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- 1st BATCH OF PM GROSSEMAJIB'S 7 DEADLY SINS!
- Tak payah skandal, politik Anwar tak lagi handal
- As the Altantuya Murder Plot Thickens
- Wanita Umno sebar risalah bodohkan orang kampung
- A Respond to CM Lim Guan Eng: We Should Not Have to Suffer From a Failed Political System ...
- BN Tidak Perlukan Skandal Seks Anwar Untuk Menang Pilihan Raya
- PR Manifesto: Sustainable?
| 1st BATCH OF PM GROSSEMAJIB'S 7 DEADLY SINS! Posted: 17 Mar 2013 11:37 PM PDT 2. Lied that Saiful came to see him about a scholarship. Saiful testified under oath that he went to see Grossemajib about a sexual matter, and that Grosssemajib telephoned the IGP. http://archive.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/news/general/5499-saiful-tells-of-his-meeting-with-najib-ezam 3. Has not since 2006, ordered the IGP to investigate and charge the person responsible for ordering Altantuya's murder, how immigration records could have been erased or explained numerous highly suspicious sms exchanges with Razak Baginda. 4. Went on a shopping holiday to Milan on Airforce 1. At first PMO reported that the official trip was to UK and USA, and only admitted it after Pakatan MP's checked flight path details online. http://en.harakahdaily.net/index.php/berita-utama/5250-govt-now-admits-najib-spent-four-days-in-milan.html Read more at: http://donplaypuks.blogspot.com/2013/03/1st-batch-of-pm-grossemajibs-7-deadly.html |
| Tak payah skandal, politik Anwar tak lagi handal Posted: 17 Mar 2013 06:34 PM PDT Sama ada sedar atau tidak, isu skandal seks Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sudah berusia 15 tahun. Bermula pada 1997 apabila terdapat tuduhan yang dibuat oleh Karpal Singh dalam Parlimen, diikuti pemecatan beliau dari jawatan Timbalan Perdana Menteri (1998), reformasi dan kes Liwat Azizan (1998-2003), Liwat II (2009-2012), video klip lelaki menyerupai beliau mengadakan hubungan seks.
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| As the Altantuya Murder Plot Thickens Posted: 17 Mar 2013 02:18 PM PDT Private investigator P. Balasubramaniam is gone, and his untimely death from a heart attack makes it all the more pressing for Malaysians to find answers to the mystery of the murder of the Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu. Who actually did it? Logically, it would seem unlikely that the two police personnel who have been convicted acted on their own. What would be the motive of Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar and Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri? They didn't even know Altantuya before they whisked her away and dealt the fatal blow. It would seem they were merely hitmen. Furthermore, according to Sirul's cautioned statement, they were offered RM50,000 to RM100,000 to dispose of Altantuya. If this is true, who made the offer? Other questions float in limbo like ghosts whose souls have not been put to rest. How did these two men get their hands on the C4 explosive used to blow Altantuya's body to smithereens? It's something that is difficult to procure. Did they have help from certain quarters? Bala had said that he wanted to reveal what he knew about matters related to the murder in order to bring justice to Altantuya and the two convicted men. But now he is unable to testify in court. He did, however, manage to come home from exile to publicly announce that he stood by his first statutory declaration (SD) in which he implicated Prime Minister Najib Razak – if only in the sense that the latter knew Altantuya and had had a sexual relationship with her, and that he might have influenced the attorney-general on the handling of the murder trial. This first SD also stated that although Bala gave a statement to the police that included Najib's alleged relationship with Altantuya, what he was given to sign omitted this detail. And when he gave testimony at the murder trial, the lawyers never asked him about that relationship either. So seemingly damning was this first SD that the very next day, Bala took everyone by surprise when he came out with a second SD that not only retracted the entire contents of the first but also specifically named as being untrue all the parts that referred to Najib. Since then, businessman Deepak Jaikishan has come out to divulge that he was involved in getting Bala to make the second SD, together with Najib's brother, Nazim. He said he did this at the request of Najib's wife, Rosmah Mansor, and that Najib arranged for a senior lawyer to prepare the second SD. He said he regretted getting involved: "It was the biggest mistake I have made." Does this vindicate Bala? Well, it depends on whether Deepak is telling the truth. Najib has said Deepak is "not credible" and dismissed what he has revealed as "not an issue", even though it reinforces Bala's statement that Najib allegedly knew Altantuya. And now to further consolidate Deepak's allegations about the second SD, Bala's lawyer, Americk Singh, has disclosed to the Bar Council that the senior lawyer who Deepak said prepared it is Cecil Abraham. Americk said Cecil disclosed this to him in confidence, and – even more interesting – that Cecil said he was acting on instructions from Najib. Americk apologised to Cecil for breaking his promise of confidence, but felt he had to make it for the sake of carrying on Bala's quest for justice. To many, Americk did the right thing. The obvious next step now is for the relevant authorities to query Cecil to verify if this is true. Of course, it could still be one man's word against the other's. If Cecil did prepare the second SD knowing that it would contradict Bala's true intent, he would be guilty of professional misconduct. But if he denies it, and assuming that he believes Bala's first SD to be true, he would be maligning the word of a man who has just died. It will be a tough call for Cecil. And even if he were to admit that it was Najib who gave him the instructions, it still may not prove anything unless he has black-and-white evidence of those instructions, or someone else was present to corroborate the fact. Read more at: http://my.news.yahoo.com/blogs/bull-bashing/altantuya-murder-plot-thickens-080218923.html |
| Wanita Umno sebar risalah bodohkan orang kampung Posted: 17 Mar 2013 02:06 PM PDT Jika anda ada akal fikiran yang waras, sila baca dan nilai kebenaran risalah di bawah ini baik-baik. 
Read at: http://milosuam.blogspot.com/2013/03/wanita-umno-sebar-risalah-bodohkan.html |
| A Respond to CM Lim Guan Eng: We Should Not Have to Suffer From a Failed Political System ... Posted: 17 Mar 2013 01:12 PM PDT Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, since your letter to Malaysiakini.com and The Malaysian Insider is directed to the critics of the proposed highways and a third-link underwater tunnel project worth RM6.3 billion it qualifies me to respond to you. I was one of your lesser-known critics. Whether you choose to believe or not, I do not work for or represent any political party or NGO. I am a voter in Penang and I firmly believe that politicians and policy makers whom we have chosen to govern the nation through a strenuous but necessary electoral process should be responsible to do their best for the people. You said that we (the critics) have made misleading claims against your proposal. I shall endeavour to prove it to you that the concerns I have raised are not without their merits. I would like you to view these issues from a non-politician or voter standpoint. You claimed that the project is a "desperate" effort to decongest traffic congestion on the island and bring about smoother traffic flow on the mainland of Seberang Perai.You pointed at the failure or reluctance of the federal government to entertain the state's numerous requests to help improve public bus service on the island as a main contributor to your administration's desperation. If given a choice, you concurred that improving public transport is still the best option. You said; "Much as we prefer the public transport option, one must not forget that public transport in whatever form is the exclusive prerogative of the federal government. Even if it is funded by the state government, nothing can be done without the sanction of the federal government. Therefore, regurgitating the homily that we should be investing in public transport instead is akin to beating a dead horse." Here is where I am going to attempt to get you and other politicians to see our viewpoint. First, if the reluctance to explore the public transport option is due to politics why should the people be made to suffer the consequences of our deplorable state of politics? In a matured democracy, politicians should be able to differentiate between when to engage in a political battle and when to cooperate for the common good of the people. However, you are implying that the people should ultimately be burdened with an expensive alternative project proposed by your administration because of the reckless and endless political bickering between the two coalitions.
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| BN Tidak Perlukan Skandal Seks Anwar Untuk Menang Pilihan Raya Posted: 17 Mar 2013 12:40 PM PDT Dan sekarang muncul satu lagi skandal beliau atau lelaki menyerupai beliau mengadakan hubungan songsang dengan seorang pemuda "triple A". Sebenarnya orang ramai sudah letih, bosan dan penat dengan skandal yang mengelilingi Anwar bin Ibrahim ini. Barisan Nasional dalam keadaan kuat dan bersedia memenangi pilihan raya ini dengan majoriti 2/3 biar pun Pakatan mungkin masih menguasai satu atau dua negeri. Justeru kemunculan gambar dan video terbaru ini tidak memberi sebarang keuntungan politik kepada Barisan Nasional dan UMNO. Politik Licik Di sebalik Skandal Seks? Sebaliknya, memahami psikologi orang Melayu dan Asia keseluruhan, penyebaran video-video memalukan ini pada saat-saat menjelang pilihan raya mungkin memberi undi simpati kepada Pakatan dan Anwar Ibrahim. Ini pernah terjadi dalam pilihan raya 1999 apabila terdapat gerak kerja UMNO yang terlalu memburukkan Anwar akhirnya memberi undi simpati kepada pakatan pembangkang. Justeru ia menimbulkan tanda tanya sama ada gambar-gambar sensasi terbaru ini disebarkan oleh Barisan Nasional atau oleh Anwar sendiri. Perilaku dan peribadi Anwar tidak lagi penting kerana apa yang dipaparkan dan disiarkan sebelum ini sama ada di Mahkamah, di dalam media massa mahu pun ruang siber sudah cukup untuk membantu rakyat membuat keputusan sama ada mahu terus menyokong Anwar atau sebaliknya. Dengan kata lain mereka yang mengambil kira moral dan perlakuan luar tabie Anwar sudah membuat keputusan untuk menolak Pakatan. Manakala mereka yang mahu terus bergantung kepada Anwar akan terus mempertahankan Anwar sehingga ke tahap video hanyalah besi yang tidak boleh menjadi saksi. Jadi adalah tidak mustahil untuk menyatakan kemungkinan gambar perlakuan seks (dan mungkin video selepas ini) yang baru ini disebarkan oleh pasukan Anwar sendiri menjelang pilihan raya Umum. Pasukan Anwar menyedari bahawa terdapat perubahan besar sikap rakyat terhadap Barisan Nasional sejak enam bulan yang lalu apabila pelbagai program mesra rakyat, penerangan isu semasa dan akhir sekali kesungguhan kerajaan menyelesaikan isu Lahad Datu mendapat impak yang positif. Pakatan dalam keadaan terdesak apabila beberapa kenyataan pemimpin mereka terhadap insiden Lahad Datu telah menimbulkan kemarahan rakyat. Untuk mengalih isu sikap kurang ajar pemimpin pakatan terhadap pasukan keselamatan, dengan tiba-tiba sahaja isu skandal seks Anwar kembali hidup. Pasukan Anwar sendiri yang menghidupkannya apabila menggunakan Azlan Mohd Lazim, bapa kepada Saiful Bukhari Azlan (yang mengaku beliau diliwat Anwar), untuk memburukkan anaknya sendiri. Sungguhpun isu ini kembali menjadi perhatian rakyat namun ia tidak sebesar tumpuan rakyat kepada isu kebobrokan perangai dan perkataan Tian Chua dan beberapa lagi pemimpin Pakatan terhadap insiden Lahad Datu. Pakatan perlukan satu isu sensasi besar untuk mengubah perhatian rakyat daripada isu Lahad Datu. Dalam keadaan tersebut tiba-tiba sahaja muncul satu lagi gambar sensasi mmebabitkan individu yang menyerupai Anwar. Adalah tidak mustahil gambar ini disebarkan oleh kumpulan Anwar sendiri bagi mengalih isu dan menagih simpati. Malah tidak menghairankan jika dalam sedikit masa lagi akan muncul individu yang menyerupai Anwar Ibrahim mengakui bahawa beliaulah lelaki dalam gambar dan video tersebut. Anwar bukanlah begitu bodoh. Tidak mustahil dalam tempoh setahun yang lalu beliau telah membayar seseorang untuk membuat pembedahan plastik membentuk semula wajah seiras dengan beliau. Malahan dengan membesarkan isu ini, mungkinkah Anwar mencipta jalan dan skrip untuk mengadakan sumpah laknat selepas Parlimen dibubarkan. Sumpah laknat tidak akan menunjukkan kesan dalam masa yang singkat. Malahan menurut para ulama ia mungkin mengambil masa bertahun sebelum nampak jelas kesannya. Jika Anwar memilih untuk bersumpah selepas Parlimen dibubarkan ia sekadar untuk mengelirukan rakyat. Kita perlu ingat Anwar telah diminta bersumpah sejak beberapa tahun lalu tapi beliau enggan melakukan. Jika beliau melakukan selepas pembubaran Parlimen itu bermakna beliau berbuat untuk kepentingan politik bukannya untuk kebenaran. Read more at: http://www.mykmu.net/?p=27705
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| Posted: 17 Mar 2013 11:06 AM PDT On the environmental front, the federal opposition pledges to halt the Lynas rare earth refinery's operations in Gebeng, Pahang, review a multibillion petrochemical project in Pengerang, Johor, and the mega dams in Sarawak. It targets to reduce traffic congestion in the Klang Valley and other major cities by 50% during its first term via investments in public transport. Furthermore, it says it will reform existing logging laws and activities. Granted, the manifesto is an improvement from Buku Jingga, the common policy platform the PR unveiled in 2010, which neglected the environment and indigenous rights entirely. But it remains lacking in many areas. What else does the PR need to consider to demonstrate they are able to plan for the future and provide sustainable development if voted into power? Food security The PR laid out several measures to reform our economy but completely ignored the agriculture sector in its manifesto. This is problematic as Malaysia has become a net importer of food. The country spent some RM221.8 billion on food imports in the past decade. We have chosen to specialise in cash crops such as oil palm and rubber at the expense of food crops, according to Professor Dr Fatimah Mohd Arshad from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Nearly 84% of our agricultural land is used for export crops, with oil palm taking the lion's share of 63.4% in 2005, she pointed out in an article, Global Food Prices: Implication for Food Security in Malaysia, co-written with Anna Awad Abdel Hameed.  Professor Dr Fatimah Mohd Arshad (Source: crrc.org.my) Meanwhile, federal allocation for agriculture plunged from 17% of the annual budget in 1990 to 5.8% in 2005, Fatimah and Anna Awad highlighted in their piece published in the Journal of Consumer Research and Resource Centre in 2009. And while the federal government dished out generous cash subsidies to paddy farmers, it left other food sectors out in the cold to develop with minimal support. With supermarkets easily available around town, living in the city creates an illusion that food supply remains abundant. But the rate of global population growth has long surpassed the rate of agricultural production, Fatimah and Anna Awad noted. Global food prices will continue to rise as an unpredictable climate further reduces crop yields. Low-income households, who spend the bulk of their income on food, are the most vulnerable to food price hikes. What will the PR do to reform our agricultural sector and feed Malaysia's growing population, which is approaching 30 million people, with nutritious, affordable food? What steps will it take to encourage organic farming and sustainable fishing practices? How much will it invest in agricultural research and development? These are just some of the questions the PR needs to deal with. Renewable energy Another important sector neglected by the PR in its manifesto is the power industry. Aside from a pledge to scrap independent power producers' gas subsidies and divert it to lower electricity tariffs, the coalition makes no further mention of the energy sector. Despite it being a necessity in modern life, some Malaysians, particularly indigenous people and communities living in remote areas, still do not have access to electricity. What will the PR to do ensure every citizen enjoys reliable, affordable power supply?  Datuk Seri Peter Chin (Source: peterchin.my) Malaysia is expected to become a net oil importer in two years, according to current Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin. Our country relies largely on gas and coal for power. An overdependence on fossil fuel has resulted in renewable energy sources taking a back seat, the minister conceded in 2012. In the face of depleting local gas resources, what will the PR do to ensure Malaysia's energy supply? Will it import more coal? Will it consider nuclear as an option? How much will it invest in renewable energy sources such as solar, biomass or other options? In addition, the level of Malaysia's energy consumption versus productivity remains low compared to countries like Singapore and Japan. What innovative measures will the PR implement to cut wastage? Meaningful public participation The PR also needs to assure the public that it will hold genuine public consultations before approving major projects. Decades of local governments approving "development" projects without taking into account the existing capacity of roads, drains and other infrastructure has resulted in traffic congestion and flash floods becoming the norm. Coupled with the lack of green spaces, the quality of life in most cities is deteriorating. Proper public consultation and provision of information will help towards gauging the potential environmental and social impact of a proposed project. It is thus surprising that the PR's manifesto is silent on the abolition of the Official Secrets Act and the enactment of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Some PR politicians said the manifesto should be read together with the Buku Jingga, which does mention freedom of information. But wasn't the manifesto built on the Buku Jingga? How is it that the FOIA was excluded?
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