tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77371106373823890582024-03-18T15:27:03.814+08:00Just My Thoughtseddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.comBlogger1334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-21092659551951415112019-05-02T14:39:00.000+08:002019-05-02T14:39:37.679+08:00Hamid Bador is officially our Ketua Polis Negara on 4 May 2019<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Not long ago during the time of the then PM Najib Razak, a fearless Senior Polis Officer named Hamid Bador wrote this letter to the Government under the Administration of Barisan Nasional:</b><br />
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<b><a href="https://www.malaysianreview.com/146761/surat-datuk-abdul-hamid-bador-kepada-kerajaan-didedahkan/?fbclid=IwAR10BgArSbataG72GfIy99q87mFLv4FDxxkWZ3oDBsl5_ul0cXCWUXQcQ-o"><span style="color: blue;">DATUK ABDUL HAMID BADOR – SURAT TERBUKA KEPADA KERAJAAN. | 6 Oktober, 2015</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Terlebih dahulu izinkan saya mengucapkan berbanyak terima kasih kepada semua ahli keluarga, saudara mara, sahabat, jiran, serta anak Malaysia yang bencikan kemungkaran, yang tidak berhenti-henti memberikan galakan serta mendoakan keselamatan diri saya serta keluarga. Saya amat terhutang budi. Sesungguhnya galakan dan doa-doa suci inilah yang memberikan saya kekuatan dan keberanian untuk terus memerangi kemungkaran.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya juga amat terhutang budi kepada pihak media kerana telah sudi memberikan ruang untuk menyiarkan rintihan hati kecil saya ini untuk tatapan rakyat Malaysia yang berasa amat terguris hati, marah, kecewa, hampa, geram serta terhimpit dengan “tingkahlaku tidak bertanggungjawab” pemimpin-pemimpin kerajaan sejak kebelakangan ini.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sesungguhnya keputusan yang saya ambil untuk menulis SURAT TERBUKA KEPADA KERAJAAN ini adalah keputusan saya sendiri tanpa disogok atau dibatu-apikan oleh mana2 individu atau organisasi yang berkepentingan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya bertindak atas sifat sebagai seorang pegawai kerajaan yang TERANIAYA, disebabkan oleh pendirian saya tidak mahu bersekongkol dengan pihak yang secara terang-terangan telah melakukan kesalahan besar kepada negara.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya faham bahawa sebagai seorang pegawai bawahan saya terikat dengan beberapa peraturan yang melarang saya untuk menyuarakan apa2 kritikan terhadap kerajaan tanpa terlebih dahulu mendapat keizinan dari ketua jabatan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya juga faham bahawa satu bentuk tindakan disiplin boleh dikenakan ke atas diri saya. Malahan surat Beri Penjelasan 1 oleh Ketua Polis Negara telahpun saya jawab panjang lebar pada 15 Sept lalu.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tetapi di waktu yang sama saya juga sedar tentang hak dan tanggungjawab saya, yang jauh lebih besar dan suci, di bawah PERLEMBAGAAN dan UNDANG-UNDANG NEGARA untuk mempertahankan negara dari segala bentuk ancaman termasuk yang berkaitan dengan JENAYAH.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Apatah lagi saya adalah seorang pegawai Polis Di Raja Malaysia yang telah mengangkat sumpah untuk berkhidmat dengan penuh kejujuran sebagaimana yang dikehendaki oleh AKTA POLIS.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Oleh demikian dengan penuh keinsafan dan berbekalkan doa orangramai ini saya memberanikan diri untuk berusaha menegakkan kebenaran bagi menyelamatkan pertiwi dari ancaman manusia-manusia rakus yang sedang bermaharajalela memporakperandakan segala sistem pentadbiran sedia ada dan secara terang-terangan melanggar undang-undang bagi memuaskan nafsu buas mereka.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya rasa terpanggil untuk tampil ke depan sekali lagi bagi bersuara kerana pihak yang bersalah dilihat belum insaf. Apalah pilihan yang ada pada saya untuk membuat aduan mengikut prosedur jabatan apabila hampir semua ketua-ketua jabatan terbabit dengan komplot membohongi rakyat sambil “merestui perlakuan jenayah” pemimpin-pemimpin tertinggi negara!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">“What choice do I have???”. Perlu juga saya tegaskan di sini bahawa niat saya BUKANNYA UNTUK MENUMBANGKAN KERAJAAN. Niat suci saya hanya untuk MENEGAKKAN KEADILAN. Siapa yang bersalah maka dialah yang akan menerima padahnya di sisi undang-undang.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sesungguhnya undang-undang itu buta dari segi darjat dan kedudukan……tiada bezanya di antara seorang Pembantu Am Rendah dengan seorang Menteri……di antara seorang prebet dengan seorang general……di antara seorang konstabel dengan seorang komisioner dan di antara seorang peneroka FELDA dengan seorang jutawan terbilang!!! Jenayah tetap jenayah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ramai juga rakan-rakan saya yang ikhlas menyuarakan kebimbangan mereka tentang keselamatan diri saya. Ada di antara mereka yang menyarankan kemungkinan besar “hired killer atau killers” dari Selatan Thai telah diupah oleh “perompak-perompak” wang rakyat ini untuk membunuh saya.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Insya Allah saya tidak sekali-kali akan berundur. Saya akur dengan KEAGUNGAN ALLAH SWT. Lagi cepat saya mati….lagi cepat mereka masuk jel dan digantung leher sampai mati. Jika saya gugur sekalipun saya yakin perjuangan saya ini tidak akan terhenti di situ saja.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ingin saya tegaskan di sini bahawa usaha saya ini bukannya bermatlamatkan untuk saya mendabik dada demi kemenangan. Usaha saya ini hanyalah untuk menegakkan keadilan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya lakukan semua ini semata-mata untuk menghambakan diri saya kepada rakyat bagi menyedarkan kerajaan bahawa keadaan negara semakin meruncing dan rakyat sudah loya melihat segala sandiwara yang dipersembahkan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin haprak ini. Jauh sekali niat di hati kecil saya ini untuk cuba menjadi jagoh atau mencari populariti.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya bukannya manusia yang egoistik…..bukan seorang berdarah panglima…..seorang yang sudah besar kepala……atau JOBO, mengikut slang orang REMBAU. Saya hanya ingin berbakti pada pertiwi tercinta. Apabila sudah pencen nanti saya tidak akan menyesal kerana saya telah berusaha gigih menjalankan amanat Allah SWT.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya mendapat tahu bahawa usaha untuk menghakiskan kredibiliti saya sedang giat dijalankan oleh pucuk pimpinan Cawangan Khas yang ada sekarang. Saya digambarkan sebagai seorang yang kecewa dan selfish kerana tidak dilantik menjadi Pengarah Cawangan Khas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kononnya saya tidak mengenang budi apabila permohonan saya untuk pencen awal telah ditolak oleh Ketua Polis Negara. Bila pulak saya memohon untuk pencen awal??? Saya menyeru kepada Pengarah Cawangan Khas, supaya ingat pesanan arwah orangtua kita dulu……jangan berbohong dan jangan gadaikan maruah diri dengan membela orang yang terang-terang bersalah demi merebut jawatan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Seluruh peringkat organisasi Cawangan Khas didendangkan dengan cerita-cerita bohong yang kononnya saya ini “meroyan” dan seperti seorang yang “gila talak” selepas “ditendang keluar” dari Cawangan Khas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Oh…oh…oh…jauh sekali melesetnya pemikiran mereka. Sebenarnya saya bukan seperti mereka yang hanya suka dan pandai “menjilat” tulang-tulang yang dilemparkan oleh pemimpin politik haprak ini. Saya BELUM PERNAH MENCIUM TANGAN pemimpin-pemimpin haprak serta tangan isteri mereka.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sebelum ini saya telah berkali-kali menzahirkan pendirian saya kepada anakbuah saya di dalam Cawangan Khas bahawa saya tidak rela meneruskan perkhidmatan dalam Cawangan Khas jika saya terpaksa bersekongkol dengan mereka untuk membohongi rakyat dengan kerja-kerja kotor demi menyelamatkan Perdana Menteri dan kuncu-kuncunya itu dalam kes “rompakan” wang 1MDB ini.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya juga tidak mahu diperalatkan oleh seorang Timbalan Perdana Menteri merangkap Menteri Dalam Negeri yang lagaknya seperti seorang gengster.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Jika beginilah kotornya imejnya dua pemimpin tertinggi negara maka sebagai seorang pegawai polis yang masih bermaruah saya tidak sekali-kali ingin meneruskan khidmat saya dalam Cawangan Khas. Tetapi ini tidak bermakna saya tidak lagi mahu berkhidmat dengan PDRM.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sebaliknya saya merayu kepada KPN supaya saya dikekalkan di Bukit Aman, paling tidak dalam Jabatan Integriti Dan Pematuhan Standard (JIPS) supaya saya boleh terus menyumbang secara positif kepada PDRM dalam hal-hal disiplin dan pembasmian rasuah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Itu saja sebabnya yang saya berani berdiri berseorangan diri memerangi kemungkaran. Ingat ye….saya tidak pernah menghasut mana-mana warga Cawangan Khas untuk menyokong segala usaha saya menegakkan kebenaran.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Mereka sudah matang dan boleh berfikir sendiri. Tepuk dada tanya selera. Semaklah semua rekod komunikasi saya. Sepatutnya Dato Sri tunjukkan kepimpinan yang baik dan bukannya memfitnah orang-orang yang terdahulu. Saya berjuang bersendirian tanpa ada bodyguard.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Insya allah saya tidak memerlukan tenaga Unit Tindakan Khas dan outrider polis untuk menjaga keselamatan saya. I AM NOT A COWARD!!! Kepada Pengarah Cawangan Khas saya menyeru supaya jangan membodek berlebih sangat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kalau nak mengampu bos tu ampulah puas-puas. Insya allah bila tiba masanya nanti bolehlah Dato Sri sama-sama mengiringi beliau masuk jel……I Know What You Did Last Summer!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Semenjak pertemuan saya dengan pihak media pada 23 Ogos yang lalu saya telah menerima pelbagai nasihat, teguran, kritikan, dan juga ancaman dari individu-individu tertentu.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ada yang bersifat konstruktif dan tidak kurang juga yang bernada ugutan dan gertakan untuk menangkap saya. Ribuan terima kasih saya ucapkan kepada mereka yang berniat baik.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kepada mereka yang berniat serong saya doakan juga agar Allah SWT memberikan mereka kesedaran dan peluang untuk kembali ke jalan yang diredhai. Jangan pula cuba untuk nak membabitkan sejarah perkahwinan saya dalam isu ini sebagaimana yang dilakukan Dato Rizal Mansor, pegawai khas 1st Lady tu, tempohari.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ibarat ayam jantan yang mengepak dan berkokok megah sedangkan buntutnya sendiri bersememeh dengan tahi. Bukan saja skandal Dato’ Rizal itu boleh saya dedahkan malahan “cerita-cerita menarik” tentang bosnya Datin Sri Rosmah sendiri boleh saya riwayatkan di khalayak ramai.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Afterall birds of the same feathers flock together. Oleh demikian janganlah sesiapa mahu cuba memutarbelitkan hal peribadi saya dalam JIHAD MENEGAK KEADILAN ini. Stick to the issue!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Pada hari ini saya ingin mengambil kesempatan untuk membuat beberapa saranan atau gesaan penting kepada beberapa pegawai tertinggi kerajaan yang selama ini, secara sedar ataupun tidak, atau samada dengan penuh kerelaan atau secara keterpaksaan, telah terpalit dengan kontroversi isu 1MDB.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kedudukan kes ini sebenarnya bolehlah dirumuskan sebagai sesuatu yang SUDAH TERANG LAGI BERSULUH.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Itulah kata-kata terakhir Tan Sri Gani Patail kepada saya sebelum beliau “dipecat”. Saranan ini terpaksa saya buat kerana sesungguhnya majoriti rakyat telah berasa amat marah dan meluat terhadap tindak tanduk pegawai-pegawai tertinggi kerajaan ini yang secara terang-terangan telah menyalahgunakan kuasa.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sungguh menjijikkan tindak tanduk desprados ini untuk terus berkuasa dan mengelakkan diri dari MASUK KE DALAM JEL. Mereka sanggup berbuat apa saja untuk memastikan siasatan ini terhenti.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Serentak dengan usaha itu mereka menggunakan strategi mengelirukan rakyat dengan mencipta skrip basi yang tidak masuk akal kononnya wujud konspirasi untuk MENGGULINGKAN KERAJAAN. Siapa yang nak gulingkan kerajaan???</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kononnya orang-orang CINA NAK RAMPAS KUASA!!! Ish ish ish jahat sungguh taktik “diversion” yang digunakan oleh para “perompak”ini. Dari isu Pecah Amanah Jenayah dah bertukar pula jadi isu perkauman.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Siapalah agaknya penasihat strategi “perompak” ini ye….pandai-pandai tupai melompat akhirnya jatuh ke tanah jua.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sebenarnya apa yang rakyat mahukan ialah penjelasan Perdana Menteri tentang misteri “kehilangan” wang 1MDB. Rakyat berhak tahu cerita sebenar-benarnya kerana 1MDB telah meminjam RM4 billion dari Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pencen (KWAP). Ini wang rakyat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ini bukan wang Yayasan Tan Sri Noah. As simple as that!!! Mengapa takut untuk tampil memberi penjelasan??? Mengapa mesti tunggu lagi 6 bulan untuk merungkai misteri ini??? Mengapa PAC dan Special Taskforce itu dibubarkan???</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Mengapa tiba-tiba Peguam Negara “dipecat” dan pegawai SPRM ditangkap? Mengapa hasil siasatan Bank Negara itu masih belum diputuskan oleh Peguam Negara?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Mengapa ketiga-tiga saksi utama kes itu masih berdolak-dalik dan tidak berani segera tampil memberi keterangan? Hanya orang bersalah saja yang takut!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Rakyat juga ingin tahu betul kah berjuta-juta ringgit wang KWAP telah dimasukkan ke dalam akaun peribadi Perdana Menteri dan samada benar sebahagian darinya telah digunakan untuk membayar caj solekan kulit Datin Sri Rosmah serta lain-lain perbelanjaan mewah beliau??</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">KETUA SETIAUSAHA NEGARA.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kepada Y.bhg Tan Sri Ali Hamsa saya merayu agar Tan Sri dapat melaksanakan tanggungjawab sebagai Penjawat Awam No. 1 dengan penuh kejujuran dan beramanah sebagaimana yang Tan Sri sendiri unjurkan dalam banyak amanat-amanat kepada penjawat awam sebelum ini.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tan Sri seharusnya berani dan ikhlas dalam menggunakan kuasa dan pengaruh jawatan dalam kes 1MDB ini. Sebagai bapa kepada perkhidmatan awam Malaysia adalah menjadi kewajipan Tan Sri untuk menunjukkan contoh kepimpinan yang terbaik kepada ratusan ribu anakbuah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Takutilah kemurkaan Allah SWT. Jangan sekali-kali Tan Sri takut kepada tekanan pemimpin-pemimpin politik yang sudah jauh menyimpang dan menyeleweng.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tan Sri wajib sedar bahawa penjawat-penjawat awam amat mengharapkan Tan Sri untuk berlaku adil dan tegas menguatkuasakan peraturan -peraturan kerajaan dan bukannya bersubahat dengan mereka yang terang-terang bersalah, untuk menekan, menukar, mengugut, memecat dan menangkap penjawat-penjawat awam yang jujur melaksanakan tugas. Sepatutnya Tan Sri menjadi pembela kepada penjawat awam yang teraniaya!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Mengapa keadaan boleh jadi sebegini buruk Tan Sri??? Tidakkah Tan Sri nanti berasa malu kepada isteri, anak menantu dan ahli keluarga yang lain?? Tidak salah jika saya katakan bahawa moral para penjawat awam kini sudah jatuh merudum.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ikrar jabatan yang dilafazkan setiap bulan oleh penjawat awam untuk memberi perkhidmatan terbaik serta penuh integriti kepada rakyat dan negara sudah tidak bermakna lagi. Ingatlah Tan Sri….jangan sampai kita tergolong dalam kumpulan orang-orang MUNAFIK!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Rakyat di seluruh negara amat terkejut apabila Y.A Tan Sri tiba-tiba muncul di saat memuncaknya kontroversi 1MDB. Memanglah tidak terlintas langsung di benak mereka bahawa penggantian jawatan Tan Sri Gani Patail itu dilakukan se pantas kilat membelah bumi.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Memanglah kami tahu bahawa penentuan siapa yang paling layak memegang jawatan paling berkuasa itu adalah hak mutlak DYMM SPB Agong atas syor Perdana Menteri. Tetapi di dalam kes Tan Sri prosesnya berjalan luarbiasa sekali.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Apakah nawaitu Tan Sri sewaktu mula-mula menerima jawatan tersebut…….to discharge your duties with the highest standard of integrity??? Atau adakah Tan Sri sendiri masih terpinga-pinga dan berat untuk menerima beban jawatan tersebut???</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tetapi orangramai bertanggapan bahawa Tan Sri sendiri telah banyak menyumbang idea tentang halatuju tindakan kerajaan di saat-saat genting keputusan “memecat” Tan Sri Gani Patail itu dibuat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Dalam ertikata lain….Tan Sri telah bersubahat dengan Perdana Menteri. Wahai Tan Sri yang budiman…..ingatlah betapa sakitnya hukuman di hari Pengadilan nanti. Pada tahap umur sekarang pintu Rahmatullah kelihatan sudah terenggang sedikit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kita sudah tidak punyai banyak masa lagi. Janganlah dek kerana hendakkan glamor jawatan maruah diri kita gadaikan. Saya masih ada sedikit keyakinan bahawa dengan pengalaman sebagai hakim yang sebegitu luas Tan Sri mampu melaksanakan amanat Allah SWT supaya berlaku adil.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Segerakanlah membuat keputusan khususnya berkaitan hasil siasatan Bank Negara itu yang kini failnya sudahpun berada di tangan Tan Sri. Bukankah Jabatan Peguam Negara sedia mempunyai ramai pakar undang-undang lulusan dalam dan luar negara???</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sudah pasti tenaga otak bijak mereka boleh digembeling bagi membantu Tan Sri membuat keputusan dengan cepat dan tepat. Beranikanlah diri Tan Sri untuk disyukuri anakcucu kemudian hari. Jangan aibkan nama baik kita kepada generasi anakcucu kemudian hari.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kepada Ydh Tan sri saya ingin mengambil peluang untuk menasihati Tan Sri agar dapat menghayati setiap patah perkataan yang tertera dalam Sumpah Jawatan, Ikrar Polis, Rukun Negara dan Perlembagaan Negara.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kuatkuasakanlah Akta Polis itu dengan sejujur-jujurnya. Kita pernah sama-sama berikrar untuk mempertahankan pertiwi dari segala bentuk ancaman. Jangan sekali-kali kita gentar dengan gertakan pemimpin-pemimpin politik yang kian terdesak akibat sifat tamak mereka. Jangan takut dengan ugutan halus “are you with me or are you not?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Janganlah PDRM bertindak MEMILIH BULU dalam penguatkuasaan undang-undang. Yakinlahlah Tan Sri bahawa 120 ribu warga PDRM ini akan tetap setia berdiri teguh mematuhi segala arahan Tan Sri yang berlandaskan undang-undang.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ingatkah Tan Sri kepada lirik lagu keramat kita “POLIS SEDIA BERKHIDMAT”? Perkhidmatan kita adalah untuk rakyat dan negara dan bukannya untuk melindungi petualang negara!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sudah lupakah Tan Sri bahawa telah sekian banyak warga PDRM, majoritinya yang berpangkat rendah, yang ditangkap dan diadili serta dihukum kerana rasuah yang tidak seberapa besar nilainya jika dibandingkan dengan misteri “kehilangan” wang 1MDB???</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tanpa mengira kecil ataupun besar nilai wang serta tinggi rendahnya pangkat mereka yang terlibat dalam satu-satu kes itu…..jenayah tetap jenayah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">….. Tanpa mengira oleh pemimpin tertinggi negara. Saya amat yakin ramai warga PDRM sendiri yang berasa kecewa dengan halatuju tindakan siasatan oleh pihak kita. Di sebalik kuasa yang begitu luas PDRM dilihat mengambil pendirian bersahaja, sambil lewa atau acuh tidak acuh dalam pendekatan siasatan kes 1MDB.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Malahan Tan Sri sendiri dianggap oleh orangramai telah BERSUBAHAT DENGAN SENGAJA MELINDUNGI mereka yang terlibat dalam kes ini dan di waktu yang sama telah menganiaya pegawai-pegawai SPRM dan Bank Negara.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Adakah Tan Sri diugut oleh mereka dengan sesuatu yang menakutkan? Cukuplah Tan Sri. Kembalilah bernaung di bawah pancaran semangat Panji Di Raja PDRM yang kita arak setiap 25 March. Berilah pengisian yang terbaik kepada Ikrar Hari Polis itu.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Gunakanlah segala kuasa yang ada pada jawatan Tan Sri itu di jalan Allah SWT. Jadilah KHALIFAH ALLAH di bumi tercinta atau setidak-tidaknya contohilah keberanian dan kebijaksanaan pahlawan Islam yang terbilang, KHALID AL-WALID.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya berasa amat sedih dan bersimpati sekali dengan nasib yang menimpa Y.Bhg Tan Sri. Ibarat pepatah Melayu….sudah jatuh ditimpa tangga. Tergamak mereka menggunakan alasan penyakit yang masih boleh diubati itu untuk “memecat” Tan Sri.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tan Sri sendiri pernah memberitahu saya dengan penuh bersemangat tentang perancangan doktor pakar untuk melakukan pemindahan buah pinggang itu selepas Aidil Fitri yang lalu. Hina dan menjijikkan sungguh tindakan mereka ke atas Tan Sri.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sebelum tragedi pemecatan jawatan tersebut berlaku saya amat konfiden dengan ketegasan Tan Sri dalam mengepalai usaha Special Taskforce 1MDB tersebut. Bimbang betul Perdana Menteri dengan pendirian “no nonsense” Tan Sri itu.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tetapi sesudah “dipecat” Tan Sri diam membisu seribu bahasa. Apa yang sudah terjadi pada diri Tan Sri? Ada pihak menyatakan bahawa Tan Sri diugut agar tidak melawan. Kononnya Tan Sri mempunyai skandal atau salahlaku yang boleh digunakan oleh mereka untuk mengaibkan Tan Sri di khalayak umum?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">“Cummon Tan Sri !!! What is a small personal scandal, even if there is such, when compared to the horrific impact the 1MDB fiasco has unto the nation!!! People will easily forgive you. Come out and make a stand. All this while you are idolised as a tough fighter among the civil servants. Why in a sudden you become so timid? What have they done to you? Allah SWT will protect you sir”.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ada juga suara-suara nakal yang menggambarkan bahawa Tan Sri telah termakan sogokan “perompak” ini dengan “habuan-habuan”tertentu. Tetapi mengenali diri Tan Sri saya yakin semua itu akan Tan Sri tolak mentah-mentah begitu sahaja.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya masih ingat dengan jelas kata-kata bersemangat Tan Sri pada malam pertemuan terakhir kita sebelum Tan Sri “dipecat”……” Hey look…this difficult decision that I have made is not about toppling the government. I am not interested in politics. I am just doing my job”.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Lantaran mendengar kata-kata Tan Sri itu saya spontan berdiri dan memberi tabik hormat polis kepada Tan Sri. I can never forget this special moment sir. Saya mendoakan agar rawatan kesihatan ke atas Tan Sri berjalan dengan selamat dan sempurnanya. Aamiin.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kepada para pegawai SURUHANJAYA KERAMAT ini saya menyeru supaya Tan Sri/Datuk/Dato/tuan/puan semua agar berani untuk melaksanakan tanggungjawab dengan jujur. Ambillah iktibar dari semangat kerja Mendiang KEVIN MORAIS. Fear no one except Almighty God. Berani kerana benar. Jangan gentar dengan cubaan-cubaan “blackmail” oleh pihak petualang.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Jangan dilewat-lewatkan siasatan. Jika ada saksi-saksi atau suspek-suspek yang bersandiwara atau menghilangkan diri atau “bermain tarik tali” maka gunakan INTERPOL untuk memburu penyamun-penyamun tarbus ini.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya tidak lagi berada dalam Cawangan Khas untuk menggunakan kepakaran dan rangkaian kerja kami untuk menjejak mereka. Jika tidak sudah pasti mereka “tidak cukup tanah untuk lari”. Se dalam mana cacing nak menyorok di dalam tanah???</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ingatlah bahawa SPRM lah tinggalnya satu-satunya badan penguatkuasa yang menjadi harapan rakyat untuk keadilan dilaksanakan dalam kes 1MDB ini setelah pihak-pihak yang lain samada “kecut perut” atau menjadi pengkhianat keadilan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Rakyat tidak sabar lagi untuk menyaksi penghujung cerita melodrama 1MDB ini. Ganjaran yang menunggu selepas kiamat nanti amat besar sekali. Bersatulah demi kebaikan masadepan negara ini. Jangan berpecah dek “nak berebut harta perang”. Jangan lupa peristiwa Perang Uhud!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kepada lain-lain penjawat awam termasuklah PDRM, ATM, Kastam Di Raja Malaysia dan pegawai/staf kedutaan/suruhanjaya tinggi Malaysia di luarnegeri, khususnya mereka yang mempunyai maklumat tentang salahlaku “perompak-perompak”1MDB ini, saya menyeru agar mereka semua berani berdiri dan tampil ke depan untuk menyumbang maklumat. Kepada yang MUSLIM eloklah bermuhasabah diri masing-masing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Hayatilah isi kandungan pelbagai khutbah solat jumaat yang dibaca oleh khatib berkaitan dengan amanah dan integriti. Memanglah berat tanggungjawab yang kita pikul sebagai penjawat awam. Tetapi yakinlah kepada kuasa Allah SWT. Berani kerana benar. Tampillah ke hadapan untuk mendedahkan segala kemungkaran yang berlaku depan mata.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Seruan ikhlas ini khas saya tujukan kepada pegawai-pegawai agensi perisikan ATM dan Cawangan Khas yang mempunyai maklumat salahlaku “perompak” 1MDB ini. Jangan bersubahat kerana padah yang menanti kemudian hari amat buruk sekali.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tidak lupa juga kepada pegawai-pegawai TUDM yang menjadi crew jet-jet rasmi kerajaan yang tahu tentang bagaimana pembaziran dilakukan oleh VVIP kita. Rakyat jelata berikat perut untuk berjimat tetapi pemimpin negara seronok membazir wang kerajaan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Begitu juga dengan para pegawai kastam yang menyaksikan bagaimana barangan mewah bernilai jutaan ringgit yang dibeli oleh Datin Sri Rosmah Mansor “diseludup” masuk dan diyakini tidak dikenakan cukai samasekali.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Amat menghairankan bagaimana seorang isteri kepada Perdana Menteri yang hanya seorang yang bertaraf surirumah mampu berbelanja sebegitu mewah. Dari mana puncanya wang yang dibelanjakan itu???</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tidak ketinggalan juga seruan saya ini ditujukan kepada pegawai/staf di misi-misi luarnegeri yang menjadi mangsa herdikan seperti hamba abdi oleh VVIP dan ahli keluarga mereka dalam urusan pembungkusan/pengiriman balik barangan mewah yang “dibeliborong” oleh mereka.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ingatlah tentang tanggungjawab kita untuk menghentikan perbuatan mungkar manusia-manusia rakus ini…..sudah puas berbelanja barangan mewah dengan duit kotor…..cukaipun diyakini tidak dibayar. Ingat ye……apakah yang hendak kita jawab di hari akhirat nanti???</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Ketika mati nanti jasad kita hanya dikafankan dengan kain putih yang tidak se mahal mana. Tiada Harley Davidson atau beg tangan Birkin yang akan dibekalkan bersama kita di liang lahat. Macamana nak bersiar-siar dan bershopping sakan dalam kubur yang sebegitu sempit itu nanti!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sekian. Ini saja yang hendak saya tuliskan buat ketika ini. Saya akan terus berusaha mendedahkan kemungkaran oleh para pemimpin yang menyeleweng ini demi pertiwi tercinta.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Salam hormat dan salam perjuangan,</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">ABDUL HAMID BADOR.</span></div>
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<b>Today it has been announced by the Government under the Administration of Pakatan Harapan led by PM Tun Mahathir that Hamid Bador is the new IGP:</b></div>
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<b>Good luck IGP semuga kerja-kerja dimasa akan datang untuk keselamatan negara dipermudahkan Tuhan.</b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>We, members of G25, take cognisance of the fact that the menteri besar of Johor formally tendered his resignation to the Sultan of Johor on Saturday, April 13, 2019, and that a new menteri besar was appointed on the following day.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>We are, however, deeply perturbed by a recent media report wherein the crown prince of Johor is reported to have said: “… it is the prerogative of the sultan to appoint the menteri besar” and “…it was Sultan Ibrahim who made the decision to change the menteri besar”.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>So far, the Johor palace has not denied the allegations. In the same media report, the prime minister is reported to have said:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>“I am of the opinion that if we assume that those who can choose the prime minister and choose our menteri besar are the kings, then we are no longer a democratic country.”</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>(i) Does a ruler have the power to remove a menteri besar?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>It is imperative to appreciate that under our Federal Constitution, every ruler of a state in Malaysia is a constitutional monarch; meaning that he exercises constitutional powers similar to those of the queen under British constitutional law.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>In other words, he is not a despotic ruler who can act in any manner he pleases. The days where the titah (royal command) of a sultan must be obeyed, no matter what, are gone. We no longer live in a feudal society under a feudal raja. We have come a long way. Since Merdeka and the promulgation of the Federal Constitution, a ruler must act in accordance with the constitution (be it the Federal Constitution or the state constitution), the law, and constitutional conventions. Malaysia is a parliamentary democracy and the role of the ruler must fit well with the spirit and practice of parliamentary democracy and the rule of law.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Accordingly, a ruler, being a constitutional monarch, has no power to remove a menteri besar, no matter how unhappy he is with the performance or the conduct of the menteri besar. He may remove the menteri besar only in the following situations:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Article 4(7) of the state constitution of Johor makes it clear that the menteri besar does not hold office at the ruler’s pleasure. Therefore, it is unlawful and unconstitutional for a ruler to remove a menteri besar other than in situation (a) or (b) as mentioned above.</b></span><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: #4c1130;">Does a ruler have the prerogative to appoint a menteri besar?</span></u></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>(a) the ruler shall first appoint as menteri besar to preside over the state executive council a member of the legislative assembly who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the assembly.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Thus, the ruler must appoint as the menteri besar only a member of the state legislative assembly who is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the assembly, and not any person he likes. In deciding which particular member of the state legislative assembly is likely to command the confidence of the majority, a ruler must consider any representation made by the leader of the winning party.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Of course, he is entitled to make his own assessment, but he must be fair and objective, and he is at liberty to make the necessary inquiry if he deems it fit to do so. But he must constantly bear in mind that he has no absolute power in this regard, but must respect and yield to the wish of the majority. If it is evidentially clear that the majority desires member A as the menteri besar, then so be it: the ruler, constitutionally, cannot ask for more than one name from the winning party to be submitted to him.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>In this regard, we would like to refer to the words of wisdom of a former Lord President, the Rt Hon Raja Azlan Shah (later, HRH Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak) in his article “The Role of Constitutional Rulers: A Malaysia Perspective for the Laity” (1982 Jernal Undang Undang, Law Faculty, University of Malaya):</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>It is true that appointment of a menteri besar is a prerogative of the sultan. However, the ruler is not free to appoint anybody he likes. He must appoint a member of the legislative assembly who in his judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the assembly. When the party which obtains the majority of seats in the general election decides to nominate one of its members of the assembly for appointment as menteri besar, in my view the ruler has no discretion but to appointment him. To disregard the wishes of the party and to appoint another member who cannot command the confidence of the majority of the members in the assembly could lead to a vote of no confidence against him, in which case the ruler would have to either appoint another member or dissolve the assembly.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Perhaps, for the sake of completeness, it is pertinent for us to add that under Article 71(4) and Schedule 8 of the Federal Constitution, every state constitution must include the provisions set out in Schedule 8, or provisions substantially to the same effect. These provisions are referred to in the constitution as “the essential provisions”. In essence, these provisions make it mandatory for every state to conform to Westminster-style constitutional conventions. If a state constitution does not contain these essential provisions, Parliament may by law give effect to them in that state, or remove provisions in the state constitution which are inconsistent with them.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>These essential provisions include provisions that ensure the operation of constitutional monarchy. Hence, the provisions prescribe that a ruler must appoint as the menteri besar only a member of the state legislative assembly who is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the assembly; and that he can only remove the menteri besar in the circumstances as stipulated by the constitution.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Further, a ruler in carrying out his functions must act on the advice of the state executive council or a member of the state executive council acting under its general authority. We do acknowledge, however, that there are exceptions to this general rule of requiring the ruler to act on advice. For example, a ruler has absolute discretion in deciding whether or not to accede to a request by the menteri besar to dissolve the state legislative assembly. Likewise, a ruler has absolute discretion in the exercise of his statutory powers as the head of Islam in his state.</b></span><br />
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<b>G25 is a movement of eminent Malay moderates.</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'Saya ingin menasihati anda semua supaya jangan mengikut ahli politik secara membuta tuli. Seperti yang telah saya nyatakan di awal ucapan saya, untuk Malaysia berjaya, orang Melayu mesti berjaya. Saya kerap kali mengulangi kata-kata ini iaitu iqra’ – baca untuk kita menimba ilmu dan berfikir secara kritis. Pilihlah jalan yang betul yang akan membawa kita kepada kejayaan.' </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Oleh: Tun Daim Zainuddin</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Untuk memahami iklim politik semasa kita pada hari ini, adalah penting untuk kita menoleh ke belakang melihat sejarah. Kusut di hujung, balik ke pangkal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sejarah bangsa Melayu bermula jauh sebelum terbentuknya Tanah Melayu. Kita adalah pewaris kepada empayar-empayar agung daripada Langkasuka kepada Srivijaya kepada Majapahit hinggalah ke Melaka. Dan Melaka pula adalah kisah empayar kita yang termasyhur sebagai sebuah pelabuhan yang terulung di dunia. Kejayaannya di peringkat antarabangsa itu akhirnya telah mengundang kuasa Eropah untuk datang menjajah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Apabila Melaka jatuh ke tangan penjajah Portugis, keturunan Sultan Melaka yang terselamat telah membangunkan sebuah empayar baru di negeri Johor pula. Mereka menguasai bahagian selatan Semenanjung Tanah Melayu yang meliputi wilayah Riau, Anambas, Natuna, Tambelan, Borneo dan Sumatera. Kejayaan empayar baru ini telah dikaitkan dengan kebijakan dan kepintaran pemerintah-pemerintah mereka serta dasar keterbukaan yang mereka amalkan dalam perdagangan antarabangsa.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kembali kepada sejarah yang lebih baru, cadangan penubuhan Malayan Union oleh British pada tahun 1946 dan juga penentangan yang lahir daripadanya di bawah kepimpinanan UMNO adalah merupakan peristiwa utama yang mencetuskan perubahan penting dalam penyusunan pertubuhan politik orang Melayu. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Malangnya perpaduan orang Melayu tidak dapat bertahan lama. Kita tidak tahu bagaimana untuk menangani kejayaan. Dan orang Melayu pun mula berpecah. Bila kita berjaya, kita mabuk dengan kejayaan. Bila kita gagal, kita mula mencari kambing hitam dan kemudiannya melakukan amok.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Perjuangan kita menentang Malayan Union dari satu sudut adalah suatu pencapaian kemerdekaan sejati yang pertama kita perolehi apabila penjajah British tunduk kepada tuntutan kita dan membatalkan Malayan Union. Kita menjadi tuan di tanah air kita sendiri.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tapi suasana politik di masa itu berubah dan ramai daripada orang bukan Melayu mula menganggap bahawa Malaya juga adalah tanah air mereka. Dan mereka menuntut supaya suara mereka turut diambilkira di dalam tanah air baru mereka ini.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Pada tahun 1951, buat pertama kalinya, Dato’ Onn telah cuba untuk menyatukan pelbagai kaum yang ada di Malaya pada ketika itu di bawah satu parti politik. Beliau telah mengajukan supaya keanggotaan UMNO dibuka kepada bukan Melayu. Namun begitu, anggota UMNO pada waktu itu telah menolak cadangan tersebut. Dato’ Onn kemudiannya meninggalkan UMNO.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Walau pun cubaan untuk menyatukan pelbagai kaum di bawah satu parti gagal tetapi pilihanraya tahun 1952 telah menjadi penanda kepada suatu kerjasama politik yang pertama kali diadakan antara Melayu dan bukan Melayu. Ini berlaku apabila UMNO dan MCA bergabung tenaga untuk meraih kemenangan dalam pilihanraya tersebut.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Gabungan antara UMNO dan MCA ini kemudiannya disertai pula oleh MIC untuk membentuk Parti Perikatan. Ini adalah tanda kepada suatu bentuk perpaduan politik antara masyarakat pelbagai kaum di Malaya ketika itu. Gabungan parti-parti yang membentuk Perikatan ini kemudiannya memperolehi kejayaan besar dalam pilihanraya tahun 1955 pula. Selepas daripada itu bermulalah siri perundingan untuk kemerdekaan di mana semua warga Malaya berganding bahu untuk sama-sama membebaskan negara daripada cengkaman penjajahan. Daripada episod sejarah ini kita belajar bahawa kita menjadi lebih kuat bila kita bersama-sama iaitu – apabila semua warga Malaysia bersatu-padu, kita mampu untuk mengatasi apa sahaja cabaran dan halangan yang berada di hadapan kita.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Semua ini berlaku dengan berlatarbelakangkan perang bersenjata yang berterusan melawan pengganas ketika Darurat sedang berlangsung di mana semua kaum berganding bahu berjuang untuk mencapai kemenangan. Kita adalah satu-satunya negara dalam dunia ini yang berjaya menewaskan pengganas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kemudian Persekutuan Malaysia dibentuk dan seterusnya berlaku konfrontasi dengan Indonesia. Dan di sepanjang peristiwa konfrontasi tersebut orang Melayu dan bukan Melayu berkerja bersama-sama untuk mencapai matlamat nasional.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Justeru, Malaysia mempunyai sejarah yang kuat dan kaya berhubung dengan usaha membangunkan keharmonian antara-kaum dan kepelbagaian budaya atau multi-kulturalisme sejak daripada awal penubuhannya lagi. Namun begitu kita perlu akui, keadaan di Malaysia masih lagi kompleks dan rumit dengan pekerjaan dan sektor-sektor ekonomi yang terbahagi dan dikenalpasti mengikut garis kaum, ketaksamaan pendapatan antara kaum yang masih ada dan wujudnya sistem pendidikan yang berbeza dan terpisah-pisah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa Malaysia akan makmur jika sekiranya orang Melayu juga turut makmur. Kita tidak boleh mempunyai 50% daripada penduduk negara berada di bawah kategori kumpulan berpendapatan rendah. Jika ini berlaku, akan terjadilah ketidakstabilan ekonomi yang akan memberi kesan kepada semua orang tanpa mengira kaum atau status ekonomi.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Untuk Malaysia berjaya, orang Melayu mesti turut berjaya. Tapi ini hanya boleh dicapai di dalam konteks nasional di mana Melayu dan bukan Melayu berkerja bersama-sama untuk kebaikan dan kepentingan Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kenapa orang Melayu boleh berkerja dengan begitu rapat bersama orang bukan Melayu daripada zaman sebelum merdeka sehinggalah membawa kepada kemerdekaan dan berlangsung sampai kini di zaman pasca-merdeka? Walau pun ketika kita berhadapan dengan serangan dan pencerobohan daripada negara luar, hampir tiada langsung timbul pertanyaan tentang siapakah yang sepatutnya lebih memiliki Malaysia – orang Melayu atau bukan Melayu. Hakikatnya ialah hanya ketika ahli politik memutuskan untuk menggunakan kaum dan agama sebagai alat politik untuk mendapatkan kuasa, barulah kita terjatuh ke dalam sengketa. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Seminar ini bertajuk Naratif Malaysia: Melayu Dalam Persoalan Nasional. Pertanyaan saya kepada anda semua ialah: Tidakkah seharusnya kita berbincang hanya tentang naratif nasional? Kenapa perlu kita membahagikan naratif nasional mengikut garis kaum dan agama?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tapi jika sekiranya niat anda adalah untuk mencari jawapan kepada ketaksamaan ekonomi dan kenapa orang Melayu ketinggalan dari sudut ekonomi, jadi saya sungguh-sungguh berharap agar seminar ini dapat memberikan jawapannya.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Apabila kita bercakap tentang Melayu, kita mesti bercakap tentang Islam. Orang Melayu dan Islam saling terikat kejap antara satu sama lain. Kedua-duanya tidak boleh dibincangkan secara terpisah. Namun begitu, keterikatan antara Melayu dan Islam ini juga telah mendorong kepada ketidakpedulian dan pengabaian terhadap budaya serta warisan dari rantau kita sendiri yang kita tinggalkan apabila kita memilih budaya asing (terutamanya Arabisasi) yang telah mempengaruhi rasa tidak selamat orang Melayu. Sehinggakan sesiapa sahaja yang tidak bercakap seperti mana kita dan semua yang kita tidak persetujui – ianya dianggap sebagai semacam ancaman terhadap Melayu dan Islam.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kita mesti bertanya kepada diri kita sendiri – adakah ini benar? Kenapa jadi begini? Sejak bila Melayu dan Muslim merasa begitu tidak selamat sekali tentang kedudukan kita di negara ini? Dahulu ketika orang Melayu masih terkebelakang di dalam ekonomi berbanding sekarang dan ketika dulu kita masih lagi ketinggalan dalam pendidikan, kita sudah pun berjaya menewaskan penjajah British dengan menolak cadangan penubuhan Malayan Union. Dulu kita berani.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kita tahu bagaimana untuk menyusun secara kolektif dan strategik. Kita menggunakan akal kita untuk mengalahkan kuasa penjajah. Kita berjaya memperolehi kemerdekaan tanpa menumpahkan darah. Kita tiada masalah untuk berkerja bersama-sama orang bukan Melayu. Malahan kita turut belajar daripada kaum-kaum lain.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Nampaknya seperti semakin Melayu maju semakin kuat pula rasa tidak selamat kita. Kenapa ini berlaku? Apakah kerana ketika kita tidak dibekalkan dengan ‘tongkat’, maka kita punya maruah dan harga diri, dan ini menjadikan orang Melayu merasakan kedudukan mereka lebih selamat di dalam negara ini?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kita tidak kekurangan sosok-sosok hero. Negeri Johor sendiri mempunyai sejarah yang kaya dengan pahlawan yang gagah-perkasa, seniman yang tersohor, penyair, ahli sukan, santis, doktor, ahli akademik dan juga ahli perniagaan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Di Johor ada Dato’ Muhammad Salleh Bin Perang yang merupakan Dato’ Bentara Luar. Beliau adalah orang pertama yang membuat peta Johor dengan tepat tanpa menggunakan teknologi ukur-tanah yang ada pada hari ini. Beliau adalah Ketua Jabatan Ukur dan Tanah Negeri Johor dan peta yang dilukiskan oleh beliau itu digunakan untuk membangunkan negeri Johor. Beliau seorang Melayu tetapi fasih dalam bahasa Cina dan berpengetahuan tentang budaya Cina. Ini membolehkan beliau berkerja rapat dengan orang-orang Cina dalam membangunkan ekonomi Johor.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Di dalam bidang politik sendiri, senarai tokoh-tokoh Johor tidak pernah putus. Tun Hussein Onn, ‘Bapa Perpaduan’ negara adalah berasal daripada Johor. Begitu juga dengan bapa beliau sendiri iaitu Dato’ Onn adalah pengasas UMNO. Bapa kepada Dato’ Onn pula iaitu Dato’ Jaafar Muhammad adalah merupakan Menteri Besar Johor yang pertama dan yang paling lama berkhidmat di dalam kerajaan negeri Johor.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kedua-dua Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia iaitu Tun Dr. Ismail dan Tun Musa Hitam juga adalah anak Johor. Keluarga Tun Ismail sendiri merupakan keluarga yang cukup terkemuka termasuklah bapa mertua beliau Dato’ Seth Said, yang merupakan Timbalan Menteri Besar Johor dan menjadi sebahagian daripada wakil negara dalam perundingan kemerdekaan dan menandatangani perjanjian kemerdekaan tanpa perkenan Sultan. Tanpa beliau, kita mungkin tidak akan memperolehi kemerdekaan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Johor juga turut melahirkan Presiden Senat, iaitu Dato’ Abdul Rahman Yasin. Beliau adalah bapa kepada Tun Dr. Ismail. Manakala abang ipar Tun Dr. Ismail pula iaiatu Tan Sri Jeneral Ghazali Seth adalah Ketua Turus Pertahanan Negara dan beliau berkahwin dengan Puan Sri Norziah – kakak kepada Tun Hussein Onn, anak perempuan Dato’ Onn Jaafar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tun Dr. Ismail mendapat pendidikan beliau di Sekolah Melayu Bukit Zaharah di Johor Baharu bersama dua lagi tokoh terkemuka iaitu abang beliau sendiri, Dato’ Sulaiman Abdul Rahman dan Tan Sri Ahmad Perang yang kemudiannya menjadi orang Melayu pertama yang menjawat jawatan Pengerusi Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM).</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tan Sri Mohamed Noah Bin Omar – Speaker Dewan Rakyat yang pertama – adalah juga daripada Johor. Keluarga beliau juga merupakan sebuah keluarga yang hebat – kedua-dua anak perempuan beliau berkahwin dengan lelaki-lelaki yang kemudiannya menjadi Perdana Menteri negara kita. Tun Rahah, isteri kepada Tun Razak dan Tun Suhaila, isteri kepada Tun Hussein Onn.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tun Razak mendapat pendidikan beliau di Kolej Raffles bersama seorang lagi anak Johor iaitu Tan Sri Taib Andak, yang mana nama Felda Taib Andak di Kulai itu diambil bersempena dengan nama beliau. Abang beliau pula, Dato’ Rahman Andak pula adalah antara orang yang pertama berkempen untuk kemerdekaan Johor. Beliau menjadi Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Johor pada tahun 1984.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Gabenor Bank Negara – Tan Sri Aziz Taha, Tan Sri Jaffar Hussein dan Tan Sri Zeti Aziz – semuanya adalah anak Johor. Profesor Ungku Aziz, bapa kepada Tan Sri Zeti adalah seorang pakar ekonomi ulung negara. Datuk kepada Tan Sri Zeti, Syed Mohammed Alsagoff, pernah menjadi pemilik Pulau Kukup di Johor dan sempat diberikan konsesi untuk mencetak wang beliau sendiri. Dan pada hari ini, kita menggunakan wang kertas yang ditandatangani oleh cucu perempuan beliau.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Sekali lagi saya sebutkan, apakah kerana setelah sekian lama kita diberikan dengan pelbagai bentuk ‘tongkat’, kesan yang kita terima menjadikan orang Melayu lemah, rasa tidak selamat dan yang paling menonjol ialah kekurangan daya tahan? Apakah yang mendorong kepada lahirnya ketidaktahanan dan kurang keyakinan itu? Kelihatannya ketika orang Melayu berhadapan dengan cabaran getir seperti perjuangan menuntut kemerdekaan, ketahanan dan keyakinan kita jauh lebih kuat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Dan apabila kesenangan, keselesaan serta kualiti hidup kita telah meningkat – keyakinan dan daya tahan kita telah meluntur. Pemerhatian ini memerlukan suatu cerminan-diri yang jujur terhadap diri kita sendiri. Daripada kita meletakkan kesalahan kepada mereka yang dipersepsikan sebagai musuh, adalah lebih untuk kita merenung ke dalam diri dan berusaha untuk memperbaiki diri kita sendiri daripada menyalahkan orang lain di atas segala kelemahan, kemunduran dan keterbelakangan kita. Kita kelihatannya takut terhadap bayang-bayang sendiri.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Pada hari ini, dari setiap dua puluh orang Melayu, seorang daripadanya adalah lepasan ijazah universiti. Walau pun kita sekarang ini mempunyai pendidikan yang lebih tinggi dan peratusan orang Melayu yang berpelajaran juga lebih besar, namun kita masih gagal untuk meyakinkan diri kita sendiri bahawasanya tiada apa yang perlu ditakuti oleh orang Melayu di negara ini. Apakah Melayu berfikiran strategik, kritikal dan logikal? Nampaknya semakin hari semakin ketara bahawa orang Melayu berfikir melalui emosi dan perasaan daripada melalui akal dan otak. Kita mesti menanyakan diri kita sendiri – apakah yang sedang berlaku kepada kita?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kita telah membiarkan emosi menguasai diri dan mempengaruhi bagaimana kita melihat orang lain. Kita menonton cerita hantu di panggung wayang. Apabila majalah Mastika tidak lagu menulis cerita-cerita hantu, maka tamatlah pengedarannya dan sekarang tiada lagi Mastika di pasaran. Namun begitu, sekarang ini walau pun kita tidak lagi membaca cerita-cerita hantu di Mastika tetapi sebagai gantinya kita melihat pula hantu di setiap ceruk dan sudut.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Memandangkan pada hari ini saya bercakap di hadapan ahli akademik, saya ingin mengajukan soalan ini kepada anda semua: Apakah peranan yang perlu anda mainkan bagi menyuntik logik dan fakta ke dalam naratif Malaysia? Adakah anda berniat untuk mengikut sahaja arus emosi atau melihat bahawasanya adalah menjadi tanggungjawab akademik anda untuk mempersoalkan naratif yang tidak rasional yang sedang dijolok masuk ke dalam kerongkong orang Melayu?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Anda yang berada dalam dewan ini semuanya berpendidikan tinggi tapi berapa ramaikah di antara anda yang menerima retorik politik yang tak masuk akal ini yang mengatakan bahawa Melayu di negara ini sedang diancam oleh bukan Melayu? Adakah kedudukan Islam terancam hanya kerana terdapat seorang dua yang tidak cukup sensitif yang membuat pos tentang nabi Muhammad?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Negara kita adalah negara yang berbilang kaum dan berbilang agama. Kita telah menunjukkan kemampuan untuk hidup bersama dengan aman dan damai. Kita sensitif kepada jiran tetangga kita dan kita saling hormat-menghormati antara satu sama lain. Inilah cara kita.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Adalah menjadi satu kesalahan untuk menghina sesiapa sahaja, apatah lagi seorang nabi. Menghina dan mengejek-ejek agama adalah suatu tindakan yang bodoh. Tapi negara kita mempunyai undang-undang dan kita perlu menghormati proses undang-undang tersebut. Ramai yang telah lupa Rukun Negara kita. Dokumen yang paling penting adalah Perlembagaan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Seharusnya tiada seorang pun warga Malaysia membuat komen-komen yang tidak sensitif tentang agama lain dan kaum lain. Tapi apa yang telah terjadi dengan perisytiharan jihad ke atas bukan Muslim baru-baru ini?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kita berbicara tentang naratif Melayu seakan-akan kita sudah hampir-hampir terhalau daripada negara kita sendiri. Terlalu banyak kemarahan dan keberangan yang ditunjukkan apabila bukan Melayu dilantik ke jawatan-jawatan tinggi dalam kerajaan, seolah-olah ini adalah suatu perkara baru.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya berasa gembira kerana siri seminar ini menyasarkan fokus perbincangan kepada empat sektor iaitu politik, ekonomi, budaya dan agama. Ayuh kita betulkan semua ini. Dan untuk kita membetulkan semua ini, sistem pendidikan kita mestilah berubah. Jangan kita memperlakukan pendidikan seperti mana politik bola yang disepak ke sana ke sini. Sistem pendidikan mestilah betul.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Pastikan sistem pendidikan kita betul, dan politik serta ekonomi akan turut mengikut menjadi betul. Akal tanpa emosi akan menentukan masa depan kita dan masa depan Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Saya ingin menasihati anda semua supaya jangan mengikut ahli politik secara membuta tuli. Seperti yang telah saya nyatakan di awal ucapan saya, untuk Malaysia berjaya, orang Melayu mesti berjaya. Saya kerap kali mengulangi kata-kata ini iaitu iqra’ – baca untuk kita menimba ilmu dan berfikir secara kritis. Pilihlah jalan yang betul yang akan membawa kita kepada kejayaan. </span></div>
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<i>Teks ucaptama ini dibentangkan pertama kali di UTM Skudai pada 19 Mac 2019 dalam majlis Perasmian Siri Seminar “Naratif Malaysia: Melayu dalam Persoalan Nasional” yang dianjurkan oleh IKMAS, UKM.</i></div>
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<b>Very interesting post from Former Chief Justice <span style="text-align: justify;">Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad posted on 14 May 2018:</span></b><br />
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<b>The original post is sourced <a href="http://www.tunabdulhamid.my/index.php/speech-papers-lectures/item/863-pengampunan-dato%E2%80%99-seri-anwar-dan-keadilan-kepada-saiful">here</a>.</b></div>
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<b>I do hope YAB PM Tun Mahathir and leaders of Pakatan Harapan will read the post by Tun Hamid because he raised many pertinent questions in regards to the now famous quickie pardon.</b></div>
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<b>I hope Saiful being Anwar's victim will one day get the justice that he truly deserve. Aamiin InsyaAllah.</b></div>
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<b>....and I pray that there will never be a time where Malaysia have a PM who has been convicted of sodomy with another man because he can easily be manipulated by people with evil intention foreign or domestic. </b></div>
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<b><a href="https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/34933/"><span style="font-size: large;">Federal Court rules unilateral conversion of Indira Gandhi’s 3 children ‘null and void’</span></a></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/36404/">Federal Court ruling on Indira Gandhi case in line with Islam</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">THERE is a degree of disquiet within a segment of the Muslim populace over the landmark Federal Court decision on January 29 that nullifies unilateral conversions of minors to Islam and affirms that the consent of both parents is required. This is because the majority position in Islamic law is that the child follows the religion of the parent who has converted to Islam, be it the father or mother.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">However, if the Federal Court decision is viewed from the perspective of the underlying values and principles of the Quran and the example of the Prophet Muhammad, it makes a lot of sense. The well-being of the child is paramount in Islam.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">In concrete language, a 2-month-old baby who is being breast-fed should remain with her non-Muslim mother, even if the father has embraced Islam. In this case, it is not the religious identity of the baby that should be given priority. The bond between mother and child, which the Quran treasures, is of utmost importance.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Prioritising the welfare of the child, the mother-child bond, and other principles implicit in the Federal Court decision – such as the rights of both parents, gender equality, the prohibition of coercion in all matters of faith, conversion with full knowledge of what the testimony of faith signifies, the importance of harmony in society, the protection of the dignity of both Muslims and non-Muslims, and ensuring social justice for all citizens regardless of their religious and cultural affiliation – are consonant with the Islamic public law doctrine of siyasah shar’iyyah.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">This doctrine, which is recognised by all leading mazhabs, authorises the lawful government to issue ordinances and enact rules and procedures, including legislation and policy measures that serve the cause of justice and good governance, especially in situations where the rules of shariah may have fallen short of addressing a certain situation or development.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">As Professor Hashim Kamali, one of the world’s leading Islamic jurists, and other authors point out in a policy paper published by the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) in 2012, “siyasah is an instrument of flexibility and discretion that enables government leaders to respond effectively to extra-shariah issues, emergency situations, and now modern society dilemmas, which may or may not have been regulated under the established shariah”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">“As the term suggests, policy measures that are so taken must be in conformity with the goals and purposes (or maqasid) of shariah, even at the expense of a departure from some ijtihadi rulings of fiqh.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">“Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah thus characterised siyasah as ‘any measure which brings the people nearer to beneficence (salah) and moves away from prejudice and corruption (fasad), even though the measure in question has not been approved by the Prophet nor regulated by the revealed words of God.’</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">“When a siyasah-based initiative serves the cause of justice, it is deemed to be in harmony with the religion and can never be against it.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">The IAIS policy paper was translated into Bahasa Malaysia and updated and enhanced in 2016 by IAIS deputy chief executive officer Dr Mohamed Azam Adil and Ahmad Badri Abdullah. The Bahasa version has been widely circulated, and yet in almost all the analyses and commentaries on the Federal Court judgment, there is no evidence at all of the impact of the arguments advanced by the IAIS policy paper. This is a reflection of a much larger problem.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Apart from the fact that literate Malaysians do not really appreciate serious stuff, whether in Bahasa or English, there is a certain mindset within the Muslim population in the country which constitutes a formidable barrier to intellectual discourse on matters pertaining to Islam. Positions associated with and advanced by the established, conventional ulama are invariably perceived as the indisputable, only truth – even if there are other different views which are legitimate from a Quranic perspective.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">This is not just a Malaysian-Muslim problem. In any number of Muslim majority societies, the word of the ulama on religious issues is almost sacrosanct. This gives them a grip over the Muslim mind – a grip which impedes reform-oriented ideas, especially in relation to Islamic law and Muslim identity, from striking root within the community.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Continuous and conscious efforts at building awareness will help to change attitudes among the masses. As shown by the experience of other Muslim majority societies, this time-consuming process is often accelerated by a courageous and committed civil court system that is prepared to make decisions which, on balance, are seen as fair and just.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">An even greater impetus for change is a political leadership that has the integrity to push for reform through legislation and policy, even if it means incurring the wrath of diehard conservative voices that have never really understood the progressive essence of Islam. – February 6, 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">* Dr Chandra Muzaffar is chairman of the Board of Trustees of Yayasan 1Malaysia.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">The Federal Court judgement is superb and should be accepted by all Malaysians.</span></b></div>
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— Nasir Pasir (@WanMohdNazri) <a href="https://twitter.com/WanMohdNazri/status/942220899356311553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
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eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-83063630399442031102017-12-05T11:36:00.000+08:002017-12-05T11:36:56.945+08:00#1MDB is kleptocracy at its worst - Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Almost half of the US$3.5 billion corruption proceeds which have been seized by the US government came from the 1MDB-related civil forfeiture suits, revealed US attorney-general Jeff Sessions.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>“Nearly half of the US$3.5 billion in corruption proceeds we have restrained is related to just one enforcement action.</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">“That action was related to a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund known as 1MDB,” </span></b></u>Sessions said during his speech at the Global Forum on Asset Recovery in Washington DC yesterday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: inherit;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><u><b>He said that allegedly corrupt officials and their associates had reportedly used the 1MDB funds for a “lavish spending spree” such as US$200 million for real estate in South California and New York, US$130 million in artwork, US$100 million in an American music label and a US$265 million yacht.</b></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><u><b>1MDB officials allegedly laundered more than US$4.5 billion in total, he said, through a complex web of opaque transactions and shell companies with bank accounts in various countries such as Switzerland, Singapore, Luxembourg and the US.</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><u><b>“This is kleptocracy at its worst.</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">The US has returned more than US$255 million worth of corruption proceeds to compensate victims since 2004, he said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">“That recovery has only been possible because of cooperation with our foreign law enforcement partners,” he said.</span></div>
<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px;">Drawing on his 14-years' experience as a prosecutor, he said the best evidence in such corruption cases is often things like bank records, airplane records and telephone records.</span><div style="font-size: 18px;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">“It is essential that we continue to improve that kind of sharing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">The DOJ has filed three civil forfeiture suits to seize US$1.7 billion worth of assets allegedly purchased with misappropriated funds from 1MDB, with the <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/385758" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">third</span></a> one being filed last June.</span></div>
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Kleptocracy derived from Greek.<br /><br />Klepto - thieves<br />Kratos - rule<br /><br />Kleptocracy - rule by thieves<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/1MDB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#1MDB</a> <a href="https://t.co/1ouF0N4XLJ">pic.twitter.com/1ouF0N4XLJ</a></div>
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eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-39868205911363259692017-11-29T20:26:00.002+08:002017-11-29T20:26:43.932+08:00An open letter from Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to Dear Brothers in Islam in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States:<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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An open letter to brothers in Islam in Saudi Arabia and Gulf States also Yemen. <a href="https://t.co/69GOGscMHX">pic.twitter.com/69GOGscMHX</a></div>
— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/chedetofficial/status/931549025127374849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
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In <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yemen?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Yemen</a>, over 2 million children under the age of 5 are acutely malnourished and are at a grave risk of dying.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YemenChildren?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YemenChildren</a> <a href="https://t.co/0E4iDwAvjo">pic.twitter.com/0E4iDwAvjo</a></div>
— WHO Yemen (@WHOYemen) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHOYemen/status/932629648374198277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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In <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yemen?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Yemen</a>, over 2 million children under the age of 5 are acutely malnourished and are at a grave risk of dying.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YemenChildren?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YemenChildren</a> <a href="https://t.co/0E4iDwAvjo">pic.twitter.com/0E4iDwAvjo</a></div>
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Following 3 weeks of blocked access, a plane carrying 17 tonnes of WHO medical supplies landed today in Sana'a Airport. The supplies include medicines to treat <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/diphtheria?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#diphtheria</a>, insulin, surgical supply kits and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cholera?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cholera</a> laboratory kits. <a href="https://t.co/vEjx9WFyWI">pic.twitter.com/vEjx9WFyWI</a></div>
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<b>The Saudi led coalition should stop this senseless war and must seek a peaceful resolution to this man made tragedy. </b></div>
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<b>Death and destruction will only lead to more death and destruction. </b></div>
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<b>Stop!</b></div>
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eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-597415688295885342017-11-26T18:03:00.000+08:002017-11-26T18:03:19.446+08:00Pemimpin Melayu tidak takut siapapun dalam mengerjakan kemungkaran - TS Sanusi Junid<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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'KESIMPULANNYA, APABILA PEMIMPIN MELAYU TIDAK TAKUT PADA TUHAN, TIDAK MALU PADA PERADABAN, LUPA PADA SEJARAH, MAKA AKAN PUPUSLAH BUDI DAN BAHASA YANG AKHIRNYA MENYUSAHKAN RAKYAT DAN MEMBANGSATKAN NEGARA. INILAH SEBABNYA KITA PERLUKAN PERUBAHAN'</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">TIDAK TAKUT DAN MALU TAPI LUPA BANGSA YANG TIDAK TAKUT TIDAK AKAN MAJU</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Pagi tanggal 1 Hijrah, 1439 saya terdengar dalam satu dialog dalam TVONE di Jakarta Professor Salim Said dari Universiti Indonesia menjawab pertanyaan ‘Kenapa Indonesia tidak menjadi sebuah negara yang maju?’</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Jawapan kepada pertanyaan ini juga relevan bagi Malaysia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Professor Salim dengan fasih, bersemangat dan meyakinkan mengajak para pendengar untuk melihat negara-negara yang maju di dunia ini seperti Korea Selatan, Taiwan, Singapura dan Israel.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Katanya, Korea Selatan maju kerana mereka TAKUT kepada Korea Utara;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Taiwan maju kerana TAKUT kepada China;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Singapura maju kerana TAKUT berada di tengah lautan bangsa Melayu di nusantara; dan</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Israel maju kerana TAKUT kepada umat Islam Arab yang berada di sekeliling mereka.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Indonesia, kata Professsor berkenaan TIDAK TAKUT WALAU KEPADA TUHAN sekalipun, makanya ianya tidak maju.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Pemimpin Melayu di Malaysia juga nampaknya tidak takut pada siapapun dalam mengerjakan kemungkaran.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Professor Salim mengajak para penonton TVONE Jakarta supaya lihat saja kepada mereka yang dihadapkan ke KPK (sama dengan MACC, atau dulunya bernama BPR, di Malaysia) yang beragama Islam dan Kristian tetapi jelas sekali mereka RASUAH kerana TIDAK TAKUT KEPADA TUHAN.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Kesimpulan yang dibuat oleh Professor ini juga RELEVAN untuk Malaysia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">China di Malaysia maju kerana TAKUT kepada orang Melayu yang menguasai politik dan boleh menggunakan kuasa politik untuk mengancam kuasa ekonomi mereka.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Tetapi pemimpin Melayu TIDAK TAKUT KEPADA TUHAN, TIDAK TAKUT KEPADA RAJA, TIDAK TAKUT KEPADA PENGUASA UNDANG-UNDANG, TIDAK TAKUT KEPADA TINDAKAN POLIS DAN TIDAK TAKUT KEPADA BADAN PENCEGAH RASUAH.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Melayu adalah satu BANGSA YANG BERANI kerana:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">1. 9 orang raja melindungi ugama dan adat istiadat Melayu oleh itu Melayu TIDAK TAKUT jika tidak beradat, tidak beradab dan tidak beramal nilai-nilai Islam kerana sudah ada raja yang melindungi ugama Islam dan adat istiadat Melayu.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">2. Kakitangan Perkhidmatan Awam, Tentera dan Polis dikuasai oleh Melayu oleh itu Melayu TIDAK TAKUT terancam keselamatan diri dan boleh bermaharajalela kerana merupakan tuan di dalam negara ini.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">3. Perlembagaan Malaysia menjadikan Bahasa Melayu sebagai Bahasa Kebangsaan, oleh itu Melayu TIDAK TAKUT jika mereka tidak menguasai bahasa Melayu yang baik, dan TIDAK TAKUT tidak memahami bahasa lain kerana sudah ada bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa Kebangsaan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">4. Perlembagaan Malaysia memberi hak istimewa kepada orang-orang Melayu dan Bumiputera dengan (a) pemberian tanah, (b) pemberian biasiswa dan (c) pemberian lessen-lessen perniagaan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Oleh itu bangsa Melayu TIDAK TAKUT jika tanah tidak diusahakan, TIDAK TAKUT tidak lulus peperiksaan dengan cemerlang kerana biasiswa dari kerajaan, dan TIDAK TAKUT lessen dialibabakan kerana tanah, biasiswa dan lesen mudah diperolehi kerana adanya peruntukan dalam perlembagaan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">5. Pemimpin Melayu TIDAK TAKUT pada Allah sehingga mereka sanggup –</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">(a) pinjam wang dari bank YAHUDI dengan bayaran RIBA yang tinggi, untuk dilaburkan dalam projek yang tidak menguntungkan hanya kerana boleh hantar orang-orang pilihan mengerjakan HAJI dengan wang yang dikenakan RIBA dan memberi BRIM untuk mengabui mata rakyat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">(b) menjadikan rasuah sebagai satu budaya dan amalan harian sambil mencuri dan menyalahgunakan wang negara melalui 1MDB dan syarikat-syarikat sekutunya. Tidak takut, malahan bangga, dengan gelaran sebuah negara yang amalan rasuahnya antara yang tertinggi di dunia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">(c) menjual tanah milik negara, termasuk tanah milik angkatan udara yang pernah dijadikan pusat kapalterbang berangkat untuk menyerang pengganas komunis, kepada pihak China komunis yang fahaman komunismenya bertentangan dengan Islam.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">(d) memberi hak bermustautin kepada ratusan ribu orang asing, termasuk ramai dari China komunis, sehingga nanti mereka berhak menjadi rakyat yang akan mengundi dan mengancam kedudukan bangsa, ugama, bahasa, hak dan politik Melayu dan negara.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">(e) menyiksa rakyat dengan GST, menghapus subsidi, menyebabkan kenaikan harga barang dan meningkatkan kos sara hidup yang menekankan penghidupan rakyat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">(f) mentadbir ekonomi negera dengan begitu buruk sehingga turun merudum nilai ringgit yang menyebabkan semua barang-barang impot menjadi terlalu mahal untuk pengguna.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">PEMIMPIN MELAYU JUGA DI DAPATI TIDAK MALU</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kita berasa malu apabila pemimpin kita –</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">1. TIDAK MALU pinjam wang dari bank Yahudi yang dilaknat oleh Allah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">2. TIDAK MALU membayar riba yang begitu tinggi sedangkan jika pinjaman itu diurus oleh Bank Negara Malaysia atau sindiket bank-bank tempatan faerah yang dikenakan sangat rendah dan tidak ke tahap riba yang menekankan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">3. TIDAK MALU membayar komisyen kepada bank Yahudi sedangkan jika pinjaman diurus oleh Bank Negara Malaysia tidak ada komisyen yang perlu dibayar.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">4. TIDAK MALU mendapat gelaran ‘antara negara yang paling rasuah di dunia.’</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">5. TIDAK MALU di gelar pemimpin KLEPTOKRAT atau pemimpin yang menyalahgunakan kuasa dan rasuah, yang terkenal di seluruh dunia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">6. TIDAK MALU cuba memberi BRIA (Batuan Rakyat 1 Amerika) kepada Donald Trump, setelah membayar wang yang banyak kepada pelobi untuk mendapat 30 minit waktu mengadap Presiden Trump.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">7. TIDAK MALU, dalam keadaan negara tidak berwang dan dibeban dengan hutang yang banyak, untuk mengambil hati Donald Trump berjanji untuk beli 25 buah kapalterbang Boeing 737 jet, 8 buah 787 Dreamliners dan 25 buah 737s untuk dibeli dalam masa yang singkat. Jumlah harganya ialah US$10 billion.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">8. TIDAK MALU menjanjikan untuk melabur US$3 billion – US4 bilion wang Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja untuk membantu ekonomi Amerika Syarikat dengan membiayai pembinaan prasaranya.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">9. TIDAK MALU sebuah negara yang kecil ekonominya berlagak sombong untuk membantu negara yang lebih kaya darinya. Wang yang dijanjikan untuk Amerika Syarikat sebenarnya diperlukan untuk projek perumahan orang-orang miskin di Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">10. TIDAK MALU juga apabila pihak MAS menafikan akan beli kapalterbang Boeing tetapi sekadar menyewa daripada sebuah syarikat lain yang membeli kapalterbang itu. Akhirnya CEO MAS yang menjelaskan keadaan sebenar terpaksa diberhentikan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">11. TIDAK MALU juga apabila ternyata pihak KWSP tidak memutuskan untuk melabur di Amerika Syarikat tetapi sekadar meminta supaya KWSP diiktiraf sebagai syarikat yang diberi keistimewaan cukai sebagaimana yang diberi kepada tabung-tabung awam di negara-negara lain. Kata Rafizi, lain yang di suruh oleh KWSP lain yang dibuat oleh yang mengadap Trump.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">12. TIDAK MALU menambah hutang lagi apabila tidak mampu membayar bunga atau pinjaman yang dijanjikan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">13. TIDAK MALU memberi wang kepada anak tiri untuk buat filem lucah di Amerika Syarikat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">14. TIDAK MALU malu ditipu oleh anak muda JhoTeik Low</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">15. TIDAK MALU berbohong anak raja Arab memberi hadiah sedangkan duit yang diperolehi ialah dari 1MDB melalui syarikat-syarikat anak di seluruh dunia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">MELAYU JUGA ADALAH SATU BANGSA YANG MUDAH LUPA.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">1. LUPA kepada sejarah perjuangan yang murni dengan berbagai liku yang telah kita lalui.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">2. LUPA kepada betapa perlunya nilai-nilai murni untuk menjamin masa depan bangsa kita terselamat dari berbagai angkara.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">3. LUPA kepada pesanan orang tua dan guru ugama kita di waktu kita di bangku sekolah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">4. LUPA bahawa kita akan disoal setelah kita meninggalkan dunia yang fana ini buat selama-lamanya.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">KESIMPULANNYA, APABILA PEMIMPIN MELAYU TIDAK TAKUT PADA TUHAN, TIDAK MALU PADA PERADABAN, LUPA PADA SEJARAH, MAKA AKAN PUPUSLAH BUDI DAN BAHASA YANG AKHIRNYA MENYUSAHKAN RAKYAT DAN MEMBANGSATKAN NEGARA. INILAH SEBABNYA KITA PERLUKAN PERUBAHAN. – SanusiJunid</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">*Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Sanusi Junid adalah bekas Menteri Pembangunan Negara dan Luar Bandar dan Menteri Pertanian juga Menteri Besar Kedah Darul Aman.</span><br />
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<b>My Thots:</b><br />
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<b>Malu itu separuh dari iman, </b><br />
<b>Hilang malu iman tiada,</b><br />
<b>Apabila Iman tiada maka hilanglah batas untuk</b><br />
<b>melakukan kemungkaran t</b><b>erhadap sesama manusia,</b><br />
<b>membawa kepada kehancuran bangsa dan negara.</b></div>
eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-27916100328017293102017-11-25T02:26:00.001+08:002017-11-25T02:26:42.065+08:00Extremism is a lot more dangerous than Atheism lah Asyraf<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>I hope Asyraf Dusuki do a lot more research on the Perlembagaan before he opens his mouth in Parliment again!</b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">PETALING JAYA: Lawyer Azhar Harun today responded to a deputy minister who claimed atheism was in contradiction with the Federal Constitution, saying freedom of religion includes the choice to “opt out of religion”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">In a Facebook post addressed to Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, Azhar, popularly known as Art Harun, said just because the Federal Constitution made no mention of the freedom not to have any religion, it did not mean that atheism was unconstitutional.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“Implied within the word and concept of freedom is the exercise of choice.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“When the constitution guarantees freedom of religion, that freedom carries with it the choice to opt out of religion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“That provision is not an imposition to profess a religion. It is merely a guarantee to all citizens professing a religion to practise their religion freely,” he said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Yesterday, Asyraf said atheism had no place in Malaysia as it contravened both the constitution and the Rukunegara.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Speaking in the Dewan Rakyat, he said in the Malaysian context, freedom of religion did not mean freedom from any religion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">He added that atheism attacked other religions, which would contravene laws on public order.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">However, Azhar said the Federal Constitution also guaranteed freedom of association and expression, with no mention of a person’s right not to associate or express themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“Using your superior logic, not associating oneself with any party or not expressing oneself is unconstitutional.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“The Federal Constitution also does not guarantee freedom to buy a car, drive an Alphard or the right to marry more than one. Or to be autistic. Are those things also unconstitutional?” he said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">This sparked an uproar among some Muslims and led to threats of death and violence against the group on social media.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The government subsequently said it would investigate whether any Muslims had joined the group.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Asyraf said then that any Muslims found to be in the group would be sent for counselling, while attempts to spread atheist ideas could be prosecuted under existing laws.</span><br />
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I say religious and racial extremism is a lot more dangerous than atheism.<br /><br />Better take care of the extremism in religion and race first... after that atheism. <br /><br />Tapi kalau atheism tu tak ganggu orang lain leave them be lah.</div>
— eddydaud. (@eddydaud) <a href="https://twitter.com/eddydaud/status/933611381403762688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-66349325856657660142017-11-13T11:54:00.001+08:002017-11-13T11:54:50.973+08:00Time for Judicial Reform?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2017/11/12/time-for-far-reaching-judicial-reforms/">Time for far-reaching judicial reforms</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">By Gerard Lourdesamy</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The recent allegations by the fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin that the former chief justice of the Federal Court and the current chief justice and president of the Court of Appeal purportedly had a meeting with the prime minister in 2015 on a supposed plot by the former attorney-general and others to bring down the government through the 1MDB and SRC International investigations, which is at present the subject matter of a police investigation following a report lodged by the current attorney-general, while seeming to be far-fetched given the source of the story, cannot be simply disregarded because it has the tendency to erode public confidence in the judiciary, the administration of justice and the rule of law.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">It is unfortunate that none of the three senior judges implicated in the article that was published in the Malaysia Today website has denied the allegations or made a police report either individually or through the chief registrar of the Federal Court to refute these highly inflammatory allegations that not only question their personal integrity and fitness for high judicial office but also the ideals of an independent and impartial judiciary that is the cornerstone of any functioning democracy. It is not the role of judges to get involved in the machinations of politicians. Even if there existed such an infamous plot, it was a matter for the sitting prime minister, Parliament and the King to resolve.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">It is also surprising that the Bar Council did not issue any statement on the matter and one is left wondering whether this was due to the government’s not so subtle attempts to control the Bar Council through the wide-ranging amendments being proposed to the Legal Profession Act 1976 that would effectively weaken and undermine the independence and authority of the Bar Council.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">It may be prudent not to comment on the allegations made by Raja Petra since they are the subject of a police investigation but this story again calls into question the public perception of the judiciary as an institution that is supposed to defend the Constitution and the rule of law and dispenses justice without fear or favour. It is often said that a truly independent judiciary is supposed to be the final bastion against tyranny.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">However, some of the recent decisions of the Federal Court have caused alarm and disquiet not just among legal practitioners but also the general public. The constitutional jurisprudence of the apex Court seems to be regressing in the last couple of years. Rather than giving the Constitution a broad and liberal interpretation in so far as the provisions of the fundamental liberties are concerned, the Court has been taking a literal view on such freedoms by giving a very restrictive and at times pedantic interpretation to the bill of rights in the Constitution in favour of ordinary laws passed by Parliament that effectively deny if not deprive the citizens of any effective exercise of these fundamental rights in any meaningful or purposeful manner. The Court has refused to consider the reasonableness of a restriction imposed by Parliament in favour of the more limited proportionality test contrary to the established jurisprudence in most Commonwealth countries with a written constitution.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Equally disappointing is the apex Court’s increasing tendency to disregard new developments in constitutional jurisprudence from Commonwealth countries that have a written constitution like ours or where the constitutional provision is similar to ours despite some of these countries having a much older constitutional and common law tradition compared to us.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">The Federal Court seems to want to be shackled by precedent from decades ago when the constitutional jurisprudence of countries like India and even England that does not have a written constitution, favoured a restrictive approach to the interpretation of fundamental liberties in the constitution by allowing parliament to qualify these rights in order to preserve public order, security and morality.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">But what is surprising is that the apex courts in countries like India, England, Australia, Canada, South Africa and even Pakistan have moved with the times and have either departed from or overruled their own earlier decisions in favour of a more far-reaching, profound and holistic interpretation of the fundamental freedoms guaranteed in the constitution in an age of increasing concentration of power in the executive to deal with matters of national security and public order.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The recent decision of the Federal Court not to grant leave in the Tony Pua case is a case at hand. Given that there were at least eight conflicting decisions of the same Court on the purport and extent of Article 5 in the Constitution with only two decisions of the Apex Court dealing exclusively with the Immigration Act 1959/63, the least the Court could have done was to allow the leave application and constitute a full bench of the Court to hear this important constitutional challenge.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">But this was not done and instead, the Court reaffirmed its 1979 judgment in Loh Wai Kong which was a case largely influenced by the decision of the Supreme Court of India in the Gopalan v. State of Madras case which was decided in 1950. But the same court in 1978 in the celebrated case of Maneka Gandhi v. The Union of India effectively consigned Gopalan to the dustbin of history and ruled that the right to travel abroad was guaranteed under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution which is similar to our Article 5. Later decisions of the Indian Supreme Court have extended the purport of Article 21 beyond what our Federal Court can even comprehend in the 21st century.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The apex Court failed to even consider if ouster or privative clauses so prevalent in ordinary laws passed by Parliament in this country under the guise of public order and security could muster the test of constitutionality given that they effectively deny the aggrieved party access to justice and due process which are housed in Articles 5 and 8 of the Constitution.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Before the dust could settle, the Federal Court in the Kugan case had effectively ruled that the estate of a deceased person who is the victim of extra-judicial killing while in the custody of the state cannot claim for exemplary damages against the government because it is not permitted under Section 8 (2) (a) of the Civil Law Act 1956.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Exemplary or punitive damages have been available in the common law since at least the 18th century for oppressive, arbitrary or unconstitutional actions by servants of the government, as confirmed by the House of Lords in Rookes v. Barnard in 1964. The unlawfully killing of a person while in the protective custody of the state is the most obvious example of a serious and egregious violation of Article 5 of the Constitution on the right to life and liberty.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">And yet the majority of the court, elevated a pre-Merdeka law to a status superior to the Constitution rather than striking down Section 8 (2) (a) of the Act on the grounds that it offends Articles 5 and 8 of the Constitution or at least as suggested in the now celebrated dissent of her Ladyship Justice Zainun Ali to interpret the Act in conformity with the Constitution.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Rather than protect the sanctity of life, the majority of the bench favoured exculpating the government from liability in punitive damages. It is often easy to opine that the remedy lies elsewhere after the family of the victim of unlawful killing by the state have reached the limit of physical and financial exhaustion after years of meandering through the labyrinth of the judicial system.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Even the Bar Council was not spared the ignominy of defeat when the Federal Court refused to grant leave on the important constitutional question of whether the discretion of the Attorney-General under Article 145 (3) of the Constitution to institute, conduct or discontinue a prosecution was subject to judicial review notwithstanding dicta to support such a contention in two 1979 decisions of the Federal Court and the Privy Council and a more recent decision of the Singapore Court of Appeal.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Surely, even if the weight of jurisprudence from within and without Malaysia would favour a restrictive interpretation of Article 145 (3) for reasons of public policy the least the Federal Court could have done was to allow the parties to fully ventilate the issue in a proper appeal given the public interest involved rather than simply affirm a previous decision made by the Court in 1974.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The regression in the jurisprudence of the apex Court may be due to the mindset, experience and background of the judges appointed to the highest court. It is not disputed that the overwhelming majority of the bench are appointed from the Judicial and Legal Service of the federation. Most of them have exemplary service records and often view judicial appointment as a promotion or reward for their years of dedicated public service. Some after their appointment still have a sense of gratitude to the government for appointing them to the bench.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Therefore, there may be a tendency among some judges to still consider themselves to be part of the public service. By extension, there would be compelling reasons to defer to the expectations of the government when it comes to matters pertaining to public order and security or the national interest in more problematic areas of the Constitution and the law.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">But I am not suggesting that the judges lack independence but rather that their view of judicial independence may be somewhat myopic given their circumstances as opposed to public expectation.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">If an empirical study is carried out based on the statistics of the Federal Court it will show that in public law cases where the Court of Appeal has made an adverse decision against the government, leave to appeal to the Federal Court is more often than not granted and the decision is likely to be reversed on appeal. But the converse happens in similar cases where an individual or body is aggrieved by a decision of the Appeals Court. It cannot be that the Court of Appeal is always wrong on constitutional interpretation and the Federal Court is always right?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">With an election around the corner, whichever party that wins a clear majority to form the next government must come out with far-reaching proposals to reform the judiciary so that public confidence in the institution can be further strengthened and augmented.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">1. Legislating the creation of a Judicial Oversight Committee consisting of senior serving and retired judges to deal with matters pertaining to integrity and ethics. Judges should make asset declarations for themselves, their spouse and unmarried children to the committee and the MACC. The committee must have the power to censure judges if there is any impropriety or misconduct on their part and in the most serious cases recommend to the prime minister for their removal for misbehaviour in accordance with Article 125 of the Constitution;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">2. The Judicial Appointments Commission be expanded to include not just a senior serving or retired judge but also representatives from the Attorney-General and the Bars of Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak and laypersons appointed from civil society. The commission must have the power to deal with all appointments and promotions within the judiciary. Notwithstanding Article 122B of the Constitution (which may need to be amended if there is a super-majority in Parliament), the Act setting up the commission could be amended to state that the prime minister is bound by the recommendations of the commission when tendering his advice to the King under Article 122B. In making appointments to the bench, the commission apart from the established criteria should ensure that at least 50% of the appointments come from the practising Bar so that the judiciary will have a cross-section of judges from different backgrounds and experiences;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">3. The Fundamental Liberties in Articles 5 to 13 of Part II of the Constitution ought to be reviewed and amended so that where Parliament is given the right to restrict the exercise of these rights, such a restriction must be reasonable. In the absence of a super-majority to amend these Articles, an ordinary law called the Constitution (Interpretation of Fundamental Liberties) Act could be passed mandating that in interpreting the fundamental liberties in Part II of the Constitution the courts shall give a broad and purposive interpretation to those rights and where there are permissible restrictions those restrictions must be reasonable;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">4. Article 121 (1) of the Constitution to be amended to its original wording if there is a super majority in Parliament and if not an amendment to the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 could be made to insert a section on the doctrine of the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary including the inherent power and jurisdiction of the superior courts while conforming with Article 121 (1);</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">5. Article 122 (1A) of the Constitution to be amended to clarify that a person appointed as an additional judge of the Federal Court shall not at the same time hold the office of Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal, Chief Judge of Malaya or Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak as the case may be. In lieu of such an amendment, the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 could be amended to include such a provision to conform with Article 122 (1A);</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">6. Article 149 (1) of the Constitution to be reviewed if there is a super-majority in Parliament to ensure that any law that is passed pursuant to that article shall not impose any unreasonable restriction on the exercise of the rights provided for in Articles 5, 9, 10 or 13 of the Constitution;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">7. A law is passed called the Law Reform (Repeal of Privative Clauses) Act whereby all privative or ouster clauses in any Act of Parliament currently in force are ipso facto repealed in their entirety. This will allow the unhindered right to apply for judicial review of all decisions made by any person or body exercising administrative or executive powers including in preventive detention cases subject to the procedural rules and establishing locus standi except for decisions made in the exercise of the royal prerogative;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">8. The Civil Law Act 1956 to be substantially amended or repealed and replaced with new legislation in line with progressive jurisprudence from other Commonwealth jurisdictions. The awarding of damages compensatory, punitive or exemplary and aggravated should be at the discretion of the courts;</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">9. Requirement for leave to appeal to the Federal Court under Section 96 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 be dispensed with in all cases that involve interpretation of the Constitution both federal and state; and</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">10. A comprehensive Contempt of Court Act is passed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b>Gerard Lourdesamy is a lawyer in practice for 25 years and an FMT reader.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b>The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of FMT.</b></span></div>
eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-74190112864768399252017-09-25T10:25:00.000+08:002017-09-25T10:47:32.695+08:00Kemana hala tuju kita tanpa sikap toleransi untuk hidup aman dan makmur bersama<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>I do not know where we are headed in these times when political parties like Pas is allowed to impose their morale values on to other non-Muslims. </b></div>
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<b>Incidences and statistics showed that high unemployment, corruption, drug abuse, incest, babies born out of wedlock are many and mostly involved the Malay Muslim community... and what does a so called religious party do? they focus their attention on concerts, dogs and now on non muslim beer festival which is held indoors and does not involve any Muslims at all. With this kind of so called religious political party and any other party that support Pas, the Malays will end up no where. Neither here nor there.</b></div>
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<b>I think Pas in its current form would severely damage the religious and racial harmony in Malaysia patiently build up by our great leaders of the past which forms the bedrock foundation of the blessed Malaysia that we have now.</b></div>
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<b>Pas offers nothing but extremism and bigotry and intolerance. Remember the Memali incident? Pas has not changed much since then, they will never change now. The moderate leaders in Pas had left to form Parti Amanah Negara.</b></div>
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<b>Some interesting read:</b></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/2017/09/20/bekas-ketua-polis-ingatkan-kerajaan-bahaya-sokong-golongan-guna-agama/">Bekas ketua polis ingatkan kerajaan bahaya sokong golongan guna agama</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">KOTA KINABALU: Bekas ketua polis negara Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor berkata kini wujud satu trend yang membimbangkan dalam kalangan pemerintah untuk berusaha memenuhi permintaan golongan yang menggunakan agama untuk memperoleh sokongan daripada orang ramai.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Bercakap di forum “Malaysia in the Future” di sini semalam, Rahim berkata kecenderungan itu kini masih terhad di kawasan tertentu di Semenanjung Malaysia, tetapi memberi amaran boleh merebak jika tidak dikawal oleh pihak berkuasa.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Menurutnya, ia akan turut mendatangkan kesan terhadap kesatuan Malaysia yang menggabungkan Sabah dan Sarawak.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">“Jika perkara ini diteruskan, persekutuan akan goyah dan mungkin pada masa itu, Sabah dan Sarawak akan fikir semula sama ada mereka mahu terus menjadi sebahagian daripada Malaysia,” katanya.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Rahim berkata ketika Persekutuan Malaysia ditubuhkan, ia tidak mempunyai niat menjadikan Malaysia sebuah negara Islam, kerana sekiranya demikian, ia akan menerima bantahan Sabah dan Sarawak.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Menurutnya, agama adalah isu utama yang dibincangkan oleh Suruhanjaya Cobbold, badan yang dibentuk bersama oleh kerajaan British dan Tanah Melayu pada 1962 untuk menilai pandangan rakyat mengenai gagasan Malaysia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">“Semua rakyat di Borneo, tanpa mengira kaum dan agama, tidak mahu agama rasmi untuk persekutuan baharu itu.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">“Permintaan itu munasabah. Lagipun, terdapat banyak negara yang mempunyai majoriti orang Islam di dunia tetapi tidak menjadikan Islam sebagai agama rasmi mereka, seperti Mesir dan Indonesia yang mempunyai penduduk Islam paling ramai,” katanya.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Budaya Arab</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Rahim dalam ucapannya berkata ramai umat Islam Melayu keliru antara Arab dan Islam. Katanya, ini menimbulkan kecenderungan di kalangan umat Islam tempatan mengamalkan budaya Arab, malah lebih daripada orang Arab sendiri.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Beliau menceritakan insiden di mana saudaranya mendakwa huruf bahasa Arab adalah milik umat Islam, tidak seperti huruf Rumi.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">“Dia memang tidak begitu terpelajar. Tetapi ianya seolah-olah tidak ramai yang sedar, atau mungkin mereka pilih untuk tidak hiraukan yang Timur Tengah bukan sahaja didiami umat Islam, tetapi juga penganut agama lain,” katanya.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Rahim berkata beliau secara peribadi lebih suka kepada model “Pancasila” seperti di Indonesia yang tidak mengiktiraf agama rasmi.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Selepas 54 tahun, beliau berkata Malaysia masih mencari identitinya sendiri sementara rakyat kekal berpecah-belah, dan membawa identiti kaum dan puak masing-masing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Ia diburukkan apabila penduduk di Sabah dan Sarawak tidak berasa mereka berkongsi persamaan dengan rakyat di Semenanjung Malaysia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">“Kita harus mengakui yang selain daripada mempunyai penjajah yang sama, Semenanjung Malaysia dan Borneo sangat berbeza dari segi budaya dan sejarah. Kita masih jauh untuk mencapai satu bangsa Malaysia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">“Meletakkan agama dalam perkara ini hanya akan menyukarkan lagi usaha ini,” kata beliau.</span><br />
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PETALING JAYA: Activist-lawyer Azhar Harun says PAS should provide statistics and proof to back its argument that the annual craft beer festival in Malaysia will increase crime rates.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“Has there been a study by PAS or survey by PAS to show that in respect of the beer festival every October the crime rate goes up? Or has the crime rate gone up in Germany every October?” he said when contacted by FMT today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Azhar was referring to PAS central committee member Riduan Mohd Nor reportedly calling the annual beer festival a “vice festival”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Riduan had questioned the authorities on what guarantee they could give to members of the public who are not participating in this annual event, “to ensure their safety from crime, free sex, rape and so on”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The PAS leader had also warned that Kuala Lumpur could one day be known as Asia’s vice centre if such events are not stopped.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“It is something that is shameful for an Islamic country like Malaysia when ‘mungkar’ (treacherous) programmes can easily gain a place in society’s heart and it is allowed to be organised without obstruction,” Riduan was quoted as saying by Malay Mail Online.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Azhar, who is popularly known as Art Harun, said PAS objects to the beer festival on a yearly basis, adding that the party’s stance on this is not surprising.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">He added that PAS should look at Palestine, a country Malaysia supports wholeheartedly, where the beer event is also celebrated.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“It is a Western non-Muslim event, it started in Germany and it caught on in other countries. It happens everywhere, even Palestine.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“So if people want to hold that in Publika, why are we objecting?” he said, referring to the annual Oktoberfest celebration.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Meanwhile, Azhar said in proposing the amendments to Act 355, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang had claimed it would not affect non-Muslims, but now “they are already imposing their values despite what was said”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“They said that when they want to amend Act355, it will not affect non-Muslims.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“Look at this, this is a non-Muslim event and they are already imposing their values and religion on non-Muslims.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“So where is PAS’ argument that hudud and the amendment of the law will not affect non-Muslims? It’s a blatant lie to me,” Azhar said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">According to him, Kelantan does not celebrate the beer festival, but the state has the highest drug addiction and AIDS rate there.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Referring to Riduan’s warning that there could be “extremist” actions in response to the “treacherous programme”, Azhar said it did not sound like a warning but like a threat instead.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“People will be worried. It is an irony PAS has come up with this when our Prime Minister (Najib Razak) has gone to meet US President Donald Trump,” he said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Zaid says that if PAS is unhappy with the festival they should protest against Najib and not the people.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Zaid says that if PAS is unhappy with the festival they should protest against Najib and not the people.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Meanwhile, DAP’s Zaid Ibrahim said if PAS was unhappy with the festival, it should bring its concerns to Najib, not the people.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“Why protest and then make a political case out of it? You want to ban the festival go and see Najib,” Zaid told FMT.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">FMT has contacted the organisers of the Better Beer Festival 2017, MyBeer Malaysia, and is awaiting their response on the issue.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The Better Beer Festival will be held from Oct 6-7 in Publika.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The festival is set to showcase 250 different craft beers from 43 independent breweries from 12 countries, and also includes a variety of food and live performances.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/stand-up-to-bigotry-ex-treasury-sec-gen-tells-kl-mayor#2XyYcUAj1isG3MaS.97">Stand up to bigotry, ex-Treasury sec-gen tells KL mayor</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 -- Former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim urged the Kuala Lumpur mayor today to defend the city’s cultural and entertainment life from racial and religious bigotry.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">Expressing concern over Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) ban of a beer festival in a shopping centre following objections from Islamist party PAS, Mohd Sheriff said bending to pressure groups and cancelling music and cultural festivals last minute would affect the capital city’s economy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">“It is worrying to see that the DBKL is giving support to the anti-social elements who want to dictate our lifestyles according to their religious beliefs,” Mohd Sheriff said in a letter to the editor.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">“We are seeing political and religious groups making demands for Muslims to be treated separately from other Malaysians at public laundry shops and toilets, at supermarkets, at cinemas and for liquor sales to be outlawed in majority Muslim residential areas. The DBKL ban on beer festival has encouraged these groups to be more brazen in their demand,” he added.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">DBKL rejected an application from Mybeer (M) Sdn Bhd to organise the Better Beer Festival 2017 scheduled next month at a shopping centre, with police claiming that the craft beer event had to be cancelled due to a terror threat. The festival was previously held annually since 2012 without incident.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor reportedly said today that DBKL would not reconsider the ban despite the organiser’s assurances of security measures, claiming that the beer festival violated the law because it involved the sale of liquor in an open area.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">Mohd Sheriff pointed out that despite terror attacks in Europe and the United States, Western authorities did not respond by banning public gatherings and festivals.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">“Instead, the western leaders have reiterated the need for the civilian population to face the threats with vigilance and go on with their daily life as usual. These countries are determined to stand by their values of freedom and show to the hate groups that the western democratic way of life will not change whatever the threats,” he said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">The former senior civil servant noted that the government was spending billions to make Kuala Lumpur one of the most liveable cities in the world and to improve the capital with trendy architecture and modern infrastructure.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">“All this beauty will go to waste if the city administrators give way to the few religious ideologists who want to impose their conservative values on our lifestyles. KL must not be allowed to become a hermit city with no life,” said Mohd Sheriff.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">— Musa Hassan (@TSMusaHassan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TSMusaHassan/status/911634688963309569">September 23, 2017</a></span></blockquote>
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<b>I think this report is one of the better essays on the state of Malaysia's Education System after 60 years of Merdeka. From the Malaysian Insight:</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/13404/">Education in Malaysia: Much ado over language</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">A LOOK at developments in Malaysia’s education system over the past six decades show how the Malay language has largely dictated national education policies.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">However, hopes that it would be a unifying language to achieve nation-building through the education system have not materialised, and in terms of academic performance, Malaysia has not yet scored above the global average in baseline assessments for pupils in mathematics, science and reading.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“There has always been contestation over language since the British,” Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">In the years leading to Merdeka, proposals were made to “unify” the Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil schools, which were using different syllabuses and languages.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">But every proposal, Zairil said, attracted objections as each community felt it was at the losing end.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><u>The Razak Report – named after then education minister Abdul Razak Hussein – marked the beginning of Malaya’s standardised national education system. It integrated all schools, classifying them as “national” and “national-type” schools.</u></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><u>“The Chinese and Indian communities were upset with their loss of vernacular secondary education. The Malays were unhappy with the prominence of English-medium schools, feeling that they were ‘too English and not enough Malay (language)’,” he said.</u></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">When the May 1969 post-general election racial riots happened, English-medium schools took a direct hit with the change of guards in the government. The then-education minister Mohd Khir Johari – Zairil’s pro-English school father – was removed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Abdul Rahman Ya’kub from Sarawak, a Razak ally, became education minister and announced in July that English-medium schools would be phased out at all levels, starting from standard one in January 1970. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">DAP spokesman for education Zairil Khir Johari says phasing out of English-medium education and other education policies throughout the years have mainly been political decisions. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">DAP spokesman for education Zairil Khir Johari says phasing out of English-medium education and other education policies throughout the years have mainly been political decisions. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">By the end of 1982, the switch was completed at all levels. The policy, including the compulsory pass in Malay language to earn the school-leaving certificate, hit teachers, students and the standard of education hard.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">This phasing out of English-medium education and other education policies throughout the years have mainly been political, Zairil said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“Politicians have too much control over education. Whenever we get a new education minister, who may not even be an education professional, we get a new policy everyone must follow. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“Many were flip-flop decisions. We saw that in PPSMI, school-based assessments and the compulsory pass in SPM English,” said the DAP parliamentary spokesman on education.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">PPSMI is the 2003 “Teaching of Mathematics and Science in English” policy introduced by then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to help Malaysia catch up with the English-speaking world in the age of globalisation. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">It took off but eventually came to naught in 2012 amid protests, and the teaching of the two subjects reverted to Malay.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">A proposal in 2013 by then education minister Muhyiddin Yassin to make English a compulsory pass in SPM by 2016 never materialised after he was sacked from the Cabinet in July 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">In recent years, Malaysia's scores in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), although improved year-on-year, are still below the global average for mathematics, reading and science.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">End one-size-fits-all policies</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Zairil said long-term education policies often changed every few years before they could deliver results – a problem evident in Malaysia’s highly centralised education system.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Education matters like the syllabus and exams should be left to professional independent bodies to manage and decide, while the ministry should handle funding and making sure the system met the required standards.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“Putrajaya should not control and make one-size-fits-all policies for 10,000 schools, half a million teachers and five million pupils regardless of their different needs and circumstances,” he said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“In the 1990s, successful education reforms in many Western countries involved decentralising the education system. You need to decentralise for education to flourish.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">In Malaysia, independent Chinese schools with their own governing bodies showed the same success, he said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“You see better infrastructure there, and it is hard for principals and teachers not to do their best when they have parents and influential community leaders in the school boards to answer to.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“If parents have ownership over education and sit on the school boards, they will make the best decisions for their kids.” </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Political and social analyst Dr Wong Chin Huat also supports liberalising the education system. The government should respect the free market in providing education, while actively supporting weaker pupils in all schools and streams by helping them catch up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“Our education policy so far, including the blueprint, believes in control rather than competition, and makes multilingualism a bogeyman in its reluctance to deal with the class implication of education.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“We must shift from this to embrace competition and diversity, and pursue social inclusion – the real guarantee of national cohesion,” he said.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Rethinking Malay-medium schools</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Wong said Malay-medium schools have also not been successful in meeting government goals, such as nation-building, and are rarely the school of choice for parents with the means to send their kids to private schools.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Citing 2013 data, he said Malay national schools, which received the most funds, remained unattractive to non-Malays, compared with vernacular schools that were “deliberately neglected” by the government.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“There was a growing exodus of pupils from Malay-medium schools to vernacular ones, and from national schools to private and international schools, indicating a general decline in the Malaysia education system.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">As new vernacular schools are barred, Wong said, some of the top schools just become overcrowded like Johor’s Kuo Kuang primary school with 5,000 pupils at one time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">He also said vernacular schools in recent years saw more diverse enrolments than the national schools, with their more than 90% Malay population.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">As schools became more homogenous, the National Education Blueprint 2006-2010 sought to address racial polarisation in schools.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">In 2007, a pilot project to teach Chinese and Tamil in national schools kicked off in 220 schools, as the government hoped to make national schools more appealing to non-Malays.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Wong said the situation has not changed today, so it might be concluded that the dream of nation-building through monolingual schooling via Bahasa Melayu was dead.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“Malaysia should either give up Malay as the sole medium of instruction or allow different education streams to exist and compete.” – September 4, 2017. </span><br />
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<b>At 56, as it is, I do not see where we are going in education for our young.</b><br />
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<b>I am blessed with the English medium education and together with the Johor Religious education system had helped made me a balanced person.</b><br />
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<b>As long as Education Policies are driven by politics, the system will be at the mercy of politicians in office and language and religion pressure groups with their own vested agenda which does not necessarily coincide with the interest of our young.</b><br />
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<b>I pray that one day GenX leaders will come out to reinvent our education system to compete with current and future global challenges.</b><br />
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<b>We are now living in a borderless, wired and connected world ...... change or get left behind.</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr JOMO KS</span></span></div>
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<b>The ECRL or the East Coast Railway Link is a subject of much controversy not just for the Billion2 RM price tag, its cost vs benefit and the debt that must be paid to China PRC many years after it has been completed. </b><br />
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<b>The project was launched with much fun fare a few days ago:</b><br />
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<a href="https://t.co/xnJWu87XW2">https://t.co/xnJWu87XW2</a><br />Jom nyanyi Anak Kecil Main Api<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECRL?src=hash">#ECRL</a> <a href="https://t.co/7cbNYCd8OK">pic.twitter.com/7cbNYCd8OK</a></div>
— eddydaud. (@eddydaud) <a href="https://twitter.com/eddydaud/status/895283184333496320">August 9, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<b>I would like to share this write by Prof. Jomo our very own world renowned Economist as appeared in the FMT:</b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2017/08/11/ecrl-will-only-burden-malaysians/">ECRL will only burden Malaysians</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) has been touted as a “world-class game changer” which will accelerate development in the East Coast states of Peninsular Malaysia. Unfortunately, there is little evidence that it will do so, and the rationale for such claims is dubious to say the least.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><u>We have been told that RM55 billion is being invested in the ECRL, which will be completed by 2024. All over the world, such mega projects are notorious for cost overruns, and there is no reason to believe that this project will be the exception to the rule.</u></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;">The justification for the ECRL is that it will carry almost 60 million tonnes of freight yearly by 2035. This is incredible because even the KTM only carries about six million tonnes per annum with its current nationwide network.</span></i><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">If the projected massive surge in freight tonnage does not materialise, the project will lose even more, meaning that taxpayers for generations to come will have to massively subsidise the ECRL.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">The ECRL is supposed to greatly benefit the country in so many incredible ways that defy simple logic. But will there be enough passenger traffic to support a high-speed rail link?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>What kind of cargo needs such a costly high-speed haulage connection? And which high-speed railway in the world stimulates so many businesses and jobs in all the towns it will pass through at such speed, as claimed?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Will the ECRL be an expensive “white elephant” paid for by Malaysians for many years to come? </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The Kemaman-Kuantan rail-link, completed several years ago, has hardly been used to date. Are we supposed to be thankful that it cost much less than the ECRL?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><u>Even Wan Saiful Wan Jan, the libertarian chief executive of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) who endorsed the Forest City project in Johor Baru, found the ECRL claims difficult to swallow in a recent article arguing for improved governance generally, especially to manage investments from China.</u></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Honest critics are already being accused of wanting to deprive the East Coast states of development. But those with longer memories know how much Kelantan has been deprived of federal funds by Putrajaya, while Terengganu has been denied petroleum revenues and its investment fund was “hijacked” to become the now-notorious 1MDB.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>China firms to profit </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Of course, the deal will be good for some Chinese state-owned enterprises.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The contract was given to the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) after direct negotiations, without any open tender, although Malaysian companies have delivered on rail projects before. CCCC will be required to subcontract to local firms, but will remain the main contractor.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">As we should have learnt from earlier arrangements, foreign firms find ways and means to bring their preferred partners in with them, using local partners to fulfil such requirements with meaningful technology transfer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The international success of Ingress (eg. in Rayong, the “Detroit of Thailand”) contrasts sharply with the minimal development of Malaysian technological capacity and capabilities by many other Proton vendors due to their (mainly Japanese) principals’ practices.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">The ECRL will be funded by a loan from China’s state-owned Exim Bank, with the Malaysian government, ie. taxpayers, serving as guarantor. Thus, the risk and liability will be completely borne by Malaysia.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><u>So, Malaysia will essentially be borrowing money from a China bank to pay a China company to build the ECRL.</u></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Very little of the loan will get to Malaysia as the Exim Bank loan will be used to pay CCCC. Malaysians will bear all the risk for the ECRL while the China firms are guaranteed profits by Malaysians.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Whether or not the ECRL is profitable, we will still have to repay the loan with interest. Malaysia does not have to pay during the first seven years, but after that, we have to settle it within two decades. So financially, this is essentially a loan for which we Malaysians will exclusively bear all the risks.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Economic cooperation with China?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>To be clear, I am not against economic cooperation with China, and in the absence of other global initiatives to revive global economic progress, a creative, progressive and inclusive view of the Belt and Road Initiative is welcome.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Chinese railway construction companies have won contracts in open tenders all over the world due to their impressive record despite being relative latecomers.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Also, the Chinese offer of long-term credit on concessional terms is much appreciated by many poor developing countries. But the recent rapid build-up of foreign debt and the corresponding build-up of “contingent liabilities” guaranteed by the government should be of great concern. After all, all Malaysians are now taxpayers following the introduction of the GST.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><u>Several years ago, the Chinese ambassador to Tanzania publicly apologised for the misbehaviour of Chinese firms in Tanzania specifically and Africa more generally.</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Chinese officials are now more vigilant, but in China too, “state capture” by private interests has been taking place as the rich are now influential members of the ruling party, which helps explain President Xi’s anti-corruption campaigns.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Last week, the Sri Lankan government leased its new Chinese-built harbour facilities for 99 years to the Chinese government after the new port could not attract enough traffic to make the port viable and the Colombo government decided not to spend its precious revenue to service the loan from China.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b>This is a fate we should conscientiously seek to avoid.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Malaysia should have learnt its lesson after the recent credit rating jolt following 1MDB’s failure to service its RM2.6 billion (US$603 million) first instalment payment due to Abu Dhabi’s IPIC.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>For most, “once bitten, twice shy”. Is this another case of “Malaysian Boleh”?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Jomo KS received the 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.</span><br />
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<b>Some thots from cyberspace:</b><br />
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ECRL will only burden Malaysians !<br /><br />Our astute n legendary economist has spoken...Need we say more <a href="https://twitter.com/NajibRazak">@NajibRazak</a> ?!!<br /> <a href="https://t.co/9PAoPXT2GA">https://t.co/9PAoPXT2GA</a></div>
— Dzulkefly Ahmad (@DrDzul) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrDzul/status/895863043153772545">August 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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China is not doing us favor. Msian taxpayer wiil hv 2 cough up RM68 (55b+13b interest) by 2044! Open tender wld prob saved us RM40b!!!</div>
— E.S. Shankar (@esshankar1) <a href="https://twitter.com/esshankar1/status/895893513346338819">August 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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ECRL will only burden Malaysians <a href="https://t.co/SRPSGLIym3">https://t.co/SRPSGLIym3</a><br /><br />Hope if a new Gomen comes after PRU14 they will revisit this burdensome project</div>
— eddydaud. (@eddydaud) <a href="https://twitter.com/eddydaud/status/895900707185807360">August 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-61847765399637359092017-07-14T15:20:00.001+08:002017-07-14T15:22:11.388+08:00Pakatan Harapan is born (finally)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Politics is certainly the art of the impossible where there are no permanent friends nor permanent enemies:</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dr Mahathir also announced a slew of policies that will be immediately implemented once PH comes to power.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They are:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* Abolishing the goods and services tax.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* Stabilising petrol prices.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* Focusing on reducing the people’s financial burden.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* Implementing comprehensive institutional reforms.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* Eradicating corruption.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* Forming a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the 1MBD scandal.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* Rehabilitating Felda.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>My Thots:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>After 60 years of UMNO dominated Barisan Nasional, I think the time is right for change. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Umno under Najib is not the Umno I and my family supported, that Umno we supported is not obsessed about cash. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>This Umno under Najib is getting crazier by the day, talking nonsense and offering nothing to make our beloved country a better place for our young. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>If it need a combination of Dr Mahathir and Anwar for that change to happen then I will support it wholeheartedly.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Together lets kick out the kleptokratic and corrupt Umno/BN Government and bring in Barisan Harapan to power.</b></span><br />
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eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-2406091396661973022017-07-10T11:06:00.000+08:002017-07-10T11:06:48.746+08:00To Save Malaysia, Unity is the Key to Success<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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'Tunku Ismail’s message is clear: Unity is the key to success. The vision is clear. Now is the time to implement it. Malaysians of regardless of race, religion, politics and region must unite to Save Malaysia'</div>
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YB Lim Kit Siang</div>
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<b>Every one Malaysian should read this speech by YB Lim Kit Siang at a <a href="https://blog.limkitsiang.com/2017/07/10/khairy-should-withdraw-and-invite-tunku-makhota-johor-to-head-the-team-to-be-responsible-for-tn-2050-to-restore-malaysias-greatness-and-vision-as-a-united-harmonious-progressive-and-prospe/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+limkitsiang%2Frss+%28Lim+Kit+Siang%29">Ceramah in Seremban on Sunday, 9th July 2017 at 9 pm.</a></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">At tonight’s DAP ceramah, I am going do something unusual.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I am going to read out verbatim the cry from the bottom of the heart of one distinguished and outstanding Malaysian, as his cry resonates throughout the country, as it represents the concerns of patriotic and loyal Malaysians, regardless of race, religion, politics or region, that something very wrong is happening to our beloved country – although the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his Cabinet of 36 Ministers, and the entire UMNO/Barisan Nasional leadership does not agree with this cry and concern.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">One reason why I reading verbatim the cry of Tunku Makhota Johor, Tunku Ismail ibni Sultan Ibrahim, which was first posted in Johor Southern Tigers Facebook, is because it should be compulsory reading and study by all Malaysians, not only the citizenry but also national and state leaders.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">In fact, the Cabinet should schedule a special meeting of the 36 Ministers to ponder over the Tunku Makhota Johore’s cry.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Republished by Malaysiakini, under the heading “I will always pray for your stability, Malaysia”, this is what Tunku Ismail wrote:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“What’s happening to a country I used to respect? A country that I was once proud to call my home.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A country that I pray for stability. What’s happening to my beloved friend, Malaysia? I hope that one day, you’ll be okay again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, I live in a country where corruption has become a tradition.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A country in which the media protects the corrupt and victimises the innocents, to sell stories.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The uneducated are being deceived, manipulated by the system and torn into pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has become a place where the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A place where the people no longer acknowledge facts, but rather judge by the perception of what you are wearing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where the actors and hypocrites are hailed as heroes while the contributors and those who are dedicated to the good cause are being ignored and perceived as villains, manipulated by the pictures they see.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has become a place where politicians are wanting to be celebrities and sportsmen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where a person who can’t ride a horse or play polo can be selected to represent the country.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where individuals who don’t even go for proper military training can become a general.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A country where the institution is slowly losing its identity.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leaders who act with what they’re wearing, but behind closed doors, forces the government to use the people’s money to pay for their private jet, are being respected.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A country where my own race has forgotten our history, heritage and culture.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A country that abandons our local traditions such as our traditional clothes and chooses to adopt foreign customs, wanting to be like the Arabs.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A place plagued by jealousy and envy. A place where you can buy titles, and now those titles have lost its value.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some chose to keep quiet because they themselves have skeletons in their closet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While some like me choose to speak up because we are worried about what’s going to happen to our grandchildren and our future generations.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A country where individuals want to be politicians for their personal interest and no longer believe in serving the people and our institution.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where being in denial and ignorant has become the way of life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where the deceiver gains more grounds and power.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where the truth is being ignored and lies being acknowledged.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honour, loyalty and being genuine no longer exist. What’s happening to you, my dear friend?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, don’t you worry, as they are still a few that haven’t lost hope.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are still a few that will sacrifice for our future generations.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few that will change things from within.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The vision is clear. Now is the time to implement it. Vision without execution is a hallucination. Stay strong my friend.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You’ll be ok. You’re fortunate to have friends such as Sabah, Sarawak and other places. Be kind to them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Respect them. Unity is the key to success.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wish you all the best and I will always pray for your stability Malaysia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From your friend and a good partner, Johor. The humble servant of the Sultan of Johor and the state of Johor.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Tunku Ismail has rightly taken the pulse of the nation – that we are at the crossroads facing a crisis of nation-building as Malaysia seemed to have lost its way on the 60th anniversary of our attainment of Merdeka on 31st August 1957.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Where have we gone wrong?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">As Tunku Ismail Ismail has rightly put it, Malaysia has become a country where “corruption has become a tradition”; “the media protects the corrupt and victimizes the innocent to sell stories”; “the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer”; “the actors and hypocrites are hailed as heroes while the contributors and those who are dedicated to the good cause are being ignored and perceived as villains, manipulated by the pictures they see”; “politicians are wanting to be celebrities and sportsmen”; “a person who can’t ride a horse or play polo can be selected to represent the country”; “individuals who don’t even go for proper military training can become a general”; “a country where the institution is slowly losing its identity”; “ leaders who act with what they’re wearing, but behind closed doors, forces the government to use the people’s money to pay for their private jet, are being respected”; “a place plagued by jealousy and envy, a place where you can buy titles, and now those titles have lost its value” and a place where “some chose to keep quiet because they themselves have skeletons in their closet”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Why have Malaysia become such a country sixty years after our Independent nationhood in 1957, to become a country where “individuals want to be politicians for their personal and no longer believe in serving the people and our institution”, a country “where being in denial and ignorant has become the way of life; where “the deceiver gains more grounds and power”; where “the truth is being ignored and lies being acknowledged” and where “honour, loyalty and being genuine no longer exist”?</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">But as Tunku Ismail rightly said, “there are still a few that haven’t lost hope” who are worried about what’s going to happen to our grandchildren and our future generations, who are prepared to sacrifice for our future generations.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Tunku Ismail’s message is clear: Unity is the key to success. The vision is clear. Now is the time to implement it. Malaysians of regardless of race, religion, politics and region must unite to Save Malaysia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">May be the first step to Save Malaysia and protect the Vision of a united, harmonious, progressive and prosperous Malaysia is for the Minister for Youth and Sports, Khairy Jamaluddin, who see nothing wrong in Malaysia being regarded worldwide as a “global kleptocracy” because of the international multi-billion 1MDB money-laundering scandal, to step down and invite Tunku Makhota to be responsible for TN 50 (National Transformation 2050) to restore Malaysia’s greatness and vision as world-class nation which is an example to the world of a united, harmonious, progressive and prosperous nation where diversities of race, religion, language and cultures are our greatest strength and assets and not our greatest weakness and liability.</span></div>
eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-29768797271194492212017-07-10T10:09:00.000+08:002017-07-10T10:09:03.731+08:00Masuk ke kandang kambing mengembek, masuk ke kandang kerbau menguak.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">'I sometimes feel that these people do not seem to realize that they are Malaysian citizens and that they are living in this country called Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They appear to be living in their own cocooned, imaginary worlds, going on life in the ways they like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Please, this is not progressive but self-restrictive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Perhaps these people may want to emigrate one day, thinking life will be care-free and unrestricted. However, they will soon come to realize that they will be subjected to a new set of requirements, including competency in a new language.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The reality is, we are all living in Malaysia now. The official language of this country is Bahasa Malaysia, and as citizens of this country, we all need to have a reasonable command of this language, whether you like it or not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Otherwise, you will find yourself sidelined by the society, making futile complaints on FB and feeling utterly sorry for yourself.'</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.mysinchew.com/node/117966/tid=13">What's so difficult about one subject?</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">I personally feel that the frustration of many Chinese Malaysians over the SPM Bahasa Malaysia requirement for civil servants has been unfounded and unnecessary.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">Think about it: Does an American need to pass English proficiency test if he or she wants to become a civil servant or a doctor?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">If anyone wants to get admitted into an American university or take up a public position or get a US citizenship, he or she must have some good command of the English language.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">In other countries like the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, you need to have an English paper cert before you can work in a government office, whereas in China and Taiwan, you must do well in Mandarin Chinese if you want a similar post there.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">But, people in these countries won't curse their governments for setting the language requirements nor think they are being unfair or ill-intentioned.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Maybe I'm wrong, but I haven't heard them complain or object, because this is part and parcel of the country's system, one of the specifications for government operations and an essential precondition in day-to-day life.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">A national and official language -- be it English, Chinese, BM or otherwise -- is a constituent part that builds a nation, allowing people of different backgrounds to mingle and interact, and from there establish some common understanding and national solidarity. It is a medium for government functions.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">In reality, it has very high practical values. It allows people visiting a government office or hospital to communicate with a language all can understand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">But here in Malaysia, many local Chinese have voiced up a marvelous range of excuses and conspiracy theories to oppose to the SPM Malay requirement for government positions and medical housemen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">I sometimes feel that these people do not seem to realize that they are Malaysian citizens and that they are living in this country called Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">They appear to be living in their own cocooned, imaginary worlds, going on life in the ways they like.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Please, this is not progressive but self-restrictive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Perhaps these people may want to emigrate one day, thinking life will be care-free and unrestricted. However, they will soon come to realize that they will be subjected to a new set of requirements, including competency in a new language.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">The reality is, we are all living in Malaysia now. The official language of this country is Bahasa Malaysia, and as citizens of this country, we all need to have a reasonable command of this language, whether you like it or not.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Otherwise, you will find yourself sidelined by the society, making futile complaints on FB and feeling utterly sorry for yourself.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">My conclusion: Stop making a big fuss over something that has long been incorporated into our social contract and accepted as norm. There are a whole lot more meaningful things waiting for us to accomplish!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">As for those public servants and doctors-to-be who do not have a pass in SPM Malay, they can always look for better prospects elsewhere. However, if they insist to keep their current positions, all they need to do is one simple thing: go and sit for SPM Bahasa Malaysia. Which is not that difficult after all, right?</span></b></div>
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<b>My Thots:</b></div>
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<b>I think this is practical advise, unless one is looking to migrate to greener pasture countries wherever that may be.</b></div>
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eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-12144237416131292512017-06-24T21:56:00.000+08:002017-06-28T23:15:02.502+08:00Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>I have not been posting this whole Ramadhan because I was down with severe influenza (ARDS) and had to be hospitalised for 2 weeks. Alhamdullilah, I have recovered from the influenza but will take some time to recover my strength to normal levels. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Malang Tidak Berbau</b></span><br />
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eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-40405290349576462762017-05-15T19:04:00.001+08:002017-05-15T19:04:24.990+08:00Finally somebody noticed the elephant in the room<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>I have my doubts and finally somebody noticed the elephant in the room:</b><br />
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Finally somebody noticed the elephant in the room😉 <a href="https://t.co/qwEf8uwl9n">https://t.co/qwEf8uwl9n</a></div>
— eddydaud. (@eddydaud) <a href="https://twitter.com/eddydaud/status/863701282594279424">May 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<b><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-road-initiative-is-like-a-colonial-enterprise-india/articleshow/58664098.cms">India slams China's One Belt One Road initiative, says it violates sovereignty</a></b><br />
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<b>excerpts:</b><br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">'In a strongly-worded statement on the eve of the event, which will see participation of more than 60 countries, <b>India escalated its opposition to OBOR, suggesting that the project is little more than a colonial enterprise, leaving debt and broken communities in its wake.</b></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">'We are of the firm belief that connectivity initiatives must be based on universally recognised international norms, good governance, rule of law, openness, transparency and equality. Connectivity initiatives must follow principles of financial responsibility to avoid projects that would create unsustainable debt burden for communities; balanced ecological and environmental protection and preservation standards; transparent assessment of project costs; and skill and technology transfer to help long term running and maintenance of the assets created by local communities.'</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>'Like Sri Lanka, where an unviable Hambantota port project has left Colombo reeling under an $8 billion debt, Pakistan may be headed in the same direction; Laos is trying to renegotiate a railway project, Myanmar has asked for its own renegotiation; a Belgrade-Budapest railway line to be built by China is under investigation by the EU.'</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>'Chinese infrastructure projects in foreign countries are typically executed by state-owned enterprises, while financing programmes, which initially appear attractive, sour quickly.'</i></span><br />
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<b>Read in full <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-road-initiative-is-like-a-colonial-enterprise-india/articleshow/58664098.cms">here</a>.</b><br />
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<b>Well...I pray that the Malaysia Gomen will be able to pay for all the loans we took from China for the various infrastructure projects namely the ECRL etc. on time and do not end up like Sri Lanka.</b></div>
eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-20921606302965413822017-05-04T15:09:00.002+08:002017-05-04T15:12:38.631+08:00The PM is not a Public Officer? ....a Malaysian Lawyer disagree<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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'The whole concept of misfeasance in public office in Malaysia has been hijacked by a view so narrow that no misfeasance in public office action can be brought against any member of the administration of the country'</div>
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'The court had taken a pedantic analysis of the juridical nature of the Prime Minister’s office. By doing so, the whole concept of misfeasance in public office in Malaysia has been hijacked by a view so narrow, so much so now, as it stands, the law in Malaysia is that no misfeasance in public office action can be brought against any member of the administration of the country'</div>
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<b>Azhar Harun, Lawyer</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/05/03/najib-not-public-officer-2-cases-in-spotlight-after-ruling/">The PM is not a public officer? I respectfully disagree</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I must preface this post with a disclosure.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">I have known High Court judge Abu Bakar Jais for 35 years. We were classmates in the Law Faculty, Universiti of Malaya. I have no reason to question his integrity. I think he did his job honestly and to the best of his ability. He decided in accordance with what he felt was the correct position under the law.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Justice Bakar ruled on Feb 29 that the Prime Minister was not a public officer, in allowing an application by Najib Razak to strike out a lawsuit against him for misfeasance in public office.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">However, I have to respectfully disagree with Justice Bakar on this one.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The thrust of his ruling is this:</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">a) The main ingredient for the tort of misfeasance in public office is that the wrongdoer must be a public officer;</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">b) The Prime Minister is not a public officer as defined by our laws; and</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">c) It follows that the Prime Minister cannot be sued for misfeasance in public office.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">The core of Justice Bakar’s reasoning is this:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The Interpretation Act 1967 defines “public officer” to mean “a person lawfully holding, acting in or exercising the functions of a public service”. It further defines “public services” to mean “the public services mentioned in Article 132 (1) of the Federal Constitution”.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">He then refers to Article 132(3) of the Federal Constitution. That article indeed says:</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">“The public service shall not be taken to comprise-</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">(a) the office of any member of the administration in the Federation or a State; or</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">(b) the office of President, Speaker, Deputy President, Deputy Speaker or member of either House of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly of a State”</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">Article 160 (2) of the Federal Constitution states:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“Member of the administration” means, in relation to the Federation, a person holding office as Minister, Deputy Minister, Parliamentary Secretary or Political Secretary.”</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">So, it is obvious to the judge that under the Interpretation Act, read together with the provisions of the Federal Constitution, the Prime Minister is not a “public officer”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Believe it or not, that is the correct position under the Interpretation Act and the Federal Constitution.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">However, for the purpose of a claim in a private action for misfeasance in public office, the Interpretation Act and Federal Constitution are not relevant.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><u><b>The wrong – or in legal parlance, the tort – of misfeasance in public office is a private law and the action brought by Dr Mahathir Mohamad is a private action. </b></u></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">It is the same as a citizen suing another citizen for an accident. That is a private action under the tort of negligence. This tort is not a written law. Nor is it a branch of actions or claims available under public law.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The tort of misfeasance in public office is established by the Common Law. The Common Law is applicable to all of us by virtue of our Civil Law Act. This branch of laws are unwritten and the principles are derived from judicial pronouncements developed over hundreds of years.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Being so, what is and what is not public office/public officer must be determined by the court in accordance with the Common Law.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">I don’t want to go into the technicalities of misfeasance in public office. Suffice if I say that this wrong or tort is about:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“The exercise of power by public official, not for the purpose for which it was given, but for some ulterior or impermissible purpose, knowing or being reckless as to whether it would damage the plaintiff.” (per Hale LJ (as she then was) in her seminal judgment in Ammoo Gottfried v Legal Aid Board (unreported, 1st December 2000).</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Lord Steyn said that “the rationale of the tort is that in a legal system based on the rule of law executive or administrative power may only be exercised for the public good”, and Lord Hobhouse said that the tort concerned “the acts of those vested with governmental authority and the exercise of executive powers”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">These are stated in the locus classicus for this tort, namely, a case called Three Rivers District Council v The Bank of England that Justice Bakar himself had referred to in his decision.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">At the core of this wrong is not the public office/officer in question. Rather it is the exercise of powers of “those vested with governmental authority and the exercise of executive powers”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Lord Justice Slade, in Jones v Swansea City Council pointed out:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“It is not the juridical nature of the relevant power but the nature of the council’s office which is the important consideration.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The court is not supposed to delve into the juridical nature of the relevant power. Rather, what is the nature of the office that is in question.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">What is the nature of the office of a Prime Minister?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Is it not about making decisions diligently, rationally and honestly having in mind, at all times, the best interests of the nation and the citizenry, or in short, in the best interests of the public?</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">That was the question that was supposed to be answered.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Instead, the court had taken a pedantic analysis of the juridical nature of the Prime Minister’s office. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">By doing so, the whole concept of misfeasance in public office in Malaysia has been hijacked by a view so narrow, so much so now, as it stands, the law in Malaysia is that no misfeasance in public office action can be brought against any member of the administration of the country.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>In addition, I have to add with respect, there is yet another glaring misapplication of the law by the court in that ruling.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The preamble to the Interpretation Act 1967 that Justice Bakar relied on says:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>“An Act to provide for the commencement, application, construction, interpretation and operation of written laws; to provide for matters in relation to the exercise of statutory powers and duties; and for matters connected therewith”.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Section 2 of the Act provides:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>“2. (1) Subject to this section, Part I of this Act shall apply for the interpretation of and otherwise in relation to—</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><b>(a) this Act and all Acts of Parliament enacted after 18 May 1967;</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><b>(b) all laws, whether enacted before or after the commencement of this Act, revised under the Revision of Laws Act 1968 [Act 1];</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><b>(c) all subsidiary legislation made under this Act and under Acts of Parliament enacted after the commencement of this Act;</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>(d) all subsidiary legislation, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, revised under the Revision of Laws Act 1968;</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>(e) all subsidiary legislation made after the 31 December 1968, under the laws revised under the Revision of Laws Act 1968.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>(2) PART I shall not apply for the interpretation of or otherwise in relation to any written law not enumerated in subsection (1).</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>(3) PART I shall not apply where there is—</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>(a) express provision to the contrary; or</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>(b) something in the subject or context inconsistent with or repugnant to its application”.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>Isn’t it obvious, therefore, that the Interpretation Act is only applicable to the interpretation of our written laws?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: red;"><b>How could the court then use that Act to define “public officer” when it is actually called upon to adjudicate on a wrong under the Common Law, an unwritten law that is applied in Malaysia? </b></span><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Meanwhile, article 132 of the Federal Constitution starts with the following:</b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">“132 (1): For the purposes of this Constitution, the public services are:”</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">Isn’t it obvious that the provisions in article 132 that the court was relying on are there just for the purpose of the constitution? </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;">Meaning, those definitions in article 132 are only to be used when other articles in the Federal Constitution make reference to the phrase “public service”.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><b>In other words, the definition of public service in article 132 is not meant for a general application to every law that is applied in this land unless such law clearly imports such definitions.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">That is my considered opinion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Azhar “Art” Harun is a lawyer.</span><br />
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<b>I have read the learned Lawyer Azhar Harun's opinion and I think I support it lah.</b><br />
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<b>Yours truly is of course a part time loyar buruk ;))</b><br />
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<b>Other interesting read:</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/05/03/when-the-federal-constitution-is-overused-it-becomes-useless/">When the Federal Constitution is overused, it becomes useless</a></b></div>
eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-40513329230704402312017-04-05T18:37:00.002+08:002017-04-05T18:37:46.394+08:00The attackers who attacked an MP on Parlimen ground must face the full brunt of the Law<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/04/03/khalid-parliament-attackers-fined-rm100-or-less-in-court-today/">Attack on Parliament grounds: Khalid seeks justice</a></h1>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">KUALA LUMPUR: </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad has sought justice from the Dewan Rakyat speaker after revealing that the eight men who attacked him on Parliament grounds were charged today only under the Minor Offences Act.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Those found guilty under this act can be fined not more than RM100 each.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">When contacted by FMT, lawyer Salehuddin Saidin, representing the eight accused, said the eight had claimed trial to the charges against them under Section 14 of Minor Offences Act, for provoking breach of peace.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">“RM100 is the maximum fine that can be imposed under the Minor Offences Act if the accused is found guilty.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">He denied allegations that the eight had already been fined less than RM100 each.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Salehuddin added the Magistrate Court here had fixed the next mention date to hear the case for May 8.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">All eight posted bail at RM500 each with a surety.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Activist and dancer Bilqis Hijjas was acquitted last year by the Magistrate’s Court under the same section for dropping balloons at a shopping mall in September 2015.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Khalid, speaking at a press conference in the Parliament building today, showed the charge sheet from the court containing the names of the eight attackers.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">They were Firdaus Tajudin, Faizal Tajudin, Ariffin Mohamed, Erwan Halmi, Azmir Ahmad, Sapiah Sulaiman, Norbaiti Taha and Hasnah Razali.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">The first two are believed to be the sons of Pasir Salak MP Tajudin Abdul Rahman with whom Khalid had a verbal spat in the Dewan Rakyat last November.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">“The matter is taken lightly because it is seen as a small matter. The Parliament police were also attacked. They have also made a police report, but their report was not taken into consideration.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">“I asked the AG (Attorney-General) to look into the case in a fair manner. This (happened) on Parliament grounds. Where is the logic (to charge them under Minor Offences Act)?” </span></b></div>
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<b>Continue reading </b><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/04/03/khalid-parliament-attackers-fined-rm100-or-less-in-court-today/">here</a><b>.</b><br />
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<b>My comments:</b><br />
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<a href="https://t.co/D9DbXX8GpX">https://t.co/D9DbXX8GpX</a><br /><br />A couple get 5 mths jail for abusing civil servant now compare to what attackers who attack MP in Parlimen grds get</div>
— eddydaud. (@eddydaud) <a href="https://twitter.com/eddydaud/status/849293758583668736">April 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Parlimen Malaysia is where our Laws r made,any attack by people against an MP on Parlimen ground must be met by the FULL force of our Laws!</div>
— eddydaud. (@eddydaud) <a href="https://twitter.com/eddydaud/status/849228936860979200">April 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-38788640485313315242017-03-28T18:50:00.000+08:002017-03-28T18:50:17.045+08:00I am a Muslim living in Johor Bahru, Peninsular Malaysia and I am opposed to RUU355 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>I am a Muslim living in Johor Bahru, Peninsular Malaysia and I am opposed to the RUU355 for it will divide the Blessed Malaysia that I know and God knows we are already divided enough by race and religion. </b><br />
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<b>For PAS Hadi who think that sins can be wiped out by severe deterrent sentences on earth, I tell you Islam is a compassionate religion, educating Muslims to be kind and knowledgeable people is the way to a better life on earth and the hereafter.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2017/03/28/pivotal-role-for-sabah-sarawak-mps-over-hadis-bill/">Pivotal role for Sabah, Sarawak MPs over Hadi’s bill</a></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">March 28, 2017</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the long-term and macroscopic perspectives, the strategy to exclude the two states has unreservedly exposed the shortsightedness of our policymakers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The government’s takeover of the bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Act 355) is being watched closely by the whole nation.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, it has been revealed that to manage the frustration among East Malaysians and the non-Muslim community in the country, the government’s version of the bill will only be applicable to Muslims in the peninsula.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bill to amend Act 355 was originally tabled by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, who is also Marang MP, but was later taken over by the government.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hadi’s private member’s bill in Parliament last year was meant to pave the way for the eventual implementation of hudud in the future, posing a severe threat to our vulnerable secular system. As such, it was strongly opposed by non-Muslims in the country as well as the people of Sabah and Sarawak.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We need to illustrate the point that not all Muslims in this country are agreeable to Hadi Awang’s motion although most of the dissident voices have come from non-Muslims and East Malaysians.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The adoption of the bill to amend Act 355 in the Dewan Rakyat will require more than just the support of Umno and PAS lawmakers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As such, MPs from Sabah and Sarawak will play a very pivotal role in the success or failure of this bill.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excluding Sabah and Sarawak from the bill would somewhat allay their fears and remove any excuse to oppose the bill. Therefore, it is perceived as one of the strategies to win the support of these MPs from the two Borneo states.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The problem now is that such a divisive measure could further alienate the East Malaysians and polarise the people.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It cannot be denied that the exclusionary policy is one of the most effective strategies to remove the obstacles to the passing of the bill to amend Act 355. But from the long-term and macroscopic perspectives, the move has unreservedly exposed the shortsightedness as well as recklessness on the part of our policymakers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the bill is adopted by Parliament, Muslims in Malaysia will be divided into two different groups – those in Peninsular Malaysia will be subjected to the amended Act while those in East Malaysia will not be affected.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is obviously illogical and contrary to the principle of fairness. The rift between people on both sides of the South China Sea will be further accentuated as a result of “one county, two systems”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The argument behind the amendment to Act 355 lies with its religionisation advocacy and the detrimental effect on our existing secular system. It is imperative that East Malaysian MPs scrutinise the bill at the national level instead of looking only at its implications on the people in Sabah and Sarawak.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They must realise that once the floodgates are opened, anything could happen.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The amendment to Act 355 will have a tremendous impact on the future of this country. The attitude of East Malaysian MPs – whether they just sit on the fence and watch or register their strong and unbending opposition for the sake of this country – will be instrumental in the development of this whole thing.</span><br />
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<b>I hope the Johor Bahru Memeber of Parliament and other Muslim MPs understand what his/their constituents wants.</b></div>
eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-52459580951860525402017-03-21T12:34:00.002+08:002017-03-21T12:34:53.542+08:00What will happen next to Forest City?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-49703230428771877812017-03-06T14:42:00.000+08:002017-03-06T14:42:00.987+08:00China’s growing domestic involvement - Dennis Ignatius<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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'It’s not about being anti-China but about being pro-Malaysia. It’s not about being opposed to good relations with China or being against Chinese investments; it’s about ensuring that relations with China do not come at the expense of our independence and sovereignty.'</div>
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<b>Rather interesting article written by a former Malaysian Diplomat on the rising influence of the PRC in Malaysia's affair. </b><br />
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<b>I have copy pasted this article from Dato' Dennis Iganatius <a href="https://dennisignatius.com/about/">blog</a>:</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://dennisignatius.com/2017/03/04/chinas-growing-domestic-involvement/">China’s growing domestic involvement</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Saturday Mar 2017</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Posted by Dennis Ignatius in China, Malaysia</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Even the most casual observer of our nation’s politics will not fail to notice the growing influence of China in our national affairs. Not a day goes by when reports of some new investment, some new deal, some new initiative by China doesn’t make headlines. Suddenly, China is everywhere and not in a small way.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Dominant economic partner</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><u>China is already Malaysia’s dominant economic partner – it is our second largest export market, is increasingly critical to the health of our tourism industry (4 million Chinese tourists expected this year), our education sector (10,000 Chinese students currently studying in Malaysia), and the sustainability of our oil palm industry.</u></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><u>It will soon come to dominate our ports and railways as well as our housing and construction sectors. With the purchase of 1MDB-related Edra Global Energy Bhd. assets, it also became the second largest independent power producer in the country.</u></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><u>In the next decade or so, it is estimated that China will invest, lend and spend at least half a trillion ringgit on infrastructure, property development and other projects across Malaysia. Never has our country seen this much money pouring in from a single source in such a relatively short space of time.</u></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Manna from heaven</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>Many, particularly those who stand to profit most from this new relationship, welcome China’s growing involvement in our country. To them, it is, of course, a once-in-a lifetime bonanza, manna from heaven, an unparalleled opportunity to make millions. They assume that what is good for them is automatically good for the nation as a whole.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>Consequently, many of our political leaders and business tycoons are falling over each other to sing China’s praises and highlight the benefits of the blossoming relationship. To them, China is a great friend, a powerful benefactor, a genuine economic partner, a benign political power. And they can’t seem to get enough of China.</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">The dangers of asymmetrical relationships</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: red;">However, the sheer asymmetrical nature of the relationship as well as the enormous political and economic leverage that China now wields cannot but be cause for concern.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">And yet, concern is the one word that is missing from the lexicon of our relations with China. In our rush to embrace China’s largesse, we are being wilfully negligent of the political, economic and security implications.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">It is surely axiomatic that as China’s stake in Malaysia increases, China will be more proactive in our domestic politics if only to ensure the continuity of parties, personalities and policies that favour China.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Malaysia, is in fact, far too important to China now to be left to the vagaries of Malaysian politics and the caprices of the local electorate.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Open endorsement of UMNO-BN</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> The clearest indication of this is China’s increasingly open and forthright endorsement and support of the UMNO-BN government, the most pro-China government we’ve ever had. In fact, it can be argued that China’s grand strategy vis-à-vis Malaysia is, in many respects, contingent on UMNO-BN remaining in office.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">It should therefore come as no surprise that we are now seeing Chinese diplomats not only attending local party political gatherings but also accompanying UMNO-BN politicians to political events and on constituency visits.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Last year, for example, the Chinese ambassador accompanied Defence Minister Hishamuddin Hussein, MCA Deputy President Wee Ka Siong, and MCA assemblyperson Teoh Yap Kun on visits to Hishamuddin’s Semborong parliamentary constituency and Teoh’s Paloh constituency.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Since then Chinese diplomats have been spotted with MCA Vice-President Chew Mei Fun in Raub (where she is rumoured to be the candidate in the next elections), with MCA Youth chief, Datuk Chong Sin Woon in Nilai, with MCA President Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai when he officiated the opening of a meeting of the Federation of Hakka Associations, and with Gerakan President Mah Siew Keong in Teluk Intan.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">And this is likely only the tip of the iceberg as many other visits go unreported.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">During these visits, Chinese diplomats routinely take the opportunity to praise the Najib Administration, stress the importance of the MCA and press the point that the Malaysian Chinese community has a lot to gain from the relationship with China that is now being developed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The Chinese ambassador has also urged Malaysian Chinese to support the MCA because without the MCA, “Malaysian Chinese have no say in the government.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Having cast himself as ‘lord protector’ of the Malaysian Chinese community during the Petaling Street affair in 2015 and knowing the great importance Malaysian Chinese attach to Chinese education, the Chinese ambassador has now positioned himself as a champion of Chinese education in Malaysia.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">He has tirelessly criss-crossed the country, often accompanied by MCA and even UMNO politicians, visiting dozens of Chinese schools and distributing hundreds of thousands of ringgit in assistance and scholarships. He has also promised to initiate a teacher-training programme that could see PRC teachers in our schools.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">China’s unequivocal message to Malaysian Chinese, therefore, is that they must support the emerging MCA/BN-China alliance if they wish to safeguard their rights, preserve Chinese education, have a strong voice in government, profit from business with China and ensure that relations with their ancestral homeland remain strong.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">It is, as well, an exhortation to Malaysian Chinese to put aside their resentment and distrust of both UMNO and MCA and vote BN for the greater good of both countries.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Clearly, if this shrewd political strategy succeeds, the main losers will be the DAP.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">But such is the power and influence of China in our domestic affairs that even the DAP has now been forced to moderate its hitherto principled opposition to the sheer lunacy of some of the China-related projects and make peace with the Chinese ambassador.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">All that this has accomplished, however, was to vindicate, in the eyes of DAP supporters, the MCA’s collaboration with China.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The MCA, for its part, increasingly behaves as if it is but an extension of the Chinese embassy rather than a member of the ruling coalition. It recently established a PRC affairs committee as well as an OBOR centre and does more to promote OBOR than the Chinese embassy itself. Some would argue that these actions make the MCA the main vehicle of PRC influence and propaganda in the country today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Unchallenged and unchecked</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">And yet, these clear and troubling manifestations of foreign political interference in our domestic affairs, in contravention of established diplomatic practice, go unchallenged. That it is being done with the connivance of local political leaders does not make it any less troublesome.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">One can only wonder how the UMNO-BN crowd would react if the Australian or American ambassador urged Malaysians to vote for the opposition if they wished to safeguard their democratic rights.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Once this door is open, there is no telling where it will lead to.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">UMNO-BN politicians make a big fuss over trivial things like the paltry sums given to a few NGOs to promote free and fair elections by the Open Society Foundation but think nothing of facilitating a far more insidious form of foreign interference that threatens to undermine what’s left of our democratic process.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Hijacked elections?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The question now is how far China will go to protect its interests in Malaysia. Will PRC money come into play in the next elections, taking money politics to new heights? Will the upcoming elections be the first elections in Malaysia when a foreign power will be actively working behind the scenes to influence its outcome?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The next general election is already shaping up to be one of the most critical we’ve ever had. The very future of our country is at stake – whether we will remain a secular democracy or not, whether corruption and cronyism will triumph over transparency and good governance, whether our constitution itself will survive in its present form.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Certainly, too much will be riding on these elections for us to allow a foreign power to hijack them for its own purposes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">And any political party which comes to power with China’s help will undoubtedly be subservient to China’s interests. What is at stake, therefore, is not just the sale of critical infrastructure assets but possibly the sale of the country itself.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>A nation at its lowest ebb</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The fact that China is knocking on our doors at a time when our nation is at its lowest ebb renders us particularly vulnerable.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">We are today a nation more divided than ever before – not just Malay against non-Malay but Malay against Malay, Chinese against Chinese, Indian against Indian. It’s Muslim against non-Muslim, rural against urban, rich against poor.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Nearly 60 years after independence we are still arguing bitterly about language, citizenship, education, religion and race while decades of racial and religious manipulation have left us wary and suspicious of each other.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">We are so untrusting of each other that we’d rather depend on foreigners than work together to find solutions to the pressing problems we face; we are so busy fighting each other that there’s literally no one to guard the front door.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">In the meantime, corruption and the abuse of power have rendered our national institutions and our political processes weak and dysfunctional, unable to provide the checks and balances, the steady hand, the careful and impartial analyses, the proper legal and regulatory framework that is a prerequisite for national resilience.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">When we find ourselves in a situation, for instance, where suddenly almost every single port in the country needs to be massively expanded with Chinese money or that we suddenly need not one but three, and perhaps four, expensive railway systems built by China, we have to wonder whether projects are now being driven by economic necessity or pure greed and foreign pressure.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Many will, of course, dismiss these concerns as alarmist or reject them as anti-China or anti-government rhetoric.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>China’s growing influence in our domestic affairs cannot, however, be easily dismissed.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>It is alarming and Malaysians ought to be deeply, deeply concerned.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>At the very least, we ought to have an informed discussion of what is going on so that we understand all the implications and consequences and ensure that policies and projects serve the national interests rather than undermine them. It is simply much too important an issue to be left to vested interests to decide behind closed doors.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>It’s not about being anti-China but about being pro-Malaysia. It’s not about being opposed to good relations with China or being against Chinese investments; it’s about ensuring that relations with China do not come at the expense of our independence and sovereignty.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>It is most assuredly not about the loyalty and commitment of any of our own citizens or about marginalizing the very real concerns they have but about ensuring that a foreign power does not exploit our internal divisions to its own advantage.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>As well, this isn’t about being pro-West or pro-China but about ensuring that no country – east or west – dominates us to the point where we lose our ability to chart our own destiny.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>And if standing up against corruption, mismanagement, the abuse of power, the lack of transparency and the deliberate neglect of vital national interests makes one anti-government, than so be it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">If China turns out to be unique among the big powers for its beneficence, munificence, generosity and respect for smaller states, well and good; but if not, then at least we’ll be better prepared to face the challenges ahead.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Our nation now faces one of the greatest external challenges it has ever faced. The dangers are real. The stakes are high. There will be no winners save the corrupt, and a foreign power, if we fail to successfully manage this great challenge that lies before us.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">[Dennis Ignatius | Kuala Lumpur | 4th March 2017] <b><a href="https://dennisignatius.com/2017/03/04/chinas-growing-domestic-involvement/">Read in full here.</a></b></span><br />
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<b>Thank you Dato' for writing this very important article, </b></div>
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<b>Let us Malaysians be aware and be prepared to face future challenges</b><b>.</b></div>
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eddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14778796377342661967noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737110637382389058.post-85643256713285682922017-02-28T19:37:00.000+08:002017-02-28T19:37:10.005+08:00If you are sick who do you see? a doctor lah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>If there's something strange in your neighborhood</b></div>
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<b>Who you gonna call? (ghostbusters)</b></div>
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<b>If there's something weird</b></div>
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<b>And it don't look good</b></div>
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<b>Who you gonna call? (ghostbusters)</b></div>
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<b>I ain't afraid of no ghost</b></div>
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<b>I ain't afraid of no ghost</b></div>
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<b>If you're seeing things running through your head</b></div>
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<b>Who you gonna call? (ghostbusters)</b></div>
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<b>An invisible man</b></div>
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<b>Sleeping in your bed</b></div>
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<b>Who you gonna call? (ghostbusters)</b></div>
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<b>I ain't afraid of no ghost</b></div>
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<b>I ain't afraid of no ghost</b></div>
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<b>Lyric source<a href="http://www.metrolyrics.com/ghostbusters-lyrics-ray-parker-jr.html"> here</a></b></div>
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<b>If you are sick</b></div>
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<b>who do you see</b></div>
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<b>(a doctor)</b></div>
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<b>if an airplane needs to be flown</b></div>
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<b>who do you call</b></div>
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<b>(a pilot)</b></div>
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<b>if you seek a Attorney General </b></div>
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<b>who do you find</b></div>
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<b>(a lawyer or judge)</b></div>
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<b>So who do you call if you need a <a href="http://www.zaid.my/current/new-auditor-general/">New Auditor General</a>?</b></div>
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