I thought Nazri was the country's idiot but Hishamudin takes the title for this cause of the year.
Everyone knows that if they break the law, if you have the money or UMNO/BN connections, you will get away with anything even murder. Just ask the PM and he will confirm it for you although he may swear on it again (when Bala comes back).
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PETALING JAYA, Nov 11 — Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin was given a discharge not amounting to acquittal on a sedition charge by the Sessions Court today because the police cannot trace him.
Everyone knows that if they break the law, if you have the money or UMNO/BN connections, you will get away with anything even murder. Just ask the PM and he will confirm it for you although he may swear on it again (when Bala comes back).
In USA, Police will not 'shoot to kill' unless the real threat of life is there posing on to the public. There are, I think enough procedures to follow before the fatal action is taken. How about our country
Extra-judicial kilings DELIBERATE MUSAN HASSAN ATTEMPT TO SMEAR THE GOOD NAME OF THE MALAYSIAN POLICE
The police have not been able to trace Raja Petra. — Reuters pic
The Sessions Court was today told that a warrant of arrest issued against blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin could not be served as he still could not be traced despite various efforts by the police.
Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Hafiz Mohd Yusoff said the show cause notice to Raja Petra’s bailor, Mable@Marina Lee, also could not be served.
He said this at the trial of Raja Petra, who is charged with defaming the prime minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and two others.
Today is the second time the case was called up for mention. The first was on May 26 when the arrest warrant was issued. Raja Petra, 59, is charged with defaming Rosmah, Lt Col Abdul Aziz Buyong and his wife Lt Col Norhayati Hassan, in a statutory declaration made at the Jalan Duta Court complex here at 10.25am on June 18 last year.
Investigating officer ACP Aziz Zakaria, who was testifying under oath, said police had taken various steps to locate Raja Petra, including placing an officer to monitor his house in Sungai Buloh.
“We do receive information on Raja Petra’s movement and have tried to locate him at several locations where he would normally be, but until now we don’t know where he is,” he added.
He said efforts to track down Raja Petra would continue as he also had a case at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court, which had also issued an arrest warrant against him.
Aziz also said he could not ascertain if Raja Petra was still in the country.
Judge Mohamad Sakeri Mamat set Nov 13 for final mention of the case. – Bernama
Hishamuddin's statement is truly god-sent. After one or two weeks of relatively stronger BN performance (as in play-acting, not doing actual work) under Najib, saying all the right things about improving internet penetration (some IT speakers probably getting some laughs when they quote the PM on this one), and other media blitz on 1Malaysia.. and at the same time PR suffering under increasing internal dissensions, Hisham and Nazri just have to put all that is wrong with the country under BN back into the spotlight again. If I were a Pakatan MP, I'd send the two of them a thank you card each, and ask them to keep this up.Don't look for scapegoats!!
You obviously have your brains in your backside. The continuing use of the Police force to keep UMNO in power and not to keep crime down gives the citizens no confidence in either the Police Force or UMNO. When your promotions are based on loyalty to UMNO and not on crime busting skills, you cannot expect the citizens to have any confidence in the Police force.
In fact, we don't even have confidence in you to begin with. You have retained a clearly retarded chief of police, you have allowed the prison slaying to go on without charging the murderers in the Police force, you have used the Police to exert unlawful force against the opposition and against the citizens, you have selectively prosecuted opposition members, you shield your cow head protesters and the list goes on. Clearly, you are incompetent and also without balls to make tough decisions. Your analytical skills required as a leader is lacking - this is proven by your current statement and backed up by your numerous non-decisions in the past - clearly set you apart from the normal morons in UMNO - you fall further below the line.
The increase in crime is a symptom of the lack of governance and leadership by example. If the Federal government can breach its own Petroleum Act, the Constitution, the rights of the States, infringe the rights of the people, selectively prosecute opponents and shield friends, change the goal post at every turn, then what is the difference between the Federal government and the normal criminal? There is no longer the moral force of government governing the consenting through the rule of law. This country is following by example the antics of the Federal government. Don't blame the law abiding citizens for demonizing criminal acts OR equating the lawlessness of the criminals with that of the Federal government.
In fact, we don't even have confidence in you to begin with. You have retained a clearly retarded chief of police, you have allowed the prison slaying to go on without charging the murderers in the Police force, you have used the Police to exert unlawful force against the opposition and against the citizens, you have selectively prosecuted opposition members, you shield your cow head protesters and the list goes on. Clearly, you are incompetent and also without balls to make tough decisions. Your analytical skills required as a leader is lacking - this is proven by your current statement and backed up by your numerous non-decisions in the past - clearly set you apart from the normal morons in UMNO - you fall further below the line.
The increase in crime is a symptom of the lack of governance and leadership by example. If the Federal government can breach its own Petroleum Act, the Constitution, the rights of the States, infringe the rights of the people, selectively prosecute opponents and shield friends, change the goal post at every turn, then what is the difference between the Federal government and the normal criminal? There is no longer the moral force of government governing the consenting through the rule of law. This country is following by example the antics of the Federal government. Don't blame the law abiding citizens for demonizing criminal acts OR equating the lawlessness of the criminals with that of the Federal government.
TRUTH always hurt for those leaving in denial and full of corruption. Provide equal education and job opportunity…… I bet crime rate will drop among Malaysian. Then you only have to go after illegal immigrant,,, indeed it’s PDRM problem also for not guarding the nation. how more stupid can our Home Minister be? Imagine blaming the poor performance of the police force on public perception! If the top cops had not been indulging in politics and spent more commitment on their work, even small time social problems like snatch-thievery would not have become so prevalent and big time business in the country! And the mat rempits, why had it taken so long to haul them up? 
High crime rate implies police not doing good enough job. Or even implies police are working with criminals for personal gain. Coupled with accidents and political forces, the police have a uphill task to set things straight. Police must not only do a good job, but must also be seen to be doing a good jobIt sticks! Their lack of conviction to do the proper things shows! Quick to bodek UMNO and quick to go against the opposition is a glaring weakness of the police force. Their actions are not consistent with what they say. How then can one expect the people to praise the police force? Come on, Hishammuddin, you don’t even want to look at things as it should be look at and have the cheek to openly blame the escalating social problems on the people. Be wise, in the final analysis, it is still the people who decides and says who and what’s wrong with the systems and that also includes you! You have failed miserably to help the police’s poor credibility in this case!
High crime rate implies police not doing good enough job. Or even implies police are working with criminals for personal gain. Coupled with accidents and political forces, the police have a uphill task to set things straight. Police must not only do a good job, but must also be seen to be doing a good jobIt sticks! Their lack of conviction to do the proper things shows! Quick to bodek UMNO and quick to go against the opposition is a glaring weakness of the police force. Their actions are not consistent with what they say. How then can one expect the people to praise the police force? Come on, Hishammuddin, you don’t even want to look at things as it should be look at and have the cheek to openly blame the escalating social problems on the people. Be wise, in the final analysis, it is still the people who decides and says who and what’s wrong with the systems and that also includes you! You have failed miserably to help the police’s poor credibility in this case!.jpg)
U can deny as much as you like but there must be thousands of Malaysians who had experienced under the hands of your dogs..
I personally have seen your personnels giving flying kick to the head especially detainees who are already handcuffed or arrested or surrendered themselves especially lowly paid foreign workers. 
Maybe the Police Inspector-General ought to read over and over again what RPK wrote: “This is how the Malaysian police gets you to confess to crimes…..”.
I did, and I could not find anything in the comment by RPK which claimed that the men featured in the video were uniformed personnel from PRDM. If RPK had posted a video of a couple having sex and added the comment that that was how Cyfool was conceived, it is utterly wrong for anyone to conclude that the couple featured in the porn movie are Cyfool’s parents. The video merely suggested HOW Cyfool was conceived and not WHO conceived the disasterous idea of bringing Cyfool into this planet.
The country’s top cop yesterday rubbished a video posted on the website, Malaysia Today, allegedly showing police brutality during an interrogation.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan denied that the men featured in the five-minute grainy video, believed to be shot using a mobile phone camera, were policemen.
It showed a group of men, in white shirts and black pants, “interrogating” a suspect who was accused of raping a man’s wife. They are seen punching and stomping on the man, who does not appear to fight back.
Website editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin posted a link to the YouTube video under the heading “Modern interrogation methods of the Malaysian police”.
In a comment that accompanied the video Raja Petra wrote: “This is how the Malaysian police gets you to confess to crimes, even if you never committed them. But even after you do confess the ‘interrogation’ does not stop.”
Enraged by the posting and the video, Musa called it “too much”.
“He (Raja Petra) should be more responsible in his postings next time. He should take a good look at himself before accusing us.
“He’s not the right person to denigrate us when he is on the run from the police.”"He’s not the right person to denigrate us when he is on the run from the police.”
He is the perfect person to denigrate you…..
“We will also seek Interpol’s help to locate him.”
How can you seek Interpol’s help… I saw him eating mee goreng at Brickfields at 9:00pm last night.
Musa said the police were working with their counterparts in Australia to find Raja Petra who is said to be in Brisbane.
“We will also seek Interpol’s help to locate him.”
On April 23, a warrant of arrest was issued for 59-year-old Raja Petra after he had failed to turn up in court for his sedition trial.
He had claimed trial on May 6 last year to publishing a seditious article on April 25 on his web portal.
Maybe the Police Inspector-General ought to read over and over again what RPK wrote: “This is how the Malaysian police gets you to confess to crimes…..”.Why do you blame others for your incompetence in running the Ministry? Of course, in the eyes of the people the PDRM is irresponsible and bad. How else can you deny the peoples' perception when the top Chief of the Police is working hand-in-glove with such people as Tunku, the Ahlong King, How else could you deny the peoples' perception when a murder case involving high profile UMNO leaders are being covered-up by non others then the Police themselves? can you all imagine what just came out from his brains?? Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein blamed the country's high crime rate on the demonisation of institutions such as the police ?? so if we say the police force is angelic, the crime rate will fall ?geez...the rate we are going with all the quality of leaders we have..our motherland is a goner
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it take a real dirtcop to rubbished a video posted on the website, Malaysia Today, allegedly showing police brutality during an interrogation.
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the IGP real dirtcop have links with the Chinese drugs, prostitution, illegal gambling and loan-shark syndicate based in Johor and which was expanding its operation throughout Malaysia HIS CONTRACT MUST BE RENEWED AT ANY COS? najib with that much baggage dont have a choseT
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IGP TO RAJA PETRA YOUR DAYS NUMBERED,I HAVE DOSSIER FOR ALL,I CAN GO ON FUCKING YOU MALAYSIANS FOR EVER NO ONE CAN DO ANYTHING PERIOD!
Raja Petra Kamarudin to IGP MUSA HASSAN,HEAR WHAT UMNO Member of Parliament Nur Jazlan HAS TO SAY YOUR DAYS ARE FINISH CLOCK IS TICKING THE COURT IS WAITING
The thing is, we demonized the police because they are corrupted, tell me, anyone here in MT has not been approach by a police officer and ask for some 'duit kopi' to get urself of the hook? I had such experience, and it was not even an offence from us but of course the power of the police, we just dont have any say in it. What the police say will always be true and you are always on the wrong. And most of my friends in KL that I ever talked too all had such experince. Police here in Malaysia are mostly corrupted.
The high crime rate is not because we demonized the police, it is because the POLICE ARE CORRUPTED! And we demonized them because POLICE ARE CORRUPTED.
The high crime rate is not because we demonized the police, it is because the POLICE ARE CORRUPTED! And we demonized them because POLICE ARE CORRUPTED.
Judge Rozina Ayub, in making the order, said it was most embarrassing for all the parties concerned that the prosecution had failed to serve the warrant of arrest on Raja Petra, as a result of which a discharge had to be given and the case was left hanging and without an ending.
"This case cannot proceed. It's a pity because the prosecution had called seven witnesses," she said.
Rozana also ordered that a notice be served on Raja Petra's wife Marina to show cause why she should not forfeit the RM5,000 bail that she had posted.
"The bailor in this case, namely his wife, has to come to court to explain his absence, or forfeit the bail," she said.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar told the court that the police had failed to trace Raja Petra till today.
The court had expected the case to be disposed of by the end of next month and the prosecution had lined up at least eight witnesses. However, Raja Petra went missing after seven witnesses were called.
The court subsequently gave three postponements — on May 22, July 17 and a final one on Oct 12 — to enable the prosecution and police to trace him.
On May 6 last year, Raja Petra, 60, pleaded not guilty to posting seditious words relating to an article in his website www.malaysia-today.net on April 25 last year.
In confronting a crisis of epic proportions, one can do the heavy work of crafting a well conceived, comprehensive strategy. But why bother, when short-term gimmicks are politically more feasible. Thus we have this absurd counter-cyclical gimmick, the so-called “cash for POLICE” boondoggle, being offered by the NAJIB establishment as their “answer” to the massive problems
Politicians indicates that corruption has seeped into administrative machinery, politics, judiciary and police. God forbid if a citizen of Malaysia has to stand up for himself against these forces, he is a worthless street-dog unless he has power, money or influence. The police is the only face which millions of MALAYSIANS see daily, even when they don’t have to deal with corrupt government or judiciary. Are your streets safe from the licensed goons ? Are your women safe from them ? Are you stressed out because they have certain rights to stop you at every traffic signal and ask for identity, license, papers, multiple times a day ? God forbid, if you are a street vendor, and you are anyway giving away 60% of your day’s profit to them but yet always at the mercy of not being beaten up by them at their whim, say, when they consume alcohol or when their seniors surprise them with a visit. What to say a simple road block restriction is imposed, don’t we dream of when the restrictions will go away and we don’t have to see their ugly leering faces again ? Do we like to welcome with open hands the above-the-law big brother, no, we are scared they might arrest us with false reports, they might misbehave with our women, they might beat us up for no reason and then will create a mock-up situation with cooked-up stories for the media/seniors. Haven’t you heard of stories where innocent citizens has been killed in encounters ? talking about states where things are peaceful except for communal riots and well, bravo, how well they have done their jobs. Innocent victims who register A POLICE has to recall them after their pockets are full, no matter how serious the crime is. For most of us, he is not just a neighboorhood big brother, he is the face of the government. If he is bad, the government is bad. Now, you see WHY PAKATAN wins hands downall the by election. or systems ineffectiveness is no justification for Police brutality. From my personal experience, I remember when as TAXIDRIVER FOR 25 years was beaten by a police like a criminal, who supposedly caught me without MYCARD (although i had one-its another story that the ……
That impression is buried in my mind for malaysian Police (& again its not a single person im pointing to – its in collective sense ) that, they are inhuman, dishonest, without any moral character lot, bunch of cheapster who will sell their anything for a bunch of ringgit. On top of it- these IGP AGS lot – it hurts to see they after all the education – end up misusing power & further detoriating this corrupt system.
you are right in blaming politicians and beurocrates for what ever mess the police or MCC forces are in.in case of ANWAR it is the special powers ISA that are have been given to the ex IGP forces are playing havoc on people.and these draconian laws are passed by these politicians.you seem to be well aware of situation, is bleeding it is bleeding MALAYSIA also and god knows when this will end.,
The main stream mediaTHE UTUSANDOGS the author seems to push the belief that end always justifies the means. The author should go and contact the poor and downtrodden people who live in rumah panjang and PPRUNITS,and ask them if they enjoyed the brutality the cops showed. People like you and me were lucky enough to have the resources to run away from problem areas. Guess what happened to those that couldn’t?? Thats right…..they suffered. In my book they are the real heroes, not the cops. Yet even today, those same heroes are treated with malice, contempt and general disrespect by the men and women in uniform. To a cop, a non-wealthy MALAYSIAN citizen is a nuisance. Before they donned a uniform, these cops took an oath, one that required them to sacrifice their conveniences for the greater good of society. At times those sacrifices may also include their lives. Yet nearly 95% of these “protectors” fail in their most basic functions. In reality, they are merely vassals of the political groups in power. As far as I am concerned, I will continue to question the actions of cops, cuz whether they like it or not, they will be always held accountable on a higher level. If they don’t like what they are getting into………..leave, there are a lot of able men and women out there that can do better.In confronting a crisis of epic proportions, one can do the heavy work of crafting a well conceived, comprehensive strategy. But why bother, when short-term gimmicks are politically more feasible. Thus we have this absurd counter-cyclical gimmick, the so-called “cash for POLICE” boondoggle, being offered by the NAJIB establishment as their “answer” to the massive problems
Politicians indicates that corruption has seeped into administrative machinery, politics, judiciary and police. God forbid if a citizen of Malaysia has to stand up for himself against these forces, he is a worthless street-dog unless he has power, money or influence. The police is the only face which millions of MALAYSIANS see daily, even when they don’t have to deal with corrupt government or judiciary. Are your streets safe from the licensed goons ? Are your women safe from them ? Are you stressed out because they have certain rights to stop you at every traffic signal and ask for identity, license, papers, multiple times a day ? God forbid, if you are a street vendor, and you are anyway giving away 60% of your day’s profit to them but yet always at the mercy of not being beaten up by them at their whim, say, when they consume alcohol or when their seniors surprise them with a visit. What to say a simple road block restriction is imposed, don’t we dream of when the restrictions will go away and we don’t have to see their ugly leering faces again ? Do we like to welcome with open hands the above-the-law big brother, no, we are scared they might arrest us with false reports, they might misbehave with our women, they might beat us up for no reason and then will create a mock-up situation with cooked-up stories for the media/seniors. Haven’t you heard of stories where innocent citizens has been killed in encounters ? talking about states where things are peaceful except for communal riots and well, bravo, how well they have done their jobs. Innocent victims who register A POLICE has to recall them after their pockets are full, no matter how serious the crime is. For most of us, he is not just a neighboorhood big brother, he is the face of the government. If he is bad, the government is bad. Now, you see WHY PAKATAN wins hands downall the by election. or systems ineffectiveness is no justification for Police brutality. From my personal experience, I remember when as TAXIDRIVER FOR 25 years was beaten by a police like a criminal, who supposedly caught me without MYCARD (although i had one-its another story that the ……
That impression is buried in my mind for malaysian Police (& again its not a single person im pointing to – its in collective sense ) that, they are inhuman, dishonest, without any moral character lot, bunch of cheapster who will sell their anything for a bunch of ringgit. On top of it- these IGP AGS lot – it hurts to see they after all the education – end up misusing power & further detoriating this corrupt system.
you are right in blaming politicians and beurocrates for what ever mess the police or MCC forces are in.in case of ANWAR it is the special powers ISA that are have been given to the ex IGP forces are playing havoc on people.and these draconian laws are passed by these politicians.you seem to be well aware of situation, is bleeding it is bleeding MALAYSIA also and god knows when this will end.,
The main stream mediaTHE UTUSANDOGS the author seems to push the belief that end always justifies the means. The author should go and contact the poor and downtrodden people who live in rumah panjang and PPRUNITS,and ask them if they enjoyed the brutality the cops showed. People like you and me were lucky enough to have the resources to run away from problem areas. Guess what happened to those that couldn’t?? Thats right…..they suffered. In my book they are the real heroes, not the cops. Yet even today, those same heroes are treated with malice, contempt and general disrespect by the men and women in uniform. To a cop, a non-wealthy MALAYSIAN citizen is a nuisance. Before they donned a uniform, these cops took an oath, one that required them to sacrifice their conveniences for the greater good of society. At times those sacrifices may also include their lives. Yet nearly 95% of these “protectors” fail in their most basic functions. In reality, they are merely vassals of the political groups in power. As far as I am concerned, I will continue to question the actions of cops, cuz whether they like it or not, they will be always held accountable on a higher level. If they don’t like what they are getting into………..leave, there are a lot of able men and women out there that can do better.
In confronting a crisis of epic proportions, one can do the heavy work of crafting a well conceived, comprehensive strategy. But why bother, when short-term gimmicks are politically more feasible. Thus we have this absurd counter-cyclical gimmick, the so-called “cash for POLICE” boondoggle, being offered by the NAJIB establishment as their “answer” to the massive problemsRaja Petra Kamarudin
Some of you may think that theSEE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE HERE video is in bad taste. I mean, how can we make fun of Teoh Beng Hock’s death when we should instead be mourning him? Yes, it was a hard decision to make as to whether to publish that video or not. But we decided to do it anyway not with intent to make fun of Teoh’s death but to reveal the real circumstances behind his death. And the video best describes the events behind what really happened
The police askes why we are only looking at the police? Linggam asks why we are only looking at the judiciary. The parliament ask why are we only looking at the executives. The rulers ask why are only looking at the monarchy. In the end nothing gets looked at. We’re back to square one. No actions on complains. People who complain gets thrown into ISA for their safety. The corrupt in power gets bolder and increasingly obnoxious.
Great argument there, Hisham. You are another example why I have zero respect for my leaders. They are not smart. And they can’t sound smart even if their life depended on it. In fact, they dont even make sense half the times. Can somebody tell me the last time anybody in BN said something intellegent that is not already a well known fact?
You missed the point, Sham. This is not selective persecution. Pushing for the IPCMC is simply saying that crime is out of control as you Sham pourself has admitted and to check police abuse of power. Why are you and the PDRM so defensive? If they have nothing wrong, there is nothing to be afraid of. In fact, if the PDRM is innocent as alleged, they should welcome the IPCMC to clear their names independently. It is only those that has shit between their backsides that are afraid to be scrutinised. Plain and simple.
Why?
Because:
- Kugan was killed by the police
- The police personnel who are responsible for Kugan’s death is still walking free, still having a job at a police desk
- Because many others have lost their lives in police custody
- Because police are gangsters who arrest without valid reasons, like how they arrested the 5 lawyers who only wanted to represent their clients
- Because police are corrupt.
- Because mat rempits and snatch thieves roam free.
- Because police are pussies who are afraid of having a beat base in Jln Haji Taib
- Because police are not impartial, always obviously acting on umno orders.
- Because police do not respect the law, illegally removing a speaker from the dewan where it has no jurisdiction
- Because police are rude as hell (Mr headhunter the classic example)
- Because police has lost the faith of the rakyat
- Because the rakyat demands the police to be cleaned up.
Way to go Ragu, I will wallk with you to PM office at Putrajaya and I am sure at least 3,000LAWYERS more of us from the bar will too. Just say when.MALAYSIA MUST avoid yet another crisis. Although oscillating between corrupt civilian governments and POLICE dictatorships, crises have been a way of life for MUSA HASSAN But this crisis IS different. It was not particularly for or against a leader. It was the third act of a grass-roots movement, led by the lawyers, in favor of the rule of law under a constitutional framework.
MALAYSIA appears to be on the verge of emerging as a functioning Constitutional Democracy, witH primacy of laws and constitution that has eluded MALAYSIA for 51 years of its checkered history.
THIS times in the lawyers, men and women in their somber black coats MUST defied the illegal edicts of the case of judicial sodomy. and succeed in forcing the government to back down.
Ragunath said”I will tell him that these are the areas that need to be looked into so that there won’t be a recurrence,” he said.
Is Nazri admitting that the Home Minister screwed up? That’s the first! I just hope he won’t backpaddle. the council had also lodged a complaint with the Malaysian Human Rights (Suhakam) Commission as it was a matter concerning a breach of human rights.”For those matters that are linked to the police, I will hand the memorandum over to Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.
As the minister in charge of judiciary affairs, Nazri said he wanted to ensure that the rule of law was upheld
“The court action is still ongoing and we will definitely file it on behalf of the five lawyers,” he told reporters after handing over a memorandum to Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abd Aziz at the Parliament lobby here Tuesday.
bar council got some teeth ? way to go.
Show them that nobody is beyond the law.
Najib at Odds with Tun Dr. Mahathir
“If they are not united, how are we going to realise the 1 Malaysia concept? This will not only be detrimental to the Malays but also to other races…When we talk about Malay unity, we are not talking from the racism point of view. We have accepted the fact that there cannot be a government which is led 100 per cent by Malay leaders … we have been practising power sharing for so long”
In a speech that he was supposed to have delivered at the Harvard Club of Malaysia on 29th July 2002, this is what Mahathir is reported to have said :
“When I wrote The Malay Dilemma in the late 60s, I had assumed that all the Malays lacked the opportunities to develop and become successful. They lacked opportunities for educating themselves, opportunities to earn enough to go into business, opportunities to train in the required vocation, opportunities to obtain the necessary funding, licences and premises. If these opportunities could be made available to them, then they would succeed. …… So what is the new Malay dilemma? Their old dilemma was whether they should distort the picture a little in order to help themselves. The new dilemma is whether they should or should not do away with the crutches that they have got used to, which in fact they have become proud of. There is a minority of Malays who are confident enough to think of doing away with the crutches, albeit gradually. But they are a very small minority. Their numbers are not going to increase any time soon. They are generally regarded as traitors to the Malay race. ….
Distort the picture in order to help themselves!
That the truth then was that every marginalised Malaysian, regardless of race, “lacked opportunities for educating themselves, opportunities to earn enough to go into business, opportunities to train in the required vocation, opportunities to obtain the necessary funding, licences and premises”, was buried in the distorted picture that was presented, so that certain quarters could help themselves.
11 years before that reported speech to the Havard Club, in 1991, Mahathir launched his Vision 2020 where he also spoke of establishing a united Malaysian nation; a Bangsa Malaysia, as he put it. I have alluded to this in a previous post last year. This is what Mahathir had said in 1991 of that Bangsa Malaysia :
“By the year 2020, Malaysia can be a united nation, with a confident Malaysian society, infused by strong moral and ethical values, living in a society that is democratic, liberal and tolerant, caring, economically just and equitable, progressive and prosperous, and in full possession of an economy that is competitive, dynamic, robust and resilient. There can be no fully developed Malaysia until we have finally overcome the nine central strategic challenges that have confronted us from the moment of our birth as an independent nation…The first of these is the challenges of establishing a united Malaysian nation with a sense of common and shared destiny. This must be a nation at peace with itself, territorially and ethnically integrated, living in harmony and full and fair partnership, made up of one ‘Bangsa Malaysia’ with political loyalty and dedication to the nation…The eighth is the challenge of ensuring an economically just society. This is a society in which there is a fair and equitable distribution of the wealth of the nation, in which there is full partnership in economic progress. Such a society cannot be in place so long as there is the identification of race with economic function, and the identification of economic backwardness with race.”
18 years on from that inspirational speech of his, why is it that we do not appear to be anywhere near establishing that one ‘Bangsa Malaysia’ with political loyalty and dedication to the nation ?
Was Mahathir’s Vision 2020 no different from his ‘Look East’ policy that he innovated soon after taking office, in that both were made up of inspiring rhetoric with little political will to carry through and which got us all sufficiently distracted so that the privileged hands that were raiding the national coffers could work at will and unnoticed?
What is the difference between Mahathir’s Vision 2020 and Najib’s 1Malaysia?
Is there such a difference between Mahathir and Najib that we should be encouraged to believe that, whilst Mahathiir had little impact in taking us anywhere near the Bangsa Malaysia he spoke of, with Najib, it will be otherwise ?
by Haris Ibrahim
Almost everyone knows, because they have read the above article which informed them of the relevant law applicable, which is that it is the Assembly who decides the question of the disqualification of a member of the Assembly and not the Election Commission. It is only when a member has been disqualified would there be a vacancy in the Assembly.
Now that we, the ordinary people, know the law we could very easily judge the competence of these judges of the Federal Court.
Recently, they have handed down a written judgment dated June 8, 2009 which was delivered by Nik Hashim bin Nik Abd Rahman FCJ as the judgment of the court.
The judgment appears to be oblivious of the fact that the general public is now aware of the law applicable. Since the people has been apprised of the law it would be foolish for any judge to ……..
If u put more officers on beat duty rather than catching candle -light vigil participants or peaceful demonstrators, I'm sure the crime rate will go down pretty soon!!