TAG 2378:
20 Tahun Terkejut Beruk
(20 years of shellshock)
Oleh Raja Petra Kamarudin - Laman M@RHAEN

Saya ada satu cadangan kepada Menteri Pelajaran. Kalau anda mampu melakukannya saya akan lupakan kisah anda menggoyang-goyang keris, ataupun mengucupnya. (Saya fikir orang China tidak akan maafkan anda – dan ini adalah satu kisah lain pula). Cadangan saya ini ialah agar Kementerian Pelajaran menjadikan satu kemestian agar semua pelajar hafal keseluruhan Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia. Ini bererti bahawasanya Perlembagaan Malaysia seharusnya menjadi satu perkara wajib, dan sesiapa yang gagal ujian Perlembagaan harus gagal keseluruhan peperiksaannya.

Saya terkejut melihatkan setiap peguam yang berada di mahkamah untuk berhujah kes melibatkan Perlembagaan negara seolah-olah tidak memahami Perlembagaan negara kita. Ada ketikanya saya terpaksa mengingatkan mereka tentang artikel tertentu dalam Perlembagaan itu dan tolong menterjemahkan intipatinya. Saya bukanlah seorang peguam dan tidak akan berlagak seperti demikian - walaupun demikian saya lebih percaya diri sendiri berbanding ramai peguam lain ketika saya berhujah membincangkan kes saya dalam beberapa soal jawab dengan polis mengikut Seksyen 112 ketika saya dikenakan dahulu.

Untuk melencung sedikit, para editor akhbar perdana (bererti akhbar yang dimiliki oleh parti pemerintah) harus juga dimestikan mengambil satu kursus ringkas tentang Perlembagaan. Walaupun Artikel 32(2) menyebut: Isteri Yang DiPertuan Agong harus diberikan gelaran Raja Permaisuri Agong dan Baginda seharusnya diberi keutamaan selepas Yang DiPertuan Agong dan Baginda seharusnya diberi keutamaan selepas Yang DiPertuan Agong berbanding orang lain di Persekutuan, pihak akhbar masih lagi bertegas memberikan gelaran ‘wanita pertama’ kepada isteri Perdana Menteri.

Dengan demikian, Raja Permaisuri Agong sesungguhnya adalah “Wanita Pertama” Itulah yang disebut oleh Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia dan eloklah kita akur dengan Perlembagaan Malaysia dan bukan dengan Perlembagaan Amerika Syarikat. Kita bukannya negara ke-52 dalam Persekutuan Amerika Syarikat, walaupun kita benarkan Abdullah Ahmad Badawi terus menjadi Perdana Menteri dan perkara ini terus berlaku dahulu (itupun kalau kita tidak menjadi Wilayah Singapura, terlebih dahulu,.)

Ia harus menjadi satu kemestian kepada SEMUA rakyat Malaysia untuk membaca, menghafal dan memahami Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia. Dengan hanya membaca komen di Malaysia Today memberikan kita bahan bukti yang memadai untuk membuktikan bahawa secara umumnya rakyat Malaysia memang tidak begitu arif tentang Perlembagaan negara sendiri. Mereka membuat banyak komentar yang mendedahkan kedunguan itu. Cuba lihat satu ‘kenyataan rasmi’ yang dibuat oleh seorang yang kononnya ‘jurucakap rasmi’ Istana Negara. “Kenapakah Agong tidak memecat beliau?” . “Kenapakah Agong tidak membuat pengumuman rasmi menyangkal kenyataan beliau?” “Kenapakah Agong tidak menerima secara peribadi Memorandum Rakyat pada 10 November 2007?” dan banyak lagi, adalah beberapa contoh betapa dungunya rakyat Malaysia terhadap protokol yang sempurna dan bagaimana Agong seharusnya menjalankan peranan mengikut Perlembagaan negara.

Rakyat Malaysia juga semacam tidak arif mengenai sistem Westminster diamalkan dalam Parlimen Malaysia. Sepatutnya Malaysia mempunyai empat cabang kerajaan. Kita memiliki cabang Eksekutif, Badan Kehakiman, Perundangan dan Majlis Raja-raja dan setiap cabang itu seharusnya berfungsi secara bersendirian tetapi selari antara satu sama lain. Walaupun cabang perundangan mempunyai peranan melaksanakan setiap undang-undang yang diluluskan oleh Parlimen, ia juga memainkan peranan menguatkuasakan undang-undang itu bukan semata-mata melaksanakan apa yang termaktub dalamnya.

Cabang Kehakiman mengatur hukum undang-undang, Parlimen menterjemahkan undang-undang, Eksekutif melaksanakan undang-undang dan Majlis Raja-Raja adalah pelindung dan memegang amanah Perlembagaan Malaysia dan menentukan bahawasanya undang-undang itu diluluskan tanpa mencabul Keluhuran Perlembagaan. Ia boleh membuat ketentuan berlawan dengan yang tersirat dalam undang-undang seandainya kesan undang-undang itu mengatasi apa yang tersurat dalamnya.

Mari kita lihat satu contoh, Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) yang telah dibentangkan dalam Parlimen oleh Tun Razak pada 1960. Ia menjadi undang-undang kerajaan secara khususnya ia adalah bertujuan melawan Keganasan Komunis. Sejak zaman Komunis (Darurat) ditamatkan secara rasminya dengan berlakunya satu Perjanjian Damai antara Parti Komunis Malaya (CPM) dan kerajaan Malaysia di Haatyai, Thailand, Akta itu (ISA) sepatutnya sudah dianggap tidak berguna lagi.

Kini, ada segelintir hakim sudahpun membuat ketentuan bahawa menahan terroris bukan–Komunis (CTs) mengikut ISA adalah tidak menepati hukum undang-undang dan mereka sudahpun membuat pengadilan bahawasanya penahanan itu haram malahan mengikut pengadilan mereka ada hakim yang mencadangkan agar ISA dikaji semula ataupun dimansuhkan. Hakim-hakim ini telah membuat pengadilan mereka bukan berasaskan apa yang tersurat dalam undang-undang tetapi apa yang tersirat di dalamnya. Akhirnya semua hakim ini telah diketepikan dan ‘disejuk-beku’ sedangkan setakat ini ada di kalangan mereka sebenarnya layak menjadi Ketua Hakim Negara disebabkan pengalaman dan kekananan (seniority) jawatan mereka.

Apakah yang kita pelajari daripada sini? Pertama, para hakim yang membuat ketentuan dengan hati nurani dan mengikut tafsiran sebenar undang-undang dan mematuhi Perlembagaan Persekutuan telah pun dikenakan hukuman – kerana itu tidak ramai hakim yang berani mengambil pendirian yang bebas. Kedua, badan kehakiman (judiciary) tidak lagi menjadi cabang bebas kerajaan tetapi merupakan satu lagi sayap kerajaan yang memerintah. Dengan itu, cabang kehakiman yang sepatutnya menjadi salah satu daripada empat cabang kerajaan, sudah menjadi lumpuh (ataupun mati pucuk). Kesannya, Eksekutif merupakan yang paling berkuasa dan cabang kehakiman hanya menjadi hamba sahayanya.

Begitu juga dengan cabang Perundangan. Anggota Parlimen tidak dibenarkan mewakili para pengundi yang meletakkan mereka di jawatan itu. Kalau ada Anggota Parlimen yang membuang undi kerana desakan hati nuraninya dan ternyata menyebelahi pihak pembangkang, tindakan disiplin diambil ke atasnya Masih ingatkah anda dengan kes S. Sothinathan? Bagaimana pula dengan episod Undang-undang Keluarga Islam yang penuh kontroversi tahun lalu di mana Nazri Aziz memberi ingatan kepada Anggota Parlimen daripada parti pemerintah dan Senator lantikan kerajaan bahawa adalah menjadi tanggungjawab mereka mengundi mengikut kehendak parti pemerintah? Dalam istilah Bahasa Melayu perkataan ‘Members of Parliament’ dan ‘State Assemblymen’ ialah Wakil Rakyat. Sesungguhnya mereka hanya merupakan Wakil Parti, bukannya Wakil Rakyat, sedangkan ada segelintir seperti Anggota Kabinet, khususnya Perdana Menteri dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri, adalah Wakil Pos kerana mereka menang pilihan raya disebabkan undi pos.

Jelas sudah, betapa badan Kehakiman dan Perundangan tidak lagi merupakan cabang kerajaan yang sah. Cabang Eksekutif membuat keputusan atas segala-galanya. Ini bererti bahawa Eksekutif, Kehakiman dan Perundangan telah dicantum menjadi satu. Hanya tinggal majlis Raja-Raja. Seandainya kuasa Majlis Raja-Raja turut jatuh ke tangan cabang Eksekutif, bererti Malaysia akan mengecut kepada satu cabang kerajaan sahaja.

Itu sebabnya adalah penting agar rakyat Malaysia memahami peranan Raja-Raja. Kalau cabang kehakiman dan Perundangan sudahpun kehilangan kebebasannya, Kedaulatan Raja-raja masih memiliki kuasa tertentu seperti yang termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Sebagai contoh, wujudnya kepercayaan bahawa Pengerusi ataupun Presiden parti politik yang menang paling banyak kerusi Parlimen, secara automatik menerima tawaran menjadi Perdana Menteri. Ini tidak benar. Agong yang menentukan siapa sepatutnya menjadi Perdana Menteri.

Kepercayaan kebiasaan yang kedua ialah bahawasanya Agong hanya boleh bertindak mengikut nasihat Perdana Menteri. Ini sememangnya tidak benar. Dan adalah tidak benar sama sekali apabila Perdana Menteri pergi menghadap Agong meminta Parlimen dibubarkan untuk diadakan pilihan raya umum yang baru, Agong mesti bersetuju. Agong boleh menolak permintaan Parlimen dibubarkan seandainya Baginda mempunyai sebab berbuat demikian. Sebagai contoh, seandainya Baginda merasakan pilihan raya itu nanti akan berbaur penipuan. Malahan Agong boleh bertindak menubuhkan satu Suruhanjaya DiRaja (itu sebabnya ia disebut DIRAJA) untuk mengaudit keseluruhan sistem pilihan raya dan mencadangkan perubahan ataupun reformasi.

Sesungguhnya Malaysia tidak mempunyai empat cabang dalam kerajaannya. Memanglah, Kehakiman dan Perundangan sudah pun dikecutkan menjadi tukang cop ataupun Pak Angguk sahaja. Akan tetapi institusi DiRaja bukanlah Tukang Angguk walaupun ia kelihatan seolah-olah tempat meletakkan cop-getah (rubber stamp).

Harus difahami, Institusi DiRaja kelihatan semacam tukang angguk kerana Krisis Perlembagaan 20 tahun dahulu di mana Raja-Raja telah diberitahu dengan tegasnya bahawa rakyat Malaysia secara umumnya mahu sistem DiRaja itu dimansuhkan dan Malaysia ditukar menjadi sebuah Republik. Hanya UMNO yang mempertahankan sistem DiRaja itu, demikian yang dikelentung oleh UMNO kepada Raja-Raja. Kononnya, tanpa UMNO institusi DiRaja di Malaysia sudah masuk dalam lipatan sejarah seperti yang terjadi di India dan Indonesia. Dengan itu, seandainya institusi DiRaja menentang UMNO, bererti raja-raja akan disingkirkan dan Perdana Menteri akan bertindak menjadi Presiden Republik Malaysia.

Inilah yang mengejutkan Raja-Raja. Walaupun 20 tahun sudahpun berlalu, Raja-Raja masih terkejut beruk. Inilah sebabnya kita lihat wujudnya keengganan di pihak Raja-Raja untuk ‘campurtangan’ dalam pentadbiran negara ini, seperti yang kerap dilalakkan oleh UMNO secara berulang-ulang dalam usaha mengkerdilkan Raja-Raja.

Akan tetapi, sebenarnya tidak timbul kisah campurtangan. Raja-Raja bukannya campurtangan. Rakyat Malaysia bukannya mahukan raja-raja campurtangan. Institusi raja-raja adalah merupakan salah satu daripada empat cabang kerajaan yang sah dan bebas. Dua cabang lagi, Kehakiman dan Perundangan sudah pun dimandulkan dan tidak berguna lagi. Jadi kita cuma mempunyai satu cabang sahaja lagi yang tinggal yakni institusi raja-raja yang boleh memainkan peranan imbang dan periksa terhadap cabang eksekutif.

Kita bukannya meminta raja-raja bertindak lebih daripada apa yang termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Kita hanya meminta raja-raja lakukan apa yang dibenarkan oleh Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Kita hanya minta raja-raja lakukan apa yang sememangnya sah untuk mereka lakukan.

Saya telah diberitahu bahawa institusi raja-raja di negara ini memerlukan belanja sekitar sebanyak RM40 juta setahun. Jika benarlah perkara ini saya fikir itu bukannya satu masalah, seandainya raja-raja melakukan tugas setimpal dengan apa yang dibayar kepada mereka. Kita mempunyai kira-kira 1,000 wakil rakyat (Ahli Parlimen, Senator dan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri) yang menyebabkan negara berbelanja lebih RM40 juta. Ini tidak termasuk bayaran ‘bawah meja’ (wang sogok) yang menyebabkan negara kerugian berbilion ringgit. Jadi, RM40 juta adalah dalam kemampuan kita kalau raja-raja menjalankan tugas mereka. Kalaulah diperkenalkan perubahan, yang seterusnya akan mengurangkan salah guna kuasa dan korupsi, hanya satu kontrak kerajaan yang dilaksanakan dengan sempurna boleh menjimatkan RM40 juta – yang tentunya memadai untuk mengekalkan institusi raja-raja. Ini bererti institusi raja-raja boleh membantu menyediakan kos menyara kehidupannya dengan melakukan perubahan terhadap cara negara ini membelanjakan duitnya.

Sepuluh orang raja (sultan) telah mengangkat sumpah untuk bersemayam di takhta masing-masing. Mereka telah bersumpah dengan nama Allah agar melaksanakan tugas yang diamanahkan. Tugas mereka tentunya kepada Allah dan bukannya kepada UMNO Memanglah UMNO pernah mengugut mahu menghapuskan institusi raja-raja. UMNO telah beritahu raja-raja bahawa hanya UMNO yang mahu mengekalkan sistem beraja sedangkan rakyat yang bukan-UMNO mahu sistem DiRaja itu dimansuhkan dan Malaysia bertukar menjadi sebuah republik. Sebenarnya ini bukan boleh dilakukan. Perlembagaan Malaysia tidak memberi peruntukan untuk perkara itu dibenarkan. Malahan, cakap-cakap mahu menghapuskan sistem beraja di negara ini adalah satu jenayah yang masuk di bawah Akta Hasutan Malaysia. Anda boleh disumbat dalam penjara hanya dengan berkata-kata perkara itu. Kalau anda mencubanya anda boleh dikenakan tuduhan derhaka terhadap Raja dan boleh dijatuhkan hukum gantung sampai mati kalau didapati bersalah. Ingatkah anda apa yang terjadi kepada kumpulan Al-Maunah?

Barisan rakyat ‘Gelombang Kuning’ pada 10 November 2007 sesungguhnya adalah merupakan tindakan rakyat yang melampaui mahukan perubahan dalam sistem pilihan raya. Ia bertujuan menghantar satu mesej kepada Agong bahawasanya rakyat adalah di belakang Baginda. Rakyat Malaysia tidak mahu Malaysia bertukar menjadi satu Republik. Ini bererti empat cabang dalam kerajaan akan mengecut menjadi hanya tiga cabang sahaja. Setakat ini pun ketiga-tiga cabang itu sudahpun mengecut menjadi satu sahaja. Cabang Eksekutif membuat keputusan apa yang patut dilaksanakan oleh Kehakiman dan Perundangan. Kenapa pula kita mesti mahukan institusi DiRaja itu dihapuskan dan memberikan kuasa yang mutlak kepada Eksekutif?

Rakyat sudahpun bersuara pada 10 November 2007. Mesej yang disuarakan ialah rakyat mahukan Agong melaksanakan tugas Baginda mengikut gaji yang dibayar untuk melaksanakan tanggungjawab beliau dan tidak lebih daripada itu. Institusi raja-raja mesti tunjukkan kepada rakyat bahawasanya ialah cabang keempat dalam kerajaan. Institusi raja-raja mesti buktikan kepada rakyat bahawa ia masih relevan dan diperlukan. Memanglah, UMNO akan lontarkan ugutan bahawasanya rakyat mahukan institusi raja-raja dimansuhkan. Itu yang dibuat oleh UMNO 20 tahun dahulu dan institusi raja-raja masih terkejut beruk lagi. Akan tetapi itu kisah 20 tahun dahulu. Ketika itu rakyat beranggapan bahawa kerajaan sedang berfungsi. Sekarang ini kerajaan tidak berfungsi lagi. Empat cabang kerajaan sudah tidak wujud lagi. Hari ini, Malaysia sudah mengecut menjadi dua cabang sahaja, Eksekutif dan Institusi raja-raja.

Kita tidak ingin melihat Institusi raja-raja menjadi Eksekutif. Kita mahu kekalkan empat cabang dalam kerajaan. Kita hanya mahukan institusi raja-raja mengekalkan kembali empat cabang kerajaan seperti mana ia dilahirkan dahulu. Itulah peranan institusi raja-raja. Institusi raja-raja bukannya diminta mentadbir negara ini. Institusi raja-raya diminta mengembalikan apa yang merupakan satu sistem yang pincang.

Kita tentu akan merasa bangga mengekalkan institusi raja-raja itu walaupun kosnya mencecah RM50 juta. Wang sejumlah RM50 juta bolehlah dikatakan amat murah kalau dibandingkan dengan berbilion ringgit yang kita rugi kerana sistem kerajaan yang pincang. Memanglah kerja-kerja mengaudit itu memerlukan wang. Setiap pengarah syarikat akan memberitahu anda perkara ini. Tetapi, ‘juruaudit’ merupakan belanja yang penting untuk menjaga kekayaan negara ini.

Itulah peranan institusi raja-raja di negara ini yang merupakan cabang keempat dalam kerajaan kita.

- Raja Petra Kamarudin

UBAH SEBELUM PARAH
UBAH DEMI MARUAH

28.11.2007 - Terjemahan marhaintua (MT-SPAR)
(suntingan M@RHAEN - Emel: marhaen@gmail.com/ reformasi@gmail.com)

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Pihak kami telah menerima satu e-mel yang mendedahkan maklumat bagaimana banyaknya wang rakyat dibelanjakan oleh Menteri-menteri di Malaysia. Walau begitu banyak wang gaji mereka, mereka ini masih rakus dengan mengaut pelbagai projek.

Rakyat yang miskin, makin miskin dan ditindas dengan pelbagai kenaikan harga barang. Para menteri tidak menghiraukan nasib rakyat, mereka sekadar berlakon menunjukkan simpati tetapi mereka sebenarnya dalang kenaikan barang di Malaysia

asalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera,
tuan dan puan,

Untuk makluman semua ini adalah pendedahan dari salah seorang Pegawai Bahagian Kewangan, Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri. Pendedahan ini mengenai Slip Pendapatan Bulanan Menteri dan Timbalan Menteri di Malaysia. Hanya pegawai-pegawai tertentu sahaja dibenarkan menguruskan maklumat ini, walaupun mereka itu adalah PA kepada Menteri.

Kakitangan perkeranian tidak mengetahui, sebab slip pendapatan bulan masing-masing diberi dengan sampul surat tertutup.Maklumat ini adalah dari kawan-kawan di Jabatan Audit Negara,Perbendaharaan Malaysia, Bahagian Kabinet Jabatan Perdana Menteriserta serta Bahagian Pentadbiran Kewangan Parlimen Malaysia.

Slip Pendapatan Bulanan bagi Menteri Penuh Malaysia termasuk Ketua-Ketua Menteri

1. Gaji Pokok RM18,000 - sulit untuk public, tidak boleh didedah kpd orang awam (OSA) akhbar ditegah mendedahkannya.Terikat dgn akta Parliment

2. Elaun Keraian RM10,500.00 - tidak sulit, pendedahan harus berhati-hati

3. Elaun Perumahan RM10,800.00 - tidak sulit - pendedahan harus berhati-hati Kebanyakn menteri ada rumah sendiri, jadi tuntutan ini masuk poket mereka sajalah

4. Elaun Wakil Rakyat RM10,650.00 - tidak sulit tapi tidak orang semua tahu.

5. Elaun parking RM 5,700.00

Jumlah pendapatan bulanan RM55,650.00 yg wajib terima samada sakit atau tidak kerja

Lain-lain kemudahan

1. Bercuti keluar negara sekali setahun terutama selepas persidangan Dewan Negara- semua perbelanjaan ditanggung oleh kerajaan termasuk tiket penerbangan,hotel, duit poket sebanyak RM50,000.00. Kalau tidak bercuti keluar negara seorang menteri boleh menuntut sebanyak RM50,000.00 tanpa resit.

2. Bil letrik percuma ditanggung oleh kerajaan Malaysia

3. Bil Air percuma ditanggung oleh kerajaan Malaysia

4. Bil telefon percuma ditanggung oleh kerajaan Malaysia

5. Peruntukan perkakasan dapor/perhiasan rumah dll boleh dituntut setahun sekali sebanyak RM40,000.00

6. Sebuah kereta Mercedes S320, di lengkapi dgn talipon bimbit,satu driver,minyak percuma.Kalau pakai pemandu kementerian,dapatlah duit percuma.

7. Semua pemberian derma spt kpd perkahwinan, kematian,atau pemberian kpd badan kebajikan kebajikan boleh dituntut.

8. Boleh mengadakan rumah terbuka setiap hari raya, segala perbelanjaan ditanggung oleh kerajaan. Kebiasaan Menteri menuntut sebanyak RM400,000.00

9. Setiap menteri biasanya tuntutan mereka sebanyak RM45,000.00 semua elaun perbelanjaan tidak termasuk elaun-elaun dalam slip pendapatan bulanan.

Slip Pendapatan Bulanan Bagi Timbalan Menteri

1. Gaji Pokok RM15,000 - sulit untuk public,tidak boleh didedah kpd orang awam (OSA) akhbar ditegah mendedahkannya.Terikat dgn akta Parliment

2. Elaun Keraian RM9,500.00 - tidak sulit, pendedahan harus berhati-hati

3. Elaun Perumahan RM9,800.00 - tidak sulit- pendedahan harus berhati-hati Kebanyakn menteri ada rumah sendiri, jadi tuntutan ini masuk poket saja lah poket sendiri

4. Elaun Wakil Rakyat RM10,650.00 - tidak sulit

5. Elaun parking RM 5,700.00

Jumlah pendapatan bulanan RM50,650.00 yg wajib terima samada sakit atau tidak hadir bertugas.

Lain-lain hal

Maklumat diatas adalah berdasarkan tangga gaji seorang menteri pada tahun 1999. Saya rasa terdapat sedikit sebanyak perubahan sehingga sekarang. Pendapatan diatas tidak termasuk dari lain-lain sumber seperti berikut:

1. Pengerusi syarikat/lembaga jabatan kerajaan

2. Pengerusi syarikat swasta yg dilantik

3. Pedapatan dari syarikat persendirian spt kontrak dll

4. Pendapatan dari kroni-kroni peribadi

5. Saham yang diberi khas oleh kerajaan sebanyak 300,000 unit setiap masa.

6. Tidak termasuk dari pendapatan luar negara

7. Lain-lain sumber

Oleh yang demikian saya merayu dan menyeru kepada tuan-tuan dan puan-puan sahabat saya yang sedang berkhidmat di Bahagian Kewangan di seluruh Kementerian di Malaysia agar membuat pendedahan masing-masing tentang perkara ini agar seluruh rakyat Malaysia mengetahuai dan dapat menjadi pengajaran kepada mereka semua. Semoga pendedahan ini dapat menyedarkan semua rakyat dan ahli UMNO diseluruh Malaysia terutama sekali yang terperangkap dengan sekilo gula dan sehelai batik. Siapa tahu Slip Gaji Bulanan Perdana Menteri Malaysia !

Saya akan mendedahkannya sedikit masa lagi!!!

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Malaysian fuel prices could rise by more than 20 percent early next year, in a "painful" move that would push inflation up to 3.2 percent in 2008, an independent think tank said today. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said early this month that energy subsidies would have to be reduced, signalling further fuel price hikes even as the nation heads for elections tipped for next year. The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) said it expects pump prices to be increased by 30 to 40 sen from current levels of RM1.92 per litre. Highway tolls are also expected to rise in January, a year after hikes of up to 60 percent were imposed, in a double burden for motorists. "I think it will be done soon ... probably after elections along with the toll hike. These are painful changes," said MIER chief Mohamed Ariff Abdul Kareem. The twin increases "will raise the cost of doing business and inflation could hit 3.2 percent next year," he told reporters. Bank Negara's forecast Malaysia's central bank has forecast inflation to fall between 2.0 to 2.5 percent in 2007, but has not made any prediction for 2008. The government imposed its highest-ever fuel price rises in February 2006, citing the spiralling cost of crude oil, and pledged to use the cost savings to boost the country's substandard transport system. Political and civil society groups organised rare demonstrations in the streets of the capital Kuala Lumpur to condemn the decision, arguing it was unnecessary as Malaysia is a net exporter of oil. The MIER reiterated that it expects economic growth to slow to 5.4 percent in 2008, against an official forecast of up to 6.5 percent, due to weakness in the United States and the global economy. The MIER is tipping 5.7 percent expansion for 2007, lower than the government's forecast of 6.0 percent.

Lingam saga: Brother vs Brother

exclusive Embattled lawyer VK Lingam knew two years beforehand of impending Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) investigations against him, claimed his brother V Thirunama Karasu. In a two-hour interview last week, to which he had agreed in order to refute Lingam’s allegation that he is delusional, Thirunama also responded in detail to issues that have placed both brothers in the media spotlight. Lingam is alleged to be the person in video footage, apparently recorded in 2002, which reveals a telephone conversation purportedly ‘fixing’ judicial appointments. He has withheld comment on this pending an investigation by a royal commission of inquiry. Thirunama, 50, was drawn into the controversy after lawyer and politician Wee Choo Keong revealed a police report lodged in March which alleged other acts of judicial corruption by Lingam in 1988. When Thirunama, who had lodged the report, was summoned by the ACA for questioning, Lingam responded with a statement claiming that his brother had previously sought psychiatric treatment and furnished copies of medical records to prove this. During the interview, Thirunama claimed that family members had compelled him to “put up an act” in front psychiatric doctors to nullify his statements to the ACA. He also revealed that he had once worked for Lingam and that he had been privy to several actions, including the transfer of large sums of money in anticipation of an ACA probe. “I don’t know how he was tipped off that the ACA was coming,” he said. The first of a three-part report on the interview follows - his manner of speaking has been maintained in the interests of authenticity. Lingam claimed that you attempted suicide in 1981. Is that true? There is no such thing. There are no medical records. Ask him to prove it. In your police report, you said that, in 1996, your uncle rushed into an office and said that the ACA was coming. Tell us more about it. In May 1996, my uncle - Perincuramasamy - came rushing in. At that time I was at my brother’s office. Dato VK (Lingam) was there. My sister, Chinmayadevi, was there. (Perincuramasamy) said that the ACA was coming. (Lingam) panicked. He instructed me and my sister Devi and another person Francis Kok Chee Khoon to go to Oriental Bank in Jalan Sultan Ismail to withdraw a large sum of money from (his) account. I took RM275,000 and banked it into my Public Bank account. I have documents to prove I made that particular transaction. What happened after that? After that he asked us to make five bank drafts of 60,000 pound sterling each - also from his bank account - which he banked into the accounts of five persons. This is in my police report. Including myself, four people followed him to London (to bank in the money). That would roughly be around RM1.5 million. That’s a large sum of money. Francis Kok Chee Khoon also withdrew a large sum of money (from Lingam’s account). So you are saying that even more money was withdrawn apart from what you witnessed. Yes. Lingam was really panicky because of the ACA investigations into (national steelmaker) Perwaja Steel. So (Lingam’s) account in Oriental Bank was emptied? I don’t know. I can’t say if the account was emptied. I don’t know the balance. What happened to the money that was in your Public Bank account and the account in London? In London, the 60,000 pound was taken out by my brother in 1996. (There was forgery involved). I didn’t know about (the withdrawal). How did you know about it then? I went to London to withdraw the money. They (the bank) said that it had been transferred into my brother’s (Lingam’s) account. When did you go to London? Probably in 1997. The money in your Public Bank account? I withdrew the money and gave it to (Lingam). He said it belonged to someone. He put pressure on me and mentioned a prominent figure’s name and said that it was his money and that he would come after me (if I don’t give back the money). When was it withdrawn? It was withdrawn in July (1996). The main thing that I want to tell the public is that I don’t have a psychiatric problem because I was told to put up an act in 1998. I want you to know that’s my main reason to be here. What happened in 1998? In the first week of March 1998, my brother came to my house and told me to follow him. I followed him in his car and he asked whether I had given the photographs to a lawyer - to ‘Dato Shafie’. What photos? The photographs showing Lingam with the former chief judge, Tun Eusoff Chin. I said I didn’t. Then he shouted at me and said I was the one who did it because I showed the travel manifest to that lawyer and that’s why (Dato Shafie) knew about the New Zealand trip. He said that he (Lingam) showed me three photo albums of the New Zealand trip and that I was the only one who knew about this. So he told me to follow him to a restaurant in Sea Park (Petaling Jaya). In the restaurant, my elder sister (Letchmi) was also there. In the restaurant, Lingam said that ‘everyone knows about the photographs’ and ACA knows about the New Zealand trip. He said ACA is going to come to my house and take me and family members for questioning. He said I must not tell the ACA about his dealings with the judges, former IGP, Court of Appeal judge and all those mentioned in my police report. He threatened me that something would happen to me. He mentioned a prominent figure would come after me and that my children would be kidnapped and that I would be arrested for mentioning the former IGP’s name. He told me to go and hide in India. He said the ACA would definitely take me for questioning and force me to tell the truth and what I told the other lawyer (Shafie). So, I don’t know how he was tipped off that the ACA was coming. That put more fear into me. He told me not to tell the ACA anything. I told him that I can’t, because I’ve given a detailed statement to the lawyer (Dato Shafie). I can’t do that (lie to ACA). He said I better follow his instructions. That put fear into me. He was interfering with ACA investigations. The whole conversation took place in the restaurant? Yes. Then what happened? Then I went back home. It was a Sunday (March 8, 1998). The ACA officers came to my house. They were calling me from the gate. This would be the first time the ACA talked to me. I didn’t open the door at first. Then they came to the back of my house and knocked very loudly. I told my wife that the ACA is here. I was sure because my brother had warned me beforehand. I opened the door. They identified themselves. There were three of them. They said that I have given a statement to a lawyer. They said I have seen other prominent people (before) and told of my brother’s corruption with the judges and the former IGP. They said they are going to investigate on that. They asked me to go with them. So I followed them to the ACA headquarters in Jalan Duta [...] and they introduced me to the officer there. They asked me to repeat what I told to the lawyers and (about) other matters in 1997. At first I was threatened (by the ACA), then I cooperated. They took my wallet. They took my keys. Everything. They took a sheet of paper from my pocket - it was notes for my statutory declaration which I was preparing. It was meant to cancel my earlier statutory declaration which my brother made me sign in December 1997 at the Value Inn Hotel in Klang. The ACA officers asked me about the paper and I explained. I told them I was about to go see a lawyer and ask for his opinion on how to go about nullifying my previous statutory declaration. What did you tell ACA officers? During the questioning, the ACA officers wanted to know what I told Dato Shafie and others. I told the ACA officers about all the corruption that my brother was doing between 1995 and 1996. I knew this as I was doing errands for him (Lingam). It was my first statement to them. The statement was recorded by a senior ACA officer. Is the gist of what you told the ACA the same as what you wrote in your police report earlier this year? Yes. What happened after that? The session lasted a few hours and I was released the same day by the ACA. I said that I didn’t want to go back because I was frightened and that my brother hand threatened me. One officer, by the name of Razak, said that I could spend a night at the ACA and that his officers would send me back the next day. The next day (March 9, 1998) I headed home, accompanied by two ACA officers. On the way home, they accompanied me to my bank where I have a safe-deposit box. I gave them some documents to show that there is connection to the judges (and Lingam). After that I went back home. When did your brother find out (about your visit to the ACA)? The same day. I told my sister who was in my house that I had given a statement to the ACA. My sister shouted at me, (saying) ‘Oh my god. Why did you do it? We already told you not to give any statement’. I said that I can’t do anything because I can’t hide the truth. She rang up my brother and she told him what I did. On (Lingam’s) instructions, my sister told me to go see a psychiatric doctor and put up an act. She said we’re all in trouble now because the ACA is coming after us. She said (Lingam) was emotional and that his wife was crying (because of me). She said my children are in danger because I have mentioned all the prominent figures. She called my brother again. She told me go to my wife’s panel doctor. She told me to put up an act and the doctor would refer me to a psychiatric doctor. How did you put on an act? I acted like I was suicidal. I was crying and all that. That was what they told you to do? Yes. They told me to. You must be pretty good in putting up an act... They have threatened me too many times. They said my children would be kidnapped. They said the police were going to arrest me. So you were very scared at the time? Yes. And after that? I went to a clinic in Petaling Jaya and I put up an act. I was acting like I was very depressed and emotional. I went there on my motorbike. They gave me a referral letter to see Dr Deva Dass. (A letter by Dr Deva Dass alleging Thirunama’s psychiatric problems was distributed to the press last week by Lingam). I explained to Dass that I had some family problems and that I’m very depressed. I became emotional. He was taking down notes. He gave me a prescription. I did not tell that I was under ACA investigations because my sister told me not to. She told me to just say that it was a family problem. How long did you spend with Dr Dass? Half an hour. What happened after that? He told me to take some medication. Did you ever see Dass again? My first visit was on March 10 (1998, and again the next day). What kind of medication did he give you? I didn’t take any of the medicine, because I know I was not sick. In total, during the two days I visited him, he gave me about 15-20 tablets. What happened next? On March 12, the ACA came to my house again for questioning. They said they had left out some things (in the earlier interrogation). When I went to ACA, I was reluctant to proceed further with the first statement. I told them that I wanted to make a second statement. Before that, my sister (had) told me to say that the ACA officer threatened and assaulted me to get my first statement. So I told one officer that one of the officers had assaulted me (to obtain the first statement). They then called the officer (who recorded the first statement to ask) whether I was beaten up. The officer replied 'No'. I (had) lied (about this). A senior officer (then) asked if I was threatened by anyone. I didn’t tell them (about threats from family members). I was frightened to tell them. What else did you say? They asked me if I had been threatened and why I was making a second statement. I told them that my first statement was not true. But I did not tell that I visited a psychiatric doctor. A lot of officers came and see me. They told me not to do this. They said I was helping the Malaysian government to clean up the system. They said ‘Why are you doing this?’. I didn’t answer them of course. There is fear because my brother had threatened me. The fear is fresh in my mind. I had no choice. Did you tell them that your brother threatened you? No. I didn’t tell them. How long were you there? Do you remember? The second one was very short. When I was telling a lie, it looked very stupid. I told them that I don’t know where the former chief judge’s (former Chief Justice Eusoff Chin) house is. So I followed (Eusoff) from the court to his house. The second statement I made was very ridiculous. They wrote it. After taking down my (second) statement, an ACA officer said I was contradicting my first statement. Under the ACA Act, he said he would remand me for eight days to investigate me. They handcuffed me and took me somewhere to see a magistrate. I told the magistrate that I had a family to care for and he reduced the remand to six days. I was taken to Taman Tun (Dr) Ismail police lock-up and kept there. Did the ACA interrogate you during those six days? They used to come and take me to show (them) where all the judges’ houses are (located). I showed them all the judges’ houses... all the houses mentioned in my police report. They wanted to know whether what I was saying (to the ACA in my first statement) was true. How could I known all these houses if I had never been there before? During these six days, were you telling the truth? Yes. They questioned me further about the things that I delivered to the judges. Did they ask you about your second statement? I told them I was frightened because all these people are implicated and I had been threatened. You used to drive your brother for meetings at these houses? Usually at night. When I drive him there, he would carry a big bundle of files. When I go back to pick him up he would only have one small files. I used to do that in different cars. Why different cars? He doesn’t want people to see the same car going there every time. How long are these meetings? Two, sometimes three hours. You waited? He would ask me to go back home. He would call me (when he needed to be picked up). How often did these meetings with Eusoff Chin take place? It could be (between) six to eight times (that I know of). This was from 1995 until 1996. You are not the only person to drive him. Is that right? There was a former driver. He told me (about driving Lingam to Eusoff’s house). Did your brother tell you why he went to Eusoff’s house? He said he had important cases to discuss. From that I know of his connections with the former judges. One time, in the car, I told him to be careful and not to do this. He said nobody knows about it. So after six days in remand, were you released? No. On the sixth day of remand - March 17, 1998 - they took a third statement from me. A high-ranking ACA officer told me, very politely, ‘Look, after all you’re going to speak the truth. You are going to open up in public. We’re here to clean up the judiciary. Don’t be frightened of your brother. Don’t be frightened of anyone. Just give a true statement’. I gave a detailed third statement to the senior officer. Is the third statement any different from your first? It had more details than the first statement. Because the first statement, I still had fear because of my brother’s threat in that restaurant (in 1996). I was also worried then that he knew the ACA was coming to his house and mine. There was a tip-off. What happened after the third statement? My sister came to pick me up. Tomorrow: Thirunama describes how three lawyers and his family members ‘forced’ him to be admitted to a psychiatric ward in a hospital.

BILA DALAM SATU KAUM ITU SENDIRI, ADA KAYA DAN MISKIN - A.Sivarajan

November 26, 2007 · No Comments

Satu lagi sejarah dicipta oleh rakyat Malaysia pada hari ini, apabila lebih 30,000 rakyat biasa kaum India turun ke jalanraya menuntut hak mereka . Cukup sudah penindasan selama 50 tahun ,meminggirkan kaum India , yang mana 80% adalah masih terdiri daripada pekerja biasa .

Walaupun demonstrasi hari ini telah dianjurkan oleh Hindraf dengan slogan menuntut hak kesamarataan untuk kaum India khususnya , tetapi kehadiran begitu ramai orang India rakyat biasa hari ini mengambarkan suatu situasi yang merentangi isu perkauman sahaja .

Pada pandangan am ,punca utama penindasan ini berupa perkauman , iaitu akibat daripada polisi -polisi pro Bumiputra yang diolah oleh Kerajaan BN sejak kemerdekaan .

Tetapi jika punca akarumbi dikaji , ianya bercetus daripada sistem kapitalisma itu sendiri . Kapitalisma yang di dukung oleh Kerajaan BN ini dibentuk agar memastikan segelintir elit kaya akan mengawal sumber dan kekayaan negara . Elit kapitalis ini tidak mengira bangsa dan warna kulit . Jika kita mengatakan orang India dipinggirkan , bagaimana pula dengan Ananda krishnan , Tony Fernandez ?? Semestinya kita tidak boleh golongan mereka bersama dengan Sarawanan , seorang pekerja kilang di Rawang yang mendapat gaji RM 800 lebih sebulan !

Oleh kerana kaum India ,kebanyakkanya adalah pekerja biasa , maka merekalah yang paling tertindas dalam konflik klas ini iaitu diantara pemodal , korporat dan golongan pekerja biasa. Pemodal , pemerintah dan golongan elit biasanya bersekongkol untuk menguasai dan mengaut keuntungan daripada rakyat biasa dan kaum pekerja .

Mungkin ada yang bertanya , “Tidakah orang Melayu sahaja yang perolehi segala bantuan daripada Kerajaan , dapat semua kontrak daripada Kerajaan ?? ” Betul , sememangnya syarikat status bumiputra diberikan keutamaan dalam pelbagai bidang . Hak keistimewaan orang Melayu ini lah yang telah membentuk satu golongan elit peniaga dan korporat Melayu . Elit dan peniaga Melayu ini , kita tidak boleh golongankan bersama Mahcik yang jual nasi lemak di pasar malam atau pekerja di kilang .

Walaupun, kaum India mungkin berpandangan bahawa , semua kaum Melayu dijaga oleh Kerajaan dan kaum India sahaja dipinggirkan , pada realitinya bukan begitu .

Kerana sifat sistem kapitalisma adalah sedemikian . Kapitalis Melayu yang sudah merasai keenakan bau wang ringgit dan kehidupan mewah akan terus berusaha mengkomplot dan memonopoli sebanyak mungkin kontrak yang mungkin . Ini dapat dilihat daripada permit teksi , AP , kontrak pembekalan dan sebagainya . ‘Hak keistimewaan Melayu’ yang sepatutnya sampai kepada semua kaum Melayu hanya dipegang oleh segelintir elit dan kroni Umno –putra .

Scenario yang sama dapat dilihat di antara lapisan kaum India juga . Mereka yang mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan MIC dan parti pemerintah akan mengondol segala kontrak dan peluang perniagaan , meminggirkan yang majoriti kaum India .

Kebenaran kapitalisma ini amat ketara terutamanya pada masa kini . Adalah sungguh aneh, pada masa yang sama, klas kaum India yang berbeza mendapat perhatian di berita utama .

VK Lingam , seorang peguam yang begitu kaya dan berkuasa sehingga dapat menentukan kedudukan Hakim Negara sendiri , sekaligus memaparkan korupsi pada peringkat yang tertinggi juga merupakan seorang India.

Pada masa yang sama , kita juga lihat bagaimana seorang peniaga India , Nallakaruppan melancarkan parti barunya Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP) di Hotel Istana , dalam suatu majlis yang begitu mewah. Kononya beliau juga ingin membantu kaum India. Persoalannya kaum India yang mana ??

Pada masa yang sama juga berlakunya kejadian bersejarah yang disaksikan pada pagi ini , apabila rakyat biasa , golongan pekerja dan berpendapatan rendah kaum India, memberanikan diri didepan FRU menuntut hak mereka . Bolehkah kita golongankan VK Lingam dan Nallakaruppan sebagai golongan tertindas bersama ribuan rakyat yang turun ke jalanraya pagi ini ? Semestinya tidak .

Inilah yang kita maksudkan dengan perjuangan klas, perbezaan jelas antara kaya dan miskin . Perbezaan ekonomi, politik dan sosial diantara rakyat Malaysia bukanlah kerana warna kulit, etnik tetapi ianya adalah perbezaan klas . Yang kaya menjadi terus kaya kerana meragut segala peluang perniagaan dan kontrak dan yang miskin akan terpinggir.

Kebenaran inilah yang telah membawa 30,000 rakyat biasa, majoritinya orang Melayu ke jalanraya dalam demonstrasi besar-besaran pada 10hb November yang lalu .

Syabas kepada mereka yang telah memberanikan diri berdemonstrasi pada 10hb .November . Syabas kepada mereka yang telah berdemonstrasi pada hari ini , 25 hb November , 2007 !

AWAS Barisan Nasional , rakyat telahpun sedar . Rakyat tidak lagi percaya dengan semua tipu helah mu . Perhimpunan tiada permit ! , Arahan Mahkamah menghalang demonstrasi ! , Roadblock ! dan kempen ‘ Demonstrasi bukan Budaya Kita dalam media massa , kesemuaya dipatahkan oleh semangat rakyat pada hari ini .

Adalah amat menakjubkan bahawa , hanya selepas 2 minggu protes Bersih di buruk-burukkan dan dikecam dalam media massa , kini rakyat bangkit lagi menentang keangkuhan pemerintah.

Ombak demonstrasi perlu berterusan , rakyat tertindas , terpinggir oleh sistem kapitalis BN ini perlu bergabung tenaga tanpa mengira kaum dan agama . Pak Lah dan Najib perlu memikrkan taktik baru untuk menakutkan rakyat . Mungkin mereka ingin mendorong puak –puak extrimis untuk menimbulkan perbalahan antara kaum . Kerana hanya dalam keadaan sedemikian , situasi darurat dapat diungkitkan sepertimana yang dilakukan pada 13hb Mei , 1969 .

Tindakan politik berbilang kaum pernah dilakukan, 60 tahun yang lalu , pada 20 hb Oktober , 1947 , apabila pelbagai organisasi dan pergerakan rakyat berbilang kaum melancarakan HARTAL yang mengegarkan empayar British pada masa itu .

Kini, rakyat Malaysia perlu membina semangat Hartal itu semula , kalau kita ingin benar –benar membawa perubahan dan menumpaskan Kerajaan Kapitalis Barisan Nasional ini .

Hidup perjuangan rakyat !

A. Sivarajan

PSM

Kes Pita Lingam: Lingam sebut kes Anwar perlu dikalahkan?

Zaili Muhammad Mon | Nov 26, 07 | 12:44:46 pm MYT

JASIN, 26 Nov (Hrkh) - Perjalanan sistem kehakiman negara yang semakin kelam-kabut dan bercelaru kini membangkitkan persoalan di manakah maruah kita sebagai sebuah bangsa yang bebas merdeka sejak 50 tahun yang lalu.

Penasihat Parti KeADILan Rakyat (KeADILan), Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim mempersoalkan, di manakah maruah rakyat yang merdeka apabila Ketua Hakim Negara boleh ditentukan oleh peguam yang penipu, tauke judi dan pemimpin Umno.

"VK Lingam seorang peguam yang kaya bukan kerana dia pandai, Bahasa Inggeris dia pun lebih kurang Bahasa Inggeris Menteri Penerangan tapi semua kesnya menang.

"Beliau merupakan rakan kongsi tauke judi Vincent Tan dan berpakat dengan pemimpin Umno Tengku Adnan boleh atur siapa naik Ketua Hakim Negara siapa turun, kes mana menang kes mana kalah dan kemudian dalam video yang saya tak keluarkan lagi dia sebut kes Anwar pun mesti dikalahkan," kata beliau ketika menyampaikan ceramahnya di hadapan ribuan orang yang hadir di kampung Tedong, di sini, baru-baru ini.

Dalam ceramahnya itu juga Anwar bertanya,"mana maruah kita sebagai sebuah bangsa apabila yang melantik Ketua Hakim Negara tauke judi, peguam penipu dengan tokoh Umno yang rasuah?

"Mana pemimpin Umno yang hebat, bawa keluar keris kamu datang ke kampung janji nak bela nasib orang Melayu, saya nak tanya apa jenis bangsa yang tak ada maruah yang benarkan tauke judi atur siapa Ketua Hakim Negara dan kamu biarkan saja dan tak pedulikan nasib bangsa," katanya.

Beliau menambah,"sebab itu saya katakan masalah ini bukan masalah politik tapi ini masalah maruah bangsa dan negara, negeri ini orang Melayu, Cina dan India, kita kena bertanggungjawab menjaganya."

Anwar turut menjelaskan, isu beliau diugut akan ditangkap sekiranya tidak keluarkan cerita sebenar adalah untuk mengalihkan daripada isu sebenar dalam negara kita bahawa Ketua Hakim Negara boleh ditentukan oleh kelompok macam ini.

"Pernah kita dengar 50 tahun merdeka hakim seteruk ini? Pernah kita dengar 50 tahun merdeka kes polis dengan gangster, jenayah begitu banyak seperti kes bunuh baik kes kecil tak selesai sampai kes bunuh yang besar Altantuya pun tak selesai.Sebab apa tak selesai, sebab melibatkan orang besar.

"Orang Umno ni takkan tak ada prinsip agama, takkan tak tahu hukum, saya tak tuduh Najib bunuh wanita Mongolia itu tapi semua rakyat tau yang bunuh itu orang yang terlibat dengan dia, rapat dengan dia, pegawai dia, mengapa dia tak ditanya.

"Letup pula guna bom dari Kementerian Pertahanan, dia kata dia tak kenal tapi ada keterangan di mahkamah bahawa sepupu Antantuya mengatakan dia ada tengok gambar Najib makan di restoran di Paris, hakim kata tak relevan ini macam dalam filem Hindustan," katanya. - mks.

SUMBER MALAYSIAKINI

30,000 Hindraf protesters rally in KL streets

About 30,000 protesters demonstrated under the shadows of Kuala Lumpur’s iconic Twin Towers after their efforts to petition the British High Commission was thwarted by the police with tear gas and chemical-laced water cannon. The protesters had attempted to gather outside the high commission early this morning but thousands were pushed back by the riot police to outside a two-kilometre radius of the venue. Crowds quickly grew at various points in the city, and were blocked by police and Federal Reserve Unit officers. At its height, there is an estimated 30,000 people scattered over a number of areas in the vicinty of the high commission. An estimated 10,000 gathered along Jalan Ampang, near Hotel Maya, with a further 5,000 on Jalan P Ramlee just before Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC). Another 10,000 demonstraters were at the Jalan Tun Razak-Jalan Ampang interchange. About 5,000 people were stopped at the Jalan Ampang and Middle-Ring-Road intersection. The protesters – a mix of young and old Indian Malaysians - seemed to have come from all over the country. At about 10am, the crowd along Jalan Ampang, near Hotel Maya, were addressed with loudhailers by Hindraf leaders, including P Uthayakumar. PKR information chief Tian Chua and DAP leader Ronnie Liu also addressed the rally. At 10.30am, the Hindraf leaders ended their speeches. But thousands of protesters continue to mill around the KLCC areas playing a cat-and-mouse game with the police water cannon. However at 11am, the crowd has moved from KLCC to edge closer to the British High Commission. Thousands faced off riot police at the key Jalan Ampang and Jalan Tun Razak intersection near Ampang Park. At 1pm, after negotiations with the police, Uthayakumar arrived to give a short speech and urged the crowd to disperse peacefully. The crowd was seen walking back down towards Jalan Sultan Ismail, away from the British High Commission. 'This is outrageous' Hindraf leader A Sivanesan condemned the police for turning Kuala Lumpur into a war zone. "Things are getting out of hand. We blame the police. They have beaten women and children. This is outrageous," he told Malaysiakini. Lawyer Haris Ibrahim, who led a 10-member Bar Council monitoring team, was stunned by the heavy-handed police action against the protesters. "I'm not happy with the way the police are handling the crowd,' he said. DAP member of parliament M Kulasegaran was also upset with the crackdown. "Over the last 50 years Indian have been marginalised in this country. And we now want the same rights as enjoyed by other communities," he told AFP. "They have no right to stop us from protesting today. This is the will of the people," he added. Petition to Queen Elizabeth II The planned protest is to support a US$4-trillion (RM14-trillion) lawsuit by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) against Malaysia's former colonial power for bringing Indians to Malaysia as indentured labourers and exploiting them for 150 years. Furthermore, the suit sought a declaration that the Reid Commission Report 1957 failed to incorporate the rights of the Indian community when independence was granted, resulting in discrimination and marginalisation to this day. The quantum being sought is about US$2 million for every Indian currently residing in Malaysia. Following the filing of the suit, Hindraf held nationwide roadshows explaining to grassroots about the case. Coupled with their work to prevent rampant state-sanctioned demolition of Hindu temples, Hindraf won over a wave of support for their cause. Today's memorandum was to petition Queen Elizabeth II to appoint a Queen's counsel to argue the case on their behalf.

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PAS kesal Umno guna sekolah untuk kepentingan parti

Salman Hussin Sat | Nov 24, 07 | 1:57:09 pm MYT

MUAR, 24 Nov (Hrkh) - Yang DiPertua (YDP) PAS Muar, Ustaz Abu Bakar Mohd Lajat, kesal dengant indakan Umno Bahagian Muar yang menggunakan premis kerajaan bagi mengadakan kegiatan parti mereka.

Beliau juga kesal dengan sikap pengetua sekolah terbabit yang membenarkan premis sekolah mereka digunakan untuk mengadakan majlis rasmi parti, katanya semasa ditemui di sini.

Beliau berkata demikian sebagai membantah tindakan Umno Bahagian Muar, mengadakan Majlis Sambutan Hari Raya Aidil Fitri di Sekolah Menengah Tengku Mahkota, dekat sini, 21 Oktober lalu.

Difahamkan, Menteri Besar Johor, Dato’ Haji Abdul Ghani Othman, turut hadir pada majlis ini.

Menurut Ustaz Bakar, surat bantahan berhubung perkara tersebut telahpun dihantar kepada Setiausaha Bahagian Sumber Manusia Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia, Pengarah Pelajaran Negeri Johor, Pegawai Pelajaran Daerah Muar dan juga Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR).

Bagaimanapun katanya, sehingga kini pihaknya masih belum menerima apa-apa maklum balas secara rasmi daripada pihak-pihak berkenaan berhubung bantahan ini.

Katanya, sebagai pengetua atau pentadbir sekolah yang termasuk dalam kategori kumpulan A, beliau tidak boleh sama-sekali melibatkan diri dengan mana-mana parti politik.

Perkara ini jelas terkandung di dalam Bahagian II, (Tatakelakuan) bil. 21(1) – bab D (Peraturan-Peraturan Pegawai A – Kelakuan dan Tatatertib 1993), yang mana antara lain menjelaskan, "Pegawai-Pegawai Kumpulan Pengurusan Tertinggi dan Kumpulan Pengurusan dan Profesional adalah dilarang mengambil bahagian dalam aktiviti politik atau memakai mana-mana lambang parti politik".

"Dalam hal ini pengetua sekolah terbabit dengan jelas telah melanggar peraturan ini dan saya mendesak supaya tindakan tegas diambil terhadap beliau," katanya.

Katanya, selain membenarkan Umno Bahagian Muar mengadakan program di sekolah tersebut, mereka juga membenarkan bendera-bendera Umno dipasang dalam kawasan sekolah, seolah-olah premis ini milik Umno.

Ustaz Bakar yang juga bekas pegawai kerajaan beranggapan, tindakan pengetua sekolah tersebut membenarkan parti politik mengadakan majlis di sekoah mereka sebagai amat bertentangan dengan Peraturan Pegawai Awam – Kelakuan dan Tatatertib 1993.

Sehubungan itu beliau mendesak Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap pengetua sekolah terbabit yang secara jelas telah melanggar peraturan ditetapkan kerajaan. - mns

10,000 Hindraf protesters rally in KLCC

About 10,000 protesters demonstrated under the shadows of Kuala Lumpur’s iconic Twin Towers after their efforts to petition the British High Commission was thwarted by the police with tear gas and chemical-laced water cannon. The protesters had attempted to gather outside the high commission early this morning but thousand were pushed back by the riot police to outside a two-kilometre radius of the venue. However, the protesters later joined the another crowd gathered in Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) which surged to between 10,000 and 15,000 by 9.30am. The protesters – a mix of young and old Indian Malaysians from all parts of the country - were addressed with loudhailers by Hindraf leaders, including P Uttayakumar. Meanwhile, the police are firing tear gas and chemical-laced water into the defiant crowd every 10 minutes. Each time, the crowd retreated and then surged forward. By 10.30am, the demonstration appeared to have ended after Hindraf leaders stopped their speeches. However, thousands of protesters continue to mill around the KLCC areas playing cat-and-mouse game with the police water cannon. 'This is outrageous' Hindraf leader A Sivanesan condemned the police for turning Kuala Lumpur into a war zone. "Things are getting out of hand. We blame the police. They have beaten women and children. This is outrageous," he told Malaysiakini. "But this will not stop us from submitting the memorandum and we will try to find a way to do that." Lawyer Haris Ibrahim, who is leading at 10-member Bar Council monitoring team, was stunned by the heavy-handed police action against the protesters. "I'm not happy with the way the police are handling the crowd." DAP member of parliament M Kulasegaran was also upset with the crackdown. "Over the last 50 years Indian have been marginalised in this country. And we now want the same rights as enjoyed by other communities," he told AFP. "They have no right to stop us from protesting today. This is the will of the people," he added. Petition to Queen Elizabeth II The planned protest is to support a lawsuit by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) against Malaysia's former colonial power for bringing Indians to Malaysia as indentured labourers and exploiting them for 150 years. Furthermore, the suit sought a declaration that the Reid Commission Report 1957 failed to incorporate the rights of the Indian community when independence was granted, resulting in discrimination and marginalisation to this day. The quantum being sought is about US$2 million for every Indian currently residing in Malaysia. Following the filing of the suit, Hindraf held nationwide roadshows explaining to grassroots about the case. Coupled with their work to prevent rampant state-sanctioned demolition of Hindu temples, Hindraf won over a wave of support for their cause. Today's memorandum was to petition Queen Elizabeth II to appoint a Queen's counsel to argue the case on their behalf.

Tear gas fired to disperse defiant protesters

Hours before the protest organised by Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) is due to take place, the police have already begun firing tear gas to disperse crowds in three areas in Kuala Lumpur - Jalan Ampang, the KLCC and Batu Caves. The police fired tear gas at Jalan Ampang at about 7.40am today to disperse a large crowd who had gathered there. The area has been declared a curfew zone by the police, who have issued a ‘arrest on sight’ order. Earlier, the police also used tear gas to disperse a crowd at Batu Caves and the KLCC areas. Despite roadblocks and a tight police cordon to seal off the city, thousands of Indians from all around the country have arrived in Kuala Lumpur since last night. Some of the protesters were already at Jalan Ampang near Nikko Hotel early this morning. Despite repeated firing of chemical-laced water against the 2,000-strong crowd, the protestors appeared defiant and refused to budge. Police presence is heavy and a few arrests have been made. Part of Jalan Ampang is already closed but protesters continue to filter in from all sides. March to begin at 10am The rally has been declared illegal by the police, who have also obtained an unprecedented court order to prohibit people from taking part in it. Large groups of people are gathering at various spots around the city centre, all hoping to break the police cordon to march towards the British High Commission in Jalan Ampang at about 10am. Jalan Ampang and three other roads have been closed since 3am to stop the crowd from arriving near the High Commission. The security is also tight at KL Sentral, the hub for public transportation in the city. However inter-city commuter train services and the Putra LRT services are operating as usual as of 7am. The planned protest is to support a lawsuit against the former colonial power to denounce what they say is the continuing discrimination of Indians in Malaysia. The lawsuit filed recently seeks US$4 trillion (RM14 trillion) compensation for the estimated two million ethnic Indians whose ancestors were brought over here as labourers by Britain in the 1800s.

MY BROTHER VK LINGAM

Rocky's notes: The following is the content of Police Report [report no Kelana Jaya A/002187/07] lodged on 19 March 2007 by Thirunama Karasu a/l Kandar Velupillai against Dato V. Kanagalingam. Mr Karasu claimed to be Dato VK Lingam's brother. This report was lodged with the Brickfields police station.

Pengadu menyatakan:
FURTHER TO MY REPORT DATED 16 MARCH 2007 KELANA JAYA REPORT NOMBER 2115/07, I NOW WISH TO ADD FURTHER BECAUSE THE I.O TUAN SAIFUL IN THIS CASE FROM KELANA JAYA REFUSE TO TAKE MY STATEMENTS IN DETAILS AND THEREFORE I HAD TO LODGE THIS FURTHER REPORT TO SET OUT DETAILS. I FEAR MY LIFE AND THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY BECAUSE I WANTED TO LODGE A POLICE REPORT AT BUKIT AMAN ON 6 MARCH 2007 ON ALL CORRUPTION CASES OF MY BROTHER DATUK V. KANALINGAM AND THOSE INVOLVED IN THESE CORRUPTION CASES WITH MY BROTHER ARE AS FOLLOWS.

1) I WAS USED BY MY BROTHER V. KANAGALINGAM TO CORRUPT THE FORMER CHIEF JUDGE TUN EUSOFF CHIN, THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL TAN SRI MOHTAR ABDULLAH, THE FORMER IGP TAN SRI RAHIM NOOR, THE PRESENT COURT OF APPEAL JUDGES DATUK MOHTAR SIDIN, THE PRESENT COURT OF APPEAL JUDGE DATO LOW HOP BING AND A FORMER JUDGE DATO K.L REKRAJ.

2) IN 1995 I WITNESS MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM CORRUPTING A FORMER INDUSTRIALIST COURT CHAIRMAN MR SATCHI WHERE I SAW MY BROTHER HANDING OVER A CHEQUE IN THE SUM OF RM 50,000.00.

3) IN 1995 I WITNESS A DINNER HOSTED BY MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM AT HIS HOUSE NO 1 JALAN SS 7/24 KELANA JAYA 47301 PJ FOR THE FORMER CHIEF JUDGE TUN EUSOFF CHIN'S WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE PRESENT. ALSO PRESENT IN THIS DINNER WERE THE FORMER COURT OF APPEAL PRESIDENT TAN SRI LAMIN YUNUS AND HIS WIFE, MY OTHER BROTHER DATO V. SIVAPRANJOTHI A LAWYER, MY BROTHER V. PANJARATNAM A ENGINEER, DATO V. KANAGALINGAM'S BODYGUARD ENCIK RAMLI AND BUDIMAN, AND A MALAY SECURITY GUARD. MY BORTHER'S WIFE DATIN GHANAJOTHY AND CHILDREN SIVASAKTI, SIVAJOTHI WERE ALSO PRESENT IN THIS DINNER. I WAS TOLD BY MY BROTHER DATUK V.KANAGALINGAM TO COME FOR THIS DINNER BECAUSE TO CLEAN UP THE HOUSE AND GARDEN, ARRANGE THE TABLE AND CHAIRS PRIOR TO THE DINNER.

4) IN 1996 I DELIVERED A NEW LEATHER BRIEFCASE, A WALLET, A LADY'S LEATHER HAND BEG, SOME DOCUMENTS WERE IN THE BRIEFCASE. I PERSONALLY DELIVERED THIS THINGS TO TUN EUSOFF CHIN IN PERSON IN HIS HOUSE. I WAS TOLD BY MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM TO DELIVER THIS THINGS.

5) I WAS TOLD BY MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM TO GO TO TUN EUSOFF CHIN'S HOUSE WITH MY OTHER BROTHER V. PANJARATNAM TO DELIVER 3 BOWLS OF SOUP WHICH WAS PREPARED BY V. PANJARATNAM'S WIFE REBECCA FOR TUN EUSOFF CHIN WIFE WHO WAS SICK AT THAT TIME. I AND MY BROTHER V. PANJARATNAM WENT THERE IN A PROTON WIRA BEARING NO BDV 1862 BELONGING TO PANJARATNAM.

6) I HAVE ALSO SENT MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM USING MY CAR A NISSAN SUNNY 130Y BEARING NO PLATE WBS 9443 TO TUN EUSOFF CHIN'S HOUSE. I HAVE ALSO WENT WITH MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM A NUMBER OF TIMES USING HIS CAR A BMW 988 A MERC 320 WED 5 A HONDA CAR BELONGING TO DATIN GHANAJOTHY, A VOLVO CAF 45, A OLD WHITE MERZ (8101) ANOTHER BMW (WDN) A PROTON WIRA BDV 1862 BELONGING TO V. PANJARATNAM. THE FORMER DRIVER MR CHANDRAN HAVE ALSO SENT DATO V. KANALINGAM TO EUSOFF CHIN'S HOUSE. WHENEVER I SENT MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM TO EUSOFF CHIN'S HOUSE, HE DATO V. K WILL BE CARRING A VERY BIG BUNDLE OF FILES AND WHEN I GO BACK TO PICK HIM UP HE WILL BE CARRYING BACK A SINGLE FILE. I USUALLY SENT MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM AT ABOUT 11.30 PM AND PICK HIM UP AT ABOUT 12.30 PM TO 1.00 AM.

7) IN 1996 CASH WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM TO PURCHASE HANDPHONE FROM MUTIARA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SDN BHD LOT 1 LEVEL 1 SHAHZAN PRUDENTIAL TOWER AT NO 30 JALAN SULTAN SIMAIL KL. FOR TUN EUSOFF CHIN. THIS PHONE WAS DELIVERED TO TUN EUSOFF CHON'S HOUSE BY A FAMILY FRIEND MR FRANCIS KOK CHEE KHOON.

8) I HAVE ALSO IN 1996 GIVEN A CASH CEHQUE BY MY OTHER BROTHER DATO V. SIVAPRANJOTHI A LAWYER TO PURCHASE A HANDPHONE FOR FORMER JUDGE K.L REKRAJ. I DELIEVERED THIS HANDPHONE IN PERSON TO DATO K.L REKRAJ AT HIS HOUSE. HE DATO K.L REKRAJ ASKED ME FOR EXTRA BATTERIES. THIS PHONE WAS REGISTERED UNDER DATO K.L REKRAJ WIFE.

9) A FAMILY FRIEND MR FRANCIS KOK CHEE KHOON HAVE ALSO TAKE MY BROTHERS DATO V. KANAGALINGAM AND DATO V. SIVAPRANJOTHO TO TUN EUSOFF CHIN'S HOUSE.

10) IN 1996 I WAS TOLD BY MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM TO SENT A OLD HEAVY BRIEFCASE (A DARK BROWN) TO THE PRESENT COURT OF APPEAL JUDGE DATO LOW HOP BING. HE DATO V. KANAGALINGAM TOLD ME TAHT DATO LOW HOP BING ACCIDENTALLY LEFT THE BRIEFCASE IN THE CAR BEARING NUMBER PLATE CAF 45 A VOLVO. MR FRANCIS KOK CHEE KHOON WAS PRESENT WHEN I COLLECTED THE BRIEFCASE IN FRONT OF DATO V. KANAGALINGAM'S HOUSE.

11) IN 1996 I AND MR FRANCIS KOK CHEE KHOON WAS TOLD BY MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM TO DELIVER 2 NOS HANDPHONE TO THE PRESENT COURT OF APPEAL JUDGE DATO MOHTAR SIDIN AT JALAN GURNEY KUALA LUMPUR. I AND MR FRANCIS KOK CHEE KHOON WENT THERE IN A VOLVO CAF 45. I HAVE ALSO GONE TO DATO MOHTHAR SIDIN'S HOUSE WITH MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM. I HAVE ALSO GONE TO DATO MOHTAR SIDIN'S HOUSE IN JALAN GURNEY USING MY MOTORBIKE BEARING NO PLATE WAX 6191 A YAMAHA TO SENT DOCUMENTS AND ALSO DELIVER A HANDPHONE.

12) IN 1996 CASH WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM TO SETTLE A HANDPHONE BILL IN THE NAME OF FORMER IGP TAN SRI RAHIM NOOR. SOMETIMES THE HANDPHONE BILLS OF FORMER IGP TAN SRI RAHIM NOOR IS SETTLE BY MY SISTER CHINMAYA DEVI WHO IS EMPLOYED WITH V.K LINGAM & CO AND SOMETIMES BY MR FRANCIS KOK CHEE KHOON AND ALSO BY A FORMER COLONEL.

13) IN 1996 MAY I WAS AT MY BROTHERS OFFICE AT SHAHZAN TOWER WITH MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM AND MY SISTER CHINMAYA DEVI. ALL A SUDDEN MY UNCLE MR. PERINCURAMASAMY CAME RUSHING TO INFORM MY BOTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM THAT THE ACA IS COMING TO MY BROTHER'S OFFICE TO INVESTIGATE CORRUPTION ON PERWAJA STEEL.
BEFORE THE ACA CAN COME TO MY BROTHER OFFICE DATO V. KANAGALINGAM TOLD ME, CHINMAYA DEVI (MY SISTER) AND FRANCIS CHEE KOON TO WITHDRAW LARGE SUM OF MONEY FROM ORIENTAL BANK JALAN SULTAN ISMAIL UNDER THE ACCOUNT OF DATO V. KANAGALINGAM. DATO V. KANAGALINGAM OLSO TOLD ME TO TAKE 5 NOS BANK DRAFT EACH AMOUNTING 60,000.00 POUNDS. I ALSO WAS TOLD BY MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM TO OPEN A ACCOUNT UNDER MY NAME IN PUBLIC BANK AND BANK IN RM 275,000.00 WHICH I DI. MR FRANCIS KOK CHEE KHOON ALSO WITHDRAW A LARGESUM OF MONEYWHICH HE PUT IN THE BLACK BIG BAG AND LATER BANK IN INTO HIS ACCOUNT. MY SISTER CHINMAYA DEVI ALSO WITHDRAW A LARGE SUM OF MONEY AND FOLLOWED MR FRANCIS KOK CHEE KHOON. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT MY SISTER CHINMAYADEVI DID WITH THE MONEY.
LATER THE FIVE BANK DRAFTS OF 60,000.00 POUNDS EACH WAS BANK IN TO THE ACCOUNT OF THE FOLLOWING PERSON IN LONDON. THIS PEOPLE FOLLOWED DATO V. KANAGALINGAM TO LONDON BEFORE GOING TO USA MAYO CLINIC IN ROCHESTER MINNESOTA.
1) MR K SUPPIAH 60,000.00 POUNDS WAS BANK INTO HIS ACCOUNT IN LONDON
2) DATIN GHANAJOTHI 60,000.00 POUNDS WERE BANK INTO HER ACCOUNT IN LONDON
3) MR RAJENDRA VELLUPILLAI 60,000.00 POUNDS WAS BANK INTO HIS ACCOUNT IN LONDON
4) THIRUNAMA KARASU VELLUPILLAI 60,000.00 WAS PUT INTO MY ACCOUNT IN LONDON
5) DATO V. KANAGALINGAM 60,000.00 POUNDS WAS PUT INTO HIS ACCOUNT IN LONDON
6) V. KANAKALASHIMI RM 100,000.00 GIVEN CASH AT NO 28 SECTION 21/1 SEA PARK PJ AT HER HOUSE.

14) IN 1998 MY BROTHER DATO V. KANAGALINGAM CAME TO MY HOUSE AND TOOK ME IN HIS VOLVO (940) TO CHINESE RESTAURANT IN SEA PARK SECTION 21/1. MY SISTER V. KANAKALASHMI ALSO CAME TO THE RESTAURANT. IN THIS RESTAURANT MY BROTHER DATO K. KANAGALINGAM THREATENED ME NOT TO TELL THE ACA ABOUT HIS DEALING WITH THE JUDGES, THE FORMER IGP TAN SRI RAHIM NOOR AND ALSO THOSE INVOLVED. HE TOLD ME THAT I MAKE SURE SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN TO ME AND THAT I HAVE MENTIONED THE JUDGES AND FORMER IGP. THE POLICE WILL ARREST ME AND MY CHILDREN WILL BE KIDNAPPED BY THE JUDGES. HE THREATENED BECAUSE I HAVE GIVEN A FULL STATEMENT TO A LAWYER NOW KNOWN AS DATO SAFEE ABDULLAH OF SAFEE & CO IN 1997 AT HIS HOUSE TOGETHER WITH MR SULAIMAN ABDULLAH A LAWYER PRESENT. FURTHER MORE IN 1997 DECEMBER I WAS FORCED TO SIGN A STATUTORY DECLARATION WHICH WAS PREPARED BY MY BROTHER DATO V. SIVAPRANJOTHI AND DATO V. KANAGALINGAM AT A HOTEL VALUE INN KELANG SELANGOR. OTHERS WHO FORCED ME SIGH THE STATUTORY DECLARATION WERE MR SATCI, SISTER V. KANAGALASHMI, SISTER CHINMAYADEVI AND BROTHERV. PANJARATNAM.
IN 1998 MARCH MY BROTHER SENT 3 LAWYERS MR C. VIJAYAKUMAR, DATO SITHAMBARAM, DATO KUMARENDRAN WHO FORCED ME INTO MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT AND MADE ME SIGN THE STATEMENT ON 81 PAGES. THEY THEN TOLD ME TO GET ADMITTED FOR TWO YEARS IN HOSPITAL BAHAGIA IPOH. I REFUSED. THEY THEN TOLD ME TO PUT UP A ACT THAT I AM VERY DEPRESSED AND MENTALLY UNSTABLE AND GET ADMITTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. THEY PUT FEAR INTO ME DURING THE 1998 ACA INVESTIGATION. I TOLD THEM THAT IN 1998 THE FIRST STATEMENT AND THE THIRD STATEMENT WHICH I GAVE TO THE ACA IN 1998 IS TRUE AND THE SECOND STATEMENT IS FALSE.