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Stupider Malayans

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 03:18 PM PDT

By DUMNO

Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan. Puan-puan dan tuan-tuan. Datuk-datuk, nenek-nenek, batuk-batuk, hingus-hingus dan lain-lain seklian. I will now change my mode again for the sake of the stupit non's. * ahem * Ya mah, you are non-Malay, non-Muslim, non-Bumiputra werd. You are nothing but a NON ! And we DUMNO, are non-NON's. Unnersten? Goblok !!

Yesterday I was tolding you oredi how come dumno will winning the cuming eRection. Now you know how lor. So easy only mah. PKR bring up Altantuya, people vote for PKR. BN bring up Hudud, people vote for BN, PKR bring up Teoh Beng Hock, people vote for PKR, and I can go on and on and on and on. Even worster, some gong-gong called Merdeka-rating always seems to justify it with real-looking statistik. And then some dungoo political expert  big name will come up and make statements that even the Prophet will be surprised. Aiyahhhhhhhhhh wasting time leh. It is so easy. Kangkung oso cannot get easier.

Malayans are simply stupit lor. So stupit until you have no tulang-belakang. No tulang-depan, and no tulang-tepi. Tulang atas dan bawah pun dun have !! Lalang oso stronger than you ah !! It is because you all as stupit as you are that you have today mah. I tell you one secret-lah. Politik is dirty. Dirty Dancing oso not so dirty. We ahli politik are like David Copperfield. We can make things appear and disappear whenever we want. Not because we pray to Syaitan. No, we oredi kowtim Syaitan. He now works for us. We the ahli Politik give you all wayang everyday. Udderwise you will say dat we never do our job. So, how to look like we do our job? Appear everyday in Ugutan Malaysia lor. You all never read dat paper wan meh? No ah? New Snake Times? The Star, Sun and Moon are all Cult newspapers oredi mah, so no need to mention them. Oso, their talking so funny. Who unnersten what they say? We Malayans speak dis way mah, and even our England skool teachers speak dis way, so if Star Sun and Moon dun write this way, we wont give them any more lesen. Really wan. Ibrahim Ali said so. He told me tree times. Really !! Wan... Too... Tree ... heh heh.

Now back to the Hootoot Law. We, the DUMNO actually dowan it wan. How can?!?! We bluff you all only. If DUMNO allow it ah, then we got no more hands and legs leh, coz all kena chop off. How to hamsup young underaged girls anymore laidet? DUMNO people all very hamsup, and extremely Kudikaran oso mah. Hahaha surprise you dat I can oso speaking Yindan leh. I oso got much-much Yindian spy. You think we have MIC for fun ah? You think MCA for fun izzit? They are actually all our spy mah !! James Bond oso cannot lawan ah. But ours is called James Gong, and James Kongket.

I tell you anudder secret. NEP is actually a komunis konsep. Take from rich, give to poor. You all so stupit until so simple thing oso you dunno. Hahahahahahaha Some more call it Robing Hoot. We rob you ah... you Ah Hoot, the Toot !! See?? I prove to you dat you are all so Toot oredi. Some more say you wan to be First World wor. How to be First World if you all so stupit? I say oredi, the only tulang you have is the one in your trousers! Dat oso must use "Ali's walking-stick" or the Cheena call  "Wai Kor", to tolong. No wonder people say dat Malayans are Truly "lemah-lembut" Kakakakakakaka

We not scared of Anwar. We scared Malayans want female PM. Oredi the Fei-fei Lady of Putrajaya kontrol dis country. Like Sri Lanka, India, Israel, Central African Republic, Great Britain, Portugal, Bolivia, Dominica, Iceland, Norway, Yugoslavia, Malta, Netherlands, Philippines, Pakistan, Lithuania, Nicaragua, Ireland, Haiti, Germany, Bangladesh, Poland, Canada, Burundi, Rwanda, Turkey, Bulgaria, Guyana, New Zealand, Mongolia, Panama, Latvia, Finland and the latest one Thailand. But the Sawadikha one is actually a Barbie Doll, because of her DuckSin brudder, so dat wan dun count. Anyway, Malayan men's cuckoo-bird  have "Roaming Problem". They think they is a Romeo, and so, must sewa some Chooliet to hamsup. Dat's why DUMNO will RULE FOREVER AND EVER lor.

So easy ! I hope the Malayan Crime Minister wont come and C4 me for telling you all dis cigarettes. She very garang wan. Her husband is ok. He just wanna hamsup Mongolian girls.  Better run fast-fast and go call uncle C4. He told me oredi boom-boom Tugu Keganasan today. See, he even send me dis gambar as proof. He tooken it with his henfone.

OK I quickly change my mode again, before the fatty bom-bom in PuraJaya scold me.

Seklian dan Terima Kasih.

 

Comic Relief

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:47 PM PDT

By Scapegoat Joe

The Cast:
High Court Judge Latuk Mohd. ZMD (Judge)
Latuk Seri AI (DSAI)
Defense Lead Counsel KS (King Kapal or KK)
Defense Lawyer SN (Ke Le Fe Lawyer or KLFL)
Allegedly being F-ed SBA (Saifool)
Prosecuting Lead Counsel Tan Sri AGP (AG)
Deputy Public Prosecutor FAL (FAL)

Judge: Order! Order!
DSAI: Er…kopi O kau, tarik kuat kuat!
KK: I also want but kosong. Remember, no sugar ah!
KLFL: Me too but I want mine with 5 sugar!
Saifool: Me three but mine with only 1 sugar. Got to take care of this body cos fat mama likes it the way it is.
AG: Me four!!!
Judge: Aiyah…order in the court lah! Not order drinks lah. You all think you are boss here, meh?
AG: Of course I am Taiko here. Remember that the ISA has not been repealed yet. You want to make Taiping your permanent home?
Judge: Soli lor… but do you remember that OUR Taiko just told us to kow-tim this case fast fast?
AG: Okay! Okay! No need to use him to "big" me, okay? No drinks mah no drinks lor. Something stuck up your twat? Okay! Okay! Let's kow-tim this quick quick.
Saifool: Ya-lah…why talk so much? Now I must cancel all my appointments and I can sue you for loss of income!
Judge: You aquah just shut up and make sure that the cork is still stuck up you're A-hole. If not I'll come down and F you up your a-hole myself.
Saifool: (Drooling) Yes please…
KK: Hello…can we continue with this charade? It is bouncy here like mad already.
Judge: Okay lor! You in a hurry, meh? I thought lawyers charge by the hour? Okay, call in the first witness, Mr. Prosecutor!
AG: I call in Dr. X who only just graduated in medicine from Anti College in Tapah.
KK: Objection! Anti College in Tapah does not teach medicine and therefore Mr. X cannot be qualified as a doctor.
Judge: Overruled! Who say cannot? I got my law degree from Anti College also. What do you say, AG?
AG: (whispering to FAL) Girl, go kow-tim it immediately and don't let Saifool distract you this time.
FAL: Okey dokey. I quickee callee LTL at MCA now.
AG: Baa…baa…black sheep have you any drool? Yes sir, No sir, three bags fool…
Judge: (Screaming) What the hell are you doing?
AG: Wasting time lor, what else? You stupid, meh?
FAL: (whispering to AG) Kow-tim already, sir!
AG: Gooooood… eh, uncle… no need to shout lor. Anti College is now qualified to teach medicine. Everything settled already!
Judge: (Addressing KK) You satisfied now, counsel?
KK: (Choking) WTF???
Judge: You may take the stand, Dr. X and stop making eyes at the AG.
AG: Dr. X, can you please tell the court whether semen specimens can tahan being stuck inside the A-hole for 56 days, or not? And whether you can still identify the DNA from it?
Dr. X: You say can mah can lor. Only depends on the number of zeros on the cheque mah.
KK: Objection!
Judge: Overruled. Dr. X, may I remind you that you are on the stand as a witness and your conduct must be proper…and stop playing with yourself!
Dr. X: Yessir. Okay, sir. No problem, sir.
Judge: (Screaming) Then go answer the F-king answer lah.
Dr. X: Sir, this is Boleh-Land and everything also Boleh.
AG: No more questions, Judge.
Judge: Defense, your turn to question the witness.
KK: How long have you practiced medicine?
Dr. X: My second day was when the AG personally ask me to test the semen samples for DNA.
KK: What did you do on your first day?
Dr. X: I was very lucky lor…I remember very clearly that I nearly overdosed a patient at Kampung Kepayang clinic. Everything written in English, where can understand? I spent six weeks qualifying to become a doctor, where got time to learn English? How I know mercury is dangerous?
Judge: Defense, you got anymore stupid questions or not?
KK: Only one, sir. (Addressing Dr. X) Sir, how come all the experts say that semen samples have deteriorated after 30 days that no DNA can be identified, but you say can even after 56 days?
Dr. X: I got pray a lot mah and Gawd told me so lor. What's your problem, man? You don't trust in Gawd meh? Tell them to take the Bible, Quran, Buddhist Scriptures, Torah and whatever they got in here and I will swear by them all.
KK: (Exasperated) No more questions, sir.
Judge: Then I pronounce DSAI guilty of all charges.
KK: But I still have 100 more witnesses to call…
Judge: All disqualified.
KK: But that Saifool still have not even taken the stand yet!
AG: Uncle, we are charging DSAI lor not Saifool the Complainant lor. We already got the sworn testimony of the Complainant from the cops….you don't trust them, meh?
Judge: Court adjourned. Sentencing next week after I meet and discuss it with the AG (whispering) and after the cheque clears…

Brief for the Prime Minister

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:39 PM PDT

By Thuraisingham Shun

A.  Preamble 

    The Malaysian Cooperative movement is today, 89 years. It consists of 8500 cooperatives with a membership of over 9 million snowballing to 17 million with family members included.

B.  Memorandum sent 

  1. 8 memorandum in detail have been forwarded to the Prime Minister
  2. 1 memorandums has been handed to the Deputy Prime Minister.
  3. Memorandum had been handed to the former minister with 2 copies referred to YB Ismail Sabri
  4. 1 memorandum had been forwarded to the Chief Secretary and the Secretary General
  5. Lately on 28th July, a memorandum had been handed to the Deputy Minister.

          We have yet to receive any feedback on the same as yet.

C.  8 point originating summons against ANGKASA         

     The salient features are:

      1)  Taking more than RM1 million in allowances for attending board meetings from 2007-2009.The president was accused of taking RM155,118 in 2008.

      2)  Failing in their fiduciary responsibilities in a land purchase in Kelana Jaya  

    and causing a loss of RM6.5 million in the deal with the Malaysian Association of Productivity.

      3) Approving and spending RM500,000 for a delegates' conference, including allowances in 2009,in violation of by-laws.

  1. Spending RM1.27 million to buy seven Toyota Camry for personal use before Hari Raya last year while only RM400,000 was authorized for the purpose.
  2. Approving and spending RM500,000 over and above the sanctioned budget of RM1.5 million in 2009 without permission.
  3. Abusing their powers in suspending three members of the state liaison committee for three years.
  4. Paying unauthorized allowances to officials of the Malaysians Cooperative Societies Commission and other government officials who attended several board meetings. These payments were viewed as corruption.
  5. Making false media statements Angkasa had made a profit of RM2 billion for the financial year ending June 30 last year


D.   The co-operative commission had acted on 3 of the above matter which  favours the plaintif.                                                                                                                              

E.   Misstated accounts of the Cooperative Commision for the year ending 2008 & 2009 has been passaged through parliament                                ENCLS 3                                                              

         Salient features: 

  1. Billions not accounted
  2. Fund accounts mismanaged
  3. Cooperative Commission deemed illegal

F.  ANGKASA is an illegal entity.                                                               

G.  SPARK of problems 

           - Suspension of 9 individual members

           - Report sent to Deputy Minister    

H.  8 Bumiputra co-operative suspended                                            

            - Double standards practiced by Minister                                        

      - Thousands of Bumiputra co-operative members in a delima                  

I.  Illegal launch of Co-operative Bank in parliament lobby                                                              

J.  Illegal school Co-operatives                                                                                   
 
K.  Schemers from the Cooperative movement

-Dato'Dr.Ali Baharom implicated in a multimillion Ringgit money laundering scheme and organizer of the illegal- ANGKASA Cooperative Bank 

-Has now intrued into the palace and religious centres                          
 

Conclusion

ANGKASA and the officials of the Co-operative Commission have mislead the Minister in their activities in controversion of the Cooperative Act

______________________________________________________________________ 
 

Proposed Solutions

    A direction from PM to Angkasa to release the 9 individual suspension.
    The co-operative movement which is a people oriented organization should be transferned under the purview of the Prime Minister
    A Overall Programmed Evaluation of Management  Audit
    Appoint an "OPERATIONS DIRECTOR" to conduct the day to day administration of the Co-operative Commission
    Appoint an "ADMINISTRATOR" to conduct:
        A forensic audit
        To conduct the day to day administration of ANGKASA
 

Food for thought (Confidential)

    The role of co-operatives in the election process
    The Thai political movement is controlled by the Telecoms Co-operative spearheaded by Thaksin
    The Singapore government election is monopolized by the activities of the NTUC-cooperative
    The co-operatives in Indonesia play a pivotal role in the election process
    The India Co-operative movement plays a pivotal role in the election of the government

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

………………………………………………

Thuraisingham Shan                                   

Co-operative a Management Consultant       

Advisor/Consultant                                         

Cooperative Union of Malaysia                      

Midlands Co-operative Union                         

International Cooperative Housing Foundation

International Director –UKHWAH

FOUNDATION for International Co-operative
 


........................................................................

Dato' Seri Hj Mustapa Kamal bin Maulut

Chairman

Portfolio Koperasi

The National Malay Chambers Commerce Malaysia 

Enough Talking, Time To Turun Padang To Walk Our Talk

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:08 PM PDT

I have written a long article and a lengthy one to jolt readers into understanding the initiative and be able to contribute and work towards our shared objective to kick out BN and ensure the new government does all that the Rakyat expect them to do.

By Socrates

 

What Is Wrong With Malaysia

1. Economic Bankruptcy

We have known for a long, long time now, that Malaysia will be bankrupt by 2014 at the latest if we continue to let this present government lead us into serious debt, following in the footsteps of Greece. Greece has the European Union to back it up (at present), who does Malaysia turn to when we go down the same slippery slope?? Nobody.

2. Rampant Corruption & Inflation

We know all the corruption cases that go into the billions of Ringgit that happens in Malaysia, with NFA (No Further Action) from the AG, and the perpetrators walking around with impunity. As a direct result from all this corruption, we, the Rakyat, have to suffer rises in prices of all goods and services while the elite enjoy the fruits of their corrupt practices. This is the main reason why our Barang all Naik.

A few famous examples are FELDA, Scorpene submarines that cannot submerge, PKFZ, and Malaysia Airlines.

3. Custodial Deaths

All the custodial deaths are but the tip of the iceberg that indicate all is not well with our enforcement agencies such as the PDRM and MACC. Indeed, the statistics bear testimony that the way these agencies are run as fiefdoms of the government of the day, and along the lines of enforcers of the Mafia, Triads, and Yakuza, to execute any Rakyat without trial. These enforcement agencies that are supposed to protect the rights of the Rakyat and keep them safe from harm, are the ones behaving as judge, jury, and executioner, all rolled into one.

A few famous examples are Kugan (Indian), Teoh Beng Hock (Chinese), Ahmad Sarbaini (Malay) that make this a truly 1Malaysia group. In other words, no one, no matter from which race, is safe, unless you are one of the elite.

4. No Separation Of Powers = Dictatorship

The Judiciary is handpicked by the government of the day, from the Chief Justice all the way down, and many are from the same political party as the ruling elite. This leads to massive miscarriages of justice with court decisions heavily favouring the government of the day, and wasting public resources in persecuting the Opposition members over non-existent, imagined wrongdoings.

With the majority of MPs sitting in Parliament supporting the ruling party, instead of supporting the Rakyat who voted them in, this means the PM has total control of Parliament, the Government and the Judiciary. If these are not the trappings of a dictatorship, what is?? Where are the checks & balances?? There are none, in Malaysia.

5. Draconian, Oppressive Intimidating Laws dan lain-lain lagi

What better way to stifle dissent than to threaten the Rakyat with indefinite detention without trial, with no chance of judicial intervention. Laws such as the ISA, OSA, EO, PPPA, Sedition Act are all used to make the Rakyat to "toe the line" or else ....

With the AG practising "selective prosecution" where only people who oppose the government are incarcerated indefinitely with the cell key thrown away, and cases aginst the elite are always labelled "NFA", there are no more civil liberties to talk about in Malaysia any more. Which foreign investor in their right mind would ever want to invest in Malaysia??

Indeed, the enormous brain drain that Malaysia suffers from stems from this as the main reason - a total lack of civil liberties. Nobody who treasures justice, freedom, and equality, would ever want to invest in the Malaysia of today, nor make such a country their home.

This list can go on and on and on, but let us examine closely what we have to do to drastically improve the situation, and see how we can implement our plan of action for the survival and betterment of Malaysia, and its Rakyat.

We must not act in haste and desperation, or we most likely will end up getting rid of the elitist present day government, and voting in another government that is not much better.


What Needs To Be Done

1. Electoral Reform

We need to ensure the maxim "One Person One Vote" and each and every vote is weighted similarly. To this end, we need to force the present day government to implement all the electoral reforms before the 13th General Election so that we know we are playing on a level playing field.

To force the government of the day, and the Elections Commission into implementing all the electoral reforms proposed by BERSIH 2.0 before the GE13, it may be necessary for a BERSIH 3.0 to act as a catalyst to enforce this term.

2. Wannabe Government Must Pledge To Implement the Rakyat's Reform Agenda fully within the 5 years term

Whilst we desperately want to get rid of the government of the day by voting them out, we must also take great care that the government that we vote in, can and will, do the Rakyat's bidding, and make structural reform their top priority. We most certainly do not want to install a government which is new and untested, and who will utilize all the existing power infrastructure set up by the present ruling elite, to perpetuate its hold on power, whilst oppressing the Rakyat in similar fashion.

We, the Rakyat must tell our political representatives what we want for Malaysia before they get our votes. For far too long, the Rakyat of Malaysia have been led by our noses by these politicians who after winning the
elections, promptly lose their way, and lead us into quicksand! No more blank cheques, thank you very much. We must learn from lessons of the past and empower ourselves with the knowledge of what we want for Malaysia, clearly in our hearts and minds, and the politicians must give us what we want or we will give them the boot.

The Rakyat's Reform Agenda consists of 4 parts:-

(a) Honouring the 18 point and 20 point agreements for Sarawak and Sabah respectively that was drawn up in 1963 when Malaysia was formed.

(b) Replacing the NEP and NEM with the Social Inclusion Agenda that concentrates government help to the marginalized hardcore 40% (of total population in Malaysia) poor that is colour and religion blind, and the only
criteria is that the recipient must be poor. The Commission set up to implement and operate this will report directly to Parliament.

(c) Return all organs of State to the Rakyat, the Judiciary, PDRM, MACC, AG, EC, etc. This means placing neutral, passionately professional and objective people to staff these agencies, and work for the Rakyat, and not for the government of the day, as is what is happening now.

(d) Repeal all draconian laws and legislation, like the ISA, OSA, EO, UUCA, PPPA, Sedition Act etc. when the new government has its first sitting in Parliament.

3. GE13 - Vote Out BN/ dUMNO, Vote In New Govt.

This is when we exercise our constitutional right and patriotic duty to make our votes count. With electoral reforms already in place, and other control mechanisms in place, we must now vote in the govt that has pledged to give us, the Rakyat, what we want.


What We Can Do to Contribute To Ending BN/ dUMNO's Dictatorial Rule

1. Join BERSIH 3.0 as and when necessary to force the EC and the govt to implement all the BERSIH 2.0 electoral reforms.

2. Write to your non-BN political candidate to tell them in no uncertain terms to fully support the Rakyat's Reform Agenda, and get their firm commitment on it.

3. Talk to everyone you know about this plan of action and get them to join you in liberating Malaysia. You may print this out and give copies to your friends, family, relatives and neighbours, and get their firm commitment to do it.

4. Join an NGO that you can believe in and help them work towards the objectives set out in this article. Examples are MCLM, SABM, etc.

5. Get trained as a Polling Agent and Counting Agent and help our non-BN political reps in their constituencies to neutralize unethical behaviour at the polls.

6. Vote out BN in GE13, and install a Rakyat-first government into Putrajaya.

Let's do it !

Socrates.

P.S. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat - Theodore Roosevelt

Wake Up From Narrow, Race-Based Politics

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:28 PM PDT

By Teresa Kok

I am very surprised by MCA Youth National Chairman Wee Ka Siong's statement accusing me of misleading and stirring the Indian community, particularly the school board of SJKT Castlefield, against the Chinese community, simply for having helped the school board highlight their school and application problem.

(Source: http://www.mca.org.my/en/dap-exco-teresa-kok%E2%80%99s-failure-to-sjkt-castlefield-non-comprehension-of-national-land-code-exposed/)

Wee's statement shows that he views every issue from the angle of race and that MCA cannot wake up from Barisan Nasional's narrow, race-based politics. His statement will only make the school board of SJKT Castlefield even more annoyed with MCA and Wee himself.

Wee is trying to racialise this issue to cover-up the mishandling of SJKT Castlefield's land application by the Education Ministry.

It was the Education Department who advised them to apply for that plot of school reserve land at Wawasan Puchong which they had already approved for SJKC Kheng Chee. I had never advised SJKT Castlefield to apply for that particular school reserve land nor was I ever involved in the application process.

I must stress here that the school board members have been meeting with the Education Department to apply for suitable relocation site ever since the school board of SJKT Castlefield learnt that their school land would be encroached upon by 6 LRT pillars.

When Wee heard the news of SJKT Castlefield's application, as Deputy Education Minister, he should have met with the schoolboard of SJKT Castlefield and Education Ministry officers concerned to get the whole picture of what had actually transpired.

He should not have racialised this issue and attacked me with unfounded accusations.

I urge Wee Ka Siong to stop twisting SJKT Castlefield school land issue with racial remarks and untruths. The more he does that, the more he shows that MCA is on the verge of political bankruptcy that he has to stoop so low to play up racial issues.

I also urge Wee and MCA leaders to quit spreading the lie that I had ever said that the Selangor State Government has approved 8 pieces of school land for Chinese schools. I have never made such a statement. The Petaling District Chinese Primary School Development Committee has also issued a statement to confirm this.

 

Invitation to the MCLM forums on Rakyat Reform Agenda (RARA)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:00 AM PDT

The Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement will be officially launching a series of forums nationwide on the 'Rakyat Reform Agenda' beginning from Monday 19th September 2011 in Kuala Lumpur at the Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) from 7pm - 11pm.

It is MCLM's fervent hope that in order for Malaysia to be the great inclusive nation envisioned by our founding fathers, we must return to basic principles.

How will we achieve this? The answer - Through the Rakyat Reform Agenda (RARA), which is a four-point plan to:

1. Honour the agreements made in 1963 between the Federation of Malaya and Sabah and Sarawak prior to the formation of the Federation of Malaysia

2. Restore the national institutions to the Rakyat – the judiciary, Election Commission, police force, Attorney-General, etc.

3. Restore the liberties guaranteed to the Rakyat under the Federal Constitution by repealing the ISA, OSA, PPPA, UUCA and Sedition Act

4. Adopt the Social Inclusion Agenda, designed to raise the living standards of all marginalised persons in Malaysia.

Apart from Kuala Lumpur, the MCLM RARA forums will also be held in Kota Kinabalu (27th Sep), Sandakan (29th Sep), Kuching (1st Oct), Penang (24th Oct), Ipoh (25th Oct) culminating in Johor Baru (27th Oct). Details on the time and exact venues at these locations will be provided in due course.

We would appreciate if you can send your journalist to cover the KL event.

MCLM Secretariat

 

For further information, please contact the MCLM Secretariat at Tel: 03-79827101/79712244 or Fax: 03-79829097 or Email: admin@mclm.org.uk

 

Malaysian Scorpene Submarine Corruption Case Legal Briefing

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:00 AM PDT

The Solicitors International Human Right's Group (SIHRG) and Malaysian Human Rights NGO (SUARAM) will be hosting a briefing and fund raising event in relation to the French Scorpene submarine deal in which French giant shipbuilder DCNS is alleged to have paid millions of Euros in kickbacks to top Malaysian officials.

Joseph Breham, a renowned French lawyer from Sherpa, a non-profit organisation dealing with human rights legal issues and Cynthia Gabriel from Suaram will provide up-to-date briefings followed by an open dialogue session. William Bourdon, a colleague of Mr Breham, who is also part of the French legal team, was unfortunately deported by Malaysian authorities in July this year en route to speak at fund raising events in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. Please join us for what is bound to be an interesting and engaging evening.

Date : Friday 30th Sept 2011

Venue : Lecture theatre BPP Law School, 68-70 Red Lion Street, London WC1R 4NY

Time : Registration : 6pm  Briefing and Dialogue Panel : 6.30pm-8.00pm

A nasi lemak supper will be on sale at the venue. All proceeds will go towards the legal fund. Admission is free but donations towards the legal case are welcome.

Please register at http://malaysianscorpenesubmarinecorruptioncaselegalbrief.eventbrite.com/

For further details pertaining to the case please see below:

http://malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/guest-columnists/39450-malaysian-submarines-the-trail-of-retrocommissions-is-becoming-clearer

Briefing on the Scorpene Submarine Case

Chronology:

5 June 2002:   Malaysian Government signed an agreement with French DCNS and Spainish Navantia for the procurement of two (2) Scorpene class submarines.

The procurement contract was through direct negotiation with the manufacturing companies, said to be with the service of Perimekar Sdn Bhd.

According to the Government explanation, the contract was divided into two parts:

a.   Cost of two Scorpene submarines together with the package that covers Integrated Logistic Support and training amounted to Euro 969.15m (however on 14 May 2008, Najib told the Parliament that this part cost Euro 999.15)

b.    Payment to Perimekar Sdn Bhd in the name of "coordination services" for a period of six years, the sum was Euro 114.96m

It is widely believed that payment for the second package was in reality the commission for Najib/Rosmah through Razak Baginda as the owner of Perimekar.

With the exchange rate at the time, the cost was equivalent to:

1)    Payment for submarine cost between: RM 2.14b (Euro=RM3.2 in 2002) – RM 5.43b (Euro=RM5.6 in 2008) (nowEuro=RM4.7)

2)    Commission: probably about RM 540m (exchange rate at the time of payment)

26 July 2006: Royal Malaysian Navy announced these vessels will be named after the first and second prime ministers. The first hull will be named KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and the second hull KD Tun Razak.

24 Oct 2007:   The first vessel, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman was launched by then Defence Minister Najib on at the DCNS dockyard, Cherbourg, France.

(According to Sharribuu, Altantuya was in France with Najib during the launch)

3 Sept 2009:   The first Scorpene submarine KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, arrived at a Port Klang naval base after a 54-day voyage from France. The second of the series, KD Tun Razak, is scheduled for delivery in late 2009. However it only arrived in mid 2010.

10 Feb 2009:   It was reported that KD Tunku Abdul Rahman could not dive due to technical faults. The Navy sources admitted that the defect had prevented it from diving for three months. However the Government claimed that the problem was fixed in early February and it was allowed to undergo tropical water trial since then.

As a result, builder DCNS SA extended the warranty for the submarine, which was supposed to expire on 25 January 2010, until May 2010 so the submarine could complete its trials as the first step to obtaining its Initial Operational Capability (IOC).

25 May 2010:  KD Tunku Abdul Rahman warranty expired.

2 July 2010:    KD Tun Razak, the second Scorpene submarine, arrived at the Lumut RMN Base. It was more than 6 months behind schedule.

7 July 2010:    Marhalim Abas of the Malay Mail again reported that Malaysian submarine crews had remained on dry land since the first arrival due to continuous problems of KD Tunku Abdul Rahman; the crews risked to lose their submarine rating for unable to participate any trial dive.

Both submarines are now parked at Sabah Sepanggar Naval base, to date neither of them had undergone the necessary tropical water trial dive.

What is the actual cost of the Scorpene submarines?

Agreement signed with DCNS/Navantia costed Malaysian taxpayer Euro 1.08b (with Euro 114.96m commission for Perimekar). Nonetheless, we later found out that the price did not include many items.

What are the missing items that need additional payments?

1.   Maintenance services: Malaysian Government had awarded a joint venture Boustead-DCN Bhd (BDCN) as the services provider for the submarine maintenance. Until today the cost had not been finalized. Nonetheless, in June 2009 Boustead Heavy Industries in a statement to Bursa Malaysia informed that the government had expressed an intent to award a contract worth RM600 million to its joint-venture unit for in-service support for submarines.
March 2010: Defence Minister Zahid Hamidi clarified that for the first year maintenance would cost about RM270m and the annual maintenance cost will be capped at RM600m per year.

2.   LIMA 2009: Defence Minister announced additional contract worth Euro37.5m (about RM150m) for the supply of Support and Test Equipment (S&TE) for Scorpene submarines.

3.   Weapon not included: on 22 June 2010 Defence Minister answered parliament question revealed that the Government has paid Euro219.265m (about RM890m) for 40 units Exocet SM39 missile and 30 units Black Shark torpedo, to be delivered by 2013.

4.   Infrastructure for submarine base in Sabah (not yet constructed)?

5.   Training for crews, support staff etc. No price yet.

 

Grand total (rough estimate):

Hardware: two Scorpene class submarines                         RM 5,430m

Commission: in the form of services by Perimekar               RM 540m

Package for simulation and training, S&TE                          RM 150m

Weapons: 40 Exocet missiles and 30 Black Sharp torpedo     RM 890m

Total: RM 6.98b

Maintenance service (under negotiation)                             RM 270m (first year)/ RM600m (max)

Money spent to date                                                         RM 7.3b    

If we add RM600m maintenance                                         RM 7.58b (for 3 years)

Uncertain for repair cost to overcome defect                         RM ???

 

Stupit Malayans

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 08:14 PM PDT

By DUMNO   

Ha ha... Election coming oredi. We DUMNO non-non's will win again. You see, ah... We can give out a few ringgit here and there, and everyone will kowtow to us. Kiss our hand-lah, jilat our buntut-lah, and so on. We build a few mosques here and there, and people worship us. We control Allah. We really do !! We send the PM's husband to Vatican only so dat the Popiah wont invade Malaya like the Portugis. We scared kena attack ah! Popiah pray means we all hapis mampus liau!

Opposition stupit. They dun control anything. They say only that they want to be honest. See-lah, Lim Guan Eng cant even manage a car park in Penang. How can anyone build a Kanchil-sahaja multi-storey car park? Kandang Basikal oso better, and cheaper. Buatan bamboo cukup-lah. And can charge $50million some more. At least DUMNO people got enough brains to make hamsup video of opposition leaders, and elect porn-stars to become presidents. Laidet, it keeps the people happy mah. They can watch hamsup videos of Politicians mah. Wait... Mat Sabo's hamsup video will come out very soon, and then you can buy from pirated DVD shop in pasar malam. Koot or not? Who say we dun love Malayans?

What opposition do? Scream and shout only about honesty. Honesty do what? NOTHING !! You think Penang so great izzit? Pearl of the Orient izzit? We still got Putrajaya. And guess what? Putrajaya CONTROLS Penang !! Putrajaya dun give Penang looi, LGE can "chiak sai". HAH!! I oso can speaking Cheena. I got Cheena informants mah. They oso want to cari makan mah! Anyway, with 100% of Putrajaya voters working for us, you think anyone there got balls to vote for opposition ah? We make sure than 90% of all gomen employees dun make enough money to even qualify to pay tax, so dat they must resort to korupsi. You think gomen workers want to sell kachang puteh at roadside meh? Why you think DUMNO must keep Malayans poor and stupit? So dat they have no time to lawan us lorrrr...

Why I say Malayan ah? Because Malaya was never Colonized mahhhhhh. Never Colonized means where got Malaysia? TAR was only our poster-boy-lor. And actually ah, Tugu Kebangsaan should be demolished. Why ah? Because it is UNTRUE, and unIslamic. Islam says CANNOT make human statues. So, Tugu Kebangsaan must be destroyed !! Esok I go ask uncle C4 to bring his bombs.

On the same note, we will tell Muslims to give us all their unIslamic money. Yes. All RINGGIT is unIslamic. Why ah? Coz got picture of Agong on it lor. Islam says we cannot have pictures of humans mah. Actually, we will also go to central market tomorrow and arrest all those artist buggers. They have to cari duit somewhere else. Be polisman lah ! Can easily cari duit extorting money from all the stupit Cheena. The stupit Cheena scream and shout about Honesty, but still pay korupsi money to Polis werd. If Polis no space, the painters can oso work in MACC. As long as they can wear a uniform, they can be MACC. All those "anti-korupsi" badges is only for show, and oso to make some looi for the badge-making company, which belongs to me mahhhh.  ** cough cough **

Skool ah? What is skool? We should start to shut down skools because it will make people cRever. If Malayans become cRever, then DUMNO Hapis !! No one can be cReverester than DUMNO. And that is why we HATE those who go to non-gomen skool. cRever Cheena we HATE!! cRever Melayu we HATE!! cRever India we HATE!! cRever Dan-Lain-Lain oso we HATE!! Unnersten or not?

We NOT Prejudice !! WE HATE YOU ALL cRever people !!! STOP making yourselves cRever can or not !!! It makes us all look damn STUPIT !! Go watch some more Astro lah. Give you 32thousand channels for what? You pay to make yourself stupider ! Cepat cepat Go ! Go !!

But, then again, we know that you will eRect us back into ofis once again, and again, and again, until lepas Jesus Christ come back and go away oso you will eRect DUMNO as Gomen.    

See you next eRection. Now dun disturb me. Go away while I go shop for another US$24million ring, or bangle, or maybe watch some more hamsup Video of Mat Sabo......

7 Reasons Why Khazanah Should NOT Undertake the Share Swap Between MAS and AirAsia

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:52 PM PDT

The timing of the share swap could not have happened at a worst time as it will largely benefit AIRASIA shareholders even without their own effort and Khazanah has given away a large portion of their net worth in MAS for free. 

By troubleshooters2011

1.MAS MANAGEMENT HAS INITIATED THE RIGHT STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION TO TURNAROUND THE COMPANY AND THEREFORE DO NOT NEED THE TIE-UP WITH AIRASIA

A quick analysis on the current state of MAS indicates that they are on the right track. The three key cost factors that need attention are fuel, maintenance and manpower cost. With regards to fuel cost, MAS has taken some steps to reduce the unpredictability of the movement of fuel price. With a bit of tweaking they will get it within control as you cannot totally eliminate uncertainties linked to fuel pricing.

On maintenance cost, the fleet renewal program will start to alleviate the impact of maintenance on the operating profits while shifting the cost towards the interest expense while creating a healthier balance sheet. If at all the national carrier is guilty, it is that the fleet renewal program should have been carried out earlier, say 2007 when MAS would have been able to hive off depleting assets at a higher value and not incurred high maintenance costs which would have increased y-o-y that has negative impact on the operating profits.

The reduction of manpower cost or the rightsizing of this cost can be properly planned through natural attrition and redefinition of job scopes that need key union and association buy in for success. This has always been done as a top down approach but in all fairness, engagement at the shop floor needs to be intensified as it is the personnel at this level that will impact the bottom line in terms of efficiency, productivity and effective implementation.


2. BASED ON THE EFFORTS OF PAST MANAGEMENT, MAS SHOULD REAP THE BENEFITS IN AROUND 2013, THE SHARE SWAP AND INPUT OF AIRASIA AT THIS JUNCTURE ARE SEEN TO BE OPPORTUNISTIC WITH A LARGE DOSE OF VESTED INTERESTS AT PLAY.

The timing of the share swap could not have happened at a worst time as it will largely benefit AIRASIA shareholders even without their own effort and Khazanah has given away a large portion of their net worth in MAS for free. This is blatant mismanagement at Khazanah and a thorough investigation should be launched to
see whether there is any personal/vested interest that has come into play on the decision making for a strategic national asset.


3. MAS SHOULD FOREVER REMAIN IN THE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT'S HANDS AND SHOULD BE PRIVATISED INSTEAD OF BEING FORCED TO CO-EXIST WITH PRIVATE ENTITIES

MAS is a source of pride for the nation. It started getting into trouble when vested interest came into picture and started to encroach on its balance sheet and profitable entities. While the aviation business model has changed dramatically over the decades and previous laurels of achievement may not be replicated due to the changing times, the aviation space is a critical playing field for the nation. Every country assists its aviation companies in one form or another, so we should not be fooled to think that it's a level playing field out there.

What is required is a dynamic BUSINESS Model for MAS to prosper further. One initiative that could be explored is to privatize it and fix it rather than the share swap that will work on a model of cannibalisation shrouded under the so-called comprehensive collaboration.


4. MAS AND AIRASIA RUN ON COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL

MAS is a Malaysian company with global reach and serves not only a commercial agenda but a national agenda in terms of promoting Malaysia as a tourism destination, to facilitate trade between countries under a G to G environment and also to facilitate outreach to new destination for strategic and commercial
purposes.

AIRASIA is a commercial entrepreneur driven Malaysian Multi National Company (MNC) having partnering arrangements in each of its chosen point to point country of destination and hub.

Both derive their sources of income from different business approaches and with different objectives in mind. The objectives are not aligned and to align them would result in a different shift in strategy that could have a NEGATIVE impact on both companies' performance, more so for MAS than AIRASIA.


5. COLLABORATION FOR COMMON BENEFIT IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT CROSS SHAREHOLDING IN THE TWO COMPANIES

Collaboration between the two companies is definitely a plus but need not be at the expense of each other and encroaching on each other's brand identity. What is currently prevailing between the two entities is a healthy competition and it keeps each entity on edge to ensure that they remain relevant aviation entities.

But collaboration such as in the oil and gas space between PETRONAS and EXXON for example for the Tapis fields, SHELL and PETRONAS in the Gumusut-Kakap fields, MURPHY and PETRONAS in the Kikeh fields and a more dramatic win-win partnering arrangement between giants SHELL and EXXON in the Brent oil fields in the North Sea of Northern UK demonstrates the joint collaboration between two competing entities can be achieved without sacrificing each entity's identity and business objectives. SHELL and EXXON compete in other acreages in other countries around the world. What is needed is sincere partnering for common benefit.


6. KHAZANAH SHOULD LOOK AT ITS SHAREHIOLDING IN MAS AS A STRATEGIC NATIONAL INTEREST STAKE WHILE INVESTMENT IN AIRASIA AS PURELY A RETURN ON INVESTMENT STAKE

The move by Khazanah to invest in AIRASIA should be looked at purely as a commercial investment as it is investing in a company that is majority foreign owned if aggregated. Khazanah should look at AIRASIA for returns on investment and not as a strategic stake. AIRASIA is a company purely running on commercial adrenalin with an iconic entrepreneur. Khazanah has little say in AIRASIA and can easily be outvoted in the event parties invested in AIRASIA work in concert.

Its stake in MAS is crucial as it helps control its own skies while operating a free skies environment. Air travel has become commoditized and should the country be outplayed in the aviation space, we could see colonialisation of our airspace and others gaining more benefit flying over Malaysian airspace.


7. RISK PROFILE TO THE AVIATION INDUSTRY HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY AS KHAZANAH HAS BEEN DRAWN IN TO SUPPORT BOTH ENTITIES IN THE EVENT OF ECONOMIC AND AVIATION DOWNTURN

By having cross shareholding, should anything untoward happens to the industry, Khazanah will have to help 2 entities as it would not make sense for AIRASIA to insist on the share swap if it did not provide them financial 'cloud cover'. If Khazanah had kept AIRASIA shareholding as a ROI stock, the investment could be unlocked on reaching a specific return. As the shareholding in AIRASIA is only 10%, Khazanah is neither here nor there in terms of being able to influence policy; therefore it makes no sense to undertake a share swap where the vendors of AIRASIA have significant say in MAS but not vice versa.

Thank you.

Any rebuttals and cross examination by Khazanah, Tune Air or any interested parties are most welcome.

Our email address: troubleshooters2011@gmail.com

Rangsangan Kerjaya Siswazah Selangor

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 03:24 PM PDT

Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Berhad menjemput semua siswazah dan graduan dari negeri Selangor yang masih mencari pekerjaan untuk menyertai program Rangsangan Kerjaya Siswazah Selangor (RKSS) yang dianjurkan di bawah agenda CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Perangsang Selangor.

Antara pengisian Program RKSS ini adalah penyediaan kursus-kursus latihan secara PERCUMA seperti berikut:-

1. Sijil Program Pembangunan Kemahiran Siswazah (13 hari)
2. Sijil Pembangunan Usahawan Muda (23 hari)
3. Sijil Perbankan dan Kewangan Islam (13 hari)
4. Sijil Kemahiran Teknikal dan Bukan Teknikal (11 kursus) (5-10 hari)

Untuk mendapat penerangan lanjut dan mendaftar, sila hadir ke Majlis Pelancaran, Penerangan dan Pendaftaran pada 30 September 2011 di Auditorium Dewan Jubli Perak, Bangunan Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, Shah Alam, Selangor. Majlis akan dirasmikan oleh YAB Dato' Menteri Besar Selangor.

Maklumat lanjut sila layari:

www.kps.com.my/csr-events/latest

RANGSANGAN KERJAYA SISWAZAH SELANGOR

 

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 02:35 PM PDT

By Teresa Kok

Once again, the Barisan Nasional Government has returned to its old trick of employing the courts to intimidate, oppress and imprison their political opponents, as seen in the case of PAS Deputy President Mohamad Sabu (Mat Sabu) who was charged with criminal defamation for allegedly having slandered police officers killed during the colonial-era communist insurgency this morning.

If convicted, Mat Sabu faces up to two years in prison and a fine. Should that occur, he could be barred from contesting and campaigning in the next General Election. How convenient for Barisan Nasional. Is this BN's tactic to avoid having to face Mat Sabu in the next general election since his trial is scheduled for December 2011?

It was only last Thursday when Prime Minister Najib Razak announced his supposed political reforms with platitudes like "no individual will be arrested merely on the point of political ideology" and "a more open Malaysia with a dynamic democracy."

Barely a week has passed and he's already charged Mat Sabu over his opinion of historical events. So much for recognising freedom of expression. A truly open and dynamic Prime Minister would acknowledge that differences of opinion over the interpretation of history should not be argued in a court of law but resolved through dialogue and debate in an academic setting.

Furthermore, Mat Sabu did not defame anyone, nor did he raise any racial or religious issue unlike the incendiary, racist and hate-driven statements and outright lies which have been repeatedly spewed by the likes of Utusan Malaysia and Perkasa.

The Government has never taken any action against Utusan Malaysia and Perkasa, allowing them to continue to sow the seeds of fear and hatred with impunity. It is clear that the Government is practicing selective prosecution by taking Mat Sabu to court.

I also condemn the Molotov cocktail attack upon Mat Sabu's home yesterday which follows an acid attack threat he received via SMS previously. These threats upon him and his family are criminal and deserve to be charged in court. I repeat my call to Polis DiRaja Malaysia to investigate this case, bring the criminals to justice and provide the necessary protection for him and his family.

I urge Barisan Nasional leaders to issue public statements to condemn outright the threats upon Mat Sabu as a show of their stand against the use of violence.

 

Fantasizing Hang Li Po

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:22 PM PDT

By dUMNO
 
Of COURSE !!! I am DUMNO !! I AM sexist !! but it seems time and again, Malaysians keeps voting us back into power, so that we can sap your money, and make off with all the wealth of this country. See you next elections !!!
Haiya... you stupit Chinese simply think that Hang Li Po was this Darling drop-dead gorgeous Babe from Cheena. She maybe she looked like the one below?

What if this was Hang Li Po?

People like to romanticise what all these Princes and Princesses looked like, and what if this was Hang Li Po's Son?
 

And his brother looked like this?

Don't laugh. What if the Sultan of Malacca found this to be attractive? Why does everyone think of all Prince's and Princesses as having sexy bodies like the one below?

 

None of Malaysia's Sultans do, and the closest is the one which got away was her - Manohara:

How come no Sultan got a hold of Miss Indonesia?

Tak laku? Maybe, because people from the past used to love fat women. Look at all the Renaissance paintings. They had mostly fat women in it. In fact, the Masai Tribe rates women according to size, so a skinny one like Miss Indonesia was rather useless, and is rated as 5 cows. But BIG MOMMA Hang Li Po above would have been worth 40 cows !! 

Sexist?

Of COURSE !!! I am DUMNO !! I AM sexist !! but it seems time and again, Malaysians keeps voting us back into power, so that we can sap your money, and make off with all the wealth of this country. See you next elections !!!

 

Is it a crime to have a different point of view from Barisan Nasional/UMNO?

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 07:25 PM PDT

Charles Santiago

The criminal defamation charge against PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu at the Butterworth Sessions Court this morning was trumped up to serve the political aims of the Barisan Nasional.

By challenging the official account of the 1950 Bukit Kepong incident at a ceramah in Tasek Gelugor on Aug 21, Mat Sabu has opened discussions into a section of our history that needs to be reviewed.

Just how proposing an alternative view of history can lead to a criminal charge is anyone's guess.

The writing of history should be an academic one. History should be as objective as possible with little or no intervention from any party that wants to tweak it to suit their needs and goals.

It is not the job of the government to write history - that should be left in the hands of the academics, historians and the public through agreed and established processes.

If Barisan Nasional feels it has the right to determine what our history should be, then we should close down the history departments in our universities.

The job of the government is to make sure we, as a society, learn from history and move forward. The initiative to explore alternative perspectives on history should not be stifled due to self-serving interests.

Mat Sabu's only crime in this case is that he is a leading member of PAS which is increasingly perceived as an alternative to UMNO.

The fact that this charge, which challenges the freedom of speech guaranteed in our Constitution, came just days after the Prime Minister announced a string of "reforms" involving restrictive laws says a lot to the commitment, sincerity and spirit in which the announcement on the eve of Malaysia Day was made.

 

Reforms smokescreen?

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:45 PM PDT

I would go so far to submit that no one was detained under the ISA based purely on political beliefs or alignment.

By Douglas Tan

Credit must be given to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak for announcing the abolition of the infamous Internal Security Act, the lifting of three states of emergencies and along with that the Emergency Ordinance. It is our hope that without these laws, detention without trial in Malaysia shall now forever be confined to the annals of history.

The Prime Minister has won his plaudits, most noticeably from the United States, and rightfully so. I mean why not give the man credit for what he appears to be doing, even if it is for the wrong reasons? 

If our nation, which has been plagued by oppressive laws even before independence, can boast ourselves to be a progressive democracy, the detention of political leaders, NGO heads not forgetting newspaper reporters has to been gotten rid of. 

Naturally this optimism of reforms have been dampened somewhat by his announcement that there shall be two alternative laws which would then place preventative measures in place to counter terrorism, safeguarding public order and put in place race relations legislation. 

The fear is that these laws may be sufficiently ambiguous for politicians to be detained without trial under the purview of these new laws. Datuk Seri Nazri announced that these laws would not be repressive, but as I know the learned Minister would understand that this is wholly dependant on the scope of these laws and their enforcement. 

Furthermore, the two safeguards Nazri mentioned are sufficiently ambiguous that they can be subject to abuse. The first safeguard is that one cannot be detained on the basis of political belief. The second is that extended detention can only be approved by the courts. 

The first safeguard is purely the subject of interpretation. Where the police would see fit to charge a politician giving a ceramah regarding views that he or she may have about religious practice, under the new law they can be detained. 

I would go so far to submit that no one was detained under the ISA based purely on political beliefs or alignment. Looking at the history of ISA detention, it is more as to what they had said, written or done which had landed them in hot soup with the government, not so much their political leanings. 

When elements of speeches can be taken out of context and the charges framed to interpret those elements as subversive, inciting racial hatred or disruptive to public order, charges under the new laws can certainly be laid. 

Perhaps the second issue, which is the judiciary, would be of another concern. This would be a safeguard only if we knew our judiciary was an independent body. With the farce of the Anwar Ibrahim case continuing, public opinion would not favour the judiciary to protect the interests of the public rather than the government of that day. 

If we were to have an independent and competent judiciary, our legal system would flourish. Would there still be bias? Certainly. However, we shall be assured that there would be no element of coercion for judges to make decisions pleasing to their political masters. 

In order for the Prime Minister to prove the sincerity about the reforms to be made, he should also ensure that there should be stringent laws forced against any interference in the judicial process. Judicial reforms would additionally have a positive impact on the economy and boost foreign investor confidence. 

Perhaps the subsequent string of attacks on the opposition parties was not particularly fair. Yes, Najib is responsible for announcing the abolition of the ISA, but the constant pressure from the Opposition, NGOs and the Rakyat certainly led to the action finally being taken. 

Smear campaigns are certainly part of politics and Pakatan Rakyat has to quickly re-brand and re-position themselves for the upcoming elections. There is no doubt that the Prime Minister's image has improved as a result of this, but will it be a political smokescreen or is it possible that the Barisan Nasional leadership can actually show some forward thinking? We will be watching closely. 

Kek Lok Si Temple destruction of Ayer Itam River

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:31 PM PDT

By Lim Cheok Siang Jimmy
 
How can the people of Penang allow this development? Development? It is destruction!!!!! Obliterating further the natural heritage of Penang. Is this not environmental destruction of the worst kind? River pollution downstream. Why were the rocks allowed to be destroyed? If there is anything one could do to hold the Authorities responsible they should be brought to face the music.

It was irresponsible of MPPP to allow this to go ahead! Of course they could stop it. Is there some reason why this destruction has to happen?

The ancient rocks painted by many old artists of Penang. Khaw Sia used to live round the corner.

The temple has expanded so big and so fast that one begins to wonder whether it is about religion or big business? Kek Lok Si was started humbly. Its roots very clearly set out as the fundamental philosophy of fitting in with Nature. Nature was supreme in the founding Foochow Monks' philosophy. Their monastery outside Foochow was built among rocks. So was the original Kek Lok Si.

This type of insensitive development must stop.

The MPPP must assume responsibility for such destruction.

The view of the Temple as one approaches Ayer Itam from the junction to Penang Hill train station is appalling. All the newer additions to it are out of scale. Dwarfing the original structures including the pagoda. The recently opened Goddess of Mercy Kwan Yin pavillion built at the cost of, I was told, RM40 million, not including the statue, is not only offensive to the eye but also money mis-spent. 

It is of course a great attraction for the proletariats but then, good taste has never been their inclination. Call me elitist ... it is good common sense that counts. China's long history is so full of good tastes and fine lifestyles. Malaysian Chinese are generally descendants of peasants; I am one of them. Being born with bad taste does not mean that you have to continue to consume it. Can people the likes of the monks, Board of Trustees and their consultants crawl out of the gutter of bad environmental taste and contribute towards the preservation and conservation of whatever little that this little Island has?

In this respect, as the custodian of Heritage both man-made as well as natural, PHT should organise a meeting to discuss this issue for members who feel strongly about the destruction of a priceless natural setting of ancient rocks and trees. In the event that PHT is short of manpower, a "KLS Watch Group" could be formed.

It is time for the Local Authority to take stock of their social and environmental responsibilities. I think gone are the days of Local Government running rough shod over the environment for the benefit of a few people. That site adjacent to an Old Temple was God's gift to the People of Penang.

The Temple in its destruction of these rocks, old trees and stream deemed to be gifts from God, is not setting a good example for us mortals who look toward these religious institutions for our salvation. What would the high priest and the chairman of the Kek Lok Si Board and their architect (oh, almost forgot the engineers too), have to say when they meet God and is asked "Why did you destroy my gifts to people of Penang to enjoy?" I'll hate to be in their shoes ... Goddess Kwan Yin may perhaps show them mercy for their destruction.

It is essential that PHT should be vigilant from being influenced by people with vested interests or those with hidden agendas about preservation and conservation. Organisations that are well established tend to become entrenched as they become 'gentrified'. Gentrification is getting well endowed and becoming pompous perhaps?? It also means that you are no longer in good condition or fit. Putting it another way, you are not "Lean and Mean". That is why whenever you have a new change in Government, it is good ... until they start to get 'gentrified'. PHT should not be like many NGOs that have lost their objectives and wallow in their "Gentrification".

More people should get together to see how the message can get across. Perhaps shome external help? That is what Penang likes ... outside ideas.
 

Who Are The Sultans?

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 04:17 PM PDT

By John Doe
 
I've written so much about Malacca. I've quoted and quoted till the cows came home, and still Malaysians don't get it. One of my longer pieces, "Demise of Malacca" had its Bibliography almost as long as the piece itself, and some people who made comments asked for the source(s) instead. Are Malaysians that blind? Do they not know what is a bibliography?
http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/letterssurat/35605-the-demise-of-malacca ) Google this and read all those nonsensical comments made in other copy-paste-blogs, and see if one can identitfy who UMNO's cybertroopers are.

Let's go back to Sejarah Melayu today, and look for the identity of the Sultans of Malacca, in "Parameswara is a certified Keling".
http://malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/letterssurat/43394-parameswara-is-a-certified-singaporean-keling-not-a-joke ) FMT got it partially wrong when they wrote Kedah, not Malacca, the oldest kingdom, in reference to Parameswara's origin.

Sejarah Melayu clearly describes how Parameswara was a Keling from Singapore, with much reference to his Hindustani roots to Alexander the Great. Or was it "Alexander the Gay?" 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvRWUCfAPs0

I hate quoting from Wiki, no academician in his right mind would. No academician quotes from Blogs either. However, here is the ONE TIME, which I will make a reference to Wiki, and it is in relation to Srivijaya. Search "Srivijaya" under Wiki, (as some UMNO blogger insisted that I do.)
 
What does the Srivijaya Wiki-Entry state? "No modern Indonesians, not even those of the Palembang area around which the kingdom was based, had heard of Srivijaya until the 1920s..." Note that at every "important point" it's missing a real reference. See if you can count how many "citation Needed" there are in this entry.
 
The majority of the quotes comes from "Munoz, Paul Michel (2006). Early Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsula" Great guy as he is, few people know that Munoz is actually a retired French Sailor living in Singapore. If you want Munoz to be the MAIN reference to a "Glorious Melayu Kingdom, but am sorry that I cannot offer you any tangible evidence for it", then so be it. I will quote however, from one of the very links contained in this particular Wiki entry, and here is it's link:

It came in, under entry number 4 of the Wiki Srivijaya-References section. This is an "edu site". And the big name present is Prof Dr Peter Bellwood, of ANU. So this must be good, right? And I quote:
 
"... Now, apart from the absence of any trace of Old Malay literary works, we also find hardly any architectural remains from the Śrīwijaya period.... Considering the fact that there are also no traces of literary works from this great empire, the conclusion seems to be that either the greatness of Śrīwijaya is merely another myth, comparable to that of Prapañca's Majapahit (Supomo 1979), or that the rulers of Śrīwijaya had entirely different priorities ... "

Apparently, even from their own "arsenal of references", it becomes clear that Srivijaya could have very well been a myth, as claimed by their "certified panel authors". So, there, you have it. My ONE AND ONLY ONE reference to Wiki, and it's only to bash the entry black and blue. 

So, bite the bullet, and source your info from either "dot edu" sites (meaning certified institutions of education), or take it from real books themselves. You can ceremoniously flush Malaysian History Textbooks into the Jamban, because they are nothing but full of crap. Just look at how Museum Negara displays tags errors in my Retarded Museum Negara piece:
 
And note how I questioned "Why is the Sultan of Johor classified in the Penjajah Section of Museum Negara".

UMNO called the Malaysian Sultans "Children of Prostitutes and Beggars" when they made the remark about "Pendatangs"
http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/guest-columnists/37699-beggars-and-prostitutes ) Some blog writer classified the Sultan as "Sultan dan Raja mereka (Malaysia) sama 'kaum' dengan orang gaji Indonesia-nya." translated as "The Sultans of Malaysia are of the same race as the servants whom Malaysians employ".

To answer the titled-question, "Who are the Sultans of Malacca?" If one chooses to use Sejarah Melayu as reference, then one must come to the conclusion that the Sultans are descendants of "Alexander the Gay", (or is it Alexander the Great Gay?), heavily mixed with Kling, and Chinese, and Turkish, and should be called "Sultan Truly Asia". Is this what Ketuanan is about? Want to throw Sejarah Melayu out?
 
Sure, along with it goes a huge lot of myths, such as the Sultan's marrying Hong Li-Po, because she is certainly NOT mentioned in ANY Ming Dynasty records. So, again, who is Hong Li-po again? A Prostitute? That would certainly justify UMNO's calling of "Prostitutes and Beggars". Unfortunately, they did not know that they were calling the Sultanate just that. UMNO would indeed be calling the Sultanate, as "Children of Prostitutes and Beggars". How does one spell "Les Majeste" again? Fortunately ISA is being deconstructed, however, we will wait to see how Malaysia can use the new laws to arrest these name-calling UMNO-guys.

In the meantime, assuming Sejarah Melayu is correct, I can imagine a drooling Saiful gleefully collecting pictures of "Alexander the Gay", and placing them next to pictures of Malaysian Sultans, with his lustful thought that they are really of ONE AND THE SAME BLOOD !! Enough with all this nonsense !! Let's get rid of Allahyarham-UMNO once and for all, and reach for the REAL History instead. In the meantime, I must get back to my research.

Shalom
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