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- MACC’S Appeal against Dato’ Ramli Yusuff is sheer buffoonery
- Dr M - PAS' Hudud is sheer propaganda
- Will they never learn?
| MACC’S Appeal against Dato’ Ramli Yusuff is sheer buffoonery Posted: 23 Sep 2011 06:23 PM PDT You may recall that Dato Abdul Razak is the top notch MACC lawyer who appeared on behalf of A-G Gani Patail, as the Public Prosecutor, who had lodged and lost several appeals against the acquittals granted by various Courts to Dato' Ramli. This Dato' Musa (above) gained fame on Youtube as the MACC lawyer who tried to strangulate himself in order to demonstrate how Teoh Beng Hock could have died of self-strangulation when he was challenged by Thai Forensic expert, Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand, during the TBH Inquest. After that slapstick comedy in court, the MACC got wiser and engaged the much respected and extremely competent Dato Seri Shafie Abdullah to represent the MACC during the TBH RCI. The MACC's appeal that Razak Musa appeared for on September 23 is against the acquittal granted by Sessions Judge M Gunalan on March 2, 2010. However, on this occasion, Razak was a bit more respectful because Dato' Ramli was represented by Dato Seri Shafie Abdullah, his nemesis in the TBH saga. The MACC's appeal that Razak Musa appeared for this morning is against the acquittal granted by Sessions Judge M Gunalan on 12 March 2010. However, on this occasion, Razak was a bit more respectful because Dato' Ramli was represented by Dato Seri Shafie Abdullah, his nemesis in the TBH saga. The saying – "once a fool always a fool" is so apt on Razak Musa. In attempting to make a most passionate appeal on behalf of the PP, AG Gani Patail, Razak put on his most pathetic appearance when it became clear that the PP's appeal is a lot of hogwash. The High Court Judge Dato Ghazali Cha noted that Sessions Judge M Gunalan had written a comprehensive and exhaustive judgment which showed that MACC DPP Kevin Morais had relied on a very questionable statement from a known criminal, self confessed briber, murderer, pimp and everything else that an underworld kingpin can be, called Moo Sai Chin.
In doing so, Kevin successfully brought down Dato Ramli Yusuff (pictured above with his wife Dato' Anita Haron), at that time one of the top five most senior police officers, who could have been the IGP today. To observers who have been following Dato Ramli's trial, it is all very clear that IGP Musa Hassan and A-G Gani Patail had used the MACC as a tool in the conspiracy against and persecution of Dato Ramli Yusuff. Yet, there are so many allegations of selective prosecution by the MACC at the behest of A-G Gani Patail.
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| Dr M - PAS' Hudud is sheer propaganda Posted: 23 Sep 2011 04:54 PM PDT Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told The Mole that PAS was actually in a dilemma following the party's decision to drop their quest to set up an Islamic state and implement Hudud. "This is the problem with PAS, they are never very consistent. When they see that dropping (the struggle for an) Islamic state and Hudud makes them very unpopular now they want to come back and say that they want to implement (Islamic state and Hudud). "But they know very well that they cannot implement simply because they are afraid they will not get the support of Karpal Singh and the DAP. … So what they are saying now is just propaganda to win back Muslim votes. "PAS is in a dilemma. On one hand they want the non-Muslim support on the other hand they are afraid they would lose the Muslim support," the former Prime Minister and Umno president said when met at the National Mosque on Friday. Nik Aziz who is also Kelantan Mentri Besar rekindled PAS' aspiration to implement the party's version of Hudud a few days ago and insisted that the party has never dropped its struggle for an Islamic state. During PAS' 57th muktamar in early June, the party dropped their long-standing quest for an Islamic state and adopted the welfare state concept. Party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang made the 'Welfare State' announcement at the end of the muktamar, much to the chagrin of PAS' own members and supporters. But Nik Aziz revived the Hudud issue again when he recently accused Dr Mahathir of singlehandedly preventing PAS from implementing Hudud in Kelantan when the latter was Prime Minister. Nik Aziz said the high number of HIV/AIDS cases in Kelantan could have been prevented had PAS been allowed to implement the Hudud laws.
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| Posted: 22 Sep 2011 11:32 PM PDT Whoever crafted this piece in Malaysianinsider is absolutely spot on. I quote : "It is a no-brainer why Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dredged up the issue of PAS's pursuit of hudud law in Kelantan". In 2002 or 2003, I think, Dr M did the same. Needled PAS to detail their proposed plan for an Islamic state in Terengganu, then under PAS rule. Hadi bit the bait that Dr M tossed at them. Came up with their blueprint for their Islamic state in Terengganu. Kit Siang's reaction to PAS's posturing then says it all. In the 2004 GE, PAS paid the price for falling for Dr M's ploy : Terengganu went back to BN Is it not obvious enough that Dr M's latest salvo on the hudud issue is simply to try to get PAS to feel obliged to defend their 'Islamic state' ideal and get DAP to respond with a defence of the secular nation that we are? Yesterday, FreeMalaysiaToday reported Tok Guru Nik Aziz as describing Mahathir as 'lucu' for his latest attempt to drive a wedge between DAP and PAS. Today, Malaysiakini reports HERE and HERE a war of words between DAP's Karpal and Nik Aziz, the latter saying that DAP can leave Pakatan for all he cares if they are not in agreement to PAS's agenda to establish an Islamic state! What the @#$% is going on? I am particularly baffled by the response to this whole hudud business by Anwar. Yesterday, Malaysiakini reported Anwar as saying that he personally supported Kelantan's bid to implement hudud law. "For now, in general, in principle, I believe this can be implemented. Looking at the specific areas and there are clear guarantees on the administration of justice. It does not in any way infringe on the rights of non-Muslims," Anwar is reported to have said. There are clear guarantees on the administration of justice? Does not infringe on the rights of non-Muslims? Dato Seri, tell that to the widow of Seargeant Moorthy. Tell that to the family and friends of the late Lawrence Selvananthan. What baffles most, though, is this. The Kelantan hudud law that Mahathir has raked up again and which Anwar now supports implementation, was passed by the Kelantan Legislative Assembly in 1993. However, to be effectively implemented, it needed an act of Parliament to clothe the syariah courts in Kelantan with the power to implement the hudud precribed punishments. That meant that UMNO and the BN government would have to support such a bill in Parliament. This put UNMO then in a spot. Anwar was then the deputy president of UMNO and the deputy prime minister. To the best of my knowledge, the law passed in 1993 remains unchanged to this day. If Anwar now says that it is now worthy of support and implementation, perhaps he can now share with us why it was not okay to be supported in 1993?
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