Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 10)

The Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) asked the police to explain their actions in arresting 59 members of the Marginalised People's Network (JERIT) who took part in a cycling campaign earlier this month.

Suhakam felt it was improper for the police operation which resulted in the detention of 28 teenagers. Datuk N. Siva Subramaniam, the commissioner for Suhakam, said JERIT and its members had every right to take part in the cycling campaign as the issues they were fighting for are current national issues which many parties had been championing for over the years.

The issues that JERIT was voicing concerns about are minimal wages, the abolishment of the Internal Security Act, adequate housing for the poor, price controls, a halt to privatising basic amenities and for the restoration of local council elections.

The police then had threatened to take action against the campaign organisers for using minors and parents for allowing their children to take part in it. The participation of the minors should not have been a problem as they all had written consent from their parents. What right have the police in determining what can and cannot for other people's children to take part in especially when it was a permitted and peaceful campaign. No laws were broken so what jurisdiction does the police have. Bloody blatant abuse of power is what it is.

After an overnight detention in the Rawang police station, some minors complained of intimidations by the police and a few were still traumatised from the experience. Suhakam is now waiting for the response from the police before deciding whether to launch a full public inquiry and pursue this matter further.

Stroke and simple symptom identification of it

STROKE: Remember the 1st Three Letters.... S.T.R.

Please read:

STROKE IDENTIFICATION

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics). She said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.

Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke... totally . He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR . Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S * Ask the individual to SMILE.

T * Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. It is sunny out today)

R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue.. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other , that is also an indication of a stroke

A mammoth anti-ISA protest planned

Anti-ISA activists seeking to step up pressure on the government to repeal the draconian Internal Security Act is planning a massive protest rally some time in March 2009.

The planned street demonstration will be in the streets of Kuala Lumpur and could embarrass the government as this time more than the recent Bersih rally turnout of 50,000 protestors is expected. This mammoth rally is jointly organised by several non-governmental organisations and opposition political parties.

Will be interesting to see the outcome of this protest rally and whether it will be a success in abolishing the ISA. Even more interesting would be the measures taken by the Home Ministry and its keeper Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar to counter and foil the rally. Lets hope and pray for a positive outcome and keep yourself updated as it will be an eventful 3 months leading up to the proposed mammoth rally for sure.

1,500 idiots identified in Malaysia

About 1,500 protestors in Penang today called on Malay rulers to revoke citizenship of Malaysians who dispute Malay special rights and demanded their special positions to be safeguarded as enshrined in the constitution.

Defending their privilege is their rights but the idiotic thing was to defend the Internal Security Act or ISA and even suggested that those suspected of questioning the Malay special rights be put under arrest under the Act for investigation. Those idiots really don't know the difference between the two and that the ISA ia a travesty of human rights.

Thinking about it maybe there really is actually no difference. The said special rights also some what oppresses and marginalises rights just as the ISA does.

Jawah Gerang joins PKR

Former 5 term MP for Lubok Antu constituency here in Sarawak has joined Parti Keadilan Rakyat together with 1000 of his supporters. Their membership application was officially handed to PKR secretary-general Datuk Salehuddin Hashim at a ceremony in Sri Aman on Christmas eve.

More worries for BN and Taib as it seems that more and more leaders in Sarawak are now crossing over to join the opposition. What will the BN and Taib do next to counter this ever growing threat??? Maybe they will come up with new immigration laws where IC and passport is no more important but having a BN member card can get you access into this state.

No entry into Sarawak

After spending much of our state's funds in promoting tourism to Sarawak and what does the government do, they deny people entry into the state.

Pakatan Keadilan Rakyat or PKR Member of Parliament for Padang Serai N. Gobalakrishnan was denied entry into Sarawak by immigration officers under orders from the government at the Kuching International Airport.

Gobalakrishnan quoted :

"The moment I reached the airport, immigration officers told me that I am not allowed to enter due to instructions from the state government".

"The immigration officer gave me a notice which reads ‘Tuan bukan rakyat Sarawak, tidak berhak untuk masuk ke Sarawak tanpa permit atau pas Akta Imigresen 1959-1963′ (You are not a citizen of Sarawak and are not eligible to enter Sarawak without a permit or immigration pass)."

The PKR Member of Parliament left on the next available flight out of Kuching.

What an embarrassing and conceited move by our government to stop the opposition machinery into entering the state. Deplorable is what it is. That's how despicable the UMNO-BN Government are. Recent news about DAP's new rural branches getting tremendous support have definately sent shivers through the Government. As seen recently of SUPP's statement that they never neglected the Iban communities and now deny access of an opposition party leader into the state. Clearly an act of cowardness from UMNO, BN and Taib's administration.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!!!

Wishing all Christians and all Malaysians a very merry Christmas!!!

A gift from some one nobody knows yet and might never will, splattering Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar's home with red paint. Syed Hamid's BN billboard poster was also splashed with yellow paint. Though we do not condone such acts of vandalism but to the person who did it, man, you've got balls!!! Cheers to you dude!!!

Happy holidays everyone.....

Joke of the day.....

After the Iban communities in droves joined the opposition party of DAP in Sibu because of dissatisfaction towards the BN government of years and neglect and broken promises, SUPP today came out saying that they did not and never ignored the hardships of these communities.

Yeah, you may not be the ones directly that broke the promises made to them but choosing to do nothing at helping them is just as bad. What a pack of hypocritical liars!!!

Game over for Pakatan Rakyat???

PAS with their constant bickering of implementing Hudud and Qisas law if Pakatan Rakyat ever takes over as the Federal Government has probably sealed the fate of the opposition. The momentum that the opposition has worked so hard to build up and now the idiotic wisemen of PAS has practically nailed the coffin shut.

These moronic leaders of PAS when they went for their religion required circumcision must have also circumcised their brains too. PAS till today has been the weakest and most dangerous link in the Pakatan Rakyat machinery and it is a wonder why does the Pakatan Rakyat still keep them in the coalition. PAS are clearly no team players and is like an over heavy garbage that is just sinking the Pakatan Rakyat coalition ship.

They should know that their Hudud and Qisas law will never be a winning and accepted manifesto simply because Malaysia is a multi-racial country. Their primitive laws are not even preferred by their own Muslims of this country. The PAS leaders should have just kept their foul smelling crap hole mouth shut and just ride the wave. Being master tacticians that all politicians are, PAS should have known better to keep such controversial issues to themselves first till the day Pakatan Rakyat really takes over the Malaysian government. What good is it making such a big fuss about it now only to ruin your chance of getting elected into office.

That is what that doesn't make any sense at all. Politicians are a cunning and conniving bunch. Their tactics, strategy, ploy or call it whatever you like is always well planned and carefully thought out. Very seldom they would slip up and make a mistake like this to only jam their party's machinery.

Was it a boo boo by PAS issuing the statement or was it actually puposely done???

History has it that PAS and UMNO were once partners in crime before they had a fall out and went their separate ways, or did they now...??? It seems rather ironic that PAS would be dumb enough to issue such a statement which automatically swings the momentum away from Pakatan Rakyat. Their said fall out might have just been an Emmy winning performance. This might all have been a high level hush hush deal between PAS and UMNO. PAS might actually be a spin off party of UMNO to do its espionage work and to sabotage opposition parties and coalitons.

Hmmm.....now that's a food for thought isn't it. How else do you explain the wisemen, master tacticians of PAS frequently coming out with statements and issues that only seems to put the Pakatan Rakyat in hot soup. Whether or not this maybe true, it would still be in the best interest of the Pakatan Rakyat if they are really serious about toppling BN to form the next government, is to just chop off the bad leg that is just slowing them down, and that is PAS.

Sleepless in Sarawak

It has been rumoured that probably in another 12 to 18 months time, Sarawakians will go to the polls for their state elections. With recent activities by the opposition parties, those 12 to 18 months will seem just a little too fast for the BN coalition and for once the strangle hold of Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud is under real threat. What it will be for sure is 12 to 18 months of sleepless nights for the Chief Minister and co.

The cause of this insomnia causing revelation is that the Sibu Jaya and Sungai Merah branches both in Sibu has been officially launched. Members of both these new branches are predominantly Iban and it is a known fact that over the years the Ibans of Sarawak were never happy with the BN Government or its Chief Minister.

The 2 new branches of DAP held their first AGM to elect its pioneer batch of office bearers at the Sibu DAP office yesterday morning. The Sibu branch head office was said to be filled to the brim that every chair was occupied and even so members still kept pouring in, willingly standing throughout the whole meeting. More of these rural DAP branches will be set up in the coming months and for sure alarm bells have been ringing in the BN camp.

Several Iban leaders were invited to speak at the meeting and all of their speeches had the same tune in it that how the BN Government has continuingly neglecting the Iban communities despite of promising them heaven and earth. They even expose the fact that BN leaders have resorted to threats and intimidation, dissuading them to join or vote for the opposition. The NCR land issue was also mention by these Iban leaders as we know that over the years they have been robbed slowly but surely by the tyrant pirate Chief Minister and his faithful crooked cronies.

It was always a known fact that in order for the opposition in Sarawak to break the BN dominance would be to have these Iban communities wake up from the bondage of their very own Iban BN leaders. Once they have the courage and the political maturity to do so then a change of state and maybe even federal government is in the cards. With the show of support as seen at the DAP branch opening a political wind of change is blowing in Sarawak. As the DAP now plans to open more and more such rural branches, this wind of change might turn into a full blown typhoon and blow BN away. It has been a long time coming.

Taib and his cronies swan song days of plundering the state's resources maybe numbered. After nearly 3 decades at the helm he has already amassed enough pension fund not only for him but probably enough for 3 or 4 of his generations to come. He has no one to blame as years of marginalising and oppressing the Ibans has finally caught up with him. All his Iban cronies must also be shaking in their boots as they know they have awoken a sleeping giant and there is no turning back now. They now must scurry for whatever they can scavenge for in a year or a year and a half they can jolly well kiss their ministerial posts good bye as they face the wrath of the monster of their own creation.

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 9)

Sungai Siput MP Dr D. Jeyakumar will write to Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah to explain matters about the recent bicycle campaign organised by Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (JERIT).

He was responding to Selangor Police Chief Deputy Commissioner Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar's remark that the Sultan had expressed regret that there were irresponsible parties exploiting children in their campaigns.

Pretty audacious from the Selangor Police Chief saying that children were exploited to gain political mileage when the police themselves do not regard these children as minors. The police detained these children overnight from 7pm to 1pm in the next in a dark room like criminals when the cyclists was in Rawang.

Walk the talk

Interestingly as the ABAS (Amateur Bowling Association of Sarawak) AGM edges closer the topic is on members that want change but only talk about it without doing anything hence the saying 'you gotta talk the talk and walk the walk'. Must be said that the statement said is true. There is no use bout saying something then not being able or not wanting to do anything about it. Might as well don't say anything at all.

Those that are not satisfied about the current state of the association should also put effort into helping instead of just crucifying and condemning. Over the years many have been critical about the activities and decisions of the association but many have been talkers only. None have dared to step up to the plate and speak out their issues. Majority have done nothing. Every AGM, these talkers attend but seldom they take the floor and make their issues be known. Nobody I guess wants to be the indian and everybody wants to be the cowboy.

Then of course you have the other group of members that just don't give a crap. Lets not talk about these as they are frankly just not worth mentioning. For those that are unsatisfied then your constructive opinions and suggestions would very much be appreciated. I am sure ABAS being an association that is owned by each and everyone of its membership paying members would take in all views and its elected office bearers and committee members will consider any suitable ideas. After all, we only want the progress, betterment and advancement for the association don't we.....

Sounds right and peachy doesn't it but why is it that members have stop giving their opinions and suggestions???
Simple, giving much opinion and suggestions for them to only fall on deaf ears, after a while you'd get tired, fed up and just keep it to yourself wouldn't you.

If suggestions are good then why are they not considered and are just discarded???
Well, not all suggestions are viable and the committee would have to decide on which are suitable but then also there is this fact that though some suggestion maybe good to some but may not be good at all to others. Over the years decisions have seen swing mainly towards those that benefit 'influential' individuals only.

Time and time again, ABAS business have been kept with outmost secrecy. This we can't understand and accept because ABAS is an association and it exist because of its members support and participation. No one has the right to make it as if it is their own. All members should have a right to know things that goes on. ABAS has been singing the same old song of being transparent to all members but the Gestapo and KGB 'styled need to know basis' they still practice seems to make them look hypocritical. Can be said back at ABAS in the face too that after you talk the talk you got to walk the walk!!!

One thing that the association has been consistently good at till now is the constant ability of them 'shooting themselves in the foot'. No denying that it must be said they have done a pretty fine and decent job in some cases and credit should be given back to them. They have fought well to increase our annual budget from the federal and state's sports ministry but because of that too that problems have arised. With the sufficient funds available some administrators might have just gotten their heads bloated too early. During that period is when members have lost their power because certain quarters entrusted into office do as they please. Worst is some do nothing at all.

Today with the existence of the void between administrators and members, the association has made it a point to bridge the divide. Definately the right thing to do but is it all a little too pretentious??? Failure of the association to send a team to the Interstate because of restricted funds might have been resolved if earlier they had been a little more appreciative of its members. Members too want to bring glory to the state and the association. Members pulling their resources together for the common interest of the state team would not have been a problem but now it is not an option for ABAS to even dare ask as they fear of getting a boot in the ass. Can you blame some members for turning their backs??? Fair to say no cause the marginalisation has made the cut too deep.

Now the association will have to go back to its grass roots which are its members and build up the rapport again. Credit again to those administrators that have realise the cause and are starting to try and sovle the problem. As they say first step to rectification is realisation. Of course action must be taken also. Knowing and not acting upon it is as good as ignorantly not knowing it.

Credit to some old guard dogs that have been doing a fine job all these years and kudos to those young pups that have taken the responsibility upon themselves and assisted their seniors. A responce to a friend's statement that 'old dogs are still good to hold their post'. Yes true it maybe based on experience and such but only if they are not leashed, chained and sits there only. They gotta bark and learn some new tricks too like shake hands.....

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 8)

Almost 100 cyclist from a people's rights network coasted into the Parliament compound yesterday. The cyclist from the Oppressed People's Network or better known by their Malay acronym JERIT (Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas) were allowed to enter the Parliament in groups of 20 at a time to hand over the memorandum for better laws to safe guard the public.

It was a nice gesture that some MPs took time off their busy schedule to escort these activists as they make their way into the Parliament House. All the MPs were from the Opposition. Goes to show what the BN MPs stance is on human rights issue.

The only untowardly incident that happened on that day was the arrest of a 39 year old cyclist who hurled abusive words at policemen who had initially denied them access. Kuala Lumpur City Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner II Ku Chin Wah said that the cyclist was detained to have his statement recorded and was later released.

Not bad for a group of harmless cyclist. Ever since they started their journey, they have managed to get the attention of every states high ranking police officer to make press statements. These cyclist are getting more attention from the police than the rising crime rate is.

Empty promises – Don’t take it personally but it’s all about the MONEY!!!

It is a favourite pass time now in Malaysia, making empty promises. All of us regardless if you are a labourer, CEO, association or political president, no matter how we may deny it, we all are guilty of making these ‘empty promises’.

For politicians though especially in Malaysia it does seem to be a trade you must have to succeed. Time and time, over and over again these politicians have promised us everything and anything under the sun and has failed to deliver even the simplest things. It is a norm isn’t it when it comes to politics. Well, that may be but a line must be drawn when one individual continues to talk the talk and can’t walk the walk. Weird is that when you stop over at any ‘kedai kopi’ and criticism and condemnation from these coffee shop politicians but these very people that are complaining are the very people that voted for the one they are scrutinising.

Come on la Malaysians, have you all forgotten this saying of ‘fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me’. You guys voted for the crook so stop complaining and you have nobody to blame but yourselves. Shame on you. If you’re not satisfied then for heaven’s sake stop voting for him. That is how you get rid of useless politicians and that is what elections and voting are for.

Heck, even politicians themselves have been screwed by their fellow politicians too. Being of the same breed of crooked politicians doesn’t guarantee any immunity from being short changed as well. Party president will mislead the deputy president, party leaders will mislead the committee members and committee members will mislead the ordinary members. It is just a vicious cycle that keeps on turning and turning.

Evident of this from the just concluded SUPP triennial delegates conference. The party’s president Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam and his deputy president Tan Sri Law Hieng Ding made a promise to step down from their party posts to give way to the younger generation. A promise that they made 2 years ago but guess what, yup, they are still there hanging on to the same posts. Guess what again, not only did they not relinquish their posts but they have retain the losing team that got whacked in the last state election. Talk about learning from your mistakes…..

All the same goons are still sitting pretty like SUPP secretary-general Datuk Sim Kheng Hui, publicity and information secretary Datuk Alfred Yap Chin Loy, Lily Yong and Chan Seng Khai, all of which were humbled in the last election by the opposition. What change and reforms will SUPP be expecting keeping the old guards. Things will continue to remain as it is and it is a known fact that you just can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

Ironically is the very people that are complaining about this is the very same people that casts their votes to elect back the two same president and deputy president. What gives man?!! Does this geniuses know that in Malaysia we practice democracy styled voting where you vote to elect or to retain and not reality tv “Survivor” tyled voting where at tribal council you actually vote to get rid of a certain some one.

Political parties are not the only ones infected with this stupidity. Even sports bodies in Malaysia have contracted this disease. Why you might ask??? Well, the answer is simple. In the old days, sports was about commitment, passion and desire to achieve greatness for oneself, for their state or country. Now because of commercialization, sports has become a big money earner may it be for the athletes or those involve with it. Government and state grants and funds are also up for grabs. With the need of equipment and facilities as well, business opportunities are also at abundance.

Sports bodies and associations face this dilemma that present office bearers will promise to relinquish their post but in the end hog it for as long as they can. Why do they do this since they have nothing but complains that it is a very stressful, pressuring and hard working posts??? Why do they refuse to just retire??? Why if it is such hell to have that post that many are willing to fight for it??? Is it because of the passion and love they have for the sport and the association???

The answer is simple and can be found in this formula :

PARTY/ASSOCIATION POST=POWER+BUSINESS INTEREST/OPPORTUNITY=LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY

It is no rocket science but as simple as it may seem there is lots of validity and truth in it. I am sure anyone familiar with any kind of such organization can relate to this fact. There is no free lunch in this world and neither does anyone wants to work for free.

Take the Football Association of Sarawak of FAS as an example. They were once a very cash and asset rich organization with a very feared and respected football team in Bolehland. Today it is nothing but a joke. The association can’t even afford to send the team out for their away matches and is seriously in debt. Cash and assets has long gone and the association is as good as bankrupted. Players haven’t received their promised wages in god knows how many months. Heck, when the association was in such dire straits our Chief Minister, the richest man in the state didn’t even want to get his hands dirty with it. With the wealth that he amassed, saving the state football team and FAS would have been peanuts for him. Why did he and many others turn their backs on the association???

Simple fact that the formula can’t work in this fund defunct association anymore because someone else has already sucked it dry. So there is no mad rush for the top spot anymore unlike when the association’s coffers were full. Think back and Sarawakians familiar with the sport will definitely recall those days when being the president of FAS was such an honour and those that had that honour tried their damnest not to relinquish it.

With so much scandals and controversies surrounding the FAS it is a wonder how come the ACA does not find the happenings irregular enough to start an investigation. I mean a well of association wound up being penniless and that doesn’t sound any bells in the anti-corruption office, a bit strange isn’t it???

Anyway, a full proof solution to the woes of FAS was finally found. Since it is a cardinal sin in Malaysia not to have your very own state football team, even though they stink, what other better way to solve the problem than to support the association through the state sports ministry. Who foots the bill at the end of the day bailing them out of the pickle they’re in…..US, the taxpayers!!!

This sport has always been allocated with the most budget for many years and have continued to disappoint. Now they want to use more of our state’s funds and resources to finance it some more???
What the hell for?!! Its like a rotten apple, throw it away before it rots the whole basket. The budget allocated for FAS should be cut and given to other sports that have been performing well to bring glory for the state. They deserve it.

One sport that Sarawak is no whipping boys in the country is bowling. Our state keglers have always delivered the goods and done us proud. This year will be different though. They will be no joy for the state as ABAS (Amateur Bowling Association of Sarawak) which oversees the development and progress of the sport in the state has announced that they will not be sending any team to the annual national championship or Interstate because they do not have sufficient funds.

Isn’t it a sad story that these kids have been training and preparing hard for this tournament the whole year only to be disappointed in the end. The Interstate for bowlers are like the World Cup of football for our local bowling scene. Men, women and children alike practice hard with the hope of being selected and given the chance to represent the state. Dreams have been shattered because the sports ministry’s funds have all gone to other high profile sports that achieve squat for our state.

Not fair now is it but that is the way things here in Malaysia works. Merit counts for shit. All the blame can’t be put on the shoulder of the sports ministry as well. Some should be put on the bowling association itself. About 2 to 3 years ago the association was very proud and arrogantly spending when out on trips because then the budget allocated was sufficient or fair to say sufficiently more. Prudent spending was then not a consideration as tournament trips and outing filled the calendar. These trips and outings were also accommodated with high allowances, fancy accommodations and who knows what else.

If they had been frugal on their spending previously then there might not have been a problem to send a team to the nationals. Available funds allocated for the association to run its yearly programme is made known to the officials so proper planning budgeting even cut backs if need be can be made accordingly.
So what excuse has the association got to give for their failure to put aside adequate budget for the interstate??? They haven’t done much throughout the year for the men and women’s bowlers and what is the point for them to pay their membership fee anyway. All you get is a small blue slip of paper as the membership card and its not even laminated!!!

What is happening to this association??? To many bowlers this association is as good as gone. The office bearers and committee members should put some serious efforts into improving the association. Nothing much happens being a member except for its bi-annual AGM and the Sarawak Closed championship that yeah, has been cancelled this year due to lack of funds. It is just sad what the association has become. No effort except that of asking for more budget allocation from the ministry. Over the years of being spoon fed by the government has just made them all too dependent and lazy.

Office bearers of the association that has been there too long and are burned out of ideas should give way to new and young blood to spruce and freshen up things. The existing officers should stay on also even though relinquishing their post and advice the new incoming generation that will be taking over. This association has come too far and is the blood and sweat of many to just let it go down the drain.

There are already a few young officers in the association now and their efforts to pick up the tricks and trades from their seniors are very much appreciated. Some are slowly rising in power and stature in the association. Lets just hope that this rise to prominence is all for the benefit of ABAS and not self benefitting purposes to give extra leverage to one’s business and to gain mileage of wealth. Remember this little simple formula :

PARTY/ASSOCIATION POST=POWER+BUSINESS INTEREST/OPPORTUNITY=LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY

There is still much that can be done for ABAS now unlike SUPP as the bi-annual AGM is coming up in a weeks time. So members should put some effort and attend the meeting and have your say. Feed back, inquiries, suggestion and opinion are all for the good of the association. Rock the boat a bit so those that are at the helm won’t for a minute think that they can do whatever they please. The association is owned by each and everyone of its paying member and they all have equal rights. It is not own by a certain individual or group or company.
So do vote and vote wisely whenever there is any election. Stop being like them ‘kopitiam politicians’ complaining and criticizing but when they had a chance to make things right, they didn’t.

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 7)

Police issued a warning to the Marginalised People's Network (JERIT) who are planning to cycle to the Parliament to hand over a memorandum.

Kuala Lumpur City Police Chief Datuk Abu Samah Mat said that the cyclist will be arrested if they do not heed the warning. His reason given is that cycling in a big group without a permit is considered an illegal gathering.

With the oppressive and racist BN government led by UMNO in power, gone were the good old days when cycling was just cycling. Even yoga is no more an exercise.

A statement was also released by father of a JERIT cyclist who was arrested and detained in Rawang. The very unhappy father said that the police did not allow him to see his son. He also said that those who were detained in Rawang were mostly children and they were detained from 7pm until 1pm the next day. The detainees were also understood to be kept in a dark room.

For goodness sake treat the children well la. Is there no more decency in the police force these days. They are only children making a peaceful stand for the rights of marginalised people and they are not terrorist or criminals. Utterly embarrassing what our police force has become. What happened to their proud motto of 'to serve and to protect'???

Oh yeah, wait, they are serving and protecting still but just not the public but UMNO!!!

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 6)

Is there a bet going on among the police force on how many JERIT cyclist they can round up???

Yesterday the Bangi police detained 37 and today the Rawang police detained 59 cyclist with 1 MP, 1 assemblyman and 28 minors among them. The MP mention is Dr D. Jeyakumar who was detained previously already and the assemblyman for Rawang, Gan Pei Nie.

Beware cycling enthusiast, when indulging in your hobby, make sure you not wearing red and cycling in a group or face police interrogation and detention.....

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 5)

Police today summon 37 cyclist who took part in the recent "Cycle for Change" campaign organised by JERIT to have their statements recorded at the Bangi Police Station.

For real la, can't this police just leave these peaceful activists alone. The police should busy themselves with the spiking crime in the country instead of continuingly harrassing these innocent people who have done no crime.

Boot at the Bush

During a speech in Iraq, US president George W. Bush had a pair of size 10 boots thrown at him from a disgusted Iraqi journalist. Lucky for the old fart he still had some decent reflexes or else he might embarrassingly get a boot in the face.

The ever so proud Secret Service agents who are train to step in the line of fire and take a bullet for the president did not react fast enough to stop the boots reaching the podium Bush was at. Guess their excuse would be they were train to stop bullets from hitting the president, not boots.....

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 4)

Jerit handed a memorandum to the Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar's office without much trouble in this leg of their journey heading towards the Parliament.

JERIT coordinator S. Arutchelvan said Negeri Sembilan was very supportive and welcomed the cycling human rights group. He also said that the police there were also very understanding and did not give them any trouble.

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 3)

Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin said that members taking part in the JERIT "Cycle for change" campaign should have a rose in hand to be given to any police officers they might encounter at road blocks.

Nice gesture suggested but if not mistaken, police in Malaysia not very keen on flowers, they love money though!!!

Bottled water in your car is very dangerous to women

This is how Sheryl Crow got breast cancer. She was on the Ellen show and said this same exact thing. This has been identified as the most common cause of the high levels in breast cancer especially in Australia.

A friend whose mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. The doctor told her: Women should not drink bottled water that has been left in a car.

The doctor said that the heat and the plastic of the bottle have certain chemicals that can lead to breast cancer. So please be careful and DO NOT drink bottled water that has been left in a car and pass this on to all the women in your life. This information is the kind we need to know and be aware of and it just might save a life.

The heat causes toxins from the plastic to leak into the water and they have found these toxins in breast tissue. Use a stainless steel Canteen or a glass bottle when you can!!!

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 2)

Police in Ipoh today detained 50 members of the Oppressed People Network (JERIT) who were riding bicycles from Kuala Kangsar on their way to the city.

The group aged between 13 and 16 clad in red T-shirts were detained for questioning, had their statements recorded and ICs checked by the police but was later released unconditionally. The road block was said to be set up just to intercept these peaceful cycling children.

Oi!!! Apa la, you police got nothing else better to do or criminals to catch ka???

No wonder crime rate is so high in Malaysia now, all the police are busy setting up road blocks to check cycling children's ICs.

Yoga 'haram' in Sarawak

I'm so saddened to read in the papers that Muslims in Sarawak has been banned from practicing yoga. It's so sad, just so so sad that a healthy and relaxing practice of breathing and stretching exercises can be miscontrued by the idiotic National Fatwa Council.

Even more heart breaking is the fact that our state has agreed with their views. Seems like Sarawak now has become a wimp state pleasing and adhering to every whine and cries. Feels like with each passing year Sarawak has lost its identity and 'ngelaban' spirit. We have become the 'Government say shit standing up then we shit standing up la' people. Since when did we become so weak and dependable on the Government that has been taking our natural resources from our land and giving us chump change in return.

Apa dah jadi wahai anak-anak Sarawak???

Under the Taib administration almost 30 years, the state and federal government has been chopping down our trees, stealing our land and sucking our oil dry. The ones that benefitted from all this years of looting, not the people of Sarawak that's for sure.

Self denial and closing our eyes from seeing this reality isn't going to make things better and make the problems disappear. It is high time we took destiny into our owns hands.....

STOP VOTING FOR TAIB, BN, UMNO AND THEIR CRONIES!!!

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 1)

The Malaysian police once again showed how abusive they can be with their power. This time arresting members and supporters of the human rights group JERIT. Even YB Dr Jeyakumar, the MP for Sungai Siput was not spared.

JERIT was organising the 'Cycle for Change' campaign when they were disrupted by the police and brutally manhandled. A female JERIT coordinator was even said to have been punched in the face and her breasts grabbed.

If there is any need to scuffle with these peaceful human rights activist on bicycles, I'm sure the police could refrain themselves from using accessive force especially on the women to avoid such issue arrising of being accused of molesting. Of course this molesting could have been accidental as there is always two side to a coin but the police have no one to blame for their continued ignorance in always putting themselves in such a spot of bother.

Let see what the police have to say for themselves on this issue in the next coming few days shall we. Stay tuned for Part 2, till then, STRIKE 1 to Polis Di Raja UMNO.....BOO!!!

STRESS!!!

I am not sure exactly how it works, but this is amazingly accurate.

Read the full description before looking at the picture. The picture below has 2 identical dolphins in it.

It was used in a case study on stress levels at St. Mary's Hospital, London. Look at both dolphins jumping out of the water.

The dolphins are identical.

A closely monitored scientific study revealed that, in spite of the fact that the dolphins are identical, a person under stress would find differences in the two dolphins.

The more differences a person finds between the dolphins, the more stress that person is experiencing.

Look at the photograph and if you find more than one or two differences you need to go on holiday.....

No need to Reply, I'll be on holiday.

Never take life seriously.

Nobody gets out alive anyway!

Logos that just didn't come out right

The logo designer should be taken out and shot...Hahaha!!!

Getting sacked from UMNO probably the best thing to have ever happened to Datuk Zaid

Former de-facto Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has been sacked from UMNO with immediate effect s announced by Prime Minister and UMNO president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Reasons for the sacking, Datuk Zaid attended one too many events that were organised by the opposition.

According to the lame Prime Minister, Datuk Zaid attending these opposition's events is against UMNO ethics and drastic action needs to be taken. The Prime Minister also said that UMNO does not practice double standards and will act tough against those who breach the party's code of ethics. Datuk Zaid will not be allowed to appeal the decision as the sacking was agreed and approved by the UMNO Supreme Council.

Think without doubt that the sacking is a blessing in disguise and probably the best thing to happen to Datuk Zaid. A man of such righteousness and vision as him should not waste his time in UMNO. All his efforts would only be filtered and suppressed by UMNO. Datuk Zaid's intentions to bring about change would have more effect and his message will reach further now that he is out of UMNO.

Thanks to Datuk Seri Abdullah and UMNO for yet again releasing another thorn from their party that I'm very sure will come back and prick them in the arse. Hmm.....maybe this is also a clever move by the outging Prime Minister to have all those influential individuals out of UMNO so they can make life a living hell for Najib as means of getting back after his successor forcibly forced him out of power.

Joke of the day.....

Today's winner without doubt is Mohd Apis Johar from the Young Malay Graduates Movement (GGMM) for his legal action of RM2 million suit or apologise to the Malays against MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.

Joker Johar filed the legal suit on the grounds that Dr Chua questioned and did not accept the "Ketuanan Melayu" concept. Young Malay Graduates indeed, coming up with such an absurd legal action only shows what graduates we have know. Nothing but crap in the void between their ears.

Trying not to look like an opportunist though, this joker announced that the money (if he wins) will be donated to organisations that benefits the development and advancement of the Malay community. Opportunist he may not want to project himself as but a racist he is. Why only Malay community??? What about the orphanage and other institution for the unfortunate???

Here is an idea of a counter suit for Dr Chua.....demand RM5 million from that sorry excuse of a graduate for the Malays that the so called "Ketuanan Melayu" was supposed to help but didn't and is now living in hardship and poverty!!!

Cheers for the Sultans again!!!

With the economic slowdown heading towards Malaysia and the political mess that we are going through, the ones with the sensible rational mind seems to be the Sultans. With the lack of political leadership from the country's leaders it seems that the Sultans are bridging that vacuum void.

Latest muscle flexing by the Sultans was the announcement by the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah that there will be no "Datukshit" being conferred by the state this year. He also said that there will be no additional state functions and the state must be prudent in spending as not to waste the Rakyat's money.

The idiots and morons that are running the present government should take some leadership lessons and examples from the Sultans. Think in the fifty plus years of independence, never has there been a government so weak and lame as the present one. In this last five years can be seen that the usually untouchable big three component party of UMNO, MCA and MIC that makes up the Barisan Nasional coalition showing signs of dissatisfaction among each other and the lack of unity suggest that maybe a break up of the coalition is at hand in the near future. History in the making is what we could be witnessing soon, the demise of the BN coalition and the racist UMNO.

Must say it's been along time coming. Fifty odd years of the same old crap is just a little too long. Malaysia needs a change. The change though we do not know if it is for the better or for the worst but nonetheless a change is most welcomed. It is time that UMNO realise that the Rakyat are no more ignorant to the dangerous racial card that they keep pulling out of the bag. The Rakyat now are too intelligent and wants a more fair and transparent government with equal opportunity to all regardless of race, creed or religion. Over the years Malaysians have learn to live in racial harmony and have the outmost respect for each other. UMNO today is in trouble because they fail to realise this.

Evidently, can be seen as the Selangor Sultan has openly criticised the politicians using racial issues to gain political mileage for their own or party's benefits. The Sultan is right that the politicians should give the racial thing a rest and focus on more important matters, the economy. With the global recession and the risk of it hitting land fall in Malaysia soon, all the politicians are busy bickering about "Ketuanan Melayu" and privileges only. Don't they realise that when Malaysia goes into economic turmoil, what use is the privileges going to do??? If due to the economic crunch and civil unrest occures, what use is the "Ketuanan Melayu" then???

Hopefully the Sultans of Malaysia will continue to make noise and keep the politicians in line. With the Royals coming out from political obscurity and back into prominence, maybe that is just what Malaysia needs.

Joke of the day.....

And today's winner for the "Joke of the day" goes to the Chief Minister of Sarawak Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud for his comment that PKR advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's credibility is doubtful.

He was commenting on Anwar's failed attempt to topple the BN government as promised on Sept 16, 2008. Have to admit that Anwar's failed promise has some what taken the gloss off the shine.

Now that Pakatan Rakyat and Anwar have realised that their key to victory is the votes in Sarawak and now efforts have been put in to bringing the party here. Don't think it needed rocket science Mr. Ibrahim to know the importance of the votes in Sarawak but I guess realising it now is better than later.

With the good turn out and show of support to Anwar and PR in Sibu recently, Taib is sure to be a little sore. Feeling restless and threaten as the possibility of the state election soon, Taib has jump the gun and started to his attack by character assasinating Anwar.

Well Mr. Taib, Anwar's credibility might have been somewhat shot but at least he still has character to doubt unlike you. All Sarawakians know what a lying cheat and corrupted dictator you are.....!!!

Sabah’s pipe dream

This article is taken from 'The Nut Graph' blog. Interesting, very interesting. Proving that East Malaysian states are like the Government's ATM machine.

Those goons are sucking us dry of our natural resources, earning billions and giving us pennies in return for it. Is there nothing we can do about it???

THE controversy over the proposed RM1.6 billion gas pipeline running from Kimanis, Sabah to Bintulu, Sarawak illustrates a classic problem. It shows how, in a federated system of government, the power centre at the federal level can divide, rule, and exploit marginal outlying states.

The project is huge. The offshore gas will be landed at Kimanis, pumped through a pipeline that will run for about 500km — 90km in Sabah and 410km in Sarawak. It will cut across 300 rivers, streams, and very inhospitable mountain regions.

The media reported in March 2008 that Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd had awarded a contract worth RM1.6 billion to a consortium led by Dialog Group Bhd to build the pipeline, expected to be completed by 2011. The consortium is made up of Dialog E & C Sdn Bhd, India's Punj Lloyd Ltd, and Sabah's Petrosab Logistics Sdn Bhd. A month later, a subsidiary of Wah Seng Corp Bhd won a contract worth RM390 million to manufacture, coat, deliver, and store pipes for the project.

Such a massive injection of funds would seem to bring a windfall of "development" to Sabah, with the possibility of nurturing the petrochemical industry and all downstream activities. So why are the political leading lights so set against the project?

In fact, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and president of the United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Organisation (Upko) even threatened to leave the Barisan Nasional (BN) if the project went ahead.

To understand why, we have to revisit long-standing grouses among Sabahans, and Sarawakians as well, against federal exploitation of this valuable natural resource in their state. There just haven't been tangible benefits to the local people.

Milking Sabah dry

As they see it, this project is just another federal attempt to milk Sabah dry, while a great percentage of Sabahans still live under the poverty level. In fact, the eastern Sabah regions like Sandakan are on the verge of an energy crisis. Meanwhile, the only payment that Petronas has to make to the Sabah state government is a paltry 5% royalty.

So far, the public conversation between Petronas chief Tan Sri Hassan Merican and Sabah political leaders is like a dialogue between a chicken and a duck. The Petronas CEO sees himself as a technocrat only, and his decision is entirely based on rational business consideration. It is all about the bottom line of profit and loss for Petronas.

Petronas is wholly owned by the federal government. It is vested with the entire ownership and control of all petroleum resources in Malaysia through the Petroleum Development Act 1974. It is a powerful multinational company, a power unto itself.

In Malaysia, all energy policies are crafted and overseen by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) and the Implementation and Coordination Unit (ICU). Both of these answer directly to the prime minister. In short, the prime minister is the ultimate boss for Petronas, which then becomes a cash cow at his disposal in his macro-economic planning and dispensation of patronage. In reality, Petronas can simply ignore state politicians in Sabah.

But Sabahans see things differently. They see the RM1.6 billion project as just another blood-sucking scheme from Kuala Lumpur, while the majority of the Sabah population wallow in socio-economic backwardness.

Divide and rule

The most vocal critic of the gas pipeline project, Datuk Yong Teck Lee, president of the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), said on 10 Nov 2008 in Kota Kinabalu:
"That gas and oil belongs to Sabah, not anybody else. Petronas only has a right to extract the oil and gas. If we cannot use it, then do not exploit it. Leave it there for future generations.
"The state government can consider stopping the gas pipeline by using its powers under the land laws, which is a state matter under the federal constitution, to stop the access and transit of the pipeline."

The Sabah state government will not do that. The chief minister is an Umno man, and one does not expect him to go against the prime minister, who is also Umno president. It is a maxim in Malaysian political realism that personal and party interests must come before the people's interest.

In the end, even Dompok did not make good his threat of withdrawing from the BN when the prime minister announced the revival of the once-ditched gas pipeline project. Yong had this to say in explanation:

"The failed appeal of Upko to scrap the 500km Petronas gas pipeline from Kimanis to Bintulu was not a complete surprise. SAPP reiterates that the grossly unequal and unfair equation of federal-state power has worked against a divided state like Sabah."

"It is common knowledge that if Upko were to carry out its threat to leave the BN, as reported in some papers, then Umno and BN can rely on PBS (Parti Bersatu Sabah) to fill in the void left by Upko. It is not a coincidence that the prime minister had chosen to announce the decision to go ahead with the gas pipeline at the PBS congress in Kota Kinabalu, while at the same time, praising PBS and its leaders. This is divide-and-rule in a glaring public display."

It should be explained that this divide and rule tactic works because both Upko and PBS are competing for exclusive political representation of the non-Muslim population of Sabah within the BN coalition. An equivalent scenario exists in Sarawak.

It works because Umno has successfully infected Sabahans with the cynical and sophistic philosophy of communal politics. That is a pity, because Sabahans, like Sarawakians, are the exemplars of very good racial relations in their daily life outside politics.

The only hope for Sarawakians and Sabahans to get a better deal in this lopsided federal state equation is for the Pakatan Rakyat to take power in both federal and state governments. They are the king makers in federal politics.

Therefore, there is a real opportunity for their political rebirth and a renegotiation of the social contract that was struck in 1963 when Malaysia was formed. But they may perhaps have to discard the politics of race first.

Natives Land Grabbed Systematically By Land Pirates of Sarawak

This is a letter taken from YB Lim Kit Siang's blog about native Sarawakians' plight on the NCR issues that is plaguing our state. It is something that we Sarawakians always knew was happening. Shameful the injustice that is happening right beneath our noses and I'm sure it is happening now too as we speak.

In Sarawak NCR lands are ignored and not respected, in the name of politics of development, which will make the rich richer and the poor natives poorer. The big developments are owned by shareholders who are already rich and Taib Mahmud’s cronies with the revenues / profits are shared among these few shareholders.

Their politics of development is to enrich themselves, self interest and great greed. Now they have deforested the Rajang forests – no more timber to harvest, so they go for native lands whether Temuda, Pemakai menoa, Pulau etc, they simply don’t care.

Taib is nearing his term now and in process to create a dynasty in Sarawak. His son will take over PBB, become chairman & thereafter CM of Sarawak. For the transition period, he may place his YB brother to take over. The manipulations, self-interest & greed will continue. The village people in Sarawak, most of them having no formal education will still vote for Taib coz support from rural areas with cash in election time will be on-going. Taib is great manipulator & having vast cronies here.

They have felled all the timber in Sarawak. Now they go for natives land. For land, they make use of Sarawak Land & Survey Department (SLSD) to get land as they wish. They just walk in SLSD office and choose which land area they want. Form a company for the purpose. Then the company will apply for land. The application will be processed/approved. They will comply with all procedures kononnya, ill-intention all things have been pre-arranged & prefixed.

Then SLSD will survey the land area, give notice through newspaper with description of land the village people will certainly not recognise or aware of. The procedure is legalized & provisional land title is issued by SLSD to the company. They legalised the taking of natives land which is outright robbery. They are robbers & pirates!!

They won’t inform the affected villagers for they don’t want them to know. Unlike the good intention of getting peoples land for genuine purpose of building bridges, roads, infrastructures etc, the villagers were informed and notices sent to kampungs & long houses for them to stake claims, but for purpose of land acquisition for companies things were done in secrecy. It was the other way round.

They confuse people by saying govt never grab peoples land. True but only those genuine purposes for public amenities but not for purpose of land to be given to their companies. That’s the difference here. They confuse the people here with this saying by YB Awang Tengah that govt never take peoples land!!. What a liar. The villagers will never be informed of their evil intention and the company will be sending bulldozers & tractors to the newly acquired land. When they see buldozers, tractors etc only then the natives will know.

Villages will lodge complaints to SLDS, District Office, Police, YBs - the answer is the land acquisition is already legal, nothing much can be done!!! The advice given was “you all (villagers) need to negotiate with the company, minta kasihan mereka!!!! Imagine your own property - your land grabbed by the eagles then minta kasihan. What right do they have?

That’s the damned reply. That’s Taib’s administration here. He has hijacked the government institution. Since no one to turn to, so natives will try to stop the bulldozing of their rubber gardens, farms, empty land which is their “temuda” & “pemakai menoa” themselves. They have no money to fight this legally. Even then they can hardly win coz here all land belongs to state government.

The onus of proof is on the natives. In actual fact it should be those people who is taking natives land to prove the land is indeed not NCR. Our ancestors all have died, their has been no documentation in 1900s just NCR status accord by the land code.

Here natives are not allowed to survey their NCR land but the government can. Even if natives want to survey their NCR land first they need to prove land is planted 90%+ with crops, ok fair enough , then provided the area is not marked for development. Even then SLSD will not give land title to natives.

You know the SLSD, state gov has been hijacked by the pirates, Taib is the one-eyed pirate leader here. He is worst than the Somalia pirates.The rich and influential shareholders will have a very big piece of land for 60 years or more…which is not theirs in the first place.The few rich shareholders will have millions in revenues/profits.

So YB, this is happening everywhere in Sarawak now, natives are being evicted from their land now. Let me give you one of the real scenarios going on now at Serian under Muara Tuang DUN constituency (Taib’s brother) which is under Kota Samarahan Parliament constituency (Taib’s son). They plundered natives land there now under their proxies.

One of the NCR areas given to Usaha Jasamaju Sendirian Berhad, company number 660630-K. locality of land: between batang samarahan and Ensengei road, Serian. Area:354.00000 Ha, more or less convert to Mixed Zone land from 6/12/2006-5/12/2066. Lot number 00890, map sheet number: N5-13-1(5.1) TRN: 08-LCPLS-016-000-00890, Prov. Lease of state land - C. Remarks: Alienation of Land vide L.&S.80 No.69/2006, Svy. Job No.125/2006, DLS’s approval ref: 15/HQ/AL?103/2005(8D) dated 19.10.2006 & SLS’s ref: 15/SD.Doss.NO.AL/34/2006 issued at request of Ting Tiu Gung.

The village people who have been staying there since generations even before the Sarawak Government existed were never informed nor consulted - what more to be invited to have some shares and together participate develop the land there.

When the SLSD survey the areas for 1 month more or less, it was done in total secrecy. When village people ask them, no one would talk or answer. If there is answer they would lie to them. Now they are bulldozing peoples’ land, rubber trees with no regard to natives rights who actually own the land. They bersikap kurang ajar!!

Please YB, help address the issues of land belonging to natives in Sarawak urgently, a lot of lands now being plundered and taken from them right under their noses for Taib’s richness, cronies’ self-gains, greed at the expense of natives. This is only one case, there are many more. More tears of natives befell the land now.

The state government institution has been totally hijacked by Taib & his cronies here. He totally make use of this opportunity. The good example is the land described above. Now they are bulldozing the land, rubber trees, temuda, pemakai menoa, pulau without regard to peoples feelings as fellow human beings - the villagers are helpless now.

Bring this native land issue up to the attention of the whole country - so that the nation knows what Taib is doing here!!! he has hijacked the State Government for greed.

Do something now YB. Don’t be too busy with Semenanjung politics only.

Thank you, YB. God bless you. -Pribumi Sarawak

Joke of the day.....

Today's "Joke of the day" winner goes to foul mouthed Pasir Salak MP Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman.

This fellow has gained quite a reputation these days for his constant use of foul languages during Dewan Rakyat sittings. This fellow joined the many ranks of clowns that have turn the Dewan Rakyat and Malaysian politics into a joke. To date this bugger has at least on three occassions used profanity in his arguements but I guess there is no reason for him to stop since he seems to get away with it. No disciplinary action whatsoever has been taken on him yet for his un-Parliamentary behaviour.

Inul Daratista's planned concert was rejected because the artiste's dance move was inapropriate as claim by certain religious leaders but blatant use of profanity in the Dewan Rakyat is fine and ok???!!!

Despite rampant murder, rape and robbery, IGP still claims Malaysian streets are safe

Police have given their assurance that Malaysia is still a safe place despite the rise in domestic crime and instability in the region.

Inspector -General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan did not deny that crime rate is high but insists Malaysia is still a safe place. He said this after delivering a key note address entitled "Instilling Confidence in the Royal Malaysia Police" at the opening of the 5th Forum on Crime and Policing at Universiti Sains Malaysia as reported in the New Straits Times.

He was quoted to have said that domestic crime even though is on the rise, it is still at a manageable level and the police are more than capable of handling it.

Ironically is on that very same newspaper publishing his statement, can be seen reports of murders, rapes, sodomys and robberies. The most disturbing of the reports got to be that a gang of six went on a rampage in Taman Sentosa, Klang, killing two and leaving five seriously injured in separate attacks.

The parang-weilding gangsters, believed to be high on drugs, randomly picked their victims then attacking and robbing them. This same gang is also suspected to be involved in the sodomy and murder of a Thai national in Sungai Buloh recently.

Since it was reported that all the killings were in separate attacks then how come no arrest or even suspects yet that has been identified by the police??? How many times and how many more innocent lives have to bve taken before the police have a vague idea of the criminals??? Is this what the IGP meant by saying that the police force are still capable of coping and managing the crime rate??? If it is so then dread the day we must when the IGP finally says that the crime rate is un-manageable and the police are incapacitated.

To give some credit back, Malaysia actually still is relatively safe compared to many of its neighbours. Malaysians generally are very peaceful and civilised people except for a few rotten eggs. The police as the IGP puts it, "crime rate still manageable", should step up measures to bring it down. Every year so far, annual crime rate has been going north instead of the direction of south and that is alarming.

Tan Sri Musa also said that the police force crime solving rate is up to 40% but the problem here is not about how much crime they solve but how much crime there is. What Malaysians want is for the streets to be safe again and low crime rate not high solving percentage. As the police like to preach that prevention is the best method then they should start putting into practice rather than just talking about it.

“To Fatwa or not to Fatwa??!!!”

The very free nothing else better to do National Fatwa Council recently issued an edict banning Muslims in Malaysia against the exercise of ‘Yoga’. This edict comes after their ban of ‘tomboyism’ just not too long ago.

Yes, that is exactly how free they are. Reason for the ban on yoga according to these wise Muslims is because yoga originated and contains Hinduism elements (bad news for Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak…..Hehe!!!). They fear that continous practice of yoga would sway the beliefs of Muslims practicing it. Fatwa wise men should have some faith and give credit to their fellow Muslims. Muslims are known to be religiously strong minded and don’t think stretching and breathing exercises will corrupt their beliefs in any way. Those that are religiously weak then not only yoga will sway them from their religious teaching, so will everything else. Then what is the Fatwa going to do??? Ban everything or confine them to house arrest in the mosque???

The National Fatwa Council is like the parliament for Islam religion in Malaysia. They are the politicians of Islam that think up the do’s and don’t’s for Muslims in this country. They have come up with some acceptable and reasonable laws in this country for all Muslims to adhere to but some are just plain stupid. This yoga ban is a fine example of their idiocy. Pity for the Muslims in this country for having morons determining what they can do and cannot do.

Over the past many years, the National Fatwa Council have grown from strength to strength as they passed laws regarding to Islam without any objection or rejection from the country’s leaders, ministers and community alike. Reason for this obedience is the fear of being branded as un-Muslim. In view of this the Fatwa Council, since no one dares to question them, have taken for granted their power by passing laws according to their definition and disregarding the views and opinions of their fellow Muslims.

However, after being so used to having their way, they must have forgot a clause in the Constitution of Malaysia which states that the King is the head of religion in this country. The King is the one that can choose to approve or reject whatever cuckoo laws those goons cook up. In past years the Royalty has always decided to be silent and take the back seat in regards to the administration, laws and policies whether civil or Islamic most probably cause of the fear as being tagged a too radical Islam.

With the recent reminder to the National Fatwa Council about who is the actual boss of the Islam religion in Malaysia and not just make up laws as they please without first running them through with the Ruler’s Council, is a welcome sign that the King and Sultans in this country has finally flexed their muscles. The Fatwa Coucil this time must have pushed their luck a little too far and passed one religious law too many.

The sudden involvement of the Royal Rulers is a breath of fresh air filling up the vacuum of leadership left by weak political Executives running this country. Maybe and hopefully with the Rulers regaining prominence after such a long spell in the shadow of silence, we shall see Bolehland returning to some sensible and normalcy democracy.

Joke of the day.....

The Home Ministry today issued a statement that they will be monitoring blogs to check if bloggers are posting comments that confuse people on controversial issues.

Well, maybe the Home Ministry should monitor ministers that lie, cheat and spin truths about anything and everything. If the ministers are free to say anything they please then why can't the Rakyat. Leadership by example is it not.....

Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said at the moment the ministry was merely advising bloggers against the misuse of blogs.

What?!! Is this some kind of 'read between the lines' kind of threat that more crackdown on bloggers under the ISA are to come???

The audacity to talk about bloggers misusing blogs, what about ministers misusing and abusing their powers for their own benefits???!!!

What a shit load of crap Mr. Deputy Home Minister.....!!!

Moronic ignorance not intelligence is the traits needed to be an accepted US President

Only in the first two weeks after making American history as the first African-American to be elected as President of the United States of America, Barack Obama is now back in the line of fire. Now he is being criticised for having exceptional command of spoken English!!!

Yes, you read it right. He is now crucified for being able to speak in long grammatically correct sentences. His perfect verbal tick now has been dubbed as unorthodox, odd and jarring by the American public.

Please do give me a minute here.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

WTF!!! Cause this fellow can speak proper English he is now being condemn for it. He is the President foe pete's sake, how does the Americans expect him to speak??? Or cause he is 'black' that his sentences should include 'yo', 'bro', 'wazzup', if not he is considered odd.

According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a President who is so verbally proficient in English. The fear is that because Obama's always grammatically perfectly correct sentences, the average American Joe and Jane might not be able to relate to their new President.

Poor Obama, after breaking the race barrier and winning right to govern his country, now he has to face the daunting task of not speaking proper English if he is to be accepted. Merit, vision and policies now are not the only criteria needed to head one of the world's most advanced and largest economy. Future aspiring US Presidents should take note that to blend in and to be accepted, DO NOT learn English well.

The one Obama got to thank for putting him in such a predicament is his predecessor, George W. Bush. Truth can be told that Bush must be the most idiotic and moronic American President in history. During Bush's two terms as President, he has set new heights for idiocy that any half brain would find it hard to emulate let alone an intelligent man as Obama. Maybe that is the reason why Al Gore lost to Bush in the last presidential election, Gore was deemed too smart.

Americans always have this popularity rating polls before the actual election as a yard stick to determine the next most probable incoming President. Maybe now that survey should be renamed the moron rating polls.....Hehehehe!!!

Joke of day.....

State police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar warned organisers attempting to hold a gathering at the Batu Caves temple. He added that the police will not hesitate to take action as no permit has been issued for the gathering.

No need to say la, we know police will not hesitate to use brutality against harmless citizens. Also there is no need to mention of any gathering that has no permit cause we all olly well know that any political get together that is even a slight bit anti government will never be legalised.

Human rights and freedom of speech that they claim exist in Malaysia is nothing but a joke.....

UMNO bitches in mud fight for number 1

Party election is coming for UMNO and election won't feel like an election without the normal back stabbings. Wanita UMNO are no exception to this common practice. As they say, politicians are ust greedy spineless opportunists.

Main event in the Wanita polls would be the bitch fight for the women wing Pesident post between now President, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, and her current deputy, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.

It was almost a no contest for the post as it was earlier agreed that Tan Sri Rafidah would return to her present post unchallenged only to hand over power to Datuk Seri Shahrizat come June 2009. All was going well until recently Shahrizat made an about turn and decided not to wait and announced she will contest for the post in the coming party election. Goes to show when devils made deals with each other, surely one will end up with a fork in the back.

Rafidah in her counter move of Shahrizat's turn around has announced that the recently agreed power transition plan is now 'null and void'. She said that if she were to win in the coming polls, she would see out her 3 year term.

One wonders if the bold move by Shahrizat is the right option or she should have just patiently wait for the power transition in June 2009. Shahrizat's 73 nomination votes to Rafidah's 117 shows that Shahrizat might have a tough time beating her well seasoned campaigner.

The build up to the Wanita UMNO show seems pretty exciting and don't think it will disappoint and the sure to ensue bitch slapping and hair pulling will surely entertain. What promises will be a great battle of the heavy weights (and literary so too...hehe!!!) of Wanita UMNO and front seat reservation is much advised. Who will win this no rules anything goes caged match, the defending or the challenging???

Round 1 would fair to be said was won by Shahrizat for her fork in the back stab of Rafidah.

Round 2.....

Joke of the day.....

Dr. Rais Yatim, UMNO Supreme Council member and also Foreign Minister, called Gerakan Wanita Chief Datuk Tan Lian Hoe, 'celupar' (B.M. for loud-mouth).

The name calling was prompted because of Tan's statement in a speech made more than a month ago at Wanita Gerakan's national delegates conference on Oct 10. Tan was to have said that historically the Malays were also immigrants in this country and thus equaling the Malays to other races.

Yes Tan, you should know better than to issue such statements. The Malays are the 'master' of Malaysia and all the other races are their 'slaves'. In Malaysia historic realities cannot be challenged and historic realities of the Malays were once immigrants too cannot be mentioned. That part of Malaysian history is no more.

Ok la, Rais, have it your way. "Ya tuan, ada apa lagi yang boleh dan tak boleh cakap atau buat?"

There is also this issue about the 'keris' kissing thing that is not satisfactory to Master Rais, who is unhappy that UMNO goons are not allowed to kiss it anymore. Hell, you're our masters so you can make love to it if it pleases you for all we care!!!

Strong Dayak winds in Sarawak sending shivers up Taib's arse!!!

Ngemah state representative, Gabriel Adit along with former PRS Balleh division publicity chief Beginda Minda and 12,000 Sarawakians have applied to join Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's Parti Keadilan Rakyat or PKR.

Their application forms were submitted to the PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim at a huge dinner gathering in Sibu which saw more than 4,000 people in attendance. During his speech at the function, Adit, a four term assemblyperson, told the crowd that the main reason for joining PKR was due to the "political castration" of the Dayak under the BN state government.

"Enough is enough of BN. Now change is coming to Sarawak." he said, adding that there are many BN members waiting to join PKR.

The Dayak community of Sarawak are disgruntled with the BN government's management (maybe mismanagement is more of a right word) of native customary rights land.
This land rights issue has been going on for quite some time now. Groans and moans from the Dayaks of being short changed or forced out from their land by the government is an everyday norm here in Sarawak. Some more intelligent once will make it known publicly and some not so fortunate ones doesn't even know that they've been had till it's too late to do anything about it.
Now with PKR and people like Adit fighting for them, we do hope that the Dayaks will finally get what they deserve being one of the true natives of this land of the Hornbills.

Former PRS Balleh division publicity chief Beginda Minda joining up with PKR will add even more strength and dimension to the party here in Sarawak. This feistly fella resembles the spicy pepper that Sarawak is famous for. He was forced to leave the state BN component party following his bold call for the Chief Minister and his 2 deputies to step down.

Over the years under the same Chief Minister and BN administration, we Sarawakians are not spared from the marginalisation, poverty, oppression and discriminations as faced by our counterparts in other states. It is a plague that is killing Malaysia slowly and must be rid of as soon as possible. Failure to adhere to these dictator ministers then consequences such as lost of job, tenders and projects, you will have to bear. Now with the 12,000 new PKR members with a promise of more to come the government will not think that they can always have their way and get away with things like they have grown use to over the past 20 years or so.

News of such turn out in support of PKR must have ruined Chief Minister and long time UMNO suck up, Taib Mahmud's weekend. Honestly, don't think majority of Sarawakians will pity Taib at all. This white haired demon and his family has been sucking Sarawak and its people dry all these years and it is time for him to go.

"Good riddance Pehin, sorry but we won't miss you....."

It is time for the people of Sarawak to unite and fight for our rights as Sarawakians. It is time to fight to ensure that the 'Burung Kenyalang' will forever fly free from the racist and oppressive UMNO and BN.

Ngelaban Sarawak, NGELABAN!!!

Singer-guitarist Paula Khoo detained!!!

Singer-guitarist Paula Khoo was detained bt the police for taking part in the "Abolish ISA" vigil in Penang recently. Paula was at the vigil as an emcee for the peaceful candle lit event.

The vigil was said to have lasted for a bout 30 minutes only as riot police arrived and oredered the crowd to disperse immediately. Paula was said to be in the midst of singing the song "Sing a song for freedom" before she was interrupted by the call to disperse. Not wanting any trouble the crowd did as ordered and peacefully went of.

It was then as the crowd was walking away from the venue that the police moved in and detained Paula. Police said that Paula was detained only for questioning and will be released later in the evening as she will not be formally charged.

For heaven's sake la, why don't you police make yourself useful and go catch real criminals. Crime in Malaysia is on the rise and all you lard arsed police are concerned about is a group of harmless, peaceful people armed with candles singing songs...WTF!!!

Good news for now till supply is cut then it's bad bad news!!!

Oil falls to 22-month low at $55 on recession fears

PERTH (Reuters) – Oil fell for a third straight day on Thursday to hit a 22-month low of $55 a barrel as mounting pessimism about the global economy outweighed OPEC's comments that it could cut output again as early as end-November.

OPEC officials, concerned about oil's steep drop from record highs over $147 a barrel per day (bpd) in July, said the cartel could possibly decide by the end of the month to cut production again to raise prices.

But comments from the producer group failed to lift oil prices, as investors focused on near-term demand worries after the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) slashed America's 2008 oil demand outlook and the International Energy Agency (IEA) flagged further reduction in its oil forecast.

U.S. light crude for December delivery was down 95 cents at $55.21 a barrel by 0702 GMT, after having fallen earlier to $54.67 -- the lowest since January 30, 2007.

London Brent crude fell $1.02 to $51.35, off an earlier low of $50.60.

"Oil prices continue to be pressured by fears that weaker international economic growth will depress oil consumption," said David Moore, an analyst at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Oil fell 5 percent overnight, along with a big drop in U.S. stock markets, after the U.S. government shifted its position on how it planned to use its $700 billion bailout fund, which added uncertainty to financial markets and renewed fears of a protracted global recession.
Expectations that U.S. government data to be released on Thursday would show a further build-up of crude and gasoline stocks also weighed on prices, analysts said.

Analysts polled by Reuters ahead of U.S. weekly inventory data forecast crude oil stocks rose 1.2 million barrels last week, while distillate and gasoline inventories were seen rising by 800,000 barrels and 300,000 barrels respectively.

Oil has lost about $91, or 62 percent, from its record high of above $147 struck in mid-July, on growing evidence that recent high energy prices and the financial crisis have dented energy demand in the United States and other industrialized nations.

Demand in the United States, the world's biggest consumer of oil, was expected to fall by more than 1 million barrels per day (bpd) for the first time since 1980 this year, the EIA said.

The EIA also forecast world oil demand to rise by only just 100,000 bpd in 2008 and will be virtually flat in 2009, as it cut its 2009 oil price forecast to average around $63.50 a barrel.
Analysts said a move by IEA to further cut its oil demand growth forecast later on Thursday could heighten fears among investors.

In the latest sign that China's economy is also being hit by the global downturn, data on Thursday showed Chinese annual industrial output slumped to 8.2 percent in October, the weakest reading since late 2001, as manufacturers struggled with a drop in export demand and weakness in the domestic property market.

China also posted its first annual decline in power output during a non-holiday month for a decade, with a 4 percent fall in October.

OPEC President Chakib Khelil told Reuters on Wednesday that Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries may cut oil supplies again, possibly as early as at November 29 meeting in Cairo, if prices keep falling and the world economy weakens.

"If the prices continue their decline, most probably OPEC will have to take a further decision on a cut in supply," Khelil told Reuters in an interview in Algiers.

Umno delegate says he received parcel with ballot papers

IPOH: A delegate to the Gopeng Umno division meeting on Oct 26, said on Thursday that he had received an express delivery parcel containing 78 ballot papers for several posts in the divisional election.

Hang Tuah Din who is also Kampung Rapat Jaya Umno branch deputy head, said he received the parcel four days after the meeting from a sender named Ikhwah Islamiah of Sungai Siput.

"There were 78 genuine ballot papers believed to have been issued or added during the meeting," he told reporters here.

Five of the ballot papers were for the post of deputy chief, three for vice chief and 70 for delegates to the party general assembly in Kuala Lumpur.

Hang Tuah said that in the parcel, there was a note which said the sender was aware of an abuse that happened in the meeting.

He said that two days after the meeting, there were 85 ballot papers in excess for the post of committee members and this cast suspicion that an abuse had happened for all posts contested.

On Friday, 20 Gopeng Umno divisional delegates staged a protest against the outcome of the meeting, claiming that cheating had occurred during the tallying process.

Taman Lapangan Permai Umno branch head Ahmad Ishak also submitted a memorandum of protest to Perak Umno liaison body executive secretary Datuk Hasbullah Othman.

In the meeting, Hamzah Mohd Kasim was elected divisional chief after obtaining 186 votes. His challengers Mustaffa Kamal Mohd Nawi and Rustam Affandy Abdul Aziz received 102 and 77 votes respectively. -Bernama

A little prayer from me for you

GOD WANTS ME TO TELL YOU...

Everything that is going wrong in your life today shall be well with youthis year. You have been destined to make it and you shall surely achieve all your goals this year. For the remaining months of this year (2008), all your agonies will be diverted and victory and prosperity will be incoming in abundance.
Today God has confirmed the end of your sufferings, sorrows, and pains because HE that sits on the throne has remembered you. He has taken away the hardships and given you JOY. He will never let you down.I knocked at heaven's door this morning, God asked me... My child! What can I do for you? And I said, 'Father, please protect and bless the person reading this message'...
God smiled and answered... Request granted.

Women as explined by engineers

Got this in an email from a friend. Very funny but then very true also.

Enjoy.....

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