PTPTN/CCRIS: Gomen BN/UMNO - Kami bukan Ah Long, kami cuma nak tolong...

 “Kerajaan lebih teruk daripada along,” luah Setiausaha Persatuan Progresif India Malaysia (Mipas) Pulau Pinang, Kumaresan Aramugam.

Menurut beliau, langkah kerajaan untuk melaksanakan Sistem Maklumat Rujukan Kredit Pusat (CCRIS) ke atas peminjam Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) yang ingkar untuk membayar balik pinjaman adalah lebih teruk daripada along yang mengutip pinjaman.

Melalui CCRIS kerajaan akan berkerjasama dengan Bank Negara untuk mempengaruhi kelulusan permohonan peminjam PTPTN daripada institusi kewangan.

Mereka yang ingkar untuk membayar balik pinjaman PTPTN akan menerima kesan seperti peminjam institusi kewangan yang lain terutamnya apabila membabitkan kelulusan permohonan pinjaman, kad kredit, dan sebagainya.

“Maknanya bank akan menilai setiap rekod pembayaran sebelum memberi mereka pinjaman,” ujarnya dalam kenyataan kepada Harakahdaily.  

 

Menurut Kumaresan, hal ini akan merunsingkan lagi peminjam PTPTN ketika mereka membuat permohonan pinjaman di institusi kewangan atau bank.

Katanya lagi, Kerajaan sepatutnya menggunakan kaedah yang lebih mesra untuk mengutip semula pinjaman PTPTN dan bukannya dengan cara kasar dan membebankan seperti itu.

Buat masa ini, ujarnya ramai dalam kalangan graduan yang baru habis belajar memperolehi pendapatan bulanan kurang daripada RM2,000 dan mereka juga mempunyai perbelanjaan lain seperti tanggungan keluarga, pembayaran ansuran kereta, sewa rumah dan sebagainya.

Beliau menambah, dengan kadar inflasi negara yang tidak menentu harga barangan harian juga semakin mahal dan sekiranya kerajaan menekan peminjam PTPTN untuk membayar balik pinjaman tanpa sebarang mekanisma yang mesra, maka ia  juga sama seperti along yang mengutip semula hutang mereka.-harakahdaily

Kabinet tolak CCRIS pada peminjam PTPTN

Ramai orang Melayu LUPA tentang gambar ini? Mengapa LGE dipenjarakan? Siapa angkara yang merogol gadis bawah umur Melayu sehingga menyebabkan LGE dipenjarakan kerana mempertahankan budak itu? 

Kita jangan lupa ini fakta yang sudah dijadikan sejarah dan tak boleh dilupakan sampai bila bila. 

Walaupun dia bukan beragama ISLAM, tapi hati dia lebih nampak mulia, tiada scandal rasuah yang melibatkan dia dan ahli keluarganya. 

Tahniah pada saudara LIM GUAN ENG, anda adalah satu contoh pemimpin yang bersih di mata kami. 

Pulau Pinang sekarang bertambah maju di bawah pemerintahan anda.-f/bk

Cabinet rejects PTPTN-CCRIS link bid...

The cabinet has shot down the proposal to include those who take National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) loans in the Central Credit Reference Information System (CCRIS).

If PTPTN had gone ahead with the move, those who defaulted on their education loans would not be able to take other loans from financial institutions.

According to Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, the cabinet rejected the proposal at its meeting this morning.

"Just completed cabinet meeting. Alhamdulillah, PTPTN will not go ahead with the proposal to list its student loan defaulters under CCRIS.

"Thank you prime minister and education minister for listening to the youth," he said on Twitter.

The decision comes following an outcry over the move by both PKR and Umno Youth, both of which described it as oppressive.

CCRIS is a database with individual credit information that can be made available to financial institutions upon request.

Malaysiakini understands that PTPTN, which is facing severe defaults on its loans, had decided to link up with CCRIS earlier, but deferred the implementation as the general election was pending.

The cost of higher education was a hot topic in the lead-up to the May 5 general election, with PKR promising free tertiary education if Pakatan Rakyat came into power.

In a statement earlier today, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said linking PTPTN with CCRIS would be a "further victimisation" of graduates who are "already burdened with the study loans".

Anwar said the central issue was not PTPTN's loan recovery, about which the opposition had been critical.

"The issue is the failure of the Umno-BN government in discharging its social justice responsibilities of providing free tertiary education, particularly to the underprivileged," he said.-malaysiakini

Malaysia once again makes INTERNATIONAL NEWS and once again for all the 'Negative' reasons...Malaysian restaurant hires armed guard

cheers.

Gempaq gempa bumi di Baling dan Kupang dan TNB untung besaq,tarif letrik naik lagi...

Pada 18hb Julai 2013 Tenaga Nasional Berhad dengan bangga dan megah sekali telah memberitahu satu dunia betapa syarikat kuasa nasional itu telah memperolehi keuntungan sebelum cukai cukup tinggi sebanyak RM2.042 billion bagi suku ketiga berakhir pada 31hb Mei 2013 berbanding RM980.30 juta dalam suku tahun yang sama tahun lepas.

Selepas sebulan membuat pengumuman itu, maka diberitahu pula tarif elektrik bakal dinaikkan.

Dah untung berbillion ringgit setahun masih lagi nak dinaikkan tarif elektrik...Bukankah ini menunjukkan betapa bersikap cekik darah punya syarikat GLC yang dipimpin oleh kerajaan UMNO/BN.

Sepatutnya jika dah untung banyak sebegitu diturunkan tarif elektrik bagi meringan beban rakyat... Ini tak.. lagi banyak untung lagi nak tekan rakyat .

Apa-apa pun bersyukur dan berterima kasihlah dengan UMNO/BN...bak kata setengah pemimpin UMNO.. tanpa UMNOkita masih lagi duduk atas pokok dengan bercawatkan daun.-f/bk

Alasan lapuk untuk naikkan tarif elektrik

 

New TNB tariff rates will not burden consumers...

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has given an assurance that the proposed electricity tariff adjustment will not burden consumers.

TNB president and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Azman Mohd said domestic users, who consume less than 200 kWh a month, would not see any increase in their monthly bill due to the tariff adjustment.

"About half of our eight million consumers are those who consume less than 200 kWh and have a monthly bill of less than RM70. They will not see any increase in their bills and will not be burdened.

"However, if the tariff adjustment is approved, it will be reasonable. The people need not worry, it will not be a double or a triple increase ... there is a certain percentage, but it will not be that high," he told reporters at the TNB Aidilfitri event here today.

Azman said the final decision on the new tariff would be made by the government based on inputs and information given by TNB.

"Many meetings have been convened to discuss the matter.

"We are confident that the government will give its fair consideration to all quarters, including consumers and industry players," he said.

Azman said electricity tariff adjustment, should it be made in the future, was proposed due to the hike in the price of fuel, and not to increase TNB's profit.

"TNB is neutral, we have nothing to lose. The company that is suffering losses now is Petronas as it has to pay such a high price to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel," he said.

Right now, he said, Petronas fixed the price of the gas to generate electricity at RM13.70 per MMBtu, a rate much less than the market price of RM40 per MMBtu. – Bernama

Gempa bumi di Baling dan Kupang...

Gempa bumi lemah berukuran 3.8 pada skala Ricther melanda Kupang di Kedah pada 8.26 pagi Selasa, menurut Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia.

Gempa bumi itu berpusat di 11km selatan Baling dan gegaran kesan boleh dirasai di sekitarnya, menurut kenyataan jabatan itu di sini.

Rare quake shakes Baling...

Kupang residents in Kedah got a slight jolt today morning when a small earthquake occurred at 8.26am.

Explaining yesterday’s 3.8 magnitude earthquake, a Meteorological Department spokesman said although Malaysia is not in “The Ring of Fire”, small quakes are still possible, although very rare.

The Ring of Fire is a string of active earthquakes and volcanic eruptions around the Pacific Ocean, which goes past Indonesia and the Philippines in Southeast Asia.

“According to the seismotectonic map, Kupang is close to a fault line. It is possible that the two sides of the fault line rubbed against each other, causing the quake,” said Jah Salmihani Mansor from the Geophysics and Tsunami Division.

“Although it is rare in Malaysia, the department diligently monitors the occurrences of such quakes.”

The epicentre was at latitude 5.6° North and longitude 100.9° East, 11km south of Baling. Tremors were felt in parts of the district.

Bernama reported that despite feeling the tremors, a teacher at SK Kampung Bandar, Siong only knew of the earthquake when the department called the school to confirm the incident 10 minutes later.-theSun daily

cheers.

Hutang PTPTN,CCRIS dan semak sama ada anda boleh ke luar negara atau tidak...

Peminjam PTPTN akan disenaraikan di dalam Sistem Rujukan Maklumat Kredit Pusat (CCRIS)...

Pengarah strategi PKR Rafizi Ramli hari ini membidas langkah Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) menggunakan kaedah terbaru yang disifatkan sebagai ‘menekan’ graduan yang mendapatkan bantuan wang untuk tujuan pendidikan.

“Tindakan yang tidak mempedulikan kebajikan rakyat ini mempunyai kesan besar kepada rakyat terutamanya anak muda.

“Apabila maklumat pembayaran dan pinjaman PTPTN disenaraikan di dalam Sistem Rujukan Maklumat Kredit Pusat (CCRIS), ia membolehkan institusi kewangan menambah rekod peminjaman PTPTN sebagai kriteria baru menilai kedudukan kredit kewangan seseorang,” kata Rafizi dalam satu kenyataan media.

Rafizi yang juga ialah Ahli Parlimen Pandan berkata sedemikian dalam reaksi kepada pengumuman yang dibuat oleh Menteri Pendidikan II Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh semalam.

Idris mengumumkan bahawa peminjam wang  PTPTN yang tidak melunaskan pinjaman mereka akan disenaraikan di dalam CCRIS dan dikendalikan oleh Bank Negara Malaysia.

Idris berkata langkah penyenaraian itu perlu dibuat kerana terdapat seramai 400,000 siswazah yang masih belum membuat sebarang bayaran.

Rafizi berkata bahawa usaha penyenaraian di dalam CCRIS ini akan gagal seperti juga usaha penyenaraihitaman peminjam PTPTN dalam senarai imigresen hingga menyukarkan mereka ke luar negara.

“Ugutan itu tidak pun berjaya memperbaiki kedudukan kutipan hutang PTPTN, maka ugutan terbaru menyenaraikan peminjam dalam CCRIS juga saya yakin tidak akan berkesan,” kata beliau.

Rafizi turut mengumumkan bahawa PKR akan melancarkan satu kempen untuk menentang penyenaraian dalam CCRIS  di seluruh pelusuk negara tidak lama lagi.

Menurut beliau, kempen itu akan dijalankan sehingga usaha penyenaraian nama siswazah di dalam CCRIS dibatalkan oleh kerajaan.-fmt

Yang mana ada hutang PTPTN tu, boleh check sama ada boleh ke luar negara atau tak di sini....

 

Kisah Najib dan CCRIS...

Ramai yang kurang tahu apa itu CCRIS dan kesannya bila nama anda direkodkan dalam sistem Tersebut... 

Ikutilah cerita pendek ni bagi memudahkan fahaman anda...

Najib telah memiliki kad kredit dari Maybank dengan jumlah bayaran minimum setiap bulan RM400.00. Dalam masa yang sama, Najib juga ada membeli kereta dan pinjaman kereta tersebut dari Public Bank dengan jumlah ansuran bulan RM750.00 sebulan.

Ini bermaksud Najib telah mempunyai hutang dengan dua buah intitusi kewangan iaitu dari Maybank untuk kad kredit dan Public Bank untuk pinjaman kereta.

Kedua - dua maklumat serta rekod bayaran balik berkenaan hutang Najib ini, iaitu dari pihak Maybank dan Public Bank akan menghantarnya ke bank negara bagi dimasukan ke dalam sistem CCRIS ini secara bulanan.

Selang beberapa tempoh Najib ingin memohon pinjaman peribadi dari Ambank pula.

Apabila Najib mengemukan permohonan untuk melakukan pinjaman perumahan atau peribadi, perkara pertama yang akan dibuat oleh kakitangan pihak bank ialah menyemak status kredit atau komitmen kewangan Najib didalam sistem CCRIS.

Ini bermakna maklumat kredit Najib bukanlah rahsia bagi setiap bank. Walapun Najib mempunyai hutang dengan Maybank, pihak Ambank juga boleh mengetahuinya dengan merujuk kepada sistem CCRIS ini yang telah dipusatkan di bank negara.

Jika pihak Ambank mendapati jumlah pinjaman atau hutang semasa Najib adalah seimbang dengan kadar gaji dan rekod bayaran baliknya juga cantik iaitu tidak ada tertunggak atau kelewatan bayaran, pihak Ambank boleh mempertimbangkan untuk meluluskan pinjaman perumahan atau peribadi yang dipohon Najib bergantung pada jumlah yang dipohon.

Tetapi, jika selepas semakan dengan sistem CCRIS oleh pihak Ambank mendapati rekod bayaran balik hutang kad kredit Najib dengan Maybank telah tertunggak selama 2 bulan, pihak Ambank (dan juga bank-bank lain) akan serta merta menolak permohonan pinjaman beliau.

Begitu juga jika kes ini berlaku pada hutang kereta beliau. Apa yang perlu dilakukan Najib ialah, beliau perlu menjelaskan segera hutang - hutang tertunggak tersebut dan selepas 3 bulan baru beliau boleh mengemukakan permohonan baru.

Ini kerana selalunya, tempoh 3 bulan diambil bagi membersihkan rekod tertunggak di dalam sistem CRRIS.

Ada juga kes yang mengambil masa berbulan - bulan bagi membersihkan "bad record" tersebut.

Pengumuman Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan Malaysia Dato Idris Jusoh untuk menggunapakai sistem yang sama seperti yang disebut diatas terhadap peminjam - peminjam Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Nasional PTPTN membawa maksud peminjam PTPTN akan berhadapan situasi yang sama seperti "Najib".

Cuma bezanya Najib sedikit beruntung kerana sudah memiliki kad kredit dan kereta. Jika permohonan Najib ditolak kerana adanya tunggakan hutang, beliau cuma perlu menjelaskan segera tunggakkan tersebut yang mungkin seribu atau dua ringgit.

Najib juga mungkin sudah mempunyai pekerjaan tetap dan begaji selesa. Berbeza dengan rata-rata peminjan PTPTN yang mengambil masa setahun lebih untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan dan selepas itu mengambil masa tiga atau empat tahun untuk mendapat pekerjaan yang tetap dan stabil.

Secara kasarnya boleh dikatakan hutang tertunggak seseorang mahasiswa itu dengan PTPTN sudah 3 tahun (tidak temasuk bunga).

Cuba bayangkan jumlah yang perlu diselesaikan segera oleh mahasiswa tersebut jika dia mahu membuat pinjaman untuk membeli kereta Myvi untuk kegunaan harian ke tempat kerja.-f/bk

Pakatan Rakyat telah menwarkan untuk menghapuskan PTPTN, tapi anda telah memilih untuk teruskan dengan pelaksanaan PTPTN oleh gomen BN/UMNO...nasi dah jadi bubur,bro...

PKR cries blackmail over PTPTN borrowers on CCRIS...

The government's decision to include the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) borrowers into the Central Credit Reference Information System (CCRIS) is tantamount to blackmail, said PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli.

The Pandan MP added that the move would hurt borrowers' credit standing, most of whom are youths, and deprive them of future loans for a car or home.

"Financial institution can use this to deny loan facility to PTPTN borrowers registered in CCRIS.

"It is akin to kicking someone who is already down - PTPTN borrowers are already burdened by the high cost of living and low wages and they are now being threatened by PTPTN to deprive them of a car, house and other needs," Rafizi (left) said in a press statement today.

He said this was in addition to the previous move of placing PTPTN defaulters on the immigration blacklist, preventing them from travelling overseas.

Education Minister II Idris Jusoh had yesterday announced that those who did not service their PTPTN loan would be included in CCRIS which is linked to all financial institutions in the country.

Rafizi vowed that PKR would conduct a nationwide campaign against the move and warned the government not to blackmail and punish youths who had borrowed from PTPTN.

In another statement, PKR communications director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad blamed the youth's financial burden on the government’s decision to corporatise the education sector.

"It has to be reminded that most undergraduates that borrow from PTPTN are from low to lower-middle income families.

"If they could afford it (higher education), they would surely not have borrowed from PTPTN," he said.-malaysiakini

PTPTN debts holders, check whether you can go abroad or not here.

Jumlah Pinjaman:- RM52,000.... Kos Pentadbiran:-  RM19,882.84.  Jumlah perlu dibayar balik RM71.882.84. Kos Pentadbiran atau riba @bunga @interest...

Kalau perompak2 UMNO rembat duit rakyat dan tak bayar langsung dipanggil apa pula? Dahlah tak bayar, hutang Tajuddin Ramli-MAS RM589 juta boleh pula dihapus kira..

PTPTN

cheers.

Sharizat nak jadi penasihat khas Najib...

Dilihat sebagai langkah mengembalikan karier politiknya, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil dijangka akan dilantik sebagai penasihat khas kepada Perdana Menteri dalam isu berkaitan wanita. Jawatan penasihat khas itu bertaraf menteri.

Shahrizat juga akan mempertahankan jawatan Ketua Wanita pada pemilihan Umno tahun ini.

Setakat ini, hanya Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said telah menyatakan hasrat untuk mencabar Shahrizat.

Shahrizat juga pernah dilantik sebagai penasihat khas kepada Perdana Menteri berhubung Hal Ehwal Pembangunan Wanita dan Sosial pada 2008, walaupun beliau tewas dalam pilihan raya pada tahun berkenaan.

Beliau kemudiannya dilantik sebagai Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat pada 2009 selepas beliau memenangi jawatan Ketua Wanita selepas menewaskan penyandang jawatan berkenaan, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz.

Beliau kemudiannya mengangkat sumpah sebagai Senator pada 2009, namun meletakkan jawatannya pada April 2012,selepas ahli keluarganya terlibat dengan skandal kontroversi National Feedlot Corporation (NFC).

Shahrizat juga tidak bertanding dalam pilihan raya umum ke-13.

Bagaiamanapun tidak diketahui bila Perdana Menteri akan membuat pengumuman tersebut. -mStar

Najib mum on Shahrizat's comeback in gov't...

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak kept mum today over reports that Umno Wanita chief Shahrizat Abdul Jalil would be appointed as his special officer on women’s affairs.

“No announcement for anything yet, just leave it at that,” he told a press conference in Putrajaya today.

Today, The Star had reported that Shahrizat was expected to be appointed as Najib’s special officer on women’s affairs soon.

In 2008, despite losing in the general election, Shahrizat was made senator and appointed women, family and community development minister.

However, she ceased to be minister after her tenure as a senator was not renewed in light of a corruption scandal.

Shahrizat's has been plagued in the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal in which the company, owned by her family, was accused of abusing a RM250 million government loan.

They were alleged to have spent the money on expensive properties and holiday trips instead of using them for the national beef valley project.-malaysiakini

SS Dhaliwal - One corrupt politician working for an even bigger corrupt PM

trublumalaysian - Wait for it folks; soon, we'll have other minister's anak, suadara-mara, pakcik's and makcik's in the ministries as special officers. Apa ini? All in the family comedy show ka?
 
FairGame - This PM seems to think that the cow is still useful, and can be milked for all it's worth.

Ravi Kumar - tak ada ke wanita yang berkabiler di Malaysia ini ??? asyik-asyik muka ini seja...sapu lagi wang rakyat, RM 200 juta tak cukup keh???
 
Ramlee Abu Samah - Lantiklah apa jawatan sekali pun!Lembu tetap lembu
 
Khairrudin Omar - Helo macai wanita UMNO,untong lembu dpt jadi pegawai khas pada PM,dh dpt rm250 juta,dapat jawatan lagi,hampa semua dapat tahi lembu nasib badan...

Polis mengesahkan lima lelaki yang mati dalam kejadian berbalas tembak dengan polis di Sungai Nibong di sini awal pagi tadi terbabit dalam beberapa jenayah senjata api.

cheers.

UMNO tak suka orang yang lebih pandai dari pemimpin2 kurap yang sedia ada...

Mantan Presiden Umno Tun Mahathir Mohamad berkata, Umno memerlukan lebih ramai generasi baru menyertai dan menerajui parti itu bagi memastikannya kekal relevan.

"Mereka perlu mengkaji semula diri mereka kerana parti semakin tua dan ramai pemimpin dalam parti itu telah berada di sana untuk tempoh yang lama.

"Orang muda tidak merasakan perkara itu menarik," katanya ketika ditanya berhubung keperluan Umno berubah untuk kekal relevan dalam sidang media di rumah terbukanya di Seri Kembangan, Serdang hari ini.

Beliau berkata lagi, selain pelbagai dakwaan seperti rasuah dalam parti, generasi muda juga dilihat tidak diberi peluang untuk menerajui parti.

Katanya, perkara itu menjadi masalah dalam Umno apabila sesetengah pihak tidak suka orang yang lebih pandai masuk ke dalam parti itu.

"Jadi masalah lagi, Umno tak suka orang yang lebih pandai dari pemimpin mereka masuk, (mereka) takut. Jadi orang yang berkredibeliti tak masuk Umno. Itu pasal ramai sekarang ini yang masuk PAS.

"Masa dulu, PAS kita ingat ustaz-ustaz sahaja. Sekarang ini, ada doktor, peguam, jurutera. Mereka tak masuk Umno. Sama juga dengan orang-orang yang berkaliber yang dah pencen. Sebab itu ada jeneral yang masuk parti lawan," katanya lagi.

Umno tubuh jawatankuasa aduan pemilihan
 
Sementara itu, dalam perkembangan lain, Setiausaha Agung Umno Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor ketika ditemui pemberita dalam majlis rumah terbuka sama berkata, setakat ini sebanyak 40 peratus parti itu telah bermesyuarat.

Selain itu, beliau juga berkata, pihaknya menubuhkan satu jawatankuasa bagi menerima segala aduan daripada cawangan berhubung masalah-masalah yang dihadapi mereka.

"Memang kita ada terima aduan tentang masalah bila mana kad imbasan tak boleh digunakan, kad imbasan tak cukup dan sebagainya.

"Tapi ada satu jawatankuasa di ibu pejabat yang saya tubuhkan minggu lepas untuk menerima segala aduan dan masalah-masalah lain seperti korum tak mencukupi, ketidaksahihan dan sebagainya.

"Jadi jawatankuasa ini akan memaklumkan kepada perhubungan negeri tentang masalah itu," katanya.-malaysiakini

Mahathir - Talent swimming to PAS...

PAS is nabbing the young and the talented who are being driven away by Umno veterans, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today, ahead of the grand old Malay party’s polls.

The former prime minister had earlier today beseeched Malays to stay with Umno, arguing that the party was the only one that could safeguard the race’s continued political and economic supremacy, despite a growing schism in the wake of the divisive May 5 general election.

“Umno members do not like people who are more capable than their leaders... afraid that they will lose their positions.

“So people with calibre do not get to enter Umno, now they are joining PAS,” the 88-year-old told reporters during his Hari Raya Aidifitri celebration at his home here.

The plain-speaking doctor, who is also a former Umno president, said Umno members are intimidated by talented people.

“Previously, PAS only has religious leaders, now we find that PAS has doctors, lawyers, engineers, all of them entered PAS because they can’t enter Umno,” he said, and added, “Even retirees who are cable, don’t get to enter Umno.”

“We noticed a lot of retired generals joining opposition parties,” he continued.

The opposition Islamist party appeared to have made inroads in the last general election after it partnered the urban-centric PKR and DAP to form the Pakatan Rakyat to counter the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition’s chokehold on power.

The three-party opposition bloc trumped the 13-member BN to win nearly 52 per cent of the popular vote although it failed to take federal power.

Still an influential figure within the party, Dr Mahathir made a pitch today in an open letter to its three million strong members, saying that Malays must stay with Umno as it is the only party that can ensure the race profits.

He acknowledged that the country’s biggest political party is plagued by corruption down to its roots, namely the rampant money politics that have buoyed the careers and pockets of certain individuals.

“Umno’s image has deteriorated because there are a lot of corruption allegations, and some had joined the party for personal interests.

“When they are not nominated, they will try to make the chosen candidate lose.

“So the loyalty is not to the party but to individuals,” he said, adding that it will be a challenge to “fix something that is broken”. 

But he added that he believed that the problem was not beyond repair.

“I think the party itself is not the problem. The problem is the people who run it.

“If you don’t know how to run something, then the best-organised organisation also will not hold.

“They should re-examine themselves because the party has become old and a lot of the leaders have been there for quite a long time and young people don’t find it attractive,” Dr Mahathir told reporters.

Dr Mahathir noted that there has been increased pressure on party leaders to reach out to people at the grassroots level following the BN’s worst showing at the polls.

In a bid to appear more democratic, Umno changed its constitution to allow 150,000 delegates to directly vote in members to its influential supreme council at the October 19 polls.-news yahoo.com

Kereta terbakar dibaling bom.Kejadian berlaku di hadapan rumah Jalan Aman Perdana 4C/KU5, Taman Aman Perdana,Klang.

cheers.

Nazri Aziz mula jadi beban kepada UMNO...

Tindakan Najib Razak yang terpaksa mengubah pendirian dan menjadi flip-flop berhubung keputusan Nazri Aziz melantik anaknya itu, walaupun mengundang persepsi yang berbagai mengenai kefahaman Perdana Menteri sendiri berhubung pelantikan ahli keluarga oleh seseorang menteri, tetapi secara nyata menunjukkan bahawa apa yang dilakukan Nazri itu adalah salah.

Cumanya, bagi penulis Shahbudin Husin, mungkin atas sebab-sebab tertentu dan hubungan peribadi yang agak lama, Najib segan memberitahu secara terus-terang agar Nazri mengeluarkan anaknya daripada kementerian itu.

Menurutnya, dengan meletakkan anaknya duduk di kementerian, walaupun gajinya dibayar oleh bapanya sendiri tetapi sudah tentu pelbagai kemudahan kerajaan akan turut digunakannya.

“Lagi pula meletakkan anak dan ahli keluarga sendiri di di kementerian di mana bapanya menjadi menteri, turut juga mengundang persepsi yang tidak baik kepada rakyat dan kakitangan kementerian itu sendiri,” tulis beliau di dalam blognya semalam.

Namun, baginya Nazri nampaknya, baik sebelum pilihanraya, apatah lagi selepas pilihanraya ini apabila dipindahkan ke kementerian yang penuh warna-warni, sikapnya semakin jauh daripada amalan pemimpin yang diharapkan oleh rakyat.

Tambahnya, tidak hairanlah bukan saja parti lawan yang mengkritiknya, bahkan kritikan daripada dalam Umno sendiri ternampak semakin melebar.-harakahdaily

Nazri buat kementerian sesuka hati, tukar anak bila dikecam

Nazri's son now his aide for Padang Rengas...

Muhammad Nedim Nazri, son of Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz, is now listed on the ministry's website as special officer for his father's constituency, and not the ministry.

Previously only listed as "special officer" in the staff directory, Nedim is now listed as "Special Officer to Padang Rengas Member of Parliament (Gen Y matters)".

The change follows Nazri's defence last Friday that although Nedim is listed as a ministry staff, he is not paid by the government and is assisting Nazri, who is Padang Rengas MP, for free.

The minister also said that Nedim is helping him with youth issues in his constituency.

Nazri had said this in response to criticisms of “nepotism and cronyism”, including among pro-Umno bloggers endorsed by the Umno Youth's Unit Media Baru (New Media Unit).

Md Mahathir bin Md Salleh Huddin, who was the only other "special officer" listed on the staff directory earlier last week is now also listed as "Special Officer to Padang Rengas Member of Parliament".

He is listed as in charge of matters related to bumiputera entrepreneurs.
More special officers

Two new names were added - Tai Zee How and Uma Mageswari. The duo are special officers for Chinese and Indian affairs respectively in Padang Rengas.

Tai, Md Mahathir and Nedim all have Tourism and Culture Ministry email addresses.

While some Unit Media Baru bloggers claim Nazri has "tarnished the party's name", Umno president Najib Abdul Razak said the minister is not in the wrong as long as Nedim is not on the government's payroll.

"If such an aide is hired by the minister and gets paid by the government, it is not allowed.

''But if the work is carried out on a voluntary basis and the aide is not a member of the minister’s office, we have no objection to this. (It’s okay if) he assists in the programmes and does not involve any payment to him by the government," Najib said.

Nedim was previously in the limelight, among others for alleged involvement in an assault case, but according to the home ministry, the matter has been resolved amicably by the parties involved.-malaysiakini

 

 

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Guan Eng suruh Khairy balik ke Oxford untuk belajar apa dia erti 'bersalah'...

Keputusan DAP untuk mengadakan pemilihan baru, atas tekanan Pendaftar Pertubuhan (ROS), adalah "amat sukar dan menyakitkan" kerana parti itu merasakan ia tidak pernah melakukan sebarang kesalahan, kata Setiausaha Agungnya,  Lim Guan Eng.

Sehubungan itu, Lim mengecam Ketua Pemuda Umno, Khairy Jamaluddin yang menganggap keputusan DAP mengadakan pemilihan baru sebagai tanda ia "bersalah".

"Adakah dia tahu makna bersalah? Suruh dia balik ke Oxford untuk tahu apa dia," kata Lim menyindir menteri beliau dan sukan itu.

Beliau menyifatkan keputusan ROS itu sebagai "sebagai satu tanda yang tidak menyenangkan" yang boleh meletakkan DAP dalam keadaan tidak menentu - satu risiko yang tidak mahu diambil oleh pemimpinnya kerana ia mengancam kewujudan dan survival parti itu.

"Ia menyakitkan kerana kami tidak melakukan sebarang kesalahan. Ini adalah sesuatu yang tersangat keras (bagi kami) untuk telan," kata Lim.

"Ini bukan kes yang melibatkan seorang saja, tetapi seluruh parti - risikonya terlalu besar!" keluh Lim.

"Bagi saya, saya lebih suka berjuang untuk keadilan, kebenaran dan kebebasan -. Itulah DNA saya," katanya sambil menegaskan bahawa itulah pendirian beliau termasuk terpaksa ke penjara.

"Dengan naluri dan gerak hati, sebahagian daripada kita mahu mengambil jalan (untuk mencabar keputusan ROS) tetapi ini melibatkan seluruh parti - berbaloikah untuk mengambil risiko itu?" soal beliau.

"Jadi kami membuat keputusan untuk mematuhi, tidak kira bagaimana sukar dan sakitnya."-malaysiakini

Fresh polls a painful and difficult decision, explains Lim...

DAP's decision to hold fresh elections, under pressure from the Registrar of Societies (ROS), was "very painful and difficult" as the party felt it had not done anything wrong, revealed secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.

Quick on the draw, Lim lambasted Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin for suggesting that it was "guilt" which drove the party to decide on fresh polls on Thursday.

"Does he know the meaning of guilt? Ask him to go back to Oxford to find out what it is," mocked Lim, referring to the sports and youth minister's alma mater.

He described the ROS' decision as "ominous" which could place DAP in limbo - a risk its leaders do not want to take as the party's very existence and survival would be threatened.

"It is painful. It was something that we agonised over as we had not done anything wrong. This is something very hard (for us) to stomach and swallow," said Lim.

"This is not a case which involves one person, but the whole party - it is too big a risk!" Lim lamented.

"For me, I'd rather fight for justice, truth and freedom - that is my DNA. I have taken this stand at a personal cost, including going to prison," he recalled.

"By instinct and intuition, some of us want to take this route (to challenge the ROS' decision) but this involves the whole party - is it worth the risk?" he asked.

"So we made the decision to comply, no matter how painful and difficult it was.

"But we will not allow the DAP to be beaten or defeated. At the same time, we cannot be beaten by any delusion about the brutality of the ROS," he decried.

The Penang chief minister painstakingly explained the party's decision at a joint interview with several English language dailies including Malaysiakini, at his office in Komtar yesterday.

ROS has insisted that DAP repeat its party elections last December after several members lodged complaints over a technical glitch in the poll results, resulting in the erroneous announcement of a successful candidate.

ROS an Umno political tool

During the one-hour interview, Lim heaved heavy sighs several times, saying he was sharing the "grievances and laments of those who are unjustly punished although they told the truth".

On why the DAP delayed complying with ROS, Lim said the party had wanted to give the organisation "the benefit of doubt".

"However, when Home Minister Ahmad Zahidi Ahmad (left) made the announcement at a Hari Raya celebration before ROS informed us in writing, it was clear that they are not playing their statutory role as an impartial, professional and independent body," he said.

"They have instead become a political tool of Umno. They refuse to accept letters of communication (from DAP), like who lodged the complaints and what the complaints are about," he added.

Lim said the party was quite confident that it could win in court against the ROS since it refused to provide the reasons for its decision in ordering DAP to hold fresh polls.

But the final straw came on Wednesday, he said, when ROS chief Abdul Rahmad Othman refused a visit from him in Putrajaya.

According to Lim, Abdul Rahman was a very different man on April 5 when the registrar travelled to Penang to meet him in a show of courtesy to him as chief minister.

"Then everything changed. It is clear from this that ROS is completely dictated  to by Umno. This is not about compliance with any law, it was just naked abuse of the law and naked abuse of political power," Lim said.

Decision not unanimous

On whether it was a unanimous decision by the CEC which met on Monday to comply with the ROS, Lim claimed there were various views but the majority agreed to holding re-election as "the consequences was too big to bear".

Lim said the DAP did consider taking the ROS to court, however, the process would be "futile and lengthy" and there is always the possibility that the suit would be struck off or the party could be deregistered.

But can DAP sue ROS over its alleged "unlawful and unprofessional" act against the party after the re-election?

Lim said, "No, you cannot have your cake and eat it, because you have already complied (with their decision)".

He ties the crude action against the DAP, especially with Ahmad Zahid's involvement, to certain quarters getting "bonus points and credit for taking hardline stands" to garner support in the coming Umno elections.-malaysiakini

Apakah kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh anak kecil tidak berdosa ini yang menyebabkan dia dibunuh sebegitu kejam.

Ulamak UMNO ni tak faham yang kerajaan Mesir sebenarnya adalah kerajaan dibawah Dr Mursi..YANG MEMERONTAK ADALAH TENTERA... BUKAN RAKYAT...

Disaat ketua2 negara yg mengaku diri mereka beragama Islam membisu seribu bahasa terhadap penyembelihan saudara2 seagama di Mesir....pemimpin2 barat mengambil tindakan yg lebih drastik terhadap kerajaan haram Mesir.Tapi PM 1Malaysia masih dok gigit jari...

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