Sultan Selangor kasi warning JAIS dan MAIS, tangkap mereka yang murtad bukan mereka yang kunjung rumah urut...

Sultan minta JAIS jangan campur tangan dalam ops rumah urut...

Pihak berkuasa agama Selangor diingatkan untuk tidak terlibat dengan agenda politik mana-mana parti dan kekal bebas menjadi institusi berkecuali, titah Sultan Selangor.

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah dalam titahnya berkata, terdapat pemimpin politik yang mengambil kesempatan terhadap Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (Mais) dan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) untuk mempergunakan isu berkaitan agama Islam.

"Pada masa sekarang, terdapat segelintir ahli politik yang mahu mengambil kesempatan untuk mempergunakan isu berkaitan agama Islam dan mempersoalkan tindakan institusi agama Islam seperti Mais dan Jais sebagai agenda politik mereka," titah baginda sempena program Menghadap Sultan Selangor oleh kakitangan Jabatan Agama Islam di Shah Alam pagi tadi.

Hadir sama  ialah Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

"Beta mahu semua pihak di Mais dan Jais mengelakkan diri daripada terlibat dalam agenda politik mana-mana parti sekalipun," titah baginda.

Sultan Selangor sebelum ini murka dengan Ahli Parlimen Shah Alam Khalid Samad apabila beliau mencadangkan pengurangan kuasa Mais ekoran insiden rampasan Bible berbahasa Melayu dan Iban di pejabat Persatuan Bible Malaysia (PBM) di Damansara.

Baginda bertitah, dalam setiap penguatkuasaan, Jais seharusnya melakukan persiapan rapi dengan membawa peralatan penyiasatan untuk serbuan termasuk kamera video, kamera, diari, peralatan dan saksi yang boleh dipercayai.

Selain itu, sultan turut mengingatkan Jais agar tidak keterlaluan dalam melaksanakan penguatkuasaan mereka dan menghormati penganut agama lain.

"Dalam penguatkuasaan undang-undang, Jais perlu bertindak dalam lingkungan tugas yang melibatkan kesalahan terhadap isu agama Islam saja tanpa mengganggu tugas dan bidang kuasa Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan seperti penguatkuasaan terhadap rumah urut dan sebagainya.

"Ini bagi mengelakkan tohmahan terhadap jais yang mengambil tindakan bukan dalam bidang kuasa mereka dan lebih menumpukan perkara remeh sedangkan isu-isu besar tidak diberikan keutamaan," titah baginda.

Baginda bertitah, Jais seharusnya memberikan tumpuan kepada penguatkuasaan kes berat melibatkan ajaran sesat, isu murtad, ceramah tanpa  tauliah dan isu berkaitan ceramah politik di masjid dan surau yang  boleh mencemarkan akidah serta menyebabkan perpecahan umat Islam.

Baginda turut mengakui Jais dan Mais melalui pelbagai rintangan serta tohmahan yang tidak berasas terhadap beberapa isu sebelum ini.

"Namun, kita perlu sedar dalam mengharungi arus pemodenan, cabaran memelihara Islam amatlah besar.

"Ini kerana, generasi masa kini sering terdedah dengan pelbagai berita dan maklumat palsu yang mengelirukan dan kadang kala boleh memesongkan akidah umat Islam," titah baginda.

Kakitangan Jais dan Mais juga diingatkan untuk saling bekerjasama dan melakukan tugas peguatkuasaan dengan berhati-hati berdasarkan Prosedur Operasi Standard (SOP) mereka.

"Jais perlu mengelak bertindak kasar dan mengenepikan hak seseorang individu di bawah undang-undang," titah baginda, dan menambah, prosedur yang teratur akan membolehkan nama baik Jais terpelihara. – tmi

Hands off massage parlours, sultan tells Jais...

Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah today told the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) to stop focusing on raiding massage parlours.

In his speech to the Jais staff today, Sultan Sharafuddin said the department should only take action within its job scope and not infringe on the job scope of the local authorities.

"Taking action against massage parlours (rumah-rumah urut) is the responsibility of the local authorites," he said at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah building today.

He added that this was also important so as to avoid criticism of Jais for focusing on trivial matters.

'Emphasise apostasy instead'

He pointed out that Jais should instead give emphasis on issues of apostasy, deviations from the teachings and political speeches in mosques and suraus that he said can affect the sanctity of Islam.

Stressing further, the sultan said Jais, similarly, should emphasise the understanding of Sunni Islam since it is the "main core of belief of the Muslims in the country".

"The failure of Muslims to understand Sunni Islam will give way to deviant teachings," he said.

The sultan then urged both Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (Mais) and Jais to remain as "neutral institutions".

He had earlier commented on several politicians who had taken advantage in using issues related to Islam, by questioning the actions of Mais and Jais as part of their political agenda.

"I want Mais and Jais to avoid getting involved in any party's political agenda," he stressed.- mk

Ini bukan 1998, Khalid bukan seteru saya...

Anwar Ibrahim berkata situasi yang dialami Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim kini berbeza dengan keadaan semasa beliau berdepan dengan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad pada tahun 1998.

Tegasnya, menteri besar Selangor itu tidak akan dipecat dengan tidak adil dan menjadi musuh ketat PKR

Katanya, Khalid sendiri sudah mendapat bayangan mengenai rancangan untuk menggantikan menteri besar sejak 15 Januari.

Namun, keputusan akhir akan dibuat secara muafakat di kalangan pemimpin Pakatan, walau Khalid tetap berkeras untuk tidak meletak jawatan menteri besar.

“Saya tidak fikir ianya betul untuk mengumpamakan perisitiwa penuh dendam pada 1998 itu dengan situasi sekarang dan isu yang timbul. Saya tampil untuk melawan Umno, bukan untuk memperteguhkan Umno.

“Bila sampai waktu yang sesuai, sekiranya perlu, say akan jelaskan. Apa yang orang ramai perlu tahu, kita sudah memerhatikan proses mesyuarat kaunseling dan nasihat (dengan Khalid) berlangsung berulang kali,” katanya.

Bercakap kepada pemberita di ibu pejabat PKR hari ini, Anwar bukan sahaja menyifatkan Khalid sebagai seorang kawan, tetapi juga seorang saudara.

Beliau turut mengingatkan Khalid bahawa menteri besar itu mengetuai jentera kempen pilihan raya kecil DUN Kajang, yang akan membolehkan Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah dilantik menggantikan beliau.

Anwar berkata, Wan Azizah serta Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang dari PAS dan Lim Kit Siang dari DAP sudah melakukan pertemuan demi pertemuan berhubung 'Langkah Kajang' untuk menggantikan Khalid.

Malah, Khalid juga menyertai salah satu mesyuarat tersebut di Shah Alam, kata Anwar.

Maka, isu tersebut tidak perlu digembar-gembur menjadi permusuhan yang pahit, katanya.

“Sebab itulah saya mengelak dari menjawab tuduhan dari budak-budak bawah. Kadang-kadang, mereka melampau sedikit dan nasihat saya agar mereka sentiasa ingat dan fokus pada perjuangan bersama parti.

“Tidak perlu jadi melampau,” katanya dalam sidang media tersebut.- mk

Anwar: This is not 1998, Khalid's not my enemy...

The Selangor menteri mesar will not be unfairly sacked by PKR and turned into a bitter enemy, like what happened between Dr Mahathir Mohamad and himself in 1998, Anwar Ibrahim said today.

Stressing that Khalid has been clued in on the plan to replace him since Jan 15, the PKR de facto leader said the final decision would be made through a Pakatan consensus, even as Khalid dug in and refused to budge from office.

"I don’t think it is correct to equate that sort of  the rancorous exchange in ’98 and the situation now and the issues raised. I came out to fight Umno, not to strengthen Umno.

"At the right time, if compelled to, I will explain. What the public needs to know is that we have observed this process of umpteen meetings of counselling and advice (with Khalid)," he told reporters at the PKR headquarters.

Anwar (right) called Khalid a friend and even a family member, and reminded that Khalid also headed the Kajang by-election campaign, which helped make it possible for Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to replace him.

Anwar said since January, PKR president Wan Azizah, PAS president Hadi Awang and DAP's parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang have had a series of meetings on the so-called 'Kajang Move' to replace Khalid.

'No need to hype the crisis'

At least one of the meetings even roped in Khalid and was held in Shah Alam, Anwar said. Therefore, there was no need to hype the crisis into a bitter, long-drawn-out fight among bitter enemies.

"Because of that I avoided answering some of the allegations made by the younger politicians (budak-budak bawah). They sometimes go overboard a little and my advice to them is keep check and focus on the facts and the common party fight. There is no need to turn offensive," Anwar said.

During the press conference, Anwar also mostly gave the same answer to different questions about divergent views from PKR’s partners in Pakatan.

Yesterday, the powerful PAS syura council has declared its support for Khalid, while DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang expressed worry that Pakatan’s demise was merely days away.

"You are asking us to fight? What for?" Anwar asked reporters in jest.

He said that all views expressed by Pakatan coalition members will be listened to and taken into account before a final decision is made.

"We take into account (these views) and we respect them but we have to make a decision - who is finally chosen as the MB of Selangor is under PKR’s purview," he said.

When pressed by reporters for a solution to the quandary, Anwar would only urge people to wait and see.

He said that a clearer picture would probably emerge after the disciplinary board meeting today and a PKR central leadership committee meeting tomorrow. And he himself is waiting for the Aug 17 meeting to see what PAS finally decides.

Anwar also shrugged off a petition campaign by Selangor state assemblypersons to pressure Khalid to quit, saying the immediate focus now was on the PKR party leaders meeting tomorrow.

Anwar, who was once the prime minister-in-waiting, was sacked from government and from Umno in 1998 by Mahathir when he refused to resign. This sparked off the reformasi movement and marked the beginnings of PKR. - mk

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Setelah Bank Islam menarik balik saman Khalid,loyar UMNO dapat kepentingan dan saham dalam Ecoworld...

Khalid mesti jelaskan penyelesaian saman Bank Islam...

Ahli Parlimen Shah Alam, Khalid Samad mendesak supaya Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim menjawab hanya satu sahaja daripada persoalan-persoalan yang dikemukakan oleh Lembaga Disiplin PKR.

Menurutnya, jika Khalid dapat menjawab persoalan itu dengan penjelasan yang boleh diterima, munasabah dan disertakan dengan bukti yang lengkap sebelum 13 Ogos ini, pastinya tuduhan yang dikenakan terhadapnya akan ditarik semula.

“Jika Khalid dapat memberi jawapan berkenaan hutangnya dengan Bank Islam, isu Tropicana dan juga Ecoworld dengan baik, pastinya Majlis Syura turut menyokongnya,” ujar beliau sewaktu sidang media di Pusat Khidmat Masyarakat Ahli Parlimen Shah Alam.

Ianya termasuk adakah benar bahawa baki hutang Khalid dengan Bank Islam yang bernilai hampir RM70 juta pada tahun 2006 dilupuskan setelah sebahagian yang lain dibayar melalui penjualan saham yang dicagarkan oleh beliau kepada Bank Islam?

“Selain itu, adakah benar Khalid tidak membayar dan enggan bayar hutang tersebut sehingga dibawa ke Mahkamah?

“Juga, adakah Khalid pernah berhujah bahawa beliau tidak perlu untuk membayar hutangnya kerana Bank Islam telah melanggar perjanjian yang menurutnya tidak Islamic,” soal Khalid Samad.

Bahkan, Khalid Samad turut mempersoalkan adakah benar terdapat ‘penyelesaian luar mahkamah’ yang dicapai antara Khalid dan Bank Islam, pada Februari 2014, itu pun selepas Khalid hampir-hampir kalah?

Bukan itu sahaja, Khalid Samad turut berharap Menteri Besar Selangor itu mendedahkan butiran penyelesaian luar mahkamah yang telah dicapai dan rahsia untuk melenyapkan hutang RM66.67 juta.

“Saya juga berminat untuk mengetahui bagaimana Tan Sri menghilangkan hutang hampir RM70 juta itu,” ujarnya.

Dalam pada masa itu, Khalid juga diminta untuk menjawab bahawa adakah benar penyelesaian luar mahkamah ini telah dirunding dengan bantuan dari Tan Sri Rashid Manaf dan juga adakah ianya benar bahawa Khalid Ibrahim berkata Bank Islam telah tarik balik saman atas sebab Khalid Ibrahim akan saman Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) dan beliau yakin akan menang saman bernilai RM300 juta itu.

“Kini, tempoh tiga bulan telah pun luput dan saman Khalid Ibrahim terhadap PNB masih tidak kelihatan jadi bagaimana Khalid boleh yakin bahawa beliau akan menang?,” ujarnya.

Kata Khalid Samad lagi, tidak sampai sebulan selepas kes itu ditarik semula oleh Bank Islam melalui ‘penyelesaian luar mahkamah’, Tropicana Corporation Berhad telah menjual 308.72 ekar tanahnya kepada Ecoworld Berhad yang mana Tan Sri Rashid mempunyai kepentingan dan saham dalam Ecoworld Berhad.

“Adakah 308.72 ekar tanah ini adalah sebahagian dari 1,172 ekar tanah yang telah dijual oleh PNSB kepada Tropicana dengan harga RM1.3 billion tetapi melalui satu perjanjian yang amat menguntungkan Tropicana?

“Harap Khalid jelaskan keseluruhan latar belakang penjualan dan pembelian ini supaya semua pihak memahami sebab-sebab Tropicana diberikan layanan Istimewa sedemikian rupa dan kenapa jualan Tropicana ke Ecoworld itu tidak dihalang oleh kerajaan negeri.

“Ini kerana, sambil Tropicana mendapat tempoh bayaran yang begitu baik, mereka telah mendapat wang segera melalui penjualan kepada Ecoworld,” ujarnya bagi menerangkan urusan jual beli yang diragui itu.

Juga, selepas sebulan Bank Islam menarik semula kes beliau,maka Khalid telah menandatangani MOU dengan Ecoworld yang menganugerahkan projek pembinaan 2,400 unit rumah pangsa mampu milik yang dianggarkan bernilai RM591juta.

“Adakah pada asalnya projek berkenaan telah ditawarkan melalui tender terbuka dan adakah Ecoworld merupakan syarikat yang telah disenarai pendek?

“Harap beliau dapat jelaskan, dan sekiranya ia dapat dijelaskan dengan munasabah dan baik pastinya pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat akan bersetuju untuk mengekalkan beliau sebagai Menteri Besar,” ujarnya.- fmt

Apakah makna pemimpin tanpa pengikut atau penyokongnya...

Bagaimana seorang menjadi ketua sebuah kerajaan? Dan kalau seorang berjaya membuat demikian, adakah beliau lupa rakyat yang menyokong dan mengundinya?

Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, Menteri Besar Selangor yang kini dikepung, percaya soal kerajaan tiada kaitan dengan partinya. Beliau juga merasakan tidak perlu menjelaskan tindakannya kepada parti, atau di luar lingkungan PKR.

Kepada siapa Khalid patut bertanggungjawab? Kepada Sultan?

Kepada pengundi yang memilihnya untuk kerusi Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Pelabuhan Klang atau rakyat yang mengundi Pakatan Rakyat atau yang meletakkan kepercayaan terhadapnya sebagai menteri besar?

Semasa Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad perdana menteri, beliau menekankan jawatan itu adalah kerana beliau juga presiden Umno.

Dr Mahathir dilantik perdana menteri disebabkan sokongan parti dan mengambil pandangan parti apabila mentadbir negara.

Nampaknya, Khalid tidak berfikir demikian.

Dalam suratnya kepada Pengerusi Lembaga Disiplin PKR Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong yang dimuatkan di laman web Selangorku, Khalid hari ini berkata surat tunjuk sebab lembaga itu meminta penjelasan untuk lima isu.

Persoalan itu merangkum penstrukturan air di Selangor, elaun menteri besar, peningkatan cukai lesen peniagaan, Lebuhraya Kidex dan isu Bank Islam.

“Kelima-lima isu itu dibincang oleh kerajaan negeri yang mempunyai kuasa eksekutif di Selangor.

“Lembaga Disiplin PKR hanya mempunyai kuasa atas pelanggaran perintah parti dan bukan hal negeri," kata Khalid dalam surat balas itu yang dihantar oleh setiausaha politiknya pagi tadi kepada Lembaga Disiplin PKR.

Dalam hal ini, Khalid sudahpun salah.

Beliau bertanggungjawab kepada partinya kerana dilantik menteri besar dengan sokongan PKR. Kepimpinan parti kini hilang keyakinan terhadap Khalid, mendatangkan kemelut kepada kerajaan negeri.

Sebagai penjawat awam, Khalid juga bertanggungjawab terhadap pengundi, ini perlu beliau jelaskan bagaimana penyelesaian luar mahkamah dengan Bank Islam boleh dicapai.

Sekiranya Khalid kalah kes mahkamah itu, beliau mungkin bankrap dan hilang kerusi Pelabuhan Klang dan jawatan menteri besarnya.

Tapi Khalid tidak berpandangan begitu. Apakah pilihannya jika PKR terus memecatnya atau Exco negerinya meletakkan jawatan?

Khalid sepatutnya patuh kepada penyokongnya dan mengakhiri isu kemelut menteri besar yang mengabaikan rakyatnya sendiri. – tmi

Khalid must explain Bank Islam settlement...

There are several issues which appear to indicate that Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's integrity has been compromised, a PAS lawmaker said today.

Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad said he hoped Abdul Khalid will clear the air over several issues, including his out-of-court settlement with Bank Islam.

"I am aware that PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has voiced his support for Abdul Khalid, but this was based on two key points," Khalid said, adding that Hadi said the Selangor menteri besar has not betrayed the rakyat's trust nor has he been involved in any scandals.

Khalid said the PAS central committee which was supposed to meet on August 10 to discuss Abdul Khalid's position, had postponed the meeting to August 13.

"There is also a possibility that the meeting might be postponed to a later date as August 13 might not be a convenient date for some of the committee members.

"Therefore, it also gives time for Abdul Khalid to clarify certain issues, especially his out-of-court settlement with Bank Islam over his RM66.67 million debt," said Khalid.

However, PAS secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali earlier today announced the meeting was postponed again to August 17.

Khalid said Bank Islam had appeared to be on the brink of victory over Abdul Khalid's case when they suddenly decided to settle out of court.

"It has been reported that former Umno lawyer Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Manaf had played a prominent role in helping Abdul Khalid resolve his debt issues.

"So we would all like to know what is the secret behind this out-of-court settlement which Abdul Khalid had reached with Bank Islam," the PAS lawmaker said.

What is interesting is that the business deals were signed between the Selangor government and Eco World Berhad, a company controlled by the same lawyer, Rashid.

Another issue we would like Abdul Khalid to clarify is his claim that he will be suing Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and will win RM300 million.

"How did Abdul Khalid know he would win his case against PNB if it went to court and how did he know he would be awarded RM300 million?" Khalid asked.

Furthermore, Khalid said, less than a month after Bank Islam dropped its suit against Abdul Khalid in February this year, a series of business deals were signed.

"What is interesting is that the business deals were signed between the Selangor government and Eco World Berhad, a company controlled by Rashid."

Khalid said that in March this year Tropicana Corp Bhd sold 308.72 acres of land to Eco World Development Group Bhd for RM470.67 million.

The land had originally been part of a 1,172-acre landbank purchased for RM1.3 billion from Permodalan Nasional Selangor Berhad last year.

Khalid pointed out that although Tropicana Corp had bought the land for RM1.3 billion, they had only paid RM50 million upfront.

"The balance was supposed to be paid in installments over an 18-year period," said Khalid, adding that the menteri besar should shed light on this matter.

"This deal was approved by the caretaker government in Selangor last year when the state legislative had been dissolved for the 13th general election.

"So how is it a land deal of this magnitude, which requires the consent of the Selangor menteri besar, went through?" Khalid asked.

Khalid also expressed doubts over the awarding of a RM591 million contract to Eco World to build 2,400 affordable houses in Sungai Sering, Ukay Perdana.

"This project to build affordable houses was done via an open tender process. Eco World did not even enter the process," Khalid said.

"Abdul Khalid should explain the rationale for Eco World being awarded the contract ahead of other firms which had tendered their bids," he said.

Khalid said he wanted clarification on all these issues because he wanted to attend the PAS central committee meeting with full confidence.

"PAS's Majlis Shura Ulama has said Khalid should be retained as the Selangor menteri besar because he has not committed any breach of trust.

"These issues which I have raised are pertinent to proving that Abdul Khalid's integrity has not been compromised," Khalid said.

The tussle over the Selangor menteri besar position in Malaysia's wealthiest state has steadily worsened with the embattled Abdul Khalid refusing to step down.

PKR has been pressuring Abdul Khalid to step down from his position with party president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail chosen to replace him. – tmi

Out-of-court Settlement...

It is publicly known that Khalid has an outstanding loan with Bank Islam of RM66.67 million for his defaulted loan related to the Guthrie allocated to him from the assistance of Anwar Ibrahim when he was Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister and Khalid was GM of PNB.

That allocation was questionable because he is a PNB employee. If he was given, then other capable and there are those more capable and intelligent than Khalid, why were they not given?  

One suspicion was Khalid had bomoh the late Tun Ismail Ali into liking him. He was going around with a big songkok similar to the victim of the murderous bomoh Mona Fandey, Dato Mazlan. The late Tun would jump on any staff whenever he could not comprehend their written or verbal presentation but not stuttering Khalid.

But that is the stuff of gossip. Khalid got it because of Anwar.

Co-incidently last week, there was an out of court settlement of the loan which has already reached the Federal Court level and Khalid lost twice at High Court and Appeal Court. The Edge broke the news. 

Cancellation of Bank Islam - Khalid suit prompts political speculations 

THE CANCELLATION of a Federal Court hearing of a legal suit between Bank Islam (M) Bhd and Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim has given rise to speculation that the two parties may be opting for an out of court settlement.

The case that was to be heard yesterday pertained to a Bank Islam suit to get the courts to rule that certain issues in the original suit filed by the bank against Khalid can be referred to the Syariah Advisory Council of Bank Negara Malaysia.

In the original suit filed in 2007, Bank Islam had sued Khalid to recover some RM70 million given to the latter under an Islamic loan facility. The money was used by Khalid to buy a 5% stake in Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd of which he was the chief executive officer.

Khalid subsequently counter sued Bank Islam and, among other things, aid the Bank had wrongfully sold the Guthrie shares that were pledged as collateral. The two cases were subsequently consolidated into one.

During the course of the hearing of the original suit, several legal and constitutional issues were raised, one of which was whether the Syariah related matters of the case should be decided by the civil court itself or be referred to the Syariah Advisory Council of Bank Negara.

Bank Islam then filed a case to argue that these matters should be referred to the Syariah Advsiory Council and that its decision should be final and binding.

This case had reached the Federal Court level and was to have been heard yesterday but legal sources it was "vacated" at the last minute.

The lawyer for Bank Islam, Tommy Thomas could not be reached, while the lead counsel for Khalid, Mathew Thomas Philip said "we are not at liberty to comment."

An out of court settlement now will be sure to add more spice and speculation to the drama unfolding over the future of Khalid and whether the Pakatan Rakyat intends to replace him as the Menteri Besar of Selangor following the decision of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to contest the Kajang state by-election.

Supporters of Khalid say that any development in the legal case between Bank Islam and Khalid is totally unrelated and should not be used to justify any move to unseat him as Menteri Besar. - anotherbrickinwall.blogspot

There are several issues which appear to indicate that Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's integrity has been compromised, a PAS lawmaker said today.
Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad (pic) said he hoped Abdul Khalid will clear the air over several issues, including his out-of-court settlement with Bank Islam.
"I am aware that PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has voiced his support for Abdul Khalid, but this was based on two key points," Khalid said, adding that Hadi said the Selangor menteri besar has not betrayed the rakyat's trust nor has he been involved in any scandals.

Khalid said the PAS central committee which was supposed to meet on August 10 to discuss Abdul Khalid's position, had postponed the meeting to August 13.
"There is also a possibility that the meeting might be postponed to a later date as August 13 might not be a convenient date for some of the committee members.
"Therefore, it also gives time for Abdul Khalid to clarify certain issues, especially his out-of-court settlement with Bank Islam over his RM66.67 million debt," said Khalid.
However, PAS secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali earlier today announced the meeting was postponed again to August 17.

Khalid said Bank Islam had appeared to be on the brink of victory over Abdul Khalid's case when they suddenly decided to settle out of court.
"It has been reported that former Umno lawyer Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Manaf had played a prominent role in helping Abdul Khalid resolve his debt issues.
"So we would all like to know what is the secret behind this out-of-court settlement which Abdul Khalid had reached with Bank Islam," the PAS lawmaker said.

What is interesting is that the business deals were signed between the Selangor government and Eco World Berhad, a company controlled by the same lawyer, Rashid.

Another issue we would like Abdul Khalid to clarify is his claim that he will be suing Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and will win RM300 million.
"How did Abdul Khalid know he would win his case against PNB if it went to court and how did he know he would be awarded RM300 million?" Khalid asked.
Furthermore, Khalid said, less than a month after Bank Islam dropped its suit against Abdul Khalid in February this year, a series of business deals were signed.
"What is interesting is that the business deals were signed between the Selangor government and Eco World Berhad, a company controlled by Rashid."
Khalid said that in March this year Tropicana Corp Bhd sold 308.72 acres of land to Eco World Development Group Bhd for RM470.67 million.
The land had originally been part of a 1,172-acre landbank purchased for RM1.3 billion from Permodalan Nasional Selangor Berhad last year.
Khalid pointed out that although Tropicana Corp had bought the land for RM1.3 billion, they had only paid RM50 million upfront.
"The balance was supposed to be paid in installments over an 18-year period," said Khalid, adding that the menteri besar should shed light on this matter.
"This deal was approved by the caretaker government in Selangor last year when the state legislative had been dissolved for the 13th general election.
"So how is it a land deal of this magnitude, which requires the consent of the Selangor menteri besar, went through?" Khalid asked.
Khalid also expressed doubts over the awarding of a RM591 million contract to Eco World to build 2,400 affordable houses in Sungai Sering, Ukay Perdana.
"This project to build affordable houses was done via an open tender process. Eco World did not even enter the process," Khalid said.
"Abdul Khalid should explain the rationale for Eco World being awarded the contract ahead of other firms which had tendered their bids," he said.
Khalid said he wanted clarification on all these issues because he wanted to attend the PAS central committee meeting with full confidence.
"PAS's Majlis Shura Ulama has said Khalid should be retained as the Selangor menteri besar because he has not committed any breach of trust.
"These issues which I have raised are pertinent to proving that Abdul Khalid's integrity has not been compromised," Khalid said.
The tussle over the Selangor menteri besar position in Malaysia's wealthiest state has steadily worsened with the embattled Abdul Khalid refusing to step down.
PKR has been pressuring Abdul Khalid to step down from his position with party president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail chosen to replace him. – August 8, 2014.
- See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/khalid-must-explain-bank-islam-settlement-says-shah-alam-mp#sthash.XVavDhiO.dpuf

Is Khalid beyond party's scrutiny...

How does one become the head of a government? And when one does, does one forget the people who supported you and voted you into public office?

Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, the beleaguered incumbent Selangor Menteri Besar, believes that state government matters are separate from the party and he does not need to explain his actions to the party or rather, he is beyond the party's scrutiny.

So, who is he answerable to? To the state ruler? To the people who elected him directly in Port Klang or to the people who voted for his Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition or to those who had confidence in him as menteri besar?

When he was the prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had always stressed that he was only in that office because he was the Umno president. He owed his position as PM to his his party and that was why he had to take cognisance of the party's views in running the country.

Obviously, Khalid does not think the same way.

In a three-page reply addressed to the PKR disciplinary board chairman Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong, which was posted on the Selangorku website, Khalid said the board's show cause letter had asked him to give detailed explanations on five issues.

They include the water restructuring deal in Selangor, MB's new allowance, tax increase on business licenses, the proposed Kidex expressway and the Bank Islam out-of-court settlement issue.

"The five additional issues which have been raised were discussed by the state government committee which has the executive power to administer Selangor.

"The PKR disciplinary board only has the authority to decide on any transgressions related to the party and not state administrative issues," Khalid said in his reply, which his political secretary submitted to the party this morning.

This is where Khalid is wrong.

He is answerable to his party because he is the MB by virtue of the support and confidence of his party. The party leadership now has no confidence in him, hence the crisis enveloping the state government.

As a public official, he is also answerable to the voters and that is why he has to make public the out-of-court settlement with Bank Islam. If he had lost the case, Khalid could be a bankrupt and lose his Port Klang state seat and be out of the Selangor Menteri Besar's job in a flash.

He obviously does not view the situation that way. What would his options be if PKR goes ahead and sacks him? What would his options be if his executive councillors resign?

And, who put him where he is today? At the very least, he should listen to those who put him in public office, supported his job, and end this sorry spectacle of a leader ignoring his own people.- tmi

Jika benar  berita ini, nampak tak puak 'Unity Government' 

cuba guna nama TGNA untuk agenda mereka di Selangor... 

Peserta2 pesta sukan bogel, anda kenal mereka...

cheers.

Yang ni Khalid Ibrahim kena jawab, jangan dok kona sana sini...

DEDAH TERMA PENYELESAIAN BANK ISLAM, JAWAB URUSNIAGA DENGAN ECOWORLD ATAU SAMAN...

Saya sedia maklum tindakan pegawai-pegawai YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim yang menyerahkan kepada Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) satu laporan oleh KEADILAN yang menyenaraikan urusniaga-urusniaga yang menimbulkan keraguan terhadap integriti beliau.

Urusniaga-urusniaga ini bersabit penyelesaian di luar mahkamah yang dicapai di antara Bank Islam dan YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim berhubung hutang RM70 juta yang perlu dibayar oleh beliau.

Saya senaraikan garis masa urusniaga-urusniaga penting yang menjadi asas kepada penyiasatan KEADILAN terhadap integriti beliau iaitu:

1.      Pada 13 Februari 2014 iaitu 2 minggu selepas Kajang Move diumumkan, pendengaran kes rayuan tuntutan hutang Bank Islam terhadap YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim di Mahkamah Persekutuan tidak diteruskan dan mahkamah dimaklumkan bahawa kedua-dua pihak sedang merundingkan penyelesaian di luar mahkamah

2.      Pada 26 Februari 2014, YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim tiba-tiba mengumumkan bahawa satu MOU penstrukturan air telah ditandatangani di antara Kerajaan Selangor dan Kerajaan Persekutuan

3.      Pada 19 Mac 2014, Tropicana Corporation Berhad mengumumkan bahawa ia telah menjual 308.72 ekar tanah yang dibelinya dari Kerajaan Selangor (dalam bulan April 2013) kepada Ecoworld Berhad. Ini bermakna sebanyak 308.72 ekar tanah milik Kerajaan Selangor akhirnya dipindahmilik ke syarikat yang dikuasai oleh Tan Sri Rashid Manaf

4.      Pada 25 Mac 2014, YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim menandatangani satu lagi MOU dengan Ecoworld Berhad yang menganugerahkan projek pembinaan 2,400 unit rumah pangsa mampu milik di bawah Kerajaan Selangor yang dianggarkan bernilai RM591 juta kepada Ecoworld Berhad

5.      Pada 31 Mac 2014, Bank Islam dan YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim memaklumkan kepada mahkamah semasa pengurusan kes bahawa kedua-dua pihak bersetuju untuk tidak meneruskan tindakan undang-undang berikutan penyelesaian di luar mahkamah yang telah dicapai

6.      Pada 23 April 2014, Bank Islam memfailkan circular resolution kepada pemegang saham sebagai sebahagian dari peraturan Bursa Malaysia. Ia turut menyenaraikan perjalanan kes tuntutan baki hutang dari YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim. Circular resolution itu turut mengesahkan bahawa Bank Islam telah bersetuju menggugurkan tuntutan saman baki hutang dari YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim walaupun “peguam Bank Islam berpendapat Bank Islam mempunyai kes yang kuat terhadap lawan”

Setiausaha Politik YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim sendiri mengakui bahawa Menteri Besar berjumpa dengan Tan Sri Rashid Manaf beberapa kali untuk merundingkan penyelesaian kes hutang beliau. Tan Sri Rashid Manaf adalah bekas peguam Tun Daim Zainuddin dan seorang tokoh korporat yang menguasai Ecoworld dan diketahu rapat dengan Barisan Nasional.

Oleh yang demikian, adalah menjadi tanggungjawab KEADILAN untuk mengarahkan YAB Tan Sri Khalid menjelaskan:

1.      Kenapa hutang beliau berjumlah RM70 juta diselesaikan secara tiba-tiba?
2.      Kenaapa beliau merundingkan penyelesaian ini dengan Tan Sri Rashid Manaf?
3.      Kenapa Tan Sri Rashid Manaf melalui syarikatnya mendapat manfaat beratus juta ringgit melalui urusniaga tanah dan kontrak pembinaan dari Kerajaan Selangor?

Sehingga kini, YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim mengelak dari memberi penjelasan secara telus kepada pimpinan parti lalu meningkatkan lagi keraguan terhadap integriti beliau.

Oleh sebab itulah, saya tidak hairan beliau menghantar laporan KEADILAN kepada SPRM kerana beliau sendiri tahu sukar untuk SPRM mengambil sebarang tindakan terhadap beliau. Rakyat juga tidak akan lupa bahawa dalam kes penyelewengan dana NFC pun, SPRM dari awal-awal lagi mengumumkan bahawa ia bukan rasuah dan Dato’ Seri Shahrizat Jalil tidak bersalah.

Tindakan YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim cuba menggunakan SPRM untuk membersihkan namanya samalah seperti SPRM mengumumkan tiada sebarang penyelewengan berlaku di dalam kes NFC. Apabila fakta mula difahami rakyat, majoriti rakyat Malaysia tidak percaya pun dengan kenyataan SPRM bahawa tiada unsur penyelewengan di dalam kes NFC.

Sebab itu, bagi saya cara terbaik untuk YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim membersihkan nama beliau dan mematikan sebarang keraguan terhadap integriti beliau adalah dengan cara berikut:

1.      Dedahkan secara terbuka terma-terma perjanjian beliau dengan Bank Islam yang membolehkan beliau tidak perlu membayar hutang sebanyak RM70 juta secara tiba-tiba
2.      Menjelaskan kenapa syarikat yang dikuasai oleh Tan Sri Rashid Manaf mendapat manfaat beratus juta ringgit dari Kerajaan Negeri dalam tempoh sebulan selepas hutang beliau diselesaikan dengan Bank Islam dengan rundingan melalui Tan Sri Rashid Manaf

Jika pun beliau tidak bersedia untuk mendedahkan terma-terma perjanjian dengan Bank Islam, sepatutnya beliau failkan saman fitnah terhadap saya di dalam mahkamah sebelum membuat laporan kepada SPRM.

Sehingga kini, beliau tidak mengambil sebarang tindakan mahkamah terhadap saya atau Dato’ Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. Saya percaya ini kerana beliau tidak mahu memberi keterangan bersumpah di mahkamah mengenai perjanjian rahsia beliau dengan Bank Islam.

Jika beliau tidak ada apa-apa yang disembunyikan, maka beliau sewajarnya mendedahkannya atau menyaman saya di mahkamah sebelum berakhirnya hari Jumaat esok.

RAFIZI RAMLI
Ahli Parlimen Pandan
Pengarah Strategi

Laporan Kes-Kes Bersabit Integriti Melibatkan Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim

Khuatir berpecah, PAS tangguh mesyuarat ke 13 Ogos

PKR must sack Khalid, Pakatan must drop PAS or lose credibility with voters...

PKR is finally playing hardball with its very own Benedict Arnold, Khalid Ibrahim. For far too long his plump, puffing figure in ridiculous wig has uselessly occupied the Chief Minister’s chair, while delivering nothing to the hapless rakyat who so hopefully voted Pakatan in.

In hindsight, it was a bad idea to install in Selangor a figure like Khalid Ibrahim who profited obscenely from Umno policies that benefited only the elite few.

It is clear that Khalid Ibrahim has taken advantage of Anwar Ibrahim’s too-generous nature for his own gain. It is truly a case of, to cite the Malay proverb, ‘melepaskan anjing tersepit’. Khalid now turns around and bites those who had helped him.

Ingrate

There was never a time when Khalid did anything particularly competent. He had, in Guthrie, clung on like a leech to his position despite being asked to go, and he is repeating this shameless behavior now. The reason for his dismissal in Guthrie was no different, one imagines, than it is now. He is grossly incompetent.

Rubbish lies uncollected in Selangor, rivers clogged, reservoirs empty, roads in disrepair. Selangor, led by this visionless and mediocre fellow, is become a bleak and joyless land. With his background in running plantations, Khalid is a ludicrous misfit in today’s world. 

Where are the investments in technology and productivity? What is Khalid doing to give Selangor a place as a software and technology powerhouse in a world where Apple has a higher market-cap that Exxon or GM?

Khalid, bereft of creativity or vision, trumpets instead about saving money, which should have rightly been spent on public works. He has been reduced to fiddling with numbers to cover up the fact that Selangor is at a standstill, its economy stagnant.

Umno's man lock, stock and barrel?

The entire water shortage problem came about because Khalid twiddled his fingers instead of aggressively addressing the problem. In the end he handed out big contracts to known Umno cronies for the Langat 2 project. That project consists of building a couple of big tanks and hoping for rain! Where Selangor should be looking at smart, second-generation infrastructures to meet the current and future water needs of Selangorians, they instead dump billions of ringgit into a lifeless pile of cement.

This handing out of large contracts to known associates of Pakatan’s political foes i.e BN and Umno, was particularly evident after Khalid was mysteriously forgiven a RM66 million loan by Bank Islam.

It is clear that Khalid Ibrahim is Umno’s man, lock, stock and barrel. His reason for clinging on so desperately to power even now, is no doubt on Umno’s instructions, with the intention to cause as much trouble as possible to Pakatan.

PKR the glue that binds Pakatan

It is unfortunate that several PAS leaders have supported Khalid Ibrahim. In the first instance, they should not be meddling in PKR’s internal affairs. PKR is the glue that holds Pakatan together, which BN and Umno well knows. Those who try to weaken PKR are dancing to Umno’s tune, whether consciously until or not.

It is clear now, even to the casual observer, that Khalid Ibrahim has been exploiting the natural fissures of coalition politics to cling on to power by playing one party against the other. PKR should have put their foot down a lot sooner. Appeasement is a poor substitute for management.

Pakatan must get rid of Khalid Ibrahim now. He not only does not belong in the MB’s seat, he does not belong in PKR. Nor should slimy characters like him have any place in Pakatan Rakyat.

Indeed Pakatan as an entity may require a rethink if what Rafizi Ramli exposed of PAS’s intention to make Tengku Razaleigh PM, is indeed true. And PAS misogyny is exposed in their questioning of PKR’s nomination of DS Wan Azizah for MB.

Best to ditch PAS now instead of having them as an uncomfortable partner with questionable links to Umno. It may need new strategies and take longer to get to Putrajaya without PAS, but Pakatan will not have a millstone around its neck when it gets there. - Malaysia Chronicle

Kit Siang: Aug 10 D-Day for Pakatan, not Khalid...

Contrary to a Malaysiakini report that Aug 10 will be a day of reckoning for Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, Lim Kit Siang sees the date as heralding D-Day for Pakatan Rakyat.
               
"It is D-Day for Pakatan whether it can continue carrying the hopes of Malaysians for political change," the veteran DAP leader said in a media statement.

The Gelang Patah MP also admitted that Pakatan was facing its worst crisis since the opposition bloc’s formation after the 12th general election in 2008.

"The developments in the past two weeks pertaining to the issue of the Selangor menteri besar have gravely undermined public confidence in Pakatan as a viable alternative coalition to BN," he said.

The crisis of confidence further heightened when, apart from PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and PAS spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat backing Khalid, the PAS Syura Council today also declared its support for the menteri besar.

Council chairperson Nik Aziz and his deputy Haron Din said in a joint statement that the decision was made based on public interest, which surpassed the interests of individuals and parties.

Expressions of support aside, recent weeks have also witnessed public spats between Pakatan members, with the latest being PAS MP Nasrudin Hassan accusing Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng of awarding the Penang tunnel project through direct negotiations.
            
Guan Eng today told Nasrudin to retract his "lies" or risk being sued.

PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, on the other hand, urged Pakatan members to stay positive and reminded them that they represent the people's hope for change.

Meanwhile, Lim believes that the coalition can survive the crisis of confidence if Pakatan leaders are committed to the original aspirations in the formation of the opposition bloc and its common policy framework.

"If all Pakatan leaders continue to be guided by the common policy principles and framework, Pakatan will forge ahead to its destiny to replace BN in the next general election," he added.

Lim said the alternative was "too horrendous to contemplate as Pakatan will be relegated to the footnotes of Malaysian history".

Malaysiakini today theorised that Sunday would be D-Day for Khalid as PAS and DAP would convene top leadership meetings to decide whether he should continue as menteri besar.- mk

Fearing a split, PAS delays decision on Selangor MB to August 13 

cheers.

Bekas ketua Wanita Gerakan sertai pesta sukan bogel...

Seorang daripada peserta terbabit dalam pesta sukan bogel di kawasan pantai terpencil dalam kawasan Taman Negara Teluk Bahang Pulau Pinang adalah bekas ketua Wanita Gerakan Kedah.

Timbalan Presiden Gerakan Datuk Dr Cheah Soon Hai berkata, wanita itu yang pernah menjawat jawatan pemimpin sayap pergerakan itu pada 1980-an bagaimanapun kini bukan lagi ahli parti itu.

Beliau berkata, keahlian wanita itu tamat tempoh apabila beliau berhenti membayar yuran selama lebih 20 tahun dan insiden di Teluk Bahang berkenaan tiada kena mengena dengan parti.

“Saya tidak kenal dia secara peribadi dan saya tidak tonton video acara bogel itu. Beberapa wartawan yang mengetahui mengenai wanita itu kemudian bertanya kepada Gerakan.

“Saya minta Gerakan Kedah membuat siasatan dan ia mengesahkan beliau bekas ahli. Beliau adalah bekas ketua Wanita parti di Kedah ketika muda semasa berusia 20-an. Beliau berasal dari Lunas dan kini 54 tahun.

“Gerakan juga terkejut dengan acara bogel yang berlaku di Pulau Pinang itu. Ia sesuatu yang tidak dijangka,” katanya ketika dihubungi The Malaysian Insider, hari ini.

Awal minggu ini, klip video sekumpulan lelaki dan perempuan menyertai acara sukan bogel di Pulau Pinang tersebar luas di Internet. 

Berbogel di tempat awam tidak dibenarkan di Malaysia dan polis kini menjejaki 15 orang dalam klip video itu. Tujuh daripadanya rakyat Malaysia.- tmi

Tujuan asalnya nak serang kerajaan DAP/PR Pulau Pinang kononnya memberi izin mengadakan Permainan Sukan Bogel di Taman Negara, Teluk Bahang, Pulau Pinang.

Bila diselidiki secara lebih mendalam didapati ADUN Teluk Bahang ialah dari orang UMNO/BN.

Chalet yang digunakan oleh para peserta adalah Chalet yang diwartakan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan khas untuk kakitangan awam sahaja.

Lebih teruk lagi salah seorang pesertanya adalah bekas Ketua Wanita Gerakan Kedah,salah satu parti komponen yang paling rapat dan disayangi UMNO dalam Barisan Nasional sejak tahun 1969.

Salah seorang peserta dalam permainan sukan bogel yang berlaku di sebuah pantai di Taman Negara Teluk Bahang di Pulau Pinang dua bulan lalu adalah bekas Ketua Wanita Gerakan Kedah.

Timbalan Presiden Gerakan Datuk Dr Cheah Soon Hai berkata wanita itu, yang merupakan ketua sayap dalam tahun 1980-an, bukan lagi ahli parti.

Keahlian beliau berlalu selepas dia berhenti membayar yuran selama lebih 20 tahun, katanya.

"Saya tidak tahu secara peribadi dan saya tidak melihat video acara perkumpulan hidup telanjang. Gerakan telah disoal mengenai dirinya oleh pemberita yang entah bagaimana mendapat tahu tentang dia.

"Saya bertanya Gerakan Kedah untuk memeriksa dan ia disahkan bahawa dia adalah ahli. Dia Ketua Wanita di Kedah ketika berusia 20-an. Dia adalah dari Lunas dan kini berumur sekitar 54 tahun.

"Gerakan terkejut sekiranya suatu perkumpulan hidup telanjang telah berlaku di Pulau Pinang," katanya, merujuk kepada video viral sekumpulan orang yang mengambil bahagian dalam acara sukan bogel di Pulau Pinang.

Polis sedang mengesan 15 orang yang ditunjukkan dalam video. Tujuh daripada mereka adalah rakyat Malaysia.

Tujuan mangkok2 hayun UMNO ini nak burukkan lawan akhirnya imej dan integriti diri sendiri bertambah buruk dan teruk.

Agaknya .. kalau orang yang cuba mainkan isu ini tahu akan kesudahannya .. mati 100 kali hidup balik taubat lahum tidak akan mainkan isu yang memalukan ini.- omakkau blogspot

The participants of Penang Nude Sports

UMNO draws link between DAP and nudists...

Were nudists emboldened by the fact that Penang is under the control of a DAP-led state government and therefore felt free and unafraid to participate in the “nude sports” event?

This is the question posed by Penang Umno chief Zainal Abidin Osman, according to a report in Umno Online.

His statement comes after The Star Online reported that Gerakan admitted that a female participant in the event was a former Kedah Gerakan Wanita chief.

However, Gerakan deputy president Cheah Soon Hai told a press conference in Alor Setar that the woman, in her 40s, is no longer a party member and that Gerakan is not involved in the event.

Zainal (left) also took a swipe at Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for his statement that the Umno leader claimed “deflected responsibility” over the incident.

“The statement on the state government’s stand on the nude sports event is irresponsible.

“When the number of tourists increases, the state government does not shy away from taking credit but when the tourists who come here indulge in disgusting and embarrassing acts, the state government is quick to push the responsibility to others,” he said.

Lim had said that a Taman Negara ranger was aware of the nudist activity at the forest reserve in Teluk Bahang, which caught national attention when a video clip of the event went viral on the Internet.             

He then urged the Taman Negara authorities to act on the matter as the national park is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. 

Meanwhile, Zainal described the “nude sports” event as an “insult of the highest order” and that it has tarnished the name of Penang and Malaysia.

In view of this, he called on the Tourism Ministry and travel agencies to ensure that tourists understand and respect local cultures and religions.

“Penang Umno also understands that the police have opened an investigation paper on the incident and identified some of those involved as well as recorded statements from various individuals.

“We hope the authorities will expedite their investigations and charge those involved, especially the individual who organised the event,” Zainal added.- mk

One of the participants in the nude sport games that took place on a beach at the Teluk Bahang National Park in Penang two months ago was a former Kedah Gerakan Wanita chief.

Party deputy president Datuk Dr Cheah Soon Hai said the woman, who was the wing's chief in the 1980s, was no longer a party member.

Her membership lapsed after she stopped paying fees for over 20 years, he said.

"I do not know her personally and I did not see the video of the nudist event. Gerakan was queried about her by reporters who somehow found out about her.

"I asked Kedah Gerakan to check and it was confirmed that she was a member. She was Wanita chief in Kedah in her 20s. She is from Lunas and is now 54.

"Gerakan is shocked that a nudist event had taken place in Penang,” he added, referring to the viral video of a group of people participating in a nude sports event in Penang.

Public nudity is not allowed in Malaysia and police are tracking down the 15 people shown in the video. Seven of them are Malaysians.- tmi

Buat julung kalinya, golongan mat rempit di Terengganu diberi kepercayaan oleh kerajaan negeri untuk menganjurkan sebuah program menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan pada 31 Ogos ini...

cheers.

Khalid nak bertegang leher buat apa lagi kalu parti dah meluat kat hang...

Isu Tan Sri Khalid ialah satu kes yang mudah- iaitu kes Khalid Ibrahim tidak akur kepada cakap boss dan tidak akur kepada keputusan parti. Boss ialah Anwar Ibrahim dan parti ialah PKR- bukan oang lain dan bukan parti selain PKR.

Perkara ini kenalah difahami oleh bos dan parti lain. Itu sahaja. Nak sibuk kaitkan parti PAS, sibuk dengan hujjah2 lain – undang2 lah, perlembagaan negeri lah. It’s a simple case of Khalid Ibrahim tidak tunduk kepada cakap boss dan tidak akur kepada parti.

Maka jalan penyelesaian nya ialah- singkir dan pecat Khalid.  Atau jika Khalid merasakan teraniaya sangat- keluar PKR. Jika mana mana berlaku, kita tidak fikir berkurangan kepada Khalid. (we think not less of Khalid Ibahim). 

Kita hormat keputusan yang diambil. Tidak timbul dia khianat, atau belot atau apa. PKR tidak miskin dengan pengeluaran Khalid, dan Khalid pun tidak kaya dengan keluar dari PKR. Ianya akan menyelamatkan kedua dua dari mendapat aib dan malu yang lebih besar.

Hanya soalan nya ialah Anwar Ibrahim , boss PKR sudah kah berbuat demikian? Yakni beri Khalid Ibrahim the marching orders? Jika belum, tidak guna kita berhujjah disini, bertekak dan bertegang leher. Tunjukkan kepimpinan.

Jika sudah, Khalid jangan fikir jawatan MB milik peribadi dia- atau dikalangan orang Pahang, mereka akan kata- jangan fikir jawatan ini bapaok awok punye.

Jika Khalid tidak mahu beri PKR kepuasan memecatnya, dia keluar parti terlebih dahulu. Dia sudah pun berkelahi secara terbuka dengan pimpinan parti- mencemuh keputusan parti. Yang dia belum lakukan ialah secara terbuka mencemuh dan membantai Anwar Ibrahim. 

Bab itu dia tidak perlu lakukan sebab kerja kotor tersebut sudah pun dilakukan oleh UMNO, media dan akhbar milik UMNO. Dan oleh golongan yang mesra UMNO.

Ini bukan kes tidak menghargai khidmat Khalid. Atau sebab tidak faham undang2, proses perlantikan MB atau lain2. Bukan sebab undang2 seperti yang hendak dihujjahkan oleh Faekah. Ia nya terbit sebab- daripada Faekah, penyokong Khalid Ibrahim dan membawa kepada Khalid Ibrahim sendiri - semua mereka ingat bahawa jawatan MB ialah jawatan yang dipilih secara lansung oleh pengundi. 

Ini perkara asas yang tidak dihahami dan enggan difahami.Campur pula dengan kesemulajadian karakter Khalid Ibrahim. Dia ingat dia  seorang sahaja yang betul dalam dunia ini.

Fakta ini juga mesti difahami oleh PAS. Mengapa mahu ambil risiko berpecah hanya kerana mempertahankan Khalid Ibrahim? Itulah sebab nya saya menyebut perlakuan Khalid sebagai pelacur politik yang menjaja kesana sini cerita hiba dan pilu nya dianiayai dan dizalimi oleh parti dan bossnya. 

Saya tidak kata Khalid seorang pelacur – itu olahan media mesra UMNO. Saya kata pelacur-politik – suatu term of art. Hendak buat macam mana- sememangnya cara saya tulis ialah intense.

Beberapa minggu yang lalu saya menulis sebuah artikel mengenai isiu ini dan merupakan antara orang yang awal mengatakan, satu kemungkinan ialah mencadangkan ADUN Ijok, Dr Idris untuk jadi MB. 

Sama ada dia jadi MB atau tidak, itu suatu ketentuan yang akan kita lihat; tapi yang menarik ialah kenyataan nya terbaru ini. Yakni dia akan akur apa ketua dan parti kata.

Ertinya- dia orang parti dan kenyataan tersebut mengesahkan apa sebenarnya masaalah Khalid Ibrahim. Khalid tidak ikut cakap bos( bos senentiasa betul) dan Khalid tidak ikut keputusan parti.  It’s a simple case of babir dan degil.- Mohd.Ariff Sabri bin Hj. Abdul Aziz@sakmongkol ak47

PAS is passe but divorcing PKR and DAP is hard to do... 

"There clearly is a split" was how political analyst Wan Saiful Wan Jan summed up the tenuous situation in PAS.

He acidly added that "PAS members need to make up their mind on whether they want to be a mainstream party that could improve Malaysia's governance, or whether they just want to go to heaven."

A netizen responded to the rhetorical statement this way: "PAS cannot go to heaven AND go mainstream?"

Wan Saiful was referring to the split right down the middle of PAS over the Selangor menteri besar's post that laid bare the soul of the Islamic party.

The fight over PKR's move to replace menteri besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim with PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail provided the catalyst.

The PAS schism is between the conservatives who want a return to the party's struggle for an Islamic state, and the progressives who wish to work within Pakatan Rakyat on its common policy framework which omits mention of hudud, the Islamic penal code.

While the conservatives refuse to compromise on their insistence of an Islamic state, the progressives know that Putrajaya is within reach only by working within Pakatan.

Led by deputy president Mohamad Sabu, the progressives are fully aware that Malaysians as a whole are not ready for hudud that the conservatives are bent on pushing.

For the conservatives, the struggle is more important than winning on the premise that "real victory is in the afterlife."

According to a recent survey by the Merdeka Centre, nearly three in five Malaysians believed the country is not ready for hudud.

A total of 59% of those polled shared the belief, with 58% of Malays agreeing. The percentage among Chinese was 59%, and among Indians 61%.

Just 25% of all respondents, and 30% of Malays, believed that Malaysia is ready for hudud.

The political arithmetic in the Selangor state assembly muddles the debate within PAS and between the Islamic party and PKR/DAP.

Pakatan has 44 seats while Umno holds the remaining 12 in the 56-seat legislature. Within Pakatan, PAS and DAP have 15 seats each, while PKR has 14.

Muddling the mess is PAS' ambition to fill the menteri besar's post.

They point out that PAS has one seat more than PKR, conveniently forgetting that PAS' treachery in the last general election had cost PKR the Kota Damansara constituency.

Mohamad preemptively scuttled the idea when he said recently that PAS should not helm the state as it would lead to a Pakatan loss in the next state elections.

However, elements among the PAS conservatives harbour lingering ambitions to cooperate with Umno, beginning with Selangor.

They are mindful that if PAS teams up with Umno, they will have 27 seats.

They will then need just two defections from PKR/DAP to command a simple majority of 29 out of 56 seats, thereby grabbing the menteri besar's post from PKR.

But PAS research director Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad called on his party to convene a central committee meeting immediately to settle all problems definitively.

"Please my friends, wake up from the preoccupation and ruthless cyclical trap. Enough is enough of destroying Pakatan Rakyat," he said.

"It would be a tragedy if Pakatan Rakyat ends here," the party progressive added.

So what was PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang up to when he went against his own party's and Pakatan's presidential council decision to replace Khalid?

Mohamad was quick to retort that it was merely Hadi's "personal view."

But Hadi was supported by PAS spiritual leader Datuk Seri Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.

Hadi is known to favour cooperating with Umno, while Nik Aziz is vehemently opposed to any cooperation with the ruling party, so the spiritual leader's support further confuses matters.

PAS Youth chief Suhaizan Kaiat was the first senior leader to confess that his party is in crisis.

Hadi's move to back Khalid had come as a surprise as PAS was represented at the Pakatan presidential council meeting by six senior leaders who carried the party's mandate to agree on replacing the menteri besar.

The six were Mohamad, vice-presidents Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man and Datuk Husam Musa, secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali, central committee member Dr Hatta Ramli and Suhaizan, most of whom are seen as progressives.

Unless PAS resolves this conflict internally and with PKR and DAP, it will revert to "a regional party confined to the east coast of the peninsula" in the words of its deputy president.

"Without Pakatan, our area of dominance would only stretch from Rantau Panjang (in northern Kelantan) to Kemaman (southern Terengganu)," Mohamad said at PAS' last muktamar (assembly.

Is being passe what PAS really wants? - Tan Jooi Long,theantdaily

cheers.

Kem bogel Pulau Pinang di kawasan yang diwartakan kerajaan Pusat khas untuk pegawai2 awam...

Polis kenal pasti 15 peserta sukan bogel...

Tujuh rakyat Malaysia adalah antara 15 individu yang dirakam terlibat dalam sukan bogel di Hutan Simpan Taman Negara di Teluk Bahang, kata Ketua Polis Pulau Pinang, Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi hari ini.

Rahim berkata, polis telah merakam kira-kira 10 kenyataan daripada individu berkenaan untuk membantu siasatan perkara itu, yang rakamannya telah dimuat naik di YouTube.

Bercakap dalam satu sidang akhbar hari ini, beliau berkata, 15 orang itu termasuk tujuh rakyat Malaysia, empat warga Singapura, dua warga Myanmar, seorang warga India dan Filipina.

Menurutnya, pihak polis bekerjasama dengan agensi penguatkuasaan undang-undang yang dalam siasatan tersebut.

Bagaimanapun, Rahim enggan mendedahkan butiran mengenai penganjur acara itu yang dikenali sebagai Penang Nude Sports Games 2014.

Bagaimanapun, beliau berikrar akan menahan mereka yang bertanggungjawab di sebalik penganjuran acara itu.

Beberapa blog Umno menjadikan satu video berhubung kegiatan berbogel bertajuk ‘Penang Nudist Sports Games 2014 in Teluk Bahang’ sebagai modal untuk menuduh kerajaan Pulau Pinang terlibat dengan aktiviti keji.

Salah satu blog tersebut turut menuduh Ketua Menteri Lim Guan Eng menggalakkan kegiatan tersebut, dengan mengaitkan hubungan rapat di antara Lim dan menteri pelancongan Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz.

Tuduhan tersebut merujuk kepada kemunculan Nazri di Pulau Pinang untuk mempromosi Festival George Town, dan dirakam bersama Lim dalam suasana mesra.

Video kontroversi yang tersebar di Internet itu pula menunjukkan kegiatan nudis, yang antara lainnya membuat aktiviti mengecat badan, dan pertandingan menari dan sukaneka dalam keadaan bogel.

Bagaimanapun, ADUN Teluk Bahang, Shah Headan Ayoob Hussain berkata beliau bagaimanapun tidak akan sewenang-wenangnya menuduh DAP bertanggungjawab di sebalik kegiatan komuniti bogel itu.

"Kita perlu memastikan sama ada acara ini betul atau tidak, jangan kita politikkan isu ini, sebab tiada parti politik yang akan menerima acara seperti ini.

“Latar belakangnya seperti Taman Negara Hutan Simpan di Teluk Bahang, jadi kita bimbang video ini mungkin diolah semula, tapi kita akan siasat,” katanya kepada Malaysiakini.

Siasat rekod Taman Negara

Shah Headan berkata beliau sudahpun meminta pihak berkuasa Taman Negara menyiasat perkara tersebut dan meneliti rekod pendaftaran mereka untuk memastikan jika terdapat mana-mana kumpulan yang dilihat menganjurkan acara nudis seperti ditunjukkan dalam video berkenaan.

Beliau mengesyaki acara tersebut berlangsung kira-kira tiga bulan lalu. Proses untuk memeriksa rekod tersebut mungkin memakan masa kerana lokasi tersebut menerima 50,000 pengunjung

Beliau turut menggesa agar individu yang bertanggungjawab merakam video tersebut tampil ke hadapan untuk menjelaskan perkara itu.

Shah Headan berkata acara tersebut tidak mungkin dijalankan secara rahsia atau di lokasi eksklusif memandangkan kawasan Hutan Simpan Taman Negara itu boleh dikunjungi pihak awam.

"Jika ini benar, kita akan membuat laporan sewajarnya pada polis. Kita juga mahu video ini dipadamkan kerana ia bukan saja menjejaskan Pulau Pinang tetapi juga Malaysia secara keseluruhannya.

"Kita juga melihat undang-undang yang boleh digunakan untuk mendakwa penganjur, sekiranya kejadian tersebut benar-benar berlaku,” katanya.

Pulau Pinang serah pada polis

Sementara itu, ketua menteri dalam kenyataannya hari ini menyebut, kerajaan negeri tidak pernah meluluskan penganjuran kegiatan “salah” seperti perkhemahan aktivis bogel itu.

Lim yang mengaku belum menonton video tersebut berkata, kawasan Taman Negara yang didakwa menjadi lokasi kegiatan tersebut tertakluk bawah bidang kuasa kerajaan pusat.

"Kerajaan negeri Pulau Pinang tidak pernah meluluskan kasino sekalipun di sini, bagaimana kami boleh luluskan perkara yang salah seperti perkhemahan nudis,” katanya dalam satu sidang media.

Beliau seterusnya menyerahkan perkara itu untuk ditangani pihak polis.

“Jika mereka orang Islam, kita serahkannya pada pihak berkuasa agama dan polis, jika bukan Islam, biarlah polis bertindak,” katanya. - mk

Taman Negara ranger assisted at nudist camp...

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said a Taman Negara ranger was aware of the nudist activity at the forest reserve in Teluk Bahang, which caught national attention when a video clip of the event went viral on the Internet.

Lim said he was shocked to see a comment from a participant in the Internet that a ranger, yet to be identified by the authorities, helped the group set up a campfire before they went to sleep.

"This is very unusual. I haven't seen the video but it is learnt there was a ranger in the background. That ranger was on duty that day," Lim told a press conference at Komtar.

"It seems the group had told the ranger about their nude activities and went on to do it.

"After their programme, they got his help to set up a campfire. He even helped pour some gasoline to help start the fire, " he said.

Lim urged the Taman Negara  authorities to act on the matter as the national park is under jurisdiction of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

He was referring to the controversial and illegal activity, captured in a video clip titled "Penang Nudist Sports Games 2014", which took place in Teluk Kampi, where the national park is located.

Police report lodged yesterday

Individuals believed to be aged between 30 and 45 were seen engaging in nude body painting, Gangnam Style Horse Dance and around a campfire in the five-minute video clip.

Lim noted that a police report on the incident was lodged at the Balik Pulau station yesterday by the Teluk Bahang Pakatan Rakyat coordinator Halik Sabri Hamid.

State police chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi said the force had identified 15 individuals, among them seven Malaysians, who took part in the nudist sport, and will soon make the necessary arrests.

"We don't know how this (ranger helping out in the nudist activity) can happen under the federal government jurisdiction," Lim said, adding that neither the state nor its local council had power over the area.

Lim reiterated that the state government would not approve such activities in Penang, but was surprised that it was given so much coverage in the media, with some splashing the news on their front pages.

Lim said the nudist activity in Penang was not the first in Malaysia, and he then distributed copies of news reports on other incidents in the country, including the latest in a Perak jungle on June 24.

That incident involved an episode of "Naked and Afraid" in the show "Pain Forest", in which the participants who were filmed naked.

This came after reports in May revealed the shooting of a nude scene in the Danish version of reality show "Survivor", titled "Robinson Ekspeditionen", on an island off Mersing, Johor.

Earlier, in July 2010, news reports revealed that there were couples caught in sexual trysts in Terengganu, with many of those involved said to be students from institutes of higher learning.

"Such activity seems to get a lot of coverage when it happens here and not in the other states, where there is less interest and coverage," Lim quipped.

Lim spoke to the media after a meeting with state executive councillors, at which where a report on the issue by a Taman Negara officer, Saat Yaakob, was shared with the media.

In his report, Saat said the national park had received a complaint about the matter from Umno Telub Bahang assemblyperson Shah Headan Ayoob Hussain Shah.

He said the activity was carried out under the guise of preserving and protecting the environment and that the video clip of the nudist sport was uploaded on YouTube about two months ago by Chew Tok Hua, believed to be a Taiwanese.

"We have lodged a complaint with the Malaysian Multimedia and Communications Commission to act on the video - to stop its distribution, links or sharing in the social media," Saat said in the report.

"This is because the distribution of the video is immoral and touches on the sensitivities of the local people and the harmony among Malaysians.

"Those who organised the activity are believed to be those who practise deviant and immoral culture," he added. - mk

Bukankah lokasi yg disiarkan itu adalah tempat yang telah diwartakan oleh Kerajaan Pusat / Persekutuan hanya untuk pegawai2 awam sahaja? Persoalannya bagaimana orang luar boleh masuk? Siapa yg izinkan sedangkan ianya telah diwartakan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan...

Tempat dikatakan Pesta Bogel 2014 diadakan ialah di Teluk Kampi Trail. Kawasan yang diberitahu oleh Lim Guan Eng kawasan yang sudah pun diwartakan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan yang chaletnya dikhaskan untuk kakitangan awam sahaja. Persoalannya, bagaimana dan macam mana orang luar boleh boleh akses dan menggunakan chalet tersebut?




Today 6th August is the anniversary of Hiroshima. Gaza now looks the same...

cheers.