ANWAR DI MAHKAMAH HARI INI-

1. SODOMY2 - Peguam Anwar SN Nair berkata mereka bersedia untuk menghadapi perbicaraan ini.namun merasakan tidak punya sebarang kelebihan kerana fakta dan bukti yang tidak lengkap. 1 minute ago from Echofon
2. SODOMY2 - 2 buah bas dengan 30 penyokong Anwar -muda-pertengahan umur lelaki & wanita - tiba di mahkamah . 34 minutes ago from UberTwitter
3. SODOMY2 - Sebaran kertas di merata tempat menyatakan bahawa sesiapa yang tidak berani menghadapi perbicaraan , adalah orang yang takut untuk menghadapinya. 40 minutes ago from UberTwitter
4. SODOMY2 - Flyers say trial between person willing to take oath (Saiful) & another (Anwar) who won't do so. 41 minutes ago from UberTwitter
5. SODOMY2 - Sebaran dan banner 'Anwar scared?' di lekatkan di kawasan perjalan kaki untuk ke mahkamah . about 1 hour ago from UberTwitter
6. SODOMY2 - lebih 30 reporters menunggu di luar mahkamah untuk mendapatkan berita perbicaraan DSAi. about 1 hour ago from UberTwitter
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7. SODOMY2 - Nair mengkritik AG kerana tidak membenarkan di kaji semua bukti yang ada & dokumen yang di perlukan yang mana ianya adalah di luar standard international dan juga badan kehakiman .

8. SODOMY2 - PKR Chua Jui Meng berkata bahawwa parti berada di belakang Anwar & mereka telah bersedia dengan langkah seterusnya berhubung dengan perbicaraan ini. 10 minutes ago from Echofon


9. SODOMY2 - Mahkamah penuh dengsn wartawan & pemerhati antarabangsa . Turut serta ialah antara mereka yang membantah ayah Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's .

10.SODOMY2 - Selangor MB Khalid Ibrahim berharap Anwar di berikan perbicaraan yang adil dan bebeas untuk berjuang demi "reformasi" & negara. 3 minutes ago from Echofon

11.SODOMY2 - Anwar tiba di banggunan mahkamah dan berkata"ianya adalah hari yang sedih bagi negara ini dan berharap agar keadilan dapat di tegakkan." 5 minutes ago from Echofon

12. SODOMY2 - kecoh di bahagian lobby apabila Anwar cuba untuk mencelah masuk ke dalam mahkamah yang penuh sesak dengan wartawan,jurugambar,dan penyokong.. 4 minutes ago from Echofon

13.SODOMY2 - Sekumpulan penyokong wanita PKR melaungkan "Reformasi" lebih 3 minit di lobby mahkamah . 4 minutes ago from Echofon

14. Perbicaraan kes liwat kedua mantan perdana menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim bermula hari ini, dijangkan berlangsung sebulan di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur.

Mahkamah belum memulakan perbicaraan kerana ketua pembangkang itu memfailkan permohonan untuk menangguhkannnya.

Anwar dan keluarganya tiba di mahkamah berkenaan pada jam 8.57 pagi tadi.

15.SODOMY2 - Anwar tiba di mahkamah dengan Wan Azizah, Lim Kit Siang, Khalid Ibrahim & Elizabeth Wong. 8 minutes ago from Echofon

16. SODOMY2 - luar mahkamah seorang lelaki tua manrik perhatian ramai , . less than 10 seconds ago from HootSuite

17. SODOMY2 - Orang tua itu berkata "kalau aku ada senapang , aku akan tembak seseorang kerana dia anak haram" Para penyokong mententeramkan beliau &beliau tenang. 1 minute ago from HootSuite


18. SODOMY2 - Penyokong memanggil ambulan.dianggarkan berusia 70 tahun . 3 minutes ago from HootSuite


19.SODOMY2 - anak sulung Anwar's Nurul Izzah, Nurul Hana & Nurul Iman kini di dalam mahkamah untuk menyokong ayahda mereka . half a minute ago from HootSuite



20.Peguambela dan pendakwaraya berada di tempat masing-masing 4 minutes ago from HootSuite

21. SODOMY2 - Anwar kelihatan berjenaka dengan wartawan asing , juga dengan pemerhati antarabangsa. beliau kelihatan tenang dan bersemangat.. 2 minutes ago from HootSuite

22. SODOMY2 - Nik Aziz masuk ke mahkamah , Anwar launghkan "Allahuakbar!" 2 minutes ago from HootSuite

23.pmerhati dari kedutaan jepun dan british tiba awal ejak 745 pagi lagi..

24.kawalan ketat sejak awal dari pihak polis.

25.SODOMY2 - Karpal mahu menyemak semula berkaitan dengan keputusan mahkamah persekutuan berhubung dengan bukti,bukti yang di kemukakn peguambela dan juga mahkamah rayuan.. 6 minutes ago from HootSuite

26.SODOMY2 - Anwar's lawyer Karpal Singh berkata persediaan awal untuk perbicaraan, namun menunggu masa terbaru pula untuk mendengar ketua hakim untuk merujuk ke mahkamah persekutuan.


27.photographers di luar lobby mengambil gambar Tian Chua & supporters dengan banner "2nd Fitnah" 6 minutes ago from HootSuite

28. SODOMY2 - seorang lagi orang tua hadir di lobi mahkamah selepas yang pertama di hantar ke hospital.. 4 minutes ago from HootSuite

29.SODOMY2 - seorang lagi orang tua berteriak "tangkap saiful Saiful, tahan Saiful dan sumbat beliau dalam tandas." 3 minutes ago from HootSuite

30.SODOMY2 - SODOMY2 - Police menyuruh Tian Chua agar melepaskan banner tersebut tetapi beliau enggan . 5 minutes ago from HootSuite

31. Tian Chua berkata "Jika anda hendak mencari pasal , teruskan kerana CNN akan merakam apa yang anda buat." Police mula beralah. 4 minutes ago from HootSuite


32. SODOMY2 - Anwar kini di lobi dan mula bergabung dengan hadirin dan memberi sedikit penerangan sementara pihak polis memerhati. 2 minutes ago from HootSuite


33. SODOMY2 - Anwar BERJALAN KELUAR DARI MAHKAMAH DIMIKUTI OLEH PENYOKONG YANG MELAUNGKAN "Reformasi" 2 minutes ago from HootSuite

34. mahkamah bersambung jam 230 petang




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UMNO Hamidah Osman Should Not Be Afraid to Break Gender Glass Ceiling

UMNO Hamidah Osman Should Not Be Afraid to Break Gender Glass Ceiling

Press statement by YB Chong Eng

Bukit Mertajam | 010210

The recent press statement by UMNO Perak senior executive councillor Hamidah Osman that women cannot be a Menteri Besar represents a thinking of the chauvinistic past.

I would like to encourage Hamidah Osman to take the step forward and in fact have more confident in herself and other women leaders to strive up to the highest level in every arena which we are involved.

What we want is the best person to lead the State or the Country. If the best person is a woman, I do not see any reason why she should not be appointed to be a Chief Minister or a Menteri Besar or even a Prime Minister.

In Malaysia, the head of government is appointed by majority support. The party which win the most seats in Parliament or State Assemblies will form the government, and the head of the winning party is usually appointed the head of the government. The head of party is in turn appointed by majority votes in party election. The spirit of democracy prevailed, no matter how imperfectly, at various levels of Malaysian politics.

Therefore, when a woman leader is able to garner popular support, there is no reason why she should not be allowed to take up the role of MB or PM. There is no reason why after decades and centuries of effort in gender mainstreaming, we still think that women are incapable of becoming top leaders.

Women can and have proven to be able to perform our duties professionally. Women in Malaysia and elsewhere have taken up the roles of leading organizations, corporations and even governments. Women such as Benazir Bhutto, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Corazon Aquino, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Soong Ching Ling and Pratibha Patil have been heads of Governments in Asia.

Hamidah should not be afraid to take the lead even at the highest level because she was also given the mandate by the people as a state assemblyperson of Sungai Rapat. We will be very happy to see another glass ceiling smashed broken by a fellow female politician, even from the other side of political divide. The Federal Government, especially the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development led by Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, UMNO's Women Chief, has been talking about gender mainstreaming and achieving CEDAW's 30%. This should give all women in Malaysia, including Hamidah, the confidence and the platform to face the challenges of traditional glass ceilings and achieve their highest potential, in consistent with our National Women Policy:

"to ensure an equitable sharing in the acquisition of resources, information, opportunities and benefits of development for men and women. The objectives of equality and justice must be made the essence of development policies which must be people oriented so the women, who constitute half the nations population, can contribute and realize their potentials to the optimum."

Chong Eng
Member of Parliament for Bukit Mertajam
DAP Wanita Chief

h/p: 012-4286629

Press statement by YB Chong Eng

Press statement by YB Chong Eng

Bukit Mertajam | 010210

The recent criticism of certain state PKR leaders towards Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was more political than substantial. It has malicious elements pointing to the possibility of coup against the elected Pakatan Rakyat State Government, just like what happened in Perak and what we are seeing in Selangor.

This is a sign that Pakatan Rakyat has matured and is beginning to be felt as a threat more and more for our opponents.

In the past two years of Pakatan Rakyat-rule in Penang, many reforms have been initiated which benefits the people as a whole. Allegations that the Malays community have been marginalized were totally unfounded and the people of Penang, including the Malay community can see for themselves Pakatan Rakyat's commitment towards eradicating poverty and socializing the economy of the State for the benefits of all, regardless of race, religion and gender.

It has been pointed out more than once that when PR took over the State administration, annual financial allocations from the State were given out for the first time to religious schools and the salary of religious teachers were increased. The State Government has also been spearheading the project of turning Penang into an international halal hub, thus not only strengthening the value of our products and services and increases income, but also put Penang on the map of the Islamic world.

When the critics could not fault the State Government for abuse and mismanagement, they turned to personal attack on the Chief Minister himself. Some kept harping on the fact that Lim Guan Eng is not a native Penangites and therefore should not lead the State. This is quite irrational given the fact that in a globalized world, organizations rope in capable people from around the world to lead them. We, In a democracy, we want the best person to lead us and Penangites have spoken in the 308 General Election that they wanted Pakatan Rakyat and Lim Guan Eng.

Critics including those from Barisan Nasional should be aware that there is no point politicking at this moment. Honour the mandate of the Rakyat and let democracy play out its due process. We must be able to present ourselves as the choice of the Rakyat not through illegitimate coup and other underhanded tactics, but rather through our performance in administrating the State and prospering the economy. Then we compete in a democratic election.

Given the fact that both Wanita PKR and AMK have come forward to criticized the malignant PKR leaders and expressed support for the CM and State Government, this is not a quarrel between Pakatan Rakyat component parties. This is an unfortunate rebellion by a few leaders who were still dancing to the tune of the old politics of race, threat and fear.

Chong Eng
Chairperson, Bkt Mertajam DAP Parliamentary Liaison Committee

Deputy Secretary-General, DAP National

Chairperson, DAP Wanita

h/p: 012-4286629

ZAMRY VS NIZAR

IPOH, Feb 1 — Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir menjadi hos bagi sebuah jamuan makan malam untuk meraikan sambutan krismas dan juga sambutan tahun baru untuk mendapatkan sokongan padu selepas setahun Berjaya merampas Perak dari Pakatan Rakyat.

Dalam sambutan setahun pemerintahan beliau, Datuk Zamry semalam ada menyebut nama Sultan Perak selaku penaung kepada negeri Perak dan menjadi harapan beliau agar rakyat mengenang jasa Baginda Tuanku yang sentiasa mengingati rakyat jelata.

“Saya suka mengambil kesempatan ini bagi mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih keatas Tuanku kerana mengambil berat kebajikan rakyat.”sambil menegaskan bahawa mahkamah persekutuan akan memberikan penghakiman pada 9hb ini sebagai siapakah menteri besar yang sah.

Semalam pada masa yang sama , Datuk Nizar berceramah di Manjoi dekat Ipoh, manakala di sebelah petangnya beliau hadir dalam sebuah program pemuda PAS Perak yang di beri nama HEMPAP.Program menghimpunkan jentera pilihanraya pemuda PAS Perak ini dengan moto "ORANG MUDA GANG KITA" ini mendapat sambutan yang amat hebat di kalangan anak muda.

Datuk Seri Nizar semalam yakin mahkamah akan memberikan beliau kemenangan 4-1 dan berharap beliau akan segera membubarkan DUN dan di adakan pilihanraya di seluruh negeri tersebut. Berita mengenai persiapan jentera Umno telah bermula sejak 3-4 bulan lalu dan di percayai mempunyai 2 kemungkinan.

Kemungkinan pertamanya ialah jika mahkamah persekutuan menyerahkan keputusan kepada Datuk Nizar sebagai menteri besar yang sah, sudah tentulah beliau akan mengadap Baginda Tuanku untuk mohon perkenan pembubaran DUN.

Kemungkinan keduanya pula ialah jika mahkamah persekutuan mengistiharkan Datuk Zamry sebagai menteri besar yang sah, maka beliau juga di katakan akan mengadap baginda Tuanku atas dasar bahawa Umno mengambil berat akan kepentingan rakyat.

Menurut Yb Nizar lagi, sekiranya Umno /Bn gagal untuk mengistiharkan pilihanraya negeri, mereka di lihat sebagai tidak mengambil berat dengan kebajikan rakyat negeri perak kerana pilihanraya raya dahulu rakyat telah memilih Pakatan sebagai pemerintah, sehinggalah Umno/Bn merampas dengan cara yang tidak "gentleman".

Keadaan ini dilihat sebagai satu cara kedua-dua menteri besar ini sedang melakukan aksi "panas badan" yang berkemungkinan besarnya pilihanraya peringkat negeri akan di laksanakan.PAS semalam telah melancarkan hjentera pilihanraya peringkat pemuda negeri di mana turut dihadiri YB Mahfuz Omar, YB Sallehuddin Ayub,Uzta Nasaruddin Tantawi dan Menteri Besar Perak yang sah Yb Nizar Jamaluddin.

Dalam ucapan beliau, Nizar menjelaskan bahawa, beliau yakin sekiranya Umno/Bn berani untuk mengadakan pilihanraya, maka inilah masanya rakyat Perak harus bangkit dan menentukan kebajikan yang telah di laksanakan walau pun mengambil masa yang tidak lama sebelum rampasan kuasa berlaku.

Malah menurut beliau lagi, sekiranya perkara ini terjadi, "Kita pemuda PAS Perak akan mengambil sikap menentang dan menegakkan kebenaran di bumi Perak yang di cintai ini" demikian jelas beliau di ikuti dengan sorakan ribuan penyokong yang hadir.

Mahkamah persekutuan akan memberikan keputusan mengenai tuntutan kehakiman berhubung kelayakkan siapakah menteri besar yang sah bagi kerajaan negeri Perak.Mahkamah di jangka berbuat demiakian pada 9 Februari ini setelah tertangguh hampir 3 bulan.

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KISAH DATO ZAHRAIN

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PULAU PINANG, Jan 31 — Ahli Parlimen Bayan Baru Datuk Seri Zahrain Hashim mengulangi beliau belum terlintas untuk meninggalkan PKR sambil menegaskan, “jangan memperlekehkan” beliau dengan spekulasi mahu menyertai BN.
“Saya seorang (pemimpin) yang ada prinsip. Jangan perlekehkan saya,” kata beliau kepada The Malaysian Insider.


Zahrain, bekas pengerusi PKR Pulau Pinang berkata demikian apabila ditanya sama ada benar desas-desus mendakwa beliau mahu meninggalkan PKR dan ada diberi tawaran untuk menyertai ataupun menyokong BN di Parlimen.
Zahrain menegaskan beliau masih meletakkan kepercayaan pada perjuangan PKR yang ditubuhkan lebih sedekad lalu.


Justeru Zahrain yang merupakan bekas pemimpin Umno Bahagian Tanjong sebelum menyertai PKR ketika era reformasi berkata, apa yang beliau luahkan hanyalah harapan agar pemimpin PKR khususnya penasihat mereka Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim tidak menggadai prinsip perjuangan PKR atas nama kerjasama dalam Pakatan Rakyat (PR).
PR adalah ikatan tidak formal PKR-PAS-DAP yang mempunyai 82 anggota di Dewan Rakyat.
“Saya minta Datuk Seri Anwar jangan kompromi dalam perjuangan parti. Sebagai ahli parti, saya hanya memberikan pandangan,” katanya.


Semalam Pengerusi PKR Pulau Pinang Dr. Mansor Othman dan Anwar pula pada hari ini mengesahkan ada usaha untuk memikat ahli-ahli Parlimen parti itu agar menyertai komponen BN atau Parti Cinta Malaysia bagi memperkukuhkan kedudukan BN di Parlimen.
Ditanya apakah Anwar, yang juga ketua umum PR sudah tidak layak memimpin PKR dan juga pakatan itu, Zahrain berkata: “Itu bukan saya yang kata.”
“Bagi saya Datuk Seri Anwar masih kawan saya, beliau adalah pemimpin tersohor Pakatan,” kata beliau sambil mahu Anwar tidak berkompromi dalam soal prinsip PKR.
Minggu lalu Zahrain menyifatkan Lim yang juga setiausaha agung DAP sebagai seorang diktator, cauvanis dan berfikiran komunis.
Zahrain dipetik sebagai berkata bahawa PR tidak akan berkrompomi dengan pemimpin dari Melaka itu kerana Lim telah gagal memenuhi janji pilihan rayanya.
Ini bukan pertama kali Zahrain mengkritik Lim.
Pada April lalu, Zahrain turut menyalahkan Lim berhubung pelantikan Timbalan Ketua Menteri 1 dan peletakan jawatan Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin sebagai Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Penanti.


Mengulas soal integriti dan pegangan pada prinsip perjuangan parti, Zahrain menafikan beliau mengecam Lim kerana masalah peribadi, termasuk kecewa berhubung keengganan Lim untuk tidak menyokong tender pengurusan kelab golf Bukit Jalil kepada sebuah syarikat RM2.
Sehubungan itu kata Zahrain, dakwaan Pengerusi DAP Pulau Pinang Chow Kon Yeow adalah tidak benar sama sekali.


“Lim telah memaklumkan kepada saya bahawa Zahrain kecewa dengan kerajaan negeri kerana enggan menyokong syarikat itu untuk menjalankan pengurusan kelab golf,” kata Chow di sini semalam.
Oleh itu Zahrain memberitahu, Lim telah bertindak secara tidak profesional apabila memanggil semula tender projek pengurusan berkenaan tanpa mengadakan perbincangan dengannya.
Kata beliau, apabila tender pengurusan kelab itu dibuka hanya sebuah syarikat yang membuat bidaan.


“Oleh kerana hanya satu syarikat mengemukakan bidaan, maka lembaga kelab memutuskan agar syarikat berkenaan menaikkan modal berbayar dan diberikan tawaran projek pengurusan.
“Ini keputusan lembaga, bukan keputusan saya seorang selaku pengerusi kelab... ini keputusan bersama lembaga,” kata beliau.

Bagaimanapun kata Zahrain, Lim telah membatalkan keputusan tawaran projek itu tanpa berbincang dengan beliau dan lembaga terlebih dahulu.
Tindakan Lim itu dikatakan telah mencabar integriti keputusan lembaga berkenaan.
Oleh itu kata beliau adalah tidak wajar mengatakan syarikat RM2 milik anaknya atau keluarganya diberikan projek tersebut.


“Saya berharap mereka akan jaga mulut mereka. Jika masih ada yang terus mengatakan bahawa projek itu hendak diberikan syarikat anak atau syarikat keluarga saya, saya akan mengambil tindakan saman,” katanya

KENYATAAN MEDIAPERSATUAN KEBANGSAAN PELAJAR ISLAM MALAYSIA (PKPIM)29 Januari 2010/ 13 Safar 1430 H PKPIM KRITIK KEGANASAN POLIS TERHADAP MAHASISWA

Persatuan Kebangsaan Pelajar Islam Malaysia (PKPIM) mengkritik sekeras-kerasnya tindakan tidak demokratik pihak keselamatan yang dilakukan terhadap kelompok mahasiswa Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) yang menghadiri perhimpunan aman selepas solat jumaat untuk membantah keputusan pilihan raya kampus di Fakulti Kejuruteraan dan Fakulti Alam Bina.

Memandangkan perhimpunan yang dianjurkan mereka di perkarangan Masjid UKM tersebut dilakukan secara aman, pihak polis tidak sewajarnya menggunakan kekerasan terhadap mereka yang menghadiri perhimpunan tersebut. Justeru, PKPIM berpandangan tindakan polis yang telah mencetuskan provokasi untuk menghentikan perhimpunan berkenaan adalah sesuatu yang amat mengecewakan.


Dalam pada itu, PKPIM juga berpandangan bahawa perhimpunan yang dilakukan tersebut tidak memerlukan penglibatan pihak polis disebabkan ianya dianjurkan dalam kawasan universiti. Maka, seharusnya demonstrasi tersebut diselesaikan oleh pihak dalaman universiti sendiri. Justeru itu, bagi PKPIM insiden yang berlaku ini secara tidak langsung telah menjatuhkan maruah, martabat dan kredibiliti Universiti yang dahulunya gah dengan pemilikan kuasa autonomi.


Lantaran itu, situasi semasa ini menuntut supaya pihak bertanggungjawab mengembalikan kedudukan Universiti sebagai institusi yang bebas dan berautonomi agar martabat universiti sentiasa disanjung dan dihormati oleh semua pihak. Sementara itu, PKPIM turut melahirkan kekecewaan terhadap penangkapan yang dilakukan terhadap dua aktivis mahasiswa Muhammad Huzaifah Jusof Khadidi dan Muhd Zarimi Mohamad @ Abdullah yang didakwa terlibat dalam perhimpunan berkenaan.


Penahanan yang dilakukan ini jelas bertentangan dengan prinsip, amalan dan hak demokrasi yang didokong oleh semua pihak selama ini untuk menyuarakan pandangan. Dalam perkembangan berkaitan, PKPIM turut menggesa semua pihak khususnya pihak keselamatan untuk memberi jaminan agar insiden yang sama tidak berulang demi menjaga kelestarian prinsip demokrasi dan hak-hak asasi manusia di kampus.


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Anwar hits out after trial setback

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday accused his country’s government of seeking to convict him quickly of sodomy as part of efforts to deflect attention against its own woes. Anwar spoke out angrily after he lost his appeal for access to the government’s evidence against him in the trial, which is due to start in Kuala Lumpur next week and could see him jailed for 20 years. “I’m shocked with the (government’s) impunity to go on with such a case despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary,” Anwar told AFP on a short trip to the Philippines. Anwar accused Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak of orchestrating efforts to have him convicted, and said he feared the court could buckle under the pressure from the government. Asked if he thought he would win the case, Anwar said: “Yes, assuming the court agrees... to look at facts and the law. I’m confident of the facts. Anwar said the court case may be over in a matter of weeks. Anwar insisted the government was seeking to jail him on sodomy charges only to eliminate his political challenge, as Najib’s ruling party was losing popularity amid corruption allegations and rising racial domestic tensions. AFP

Polis kepung Kolej Keris Mas UKM petang ini!

Saturday, 30 January 2010 7:04 PM Oleh Mohd Ali Bakri

KUALA LUMPUR : 'Roadshow' dan kempen membantah keputusan pilihan raya kampus yang diadakan bermula petang ini di Kolej Keris Mas UKM, gagal apabila polis bertindak awal mengepung kolej kediaman tersebut bagi menghalang pergerakan kempen anjuran mahasiswa Pro Mahasiswa itu.

"Polis telah kepung Kolej Keris Mas untuk menghalang mahasiswa masuk ke kolej tersebut petang ini dan mereka meminta pimpinan pelajar bertemu mereka untuk berbincang," demikian menurut Pengerusi Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM) Muhammad Hilman Idham ketika menghubungi erapakatan.com di sini petang ini.

"Mereka bertemu pimpinan pelajar itu sejak 4:30 petang tadi, tapi pimpinan Pro M UKM enggan menemui mereka," kata beliau.

Tambah Muhammad Hilman, bermula jam 6:00 petang, pihak polis mula memasuki kawasan kampus dan terus mengepung Kolej Keris Mas.

Ketika ditanya erapakatan.com berhubung acara-acara malam ini yang menyebabkan polis bertindak menyerbu kumpulan itu, beliau berkata, acara tersebut hanya kempen-kempen biasa.

"Sekarang waktu Maghrib. Kami cuma mengadakan solat Maghrib selepas ini. Kemudiannya, akan ada sedikit tazkirah, disusuli ceramah selepas ini. Kemudian, kita akan keluar ke setiap kolej kediaman dan buat sedikit edaran nota-nota ringkas berhubung penjelasan terhadap isu yang berlaku baru-baru ini.

Kempen dan 'roadshow' berpindah ke Kolej Pendeta Zaa'ba

"Tapi, oleh kerana pihak polis masih mengepung kolej kediaman Keris Mas, maka kami terpaksa mengalihkan rancangan kami. Selepas ini, kami mungkin ke Kolej Pendeta Zaa'ba bagi meneruskan kempen kami," kata beliau lagi.

Kolej Pendeta Zaaba adalah antara kolej kediaman terbaru dan kolej terbesar di kampus berkenaan.

"Sekarang, kita sedang menuju ke sana (Kolej Pendeta Zaa'ba)," kata Muhammad Hilman.

Mengulas perkembangan terbaru, beliau berkata, Timbalan Naib Canselor UKM kini sudah mula membuka ruang ke atas mana-mana mahasiswa yang ingin membuat bantahan ke atas perjalanan pilihan raya kampus baru-baru ini.

"Mahasiswa boleh kemukakan bantahan itu selewat-lewatnya pada jam 5 petang, Isnin depan.

"Dan, TNC UKM akan mengumumkan keputusan berhubung bantahan tersebut pada keesokan harinya," kata Muhammad Hilman.

Anwar's epic battle, the sequel

By Baradan Kuppusamy

KUALA LUMPUR - Anwar Ibrahim may be facing the final battle of his epic political career. The Malaysian opposition leader will stand trial on February 2, accused of sodomizing his former aide, a charge he has said was trumped up to foil his plans to seize state power in the next general election. "They want to derail my plans to become prime minister, to rewrite the history of this country, to end the injustices and violence against the people,'' Anwar said at a recent rally outside Kuala Lumpur. "I am facing a horrendous ordeal. It's all politics, a conspiracy to derail the reformation of society,'' he said as scores of supporters mobbed and hugged him.

Anwar is attracting thousands of people to his rallies across thecountry ahead of a trial that some political analysts say will make or break his four-decade-old career in politics. He was jailed on the same charges a decade ago after trial that was universally rejected as biased, and released after Malaysia's highest court declared him innocent. "The trial can adversely impact his political career and that of the [opposition] Pakatan Rakyat coalition that he leads - and even the reformation struggle he has led for so long,'' said Sivamurugan Pandyan, a political scientist with the University Science Malaysia. "It all depends on what happens at the trial and how the case is handled,'' he said, adding that Anwar's 1999 sodomy trial was a public relations disaster for the government because many people rejected the guilty verdict. In 1998, Anwar figured in a political power struggle with Mahathir Mohamad, then strongman premier of the multi-racial Southeast Asian country.

The 1997-98 Asian financial crisis was the backdrop of that power struggle. Anwar, the finance minister and Mahathir's deputy, was sacked as the economy shrank and the Malaysian currency, the ringgit, plummeted. Mahathir declared Anwar unfit to lead because of alleged "homosexual tendencies'', promptly sacked him and later had him arrested under security laws that allowed for detention without trial. Anwar was subsequently charged with corruption and sodomy and convicted to 15 years in jail. He launched a political party, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, or People's Justice Party, and a reform movement from jail. Six years into his sentence, he was released after the country's Federal Court acquitted him of the sodomy charges.

In 2008, Anwar put together the Pakatan Rakyat opposition, a coalition of dissimilar political parties, including his own PKR, the ethnic Chinese-majority and secular Democratic Action Party and the Pan-Malaysian Islamic party. The coalition seized five states at the March, 2008 elections, ending the two-thirds parliamentary majority the ruling Barisan Nasional had enjoyed for half a century. Those electoral gains brought Anwar one step closer to Putra Jaya, Malaysia's purpose-built political capital. In March 2008, new shockwaves hit the country. Anwar was arrested, questioned and subsequently charged with sodomy against his aide, Saiful Bukhari, setting the stage for the February 2 showdown. Under Malaysian law, sodomy is punishable by 20 years in prison. If Anwar is found guilty and jailed, the decision would setback his impressive political comeback and reform agenda. Notwithstanding the trial, Malaysia is gradually changing under the leadership of Najib Razak. In the view of many people, the urbane prime minister has done an admirable job since taking over the country in April last year.

"He has co-opted the change agenda from the Pakatan,'' Denison Jayasooria, a political scientist with the National University of Malaysia, said. "He is making the changes that the country needs and he is gaining political mileage with his reform agenda." Gradually, reform of the government and society is taking place under the 'One Malaysia' concept," he said, referring to Najib's idea of uniting the country's different races and distributing resources in a fairer manner. Anwar's political agenda has likewise promised dramatic reforms. His coalition released a "Common Policy Platform" document in December outlining the major changes they would make if voted into power in the next general election, which many expect to be called next year even though the government's term officially ends in 2013.

A key pillar of the document outlines affirmative action for all Malaysians, rather than helping only bumiputra, or native Malays and indigenous people, as outlined in the country's 1970 New Economic Policy. The Pakatan agenda also promises to reduce federal power and grant states more freedom to manage their resources, including a bigger share of oil and gas revenue. "The Pakatan is offering in form and substance an alternative vision of how to build a new Malaysia, starkly different from what the Barisan has offered in five decades of misrule," said former parliamentarian Sim Kwan Yang. "It is a far superior, just and urgently needed vision,'' he said. "We need a new Malaysia.'' The upcoming sodomy trial is just one dimension in Anwar's struggle against entrenched forces, political analysts said. "We are very worried about what will happen to Anwar. We do not want to see him jailed again on trumped-up charges,'' said Lim Kit Siang, a veteran parliamentarian who was first elected in 1969. "But as a united Pakatan coalition, we are ready to struggle on for reform and democracy. We will battle on."

Pro M UM desak NC adakan pilihan raya semula

Pro M UM desak NC adakan pilihan raya semula

Friday, 29 January 2010 1:31 AM Oleh Mohd Ali Bakri

KUALA LUMPUR : Kumpulan Pro Mahasiswa Universiti Malaya (Pro M UM) mendesak supaya diadakan semula pilihan raya kampus (PRK) melalui kaedah biasa, ekoran kegagalan sistem e-undi itu beroperasi dengan baik hari ini.

Pengerusi Pro M UM Mohd Shafie Hashim berkata, keputusan pilihan raya yang diumumkan sejak 7 petang tadi di kampus tersebut yang menyaksikan kemenangan berpihak kepada Pro Aspirasi bukanlah sesuatu yang mutlak.

"Kami bantahan ke atas keputusan itu. Selepas diumumkan keputusan itu pada jam 7 petang tadi, ada ruang untuk buat bantahan. Keputusan rasmi akan berhubung bantahan itu akan diketahui pada jam 11 pagi esok," kata beliau ketika dihubungi erapakatan.com di sini, sekitar jam 1:30 pagi ini.

Ketika tempoh bantahan itu dibuka, tambah beliau, kumpulan mahasiswa itu tidak menumpukan hal keputusan PRK itu, sebaliknya ia masih tertakluk ke atas isu pelaksanaan sistem e-undi yang gagal beroperasi dengan baik sejak petang tadi.

"Dalam bantahan tadi kami tak tumpukan sangat kepada keputusan yang memihak kepada Pro Aspirasi. Kami masih membantah e-undi yang banyak meragukan sepanjang tempoh pembuangan undi sepanjang hari ini.

Berkumpul di depan pejabat Naib Canselor

"Selepas keputusan diumumkan jam 7 petang tadi, kami buat bantahan, berkumpul ramai-ramai di depan pejabat NC. Sebab, beliau mendakwa bahawa sistem e-undi ini akan berjalan dengan baik.

"Tapi, apa yang berlaku tadi ialah 'server down' di beberapa tempat. Dan ada beberapa orang mahasiswa yang terkeliru ketika buang undi tadi," kata Mohd Shafie lagi.

Selain itu, tambah beliau, peratusan mahasiswa yang turun membuang undi hari ini amat mendukacitakan.

"Jadi kami ubah pendekatan bantahan kepada meminta penjelasan Naib Canselor tentang kejadian 'server down' sejak tadi. Kalau boleh, kita desak NC supaya diadakan pilihan raya semula seperti kaedah biasa.

"Kaedah e-undi memang membawa masalah dan keraguan seperti yang berlaku sejak petang tadi," kata Mohd Shafie.

Pig-head incidents: Aliran outraged

Pig-head incidents: Aliran outraged

Aliran is outraged by the senseless acts of sacrilege committed by mischief-makers who had deliberately left pig heads in two mosques in Petaling Jaya. This morning worshippers found these heads at the Masjid Jumhuriyah in Taman Dato Harun and the Al Imam Al Tirmizi mosque at Taman Sri Sentosa.

Whoever committed this unforgivable sin clearly has no respect for the sanctity of places of worship. Coming as it does after a spate of desecrations of places of worship involving 11 churches and a convent, a Sikh temple, a mosque and two suraus across the country, it is very obvious that trouble-makers are hard at work to destroy our peace and harmony.

Whether it is politically motivated or otherwise, the repercussions of these criminal acts can be very dangerous and damaging to our fragile ethnic relations which has come under extreme test following the “Allah” issue.

It is worrying that there are opportunists and extreme elements at large who are intent in exploiting this emotive issue to stir up trouble and cause disunity. It is very apparent that certain quarters will stoop very low not bothering about the consequences of racial strife.

Aliran would like to appeal to the vast majority of Malaysians who are rational, peace-loving and accommodating not to subscribe to the the intolerance propagated by unruly elements in our midst bent on wrecking our unity. We should reject these unscrupulous and misguided elements and stand solidly together to preserve and protect our peace and harmony.

We call on the police to be relentless in bringing these dangerous people to book. Their priority should be in tracking down these scoundrels so that the weight of the law would land on them heavily before they attempt to do more damage.


P Ramakrishnan
President
27 January 2010

Civil Society Joint Statement

Civil Society Joint Statement

2010-01-29

Police Investigation on Mosque Attacks must pursue the political operators

We the undersigned civil society groups condemn in strongest terms the utmost sinister act of throwing heads of wild boar into the compound of two mosques on Old Klang Road in the early morning hours of January 27 (Wednesday).

Like the cow-head protest in Shah Alam in last August and the earlier attacks on churches, mosques, suraus and gurdwara, the desecration of the At-Tirmizi Mosque, Sri Sentosa and Jumhuriyah Mosque, Taman Dato Harun is the latest of deliberate and desperate acts to provoke religious conflicts in Malaysia.

Malaysians of all faiths have however once again gloriously defeated such wicked plot. The desecrated mosques and the Muslim community at large have demonstrated admirable calm and cool-headedness, just like the Hindu, Christian and Sikh communities before this.

As in the past, Malaysians of other faiths see the attack on Islam as an attack on their own faiths. In an immediate response, the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) has condemned any such violence on any house of worship as “a sin of the highest order”.

The inter-faith solidarity of Malaysians is a clear and loud testimony that Malaysian society has passed another test on communal relations and emerged only ever stronger than before. No cow head, pig head or fire can set fraternity and goodwill amongst Malaysians on fire. The agent provocateurs are only burning themselves in both legal and spiritual senses.

The towering success of Malaysian society on interfaith relations is however tarnished by the continuous failure of Malaysian state on law and order. The Police must stop dismissing such attacks as vandalism or youth delinquency, which no thinking Malaysians will believe.

The provocations are clearly political. To end this serial attack, the police investigation must look into political motives and pursue the political operators behind the scene.

We however object any use of Internal Security Act or Sedition Act. No one should capitalize on the pain of the religious communities to rejuvenate authoritarianism. The culprits must be charged in Court under Penal Code or other relevant laws. We demand all ISA detainees – including the latest 12 - be charged in court or released unconditionally.

Endorsing Civil Society Groups:

1. Civil Society Initiative for Parliamentary Reform (CSI@Parliament)

2. Writer Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI)

KENYATAAN AKHBAR KARTUNIS ZUNAR

Ini mengenai buku terbaru saya, "Isu Dalam Kartun"

Kenyataan akhbar kartunis Zunar

Penerbitan komik "Isu Dalam Kartun"

SAYA dengan ini mengumumkan penerbitan komik "Isu Dalam Kartun (IDK)", sebuah majalah kartun satira yang mengupas isu-isu semasa secara santai.

Seperti "Gedung Kartun" dan "Perak Darul Kartun", IDK sarat dengan karya-karya kartun dengan kritikan pedas terhadap isu seperti kes kehilangan enjit jet, penggunaan perkataan Allah, rasuah, GST, tol dan sebagainya.

Selain itu, dalam keluaran ini saya dan pasukan kartunis mempersembahkan dua cerita satira utama iaitu "Sumpah di Bumi Komisen" dan "Dari PD ke Mongoria".

"Sumpah di Bumi Komisen" adalah sebuah cerita fantasi di negeri antah berantah dibawah pemerintahan Datuk Komis dan isterinya Nek Mah. Datuk Komis dikatakan mempunyai hubungan cinta secara sulit dengan seorang gadis yang berasal dari Ular Batok, Antootuya. Malangnya Antootuya dibunuh di Puncak Segala Alam.

Cerita menjadi gawat apabila negeri itu dilawati hantu jelmaan Antootuya. Kartunis Jonos (Nor Azlin Ngah), Art (Azhar Saad) dan Lan (Azlan Isa) berpadu tenaga merelisasikan lukisan cerita yang memenuhi 29 muka surat ini diatas kertas, sementara skrip digarap oleh saya sendiri dan Ronasina (Apandi Ramli) yang bertindak sebagai Editor.

Manakala "Dari PD ke Mongoria" juga cerita rekaan mengisahkan bagaimana operasi sulit yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah sebuah negeri, Menteri Kecik untuk menyelamatkan sepasang kekasih yang tertangkap basah di sebuah hotel di selatan tanah air. Ia dilukis oleh kartunis Oly (Olihairi Othman).

Kartunis Enot (Zainal Misran) pula mengemukakan tujuh teori dari perspektif beliau sendiri mengenai kehilangan enjit jet dan pihak yang mencurinya. Enot juga meneruskan karyanya bertajuk “Nostalgia 98” yang mengimbas kembali sejarah ketika gelombang reformasi tercetus.

Kartunis Haili (Nor Halim) pula mengkritik pihak yang mempertahankan perkataan Allah dan dalam masa yang sama melakukan korupsi serta salah guna kuasa. Beliau juga mengulas isu isteri pembesar yang membazir jutaan ringgit untuk membeli-belah diluar negara.

Hishamuddin Rais meneruskan kisah satira popular "Riwayat Jantan Takubin" sementara Rahmat Haron menyambung nukilan bersiri "Bercakap Dengan Puaka." Pyan Habib menyingkap di sebalik tabir kontroversi majalah Gedung Kartun dalam kolumnya “Racau.” Peguam Puspa Ros memberi informasi kesedaran rakyat tentang hak-hak mereka yang termaktub di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

Saya juga suka mengumumkan bahawa "Isu Dalam Kartun" adalah sebuah majalah yang mempunyai permit penerbitan yang dikeluarkan oleh Kementerian Dalam Negeri (PP16565/12/2010(026185)).

IDK mempunyai ketebalan 84 muka surat ermasuk kulit dan dijual dengan harga RM10 setiap naskhah. Cetakan pertama adalah sebanyak 15, 000 naskhah dan akan diedarkan ke seluruh negara. Ia juga boleh dibeli secara online melalui website cartoonkafe.com atau berhubung terus dengan pejabat saya 03-22744931.

Majlis pelancaran akan disempurnakan oleh Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai Nurul Izzah Anwar pada hari Sabtu 30 Januari jam 5 petang di Dewan Perhimpunan Cina, Jalan Maharajalela, Kuala Lumpur. Majlis ini terbuka kepada semua.

Zunar
Pengarah Urusan/Ketua Pengarang
Sepakat Efektif sdn bhd
28 Januari 2010

CSOs PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Statement By Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the recent demolition of the houses at Rumah Nor, Sungai Sekabai

23^rd January 2010

We the concerned civil society organisations (CSOs) having met and deliberated in Sibu on 23 January 2010 on the recent news of the demolition of houses belonging to the residents of Rumah Nor Anak Nyawai, Sungai Sekabai, Sebauh, Sarawak on the 19 January 2010 express utter outrage and deep concern on the blatant disregard of the communities’ customary rights and their right to shelter. The actions of Tatau Land Sendirian Berhad, a subsidiary of the ASSAR Group and their agents together with the authorities were uncalled for since the residents of Rumah Nor are still contesting the land dispute claim over the area.

The comment made by the Superintendent of Land and Survey Department, Bintulu laying the blame on the lawyer for not informing his clients on the eviction order was false. The fact was, the lawyer representing the residents has yet to receive any eviction order from the court. There was also no notice given to the residents. The residents’ were only informed about the eviction order after the demolition was done. Furthermore, the residents have since appealed the decision and the case is still pending.

We demand that:

1) Tatau Land Sendirian Berhad and its agents withdraw from the area and refrain from further actions that will aggravate the situation;

2) The authorities must immediately stop their harassment and intimidation on the communities affected;

3) The authorities must uphold the rights of the indigenous peoples, including rights to their land, territories and resources, the principle of free, prior informed consent, the principle of natural justice as in accordance with the national legislations and international human rights instruments including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), ILO Convention No. 169 and the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD);

4) The company must respect the rights of the indigenous peoples and also the due process of law in this case; and

5) Adequate compensation be paid to the families of the houses and properties destroyed during the demolition

This statement is endorsed by:

Borneo Resources Institute, Malaysia (BRIMAS)

Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (SADIA)

Sarawak Indigenous Lawyers Alliance (SILA)

Persatuan Wanita Desa Sarawak (WADESA)

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM)

Institute for Development of Alternative Living (IDEAL)

Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS)

Jaringan Tanah Hak Adat Bangsa Asal Sarawak (TAHABAS)

Tenaganita

Grassroots

AidEnvironment

Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP)

CICOM

Building Indigenous Initiatives and Heritage (BiiH)

PACOS Trust

Panggau

Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)

Melikin-Bukar-Sadong Association (Mebusa)

Native Rights Action Force (Natraf)

SOS Baram

SCANE

Persatuan Rumah Panjang Rantau-Tapu (RATA)

Tonibung Youths

Malaysian Election Observation Network (MEO-Net)

Also endorsed by

Writer Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI)

Civil Society Initiative for Parliamentary Reform (CSI@Parliament)

For more information, kindly contact Mark Bujang of BRIMAS at markbujang@gmail.com or cell phone no. 014-8776685.

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Nizar 3, Zamri 1, Berkecuali 1?

Nizar 3, Zamri 1, Berkecuali 1?

Oleh Roziyah Mahamad

KUALA LUMPUR : Menteri Besar Perak seolah-olah sudah ditentukan jawapannya apabila ada yang mengatakan bahawa 5 orang daripada panel hakim tersebut, 3 orang memilih Nizar, 1 memilih Zambry manakala seorang lagi mengambil sikap berkecuali.

"Keputusan ini begitu mengejutkan serta menakutkan Barisan Nasional (BN) sehingga perlu dilakukan sesuatu bagi memperbetulkan keputusan itu sebelum diumumkan," kata penulis blog, Azizul Nizam dalam blognya, ajijoi.blogspot.com.

Beliau dalam blognya mempersoalkan selama 3 bulan keputusan itu dipendam daripada pengetahuan rakyat Malaysia khususnya Perak, mengapa tiba-tiba tarikh 9 Februari dipilih untuk mengumumkan keputusan yang dinanti-nantikan selama ini?

"Bagi saya, selama 3 bulan ini, BN terutamanya Umno Perak mengatur strategi dalam menghadapi kemungkinan pembubaran Dun yang sudah pasti tidak dapat dihalang lagi.

"Selama 3 bulan inilah segala jentera kerajaan, media perdana dan kerja-kerja 'underground' diatur bagi memastikan sokongan rakyat kembali kepada mereka. Kesemua sumber kewangan negeri juga dipergunakan sepenuhnya bagi memastikan misi ini berjalan dengan lancarnya," jelas beliau.

Bagi Azizul, ini memberi petanda Umno dan BN telah bersiap sedia dalam semua perancangan mereka untuk tetap berkuasa di Perak samada cara 'by hook or by crook'.

KUALA LUMPUR : Menteri Besar Perak seolah-olah sudah ditentukan jawapannya apabila ada pihak yang menyatakan bahawa lima orang daripada panel hakim tersebut, 3 orang memilih Nizar, 1 memilih Zambry manakala seorang lagi mengambil sikap berkecuali.

"Keputusan ini begitu mengejutkan serta menakutkan Barisan Nasional (BN) sehingga perlu dilakukan sesuatu bagi memperbetulkan keputusan itu sebelum diumumkan," kata seorang penulis blog, Azizul Nizam dalam blognya, ajijoi.blogspot.com.

Menerusi blognya, beliau mempersoalkan, selama 3 bulan keputusan itu dipendam daripada pengetahuan rakyat Malaysia khususnya Perak, mengapa tiba-tiba tarikh 9 Februari dipilih untuk mengumumkan keputusan yang dinanti-nantikan selama ini?

"Bagi saya, selama tiga bulan ini, BN terutamanya Umno Perak mengatur strategi dalam menghadapi kemungkinan pembubaran Dun yang sudah pasti tidak dapat dihalang lagi.

"Selama tiga bulan inilah segala jentera kerajaan, media perdana dan kerja-kerja 'underground' diatur bagi memastikan sokongan rakyat kembali kepada mereka. Kesemua sumber kewangan negeri juga dipergunakan sepenuhnya bagi memastikan misi ini berjalan dengan lancarnya," kata beliau.

Bagi Azizul, ini memberi petanda Umno dan BN telah bersiap sedia dalam semua perancangan mereka untuk tetap berkuasa di Perak samada cara 'by hook or by crook'.

MCCBCHST MEDIA RELEASE

MCCBCHST MEDIA RELEASE

27.01.2010

DON’T LET THE PROVOCATEURS SUCCEED

We refer to our media release of January 22 2010 in which we declared that "any violence on a place of worship and prayer of any religion (is) a sin of the highest order…"

It is diappointing that such sins continue unabated.

The latest incidents today at the two mosques along Jalan Kelang Lama, Kuala Lumpur demonstrate how sick perpetrators of such acts can be and to what extent they are willing to go to cause hurt and harm to religious communities. Their end is to drive a wedge between religious communities in the country.

We who are law-abiding citizens must not allow them to succeed in their wicked mission.

Let us not speculate about the identities of the culprits until the police and the courts have done their work. Let us stand together and resist such people.

The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism condoles with Muslims, Christians and Sikhs whose places of worship and prayer have been so rudely desecrated.

May God protect us and the country from evil-doers.

Rev. Dr Thomas Philips,

MCCBCHST President

Undemocratic action against Mediact in South Korea

Undemocratic action against Mediact in South Korea

We are appalled by and condemn the decision to dismantle Mediact, South Korea’s renowned public media centre, and force its staff to resign. Mediact has been involved in the promotion of communication rights and democracy, media literacy, intellectual property rights and public interest media.

The Korea Film Council (KOFIC), which had been funding the activities of Mediact, recently decided to end its funding. This will certainly cause immense damage to the Korean media industry and freedom of expression in the country.

The larger backdrop is that the democratic advances previously secured in South Korea are now in danger of erosion. Over the last two years, the Lee Myung-bak regime has introduced new media laws and attempted to curb the country's free and independent media.

We urge the South Korean government to instruct the KOFIC together with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to reverse this decision immediately.

Such a move would not only be honourable but also go a long way towards promoting arts and creativity, and freedom of expression in South Korea.

Dr Mustafa K Anuar and Anil Netto

Coordinators

Charter 2000-Aliran

27 January 2010

KEMPEN PILIHANRAYA KAMPUS USM

BANNER PRO MAHASISWA DI KOYAK OLEH PETUGAS???

Anwar on Trial - Part 2 &3

BRINGING BRITAIN TO PENANG

CSOs MEDIA STATEMENT

Statement By Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the recent demolition of the houses at Rumah Nor, Sungai Sekabai

23^rd January 2010

We the concerned civil society organisations (CSOs) having met and deliberated in Sibu on 23 January 2010 on the recent news of the demolition of houses belonging to the residents of Rumah Nor Anak Nyawai, Sungai Sekabai, Sebauh, Sarawak on the 19 January 2010 express utter outrage and deep concern on the blatant disregard of the communities’ customary rights and their right to shelter. The actions of Tatau Land Sendirian Berhad, a subsidiary of the ASSAR Group and their agents together with the authorities were uncalled for since the residents of Rumah Nor are still contesting the land dispute claim over the area.

The comment made by the Superintendent of Land and Survey Department, Bintulu laying the blame on the lawyer for not informing his clients on the eviction order was false. The fact was, the lawyer representing the residents has yet to receive any eviction order from the court. There was also no notice given to the residents. The residents’ were only informed about the eviction order after the demolition was done. Furthermore, the residents have since appealed the decision and the case is still pending.

We demand that:

1) Tatau Land Sendirian Berhad and its agents withdraw from the area and refrain from further actions that will aggravate the situation;

2) The authorities must immediately stop their harassment and intimidation on the communities affected;

3) The authorities must uphold the rights of the indigenous peoples, including rights to their land, territories and resources, the principle of free, prior informed consent, the principle of natural justice as in accordance with the national legislations and international human rights instruments including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), ILO Convention No. 169 and the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD);

4) The company must respect the rights of the indigenous peoples and also the due process of law in this case; and

5) Adequate compensation be paid to the families of the houses and properties destroyed during the demolition

This statement is endorsed by:

Borneo Resources Institute, Malaysia (BRIMAS)

Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (SADIA)

Sarawak Indigenous Lawyers Alliance (SILA)

Persatuan Wanita Desa Sarawak (WADESA)

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM)

Institute for Development of Alternative Living (IDEAL)

Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS)

Jaringan Tanah Hak Adat Bangsa Asal Sarawak (TAHABAS)

Tenaganita

Grassroots

AidEnvironment

Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP)

CICOM

Building Indigenous Initiatives and Heritage (BiiH)

PACOS Trust

Panggau

Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)

Melikin-Bukar-Sadong Association (Mebusa)

Native Rights Action Force (Natraf)

SOS Baram

SCANE

Persatuan Rumah Panjang Rantau-Tapu (RATA)

Tonibung Youths

Malaysian Election Observation Network (MEO-Net)

Also endorsed by

Writer Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI)

Civil Society Initiative for Parliamentary Reform (CSI@Parliament)

For more information, kindly contact Mark Bujang of BRIMAS at markbujang@gmail.com or cell phone no. 014-8776685.

CARA SAMSENG

Sekitar PRK : Aspirasi Guna Pisau, Koyak Kain Rentang?

Oleh Roziyah Mahamad

KUALA LUMPUR : Rapat umum mahasiswa Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) dicemari dengan perkara yang tidak diingini apabila seorang lelaki dari bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar (HEP) menggunakan pisau di hadapan puluhan mahasiswa untuk mengoyakkan banner yang dibawa oleh penyokong Pro Mahasiswa semalam.

"Lelaki itu melakukan provokasi dengan mengeluarkan pisau dan mengoyakkan banner yang dipegang pelajar. Dia sebenarnya dari kalangan HEP sendiri yang mengaku dirinya mahasiswa," jelas salah seorang pelajar USM, Mohd. Hafis Hahim kepada Era Pakatan.com.

Menurut Hafiz, lelaki itu juga cuba merampas banner daripada pelajar berkenaan. Tindakan itu dianggap berbahaya kerana lelaki itu menggunakan senjata tajam dihadapan pelajar dalam rapat umum berkenaan.

Rapat umum itu menghimpunkan Mahasiswa dari Pro Masiswa dan Pro Aspirasi semperna Pilihanraya Kampus yang akan diadakan esok.

KUALA LUMPUR : Rapat umum mahasiswa Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) dicemari dengan perkara yang tidak diingini apabila seorang mahasiswa Aspirasi dikatakan telah menggunakan pisau di hadapan puluhan mahasiswa untuk mengoyakkan kain rentang yang dibawa para penyokong Pro Mahasiswa semalam.

"Lelaki itu melakukan provokasi dengan mengeluarkan pisau dan mengoyakkan kain rentang yang dipegang mahasiswa. Dia dipercayai mahasiswa Aspirasi sendiri yang mengaku dirinya mahasiswa," kata seorang mahasiswa di universiti, Mohd Hafiz Hashim (samaran) kepada erapakatan.com.

Menurut Hafiz, mahasiswa itu juga cuba merampas kain rentang daripada pelajar berkenaan.

"Tindakan itu dianggap berbahaya kerana lelaki itu menggunakan senjata tajam di hadapan mahasiswa dalam rapat umum berkenaan," kata beliau.

Rapat umum itu menghimpunkan mahasiswa-mahasiswa daripada Pro Mahasiswa dan Pro Aspirasi sempena pilihan raya kampus yang akan diadakan esok.

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Khabar angin kini bertiup kencang kononnya seorang pemimpin kanan PKR akan berpaling tadah dan menyertai sebuah parti lain yang mesra dengan Barisan Nasional.

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Bulan lalu, ahli dewan undangan negeri PKR Gabriel Adit Demong menyertai parti baru yang berpangkalan di Pulau Pinang itu sebagai ketua Sarawaknya.

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