Projek gomen memburuk2kan isu Soros-Pakatan dirancang oleh Kementerian bawah Rais Yatim...

Projek memburuk-burukkan pembangkang dengan jutawan George Soros -- seperti yang dilaporkan meluas oleh media sekarang -- telah dirancang oleh sebuah jabatan khas Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan sejak pertengahan tahun ini.

Melalui sebuah buku tebal Panduan Penjelasan Isu Semasa terbitan Jabatan Hal Ehwal Khas (JASA), Ketua Umum PKR Awar Ibrahim didakwa mendapat dana spekulator mata wang dunia itu bagi menghadapi pilihan raya umum.

Dengan menonjolkan beliau sebagai ejen Yahudi Zionis, Soros melalui Institut Masyarakat Terbuka (OSI) didakwa mendanai Kumpulan Krisis Antarabangsa (ICG) yang disertai Anwar.

"... Anwar merupakan antara ahli majlis eksekutif ICG ... sebahagian besar (pemimpin) dalam ICG adalah berbangsa Yahudi," buku setebal 322 halaman itu dipetik.

"Soros mengkritik tindakan kerajaan Malaysia dan membela Anwar semasa beliau didakwa atas (tuduhan) salah guna kuasa."

Hubungan Soros-Anwar ini dimuatkan dalam bab "Kumpulan Krisis Antarabangsa (ICG) dan hubungan Zionis", satu daripada 22 bab yang disusun bagi menjawab isu dan program yang dibangkitkan oleh Pakatan Rakyat sehingga Jun lalu.

Bagi menggambarkan perhimpunan "BERSIH 3.0 itu kotor" pula, Anwar didakwa memulakan huru-hara pada 28 April lalu dan beliau sendiri disokong oleh ahli parlimen Australia yang pro-hubungan seks sejenis.

Isu-isu lain yang dimuatkan di bahagian ini termasuklah kontroversi Pusat Fidlot Nasional, himpunan BERSIH 3.0, pemerolehan Scorpene, loji pemprosesan nadir bumi Lynas, program Buku Jingga, kematian Teoh Beng Hock, durian runtuh Felda dan penyenaraian Felda Global Venture Holdings (FGV), tuntutan pelobi pendidikan Cina Dong Zong dan kritikan terhadap Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR).

Buku yang ditulis dalam bentuk soal jawab ringkas ini turut memberikan perhatian khusus kepada Kelantan dan Sabah.

Sumpah PM tentang Altantuya
 
Isu-isu utama berkaitan negeri pimpinan PAS itu dimuatkan dalam tiga bab khas: tuntutan royalti petroleum, pencemaran air paip dan projek ladang rakyat.

Tiga bab lagi ditujukan bagi menjawab isu di Sabah: kebanjiran pendatang asing, tanah adat dan kempen "Sabah for Sabahans".

Bagaimanapun bab terakhir "tuduhan pembunuhan Altantuya (Shaariibuu)" tidak memakai format soal jawab atau penjelasan lengkap seperti bab-bab lain.

Ia hanya memuatkan sepenuhnya sumpah Perdana Menteri Najib Abdul Razak sewaktu menafikan pembabitannya dengan wanita Mongolia itu bersempena kempen pilihan raya kecil Permatang Pauh pada 2008.

Sementara 22 bab lagi disusun bagi menjelaskan dasar-dasar kerajaan dan senarai program yang dimajukannya.

Dibahagikan kepada tiga, bahagian pertama 'dasar-dasar negara' dimulakan dengan bab-bab berikut: Wawasan 2020, gagasan 1Malaysia, Rancangan Malaysia ke-10 dan program transformasi kerajaan (GTP).

Ia juga menjelaskan tentang Bajet 2012, skim Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M), kempen kerajaan mengurangkan rasuah dan kadar jenayah serta langkah mengawal kenaikan harga dan program meningkatkan taraf hidup rakyat berpendapatan rendah.

Satu halaman diperuntukkan untuk menyenaraikan 20 tokoh paling kaya di Malaysia dengan kesimpulan: " ... orang Melayu hanya tiga orang (15 peratus) manakala Cina 16 orang (80 peratus) dan India seorang (5 peratus)."

Ia juga memuatkan statistik-statistik lain yang menunjukkan kemunduran Melayu dalam bidang ikhtisas (profesional), pemilikan ekuiti dan premis perniagaan.

Bab-bab ini diikuti dengan program memajukan bumiputera seperti Teraju sebelum melakarkan "kejayaan negara" di mata dunia.

50,000 naskhah dicetak
 
Malaysia digambarkan aman makmur walaupun penduduknya berbilang-bilang kaum dan agama; tidak seperti hura-hara yang dialami dalam krisis Asia Barat beberapa bulan kebelakangan.

Buku panduan berbahasa Melayu ini disediakan sebagai rujukan pegawai kempen JASA -- satu daripada beberapa badan utama gerak saraf kerajaan -- dan ia dibuka dengan petikan kata-kata Najib.

"Kebebasan bersuara yang dijamin dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan tidak sesekali bermaksud sebagai kewenangan hak kepada mana-mana pihak untuk membuat fitnah dan menghasut api kebencian."

Dalam kata pengantarnya, ketua pengarah JASA, yang juga pemimpin lama Umno, Fuad Hassan berkata buku ini disediakan bagi menjawab sebaran maklumat pantas melalui media Internet.

Pada Mac lalu, menteri penerangan, komunikasi dan kebudayaan Rais Yatim dilaporkan berkata sebanyak 50,000 naskhah akan dicetak, termasuk untuk rujukan orang awam di luar bandar.

Dengan menonjolkan beliau sebagai ejen Yahudi Zionis, Soros melalui Institut Masyarakat Terbuka (OSI) didakwa mendanai Kumpulan Krisis Antarabangsa (ICG) yang disertai Anwar.

Selain JASA, menurut beliau lagi, agensi-agensi yang merujuk buku panduan itu termasuklah Jabatan Penerangan, agensi berita rasmi Bernama dan Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM).

Satu salinan buku ini diperolehi oleh Malaysiakini bulan lalu sewaktu menghadiri siri penjelasan JASA di Kuala Lumpur berhubung bantahan pindaan Seksyen 114A Akta Keterangan.

Edisi digital buku ini boleh juga diperolehi di laman web rasmi Jasa.

Walaupun bahan-bahan ini disediakan di antara selepas perhimpunan BERSIH pada hujung April lalu dan menjelang penyenaraian FGV akhir Jun, tidak dapat dipastikan bila ia mula dicetak dan diedarkan.- malaysiakini

BN's agenda to play up Soros-Pakatan bogey...

The campaign to demonise the opposition with the George Soros bogeyman that is being played out in the mainstream media today appears to have been hatched by a government agency since mid-year.

The Special Affairs Department (Jasa) of the Information, Communication and Culture Ministry earlier this year published a thick handbook called 'Guide to Explain Current Issues', which provides the basis of the campaign.

Among others, it claims that PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim received funds from the currency speculator to face elections.

It argues that Soros is a Jewish Zionist agent and had purportedly funded the International Crisis Group (ICG) where Anwar is a member via the Open Society Institute (OSI).

"... Anwar is among the ICG's exco member... a large portion (of leaders) in the ICG are Jews," said the 322-page book.

"Soros had criticised the Malaysian government and defended Anwar when he was accused of abusing his power."

The supposed Anwar-Soros relations is contained in a chapter titled 'ICG and (its) relationship with Zionists', one of 22 chapters addressing various issued and programs raised by Pakatan Rakyat since June.

 Accusations just roll on

To portray that "Bersih 3.0 (rally) is kotor (dirty)", Anwar was accused of starting the chaos on April 28, and was supported by a pro-gay marriage Australian parliamentarian.

Other issues contained in the book include the National Feedlot Centre scandal, the Scorpene submarine purchase, the Lynas rare earth refinery, Buku Jinnga, Teoh Beng Hock's death, Felda's windfall and Felda Global Venture Holding's (FGV) listing, the demands of Chinese education lobby group Dong Zong, and criticism against the Election Commission.

The book was written in a question-and-answer format. It also addresses issues specific to Kelantan and Sabah.

The main issues relating to the PAS-led state were contained in three special chapters: Demands for petroleum royalty, contamination of piped water, and the People's Field (Ladang Rakyat) project.

As for Sabah, its issues were given attention in another three chapters - the influx of immigrants, customary land rights, and the "Sabah for Sabahans" campaign.

However, the last chapter 'Allegations of Altantuya (Shaariibuu's) Murder' broke away from the book's question-and-answer or explanatory format.

Instead, it contained Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's vow during the 2008 Permatang Pauh by-election that he was not involved, and it was reproduced in full.

Sanctity of facade maintained

Meanwhile, another 22 chapters listed the government's policies and programmes.

The first part titled 'National policies" kicks off with the following chapters: Vision 2020, 1Malaysia, the Tenth Malaysia Plan, and the Government Transformation Programme (GTP).

It also explains the 2012 Budget, the Bantuan Rakyat 1 Malaysia (BR1M) scheme, the government's campaign to reduce corruption and crime rates, measures to control rising prices, and programmes to improve living conditions for the low-income group.

One page lists out 20 wealthiest Malaysians before concluding that there are "only three ethnic Malays (15 percent) whereas there 16 ethnic Chinese (80 percent) and one ethnic Indian (five percent), in that group.

It also contained statistics to show that Malay Malaysians are falling behind in professional fields, ownership of equities, and business premises.

This chapter is followed by programmes to develop the bumiputera such as Teraju, before detailing Malaysia's "national achievements" in the eyes of the world.

Malaysia is portrayed as a peaceful and prosperous country despite being multiracial and multi-religious, unlike the chaos in Western Asia in recent months.

The Malay-language guidebook is prepared as reference material for Jasa's campaign officers - the agency being one the government's main propaganda wings - and carries a foreword from Najib.

"The freedom of speech as guaranteed under the federal constitution does not mean any party may slander or incite the flames of hatred," he said.

Countering Internet influence 

In its introduction, Jasa director-general and Umno veteran Fuad Hassan said the book was prepared in response to the rapid spread of information over the Internet.

In March, Information, Communication and Culture Minister Rais Yatim reportedly said that some 50,000 copies would be printed, including those for in rural areas.

Besides Jasa, he said, other agencies using the book for reference include the Department of Information, official news agency Bernama, and Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM).

Malaysiakini had obtained a copy of the book last month while attending a Jasa event in Kuala Lumpur regarding opposition against amendments to Section 114A of the Evidence Act.

A digital edition of the book can also be obtained from Jasa's website.

Although the materials were prepared some time after the Bersih rally in late-April and in the run-up to FGV's listing in late-June, the exact dates of publication and distribution could not be determined.- malaysiakini

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