Najib, Mahathir, dan Pak Lah antara dikaitkan kes rasuah dan Kisah Ustaz serbuk kari Alagappas...

Najib, Mahathir, dan Pak Lah antara dikaitkan kes rasuah, dedah WikiLeaks...

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak, dua mentornya dan beberapa bekas menteri tersenarai dalam arahan kerajaan Australia supaya media menutup mulut daripada melaporkan kes rasuah jutaan dolar melibatkan Malaysia, Indonesia, dan Vietnam, dedah laman web WikiLeaks hari ini.

Antaranya melibatkan kes anak syarikat Reserve Bank Australia, Securency and Note Printing Australia.

Pekerja syarikat terbabit didakwa menyogok pegawai asing di Malaysia, Indonesia dan Vietnam daripada tahun 1999 hingga 2004 untuk mendapatkan kontrak percetakan wang.

Selain Najib, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dan bekas Menteri Kewangan Tun Daim Zainuddin antara ahli politik terkemuka dinamakan dalam injuksi itu.

Turut dinamakan bekas Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz dan bekas Menteri Luar Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar.

Turut dinamakan dalam injuksi itu adalah adik ipar Abdullah, yang dinamakan sebagai Noni.

WikiLeaks berjaya mendapatkan salinan arahan kebenaran injuksi demi menjaga hubungan baik Australia dengan negara antarabangsa.

Pengasas WikiLeaks, Julian Assange berkata arahan dibuat bagi mengelakkan prejudis terhadap kepentingan hubungan Komanwel dengan keselamatan negara.

"Arahan itu dianggap penting bagi mengelakkan risiko besar prasangka terhadap pentadbiran yang adil dan tidak boleh dihalang oleh cara lain yang difikirkan wajar," katanya.

Assange menyelar kerajaan Australia kerana memperoleh injuksi itu, dan menuduh mereka cuba menutup mulut dan mata rakyat Australia.

"Ini bukan soal kegagalan kerajaan Australia mendedahkan kes rasuah antarabangsa kepada umum.

"Menteri Luar Julie Bishop perlu jelaskan kenapa dia mengugut rakyat Australia dengan hukuman penjara dalam cubaannya menutup malu skandal rasuah melibatkan kerajaan," katanya.

Dakwaan rasuah timbul sejak tahun 2009, pada ketika itu mendorong Polis Persekutuan Australia dan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) memulakan siasatan berasingan.

Pada tahun 2010, SPRM menahan tiga individu yang terlibat dengan membekalkan wang kertas polimer RM5 ekoran wujud laporan Securency menyogok pegawai di Malaysia.

Individu terbabit termasuk seorang ahli perniagaan didakwa mengambil RM11.3 juta untuk mengikat kontrak daripada Bank Negara Malaysia dan memastikan kerajaan Malaysia memilih wang kertas polimer itu.

Abdullah, juga dikenali sebagai Pak Lah pada tahun 2011 menafikan dakwaan dua syarikat Australia cuba memberinya rasuah sebanyak RM100 juta untuk mendapatkan kontrak mata wang Malaysia semasa pentadbirannya sebagai perdana menteri.

Cubaan itu dipercayai berkait dengan perjanjian bekalan wang kertas polimer RM5 yang mula diedarkan pada tahun 2004.- tmi

An Australian court has purportedly banned reporting of proceedings pertaining to a “multi-million dollar” corruption case that would implicate the leaders of several countries, including “any current or former prime minister of Malaysia”.

The Supreme Court of Victoria's “unprecedented” suppression order, dated June 19, was leaked on the anti-secrecy group Wikileaks’ website yesterday.

The order applies only in Australia. It cites, as grounds for the order, the risk of prejudice to the persons named in the order, and that such reporting can be prejudicial to Australia’s national security.

“The purpose of these orders is to prevent damage to Australia's international relations that may be caused by the publication of material that may damage the reputations of specified individuals who are not the subject of charges in these proceedings,” the alleged court order reads.

Apart from the current and former prime ministers of Malaysia, other Malaysians named in the order are former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s sister-in-law (named in the order as Puan Noni), former finance minister Daim Zainuddin (left), former international trade minister Rafidah Aziz, and former foreign affairs minister Syed Hamid Albar.

Several Indonesian and Vietnamese leaders were also named in the order, such as former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyuno (who was still in power when the order was made), Vietnamese president Truong Tan San, and Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Affidavit ordered sealed

The order also purportedly applies to Australia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gillian Bird’s affidavit to the court, which it says is to be sealed in an envelope until the court orders otherwise. Bird was the former Australian ambassador to Asean.

According to Wikileaks, the trial concerns allegations that several Securency and Note Printing Australia (NPA) agents had given millions in inducements to secure contracts to supply polymer banknotes to Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other countries.

Securency and NPA were both subsidiaries of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) until it sold its stake in Securency last year.

Previously in 2011, eight Securency and NPA employees were reportedly charged with bribing or conspiring to bribe foreign public officials in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam in order to secure the contracts.

Following this, two Malaysians were also charged in Kuala Lumpur and Shah Alam – former Bank Negara assistant governor Mohamad Daud Dol Moin (photo, centre) for allegedly receiving a RM100,000 inducement to award NPA a contract to print RM5 banknotes, and businessperson Abdul Kayum Syed Ahmad who was accused of facilitating the payment to Mohamad Daud.

However, it is not clear whether the Victoria court order deals with the same set of charges filed in 2011, or are on fresh graft charges against the executives of the two companies.

The full supression list

• Najib Razak, currently prime minister (since 2009) and finance minister (since 2008) of Malaysia.
   
• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (also known as Pak Lah), a former prime minister (2003 - 2009) and finance minister (2003 - 2008) of Malaysia.
   
• Puan Noni (also knows as Ms/Madame Noni, or Nonni), a sister-in-law of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Noni is sister of Abdullah's late first wife, Endon Mahmood.
   
• Mahathir Mohamad, a former prime minister (1981 - 2003) and finance minister (2001 - 2003) of Malaysia.
   
• Daim Zainuddin, a former finance minister of Malaysia (1984 - 1991; 1999 - 2001).
   
• Rafidah Aziz, a former trade minister of Malaysia (1987 - 2008).
   
• Hamid Albar, a former minister for foreign affairs (1999 - 2008) and minister of home affairs (2008 - 2009) of Malaysia.
  
  Indonesia
   
• Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (also known as SBY), currently president of Indonesia (since 2004).
   
• Megawati Sukarnoputri (also known as Mega), a former president of Indonesia (2001 - 2004) and current leader of the PDI-P political party.
   
• Laksamana Sukardi, a former Indonesian minister (2001 - 2004; in Megawati Sukarnoputri's goverment).
  
  Vietnam
   
• Truong Tan San, currently president of Vietnam (since 2011).
   
• Nguyen Tan Dung, currently prime minister of Vietnam (since 2006).
   
• Le Duc Thuy, a former chairman of the National Financial Supervisory Committee (2007 - 2011) and a former governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (1999 - 2007).
   
• Nong Duc Manh, a former general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (2001 - 2011).

- See more at: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/270136#sthash.aXRsRjTA.dpu

Aussie suppression order covers M'sian PMs

An Australian court has purportedly banned reporting of proceedings pertaining to a “multi-million dollar” corruption case that would implicate the leaders of several countries, including “any current or former prime minister of Malaysia”.

The Supreme Court of Victoria's “unprecedented” suppression order, dated June 19, was leaked on the anti-secrecy group Wikileaks’ website yesterday.

The order applies only in Australia. It cites, as grounds for the order, the risk of prejudice to the persons named in the order, and that such reporting can be prejudicial to Australia’s national security.

“The purpose of these orders is to prevent damage to Australia's international relations that may be caused by the publication of material that may damage the reputations of specified individuals who are not the subject of charges in these proceedings,” the alleged court order reads.

Apart from the current and former prime ministers of Malaysia, other Malaysians named in the order are former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s sister-in-law (named in the order as Puan Noni), former finance minister Daim Zainuddin (left), former international trade minister Rafidah Aziz, and former foreign affairs minister Syed Hamid Albar.

Several Indonesian and Vietnamese leaders were also named in the order, such as former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyuno (who was still in power when the order was made), Vietnamese president Truong Tan San, and Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Affidavit ordered sealed

The order also purportedly applies to Australia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gillian Bird’s affidavit to the court, which it says is to be sealed in an envelope until the court orders otherwise. Bird was the former Australian ambassador to Asean.

According to Wikileaks, the trial concerns allegations that several Securency and Note Printing Australia (NPA) agents had given millions in inducements to secure contracts to supply polymer banknotes to Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other countries.

Securency and NPA were both subsidiaries of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) until it sold its stake in Securency last year.

Previously in 2011, eight Securency and NPA employees were reportedly charged with bribing or conspiring to bribe foreign public officials in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam in order to secure the contracts.

Following this, two Malaysians were also charged in Kuala Lumpur and Shah Alam – former Bank Negara assistant governor Mohamad Daud Dol Moin (photo, centre) for allegedly receiving a RM100,000 inducement to award NPA a contract to print RM5 banknotes, and businessperson Abdul Kayum Syed Ahmad who was accused of facilitating the payment to Mohamad Daud.

However, it is not clear whether the Victoria court order deals with the same set of charges filed in 2011, or are on fresh graft charges against the executives of the two companies.

The full supression list

• Najib Razak, currently prime minister (since 2009) and finance minister (since 2008) of Malaysia.
   
• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (also known as Pak Lah), a former prime minister (2003 - 2009) and finance minister (2003 - 2008) of Malaysia.
   
• Puan Noni (also knows as Ms/Madame Noni, or Nonni), a sister-in-law of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Noni is sister of Abdullah's late first wife, Endon Mahmood.
   
• Mahathir Mohamad, a former prime minister (1981 - 2003) and finance minister (2001 - 2003) of Malaysia.
   
• Daim Zainuddin, a former finance minister of Malaysia (1984 - 1991; 1999 - 2001).
   
• Rafidah Aziz, a former trade minister of Malaysia (1987 - 2008).
   
• Hamid Albar, a former minister for foreign affairs (1999 - 2008) and minister of home affairs (2008 - 2009) of Malaysia.
  
  Indonesia
   
• Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (also known as SBY), currently president of Indonesia (since 2004).
   
• Megawati Sukarnoputri (also known as Mega), a former president of Indonesia (2001 - 2004) and current leader of the PDI-P political party.
   
• Laksamana Sukardi, a former Indonesian minister (2001 - 2004; in Megawati Sukarnoputri's goverment).
  
  Vietnam
   
• Truong Tan San, currently president of Vietnam (since 2011).
   
• Nguyen Tan Dung, currently prime minister of Vietnam (since 2006).
   
• Le Duc Thuy, a former chairman of the National Financial Supervisory Committee (2007 - 2011) and a former governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (1999 - 2007).
   
• Nong Duc Manh, a former general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (2001 - 2011).

- See more at: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/270136#sthash.aXRsRjTA.dpuf

Aussie suppression order covers M'sian PMs...

An Australian court has purportedly banned reporting of proceedings pertaining to a “multi-million dollar” corruption case that would implicate the leaders of several countries, including “any current or former prime minister of Malaysia”.

The Supreme Court of Victoria's “unprecedented” suppression order, dated June 19, was leaked on the anti-secrecy group Wikileaks’ website yesterday.

The order applies only in Australia. It cites, as grounds for the order, the risk of prejudice to the persons named in the order, and that such reporting can be prejudicial to Australia’s national security.

“The purpose of these orders is to prevent damage to Australia's international relations that may be caused by the publication of material that may damage the reputations of specified individuals who are not the subject of charges in these proceedings,” the alleged court order reads.

Apart from the current and former prime ministers of Malaysia, other Malaysians named in the order are former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s sister-in-law (named in the order as Puan Noni), former finance minister Daim Zainuddin (below), former international trade minister Rafidah Aziz, and former foreign affairs minister Syed Hamid Albar.

Several Indonesian and Vietnamese leaders were also named in the order, such as former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyuno (who was still in power when the order was made), Vietnamese president Truong Tan San, and Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Affidavit ordered sealed

The order also purportedly applies to Australia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gillian Bird’s affidavit to the court, which it says is to be sealed in an envelope until the court orders otherwise. Bird was the former Australian ambassador to Asean.

According to Wikileaks, the trial concerns allegations that several Securency and Note Printing Australia (NPA) agents had given millions in inducements to secure contracts to supply polymer banknotes to Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other countries.

Securency and NPA were both subsidiaries of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) until it sold its stake in Securency last year.

Previously in 2011, eight Securency and NPA employees were reportedly charged with bribing or conspiring to bribe foreign public officials in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam in order to secure the contracts.

Following this, two Malaysians were also charged in Kuala Lumpur and Shah Alam – former Bank Negara assistant governor Mohamad Daud Dol Moin (photo, centre) for allegedly receiving a RM100,000 inducement to award NPA a contract to print RM5 banknotes, and businessperson Abdul Kayum Syed Ahmad who was accused of facilitating the payment to Mohamad Daud.

However, it is not clear whether the Victoria court order deals with the same set of charges filed in 2011, or are on fresh graft charges against the executives of the two companies.

The full supression list...

Malaysia

 1. Najib Razak, currently prime minister (since 2009) and finance minister (since 2008) of Malaysia.
     
 2. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (also known as Pak Lah), a former prime minister (2003 - 2009) and finance minister (2003 - 2008) of Malaysia.
     
 3. Puan Noni (also knows as Ms/Madame Noni, or Nonni), a sister-in-law of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Noni is sister of Abdullah's late first wife, Endon Mahmood.
     
 4. Mahathir Mohamad, a former prime minister (1981 - 2003) and finance minister (2001 - 2003) of Malaysia.
     
 5. Daim Zainuddin, a former finance minister of Malaysia (1984 - 1991; 1999 - 2001).
     
 6. Rafidah Aziz, a former trade minister of Malaysia (1987 - 2008).
     
 7. Hamid Albar, a former minister for foreign affairs (1999 - 2008) and minister of home affairs (2008 - 2009) of Malaysia.

 Indonesia
     
 1. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (also known as SBY), currently president of Indonesia (since 2004).
     
 2. Megawati Sukarnoputri (also known as Mega), a former president of Indonesia (2001 - 2004) and current leader of the PDI-P political party.
     
 3. Laksamana Sukardi, a former Indonesian minister (2001 - 2004; in Megawati Sukarnoputri's goverment).

 Vietnam
     
 1. Truong Tan San, currently president of Vietnam (since 2011).
     
 2. Nguyen Tan Dung, currently prime minister of Vietnam (since 2006).
     
 3. Le Duc Thuy, a former chairman of the National Financial Supervisory Committee (2007 - 2011) and a former governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (1999 - 2007).
     
 4. Nong Duc Manh, a former general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (2001 - 2011).

MIC kaitkan PAS dengan ustaz 'serbuk kari'...

Kira-kira 150 orang berhimpun di Dataran Brickfields pada jam 1 petang hari ini bagi mendesak supaya tindakan diambil terhadap seorang pendakwah bebas dikenali sebagai Shahul Hamid.

Naib Presiden MIC, Datuk M Saravanan yang hadir pada protes itu menuntut PAS menjelaskan sama ada Shahul adalah seorang anggota parti itu selepas beliau didakwa menghina agama Hindu dalam satu ceramahnya di Shah Alam, Februari lalu.

"Jika ia benar, PAS mesti mengambil tindakan terhadapnya," kata Saravanan (kiri) yang mendakwa "diberitahu" akan perkara itu.

Satu klip video ceramah Shahul Hamid memaparkan beliau menyeru umat Islam agar tidak membeli serbuk kari daripada pembekal "Hindu" seperti syarikat Alagappas dan Baba's tersebar secara meluas baru-baru ini.

"Jika anda pergi ke kilang Alagappas terdekat Permatang Pauh, akan ada patung (dewi) di pintu masuk dan lidah keluar.

"Mengapa lidah keluar? Kerana dewi mesti rasa semua serbuk kari sebelum mereka menjualnya," Shahul berkata demikian dalam video tersebut.

Shahul kemudian memuat naik satu rakaman video permohonan maafnya di Facebook dan menjelaskan bahawa kenyataan itu dibuatnya pada satu majlis tertutup.

Beliau juga tidak menyangka videonya itu akan disebar meluas dan menimbulkan kontroversi.

Sementara itu, Setiausaha Pemuda PAS, Mohd Nasaie Ismail sewaktu dihubungi menafikan yang pendakwah berusia 39 tahun itu merupakan anggota kepada sayap tersebut.

Namun, beliau mengenali Shahul kerana tahu bahawa Shahul adalah seorang daripada peserta program realiti bagi mencungkil bakat pendakwah, Mimbar Pencetus Ummah.

“Dalam rekod keahlian Pemuda PAS tiada rekod nama beliau.

"Kita (PAS) tak pernah kenal Ustaz Shahul Hamid, tapi mengetahui beliau menyertai program Pencetus Ummah,” katanya ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini.

Setiausaha Agung PAS, Datuk Mustafa Ali sewaktu dihubungi pula menjelaskan pihaknya memerlukan sedikit masa untuk memeriksa jika nama Shahul terdapat dalam daftar keahlian mereka.- mk

MIC ni pun satu, tak kan kalu seorang tu ustaz, berjanggut berjambang, semestinya orang PAS...

Hundreds protest ustaz's 'Hindu' curry powder jibe

Hundreds protest ustaz's 'Hindu' curry powder jibe...

Hundreds of people gathered in Brickfields today demanding action be taken against an Islamic preacher, Ustaz Shahul Hamid, for insulting Hinduism in a speech at a surau in Shah Alam in February this year. 

The protest, organised by MIC Youth and several other NGOs, also saw MIC vice-president M Saravanan (left) demand clarification on whether Shahul Hamid, a Penangite, is actually a PAS member.

"If it's true, PAS must take action against him," Saravanan said.

A video clip of Shahul Hamid's speech has gone viral, in which he is heard telling Muslims not to buy curry powder products from what he deemed as  “Hindu” companies, such as Alagappa's and Baba's.

"If you go to the Alagappa's factory near Permatang Pauh, you will a statue (goddess) at the entrance, and the tongue is out. Why is the tongue out? Because the goddess must taste all the curry powder before they sell it," Shahul Hamid says in the video recording.

He subsequently posted a short apology on his Facebook, saying that he made the remarks in a closed-door event and he did not anticipate anyone uploading the video.

'Action must be taken'

But Saravanan said action must be taken against Shahul Hamid and vowed that Indians will not forget about this matter after mere weeks, like how they did with Zulkifli Noordin, the former Perkasa deputy president, who was also captured on video insulting Hindus last year.

However, no action was taken against Zulkifli, who has also apologised for his remarks, and he was even subsequently named as BN candidate for the Shah Alam parliamentary seat in the previous general election.

Saravanan said a group will protest in front of Shahul Hamid's house in Penang if no action is taken within a week.

As of this afternoon, the organisers said more than 400 police reports had been lodged against Shahul Hamid for his insulting speech.

The crowd of about 150 people gathered at the fountain near Little India about 1.15pm and protested for over 40 minutes at the venue. 

Among the other prominent personalities who attended were MIC youth chief C Sivaraajh, and National Indian Action Team (NIAT) chairperson Thasleem Ibrahim.

Thasleem said that people like Shahul Hameed would not be making statement such as these if action was taken against Zulkifli Noordin for his remarks.

"I was the first one to make a police report against Zulkifli. I hope this time, action is taken," Thasleem said.

Thasleem said that even though he was Muslim by religion, he was still an Indian and would stand up for the community.

Meanwhile, Malaysian Indian Progressive Association (Mipas) also lodged a police report against Shahul at about 1.30 pm at the Sentul police station.

In its report, Mipas chief S Bharathidasan urged the police to investigate Shahul under the Sedition Act.

Meanwhile, MIC president G Palanivel also weighed in on the controversy with a statement today, saying that Shahul "should not" have criticised the Hindu religion.

"This is not his job. Everybody must respect each other's faith," Palanivel said, while asking Shahul to "apologise to everybody". - mk

Gaza up in smokes...

A message from a little boy in Gaza...

"There is no Eid in Gaza. My brother was killed , my friend was murdered and I am going to die soon too." 

cheers.

15 PAS + 12 UMNO + 1PKR, Khalid dan Khalid kekal MB Selangor...

Mesej PAS bocor: Kerjasama dengan UMNO di Selangor...

Satu paparan skrin aplikasi kiriman mesej Whatapps yang terbocor mendedahkan pemimpin jawatankuasa PAS pusat secara aktif membincangkan mengenai kemungkinan senario parti itu meninggalkan Pakatan Rakyat.

Ini mungkin petunjuk terbesar setakat ini bahawa ancaman perpecahan Pakatan itu menjadi benar, apabila paparan skrin itu tersebar dalam Facebook yang menunjukkan ahli jawatankuasa PAS Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki sedang membincangkan bekerjasama dengan Umno.

Beliau, seorang pensyarah, menggariskan satu senario bagaimana PAS boleh keluar daripada Pakatan dan kemudian membentuk satu kerajaan dengan majoriti mudah di DUN Selangor melalui bantuan Umno, dengan mengekalkan Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim sebagai menteri besar.

Perbualan yang berlaku dalam kumpulan WhatApps melibatkan semua pemimpin jawatankuasa PAS pusat.

Seorang anggota jawatankuasa yang tidak tidak mahu dinamakan, mengesahkan kepada Malaysiakini bahawa paparan skrin WhatApps itu adalah asli.

Beliau kemudiannya dalam Facebooknya tidak menafikan kandungan mesej tersebut sebaliknya menafikan beliau sebahagian daripada kumpulan itu yang membangkitkan idea meninggalkan Pakatan.

"Berikutan dengan perbincangan itu, saya mencadangkan supaya dibuat analisis senario apa yang akan berlaku jika PAS keluar PR dari segi kerajaan negeri yang PAS bersama di dalamnya, situasi penerimaan ahli-ahli dan lain-lain. Cadangan itu dialu-alukan dan mereka meminta saya mengemukakannya.

"Saya menegaskan saya tidak termasuk dalam senarai mereka yang menyokong usul keluar PR itu.

Semoga dengan penjelasan ini, nama saya dapat dibersihkan daripada tanggapan buruk pelbagai golongan ekoran sikap segelintir pihak di dalam PAS yang membangkitkan fitnah yang sedang tidur," tulisan Mohd Zuhdi dalam Facebooknya dipetik. - mk

WhatsApp bocor, PAS tak boleh dipercayai, kata pengguna Internet

DAP terkilan sikap rasis Dr Zuhdi, minta PAS kembali kepada persetujuan bersama

Leaked PAS message: Team up with UMNO in Selangor...

A leaked screenshot of a conversation on the instant messaging application WhatsApp has inadvertently revealed that PAS central committee leaders have been actively discussing possible scenarios of leaving Pakatan Rakyat.

In what is probably the biggest hint to date that the threat of Pakatan disintegrating is true, the screenshot circulated on Facebook showed central committee member Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki discussing teaming up with Umno.

Zuhdi, a lecturer, outlined a scenario on how PAS could defect from Pakatan and later form a simple majority government in the Selangor state assembly with the help of Umno, while keeping Khalid Ibrahim as Menteri Besar.

The conversation took place in a WhatsApp group involving all PAS central committee leaders.

PAS members who did not want to be named confirmed with Malaysiakini that the screenshot was authentic.

Later today Zuhdi in a Facebook posting did not deny the message, but instead denied that he was part of the group that has put forward the idea of leaving Pakatan.

"I was just outlining scenarios based on my imagination because I was asked to come up with a few scenarios.

"But I am not part of the group that has proposed to leave Pakatan. This is slander aimed at implicating me as the one who came up with the idea," he said.

Zuhdi is the operations director of the PAS research centre (PPP).

Friction within PAS revealed

What would be more unsettling for Pakatan insiders is Zuhdi's admission that no less than 10 central committee members, some of them strong allies of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, "has strongly supported the proposal" to leave Pakatan.

This development follows a week in which PAS' top leadership appears to be breaking ranks with PKR and DAP as well as some of its own members over the replacement of Khalid.

This despite a Pakatan Rakyat council meeting comprising leaders from all three parties that claimed to have arrived at a consensus over the matter.

Meanwhile the leaked WhatsApp conversation also appeared to show the friction running deep within PAS itself.

When Zuhdi included co-operation with Umno in the possibility list, Kuala Krai MP Hatta Ramli (above) immediately shot it down.

"Working together with Umno? I'm out!" he appeared to have replied instantly.

Racist face of PAS?

The screenshot of the conversation started making rounds in the social media earlier this morning.

Another highly disturbing feature of the conversation is the blatant tone of racist politics, with Zuhdi commenting that his scenario would return political dominance to the Malays and that they could negate "DAP and non-Muslims".

"After this, if DAP and non-Muslims make noise about the Allah issue or raids, we can just swat them away," he said.

"At the end of this year just change the borders to return all the Malay-Muslim political power," he wrote, without any apparent disagreement from the group.- mk

WhatsApp texts show PAS can’t be trusted, say social media users 

Zuhdi's statement does not represent PAS, says senior leader

Khalid dulu dan sekarang...

Mereka di bawah ini bukan beragama Islam atau berbangsa Melayu...tapi setiap malam raya setiap tahun, mereka datang bersama kenderaan untuk menceduk sekole beras dan sedikit wang ringgit untuk diberikan kpd org Melayu Islam yg bebaris di hadapan Masjid Zahir...ehsan dari Malaysians Against Racism 

cheers.

Salam Aidilfitri...

Minal eidin walfaizin.

Kalulah PKR/DAP campurtangan dalam pemilihan MB Kelantan,cam mana perasan PAS...

Pakatan tidak akan ke Putrajaya selagi Hadi presiden PAS... 

Tindakan Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang menyokong secara terbuka Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim kekal sebagai menteri besar Selangor membuktikan beliau tidak peduli dan tidak kisah dengan keputusan Majlis Pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

Mesyuarat Majlis Pimpinan PR yang membuat keputusan bersetuju agar Khalid digantikan PKR dihadiri pemimpin kanan parti Islam itu seperti timbalan presiden PAS Mohamad Sabu, setiausaha agung Datuk Mustafa Ali, naib presiden Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man dan Datuk Husam Musa, ketua Pemuda Suhaizan Kaiyat, serta ahli jawatankuasa (AJK) Pusat Dr Hatta Ramli.

Dalam satu kenyataan yang dikirimkan kepada media pada 23 Julai lalu, Majlis Pimpinan PR menyatakan mereka sudah sebulat suara bersetuju, “menerima cadangan daripada PKR untuk membuat pertukaran menteri besar di Selangor seterusnya mencalonkan Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.”

Isyarat yang diberikan presiden PAS itu kepada umum adalah beliau tidak peduli dengan keputusan PR dan timbalan presiden, naib presiden, setiausaha agung, ketua pemuda dan AJK parti itu tidak layak mewakili pandangan partinya.

"Saya sudah dengar semua hujah, kumpulkan sebelum akhirnya saya dapati majoriti kalangan akar umbi PAS bersetuju Khalid dikekalkan atas konsep amanah yang ditunaikannya," katanya kepada pemberita ketika ditemui selepas kuliah Jumaat di rumahnya di Rusila di Terengganu, pada Jumaat.

Kenyataan Hadi juga merupakan satu tamparan hebat kepada ketua pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim kerana PR sudah bersetuju kerusi menteri besar Selangor merupakan milik PKR.

Apabila PR bersetuju kerusi menteri Selangor itu milik PKR, PAS tidak seharusnya campurtangan siapa pun calon yang bakal diletakkan di negeri terkaya itu.

Bayangkanlah jika PKR dan DAP campurtangan dalam pemilihan kerusi menteri besar di Kelantan atau di Kedah dahulu, bagaimana perasaan PAS?

Sebagai respon balas setiausaha agung PKR Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail membandingkan isu Selangor dengan pergolakan jawatan menteri besar Kedah dipegang Tan Sri Azizan Abdul Razak sebelum pilihan raya umum (PRU) ke-13 lalu sehingga menyebabkan kejatuhan kerajaan negeri itu ‎di tangan Barisan Nasional (BN) selepas sepenggal diperintah PR.

"PKR mengambil pendirian menghormati sepenuhnya prinsip pencalonan jawatan menteri besar Kedah adalah daripada PAS walaupun ada pelbagai permintaan dari parti Pakatan Rakyat yang lain supaya PKR menyatakan pendirian sama ada menteri besar ditukar atau tidak," katanya.

Sebelum PRU13 lalu, kerajaan negeri Kedah bergolak apabila timbulnya pergaduhan di antara kem Azizan dan orang nombor dua PAS Kedah, Datuk Phahrolrazi Zawawi.

Pergeseran yang terjadi itu menyusul beberapa bulan selepas pelan damai PAS Pusat terhadap PAS Kedah ekoran Phahrolrazi dan rakannya Dr Ismail Salleh menolak perlantikan semula sebagai exco kerajaan negeri.

Kedua-dua mereka membantah corak kepimpinan Azizan sebagai menteri besar Kedah. 

Akan tetapi Hadi tidak mempedulikan bantahan akar umbi dan terus mempertahankan Azizan sebagai calon menteri besar Kedah sehingga menyebabkan Kedah jatuh ke tangan BN pada PRU13 sepertimana Terengganu pada 2004.

PAS akan bermesyuarat pada 10 Ogos ini mengenai isu pertukaran menteri besar di Selangor dan sudah pasti keputusan majoriti akan memihak kepada Hadi kerana konsep “wala” atau taat yang diamalkan parti Islam itu.

Ini bukan kali pertama Hadi “mensabotaj” PR.

Sebelum PRU13 lalu pada ketika PR bersetuju Anwar sebagai calon perdana menteri, sekumpulan pemimpin PAS yang rapat dengan Hadi bertemu dengan pemimpin veteran Umno Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah untuk menawarkan jawatan itu kepadanya.

Ini dilakukan pada ketika Mursyidul Am PAS Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat menyokong penuh Anwar sebagai calon perdana menteri PR.

Hadi juga secara peribadinya memberi kebenaran kepada Ridzuan Ismail untuk bertanding di kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Kota Damansara pada PRU13 lalu walaupun PR sudah bersetuju kerusi tersebut dipertahankan presiden PSM Dr Nasir Hashim yang bertanding di atas tiket PKR kerana partinya bukan anggota PR.

Kedua-duanya Nasir dan Ridzuan akhirnya tewas kepada BN.

Jika Hadi terus menerajui PAS, Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) tidak perlu risau lagi.

Datuk Seri Najib Razak akan terus kekal sebagai perdana menteri dan BN akan terus berkuasa selagi Hadi menjadi presiden PAS. Cita PR untuk menawan Putrajaya hanya menjadi angan-angan.

Jika diimbau kembali sejarah, Hadi juga merupakan punca mengapa Barisan Alternatif (BA) yang ditubuhkan pada 1999 berpecah. – tmi

Pakatan bakal berpecah jika parti komponen tak peduli keputusan bersama...

Isu politik yang paling besar selepas Hari Raya Aidilfitri ialah sama ada sistem dua parti di Malaysia – Pakatan Rakyat dan Barisan Nasional – akan terus kekal berikutan kemungkinan PR akan berpecah kerana bertentangan pendirian.

Setiausaha Agung DAP Lim Guan Eng berkata PR mungkin berpecah kerana kegagalan atau keengganan salah satu parti komponen untuk menghormati dan memegang janji kepada keputusan yang telah pun dicapai secara bersama.

“Sekiranya keputusan yang dicapai bersama dalam Majlis Pimpinan Tertinggi PR boleh ditidakkan begitu sahaja oleh suatu pihak, maka kredibiliti dan survival PR akan terus tergugat.

“Tanpa PR, Malaysia akan kembali balik kepada era monopoli kuasa yang rakus menindas rakyat dan hanya memihak kepada kroni tertentu,” katanya dalam perutusan Aidilfitri di sini hari ini.

Selain pergeseran dalam PR, kemeriahan Aidilfitri tahun ini turut dimalapkan dengan tragedi pesawat udara MH17 yang ditembak jatuh oleh pengganas.

Guan Eng berkata beliau bagi pihak DAP sekali lagi merakamkan rasa kepiluan dan kesedihan serta doa kepada keluarga dan kenalan mangsa-mangsa tragedi MH17 serta MH370 yang hilang secara misteri.

“DAP juga bersama rakyat Malaysia yang prihatin sentiasa berdoa demi keselamatan dan keamanan di bumi Palestin. Kami menyokong perjuangan rakyat Palestin untuk bebaskan diri daripada serangan dan keganasan Israel ke atas Gaza.

“Inilah juga harapan DAP yang saya yakin dikongsi bersama oleh majoriti rakyat Malaysia, termasuk umat Islam di negara ini yang sama-sama cintakan keamanan dan demokrasi,” tambah beliau.- Roketkini.com

Nasib Pakatan Rakyat biarlah hanya ilusi saya

Pakatan breakup not ruled out, says Guan Eng...

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has finally broken his silence about the continuing tension in Pakatan Rakyat due to alleged diversion from the coalition's spirit by PAS.

Lim said the biggest issue after Aidilfitri celebrations is whether the two party system can continue in Malaysia. Will Pakatan split after Hari Raya because one party is giving conflicting views on whether Khalid should stay on as Selangor MB?

The breaking up of Pakatan Rakyat on the refusal of one component party to respect and hold on to views arrived at together, could not be discounted according to his Hari Raya statement today.

"If the decisions we have achieved together in the Pakatan highest leadership council is dismissed just like that by one party, the survival and credibility of Pakatan will be continue to be undermined," he added.

"Without Pakatan, Malaysia will return to the era of wild power monopoly which has oppressed the people and only sided with certain cronies," he stressed.

It is believed that Lim was referring to two issues, including PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's (right) frustrating his allies in DAP and PKR when he said that there was no reason to remove Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim from his post.

PKR shot back by saying that the party maintains that the party's nomination of its president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to replace Abdul Khalid had already been accepted during the Pakatan Rakyat presidential council meeting.

The July 23 meeting where the decision was taken included six PAS leaders, namely deputy president Mohamad Sabu, vice-presidents Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man and Husam Musa, secretary-general Mustapha Ali, Youth chief Suhaizan Kayat and central committee member Hatta Ramli.

During the meeting, PAS and DAP had reaffirmed respect for the principle that the nomination of the Selangor menteri besar is PKR's prerogative.

The second issue is where PAS is said to have diverted from Pakatan's principles when the party insisted on implementing hudud.

PAS broke away from their agreement in Pakatan that they would focus more on a welfare state and not hudud law, when the Pakatan manifesto was agreed upon.

This has led to Sarawak DAP to ponder quitting Pakatan in the run up to the Sarawak state elections.- mk

The Selangor Menteri Besar Poser...

The appointment  of the PKR President and Anwar Ibrahim’s wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, as the first woman Menteri Besar in Malaysia may not yet be a done deal.

The incumbent, Abdul Khalid Ibrahim is still fighting to keep his post. In the latest development, he issued a challenge to state assembly members to table a no confidence vote against him.

That is not very likely to happen. So Dr Wan Azizah’s appointment as the Menteri Besar of Selangor has to wait a while longer if at all.

The Kajang state assemblywoman was supposed to take over from Abdul Khalid after the Hari Raya. It may not happen that soon.

If Dr Wan Azizah is eventually made MB, she will create history and will put the PKR ahead of other political parties in giving a higher level of recognition to the growing importance of women in the Malaysian politics.

 It will even put the PKR ahead of its Pakatan Rakyat partners in recognising the role of women. The DAP did its part earlier by nominating Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan as Speaker of the Selangor State Assembly and PAS by nominating Dr Halimah Ali as a member of the Exco.

This will have the effect of further endearing the younger female voters to the party and the PR coalition. The down side is she has no administrative experience beyond holding the PKR together on behalf of her husband when he was away in prison. Anwar could once again be heading in the same direction, also on sodomy charge.

Abdul Khalid’s day as MB may be numbered but he does not appear to want to walk into the sunset quietly. He may continue fighting within the party or outside. 

There already are speculations that he may exit the PKR and join Umno – his old party. But that is a good as cutting the nose to spite the face. His other option is to join PAS, where he can make a greater difference than rejoining Umno.

He wasn’t particularly successful in Umno. But if he joins PAS, he will make the party stronger in the state assembly and hence strengthening his own position. 

Should he choose that route, he will help PAS to become the largest PR party in the state assembly – raising its ranks from 15 to 16 and reducing PKR’s tally to 13. The DAP has 15 seats. The Barisan Nasional is the smallest with 12 seats.

But the big question mark is will PAS dare take advantage of the turmoil in the PKR?

On the other hand Abdul Khalid may choose to stay on in the PKR and become the thorn in the rear for Dr Wan Azizah and her supporters.

Umno can benefit from the turmoil in PKR. Unfortunately it is too weak and rudderless to take advantage of the PKR squabbles.

The PKR can capitalise on Dr Wan Azizah’s appointment as the first woman MB in history to enlist the support of female voters and young electors.

But Azizah’s lack of administrative experience and managerial could prove to be a handicap compared to Abdul Khalid’s vast experience in both areas.- A Kadir Jasin

Tak cukup lagi ke untung dah beratus juta... 

cheers.

Pasai apa Khalid bayaq RM1.63 bilion kepada Tan Sri Rosli Ismail kalau dah tahu syarikat2nya hampir bankrap...

Penjelasan Isu Penstrukturan Air Selangor...

Kebelakangan ini, ada beberapa tuduhan liar yang dilemparkan terhadap saya dan Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim kononnya kami terlibat cuba campur tangan dalam rundingan air untuk mendapat bayaran komisen dari pemegang konsesi SPLASH. Tuduhan-tuduhan liar ini ada menyebut jumlah yang besar kononnya melibatkan berpuluh-puluh juta.

Saya tidak menjawab sebarang tuduhan sebegini sebelum ini sebagai menghormati mandat Pakatan Rakyat yang diberikan kepada saya yang menjadi salah seorang Panel Penstrukturan Air yang mewakili PR dan menyelia Kerajaan Selangor dalam hal ini. Saya masih berharap sebelum ini supaya sebarang perbezaan pendapat mengenai kaedah proses penstrukturan air sewajarnya dibincangkan bersama bukan melalui media.

Walau bagaimana pun, oleh kerana tuduhan liar itu melampaui batas dan menjejaskan imej saya, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan KEADILAN, saya telah berbincang dengan beberapa pimpinan kanan KEADILAN dan PR sama ada tuduhan-tuduhan ini wajar dijawab secara umum. Saya dinasihati supaya memberi penerangan untuk membolehkan orang ramai tahu keadaan sebenar.

Bersama-sama ini saya sertakan nota penerangan mengenai penstrukturan industri air Selangor yang saya tulis dan bentangkan kepada pimpinan KEADILAN (dan beberapa pimpinan DAP dan PAS) pada akhir Februari 2014 iaitu seminggu selepas Kerajaan Negeri menandatangani Memorandum Persefahaman (MOU) dengan Kerajaan Pusat.

Kebimbangan yang saya lahirkan dalam bulan Februari 2014 telah menjadi kenyataan iaitu:

1. Kerajaan Pusat engkar dengan kata-kata dan enggan melaksanakan janji mereka menggunakan akta untuk menyempurnakan penstrukturan semula

2. Tarif air di Selangor akan naik mendadak dalam tahun yang dekat dengan pilihanraya umum

3. Kroni kuat Umno iaitu Tan Sri Rozalli Ismail akan menerima harga tawaran Kerajaan Selangor kerana ia lumayan dan jauh mengatasi nilai sebenar syarikatnya

4. Pemegang konsesi Loji Sg Selangor (yang merupakan loji terbesar yang membekalkan kepada hampir 60% pengguna) iaitu SPLASH akan menolak kerana harga tawaran awal dipotong oleh Kerajaan Selangor untuk jumlah itu dibayar kepada Tan Sri Rozalli Ismail

5. Projek Langat 2 diteruskan dan kontrak diberikan kepada kroni-kroni Umno sedangkan bayarannya nanti ditanggung oleh rakyat Selangor

6. Masalah bekalan air di Selangor berterusan hingga menimbulkan kemarahan rakyat terhadap Pakatan Rakyat

7. Selepas hampir 6 bulan, sehingga kini penstrukturan air tidak nampak ada kemajuan di Selangor. Pelbagai kontroversi dan pertanyaan terus timbul seperti yang saya akan terangkan selepas ini.

Perbezaan pendapat saya yang paling besar dengan Kerajaan Selangor mengenai penstrukturan air ialah keputusan untuk membayar pampasan keuntungan (disebut “equity portion”) kepada Tan Sri Rozalli Ismail (melalui Syabas dan Puncak Niaga) sebanyak RM1.6 bilion sedangkan nilai kedua-dua syarikat itu adalah hampir muflis. 

Setelah bertahun-tahun rakyat Selangor sengsara dengan masalah air yang sebahagian besarnya berpunca dari kelemahan Syabas dan Puncak Niaga, Tan Sri Rozalli Ismail menerima ganjaran yang cukup besar yang akan ditanggung oleh rakyat Selangor.

Bagi saya, keputusan itu tidak ada bezanya dengan keputusan Barisan Nasional menghapuskan hutang Tan Sri Tajuddin Ramli sebanyak RM600 juta atau campur tangan Tun Mahathir dulu agar syarikat perkapalan milik anaknya Mirzan Mahathir diberi pampasan lebih tinggi oleh PETRONAS sedangkan nilaian semasanya jauh lebih rendah.

Nota yang saya sertakan ditulis selepas mesyuarat di antara Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim dan wakil-wakil rakyat Pakatan Rakyat untuk beliau menjelaskan keputusan dan tindakan Kerajaan Selangor dalam isu air ini.

Saya berlapang dada di dalam bulan Ramadhan ini dengan fitnah sebegini dan beranggapan ia adalah asam garam kehidupan seorang penjawat awam. Saya tidak akan mengambil tindakan saman ke atas mereka yang galak menyebarkan fitnah ini kerana saya yakin dosa yang mereka tanggung melebihi apa-apa tekanan tindakan undang-undang yang boleh saya ambil. 

Saya maafkan semua yang menyebarkan fitnah ini dan menasihati mereka bertaubat dan berhenti menyebarkannya setelah saya menjelaskan dengan fakta seperti di dalam nota.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

 Rafizi Ramli 
Ahli Parlimen Pandan.

Why pay RM1.63 billion to Syabas and Puncak Niaga when both already nearly BANKRUPT...

PKR's Rafizi Ramli  today hit out at the Selangor government over the failed water restructuring plan, questioning the need for the administration to compensate concessionaires Syabas and Puncak Niaga with RM1.63 billion to acquire them although both companies are almost bankrupt.

The Pandan MP claimed that Selangor had increased the compensation to both the concessionaires, owned by Umno crony Tan Sri Rozali Ismail, by RM568 million in March from its original offer RM1.07 billion in February.

In addition, the government would also take over the RM4.06 debt under the Puncak Niaga group, which includes Syabas which handles the water pipe system and water processing plant Puncak Niaga.

"After the people of Selangor have suffered for years with a water problem, which was mainly caused by the weakness of Syabas and Puncak Niaga, Tan Sri Rozali Ismail will now receive a huge reward to be borne by the people of Selangor," he said in a statement.

"To me, this move is no different from Barisan Nasional's decision to write off Tan Sri Tajuddin Ramli's (former chairman of Malaysia Airlines) RM600 million debt.

Rafizi, who is PKR strategic director, said that if both Syabas and Puncak Niaga were valued according to the usual method using the asset worth, liabilty and the companies' profits, they would be of zero value.
"This means that if Puncak Niaga group were to be sold in an open market without negotiations, its value – based on profit records, assets and liabilities – would be nothing.

"However, the memorandum of understanding (MoU) would give them a profit of RM1.63 billion, which is RM1.7 billion more than its market price," he added.

In March, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim signed a water restructuring deal with Putrajaya, allowing the state government to reverse decades of privatisation of the Selangor water industry.

According to the agreement, the Federal government will give the state power to take over the management of treatment plants and distribution pipes from four private companies, including Syabas and Puncak Niaga.
At that time, it was reported that Selangor would offer RM9.65 billion to the shareholders of the four companies to take over their shares and debts.

However, Khalid came under fire from his own party for signing the deal, with many PKR leaders criticising him for not consulting them about it.

Rafizi had previously warned that Selangor would be forced to fork out RM20 billion in the water deal and the people of Selangor could be seeing higher water tariffs in the future.

He said that the deal inked on February 26 did not benefit the people of Selangor as at the end of the day, they could be forced to pay higher prices for water because of the MoU which the state had signed with Putrajaya.

He said the RM20 billion price tag was arrived at by adding the cost of taking over the four companies in charge of Selangor's water industry, which could be between RM9.65 billion and RM14 billion, and the cost of building the Langat 2 water treatment plant, which is at least RM8 billion. – TMI

Rafizi denies seeking commissions from Splash...

PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli has denied interfering in Selangor’s water restructuring negotiations and seeking payouts from private water concessionaire Syarikat Pengeluar Air Selangor Splash).

“There have been wild allegations directed at me and (opposition leader) Anwar Ibrahim, accusing us of interfering in Selangor’s water restructuring negotiations and trying to get commissions from water concessionaire Splash,” said Rafizi in a media statement.

Splash is the remaining concessionaire to still stall on a deal with the state government led by Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. Splash has been adamant that Selangor’s last takeover offer of RM250 million falls well short of their net asset valuation (NAV) of RM2.5 billion.

Splash is 40 percent owned by Gamuda, 30 percent by Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor (a unit of Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Bhd or KDEB) and 30 percent by The Sweetwater Alliance, a company controlled by well-connected businessman Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah.

Splash operates, among other things, the Sungai Selangor Dam which supplies approximately 60 percent of treated water to Klang Valley.

Rafizi hit back at his critics by highlighting Selangor state government’s decision to pay RM1.6 billion compensation on equity to Puncak Niaga executive chairman Rozali Ismail in the water takeover.- mk

The SPLASH issue explained...

RPK, Let us not get too far ahead with the spin. If you allow me the right of reply and let me put the record straight. (READ HERE: Selangor’s Watergate about to explode)

As a shareholder of Splash I was appalled to receive from KDEB an offer representing only 10% of the audited nav of the Company. As the MB Khalid Ibrahim was not prepared to see me, I approached Anwar Ibrahim, who after all is Economic Advisor to Selangor to set up a meeting for me so that I could hear some intelligent explanation why SPLASH was offered such a derisory offer. 

Khalid did not like that, but if he had bothered to meet me or answered the many letters I wrote, Anwar Ibrahim need not have to be involved. Flattering as it may be, saying that I may have the power and influence to unseat MBs is one spin too far.

SPLASH has an audited net asset value of RM2.5 billion plus another 16 years of unexpired concession life. That unexpired term in net present value terms is worth another RM1.4 billion. Through KDEB, Khalid offered to buy SPLASH for RM250 million. 

That’s a ninety per cent discount on NAV, never mind against full concession valuation. SPLASH happens to be a well-run, efficient and profitable company, not a consignment of rotting fish to deserve such derisory offer.

Contrast that with the State’s offer for SYABAS, a company with an audited negative (note: NEGATIVE) net worth of RM2.1 billion. That is after accruing tariff increases of approximately RM3.5 billion, an increase that was rejected by the State, a grand gesture that made Khalid Ibrahim a Robin Hood figure and a cult hero. Adjusting down the accrued revenue from a disputed tariff increase, SYABAS’ negative shareholder value advances to RM5.6 billion. 

Khalid Ibrahim is now buying that wreckage at RM441 million. That is generously over-valuing the acquisition by RM6 billion. A spectacular bailout in the name of the rakyat!

I could go on about the valuations accorded to Puncak Niaga and ABBASS, the other two concessionaires being bought out by the State, and demonstrate how badly treated SPLASH has been. But let’s not bore your readers. 

However, my personal advice to you is to check some of the facts and numbers. After all, your brother sits on the Board of KDEB, and should know the affairs of SPLASH as well as SYABAS quite well. Assuming of course, he can be as committed to truth and fairness as you.

Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah

cheers.

Hadi Awang sokong Khalid tapi Khalid masih dok pikiaq2...

Saya sokong Khalid kekal MB - Presiden PAS...

Berikut sidang media dan soal jawab Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang bersama pihak media di kediamannya Rusila, Marang selepas kuliah pagi Jumaat, pagi tadi.

Saya menyokong kenyataan Pesuruhjaya PAS Selangor, Iskandar Abdul Samad yang menegaskan supaya diteruskan jawatan Menteri Besar Selangor kepada Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim. Berdasarkan kepada perlu diambil kira tentang rakyat Selangor dan Sultan Selangor itu sendiri. YB Iskandar adalah wakil PAS Pusat yang dilantik oleh PAS Pusat mengikut Perlembagaan untuk mengendalikan urusan PAS negeri Selangor.

Kenyataan beliau adalah sebagai kenyataan wakil kita (PAS) di Selangor. Dan saya sendiri telah membuat penelitian melalui beberapa pihak sama ada dalam PAS atau di luar PAS dan membuat kaji selidik. Di mana, didapati bahawa majoriti rakyat Selangor masih bersetuju dengan Tan Sri Khalid menjadi Menteri Besar.

Kedua, kita tidak boleh membelakangi Duli Yang Mulia Sultan Selangor dan kita (PAS) serah kepada bagindalah untuk menentukan dan tidak boleh dibelakangi baginda dalam isu (MB) ini, itu (keputusan) terpulang kepada baginda (Sultan).

Ketiga, alasan-alasan mahu menukar Menteri Besar ini tidak kukuh. Di mana, saya melihat tidak setuju dengan Tan Sri Khalid ini tidak melibatkan amanah-amanah yang besar. Jika sekiranya, beliau (Khalid) terlibat dengan skandal, terlibat dengan pecah amanah, salah guna duit Selangor itu boleh kita tukar. Tapi, jika alasan yang lain itu boleh kita urus dan bukan dengan tukar Menteri Besar. Ini kerana, kita anggap masih dalam 'perjalanan' dan tidak boleh 'dipintas' dalam perjalanan, kena tunggu hingga habis tempoh penggallah. 

Itu pandangan saya berdasarkan apa yang saya dapat dari Pesuruhjaya PAS negeri Selangor dan rakan-rakan Exco (kerajaan) Selangor dan wakil-wakil rakyat Dun Selangor dari PAS.

Soalan (S): Adakah Tok Guru dan PAS sendiri kekal dengan keputusan untuk mempertahankan Khalid Ibrahim?

Jawapan (J): InsyaAllah, itu sikap saya dan saya harap seluruh pimpinan PAS akan bersama dengan keputusan bersama ini. Walau pun  di sana ada pandangan berbeza dan hujah berbeza dan saya dengar semua hujah-hujah ini, saya kumpul dan dapati semua hujah-hujah ini. Akhirnya, saya berpendapat majoriti akar umbi PAS bersetuju dengan Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim ini dikekalkan jawatan Menteri Besar. (Ini) di atas konsep Amanah, beliau menunaikan amanah (tangggungjawab) ini.

(S): Tidakkah Tok Guru, ini melebarkan perpecahan dalam pakatan pembangkang?

(J): Itu perkara akan datang dan kita (PAS) boleh bincang dan boleh berunding. PAS akan terus bersama dengan Pakatan Rakyat. Perdapat berbeza itu biasa sejak dari dahulu lagi.

(S): Ini dilihat sebagai jalan akhir untuk Datuk Seri Anwar ke Putrajaya?

(J): Perjuangan kita (PAS) bukan perjuangan untuk peribadi. Iaitu perjuangan untuk menyelamatkan negara dan ini bukan untuk saya (Abdul Hadi), bukan untuk Anwar Ibrahim dan bukan untuk sesiapa, tapi untuk rakyat semua.

(S): Mungkin akan ada (usul) undi tidak percaya di Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) Selangor terhadap Tan Sri Khalid?

(J): Benda (perkara) yang akan datang saya tidak boleh jawab, nanti berlaku dulu.

(S): Kecelaruan yang berlaku sekarang ini telah membabit Datuk Seri Wan Azizah sebagai Menteri Besar. Adakah kerana PAS melihat isu wanita itu menjadi masalah?

(J): Berbeza pendapat itu bukan hanya berlaku di kalangan kita (Pakatan Rakyat) tapi dalam Barisan Nasional (BN) pun berlaku? Menteri Besar Terengganu tidak selesai sampai ke hari ini. Yang (berlaku) di Terengganu, yang Johor, yang Pahang. Saya tahu semua dan Umno-BN juga ada masalah.

(S): Adakah PAS tidak menyokong Langkah Kajang?

(J): Langkah Kajang itu benda (perkara) yang lepas dan kita (PAS) sedang bekerja dan kita (telah) menang dalam Pilihan Raya Kecil di Dun Kajang itu.

(S): Datuk Seri, adakah kerana isunya calon (Menteri Besar) itu wanita?

(J): Isunya adalah isu 'Amanah', menunaikan amanah memimpin dan kita (PAS) dapati Tan Sri Khalid tidak khianat. Ini tidak sampai ke peringkat khianat terhadap amanah ini. Dengan sebab itu salah kita turunkan beliau dengan sebab tidak ada kesalahan yang mencalarkan perkara amanah. Itu (alasan) yang lebih besarnya.

(S): Jadi pendirian pemimpin PAS di Selangor adalah sekata dengan Tok Guru?

(J): Saya ambil (pendapat) Pesuruhjaya PAS Selangor, wakil kita (PAS).

(S): Tok Guru, adakah PAS akan mengajak MB Selangor, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim untuk melompat parti (PKR) kepada PAS. Berikutan dalam PKR sendiri telah ada calon lain selain Tan Sri Khalid?

(J): Itu bukan cara kita (PAS). Sejak awal lagi kerusi kita 15 (Dun), kerusi lebih dari PKR tapi kita (PAS) beri kepada PKR kerusi (MB) Selangor itu. Kita beri kepada dia (PKR) dan kita beri kepada Tan Sri Khalid atas asas dia masih lagi ahli PKR.

(S): Dalam isu mempertahankan Tan Sri Khalid ini kenapa tidak bertindak untuk melantik wakil PAS sendiri menjadi Menteri Besar Selangor?

(J): Macam saya sebut tadi kita (PAS) beri kepada PKR tadi kerana kita sudah ada (kerajaan) Kelantan. Itu menunjukkan semangat kerjasama kita dalam Pakatan Rakyat.

(S): Datuk Seri, setakat ini ada hasrat untuk mengajak Tan Sri Khalid menyertai PAS?

(J): Sehingga ini tidak berhasrat dan terpulang kepada peribadi beliau (Khalid) sendiri.- harakahdaily

Abdul Hadi yang membingungkan

Azi Nang - Dng kenyataan seperti ini dari Hadi Awang, jelas menandakan kehancuran PR sdh bermula, sepatutnya agenda pribadi di ketepikan dan konsensus PR, di utamakan, PKR sdg bermasaalah dan berusaha sebaik munkin utk menyelesaikannya, sebagai rakan di dlm PR, Hadi sepatutnya mengutamakan kesepakatan di dlm PR dan bersama2 menyelesaikan masaalah.

Dng mempertahankan Khalid Ibrahim, Pas bkn tolong menyelesaikan masaalah tetapi sengaja mencurahkan myk petrol kedlm api dan menyebabkan masaalah semakin bertambah.

Jelas kini, jika kedepan ini PR berkecai, maka Hadi adalah orgnya yg menyebabkan kehancuran itu terjadi, sejarah akn menulis begitu.

Shafril Nizam - Tak mungkin Anwar buat hal nak jatuhkan Selangor.. Visi paling penting adalah utk merampas Putrajaya pada PRU14. Selangor sebagai garisan panduan kemampuan PR utk mentadbir Persekutuan. Jadi adalah penting ia diuruskan dgn lebih baik. Khalid nampak baik sebab Khir Toyol terlalu teruk. Tapi beliau tidak cukup baik utk membawa Selangor ke arah lebih optimum. Mmg Anwar telah mengetahui sikap bongkak dan angkuh Khalid lebih2 lagi beberapa isu penting yg membelakangi kehendak kehendak rakyat Selangor serta PR tanpa rundingan dgn pemimpin parti dan PR. Jika Khalid dikekalkan, PR akan tumbang di Selangor pada PRU14 seperti mana di Kedah. Khalid juga terlalu lembik dgn mainan politik UMNGOK.. Itu sebabnya, tetibanya puak macai umngok, BaNgang, kini Utusan menjadi penyokong kuat Khalid pulak.. Heran tak?? Fikir2lah..

Khalid dok 'pikiaq-pikiaq'

Ketika Pakatan Rakyat sudah bersedia untuk melaksanakan "Langkah-Kajang" untuk menukar MB Selangor, gurkah-gurkah politik di'port' tidak menolak kemungkinan pilihanraya negeri akan berlaku.

Kalau Khalid Ibrahim merasa nak keluar dari opis MB dengan cara 'jahat' dia boleh saja membubarkan DUN Selangor.

Tapi kalau difikir-fikir tentang niat jahat dia ini (kalau dia ada niat laa..) memang tak patut! Sebab ianya bukan saja akan membebankan rakyat Selangor tetapi juga terpaksa mengeluar belanja yang besar.

PR, jika boleh tidak mahu perkara yang sebegini berlaku kerana ini yang Najib,umno dan BN dok tunggu-tunggu. Jika Khalid nak juga ia berlaku, umno/BN berpeluang untuk menyerang habis-habisan, sebabnya hingga hari ini ada banyak juga isu-isu yang masih tak selesai yang boleh mendapat perhatian daripada rakyat Selangor apabila dihasut nanti dan di 'jolok' dengan fulus al'mahfuz.

Jika dilihat kepada Khalid Ibrahim yang sedang 'frust menonggeng' dengan layanan dan tekanan-tekanan dari kawan-kawan nya dalam PKR , gurkah-gurkah politik di'port' ini berani bertaruh yang Khalid Ibrahim akan lawan balik (walaupun dalam keadaan yang ter'gagap-gagap) dengan kuasa sebagai MB yang ada dalam tangan dia.

Dengan banyak isu-sisu yang masih gagal diselesaikan olih kerajaan negeri, Sultan Selangor pasti akan sokong Khalid Ibrahim dan bersetuju dengan pembubaran jika dia minta perkenan baginda untuk membubarkan DUN.

Sampai saat ini Khalid masih lagi dok 'pikiaq-pikiaq' macam mana dan apa cara dia nak buat.

Memandangkan dia memang tak boleh pandang Azmin Ali, tambahan pula kalau Azmin yang akan ganti dia, rasa-rasanya dia mungkin akan jumpa Sultan untuk minta perkenan baginda.

Kalau Khalid buat juga,memangKhalid Ibrahim ni musibat besar!!! dollah yankee - dollahyankee.blogspot

Kemelut MB: Pilihan yang ada di tanganmu, Khalid

PAS deals a blow to PKR, Hadi backs Khalid...

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has delivered a blow to PKR by throwing his weight behind embattled Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim.

According to Bernama, he said Khalid had not betrayed the trust given by the people.

"That is my stand and I hope all PAS leaders are with me," he said, adding that the decision was made after considering the views of majority of the PAS grassroots.

He said majority of PAS grassroots agreed that Khalid should remain as menteri besar.

However, this would depend on the sultan of Selangor, he told reporters when met at his house in Marang, Terengganu.

PKR had nominated its president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to replace Khalid, a move which is believed to have the backing of DAP as well.

Hadi said Khalid's track record, in helming Selangor, and retaining the state in the 13th general election could not be denied, despite problems in Pakatan Rakyat.

He said he could not accept the grounds given by some quarters in wanting Khalid to step down.

"If he is involved in a scandal, breach of trust, misappropriation of government funds, then we can change, but if it is because of other reasons, it is not by changing the menteri besar.

"Let him complete his term," he was quoted as saying.

Asked on the possibility of PAS inviting Khalid to join the party, Hadi said PAS had no intention of doing so.

"That is not our way and since the beginning, although we have 15 seats, which is more than PKR, we give PKR the menteri besar seat because we already have the (menteri besar) seat in Kelantan.

"That shows the spirit of cooperation in Pakatan Rakyat," he added. - mk

Joseph Koh  - Have not learn from the loss of Terengganu. Then, did not do anything and lead to the loss of Kedah. Now, Selangor ? 

Anonymous #63753867 - Hadi, you from PAS. You had Terengganu in your hands in 1999. In 2004 what happened. PAS had Kedah in 2008. What happened in 2013. khalid ibrahim is not the same man when he first became the Menteri Besar of ASelangor. Lately he had is Bank Islam claims settled, then his actions are for umno projects. He tries to bulldoze a lot of things. He is sleeping with najis/umno. He cannot be trusted. Else Selangor will go the way of Terengganu in 2004 and Kedah in 2013. Hadi you just pray. Let the able ones be in politics and rule.

Ckl0001 - Khalid in PKR, Hadi in PAS, in names only. In reality, they both are umno people for their actions are strengthening umno's position by causing disunity in PR coalition. By the way, Hadi, don't you have eyes to see what's wrong with Khalid. He's a changed man after some king of settlement out of .... 

hello - PAS is playing the JOKER and is holding the other 2 parties in Pakatan to ransom! Its ignoring the majority decision in Pakatan! This kind of situation will occur again and again in future! Its time for PKR and DAP to bite the bullet and go for a no confidence motion, if PAS is recalcitrant on this issue! If not the support from the Selangor constituencies for PKR and DAP will be eroded further!

Kawak - Well, this is the beginning of the fall of Pakatan Selangor government. UMNO is laughing all the way. Sometimes, what UMNO said about Pas and other Pakatan parties as a marriage of convenience is true. They have diverged political ideology and values. PKR has the most internal problems with uncommitted members and leaders. Many of the jump ship. It just reflects the leadership of the party. Tok Guru Hadi himself failed to show leadership when Trengganu went back to UMNO/BN just after his one term in office.

tanteo - Selangor will end up like Kedah,with an MB more like an UMNO clone than PR. Who suported the Kedah MB when the senior PAS Excos wanterd him to step down?History is repeating itself.

Selangor MB saga: The options available to beleaguered Khalid 

cheers.