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Najib menggelabah, keluar kenyataan tidak masuk akal.

Posted: 06 May 2012 12:34 AM PDT

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Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak dilihat sudah dalam keadaan menggelabah dan bercakap diluar kotak pemikiran yang waras apabila berhadapan dengan gelombang ratusan ribu rakyat yang menolak sisitem PRU yang kotor sekaligus menolak kepimpinan beliau.

Selepas seminggu Himpunan Bersih 3 beliau memberi reaksi dan komen dengan melemparkan pelbagai tohmahan yang melucukan terhadap rakyat yang telah berhimpun dan ulasan beliau sebenarnya telah meranapkan nama baiknya kalau masih ada dengan menuduh rakyat mahu melakukan rampasan kuasa ala revolusi dengan menakluk Dataran Merdeka untuk mengguling kerajaan.

Terlalu lambat beliau bercakap mengenai tuduhan yang dilemparkan dan respon ini telah menyerlahkan dirinya yang gagal menilai kemahuan serta keinginan rakyat yang sebenarnya.

Tsunami politik 2008 adalah sebaik-baik pengajaran yang boleh diambil BN untuk mereka berubah, malangnya ia dipersiakan dan dibuang begitu sahaja, tidakkah Najib sedar bahawa ramai pemimpin BN sendiri ada yang telah keluar meninggalkan BN, terakhir Tan Sri Abdul Kader Sheikh Fadhil telah keluar kerana kepincangan UMNO dan BN itu sendiri.

Penyelewengan dalam pentadbiran Negara oleh BN antara penyebab parti ini semakin lesu menunggu rebah termasuklah isu-isu yang gagal mencapai kata sepakat seperti pemansuhan ISA, mereka (Najib dan juga Hishamuddin ) tidak sependapat samada mansuh ataupun tidak.

Begitu juga isu Hudud, Chua Soi Lek sehingga mengugut untuk keluar BN jika Umno laksana undang-undang tersebut di Malaysia sehingga menyebabkan Najib Razak mengeluarkan kenyataan yang tidak sepatutnya dari lidah seorang muslim bahawa BN tidak akan laksana Hudud atas alasan realiti semasa dan amat menyedihkan apabila Menteri yang menjaga portfolio agama di JPM Putrajaya mengambil sikap membisu dalam isu perkara pokok agama Islam ini.

Najib Razak seboleh-bolehnya ingin menegakkan benang yang basah dengan menyatakan bahawa parti BN sedang berada di tahap yang mantap, kukuh dan ada sokongan padu.

Hakikat parti Umno BN sedang berpecah dari dalam tidak dapat dinafikan lagi, retak dari dalamnya terlalu banyak, kerja-kerja baik pulih parti terlalu banyak sehingga didengari oleh orang luar, begitulah perumpaman yang dapat digambarkan keadaan semasa Umno.

Rakyat tidak boleh memberi peluang lagi kepada parti Umno BN yang lemah mentadbir Malaysia kerana kesanya negara dan rakyat akan semakin mundur, PRU13 adalah detik untuk beri peluang kepada Pakatan Rakyat meneraju pentadbiran Negara, berdasarkan rekod di 4 negeri selama 4 tahun selayaknya PR diberi peluang sebagai Kerajaan negeru dan Pusat.
6 Mei 2012

Drs. Khallil Idham Lim
ADUN Titi Serong.

Foto Terbaik: Ustaz Azhar Menyantuni TGNA

Posted: 05 May 2012 09:24 PM PDT

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Kemah Boh .. gini cara dan adab yang sepatutnya jadi tauladan pada orang lain. Walaupun Ustaz Azhar Idrus dah popular dan ada crowd sendiri, tapi rasa hormat pada Tuan Guru begitu menebal. Takbir ~!!

Lelong barangan MB di Majlis Makan Malam PR

Posted: 05 May 2012 09:17 PM PDT

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SHAH ALAM, 6 Mei: Majlis Makan Malam Pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat 2012 yang dianjur Pemuda PAS Kelantan malam tadi mencatat sejarah apabila turut diadakan lelongan barang-barang milik Tuan Guru Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.

Antaranya jam tangan, baju, jaket, kasut dan potret-potret terkini beliau. Paling menarik seutas jam yang mengandungi cop kerajaan negeri dibida dengan harga RM2,700 oleh seorang pengunjung, Rushdan Mustafa.

Program itu turut dihadiri Mursyidul Am PAS, Presiden PKR, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail dan Naib Pengerusi DAP, Dr Tan Seng Giaw diadakan di I-City dekat sini dihadiri kira-kira 1,000 tetamu.

Turut hadir Ketua Pemuda PAS Kelantan, Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman dan anggota Parlimen Shah Alam, Ir Khalid Samad.

Pengarah program, Ahmad Fadhli Shaari berkata, program tersebut diadakan bertujuan mengutip dana pilihan raya Dewan Pemuda PAS Kelantan sebagai persiapan awal menghadapi pilihan raya umum ke-13 tidak lama lagi.

Katanya, Pemuda PAS mensasarkan penderma di sekitar Lembah Klang terutamanya anak-anak Kelantan yang berada di perantauan untuk sama menyumbang bagi mempertahankan kerajaan Kelantan.

Sementara itu Menteri Besar berkata, rakyat cukup matang membuat penilaian sebenar ketika berdepan dengan serangan bertali arus Umno dan BN menggunakan media massa yang mereka kuasai.

"Saya cukup optimis serangan bertalu-talu pemimpin Umno dan BN terhadap Kelantan dan Pakatan Rakyat tidak akan mendatangkan kesan kerana rakyat dapat menilai apa sebenar yang berlaku," katanya di majlis tersebut.

Beliau turut merakamkan ucapan tahniah di atas kejayaan Pemuda PAS Kelantan menganjurkan program berkenaan sehingga mendapat sambutan memberangsangkan.

Oleh itu beliau berharap semua pihak bekerja lebih keras demi kemenangan PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat pada PRU-13.

Pada majlis itu juga Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz menurunkan tandatangan di atas potretnya yang berjaya dijual.

HARAKAHDAILY/-

9 mayat ditemui tergantung, 14 tanpa kepala

Posted: 05 May 2012 08:00 PM PDT

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MAYAT sembilan individu tidak dikenali tergantung di sebuah jambatan di bandar Nuevo Laredo, Mexico kelmarin.

BANDAR RAYA MEXICO - Sembilan mayat ditemui tergantung di sebuah jambatan di bandar Nuevo Laredo, dalam negeri Tamaulipas di timur laut Mexico, lapor media tempatan.

Laporan berkenaan yang memetik kenyataan pihak berkuasa, menyatakan terdapat kesan penyeksaan pada mayat lima lelaki dan empat wanita terbabit dengan mata mereka turut ditutup.

Bandar Nuevo Laredo dihuni oleh 370,000 penduduk dan terletak tidak jauh dari bandar Laredo di sebelah sempadan Amerika Syarikat.

Pada hari yang sama, polis turut menemui 14 mayat tanpa kepala di dalam sebuah kenderaan di pusat bandar ini.

Polis kemudian menemui kepala-kepala mangsa di dalam beberapa bekas ais di luar bangunan majlis perbandaran Nuevo Laredo.

Identiti mangsa belum dikenal pasti setakat ini.

Polis percaya pembunuhan kejam itu mempunyai kaitan dengan sengketa beberapa kartel dadah yang beroperasi di bandar berkenaan.

Lebih 50,000 orang terbunuh sejak lima tahun lalu dalam jenayah terancang di Mexico. - Agensi

Tentera Yaman disusun semula

Posted: 05 May 2012 08:00 PM PDT

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SANAA: Beberapa minggu selepas berdiplomasi, presiden baru Yaman, Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, mengukuhkan kawalannya ke atas dua unit utama tentera dalam tindakan dilihat berani bagi menyatukan negara berkenaan.

Awal minggu ini, anak saudara presiden terdahulu, Ali Abdullah Saleh, yang mengetuai pasukan kawalan presiden, meletak jawatan selepas diarahkan kerajaan selama sebulan.

Wakil PBB ke Yaman, Jamal Benomar, berkata Jeneral Tariq Mohammed Saleh tidak lagi menguasai unit elit berkenaan.

Pengumuman itu dibuat hanya seminggu selepas komander Tentera Udara Yaman melepaskan jawatan selepas enggan mengikut perintah presiden supaya berundur sejak beberapa minggu lalu.

Menurut diplomat kanan Yaman, beberapa pihak percaya Abdrabuh mempunyai kekuatan untuk menguasai kerajaan Yaman.

"Sebelum ini, beberapa pemimpin rejim lama percaya mereka boleh mempengaruhi presiden dan memperoleh apa yang mereka inginkan.

"Bagaimanapun, Abdrabuh enggan menerima begitu saja pandangan pembantunya, sebaliknya dia membuat penilaian sendiri," katanya.

Bagaimanapun, Tentera Pengawal Republik yang juga elit, masih diketuai anak Ali Abdullah, Ahmad. - AFP

Bersih 3.0 terhangat minggu ini

Posted: 05 May 2012 07:55 PM PDT

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KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Mei: Berita mengenai insiden keganasan polis dan penyamaran polis ketika perhimpunan Bersih 3.0 merupakan artikel terhangat Facebook dan Twitter Harakahdaily bagi minggu ke-18.

Sekeping gambar yang dipetik blog http://kafesantai.blogspot.com menunjukkan seorang peserta Bersih 2.0 memainkan dua watak, satu memukul polis sebagai peserta dan satu memukul peserta sebagai polis.

Di tangga kedua pula, ialah sebuah kupasan menarik daripada paspb2.blogspot.com mengenai dakwaan skandal seks terbaru terhadap pemimpin nombor 2 PKR, Azmin Ali.

Berita mengenai kematian Bob Kuman atau nama sebenarnya Husni Mohd Rawi menduduki tempat ketiga minggu ini.

Di tempat keempat pula ulasan blog http://greenboc.blogspot.com/ terhadap gambar peserta yang merempuh sekatan polis ketika di Bersih 3.0.

"Kenapa Mereka Tidak Memakai Baju BERSIH? Kenapa Mereka Nampak Teruja Sangat Memecahkan Sekatan Polis? Siapa Kenal Mereka2 Ini??" soal blog tersebut.

Manakala, tulisan sinis Hishamuddin Rais di Tukar Tiub mengenai penipuan media Umno terhadap jumlah hadirin Bersih 3.0 menduduki tangga kelima.

Berikut ialah 10 artikel terhangat Facebook dan Twitter Harakahdaily bagi minggu, 29 April hingga 5 Mei, 2012.

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KANTOI: Lelaki ini kejap jadi peserta, kejap jadi polis
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FITNAH SEKS!!! Azmin UMNO ada misai, Azmin Ali tak pernah bermisai
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Bob Kuman meninggal, disemadi di Rantau
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Peserta Demo Mengganas - Siapakah Mereka Ini??
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Demo bersih gagal: Tak sampai 4,000 yang berdemo
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Blogger UMNO memalsu gambar Bersih 3.0!!
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Tengahari tendang polis, petang tangkap peserta
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Lu Orang Kenal Siapa "Ulamak" Ini..
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Ujian provokasi SUV sebelum Waja
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Puak asabiah tentu tidak mengerti gambar ini

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Tragedi ‘kepala air’

Posted: 05 May 2012 07:01 PM PDT

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LEMAS ... mayat Alif Aiman ditemui selepas enam jam.
TAIPING: Tragedi seorang kanak-kanak lelaki berusia tujuh tahun yang hilang dihanyutkan 'kepala air' ketika mandi bersama keluarganya di kawasan perkelahan Sungai Larah, Bukit Berapit, di sini, petang kelmarin, berakhir apabila mayatnya ditemui tersangkut di celah pokok, enam jam selepas kejadian.

Dalam kejadian jam 4.15 petang, Alif Aiman Zamzuri bersama ibu dan bapanya berdepan saat mencemaskan apabila dihanyutkan arus deras ketika mandi di kawasan perkelahan itu, menyebabkan kanak-kanak itu hilang dibawa arus manakala ibu dan bapanya menyelamatkan diri dengan berpaut pada sebatang pokok.

Mayat Alif Aiman ditemui sepasukan anggota bomba dan penyelamat Taiping, jam 10.45 malam, 500 meter dari tempat mangsa mandi bersama keluarganya.

Ketua Polis Daerah Taiping, Asisten Komisioner Yusof Mohd Diah berkata, mayat mangsa dibawa ke Hospital Taiping untuk bedah siasat sebelum jenazahnya dituntut ahli keluarga dan dibawa ke kampung halaman di Kampung Telou Kanan, Kuala Ketil, Kedah pagi semalam untuk dikebumikan.

Beliau berkata, dalam kejadian kelmarin, mangsa bersama ibu bapanya dalam perjalanan dari Ipoh ke Baling, Kedah sebelum berhenti di tepi jalan berhampiran kawasan perkelahan itu untuk berehat dan mandi.

"Bagaimanapun, ketika mandi di sungai, tiba-tiba arus deras muncul dari arah hulu sebelum menghanyutkan ketiga-tiga mangsa.

"Pasangan suami isteri itu sempat menyelamatkan diri dengan berpaut pada pokok manakala mangsa hanyut dan hilang," katanya ketika dihubungi di sini semalam.

Katanya, pihaknya mengesahkan kemunculan arus deras di sungai berpunca daripada limpahan takungan air di atas bukit yang pecah.

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Pak Samad digelar Sasterawan Rakyat

Posted: 05 May 2012 06:52 PM PDT

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Sekumpulan seniman bebas menyampaikan penghargaan kepada pengerusi bersama BERSIH, Datuk A Samad Said atas pengorbanan yang ditunjukkan Sasterawan Negara itu dalam membela hak rakyat.

Pemimpin utama Kumpulan Kartunis Independen, Zunar berkata anugerah Seniman Rakyat itu diberikan atas pengorbanan tenaga, minda, bakat dan titik peluh oleh A Samad.

"Hari ini kami, Kumpulan Kartunis Independen mengiktiraf seorang seniman, budayawan yang mengabdikan karya-karyanya demi membela rakyat, demi membuka mata rakyat dan sentiasa berjuang di garis depan membimbing rakyat.

"Beliau tidak mengharapkan darjat dan kebesaran malah sanggup menempuh rintangan biar berdepan dengan kekuasaan dan hujung senapang demi sebuah prinsip dan kehormatan sebagai manusia," katanya.

Zunar atau nama sebenarnya Zulkiflee SM Anwar ulHaque berkata tidak memadai sekiranya seorang seniman hanya berjaya menghasilkan karya seni demi keuntungan peribadi tetapi mengabaikan penderitaan rakyat di sekeliling.

Seniman seharusnya mengabdikan karya "untuk kepentingan rakyat terbanyak, membela rakyat tertindas dan perakam denyut nadi rakyat," katanya dalam ucapan di satu majlis KKI di Kuala Lumpur semalam.

Perhimpunan BERSIH 3.0 untuk menuntut pilihan raya bersih dan adil yang dipimpin A Samad menarik kehadiran sehingga 100,000 orang pada 28 April lalu.

Dalam ucapannya selepas itu, A Samad turut memberikan semangat kepada kartunis dan seniman supaya terus memperjuangkan kebebasan dan menjaga hubungan dengan tuhan.

"Kalau ada halangan, rempuhlah kerana itulah maruah seorang seniman," katanya yang turut menceritakan pengalaman beliau mengadakan protes 'duduk bantah' di Kuala Lumpur.

Majlis ringkas itu turut diserikan dengan persembahan lagu Mentari Kuning, Menyalalah yang turut disertai Pak Samad dengan isterinya.

malaysiakini/-

Guna wang BR1M anjurkan kesyukuran sertai PAS

Posted: 05 May 2012 06:00 PM PDT

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RANTAU PANJANG: Mungkinkah harapkan sokong, sokong membawa rebah benar-benar berlaku apabila wang Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) sebanyak RM500 yang diumpan bagi memancing undi rakyat menjadi perkara di sebaliknya.

Ini dibuktikan apabila tiga penerima BR1M di Chicha Tinggi dekat sini menggunakan sebahagian wang bantuan tersebut bagi membeli lembu untuk mengadakan majlis kesyukuran menyertai PAS.

Pengasas Umno cawangan Kampung Rengas, Chicha Tinggi, Awang Ismail, 55 atau lebih dikenali sebagai Che Seman mengakui dua isterinya yang mendapat wang BR1M menggunakan wang tersebut bagi membeli lembu.

Selain itu kata beliau adiknya, Zakaria (gambar) juga turut menyumbang wang BR1M ketika membeli lembu bagi jamuan orang ramai sempena ceramah mereka menyertai PAS awal April lalu.

Pada ceramah tersebut Che Seman mewakili ahli keluarga dan rakan-rakan menyerah 152 borang menyertai PAS kepada Timbalan Pesuruhanjaya PAS Kelantan, Datuk Mohd Amar Abdullah.

Hadir sama di majlis itu Adun Bukit Tuku, Abdul Fatah Harun dan Adun Gual Periok, Mohamad Awang serta jawatankuasa PAS Rantau Panjang.

Ketika ditemui baru-baru ini Che Seman berkata, beliau tidak menerima wang RM500 BR1M, sebaliknya dua isterinya mendapat wang tersebut.

Begitu juga adiknya Zakaria merupakan Ketua Umno Cawangan Kampung Rengas menerima wang BR1M.

"Wang tersebut kami kumpul untuk membeli lembu yang disembelih bagi jamuan orang ramai sempena meraikan kemasukan saya dan kawan-kawan bersama PAS pada 7 April lalu," ujarnya.

(Tunggu pendedahan lanjut dalam Harakah edisi cetak keluaran akan datang).

harakahdaily/-
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Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang

Blind baseless support by 3 ex IGPs for Najib’s wild allegation that Bersih 3.0 “sit-in” was Opposition bid to topple the government latest proof there is no level playing field for free and fair elections

Posted: 06 May 2012 01:25 AM PDT

Almost every day, Malaysians are provided with fresh proof that there is just no level playing field for free and fair elections in Malaysia and that the Barisan Nasional government is still a very long way off from fulfilling Bersih 2.0 Eight Demands for free and fair elections highlighted in the July 9, 2011 rally, [...]

Keberangkalian Umno menjadi pembangkang adalah tinggi

Posted: 05 May 2012 11:51 PM PDT

— Aspan Alias The Malaysian Insider May 06, 2012 6 MEI — Kali ini saya teruskan lagi tentang perlunya kerajaan diubah, dianjak dan di alih, kalau boleh sebelum pilihanraya umum. Sambutan himpunan Bersih menunjukkan sokongan kepada perubahan dan rakyat tidak lagi mahu menerima pujukan kerajaan dan pimpinan hari ini agar mereka diberikan sekali lagi sambungan [...]

Road to Malaysia’s day of destiny

Posted: 05 May 2012 09:43 PM PDT

Bridget Welsh | May 6, 2012 Malaysiakini COMMENT With well over 100,000 people gathering last week for electoral reform in the largest street protest in the nation’s history – and the event marred by violence by both state and non-state actors alike – Malaysian politics has reached an important impasse. The Bersih 3.0 rally and [...]

Harris pours scorn on Mahathir’s rosy outlook

Posted: 05 May 2012 09:27 PM PDT

FMT Staff | May 6, 2012 KOTA KINABALU: Former Sabah chief minister Harris Salleh has accused Dr Mahathir Mohamad of duplicity during his 22-year tenure as prime minister, which saw the Bornean state rapidly fall from riches to rags. Lashing out at the man who ruled the country with an iron fist from 1981 to [...]

BN on track for snap poll, looking at July date

Posted: 05 May 2012 08:32 PM PDT

By Jahabar Sadiq Editor The Malaysian Insider May 06, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — A general election could be called as early as July, before the Ramadan fasting month begins, as the Bersih 3.0 rally has not affected support for the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, sources say. The Malaysian Insider understands that a [...]
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Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim

Road to Malaysia’s Day Of Destiny

Posted: 05 May 2012 10:48 PM PDT

Malaysiakini
By Bridget Welsh

With well over 100,000 people gathering last week for electoral reform in the largest street protest in the nation’s history – and the event marred by violence by both state and non-state actors alike – Malaysian politics has reached an important impasse.

The Bersih 3.0 rally and its aftermath reveal that the path ahead for Malaysian politics will grow even more contentious and complex. As the different 'Bersih stories’ pour in, ranging from 'ordinary’ heroism to the darker accounts of beatings and abuse of power, the move of Malaysian politics outside of the realm of elite to the streets and social media is both empowering and scary.

Prime Minister Najib Razak’s decision not to accommodate the concerns of the protesters last week, and even to demonise their actions, now prods Malaysia further along the road to its day of destiny, where the political fate of Malaysia’s 54-year government will be determined. So far, the routes chosen are one of confrontation rather than compromise, making resolution to differences even more difficult.

Before the rally, I argued that four actors would shape politics around Bersih 3.0 – the youth, the middle class, the police and East Malaysians. Of these, three were decisive on rally day itself (the latter will grow more so as elections approach).

The youth and the middle-class attended the rally in large numbers, marking a new generation’s engagement with politics and transforming a largely apathetic middle class into a more engaged electorate.

Those wearing yellow and green included Malaysia’s soccer moms, the shopping mall princesses, disgruntled students, retirees and usually reticent professionals.

These individuals comprised those who had for years enjoyed the air-conditioned comfort of Malaysia’s success, yet with different levels of concern and angst chose to brave Kuala Lumpur’s hot and humid conditions on April 28. It was uncomfortable, but overwhelmingly, this embrace of discomfort shows how engaged Malaysians are with hot-button political issues and their willingness to stand up and be counted.

They were there because they see the country moving in the wrong direction and wanted to make it right. At the very least, the Bersih rally revealed the shortcomings of the country’s leaders in addressing the concerns of a large, important and increasing number of its citizens.

Much of the attention focused on the third actor, the police, whose over-the-top actions in the use of tear gas and their attacks on journalists have permanently stained their reputation among those connected to the rally.

For those not at the rally, the picture is less clear as the mainstream media has manipulated the event in an attempt to snatch the moral high ground, with the government going as far as censoring the international media and destroying cameras. Often the characterisation of police action has been one of black and white, where in actual fact there is much more gray, and views are evolving as more and more stories are shared.

Questions will remain about the breaching of the barricade, and unless a truly independent party investigates, the 'he said, she said’ dynamic will be rife with conspiracy theories that breed confusion and suspicion rather than promote genuine respect for the rule of law.

Ultimately, Malaysian voters will decide on who ordered what and why, as the truth cannot be censored with over 100,000 Malaysians from all walks of life sharing their experiences back inside their air-conditioned homes through a social network that directly and indirectly touched over half of the electorate.

Different narratives

Bersih 3.0 was a nationalistic event, a moment of patriotism. What is striking to see are two conflicting 'Save Malaysia’ narratives that have emerged. The first is one that is shared by rally attendees and its supporters as those who braved the tear gas decided to come out to 'save’ the country.

This vision is one in which the event becomes a turning point towards greater freedom and empowerment. The symbolism of Dataran Merdeka runs deep as this nationalist narrative is one of rights and fairness.

The core of electoral reform involves guaranteeing that the voice of the people is heard fairly and freely. As such, for Bersih supporters attending the rally, it was about this democratic image for the country as it hopes to move towards a stronger system based on integrity and inclusion.

This stands in stark contrast to the alternative image based on a more reactionary nationalism, one in which the threat is defined as the protesters, ordinary people, who are challenging the status quo. They were portrayed as attacking the country, first on the police force and then later the incumbent system as a whole.

This government-linked 'image building’ has attempted to showcase the protesters as national security threats (needing barbed wire), immoral actors who are 'dirty’ rather than clean. Embedded in this narrative is the image that the protestors are anti-Malay, initially as attackers of the Malay police force and later as supposedly immoral individuals.

It is hate-speech that is reminiscent of regimes that feed on fear and hold onto power through exclusion. Also weaved into this narrative is the image of destabilising reformasi proponent fighting for power in the form of Anwar Ibrahim, who is ironically attacked even further in what can be seen as an effort to bring back the Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s base of supporters into Najib’s political fold.

The efforts to stoke hatred of the Bersih movement and its supporters, especially opposition leaders, are extensive, involving the manipulation of the foreign media and threats against journalists and observers, such as Australia’s Senator Nicholas Xenophon.

This narrative is about using racism and fear, hoping to tap into underlying conservatism and relying heavily on state power to hold onto power. This is all couched in an alternative narrative of patriotism, where Dataran Merdeka is portrayed as the place where challengers to power are putting the country governed by the BN under attack.

For the democratic nationalists in this equation, Bersih 3.0 was a mass rebellion. It was attacked, put down and described in such a manner that will build anger. The calls for Bersih 4.0 are already being voiced among supporters.

For the reactionary nationalists, Bersih 3.0 represents a revolutionary event that they have chosen to demonise, not fully realising that in doing so they are sowing the seeds of further discontent.

Supporters on this pole are demanding for arrests, with Bersih leaders and opposition activists top of the list, as they are blinded by authoritarian tools used in the Mahathir era that are outdated in Malaysia’s more mature polity.

Four fundamental mistakes

The reason that these narratives are so different is a continued misreading of Bersih 3.0. There are four fundamental mistakes that the reactionary nationalists made about the Bersih rally. First of all, they continue to equate the movement with the opposition.

This stems from a deep-seated fear of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim. While both Pakatan Rakyat and the civil society-led Bersih movement share some common interests in reform, as do the overwhelming majority of Malaysians from across the political divide, they are not the same. Bersih represents a broad social movement that goes beyond opposition political leaders, and arguably even the Bersih leaders themselves.

It is about reform in governance and better representation, including on the part of opposition parties. This expansion of civil society into places such as Kota Kinabalu and Ipoh, as well as broadening within Kuala Lumpur itself, illustrates the new people-oriented politics of Malaysia. Elites on both sides will have to accommodate a more active and engaged public.

The days when people blindly follow the leaders or go to the streets for personalities alone are gone. Attacks on individual politicians in the wake of the rally just reveal a complete misunderstanding of the movement.

The second mistake of the reactionary nationalists is that Bersih 3.0 is about separate groups of Malaysians divided by ethnicity, organised by clearly ethnically divided groups. While ethnic identity remains important for Malaysian politics, for rally goers this was not about race, but about the country. The consistent theme is one of Malaysian identity, where one of the rally’s theme songs was 'Negaraku’.

The impact of this public move to embrace non-ethnic politics is profound. In March 2008, voting across ethnic lines was largely private. The reality of common purpose came when the results came out.

Many of the motivations of March 2008 – Hindraf, religious rights and more – were ethnic in nature. Bersih 3.0 was markedly different. It was about a common purpose, where ethnicity was put aside in favour of community building. Bersih 3.0 was arguably the largest trust-building event in Malaysia’s history after Merdeka.

Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans, Ibans and more met each other, shared laughter, water, sweets, salt… and tears. (The spillover is that it helps build trust among many opposition supporters who came to the rally, as well as the middle-ground Malaysians who met die-hard opposition members for the first time. For PAS in particular, perhaps the biggest success was its Amal security units, which were seen protecting rally-goers across races.)

After years of movement towards differences, towards less understanding, this was put aside on a hot afternoon. Bersih 3.0 has set in place conditions where trust building among ordinary people can grow stronger.

Ironically, the reactionary nationalists have underestimated the dissipation of fear in Malaysian politics. This is their third mistake. The bravery among Malaysians is growing. You do not need to look at the numbers of the crowd, although this should not be ignored.

You do not need to even look at the leaders of the movement or the examples of police officers who offered helping hands to rally goers while some of their peers were abusing their positions. Malaysians are increasingly willing to take ownership of their future and are willing to do so again.

Conservatively, the size of Bersih 3.0 doubled in less than a year. The authorities are fooling themselves if they think that these people will not stand up again. Bersih conservatively directly touched over 20 percent of the electorate and indirectly much more. The large participation of young people is especially important as they are traditionally the strongest risk-takers.

One student remarked to me afterwards how the taste of the tear gas the second time was sweeter and she was ready for more. Yes, a she. This is a less fearful Malaysia, and a more angrier one.

Finally, the reactionary nationalists appear to be mistakenly ignoring the issue behind the rally – electoral reform. Polling conducted in late 2011 shows before Bersih 3.0 that only a third of citizens think the electoral process is fair and free – very much in line with the Umno hardcore.

Whatever people think about the tactics and individuals in Bersih – and views differ – the overwhelming majority of Malaysians see a problem with the electoral system.

The government should bear in mind that globally, the single most important event that triggers political transitions is a fraudulent election. If the BN goes to the polls under the circumstances that are already widely seen to be unfair and lacking integrity, they are miscalculating the underlying sentiments of a growing number of people about the core issue of the rally.

They will be seen to be illegitimate by a large share of the population. This size of the rally should be sending clear signals to leaders to properly engage in electoral reform. Anything else will be seen by many as a desperate measure to hold onto power rather than a genuine mandate of a leader.

No compromises, only confrontation

Attention has centred on the timing of the polls. It looks more and more likely that these will occur as early as next month. Najib, over the past week, has embraced a hardline position, with an attempt to unite his base and papering over the divisions within Umno.

The media inundation of a turned-over car and the resultant violence aims to bring the rural base back into the BN fold. To add onto this, the hardline efforts involving personal attacks – with bizarre photos bordering on pornography on the front-page of national newspapers and complete fabrications of speeches – reflects the beginnings of an assault on the opposition and international observers.

These tactics coupled with the embedded advantages in the electoral system and support from East Malaysia appear to form the strategy that is perceived to bring a BN victory, albeit one that will be highly contentious.

To follow the path of confrontation rather than compromise is very risky. First of all, it ignores the elephant in the room associated with elections, the need for the elections to be seen as legitimate.

To date, the government’s outreach to Bersih is missing and genuine avenues for electoral reform remain unexplored. While Bersih faces the challenge of illustrating the need for reforms and moving the movement forward, its central message has resonated among many Malaysians. The greater the demonisation and distancing away from Bersih, the harder compromise is possible.

Second, it assumes that Najib can control the actors who are carrying out hardline manoeuvres. Already the Umno-linked New Straits Times has been internationally shamed. How many other institutions will have to compromise themselves in this battle for power, in which more authoritarian measures are adopted?

What makes the current environment complex for the current leadership is that even its own actors on the BN side have become more non-state in nature and are increasingly mobilised, making this move toward legitimising hardline approaches even more risky.

Letting this sort of politics rule reflects on the leadership. Physics teaches us that with every action there is another reaction. Hardline options provoke hardline responses. This dynamic will serve to polarise the electorate into political camps and harden positions in these camps. The days of polarisation of families post-1999 reformasi are coming again, but with even greater intensity given the mobilisation of the young.

Finally, this apparent choice by Najib to embrace the hardline political path will make it even harder to bring about any reform in any realm. To de-link economic reform from political change is unviable. There is a need to implement the rule of law fairly to promote the economy, and this involves a fair and unbiased investigation.

To give in to the hardline political position will undermine economic reform and contribute to the bad practices of using resources to win political allies rather than in building a sustainable and inclusive economy.

Indeed, the miscalculations of a growing social movement by reactionary nationalists will make Najib’s national leadership even more vulnerable.

The title was inspired by a Bersih 3.0 protester, whose remarks on BBC was censored by local satellite TV station Astro.

Spring Comes To Malaysia

Posted: 05 May 2012 01:33 PM PDT

M.J. Akbar
Chief Editor India Today
 

Anyone can get angry. But to rise in anger, it helps to be young. The young constitute the heart of any uprising for two good reasons. They have not yet had time to compromise. Their mobility is still unhampered by the usual constraints, otherwise known as the litany of social security that keeps us locked into the conventional, of job, family, property. The second reason is more interesting. The most important stimulant in the complex mix that instigates a mass movement is hope, not anger. Hope is the positive face of anger.

The first two decades of the 21st century will be remembered as the season of volcanic rage across those parts of the world subdued into stagnation in the name of isms [faith, economic philosophy, patriotism] that were often nothing more than pathetic alibis for authoritarian exploitation by local elites. There is a frisson in the air that is reminiscent of the first half of the 20th century, when there was turbulence against colonial power. This time the post-colonial world is challenging those who have usurped authority and denied their people the essence of ferment: freedom. Freedom is not merely independence from foreign rule. It is, equally, freedom from local dictatorship.

Anger, by its nature, is a spur to violence. Remarkably, today's young, from Africa to Asia, have understood what Gandhi foresaw more than a century ago, when the thought was too novel to be considered credible: that non-violence is far more dangerous to the establishment than violence. Violence is a tantrum, a surge of passion that serves little except an individual appetite during its momentary flare, and denies a lot beyond. Violence is counter-productive. It frightens the bystander and inhibits the breadth of popular embrace. Violence feeds the trap set by government, which seeks to survive discontent by turning the victim into the culprit.

Non-violence challenges a government, but not the state, which is why institutions committed to the state like a national army, are loath to confront it. Gandhi was a steely visionary: he tested the power of non-violence not against a national army but against colonial military officers and bureaucrats who treated Indians as inferior at best, and contemptible at worst. History is witness not only to the superior idea, but also to the astonishing fact that once the terms of change were negotiated between Indians and the British, they became friends. Non-violence heals the wounds of conquest and repression, even as it dismantles an empire.

On Saturday 28 April, spring came to Malaysia, as the young emerged from once-static corners of Kuala Lumpur to take the road ahead. Seasons do not change abruptly. Often, they stutter; sometimes, they deceive. Just as there can be a false dawn, there can be a false spring. But there does come a day when fresh grass pushes up from hidden roots, and when all nature, including human nature, can no longer be imprisoned by soulless rationalisation. A spring can even take its cultivators by surprise.

Anwar Ibrahim's long winter has included many years lost in the solitary confinement of jail, a campaign of mass-media promoted slander that defies the minimal standards of ethics, and the terrifying exile of seeming hopelessness. As a young Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, he was once the nominated heir of the patriarch, Mahathir. He was punished for breaking rank in the cause of his conscience. Conscience is generally dismissed as naiveté, or even arrogance that disrupts the collective effort of governance. Anwar Ibrahim, and his extraordinary, courageous wife Azzizah, paid a terrifying price for dissidence. The extended power of the state tested them with a fire that would have incinerated those of less commitment. If they had any hope, it was faith in the people, and in the promise of unabridged democracy.

It is exhilarating to see fear evaporate; one minute, it is a hovering fog, and an hour later it has dissipated into receding memory. It was a privilege to witness a seminal moment of change, and to do so alongside a principal author of this metamorphosis. It is easy to theorise that change can be postponed but not prevented, but it requires deep levels of conviction to believe this. As, from morning, the citizen began to congregate; as growing groups gathered the momentum of solidarity; as ethnic differences which had been the reference module of the old politics began to visibly melt; as the space on either side filled from street to roof with Malay Muslims, Chinese Christians, Indian Hindus and Muslims, cheering, urging us on; and even when a ham-handed government tried to incite disarray through teargas and swooping helicopters, you knew that this was a day on which another chapter of history had commenced. The young knew that salvation lay in non-violence. They controlled their anger.

And Anwar Ibrahim became Anwar, no mere leader up above but a brother in the emerging joint family of a democratic Malaysia.
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Deal With Events Like 428 Rally Peacefully & Fairly.

Posted: 05 May 2012 04:09 AM PDT

DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong Dr Tan Seng Giaw reiterates that in the atmosphere of Wesak all concerned including the Prime Minister should use peaceful, fair and just methods to manage national matters such as the 428 Bersih 3.0 rally.

On 4.5.2012, Dr Tan spoke at the beginning of the procession organized by the Jing Miao Buddhist Association in Kajang. This is an annual event on the eve of Wesak.

For over 20 years, I have been attending this annual event. In the front row here tonight, there are two more who have similar experience, namely the president Mr Fung and the Thai monk.

The Chinese cultural tradition and values embody respect, forgiveness, peace and the feeling of shame for doing something wrong. The Buddhist values include these. Today, the association lists, among many, practice, wisdom and gratitude, hoping that devotees are aware and are willing to make them a way of life.

Buddhism is in the heart. Wesak means peace and justice. In this trying period of our nation, there are many events such as the 428 rally: hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Kuala Lumpur, marching towards the Merdeka Square, demanding the cleaning-up of the electoral rolls.There was violence.In the auspicious occasion of Wesak, we hope that the Government use peaceful and fair methods to deal with the event.

Tan Seng Giaw
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Wabak TB melanda negara, pendatang asing puncanya

Posted: 05 May 2012 08:45 PM PDT


6 May 2012 - TB outbreak in Johor claims 53 lives this year. A total of 53 people have died of tuberculosis in the state so far this year and the authorities want those who suffer from prolonged coughing to seek treatment quickly.
As of March, she said 497 cases were reported with 49% involving contagious pulmonary TB which could spread fast and also cause death.
She said two deaths caused by the contagious pulmonary TB had been reported in Muar up to yesterday.

PATI punca penyakit tibi.

Utusan Malaysia - Peningkatan kes Tibi di negara ini dipercayai berpunca daripada kemasukan pendatang asing tanpa izin (PATI) yang tahap kesihatan mereka memang diragui.

Katanya, kerajaan melakukan pelbagai program bagi membendung wabak itu, tetapi ia muncul kembali akibat kehadiran golongan berkenaan.

"Jika di negara terbabit, mereka tidak diberi suntikan pencegahan wajib seperti suntikan bacillus calmette-guerin (BCG)," katanya.


TIBI: KEMENTERIAN KESIHATAN PERLU BERTINDAK SEGERA

KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Jun 2011 : Kementerian Kesihatan digesa bertindak segera untuk membanteras penyakit Tibi yang sedang menular di Selangor sekarang, terutama di kawasan Ampang Jaya.

Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Tetap Perumahan, Pengurusan Bangunan dan Setinggan Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Selangor, Iskandar Abdul Samad menjelaskan, tindakan segera dari Kementerian Kesihatan amat perlu berikutan beberapa kes penyakit Tibi yang dikesan oleh Hospital Ampang baru-baru ini.

Menurut beliau, contohnya, seorang pengetua sekolah di Pandah Indah telah koma baru-baru ini selama 28 hari kerana diserang penyakit itu.

KES PENYAKIT TIBI MENINGKAT

KUALA LUMPUR – Seramai 19,337 penduduk Malaysia dilaporkan mengalami penyakit batuk kering atau Tuber kulosis (Tibi) sepanjang tahun lalu. Justeru, Kementerian Kesihatan mengesa mereka yang mengalami tanda-tanda penyakit

TUBERCULOSIS RISES AGAIN IN MALAYSIA

Tuberculosis, once under control in Malaysia, is spreading again due to private doctors' failure to realise that the disease has re-emerged and has risen with the migration of people from high-risk countries.

TIBI TIDAK MENGENAL MANGSA

Utusan Malaysia - KEHADIRAN penyakit ini di kalangan masyarakat memang tidak disedari kerana ia merebak melalui udara dan titisan cecair badan daripada pesakit kepada orang lain. Penyakit ini berjangkit dengan mudah dan tidak mengenal mangsa.
Tidak ketinggalan, kebanjiran pendatang asing juga dikaitkan dengan penyebaran tibi secara meluas.

Pembaziran duit syiling baru negara, menyusahkan rakyat dan peniaga

Posted: 05 May 2012 05:26 PM PDT


Aduan Rakyat 5 Mei 2012 - Terlebih dahulu ingin saya mengucapkan jutaan tahniah di atas kejayaan Bank Negara Malaysia mengeluarkan produk duit syiling negara siri yang ketiga. Siri duit syiling terbaru ini sangat mencerminkan keunikan Malaysia dari segi kepelbagaian kaum dan budaya.

Pada hemat saya, tidak salah kita mengubah corak rekabentuk dan material yang digunakan. Namun, sebagai rakyat Malaysia dan juga sebagai pengguna yang bertanggungjawab, saya ingin mengesyorkan supaya pengeluaran duit syiling atau wang kertas negara ini yang baru, pada masa akan datang hendaklah mengambil kira faktor saiz dan berat yang sama hendaklah dikekalkan.

Maksudnya, walaupun rekabentuk dan material diubah, namun berat dan saiz hendaklah dikekalkan supaya kemudahan awam seperti telefon, mesin parking dan sebarang peralatan yang menggunapakai wang kertas dan duit syiling sedia ada tidak perlu dinaiktaraf dan pengusaha berkaitan juga tidak perlu mengeluarkan kos yang tinggi bagi tujuan pelarasan ini.

Hal ini penting diperhalusi bagi mengelakkan permasalahan yang timbul dalam urusan seharian rakyat Malaysia, selaras dengan hasrat Kerajaan, "Rakyat Didahulukan, Pencapaian Diutamakan".

Besarlah harapan saya sekiranya perkara ini mendapat perhatian pihak berkaitan supaya banyak masalah dapat dielakkan dan penjimatan dapat dibuat. Islam juga menggalakkan kita supaya mempermudahkan urusan, bukan menyukarkan dan membazir itu juga amalan yang tidak baik.

Sekian, terima kasih.

By: H.A. Lim

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Kami yang bersekolah di asrama juga menghadapi masalah besar kerana tidak dapat mengunakan talipon awam disebabkan talipon awam yang ada di asrama sekolah kami tidak menerima wang syiling baru. Perkara ini benar2 menyusahkan kami sebagai pelajar.


JANGAN TERGESA-GESA TARIK BALIK DUIT SYILING

SELEPAS 20 tahun, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) akan memperkenalkan siri ketiga duit syiling Malaysia yang akan berada dalam edaran pada 1 Januari 2012. Siri ketiga duit syiling tersebut adalah bagi denominasi 5 sen, 10 sen, 20 sen dan 50 sen.

Itulah berita yang tersiar di dalam Utusan Malaysia baru-baru ini yang pastinya mengundang pelbagai kesan baik dan buruk terhadap masyarakat negara ini.

Saya sebagai usahawan bumiputera yang berkecimpung di dalam perniagaan mesin layan diri yang menggunakan duit syiling dan banyak lagi peniaga di negara ini pastinya bimbang dengan berita ini.

Mana tidaknya mesin dan teknologi yang digunakan datangnya dari luar negara. Ia pastinya perlu ditukar dengan kos yang tinggi.

Sebelum ini, ketika penggunaan syiling RM1 emas ditarik balik dari pasaran, ketika itu saya terpaksa membelanjakan puluhan ribu ringgit untuk membeli mesin baru bagi membolehkannya menerima syiling 50 sen, 20 sen dan 10 sen.

Memang diakui sekarang ini terdapat banyak syiling 50 sen palsu di pasaran yang dikenal pasti oleh pihak bank. Tetapi penukaran semua syiling oleh pihak BNM pastinya akan lebih membebankan.

Sepatutnya penguatkuasaan ditingkatkan dan penukaran bukan jalan mudah untuk menangani masalah ini.

Walaupun pihak vendor yang mengendalikan mesin wang tunai akan diberikan tempoh selama enam bulan untuk mengubah suai mesin mereka bagi memudahkan penggunaan duit syiling baharu itu tetapi kos penukaran pastinya jauh lebih tinggi.

Sebuah alat pembaca duit syiling sekarang bernilai hampir RM1,000. Bayangkan jika terdapat lebih 100 mesin yang perlu diubah suai.

Tambahan pula teknologi datangnya dari luar negara dan pasti akan mengambil masa lebih lama untuk proses ubah suai.

Bayangkan juga jika syiling ini ditarik balik dan mesin masih belum siap diubah suai, apa akan jadi kepada usahawan ini.

Saya berharap jika kerajaan hendak menarik balik syiling daripada pasaran perlulah pihak kerajaan menimbang secara serius untuk memberikan insentif kepada kami yang terlibat.

Saya ingin mencadangkan jika perlu ditukar juga syiling ini, saiz dan berat syiling berkenaan dikekalkan cuma warna dan corak ditukar dan diletakkan cip bagi mengelakkan pemalsuan.

Adalah diharapkan pihak rakyat didahulukan dan tidak seperti sekarang kerana marahkan nyamuk kelambu di bakar.

Ingatlah, setiap tindakan yang bakal diambil akan melibatkan ramai pihak dan kos yang perlu ditanggung amat tinggi.

RAKYAT
Rawang, Selangor

Jadual Kuliah Ustaz Hambali untuk bulan Mei 2012

Posted: 05 May 2012 05:21 PM PDT


07 Mei 2012 (Isn) : Kuliah Bulanan Masjid Yusoh Teh, Pedas
08 Mei 2012 (Sel) : Kuliah Hadis Tanbihul Ghafilin Surau Al- Amin
10 Mei 2012 (Kha) : Kuliah Bulanan Tmn Mantau Endah
11 Mei 2012 (Jum) : Kuliah Bulanan Surau Hj. Musa BSS
12 Mei 2012 (Sab) : Kuliah Suboh Bahrul Maazi Surau Al-Amin
13 Mei 2012 (Ahd) : Kuliah SubohBahrul Maazi jld 3 G/Home F
14 Mei 2012 (Isn) : Kuliah Bulanan Pengasih K.Lumpur
15 Mei 2012 (Sel) : Kuliah Hadis Tanbihul Ghafilin Surau Al- Amin
17 Mei 2012 (Kha) : Kuliah Bahrul Maazi Madrasah Az - Zine
18 Mei 2012 (Jum) : Kuliah Bulanan Tmn Bandar Senawang
19 Mei 2012 (Sab) : Kuliah Suboh Bahrul Maazi Surau Al-Amin
19 Mei 2012 (Sab) : Kuliah Bulanan Qudwah G/S Home
20 Mei 2012 (Ahd) : Kuliah Suboh Tmn Kolej Height
20 Mei 2012 (Ahd) : Kuliah Bulanan Tmn Desa Melor
21 Mei 2012 (Isn) : Kuliah Hadis Tmn Pinggiran Senawang
21 Mei 2012 (Isn) : Kuliah Bahrul Maazi jld 3 Hanger 6 KLIA
22 Mei 2012 (Sel) : Kuliah Hadis Tanbihul Ghafilin Surau Al- Amin
24 Mei 2012 (Kha) : Kuliah Bahrul Maazi Tmn Gadong Jaya
25 Mei 2012 (Jum) : Kuliah Hadis Tmn Lavender Height
26 Mei 2012 (Sab) : Kuliah Suboh Bahrul Maazi Surau Al-Amin
28 Mei 2012 (Isn) : Kuliah Bahrul Maazi jld 3 Hanger 6 KLIA
28 Mei 2012 (Isn) : Kuliah Bahrul Maazi jld 3 Tmn Rembau Utama
30 Mei 2012 (Sel) : Kuliah Hadis Tanbihul Ghafilin Surau Al- Amin
31 Mei 2012 (Kha) : Kuliah Maghrib Bahrul Maazi jld 3 G/Home F
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