Kereta ADUN DAP disimbah cat dan rumah Menteri Belia dan Sukan dirompak...

Kereta ADUN disimbah cat, dilontar batu...

Keganasan politik nampaknya tidak reda-reda walaupun pilihan raya umum ke-13 sudah berlalu.

Dalam insiden terbaru, Anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Ayer Keroh Khoo Poay Tiong pula mendapati keretanya disimbah dengan cat merah dan dilontar batu.

Khoo berkata, pada jam 7.30 pagi tadi, beliau dapati bahagian belakang Honda CRV yang mempunyai logo ketiga-tiga parti gabungan dalam Pakatan Rakyat dilitupi cat merah.

"Cermin belakang juga retak kerana dibaling dengan batu," katanya ketika dihubungi.

Khoo berkata, beliau dan keluarganya berada di rumah dan tidur kira-kira jam 1 pagi tanpa mengesyaki sesuatu.

"Memang kami ada dengan sesuatu pada masa itu tetapi kami tidak jangkakan perkara macam ini," katanya.-malaysiakini

Pencuri sasar rumah KJ...

Rumah seorang Menteri di Jalan Setiabistari, Bukit Damansara di sini telah dipecah masuk oleh tiga orang lelaki petang semalam.
 
Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Bandaraya, Ku Chin Wah berkata, dalam kejadian jam 5.30 petang, ketiga-tiga mereka, telah datang dengan sebuah kereta Proton Waja, lalu memanjat dinding pagar lalu masuk ke dalam rumah melalui pintu hadapan yang tidak berkunci.
 
Ku berkata, suspek melarikan diri dengan beberapa buah komputer riba dan jam tangan.

"Menteri dan isterinya tidak ada di rumah ketika kejadian ,kecuali pembantu rumah mereka ada ketika itu.
"Pembantu rumah menyedari kehadiran perompak apabila melihat pintu depan terbuka tetapi dia tidak berani menentang mereka," katanya di Kuala Lumpur, hari ini.


Ku berkata pembantu rumah itu juga sempat melihat suspek menyelongkar bilikvutama sebelum mereka melarikan diri.

Ku berkata jumlah kerugian masih disiasat.- Bernama

 Malacca DAP rep's car splashed with red paint...

The political violence which marred the run-up to the May 5 general election appears to continue unabated with DAP's Ayer Keroh state assemblyperson Khoo Poay Tiong this morning discovering that his car was splashed with red paint and pelted with a rock.

When contacted, Khoo said he discovered the back part of his Honda CRV, which bore the symbol of all three Pakatan Rakyat component parties, was covered in red paint at 7.30am.

"The back screen also cracked because it was thrown at with a rock," he said, whose car was parked in front of his home.

The porch of his Bukit Beruang residence was also stained in red paint.

Khoo said he and family were at home and they had gone to bed at around 1am but had not suspected anything amiss.

"We did hear something at that time but we did not expect something like this," he said.

'Possible political motives'
 
Khoo said he will lodge a police report later today and urged the cops to investigate the matter.

"As a politician, we handle many things. I'll let the police to investigate but I do not discount the fact that the attack was politically motivated," he said.

Khoo added that he did not rule out the possibly that the attack may also be linked to his involvement in the protest against the controversial closing down of Jonker Walk, a major tourist spot in Malacca.

In May last year, Khoo and several other state DAP leaders were also pelted with eggs and stones at an event that was supposed to feature Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan.

Ambiga cancelled her appearance following the threat against her safety.-malaysiakini

Thieves strike KJ's home in broad daylight...

Kuala Lumpur police has confirmed that a minister's home was ransacked by thieves yesterday.

Although the minister was not named, it is believed that the bungalow home belonged to the mother of Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

It is also understood that the Khairy and his wife were residing there, but were not around during the incident.

According to Kuala Lumpur CID chief Ku Chin Wah, the incident happened at 5.30pm incident.

There were three suspects, who arrived in a Proton Waja car, scaled the perimeter wall before barging into the house through the front door which was unlocked.

He said the suspects ran off with several laptops and watches.

"The minister and his wife were not at home and only their maid was around.

"The maid was too terrified to do anything. She said they also ransacked the master bedroom," he said in a press release, according to Bernama.

He added that total losses were still being investigated.

In May, the house of Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's sister in Petaling Jaya was broken into. Losses were estimated at RM300,000.

A few days later, a younger sister of Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar and her family were robbed at their home in Mantin, Negeri Sembilan. The robbers escaped with RM5,000 in cash and valuables. -malaysiakini

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Kuala Besut: Kalau kedudukan 16-16, mu tanyo bos SPR la wey...

Ketua Penerangan PAS Pusat, Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man menyalahkan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) jika selepas Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Kuala Besut ini Dewan Undangan Negeri Terengganu (Dun) berkedudukan 16-16 sehingga menyulitkan kedudukan kerajaan negeri itu.

Tuan Ibrahim(kanan) berkata, SPR sendiri yang mengatur kawasan pilihan raya secara genap sehingga memungkinkan kedudukan menjadi seri antara kerajaan dan pembangkang.

“Takdirnya kedudukan menjadi 16-16 selepas PRK nanti, kita salahkan kegagalan SPR kerana mengatur kerusi secara genap. Sepatutnya jumlah kawasan pilihan raya mestilah angka ganjil, baru boleh dapatkan kemenangan,” katanya dalam sidang media sejurus selepas mesyuarat Badan Perhubungan PAS Pahang hari ini.

Kerusi Kuala Besut kosong berikutan kematian Adunnya, Dr A Rahman Mokhtar baru-baru ini. Pada PRU lalu Allahyarham memperolehi  8,809 undi, manakala calon PAS mendapat 6,375 undi.

Kedudukan dalam Dun Terengganu selepas PRU13 lalu hanya berbeza dua kerusi antara BN dan Pakatan Rakyat di mana BN mempunyai 17 kerusi manakala Pakatan 15 kerusi.

Jika calon Pakatan menang dalam PRK Kuala Besut ini bermakna bilangannya akan menjadi sama banyak iaitu 16:16 dalam Dun yang mempunyai 32 kerusi itu.

Tuan Ibrahim berkata, PRK ini bukan sahaja sangat penting dan kritikal kepada kepada PR dan BN, malah tumpuan yang lebih utama ialah kepada SPR sendiri.

“Penting juga bagi rakyat untuk melihat SPR yang mengendalikan PRK tersebut nanti sama ada berkeras untuk menggunakan dakwat kekal yang dianggap kontroversi dan penipuan itu atau bagaimana.

“Bagi kita jika SPR kehilangan idea, kita cadang gunakan inai saja nanti,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Tuan Ibrahim yang juga Pesuruhjaya PAS Pahang, berkata PAS negeri ini akan menghantar 1,000 petugas melalui tiga fasa dengan Pengarah Jabatan Pilihan Raya Negeri (JPN) dilantik sebagai ketua kotingen PAS Pahang.

“PAS Terengganu meletakkan PAS Pahang bertugas di unit peti undi (UPU) Kampung Nangka. Peti undi tersebut pernah dimenangi PAS dengan majoriti lebih 700 undi pada PRU 1999. Kerajaan PAS dulu banyak memberikan kelulusan hak milik tanah kepada penduduk.

“Bagaimanapun dari segi peluang PAS Pusat meletakkannya 50:50 berikutan kawasan yang kalah pada PRU lepas ialah di Pulau Perhentian, pesisir pantai dan kem tentera di Gong Kedak sementara kawasan bandar dan pinggir bandar semuanya dimenangi PAS,” ujarnya.

Mengenai isu, Tuan Ibrahim berkata pada masa ini penduduk di Kuala Besut sendiri sudah membangkitkan janji-janji yang dibuat BN semasa PRU dulu.-harakahdaily 

PAS:No 'kerajaan perpaduang'(unity govt) even if 'hung state' after Kuala Besut polls...

There will be no unity government with UMNO even if PAS wins the Kuala Besut state seat resulting in a hung state assembly in Terengganu, said PAS secretary general Mustafa Ali.

Mustafa, a veteran party leader in Terengganu who once served in the Federal cabinet participated by PAS, said the Islamic party had "enough of BN".

“No unity government with UMNO anywhere in Malaysia. We have enough of BN,” Mustafa was quoted as saying by Malay Mail Online.

The by-election follows the death of BN's Dr Abdul Rahman Mokhtar on Wednesday, two months after he defeated PAS's Napisah Ismail by a majority of 2,434 votes.

Mustafa’s call echoed strong statements in recent times by PAS Murshidul Am Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat vowing to oppose any effort from within the party to forge cooperation with UMNO.

Some analysts have said that the east-coast state, which BN narrowly secured by a two-seat lead in the May 5 general election, could see fresh elections in the event PAS wins Kuala Besut, resulting in an equal share of seats between BN and PR.

But Terengganu MCA chief Toh Chin Yaw reminded PR not to be too excited about the possibility of having fresh elections if BN is defeated, saying the state Speaker can ultimately decide who forms the government.

PKR vice president Tian Chua echoed Toh’s view, saying the Speaker would have the final vote.

“Speaker will give his vote and BN will continue to rule,” he was quoted as saying by Bernama.-harakahdaily

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'Jonker Walk' dan the Joker...

 Apabila Idris Harun Terasa Dirinya Harun Idris...

Isu Jonker Walk terus menggegar Ketua Menteri Melaka, Idris Harun yang sebelum ini menjadi bahan sindiran kerana mahu mempatenkan resepi asam pedas terbaik negeri itu melalui hasil suatu pertandingan bagi memeliharanya sebagai suatu produk warisan negeri yang perlu dipertahankan.

Idris yang baru sebulan lebih menjadi Ketua Menteri menggantikan Ali Rustam sebelum ini dilaporkan mahu menutup Jonker Walk, kawasan perniagaan barangan seperti cenderamata, t shirt dan sebagainya yang mirip seperti kawasan perniagaan Petaling Street untuk mengurangkan masalah kesesakan di negeri itu. Berikutan adanya bantahan atas tindakan itu, Menteri Pelancongan, Nazri Aziz ikut masuk campur dan kemudian dijelaskan bahawa ianya hanya melibatkan pembukaan jalan di kawasan perniagaan itu kerana adanya rungutan orang awam berkenaan kesesakan lalu lintas yang teruk. Kononnya pula, ia hanya percubaan selama empat minggu sahaja dan akan dikembalikan seperti biasa selepas itu.

Dalam masa yang sama, tindakan yang dibuat oleh Idris itu dikecam oleh pelbagai pihak terutama DAP sebagai amalan politik balas dendam terhadap masyarakat Cina berikutan keputusan pilihanraya lalu yang menyaksikan komuniti itu menolak BN.

Sementara tindakan Idris itu terus dibantah, terdapat pula pihak lain termasuk bolgger pro UMNO yang memuji tindakan Idris itu sebagai suatu pengajaran kepada pengundi Cina yang majoritinya tidak menyokong BN. Idris dalam masa yang sama dilihat pemimpin yang berjiwa Melayu yang tinggi atas tindakannya itu kerana majoritinya peniaga di aitu adalah orang Cina dan peniaga Melayu didakwa tidak mendapat manfaat yang besar daripadanya.

Berikutan isu itu terus dimainkan, Idris kemudiannya membuat keputusan yang lain pula dalam mesyuarat Exco Kerajaan Melaka iaitu membuka laluan untuk kenderaan dan di ketika yang sama membuka juga kawasan perniagaan Jonker Walk sebagai suatu keputusan menang-menang kepada para peniaga dan juga kepada para pengguna jalanraya. Namun keputusan ini menyebabkan beliau dikecam juga kerana dianggap tidak tegas dan ibarat menjilat ludahnya kembali.

Bagaimanapun tindakan beliau itu tidak juga meredakan keadaan. Selain peniaga-peniaga, menteri yang menjaga pelancongan negara, Nazri Aziz sekali lagi bersuara membantah. Beliau berkata, pembukaan serentak laluan untuk kenderaan dan kebenaran untuk berniaga sebenarnya lebih menyebabkan kesesakan. Lagi pula, kata Nazri, dengan membenarkan kenderaan lalu lalang di kawasan itu, ia tidak akan dikenali lagi sebagai Jonker Walk, sebaliknya sudah menjadi Jonker Drive.

 

Demi kepentingan pelancongan dan oleh kerana produk Jonker Walk lebih bernilai tinggi berbanding asam pedas dari segi menggamit kehadiran pelancong ke negeri itu, Nazri juga berjanji akan mengembalikan kawasan itu sebagaimana kedudukan asalnya dalam masa terdekat ini. Terlihat seperti Nazri amat tidak bersetuju dengan Idris dalam isu Jonker Walk ini. Dalam masa yang sama, MCA juga merayu kepada Idris agar menarik balik pembukaan jalan untuk kenderaan itu dan menjadikan kawasan perniagaan Jonker Walk sebagaimana ia diwujudkan dulu.

Isu Jonker Walk seperti mendatangkan malang kepada Idris. Beliau mungkin berniat baik dan mahu menunjukkan jiwa Melayunya yang tinggi sepertimana bekas Menteri Besar Selangor, Harun Idris yang memang terkenal sebagai pemimpin berjiwa Melayu yang tinggi dengan mewujudkan perkampungan Melayu seperti Kampung Baru dan Kampung Pandan di tengah-tengah Kuala Lumpur. Kebetulan pula nama keduanya hanya terbalik nama bapa sahaja.

Tetapi Idris harus menyedari bahawa beliau hidup dalam era 1Malaysia di mana kepimpinan negara termasuk Najib amat berhati-hati dalam perkara-perkara yang melibatkan kaum Cina kerana tidak mahu terus kehilangan sokongan daripada masyarakat itu. Tindakan Idris dalam isu Jonker Walk boleh saja ditafsirkan beliau tidak mempunyai semangat seperti Najib, malah dianggap mengamalkan gaya politik balas dendam.

Lebih-lebih lagi dalam rekodnya menjadi pemimpin, bermula daripada menjadi Exco Pemuda UMNO, sekejap sebagai Timbalan Menteri Pengajian Tinggi dan Pengerusi Syarikat Perumahan Negara, jiwa dan perjuangan Melayunya tidak tergambar langsung di mata umum walaupun dalam ucapannya suatu ketika dulu, beliau pernah juga memperkenalkan dirinya secara bergurau dengan menyebut, "nama saya Idris Harun, kalau diterbalikkan jadi Harun Idris."

Terlihat ada kecenderungan untuk menjadi popular dan gah seperti Harun Idris, bekas Menteri Besar Selangor itu, walaupun karektor dan wibawanya jauh berbeza. Isu Jonker Walk ini menjadikan beliau lagi jauh berbeza. Tindakannya bukan saja menjadi kecaman ramai, malah tidak dipersetujui oleh seorang menteri kabinet, Nazri Aziz yang jauh lebih senior dan mempunyai hubungan yang lebih rapat dengan Najib.

Dalam mengurus sebuah kerajaan negeri seperti Melaka, kalau pun tidak mahu berguru dengan Rahim Tamby Chik yang juga pernah memimpin negeri itu, Idris seharusnya banyak belajar daripada pendahulunya, Ali Rustam yang dikenali sebagai antara Ketua Menteri Melaka yang hebat, tenang dan disukai ramai serta mempunyai keghairahan yang tinggi memajukan negeri itu. Walaupun kalah di Bukit Katil dan tidak memegang apa-apa jawatan dalam kerajaan, beliau terus bekerja dan berjumpa dengan rakyat seperti biasa.

Jika idea Idris mengenai asam pedas mengundang ketawa dan Jonker Walk pula meletakkannya ke lembah pertikaian ramai, cabaran di hadapannya jauh lebih besar lagi. Sekiranya berterusan begini, kedudukannya di Melaka tentunya bakal mengundang rasa tidak senang di hati Perdana Menteri dan hayatnya di Melaka mungkin hanya sepenggal saja.-SH 29/06/2013.

Idris Haron mahu jadi wira segera dengan Jonker Walk

Idris Haron trying to score points with Jonker Walk closure...

DAP has asked if Malacca Chief Minister Idris Haron was attempting to score points for the coming Umno party elections in suggesting the closure of the popular Jonker Walk night market.

“(The closure) can serve three objectives. (One of them is) to make Idris Haron an instant hero and top vote-getter in the Umno party elections at the end of the year.

“Idris is probably trying to pick a leaf from (former Malacca chief minister) Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik, who some 30 years ago became an instant hero by getting the highest votes in the elections for the Umno supreme council, because of his proposal to demolish the ancient Bukit Cina cemetery grounds,” DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang said in a statement today.

The other two objectives in closing the popular street market, Lim mused, are to punish Malaccans for not voting for BN in the recent 13th general election, as well as a continuation of the  Chinese-bashing rhetoric of “Apa Lagi Cina Mahu?” (What more do the Chinese want?) initiated by Umno-owned daily Utusan Malaysia.

'Cutting the nose to spite the face'

Lim said the state government's claim that Jonker Walk was among the causes of traffic snarl leading up to the Ayer Keroh toll plaza and hence needed to be solved, was “utterly baseless”.
“Like the 'Save Bukit Cina' campaign three decades ago, the 'Save Jonker Walk' is not a Malaccan issue, but a national and even international issue, affecting not just the Chinese, but all Malaysians regardless of race or religion.

“This is because Jonker Walk is undoubtedly an international tourist attraction and what Idris is trying to do is nothing less than 'cutting the nose to spite the face',” he added.

He said it was clear BN's “national retaliation plan”, beginning with Jonker Walk, was targeted at Malays as well.

The shutdown of the state's Chempaka Ramadan market following the defeat of then Batu Katil MP Mohd Ali Rustam, was evidence of that claim, he said.

The Malacca government's decision to shut down the historic city's popular weekend night market was described as "political retaliation against Chinese voters" who backed the opposition in the May 5 general election.

Idris had reportedly argued that the decision passed by the Malacca executive council on June 12 to close the night market - which has been attracting tourists for 13 years – followed the intention of the people since they supported DAP.

The opposition party, Idris recalled, had protested against the state government's decision to cordon off Jonker Street from road users to make way for the night market when the idea was first mooted.-malaysiakini

 

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SPR umpama katun, letak jawatan sebelum PRK Kuala Besut...

Anggota Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) digesa meletak jawatan sebelum pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Kuala Besut kerana pengendali pilihan raya itu jelas Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim telah gagal memastikan Pilihan Raya 2013 berjalan dengan bebas dan adil.
 
Menurut Anwar, anggota SPR sedia ada juga tidak lagi perlu diberi tanggungjawab mengendali pilihan raya kecil (PRK) Kuala Besut, lebih-lebih lagi selepas SPR mengesahkan dakwat kekal akan tetap digunakan.

"Tolonglah jangan berperangai umpama pelawak ... mandat diberikan rakyat kepada SPR telah disalahgunakan, jadi apa perlunya kepercayaan (rakyat) lagi?" kata Ketua Umum PKR itu apabila ditemui The Malaysian Insider.

Anwar, yang juga ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh menegaskan, SPR juga tidak lagi perlu mengeluarkan kenyataan seumpama "wira" untuk menambah baik dakwat kekal berkenaan.

"Penambahbaikan boleh dilakukan, namun lebih baik mereka meletak jawatan kerana dilihat seumpama 'mempermainkan mahkamah' daripada melaksanakan tanggungjawab mereka," katanya ketika ditemui selepas majlis kutipan dana untuk Pakatan Rakyat (PR) memfailkan petisyen, di ibu negara lewat malam tadi.

PR juga turut mengatakan akan mengambil tindakan undang-undang untuk memastikan keseluruhan kepimpinan SPR dipecat.


Majlis kutipan dana itu menyaksikan beberapa pemimpin utama pembangkang seperti ahli Parlimen Batu, Chua Tian Chang, ahli Parlimen Seputeh, Teresa Kok, ahli Parlimen Pandan Rafizi Ramli memberikan ucapan mereka, yang rata-ratanya mengkritik SPR dengan gesaan sama agar kesemua anggota badan berkenaan melepaskan jawatan mereka.

Majlis yang dihadiri hampir 500 penyokong tegar PR berpakaian serba hitam itu berjaya mengutip wang sejumlah RM18,447 bagi PR memfailkan petisyen pilihan raya mereka.

PR telah mengesahkan akan memfailkan 26 petisyen di 25 kawasan Parlimen, dengan kos setiap petisyen dianggarkan sekitar RM50,000.

Timbalan Pengerusi SPR Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar sebelum ini mengesahkan dakwat kekal akan digunakan dalam PRK Kuala Besut walaupun ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai Nurul Izzah Anwar wakil rakyat PR mengugut untuk mengambil tindakan undang-undang pengendali pilihan raya itu berhubung isu dakwat kekal yang boleh dicuci.

"Ya ... dakwat kekal akan digunakan," kata Wan Ahmad kepada The Malaysian Insider.

Beliau bagaimanapun berkata akan membincangkan berhubung penggunaan dakwat kekal yang sama semasa Pilihan Raya 2013 pada 5 Mei lalu atau tidak.

DUN Kuala Besut kosong berikutan kematian wakil rakyat Barisan Nasional (BN) Dr A. Rahman Mokhtar, 55, akibat kanser paru-paru.

Ketika Pilihan Raya 2013, A. Rahman menewaskan calon PAS Napisah Ismail dengan majoriti 2,434 undi, dengan BN pada ketika ini menguasai 17 kerusi DUN, berbanding 15 kerusi milik PR.

Kuala Besut dijangka akan menerima perhatian penuh parti politik kerana ia bakal menentukan parti mana yang akan membentuk kerajaan negeri Terengganu, memandangkan kematian A.Rahman menyebabkan BN hanya mempunyai 16 kerusi, dan sekiranya parti pemerintah itu gagal mempertahankan Kuala Besut, ia menyaksikan DUN Terengganu tergantung.

Isu berhubung penggunaan dakwat kekal tercetus ketika pilihan raya umum ekoran banyak pihak mendakwa dakwat berkenaan mudah hilang selepas dibasuh, bercanggah dengan jaminan SPR bahawa dakwat berkenaan akan kekal sehingga dua minggu bagi mengelakkan pengundi daripada mengundi lebih dari sekali.

Menteri Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim ketika sesi sidang Dewan Rakyat pada Rabu berkata isu dakwat kekal yang tidak kekal itu timbul ekoran dakwat yang digunakan SPR menggunakan pewarna makanan.

SPR bagaimanapun sebelum itu berkata atas alasan kesihatan, kandungan silver nitrat dalam dakwat kekal tersebut dikurangkan bagi mengelakkan pengundi terdedah kepada risiko kanser.

Setiausaha Agung Umno Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor ketika ditemui pemberita di Parlimen pada Khamis dilihat mempertahankan SPR apabila berkata Malaysia pada dasarnya tidak memerlukan penggunaan dakwat kekal, sebaliknya cukup menggunakan kad pengenalan untuk mengenal pasti individu tertentu sebagai pengundi.

Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan itu berkata penggunaan dakwat kekal itu adalah atas permintaan pembangkang dari PR di Parlimen yang kemudiannya telah dipersetujui.

"Kita tak perlukan dakwat kekal ... untuk apa? Kita bukan negara (dunia) ketiga. Kita ada kad pengenalan yang boleh dikenal pasti.

"Dakwat kekal ini pembangkang yang minta di Parlimen dan kita setuju dan ikut," katanya. – 29 Jun, 2013.-Malaysian Insider.

EC and that ink are a joke, so where’s the trust in the by-election? says Anwar

Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has demanded that the Election Commission (EC) make no more "heroic" statements pledging to improve the quality of the indelible ink. The issue, he said, is beyond repair.

"The EC have been behaving like court jesters rather than performing their due tasks," Anwar said. That was a jab at all the EC’s comments and attempts to justify the problems arising from the use of the indelible ink in the general election last month.

He added that based on the EC deputy chair's statement that the same ink will be used in the upcoming Kuala Besut by-election, it just goes to show that there will be no foolproof way to run the by-election.

"The mandate given by the public to the EC has been gravely abused, so what trust is there left anymore?" Anwar said.

Anwar said that given the meek manner in which the government has handled the issue so far, the EC should not be allowed to play the role at which it had failed so miserably in the general election.

He was speaking to The Malaysian Insider after delivering his speech at the Black 505 fund-raising dinner held at the Selangor and Federal Territory Hainan Association Hall in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

The event was also attended by top opposition leaders including Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli, Batu MP Tian Chua, Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, Subang MP R Sivarasa and youth activist Adam Adli. A total of RM18,447 was raised.

TMI was made to understand that the cost per petition filed against each contested result in the recent general election was about RM50,000, hence the need to raise funds.

Tian Chua also expressed dissatisfaction, saying the EC “had failed to conduct the general elections transparently”.

"I feel the EC need not be there any more since Putrajaya parliamentarian and Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor has himself said that Malaysia does not need indelible ink."

"I would like to ask, why then bother having an Election Commission still, to oversee developments on the matter?"

He said that the EC must be dissolved before the Kuala Besut by-election. PR and BN are expected to be embroiled in a close fight for the state seat which became vacant after the death of BN's Dr A. Rahman Mokhtar, 55, earlier this week from lung cancer.

The by-election is seen as critical as it could possibly decide the next Terengganu state government. This is because a win for PR would lead to a hung state assembly with both BN and PR having 16 seats each.

After the general election, the state seat count stood at 17 for BN and 15 for PR (PAS with 14 and PKR with one). A PAS candidate stood against Dr Rahman on May 5. - June 29, 2013.-Malaysian Insider.

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Kerabat diraja Johor dan dua lagi dihukum penjara...

Seorang kerabat Diraja Johor dan dua lagi dijatuhkan hukuman penjara empat tahun oleh Mahkamah Sesyen Johor Baru kerana mencederakan bekas peninju tahun lepas dalam satu pergaduhan.

Tunku Nick Tazuddin Izwan Syah Tunku Qadir, 27(gambar kiri), Mohd Arif Husin, 35, dan Alex Foo Hee Wee, 41(gambar,kanan), dijatuhkan hukuman oleh Hakim Zamri Bakar selepas didapti bersalah mencederakan Mohammad Farkhan Haron. Hukuman penjara bermula daripada hari ini.

Mereka didapti melakukan kesalahan di Jalan Molek 3/2 di Taman Molek diantara 4.30 pagi dan 7.00 pagi pada 6 Mei, 2012.

Hakim juga menolak rayuan untuk menangguhkan hukuman oleh ketiga-tiga tertuduh. Timbalan Pendakwaraya Dzul Iswari Mohd Jaafar melakukan pendakwaan sementara Zamri Idrus, Norman Fernandez dan Masri Mohammad mewakili ketiga-tiga tertuduh. 

Gobind Singh Deo yang merupakan ahli Parlimen Puchong dari DAP pula menjadi peguam pemerhati untuk bekas peninju itu.

Dilaporkan Muhamad Farkhan(gambar,atas), yang memenangi emas semasa Sukan SEA di Laos pada 2009, mengalami patah tulang pipi dan kecederaan lain selepas dipukul oleh tiga orang lelaki itu.

Beliau kemudiannya terpaksa melupakan impiannya untuk bertanding di Sukan Olimpik London 2012 kerana kecederaan. Beliau mengalami kecederaan pada tulang pipi dan tulang rusuk.

Muhamad Farkhan, 25, merupakan pemenang emas middleweight di Sukan SEA Laos pada 2009. Beliau mula bertinju pada usia 13 dan telah dicalonkan untuk anugerah berprestij Majlis Sukan Kebangsaan pada tahun 2011. - 28 Jun, 2013.-malaysian insider

Member of royalty jailed for assaulting national boxer...

A member of a royal family was sentenced to four years' jail by a sessions court in Johor Baru today, along with two others, for seriously injuring national boxer Muhamad Farkhan Mohd Haron.

Judge Zamri Bakar sentenced Tunku Nick Tazuddin Izwan Syah Tunku Qadir, 28, Alex Foo Hee Wee, 42, and Mohamad Arif Husin, 36, after finding them guilty of voluntarily causing hurt to Farkhan.

Tunku Nick, Foo and Mohamad Arif were found guilty of committing the offence under Section 325 of the Penal Code at No 44, Jalan Molek 3/2, Taman Molek, between 4.30am and 7am on May 6, 2012.

A person convicted of an offence under Section 325 can be jailed for a maximum of seven years.

Tunku Nick resides at Istana Bukit Kesenangan in Johor Bahru.

The judge also rejected their application for a stay of execution of the sentence pending appeal, resulting in Tunku Nick, Foo and Mohamad Arif to spend time in the lock-up.

DPP Dzul Iswari Mohd Jaafar prosecuted in the case, while the three were represented by Zamri Idrus, Norman Fernandez and Masri Mohammad.

Lawyer Gobind Singh Deo held a watching brief for the national boxer, who was also a SEA Games gold medallist.

Missed the London Olympics

On June 15 last year, Gobind gave given the Attorney-General's Chambers an ultimatum, demanding to know whether it would take action on the assault against Farkhan. 

Farkhan, the 2009, Laos Sea Games gold medallist, is said to have been assaulted with wood, iron rods and a samurai sword by a member of the royal family and his friends on May 6, 2012, after which he lodged a police report.

The assault caused Farkhan to suffer a broken jaw and miss last year's London Olympics.

To make matters worse, Farkhan's father, Mohd Haron Ismail, who was disturbed by the attack, died of a heart attack several weeks after the incident.

After this, the prosecution charged Tunku Nick, Foo and Mohamad Arif for the attack-malaysiakini 

Judge VT Singham retires after delivering 
A.Kugan judgment...

High Court judge Datuk V. T. Singham (picture) leaves the judiciary today, on his 65th birthday, a year before his term is up.


The decision sent shockwaves through the legal community as it comes two days after he delivered a damning judgment against the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar and the police force over the death of detainee A. Kugan three years ago.

Sources within the legal fraternity told The Malaysian Insider that Singham, who was known as a straight-talking judge, had been bypassed for promotion numerous times.

Many of his peers who were made Judicial Commissioners with him more than 10 years ago, have been elevated to the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court.

This left Singham behind as the most senior High Court judge in Malaysia.

The Malaysian Insider learnt that he sent in his papers for optional retirement sometime back.

Singham himself kept mum on his resignation this morning and it was business as usual as he entertained reporters who wanted copies of his written judgment on the landmark Kugan case, where he awarded the mother of the victim more than RM800,000.

But word that this is his last day trickled outside into the noisy corridors of the Kuala Lumpur court complex.

A well-respected judge, Singham’s legal mind was a walking library on tap for many other judges. One described him as a "good reference person".

He was a lawyer before he became a judicial commissioner. He also had a brief stint as a reporter.

Sources say the bachelor is a religious man who will now devote his time to pilgrimages and travelling.

He has served as High Court judge in Temerloh, Taiping, Ipoh, Kuantan and Kuala Lumpur. – June 28, 2013.-malaysian insider

Persaraan Singham disyaki berkaitan dengan kes Kugan

Jangan lupa goncang sebelum guna yaa, kalau tak goncang ia tak akan kekal,thats bullshit you never see me shaking my iodine bottle before applying on my wound.yes it lasted 3 days!!. 

It was reported that 48,000 bottles of indelible ink was bought from India at the cost of RM2.4million (RM2.4 million / 48k= RM50)

Whats the point of using Imported indelible ink when it could be washed out in less than 3 min ??

cheers.

PRK Kuala Besut - Kalau BN dan PR seri 16-16...

Sultan boleh bubar DUN T'ganu, kata pakar perlembagaan...

Pakar perlembagaan Abdul Aziz Bari berpendapat, Sultan Terengganu boleh membubarkan DUN sekiranya baginda tidak boleh memutuskan menteri besar yang sesuai - jika BN dan Pakatan masing-masing menguasai jumlah kerusi yang sama banyak.

Tambahnya, dalam keadaan seperti itu, pelantikan menteri besar boleh diputuskan oleh Sultan, yang boleh menggunakan pertimbangannya sendiri.

Abdul Aziz berkata, mengikut pertuntukan perlembagaan negeri, yang serupa dengan peruntukan  dalam perlembagaan persekutuan, perkara itu tertakluk bawah budi bicara Sultan.

Katanya di Terengganu, seperti juga negeri lain di Malaysia dan negara-negara Komanwel, Sultan boleh melantik seseorang yang dirasakan mendapat sokongan paling banyak dalam Dewan.

"Sekiranya Sultan tidak pasti, maka saya fikir baginda boleh membubarkan Dewan agar satu pilihan raya baru boleh diadakan.

“Ini untuk membolehkan rakyat membuat keputusan dan bukannya baginda. Dari sudut monarki sebagai simbol perpaduan yang perlu berada lebih tinggi dari parti politik, mungkin ia pilihan yang lebih baik,” katanya kepada Malaysiakini.

Beliau ditanya mengenai kemungkinan DUN Terengganu tergantung sekiranya PAS memenangi pilihan raya kecil DUN Kuala Besut.

Dalam pilihan raya umum lalu, BN memenangi 17 daripada 32 DUN, dan selebihnya 15 kerusi dimenangi PAS.

Pilihan raya kecil itu bakal dijalankan berikutan kematian penyandang kerusi tersebut Dr A Rahman Mokhtar dari BN.

Pilihan raya kecil itu perlu diadakan sebelum 27 Ogos.-malaysiakini

'In a stalemate, sultan can opt to dissolve assembly'...

The Sultan of Terengganu can dissolve the state assembly if he cannot decide on who is best to be the menteri besar should there be a stalemate, says an expert on the constitution, Abdul Aziz Bari..

In a hung parliament, assed Aziz, a former professor lof law, the appointment of the menteri besar will be decided by the sultan, who may use his judgment.

Aziz (left) said going by the provision of the state constitution, which is similar to the corresponding article under the federal constitution, the ruler of a state has the discretion in picking the head of government in that state.

He noted that in Terengganu, as with elsewhere in Malaysia and in the Commonwealth countries, the sultan can appoint a person who, in his personal judgment, has the most support in the House.

"Of course, in the normal circumstances, this is determined by the number of seats that particular state assembly has, as it is simple mathematics. However, a hung legislature has to be decided by the sultan, who I think may use his subjective judgment.

"If the sultan is unsure, then I think he could dissolve the House so that a fresh election could be held. This is to allow the people, instead of he himself, to decide. 

"From the point of the monarchy as the symbolof unity om the state and who must stand above party politics, that is perhaps the more advisable option," Aziz told Malaysiakini.

He said this when asked to comment on the possibility of a hung state assembly in Terengganu, should PAS win the Kuala Besut by-election.

Terengganu has an even number of 32 state seats - of which the BN won 17 in last month's general election, and PAS, 15.

Following the vacancy as a result of Dr A Rahman Mokhtar's  death earlier this week, the state is placed in a precarious position of having a hung assembly should PAS win Kuala Besut in the by-election, which has to be called by Aug 27.

Although signs point that the opposition will face difficulty in winning Kuala Besut - which is seen as a BN and Umno stronghold - there could be a sudden change, as what happened in 1999 when PAS won Kuala Besut and most of the state seats to form the state government there.

'Dissolution best to avoid mistake'

Abdul Aziz said the federal constitution and the state constitution allows the ruler to dissolve the House without a request from the sitting government.

"I think this provision is there to take care of situations such as the one during a hung parliament.

"Although the constitution says the appointment is discretionary on the part of the sultan, this option has its own risk, on the possibility that he may make a mistake and be accused of being biased, partisan and the likes.

"Dissolving the House will save the sultan from those eventualities and the image of the monarchy - as the state figure - would be protected," said the former academician.

Several newspapers, since yesterday and today, have focused on the discretion of the sultan should such a situation arise.-malaysiakini

Hung Terengganu assembly unlikely, say politicians...

Will a hung state assembly emerge in Terengganu with an upcoming by-election that has the possibility of splitting the 32-seat legislature down the middle?

Unlikely, according to feedback from politicians on both sides of the divide.

The death of Kuala Besut assemblyperson Dr A Rahman Mokhtar of the Barisan Nasional (BN) has forced a by-election in Terengganu where the ruling BN now has 16 of the 17 seats it won in the May 5 general election and Pakatan Rakyat has 15 (PAS 14 and PKR, one).

An opposition victory in the by-election, which has to be held before Aug 27, could split the seats 16-16.

It is generally believed that this hung state assembly could result in a fresh election being called, but politicians interviewed said this should not necessarily be so.

Terengganu MCA chief and former state executive councillor Toh Chin Yaw (right) told Bernama the casting vote by the speaker of the assembly, a post now held by Mohd Zubir Embong, would keep the BN in power in the state.

"The chair of any meeting has the casting vote. If voting is tied, under certain regulation, the chair (speaker) will exercise his casting vote," he said.

If the number of seats is tied at 16-16, the BN government would get that one majority from the speaker's casting vote.

PKR vice-president Tian Chua shared the opinion, saying that even if PAS managed to capture the Kuala Besut seat in the by-election and there was a tie at 16-16, a fresh election would not have to be called.

"Whether the speaker is an assemblyperson or not, the principle is that the chair has the casting vote when the situation is tied. The speaker will cast his vote and the BN will continue to rule," he told Bernama.

He said a change of government could only happen only if there were defections of assemblypersons from the ruling party.-malaysiakini

cheers.