Orang Asli upset with BR1M rejection...

A member of the Temuan Orang Asli tribe is vexed that his BR1M application has been rejected despite his not having an income.

Dewi Malam, 52, who hails from Kampung Orang Asli Pulau Kempas in Hulu Langat, Selangor, said the received a reply from the Finance Ministry on Feb 16 that he was not qualified.

"I have not had a regular income in the last seven years. If the government doesn't give the money, it's fine, but don't deprive the people who really need it," Dewi said.

He said in an interview with malaysiakini.tv that he suffered disabilities in his left arm and has had trouble finding a job.

Among the reasons cited in the reply was that Dewi’s pay was not under RM3,000, on top of him not being in the National Registration Department’s (JPN) database.

He later produced his identity card to prove his citizenship.
 

'JPN is saying I'm not a Malaysian'

"What JPN is saying... means I am not Malaysian and I am not a voter in my own country.

"After the country has achieved development, they want to get rid of people such as myself," said the father of four who does odd jobs to support his family.

Dewi's children are aged 16, 17, 25 and 27 years and one of them suffers from a congenital heart condition.

The two eldest children are working, one as a cleaner and the other as a security guard while the other two are of schooling age, but Dewi cannot afford to pay for their education.

The BR1M is a one-off payment of RM500 from the government to households with an income of less than RM3,000 a month.

Last month, it was reported that Bera MCA division chairperson Tang Hock Lok, who holds a datukship, raised eyebrows when he obtained RM500 aid from the government.

However, Tang has denied any element of fraud and said his intention of applying was to donate the money to charity.- malaysiakini

Permohonan BR1M Dewi Malam ditolak kerana kononnya dia berpendapatan RM3000 lebih dan statusnya bukan warganegara...

Temuan Dewi bin Malam,52 dari Pulau Kampar,Mukim Tanjung 12,Hulu Langat adalah seorang duda mempunyai 4 orang anak berumur 16,17,25 dan 27 tahun. Dua orang daripada anak bekerja sebagai tukang cuci dan pegawai keselamatan sedangkan dua orang yang bongsu sepatutnya bersekolah tapi mereka tak bersekolah. Dia tak mampu menghantar mereka untuk bersekolah. Salah seorang juga mengalami masalah jantung.

Sebagai seorang warganegara yang tak mempunyai apa2,bekerja sambilan di kampungnya. Dia telah mohon bantuan di bawah Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia. Tetapi permohonannya telah ditolak. 

Alasan yang diberikan oleh Kementerian Kewangan Malaysia adalah sebagai seorang yang berpendapatan RM3000 sebulan dan namanya tidak ada dalam database Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara. Dalam erti kata lain saya ini bukan warganegara Malaysia,tegasnya lagi.

Dewi bin Malam telah mengeluarkan kad pengenalannya untuk membuktikan bahawa dia adalah warganegara Malaysia yang sah bukan celup. 

Bulan lalu dilaporkan bahawa Pengerusi MCA Bera, Datuk Tang Hock Lok telah memperolehi bantuan BR1M sebanyak RM500 daripada kerajaan.


Dewi naik begang dengan peristewa itu. Dia hairan bagaimana Kementerian Kewangan boleh menyimpan rekod dalam databasenya, sedangkan dia tidak mempunyai pekerjaan tetap dan hidupnya bergantung kepada sumbangan kaum keluarganya? 

Dan macam pula JPN tidak mempunyai apa2 rekod tentang dirinya sedangkan dia mempunyai kad pengenalan Malaysia yang sah?-malaysiakini

Dengar temuramah Temuan Dewi bin Malam

Rakyat macam inilah yang dikatakan bumiputera dan patut mendapat bantuan tak kira hujan atau panas.. Najib minta maaf, minta maaf taik kucing, sedangkan geng penyamun UMNO merompak harta negara berbilion2,orang asal negara seperti Dewi Malam dibuat macam kaum pendatang!!!

cheers.

Gov't, Tajudin fail to strike out law suits...

The government has failed to strike out Tajudin Ramli's RM500 million counter-claim in a legal suit involving national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS).

Tajudin's application to strike out MAS’ claim against him was also dismissed in the Kuala Lumpur High Court today, according to his lawyer Lim Kian Leong

Justice Rosilah Yop, in her decision in chambers, ordered both applicants to pay costs, but did not assess the quantum.

Following this, the court will proceed with the MAS suit against Tajudin from Monday, in relation to massive losses sustained by the airline and resulting in the relocation of its cargo operations in Europe.

Lawyers Kumar Kanagasingam and SM Shanmugam appeared for MAS, while senior federal counsel Tengku Intan Suraya Tengku Ismail represented the government.

It is learnt that there is a possibility that, following today's development, former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, former finance minister Daim Zainuddin and former deputy premier and one-time finance minister Anwar Ibrahim may be subpoenaed to testify.
One suit that MAS filed in 2006 and which will be heard on Monday, involves the airline, MAS Golden Holidays Sdn Bhd and MAS Hotels & Boutiques Sdn Bhd.

This has named Tajudin, his former company Naluri Corporation Bhd, Promet (Langkawi) Resorts Sdn Bhd, Kauthar Venture Capital Sdn Bhd and Pakatan Permai Sdn Bhd as defendants.

It claimed that Tajudin had intentionally breached his duties or obligations and committed breach of trust by having MAS procure various contracts for his own interests.

It alleged that Tajudin, as director and chairperson of MAS, had neglected advice given to the national carrier and did not take the reasonable steps incumbent upon an executive, resulting in MAS suffering losses.

MAS further alleged that Tajudin was guilty of unconscionable conduct when holding the senior positions in the airline and that he had used his influence to continue the VIP chartering service with the purchase of a Boeing 737 Business Jet for US$31 million in 1997, despite MAS suffering losses.

The airline claimed that Tajudin had dishonestly concealed his interests in Cendanasari Insurance Brokers Sdn Bhd, in matters involving a parcel of land in Langkawi and a luxury yacht, Colombo Star.

Tajudin’s defence, counter-claim

Tajudin has filed a RM500 million defence and counter-claim against MAS and the government, denying that he had breached his fiduciary duty or trust, or was fraudulent where his obligations were concerned.

He claimed that the MAS suit contains bare allegations, with no facts or circumstances to back these.Tajudin denied all allegations of conspiracy and concealment, charging that these were brought on without any justification, were frivolous and vexatious and were an abuse of due process.

He claimed that MAS and the government, which owns a substantial stake in the airlines, had acted with malice and in bad faith in initiating the suit against him in order to cause injury, damage and embarrassment to him, his reputation and business.

He further said that the MAS report filed with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission against him was defamatory.

In another suit, MAS - along with MAS Cargo Sdn Bhd - has named Tajudin, former MASKargo vice-president Ralph Manfred Gotz, former MAS director Wan Aishah Wan Hamid and a former consultant Uwe Juergen Beck as defendants.

This involves the RM174 million MAS lost in the Hahn operations and RM27 million that MAS was ordered to pay as an award made in an ICC arbitration case involving ACL Hahn Advanced Cargo Logistics GmbH in Germany.

Tajudin failed to strike out this suit today. - malaysiakini

K'jaan, Tajudin gagal batalkan saman

Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur hari ini menolak permohonan kerajaan untuk membatalkan tuntutan balas RM500 juta yang difailkan oleh Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli dalam satu kes yang membabitkan Penerbangan Malaysia (MAS).
Di samping itu, permohonan Tajudin untuk membatalkan permohonan MAS menyaman dirinya berikutan syarikat penerbangan negara itu terpaksa menanggung kerugian besar akibat penempatan semula operasi kargo di Eropah juga ditolak.

Kedua-dua perkara-perkaraitu diputuskan oleh Hakim Datuk Rosilah Yop dalam kamarnya. Beliau turut memerintahkan kerajaan dan Tajudin untuk membayar kos.

Bagaimanapun, beliau tidak menilai jumlah kos yang terpaksa dibayar oleh kedua-dua pihak.

Perkara itu diumaklumkan kepada wartawan oleh peguam Tajudin, Lim Kian Leong.

Berikutan keputusan hari ini, Mahkamah Tinggi akan meneruskan perbicaraan MAS terhadap Tajudin bermula Isnin depan.
Peguam Kumar Kanagasingam dan SM Shanmugam mewakili MAS dan manakala kerajaan pula diwakili oleh Timbalan Pendakwar Raya kanan Tengku Intan Suraya Tengku Ismail.

Mahathir, Daim, Anwar akan dipanggil?

Adalah difahamkan bahawa terdapat kemungkinan bahawa berikutan perkembangan hari ini bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, bekas Menteri Kewangan Tun Daim Zainuddin dan bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri yang juga Menteri Kewangan ketika itu, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mungkin disepina untuk memberi keterangan.

MAS telah memfailkan tiga saman terhadap Tajudin.

Walau bagaimanapun, saman utama yang difailkan pada tahun 2006,  akan didengar pada Isnin, akan melihat MAS, bersama-sama dengan MAS Golden Holidays Sdn Bhd dan MAS Hotel & Boutiques Sdn Bhd, menamakan Tajudin, bekas syarikatnya Naluri Corporation Bhd, Promet (Langkawi) Resorts Sdn Bhd, Kauthar Venture Capital Sdn Bhd dan Pakatan Permai Sdn Bhd sebagai defendan.

Mereka mendakwa bahawa Tajudin sengaja mengabaikan tanggungjawabnya dan melakukan pecah amanah dengan membiarkan MAS mendapatkan pelbagai kontrak untuk kepentingan dirinya sendiri. - malaysiakini

cheers.

Dramatic increase of rural voters in Selangor...

Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching(picture below) has raised suspicions over the sudden spike in new rural voters compared to 2008.

An example, she said, was in the Hulu Selangor parliamentary constituency which experienced a 23.2 percent spike from 63,593 to 78,370.
 
"In places with new townships, it is acceptable. But Hulu Selangor does not have many people moving in so we find the huge increase very suspicious," she said when contacted.

Hulu Selangor was won by PKR in 2008 by a razor-thin 198-vote majority but was recaptured by BN's P Kamalanathan (left) who garnered 24,997 votes against his rival who bagged 23,272 votes.

She added that there were also significant increases in marginal seats held by Pakatan Rakyat.

Hulu Langat which was won by PAS with a 1745-vote majority and Selayang which was won by PKR with 3,567-vote majority have seen a jump of 21.7 percent and 22 percent in new voters respectively.

New voters

"The increase is from new voters, not voters who have changed addresses. The number is far higher than the new voters that we have registered," she said.

In her own constituency of Serdang, there has also been an increase of 21.2 percent new voters from 94,877 to 117,979.

The statistics which is based on the Election's Commission's (EC) latest release up to the end of last year, has seen Selangor voters increasing by 17.5 percent from 1.57 million to 1.84 million.

She adds that the latest release of new voters list showed many had incomplete addresses.

"This is a little disturbing. Usually the new voter list has their complete addresses but this time, many of the addresses are incomplete with the house numbers missing.

"This makes it difficult for us to check whether the person in the list is a valid voter or not," she said.

Teo said she will write to the EC for an explanation and the party is mooting filing objections. "We will face a serious challenge in the next general election," she brooded.-malaysiakini

DAP pelik dengan kenaikan pengundi luar bandar

Ahli parlimen Serdang Teo Nie Ching(gambar atas) menimbulkan kecurigaannya berhubung kenaikan mendadak pengundi baru di luar bandar berbanding dengan tahun 2008.

Contoh, kata beliau, adalah di bahagian pilihan raya Parlimen Hulu Selangor yang mengalami kenaikan mendadak 23.2 peratus iaitu daripada 63,593 pengundi kepada 78,370 pengundi.

"Di tempat yang mempunyai bandar-bandar baru, ini boleh diterima. Tetapi di Hulu Selangor tidak ada ramai orang yang berpindah ke sini, jadi kita dapati peningkatan dalam jumlah yang besar ini sangat mencurigakan," katanya ketika dihubungi.
 
Kerusi Parlimen Hulu Selangor dimenangi oleh PKR pada tahun 2008 dengan hanya majoriti 198 undi tetapi ia berjaya ditawan semula oleh calon BN P Kamalanathan yang mendapat 24,997 undi berbanding saingannya Datuk Zaid Ibrahim yang meraih 23,272 undi.

Teo juga mendakwa peningkatan ketara juga dikesan di kerusi-kerusi marginal atau yang dimenang dengan tipis oleh Pakatan Rakyat.
 
Contohnya, kata beliau kerusi Hulu Langat yang telah dimenangi oleh PAS dengan majoriti 1,745 undi dan Selayang yang dimenangi oleh PKR dengan majoriti 3,567 undi, masing-masing  melihat lonjakan sebanyak 21.7 peratus dan 22 peratus pengundi baru.

"Peningkatan ini adalah dari pengundi baru, bukan dari pengundi yang berpindah alamat. Jumlah mereka adalah jauh lebih ramai daripada pengundi baru yang telah kami daftarkan," katanya.

Dalam bahagian pilihan raya yang diwakili Teo di Parlimen Serdang, terdapat juga peningkatan 21.2 peratus pengundi baru menjadikan jumlah pengundi dari 94,877 kepada 117,979.

Perangkaan yang dipetik itu adalah daripada data terkini Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) sehingga akhir tahun lalu. Ia juga menunjukkan jumlah pengundi di Selangor meningkat sebanyak 17.5 peratus daripada 1.57 juta kepada 1.84 juta orang.

Menurut Teo, data baru yang dikeluarkan SPR itu juga mempunyai ramai pengundi senarai baru tidak mempunyai alamat yang lengkap.- malaysiakini

No wonder why Najib is so confident when he say BN will take back Selangor....

cheers.

Is Najib sorry over Perak coup, MAS,PKFZ,NFC scandals...

Najib said:

“I apologise for our mistakes prior to the 2008 general election. If we made mistakes in the past and the voters rejected us, we accept it.

“On behalf of BN, I apologise. We have learnt from our mistakes, and we aim and promise the people that we will make amends and bring them to greater heights.”

Lim Kit Siang today questioned if Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's  for BN's past mistakes yesterday encompassed the 2009 coup against the Pakatan Rakyat government in Perak.

"Just before he became prime minister, Najib conspired and plotted the illegal and undemocratic power grab in Perak, toppling the democratically-elected Pakatan Rakyat Perak state government headed by (Bukit Gantang MP) Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as Mentri Besar.

"Will Najib (left) apologise for this illegal power grab in Perak?," he said in a press statement today.

Lim went on to list out BN's past mistakes including Malaysia's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) plunging to its lowest ever score at 4.3 in 2011 and Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's alleged financial scandals totaling about RM100 billion.

This he said, was succeeded by the recent RM840 million 'bailout' of former MAS chairperson Tajudin Ramli through an out-of-court settlement with Danaharta and several GLCs under Najib's administration.

"Has Najib issued a 'blank cheque' apology, signifying nothing as to enable all the past BN mistakes of abuses of power, corruption and lack of accountability to be repeated in even worse magnitude?"

Lim said he would accept Najib's apology if it was genuine however from the news reports there were no such indications.


"Perhaps we should give the prime minister an opportunity to enumerate past BN mistakes for which he is extending an apology and undertaking not to repeat them, so that Malaysians can conclude whether Najib's apology is genuine and sincere or otherwise." -malaysiakini

Rampas kuasa di Perak: Adakah Najib mohon maaf?

Najib kata...

"Pada saya kita jangan angkuh dan bongkak. Sebab kita mesti tunduk kepada kuasa rakyat dalam demokrasi berparlimen. Kalau rakyat tolak BN dulu mesti ada kesilapan kita.

"Kita minta maaf atas kesilapan kita dulu. Yang menang minta maaf yang kalah pun minta maaf," beliau dipetik sebagai berkata dalam majlis turun padang di Baling oleh Bernama.

Pemimpin supremo DAP Lim Kit Siang hari ini mempersoalkan jika permohonan maaf yang dibuat Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak berhubung kesilapan lampau BN, semalam merangkumi rampasan kuasa pada 2009 ke atas kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat di Perak.


"Sejurus sebelum beliau menjadi Perdana Menteri, Najib berkomplot dan merancang merampas kuasa dengan cara yang tidak sah dan tidak demokratik di Perak. 

Beliau menjatuhkan kerajaan negeri Pakatan Rakyat yang dipilih melalui proses demokrasi oleh rakyat dengan menggulingkan Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin sebagai Menteri Besar.

"Adakah Najib (kiri) akan memohon maaf kerana rampasan kuasa yang tidak sah di Perak itu?" kata Lim dalam satu kenyataan media hari ini.

Beliau juga menyenaraikan beberapa kesilapan lalu BN. Ini termasuk menyebabkan Indeks Persepsi Rasuah Malaysia (CPI) menjunam kepada skor yang paling rendah dalam sejarah, iaitu  pada 4.3 mata pada tahun 2011. Turut disentuh adalah skandal kewangan bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yang dikatakan berjumlah hampir RM100 bilion.

Ini kata Lim, dijayakan dengan bantuan 'bailout' RM840 juta baru-baru ini kepada bekas pengerusi MAS Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli melalui penyelesaian luar mahkamah dengan Danaharta dan beberapa GLC semasa pentadbiran Najib.- malaysiakini

Najib, aku tak maafkan kamu.

Najib's apology meaningless...

PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's apology over BN's past mistakes was meaningless unless he implements corrective measures.

At a ceramah in Sungai Petani last night, Saifuddin Nasution said among Najib's top priority now should be tackling graft and mismanagement of public funds, such as in the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) controversy.

Apology or not, Saifuddin said that punishment for BN leaders were in order and said should Pakatan Rakyat come to power, it will act on corrupt government officials who have abused their power.

"We will drag them one by one to be tried in the court of justice should we take over Putrajaya in this coming elections," he warned, while his crowd broke into rapturous applause.

Saifuddin was commenting on Najib's speaking to some 3,000 people who gathered at Taman Keladi in Merbok, Kedah.

Hours before the ceramah, Najib made his second public apology in six days over BN's follies which led to their defeats in Selangor and Kedah during the 2008 general election.

He said so the first time on Feb 26 in Port Klang, Selangor and again yesterday at Baling, Kedah.

Commenting on this, Saifuddin said although the voters in Selangor, Kedah and three other states had "punished" BN in 2008, the next general election is the opportunity to punish Najib.

Listing a litany of failures of the Najib administration, Saifuddin argued that the premier had yet to correct any of BN's mistakes after taking over in 2009.

"We have yet to punish Najib. We will do so in this coming general election," he said.- malaysiakini

PRU-13: Giliran Najib 'dihukum', kata Saifuddin

Setiausaha Agung PKR, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail berkata sama ada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak memohon maaf atas kesilapan lalu BN tidak membawa sebarang makna melainkan ia disusuli dengan langkah-langkah pembetulan.


Menurut beliau, antara keutamaan Najib kini ia menyelesaikan gejala rasuah dan salah urus dana awam, seperti yang melanda projek ternakan lembu syarikat Perbadanan Fidlot Kebangsaan (NFC).

Sama ada memohon maaf atau tidak, kata Saifuddin, hukuman sedia menanti pemimpin BN dan sekiranya rakyat memutuskan bahawa Pakatan Rakyat berkuasa, mereka akan bertindak ke atas pegawai-pegawai kerajaan yang korup dan menyalahgunakan kuasa.

"Kita akan heret mereka satu per satu untuk dibicarakan di mahkamah jika kita mengambil alih Putrajaya pada pilihan raya akan datang," katanya pada ceramah di Sungai Petani, malam semalam.

Saifuddin mengulas kenyataan Najib semasa Perjumpaan Bersama Rakyat di Padang Awam, Kuala Ketil, dekat Baling, semalam yang memohon maaf atas kesilapan lalu sehingga kalah banyak kerusi dan beberapa negeri termasuk Kedah pada pilihan raya umum 2008.


Permohonan maaf secara terbuka itu adalah yang kedua dalam tempoh enam hari berhubung kepincangan pentadbiran BN, khususnya Umno sehingga membawa kepada kekalahan mereka di Selangor dan Kedah.


Kali pertama, Najib mengakui kesilapan BN dan Umno itu adalah pada 26 Februari lalu di Pelabuhan Klang, Selangor.


Mengulas permohonan maaf itu, Saifuddin berkata, walaupun pengundi di Selangor, Kedah dan tiga lagi negeri lain telah "menghukum" BN pada tahun 2008, namun pilihan raya umum akan datang adalah peluang untuk menghukum Najib pula.

Ini, kerana menurut Saifuddin, Najib selepas mengambil-alih pentadbiran Putrajaya daripada Tun Abdullah Badawi yang digulingkan oleh Umno pada tahun 2009, tidak mengambil sebarang tindakan bagi memperbetulkan segala kepincangan BN.


"Kita masih belum menghukum Najib. Kita akan berbuat demikian pada pilihan raya umum akan datang ini," katanya, seambil disambut tepukan gemuruh oleh hadirin.- malaysiakini

Ku bermohon kasih, ku bermohon sayang- Najib mohon maaf.

cheers.

Asst. Minister directs to cut aid to disabled man who supported opposition...

A letter purportedly signed by Sarawak agriculture assistant minister Mong Dagang(left) ordering government assistance to a pro-opposition disabled person be terminated has outraged netizens.
 
The document, uploaded on Facebook, depicting the letterhead which reads: "Assistant Minister of Agriculture (Research and Marketing)" with the subject title: "Cease all government assistance - Mr Frusis Lebi from Entualang Entawa, Sri Aman".
 
It went on to request the Sri Aman Agriculture Department assistant director to slash "all forms of government assistance" to Frusis, who was identified as a disabled person in the letter, to be discontinued immediately.

"This is because he has gone against government policies and openly supported the opposition candidate in the 2011 state election," says the letter.

"Furthermore, he had set up an operation centre for the opposition."

Johnnie B Goode, who uploaded a photograph of the letter on Friday, wrote on Facebook:

"An inhumane and shameless directive from junior agriculture minister Mong Dagang from the ruling party to terminate as soon as possible the disabled persons' allowance to Mr Frusis Lebi because he openly supported the opposition."

Assistant minister declines comment

The posting has garnered over 1,300 shares on Facebook and attracted negative reaction from netizens.

"That is not very nice of the assistant minister to treat a handicapped person like that. Charity should never involved politics," commented Sunny Ng.

"This is a mad person," remarked Simon Ritikos.

The letter, dated Dec 8 last year, carries what appeared to be Mong's signature on it.

When contacted by Malaysiakini, Mong who is Bukit Begunan state assemblyperson refused to comment on the matter.

"I will issue a statement at the right time," he said.

He also declined to confirm or deny whether the letter was from him.

In the Sarawak state election last year, Mong defeated three other candidates - PKR, SNAP and an Independent - to retain his seat.-malaysiakini

Sokong pembangkang, bantuan OKU dihentikan

Sepucuk surat yang didakwa ditandatangani oleh Menteri Muda Pertanian Sarawak Datuk Mong Dagang yang mengarahkan bantuan kerajaan kepada seorang lelaki kurang upaya dihentikan atas tuduhan menyokong pembangkang telah menimbulkan kemarahan warga maya.

‘Surat’ berkenaan dimuat naik di Facebook. Ia dikatakan dari "Menteri Muda Pertanian (Penyelidikan dan Pemasaran), Sarawak" dengan tajuk: "Memberhentikan segala bantuan kerajaan - Encik Frusis Lebi dari Entualang Entawa, Sri Aman".
 

Surat yang dikatakan ditandatangani oleh Dagang (kiri) itu mengarahkan Penolong Pengarah Jabatan Pertanian Sri Aman supaya semua bentuk bantuan kerajaan untuk Frusis, yang dikenal pasti sebagai orang kurang upaya dalam surat itu, diberhentikan serta-merta.

"Ini adalah kerana beliau menentang dasar kerajaan dan menyokong secara terbuka calon pembangkang pada pilihan raya negeri 2011," petik surat itu.

"Selain itu, beliau juga menyediakan bilik operasi untuk calon pembangkang."
 
Johnnie B Goode, yang memuat naik salinan surat itu pada Jumaat lalu, menulis di Facebook:

"Arahan tidak berperikemanusiaan dan tanpa malu dari Menteri Muda Pertanian Mong Dagang dari parti pemerintah untuk menamatkan secepat mungkin elaun OKU Encik Frusis Lebi kerana beliau secara terbuka menyokong pembangkang."

Artikelnya itu kemudiannya dikongsi lebih 1,300 pembaca di Facebook dan menerima reaksi  negatif dari warga maya yang ternyata berang dengan tindakan berkenaan jika ternyata benar.

“Tidak manis bagi seorang Menteri Muda bertindak demikian terhadap seorang kurang upaya. Amal dan kebajikan tidak patut dicampur dengan urusan politik,” komen Sunny Ng.

"Ini kerja seorang yang gila," komen Simon Ritikos pula.

‘Surat’ bertarikh 8 Disember tahun lalu itu turut memuatkan apa yang didakwa sebagai tandatangan Mong.

Ketika dihubungi oleh Malaysiakini, Mong yang juga ADUN Bukit Begunan enggan mengulas mengenai perkara itu.

"Saya akan mengeluarkan satu kenyataan pada masa yang tepat," katanya.

Beliau juga enggan mengesahkan atapun menafikan sama ada surat itu dikeluarkan oleh dirinya atau pejabatnya.

Pada pilihan raya negeri Sarawak tahun lalu, Mong mengalahkan tiga calon lain - PKR, Snap dan Bebas - untuk mengekalkan kerusinya.- malaysiakini


cheers.

Selangor MB bullish on two-thirds majority win...

Though the state polls may not necessarily fall together with the general elections, Selangor Mentri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim(right) is brimming with confidence that Pakatan Rakyat would not only retain power but augment it with even more seats.

"The surveys we received show that Pakatan may win more seats than what we have now, which means we could even reach two-thirds majority," he told reporters in an interview with selected media.

According to Khalid, if Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is really confident of victory in the elections, the BN chairperson would have dissolved parliament in November last year or after the Chinese New Year as rumoured before.

"Of course, in Selangor there are hardcore Umno supporters, a small group of hardcore MCA supporters and a few MIC people.

"But surveys show that we scored a better rating, especially among those in the age group of 40 years and below," he said.

The well-known corporate figure-turned-politician said Selangor Pakatan is "very confident" of retaining 30 of its existing seats, hold on to six others, and "most likely" capture another 10.

One of the seats that Pakatan can "most likely" take is Kuala Kubu Baru, currently held by MCA Selangor state liaison committee secretary Wong Koon Mun.

However, Khalid stop himself in giving further predictions of winnable seats, jokingly saying "it will give people heart attacks."

Pakatan now controls 35 out of 56 seats in the Selangor state legislative assembly, after Port Klang assemblyman Badrul Hisham Abdullah quit PKR and turned BN-friendly independent in 2009.

The coalition needs at least three more seats to gain two-thirds majority control of the house, empowering it to amend the state constitution.

'BN crowds are outsiders'

Selangor, has been the focus heavy political attention since the 2008 polls with the BN pouring a lot of resources in the effort to regain control of the nation's wealthiest state.

Khalid downplayed the solid turnouts at recent BN campaign activities, saying most of the attendees were the regular crowd ferried by bus from outside.

"We carried out some inside surveys of the people who attended the PM and DPM's functions, they turned out to be the same crowd," he said.

He also reiterated that Selangor will not call for polls before June this year.

"I'm holding back the decision until the announcement from the federal government, but it's unlikely we will follow them before June," he said.

"If the general elections fall in May or June, then we may consider not participating (at the state level)," he added. - malaysiakini

MB yakin pertahan Selangor dengan majoriti dua pertiga

Meskipun pilihan raya negeri tidak semestinya diadakan serentak dengan pilihan raya umum, Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim penuh keyakinan bahawa Pakatan Rakyat  bukan sahaja mengekalkan kuasa tetapi juga menambakan jumlah kerusi mereka

"Bancian yang kami terima menunjukkan bahawa Pakatan Rakyat mampu menang lebih banyak kerusi daripada apa yang kita ada sekarang, ini bermakna kita boleh dapat majoriti dua pertiga," katanya kepada pemberita dalam satu temu bual denganbeberapa media pilihan.

Menurut Abdul Khalid, (kanan) jika Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak begitu yakin BN akan menang pada pilihan raya umum, beliau selaku pengerusi BN sudah pasti akan membubarkan Dewan Rakyat pada November tahun lalu atau semasa Tahun Baru Cina seperti yang dijangkakan senelum ini.

"Sudah tentu di Selangor terdapat penyokong tegar Umno, sekumpulan kecil penyokong MCA dan beberapa penyokong MIC,

"Tetapi kaji selidik menunjukkan bahawa kami mendapat penarafan yang baik, terutama di kalangan mereka dalam kumpulan umur 40 tahun dan ke bawah," katanya.

Menurut Abdul Khalid, Pakatan Selangor "cukup yakin" mampu mengekalkan 30 kerusi, "mudah" untuk mendapatkan enam kerusi dan "kemungkinan besar" merampas 10 lagi.
Antara satu kerusi yang Pakatan "kemungkinan besar" rampas itu, katanya adalah Kuala Kubu Baru, yang kini dipegang oleh setiausaha jawatankuasa MCA Selangor Wong Koon Mun.

Bagaimanapun, Abdul Khalid tidak mahu meneruskan perbincangan mengenai kerusi-kerusi yang mungkin dirampas oleh Pakatan itu dan secara berseloroh berkata "ia akan memberikan orang tertentu serangan jantung."

Pakatan kini menguasai 35 daripada 56 kerusi di Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Selangor , selepas ADUN Pelabuhan Klang, Badrul Hisham Abdullah berpaling tadah daripada PKR dan menjadi ADUN Bebas mesra BN pada 2009.

Gabungan itu memerlukan sekurang-kurangnya 3 lagi kerusi, menjadikan jumlah mereka 38 bagi  mendapatkan majoriti dua pertiga untuk memberi mereka kuasa untuk meminda perlembagaan negeri.
Selangor, menjadi fokus atau tumpuan pemerhati politik sejak pilihan raya umum 2008 apabila BN dikatakan banyak membelanjakan wang dan menggerakan pelbagai jenteranya bagi merampas semula negeri terkaya di negara itu
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Mengenai jumlah hadirin dan penyokong yang didakwa semakin hari semakin ramai pada majlis dan aktiviti anjuran BN, Abdul Khalid, berkata tidak perlu dirisaukan kerana kebanyakan yang hadir adalah muka yang sama setiap kali diangkut dengan bas dari tempat lain.

"Kami juga lakukan beberapa kaji selidik terhadap orang ramai yang menghadiri majlis PM dan fungsi TPM, dan mendapati hadirin itu kebanyakan mereka adalah orang yang sama," katanya sambil tergelak. - malaysiakini


Berita Terkini Dari Kedah - Kedah Bakal mendapat MB baru.
Allahu A'lam....

Namewee wallops Lynas with new video clip "Good day to die"

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Passing the buck till NFC becomes NFA ‘no further action'...

Like most frustrated Malaysians, these netizens vents their anger too...

Bozo. Its really a joke country. Polis tendang kes ke AG, AG pass balik ke polis. Polis lagi tendang ke AG dan AG pass balik kes ke polis lagi. Apa, ini football game kah? Polis lawan AG di Corruption Cup.

Seeker99 Both AG and Police do not have the balls to tackle the problem by the 'horn' (pun intended) as they know very well who are involved and they dare not risk their rice bowl for that very reason of this ding dong.

Swkdayaks They are all stuck and do not know what to do now because Shahrizat also very well knew all the skeletons in the cupboards of the other UMNO leaders. They may be even worst!! Come on Shahrizat expose them after they also exposed and humiliated you and your family!! Sama dosa bah!

Dont Just Talk: PM Najib Razak has announced that any decision to charge NFC (National Feedlot Corporation) directors for the RM250 million cow-condos scandal will have to come from the AG (attorney-general), who in turn must get the green light from Najib.What a wonderful country to live in; and after all the ding-dong of investigation papers between the AG and PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police), NFC directors will be charged by AG as part of a ‘sandiwara'.

 Novice prosecutors will be put in charge of the case and ultimately, the case will be thrown out of court. Case closed and another RM250 million of taxpayers' money go down the drain. In the worst-case scenario, we will get an out-of-court  between the borrower and lender, just like the former MAS chief Tajudin Ramli's settlement with Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd. It is no wonder that billions in illicit outflows have left our shores in the last decade.

Kgen: They are stalling for time as usual. Just from publicly available information alone, there is already more than enough material to slap a dozen charges on NFC directors. What more investigations do you need?

Hello: It looks like the buck is being passed around, just like the ‘passing the pillow' game. The police passed the report to the AG, the AG passed it back to the police. By the time this passing game is done, it will be ‘no further action' (NFA) for NFC's CBT (criminal breach of trust).

Sarajun Hoda: The jigsaw puzzle is falling into place. The investigations will continue and be delayed due to the upcoming election, I suspect. The BN government is in a Catch-22 situation.

If they charge the NFC directors, they may lose the elections due to public distrust. If they do not charge them, they may also lose the elections as this is one of the most popular issues for the opposition.

Kakarook: In the case of former DAP aide Teoh Beng Hock, there was not even a culprit but he was interrogated until the wee hours of the morning, and was later found dead.

HangTuah: The AG has been put in a spot by the police, DAP MP Tony Pua and PKR communications director Rafizi Ramli, and he does not know what to do. If he prefers to charge, all the sordid details will emerge to show a lack of accountability on the part of the government, including gross incompetency, blatant corruption and cronyism.

There's also the wrath of a woman scorned to face and possibly beans will be spilled. If no charges are preferred, this will embarrass the government, which will be hard pressed to explain to the rakyat, and this is a big no-no with elections just around the corner. What can the AG do but send the papers back to the police to buy time until perhaps after the GE.

Lim Chong Leong: What is there to investigate? Just go to Tony Pua and he will show you how everything has gone into the hands of the thieves.

Kangaroo: How can the AG decide when he himself is the subject of so many allegations? He himself needs to be investigated first. The police have already concluded a case of CBT, what else is there for AG to look for?

JM: Buying for time....Public will never see the light at the end of the tunnel unless the government is changed. Vote for Change.

AngryBird: If Malaysians want to see light and the end of the tunnel, throw out BARUAH BN/UMNO in GE13 - malaysiakini

AG tidak berminat dakwa suami,& keluarga Shahrizat...

Tindakan Peguam Negara, Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail memulangkan semula kertas siasatan National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) kepada pihak polis, menunjukkan kerajaan tidak berminat untuk mendakwa  keluarga Datuk Seri Shahrizat  Jalil.

Pengarah Strategi KEADILAN, Rafizi Ramli mempersoalkan tindakan Abdul Gani memulangkan semula kertas siasatan tersebut, meskipun pun pihak polis sendiri sebelum ini mencadangkan Pengerusi NFC, Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail didakwa.

“Sememangnya ia terpulang kepada Peguam Negara untuk mendakwa atau tidak.

“Namun, Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial (CCID) Syed Ismail Syed Azizan sendiri secara terbuka mengatakan ada bukti kukuh dan mencadangkan pengarah NFCorp, Datuk Mohamed Salleh didakwa di mahkamah,” ujarnya ketika dihubungi keadilan daily.

Menurut Rafizi, tindakan terbaru peguam negara itu hanya menunjukkan wujudnya usaha kerajaan pimpinan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak untuk menghalang atau melengahkan pendakwaan terhadap keluarga Shahrizat.

“Ini kerana Peguam Negara hanya tertakluk di bawah kuasa Perdana Menteri,” tambah beliau.

Memetik laporan portal berita Malaysiakini, Abdul Gani hari ini memulangkan kembali kertas siasatan kepada pihak polis dan mengarahkan siasatan diteruskan, tanpa menyatakan sebab.

Ini adalah kali kedua Abdul Gani bertindak sedemikian, selepas memulangkannya buat kali pertama pada 17 Januari lalu.

Mengulas lanjut, Rafizi berkata, ia tidak akan melemahkan usaha Pakatan Rakyat untuk terus mendedahkan penyelewengan RM250 juta yang dilakukan oleh NFCorp.

“Pakatan akan terus membongkar dan membentangkan bukti penyelewengan yang dilakukan NFCorp kepada rakyat, kerana terbukti rakyat dapat menjadi pendakwa yang lebih baik.

“Rakyat sememangnya tidak menaruh harapan tinggi untuk melihat tindakan diambil dalam kes ini. Justeru, saya berharap rakyat akan menghakimi Umno-BN melalui peti undi nanti,” jelas Rafizi.- keadilandaily.

cheers.

Kisah peneroka S.Thangam yg. lebih sayang Felda daripada Ah Jib Gor & Isa Samun......

Sekilas pandang, tidak ramai yang akan menyangka  R Thangam, 50, yang berpakaian segak, lengkap dengan tali leher dan lengan panjang yang berkafling adalah seorang peneroka Felda.

Anak pekerja estet dari Rembau itu, adalah bukti cerita kejayaan Felda.

Menceritakan pengalamannya di "rumah percutian" mewah miliknya di Bandar Sri Sendayan, Negeri Sembilan, Thangam, berkata bapanya antara sebilangan kecil masyarakat bukan Melayu yang dipilih untuk menyertai skim rancangan tanah untuk keluarga bagi miskin di Felda Sendayan pada tahun 1962.

"Saya dilahirkan dalam keluarga Felda. Ini sesuatu yang perit pada mulanya. Tiada kemudahan elektrik, tiada (bekalan) air.

“Malah, kami terpaksa menanam padi sendiri untuk makan, dan (ketika itu) ada belalang yang begitu banyak. Belalang itu hanya hilang seorang imam menunaikan solat," katanya dalam satu wawancara dengan Malaysiakini.

Tidak seperti kebanyakan penempatan Felda yang lain, Felda Sendayan mencerminkan masyarakat majmuk negara ini. Rumah Cina, Melayu dan India boleh dilihat berselang-seli satu sama lain dan jiran-jiran masyarakat majmuk itu sering kelihatan berbual mesra di antara satu sama lain di kedai runcit.

Peneroka yang pernah menjadi penoreh getah, tetapi kini sudah bersara itu menganggarkan bahawa orang Melayu sekurang-kurangnya 75 peratus daripada peneroka Lembaga Kemajuan Tanah Persekutuan atau Felda di negara ini adalah masyarakat Melayu. Ini diikuti dengan kira-kira 10 peratus penduduk India dan selebihnya kaum Cina dan kaum-kaum minoriti lain.

"Bagaimanapun tidak ada lagi peneroka bukan Melayu diterima memasuki skim Felda, bermula akhir 1980-an," katanya.

Bagi Thangam, keputusan bapanya menyertai skim ini berjaya mengubah masa depan keluarganya.

Bermula dari keluarga yang miskin, Thangam kini berbangga dengan kejayaan mereka sehingga mampu menyekolahkan anak-anaknya ke peringkat universiti. Seorang daripada mereka kini adalah seorang doktor manakala seorang lagi adalah juruterbang. Anak gadis bongsunya pula, menjalani alam persekolahan yang cukup berbeza seperti yang dialaminya.- malaysiakini

A non-Malay Felda settler's success story...

Standing in front of his plush "holiday home" in Bandar Sri Sendayan, Negeri Sembilan, cuff-linked R Thangam, 50, is a Felda success story.

The son of an estate worker from Rembau, Thangam's father was among the small number of non-Malays who joined Felda's ‘land for the poor' scheme, moving his family to Felda Sendayan in 1962.

"I was born into Felda. It was tough. There was no electricity, no water. We had to grow our own rice to eat, and there were so many locusts. They only went away after an imam conducted some prayers," he said in an interview with Malaysiakini.

Unlike many other Felda settlements dotting Malaysia, Felda Sendayan is largely multiracial. Chinese, Malay and Indian houses are interspersed with one another, and the neighbours can be seen chatting at sundry shops.

Once a rubber tapper, the now retired settler estimates that Malays make up at least 75 percent of the Federal Land Development Authority scheme settlers in Malaysia, Indians 10 percent and the rest being Chinese and from the other races.

"But there were no more non-Malay settlers entering the Felda scheme, starting the late 1980s," he said.

For Thangam, his father's decision to join the scheme completely changed the course of the family's future. From humble beginnings, he is now the proud father of a doctor and an airline pilot, while his school-going youngest daughter has a life remarkably different to his, just a generation ago.

The fire that changed everything

Having left the settlement at 18 to join the army, Thangam returned at the age of 29 to tap rubber on his father's land. But a fire next door altered his fate.

"The house of our neighbour, a Malay family, caught fire. The baby was left in the fire. My wife begged me not to go in, but I ... went in and grabbed the baby out. My back was completely burnt," Thangam said.

In return, the then Negri Sembilan menteri besar, Isa Samad (right), offered him a low-cost house but the 'hero' rejected it as he did not want to be seen as be seeking a reward for the help he had rendered.

But the good relations with Isa came in handy. Soon after, another neighbour offered to sell his land to Thangam and he cashed his chips with the MB to get approval for the purchase.

It was with this land on which he built his savings, putting his money mostly into Koperasi Permodalan Felda (KPF) and Koperasi Angkatan Tentera.

Today, between Thangam, his settler wife, brothers and inheritance from his parents, his family collectively holds about a million shares in KPF shares - possibly the largest amount held by an extended family in the cooperative.

A deja vu moment

The relationship with Isa soured down the road, when in 1996, several Sendayan settlers, including Thangam, entered a deal to sell their land to the state government.

"We chopped down our rubber trees and gave the government our (land) grants, but we only received 10 percent of the promised sale price," he said.

After about a decade of tussling, most of the settlers reluctantly accepted the new "package" offered by their new menteri besar, Mohamad Hasan - at a loss.

Under this package, the government paid a sales price of RM3 per square feet (psf), set in 1996 for the 10 acres of land, but the settlers need to "buy back" two acres of the land at RM4psf and a RM240,000 link house at Bandar Seri Sendayan.

"We had to pay for the house. It was not given to us," he said.

Last week, at a KPF briefing on the proposed listing of Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FGVH), Thangam experienced a deja vu moment.

"Before, in the Felda Sendayan hall, Isa told us 'the state government guarantees the sale' of our land. At the Felda hall in Kuala Lumpur last week, Isa said 'the PM will guarantee our dividends'. It was just like before," he said.

Racial slurs at meeting

But unlike before, Thangam now has a label across his forehead, which he believes led to his ouster from the briefing last week.

In 1998, he was at a friend's house in Kuala Lumpur when he was told that Anwar Ibrahim was sacked as deputy prime minister.

"My friend said, let's go to his house so we did and we heard him speak. And something changed in me... I would never have dared to fight hard, like I do now on things I believe are right," he said.

Since then, Thangam has been a staunch supporter of Anwar and a loyal PKR member. He now holds the post of deputy division chief of Rasah.

"But when I spoke during the briefing on the FGVH, I spoke as a settler. I left my PKR hat outside.

"It was my birthday that day, marking 50 years as a settler. What right did Isa Samad have to boot me out when he has only been in Felda for two years?" he asked.

Most hurtful, he said, was the racial slurs made by some of those in the room, whom he believes were not KPF members as he has never seen them at the many KPF annual general meetings he has attended.

"They used words like keling pariah. But there I was, speaking mostly for the Malay Felda settlers. So much for 1Malaysia," sighed Thangam.- malaysiakini

cheers.