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- Anwar Says He’s Not The Man In The Video
- New Bar chief promises action
- Karpal: Stop payments to Sulus
- Police want Kiram extradited
- ‘Najib instructed Cecil to draft Bala’s SD2′
- More questions raised over Misuari-Anwar links
- BN: Was mega deal finalised in Taiwan?
- Another Anwar sex video?
- Malaysia facing policy 'blowback'
- Opposition committed 7 big sins: Najib
- PAS Perak: Nizar may not be only choice for MB post
| Anwar Says He’s Not The Man In The Video Posted: 16 Mar 2013 01:14 AM PDT
(The Star) - Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has categorically denied being the man in the photographs released in blogs earlier this week that were purportedly taken from a sex video. "I have already said (I deny it)," he told reporters Saturday after a dialogue session organised by the Anwar Ibrahim Club at One World Hotel. "This is a disgusting political gimmick executed by Umno." He dismissed it as "fitnah" and a "smear campaign" executed for political reasons. When asked if he would take legal action, Anwar said he would let his legal counsel decide. "I don't know yet. I'll let my lawyer handle it." Earlier, it was reported that a political leader is embroiled in yet another alleged sex scandal after pictures of a man resembling him kissing and groping another man appeared on several blogs earlier this week. The photos, which are purportedly taken from a video, were posted on a blog. No other information was uploaded, but it implied that there was more to come on the blog. In the series of 14 photos, which appear to be screen grabs from a black and white video, a man resembling the leader kisses a man dressed in white. They hug each other, and the man resembling the leader gropes his partner. There are photos of the leader shirtless and walking around, in what appears to be a hotel room, in the nude. The photos were posted last Thursday, and quickly picked up by bloggers.
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| Posted: 16 Mar 2013 01:10 AM PDT Christopher Leong says he will address concerns that judges and lawyers had no sufficient time to prepare cases, while vowing to lodge a disciplinary complaint against Cecil Abraham. Leven Woon, FMT Corporate and commercial lawyer Christopher Leong has been elected as the new Bar Council chairman for the term 2013 and 2014. The lawyer from Choi & Company, who was previously the council's vice president, was elected to the post by some 36 council members followed a 90-minute meeting held after the Malaysian Bar's annual general meeting (AGM). Besides Leong, the other three elected office bearers included Steven Thiru (vice president), Richard Wee (secretary) and Karen Cheah (treasurer). At a press conference after the meeting, Leong said the Bar would hold talks with the judiciary, particularly with the chief judge, to discuss the concerns that both parties did not have sufficient time to prepare for cases. "The Bar is of the view that it's extremely important that extensive written judgment should be prepared, especially at the upper court such as Court of Appeal, Federal Court and High Court because it will lend certainty to law and confidence to of our legal system. "It is not sufficient to have just the broad grounds (in a case). We hope the judiciary and the Bar are able to find ways to improve the time available both for judges to consider cases before them, as well as lawyers to present their cases for the judges," he said. Leong said the Bar has also adopted a motion today to find ways to improve the electronic filing system – an initiative to cut out queues and paperworks at the registry office – which faced frequent breakdowns. Other motions adopted included to raise annual subscription of funds from RM10 to RM20. Action againt senior lawyer This followed lawyer Americk Sidhu's revelations at the AGM today that Abraham was the one who drafted a contentious statutory declaration (SD) for the late private investigator P Balasubramaniam in 2008. Americk claimed earlier today that Abraham had said he had drafted Balasubramaniam's second SD on the instructions of the then Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. In his second SD, Balasubramaniam retracted all his shocking allegations linking Najib to the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu. "We will of course be asking (carpet trader) Deepak Jaikishan, and Americk to provide us with formal statement to facilitate complaint," Leong said. He said the disciplinary board headed by Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad, retired Court of Appeal judge, would be given two months to probe into the complaint and "further few months" to conclude the findings.
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| Karpal: Stop payments to Sulus Posted: 15 Mar 2013 05:19 PM PDT Veteran lawyer urges the Attorney General to obtain a High Court order in Kota Kinabalu to discontinue cessation payments to heirs of the Sulu sultan over Sabah Athi Shankar, FMT The DAP has urged the Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail to obtain a High Court order in Kota Kinabalu to discontinue Malaysia's cessation payment to heirs of Sultan Sulu over Sabah. Chairman Karpal Singh called on Gani, who hails from Sabah, to spring to action immediately and file the necessary application as public interests demanded him to do so. Senior parliamentarian Karpal noted that the cessation payment was on the authority of a 1938 order by then High Court of North Borneo. The order allowed a petition of nine Sulu heirs to receive and share among themselves RM5,000, or now RM5,300, as annual payment. The 1938 order actually has reinforced the payment that commenced very much earlier when the British took over Sabah. Kadir Mohamad, agent for Malaysia in the ICJ case between Malaysia and Indonesia, said that Kuala Lumpur needed to continue honouring the 1938 judgment on the ground that any violation of that order can be challenged in court by interested parties. Karpal conceded that a court order must be complied with unless it was set aside judicially. "Contravention of a court order amounts to contempt of court and is punishable by committal to prison," said Karpal, a veteran lawyer. But, he said with the passage of time and with Sabah having joined Sarawak and Peninsular to form Malaysia, and recognition by Manila of Malaysia as a sovereign state by having ambassadorial level representation in the country, the Philippines cannot lay any claim to Sabah. He said Malaysia was internationally recognised with Sabah as a sovereign state in the Federation of Malaysia since the North Borneo territory opted to join Malaysia on Aug 31, 1963. "It's ridiculous to continue paying the Sulu heirs when Malaysia and Sabah are independent and sovereign states," Karpal told newsmen during a routine visit to his Bukit Gelugor parliamentary constituency here today. 'Respect sacrifices of our forces'
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| Posted: 15 Mar 2013 05:18 PM PDT (Bernama) The police will have Sulu terrorist chief Azzimudie Kiram or Agbimuddin extradited from the Philippines to face prosecution in Malaysia, said Sabah Police Commissioner Hamza Taib. He said Azzimudie, as mentioned by Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar, had led the Sulu intrusion in Lahad Datu and was now believed to be back in the Philippines. "Even if he is there (in the Philippines), we do not face any problem because we have undertaken an investigation under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 against those under detention. "We will compile the evidence and use the legal channel to have Azzimudie extradited to face charges in our country," he told a news conference at the Felda Sahabat plantation, near here. Ismail and Chief of Defence Forces Gen Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin, at a joint news conference in Kota Kinabalu yesterday, said Azzimudie is believed to have fled to the Philippines. Meanwhile, security forces picked up an unarmed Sulu terrorist in the Ops Daulat offensive zone at the Felda Sahabat plantation at 6.30 am today and believe less than 50 terrorists are still there. Hamza, who disclosed this at the news conference, said the detained terrorist, who had no identification papers on him, was taken to the police station for questioning. He said the terrorist was held under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012, but he did not reveal the exact location where he was picked up. So far 104 individuals had been arrested under the act while 232 people were being held under different laws. Hamza said 61 terrorists had been killed since March 1 when the terrorists killed two policemen. Six more policemen and two soldiers have also been killed The government launched the Ops Daulat offensive on March 5 after the terrorists, who rejected a negotiated settlement of their intrusion into Sabah on Feb 12, started attacking the security forces. Hamza said the security forces' mopping-up exercise in Kampung Tanjung Batu was expected to be completed by tomorrow. He advised villagers and newsmen against entering the village as it was suspected that the terrorists were moving about in small groups. "We need the cooperation of the people in channelling information to the security forces so that we can eliminate the remaining terrorists," he said. Hamza said the security forces were also working to remove 10 bodies of terrorists still in the village. He explained that only 15 terrorists were killed by security forces in a clash in Kampung Tanduo on March 1, and not 27 as reported by some media today. "On March 1, twelve terrorists were killed in a clash. During the mopping-up exercise, we came across three more bodies, raising to 15 the number killed on that day," he said.
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| ‘Najib instructed Cecil to draft Bala’s SD2′ Posted: 15 Mar 2013 04:41 PM PDT
(Free Malaysia Today) - Americk Sidhu, PI Bala's lawyer makes a startling revelation at the Bar AGM that Cecil Abraham confided in him that he prepared the 2nd SD on instructions from Najib The Malaysian Bar was today told that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak had instructed senior lawyer Cecil Abraham to prepare the second statutory declaration for former private investigator P Balasubramaniam. Balasubramaniam's lawyer Americk Sidhu revealed this during the ongoing Malaysian Bar's annual general meeting (AGM) today, where Balasubramaniam's SD2 was one of the motions tabled to be discussed. PKR vice president R Sivarasa tweeted: "Americk Singh Sidhu, PI Bala's lawyer reveals in Bar AGM that Cecil Abraham told him he did the 2nd SD on instructions from PM Najib." Balasubramaniam, in his second SD announced on July 4, 2008 retracted all his shocking allegations linking the premier to the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu. This came a day after he published his first statutory declaration, in which he claimed Najib and aide Abdul Razak Baginda had an intimate relationship with Altantuya. Read more at: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/03/16/najib-instructed-cecil-to-draft-pi-balas-sd2/ |
| More questions raised over Misuari-Anwar links Posted: 15 Mar 2013 04:01 PM PDT
(Malaysia Review) - Were they hatching a plot to help each other fulfill their hopes? Attempts to brush off the links between the founding chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Nur Misuari and Pakatan Rakyat's Anwar Ibrahim only raise more questions. Fresh queries are being raised about what exactly was the topic of discussion between them when they met in Jakarta a few months ago. Have they been in communication since? What common agenda did an ex-Filipino rebel and an ex-Malaysian Minister share? Only answers to these questions will calm the disquiet created in the Philippines and Malaysia by Wikileaks' revelation of the duo's links. Wikileaks had reported of diplomatic cables sent by the US mission in the Philippines. The 2007 report to the US State Department described Misuari as someone who still harboured aspirations to 'regain' Sabah from Malaysia. The report had also quoted a Filipino official as saying that Malaysia was concerned about Misuari's intentions towards Sabah as well as about his recent contacts with Anwar. It is telling that, since the story broke, Anwar has largely remained silent about his meeting with Misuari. PKR Deputy President Azmin Ali and Anwar's daughter Nurul Izzah attempted to brush aside the significance of the Misuari-Anwar connection. But not many have been swayed by their feeble attempts to whitewash a potentially-explosive revelation. Azmin tried to justify the Misuari-Anwar connection by saying that at the time of the Wikileaks report, Nur Misuari was the governor of Mindanao, so many leaders met Misuari. But he did not explain why a FORMER Governor who later spent time in jail and currently holds no position in the Philippines continued to have contacts with a FORMER Malaysian Minister who also later spent time in jail and currently holds no position in Malaysia. Misuari now harbours hopes of 'reclaiming' Sabah and Anwar harbours hopes of 'reclaiming' his government position. Were they hatching a plot to help each other fulfill their hopes?
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| BN: Was mega deal finalised in Taiwan? Posted: 15 Mar 2013 03:59 PM PDT
(Free Malaysia Today) - Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng also asked to explain why the RM6.3 billion infrastructure project was awarded to a company headed by an ex-convict The state BN youth has alleged that the state government's ambitious RM6.3 billion mega infrastructure project was finalised in Taiwan, not in Penang, and wants Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to clarify. The movement's information chief, H'ng Khoon Leng, also questioned how could the Pakatan Rakyat government entrust a mega project to a RM2 company headed by an ex-convict of a white collar crime? He said he had received information from reliable sources that Lim and representatives from Chinese companies China Railway Construction Corporation Ltd and Beijing Urban Construction Group all held various private meetings to finalise the deal in Taiwan. "This is a Penang project but we heard all dealings were finalised in Taiwan. We urge the chief minister to clarify this," said H'ng, also the state Gerakan youth vice chairman, at press conference at state BN office here today. Also present were Penang's MIC youth chief J Dhinagaran and, Gerakan youth vice chairmen, Tan Kah Leong and Ng Say Kheng. H'ng also alleged that the chairman of Konsortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd, which was awarded the project, was an ex-felon Zarul Ahmad Mohamad Zulkifli. According to records, he said Zarul, a former senior executive of Rakyat Merchant Bankers Bhd (RMB), was convicted with two other bank executives in a loan scandal in 1993. Zarul and two others were charged in 1994 by Bank Negara under the Banking and Financial Institutions (Bafia) Act 1989 for exceeding their limits and approving RM126,876,705 in loans. Zarul and another pleaded guilty to giving RM10,554,840 facility to a RMB client on Nov 23, 1993. Zarul also pleaded guilty to transferring RM67.5 million to RMB clients on Nov 24. Zarul, the former head of RMB public affairs was sentenced to a day's jail and fined RM10,000 on the first charge and a further RM50,000 or three month's jail on second. Open tender
"Awarding a mega project to a company under an ex-convict of commercial crime had raised serious concerns among the people of Penang. "Can the state government guarantee that the project will be carried out smoothly without any problems?" asked H'ng. Read more at: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/03/15/bn-was-mega-deal-finalised-in-taiwan/ |
| Posted: 15 Mar 2013 02:37 PM PDT A sex video clip of a man resembling the Opposition leader in a compromising position with a man has been uploaded on a blog site (FMT) - A sex video of a man resembling Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in a compromising position with another man has been uploaded in a pro-Umno blogger's site. Blogger Syed Akbar Ali, who runs the blog site – syedoutsidethebox – uploaded a single photo of the video under the heading Saturday Sunrise. "Any resemblances to any living person or dead person, real person or imaginary person are purely coincidental. All characters appearing in this work are fictitiously not straight. They are also infamously infamous," he said as a precaution just above the photo. However, he provided links to another blog page entitled 'Aksi si Raja Goyang', which carried 13 other photographs, taken from the video. Although Syed Akbar posted the photo in his blog today, the 'Aksi si Raja Goyang' photos was posted on Thursday. The second blogsite does not have a name of the blogger. The photos in the 'Aksi si Raja Goyang' website has garnered 119 comments so far. The site can be accessed at http://rajagoyang360.blogspot.com/2013/03/3-2-1-action-part-1.html. Last year, another video was released by former Malacca chief minister Rahim Thamby Chik, businessman Shazryl Eskay and Perkasa's Shuib Lazim. That video showed a man resembling the opposition leader having sex with presumably a woman of Chinese features. Anwar has since denied that he was the one in the video. The opposition leader has also been cleared of a sodomy charge brought against him by his former personal assistant Saiful Bukhari Azlan, mid last year. Although the High Court has cleared Anwar of the charge, the case in now pending appeal, which would be heard in June, this year. The release of this video could be related to the looming 13th General Election which is expected to be called anytime soon. Najib should stop dirty tactics In an immediate response, PKR strategy director, Rafizi Ramli, said it is part and parcel of the dirty politics played by Umno in tarnishing the image of the opposition's leader. "It is definitely Umno's modus operandi. These dirty tactics will be intensified as the general elections gets closer. "As Shaiful's father has came forward to delcare Anwar's innocence in Sodomy 2, it is timely that they manufacture the next set of porn materials to accuse him further," said Rafizi.
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| Malaysia facing policy 'blowback' Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:21 PM PDT
(Al Jazeera) - The former head of a Philippine separatist group, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), has told Al Jazeera that despite support from Malaysia in the 1960s, some of his fighters have now turned against the Malaysian government. According to Nur Misuari, the MNLF fighters have joined the Royal Army of Sulu, which has been fighting for control of Malaysia's eastern Sabah state. Al Jazeera's Jamela Alindogan reports from the Philippine capital, Manila, on whether Malaysia's foreign policy in the 1960s has backfired. Watch video at: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/03/2013315123914613146.html
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| Opposition committed 7 big sins: Najib Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:19 PM PDT
(Bernama) - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the people, especially Muslims should reject the opposition including PAS in the upcoming general election because they committed seven big sins, among them allowing the word "Allah" to be used by non-Muslims and not keeping promises. The Prime Minister said their other sins were allowing DAP leaders to get land in the Lodging Highlands, indiscriminate clearing of forest in highlands and PAS compromising on its own struggle. "Tian Chua's sin (PKR vice-president) regarding the terrorist intrusion into Lahad Datu and the unholy political cooperation between PAS, PKR and DAP) makeup the seven big sins committed by the opposition. "If before I announced seven major projects (for Kelantan), today I want to let you know the seven big sins committed by them," he said at a "Bekwoh" (Gatheringwith the People) programme at Sekolah Menengah Tanah Merah 1 here today. Also present were Kelantan Umno chief Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, his deputy Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin, Kelantan MCA chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, Kelantan People's Progressive Party (PPP) chairman Datuk Nik Sapeia Nik Yusof and Tanah Merah Umno, Datuk Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz.
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| PAS Perak: Nizar may not be only choice for MB post Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:08 PM PDT
(fz.com) - Though DAP Perak is openly supporting Datuk Seri Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin of PAS as the mentri besar candidate should Pakatan Rakyat win the state in the next general election, it is not certain he will be the only choice for the post. PAS Perak election director Asmuni Awi said there had been no discussions so far at the state Pakatan Rakyat (PR) level regarding the choice of MB. "The mentri besar is decided by the Sultan of Perak. We leave it to the Sultan. We will send in names that our leadership feels proper, and eventually the Sultan will decide," he said in an exclusive interview with fz.com today. As an example, Asmuni said in 2008, the three parties had sent in one name each for the Sultan to decide on, and Nizar was subsequently endorsed. Asked if any discussion had taken place within PAS on this matter, Asmuni said the issue has not been discussed at the state level, but "we will do that after we cross the line". "Nothing has been discussed at the Pakatan Rakyat state level. No discussions have taken place, so what I can say is that DAP is supporting Nizar on their own," Asmuni. Nizar for Changkat Jering? On whether Nizar is contesting the Changkat Jering state seat, as announced by the PAS Perak deputy youth chief Dr Raja Ahmad Iskandar Al-Hiss last night, Asmuni said the matter had not been decided yet. He explained that according to the party's plan, Nizar, who is Pasir Panjang state assembly member, may be moving seats, leaving another leader to contest there. There is, however, a possibility that he could be fielded in Changkat Jering, which is one of the state seats under the Bukit Gantang parliamentary constituency. PKR's Osman Jailu contested and won the Changkat Jering seat in the 2008 general election, but later quit the party to become a BN-friendly independent. Nizar, who is the Bukit Gantang MP, is known to the electorate in the area and may stand a good chance of winning the seat if he contests here. However, PAS Youth's announcement that Nizar would stand in Changkat Jering caught PKR Perak by surprise, and even Nizar was quoted by Sinar Harian as saying the action (to announce his candidacy) was "naughty". Asmuni said that the announcement was not endorsed by the state leadership but merely the unilateral stand of the PAS Changkat Jering youth. "We don't endorse anything yet," Asmuni said, adding that he believed the national leadership could resolve the matter. PKR Perak state chief Dr Muhammad Nur Manuty also confirmed that the status of the seat is not yet decided. "It is not yet finalised by central committee level," he said in a phone interview, adding that if Nizar is contesting the seat, PAS would need to swap with PKR another winnable seat. Asked if the unilateral announcement by PAS Youth showed cracks in the Pakatan Rakyat and within PAS, Asmuni shrugged it off and claimed BN component parties also face the same issue. "I don't think so; I think the matter will be resolved by the full wisdom of our leadership. The action was taken by the kawasan (division), but not endorsed by the state," he said. Poser over two seats Asmuni explained that currently there are two seats that are claimed by both PAS and PKR: Changkat Jering and Bagan Serai parliamentary seat. Both seats were contested and won by PKR in the 2008 general election, but both representatives had defected and became BN-friendly independents. He said that after the defection, PKR did not have a team or a representative to provide service to the electorate in these constituencies, much to the chagrin of the PAS grassroots leaders here.
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