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| Ismail Sabri Called Me "Bacul" Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:09 AM PDT Barisan Nasional Ministers will stoop to calling names when Pakatan Rakyat exposed their failure to carry out their responsibilities competently, without fear or favour I read with great amusement that the Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism, Datuk Ismail Sabri called me a "bacul" or coward for submitting a motion to deduct RM10 from his pay to be debated in Parlaiment in the coming weeks. Datuk Ismail Sabri denied he practised selective prosecution when he chose to persecute Suara Initiatif Sdn Bhd (Suaram) on dubious and unsubstantiated allegations while at the same time allowing Umno-linked companies to violate the Companies' Act 1965 for failing to submit their financial accounts and annual returns, some since 2006. The fact that these companies failed to submit their accounts for years with absolutely no action taken has never been denied and the proof is available on the website of Companies Commission of Malaysia, under Datuk Ismail's purview. Even when pressed by MP for Lembah Pantai, Nurul Izzah Anwar in Parliament yesterday during the winding up of the Budget policy stage debate, the Minister had dithered on whether concrete action will be taken against the directors of these companies which flouted the law, including UMNO Members of Parliament, Khairy Jamaluddin and Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan, as well as the family members of Datuk Shahrizat Jalil. However he had the cheek to tell the media, "I hope that Tony Pua will meet me, and he can teach me about procedures. I do not know whether he's a lawyer or not, but if he is not a lawyer, perhaps I can help him to understand the Companies Act 1965." The Companies Act requirement for financial accounts and annual returns to be submitted annually is understood by all in Malaysia and do not require any "lessons" from the Minister. These offences are clear breached of Section 169A of the Companies Act, which carries the penalty 5 years in prison and/or RM30,000. What justifies the motion I had submitted is the damning findings by the recently released Auditor General's Report where the CCM has failed to prosecute directors which have been fined millions of ringgit. In addition, the prosecution rate was only only 1.5 percent or RM8.59 million worth in compound fines, out of a total of RM554.94 million worth of uncollected compounds in Kuala Lumpur. The Auditor General also listed an example where a director who registered a whopping 683 companies and chalked up 135 compounds for a total of RM640,000 in fines without any further actions was taken. In four other similar cases, the company directors had between 85 and 135 compound fines issued against them, amounting to between RM640,000 and RM490,000 in fines. Despite the huge sum of compound fines due, the report said, these directors were still actively registering new companies, and without any hurdle. Hence there is absolutely no necessity to meet the Minister, although I will be more than happy to meet him if he makes the request. All the Minister needs to do really is to charge and prosecute all companies, including all the cited Umno-linked companies without fear or favour. Otherwise, Datuk Ismail Sabri has clearly abused his powers to selectively prosecute Suara Inisiatif Sdn Bhd (Suaram) to serve Barisan Nasional's political agenda. Under such circumstances, a motion to deduct RM10 from the Minister's pay is certainly more than justified.  |
| Mindef - Incorrigible Culprit in Auditor General's Report Posted: 18 Oct 2012 10:11 AM PDT The Minister of Defence must be answerable for the incorrigible and repeated breaches discovered by the Auditor-General on an annual basis It no longer comes as a surprise that the Ministry of Defence is one of the biggest culprits found by the annual Auditor General Report for bad governance in its procurement and projects resulting in billions, if not billions of ringgit of losses to the Malaysian Government. For consecutive years, the Auditor-General has discovered inexcusable practices of incompetency, mismanagement and possibly collusion or corruption with unscrupulous suppliers and contractors. They have included maggots and expired food served to our army, In the report for 2010 for example, the Auditor-General found that the maintenance contracts for the aged AGSVs did not have the necessary expertise to repair the vehicles and late penalties were not meted out to these contractors when they failed to repair the vehicles within the necessary time frame. The Auditor-General had also criticised the "improper payments" of allowance to the Territorial Reserve Army personnel who according to the records, did not attend the relevant training. He had even recommended that the relevant officers be punished via "surcharge" as permitted under Section 18(b) of the Akta Tatacara Kewangan 1957. Similarly in 2009, one of the biggest scandal exposed was the construction of a new RM256 million Skudai 7th Brigade Army Camp which was awarded in 1997 but has only achieved 18.3% completion. This was despite the fact that the contractor, Kausar Corporation has collected their construction fees in full via a land swap deal where the company was already given the ownership of a 153 hectares piece of land. Kausar was able to pledge this piece of land to a bank for the amount of RM465 million showing that the land which could be worth as much as RM800 million, which is well above the cost of construction of the camp. Despite the above, to date no action to date has been taken against the developer, including terminating the contract, charging late penalties or reclaiming the land which has been awarded to them. In the latest Auditor-General Report, the Ministry of Defence has among the transgressions cited, awarded 12 contracts to build living quarters for married military personnel has not only incurred a cost overrun of 84%. Instead of costing RM1.74 billion, the Ministry paid RM3.21 billion, despite the delivery of shoddy units. The most glaring aspect of the above lapse, is the fact that only 1 of the 12 contracts was awarded via open tender. All these offenses are on top of the multi-billion ringgit scandals which have been exposed to date, including the "commissions" paid for the acquisition of Scorpene submarines amounting to more than RM600 million, the increase in the cost of acquiring 6 naval patrol vessels from RM6 billion to RM9 billion or the purchase of 257 armoured personnel vehicles for RM7.55 billion from DRB-Hicom when the latter procured these units, less certain accessories and system software from a Turkish defence company for only RM1.7 billion. The was also the questionable deal involving the acquisition of 12 "customised" Eurocopters for RM2.3 billion or RM192 million each, when Brazil was able to procure the same helicopter, presumably "uncustomised", for only RM82 million each. Even the Johor Sultan has chipped in with the criticism that the Ministry of Defence has acquired four Rapid Intervention Vehicles (RIV) for RM2.76mil or RM690,000 each by the Ministry of Defence despite the fact that the Sultan was able to procure a better vehicle for only RM150,000. Despite the above, the Defence Minister, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was only concerned that "the opposition's action aimed at gaining public support for their own political interest could undermine the image of Malaysia's defence among the international community," as reported in the media on 14 October. The Minister has expressed regret over the opposition using the issue for "political expediency as the general election is approaching, without considering the implications." The Minister of Defence must not attempt to sweep all the multi-billion ringgit scandals under his watch under the carpet by citing the fear that it will "undermine the image of Malaysia's defence" or question "the capability of our armed forces". In fact, what we have harped on continuously over these scandals are specifically to raise the capability of our armed forces to ensure that they are better trained and equipped to secure our borders. Had the above procurements be conducted with billions of ringgit of savings via open and transparent processes, without wastages, mismanagement and astronomical profits for the suppliers, the same billions of ringgit could have been utilised to acquire even more defence equipment for the army, navy and air force. Given the flagrant breaches in the Ministry of Defence, we repeat our call to the Ministry of Defence to set up a Parliamentary Oversight Committee into Defence Procurement to ensure that our defence personnel will not be shortchanged and to ensure that every sen of our tax-payers' monies are properly spent. We call upon the Minister to keep his promise to "consider" the above proposal at our meeting held in January this year.  |
| Pay Cut Motion for Minister of Domestic Trade Posted: 17 Oct 2012 10:13 AM PDT I have filed today a motion to deduct the remuneration of Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism by RM10. As highlighted in my earlier press statements, the Minister Datuk Ismail Sabri has abused his powers to selectively prosecute Suara Inisiatif Sdn Bhd (Suaram) to serve Barisan Nasional's political agenda. The Minister has used the Companies Comission of Malaysia (CCM) to go on a fishing trip to "investigate" an unsubstantiated "misleading accounts" allegation. On the other hand he has failed to take any against the list of 5 Umno-linked companies we have cited which clearly failed to submit their financial accounts on a timely manner, some since 2007. The companies and their directors, including Umno Members of Parliament, Khairy Jamaluddin and Abdul Rahman Dahlan, are listed below. We are convinced that there are perhaps hundreds of other companies which have blatantly flouted the Companies Act 1965 with little or no action taken by CCM. In fact, the decision to file the above motion is further justified by the findings of the Auditor-General Report which highlighted that the CCM failed to go after directors who owed more than half a million ringgit in compound fines. An example listed in the report is that of a director who registered a whopping 683 companies and chalked up 135 compounds for a total of RM640,000 in fines, but no action was taken. The report also listed out four other similar cases where company directors had between 85 and 135 compound fines issued against them, amounting to between RM640,000 and RM490,000 in fines. Despite the huge sum of compound fines due, the report said, these directors were still actively registering new companies, and without any hurdle. The irony of the Suaram persecution is the criticism by the Auditor-General that the numbers of cases referred to the prosecution department of CCM were very low. The cases referred by the KL branch for prosecution came to only 1.5 percent or RM8.59 million worth in compound fines, out of a total of RM554.94 million worth of uncollected compounds. The Minister must hence answer in Parliament to the sheer lack of competence in the administration of Companies Commission of Malaysia. Datuk Ismail Sabri must answer to Malaysians why the Umno-linked companies have never been prosecuted by the authorities despite blatant breaches of the law, and yet the Government is seeking to persecute Suaram with highly dubious and unsubstantiated allegations of "misleading accounts".  |
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| Posted: 24 Oct 2012 12:03 AM PDT  赵宗逸（左三）连同母亲郑圣玉（左一）向行动党投诉警方令人发指的行为。左二为拿督倪可汉政治秘书杨祖强 （实兆远 24日讯） 赵宗逸（21岁，菜农）不满被便衣警察狂殴和羞辱，报警一星期后警方还是没有采取行动，今天连同母亲郑圣玉（48岁，销售员）在行动党的协助下召开记者会，揭发警方的恶行。 赵氏今天在记者会上说，上星期三（17/10/2012）大约下午三点钟，他完成菜园的工作后骑着摩托车回家的路途中见到2辆普通轿车停下，身穿便衣的其中一名马来男子往他方向走来，自称是警察要检查赵氏的身份证和驾驶执照。基于最近假警案时有所闻，加上便衣男子没有身穿警方制服，轿车也没有警方的徽章，赵氏要求该名男子出示警员证。 便衣男第一次以快速的速度出示证件，赵氏以看不清楚为理由要求再多看一次。当赵氏在便衣男子第二次出示证件后向前用手想看清楚时，便衣男子马上收回并大怒，破口大骂赵氏，并要求赵氏回警局验尿。 赵氏答应跟随他们回警局，但首先需通知家人。因为菜园附近是芭地，收讯不好，无法联络家人。当赵氏拨打第3次电话时，该名男子以粗暴的方式从赵氏手中抢走他的手机。赵氏不满他的行为，扬言会把该名男子告上法庭。因为这句话，令到本以生气的男子召来另3名同车友人强行把赵氏强行从摩托车拉下来，把他制伏。便衣男子首先一拳打在赵氏的胸口，又粗暴地把赵氏的头推上车。  清楚看见赵氏胸口上被打后的证据 可怕的噩梦并未结束。当赵氏被押回警局时，他还被电棒'侍候'，该名便衣男子继续用电棒电了他3-4次，结果赵氏无法忍受高压电流，感觉晕眩倒地在地上。该名男子见状并没有停下暴力行为，以泰山压顶的方式双脚践踏在赵氏身上，并用脚践踏在赵氏的脸和耳朵上。  被警方践踏至耳朵有瘀伤 这名便衣警察疑似有暴力倾向。他继续把赵氏关进会议室，拿着塑料椅子往赵氏方向用力的攻击。出于本能自卫，赵氏用手抵挡椅子，手也受了重伤。因为力度太大，那椅子也破了，可见那警方的暴力程度非常严重。  赵氏受伤的手被椅子攻击后留下很深的疤痕 最终，警方把他关押并为他验尿，2小时后报告结果是阴性。虽然报告结果证明赵氏是清白的，但警方还是继续把他扣押多两小时后才把他放出来。这时，他才有机会联络误以为他失踪而担心的家人，结束了4小时半的恶梦。  报案纸 事情发生后，赵氏回家梳理后在母亲陪同下前往曼绒警察局报案，但令到家属和当事人不满的是警察拒绝把便衣警察脱下赵氏的裤子并羞辱他的性器官的情节记录在案。灰心的是报警了近一星期，警方只是要他们回家等待回覆，没有即使安排他们到警局认人。  杨祖强专心聆听赵宗逸诉说他的委屈 实兆远州议员拿督倪可汉政治秘书杨祖强对警方的效率感到失望，因为一星期已过却没有任何动静，引起受害者家属不满。他希望警方可以以最快的速度将警队的害群之马绳之以法，要不然大众会对警方没有信心。他补充，如果警方在新闻上报后还是没有后续行动，当事人有权采取法律行动对付涉案的警官。  |
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| Posted: 24 Oct 2012 12:59 AM PDT Press Statement By Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur On 24.10.2012. Star And Chua Soi Lek Lied And Should Show Proof That Property Prices Have Increased Drastically In One Year From 1st Quarter 2011 To 2012 With The Price Of Condominiums/Apartments By 411%, Flats By 339%, Low-Cost Flats By 157% And Detached Units By 103%. MCA is the Chinese version of Utusan Malaysia that relies on lies, fear and hate to survive. MCA is behaving like a philanderer who proclaims that he is moral and upright. The latest lies by MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek includes the outrageous claim that Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat was instigating Muslim men to rape non-Muslim women because they did not dress conservatively to cover themselves up(tunjuk aurat). This outrageous lie is similar to Utusan Malaysia lying that I am anti-Malay and anti-Islam as Nik Aziz had never said that. Another lie was MCA's opposition that Malaysia is an Islamic state when former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told reporters yesterday that MCA had never objected when Malaysia was declared an "Islamic country". On September 29, 2001 the nation's fourth PM unilaterally declared Malaysia as an Islamic country in a political speech at the Gerakan party's national delegates conference. Chua was already a Johor State EXCO member at that time. Neither MCA nor Gerakan objected, in fact both supported what Mahathir said. The latest lie by Chua is that the Penang Government is depriving more than 100,000 local families of the chance to own houses on the island because of the drastic increase in one year in the price of condominiums/apartments (by 411%), flats (339%), low-cost flats (157%) and detached units (103%). This is ridiculous a lie as where did the condominiums go up by 411% in one year. Penang must have the highest property boom in the world when everyone knows that the property prices in KL and Johor Baru are higher than Penang. Can Chua show proof of such crazy property price increases? According to the Valuation and Property Services Department statistics, the median price of a detached unit in Penang had actually gone down from RM469,000 in the 1st quarter of 2011 to RM 415,000 in the 1st quarter of 2012. Where is the 103% price increase of a detached unit? Star is behaving no differently from Chua by lying that the price of a detached unit had soared from RM1.72 million during the first quarter of last year to RM3.5million during the corresponding period this year. Chua has shown himself to be without any moral credibility and political authority amongst Malaysians, whether Chinese or non-Chinese. He should not reinforce that by making up such false facts and figures. Lim Guan Eng －－－Mandarin Version — 槟州首席部长林冠英于2012年10月24日在吉隆坡发表声明： 《星报》及蔡细历说谎，他们应该拿出证据，证明房地产价格在2011年第一季度至2012年期间急剧飚升，公寓价格上升411％、组屋339％、廉价屋上升157％，排屋上升103％。 马华已经变成中文版《前锋报》，依赖谎言、恐惧及仇恨来生存。马华就像一个花花公子说自己品行高尚。马华最新的谎言是马华总会长拿督斯里蔡细历指吉兰丹州务大臣聂阿兹鼓励穆斯林男子强奸衣着不保守的非穆斯里女子，这是荒谬的，等同于《马来西亚前锋报》说我反马来人、反依斯兰，因为聂阿兹根本没有说过那样的话。 马华的另一个谎言就是他们反对马来西亚是伊斯兰教国，前首相敦马哈 迪昨天告诉记者，当马来西亚宣布为伊斯兰国时，马华从来没有反对。2001年9月29日 ，我国第四任首相在民政党全国代表大会中发表政治演讲时，单方面宣布马来西亚为伊斯兰国。当时蔡细历是马华柔佛州联委会主席，马华和民政党都没有反对，两个国阵成员党还支持马哈迪的说法。 蔡细历最新的谎言是，槟州政府剥夺了超过10万个家庭在岛上拥有本身房子的权利，因为在短短一年内，房地产价格急剧飚升，公寓价格上升411％、组屋339％、廉价屋上升157％，排屋上升103％。这是非常荒唐的，公寓价格哪有在一年内上升411％？ 槟城的房地产价格上升幅度怎会是最高的？每个人都知道吉隆坡与新山的房地产价格比槟城还高，蔡细历可以拿出证据证明房地产价格疯狂上涨？根据房产估价服务局统计，槟城排屋的中间价格从2011年第一季度的46万9000令吉，下跌至2012年第一季度41万5000万令吉。排屋价格上升103％的说法从何而来？ 《星报》也与蔡细历一唱一合，谎称排屋价格从去年第一季度的172万令吉上升至今年同时期 的350万令吉。蔡细历已经证明自己在人民（无论是华裔或非华裔）当中已经失去道德公信力、也为没有政治权威。他不应该再假造数据、欺骗人民来加强这种印象。 林冠英 |
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| Posted: 23 Oct 2012 05:04 PM PDT Apa yang bermula sebagai satu pertanyaan mudah berkaitan Laporan Ketua Audit Negara 2011 akhirnya bertukar menjadi huru-hara apabila para ahli Parlimen menjadi emosional semasa jawapan Timbalan Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Awang Adek Hussin di peringkat jawatankuasa dalam perbahasan belanjawan Kementerian Kewangan. Fong Poh Kuan (DAP-Batu Gajah) berkali-kali mendesak mendapatkan jawapan dari Awang Adek (kanan) apakah tindakan yang akan diambil terhadap pegawai kastam yang membelibelah sebanyak RM1.82 juta tanpa kebenaran, tetapi diejek oleh penyokong BN kerana ia memanjangkan lagi sesi Parlimen yang sudahpun panjang. Awang Adek berkata pegawai tersebut telah meletak jawatan dan audit telah mengenal pasti masalah tersebut, manakala (jabatan) kastam telah membuat laporan polis. Tegasnya lagi, tindakan akan diambil kerana tiada siapa pun yang mahu melindungi orang yang bersalah. Fong pula berkata beliau tidak berpuas hati dengan jawapan Awang Adek, sambil meminta penyokong BN supaya senyap.Katanya beliau mahu tahu apakah tindakan yang akan diambil, dan bukan setakat berkata 'akan, akan, akan', tetapi mahu jawapan yang konkrit. Fong juga meminta supaya penyokong (BN) menghormatinya kerana beliau sedang menjalankan tugasnya, sambil menegaskan, jika mereka tidak berminat, mereka boleh balik. Sementara itu, Awang Adek berkata kesalahan telah dikenal pasti dan tindakan akan diambil, sambil bertanya kepada Fong apa lagi yang dia mahu dan meminta ahli Parlimen DAP itu mencadangkan kepadanya, apakah jenis tindakan yang dia mahu? Fong: Apa tindakan? Hanya laporan polis? Awang Adek: Satu laporan polis telah dibuat, apa ini ... Aiyo ... Okay, saya mengucapkan terima kasih kepada semua, Wassalamualaikum. Awang Adek yang kelihatan berang duduk di kerusinya dan enggan menjawab sebarang soalan lagi, termasuk soalan yang telah dikemuka oleh ahli parlimen lain sebelum itu, manakala Fong pula terus mendesaknya. Ini menyebabkan beberapa ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat membantah tindakan Awang Adek itu dan Dewan menjadi riuh-rendah: "Tak boleh! Tak boleh! kami telah menunggu sepanjang hari untuk mendapatkan jawapan!". Timbalan speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee kemudian campurtangan, dengan menyatakan bahawa Awang Adek akan memberikan jawapan bertulis dan berkata sesi tamat dan Awang Adek telahpun menjawab selama satu jam 20 minit. Bagaimanapun, Ahli Parlimen Pakatan termasuk Azan Ismail (PKR-Indera Mahkota), R Sivarasa (PKR-Subang) dan Chong Eng (DAP-Bukit Mertajam) tidak puas hati. Chong Eng berkata, mana boleh Awang Adek menjadi emosional dan enggan menjawab soalan. Azan pula mencelah, dengan berkata mereka sering dijanjikan jawapan bertulis sebelum ini, tetapi tetapi tidak pernah menerimanya. Pada ketika ini, Ronald memberi jaminan bahawa jawapan bertulis akan diberikan "secepat mungkin" dan merayu kepada ahli Parlimen berkenaan supaya tidak bertengkar tetapi usahanya itu tidak berhasil. Timbalan speaker itu akhirnya putus asa cuba untuk mengawal ahli Parlimen dan terus meminta undian dengan suara untuk meluluskan bajet Kementerian Kewangan dan kemudiannya menangguh sidang semalam dalam keadaan Dewan menjadi riuh-rendah dengan jeritan bantahan. Ketika ditemui di luar Dewan kemudiannya, Awang Adek menjelaskan bahawa tindakan selanjutnya terhadap pegawai kastam itu hanya akan diputuskan selepas siasatan polis selesai. "Satu laporan polis telah dibuat, apa lagi yang (MP) Batu Gajah mahu? Adakah dia mahu bunuhnya?" katanya. Ditanya mengenai dakwaan ahli Parlimen tidak menerima jawapan bertulis seperti yang dijanjikan oleh kementerian lain, Awang Adek berkata beliau adalah seorang yang mengotai janjinya. 'Saya kurang sihat' Pada masa ini, Chong Eng yang kebetulan lalu di situ, terus melepaskan rasa kecewaannya tetapi akhirnya berbual dengan elok dengan imbalan menteri itu. Chong Eng: Aiya, apa ini! Awang: Jangan macam itulah (MP) Bukit Mertajam, saya demam hari ini, anda tak tahu. Chong Eng: Mengapa tak cakap? (Beralih kepada media) Beliau sangat emosional hari ini, dia tidak boleh terima cabaran Awang: Saya demam...Kedua-duanya kemudian berdamai dan Awang Adek memberi jaminan beliau akan memberikan jawapan bertulis kepada Chong Eng hari ini  |
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| Comment on Malindo Airways is good for consumers by abeeonawindow Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:42 PM PDT More than meets the eye with Malindo. Nice for the consumers and perhaps employment generally in Malaysia, but by TF’s lead suggesting it’s cheaper to run/manage an airline out of Jakarta why on earth would Lion want to mix it up in Malaysia whereby it is presumably a bit more expensive? If this is a sacrifice on Lion’s part then who is gaining what advantage on both sides of the fence? I can’t guess what the Malaysian (NADI/AIROD/etc) side is gaining from the deal (other than money obviously), but Lion is supplying a lot of assets towards this JV – multiple 737NG, potentially 787 in due course. One could reason all those aircraft Lion ordered have to park somewhere, they can’t just sit in Seattle while Lion struggles to find enough pilots to crew them, so why not park some at KLIA2 and do some work while they’re there. Good idea no – of course! You buy an asset, put it to good use. Even Tony knows this. The fleet will be Malaysian register (9M) – that’s nice isn’t it? Fly the Malaysian flag around a bit more always good for the country ya. The management will be Malaysian of course – the airline is a Malaysian entity (AOC to be issued by DCAM) after all – seems okay. So why again is Lion doing this? Because they’re feeling generous or want to give Tony the finger? (Well perhaps the latter.) Lion wants to expand abroad, like AA vs MH they want to take on Garuda, but Garuda has one advantage – European landing/over-flight rights (and after JOG, GA had to battle to win those rights back). Lion’s reputation still precedes them and they still have a ways to go to be truly safe. No amount of LOSA etc is going to solve that in the short term; but hey – Malaysia has a pretty good standing globally in so far as safety is concerned. Why not piggyback back on a Malaysian operation to get what they currently can’t acquire with aircraft deals, money or politicking with the US. If this is the case, and I’m only hypothesizing, Lion gets approved one day through their collaboration efforts? Anyone think they’ll stick around in the JV? Business is business after all, costs will only continue to rise over time and Malindo will exist in a market niche which is cost sensitive. And of course don’t forget who owns the aircraft – 9M is just a registration mark. Impounding disputed aircraft still disrupts an operation, maybe grounds it. So MAHB gets a new friend, AIROD gets busy, MATTA has something else to sell now, etc the list goes on. Does it impact MH and/or AA? Methinks both. While new carriers generally generate new traffic for a while not all of it sticks for the long term and people will be choosey. In spite of their various benefits, passengers have much to complain about in AA and MH, that will always translate to feet heading out the door. Malindo seems to want to exist in the gap between full LCC and full service which probably will appeal to many; ranging from those who expect a little more but don’t see why they should pay fee after fee to get it, to those who are willing to sacrifice some creature comforts (but not so low as AA) to save some money and not be treated like a leper. MH should be wise for a change and Tony should shut-the-****-up saying that it won’t affect AA. Both need to wake up and smell the roses. |
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| Anak Nazri Aziz Terlepas Dalam kes Pukul dan Bunuh Posted: 16 Oct 2012 09:51 AM PDT JAWAPAN PERTANYAAN LISAN AHLI PARLIMEN KELANA JAYA PADA 17 OKTOBER 2012 SOALAN: Tuan Gwo-Burne Loh [Kelana Jaya] minta MENTERI DALAM NEGERI menyatakan hasil siasatan polis terhadap Mohamad Nedim Nazri Aziz atas insiden memukul penyelia keselamatan di sebuah kondominium mewah di ibu negara pada Mac 2012 dan insiden kematian seorang pemuda bernama Darren Kang di Restoran Uncle Don [...] |
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| Program Wanita Berdaya di Chempaka 20 Oktober 2012. Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:01 AM PDT
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| DAKWAAN TIDAK ADA RUMAH MAMPU MILIK DI SELANGOR : DONALD LIM PERLU LETAK JAWATAN. Posted: 24 Oct 2012 04:06 AM PDT Dato' Donald Lim, Timbalan Menteri Kewangan yang juga Pengerusi MCA Negeri Selangor telah mendakwa di Lobi Parlimen pada 22 Oktober lepas bahawa Kerajaan Negeri Selangor tidak membina Rumah Mampu Milik.
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| Pakatan Ulangi Jaminan Beri Pendidikan Percuma, Hapus PTPTN Dan Tol Posted: 23 Oct 2012 11:17 PM PDT Pakatan Rakyat (Pakatan) sekali lagi mengulangi jaminan akan mereformasi sistem pendidikan negara dengan memberi pendidikan percuma serta menghapuskan pinjaman Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) jika membentuk Kerajaan Persekutuan yang baru. Pengarah Strategi KEADILAN, Rafizi Ramli berkata, Pakatan mempunyai beberapa pendekatan untuk mengurus ekonomi antaranya mereformasi pendidikan, meningkatkan pendapatan rakyat dan mengurus sumber dengan baik tanpa ketirisan. "Malaysia perlu bertukar daripada ekonomi yang bergantung kepada komoditi kepada negara modal insan yang inovatif dan kreatif. Caranya adalah mereformasi sistem pendidikan, memberi pendidikan percuma dan menghapus PTPTN," katanya dalam forum "Bagaimana Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat akan membelanjakan wang rakyat" di Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Kuala Lumpur-Selangor (KLSCH), kelmarin. Rafizi berkata, untuk meningkatkan pendapatan boleh guna rakyat, Pakatan berhasrat melaksanakan gaji minima RM1,100 yang dijangka dapat melepaskan rakyat daripada garis kemiskinan. Menurutnya, Pakatan juga akan mengurangkan kos sara hidup antaranya penurunan harga minyak, cukai kereta serta penghapusan tol. "Sebahagian besar pendapatan rakyat dibelanjakan untuk membayar ansuran kereta, membayar tol dan minyak. Jika kita dapat mengurangkan beban ini kita dapat meningkatkan lebihan daripada pendapatan mereka," katanya. Mengupas mengenai kebajikan wanita, Ahli Parlimen Kota Raja, Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud berkata, Pakatan berhasrat membelanjakan sehingga RM4.5 bilion peruntukan dalam Belanjawan 2013, merangkumi Skim Caruman Wanita Nasional (SCWN) yang menelan kos RM3 bilion dan Skim Elaun Penjagaan Anak (SEPA) melibatkan peruntukan RM940 juta setahun. Menerusi SCWN, beliau berkata, Pakatan berhasrat memberi caruman sebanyak RM600 setahun kepada suri rumah sebagai persediaan keselamatan sosial termasuk kematian suami, penceraian atau kurang upaya. Sementara itu, Ahli Parlimen Klang, Charles Santiago pula menegaskan, kajian Bank Dunia menyatakan gaji minima RM1,100 Pakatan tidak akan memufliskan negara. Katanya, dasar tersebut mampu mengurangkan penggunaan tenaga kerja warga asing dan meningkatkan kualiti hidup rakyat. "Satu kajian lain di Indonesia pada 1990 merumuskan perlaksanaan gaji minima bukan mengurang pengangguran malah dapat mewujudkan perniagaan baru, peluang pekerjaan dan merapatkan jurang kekayaan," katanya. | ||||||||||||
| Posted: 23 Oct 2012 09:02 PM PDT Kenyataan bekas Menteri Kabinet, Tan Sri Sanusi Junid bahawa Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menggagalkan agenda Melayu ketika memegang jawatan Menteri Kewangan adalah tidak berasas sama sekali. Menurut Sanusi ketika sebuah forum ekonomi Melayu semalam, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad dan Tun Daim Zainuddin cuba 'meniru' dasar anti-Yahudi Jerman dahulu dengan tidak memberikan lesen perbankan kepada masyarakat bukan Melayu. Namun Sanusi mendakwa usaha ini digagalkan oleh Anwar yang memberikan lesen perbankan kepada dua kumpulan bukan Melayu – Hong Leong Bank dan Alliance Bank. Tuduhan Sanusi tidak berasas. Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad merupakan syarikat perbankan di bawah Alliance Financial Group Berhad (AFG) yang dikaitkan dengan Tun Daim Zainudin. Daim dikatakan memiliki 14.8% AFG menerusi Langkah Bahagia Sdn Bhd. Langkah Bahagia bersama-sama pihak-pihak berkaitan syarikat pelaburan Singapura, Temasek Holdings Ltd mempunyai kepentingan di dalam AFG menerusi Vertical Theme Sdn Bhd. Hubungan AFG dan Daim bermula sejak 1982 lagi apabila beliau membeli Malaysian French Bank. Malaysian French Bank kemudian dinamakan Multi-Purpose Bank. Pada 1997, Langkah Bahagia membeli saham di dalam Hock Hua Bank (Sabah). Salah seorang pemilik saham Langkah Bahagia, Mohd Nasir Ali mengumumkan bahawa beliau bertindak bagi pihak Daim. Hock Hua Bank kemudian ditukar nama menjadi International Bank Malaysia Berhad dan digabungkan bersama Multi-Purpose Bank serta enam lagi syarikat kewangan untuk menjadi AFG. Mungkin agenda Melayu yang dimaksudkan Sanusi adalah untuk menjaga kepentingan saham kroni-kroni UMNO-BN seperti bagaimana Petronas ditekan untuk menyelamatkan syarikat milik anak Mahathir, Mirzan iaitu Konsortium Perkapalan Berhad sewaktu krisis ekonomi 1997 dengan harga melebihi kadar pasaran. Namun yang menghalang usaha tersebut ialah Anwar. Nyata sekali kenyataan Sanusi adalah fitnah semata-mata yang tidak berasas. Ketaksuban beliau di dalam menyerang Anwar dan mempertahankan Mahathir dan Daim membuatkan beliau tidak nampak penyelewengan ekonomi yang telah menjadikan rakyat Malaysia umumnya dan Melayu umumnya sebagai mangsa. NIK NAZMI NIK AHMAD | ||||||||||||
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| Mengapa Perancis Bersungguh Dengan Skandal Kapal Selam? Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:03 AM PDT Harakah Jika Suaram bersungguh-sungguh memanjangkan kes skandal pembelian dua kapal selam dari Perancis dapat difahami mereka tidak rela rakyat dan Malaysia dipelekuh oleh penyangak berbaju pemimpin. Sebagai pembayar cukai, mereka tidak mahu duit mereka dirompak dan mereka mahu negara dan duit negara yang juga duit mereka diurus dengan baik. Binasa negara dan rakyat termasuk mereka jika negara ditadbir oleh orang yang mereka percaya sang penyangak. Itu hak mereka yang dijamin oleh perlembagaan. Tetapi puak-puak Perancis, terutama pengamal undang-undang seperti peguam dan pengendali mahkamah, mengapa pula beria-ia memproses aduan yang dikemukakan oleh Suaram? Dalam apa yang dirasakan skandal ini jika benar-benar berlaku, yang tertipu dan yang kena perdaya ialah orang Malaysia dan negaranya. Ia hendak lingkupkah dan hendak mampuskah, ia masalah orang Malaysia. Kalau orang-orang Malaysia bodoh hingga ditipu oleh pemimpinnya dan negaranya ditipu serta dipelekuh oleh penyangak dunia adalah masalah Malaysia. Kalau orang Malaysia dan para pemimpin Malaysia semuanya bodoh, bodohlah kalau penyangak dunia kalau tidak tipu mereka. Bukan Perancis itu bangsa penjajah yang pernah menindas, memperbodoh, menipu anak-anak tanah jajahannya. Mana mereka belas kasihan kepada orang yang dijajahnya. Dan peguam dan pengamal undang-undang Perancis itu adalah keturunan puak-puak penindas belaka. Jika betul Malaysia dan kerajaannya menjadi mangsa tipu syarikat pembuat kapal selam, maka kena tipu itu bukan Perancis dan bukan syarikat Perancis yang kena tipu. Lantaknyalah. Dari apa yang saya faham, pihak bodoh dan kena tipu dalam skandal ini ialah Malaysia. Sama ada syarikat Perancis menipu, disengaja atau tidak sengaja, Perancis belum tentu jadi penipu. Yang mungkin menipu itu ialah pemimpin-pemimpin Malaysia sendiri yang dipillih oleh rakyatnya. Tiada apa rugi Perancis dan jelas yang bodoh bukan Perancis. Oleh sebab yang besarnya adalah masalah Malaysia, maka Perancis dipercayai tidak gatal untuk bersusah payah melibatkan diri dalam suasana orang-orang bodoh itu. Jika tidak melibatkan kepentingan Perancis, maka tiada sebab Perancis gatal mencampuri skandal itu. Jika demikian mengapa mereka bersusah payah? Mereka bersusah payah bukan masalah yang menimpa Malaysia. Kalau Malaysia hendak mampus, mampuslah. Tetapi mereka tampil ke depan kerana menjaga kepentingan Perancis. Mereka mahu memastikan Perancis tidak jadi tukang karut dalam skandal kapal selam itu. Mereka mahu menjaga nama baik, prestasi dan imej syarikat Perancis sentiasa baik. Bukan saja mereka tidak mahu syarikat Perancis tipu bangsa mereka sendiri, mereka juga tidak mahu ada orang luar ditipu oleh syarikat Perancis. Jika penyangak Perancis tipu orang luar, mungkin payah sikit hendak mencegahnya. Tetapi syarikat besar Perancis terlibat dalam penipuan, maka Perancis akan malu besar. Mereka tidak mahu ada syarikat Perancis melakukan penipuan baik terhadap rakyatnya mahu pun orang. Dalam sekandal ini, syarikat pengeluar kapal selam itu sudah disebut. Apakah betul ia skandal? Adakah syarikat Perancis itu berpakat dengan pemimpin Malaysia menipu rakyat dan kerajaannya? Perancis tampil dalam kes ini adalah untuk memastikan ada unsur jenayah oleh syarikat Perancis itu. Soal berdepan dengan kerajaan dan pemimpin Malaysia adalah perkara kedua. Yang pertamanya ia hendak memastikan syarikat Perancis itu jahat atau tidak. Ada pun usahanya untuk membabitkan Perdana Menteri Najib dan pegawai-pegawai ialah untuk mendapatkan bukti tentang pembuat kapal selam itu curang atau tidak. Pemimpin Malaysia dalam masalah ini tidak sangat sebagai pihak yang dituduh tetapi lebih sebagai saksi. | ||||||||||||
| Skandal Pengurusan Tanah Negeri Sembilan Posted: 23 Oct 2012 09:56 AM PDT KENYATAAN MEDIA 23 OKTOBER 2012 HUTAN SIMPAN JERAM PADANG DIRAMPAS DAN DIBANGUNKAN SECARA HARAM KEADILAN mengambil pendirian bahawa isu-isu alam sekitar adalah isu besar negara yang perlu diketengahkan, walaupun sukar mendapat perhatian rakyat pada awalnya. Hasil gigih Naib Presiden KEADILAN, YB Fuziah Salleh terus menerus memperjuangkan pembatalan projek Lynas di Kuantan telah memberi nafas baru kepada usaha mengenengahkan isu alam sekitar sebagai isu besar negara. Bertitik tolak dari situ, pasukan KEADILAN telah menumpukan perhatian kepada pencabulan hutan simpan dan kegiatan pembalakan yang tidak terkawal di seluruh negara. Sikap tidak bertanggungjawab Umno/Barisan Nasional ini mempunyai kesan yang serius kepada negara seperti berikut:
1. Peratusan hutan simpan tetap di seluruh Malaysia semakin berkurangan dan dijangkakan jika tidak ada perubahan dasar bersabit pembalakan dan pengekalan hutan simpan, Malaysia akan berdepan dengan kepupusan hutan dalam dua generasi
2. Kegiatan pembalakan dan rampasan hutan simpan telah menjadi punca utama rasuah hasil dari persekongkolan di antara ahli politik dan ahli perniagaan yang menjadi proksi atau pembiaya kepada ahli politik. Tanah-tanah rakyat yang luasnya berpuluh ribu ekar hilang tanpa pengetahuan rakyat kerana dipindahmilikkan kepada syarikat-syarikat kroni sedang hasilnya tidak masuk ke Perbendaharaan Negeri
3. Tanah-tanah hutan simpan yang diterokai untuk pembalakan, kemudiannya dijadikan pula ladang untuk penanaman kelapa sawit dan akhirnya dibangunkan menjadi kawasan perumahan. Keuntungan beratus juta ringgit yang sepatutnya milik rakyat akhirnya menjadi kekayaan peribadi tokoh-tokoh Umno/Barisan Nasional dan kroni mereka
4. Pembalakan dan penerokaan yang berleluasa itu sering tidak mengendahkan kesan alam sekitar yang mengundang bencana alam seperti tanah runtuh, banjir dan hakisan. Akibat ketamakan Umno/Barisan Nasional, puluhan ribu penduduk di sesuatu tempat yang terkesan dari aktiviti penghapusan hutan simpan akibat pembalakan ini berhadapan dengan bencana alam.
Saya dan Timbalan Setiausaha Agong KEADILAN, Saudara T Kumar telah diberi amanah oleh pimpinan KEADILAN untuk mengkaji, menyelidik dan membongkarkan kegiatan penghapusan hutan simpan bagi tujuan pembalakan dan segala perlakuan rasuah yang membabitkan pelbagai pimpinan Umno/Barisan Nasional dan kroni mereka. Siasatan dan kajian kami tertumpu kepada Negeri Sembilan sebagai negeri di Semenanjung Malaysia yang paling banyak menghapuskan hutan simpan bagi tujuan pembalakan.
Di antara tahun 2005 hingga 2011, Umno/Barisan Nasional di bawah pimpinan Dato' Seri Utama Mohamad Hassan, Menteri Besar Negeri Sembilan telah menghapuskan hutan simpan seluas 8,616 hektar melalui pewartaan membatalkan status hutan simpan kekal yang diluluskan oleh Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri yang dipengeruskan beliau.
Statistik rasmi terkini[1] keluasan hutan simpan kekal Negeri Sembilan adalah seperti berikut:
KEADILAN seterusnya menyemak keputusan-keputusan pembatalan status tanah hutan simpan bagi memastikan ia tidak bertentangan dengan undang-undang. Seperti yang dijangkakan, keputusan-keputusan ini sebenarnya tidak sah kerana melanggar undang-undang yang diperuntukan.
Kajian KEADILAN tertumpu kepada Hutan Simpan Tetap Jeram Padang Selatan yang diwartakan sebagai hutan simpan tetap sejak 30 Ogos 1918[2]. Status ini telah dibatalkan melalui Pewartaan No (Gazette Plan No) 1933 bertarikh 11 Mac 2004 yang membatalkan status hutan simpan tetap bagi membolehkan pembalakan berlaku di kawasan seluas 487.3 hektar[3].
Pembatalan tersebut bertentangan dengan Seksyen 18(1) Akta Perancangan Bandar Dan Desa (Akta 172) yang menyebut:
BAHAGIAN IV KAWALAN PERANCANGAN Penggunaan tanah dan bangunan
18. (1) Tiada seorang pun boleh menggunakan atau membenarkan digunakan mana-mana tanah atau bangunanmelainkan menurut rancangan tempatan.
KEADILAN menyemak Rancangan Struktur Negeri Sembilan 2001 – 2020 yang disediakan Jabatan Perancang Bandar dan Desa Negeri Sembilan[4]. Mukasurat 53 Bahagian (i) Zon Pengekalan (Zon Tidak Sesuai Untuk Pembangunan) seksyen (b) Zon Kawasan Sensitif Alam Sekitar (KSAS) Tinggi secara jelas menyebut:
Zon KSAS pada tahap tinggi ini adalah kritikal untuk dipelihara supaya tidak membawa bencana alam seperti tanah runtuh yang akan mengancam nyawa dan harta benda masyarakat. Semakan terhadap dokumen-dokumen rancangan tempatan, iaitu Rancangan Tempatan Daerah Jempol 2002 – 2015 yang diperolehi dari pihak berkuasa tempatan secara jelas menunjukkan bahawa Hutan Simpan Tetap Jeram Padang Selatan dikategorikan sebagai Zon KSAS Tahap 1, iaitu "KSAS Tahap 1 yang mempunyai sensitiviti yang tinggi terhadap pembangunan dan memerlukan kawalan ketat. Kawasan ini perlu dipelihara sepenuhnya dan tidak dibenarkan untuk sebarang pembangunan"[5].
Mukasurat 5-77[6] Rancangan Tempatan Daerah Jempol 2002 – 2015 secara jelas menunjukkan bahawa Hutan Simpan Tetap Jeram Padang Selatan adalah berkategori KSAS Tahap 1 dan tidak boleh dibangunkan.
Oleh yang demikian, pewartaan membatalkan status hutan simpan tetap bertarikh 11 Mac 2004 adalah tidak sah disisi undang-undang kerana bertentangan dengan rancangan tempatan sedia ada, lalu melanggar Seksyen 18(1) Akta Perancangan Bandar dan Desa.
Malangnya, Kerajaan Umno/Barisan Nasional di bawah pentadbiran 2 orang Menteri Besar (Tan Sri Isa Samad dan Dato' Seri Utama Mohamad Hassan) tidak menghiraukan undang-undang dan membenarkan penerokaan berlaku. Balak di kawasan hutan ini telah ditebang sepenuhnya dan kini ia telah diusahakan pula sebagai kawasan penanaman kelapa sawit.
KEADILAN mempunyai bukti bahawa pimpinan Umno/Barisan Nasional mendapat keuntungan dari tindakan yang melanggar undang-undang ini hasil dari kegiatan pembalakan dan penanaman kelapa sawit.
Ini adalah kenyataan pertama KEADILAN yang akan disusuli dengan lebih banyak pembongkaran dalam minggu-minggu akan datang.
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