I came across a very interesting headline on the Nov 3rd edition of Sin Chew Daily.
Its front page flashed the catchy “Najib: Malaysia without Chinese has no future”.
A very bold statement and direct recognition of the role played by the Chinese community by the prime minister.
Being well aware of UMNO-BN’s divide-and-conquer tactics in the last five decades, I decided to translate it into English and Malay.
Interestingly, the bold statement was read by Najib’s deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin. Usually when a UMNO president (Najib in this case) affirms the position of the non-Malay, its deputy will use it back in the Malay community to backstab his boss.
Unfortunately, in this case Muhyiddin had to read Najib’s speech because the latter was ill. It would be weird for the former to perform the backstabbing.
NAJIB: MALAYSIA, TANPA KAUM CINA, TIADA MASA DEPAN
Serdang, 2 November
Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mengakui bahawa Malaysia tidak akan mempunyai apa yang ada sekarang ini jika tiada kaum Cina yang menyumbangkan keusahawanan, profesionalisme dan dedikasi, dan tujuan Visi 2020 tidak akan mungkin dapat dicapai.
Dia memuji kaum Cina atas sumbangan signifikan mereka dalam ekonomi negara. Sebagai tulang belakang ekonomi, masa depan Malaysia adalah suram tanpa sokongan daripada kaum Cina.
Dia mengatakan bahawa orang Cina hidup di tujuh benua di dunia. Ramai daripada mereka menjadi pengusaha-pengusaha yang berjaya, profesional-profesional, pegawai-pegawai awam dan ahli akademik di negara masing-masing. Jelas, orang Cina memberikan sumbangan yang signifikan kepada negara di mana merekatinggal . Mereka selalu terkenal kerana keusahawanan, daya adaptasi dan dorongan kuat untuk kemajuan mereka, kata Najib.
“Orang Cina di Malaysia adalah contoh terbaik. Kaum Cina telah membentuk tulang belakang ekonomi kita melalui perusahaan-perusahaan kecil dan menengah. Antara syarikay-syarikat yang terkenal dan berjaya adalah Cina,” kata Najib apabila membuka Forum Ekonomi Cina Dunia Kedua. Oleh kerana sakit, ucapannya dibacakan oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin.
Dia percaya suatu hari akan datang tiga daripada lima kawasan ekonomi terbesar dunia akan berasal dari Asia, iaitu China, Jepun dan India.
“Kita boleh belajar dari China dan Asia tentang perdagangan bebas, pasaran terbuka dan pelaburan asing sebagai cara untuk kemakmuran,” kata Najib.
Dia menunjukkan bahawa sementara Asia telah muncul sebagai lokomotif ekonomi dunia, ia tetap di belakang teknologi Barat.
Namun melalui kerjasama pelbagai hala dan pelaburan antara Barat dan Asia, ini akan merangsang pemikiran baru di Asia sehingga Asia lebih kompetitif secara global.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak confessed that Malaysia would not be what it is today if not because of the Chinese’s enterprises, professionals and dedication, and the goal of Vision 2020 will not be achievable.
He praised the Chinese for their significant contribution to the economy. Being the backbone of the economy, without the support of the Chinese, Malaysia’s future will be bleak.
He pointed out that the Chinese live across all continents of the world. Many of them are successful entrepreneurs, professionals, public officers and academicians in their respective home countries. Obviously, the Chinese make significant contribution to the country where they belong. They are always well known for their entrepreneurship, adaptability and drive for progress, said Najib.
“The Chinese in Malaysia is the best example. The community forms the backbone of our economy through the many small and medium enterprises. Some of the well known enterprises are Chinese,” said Najib when opening the Second World Chinese Economic Forum. Due to illness, his speech was read by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin.
He believed the day would come when three of the five largest economic regions will be from Asia, namely China, Japan and India. “We can learn from China and Asia on free trade, open market and foreign investment as the way forward for prosperity,” said Najib.
He pointed out that while Asia has emerged as the economic locomotive of the world, it remains behind the West technologically. However through multilateral cooperation and investments between the West and Asia, it will stimulate the new thinking in Asia so that it can be more competitive globally.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced a grant of five crore rupees to augment the Indian scholarship fund for ethnic Indians in Malaysia.
Singh, who is in Malaysia on a state visit, made the announcement while addressing the Indian community here.
The fund was set up in 1946 by former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru to assist Malaysian-Indian students. With the new grant, the corpus of the fund will be 7.55 crore rupees.
Malaysian-Indians had requested INDIAN government to allot some quota for their students.
Singh also announced 20 scholarships for Malaysian students to study traditional system of medicine in India.
Muslim-majority Malaysia's 27 million people are 25 per cent ethnic Chinese and eight per cent ethnic Indians, who are mostly Hindus from Tamil Nadu.
Earlier, a Malaysian party had requested Singh to let more Malaysian-Indian students in India to study alleging that capable students were unable to get admission in universities here (ie Malaysian universities) .
The Human Rights Party, which evolved after the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) was outlawed in 2007, alleged that though Malaysia had one of the largest Indian populations outside India, they felt marginalised in their own country.
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MALAYSIAN Newspapers BLACK-OUT News of India's Rm 3.5 million Additional Grant for Malaysian-Indians.
The local (Malaysian) media has, we think been instructed not to carry the news that the Indian PM has responded to HRP/Hindraf’s appeals for more scholarships for the Indian young in this country.
While all the Indian media carried this news,Malaysian media has completely blacked out this piece of news – that Dr Manmohan Singh announced that he is raising the scholarships grant to Malaysian Indian students by 3.5 million ringgits up to RM 5 million.
There is NO report by Bernama to start with.
The mainstream English media has conveniently ignored this news item.
The Tamil papers which are making so much of the Indian PM’s visit have so conspicuously ignored this news item, which they will only be too glad to headline. But no, nothing at all.
If you ask yourself why the local media is behaving this way, the answer is all too clear.
They have all been instructed by the UMNO government NOT carry this as it will. It will really make UMNO and its slave dog MIC look so silly .
On top of that it will give credence to the continuous charges by the the Human Rights Party and Hindraf of racial discrimination against the Indians by the UMNO government. Maybe the UMNO government does NOT even want the people to know about this possibility of additional educational opportunities, as this will circumvent their objective of trying to keep the Indians down and out in Malaysia.
These increase in scholarships grants by the Government of India are being made only because of the representations made by the Human Rights Party and HIndraf.
The requests have gone in the form of various letters and memoranda through the Indian high Commission here in KL as well as directly to the Indian PM in New Delhi, in India.
The Government of India acknowledges this serious violation of human rights and the situation of racial discrimination in Malaysia in this subtle way – this is a clear message to the UMNO Government that the International community is aware of its racists ways.
Only the intricacies of International diplomacy prevents the Government of India from saying it outright to the UMNO government to stop this blatant human rights violation.
But the Government of India has now put Malaysia on notice. Even the fact that this piece of news is being blacked out in the Malaysian media is indicative of Malaysia’s reactions to the fact that it is now on notice.
You said that when the 5th PM took over it was obvious he was incompetent and unable to govern the country and grow its economy.
Was it not YOU who choose this obviously incompetent 5th PM to succeed you?
As YOU choose Musa (Hitam)? Musa teamed up with Ku Li. The final ramifications of their challenge to your leadership in UMNO was the declaration of UMNO as an unlawful society due to the existence of several unregistered branches and the purge of ALL Team B members from your cabinet, despite YOUR early pledges NOT to do so!
As YOU choose Anwar(Ibrahim) - and we know what the ramification of that decision is now! It resulted in the loss of the two third majority long held by BN and the coming into being of a credible Pakatan Rakyat opposition. I know you will rue the day when you did make that decision to give Anwar the opportunity to be what he is now –leader of the opposition! The final ramification of your decision in appointing Anwar as your deputy will only be played out in the 13th general election – a general election that you are evidently aware is there for Pakatan Rakyat to lose! Not for UMNO to win!
And now Abdullah Badawi. YOU choose him did you not? And did you do so knowing that Abdullah was incompetent in the hope that there was a way you could still crawl back into the PM seat after you have agreed to leave?
Then when Abdullah did not put a foot wrong as DPM and you were forced to leave, YOU had hoped that he would protect your so called “legacies” - like the crooked bridge, Putrajaya and the many financial abuse YOU PROMOTED under YOUR PM tenure? But that was not to be.
Incompetent as Abdullah may be, he was not about to let YOUR abuses be kept under wraps. And so began, to YOUR anger, the unraveling of YOUR years as PM.
Three DPM all chosen by YOU, TUN - all failures (by your reckoning) and are all these three DPM to be blamed for the pathetic state that UMNO is now in?
Or maybe...just maybe YOU might have had a hand in all this failures? Do the sums Tun - three DPM's all chosen by YOU and all to be blame for UMNO's current woes?
These were just DPM's - YOU were the one in full control of UMNO and the government!
YOU are the one who must take responsibility!
Everyone else to be blamed for the massive financial abuse of high office by UMNO politicians – abuses that occurred under YOUR watch?
Everyone else to be blamed for the hideous proliferation of money politics within the ranks of UMNO and BN – abuses that YOU, TUN, conveniently closed one eye and shut the other?
Everyone one else to be blamed for the greed and nepotism that YOU personally encouraged – look no further then YOUR own family – and the clarion call put out to all Malays – join UMNO and become rich beyond your dreams!
And money politics became UMNO’s culture and a way of life for all of UMNO’s political elite! All this could only be done with the overt and tacit approval of the President of UMNO, the PM of Malaysia –YOU, TUN! YOU ! YOU ! YOU!
YOU too presided over the prostitution of the Malaysian Judiciary who unashamedly did the bidding of their political UMNO master and is still doing so!
The CJ (Tun Salleh Abbas) is not compliant? Sack him! Judges are not compliant? Replaced them!
PDRM (the Police) became thugs and goons who operated under your ‘guidance’ to impose their physical might and brutality on your own people using the ISA and what ever means under their disposal to ensure that the people were kept subjugated to YOUR wants!
And I can go on TUN…but I think that is enough for now.
This is just another way of looking at how things really were under YOUR rule. You are entitled to your opinion and so am I. The proof is in the pudding. The 13th general elections will be your final political curtain.
The 12th general election was your Waterloo – it already cemented your place in Malaysian Political history – it is a lesson learned – all future political parties in Malaysia would ensure that there would NEVER be the possibility of another Mahathir!
A Mahathir that will stay beyond his use by date!
A Mahathir who believed that any means could be used in as long as it justifies the ends as he saw it – not for the good of the nation but for the purpose of keeping this Mahathir in power forever and ever!
A Mahathir that used any means at his disposal to divide and rule not only his own UMNO party and his Barisan Nasional partners but also his own Malay race and the people of Malaysia.
And a Mahathir shrewd enough to know that he would rather have Ministers who were corrupt and weak of the flesh in his cabinet because it would be so much easier for him to have them at his beck and call.
TUN, it is time YOU looked within yourself and see yourself for what YOU really are.A mean old man who thinks the whole of Malaysia owes you a living!
YOU need to take responsibility for what UMNO and BN has now become – a feeble political organization riddle with money politics, greed and arrogance incapable of winning power in the 13th general election. And when the 13th general election is done…so will you be. -"steadyaku47" Related Article
Raja Petra's Reply to Mahathir's posting, "PERKASA and ME"
You have probably already read Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Blog posting, ‘PERKASA and ME’,plus the replies -- ‘PERKASA and ME…a short reply to Tun!’, 'My Reply to Tun Mahathir Article – Pembinasa and Me' and ‘Reading Tun Dr Mahathir’.
Well, now let me reply as well.
By the time Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took over as Prime Minister on 1st November 2003, Malaysia had already seen independence (Merdeka) for 46 years. Almost half that 46 years was with Dr Mahathir as Prime Minister -- slightly over 22 years. A few more months and Dr Mahathir would have ruled Malaysia for half that 46 years.
Abdullah ruled Malaysia for slightly over five years. Considering that one term is five years, this means Abdullah was only a one-term Prime Minister -- although he took the country through two general elections. Dr Mahathir, however, was a five-term Prime Minister.
When Abdullah took over as Prime Minister, he inherited the policies, Cabinet, problems, and whatnot, of the previous regime. He would have needed one term to dismantle the old policies and address the ills and wrongdoings of the previous regime, and then implement his own policies and changes, which would take him another term.
This means we need to evaluate Abdullah’s performance over two terms, not one term. One term is not enough.
But Abdullah was first of all not allowed to introduce any changes. As soon as he tried, Dr Mahathir attacked him. And then he was ousted before he could serve his second term. So we will never know whether, if Abdullah was allowed a second term, he could have turned things around. Therefore, is the failure due to the incompetence of Abdullah or is it because he was blocked from implementing his plans?
Now, whenever Dr Mahathir is criticised about how he ran the country or whatever, he always says that he does not make sole decisions. All decisions are Cabinet decisions. The largest financial scandal, the PKFZ disaster, was a Cabinet decision, not the sole decision of the Prime Minister.
Okay, if this is how decisions are made, then how can Abdullah take sole responsibility for whatever went wrong? And remember, Abdullah inherited Dr Mahathir’s Cabinet when he took over. This was not Abdullah’s Cabinet but the Cabinet of the previous regime that Dr Mahathir headed for 22 years.
When Dr Mahathir makes mistakes the Cabinet has to be blamed. Mistakes made during Abdullah’s term of office are Abdullah’s fault entirely, nothing to do with the Cabinet.
Finally, I would have imagined that Dr Mahathir, as a seasoned enough politician, would not unwittingly admit that he is behind PERKASA. His latest Blog posting, however, reveals that he calls the shots when it comes to PERKASA. I can’t imagine him making this mistake.
Then again, did he really make a mistake? Dr Mahathir is too clever to make such mistakes. I can only suspect that it was intentional. It was to send a message to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak that he opposes the 1Malaysia in favour of Ketuanan Melayu and that he will use ‘his’ PERKASA to do this.
I smell another ouster in the cards. When Dr Mahathir said he does not understand what Abdullah’s Islam Hadhari means and that he only knows one type of Islam, this was the beginning of the end for Abdullah. Now Dr Mahathir says the same thing about 1Malaysia and I see this as also the beginning of the end for Najib.
When Abdullah tried dismantling Dr Mahathir’s legacy, the latter went for the former’s jugular. Would Najib now dare try what Abdullah tried? If he does then he will suffer the same fate as Abdullah. However, if he does not, then he becomes merely a proxy Prime Minister with Dr Mahathir as the de facto Prime Minister. Either way Najib will suffer.
When Najib proposes 1Malaysia and all those other reforms, Dr Mahathir opposes him. But when Najib proposes a RM5 billion 100-storey building even grander than the KLCC Twin Towers, Dr Mahathir supports it and says it is good for the country.
Do you get my drift now?
Najib is running this country and implementing policies the way Dr Mahathir would like them to be. That is the only way he can stay on as Prime Minister. And when Najib tries to ‘break away’ and launch his 1Malaysia, Dr Mahathir launches his PERKASA through proxy (Ibrahim Ali) and challenges it.
That, in a nutshell, is what is going on.
By the way, Umno is most likely going to win the Galas by-election today. And the Umno people are going to say that this is Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s win and not Umno’s win. If Najib had gone down to Galas to campaign then PAS would have won instead.
Some say PAS purposely ‘allowed’ Umno to win as a ‘favour’ to Tengku Razaleigh who is fighting hard to get the oil royalty for Kelantan. The word on the ground was that the PAS machinery was told not to attack Tengku Razaleigh. This, in fact, happened in 2008 and that was why Gua Musang went to Tengku Razaleigh. And I got this from the horse’s mouth.
And of course the Batu Sapi by-election in Sabah is a foregone conclusion. -Raja Petra Kamarudin
Results show that CHINESE voters have returned their support to BN. Galas DAP election chief Thomas Su says in 2008, PAS won 1,784 votes in three areas where Chinese voters are prominent - Pulai, Kampung Baru and Bandar Lama.
In THIS 2010 by-election, it won 1,578 votes. It lost 206 votes, or 4.92 percent BN: Abdul Aziz Yusof 5,324
PAS: Dr Zulkefli Mohamad 4,134
Majority : 1,190 Commentary by Raja Petra: "Some say PAS purposely ‘allowed’ Umno to win as a ‘favour’ to Tengku Razaleigh who is fighting hard to get the oil royalty for Kelantan. The word on the ground was that the PAS machinery was told NOT to attack Tengku Razaleigh. This, in fact, happened in 2008 and that was why Gua Musang went to Tengku Razaleigh. And I got this from the horse’s mouth.And of course the Batu Sapi by-election in Sabah is a foregone conclusion."
BN WINS BATU SAPI (Sabah) Official FINAL results from EC BN: Linda Tsen9,773,
ITS OFFICIAL: BN WINS GALAS (Kelantan) and BATU SAPI (Sabah)
GALAS (Kelantan)
Official results from 26/26 streams show :
BN: Abdul Aziz Yusof 5,324 PAS: Dr Zulkefli Mohamad 4,134
Majority : 1,190
BATU SAPI (SABAH) Official results from EC
BN Linda Tsen 9,773 PKR Ansari Abdullah 3,414 SAPP Yong Teck Lee 2,031
Majority: 6,359
The above results was announced by the Election Commission at the main tally centre in Sandakan community hall.
Quick Analysis:The result of this by-election in Batu Sapi reflect that of the 2008 general election. In 2008, Tsen's late husband Edmund Chong bagged 9,479 votes against his opponent, Independent Chong Kwong Ming's 5,771. In this by-election, the combined opposition has 5,445 votes. (from Malaysiakini) ************************************************ GALAS
8.35 pm
Official results from 26/26 streams show : BN: 5,324 PAS: 4,134
Majority : 1,190 Unofficial results show that CHINESE voters have returned their support to BN. Galas DAP election chief Thomas Su says in 2008, PAS won 1,784 votes in three areas where Chinese voters are prominent - Pulai, Kampung Baru and Bandar Lama. In THIS by-election, it won 1,578 votes. It lost 206 votes, or 4.92 percent Commentary by Raja Petra: "By the way, Umno is most likely going to win the Galas by-election today. And the Umno people are going to say that this is Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s win and not Umno’s win. If Najib had gone down to Galas to campaign then PAS would have won instead.
Some say PAS purposely ‘allowed’ Umno to win as a ‘favour’ to Tengku Razaleigh who is fighting hard to get the oil royalty for Kelantan. The word on the ground was that the PAS machinery was told NOT to attack Tengku Razaleigh. This, in fact, happened in 2008 and that was why Gua Musang went to Tengku Razaleigh. And I got this from the horse’s mouth.And of course the Batu Sapi by-election in Sabah is a foregone conclusion."
Commentary by Terence of The Sun: "Ab Aziz of BN has very good PR and he is a local boy. Dr Zul of PAS an introvert."
BATU SAPI: Linda Tsen of BN is set to win with a big margin in Batu Sapi (Sabah). EC official results shows BN has won in 9 out of 10 polling streams
Commentary by Anil Netto: Simultaneously holding of by-elections on both sides of the South China Sea divided the Pakatan's limited resources. If the opposition votes in Batu Sapi are combined, the BN would have won by around 3,200 votes - that is, a reduced majority. So as expected, the Sapp-PKR failure to work together played into the BN's hand.
_________________________________________________________ TIME LINE GALAS, KELANTAN EC says FINAL OFFICIAL turnout is 82.71pc or 9,555 8.45 pm
Official results from 26/26 streams show : BN: 5,324 PAS: 4,134
Majority : 1,190
7.40 pm
OFFICIAL Results for 20/26 streams show
BN: 3,864 PAS: 3,048
BN majority: 816 7.30 pm
MP Tian Chua from PR has conceded defeat in Galas.
7.20 pm
2,000 votes still to be counted
7.15pm
Unofficial BN 4273, PAS 3744. BN leads by 529 votes
Pas wiped out in Orang Asli areas. PAS had only 5 votes in Bihai
7.10 pm
Abdul Aziz Yusof (BN-Umno) - 3,258 Dr Zulkefli Mohamad (PAS) - 2,348 Majority - 910
BN appears to win back Chinese votes which they had lost in the 2008 general election. Galas has two Chinese-majority areas, in which Pulai is considered a BN stronghold. PAS initially aimed to win Kampung Baru with a bigger majority so that they can cover an expected defeat in Pulai, another Chinese-majority area.
7.05 pm
Unofficial results show BN set to recapture Galas with 700-vote majority
7.00 pm (unofficial) BN 2834, PAS 2270,
PAS not looking good.... 6.55 PM GALAS (unofficial) BN : 2,510 PAS: 2,192
POSTAL VOTES BN - 107 PAS - 46
6.45 pm:
Galas (unofficial results): PAS 621, BN 584
Bandar Lama (saluran 3): PAS 228, BN 231.
5.30 PM
The EC announces that the voters turnout is 77.73 percent or 8,980 voters. This does NOT include the turnout in three Orang Asli areas - Pos Belatim, Pos Balar and Pos Bihar.
Orang Asli votes NOT counted at Polling station because their votes were FLOWN to Gua Musang. Anything can happen to the ballot box from Polling Station to Gua Musang while in the air.
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Ballot papers at SRJK(C) Kampung Baru polling station has no party logo. PAS reported the matter to the police. Read here for more
Read HERE: At BN Bukit Cekati, 300 voters heading to a makeshift room to receive RM250 each from BN/UMNO officials after coming out of the voting booth. When asked, they say that they have been given RM250. READ HERE ALSO
5 pm: Polling closes
3 pm: EC says turnout as of 3pm is 66.23pc or 7,651 excluding Orang Asli districts. 12.30 pm: EC says turnout up to 12 noon is 49.61pc or 5,732 voters EXCLUDING Orang Asli districts.
Prediction: PAS will take Galas.
Ong Kian Ming's prediction is that PAS will retain Galas with a majority of 370 votes while the BN will retain Batu Sapi with a majority of 1800 votes, with the SAPP trailing in second place and PKR not far behind. ********************************
BATU SAPI, SABAH SAPP is the spoiler . 8.35 pm
Official FINAL results from EC BN: Linda Tsen9,773,
PKR: Ansari Abdullah3,414 ,
SAPP: Yong Teck Lee 2,031 ,
Majority: 6,359
8.00 pm
OFFICIAL results from EC from total of 40 of 46 ballot boxes received. BN: 7689, PKR: 2786, SAPP: 1726, Majority: 4903.
EC results for POSTAL votes BN: 1268, PKR: 133, SAPP: 24
7.50pm
(Unofficial)
BN 8,538, PKR 3,281, SAPP 2,007. Majority 5,257
7.35pm
Its Official, BN (Linda Tsen) wins BATU SAPI
(unofficial results): BN 5,084, PKR 2,022, SAPP 1,250 SK Cheng Min: Saluran 1, PKR 34, SAPP 15, BN 42.
Saluran 3, PKR 34, SAPP 50, BN 116.
Saluran 4, PKR 123, Sapp 45, BN 148 Perpustakaan Wilayah Sandakan: Saluran 2, PKR 88, SAPP 35, BN 98.
Saluran 3, PKR 68, SAPP 15, BN 119. Pulau Timbang: Saluran 1, PKR 17, SAPP 35, BN 463.
Saluran 2, PKR 4, SAPP 14, BN 153. 7.25pm
EC official results shows BN has won in 9 out of 10 polling streams 7.15 pm
Victorious BN candidate Linda Tsen arrives at the Sabah chief minister's guesthouse.
She is greeted with a rousing and thunderous applause from the crowd. 7.05 pm
Tian Chua of PR has conceded BN will win.
6.55 Unofficial BN 5,051 PKR 1,709 SAPP 1,018 6.45pm: (Unofficial)
BN Linda Tsen 1,496, PKR Ansari Abdullah 752, SAPP Yong Teck Lee 422. Spoilt votes 394 Unofficial results from 2 saluran: BN 266, PKR 177, Sapp 94 5.30 pm:
(UNOFFICIAL) Tronglit (Muslim bumiputera majority polling station), which ended polling at 3pm:
Saluran 1: Linda Tsen - 153 Yong Teck Lee - 14 Ansari Abdullah - 4
At 5 pm: 15,774 turned out to vote ie 61.47%. 5 pm: Polling closes
3.30 pm Voting at SK Pulau Timbang has closed. Voting at SK Segaliud continues until 4pm. Elsewhere, voting continues until 5pm.
3.00 pm EC says turnout is 52.06pc or 13,318 voters. 12.30 PM: The voters turnout is 36.2 percent, or 9,261 voters
Prediction: BN will take Batu Sapi.
Ong Kian Ming's prediction is that BN will retain Batu Sapi with a majority of 1800 votes, with the SAPP trailing in second place and PKR not far behind.
____________________________________________ NEWS FLASH: 1.00 PM. KUALA LUMPUR
PAS HQ in Raja Laut in KL on fire. The first and ground floor was burnt. Fire brigade at the scene.
Orang ramai yang mendengar kata-kata Johari ini tentunya akan menggeleng kepala kerana Johari masih ingat UMNO itu masih kuat tanpa menyedari yang pengundi-pengundi Titiwangsa telah memberikan mandat kepada PAS untuk mewakili mereka diDewan Parlimen Malaysia.
Samy Velu memberikan reaksi dengan marah-marah dan berkata UMNO akan menghadapi risiko untuk dikalahkan oleh pembangkang di70 kawasan jika bukan Melayu mengambil keputusan untuk tidak menyokong UMNO dalam pilihanraya yang akan datang.
Walaupun Johari berucap didalam ‘function’ yang ‘private’ kata-kata ini melambangkan yang beliau tidak mempunyai ‘sensitivity’ yang betul dalam politik tanah air.
Dr Mahathir pernah mengalami kekalahan dikwasan Kota Setar pada 1969 apabila pengundi-pengundi Cina mengambil keputusan untuk mengundi PAS yang diwakili oleh Mursyidul Am PAS semasa itu Tuan Hj Yusuf Rawa. Orang Cina telah mengambil keputusan untuk membelakangkan Dr Mahathir kerana Dr M membayangkan yang beliau tidak perlukan sokongan kaum Cina disana untuk menang.
Perbilangan orang Melayu ada berkata, ‘telajak perahu boleh berundur, telajak kata binasa badan’. Adalah lebih molek untuk parti jika Johari memberikan kepimpinan itu kepada orang lain kalau kehadziran beliau boleh membawa padah kepada UMNO.
Kata-kata yang bodoh sombong itu dirakamkan didalam U-Tube dan ianya ditonton oleh ratusan ribu manusia dinegara ini. Johari lupa yang rakyat kita bukan lagi buta huruf; semuanya boleh membaca dan menulis. Saya sendiri sudah boleh membaca dan menulis sikit-sikit.
Dalam isu ini saya tidak menyalahkan Samy Velu.Beliau mengatakan semua ahli parti-parti dalam komponen mesti menyokong diantara satu dengan yang lain dan beliau mengakui yang kehadziran beliau dalam parlimen selama ini adalah diatas sokongan semua pihak. Apabila beliau tidak mendapat sokongan itu lagi didalam pilihanraya yang lalu beliau telah tewas dan kawasan itu diambil alih oleh PR.
Jika benar Titiwangsa tidak perlukan undi kaum lain kenapa pula UMNO telah tersungkur dibahagian itu didalam pilihanraya yang lalu. Apa gunanya mempunyai 70 peratus mengundi Melayu jika orang Melayu sendiri tidak menyokong UMNO dalam pilihanraya yang lalu?
Nampaknya jika begini sikap pemimpin utama UMNO Bahagian ini bercakap maka PAS sudah tidak payah bersusah payah lagi untuk mengekalkan kerusi resebut didalam pilihanraya yang akan datang.
Kita tidak faham apa sebenarnya penyakit yang menghidapi penyakit pemimpin-pemimpin kita sekarang ini.saya berpendapat pemimpin seperti Johari ini patut diberikan tarbiah oleh pucuk pimpinan supaya berhati-hati bila berbicara. Tetapi masalahnya pemimpin-pemimpin tertinggi kita pun perlukan tarbiah juga. Sesungguhnya UMNO perlukan sokongan semua kaum terutamanya kaum CINA. Terimalah hakikat itu.
UCAPAN KETUA UMNO BAHAGIAN TITIWANGSA JOHARI ABDUL GHANI DALAM YOUTUBE
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70 UMNO Seats at Risk WITHOUT NON-Malay Support, Says MIC President Samy Vellu
Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu has warned Umno that it cannot win at least 70 federal seats without the support of non-Malays in the next general election, contradicting the opinion of a Malay leader.
The MIC president’s angry reaction came after Titiwangsa Umno’s acting chief Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani said the dominant party in Barisan Nasional (BN) did not need the support of Chinese and Indian voters.
“How can he say the Umno does not need Chinese and Indian support. Without Chinese and Indians support BN cannot win in almost 70 constituencies,”said the former Sungai Siput MP , who had also highlighted the fact that he had won the seat in 1990 due to the support of Malay voters.
The former Works Minister said Johari was insensitive, adding the Umno leader should not be a politician in the first place.
“In fact, Indians votes will be crucial for BN in the next GE,” he told reporters here.
During a speech at a private function broadcasted on YouTube.com, Johari was reported as saying that Titiwangsa Umno does not need Chinese and Indian votes if 70 per cent of the voters are Malays.
MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek had also demanded the Titiwangsa Umno leader to retire from politics.
Several other Umno leaders, especially from the Federal Territory, had agreed that Johari’s comment can affect support from Chinese and Indian voters toward BN in the future.
They said this meant that BN will find it difficult to win areas where non-Malay voters make up to about 20 to 30 per cent of the electorate.
They had also admitted that not all Malay voters will vote for BN or Umno as the Malay votes are now divided between Umno, PAS and PKR.
“The Indians are returning to BN, so do not underestimate their strength and support for BN. He is causing major upset to the PM’s new political culture of uniting all races behind BN. We don’t need this kind of politicians who think that BN can win with just the Malay votes. I’m shocked to know that someone within BN could utter such remarks,” Samy Vellu said.
The MIC president is slated to hand over the party to his deputy Datuk G. Palanivel next January after he was widely blamed for the party’s losses in Election 2008.
Privately, most non-Malay leaders in the BN say chauvinism among some Umno leaders was the reason for the defeat in Election 2008.
Despite a majority of Malay voters in Titiwangsa, it together with all other federal seats in the Federal Territory fell into the hands of Pakatan Rakyat in Election 2008.
The BN lost four states and its customary two-thirds parliamentary in Election 2008, pushing then prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to hand over the coalition to his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Najib took office in April 2009 with his 1 Malaysia policy to retain and regain support for the coalition that has ruled the country since Merdeka in 1957 when it was known as the Alliance.
The BN is facing two by-elections, the Galas state seat and the Batu Sapi federal seat, on November 4 as Najib seeks to revive the coalition ahead of snap polls expected next year. Undi Cina di Galas
Kita perlukan SEMUA undi untuk menang. Undian tidak ada warna kulit.
Setiap satu undi harga dan nilai nya sama. Undi Cina satu, undi orang Melayu satu. Demikian juga undi orang Asli dan undi orang India.
Bila kita nak menang, kita tidak peduli asal usul undian.
Maka hujjah seperti UMNO tidak memerlukan undi orang Cina, di Galas tidak ada relevance.
Ianya adalah politik BODOH, jika kerana kesombongan dan keangkuhan KITA, undi yang sepatut nya kita dapat, secara 'default' lari ke pihak lawan.
Kepada calun DUN Galas dan kepada Tengku Razaleigh, setiap undi adalah tersangat penting.
Adakah kita mampu mendiamkan diri jika keluarga Cina yang mendiami rumah haram di sekitar kawasan keretapi Gua Musang duduk bersesak sesakan? Dalam sebuah rumah ada 20 orang dengan 2 atau 3 keluarga. Tentu sekali ianya akan menjengkilkan hati kita bila kita dengar, keluarga dalam rumah tersebut mengambil giliran untuk memasak?
Hal yang demikian bukan lagi soal perkauman. Ini manusia yang kita bicarakan. Orang Cina walaupun setinggan adalah manusia juga.
Dari setengah orang, apa yang keluar dari mulut mereka di atas, sama kualiti dengan apa yang keluar dari tempat keluar di bawah. Politik demikian, tidak ada tempat dalam kamus politik keserdehanaan.
Di dalam kawasan DUN Galas, masyarakat Cina terhimpun di kampong Desa Pulai. Berapa lama agak nya kampong ini ujud? Dialam biara di Desa Pulai terdapat sebuah patung. Iany di bawa dari negeri Cina. Patung tersebut berusia lebih dari 600 tahun.Ertinya, masyarakat Cina di desa pulai sudah ujud lama di Gua Musang.
Kita tidak pasti bila agak nya Cina pertama bermastautin di Pulai. Yang orang sini tahu,masyarakat Cina sudah ada di Pulai sejak awal kurun ke 20. Kita tidak ada rekod mengenai rekod sejarah mengenai keududukan sejarah masyarakat Cina di Gua Musang. Yang pasti nya mereka sudah lama disana.
Dizaman pemerintahan Jepun, masyarakat Cina di Pulai Gua Musang amat sengsara di zalimi. Namun mereka tetap bersetia kepada negara ini. Ayahanda Tengku Razaleigh lah yang membawa pemimpin2 Cina Desa Pulai lari ke tempat lain dalam negeri Kelantan. Beliau jugalah yang telah berusaha mendesak tentera Jepun supaya tidak membinasakan biara dan tohkong yang di bawa dari negeri Cina. Setelah Jepun kalah , orang2 Cina kembali ke Pulai dan amat berterima kasih kerana biara dan tohkong mereka di selamatkan.
Maka sehingga hari ini, masyarakat Cina di Pulai senentiasa bersikap pragmatik. Mereka mahukan pimpinan yang boleh di percayai untuk membela dan melayani mereka dengan adil. Itu sahaja yang mereka minta.
Apakah yang di mahukan oleh masyarakat Cina di PUlai? Mereka mahukan kepimpinan yang sederhana dan melayani mereka secara adil. Yang lain, mereka hadapi sendiri.
Quote ".... Malaysians would not care if the vast majority of the government were Malay if they were able to discharge their duties competently.
If there were 10 doctors and only one was Malay, I would go to him if he was best at his job.
But we have idiots running this country (the government, the police, the MACC, the judiciary) to the ground and they happen to be a Malay majority.
So of course people are pissed.
Do YOU think Malaysians would be angry if the country was well run and everyone's rights were upheld just because it was run by a Malay majority. Take a serious look at the majority of politicians and the rest of the people running the country (NON Malays included) - they are morons!
The government is in shambles, the police are seen as the enemy and the judiciary is a joke. YOU really think intelligent Malaysians are angry at the Malays in general?.... " -Valerie Mohan
I really don't understand how someone as intelligent as you can come up with statements that are so blatantly ignorant.
I'm 25 years old, my grandparents came from Kerala and I only speak English and Malay. I've never been to India, don't speak the language and all I can say is tanah tumpahnya darahku.
How dare you talk about fair distribution when you and your cronies have amassed vast fortunes at the expense of others? I don't see you going out among the less fortunate Malays and equitably distributing your wealth!
If I follow from what you wrote you didn't deserve a place at medical school which means you took the place of someone who better deserved it.
Which is what is happening all over this country in every arena.
Its not racial issues that the people are most concerned about its a lack of competency that is perpetuated because of racial policies.
Malaysians would not care if the vast majority of the government were Malay if they were able to discharge their duties competently. If there were 10 doctors and only one was Malay I would go to him if he was best at his job.
But we have idiots running this country (the government, the police, the MACC, the judiciary) to the ground and they happen to be a Malay majority so of course people are pissed.
Do you think Malaysians would be angry if the country was well run and everyone's rights were upheld just because it was run by a Malay majority.
Take a serious look at the majority of politicians and the rest of the people running the country (non malays included) - they are morons! The government is in shambles, the police are seen as the enemy and the judiciary is a joke - you really think intelligent Malaysians are angry at the Malays in general?
We are angry at those in power because we cannot trust you to do what's in Malaysia's best interest, we don't feel safe in our own country, we have no freedom of expression because you need to keep us quiet in order to stay in power and we don't believe that when there is a crime committed you are actually to get to the bottom of it unless it serves your own interests.
This racially charged hate mongering has to stop, it's stupid and unnecessary.
The real issue is our country is badly run and yet the government insists on discriminatory policies that seems to ensure its continuity.
Did you ever stop to think that the person who's place you took in medical school could have been the one to lead Malaysia the way it deserves?
Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) general surgeon Dr Mohd Razali Ibrahim REFUSED to look at the clinical notes taken despite NOT remembering parts of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's three-hour medical examination he and two other doctors took on June 28, 2008.
Dr Razali was badgered with several questions by senior lawyer Karpal Singh, who sought to entice him to refer to the clinical notes.
At Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial Dr Razali persistently refused to take a look at the notes made by him or the other two doctors who had examined Saiful.
Despite some uncertain answers, and being urged by Karpal many times, Dr Razali REFUSED to look at the clinical notes to help jog his memory.
Karpal Singh had resorted this after High Court judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah had earlier rejected the defence's application to obtain the clinical notes, but allowed its application to have a copy of the preliminary examination report, which was dated July 10, 2008.
Karpal had to ask pointed questions in an attempt to glean information from the clinical notes, but on ALL occasions during the 30-minute questioning, Dr Razali repeatedly refused to refer to the report.
“We cannot force you to look but may persuade gently,” Karpal said at times to Dr Razali.
Normally, witnesses who cannot remember details of a particular incident are allowed by the court to refer to the notes they made on that case.
On more than one occasion, solicitor-general II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden had objected to Karpal's line of questioning.Karpal pointed out that the full medical report which was dated July 13, 2008, has only two lines on Saiful's medical history.
He argued that there certainly was much more on the matter during the doctors' three-hour examination of the complainant.
All three doctors - hey had Dr Razali, clinical pathologist Dr Siew Sheue Feng and Dr Khairul Nizam Hassan - said texamined Saiful from 9pm and to slightly after midnight on July 29.
Asked by Karpal whether he knew that Saiful was inspected earlier at the Pusrawi Hospital, Dr Razali said he knew there was an examination but did not know who or how many physicians had attended to the complainant.
Assalamualaikum wbt Dr Razali... semoga hentikan kelakuan yang memalukan diri doktor, mak bapa doktor, keluarga doktor, bangsa melayu, orang Islam dan kerjaya doktor perubatan. Ingat Allah dan sebagai doktor ingat mati.
Come on Dr, don't put your race to shame! Your incompetency will make others doubtful of what entrance qualification you had to study your medical degree, and how low quality is our country's own 'specialist' standard; no wonder we decide not to recognise MRCP anymore!
Dr Razali, you are not answerable to Kapal Singh, Anuar Ibrahim or Justice Zabidin or any mortal being in this earth. Damn it, you are answerable to Allah. Tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Allah shall protect and guide you and your family for akhirat. All those worldly things is only temporary but the akhirat is real like being born and death. Be a man of principle if you are the true believer of Allah and follower of Prophet Muhammad. You are special if you tell the truth. Believe me, I had faced the same situation and I am relieved that I had passed my test. Thanks to guidance of Allah. Yes Sir you have choice to tell the TRUTH or NOT. The truth will prevail and if you lie, think of your family that may succumb to your choice.
This is called Malaysian Justice..Defence cannot be given anything.If this case was in England it would have been thrown out long ago
The integrity of the medical fraternity in this country is brought to disrepute by Razali's action. What is the Malaysian Medical Council going to do about this? Nothing. As long as it is filled with doctors with ties to the government, you can bet your bottom dollar that they are going to be as effective and honest as the prosecuting team.
Dr Razali, you are not answerable to Kapal Singh, Anuar Ibrahim or Justice Zabidin or any mortal being in this earth. Damn it, you are answerable to Allah. Tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Allah shall protect and guide you and your family for akhirat. All those worldly things is only temporary but the akhirat is real like being born and death. Be a man of principle if you are the true believer of Allah and follower of Prophet Muhammad. You are special if you tell the truth. Believe me, I had faced the same situation and I am relieved that I had passed my test. Thanks to guidance of Allah. Yes Sir you have choice to tell the TRUTH or NOT. The truth will prevail and if you lie, think of your family that may succumb to your choice.
Razali you are not sitting for the SPM Exams to be afraid to refer to notes that you yourself wrote.. This is about you as a witness giving evidence in a court of law stupid. Where were you schooled anyway?. You are a STUPID IDIOTIC NUT OF THE FIRST ORDER.
Today you are facing Karpal and those present in court but from this day on, you will face the people's court and at the end of your days, there is the court of final judgement. You have been given a chance to redeem yourself. Will you do it, tomorrow? It is never too late.
Oh my god!!! First our DPM said he cannot take action against a headmistress, now.. we have ajudge that said he can't order or instruct a witness to refer to the report.. oh my, my!!!
What shameful conduct from the doctor, the DPP and the judge? Disgusting situation in a country I call my own. Does not the AG realise that he is a joke internationally. But it does bring home the point that the BN/UMNO government is terrified of Anwar's PKR leading the charge in the next GE.
Dr. Razali, I don't know what medical school you went to but i'm quite sure your medical training is not very complete or up to date. You probably were'nt taught about Bioethics when you were a student doctor. Doctors are taught about the four sacred bioethical principals which are 1) Autonomy, 2) Beneficence, 3) Non-maleficence and most importantly 4) Justice- the consequences of your actions must be fair to the patient or to the wider community. None of this ring a bell? You were probably brought up on Biro Tata Negara brainwashing then.... Please do not bring shame to your noble profession, doctor razali.
Cant remember the details but steadfastly refused to refer to his own clinical notes. This is something extraordinary. Many of those in the medical profession especially in govt sector is compromised as suspected by the public. Is it reasonable not to refer to your own notes if you cant remember them exactly?
Dr Razali's face exposes the true nature of this person--a totally untrusted and a congenital liar. I dont know how he can become a medical doctor-- a disgrace to the noble profession. He cant remember the details but at the same time refuse to look at the clinical notes. A clear cut case of conspiracy.
This must be the first time in any court of law that the court is not interested in finding out the truth. In any fair system, the judge would have ordered the witness to refer to the notes, presumably made by him, to jog his memory or at least ensure that his testimony and his contemporaneous notes are consistent, and therefore the witness is credible. Here in Bolehland, the judge refuses admission of the notes and allows the witness to insist he cannot remember while the notes are there but all parties are forced to close their eyes to it.How can a judge refuse the defence the clinical notes in cross-examination? How can the judge and the witness both collaborate to the exclusion of the evidence by simply refusing to refer to it? This sandiwara (theatre) is becoming too obvious.
Why is the prosecution not tendering the initial medical report signed by three doctors, but the final medical report only? Was there something to hide? If Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu's entry into the country could be erased from immigration records at the airport, anything could be done to a government hospital's records. This is 1Malaysia Boleh.
Deny, deny. So what is in the notes that it cannot be made public? Somebody tried to manufacture something and is worried that it may give away something? If not, it should be open to all. Equal access to all evidence - that's a fundamental principle of natural justice.
Access to the clinical notes was not in the script given to the judge. He is so afraid the defence get their hands on it. Even a one-year-old kid can tell this whole trial is being run using Umno's script.
This is an absolutely ludicrous case and a bunch of highly-paid actors doing the bidding of a puppet master. Unfortunately, it is the rakyat who will be bearing the costs. Each day, the case drags, more venom and hate is being spat at the perpetrators who orchestrated the charge.
Ini bermakna lapuran awal ini telah diubah oleh mereka atas arahan atasan. Mereka sengaja tidak memberikan laporan ini pada awal dengan harapan Karpal Singh akan 'overlook' dan mereka mengatur permainan ini mengikut rentak Karpal. Anwar Ibrahim, saya amat simpati dengan apa yang berlaku.
What is wrong with these Umno judges? Anything that Anwar requests is denied. Why this hide-and-seek game? This is simply disgusting.
I cannot imagine what kind of trial this is. Is this a private trial or a public one run by the government ? Everything is so secretive and hush-hush. It is obvious they have something to hide. Are the prosecutors working for Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan or the government, or both?
I have never supported Anwar, but come on, PM Najib Razak, let us win the next general elections like gentlemen. This is not good for my children.
This trial is no longer a joke. It sickens me to read that all requests by Anwar's lawyers are denied time and again. Where is the rule of law? What justice is this? How can one defend oneself when the judge is so biased and aligned with the prosecution? Imagine playing football where the referee is always favouring the other side. You'll have no chance at all.
The court decision was made long ago in Putrajaya. All these actors are there to "draw the concentric circles for the target, after the arrow has been shot. This is justice for those who oppose them.
The man who threw his shoes at John Howard last night is a Newcastle environmental activist.
Mr Gray threw his shoes at former prime minister Howard during the ABC's live chat show Q&A after questioning him about the invasion of Iraq.
"That's for the Iraqi dead," he shouted before being ejected from the audience.
Mr Howard appeared to take the incident in his stride, telling host Tony Jones not to worry.
Mr Gray later asked for his shoes back, but his request was denied.
Mr Gray said he threw the shoes to show people in Iraq and the rest of the Middle East that not all Australians supported the invasion.
"I wanted to show them that the decision was made by a small cabal of nasty men," he said.
Mr Gray said he did not come to the studio with the express purpose of throwing his shoes at Mr Howard.
"It was spontaneous and it was a very difficult thing for me to do," he said.
Mr Gray told ABC Radio he did not want to cause chaos on the set, but did want to attract as much attention as possible.
"I wanted to throw my shoes at John Howard and have the rest of the world see it, certainly," he said.
He said the war in Iraq is a very polarising issue but he rejects any suggestion that his anti-war protest itself was violent.
"I think it's rather ridiculous to call it an act of violence when the real subject of the conversation should be Australia's involvement in an illegal war and John Howard's responsibility for that," he said. Mr Gray is a member of Newcastle-based environmental group Rising Tide, which calls for an end to coal exports and new coal-fired power stations.
During the NSW election in 2007, Mr Gray and other members of the group jumped on then-Premier Morris Iemma's car at a protest in Newcastle. Mr Gray was involved in a 2006 court case involving the NSW Government which attempted to stop Centennial Coal's Anvil Hill mine in the Hunter Valley from going ahead.
In 2009, Mr Gray was part of the group that launched a lawsuit suing power company Macquarie Generation over its proposed Bayside Power Station in the Upper Hunter Valley.
Critics have called Mr Gray an "idiot" for his actions while others have questioned his half-hearted effort in shoe-throwing.
The second shoe he lobbed hardly came anywhere near the former prime minister.
Mr Gray explained that it is a very difficult to stand up and conduct such a protest, especially because such action is against his nature.
"I certainly didn't want to hurt the man but I certainly wanted to make my point known," he said.
"Quite a few people said I throw like a girl." Mr Howard appeared unfazed by the attack, laughing off the incident.
"It's alright, don't worry," Mr Howard told Jones as he apologised.
