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Anwar Ibrahim

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Bekas Timbalan Panglima Tentera Darat saman Utusan RM20 juta

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 09:10 AM PDT

The Malaysian Insider

Leftenan Jeneral (B) Datuk Abdul Ghafir Abdul Hamid telah mengambil tindakan undang-undang ke atas Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Berhad dengan menyaman sejumlah RM20 juta kerana memburukkan reputasi dan nama baik beliau kepada umum.

Dalam satu kenyataan media hari ini, peguam pemohon Samarudin Md Rejab berkata kes tersebut telah difailkan semalam dan menamakan Datuk Abdul Aziz Bin Ishak dan Raja Shahrir Abu Bakar sebagai pihak defendan.

"Dalam artikel Utusan Online bertarikh 13 Mac, 2013, secara palsu dan berniat jahat, telah menyiarkan satu artikel dalam talian menuduh anak guam kami sebagai ‘telah memperleceh’ Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) dan Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) dalam mengendalikan insiden pencerobohan pengganas dari Sulu," kata Samarudin dalam satu kenyataan.

Menurut Samaruddin lagi, artikel tersebut juga menuduh Abdul Ghafir telah mengatakan PDRM dan ATM menangani pengganas dari Sulu itu sehinggakan kini hanya "duduk di bawah rumah orang dan di reban ayam".

Disamping itu, Samarudin berkata tuduhan tersebut sengaja direka memandangkan Abdul Ghafir adalah bekas Timbalan Panglima Tentera Darat Malaysia dan bertujuan untuk mewujudkan kebencian kepada PKR dan Pakatan Rakyat.

"Dakwaan di atas adalah benar-benar palsu, berniat jahat dan fitnah kepada Datuk Ghafir.

"Dalam hal ini, kita semua sedar bahawa Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 bakal menjelang dan Datuk Ghafir adalah salah satu daripada bekas pegawai tertinggi yang menyokong Parti Keadilan Rakyat serta Pakatan Rakyat," tambah Samaruddin lagi.

Dalam tuntutan yang dihantar semalam, Abdul Ghafir telah meminta Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Berhad, Datuk Abdul Aziz Bin Ishak dan Raja Shahrir Abu Bakar memohon maaf serta menarik menarik balik artikel tersebut dan berjanji tidak akan mengeluarkan sebarang artikel yang sama bertujuan memburukkan nama beliau.

Berita tentang kenyataan oleh Abdul Ghafir telah dilaporkan oleh Utusan ketika berucap dalam Forum anjuran Akademi Pak Sako bertajuk Solidariti Lahad Datu di Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Kuala Lumpur Selangor di Jalan Maharajalela di sini.

Turut menjadi panel pada forum itu ialah Ahli Parlimen Tuaran, Datuk Seri Wilfred Bumburing dan Editor Malaysiakini, Fathi Aris Omar.

Siri Jelajah Merdeka Rakyat Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim Ke Parlimen Batu (WP) & Gombak (Selangor)

Posted: 26 Mar 2013 09:30 PM PDT

29 Mac 2013 (Jumaat)

1) 8.30–12.00 mlm – Ceramah Perdana Demi Rakyat
Lokasi: Bandar Baru Sentul, (Dekat St. LRT Sentul Timur)

Penceramah:
i. YB Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim
ii. YBhg Mat Sabu
iii. YB Tien Chua
iv. Jeneral (B) Tan Sri Md Hashim Hussein
v. Lt. Jeneral (B) Dato' Abdul Ghafir Abdul Hamid

2) 8.30-12.00 mlm – Ceramah Perdana Merdeka Rakyat
Lokasi: Tapak Gerai MPS, Wira Damai, (St. Bas RAPID)

Penceramah:
i. YB Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim
ii. YB Azmin Ali
iii. YBhg Dato' Mustafa Ali
iv. YB Amirudin Shari
v. Ustaz Salehuddin Nasir

[VIDEO] (Q&A) Anwar Ibrahim: What Mahathir & Najib Have Not Done?

Posted: 26 Mar 2013 09:29 PM PDT

[VIDEO] (Q&A) Anwar Ibrahim: Democratization Of Access To Quality Education

Posted: 26 Mar 2013 09:28 PM PDT

[VIDEO] (Q&A) Anwar Ibrahim: The Classic State Craft Of An Authoritarian Regime Is Media Control

Posted: 26 Mar 2013 09:26 PM PDT

[VIDEO] Pakatan Rakyat’s Chances In Sabah & Sarawak In GE13

Posted: 26 Mar 2013 09:25 PM PDT

[PHOTO] Banner Pakatan Harapan Rakyat

Posted: 26 Mar 2013 09:21 PM PDT

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New Radio Show in Malaysia Disrupted

Posted: 26 Mar 2013 09:07 PM PDT

Wall Street Journal
By ABHRAJIT GANGOPADHYAY

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—The founder of a new radio program aimed at airing voices challenging Malaysia’s ruling party blamed a cyberattack for disrupting her debut show.

The two-hour program, called Radio Free Malaysia, aired Monday on traditional radio airwaves and through Internet audio streaming. But the first hour of the Internet streaming audio couldn’t be heard because of a “denial-of-service” attack, in which an overwhelming number of communication requests forced the site to be shut down, said founder Clare Rewcastle Brown, a former BBC journalist. The radio distribution of the program went smoothly.

“These were well-coordinated attacks aimed at silencing us,” said Ms. Brown, who is based in London.

She accused supporters of Malaysia’s ruling coalition—the National Front—of being behind the disruption of her program.

She hosts a blog—the Sarawak Report—in Malaysia as well. It faced a similar cyberattack last week, she said. She believes that attack was sparked by National Front supporters upset by a antigovernment video posted elsewhere.

She said she hasn’t sought investigations into the incidents. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, which regulates local media, declined to comment.

Ms. Brown launched her daily Radio Free Malaysia in the run-up to Malaysia’s general election, which must held by the end of June and is expected to be the most competitive in its history. James Chin, a fellow at Singapore’s Institute of Southeast Asian Studies doubts Radio Free Malaysia will affect the race. “A lot will depend on how many will actually tune in,” he said.

The National Front coalition, which has been in power since Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957, is frequently accused of heavy-handedness in its dealing with the few independent newspapers and TV stations in the Southeast Asian country.

Government-run or backed media outlets pump out the government’s positions while targeting opposition politicians, leaving little room for voices of dissent, critics say. Malaysia was ranked the 145th worst country on press freedom of 179 countries studied by Reporters Without Borders.

“There is a crisis of confidence definitely with print and certainly with TV,” said Masjaliza Hamzah, chief executive at the Center for Independent Journalism, a media advocacy group based in Kuala Lumpur.

Ms. Brown’s first show featured Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and Pan-Malaysian Islamist party’s leader Dzulkefly Ahmad.

“We will also be knocking on the doors of the National Front politicians to have them on the program,” Ms. Brown said.

Ms. Brown—who is married to Andrew Brown, the younger brother of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown—said her London base will keep her beyond the reach of Malaysian broadcast rules, which in turn will help her in getting out the views of opposing politicians and others.

Under current regulation, local radio channels are required to inform the information and broadcasting regulator of interviews in advance. Often the regulator bars broadcasting such interviews with political opposition members.

Malaysia’s constitution gives citizens the right to freedom of speech and expression, but imposes limits. Violations can be punished by several years in prison.

Malaysia’s current prime minister, British-educated Najib Razak, has initiated reforms to loosen up rules on the news media and the tightly controlled political system as he pitches himself as a moderate keen for a more open society. Last year, he got rid of laws that required annual licensing of print publications. “Definitely what he has done so far has not yet transformed media and how Malaysians want news,” said Ms. Masjaliza, the media advocate.

Ms. Brown earlier launched a radio program called Radio Free Sarawak, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo. She was born in Sarawak, and the program focuses on environmental challenges faced by indigenous people there due to rapid deforestation.

Radio is popular in Malaysia. Malaysians topped the radio listener list in the Asian-Pacific region, tuning in for an average of 21 hours and 34 minutes a week in 2011, according to a survey by market researcher Nielson.

“My target audience is the rural people, who need an alternative medium to know what’s happening,” Ms. Brown said.
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