MALAYSIAN HEART who owns the blog by the similar name, also member-blogs for HARTALMSM. He has been on my blogroll since he began blogging in May2009. He is also a Barisan Rakyat Blogger, as evidenced by the BRB logo on his sidebar.
YES Pewaris have this right too, this right to believe that the ISA is necessary.They have their reasons just as we have ours to say NO TO ISA.
Let us respect each other’s convictions.
Both groups have one common foe tomorrow - THE POLICE. They have warned that they will act against the protest. They started by setting up road blocks (HERE). I do not know why they are reacting this way. Probably they want to show that they are in CONTROL, not on crimes but on peaceful protests marches. I have been to all rallies. They have done away with peaceful negotiations with the organizers of rallies. They have graduated from the “I give you 15 minutes to disperse” to “On the count of 3, we will arrest” hoping that we will all evapourate in 3 seconds. However, that too is their right, though how their interpret their right has always been questionable and not consistent.
But both NO TO ISA and YES TO ISA supporters must prove to the police that we can march peacefully as Malaysians. Let tomorrow’s march be a silent, peaceful march for our beliefs. Let the numbers do the talking.
Readers of this blog are advised to visit Laila’s Blog, MERAH HITAM (NO TO ISA) on my sidebar. She has given an exhaustive list of DOs and DON’Ts.
Our band of BLOGGERS AGAINST ISA (you can be in this band if you put this logo on your sidebar) could do likewise by pointing your readers to Merah Hitam.
BUT ABOVE ALL
Last night the Civil Rights Committee-KLSCAH and two facebook groups – Justice for Beng Hock and 1BLACKMalaysia, themed the memorial “MAY HE BE THE LAST” with the hope and prayer that Teoh Beng Hock’s would be the last custodial death in this country.
NO HE WAS NOT TO BE THE LAST.
R GUNASEGARAN, 31 was next. He was a suspected drug addict. But no country “kills” drug addicts. Most countries try to rehabilitate them, not take the short cut.
Even kangaroo courts would not administer this type of justice that results in 1,805 deaths whilst in lock-up detention.
1Malaysia, People First, Performance Now…... how false….truly non-Asia….verily
JUST a day or two before she died, she wrote this in her blog on hearing about the death of Teoh Beng Hock in MACC custody:
"Someone please wake me from this nightmare and tell me that this did not happen in my country and that Teoh Beng Hock is safe at home with his family."
When ex-PM Badawi re-branded the ACA into the MACC the country realised that it was the same bag of worms, only newly packaged. Period. The glossy packaging included 41 ex-ed this and that or from this and that pasture.
Reporter: Encik Samad, congratulations for being awarded the Medal of Valour for your bravery.
Samad: Thank You. I did it for my country.
Reporter: Tell us, during your 20 years in service, where have you been to.
Samad: Oh,
Reporter: Where would you say was the most trying place to go.
Samad: I would say,
Reporter: Were you ever hurt?
Samad: Yes, I was shot in
Reporter: There are still some more volatile places where UN Peace Forces are needed.
Samad: I have been to so many explosive places and come back alive although I met with lots of hostilities. I have faith in my abilities to survive. I will go on even an hour's notice just as long as they don't send me to a police lock up or to the MACC. I may be brave but I do want to live.
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Thanks Chegu.
People, go visit him for more subtle offerings at Kata Tak Nak.
It is heartening and encouraging to know that Home Minister has set his KRA (Key Results Area – reduce crime rate), KPI (Key Performance Indices – reduce crime rate by 20% ) and Goals – reduce crime by 20% by 2010). I would assume that he has put this KRA (objectives) thru the SMART tests – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound) to add validity to his KRA. As a practioner, I must volunteer that his KRA is dismally limited in scope.
But let me throw a bucket of cold water over this impending adventure of his. He must realize that his Goal will not be achieved if his KRA and KPI are not managed (and I am not even thinking about the monitoring process) religiously and professionally. Each State Police Chief should write down their KRA and KPI towards the Goal of 20 reduction in crime by 2010. If the Home Minister don’t get this in writing (and written in stone, WHAT THEY WILL DO AND MUST DO TO REDUCE CRIME BY X% IN THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES,TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL 20% REDUCTION OF CRIME GOAL), this will be another exercise in futility that we have all grown so familiar with.
And what if the Police Inspector General tells all the State Police Chiefs to “shit-can” all this new shit, and our Home Minister will deliver to his cousin a tankful of you-know-what by 2010.
All management gurus have subscribed to DOING THE RIGHT THING RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND ALL THE TIME.
For Hisham, if he wants to achieve his KRAs, KPIs and ultimate Goal, he must do the RIGHT THING RIGHT THIS FIRST TIME – advise his cousin not to extend the Police Inspector General’s tenure.
This what most Quality Management Gurus have espoused: In God we trust, the others show data.
Here are some data from the Home Ministry website to gauge if the public felt safe from crime in the country.
Right from the beginning, 97% of those polled volunteered that they feel unsafe and 95% hold that their security is not assured.
As at 9.15 am yesterday morning, 97% of 8,761 of 9,044 respondents felt unsafe while only 1% or 76 respondents felt safe.
In fact, I would advise Hisham to redo his first KRA to read: Replace Police Inspector General immediately. This KRA passes the SMART tests invariably!
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If the PM does not change the Police Inspector General…..the reason could be here……. (with the help of a little spin I have learnt from the MSM, the message is discernable…and you could replace Ave Maria with “for a new extension").
Recently, there has been a lot of shit and stirring in Pakatan Rakyat.
There is wide speculation that the most recent stirrings might have caused the demise of a member of the family.
That of course is despicable and should not have happened!
But to stir shit, there must be a subject (in this recent case, 2 actually, yes 2!) and a verb.
So who is the subject – shit?, which after the fact can also be a verb to shit.
Who is the verb – to stir which after the fact can be a subject itself as in stirrer.
Now this is getting messy, no?
But whatever, I recall the old adage:
DON’T SHIT ON YOUR OWN DOORSTEPS!
My unsolicited advise is that Pakatan Rakyat must do some serious housekeeping, as UMNO like a buzzard, hungrily lurking on the fringe like all scavengers, can turn your subject into a verb!
In reality with the current BN government is perceive as muscling the opposition using the country enforcement agencies. The movement of the Malaysian Non BN political parties has always been monitored. I would not be surprised that there is a dedicated task force that is monitoring the movement, actions and decisions made by the PR MPs, ADUN’s and State Exco’s
The way the Police and the MACC conduct its business in this country has not given the people the confidence that they are truly independent. The truth is far less importance then the perception in the eyes of the public. Right now the image of the MACC and the RMP is in a bottomless pit. This will have a big impact on BN
The following writing is done based on assessment of various images and writings on the mainstream media (MSM) as well as the online media. I am trying to understand the tragedy that took place at Plaza Masalam. It would be great if I have access to MACC office and location where the body was found but without such access, readers can expect some gross margin of error in my writing. Do let me know what the errors are so that we can come to a clear conclusion on what transpired.
Part 1
The second item of concern is that his body posture is lying on his right side. Why not face down? A man that is conscious at the time of his fall is most likely to fall on his face flat down or his back if he is being pushed through a window. If he had jumped I would expect that he would have ended leg first. The pictures are not conclusive enough to indicate any lower limb fractures. Post mortem would be able to shed some light.
Part 2
I believe that he had died prior of hitting the slab roof the 5th floor podium based on the limited amount of blood on the roof. If his was alive and his heart was pumping, then there would be a large amount of blood on the roof if he did not die instantly.
Part 3
I tried to piece the time Tan met TBH and according to my source, when Tan left a short while later the sun was brightly coming up. He had estimated the time based the sun. I checked the time for sunrise in Shah Alam for the last few days. The sun is up at about 549am.
Assuming that by the time Tan came out from the building, it was about 549-555 a.m., I estimate that Tan saw TBH at about 530am. This means that TBH was indeed alive at 530am. This is about 8 hours before he was found dead.
Part 4
If he had been alive upon exiting the window and died upon impact, I expect to see more blood on the roof. The blood would take about 15 to 30 minutes to clot properly and hence in that amount of time, the blood would ooze through any open wound profusely. This is very true especially there is an arterial bleed.
Part 5
In my previous article, I theorized that either one or two person carried the late TBH whom had died for about 30 mins to the window. He carried the person with TBH on his right side and places it on the windows edge. As he pushed the body out the window, the latch got hooked to the pants at the centre of the trousers. TBH weight and the action of trying to push the body down literally tore the pants towards the left pocket.
Part 6
I wrote because my conscience tells me that what had happen is wrong. Today it happened to TBH. Tomorrow it can happen to us, our siblings and our kids. It is my religious duty (Fardu Kifayah) to share and to find conclusion to this dark episode.
Part 7
Last night I received an email from an anonymous (Lets call him Mr. A) person who claims to be working with the mainstream media. I am not sure whether it is true or not but he claims that all MSM media will be running stories in the next few days that the wound on TBH base left hand (the media will say wrist) will be played up as a sign of suicide. It dawn upon me that I have not said anything about the triangular mark on the right hand.
I was alerted by some readers on the existence of a new blog which has made serious allegations against 2 DAP State Exco members on purportedly explaining “DAP corruption modus operandi” in Selangor at www.t4tbh.blogspot.com. I suspect that it is part of a counter strategy that is being deployed by certain people to deflect the current issue surrounding TBH. Who are they? I can safely assume that what you ever think is right.
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* The documents will be scanned and posted in next posting.
4tbh
On June 4, 2009, Carradine was found dead in his room at the Swissôtel Nai Lert Park Hotel on Wireless Road, near Sukhumvit Road, in central Bangkok, Thailand. A police official said Carradine was found hanging by a rope in the room's closet, and the Bangkok Post reported that his body was found curled up in the wardrobe with one end of a shoelace tied around his penis and the other end around his neck. The same officer said: "Under these circumstances we cannot be sure that he committed suicide." It has also been reported that Carradine was found "with his hands tied behind his back." Carradine was in
Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunand, a Thai forensic pathologist and Director of Central Institute of Forensic Science, stated the incident met four of the criteria for accidental death involving autoerotic asphyxiation leading to an autoerotic fatality. Police Lieutenant General Worapong Chewprecha, Commander of the Metropolitan Police, remarked that the closed circuit television installed within the hotel supported the theory that no other persons were involved with the death. Carradine's representative and family members told the press that they believed the death to be accidental and not a suicide. Chuck Binder, Carradine's manager of six years,[15] indicated neither suicide nor accident was the likely cause since "the family has been told Carradine's hands were immobilized (behind his back) by the rope." However, this is contradicted by photographic evidence from the scene published by Thai Rath newspaper, showing "hands apparently bound together above the head".
On June 5, the Carradine family lawyer Mark Geragos spoke on Larry King Live and dismissed claims of suicide, stating instead that David Carradine could have been murdered by a secret sect of kung fu assassins, after it was revealed that Carradine had been attempting to uncover groups working in the martial-arts underworld. In July 2009, it was reported that a private pathologist, after carrying out a second autopsy, also ruled out the possibility of suicide, but was still unable to "determine whether Carradine's death was accidental or a homicide" and was awaiting further toxicology test results.
Two of Carradine's ex-wives (Gail Jensen and Marina Anderson) stated that his sexual interests included the practice of self-bondage.
VISION STATEMENT
To be the Barisan Nasional’s best-in-class and thereby most effective service-provider.
MACC is solely dedicated to ensure that the Barisan National Government regains the 5 states that it lost to the opposition before the next General Elections. It will work creatively and innovatively with likeminded agencies, police and judiciary, to extract without impunity, fabricate expeditiously, deceive flippantly and manipulate without compunction towards this end. As such the MACC will single-mindedly muster all the arsenal provided to satisfy its sole stakeholder the Barisan National Government.
As an HR consultant I was familiar with Vision/Mission Statements and I put the above thru the normal 3 key tests:
The above Vision and Mission Statement of the MACC passed the 3 key tests.
It figures....why we will not be assured of justice or answers.
THE ODD MAN OUT IN MALAYSIAN POLITICS
Tengku Razaleigh makes everyone in the Malaysian political fray uncomfortable. He reminds Umno of its corruption, bemoans the judiciary”s lack of integrity and whacks the Opposition”s hypocrisy.
He slammed the Umno-led Barisan Nasional”s (BN) takeover of the Perak state government through crossovers as “a lie” and, probably much to the embarrassment of the state”s sultan, who refused to dissolve the assembly for fresh polls, has called for just that.
And when asked why the state didn”t have fresh polls,
They may smart at his comments but BN leaders are loath to take him on.
The reason: Tengku Razaleigh, 72, is the last of an Umno generation – that of Abdul
Tengku Razaleigh was wealthy before he entered politics. He did not go into politics to line his own pockets and has contributed more than his fair share to the country and his party.
Not that he hasn”t tried going for the top. In 1987, he came within a whisker of unseating former premier Mahathir Mohamad as Umno”s president.
And more recently, he tried to get enough nominations – he needed at least 58 – to bid again for the presidency. It turned out to be a fiasco. Deputy Premier Najib Razak got 190 while Tengku Razaleigh got just one nomination.
It was a situation that must have hurt. “Of course, I felt let down,” he says softly. “Maybe I don”t know the party any more or maybe they don”t think I have, in some small measure, contributed towards the country and Umno.”
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In normal times, and these are not normal times, Ku Li would have been told to pack his bags or be under house-arrest in his White House. In UMNO-speak he would be sacked. Kaput. Bungkus. Period.
Since 03-07 Ku Li has been putting UMNO under the microscope and have found the damaging bacteria eating away at his party. He voiced out his concerns but UMNO has preferred to be called deaf and dumb. It is humiliating to be told UMNO is corruption personified or like some commentator said: It is in UMNO that you can graduate Suma cum laude on Corruption.
KU LI will never leave UMNO. He needs to be sacked from UMNO. But would UMNO dare?
That is why Hantu's step-brother says that Ku Li just can't join PKR unless UMNO sacks him.
ASIDE: Han's step-brother, just retired from the civil service and volunteered his services for a New Malaysia.
At Beng Hock's coffin I promised to do my bit to get justice for him and his family. Tonight I will approach and ask YB Salahuddin Ayub of PAS and YB Tan Seng Giaw of DAP on their next move. They both are in the MACC Advisory Board.
Potted greens for offices is big business. It can give out good chi if not wilted. Floral arrangement at VIP tables is also a lucrative (apologies to our Foreign Minister for borrowing his word) business and ice carvings at the central display table don’t come cheap either.
And their purpose is ostensibly an ostentatious attempt to fill up gaps, space, hide faults, or evoke the feel good ambiance.
That is only the intro. The business at hand are the 41 henpecked….oopppsss, handpicked elite lumped into some fancy-named committees that form the cog and wheel of the current government’s mellifluous spanking new anti-corruption machinery – a farewell gift of the somnolent ex-premier who a few days ago volunteered that if he had more time as premier he would have got rid of the ISA.
Both YB Jeff Ooi, MP for Jelutong and CPI’s chief, Lim Teck Ghee called for the resignation of these 41:
Anti-Corruption Advisory Board members
Abdul Hamid Mohamad
Amar Hamid Bugo
Dr Mohd Kamal Hassan
Mohamed Jawhar Hassan
Simon Sipaun
Zaiton Zawiyah Puteh
Rashpal Singh Jeswant Singh
Yong Poh Kon
Anwar Fazal
Dr Khoo Kay Kim
Chelvarajah Ramasamy Reddiar
Special committee on corruption
Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad
Razali Ibrahim
Abdul Rahman Dahlan
Dr Tan Seng Giaw
Salahuddin Ayub
Zamri Yusuf
Armani Mahirudin
Complaints committee
Mohd Nor Abdullah
Muhammad Mohd Noor
Wan Abdul Wahab Abdullah
Chooi Mun Sau
Ravindran V Muthu
Operations review panel
Dr Hadenan Abdul Jalil
Cecil Abraham
Nik Mohd Hasyudeen Yusoff
Walter Sandosam
Aminah Pit Abd Raman
Md Hamzah Md Kassim
Dr Syed Noh Syed Ahmad
Corruption consultation and prevention panel
Ramon Navaratnam
Dr Abdul Rahman Embong
Dr Zainal Abidin Abdul Majid
David Chua
Wong Chun Wai
Kamaruddin Zakaria
Nordin Kardi
Prof Dr Ishak Tambi Kechik
Azman Ujang
Anis Yusal Yusoff
Robert Phang Miow Sin
Already Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam said, “I do not want to resign, as I believe in fulfilling my duties. As the Prime Minister appointed me, I have an obligation to serve in the true spirit of a former civil servant.” Not Amen, but ahem to that.
It is reported that some of the above wants to resign but…..
But resignation from a post, (unlike in most developed countries,) is, like in most Banana Republics, never a culture in this fair country! If I can recall, Tenaga lost millions of ringgit and yet the CEO was named Manager (or CEO what’s the difference anyway?) of the Year. This MACC has gone after little pussies whilst the millionaire tomcats are flaunting their wealth and positions……and none of these 41 have stood up to be counted. Its pathetic, no?
PLEASE CLICK ON BOTH GRAPHICS
They can still be effective. AT LEAST FOUR AT A TIME SHOULD BE PRESENT AT EVERY INTERROGATION SESSION AS OBSERVERS. That way we will not have custodial deaths in our government agencies, which have totaled some 1,500 odd over five years.
If they refuse to participate as observers then .....God help us all.
By Thomas Lee
I now understand and support Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s decision to boycott the NST group of newspapers and stop the state government’s subscription of the papers.
It is simply beyond an intelligent person’s comprehension how an editor could arrive at the conclusion that the protest against the high-handed methods of the MACC is a challenge to the Malays. Only an immature, insecure and not too intelligent person can look at the Teoh Beng Hock case from a racial perspective. OneMalaysia? Nonsense! If we have people in positions of power and influence with such racialist mentality, there can never be OneMalaysia.
I have just retired as a journalist after nearly 35 years in the profession, and during my years as a reporter, socio-political analyst and editor, I have identified five types of journalists in the media community.
First, there are the EEs — Editorial Eunuchs, who take orders from their political emperors and write and spin stories to promote the emperor’s cause. These political appointees are usually in top and senior positions, not because they are good journalists or great writers, but because of their connection to powerful political godfathers. They are first class cronies. Many are ghost writers for their political masters. Some have become millionaires.
(Note: I thank God that, except for one or two cases, the editors I had worked under are not such people. I can vouch that people like Ng Poh Tip, Michael Aeria, Wong Sulong and Wong Chun Wai are good people of principle and top class journalists, not EEs. My good friend Chong Cheng Hai, the chief editor of theSun, is another person of integrity.)
Secondly, there are the PPs — Press Prositutes, who have sold their souls and principles to gain favours and privileges from their political and/or business clients. They will write what pleases their political masters. The amount of hampers and gifts they receive during festive seasons is perhaps a good indication of their rising status in their media organisation. (Perhaps the MACC should consider looking at this practice of giving editors hampers and gifts during festive seasons).
Thirdly, there are the MMs — Media Marionettes, the puppets who have no brains but are used and abused by opportunists to advance their own political or business agenda. They usually feed such journalists with twisted information and deceive these gullible writers to propogate their schemes of things. Our education system has produced many such gullible, unthinking, uncritical, and dumb people, and some of them are found in the media organisations.
Fourth, there are the JJs — Junket Journalists, those who will write anything for the sponsors of their overseas trips.
Finally, there are the WWs — Wise Writers, the rare breed who know how to survive through the controlled press situation and get their honest views into print without rousing the suspicion of their media bosses, who are usually political cronies. There are very few such honest writers with integrity and principles, and they are usually not in positions of power.
How can we expect to have OneMalaysia when we do not really have a free and credible press? If our prime minister is truly sincere in wanting to take take the country to greater height as OneMalaysia, then the first thing he needs to do is to liberate the press by abolishing the oppressive legal restraints such as the Printing Presses and Publications Act, the Internal Security Act, the Official Secrets Act, etc. and enact a Freedom of Information Act. Then, he must revamp the whole system of administration to get rid of those known to be corrupt, racist, and incompetent. Most importantly, there must a reform in the judiciary, enforcement agencies, the election commission, etc. He must also reinstate local council elections.
OneMalaysia? It will remain a slogan and a dream if the current federal government does not take concrete actions to reform the whole political and administrative environment in the country.
If the Barisan Nasional administration is unable to bring about such reforms, then we must throw it out at the next general election.
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AND AS NIGHT FOLLOWS DAY, THIS EE WILL GET HIS DATUKSHIP SOON.
HOW CHEAP AND FRAGILE CAN A DATUKSHIP BE THESE DAYS.
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I used to read Zainul's column until I boycotted the Main Stream Media. Zainul rose pretty slowly I believe but this was some kind of double promotion when he became Group Editor. And then things changed.....which brings to mind a well-flogged management change story that goes around. An ordinary worker can only afford to paly football. If and when he becomes a supervisor, he goes for tennis. Should he perform well he gets to be a manager and in some good companies, he gets a golf membership. Story behind the story: the higher you move up the BALL gets smaller.
When I first met Captain Yusof, it was under a tree at Club 14. We were a united bunch of bloggers.....all new and willing to learn from each other. But it is not so after less than three years. We are fragmented.....some of us are still friendly, some not so friendly.
For you are beautiful
And I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell.....
so let me mourn him privately............
Anonymous said...
Two PAS supporters were hurt by by a rock and a bottle. The man was hit on forehead by rock and the lady had to have 3 stitches on her right cheek.????
Is this true or you get wrong information.
For your eyes and information: Police arrested a PAS supporter believed to be involved in the stone-throwing incident which injured two Puteri Umno members at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Peria polling station here.
The incident took place at about noon when supporters of both parties were gathering at the polling station, with PAS supporters taunting the other group.
This caused quarrel among them that led to the stone-throwing incident. One of the stones hit a Puteri Umno member on the hip causing it to swell while another member broke her teeth in the incident.
Their name is Nor Farhana Abdol Rahman, 19, and Wan Nor Azziera, 21yearsold. Admitted at Hospital Kuala Krai.
Two PAS supporters were hurt by by a rock and a bottle????
Joe Paloka
Of course we all know what it means when someone says we are speaking with forked-tongue - the characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness, intent to mislead or deceive.
MALAYSIAKINI HAS THE BREAKING NEWS REPORT
The people of Manek Urai Lama and Manek Urai Baru were promised a RM7million bridge by DPM Muhyiddin, IF UMNO WINS. Both these two townships that is now connected by an old bridge voted for UMNO according to the results available. I went across this bridge a couple of times. No major industries are evident in these two kampungs that justified a replacement bridge, unless the trickster painted some Sydney Bridge tale to these gullible villagers. Probably, now that UMNO lost to PAS, UMNO's hired hacks will say that they villagers heard wrongly....it was jambans instead of jambatan. I apologise for this cruel joke but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 
This fellow Duke .....what more can I say. If you need anybody reliable to walk beside you he is the man. He drove us all the way up here. He stayed for the full duration. Passion for the cause drives this guy. Everynight after ceremahs in Manek Urai means driving back to KB at close to 1:00am. That is tiring doing it for five nights.....2 hours to and fro. 
All the above describes this extraordinary man.
Arthur began the trip with us but duty to job which takes him overseas often, was of great help during the four days with us. Arthur did the Permatang Pauh by-elections with us. Communicating with this man is an intellectual treat.....especially when he speaks strategy and I-Ching. Thank you Art for your company. And thanks for filling up the gas.
Stephen Francis is a veteran of all by-elections. Everyone of his pics tells a story and good stories they are. You don't ask this man to do things for you. He volunteers as if by instinct. The above traits is very Stephen!
This is a blogger to watch. He is full-time at this. His forte is the pics he produces for his blog. Originally one of the Perak Bloggers, he might be making Kelantan his base of operation. Already he has been chosen by Datuk Husam to follow him together with sifu Sheih (Kickdefella) for visits to the oil-rigs. We connected during the Bukit Gantang by-elections and have bonded since. He was part of our team during the MU saga. 
He was appointed our minder ..... making sure we were comfortable to do what we had to do. He accompanied us to MU for all the night ceremahs we covered. His contacts made it easy for us to move around in Manek Urai. His contacts got Duke and Stephen the bikes they needed to cover the 9 polling centres. When you are a stranger, Tuan Haji will always make you feel a part of his family. Terima Kasih Tuan Haji
This group also made our stay fun and our work effective. Thank you Ah Weh.
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Election Commission (EC) chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof was upset that an earlier agreement reached between the EC and the contesting parties that supporters stay at least 50 metres away from the polling stations was not observed.
"It appears that the EC's advice and the agreement with the parties were not observed. We will have to keep this in mind in future by-elections and general elections," he told reporters after visiting the polling station at Sekolah Kebangsaan Peria here where the incident took place.
DUKE reported this at 11:43am
Supporters of both parties had milled around the entrance to the polling station, taunting each other until the police was called in to restore calm.
The Election Commission expects the voter turnout to be around 85%.
An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties.
All forms of government are susceptible to political corruption. Forms of corruption vary, but include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement. While corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and trafficking, it is not restricted to these organized crime activities. In some nations, corruption is so common that it has gained normative status. The end point of political corruption is a kleptocracy, literally "rule by thieves".
You guys following so far? No, I am not fibbing. Read on
Kleptocracy: (from Greek klepto=theft and kratos=rule) Sometimes cleptocracy, occasionally kleptarchy, is a term applied to a government that extends the personal wealth and political power of government officials and the ruling class (collectively, kleptocrat) at the expense of the population, sometimes without even the pretense of honest service.
A kleptocratic ruler typically treats his country's treasury ( rings a bell?, read as bailout or soft-loans) though it were his own personal bank account, read Balkis.
The effects of a kleptocratic regime or government on a nation are typically adverse in regards to the faring of the state's economy, political affairs and civil rights. Kleptocracy in government often vitiates prospects of foreign investment and drastically weakens the domestic market and cross-border trade. (We are in familiar territory, are we not?) As the kleptocracy normally embezzles money from its citizens by misusing funds derived from tax payments, or money laundering schemes, a kleptocratically structured political system tends to degrade nearly everyone's quality of life, and isn’t this a fact?
In addition, the money that kleptocrats steal is often taken from funds that were earmarked as oil royalties and for public amenities, such as the building of hospitals, schools, roads, parks and the like - which has further adverse effects on the quality of life of the citizens living under a kleptocracy. The quasi-oligarchy that results from a kleptocratic elite also subverts democracy (or any other political format the state is ostensibly under).
(Should any of us get tempted that I am pulling a fast one with this klypto stuff, I can get docu proof that it came from some authoritative source, which I have archived somewhere, but can be retrieved if there is still doubt.)
Muhyiddin: IF BN wins we will immediately build a bridge to link ManeK Urai Lama to Manek Urai Baru.
Humble Me: Forget about immediately building a bridge which you will contract to your F contractors and which will eventually collapse like the stadium in Terrenganu. Just give the people of Kelantan their 1 billion ringgit and IMMEDIATELY, you bozo!
MR & MRS KICKDEFELLA JOINED US FOR PRE-CEREMAH REPAST
POTENTIAL RIVALS TO CHIN LEONG
AND TO VOTE FOR ABE UJI, MALAYSIA'S FIRST FISHMONGER ADUN
Tuan Aziz, UMNO's candidate at MU is touted as far more academically educated as Abe Uji, a fishmonger. They are still at this from day one. I don't expect Tuan Aziz to be speaking about current issues like oil royalties etc. Most candidates are cautioned about speaking on certain topics. That I can understand.The Hundred Days, sometimes known as the Hundred Days of Napoleon or Napoleon's Hundred Days for specificity, marked the period between Napoleon Bonaparte's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 (a period of 111 days).
Napoleon returned while the Congress of Vienna was sitting. On 13 March, seven days before Napoleon reached Paris, the powers at the Congress of Vienna declared him an outlaw; four days later the United Kingdom, Russia, Austria and Prussia, members of the Seventh Coalition, bound themselves to put 150,000 men each into the field to end his rule.[4] This set the stage for the last conflict in the Napoleonic Wars, the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo,[5] the restoration of the French monarchy for the second time and the permanent exile of Napoleon to the distant island of Saint Helena, where he died in May 1821.
I seldom was hard on Najib as I was on that Baldie Hamid. I found him not interesting as he was not innovative and did not exhibit himself as a man of vision. When he was not handpicked by Tun M, it confirmed my judgment of him. I did not believe that UMNO would put him as PM. But they did. He came ionto this lofty position with a lot of baggage, perceived or otherwise. But he was put up there. He did not labor climbing to that position. He had the easiest of passage even with that baggage..It confirmed the belief that in UMNO post Mahathir, whoever you can manipulate you put him up there, baggage and all.
He just completed his 100 days. Whilst many commentators in e-media punctured holes into those 100 days his paid hacks had a field day extolling their master. They were industriously plugging the holes a la Hans Brinker, the legendary Dutch boy who put his finger into a hole in the dyke hoping to save the country from an ominous flood.
Whilst waiting for the Fishmongers protest ceremah to begin, I shared a coffee table with two interesting seniors who spoke impeccable English. An unedited manuscript for an impending book was offered for my perusal……..
In 1964, then PMIP president Datuk Asri invited the people living in the northern border to come to settle down around Kota Bharu. He employed a
After the race riots, PMIP (now PAS) joined UMNO during the mass coalition exercise. Manek Urai and similar districts were left to fend for themselves ……People First it seems. I am just wondering where the PM got this from, because he is doing exactly what his Papa did…..UMNO first, people last especially in Opposition states.
So PM Jibby, now that your 1
For a start, give back to Kelantan the oil royalty that is theirs. They have not forgotten how Bachok was betrayed. Immediately disburse the funds to the Kelantanese, unless they are not your people.
And since we are at this…..also give back to the people of Perak the choice to choose their state government. They can’t stand the bogus bunch you installed there.
If these are not done, your Performance Now is doomed for an inevitable flush down the jamban of infamy.
IT IS EASIER FOR A FISHMONGER TO PASS THRU THE EYE OF A NEEDLE
WHAT SOME READERS WROTE:
telur dua said...
Didn't some prince said that there is a place under the Malaysian sun for everyone? That would include fishermen. No?
Anonymous said...
If you go to
GO, go Brother hit them and undi lah PAS di Manik Urai(MU-synonymous of a champion).
maw said...
ronald reagan is he a fishmonger...a clown ..an actor?hello!!!hello!!.
Nutmeg said...
That prince later u-turned, said must respect his speech even though hooligans dragged his state's Speaker of the Assembly like a dog from the roadside, with the said prince's knowledge.
Anonymous said...
Just to name a few names like
the genting boss and Honda boss,
Not to mention some computer genius in
(did not complete their colledge , right ?)
So those arrogant and so claimed from prestigious universities pls step aside.(low EQ).
It's not what you own but the way you carry yourself that counts.
neutral eye.
Hawkeye said...
Haa.. Don't play with fishermen and their fish.. umnos getting whack from the 40 tongs of fish.
Stoopid fellas obviously not heard of the Fishermen's Wharf where the heroes and warriors gather.
Anonymous said...
el Zor, yes : my lord's followers were mostly fishermen & the fisherman's friend lozenges have very often healed my sore throat !
SHEIH aka kickdefella was a buddy of mine since I started Blogging. We developed a certain affinity, kinda like soul-mates. His job for Husam uprotted him from KL but we connected often.
I know the following pictures tell little....so move over to Shieh's blog to get the full rundown of this very important item that may determine the outcome of this Manek Urai by-elections. Of course be prepared for UMNO's 101 excuses and lies.
For two decades Kelantan under PAS which should put equal amount of effort in work as in worship is still lagging behind other states. (Even with storming heaven with worship, money will not drop down from the heavens. Depriving the people of Kelantan of their oil-royalty is not right....even thiefs have displayed more honor!)
UMNO has a good chance of pulling the rug from under the feet if they can put their act together. Being the accused it should adopt defensive campaigning rather than going on the attack. (I totally am with you on UMNO putting their act together. They must come away from past acts very synonymous with the basket of Banana Republics’ devious electioneering activities. Consider these two statements of the DPM: "You (the people of Manek Urai) will not just be adopted,(if we win) because some adopted children are treated like stepchildren but you will be the golden child," he promised….and "I challenge PAS, if they can prove that they have done more(for Islam) than this, then we will surrender." What can you make out of these? Attack or Defense)
UMNO has a good chance of narrowing the majority gap or even wrestle the seat from PAS if they work hard enough.Most of their losses in past by-elections were due to loss of confidence,demoralisation, bad planning and poor strategy.
(UMNO never had to work hard. The EC, postal votes and phantom votes are always available. The EC planned and strategised all along. I agree with you why they lost in the 5 by-elections. Voters are now more aware, thru bloggers, the chicanery employed by BN.)
In term of social and economic terms Kelantan is a far cry from the rest of the nation.Should the Kelantanese continue to wallow in their parochial pride and forsake progress and development? (Sir, that bit about parochial pride and forsake progress and development, is an unkind cut to the quick. PAS quarells amongst themselves, whereas you will never get any UMNO cabinet member to disagree in public with Mr President....they CYA each other religiously. If memory does not fail me Sabah is lumped together with Kelantan and Terenganu as poor cousins, despite
The committee is giving BN until Aug 8 to seek dissolution of the assembly or a statewide hartal would be held.
"During this day, the people of Perak will not engage in any outside activity. We will not go to work, our children would not go to school and we will show BN that the majority of Perak folk want justice returned to them," said committee coordinator R. Mohanarani.
This is a brave move. It is a laudable move. If Perakians can make this happen, all Perakians working outside PERAK must do likewise and make a trip to Ipoh in solidarity with the Anak2 Perak. We, residing outside Perak feel for you people. We are aware of what is happening. As such it is our fervent hope that you will make this happen.
DR HATTA, MP FOR KUALA KRAI, was good enough to arrange for Bloggers to have a face to face with MU calon, fondly called Abe Uji. So, who is this 50 year old that PAS gave an unprecedented nod as candidate for this Manek Urai by-election.
Mohd Fauzi Abdullah is a successful fishmonger and wholesaler. He did not win this candidacy handsdown. He came thru a very unique PAS Kelantan “structure”. I emphasise PAS Kelantan because no other state PAS bodies employ this process-strategy. You will remember that Kulau Krai Parliamentary and State seats went to UMNO in the 2004 elections. Immediately identified individuals were appointed as “shadow assemblyman” and assigned their constituencies. Fauzi aka Abe Uji went through this process and must have done superbly well, in his own unassuming ways, to have won the unquestionable and unanimous support of the PAS Kelantan hierarchy.
Abe Uji is very well aware that he has to wear the mantle of the late and iconic Pak Su Weil (Ismail Yacob who did not contest in 2004). For PAS Kelantan to hand over this responsibility speaks volumes for this soft-spoken and not easily flustered Fauzi. He carries a certain calm with him and his answers to our questions came spontaneously, never abrasive, more mildly assertive rather than aggressive.
Of course the UMNO skeleton hunters began to look for closets. When they could not tag him with any misbehavior UMNO information chief Ahmad Maslan belittled Abe Uji as a peraih ikan. This angered the fishmonger and fish wholesalers fraternity who will stage a protest this coming Friday at Kampong Laloh.
Like his legendary predecessor Pak Su Weil (who was illiterate) Abe Uji comes into the fray with no degrees behind his name. When he was asked about this he answered with his trademark smile.
After meeting him for the third time let me volunteer an interpretation of that SMILE. Translated, Abe Uji seems to be saying:
PEOPLE DON’T CARE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW
UNTIL THEY KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE!
YESTERDAY, I was deluged with furtive requests to pass on the news that Fr OC Lim was in the IJM undergoing surgery.
YB Khalid Samad assailed the audience in similar strain......how could they trust and believe thru fear, the corruption so rampant in UMNO. He told the audience to go figure this out: In the UMNO Youth recent election the candidate declared clean had the LOWEST VOTES!
Datuk Zaid added more on the fear factor. "If Pakatan Rakyat wins in the next GE, you will still keep your jobs. Whoever told you that you will lose your job, will instead lose their power to keep you in fear."
This is the second time I am listening to the MU candidate, fondly known as Abe Uji. He says hardly anything about himself and delivers the shortest of ceremah speeches. There is nothing fiery about his oratorical skills, but from his body language and tone and manner of speech....there is fire in this guys belly.....waiting to deliver whatever is promised to the voters. Watch this man!
We went into Sungei Peria for the inended lunch date with Tok Guru but was told by the organisers that Tok Guru had to give this event a miss. However, the other guest of honor was Datuk Zaid Ibrahim and as such the days programe went on as planned. I had planned to ask Tok Guru just two questions with the assurance that he need not give me answers to my two questions. I wanted to know how he was going to effectively pursue the oil royalties owing to Kelantan and if all the hallabaloo and posturings by DAP in Kedah is all sound and fury signifying nothing. I am not very bothered about the latter but you bet that the oil royalties will be the punching bag for many of us covering Manek Urai.
PAS could never attract a ceremah audience because the residents were afraid to be seen at any PAS ceremah. Tonight was somewhat different. Close to 150 sat thru and listened to the speakers.
PAS's Salehudin Ayob, PKR's Datuk Zaid Ibrahim and candidate Abe Uji captured the audience attention and judging from the regular rejoinders I felt that the message went over quite well. Except for the calon, both Salehudin and Zaid drove home the point of UMNO's avowed boasts of doing everything for the Malays - only certain chosen Malays. Datuk Zaid further challenged UMNO: "If you claim you will do everything for the Malays....give Kelantan its oil money....Kelantan is a malay-majority state. 
It was another hour of drive back to Kota Baru after the ceremah and despite not enough support from the Federal Government, I think the people of KB in general and the PAS government in particular has done well for themselves. There are 24/7 outlets like Hayaki and wifi enabled too. 
As early as 6:40am the breakfast joints were already filling up except for the popular Sulaiman Roti Canai which did not open its doors yet. At 7:15am we made our way to the Masjid Al-Juhar. DAP’s Tan Seng Giaw was having an animated talk with YB Khalid Samad and we had Selangor Menteri Besar YB Khalid Ibrahim walk up towards the mosque. The morning prayers were underway and the Unit Amal, now called Unit Keselamatan and the other units from all other states were getting into formation to start the march towards the Nomination Centre.
It was a sea of endless PAS flags that took to the streets. From the rear, YBs William Leong and Tian Chua leading a team of PKR supporters joined the march.
As has always been the case since the first by-election at Permatang Pauh, PR people smothered BN in numbers. That was always a good omen. Malaysiakini says that BN had about 2k against PR’s 10k whilst Knights Templar whom I always consult on numbers volunteered BN 3.8K and PAS 7.5k.
By 12noon everyone moved out and the campaign immediately started – straight fight that is.
We traveled back to Datuk Zaid’s residence for nasi bungkus and the rave of the season – durian kunyit…..that about got us in the mood to file this report……catch some shut-eye before we set off at 6:30pm for a ceremah at which our host, Datuk Zaid will speak.
We encountered only one police road-block, but it was a breeze getting through for a very obvious reason.
You cannot use the East-West without stopping at Tasik Temenggur. I remember using this bridge to cross over the Dam some twenty years ago. The army would stop you, take your IC particulars. If you take too long to cross the bridge, you will have to answer why you took so long. Seems during the Emergency years, food was dropped or thrown into the lake for waiting Commies. Of course nowadays you just drive through although the ISA is still in force. A bit of an incongruity, yes? 
It rained when we were going downhill from the highest point (2000 feet above sea level) but the rolling hills were a sight to behold. A couple of times, Duke thought he was driving an automatic Benz going uphill. Yes, all driving tests must use manual gears, if you get my drift.
Of course you will recall that last night was Wharf's tribute to MJ. T'was a fun night as always when the BRBloggers party. This SOB (son of a bird, do you mind!) Hantu with a good nose for parties, dropped by and did his usual stuff of dropping off some tit-bits. Sometimes, like a maguirita you need to take it with a rim of salt, Hantu's offerings can give you a hang-over. Take it for whatever it is worth:
Tomorrow, the Blue Blitz will ferry Hawkeye, the Whisperer and I up north to Kota Baru, in time for Nomination Day on the 6 July. We can only afford to take 3 for Nomination Day, but a strong team of 10 will be with us on Polling Day. Except for Hawkeye who has to return to KL day after Nomination Day, the Whisperer and I will be in KB for the campaign period. We hope to cover the morning walkabouts and as many ceremahs as we possibly can, and also distract ourselves with buduh, nasi dagang and nasi laut. Wish you were here too?
With PAS going thru some family tiffs we expect UMNO to capitalise on this. It will be a tough campaign for both UMNO and PAS. Manek Urai has been PAS stronghold except on two occasions. A 2000 majority has been PAS achievements in the past. The majority has to be more emphatic to deliver a clear message to UMNO that despite their overpowering machinery they may end up as a pile of buffalo shit. The Rakyat is tired after half a century of ballyhoo.
When some of my blogger friends disappear and are off the radar I figure that they must be under the radar. Here I am referring to donplaypuks. But to my relief, I found out that he had turned from satirical raconteur to a more refined/cultured preoccupation, as a connoisseur of fine wines.
Shank and I exchanged comments and finally met in the flesh at the Spotted Dog. On two occasions, as promised, at the Wharf he presented me with the treasures of his dungeon…..ooppps, cellar - scotch favored by some silver-plated northern royals.
If you thought that I was bitter, cutting, sour and caustic, Shank was mordant, barbed, critical and pointed but sharp. As such I feared for him sometimes, especially when he disappears from blogsphere for a spell.
Don’t belief me…..read for yourself: And this is only one of his offerings.
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Here we are, us ordinary blokes, trying our best with the littlest of resources and only equipped with all that we have – PASSION – are now at a cul-de-sac, blocked by the bloc which we thought would be our ally for a better
Sit up and listen up. Don’t aspire to run this country when you can’t keep your family quarrels within your own house; when you still carry the burden of racism, religious bigotry and cultural supremacies and its attendant foibles. Go look for a new site for your abattoir (Su) and it is time to throw away the “crutches” unless you (Hadi) certify yourself as “handicapped” and beyond repair. Dang, you bunch are making me sick! And Hindraf…..go learn to boil eggs before you meddle with issues that are easily available. You can boil those eggs, because they were ejected by the headless chicken.
The vultures are hovering out there. They watch you go at each other. They are the best cleaning machines ever created. Cleaning is not a chore for them. Pleasure to be exact and they come away always satisfied.
SO SORT IT OUT
OR
BE READY TO
SHIP OUT
