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- Suaram-funding NGO link to Soros probed
- Up to police to investigate gun incident, says Anwar
- PAS Syura Council not likely to fire Nasha
- DAP worried of BN rage if defeated at polls
| Suaram-funding NGO link to Soros probed Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:39 PM PDT
(NST) - The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry is investigating whether an American non-governmental organisation allegedly funding Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) is linked to currency speculator George Soros, Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today. He said the NGO was one of two based in the United States allegedly contributing a huge amount of funds to Suaram. The ministry was carrying out the investigation through the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM), he said after opening the Rasah Umno Division delegates meeting here. Ismail Sabri asked Bank Negara to investigate the matter under the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001. He also asked the Home Ministry and the Registrar of Societies to determine the status of Suaram. |
| Up to police to investigate gun incident, says Anwar Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:31 PM PDT
Lisa J. Ariffin, The Malaysian Insider Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will leave it to the authorities to investigate claims that his bodyguard drew a firearm and pointed it at Barisan Nasional (BN) supporters in Kampung Baru Rim, Malacca yesterday. The opposition leader said today he will leave it to police to "establish whether the security behaved in self-defence and according to SOP (standard operating procedures)". "Whether he did it in self-defence or followed SOP that is for the police to investigate. They (the bodyguards) all have permits anyway," he told reporters today during Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar's Hari Raya open house here. Anwar had claimed that the bus, in which he was travelling for PKR's Jelajah Merdeka Rakyat programme, was attacked by a group he believed to be Umno Youth members. Plainclothes policemen detained the 37-year-old bodyguard at the scene when the incident took place at 3.15pm. Police and Special Branch officers were there to observe the event. Local media reports said the bus in which Anwar was travelling was stopped by some youth who wanted to prevent them from entering the venue for the programme. The bodyguard alighted from a car near the bus and pointed the firearm at the youth. Anwar said it was deplorable that none of the youth who attacked his bus were arrested. "The fact that none of the Umno fellas were arrested is shocking," he said. "This shows how incompetent and how irresponsible Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the Home Minister (Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein) are," he said. "These hooligans are supported by Najib and (Hishammuddin)," he claimed. Anwar then said he had video and photographic evidence of the group attacking his entourage. At least four police reports were lodged by members of Jasin Umno Youth and the Belia 4B movement over the incident. State police chief Datuk Chuah Ghee Lye said the bodyguard has been detained for questioning. "Let us investigate the matter first as it is still premature to determine if the man had actually pointed the weapon at the public, or he was just brandishing it as an act of protecting someone. He could have taken out the gun and accidentally showed it to the people gathered there," he was quoted as saying by the New Sunday Times.
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| PAS Syura Council not likely to fire Nasha Posted: 08 Sep 2012 02:29 PM PDT
(The Star) - Certain groups in PAS who are eager to see Bachok MP Nasharudin Mat Isa sacked are likely to be disappointed today. Chances of Nasharudin being sacked are slim as even the party's central committee would not put any pressure on the Syura Council to act against the PAS former deputy president. There have been calls within PAS for Nasharuddin to be sacked after suggesting that PAS should review its position in Pakatan Rakyat in view of an impasse over hudud. PAS secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali confirmed yesterday that the central committee would not discuss the matter during its meeting this morning. "We will not discuss the matter at all. We will leave it entirely to the Syura Council as Nasharudin is a member of the council," said Mustafa, adding that the Syura Council meeting was scheduled to be held tonight. Mustafa said this when asked to comment on talks that the central committee would put pressure on the Syura Council to take stern action against Nasharudin for airing views against the interest of Pakatan Rakyat. Syura Council deputy chief Datuk Dr Harun Din also affirmed that there were no special agenda to discuss the issue. "However, we do not know what will transpire at the meeting," he said. The 15-member Syura Council headed by PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat is the highest body in the organisation that deliberates on policy matters. Ulama chief Datuk Harun Taib, who is also a Syura Council member, said the party needed intellectuals like Nasharudin.
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| DAP worried of BN rage if defeated at polls Posted: 08 Sep 2012 02:17 PM PDT
If the voters choose Pakatan in the 13th GE, will BN make a public statement that it will respect the decision with peace and harmony through democracy, asks Lim Kit Siang. Azman Habu, FMT TAWAU: A general sense of unease is rising in the Pakatan Rakyat camp that the Umno-led Barisan Nasional coalition government will not easily vacate Putrajaya if Malaysians vote to change the government in the coming elections. Currently riding high on a wave of dissatisfaction over the performance of the national coalition government due to a series of scandals over the last 50 years of its rule, Pakatan believes this is no guarantee that the transition will be smooth. Pakatan leaders see the long drawn out indecision by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's government to set a date for general election that must be called by the first quarter of next year as indications of trepidation within the BN about going to the polls. DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang voiced the worry during the party's statewide public hearing on 'Janji Ditepati' (promises fulfilled) theme that the BN opted for as its Merdeka Day celebration mantra in a bid to stem criticism of wastefulness and inefficiency in its unbroken half century in power. The veteran opposition leader wants a guarantee from Najib and former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who still wields immense influence in the government, that there will be no disturbances if the opposition wins the 13th general election. Political pundits see the former prime minister to be steering his son Mukhriz towards the prime minister's job and in the process ensure his legacy remains untouched. BN government stalwarts have taken to deriding and intimidating the opposition and its supporters by using the legal system to carry out a campaign to smear and silence detractors. Generous budget handouts, the repeal of widely condemned laws limiting freedom of assembly and the press have been replaced by equally severe laws.
Lim sees these government tactics as signs that a BN defeat at the polls will be met with resistance.
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