Bukit Gantang - Awatlah cik takut sangat kat Altantuya Shaaribuu......

Polis melarang penceramah PKR di Bukit Gantang mengulas isu pembunuhan Altantuya Shaariibuu yang sering dikaitkan dengan kes kenalan dekat timbalan perdana menteri, Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda.

Dalam arahan yang sama, polis juga melarang penceramah "mempersoalkan keputusan yang dibuat oleh institusi raja."

Larangan ini dipercayai bagi menghalang Pakatan Rakyat menjelaskan krisis perlembagaan dan peralihan kuasa Perak antara pembangkang dengan BN sejak Februari lalu.

Isu Altantuya sering menjadi bahan kempen pembangkang untuk memburukkan Najib dengan mengaitkan wanita itu bakal perdana menteri itu. Najib bagaimanapun menafikan pernah mengenalinya.

Mengulas larangan itu, PKR berikrar akan mengabaikannya dan mencabar polis menyiasat mereka jika berbuat demikian.

Polis juga melarang jentera PAS mengadakan ceramah lebih 11 malam di kawasan kampung, selain menuntut parti itu mengawal kehadiran orang ramai.

"Jika kehadiran melimpah hingga di luar kawasan permit yang dipohon, pihak polis akan mengambil tindakan," larang itu dipetik.

source: malaysiakini

Kalau larangan ke atas mempersoalkan keputusan yang dibuat oleh institusi raja,isu perkauman dan isu keagamaan masih lagi boleh diterima akal. Tetapi bila isu Altantuya pun dilarang bincang, ini sudah melampau.....

Rakyat perlu tahu kisah sebenar pembunuhan Altantuya dan siapakah dalang di belakang tragedi ini. Apakah isu kes Altantuya ini boleh menimbulkan huru-hara?

Apabila polis membuat arahan begini, rakyat jelata akan beranggapan bahawa seolah-olah polis cuba menutup atau merahsiakan sesuatu yang rakyat ingin tahu.

Tindakan itu juga secara tidak langsung menunjukkan bahawa pihak berkuasa cuba melindungi Najib,bakal PM baru kita. Bukankah Najib sendiri cakap dan bersumpah sebanyak 2 kali yang dia tak kenal wanita Mongolia itu....

Baca sini, sini, sini dan sini.





cheers.

Bukit Selambau makin kacau............

Pertandingan 15 penjuru di Bukit Selambau sememangnya satu rekod baru dalam PRK negara ini. Kadangkala terfikir juga kalau berdasarkan kepada bilangan pengundi di DUN Bukit Selambau pada 2008, jumlahnya 34,977. Secara purata katakanlah jumlah pengundi Bukit Selambau seramai 35,000 orang.

Sekiranya 25,000 orang pengundi daripada jumlah seramai 35,000 pengundi berdaftar keluar mengundi dan memberi undi mereka secara seksama, bererti setiap calon akan memperolehi sebanyak 1667 undi(25,000/15). Tetapi dalam sinario begini tidak siapa yang menang. Pening pula SPR nanti........

Tetapi, dalam pertandingan yang sengit ini tidak semua calon yang akan dapat bilangan undi sebanyak itu, kerana semua bergantung kepada keupayaan calon-calon berkempen mengikut kemampuan dan logistik yang mereka ada.

Kempen BN dan PKR adalah lebih teratur. BN pula ada "advantage"nya kerana BN boleh janji projek-projek "mee segera on the dot". Jadi tolak pi tolak mai,selain daripada calon BN,PKR dan satu dua calon bebas, yang lain akan kecundang teruk dan hilang wang deposit.

Sementara itu, PKR bahagian Jerai hari ini dibubarkan ekoran lebih 500 anggotanya termasuk ketuanya Kalaivanar keluar daripada parti berkenaan.Kalaivanar kecewa tidak terpilih sebagai calon PKR dalam pilihanraya kecil DUN Bukit Selambau. Kalaivanar berkata tindakan keluar secara beramai-ramai itu kerana mereka telah hilang kepercayaan terhadap penasihat PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kemajuan Masyarakat India PKR Kedah berkata kesemua anggota yang keluar parti itu akan berkempen menentang calon PKR pada pilihanraya itu.

Tetapi yang peliknya Jerai ini bukan sebahagian daripada DUN Bukit Selambau. Konon-konon macamlah cerita ahli-ahli PAS Parit Buntar keluar beramai-ramai kerana marah PAS meletakkan Nizar sebagai calon di Bukit Gantang. Pilihanraya kecil pada 7 April itu menyaksikan pertandingan antara calon muka baru PKR S Manikumar, calon BN Datuk S Ganesan bersama 13 calon bebas.

Sebenarnya Kalaivanar merajuk kerana tidak dipilih mewakili PKR di Bukit Selambau. Menurut sumber-sumber mengatakan bahawa Kalaivanar sedang menghadapi 2 kes jenayah kerana penipuan. Pemimpin PKR hendaklah berhati hati dengan pemilihan calon, supaya bila dipilih menjadi YB nanti ianya tidak terperangkap dengan rekod jenayah yang lama-lama.

Semasa musim pilihanraya kecil sebegini pesta ahli-ahli lompat parti dah jadi amalan biasa. Sebenarnya yang lompat parti itu tak sampai 10 orang dan ada antara mereka bawah umur atau pun tak layak mengundi.

Dari dulu sampai sekarang ribuan ahli parti pembangkang dah lompat masuk UMNO, tapi pembangkang dok kuat macam itu juga. Ini semua propanganda murahan BH,Utusan,Star,NST,
TV1,2,3,7,8,9,Berita Bernama & Awani.

Entah berapa banyak $$$$$$$$$ disuap UMNO/BN kepada mereka yang melompat itu.......

Allahu a'alam

Baca di sini dan sini.



cheers.

Muhyuddin admits BN gomen neglected the Indians.......

The BN candidate for Bukit Selambau Ganesan accompanied UMNO deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin visited a Tamil-medium school in Sungai Tukang where Muhyiddin Yassin contributed RM350,000 to the school. The money had been allocated in the stimulus package.

Muhyiddin told the media that the money reflected BN's commitment to help people regardless of their race.

He added that he felt sorry for the children at the school which is currently in a deplorable state. Muhyiddin admits BN neglected the Indians

Muhyiddin conceded that the government had focused on a "certain race" for the past 20 years and he was aware as to why the Indians felt marginalised under BN's administration.

source: malaysiakini

First I thought Muhyiddin donated RM 350,000 from his own pocket, knowing well all UMNO big shots got stacks of money here and overseas. However this is another of those "projek mee segera" only during a by-election.Why didnt UMNO/BN gomen think about donating to those Tamil schools when BN won the seat in 2004?

Now Muhyiddin got the balls to says that BN neglected the Indians,but,why now? Is this another drama?

Hellooooo........Samy Vellu, all this while you said, MIC had done so many things for the Indian communities. Suddenly,the future DPM conceded that the government had focused on a "certain race" for the past 20 years.

So for the past 20 years what has the BN gomen done to the rakyat of Bukit Selambau?

Shame on you Samy Vellu.........

cheers.

Mohd. Nizar - UMNO sold off Pulau Batu Putih yet I'm ‘penderhaka' .......

Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin said that the ‘penderhaka' accusation goes back to even before the Perak constitutional crisis emerged in this first part of his interview with Malaysiakini.

How do you rate your chances in Bukit Gantang?

I would rate myself of having between 60 and 65 percent (winning chance). The reason being the guy who jumped (from PKR to Umno) is from a (state) constituency in Bukit Gantang, which is Changkat Jering. Once (Mohd) Osman (Jaliu) jumped, the repercussions on him and BN turned into an advantage for us. The other factor is that in Kuala Sepetang, (state assemblyperson) Tai Seng Ng has performed well there. Thirdly, Bukit Gantang is probably one of the most underdeveloped Malay belt.

(Also) we have already gone into the seat before the death of Roslan (Shaharum). Even before Osman jumped over, we have done preliminary work in Bukit Gantang, particularly in Changkat Jering to apologise to the voters over what their assemblyman had done.

Do you know that Bukit Gantang is where the spiritual headquarters of PAS is? I have been in that spiritual headquarters for several years now. My presence has been felt at least twice a month without fail. Every week, we have a programme there at the state level.

Bukit Gantang has always been an Umno stronghold until 2008. Umno lost because of internal rifts, which may have been mended now. How do you view the support of the Malays for you in that area?

I believe when the voters shifted (their support) from BN to Pakatan, particular in Kuala Sepetang and Changkat Jering, it showed that the Malays were ready for change. The coup d'etat has exacerbated the disgruntled feelings of frustrations, and that helped BN lose support. So I do not believe the long standing history of Malays sticking to Umno cannot be broken. We believe that through the jumping of Osman in the under-developed (and) impoverished Bukit Gantang, the Malays would say that the time for change is now. We have the support from the Malays, but I must say that there is still a lot of painful work to be done.

What are the main issues which you will raise at this by-election?

The issue of teaching of science and mathematics in English is one. The other issue of great interest for us, to the Malays, is that there is no Malay institution of higher learning in Bukit Gantang - be it a teachers training centre or MRSM (Maktab Rendah Sains Mara). There is none. Number two, there is no new Malay township. You find some small pockets in residential areas. But the area still symbolises the traditional Chinese business community. There is nothing like the Malay businesses in Ipoh or Manjung. Third, the traditional kampungs in Bukit Gantang are highly dependent on the seasonal crops of durian and palm oil. I think this has to be changed. We need a new way of looking at agriculture, from a more modern perspective.

Why the need for a Malay higher learning institution?

When there is a higher learning institution - either MRSM or community college, university - the area would automatically boost up because the whole of Malaysia would be sending their kids here. I feel that Bukit Gantang needs that kind of institution. I am not talking so much from a nationalistic standpoint - I do not have that in mind.

Umno has been portraying you as a ‘penderhaka' (traitor to sultan). How much do you think this will affect your chances?

They did that ‘penderhakaan' at three levels.

Firstly, when I mooted the idea in (last) May to replace the director of the religious department (Jamry Sury), the elements of treason had already been played out at that time. But I was purely exercising my right - the menteri besar has the full authority in terms of administration. This issue was an indication to me that ‘penderhakaan' was going to be the main platform for their attack.

Secondly, it came when government mooted the idea of issuing land titles for households. Umno attacked me and said I was a traitor to the Malay tradition. In Malay culture, ‘gadai tanah' is a crime. But Umno has been doing this many times before. As late as May, they sold off the whole island of Pulau Batu Puteh. I can cite many more examples. I manage to fend off their attacks because the decision to give land titles were made before the dissolution of the state assembly in 2008. DAP didn't have a say in this (for they never mentioned it in their manifesto). For them to say I'm treasonous and a stooge of the DAP, I think that is null and void.

Third, when I was ordered by the ruler to resign, it was a sure thing for BN to hit me. But I was cautious - I refused the instruction by Tuanku (Sultan Azlan Shah) in his own language. Initially Umno attacked me, but there are NGOs and literature groups that say that what I did does not reflect ‘penderhakaan‘.

There has been one or two stories in the past where the Malay leaders used exactly the same phrase to show their outmost respect for the institution of the palace. When they started talking about past histories, they showed that what I did was based on the outmost respect.

What happened subsequently was that a can of worms had been opened. People started talking about how Umno had committed ‘derhaka' towards the royal institution over many years. There has been files and files of recorded documents where they went against the rulers. So their accusation that I had committed ‘derhaka' is null and void. But it is an advantage to us - people are now more informed of what Umno did in the last 10 to 15 years, including the removal of immunity of the rulers, ridiculing and belittling them. They have done everything.

If you win by a narrow margin or lose, will you drop your claims as the legitimate Perak government?

Not at all! That is a separate matter... If it is a win, it encompasses everything. Even if it is a very slim majority, to me that is still an indication that people want change and the truth. But if we lose it does not affect our position as the legitimate and rightful government. The fight in the court and in the state assembly will still go on.

Are you ready to go all the way?

We are ready to go all the way. Even to the extent of meeting under the tree. As long as there is no dissolution (of the state assembly), we are the legitimate government. Under the laws and practices of the Westminster system, the government selected by the people is the official, legitimate and legal government. We will go all out.

source: malaysiakini

cheers.

Penamaan Calon di 2 Bukit 1 Batang............

P.59 Bukit Gantang

1. Ismail Sapian - BN(Dacing)




2. Dato' Seri Ir. Nizar bin Jamaluddin - PAS - (Bulan)




3. Kamarul Amizu bin Idris - (Payung)

N.26 Bukit Selambau

1. Datuk S Ganesan - BN/MIC - (Dacing)




2. S Manikumar - PKR - (Mata)



3. L Sarala - Bebas - (Basikal)

4. T Chandrarajan - Bebas - (Kapal Terbang)

5. R Loganathan - Bebas - (Kelapa Sawit)






6. A Jayagopal - Bebas - (Payung)





7. S Moganakumar - Bebas - (Buku)





8. Vaneson Michael - Bebas - (Ikan)




9. Tan Hock Huat - Bebas - (Kunci)





10. Mohd Fazil Abdul Wahab - Bebas - (Kepala Rimau)





11. Anuar Abdul Hamid - Bebas- (Telefon)




12. Husaini Yaacob - Bebas - (Bas)




13. Abdul Rahim Abu - Bebas - (Jam Loceng)





14. Radzi Md Lazim - Bebas - (Kerusi)





15. Khamis Awang - Bebas - (Ayam Jantan)

N.29 Batang Ai

1. Malcolm Mussen Lamoh BN/PRS - (Dacing)





2. Jawah Gerang PKR - (Mata)

Sama-sama kita...........

cheers.

Anwar Ibrahim and PR coalition perceived as a threat .......

During the UMNO AGM grand debate, both Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakatan Rakyat coalition came under intense fire for their perceived threat to the Malays and the community’s special privileges. Among issues brought up............

Ismail Kijo, Ampang, Selangor, said,

"Other races now dare to act rudely towards the Malays because of people like Anwar Ibrahim, who lies and says that we are just like other races. We have special rights in this country but even then, we are still backward compared to other races."

Tumpang Sekole(TS) : Who is lying in the first place,the gomen or Anwar? The Lingam video tape episode, the Atantuya Shaaribu murder case, the shadowy world of arms contracts and RM541 million commission paid to Perimekar, a company owned by Abdul Razak.and a strings of other misdeeds made by the gomen. Why talk about special rights? You should talk about more pertinent issues like when tenders are bypassed? When a phone call is made to influence a decision. When ‘under-the-table’ money is passed to decision makers. When the most proficient and efficient contractor is sidestepped for the one with better ‘offerings’. Who is lying then?

Wanita deputy president Kamilia Ibrahim said,

"Don’t be swayed by Anwar. We must smother the opposition’s allegations. The government must take strong measures to punish those spreading lies through the Internet.We should introduce a subject on the constitution in schools and we must have a special law to ensure the sovereignty of the monarchy is respected to avoid incidences such as in Perak."

TS : When the gomen introduce the subject on the constitution in schools later on, please dont forget to inform our children about the Constitutional crisis of the 1980s, it was a battle royal between UMNO and the Rulers. UMNO adopted a stand to disgrace and smear the Rulers to the point that the rakyat rose up in anger and almost demanded that the Monarchy be abolished. Also about the judges whom demonstrated their independence, were sacked or placed in cold storage or demoted. Tell them who are the real pengkhianat dan penderhaka. i.e none other... UMNO......

Umno Youth delegate Nor Said Nayan Langkawi, Kedah said,

Pakatan Rakyat is an illegal coalition as it is not registered. We must from now on not use the term ‘Pakatan’ and the media should stop giving them free publicity.

TS : Who are you to tell Pakatan Rakyat not to use the term "Pakatan" There nothing in the law that say that they cannot use the term "Pakatan". Illegal in term it's not being registered. Helloooooo........ kawan ingat setiap gabungan itu mesti berdaftarkah? Lagipun Pakatan Rakyat tidak menggunakan satu simbol yang spesifik. Pakatan Rakyat bertanding dalam pilihan raya dengan menggunakan simbol parti masing masing. Awak nak sibuk buat apa?

cheers.

Ku Li- Najib should clear his name in court..........

Yesterday I gave an interview to Sarah Stewart, the Bureau Chief of AFP in Malaysia. Among the questions she asked me was the unavoidable question about the international scandal linking Dato’ Seri Najib Razak with the murder of Altantuya Sharibuu and with the purchase of the Scorpene submarines.

I told Sarah that in my long experience as a politician the only way to clear one’s name when a scandal has broken out around oneself is to meet it head on in the court of law. The BMF scandal of the 1980’s also had its share of lurid detail. There too a large sum of money and a murder was involved. An unseen hand had woven the threads of the story around me to destroy me politically. But when international newspapers alleged that I was involved in any wrongdoing, I took action against each and every one of them in their home jurisdictions.

I sued The Telegraph and The Sunday Times of the UK, and The South China Morning Post of Hong Kong. I won all three cases, the newspapers published unreserved apologies and printed retractions covering half a broadsheet page each, and I came away with a tidy sum of money for my trouble.

It is safe to say that in the international media, the incoming Umno President and the presumptive Prime Minister is being evaluated through the Altantuya scandal. The UK’s Sunday Times, the International Herald Tribune, the French daily, Libération, The Australian Financial Review, the Far Eastern Economic Review and the New York Times have all published stories raising questions about the link between the murdered young woman, Dato’ Seri Najib, and the gigantic commission paid out by the French company Armaris to a Malaysian company for the purchase of submarines. This is now an international story.

And this story will not go away. With its dramatic details and the alleged involvement of elite Malaysian government operatives, it captures the journalistic imagination. But the story is now connected with an ongoing investigation into the dealings of a major French company. The story is also going to stick around because it is a handy looking-glass into Malaysia’s “increasingly dysfunctional political system.” It implicates our entire system of government, our judiciary, and our press, and it casts a shadow on our ability as a nation to face and tell the truth. Against this backdrop promises of reform ring hollow. The storyline of the New York Times article, for example, is that scandal-clouded succession reveals a once confident young country shaken to its foundations by institutional rot. I cannot say this is inaccurate.

The scandal is bringing shame to the nation and damaging our international credibility. For the honour of the nation, for the honour of the office of prime minister, for the honour of the sovereign institutions expected to endorse, confirm and lend authority to him should he become prime minister according to Umno’s plans, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak should finally face these suspicions and implied charges, submit himself to legal scrutiny, and come clean on them.

Swearing on the Al-Quran is not the way out. Scoundrels have been known to do that. The truth, established through the rigorous and public scrutiny of the law, is the only remedy if an untrue story has gained currency not just internationally but at home among a large section of the people.

Najib should voluntarily offer to testify at the trial of the two officers charged with killing Altantuya Sharibuu. He could also write to these newspapers and if necessary he should take legal action against them to clear his name and that of our country.

source : razaleigh.com

(Sebagai bakal Perdana Menteri Najib sepatutnya mencari saksi bersamanya untuk membersihkan dirinya atau mengambil tindakan undang-undang kepada penerbitan akhbar luar negara yang mengaitkan namanya dengan pembunuhan Altantunya. Dalam tahun 1980 semasa scandal BMF berlaku Ku Li juga pernah dituduh oleh akhbar luar negara seperti The Telegraph and The Sunday Times of the UK, and The South China Morning Post of Hong Kong, Ku Li mengatakan ia telah menyaman semua akhbar tersebut dan telah menang dalam kes tersebut, dengan ini nama telah dapat dibersihkan.. nak tau lebih lanjut baca disini .

Tapi beranikah Najib nak pi saman akhbar Perancis, Times Online dan berbagai lagi tu.. aku punya rasa pakai diam macam tu aja.. yang dia boleh buat pun harap paad pembodek dia Nazri Aziz usul gantung Gobind Singh, kalau setakat Najib,… berani bersumpah kat masjid di Permatang Pauh tempohari, itu sajalah.. kalau nak guna kuasa suruh pakai Bom C4 hak tu dia berani, suruh polis/FRU guna water canon tembak kat perhimpunan PR, gantung Harakah, hak tu sajalah yang ia berani, tengok mana pi hilang Bala,, patut hak tulah saman dulu, ni pi bawa tah kemana dia sorok….- diceduk dari Manjong Mari)

Najib will never bear witness, he swear that that he will never testify, and I don’t believe he will ever do so.

Just imagine the amount of money required to keep everybody quite? If this dirty episode is exposed and become public knowledge, there will be no more Sri Perdana for Dotty!

Btw. after the big victory for his team in the UMNO's AGM, do you think Najib will ever take the stand.................

The question now, will Najib known to be Mahathir's blue-eyed kid rekindles 'Mahathirisme'? Only time will tell when will the puppeteer returns...........

On another note, the ex-UMNO Youth chief Hishammuddin had warned party members to be aware of a particular politician who was going all out, using all means, to topple the BN government. In his speech, Hishammuddin warned the delegates of the party traitor who "sow the seeds of hatred and would turn against his own race". Without naming anyone specifically, Hishammuddin said the traitor was power crazy and would stop at nothing (in gaining power).

Was Hishammuddin referring to Anwar,whom many were led to believe or in fact he is indirectly pointing to none other than Ku Li? Ku Li's scathing attacks of UMNO and it's corrupt and power crazy leadership, which is now soon to be led by the tyrannical Najib Razak has ruffled many a feather within the UMNO itself.

It is no secret that the rakyat are more than willing to accept Ku Li as the PM for now,until the next General Elections rather than to have Najib at helm.

Read here, here, here and here.

cheers.

Pemuda UMNO yang tak cerdik........

Saya tertarik dengan seorang pembahas Mohd.Zaidi Mohd.Said daripada Pulau Pinang yang berkata, UMNO membuat kesilapan "kerana membebaskan Anwar" daripada penjara.

"Kesilapan kita kerana membebaskan Anwar Ibrahim, inilah akibat yang kita tanggung hari ini," katanya ketika membahaskan usul menyentuh ketuanan Melayu dan Pakatan Rakyat.

Apa kena mengena pembebasan Anwar dengan perhimpunan Agong UMNO? Sama ada Anwar bebas atau ditahan has nothing to do with UMNO's AGM. Cakaplah pasal UMNO yang kian pupus itu dulu sebelum membuat tuduhan yang melulu.

Ucapan pemimpin Pemuda UMNO itu juga seolah-olah menggambarkan bahawa UMNO tidak menggunakan kuasa mereka sepenuhnya ke atas polis dan mahkamah untuk memanipulasi kes Anwar agar Anwar menringkuk di Sungai Buluh selama-lamanya.

Anwar ditahan kerana fitnah UMNO. Anwar bawa kes ke mahkamah untuk mendapatkan keadilan melalui saluran undang-undang dan mahkamah telah membebaskan beliau. Sekurang-kurangnya Anwar sanggup ke mahkamah untuk membuktikan fitnah UMNO itu adalah rekaan semata. Apakah sanggup UMNO bawa kes Ali Rustam ke mahkamah untuk buktikan dia tak terlibat dengan rasuah?

Ucapan pemimpin Pemuda ini ibarat seorang kelasi kapal yang setelah melihat kapalnya sudah nak karam akibat kecuaiannya dan dah mati akal macam mana nak buat lalu cuba menyalahkan orang lain. Hishammudin....inilah sebenarnya petualang bangsa yang engko dok menyalak di siang-siang hari itu....

Inikah standard perwakilan Pemuda yang dihantar ke AGM UMNO itu? Dah tak ada orang lain kah? Pokoknya wakil-wakil Pemuda UMNO ini tak cerdik.......

Cakaplah pasai Batu Putih yang terlepas kat orang lain kerana putar belit UMNO dulu,kini dan selama-lamanya.........

cheers.

Seantero dunia cakap fasal Najib dan Altantuya........

Anda boleh ikuti laporan-laporan berita tentang kes Altantuya seterusnya dalam beberapa buah akhbar antarabangsa di.......

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Namun, berita sensasi seperti ini TIDAK akan dimuatkan di dalam media tempatan seperti di..............

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Malaysiakini melaporkan seperti berikut dalam edisi Inggerisnya......

From London and Paris to Jakarta and Brisbane, notable publications have cast doubts on the Najib Abdul Razak’s worthiness for the PM’s office. It is safe to say that no prime ministerial succession – we have had five in the last 38 years – has had as underwhelming a reception in the international media as Najib’s. Najib, who would be Malaysia’s sixth prime minister, is expected to be sworn in next week, a little more than a week after Umno - dominant member of the ruling BN coalition - endorses him as its 7th president in the party’s 63-year history.

Traditionally, the Umno president assumes the post of prime minister.

It is only to be expected that the international media would accord features and comment on the impending investiture of a new prime minister of Malaysia. If memory serves, only Dr Mahathir Mohamed’s acclamation as Umno president in June 1981 and consequent elevation to the office of PM incurred a negative vibe - the international media noted he was the author of the callous “We will shoot them” remark in connection with the mass landing of Vietnamese refugees off the Terengganu coast in the mid-1970s.

source:malaysiakini

Siapa berani be? Kalau melapor nanti akhbar akan diharamkan seperti mana yang dilakukan ke atas akhbar Harakah dan Keadilan. Inikah yang dikatakan kebebasan bersuara yang sering diwar-warkan oleh gomen..........

What Najib got to say, here , here and here.

cheers.

Choas at Anwar's ceramah tear gas fired while both Harakah and Suara Keadilan banned.......

Volleys of tear gas were fired into the crowd minutes after Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim took the podium in a ceramah tonight at Bukit Selambau, Kedah.

According to eyewitnesses, the police fired tear gas and unleashed chemical-laced water on about 5,000 people who had gathered in a public field near the PKR election operation centre for the ceramah.

The ceramah, which kicked off at 9.30pm, was to feature a number speeches by top Pakatan Rakyat leaders including Anwar.

“After a 10-minute introduction, Anwar went up on stage and in less than a minute after he started speaking, the police fired tear gas and doused the people with water,” said Saiful Izham, who is Bukit Selambau PKR election director and party’s supreme council member.

Saiful said that no warning was given by the police. The crowd began to disperse soon after but at least 19 people were arrested.

“I saw 19 people held in one truck alone,” said Saiful. He estimated there were more than 200 riot police deployed, backed by two water cannon vehicles as well as five police trucks.

Anwar ushered into operation room. Soon after pandemonium erupted as a result of the tear gas, Anwar was quickly ushered into the PKR operation room where aides sealed the door. Saiful said that the police tried to “break down the door” but decided not to proceed. Anwar later emerged from the office apparently unscathed.

“The police shot 20 or 30 volleys of tear gas,” lamented Saiful.

He said that those arrested were brought to the police headquarters in Kuala Muda.Tensions are high in Bukit Selambau, a state constituency where a crucial by-election will be held on April 7.PKR is fielding greenhorn S Manikumar against Kedah MIC deputy chairman S Ganesan in the contest.

(Malam tadi gerombolan tentera merah telah menyerang ceramah DSAI di Bukit Selambau. Sumber mengesahkan bahawa ef ar yu telah melepaskan gas pemedih mata dan air gatal tanpa henti selama setengah jam tanpahenti. Seramai 32 orang telah ditahan malam tadi. Kehadiran pengunjung yang mencecah lebih 10 ribu orang sepanjang lebih 5 km kawasan ceramah telah menakutkan hamba setan mengakibatkan kegagalan berfikir. Kekuatan ef ar yu ialah sebanyak 5 terak termasuk 2 water kenen dan hampir 1ribu anggota termasuk baju biru dan baju sukan percuma. taklupa juga geng beg sandang.- cedok dari Perisik Rakyat)

Meanwhile,the Home Ministry has suspended the organs of two opposition parties - PAS'Harakah and PKR's Suara Keadilan - for three months, effective immediately.With the suspension, both newspapers will not be able to publish until the end of June, missing out on a number of crucial political events including the three by-elections on April 7.

Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar was quoted in Bernama as saying that the two newspapers were suspended because they had violated the conditions of their permits."This action does not mean the government is curbing press freedom but to preserve peace and harmony in our multi-racial society," he was quoted as saying.

The ministry had also seized nearly 20,000 copies of the Feb 4-11 edition that had the frontpage headlines, 'Perak cabar SPR ke mahkamah' (Perak challenges EC to court). However this latest punishment from the ministry only leaves room for speculations as to why the publication was suspended.

One possible reason could be the publication's continuous negative reports on incoming Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak who is set to assume the top post in the first week of April.

source:malaysiakini

FRU mula tembak gas apabila Anwar Ibrahim berucap.Insiden bermula pada jam 10.00 malam. Ramai pemimpin PKR serta pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat yang hadir terkena gas dan pancutan air kimia.Diantara mereka ramai wanita dan kanak kanak yang berada dalam padang tempat ceramah lari lintang pukang.

Keadaan menjadi hirok pikok.Tembakan FRU terkena pada kereta Kelisa kepunyaan saorang Cina dan tempat duduk bahagian belakang terbakar.Seramai 32 orang ditangkap dan 18 orang dari mereka ada lah ahli PKR.Salah saorang daripada nya ialah seorang Senator.

Ketika berita ini ditulis mereka masih ditahan di Balai Polis IPD Sg.Petani.Ramai orang India....Makal Sakhti ditahan.Ini memberi satu kemenangan moral pada PR.Ramai kawan kawan mereka mula mengamok...dan bendera bendera UMNO/Bn dimusnahkan.Dengan berlaku nya insiden ini orang orang cina yang turut terlibat terkena gas serta orang orang India yang menyokong MIC akan merubah sokongan mereka pada PKR.

Ini ada lah laporan yang kami terima.Tembakan gas dan pancutan air kimia ada lah pertama kali berlaku di Sg.Petani. Pihak PKR telah memohon permit Polis untuk ceramah, Permit diluluskan.Tapi pada waktu ceramah hendak di mulakan PDRM memberi tahu permit ceramah di batalkan.2 buah tong besar hampir penuh dengan wang derma dari hadirin juga hilang.Semua alat audio serta PA system dirampas.(Petikan laporan Ranjit Singh dari forum reformasi).

Karpal kata UMNO celaka....memang pun celaka. UMNO talk big and even scared of its own shadow now........... What the gomen gonna do next? Arrest Anwar Ibrahim and all opposition leaders?

Read here,here, here and here.

cheers.