HINDRAF PEACE RALLY - THE MANIFESTATION OF THE TRUTH

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Today, our Malaysian Indian brothers and sisters have victory in their hands! I am proud of them for their unity and bravery despite the violent acts by the police. They are making a history today!

I read Uncle Bernard writing with tears. I recalled back my childhood time, and although I did not understand what's going on back then, however I was always aware that the Indian community was the poorest in the area. Now, 30 years back since then, yes, a majority of them is still struggling to break the circle of poverty.

Today after seeing they walked with peace and dignity, I see potentials and hopes for Malaysia.

Let us together vote the current government out!

The story of our constitutational crisis in late 1980s

Brother Rocky has full report about this!

I read this from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salleh_Abas about the Constitutional Crisis. I cut and paste the story here to share with the readers ..
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In 1987, elections for the leadership of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) were held. UMNO was the leader of the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, and its President would automatically become Prime Minister of Malaysia. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah challenged the incumbent UMNO President and Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad, and was widely touted to win the Presidency. However, Mahathir won 761 votes to Razaleigh's 718, and remained President. Many of Razaleigh's supporters refused to accept this, and argued that the election was tainted.[2] 12 UMNO members filed suit in the High Court, attempting to get a court order for new elections. As part of their evidence, they presented claims that 78 of the 1,479 delegates eligible to vote in the elections were illegal, and that several documents involved in the election had been tampered with. Later, one of the 12 plaintiffs withdrew from the suit. Although Razaleigh was not involved in the case, it was widely believed he had been funding and supporting the suit.[3]

On September 30, 1987, the High Court gave the parties two weeks to reach a negotiated settlement. A "Unity Panel" was formed to negotiate between the Mahathir and Razaleigh camps, but it soon appeared the differences were interminable. Razaleigh's supporters wanted new elections held, while Mahathir's supporters insisted that the elections stand and that Razaleigh's camp accept a compromise "face-saving" solution. On October 19, the plaintiffs announced the suit would continue.[4]

Mahathir, who had never been fond of the judiciary, began making heated statements about it at this time. Mahathir declared, "The judiciary says, 'Although you passed a law with a certain thing in mind, we think that your mind is wrong, and we want to give our interpretation.' If we disagree, the courts will say, 'We will interpret your disagreement.' ... We know exactly what we want to do, but once we do it, it is interpreted in a different way." Mahathir also lambasted "black sheep ... who want to be ... fiercely independent" and play to public opinion. Soon after, nine judges sitting on the High Court were reassigned to different divisions; Justice Harun Hashim, who presided over the UMNO case, was transferred from appellate and special powers cases to commercial crimes. However, because the UMNO case was already in progress, his transfer would not take effect until the case closed. Harun later ruled that under the evidence presented, it was clear several UMNO delegates had come from unregistered branches of the party. In line with the law, he declared he was forced to declare UMNO an illegal society, and thereby dismissed the case of the plaintiffs. Mahathir soon formed a new party, UMNO Baru (New UMNO), to replace UMNO. Within a year, the suffix "Baru" was dropped, making it just plain "UMNO".[5]
Mahathir was upset with the judiciary's increasing independence, and in 1988, the government tabled a bill in Parliament to amend Articles 121 and 145 of the Constitution. These amendments disvested the courts of the "judicial power of the Federation", giving them only such power as Parliament might grant them. The Attorney-General was also empowered to determine the venues in which cases would be heard.[6]

At this point, Salleh Abas, who was then Lord President of the Supreme Court, began making strong statements about defending the autonomy of the judiciary. However, he did not name Mahathir, and spoke in rather general terms. However, Salleh was pressured by his fellow judges into taking stronger action. He convened a meeting of all 20 federal judges in the national capital of Kuala Lumpur. They decided not to directly challenge Mahathir, and instead address a confidential letter to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) and the rulers of the various states. The letter stated, "All of us are disappointed with the various comments and accusations made by the Honourable Prime Minister against the Judiciary, not only outside but within the Parliament." However, instead of calling for any direct action to be taken, the letter only stated the judges' "hope that all those unfounded accusations will be stopped".[7]
Ironically, the then King, who was also the Sultan of Johor — Sultan Mahmood Iskandar Shah —, who as heir apparent to the Johor throne had been prosecuted by Salleh Abas when he was Public Prosecutor. The Sultan was eventually convicted of homicide and sentenced to six months in jail. It is not known what the King did upon receipt of the letter, but it appears he informed Mahathir, and that they agreed to take disciplinary action against Salleh Abas. Salleh, who had gone overseas soon after the letter was sent, was summoned by Mahathir upon his return. Salleh later claimed that at the meeting, Mahathir accused him of bias in the UMNO case, and demanded his resignation. Salleh was also immediately suspended from his post as Lord President. Although Salleh initially agreed, when he was later informed that his suspension would be backdated so as to nullify some of his earlier actions in then pending cases such as the UMNO case, he withdrew his resignation. The government then initiated impeachment proceedings against Salleh.[8] Salleh would later claim that the government attempted to bribe him to resign.[9]
Under the Constitution, judges are impeached by a special tribunal of judges, appointed by the government. Four Malaysian judges, a Sri Lankan judge, and a Singaporean judge were appointed to form a six-member tribunal that would hear the case. The tribunal chairman was Justice Abdul Hamid Omar, who was appointed as acting Lord President due to Salleh's suspension. Salleh was officially charged with writing "a letter to the Agong without approval of all judges in the country", displaying "bias and prejudice" against the government, and seeking "to undermine public confidence in the government's administration". In addition, the government took issue with a ruling Salleh had made in a case involving a minor's religion, and a statement he had made to the media after his suspension, which allegedly was "calculated to politicise the issues and further discredit the government".[8]

Salleh was represented by Anthony Lester, QC, who objected to the tribunal's composition. It was argued Abdul Hamid had a vested interest in the case's outcome, since if Salleh was impeached, he would remain Lord President. It was also claimed that the tribunal was improperly constituted because two of the judges were relatively junior, and that the two foreign judges were from countries not noted for judicial independence. Salleh demanded to be tried by peers of equal standing — retired Lord Presidents, if need be. He also demanded that the tribunal make its hearings public. All of these claims were rejected by the tribunal, and Salleh withdrew from the proceedings.[10]
Instead, Salleh asked the Supreme Court to stay the proceedings because of the tribunal's alleged improper constitution and because the King had been "wrongfully advised". The Supreme Court, in an emergency session, unanimously ruled that the proceedings be stayed. Four days later, the King suspended the five Supreme Court judges who had issued the order, on Mahathir's advice. The government announced it would now attempt to impeach those five judges as well for "gross misbehaviour" and conspiring "to make the order". There were now only four judges on the Supreme Court, two of them also sitting on the tribunal. The government appointed new judges to fill the void, who refused to hear any further motions by Salleh Abas. The tribunal eventually found Salleh guilty, and he was officially relieved of his position. Of the five judges who had supported him, two were convicted, and the other three were acquitted.[11]

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Think wisely who should you vote for the next coming election!

RPK - What the Eye doesn't See?

Raja Petra Kamarudin - read full at malaysia today
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And today the Government of Malaysia tried doing a David Copperfield on us.“Tuanku Mizan Regrets Claims He Supports Illegal Rally,” screamed the Bernama headlines. The Malay version said, “Tuanku Mizan Kesal Dakwaan Baginda Sokong Perhimpunan Haram.” Both versions can be read below.

Wow! To the layman this sounds very serious indeed. A very ‘high-ranking’ Istana Negara official named Datuk Wan Mohd Safiain Wan Hasan and going by the title of Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja has issued a statement of behalf of The Agong. Who is this guy anyway?Well, this guy holds the position that Jeanne Danker used to hold before she dislodged the Raja Permaisuri Agong to become Malaysia’s so-called ‘First Lady’.

...This Wan Safiain chappie hails from Terengganu and works for the Prime Minister’s Department. In fact, the entire office of the Istana Negara comes under the Prime Minister’s Department. I remember relating an incident which happened way back in November 1999, a few days before the Tenth General Election.In November 1999, I was tasked with the job of delivering a letter from Barisan Alternatif to the Istana Negara requesting an audience with The Agong then, my uncle. I delivered the letter at noon on Friday and went off to the mosque for my Friday prayers. When I went back to the office around 2.30pm there was a reply waiting for me in the fax machine turning down our request for an audience, with a suggestion that we try again after the general election. Our letter was addressed to The Agong. The reply came from the Prime Minister’s Department. The Agong never got to see the letter and was not even aware that one had been sent. And that was probably the fastest reply ever from a government department in Malaysia’s entire history.So now we know how the Istana Negara office works. The office comes under the Prime Minister’s Department and the people in that office are planted there by the Prime Minister’s Department to be the eyes, ears and sometimes mouth of the government as well. And today we saw an example of how it has become the mouth of the government.

Today’s announcement by the Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja, not the Keeper of the Royal Seal but the Keeper of the Royal Linen a la Jeanne Danker before she became ‘First Lady’, is a prime example of how these plants from the Prime Minister’s Department are the eyes, ears and mouth of the government.That is why it was not wise to quietly deliver the BERSIH Memorandum to The Agong. If that had been done, then the Memorandum would have been hijacked and would have been diverted to the Prime Minister’s Department instead -- and The Agong would have never seen it. And that was also why it was necessary for 100,000 citizens to march to the Istana Negara to ‘escort’ the Memorandum -- although only 50,000 eventually got through because they sealed off all the roads into Kuala Lumpur which resulted in one of the worst traffic jams in history.This Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja chappie is a most unpopular personality in the Palace office. Everyone in the Palace office knows he has been planted there as the eyes and ears of the government. And his job is not only to keep a watch on things and report back to the Prime Minister’s office whatever is happening in the Palace, but he has also been tasked with the job of frustrating every effort of The Agong in interacting with the rakyat (citizens).Today’s press announcement did not come from The Agong. It did not even come from the Keeper of the Royal Seal whose job it is to make official statements on behalf of The Agong. It came from a glorified chamber maid planted in the Palace as an enemy in the blanket.

These are the worst kind of slime-balls and scumbags. They smile and call you friend. Then they stick a dagger in your back.100,000 rakyat wanted to meet their Monarch that afternoon of Saturday, 10 November 2007. The Agong did not say no. The Agong will never say no to 100,000 rakyat who wish for an audience with His Majesty. The Agong just wanted to know how many people will be representing the 100,000 rakyat and what their names are.The Agong also realised that the government will certainly try to frustrate the effort of the 100,000 rakyat who wished for an audience with His Majesty. And this did happen. The government said that a police permit would be required and that the organisers should apply for one. So the organisers did, but the application was rejected. And the government warned that if the 100,000 rakyat still insisted on pursuing the march then the government would retaliate with force. And the government did as promised.

When the first volley was fired on the assembled marchers around the Masjid Jamek-Masjid India area, word was passed down the line that the 19th Brigade of the Royal Malay Regiment or Regimen Askar Melayu Di-Raja (RAMD) was on stand-bye, to move in if there are any fatal casualties. Fourteen armoured cars (kereta perisai) had earlier arrived from Sungai Petani and were parked at the Sungai Buloh military camp, ready to roll at a minute’s notice. It would take them ten or fifteen minutes to arrive at the scene of any violence against the rakyat.Panic buttons were pressed and alarm bells rung. This had happened once on 13 May 1969 in Kampong Baru. The Royal Malay Regiment is not one to mess around with. The Agong is their Commander-in-Chief and soldiers are trained to obey their Commander-in-Chief at no consequence to their own lives.The police backed off. They were reduced to traffic control where those positioned at junctions stopped cars to allow the marchers to safely cross the road. The RAMD remained on stand-by and the next morning the fourteen kereta perisai quietly slipped out of Sungai Buloh and went home.This has worried the government. The Agong did not say he did not wish to meet the representatives of the 100,000 marchers. He in fact asked for their names. And when the government issued threats of violence against the marchers, the 19th Brigade of the RAMD was brought into Kuala Lumpur with fourteen kereta perisai. This was The Agong’s way of saying that if you shoot the marchers, just like you did in Batu Burok in front of The Agong’s palace in Kuala Terengganu, then all hell will break loose.So the government backed off. They had no choice. The 100,000 rakyat wanted to meet The Agong and His Majesty had said yes. And the 19th Brigade of the RAMD came to town to ensure that yes means yes.Abdullah Ahmad Badawi issued a decree at the Umno General Assembly the day before the Saturday, 10 November 2007, march. He said he ‘pantang dicabar’. This translates to mean he is allergic to being challenged. And his son-in-law, Khairy Jamaluddin, asked the police to arrest all the marchers. ...

And Malaysia Today knows that most in the Istana Negara regard him as a slime-ball and a scumbag. And anything he who makes the beds says does not matter as long as it is not The Agong himself who said it. Try again guys. Maybe you will have better luck next time. And please, don’t ask that slime-ball and scumbag to make any statements if you want us to believe that it is really The Agong who is saying it.

Agung has spoken -- where do we go from here?

Although I feel quite dissatisfied with the neutral stand made by the palace, I do accept how complicated is this matter. However, Agong only issued statement about the legality of the marching. So my logical sense based on my understanding of what the real democracy should be, I still stand here and say loudly that we have done nothing wrong by speaking out our concerns.

Can we voice out our dissatisfaction about this matter in TV where all the channels are controlled by the current government? No, then I ask myself again. Should we surpress our anger? No way, because we have right to be angry with what's going on in our country.

So, to all Malaysians that walked that day, stand proud because you guys have successfully raised awareness and together, we should stand up and continue to demand clean and fair election.

I will wear yellow every saturday because I believe what I do is right!

Penyapu recipient menyapu bersih rekod dunia..

Pemberian penyapu oleh Khir Toyol sebagai simbolik kepada kegagalan dua agensi dalam mengutip penuh cukai masih menjadi topik panas di parlimen dan juga di akhbar-akhbar La La Land.

Hari ini di Utusan, Presiden Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Di Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (CUEPACS), Omar Osman berkata, banyak lagi cara selain diberikan penyapu. “Tidak salah kalau kita beri keris atau tanjak sebagai simbol peringatan kepada agensi yang tidak cemerlang. “Ini rekod dunia. Belum pernah ada negara yang mengaibkan agensi yang tidak menunjukkan prestasi cemerlang dengan memberi penyapu sebagai tanda peringatan,” katanya semasa dihubungi di sini hari ini.

Kita rakyat biasa, dan sudah menjadi rutin, terpaksa menerima cerita-cerita kebodohan pemimpin-pemimpin, korupsi, ketidak adilan dan segala keburukan tanpa mempunya hak untuk menyuarakan ketidak puasan hati. Tetapi kawan-kawan sekalian, sebulan lebih dari sekarang, kita mempunyai hak untuk membuang undi. Justeru itu, undilah berdasarkan ketelusan polisi, kewibawaan pemimpin dari aspek personaliti dan ilmu dan bukannnya berdasarkan kekayaan, dan fikirkanlah juga undi kita untuk generasi masa hadapan.

Janganlah kita menghinakan diri sekali lagi di mata dunia dengan rekod 'agensi kerajaan menerima penyapu kerana tidak cemerlang dalam melaksanakan tugas'.

Corruption..corruption..

It has been reported in one of the popular La La Land News Agency - Utusan (see here) that a building owned by Perbadanan Taman Negeri Perak (PTNP) has collapsed yesterday. RM4.5million was financed by the Tourism Ministryfor the first phase of the building development. BPR has quickly made a statement that they have formed a special unit to investigate the incident.

Just imagine if the building has been occupied by the agency, how many innocent victims will perish.

I have no doubt there must be some elements of corruption in the transactions. 'Untung atas angin' mentality has been spread within the government systems and activities. It is rooted deeply in a system that is so corrupted and seems uncontrollable now. The sad thing,however, as corruption is a cancer in the government system, but at the end of the day, the victims will be always the hardworking citizens and tax payers like us.

Nasib si penerima penyapu!!!

Penyapu jadi sumber inspirasi – Tukiman
Oleh FAUZIAH AROF

SHAH ALAM 13 Nov. – “Saya letak penyapu itu dalam pejabat sebagai inspirasi serta iktibar kepada saya dan kakitangan. “Biar apabila tengok penyapu itu, kami semua akan bekerja lebih kuat lagi. Ini merupakan satu cabaran.”

Begitulah luahan Yang Dipertua Majlis Daerah Hulu Selangor (MDHS), Tukiman Nail apabila bercakap mengenai anugerah ‘penyapu’ yang diterimanya kerana gagal mencapai sasaran dalam mengutip hasil cukai, dalam Majlis Anugerah Bulan Kualiti 2007 semalam.

Iskk iskk kesian hamba dengaq.. ya lar En Tukiman walaupun Encik berbudiman, tetapi menerima penyapu dan kini meletak penyapu tersebut dalam pejabat..aduhh macam betoi cerita dari La La Land. Inilah yang di katakan Melayu Gloka. Harap-harap dengan adanya penyapu sebagai inspirasi, segala kekotoran dan habuk-habuk dapat dibersihkan dengan efisiennya. Inilah yang di katakan berkhidmat untuk negara!

Missing MPs!

14 questions have to be skipped because of missing MPs
At The Dewan RakyatReports by LEE YUK PENG, ZULKIFLI ABDUL RAHMAN AND ELIZABETH LOOI

MANY MPs, including executives, were absent from Parliament, forcing 14 of the 25 questions to be skipped.
This prompted Speaker Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib to urge the backbenchers and executives to be present if they knew their questions were in the Order Paper of the day.

Absenteeism was still high despite a reminder from Ramli two weeks ago when several MPs did not show up.
Ramli had then said those absent would have their names recorded.
All of those absent yesterday were from Barisan Nasional, except for Salahuddin Ayub (PAS – Kubang Kerian). The ministries that were not represented were Defence and Foreign Affairs.
Finance Ministry parliamentary secretary Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya read out the answers from the Defence Ministry for question number 16, which was asked by Syed Hood Syed Edros (BN – Parit Sulong).
But when there was another question for the Defence Ministry, Natural Resources and Environment Ministry parliamentary secretary Datuk Sazmi Miah said written answers would be given.
When the question for the Foreign Ministry was called out, Youth and Sports Ministry parliamentary secretary S. Vigneswaran told the House that the answers would be given in a written reply.
Since all the questions had been called out and most of them were skipped, Abdul Fatah Harun (PAS – Rantau Panjang) requested for question number 11 that was earlier skipped to be answered.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz then rushed into the Dewan to answer the question.

Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang stood up and asked how so many MPs could be absent, including ministries’ representatives.
“How can this be? The questions were submitted two months ago. Yang di-Pertua (Ramli) should reprimand those absent. What is the point of BN having nine over 10 majority? ” he said.
Last year, many MPs were absent during the Umno general assembly, including six who were not Umno members.

There were so many questions skipped that the proceedings went back to question one again.
During the debate, the proceedings were adjourned as three more MPs needed to be present to meet the quorum of 26.

Malaysia Joke of the Century!!!

'Broom award' for two agencies
By EDWARD RAJENDRAedward@thestar.com.my
SHAH ALAM: Two state government agencies were publicly rebuked when they were presented with a broom each on stage by Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo for failing to collect...

My my..although how daring Khir Toyo wanted to show to the public that he is a hardworking government servant, i think this is too much. Presenting a broom - exactly like the broom my mother uses to sweep dusts and rubbish - as a way to say that you have done poorly has really downgraded the prestige of the public agencies. I mean come on...why want to disgrace the public servants to that extent. It is better to sack the head of the department rather than insulting them like this. Both of the recipients now will be remembered in the history as a recipient of RM3.80 broom.

What a crap!!!!

Opposition trying to drag King into politics, says Pak Lah -
The Prime Minister said the illegal gathering of thousands of people that ended with a memorandum being handed over to an Istana Negara official was an attempt by the opposition to “trap” the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

[I said: Whatttt! Is that's the only thing you can said ka? Aiyooo]



Rakyat mesti bersedia hadapi trend kenaikan harga minyak
Masyarakat di negara ini perlu bersedia menghadapi kesan daripada trend kenaikan harga minyak yang melanda seluruh dunia, kata Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal hari ini.

[I said: Nothing new lar. Vote BN, Vote harga Barang Naik]


Belanja projek rakyat diterus
MIRI 12 Nov. – Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata, kerajaan akan terus berbelanja bagi melaksanakan projek-projek rakyat bagi memastikan negara terus membangun.
[I said: Duit untuk belanja banyak sebab subsidi minyak makin kurang. Tapi rakyat juga yang makin papa]

Congratulation Bersih!

http://shw.fotopages.com/16445688.html

It has been a tremendous victory to the Bersih organizers for being able to organize a peaceful demonstration. Despite threats and pressures from the coalition government coupled with the unnecessary violent acts from the police, nervertheless, the memo has been handed safely to the Istana.

Unit Amal - http://www.harakahdaily.net/ Amri - http://harismibrahim.wordpress.com/



[Thanks guys for your hardwork and bravery to ensure the safety of our brothers and sisters! May Allah always bless you all!]
[Amri - Thank you for being there and your walk has inspired me to become a better person]

Although I was unable to join thousands of fellow Malaysian last Saturday, I got goosebumps whenever I read others' experience and how they came face to face with the water canon and felt the sting of the acid rains. Hundreds of photos of the event are enough to tell to the world that you guys have made a history that day!