Crooked courts give ‘native’ titles to foreigners

Chief Judge of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak Richard Malanjum says that under the common law, Native Customary Rights (NCR) pre-existed any statutes and land laws.

KOTA KINABALU: Corruption and abuse of power in the Sabah Native Courts is so bad that even Chinese nationals from Hong Kong and Taiwan have managed to become “natives” in the state, according to Chief Judge of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak Richard Malanjum.

“There are citizens from Hong Kong and Taiwan who have been given the status of native (anak negeri). Judges of the Native Courts gave them the ‘Sijil Anak Negeri’. There are cases, it is a fact.

“Sorry to those Native Courts,” he revealed in his keynote address at a symposium on Sabah Native Rights: Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward held at Universiti Malaysia Sabah yesterday.

In the audience were several native court judges.

Mustafa wakili Pakatan jumpa SPR bincang p'raya adil

Mustafa wakili Pakatan jumpa SPR bincang p'raya adil

- Sila lihat tarikh artikel ni yang bertarikh sama dengan video sek Datuk T. Datuk Seri Anwar berada di mesyuarat dengan SPR.

Umno’s in trouble in Selangor | Free Malaysia Today

Umno’s in trouble in Selangor | Free Malaysia Today

More natives reporting ‘land grabs’

Within the next '10 years or less' several thousand natives in Sarawak are likely to end up being landless vagrants if the current government's policies continue.
KUCHING: Alleged land grabs involving native customary rights (NCR) properties by the Taib Mahmud-led government is reaching such “chronic” proportions that “in 10 years or less” there will be no native-owned areas, claims a prominent Sarawak NCR lawyer.

According to Baru Bian, an increasing number of cases of NCR land grabs are being reported from as far interior as Lawas in the north and Lundu in the south of Sarawak.

“From Lawas to Lundu, the NCR lands have been grabbed by the state Barisan Nasional government.

“It is so chronic that in 10 years or even less, the native landowners will have no more land left for them to farm and earn a living. And we are talking about several thousand natives being deprived of their land.

‘Boot out BN to stop RM500 mil dam’ | Free Malaysia Today

‘Boot out BN to stop RM500 mil dam’ | Free Malaysia Today

Muhyiddin says no to royal probe on NFCorp

The investigations by the police and MACC as well as the audit of  NFCorp’s books were adequate, said Muhyiddin. —File pic—File pic

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 27 — Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dismissed today calls for the formation of a Royal Commission of Inquiry to probe the National Feedlot Corporation scandal.

He pointed out instead that the police and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) were capable of handling the matter.

The DPM also added that the government had appointed an accounting firm to conduct an audit of the company.
“I think these are sufficient to handle the matter,” he said.

Earlier today, DAP’s Lim Kit Siang urged Malaysians to pool their efforts and pressure the government into forming a royal commission of inquiry on the matter.

Calling the NFC a “grand conspiracy”, the veteran politician took pains in a statement here to list several reasons why the government — particularly key leaders like Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Muhyiddin and Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil — should face the book for their alleged involvement in the scandal.

Kenapa UMNO/BN Takut Ditumbangkan

Politicians and their love-hate affair with social media

Altantuya Killers' Appeal Up Soon

Sirul and Azilah come to court

Case reopens doubts about Malaysian justice system
The politically-charged appeal of two elite Malaysian police bodyguards who were sentenced to death two years and nine months ago for the 2006 murder-for-hire of Mongolian translator and party girl Altantuya Shaaribuu is due on Feb. 10 in Malaysia’s Court of Appeal.

The High Court trial, in which everything appeared to have been done ignore the question of who hired the two killers, stands in vivid contrast to the appeal filed by prosecutors on Jan. 19 in the case of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, in which everything appeared to have been done to bend the evidence to try to put the 64-year-old Anwar behind bars. As Judge Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah pointed out in his not-guilty verdict, “the court cannot be 100 percent certain that the DNA evidence against Anwar was not contaminated.”

The two bodyguards, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, were to be paid RM50,000 to RM00,000 to kill Altantuya, according to a confession by Sirul which was never produced in court.

Can Putrajaya clarify whose assets were frozen, Kit Siang asks

By Debra Chong

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — DAP’s Lim Kit Siang pushed the federal government to explain the prime minister’s asset freeze announcement on the scandal-tainted RM336.64 million national cattle farming project.

The veteran lawmaker said that the government needed the clear the air over allegations of confusion between which NFC it had acted on, whether it was the national feedlot centre project, or the national feedlot corporation that it picked to run the operations.

“With the claim that the Auditor-General had confused the two entities, NFC and NFCorp, Malaysians want to know whether the freezing of assets announced by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak earlier this month was with regard to NFC or NFCorp or both,” he said in a statement today.

“Who can give this clarification?” Lim (picture) pressed.

The Ipoh Timor MP denounced NFCorp chairman, Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh for fussing over “semantics” instead of taking responsibility for a multi-million ringgit national project using taxpayers money.

Bakun dam to be much worse than PKFZ scandal

Kua Kia Soong
Nearly 50 years after independence for Sarawak, we see a comparison with the ‘Highland Clearances’ in Scotland during the 18th century when the highlanders were driven off their lands for capitalistic sheep farming.
The English did it with brutality and thoroughness through “butcher” Lord Cumberland and even obliterated the ‘wild’ Celtic mode of life.

What we have seen in Sarawak recently has the same capitalist logic, namely, to drive the indigenous peoples out of their native customary lands so that these lands can be exploited for their commercial value and the indigenous people can be “freed” to become wage labourers.

Thus, even though the accursed Bakun dam had been suspended in 1997 due to the financial crisis, the government still went ahead to displace 10,000 indigenous peoples to the Sungai Asap resettlement camp in 1998.

Well, there is a reason for this - the contract for the Sungai Asap camp had already been given out to a multinational company. After all, the whole Bakun area, which is the size of the island of Singapore and home to the indigenous peoples, had already been thoroughly logged...

All this happened while Dr Mahathir Mahathir was the prime minister. Wasn’t he a liability to the BN government then?

I was part of the fact-finding mission to Sungai Asap in 1999 and even then we could see the destruction of so many unique indigenous communities and their cultures, including the Ukit tribe.

There was only one word to describe what had been done to these indigenous peoples and their centuries-old cultures... wicked!

60% veteran tentera di Sarawak hidup miskin

Mereka tidak menerima pencen selepas menamatkan perkhidmatan.

KUCHING: Kira-kira 60 peratus daripada 13,550 orang bekas anggota tentera di Sarawak hidup di bawah paras garis kemiskinan, kata
Pengarah Jabatan Hal Ehwal Veteran (JHEV) Angkatan Tentera Malaysia Sarawak, Lt Kol Monday Juhid.

Mereka terdiri daripada veteran tentera yang tidak menerima pencen selepas menamatkan perkhidmatan, katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis penyampaian bantuan kebajikan kepada anggota veteran oleh Panglima Tiga Briged, Brig Jen Hasagaya Abdullah di sini hari ini.

Monday berkata JHEV sedang menggiatkan usaha mencari dan mendaftar kesemua veteran tentera di negeri itu, namun setakat ini usaha berkenaan hanya berjaya mencatatkan 6,500 orang.

Was Salleh voicing Musa’s concern?

Luke Rintod | January 25, 2012
Umno Sabah chief Musa Aman is relying on his deputy Salleh Keruak's strategy to contain rival Shafie Apdal.

Last weekend in Kota Belud, the so-called birth-place of Umno in Sabah, the party’s state deputy president Salleh Said Keruak gave a stinging reminder to possible party-detractors.

He said those who were contemplating ditching Umno if they are not re-nominated in the coming general election, would be ‘ignored’.

Salleh, who is a local boy, issued this warning during a special meeting with a group of Umno’s Kadazandusun leaders from Kadamaian.

Kadamaian is one of the three state constituencies under the Kota Belud parliamentary constituency. The other two are Tempasuk and Usukan.

Taib snubs Najib’s man in Sarawak

Joseph Tawie
| January 25, 2012

Can wily veteran Taib Mahmud outwit the Umno 'immortals' in the game of political charades?

 
KUCHING: Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s absence from Sarawak United People’s Party’s (SUPP) Chinese New Year open house on Monday has further fuelled speculations of “Putrajaya’s hand” in Sarawak.

This is the second time that Taib has excused himself from a SUPP function organised by “agents of Putrajaya”.

He sent his deputy Alfred Jabu Numpang in his place. Also present at the open house was acting Yang di-Pertua Negeri Asfia Awang Nassar and scores of other VIPs.

Last December, he sent Abang Johari Tun Openg, Pesaka Bumiptera Bersatu (PBB) deputy president, to attend the party’s controversy-ridden triennial delegates conference (TDC), which was opened by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. Taib is PBB president.

Taib Mahmud’s ‘no-show’ at SUPP’s CNY open house: Waste of time?

Theborneopost.com

The no-show by the chief minister at SUPP’s Chinese New Year open house this year should not be speculated as a reflection of his stand at the party’ new leadership, said president Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui.


The Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister stated that he had no qualms about Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud giving the open house at SUPP headquarters here on Monday a miss because the party had been advised that Taib would be represented by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang.

“We (SUPP) sent an invitation to the chief minister but we were told that he would be represented by Jabu.

“Whatever reason Taib has for not being able to make it this year, only he knows the answer.

Long house residents get injunction to stop timber extraction

Sulok Tawie


The High Court here has granted an interim injunction to restrain a timber company from encroaching into native customary rights (NCR) land claimed by long house residents in the Bintulu Division.


Judge Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang granted the injunction after an ex-parte hearing in chambers following an application submitted by counsel for the long house residents See Chee How, last Friday afternoon.

The full hearing of the application is scheduled to be held at the Bintulu High Court on Jan 30.

Village headman Nyipa anak Tingang of Kuala Pandan, Sebauh in Bintulu, representing himself and 63 other residents, claimed that they are the proprietors, occupiers, holders and claimants of the land surrounding Ulu Sungai Kakus and Ulu Sungai Merirai.

Najib will ‘override all laws’ if Umno loses

Awang Abdillah
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Umno have been reminded that Article 150 of the Federal Constitution empowers only the King to proclaim a state of emergency.


If Umno loses in the 13th general election, Barisan Nasional chairman Najib Tun Razak may be left with one option, override all rules of the game and declare a state of emergency in accordance with Article 150 of the federal constitution to prevent the surrender of the political power to his adversaries.

Although it is hardly considered proper.

A government can only declare a state of emergency if there exists a genuine large scale threat to our national democratic political system, the state security, the country’s economic and financial system, public order and peace, racial harmony, the country’s transport and communications system and the likes such as from imminent attacks by saboteurs, destruction from natural calamities, people’s uprising, foreign military threats and war.

They are going to convict Anwar – that is certain !

From P Ramakrishnan, via e-mail

What wasn’t expected surprisingly happened. The High Court acquitted and discharged Anwar. That decision took everyone by surprise and they hoped that it would be the end of this sordid affair.

What the vast majority of Malaysians had hoped for following Anwar’s discharge did not happen. The Prosecution shocked everyone and appealed the High Court decision.

What will happen following this appeal is predictable. We have said as much in our previous statement on Dec 23, 2009. This is what we said:

“Aliran has been keeping track of recent Court decisions and with this knowledge we must warn the jubilant litigants not to get carried away easily. This is Round 1 and Round 1 usually goes in favour of truth and justice. It is here where the facts are scrutinised diligently and justice has its sway. It is as far as justice can go!

“In Round 2, this decision will almost certainly be overturned, as has been the case on many occasions. It is here where facts don’t matter but technicalities will be the overriding factor and justice will be forced to take a back seat.

Interview: Anwar Ibrahim acquitted in sodomy case

Malaysia's High Court acquitted opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomising a former aide, citing unreliable DNA evidence in a verdict Monday that surprised supporters who saw the case as an attempt to sideline him.

Anwar said the verdict left him free to focus on trying to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak's long-ruling coalition in national elections that many predict will be held within months.

The opposition has long maintained that the government concocted the charge to damage Anwar's chances of leading his three-party alliance to an election victory. Najib denies plotting against Anwar.

Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett spoke to Anwar after the verdict.

Appeal against Anwar’s acquittal : A fatal error

by Kim Quek

JAN 23 — Prime Minister Najib Razak seems to have made a U-turn in his position on the much lauded acquittal of Anwar Ibrahim from the sodomy charge.

When the totally unexpected acquittal was stunningly announced on January 9, Najib together with senior Umno leaders were quick to bask in the compliments that poured in from around the world for finally having done justice to Anwar despite the preceding perverted process that was seen as plain political persecution.

Najib, in particular, seemed proud of this High Court verdict, citing it as proof of the transformation that he had brought to the country. In an interview published by the influential Wall Street Journal on January 13, he told interviewer James Hookway that this verdict “underscores the depth of the reform process”. Najib said he was serious about the political reforms — to the extent of risking his chance of winning in the election.

Najib also expressed relief that the Anwar issue was finally over, and that the nation could henceforth tackle more serious issues such as the economy. He said:

“What is important now is that we move forward”.

There is no mistaking from this conversation that the prime minister was seizing this much approved ending to the trial as a positive development that would propel his reform agenda. In fact, he even told Hookway that through these changes he hoped to open up a new chapter with the US as “a partner in promoting democratic politics and free trade across Asia and the Islamic Middle East.”

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ABU-Hindraf ceramah attacked

A joint ceramah by the 'Anything But Umno' group and Hindraf was called to an abrupt end after youths attacked the venue with sticks and helmets. Injuries were reported amongst the participants of the ceramah.

BARU BIAN’S CHINESE NEW YEAR MESSAGE

The year of the Dragon will be upon us in a few hours and all our Chinese friends and relatives are looking forward with eager anticipation to what the benevolent water Dragon will bring. The dragon is the only mythical creature in the Chinese horoscope, signifying greatness, goodness and blessings. To the Chinese, Dragons represent intense celestial and terrestrial power, wisdom, and strength and are often seen as the symbol of divine protection and vigilance. The Dragon is said to be a deliverer of good fortune, a protector of the innocent and a master of authority.

It is fortuitous that 2012 will also see the start of Sarawak’s jubilee year, the year in which the 13^th General Election will be held. To the Christians, the Jubilee year is a significant and meaningful year. The Jubilee year, which is the year following the completion of seven cycles of seven years is promised as a year of great rejoicing, where there will be release, return and renewal.  In the biblical context, the slaves would be set free, debts forgiven, and land restored to its original owners, and allowed to be renewed, ie left fallow for a year.

In the context of Sarawak’s current situation, I see our Jubilee year as one in which our people will be liberated from the suffering caused by the greed and selfishness of those to whom they have looked for protection. It will be a year in which the lands taken cruelly from our native folk by these same people and their cronies will be returned to their rightful owners. It will be a year in which there will be a renewal of hope, and restoration of social justice. It will be a time when man will be taught how to live responsibly, and God will bless man with prosperity and peace.

Let us all direct our energies this year towards realizing what has been promised to us by God. The strength and wisdom of the Dragon is on the side of the righteous and the innocent. Let us emulate these characteristics as we persevere in our struggle for the common good.  The idea of a free and prosperous Sarawak is not a myth or an impossible dream; the goalpost is in sight and within reach. With concerted and consistent effort on our part, with guiding help from divine hands and with celestial forces breathing fire into our political battle, our dreams will finally become reality. What a tremendous year this Jubilee Year of the Dragon is going to be!

My family and I wish all our Chinese friends and supporters Gong Xi Fa Cai. May you enjoy Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity in abundance.

Baru Bian

State Assemblyman

N70 Ba’ Kelalan

Chairman

PKR Sarawak

International response filters in, condemning Najib’s U-turn on Anwar acquittal

Maria Begum
International response is starting to filter in on news that Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government has decided to appeal the acquittal of political arch rival Anwar, the Opposition Leader, who was found “not guilty” by a High Court judge last week.


Phil Robertson, Deputy Director of the Asia Division, Human Rights Watch was among the early bird to condemn the Najib administration for its latest flip-flop.

“The trial court gave the government a chance to bow out gracefully from Anwar’s politically motivated prosecution. It’s very unfortunate that they didn’t take it. This decision means the citizens of Malaysia will be further subjected to the more political machinations in the courtroom as the government perpetuates this travesty of a trial for a crime that should not be a crime in the first place,” Phil said in a statement.

Appeal against sodomy verdict, What are we to think?

Terence Netto
Anwar’s sodomy acquittal a Pyrrhic victory

Those who claimed that Anwar Ibrahim’s acquittal by the High Court last week on a charge of sodomy was a game-changing move must have felt, after the Attorney-General’s Chambers filed a notice of appeal yesterday, rather like North Korea’s nuclear disarmament interlocutors in recent years.

Just when we discern some sign of softening on the part of the communist world’s first dynastic regime, a South Korean frigate is sunk off the coast of the Korean peninsula, or Pyongyang test fires a missile, or commits some such travesty.

Then, what vestigial hopes the North had managed to keep alive in its adversaries are recognised as chimerical before the rogue regime begins another cycle of ‘now you see my softer side, now you don’t.’

It’s a case of the inveterately bad only getting worse while fiendishly engaged in a dance of deception to take advantage of the gullible.

What are we to think?

Perutusan Menteri Besar Sempena Tahun Baru Cina Peringkat Negeri Selangor 2012

Nazri and Co have something to hide

Mariam Mokhtar
The minister appears to have no desire to arrest the erosion of trust in the way we are governed.


In March 2011, four politicians in Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) declared their assets in statutory declarations which listed their salaries and assets such as cars and houses. The four are Sungai Siput MP Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj, Kota Damansara assemblyman Nasir Hashim, Shah Alam councillor A Sivarajan and Kajang councillor S Arutchelvan. They also tried to persuade the opposition coalition to emulate them.

This January, Bersih 2.0 chairman S Ambiga, Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) chief Paul Low and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and members of his executive council urged Umno-BN politicians to publicly declare their assets.

Unite and kick out BN, Kit Siang tells Malaysian Chinese voters

Lim said the economy had developed despite the misgovernance, corruption and abuses of power of the Umno-BN leadership and Malaysians had nothing to thank BN for. — File pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — The ethnic Chinese community should unite and work together with other Malaysians to ensure a change of government in the coming election, Lim Kit Siang said today.

The DAP parliamentary leader said Malaysians needed to vote the opposition into power as Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) suffered from an “incorrigible disease of denial complex” in refusing to admit the failures of government and nation-building.

“If more evidence is needed to prove how cut off the Barisan Nasional leadership has become from the aspirations of ordinary Malaysians, one need only refer to the message by the MCA president yesterday calling on the Chinese voters not to ‘experiment’ in the next general election as Barisan Nasional’s leadership has allowed the community to prosper.

“Just as the Malaysian economy has developed in the past few decades despite the misgovernance, corruption and abuses of power of the Umno-BN leadership, the prosperity of the Chinese community had been achieved despite the failings of the Barisan Nasional leadership,” Lim said in a statement.

The Ipoh Timur MP stressed that Malaysians not only had nothing to thank BN for but were entitled to blame the ruling coalition for “lost opportunities” to make the country developed, prosperous, competitive and more united.

“This is why a total change of power in Putrajaya is uppermost in the minds of more and more Malaysians and I call on the Malaysian Chinese to unite and rise as one dragon, together with all other Malaysians, to effect a change of power in Putrajaya in the next general election to begin a new page of history celebrating the greatness of all Malaysians,” he said.

 

By Yow Hong Chieh

Without ideas and clueless, Najib has lost the plot to lead Malaysia

Maclean Patrick

It is easy to say that Pakatan Rakyat has run out of ideas to bring forward to the people, especially when most of the items in the Buku Jingga have been hijacked by an increasingly clueless Prime Minister Najib Razak and Barisan National. And surely one must take into consideration that Pakatan Rakyat is not yet the ruling government, thus their ideas will remain ideas on paper without a clear mechanism for implementation until they get a clear mandate from the people.


Even still, we can already see some measure of success with Pakatan’s ideas in the states of Penang and Selangor. Given that Pakatan has only been in power for 4 years, their successes in Penang and Selangor are little short of a miracle compared to Najib’s disastrous 4-year reign.

Uniting Malays Not Over (Umno)

Christopher Fernandez


Umno, the acronym for United Malays National Organisation, despite being in existence for decades, has failed miserably to unite Malays under its banner. Therefore, it should perhaps re-define Umno as Uniting Malays Not Over.

All was well upon the inception of Umno by Jaffar Onn and the fight against the British that led to Merdeka. Umno was also well under Tunku Abdul Rahman’s leadership. But the changes that led to Umno losing favour with the Malay populace can be traced back to as early as the 70s.

Umno has since then become a fractious and divisive organisation which even led to its de-registration and the setting up of a new Umno during the era of the Mahathir administration. But the fact that a Malay organisation, claiming to represent the bulk of the Malay population, does not even have a Malay equivalent in naming itself speaks of the muddled politics the party has been engaging in until now.

Taib’s Landgrabs – The Breakdown

Sarawak report
Don’t take our forest! Bruno Manser Fund has looked behind ‘development’ at the real motive driving Taib – Money.

Bruno Manser Fund’s research team have done the world another favour.  They have conducted a careful and painstaking analysis of the leaked Land & Survey Department information that we first revealed on line here on Sarawak Report [click for land grab map and data].

From the BMF report we can now see clearly, in black and white, the extraordinary extent of the theft carried out by the Chief Minister and his family of Sarawak’s native and state-owned lands.
In the name of ‘development’ Taib has filched an area three times the size of Singapore for himself and close family members.  Indeed, the Chief Minister, who claims he ‘does no business in Sarawak’ is himself an owner of the company which has received most of all in terms of land, Delta Padi [see our previous expose].

Bunyi ‘Aneh Dan Menakutkan Dari Langit’ Di Sarawak Dapat Perhatian Dunia

Insiden ‘bunyi aneh dan menakutkan’ dari langit yang kedengaran di Kota Samarahan, Sarawak pada 11 dan 12 Januari lalu kini mendapat perhatian antarabangsa apabila artikel mengenainya yang disiarkan di The Borneo Post mula dibincangkan secara hangat di dalam internet di seluruh dunia.
Pada yang belum tahu, sehari sebelum kejadian pada waktu mejelang Subuh itu berlaku, terjadi perkara yang sama di Aaborg, Denmark.
Bahkan bunyi aneh dan menggerunkan tersebut pernah direkodkan di Sweden pada 1 November tahun lalu
The Borneo Post tempoh hari melaporkan satu bunyi aneh telah kedengaran di Kampung Meranek, Kota Samarahan yang mencetuskan ketakutan dan kegelisahan penduduknya.
Tidak lama selepas bunyi itu kedengaran, satu kejadian gempa bumi kuat (7.3 skala Richter) berlaku di Sumatera, Indonesia.
Bagaimanapun masih tidak dapat dipastikan sejauh mana kaitannya antara bunyi aneh itu dan kejadian gempa bumi tersebut.
sila rujuk di sini : http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/01/15/rumble-in-the-sky-over-samarahan/
Ini bunyi yang berjaya direkodkan oleh salah seorang penduduk:


Sementara itu Timbalan Menteri Sains, Teknologi dan Innovasi, Datuk Fadillah Yusuf tidak mahu terus membuat konklusi mengenai perkara itu.
Katanya, beliau perlu terlebih dahulu mendapatkan maklumat saintifik mengenainya daripada Jabatan Metrologi.
Selain daripada kejadian gempa bumi di Sumatera itu, ada juga teori yang mengaitkan bunyi aneh itu dengan sebuah program yang dikenali sebagai High Frequency Active Auroral Research Programme (HAARP)
HAARP adalah program penyelidikan berkaitan ionosfera dan dinaungi sepenuh oleh US Air Force, US Navy, University of Alaska dan Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA).
DARPA adalah sebuah agensi yang ditubuhkan oleh kerajaan Amerika Syarikat untuk membina pelbagai senjata berteknologi tinggi untuk kegunaan ketenteraan Amerika Syarikat.
HAARP berselindung dengan aktiviti penyelidikan saintifik yang kononnya menyelidik lapisan ionosfera bagi meningkatkan lagi penggunaan sistem komunikasi dan pemantauan cuaca.
Tapak penyelidikan HAARP yang berada di Gakona, Alaska menempatkan peralatan berteknologi tinggi iaitu Ionospheric Research Instrument(IRI).
IRI adalah sebuah instrumen yang menghasilkan frekuensi radio berdefinisi tinggi sekitar 2.7MHz sehingga 10MHz.
IRI mampu memancarkan frekuensi ke lapisan yang terhad untuk dicapai iaitu di lapisan Ionosfera dan menghantar kembali isyaratnya ke bumi.
Apapun sehingga kini, belum ada jawapan jelas mengenai apa sebenarnya yang berlaku di Kota Samarahan dan beberapa buah kawasan di dunia tempoh hari.
Yang pasti, bunyi yang aneh dan menggerunkan itu akan terus menghantui penduduk selagi tiada jawapan yang jelas mengenainya – Oleh SYAHRIL A. KADIR (Mynewshub.my)

CORRUPTION WITHIN CORRUPTION: CHAPTER 3 THE UNKNOWN CONCORD

Greetings and salutation to all,

Before I continue any further, pardon me for the delay. As originally mentioned on my previous posting, I will come out with another exposé on 23^rd December 2011. But alas, current situations and time does not permit me to do so. I hope everyone would understand that I also have my daily commitments and juggling between my own schedules and this blog in my spare time is not an easy thing for an ordinary Joe like myself. All work and no play is not healthy

As usual, I’m evoking The Whistleblower Protection Act 2010, Act 711, gazette on 10 June 2010 for myself, my sources and informers. For now I will need to postpone the Phoenix Project Chapter exposé instead I will go with something else that involves the same businessman and a former minister but still a Member Of Parliament.

In light with the current development, it seems that there are many issues needed to be satisfied. BUT THAT IS NOT MY MAIN CONCERN AND OBJECTIVE WHEN I SET UP THIS PAGE. THIS LITTLE BLOG IS NOT MEANT TO SLANDER ANYONE OR TO TARNISH THEIR IMAGE, BUT MERELY EXPOSING THE FACT AS IT IS AND THE IMPROPER CONDUCT OF THOSE IN IT.

IT IS IMMATERIAL IF THIS BLOG IS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED OR ALIGNED. 

Radio Free Sarawak gets ready for election

In the Sarawak election last year, Radio Free Sarawak's Iban broadcasts gave the opposition much leverage.

KUCHING: Lone wolf broadcaster Radio Free Sarawak (RFS) kicks off this evening with a new format and the state’s “best known” Iban-speaking presenter Christina Suntai.

RFS is a small outfit, broadcasting out of the United Kingdom in defiance of Sarawak’s licensing authorities

Broadcasting over shortwave 15420kHz from 6pm this evening, RFS will also boast three more high-profile personalities on air – Michael Ngau, Stanley Rentap and Kaka Burung Tiong.

Together with the station’s pioneer deejay Peter John Jaban, they will be offering more interactive dialogue session with listeners.

Said RFS London-based founder Clare Rewcastle Brown: “The station is limbering into ‘election gear’ with a new emphasis on interactive dialogue with listeners.

Opposition promises ‘freer’ hand for Sabah, Sarawak

Special petroleum fund for Sabah and Sarawak if Pakatan Rakyat comes into power.

KOTA KINABALU: Pakatan Rakyat has pledged to give both Sabah and Sarawak a “freer” hand in deciding on local issues such as education and public services.

State PKR sectratry Dr Roland Chia said greater autonomy for both states was an integral part of the promises in Pakatan’s Buku Jingga (Orange Book) manifesto.

“Pakatan Rakyat will allocate federal power to states in matters that fall under state and local jurisdictions… the state governments chosen by the people should be respected by the federal government.

“Be assured that both Sabah and Sarawak will be given greater autonomy under Pakatan in line with the special position of the two states, ” he said.

CALL FOR ORANG ASLI COURT A POSITIVE MOVE

MEDIA RELEASE 16 JANUARY 2012

CALL FOR ORANG ASLI COURT A POSITIVE MOVE

The proposal by Andrew Khoo, chairman of the Bar Council’s Orang Asli’s Rights Committee, for an Orang Asli Court to be set up is most opportune and I fully support his call. Currently native customary land rights cases are heard in the civil courts where no particular judge is specialized in this area of law. To date, I fully commend the judges before whom I’ve appeared in the conduct of my cases for their earnestness and diligence in understanding all facets of the matters brought up before them. However, the setting up of a special court for such cases would be a boon for all parties involved as well as for the judicial system.

Judges who are new to NCR cases naturally take time to fully digest and appreciate the issues at hand, and to understand the various terms used in NCR claims. They are required to take into consideration the adat or customs and the background of the various indigenous groups who appear before them for redress. In terms of time and cost saving, having a specialized court with judges who are fully conversant in such matters would be enormously advantageous as the time taken to hear cases would be considerably shortened. Our clients often have to travel a long way to attend court and can ill-afford frequent visits and long stays in the towns and cities. A specialized court would help to improve their access to justice.

In terms of evidence and procedure, an Indigenous Court should be more friendly and accommodating in their approach, taking into consideration that the courtroom is an alienating and intimidating place for the indigenous people.

More and more native landowners are becoming aware of their rights and the availability of the courts as an avenue for justice where their rights to land have been violated by companies, often with the connivance of those in authority. The log book in my law firm for NCR claims has reached the 200 mark, with around 100 active files. I urge our new Chief Justice to recognize the needs of our native community and to establish an Indigenous People’s Court so that the protection guaranteed to them by our Federal Constitution can be more speedily and effectively enforced.

Baru Bian
State Assemblyman
N70 Ba’ Kelalan

Keputusan tuntutan mutaah bekas menantu Taib Mahmud 31 Jan

Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah menetapkan 31 Januari ini untuk membuat keputusan berhubung beberapa permohonan dalam kes tuntutan mutaah berjumlah RM100 juta yang difailkan bekas menantu Ketua Menteri Sarawak Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, Shahnaz A Majid.

Ketua Hakim Syarie Datuk Muhammad Abdullah menetapkan tarikh itu selepas mendengar hujah peguam Saadiah Din yang mewakili Datuk Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir Abdul Taib dan peguam Shahnaz, Dr Mohd Rafie Mohd Shafie.

Beliau turut memberi tempoh seminggu kepada Shahnaz untuk memasukkan hujah terakhir.

Antara permohonan yang difailkan Shahnaz, 49, dalam tuntutan mutaah yang bermaksud saguhati selepas perceraian itu ialah permohonan notis tunjuk sebab terhadap bekas suaminya, Mahmud Abu Bekir, 49, yang didakwa telah mengingkari perintah mahkamah.

Pada 31 Januari itu juga, mahkamah akan membuat keputusan permohonan anak sulung kepada Ketua Menteri Sarawak itu untuk mengenepikan notis tunjuk sebab itu.

Di luar mahkamah, Saadiah memberitahu pemberita bahawa Shahnaz mengemukakan bantahan terhadap peguam syarie Datuk Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar yang turut mewakili bekas suaminya.

Ini kerana Zainul Rijal merupakan Ahli Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan dan dibimbangi akan berlaku konflik kepentingan jika beliau mewakili Mahmud Abu Bekir dalam kes itu.

Sementara itu, Mohd Rafie berkata pihaknya menghantar sapina kepada tujuh saksi termasuk Abdul Taib dua minggu lepas untuk memberi keterangan dalam kes tuntutan mutaah tersebut.

Shahnaz, kakak Ratu Jazz negara Datuk Sheila Majid, turut menfailkan tuntutan harta sepencarian berjumlah RM300 juta terhadap Mahmud Abu Bekir.

Pada 5 Ogos tahun lepas, Shahnaz memperoleh kebenaran bagi memulakan prosiding tunjuk sebab terhadap Mahmud Abu Bekir mengapa bekas suaminya itu tidak boleh dikenakan tindakan selepas didakwa mengingkari perintah mahkamah.

Perintah itu adalah untuk Mahmud Abu Bekir, seorang ahli perniagaan, menzahirkan semua dokumen berkaitan harta miliknya termasuk akaun simpanan bank, akaun Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP), penyata cukai dan penyata kewangan bulanan atau tahunan.

Jika gagal berbuat demikian, beliau boleh disabit dan dikenakan hukuman maksimum penjara enam bulan atau denda RM2,000.

Antara lain, Shahnaz menuntut beberapa rumah, beratus hektar tanah di Sarawak dan di Bukit Tunku di sini serta beberapa kereta mewah diisytiharkan sebagai harta sepencarian.

Pada 11 Mei tahun lepas, Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah mengesahkan penceraian Mahmud Abu Bekir dan Shahnaz dengan talak satu.

Pasangan itu, yang berkahwin pada 9 Jan 1992, dikurniakan seorang anak lelaki, Raden Murya, 19.

- Bernama

S/U Agung PKR Saifuddin Nasution bergelar 'Datuk'

Setiausaha Agung PKR, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, hari ini dianugerahkan Darjah Setia Diraja Kedah (DSDK) yang membawa gelaran Datuk oleh Sultan Kedah, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Sultan Badlishah.

Anugerah itu adalah sempena ulang tahun keputeraan baginda yang ke-84.

Saifuddin menerima anugerah itu Istana Anak Bukit, Alor Setar.

Sementara itu, mendahului senarai penerima darjah kebesaran, bintang dan pingat sempena adalah Sultan Kelantan Sultan Muhammad Ke-V yang merupakan penerima tunggal Darjah Kerabat Kedah (DK).

Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung dan Panglima Angkatan Tentera Jeneral, Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin pula dianugerahkan Darjah Seri Setia Diraja Kedah (SSDK) yang membawa gelaran Datuk Seri.

Tiga orang penerima Darjah Paduka Seri Setia Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah (DHMS) (gelaran Datuk Paduka) ialah pengasas Universiti Lim Kok Wing, Tan Sri Dr Lim Kok Wing; Panglima Tentera Darat, Jen Datuk Zulkifli Zainal Abidin; dan Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara, Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar.

Pengarah Urusan United U-Li Corporation Berhad, Datuk James Lee Yoon Wah; Pengarah Jabatan Keselamtan Dalam Negeri dan Ketenteraman Awam, Pesuruhjaya Datuk Salleh Mat Rashid; Timbalan Panglima Tentera Darat, Lt-Jen Datuk Seri Ahmad Hasbullah Mohd Nawawi; dan Pegawai Khas Perdana Menteri, Prof Datuk Dr Khairul Annas Jusoh akan menerima Darjah Gemilang Seri Mahkota Kedah (DGMK) (gelaran Datuk Wira).

Penasihat kepada Perdana Menteri, Datuk Othman Abd Razak pula merupakan penerima tunggal Darjah Kebesaran Mahkota Kedah (DPMK) yang membawa gelaran Datuk.

Darjah Setia Diraja Kedah (DSDK) yang juga membawa gelaran Datuk akan dianugerahkan kepada 44 orang manakala 18 lagi menerima Jaksa Pendamai (J.P).

Selain ahli Parlimen Machang, Kelantan, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail yang dianugerah DSDK; dua anggota Exco kerajaan Kedah, Ustazah Aishah Ghazali dan S Manikumar; ahli Dewan Negara, Senator Boon Som a/l Inong; ahli perniagaan, Datuk Muhammad Ikmal Opat Abdullah; dan Ketua Polis Kedah, Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim juga mendapat pingat yang sama.

Setiausaha Kerajaan Kedah, Datuk Paduka Rasli Basir, Speaker Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah, Datuk Dr Isa Ismail serta tiga Exco kerajaan negeri, Datuk Taulan Mat Rasul, Datuk Phahrolrazi Zawawi dan Tan Chow Kang antara penerima JP.

NFC paid RM600,000 credit card bill for Shahrizat’s family

By Shannon Teoh

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — PKR continued to press today for Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil’s family to be suspended from managing the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC), claiming they used nearly RM600,000 from the federally-funded project to pay for their credit card bills in 2009.

PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli said in a statement today the Wanita Umno chief’s husband and three children, who sit on the NFC board, used funds from the RM250 million cattle farming project to pay credit card bills averaging over RM10,000 per month each across the year.

“Exposures such as this will continue until Datuk Seri Najib Razak acts to signal that the prime minister and his Cabinet accept full responsibility for the misappropriation in NFC,” he said.

PKR has repeatedly accused Shahrizat’s family of abusing public funds in the past two months including at least RM27 million to buy land and property unrelated to cattle farming.

Rafizi (picture) said today NFC released RM182,525, RM160,673, RM127,900 and RM122,402 to pay credit card bills belonging to Shahrizat’s husband and NFC chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh and her three children respectively in 2009.

Noh Omar passes buck on NFC scandal to Muhyiddin

By Clara Chooi
January 16, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Facing heat for his alleged role in the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) controversy, Datuk Seri Noh Omar today deflected all queries on the scandal to Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

The Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister, when asked by reporters today to explain why the NFC’s operations have not been discontinued when its assets have been frozen, told reporters here to direct their questions to Muhyiddin instead.

He was also asked on the proposed action to be taken against NFC, which is being run by Datuk Seri Mohamed Salleh Ismail, the husband of minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abd Jalil.

“It’s okay, this one, you ask DPM,” he said twice during a press conference here, before adding that he had to leave.

Noh had earlier given a 20-minute press conference on new guidelines imposed by the government to regulate the birds nest industry in Malaysia.

Investigate Agriculture Ministry too, says Singapore daily

By Debra Chong
 
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Malaysia’s Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry must be investigated for its role in the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal, Singapore’s Business Times (BT) said today as criticism against Umno-linked politicians continue to sharpen.

In a commentary piece published today, the Singapore daily pointed out that the public’s demand for government accountability has been made clear from the way they voted in Election 2008, which saw the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition lose its two-thirds grip on Parliament.

The Agriculture Ministry must be probed for disbursing the RM250 million to the NFC, said the paper.It noted too that from the Auditor-General’s 2010 report — when the cattle project came to light and showed the corporation, run by the family of Minister Datuk Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, had badly failed to meet production targets — the government had also failed to monitor the costly national project, and questioned if there been a failure of fiduciary duty on the part of government officials as well.

Bringing back the real Malaysia

Stephanie Sta Maria

Umno veteran and Amanah deputy president Kadir Sheikh Fadzir isn’t bothered about hiding his allegiance to civil society even if it means being critical of Barisan Nasional. Kadir Sheikh Fadzir may be an Umno veteran and former Cabinet minister, but he has no qualms about walking the tightrope between political allegiance and civic-consciousness.

“Help the opposition,” he said within seconds of settling down for an interview at his office in Sazean Holdings.

Then, perhaps accustomed to having such requests being laughed off, he reiterated his call: “Help the opposition, they need it. Especially when they are denied coverage in the mainstream media.”

Malaysia Election Around the Corner ?

Najib and Anwar in happier times

Asia Sentinel


With Sodomy II out of the way, looks forward to March polls — maybe

With the Sodomy II trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim now out of the way, it is probably time to start thinking seriously about Malaysia’s 13th general election, which most observers — but not all — believe will be called in March, during school holidays when the classrooms are empty.

Despite euphoria on the part of the three-party opposition coalition, the end of the trial doesn’t mean that Anwar’s troubles are over. One political observer in Kuala Lumpur told Asia Sentinel that the United Malays National Organization, the lead party in the ruling national coalition, will probably do its best to discredit him in other ways.

Curtains for Shahrizat? Forced to take leave after damning email against husband

Wong Choon Mei

It looks like the curtains for Umno minister Shahrizat Jaili. A three-week emergency leave she requested from Prime Minister Najib Razak is likely to turn permanent as news emerge that a top official at the National Feedlot Corporation run by her husband had paid money to a ‘Datuk Fixit’ to influence a police probe into corruption at the cattle breeding company.


Already speculation is swirling that the official may be her husband, the NFC executive chairman Salleh Ismail. A harried Shahrizat had declined to comment when chased by reporters this afternoon.

“No, no, no, excuse me,” Shahrizat, who is also the Wanita Umno chief, had said when asked about claims made by PKR leaders that they had proof – in the form of an email – that there had indeed been ‘hanky-panky’ at the NFC.

Anwar says ‘Malaysian Spring’ in progress

By Debra Chong
January 13, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — A “Malaysian Spring” was already under way and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) “would win power in any fair forthcoming poll”, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Financial Times.

FT reported that Anwar, 64, was looking to relaunch his political career and appeared to pose stiff competition for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to head the next government with his calls for snap polls and widespread economic reforms.

In an interview with Anwar (picture) in Mumbai, the opposition leader had raised questions about the fairness in the next elections, and accused Najib’s government of “election fraud” while failing to carry out various reform, including ending racial economic policies that benefit the majority Malays at the expense of the minority ethnic Chinese and Indian communities, the paper said.

The paper said Anwar was planning to meet with political allies upon his return to Malaysia and begin drafting “a radical election manifesto” that would focus on economic reforms as “corruption and cronyism” under the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government would see the country lose out to its Southeast Asian neighbours such as Thailand and Vietnam.

Anwar’s party colleagues in the PKR had said they were offering a new deal to clean up the country in the next elections.

‘Declare your assets, Taib’

Joseph Tawie 

It’s ironical that the chief minister should advise civil servants in Sarawak to resist temptations.

Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud should take the cue from Penang’s Lim Guan Eng and declare his assets if he is really concerned about the drop in corruption perception index (CPI) and abuse of power.

Throwing Taib a challenge, Sarawak DAP secretary-general Chong Chien Jien said: “If Taib is really concerned about the drop in CPI and if he really wants to improve it, he should do what the Penang chief minister and his state executive council members are doing – declaring their assets and publishing them in the newspapers.

“I challenge Taib and his ministers to declare their assets if they are really concerned about corruption and abuse of power in the state.

“That’s my challenge to him and don’t just pay lip service by being concerned about the drop in CPI.”

The day Najib lost his nerve: Why was Anwar acquitted ?

Nawawi Mohamad

When the late deputy prime minister Ghafar Baba announced that the Kuala Lumpur International Airport was to be constructed in Sepang, many developers who had bet on the airport being sited somewhere in Bukit Beruntung were forced to run for cover, salvaging whatever they could from their investments in that area.

The next step taken by the UMNO-led government was to freeze any transaction involving land and property in the whole Sepang district including any development. So apart from some private activities and the harvesting of the palm oil in the estates, ‘everything’ to do with land was put on hold. Even when people wanted to make enquiries on the status of land there, they faced a lot of restrictions and many gave up trying to find opportunities related to the KLIA project.

But unknown to the public, all deals linked to UMNO were carried out secretly during this unofficial moratorium or black-out period. Eventually, after four years, construction on the KLIA started. Many of the lands in Sepang changed hands during this period and when the auctions began, it was the UMNO cronies who got the highest prices for the lands they had acquired secretly.

‘Disappearing’ Jabu slammed

Joseph Tawie
Flood victims across Sarawak are pleading for help, claiming their BN reps aren’t around.

Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu Anak Numpang has come under fire for his “below par performance” in handling the recent floods which occurred in several areas in the state.

According to Sarawak PKR vice-chairman See Chee How, Jabu, who heads the state disaster and reflied management committee, “keep disappearing” everytime there are floods in the state.

“I am very disappointed with him. He keeps on disappearing whenever Sarawak is hit with floods. So far he has given two press conferences regarding the floods and relief assistance.”

“I must say that his performance as the state disaster and relief management committee chairman is really below par,” said See, who is also Batu Lintang state assemblyman.

Anwar bebas: Sejauh mana imej BN pulih ?

13 JAN — Walaupun sudah beberapa hari Datuk Seri Anwar dibebaskan dari pertuduhan meliwat Saiful Bukhari Azlan — bekas pembantu peribadinya, perbincangan mengenai keputusan bersejarah tersebut masih lagi rancak.

Hebatnya impak keputusan mahkamah tersebut sehingga menyebabkan isu seperti pemecatan Exco Selangor, Datuk Dr Hasan Ali tenggelam dan gagal dimanipulasikan oleh media-media yang tidak mesra kepada Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

Kegembiraan penyokong Anwar dan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) boleh dilihat dilaman-laman sosial seperti Facebook, Twitter dan YouTube.

Gambar dan video dihari perhimpunan Bebas Anwar 901 dinaikkan menggambarkan satu temasya rakyat menyambut kemenangan.

Kegembiraan bebasnya Anwar dari pertuduhan liwat tidak menggembirakan semua pihak. Apatah lagi bagi bekas “anak-anak buah” ahli parlimen Permatang Pauh yang telah menyebrang menyertai Umno dan Barisan Nasional.

Senator Ezam Mohd Nor, mantan Ketua Angkatan Muda PKR yang telah menyertai Umno kecewa dengan keputusan mahkamah membebaskan Anwar.

Ezam yang masih tidak dapat mengubah gaya pidatonya yang mirip Anwar Ibrahim itu, menyatakan beliau tetap percaya bahawa bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu adalah peliwat walaupun keputusan mahkamah tidak memihak kepada Saiful Bukhari.

Sebenarnya Ezam tahu, apabila Anwar bebas dari pertuduhan liwat, ianya memberikan kekuatan kepada ahli parlimen Permatang Pauh itu untuk terus mengasak BN.

Jika BN tersungkur dari kuasa, Ezam sudah “letih” untuk menjadi pemimpin pembangkang sepertimana satu ketika dahulu.

PKR calls ‘zakat abusers’ obstructers not defenders of Islam

By Shannon Teoh
January 13, 2012


KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — PKR stepped up pressure on Islamic affairs minister Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom today, accusing him and two senior Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) officials of standing in the way of Islamic law rather than defending its sovereignty.

One of the officials, MAIWP director Datuk Che Mat Che Ali, had yesterday insisted the trio used zakat funds to pay for their legal fees to “defend the sovereignty and honour” of Islam.

PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution (picture) poured scorn on Che Mat’s remarks today, insisting “they are not defending the sovereignty of Islamic institutions but blocking Islamic law from being executed.”

This comes on the back of another minister, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, being forced to take three weeks’ leave yesterday due to continued attacks from PKR over the RM250 million National Feedlot Centre (NFC) project awarded to her family.

The party’s over

The people must not not forget that the country still has to be saved and there is much work to do.

COMMENT

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was aware of the consequences of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim being jailed. With limited choices, he was forced to choose the unpalatable option of having Anwar acquitted.

In doing so, Najib’s reputation may have been enhanced, his party Umno-BN saved from the brink of annihilation at the polls and, most important of all, the creation of the powerful and feared martyr (Anwar), was neutralised.

For Anwar, acquittal meant he could concentrate on leading the opposition and making sure the government performs. Sodomy II was designed by Umno to be a distraction, for him and the rakyat. Valuable time and resources had been wasted on this sham trial which was designed to wear Anwar and the rakyat down.

Najib must think us fools to believe that Anwar’s acquittal signalled an independent judiciary. What about the many other cases which have been rigged in the past? Teoh Beng Hock, Aminulrasyid Amzah, Ahmad Sarbani, A Kugan.

Shahrizat on leave from ministerial duties

The minister wants MACC to investigate to determine whether she was linked to the NFC issue.

KUALA LUMPUR: Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said today she has applied for three weeks’ leave from tomorrow from her duties as Women, Family and Community Development Minister.

She said in a statement that she had put in the leave application to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

“I hope the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will be able to undertake the investigation to determine whether I was associated with or not in any of the decisions made by the government on the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) in which my husband, Dr Mohammad Salleh Ismail, is the executive chairman,” she said.

The NFC issue cropped up after the 2010 Auditor-General’s Report issued last October said the corporation’s cattle-breeding project in Gemas, Negri Sembilan, to boost production and reduce import of beef had failed to meet its target.

The issue heated up following allegations by the opposition political parties of irregularities in the government allocation of RM250 million to NFC.

- Bernama

How will the scales of justice move?

Jeswan Kaur

The decision to give the green light for the rally today is just one more propaganda act by the government

Toady will make history, for more reasons than one. It is that the justice system will reveal its ‘true colours”.

Will the decision disposed in the Anwar Ibrahim sodomy II trial favour the “truth” or will it be partial, in the interest of the ruling government, Barisan Nasional?

As it stands, the BN leadership has spared no effort in character assassinating Anwar and “sealing” his political fate. Humiliation, condemnation and the butt of jokes, Anwar has been at the receiving end of the BN brutality for a long time now.

Whether justice i.e. the truth prevails tomorrow or otherwise, the rakyat have long understood the manipulation of the the judiciary, ever since Anwar, 64, once the country’s former deputy prime minister and now advisor of the opposition guild Pakatan Rakyat, was condemned to a life of shame after being accused of corruption and sodomy.

‘BN has everything to lose no matter the verdict’

Zefry Dahalan 

Bersih 2.0 chairperson S Ambiga is of the view Monday’s verdict will be a judgement on the justice system.


Monday’s verdict on Anwar Ibrahim’s Sodomy II case will also be a judgement on the ‘whole justice system’ and regardless of which way the decision goes, it would be a loss for Barisan Nasional, said Bersih chairperson S Ambiga.

“As a lawyer, I am very concerned about the way in which this case has proceeded particularly in the light of the evidence produced.”

“Furthermore it is my view that BN has everything to lose no matter which way the decision goes….if Anwar wins, they lose, if Anwar loses, they lose.

“But above and beyond that, is the manner in which our system of justice is used to bring down political opponents.

“We will know whether they succeed yet again when the judgement is handed down.

“This judgement will not only be about Anwar .It will be about the whole justice system”, she told FMT.

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Sarawak PKR joins peaceful assembly

According to Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian, the manner in which the Sodomy II trial was conducted has given supporters no cause for optimism with regards to the verdict.

KUCHING: A banner containing some 300 signatures from Sarawak will be among the many calling for the release of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim even before the verdict is announced on Jan 9.

PKR expects to mobilize 100,000 supporters to gather at the Jalan Duta High Court where Anwar’s fate will be known on Monday.

Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian said whatever the outcome, it will not impede PKR or Pakatan Rakyat’s progress.

Jamil Khir says ‘unaware’ of Perkim road deal

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
January 05, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Islamic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said today he was unaware of Perkim’s involvement in a RM270 million road construction project, saying he had not heard about the matter before.

Perkim vice-president II Prof Emeritus Datuk Ariffin Suhaimi, 74, and Perkim members Datuk Baharin Baba, 58, and Abas Adam, 60, were charged with CBT on December 27, 2011, involving RM3.7 million entrusted to them as cash consideration for upgrading the stretch of road from Subang Airport to Sungai Buloh Hospital between April 2002 and April 2004.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has not explained the details of the case except to say it is prosecuting the three in the Shah Alam Sessions Court.

“I am unaware about this, I have to check, I have not heard about this,” Jamil Khir (picture) told The Malaysian Insider after officiating a function at the Islamic Institute for Understanding (IKIM) here.

The minister said the matter was not within his jurisdiction before rushing off for lunch.

Perkim is a welfare organisation for Muslim converts founded by the country’s founding prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, in 1960. It is now led by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who is the country’s longest-serving prime minister.

The first phase of the project was awarded to Perkim (Damansara Utama)-Rira Bina Sdn Bhd JV on August 11, 2003, by the Public Works Department (PWD) and valued at RM130 million, according to the government’s Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) website.

Umno ‘colonised’ and cheated us from the onset

History notes that Umno had flouted every point in the Malaysia Agreement and royally screwed Sarawak and Sabah.

COMMENT

By Kik Tajue

The article ‘Umno needs to ‘colonise’ S’wak for continuity’ on Dec 29 written by Dr John Brian Anthony prompted me to write this.

Before we get down to the nitty gritty, let me say that Dr Anthony has made a small mistake in that Umno has, in fact, colonised Sarawak (and Sabah) since Malaysia came into being. We shall see this shortly.

But what is even more deplorable is that the two states have not just been colonised. They have in fact been cheated – and cheated in many ways.

Let us start from the beginning. (For our discussion, we shall ignore Singapore.)

The subject is actually very lengthy, but I shall try to be as brief by highlighting only the most salient points.

Dubious start

When Tunku Abdul Rahman approached the British government with the view to forming Malaysia, he was in fact in the midst of a negotiation with Diosdado Macapagal (then president of the Philippines) and Sukarno (then president of Indonesia) to form Maphilindo, a union of Malaya, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Exodus 2012: Why Umno needs to create an image of strength and to destroy Anwar

Maclean Patrick
Malaysians ushered in 2012 amidst news of student-bashing by the police, who are clearly are aligned to Prime Minister Najib Razak and his UMNO party; Cabinet minister Shahrizat Jalil’s stubborn refusal to quit despite an increasing pile of incriminating evidence against her family’s corruption; plus the defection of a former pro-opposition blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin, who has been accused of taking money to smear Najib’s arch rival – Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim – ahead of the latter’s January 9 Sodomy II verdict, which is being monitored by international bodies and first world governments.

How quickly the wheels turn in Malaysian politics but sad to say, it is the same dreary sort of gutter politicking that many pundits believe will hammer the final nail into Najib’s political coffin. The ruling BN coalition, which hounded RPK for years, has now come forward to proclaim him a hero, while Anwar’s Pakatan Rakyat coalition has distanced itself from this rather odd personality, who grew to fame by bashing down the establishment and revealing some of the most sensational of cases including Najib and first lady Rosmah Mansor’s involvement in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder.

Anwar sees polls soon, trial adds tensions

January 04, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Malaysia’s opposition leader believes his party could be strengthened if a court rules against him in a sodomy trial on Monday, with an economic showdown already threatening to damage the ruling coalition with polls expected this year.

Anwar told Reuters in an interview that he expected elections “sooner rather than later”. — file pic

Malaysia is bracing for possible unrest after the two-year trial ends, with supporters of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim hoping to draw 100,000 to a rally outside the courthouse where the verdict in the trial is due to be read on Monday.

The trial has polarised opinion in conservative, majority Muslim Malaysia. The High Court decision could deepen political divisions further as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, branded a hardliner by the opposition, weighs whether to call elections this year.

Police have warned people not to gather outside the court. Mass protests could cast doubt on Malaysia’s political stability and spook investors, who are vital to achieving Malaysia’s target of attracting US$444 billion (RM1.4 billion) of investment by 2020.

Anwar, a former finance minister, told Reuters in an interview that Najib’s ruling coalition “has to decide, Anwar in prison, is it better for them or not?”

“I’m not sure whether it’s better for them. We’ve done a lot to explain to the masses. (The opposition) may emerge slightly stronger,” said.

Once the rising star of Malaysian politics and a former deputy premier, Anwar’s political fortunes have since been marked by long-running legal battles over charges of sodomy — sex between males is illegal in Malaysia — after he was sacked by former Malaysian premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 1998.

Anwar: Pakatan has identified my replacement

The verdict will be out in Anwar’s sodomy trial on January 9. — Picture by Choo Choy May

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has decided who will lead the pact if he is found guilty next week of sodomy charges and jailed ahead of a general election expected this year.

The de facto PR leader did not, however, name his replacement in an interview today with US business news service Bloomberg.

“We have prepared the groundwork for a manifesto for Pakatan Rakyat and we are now in the final stages,” Anwar told Bloomberg in the interview.

“We have decided on the leadership during elections or post-elections in the event I’m imprisoned.”

Anwar said this was part of PR’s contingency plans if he were to go to jail again.

The High Court here will deliver its verdict in Anwar’s second sodomy trial on January 9.

Anwar faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of sodomising his former aide.

Yesterday, the PR leadership also said it was prepared in the event Anwar is jailed next week.

“The Pakatan leadership, not only me and (Datuk Seri Dr Wan) Azizah (Wan Ismail) but Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and Lim Kit Siang have discussed scenarios…If I am jailed, involved in accident or shot, we are prepared, discussed various possibilities, scenario one, two, three,” Anwar had told reporters here yesterday.

An analyst quoted by Bloomberg in its report today suggested PR parties would benefit at the ballot box if Anwar is convicted.

“There may be an immediate swing towards him and his party” if Anwar is convicted, said Ibrahim Suffian, a political analyst at Kuala Lumpur-based Merdeka Center for Opinion Research.

“If Najib takes some months before calling an election, this opens up room for weaknesses in the opposition coalition to surface and any differences in opinion to be exploited.”

The Malaysian Insider