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Expect 'dirtiest elections' in Malaysia: Reform group
Cop's son gunned down by police
Judge ticks off senior cop for putting interest of police before public
Questions over MACC-lawyer link to Bala’s second SD
‘MIC boss deprives 145 Tamil schools of aid’
PSM, PKR at loggerheads in Sg Siput
DAP to field more Malay candidates in GE
Dr M interfered in police probe on Anwar sex scandal, alleges ex-cop
Batu Caves condo: What they’re not telling you
PKR, Umno share same DNA
DAP adopts one candidate-one seat policy
‘DAP not mature enough’
DAP CEC results shows racism: Puad Zarkashi

Expect 'dirtiest elections' in Malaysia: Reform group

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:36 AM PST

(Asia One) - A pressure group calling for free and fair polling in Malaysia warned on Monday that the country could see its "dirtiest elections ever" as it pledged to continue its campaign to prevent cheating.

Poll reform group Bersih, a civil society movement which has twice led tens of thousands to rally for electoral reform, said shortcomings such as errors on the electoral roll had been ignored by the government ahead of elections, to be held before the end of June.

The group said that the task to ensure fair elections now fell to the people and that it would embark on campaigns to boost voter turnout to mitigate fraud, and enlist citizen observers to prevent cheating.

"The 13th general elections will be one of the dirtiest elections ever seen and we should not anticipate any change in the near future," Bersih chairman Ambiga Sreenevasan told a press conference.

The group says that despite government assurances that action has been taken, shortcomings in the electoral process have not been ironed out and that it was yet to decide whether to take to the streets for a third protest in two years.

One of the major points of contention, Ambiga said, was that there was no clear mechanism for opposition parties to access media coverage in the run up to elections, in a country where mainstream media is controlled by the government.

"In the meantime, there are increasing instances of discrepancies on the electoral roll. The Election Commission has shown itself as obstructive and utterly uninterested in implementing the simple reforms needed," she said.

The pressure group is pushing the commission - the government body tasked with managing the polls - to invite international observers to ensure clean a fair vote.

Bersih, which means "clean" in Malay, has emerged as a major force in Malaysian politics.

Its rally in July 2011 was crushed by police who fired tear gas and charged protesters with batons, but the clampdown earned severe public wrath.

The protest was widely seen to have pushed Prime Minister Najib Razak to embark on a campaign to soften authoritarian laws in a bid to gain voter support.

A raft of reforms included the setting up of a parliamentary panel to examine polling issues such as electoral roll irregularities, allowing Malaysians overseas to vote and equal access to the media for all political parties.

But Bersih said the panel's recommendations did not go far enough and held a second rally in April this year.

The government and its Electoral Commission, however, have insisted that the voter list is clean, saying only 0.3 per cent of those named are questionable.

Najib's mandate expires in late April next year and many observers expect a tight contest after the opposition, led by former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, in 2008 handed the ruling coalition its worst poll showing ever.

Cop's son gunned down by police

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:32 AM PST

(The Sun Daily) - The son of a police corporal was shot dead when he tried to attack police detectives in a botched robbery at a 24-hour convenience store in Wangsa Maju early today.

The 19-year-old – with an accomplice – was reported to have held a machete to a worker's neck and demanded the day's takings at the KK store in Taman Sri Rampai at about 4.30am. There were four workers in the store.

Luck ran out for the two robbers when minutes later, a police team patrolling the area arrived at the store. On seeing the detectives, the duo dashed out in an attempt to escape. When they were ordered to surrender, the teenage robber charged with his machete at a detective. The police opened fire, hitting him on the chest. He died on the spot.

The teenager's accomplice, also armed with a machete, was believed to have suffered a gunshot wound, but managed to escape on foot.

Kuala Lumpur deputy CID chief ACP Khairi Ahrasa said police were forced to open fire at the 19-year-old as he had tried to attack a detective.

Investigators believe the duo were involved in another robbery, also at a KK store in Danau Kota, Setapak, a day earlier where they escaped with RM900.

A total of 31 cases involving 24-hour convenience stores were reported in Wangsa Maju since early this year.

In a separate case in Selangor, police solved the Dec 8 murder cum robbery case of a 36-year-old computer engineer with the arrest of five suspects, aged between 17 and 30, in Puchong and Segamat, Johor.

Selangor deputy CID chief ACP Rosli Mohd Isa said in a press conference that other than the five suspects, another five men who bought the stolen items were also held last week.

He added that police recovered several items, including a TV, smartphone and car belonging to the victim and the murder weapon.

Judge ticks off senior cop for putting interest of police before public

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:17 AM PST

(TMI) - Khalid had earlier indicated the possibility that Kugan's body had been tampered with while in the custody of his family members, before it was sent for another autopsy.

A High Court judge berated Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar today for putting the interest of the police ahead of the public when he did not order an investigation into suspicions that the body of detainee A. Kugan had been tampered with before it was sent for a second post-mortem.

Datuk VT Singham, presiding over a RM100 million suit brought by Kugan's mother, N. Indra, against Khalid, had asked the man who was in 2009 the Selangor police chief why he did not order an investigation or propose an inquest since there was a second post mortem report that conflicted with the first.

"So, your evidence is that all the injury on Kugan was caused by someone else? That's your personal view. Why didn't you allow an investigation?

"With respect, it seems you are thinking for the police when the public wanted to know (how Kugan really died). This is a very serious accusation," Singham said.

Khalid had earlier indicated the possibility that Kugan's body had been tampered with while in the custody of his family members, before it was sent for another autopsy.

The Selangor police chief reasoned to the court that this was why the police did not accept the findings of the second post-mortem by the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC).

"There could be something which happened to the body when it was returned to the family and during the funeral procession. We (police) did not follow the body during the procession or when it was with the family and we do not know.

"That is why the police did not comment on or announce the results of the second post-mortem," he said.

Khalid concurred with Kugan's family lawyer, R. Sivarasa, that the first post-mortem had found 22 injuries on the youth's body but noted that the report had also concluded that the cause of death was "fluid in the lungs".

He later agreed that this was the first time he was voicing the police's belief at the time that Kugan's body could have been tampered with, prompting Singham to berate him.

Questions over MACC-lawyer link to Bala’s second SD

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:14 AM PST

Zaid noted the apparent conflict of the lawyer preparing Balasubramaniam's second declaration to also be on the MACC panel that later reviews it. — File pic

(TMI) - The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was today dragged into a row over questions surrounding a lawyer on its operations panel who is alleged to have drafted private investigator P. Balasubramaniam's controversial second sworn statement on the 2006 death of Altantuya Shaariibuu.

Former minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim suggested today that a key member of the MACC's five check-and-balance mechanism responsible for closing the file on the case may have had a direct hand in doing so, fuelling questions on the extent of a possible cover-up into the explosive crime that has put two elite police commandos on death row and sent the private investigator into exile.

The lawyer-turned-politician wrote in his blog that both the Attorney-General and the MACC have "conveniently refused to investigate the allegations made by the private investigator P. Balasubramaniam, who apparently got the information from Abdul Razak Baginda, and whose claims have been corroborated by carpet merchant Deepak Jaikishan".

He reminded Malaysians that Balasubramaniam ― popularly known as PI Bala ― had made a second statutory declaration (SD) cancelling his first sworn statement made a day earlier that the police had suppressed key evidence.

"This second declaration was prepared by a well-known lawyer whom he did not know. Deepak named this famous lawyer in an interview with Harakah.

"If one probes a little further, one will find that the same famous lawyer sits as a member of the MACC's operations review panel," Zaid, a one-time de facto law minister during the Abdullah administration, wrote.

However, he stopped short of naming the lawyer.

"It was this panel that decided there was no evidence to investigate the allegations made by either Bala or Deepak," Zaid added.

Lawyer Americk Singh Sidhu, who represents the private detective now in hiding, told The Malaysian Insider when contacted that Balasubramaniam had never told him the identity of the lawyer as the latter was unaware of the person's occupation.

However, he said the identity of the lawyer could be found out easily from the MACC's website, which lists eight people as members of its Operations Review Panel.

‘MIC boss deprives 145 Tamil schools of aid’

Posted: 17 Dec 2012 01:10 AM PST

(FMT) - A MIC branch leader alleges that G Palanivel altered a Cabinet list on providing funds to partially-aided Tamil schools.

A MIC branch leader has accused party president G Palanivel of depriving 145 partially-aided Tamil schools of allocations this year.

SS2 Tengah MIC branch chairman S Padnmanagan said in February, the Cabinet had approved RM100 million for partially-aided Tamil schools nationwide.

"In the original list presented to the Cabinet in February, it was stated that the money would be channelled to 369 partially-aided Tamil schools nationwide for three categories, namely maintenance and upgrade, building additional blocks and building new schools.

"But in a revision done by MIC in May, the party leadership reduced the number of schools to 224 only. What happened to the rest?" he asked.

Although the number of schools in the list were reduced, the allocation remained at RM100 million.

In the original list, the money divided for the three categories were as follows:

1) Maintenance and upgrade – RM20,200,000

2) Additional blokcs – RM39,800,000

3) New schools – RM40,000.000

But in the revised list, the fund was divided as following:

1) Maintenance and upgrade – RM16,255,000

2) Additional blokcs – RM39,700,000

3) New schools – RM44,045.000

The revised list also showed that a substantial number of partially-aided Tamil schools supposed to receive aid for maintenance and upgrade were reduced.

The schools affected were in Johor (48 to 29), Malacca (11 to 3), Negeri Sembilan (43 to 17), Pahang (23 to 13), Perak (80 to 33), Penang (19 to 8) and Selangor (55 to 29).

Padnmanagan urged Palanivel to explain the matter to the public as many students were affected by this.

He also claimed that the party leadership only took the funds from the government in September, while aid for other vernacular schools were released early this year.

"Palanivel single-handedly deprived allocation for many Tamil schools. I can't blame the party central working committee (CWC) because the party president holds veto power.

"Even if the CWC approves something, the party president has the authority to overule the decision. But how can one man decide the fate of Tamil schools in the nation?" he asked.

PSM, PKR at loggerheads in Sg Siput

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 04:43 PM PST

The two parties are squabbling over the use of PSM logo for the coming general election.

B Nanatha Kumar, FMT

A three-cornered fight is likely for the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat at the upcoming general election.

This is because Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM), which contested the seat at the 2008 general election under the PKR banner, wants to use its own logo to fight for the seat – much to the dismay of PKR.

This infighting between PSM and PKR has brightened MIC's chances of winning back the seat, which it lost at the 2008 general election.

A PKR insider told FMT that the party could field its own candidate at the next general election since PSM had rejected several attempts by PKR to ensure that its logo is used by PSM candidates at the polls.

"It looks like PSM is not keen on contesting under the PKR banner. Instead, it wants to use its own logo at the next election. We are still having discussions with PSM on the matter. If it insists, then we have no choice but to nominate our own candidate.

"PKR fears that the PSM symbol will drive away Malay votes due to its leftist significance," said the source.

PSM is a socialist political party established in 1998. At the 2008 polls, the party contested one parliamentary and three state assembly seats.

Since the party has yet to receive recognition from the Register of Society (ROS), its three candidates contested under the PKR banner while in one state seat (Jelapang, Perak), it contested as an independent.

Jackpot for BN

The party won the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat when its candidate Dr Micheal Jayakumar defeated former MIC president S Samy Vellu. PSM president Dr Nasir Hashim won the Kota Damansara state seat in Selangor.

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 03:25 PM PST

Senator Dr Ariffin S M Omar being interviewed after being picked to be a new DAP vice-chairman.

(fz.com) - DAP will field more Malay candidates at the next general election in a bid to boost its multi-racial appeal as party strategists shrug off criticism of its party polls outcome.

DAP's multi-racial credentials came under attack after none of its eight Malay contestants were voted in to the party's central executive committee (CEC) in yesterday's elections.

DAP election strategist Ong Kian Ming told fz.com that although the uproar could hurt DAP in the short term, public perception on DAP could change once the party unveils its candidate list.

Ong said DAP is "very likely" to field credible Malay candidates to "winnable" seats in Peninsular Malaysia.

At the 2008 general election, DAP fielded two Malay candidates but both were unsuccessful in their bid to be elected.

In Johor, DAP had fielded its long-time member Ahmad Ton in the Tanjong Piai parliamentary and Pekan Nenas state constituencies.

Over in Pahang, the party's then state vice-chairman Abu Bakar Lebai Sudin stood against Wanita MCA chief Datuk Seri Ng Yen Yen for the Raub parliamentary seat.

Ong said almost all of DAP's seats in the peninsula were considered "winnable".

This is because DAP's seats are mostly Chinese-majority seats or have high proportion of Chinese voters, with the exception of Raub.

Dr M interfered in police probe on Anwar sex scandal, alleges ex-cop

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 03:06 PM PST

(The Malaysian Insider) - Malaysia's longest-serving prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, had admitted in his memoirs to interfering in police investigations into the alleged sexual dalliances linked to his one-time deputy, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, a former senior policeman said today.

In his open letter, ex-Kuala Lumpur CID chief Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim questioned Home Minister Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein's decision to keep out of an ongoing spat between two former senior crime busters — Tan Sri Musa Hassan and Datuk Ramli Yusuff — which is seen to be jeopardising public confidence in the police force.

"If exposed that Tun Mahathir himself had deliberately or otherwise admitted in writing that it was true he had interfered in police investigations related to the '50 Dalil' [50 Reasons] book, what would be the response from Hishammuddin or the prime minister?" Mat Zain said in his letter to incumbent Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar, which was also copied to Hishammuddin and PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

"It is hoped Hishammuddin will not say that the matter was a personal matter between Tun Mahathir and Musa Hassan and he refuses to interfere too," he added.

The retired policeman alleged that Dr Mahathir had revealed in his autobiography, "A Doctor in the House", published last year, that he had a direct hand in police investigations related to a book titled "50 Dalil Mengapa Anwar Tidak Boleh Jadi Perdana Menteri" [50 Reasons Why Anwar Cannot Be Prime Minister] that concerned the then-deputy prime minister's purported sexual liaisons with several men and women, including prostitutes.

"He had confidently given a guarantee that he will direct the police to bring the witnesses to Sri Perdana once again, if the chief ministers and mentris besar as well as state Umno liaison chairmen wanted to interview them."

Malaysia's fourth prime minister wrote that he had first been told about Anwar's alleged homosexual activities in the early 1990s by then police chief Tun Hanif Omar.

Dr Mahathir, who ruled from 1981 to 2003, said he was then given the book "50 Dalil Kenapa Anwar IBrahim Tidak Boleh Jadi Perdana Menteri" but had initially dismissed it as a sensationalist attempt to make money.

He said in 1997 Ummi Hafilda Ali, sister of PKR deputy president Azmin Ali, sent him a letter with specific allegations of sodomy against Anwar.

The former prime minister said he interviewed the girls who told him they were taken to have sex with his then deputy, who was later charged and jailed for sodomy and corruption.

Dr Mahathir wrote that they were persuaded to do so by an Indian man they knew as Nalla, likely to be Datuk K.S. Nallakarupan, then a close associate of Anwar who has since fallen out with the opposition leader.

Dr Mahathir said he then called Umno leaders including mentris besar and chief ministers to Sri Perdana to brief them about Anwar's alleged affairs and showed them pictures of the witnesses.

Mat Zain said today that the former prime minister's statements in the book were "clear proof that not only did he interfere in investigations, but also gave certain orders that were not appropriate to Musa Hassan, until it is believed influenced the overall outcome of the investigations".

Batu Caves condo: What they’re not telling you

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 02:56 PM PST

(The Nut Graph) - A LOT of accusations and allegations have been made in the recent case of the condominium development near Batu Caves. On one hand, the current Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Selangor government has accused the former Barisan Nasional (BN) government of approving the Dolomite Park Avenue condominium project. This was why, they said, the PR government allowed the project to continue.

The BN's response was that they only gave planning approval, which isn't a development order. According to the BN, the Selangor government had every right to stop the project if it wanted to. The BN also noted that approval to build the condominium was given on 26 June 2008, after the PR had come into power in Selangor.

Which coalition is telling the truth? What's the difference between a planning approval and a development order? And what else aren't they telling us?

Planning permission

The approval that the BN government gave is called a "planning permission". The Town and Country Planning Act describes the process in which a planning permission is applied for. The extensive plans that need to be submitted for this planning permission include a geotechnical report and a survey of all forms of vegetation and trees. It also includes a land use analysis and its effects on adjoining land.

The developer must also submit "layout plans", which include measures for the protection and improvement of the land's physical environment and the trees in the area, and the allocation of public parks. If the application does not violate any of the automatic rejection clauses, the local council can grant planning permission either absolutely or subject to such conditions as it thinks fit. The council can also consult residents and ratepayers before giving this approval.

This entire process only deals with the submission of technical documentation and studies, with proposals based on those submissions. Planning permission is approved when these documents are in order. Hence, approvals given at this stage do not yet constitute permission to carry out development works.

Take, for example, the planning permission given by the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) to redevelop the PKNS building in Section 52, PJ. Among the conditions the developer had yet to obtain at the time of approval was:

(B) xiv. Merujuk serta mendapatkan kelulusan dari JKR Selangor bagi tambahan satu lorong di interchange bersebelahan PJ Hilton dari arah KL ke Jalan Barat.

Land conversion

The next step is land conversion, which is covered under the National Land Code. In most cases, land earmarked for development is categorised for agricultural use. Or a land owner with land meant for residential use may want to build something bigger and convert the land use for commercial purposes.

At this stage, the prepared and submitted plans detailed above must be presented to the state government's Land Office for further deliberation. If the government denies the land conversion at this stage, the development cannot proceed.

Another view of the temple at Batu Caves (Wiki commons)

Those who protest the condominium's construction claim the work is an environmental risk that will jeopardise the temple grounds (Wiki commons)

On the other hand, if the land conversion is approved, the developer must pay a premium for land conversion. This premium is calculated based on the number of units and the type of units that will be built, minus the portion of land that will be surrendered to the government for public use. Land lot numbers for all the units to be built and for designated public spaces are also assigned at this stage.

It is important to note here that once this premium is calculated and paid, the development plans cannot change. This is because any attempt to add structures or units would mean that the developer is cheating the government out of the premium it deserves.

In the case of the Batu Caves condominium, I am made to understand that the land was originally mining land. So, land conversion had to happen before the development could proceed.

Permission to build

Once all that is done, the developer needs two things. One, a developer's licence from the Housing and Local Government Ministry as stipulated under the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act. And two, a development order from the local council, as stipulated under the Streets, Drainage and Building Act, to proceed with actual construction.

At this stage, details of the buildings to be constructed are submitted to the local council engineers for approval. Control of the construction site, passage of heavy vehicles, and even limitation of construction hours are some of the conditions that the local council can impose on developers.

Since the approval to build the Batu Caves condominium was reportedly given on 26 June 2008, this suggests that the double-checking of facts, the project's viability, and land use conversion were already completed at this juncture.

Show me your vote

From a technical standpoint, if due process had been followed, the PR government would have no problems whatsoever in explaining why they approved the development order for the Batu Caves condominium. They would also not have any need to blame the previous government for the earlier planning permission.

A commission to study the matter is also unnecessary if all the technical departments had done their job and were able to provide the justification for their decisions at a moment's notice. (Side rant: if you need an independent commission to check the work of your own staff, you are in serious trouble.)

Apart from that, what we also have are both political coalitions promising to cancel the project. Clearly, because the Indian vote matters in what will be a hotly contested impending general election, neither coalition can risk the ire of the Batu Caves temple committee and their supporters.

Here's the thing though – both the BN and PR have been coy about how exactly they will cancel the development and what the cost will be to ratepayers.

PKR, Umno share same DNA

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 02:48 PM PST

(Free Malaysia Today) - STAR is clear in pushing its Borneo Agenda for Sabah and Sarawak, saying it's time for Borneo-centric policies, and that the Malayan Agenda is no longer acceptable.

State Reform Party (STAR) Sabah chairman Jeffrey Kitingan is adamant that PKR is the opposition's version of Umno and will lord over the people in Sabah and Sarawak if it comes to power at federal level.

Jeffrey, who is also the president of the United Borneo Front (UBF), equated both the peninsula-based political parties as Malayan in nature and unsuitable for the two Borneo states.

"PKR and Umno are the same like the old colonialists. They come to exploit us to get into power to eventually lord over us. PKR should concentrate on winning the seats in the Peninsula which is already more than 75% of the total seats.

"It is their Malaya Agenda to control and colonise Sabah and Sarawak, whereas our Borneo Agenda is just the opposite, to free us from this choking over-lording over Sabah and Sarawak," he said.

DAP adopts one candidate-one seat policy

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 02:47 PM PST

(The Star) - DAP has adopted its Central Executive Committee's (CEC) resolution on the one candidate, one seat policy.

DAP chairman Karpal Singh said one person should contest only one seat, but there could be exceptions on case-by-case basis based on the party's strategy.

"The resolution has been adopted," said Karpal, who had wanted such a policy to provide opportunity to candidates of calibre to contest.

Other resolutions from branches that were tabled and adopted include calls on party leaders to stop openly attacking the party to the point of jeopardising its image.

Perak New Village branch chairman Lim Soo Chong said attacks motivated by personal interest should stop because the party did not belong to any individual.

Another resolution adopted called on leaders to attend party functions and not to demand five-star accommodations.

Six other resolutions could not be tabled because representatives from the branches that proposed them were not present.

On a proposal by Sekinchan assemblyman Ng Suee Lim to impose a direct election system in the party, Karpal said the party constitution needed to be amended for it to be adopted.

"It requires a major amendment to the constitution. If the members feel strongly about direct election, then it should be considered."

Although Karpal had said the delegates were free to bring up any issue, none of them brought up contentious issues involving Pakatan Rakyat.

Issues such as the gender ruling in salons in Kelantan, "khalwat" summonses issued to non-Muslims in Kelantan and the demolition of a religious altar in a private home in Selangor were not touched.

‘DAP not mature enough’

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 02:44 PM PST

(The Star) - DAP is not mature enough to accept other races into its top leadership, say two Malay candidates who lost their bid for the 20 slots in the party's central executive committee (CEC).

Johor DAP vice-chairman Ahmad Ton said the delegates had yet to understand the significance of the party's rallying cry of "Malaysian-Malaysia".

Ahmad, who has contested six times, winning only once in 2008, said DAP needed time to shed its image as a party dominated by the Chinese.

DAP has about 150,000 members, of which 20% are Indians and 10% Malays. The rest are Chinese and other minorities.

Penang Malay steering committee chairman Zulkifli Mohd Noor, who also lost, said the party didn't have enough Malay members to show strength.

Even the Indians failed to make any impact, he said.

None of the eight Malay candidates who contested for the CEC was voted in.

Another Malay candidate Senator Dr Ariffin Omar, who was appointed vice-chairman despite losing, said he was satisfied with the number of votes he had clinched during the party election.

"I am a newcomer and yet I managed to get a relatively high number of votes (348). The Malays have an unfounded fear about the party."

Party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, meanwhile, played down the significance of the Malay candidates' failure, saying it had nothing to do with race.

"Racial politicking is Barisan Nasional's style. Ours is different," he told the media at the end of the party's annual congress.

Lim said every DAP leader must reach out to all communities, irrespective of their race.

He said the appointment of Dr Ariffin and Zairil Khir Johari to the CEC was made based on their capabilities and not because they were Malays.

Penang Malay Congress, meanwhile, has registered disappointment at what it claimed was an "undemocratic" election of the CEC.

Its president Rahmad Isahak said: "The failure of Malay candidates to be elected to the CEC is upsetting.

"DAP has failed to transform its-elf into a multiracial party," he said.

DAP CEC results shows racism: Puad Zarkashi

Posted: 16 Dec 2012 02:42 PM PST

(Bernama) - "Even though the Malay candidates vying for the CEC posts were not ordinary people, such as Senator Ariffin S. M. Omar, who is an academician and a professor, they still lost because the party practises racism and chauvinism.

The DAP's Central Executive Committee (CEC) election results affirms its former vice-chairman Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim's assertions that Malays had no place in the party, said Umno supreme council member Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi.

"Even though the Malay candidates vying for the CEC posts were not ordinary people, such as Senator Ariffin S. M. Omar, who is an academician and a professor, they still lost because the party practises racism and chauvinism.

"I know that Ariffin was not elected because he was a Malay, and DAP members did not even look at his qualifications," he told Bernama here yesterday.

In this regard, Mohd Puad, who is also education deputy minister, urged the Malay community, including PAS members, to open their mind and not ignore reality.

"How can you work together, when Malay leaders are not even appreciated in the party; what more, if DAP is given the reins to the country?," he asked.

Mohd Puad said DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng's action to use the congress as a platform to openly insist for the party to contest 13 additional seats in the 13th General Election indicated there was no coordination among the opposition parties where seat allocation was concerned.

He said, DAP appeared to belittle PKR and PAS while sending out the message that the two parties were not capable of winning many seats in the general election.

Kredit: www.malaysia-today.net

Isnin, 17 Disember 2012

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