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• GLCs were part of Malay equity, says Dr M
• Malay congress proposes direct negotiation for Malays for projects below RM100m
• Malaysia opens schools for migrant workers’ kids
• Dr M: ‘Weak’ Najib won’t heed Malay concerns
• ‘CAT’ culprit identified
• Make Malay agenda ‘top priority’
• PAS Youth calls for MCA to apologise over rape comments
• NGO group accuses Anwar of approving Scorpene deal
• Fair, secular nation better label than Islamic, says ex-Perlis Mufti
• RM40m ‘donation’ held privately by Umno man, ex-BN MP claims
• It is the right of non-Muslims to comment on Hudud: Chua
• ‘DAP Malay candidate a safety cushion’
• PKR: Anwar did not fail the Malay agenda
• Ex-Sabah AG sues two social activists

GLCs were part of Malay equity, says Dr M Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:42 PM PDT Lee Wei Lian, The Malaysian Insider The country's government-linked companies (GLCs) were once considered part of bumiputera equity, said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today, which could mean that bumiputera corporate holdings might have exceeded the original 30 per cent target in the past. The former prime minister said that GLCs and state investment arm Khazanah Nasional were established to hold equity in trust while Malays strengthened themselves economically and that the equity was meant to be later distributed to the Malays. He said that GLCs were established in trust for Malays but have since deviated from their original purpose. "GLCs are holdings in trust and were considered part of bumiputera equity," said Mahathir (picture) at a press conference today after closing the Malay Economic Congress here. "Now the holdings belong to the companies concerned and they cannot be regarded as bumiputera holdings." The definition of whether GLCs are considered part of Malay equity could have implications on affirmative action programmes for Malays as many Umno leaders maintain that Malay equity stands at only about 20 per cent today, which is below the target of 30 per cent set in the New Economic Policy (NEP). If GLCs, which comprise a large chunk of the economy and also make up a significant number of the benchmark FBM KLCI index components, were at one time considered to be Malay equity, it is possible that the 30 per cent target was exceeded in the past. State oil company Petronas is also Malaysia's sole representative in the Fortune 500 list of the world's largest companies. Some observers have argued that GLCs appeared very much to be Malay companies due to their management and employee makeup as well as their activities and should be counted as Malay corporate holdings. The government has said that GLCs cannot be considered bumiputera equity as they are controlled by the government. The Malay Economic Congress also passed a resolution today criticising GLCs, and in particular Petronas, Khazanah and PNB, saying that they should have a stronger Malay agenda.

Malay congress proposes direct negotiation for Malays for projects below RM100m Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:38 PM PDT Lee Wei Lian, The Malaysian Insider The Malay Economic Congress passed a resolution today proposing that government tenders worth less than RM100 million be directly negotiated with Malay companies. The congress also called for GLCs to have a strong Malay agenda and that they be monitored with key performance indicators (KPIs). "The new economic policy has not achieved its objectives," said Datuk Syed Ali Alattas, president of the Malay Chambers of Commerce Malaysia (DPMM). "The gap between Malays who are the majority race and heritage of this country and other races is growing and increasingly worrying." He also said that government agencies have "lost their spirit" to help Malay entrepreneurs. Other resolutions include a stand against corruption, cronyism and abuse of power and a call for the revamp of Teraju, a bumiputera economic development agency. The congress said that "weak leadership" in Teraju was the main reason for the failure of several Malay agenda initiatives. These include failures to allocate economic opportunities to Malay entrepreneurs, the failure to allocate funds for business viability studies and lack of clear direction and communication. The congress said that the head of Teraju needed to be changed to someone who had high aspirations for Malays and ministerial powers. The congress also wanted special courses for government staff and politicians to educate them on the Malay agenda. It also called for priority for local companies and bumiputeras in government tenders. Another resolution proposed the establishment of an audit firm run by Malays to audit GLCs and government agencies.

Malaysia opens schools for migrant workers’ kids Posted: 23 Oct 2012 09:29 PM PDT But Tamil schools ignored (The Jakarta Post) - Malaysia has agreed to open 22 schools for the children of Indonesian migrant workers in Sabah, according to a senior Indonesian official. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Tuesday that the agreement was announced by his Malaysian counterpart, Anifah Aman, during the 12th meeting of the joint commission for bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and Malaysia in Yogyakarta. "This is the agenda we have been pushing to get approved. It has just now been announced that [Malaysia] has approved the establishment of 22 schools," Marty told reporters after the meeting. Although the Foreign Ministry had no information on the number of children of Indonesian migrant workers in Sabah, many are said to lack access to school for a variety of reasons. Marty said that the schools, which would be set up as community learning centers, would allow the children to get an education. "Some of the schools are even already operating," the foreign minister said. Separately, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Michael Tene said that the new learning centers would be operated as an extension of the Indonesian schools currently run by Indonesian officials in Malaysia. "They [the schools] will be affiliated with Indonesian schools in Malaysia and the teachers will also be from Indonesian schools," Michael said. Also discussed during the meeting were efforts to address the South China Sea dispute between China and ASEAN member nations Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, according to Marty. Beijing claims almost the entire sea, which is said to hold rich reserves of oil and gas. Indonesia has prepared and circulated a draft of code of conduct (CoC) for the South China Sea to ASEAN foreign ministers and to China that includes stipulations for conflict prevention and management in the area. Marty said that the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, discussed the initial draft of the code of conduct. "Hopefully, ASEAN nations and China will end the dispute through diplomatic settlements," the foreign minister said. Marty said that he hoped the ASEAN Summit to be held next month in Cambodia would provide solutions to the dispute, thus avoiding the failure that occurred during the association's last summit in July. Delegates at the meeting on Tuesday ratified opportunities for possible cooperation in various fields and discussed holding a head-of-government meeting between President Susilo Bambang Yudho-yono and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdul Razak in Kuala Lumpur in December, according to Marty. The foreign minister said that Indonesia and Malaysia had also agreed to use the legal process to resolve incidents involving their citizens who run foul of the law in the neighboring country, such as in drug trafficking or fishing disputes. "Hopefully everything will be managed better in the future," Marty said.

Dr M: ‘Weak’ Najib won’t heed Malay concerns Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:32 PM PDT The former premier said this is because the Malays are no longer the kingmakers and are now reduced to being 'beggars' in their own land. Syed Jaymal Zahiid, FMT Dr Mahathir Mohamad today called the Najib administration "weak" and said it will not entertain the concerns of the Malays, especially its business community, as they are no longer the country's kingmakers. The former premier said the division among the country's majority electorate has made them fragile and forced the present government to depend on the support of "others" in an apparent reference to the non-Malays. This is the second time Mahathir had openly called Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's government "frail", saying it is forced to make key concessions to non-Malay demands in the hope of winning their support in the upcoming national polls. "I do not believe this government will take your demands seriously," he told the 2012 Malay Economic Congress held here. "This is because we [the Malays] no longer hold anymore political power… we have become a beggar in our own country," he added. The congress, in its resolutions passed today, criticised the Najib government for what it described as its failure to uphold the New Economic Policy, a system meant to enhance Bumiputera economic participation through race-based affirmative action programmes. Mahathir claimed that Bumiputeras, forming 60% of the electorate of which the majority are Malays, are forced to fight for "what is theirs" silently as they feared being labelled as racists. 'I am no racist' The former prime minister, who served for 22 years, said however, if the non-Malays are vocal in protecting their interests they would not be viewed as racists. "But I am not a racist. I want the wealth of this resource-rich nation to be shared equitably. "I am not asking for much. We form 60% and we are only asking for 30% and they can take the rest. But even so, we are not getting the 30%," he said, referring to the 30% equity ownership programme under the NEP. READ MORE HERE

‘CAT’ culprit identified Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:23 PM PDT A report prepared by the state PKR leadership, according to sources, points the finger at a young newcomer. The report alo suggests the possible masterminds behind the leak.  Athi Shankar, FMT Penang PKR may have identified the culprit who let the "CAT" out during a casual meet-up between Deputy Chief Minister I Mansor Othman and several local ethnic Chinese members. Sources said the state leadership had submitted a comprehensive inquiry report on the CAT – "cocky arrogant, tokong" – issue to the national leadership for further action. The report was prepared based on findings of the state-level internal inquiry conducted early this month by a panel headed by party state vice-chairman and Penang Speaker Abdul Halim Hussain. Sources said the inquiry report contained compiled facts and evidence from all witnesses. Since the inquiry was concluded, speculations had been rife that the culprit could be a young party newcomer, who is a member of a division headed by a prominent and ambitious PKR assemblyman. However, it was not clear whether or not the person's name was mentioned in the report. But insiders said the report had indicated to the national party leaders a clear picture on the highly likely person to have secretly recorded the meeting proceedings. Since the speculated culprit was a newcomer, the report is said to have suggested few senior politician names as possible mastermind behind the alleged conspiracy to oust Mansor from state politics. It is learnt that the identified person could be one who was heard in an alleged audio recording of the closed door casual meet up asking a lot of questions. The alleged audio recording was aired during TV3 prime time on Sept 24. If the audio recording was authentic as claimed by TV3 sources, then Mansor could clearly be heard using the words "angkuh" (cocky) and "sombong" (arrogant). He also allegedly described Lim endeared like a "tokong" (deity) to the Chinese community. When the CAT controversy first emerged as a hot issue in August, Mansor denied he described Lim as "cocky and arrogant", but admitted saying "tokong" in a positive note. However, when asked again after the TV3 airing, Mansor did not deny the audio recording contents. READ MORE HERE

Make Malay agenda ‘top priority’ Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:14 PM PDT A resolution at the Malay Economic Congress also said the government had failed to implement the NEP equitably.  Syed Jaymal Zahiid, FMT The Malay Economic Congress demanded that the "Malay agenda" be Putrajaya's top priority. The demand reflected the growing frustration among Malay businesses over Putrajaya's liberal directions and the contention that the New Economic Policy had failed to elevate the community's economic status. The race-based affirmative action NEP was created in the 1970s to boost the ethnic majority's business participation through a 30% equity ownership programme, but the target had not been achieved up until today. Although the policy created a large pool of Malay middle class, genuine supporters of the system, often mid to low-level Malay businesses, lamented the widespread abuse of the system by "cronies" linked to the ruling party. Today's congress reflected that sentiment. In its resolutions, the congress criticised the Najib administration's alleged "lack of support" for the Malay business community, especially on the growing choke-hold of government-linked companies (GLC) on government contracts. The demands included assurance from the prime minister that all GLCs have a clear Malay agenda with a key performance index system in place to ensure they "partake in the economic advancement of the Malays". Leaders failed NEP Malay Chamber of Commerce president Syed Ali Alattas in his speech at the congress here criticised the GLCs for their alleged failure to carry out their duty as the vanguard of the NEP. "There was no sense of urgency on the part of the government to address the poor implementation of the NEP," he said. READ MORE HERE

PAS Youth calls for MCA to apologise over rape comments Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:07 PM PDT Leannza Chia, The Malaysian Insider A group of PAS Youth members held a peaceful protest today against MCA over comments made by party president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek that the Pakatan Rakyat party and Islam condoned the rape of non-Muslim women, which they said was an insult to the religion. Five members of the group handed a memorandum to MCA Youth secretariat officer Leonard Tan calling for the Barisan Nasional (BN) party to apologise. The memorandum also stated that if MCA does not respond within a week, they would send a further memorandum to the King asking him to intervene. About 100 supporters from both PAS Youth and PKR Youth gathered in front of Wisma MCA, Jalan Ampang here to protest against Dr Chua's (picture) statements. They also carried placards saying "Don't degrade Islam (Jangan Hina Islam)", "Soi Lek Should Apologise (Soi Lek Wajib Minta Maaf)" and "Don't challenge Muslims (Jangan Cabar Umat Islam)". The group was responding to MCA president Dr Chua's remark over the weekend when agreeing with a Wanita MCA leader's view that PAS condones the rape of non-Muslim women, pointing out that PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat had made the opinion clear in a speech four years ago.

NGO group accuses Anwar of approving Scorpene deal Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:01 PM PDT Ida Lim, The Malaysian Insider Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim approved Malaysia's controversial purchase of Scorpene submarines when he was Finance Minister in 1995, a group of non-governmental organisations campaigning against Suaram's role in pushing for investigations, said today. French shipbuilding giant DCNS won the €1 billion contract in 2002, when Anwar was still serving a jail sentence for his 2000 sodomy conviction, but the group alleged today that he had approved it when he was Finance Minister in the 1990s. "Why didn't Suaram reveal that the Scorpene purchase was actually made by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim?" Dzulkarnain Taib, president of the Young Journalists Club, asked at a press conference today. He alleged that the Scorpene issue was first discussed in Cabinet in 1991. "In 1995, the then Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had approved the Scorpene purchase," Dzulkarnain said. He traced the chronology of the purchase of the two Scorpene submarines, saying that the deal was inked between the Malaysian government and French companies in 2002, while the vessels were handed over to Malaysia in 2010. Several NGOs had on October 11 said Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) had misrepresented its status as a plaintiff to a French inquiry of the multi-billion Scorpene submarine deal. READ MORE HERE

Fair, secular nation better label than Islamic, says ex-Perlis Mufti Posted: 23 Oct 2012 03:20 PM PDT Amin Iskandar, The Malaysian Insider The debate over Malaysia's Islamic nation status has been described as a "branding" quarrel by popular cleric Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin, who said a secular nation that is fair is better than an Islamic country that exploits religion. The Federal Constitution is Malaysia's supreme law but minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said this week that the country was never declared a secular nation; he stopped short, however, of calling it an Islamic state as declared by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. "You can name the country as [an] Islamic country but you exploit Islam, for what? You name the country secular but give the people rights; that is better. The most important (thing) is the values carried. People like to exploit brands." "However, I am not interested in terms; I am more interested with the content of a country," the former Perlis mufti told The Malaysian Insider after the 15th Sinar Harian Wacana titled "Ulama's Role, Advising Leaders (Peranan Ulama, Menasihati Pemimpin)" at the Karangkraf Complex yesterday. "I ask from PAS especially, don't fight about branding. We have to think whether social justice can be carried out in a multiracial country," he said, talking about the Islamist party that has accused Umno of using a secular constitution inherited from the British colonial masters. Repeated accusations from PAS led then-prime minister Dr Mahathir to announce in 2001 that Malaysia is an Islamic state, in his bid to regain support from the Malay community who had voted for the opposition in the 1999 general election. Mohd Asri, who resumed teaching in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) after leaving his post as Perlis mufti, agreed that Malaysia was an Islamic state rather than secular. "The definition of Islamic state is when the country is controlled by Muslims and at least part of the Islamic laws (Syariah laws) are implemented; that is enough." "The strongest proof that Malaysia is an Islamic state (is) when we Muslims in Malaysia demand for Islam (to be) strengthened in the country," said the scholar who ironically was arrested by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) in 2009 for allegedly being linked with spreading puritanical Wahabi teachings from Islam's birthplace, Saudi Arabia. Then-JAIS director Datuk Mohammed Khusrin Munawi said Mohd Asri's arrest was for lecturing without approval and not for any other offence. But Dr Mohd Asri pointed out that being Islamic did not mean forcing non-Muslims to comply with religious laws and practises. "We cannot demand the non-Muslim to pray, we have to recognise he's a Muslim first, then only we ask him to fast." "When we ask our country to practise Islam, that means we recognise that it is basically Islamic," he said. READ MORE HERE

RM40m ‘donation’ held privately by Umno man, ex-BN MP claims Posted: 23 Oct 2012 03:13 PM PDT Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider The RM40 million "political donation" to Sabah Umno at the centre of a controversy involving Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman was remitted into the personal bank account of "an Umno leader", a former Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmaker has alleged. Datuk Seri Wilfred Mojilip Bumburing, now an independent MP for Tuaran, said in an emailed statement last night that the family members of this "Umno leader" have been able to withdraw from this account "bit by bit", drawing question marks over claims by BN leaders that the funds were meant for Sabah Umno's use. "Were these withdrawals approved by Umno? "If the money was meant to be donated to Umno, why was it remitted into an individual and personal bank account?" he said in the statement. The former deputy president of Sabah-based BN party United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) did not, however, reveal the identity of the Umno leader or provide proof to back his claim. Bumburing also questioned BN's apparent refusal to reveal the source of the funds, saying this appeared to suggest that the ruling pact and its leaders were condoning corruption. He singled out Sabah Umno secretary Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan (above), pointing out that the Kota Belud MP has repeatedly defended the donation by saying there was nothing wrong with such contributions. "His (Abdul Rahman) admission also leaves many unanswered questions such as where did the money come from? "Is the money tax-exempted or did the donor paid income tax on the money donated?" he asked. Bumburing and fellow Sabah lawmaker Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin recently left their respective posts in BN to pledge allegiance to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) federal opposition pact, citing their growing disillusionment with the Najib administration. In Parliament earlier this month, it was revealed that Musa had been cleared of corruption after the local authorities declared that the RM40 million in question was a "political donation" to Sabah Umno and was not meant for the chief minister's personal use. According to previous reports, the probe was first kicked off in 2008 at the request of the Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), after a businessman was allegedly arrested when attempting to smuggle the cash back to Malaysia. But findings by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) later cleared Musa's name and subsequently led to the ICAC closing its probe against the Sabah Umno chief. Opposition lawmakers here have, however, been dissatisfied with the closure of the matter and are demanding the Najib administration explain the source of the donation and the exact events leading up to the probe on Musa. According to Sarawak Report, the whistleblower site that first exposed the case online, Sabah timber trader Michael Chia had been caught in the Hong Kong International Airport with the cash in Singapore currency. READ MORE HERE

It is the right of non-Muslims to comment on Hudud: Chua Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:52 PM PDT (The Star) - MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has hit out at Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for equating PAS with Islam. Stressing that his criticism of PAS' brand of hudud law was just that, he said it was not meant as an insult to Islam. "What is wrong with talking about hudud if it is going to affect the whole country? It is our Malaysian right to speak about it," Dr Chua said yesterday. "When we criticise PAS' hudud, we are not criticising Islam. Every time we talk about PAS, the Opposition would say we are attacking Islam. Why? Because they have equated PAS with Islam, which is wrong! "PAS is a political party. Islam is a religion. They are insulting Islam for equating themselves with it." Anwar had, during a ceramah in Taman Melawati in Kuala Lumpur on Monday night, challenged the Prime Minister to state his stand on MCA's claim that PAS' hudud law would encourage Muslims to rape non-Muslim women. On Saturday, Dr Chua had defended Wanita MCA vice-chief Senator Heng Seai Kie's claim that PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat was instigating Muslims to rape non-Muslims. Heng's claim was based on a video recording of Niz Aziz's speech, believed to be recorded in 2008, on the need for women to dress conservatively. Dr Chua said PAS had conned its followers by associating themselves with the religion, adding that its leaders did so because they were "hungry for power". "We respect Islam as the official religion of the Federation. Let's be very clear about it," he added. The MCA chief also lashed out at PAS members who condemned Heng for extrapolating Nik Aziz's speech on the need for women to dress conservatively or risk being raped. "It was not Heng who said it. It was their leader who said that not dressing conservatively could provoke someone sexually. She merely highlighted it," Dr Chua said, adding that such words were unfair to women. He also stood by his remarks at the MCA general assembly last week that Pakatan Rakyat's RM1,100 minimum wage policy proposal was unrealistic and would bankrupt small businesses, and brushed off accusations that he was anti-worker welfare. "Imagine now, there are three million foreign workers here, earning a minimum wage of RM800. Increasing it by RM300 would mean spending RM900mil a month or RM10.8bil extra in wages. "That's too huge a sum for small and medium enterprises to bear," he said, adding that Pakatan's exorbitant promises were a ploy to buy votes.

‘DAP Malay candidate a safety cushion’ Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:48 PM PDT No government can last in the state for fortnight if it does not have calibre Malay candidates, says Penang Malay Congress. Hawkeye, FMT GEORGE TOWN: The fielding of Malays as DAP candidates in Penang is just a "safety deposit" for Pakatan Rakyat in the coming general election, said a Malay NGO. Rahmad Isahak, the Penang Malay Congress chief, said PAS and PKR have failed to secure the Malay ground since 2008 although the opposition's leader Anwar Ibrahim hails from the state. "No government can last in Penang for two weeks if it does not have calibre Malay candidates to sit in the state government," said Rahmad. To avoid a scenerio where all of Pakatan's non Malays win in the next polls while all of its Malay candidates lose in Penang, it is best to allow DAP to field Malay candidates to strategically leverage against such a possibility, he said. Rahmad said that DAP had risen to become a prominent party here, and it is best that it reflects its ambition to be a truly multi-ethnic party under its 'Malaysia Malaysian' slogan. "What better way to reflect its multi-ethnic leanings by parading a multi-racial candidates list in a state as diverse as Penang?" he asked. Rahmad alleged that there was a fracture within PKR over the choice of candidates and seat allocations, while its leaders were suffering from an inferiority complex dealing with DAP. For example, Rahmad said state PKR chairman Mansor Othman was allegedly quoted in a leaked taped recording, describing DAP secretary-general and chief minister Lim Guan Eng as arrogant. "PAS is also dealing with its own "demons" as its former state youth wing head Mohammad Hafiz Noordin has been critical of the party of late," said Rahmad. "DAP Malay candidates may able to stave off a spirited challenge from BN, led by Umno and "hold the fort" in the event PAS and PKR candidates lose heavily in Penang," he added. Malays still struggling Rahmad said his views were based on the present political realities confronting the Malays in Penang. He also rebuked another Malay NGO called PAJIM for suggesting that the congress is not the voice of the Malay community here. READ MORE HERE

PKR: Anwar did not fail the Malay agenda Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:32 PM PDT PKR has dimissed the allegation by a former Cabinet minister that Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim had approved banking licences to non-Malay banking groups.  Teoh El Sen, FMT PKR has come to the defence of its de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim following the "revelation" made by former Cabinet minister Sanusi Junid who accused the opposition leader of "failing the Malay agenda" when he was finance minister. Yesterday, Sanusi had reportedly told a Malay economic forum that former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and former finance minister Daim Zainuddin had, by not granting banking licences to non-Malays in Malaysia, tried to emulate Nazi Germany's anti-Jewish policies. However, Sanusi added that the duo's plan was thwarted by Anwar when he became finance minister and approved two banking licences to non-Malay banking groups, namely Hong Leong Bank and Alliance Bank. "Sanusi's accusation that Anwar had failed the Malay agenda is baseless," PKR communications director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said in a statement today. "Perhaps the Malay agenda that Sunusi meant was to safeguard the shareholder interests of Umno-BN cronies, such as how Petronas was pressured to save Korsortium Perkapalan Bhd, a company owned by Mahathir's son, Mirzan, during the 1997 economic crisis, at an above market price." "However, the one who stopped that attempt was Anwar. "It is clear that Sanusi's statement is mere slander. His eagerness to attack Anwar and defend Mahathir and Daim made him blind to the mismanagement of the economy, which has made Malaysians [in general] and Malays [in particular] the victims," said Nik. Nik Nazmi also pointed out that one of the companies Anwar allegedly gave banking licence to, Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd, was linked to Daim himself as it was a banking company under the Alliance Financial Group Bhd (AFG). He alleged that Daim owned 14.8% of AFG through a company called Langkah Bahagia Sdn Bhd. "Langkah Bahagia, together with parties linked to investment company Temasek Holdings Ltd in Singapore, had interests in AFG through Vertical Theme Sdn Bhd," said Nik Nazmi. Huge disaster Nik Nazmi said that the "relationship" between Daim and AFG dated back to 1982 when the former bought over the Malaysian French Bank, which was later renamed Multi-Purpose Bank. According to Nik Nazmi, Langkah Bahagia purchased shares in Hock Hua Bank in Sabah in 1997, where one of the shareholders of Langkah Bahagia, Mohd Nasir Ali, had openly admitted that he acted on behalf of Daim. READ MORE HERE

Ex-Sabah AG sues two social activists Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) panelist seeks RM50million in defamation suit against Sabah singer-activist Atama and a social activist. (FMT) - KOTA KINABALU: Former state attorney-general Herman Luping has filed a RM50 million defamation suit against popular local rapper Atama (photo) and a social activist. Luping, recently appointed a member of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants in the state, named Atama whose real name is Andrew Ambrose and SM Muthu as first and second defendants in the suit filed to the High Court this week. The former AG and deputy chief minister during the Usno era is seeking an injunction against the defendants restraining them from making defamatory remarks about him and an order to remove an offending article from FMT. He is claiming punitive damages, statutory interest and other relief deemed fit by the court. In his statement of claim, Luping said Atama, a musician and spokesman for Bersih Sabah and Muthu, an ex-civil servant turned social activist posted malicious statements against him on Twitter, Facebook and FMT. According to Luping the article entitled 'Luping appointment came under fire', published by FMT on Aug 13 this year, had seriously injured his character and his reputation has been brought into scandal and hurt his feelings. The statements made by the two, he said, were calculated to make negative and false inferences of him, namely that he could not be trusted, is not fit to be in the RCI, is dishonest with low integrity, not credible and a criminal. He also claimed the the first defendant's statements in Facebook and Twitter on Aug 12, 2012 were calculated to make negative and false inferences of him as a corrupt politician and a person who could not be trusted. Luping said the second defendant also alluded to this same sentiment in his postings in Facebook. The suit was filed through his lawyer Marcel Jude.

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Much ado about hudud Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:38 PM PDT Once again, hudud is becoming a hotly debated topic. But what is hudud exactly and are we ready for it? But let's make this clear: contrary to belief made popular by MCA and other uninformed members of the public, hudud is not a law meant to brutalise Muslims, it is not a tool meant to perpetuate social injustice, and it is definitely not an archaic relic from a barbaric civilisation of the past. Anisah Shukry, FMT Shrieks of women being stoned to death pierce through the air as you walk down Lorong Haji Taib. Once a red light district, tourists now flock here to get the chance to hurl rocks at the very same transgendered prostitutes who lured them into badly lit alleys five years ago. You'd like to keep your eyes firmly on the ground, but you've just had your lunch and the sight of freshly dismembered hands still writhing on the road is just a bit too much. This is the year 2015, three years after Pakatan Rakyat won the general election and began implementing hudud – the Islamic criminal law – with delirious zeal. Cinemas have been shut down, Muslim and non-Muslim women alike stay at home for fear of being raped, and Genting Highlands has been transformed into a Taliban stronghold. Or so MCA would like you to think. If you were to swallow what they have been touting for the few months (years?), hudud means The End of Malaysia As We Know it. Prevention is better than cure But let's make this clear: contrary to belief made popular by MCA and other uninformed members of the public, hudud is not a law meant to brutalise Muslims, it is not a tool meant to perpetuate social injustice, and it is definitely not an archaic relic from a barbaric civilisation of the past. In Islam, hudud is a specific set of fixed penalties laid down by Allah for specified transgressions or crimes, such as adultery, fornication, stealing, or consuming alcohol. Its purpose, simply put, is to maintain justice and to protect society. "But why is it so brutal?" you cry as you gingerly stroke your wrist and flex your beloved fingers. Oh to part with such digits! The answer is simple: because hudud works by preventing people from committing crime in the first place – through sheer fear of such brutal retaliation. Take theft as an example. After all, who wouldn't think twice about committing a theft if they risk, not a mere slap on the wrist, but a slice of it? But take heart: even if a person was found guilty of thievery under hudud, it's not a simple matter of hacking the wrongdoer's hand off and calling it a day. Instead, there are a multitude of factors that must be taken into consideration before any punishment can be meted out. In the case of theft, the court must take into account the amount of money stolen, the thief's financial situation as well as his or her mental stability before even considering the ultimate punishment of amputation. Rape = adultery? Another controversial, so-called unjust part of hudud is the fact that a rape victim must supposedly produce four male – adult, pious, credible Muslims – to testify they had witnessed her rape. If she fails to do so, she will then be charged as having committed zina (fornication or adultery); a crime against the state punishable by stoning to death. But according to a paper written by Dr Mohammad Omar Farooq, an associate professor at the Royal University for Women, Bahrain, classical Islamic jurisprudence clearly treated rape as a special case of assault, never zina. In fact, he wrote, Prophet Muhammad himself differentiated between consensual and non-consensual actions and punished individuals accordingly. An equally important note he made was that, in the case of zina, the burden of providing the four credible and pious eyewitnesses is not on the person accused of committing zina, but the accuser. Hence, because the requirement is so strict, cases of zina that emerged during the time of the Prophet were generally a result of voluntary confessions by the wrongdoers themselves, rather than gangs of vigilant peeping toms. READ MORE HERE

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• Surat Ringkas Buat Chua Soi Lek
• Object hudud, not insult Islam
• Rafizi’s attacks on NFC has set Malaysia back by 10 years
• The Firefighter's Plight

Surat Ringkas Buat Chua Soi Lek Posted: 23 Oct 2012 09:01 PM PDT Syafiq Kamil, Penerangan Ma'ruf Club Hari ini bicara Hudud kembali hangat semula di media dengan kenyataan kurang beradab seorang makhluk Allah bernama Chua Soi Lek. Kepada Encik Chua Soi Lek, kami menawarkan kepada anda dua pilihan; sama ada anda berhenti bercakap pasal agama lain, atau jika anda mahu juga bercakap mengenai agama lain lebih-lebih lagi Islam, anda duduk belajar mengenai agama Islam dengan ulama'-ulama' kami. Anda perlu faham, anda sebenarnya seorang yang masih jahil bab hukum hakam Islam. Lihatlah sahaja bagaimana Encik Lim Kit Siang membalas kenyataan anda. http://bm.harakahdaily.net/index.php/berita-utama/14092-perjanjian-syaitan-umno-dan-mca-untuk-kekal-kuasa Kenyataan anda semakin hari semakin pelik. Anda mendakwa Islam membenarkan wanita bukan Islam yang tidak menutup aurat dirogol oleh orang Islam. Dari mana anda belajar? Bahkan anda tahu atau tidak apa yang dimaksudkan dengan aurat atau ketika kod pemakaian Islam? Jika anda tidak tahu, silakan baca artikel ini terlebih dahulu. Jika anda masih tidak faham istilah-istilah yang digunakan, tidak mengapa kami akan cuba terangkan. Kami akan terangkan dengan penuh beradab dan budi bahasa. Budi bahasa budaya kita. http://www.jais.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=98&Itemid=1 Sekarang bukan soal anda dari parti mana. Kami di peringkat mahasiswa sentiasa jelas dengan pendirian kami, tidak kira parti mana, jika ianya menghina sensitiviti agama Islam mahupun agama lain, anda wajib ditegur. Anda mesti mahu mendapat penjelasan mengapa PAS begitu bersungguh-sungguh mahu melaksanakan hudud bukan? Sebelum itu anda masih mengerti atau tidak apa yang dimaksudkan dengan hudud menurut perspektif Islam? Sudah dengar penjelasan pimpinan PAS? Adakah bezanya hudud PAS dengan hudud sebenar yang digariskan dalam Islam? Kalau masih belum mengerti, di sini kami sertakan link mengenai penjelasan di sekitar 'hudud PAS'. http://bm.harakahdaily.net/index.php/columnist/ketua-pemuda-pas/5836-nota-mudah-memahami-hukum-hudud-siri-1 http://tarbawi.my/index.php/en/soal-jawab/hukum-feqh/200-hudud-di-antara-tahu-dan-mahu http://tarbawi.my/index.php/en/soal-jawab/hukum-feqh/179-perundangan-islam-utamakan-mencegah-bukan-menghukum http://tarbawi.my/index.php/en/soal-jawab/hukum-feqh/174-hukum-mengatakan-perundangan-hudud-out-of-date http://tarbawi.my/index.php/en/soal-jawab/hukum-feqh/161-hukuman-islam-terhadap-jenayah-rogol Link yang kami sertakan ini semuanya diambil dari jaringan web kelolaan PAS. Jangan melatah lagi, baca dulu, Encik Chua Soi Lek. Jika anda masih perlukan penjelasan dan penerangan dengan lebih lanjut, kami sedia berjumpa menerangkan kepada anda dengan lebih lanjut. Kita buat usrah sekali, anda mahu tanya seribu empat ratus enam puluh tiga soalan pun, kami akan cuba untuk jawab dengan penjelasan mendalam. Kami sediakan pakar-pakar yang terbaik buat anda!

Object hudud, not insult Islam Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:54 PM PDT Datuk Chua Jui Meng, PKR vice-president NO MALAYSIAN has the right to insult any religion. And MCA, in its amok frenzy to garner Chinese support for the next general election, is doing just that against Islam, the national religion. Using the hukum hudud (Islamic criminal law) bogey, as has been used for umpteen years after Merdeka (Independence), what the MCA and even the dominant Umno in Barisan Nasional (BN) don't realise is that the hudud is a double edged sword. It harms and damages the integrity of both MCA and Umno. Malaysians have every right to object to the implementation of the hudud but not insult Islam. When MCA president Chua Soi Lek says eight of the 11 countries that implemented hudud were backward and corrupt, that is just a plain insulting sweeping statement. When Chua says hudud is a cruel law, that is harsh to the Muslims and Islam. Can't he articulate more diplomatically? Like saying the hudud is not suitable for this era because … There are many other insults hurled by MCA against Islam which I do not wish to repeat. The Islam-bashing led by Chua exposes Umno as a hypocrite, unable to defend the national religion against the insults. With Mahathir Mohamad, the man who ruled Malaysia for 22 years, saying MCA did not object to 'Islamic country' declaration, MCA is now a political dead duck to the Chinese and Muslims. It is also becoming increasingly clear to all that Mahathir is still running the country. As usual, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak can't make a stand. He had no response when asked about Soi Lek's insulting statements. Najib could not defend his own religion. In exasperation, Mahathir had to take the issue into his own hands. After the fire bombings of churches over the use of the word "Allah", it was Pakatan Rakyat de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang who emerged to defend the constitutional rights of the Christians. The Christian weekly, The Herald, then took the Umno-led federal government to court over the use of the word "Allah" to describe God. On Dec 31, 2009, the High Court ruled that the Christians had the right to use the word "Allah" because the word was not exclusive to Muslims only. I say there is no more room for race and religious politics in Malaysia. We are Malaysians loyal to the country. And this is an extract of a June 20, 2002, AP report: Ling Liong Sik, leader of the Malaysian Chinese Association, a party in the governing coalition, said that Malaysia was already recognized as an Islamic country by international organizations. "We will never amend the constitution," Ling said. "We are what we are — a liberal, democratic Islamic state allowing everybody to flourish. We never felt unassured. All these zombie-like religious and racial slurs put up by MCA and Umno for the past 55 years are aimed at only maintaining their political power to enrich their crony businesses and the elite. That is the only plausible explanation why, a natural resource-rich country, including oil and gas, like Malaysia has accumulated more than RM500 billion in federal debts, just 1.3% short of the 55% legislated debt ceiling. If this is not gross mismanagement of the country's wealth, what is it?

Rafizi’s attacks on NFC has set Malaysia back by 10 years Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:46 PM PDT Industry players in the agriculture sector say the relentless rhetoric by Rafizi has set Malaysia back by 10 years from meeting the government's objectives in its National Meat Policy (Ruminant Sector) 2006. Fabiani Azmi A New Straits Times report has quoted the Attorney General as saying, "The investigation did not reveal criminal breaches as far as the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry is concerned." Will the government then immediately revitalize the NFC project? Will it expedite the construction of the important Export Quality Abattoir to meet the slaughter numbers? Will Malaysians then stop consuming tough buffalo meat imports (Malaysia is the largest importer of Indian buffalo meat termed misleadingly as Cara beef). Fabiani Azmi talks to those that matter and is told .. It would appear that Malaysians have not been given the right impression on the issues confronting the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) and National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) which otherwise would have been a highly viable and profitable venture for entrepreneurs especially contract farmers who were targeted to raise beef sufficiency levels to 40% by 2015, one big step towards Malaysia's food security. The suspension and silence adopted by the government had allowed the opposition led by Anwar Ibrahim and his slanderous strategy honcho Rafizi Ramli to fuel lies, distortions and misrepresentations on the NFC beef project and NFCorp. Industry players in the agriculture sector say the relentless rhetoric by Rafizi has set Malaysia back by 10 years from meeting the government's objectives in its National Meat Policy (Ruminant Sector) 2006. It has never been the intention of Anwar Ibrahim and the opposition to see Malaysians benefit from government initiatives. The Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGVH) IPO re ignited by the prime minister to lift the welfare of farmers is a perfect example. By listing Felda, Najib had upgraded the position of Felda from a group of local farmers into a mega international conglomerate, the listing of which is the second largest in the world this year. But the opposition's incessant vile attacks on FGVH to wreck government initiatives were evident in the lead up to its listing. In NFCorp's case, the opposition's primary aim was to derail the Wanita UMNO Chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil who commands a membership portfolio of over 1.3 million women voters. Shahrizat is married to NFCorp chairman Datuk Seri Dr Salleh. The opposition was never really concerned that the beef project was important to Malaysia's food security. Their zeal and fervour was to knock Shahrizat off from the government machinery by running down the NFC project and NFCorp the company to demolish the government. So for months, Malaysians were fed with lies, distortions and misrepresentations. Among others, the opposition had harped on the findings of the Auditor General's 2010 Report. For the NFC beef project to have been successful, an Export Quality Abattoir (EQA) designed to slaughter 350 heads of cattle a day was vital. Without the EQA in place, the contract farmers under the Entrepreneur Development Programme (EDP) would not be able to slaughter 186,000 heads of cattle in 2014. Neither could NFCorp for their 60,000 heads of cattle. This foremost point was never clearly brought to the public's attention by the Auditor General in his previous 2010 report. Nor did the opposition in their politically motivated attacks. The EQA deferment meant that the EDP programme could not be rolled out. Nor could the feed mills and the bio gas plant (which relies on volume abattoir waste) to generate electricity, be feasible. Nor could more cattle be imported as there would be a surplus with many left to idle and languish in the farms. And currently there is no other such EQA of this capacity in Malaysia. The EQA meets world-class standards and is an imperative requirement by international hypermarkets and supermarkets in Malaysia before the slaughtered beef can be sold to consumers at their outlets. The AG's lack in co-relating this crucial missing link of the EQA in the NFC equation had contributed to misperceptions. Instead, concerns were on beef production shortfall, delays in the construction of ancillary facilities such as the feed mills and a bio gas plant, the deferment of the EDP and satellite farms, government infrastructure and other weaknesses. As a result, the opposition used these points to their advantage and created a political stir against the government, NFCorp, and robbed 310 potential contract farmers of a lucrative opportunity for a better livelihood. The latest 2011 AG Report released recently reported the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the Attorney General's Chambers mulling civil action. NFCorp said in a statement that it was the MOA's prior act of default on the Implementation Agreement that had caused all the needless shortcomings and set backs in the NFC project. The statement sought the Attorney General's indulgence to be fair in assessing the truth of the situation in all fairness to the parties before plunging into any civil action. It is understood that as early as 2007, NFCorp had been reassured in meetings with the MOA that the EQA would be completed by 2008. However, the MOA had only tendered the EQA construction in 2009. In May 2009, the ministry called off the EQA and suspended the NFC project. The reason given was that a Viability and Business Model Study had to be undertaken. Despite two years with NFCorp on track with the NFC project, one wonders should not this study have been done first before tendering the project? It was also really unnecessary to halt the NFC project. NFCorp had already succeeded in importing 8,897 heads of cattle, 11 per cent more than the planned target for 2010. The government-commissioned independent study by UPM Holdings had pointed, "On the whole, the NFC Project represents a viable project both from an implementation and profitability standpoint, and is in line with the aspiration to develop entrepreneurs in the feedlot sector provided the project is carried out as outlined in the Implementation Agreement." Today the EQA and NFC project remains deferred. The MOA defaulted on its obligations in the Implementation Agreement. There is really no basis for the government to take civil action, lawyers tell. The AG had also come out to say in an NST report that "The investigation did not reveal criminal breaches as far as the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry is concerned." If that is the case, what is next for Malaysian Halal beef consumers in this predicament? The NFC beef project has been suspended. The EQA has yet to be built. The Government's National Meat Policy (Ruminant Sector) 2006 to ensure Malaysia's food security has been jeopardized and set back by the opposition by 10 years. Will we continue to be eating Buffalo meat imports? "All this is so illogical without any sense and sensibility," said housewife Noorjanah Abdul Samad on a trip to the market to procure beef for her rendang that she intends to cook to celebrate Hari Raya Haji. She finds it hard to distinguish between Indian beef and the genuine beef. She asked why was Indian buffalo meat referred as Indian beef? Will she and many other unsuspecting housewives end up with a periuk of tough Indian buffalo rendang? In this quagmire, Fabiani believes this is tantamount to labeling kangaroo meat as Australian beef. About the Writer Fabiani Azmi is an avid reader of Malaysia Today, intelligent mainstream newspapers and Internet news portals. When not reading, he also enjoys the company of sapiosexuals. It's a stimulating discovery for him. https://twitter.com/FabAz88

The Firefighter's Plight Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:42 PM PDT Nicole Tan Lee Koon, Secretary of Seremban branch, DAP Negeri Sembilan. I want to share the firefighter's plight with you. Let's say an arsonist started a fire. The firefighter then comes and tries to extinguish the fire. The arsonist then tries to sabotage the firefighter's effort. In the late 80s, Chan Ah Chye, a former engineer and project manager in Selangor state subsidiary PKNS formed Talam Corporation. He was the crony of BN Menteri Besar, Muhammad Muhammad Taib and became a major player in the Selangor development scene. An extremely large amount of state land was alienated to Talam for a song. Talam's modus operandi was to use the land for huge loans to finance their projects. Talam's loan kept growing. Talam also owed MBI (Menteri Besar Incorporated) a huge sum of money i.e RM392 million. In 2008, Pakatan took over Selangor and Khalid Ibrahim became the MB. Khalid inherited a situation in which Talam owes MBI the said RM392 million. Khalid, an expert in corporate finance then planned to recover the RM392 million from Talam, which was owed to Selangorians. Khalid and his team succeeded. For a more information, please read Nathaniel Tan's article : http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/202941. The story does not end here. Chua Tee Yong then comes along and cries wolf. He claimed that MBI's restructuring was tainted with scandal. However, Chua did not do his homework properly. He reduced the amount of money claimed to be 'misused' by Selangor - from RM1 billion, to RM260 million, to RM42 million. Using "The Star" as his mouthpiece, Chua continued attacking Pakatan with his malicious lies. Summary : There you have it. A fire (Talamgate) started by an arsonist (BN). A firefighter (Pakatan) managed to extinguish the fire. Instead of thanking the firefighter for saving the fire, the arsonist (BN) tried to sabotage the firefighter's (Pakatan) effort, by claiming that it was done wrongly! What shall we do with an arsonist such as BN? Kick the arsonist out in GE13!!!

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Dr Asri khuatir PAS tadbir negara Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:59 PM PDT Bekas mufti Perlis itu melihat masalah PAS sekarang adalah mereka dipimpin oleh golongan ulama, dan tiada siapa boleh menegur kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh ulama mereka. "Masalah sekarang, PAS belum jadi pemimpin negara lagi." "Kalau perkara ini kita tidak bahaskan hari ini, kita akan jadi seperti Iran yang mana Ayatollah tidak boleh disentuh," katanya. Asri berkata demikian di ketika diminta mengulas senario pimpinan PAS yang terdiri daripada golongan ulama ketika ini. Menurut Asri, jika Malaysia tidak berhati-hati dengan mana-mana parti termasuk PAS, maka akan berdepan keadaan negara yang lebih korup. "Kalau dia (Pas) naik (memerintah negara) dengan mentaliti orang agamanya tidak boleh disentuh, ditambah dengan pemimpin yang ada kuasa politik; dan dia tokoh agama pula, kita akan menghadapi keadaan negara yang lebih korup daripada sekarang," katanya. Perkara ini perlu dihapuskan diperingkat awal sebelum berlaku apa-apa perubahan struktur politik di nagara ini," tambah beliau lagi ketika Wacana Sinar di sini, hari ini. Sebelum ini Pas telah memecat bekas    Pesuruhjaya Pas Selangor, Datuk Dr Hasan Ali ekoran mengeluarkan kenyataan yang bercanggah dengan kepimpinan Pas. Malah, Adun Gombak Setia itu juga seringkali dibidas oleh pemimpin PR, terutamanya Pas kerana menyatakan parti Islam itu tersasar dari matlamat asal perjuangannya. Turut menerima nasib sama adalah bekas Timbalan Presiden mereka, Nasharuddin Mat Isa yang mana seringkali mempertikaikan Pas kerana bersekongkol dengan DAP. Nasha juga dilabel sebagai "barua Umno" kerana seringkali mengeluarkan pendapat dan kenyataan yang seolah-olah menyokong perjuangan parti komponen Melayu dalam Barisan Nasional (BN) itu.

‘Hudud tiada kesan kepada bukan Islam’ Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:43 PM PDT "Jika undang-undang hudud hendak dilaksanakan di Malaysia, maka undang-undang hudud yang merupakan sebahagian daripada undang-undang Islam berada di bawah kuasa negeri. "Mahkamah Syariah hanya mempunyai bidang kuasa terhadap orang-orang Islam sahaja seperti termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan," kata Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Senator Mejar Jeneral (B), Datuk Sri Jamil Khir Baharom. Oleh itu katanya, undang-undang hudud tidak akan memberi kesan terhadap rakyat bukan Islam. Beliau berkata demikian dalam jawapan bertulis kepada soalan Ahli Parlimen Bebas Tan Tee Beng. Tan dalam soalannya bertanya kesan pelaksanaan hudud, sekiranya dilaksanakan, terhadap rakyat bukan Islam. Beliau turut bertanya samada Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959 akan dipinda dan diselaraskan mengikut undang-undang hudud di dalam pelaksanaan hukuman. Menurut Jamil Khir, undang-undang hudud akan tertakluk kepada peruntukan Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan undang-undang Islam yang terletak di bawah bidang kuasa negeri seperti dalam Fasal (2) Perkara 74 dan butiran 1 Senarai Negeri Jadual Kesembilan Perlembagaan Persekutuan. "Berdasarkan Seksyen 2 Akta Mahkamah Syariah (Bidang Kuasa jenayah) 1965, bidang kuasa mahkamah syariah terhad kepada hukuman penjara tidak melebihi tiga tahun, denda tidak melebihi RM5,000 dan sebatan tidak melebihi enam kali atau apa-apa gabungan hukuman -hukuman tersebut," kata Jamil Khir. Beliau turut menolak sebarang perkaitan Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959 dengan undang-undang hudud. "Justeru itu kerajaan tidak merancang untuk meminda akta ini," katanya.

Ambil tindakan, jangan undi Soi Lek - Abim Posted: 22 Oct 2012 04:25 PM PDT Abim juga mengajak umat Islam di mana sahaja jangan mengundi Chua di mana sahaja beliau bertanding. Demikian kata Presidennya, Amidi Abdul Manan dalam satu kenyataan medianya hari ini. Abim menyertai umat Islam di seluruh negara membuat bantahan terbuka kepada kenyataan Chua yang menghina Islam dan hukum-hukumnya. Sebelum ini, pelbagai pertubuhan dan individu, kecuali Umno, membantah siri kenyataan beliau yang sangat tidak sesnsitif bahkan menghina Islam. Abim, kata Amidi, sekali lagi menyuarakan kekesalan dan terkejut atas kenyataan liar oleh Chua Soi Lek dalam mesyuarat Agung Tahunan MCA berkenaan dengan hukum hudud. Kenyataan beliau yang menganggap bahawa negara yang mengamalkan hukum hudud sebagai yang paling banyak korupsi, tidak stabil dan tidak selamat adalah suatu kenyataan yang tidak berasas dan amat liar. Ini seolah-olah untuk menzahirkan kepada umat Islam dan bukan Islam akan keburukan hukum hudud yang difahami dari perspektif beliau yang jumud.  Walhal, katanya, umat Islam yang berpegang dengan keimanan dan aqidah yang murni yakin bahawa hukum hudud adalah salah satu daripada hukum yang mampu memartabatkan kemurniaan sosial, undang-undang bukan sahaja kepada umat Islam malah kepada bukan Islam. Abim, katanya, menggesa agar umat Islam menolak Chua Soi Lek walau dimana pun dia bertanding dalam PRU akan datang. Beliau tidak layak untuk menjadi wakil rakyat bagi warga Malaysia yang menghormati ajaran agama lain.  "Malaysia tidak memerlukan pemimpin yang gagal menyantuni keharmonian masyarakat negara ini," tegas beliau. Abim juga, katanya, memandang berat sikap pemimpin para yang enggan memberikan teguran sedangkan keceluparan ini bukan kali pertama berlaku. "Jangan beralasan dengan 'maqasid syariah' sedangkan suara ini semakin biadab. 'Hifz ul-din' juga termasuk dalam 'maqasid syariah' jika itulah pertimbangannya. "Apatah lagi jika diukur dengan neraca 'wasatiyyat ul- Islam' yang terlalu jauh penyimpangannya. Sudah sampai masanya rakan sekutu pemimpin ini menyatakan sikap yang jelas kepada beliau kerana kedegilan dan kebiadabannya sudah melampaui batas," tegas beliau.

PAS tanding 30 dari 56 kerusi DUN Johor Posted: 22 Oct 2012 04:21 PM PDT Di peringkat Parlimen pula, PAS akan bertanding lapan kerusi, kata Pesuruhajaya PAS Johor, Datuk Dr Mahfodz Mohamad dalam wawancara khas dengan Harakahdaily. Ini bermakna, PAS bertanding paling banyak kerusi DUN Johor berbanding rakan-rakannya dalam Pakatan Rakyat iaitu PKR dan DAP yang akan bertanding kira-kira 27 kerusi lagi. "Dalam pilihan raya 2008, kita bertanding 33 kerusi. Namun kali ini kita serahkan sebahagiannya kepada PKR dan DAP," kata beliau kepada Harakahdaily ketika ditemui selepas majlis dialog dengan Dewan Himpunan Penyokong PAS di sebuah hotel dekat sini. KERUSI TUMPUAN Dari jumlah itu, PAS memberikan tumpuan kepada 17 kerusi untuk dimenangi dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang. "Kita beri tumpuan untuk menang 17 kerusi ini untuk membolehkan kita 'lead' Pakatan di Johor," kata beliau yang memberitahu, PAS Johor sudah bekerja keras sejak tiga tahun lalu. DAP akan bertanding kira-kira 14 dan PKR pula akan bertanding 15 kerusi DUN. KEBANGKITAN UNDI CINA Menurut beliau, pengundi Melayu perlu memberikan undi kepada PAS dalam pilihan raya ini untuk mempastikan kestabilan politik berlaku di negeri ini. "Ini kerana, ekoran kebangkitan pengundi Cina selepas 2008, kebanyakan kerusi di Johor akan jatuh kepada Pakatan Rakyat," katanya Ini ekoran dari tindakan BN memasukkan pengundi Cina ke kebanyakan kerusi DUN di Johor dalam persempadanan semula kawasan pilihan raya 2003 untuk menghadapi kebangkitan undi Melayu dalam pilihan raya sebelum itu (1999). Hasilnya, banyak kerusi DUN yang mempunyai komposisi pengundi Cina sekitar 40 peratus. "Dalam pilihan raya 2008, hanya 60 - 65 peratus sahaja pengundi Cina mengundi PAS. Kali ini, kita jangka pengundi mereka akan bertambah (untuk PAS)," kata Dr Mahfodz. Jika pengundi Melayu masih terus bersama Umno, mereka akan bersama pembangkang dan kerajaan yang dibentuk nanti tidak akan stabil. "Kita tidak mahu ulangi apa yang berlaku di Perak di mana kerajaannay tidak stabil. Oleh itu, orang Melayu perlu mengundi PAS bukannya Umno dalam pilihan raya akan datang ini," kata beliau. AGENDA Menurut Dr Mahfodz, yang mendapat PhD dalam bidang undang-undang syariah, agenda negara berkebajikan akan mendominasi hala tuju PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat dalam pilihan raya umu ini. "Kita telah mencapai kata sepakat dalam Pakatan Rakyat, kita akan tumpukan kepada kebajikan rakyat. "Tawaran air percuma adalah agenda utama kita untuk rakyat Johor," kata beliau. Beliau memberitahu, syariah Islam hanya akan dilaksana jika mendapat sokongan semua pihak dalam Pakatan Rakyat. Sebab itu, kata beliau, ia tidak menjadi agenda sehingga kini. "Kita menyertai pilihan raya ini secara bersama, jadi apa-apa yang hendak kita buat mesti mendapat persetujuan bersama dalam konteks demokrasi," kata beliau.

‘Tanda Putera’ perlu untuk beri peringatan tragedi 13 Mei Posted: 22 Oct 2012 03:36 PM PDT Timbalan Menteri Penerangan, Komunikasi, dan Kebudayaan, Senator Datuk Maglin Dennis D'cruz berkata kepada Dewan Rakyat kerajaan percaya dengan kematangan generasi muda sekarang, filem itu perlu mengetengahkan paparan sejarah dalam filem secara efektif dan tepat. "Kementerian berpendapat, dengan kematangan pemikiran generasi muda masa kini, filem sejarah perlu dipaparkan secara paling efektif dan realistik walaupun ada sentuh isu 13 Mei," katanya lagi. "Selagi filem belum ditayangkan, andaian filem ini mengandungi unsur perkauman negatif adalah terlalu awal," kata Maglin ketika menjawab soalan Ahli Parlimen Kelana Jaya Gwo-Burne Loh di sini. Gwo-Burne Loh sebelum itu bertanyakan kepada kementerian mengapa Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Finas) mengeluarkan pembiayaan kepada penerbit filem berkenaan, Persona Pictures yang didakwa mengeluarkan filem berunsur perkauman tersebut. Tanda Putera sebelum ini telah menerima tekanan apabila didakwa memasukkan watak pemimpin pembangkang, Lim Kit Siang dalam filem yang dijadualkan ditayang pada 15 November 2012, daripada tarikh awal 13 September depan. Pengarah filem berkenaan, Datin Paduka Shuhaimi Baba, sebelum ini bagaimanapun telah menafikan  filem dengan durasi 117 minit itu juga tidak memaparkan mana-mana watak pemimpin DAP sepertimana dikatakan pelbagai pihak, terutama parti politik. Tambah Shuhaimi, sejak trailer filem ini berdurasi 90 saat tersebar di Internet, banyak tuduhan palsu dan dakwaan yang membingungkan serta tidak berasas telah dilemparkan terhadap mereka. Shuhaimi dalam penjelasannya berkata, adegan untuk 13 Mei juga dimasukkan sekadar untuk memberikan latar kepada filem berkenaan. Sehubungan itu, Penasihat DAP itu juga sebelum ini telah mengarahkan peguamnya untuk mengambil tindakan undang-undang berhubung kenyataan berbaur fitnah, didakwa dibawa oleh Facebook filem berkenaan. Ahli Parlimen Ipoh Timur ini berkata, ekoran dakwaan tidak berasas Penerbit Eksekutif "Tanda Putera", Aida Fitra Buyong, beliau telah mengarahkan peguamnya memulakan tindakan perundangan berhubung fitnah yang dilemparkan.

Penerbit Tanda Putera terima dana k’jaan RM2.7 juta Posted: 22 Oct 2012 03:04 PM PDT "Pada tahun 2010 Finas menerima dana sebanyak RM2 juta. Dua skrip menerima dana tersebut iaitu Tanda Putera sebanyak RM2.7 juta dan filem Antara Dua Langit sebanyak RM2 juta," kata D' Cruz semasa menjawab soalan lisan Ahli Parlimen Kelana Jaya PKR Loh Gwo Burne. Loh dari PKR menyoal bagaimana Finas boleh membiayai sebuah filem yang membangkitkan isu perkauman di dalam peristiwa 13 Mei 1969. Filem kontroversi arahan sutradara Datin Paduka Shuhaimi Baba menimbulkan kegusaran berikutan ura-ura bahawa terdapat babak yang menggambarkan watak ahli parlimen veteran DAP Lim Kit Siang membuang air kecil ke atas bendera Malaysia di pekarangan rumah bekas Menteri Besar Datuk Harun Idris. Filem tersebut mengisahkan bagaimana Perdana Menteri Malaysia kedua, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Ismail menangani krisis 13 Mei meskipun menghadapi penyakit kronik. Dalam bulan Ogos Kit Siang telah pun menafikan perkara tersebut dengan mengetengahkan saksi yang memberi keterangan sokongan. "Kementerian yakin dengan kematangan pemikiran generasi muda, filem berunsur sejarah harus dipaparkan dengan cara paling efektif dan realistik. "Adalah penting untuk kita mengambil iktibar (dari filem tersebut)," kata D' Cruz bagi mempertahankan filem Tanda Putera. Dalam soalan tambahan, Loh meminta agar laporan panel kelulusan Finas terhadap Tanda Putera dibentangkan di dewan. Beliau juga menyoal samada Finas akan memberikan dana untuk filem yang mempamerkan peranan bekas Menteri Besar Selangor, Datuk Harun Idris dan Marina Yusoff kerana sejarah boleh dilihat dari pelbagai sudut. D' Cruz menjelaskan bahawa filem Tanda Putera berhasrat menunjukkan tokoh pemimpin yang berusaha menyelesaikan masalah negara meskipun berhadapan dengan masalah kesihatan.

Perkasa mohon Raja-Raja turun padang Posted: 21 Oct 2012 02:45 PM PDT Presidennya Datuk Ibrahim Ali berkata, memandangkan zaman berubah mengikut arus demokratisasi dan perjuangan hak asasi, Institusi Diraja kini mudah diungkit dan dikritik secara terbuka. Namun katanya, dalam perubahan ini hanya masyarakat Melayu sahaja yang masih taat kepada kepada Raja-Raja. "Bagi memperkasakan Institusi Diraja, Perkasa mohon ampun perkenan mesti turun ke padang dan berdampingan dengan rakyat. "Kita tahu seperti sebelum ini Sultan Pahang dan Kelantan juga sering melakukannya tapi perlu lebih kerap dan bergaul lebih mesra," katanya. Cadangan itu dikemukakan Ibrahim dalam ucapannya di Persidangan Khas Tahunan Perkasa Peringkat Selangor di Dewan Tuanku Canselor Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) di sini petang semalam. Sementara itu, beliau turut memberi jaminan Perkasa akan menyokong sepenuhnya calon Barisan Nasional (BN) dalam Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) 13 akan datang. Ibrahim berkata walaupun Perkasa adalah NGO bebas, namun sokongan terhadap parti komponen BN tidak akan berbelah bagi termasuk undi kepada calon MCA. Ahli Parlimen Pasir Mas itu dalam ucapannya turut melancarkan boikot dan melarang setiap ahlinya daripada memberikan sebarang kenyataan terhadap portal berita Malaysiakini. Beliau mendakwa Malaysiakini mendapat pembiayaan daripada George Soros yang juga dikaitkannya dengan NGO Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram). "Haram bagi ahli Perkasa bagi kenyataan kepada Malaysiakini. Kita cakap lain dia tulis lain. Kita boikot sampai PRU13," katanya. Persidangan itu juga dirasmikan Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani Datuk Seri Noh Omar yang turut menyumbang RM10,000 kepada pertubuhan itu.

Soi Lek: MCA bersedia berperang habis-habisan untuk PRU-13 Posted: 20 Oct 2012 04:26 PM PDT Berpegang kepada slogan 'Berperang dengan Penuh Keberanian', Dr Chua berkata MCA kini sudah bangkit lebih sepakat, bersatu dan fokus dalam menangani isu-isu yang penting bersama-sama BN dan bersedia untuk menempuh apa jua masalah dan rintangan. "Kami telah mengubah cara bekerja dengan menjadi lebih bersikap tegas, menyatakan pendirian dan mengambil pendirian dalam beberapa isu yang kami anggap tidak wajar ke atas rakyat.  "Kami telah menyatakan suara hati kami supaya kerajaan dapat mendengarnya dengan jelas dan nyata dan kepimpinan baharu MCA komited untuk terus bercakap bagi pihak semua rakyat Malaysia," katanya dalam ucapan dasar Presiden pada Perhimpunan Agung Tahunan MCA ke-59 di Wisma MCA di sini, hari ini. Perhimpunan itu yang dirasmikan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak turut dihadiri pemimpin parti komponen BN termasuk Presiden Gerakan Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, Presiden MIC Datuk Seri G Palanivel dan Setiausaha Agung Umno Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. "Datuk Seri (Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak), kita sudah bersiap sedia untuk menghadapi perang pilihan raya umum, kami sudah sedia untuk 'berperang' bila sahaja Parlimen dibubarkan," katanya yang turut memberikan makna bagi 'WAR' iaitu "willing, able and ready" (sedia, berupaya dan bersedia). Menyentuh soal dalaman parti, Dr Chua mengakui MCA memiliki beberapa kelemahan sebelum ini tetapi kepimpinan baharu parti itu telah belajar daripada kelemahan itu untuk menjadi lebih kuat dan bersiap sedia untuk menempuh dan menghadapi cabaran, dugaan dan rintangan.  "Kita tidak akan sesekali menipu rakyat dengan mengatakan tiada kelemahan dan masalah dalam MCA seperti mana pakatan rakyat menggambarkan kepada rakyat bahawa mereka merupakan satu parti politik yang paling sempurna, mulia dan suci di dunia termasuk bebas daripada sebarang masalah dan kelemahan," katanya.  Dengan nada lebih tegas dan senada dengan keputusan Jawatankuasa pusat BN, Dr Chua memberi amaran bahawa tidak ada ruang dan masa untuk anasir-anasir sabotaj mengambil tempat di dalam parti ketika pilihan raya umum atau ahli akan berdepan tindakan dipecat dari parti.  "Amanat kepada semua warga anggota MCA, mulai detik ini kita hanya patut bercakap, berbincang dan berfikir tentang mengalahkan pakatan rakyat dalam pilihan raya ketika bersarapan, makan tengah hari, malam atau ketika makan lewat malam," katanya yang disambut tepukan gemuruh anggota perwakilan.  Dr Chua dalam ucapannya turut mengulangi komitmen MCA pada perhimpunan tahun lepas untuk tidak memegang sebarang jawatan dalam kerajaan jika gagal menunjukkan prestasi lebih baik pada PRU-13 akan datang.  "Ianya merupakan cabaran besar kepada ahli MCA, justeru kita harus kekal bersatu, fokus, bekerja keras dan bersiap sedia untuk berhadapan dengan PRU ke-13, kita sudah berada dalam persimpangan politik 'Do or Die Battle' (Pertarungan Hidup atau Mati)," katanya. Dasar kabur pakatan pembangkang turut tidak terlepas daripada sindiran sinis Presiden MCA itu yang menyifatkan pembangkang tidak seharusnya bersembunyi di bawah slogan populisnya 'Ubah Malaysia' tanpa bersedia berkongsi dengan rakyat hala tuju negara di bawah pemerintahan mereka.  Sebaliknya, Dr Chua berkata di bawah pimpinan Najib, transformasi kerajaan dapat disaksikan dengan jelas dan rakyat sepatutnya dapat membuat perbandingan dan pilihan yang tepat demi masa depan negara. "Kita tidak kata kerajaan BN adalah sempurna, tetapi pada masa yang sama, tidak ada sesiapa dapat nafikan yang kerajaan ini telah berjaya mengekalkan keharmonian kaum dan agama, sekali gus memberikan keamanan serta kestabilan kepada negara untuk terus maju," katanya.

Jangan guna hudud untuk pancing undi, MCA Posted: 20 Oct 2012 04:01 PM PDT "Isu hudud biar orang Islam tentukan. Jika mahu undi bukan ini caranya sehingga menghina dan mempertikaikan agama orang lain. Apakah ini sifat–sifat seorang presiden parti politik? "Jangan sampai kami gunakan kuasa (mengundi) yang ada pada kami bila tiba pilihan raya," kata ketua Wira Perkasa Irwan Fahmi dalam satu kenyataan media. Tiga hari yang lalu presiden MCA Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek berkata pelaksanaan hukum hudud akan menjejaskan 1.2 juta peluang pekerjaan di dalam sektor pelancongan dan perkhidmatan. Hukuman hudud merupakan salah satu hasrat yang ingin dilaksanakan oleh PAS sekiranya memenangi pilihan raya umum ke 13 nanti. "Angka yang ada pada tangan saya adalah sekitar 1.2 juta. Ini akan menjadi realiti, sebagaimana dijangkakan, PAS menjadi parti dominan," kata beliau. "Ini akan menjadi realiti jika PAS menjadi parti dominan jika Pakatan Rakyat memegang kuasa. Ia akan menjadi parti dominan Pakatan Rakyat," kata Dr Chua. Irwan turut mengingatkan Dr Chua agar berusaha mendapatkan kembali sokongan masyarakat Cina yang telah hilang semasa pilihan raya umum ke 12 pada 2008. "Sepatutnya MCA bekerja keras untuk mengembalikan kepercayaan kaum mereka, bukan dengan menghina orang lain. Kaum mereka menolak mereka secara terang pada tahun 2008," kata Irwan.

Ahli kesal cubaan sabotaj DAP Posted: 19 Oct 2012 05:43 PM PDT "Kita minta polis siasat dan ambil tindakan sewajarnya kepada pihak yang sengaja mencetuskan isu agama. "Pelekat tersebut menggunakan logo DAP tetapi bukan dibuat oleh DAP dengan tertulis 'No Hudud' di atasnya. Walaupun DAP membantah negara ini melaksanakan hukum hudud tetapi kita menghormati Islam sebagai agama rasmi negara ini," katanya selepas membuat laporan polis di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Kajang, semalam. Menurutnya, laporan ini dibuat kerana perbuatan ini turut mengganggu ketenteraman awam juga didakwa mempunyai niat jahat untuk menimbulkan ketegangan antara ahli DAP dan Pas. "Kita ada medium lain untuk suarakan pendirian bukan melalui kerja seperti ini yang tidak bertanggungjawab dan cuba menimbulkan ketegangan antara DAP dan Pas," katanya. Sementara itu, Ketua Penerangan Pas Hulu Langat, Samsol Bahari berkata, pihaknya mencetak 30 bunting sempena program 'Himpunan Hijau Jentera Pilihanraya Pas Hulu Langat' yang dijadualkan pada 14 Oktober lalu khas untuk ahli Pas sahaja. "Sebanyak 10 bunting ditempatkan bagi setiap kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) dan hanya bunting di kawasan Kajang dan Semenyih sahaja ditampal pelekat dengan logo DAP tertulis 'No Hudud'. "Dari segi kualitinya sahaja kita tahu ini bukan dilakukan DAP kerana hubungan antara Pas dan DAP amat baik dan kita percaya ini kerja sabotaj pihak tertentu supaya ahli Pas tidak hadir program dijadualkan," katanya. Samsol berkata, jangkaan mereka daripada 72 cawangan Pas yang ada kemungkinan sekitar 300 ke 400 yang hadir namun kehadiran melebihi jangkaan apabila lebih 500 yang hadir pada program tersebut. "Tindakan pihak yang cuba mensabotaj program ini sebaliknya membangkitkan semangat ahli untuk hadir," katanya.

MCA akan terus bangkitkan isu ‘hudud’ Posted: 19 Oct 2012 05:40 PM PDT "Kita harus menyampaikan mesej ini kepada rakyat, terutama kepada masyarakat Cina bahawa negara teokratik tidak dapat diterima di negara ini," kata timbalan presiden MCA Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai dalam sidang media selepas merasmikan perhimpunan agung Pemuda MCA pagi ini. "Kami akan terus menerangkan kepada rakyat yang kami tidak boleh menerima negara teokrasi dan hukum hudud ala PAS," katanya lagi. Menteri kesihatan itu menemplak kritikan bahawa MCA telah mengulang-ulang isu hudud untuk meraih sokongan pengundi untuk memenangi pilihan raya dengan berkata isu tersebut perlu diulang bagi memastikan undang-undang Islam tersebut tidak diadakan di Malaysia. Turut hadir dalam sidang media tersebut ialah ketua pemuda MCA Datuk Wee Ka Siong. Wee berkata, dahulu DAP lantang menentang negara Islam yang dimahukan PAS, tetapi ia semakin berlembut untuk menawan Putrajaya. Read more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/article/mca-akan-terus-bangkitkan-isu-hudud/

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