Selasa, 1 April 2014

R Sivarasa - Ahli Parlimen Subang

R Sivarasa - Ahli Parlimen Subang

Sri Lanka - United Nations Human Rights Council

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 01:36 AM PDT


PRESS STATEMENT BY MALAYSIAN PARLIAMENT CAUCUS ON SRI LANKA dated 27.3.2014

Members of the Caucus wish to inform the press and public that yesterday we have issued letters to the member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council ( UNHRC ), currently in session in Geneva, Switzerland, calling upon them to support a resolution on Sri Lanka which will be voted on by the UNHRC tomorrow Friday 28thMarch 2014.

We have sent the letter to the following countries:

Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Brazil
Chile, China, Cuba, Chez Republic,
France, Germany, India, Indonesia,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan,
Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Romania,
Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,
United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America,
Venezuela, Vietnam

A copy of the said letter which is self explanatory is attached herewith.

The members of the Malaysian Parliament Caucus on Sri Lanka are as follows:
Chairman: Johari bin Abdul
Secretary: Kasthuri Patto
Members: Sivarasa Rasiah (SUBANG) Kulasegaran (IPOH BARAT) V Sivakumar (BATU GAJAH)
                   Dr Siti Mariah (KOTA RAJA) Hanipa Maidin (SEPANG) Charles Santiago (KLANG)
                   Kamaruddin Jaffar (TUMPAT) Takiyuddin Hassan (KOTA BAHRU)
                        Dr Nik Mazian (PASIR PUTEH) Dr Jeyakumar (Sg SIPUT)
             Laksamana Mohd Imran (LUMUT) Gooi Hsiao Leung (ALOR SETAR)
             Gobind Singh (PUCHONG) Manivanan (KAPAR) Raja Kamarul (K TERENGGANU)
             Jimmy Wong (KOTA KINABALU) Er Tech Hwa (BAKRI) Md Idris Jusi (BATU PAHAT)
            Alice Lau (LANANG) Azman Ismail (KUALA KEDAH)




Your Excellency
Ambassador of
Member of the 25th Session of the UNHR Council                                                 23 March 2014



Dear Excellency,


INVESTIGATING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN SRI LANKA


Greetings from Malaysia,


The undersigned are all members of the Malaysian Parliament and are also members of the Caucus on Sri Lanka in the Malaysian House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat).


The Caucus was set up about two years ago and has been monitoring the situation in Sri Lanka. We observe that Sri Lanka has failed to implement the resolutions from their own Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, including the two resolutions passed by the UNHR Council in March 2012 and in 2013. We are also aware that a third resolution for an independent international investigation is expected to be voted on this coming Friday 28thMarch 2014 at the UNHRC 25th Session in Geneva.


We note with much regret and concern that serious violations of international law, widespread allegations of extra-judicial killings, sexual violence, enforced disappearances, continued militarization of the North East of Sri Lanka, land grabbing, failure to reach political solution, torture and violations of freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly all continue to be inflicted against Tamils particularly in the north and north east Sri Lanka. All these contravene the recommendations of both the UNHRC resolutions.


We are informed that the plights of the Tamils are getting from bad to worse. People are living in fear of rape, torture, abduction and many are leaving by boat as refugees. Even elected Tamil representatives are harassed.


The international community has the right, and carries also the responsibility, to establish responsibility for the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Mullaivakkal War of May 2009, resulting in huge numbers of widows, orphans, tens of thousands still unaccounted for, and investigate why still tens of thousands are prevented from returning to their own homes and lands. In this context, credible allegations of a planned genocide of the Tamil community by the government of Sri Lanka persist and need investigation and clarification.

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INVESTIGATING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN SRI LANKA
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________



In the light of the above, we call upon your government as a member of the UNHRC to support the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka to be voted on Friday 28th March 2014 which calls for,
inter alia, a comprehensive independent investigation into serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes in Sri Lanka during the period covered by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission with a view to establishing the facts and ensuring accountability for such crimes and avoiding impunity.


Yours sincerely,




...............................................
Kasthuri Patto
Secretary
Caucus on Sri Lanka
Parliament of Malaysia
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Anak Muda Kampung Nak Senang

Anak Muda Kampung Nak Senang

REFORMASI 2.0 10.4.14 SEREMBAN

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 03:55 PM PDT
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Aminuddin Harun

Aminuddin Harun

REFORMASI 2.0 10.4.14 SEREMBAN

Posted: 01 Apr 2014 01:32 AM PDT
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Isnin, 31 Mac 2014

Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim

The rising tide of judicial impropriety, arrogance of power and transgression

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 07:14 PM PDT

By Anwar Ibrahim, Opposition Leader on MH002 enroute to London

 

"The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing." - Caroline Kennedy

 
Talking about political winds, it appears that lately, the Malaysian judiciary, particularly the judges of the superior courts, are caught in the whirlwind and are frantically racing against each other to please the powers that be of the day.

In the frenzy to curry favours from their political overlords, these minions have stopped at nothing to ensure that they will be the first to reach the finish line. Pots of gold await the backscratchers and lackeys. And where financial gratification may appear a tad blatant, there's always elevation to the higher rungs of office to whet the appetite. Unlike Parliamentarians, judges will never be content to be Back Benchers. The preferred place is the front and the top where they can tower over ordinary mortals, even if they be law-makers or members of the Bar. They fear no one except their political masters because they know on which side their bread is buttered. And they shall not bite the hand that feeds.

Throwing judicial decorum to the wind, they bare their fangs and sharpen their claws in order to cow supplicants in their courts into submission, and in the process, their demeanour and conduct leaves no one in doubt about their bias. And though they know that an adversarial system dictates that judges must not just act impartially but must be seen to be so, they bend backwards to don the hats of prosecutor and executioner as well. When this happens, as indeed it is happening now with unprecedented frequency, we know justice has gone to the dogs.

It is happening because Prime Minister Najib Razak, in flagrant abuse of power, has launched a new campaign of political persecution. "Even if we can't defeat them at the polls, all is not lost (remember Altantuya?). We still have our judges to do our bidding. See how they fall over each other at the snap of our fingers!"

This is the alarming trend in our judiciary where judges work hand in glove with the Attorney-General's Chambers to deny leaders of the Federal Opposition, duly elected representatives of the people in Parliament, their right to justice. In taking this unconstitutional and nefarious line, they have turned the doctrine of the separation of powers on its head.

Hence, apart from me, MPs Karpal Singh, Azmin Ali, Antony Loke, Rafizi Ramli, Tian Chua, Syed Azman and Shamsul Iskandar just to name a few, are marked for the judicial abattoir by the executioners. It may be sodomy, it may be sedition, or it may be illegal assembly, or whatever. These bootlickers know less of law and the principles of justice than lording over the courts parading proudly as peacocks (and peahens) their colourful judicial plumage overflowing with the arrogance of power.

As for those judges who used to sit on the throne, there is still life after retirement. The involvement of former Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad in the National Unity Front, closely linked to Perkasa, Malaysia's icon of racism, while not shocking remains scandalous. It makes a mockery of the institution of the judiciary which he once headed and contradicts the principles of equality, equity and justice that the judiciary is supposed to stand for. Is it conceivable for a former chief judge to head an organisation that is adamantly opposed to the National Unity Consultative Council, and to be notoriously engaged in race-baiting and the trumpeting of the superiority of one race over other races in our multi-racial and multi-religious country?

It would appear that it is not only conceivable but that it is lauded with much fanfare by UMNO going by the prominent coverage given to it by the UMNO controlled media.

Incidentally, this is the same judge who, in his Federal court judgement, had written that "the court's decision must only be based on the evidence adduced and nothing else and (hence) it had to acquit because of lack of evidence," but qualified it with the illogical and manifestly asinine statement that "we find evidence to confirm that the appellants were involved in homosexual activities". In other words, "we find him NOT guilty but at the same time guilty". Anything more stupid, perverse and farcical than that cannot be found in our judicial annals (no pun intended) except for the judgements and pronouncements of Augustine Paul and Ariffin Jaka in respect of Sodomy 1 and the current decisions in respect of the application for expunging and the Sodomy 2 appeal. As they say, it has to take one stupid, perverse and farcical court to agree with another stupid, perverse and farcical court.

UMNO must fight its own political battles and not be such a coward to use the judiciary to help them fight the Opposition. How long more are our judges going to dance to tune of UMNO? When will they stop becoming stooges and lap dogs of UMNO leaders? How long more must the rakyat endure this sham? Who are the puppeteers in this shadow play? Are these judges not aware that UMNO will not be there forever to cover their tracks, or their backs, or that not only will history judge them, but that the rakyat are not going to sit idly by – forever – while they continue to pervert the course of justice?

Parliament, as the vox populi, must make its voice heard before we reach the tipping point and the situation gets out of our hands. There is a tide in our affairs which, unless we seize it, will see our voyage for democracy and rule of law in shallows and in miseries. This is the rising tide of judicial impropriety, arrogance of power and transgression. As one of the three branches of government, Parliament must reassert the sanctity of the separation of powers principle. It is therefore morally incumbent and constitutionally expedient that Parliament acts accordingly to break up the illegal and unconstitutional collusion between the Executive and the Judiciary.

Anwar Ibrahim

1st April 2014

Conviction of Muslim Brotherhood members – A death sentence on justice

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 07:56 AM PDT

In the most farcical and disgraceful trial in modern history, the
Egyptian military junta under Dictator General al-Sisi, on Monday
sentenced to death 529 leaders and politicians of the Muslim
Brotherhood.

Most of the countries in the Arab world, with the notable exception of
Qatar, have neither lifted a finger nor said a word of protest against
this even as the EU and the USA have at least expressed some token
regret. Shamefully, the speaker of the Malaysian Parliament, no doubt
taking orders from the Najib administration, refused to allow the
matter to be debated in spite of vehement demands from the Opposition.

Following the military coup by al-Sisi and the scandalous sacking and
arrest of democratically elected President Morsi, Egypt has gone from being the darling of the Arab Spring to undisputed pariah state of the free world.

This latest act in a series of illegal, unconstitutional and morally
despicable acts by the military junta since the power grab underscores
the diabolical nature of the new Egyptian government set up
purportedly to restore “justice, freedom and democracy” that was
alleged to have been eroded under the administration of duly-elected
President Morsi.

On the contrary, the new regime has demonstrated beyond the shadow of
a doubt that it has no qualms about using the organs of state power
such as the army, police and the judiciary to oppress and repress the
Egyptian people. The fundamental liberties and human rights
safeguarded under the Morsi administration are thrown the drain.
Hundreds more political opponents are jailed without trial while
international journalists including three from al-Jazeera, are
detained without due process.

Backed by a well-orchestrated and sustained media campaign to
whitewash its actions, the ruthless regime of al-Sisi has massacred
its own people including women and children and unleashed other
atrocities with complete impunity.

Monday’s verdict to execute 529 opponents of the coup in a summary
trial that lasted less than an hour makes an utter mockery of the
judicial process and leaves no one in doubt that it is justice itself
which has been given the death sentence and that due process has been
sent to the firing squad instead.

The Egyptian people had paved the way for the full blossoming of the
Arab Spring when, with their blood, sweat and tears, they overthrew
Husni Mubarak, ending four decades of military dictatorship. Voted to
power via an internationally recognised electoral process, President
Morsi and law makers from the Brotherhood and other political parties
were slowly but surely steering the country to new directions in the
path of freedom, democracy and justice.

Tragically, the blatant coup last July engineered by al-Sisi, working
hand in glove with corrupt external powers, has turned the clock back.
The military powers that be appear to believe that this latest
crackdown on the Brotherhood, following the earlier outlawing of the
movement, will further weaken them.

In this regard, they are gravely mistaken. History has shown that
people who are pushed to the ground by perverse and prolonged acts of
oppression and injustice will emerge even stronger.

Anwar Ibrahim

31 March 2014

Condolences: Irene Fernandez

Posted: 31 Mar 2014 06:44 AM PDT

Azizah and I mourn the passing of Irene Fernandez, a champion of the weak, the poor and the marginalized, and a fighter of true grit in the face of persecution and constant harassment by the authorities.

This is truly a great loss to the nation and to Keadilan, she being one of co-founders.

Indeed, also a sad personal loss as she had been a close family friend and my colleague since our Malaysian Youth Council days.

Anwar Ibrahim

31 March 2014
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Ahad, 30 Mac 2014

Anak Muda Kampung Nak Senang

Anak Muda Kampung Nak Senang

Tawaran sumbangan bulanan untuk Madrasah Tuan Guru Haji Ibrahim, Rembau

Posted: 29 Mar 2014 09:45 PM PDT


Madrasah Tuan Guru Haji Ibrahim, Kg Bongek Acheh, Rembau menyediakan 3 bentuk pengajian untuk pelajar yang belajar sepenuh masa iaitu :

a) Pengajian Fardhu Ain (Ibtidai)
b) Pengajian Bahasa Arab (I'dadi)
c) Pengajian Menghafaz al-Quran (Tahfiz)

Pada masa akan datang, pihak madrasah juga bercadang untuk membuka bentuk pengajian yang sama kepada para pelajar perempuan, kerana buat masa ini, madrasah hanya boleh menerima pelajar lelaki sahaja kerana tempat yang terhad.

Di sini juga terdapat Sekolah Agama Rakyat untuk pembelajaran bagi anak-anak yang berumur antara 5 ke 12 tahun untuk mendalami pengajian al-Quran, Fardhu Ain, Jawi dan Bahasa Arab.

Alhamdulillah, madrasah ini terus mendapat sumbangan yang berterusan daripada masyarakat setempat, sama ada yang berbentuk bulanan atau derma bermusim.Sehingga kini, madrasah mendapat sumbangan berbentuk bulanan sekitar RM1,000 sebulan daripada para penderma tetap. Namun jumlah tersebut masih belum mencukupi untuk menampung kos pengurusan dan sebagainya yang dianggarkan sekitar RM10,000 sebulan.

Justeru itu, pihak madrasah, meminta jasa kepada mereka yang sudi untuk menyumbang atau menderma kepada pihak madrasah dalam bentuk bulanan.

Selain derma bulanan, pihak madrasah juga mengalukan apa jua bentuk sumbangan sama ada berbentuk barangan atau tenaga.

Segala pertanyaan dan kemusykilan bolehlah berhubung terus dengan Mudir Madrasah iaitu Tuan Haji Mohd Khairuddin bin Haji Yusoff , tel 012-3752240.

Sumbangan boleh dimasukkan ke dalam akaun : Madrasah Islamiah Haji Ibrahim – no. Akaun : 8601034069 Akaun Semasa Bank CIMB Islamic – Cawangan REMBAU.

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Sabtu, 29 Mac 2014

Anak Muda Kampung Nak Senang

Anak Muda Kampung Nak Senang

Elektrik dipotong tanpa notis surat kuning TNB, pengguna teraniaya

Posted: 28 Mar 2014 05:32 PM PDT


28 Mac 2014

PORT DICKSON – Lantaran menerima banyak aduan penduduk terhadap tindakan syarikat utiliti Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) dalam mengendalikan kes pemotongan bekalan elektrik tanpa notis, Persatuan Penduduk Bandar Springhill mengambil inisiatif melakukan siasatan sendiri.

Pengerusinya, Rosli Nordin, 46, berkata, sejak pertengahan tahun lalu, dia menerima banyak aduan penduduk di kawasan Badar Springhill yang merasa dianiaya kerana pemotongan itu.

"Saya kemudian mengambil pendekatan dengan tidak membayar bil bulanan TNB sehingga berlaku tunggakan. Ternyata saya menerima surat merah daripada TNB bertujuan pemotongan bekalan elektrik.

"Surat berkenaan bertarikh 20 Mac lalu sedangkan ketika itu, saya tidak menerima surat kuning atau surat notis. "Apabila perkara berkenaan diadukan kepada pihak TNB, keesokan harinya barulah saya menerima surat kuning melalui pos yang memaparkan tarikh disampul surat mengenai surat diproses di pejabat pos adalah pada 21 Mac.

"Melalui tarikh ini, ia memang menimbulkan kekeliruan dan syak berkenaan prosedur sebenar TNB dalam mengendalikan kes-kes pemotongan bekalan elektrik," katanya.

Rosli berkata, hampir 30 penduduk menerima nasib hampir sama yang mana tunggakan baharu sebulan atau dua bulan tetapi sudah menerima surat merah untuk pemotongan tanpa menerima surat kuning.
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Jumaat, 28 Mac 2014

Suara Sri Andalas

Suara Sri Andalas

Air Empangan Selangor Terus Susut, Catuan Diteruskan

Posted: 28 Mar 2014 10:40 PM PDT

Hujan di kawasan Lembah Klang sejak 16 Mac lalu masih gagal meningkatkan jumlah paras air di empangan utama bagi membekalkan air mentah ke loji rawatan air sekitar Selangor, Kuala Lumpur dan Putrajaya.
   
Menurut kenyataan Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (SPAN), paras air di semua empangan negeri Selangor terus menyusut berikutan hujan yang sedikit sejak dua bulan lepas berbanding tahun sebelumnya selain peningkatan pengeluaran air terawat.
   
Tujuh empangan, termasuk yang membabitkan Sungai Selangor, kini mencatat bacaan meter 190.00 sehingga semalam berbanding 206.60 pada Januari.  
   
Jumlah simpanan air sehingga hari ini turut mencatat penurunan dengan Sungai Selangor sebanyak 37.09 peratus, Sungai Tinggi (63.25 peratus), Sungai Semenyih (72.83), Sungai Langat (50.20), Klang Gates (50.32), Tasik Subang (88.39) dan Sungai Batu (77.59).
   
Dalam pada itu, peringkat ketiga pengagihan air berjadual akan diteruskan sehingga 30 April melibatkan 722,032 rumah, iaitu kira-kira 3.6 juta orang di enam wilayah sekitar Gombak, Petaling, Klang/ Shah Alam, Kuala Selangor, Kuala Lumpur dan Hulu Selangor.
   
Menurut kenyataan itu, setiap wilayah dibahagi kepada dua zon dan setiap zon menerima bekalan air selama dua hari diikuti dua hari catuan.
   
Kerajaan negeri Selangor pula memutuskan untuk menambah jumlah pengurangan pelepasan air dari Empangan Sungai Selangor sebanyak 500 Juta Liter Sehari (JLH) lagi; menjadikan pengurangan air adalah sebanyak 1,000 JLH.
   
Hasil mesyuarat antara SPAN, Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air, Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (LUAS), Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) dan semua operator bersetuju agar Pengagihan Air Berjadual Peringkat Keempat dilaksana mulai 4 April ini dan diperluas ke kawasan lain.
   
Bagaimanapun, tarikh dan kawasan terbabit akan dimaklumkan kelak.
   
Sementara itu, Peringkat Pertama Pengagihan Air Berjadual yang dilaksana pada 27 Februari lalu bagi kawasan Hulu Langat, Kuala Langat dan Sepang akan diteruskan.
   
Pengagihan air berjadual diperlukan berikutan penutupan Loji Rawatan Air (LRA) Cheras Batu 11 dan LRA Bukit Tampoi disebabkan kandungan ammonia yang tinggi, menurut kenyataan itu.
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Sementara itu, Pelan Catuan Bekalan Air Peringkat Pertama dan Ketiga masih diteruskan sehingga ke satu tarikh yang akan diputuskan oleh kerajaan negeri Selangor.   
   
Penolong Pengurus Besar, Jabatan Komunikasi Korporat dan Hal Ehwal Awam Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (SYABAS) Priscilla Alfred berkata catuan air itu kerana fenomena cuaca panas dan ketiadaan hujan sejak beberapa hari lepas menyebabkan aliran air sungai kembali ke paras yang rendah di Sungai Selangor.
   
"Pelan Catuan Bekalan Air Peringkat Pertama masih aktif kerana Loji Rawatan Air (LRA) di Cheras Batu 11 dan LRA Bukit Tampoi masih ditutup berikutan paras kandungan ammonia yang tinggi di Sungai Langat," katanya dalam kenyataan semalam.
   
Alfred berkata bagi pengguna di Wilayah Hulu Langat, Kuala Langat dan Sepang yang memperoleh bekalan air menerusi kedua-dua LRA berkenaan akan menghadapi catuan bekalan air seperti yang dijadualkan dalam Pelan Catuan Bekalan Air Peringkat Pertama.
   
Bagi Pelan Catuan Bekalan Air Peringkat Ketiga yang melibatkan beberapa kawasan di Wilayah Gombak, Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Selangor, Hulu Selangor dan Klang/Shah Alam, ia masih diaktifkan juga.
   
"Syarikat Pengeluar Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Splash) dan Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd masih meneruskan pengawalan dan pengurangan pelepasan air mentah dari empangan Sungai Selangor dan empangan Klang Gates.

"Kedua-dua pelan catuan bekalan air tersebut berjalan lancar seperti yang dirancang," katanya.
   
Pihak SYABAS menasihati pengguna agar tidak mencuci kenderaan, mengisi air ke dalam kolam renang dan menyiram tanaman hiasan kecuali keadaan kritikal sahaja.

Sumber: MalaysiaKini

Balingian: BN Fears Low Voter Turnout Today

Posted: 28 Mar 2014 10:10 PM PDT

KUCHING: Balingian constituency which has seen only former chief minister Taib Mahmud as their assemblyman since 2001 go to polls this morning to chose a new representative.

Taib, who resigned as CM on Feb 28, also vacated  his state seat to take on the post of governor.

His incumbency is being defended by former Dalat district officer Yussibnosh Balo, 48.  Rivalling him is PKR's Abdul Jalil Bujang, a 55-year-old businessman from Bintulu.

Barisan Nasional is fervently hoping for a big voter turnout today.  The challenge among others is the wet weather which is predicted to continue today.

Election Commission chairman Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said they were expecting a 80% turnout rate at the 21 polling stations which will begin operations at 8am today.

He said early voting involving 132 voters was held on March 25 at the Dewan Serbaguna Ibu Pejabat Polis Mukah.
 
He said the results will be announced  "by 9pm at the latest".

It is a foregone conclusion here that BN will retain Balingian.

In the last state election Taib retained the Balingian state seat by a 5,154 vote majority in three cornered. The majority was a slight dip from the 2006 polls.

But the political scene in Sarawak has somewhat shifted since then with greater political awareness and an active opposition – DAP and PKR – making inroads in the urban, semi-urban and rural areas in the state.

Hence the urgency for BN and its lead-party in Sarawak, PBB, to assert their overwhelming hand.
According to political analyst Jeniri Amir, it is crucial for BN to have a good voter turnout today.

"First, this is a by-election. Normally, in by-elections, voters turnout are much lower than contests during state or general elections.

"If the turnout is low it may affect the winning majority. It is very important to have a voters' turnout of at least 75 percent," said Jeniri.

Jeniri, who was in Mukah and Balingian during the first week of campaigning which began on March 17,  said BN was going all out in their campaign efforts.

"Adenan himself is based in Mukah for the moment. He has gone to several (Iban) longhouses (to campaign). BN is also using their election machinery to the fullest," he said alluding that efforts at every quarter were doubled and tripled this time round.
 
'Buy' election

On Thursday state PKR deputy chairman See Chee How expressed shock at the amount of allocations being announced for projects and upgrades in Balingian since nomination on March 17.

He said the millions announced were more than what the constituency had seen in five decades.

Balingian has 13,233 registered voters of which majority are Malays and Melanau. The rest are Iban, Chinese and others.

The Chinese community's allegiance is what worries Adenan. He needs the Chinese and Ibans to vote for BN for an 'overwhelming' victory.

He has been trying to get the bickering factions within Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) to prioritise the party which is facing deregistration.

He said the Chinese are fedup with the squabbling, but deeply bruised faction followers are unrelenting and suspicious of any peace plan.

In the last state election, the unhappy Chinese threw their lot behind DAP literally killing-off SUPP. DAP took away 13 seats from SUPP. PKR wrested two Iban majority seats and made impressive inroads in a few other rural seats.

Said Jeniri: "The size of the majority will depend on the Chinese and Iban voters, especially in relation to NCR land issues and unfulfilled promises. There is a lot of discontentment in these issues.
"BN needs them to turn out and vote. BN can get a big win if voter turnout is 75 percent."

He pointed out that in Balingian, BN had seen a declining majority in the last three state election, in 2001, 2006 and 2011.

Bearing this in mind, BN and PBB are not taking chances.

Yesterday Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin order BN campaign workers to do a headcount of party supporters at all polling streams and stations.

Muyhiddin wants the Balingian constituency to deliver a win by 6,000 vote majority while Adenan wants the PKR candidate to lose his deposit.

Adenan is hoping for BN to retain Balingian by a 7,000 vote majority and further stamp his authority as the all powerful leader of Sarawak.

Source: FreeMalaysiaToday

Peristiwa Memali: Mangsa Dakwa Dr Mahathir Jadi Dalang

Posted: 28 Mar 2014 10:00 PM PDT

Susulan pendedahan bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tun Musa Hitam, keluarga dan mangsa tragedi  Memali melahirkan rasa kesal mereka dengan penggelapan berita selama ini lalu membuat kesimpulan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mungkin adalah dalang sebenar peristiwa ini dan Musa hanya kambing hitamnya.

Salah seorang mangsa, Yusof Che Mid dalam kenyataannya kepada The Malaysian Insider berkata, "Kalau begitu, bagi saya Dr Mahathir mastermind dalam kes ini."

"(Tun) Musa hanya kambing hitam sahajalah kalau begitu," kata Yusof kepada The Malaysian Insider ketika dihubungi di rumahnya di Baling.

Yusof adalah dua orang kanan Ustaz Ibrahim Libya yang cuba ditangkap oleh kerajaan ketika peristiwa pada 1985 itu.

Di Parlimen, sehari selepas kejadian, Musa ketika itu yang juga menteri keselamatan dalam negeri berkata operasi itu adalah untuk menangkap tiga "penjenayah" iaitu Ustaz Ibrahim dan dua penyokongnya, Mat Ramli Che Mid dan Yusuf Che Mid.

Bagaimanapun, Ramli dan Yusuf tidak ada di rumah Ustaz Ibrahim ketika polis menggempur rumah itu yang mengorbankan 14 nyawa.

Selepas hampir 30 tahun peristiwa Memali berlaku, Musa mendedahkan Dr Mahathir yang juga perdana menteri ketika itu berada di Kuala Lumpur, bukannya China sebagaimana yang dilaporkan sebelum ini.

Pendedahan ini dibuat sendiri oleh Musa ketika peristiwa itu berlaku pada 19 November 1985 yang mengorbankan 14 orang dan berpuluh yang lain cedera.

Musa mendedahkan perkara ini dalam Diskusi Politik Malaysia: Dulu dan Sekarang anjuran kerajaan negeri Kelantan yang diadakan di Kota Baru, malam kelmarin.

Turut serta sebagai panel ialah Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Husam Musa manakala Profesor Madya Datuk Dr Mohmamad Agus Yusof bertindak sebagai moderator.

Musa ketika menjawab soalan Agus berkata, Dr Mahathir berada di Kuala Lumpur ketika kejadian itu dan berkata:"Dua tiga hari selepas kejadian itu pun dia berada di Kuala Lumpur."

Sebelum ini, semua maklumat yang disebarkan ialah Dr Mahathir berada di China ketika kejadian itu.

Sumber: TheMalaysianInsider

Memali: Pendedahan Musa Hitam Tunjuk Wajah Sebenar Dr Mahathir, Kata Pakatan

Posted: 28 Mar 2014 03:00 AM PDT

Pendedahan bekas timbalan perdana menteri Tun Musa Hitam berhubung keberadaan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad di Malaysia semasa peristiwa Memali dan bukan di China seperti dipercayai selama lebih 30 tahun menunjukkan wajah sebenar ‎bekas perdana menteri itu, kata ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

Ahli Parlimen Shah Alam, Khalid Samad ‎berkata Dr Mahathir sanggup menjadikan Musa sebagai mangsa untuk dipersalahkan sedangkan bekas perdana menteri itu berada di Malaysia.

"Ia menunjukkan sikap dan perwatakan Dr Mahathir dalam soal Memali sanggup memangsakan timbalannya dan itulah jenis manusia yang masih disanjung‎ ramai.

"Inilah orang yang merosakkan sistem dan ekonomi negara sehingga kita berada dalam keadaan yang parah sekarang ini," katanya pada satu sidang media di Kompleks Karangkraf, Shah Alam hari ini.

Dalam satu diskusi di Kota Baru semalam, Musa mendedahkan bahawa Dr Mahathir berada di Kuala Lumpur, bukannya China semasa peristiwa Memali.

Pendedahan ini dibuat sendiri Musa yang juga menteri keselamatan dalam negeri ketika peristiwa itu berlaku pada 19 November 1985 yang mengorbankan 14 orang dan berpuluh yang lain cedera.

Sumber: TheMalaysianInsider
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Halang Pemimpin KEADILAN, BN Sarawak Terdesak – Zuraida

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 09:45 PM PDT

PETALING JAYA 28 MAC: Tindakan kerajaan negeri Sarawak menghalang beberapa pimpinan KEADILAN memasuki negeri itu merupakan tindakan terdesak menjelang Pilihan Raya Kecil DUN Balingian, kata ketua Wanita KEADILAN, Zuraida Kamaruddin.

"Ini satu tindakan terdesak BN di Sarawak kerana mereka takut kepada pemimpin PKR untuk berkempen dan mengekang rakyat bergerak secara bebas dalam negara demokrasi.

"Ini hak kita. Mengapa mereka menafikan hak ini? Mereka menggunakan kuasa negeri yang tidak bertempat. Perbuatan ini memberi kesan kepada keputusan pilihan raya nanti," katanya pada satu sidang media di Ibu Pejabat KEADILAN di Petaling Jaya hari ini.

Semalam, Zuraida dihalang memasuki Sarawak sebaik tiba di Lapangan Terbang Sibu pada jam 2.30 petang dan diminta meninggalkan negeri itu pada petang hari yang sama.

Beliau merupakan pemimpin keempat dikenakan tindakan berkenaan selepas Setiausaha Agung KEADILAN, Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Pengarah Strategi KEADILAN, Rafizi Ramli dan Naib Presiden, Tian Chua.

Sementara itu, bercakap dengan Suara Keadilan, Zuraida bimbang keadaan itu akan berterusan pada kempen Pilihan Raya Negeri di Sarawak dan menjejaskan kempen Pakatan.

"Saya khuatir jika perkara ini berterusan, ia akan menjejaskan pergerakan untuk masa akan datang seperti untuk pilihan raya negeri yang akan diadakan pada tahun 2015," katanya.

Sumber: KeadilanDaily

Balingian: It’s a ‘Buy’ Election, Says PKR

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 09:35 PM PDT

MUKAH: The number of projects and upgradings announced for Balingian since March 17 has left opposition PKR reeling in shock.

The Balingian by-election which will be held tomorrow is now literally a "buy-their-loyalties" polls, which is surprising considering the seat has been a Barisan Nasional stronghold since 2001 when former chief minister Taib Mahmud won the seat.

In the 2011 state election Taib retained the seat by 5,154 votes. In the earlier 2006 polls he locked in a majority of 5,726 votes.

Opposition PKR which is fielding Bintulu businessman Abdul Jalil Bujang is hoping to eat into BN's previous majority.

But BN, through its candidate former Dalat district officer Yussibnosh Balo, is aiming for a landslide victory.

Various state and federal BN leaders have been making their rounds in Balingian wooing and cajoling voters with declarations that a big victory will be a show of gratitude to Taib and an endorsement of his successor Adenan Satem's administration.

Balingian falls in Sarawak's 'industrial'  zone. Taib's pet project Sarawak Corridor for Renewable Energy (Score) is sited in the Mukah parliamentary constituency where Balingian sits.

An overwhelming win will also stamp BN's continued control in the rural interior which has been facing active assault by opposition DAP and PKR since the the 2011 state election.

Both parties saw unprecedented victories in the 2011 state elections. DAP won 13 seats, albeit in the urban areas. PKR took three seats, losing at least two constituency by a hairline.

Perhaps this is the reason why BN is aiming its money muscle in victory-guaranteed Balingian.
Shocking extravagance

According to state PKR vice chairman See Chee How the millions being thrown around in Balingian since the March 17 nomination, was unprecedented and  "more than the constituency has seen in decades".

The latest being a pledge by Sarawak's Infrastructure and Communication Minister Michael Manyin to build a 11-kilometre missing link road between Kuala Serumpai and Kuala Tatau at a cost of RM230 million.

The numbers shocked See, who said that on the average one kilometre stretch of road in Sarawak would cost between RM1 to RM1.5 million to build.

He questioned the need for RM230 million for 11 km road stretch, adding that it reflected the need for a better check and balance system against the ruling government and that BN was fearful of their weakening strength in Balingian.

"The extravagance is shocking. We  want people to know that the BN government has made so many promises in the Balingian by-election because of PKR's strong presence.

"This has shown how important it is to have a dual party system.  We need a good check and balance of the government.

"We urge all voters to come to vote on March 29," said See alluding to the Kajang by-election which saw a low voter turnout. Nonetheless PKR retained the Kajang seat.

Source: FreeMalaysiaToday

Anwar’s Conviction: The Ugly Truth About BN

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 09:30 PM PDT

By Eric Paulsen

Ever since Anwar Ibrahim was sacked as Deputy Prime Minister in 1998, the government has continuously misused state institutions, especially the police, the Attorney-General's Chambers and the judiciary to persecute him on what were clearly politically motivated and trumped up charges.

Anwar was beaten to within an inch of his life by then Inspector-General of Police Rahim Noor while handcuffed and blindfolded, and after a series of sham trials that were universally condemned, he ultimately spent six years in jail.

With Anwar once again poised to challenge and reshape the dynamics of opposition politics by contesting in the Kajang by-election and in all likelihood be appointed as Selangor Menteri Besar, something had to give – and the government once again called upon the services of the AG's Chambers and judiciary to eliminate Anwar.

Although not expecting a fair trial, the skulduggery and lightning speed involved to bring forward and fully hear the AG's Chambers appeal against Anwar's acquittal, having him convicted and sentenced to five years' imprisonment in order to disqualify him from contesting in the by-election was breathtaking and represented a new abysmal low for the judiciary.

To describe the judiciary as not independent is a serious understatement.

In such cases, these judges actively collaborate with the authorities and deliver perverse judgments on cue.

It is just a matter of time before our judiciary, deservedly mocked, reaches the farcical level of summary trials currently seen in Egypt in cases against the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Court of Appeal judges involved, Balia Yusof, Aziah Ali and Mohd Zawawi Salleh surely must be remembered as being responsible for one of the worst miscarriages of justice in recent memory.

Their names will live in infamy together with other infamous judges like Augustine Paul and Arifin Jaka who similarly perverted the law in order to convict Anwar on false charges.

The hardliners in the government clearly think that the overwhelming misuse of state institutions is the answer even though such actions are preposterously self-defeating.

There has been a stream of criticism both inside Malaysia and abroad including from the US, EU, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Inter-Parliamentary Union and numerous other human rights and lawyers' organisations.

Many are ridiculing a legal system that allows for a travesty of justice on this scale to take place, which lacked basic standards of fair trial and even involved Mohd Shafee Abdullah, prominent Umno lawyer and legal adviser to Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Najib Tun Razak, to prosecute Anwar.

But coming down hard on Anwar and many other opposition leaders, members of parliament, student leaders and dissidents on spurious sedition and peaceful assembly charges among others, makes Najib look more repressive than the modern and democrat leader that his spinners want to portray.

It also adds to the perception that Anwar and the opposition are clear victims, despite the fact that Barisan Nasional still enjoys almost half of the electorate's support.

Given that the judiciary will at some point be called again to adjudicate on significant matters between the government and the opposition including on electoral fraud, gerrymandering and other unlawful practices, fundamental freedoms and transition of government at state or federal level, anything that undermines its independence will cast a long shadow over these processes.

Anwar's verdict comes at a crucial moment in Malaysia's muddled transition from authoritarian rule with nominal democracy and periodic elections to what many still hope, despite the troubling signs, a greater democracy with genuine free and fair elections.

The verdict is not just about Anwar or the opposition's political ambition.

By convicting Anwar in a ludicrous trial that broke every known fair trial standards, it represents the ugly truth of BN, of desperation to hold on to power come what may, regardless of the damage it may do to Malaysia.

It is therefore all the more imperative to reject Anwar's verdict and work towards reclaiming Malaysia's democratic future without BN at the helm.

Eric Paulsen is the executive director of Lawyers for Liberty. Follow us on Twitter @lawyers4liberty

Kalaulah Sarawak Seperti Selangor - Jaytson

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 09:20 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: "Kalaulah Sarawak seperti Selangor…," kata Jaytson Lenjau Lian, yang membandingkan perbezaan ketara pentadbiran kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Selangor dengan negerinya yang lebih 50 tahun dikuasai Barisan Nasional (BN), lapor Roketkini.

Butir bicaranya jelas menggambarkan rasa marah dan kecewa, mengenangkan negerinya yang kaya dengan sumber asli, namun hanya dinikmati sekelompok kecil penguasa BN.

Jaytson adalah seorang daripada peserta lawatan sambil belajar empat hari tiga malam Pemimpin Tempatan Bintulu Belaga ke Selangor anjuran bersama NGO Borneo Care dan DAP Sarawak, bagi melihat kaedah pentadbiran Pakatan Rakyat di Selangor.

Katanya, pengertian sebenar Persekutuan Malaysia ketika ia mula ditubuhkan dulu adalah untuk semua negeri berkongsi kekayaan dan bersama-sama maju sebagai sebuah negara merdeka.

"Memanglah saya terpegun melihat Selangor. Kalaulah dapat Sarawak juga macam ini, hidup (sejahteralah) kita dalam Persekutuan Malaysia ini," katanya selepas sesi lawatan ke Dewan Negeri Selangor (DNS) di Shah Alam, semalam.

Menurutnya lagi, pentadbiran Selangor jauh lebih telus dan bersungguh-sungguh berkhidmat kepada rakyat, berbanding BN yang sehingga kini masih gagal memberi kemudahan asas kepada penduduk di Bumi Kenyalang.

"Tambahan pula, YB-YB kita di sini, kita boleh berjabat tangan, berbincang dengan dia. Di Sarawak, nak tengok pun tak dapat. Polis kata 'jangan dekat, ini YB!'," katanya lagi.

Program semalam dimulakan dengan lawatan ke Parlimen yang mana mereka diberi taklimat berhubung prosedur penggubalan undang-undang dan dasar oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Bukit Bendera dan Bukit Mertajam, Zairil Khir Johari dan Steven Sim Chee Keong.


Sumber: HarakahDaily

Kit Siang: Andaian Bakri Parahkan 'Krisis Kredibiliti'

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 09:15 PM PDT

Timbalan Menteri Pertahanan Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri patut berundur atau dipecat kerana  membuat andaian berhubung kehilangan MH370 yang didakwa menjadikan "krisis kredibiliti" kerajaan menjadi lebih parah.

Ketua Parlimen DAP Lim Kit Siang menganggap, andaian bahawa MH370 berpatah balik atas arahan pusat kawalan yang dibuat Rahim itu tidak bertanggungjawab, cuai dan karut.

"Kesilapan Abdul Rahim menjadi lebih parah apabila beliau kelmarin mendakwa bahawa jawapan lebih tepat akan diberikan hanya setelah sisa pesawat ditemui," kata angggota Parlimen Gelang Patah itu.

Abdul Rahim semalam berkata, kenyataannya sebelum ini, bahawa MH370 berpatah balik kerana mendapat arahan pusat kawalan, hanya andaian dan ia tidak tepat.

Dalam kenyataannya hari ini, Lim mempersoalkan kenapa penjelasan itu ditangguhkan sedangkan rakyat Malaysia berhak tahu mengenainya.

"Apakah Abdul Rahim ingin mengatakan bahawa tidak mungkin untuk mengetahui mengapa tiada tindakan susulan oleh TUDM (tentera udara) ketika MH370 hilang dari radar awam, tetapi berjaya dikesan oleh radar tentera melainkan jika 'kotak hitam' ditemui?"


Sumber: MalaysiaKini

TAWAS: Peserta Bawah 18 Tahun Layak Terima Skim Baru Khairat RM1,500

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:00 AM PDT

SHAH ALAM, 27 MAC: Kerajaan Selangor terus komited membela kebajikan rakyat negeri itu dengan memperkenalkan satu lagi skim khairat kematian.

Skim yang dinamakan Manfaat Khairat Kematian YAWAS itu membolehkan ibu bapa peserta Tabung Warisan Anak Selangor (TAWAS) yang meninggal dunia sebelum mencapai umur 18 tahun menerima sumbangan RM1,500 daripada Nerajaan Negeri.

Pengurus Besar Yayasan Warisan Anak Selangor (YAWAS), Mohd Noor Mohd Zain, berkata skim terbabit mula diperkenalkan, pada 1 Mac lalu.
 
"Manfaat ini diperkenalkan kepada anak kelahiran Selangor yang mendaftar sebagai Ahli TAWAS. Dengan manfaat terbaru ini, jika peserta TAWAS itu meninggal dunia sebelum mencapai umur 18 tahun, ibu bapanya boleh menuntut khairat kematian bernilai RM1,500.

"Tuntutan itu boleh dibuat di pejabat YAWAS dengan membawa Sijil kematian, Kad SiManja dan Penyata Simpanan TAWAS jika ada," katanya kepada Selangor Kini, di sini, hari ini.

Mohd Noor berkata, rakyat Selangor digalakkan mendaftarkan anak mereka dalam Skim TAWAS bagi membolehkan anak terbabit tidak keciciran dalam menikmati pelbagai kemudahan yang disediakan Kerajaan Negeri.

Apabila seorang anak yang baru lahir didaftarkan dalam Skim TAWAS mereka akan dihadiahkan tabung simpanan RM100 dan pada usia 18 tahun, peserta berpeluang menerima RM1,500 seorang hasil daripada pelaburan dalam TAWAS.

Pendaftaran TAWAS boleh dibuat di Pejabat Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN), Pejabat Daerah, Pejabat Penghulu/Ketua Kampung, Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan, Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) terpilih atau terus ke pejabat Yawas di alamat A1-11-2 & A1-11-3 Jalan Multimedia 7/AH, Park City, I-City, Shah Alam.

Sebelum ini,di bawah program Merakyatkan Ekonomi Selangor (MES) Kerajaan Selangor memperkenalkan Skim Mesra Usia Emas (SMUE) yang membolehkan waris peserta skim itu menerima sumbangan khairat kematian bernilai RM2,500 dari Kerajaan Negeri.

Sumber: SelangorKu

Selangor Laksana Sukan Luar Sekolah, Elak Guru Jadi Mangsa Kerajaan Pusat

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:30 AM PDT

SHAH ALAM, 27 MAC: Kerajaan Negeri mempunyai pendekatan tersendiri untuk berdepan dengan sikap Kerajaan Pusat yang kurang memberi penekanan terhadap pembangunan sukan di Selangor.

Exco Belia dan Sukan, Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi, berkata Kerajaan Negeri memilih untuk tidak bersikap konfrontasi dalam situasi berkenaan bagi memastikan tidak ada pihak yang terbabit terjejas terutama guru.

Katanya, setakat ini belum ada sebarang program pembangunan sukan dilakukan secara langsung dengan pihak sekolah.
 
"Kita mengambil sikap ini bagi menjaga semua pihak. Pada masa sama, program pembangunan sukan terus giat dijalankan.

"Kita juga tidak mahu apabila Kerajaan Negeri bersama sekolah terbabit secara langsung, guru pula dijadikan mangsa oleh Kerajaan Pusat.

"Mungkin mereka dikenakan tindakan disiplin, surat tunjuk sebab atau ditukarkan hanya kerana bekerjasama dengan Kerajaan Negeri," katanya kepada Selangor Kini, di sini, baru-baru ini.

Perkara itu dibangkit Yunus apabila wujudnya halangan yang  tidak membolehkan Kerajaan Negeri terbabit secara langusung bersama sekolah dalam pembangunan sukan.

"Contohnya, Sekolah Sukan Seksyen 11 sebelum Pakatan Rakyat ambil alih Kerajaan Negeri, Majlis Sukan Negeri (MSN) Selangor dan Exco Sukan ketika itu boleh masuk. Tetapi, kini secara tidak rasminya kita tidak dibenarkan masuk.

"Namun, Kerajaan Negeri melalui MSN masih lagi berhubung dan memberi bantuan keperluan pembangunan sukan di sekolah terbabit," katanya.

Beliau berkata, pihaknya mengariskan beberapa komitmen sebagai jalan keluar dalam usaha memastikan program pembangunan sukan di negeri itu terus terlaksana.

"Saya cuba mencari jalan yang terbaik untuk anjurkan kejohanan sukan. Tahun lepas, saya berjaya anjurkan kejohanan bola sepak bawah 16 tahun, yang mana ia tidak dipertandingkan di peringkat sekolah.

"Sebaliknya, masih membabitkan pelajar apabila mereka menyertai kejohanan terbabit ketika cuti sekolah. Dengan cara itu, kita masih mempunyai ruang mencungkil bakat pelajar yang berpotensi besar dalam sukan bola sepak," katanya.

Sumber: SelangorKu
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