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| Home Ministry Hides Crime Stats Posted: 11 Oct 2012 09:12 AM PDT 'Not suitable' to reveal detailed crime stats, says Home Ministry By Clara Chooi October 11, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — Putrajaya has refused a lawmaker's request to release to Parliament a breakdown of the country's crime statistics, saying it was "not suitable" to disclose details according to the various crime categories. In a written reply released today to a question from DAP MP Tony Pua yesterday, the Home Ministry told the lawmaker that it was "more relevant" to reveal details of the country's index crime cases as it has a more significant impact on public safety. "For your information, there are hundreds of different categories of crimes recorded under the Royal Malaysian Police's (RMP) statistics annually, which include both index and non-index crimes. "Therefore, the ministry is of the view that it is not plausible to present the detailed statistics for each crime category according to the various districts in Selangor and all states," the ministry said. Pua had asked Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein to state the reasons why his ministry was yet to disclose a detailed schedule on annual crime statistics according to crime categories and districts in Selangor and all states. "It is more relevant to release the number of index crime cases as they have a more significant impact on public safety. "The number of index crime cases for Selangor and the country were released to Yang Berhormat through written reply in the first parliamentary meeting this year," the ministry replied. Speaking at a press conference here, Pua railed against the ministry for its reply, saying the government was duty bound to release the details to any parliamentarian. "This is clearly a show of disrespect to the Dewan Rakyat," he said. "Even if I had asked for the number of cows there are in the country, they should furnish a reply if they have the details." The DAP publicity secretary repeated accusations by fellow opposition lawmakers that the government was attempting to paint a false picture of the country's crime rate, hoping to calm public fears. "This shows they are hiding something. The government has been claiming that index crime statistics show that the rate has dipped over the past three years... but then again, non-index crime has increased. "This is what I wanted to prove but I wanted the detailed statistics." For the full story on The Malaysian Insider, click here.  |
| Why EU-banned Lion Air Given License in Malaysia? Posted: 10 Oct 2012 03:04 AM PDT Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Tuesday announced the setting up of a new low-cost airline known as Malindo Airways. Najib had said that the airline was "borne out of a collaboration between National Aerospace and Defence Industries Sdn Bhd (Nadi) and Indonesia's PT Lion Group", and would begin operations on May 1 next year and be based in KLIA 2. We would like to question the basis the Prime Minister for awarding the the airline license to Malindo, given the many questionable circumstances surrounding both the joint-venture partners of the airlines. Firstly, as exposed earlier, Nadi has not even filed their audited accounts since December 2007. On that basis alone, the any application for an airline license must be rejected outright as no company who has failed to file their accounts could possibly be trusted to securely finance a capital intensive airline company. Secondly, any airline before being granted license must have been thoroughly vetted to ensure that they have complied with the most stringent global safety requirements. Given that Nadi have zero experience in operating an airline, we can only assume that the main airline operating partner is PT Lion Group which runs Lion Mentari Air in Indonesia and the latter is seeking to expand its presence into Malaysia. Is the Prime Minister aware that Lion Mentari Air is subject to a complete ban in the European Union because of "safety concerns due to alleged poor maintenance and regulatory oversight standards on the part of the EU, preventing them from entering the airspace of any member state". [The complete list of globally banned airlines are available here] In fact, Lion Air ran into numerous problems with the Indonesian government regularly over safety issues. As recent as early this year, many Lion Air pilots were caught for drug use. In January 2012, the Indonesian Transportation Ministry said that it sanctioned Lion Air because some of its pilots and crew members were found in recent months to be in possession of crystal methamphetamine. In late 2011 Muhammad Nasri along with two other co-pilots were arrested at a party in Tangerang; and in early 2012 a pilot was caught in possession of crystal meth in Makassar. On 4 February 2012, another pilot of Lion Air was arrested following an positive urinalysis test for use of methamphetamine. In July 2011, Lion Air had to ground 13 planes due to sanction caused by bad on-time performance (OTP). The Indonesian transportation ministry recorded that Lion Air's OTP of 66.45 percent was the worst of six airlines in an assessment conducted from January to April 2011 at 24 airports in Indonesia. Lion Air also had numerous accidents before that –
All of the above incidents and many more before that are publicly available information from Aviation Safety Network. We are completely for a more competitive airline industry in Malaysia. We strongly believe that with real competition, the ultimate beneficiaries are the Malaysians at large, who will receive better quality services at significantly lower prices. The question is whether the Prime Minister had done his due diligence in awarding the new airline license to Malindo. There is genuine concern over the financial integrity and credibility of a company which has failed to submit audited accounts over the past 5 years as well as the operational credibility of Lion Air in ensuring an efficient and most importantly safety of our passengers. Hence the Prime Minister must explain why was the license awarded to Malindo in such haste, and what was the basis of the award.  |
| Posted: 09 Oct 2012 08:41 PM PDT No guarantee KLIA2 cost won't balloon further Nigel Aw 4:43PM Oct 8, 2012 Despite the massive cost overruns and delays to the new low cost terminal KLIA2, the Transport Ministry today did not provide assurance that the project would be finished on time, and without further cost. "At the end of last year the cost was RM3.6 billion to RM3.9 billion, now it has clearly exceeded this at RM4 billion. "Even the deputy minister (of transport Abdul Rahim Bakri) did not appear confident that it will be completed on time at the estimated cost," Petaling Jaya MP Tony Pua (left) told a press conference at the Parliament lobby this morning. Pua was commenting on Abdul Rahim's reply to his question in the house earlier on whether KLIA2 will be completed on time. Abdul Rahim, in his response, said the latest estimated cost of KLIA2 now stood at RM4 billion from the initial estimated of RM1.7billion when the project commenced in 2009. "For now, based on the commitment given by the contractors - this information is given to me by the MAHB (Malaysian Airports Holdings Berhad), so if they give me this I must accept as it is because I'm representing the government - they said they can complete it according to schedule," Abdul Rahim said. He added that the project was ahead of time at 61.9 percent completion compared to the 56.9 percent required in the schedule. 'Delayed, but ahead of time' At this, Pua took the deputy minister to task for misleading statements. "Ahead of schedule is confusing, this project was supposed to be completed in 2011, then it became 2012 and now April 2013," he said. Acknowledging this, Abdul Rahim (right) clarified that he meant "ahead of schedule" in terms of the revised time frame for KLIA2's completion for April 2013. Abdul Rahim explained the drastic increase in cost was due to various upgrades to KLIA2 to meet future demands of the airline industry. "These upgrades are for the comfort of passengers and to allow the low cost carrier industry to grow. When we do such infrastructure, it is not for the needs of today but for future needs," he said. He added that despite the ballooning cost, it was not being paid by the government. "This does not involve government money, MAHB is getting its own sukuk bond where they have to pay according to their revenue," he said. For the full story on Malaysiakini, click here!  |
| Why is RM386m exclusive for KR1M? Posted: 08 Oct 2012 09:56 PM PDT Datuk Ismail Sabri has yet to respond why the RM386 million allocated to reduce the prices of goods in Sabah and Sarawak is channelled exclusively to Mydin through the setting up of Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M) The Prime Minister proudly announced that the Federal Government will allocate RM386 million to set up 57 Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M) next year to "ensure the prices of essential goods in Sabah and Sarawak as well as in Labuan are sold at lower prices". We have criticised the above plan as being extremely expensive costing a whopping RM6.77 million each store. This is in contrast to the RM40 million allocated in the 2012 Budget in the previous year, which averages RM471,000 each of the 85 stores. Ministers of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Datuk Ismail Sabri has responded last Friday that the government only allocated RM87 million to build the 57 shops in the three states [Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan]. The balance of the RM299 million allocated is to cover "the overall cost for the initiative, including the cost of delivery and distribution of products…. [taking] into consideration the price uniformity programme between the peninsula and Sabah and Sarawak." The replies by Datuk Ismail Sabri does not in any way reply the original questions as to why Mydin will receive exclusive benefits from the Budget 2013 amounting to RM386 million. Firstly, the allocation of RM87 million to set up 57 shops till cost RM1.53 million for each store on average. Why is the setting up of a retail store selling basic goods and necessities so expensive even after taking into account the higher cost involved in Sabah and Sarawak? This is especially since we have previously alloacted only RM471,000 for each store. Secondly, the balance of the RM299 million mean for the "cost of delivery and distribution" is essentially a subsidy on the goods to be sold in KR1M. For 57 outlets, that works out to a whopping RM5.25 million of subsidies for each store! In fact the RM299 million of subsidy to Mydin exceeds the RM278 million sugar subsidy budgeted for the entire country for 2013! The question remains as to why is it that this benefit will not be extended to all other shops in Sabah and Sarawak offering these "basic necessities"? In fact, since the RM386 million grant and/or subsidy is given only to Mydin, the Government is in effect killing off all of Mydin's competitors – from big hypermarkets to small mom-and-pop shops. Mydin will have the monopolistic right to sell certain products at substantially cheaper prices than its competitors due to the exclusive RM386 million from the Federal Government. We call upon the Government to make available the RM386 million all small retail outlets already in existence throughout Sabah and Sarawak to ensure that the maximum number of retailers and consumers will benefit from the programme to sell basic necessities at lower prices. There is absolutely no need for the Government to sponsor its crony to open up new shops in these areas to compete unfairly and kill of local shop-owners. We are in complete support of any measure by the Government to reduce the prices of goods and services in East Malaysia, especially over the longer term to ease the burden of Malaysians living in these states. However, we are disgusted by the fact that even in a programme ostensibly designed to lower the cost of living of the poor, the Barisan Nasional Government chosen a mechanism to profit its cronies at the expense of the man-on-the-street. The approach taken by Datuk Seri Najib Razak is clearly designed to profit only Mydin Mohamed Holdings Bhd as the allocation goes direct to the company to set up these stores.  |
| Dr Mahathir Senile or Scheming? Posted: 08 Oct 2012 08:52 PM PDT Pakatan: We don't even know George Soros Nigel Aw 1:33PM Oct 8, 2012 Pakatan Rakyat MPs have rubbished former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad's claim that a vote for the opposition would be akin to a vote for billionaire and former currency speculator George Soros. "I don't want to involve the former premier because he is no longer relevant in our politics, but the words are those of someone who is senile," Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua told a press conference at the Parliament lobby this morning. "We have no relationship whatsoever with George Soros. We don't know George Soros." He said Pakatan has no Jewish agenda and that it, like the government, has always been supportive of the Palestinian struggle and against Israeli oppression of the state. In a commentary published in the New Sunday Times yesterday, Mahathir had warned that voting for the opposition would be like voting for Soros, who he claimed was attempting to colonise Malaysia. Pua also hit out at Mahathir for double standards on the matter. "When Mahathir met Soros, he shook his hand and asked him to support his organisation (the Perdana Global Peace Foundation) to combat war crimes. "When he asks for Soros' help, there was no problem. But when people vote for Pakatan, that's a 'vote for Soros' - there is no logic in this." For the full story on Malaysiakini, click here.  |
| Ismail Sabri Sleeping On The Job Posted: 04 Oct 2012 09:47 PM PDT Datuk Ismail Sabri, the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister was approached by reporters on the fact that many Umno-linked companies have failed to file their accounts on a timely basis. He responded that "Kita baru tahu dan kita akan siasat. Kita akan siasat jika menerima aduan. Kita tak pilih sesiapa (untuk jalankan siasatan)". [We only know (about it) now and we will investigate. We will investigate if we receive a complaint. We do not choose anyone (in conducting investigations)] This is the absolutely laziest answer from a Minister. Firstly, it is not the job of the public to do his job on checking if every company on Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) have duly submitted their accounts on a timely basis. It is the role of CCM to do so and to enforce the law in accordance to the Companies Act 1965. Secondly, and more importantly, the entire CCM companies' database is electronic and has been so for many years. This means that a complete list of companies who have not submitted their accounts on a timely basis can be obtain with the press of a computer button. If even at such convenience the CCM has not done its job, and companies are allowed not to submit their accounts since 2006, then clearly the Minister and CCM are sleeping on the job. What makes the entire situation worse is the fact that the Ministry has "received complaints" on Suara Inisiatif Sdn Bhd and hence is aggressively "investigating" the company. However, the Minister until today has been unable to pinpoint not even a single irregularity with Suara Inisiatif's accounts! The persecution of Suara Inisiatif is clearly political and a complete abuse of power. We would like to remind the Minister that our allegations against the UMNO-linked companies are not based on some airy-fairy allegations like "misleading" or "confusing accounts". It is based on documents obtained directly from SSM itself which says that these companies have failed to submit their accounts for years. The companies and their directors are listed here. Datuk Ismail Sabri was in such a hurry to have Suara Inisiatif charged by the Attorney-General, despite the fact that the investigations were incomplete as highlighted by the latter. In the cases of these UMNO-linked companies, the proof is clear as broad daylight. There's practically nothing else to investigate. These companies have not filed their accounts in recent years, some since 2006. We would like to repeat that if we fail to see immediate action against these companies and their directors under Companies Act 1965, we will file for a RM10 salary deduction motion against the Minister during the Budget 2013 debate supplementary stage.  |
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| Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:53 PM PDT Speech By DAP Secretary-General and MP for Bagan Lim Guan Eng During The DAP Sibu Dinner On 13.10.2012. Will BN leaders walk the talk of fighting corruption by applying the 6 tests of making a public declaration of assets, implementing open competitive tenders, bar family members from being involved with government contracts, protect genuine whistleblowers, remove BN leaders with extravagant lifestyles and come clean on political donations? Malaysians are shocked at the written Parliamentary reply by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz that the Attorney-General's Chambers had not found any element of corruption in the case of the Sabah timber trader Michael Chia, who was detained in Hong Kong for trying to smuggle out RM40 million in Singapore currency allegedly meant for Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman. Nazri said that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigations revealed that the S$16 million(RM40 million) cash constituted political contributions to Sabah UMNO, and not Musa thereby to clearing Musa of charges of corruption and money laundering. This is political donation of a huge sum of RM40 million not RM 40,000! How can MACC clear Musa or Sabah UMNO so lightly? MACC should be demanding that Sabagh UMNO come clean on political donations especially as to who and why is Sabah UMNO able to get RM40 million in cash donation or how much more donations is forthcoming for Sabah UMNO that goes unreported. This brings to mind the question of the extent of extraordinary wealth of Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Taib Mahmud with allegations that his family is worth billions of ringgit. The enormity of Taib's family wealth is corroborated by the current divorce proceedings of his son Datuk Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, in which his ex-wife has revealed that Taib's son alone is worth at least RM1 billion, with 110 personal accounts in foreign banks all over the world. Another case is the extravagant lifestyle of Melaka Chief Minister Tan Sri Mohd Ali Rustam, in which 130,000 guest were feted in an extravagant record-breaking celebration in Malaysia. Until today Ali Rustam has failed to explain who sponsored such a lavish wedding, which Ali Rustam claimed cost only RM600,000? DAP proposes 6 steps to fight corruption. One, institutionalise public declaration of assets. This has been done in Penang where the Chief Minister and the entire State Exco has made a public declaration of assets that has even been certified by an international accounting firm. If Penang can do it, why can't the Prime Minister and his Federal Cabinet or the Sarawak Chief Minister and his EXCO members do the same? Two, BN leaders with extravagant lifestyle owning luxury homes, cars and huge personal bank accounts in foreign countries must be dropped. Three, family members must also be barred from being involved in government business to avoid another RM 250 million "cows and condos" National Feedlot scandal. Four, those genuine whistleblowers who expose corruption cases leading to charges in court must be protected instead of being persecuted. Five, BN must come clean on political donations such as the RM40 million political donation to Sabah UMNO. Finally, open competitive tenders must be implemented. Without open competitive tenders, public projects are directly negotiated and awarded to cronies causing loss of public revenue such as the cheap sale of the Sungai Besi Air Force Base land. Can the RM386 million for 57 KR1M stores in Sabah and Sarawak or RM6.7 million per store be justified? At RM6.7 million per store, are the KR1M stores selling basic necessities like sugar, salt and rice or luxury items like jewellery and designer handbags? In Penang, open competitive tenders were implemented immediately after the change of government in 2008 and as a result the state government has been able to achieve surplus budgets every year since, with proceeds from the savings going back to the people annually in the form of an "anti-corruption dividend". Unless action is taken against such unhealthy practices, Malaysia's Transparency International's(TI) Corruption Perception Index(CPI) will not only drop further but Malaysia may go bankrupt. Malaysia's CPI dropped from No. 37 in 2003 to No. 60 in 2012, prompting TI Malaysia Deputy President Mohammad Ali to note that “elements of state" that facilitated "grand corruption" were still prevalent. Even Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung admitted that corruption cost Malaysia RM26 billion every year. Worse is the Global Financial Integrity Report from Washington estimated that more RM1,077 million of illicit money flowed out illegally from Malaysia from 2000-9. How much more can Malaysians and Sarawakian lose to benefit just the few families? —-Mandarin Version— 民主行动党秘书长兼峇眼区国会议员林冠英于2012年10月13日在诗巫行动党晚宴上发表演讲： 国阵领袖能不能在反贪方面讲到做到，推行六大考验：公布民选高官财产、公开招标、禁止家庭成员涉入政府合约、移除生活奢华的国阵领袖、保护真正的吹哨人、坦白交代政治献金？ 我国人民觉得吃惊，根据首相署部长拿督斯里纳斯里的国书面回答，总检察署办公室就沙巴商人谢天福为沙州首席部长拿督斯里慕沙阿曼在香港因企图走私价值4000万令吉的新币被扣留一案，无法查到任何贪污成份。纳斯里说，根据反贪委会调查显示，这笔钱乃是付给沙巴巫统的政治献金，而不是付给慕沙的金额，因此洗脱了慕沙贪污及洗黑钱的指控。 这笔政治献金高达4000万令吉，而不是4万令吉！反贪委会怎会如此轻易地放过慕沙或沙巴巫统？反贪委会应该要求沙巴巫统坦白交代这笔政治献金，为何沙巴巫统能够获得4000万令吉的捐献？沙巴巫统还将会接受多少未呈报的政治献金？ 这让人质疑砂州首长丹斯里泰益玛目坐拥的超凡财富，据说他的家族财富价值上千亿令吉。日前他儿子玛目阿布贝基尔离婚诉讼案中，他的前妻也透露前夫至少有10亿令吉身家，并在全世界拥有110个个人银行户口。 另一个生活奢华的例子是马六甲州首长丹斯里莫哈末阿里鲁斯坦，他为儿子婚礼款待13万宾客，莫哈末阿里至今还未交代，是谁这么大方赞助这场婚礼？莫哈末阿里声称婚宴只需要60万令吉。 民主行动党提议六大反贪措施。第一、制度化领袖公开财产。槟州首长及全体行政议员已经公开财产，并由国际会计公司认可。如果槟州做得到，为什么首相及他的联邦内阁或砂州首长及其行政议员做不到？ 第二、那么生活奢华、拥有豪华轿车、在国外拥有巨额存款户口的国阵领袖必须被除名。 第三、政治领袖家庭成员必须被禁止涉及政府合约，以避免另一宗2亿5000万令吉的国家养牛中心的"公寓养牛"丑闻。 第四、那些真正揭发贪污丑闻、最终让涉案人士被控的吹哨人必须获得正当的保护而不是被迫害。 第五、国阵必须交代清楚他们的政治献金，例如捐给沙巴巫统的4000万令吉政治献金。 最后，实行公开招标。没有公开招标，政府工程及合约直接颁发给朋党，导致公款损失，例如新街场空军基地被廉价出售。国阵如何解释砂、沙两州即将以3亿8600万令吉或每间670万令吉设立57间一个马来西亚商店？用670万令吉设立一家一个马来西亚商店来售卖像白糖、白米及盐，还是用来售卖像珠宝首饰、设计师手提袋的奢侈品？ 在槟州，民联于2008年执政后，我们马上推行公开招标，结果州政府每年财政预算都有盈余，我们将省下的钱通过反贪红利的形式每年派回给人民。 除非当局采取措季，对付不健康的作业方式，否则，马来西亚国际透明贪污印象指数不只将继续下跌，而且我们可以因此破产。我国的贪污印象指数从2003年第37名滑落至2012年第60名，马来西亚国际透明副主席莫哈末阿里甚至说，我国的贪污印象指数持续下跌，这是因为那些导致"大宗贪污案"的"国家因素"还存在。 就连房屋及地方政府部长拿督曹智雄也承认，我国因贪污每年损失了260亿令吉。更糟的是，华盛顿全球金融廉正报告也指出，2000年至2009年间，秘密带出马来西亚的黑钱高达1兆770亿令吉。为了少数几个家族的利益，马来西亚及砂州人民还有多少可以损失？ 林冠英 |
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| Golongan muda cenderong "sinikal" pada politik Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:37 AM PDT Struktur dan proses demokrasi negara perlu diperluas dan diperdalam bagi membolehkan generasi muda terlibat secara langsung dalam proses membuat keputusan, kata Timbalan Menteri Pengajian Tinggi Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah. Beliau berkata secara umum, generasi muda cenderung bersikap skeptikal dan sinikal terhadap politik, namun rata-ratanya masih mempunyai keyakinan kepada amalan demokrasi. "Untuk mendapatkan keyakinan mereka, demokrasi perlu ditambah baik. Dalam banyak cara, lakukan transformasi terhadap proses dan struktur institusi demokrasi yang akan meletakkan kedudukan demokrasi pada tempatnya," katanya pada Forum Anak Muda dan Demokrasi Tempatan anjuran Penang Institute di George Town malam tadi.Forum yang dikendalikan Pengarah Akademi Pak Sako, Dr Afif Baharudin itu turut diambil bahagian anggota Parlimen Lembah Pantai Nurul Izzah Anwar dan aktivis anak muda dari Diskopi Group, Teo Lee Ken. Saifuddin berkata golongan muda mempunyai kedudukan yang sangat penting dan mereka harus diletak sebagai komponen masyarakat yang bergerak bersama-sama kerajaan persekutuan, kerajaan negeri dan kerajaan tempatan dalam menggubal sesuatu dasar. Beliau berkata penglibatan generasi muda dalam membuat keputusan tidak boleh diabaikan malah perlu ditegakkan kedudukannya. "Saya fikir kita ada rentetan peristiwa dan sejarah yang menunjukkan ada masa dan ketikanya suara itu (suara generasi muda) didengar dan diterjemahkan sebagai dasar. Sebagai contoh, kalau ikut kronologi bermula dengan mahasiswa minta supaya Bahasa Malaysia dijadikan bahasa pengantar di Universiti Malaya. "Mahasiswa antara yang menuntut ditubuhkan sebuah universiti menggunakan bahasa kebangsaan, maka lahirlah Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Pelajar, antara yang paling vokal minta supaya dilahirkan Universiti Islam dan Bank Islam, dan itu sudah diwujudkan," katanya. Beliau berkata lazimnya, generasi muda mempunyai tiga permintaan yang harus dipenuhi iaitu mereka mahu suara mereka didengar, peranan mereka diiktiraf dan isu-isu mereka diselesaikan dengan cara bersesuaian. Justeru, Saifuddin berkata perkara yang penting dilakukan ialah bagaimana untuk memperkasa golongan muda bagi mengupayakan mereka berfikir dan bertindak sendiri. Teo pula mencadangkan pihak yang memegang autoriti supaya mewujudkan rangkaian rasmi bagi melibatkan orang muda secara langsung dalam hal pentadbiran dan pembentukan dasar pada peringkat kerajaan negeri dan pusat. "Jika dilihat terdapat layanan selektif diberi kepada anak muda. Penglibatan mereka lebih menonjol dalam aspek budaya dan hiburan tetapi dari segi ekonomi, sosial dan politik kumpulan ini dipinggirkan," katanya. Beliau berkata pendidikan sangat penting terutamanya kepada golongan muda yang dilihat dapat membantu mereka untuk menyertai proses membuat keputusan di semua peringkat negara. Teo turut menggesa generasi muda untuk berhenti mengamalkan corak pemikiran lapuk yang mengharapkan orang lain membuat keputusan bagi pihak mereka sebaliknya berusaha mengubah nasib sendiri. Katanya demokrasi memerlukan penglibatan anak muda secara total kerana golongan inilah yang akan mewarisi apa sahaja yang ditinggalkan generasi sebelum mereka.- Bernama  |
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| Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:39 AM PDT This free flying Tony Fernandes with British Football Club and Formulae 1 and AirAsia (AA) has placed Malaysia in possible meltdown mode ahead. A humongous financial fiasco is brewing. The share suap was an amateur devilish scheme to chain to a potentially massive bail out of both Air Asia and MAS is on the card. Who really are suckers – the pathetic Malaysian tax payers, the marginalized minority equity owners, the ignorant peasants and working class chained to EPF. |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:37 AM PDT YB, terima kasih. Adakah Menteri Pengankutan MEMBELI “insuran nyawa” sama seperti Timbalan MEnteri yang menggunakan platform Malaysia Kini (agent Asing / Soros) untuk membuat pengunguman kepada rakyat Malaysia? Ini bukan Napoleon YB !!!. Ini Menteri Bangsat. Kalau ini taraf nya jawapan menteri, baik bagi pada Tony Phua (Seorang Incompetent Singaporean businessman) !!!! Harap PM Najib segerakan PRU 13. Kita dah berazam nak hapuskan once and for all kepada segala munafik (hypocrite) ini. |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2012 06:33 AM PDT Dear YB. Wee, In response to your blog on MAS A380 configuration and AirAsia, my Thai friend e-mailed me:- “Thank you for information supplied. There is also a competition The not so much travelled routes are left for the National Airway (Thai) to cope. After all, the profit does not come directly to the share holders pockets. You can guess who are the share holders.” So looks like similar “modus operandi” in other countries. Is there more to why the Batavia Air acquisition did not go through, than it’s failure to meet due diligence criteria? |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2012 06:05 AM PDT No wonder that Red Indian is soft pedaling over KLIA2. MAHB and the Government shouldn’t entertain the Red Indian no more. He has taken the country for a ride for too long. MAS had to give up more that 90 routes for them. After the share suap, MAS had to abandon Bandung, Surabaya, Dubai, additional Sydney and a few others for stupid reason – not profitable. Thank to the Nanny Danny, Md Nor and AJ. Owed airport tax more than Rm120 million for donkey years and after being pressured to pay, the Slumber Jack government granted more than 30% discount when it should be paying interest for using the fund. Now the Red Indian is going into all kinds of business. We must all be cautious. Expansion may not necessary be good! May be it is a case of 10 holes with 9 covers only. |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2012 02:16 AM PDT Air Asia batal ambil alih Batavia Air di saat akhir Air Asia membatalkan pengambilalihan Batavia Air setelah kajian pembelian memasuki peringkat akhir. Demikian lapor akhbar atas talian terpopular di Indonesia. Pembelian penerbangan yang menanggung hutang yang tinggi itu merupakan usaha Air Asia Indonesia untuk mengembangkan sayapnya. Jangan-jangan, Tony Fernandes akan kembali berpindah ke Kuala Lumpur selepas ini. Ini Alasan Batalnya Pembelian Batavia Air Jakarta – Rencana akuisisi maskapai lokal yaitu Batavia Air oleh AirAsia asal Malaysia dipastikan batal. Apa alasan di balik batalnya pengambilalihan Batavia Air oleh maskapai asal negeri jiran itu? Direktur Komersial Batavia Air Sukirno Sukarna mengaku, terjadi proses yang alot saat penilaian akhir oleh AirAsia untuk membeli Batavia Air. Hal tersebut menurutnya sebagai penyebab utama batalnya pembelian 76,95% saham Batavia oleh AirAsia Berhard senilai US$ 80 juta. “Mereka akan melakukan auditing, mungkin di auditing tidak ada kesepahaman,” kata Sukirno kepada detikFinance, Sabtu (13/10/2012). Namun Sukirno menampik tudingan tingginya harga yang ditawarkan oleh Batavia yakni senilai US$ 80 juta atau sekitar Rp 720 miliar untuk pembelian 76,95% saham Batavia. “Enggak dong, kita jual dengan segini,” tambahnya. Dihubungi secara terpisah, PresCom Indonesia Air Asia, Pin Haris mengaku porses akuisisi Batavia oleh AirAsia berjalan cukup alot. Menurutnya, belum ada keputusan final terkait rencana akuisisi 76,95% saham Batavia. “Minggu depan sudah ada keputusannya,” tambahnya kepada detikFinance. Terkait informasi batalnya rencana akuisisi Batavia, Haris menjelaskan, pihaknya belum mau berkomentar lebih jauh. “Belum, masih ada pembicaraan,” pungkasnya. |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2012 08:19 PM PDT It seemed that there are still a few Air Asia’s ghosts left in MAS. It would appear that top management of MAS is still following the pariah’s path. After re-branding by changing corporate color from red and blue to pale blue now appointing Expedia a partner of AirAsia. |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2012 04:44 PM PDT Close LCCT once KLIA2. Don’t bother about AirAsia. Give the ungrateful idiot a dose of his medicine. Lets hope MOT will use their heads on this matter. |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2012 01:15 PM PDT hahaha!nice one!! |
| Comment on AJ’s “People Engagement Survey” should be supported by fs. Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:01 AM PDT the company is good,but the poeple who run it are not. i hope the management people will read this shit. Cant stand work like a donkey but the end got unpleasant salary. “I reap what I sow”. |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:38 AM PDT Tutup LCCT tengok dia boleh buat apa! Nanti dia kena meletut aja. Malindo mulakan operasi kita semua support nak lihat si pariah hebat sampai tahap mana. |
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| Tahaluf Siyasi PAS Bersama Pakatan Rakyat Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:38 AM PDT Para ulama meriwayatkan bahawa Rasulullah S.A.W. bersabda : Peristiwa bersejarah ini berlaku dimasa jahiliyah, ketika Rasulullah S.A.W. belum dilantik menjadi Rasul dalam usia dua puluhan. Apabila bapa-bapa saudara baginda membawanya menyertai pertemuan khusus dikalangan pemimpin utama Makkah. Rasulullah S.A.W. diizinkan menyertai perjumpaan khas itu dalam usia yang dianggap terlalu muda dan mentah, tetapi diakui kebijaksanaanya yang luar biasa dan akhlaknya yang sangat mulia. Peristiwa ini berlaku apabila seorang pengunjung Makkah daripada Qabilah Zubaid Yaman yang berniaga, dizalimi oleh seorang bangsawan Makkah bernama Al 'Aas bin Waael. Pendatang yang dizalimi gagal mendapat pertolongan daripada rakan-rakan kenalannya, kerana kedudukan bangsawanan si zalim itu. Lalu mangsa kezaliman mendaki bukit Qubais berhampiran Kaabah melaungkan rayuan pertolongan dan mencabar bahawa kesucian Makkah dan keamanannya sudah tidak ada lagi. Apabila seruannya didengari oleh para pemimpin Makkah yang sedang berkumpul, mereka merasa malu dan tercabar. Maka diadakan perjumpaan tergempar di rumah Abdullah bin Jud'aan dengan membuat keputusan satu muafakat yang dinamakan Half Al Fudul bagi menentang kezaliman dan membela sesiapa yang dizalimi. Rasulullah S.A.W. bersabda tersebut diatas dengan huraiannya : ( Kalaulah persefahaman ini diajak sekarang, ketika berada dalam Islam pun nescaya aku menerima dan menyertainya). Rasulullah S.A.W. juga bersabda secara umum: (Kebijaksanaan adalah barang tercicir kepunyaan seseorang yang beriman, maka di mana sahaja dia mendapatinya, dialah yang berhak memungutnya). Di atas konsep inilah maka Rasulullah S.A.W. menerima persefahaman tersebut , walaupun mereka itu daripada kalangan pemimpin jahiliyah. Banyak perkara baik daripada amalan zaman jahiliyah dan kalangan yang berperikemanusiaan daripada berbagai bangsa bukan Islam, seperti melayan utusan daripada negara luar termasuk negara musuh, perlindungan keselamatan terhadap para diplomat, menghormati perjanjian antarabangsa dalam perkara yang adil dan sebagainya diterima oleh Islam. Rasulullah S.A.W. juga menyatakan sempadan dengan sabdanya : (Orang-orang Islam itu hendaklah bertanggungjawab diatas segala syarat yang mereka tetapkan, malainkan syarat yang mengharamkan yang halal dan menghalalkan yang haram). PAS adalah Parti Islam yang berpaksi dan berpandukan hukum tertinggi mengikut undang-undang tubuhnya (Perlembagaan). Pelaksanaannya dikawal oleh Majlis Syura Ulama, sehingga boleh membatalkan segala keputusan dan langkah yang bertentangan dengan ajaran Islam. Maka PAS tidak boleh disamakan dengan UMNO. Hubungan PAS dengan parti lain dalam Pakatan Rakyat adalah hubungan Tahaluf yang berpandukan nas tersebut diatas. Pakatan Rakyat adalah satu muafakat politik dalam konsep Tahaluf Siyasi yang diluluskan oleh Majlis Syura Ulama dalam skop hukum Feqah politik Islam. Umno yang mewakili Melayu Islam dalam Barisan Nasional mencalarkan Islam dan merosakkan imejnya. Sangat malang bagi sesiapa yang tidak mebezakan diantara Islam dan Melayu, seperti Arab yang tidak membezakannya dengan Islam. Islam pernah memperkasakan Arab dan Arab tumbang setelah menjadikan Islam hanya kebanggaan sejarah tanpa amalan yang sempurna, walaupun memiliki kekayaan melempah ruah. Cukuplah menegakkan Islam ala UMNO yang bergantung dengan politik wang, pangkat dan tawaran mewah bersamanya tanpa jati diri yang sebenar. Hanya menjadi penyakit yang memakan diri laksana pemelihara hantu yang menjadikan tuannya, makan tidak kenyang walau pun makan sebanyak-sebanyaknya. PAS ditubuhkan menjadi mata rantai kumpulan Islam terdahulu yang pernah diharamkan silih berganti. PAS tetap Istiqamah dengan Islamnya menyatakan Islam adil terhadap semua manusia. Bukan hanya Arab dan Melayu sahaja atau hanya penganut Islam sahaja. Islam adalah rahmat Allah kepada seluruh alam. PAS boleh bekerjasama dengan semua pihak dan tegas berpegang kepada dasarnya dan boleh bertasamuh mengikut batas-batas Allah. PAS pernah bersama UMNO di tahun 70-an dan menubuhkan Barisan Nasional bersama UMNO dan rakan-rakannya. Penyertaannya dengan keputusan Muktamar Khas supaya teguh membawa mesej Islam secara tahaluf siyasi. Ketika bersama UMNO, PAS memecat sesiapa kalangan ahlinya, termasuk ahli parlimennya yang berjoget dan minum arak bersama UMNO. PAS pernah mengadakan tahaluf siyasi dengan Parti Melayu Semangat-46 yang berpecah daripada UMNO. Parti Semangat-46 pula mengadakan kerjasama dengan DAP. PAS mengucapkan terima kasih kepada UMNO dan media yang menjadi khadamnya, kerana sangat bersimpati terhadap PAS, kerana kononnya bimbang PAS akan menjadi parti melukut ditepi gantang. Di sepanjang kerjasama PAS dalam tahaluf siyasi tidak pernah rugi. Walau pun ditendang dan dipandang lekeh. Kerjesama PAS dalam BN di awal tahun 70-an dan sehingga akhirnya tidak rugi dengan kehilangan Kelantan setelah PAS ditendang keluar. Kerjasama tahaluf siyasi mutakhir ini berjaya memecahkan tembok yang melindungi pandangan bukan Islam terhadap Islam. Usaha media berbagai bahasa termasuk bahasa Melayu beragama Islam bagi mengelirukan menemui kegagalan. Ketahuilah bahawa pengajian politik bukan sahaja tersurat dalam tulisan buku dan pengajian akademik di bilik kuliah. Terpenting juga ialah ijtihad dengan Istiqamah ditengah medan perjuangan. PAS mempunyai semua aspek ini dengan beristiqamah kepada ajaran Islam yang menjadi akidah dan teras kepada semua amalannya. Negeri Kelantan adalah satu-satunya negeri paling lama diperintah oleh PAS sejak tahun 1959 sehingga 1977 dan kali kedua 1990 sehingga kini adalah penyumbang besar kepada kejayaan Melayu Muslim dalam bidang pendidikan, perkhidamatan awam, keselamatan dan ekonomi. Kepada semua pihak yang bersimpati dengan PAS, saya tegaskan, percayalah kepada kami dengan semua pengalaman yang tersebut dan hilangkan khurafat beriman kepada UMNO parti Maha Esa. |
| Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:19 AM PDT Speech by Anwar Ibrahim at the launching of MJ Akbar's Tinderbox, on 2nd October 2012, The Royal Lake Club, Kuala Lumpur MJ Akbar is an outstanding author and journalist; albeit piercing, critical and controversial. I recount Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remark to me about MJ’s sharp rebuke against the government and that I’m fortunate to be kindly treated by him. I would like to place in record my appreciation to him and India Today for inviting me to participate in the prestigious India Conclave International Conference in Delhi early this year. I have followed MJ Akbar's books as a continuum – from Byline, then Nehru: The Making of India, and Kashmir: Behind the Vale, just to name a few. Notice that I used the word 'followed', and not 'read'. |
| What Does “Moderate” Mean in Malaysia? Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:07 AM PDT From The Huffington Post There have been a lot of loose definitions of “moderate” Islam in the media recently and in the wake of violent protests throughout the Muslim world, the word is starting to mean simply — non-violent. The deaths in Libya and many other Muslim countries have been a disturbing counterpoint to the hopes aroused by the Arab Spring movement. Peaceful protests have achieved so much more change in the last two years than all the decades of violence in the past, yet extremists still believe they can achieve their agenda by continuing to murder innocent civilians. Violence is their only way of remaining relevant as they have nothing else to offer. Malaysia is often referred to as a moderate Islamic country, as it is mainly peaceful, prosperous and law-abiding. A predominantly Muslim country with vocal and distinct minority populations of Indian and Chinese origin, peaceful change has taken place over the last twenty years without violent extremism. It may be because the government has kept a tight hold on the country with the emergency law and regulations adopted in 1957 to maintain political order and stability when Malaysia was emerging from the communist insurgency. These laws stayed in place until very recently and have been used to respond to any movement that was considered prejudicial to national security. Today, the question arises of whether such laws provide security or whether they have become a liability. In September, 2011 the increasingly controversial Internal Security Act (ISA) of 1960 was repealed and in November, 2011, the government finally lifted three existing emergency proclamations, rendering void the unpopular Emergency Public Order and Prevention of Crime Ordinance of 1969. However, civil rights groups are expressing dissatisfaction with the new legislation which replaces the archaic repealed laws; Hasmy Agam, the Chief Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia has spoken out against the new legislation for failing to meet international human rights standards. Many see the proposed Peaceful Assembly Bill as placing further curbs on civil liberties by restricting street demonstrations and the new Security Offences Act is simply “the New ISA.” The much vaunted relaxation of media restrictions is also being criticized as an inadequate half-measure. Another reform that many see as long overdue is Malaysia’s affirmative action policy, where Malays have been given preference over the decades. Very successful at bringing education and economic opportunity to ethnic Muslim Malaysians, the policy is now being seen as culturally divisive and open to corruption. The present government has rejected calls for reform as the policy has helped maintain their electoral advantage for over twenty years. Malaysia is ranked in 20th position in the 2012 Global Peace Index issued by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The second highest Muslim nation in the ranking, outdone only by Qatar, Malaysia’s tranquility has been achieved by a stable though autocratic democracy. If Malaysia has indeed truly achieved maturity, the challenge now is to grant more civil rights and freedoms to a diverse population where 40 percent are non-Muslim. Malaysia’s Constitution calls for the rights of all to practice their faith in peace and harmony but, increasingly, today the ideal of religious tolerance is being threatened by what many see as the “Arabization” of Malaysian Islam. Malaysia has traditionally been pragmatic and even liberal about such issues as apostasy, and viewed Sharia courts as dealing with a narrow range of family matters for Muslims, and not having the power to dictate a citizen’s relationship to the state. But recent surveys of Malay attitudes show that a majority think of themselves as Muslims first and Malaysians second and want the state to become more Islamic. This, in turn, is threatening the concept of Malaysian nationalism and national unity, which Prime Minister Razak is attempting to achieve through his 1Malaysia concept. It will be just window-dressing if conservative views are protected and racial relations and religious liberties are sabotaged by extremism. Najib Razak presents himself as a reformer on a mission to modernize Malaysia. But the reality is that Malaysians want more than window dressing as the time gets closer to the next election. With the country going into full campaign mode, the rifts in philosophy are becoming clearer, the dirty tricks dirtier and the opposition party under Anwar Ibrahim’s leadership is becoming more popular. Malaysia will always be a multi-cultural, multi-religious country and, hopefully, its Muslim population will always practice a moderate and non-violent form of Islam. Increasingly, it looks as if Anwar Ibrahim will be the visionary and principled leader Malaysia needs to safeguard this for the future. |
| Kekuatan Rakyat, Kebangkitan Rakyat Boleh Buat Perubahan Posted: 12 Oct 2012 07:54 PM PDT |
| (Newsflash) Keningau Sabah 12/10/2012 Posted: 12 Oct 2012 07:42 PM PDT |
| France : Audio of Press Conference Dr. Anwar Ibrahim Posted: 12 Oct 2012 08:02 AM PDT From AMSSU UK Press Conference Dr. Anwar Ibrahim Beddy Ebnou presentation is in French, as well as the intervention of Ambassador Pierre Lafrance. http://www.capefrance.com/audio/2012/10/2362.mp3 This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| AMSS UK 2010 Lifetime Achivement Award Formally to Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim Posted: 12 Oct 2012 07:57 AM PDT |
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