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Health DG fined RM3,000 for committing khalwat
Another Selangor top civil servant to be transferred
Sparks to fly at PAS muktamar
Speak up on Nurul Izzah’s statement, PAS leaders urged
Long After the Nurul Izzah Furore, PAS Could Still Pay a High Price
Sabah opposition ‘magic’ number is 10

Health DG fined RM3,000 for committing khalwat

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 07:47 PM PST

(Bernama) - Health director-general Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman was fined RM3,000 or three months jail in default by the Syariah High Court here after pleading guilty to committing "khalwat" (close proximity) early today.

Dr Hasan, 56, admitted to committing khalwat with Wan Syarifah Nooraazmanita Wan Hassan, 36, also an officer with the Health Ministry, at the Pullman Putrajaya hotel here at 2.18 am.

Wan Syarifah Nooraazmanita also admitted guilt and was fined RM2,900 or 30 days jail in default.

Syarie judge Mohd Amran Mat Zain in handing down the punishment, said he took into consideration that it was their first offence and they had shown remorse, besides the fact that they planned to tie the knot.

The duo could were liable to be fined up to RM3,000 or jailed not more than two years for the offence.

According to the facts, it took Dr Hasan five minutes to open the door of their hotel room after an enforcement team from the Federal Territory Islamic Department went to check on them following complaints from the public.

On entry, the team found both of them fully dressed and investigations showed Dr Hasan was a widower while Wan Syarifah Nooraazmanita was in the process of getting a divorce.

They paid the fine.

Another Selangor top civil servant to be transferred

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 05:21 PM PST

(The Star) - Another top civil servant in Selangor is set to be transferred effective Thursday, according to Selangor executive councillor Ronnie Liu.

He said the Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) president Datuk Zainal Abidin A'ala transfer takes effect Thursday, and expressed regret at how the transfer was handled by the Public Service Department (PSD).

Liu said he had yet to receive a letter from PSD informing him of the transfer, and did not know when Zainal Abidin received his transfer letter.

"We are upset and shocked, as MPS will lose a hardworking and efficient leader. He handled the rubbish collection issue and the Batu Caves issue well," he said

This is the second sudden transfer of a top civil servant in the state this year.

In September, Petaling Jaya mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman received a transfer letter on Sept 27 to inform him of the transfer effective Oct 1.

The state government objected to the move and the transfer has since been frozen.

Sparks to fly at PAS muktamar

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:55 PM PST

(The Star) - Sparks are expected to fly at the 58th PAS muktamar from tomorrow if hardliners, unhappy with several developments within the party, go on a no-holds-barred spree to highlight the actual grouses on the ground.

Temperature is said to be getting more heated as PAS' top leadership continues to ignore several contentious issues, including the recent controversial statement made by PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar on freedom of religion.

It remains to be seen if the hardliners succeed in making their voices heard against those who wish to keep the issue under wraps so as not to rock the Pakatan Rakyat boat.

Observers said the hardliners' patience were being tested to the brim following failure of the party to take Nurul Izzah to task for allegedly implying that religious freedom should also be accorded to the Malays.

Sensing possible fireworks, PAS central committee member Khalid Samad called on the delegates not to create friction within the party and among friends in Pakatan.

"We must defend Nurul Izzah because her statement was misinterpreted," he said.

Describing the next general election as crucial for Pakatan, Khalid said PAS should not over-react to some issues, allegedly fanned by the Barisan Nasional.

Another party leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said defending Nurul Izzah would be disastrous for PAS.

"Yes, grassroots are upset, but the top leaders appear to be living in a parallel universe where they think whatever they say will be accepted by members and supporters," said the leader.

An observer noted the parallel of Nurul Izzah's issue with that of her father Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's alleged sex video tape. PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang had come out in defence of the Opposition Leader last year.

"Hadi used the muktamar as a platform to defend Anwar, who is a PKR leader, by saying that video evidence was not acceptable as videos are nothing but "iron with no eyes".

"But he would be pushing it too far if this year he is to use the muktamar to defend Nurul Izzah," he said.

This year's muktamar with the theme "Welfare State Core of Unity" would be held at the Pusat Tarbiyah Islamiyah Kelantan at Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan, until Nov 18.

Muktamar deputy director Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said among the highlights would be the planned "resurgence of rakyat" gathering at Stadium Sultan Mohamad IV in Kota Baru on Friday.

He said 1,100 delegates from 186 PAS areas would attend the event.

PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu will open the 53rd Youth muktamar, while Hadi would open the 52nd meeting of the party's Woman's wing.

The Youth, Muslimat and Ulama wing will hold their respective assemblies in separate locations tomorrow.

Hadi would deliver his presidential speech during the muktamar proper on Friday.

Media and publicity committee chairman Aiman Athirah Al Jundi said the Muslimat might push for an emergency motion if they got the green light from the resolution filtering committee.

Speak up on Nurul Izzah’s statement, PAS leaders urged

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:42 PM PST

(The Star) - The PAS top leadership has been urged to take PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar to task if she had implied that religious freedom should be accorded to the Malays, too.

PAS Syura Council member Nasharudin Mat Isa said party members and supporters were anxious over what the top leadership had to say of the issue.

"They are waiting for a stern statement," he said, responding to the outcry over the Lembah Pantai MP's controversial comment at a recent forum on the Islamic state.

He said Nurul Izzah should retract her statement if she had not meant to say that religious freedom should also be accorded to the Malays.

"She must justify her argument, now that she denies saying something to the effect," he said.

PAS Ulama chief Datuk Harun Taib agrees. He said Nurul Izzah should reflect on what she had said and retract her statement if she felt what she expressed earlier was wrong.

"If she feels she is not in the wrong, she has every right to refuse to retract her statement," he said.

Former Terengganu PKR Youth chief Fakrul Azman called on PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang to "stop playing politics" in defending Nurul Izzah.

"Otherwise, people will assume PAS is willing to sacrifice its principles for the sake of political expediency," he said.

In IPOH, Perak PAS has reiterated the leadership's stand to wait first for a clarification from the MP before commenting on the issue.

"We want to hear it from her first," said state PAS commissioner Abu Bakar Hussain.

Meanwhile, state DAP chairman Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham has also drawn flak over his tweets over the issue.

A posting from one aktivis pendang jr warned: "YB jangan selalu bercakap tentang agama orang lain, hormati setiap agama (YB don't always talk about other people's religion, respect all religion)."

He said this in response to a Nov 6 tweet from Ngeh, which said, among others: "Nurul as MP is defending the Fed Const. Art 11(1). Every person has the right to profess & practise his religion."

Long After the Nurul Izzah Furore, PAS Could Still Pay a High Price

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 03:39 PM PST

(The Choice) - Put simply, PAS had no choice. If it doesn't stand shoulder to shoulder with the other members of Pakatan Rakyat on key issues, then the entire edifice falls to the ground.

PKR vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar must feel good now that she can pick up the newspapers each day and see that she is no longer front page news. She endured a storm of protest over her alleged "freedom of religion" comments, but after a long and testing week, the story seems to have run its course.

But that might not be the case for everyone. Because while Nurul Izzah might rightly think the affair has blown over, PAS has paid a high price for backing her and could continue to do so up to GE13.

Put simply, PAS had no choice. If it doesn't stand shoulder to shoulder with the other members of Pakatan Rakyat on key issues, then the entire edifice falls to the ground. That said, this one must have been particularly galling for them. Not only do her alleged comments about whether Muslims can choose their faith strike right at their religious core, but the person charged with speaking up for her was none other than PAS spiritual leader and Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, who described the issue as "unfortunate".

"Unfortunate" - was that really the best he could do? Others were also wheeled out to defend her, including PAS central committee member Dzulkefly Ahmad PAS National Unity Bureau chairman Datuk Mujahid Yusof Rawa. Both adopted the line that she was a victim, cruelly misquoted by the media.

The intervention by PAS worked in the short term in that the party's conservatives didn't break ranks and the Pakatan coalition was still in one piece – last time we looked.

But it isn't over yet. As predicted by The Choice, the issue is now playing into the hands of Barisan Nasional much to the discomfort of the PAS leadership. Religious adviser to the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Abdullah Md Zin picked up the matter this week and he made sure Nurul Izzah wasn't the main focus of his comments.

"It is regrettable that PAS leaders, like PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat and PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, do not want to correct the statement made by Nurul Izzah on religious freedom," he said, a reference to the fact that by offering some wishy-washy words to keep Pakatan happy, they had turned down the chance to take a stand on behalf of Islam.

So the story has indeed moved on – but PAS is still paying the price. And this creates problems that won't go away before GE13, because PAS's pitch to the rakyat has always been clear. PAS is the party that is true to Islam – more so than Umno and a lot more so than those chattering urbanites at PKR.

Sabah opposition ‘magic’ number is 10

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 02:50 PM PST

According to PAS, although 60% of the electorate 'favour us', only a one-to-one fight with BN could ensure a win for the opposition.

Luke Rintod, FMT

Voters in Sabah will have to deliver at least 10 parliamentary seats to the opposition to end the over 50-year reign of the Umno-led federal coalition government.

PAS deputy president, Mohamad Sabu, more popularly known as Mat Sabu, reckons that voters in the east Malaysian state will have to make a complete turnaround compared to the last election to allow the opposition to march into Putrajaya.

While confident that Pakatan Rakyat would do even better in Peninsular Malaysia compared to the 2008 general election, the popular and down-to-earth PAS leader said Sabah voters would either swing it the opposition's way or help maintain the status quo.

He said, "We have very good prospects of winning more seats in Sarawak and can reach the magic number of 112 in the 222-seat Dewan Rakyat provided voters in neighbouring Sabah respond to the loud calls for change.

"We must win 10 to 12 seats in Sabah for Pakatan to take over at federal level," he said at a luncheon with friends at Chessington on Sunday.

Together with the lone parliamentary seat of Labuan, Sabah has 26 seats up for grabs in the coming 13th general election. In the last election, the Barisan Nasional ruling coalition won 25 seats, losing only the state capital Kota Kinabalu to DAP.

However, BN lost two more seats when one of its components, Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), left soon after the 2008 general election and took with it the Tawau and Sepanggar seats.

Another two Sabah parliamentary seats, Beaufort and Tuaran, were recently handed over to the opposition when incumbents Lajim Ukin and Wilfred Bumburing left the BN to become Pakatan supporters.

Mat Sabu, who was in London from Nov 7-11 to meet friends and supporters including Malaysians residing around UK, also expressed confidence that the opposition front could win sufficient seats to form the next government if the opposition is united.

"We must have a one-to-one fight with BN, otherwise, though 60% of the electorate favour us, we will not win because of the split vote," he said of the threat posed to a consolidated vote by opposition parties outside the coalition.

Not worried

But the unflappable opposition politician is not worried by the occasional flare-ups between Pakatan and go-it-alone Sabah opposition parties like SAPP and the State Reform Party (STAR) which have yet to thrash out their differences and agree to a one-on-one contests against the BN.

"Biarlah kita 'bertumbuk' bincang sesama kita daripada nanti kalah," he said in Malay which loosely means "it is better for all the opposition parties to fight with each other now and arrive at a compromise than wait for a certain defeat".

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Rabu, 14 November 2012

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