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- EC upset over Suara Keadilan report
- Hudud: ‘MCA hitting below the belt’
- ‘Malays not ready for hudud’
- Nazri: M’sia not a secular state
- Mat Sabu: MCA insulting Islam
- Auditing of S’wak govt agencies ‘superficial’
| EC upset over Suara Keadilan report Posted: 22 Oct 2012 03:49 AM PDT
He told the writer Hishamuddin Rais to check the facts before coming out with the innacurate report, he described as malicious, discrediting the country's independent electoral body. Kamaruddin said all names were cross-checked with the National Registration Department (NRD) which verify they are Malaysian citizens, including those using the MyKad state code "71" in the electoral roll. "If the writer thinks this is a big issue, then he should take into account that the MyKad state code of several Pakatan Rakyat leaders is also listed as "71"," said Kamaruddin. Weird names of voters listed in the report including Bukit bin Batu, Harimau bin Buaya, Kijang anak lelaki Ular, Jintan bin Bawang, Dubai bin Abu Dhabi, Sungai binti Laut and Koma binti Noktah were not in the electoral roll. "We admit there are names such as Sitti Hairan binti Jauharatil (Kg. Padang Serigala), Kereta binti Laut (Kg. Samuran), Kucing anak Tedong (Lutong Sec School), Batman bin Bakke (Rh Nyuak) and Proton Saga a/l Kelambu (Jentong) in the electoral roll. "They may sound weird to Hishammuddin but not to the owners," he added. On claim that there are 46 voters registered at a single address at No. 994 Jalan Papan Klang, Kamaruddin said they were squatters living around a bungalow and some of them were still using the postal address. |
| Hudud: ‘MCA hitting below the belt’ Posted: 21 Oct 2012 07:41 PM PDT PAS MPs said that the hudud bashing was not the way to win votes and MCA should have focused on national issues such as good governance. G Vinod, FMT PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub described the hudud bashing session over the weekend by MCA as 'hitting below the belt." Speaking outside the Parliament today, Salahuddin said that he was especially disappointed by the statement made by MCA's youth chief Wee Ka Siong. "We are leaders of tomorrow. You should talk about national issues like good governance. Even if you want to fish for votes, you shouldn't do it this way," said the Kubang Kerian MP. Over the weekend, MCA leaders went on a hudud bashing spree during the party annual general meeting in their attempt to win the hearts and minds of Chinese voters. MCA Wanita vice-chairperson Heng Seai Kie accused PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat of condoning rape on non-Muslims, and her allegation was endorsed by party president Dr Chua Soi Lek. Plus, Wee also accused PAS of trying to bring Malaysia back to the Dark Ages by implementing a theocratic state. Whether such talks would alienate Malay-Muslim votes from Barisan Nasional, Salahuddin said," I don't know, but I don't think this kind of talk would benefit anyone." Fellow vice president Mahfuz Omar showed on how Umno would just allow anyone to attack Islam just for the sake of gaining political power. "Mind you, all these statements were made in the presence of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak," said the Pokok Sena MP. He also said that he was disappointed that MCA had made such statements without allowing any chance for anyone to rebut the statements. "This is should be an eye opener to Muslims out there on Umno's true colours," he said. PAS MP Hatta Ramli, on the other hand, refused to comment on the matter saying the people would judge them for their deeds.
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| Posted: 21 Oct 2012 07:37 PM PDT Incessant politicking, the lack of understanding on hudud and the need for a proper model are all major barriers for the Malays, say the experts. Alyaa Azhar and Anisah Shukry, FMT Malays are not ready for hudud in Malaysia, experts said, citing incessant politicking, fear, lack of understanding and the need for a proper model on the Islamic criminal law. "Mentally and spiritually, Malays are ready for hudud but they need to be more enlightened on the issue and to move away from the shock factor," said Muhammad Fauzi Asmuni, vice-president II of Islamic NGO Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA). Hudud is a strict Islamic criminal law famous for resorting to punishing offenders through physical means, including slicing thieves' hands, stoning adulterers to death and flogging those who consume alcohol. But Muhammad Fauzi told FMT that only a minority of Malays in Malaysia actually feared the law, and that most had the intention to be governed by Islamic laws. He said that the fear stemmed from the fact that the people had no proper model to refer to with regard to the implementation of hudud. "The people need a model because there's none in front of their eyes, there's no model that they can hold on to. "The only thing they see is the Taliban regime, and also how Iran and Saudi Arabia govern their people. This is why the fear towards hudud comes," he added. He said that if Malaysian leaders truly wished to implement hudud in Malaysia, they must first allay fears by educating Malaysians on the law. Politicians are at fault Meanwhile, Professor Dr Mahmood Zuhdi Abdul Majid of IIUM told FMT that heavy politicking had not only set the nation backwards in terms of implementing the law but was also the reason why many Malays were frightened of hudud. "If we do not politicise it, we Malays are definitely ready [to implement hudud in Malaysia], but if we were to look at hudud as a political issue, then it becomes a problem," said the professor from the department of Fiqh and Usul Al Fiqh (Islamic Jurispudence and Roots of Jurispudence). PAS had long championed the criminal law, despite it not being included in the opposition pact's common manifesto, and this created a rift between the Islamist party and its political ally, the Chinese-dominated DAP. Meanwhile, MCA had seen fit to perpetually warn the Chinese community of the "dangers" of hudud should Pakatan come to power – even though PAS had promised that the Islamic criminal law would only be applied to Muslims. "There is this misunderstanding that hudud is all about cutting hands solely, but in fact hudud is actually a law to prevent people from committing a crime in the first place," said Mahmood. "The cutting only comes later on, but that is only for those who actually commit the crime," he stressed. He said that while hudud could certainly be implemented now, everything depended on the politicians.
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| Nazri: M’sia not a secular state Posted: 21 Oct 2012 03:14 PM PDT
At the same time, the minister does not say if Malaysia is an Islamic state. Patrick Lee, FMT Malaysia, according to the federal government, has never been defined as a secular state. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Abdul Aziz said this in the Dewan Rakyat today, adding that the word "secular" was not even present in the Federal Constitution. "…the allocation of the law shows that it is clear that Malaysia has never been determined or declared as a secular state," he added. He was responding to a question by DAP-Seremban MP John Fernandez, who asked Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak about the decisions made by the former Lord President Tun Salleh Abbas in the case of Che Omar Che Soh vs the Public Prosecutor (1988), where secular law came into question. At the same time, Nazri did not state if Malaysia was an Islamic country. However, he added that the country had been using secular law which had been brought over from before Independence, through Article 162 of the Federal Constitution. The article states that laws existing before Merdeka Day 1957 would continue to be enforced.
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| Posted: 21 Oct 2012 03:11 PM PDT
Nomy Nozwir, The Malaysian Insider PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu today accused political foe MCA of having insulted Islam and not only the Islamist party when it alleged that PAS condones the rape of non-Muslim women. He cautioned the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition's Chinese component against making such statements. "MCA should be careful when making such statements, because it is no longer insulting the party but insulting the religion. Do not twist Nik Aziz's statement," Mohamad(picture) told The Malaysian Insider. The opposition leader was responding to MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek's remark over the weekend when agreeing with a Wanita MCA leader's view that PAS condones the rape of non-Muslim women, pointing out that PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat had made the opinion clear in a speech four years ago. Dr Chua alleged that in the 2008 speech, Nik Aziz had said that women who do not "tutup aurat" (protect their modesty) "deserved to be raped". "And the reason he gave was that this is because the eye is connected to the genitalia so when you see… you get provoked. "This is not what I am saying… this is what Nik Aziz said. I can get you a tape immediately if you are interesting in seeing (Nik Aziz's speech)," he told reporters after chairing a special briefing with MCA delegates ahead of the party's main annual general meeting (AGM). Dr Chua was ask to comment on a Malaysiakini report quoting Wanita MCA vice-chairman Senator Heng Seai Kie as saying during the wing's AGM earlier that PAS condones the raping of women who do not conform to the Islamic dress code. According to the news portal's report, Heng, in trying to explain how Islamic hudud law would affect both the Muslims and non-Muslims, had cited Nik Aziz's 2008 speech, which can be found on YouTube. "If you watch the YouTube clip, you would know that Nik Aziz had once said that a woman should 'tutup aurat' (protect their modesty), otherwise the woman should be raped. "From Nik Aziz's speech, we can conclude that Nik Aziz openly asked Muslims to rape non-Muslims, am I right?" Heng was quoted as saying on the portal. Appearing to agree with Heng's point, Dr Chua pointed out again that Nik Aziz's speech had been recorded. Asked, however, if Heng had twisted the matter out of context as Nik Aziz had purportedly only been speaking about Muslim women, Dr Chua said: "I think you missed the part where Nik Aziz explained why you need to tutup aurat… because if you do not tutup… then it provokes, you know, all these young men. You understand? "When a Muslim man wants to rape, it does not mean he must rape only a Muslim, right? He can rape anybody… so do not spin it out of control."
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| Auditing of S’wak govt agencies ‘superficial’ Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:58 PM PDT
(Free Malaysia Today) - Some 30% of Sarawak's annual budget go into a government approved agencies 'trust fund', information to which no one has access too. A Sarawak DAP leader has expressed deep dissatisfaction over the Auditor-General Report on Sarawak's financial issues, describing it as "superficial", especially with regard to the auditing of government-owned companies. State party secretary Chong Chieng Jen said the AG's report was a piece of "peripheral auditing" focusing on unimportant issues. "I call the report of peripheral auditing, because it is auditing on less important issues while skirting and skipping key issues of Sarawak's financial position. "When we look at the AG report, we all know for a fact that Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) had borrowed a sum of RM15 billion to construct dams and this RM15 billion debt loan is not mentioned in this AG report. "Why? Because, they call off the balance sheet debt of the government. So the balance sheet of the state government does not contain all these debts. "If you don't see all these debts reflected in the report, you see a picture of good management of Sarawak government. "SEB's balance sheet debt for instance is not highlighted in the AG report and SEB is wholly owned by the government," he said. Chong said that the state annual budget had what is known as a 'black hole'. "Under our state budget every year there is one item – government's contribution towards government approved agencies trust fund – which is a black hole. "For this fund the government sets aside every year some money. In 2007, RM1 billion was channeled into this trust fund and in year 2008 and 2009 it was RM1.7 billion and RM1.8 billion respectively. "In 2010 the government allocated RM1 billion while in 2011 the amount was RM1.3 billion, bearing in mind that Sarawak annual budget is around three to four billion ringgit. "This amount (to the trust fund) represents 30% of the annual budget," Chong disclosed. He claimed that until today the Sarawak government has refused to release information or explain in the State Legislative Assembly as to where the money went. "Is this money going to approved agencies? And what are the agencies that receive this money? "It was never disclosed. Even the Auditor-General did not dig into it and to tell us who are these agencies. They only say it is the government's obligation towards the repayment of debts. Read more at: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2012/10/22/auditing-of-swak-govt-agencies-superficial/
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