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- Just When You Think That Karpal Singh Is The Most Principled DAP Leader...
- Rosli Dahlan magnanimous in victory against The Star
- Religion, Politics and Business
- The Price of Politicizing the Word "Allah"
- Where is Malaysia’s imam Mazhar Shaheen?
- New Year resolutions for Pakatan Rakyat
- KL112: Anwar mimicks Tunku’s “Merdeka”
- Fixed deposits? What interests?
| Just When You Think That Karpal Singh Is The Most Principled DAP Leader... Posted: 15 Jan 2013 05:26 AM PST In a short statement today, the Bukit Gelugor MP said the repeated calls for DAP to call a fresh election "should, and must, take into account section 18(c) of the Societies Act 1966 relating to the finality of the decision on such matters by a political party".
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| Rosli Dahlan magnanimous in victory against The Star Posted: 13 Jan 2013 05:22 PM PST Over? What do you mean it's over. The trial hasn't even started, so how can it be over? Is Rosli being prevented again from telling his story in court? Or is this another ploy to prevent me from reporting on Rosli's trials and tribulations to bring accountability to those "Rogues in Government" and the mainstream media which worked hand in glove with these rogues to destroy his career and reputation? In 2007, the mainstream media conspired with the Unholy Trinity consisting of former IGP Musa Hassan, A-G GaniPatail and rogue elements in the MACC to discredit Dato Ramli Yusuff's investigation into Musa Hassan's link with the underworld Along loan shark syndicate of Goh Cheng Poh @ Tengku Goh. When A-G Gani Patail abdicated his constitutional duty by refusing to prepare affidavits for the Police CCID, Rosli thought that it would be his patriotic duty to act for the Deputy Home Minister Dato Johari Baharom, CCID Director Dato Ramli Yusuff and six rank and file Policemen. So, he prepared their affidavits, which was a fatal mistake. This angered A-G Gani Patail who wanted to release Tengku Goh. A-G Gani Patail was already angry with Rosli for helping the CCID's investigation against Malaysia Airlines former Chairman Tan Sri Tajuddin Ramli whereas AG Gani Patail wanted to NFA that case. Unknown to Rosli, A-G Gani Patailhad a covert relationship with Tajudidn's proxy, Shahidan Shafie. This only came to light in 2011 when A-G Gani Patailwent to hajj with Shahidan Shafie like one big happy family, and they even shared their rooms! Yet, A-G Gani Patail was cleared by the MACC.
On the other hand, for helping the Police and MAS against these crooks, A-G Gani Patail made use of the MACC to fix Rosli. So, on the eve of Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2007, Rosli was brutally arrested, dragged in handcuffs, kept in the MACC underground dungeon overnight deprived of food and sleep to disorientate him. The next day, they paraded him like a circus animal along the Jalan Duta Court's corridors in handcuffs and then charged him in court. The mainstream media had a field day. Here was a senior Malay lawyer with an unblemished record and good standing in society that will be taught a lesson for going against the establishment. They were intent on making him an example so that others will never ever dare to go against those in the corridors of power. So they sensationalised the " RM27 Million Cop Story and said that Rosli is a Singapore lawyer implying that he had hidden that money in Singapore. They knew that was untrue. They knew that was false. But they didn't care. This was a demolition exercise and they will make minced meat out of Rosli. That was what that was supposed to happen.
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| Religion, Politics and Business Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:23 PM PST I have always maintained religion and politics is an explosive mix which should never be considered by any justification. "Datuk Chua shared with us of how God has been gracious to him and his family. As a youth he had accepted Christ into his life, but through the years of studies, law practice and politics he drifted far from God. At the peak of his career, when he simply did not have time for God, he became greatly oppressed by demonic spirits. Unknown to him at that time, He had been subtly charmed and had 'voodoo' planted into his body. It was through fervent prayers and fasting by church leaders that he was delivered and had seven needles taken out of his body in the name of Jesus. This ordeal became the turning point in his life. Since then, his faith has been renewed and he has decided to follow his faithful Master, Jesus, doing just what a disciple of the Lord should do - preach the gospel to the nations."Ask Jimmy Chua and I am more then certain he will tell you the reason he joined PKR, revelation from God. From Fantastic Christian Testimony Of Datuk Chua Jui Meng, "But when I prayed, this is only the fourth testimony I've given because I was very reluctant earlier on to give testimonies, you know when I prayed in the spirit, the Lord told me to give a testimony, it's the duty of a Christian but testify wisely. Therefore the secrets don't leak out. [audience laughs and claps] Testify wisely. And then again, before last night's meeting, I was praying, you know what the Spirit of the Lord said to me? "Speak from the heart. Speak from the heart." And that is the absolute wisdom of God. But the story just now I told you, what I want to conclude with, God and Christ are absolutely fantastic, awesome, and glorious. Glory be to God."I cannot, however, see how Jimmy Chua can justify the above statement in his delusion filled political exhortation, "Who hijacked the Death Railway money?" "The revelation by the Japanese Embassy that it had paid compensation to the Malaysian government for families of victims of the so called "Death Railway" project in the 1940s is shocking.It came to pass his own coalition partner, PAS, had in it's online portal Harakahdaily carried a clarification from the Japanese embassy denying any such sum compensated and occassion to have been disbursed.
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| The Price of Politicizing the Word "Allah" Posted: 13 Jan 2013 03:45 PM PST The second mistake, realizing that his party may actually cause some anger amongst Muslim voters in Peninsula Malaysia his party clarified that the use should only be permitted in Sabah and Sarawak. If the use of "Allah" is allowed in Malay Bible, why should it be only confined to both Sabah and Sarawak only? It should be consistently applied throughout the whole country.
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| Where is Malaysia’s imam Mazhar Shaheen? Posted: 13 Jan 2013 01:26 PM PST (Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan 7, following the calendar of the Eastern churches.) Addressing the congregation at the invitation of Samih Morees, his friend and confidante and pastor of the church, imam Mazhar Shaheen spoke of how all Egyptians carried out the Tahrir Square revolution of 2011, and the 18 days from Jan 25 to Feb 11 when millions of Egyptians rose in a people's revolution to overthrow the dictatorship of Hosni Mobarak. But the revolution led to the rise of an Islamist president (who did not attend Christmas celebrations) and of the hardline Muslim Brotherhood movement, and to declarations that wishing Christians a Merry Christmas was haram and forbidden, and Christians were condemned for protests against the president.
Post-revolution politics and Islamist pressures have placed the centuries-old tolerance and understanding between Muslims and Christians under great strain and imam Mazhar's message of love comes in sharp contrast to the rising voices of hate. (» Christmas Confusion as Copts Experience "Other" Egypt — commentary by the Brookings Insitution. Mazhar Shaheen's message is bound to resonate with Malaysian Christians and other non-Muslim communities feeling marginalised by the campaign for racial and Islamic superiority and domination. In Malaysia, official Christmas festivities have become a political gimmick, celebrating Santa Claus, reindeer and snow and not the Nativity, with a political leadership afraid to be seen next to crosses and other signs of Christian worship — and also accompanied by devout declarations that it is haram to wish Christians a Merry Christmas. And then there is the racist campaign for superiority and domination by claiming exclusive ownership of the word for God. Read more at: http://uppercaise.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/where-is-malaysias-mazhar-shaheen/
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| New Year resolutions for Pakatan Rakyat Posted: 13 Jan 2013 12:29 PM PST
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Challenges This Malay-dominated multi-ethnic party has prided itself as being centrist, not so much economically, but as a party between the religious PAS and the secular DAP. It likes to believe it is a party of tomorrow embraced by the middle ground. However, the sad truth is, it is less attractive than both PAS and the DAP. It is not Islamic enough compared with PAS, not Malay enough compared with Umno, and not liberal enough compared with the DAP. It, therefore, risks being seen as an inferior good in the eyes of communal voters on both ends. What about the middle ground? The fact is, there may not be a simply defined and unquestionable middle ground. Because we are a bipolar society, the middle ground in one community may be considered radical in another. Take the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims. What view would the "middle ground" hold? And if PKR does markedly worse than PAS and the DAP in the next elections, PKR may be more torn between the differently defined middle grounds, not knowing which one it should fall back to. Suggested resolutions
PAS Challenges PAS's contradictory stand on whether non-Muslims can use "Allah" shows that it is in an identity crisis. Some party leaders are apparently anxious over the attacks of Datuk Dr Hasan Ali and Nasharudin Mat Isa that the party is betraying its Islamist ideals in moving to the middle. PAS's anxiety is due to its own success in transforming its image. It is now more successful in its secondary market – the non-Muslims – than its primary market – the Muslims. Support for PAS among Chinese Malaysians has risen from between 10% and 20% to possibly beyond 50-60%. This should not come as a surprise, thanks to its mainstreaming efforts and also Umno's extremism, especially after 2008. However, among Malay Malaysians, it is still second to Umno. PAS's support can hope to rise beyond 50% only after winning federal power, which would accord it more resources.  PAS's Nasharudin Mat Isa How can PAS return to its comfort zone by winning higher support among Muslim Malaysians? The quickest way is to simply chase away some non-Muslim votes in the hope of gaining some Muslim votes. The manner in which a non-Muslim unisex salon in Kota Baru was fined and the temporary about-turn on Allah both signify this trend to restore PAS's psychological balance. But the trade-off may not pay off as they risk chasing off more votes than they can win back. If PAS loses some mixed constituencies in the next elections without winning back more Muslim heartland seats in compensation, this would certainly make the hardliners more relevant in the party. So the party's loss may actually benefit some individuals within the party. The opposition made significant inroads in the 1990 and 1990 general elections, but due to PAS's zeal in Islamisation, this contributed to the disintegration and decline of the opposition fronts in the subsequent 1995 and 2004 general elections. If it is not careful, PAS may again save Umno and Barisan Nasional thanks to its own fear of success. Suggested resolutions
Read more at: http://www.thenutgraph.com/uncommon-sense-with-wong-chin-huat-new-year-resolutions-for-pakatan-rakyat/
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| KL112: Anwar mimicks Tunku’s “Merdeka” Posted: 12 Jan 2013 05:51 PM PST Fifty-six years ago, UMNO was etched into the history books as the party which helped free Malaysia from British colonialists, a feat which it has hitherto never stopped reminding Malaysians about. The declaration of Independence was made by UMNO's second president Tunku Abdul Rahman at Stadium Merdeka, which grew even more famous over the years by playing host to premier entertainment, sporting and national events. Today, the ageing stadium hosted yet another historical milestone. It was the site of the biggest ever rally organised by Opposition parties, which no doubt helped set a new record for the 30,000 capacity stadium. If it wasn't enough to stage a massive anti-UMNO and anti-BN rally at the venue which played a major role in UMNO's legacy, PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim capped off the event by chanting "Merdeka" seven times, mimicking Tunku not only in frequency but in mannerism as well. "Like how our forefathers cried out (Merdeka!), today we repeat that oath and this time, we will achieve genuine independence for the people," he said. To stress this point further, each time Anwar said "Merdeka", the crowd responded emphatically with "Rakyat". How will UMNO react? Pakatan Rakyat's antics in Stadium Merdeka is unlikely to bode well for UMNO diehards, who are likely to question the sudden and unexpected liberal approach. Until today, any major rally with a hint of anti-UMNO and anti-BN sentiments would have faced the full brunt of the law, with tear gas, batons and water cannons to boot. Instead, the Federal government went out of its way to make sure that the rally proceeded without incident, to the extent of having the police say that their aim was to have "zero casualties" during the event. In essence, Pakatan came out looking like its support base is growing, despite the intensifying negative press about them coming from the government-controlled media organisations since the last general election. Such media organisations are going to be hard-pressed to claim that 100,000 people were paid to attend the rally, whereas Pakatan supporters will claim they braved the heat and congestion, unlike BN's less organic approach in drawing a crowd. Looking beyond race Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's predecessors have never faced an opposition show of force on this scale before and his party will face a challenge to explain why opposition rally numbers are on the rise under his watch.
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| Fixed deposits? What interests? Posted: 12 Jan 2013 05:40 PM PST Najib Razak had previously declared the latter two, Sabah and Sarawak, as the BN's electoral 'fixed deposits', which ensure a solid bank of votes to see the UMNO-led coalition to victory in another federal election. Johor, the birth place of UMNO has hitherto been considered as also another 'fixed deposit'.
But after the March 2008 election, we saw a run on UMNO-BN's banks in these three UMNO blue ribbon strongholds, with the account holders possibly withdrawing the 'fixed deposits'. No doubt such a possibility and its likely consequences have sent UMNO into panic mode. Before I get into the meat of this post (non-halal of course, otherwise how can I convince you to read it to the end, wakakaka), let me give you my personal take on the author of the FMT article mentioned above, CJM, wakakaka. I can't find fault with his criticism of BN where he warned of UMNO-BN becoming even more corrupt, greedier and bolder if the 55-year old ruling coalition were to win again. Being a cultured person he of course didn't say stuff that kaytee would say, such as the BN leaders quipping "Look, those idiots are quite happy with us screwing them kau kau! Let's not disappoint them" (wakakaka). However, I am reminded he was once in MCA, and while we shouldn't hold that against him as we shouldn't hold an UMNO past against Anwar, there are conditions for excusing his MCA background, equally as there would be for Anwar Ibrahim's UMNO lamentable track record.
For CJM, his move to Pakatan would have been more credible (like Zaid Ibrahim's) if he had left when he was still in power, such as in a party or/and ministerial position, thus indicating his preparedness to sacrifice his power, position and privilege because of his repentance in being a part of an ineffectual MCA leadership or recognizing the BN's general poor performance in governance, transparency and accountability. He only joined PKR after he lost his bid to be a deputy president of MCA, very much like another sour grape, Anwar Ibrahim, who crooned reformasi only after he was kicked out of UMNO but not while he was in that party for 16 years, ... ... unlike Zaid Ibrahim who voluntarily resigned from his ministerial post under the AAB government to leave UMNO so as to come over to Pakatan.
Unfortunately for Zaid and us, he was manoeuvred out by a political pygmy who was terrified of his leadership potential in PKR. OTOH, I respect Ong Tee Keat because despite losing to the Chua Soi Lek-Liow Tiong Lie team, he stayed true to the party he joined. Though I don't respect today's MCA, I still respect Ong TK, the man. Thus I couldn't help chuckling when I read CJM's article in FMT titled Give MCA the boot wakakaka. Anyway, let's not dwell too long on CJM as we are stuck with him in Pakatan, though I would advise that he won't be MB of Johor even if Pakatan wins the state, because Salahuddin Ayub of PAS has been anointed for that post, wakakaka. Salahuddin is currently MP for Kubang Kerian, Kelantan. But he has been instructed by the 2 Pak Hajis to return to his birthplace in Johor for 'higher duties', wakakaka. And DAP is no doubt backing PAS on this as it knows Johoreans are not ready yet, no, not even for a DAP Malay politician to politically head the state.
One year ago I discussed the survey by Zentrum Future Studies think-tank which showed Chinese approval of Pakatan in Johor rose to 68% after the last election, and climbed further to 79% in 2010. These staggering stats, if they come about in GE-13, would effectively enable Pakatan to pick up 15 federal and 30 state seats in Johor, compared to 1 and 6 respectively on 08 March 2008. And Salahuddin Ayob will become the new Pakatan MB of Johor. Could it be confirming the reliability of the Zentrum survey when rumours have it that our dearest Hishamuddin Hussein is likely to shift from his current seat of Sembrong to Kota Tinggi? And why should he consider such a move, assuming the rumours have been reliable? Well, stats again, those damn stats, because 40% of the registered voters in the Sembrong federal constituency are Chinese, wakakaka. And to make the forecast even shittier for our dearest Hisham, Professor Abu Hassan Hasbullah of Zentrum revealed that "… its end-of-year surveys [end of 2011] have seen Johor Chinese catch up with and possibly overtake their northern kin in terms of backing PR. Opposition leaders in the state estimate that they won 55 per cent of Chinese votes in the last election but ….. support from the community has surged to close to 90 per cent." 90%! Oh, those bloody Chinese - no wonder Hisham likes to wave his keris and can you blame him, wakakaka.
The Prof described the massive political swing as a 'silent Tionghua revolution'. Basically, PKR wants a monopoly on mixed ethnic constituencies (based on whatever nebulous basis it has claimed) while at the same has been avariciously eyeing the attractive DAP blue ribbon seats with Chinese majority. DAP which has traditionally contested in the latter type also wants a share of the far more numerous mixed constituencies, especially those which Pakatan hasn't hitherto contested.
We saw a perverted version of this in the last Sarawak state election where sore loser PKR groused about DAP staying safe in urban areas instead of venturing forth into rural constituencies, conveniently forgetting that it was PKR itself which unilaterally and preemptively grabbed 52 (subsequently 49) seats out of an available 71 in the Sarawak State election. I wrote about the Sarawak debacle for PKR in May 2011 in a post PKR's green-eyed monster where I commented: ….. a disgraceful petulant sour grapes merajuking Baru Bian … told The Malaysian Insider PKR wants DAP and PAS to prove they're multiracial, but obviously targeting the DAP. He claimed that PKR "...wants its Pakatan Rakyat PR partners to contest in 'black seats' in the next general election and dismiss the notion that they cannot cross the racial divide."
He also told reporters that PKR "... could not continue shouldering the burden of contesting in BN strongholds alone." Shouldering the burden of contesting in BN strongholds alone? My bloody foot, don't make my toes laugh! This is the state head of a party who pre-emptively grabbed 52 seats without even a thought for its coalition allies in an unrealistic expectation PKR could be the winning PR member with the majority of seats, with him as CM wakakaka. Here's a case of a greedy gluttonous grabbing beast which had refused to share and ate more than it could practically swallow, and now blames DAP for its tummy ache. Padan muka.
Of course I would not be surprised if PKR has been singing a different tune in Johor where it sure as hell doesn't want DAP to contest in the so-called 'black seats', wakakaka. Okay, let's move back to Sarawak. I wasn't surprised by CT Ali's article in FMT titled What comes first for Anwar? because I can easily answer Ali's titled question, wakakaka. Anyway Ali, pissed off with Anwar's wheeling and dealing with super-frog Lajim Ukin in Sabah, has been super pissed off with Anwar and Taib (yes, the Sarawak peh moh) 'holding each others' hands', wakakaka.
Guess CJM has been right about Johor, Sabah and Sarawak representing the 3 vital states in GE-13 where principles, let alone the bullsh*t reforms, have been trampled upon virtually everyday. Poor frustrated CT Ali wrote:
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PKR certainly needs to think more non-communally. More than that, it should recognise that its real niche is not to bridge the divide between PAS and the DAP but to enable the articulation of so-called communal issues by the "ethnic others", as 
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