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PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has claimed that Muda, a youth-led party, was a creation of DAP aimed at baiting Malay youths. He likened Muda to Amanah, a PAS splinter party that Hadi claimed was also set up by DAP.

"DAP created Amanah. I know that they recruited PAS people to establish Amanah. "Now it's the same with Muda. It is to bait Malay youths. Don't take the bait," Hadi (above) told some 2,000 supporters at the launch of Perikatan Nasional (PN) in Kota Tinggi, Johor last night.

In his speech, Hadi spoke about BN's corruption and its defeat by Harapan in the 2018 general election. However, Hadi said PAS was unwilling to cooperate with the Harapan component parties as it could not accept, DAP, PKR and Amanah. He repeated his assertion that DAP was "anti-Malay, anti-Islam and anti-monarchy".

He also called PKR a "liar" and then proceeded to apologise to Bersatu supreme council Azmin Ali, who was seen standing behind him at the event. PN, Hadi said, was an acceptable coalition to PAS as Bersatu was no longer with Harapan while Gerakan is "not extreme". He added that Harapan could not deliver on its promises after almost two years in power. In contrast, PN did not have to make any promises. "PN was created without any promises. When we were formed, there was no manifesto. We just did what we wanted to do," he said.

The PAS president also defended the PN government for disasters that had befallen the country, including the Covid-19 pandemic and floods. "We were blamed for the pandemic. We were blamed for the major floods. The floods were an act of God. The Covid-19 pandemic is also an act of God. They are to test our wisdom.

PN is part of a coalition government with BN in the federal government and several states. However, BN, after ousting Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin as the prime minister, is now gradually pushing PN out of their partnership.

BN forced snap polls in Johor and plans to win enough seats in order to form the state government on its own. Johoreans will go to the polls on March 12. The nomination day is fixed for Feb 26. - mk

PH-MUDA cooperation is the right formula when Hadi attacks DAP like a mad dog...

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang knew his Islamist party will be wiped out again, even before the polling begins in the Johor state election. It only won 1 seat during the 2018 General Election. Yet, Hadi has been talking as if his extremist party had won 51 out of 56 seats since the state assembly was dissolved last month, paving the way for an early state election.

 

As one of governing partners of the federal government, PAS still thinks highly of itself. The relations between the country’s two major Malay-Muslim parties – United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) – started to crack once again at the negotiating table over seat allocation. UMNO could only spare 4 seats for PAS, leading to a war of words.

As the kingmaker, at least that was what the arrogant and disillusioned Hadi thought, PAS was furious that it was treated like a beggar. After all, prior to the dissolution of Johor, UMNO and PAS were part of the Barisan Nasional-led government, along with Bersatu. It was an insult to PAS because the Islamist party wanted to contest every seat that Barisan Nasional failed to win in 2018.

The war of words began when PAS fired its first salvo, accusing UMNO of being power hungry. Mr Hadi told all and sundry how PAS healed “lame duck” UMNO, who was crippled after the 2018 national election when the party lost power for the first time in 61 years since Malaysia’s independence in 1957. UMNO was projected as an ungrateful party that wanted to leave PAS.

In retaliation, UMNO accused PAS as the real lame duck, reminding Hadi how he betrayed the national cooperation between UMNO and PAS (glorified as “Muafakat Nasional” under the pretext of Malay-unity) when the Islamist party president chose to support UMNO rival Bersatu. Hadi and his minions were bribed with ministership by Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin.

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who once kissed and hugged Abdul Hadi Awang as if he was the last living thing on the planet, had told the PAS leader to become a “zoologist”. UMNO deputy president Mohamad Hasan told Hadi that his party did not need anyone’s help to recover. In fact, PAS was reminded that both the parties had sunk together in 2018, becoming the Opposition.

MUDA Political Party

Besides self ego, there’s a reason why extremist Hadi refused to accept the 4 seats offered by UMNO. Instead of accepting the guaranteed winnable 4 seats, PAS believed it could win more seats together with Bersatu based on the assumption that Muhyiddin still possessed strong influence based on the former PM’s popularity, not to mention that Johor was also Muhyiddin’s stronghold.

More importantly, PAS had thought that the decision by newly-registered MUDA (Malaysian United Democratic Party) party to join the Johor state election would further split the opposition parties, which was already in disarray. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had decided that his party PKR will use its own logo, whereas allies DAP and Amanah insisted on using Pakatan Harapan banner.

MUDA, an acronym for “young” in Malay”, was initially left out by Pakatan Harapan in seat negotiations. The young party claims it has more than 12,000 members in the state. While it is not expected to win any seat on its own, MUDA can definitely do a lot of damage as a spoiler, what more with other opposition parties like Sabah-based Warisan and former PM Mahathir’s Pejuang in the race.

Therefore, with the Opposition heavily divided, Hadi and Muhyiddin believed that they could make UMNO runs for its money, or even win unexpectedly if UMNO haters and fence sitters could be convinced or instigated to vote for Perikatan Nasional. They also hoped UMNO’s arrogance and over-confidence would backfire as young voters above 18 are allowed to vote for the first time.

However, despite minor clashes between MUDA and PKR, the opposition appears to be more united than anticipated by PAS. Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Amanah (National Trust Party) have generously offered “6 winnable seats” to MUDA, eliminating not only overlapping contests, but also enables the opposition to move together as strategic partners.

With MUDA now aligned with Pakatan Harapan, or at least with DAP-Amanah, Hadi and Muhyiddin’s game plan to isolate young voters, especially the Malay youngsters, is crushed. Sure, it’s everyone’s guess if young-centric MUDA could attract young voters. But the fact that the party was rejected twice by the Registrar of Societies during Muhyiddin regime with no apparent reasons says a lot about its threat.

And it’s precisely because MUDA has yet to be proven that it was a wise move for DAP-Amanah to keep the wild card. Many analysts had wrongly predicted that MUDA will not ally with old parties like PKR, DAP or Amanah, let alone corrupt party like UMNO or a party made of boatloads of traitors like Bersatu. They had predicted that MUDA would join forces with Warisan instead.

 

Pakatan Harapan Flag

Even if MUDA managed to attract all the young voters, which it can’t, the young party that is still wet between ears is still too weak to win seats without support from the “old voters”. Because the majority of youngsters are anti-establishment, they are a threat to UMNO-led Barisan Nasional. The right formula is for MUDA to join forces with liberal opposition parties like DAP and Amanah.

That explains why Hadi Awang has gone bonkers – whining, screaming and bitching till foaming at the mouth like a mad dog with wild accusations that MUDA, like Amanah, was created by DAP to bait Malay youngsters. In his evil attempt to stir up racial and religion sentiments among the Malay community, Hadi repeated his extreme rhetoric that DAP was “anti-Malay, anti-Islam and anti-Monarchy”.

Hadi and Muhyiddin were hoping that given the choice between UMNO and Bersatu, young Malays would vote Perikatan Nasional under Muhyiddin leadership. In the eventuality that the youngsters vote for MUDA, it would still be acceptable because the new party will not get enough votes to win anyway. It would be disaster if MUDA votes go to Pakatan Harapan.

While Johor is expected to see a low turnout, it should experience higher turnout than Melaka state election due to the 18-21 age group of voters. Pakatan Harapan, which suffered heavy losses in Melaka as Chinese voters had either swung to Barisan Nasional or stayed at home as a sign of boycott, desperately needed the new bloc of young voters to make up the deficit.

If indeed MUDA is irrelevant, exactly why Hadi Awang felt so threatened that he had to attack DAP? The last time PAS launched such fierce attacks against DAP was after Pakatan Harapan stunningly won the general election and formed the federal government for the first time. After Pakatan government collapsed, PAS had basically stopped such attack, enjoying Mercedes and young wives.

Johor state election will see the number of voters increase by 28% with the addition of 749,731 voters aged 18 following the automatic registration of voters under the Undi18 move. It’s not rocket science that this new vote bank could change the political landscape. Even UMNO, while insisting it was not afraid of MUDA, has warned about underestimating the party formed by former sports minister Syed Saddiq. - FT

 

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 Dalil Mail 2 kupang,"Langgar SOP bukan jenayah"

Johor election, is UMNO seeking stability 

or a ‘get-out-of-jail’ card for Najib?

All-too familiar political rumblings are once again being heard in Malaysia, as the country prepares for its fourth statewide election in the Covid-19 era.The upcoming vote in the country’s second most populous state of Johor comes after Chief Minister Hasni Mohammad over the weekend received royal assent to dissolve the assembly. Despite having the mandate to govern until June 2023, Hasni called for an early election citing the instability of having just a single-seat majority.

A member of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s United Malays National Organisation (Umno), Hasni said it was crucial for him to have strong support to proceed with development plans. Polling day has yet to be set, but under the law, the election must be held within two months.

Most political analysts, who are largely unconvinced by Hasni’s rationale for triggering the polls, say the move – coming amid rising Covid-19 cases of the Omicron variant in Malaysia – is heavily connected to national-level political manoeuvrings as the country’s long-simmering political battle once again threatens to hit boiling point.

Out of the three other statewide polls held since September 2021, two contests – in Sabah and Melaka – were linked to the fierce battle for national power among Malaysia’s political camps, while the Sarawak election last December was held following the expiry of the state assembly’s mandate.

This time, the polls will have serious implications for the hugely influential Umno, where alliances are split between a camp backing Ismail Sabri and another that is behind the scandal-haunted ex-leader Najib Razak. The result of the vote could also impact whether, and when, the prime minister calls a general election.

Why call elections now?

Speculation has been rife that Hasni would trigger snap polls after the death of an assemblyman, Osman Sapian, in late December.The demise of Osman, a former chief minister, meant the coalition Hasni led had a majority of just one seat in the 56-member state assembly. Hasni’s headaches were compounded by the rivalry within his coalition. His Umno has 14 seats, while the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) – the party of Ismail Sabri’s predecessor Muhyiddin Yassin – has 11 seats.

The fierce rivalry between the two parties, who champion Malay nationalism and admit only Malay-Muslims as full members, led to Muhyiddin’s ousting last August – just 17 months after he gained power following a complex political coup.

Both parties now support Prime Minister Ismail Sabri’s federal government, but their key members have openly sniped at each other and indicated they will not cooperate at the next polls. Muhyiddin last November warned the Johor administration could collapse “with the push of a button”.

“After Muhyiddin’s threat, and seeing their majority reduced to just one seat, it was time for Umno to dissolve the assembly,” said political observer Awang Azman Awang Pawi of the University of Malaya.

Others, such as Tunku Mohar Tunku Mokhtar of the International Islamic University of Malaysia, said he did not buy Hasni’s pretext for the polls, arguing instead that Umno was seeking to consolidate its resurgent clout following its crushing victory in November’s Melaka election.

That result capped a series of favourable outcomes for Umno, which had floundered following its shock defeat in 2018’s election that ended its uninterrupted 61-year streak as Malaysia’s main ruling party.

Francis Hutchinson, a long-time Malaysia watcher at Singapore’s Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute, was also of the view that Umno’s buoyancy following the Melaka vote was the key reason for the upcoming snap poll. “Johor is seen as even friendlier terrain, as Umno was born in Johor Bahru and has an unshakeable grip on the eastern half of the state,” the researcher noted in a commentary on Monday.

The Najib factor?

A common line of thinking among Umno’s opponents in recent days is that the Johor poll squarely has to do with the power struggle within the party. Liew Chin Tong, a political strategist for the opposition Democratic Action Party, wrote in a commentary that Umno was split between a so-called “troika” comprising Najib, the current president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and his deputy Mohamad Hasan on one side, and another made up of ministers in Ismail Sabri’s cabinet.

The latter group, Liew suggested, was in favour of prolonging the premier’s now five-month tenure in office while Najib’s camp is seeking an early general election. Going to the polls now rather later – after an internal party election due in November is held – would mean Ahmad Zahid will be able to pick candidates favouring his faction, which in turn would boost their clout in the aftermath of the national poll.

“To put it in the simplest terms, the Johor snap poll is just the first salvo for a snap general election, which will be Najib and Zahid’s ‘get-out-of-jail’ pass,” Liew wrote.

Najib is currently facing multiple criminal cases linking him to the infamous 1MDB financial scandal, and has already been sentenced to 12 years in jail in one of these trials.

He is out on bail pending an appeal to the country’s highest court in that case.

Ahmad Zahid – Najib’s key lieutenant during his 2009-2018 stint as premier – is also facing dozens of criminal charges over unrelated corruption, money laundering and criminal breach of trust cases.

Wither Anwar Ibrahim and the opposition?

As it stands, the Johor vote will see a three-way fight featuring Umno and the Barisan Nasional bloc it leads, Muhyiddin’s PPBM and the opposition Pakatan Harapan alliance led by reformist icon Anwar Ibrahim. Pakatan Harapan has in recent months been engaged in deep introspection following its pummelling in the Melaka state election.

Within the bloc, some have questioned whether its leader Anwar, 74, should step aside to allow younger blood to take the reins. Its current fortunes stand in contrast with Umno: victors in the 2018 poll, Pakatan Harapan was shafted out of power following Muhyiddin’s 2020 coup and has fared poorly in all three state elections held in the last two years.

The bloc’s top leaders have said they viewed the snap poll as a “calculated move” to pressure Ismail Sabri to call a general election. Doing so, however, would be in breach of an agreement between Pakatan Harapan and the prime minister signed last year. That accord was struck to restore medium-term stability to the country’s politics in the midst of the pandemic, and stipulated that parliament would not be dissolved before August.

Despite being against the Johor election, Pakatan Harapan will field candidates in the polls and has said it hopes all non-government parties including the Pejuang party of elder statesman Mahathir Mohamad and the youth-centric Muda would contest under a unified umbrella.

The coalition had 27 seats in the just-dissolved assembly, and is expected to retain the urban constituencies in and around the state capital Johor Bahru, where it has fared well in recent elections. Australia-based Malaysian politics watcher James Chin said all eyes will be on the “youth vote”. The Johor election is the first contest following the operationalisation of a recent constitutional amendment that lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.

Iseas’ Hutchinson suggested the younger voters could prove to be a wild card. “The recent lowering of the voting age means the participation of a large cohort of young first-time voters, many of whom have had their education and career prospects severely affected by the pandemic,” he wrote in the fulcrum.sg portal. “Which way they will swing is difficult to determine.” - Hadi Azmi,scmp

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Sembang kari saja,keluaq dari gomen tak mau pulak...

Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg 

Orang keliru dengan gelaran baru... 

Dalam sebuah negara persekutuan macam Malaysia, Australia dan Kanada, ketua kerajaan pusat digelar Perdana Menteri. Dalam bahasa Inggeris, Prime Minister. Ketua kerajaan negeri dalam bahasa Inggeris disebut Chief Minister macam di India. India ni sebuah republik persekutuan. Di Australia dan Kanada, ketua kerajaan negeri digelaran Premier. 

Di Malaysia, ketua kerajaan negeri-negeri Melayu dipanggil Menteri Besar. Tidak ada gelaran dalam bahasa Inggeris. Ketua kerajaan Negeri-negeri Selat (Pulau Pinang dan Melaka), Sarawak dan Sabah digelar Ketua Menteri atau dalam bahasa Inggeris, Chief Minister. Malah ada juga orang yang kata, gelaran Perdana Menteri itu pun tidak berapa tepat. Mereka kata, Menteri Perdana lebih tepat. 

Jangan pula kita keliru antara ketua negara dengan ketua kerajaan. Ketua Negara Malaysia adalah Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Ketua Kerajaan adalah Perdana Menteri.Sekarang Sarawak nak "stylised"kan Ketua Menteri/Chief Minister menjadi Premier. Tapi Premier itu bahasa Inggeris. Adakah dalam bahasa Melayu pun mereka hendak guna Premier juga? 

Di Malaysia ni banyak orang suka nama orang Putih dan Arab. Tak faham kepala ekor tak apa asalkan nampak bergaya. Lepas ini janganlah hairan kalau negeri-negeri lain pun nak tiru Sarawak dengan menukar gelaran Menteri Besar dan Ketua Menteri mereka. Inilah jadinya apabila Kerajaan Pusat lemah dan Perdana Menteri tidak dihormati. Negeri-negeri pun naik tocang.Sarawak dan Sabah sekarang tengah beria-ia hendak berlainan daripada Semenanjung atas alasan autonomi. Kita sedar dan, sikit sebanyak, kita faham aspirasi mereka. 

Tapi setakat tukar gelaran Chief Minister jadi Premier kerana nak bunyi seakan-akan Prime Minister pun tak guna juga kalau benda-benda lain yang bersangkut-paut dengan kehidupan rakyat jelata tidak bertambah baik.Malangnya media massa berbahasa Inggeris pun sering keliru mengenai penggunaan Prime Minister dan Premier ini. Mereka sering mencampuradukkannya. Penggunaan yang tepat adalah "Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison". "Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews". - A Kadir Jasin

Renaming CM as Premier...

An academician has questioned if the Sarawak government had referred to the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) prior to announcing the proposal of changing the term ‘Chief Minister’ (Ketua Menteri in Malay) to ‘Premier’ (‘Perdana’ or ‘Prima’ in Malay).

An academician has questioned if the Sarawak government had referred to the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) prior to announcing the proposal of changing the term ‘Chief Minister’ (Ketua Menteri in Malay) to ‘Premier’ (‘Perdana’ or ‘Prima’ in Malay).

According to Awang Azman, the literal Malay translation of Chief Minister is ‘Ketua Menteri’, which is equivalent to the post ‘Menteri Besar’ in any Malaysian state that has a sultan.

“These are special names, but with no special translation.

“Even in English, a Chief Minister can be likened to a Menteri Besar.

“However, any head of government under the Commonwealth and the Westminster systems is known either as a ‘Prime Minister’, a ‘Premier’, a ‘Chief Minister’ or a ‘First Minister’.

“Unless being distinguished very clearly early on, these terms can be confusing when it comes to translating them into the national language,” he added.

Meanwhile, political analyst Prof James Chin regarded the proposed name change as not only symbolic, but also indicative of Sarawak taking the lead in terms of championing the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) cause.

He was confident that once the constitutional amendment bill got passed in DUN Sarawak, Sabah would follow suit.

“It’s quite a big deal for both Sabah and Sarawak,” said Chin, an expert in Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania in Australia.

He also maintained that the term ‘Premier’ referring to heads of states in Australia and Canada was ‘commonplace as it is, in the Commonwealth jurisdiction’.

“Sarawakians need to know that it’s just a name change, which is hugely symbolic nevertheless.

“So if they want additional power for the ‘Premier’, then they (DUN) would have to change other parts of the Sarawak Constitution,” he said.

When met on the first day of the DUN Sarawak Special Sitting yesterday, Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah viewed the proposed name change as ‘putting Sarawak in the right perspective in its journey to reclaim its rights as equal partner in the formation of Malaysia’.

Abdul Karim, also the state’s Minister of Youth, Sport and Entrepreneur Development, is tabling the Constitution of the State of Sarawak (Amendment) Bill 2022 today to effect the name change.

The Bill also seeks to rename Sarawak’s ‘Assistant Minister’ title to ‘Deputy Minister’. - Borneo Post

200,000 Johoreans residing in Singapore,including you...

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Hangpa pecayakah Menteri nak bayaq denda langgar SOP...

Hishammuddin memegang jawatan sebagai pengerusi Mesyuarat Menteri Kuartet Covid-19, sebelum ini telah mengumumkan pelbagai SOP Covid-19 kebangsaan - termasuk ziarah umrah dan MyTravelPass - serta mengatakan bahawa pilihan raya negeri (PRN) Johor harus dijalankan dengan selamat. 

"Oleh sebab itu, adalah sesuatu yang tidak boleh dimaafkan apabila beliau sendiri didapati melanggar SOP Covid di majlis persiapan PRN Johor anjuran MIC Johor baru-baru ini.

Now let us move on...

The conversations, if you can call it that, on PRN Johore, is deafening. Too many voices saying too many things about nothing in particular. What you hear out there is about promises not kept, betrayal, pengkhianats, realignments of factional divides along race, religion, gender, and of course, across political divides. And Frogs and riff raffs. For surely in the political conundrum that is Johore, there must be some easy pickings for Frogs and political riff raffs kan?

Pick what they want. Do what frogs do, lompat, but we are already seeing in Johor what is to come in the days ahead as PRU15 looms. Simply said, the Opposition, which, for lack of a better phrase, is Pakatan Harapan, is waking up from its indulgent slumber. There is a sense of vigor, though some would insist it is not vigor but desperation, that is stirring within PH. Is DSAI getting his act together? Or is it a case of too little too late? If Malacca is a done deal, will Johor follow suit? 

That will depend on whom you are asking that question of. I will say that BN will prevail and confirm Umno's boast that Johor, dulu, kini dan selama lama nya, is Umno's to hold and to have. To others, win or lose in Johor, what matters are the lessons to be learned in Johor.

That will depend on what lessons have been learned by Pakatan Harapan from the Malacca debacle. One lesson PH did not learn from Malacca dates back to what lessons they should have learned from PRU14. The rakyat in PRU14, voted for PH. It is disingenuous of PKR to think itself able to secure more votes under its own flag than under PH's flag.

MUDA got some kerusi from PH. Why? If it is MUDA's intention to strengthen the Opposition/PH...then would it not have been better for MUDA to unselfishly throw its weight behind PH and campaign to help PH win seats in Johor? I am just asking these questions - I am not going into the pros and cons of what is right and what is wrong. Work that out for yourself.

Why only MUDA? Are there not others that DSAI can co-op into PH to make PH stronger and more relevant to the rakyat and more formidable an opponent to BN? Of course, there are, but personalities get in the way of these "get together's" kan? DSAI, as leader of the opposition, you have got to sort it out.

Any way, the die is cast. After Johor I am sure there will be other PRNs. Kedah or Perak, perhaps? Get your act together PH. If you want to quarrel amongst yourself, do so in the confines of a safe, secured, and soundproof room. We do not want to hear of those quarrels. If you all still agree to disagree, then consensus prevails and everyone gets behind what has been agreed upon by consensus. And always remember what comes first. The rakyat. And a dose of humility and grace would help. - Hussein Hamid

Big Umno win coming up as 

long as opposition is split...

Umno will enjoy a repeat of its Malacca success in Johor as long as the opposition continues to be split.

Veteran journalist Abdul Kadir Jasin said that if Umno wins the Johor state assembly election on March 12, it will not be because Umno is strong like it used to be, but because the opposition is divided.

"There are many parties that oppose Umno, and the people who want change are many, but now they are even more divided than during the Malacca state election.

"Pakatan Harapan is divided into two because PKR wants to use its own symbol, while DAP and Amanah will use the Harapan logo.

"Voters will be confused and less confident with this selfish attitude. So, for these reasons, Umno seems to have an advantage," Kadir said in a post on his Facebook.

In addition to that, newcomer Muda, led by Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, has managed to negotiate to run in six seats originally allocated to DAP and Amanah but the party does not appear to have enjoyed similar luck with PKR.

PKR agreed to give Muda three constituencies, but the two parties could not agree on the specific seats.

Kadir added that on the other side, in the Perikatan Nasional coalition, Bersatu and PAS do not have the strength in Johor, and Bersatu should ready itself for more punishment after having been "deceived by Umno and Azmin Ali's faction".

"Even Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin has signalled their defeat when announcing his decision not to defend the Gambir state assembly seat.

"Bersatu is not strong, and PAS is weak. Bersatu won seats in Johor in the last general election on the strength of Harapan," he said.

The Election Commission has set nomination day for Feb 26 and polling for March 12. - A.Kadir Jasin

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Pasai mabuk kuasa PRN Ok!, kes C19 naik depa peduli apa...

2,000 to 20,000 C19 cases in 3 weeks – 

here’s why the numbers are suspiciously fake!...

People in general don’t really care about the Covid-19 cases anymore. At least, they are not as concerned as before. They have done everything as instructed, included practicing social distancing and wearing masks, not to mention taking the booster vaccine shot. In fact, some have even begun to suspect the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Not only the nation is exhausted by a two-year pandemic, the ordinary people on the street are struggling against rising food price, driven by cronies and cartels who were given license to import and manipulate raw materials and goods. PM Ismail Sabri appears to be as clueless and incompetent as his predecessor, Mahiaddin, who mismanaged the economy and mishandled the Coronavirus pandemic.

Still, when new Covid cases suddenly shot from 5,000 to 20,000 in less than two weeks, it has raised the eyebrows of some Malaysians. For more than a month, the infections were around 3,000 cases. As recent as January 17, Malaysia recorded only 2,342 cases. Today (Feb 11), the daily infections jumped to 20,939 (the last time it hit such mark was on Sept 10, 2021 – 21,176 cases).

The simple fact that the daily cases suddenly skyrockets at a time when the Johor state election is in full swing has triggered the suspicions that the government deliberately cooked up the data. The goal was to spook the ethnic Chinese voters, who tend to vote for the Opposition, from going out to vote. It also provides an excuse to stop the opposition from campaigning for Malay vote bank.

A low turn-out like the recent Melaka state election will certainly wipe out the opposition parties in the upcoming Johor polls. The reluctance of opposition supporters to go out to vote for fear of Covid-19 will not only help the ruling “unelected” Barisan Nasional government win the Johor state, but also will motivate the corrupt government to trigger a nationwide snap election thereafter.

One of the reasons Malaysians doesn’t really care about the daily Covid cases anymore is because the numbers are untrustworthy. Before PM Muhyiddin Yassin was toppled in August 2021, his backdoor government had been cooking data to manipulate and exploit the pandemic to stay in power. The power-crazy man had even cooked the numbers to shut down the Parliament.

Malaysia Covid-19 Hit 20000 Cases - Omicron

For 17 months under the Muhyiddin regime, the suspicions had grown over the authentication of daily Coronavirus cases because whenever the backdoor prime minister wanted to claim victory in the fight against the virus, the number will drop. But whenever the power-hungry PM was about to face a vote of no confidence, the number of cases will suddenly hit the roof.

After traitor Muhyiddin was betrayed by his own governing ally and lost power, the newly crowned Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin finally revealed what many had been suspected for a long time. The number of Covid-19 cases had indeed been cooked and manipulated. Khairy admitted that backlogs happened due to procedures that require investigation and verification.

Exactly why hadn’t the Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, former Health Minister Dr Adham Baba or former PM Muhyiddin admitted to such backlog procedures before? And considering that the despicable Noor Hisham is still in the new government of Ismail Sabri, how sure are we that he is not working with Khairy on manipulating data again?

Even though Khairy is arguably more competent than his party colleague Adham Baba, the lack of transparency continues to raise suspicions. For example, why hasn’t the health ministry released the number of Delta and Omicron variants from the reported daily cases? Has the Omicron overtaken the Delta as the dominant variant, hence the sudden spike in cases to the tune of 20,939 daily infections?

 

Strangely, it was the genius Dr Noor Hisham who said the cumulative number of cases of Omicron were only 439 on January 18, with the remaining comprised Delta (5,726 cases), Beta (233) and Alpha (14). Yet, less than 3 weeks later (Feb 6), Khairy declared that Malaysia was experiencing the full Omicron wave as daily cases breached 10,000.

 

The government needs to give a more convincing story how the Omicron suddenly jumped from 439 cases to 10,000 cases in less than 3 weeks, before doubled to 20,000 in just 5 days. Of course, the Omicron conveniently spread like wildfire “after” the Johor State Assembly was officially dissolved on January 22, paving the way for the state election.

The funny part is, the first case of Omicron was detected on Dec 2, 2021. So, for 48 days or close to 7 weeks, the Omicron was spreading at a snail’s pace, hitting only 439 cases (January 18). But the moment Johor state election was triggered, voila, the Omicron somehow got aggressive and knew exactly what to do next, spiking to 20,939 today.

KJ dengar ke?...

Hilariously, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also said that 99.44% (20,821) of the cases recorded today were in Categories 1 and 2 – meaning they were not a lung infection or worse. The remaining 118 cases (0.56%) were in the more serious Categories 3, 4 and 5. Does this mean the Omicron is so harmless that it’s better to get infected to trigger a natural production of antibodies, instead of getting a booster jab?

Here’s where the contradiction and confusion starts all over again. Interestingly, Dr Noor also revealed today that cumulatively, the Ministry of Health has recorded 6,504 cases of Delta variant, 815 cases of Omicron variant, Beta variant (233 cases) and Alpha variant (14 cases). But Khairy said the country was already hit with a full Omicron wave on Feb 6 – some five days ago.

So, can the clueless and incompetent Sabri government make up its mind whether the current wave is caused by Omicron or Delta? While Khairy insisted a full Omicron wave has hit, the data revealed by Dr Noor appears to suggest otherwise. Either way, it’s ridiculously hard to believe today’s 20,000 cases based on the government’s inconsistent and contradictory numbers.

Khairy’s inability to provide a breakdown or analysis of the variants from the beginning suggests that he has hastily plucked the numbers from the sky to justify his projections. Worse, on one hand, he said the severity of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia is currently the prime concern for his ministry, but on the other hand Dr Noor suggested there’s nothing to worry as over 99% of cases were not dangerous.

Former PM Muhyiddin, who is now Malaysia’s National Recovery Council chairman, has recommended the full reopening of the borders as early as March 1, despite the raging Omicron, as if the Omicron is a normal flu. PM Ismail Sabri, meanwhile, said today that his Cabinet has yet to decide on the proposal to reopen the country’s border, passing the ball to Minister of Health Khairy.

Khairy had previously said that his ministry will recommend the reopening of the borders only when the booster vaccination among the adults and kids showed improved rates. Only 40% of the population had received the booster shot so far. If the Omicron is indeed as mild and lame as suggested by Dr Noor, why are all the ministers passing the balls around?

Equally interesting was when Muhyiddin claimed that his decision to reopen the borders was derived after a briefing by Health Minister Khairy. Did Mr Khairy tell one story to Muhyiddin and another different story to the public? Or did Muhyiddin make his recommendation because he knew Khairy’s briefing was full of fake data, the same way the ex-premier had cooked the numbers? - FT

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Hidoooop! Melayu...

Macai2 dan penyokong bossku dapat ayam 

dan teloq dengan harga kayangan...

Court order for Najib to disclose 

US$681m assets to 1MDB...

Najib Abdul Razak has 14 days from the date of service of a Mareva injunction to make written disclosure to 1MDB over US$681 million in assets. However, as of today, it is not clear whether the court order - issued two days ago in relation to an RM23 billion civil action by the sovereign wealth fund and its four subsidiaries against him - has been served on the former prime minister.

The 14-day disclosure is among the various terms in the Mareva injunction issued by the Kuala Lumpur High Court two days ago, in order to maintain status-quo between parties in the legal action, pending disposal of the civil action.

It was reported by The Edge that an impact of the order is that Najib - who used to chair 1MDB’s board of advisers - was directed not to dispose of any part of the US$681 million in assets - whether in Malaysia or overseas.

Another effect of the order is that the former finance minister is only allowed to withdraw up to RM100,000 monthly from his bank accounts to meet his living expenses. Najib previously contended that the US$681 million that went into his bank accounts was a donation from Arab royalty and that it has been returned.

The Mareva injunction issued was in relation to one among 22 civil suits launched by 1MDB and its former subsidiary SRC International last year, targeting those who purportedly defrauded the two government-owned entities, whether knowingly or unknowingly.

Order to confirm details of assets...

In the present civil action, the plaintiffs are 1MDB and its four subsidiaries - 1MDB Energy Holdings Limited, 1MDB Energy Limited, 1MDB Energy (Langat) Limited, and British Virgin Islands-based Global Diversified Investment Company Limited (previously known as 1MDB Global Investments Limited).

Najib is listed as the first defendant among eight defendants in the present RM23 billion civil suit in which the court granted the Mareva injunction. According to a copy of the Mareva injunction order, Najib was required to confirm in an affidavit to 1MDB and its four subsidiaries, the value, location, and details of the assets.

“That the first defendant (Najib) must disclose to the first and 5th plaintiffs in writing of his assets up to the value of US$681,000,000, whether in or outside Malaysia, whether in his own name or not, and whether solely or jointly owned (with the other defendants or otherwise) and in his nominees holding on his behalf, giving the value, location, and details of all such assets, and the information must be confirmed in an affidavit which must be served on the first and fifth plaintiffs’ solicitors within 14 days after this order has been served on the first defendant,” the order read. Malaysiakini is attempting to reach Najib’s lawyers on whether the court order has been served on him.

Under Malaysian law (and upon service of the court order on him), Najib risks being cited for contempt of court by 1MDB if he does not comply with the terms of the Mareva injunction. Any hypothetical committal proceedings may result in penalties like fines or jail time. The court has fixed Feb 21 to hear Najib’s arguments if he seeks to set aside the Mareva injunction.

In July 2020, Najib was sentenced to 12 years' jail and fined RM210 million for graft charges related to RM42 million he received from SRC International, a former subsidiary of sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.

The Court of Appeal upheld Najib's conviction on Dec 8, 2021. Najib is awaiting his appeal against the decision to be heard in the country’s highest court, the Federal Court.

Earlier today, Najib Abdul Razak says he doesn't have the US$681 million (RM2.6 billion) sought by 1MDB and its subsidiaries. This is after the firms secured an ex-parte Mareva injunction to freeze his assets - with the Pekan MP allowed to withdraw RM100,000 per month for living expenses.

"I don't know why 1MDB thinks I have RM2.6 billion to pay as compensation. I don't have the money to pay RM1.7 billion sought by the Inland Revenue Board, but they (1MDB) think I have money to pay RM2.6 billion," he said in a Facebook post today. "I don't have US$681 million in assets," he said.

According to US investigators, in March 2013, Najib received US$681 million misappropriated from 1MDB. Of this amount, US$620 million was allegedly returned to accounts controlled by fugitive businessperson Jho Low (pix,below). Some of the returned funds were allegedly used to purchase jewellery for Najib's wife Rosmah Mansor.

Najib insists that the US$681 million was a donation from the Saudi royal family and denied any wrongdoing. He is currently on trial over the alleged misappropriation.

Najib in his Facebook post today, implied 1MDB's civil suit was politically motivated. 

He claimed that the law firm representing 1MDB, Messrs Rosli Dahlan Saravana, is owned by former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin's personal lawyer.

He said it was clear that the suit was filed to "create perception" that he had assets valued at US$681 million that can be frozen.

"This is false. After years of investigating, the government clearly knows how much in assets I have," he added.

Najib also said in his post that the suit coincides with the upcoming Johor snap polls. - mk

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