Lembu2 UMNO mengamuk kat Kampung Datuk Sulaiman Menteri, Johor Bharu...

Seperti dijangka banyak pihak, Pakatan Rakyat mengumumkan calon bagi bertanding kerusi parlimen Johor Bharu dalam pilihanraya umum akan datang.

Menepati ramalan sebelum ini, bekas penglima tentera darat, Jeneral (B) Md Hashim Hussein dari KEADILAN dipilih mewakili Pakatan Rakyat bagi menghadapi tentangan calon Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN).

Perkara itu diumumkan Ketua Pembangkang, Anwar Ibrahim dalam satu lagi program Jelajah Merdeka Rakyat di Kampung Datuk Sulaiman Menteri, Johor Bharu sebentar tadi.

Turut hadir, Penasihat DAP Kebangsaan, Lim Kit Siang, Naib Presiden PAS, Salahuddin Ayub, Setiausaha Agung KEADILAN, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Setiausaha Agung DAP, Lim Kit Siang dan saf pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat negeri.

Sebelum pengumuman tersebut dibuat, lebih 50 samseng upahan Umno seperti biasa melakukan provokasi melampau dengan membawa bendera BN sambil menjerit perkataan lucah tanpa rasa malu di hadapan ribuan rakyat yang sudah menunggu sejak jam 845 malam lagi.

Mereka cuba mengadakan sekatan jalan raya menuju tapak ceramah tetapi kecekapan anggota polis yang berada di tempat kejadian berjaya mengelakkan sebarang kejadian yang tidak diingini.

Samseng yang dipercayai dari sekitar Johor Bharu dan Tebrau juga cuba menghalang kenderaan yang membawa pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat dari memasuki tapak ceramah, namun mereka tidak mampu berbuat apa-apa apabila polis mengarahkan mereka supaya berundur bagi memberi laluan.

Sasaran mereka jelas, ditujukan kepada Anwar dan rombongannya dengan menggunakan kayu bendera yang dibawa dan cuba menjolok masuk ke kenderaan yang membawa Anwar tetapi gagal kerana tidak mengenai sasaran.

Parlimen Johor Bharu disandang bekas ahli majlis tertinggi Umno, Shahir Samad dan dijangka akan dicalonkan semula memandangkan spekulasi awal menyebut dia akan digugurkan dan digantikan dengan muka baru.

Md Hashim merupakan anak jati Johor Bharu dan antara pemimpin tentera yang disegani ramai termasuk pemimpin Umno atas ketegasannya dalam isu keselamatan.

Malah beliau juga baru sahaja dilantik sebagai penasihat Majlis Keselamatan Kebangsaan Pakatan Rakyat dalam satu pengumuman di ibu pejabat parti di Petaling Jaya, minggu lalu.

Sementara itu, BN menggunakan pembesar suara yang amat kuat disusuli dengan 'pertandingan karaoke' bagi mengganggu perjalanan ceramah Merdeka Rakyat namun tidak dihiraukan.

Paling kelakar, apabila khemah BN mula memperdengarkan lagu Negaraku, hadirin yang mendengar ceramah Pakatan Rakyat turut bangun dan menyanyikan lagu kebangsaan membuatkan pemimpin Umno yang berada di khemah mereka terdiam.-jalan pulang1978 blogspot

Selangor EC chief admits dubious voters in roll...

Selangor Election Commission (EC) chief Zulkifli Abdul Rahman has admitted that an Umno assistant registrar had registered "many" dubious voters, said the DAP's Klang MP Charles Santiago.

He said Zulkifli had curtly made the admission during a 45-minute meeting at the latter's office today.

The EC had previously said the same individual had registered S Dinesh, 32, who resides in Britain, as a voter last year without obtaining his consent.

"I asked him how many people this man has registered as voters. He said 'many'," Charles said.

However, Zulkifli, according to Charles, said the commission could not remove Dinesh's name from the electoral roll because Section 9(a) of the Elections Act bars the removal of names from a gazetted electoral roll.

"They are hiding under Section 9(a). They are acknowledging the law has been broken but are not taking action," Charles told a press conference after the meeting.

The press conference was held at the Selangor EC office, but Zulkifli was not present.
Charles had gone to the Selangor EC hoping to get the registration documents for Dinesh to determine how his signature had been forged. 

Dinesh's father K Sivakumar, who made a police report on Dinesh's non-consensual registration on Jan 31, was also present.

"But they have told us that we need to go to Putrajaya EC office to get the documents, despite us giving them a week's notice," he said.

Charles said he urged the EC to lodge a police report against the assistant registrar, so that action could be taken against him.

However, he was told that the EC would have to consult its legal team in Putrajaya on this.

Produce the dubious names, MP told     

Charles said he was dissatisfied with the EC's reply when he asked about the possibility of somebody else voting on behalf of individuals like Dinesh, who were abroad.

"They asked us to produce a list of these dubious names to the polling agents so that individuals claiming to be them can't vote. This is ridiculous. We can't be doing that," he said.

Charles said the EC officers also refused to respond when asked whether the Immigration Department is "colluding" with political parties to help register voters.

"They did not deny nor did they agree with what I said. They were quiet. How else can an Umno man know that someone like Dinesh is residing abroad? Only the Immigration Department can produce that information," he pointed out.

Charles added that he has discovered six such cases of Malaysians residing abroad who have been registered as voters, without their consent, in his constituency alone.-malaysiakini

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