“There can be prostitutes in each and every professional practise… people who are motivated by power, lust and greed for which they are willing to sacrifice the sacred trust that society has placed in them,” said Razaleigh. Hishamuddin, you are worthless minister with brainless idiot..That is the reasons why Mahathir ,let his long time confidentee ex-IGP Musa to push away your Home Minister Chair/table and allow his son Mukhriz without obstruction from your bodyguard.Rakyat is well aware of Hishamuddin’s interference in the various departments under his ministry for his political advantage and this is confirmed by former IGP. We should not give any credibility to his statements but fight on for the poor segments of the society.The Budak . Hishamuddin doesnt know what shame is !!!
The shameful episode, it turns out, was also a case of insubordination. Two lower-level officers in the police force had disregarded orders from a senior
Much has been spoken about making the government’s administration fair and responsive. One way to achieve this is to depoliticize recruitments from the lowest level. Political involvement and influence in making those decisions need to be cut off. Reports of Administrative Reforms Commissions should not be treated as formalities that have to be submitted and received. Public confidence in government requires urgent restoration.
This a tall order because our politics runs on favouritism and nepotism, besides other unsavoury elements. But one definitely hopes to see an administration that works for the people, not for politicians or other sharks. That’s a better hope than harbouring the delusion that somebody will become Prime Minister in 2013.
“From a project called Project President Mahathir”
NGOs and Hindraf had tirelessly fought for this, which was completely ignored by MIC Youth. This caused MIC to be decimated in GE12. Now, UMNO running dog Mohan is completely denying this issue exists. He says Najis has solved the problem, thus insulting this group of long-suffering Malaysian Indians. They must complete the decimation of MIC in GE13 to solve this problem. Anwar has promised to solve it within months of PAKATAN RAKYAT winning GE13. cOMPARE TOO WITH SURENDRAN'S TIRELESS WORK. Malaysian Indians must try them out, rather than the denials of Home Minister Hishamuddin Hussein , Najib and MIC the running dog . Anything But MIC in GE13. claim that stateless Indians' applications made during a protest at Putrajaya yesterday were merely for permanent residency is a “blatant lie”, says PKR.
When the plant opened, villagers immediately complained of a stinging smoke and foul odour. Local ignorance meant that waste disposal was carried out with shocking recklessness.
"At one time, we dug a pit near a river in Bukit Merah and buried the waste," said Ng.
"Occasionally, lumps of wet thorium sludge would fall off the lorry and school children would walk pass it."
Mitsubishi Chemicals closed the plant in 1994 after a mounting public outcry, but the government has neither admitted nor denied radiation poisoning in the village.
The only payout by the company was a RM500,000 lump sum to the local community to aid victims in 1994.
"Look at my hands. The skin is peeling," said a 68-year-old local resident who gave only his surname, Ng.
"When I go to a local bar, the women just take off, afraid that if I touch them they will be infected," he said angrily of a mystery skin disorder he has endured for years.
Ng, who ran a hauling business, was awarded a contract to dispose of radioactive waste from the then-new facility in 1982.
The plant's Japanese operators told him it could be used as fertiliser.
But the waste that he casually hauled away and disposed off in fields and rivers around Bukit Merah, home to 15,000 people, contained thorium, a carcinogenic radioactive chemical.
"At one time, we dug a pit near a river in Bukit Merah and buried the waste," said Ng.
"Occasionally, lumps of wet thorium sludge would fall off the lorry and school children would walk pass it."
Mitsubishi Chemicals closed the plant in 1994 after a mounting public outcry, but the government has neither admitted nor denied radiation poisoning in the village.
Chairman of Press Council of India Justice Markanday Katju today alleged politicians in independent India "have played a major role in spreading deeper the poison of Hindu-Muslim divide, whose seeds were sown by the British, for serving their own votebank politics".
Addressing a programme in Aligarh Muslim Univeristy (AMU), he said Pakistan was an "artificially-created state" by Britishers using the Hindu-Muslim divide.
"It is only a matter of time when the people of both the countries (India and Pakistan) will realise that their erstwhile Western rulers had poisoned their minds and hearts against each other for serving their own interest. They created the Hindu-Muslim divide and then concretised this legacy by the creation of Pakistan", Katju said.
"The real tragedy", he said "was that while the British sowed the seeds of discords in the hearts and minds of people, after independence agent provocateurs are continuing this nefarious policy".
"I have no hesitation to state that politicians have played a major role in spreading this poison deeper for serving their own vote bank politics", he charged.
According to Justice Katju, "in 1857, there was almost zero percent communalism in the country and today I have no hesitation to accept that 80% of both Hindus and Muslims have fallen prey to this dreadful malaise", he said.
"I am aware that my comments on this issue had earlier this week stirred a hornet's nest. Some newspersons in Pakistan have dismissed my views as the ranting of a lunatic", he said adding "Hindu-Muslim conflict was engineered by the British as a deliberate state policy for maintaining the British hold over India".
Claiming that history books were deliberately doctored by the British rulers, he said it was done to spawn communalism in India.
Referring to terror activities in the country, Katju said evidence was now mounting to suggest that whenever incidents of terror take place in India, "very frequently innocent Muslim youth are randomly picked up by security forces".
"This is not only unjust but also helps the actual perpetrators of such heinous crimes escape the clutches of the law. The main reason behind this is that our police force are not suitably equipped with all the modern technology and state-of-art investigative techniques for nabbing the actual culprits", he said.
Whenever an incident of terror takes place, the police are under pressure to nab the culprits at the earliest and "the easiest way out is to implicate innocent persons to ease the pressure of public opinion", he said.
In a strongly-worded speech at a dinner recently, Razaleigh, popularly refered to as Ku Li, said that unprofessional conduct was “most blatantly evident” in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).“Although established in the midst of much fanfare as part of the government’s reform programme, sad to say, the hopes of the people were dashed soon after it was formed,” declared the Gua Musang MP.“The people were disappointed when the agency appeared to show interest in petty matters while failing to address more urgent and important cases of corruption.”The death of two witnesses in the anti-graft agency’s headquarters, he said, had further stirred speculation about the professionalism and integrity of the officials there.“We are not unjustified in wondering if the agency is really serious about fighting graft, or merely finishing off political ‘enemies’,” said Razaleigh.He also levelled criticism at civil servants in general for “constantly pandering to political masters”.He cited their “deafening silence” in cases such as the alleged destruction of the Selangor state government’s records five years ago, after BN lost the state to the opposition coalition.“Not a whimper was heard from the custodians of public records in this country, despite the fact that they are believed to have their own code of professional ethics,” said Razaleigh.
Judiciary a tool of the executive
He said the trend continues to this day, referring to a case in which a former Directive of the Archives in Sabah made a political statement over the 20-Point point document signed prior to the formation of Malaysia.“The constant pandering to political masters on their own free will calls into question the extent of their professionalism,” said Razaleigh.He also slammed the judiciary, maintaining that it had declined in professionalism in“epidemic proportions” since the removal of Tun Salleh Abbas as Lord President in 1988.Salleh’s dismissal had been sparked by a fallout between Razaleigh and Mahathir Mohamed following a narrow Umno presidential election which the two contested in.Mahathir grew unhappy with the judiciary when Razaleigh’s supporters filed a suit in the High Court to obtain a court order for new elections, after Mahathir defeated Razaleigh with 761 votes to Razaleigh’s 718.This eventually lead to a tribunal against Salleh, which found him guilty of, among others, “undermining public confidence in the government’s administration”.“Since then, the impartiality, independence and basic honesty of the judiciary has been called into question time and time again,” said Razaleigh.“Since then, the Attorney-General’s Chambers has become the object of public odium, being perceived as a willing tool of the executive.”
Brain drain and racial polarisation
Even the education system was not spared; Razaleigh claimed that it was in “tatters” and placed the blame squarely on the BN-led government’s shoulders for creating the “rot”.“The drastic drop in educational standards is such that many parents shudder to think of putting their children through the Malaysian school system…“We may not like to hear it, but the sad truth is that the rot in our education system started with the executive interferences linked to the New Economy Policy,” he said.The New Economic Policy was launched in 1971 by former prime minister Tun Abdul Razak, and the portion dedicated to education in particular has received criticism for allegedly contributing to brain drain and racial polarisation.Meanwhile, Razaleigh lashed out at the police force for their “total lack of professionalism”, dating back to the time a former Inspector General of Police (IGP) used violence on Anwar Ibrahim when he was in police custody.“Sad to say, the image of the police force is at the lowest ebb today. There are many unexplained cases of deaths under police custody, creating unrest and agitation among the people of a certain community,” said Razaleigh.“The total lack of professionalism within the ranks of the police force was again clearly evident during the Bersih rally when violence and brutality was inflicted on innocent journalists and protestors in what could have been a peaceful protest.”He described the “post-rally propaganda” against Bersih, and especially its chairperson S Ambiga as “most shameful and unprofessional”.
Stand up to manipulation
In his speech, he also listed out the absence of professionalism in the military, the construction industry, and among accountants and doctors.“My concern is this: we do not want a profession to be prostituted – for if that happens the profession is condemned to suffer aids from which it might never recover,” said Razaleigh. Razaleigh urged professionals to resist such political interference, saying: “Sometimes the professionals are only too eager to please their political masters.“Everyone knows that wisdom among Malaysian politicians is rare, but perhaps few realise that the courage to tell the truth to people in power is just as rare, if not rarer among the professionals.”He said that for professionalism to take root in society, the public must avoid manipulation by “the powers that be”.“We can never aspire to be professional so long as we continue to be imprisoned by the feudal mentality that conditions our mind to blindly follow our leaders or those in positions of power and authority.”Razaleigh said Malaysians must remove the “kampong” mentality and work towards creating a new culture which reflects universally acceptable standards of professional conduct.
Judiciary a tool of the executive
He said the trend continues to this day, referring to a case in which a former Directive of the Archives in Sabah made a political statement over the 20-Point point document signed prior to the formation of Malaysia.“The constant pandering to political masters on their own free will calls into question the extent of their professionalism,” said Razaleigh.He also slammed the judiciary, maintaining that it had declined in professionalism in“epidemic proportions” since the removal of Tun Salleh Abbas as Lord President in 1988.Salleh’s dismissal had been sparked by a fallout between Razaleigh and Mahathir Mohamed following a narrow Umno presidential election which the two contested in.Mahathir grew unhappy with the judiciary when Razaleigh’s supporters filed a suit in the High Court to obtain a court order for new elections, after Mahathir defeated Razaleigh with 761 votes to Razaleigh’s 718.This eventually lead to a tribunal against Salleh, which found him guilty of, among others, “undermining public confidence in the government’s administration”.“Since then, the impartiality, independence and basic honesty of the judiciary has been called into question time and time again,” said Razaleigh.“Since then, the Attorney-General’s Chambers has become the object of public odium, being perceived as a willing tool of the executive.”
Brain drain and racial polarisation
Even the education system was not spared; Razaleigh claimed that it was in “tatters” and placed the blame squarely on the BN-led government’s shoulders for creating the “rot”.“The drastic drop in educational standards is such that many parents shudder to think of putting their children through the Malaysian school system…“We may not like to hear it, but the sad truth is that the rot in our education system started with the executive interferences linked to the New Economy Policy,” he said.The New Economic Policy was launched in 1971 by former prime minister Tun Abdul Razak, and the portion dedicated to education in particular has received criticism for allegedly contributing to brain drain and racial polarisation.Meanwhile, Razaleigh lashed out at the police force for their “total lack of professionalism”, dating back to the time a former Inspector General of Police (IGP) used violence on Anwar Ibrahim when he was in police custody.“Sad to say, the image of the police force is at the lowest ebb today. There are many unexplained cases of deaths under police custody, creating unrest and agitation among the people of a certain community,” said Razaleigh.“The total lack of professionalism within the ranks of the police force was again clearly evident during the Bersih rally when violence and brutality was inflicted on innocent journalists and protestors in what could have been a peaceful protest.”He described the “post-rally propaganda” against Bersih, and especially its chairperson S Ambiga as “most shameful and unprofessional”.
Stand up to manipulation
In his speech, he also listed out the absence of professionalism in the military, the construction industry, and among accountants and doctors.“My concern is this: we do not want a profession to be prostituted – for if that happens the profession is condemned to suffer aids from which it might never recover,” said Razaleigh. Razaleigh urged professionals to resist such political interference, saying: “Sometimes the professionals are only too eager to please their political masters.“Everyone knows that wisdom among Malaysian politicians is rare, but perhaps few realise that the courage to tell the truth to people in power is just as rare, if not rarer among the professionals.”He said that for professionalism to take root in society, the public must avoid manipulation by “the powers that be”.“We can never aspire to be professional so long as we continue to be imprisoned by the feudal mentality that conditions our mind to blindly follow our leaders or those in positions of power and authority.”Razaleigh said Malaysians must remove the “kampong” mentality and work towards creating a new culture which reflects universally acceptable standards of professional conduct.
Former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad excelled even himself this week with a speech in which he claimed that “exercising democratic rights could place society in a never-ending vicious cycle of instability and insecurity.”
This from the man who systematically robbed Malaysians of their democratic rights and thus created the vicious cycle of corruption, cronyism, injustice and impunity for himself and his partners and successors in crime that so bedevils the nation to this day.
And now, even in his dotage, he’s so lacking in regret or remorse for his vile misrule of the nation, as to go on to claim in the same “vicious cycle” speech that Malaysia could not possibly go to war against its neighbouring nations as “Malaysians are cowards who don’t want to be injured or die but would rather enjoy life.”
But he’s also vividly aware that many of the people he cowed with his draconian anti-democratic laws, compliant judiciary, politicised police and manacled media would vastly prefer to enjoy life without him and his whole fraudulent Umno/BN regime.
The mammoth Bersih rallies of courageous citizens calling for clean and fair elections first struck terror if not the fear of God into Umno/BN, and now the magnificent Himpunan Hijau walk against the Lynas plant has come as another bitter blow to their self-belief.
But Mahathir remains in denial, claiming that the regime “has done much to prove that it is committed to reform,” and sneering in his trademark sarcastic fashion that if people are calling for even great reforms he will “convey it to the prime minister and he will immediately do it.”
Meanwhile the vicious cycle of regime crime and no punishment swirls on unabated, with no sign whatever of anybody’s being brought to book for the massive robberies and repressions of the Mahathir era, or for any that I can think of since.
Countless questions surrounding the murder of Altantuya Shaaribuu, the suspicious deaths of Teoh Beng Hock and dozens of others in regime custody, and a series of massive frauds and embezzlements ranging from the RM12-billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) fiasco to the RM250-million National Feedlot Corporation NFC) scandal still go mysteriously unresolved.
And still the vicious cycle continues, with the awarding of the Automated Enforcement System (AES) to crony privateers, and in the process the unexplained payment of ten times the proper price for the system’s cameras.
Indeed, far from feeling any pressure to explain such wholesale thefts of public money, the perpetrators seem to be getting more and more arrogant in their alibis for such atrocities. Witness the laughably lying recent “explanation” by Umno information chief Shukor Idrus that public land in Selangor sold dirt-cheap to a private company during Umno/BN’s rule of the state was for the purpose of providing public amenities.
And this vicious cycle of fraud extends way beyond the strictly financial and criminal, to fake events designed to invest the regime with false perceptions of public support.
Like last Saturday’s so-called Himpunan Barisan 1Malaysia gathering of NGOs that its head organiser Ahmad Maslan claimed had “nothing to do with Umno or the coming Umno annual general assembly.”
Maslan, a deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, was quoted byMalaysiakini as lamely claiming that “you can’t say that it is being held in conjuction with the Umno AGM, as the gathering is this Saturday and the AGM is next Tuesday.”
In any case the event was as big a flop as all Umno/BN’s displays of its “popularity” are, and was completely overshadowed by the 20,000-strong attendance at the final leg of the Himpunan Hijau walk to Dataran Merdeka.
But at least it achieved its fake objective, which was to provide Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak with yet another platform from which to spout yet another of his fraudulent speeches.
This time, according to Malaysiakini, he urged against a change of government in Malaysia with the worn-out old Mahathir claim that the nation is the “envy” of others.
“Why fix the government if it’s not broken? It’s not broken, far from it,” he lied, before proceeding to list all the “incentives” his crooked regime has doled-out to the people with public money and declaring that “more can be given, and we will give more in the future on the condition that the nation is governed well.”
This cannot be done, however, he said, through “empty promises” like those mentioned in the opposition’s manifesto document document the Buku Jingga – “or Buku jing-gay, as others say.”
Of course this latter was a sly slur on Anwar Ibrahim and a reminder of the vicious cycle of trials to which both Mahathir and Najib have subjected Anwar on trumped-up charges of sodomy.
And, sure enough, he followed this up with a typically witless Mahathir-style “joke” to the effect that Anwar “goes here and there and ‘pokes’ people against the Malaysian government. He’s not done with his poking, so maybe that’s why they built this rostrum like a cage – to protect me,” he chortled.
Najib had better get all the jollies he can now, however, as more and more Malaysians are laughing at, not with him. And also, as ever, at the antics of his spouse, the self-styled first lady of Malaysia (FLOM), Rosmah Mansour.
Having been relatively quiet for a while following the torrent of scorn elicited by her collection of Birkin handbags and honorary doctorates, not to mention the RM64-million diamond ring, she burst back onto the world stage with a vengeance the other day following the ASEAN summit in Cambodia.
In an interview with the Phnom Penh Post she defended Najib’s support of the watering-down of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration with a weasel out-clause based on public morality and civil order on the grounds of what she claimed to be Malaysia’s “high morality” as well as “alarming” rates of HIV/AIDS cases.
Such an outpouring of false sanctimony from the self-seeking wife of an unelected prime minister presiding over the system of virulent venality bestowed on Malaysia by the venomous doctor is nothing short of outrageous.
And yet another of many signs that the vicious cycle of Umno/BN misrule of the nation could well be as close to its end as Mahathir’s own vicious life-cycle must
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