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- Even the Devil (You Know And Not The Angel That You Don’t?) Should Be Given the Benefit of ...
- Atrocities of the illegal car park operators and the negligence of Selayang Municipal Council
- MTUC Calls for Royal Commission Inquiry on Foreign Workers
| Even the Devil (You Know And Not The Angel That You Don’t?) Should Be Given the Benefit of ... Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:11 AM PST
Back in the Henry VIII days, the punishment for high treason was "hanged, drawn and quartered". Convicts were fastened to a wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where they were hanged (almost to the point of death), disembowelled and quartered (chopped into four pieces). Nicole Tan Lee Koon The following article by Kim Quek is basically a "Project M or Project IC for dummies" : http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/sabah-rci-what-next-kim-quek/. I would like to add my two sens' worth of thought on it. You see, it is a well-known secret that Dr M started this clandestine project in the 1990's to capture Sabah for UMNO. After much pressure from the Opposition, a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on Integrity headed by Bernard Dompok was set up in February 2007. Three months later, Dompok quit as chairman of the committee over disagreements on the function and scope of the committee, in particular, over the refusal of the National Registration Department to appear before the committee. The findings of the PSC were never made public. In May 2008, Lim Kit Siang tabled a motion to set up a Royal Commission to investigate the problems relating to illegal immigrants in Sabah. The motion however was rejected by the Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, Ronald Kiandee. Subsequently, Pak Lah announced the setting up of a high powered cabinet committee chaired by the then Deputy PM Najib Tun Razak. However, it was pointed out by a senior Sabahan politician Chong Eng Leong similar committees were set up in 2000 and 2006 without any results. Merely lip service to pacify Sabahans. There were several government crackdown operations to deport illegal immigrants since the 1990s. The last crackdown was in August 2008. These operations served to deport immigrants without proper documentations but it does not serve to address the issue of Project IC. Najib not only did not produce any results from the so-called high powered cabinet committee, he became an expert in giving out citizenships to illegal immigrants himself as it was stated whilst Dr M had given citizenships to foreigners in Sabah to stay in power, Najib is now doing the same in the whole country! (http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/01/24/you-help-me-i-give-you-ic/) The whole exercise, according to Raja Petra, was like a Hollywood movie script. It seems that UMNO used funds from Libya to cut a deal with Abu Sayyaf to overthrow PBS in Sabah. Dr M finally admitted that he gave out citizenships during his tenure and claimed that it was legal. Dr M conveniently disregarded the Reid Commission by saying that what he did was as legal as what Tunku Abdul Rahman did by giving out citizenships to Chinese and Indians! Remember the unsuccessful coup d'etat by the Al Ma'unah? Mohamed Amin and his group were charged for "waging war against the King" or treason, and became the first people convicted of such an offence in Malaysia. I opine that what Dr M, Megat Junid, Aziz Shamsuddin and Najib did (if found to be true) was even more serious than Al Ma'unah and if found to be true, they should be charged with high treason! Interestingly, Al Ma'unah was charged for treason which is a British legacy under the Malaysian common law. Back in the Henry VIII days, the punishment for high treason was "hanged, drawn and quartered". Convicts were fastened to a wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where they were hanged (almost to the point of death), disembowelled and quartered (chopped into four pieces). Their body parts were then displayed in prominent places across the country, such as London Bridge. I know one anti-Dr M guy who used to jokingly say that he wants to see Dr M hanged between the Petronas twin towers in his inebriated state. It may be proper during the Middle Ages but not at this time and age. As I subscribe to Sir Thomas More's contention that even the devil (that we know and not the angel that we don't?) must be given the benefit of the law. In conclusion, I hope that perpetrators of such blatant and treasonous acts of giving out citizenships to illegal immigrants in order to continue their hegemony be brought to justice with the due process of law.
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| Atrocities of the illegal car park operators and the negligence of Selayang Municipal Council Posted: 25 Jan 2013 11:02 AM PST
It is to be noted here with due emphasis that Selayang Municipal has been notified about this exasperating behavior via multiple phone calls and reports but it seems they are shutting one eye to the obvious as to this matter. During the lodge of report every year, Selayang Municipal comes with the same excuse that they will deal with this matter every single year but till this day, nothing appears to have changed. Justina Illegal car parking is widely reported on the Net and in newspapers. Adding to this queue, the Batu Caves Temple during Thaipusam is a perfect example demonstrating the atrocities and aggressive behaviors of illegal car park operators. Its obvious to all who park their cars outside Batu Caves Temple during Thaipusam that the car park rate is at rocket prices. The illegal car attendants charge rates ranging from RM5 to RM10 for a car to be parked the whole day. This is made even worse when they charge for cars parked just nearby the road and claim that they will be taking good care of the car but the hidden truth is the moment the car park space is full, they abscond with the money. Upon confrontation with them, they appear to demonstrate their aggressive behaviors towards car owners and insult them with humiliating vulgar words. Some even have the courage of telling the car owners that if they wish to park here, they can park at their free will and nobody is forcing them to do so. It is to be noted here with due emphasis that Selayang Municipal has been notified about this exasperating behavior via multiple phone calls and reports but it seems they are shutting one eye to the obvious as to this matter. During the lodge of report every year, Selayang Municipal comes with the same excuse that they will deal with this matter every single year but till this day, nothing appears to have changed. Hope this year will be different as the Thaipusam festival is one of the main attractions of Malaysia and matters such as this tends to disturb the occasion and contaminate the reputation of Malaysia for tourists.
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| MTUC Calls for Royal Commission Inquiry on Foreign Workers Posted: 25 Jan 2013 10:56 AM PST
Quite frankly, if they cannot afford to pay a minimum wage that is just at the poverty line they have no business to be in business. Andrew Lo, Secretary MTUC Sarawak Division CHUA SOI LECK & Small Businesses - Don't cut your noses to spite your faces. The latest woeful attempts by certain business groups to squeeze more out of their workers, especially foreign workers just show the true colours of Malaysian employers. To resort to threat of demonstration show how low they can stoop to. The Minimum Wage policy was finally introduced precisely because of the exploitation of workers especially by these small businesses who contrary to popular thinking, actually make much more than you and me. There are 600 thousand businesses in Malaysia. If it is not lucrative, why are there so many wanting to be in business? I am shocked that the President of MCA has openly threatened to support demonstrations to get their way. His statement only goes to show that he is only serving the interest of MCA leaders who own such businesses. This is what he is reported to have said; "If it fails to do so by then and if many small and medium sized enterprises, including those run by MCA leaders, want to have a demonstration against the ministry, we will support them." MCA, said Dr Chua, had proposed to the ministry almost a month ago that foreign workers pay for their own levy, transport and housing costs following the implementation of minimum wage. Transport and accommodation allowances for foreign workers, he said, could be deducted from their minimum wage. MCA should do so after the employment agents who charge exorbitant fees and make billions out of the whole foreign workers racket, instead of asking the poor foreign workers, who bear subsistence expenses to pay for the levy transportation and housing cost. It beggars believe that these employers, who are the most vocal opponents of the minimum wage can proudly claim that they are still paying RM500 wages to even local employees. The Minimum Wage Order gave them the chance to apply for deferment but they refuse to produce audited accounts to back up their claims that they will go bankrupt saying that it is a trade secret. Quite frankly, if they cannot afford to pay a minimum wage that is just at the poverty line they have no business to be in business. Please understand that one of the main objectives of the MW is to reduce our reliance-addiction on foreign workers. By demanding that they bear food and levy will only serve to encourage these unscrupulous employers to continue to employ more foreign workers at huge social, security and cost to the country. We believe that it's at least 2 to 3 millions of them. It will open up to the possibility that soon unscrupulous party may issue I/C to them. MTUC has been calling for a Royal Commission Inquiry on the whole racket of recruiting and employing foreign workers. Please also think carefully as all these attempts to squeeze them will come back and bite the employers as one day foreign workers may not even want to come to this country. So don't cut your nose to spite your faces.
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