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- ‘Goalkeeper Rosmah will cause BN downfall’
- Sabah cops worried about political implications
- Sabah businesses shifting alliances?
- Umno leaders and London properties
- ‘Criminal elements present in police, politics’
| ‘Goalkeeper Rosmah will cause BN downfall’ Posted: 30 Nov 2012 07:49 PM PST The controversial carpet trader Deepak Jaikishan has made a startling prediction about the outcome of the 13th general election. Teoh El Sen, FMT Controversial carpet trader Deepak Jaikishan today made a startling prediction: Barisan Nasional will suffer a big loss in the upcoming general election, all because of a goalkeeper called "Rosmah". In a cryptic SMS sent to the media, the well-connected businessman used a football metaphor and named "Rosmah" as the sole Umno goalkeeper who would fail to stop Pakatan Rakyat from scoring big. Deepak said he was referring to the speech given by Umno Kelantan delegate Md Alwi Che Ahmad who drew the analogy of Umno being like the "red warriors", the committed and hardworking football players of the state. The Kelantan opposition leader was quoted as saying that "Umno players" are winnable candidates and are able to score goals. "The party's president want the best players to score goals… winnable candidates" he reportedly said. Deepak, however, laughed off the suggestion, saying that he found it amusing as the Kelantan players actually belong to PAS. "I refer to the Umno Kelantan speech & his anology of kelantan's champion footballer's 'red warriors' as d criteria for 'winnable candidates'," he wrote. "Najib is indeed an excellant striker & a winnable candidate in Pekan but unfortunately Umno's only goalkeeper today is Rosmah & she has her hands full catching the billions coming her way that she won't have the time to stop PKR from scoring goals in parlimentary seats." The man, who has previously admitted to being close like a sibling to Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, then made a startling prediction in his text. "GE13 will be PKR 123, seat Rosmah RM26 BILLION, BN 99 seats. A prophercy that will happen." 'Goalkeeper not interested in catching balls' Asked about the meaning behind his SMS, Deepak said: "You have a winnable candidate who can win his seat, but this is not the presidential election. If he wins and the others lose, there is no point. "I fully agree that we should have winnable candidates. I'm saying that, yes, Najib can win in Pekan, but you have so many players and you only have one goalkeeper; this goalkeeper is not interested in catching the ball, but in catching billions," he told FMT. "You can win that one Pekan seat. But you are going to lose 120 other seats because your goalkeeper is not trying to catch the ball the opposition is trying to score."
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| Sabah cops worried about political implications Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:53 PM PST The Internet is abuzz with claims that foreigners were involved in the recent murder of a teenager in Sabah. Queville To, FMT KOTA KINABALU: The unexplained death of a local teenage girl that ignited a torrent of comments and speculation on social network sites has put police here on the spot and drawn comments from senior political leaders. Norikoh Saliwah's body was found by the roadside, near Kampung Ranau, about 2km from Kota Marudu town on Nov 25 and since then the Internet has been abuzz with claims that foreigners are linked to her death. The theory that Sabah's teeming population of illegal immigrants and foreign workers has something to do with her death has especially alarmed the police, given the political ramifications of such insinuations. State Police Commissioner Hamza Taib said earlier this week that inaccurate facts on the case published in the Internet would not only create undue fear among the people but could also threaten national security. Kota Marudu MP Maximus Ongkili, Tuaran MP Wilfred Bumburing and Tandek state assemblyman Anita Baranting have visited the family of the victim to express their condolences. In doing so they also applied further pressure on the police to solve the case. However, the police here, already under pressure over the abduction in Lahad Datu of two businessmen by a group of gunmen believed to be foreigners, are worried that the uptick of anti-immigrant sentiments on the back of political pressure to solve Sabah's hot-potato issue regarding the massive number of illegal immigrants in the state could spiral out of control. Hamza said claims circulating on the Internet that five Pakistanis had gang-raped the victim before killing and dumping her body by the roadside was "just too much" as the case is still under police investigation. Pakistani detained Saliwa, said to have been working as a maid, was from Kampung Bombong 1, Kota Marudu, and had accompanied her 32-year-old sister and a 15-year-old male cousin to Kota Marudu to look for a job for the boy. From there the trio had gone to a furniture shop in Goshen, some 2km from Kota Marudu, where the cousin was given a job. The trio then returned to Kota Marudu together with the manager of the furniture shop for a drink. "While they were having a drink in Kota Marudu, the victim's sister realised that she had left something at the furniture shop in Goshen and asked the victim to follow the store manager back to the shop to collect it," Hamza said. "After the victim and the store manager had left, the victim's sister was still able to call the victim to check if she was fine and the victim replied saying that she was all right and nothing was wrong. "Moments later, the sister and the cousin heard news of the victim's body with head injuries being found on the roadside, placing the 40-year-old Pakistani store manager as the last person known to be with the victim before she died," he said, adding that police had detained the latter on Nov 27 to assist in their investigation. "I strongly remind online publishers to stop releasing false information or action will be taken under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act, which carries a fine of up to RM50,000 or one year's jail term," he said during a press conference at the state police headquarters in Kepayan. Ongkili, who is also Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, said he had been briefed by the district police and assured the family on Tuesday that a thorough and speedy investigation was being conducted. "The post-mortem has revealed a cracked skull but no sign of rape on the victim. Police have not ruled out that she might have been killed and a suspect has been arrested," he said. Did Nazri lie? On Thursday, Bumburing who recently resigned from his Barisan Nasional coalition member party, United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) and crossed over to the opposition over the government's failure to resolve Sabah's long-standing illegal immigrant problem, said the country was facing a "serious security threat". "We want to know what is the real cause of the death of the girl, whether a post-mortem has been carried out to determine the cause of death and if the victim was raped before her death. "If indeed the police discover in the course of their investigation that foreign nationals are found to be involved in the death of the girl, then it confirms what I have said in Parliament about foreign elements posing serious security threat in the country. "If this incident is true, then what Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Aziz said in Parliament recently that foreigners are not posing any form of security threat, are lies to hoodwink the people," he said in a statement. Former chief minister Yong Teck Lee also muscled into the debate today by ticking off Hamza for intimidating Sabahans about posting comments on the Internet about the alleged murder. He said police should be doing their job and providing security to the people in the state rather than warning citizens that actions could be taken against them under section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act.
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| Sabah businesses shifting alliances? Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:31 PM PST Opposition STAR's recent meeting with the Chinese business community in Sabah is indicative of the state's political direction. (FMT) - Is the "ground shifting" in Sabah? The general consensus seems to be an emphatic "yes". But the question remains: how far will this leaning towards the opposition be? In the meantime, any hope of hearing Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announce polls next month came to naught at the end of the current parliamentary session yesterday after he failed to humour soothsayers and supporters of his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin. Speculations were rife that Muhyiddin's supporters were (indirectly) "pressuring" Najib to dissolve Parliament by Nov 30. But there was no indication of this during Najib's speech at the Umno general assembly yesterday. Technically the current government's term ends on April 28 next year, so once again the wheel of fortune will grind with soothsayers and punters tossing possible dates post-Chinese New Year. The further delay, albeit exasperating, has given Sabah chapter of the State Reform Party (STAR) under Jeffrey Kitingan added time to continue convincing voters that they should be voted in. For fast-rising STAR, it's the state that matters most and Jeffrey's team is training its guns on the state seats. A recent series of meetings with the local Chinese business communities seem to attest to that. STAR has some 7,000 Chinese among its 200,000 members and its Chinese task force recently gathered 60 members of the business community to a discussion at the Sabah Golf and Country Club. Attending were "influential" members of the Sabah Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM), the Sabah chapter of the Malaysian Travel and Tours Operators Association (Matta) and several other local business councils. On the table were issues and policies"plaguing", "controlling" or "holding back" the development of commerce in the state. But this was not the first time STAR had met with key players from the Sabah Chinese community.
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| Umno leaders and London properties Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:23 PM PST
It a known fact among Malaysians in the UK that senior Umno leaders own an extensive array of properties in London. Luke Rintod, FMT LONDON: There is no doubt that Umno leaders are filthy rich. In fact, word here is that almost all senior federal leaders in Umno are so wealthy that they own multiple properties in central London. Not surprising, their spendthrift ways and that of their children have been making the news for a while. Malaysians living in London have been privy to this information for decades and view it with repugnance and shame. They are surprised that despite the dazzling light on the unusual wealth accumulated by government ministers which is displayed in their purchase of numerous properties around the world, their brazen hypocrisy elicits little comment back home. Malaysians living here claim a former top Umno leader is linked to over a thousand properties in various parts of central London. Most of the properties are in the Canary Wharf areas. "We know for a fact of this Umno guy who owns 1,400 properties in London. He is filthy rich… very, very rich. He even has a new wife now," said one Malaysian who has been residing here for the last 20 years. He told FMT that politically-aware Malaysians in London do keep tabs on these Umno leaders, while the Umno leaders in turn are aware that their properties in the United Kingdom are no secret at all to Malaysians residing here. "We know some of their kids are studying here and we know where they live and what they do. They may be Muslims but they drink and they flirt a lot here, something that they dare not do openly back home, but who cares when they are here," the London resident said. Political rot He said that it was a known fact that many Umno national leaders, both present and past, are rich and own properties around the world, including here in central London. "The [federal] ministers own at least a few properties in London. Once in a while they do visit their houses or in some cases their children and family stayed while on study or holidays here." Asked if he could provide evidence of his claims, he said it was no secret here and that some of them have been caught on camera and the photos had made their way onto social media sites. Another Malaysian residing here, who also requested anonymity, claimed that Sabah and Sarawak leaders also own properties in various places here either under their own names or their family members. "How can they afford it? With just a minister's salary they could not be this rich… they own properties everywhere in Europe. "We also know of one who have bought properties even in Argentina. "He could be preparing for himself to live in Argentina if Umno loses at the coming general election to Pakatan Rakyat," he said. The fact that Malaysians outside the country are mortified by the wealth of their nation's leaders should be a reminder to delegates at the ongoing annual general assembly in Kuala Lumpur that what they consider non-issue speaks volumes about how deep is the political rot in the country.
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| ‘Criminal elements present in police, politics’ Posted: 28 Nov 2012 04:37 PM PST Ex-IGP Musa Hassan makes several hard hitting allegations, including the infiltration of criminal elements in the force, political interference and the lack of control by the current IGP Teoh El Sen, FMT Criminal elements have infiltrated the police force and even politics, the former Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan suggested when he kick-started a new anti-crime NGO, MyWatch. "Looking at the present situation, where there is a lot of illegal activities, do you think there is no links? You can answer yourself," he told a press conference where he was named patron and advisor to MyWatch yesterday. He revealed that there are cases where the links are too high up and "nobody dares talk about it". He cited a case of a high-ranking police officer he did not name who was brought overseas for golfing by a "shady businessman". "Sometimes I feel they can even dictate officers, sometimes even spend [money] on police officers," he said. Musa advised the current police leadership to be careful with the people they mingle with or face dire consequences. "Of course as a police officer, you cannot have links with dubious people. The people now have eyes, every phone has a camera. You are living in a glass house. If you don't take care of yourself, if you allow to be friendly then your organisation will be destroyed," he said, adding that politicians should not have underground links. "It is very bad now. Later on the Mafia will be ruling this country, we don't want that to happen, it took 30 years to clean up the Mafia in America," he said. Musa himself has been accused of such links, especially in the case of Johor kingpin Goh Cheng Poh aka Tengku Goh but has repeatedly dismissed the claims as attempts to bring him down. "During my time, there was a professional way of doing things if we needed to get close to underworld characters. That is undercover work. When I was in narcotics, my relationship would be to purely gather evidence. There must be a line drawn," he explained. The press conference was chaired by MyWatch chief R Sri Sanjeevan and advisor S Gobi Krishnan, both PKR leaders. Sri Sanjeevan said that the main objective of this new NGO, called the Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force, was to fight crime and not merely criticise the government. However, he warned that if he did not get the cooperation of the current police, under IGP Ismail Omar, he would "go public with evidence". Gobi Krishnan said that the NGO would be challenging "every official statistic", and promised to reveal "real" numbers. Political interference During the press meet, which lasted close to three hours, Musa also spoke about political interference and implied that his successor Ismail was losing command and control of the force. Musa named Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and his deputy as the people who would usually try to give instructions to the force, and that this bad trend was still occurring. "During my time whenever I arrested some crooks, there will be phone calls from top people. They even ask us to release. I will ask for an instruction in black and white," he said, adding that the politicians would usually back off after being asked for a written order. "You read the papers, sometimes you hear 'I have directed the police to do this and that'. That's wrong," he said. He cited Section 4 of the Police Act which says that control and command of the force should come under the sole power of the IGP. He also said that aside from ministers and deputy ministers, there were also "others" who attempt to give orders to the police, including opposition politicians. Musa chastised the current police leadership under Ismail. "The current IGP must make his own decisions on how to run the police force, not taking orders and all that from anyone. "Even before I retired, I said, 'please don't interfere with the police administration'. Let the police do their job, do not interfere with the police… there are dissatisfaction on the ground among officers who said that they received instructions not from (their police superiors) but from the Home Ministry. "He [Ismail] is a good man, but being a good man alone is not a criteria to be an IGP. You have to be tough also. Sometimes you have to be vocal towards your superiors. When it is not right," he said. "Dont just say "Yes". I use to say, if the IGP is a 'yes man' he will be the best IGP in the world, if he is vocal then he will have alot of allegations against him. If you are a 'yes man' then you are the best IGP in the world, because in Malaysia it works that way," he added. Musa, however, expressed confidence in Ismail from his past record under him: "He was good before, strict. I feel that he is clean, that's why I groomed him to be the IGP, but now he has to perform. I use to tell him he must be better than me!" He also spoke about the time when he was speculated to have a fall out with Hishammuddin, saying their relationship was "so far so good". "When I found out that instructions were given [by Hishammuddin] to junior officers and OCPDs (Officer in Charge of Police District) without my knowledge, then something is wrong. "So, I highlighted to him Section 4(1) of the Police Act … command and control of the police force is by the IGP, not a minister. I talked to him nicely, he didn't like it… that's why I [my tenure] was not extended," said Musa, who retired as IGP in September 2010. Musa also lamented that "nobody seems to respect the police now" and asked the "top police generals to look at themselves whether they can improve further on their service." "If you want to improve things, you need to introspect and see the weaknesses in your organisation, you identify that weakness then you change and improve," he said.
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