Malaysians Unplugged Uncensored: February 2015

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

THE BLINKERED APPROACH TO THE LAW BY THE FEDERAL COURT

HERE IS THE TRUTH OF THE CASE WHICH CJ ARIFIN ZAKARIA AND THE FEDERAL COURT WERE NOT INTERESTED IN AT ALL IN THEIR JUDGEMENT,

JUST LIKE IN THE ALTANTUYA CASE, THE COURT WAS NOT INTERESTED IN PURSUING THE ISSUE OF MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER OF ALTANTUYA. As Datuk Zaid said, only a mad man will look for protected supply of C4 and blow to bits a young woman who just entered ithe country who he has never met before. Yet the Court ruled motive is not important enough to be pursued!!

In this infamous so-called Sodomy II court case, it seems Anwar was prosecuted and sentenced for the part of fhe LAW which he was NOT charge.

Instead , he was charged under the Penal Code Section 377B which IN FACR covers Saiful Bukhari as an abetting offender, BUT WHO WAS NEVER CHARGED.

HERE IS THE THING FOR THE LAYMAN: How come the Apex court that primarily looks only at the LAW, had such a blinkered view of the appication of fhe LAW in this case? Instead it went over the details of challenged EVIDENCE and which had covered by the lower courts, especially by the Appeals Court and the High Court.?

READ BELOW and draw your own conclusiion if this is not a travesty of justice.

BAR COUNCIL SAYS ANOMALIES IN THE CHARGES AGAINST ANWAR SMELL OF PERSECUTION OF ANWAR BY POWERS-THAT-BE

malaysiakini reports: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/288952

There are "glaring anomalies" in the sodomy charge against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim which fuel the perception that he is a victim of persecution, said Bar Council president Christopher Leong.

In a press release today, Leong (right) explained that Anwar was charged under Section 377B of the Penal Code read together with Section 377A.

Section 377B provides that provides that whosoever voluntarily commits the acts described in Section 377A shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to twenty years, and shall also be liable to whipping.

"It is notable that Anwar was not charged under Section 377C of the Penal Code for forced sodomy or sodomy rape, although there may appear to have been some allegation of coercion made in the proceedings.

"This has also given rise to questions or concerns as to why the complainant, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who was alleged to have been a participant in the act of sodomy, was not charged for abetment under sections 377A and 377B, read together with Section 109, of the Penal Code," said Leong.

Strange world

Given the fact that this law has rarely been used to charge anyone in court, and yet Anwar has been prosecuted and convicted twice for the an offence wherein the charge does contain elements of coercion, fuels suspicions further.

"It is a strange world that we live in. These glaring anomalies fuel a perception that Anwar has been persecuted, and not prosecuted," said Leong.

Yesterday, the five-member bench at the Federal Court, led by Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria, unanimous upheld Anwar's conviction and five year jail sentence.

The judgment notes that Saiful had brought and used lubricant during the alleged act of sodomy but suggested that it doesn't mean the act was consensual.

The Federal Court also noted that Saiful was not an "accomplice" in the act.

ANWAR'S LAST SAY IN COURT AND THE WALKOUT OF THE COURT BY THE SITTING JUDGES

In court, a person who had just been sentenced by the judge, is allowed to have his say in court before he is led off the court. The LEAST the sitting judge should do is to remain seated to let the person have his last say in court.

These were the words spoken by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in court after he was sentenced, during which CJ Arifin Zakaria and four of his panel judges walked out of the court whilst Anwar was still speaking.

The question people are asking is: Why did the judges controversially walk out while a convicted person is having his say in court? Is it they were too embarrassed ? Or they themselves felt guilty what they will be hearing from Anwar and therefore they chickened out of the courtroom ?

Truth hurts and judges also need to hear the truths in court, especially in court.

.....LENGGANG, LENGGANG KANGKUNG

RESPECT IS AN ATTRIBUTE WHICH THE JUDGES AND THE INSTITUTION OF THE JUDICIARY HAVE TO EARN.

THE OFFICE ITSELF DOES NOT NECESSARILY CONFER RESPECT IF THE HOLDER OF THAT OFFICE DOESN'T ACT RESPONSIBLY AND DO JUSTICE TO THE MANDATE OF THE OFFICE THAT WILL COMMAND RESPECT.

ARIFIN ZAKARIA's ATTITUDE AND HIS LEGAL COMPETENCE AS CHIEF JUSTICE IS QUESTIONED

MALAYSIANS MUST READ THIS ARTICLE:
THINGS THIS GOVT. AND THE JUDICIARY PREFER YOU DON'T KNOW OR WERE NOT TOLD ABOUT.

Article by John Malott, former US Ambassador to Malaysia

http://m.malaysiakini.com/news/289262

LESS than 20 minutes after the chief justice (Arifin Zakaria) announced the (Federal)!court's decision, an official government statement was sent to the media, both Malaysian and international.

For a government whose usual response is either "elegant silence" or to send out short and callous "tweets" about important and highly-charged topics (like the fate of the victims in the Malaysia Airlines crashes), this was indeed remarkable.

Let's take a look at the GOVERNMENT's CLAIMS.

A. First came the assertion that: MALAYSIA HAS AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY ???

"The judges will have reached their verdict only after considering all the evidence in a balanced and objective manner. Malaysia has an independent judiciary, and there have been many rulings against senior government figures."

But DOES THE WORLD BELIEVE that Malaysia has an independent judiciary, and that the court was balanced and objective?

- The court's decision was immediately criticised by the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, and Switzerland, among others, as well as the European Union.

- The Embassies and High Commissions of these countries sent observers to cover Anwar's trials over the past many years. They all ALL CONCLUDED that the verdict RAISED MAJOR QUESTIONS about the independence of the Malaysian judiciary.

- Likewise, respected INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Federation for Human Rights said the same thing.

- The INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS (ICJ)

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) also condemned the court's verdict. As for the ICJ, it said, "Anwar Ibrahim should never have been investigated, charged with, tried, let alone convicted of and sentenced for such charges."

- QC MARK TROWELL's DAMNING ASSESSMENT OF ARIFIN ZAKARIA's JUDGEMENT

Especially telling were the comments of Mark Trowell, a Queen’s Counsel who represented the IPU, LAWASIA, and the Law Council of Australia. He said the decision of the Federal Court "was unconvincing and lacked a detailed analysis of the facts."

Further blasting the court, he said that "in reaching these conclusions, the court rejected or ignored the evidence that raised serious doubts about the reliability of so-called independence evidence and the credibility of the complainant."

In the most damning statement of all, Trowell said, "If the court had proper regard to the facts and the law, Anwar Ibrahim should never have been convicted."

- CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

In describing the verdict, Murray Hiebert at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, which normally is sympathetic towards Malaysia, told a German television network that "it's pretty much a travesty of justice and an attempt to sideline an opposition politician who has been challenging the ruling party in recent years."

- COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATIONS

Josh Kurlantzick of the Council on Foreign Relations, without doubt the most prestigious foreign policy institute in the United States, tweeted that "any belief in Najib Razak as some kind of reformer should now be fully and totally extinguished."

- THE WORLD's MEDIA's CRITICISM OF THE FEDERAL COURT's VERDICT.

Some of the most prestigious publications in the world, such as the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Economist also have spoken out.

- The WASHINGTON POST

The Washington Post wrote in an editorial,

"The criminal case used to imprison Mr Anwar, who has been one of the foremost advocates of liberal democracy in the Muslim world, was as morally reprehensible as it was farcical...The case against him was thin enough to be dismissed by a court in 2012. That Mr Najib's government managed to have that decision reversed by an appeals court and upheld by the Supreme Court demonstrated only that Malaysia still lacks an independent judiciary."

- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Calling the verdict ‘Malaysia's Anwar shame,’ the Wall Street Journal said, "Umno's decades-long vendetta against Mr Anwar has brought discredit on Malaysia's government and political culture. It is likely to accelerate the ruling party's loss of support from a maturing population repulsed by such dirty tricks. Prime Minister Najib Razak's failure to call an end to this farce is a stain on his legacy."

- TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL

And Dan Slater, a Southeast Asia specialist at the University of Chicago, told the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper in Canada that when the government decided to appeal Anwar's acquittal in the High Court, the government's actions became "nothing better than a witch-hunt."

B. QUESTION FOR PUTRAJAYA

So here's a question for the public relations masters in Putrajaya.

You can claim that "Malaysia's judiciary is independent" until you are blue in the face.

But CAN YOU NAME:
- one foreign government,
- one international human rights organisation,
- one international newspaper,
- one foreign think-tank, or
- one overseas academic

who AGREES with the decision - and who CONCURS with YOUR ASSERTION that the verdict was the just conclusion of AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY

I DON'T THINK SO.

But I am also sure that you are now coming up with more multi-million dollar proposals for the government to try and sway world opinion.

Save your money.

Remember all the WASTED DOLLAR you spent on Jack Abramoff, Apco, FBC Media, and Paul Stadlen.
They all FAILED totally to achieve their paid objectives.

C. SAIFUL MADE POLICE REPORT ONLY AFTER HE MET NAJIB, ROSMAH MANSOR AND Sodomy-I POLICE OFFICER MOHD RODWAN MOHD YUSOF.

The government's press release then went on to say:

"The police report against Anwar Ibrahim was brought by a private individual - Anwar's employee and personal assistant - not by the government. As the victim of a serious sexual assault, he had every right to have his case heard in court."

Yes, it is true that the initial police report was filed by Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, BUT ONLY AFTER HE MET with Najib and wife Rosmah Mansor, as well as the infamous police official from Sodomy I, Mohd Rodwan Mohd Yusof.

D. WHO IS THIS RODWAN MOHD YUSOF IN SODOMY-1 ?

We know about Najib and Rosmah, but just to remind everyone about Rodwan - according to a Malaysiakini
report:

In 2008, in the 1998-1999 trials, Anwar experienced the phenomenon of fabrication of DNA evidence.

We had senior assistant commissioner (SAC) Rodwan ILLEGALLY REMOVING DNA SAMPLES FROM FORENSIC CUSTODY.

In cross-examination of the prosecution's witnesses, it was exposed that DNA taken from blood samples was PLANTED ON THE INFAMOUS MATTRESS.

When confronted with this fact, the prosecution amended its charge and persuaded the late judge, Augustine Paul (who was later promoted to the Federal Court), to expunge the entire DNA evidence from the record, preventing Anwar Ibrahim's lawyers from responding.

E. COMPLICITY OF UMNO-BN GOVT ON A POLITICAL WITCH-HUNT USING SAIFUL AS A "PATSY"

Even after Saiful, a college dropout, met with the then deputy prime minister and filed the police report, it was up to the government to decide whether to file charges against Anwar.

So from that moment forward, IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT CASE, NOT SAIFUL's .

And when Anwar was acquitted, it was the GOVERNMENT decided to file the appeal, NOT Saiful.

At that point, it was clear, as Professor Slater of the University of Chicago said, that the GOVERNMENT was on a "witch-hunt". THEY were once again determined to remove Anwar as a force in Malaysian politics.

F. SAILFUL BUKHARI A VICTIM ???

The government's press release also calls Saiful "the victim of a serious sexual assault."

But WAIT A MINUTE... - WASN'T THE CHARGE "CONSENSUAL SEX" ?

And didn't attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail just say that the reason Saiful also was not charged for consensual sex was BECAUSE HE HAD TURNED STATE's WITNESS and agreed to testify against Anwar?

So if it was CONSENSUAL, WHY does the Prime Minister's Office call Saiful a "victim" of sexual ASSAULT ?

- JOHN MALOTT

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THE ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS ONE POPULAR PERCEPTION HELD BY MALAYSIANS:

"THE UMNO-BN GOVT AND THE JUDICIARY THINK MALAYSIANS AND THE REST OF THE WORLD ARE IGNORANT FOOLS AND STUPID MORONS."

SO REALLY, WHAT DO MOST MALAYSIANS AND THE REST OF THE WORLD THINK OF :

- OUR JUDICIARY HEADED BY ARIFIN ZAKARIA ( a Kelantanese who is out of sorts, really)

- AND BY EXTENSION, OUR UMNO-BN GOVT HEADED BY NAJIB ABDUL RAZAK ELECTED IN MAY 2013 ?

ANSWER:
A BUNCH OF EMBARRASSING JOKERS WHO THINK THEY ARE SMARTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE MALAYSIA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD WITH THEIR SPINS AND HALF-TRUTHS ON WHAT's GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY.

GOVERNMENT WRAPPED UP IN :PENIS AND BUTTOCK" CULTURE IN MALAYSIA

A GOVERNMENT THAT TALKS ABIUT "PENIS AND BUTTOCK " CULTURE

by

Wong Jie Mei
http://tinyurl.com/jw3v7ga

FLASHBACK: In light of the recent conviction of Anwar, interest in the details of the case has skyrocketed among the Malaysian public.

This article published in the Chinese website on March 9 last year has recently gone viral, garnering over 100,000 reads in a single day. Here is the English translation.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE CHINESE ARTICLE;

" Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is no match for the final decision made after the Attorney-General appealed to overturn the High Court’s verdict on the sodomy case, declaring him guilty and to be imprisoned for five years.

No one is calling for the court to make their decision based on public opinion, but in the face of such hasty judgements and insistence that solicitors make concluding remarks without implying that the case is to end Anwar’s political career, how should young legal workers like us feel about this?

Excluding anything that is “beyond all reasonable doubt” is supposed to be the norm in law practices, and it is broadly and commonly used. The High Court previously passed an innocent verdict due to doubt over the semen found in Saiful Bukhari’s anus. The focal point then is the expert witnesses called by both sides having endorsed that the DNA sample has the possibility of being contaminated, and there was a DNA sample of an unknown contributor “Male Y”.

In such cases, with the benefit of doubt to the defendant and without sufficient evidence, the defendant should have obtained an acquittal.

Furthermore, Anwar was charged under Section 377B of the Penal Code, which criminalises voluntary carnal intercourse against the order of nature, and not Section 377C, which is carnal intercourse against the order of nature without consent.

At this point, it is important to establish whether the unnatural sex carried out was with consent or not.

In this case, however, although the defendant needs only bear the criminal responsibility, the prosecutor’s motives and critical thinking skills should also questioned, as public opinion about them will paralyse the universal concept of objectivity.

The rape and murder cases of Norita Samsuddin and Chee Gaik Yap both shared the same verdict some years back due to similarities of the cases. Because both victims’ private parts contained semen of a third party - and in accordance to laws of logic and precedence – the verdict for both cases proved to be inconclusive, and the defendants walked free. However, in dealing with the case involving the opposition leader, there is a clear difference in terms of interpretation of evidence.

Under usual circumstances, the High Court and courts above it will use case law to pass down a verdict, the role of the judiciary is not only applicable to current laws but also to finders of judicial precedent.

Verdicts must be arrived at in a way that the interpretation and application of the law that applies on Norita and Chee’s case must be taken into consideration. Therefore, how can there not be uproar over such a judgment on Anwar?

In addition, the High Court has referred to prima facie evidence – the evidence established of a fact at first glance. For example, the prosecutor said there is sufficient evidence to make a case; unless Anwar himself has other evidence to back him up, the prosecutor will win the argument.

Despite the issues raised above, they (the judges) are still justifying their decision. This makes me feel that the knowledge of law is lost!

From being a “victim” to going to attend a swearing ceremony organised by a mosque, to Saiful’s father pleading for Anwar’s forgiveness and then changing his tune – there is definitely someone intent on controlling and manipulating mainstream institutions, including the media, to propagate the “official stance” of “sodomy and bisexuality not being part of Malay culture” to provoke and agitate people.

On the other hand, many cases that require arguments but did not get a chance to be heard, can only bear witness to Anwar’s case.

When studying in university, the western philosophical maxim is: “Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done”, yet the whole case seemed staged to thwart Anwar’s plans to contest in the Kajang by-election, and his political ambitions.

With all the ambiguity surrounding the case – from the mishandling of the DNA and semen samples, and the need for the defendant to prove his innocence instead of merely raising reasonable doubt – all eyes are on whether the Federal Court can restore the public’s confidence by changing the verdict.

Even as of yesterday, this judgement has made those who are sympathetic to Anwar more convinced that the government has been abusing its power.

A government that can only talk about the ‘penis and buttock’ culture, has not only sodomised the judiciary, but also angered the people!

The kind of government that wants to be a momentary “villain”, but has also wronged the good people, must be uprooted by the people."

NOTE

There are a lot of questions regarding this judgment. Hence, this article is written.

The original article, written in Chinese, can be found here.; http://cn.theantdaily.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=2913

IGP KHALID COMING ACROSS AND CLUELESS AND EMBARRASSING IHIS MEN AND WOMEN IN UNFORM

JUST ABOUT EVERY INSTITUTION IN MALAYSIS HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY UMNO-BARU

READ HERE ARTICLE BY MARIAM MOKHTAR
http://tinyurl.com/nkmavmm

1. THE JUDICIARY

Saiful Bukhari Azlan is probably giddy with excitement because the judges had faith in him.

He said, “Thanks to prayers and patience for the past seven years, the Federal Court unanimously decided that whatever I had claimed is the truth and that I am a credible witness.”

He then insulted many thousands of Malaysians when he said, “From the beginning, when I lodged a police report over the case until now, what I want as a citizen of this country is my complaint against Anwar to be investigated and judged, nothing more than that.”

Saiful is “special”. Many OTHER families tried, but FAILED to get justice. Like Saiful, they wanted thorough investigations to be conducted on their loved ones.

They are the families of
- A Kugan,
- Ahmad Sarbani,
- Altantuya Shaariibuu,
- Aminulrasyid Amzah,
- Teoh Beng Hock.

These people PAID WITH THEIR LIVES.

- Others lived, but many lost their livelihoods and their dignity.

- Some fell ill, others suffered broken relationships.

Crucially, THEY LOST THEIR FAITH IN THE MALAYSIAN JUDICIARY.

The day Saiful showed his gratitude to the judiciary, cartoonist Zunar was arrested for tweeting that “The lackeys in black robes are proud of their sentence. The reward from political masters must be plenty.”

Zunar is right. The judiciary was compromised in 1988, by former PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. In 1987, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah challenged Mahathir’s alleged vote rigging, in an internal election, and the court declared the original Umno, an illegal party. Mahathir endured international humiliation and the judiciary was subsequently punished.

The British left us with a well-respected institution but Mahathir and successive PMs destroyed it.

2. THE POLICE FORCE

The IGP’s action against Zunar confirms the PDRM to be the second institution that has been compromised.

Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar may wish to arrest anyone who disagrees with Umno Baru but there won’t be enough cells to contain at least 53% of the population.

Why did the IGP tweet about lawyer Eric Paulsen’s arrest, moments after he was detained?

Khalid manages social media somewhat better than he handles crime.

The PDRM acts like an extension of Umno Baru, and arresting Paulsen was to prove to Malays that Umno Baru is the defender of Islam and the Malays.

3. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS eg JAKIM

Religious institutions like Jakim, meant to safeguard Islam, instead, abuse religion for political gain. These institutions act like extensions of Umno Baru.

The ban on the use of the word “Allah”, by non-Malays in West Malaysia, is politically motivated.

FATWAS ARE LITTERED LIKE COMFETTI and used to manipulate Malay (read Muslim) behaviour.

FRIDAYB sermons have POLITICAL,UNDERTONES
and are used TOMCONDITION MUSLIMS.

3. THE CIVIL,SERVICE?

When the British left, the civil service was highly respected among Malaysians but Umno and Umno Baru soon compromised it.

Today, many TOP CIVIL SERVANTS , like their political masters, PREFER TO SERVE THEMSELVES rather than the public.

Najib requires 45,000 civil servants IN the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). WHY?

The PMO tweeted about the “independence” of the judiciary, in Anwar’s trial, even before the judges had delivered the sentence. This tweet showed that the VERDICT WAS PRE-JUDGED.

4. THE MILITARY

A few weeks ago, Major Zaidi Ahmad was forced out of the RMAF, because he had dared to make a police report about non-indelible ink being used, in GE13.

5. THE ELECTION COMMISSION

The Election Commission (EC) is not an independent body but functions like an offshoot of Umno Baru.

The EC’s re-delineation exercise is meant to ensure further victories for Umno Baru in GE14. You can help save Malaysia by lodging an objection towards this gerrymandering exercise.

6. THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA

The media, like Utusan or TV3, is Umno Baru’s brainwashing unit. They have TWO functions.

a) They spread propaganda and glorify Umno Baru leaders.

b) They also keep housewives glued to the box, with soap operas from morning to night, to fill the vacuum in their lives and DESENSITISE THEIR BRAINS.

7. THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

The British left us with an education system which was the pride of Asia.

Today, good education comes at a cost.

The VVIPs and the Umno-Baruputras have the means to SEND THEIR CHILDREN OVERSEAS.

The wealthy cram their children into expensive private institutions.

The rest of us receive a bog standard education and argue about Malay and non-Malay entitlement for places in public universities.

There is the persistent undercurrent that people who speak English are unpatriotic.

8. THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

Our fiscal health shows signs of terminal decline.

Bank Negara appears unconcerned about the billions of ringgits in illicit outflows and equally worrying is the fact that one billionaire businessman will inject emergency funds, into the 1MDB project.

Najib once said in Sibu, “You help me, I help you”, which makes one wonder what deal has been arranged with this benefactor. There is no free lunch, not even in Putrajaya.

9. THE MALAYSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has long been known to investigate and prosecute the SMALL FRY, because THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE SHARKS in the system.

There is plenty of work for the MACC, but Umno Baru would not want their skeletons aired in public.

10. FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT

We once believed that our elected MPs could speak freely, and without fear, in Parliament.

It all depends which coalition your MP belongs to. Opposition MPs are silenced, when the pro-Umno Baru speaker simply switches off their microphones.

THE ABOVE ARE 10 INSTITUTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED,

Do you know of any other institution that has not been compromised?

- Mariam Mokhtar

IGP Khalid should get the Malaysian POLICE to probe the whole world then' says Penang lawmaker, Dr Afif Bahardin

Read here: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/289116

Such were the tone of remarks by two opposition leaders when asked about Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar's recent threat to probe their comments on the Federal Court's verdict on Anwar Ibrahim.

On Tuesday, Chief Justice Ariffin Zakaria, and four other Federal Court judges, unanimously upheld the Court of Appeal's decision to sentence Anwar to five years jail for sodomy.

When contacted, PKR national deputy youth chief Dr Afif Bahardin and PSM secretary-general S Arutchelvan said they had yet to receive any calls from the police.

But the duo remained unfazed, saying they were prepared for police action.

"My views questioning the credibility of the Malaysian judiciary are shared by many, including international leaders," Afif, who is also a Penang executive councillor told Malaysiakini.

"The IGP appears to have nothing better to do. He may as well probe the whole world because many are questioning the court's decision to jail Anwar," added the Seberang Jaya assemblyman.

Afif was referring to the international outcry by world leaders and human rights NGOs against Anwar's incarceration, as this is the second time the opposition leader has been imprisoned for charges related to sodomy.

Prime Minister Najib has maintained that the courts are independent, dismissing allegations that charges against Anwar was "politically motivated" to end his political career.

But Arutchelvan said that THE WHOLE COUNTRY shares his views that the charges and Tuesday's CONVICTION ON ANWAR - the Permatang Pauh MP - were "POLITICALLY MOTIVATED."

He said even BN LEADERS were mostly "SILENT" about the court's verdict as they may have felt uneasy about the matter.

"It looks like the IGP merely wants to instill fear in the nation, so that he can stop us all from criticising the government. HE SHOULD PROBE THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND EVEN THE WHOLE WORLD which sees Anwar's jailing is to end his political career.

"Even Amnesty International deems Anwar as a prisoner of conscience. How about that, IGP?" he asked.

Khalid also wants to haul up Jingga 13 chief Fariz Musa for allegedly calling on Anwar's supporters to overthrow the government through street protests.

But Fariz said he was merely referring to possible programmes planned by PKR or Pakatan Rakyat to seek Anwar's freedom.

"I did not mean separate rallies to overthrow the government.The police have not contacted me yet but I am prepared for it," he added.

In an interview with The Sun published today, Khalid was quoted as saying "I have issued the warning; now it is time to enforce the law against those who breach and attempt to breach public order.

"They will be investigated for instigating the people to take to the streets,” Khalid had reportedly said.

Already political cartoonist Zunar. real name Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ulhaque, is being remanded until Saturday.

Police are also investigating on PKR vice-president and secretary general Rafizi Ramli and Taiping MP, Nga Kor Ming under the Sedition Act.

New York Times report: Malaysian Police Use Twitter in Crackdown on Dissent

By

THOMAS FULLER

Read here on: NEW YORK TIMES
http://tinyurl.com/mh6dv3q

The Malaysian authorities have detained a cartoonist and ordered an investigation into two prominent politicians in an intensifying crackdown on dissent after the country’s highest court upheld a five-year prison sentence for the leader of the opposition, Anwar Ibrahim.

The government for decades has been accused of using draconian and archaic laws to sideline and intimidate its critics.

But the latest cases come with a modern twist:
The country’s highest police officer, Khalid Abu Bakar, is using his Twitter account to issue warnings to government critics and to order his subordinates to track and investigate dissenting voices.

Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, a cartoonist who goes by the name Zunar, was taken into custody on Tuesday after posting on Twitter a series of cartoons and messages critical of the high court’s handling of Mr. Anwar’s highly politicized trial on sodomy charges.

“The lackeys in black robes are proud of their sentence,” Mr. Zulkiflee wrote after Mr. Anwar was sent to a prison outside Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital. “The reward from political masters must be plenty.”

Mr. Khalid sprang into action after reading Mr. Zulkiflee’s post.

“This man is inviting @PDRMsia to take action against him,” he wrote on Twitter, using the handle for the police department, whose Malay initials are P.D.R.M. He instructed his subordinates to “please track him down and investigate.”

The police arrested Mr. Zulkiflee at his home Tuesday night and on Wednesday obtained a court order to detain him until Saturday, said his lawyer, Melissa Sasidaran.

“The authorities have been trying to get at Zunar for quite some time,” she said. “They are worried that messages in his cartoons might get through to the people.”

Mr. Khalid also called for investigations into posts on Twitter by Rafizi Ramli, the secretary general of Mr. Anwar’s party, and Nga Kor Ming, an opposition member of Parliament.

After the verdict in Mr. Anwar’s case on Tuesday, Mr. Rafizi posted an image of a judge with a wig emblazoned with dollar signs.

“This is ridiculous. Where else in the world?” Mr. Rafizi wrote on Wednesday. “Judges should be criticized, especially in matters where the majority of the thinking public knows that a prosecution is all politically motivated.”

Mr. Nga had posted a message that urged people to “fight this cruel regime.”

Mr. Khalid, in a response to his post, said: “We will take action under the Sedition Act.”

The Internet has been seen by critics of the government as a liberating force in Malaysia. Unlike television and the print news media, social media and the web are largely free of government controls.

But Mr. Khalid’s vows to aggressively police the Internet have curbed this new frontier of free speech and have expanded the reach of a paternalistic government.

“He is always telling you what you can and cannot do,” said Ezra Zaid, a host at BFM, a talk radio station, referring to Mr. Khalid’s messages on Twitter. “But unlike other Twitter trolls, he has the power to arrest you.”

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One recent post by Mr. Khalid exemplified the tone of his messages.

“Be careful what you say,” he wrote. “Don’t utter words that will cause the P.D.R.M. to take action. If you dare to talk, you dare to bear the consequences.”

Last month, Mr. Khalid ordered an inquiry into a Twitter user who had claimed that the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner last year was a conspiracy. “Please track and investigate,” he instructed his subordinates on Twitter.

Mr. Khalid’s online policing is creating a marriage of modern technology with archaic, repressive laws.

Eric Paulsen, the co-founder of a civil- rights group called Lawyers for Liberty, said in an interview on Wednesday that about 15 people were charged with sedition over the past year in Malaysia.

The law against sedition was enacted in 1948, when the country was still a British colony and was facing a Communist insurgency.

Mr. Paulsen was arrested last month and charged with sedition after writing on Twitter that the government’s Islamic affairs department was promoting extremism in sermons it disseminated. He made the comments after the killings of journalists in Paris in January.

Mr. Khalid told his more than 30,000 Twitter followers that the arrest had taken place.

“The police force, at the end of the day, is not independent,” Mr. Paulsen said on Wednesday. “It’s a political force used to prop up the government.”

Mr. Khalid did not respond to questions sent by The New York Times to his Twitter account, and a government liaison officer did not respond to an email seeking comment.

Phil Robertson, the Asia deputy director of Human Rights Watch, said Mr. Khalid’s vow to police social media had made Malaysians think twice before posting anything.

“In Malaysia’s Twittersphere, the I.G.P. is like a shark in open water — inspiring fear whenever he comments,” said Mr. Robertson, using the initials for the inspector general of police.

Mr. Ezra said Malaysian society would be better served if the police shifted their focus to crime and other social ills.

“Zunar is not the most wanted or most dangerous criminal in the country,” he said of the cartoonist. “In this day and age, I think the real fear is that if the top brass is so preoccupied with cartoonists, who is going after the real bad guys in our society?”

- NEW YORK TIMES

POLICE SEIZE ZUNAR'S CARTOON BOOKS ON ROSMAH TITLED " ROS IN KANGKUNG LAND"' AHEAD OF THE BOOK LAUNCH.

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Police today confiscated copies of cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque's satire on the prime minister's wife, ahead of its planned launching today in Petaling Jaya.

Copies of his latest satire book on the prime minister's wife were however confiscated and could not be sold at the launch today.

The cartoonist, better known as Zunar, told the crowd gathered for the launch at 10am that police took away copies of the book while they were being transported to the venue at the Taman Jaya lake. The event started three hours late as a result.

He said the police stopped staff of the printing company bringing the books before taking away some 200 copies.

"The books have been confiscated by the police on their way here. Only a few copies are here," he said.

He then told people that they could still buy the books online and started receiving orders.

"ROS in Kangkongland" is a collection of cartoons on Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

Zunar said his latest work is dedicated to Rosmah because he was inspired by her.

"This book is about Rosmah, Rosmah is my 'idol'. She gives me a lot of inspiration," he said at the launch.

"Every time she opens her mouth, I'm inspired, whenever she keeps quiet, I don't get any inspiration."

Cartoonist Zunar speaks to the crowd in Taman Jaya, Petaling Jaya, this afternoon.

Zunar, whose previous works were banned, is under police investigation for sedition.

He was released yesterday after three days in remand for posting on his Twitter account a critical remark about the judiciary, following the jailing of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on February 10.

Zunar said that every time he was detained, the printing company that printed his books would also be raided.

When he was arrested earlier this week, the printer of "ROS in Kangkongland" decided to halt work on the book, he said.

The printing company, which he did not name, resumed printing after he was released from remand yesterday.

Zunar said the police's actions would not stop him from continuing his work as a satire cartoonist.

"I will give a clear message to them, that I will never stop. I will continue to fight through cartoons, to overthrow a cartoon government," he said.

He also said he was prepared to be charged since he was already under investigation for sedition.

"I expect this, I'm already prepared for the worst as a political cartoonist in Malaysia when you fight an oppressive government," he said.

Zunar said he expected police reports to be lodged against his new book on Rosmah and that any moves to penalise him for his cartoons would only make Malaysia a laughing stock in the eyes of the international community.

He said the government's actions against him made Putrajaya itself look like a cartoon.

"I hope one day this government will be finally kicked out by cartoonists, because it is a cartoon government."

He said he had drawn cartoons of the judiciary because the courts were "the last defenders of a democratic country".

"If you have an independent judiciary, people still have hope.

"But if you don't have, nobody will protect us anymore," he said.

Also present at the book launch were Batu MP Tian Chua from PKR, and indelible ink whistle-blower, former air force major Zaidi Ahmad.

Zaidi, who was to have launched the book, said Malaysians had to make a stand against an unjust government.

– February 14, 2015.

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WE STILL DO NOT KNOW ON WHAT CHARGE THE CARTOON BOOKS ON ROSMAH WERE CONFISCATED.

VERY SOON, PERHAPS THE IGP MAY DECLARE CARTOONS ON ROSMAH ARE DEEMED " SEDITIOUS". WHY SEDITIOUS ? GOVT MAY DECLARE IMAGES OF ROSMAH ARE SACRED.

ALSO, GOVT MAY CONSIDER CARTOONS OF ROSMAH ARE AN INSULT TO THE MALAYS AND THEREFORE COVERED UNDER SEDITION ACT. NO ?

THE TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE BY THE FEDERAL COURT OF MALAYSIA

THE RISE OF A NEW POLITICAL DYNASTY IN MALYSIA

Anwar’s son thanks supporters at vigil outside prison gate

Read here article by MELATI A. JALIL

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Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's children, Nurul Iman and Mohd Ihsan, are among those who attended the vigil outside Sungai Buloh prison as a show of support for the incarcerated opposition leader.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's only son, Mohd Ihsan made his first public speech tonight, addressing more than 300 supporters, who gathered outside the Sungai Buloh prison in a show of protest against the Federal Court’s decision to convict his father.

Ihsan kept the speech short and simple, and extended his gratitude to those who showed up for the nightly vigil.

"This gathering is not only for ayah's (my father's) freedom, but this is for the people's freedom and restore the country's flawed judiciary."

"Thank you everyone for coming tonight," Ihsan said.
Apart from Anwar's children – Nurul Iman and Mohd Ihsan – the gathering was was also attended by Batu MP Chua Tian Chang, Hulu Langat MP Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid and PKR information chief Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh.

Earlier, Chua told the crowd that the nightly vigil will continue every night outside the prison gate.The PKR vice-president also said that people needed to continue their solidarity until Anwar is released.

"We want the light to overcome darkness." Popularly known as Tian Chua, he said having experienced prison himself, he believed Anwar would feel a sense of encouragement upon knowing that people gathered to support him.

Supporters were also heard chanting “Reformasi” and “Hidup Rakyat” as they placed the candles outside the prison.

About 30 prison guards, in riot gear, had been assigned to control the situation.

Meanwhile PKR youth chief Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said what they are doing tonight was the smallest sacrifice the people could do for Anwar, after what he had done for Malaysia.

"This is the smallest sacrifice we can do to show our solidarity. He has opened the door for a change in the country's political scene," he said, urging youths to play their role by becoming agents of change.

Last night, Anwar's wife, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, had said that a vigil will be held every night in front of the prison as a show of solidarity for Anwar.

The vigil was one of three measures taken by PKR – the other two are filing a motion in Parliament to criticise the conduct of the Federal Court judges who presided in Anwar’s second sodomy case, and to hold “hajat” prayers in all PKR branches nationwide on Thursday night.

MEANWHILE ....

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Although the vacancy for Anwar Ibrahim’s Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat has not been announced yet, some political observers see Nurul Nuha, the opposition leader’s second-eldest daughter, coming to the fore to continue the family’s political legacy.

Nurul Nuha, 31, a housewife with a degree in arts and visual technology from George Mason University, United States, was given an “early assignment” to lead a movement called the ‘March to Freedom’, a campaign to secure her father’s freedom from a sodomy conviction.

At a press conference held at the family’s residence yesterday, Anwar’s eldest daughter and PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah introduced her sister to the media.

“The focus (now) is to set up the secretariat (for the campaign) and we will be engaging several personalities in this regard and to ensure that Nurul Nuha becomes its face,” said Nurul Izzah.

She, however, refused to answer questions on whether the campaign was aimed to put Nurul Nuha as the next-in-line for the parliamentary seat.

“Today we are focusing purely on the ‘March to Freedom’ campaign and there will be no announcement regarding candidacy at this press conference,” said Nurul Izzah.

TV DALLAS-TYPE DRAMA IN THE RAZAK SIBLING HOUSEHOLDS

Acrimonious Split Rattles Malaysian Premier’s Family, Sibling feud reportedly sparked by PM Najib’s wife

Read here Article in Asia Sentinel: http://tinyurl.com/qfyg63j

The announcement last week by top Malaysian banker Nazir Razak of his intention to file defamation charges against bloggers believed connected to a close friend of his brother, Prime Minister Najib Razak, has laid bare what has be...en whispered about for months in Kuala Lumpur.

There is a growing, acrimonious rift in the Razak family, much of it over the deeply indebted government-backed investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd, and Najib’s siblings’ relationship with the prime minister’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, partly because of her ostentatious flaunting of enormous wealth.

Rosmah, in addition to concerns about her behavior, is believed to have convinced her husband to initiate the 1MDB fund, which is backed by the Ministry of Finance.

One of the questions circulating in Malaysia’s business community is whether the family feud might result in problems for CIMB, the fast-growing Malaysia-headquartered bank that Nazir heads and which has become one of Southeast Asia’s leading financial institutions.

Observers say CIMB owes at least some of its rapid growth to its connections to the family and hence to UMNO. “Its political connections are probably no longer a slam dunk asset for Nazir,” a business source with connections to the government told Asia Sentinel.

“The brothers openly criticize Rosmah at dinner functions and family events,” a well-wired source told Asia Sentinel. “I have heard them myself. Nazir’s family has moved to Oxford, where he spends 60 to 70 percent of his time. His elder brother Nizam spends time with his family in Boston. The two elder brothers Johari and Nazim also cannot get along with Rosmah.”

NAZIM AND THE FORCING OUT OF THE LATE PI BALA

It was Nazim, according to two sworn declarations, one by a business associate of Rosmah and the other by the late private detective Perumal Balasubramaniam, who played a role in forcing Bala, as he was known, out of the country in 2008 after he issued an initial statement that Najib himself had been the lover of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a Mongolian woman murdered in 2006 in one of Malaysia’s most notorious killings and who was peripherally involved in a massive bribery case involving the sale of French submarines to Malaysia.

After Bala made the statement, he was told to get out of Malaysia and was given a hefty bribe to do so.

Allegedly it was Nazim, a Kuala Lumpur architect, who took Balasubramaniam to the Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur to write a statement recanting his version of the relationship between Altantuya and Najib.

THE ACRIMONY IS SO BAD..

The acrimony is so bad that some of the family have spent their Hari Raya holiday – the celebration at the end of the fasting month – in Phuket and Singapore to avoid going to the prime minister’s obligatory open house, the source said.

The squabble has broken into the open at a time when Najib is under attack from a wide variety of sources including former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who pushed out Najib’s predecessor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in 2009 to replace him with Najib.

1MDB and the Penang-born tycoon whose brainchild it was – and his connection to the Najib family – were the subject of a long and critical New York Times article on Feb. 8. The article has since served as red meat to the Mahathir forces and Muhyiddin Yassin, the deputy prime minister who is said to be eyeing Najib’s job.

NAZIR's,ARTICLE CRITICAL OF NAJIB'S GOVT?

Hints of the rift began in January 2014 ,when Nazir wrote a long article in Kinibiz, the business edition of the widely read independent online publication Malaysiakini, which is highly critical of the government.

In the article, Nazir wrote a remembrance of his father, Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia’s second prime minister, titled “Remembering My Father, Tun Razak.”

Among other things the father was said in the article to have refused to use public funds to build a swimming pool for his children at the government-owned prime minister’s residence.

He personally paid his family’s expenses on government trips, Nazir said, and was committed to national unity between the three major ethnic groups, the Malays, Chinese and Indians.

The article stood as an obvious public rebuke to the prime minister, who has been accused of remodeling the the prime minister’s residence at vast public expense at the urging of his wife, using the government’s public jet for private junkets and refusing to rein in Malay superiority NGOs such as Perkasa and ISMA, whose strident rhetoric has led to a poisonous racial situation.

“Nazir has long worried about the negative influence of Rosmah, in particular, on Najib and has complained to friends and associates about it,” said a longtime western political analyst in Kuala Lumpur. “Of course, Rosmah knows this and despises Nazir in return and badmouths him to Najib. So it goes.”

In another article, printed last week in Kinibiz, Nazir said that after the first article appeared anonymous attacks began on his family and his children from bloggers believed to be connected to Taek Jho Low, the flamboyant young Penang-born financier who has parlayed his UK school connections into what appears to be a vast fortune – and embroiled Najib in government debt generated by 1MDB, the subject of an extensive Asia Sentinel report on Dec. 8, 2014.

Jho Low, as he is known, became a friend of Rosmah’s son Riza Aziz during his school days in the UK at Harrow, while Riza was at nearby Haileybury. After first vainly approaching the Sultan of Terengganu to use the state’s oil revenues to start a sovereign investment fund, Jho Low turned to Najib, then the defense minister. On Jho Low’s advice, 1MDB appears to have invested vast amounts in a series of misguided adventures.

In Kinibiz last week, Nazir said the attacks, constituting “lies and slander,” cross the line. His statement follows a series of comments by businessman and publisher Tong Kooi Ong, who had also been subjected to anonymous blog attacks that Tong claimed were due to The Edge Malaysia newspaper’s extensive and biting coverage of 1MDB.

The Edge Malaysia is part of The Edge Media Group, which Tong owns. On Feb. 6, Tong said he had ascertained the identity of the blogger going by the name ‘ahrily90’ and had served a legal letter to Jho Low, who has previously denied any links to the attacks.

- ASIA SENTINEL

YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD/ALLAH IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

MALAYSIANS SHOULD SEEK JUSTICE AT THE NEXT GE-14

WHAT NEXT AFTER THE VERDICT ?

THE FIGHT CONTINUES. OUR FIGHT.MANWAR's FIGHT. CARRY THAT FEELING OF BEING UTTERLY DEPRIVED TILL THE NEXT BALLOT BOX.

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By
Dato' Mohd.Ariff Sabri bin Hj. Abdul Aziz.
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, Raub Pahang

There is a sense of despondence. There is an initial feeling of hopelessness. Nothing we say can take away the pain and sorrow which are felt by Anwar and his immediate family.

Anwar Ibrahim has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. At the moment, i cannot see any intercession. All we pakatan people can do, is to make the pain seemed lesser.

How do we do that? By sharing the grief. More so by reaffirming our belief in the things Anwar Ibrahim articulated.

We have already done that to some extent. In the many rallies that took place, the people who came and articulated, showed their commitment to fight all form of political tyranny is alive.

That reaffirmation is reassurance to Anwar that his political ideals continue to live in the hearts of the people.

We will continue to reassure Anwar and his immediately family, that what he represents better than anyone else, shall be continued. I wrote about that in an earlier article.

The fight against tyranny, oppression, all forms of political evil, must be continued until there is no more.

The fight continues. Our fight. Anwar’s fight. Carry that feeling of being utterly deprived till the next ballot box.

The PMO issued a statement which contained the following passages.

The police report against Anwar Ibrahim was brought by a private individual – Anwar’s employee and personal assistant – not by the government.

As the victim of a serious sexual assault, he had every right to have his case heard in court. “In this case, exhaustive and comprehensive due process has been followed over many years. That process is now complete, and we call on all parties involved to respect the legal process and the judgment.

Now, why is that no one believed that the government of Najib has conducted itself as a disinterested bystander?

Remember that.

- Dato' Mohd.Ariff Sabri bin Hj. Abdul Aziz.
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, Raub Pahang

A FAMILY SO INDECENTLY HUMILIATED DESERVES THE RESPECT AND SUPPORT OF EVERY MALAYSIAN WHO LOVES JUSTICE

DATUK SERI DR WAN AZIZAH, OUR HEART CRIES OUT FOR YOU IN THIS MOMENT OF GREAT DISTRESS FACED YOUR FAMILY.

BE KNOWN THAT MALAYSIANS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE, COLOUR AND CREED ARE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

WE ASK THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BE STRONG AS WE WILL BE STRONG TO RIDE OUT THIS TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE, AS MENTIONED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JURISTS(ICJ).
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INJUSTICE HAS NO PERMANENCE. IT NEVER HAD IN HUMAN HISTORY.
WE SHALL OVERCOME. INSYALLAH, YES WE WILL.