Sah Najib ganti Tajol...Zahid timbalan

Majlis Tertinggi (MT) yang bermesyuarat hingga tengah malam Jumaat membuat keputusan melantik Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak sebagai Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan UMNO negeri Perak menggantikan Datuk Seri Mohd. Tajol Rosli Ghazali yang meletakkan jawatan itu berkuasa kuasa serta-merta. Presiden UMNO, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi turut mengumumkan Timbalan Pengerusi UMNO negeri itu akan disandang Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Najib juga akan memegang jawatan Pengerusi Barisan Nasional (BN) negeri itu, kata Abdullah dalam sidang media selepas mesyuarat yang bermula jam 9 malam selesai kira-kira jam 12.30 tengah malam. Bagaimanapun, kedua-dua pemimpin itu hanya akan memegang jawatan tersebut sehingga perhimpunan Agung UMNO pada akhir Mac ini selesai. “Pelantikan baru akan dibuat selepas Mac, siapa kita belum tahu,” katanya. Menurut Perdana Menteri, sebelum itu MT mendengar laporan daripada Tajol Rosli mengenai situasi politik di Perak termasuk berkaitan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Bota yang menyertai pembangkang. Berita sebelum ini: Najib Pengerusi Perhubungan UMNO Perak ganti Tajol...?

MANSUHKAN PPSMI ESOK

Pelancaran Mansuhkan PPSMI, esok!
Harakahdaily Fri Jan 30, 09

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Jan - Gerakkan Memansuh Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains & Matematik Dalam Bahasa Inggeris(PPSMI) atau ringkasnya GMP akan mengadakan pelancarannya esok (31 Januari ) jam 3 petang di Pusat Perniagaan SOGO, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur.

Perlancaran ini akan dipimpin oleh Pengerusi GMP sendiri yang juga bekas Ketua Pengarah Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka malah bakal hadir adalah pejuang-pejuang bahasa, pimpinan politik dan dari pelbagai NGO.


Setiausaha GMP Hasni Abas berkata keputusan perlancaran ini telah diputuskan pada mesyuarat Badan Induk GMP pada 20 Januari lalu yang dipengerusikan oleh Dato Dr Hassan Ahmad yang juga Pengerusi GMP.

he..he..he..Malayu tak hilang.Yang hilang tanah Melayu,bahasa Melayu,....bla..bla....KTM ada lagi.....

MB Perak nafi dua exco sertai BN

30/01/2009 5:14pm

IPOH 30 Jan. - Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin hari ini menafikan laporan mengenai anggota exco kerajaan negeri, Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi dan Kapt (B) Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu, kedua-dua daripada Parti Keadilan Rakyat, akan menyertai Barisan Nasional.
“Spekulasi mengenai Jamaluddin dan Mohd Osman itu adalah tidak benar. Saya berusaha untuk berhubung dengan mereka,” katanya kepada pemberita bagi mengulas laporan sebuah akhbar berbahasa Inggeris semalam bahawa terdapat dua wakil rakyat daripada PKR akan keluar parti dan menjadi wakil bebas sebelum menyertai UMNO. - Bernama

Menteri-menteri besar di bawah Bn jaga-jaga.Mungkin akan ada wakil di tempat anda yang nak lompat....Sebentar tadi MB Negeri Sembilan kata tak ada di negeri beliau...Johor amacam?ada ka? Terangganu? apa khabar ? ada lagi ka?he..he...

YB HAMDAN SAMPAIKAN SUMBANGAN KEPADA MASJID PERMATANG KRIANG

YB Hamdan menyampaikan sumbangan Quran dan peralatan sembahyang dan elektronik kepada surau Kg Permatang Kriang,Tasek Gelugor yang terbakar pada tahun lepas.Sejumlah RM13000 sumbangan YB Hamdan melalui ADUN Permatang Pasir melalui pejabat PUZ di berikan sementara menanti pembinaan masjid Jamek kampung Permatang Kriang sebagaimana yang dijanjikan oleh Ahli Parlimen Tasek Gelogor Tan Sri Nor Mohammad Selaku menteri kewangan ,pihak Qaryiah mengambil inisiatif melakukan ibadah di sebelah surau berhampiran.

How Raju is Raja in Malaysia

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Friday, 30 January 2009

Poor Best

Hyderabad, January 30:

Barely two days after Ramalinga Raju confessed to his fraud,
the Malaysian human resource minister S Subramaniam who was attending the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Chennai was compelled by the Malaysian press to make a statement on the Satyam issue. The minister restricted himself to say that how Raju's fraud was a great matter of concern for Malaysia.

But if you are wondering why this pressure on a minister from Malaysia by his own local press on this matter, then don't be surprised: Ramalinga Raju's name in Malaysia is as well known as those of key businessmen and ministers there. The creator of jobs, the best paymaster and the man playing a key role in Malaysia's IT story, are among the many identities Raju has in the country.

Satyam associates who have visited Malaysia say they were surprised at how Raju's name commanded respect. "The government, the people, they all looked up to him. Raju was treated as god there,'' said a senior associate.

Raju's Malaysian connection is not a recent one. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahthir Mohammad visited the Satyam campus in Hyderabad in 2002. The next Prime Minister, Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi, followed suit in his appreciation of Raju, gracing occasions such as signing of agreements between the government and Raju with his presence.

"This is because Raju created a huge Satyam name there. He picked up the best SAP talent and Satyam was considered as a good paymaster,'' says a senior Satyam associate.
The Satyam founder famously recruited fresh graduates from over 20 universities in Malaysia and even carried out a nationwide plan to develop IT talent under the `Campus Link' programme, a government initiative there.

The Malaysian government had even given the firm various SOPs for the IT facility Raju was creating for the country. Small wonder then that ever since the news of Raju's fraud broke out, Malaysian newspapers have been following the developments very closely, reporting extensively on the issue much like the Indian media.

In February 2008, Satyam had announced that the firm would be setting a 15-acre campus in Cyberjaya, about 50 km south of Kuala Lumpur which would be the largest campus in Malaysia and would provide high end services to a range of customers. The firm already has an office in Cyberjaya.

Raju consistently maintained his commitment to the Malaysian community through Satyam's website and messages such as, "Satyam believes in nurturing local talent to catalyze IT progress in Malaysia''.
And barely two months before his inflated balance sheet confession, Raju acquired a software development centre of Motorola in Malaysia.

Apart from expanding Satyam's IT empire, Raju also found a `land' connect with Malaysians who share the same passion for land as Indians and this was possibly another reason why Raju connected with the country and its people so effortlessly, say industry observers. They say it is hardly surprising to find Ng Ching Meng's name figuring in the Income Tax department's list of individuals in the Satyam group as they speculate whether Ramalinga Raju could have used Ching Meng's local identity for land dealings there.

Not denying the possibility of any such arrangements some, however, observe that Ching Meng, who is country director with IJM (India) Infrastructure Limited, was perhaps only used for these dealings that were otherwise finalised by Krishnan Tang, head of the Malaysian multinational IJMII, that IJM is a subsidiary of.

"A position of country head in India means nothing for a firm like IJMII and the chief is expected to have not much authority. So it is hard to believe that Ching Meng could have been involved in any dealings with the Rajus independently. He probably was used as a dummy by Krishnan," said the head of an infrastructure firm in the city.

Najib appointed Perak Umno liaison head

(Updated)


30 Jan 09 : 2.12AM


(Updated 2:59am, 30 Jan 2009)


KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Jan 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has been appointed chairperson of the Perak Umno Liaison Body and Perak Barisan Nasional (BN) chairperson.

He succeeds Datuk Seri Mohd Tajol Rosli Ghazali who has resigned from both positions with immediate effect.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was appointed deputy chair of the Perak Umno Liaison Body and deputy chairperson of Perak BN.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Najib and Ahmad Zahid would hold the positions until the Umno general assembly in March and a new appointment would be made after the general assembly.


"Who will be appointed (the Perak Umno Liaison chairperson later) is yet to be known," he said at a press conference after chairing the Umno supreme council meeting that lasted more than four hours, here tonight.
Abdullah, who is also Umno president, said he accepted Tajol Rosli's decision to resign to give an opportunity to a new leader to head the state Umno.
"We respect his wish and decision to retire. It is felt that it would be better that someone else leads the Perak Umno," he said.


Meanwhile Mohd Tajol Rosli, when met by reporters, said the decision was the best as he conceded that he did not have the necessary strength to win back the Perak state government for the BN.
"This is the best decision that I can make for Perak to wrest back the state government in the next general election," he said.
He said his desire to step down had been conveyed much earlier after the 12th general election but the party leadership had asked him to reconsider his decision.
"I had informed Datuk Seri Najib (about the decision) on 26 Jan. This time around, I informed the MT directly and they have agreed. I did not hold a state liaison meeting on the matter because I did not want the others to plead again," he said.


The meeting tonight also discussed the post-mortem report on the Kuala Terengganu Parliamentary by-election on 17 Jan which would be scrutinised further by the Umno management committee.
In the by-election, BN candidate Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Ismail lost to the PAS candidate, Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut, by a majority of 2,631 votes.
Meanwhile, Abdullah said all suggestions submitted at the party's retreat recently would be implemented immediately, especially matters pertaining to the party's election process in March.


"Everyone must also remind party members against the evil of money politics which must be avoided.
"The existing Disciplinary Board specifically focuses on cases pertaining to money politics and we must increase the number of personnel so that cases reported could be looked into, considered and a decision made as soon as possible," he added

How many deaths does it take?

Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:59

The death in police custody of Kugan Ananthan, a 22-year old who was arrested on suspicion of being part of a luxury car-theft racket has eroded the credibility of the police force among a significant section of the Malaysian people. Unless there emerges the political will to deal with the record of abuses in the police seriously and openly, this credibility is not about to be recovered soon, observes Farish Noor.

Commenting on the loss of credibility and legitimacy of the Burmese state security forces in the eyes of the Burmese people and the international community, the Burmese activist leader Aung San Su Kyi once said: “All they have left are their guns”.Indeed, if the possession of a badge is the only thing that differentiates a law enforcement officer from the ordinary public or the criminal fraternity, then it can be said that the line between law enforcement and the absence of law and order is a fine one.

It has become a truism worldwide that once that line is fatefully and fatally crossed, it would be next to impossible to redeem the reputation and standing of any law enforcement agency again. This was the case of the police in South Africa during the days of apartheid, whose job it was not to protect all South African citizens but rather to prop up the apartheid regime at the cost of the freedom of others. The same applies to the stained reputation of the security forces of many other developing countries, from Zimbabwe to Pakistan to Sri Lanka to the Philippines, whose job it seems is to protect the ruling parties and the political elite rather than to provide for the safety of the population at large.

Today Malaysia seems to be heading down the same path as more and more revelations of misdemeanours among the state security forces come to light. The most recent case being that of Kugan Ananthan, a 22-year old who was arrested by the Malaysian police on suspicion of being part of a luxury car-theft racket. Kugan was later found dead at the Subang Jaya police station, and the initial explanation for his death was ‘water in the lungs’.However the relatives of Kugan were able to get photographs of the young man’s body that showed signs of physical abuse and fresh wounds.

Once again the Malaysian police is in the limelight for the wrong reasons, and several police officers have been called to an inquiry.What is deeply troubling about the death of Kugan is the fact that there seems to be a pattern of young Malaysian men of Indian descent dying under police custody for some years now. Among the other notorious cases that have made the headlines are that of B Prabakar, who reported that he was not only beaten and kicked by policemen but also had boiling water thrown upon his body. Then there is the case of Sanjeev Kumar who alleged that he was not only forced to drink urine but was also sodomised with a broom. Deaths in custody have now become a regular occurrence, and other Malaysians of Indian ancestry like K Letchumanan and Uthaya Chandran were found dead in their cells.Coming at a time when race relations are at a low point in the country, the death of Kugan in police custody has presented the administration of Prime Minister Badawi with another problem.

With less than two months at the helm to go before his declared date of retirement, Prime Minister Badawi’s action over the Kugan case may well determine his fate and how he will be judged in the months and years to come.But the Malaysian government’s official position thus far has been to maintain that order must be maintained and that there should be no outpouring of support for Kugan.

The Minister for Home Affairs, Syed Hamid Albar has taken the line that Malaysians "should not regard criminals as heroes or the police as demons". Though in this case the controversy lies not in the arrest of Kugan, but what was done to him and the circumstances of his death.For politicians on the opposition benches, the case of Kugan’s death under police custody marks yet another dip in the reputation of the Malaysian government and its capacity to maintain law and order. For Parliamentarian Sivarasa Rasiah of the People’s Justice party (PKR), "Kugan’s shocking death by torture has unleashed an unprecedented level of outrage" among the Malaysian public, notably the Malaysian Indian community.

Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad of the Malaysian Islamic party (Pas) noted that "this must be the last case of police brutality and death in custody. Our civilised society can no longer stomach this". The final judgement, however, will fall on the performance of the Badawi administration during its last weeks in power, according to Lim Kit Siang of the Democratic Action party (DAP), for "Kugan’s death marks the abysmal and final failure of Abdullah (Badawi’s) reform programme – standing out as a tragic symbol of the pathetic end of his pledge for police and institutional reform".Just how the Badawi administration will handle the outpouring of grief, anger and frustration from the Malaysian public – and the Malaysian Indian minority community in particular – remains to be seen, but for the moment it can be concluded that the death of Kugan in police custody has once again driven a wedge among the communities in Malaysia and has emphasised the marginalised position and status of the Indian Malaysian minority especially.

With a weakened Badawi about to exit the stage of politics for good and hid deputy Najib Razak poised to take over control of a ruling Umno party in disarray in March, the ship of the Malaysian state is in choppy waters for certain. Coupled with the global economic downturn that will also contribute to further demands from the Malaysian public for state assistance and protection, whoever runs Malaysia will have to cater to a myriad of needs; all of which are equally urgent and all of which need to be satisfied now.But one thing is certain at this juncture at least:

Whatever the state of the Malaysian economy and government may be in the months to come, the state-apparatus will only work if it has credibility in the eyes of the Malaysian public. At the moment the institution of the Malaysian police force has lost credibility and standing among a significant section of the Malaysian people, and unless there emerges the political will to deal with the record of abuses in the police seriously and openly, this credibility is not about to be recovered soon.

By then, as Aung San Suu Kyi once said, "all they will have left are their guns".

Rule of law being compromised

Thursday, 29 January 2009 20:52

Unless we take notice of the spreading epidemic of lawlessness, rising vigilante crime, mob mentality and arbitrary punishment that comes in the wake of the undermining of the rule of law, Malaysia is in danger of becoming a police state, warns Angeline Loh.

The 23 December 2008 police torture of car park attendant, B Prabakar during interrogation at the Brickfields police district headquarters reported by Malaysiakini on 31 December 2008, is an incident all citizens should be warned of. B Prabakar was taken in for interrogation and remanded for five days. He was asked to identify certain photographs by the police.

For his failure to answer their questions, his body was scalded with boiling water, “ repeatedly beaten, kicked and stepped-on by at least 10 police personnel” apart from being verbally abused and threatened with death. (Malaysiakini, 31 Dec. 2008)Moreover, the police took B Prabakar to a private clinic to treat his injuries where a doctor treating him only communicated verbally with the police officer accompanying him. According to Prabakar, the doctor did not even ask his name while giving him treatment.

The police also withheld the medicine dispensed to him by the doctor. (Malaysiakini video) Despite S Manikavasagam, MP supporting his case and submitting a memorandum to IGP Musa Hassan, to be followed by a copy to Suhakam, there are no guarantees that any individual member of the general public will not at any time be faced with similar police brutality that may not be accounted for by the police or justified with concrete evidence. A similar instance is seen in Francis Udayappan’s death allegedly by drowning in the Klang River while escaping custody from the same police station.

G Sara Lily, Francis Udayappan’s mother still holds the police responsible for her son’s death and that the coroner’s decision that the police were not in any way responsible, should be overturned by the High Court. (Malaysiakini 20/6/08)As incidents of police brutality, unjust and unlawful arrest and detention increase in number with the cruel and inhuman ISA more flagrantly wielded by the Federal Government to suppress legitimate freedom of expression and assembly, the personal security of Malaysians as well as others in this country is compromised.
The continuance of this situation of blatant and open human rights abuse could ultimately turn into chaos and result in a complete breakdown of the rule of law and society in this country.

In an intensifying global economic downturn, the erosion of the rule of law, denial and violations of human rights, and suppression of democracy work to further destabilise already fragile social, economic and political structures in Malaysia.Not only has the Federal Government ‘thumbed its nose’ at the international community, tarnishing Malaysia’s image and bringing down the nation’s prestige globally, it apparently persists in ignoring the deepening urgency to deal with fundamental economic and human rights issues in the country.

If nothing is done and neither sense nor reason prevails the descent into the pit of totalitarian tyranny could result. Malaysia may become like Myanmar, making us a contributor to political instability in Asean and Southeast Asia.The region has been persistently plagued by such instability, yet Asean governments have been tardily slow in making democracy, justice and peace a priority. The out-dated principle of ‘non-interference’ continues to be common political currency amongst Asean governments. (Forum-Asia). Unless we take notice of the spreading epidemic of lawlessness, rising vigilante crime, mob mentality and arbitrary punishment that comes in the wake of the erosion of the rule of law and the consequent non-protection of human life and dignity, Malaysia is in danger of becoming a police state where brutality, arbitrary punishment and violation of the person will be permitted, rationalised and justified.

We urge Malaysian politicians of every political complexion, the judiciary, and the government of the day to seriously consider the current crisis faced by the people in this country, without deflecting or evading the issues using external comparisons of situations in other countries which are handled differently by other governments in dissimilar political and social environments. What is needed is concerted political will to take positive, definite and decisive action to stop corruption, lawlessness, denial of and violations of human rights.

We need to facilitate the reinstitution of the rule of law, justice and democracy.Malaysia should become a protector and promoter of peace in the region in keeping with its treaty obligations under the UN Charter and other international treaties it has ratified and become party to, in keeping with the Federal Government’s frequent boast that Malaysia is a model multi-ethnic and pluralist society. This boast should be made a reality for the people of Malaysia as well as serve as a shining example for international relations in the region and amongst the wider family of nations.

This article was written before the death of A Kugan.