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• Squabbling in Penang PKR may get worse
• PKR MP promoting MIC leader?
• Pakatan to hold demo on poll reforms
• Suaram: subpoena finally served on Scorpene witness
• ‘Only RM10 paid to settle Talam debts’
• Azmin: Khalid to get minister’s job if Pakatan takes Putrajaya
• Record-setting wedding of Ali Rustam’s son paid for by sponsors
• Hisham says would appeal court decision on news portal’s print permit
• In Malaysia, Court Backs Right to Print a Newspaper
• Malaysia slips in Internet freedom; same ranking as Libya

Squabbling in Penang PKR may get worse Posted: 02 Oct 2012 05:44 PM PDT LEAKED RECORDING: Two leaders at meeting named in report (NST) - SQUABBLING among Parti Keadilan Rakyat leaders in Penang could take a turn for the worse following a report that named two of them as the alleged perpetrators behind a damaging audio recording of a party meeting. Both leaders, however, refused to be drawn into the controversy involving the recording, in which Penang Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Mansor Othman is heard condemning Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng as a "cocky, arrogant tokong (deity)". Batu Maung assemblyman Datuk Abdul Malik Abul Kassim refused to comment on the report posted in the "pisau.net" social political blog, which linked him to one of the factions purportedly involved in exposing Mansor with the intention to kill the state PKR chairman's political career. Malik, who is also state Religious Affairs and Domestic Trade and Consumerism Committee chairman, declined to deny or confirm the report. "I have no comment," the state PKR deputy chairman said yesterday. The other PKR leader named in the report, Pantai Jerejak assemblyman Sim Tze Tzin, one of seven party leaders present during the meeting chaired by Mansor, described it as "absolute nonsense". The blog, which quoted state PKR sources, also alleged that the conversation had been recorded by Penang Island Municipal Council councillor Felix Ooi Keat Hin, who purportedly belonged to another faction within the party. When contacted, Ooi, who is also Bukit Bendera division deputy chief, categorically denied the allegation. "The state party is initiating an investigation, so I will not say anything further for now." Apart from Mansor, Sim and Ooi, the other four PKR leaders who attended the meeting were: state PKR deputy chief and Batu Kawan division chief Law Choo Kiang; Raymond Ong, who was candidate for the Bayan Baru parliamentary seat in 2004; Tanjung Youth chief Ng Chek Siang; Batu Uban branch chief Cheah Peng Guan; and, Mansor's assistant John Ooi. In the leaked recording, Mansor was also heard saying that the DAP was planning to kill off PKR in the next general election. Mansor had initially denied making the remarks but last Monday, the audio recording was aired on TV3.

PKR MP promoting MIC leader? Posted: 02 Oct 2012 05:05 PM PDT BN leader accuses incumbent S Manickavasagam of promoting MIC CWC memebr A Sakthivel for the Kapar seat.  G Vinod, FMT PKR's Kapar MP S Manickavasagam is working in cahoots with MIC central working committte member A Sakthivel, promoting the latter for his parliamentary seat, claimed a Barisan Nasional man. The senior BN leader, claiming anonymity, said this was proven when incumbent Manickavasagam promoted Sakthivel at a function on Monday at the Hoe Tian Keong Temple. "Manickavasagam said that he would like to see Sakthivel contesting for the Kapar seat in a speech at the function attended by about 1,600 people, and they all heard it," claimed the leader. Disappointed, the BN leader accused Sakthivel of using Manickavasagam to promote his own political agenda. "Manickavasagam was promoting Sakthivel because both are friends, but the latter must understand that seats allocation for the general election is decided by the BN leadership. "I don't know how Pakatan Rakyat works, but in BN we must abide by party decisions. People may get confused by Manickavasagam's announcement," said the leader. I was being sarcastic, says Manicka Manickavasagam, however, dismissed the BN leader's accusation, saying he was just being sarcastic with his remark. He said that many aspirants for the seat came to the function, including Kapar MIC division chief P Ganesan and Pemandu committee member D Ravindran. "These people just showed up. Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Deputy Minister Chua Tee Yong and Kapar MCA division chairman Song Kee Chai also attended the function. "All I said was that Ganesan and Sakthivel should pray hard so that their party leadership will choose either one of them to contest in Kapar. I was being sarcastic," said Manickavasagam. He also said that most of his speech on the day was about Pakatan's leadership in the state and its achievements. Meanwhile, Sakthivel also dismissed the BN leader's accusation, saying Manickavasagam was not promoting him for Kapar. "He didn't mean it that way. He was merely addressing the people there. As for me, I just had my meal and left the function soon after," he said.

Pakatan to hold demo on poll reforms Posted: 02 Oct 2012 05:02 PM PDT Its top leadership said the decision was made following the government's failure to meet growing calls for electoral reforms. Syed Jaymal Zahiid, FMT Pakatan Rakyat today announced its plan to hold a mass gathering on Nov 3 following the government's failure to meet demands for poll reforms, mainly the calls to clean up the electoral roll and media fairness. PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu told reporters in Parliament building here that Pakatan is expecting a crowd as big as 500,000 while the venue chosen for the event is the Bukit Jalil National Stadium. "The government has yet to meet the eight core demands made by Bersih, especially on the need to clean up the electoral roll and media fairness. "Because Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak had suggested that if we want to hold any gatherings we should do it at Bukit Jalil, so we have decided to choose that place to hold our gathering," he said. Bersih and opposition leaders have repeatedly accused the Election Commission (EC) of deliberate inaction over allegations of discrepancies in the voters' roll, calling it a conspiracy to help the present government restore its two-thirds mandate in the upcoming polls. EC officials denied the allegations, saying its move to adopt the recommendations made by the parliamentary select committee (PSC) on polls reforms proved it was sincere in ensuring a clean and fair election. The PSC was set up by Najib after several protests held by Bersih and backed by the opposition threatened to shake his government, but he maintained that elections in Malaysia had always been fair. A national threat Pakatan states like Selangor claimed 500,000 foreigners had been placed in the state and registered as voters and the EC has so far failed to respond to the allegation, prompting the state government to delay holding polls should the general election be held this year. Just recently a Sabah daily published a report on the admission by a foreigner that he had purchased a Malaysian identity card for only RM1,000 and he was also a registered voter. Opposition election monitoring group Jingga 13 said today this strengthens allegations of bias against the EC and there is a continuous joint effort between the EC and the BN to ensure the ruling coalition retain power. "This is a very serious case. It is a national threat and swift action must be taken," Fariz Musa, the group's chief coordinator, told the same press conference. PKR vice-president Tian Chua said the rally was not only to voice opposition demands but the "aspirations" of all Malaysians who want clean and fair elections. The gathering will be themed "People's Uprising" and Pakatan said it will adopt yellow as the event's main colour. Yellow was also the official colour of the Bersih movement.

Suaram: subpoena finally served on Scorpene witness Posted: 02 Oct 2012 04:45 PM PDT (Malaysian Digest) - Suaram revealed that a subpoena has finally been served on one of the witnesses proposed by the human rights group to assist in the French judicial probe on alleged corruption in Malaysia's purchase of two Scorpene submarines from French naval defence company DCNS. "The inquiry is progressing and we've been allowed to tell you that the first subpoena has reached the first witness. "But I can't tell you who the witness is or when the subpoena was given for now, we have to follow the court proceedings and can only quote the court notes," Suaram secretariat member Cynthia Gabriel told a forum in Petaling Jaya last night. Suaram had in June said that its French lawyers were in the process of serving a subpoena on Jasbir Singh Chahl, allegedly a point-man in the purchase of the Scorpene submarine. However, Jasbir had then denied receiving any subpoena. Asked after the forum if the delivered subpoena this time was served on Jasbir, Cynthia merely smiled but declined to reveal the witness' identity. However, Cynthia confirmed that the subpoena was served on one of the seven witnesses which it had proposed to the French courts probing the Scorpene deal. The other six proposed witnesses were Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, private investigator P Balasubramaniam, Najib's confidante Abdul Razak Baginda and the latter's spouse and father - Mazlinda Makhzan and Abdul Malim Baginda. Earlier at the 'Who is in the spotlight? Suaram or Scorpene' forum, Cynthia said the authorities had tried to paint Suaram as a multi-million dollar organisation that was capable of destabilising the government. "This is untrue. The budget of Suaram on a yearly basis is only about RM450,000. That is nothing much at all. It is only enough to pay for eight staff and run five to six campaigns a year," she said. Cynthia added that this amount was only enough to provide the staff of the NGO with a modest salary of about RM2,500 per month as opposed to five times the amount they could earn in the corporate world. Another speaker at the forum, Tenaganita executive director Irene Fernandez said the Companies Commission Malaysia's (CCM) harassment of Suaram was exactly what happened to Tenaganita - which, like Suaram, is registered as a company - when it exposed deaths of migrant workers in an immigration detention camp in 1996. "We also exposed the corruption in the whole recruiting and placement of migrant workers but the whole thing was diverted to arresting me for allegedly publishing false information. "During that period, then Registrar of Companies (now CCM) raided our office three times and charged us for not logging two EPF (Employees Provident Fund) receipts into our cash book. The judge was however fed up with the case and had it thrown out," she related. This modus operandi in the past, like now, she said, was to portray that Tenaganita was supposedly providing false financial information and having improper accounts. Fernandez (left) explained that some NGOs have opted to register as a company because unlike a society, the home minister cannot arbitrarily dissolve the organisation. Furthermore, the government was also very restrictive in the registration of societies, she said. The other speakers at the forum were Bersih co-chairperson Dato' Ambiga Sreenevasan and constitutional lawyer Tommy Thomas. Cynthia and Suaram founding member R Sivarasa, who is now Subang parliamentarian, are both expected to give their statement to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) later today after the regulator roped in the police to compel the duo's cooperation under the Criminal Procedure Code. Suaram advisor Kua Kia Soong is also among those called but will only give his statement at a later date as he is overseas. When approached after the forum, Suaram's lawyer Lim Cheng Bock said the ROS is looking into Suaram's activites between 1989 to 2001 when it was then registered as a business under the name Suara Komunikasi before it became a company under the name Suara Inisiatif Sdn Bhd. "We stressed that Suaram is not and was not doing anything wrong. The transition from a business to a company was only for expansion and better accountability. "Unlike a business, you need external audit and proper accounts for a company," he said. Previously, ROS had attempted to "inspect" Suaram's office but was turned away as the NGO insisted it is registered as a company and ROS has no jurisdiction over it. ROS joined the fray after the CCM on Sept 18 declared it was charging Suaram for "confusing accounts" in two days but the Attorney-General's Chambers sent its investigation papers back to the commission. It said the papers were "incomplete".

‘Only RM10 paid to settle Talam debts’ Posted: 02 Oct 2012 04:33 PM PDT Chua Tee Yong cites 2009 documents regarding Talam's debts to Unisel and PNSB. Patrick Lee, FMT Two Selangor state-owned companies, according to the MCA, only received RM10 each from the Talam debt settlement exercise, despite being owed millions of ringgit. Pointing to 2009 documents, MCA Young Professionals Bureau Chua Tee Yong said that both Universiti Selangor (Unisel) and Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd (PNSB) were given these amounts. This, he alleged, was despite Unisel being owed RM248 million and PNSB RM28 million. "Assignment of Debt Agreement" documents dated Nov 3, 2009 read: "Now therefore this agreement witnesses… the sum of RM10 now paid by the assignee to the assignor." With this, Chua claimed that Unisel's financial condition had worsened, and that PNSB was made to service a RM230 million loan with an RM86 million interest. Asked if he knew of the current payment status to these two companies, he said: "You have to ask the Selangor government." The Labis MP also came up with new figures to the Talam matter, in a claim that the Selangor government over-valuated the Talam land. He said that assets acquired through the debt settlement came up to RM676 million. Also, he included the total interest cost borne by PNSB (RM86 million) and a discount given to Talam by the state government (RM36 million). Altogether, he estimated the cost of the Talam deal to be RM798 million. In July, Chua started on several exposé against the Selangor government, claiming that the administration had used RM1 billion to bail out Talam Corporation Bhd. He claimed that Selangor had done so via a RM392 million supplementary budget passed in the State's Legislative Assembly in 2009. Chua added that the state bought an additional RM676 million worth of assets from Talam. Both Pakatan and the state vehemently denied these claims, and have since appointed independent audit firms to check the Talam matter in a show of transparency.

Azmin: Khalid to get minister’s job if Pakatan takes Putrajaya Posted: 02 Oct 2012 04:06 PM PDT (The Malaysian Insider) - Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim is likely to be made a Cabinet minister if Pakatan Rakyat (PR) wins the general election, PKR deputy president Azmin Ali has said. He told Malay daily Sinar Harian that this would mean Khalid would vacate the Selangor mentri besar's position even if PR retains the state in the next general election. Azmin's remarks are likely to trigger speculation about whether he is eyeing a tilt at becoming Selangor MB, but he did not comment about his own plans. Azmin, who is Gombak MP, was reported saying that Khalid's corporate expertise would be better utilised at the federal level, rather than being limited to just one state, should PR take Putrajaya. Key to the suggestion to promote Khalid was the former corporate captain's success in leading Selangor, which saw the industrialised state contribute 23 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), Azmin told the Malay daily. "The decision about the possibility is made by combining the various expertise and capabilities to ensure the country's administration runs smoothly," Azmin, who is both a federal and state lawmaker, told Sinar Harian. But he said PR had yet to make a decision on the idea. "Nobody can predict his position today until the results of GE13 are announced," he was quoted as saying. Khalid is seen to be a political novice but a seasoned corporate leader. He was a member of the National Productivity Council and has broad experience in the corporate industry; he was chief executive of the state-run investment fund Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) from 1979 to 194 and was also CEO of plantations giant now known as Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad from 1995 to 2003. He had joined PKR and ran in Election 2008 where he took the Ijok state seat, beating Umno's Satuk Moamed Sayuti Said by a majority of 1,920 votes. The victory catapulted him into the pole position of Malaysia's wealthiest state. Khalid is also Bandar Tun Razak MP.

Record-setting wedding of Ali Rustam’s son paid for by sponsors Posted: 02 Oct 2012 04:02 PM PDT (The Malaysian Insider) - Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam's office was forced to reveal yesterday that many of the caterers and other businesses sponsored the lavish wedding dinner of the Malacca chief minister's son that drew over 130,000 guests during the weekend. The wedding has come under intense public scrutiny after national news agency Bernama reported on Sunday that 26-year-old Mohd Ridhwan's marriage to Nur Azieha Mohd Ali, also 26, lasted eight hours, with the number of guests earning a place in the Malaysia Book of Records. An official with the Malaysia Book of Records was also present to present a certificate to the chief minister. Mohd Ali's special secretary Datuk MS Mahadevan was reported by The Star today as saying much of the wedding's cost was paid for through sponsors. But he did not reveal the total cost. Mohd Ali also did not say how much the wedding cost him, but dismissed suggestions that the wedding attended by more than 130,000 people was a lavish affair. "No one was forced to attend the event, including state government employees," said Mahadevan yesterday. "This is the first wedding ceremony for the chief minister's family and every Malaccan wanted to take part. Even estate workers wearing slippers stood in line to shake hands with the bride and bridegroom. "Not a single sen was paid to these volunteers." Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers have questioned how the wedding was funded, and the revelation of sponsors will spark more questions about the appropriateness of accepting money from businesses to pay for the wedding. PR lawmakers said that even at RM10 a head, the wedding banquet would cost RM1.3 million for food and beverages alone, far more than the long-serving chief minister's salary. DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang used his Twitter account to speculate further on the cost of the wedding, saying the banquet appeared to cost RM100 a person or potentially RM13 million just for the food. But Malacca Umno executive secretary Datuk Akbar Ali responded to the DAP leaders' tweets by saying they should not assume the wedding banquet was similar to a Chinese wedding dinner. "Awak ingat ini jamuan makan malam 9 jenis seperti masyarakat Cina dengan sup sirip ikan yu. Ini cara kamu wujudkan fitnah. Ini orang yang sakit (You think this is like a nine-course Chinese dinner with shark's fin soup. This is how you create lies. This is someone sick.)" Akbar wrote on his Twitter account.)"

Hisham says would appeal court decision on news portal’s print permit Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:55 PM PDT Ida Lim, The Malaysian Insider The home minister today said he would "like to see" an appeal of the High Court's decision allowing a news portal to seek a review of the ministry's rejection of its newspaper permit application. On Monday, the High Court here quashed the Home Ministry's decision to reject a newspaper permit application by Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd, the owner of news portal Malaysiakini. "Definitely, KDN (Home Ministry) will engage with the Attorney-General and, on a personal basis of course, I would like to see the matter appealed," said Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. "But, at the end of the day, it is not for me to decide, and if there is any info that the AG requires from KDN I believe that we are working quite closely..." When asked about the basis for the Home Ministry's denial of a print permit for the news portal company, he said: "I don't know, I was not around at that time." READ MORE HERE

In Malaysia, Court Backs Right to Print a Newspaper Posted: 02 Oct 2012 12:49 PM PDT (The New York Times) - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Obtaining permission to publish a newspaper in Malaysia, where the print media are dominated by government-linked publications, is likely to become easier after a court ruled that the right to freedom of expression includes the right to publish and is a fundamental liberty, a lawyer said on Tuesday. A Malaysian court ruled on Monday that the government should not have rejected an application for a print publishing license by Malaysiakini, a popular independent news Web site, said Shanmuga Kanesalingam, a lawyer who represented Malaysiakini. Under Malaysian law, a newspaper must obtain a permit from the government before it can publish. Free-speech advocates hailed the decision as a victory. "Recognition that the right to publish a newspaper is a fundamental right is very, very significant," Mr. Shanmuga said. "It's the first time we've had this said by a judge." Masjaliza Hamzah, executive officer of the Center for Independent Journalism in Kuala Lumpur, described the decision as "a very progressive judgment for freedom of expression, for freedom of the press in Malaysia." "It's very significant," she said, because few new permits for print newspapers have been granted in recent years. "The permits that have been given out are mostly for small-scale publications, but not for the kind of publication that could garner a national audience, which Malaysiakini could," Ms. Masjaliza said. The government has not yet decided whether to appeal the decision, said Noor Hisham bin Ismail, a senior federal counsel involved in the case. It has a month to file. Although the Internet has remained relatively free in Malaysia, most large newspapers are either owned by the government or linked to it. Mr. Shanmuga said the court had ruled that the home minister, who grants publishing permits, must reconsider Malaysiakini's application in accordance with the law. He said the ruling would make it more difficult for the government to refuse an application for a printing license, because it requires officials to show that the proposed publication would be a threat to public order or to national security, or would be immoral. Read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/world/asia/malaysian-court-rules-that-publishing-a-newspaper-is-a-basic-right.html?_r=0

Malaysia slips in Internet freedom; same ranking as Libya Posted: 02 Oct 2012 12:35 PM PDT (The Malaysian Insider) - The report cited the recent amendments to the Evidence Act 1950, namely Section 114A of the law, which holds the computer or equipment owner liable for seditious content as a very troubling development. Malaysia's Internet freedom has worsened this year as seen in the latest global survey of 47 countries, putting it on the same level as Libya after Putrajaya introduced new laws seen to curb electronic media use. Internet freedom for Southeast Asia's third-biggest economy was judged to be only "partly free", after it scored 43 out of 100 points — the same as Libya — dropping two notches in the Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media report released last week by Freedom House, a US research organisation advocating democracy, political freedom and human rights. The annual study evaluates each country based on barriers to access, limits on content, and violations of user rights, and traces trends from January 2011 to May 2012. The lower the numerical score, the better the ranking. Each country is marked on a score from 0 (the most free) to 100 (the least free), which serves as the basis for an Internet freedom status designation of Free (0-30 points), Partly Free (31-60 points), or Not Free (61-100 points). Malaysia took the 23rd spot, trailing behind the Philippines, South Korea, India and Indonesia among the Asian countries surveyed. But Malaysia came out ahead of Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Pakistan, Vietnam, Myanmar and China. Singapore was not included in Freedom House's global study. The top five spots in descending order were occupied by Estonia, the United States, Germany, Australia and Hungary, which scored fewer than 20 points out of 100. Read more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/malaysia-slips-in-internet-freedom-same-ranking-as-libya

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No quick fix for East Malaysia Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:50 PM PDT Erna Mahyuni, The Malaysian Insider "All you East Malaysians need to do is vote out BN!" I hear that time and time again from various people in Peninsular Malaysia and it's getting frankly tiresome. I apologise to Sarawakians in advance for having to explain things on your behalf, but I have lived in your state so am not totally clueless. Unlike the many who think that all that is needed is a Braveheart-like uprising where the united peoples of Sabah and Sarawak rise up against tyranny and all that jazz. It's not that simple. And that's my biggest beef with opposition rhetoric. It oversimplifies things, forgetting context and ignoring the complexities of East Malaysia. One challenge both Sabah and Sarawak have is geography. We're far removed from West Malaysia, quite literally, and in some ways it has worked out for the best but has also made integration tricky. There are far too many assumptions on each side about the other and "getting to know" each other requires a two- to three-hour flight. Sarawak is a huge state and its terrain makes traversing it prohibitively expensive. The Penans and other interior-dwelling folk have it worse; they are forced to trek hours to the nearest transport stop to get to the nearest city. They do not have ready access to the things we city dwellers take for granted: piped water, electronic and physical media, hospitals and decent schools. Even on the outskirts of Kota Kinabalu, the state capital of Sabah, there are schools that are little more than glorified shacks with crowded classrooms and malnourished children. Don't get me started on the West Malaysian teachers who refuse their postings to Sabah and Sarawak or clamour to be sent home as soon as possible. Racial tolerance is more pronounced here. Yet, the reality is that despite the "peace" between the various races in East Malaysia, it isn't easy to get them on the same page politically. Sabah, for instance, has various splinter parties that are also quite clearly delineated by race. SUPP is predominantly Chinese, PBS is mostly Sabah Bumiputera with a few Chinese people, the Muslim Bumiputeras once mostly congregated in USNO, but the BN-friendly now are in Umno. It's not much different in Sarawak. The various communities may get along better but dig down and their politics is the same old selfish Malaysian politics. It's never about what's best for the state or the country; it's about what's best for their own communities. Let the Penans rot in the jungles so long as my community gets first pick of lucrative contracts. That is the reality of the Malaysian mindset; the preoccupation with what's best for your own kind to the detriment of everyone else. Malaysians don't seem to believe in "win-win." It's "I take everything and everyone else can go die-lah." Which explains our love for monopolies. PKR's already shot itself in the foot by refusing to co-operate with local parties in Sabah and Sarawak. How am I, as a native from Sabah, supposed to place trust in a party that made Azmin Ali Sabah PKR chief? How am I supposed to believe that Anwar Ibrahim and his cohort won't do the same thing and just hand out division chief titles to people from the peninsula as "rewards" to the faithful once the state is won? What Pakatan Rakyat should be doing is forming alliances with local opposition parties. Instead, it intends to compete against them. Of course, BN will probably end up winning because of split votes. Don't get me started on people harping on about how Sarawakians should all unite and toss its current chief minister out. Here's news for you: The reason he's still in power is because the people who have benefitted from his position like him where he is. Ponder that for a moment. It took Bruno Manser to come in and unite the various Penan tribes. It will take more than a well-meaning Swiss to unite the various factions in the two states. Sadly the people trying to play catalyst are not altruistic crusaders but those with an eye on Putrajaya. By the way, because I have to keep reminding you, Sabah did vote against BN. But BN "convinced" PBS MPs to jump ship in the biggest "frog" incident in Malaysian history. Back in the day, Anwar Ibrahim was proud to be seen as "delivering" the state back to BN. It's not that simple; it was never that simple; it will never be that simple. So word of advice to Pakatan: When three words can sum up your campaign ("BN is bad!"), you need to do a lot better.

CAT got your tongue, Mansor? Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:34 PM PDT The deputy chief minister (I) should clear the air if he thinks he has been framed over the 'cocky, arrogant, tokong' controversy. Five months ago, PKR state chief and Deputy Chief Minister I Mansor Othman let the "CAT" out of the bag but now denies ever having done so, that is, uttering the words "cocky, arrogant, tokong" (CAT) in reference to Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. Jeswan Kaur, FMT No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday. – Alexander Pope Five months ago, PKR state chief and Deputy Chief Minister I Mansor Othman let the "CAT" out of the bag but now denies ever having done so, that is, uttering the words "cocky, arrogant, tokong" (CAT) in reference to Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. Mansor apparently made the "CAT" remark on Lim who is also DAP secretary-general during a private meeting between him and some PKR local members in May. Details of the meeting were leaked and published in verbatim in a blog "Gelagat Anwar" in June. But then Mansor is not the first to define Lim as "CAT"; similar remarks were in the past made by former PKR local leaders like independent MPs Zahrain Md Hashim of Bayan Baru and Tan Tee Beng of Nibong Tebal. However, in Mansor's case, his on-off denial in having said those words to Lim has put the former in an uncomfortable position in the eyes of Penangites, particularly supporters of Pakatan Rakyat. In what has become an embarrassing episode for Mansor, the "CAT" fiasco has, as feared by DAP national chairman Karpal Singh, been capitalised by ruling Barisan Nasional to gain political sympathy from the rakyat. Hoping to halt further damage to the Pakatan image, Karpal wants Mansor to clear the air on the "cocky, arrogant, tokong" controversy. Karpal believes Pakatan can resolve the issue amicably as it involves two individuals and is not between two parties. The question here is, what is taking Pakatan so long to douse the "CAT" fire which is being kept alive by BN sycophants like Perkasa, which keeps raising doubts in the minds of the people on Pakatan's capability to manage the country should it secure victory in the coming 13th general election. While Pakatan decides how best to end the "CAT" controversy, Umno crony – Media Prima-owned TV3 – decided to do the dirty work for the government when it aired on its 8pm Buletin Utama more than once the audio recording of the details of the meeting. Berani buat berani tanggung There is a Malay saying that goes "berani buat berani tanggung" (if you dare do it, then dare face the music) and now it is left to Mansor to do the decent thing – own up to the fact that he did call Lim a "CAT". In any case, the rift between Lim and Mansor cannot be disguised. Mansor should have known better than to make such remarks although uttered during a closed-door discussion involving Mansor and some PKR local members. To laugh off the "CAT" issue that has been taken to "greater heights" by Pakatan's nemesis Umno is not going to help Mansor save both his face and his political career. If the utterance "cocky, arrogance and tokong" were made to vilify Lim, then it is a lesson learned the painful way by Mansor. Mansor is not the first politician in the country's history to have maligned his superior nor will he be the last to do so. There was Mukhriz Mahathir, now the International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister, and the son of former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who had openly called for then prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to step down. Then Umno Youth chief, Hishammuddin Hussein, refused to take any action against Mukhriz, dismissing the remark as a personal opinion. Mahathir himself had chided his successor Abdullah for being "stupid" and in May 2008, the former announced he was qutting Umno as he had lost confidence in Abdullah's leadership and would rejoin the party only when Abdullah stepped down as prime minister and Umno president. Such show of gutter politics has always been there and it is another matter that no one had the guts to confront Mahathir over such an act. Where "CAT" goes, if indeed Lim is cocky and arrogant, then there is a place and time to raise the issue instead of indulging in petty gossip as Mansor has done, a move which has led many to question Mansor's capability as deputy chief minister. To now chicken out of the "CAT" issue and dump blame on his detractors is not going to work wonders for Mansor. On the contrary, it is having the courage to say "yes, I did" that will save Mansor's day. Rotten apples best discarded Perhaps the "CAT" blunder is a blessing in disguise for it has given rise to the need to discard the rotten apples in Pakatan's fold. It seems that Zahrain and Tan were not the only rotten apples in the DAP-controlled Penang; there are more with Mansor being one of them. READ MORE HERE

Sabah BN struggling to regain initiative Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:29 PM PDT As an opposition candidate, defector Wilfred Bumburing will have the support of two former Tuaran MPs to woo voters making him a formidable candidate.  Joseph Bingkasan, FMT KOTA KINABALU: If there was one thing that MP Wilfred Bumburing did for the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition when he defected to the opposition in July, it was to force the disparate  BN branch in Tuaran to unite. With the opposition in the state, seen by the BN as their 'fixed deposit', gaining ground,  the parliamentary constituency of Tuaran has always been shaky as could be seen by the surge in support for the opposition in the last election. There has always been a fear within the ruling coalition that the defection of top Sabah BN leaders to the opposition would have a domino effect around the state. The exit in quick succession from the BN by MPs from Tuaran (Bumburing) and Beaufort (Lajim Ukin) as well as a Senator (Maijol Mahap) and a host of senior political leaders once aligned to Sabah Umno has caused the once mighty coalition to pause. In Tuaran, the initial shock and constant quarelling resulting from the departure of former Upko deputy president Bumburing who is also its BN chairman, seems to ended for the moment. Bumburing had cited disillusionment with the BN's inability to resolve the longstanding question of how hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants had been registered as voters and were now determining the future of the state as among his reasons for leaving. Several senior leaders of Upko joined him in forming a new party, Angkatan Perubahan Sabah (APS), to work with the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition in the coming election. According to sources, Pakatan leader Anwar Ibrahim has given Bumburing an assurance that he would have a say on the candidates to contest in constituencies where the Kadazandusuns are the majority. Bumburing, who won the Tuaran MP seat in the 2008 election, is expected to defend his seat against the potential BN candidate, his former colleague Wilfred Tangau, the Upko secretary general who made way for him in the 2008 election. Tuaran comprises the state seats of Kiulu and Tamparuli now held by PBS and Sulaman by Umno. 'Formidable' Bumburing Once considered a BN stronghold, it is now a toss up. Tangau won the seat in the 2004 election when he polled 17,722 votes against PKR's Ansari Abdullah who garnered 8,555 votes. The BN saw its winning margin drop significantly in 2008 when Bumburing polled 17,645 votes to Ansari's 11,023 votes. Independent Ajin Hazin Gagah managed 879 votes. READ MORE HERE

Polls in December? Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:27 PM PDT This is because Najib's trump card is the budget goodies and if the polls are held this year, the voters will be tempted to vote for BN in order to obtain the goodies next year. Selena Tay, FMT Now that the Budget 2013 has already been tabled, political analysts are again speculating on the date of the 13th general election. Many are of the view that the polls will be held only after February. But this columnist thinks it can still be held this year, the latest by Dec 15 (after the Umno general assembly which ends on Dec 1). This is because Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's trump card is the budget goodies and if the polls are held this year, the voters will be tempted to vote for Barisan Nasional in order to obtain the goodies next year. After the goodies are distributed, he will have no more weapon or trump card. Therefore to maximise the effect of the feel-good factor, he holds on to the goodies now to be used as a carrot. According to the old folks of the Chinese community, perhaps the devil has gotten hold of the polls date and that is why it is difficult for everyone in BN to get it back. So much for the devil and the date. With regard to the budget presentation last week, what was uncalled for was Najib's attack on Pakatan Rakyat which lasted close to 20 minutes. That was really in bad taste and very unbecoming of someone who aspires to be a great statesman. And he has the gumption to talk about moderation! Commenting on this, PAS Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad opined that "Najib must be having his mind preoccupied with Pakatan 24/7 and that must be the reason why he could not resist taking a swipe at Pakatan during the budget presentation". Auditor-General's Report However, what is also just as important as the budget is the Auditor-General's Report which, according to parliamentary procedure, should be tabled on the same day as the budget itself. Instead this vital report is late again as was last year. The Pakatan MPs need to see the Auditor-General's Report so that they can evaluate the government's spending habits. If a certain ministry has overspent, then it is pointless to allocate another vast sum to this particular ministry again. A point to note is that the incumbent BN federal government has been running a budget deficit since 1998 and is in the habit of requesting for a Supplementary Budget. This means that additional allocation is requested as the budget's allocation is insufficient to meet the demands of the ministries. The whole thing shows that the government is not spending in a prudent manner. Although it is good to dole out goodies to the rakyat, what the government is doing is akin to giving painkillers to the sick person and not curing the disease. In short, it is not solving the problem. It is only implementing a stop-gap measure to relieve the pain. Back to the Auditor-General's Report. Without this report, Pakatan MPs will find it difficult to debate the budget in an effective manner because they are in the dark on whether the government has spent last year's allocation prudently and wisely as comparisons need to be made between the budget and the Audit-General's Report. A good example is the National Feedlot Corporation project wherein RM250 million was allocated but the results were measly. This matter was revealed in the Audit-General's Report. Of course, there are many other examples of procurements or purchases made at jacked-up prices and cost overruns in this and that. Meanwhile, the national debt has increased to RM502 billion. Plus off-the-record contingent liabilities, the sum will definitely be much higher but with increased spending, the national debt percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could still be below 55%! A miracle indeed! READ MORE HERE

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Jawapan Pakatan Rakyat kepada Chua Tee Yong Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:44 PM PDT Kami merujuk kepada kenyataan akhbar yang dibuat oleh Dato' Chua Tee Yong yang menuduh angka-angka di dalam Belanjawan Pakatan Rakyat 2013 adalah tidak tepat berdasarkan perkiraan ringkas beliau seperti berikut: 1.            Bentuk kenaikan gaji hasil dari dasar-dasar Pakatan Rakyat adalah kenaikan gaji guru sebanyak RM2.4 bilion (hasil dari pelaksanaan Elaun Khas Perguruan sebanyak RM500 setiap bulan bagi setiap orang guru), kenaikan gaji kakitangan awam sebanyak RM2 bilion (hasil dari pelaksanaan gaji minima RM1,100 di sektor awam dan pelarasan gaji kepada semua kakitangan) dan kenaikan gaji anggota polis sebanyak RM754 juta (hasil dari cadangan untuk membekukan pengambilan baru anggota polis sehingga tahun 2015). 2.      Mengikut perkiraan beliau, jumlah kesemua kenaikan gaji ini sebanyak RM5.1 bilion tidak selari dengan angka di dalam Belanjawan Pakatan Rakyat 2013 yang menunjukkan pertambahan gaji sebanyak hanya sebanyak RM4 bilion. Berdasarkan perkiraan mudah itu, beliau menuduh Belanjawan Pakatan Rakyat mengandungi angka-angka yang menipu dan hasil dari penyelidikan yang kucar-kacir. Jawatankuasa Dasar dan Manifesto Pakatan Rakyat yang dipertanggungjawabkan untuk menyediakan dokumen-dokumen rasmi termasuklah Belanjawan Pakatan Rakyat 2013 ada mengambil kira semua perkara ini dalam menentukan angka-angka yang digunapakai. Seharusnya Dato' Chua Tee Yong membaca sepenuhnya keseluruhan dokumen Belanjawan Pakatan Rakyat 2013 yang menerangkan pendekatan Pakatan Rakyat untuk menggunakan jumlah anggota polis sedia ada bagi memenuhi tuntutan melindungi keselamatan awam tanpa perlu menambah tenaga kerja melalui pengambilan baru. Ini berbeza dengan pendekatan Barisan Nasional yang ingin meningkatkan pengambilan baru sehingga mencecah 30% menjelang 2015, yang sudah tentu akan meningkatkan tanggungan gaji. Cadangan Pakatan Rakyat adalah dengan memfokuskan anggota polis sedia ada kepada kerja-kerja membanteras jenayah dengan menukar anggota Cawangan Khas ke Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah. Penjimatan dari langkah ini (kerana tiada pengambilan baru menjelang 2015) bolehlah digunakan untuk menaikkan gaji anggota polis. Maka, ia satu proses yang akan berjalan dalam satu tempoh, bukannya kenaikan gaji serentak kerana proses penukaran anggota Cawangan Khas melibatkan latihan dan lain-lain. Sebab itu di mukasurat 8 Belanjawan Pakatan Rakyat 2013 ada menyebut bahawa Pakatan Rakyat mengunjurkan kenaikan gaji 15% sekiranya proses ini berjalan. Oleh kerana ia melibatkan satu proses, maka ia juga melibatkan kenaikan berperingkat dalam satu tempoh masa kerana kenaikan gaji itu perlu dibiayai dari penjimatan kerana tiada pengambilan baru dalam tempoh 3 tahun. Kesan kewangan bagi tahun 2013 dianggarkan satu pertiga dari jumlah kenaikan gaji RM754 juta bagi kesemua kakitangan, iaitu sekitar RM250 juta. Jawatankuasa Dasar dan Manifesto Pakatan Rakyat memutuskan bahawa kenaikan ini boleh dibiayai dengan menyemak semula perbelanjaan untuk "Faedah-faedah Kewangan Yang Lain" (Kod Akaun: 15000) yang telah mencecah RM1.04 bilion dalam tahun 2013. Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat akan meneliti bentuk-bentuk faedah bukan gaji untuk mengelakkan pembaziran, dengan memastikan hanya faedah bukan gaji kepada kakitangan awam disediakan pada kos yang berpatutan. Ini penting bagi memastikan Kod Akaun 15000 ("Faedah-faedah Kewangan Yang Lain") tidak melibatkan peruntukan bagi perbelanjaan yang boros. Kami yakin penjimatan dari semakan terhadap perbelanjaan faedah bukan gaji boleh menampung kesan kewangan bagi tahun 2013 yang dianggarkan RM250 juta itu. Mengambil kira pertimbangan ini, kenaikan peruntukan gaji kakitangan kerajaan hanyalah RM4 bilion seperti yang terkandung di dalam Belanjawan Pakatan Rakyat 2013. Kami mengucapkan tahniah kepada Dato' Chua Tee Yong kerana mengambil sedikit masa untuk meneliti angka-angka yang dibentangkan di dalam Belanjawan Pakatan Rakyat 2013. Namun, beliau lebih berhati-hati apabila ingin berhujah menggunakan angka kerana reputasi beliau sebelum ini pun terjejas teruk apabila angka-angka yang digunakan sering bertukar-tukar. Bagi pihak Jawatankuasa Dasar & Manifesto Pakatan Rakyat YB Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad Ahli Parlimen Kuala Selangor/AJK PAS Pusat Rafizi Ramli Pengarah Strategi Keadilan Dr Ong Kian Ming Strategis Pilihanraya DAP

Secret Malaysian resettlement plan for dam-affected natives exposed Posted: 02 Oct 2012 11:15 AM PDT The affected communities have only received information about the conditions of their resettlement through the report leaked to ­the whistle-blower website Sarawak Report. The withholding of the Resettlement Report goes against all international standards on transparency.  Bruno Manser Fonds Leaked Resettlement Action Plan for natives to be displaced by Murum dam reveals the Sarawak government's neglect of basic rights and fair compensation (MURUM, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA) A report by the Malaysian state government of Sarawak about the resettlement of over 1,500 natives has been leaked just a few months before the planned resettlement due to a mega-dam. The impoundment of the 944 MW Murum dam is meant to start in early 2013 and will flood almost 250km2 of forest and cause the displacement of six Penan and one Kenyah native communities. Violation of basic rights It verges on hypocrisy that the leaked Murum Resettlement Action Plan claims that "the main documents" concerning the construction of the dam and the resettlement are "to be made available to the public", although this has obviously not been done so far. The affected communities have only received information about the conditions of their resettlement through the report leaked to ­the whistle-blower website Sarawak Report. The withholding of the Resettlement Report goes against all international standards on transparency. The report reveals that the compensation offered to the affected communities is anything but fair and will impoverish them: the monthly allowance to be paid after resettlement falls below the poverty level and ends after four years. Their new farmland is already covered with oil palms owned by large companies, and there is hardly any forest left to sustain the people's traditional livelihood based on products from the wild. In addition, the affected Penan and Kenyah state that they have never been asked for their free, prior and informed consent as demanded by international standards, such as the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. After receiving the Resettlement Plan, the seven affected communities immediately put up a blockade on the access road to the dam on Wednesday last week. Over 200 people have since been effectively blocking the supply of materials to the dam construction works. They are willing to keep up the blockade until the Norwegian CEO of Sarawak Energy, the agency in charge of the implementation of Murum dam, and the government authorities agree to their demands concerning involuntary resettlement and compensation. Norwegian Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, CEO of Sarawak Energy, has been asked to meet the affected communities at the blockade site to discuss their concerns, as he is one of the main persons responsible for the current twelve-dam complex in Sarawak – of which the Murum dam is only the first one to be built. Another foreign key supporter is Hydro Tasmania, which seconded staff to Sarawak Energy and completed various feasibility studies. Andrew Pattle, who was Project Manager for the Murum dam up until 2011 and is now Senior Project Manager for two other proposed dams, and Nick Wright, Vice President at Sarawak Energy, are just two of the Australian staff members seconded to the project. Without this knowledge transfer from Hydro Tasmania to Sarawak Energy, the realization of the planned dams would not be possible. Tutoring on rights for government officials The local SAVE Rivers Network, a group that is spearheading the struggle against the plans to build at least 12 dams in Sarawak's interior, has today offered tutoring lessons on indigenous rights to high-level government leaders. The obvious lack of compliance with international standards and national laws by the Sarawak government is prompting them to teach the government about indigenous rights as guaranteed in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and national law. Peter Kallang, chairman of SAVE Rivers, said today: "It is unfortunate that many high-level government leaders do not understand the international UN declaration that Malaysia has signed. We would therefore like an opportunity to explain to them the rights of indigenous peoples under the laws of this country." The Bruno Manser Fund wholeheartedly supports this highly necessary tutoring on indigenous rights for the government and, in addition, is demanding the immediate release of all studies conducted on any of the currently-planned dams. All the international actors involved in Sarawak's dam endeavour, including Torstein Dale Sjøtveit and Hydro Tasmania, should stop supporting the ongoing violation of international standards and cease their collaboration with Sarawak Energy.

Malaysia tak perlu pergerakan hak wanita Posted: 02 Oct 2012 11:07 AM PDT Trend penurunan ini konsisten sejak 2010. Pada tahun 2010, Kementerian diberi peruntukan sebanyak RM2.4 bilion, kemudian pada tahun 2011, ia jatuh ke RM2 bilion, kemudian jatuh lagi pada tahun 2012 ke RM1.9 bilion dan sekarang untuk 2013 ia terus menurun ke RM1.8 bilion.    Young Syefura Othman, Penyelaras Segmentasi Wanita Muda Kebangsaan Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia Segmentasi Wanita Muda (SAMM Wanita Muda) merasa kesal dan kecewa dengan kenyataan angkuh dan sombong Perdana Menteri Malaysia dalam Sambutan Hari Wanita 2012 hari ini di Sunway Pyramid. Dalam laporan satu media internet (klik sini untuk baca lanjut) menyebut Najib menyatakan Malaysia tidak memerlukan sama sekali pergerakan hak wanita dalam negara ini. Beliau selaku Menteri Wanita dalam Majlis anjuran Kementerianya telah menghina perjuangan aktivis - aktivis hak wanita dalam negara ini. Majlis Sambutan Hari Wanita anjuran Kementeriannya (Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat) ini seharusnya diadakan atas semangat menghargai perjuangan dan sumbangan wanita kepada negara, namun oleh kerana inilah kali pertama negara dan rasanya di dunia Menteri Wanita lelaki maka dengan jelas Menteri Wanita ini tidak menghormati sensitiviti dan melakukan penghinaan terhadap perjuangan wanita dalam majlis tersebut. Najib jelas tidak memahami peranan menteri wanita dan tidak langsung ada gender sensitiviti kerana bukan sahaja menghina perjuangan aktivis wanita sebagai tidak perlu tetapi dalam ucapanya menyatakan pula lelaki sebagai spesis terancam di negara ini kerana 'kecemerlangan' wanita. SAMM menuntut Najib berundur sahaja sebagai menteri di kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, keluarga dan masyarakat kerana jelas dia sendiri tidak faham peranannya sebaliknya hanya makan gaji buta selaku menteri di kementeri tersebut. Jika benar apa yang dikatakan Najib menjadi polisi kerajaan Bn yang tidak perlukan perjuangan pembelaan wanita maka seharusnya bubarkan sahaja terus kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat itu. Maka tidak hairanlah dalam belanjawan tahun ini walaupun pada keseluruhannya meningkat 8%, tetapi peruntukkan Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat mengalami penurunan sebanyak 6%, dengan pengurangan sebanyak RM115 juta.  Trend penurunan ini konsisten sejak 2010. Pada tahun 2010, Kementerian diberi peruntukan sebanyak RM2.4 bilion, kemudian pada tahun 2011, ia jatuh ke RM2 bilion, kemudian jatuh lagi pada tahun 2012 ke RM1.9 bilion dan sekarang untuk 2013 ia terus menurun ke RM1.8 bilion.  Dalam ucapan belanjawan 2013, PM Najib cuma menonjolkan kononya belanjawannya prihatin wanita dengan peruntukan sebanyak RM50 juta untuk latihan Wanita untuk menjadi pengarah syarikat, latihan usahawanan (entrepreneurial training), latihan "online marketing" dan ujian mamogram. Inilah hasilnya apabila menteri Wanita adalah seorang lelaki. Jelas sekali Najib tidak faham langsung apa sebenarnya keperluan dan aspirasi Wanita dan masih melihat isu wanita dengan cara seksis. Pemahaman beliau mengenai isu-isu Wanita seolah-olah terhad kepada "bagaimana untuk membuat Wanita lebih menjadi seorang ahli perniagaan" dan peperiksaan payudara. Dalam kesempatan ini juga SAMM Wanita Muda menyambut baik dan mengajak rakyat melihat tawaran belanjawan alternatif negara yang dibentangkan oleh Pakatan Rakyat yang mengandungi tawaran Caruman Wanita Nasional dan Skim Elaun Penjagaan. Caruman Wanita Nasional adalah satu skim jaringan keselamatan sosial bagi Wanita suri rumah. Ideanya adalah seperti berikut; sekiranya suami meninggal dunia, menjadi kurang upaya atau menceraikan isteri, suri rumah akan mempunyai simpanan wang untuk menangani sebarang kemunkginan yang boleh terjadi. Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat bercadang untuk memberikan caruman sebanyak RM600 setahun kepada setiap suri rumah, dan akan memastikan dan menggalakkan suami menyumbang sejumlah wang sebanyak RM120 ke RM1,200 setahun kepada caruman yang sama.    Sasaran skim ini adalah untuk memastikan seorang suri rumah mempunyai sekurang-kurangnya simpanan sebanyak RM30, 000 ketika usia 50 tahun. Kami menjangkakan terdapat 5 juta suri rumah yang bakal menyertai skim ini dan ianya akan menelan belanja kira-kira RM3 bilion setahun. Walaupun skim ini adalah berdasarkan kepada prinsip kebajikan, sasaran ekonominya adalah untuk menggalakkan simpanan peribadi. Skim ini adalah merupakan salah satu program kita untuk meningkatkan pendapatan isi rumah (disposable income). Skim Elaun Penjagaan Anak diperkenalkan untuk menolong wanita miskin yang bekerja dimana pendapatan isi rumah yang kurang daripada RM1, 000 sebulan. Bagi setiap kanak-kanak di bawah umur 12 tahun, kita akan menyediakan dana jagaan kanak-kanak sokongan sebanyak RM1, 000 setahun. Sokongan ini berhasrat membantu ibu yang bekerja untuk membayar yuran pengasuh menjaga anaknya ketika ibu sedang berkerja.Skim ini dilihat usaha bersungguh untuk membebaskan serta memperkasa wanita untuk bekerja sendiri dan menyumbang secara serius kepada negara.

Worker of 1Malaysia Posted: 02 Oct 2012 10:52 AM PDT So a call centre employee from Philipines is more in favour than say a brain surgeon from UK where they get to bypass all Malaysian immigration and labour regulations. Disgrunted Malaysian Employeee C/O CSC Open letter to S. Subramaniam, Human Resource Minister Dear Minister, I am a citizen of Malaysia who pays my taxes and to date still paying my PTPTN loan for my education that I received locally. I recently joined CSC (a MNC based in Malaysia) as a Level 1 Technical Helpdesk. I work the night shift mostly just to qualify for the RM500 which is the night shift allowance. Recently I was made to work on a 12 hour shift without even giving me the choice of accepting the 12 hour shift pattern. When I asked, I was told that the company had the right to place their employees in any shift they like as long as it does not cross the 48 hours work hours a week. Is this true? Don't the employees have a say in the number of work hours they choose to work for, as long as it is within the law? When I first started work I was told by my employers that for the first 3 months of my service, my leaves earned will be frozen as I am still in probation. During the recent Raya holidays in August, I was still in training but I was not allowed to enjoy that holiday. CSC had made it mandatory for all muslims or non-muslims to come in even though we are not part of the operations (taking calls) yet. I did not complain and endured it. But when I got my salary I was shocked. The job agency with whom I had signed the employment contract has their own method of calculating wages paid on Public Holidays. When I enquired, I was told employees earning more than RM 2000 is not entitled to OT claims. When signing of the contract I was told that my salary would be pro rated by the day and the OT will be calculated based on that, but instead a flat rate of RM 15 per hour is calculated for hours worked on a Public Holiday. Another job agency with whom my colleagues are attached to has another formula of calculation all together. RM 15 per hours from midnight to 6.00am and RM 13 per hour before midnight. So if someone is to work the night shift hours before midnight is multiplied by RM13, hours worked after midnight is multiplied by RM15. Having said that, I kept at building my career without kicking a fuss about my salary. Next, I was asked to work by forgoing the short breaks I am entitled to. At one point I even got my meal break after 6 hours of work non-stop taking calls from arrogant and rude Americans. But when I come in for work 2 minutes late I get a "coach-log" (three of it warrants a warning letter). But "minutes" taken up after my work hours because I get stuck on a long call with a customer is not counted. The management is allowed to bend and break the rules but as employees we are not even given any leeway. We are supposed to keep customers happy and keep the calls short and take more calls. Unrealistic demands are made on us employees and no encouragement or proper guidance is provided for us employees to get the job done efficiently.The 1st level management that is made up of operation managers, subject matter experts and team leads are not professional, unhelpful and arrogant. They don't give a rat's ass about the employees but the employees are supposed to care if there are many calls in the queue or SLAs are dropping. We only get our salary after our timesheet is approved by some foreigner who goes by the name Brad Neave, who has complete disregard for the laws of our country. If he does not approve the timesheet within a given time, we don't get paid. The agency that handles our payroll does not bother with getting the timesheet done. Apparently it is our responsibility to get the operations manager to approve our timesheets. So what is the job of the HR/payroll department then? During my training period, the trainer was very prejudicial. I was not allowed to ask any questions. If I did the trainer would ridicule me in front of my colleagues. The trainer's idea of training was to make sure no one asks any questions. If anyone is to ask a question it will be answered with another question eg. "What do you think?", "Don't you still get it?", "How can you still ask me this?" etc. Fed up with being treated this way, I approached the operations manager, Brad (foreigner) only to be made more like a fool. He tells me that it's not right for me to come to him and I should have sorted things out with the trainer (whom I am having a problem with in the first place). Last but not least, CSC is hiring foreigners by the droves for level 1 helpdesk positions when here in Malaysia we have so many unemployed Malaysians who are graduates. These foreigners who come here to work are no IT experts that can't be found here in Malaysia. These foreigners are call centre staff from abroad. These foreigners are brought over with a social visit pass (tourist visa). Apparently, it's "converted" to a valid Malaysian work permit after they get here. How is that possible? I have relatives from abroad from countries like Australia, UK and South Africa who are professionals like doctors, engineers and specialized consultants. Even they had to have a calling visa before they are even engaged in any employment. So a call centre employee from Philipines is more in favour than say a brain surgeon from UK where they get to bypass all Malaysian immigration and labour regulations. We even have a Philipino team lead in CSC here but not even one Malaysian woman as a team lead. So CSC is running some boy's club in CSC. Foreigners who come here enjoy the benefits of our country and hospitality whereas we Malaysians are treated worse than factory production operators, where like in school we have to even ask permission to take a piss. Ministers and higher officials in the loop, please excuse my language in my mail as I am very disgruntled and angry with what has come to the plight of Malaysians working with foreign companies that come here for cheap but quality labour. They preach democracy and equality in their land and other countries at war, but they have not changed from their colonial mentality. We locals are coloured dogs for them still, the only differences are the suits we wear these days and we no longer live on trees. I am not able to reveal my identity as I know I will be victimized by the management, after all I am only a level 1 helpdesk and a Malaysian citizen not some fancy foreigner who does not know their work. But it does not matter who I am, there are thousands of fellow Malaysians like me who are in the same boat and are suffering in silence, to protect our ricebowl.

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PKR's grand strategy? Posted: 02 Oct 2012 08:37 PM PDT Many suspect Azmin Ali wants to be MB Selangor. I have to say I have my doubts in this regard, not that he doesn't (he actually does), but he can't be MB Selangor if he wants to be near the PM spot, starting perhaps with the Home Ministry, no doubt to control the Police and its dreaded SB, wakakaka. Yes, we may assume that our dearest Blue-eyed Boy wants to be in the federal cabinet of a Pakatan federal government and to head a very powerful ministry, Home Affairs, before he becomes the PM (as he may be fantasizing, wakakaka). Thus he has to make some sacrifices, to wit, forego the position of MB of Selangor, because Article 43 of the Malaysian Constitution won't allow him to be both, ie. MB Selangor and PM Home Minister. And how do I know he wants to take over Hishamuddin's place? Read on, wakakaka. That's right, ADUNs who are also MP cannot have it both ways, that is, by continuing to be ADUNs and at the same time, federal ministers or deputy ministers. They have to choose between being a federal minister (or deputy minister) or an ADUN. Obviously, senior party leaders who want to be MBs or CMs or State Exco members have to be ADUNs in the first place. And if they are federal ministers  they won't be allowed to hold on to their ADUN positions, and consequently no MB or CM hat to wear. Thus, as I mentioned previously, if Lim Guan Eng wants to continue being CM of Penang, and most Penangites want him to, then he can't be a federal minister, full stop! But of course he can be ADUN/CM of Penang as well as an ordinary federal MP in which case he can serve in both State and Federal Parliaments. But in participating as both a state and also a federal representative, he cannot be a federal minister. Thus if Lim GE wants to be a federal minister, he can kiss goodbye to his CM job and Ayer Putih ADUN position ... ... which I suspect is a situation 'someone' wakakaka is hoping and hinting/pushing for. According to sweetie Selena Tay  in her Free Malaysia Today article titled Pakatan's 'shadow cabinet' list, a so-called (non-existent*) 'shadow minister' could/might have 'hinted' to Sweetie that under a new Pakatan federal government, the proposed Foreign Minister(s) would probably be Kamarudin Jaffar (PAS) or Lim Guan Eng (DAP) or Elizabeth Wong (PKR), with a couple (of the trio) becoming deputies. * ta'ada shadow cabinet maka mana ada shadow minister - real bayang adalah wakakaka  It's a joke of a suggestion, and you may guess where or who that so-called self-appointed 'shadow minister' had been. For a start, none of the trio proposed has shown any specific inclination towards foreign affairs, though of course there's no denying they can play the role. Secondly, Eli Wong is more into environmental affairs and therefore should be provided a ministerial position in the appropriate sector, Environment. Kamaruddin Jaafar, OTOH, is a very close buddy of The Great One - you know, MCKK, UMNO (wakakaka), ISA-ed together, then left UMNO in 1999 (not sure whether he left voluntarily or was ejected out like Anwar?), had in his UMNO days stuck really close to Anwar when the latter was the DPM, and was said to have been assigned by Anwar to some business roles, the lot! While Anwar's devotees prepared a party (KeADILan, then PKR) as a platform to fight for his release from prison, Kamaruddin joined PAS in (I think) 1999 and stood successfully as a PAS MP in Tumpat in 1999, 2004 and 2008. I believe he was the UMNO MP in that same constituency. Since then, he had a meteoric rise in PAS and even became the Party's Sec-Gen in 2004. READ MORE HERE

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Anwar jemput peguam Scorpene beri taklimat di Parlimen Posted: 02 Oct 2012 08:43 PM PDT Naib Presiden PKR R Sivarasa berkata, taklimat itu bagi membolehkan ahli parlimen Barisan Nasional (BN) dan Pakatan Rakyat mendengar penjelasan mengenai dokumen hasil siasatan polis Perancis kepada badan kehakiman negara itu. Surat jemputan yang ditujukan kepada peguam mewakili Suaram yang mengendalikan kes Scorpene di Perancis, William Bourdon dan Joseph Breham, menjemput mereka supaya datang dalam tempoh sehingga Parlimen tamat bersidang pada 22 November depan. Turut dijemput peguam mewakili syarikat pertahanan Perancis yang terlibat dalam penjualan Scorpene iaitu Direction des Construction Navales Services (DCNS), Olivier Metzner hadir memberi taklimat. "Rakyat Malaysia nak dengar tentang skandal bayaran 114 juta Euro kepada Syarikat Perimekar Sdn Bhd yang dimiliki Abdul Razak Baginda bagi tujuan 'logistical support for training'. "Tapi semua orang tahu Perimekar tidak layak dan tiada pengalaman langsung tentang kapal selam tapi diberikan kontrak bernilai lebih RM500 juta," katanya dalam sidang media di Parlimen di sini hari ini. Ahli Parlimen Subang itu berkata, taklimat itu juga membolehkan ahli parlimen mendengar kes mantan pengarah kewangan syarikat DCNS membuat tuntutan pemotongan cukai sebanyak 32 juta Euro atas alasan duit itu digunakan sebagai bayaran rasuah kepada pegawai. Anwar kini di Paris Sementara itu, Ahli Parlimen Batu Tian Chua berkata Anwar yang berlepas sejak malam semalam bagi menerima satu anugerah khas kini sudah pun berada di Paris dan akan bertemu serta menyerahkan surat jemputan itu kepada dua peguam Perancis terbabit. "Harap mereka terima dan boleh tetapkan tarikh…jika semuanya berjalan lancar Ahli Parlimen BN dan Pakatan dijemput hadir mendengar taklimat," katanya. Tian Chua berkata, taklimat itu perlu dijadikan satu peluang kepada semua mendapat gambaran jelas sekali gus dapat membetulkan persepsi rakyat mengenai skandal pembelian kapal selam yang turut dikaitkan dengan pemimpin tertinggi negara. "Kalau ada sasuatu yang tak betul kerajaan Malaysia wajar ambil tindakan susulan," katanya. Berbeza dengan sistem perundangan Malaysia yang mengikuti undang-undang British, Sivarasa berkata badan kehakiman Perancis mempunyai agensi penguatkuasa tersendiri untuk menyiasat sesuatu kes tanpa perlu bergantung kepada hasil siasatan daripada pihak polis.

PAS mahu PKR elak buat kenyataan peribadi Posted: 02 Oct 2012 04:27 PM PDT Setiausaha Agungnya, Datuk Mustafa Ali berkata, kenyataan bersifat pribadi perlu dielakkan supaya tidak menimbulkan kekeliruan di kalangan rakyat. Beliau merujuk kepada dua kenyataan pemimpin PKR sebelum ini yang bagi beliau tidak pernah dibincangkan di kalangan pimpinan tertinggi PR. "Kenyataan pertama yang dibuat oleh Ketua Penerangan PKR Selangor sebelum ini, Shuhaimi Shafiei yang berkata, 20 pemimpin PKR akan menyertai Kabinet. "Yang kedua hari ini, Timbalan Presiden PKR, Azmin Ali dilaporkan media sebagai berkata, seolah-olah Selangor akan mendapat MB baru. "Ini juga tidak pernah kita bincangkan dan bakal memberikan implikasi negatif," kata Mustafa dipetik Harakahdaily hari ini. Beliau yang kelihatan kesal dengan kenyataan seumpama itu kerana ia bakal memberi implikasi negatif kepada rakan-rakan dalam Pakatan kerana semua keputusan sebegini perlu dibuat bersama. Azmin dipetik Sinar Harian berkata, Selangor mungkin kehilangan Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim sekiranya PR berjaya menawan Putrajaya dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13). Keputusan berkenaan, kemungkinan besar dibuat oleh gabungan DAP, Pas dan PKR atas kewibawaan dan kepakaran yang ditunjukkan Abdul Khalid menjadi ketua pentadbir negeri selama sepenggal ini. Azmin berkata, keupayaan dan kejayaan beliau memimpin Selangor sehingga menyumbang 23 peratus Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK) juga antara faktor yang menjadi pertimbangan mereka. Katanya, perbincangan peringkat PR ada ke arah itu, bagaimanapun masih belum diputuskan.

Siapa Azmin untuk tentukan jawatan Khalid Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:39 PM PDT "Siapa Azmin untuk membuat kesimpulan begitu? Saya tidak tahu dari mana dia dapat aspirasi begitu?" kata Faekah. Beliau mengulas laporan akhbar Sinar Harian yang melaporkan Azmin sebagai berkata,  Selangor bakal kehilangan Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim sekiranya Pakatan Rakyat berjaya menawan Putrajaya dalam pilihan raya umum ke-13 (PRU13). Mengikut laporan itu, Khalid akan diberi jawatan menteri. Menurut Azmin yang juga ialah Timbalan Presiden PKR kewibawaan dan kepakaran yang ditunjukkan Abdul Khalid menjadi ketua pentadbir negeri selama sepenggal ini. Selain itu keupayaan dan kejayaan Khalid memimpin Selangor sehingga menyumbang 23 peratus Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK) juga antara faktor yang menjadi pertimbangan mereka, kata Azmin yang juga adalah Ahli Parlimen Gombak dan Adun Bukit Antarabangsa. Sejak Pakatan mengambil alih pentadbiran Selangor, Azmin pernah disebut-sebut layak menjadi Menteri Besar. Kuasa sultan Kenyataan baru Azmin ini boleh mencetuskan perdebatan baru di antara  kumpulan penyokong Azmin dan Khalid seperti yang berlaku sebelum ini. Faekah menambah bahawa kenyataan Azmin merupakan pandangan peribadi beliau tanpa merujuk kepada kepimpinan tertinggi Pakatan Rakyat. "Saya dapat komen bahawa kepimpinan tertinggi Pakatan Rakyat bahawa siapa jadi Menteri Besar, Perdana Menteri dan Menteri tidak dibincangkan," kata Faekah. Beliau turut menegaskan bahawa kuasa melantik Menteri Besar terletak di tangan Sultan Selangor. "Menurut undang-undang tubuh negeri, sultan mempunyai kuasa mutlak dalam pelantikan Menteri Besar Selangor "Walaupun Pakatan mempunyai calon (setelah menang pilihan raya umum), kena rujuk sultan," kata Faekah.

Fitnah dan berniat jahat, kata presiden Gaps Posted: 02 Oct 2012 03:25 PM PDT Presiden Gagasan Anti Penyelewengan Selangor (Gaps), Hamidzun Khairuddin menyifatkan dakwaan tersebut sebagai usaha terancang bagi melemahkan NGO yang diketuainya untuk terus membongkar perlakuan rasuah dan penyelewengan di negeri ini. Sambil menegaskan dakwaan itu sebagai fitnah, Hamidzun berkata ia berniat jahat dan dirancang untuk mempertikaikan kredibiliti beliau sebagai presiden Gaps. Kedua-dua kes yang didakwa melibatkan Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (PKNS) telah diselesaikan dengan baik dengan mengikut terma-terma dan amalan biasa perundangan oleh firma guaman saya. "Maka tidak timbul persoalan salah guna kuasa dan pecah amanah," katanya melalui satu kenyataan kepada FMT hari ini. Beliau kesal dengan pendedahan maklumat korporat seperti surat itu dibocorkan oleh pihak tertentu untuk menakut-nakutkannya dan menambah, tindakan undang-undang turut dikaji terhadap mereka yang cuba menjatuhkan kredibiliti beliau. Sabtu lalu, FMT melaporkan mengenai seorang pemimpin NGO yang lantang dan sering membongkarkan isu penyelewengan di Selangor didakwa telah melakukan pecah amanah bernilai RM200,000 pada tahun 2010. Dakwaan itu membabitkan bayaran wang stakeholder kepada PKNS serta kegagalan beliau menyempurnakan urusan pindah milik pembeli rumah yang sepatutnya diselesaikan pada tahun 2009.

Azmin: Kabinet bayangan pandangan peribadi Shuhaimi Posted: 01 Oct 2012 05:38 PM PDT Senada dengan Timbalan Pengerusi DAP Dr Tan Seng Giaw semalam, Azmin berkata hal itu tidak pernah dibangkitkan sama sekali dalam mesyuarat pemimpin tertinggi Pakatan Rakyat. "Saya tidak tahu menahu mengenai perkara itu. Saya tidak pernah tengok senarai tersebut. Saya pun tidak tahu menteri apa yang saya jawat. Itu hanya pandangan peribadi Shuhaimi sahaja," katanya ketika ditemui pemberita di Parlimen hari ini. Sementara itu, Ahli Parlimen Balik Pulau Yusmadi Yusoff menyifatkan dakwaan Ahli Dewan Undangan (Adun) Sri Muda itu satu kenyataan tak rasmi PKR dan sengaja disabotaj. Beliau yang juga Ahli Majlis Pimpinan Pusat PKR turut menafikan sekeras-kerasnya kewujudan kabinet bayangan, sebaliknya satu Jawatankuasa Pakatan yang ditubuhkan sejak 2008 bagi menangani isu-isu nasional. `Tiada kabinet' "Setahu saya tiada kabinet, yang ada satu jawatankuasa Pakatan. Saya baru pulang daripada rapat pimpinan Nasional PKR di Shah Alam minggu lalu dan isu ini tiada langsung pernah dibangkitkan. Sementara itu, Setiausaha Agung DAP Lim Guan Eng berkata perebutan jawatan dalam kabinet tidak perlu dijadikan isu sebaliknya dasar yang akan dilaksanakan Pakatan sekiranya mentadbir Putrajaya. "Kita tak berminat tentang personaliti sebaliknya dasar. "Kalau Najib nak cabar Pakatan tentang kabinet bayangan kenapa BN tak wujudkan sendiri di empat negeri yang ditadbir Pakatan? BN kena konsisten dalam hal ini. Isu kabinet bayangan bangkit selepas Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak pada Ahad lalu mencabar Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menubuhkannya sebelum berangan-angan menubuhkan kerajaan sebenar dengan memenangi pilihan raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13).

Suhakam mahu kerajaan iktiraf Suaram Posted: 01 Oct 2012 01:44 PM PDT Menurut pengerusinya, Tan Sri Hasmy Agam, Suhakam telah mengikuti secara teliti isu berkaitan Suaram dan dalam hal ini mengalu-alukan jaminan yang dibuat oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, untuk meningkatkan pembaharuan yang lebih demokratik sebagai respons kepada pertumbuhan tuntutan kebebasan sivil yang semakin bertambah. "Walau bagaimanapun, Suhakam merasa amat bimbang dengan cara bagaimana penyiasatan dijalankan, publisiti dibuat dan dilaporkan mengenai urusan dan akaun Suaram.  "Suhakam menggesa semua pihak yang terlibat dalam penyiasatan ini supaya bertindak bukan sahaja menurut undang-undang dan peraturan tetapi selaras dengan semangat dan niat jaminan perdana menteri," katanya dalam kenyataan media yang dikirim ke The Malaysian Insider hari ini. Menurut Suhakam, kebebasan bersuara dan kebebasan berpersatuan adalah pokok kepada hak asasi manusia, yang dijamin di bawah Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan diperuntukkan dalam Perisytiharan Hak Asasi Manusia Sejagat. "Pejuang hak asasi manusia harus dibenarkan untuk berfungsi secara bebas, beroperasi di persekitaran yang berupaya dan selamat, dan mempunyai kebebasan untuk menentukan undang-undang, struktur dan aktiviti mereka. "Suhakam menyeru kerajaan agar terus mendukung dan mempromosi hak asasi manusia melalui perkongsian positif dengan pelbagai pihak berkepentingan, termasuk perniagaan dan masyarakat sivil yang akan menyumbang ke arah memastikan tadbir urus demokrasi yang kukuh di negara ini. "Ini adalah penting dan amat selaras dengan hasrat yang disuarakan perdana menteri untuk menggerakkan negara ke hadapan ke arah menjadi sebuah negara demokrasi yang berfungsi sepenuhnya yang memerlukan dasar-dasar dan amalan hak asasi manusia domestik yang mematuhi sepenuhnya prinsip-prinsip dan norma-norma yang diterima secara universal.  "Ini akan menggambarkan Malaysia dengan baik sebagai anggota Majlis Hak Asasi Manusia Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu dan menyumbang secara positif untuk meningkatkan imej antarabangsa sebagai negara yang menghormati hak asasi manusia," katanya lagi. Bulan lalu, pejabat utama Suaram diserbu pegawai Pendaftar Pertubuhan (RoS) dan juga pegawai polis bagi menyerahkan borang pendaftaran pertubuhan kepada badan bukan kerajaan itu yang kini sedang disiasat kerana dikatakan menerima dana asing daripada pertubuhan yang milik George Soros, Open Society Foundation (OSF). Kesemua enam pegawai, termasuk dua pegawai polis itu, bagaimanapun gagal memasuki premis Suaram kerana mereka tidak membawa sebarang dokumen dan notis untuk menjalankan siasatan terhadap premis tersebut. Cubaan serbuan itu dikaitkan dengan dakwaan Suaram menerima dana asing dan pertubuhan ini dikatakan mempunyai "akaun yang meragukan". Badan hak asasi manusia itu dikatakan menerima serangan kerana terlibat dalam siasatan dari Perancis berkenaan dakwaan penyelewengan wang  berbillion ringgit untuk pembelian dua buah kapal selam Scorpene.

Pembangkang fobia keupayaan RAPID jana ekonomi Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:04 PM PDT Walaupun banyak memberi peruntukan besar kepada golongan yang memerlukan, kerajaan tetap memberi penekanan kepada langkah mengukuhkan ekonomi dengan memastikan sasaran pendapatan tahunan negara tercapai. Memang mustahil untuk melihat pembangkang menerima secara ikhlas apa pun yang dilakukan kerajaan, apa lagi ketika pilihan raya umum akan diadakan bila-bila masa sekarang. Malah, sejak kebelakangan ini pembangkang konsisten menentang usaha kerajaan meningkatkan ekonomi negara dan memakmurkan rakyat. Perhimpunan membantah projek Pembangunan Bersepadu Penapisan Minyak dan Petrokimia (RAPID) di Pengerang pagi semalam contoh terbaru usaha berterusan menggagalkan usaha menjana ekonomi dalam jangka panjang.  Alih perhatian rakyat  Bantahan itu juga dilihat cubaan mengalihkan perhatian rakyat daripada memperkatakan soal belanjawan kepada isu lain yang sudah disusun mereka sebagai salah satu bahan kempen menjelang pilihan raya umum akan datang. Sama seperti bantahan terhadap projek pemprosesan nadir bumi Lynas di Gebeng, Kuantan dan perlombongan emas di Bukit Koman, Raub, pembangkang dengan bertopengkan kumpulan pejuang alam sekitar, akan mengelirukan rakyat dan memainkan sentimen penduduk setempat tanpa menggunakan kajian dan fakta.  RAPID yang bernilai kira-kira RM60 bilion membabitkan pembinaan 20 kilang penapisan di kawasan seluas 2,428 hektar, adalah sebahagian program pembangunan di bawah Pelan Transformasi Ekonomi (ETP) yang terbesar dan termoden di rantau ini. Projek yang dijangka mampu memproses 300,000 tong sehari itu, akan membantu meningkatkan kapasiti penapisan gas, bahan api dan diesel negara.  Keluasannya mengatasi gabungan Kompleks Petrokimia Bersepadu Kerteh dan Gebeng di Kuantan, manakala kemampuan penapisannya melebihi gabungan kapasiti kilang penapis sedia ada Petronas di Melaka dan Kerteh. Bayangkan manfaatnya kepada ekonomi terutama dalam menghasilkan rangkaian industri dan perniagaan sampingan apabila beroperasi 2016 nanti.  Bagi kerja berkemahiran tinggi saja, ia menawarkan 4,000 peluang pekerjaan. Barangkali inilah yang ditakuti pembangkang. Bagi mereka, apa saja projek yang membuktikan kerajaan terus mengotakan janjinya untuk memakmurkan rakyat dan negara, mesti ditentang habis-habisan.  Bantahan bertemakan "Himpunan Hijau Lestari Selamatkan Pengerang" semalam, walaupun dianjurkan Himpunan Hijau (NGO yang menganjurkan bantahan Lynas dan Bukit Koman), turut menjadi medan pidato beberapa pemimpin DAP, PKR dan PAS. Antaranya ialah Pengerusi DAP Johor, Dr Boo Cheng Hau; Ketua PKR Johor, Datuk Dr Chua Jui Meng; Suruhanjaya PAS negeri, Mahfodz Mohamed dan Naib Presiden PAS, Salahuddin Ayub. Turut hadir ialah ahli jawatankuasa bertindak Bersih, Wong Chin Huat; Pengerusi Himpunan Bukit Koman, Wong Kim Hoong; dan ahli jawatankuasa Himpunan Hijau Kuantan, Clement Gan.  Bantahan bermotifkan politik  Melihat senarai nama di atas, tidak syak lagi bantahan terhadap projek RAPID memang semata-mata bermotifkan politik yang bertopengkan alam sekitar dan kononnya mahu menjaga kepentingan dan masa depan rakyat kawasan itu. Anehnya, sebelum ini tiada seorang pun pemimpin pembangkang atau pejuang alam sekitar itu mengambil tahu kehidupan rakyat kawasan itu. Sebelum FELDA membuka tanah rancangan di daerah itu kira-kira 30 tahun lalu, kebanyakan penduduknya yang terdiri daripada petani dan nelayan, hidup di bawah paras kemiskinan.  Memang setiap projek besar seperti RAPID menghadapi masalah dengan segelintir penduduk seperti pengambilan tanah, pampasan, pengalihan kubur serta beberapa pemindahan kemudahan awam lain seperti sekolah dan rumah ibadat. Bagaimanapun ini memang sudah ditangani oleh pihak yang berkepentingan seperti kerajaan negeri dan Petronas.  Pihak berkuasa juga sudah memberi penjelasan dan mengadakan dialog dengan penduduk. Malah, projek yang membabitkan hanya 4,000 penduduk itu, sudah mendapat kelulusan Kesan Penilaian Alam Sekitar (EIA). Laporan EIA terperinci disediakan jururunding berdaftar dengan Jabatan Alam Sekitar bagi cadangan projek itu, diluluskan pada 27 Ogos lalu selepas ia memenuhi kehendak Seksyen 34A (2) Akta Kualiti Alam Sekeliling 1974.  Kita melihat bantahan anjuran Himpunan Hijau di Pengerang tidak lebih daripada kempen pembangkang, dengan bantuan NGO yang menyokong mereka, untuk menghadapi pilihan raya umum akan datang. Isu memainkan peranan penting dalam mana-mana pilihan raya.  Malangnya, pembangkang bukan saja ketandusan isu untuk menimbulkan kebencian rakyat kepada kerajaan, malah menghadapi banyak masalah dalaman yang menghakis kepercayaan rakyat. Bantahan projek RAPID adalah cubaan terbaru memesong perhatian rakyat daripada melihat kejayaan kerajaan dan menilai kelemahan pembangkang.

DAP tidak setuju PKR senaraikan nama dalam ‘kabinet bayangan’ Posted: 30 Sep 2012 02:59 PM PDT Tan dipetik dari Sinar Harian Online hari ini berkata tindakan itu sebagai langkah salah dan tidak sepatutnya dilakukan kerana fokus sebenar ialah kemenangan dalam Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) ke-13. "Tetapi pilihan raya belum berlangsung sudah memilih calon bagi jawatan tertentu adalah khayalan semata-mata," kata Dr Tan. Dua hari lalu, akhbar tersebut mengeluarkan laporan seramai 20 pemimpin PKR akan dilantik di kabinet jika Pakatan Rakyat (PR) berjaya menakluk Putrajaya dalam PRU nanti. Dalam maklum balas kepada The Malaysian Insider, Dr Tan mengesahkan berkata perkara tersebut tidak pernah dibangkitkan dalam mesyuarat PR dan menegaskan keputusan muktamad hanya boleh dibuat selepas menang PRU. "Saya tidak tahu siapa yang meletakkan senarai tersebut. Ia tidak pernah dibincangkan dalam mesyuarat PR. Walaupun isu ini sering dibangkitkan, hanya selepas pilihan raya umum baru boleh disahkan siapa yang akan dilantik sebagai anggota kabinet. Terdapat pemimpin yang berkebolehan untuk membentuk kabinet," katanya. Menurut laporan Sinar lagi, ketua penerangan PKR Selangor, Shuhaimi Shafiei berkata sebahagian kecil pimpinan kanan dalam parti akan mengisi jawatan kabinet memandangkan perkara tersebut sudah menjadi tradisi dalam kepimpinan politik tanahair. "Secara tradisi pimpinan kanan iaitu peringkat presiden sehingga pengurusan parti merangkumi timbalan, lima naib presiden, setiausaha, bendahari, ketua penerangan, pengarah pilihan raya, pengarah strategik, pengarah komunikasi, ahli majlis pimpinan. "Sebahagiannya sudah tentu berada dalam senarai mereka yang biasanya akan berada dalam jemaah menteri," katanya pada majlis  yang diadakan di Shah Alam Convention Centre, Sabtu lalu. Dr Tan juga mencabar PKR untuk memenangi PRU terlebih dahulu sebelum mengumumkan senarai wakil mereka dalam kabinet bagi mengelakkan sebarang perselisihan faham. "PKR mesti memenangi dahulu kerusi dalam kawasan barulah boleh menentukan siapa yang akan menyandang jawatan dalam kementerian,' tambah Tan lagi. Gesaan menamakan barisan "kabinet bayangan" menjadi modal yang sering digunakan oleh Barisan Nasional (BN) terutamanya dalam mempersoalkan kebolehan PR mengguruskan sesebuah kerajaan memandangkan mereka tidak berupaya menyelesaikan masalah tersebut. Setiausaha Barisan Nasional (BN) Selangor, Datuk Seri Ir Mohd Zin Mohamad baru-baru ini mencabar kepimpinan PKR dan rakan-rakan PR menamakan kabinet bayangan mereka sambil menuduh PR cuba melarikan diri daripada menjawab persoalan tersebut. ''Jangan asyik berselindung di bawah permainan politik retorik,'' kata ahli parlimen Sepang itu.

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