UIA out to embarrass me, says Aziz Bari...

Constitutional law expert Abdul Aziz Bari claims Universiti Islam Antarabangsa’s (UIA) public announcement today that his ‘professor’ title will be dropped is an attempt to embarrass him.

“I feel ashamed and saddened by UIA’s attitude, it is apparent that it is being made a tool of others,” he said in a statement to Malaysiakini.

He said that UIA’s comments showed it was ignorant of the relationship between the ‘professor’ title and knowledge.

“The fact is many retired professors, even though they are not given the ‘emeritus’ title, are still addressed as ‘professor’ because people are confident of and respect their knowledge.

“Many professors have retired from UIA, not one has been attacked by UIA like I am being attacked now. Is UIA following Umno’s agenda?” he asked, adding that no university has ever made such a public announcement.

 

“UIA can withdraw my title but it cannot take my knowledge, my expertise will remain with me,” he said.

He added that he had never requested for the position of professor.

“Unlike others, I did not apply for professorship but I was asked by UIA at the end of 2002, to apply for the position,” he said.

Abdul Aziz, who will leave UIA tomorrow, was responding to Utusan Malaysia’s report today on UIA’s announcement that his ‘professor’ title will be dropped.

The report was in response to a letter to the Umno-owned daily, questioning Abdul Aziz's recognition as a constitutional law expert.

“The unofficial title of ‘constitutional law expert’ was given by the media including Utusan Malaysia, Berita Harian and other Umno-owned media but after 2008, they became uneasy and Utusan began to question the title,” said Abdul Aziz.

PKR declares Aziz Bari as its candidate

UIA’s statement today comes shortly after Abdul Aziz Bari was declared by PKR as its candidate in the next general election.

“Last Thursday, (PKR supremo) Anwar Ibrahim announced me as a candidate for the Sabak Bernam parliamentary seat at the Sabak Bernam mini-stadium before a crowd of 6,000,” he said.

He added that UIA’s statement would only draw attention to other controversial professors and will reflect badly on them.

“There are those who created problems but their titles were not withdrawn, for example the professor who said Malaysia was never colonised... or the professor who said Hang Tuah never existed.”

'UIA boleh ambil profesor, tapi bukan ilmu saya'

Pakar perlembagaan Dr Abdul Aziz Bari hari berkata, beliau tidak kisah gelaran sama ada gelaran profesornya ditarik balik oleh Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) atau tidak kerana kepakaran yang dimiliki tetap bersamanya.


"UIA boleh tarik gelaran itu tapi UIA tak boleh ambil ilmu saya. Kepakaran saya akan terus bersama saya.

"Saya tidak boleh sekat orang panggil saya profesor; apa pun saya saya tidak kisah ada gelaran atau tidak. Saya tetap saya," katanya.

Dr Aziz (kiri) hari ini dilaporkan tidak boleh lagi menggunakan status profesor kerana ia gugur secara automatik setelah menamatkan perkhidmatan dengan UIA.

Menjawab pertanyaan pembaca Utusan Malaysia, Bahagian Komunikasi Korporat UIA berkata, Abdul Aziz masih boleh menggunakan status profesor jika ada universiti lain melantiknya ke jawatan itu.

Dalam kenyataannya kepada Malaysiakini, Dr Aziz berkata, beliau sedih dengan gelagat UIA yang didakwa jelas menjadi "alat orang lain" dengan mengeluarkan kenyataan memalukannya, hanya kerana pertanyaan sepucuk surat pembaca "yang jahil" tentang ilmu dan gelaran profesor.

"Nampak macam UIA hendak ikut sama memalukan saya supaya saya sukar menghadapi hari-hari yang mendatang.

"Negara sudah tahu saya tidak lagi berkhidmat di UIA; jadi perlukah UIA membuat kenyataan begitu?" katanya.
 
UIA yang minta saya pohon profesor
 
Dr Aziz juga berkata, secara faktanya, ramai "profesor pencen" masih dipanggil profesor kerana orang yakin dan hormat dengan ilmunya dan setakat ini tidak ada universiti di Malaysia yang membuat kenyataan umum seperti UIA itu.

Beliau juga berkata tidak kisah atas tindakan itu kerana kegiatan akademik awamnya bermula sejak saya belum bergelar profesor lagi.

"Dengan itu apa yang mereka lakukan tidak akan memberi kesan kepada saya," katanya.

Menurut Dr Aziz juga berkata, gelaran profesor itu pun dipohonnya sebelum ini atas permintaan UIA sendiri melalui surat rasmi daripada rektor sepuluh tahun lalu.

"Tidak seperti orang lain saya tidak memohon, Saya diminta oleh pihak UIA, hujung 2002, untuk memohon jawatan profesor.

"Mungkin kerana ketika itu tulisan dan autoriti saya mengatasi rakan-rakan lain dalam fakulti dan mereka mahu saya 'masuk' dulu," katanya.

source:malaysiakini

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Mahathir pro-Jewish, OK, but not Anwar...

Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s vocal stand against Zionists and the West contradicts his own close association with them while he was in power, said PKR today.

“Mahathir may seem to be vocal in opposing Zionists and the West but actually had the closest connections with them, to the point of signing a secret military agreement with America in 1984 - the  Bilateral Training and Consultation Agreement (Bitac) - that allowed America to hold their military training in Malaysia,” said PKR’s Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (right).

The party communications director was responding to Mahathir’s attack yesterday on PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim’s “pro-Jew” stance and the latter’s alleged “close relations with the former World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, who is a Jew”.

He said that the long-time former PM, after he had ruined Malaysia’s name abroad with Anwar’s sacking, had allegedly paid Zionist lobbyist Jack Abramoff up to USD1.2 million to arrange a meeting with former US president George W Bush.

“Mahathir himself had admitted to the fact,” said Nik Nazmi in a statement. Abramoff, he said, was close to Bush and to a group of extremists in Israel.

“According to Newsweek, funds from Abramoff’s lobbying was channeled to Jewish residents who opposed the Palestinian state...
“After that, Bush considered Malaysia an ally in his war against terrorism and Malaysia used that as grounds to detain whoever was necessary under ISA, including opposition leaders who were accused of being terrorists,” he said.

Nik Nazmi said Mahathir ( right) was merely acting out a grudge against Anwar, that he and Umno were jumping from one scandal to another against the PKR de facto leader.

The war of words follows Anwar's Thursday interview in the Wall Street Journal that reported him saying that he supported efforts to protect Israel's security, but that any relation with the Jewish state depends on its willingness to respect the Palestinian aspirations.

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin took the cue to slam Anwar and Pakatan for being pro-Israel.

Nik Nazmi however stressed, “Anwar has explained that his statement in Wall Street Journal was distorted by Umno and the media ... they (Umno) themselves support the two state solution, that is also accepted by the Arab peace initiative, Malaysia and even Hamas, the Palestinian freedom fighters.”

Dr M didakwa lupa hubungan 'akrab' dengan Amerika

PKR menyelar Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yang didakwa memutarbelitkan kenyataan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dalam isu Israel-Palestin tetapi melupakan "hubungan akrabnya" dengan Amerika Syarikat suatu ketika dahulu.

Pengarah Komunikasi PKR Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (bawah) berkata, Dr Mahathir mungkin kelihatan lantang menentang Zionis dan Barat tetapi dia didakwa mempunyai hubungan baik dengan mereka hingga menandatangani perjanjian ketenteraan dengan Amerika sebelum ini.

"Nampaknya Dr Mahathir terus menyimpan dendam lamanya terhadap Anwar. Beliau dan pimpinan Umno nampaknya tidak dapat berhenti menghamburi fitnah semata-mata untuk mengalihkan dari satu demi satu skandal yang membelenggu mereka," katanya.

Nik Nazmi merujuk kepada Bilateral Training and Consultation Agreement (BITAC) yang membolehkan Amerika Syarikat menjalankan latihan ketenteraan di Malaysia pada tahun 1984.

Dr Mahathir semalam berkata, beliau kecewa dengan kenyataan Anwar yang didakwa mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan Yahudi, malah berkawan dengan anggota kongres Amerika Syarikat yang berbangsa Yahudi.

Dalam kenyataannya hari ini, Nik Nazmi berkata, Dr Mahathir juga membayar pelobi Zionis Jack Abramoff untuk mengatur pertemuannya dengan presiden Amerika Syarikat ketika itu George W Bush.

"Selepas itu, Bush menganggap Malaysia sebagai sekutu di dalam perang melawan keganasan.

"Dan Malaysia menggunakan alasan tersebut untuk menangkap sesiapa sahaja yang dikehendaki termasuk anggota pembangkang yang dituduh sebagai pengganas di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri," katanya.

Menyentuh kenyataan Anwar kepada akhbar antarabangsa Wall Street Journal, Nik Nazmi mempertahankan kenyataannya bosnya itu selari dengan penyelesaian dua negara yang diterima dunia Arab, Malaysia malah pejuang Palestin Hamas sendiri.

source:malaysiakini

Israel: Dr Mahathir sengaja putar belit, melupakan fakta

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MACCgiven two weeks to act against NFC head...

PKR has given the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) two weeks to arrest and charge National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) chairperson Mohamad Salleh Ismail over a bribery allegation..

Failing this, the opposition party has threatened to pressure the government to set up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into the possibility that the MACC is protecting NFC.

Yesterday, PKR had revealed a police report in which businessman Shamsubahrin Ismail (left) had claimed to have been pressured to pay bribes to put the police off investigations into scandals involving the NFC. While Shamsubahrin has named Salleh as having instigated this, the latter has dismissed the claim.
                    
Taking this further, PKR Subang MP R Sivarasa and Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin lodged a report today at the Kuala Lumpur MACC office.Their report is based on claims by businessman Shamsubahrin Ismail that Salleh had asked him to bribe the police as inducement to call off the on-going probe into the NFC.
 
Zuraida said the MACC, which had arrested Shamsubahrin on Dec 22 last year, has been holding his mobile phone in which text-messages from Salleh are stored.

She therefore questioned the MACC’s failure to act against Salleh up to now.

PKR, she added, will next lodge a report at the MACC headquarters n Putrajaya.

'Cops should be probed as well’

Sivarasa claimed that several other personnel of  NFC had repeatedly sent text-messages to Shamsubahrin, ordering him to bribe the police. However, he declined to reveal the names of those allegedly involved.

He said the RCI, if set up, should also investigate the conduct of the police.

"We put a challenge to MACC to investigate Salleh (left) just as Shamsubahrin was investigated, and to arrest and charge Salleh," he told reporters.

Sivarasa said PKR supports DAP leader Lim Kit Siang's intention to set up a RCI to look into alleged abuse of a RM250 million government soft loan to NFC, if Pakatan Rakyat takes over Putrajaya.
Shamsubahrin, who has been charged with four counts of cheating, is being remanded at Sungai Buloh prison as he has refused to post bail for reasons of personal safety.

NFC tolak memo NGO

Usaha sebuah NGO menghantar memorandum kepada National Feedlot Corporation berhubung dakwaan perbelanjaan kredit kad RM600,000 yang didakwa menggunakan wang daripada dana kerajaan hanya sampai di muka pintu.

Rombongan kira-kira 10 aktivis JINGGA 13 pulang hampa apabila kehadiran mereka di Kuala Lumpur gagal mencapai matlamat apabila pegawai syarikat itu enggan menerima memorandum itu.

"Walaupun Saudara Fariz Musa selaku ketua koordinator menyatakan bahawa JINGGA 13 mewakili kehendak rakyat untuk dapat penjelasan, namun pegawai itu bertegas untuk mengikuti arahan atasan dengan alasan NFC adalah 'entiti perniagaan'," kata setiausahanya Saifuddin Shafi Muhammad.

Menurut Saifuddin, pegawai itu juga menyatakan tidak mahu mengganggu tugas pihak polis yang sedang menyiasat kes itu walaupun pengarah eksekutifnya Wan Shahinur Izmir Salleh didakwa berkali-kali membuat kenyataan menafikan dakwaan itu.

JINGGA 13 sebelum ini membuat laporan polis terhadap empat anggota menteri pembangunan wanita Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil yang didakwa membelanjakan hampir RM600,000 pada tahun 2009 dengan kad kredit yang wangnya dari dana NFC.

Dalam kenyataannya hari ini, NGO yang dekat dengan PKR itu juga mempersoalkan keistimewaan kumpulan pendesak Melayu PERKASA dan 11 NGO yang dijemput khas untuk diberi penerangan oleh NFC sebelum ini.

Justeru, Saifuddin mempersoalkan kenapa JINGGA 13 yang melaporkan perkara itu kepada polis dan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) tidak dilayan jika benar tiada fakta mahu disembunyikan.

(An attempt to hand over a memo demanding the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) to account for its credit card expenses of RM600,000 was refused at the door today at its office in Kuala Lumpur. A delegation of about 10 members of the PKR-linked NGO Jingga 13 were met by the NFC's corporate communications manager outside its office, but he refused to accept the memorandum.

He said the company's executive chairperson Mohamad Salleh Ismail had given instructions not to accept the memo as he did not want to affect the ongoing police investigations.Speaking to reporters later, Jingga 13 coordinator Fariz Musa, who led the delegation, expressed disappointment over the refusal.

"We want transparency because it involves public funds. Therefore we are disappointed that we couldn't hand over the memo," he said)

source:malaysiakini

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Adakah mana2 pemimpin UMNO/BN dipenjarakan kerana memperjuangkan hak Melayu atau bukan Melayu...

“Saya bangga walau pun terpaksa dipenjarakan dalam perjuangan menentang ketidakadilan terhadap sebuah keluarga miskin Melayu di Melaka.

“Adakah mana-mana pemimpin BN pernah ke penjara kerana memperjuangkan hak Melayu atau bukan Melayu? Kalau ada pun pemimpin BN yang dipenjarakan, ia adalah kerana penyelewengan dan rasuah dan bukan kerana memperjuangkan rakyat.”

Demikian kata-kata Setiausaha Agung DAP Lim Guan Eng sebagai menjawab fitnah dan tohmahan lidah rasmi UMNO, iaitu Utusan Malaysia, apabila mendakwa kononnya DAP adalah parti paling rasis di dunia.

“Ini menunjukkan betapa kecewanya mereka kerana makin ramai Melayu sudah tidak percaya dalam UMNO dan Utusan sehingga mereka menyertai DAP.

“Utusan Malaysia sudah kehilangan kredibiliti, malahan di kalangan Melayu, apabila akhbar itu telah didapati bersalah oleh Mahkamah Tinggi Pulau Pinang dan diarahkan untuk membayar RM200,000 kerana memfitnah saya sebagai anti-Islam dan anti-Melayu,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.

Menurutnya DAP bangga dengan rekod memperjuangkan hak semua rakyat Malaysia termasuk Melayu, Cina, India, Kadazan, Iban dan Orang Asli, dan kerana itu, sudah makin ramai orang Melayu tidak percaya kepada pembohongan para pemimpin UMNO dan penipuan Utusan tentang DAP.

Beliau yang juga Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang berkata keputusan mahkamah terhadap Utusan juga membuktikan bahawa DAP dan beliau sendiri tidak bersifat anti-Melayu atau anti-Islam. Sebaliknya, beliau menjelaskan, peruntukan, bantuan kebajikan dan usaha murni untuk orang Melayu dan Islam di Pulau Pinang telah ditingkatkan berkali-kali ganda berbanding dengan pentadibran BN.

Guan Eng yang juga Ahli Parlimen Bagan menjelaskan bahawa serangan Utusan itu berpunca daripada kenyataan balas Ketua Parlimen DAP Lim Kit Siang kepada Presiden MCA Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek yang telah menyeru agar masyarakat Cina terus menyokong BN.

“Kenapa tidak salah apabila Chua menyeru kepada masyarakat Cina untuk bersatu menentang perubahan, tetapi salah apabila Kit Siang menyeru supaya masyarakat Cina untuk bersatu untuk menukar kerajaan dengan menyokong PR?

“Adakah DAP itu sebuah parti rasis kerana meminta supaya tindakan diambil terhadap kes rasuah seperti permintaan untuk menubuhkan Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja mengenai skandal RM250 juta “lembu dan kondo” yang melibatkan keluarga seorang Menteri Kabinet?

“Adakah DAP itu rasis kerana menyerang UMNO yang tidak mengambil sebarang tindakan terhadap mereka yang bertanggungjawab atas kehilangan saham Bumiputera berjumlah RM52 bilion yang sepatutnya diberikan kepada orang Melayu miskin yang tidak menerima walau satu saham pun?

“Adakah DAP itu rasis kerana mempersoalkan konsesi lebuh raya Banting-Taiping selama 60 tahun dan berjumlah RM7.07 bilion kepada Kumpulan Europlus Bhd yang dimiliki seorang bukan Melayu?” soal beliau.

 

Beliau menambah bahawa Utusan Malaysia sudah tidak relevan lagi apabila orang Melayu pun sudah tidak percaya dalam fitnahnya.

Guan Eng juga membidas Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyddin Yassin kerana  menggelar DAP cauvinis sedangkan DAP adalah parti berbilang kaum yang terbuka kepada semua rakyat Malaysia.

Menurutnya Muhyiddin tidak berhak menuduh DAP kerana Timbalan Presiden UMNO itu sendiri sudah mendabik dada mengumumkan bahawa beliau adalah “Melayu dahulu, rakyat Malaysia kemudian”.

Katanya keengganan Muhyiddin untuk mengutuk Utusan Malaysia kerana menggambarkan tragedi rusuhan Mei 13 yang mengakibatkan kematian beribu-ribu rakyat Malaysia sebagai “hari keramat” jelas menunjukkan siapa sebenarnya yang bersikap cauvinis dan rasis.

source:roketkini.com

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Anwar kononnya rapat dengan Isreal tapi Mahathir tinggal sehotel dengan PM Isreal...

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad hari ini membidas  Anwar Ibrahim ekoran dakwaan pemimpin itu mahu melindungi keselamatan Israel. Bercakap kepada pemberita di Putrajaya, Dr Mahathir berkata beliau kecewa dengan kenyataan ketua pembangkang itu tetapi tidak berasa terkejut.

Dakwanya, Anwar mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan Yahudi, malah berkawan dengan anggota kongres Amerika Syarikat yang berbangsa Yahudi.

(Dr Mahathir Mohamad, today lashed out at, Anwar Ibrahim, for wanting to protect Israel’s security. Mahathir said he was “disappointed” with the de facto PKR leader, but he was “not surprised”.

“He is close to Israel. His friends are all Jewish... I am not surprised as he is friendly with the members of the US congress and senate who are of Jewish origin,” he told reporters in Putrajaya. Mahathir was speaking on leadership at the second instalment of talks organised by the Razak School of Government.)

source:malaysiakini

Mahathir dah lupa kot betapa intimnya hubungan dia dengan PM Isreal Yitzhak Rabin(mendiang) dan Ehud Barak....

Dr Mahathir pernah menginap di hotel yang sama dengan PM Israel, Yitzhak Rabin (mendiang) ketika berkunjung ke Perancis pada tahun 1995. 

Bukan itu sahaja, kedua pemimpin sekular ini didakwa mengadakan pertemuan sulit di hotel berkenaan - satu perkara yang amat ganjil kerana Malaysia tidak mempunyai sebarang hubungan diplomatik dengan negara haram Israel itu.

Setelah pertemuan sulit itu diketahui umum, Dr Mahathir akhirnya mengakui bahawa beliau memang berutus surat dengan Yitzhak Rabin(bawah). 

Pengakuan Dr Mahathir ini amat membimbangkan kita kerana sebagai seorang ketua kerajaan adalah tidak wajar untuknya berhubung dengan seorang pemimpin kerajaan yang tidak diiktiraf negara.

Di zaman Mahathir jugalah rakyat negara Israel dijemput secara rasmi ke negara ini. Dengan mengetepikan sentimen umat Islam, Mahathir mengizinkan pasukan kriket Israel dan rombongan pelajar Israel berkunjung ke sini.

Alangkah malangnya bagi kita rakyat Malaysia bila Mahathir sendiri begitu rapat dengan pemimpin2 Isreal dan Najib telah menggunakan firma "rundingan public affairs and strategic communications"APCO yang dibiayai dengan jutaan ringgit duit rakyat Malaysia semata2 nak menaikkan imej Najib di dalam dan luar negara.- pencacai-semalaysia.com

Jadi Mahathir dan Najib tak payahlah jadi hipokrit dalam isu negara Isreal dan orang Yahudi ini dan rakyat Malaysia taklah sebodoh yang disangkakan UMNO.... 

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Beranikah keluarga Shahrizat isytihar gaji mereka jika tak bersalah...

DAP hari ini mencabar ahli-ahli keluarga Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil supaya mengisytiharkan gaji sebenar bagi menangkis dakwaan bahawa mereka diberi pendapatan lumayan sebagai eksekutif Perbadanan Fidlot Kebangsaan (NFC).

Pemimpin supremo DAP, Lim Kit Siang dalam kenyataan medianya menempelak keluarga ketua wanita Umno itu masih cuba berselindung berhubung bayaran yang diterima mereka dari syarikat projek penternakan lembu negara itu.

Menurut Lim, meskipun keluarga berkenaan menafikan dakwaan bahawa mereka dibayar gaji berjumlah RM215,000 sebulan, namun mereka belum membekalkan angka yang sebenar.

"Adalah ketara bahawa selepas diheret dengan kemelut ini untuk lebih tiga bulan, anggota keluarga Shahrizat, yang menerajui NFC gagal membersihkan diri mereka daripada pelbagai dakwaan salah guna kuasa dan dana awam yang dilemparkan walaupun ada percubaan di pihak mereka untuk bertemu dengan penulis-penulis blog yang  'mesra' dan dengan badan-badan bukan kerajaan.

Sebagai contoh, kata Lim, setakat ini walaupun keluarga Shahrizat yang juga menteri wanita, keluarga dan pembangunan masyarakat itu menafikan mereka menerima RM215,000 sebulan, jumlah gaji sebenar mereka tidak didedahkan.

Sebelum ini dilaporkan suami Sharizat, Datuk Mohammad Salleh Ismail didakwa dibayar RM100,000 gaji bulanan sebagai pengerusi NFC.

Anak pasangan itu yang berusia 31 tahun, Izmir pula dikatakan mendapat RM45,000 sebulan sebagai pengarah eksekutif,. Seorang lagi anak lelaki mereka, Wan Shahinur Izran, 27 yang dilantik sebagai Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif mendapat RM35,000 sebulan manakala anak perempuan mereka yang berusia 25 tahun, Wan Izzanah Fatimah pula didakwa dibayar RM35,000 sebulan sebagai seorang lagi pengarah.

"Apakah alasan bagi Shahrizat dan keluarganya kerana gagal membersihkan nama mereka di mata rakyat?" soal Lim lagi dalam kenyataannya itu.

NFC terjebak dalam skandal apabila timbl pendedahan bahawa pinjaman mudah RM250 juta yang diberikan kerajaan untuk projek ternakan lembu negara itu telah dibelanjakan untuk membeli kondominium mewah dan perbelanjaan lain yang didakwa berbentuk peribadi.

Jawatankuasa Kira-kira Awam (PAC) juga mengakui bahawa terdapat "kelemahan" dalam projek itu.

Shahrizat's kin should declare salaries if innocent...

DAP has challenged the family members of minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil to declare their true salaries to counter allegations that they are drawing excessive paychecks as National Feedlot Corporation’s (NFC) top executives.

Party supremo Lim Kit Siang (right) today blasted the family for remaining elusive over various allegations that have been levelled against the company.

In particular, he noted that while they have denied Allegations that the family members’ total salaries amount to RM215,000 a month, they have failed to come forth with the actual figures.

“It is significant that after being dragged over the coals for over  three months, Shahrizat’s family members who run the NFC had failed to clear themselves of the many allegations of abuse of power and misuse of public funds which have been made against them despite several attempts on their part to meet up with ‘friendly’ bloggers and NGOs.

For instance, although there have been denials that Shahrizat’s husband and three children draw RM215,000 a month as salaries from NFC - husband Mohammad Salleh Ismail drawing RM100,000 salary monthly as NFC chairperson, 31-year-old Izmir drawing RM45,000 monthly as executive director, another son Wan Shahinur Izran aged 27 drawing RM35,000 a month as CEO while 25-year-old daughter Wan Izzanah Fatimah drawing RM35,000 a month as the other director - Shahrizat’s family members have not come out with their own actual salary figures.

“What is the reason for this shocking failure of Shahrizat and her family to clear their name in the court of public opinion?” said Lim in a statement today.

NFC has been mired in scandal since revelations that a RM250 million government soft loan for a cattle project had been used to purchase luxury condominiums and other allegedly personal expenses.

The Public Accounts Committee has admitted that there are "weakness" in the project.

 source:malaysioakini

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Shamsubahrin: NFC chief pressured me to bribe police...

Businessman Shamsubahrin Ismail, who has been charged with cheating National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) executive chairperson Mohamed Salleh Ismail, has claimed that the latter pressured him to bribe the police to cover up the company’s scandal.

He made this claim in a police report lodged at the Klang General Hospital last Friday, which was revealed by PKR at its headquarters in Petaling Jaya today.

The police report reads: “In my appointment, I received messages and pressure from Salleh asking me to cover up the NFC case with the police.

“Salleh, through phone calls and SMSes, pressured me to pay bribes to the police to cover up the case.”

In the report, Shamsubahrin claimed that he was appointed by NFC as a corporate advisor and consultant to “clean up” NFC’s internal problems.

He added that he had met with the police to facilitate their investigation but had told Salleh he would not give bribes.


NFC is accused of misappropriating a RM250 million government soft loan by allegedly spending it on luxurious assets instead of the cattle centre in Gemas, which it had been tasked to manage.

'MACC not acting on evidence'

Asked if PKR possessed the SMS evidence, its vice president Surendran said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is in possession of the phone containing the messages.

“Several phones were taken from Shamsubahrin and all the phones were later returned except for one. That one held by the MACC is the one containing all this crucial matter.

“It is in the hands of the authority but we have records, we have a backup of it,” he said.

Surendran also questioned the MACC, saying that despite possessing the information, it had failed to act against the “real culprits”.

Shamsubahrin was on Dec 30, last year, charged with cheating Salleh of RM2million in consultation fees.


Surendran, together with PKR legal bureau chief Latheefa Koya, are lawyers for Shamsubahrin, said after he managed to raise enough money to post the RM300,000 bail on Jan 19, was immediately re-arrested and slapped with another two cheating charges.


The two charges were brought against him on the same day he lodged the police report. He was at that time warded in hospital for health complications.

Investigation politically motivated

He is now in Sungai Buloh prison and has refused to post bail for the second time for fear of being slapped with more charges, said Surendran.

“He is not ready to come out because he fears for his safety, ironically and strangely he feels safer in Sungai Buloh,” said Latheefa.

In the police report, Shamsubahrin said: “I believe that I have been made a scapegoat and lied to by Salleh to cover-up and save the reputation of Salleh and his wife (Women, Family and Community Development Minister) Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.

“The accusations and investigation on me are politically motivated where I have been victimised and is intended to cover-up the NFC investigation.”

Also at the press conference, PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin caused a stir when she claimed Salleh and Shamsubahrin knew each other through Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.


However, she later retracted her statement, saying: “They met through TPM, TPM is Technology Park Malaysia not timbalan perdana menteri (deputy prime minister).”


However, she said the information released today will be used for her and PKR strategies director Rafizi Ramli’s defence in a RM100 million defamation lawsuit filed by Shahrizat again her.


Shahrizat has consistently denied involvement in the controversy even though her family members form part of the company. She has since gone on a three-week leave to facilitate investigations.


When contacted, GRA Communications chief executive Ghazalie Abdullah, who is acting for NFC, said it will respond after it ascertains the content of the police report.


“We have just got wind of this, we do not know exactly what is in the police statement, I’m trying to establish it and indicate it to our client,” he said.

Meanwhile, PKR's Subang MP R Sivarasa (right) blasted the government over a news report quoting a Public Accounts Committee insider as saying that no personal guarantees had been given for the soft loan.

"It is unusual to give huge amounts of money without some form of guarantee... What was the intention of NFC when it applied for the loan? Was there a genuine intention to implement the project or is it a sham?"

Sivarasa said using a loan other than for its intended purpose is criminal breach of trust, and ripped NFC executive director Wan Shahinur Izmir Salleh for suggesting that the matter has been blown up.

"I advise this young fellow to get a good lawyer and seek advice instead of making foolish and ridiculous statements when RM250 million in public money has been abused," he added.
Shamsubahrin pressured by NFCorp official to bribe cops

Shamsubahrin: Ketua NFC paksa saya 'rasuah' polis

Ahli perniagaan Datuk Shamsubahrin Ismail, yang dituduh menipu pengerusi eksekutif Perbadanan Fidlot Kebangsaan (NFC) Datuk Mohamed Salleh Ismail, mendakwa bahawa suami ketua wanita Umno itu memaksa beliau merasuah polis bagi menutup skandal syarikat berkenaan.
Beliau membuat dakwaan itu pada polis laporan yang dibuat di Hospital Besar Klang Jumaat lalu. Perkara itu didedahkan oleh PKR di ibu pejabat parti itu di Petaling Jaya hari ini.

Dalam laporan polis itu, Shamsubahrin didakwa berkata beliau menerima mesej dan tekanan dari Salleh yang memintanya supaya kes NFC dengan pihak polis ditutup.

"Salleh, melalui panggilan telefon dan khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS), mendesak saya untuk memberi rasuah kepada polis untuk menutup kes itu."

 source:malaysiakini

NFC arah Shamsulbahrin rasuah polis

Indeed, there is more than meets the eye in the entire NFC fiasco. Apart from blatant corruption, it is a quagmire of feuding Umno warlords all wishful to quickly wash their hands from the fiasco while at the same time pointing the finger at each other in a bid to escape responsibility. Key players in the NFC debacle not only include Umno Women's chief Shahrizat Jalil and family, but also Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Prime Minister Najib Razak, former premier Abdullah Badawi and Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.

Behind the huge sums of money is also a shadow play, with second-tier leaders adding to the fire by trying to gain from Shahrizat's ouster from power. Despite a fightback, it would be too much for Shahrizat to expect to hold on to either her Cabinet position, her pasrty post as Women's chief or to be nominated again to stand in the Lembah Pantai seat. Speculation is rife that FT minister Raja Nong Chik, who is also the Lembah Pantai Umno division chief, is staking a claim on the parliamentary seat currently held by PKR's Nurul Izzah Anwar.

"Umno is trying to deny everything and whitewash the entire episode. They will just say there was no such corruption no matter what proof is offered by PKR to the public. It is like Custer's last stand. They have no other option. But this is precisely what will kill them in GE-13. Shahrizat's refusal to take responsibility for NFC and Najib's prodding of Raja Nong Chik for the Lembah Pantai seat have jointly created Umno's Armageddon," an Umno insider told Malaysia Chronicle. Continue reading here.

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Subsidi gula-Harga gula dunia turun,pasal apa nak tambah subsidi gula,ingat rakyat bodohkah...

DAP membidas kerajaan pimpinan BN kerana cuba memperbodohkan orang ramai dengan membuat dakwaan bahawa subsidi gula dinaikkan kerana harga dunia yang meningkat sedangkan hakikatnya harga gula di seluruh dunia turun sejak enam bulan yang lalu.

"Oleh yang demikian, dengan mengekalkan harga gula pada RM2.30, kerajaan sebenarnya telah memberi subsidi yang kurang, dan bukannya subsidi tambahan, seperti yang dengan bangganya didakwa oleh Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri, Koperasi dan Kepenggunaan Datuk Seri  lsmail Sabri Yaakob.

"Apakah lsmail Sabri cuba untuk menipu rakyat dengan mendakwa kononnya Malaysia telah meningkat lagi subsidi gula kerana harga bahan itu di seluruh dunia telah meningkat walaupun hakikatnya adalah sebaliknya?" kata setiausaha publisiti DAP Tony Pua (kiri) dalam satu kenyataan.

Beliau merujuk laporan akhbar Jumaat lalu, di mana menteri berkenaan mendakwa bahawa kerajaan menanggung subsidi yang kian meningkat iaitu daripada 20 sen kepada 54 sen sekilogram gula bagi mengekalkan harga pada RM2.30.

Dalam laporan akhbar The Star itu, Ismail Sabri memuji kerajaan kerana mampu mengekalkan harga gula walaupun pada hakikatnya bahawa "harga gula global terus melambung".

Dalam menyangkal dakwaan itu, Pua berkata apa yang sangat menarik ialah harga gula global dalam tempoh enam bulan yang lalu sejak kenaikan harga terakhir pada bulan Mei 2011 sebenarnya telah turun dengan ketara dan tidak melambung.

Minister 'fooling public' on sugar subsidies

DAP has slammed the government for trying to fool the public in increasing the sugar subsidies in the face of claimed sugar price increases when global prices had decreased in the past six months.

"Therefore by maintaining sugar prices at RM2.30, the government should in actual fact have to subsidise less, and not more, as proudly boasted by Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister lsmail Sabri Yaakob.


"Is lsmail Sabri trying to pull a fast one by claiming Malaysia has increased its sugar subsidy because global prices have increased despite the opposite being true?" said DAP national publicity secretary Tony Pua (left) in a statement.

He was referring to the minister's claim on Friday that the government has increased subsidies from 20 sen to 54 sen per kilogramme of sugar in order to maintain the price of sugar at RM2.30.

In a report in The Star on Friday, Ismail Sabri credited the government for keeping the cost of sugar down despite the fact that the "global price of sugar is skyrocketing".

Pua rebutted the claim, saying: "What is extremely intriguing, however, was that global sugar prices over the past six months since the last price hike in May 2011 had in fact declined significantly, and not the purported 'skyrocket'."
 



Subsidies for whom?

He said world sugar price hit a peak in July 2011 at USD0.2947 per pound and "has fallen consistently every month" since then, ending at USD0.2342 last December.

Factoring in the depreciation of the ringgit against the US dollar at 7 percent, he said, the net price decrease was still 13.5 percent in ringgit terms.

Pua, who is also PJ Utara MP, questioned who the real beneficiary of the subsidy boost was, noting that only two companies monopolised local sugar distribution: Malayan Sugar Manufacturing Holdings (MSM Holdings) and Tradewinds Corporation Bhd.


MSM, he said, is a 71 percent subsidiary of Felda-related entities while Tradewinds is 43 percent controlled by Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary (right) with another 20 percent owned by Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd.

Noting that it was perplexing that subsidies "had to increase by 170 percent to cope with the non-existent skyrocketing global price of sugar", Pua demanded an explanation from the minister.

"The minister must hence clarify why there was a need to increase subsidies when the global sugar price is falling while at the same time explain who are the real beneficiaries from the extra RM198 million of supposed 'subsidy'," he said.

source:malaysiakini

Sweet Subsidies for Who?

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Morality: Anwar versus the BN...

It is clear to me that the entire Barisan Nasional propaganda machinery (including those pretending to be the 'Third Force') has gone into full swing to discredit Anwar Ibrahim's character and morality.

 

In fact, they have gone full speed ahead over the past two years with concentrated attacks on Anwar's alleged liaison with Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

If we add the 1998 allegations made by Azizan Abu Bakar and Co, it would be more than enough for the people to form an opinion about whether or not they believe all these allegations.
 
We also have videos of Anwar allegedly having sex with women other than his wife - these too had gone on for over a year and there are now threats that more videos will be released.

Why has the BN decided to continue with the same exposé over and over again over so many years?

"Anwar's sexuality!" they say repeatedly, and yet Anwar remains as popular as ever, if not more so.

None of it makes sense. Malaysians have obviously already formed their opinion about Anwar. I can only surmise that the BN's soldiers are still after Anwar because he remains popular, and they fear that somehow he will still be the leader that the people want to lead the nation.

But if the BN persists in repeating the same failure, which is, to discredit Anwar through sexuality, then I must conclude that the BN has gone completely insane.

Only insane people do the same thing many times over and expect different results.

Malaysians have had enough of the exposés of Anwar's private life. What they want are new exposés of BN leaders when the Opposition comes to power.
 

The people are, at least, very curious about how upright and noble our BN leaders have been all these years and (given the way things are) the only way they can find out is to vote the Opposition into power.

Politicians must be subject to exposés

I belive that politicians must be subject to exposés if they have done something wrong. This is the right and proper price to pay for wanting to take on a public role. If you want to be a public figure, the public has the right to scrutinise every aspect of your life.

Only a few days ago, I too received an SMS from an influential person who owns an Internet portal. He told me that I too would have my "misdeeds" exposed if I am not careful. Well, it looks to me as if my experience in the Hulu Selangor by-election was just a prelude to a grand soap opera.

The unfortunate thing in our country is not that leaders are flawed - leaders are human: in any other country and at any time, no leader is perfect. The problem with us is that only Opposition politicians are targeted by political mercenaries and the mainstream media who chase after whatever "exposés" they can get their hands on.

On the other hand, those in the BN who are well connected, or who occupy high positions, get full protection and even "defences".

The law and the principles of justice obviously work differently in our country. This is the result of a skewed and obnoxious "morality" that we have come to accept as a virtue.

To make things worse, the BN has not troubled itself to set good examples: where is the morality of using one's political power and influence to enrich oneself or one's spouse or one's children? Where is the morality in toppling a democratically-elected government through inducement and fear?

Is this really the "morality" that the BN expects the rakyat to buy into?

The rakyat will in fact have a chance to decide the matter for themselves in the coming general election. Maybe they will ask one another if the morality and misdeeds of Opposition leaders are worse and more intolerable than those of BN leaders.

It is difficult to say what will be important to each individual, but what is certain is that we all have different tastes and different takes on what constitutes "acceptable" and "moral" action in public and in private.

We are all entitled to our private opinions. What offends me is the hateful and hypocritical behaviour of those tasked with shaming and ridiculing the opposition leaders. These chest-thumping heroes do so without limit, without any human pity and without even a little drop of justice and fairness flowing in their veins.

But God is great, as we always hear at ceramah sessions. And God Knows All.- Zaid Ibrahim

source:malaysiakini

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Kalau orang Melayu masuk DAP, Muhyiddin Yassin sibuk pasal apa...

Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mengingatkan orang Melayu supaya tidak sesekali terpedaya dan terperangkap dengan tipu helah DAP bahawa parti itu memperjuangkan kepentingan orang Melayu.

Muhyiddin berkata, apa jua tindakan parti itu hanyalah helah semata-mata demi untuk menarik sokongan orang Melayu.

 "Kenapa baru sekarang dia nak jemput orang Melayu, saya tak tahulah apa tujuan dia, tapi kita dah tahu sejarah DAP ini, jadi orang Melayu kena faham lebih-lebih lagi bila dia menekankan Malaysian-Malaysiannya.

"Dia kata dia bukan parti perkauman, dia kata dia parti multi-racial (pelbagai kaum) tetapi dari segi amalan dan apa yang telah dilakukan oleh DAP sejak ditubuhkan sampai sekarang pun jelas terbukti (ia) parti yang chauvinist," katanya kepada pemberita di sini hari ini.

Muhyiddin berkata demikian sebagai menjawab pertanyaan wartawan berhubung kenyataan Penasihat DAP, Lim Kit Siang, bahawa lebih ramai orang Melayu akan menyertai parti itu.-antarapos.com

Don't fall for DAP trap, Muhyiddin warns Malays

Malays must not allow themselves to fall into the trap being carefully laid for them by the DAP, Umno deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin warned today.

"Don't do easily duped by DAP's trap," he said at a press conference in Putrajaya today. "After so long, suddenly they want to recruit Malays. Who knows what for?" he said.

All throughout history, Muhyiddin said, he and political veterans were aware that the DAP had never even once stood up for the rights of the Malays.All the party ever stood for with any conviction, he claimed, were issues such as Chinese education.

"Look through the annals of history. Their chauvinist manner is clear," the deputy prime minister added.

More importantly, he said, the DAP exhibited racist tendencies and Malays must therefore be warned that there must be hidden motives for the party to be suddenly recruiting Malays.

"When they have a need for Malay leaders in order to fill the ranks of executive councillors or high positions (in Pakatan governments), then they look for Malays," he said.
 
Muhyiddin said this in response to DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang's statement that more Malays were gearing up to join the party. Recently, two Malay Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) students announced their intention to join the DAP. Their move came on the footsteps of two Malay lawyers and press freedom advocate and former NUJ chief Hata Wahari, who signed up as members of the party.-malaysiakini

IS IT A GREVIOUS SIN TO JOIN DAP?

Hak orang Melayu untuk sertai DAP

Tiada siapa di dalam dunia ini dapat menghalang penyertaan sukarela orang Melayu ke dalam DAP, kata Ketua Parlimen DAP Lim Kit Siang.

Malah, beliau berkata Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak dan timbalannya Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mungkin akan terperanjat apabila lebih ramai Melayu menyertai DAP tidak lama lagi.

Katanya ini adalah gelombang perubahan masa kini dan tiada siapa pun mampu menghalang Melayu menyertai kaum-kaum lain bersama membentuk masa hadapan negara yang lebih hebat.

“DAP dari awal penubuhan selama 46 tahun ini tidak pernah lari dari perjuangan buat semua rakyat Malaysia, tidak kira apa kaum atau agama pun,” katanya dalam ucapan sewaktu Rumah Terbuka Tahun Baru Cina DAP Pulau Pinang di sini hari ini.

Sebaliknya, Kit Siang yang juga Ahli Parlimen Ipoh Timur berkata, Najib sendiri gagal meyakinkan kabinet beliau untuk menyokong dasar 1Malaysia yang kononnya mahu mewujudkan perpaduan dan keadilan untuk semua kaum.

“Ia adalah gambaran politik penakut sebahagian pemimpin UMNO terhadap DAP yang kerap dihentam dengan penipuan, fitnah dengan hasutan 3R (race, race and royalty – kaum, agama dan raja) yang digunakan terhadap DAP,” katanya.

Menurutnya DAP sentiasa menjunjung Perlembagaan Persekutuan 1957 selain memberi komitmen dan keyakinan penuh kepada Dasar Bersama Pakatan Rakyat serta cadangan-cadangan dalam Buku Jingga yang juga berdasarkan Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

Justeru, beliau menasihatkan Najib dan Muhyiddin agar peka dan tidak keras kepala terhadap apa yang sudah termaktub dalam Perlembagaan, dan supaya menghentikan politik 3R.

“Ini juga bukan sahaja satu cabaran terhadap konsep 1Malaysia Najib itu, malah kepada usaha Najib yang kononnya mengangkat diri sebagai ‘golongan sederhana’,” katanya. – Roketkini.com

Tentang orang paling rasis di dunia - Hata Wahari

Saya terpanggil untuk membuat kenyataan ini berikutan tindakan Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mengeluarkan kenyataan bahawa orang Melayu tidak harus terperangkap dengan perangkap DAP.

Sebaliknya perkara yang paling relevan sekarang ialah orang Melayu jangan terperangkap dengan kata-kata Timbalan Perdan Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Pertamanya, saya ingin menegaskan orang Melayu kini semakin terbuka untuk menilai sebuah parti berbilang kaum DAP sebagai sebuah parti yang telus dan ikhlas untuk berjuang untuk kepentingan semua kaum di negara Malaysia yang tercinta.

Keduanya, orang Melayu kini boleh duduk berbincang dengan orang Melayu yang menyertai DAP walaupun mereka dari Umno dan menerima penjelasan dengan baik serta tidak lagi bersikap ingin memusuhi ataupun menghamburkan kata-kata penghinaan.

Ketiganya, orang Melayu kini telah mula menyedari bahawa Umno dan BN bukan lagi parti yang memperjuangkan kepentingan orang Melayu sebaliknya sebuah parti yang mementingkan kroni serta suku sakat mereka sahaja.

Keempat, orang Melayu kini telah bersedia untuk menongkah arus memastikan kesinambungan perjuangan pemimpin-pemimpin lampau yang mahukan Malaysia menjadi sebuah negara aman, makmur dan bersatu sesuatu yang telah gagal di laksanakan oleh Umno dan BN. 

Baca seterusnya di sini.

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RM7.07 billion Banting-Taiping highway project,contract generously awarded to...

DAP has demanded the prime minister explain why the government has given Kumpulan Europlus Bhd (Europlus) a “good deal” on the RM7.07 billion Banting-Taiping highway project.

Party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said Najib Abdul Razak needed to explain the generous terms given to Europlus, that includes a 60-year concession and RM2.24 billion in soft loans.

The company will also receive subsidies for 22 years and RM980 million grant for land acquisition cost for constructing the 316 km highway.

According to Lim ( right), Europlus had announced that it had received an approval letter from the public private partnership unit of the Prime Minister’s Department.

“DAP is curious why the federal government had still not make any announcement on such an important highway concession which violates the basic principles of public accountability and transparency.

“Before the government signs this agreement with Europlus, the prime minister must ensure that ... questions why Europlus was given such a good deal are fully answered,” said Lim in a statement today.
 

Among the questions Lim demanded the PM answer were:

1. If there was an open tender and reasons for rejecting other bids

2. The choice of Europlus that he said had no proven track record in build-operate-transfer (BOT) of highway concession and that had a “troubled history of problematic housing development projects”

3. The concession period that was the “longest in Malaysian history” after the Singapore-Malaysia water agreement

4. The rationale for the soft loan of RM2.24 billion from 2013 at 4 % interest and an offer of an interest subsidy of 3% from commercial loans for 22 years, costing the federal government an estimate RM4 billion

5. Giving Europlus RM980 million for land acquisition cost, when it is supposed to be a privatised project

6. The decision for the highway to end at Taiping and not through to Penang, that sees heavier traffic.

Scandal in the making?
 
Calling the project another potential “scandal in the making”, Lim, who is also Penang chief minister, blasted the six decade concession for benefiting the company over the rakyat.

“For the Prime Minister’s Department to grant a 60 year concession period means that generations of Malaysian will be compelled to pay toll, from me to my great grand-children.

“This is unacceptable and giving such a long concession only benefits the few, allowing the toll operators to earn mega profits of pharaonic proportions at the expense of 28 million ordinary Malaysians,” said Lim.

He pointed out that in a similar “scandal”, the 50 year concession period for the North-South Expressway (NSE) expiring in 2038 - and that had cost RM6 billion to build - had already allowed the toll operator to earn RM18.3 billion in profits as at the end of 2010.

source:malaysiakini

Lebuh raya Banting-Taiping – satu lagi skandal besar?

DAP mahu Datuk Seri Najib Razak menjelaskan segera kepada rakyat tentang projek lebuh raya Banting-Taiping sepanjang 316km yang menimbulkan banyak persoalan tentang ketelusan dan prestasi syarikat yang terlibat. Setiausaha Agung DAP Lim Guan Eng mempersoalkan sama ada konsesi lebuh raya itu  selama 60 tahun yang berjumlah RM7.07 bilion sebagai permulaan kepada satu lagi skandal yang akan menyebabkan penderitaan rakyat lebih perit.

Menurutnya rakyat perlu tahu dengan jelas tentang  projek itu yang dianugerahkan kepada Kumpulan Europlus Bhd (Europlus) untuk pembinaan lebuh raya itu yang melibatkan pinjaman mudah RM2.24 bilion, subsidi faedah 3% untuk 22 tahun dan geran sebanyak RM980 juta untuk pengambilan tanah. Katanya Europlus mengumumkan telah menerima surat kelulusan untuk membina lebuhraya 316km daripada Unit Kerjasama Awam Swasta Jabatan Perdana Menteri.

“DAP berasa curiga kenapa Kerajaan Persekutuan belum lagi membuat pengumuman mengenai konsesi lebuhraya yang jelas melanggar prinsip asas ketelusan dan kebertanggungjawab awam,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini hari ini.

Menurutnya, sebelum kerajaan menandatangani perjanjian dengan Europlus, Perdana Menteri perlu memastikan tujuh persoalan berikut dijawab:

1.Adakah tender terbuka dijalankan untuk perjanjian ini, dan jika tidak, kenapa? Jika ya, siapa lagi yang menyertai dan kenapa mereka tidak dipilih?

2. Kenapa Europlus dipilih, sedangkan mereka tidak mempunyai rekod prestasi yang terbukti dalam bina-kendali-pindah (BOT) sektor lebuh raya, dan pemilik utamanya mempunyai sejarah permasalahan dalam projek perumahan?

3. Bagaimanakah kerajaan boleh memberi tempoh konsesi selama 60 tahun, iaitu yang terpanjang dalam sejarah Malaysia (dan kedua paling lama selepas perjanjian pembekalan air selama 100 tahun kepada Singapura yang telah dimeterai pada tahun 1960-an)?

4. Apakah rasional untuk penganugerahan pinjaman mudah sebanyak RM2.24 bilion dari tahun 2013 pada kadar faedah 4% serta subsidi faedah 3% untuk pinjaman komersial selama 22 tahun? Kedua-dua subsidi ini berjumlah RM4 bilion jika prinsipal pinjaman adalah RM6 bilion.

5. Kenapa perlu kerajaan membayar RM980 untuk pengambilan tanah sedangkan ini projek swasta?

6. Kenapa kos lebuh raya 316km ini yang berjumlah RM7.07 bilion atau RM22.3 juta setiap km adalah dua kali ganda kos pembinaan lebuhraya yang sama di India dengan kos RM10 juta setiap km?

7. Jika konsesi tol terbaru ini adalah alternatif kepada Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan yang sesak, kenapa berhenti di Taiping? Kenapa konsesi Europlus tidak dilanjutkan kepada Pulau Pinang yang mengalami kesesakan yang lebih teruk? Ini tidak adil untuk rakyat Pulau Pinang dan juga Kedah.

Guan Eng yang juga Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang berkata konsesi 60 tahun yang dianugerahkan oleh Jabatan Perdana Menteri itu bermakna beberapa generasi rakyat Malaysia akan terpaksa membayar tol dari generasi beliau hingga ke cucu-cicitnya.

“Ini langsung tidak boleh diterima kerana tempoh konsesi yang begitu lama ini hanya menguntungkan segelintir kroni syarikat pengendali tol yang akan mengaut keuntungan Maha Firaun manakala yang ruginya 28 juta rakyat Malaysia,” ujarnya.

Beliau yang juga Ahli Parlimen Bagan berkata rakyat Malaysia tidak boleh menerima lagi satu skandal seumpama Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (NSE), di mana pengendali tol diberi tempoh konsesi 50 tahun sehingga 2038 walau pun mereka sudah mengaut keuntungan berkali-kali ganda lebih daripada pelaburan asal.

Beliau menjelaskan bahawa kos pembinaan NSE adalah RM6 bilion dan setakat 31 Disember 2010, pengendali tol sudah pun menerima RM24.3 bilion, iaitu keuntungan sebanyak RM18.3 bilion.

“Kenapa pengendali NSE dibenarkan mengutip tol sehingga 2038 serta menaikkan kadar tol apabila mereka sudah mengaut keuntungan yang maha-Firaun, iaitu RM18.3 bilion ataupun 3 kali ganda kos pembinaan?

“Cukup, cukuplah! Kerana itulah Pakatan Rakyat menekankan pemansuhan tol NSE.

“Rakyat Malaysia tidak mahu pengulangan skandal NSE. Perdana Menteri haruslah menjawab tujuh soalan di atas untuk memastikan kepentingan awam dijaga dan dipelihara dalam perjanjian RM7.07 bilion dan konsesi 60 tahun Europlus ini,” ujarnya.

source:Roketkini.com

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Anwar: Najib's gov't supports Israel and Palestine states too...

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim today said that while he has been accused of supporting the security of Israel, the Malaysian government too supports the Jewish state, and its stance is similar to his.

He said this support is contingent on the creation of an independent Palestine state and respecting the rights of its people based on the two state-solution.  

Quoting Foreign Minister Anifah Aman's (bottom left) statement at the United Nations General Assembly last year, he pointed that Anifah had said: "Malaysia fully supports the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people for an independent State of Palestine, based on the two-state solution, taking into account the security concerns of both parties (Israel and Palestine)."

"Clearly from the foreign minister's statement, Malaysia's policy is of preparedness to respect the rights of the Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace based on the guarantee that the rights of the Palestinians are not violated," said Anwar in a statement yesterday.

Anwar blasted quarters who had accused him of betraying the Palestinian cause, stressing that if a Palestinian state is allowed, then the rights of Israel should also be respected.

"I give a stern warning to any quarters who try to twist my words to slander me that I supposedly have betrayed the aspirations of the Palestinian people," he said.

Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin called on Anwar to explain his alleged commitment to uphold Israel's security.

This follows Anwar's Thursday interview in the Wall Street Journal which reported him as saying that he supported efforts to protect Israel's security but any relation with the Jewish state depends on its willingness to respect the Palestinian aspirations.

Gomen Najib pun sokong negara Palestin dan Isreal,jadi apa masalahnya...

Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mendakwa kenyataannya berhubung isu Israel dan Palestin diputar belit bagi menggambarkan beliau mengkhianati aspirasi rakyat Palestin. Katanya, dalam wawancaranya dengan media antarabangsa Khamis lalu, beliau menegaskan kemahuan dan hak rakyat Palestin mesti dibela dan jika syarat itu dipenuhi maka wajar hak rakyat Israel juga dihormati.

"Justeru saya memberi amaran keras kepada mana-mana pihak yang cuba memutar belit kenyataan saya semata-mata mahu menyebar fitnah kononnya saya mengkhianati aspirasi rakyat Palestin.

"Pendirian PKR adalah tuntas membela hak sesiapa sahaja yang dirampas dan dizalimi. Iltizam untuk memastikan keadilan buat semua tidak pernah surut malah pastinya digilap dan diperkukuh," katanya.

Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin semalam dilapor meminta Anwar memberi penjelasan tentang dakwaan memberi komitmen untuk mempertahankan Israel ketika ditemuramah oleh Wall Street Journal. Muhyiddin menimbulkan persoalan sama ada Anwar mementingkan Israel dan menidakkan hak rakyat Palestin yang ditindas oleh rejim Yahudi itu.

"Adakah dia (Anwar) lebih mengutamakan Yahudi dan Israel daripada Palestin? Adakah ini pendirian sebenar Pakatan Rakyat, sedangkan kerajaan tidak mengadakan hubungan diplomatik dengan Israel," beliau dipetik sebagai berkata kepada pemberita di Muar semalam.

Dalam kenyataan balasnya, Anwar berkata, pandangannya sejajar dengan prinsip PKR yang menjunjung keadilan sejagat dan tegas membela hak yang dizalimi, serta selari dengan resolusi Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) dan Inisiatif Keamanan Arab berteraskan "Penyelesaian Dua Negara".

Malahan, katanya, dasar luar negara juga menekankan prinsip penyelesaian itu, sebagaimana diungkapkan menteri luar ketika perbahasan perhimpunan agung PBB ke-66 pada 27 September tahun lalu di New York.

"Ternyata dari kenyataan menteri luar negara, dasar Malaysia adalah bersedia menghormati hak rakyat Palestin dan Israel untuk menikmati keamanan dan kedamaian.
 
"Akan tetapi kesediaan kita pastinya bergantung kepada syarat selagi mana hak rakyat Palestin tidak dicerobohi," katanya.

source:malaysiakini

Penjelasan Anwar Mengenai Dakwaan Sokongan Israel

KFC Malaysia dah jadi milik Yahudi?.. salah Anwar juga ke?

cheers.

Najib nak guna RELA untuk mempertahankan negara atau dirinya sendiri...

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak adalah Perdana Menteri yang sukakan huru-hara apabila memberi isyarat akan menggunakan Ikatan Relawan Rakyat (Rela) untuk 'bertempur' dengan rakyat yang memprotes kerajaannya.

"Kalau di negara yang bertamadun, polis akan mengambil tindakan terhadapnya kerana kenyataannya yang berbau hasutan terhadap Rela supaya bertempur dengan rakyat, buli rakyat.

"Kenyataan Najib itu membuktikan beliau adalah seorang yang suka mencetuskan kekacauan," kata Timbalan Presiden PAS, Mohamad Sabu.

Malaysian Insider melaporkan, Najib semalam memberi amaran secara terbuka kepada rakyat yang hendak berdemonstrasi apabila menyatakan Rela sentiasa bersedia mempertahankan negara dari keadaan yang pada pandangannya huru-hara.

"Jangan cetuskan kekacauan," beliau dilaporkan berkata sambil mengingatkan Rela yang "tidak akan berdiam diri" akan digunakan.

Bagi Mohamad, bukan keselamatan negara yang dibimbangkan oleh Najib tetapi keselamatan beliau sendiri dan kerajaannya yang sebenarnya mahu dipertahankan dengan memperalatkan polis, tentera, Rela malah "pasukan bomba pun dia hendak gunakan".

"Pergi tanya Najib, kalau orang-orang Umno berdemonstrasi menentang kerajaan Pulau Pinang dan mencetuskan kekecohan, adakah Najib akan kerah polis atau Rela untuk bertempur dengan mereka?" katanya.

 

Di Pulau Pinang, kata Mohamad, tidak henti-henti gerombolan pro Umno mengadakan pelbagai demonstrasi dan perhimpunan, tetapi kerajaan Najib bukan sahaja tidak pernah bertindak melarang mereka malah dilihat menggalakkan gerombolan itu.

Beliau bagaimanapun tidak hairan terhadap apa yang disifatkannya sebagai hasutan Najib itu.

"Dalam pilihan raya kecil Padang Terap pada tahun 1985, Najib yang pada masa itu Ketua Pemuda Umno dilihat sebagai orang yang bertanggungjawab membuat provokasi sehingga Othman Talib terbunuh dalam peristiwa di Lubok Merbau.

"Rakyat mesti tamatkan kekuasaan jenis penghasut seperti Najib. Dia sangat berbahaya," tegas Mohamad.

Beliau juga menyifatkan kenyataan Najib itu sebagai dorongan secara tidak langsung kepada gerombolan-gerombolan yang bertindak menyerang ceramah-ceramah Pakatan Rakyat (PR) supaya bertindak lebih ganas lagi.

"Sekarang sudah ada trend baru menggunakan gerombolan samseng menyerang ceramah-ceramah PR.

"Mereka berani melakukan perbuatan itu kerana mereka yakin kerajaan dan polis tidak akan bertindak kepada mereka," katanya.

Mohamad yakin, jika penyokong-penyokong PR yang menyerang ceramah-ceramah Umno, tentu pihak polis akan bertindak habis-habisan terhadap mereka.

"Kalau terhadap penyokong PR, diburu dan diganasi dengan segala kekerasan.

"Kalau orang Umno, bawa sepanduk caci raja yang kononnya mereka sanjung sebagai binatang pun sampai hari ini tidak dikenakan tindakan," katanya.

source:harakahdaily

Rela will act against unruly demonstrators, says Najib

cheers.

'Pakcik2 'at the coffee shop are much smarter than Noh Omar on NFC issue...

Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Noh Omar is acting dumb by defending the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC), which is accused of misappropriating RM250 million in government soft loan for a cattle-rearing project, says Selangor menteri besar's political secretary Faekah Husin.

"It's impossible that he does not understand the issue, if the uncles at the coffee shop can understand that this is a betrayal of the rakyat's money."

On Thursday, Noh had said that the NFC project was not a failure and the government merely needed to reorganise the venture.

"He had used technical excuses to say that the RM250 million NFC project was not a failure, even though he dared not say that it was a success," she added.

Instead of clarifying the controversy, Faekah ( left) attributed Noh's comments to speculations that the latter had ambitions for the Selangor menteri besar's post should BN wrest back the state.

‘Explain or face electoral debacle'

"If Noh wants publicity, as a minister, he should explain for whom and for what purpose were the luxury assets purchased - what is the relevance of a  Mercedez Benz bought using NFC's funds?" she said.
Faekah added that Noh (right) should instead uphold his credibility and integrity in dealing with the NFC issue or he may not even be elected, let alone become Selangor menteri besar.

The NFC scandal first broke out after the Auditor-General's Report 2010 highlighted its weaknesses and PKR subsequently revealed a litany of alleged misappropriations by the company.

The controversy surrounding NFC, for which the executive chairperson is Mohamed Salleh Ismail, has led to his wife, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, to take a three-week leave pending investigation into the scandal. -malaysiakini

Pacik2 kedai kopi lebih cerdik daripada Noh Omar pasal isu NFC

Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani, Datuk Seri Noh Omar didakwa gagal menjelaskan bagaimana Pusat Fidlot Kebangsaan (NFC) menggunakan wang RM250 juta milik rakyat. 

"Hujah yang beliau bangkitkan gagal menjawab isu pokok iaitu salah guna dana dan pertanggungjawaban dalam menggunakan dana RM250 juta menggunakan wang rakyat untuk projek ini," kata Faekah Husin, Setiausaha Politik Menteri Besar Selangor.

Faekah dalam kenyataannya berkata, Noh gagal menggunakan publisiti meluas untuknya menggilap diri sebagai bakal MB Selangor.

Menurut Faekah, Noh Omar sejak akhir-akhir ini berjaya mendapat liputan meluas media cetak dan elektronik  dan dikatakan berkait rapat dengan impian beliau untuk menjadi Menteri Besar Selangor sekiranya Barisan Nasional (BN) merampas semula pentadbiran Negeri Selangor.

Semalam, sekali lagi beliau mendapat liputan hebat dengan memberi penjelasan tehadap skandal salah guna wang rakyat dalam projek Pusat Fidlot Kebangsaan (NFC) yang melibatkan dana RM250 juta.

"Namun agak mengecewakan apabila Noh Omar gagal memanfaatkan peluang ini untuk mempamerkan kredibiliti dan integriti beliau sebagai pemimpin yang baik," kata Faekah.

Sebaliknya, publisiti itu telah membongkar betapa dangkalnya pemahaman beliau selaku menteri yang dipertanggungjawabkan terhadap isu mega tersebut. 

Menurut Faekah, Noh menggunakan alasan-alasan teknikal untuk mengatakan projek RM250juta NFC ini tidak gagal – meskipun begitu beliau tidak berani pula untuk mengatakan ianya berjaya, memadai dengan “tidak gagal”.

"Sebagai Menteri, mustahil beliau tidak memahami isu sebenar NFC," dakwa Faekah.

Katanya, kalau pakcik-pakcik tua di kedai-kedai kopi pun faham isu pengkhianatan wang rakyat ini masakan Noh Omar selaku menteri tega buat-buat bodoh dengan menyimpang dari isu sebenar.

Hujah yang beliau bangkitkan gagal menjawab isu pokok iaitu salah guna dana dan pertanggungjawaban dalam menggunakan dana RM250 juta menggunakan wang rakyat untuk projek ini, katanya.


Tiada kredibiliti

Bagi beliau, rakyat jelas melihat Noh sebagai seorang menteri yang tiada kredibiliti dan integriti.

Seperti mana yang digariskan oleh Institut Integriti Negara –institusi yang diwujudkan oleh Kerajaan Barisan Nasional sendiri – sesungguhnya integriti seorang pemimpin akan terjejas jika beliau “cakap tak serupa bikin”, kurang berteladan dan lemah iltizam.

Katanya, Noh mendabik dada kononnya sentiasa mengutamakan kepentingan rakyat tetapi membiarkan pembaziran dan salah guna kuasa yang berlaku di bawah portfolio pertaniannya - cakap tak serupa bikin.

Noh, kata Faekah, seolah-olah menghalalkan perkara jahat ini berlaku - kurang berteladan.

Beliau tidak mempunyai kekuatan diri untuk secara berani membicarakan isu rasuah dan salah guna kuasa dan seterusnya mengambil langkah-langkah perlu bagi mengatasinya - lemah iltizam, katanya.

"Dengan tiga kelemahan ketara tersebut, saya cadangkan Noh Omar kembali meminta nasihat daripada Institut Integriti Negara apakah elemen yang perlu ada untuk menyelenggara dana amanah rakyat.

"Lebih elok lagi jika beliau mengambil kursus perjawatan mahupun peperiksaan integriti kelolaan institut tersebut agar tidak lagi mengeluarkan kenyataan yang bercanggah dengan matlamat institut tersebut ditubuhkan.

"Jika tidak, lupakan saja cita-cita mahu menjadi jaguh di Selangor ataupun terpilih semula di dalam PRU13 nanti kerana bimbang negara ini menjadi kucar-kacir seperti yang berlaku terhadap NFC," katanya tegas.

source:harakahdaily

Comments...

Clearwater: The KPI (key performance indicator) is reduced to 8,000 heads of cattle from original target of 60,000 heads despite a RM250 million soft loan, and Noh Omar still dare call the NFC project a success?

Up2U: Whether the NFC project is a failure or not is left to be seen. The question before us is the soft loan of RM250 million and the misuse of the loan for purpose other than what it was intended for.Who are the guarantors and will this loan be a NPL (no performing loan) if the NFC is a failure.

Gordon Gecko: Noh Omar and Sharizat = Umno. Therefore we can conclude that "cows of the same hide graze together".
cheers.