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| Posted: 10 Nov 2013 11:41 AM PST
Luyang and Kadamaian assemblymen start the ball rolling by ditching their parties in Sabah, and more Yang Berhormat are expected to follow in their footsteps. Philip Golingai, The Star IT is the jumping frog season again in Sabah. So far, after the May 5 general election, there have been two confirmed jumps. Luyang assemblyman Hiew King Cheu ditched the DAP on Sept 27 and Kadamaian assemblyman Jeremy Malajad @ Malazad ditched the PKR on Nov 4. Hiew and Malajad declared themselves as Barisan Nasional-friendly assemblymen. Then there's the strange case of PKR's Matunggong assemblyman Datuk Jelani Hamdan. On Friday, he called for a 3pm press conference at his office in Kota Kinabalu. Many expected him to jump especially after he posted on Facebook that PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim "is not god". That morning, the joke among journalists was Christmas had come early in Matunggong, the Rungus heartland about two hours north of Kota Kinabalu. It seems Santa Claus was spotted in the northern district. Instead, Jelani did a Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin, who probably performed the longest political striptease in the history of Malaysia when the then Beaufort MP and a deputy minister, delayed for months his eventual jump from Umno to the PKR. Jelani told journalists that he was quitting as Sabah PKR liaison committee vice-chief. He also said that he could not quit the PKR because he was never a member of the party. In what must have been the quote of the day, he said: "How can I resign when I don't know if I am really a member?" "But you should be a party member by virtue of you winning the Matunggong state seat under the PKR ticket in the 13th general election?" a journalist asked. His situation, according to the politician who is a lawyer, was similar to that of Datuk Wilfred Bumburing. Bumburing, who as Tuaran MP, ditched Upko (a Barisan component party) to form a pro-Pakatan Rakyat NGO called Angkatan Perubahan Sabah, won the Tamparuli state seat on the PKR ticket without being its member. The chicken has indeed come back to roost. Anwar's decision to field PKR Photocopy such as Jelani, Malajad and Bumburing at the expense of PKR Ori (Original) has backfired. These non-PKR assemblymen have no loyalty to the party. The standard reasons the politicians gave for leaving the Opposition were: "Blah blah blah for the sake of the rakyat. Blah blah blah to develop my constituency. Blah blah blah the voters want me to jump." Sometimes it is unfair to joke about why these politicians jump. Definitely, there is a lucrative pull factor for them to become political frogs. Allow me to subtly hint, "development funds". Nevertheless, there is also an ugly push factor. There is something rotten happening in their party that compelled them to leave. Take the example of Jelani. He said his dissatisfaction with the PKR leadership stemmed from Anwar's appointment of Lajim as the Sabah state assembly Opposition chief and state party leader. "What seniority? Lajim joined the PKR two days after the election? Surely there were other more established party leaders who could have led Sabah PKR committee," he said. There are also those especially from the SAPP, the Sabah-based Opposition party that didn't win any seat in GE13, who said the PKR and DAP were rather "careless" in fielding these politicians. "Why did Anwar field Jelani who was a founding member of Kota Marudu Umno?" an SAPP leader asked me. The same with the DAP, they already had their suspicion on Hiew when he was Kota Kinabalu MP, and yet the party fielded him in Luyang. The reactions from leaders of the party they've ditched can be rather hypocritically comical. The DAP launched a signature campaign to force Hiew to vacate the Luyang seat. DAP's Likas assemblyman Junz Wong said the campaign was to send a message to all elected politicians to put an end to the "political frog culture" that has existed in Sabah for the last 50 years. The funny thing is that the DAP was silent when Lajim and Bumburing ditched Barisan. In fact, many were happy to be on the same stage as these political frogs. PKR vice-president Tian Chua called Malajad's quit move as an act of betrayal. "PKR vehemently condemns this unethical act," he said. The question Tian Chua should ask himself is did he vehemently condemn Lajim and Bumburing's unethical act when they declared themselves Pakatan Rakyat-friendly MPs. The condemnation you would have least expected came from Lajim. The Klias assemblyman said Malajad's quit move was "an act of betrayal of the mandate given to him by the people in Kadamaian". "He and other candidates in PKR, including me, who won the seats in the GE13, were given the trust by the party not for the purpose of forming a government but to serve the rakyat," he said. Even thick-skinned politicians blushed when they read his statement. Lajim has not jumped once but twice. In 1994, he brought about the collapse of the newly re-elected PBS government when he ditched it for Umno. The next jumper would probably be Bumburing. He is set to ditch the PKR to lead a newly-registered Sabah-based Opposition party. If he does, those grinning politicians who stood on the same stage as him when he quit Barisan should know that what comes around, goes around. "Tukar baju bah (change shirt)," as they say it in Sabah. |
| Posted: 10 Nov 2013 11:08 AM PST
Sabun khas untuk memudahkan orang Islam bersamak. Apabila saya cuba menerangkan bahawa orang Melayu tidak perlu takut pada anjing. Saya dikatakan cuba mengelirukan orang Melayu (Islam) dan bukan Melayu (bukan Islam) - dengan idea-idea yang bertentangan dengan amalan konvensional di negara ini. Uthaya Sankar SB, TMI Pertama kali saya mendapat tahu mengenai hakikat ada orang Melayu Islam memelihara anjing adalah sewaktu saya belajar di tingkatan satu di Sekolah Menengah Darul Ridwan, Taiping. Sebagai seorang individu yang lahir dan membesar di kawasan perkampungan (bukan estet atau ladang) berpenduduk majoriti kaum India di Lorong B, Aulong Lama, saya sedikit terkejut. Ini kerana pemahaman umum adalah bahawa orang Melayu tidak memelihara anjing. Malah, dalam kebanyakan keadaan, takut akan anjing. Demikian realiti yang wujud di depan mata. Maka, apabila saya mendapat tahu bahawa ada keluarga rakan sekelas yang memelihara anjing, saya teruja untuk melakukan siasatan. Maksud saya, mengetahui hukum sebenar memelihara anjing menurut Islam. Tambahan pula, selalu juga rakan-rakan bukan Melayu di sekolah dan kampung bertanya mengapa orang Melayu "takut akan anjing". Oleh kerana tidak mahu mengguriskan hati rakan Melayu, soalan yang dianggap sensitif itu tidak diajukan terus kepada mereka. Kebanyakan maklumat yang saya kumpulkan adalah menerusi pembacaan buku agama di perpustakaan sekolah. Ustaz dan ustazah turut menjadi sumber rujukan. Usaha menimba ilmu itu masih berterusan. Sedikit demi sedikit, saya mula faham rasional sebenar di sebalik "ketakutan" rakan Melayu terhadap anjing. Saya juga faham rasional keluarga rakan sekelas saya (Melayu Islam) memelihara anjing. Pada masa sama, sepanjang proses menimba ilmu dan maklumat berkaitan topik yang agak sensitif ini, timbul pula pelbagai dialog (perbincangan) dengan pelbagai pihak. Seperti biasa, saya dianggap pihak tertentu sebagai cuba mempersenda amalan orang Melayu. Misalnya, apabila saya cuba menerangkan bahawa orang Melayu tidak perlu takut pada anjing. Saya dikatakan cuba mengelirukan orang Melayu (Islam) dan bukan Melayu (bukan Islam) - dengan idea-idea yang bertentangan dengan amalan konvensional di negara ini. Berusaha mendapatkan maklumat sebenar dan tepat Apatah lagi apabila timbul kontroversi tidak berasas berhubung klip video seorang individu Melayu bersama anjing-anjingnya pada Julai lalu. Insiden itu juga membantu saya kembali mendalami pelbagai hukum berkaitan pemeliharaan anjing oleh orang Islam. Sekurang-kurangnya saya tidak boleh "ditipu" mana-mana pihak yang pandai "kelentong". Hasil perbualan saya dengan guru dan ustaz sejak kecil, tahulah saya bahawa anjing (dan babi) termasuk dalam kategori "najis mughallazah" - istilah yang sudah diketahui umum berikutan penyebaran klip video murid sekolah rendah bertanya soalan kepada Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Apa pun, tentulah ada beza antara "haram" dan "najis". Malah ada perbezaan nyata antara "najis" dan "hadas". Dalam konteks di Malaysia, daripada segi bahasa, tidak mustahil bahawa ramai - Melayu dan bukan Melayu - yang kurang teliti terhadap perbezaan antara ketiga-tiganya. Saya pernah membaca bahawa Nabi Muhammad bersabda, jika seorang Muslim memelihara anjing, maka pahalanya akan ditolak (dikurangkan) setiap hari. Pengecualian diberikan jika anjing itu dipelihara bagi tujuan menjaga rumah, harta benda, ternakan dan tanaman atau memburu. Ada juga Hadis sahih yang pernah saya baca bahawa seorang Muslim yang memegang anjing akan ditolak amalannya setiap hari. Pengecualian masih diberikan jika anjing itu dipelihara bagi tujuan menjaga ternakan atau kebun individu terbabit. Berdasarkan kisah-kisah di atas, secara logik, saya menyimpulkan sejak dahulu bahawa hukum memelihara anjing menurut Islam adalah "makruh" iaitu tidak salah jika dilakukan tetapi pahala jika ditinggalkan. Read more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/opinion/uthaya-sankar/article/anjing-dan-islam |
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