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- Show some decorum, DAP Johor tells PKR
- What happened to MACC probe on Taib?
- PKR, DAP tussle over Gelang Patah
- Six questions to Dr M over Merdeka denial
- PM hopes ‘world’s best medical curriculum’ will halt brain drain
- ‘Don’t compromise on Sabah’s history’
- Pakatan in final lap of Selangor seat talks
- Stop feigning ignorance over prepaid phone tax, PAS tells Najib
- Top court says Lingam video RCI findings ‘cannot be reviewed’
| Show some decorum, DAP Johor tells PKR Posted: 12 Sep 2011 08:27 PM PDT
PKR deputy chairman taken to task for claiming that the Tangkak state seat was merely 'lent' to the DAP in the 2008 polls. (Free Malaysia Today) - The DAP Youth today said that the impasse over seats negotiations in Johor can be resolved if PKR leaders showed respect and not be abrassive in their approach. Ledang DAP youth chief, Lim Eng Guan, criticised PKR deputy chairman Ng Keng Chuan for for demanding that the DAP 'return' the Tangkak state seat to the party. "Ng said that PKR only 'lent' the Tangkak state seat to DAP in 2008. However, we contested in the seat in four general elections since 1990 except in 2004," said Lim. PKR contested in the seat in 2004 and was defeated by Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate, Yap Chik Dong, with a majority of 4,927 votes. DAP contested the seat in the 2008 and was also defeated by BN candidate Goh Tee Tee with a razor thin majority of 295 votes. Both PKR and DAP have been at loggerheads over seats allocation, among them are the Gelang Patah parliamentary seat and the Tangkak, Johor Jaya, Stulang and Skudai state seats. Johor DAP chief, Dr Boo Cheng Hau, accused Johor PKR chief Chua Jui Meng of being rude in his attempts to secure the seats for his party. Chua using BN tactics Boo said Chua was resorting to BN styled-racist techniques to wrest the Gelang Patah seat from DAP. Lim reminded Ng that at a dinner event organised by PKR Tangkak in 2009, the latter made an open statement that the Tangkak state seat will be contested on a 'rotational' way.
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| What happened to MACC probe on Taib? Posted: 12 Sep 2011 05:44 PM PDT
Sarawak opposition believes that Taib Mahmud must clear his name in view of the latest German investigation into his family-linked business dealings. (Free Malaysia Today) - The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) must release immediately details of its investigation into Chief Minister Taib Mahmud's alleged abuse of power and corruption. The call comes on the heels of reports that the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has launched investigations into Deutsche Bank on account of its business relations with Taib's family. Calling for an update on the MACC probe, Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian asked: "What has happened to the investigation? We want to know the status of the investigations…" "This is very important in view of the latest allegation against the chief minister of money laundering." Following several MACC reports lodged against Taib by PKR leaders and others, the MACC announced that it was investigating all reports made against Taib. The announcement, made on April 3, 2011 and before the state election, was apparently aimed at "appeasing" voters after opposition began flogging the issue. But little has been heard from MACC since despite demands by the opposition. "We are concerned with the results of the investigations. The MACC must be serious about it. "I hope the MACC will not wait until the next general election to make another announcement. Such an announcement will smell of a political agenda of the commission," he added. Freeze Taib's assets Welcoming BaFin's move, Baru also urged other countries to follow suit and pursue their investigations very aggressively and seriously. The countries he referred to include the US, Canada, Britain and Australia where Taib and his family have properties worth several billions of ringgit. The Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), which has been in the forefront against Taib and his family for abuse of power, corruption and money laundering, comfirmed the BaFin report and urged the German authorities to freeze Taib's assets in Germany. Since 2004, Deutsche Bank has processed transactions worth several hundred million of euros for the Sarawak government and is engaged in a joint venture in Malaysia with the Cahaya Mata Sarawak Company (CMS) which is controlled by the Taib family. CMS and Deutsche Bank are the principal shareholders of the finance company K & N Kenanga Holdings based in Kuala Lumpur with its subsidiary Kenanga Deutsche Futures, an accredited broker at the Malaysian stock exchange.
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| PKR, DAP tussle over Gelang Patah Posted: 12 Sep 2011 05:38 PM PDT
Parliamentary seat is rightfully ours and Chua Jui Meng's insistence that PKR contest it is unreasonable, says Johor DAP chief. (Free Malaysia Today) - Johor DAP chief Dr Boo Cheng Hau today said that seat negotiations with Johor Pakatan has stalled following PKR's insistence that it contests the Gelang Patah parliamentary seat. Boo said that the DAP was best suited to stand in the seat due to the number of votes the party received in 2008, which was much higher than PKR. "Statistics showed that combined DAP votes received in Skudai state constituency and PAS in Nusajaya surpassed PKR's total votes received for Gelang Patah in the 2008 general election. "Pakatan may have captured the Gelang Patah seat in 2008 if it had been contested by the DAP, instead of PKR," said Boo, who added that the seat was originally a DAP seat. "Gelang Patah was contested by the late Abdul Razak Ahmad from PRM in 1995, but he agreed to a rotational arrangement and let DAP contest it in 1999, and it was reverted to PKR in 2004. "But PKR refused to honour the deal between DAP and the late Razak Ahmad giving the excuse that Razak Ahmad was no longer around to testify to the deal," he added. Gelang Patah is made up of 54% Chinese, 12% Indian and 33% Malay voters. Boo, who is also Skudai assemblyman, said Johor PKR deputy secretary general Steven Choong's statement that he (Boo) had been rude in his tweets towards PKR, could easily be misinterpreted negatively by anyone not privy to the details of the arrangment.
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| Six questions to Dr M over Merdeka denial Posted: 12 Sep 2011 12:31 PM PDT (Harakah Daily) - Dr Mahathir Mohamad's remark backing a statement by pro-UMNO academic Dr Zainal Kling that Malaya had never been colonised has prompted Johor PAS Youth chief Suhaizan Kaiat to pose six questions to the former strongman.Suhaizan said Dr Mahathir's comments only confirmed the fact that the British then was more powerful than the Sultans before August 31, 1957. "Johor PAS Youth representing the Malaysian youth want clarification from Dr Mahathir and other academicians to these questions," he added. The six questions to Dr Mahathir are: 1. Who was the government prior to August 31, 1957? The Sultan or the British? 2. To whom people in Malaya during this period were told to be loyal to? 3. What is your perception about Tok Janggut, who killed the police which also comprised of Malay Muslims, when he attacked government interests in Kota Bharu in 1915? 4. How about Malay Muslim officers who fought with their lives protecting the government of that time? 5. Was there government propaganda before 31 August 1957 to depict those who fought against the government of that time as having betrayed the Sultans? 6. Is it wrong to regard UMNO as the 'golden child' as they had not been subjected to any ban by the government during the 1948 emergency, when other groups were banned? READ MORE HERE. |
| PM hopes ‘world’s best medical curriculum’ will halt brain drain Posted: 12 Sep 2011 12:26 PM PDT By Martin Cavarlho, The Star SERDANG: It is hoped the newly-opened Perdana University, a collaboration with two renowned international medical universities, will prevent a brain drain of top medical graduates. "I hope the chance to study the best medical curriculum in the world will encourage more of our country's top graduates to stay at home," said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Perdana University is a joint effort with the Johns Hopkins University and the Royal College of Surgeons. It will be the first teaching medical school for the country. He said the collaboration with the world renowned US and Irish medical universities would help establish the university as a world-class education research healthcare hub. "This new university, a far-sighted collaboration between the Government's Public-Private Unit and the corporate sector, is something of a landmark for Malaysia," Najib said when officiating the university yesterday. He also announced that the Government would provide a significant number of scholarships to Malaysians selected to pursue their medical training at the university. The university saw the first intake of 30 medical students yesterday from Johns Hopkins, with another 75 students from the Royal College of Surgeons. Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was installed as the university's first Chancellor. Later, at a press conference, the university's chief executive Datuk Dr R. Mohanadas said the Public Service Department would provide scholarships to 50% of local students selected to study at the university. "Some 90% of students will be locals," he said. The RM2.5bil university with its 600-bed hospital will be fully operational by 2014 and have 1,000 students.
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| ‘Don’t compromise on Sabah’s history’ Posted: 12 Sep 2011 12:19 PM PDT (FMT) - SIPITANG: Sabahans have been urged not to compromise on the representation and the teaching of history, especially in regards to facts concerning Sabah. According to opposition Sabah Progressive Peoples Party (SAPP) the 'creative' representation of history had denied people their 'rightful' place. "Understanding history is never a futile exercise or a waste of time. Those who deny their history, deny their future and who are we to deny our children from their own future…," said SAPP deputy Amde Sidik "Over-stretching creative history has denied others of their place in history and took their sensitivities for granted. "And this can lead to discrimination and disenfranchisement of the identity, tradition, and culture and undermine the system of values in the segments of societies. "As the result, instead of forging unity, it has created cleavages amongst the people," he told a Hari Raya gathering here recently," he said. Sabahans were not told Amde was responding to recent headlines in Sabah in relation to the formation of Malaysia. According to him, the decision to make 1957 as the starting point of Malaysia anniversary was never agreed upon by past leaders. "If such a decision was made, then the people of Sabah must be duly informed and such decision should be made a public record. "The controversy over the Malaysia anniversary reflects the cause of divergence between the Borneo states and Malaya. "Is Malaysia 48 years old or 54 years old?" he questioned. He said Malaysia did not exist in 1957 when the Federation of Malaya achieved its independence from the British. "The government-controlled mass media blatantly claim that Malaysia is 54-years-old but to the people from the Borneo states Malaysia is only 48-years-old. "It shows Malaya is insensitive towards the feelings of the people in the Borneo states. |
| Pakatan in final lap of Selangor seat talks Posted: 12 Sep 2011 12:12 PM PDT
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid, FMT KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Rakyat is close to finalising its allocation of Selangor seats among component parties in preparation for the coming general election, according to DAP publicity chief Tony Pua. "All smooth, barring three or four seats possibly being rotated, but that's optional," he said on the ongoing negotiations. Pua is a member of Pakatan's seat allocation committee. The "three or four seats" that he spoke about are those that Pakatan lost in the 2008 general election. He said Pakatan might maintain the 2008 arrangement for these seats or allow swaps among the component parties. However, a PKR source said swaps of other seats might also be allowed although the negotiations are guided by the principle that a party should keep the seats it won in the last election. This was confirmed by DAP's Lau Weng San, the state assemblyman for Kampung Tunku. Lau also told FMT that "five to six" seats remained on the negotiating table. "But the seat talks in Selangor are way milder compared to other states," he said, probably referring to Johor, Pahang, Sarawak and Perak. A Pakatan official described negotiations in the four states as "frustrating". Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has been candid about his do-or-die intention to recapture Selangor for Barisan Nasional. He is BN's liaison chief for the state, which is Malaysia's most developed.
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| Stop feigning ignorance over prepaid phone tax, PAS tells Najib Posted: 12 Sep 2011 11:54 AM PDT
(The Malaysian Insider) - KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — PAS has told Datuk Seri Najib Razak to stop pleading ignorance over the six per cent service tax imposed on prepaid mobile users, saying the telcos were just implementing the Budget 2011 tabled last year. The service tax of five per cent was imposed since 1998 to all mobile phone service providers but Najib, who is Finance Minister, raised the tax to six per cent in the Budget proposals for this year. "The telcos only implemented the budget presented by Najib for 2011. When they start to implement it, Najib blames the telcos, to portray himself as a caring leader ahead of the general election," said Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, who heads PAS's Research Centre. The telcos had been absorbing the tax to grow the mobile phone service which now has nearly 28 million subscribers but agreed to pass on the tax effective September 15. However, the companies have decided to defer the tax again following a public outcry and a government request. Najib had urged the companies to review the decision, which he said had nothing to do with the government. PAS's vice-president Mahfuz Omar, who leads anti-price hike movement Protes BN, said the telcos were only shifting the burden of the government-imposed tax to consumers. He said not only the Telcos should stop charging consumers, the government must also abolish the tax.
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| Top court says Lingam video RCI findings ‘cannot be reviewed’ Posted: 12 Sep 2011 11:38 AM PDT (The Malaysian Insider) - PUTRAJAYA, Sept 13 — The Federal Court ruled today that the findings of the royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into the controversial V.K. Lingam video clip cannot be reviewed as the commissioners merely made findings and it was not a decision. Lawyer Datuk V.K. Lingam wanted the Court of Appeal to review the RCI's findings that he had committed criminal misbehaviour which, he said, was a grave attack on his reputation, and that he had been adversely affected. The senior lawyer argued that although he had not been prosecuted, his reputation had been gravely tarnished and injured, and that it was his fundamental right under the Federal Constitution to safeguard his reputation. Justice Raus Sharif ruled that Lingam and two former chief justices were not adversely affected by the findings of the commission. Sitting with Raus, who is Court of Appeal president, were Chief Judge of Malaya Justice Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, who chaired the three-man panel, and Federal Court judge Justice Abdull Hamid Embong. On February 7, then-Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff, leading a three-man panel of the Federal Court, unanimously ruled that the question of law posed by the commission for determination of the Federal Court was a novel one and of public interest. He said the commission had met the requirements of section 96 of the Courts of Judicature Act and granted leave to the commission to appeal on one question of law, that is on whether its (commission) findings under section 3 of the Commission of Enquiry Act 1950 were reviewable by way of judicial review. The other members of the panel were Zulkefli and Abdull Embong. On August 24 last year, the appellate court, in a 2-1 majority decision, allowed the appeal brought by Lingam and former Chief Justices Tun Eusoff Chin and Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim to set aside the High Court's refusal to grant leave for their applications for judicial review to quash the commission's findings.
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