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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Phone- hacking scandal
Murdochs, Brooks, police testify in phone-hacking scandal
Mallory Simon, CNN News blog editor
Edi tor’s Note: Don’t miss live cov er age of tes ti mo ny by police, Rupert Mur doch, James Mur doch and Rebekah Brooks before the British Par lia ment in the phone-hacking scan dal. It begins at 7:00 a.m. ET Tues day on CNN.com/Live, the CNN apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and select ed Nokia hand sets inter na tion al ly. Rupert and James Mur doch and Rebekah Brooks’ ques tion ing will begin at 9:30 a.m. ET. The two hear ings may overlap.
[Updat ed at 1:52 p.m. GMT, 9:52 a.m. ET] New York Times media reporter Brian Stel ter tweets a com ment about Rupert Mur doch’s answer about his com pa ny — one many expect ed Mur doch would say dur ing this hear ing.
@brianstelter: “Is Rupert Mur doch using the we’re-a-really-big-company defense?”
[Updat ed at 1:52 p.m. GMT, 9:52 a.m. ET] Rupert Mur doch asks to say some thing. Thump ing the table repeat ed ly, he says News of the World is only 1% of his com pa ny; he employs 53,000 peo ple around the world and he has to rely on their integri ty.
[Updat ed at 1:50 p.m. GMT, 9:50 a.m. ET] The direct hear ing on the phone hacking, which saw senior police fig ures tes ti fy ing, has ended.
[Updat ed at 1:49 p.m. GMT, 9:49 a.m. ET] Aside from Rupert Mur doch’s remarkable inter rup tion, James seems to be doing most of the talk ing so far. It’s also worth men tion ing that Rupert’s wife Wendi Deng is sit ting vis i bly front-and-center on the bench es behind James and his father.
[Updat ed at 1:48 p.m. GMT, 9:48 a.m. ET] Asked why News Inter na tion al exec utives said at pre vi ous appear ances before select com mit tees that there was no evi dence of ille gal i ty, James Mur doch says the com pa ny relied on a police inves ti ga tion in 2007 and sub se quent inquiries. He says he can’t say exact ly what they knew, but key facts only emerged from civil tri als at end of 2010.
Asked who else was involved with phone hack ing at News of the World, James says a num ber of inves ti ga tions are going on, and he can’t com ment fur ther. He says News Inter na tion al has estab lished a group with in com pa ny that is coop er at ing with the police.
[Updat ed at 1:38 p.m. GMT, 9:38 a.m. ET] Rupert Mur doch inter rupts his son who is apol o giz ing for the ille gal phone-hacking, to say: “This is the most hum ble day of my life.”
[Updat ed at 1:36 p.m. GMT, 9:36 a.m. ET] Now to the main event. James Mur doch sit ting along side his father Rupert asks to read out a state ment, but chair man John Whit ting dale refus es.
[Updat ed at 1:28 p.m. GMT, 9:28 a.m. ET] Dan Rivers has man aged to get into the com mit tee room where the Mur dochs will be grilled. No more tweets allowed,” he writes.
[Updat ed at 1:27 p.m. GMT, 9:27 a.m. ET] It appears we may have a bit of over lapping between the two hear ings, but we’ll be watch ing both. We’ll bring you con tin ued cov er age of com ments from out go ing Met ro pol i tan Police Assis tant Com mis sion er John Yates as well as the begin ning of cov er age of tes ti mo ny in the sec ond hear ing. That hearing, before the Com mons Cul ture, Media and Sport com mit tee, will focus on tes ti mo ny from Rupert Mur doch, James Mur doch and Rebekah Brooks.
[Updat ed at 1:26 p.m. GMT, 9:26 a.m. ET] Yates has been defend ing his 2009 review of the phone hack ing inves ti ga tion which rec om mend ed that no fur ther action was need ed. Asked whether his eight-hour perusal of 11,000 doc u ments was suf fi cient, he said it was.
“You can crit i cize me with hindsight,” he said. “It was a rea son ably sophis ti cat ed process.”
[Updat ed at 1:21 p.m. GMT, 9:21 a.m. ET] As antic i pa tion builds for the day’s main attrac tion – the ques tion ing of Rupert Mur doch — Dan Rivers (@danieljerivers) tweets that some mem bers of the pub lic have been lin ing up since 5:30 a.m. this morn ing to get a seat at in the gallery.
[Updat ed at 1:19 p.m. GMT, 9:19 a.m. ET] As with Stephen son before him, Yates’ answers have brought up the police force’s rela tion ship with Down ing Street – which is a key ele ment when con sid er ing the scan dal’s poten tial to taint the cur rent gov ern ment.
Yates said he had offered to brief the prime min is ter’s chief of staff over the “nuances” of the phone-hacking affair in Sep tem ber 2010. He said the offer was reject ed.
Ear li er Stephen son spoke about being warned by a Down ing Street offi cial that direct ly brief ing Prime Min is ter David Cameron about Neil Wal lis could com pro mise the Conser v a tive leader’s integri ty. He was later unable to put a name to this offi cial.
[Updat ed at 1:10 p.m. GMT, 9:10 a.m. ET] The ques tion ing has turned once again to the sub ject of for mer News of the World exec u tive Neil Wal lis. Yates said he asked Neil Wal lis if there was any thing that could embar rass the Met before he was hired.
Asked about what role he played in the Met’s hir ing of Wal lis’s daugh ter, he said: “The met employs peo ple all the time. I had absolute ly noth ing to do with her employ ment…” He added that he was mere ly “a post box” for her resume.
Yates says he met Wal lis two or three times a year since they first met in 2000 — most ly they had “sport-related” meet ings.
“Don’t get the impres sion we’re bosom bud dies, for ev er round each other’s houses,” he said.
[Updat ed at 1:02 p.m. GMT, 9:02 a.m. ET] Out go ing Met ro pol i tan Police Assis tant Com mis sion er John Yates is fac ing the panel now. Explain ing why he resigned yes ter day over the scan dal he said he want ed to “stand up and be counted.”
He added: “I’ve done noth ing wrong, my integri ty is intact and my con science is clear.”
[Updat ed at 1:01 p.m. GMT, 9:01 a.m. ET] Keith Vaz thanks Fedor cio for com ing in, but adds “I’m not sure we’re any clear er now than we were at the beginning.”
[Updat ed at 12:56 p.m. GMT, 8:56 a.m. ET] Fedor cio faces detailed ques tion ing on why he asked Yates to per form a “due dili gence” check on for mer News of the World exec u tive Wal lis.
He says he asked him to carry out the checks because he knew he had inves ti gat ing phone hack ing; asked by the panel if he knew Wal lis and Yates had been close friends since 1998, he says did not.
Repeat ed ly Fedor cio says: “I had no rea son to doubt Mr. Yates’s integrity.”
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[Updat ed at 12:53 p.m. GMT, 8:53 a.m. ET] More from CNN’s Dan Rivers (@danieljerivers) out side the inquiry. He writes: “Just seen Rebekah Brooks in Portcullis House smil ing and look ing confident.”
[Updat ed at 12:43 p.m. GMT, 8:43 a.m. ET] A bit of post-match analy sis on Stephen son from for mer Met ro pol i tan Police Com man der John O’Con nor. He says Stephen son “held his end very well.” The MPs were look ing for a smok ing gun, or evidence of doing favors for News Inter na tion al, but they found no such evi dence, O’Con nor told CNN’s Richard Quest.
Stephen son accept ed his posi tion as top cop was unten able after it was revealed he accept ed $19,000 worth of hos pi tal i ty from Champ neys as it would have implied there was one rule for him and anoth er for ordi nary police offi cers. O’Con nor said Stephen son emerged as a “man of great integrity.”
O’Con nor said he believed some peo ple will ulti mate ly find them selves in the dock over the scan dal and some of them will go to jail.
[Updat ed at 12:39 p.m. GMT, 8:39 a.m. ET] Dick Fedor cio, the Met ro pol i tan police’s direc tor of pub lic affairs, has wast ed no time in point ing an accus ing fin ger at John Yates.
Fedor cio says he was told by Yates that employ ing for mer News of the World exec u tive Neil Wal lis would not embar rass the police force.
[Updat ed at 12:31 p.m. GMT, 8:31 a.m. ET] Stephen son has wrapped things up after an hour and a half with a clos ing state ment in which he praised his police colleagues as “decent hard-working pro fes sion als” and sought to clar i fy the cir cum stances of his depar ture.
“I’m not leav ing because I was pushed” he said.
He sound ed slight ly mor bid speak ing his col league John Yates. “We’re the poor er for his passing,” he said.
FYI: Yates, a for mer assis tant police com mis sion er who blocked an inves ti ga tion into phone hack ing, is very much alive since resign ing over the scan dal yes ter day. He’s up for a grilling later.
[Updat ed at 12:27 p.m. GMT, 8:27 a.m. ET] CNN’s Jonathan Wald (@jonathanwaldcnn) is tweet ing that the arrival of As so ciate edi tor of the Inde pen dent Jemi ma Khan, one of the more glam orous fig ures in the phone hack ing scan dal, is causing excite ment out side the hear ing.
“Flur ry amongst the paparazzi around the queue for the #Murdochs & #Brooks hear ing as #Jemima #Khan enters the building.”
[Updat ed at 12:23 p.m. GMT, 8:23 a.m. ET] Press Asso ci a tion reports that a small but noisy group of pro test ers wear ing Rupert Mur doch and David Cameron masks are mak ing their pres ence felt out side the hear ing. One held a plac ard with “smash Murdoch’s evil empire” writ ten on it.
[Updat ed at 12:22 p.m. GMT, 8:22 a.m. ET] Looks like we’re already run ning over sched ule, which means that the ear li er list ing tim ings for the first hear ing have been thrown to the wind. We could end up with the day’s two inquiries run ning simul ta neous ly, but atten tion will cer tain ly be focused on the Mur dochs and Rebekah Brooks.
[Updat ed at 12:17 p.m. GMT, 8:17 a.m. ET] Pop star George Michael (@georgemichael) has been tweet ing about the scan dal. He’s had his pri vate life delved into many times by the Mur doch press, and has had fre quent run-ins with the law.
He just tweet ed: “A lot of real ly decent police men and women must be watch ing this scan dal in utter hor ror. They have more right to their anger than you and I.”
[Updat ed at 12:11 p.m. GMT, 8:11 a.m. ET] A bit of appar ent buck-passing from Stephen son over the orig i nal phone-hacking inves ti ga tion. He said he asked John Yates, anoth er senior police fig ure who will be ques tioned later today, to look into the mat ter and accept ed Yates’ find ing that the orig i nal inves ti ga tion was suc cess ful, despite the fact he reviewed evi dence for just eight hours.
[Updat ed at 12:04 p.m. GMT, 8:04 a.m. ET] The panel is now ask ing ques tions about why an ini tial inves ti ga tion in 2009 con clud ed that the phone hack ing issue was not pur sued fur ther by the Met ro pol i tan police.
Stephen son said there was “no rea son what so ev er to think that there was any thing wrong with the ini tial investigation.”
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[Updat ed at 12:00 p.m. GMT, 8:00 a.m. ET] The ques tions are now focus ing on Stephen son’s 2009 meet ings with the edi tor of the Guardian news pa per – which has bro ken many of the sto ries about the phone-hacking scan dal. Stephen son has been accused of try ing to per suade edi tor Alan Rus bridger to back off.
Stephen son said he was act ing on infor ma tion avail able to him at the time. He said he told the paper that the claims about phone hack ing they were mak ing were “noth ing new.”
“I didn’t put pres sure to lay off,” he said, adding that the meet ings were not made at the advice of News of the World exec u tive Neil Wal lis.
[Updat ed at 11:51 a.m. GMT, 7:51 a.m. ET] We’re back to dis cussing News of the World exec u tive Neil Wal lis. Stephen son is being grilled on why Wal lis was given a contract as a police media advis er when the Met ro pol i tan police had dozens of press officers.
Stephen son said: “With the ben e fit of what we know now I’m happy to go on the record that I regret that con tract, it’s embarrassing.”
[Updat ed at 11:47 a.m. GMT, 7:47 a.m. ET] Explain ing his fre quent din ner dates, Stephen son said this was pro por tion ate to News Inter na tion al’s dom i nance of the British media.
[Updat ed at 11:41 a.m. GMT, 7:41 a.m. ET] Stephen son’s dietary habits are now under scruti ny. He’s being asked to explain why he had 18 lunch es or din ners with News of the World exec u tives and “seven or eight din ners” with exec u tive Neil Wal lis over a five year peri od.
He said it was impor tant to improve rela tions between the Met ro pol i tan police and the media.
[Updat ed at 11:38 a.m. GMT, 7:38 a.m. ET] The ques tion ing has moved on to Stephen son’s accep tance of a free stay (worth $19,000) at a health spa named Champneys, which has links to News of the World exec u tive Neil Wal lis – this is the key rea son for his res ig na tion.
Stephen son is insist ing he had no knowl edge that Wal lis was con nect ed to Champ neys. He says his stay was a legit i mate part of reha bil i ta tion from injury.
“I was recov er ing from a seri ous ill ness… wheelchair-bound… con cen trat ing on get ting back to work,” he said.
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He adds: “The owner of Champ neys is a fam i ly friend… I paid for many treat ments. It was damnably unlucky Wal lis was con nect ed to this.”
[Updat ed at 11:34 a.m. GMT, 7:34 a.m. ET] A moment of lev i ty caused by what was per haps a Freudi an slip of the tongue from for mer police com mis sion er Stephen son: “When I took over as prime min is ter….,” he said before cor rect ing him self.
[Updat ed at 11:30 a.m. GMT, 7:30 a.m. ET] Stephen son is try ing hard to explain his links to Neil Wal lis, the News of the World exec u tive. Ear li er he said he had no reason to sus pect Wal lis was linked to phone hack ing. He said he first became aware of a con nec tion in Jan u ary 2011.
“Prior to that I had no rea son for concern,” he said.
[cnn-video url="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/07/19/exp.sot.stephenson.wallis.hacking.cnn"]
He said he was advised by a Down ing Street offi cial not to tell David Cameron about his links to Wal lis so as not to com pro mise the prime min is ter.
[Updat ed at 11:25 a.m. GMT, 7:25 a.m. ET] Talk ing about the arrest of Rebekah Brooks, the for mer News of the World edi tor, Stephen son said he was aware the arrest was going to take place up to two days prior to the event. Brooks’ spokesman on Sun day told CNN she her self was unaware she was going to be arrest ed.
[Updat ed at 11:17 a.m. GMT, 7:17 a.m. ET] Stephen son is answer ing ques tions about whether he intend ed to launch a per son al attack on Prime Min is ter David Cameron when he made his res ig na tion state ment on July 17.
In that state ment Stephen son made ref er ence to Cameron’s links to Andy Coul son, a former News of the World edi tor hired by the prime min is ter as a media advis er.
Stephen son insists no per son al attack was intend ed. He reject ed accu sa tions that he implied Cameron’s integri ty had been com pro mised.
[Updat ed at 11:15 a.m. GMT, 7:15 a.m. ET] Stephen son says he is not apolo getic about claims he accept ed hos pi tal i ty from Neil Wal lis, the for mer News of the World exec u tive. He also said the mayor of Lon don and Britain’s home sec re tary, There sa May, accept ed his res ig na tion with regret.
“The deci sion was mine and mine alone” he said.
[Updat ed at 11:09 a.m. GMT, 7:09 a.m. ET] For mer com mis sion er of the Met ro poli tan police Paul Stephen son is explain ing why he resigned.
He says he was try ing to remove him self from the story. He said he want ed to stand down well ahead of the 2012 Lon don Olympics to avoid becom ing a dis trac tion. “We are in extra or di nary times,” he says.
[cnn-video url="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/07/19/exp.exp.sot.stephenson.why.resign.cnn"]
[Updat ed at 11:07 a.m. GMT, 7:07 a.m. ET] And we’re off. Paul Stephen son is first up before the hear ing of the U.K. par lia ment’s home affairs select com mit tee. Stephenson resigned on Sun day over his links to a for mer exec u tive edi tor of the News of the World.
Keith Vaz, who will be lead ing the ques tion ing the chair man of the hear ing, has start ed by declar ing an inter est. He said that he was invit ed to a News Inter na tion al sum mer party, but did not attend.
[Updat ed at 11:00 a.m. GMT, 7:00 a.m. ET] CNN’s Dan Rivers has Tweet ed a photo graph @danrivers of the line to get into the hear ings, which are open to the pub lic. Demand for seats for the appear ances of the Mur dochs and Brooks is expect ed to be heavy.
[Updat ed at 10:48 GMT, 6:48 a.m. ET] Before we delve into the main event, here’s a few use ful links to get you all caught up:
CNN.com’s main story on today’s phone hacking-related devel op ments can be found here. And here’s some use ful back ground mate r i al to help you wrap your head around the key play ers at the cen ter of the scan dal: Press baron Rupert Mur doch, his son, CEO of News Inter na tion al and an exec u tive at News Corp. James Mur doch and for mer News of the World edi tor Rebekah Brooks.
For a look back at how all this start ed, check out our time line of the key events in the phone-hacking scan dal.
[Updat ed at 10:32 GMT, 6:32 a.m. ET] We’ll get start ed with a run down of who will be at the hear ings today. There are two ses sions. The first is a direct hear ing on the phone hack ing, which will see senior police fig ures give evi dence. The sec ond is a standing gov ern ment com mit tee, to which senior News Corp. fig ures have been called to face ques tions.
First up at 11:00 a.m GMT, 7:00 a.m. ET is Paul Stephen son, who resigned as com mission er of Lon don’s Met ro pol i tan police force at the week end because of the phone hacking scan dal. At 11:45 a.m., GMT, 7:45 a.m. ET we have Dick Fedor cio, the direc tor of public affairs at the Met. At 12.15 p.m. GMT, 8:15 a.m. ET we have John Yates, who resigned on Mon day as assis tant com mis sion er of the Met ro pol i tan police, again as a result of the phone hack ing scan dal.
The sec ond ses sion, a hear ing of the U.K. par lia ment’s cul ture com mit tee, is the main attrac tion of the day. At 1:30 p.m. GMT, 9:30 a.m. ET Rupert Mur doch and his son James Mur doch are due to face ques tions. At 2:30 p.m. GMT, 10:30 a.m. ET we have Rebekah Brooks, the for mer edi tor of the News of the World news pa per that was at the epi cen ter of the scan dal.
They are expect ed fol lowed by, Lord Mac Don ald, a for mer direc tor of pub lic pros e cutions at 4:30 p.m. GMT, 12:30 p.m. ET; Keir Starmer, cur rent direc tor of pub lic pros e cutions at 5:00 p.m. GMT, 1:00 p.m. ET and then at 5:20 p.m. GMT, 1:20 p.m. ET we have Mark Lewis, the legal rep re sen ta tive of the Dowler fam i ly, whose mur dered daugh ter’s phone was tar get ed by hack ers.
[Post ed at 10:17 GMT, 6:10 a.m. ET] News Corp founder Rupert Mur doch, his son James and for mer News of the World edi tor Rebekah Brooks are due to tes ti fy Tues day before British law mak ers inves ti gat ing the phone-hacking scan dal.
Law mak ers on the before the Com mons Cul ture, Media and Sport com mit tee will want to know what the Mur doch fam i ly knew — and when — about the alleged ille gal intercep tion of tele phone mes sages of indi vid u als rang ing from celebri ties and politi cians to mur der vic tims and the fam i lies of those killed in ter ror attacks and wars.
Mur doch is engaged in a fran tic dam age lim i ta tion exer cise after it was alleged that News of the World had hacked into the phone of Milly Dowler, a teenag er who was murdered. The alle ga tion sparked fury in Britain; News Inter na tion al boss es, politi cians and police have been try ing to defuse the anger ever since.
We’ll be live-blogging the hear ings from start to fin ish here.
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Satu Alamat, 88 pengundi.. Apa penjelasan SPR?
SPR adalah sebuah Badan yang bernaung di bawah institusi Raja-Raja Melayu dan bertanggungjawab mengawal selia proses pilihanraya negara ini. Ianya sewajarnya adalah sebuah Badan yang bebas dan berkecuali dari mana-mana parti politik samada dipihak Kerajaan mahupun Pembangkang.
Bagaimanapun semalam Timbalan Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya iaitu Wan Ahmad Wan Omar telah mengeluarkan satu kenyataan yang boleh menjejaskan kredibiliti SPR sendiri.
Dalam kenyataannya yang jelas menunjukkan beliau memihak kepada Barisan Nasional, Wan Ahmad telah mendakwa perhimpunan Bersih 2.0 pada 9 Julai ini digunakan oleh Pakatan Rakyat untuk meraih sokongan bagi membina momentum untuk gagasan itu menawan Putrajaya.
Hujah yang sama telah digunapakai oleh Perdana Menteri Najib Razak beberapa hari sebelum itu.
Wan Ahmad turut mendakwa pembangkang risau menyaksikan kebangkitan BN dan mahu menggerakkan Bersih kali kedua setelah menyaksikan bagaimana perhimpunan tahun 2007 membawa kepada 'tsunami' politik yang memberi kemenangan besar kepada PR pada PRU 2008.
Kenyataannya boleh dibaca di SINI.
Mungkin Wan Ahmad mempunyai terlalu banyak masa terluang hingga membolehkan beliau memikirkan akan agenda Pakatan Rakyat dalam perhimpunan BERSIH 2.0 akan datang ini..
Hal yang sepatutnya beliau mendiamkan diri bagi menunjukkan bahawa beliau seorang yang mempunyai kredibiliti dan bertanggungjawab terhadap tugas yang diamanahkan terhadapnya oleh Raja-Raja Melayu.. bukannya sibuk untuk memberikan ulasan..
Beliau sepatutnya membuat semakan terhadap daftar Pemilih yang baru dikemaskini Mei lalu, jika beliau serius akan tanggungjawabnya beliau harus menjelaskan bagaimana sebuah rumah yang kecil ini boleh terdapat seramai 64 pengundi didalamnya.. dan bagaimana pula sebuah lagi rumah yang berada dikawasan yang sama boleh mempunyai seramai 88 pengundi pula?
Rumah kecil ini mempunyai 65 pengundi..
Ini adalah pemilih yang beralamat 1138 kesemuanya ialah 64 Orang, nombor dihadapan senarai adalah nombor siri dari Daftar Pemilih dan nombor terakhir adalah alamat rumah.
15 330422085529 L 1933 MOHD YUSOF BIN MOHD SOOM 1138
48 410403085435 L 1941 MOHD HUSSIN BIN CHAT 1138
44 410108075218 P 1941 RAMLAH BINTI MAT ALI 1138 TBP
76 441202085836 P 1944 EMBIN BINTI ABD RAHMAN 1138
86 460819025036 P 1946 KHATIJAH BT HASSAN 1138
95 470102075254 P 1947 KARTHIYANI A/P PERUMAL 1138
98 470302025470 P 1947 SITI ASA BINTI ARIFIN 1138
114 480928075516 P 1948 MANGGAKASSIN A/P PARMAL 1138
115 481214045168 P 1948 MARIAM BINTI SAAD 1138
125 491107025478 P 1949 SITI JAMALIAH BINTI MD MIN 1138
187 540612025178 P 1954 KECHIK BINTI HAMID NT 1138
194 541029025212 P 1954 RAFTAH BINTI HASSIM 1138
246 561118075201 L 1956 MOHD RASHID BIN MD NOOR 1138
263 571007085860 P 1957 ROBIAH BINTI DIN 1138
273 580328075625 L 1958 MURAD BIN HASSAN 1138
282 580925075498 P 1958 ZAHARAH BINTI MD NOOR 1138
297 590316085577 L 1959 MAT ZAIN BIN MOHD YUSOF 1138
313 590925025721 L 1959 SAMSUDIN BIN REJAB 1138
335 610414085007 L 1961 MARATHAIYAH A/L PACHAVANAM 1138
338 610607075569 L 1961 RUSLI BIN MD NOOR 1138
342 610816025939 L 1961 ABU HASSAN BIN REJAB NO 1138
346 610907075659 L 1961 K PRAMASIVAN A/L P KALIMUTHU 1138
357 620410075724 P 1962 MARIAMA A/P CHELLIAH 1138
372 621204075445 L 1962 KARIM BIN MD.NOOR 1138
373 630101025634 P 1963 SABIRAH BINTI GHAZALI NT 1138
402 641007025009 L 1964 RAMLI BIN ZAHID 1138
408 641121025838 P 1964 BAHIYAH BINTI REJAB NT 1138
418 650712075495 L 1965 MOHAMAD BIN SHAARI 1138
430 660322075800 P 1966 SALASIAH BINTI MD NOOR 1138
439 660531075081 L 1966 AZHAR BIN ISMAIL 1138
455 670407076123 L 1967 AZHAR BIN MD NOOR 1138
475 680406075646 P 1968 JAYABHARATHI A/P VETTANATTAYIL 1138
479 680523106341 L 1968 EWAN BIN ZULKIFLI 1138
496 690220035733 L 1969 ROSLAN BIN ABDUL 1138
498 690516075216 P 1969 AMUTHAVALLI A/P SUBBAYAH 1138
506 691020075655 L 1969 AZNI BIN MD NOOR 1138
519 700618075117 L 1970 SHAMSUDDIN BIN DIN 1138
520 700626085219 L 1970 AMIR BIN HASAN 1138
524 701118075983 L 1970 KAMARUDIN BIN MD NOOR 1138
528 710114086030 P 1971 JULIANA BINTI KAMARUDDIN 1138
550 720605075351 L 1972 KAMARUDDIN BIN DIN 1138
552 720621025397 L 1972 ISMAIL BIN MOHD YUSOF 1138
568 730713075657 L 1973 KAMARUL ZAMAN BIN REJAB 1138
584 741210075253 L 1974 IBRAHIM BIN MOHD YUSOF 1138
585 741227075559 L 1974 MUHAMAT BIN ABDUL HAMID 1138
595 750606086594 P 1975 JAMILAH BINTI MOHD YUSOF 1138
596 750710075588 P 1975 ROSLINDA BINTI MOHD RANI 1138
610 761223025624 P 1976 NORAINI BINTI ABDAUL RASHID 1138
614 770205075542 P 1977 MANJULA A/P KRISHNAN 1138
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635 781221075159 L 1978 AZMAN BIN HASAN NO 1138
644 790822075001 L 1979 THURAIRAJ A/L KRISHNAN NO 1138
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659 800902075323 L 1980 VISVA A/L KRISHNAN 1138
667 810410075182 P 1981 HANIZA BINTI ABDUL HAMID NO 1138
687 820621086200 P 1982 AIDA BINTI HASAN 1138
700 830414075583 L 1983 HAMZAH BIN MAT ZAIN NO 1138
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7 281008075239 L 1928 NARAINA @ V.K VELOO A/L KALLIMUTHU 1155
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37 390601025104 P 1939 CHE GAYAH BINTI MAT DAUD 1155
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116 490218085065 L 1949 SATIWELL A/L R NABBU 1155
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133 500630075068 P 1950 PANJALAIE A/P S.MOTIYE 1155
135 500818025302 P 1950 KUPPAMMAH A/P SUBRAYA 1155
136 500908075354 P 1950 MUNIAMAH A/P RAMAN 1155
137 501003025293 L 1950 PALANYAPPAN A/L SUBRAMANIYAM 1155
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157 530110025267 L 1953 GOVINDARAJOO A/L RAMAN 1155
160 530310025173 L 1953 PERUMAL A/L PERUMAL 1155
161 530322075426 P 1953 ALICE MARY A/P ANTONISAMY 1155
180 531214075351 L 1953 MARIAPAN A/L VELOO 1155
189 540831085218 P 1954 ENDRANI A/P ARUMUGAM 1155
197 550118025155 L 1955 SUBRAMANIAM A/L S.AHNIMANNAN NO 1155
198 550129025441 L 1955 GANESAN A/L SOORAPPAN 1155
207 550415025530 P 1955 MARIAMAH A/P RAJAGOPAL 1155
210 550608025668 P 1955 MANIEE A/P JOSEPH 1155
218 551227025087 L 1955 NAGAPPAN A/L MUNUSAMY 1155
225 560404085967 L 1956 ARUMUGAM A/L PARAMASIVAM 1155
227 560409075450 P 1956 RANGAMAH A/P NALAIAH 1155
230 560415026006 P 1956 RAMAMAH A/P GOPAL 1155
232 560522075022 P 1956 RAJASPORY A/P GOVINDARAJOO 1155
234 560602075006 P 1956 BALOMANI A/P ASIRVATHAN 1155
261 570906025605 L 1957 KRISHNAN A/L NADARAJAH 1155
265 571024075189 L 1957 BEATLICE A/L ASUVATHAM 1155
266 571101026189 L 1957 VIJAYAN A/L MURUGIAH 1155
268 571105075500 P 1957 V.MARY A/P VANATHAIAH 1155
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285 581106025088 P 1958 HABIDAH BINTI KASSIM 1155
295 590301075931 L 1959 NARAYANASAMY A/L V.K.VELOO 1155
298 590318025367 L 1959 RAVITHIRAN A/L NADARAJAH 1155
299 590318075735 L 1959 DAVID A/L AZIRVATHAM 1155
304 590520025926 P 1959 YASODAH A/P GOVINDASAMY 1155
317 591222075508 P 1959 SHARIPAH B BINTI MAHMUD 1155
322 600407075602 P 1960 SANTHANAMARY A/P AROKIASAMY 1155
324 600515075132 P 1960 PUSPERVALLI A/P NADESON 1155
326 600531075116 P 1960 LAGMI A/P SANNASEE 1155
331 601024085840 P 1960 AMUTHA A/P SUBRAMANION 1155
349 610925105946 P 1961 SELVARANI A/P MURUGIAH 1155
350 611001026038 P 1961 AMUTHA A/P NARASU 1155
380 630421085003 L 1963 SHAMUGAM A/L MUNISAMY 1155
381 630517086617 L 1963 VASOO A/L SUBRAMANION 1155
382 630617025782 P 1963 MURUGAMAH A/P NADARAJAH 1155
397 640531075972 P 1964 PLOMINA A/P KUPPUSAMY NO 1155
399 7432554 640628086483 L 1964 JAYABALAN A/L MUNISAMY NO 1155
425 651218075275 L 1965 MUNIANDY A/L NARAINA @ V K VELOO NO 1155
427 660203086304 P 1966 VASONDA A/P SUBRAMANIAM 1155
449 670227075289 L 1967 PUVANASWARAN A/L NARAINA @ V K VELOO 1155
456 670409025741 L 1967 CHANDRAN A/L PONNAN 1155
463 670719085934 P 1967 PARAMESWARI A/P MUNISAMY 1155
478 680522075491 L 1968 V SEVANASAN A/L V K VELOO 1155
517 700518075611 L 1970 RAVY A/L RAMASAMY @ SUBRAMANIAM NO 1155
527 701213075009 L 1970 SUTHAGAR A/L SUBRAMANIAM 1155
570 730805086222 P 1973 SARALA A/P S SEGAR 1155
579 740710075212 P 1974 MANGALANAYAKEY A/P V SINNAIAH NO 1155
597 750730075198 P 1975 MUNISPERIE A/P SUBRAMANIAM 1155
613 770202085657 L 1977 MANICKAM A/L VERASAMY 1155
618 770723075016 P 1977 RATHNADEVI A/P DHEVAN NO. 1155
623 771127065641 L 1977 VIJAYA KUMAR A/L KARIAMALAI NO 1155
632 780814075256 P 1978 YOGESWARY A/P SUBRAMANIAM 1155
637 790430075141 L 1979 KARUNAGARAN A/L RAJU NO 1155
655 800613075546 P 1980 RAJESWARY A/P RAMASAMY 1155
664 810213075597 L 1981 VERARAKAYAN A/L VIJAYAN 1155
680 820207026050 P 1982 HEMALATHA A/P PERUMAL 1155
692 830113075619 L 1983 MEYYELAHAN A/L VIJAYAN NO 1155
703 830524075744 P 1983 RAJAKUMARI A/P SUBRAMANIAM 1155
705 830527075643 L 1983 NORIES A/L GNANAPRAGASAM 1155
706 830530075783 L 1983 PRABAGARAN A/L RETNASAMY 1155
707 830609086303 L 1983 VELU A/L BALAN 1155
710 831009026096 P 1983 THILAGAVATHI A/P PERUMAL 1155
729 840914075976 P 1984 MAGESWARY A/P BALAN 1155
730 841113075540 P 1984 ANGELINA A/P GNANAPRAGASAM 1155
747 850819075811 L 1985 BASKARAN AL VIJAYAN 1155
774 880611075254 P 1988 LINDA A/P GNANAPRAGASAM NO.1155
779 890311016294 P 1989 MALA A/P BALAN NO 1155
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
My Bersih unremarkable walk
Many had written on their experiences in Bersih Rally. I am now only writing about it because there are some friends still calling or texted me asking how was my first hand experience.
Left Melaka at 11AM on Friday July 8 2011, having the foreknowledge that the roads are being blocked.
One taxi driver noticed that the Melaka Ayer Keroh toll had been blocked by police since as early as July 1st. 2011.
Reached Swiss Inn on Petaling Street at 1.30PM.
Woke up on Bersih day July 9 2011, Saturday 7.30AM. Ventured out alone, while my son, Leon and daughter, Michelle were sleeping soundly.
First thing I noticed that the streets were with very few people and hardly any vehicles. Thanks to the police who had done a complete shut down on KL.
My hotel was just a few minutes walk to the Merdeka Stadium. When I was near the Stadium I saw the police just beginning to put up barricades with barbed wire. Later I went up to the entrance of the stadium. It was shut closed but there were policemen every where. At first I was discreet taking videos. Subsequently there were more and more reporters taking photos, the police didn't seem to mind, I also became bold taking video out right in front of police in the bright day light.
While on my way down the stadium the army man in green who appeared to be the leader among them asked me where I came from and told me not to take photos because I have no authorization name cards like the reporters.
Lost tract of time, later after meeting Philip Low, my "shifu" who brought me to Bersih in November 10 2007in my hotel to exchange notes what was going. While we walked out of the hotel, we heard one small group of about 10 people singing Negaraku, we joined them....the rest is history.
I did not have the opportunity to face the water cannons nor the tear gas where I was. My wife said lucky of me, by the grace of God I came out unharmed.
My first hand experience int both Bersihs taught me that the people were having orderly, peaceful walk to appeal for a better Malaysia. Many came on their own accord with own money without any direction from anyone or parties. Of course there were among the crowd, some Keadilan, DAP and PAS party members. The political parties alone would not have brought that many people. Why do I say so? Just take a look how many Umno youth or Perkasa brought...they just talked BIG like Najib who said he can conquer KL because he has 3 million Umno members. I doubt.
Among the free people who came to the Rally are many lawyers, doctors and other professionals. We took all the trouble to walk is because we want the country changed for the better for our children's children.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
PM: Govt to uphold democracy one day after Bersih 2.0
He said Umno could mobilise its supporters in bigger numbers than the street protesters, but did not wish to do so. We all agree that he has all the power and resources to do that. However, the point is not about his ability to do so. What he is not aware is that the majority of us who walk peacefully on the streets were ordinary folk who came on our own initiative. How many people do you think the opposition parties could mobilise? More than Umno youth or Perkasa? Just take a look how many people Umno and Perkasa brought? We the masses were mostly coming to appeal for a free and fair election on our own expanse simply because we are fed up of the way we have been governed. Malaysians from all walks of life have enough of a regime that used a deceptive electoral system to secure unfair gain. A 54 year-old regime that have over stayed its welcome yet remain in power by fraud.
I have one thought lingering in my mind after the Bersih 2.0 walk, "How I wish Najib could just come and see the Bersih 2.0 walk, he could have gain himself many insights." He appears to have lost touch with what is going on in the hearts and minds of the people.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
What? Annual fee of RM100.00 to treat drug addiction!
Just came back from the enchanting Langkawi at 5PM, was about to take a nap; I was thinking about my part in gathering you all to speak out in one voice against the implementation of the requirement of annual fee of RM100.00 for us to treat drug addicts is enough to stop my sleepiness.
I have just modified my previous People’s Power blog to JIwa Baru which you can see have not been active for sometime because I was busy preparing for the FRACGP exams till the beginning of this May.
Many of us including Dato’ Dr. Lim Boon Sho, Dr. Ibrahim Aziz, Dr. S Kanapathy, Dr. Lee Teik Leong, Dr. Loo Cheng Wee, Dr.Liew Jia Shian, Dr. Shih Choon, Dr. of Klinikria, Dr. Farid M, Dr. Jeffrey Nge, Dr. Lokman Mustapha, Dr.FSW, Dr. Tan KL and many others.
Here you are, I managed to get the above names and email addresses on the last minute before we flew home just now.
Hope that every one of you respond and write in, speak your mind, so that we can gather more of our colleagues in this treating community to protect our right.
To call for a meeting of all of us is too difficult.
Let us communicate through this blog to see where we can go as we go along.
Cheers!
Hope to hear from you all.
Warmest regards,
Fort
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Suicide
I am saddened to read the demise of a secondary school girl in Melaka, Sally Lee fell to her death in School.
I like to extend my condolences to her family members and love ones.
I am writing this to create the awareness in our public that if we ever hear or read anybody declare that he/she want to end his life, we need to take it seriously. It is better to err on the side of taking it as true rather than dismissing it as a joke.
We can explore the real intention of such expression of suicide by asking open-ended questions such as- “Can you tell me more what do you mean?”
Hopefully we can have more information concerning how serious the threat is. We are to find out whether he/she has thought of how to do it, where and etc. We can also find out whether she has written her last words to her loved ones.
Once we see that there is substantial intention to end one’s life we can always find help from school teachers, counsellors or doctors for initial help.
Never take for granted the threat to attempt suicide as a joke!
13-2-2011
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Cannot be suicide
Today the Sun paper August 19,2010 front page.
It's NOT suicide
I have come across a lot of people who attempted suicide or commited suicide-- they are never in a situation like our late Teoh Beng Hock.
TBH was brought in for questioning not for his own problem, but his boss. He was about to get married and has an unborned son. Suicide is out of the question even if he is guilty of whatever wrong doing.
Suicide is only carried out by people who is suffering from depression. And this take a long time to plan and carry out to kill oneself. A person need to have at least 2 weeks of depession symptoms before he can be diagnosed having depression.
What a joke to say that TBH death was suicide-- is like telling the public to believe that Altantuya was murdered by the two policeman! What a joke!
The other thing is the suicide note. It is only written by some one who has a lot of time to plan, not in an acute situation of sudden onset in TBH's case. That is another joke!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Some BN leaders are living in their own world
Now the MCA president is talking about merit-based and need-based system to contribute to Malaysia being globally competitive. The more urgent need is to get down to doing it. I think BN needs to speed up the reform, if not I am afraid it will be too late. What Dr Chua said about some BN leaders are still living in their own world and will push MCA to its doom will turn up to be true. Hopefully not!
Please read the report below by Clara.
By Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 – An all-out war appears to have broken out between Barisan Nasional allies MCA and Umno, with Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek accusing “some BN leaders” of failing to recognise past failures and claiming that they would eventually cause the MCA’s demise.
The MCA president said that the party was not afraid to side with its opposition foe DAP in issues that benefited the community and would not run away from making its stand known.
Dr Chua also indirectly named Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein as one of the BN leaders he was referring to, claiming that this was shown in the Umno vice-president’s blunt reminder to the MCA yesterday to stick with BN’s struggles.
“Hishammuddin’s statement yesterday that the MCA should not forget the struggle of the BN when fighting for Chinese demands shows that some BN leaders have yet to learn from the 2008 general election and do not understand the urge of the people to reform,” he said in a statement here today.
It was reported today that the Umno vice-president had “reminded MCA to stick with the struggles” of BN when championing the rights of the Chinese community.
Dr Chua said that based on the results of Elections 2008, the new MCA leadership understood the need for it to change to regain the people’s trust and support.
“If some BN leaders continue to live in their own world, they will certainly push MCA to its doom and will not bring the ruling coalition any good,” he claimed.
Dr Chua said that while the party respected Hishammuddin’s views, the latter should not blame MCA for deviating from the objectives and struggles of the BN.
“He cannot blame us for deviating from the objectives and struggles of the BN simply because MCA has a different voice from him or other component party leaders,” he said.
Dr Chua defended the new, stronger stance of the present MCA leadership under his presidency, claiming that the party’s political struggle was “totally reasonable and legal”.
“MCA will push hard for the implementation of the 13 resolutions passed during the Chinese Economic Congress held on Saturday because the resolutions are not only related to the Chinese community but also the future of the country’s economic development.
“MCA reckons that it has the responsibility to reflect the wishes of the Chinese community due to globalisation. Otherwise, not only MCA will lose the community’s support, it will not be able to also justify its political existence,” he said.
On Saturday, the MCA’s Chinese Economic Congress called for economic liberalisation and that a merit-based and needs-based system would contribute to the path for Malaysia to be globally competitive.
Dr Chua’s strong words of rebuke against Hishammuddin today continues to fan the fires already brewing between the Umno and MCA.
Dr Chua is speaking up to get Chinese support
Dr Chua is speaking up publicly to get Chinese support. MCA used to negotiate behind closed door with UMNO.
Please read the below article by Syed.
MCA-Umno tension worsens with Chua joining the fray
By Syed Jaymal Zahii
KUALA LUMPUR: The wedge between Umno and its Chinese allies appears to be deepening with MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek lashing out against leaders from the Malay party for its failure to acknowledge its weaknesses which he said would cause MCA's "doom".
Chua also made an unprecedented statement certain to hit raw Umno nerves when he said that MCA wouldn't mind sharing similar views with rivals DAP for the benefit of the community and choose to run away from making a stand.
The statement was apparently made against Umno leaders and particularly vice-president Hishammuddin Hussein who warned MCA yesterday against deviating from Barisan Nasional's struggle.
"Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein's statement yesterday that MCA should not forget the struggle of Barisan Nasional when fighting for the Chinese's demands, shows that some Barisan Nasional leaders have yet to learn from the (last) general election and do not understand the urge of the people to reform," he said in a statement issued today.
Chua said the outcome of last general election which saw BN performed dismally signalled a need for change and that MCA must follow suit to remain relevant among the voters.
If this requires MCA to stick it out against Umno in terms of championing the interest of the Chinese community, so be it said Chua.
"MCA will not run away from speaking up for the Chinese community... if some Barisan Nasional leaders continue to live in their own world, they will certainly push MCA to its doom and it will not bring the ruling coalition any good.
"The new MCA leadership strongly believe that its political struggle is totally reasonable and legal," he said, adding that his party will push hard for the implementation of the 13 resolutions passed during the Chinese Economic Congress held on Saturday.
The bold resolutions call on the Najib administration to liberalise the economy further, with some calling for the gradual removal of the 30 percent Bumiputera corporate equity and the increase participation of non-Malays in government linked companies.
The calls made were a break from tradition where MCA would often prefer to discuss on such sensitive matter behind closed doors.
Having a different voice
This suggests a shift in MCA's stance and the Chinese party, which is drastically losing support, is doing whatever it takes to regain the trust and votes of the nation's second biggest ethnic electorate even if it has to defy Umno's ways of doing things.
But Chua maintained that the difference in opinion does not necessitate a rift between the country's two major parties.
"MCA respects the view of Hishammuddin but he cannot blame MCA for deviating from the objectives and struggles of Barisan Nasional simply because MCA has a different voice from him or other component party leaders," he said.
"MCA reckons that it has the responsibility to reflect the wishes of the Chinese community due to globalisation. Otherwise, not only MCA will lose the community's support, it will not be able to also justify its political existence," added the former health minister.
The tension between Umno and MCA seemingly started when the latter called for Hishammuddin, the home minister, to rescind the ban on non-Muslim usage of "Allah" after he admitted the ban was a regrettable decision.
This prompted a rebuke from Deputy Prime Minister and Umno No 2 Muhyiddin Yassin who questioned MCA's intentions in sharing the same stance as the DAP on the matter. He eventually issued a gag order on the issue.
Chua, however, sparked more controversy just as the tension was dying down when he blasted PAS and Umno indirectly for using the religious and race card to win support and this has led to "non-progressive policies" which has deeply affected non-Malays and also the nation's economy.
He denied attacking Umno when asked for clarification later but his blunt statements on the need to protect Chinese interest amid Umno's alleged hegemony signals a party that is ready to part with the traditional relation it has so far shared with its Malay counterpart.
NEP
Zaid has written the below article which is very enlightening...please go ahead and read it!
The question is how much money had been plundered off by the Umno-putras and Connected-putras( Chinese-putras, Indian-putras and etc) since the establishment of NEP some 40 years ago. No wonder our country is so incompetative and so much brain-drain! Are we going to allow this to continue? What can we do?
Aug 15, 2010
NEP and the Chinese
By Zaid
The success stories of the Chinese under NEP are plentiful and are well known. NEP for this purpose means hugely lucrative patronage preference system. As the Prime Minister’s brother Nazir Razak himself says, the NEP has become bastardised. What he doesn't say explicitly is that the NEP, which was set up with noble aims of eradicating poverty irrespective of race, has become a system that is opaque, corrupt, non-accountable and highly secretive.
Through this system which was corrupted by UMNO leaders, there are quite a few Chinese who have made it very big because of the NEP. These include Vincent Tan, Francis Yeoh, the young 28-year-old Jho Low (Low Taek Jho) and Liew Kee Sin of SP Setia fame. How did they do it? We should know so that we can learn and so that other Chinese can emulate them.
Mr Liew who is so happy with the NEP and admits he is one of the NEP’s success stories. He was an officer at a small merchant bank. But he knew how to move in the right circles. He befriended two lawyers - Rashid Manaf and Zaki Azmi (now the Chief Justice). Both Rashid and Zaki did not have any business history, but they were nice people and friendly. They didn’t make much from the law practice either. Neither did I. But somehow, as businessmen, they were successful when they became lawyers to UMNO. Their friendship with Mahathir, Daim, Samy Vellu benefitted their business. Wasn’t SP Setia previously owned by SPK which was controlled by Mahathir’s friends Abdullah Ahmad (Kok Lanas) and Ramli Khushairi? And Liew became a shareholder with Rashid and Zaki? Didn’t they say that SPK used to belong to UMNO leaders and civil servants? Yes, Liew is an NEP success story.
Vincent Tan made it big because he was able to convince then PM Mahathir Mohamad in the 1980s that gambling was bad for Muslims and the Islamic Government Mahathir was touting then should not be involved in it. It was a simplistic argument which was acceptable to Mahathir because Mahathir wanted his friend Vincent Tan to make money.
So he privatised Sports Toto and other “haram” activities, such as slot machine licences and sports betting to Vincent. But to be successful, Vincent had to have a Mahathir relative as his “partner”. Vincent asked a nice gentleman, Mahathir’s nephew, who headed the national news agency Bernama then, to be his partner, with Mahathir’s blessings. But I doubt this nice guy got much in the end as Malay partners dont last very long in this high stakes game. The rest is history. Vincent built his fortunes on these “haram” activities. An NEP success story, certainly.
Francis Yeoh’s father Yeoh Tiong Lay started a construction company which for 30 years could not make the top grade. Until Francis convinced Mahathir in the 1980s to give him the construction of hospitals in the peninsula. Then came the lucrative Independent Power Plant (IPP) where, till today, YTL is given the highest payments for the Power Purchase Agreement where Tenaga buys all power from YTL, whether they need it or not. Then Tenaga chairman Ani Arope objected and Mahathir forced his resignation. Today, YTL has cash reserves of more than RM9 billion and where is it going – buying expensive power plants in Singapore, paying the highest price for land in Orchard Road, and owning probably half of Sentosa Island... Another NEP success story. Oh, yes, the Bumiputra partners for Francis? Maybe people should ask Mokhzani and Mukhriz Mahathir...
They say young Jho Low is close to the PM; or more importantly his wife. And perhaps, Rosmah Mansor’s eldest son. He is here, there and everywhere. I must congratulate The Star on its “worldwide exclusive” with Jho Low. Wonder who made the call for Jho to be interviewed?
Jho was there when IMalaysia Development Fund was launched by Najib; he was on holiday with the PM in Monte Carlo last year and also just two weeks ago in St Tropez. Foreign news reports say young Jho (friend of Paris Hilton) had a hand in getting the Government to guarantee the IMalaysia Development fund raising RM5 billion on a 30-year Islamic notes at coupon rate rate of 5.75% when the normal debt sovereign risk of a country like Malaysia can easily be issued at 4.1 to 4.2% interest. Why pay the extra 1.6 to 1.7% on a RM5 billion loan over 30 years which means an extra interest payment of about RM2.4 billion? (How the lenders must be happy with that extra income! And I am sure they were generous to those who helped approve this).
And now rumours are swirling in banking circles about 1MDB’s annual accounts that show only RM4.3 billion of that RM5 billion remaining on its books. Wonder how that RM700 million was spent? There we are – Jho Low, suatu lagi kejayaan Dasar Ekonomi Baru (NEP).
So the Chinese knew all along what to do and they did not need Liew Kee Sin to tell them the benefits of the patronage under the so called NEP. But how many “Chinese-putras” get to know the well-connected “UMNO-putras”? That is the question.
So a more enlightened and equitable economic system is needed; where everyone has a fair chance to strike gold without having to be well connected.... without having to have someone as your lackey or point man in Putrajaya. Is that too much to ask?
Friday, August 13, 2010
Help the poors, yes. Stifling the brilliant, NO!
Many of us have our own story to tell...I told a group of friends my part of the story how I could not find a place in Malaysia. After that to my horror a doctor told me he almost committed suicide because he was discriminated against like the brilliant doctor below...from this I can deduce that there is a whole generation or more brilliant people who had been deprived. How is our nation going to be competitive when the brilliant ones are migrating?
Don't get confuse with restructuring society by helping the poors. I do not think anyone will be against it. What need to be stopped is the discrimination and stifling of the bright and brilliant.
You can read the letter below...hope that we can gather more people to help our nation and simply refuse to let the politicians to continue manipulating the masses to perpetuate their rule.
A Letter to Lim Kit Siang
National Express: Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Dear Mr. Lim Kit Siang,
I have utmost respect and admiration for your tenacity in remaining in Malaysia to champion the cause of justice and equality and fight for a Bangsa Malaysia.
My heart broke when I read about your article regarding the honest cyber cafe operator especially when he wondered if he ‘had chosen the wrong country’ to start and operate his business.
I see my situation summed up in that phrase. You have said before that the best and brightest are leaving this country. Well, I am making every preparation to leave. I have consistently scored straight A’s in every public exam and placed among the top 3 of my form. In university, I studied medicine and am among the top scorers. I have just graduated and scored near perfect results in a medical licensing examination that will enable me to work abroad and further my studies.
I was born a Malaysian yet I cannot see myself as a Malaysian. As a Chinese, I feel that I am being discriminated against. I feel that the government is trying its hardest to sideline me just because of my race. I look around and see this discrimination manifested in various forms. From the issue regarding religious conversion to the allocation of places in local universities, the stench of discrimination is sickening.
It was horrifying to note in my batch of medical students, there were a substantial number of malay students who actually did not apply for medicine but were sent to study it. It is disgusting to think that many STPM straight A scorers are deprived of a chance to study medicine while the government gives the places to people who are not even sure that they want to study medicine.
I have seen how racial politics sully the environment in the university and how unqualified people are in high posts at the expense of far more intelligent and qualified individuals just because they are Malay. I have heard the terrible statements made by delegates at the recent UMNO General Assembly about revoking my citizenship rights should I question their special rights.
I have seen the videos on YouTube where UMNO MPs have the audacity to ask us to ‘keluar’ of the country if we don’t like what they are doing to it. And I see the pathetic attempt by the PM to ‘discipline’ these racists. I hate the fact that Gerakan and MCA have done NOTHING to fight for my rights instead of just kow-towing to UMNO for their own gains.
Patriotism isn’t about singing the national anthem or raising the flag. It isn’t about accepting at face value everything the government says. It isn’t about attending merdeka celebrations. It is about feeling accepted as part of your nation. It is about knowing that your nation accepts you as a son or daughter. It is about realizing that being a part of a nation entails certain responsibilities. That is my definition of patriotism.
And right now, as a Malaysian, I am feeling anything BUT patriotic. 50 years of independence? So what? What has it done for me? Whoopee. I have a chance to change my life. I will change my destiny. I could not choose the country where I was born but I can very well choose the country that I will swear my allegiance to. I want a country that will recognize me as a citizen and grant me rights equal to that of all other citizens. I want a country that has the wisdom to recognize my potential and talents and reward me accordingly. I want a country where the government fears its people and conducts itself in a manner worthy of respect and honor.
This is not my nation. I am leaving. Mr. Lim, I salute you and all those like you who can find the strength and energy to fight for an ungrateful bunch of people. How many actually held mass protests, hunger strikes or rose up to defend you and your family when you or your son was imprisoned for fighting for us? How many did more than just shake their heads and move on with their petty little lives? None that I know of. Yet you continue to defend their rights.
You are an amazing man, Mr. Lim and I truly admire you for that. Unfortunately, I have a bright future ahead and I will not waste it in this country. It is not my nation.
Thank you for fighting the good fight.
(Author’s name withheld for privacy)
More than 300,000 people had emigrated during the past 18 months.
Here is another one (qualified) on the way out......
Monday, August 9, 2010
Whatever you sow, you shall reap
Dirty double lives
By Silent suffering wife
Starmag Sunday 8 August 2010d
I read the below letter from The Star and wonder how many men in our society are living double lives.
Dirty double lives
ON July 11, Thelma had this advice for Confused Cameron Highlands (“Dirty old man”, Dear Thelma, Heart & Soul, StarMag): “At this point in your lives, do you still feel the need to watch over a man who is less virile and sexually subdued? If visiting erotic websites is the only way for him to keep his pride and ego up while his libido and prowess wilt, what is your worry?”
When a man’s libido wilts, that is precisely the time to worry! Don’t forget there’s a wide range of drugs to get him up and going.
I was secretly pleased when my 60-year-old husband couldn’t “get it up”. He seemed to have lost his libido, too, and I believed his flabby physique would prevent him from straying.
Imagine my shock when I discovered that he had shamelessly gone on merry jaunts, visiting prostitutes both locally and abroad, after having his virility restored by consuming pills and herbal concoctions recommended by his buddies!
He became so “addicted” that he even embarked on a torrid affair with a bar girl in Manila, promising to father a “football team” of children with her.
“I miss you and I love you, sweetheart. Put that in your head,” he crooned into his mobile while sitting on the toilet seat, unaware that I was standing by the door. “If you need money, text me and I will send you some.”
Since that day, his words have stayed in my head like a stuck tape recorder. My 35 years of love for him, and loyalty and devotion lay shattered at my feet.
I confronted him and despite our subsequent row, he blatantly keeps a stock of those pills and condoms in his briefcase. He never leaves home without them.
I believe many “old” men are living dirty double lives. They act like pitiful, woe-is-me-l-can’t-get-it-up husbands.
But once they’re safely out of the sight of their gullible wives, they consume sex-enhancing drugs and become roaring tigers. Their fat wallets make them instant sugar daddies to sweet young things, most of whom are much younger than their own daughters.
Silent suffering wife,
Selangor
tarmag@thestaar.com .my
It is very strange that the Bible has a lot of passages warning men about women and not the other way round.
Proverbs 6:20-35 (New International Version)
Warning Against Adultery
20 My son, keep your father's commands
and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21 Bind them upon your heart forever;
fasten them around your neck.
22 When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For these commands are a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and the corrections of discipline
are the way to life,
24 keeping you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes,
26 for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,
and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?
28 Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever does so destroys himself.
33 Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away;
34 for jealousy arouses a husband's fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 He will not accept any compensation;
he will refuse the bribe, however great it is.
My comment: I have a story of a man, let us call him Keong. He is around 55 year-old, married with a very good responsible wife, has a few grown up children doing well and settling in a nearby country.
Keong sold off some of his properties and took an adventure to a nearby country, brought back a foreign wife who is younger than his own children. Saw once the wife took good care of him by wiping his mouth.
To cut the story short, when Keong finished using the money, I guessed, she went back to her home country, no more to be found.
The last thing I knew Keong had been diagnosed to have HIV positive.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
'Who Am I? What have I done...?"
I am greatly touched my a Malay who wrote the letter below concern Guan Eng imprisonment. He asked "Who Am I? What have I done...?" This had caused me to ponder of my own journey as a Malaysian...many times, we just take care of what is "OURS"...hardly care for others...Hope that God will have mercy on us...He put us here on earth for temporary assignment, temporary trial and temporary test...Let's us encourage each other to be faithful...I think what Narmi had written has encouraged me to do my part...hopefully you can do your part for a better Malaysia, our beloved country...
A heartfelt letter to Lim Guan Eng when he was IMPRISONED BY Mahathir
If U have not read this letter yet ....Please read and pass on:
An old letter re-emerged.
A heartfelt letter to Lim Guan Eng when he was in prison- written by a Malay and published in December 1998
HEART TO HEART:
“What comes from the lips reaches the ear, what comes from the heart reaches the heart ..”
Arab Proverb
AN OPEN LETTER TO LIM GUAN ENG WHEN HE WAS IMPRISONED BY DR.M:
GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAY
Dear Guan Eng,
As you languish in prison, I have had plenty of time to reflect on you and your idealism.
Rightly or wrongly, the Democratic Action Party has long tried to have a ‘Malaysian’ character when the vast majority in the country still perceive it to be essentially a political party for the ethnic Chinese.
I realize that recently people like you have tried hard to attract Malaysians, especially Malays, to make the DAP truly Malaysian, but not too successfully, in my view. Then came an explosive event- the Rahim Thamby Chik case- which made a lot of Malays sit up and change their perceptions of the DAP. That case rocked Malay society to its very foundation.
Your conduct and role in pursuit of truth in that scandal earned my deepest admiration. The series of events following that scandal, culminating in the judicial proceedings against you, have turned out to be a classic example of how a verdict in a ‘court of law’ has become subordinate to the ‘ court of public opinion’.
Ask any Malay mother anywhere. Few would agree that the famous grandmother in that scandal should have been abandoned by UMNO, and the under-aged girl should have been so blatantly violated , abused and her family silenced and does not know her rights.
By your words and deeds, you challenged the government, police, media, and the judiciary, and exposed yourself to certain incarceration and vindictive punishment by Dr. Mahathir and the political elite.
I have always believed that God works in mysterious ways.
Inexplicably, He chose you to put the DAP into sharp focus. He chose you to force Malaysians to look at themselves and reflect on the abuse of basic values in our society.
To that extent, God in His wisdom made the DAP no longer just a Chinese political party, but, overnight, into a truly Malaysian one which fights for the deprived.
I am a Malay with a family of my own. I shall remember you as a Chinese father who fought for the rights of an ignorant poor Malay grand-mother and her sexually abused grand-daughter.
I know that when you decided to take on the case, you knew the price for your action would be heavy for you and your family, personally and politically.
Today, you are still paying the price. You languish alone in prison.
Ironically, as in Nelson Mandela’s case, the longer they lock you up,the greater will be your stature, the more powerful the focus on the issues you fought for.
I also know that, all through this, you can look into the eyes of your wife, children and parents,and say, with deserved pride and honour, that ‘Guan Eng has not prostituted his dignity, decency and self-respect in the face of oppression and tyranny’.
You have truly given new meaning to the maxim, ‘Politics With Honour’.
More importantly, you have made me look in the mirror and ask, ‘Who Am I? What have I done to speak out against the evil forces which confronted two Malay kampong women? Why have I remained silent? Have I lost my decency and self-respect?’
In all honesty, I cannot say I have the guts to look into the eyes of my family members and say I have done them proud. I have kept silent.
I owe it to you, Guan Eng, for opening my eyes and stirring my conscience.
Our inaction and apathy have allowed oppression, tyranny and injustice to continue. We have to search our hearts and souls to find ways to make up for our negligence and ineptitude.
To you, Guan Eng, I offer prayers from my family. May the blessings of the Almighty continue to give you strength, courage and tenacity to do what is right and just for all Malaysians.
Yours Sincerely,
Narmi Saila
Petaling Jaya,
Selangor
(This letter was published in the December 1998 issue of ALIRAN MONTHLY.)
Today, God has chosen to empower Lim Guan Eng to rule