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Lahad Datu: A Wag The Dog Operation?
Malaysian universities not in the Times list of World’s top 400 universities

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 01:14 PM PST

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THINGS are moving so quickly in Sabah, that I dare not make any comment on the current situation, since what is "current" seems to change by the hour.

From the start, let me say that it is sad and regrettable that there has been so much loss of life. Our thoughts ought to go to the dead, but perhaps more importantly to those they leave behind.

I am still befuddled as to why this has happened at all.

The claims made by the invaders that Sabah belongs to the Sultanate of Sulu and therefore they are justified in taking it, is very doubtful.

Historically, it is true that Sabah fell under the jurisdiction of Sulu, but this was handed to the British via a treaty.

It follows that when Sabah joined Sarawak, Singapore and Malaya to create Malaysia and in this process gain independence from the British, the arrangement between the British and the Sulu Sultanate then simply transferred to the new federation.

Of course the treaty itself can be re-examined. Or the manner in which the Sultan of Sulu agreed to the agreement can be questioned; perhaps he was coerced or tricked.

But even if this was to be done, it has to be done peacefully and not by force of arms.

In international law there is no justification for the use of arms except in self-defence.

There is no element of self-defence here, it was an invasion.

And here again, another legal conundrum arises for the Sultanate of Sulu does not exist as an international legal entity. It is not a sovereign state.

The Philippines is a sovereign state and they clearly did not order this attack.

So, in effect, this crisis is the result of private individuals and thus outside the ambit of international law.

Be that as it may, the effect is still the same as one army attacking another; violence and the people of Sabah living in fear.

I believe that despite the emotional calls of the invaders that they are simply taking what is theirs, what they have done is deeply wrong and unlawful.

All that remains is to hope that this episode can end soon without further loss of life.

I have no doubt the Malaysian armed forces will be victorious; it is just a matter of how soon and with how many casualties.

What we don't need at this time is the politicking of the situation.

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Lahad Datu: A Wag The Dog Operation?

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 08:32 AM PST

We have to support our troops 100%. They are being professional and just following orders.

However, the people giving those orders are the ones that we have to question.

Especially in light of so many facts proving close ties between UMNO leaders and the Sulu Sultanate whom are based in Manila.

We now have in our hands several pictures of current and former leaders of UMNO with the current Sultan of Sulu, of which his brother is still at large and operating in Lahad Datu Sabah and the leader of the incursion.

We have pictures of:

1.0 Najib Tun Razak with the Sultan of Sulu
2.0 Aziz Shamsuddin (the man where IC for illegal immigrants were produced direct from his own house)
3.0 Shafiee Afdal

4.0 Abdullah Badawi, the former PM

Now, UMNO is trying to argue that the Sultan operating out of Manila is not a legal entity. Yet, why is the Government of Malaysia paying secession money to the same person that they have labelled to be illegal? In there words, the people that the Malaysian government is fighting in Lahad Datu are the same people that Malaysia is paying cession money to on annual basis (click here, here and here)

Also, we have all come to know about the IC project given to illegal immigrants of which the majority of them are Malays from the South of Phillipines. The same race and religion of the Sulu Sultanate. That explains the picture of Aziz Samsuddin and the Sultan of Sulu. Thick as thieves they are.

We also now know that many of the Sulu Sultanate Royal family are leaders of UMNO at the grassroot level in Sabah. In fact, representatives from the Sulu Sultanate even attended the UMNO General Assembly in 2012.

In short, no one from UMNO dares to deny the close relationship that they had (or still have) with the Sulu sultanate people.

That explains why the first thing UMNO did was to accuse Anwar as being the mastermind behind the Sulu incursion. The entire might of the UMNO media machine was used to slander Anwar Ibrahim up to the point when Anwar declared that he is starting a RM100m suit against TV3 and Utusan.

In truth, the Sulu Sultanate categorically denies any connection with anyone in the opposition parties in Malaysia whether from Pakatan Rakyat or not.

I cannot shake the nagging feeling that this is just another drama ala "wag the dog" to spruce up sympathy in preparation for the upcoming elections. (Remember the saying "if you can't get the dog to wag his tail, then wag the dog")

Malaysian universities not in the Times list of World’s top 400 universities

Posted: 05 Mar 2013 08:29 AM PST

Not a single university in Malaysia appeared in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings this year. Except for Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) which managed to place 98th in the Top 100 Universities under 50 category.

Two Singapore institutions are among the top 100. The National University of Singapore (NUS) ranked 29th and Nanyang Technological University at 86th.

The top ten are seven US-based and three UK-based universities, with the California Institute of Technology stealing the show at 95.5 points. NUS got 77.5 points whereas Nanyang 59.4 points.

Thailand's King Mongkut's University of Technology is the only other Southeast Asian University in the list, at 351st place. According to Times Higher Education website, the universities were judged according to 13 performance indicators from five areas – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. Moreover, universities were judged according to disciplinary mix, citation counts and research.

Kredit: www.malaysia-today.net

Rabu, 6 Mac 2013

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