DAY 2 – 25 MARCH 2003 (Part 1) (UPDATED with BM Translation)

From Malaysia Today

Ummi confesses to being the architect behind the Anwar sodomy allegation; a purely fabricated charge

 

During the earlier trial, it was revealed that the Special Branch tried to convince Anwar to “take action” but that Anwar refused, until pressed further by the Director who said it was “for the sake of national security” before Anwar agreed that action be taken.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

In a new twist to the Anwar Saga, it was revealed that Ummi Hafilda Ali was the architect behind the accusation that Anwar had sodomised Azizan Abu Bakar. And, for this, she was disowned by her father just months before he died of a broken heart.

Christopher Fernando told the Kuala Lumpur Appeal Court that Said Awang, the Director of the Special Branch, went to meet Azmin Ali, Ummi’s brother, who was then Anwar’s Chief Private Secretary, to solicit his (Azmin’s) assistance to persuade Ummi to retract the allegation that Anwar had sodomised Azizan.

What is most interesting by this revelation is that:

1. Said Awang went to meet Azmin BEFORE he met Anwar. Therefore, the allegation that Anwar had abused his position by summoning the Special Branch, and that he asked them to force Ummi and Azizan to withdraw the sodomy allegation, is a fallacy. In fact, it was not Anwar who summoned Said Awang to see him, but the Special Branch Director who took the initiative to meet Anwar.

2. The idea to persuade Ummi and Azizan to retract the sodomy allegation came from the Special Branch and not Anwar. During the earlier trial, it was revealed that the Special Branch tried to convince Anwar to “take action” but that Anwar refused, until pressed further by the Director who said it was “for the sake of national security” before Anwar agreed that action be taken.

3. The Special Branch was fully aware that it was Ummi who was behind the sodomy allegation and that Azizan was merely the instrument to the whole thing. That was why they wanted Azmin, her brother, to try to persuade Ummi to retract the allegation.

This sheds light on the previous day’s proceedings where Fernando revealed that Azizan testified three times, under oath, that Anwar never sodomised him – an admission that took even the trial judge aback.

Fernando related how Said went to meet Azmin to request a meeting with Anwar Ibrahim. In the meeting with Azmin, Said asked him whether Ummi is his sister and Azmin confirmed so.

Said Awang then asked Azmin whether he was able to persuade his sister to withdraw the sodomy allegation against Anwar but Azmin replied that would be impossible as he no longer talked to his sister since the allegation surfaced.

The Special Branch was aware that Ummi was behind the accusation and was, in fact, the plotter of the whole thing. And, the period when this discussion with Azmin was going on, the Special Branch had not met Anwar yet.

Azmin then called the family together to discuss the issue. In all, three meetings were held that included Ummi herself.

Ummi at first denied she had written the letter to the Prime Minister accusing Anwar of sodomy. Azmin then advised his sister to steer clear of the conspiracy, and that was when she admitted this would be impossible to do as she had been promised money and contracts for her role and, in fact, money had already changed hands.

Ummi later confessed to her father her involvement in the conspiracy and that it was actually she who had written the letter to the Prime Minister. The father, a religious teacher, then disowned her and, soon after, died of a broken heart, never forgiving his daughter for what she had done.

It was clear, from the testimony in court, that Azizan’s letter to the Prime Minister had been written by Ummi. Ummi had confessed to this. Azizan, in turn, during the course of the trial, admitted that Anwar did not sodomise him.

However, when the defence tried to bring up this very crucial bit of evidence during the trial, the trial judge disallowed it. The judge refused to allow the letter to be admitted as evidence or to allow Ummi to be called to court to testify.

Ummi’s role in this whole thing was clear and indisputable. The fact the sodomy accusation against Anwar was false was apparent. Just before he died, Ummi’s father wrote an open letter to Harakah, an opposition newspaper, explaining the whole matter and, in no uncertain terms, accused his daughter of involvement in the conspiracy to frame Anwar and of being the person who wrote the letter to the Prime Minister.

Had the judge allowed this crucial bit of evidence to be admitted, argued Fernando, it would have changed the entire complexion of the case and the judge would have been hard-pressed to find Anwar guilty.

Attempt after attempt was made to frame Anwar of sexual misconduct charges; and Pak Lah is involved too

“There was an evil plot to secure a conviction through devious means,” said Christopher Fernando on the second day of Anwar’s appeal hearing in the Kuala Lumpur Appeal Court.

Fernando then told the court that attempt after attempt was made to frame Anwar on sexual misconduct charges.

One such case was Dr. Munawar Ahmad Anees, then one of Anwar’s speech writers, who was arrested and subjected to physical and mental torture to force him to admit he had a homosexual relationship with Anwar.

Fernando then took the court through the lengthy Affidavit signed by Dr Munawar on 7 November 1998 that detailed the experience he went through at the hands of the Malaysian police.

The torture he endured finally broke him and he admitted to the ‘crime’, which he later retracted in his Affidavit.

Fernando then brought the court’s attention back to the Manjeet Singh Dhillon matter that was raised in court yesterday to emphasis his point of yet another attempt to frame Anwar.

At this point, Fernando called upon the court to recommend a Royal Commission of Inquiry be established to investigate Manjit Singh Dhillon's serious allegation against Abdul Gani Patail and Azhar Mohamad as this is a most serious matter affecting the administration of justice and the rule of law.

"If they are found not to be involved in extorting fabricated evidence, then their names will be cleared," said Fernando. "It will be to their benefit."

"If they are involved, then they ought to be brought to justice. That is the only way to resolve this pressing problem and to restore public confidence."

Clearly there was a concerted effort to frame Anwar. But these attempts were not confined to Malaysia. It also extended to the shores of the US as well, argued Fernando. One case in point was an incident involving Jamal Abder Rahman.

“We are trying to show a pattern, how witnesses were approached to give fabricated evidence and these efforts extended beyond the shores of Malaysia to the US,” said Fernando.

Jamal is an American citizen of Arab descent who operates a limousine service in Washington DC and had a contract to provide limousine services to the Malaysian Embassy in Washington.

In September 1998, soon after Anwar’s dismissal and subsequent arrest, a Malaysian Diplomat, Mustapha Ong, asked Jamal to declare that he had procured women and young boys for Anwar.

a) Translated into BM at: http://gomalaysian.blogspot.com/2009/11/raja-petra-hari-2-25-mac-2003-bahagian.html

b) DAY 2 – 25 MARCH 2003 (Part 2)

Let truth be told: the truth behind BTN

From Malaysia Today

NO HOLDS BARRED 

 

The Deputy Prime Minister says one thing. The BTN website says another. No, let not the words come out of my mouth. Let it instead come out from the ‘mouth’ of the BTN website (http://www.btn.gov.my/). Let the course module speak for itself. If you are not clever enough to read between the lines and catch the subtle message in this BTN website, then you are not smart enough to be a Malaysia Today reader.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Read more here

 

Jais dakwa Nik Aziz, Hadi pengamal Wahabi

From Free Malaysia Today

Selepas mendakwa bekas mufti Perlis, Dr Asri Zainul Abidin(gambar) sebagai pengamal Wahabi, kini beberapa kakitangan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor cuba meracuni pengaruh Pas dengan mengutuk Mursyidul Am PAS Tuan Guru Dato’ Nik Aziz Nik Mat dan Presiden PAS Dato’ Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang.

Usaha jahat Jais didedahkan oleh Dr Asri yang dilakukan oleh pegawai yang terbabit dalma penahannya.

Pegawai terbabit yang juga AJK Pegawalan Aqidah Majlis Agama Islam Selangor dikatakan turut menyesatkan kedua-dua tok guru itu dengan tuduhan wahabi.

Di sini disertakan tulisan-tulisan pegawai JAIS yang terlibat dalam kes saya. Tulisan-tulisan ini dipetik dari blognya. al-Subki. Ia adalah nama penanya.

Tulisan-tulisan menunjukkan beliau juga turut menyesatkan Tok guru Nik Aziz dan Tuan guru Hadi dengan tuduhan wahabi.

”Anak Pak Wahab’ itu merujuk kepada pengikut wahabi," kata Dr Asri kepada Harakahdaily.

Tinjauan Harakahdaily mendapati terdapat satu carian alsubki2.blogspot.com di bawah nama Ustaz Mahfuz Muhammad @Hj. Khalil, dipercayai AJK Pegawalan Aqidah Majlis Agama Islam Selangor terbabit.

Terdapat satu tulisan Mahfuz bertarikh 18 March 2009 dibawah tajuk "Dari blog Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah Diari – Mesyuarat Anti Wahabi" berhubung penentangan untuk mengekang gerakan fahaman Wahabi di negara ini.

Untuk penjelasan lanjut, boleh layari laman blog sahabat saya al-subki.blogspot.com. yang membicarakan dengan lebih terperinci lagi mengenai fahaman ini. Atau sekiranya ada soalan, saya akan cuba memberi jawapan sebaik mungkin," tulis Mahfuz dalam blognya.

Harakahdaily bertanya kenapa blog asal al-subki ini telah bertukar, Dr Asri menjawab ianya disebabkan oleh satu kes yang berlaku, yang tidak mahu didedahkan beliau.

Dia ini telah mengutuk dan menghina Ustaz Nik Aziz dan Ustaz Hadi lebih dulu daripada saya.

"Orang seperti ini tidak boleh dibiarkan, sehingga ramai marah dan jika dibiarkan akan semakin melampau," katanya yang merujuk keratan yang diemaikan kepada Harakahdaily.

Tiga keratan antaranya bertarikh 26 Jun 2008, membabitkan kutukan beliau terhadap Nik Aziz dan Abdul Hadi.

Salah satu keratan di bawah tajuk "Nik Aziz dan Allah duduk lendik atas arash" memuatkan petikan dipercayai daripada tulisan pegawai terbabit yang antaranya berbunyi :"Kalau di lihat sejarah beliau di Kelantan sejak pulang dari luar negeri telah dilihat membawa fahaman songsang…"

Dr Asri membangkitkan apakah pegawai JAIS ‘dibiarkan’ oleh Kerajaan Selangor dengan tujuan tertentu dan sewajarnya satu tindakan perlu diambil berhubung isu ini.

"Apakah ini pendirian Kerajaan Selangor, atau hanya JAIS?" katanya yang mahu perkara ini didedahkan untuk pengetahuan umum.

BTN, doktrin perkauman, dan telur ayam 1/5

From PerakExpress

Oleh Arifabdull

Tahniah kepada kerajaan Selangor kerana berani menghalang kaki tangan dan pelajar dari negeri itu dari menghadiri program Biro Tatanegara (BTN). Alasannya, program yang dijalankan oleh kerajaan Malaysia dibawah seliaan Jabatan Perdana Menteri itu menerapkan doktrinasi api perkauman.

Secara peribadi, penulis sangat berharap agar para pimpinan di negeri-negeri tadbiran Pakatan Rakyat (PR) yang lain juga akan berani melaksanakan dasar yang sama. Berani menyanggah kebobrokan pemerintahan Barisan Nasional (BN), terutamanya UMNO yang sentiasa menjadikan isu perkauman sebagai modal politik mereka.

Selama 50 tahun, kita telah dipecah-belahkan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO melalui dasar pecah dan perintah yang diwarisi dari penjajah British. BTN yang mula dilaksanakan pada tahun 1974 adalah kursus induksi yang dijalankan secara tertutup dan secara rahsia dengan menggunakan sepenuhnya peruntukan dan jentera kerajaan persekutuan.

Para pemimpin UMNO sering menghalalkan perlaksanaan kursus ini dengan memberi gambaran kepada umum bahawa ia hanyalah kursus bagi menaikkan semangat patriotik dan jati diri. Walhal, selama ini pemimpin UMNO telah menggunakan BTN sebagai alat menyampaikan propaganda hitam perkauman demi memastikan kelangsungan sokongan orang Melayu terhadap UMNO.

Biasanya para pengkritik terhadap perlaksanaan program pemecah-belah ini akan menghadapi kesulitan untuk mengemukakan bukti-bukti bagi membuktikan tuduhan mereka kerana keseluruhan kursus doktrinasi ini dilakukan secara rahsia dan tertutup. Operasinya dilaksanakan kebanyakannya oleh bekas-bekas anggota keselamatan dan sebilangan kecil pensyarah dan ahli akedamik yang mungkin bertindak merancang idea dan pengisian kursus.

Nordin Kardi dengan penuh semangat menyayikan lagu “Anak Kecil Main Api” Nordin Kardi dipercayai sebagai penggerak utama dan idealog, merangkap saintis dan juga mushidul am program BTN.

Sekitar zaman Reformasi sekitar tahun 1998, menurut laporan hasil pemerhatian para bekas peserta BTN mendapati bahawa BTN sangat aktif digunakan dalam usaha UMNO menghapuskan pihak lawan melalui proses pendoktrinan propaganda hitam dan palsu bagi menakutkan rakyat terhadap bahawa kuasa asing.

Dalam kursus-kursus rahsia dan bertutup inilah para peserta yang terdiri di kalangan pelajar dan kaki tangan kerajaan akan dihasut untuk mempercayai bahawa demonstrasi di jalanraya itu adalah agenda kuasa asing.

Gambar potret tokoh-tokoh gerakan mahasiswa serta pendukung Reformasi yang aktif dilaporkan ditayangkan dan menjadi sasaran tuduhan-tuduhan jahat dalam kursus BTN ini.

Pengalaman peribadi, sejak zaman persekolahan lagi penulis sudah sering mendengar rungutan oleh para bekas peserta kursus itu berkaitan isu perkauman yang ditimbulkan setelah mereka mengikuti kursus BTN.

Memang tidaklah ramai bekas perserta yang merungut, namun setiap kali sesuatu kursus BTN berakhir pasti ada saja di kalangan rakan-rakan sekolahku yang cuba memberanikan mempertikaikan agenda perkauman terkandung dalam kursus itu. Tentu saja perdebatannya sekadar terbatas di dalam dorm-dorm (bilik-bilik) asrama kami saja.

Sememangnya majoriti peserta yang baru balik dari kursus BTN ini akan menyokong dan sering berhujah menghalalkan (justification) kewajaran memainkan agenda perkauman dalam kursus tersebut. Pemerhatian peribadi penulis mendapati bahawa kebanyakan bekas peserta kursus yang baru pulang dari kursus BTN pasti akan berubah sikap menjadi agresif dan garang.

Malangnya, para peserta yang berjaya diracuni pemikiran mereka ini akan dengan bangganya mengaku sebagai ‘patriotik’ kepada negara, jika ada di kalangan pelajar yang cuba mempertikaikan tingkahlaku pelik mereka sejak balik dari mengikuti kursus itu.

bersambung…

Satu Malaysia… Satu Hypocrisy!!!

From PerakExpress

Oleh: M3M

Heboh Najib mencanangkan slogan Satu Malaysia dia. Dalam negara usah katalah… ini, di luar negara pun dia canang habis. Orang tak tanya pun, dia gebang juga. Kalau akulah orang putih dekat sana tu… aku akan tanya dia balik, slogan tu idea original atau ciplak or merely rebranding?? Ha ha ha… baru dia ternganga!! Nak menipu tak kena gaya!!

Sebenarnya, Satu Malaysia ni meriah di alam elektronik saja…. dalam TV…. dalam radio serta atas papan billboard dan kertas surat khabar saja. Uhhhhh… bukan main meriah lagi tapi in realiti, hambar….. tawar lesio… tak happening…. Apa itu Satu Malaysia?? Orang pun blur dan garu kepala?? Ini namanya… kempen syok sendiri.

Beria-ria mereka mempromosikan Satu Malaysia. Salah satu cara, guna Kementerian Pelajaran untuk mempropagandakan Satu Malaysia kepada pelajar-pelajar sekolah, melalui perkhemahan Satu Malaysia. Apa jadi….?? Satu Malaysia entah ke mana, tragedi pulak melanda. Nyawa melayang…. ibubapa kehilangan anak-anak tersayang. Tak pasal-pasal…. JPN, PPD, Guru Besar dan Kementerian Pelajaran kena ganyang. See you in court, ya??

Perkhemahan Satu Malaysia sebenarnya satu pembaziran duit rakyat. Mustahil, melalui perkhemahan yang dibuat beberapa hari, boleh mewujudkan integrasi dan perpaduan kaum. Ini namanya program hangat-hangat taik ayam. Plastik!! Apa yang kita mahu ialah kesan jangka panjang. Kesan… yang boleh mengubah mindset para pelajar tersebut bagi mewujudkan sebuah masyarakat plural yang harmoni. Malangnya… itu bukan matlamat utama perkhemahan tersebut. Ia mungkin diadakan untuk memberi peluang kepada kroni-kroni untuk buat duit. Ha ha ha… itulah dia Program Perkhemahan Satu Malaysia!!

Dalam kehidupan seharian rakyat Malaysia, penerapan nilai perpaduan yang cuba dibawa oleh Satu Malaysia semuanya indah khabar dari rupa. Tak menjadi. Realiti kehidupan masyarakat plural di sini, macam itu juga. Kau… kau, aku….. aku. Sedikit, intergrasi kaum memang sudah ada, terutama di kawasan urban atau bandar tetapi jurangnya masih ketara lagi.

Di sekolah-sekolah pula, para pelajarnya masih selesa berada dalam kelompok kaum masing-masing. Nampak berpadu, hanya apabila ada program-program tertentu sahaja. Lepas itu… kau…kau, aku…aku!!! Di sekolah-sekolah yang ada tiga bangsa… pergaduhan melibatkan kaum masih berlaku. Prejudis kaum tetap ada. Tersentuh atau terusik sikit… bertumbuklah mereka. Kadang-kadang sampai berlakunya pergaduhan melibatkan gang…. dari dalam sekolah dan juga luar sekolah.

Di kawasan luar bandar, lagi parah. Komunikasi sihat hanya berlaku ketika menjalankan urusan ekonomi domestik. Habis urusan… back to square one. Kau.. kau, aku… aku!! Perasaan prejudis kaum ini, masih menebal terutama bagi mereka yang mindanya tertutup. Tetapi bagi mereka yang ‘open’, hal kaum tak menjadi masalah, sebab mereka sudah boleh menerima realiti kewujudan kaum lain sebagai rakyat Malaysia. Jadi, apa yang perlu dilakukan, cuma… adjust and adapt. Lama-lama serasilah!!
 

Yang sukar untuk adjust dan adapt ini ialah puak-puak penyokong UMNO tegar yang mindset mereka telah diprogramkan dengan sistem berhantu yang dipanggil ‘Ketuanan Melayu’. Melayu mesti superior… Melayu mesti dominant… apa-apa pun Melayu mesti above dan melebihi kaum-kaum lain. Tetapi mereka tak tahu, yang hakikatnya…. Melayu sudah semakin layu. Dilayukan oleh UMNO dan para pemimpinnya. Mungkin juga mereka tahu, tetapi sudah terlalu layu untuk berbuat sesuatu. Melayu hidup bergantung pada tongkat. Sudah terbiasa begitu rupa. Apabila tongkat ditarik… gabralah Melayu. Apakah Melayu masih mahu bertongkat selamanya??

Dalam konteks perpaduan , apa yang kita lihat pada hari-hari perayaan seperti Hari Kebangsaan adalah satu sketsa semata-mata. Sketsa yang bertemakan Satu Malaysia…. dipertontonkan kepada umum… bertujuan untuk memberi gambaran palsu. Hakikat di sebalik sketsa…. semua orang tahu. Kaum-kaum di Malaysia masih, kau.. kau, aku… aku!!

Satu Malaysia apa kejadahnya!!! Barisan Nasional pun masih merupakan satu gagasan politik yang berteraskan kaum. Kau perjuangkan kepentingan kaum kau…. aku perjuangkan kepentingan kaum aku. Jadi… usahlah berpura-pura dan buat lawak, kononnya nak mempromosikan perpaduan kaum melalui slogan Satu Malaysia.

Sekarang…. satu lagi hypocrisy kerajaan Najib terbongkar dan dibongkarkan. Tetapi sebenarnya, semua orang sudah tahu, kerana kita telah mengalaminya sendiri atau melalui anak-anak kita, sedara mara kita… mau pun rakan taulan kita. Tak usah tipulah… Kononnya, Program Satu Malaysia dilancarkan untuk integrasi kaum and so on… but at the same time… Biro Tata Negara, dulu, kini dan selamanya, masih dengan jarum-jarumnya, menyuntik perasaan benci antara kaum dengan bantuan hantu yang bernama ‘Ketuanan Melayu’, selain memupuk persepsi negatif serta perasaan benci terhadap pembangkang.

Sehubungan itu, pak-pak menteri Satu Malaysia, seorang demi seorang, mengeluarkan kenyataan mempertahankan BTN. Piiirrraaahhh!!! Nafi dan nafilah semahu-mahunya, tetapi hakikatnya tetap sama. BTN adalah agen propaganda yang memupuk kebencian antara kaum di Malaysia.

Malah, UMNO sendiri masih mengharapkan bantuan hantu yang bernama ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ untuk memomok-momokkan kita. Bangganglah kita kalau takut pada hantu itu. Ketuanan Melayu itu sendiri pun berbau perkauman. Tetapi masih ada yang mempercayainya. Dalam UMNO tak payah cakaplah… tetapi, malangnya… dalam PAS pun, ada juga yang banggang. Aha… Hassan Ali dan the UG gang!! Oooopsss..!!! Tersebut pulak perkataan UG yang sudah dikunci. Don’t be angry, I’m sorry….

Last but not least…. aku ada satu suggestion. Apa kata, kita do away with One Malaysia, Unity Government, BTN dan Ketuanan Melayu dan promote pulak Projek/Program SABM. So far…. nampak gayanya, Projek Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia, serius dan ikhlas untuk mewujudkan satu bangsa saja di Malaysia iaitu bangsa Malaysia. No more bangsa Melayu, bangsa Cina, bangsa India, bangsa Kadazan, bangsa Iban etc. Apabila tiada banyak bangsa… maka dengan sendirinya tiada diskriminasi kaum. Keadilan wujud di bumi Malaysia.

Hopefully… perpaduan dan keadilan akan wujud tanpa diskriminasi. Well…. people, what say you?? Fikir-fikirkanlah….

Menipu adalah prinsip utama Umno!

From PerakExpress

Oleh Ipoh Mali

Muhyiddin Yassin meminta anggota parlimen Gua Musang, Tengku Razaleigh jangan bersetuju mengetuai kaukus petroleum yang ingin dibentuk oleh Pakatan Rakyat bagi menuntut bayaran royalti hasil minyak di Kelantan.

“Eloklah Tengku Razaleigh teliti semasak-masaknya walaupun ia melibatkan negeri Kelantan tetapi ini ditaja oleh pihak parti pembangkang dan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sendiri yang nak mengusahakannya,” itu pesan Muhyiddin.

Muhyuddin kata, BN tidak terlibat dengan perkara-perkara sedemikian kerana terikat dengan prinsip parti.

Apa dia prinsip Umno ? Menipu dan menafikan hak rakyat? Adakah Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah bersetuju dengan prinsip Umno yang macam itu?

Jelas kepada kita bahawa Umno hanya jadikan ungkapan ‘Rakyat didahulukan , pencapaian diutamakan’ sebagai rethorik semata-mata. Tuntutan Royalti minyak Kelantan itu berkait rapat dengan hak rakyat , namun kerana ianya ditaja oleh parti pembangkang, maka Umno sanggup mengepikan ‘Rakyat didahulukan , pencapaian diutamakan.

Agen Israel Kuasai Putrajaya? [1/3]

Frome PerakExpress


OLEH Hasmi Hashim

Kalau dahulu di zaman Dr Mahathir Mohammad, terpaksa dibayar sebanyak RM1.2 juta kepada pelobi Yahudi, Jack Adramoff untuk ‘menembusi’ Rumah Putih, kini Perdana Menteri Najib Razak membelanjakan 18 kali ganda lebih besar!

Kecurangan itu terbongkar tak lama selepas Najib sah memberikan kontrak Ogos tahun lalu sejumlah RM20 juta kepada APCO Worldwide, syarikat yang ditubuhkan seorang Yahudi yang bernama Margery Kraus. Tugas syarikat itu adalah untuk menjalankan kerja-kerja perhubungan awam (public relation) kepada Najib… samada dalam atau luar negara. Dan buat julung kalinya, seorang perdana menteri perlu melantik sebuah consultant luar untuk tujuan membentuk imejnya dan memperolehi rangkaian luar.

Secara tak langsung, tindakan Najib membayangkan beliau ‘tidak bersedia’ sama sekali sebelum menduduki kerusi perdana menteri; betapa terhadnya hubungan dan pengaruh Najib, terutama di peringkat antarabangsa. Mungkin sahaja pembaziran sebesar itu; kecil di mata Najib… terutama apabila bos tim pemikirnya, Abdul Razak Baginda yang patut melakukan kerja-kerja berkenaan, ‘patah sayap’ di tengah jalan.

Wibawa Abdul Razak musnah apabila pernah dihadapkan di bawah pertuduhan kes pembunuhan model Monggolia, Altantuya Sharibuu. Meski kemudian mahkamah membebaskan Abdul Razak, namun kerana kes berkenaan adalah kes berprofil tinggi, maka sukar untuk dia bergerak bebas membawa misi “Glokal” Najib.

Bukan itu sahaja, pemberian kontrak berkenaan sekaligus membayangkan seolah-olah semua kementerian, agensi, pegawai tinggi kerajaan dan semua sumber dalam negara tak berguna di mata Najib. Dia lebih perlu dan percaya kepada syarikat Yahudi.

KEMUNAFIKAN PM

Sepanjang Dr Mahathir menjadi PM, kritikannya terhadap Amerika Syarikat bergema lantang. Dia juga berbangga apabila dianggap sebagai “singa Asia Tenggara” atau “Seokarno kecil” atas kelantangannya itu ~ yang sebenarnya di mata ramai pemimpin lain, sikap sedemikian tidak lebih hanya sebagai percubaan menunjuk-nunjuk sedikit kemampuan dan kejayaan selain tak lebih sebagai keceluparan kosong sahaja.

Tatkala krisis ekonomi 1997-98, Dr Mahathir juga berhempas pulas mencari dalih menyelamatkan dirinya. Dia menuding Geogre Soros sebagai penyebab; menafikan dan mahu menutup terus, misalnya kelemahan dalam negara, termasuk dana Bank Negara yang digunakan untuk manipulasi pasaran matawang (forex) di beberapa pusat ‘perjudian’ matawang dunia. Daripada kerakusan itu, akhirnya negara kehilangan dan rugi paling kurang sebanyak RM30 bilion!

~ Kemunafikan Dr Mahathir terserlah apabila pada 2008, beliau menafikan tuduhan awalnya terhadap Soros (”penyangak matawang”) dalam pertemuan mereka di Kuala Lumpur.

Sesiapa sahaja yang tidak mempertahankan tindakan Dr Mahathir dan kuncu-kuncunya–meskipun jelas ia adalah salah, melanggari etika dan undang-undang–akan dianggap sebagai ‘bekerjasama’ dengan Barat. Dituduh “agen Barat”.

Anwar Ibrahim antara orang yang dituduh begitu ~ bahkan ramai lagi. Anwar menjadi musuh besar Dr Mahathir apabila antara lain Anwar enggan bersekongkol untuk bill-out individu dan syarikat tertentu, yang mempunyai hubungan darah dan kawan-kawan rapat Dr Mahathir. Bekas PM ke-4 itu tidak mempunyai pilihan kecuali meneruskan tomahan dan segala dakyahnya secara konsisten sehingga kini terhadap Anwar. Terlihat konsisten adalah penting untuk kononnya terlihat benar.

Dr Mahathir pada September 1998 perlu mencantas Anwar demi menyelamatkan dirinya; sepertimana dia kelar leher ramai pesaing politiknya, atau sekurang-kurangnya dua timbalannya sebelum itu. Tidak kiralah kawan, mahupun lawan; sesiapa yang sesaat telah mengambil langkah tak seiring Dr Mahathir, akan padah!

Berulang kali dia mengungkit bahawa dialah yang membawa masuk Anwar ke dalam Umno dan kerajaan, diangkat sebegitu tinggi; tetapi itu semua tidak lebih juga membayangkan kekesalan Dr Mahathir apabila Anwar menolak untuk turut sama bersengkongkol dalam sekian banyak keputusan yang tidak bertanggungjawab sekitar menjelang puncak Krisis Ekonomi.

Latar ini, dengan keadaan ekonomi yang cukup genting, Dr Mahathir perlu untuk menembusi Rumah Putih bertemu Presiden Amerika waktu itu, George W Bush. Pergantungan ekonomi terhadap Amerika adalah kenyataan yang tak dapat dinafikan biarpun oleh seorang yang sesombong Dr Mahathir.

Jack Adramoff, pelobi Yahudi yang menerima bayaran RM1.2 juta itu untuk mengadakan pertemuan Dr Mahathir-Bush kini sedang merengkok di penjara.

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Disebalik Kesesakan Manila

From GoMalaysia

By Malaysia Insider

Kita seringkali terdengar segelintir pihak menyalahkan “demokrasi” sebagai salah satu sebab negara seperti Filipina mundur. Tetapi tahukah kita, kemunduran Filipina bukan kerana negara tersebut merayakan demokrasi akan tetapi ia adalah legasi peninggalan Marcos.....

Sudah lebih sebulan saya berada di Manila, Filipina. Berada disini untuk menyelesaikan tugas sebagai seorang fellow kepada Asian Public Intellectual (API) bagi tahun 2009-2010 untuk mengkaji sejarah pemantauan pilihanraya di Filipina di zaman diktator Marcos.

Banyak perkara-perkara yang menarik dan tidak menarik ditemui di bumi Jose Rizal ini. Disini saya menetap di Quezon City, sebuah bandar yang terbesar di dalam Metro Manila.

Manila dilaporkan mempunyai 20 juta penduduk, sudah hampir dengan keseluruhan populasi penduduk di Malaysia. Sudah pastilah bandar Manila padat dengan manusia. Manila diibarat sebagai “gula yang diharungi oleh semut” dimana bandar ini dipenuhi dengan warga berasal dari luar kota kerana peluang pekerjaan yang terdapat di Manila.

Walaupun ramai warga Filipina kerja di luar Negara — dikatakan jumlahnya sekitar 8.7-11 juta (11 % daripada keseluruhan populasi Filipina, statistik pada tahun 2007) — Manila tetap padat dengan penduduk dan tidak terasa kehilangan 11 % warga yang berada di luar negara.

Sempat juga melawat ke universiti yang utama di negara ini iaitu University of the Philippines (UP) cawangan Diliman, Queson City. Kampus ini dipenuhi dengan pokok-pokok rendang yang meredupkan suasana dari kebahangan cahaya matahari.

Yang menariknya di UP ini adalah bangunan-bangunan lama masih lagi kelihatan dan suasana “klasik” dapat dirasakan di kampus ini.

Sambil berjalan di kampus ini saya terlihat sebuah sepanduk yang bertajuk “Never Again To Martial Law! Ousts GMA!” daripada University Student Council. GMA adalah singkatan kepada nama presiden Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Pemerintahan GMA dikatakan mirip kepada pemerintahan Marcos cuma bezanya ialah GMA belum lagi mendeklarasikan “Martial Law” sepertimana yang dilakukan oleh Marcos sehingga tercetusnya “People Power” pada tahun 1986.

Begitu terbukanya universiti di Filipina dimana sepanduk anti presiden dibiarkan tergantung tanpa gangguan dari mana-mana pihak. Mahasiswa di Filipina tidak mempunyai Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti (AUKU) sepertimana yang dipunyai oleh mahasiswa di Malaysia. Oleh itu, mahasiswa disini bebas untuk menyuarakan pandangan politik mereka.

Kalau sepanduk seperti ini digantung di Universiti Malaya (UM) oleh Persatuan Mahasiswa Universiti Malaya (PMUM), sudah pasti tindakan diambil kepada persatuan tersebut.

Baru-baru ini, seorang mahasiswa UM telah bermalam di lokap untuk disiasat polis dalam kes menconteng “bini puaka”, “C4”, dan “pembunuh Altantuya” di bangunan Akademi Pengajian Islam (API). Muhammad Saufi Jelani ditahan di kampus tersebut sebaik sahaja menduduki kertas akhir peperiksaan hujung semester pada 19 November bagi melengkapkan siasatan polis terhadap insiden pada awal pagi 24 Jun lalu.

Perlukah seorang mahasiswa dilayan sebegini hanya kerana beliau mengekspresikan pandangan politiknya? Mengapa perlu polis dilibatkan dalam kes sebegini sedangkan mahasiswa ini boleh diambil tindakan Jawatankuasa Disiplin Universiti.

Beberapa orang rakan-rakan beliau telahpun dituduh di mahkamah dan Muhammad Saufi dijangkakan akan mengalami nasib yang sama.

Pada pandangan saya, kalau nak hukum mereka sekalipun, cukuplah dengan menyuruh mereka mengecat kembali tempat yang diconteng tidak perlulah sampai dibawa ke mahkamah.

Kes pembunuhan Altantuya Shariibu, seorang warga Mongolia dikaitkan dengan pemimpin tertinggi negara. Sehingga kini, pemimpin tersebut hanya bersumpah menafikan yang beliau mengenali warga Mongolia tersebut sewaktu kempen pilihanraya kecil di Permatang Pauh pada Ogos 2008. Persoalannya sekarang, apakah cukup dengan bersumpah untuk membersihkan diri? Seharusnya beliau mengambil tindakan terhadap akhbar-akhbar antarabangsa yang menyiarkan laporan negatif ini jika iainya tidak benar.

Kita seharusnya bertanya mengapakah mahasiswa-mahasiswa tersebut mempunyai persepsi yang berkenaan mengenai pemimpin tertinggi negara dan bukannya bertindak menghukum mereka.

Tambahan lagi, Malaysia sebagai sebah negara demokrasi (walaupun tidak nampak dimana demokrasinya selain daripada pilihanraya dijalankan setiap lima tahun sekali) seharusnya menghormati pandangan warganya apabila mahasiswa universiti yang bakal menjadi pemimpin pada masa akan datang.

Kita seringkali terdengar segelintir pihak menyalahkan “demokrasi” sebagai salah satu sebab negara seperti Filipina mundur. Tetapi tahukah kita, kemunduran Filipina bukan kerana negara tersebut merayakan demokrasi akan tetapi ia adalah legasi peninggalan Marcos.

Sewaktu Marcos diangkat menjadi presiden pada tahun 1966, hutang luar negara Filipina hanya berjumlah US$1 billion. Selepas Marcos ditendang keluar pada tahun 1986, hutang luar negara Filipina telah meningkat kepada US$28 billion.

Sewaktu pemerintahannya, wang negara telah dibelanjakan oleh beliau dan isterinya Imelda Marcos dan hanya diagih-agihkan kepada kroni-kroni terdekatnya. Pinjaman luar negara bertambah oleh kerana Marcos mahu memuaskan isteri dan kroni-kroninya.

Presiden-presiden Filipina selepas Marcos mempunyai tanggungjawab yang berat untuk menyelesaikan hutang-hutang negara peninggalan Marcos. Apakah adil kita mengatakan Filipina mundur oleh kerana terlalu banyak demokrasi?

Bagaimana pula dengan negara-negara yang maju oleh kerana mengamalkan demokrasi seperti Taiwan dan Korea Selatan? Jepun masih lagi kukuh walaupun rakyat negara tersebut baru sahaja mengundi keluar sebuah regim yang telah memerintah lebih daripada 50 tahun.

Malaysia sebagai sebuah negara yang boleh dibanggakan prestasi ekonominya tidak seharusnya dibandingkan dengan Bangladesh atau Pakistan. Bandingkanlah Malaysia dengan negara seperti Korea Selatan oleh kerana satu ketika dahulu, ekonomi Korea Selatan tidak ada bezanya dengan Malaysia.

Begitu juga dengan prestasi sukan. Malaysia pada satu ketika dahulu pernah menumpaskan pasukan bolasepak Korea Selatan dalam Sukan Olimpik. Sekarang jika dibandingkan, dimanakah letaknya taraf bolasepak Korea Selatan? Pasukan bolasepak negara tersebut telahpun bertaraf dunia.

Ruang demokrasi di Malaysia harus dibuka kembali seperti yang dijamin oleh Perlembagaan Negara. Jangan sampai semakin ramai rakyat berfikir seperti seorang teman lama saya yang mengatakan bahawa, “jika rakyat Malaysia masih tidak dapat menikmati nikmat kemerdekaan dan kebebasan dirampas seperti zaman penjajah, lebih baik negara terus dijajah. Sekurang-kurangnya, kita tidak memerlukan passport untuk ke England.”

BTN : Siapa menggadai maruah ?

Detikdaily

Oleh Afrar Yunus

Biro Tata Negara (BTN) perlu dan boleh diteruskan. Saya setuju sangat dengan Noh Omar itu bahawa Lim Kit Siang tidak memahami apa itu BTN. Hanya UMNO dan BN sahaja yang memahaminya.Jauhari sahaja yang mengenal manikam.Bagi saya, masalah perpaduan di Malaysia kini, punca perbalahan, penyangak besar, penipu, pengkhianat dan segala macam haprak adalah dari kalangan pemimpin parti politik dan bukannya dari masyarakat atau rakyat.

Oleh itu saya setuju sangat BTN di khaskan untuk pemimpin-pemimpin Barisan Nasional iaitu parti politik yang memerintah.

MIC berselerak dengan pergaduhan Samy Vellu dan Subra. MCA tak habis-habis dengan Ong Tee Keat dan Chua Soi Lek. PPP bersamurai diantara Keveas dan Murugaiah.

UMNO berkelahi di merata tempat dan di merata bahagian. Cantas mencantas sesama mereka.

Sabah dengan isu wang berjuta-juta. Sarawak dengan mencuri tanah kerajaan.

Di menara gading, berperang merebut jawatan tertinggi dan melaksanakan Akta ISA (AUKU) kepada siswanya.

Kelihatan semua pemimpin BN dan tali barut mereka bermasalah. Baru satu penggal menjadi wakil rakyat, kantong dan tembolok sendiri dan keluarga melimpah-limpah.

Eloklah BTN memanggil Najib, Muhyiddin, Samy, Tee Keat, Chua, Keveas, ahli kabinet Malaysia, pemimpin-pemimpin parti politik BN, PDRM, SPRM, SPR, Naib-naib Canselor dan satukan mereka di BTN.

Supaya Samy boleh bertanya, 'saya tarak faham, itu bumi dipijak milik siapa?".

BN dan fasilitator BTN lupa memberitahu peserta kursus bahawa pengkhianat dan penjual bumi Malaysia sebenarnya adalah dari kalangan parti yang memerintah.

"Maruah peribadi dah hilang". Maruah siapa ?

Fasilitator-fasilitator yang kebanyakkannya syok sendiri ada jawapannya. Adakalanya mereka sendiri tidak tahu apa yang disampaikan.

Saya pernah terlibat dalam kursus BTN. Sudah terang lagi bersuloh.

Teruskan BTN dengan mengumpulkan pengkhianat ini di bawah satu modul yang lebih bersepadu.

Kita sudah tiada masa !

http://alkerohi.blogspot.com/

Menunggu jawapan Tun Dr. Mahathir

From PerakExpress.com

Oleh Black

Dibawah adalah berita yang diambil dari Malaysiakini. Saya adaah diantara jutaan rakyat Malaysia yang sedang menanti jawapan Tun Dr. Mahathir mengenai isu ini. Kemungkinan besar Tun masih lagi sibuk, maklumlah Raya Haji. Pasti banyak program Korban yang Tun kena pergi.

Siapakah yang akan disalahkan kali ini?

Singapura?

Media Barat? Kita tunggu sahajalah Tun memberikan jawapan. Nak tahu juga kemana pergi 100 Billion milik rakyat Malaysia.


Sila baca berita dibawah:

How the gov’t ‘looted’ up to US$100 bil

The multi-billion ringgit Port Klang Free Zone scandal may be big, but it is only the latest in a long line of scandals going back to the early 1980s.

Time magazine quoted Daniel Lian, a Southeast Asia economist at Morgan Stanley in Singapore, saying that the country might have lost “as much as US$100 billion since the early 1980s to corruption”.

The scandals listed below are only a small sample of the looting of the country’s coffers:

In July of 1983, what was then the biggest banking scandal in world history erupted in Hong Kong, when it was discovered that Bumiputra Malaysia Finance (BMF), a unit of Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd, had lost as much as US$1 billion which had been siphoned off by prominent public figures into private bank accounts.
The story involved murder, suicide and the involvement of officials at the very top of the Malaysian government. Ultimately it involved a bailout by the Malaysian government amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mak Foon Tan, the murderer of Jalil Ibraim, a Bank Bumi assistant manager who was sent to Hong Kong to investigate the disappearance of the money, was given the death sentence, and Malaysian businessman George Tan who had participated in looting most of the funds, was jailed after his Carrian Group collapsed in what was then Hong Kong’s biggest bankruptcy, and a handful of others were charged.

No major politician was ever punished in Malaysia despite a white paper prepared by an independent commission that cited cabinet minutes of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad giving an okay to a request to throw more money into the scandal in an effort to contain it.

That was just the first Bank Bumi scandal. The government-owned bank had to be rescued twice more with additional losses of nearly US$600 million in today’s dollars.

Ultimately government officials gave up and the bank was absorbed into CIMB Group, currently headed by Nazir Razak, the sitting prime minister’s brother.

Bank Negara lost RM20 bil

That scandal, which stretched over several years before its denouement in 1985, set the tone for 24 years of similar scandals related to top Malaysian officials and was the first to prove that in Malaysia, you can not only get away with murder, you can get away with looting the treasury as well.

Perwaja Steel, for instance, lost US$800 million and its boss, Eric Chia, a crony of Mahathir’s, was charged with looting the company. He stood trial, but was acquitted without having to put on a defense.

In the mid-1980s, the Co-operative Central Bank, a bank set up to aid the Indian smallholder community, had to be rescued by Bank Negara, the country’s central bank, after hundreds of millions of ringgit in loans granted to a flock of Umno and MIC politicians became non-performing.

Some had never been serviced at all. Although the chief executive and general manager were charged with criminal breach of trust, none of the politicians were ever charged.

Before that, the Malaysian government was believed to have lost US$500 million in an attempt at Mahathir’s urging to corner the London tin market through a company called Maminco, driving the world price of tin from US$4.50 per tonne to US$7.50.

It then sought to cover up the loss by establishing a US$2 company called Mukawasa from which allocations of new share issues to the government’s Employees Provident Fund (EPF) were diverted. Mukawasa expected to sell the shares at a windfall profit to hide the tin speculation.

Mahathir also was behind an attempt by the then governor of Bank Negara, the central bank, to aggressively speculate in the global foreign exchange market. Bank Negara ended up losing an estimated RM20 billion. The governor, Jaffar Hussein, and the head of forex trading, Nor Mohamed Yakcop were forced to resign.

‘Malaysia’s Enron scandal

There have been many other political and financial scandals since. In 2005, Bank Islam Malaysia, the country’s flagship Islamic bank, reported losses of RM457 million mainly due to provisioning totaling RM774 million as a result of bad loans and investments incurred by its Labuan branch.

Cumulatively, Bank Islam ran up non-performing loans of RM2.2 billion, partly from mismanagement and poor internal controls but also “years of regulatory indifference fueled by the misconceived notion of an untouchable Bank Islam because it was a favourite child of the Malaysian government, being the first and model Islamic bank in the country and region,” according to a December 19, 2005 article in Arab News.
“Bank Islam had a reputation in the market for being the spoilt child of the Malaysian Ministry of Finance; and the perception of the bank was more of a Muslim financial fraternity or government development financial institution,” the report said.

In 2007, in what was called Malaysia’s Enron scandal, the publicly traded Transmile Group Bhd, whose chairman was former MCA president and cabinet minister Ling Liong Sik, was caught having overstated its revenue by RM530 million.

A pretax profit from RM207 million in 2006 was actually a loss of RM126 million, and a pretax profit of RM120 million in 2005 was a loss of RM77 million, causing the government postal company Pos Malaysia & Services Holdings Bhd to warn that its earnings for the 2006 financial year might be affected by the reported overstatement, as the postal group owned 15.3 percent of Transmile.

Bailouts and more bailouts

Over the years 2001 to 2006, the government had to spend billions to rescue seven privatised projects including Kuala Lumpur’s two public transport systems, the perennially ailing Malaysia Airlines, the national sewage system and a variety of others that, in the words of one study, “had been privatised prematurely.”
The government also repeatedly bailed out highway construction concessionaires, all of them closely connected to Umno, to the tune of another RM38.5 billion.

In 2008, it was revealed that Rafidah Aziz, who had served as trade and industry minister for 18 years, had been peddling approved permits for duty-free car sales and allegedly lining her pockets.

Two companies which didn’t even have showrooms – one of which belonged to the husband of Rafidah’s niece – received scores of permits.

Although Rafidah came in for heavy criticism from within Umno, she remained in office until she was defeated in party elections.

In the 1960s, federal prosecutors in the United States who were attempting to jail the late labour boss Jimmy Hoffa for looting the Teamsters Pension Fund of millions of dollars with his cronies were puzzled by the fact that their revelations appeared to have little effect on the union’s rank and file.

It was because no matter how much money Hoffa and his cronies stole, there was always money left because the fund was so rich. That appears to be the case with Malaysia.

PAS Diambang Kejatuhan

Oleh Ketua Perusuh

Maafkan saya kerana sudah lama tidak menulis diruangan ini. Kesibukan kerjaya dan perniagaan menyebabkan banyak isu yang berlegar ditangga politik tanahair terpaksa saya biarkan berlalu tanpa ulasan. Namun hari ini saya terpaksa juga meluangkan sedikit masa untuk menulis dan memberikan komentar saya.

Bagi yang pernah membaca komentar dan artikel yang saya tulis sejak dari tahun 1997 dahulu (pada masa tersebut diletakkan di laman web http://members.tripod.com/~ketuaperusuh/), pastinya tahu bahawa saya amat konsisten dengan perjuangan rakyat marhaen. Pada pandangan saya, hak-hak rakyat marhaen sewajarnya tidak diambil mudah dan dikhianati oleh pemerintah.

Bertitik tolak dengan kepentingan rakyat maka saya memfokuskan agenda pengubahan minda masyarakat dengan membawa wadah PAS dan Keadilan dalam setiap artikel yang saya tuliskan dengan tidak melupakan perjuangan yang diterajui oleh DAP.

PAS pada era awal 1998 memang berpotensi menjadi satu parti yang kuat menjuarai hak rakyat marhaen terutamanya orang Melayu. Walaupun dalam banyak keadaan ada sedikit pergeseran dengan DAP namun PAS berjaya menaikkan imej dan taraf mereka. Pergeseran dengan DAP sejak dulu pada pandangan saya adalah disebabkan oleh beberapa watak-watak yang dikenalpasti sebenarnya adalah agen UMNO dan Barisan Nasional.

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We don’t need no (BTN) education; we don't need no thought control

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Untuk Dato' Seri Zahid Hamidi....Apa BTN Telah Lakukan ????

Usah berbicara ikut selera UMNO/BN kerana kami rakyat 1Malaysia rasa tertipu selama 52 tahun bukannya 1 hari, sebulan atau setahun, ini YB Dato' kena ingat.

BTN merupakan satu alat propaganda UMNO/BN untuk mengekalkan kuasa mereka selama mungkin yang boleh dengan mengunakan wang rakyat. Mari Dato',  kita lihat pendedahan Malaysia Today disini dan saksikanlah Klip Video dibawah ini dan nilaikanlah sendiri.

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Hak Selangor larang ikuti kursus BTN – Zahid Hamidi

From Free Malaysia Today

KUALA LUMPUR – Kerajaan Selangor berhak melarang penjawat awam dan penuntut institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) miliknya daripada mengikuti kursus Biro Tatanegara (BTN), kata Menteri Pertahanan Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi(gambar).

Beliau berkata kerajaan negeri itu boleh mengambil keputusan sedemikian jika merasakan kursus berkenaan adalah satu proses doktrinasi oleh Barisan Nasional hingga mencetuskan fenomena perkauman.

"Itu hak kerajaan negeri Selangor untuk tidak izinkan mereka dihantar menghadiri kursus BTN tetapi ada anggota Exco Selangor iaitu Datuk Dr Hasan Ali yang pernah menjadi Ketua Pengarah BTN, maka tidak timbul isu perkauman.

"Saya sudah banyak kali menghadiri BTN dan pernah menjadi instruktor. Saya tidak nampak pun ada elemen perkauman di sini," katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis Menandatangani Kontrak Pemain Bola Sepak Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM).

Untuk Liga Malaysia 2010, di sini hari ini. Ahmad Zahid berkata kemungkinan larangan itu dibuat kerana wujudnya kebimbangan pemimpin pembangkang terhadap sokongan rakyat negeri itu.

Semalam, kerajaan Negeri Selangor mengambil langkah drastik melarang penuntut kolej atau universiti, penjawat kerajaan negeri dan juga pegawai milik kerajaan (GLC) daripada mengikuti program BTN yang dianjurkan Jabatan Perdana Menteri dan kerajaan negeri mendakwa kursus itu menimbulkan fenomena perkauman dan hanya menghabiskan wang rakyat.

Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Ahmad Maslan menganggap tindakan itu satu kekhuatiran politik sempit dan akan merugikan sebahagian penjawat awam dan penuntut Selangor kerana tidak diberi peluang mengetahui fakta dan hal terkini kenegaraan.

"BTN tidak ada memburukkan mana-mana kaum kerana perkara yang disampaikan adalah berkaitan Perlembagaan negara (dan) juga konsep perpaduan dalam masyarakat pelbagai kaum," katanya dalam satu kenyataan.

Ahmad berkata ilmu dan maklumat yang disampaikan dalam kursus semuanya diperoleh berasaskan fakta sejarah dan silibus kursus melibatkan latihan sikap berteraskan nilai-nilai murni bagi menjadi rakyat yang boleh menyumbang untuk pembangunan negara dengan peserta diberi kebebasan menyatakan pandangan, kritikan dan pendirian masing-masing.

"Rakyat perlu memahami dasar-dasar untuk membina negara. Gagasan 1Malaysia, mendokong Perlembagaan Persekutuan, bersemangat patriotik tanpa mengira idelogi masing-masing kerana ia antara teras utama kejayaan mencapai Wawasan 2020," katanya. – Bernama

Let truth be told: the truth behind BTN

From Malaysia Today

The Deputy Prime Minister says one thing. The BTN website says another. No, let not the words come out of my mouth. Let it instead come out from the ‘mouth’ of the BTN website (http://www.btn.gov.my/). Let the course module speak for itself. If you are not clever enough to read between the lines and catch the subtle message in this BTN website, then you are not smart enough to be a Malaysia Today reader.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Peguam: Najib 'dikaitkan' dengan kehilangan Bala

From Malaysiakini

Mereka yang berfikiran waras akan membuat kesimpulan bahawa Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak dilihat berkaitan dengan kehilangan P Balasubramaniam, kata peguam penyiasat persendirian itu Americk Singh Sidhu.

Menurutnya, fakta-fakta kelihatannya menunjukkan kepada kemungkinan mereka tidak mahu penyiasat itu lagi dan menyerahkan tugas itu kepada orang lain yang rapat dengan mereka, untuk dilaksanakan.

Dalam wawancara dengan Malaysiakini, Americk memandang berat pembabitan adik perdana menteri, Datuk Mohamed Nazim.

Menurutnya, persoalan yang timbul ialah mengapa Nazim berminat dengan kehilangan Balasubramaniam "jika dia tidak mendapat perlindungan daripada abangnya?"

Balasubramaniam baru-baru ini mendedahkan bahawa dia pernah berjumpa dengan Nazim, seorang arkitek, pada malam sebelum dia menarik balik akuan bersumpah pertamanya yang mendakwa Najib ada hubungan rapat dengan Altantuya Shaariibuu, wanita Mongolia yang mati dibunuh.

Balasubramaniam turut mendakwa bahawa dia ditawarkan RM5 juta oleh seorang yang dikenali sebagai Deepak, seorang ahli perniagaan yang didakwa rapat dengan isteri perdana menteri Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor supaya menarik balik akuan bersumpah pertamanya.

Najib telah berulang kali menafikan spekulasi bahawa beliau di belakang tindakan Balasubramaniam menarik balik akuan bersumpah pertamanya itu.

Bercakap kepada Malaysiakini, Americk menceritakan bagaimana beliau diperkenalkan kepada Balasumbramaniam; tindakan bekas anggota polis Cawangan Khas menarik balik akuan bersumpah pertamanya Julai tahun lalu dan pertemuan seterusnya beliau dengannya selepas muncul semula daripada persembunyian setahun kemudiannya.

Americk turut mendedahkan bahawa rakaman video wawancaranya dengan Balasubramaniam tiga bulan lalu, dibuat secara rahsia sebagai "satu jaminan sekiranya dia ditahan oleh pihak-pihak yang terbabit dalam pemergiannya dari negara ini setahun yang lalu."

"Dia tidak tahu yang dia sedang dirakamkan pada masa itu, tetapi kita kemudiannya memaklumkan perkara itu kepadanya dan dia faham mengapa kita berbuat demikian," katanya.

Menurut Americk lagi, Balasubramaniam mungkin melakukan kesalahan di bawah Akta Akuan Bersumpah 1960 kerana memberi akuan bersumpah yang bercanggah, tetapi dia boleh mempertahankan dirinya kerana dia nampaknya telah dipaksa, diugut dan/atau dipaksa menandatangani akuan bersumpah kedua".

Tetapi, katanya, mereka yang didakwa menghasut akuan bersumpah kedua yang palsu dibuat - Deepak, ASP Suresh dan peguam M Arunampalam - juga berdepan dengan tuduhan jenayah kerana bersubahat dan berkonspirasi.

Mengenai Nazim pula, Americk mendakwa, dia terbabit dalam melakukan ugutan jenayah terhadap Balasubramaniam di samping kemungkinan didakwa bersubahat/konspirasi berhubung pembuatan akuan bersumpah kedua yang palsu.

Berikut adalah bahagian pertama daripada dua siri wawancara dengan Americk.

Peguam: 'Anwar tidak terbabit dengan dakwaan Bala'

From Malaysiakini

Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim tidak terbabit langsung dengan perkembangan terbaru berhubung dakwaan P Balasubramaniam terhadap Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, kata peguam penyiasat persendirian itu.

Tahun lalu, Balasumbramaniam telah membuat akuan bersumpah mendakwa Najib mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan Altantuya Shaariibuu.

Tetapi 24 jam kemudiannya, penyiasat persendirian itu telah menarik balik akuan bersumpah tersebut dan kemudiannya lari bersembunyi di India selama lebih setahun.

Ogos lalu, dia muncul semula di Malaysia untuk mempertahankan akuan bersumpah pertamanya, dengan berkata doa diugut oleh pihak-pihak tertentu supaya mengubah ceritanya.

Peguam Balasumbramaniam Americk Singh Sidhu, dalam satu wawancara dengan Malaysiakini, menafikan Anwar ada kaitan di sebalik perkembangan terbaru itu.

"Ramai yang fikir Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim di sebalik semua ini. Ia tidak benar sama sekali. Anwar tidak tahu menahu mengenai semua episod tersebut kecuali apa yang mungkin beliau baca dalam blog dan di Malaysiakini," kata Americk dalam wawancara tersebut.

"Anwar tidak ada sebarang kaitan dengan pengeluaran akuan bersumpah pertama kecuali menyampaikan ucapan sebelum sidang akhbar di ibupejabat PKR Julai lalu. Saya tidak pernah berkomunikasi langsung dengan Anwar ataupun beliau atau mana-mana anggota PKR cuba menghubungi saya," tambahnya.

Lawyer: Najib ‘Linked’ To Bala’s Disappearance

 From Malaysia Today

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“As matters stand, I am concerned about the involvement of Nazim (Razak), Najib’s younger brother. The question is why would he have an interest in Bala’s disappearance if it were not to protect his brother?” asked Americk.

Any reasonable person would draw the conclusion that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is somehow linked to the disappearance of P Balasubramaniam, according to the private investigator’s lawyer.

“The facts seem to point to the possibility that they wanted him out of the way and delegated this job to others close to them to execute,” said Americk Singh Sidhu (left) in an interview withMalaysiakini.

“As matters stand, I am concerned about the involvement of Nazim (Razak), Najib’s younger brother. The question is why would he have an interest in Bala’s disappearance if it were not to protect his brother?” asked Americk.

Balasubramaniam recently emerged from hiding to reveal that he had met Nazim, an architect, the night before he made a dramatic reversal and recanted his first statutory declaration in which he alleged that Najib had close ties with murdered Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu.

Balasubramaniam also claimed that he was offered RM5 million by one Deepak, a businessman close to Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, to retract his first statutory declaration.

Najib had repeatedly denied speculations that he was behind Balasubramaniam’s retraction.

In the interview, Americk recounted how he was introduced to Balasubramaniam, on his reaction to the retraction of Balasuubramaniam’s first statutory declaration and his subsequent meeting with the former police officer after he emerged from hiding a year later.

The lawyer also revealed that the video recording of his interview with Balasubramaniam three months ago was secretly taken as an “insurance in the event he was apprehended by the parties involved in his departure from this country over a year ago”.

“He did not know he was being filmed at that time but we did inform him of this later and he understood why we did it,” said Americk.

According to him, while Balasubramaniam may have committed an offence under the Statutory Declarations Act 1960 for giving conflicting statutory declarations, he could nevertheless defend himself against the charge as it “would appear he was coerced, intimidated and/or forced to sign the second statutory declaration under duress”.

But those who allegedly instigated the swearing of the false second statutory declaration – Deepak, one ASP Suresh and lawyer M Arunampalam – are also liable to criminal charges for abetment and conspiracy, added Americk.

“In so far as Nazim is concerned, he was involved in criminal intimidation of Bala besides a possibility of being roped into the abetment/conspiracy charges arising from the creation of the second false statutory declaration.”

The following is the first of a two-part interview:

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Oh, Deepak, Where Art Thou?

From IMAGINE BLOG

By G. Krishnan

I was wondering, Deepak, how’s the carpet business been doing of late? Well, with the economic contraction especially since 4^th July 2008, which of course happened to be when the PI Bala disappeared from the public eye, I suppose it must be tough for an average “carpet” dealer such as youself.

Deepak, Deepak, Deepak. What’s going on brother? One would think that given the explosive (no pun intended) revelations made by Bala on what transpired after he left his lawyer Americk Sidhu’s office the day of his first statutory declaration that you, Dinesh and perhaps the rest of your network of “carpet” dealers might be falling over each other to call for your own news conferences and would be conducting your own interviews (perhaps even on the mainstream media, eh?), to clear up the stains on an episode that now reeks like a deeply stained and dirty rug. 

Oh, and by the way, I think there’s even a lawyer out there; one Mr. Arunampalam, whom might be able to help you if you want to come out with your own SD. As a matter of fact, I think he’s quite experienced with SDs. Perhaps you’ve heard of him?

In case you have not heard of him, he was the one who “represented” Bala when the latter made his second SD on 4^th July retracting his SD from the previous day, remember? Does it ring any bells? Besides, I have a strange feeling you and Dinesh won’t be looking to Americk Sidhu or Manjeet Singh Dhillon to represent you.

Ya la, what’s the point of having some high-powered law firm to take up this matter for you? Given how rough the economic situation is these days, I’m guessing the carpet business must be quite hard hit too, ya? And as you can imagine, lawyers are not cheap! Well, not that this Arunampalam chap comes at a bargain, but perhaps someone you know might just have his mobile number handy, you know. And since he probably never really was Bala’s lawyer to begin with, there couldn’t be any conflict of interest here involved on his part, right? Well, perhaps you better think this one through carefully.

I wonder…maybe you have some really good clients from Putrajaya who love your carpets and who would be willing to advise you on what you and Dinesh ought to do! Now, how about that! Why didn’t I think about this sooner? For all I know, business might have even been brisk since last July! Indeed, it’s always possible that the carpet business has not been as hard hit by the economic woes. After all, you might have even been lucky enough to have benefited from Najib’s “economic stimulus” package. Well, I can tell you not all of us have been so fortunate. Why, I would venture to guess most of us have not had much relief. But then most of us are not in the “carpet” business and not so special as you are.

Anyway, this is all very interesting but I’m sure we’ll hear from you soon, right? And by the way, maybe we’ll run into each other at a bah kut teh place one of these days.

It Was Not Fish Head Curry…It Was Bah Kut Teh, la

Malaysia Today

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So, on the evening of 3rd July 2008 Bala did not go out for fish head curry with ASP Tonny after all. Well, I’m glad that’s been cleared up for us all; not to mention all the other details and missing pieces of the Bala saga that unfolded following his first statutory declaration.

By G. Krishnan
 
So it’s been cleared up for us now that ASP Tonny wanted to actually get together with Bala at an ikan bakar joint, and this too did not materialise. Bala ended up with one ASP Suresh character and they were having bat kut teh when things began to really happen and Bala’s live takes a dramatic turn as his path crosses with some of the other characters. Well, I’m sure you must have read the transcript of Bala’s interview since he resurfaced again.

I’m glad the confusion about fish head curry, ikan bakar, and bah kut teh has now been cleared up. I suppose it’s understandable how we might have thought it was fish head curry as that was his lawyer’s understanding just before Bala ended-up in a deeper political web that he could have ever imagined and before he was plunged into an abyss.

And I tell you I believe him when he says it was bah hut teh that he had that evening and not ikan bakar or fish head curry. And you know something else? I also believe his account of what transpired the hours, days, weeks, and subsequent months. Is it possible that there may be some details in his account that are not absolutely accurate as he recounted them in his recent public interview?

Of course in recounting everything about one’s life over the past several months, we should be understandably forgiven if we, for example, could not exactly remember what time if was when such-and-such a person called you or met you in the lobby of a hotel or some such thing. And given Bala’s account, the general public, we’re of course free to draw our own conclusions.

For me, while I have several reasons to think he’s recounting events and incidents that actually did happen, the main reason why I find him believable is because he has spelled out so many specific encounters about people his path crossed with, places, and meetings me had with individuals that if any major aspect of his account was untrue, he would be in an even much deeper mess. And I’m inclined to think he – and his lawyers - understands this very well.

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Congrats Datuk Lourdes Charles, you have just been sued!

From Malaysia Today

For example, did The Star report the details of the two Datuks who are being sued by lawyer Rosli Dahlan? Maybe I missed that one but I do not remember reading it in the mainstream media -- or rather the government-owned media that is not quite mainstream any longer.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin 



“You could say I abused radio and TV, but it was a privilege I had. I could not depend on TV3, (The New) Straits Times, Berita Harian or Utusan Malaysia because they were then controlled by Anwar Ibrahim’s boys. I had no choice but to use RTM.”

“I was asked to bring PBS down. I shut the media off; there were no reports. People didn’t know what the Sabah Government was doing, so it looked like they were doing nothing. It was a very dirty tactic,” he now admits.

The truth emerges by The Star (http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/28117/84/)

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Who got what for the sale of French submarines to Malaysia?

From Malaysia Today

These questions assume added relevancy in light of revelations last week that someone, allegedly close to the Prime Minister, was willing to pay RM5 million (US$1.48 million) to a private detective to forget his statement connecting Najib to Altantuya. 

Asia Sentinel 

On September 3, a 66-meter submarine named for Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's founding father, glided into the Royal Malaysian Navy base at Port Klang on Malaysia's western coast after a 54-day voyage from France. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was there to greet them.

As defense minister, Najib had commissioned a huge military buildup to upgrade Malaysia's armed forces including the purchase of two Scorpene-class submarines and the lease of a third, a retired French Navy Agosta-class boat, for US$1 billion. The two submarines were designed by France's DCNS naval shipbuilder and built in partnership with Spain's Navantia. Both companies are state owned. The deal earned a commission of €114 million for a company owned by Najib's best friend, Abdul Razak Baginda, once the head of a Kuala Lumpur political thinktank.

The Tunku Abdul Rahman, along with its companion, to be named for Najib's father Tun Abdul Razak and to be delivered in 2010, is at the very heart of the continuing controversy over the death of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a 28-year-old Mongolian translator and Razak Baginda's jilted lover. Altantuya was murdered in October of 2006 by two bodyguards attached to Najib's office after Razak, who had jilted Altantuya, went to Najib's chief of staff, Musa Safri, for help in keeping the 28-year-old woman away from him. Not long after being acquitted under questionable circumstances of participating in her murder, he left the country for England.

Questions over the purchases go well beyond the death of a spurned paramour and point to some difficult subjects for French and Malaysian officials. These questions assume added relevancy in light of revelations last week that someone, allegedly close to the Prime Minister, was willing to pay RM5 million (US$1.48 million) to a private detective to forget his statement connecting Najib to Altantuya.

The continuing controversy makes it appropriate to ask to examine the defence minister's diaries, calendars and telephone logs and those of Razak Baginda in 2002, when the Royal Malaysian Navy ordered the vessels. In letters found after her death, Altantuya said she was attempting to blackmail Razak Baginda for as much as US$500,000, apparently, her father said, because of her role as translator over the purchase of the submarines. Malaysia ordered the two diesel-electric submarines from DCN SA (Direction des Constructions Navales), a French manufacturer of warships and submarines and the largest naval shipyard in Europe, in 2002. However, Razak Baginda and Altantuya went to France at the same time Najib did in 2005 to settle details of the purchase.

Perimekar, a company owned by Abdul Razak Baginda, received the €114 million for “coordination and support services” – 11 percent of the sale price of the submarines. Zainal Abidin, then the deputy defense minister, told a parliamentary inquiry that such commissions were commonplace in Malaysia. No further inquiry was made as to the commission, nor was any attempt made to determine what coordination and support services Perimekar might be providing.

However, it might pay to take a look at some other deals in which top French politicians were involved in, some of them along with DCN, and to ask whether all of that €114 actually went to Razak Baginda, or if some, with the complicity of Malaysian politicians, went into the pockets of their French counterparts.

There is plenty of reason to entertain that possibility. French politicians seem to have a knack for backhanders. On October 26, in a trial that centered on illegal arms sales to Angola, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, the son of the late president Francois Mitterand, was given a two-year suspended sentence and a €375,000 fine for receiving embezzled funds. The court ruled that he had accepted millions of euros in "consultant fees" on the arms deals between 1993 and 1998. In the dock with him were 42 people accused of selling weapons to Angola in defiance of a UN arms embargo, or of taking payments from the arms dealers and using their influence to facilitate the sales.

The trial, it was said, shined a light into a murky world of secret payments made in cash and discreet deals linking Parisian high society with one of Africa's longest-running wars. But it hasn't shined a light on what happened elsewhere with contracts concluded by the representatives of France, and particularly by DCN. For instance, 11 French engineers employed by DCN, which peddled Malaysia's subs to Pakistan, were blown up in a bus bombing in 2002 which was first thought to have been perpetrated by Islamic militants. The 11 were in Karachi to work on three Agosta 90 B submarines that the Pakistani military had bought in 1994, with payment to be spread over a decade. According to Reuters, commissions were promised to middlemen including Pakistani and Saudi Arabian nationals. Agosta is a subsidiary of DCN.

Two French magistrates, Marc Trevidic and Yves Jannier, who were looking into the case on behalf of the victims, said kickbacks ended up in the campaign funds of Edouard Balladur, then the French prime minister and a rival of Jacques Chirac in the 1995 presidential election. The current French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, was Balladur's campaign manager as well as budget minister when the contract for the subs was signed.

Although Sarcozy and Balladur have both denied any wrongdoing, a top-secret memo turned up in October 2008 from DCN, which was state-owned at the time of the alleged kickbacks. Copies of the memo were shown on French television. The memo reportedly said France had stopped paying the bribes after Chirac won the 1995 elections despite requests by Pakistani officials for several years afterwards. Eventually, according to the story, the Pakistanis eventually lost patience and orchestrated the bus attack on the Agosta engineers in retaliation. The third submarine ordered and leased by Malaysia was an Agosta.

Another case involves the French company Thales, formerly Thompson-CSF, which sold six DCN-built La Fayette-class 'stealth' frigates to Taiwan in 1992 for US$2.8 billion. The warships, designated Kan Ding by Taiwan, were delivered between 1996 and 1998. The website DefenseNews reported that Taiwan is seeking US$882 million, down from US$1.12 billion on its claim against Thales, according to documents filed with the French market regulator Authorité des Marches Financiers. The update was made to its reference document submitted on April 12.

Taiwan's claim, the website said, is based on allegations that Thales wrongfully paid commissions to agents in the sale of the frigates. Thales said in the filing that it and its industrial partner have consistently contested the claim. A Thales spokesman declined to comment to Reuters beyond the information contained in the filing. Thales was prime contractor on the sale of the frigates, which were built by DCN. If Taiwan won the case, Thales would be liable for 30 percent of the claim, the filing said.

French judges have been investigating corruption allegations arising from the Taiwan contract over a number of years but have made no arrests, notably because documents are protected by defense secrecy laws, which the government refuses to lift. Nonetheless, it is widely believed that at least some of the alleged kickbacks were used as political campaign funds in the French 1995 elections.

At least six people connected with the case have died under suspicious circumstances, including a Taiwan naval captain, Yin Ching-feng, who was found floating off the country's coast, a victim of foul play. Yin is believed to have been killed because he planned to go to the authorities about the case. His nephew, who was also pursuing the case, a Thomson employee in Taiwan and a French intelligence agent were also among the dead. It gradually emerged that some $600 million in commissions had been paid into various Swiss accounts set up by Andrew Wang Chuan-pu, the Taiwan agent forThomson-CSF. In October 2008 a French judge finally ruled that no one could be prosecuted because of lack of evidence.