat's seat allocation exercise. And it is as if the party is not hot enough, we now are joined by HRP openly demanding 23 seats from PR! Oh my dear Malaysians brothers and sisters, if this is not the best moment to strike, when do you think is an even better timing? Then again do you remember that the JAIS report to be given to the MB of Selangor has intentionally been delayed for one month? Everything cannot be so coincidental. Don't you agree that it is a nice question to ask oneself? Why did JAIS ask for one month grace? Now see if I can answer it. If they were to submit a report to the MB and if it comes out to be something very negative about the Christians which in this case they are going against the National Christian Body and not just against one single church itself, do you think Najib would allow such an ugly incident to take place? Of course not! So by postponing it by one month, by the time the report is allowed to surface, Najib would have already announced the dissolution of Parliament. And as he already knows it at the back of his palm that basically most non-Malays regardless of them being Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs etc are not likely to support BN, then what does he have to lose if let's say all the Christians do not support him? But if the report comes out timely and poisonous enough, he would have reaped what he wants and that is the Malays. They would be furious with what they read from the report and thereafter this will create a deafening ballistic result on the Malay parties who are deemed to be working hand in glove with these so-called "ungrateful" Christians Friends. In politics, winning the game is all about timing and how deep you are willing to stab. Other than the situation being totally murky where politics are concerned, we must also remind ourselves that it is already well accepted that there is currently huge pessimism on the world financial situation with the economy of some of the "rock solid" financially strong countries in the world going on the slide with high worrisome unemployment figures rising unabated, and also with crude oil price dropping and is expected to drop more in the foreseeable future (it has dropped quite substantially over the last 6 months), coupled with so much negative news of our beloved country's finances being sucked dry through so many scandals, PKFZ, MAS, Bakun Dam, Project MRT etc, etc, can someone tell me that my guess is totally out if I stick my neck out to put a bet on Najib that he will certainly think he will never get another better moment! I do hope that whatever I imagined above is wrong for if I am right, then I cannot imagine the consequences! Only God Can Save Malaysia!
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| That Effing Show #64: Sejarah Malaysia Revisited Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:59 PM PDT Hallelujah boys and girls. Have you heard the good news? The best and brightest minds in Malaysia have come together in the form of a Majlis Professor Negara and announced that this land of ours was never conquered by those tea drinking pale faced limeys but was merely a protectorate. Confused? Well so are we. What does it mean? Does it mean we have to rewrite all of our history books? Does it mean that this post-colonial hangover we've been suffering for the last 54 years was nothing more than a hallucination? And the most important question on every woman's mind. What's going to happen to Farish Noor? As it is Malaysia Day, (Happy Malaysia Day btw!) we at That Effing Show have decided to delve a little deeper into this latest revelation. We've done the research. We've pointed and laughed. We're doing all the work so you don't have to. Click! http://yumm.my/oYnRSq
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| Malaysian Scorpene Submarine Corruption Case Legal Briefing Posted: 14 Sep 2011 05:48 PM PDT
The Solicitors International Human Right's Group (SIHRG) and Malaysian Human Rights NGO (SUARAM) will be hosting a briefing and fund raising event in relation to the French Scorpene submarine deal in which French giant shipbuilder DCNS is alleged to have paid millions of Euros in kickbacks to top Malaysian officials. Joseph Breham, a renowned French lawyer from Sherpa, a non-profit organisation dealing with human rights legal issues and Cynthia Gabriel from Suaram will provide up-to-date briefings followed by an open dialogue session. William Bourdon, a colleague of Mr Breham, who is also part of the French legal team, was unfortunately deported by Malaysian authorities in July this year en route to speak at fund raising events in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. Please join us for what is bound to be an interesting and engaging evening. Date : Friday 30th Sept 2011 Venue : Lecture theatre BPP Law School, 68-70 Red Lion Street, London WC1R 4NY Time : Registration : 6pm Briefing and Dialogue Panel : 6.30pm-8.00pm A nasi lemak supper will be on sale at the venue. All proceeds will go towards the legal fund. Admission is free but donations towards the legal case are welcome. Please register at http://malaysianscorpenesubmarinecorruptioncaselegalbrief.eventbrite.com/ For further details pertaining to the case please see below: Briefing on the Scorpene Submarine Case Chronology: 5 June 2002: Malaysian Government signed an agreement with French DCNS and Spainish Navantia for the procurement of two (2) Scorpene class submarines. The procurement contract was through direct negotiation with the manufacturing companies, said to be with the service of Perimekar Sdn Bhd. According to the Government explanation, the contract was divided into two parts: a. Cost of two Scorpene submarines together with the package that covers Integrated Logistic Support and training amounted to Euro 969.15m (however on 14 May 2008, Najib told the Parliament that this part cost Euro 999.15) b. Payment to Perimekar Sdn Bhd in the name of "coordination services" for a period of six years, the sum was Euro 114.96m It is widely believed that payment for the second package was in reality the commission for Najib/Rosmah through Razak Baginda as the owner of Perimekar. With the exchange rate at the time, the cost was equivalent to: 1) Payment for submarine cost between: RM 2.14b (Euro=RM3.2 in 2002) – RM 5.43b (Euro=RM5.6 in 2008) (nowEuro=RM4.7) 2) Commission: probably about RM 540m (exchange rate at the time of payment) 26 July 2006: Royal Malaysian Navy announced these vessels will be named after the first and second prime ministers. The first hull will be named KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and the second hull KD Tun Razak. 24 Oct 2007: The first vessel, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman was launched by then Defence Minister Najib on at the DCNS dockyard, Cherbourg, France. (According to Sharribuu, Altantuya was in France with Najib during the launch) 3 Sept 2009: The first Scorpene submarine KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, arrived at a Port Klang naval base after a 54-day voyage from France. The second of the series, KD Tun Razak, is scheduled for delivery in late 2009. However it only arrived in mid 2010. 10 Feb 2009: It was reported that KD Tunku Abdul Rahman could not dive due to technical faults. The Navy sources admitted that the defect had prevented it from diving for three months. However the Government claimed that the problem was fixed in early February and it was allowed to undergo tropical water trial since then. As a result, builder DCNS SA extended the warranty for the submarine, which was supposed to expire on 25 January 2010, until May 2010 so the submarine could complete its trials as the first step to obtaining its Initial Operational Capability (IOC). 25 May 2010: KD Tunku Abdul Rahman warranty expired. 2 July 2010: KD Tun Razak, the second Scorpene submarine, arrived at the Lumut RMN Base. It was more than 6 months behind schedule. 7 July 2010: Marhalim Abas of the Malay Mail again reported that Malaysian submarine crews had remained on dry land since the first arrival due to continuous problems of KD Tunku Abdul Rahman; the crews risked to lose their submarine rating for unable to participate any trial dive. Both submarines are now parked at Sabah Sepanggar Naval base, to date neither of them had undergone the necessary tropical water trial dive. What is the actual cost of the Scorpene submarines? Agreement signed with DCNS/Navantia costed Malaysian taxpayer Euro 1.08b (with Euro 114.96m commission for Perimekar). Nonetheless, we later found out that the price did not include many items. What are the missing items that need additional payments? 1. Maintenance services: Malaysian Government had awarded a joint venture Boustead-DCN Bhd (BDCN) as the services provider for the submarine maintenance. Until today the cost had not been finalized. Nonetheless, in June 2009 Boustead Heavy Industries in a statement to Bursa Malaysia informed that the government had expressed an intent to award a contract worth RM600 million to its joint-venture unit for in-service support for submarines. 2. LIMA 2009: Defence Minister announced additional contract worth Euro37.5m (about RM150m) for the supply of Support and Test Equipment (S&TE) for Scorpene submarines. 3. Weapon not included: on 22 June 2010 Defence Minister answered parliament question revealed that the Government has paid Euro219.265m (about RM890m) for 40 units Exocet SM39 missile and 30 units Black Shark torpedo, to be delivered by 2013. 4. Infrastructure for submarine base in Sabah (not yet constructed)? 5. Training for crews, support staff etc. No price yet.
Grand total (rough estimate): Hardware: two Scorpene class submarines RM 5,430m Commission: in the form of services by Perimekar RM 540m Package for simulation and training, S&TE RM 150m Weapons: 40 Exocet missiles and 30 Black Sharp torpedo RM 890m Total: RM 6.98b Maintenance service (under negotiation) RM 270m (first year)/ RM600m (max) Money spent to date RM 7.3b If we add RM600m maintenance RM 7.58b (for 3 years) Uncertain for repair cost to overcome defect RM ???
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