BERSIH Threatens Egypt-style Mass Rally for Electoral Reforms

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BERSIH may consider holding a second mass rally ala Egypt’s Tahrir Square uprising to demand for reform in Malaysia’s election system.

The idea will have PAS’ backing, said Mohd Sabu, PAS's Chief of Democracy Driver Committee.

There were no concrete discussions yet on the second rally dubbed “Bersih 2″ but Mohd Sabu hinted that a mass demonstration was more than likely.

“Whether or not we take to the streets depends on the leader. If they do not meet our demands (for electoral reform), then the voters will definitely resort to street protest,” he said.

Should Bersih decide otherwise, the former PAS vice-president said the PAS leadership would meet to discuss what path to take next.

According to Mohd Sabu, the Barisan Nasional (BN) government has forced voters to resort to such a move.

“The BN government is forcing people to take the streets,” he told a press conference at the PAS headquarters here.

Mohd Sabu said the rally would not be held to topple BN but to demand what “is inherently the voters’ right to free and fair elections.”

“The government of Egypt fell because the voters no longer can exercise a fair, free election and they resorted to street protests,” he added.

BERSIH held its first mass rally in the city in late 2007 which saw close to 80,000 people taking to the streets to protest against the Election Commission (EC) and its alleged biasness.





PAS, whose leaders sit on the Bersih Steering Committee, said two more demands have been added to the original –

• constituency delineation be done based on social needs and
• better enforcement to prevent political bribery.

In late 2007, the protesters marched towards the National Palace to hand over a memorandum demanding the implementation of four key reforms:

• review of the alleged tainted electoral roll,
  
• abolishing postal votes,
  
• fair media coverage and
  
• a minimum of 21 days campaigning period for the general election.

One of the leaders, PAS central working committee member Dr Dzulkelfly Ahmad cited two alleged cases of “blatant” political bribery made by BN chairman and Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

One was in the Sibu by-election where Najib was quoted by the media as saying “you help me, I help you” when he promised voters there to tackle the prolonged flood problems if BN won the parliamentary seat.

Dzulkefly said Najib made an almost similar remark at the recent Kerdau by-election in Pahang that saw PAS defeated by BN.

The premier purportedly told Kerdau voters during a ceramah “we do not buy votes but if you support us we will increase your allocation”.

“If this is not corruption, I don’t know what is corruption,” the PAS leader told the same press conference.

Najib and his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin had both warned against any attempt by opposition supporters to emulate the bloody Egypt uprising and accused Pakatan Rakyat leaders of intentionally using the upheaval there to instigate their supporters.

Syed Azman Syed Ahmad, another PAS central working committee member who sits with the Bersih leadership, claimed that he has evidence that deputy EC chief Wan Ahmad Wan Omar was conspiring with BN to topple Pakatan state governments.

He made no disclosure of the proof to back his allegation but demanded Wan Ahmad’s immediate resignation.

“He is supposed to act impartially but he has been blatantly open in his support and has acted like a BN stool,” said Syed Azman

UPDATED: Homosexual UMNO Minister in Najib's Current Cabinet ??

Update (26 Feb 2011):

UMNO Ministers from Johore in Najib's Cabinet ?


1. Muhyiddin Yassin, Deputy Prime Minister, UMNO MP for Pagoh Johore

2. Hishamuddin Hussein, Minister of Home Affairs, UMNO MP for Sembrong. Johore

3. Mohamad Khaled Nordin, Minister of Higher Education, UMNO MP for Pasir Gudang, Johore

4. ???

If the article says it is NOT Hishamuddin, then WHO?

Yet the Image with the black-out face does not correspond with that of DPM Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister of Higher Education, Mohamad Khaled Nordin.

-- END OF UPDATE ----

Read here for more in "Another Brick in the Wall" Blog

A Gay Minister in (Najib's) Cabinet and ( he is ) a Johorean ...


(see HERE above photo in "Another Brick in the Wall" blog)

Excerpts:

Sodomy is a crime punishable by imprisonment (in Malaysia).

Back in 1998, Tun Dr Mahathir dismiss him (Anwar Ibrahim) from Cabinet on a justifiable reason of moral and indecent behaviour before Anwar was brought to trial.

Will Najib dismiss a member of his cabinet if found to be gay?

There is a Cabinet Minister from Johor that is in the habit of going out socially with pretty young boys to restaurants and nite clubs in Kuala Lumpur and Johor baru.

Source from his UMNO Division described him as intimately close with his Political Secretary, described as jambu by fellow youth member in the Division.

The Minister could be seen as touching the thigh of his Setpol and massaging his neck and shoulders with soft sensuous touch that made those witnessing as uncomfortable.

One reliable source claim that there is a particular pretty boy that is particularly close with the Minister.

The pretty boy used to work at the corporate affair department of a major Bank in Kuala Lumpur but have moved to an International Investment company.

The source claim to personally view an intimate telephone conversation between the 20 -something former bank corporate affair officer and the Minister on the other side of the conversation.

The source verified the handphone number at the receiving end.

The conversation was intimate as they talked about indiscreet subject like performing the mandi wajib. The pretty boy was so close with the Minister that he could request for RM20,000 with ease.

The pretty boy revealed to our source that he used to meet the Minister at Nikko Hotel. He had laid bare his shirt to massage the Minister.

But the source's story stop short at the interesting part. There will be no name revealed.

The story is already much talked within UMNO Johor. Don't tell me Najib doesn't know. In case he doesn't, he should get this investigated.

If Anwar had to face many ordeals for his criminal sexual orientation, this Minister can't stay on. He could be a major embarrassment to Najib's transformational cabinet.

Morality must never be set aside.
-"Another Brick in the Wall"

We Ask,

Is THIS the same person shown BELOW who the blogger in "Another Brick in the Wall" refers to (based on the image posted on the same blog)?




(Above photo appeared in the news article entitled ,"Hishammuddin wants explanation from China Press" in Malaysiakini dated 13, March, 2010)

or See above photo in the same article reposted on Kamal-Talks blog :
http://kamal-talksmalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/03/hishammuddin-wants-explanation-from.html

The Same UMNO Minister (below) with the Keris
Threatening the Non-Malays at the UMNO General Assembly ??

PM NAJIB's Biro Tata Negara (BTN) is a Propaganda Machine to Unite One RACE- the MALAYS.

Malays are afraid of themselves

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Mariam Mokhtar


The BTN or National Civics Bureau is DIVISIVE, RACIST and POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED.

Most people are aware of this except for BN politicians.

Despite the serious allegations made about the BTN, their main coalition partners, MCA and MIC have NOT been effective in condemning the BTN.

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin denied claims that courses run by the BTN were a form of political indoctrination.
He said,

“BTN is to inculcate nationalism and unity among the people in line with the 1Malaysia concept”.

Talk of nationalism smacks of the supremacy of one race over the other races.

If he had said that the mission of BTN was to promote patriotism, this would be more in line with the spirit of Malaysian unity.

After a media blitz on the BTN in late 2009, the cabinet decided that the BTN would be revamped as it had run counter to its aims of instilling a united Malaysia. When former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad disagreed, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Aziz described him as racist.

Nevertheless, the task of revamping the BTN was given to Ahmad Maslan, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, who is also the BTN chief.

As is common with most BN politicians, he flip-flopped and said that he was not going to revamp the curriculum but would merely 'upgrade' it.

In the last few days, we have heard that the BTN is indeed thriving.

The Pahang BTN assistant director, Ahmad Shah Jamlus, said on the bureau's blog that “to reject race was un-Islamic”. He also stressed that “the religion and Malays are inseparable”.

Ahmad Shah then said that “the creation of Adam and Eve implied differences in mankind as we are made of distinct races”.

He opined that the “Quran says Allah has created nations and tribes and the most honoured are those with the most piety towards Allah.”

He said, “Therefore Malays and Islam cannot be separated. The first step in reaching a higher level of God-consciousness is established in the country's constitution whereby Article 160 stipulates that a Malay must be a Muslim.”

Few people will understand what Ahmad Shah is trying to say in his article entitled “Rejecting race or ethnicity is rejecting human nature”. Is he saying that Malays and Muslims are indistinguishable?

His comments give an insight into the man. How does he equate the rejection of race or ethnicity as rejecting human nature?

It is clear that he has a warped view of the Quranic teachings, and that is my being polite.

If Ahmad Shah is the assistant director of the Pahang BTN, then what sort of outfit does he lead?

How many hundreds of thousands of minds has he POLLUTED?

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is from Pahang. This is happening in his own backyard.

What does he intend to do about this serious failing of his minister, Ahmad Maslan , and the Pahang BTN?

Clearly, Ahmad Maslan has failed to do his job properly and should be sacked.

It is obvious that the BTN is not a tool to unite the people. It is only a propaganda machine to unite one race - the Malays.

One Malay man told me,

“The Malay spirit is threadbare. Malays are fencesitters and support those who hold the gun. They have no pride and have become shoe lickers of the Japanese, British and the communists.

Malays are not concerned about power and do not want to be united. They are willing to work with the devil as long as their livelihood is protected.”

Another said,

“Past Malay leaders realised that the Malays are stupid and allowed themselves to be colonised for 500 years without a fight.

They preferred to be ruled as long as they led an easy life.

That is the reason that today, Malays are still slaves to the Chinese and Indians.”

It is disturbing that some Malays think like this in 21st century urban Malaysia.

Pakatan Rakyat will have to do much more to engage ordinary Malays - urban and rural.

The Malays have a misconception that if Pakatan were to take over Putrajaya, non-Malays will rule and over-run the country and take away their rice bowls.

Malays are traditionally conservative and 53 years of brainwashing by Umno has corrupted their minds.

• The greater damage is that BTN has strangled the ideals, aspirations and uniqueness of all Malaysian peoples, not just the Malays.
  
  
• These Malays will have to be made to understand that if Umno were to lose power, the Malays themselves would not lose power.
  
  
• What BTN did not tell them was that they can be progressive, innovative, united, creative and excellent, without Umno's crutches.

The fear these Malays have is a fear of themselves. They do not want to lose their identity.

Indoctrination has made them become dependent on Umno for a place in society. Indoctrination has led them to believe they are who they are, because of Umno.

It is up to us to strip them of their insecurities and make them realise that with Pakatan in power, the Malays will flourish alongside the other races.

UMNO's Biro Tata Negara (BTN)'s Version of Islam: ISLAM-MELAYU

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Pahang National Civics Bureau (BTN) assistant director Ahmad Shah Jamlus said REJECTING RACE is UN-ISLAMIC and stressed that the religion and Malays are inseparable.

In the bureau’s blog, Ahmad pointed out that the creation of Adam and Eve implies differences in mankind as we are made of distinct races.

Ahmad said that the Quran says Allah has created nations and tribes and the most honoured are those with the most piety towards Allah.

“Therefore Malay and Islam cannot be separated. The first step in reaching a higher level of God-consciousness is established in the country’s constitution whereby under article 160 stipulates that a Malay must be a Muslim,” Ahmad wrote in an article, “Rejecting race or ethnicity is rejecting human nature,” on February 9.

Ahmad’s comments are bound to reignite fears that government has failed to revamp BTN.

The BTN, a state agency charged with running courses on patriotism for civil servants and undergraduates, came under fire last year for promoting racism.

Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s administration had promised a revamp of BTN’s courses following a widespread public outcry.

Last year, BTN deputy director Hamim Husin told to a Puteri Umno closed-door function that Malay rights is a mandate to rule the country.

Hamim had also made derogatory references to the Chinese and the Indian communities, saying each of their communities had only a vote each.

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UMNO-Sponsored BTN's Sanctioned Racism via Islam

Read here article by "Datuk Chambers" for more

According to Ahmad Shah Jamlus's version of Islam, Muslims are supposed to be Racists. And also according to him, it is Un-Islamic to reject Racism. So, let's look at what the Koran says...

From the Chapter Title "Chambers" of the Koran.
In Translation ONE:

[49.13] O you men! surely We have created you of a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other; surely the most honorable of you with Allah is the one among you most careful (of his duty); surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.

In Translation TWO, it is slightly different:

[49.13] O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).

"Knowing each other" also has other connotations. It is also an Arabic Phrase associated with Copulation. ie, "when a Man Knew his Wife", then it means they will have sex with each other. At a Societal-Level, this could be interpreted as Inter-Marriage.

Let us examine this a little.

According to the Adam and Hawa Creation reflected here, it implies that all Humankind originated from ONE Coital Couple. How this coitus is deemed "Sinful" and yet part of the "Necessary Vehicle" to make babies will be left out of this discussion. How every human is is incestuous in that sense, will also be left out of this discussion.

I will open this discussion with the Singapore Race, and the American Race. There is no such thing as a Singapore Race, nor an American Race. So what then does the word Bangsa Amerika mean? Do you wish to call them as Warganegara Amerika then?

The same applies to Bangsa Thailand, or Bangsa Siam. Their borders were shifted, and what is today called Issan (Northeast Thailand) used to be Lao.

So one can change from Bangsa Lao to bangsa Thai just because someone decided to shift the borders? Do these people shit any different from before the borders were changed?

Back to Adam and Hawa. How can people be of "Different Races" if everyone was to come from the same parents? Would anyone in his right mind call his cousin a different race, or a different Tribe? Would Adam have called his grandchildren or even great-great-great- grandchildren spawns of a different race?

He would have had to be senile to do that ! ( i know the word Mahathir comes to mind, but let's be polite for today, ya?) So, using the Brain which Allah gave us, how can any of Adams great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren call each other of a different race?

Didn't we all come from Adam and Hawa?

Did Allah make more than one Adam? If He did, then surely anyone from that "alternate Adam" would be free from the "Adamic Sin".

That Sin had nothing to do with Sex. That Sin has everything to do with a Talking-Snake and a fruit of unknown Species (I've proposed the Durian, but it has been rejected) in a particular Garden of which DNA tells us was in East Africa in the Olduvai Gorge near Laetoli. Combining modern day research allows us to conclude also that if God made Man in His own image, then God must look like Eddie Murphy, because, all mankind's origins started out in East Africa. So, sorry, God does NOT look Malay at all. He would look more like the Negritos at best.

Now, why did I suggest an "Alternative Adam". It's because that it is recorded in the Bible. Warakah was preaching from this same Bible, before Prophet Muhammad was born. And it would now depend on which Version his Arabic Bible was translated from.

In the Hebrew Bible, Cain and Abel (Hebrew: קין ,הבל, Hevel, Qayin)[1] (Arabic: هابيل قابيل - Hābīl and Qābīl) are two sons of Adam and Eve. The Qur'an mentions the story, calling them the two sons of Adam (Arabic: إبني آدم) only,.[2]

In the Greek New Testament, Cain is referred to as εκ του πονηρου.[3] In at least one translation this is rendered "from the evil one",[4] while others have "of the evil one."[5] Some interpreters take this to mean that Cain was literally the son of the serpent in the Garden of Eden. A parallel idea can be found in Jewish tradition,[6] that the serpent (Hebrew nahash נחש) from the Garden of Eden was father to firstborn Cain.

So, not only do we either have Eve being raped by a Talking Snake as a possibility, we also have an even greater and darker possibility that Eve either seduced or was seduced by a Talking Snake. I won't go into the story of Lilith, who was the original and first Wife of Adam on this. But the strange things about Lilith, is that not only did she divorce Adam, she went to a different Land and decided to marry other MEN, and bear a hundred children !!

Adam had competitors now? The same would apply to Cain, whom after God decided to put a mark on his forehead, so that he would be safe from the other Tribes. And this word is crucial !!

What other Tribes is the Bible referring to? How can Lilith marry m,en from other tribes, or Cain have a God-Tattoo on his head to protect him from other tribes if everyone was a descendant from Adam? Was Cain considered of a "different Tribe" because his Daddy was Mr Talking-Snake? Hence, all his other half-siblings had to limit the choice of their spouses to severe in-breeding, while he went off to the Land of Nod, to mate with Lilith's offspring and from the other Tribe(s) whom she married?

If, and only if this is true, then we can Justify Racism. Also important to note then, is that if Cain's Daddy was not Mr Adam himself, then many many "Tribes" of today would be completely free from that "Adamic Sin" which binds Mankind to justify "Salvation", via a Human Sacrifice.

In the bureau’s blog, Ahmad pointed out that the creation of Adam and Eve implies differences in mankind as we are made of distinct races. I'd like to contest this by asking what race is Adam, and what Race is Hawa? and if truly ALL mankind started out from ONE SEED, then the entire Human Race should be of the same race ! I think Ahmad Shah Jamlus's Mother dropped him when she gave birth to him, and he severely hit his head, leading to an even more severe delusional concussion !

I also find it so humorous that Ahmad Shah Jamlus equates the Malaysian Constitution to the Koran, as if Allah wrote the Malaysian Constitution Himself. Dear Ahmad Shah Jamlus. Allah laser-etched the 20 Commandments.

Why 20? coz Abraham broke the first Ten when he smashed the first set of stones, and had to go mountain-Climbing again to the Burning-Bush to request a second set be made.

Allah had nothing to do with the Malaysian Constitution. So, it is the Malaysian Constitution which states that Malays MUST be Muslim.

The Koran does NOT state that Malays must be Muslim. Therefore Malays need to choose between the Koran, or the Malaysian Constitution !!

And if you believe that everything on this planet has a purpose, then MY purpose, as instructed by ALLAH is to drum some logic into your nonsensical babble.

I hope some of you will argue the points above.

In fact, the more you argue, the stronger my point will be.

If we are all from the seed of Adam ONLY, then the entire world is of ONE RACE !!! So SHUT UP !!!

Egypt: Mubarak Stepped Down as President. Protesters Celebrate

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Demonstrations that began with quiet determination on the Internet more than three weeks ago erupted into riotous jubilation Friday evening, moments after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he would step aside. ending his 30-year-reign.

His downfall was as swift as it was unexpected. Mr. Mubarak had inherited and shaped a system of patronage, nepotism and brutality that seemed beyond challenge.

Egyptian armed forces will take over the leadership of the country, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced today.

Crowds gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square erupted into loud cheers, chanting "Egypt is free, Egypt is free," as the historic announcement was made.

Protesters swarmed army tanks that had been deployed to keep order, banged drums, blew whistles and frantically waved the Egyptian flag in celebration. They danced in circles and chanted.

Two men dropped to their knees and began to pray as soon as the news was announced.

"Freedom!" crowds chanted outside the white carved walls of the presidential palace.

"God is great," they shouted in Tahrir Square.

The reaction was quick to pour in across some of the same social networking sites that Egyptians used to help organize the historic protest

Mubarak's resignation comes 18 days since the beginning of protests that have left 300 dead, according to the United Nations, and rocked the region.

Men, women and children alike -- many with tears in their eyes -- flooded into Cairo's streets as the atmosphere turned from one of determination to pure ecstasy.

As protesters in Cairo's streets celebrated with joy, some demanded that Mubarak be tried.

The news has significant implications for the world and the United States. Egypt is one of the United States' closest allies in the region, a key economic partner and only one of two Arab states that recognize Israel.

Mr Mubarak survived at least six assassination attempts. The narrowest escape was in 1995 when his limousine came under attack in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, where he was attending an African summit.

Members of the largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, were frequently put in jail, where torture was common.

The intelligence services were pervasive and Egyptians felt stripped of dignity.

Criticism from human rights groups was routine.

Mr Mubarak presided over a period of domestic stability and economic development that meant most of his fellow countrymen accepted his monopolisation of power in Egypt.

Egypt became one of the top recipients of U.S. aid. The billions of American dollars helped enrich a new elite as the country moved away from socialism to an economy that is somewhat more capitalist but led by state-sanctioned monopolies.

But little of that wealth filtered down to the country's poor majority, and some of the grievances that mounted against his regime took on an anti-American tone.

Mr. Mubarak was neither charismatic nor communicative. He made little effort to explain his policies to his people and avoided the bold maneuvers favored by his predecessors.

Instead, his genius lay in maintaining Egypt's status quo in the face of at-times daunting pressures from within and without. That strategy did him well much of his career.

But he ignored calls for political opening and significant economic change, ultimately allowing stability—the hallmark of so much of his reign—to degrade into stagnation that bred frustration among younger Egyptians.

It was a system based not on ideology or leadership qualities, Aladdin Elaasar wrote in his book "The Last Pharaoh," but on "a mixture of fear and rewards to his collaborators." In other words, he wrote, "a neo-sultanic regime."

Mr. Mubarak's rule allowed modest freedoms but was characterized by sporadic periods of brutal repression. His police beat and tortured suspects and sent thousands to prison for long terms.

He survived many previous threats to his hold on power. He successfully crushed a bloody insurrection by violent Islamists in the 1990s and a growing prodemocracy protest movement that gained steam in 2003 to 2005.

His victory in Egypt's first multicandidate presidential election, in 2005, was marred by what independent monitors called massive fraud. His chief rival was jailed after the vote.

Mr. Mubarak parried Washington's attempt to force substantive democratic reforms on Egypt, made most forcefully during the years of the George W. Bush administration.

The Price of Malaysia's Racism

READ HERE for more on the article on Din Merican's blog and Malaysian readers' comments

Read here Malaysiakini's posting on John Malott's article

Quote

".....Once one of the developing world's stars, Malaysia's economy has underperformed for the past decade.

Almost 500,000 Malaysians left the country between 2007 and 2009, more than doubling the number of Malaysian professionals who live overseas. It appears that most were skilled ethnic Chinese and Indian Malaysians, tired of being treated as second-class citizens in their own country and denied the opportunity to compete on a level playing field, whether in education, business, or government.

Many of these emigrants, as well as the many Malaysian students who study overseas and never return (again, most of whom are ethnic Chinese and Indian), have the business, engineering, and scientific skills that Malaysia needs for its future. They also have the cultural and linguistic savvy to enhance Malaysia's economic ties with Asia's two biggest growing markets, China and India.

Today over 90% of the civil service, police, military, university lecturers, and overseas diplomatic staff are Malay.

Even TalentCorp, the government agency created in 2010 that is supposed to encourage overseas Malaysians to return home, is headed by a Malay, with an ALL-Malay Board of Trustees.

To meet its much-vaunted goal of becoming a developed nation by 2020, Malaysia needs to grow by 8% per year during this decade. That level of growth will require major private investment from both domestic and foreign sources, upgraded human skills, and significant economic reform.

Worsening racial and religious tensions stand in the way.

Malaysia's government might find it politically expedient to stir the racial and religious pot, but its opportunism comes with an economic price tag.

Its citizens will continue to vote with their feet and take their money and talents with them.

And foreign investors, concerned about racial instability and the absence of meaningful economic reform, will continue to look elsewhere to do business.
-John R Malott
(former US Ambassador to Malaysia)

The Price of Malaysia's Racism
(Slower growth and a drain of talented citizens are only the beginning.)

(posted on Wall Street Journal on 7 February 2011)

by

JOHN R. MALOTT
(Mr. Malott was the U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, 1995-1998.)


Malaysia's national tourism agency promotes the country as "a bubbling, bustling melting pot of races and religions where Malays, Indians, Chinese and many other ethnic groups live together in peace and harmony."

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak echoed this view when he announced his government's theme, One Malaysia.

"What makes Malaysia unique," Mr. Najib said, "is the diversity of our peoples. One Malaysia's goal is to preserve and enhance this unity in diversity, which has always been our strength and remains our best hope for the future."

If Mr. Najib is serious about achieving that goal, a long look in the mirror might be in order first. Despite the government's new catchphrase, racial and religious tensions are higher today than when Mr. Najib took office in 2009.

Indeed, they are worse than at any time since 1969, when at least 200 people died in racial clashes between the majority Malay and minority Chinese communities. The recent deterioration is due to the troubling fact that the country's leadership is tolerating, and in some cases provoking, ethnic factionalism through words and actions.

For instance, when the Catholic archbishop of Kuala Lumpur invited the prime minister for a Christmas Day open house last December, Hardev Kaur, an aide to Mr. Najib, said Christian crosses would have to be removed. There could be no carols or prayers, so as not to offend the prime minister, who is Muslim. Ms. Kaur later insisted that she "had made it clear that it was a request and not an instruction," as if any Malaysian could say no to a request from the prime minister's office.

Similar examples of insensitivity abound.

In September 2009, Minister of Home Affairs Hishammuddin Onn met with protesters who had carried the decapitated head of a cow, a sacred animal in the Hindu religion, to an Indian temple. Mr. Hishammuddin then held a press conference defending their actions.

Two months later, Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told Parliament that one reason Malaysia's armed forces are overwhelmingly Malay is that other ethnic groups have a "low spirit of patriotism." Under public pressure, he later apologized.

The leading Malay language newspaper, Utusan Melayu, prints what opposition leader Lim Kit Siang calls a daily staple of falsehoods that stoke racial hatred. Utusan, which is owned by Mr. Najib's political party, has claimed that the opposition would make Malaysia a colony of China and abolish the Malay monarchy. It regularly attacks Chinese Malaysian politicians, and even suggested that one of them, parliamentarian Teresa Kok, should be killed.


Ethnic Indian Malaysians protesting in 2007.
This steady erosion of tolerance is more than a political challenge. It's an economic problem as well.

Once one of the developing world's stars, Malaysia's economy has underperformed for the past decade.

To meet its much-vaunted goal of becoming a developed nation by 2020, Malaysia needs to grow by 8% per year during this decade. That level of growth will require major private investment from both domestic and foreign sources, upgraded human skills, and significant economic reform.

Worsening racial and religious tensions stand in the way.

Almost 500,000 Malaysians left the country between 2007 and 2009, more than doubling the number of Malaysian professionals who live overseas. It appears that most were skilled ethnic Chinese and Indian Malaysians, tired of being treated as second-class citizens in their own country and denied the opportunity to compete on a level playing field, whether in education, business, or government.

Many of these emigrants, as well as the many Malaysian students who study overseas and never return (again, most of whom are ethnic Chinese and Indian), have the business, engineering, and scientific skills that Malaysia needs for its future. They also have the cultural and linguistic savvy to enhance Malaysia's economic ties with Asia's two biggest growing markets, China and India.

Of course, one could argue that discrimination isn't new for these Chinese and Indians. Malaysia's affirmative action policies for its Malay majority—which give them preference in everything from stock allocation to housing discounts—have been in place for decades.

So what is driving the ethnic minorities away now?

First, these minorities increasingly feel that they have lost a voice in their own government. The Chinese and Indian political parties in the ruling coalition are supposed to protect the interests of their communities, but over the past few years, they have been neutered. They stand largely silent in the face of the growing racial insults hurled by their Malay political partners.

Today over 90% of the civil service, police, military, university lecturers, and overseas diplomatic staff are Malay.

Even TalentCorp, the government agency created in 2010 that is supposed to encourage overseas Malaysians to return home, is headed by a Malay, with an all-Malay Board of Trustees.

Second, economic reform and adjustments to the government's affirmative action policies are on hold.

Although Mr. Najib held out the hope of change a year ago with his New Economic Model, which promised an "inclusive" affirmative action policy that would be, in Mr. Najib's words, "market friendly, merit-based, transparent and needs-based," he has failed to follow through. This is because of opposition from right-wing militant Malay groups such as Perkasa, which believe that a move towards meritocracy and transparency threatens what they call "Malay rights."

But stalling reform will mean a further loss in competitiveness and slower growth. It also means that the cronyism and no-bid contracts that favor the well-connected will continue.

All this sends a discouraging signal to many young Malaysians that no matter how hard they study or work, they will have a hard time getting ahead.

Mr. Najib may not actually believe much of the rhetoric emanating from his party and his government's officers, but he tolerates it because he needs to shore up his Malay base. It's politically convenient at a time when his party faces its most serious opposition challenge in recent memory—and especially when the opposition is challenging the government on ethnic policy and its economic consequences.

One young opposition leader, parliamentarian Nurul Izzah Anwar, the daughter of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, has proposed a national debate on what she called the alternative visions of Malaysia's future—whether it should be a Malay nation or a Malaysian nation.

For that, she earned the wrath of Perkasa; the government suggested her remark was "seditious."

Malaysia's government might find it politically expedient to stir the racial and religious pot, but its opportunism comes with an ECONOMIC price tag.

Its citizens will continue to vote with their feet and take their money and talents with them.

And foreign investors, concerned about racial instability and the absence of meaningful economic reform, will continue to look elsewhere to do business.

(Mr. Malott was the U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, 1995-1998.)

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Malaysians' Response

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• Only a 100 Malay NGO's shouted that no Indain Malaysian political leader will be supported in the future elections. After Mallot's write up, I guess all the Malay NGOs are going to scream and shout at US Embassy soon. Mr Malott, it was pleasant to read your truthful article than by one obscure professor from an obscure university at LA. You have lived here and knew the ground truth than that money-can-buy author who sells falsehood without any fundamental knowledge. Hope your article does some change in the hearts of many who care for all races to live in this land of milk and honey.
  
  
• The adverse publicity that this article will garner is bad for our FDIs. The article was published in today's Wall Street Journal , which is the staple global business newspaper. I bet you that almost all Fortune 500 CEOs and Asian/European CEOs will be reading this article. So will countless bankers, equity managers and decision makers around the world. The Wall Street Journal is also translated into other languages. So Malaysia will known globally as a COUNTRY THAT PRACTISES RACISM. Thats the unfortunate label that will stick in the minds of global leaders. MALAYSIA=RACISM. Lets thank Perkasa , Utusan Malaysia and our leaders for this great accolade.And from now on, any attempt to attract FDIs would be a joke.
  
  
• One of the best pieces to appear in MalaysiaKini in recent months - factual and succinct. This frank and fearless commentary by an ex-diplomat adequately sums up the frustration of peace-loving Malaysians to the present chaotic and hopeless state of affairs in the country where a right becomes a wrong and vice versa. It should serve as a handy dossier for the people, already fed up to the core, in the coming general elections.
  
  
• The US political mirror may have its cracks but the Malaysian one is a total farce. Full of lies to mislead the world into believing that Malaysia is a model Muslim democracy that promotes tolerance and fairness to all of its races and religions. Instead what we have is the most entrenched and systemic form of racism and intolerance that is now further augmented by religious bigotry never before seen in any other part of the world since the demise of the Nazis in Germany and the Apartheid regime in South Africa. To compound this terminal decline, we have a state where all the institutions of government, the press and even civil society have been compromised, corrupted and destroyed to the point of rendering our alleged democracy a sham. The only people happy in Malaysia at present are the ruling elite and their cronies.
  
  
• Spot on,Mr.John Malott and thank you for speaking out frankly and sharing your keen observations on the happenings in Malaysia.Now malaysians also have the name of that scumbag PM aide, known as Hardev Kaur, who instructed for crucifixes and christian symbols be taken down during Christmas, before the 1Malaysia PM Najib arrived for the Christmas function organised by CFM. Let me ask you a question Hardev Kaur,how would you like, if an instruction is given to the Sikhs,during their holy day celebration,to take down all their symbols,before the 1Malaysia PM arrived.Dont sell your soul to the devil for the few miserable pieces of silver,it is not worth it Hardev Kaur, and you owe all Christians in Malaysia an apology..
  
  
• What John Mallot said is nothing new as we all knew about it. Of course what John said has greater impact than a combine of us said together. I suppose Najib blue eye boy who is now Malaysia's ambassador to US must be jumping up and now on what John Mallot said. I suppose after serving as US ambassador for several years, he too came to love this country. He must be frustrated to see the country with rich resources and large number of education citizen go to waste which could otherwise a force to be reckon. Look at Singapore they share common history with us andhaving the same multi racial citizen. But they have nothing in term of natural resources. They don't have enough land mass. But in spite of that they miles ahead of us. Why? One choose the merit approach while the other race approach.
  
  
• I think most right-thinking Malaysians will echo John Mallot's sentiments, obviously based on his experience as Ambassador here. Unfortunately, things have deteriorated further since his tenure in Kuala Lumpur ended. As many others have commented, we can now expect the Perkasa goons to be out on the streets on Friday with their silly banners and ranting like mad things. Should make for some entertainment!
  
  
• Malott (ex-US ambassador) knows what he is talking about as he had first hand knowledge of the situation in Malaysia. The world now knows the extent of "racism' in BN/Umno and the hollow 1Malaysia con slogan. Although MCA/Gerakan/MIC knows about it, they still play along for their own narrow interests. Only hope is a 2 party system and say no to racism! Go for change!
  
  
• Tomorrow the American embassy will be VERY busy with hooligans from Perkosa, nit wit DUMNO clowns, BN dungu's all bringing down hell on them and burning effigy's an all. Lets all go and watch this fun. Its very rare we get these kinda of clowns in the act! Our festivals and cracker burnings are a norm, but these shows you seldom get to see.
  
  
• In the BTN course , it is taught (as revealed by some Malay participants) that the non Malays in Malaysia is robbing the Malays. That being the case , I do not believe that the Talent Corp.'s objective is to coax non Malay Malaysians to return home. Their target is the MALAY disapora.
  
  
• It is a national shame for the country when former Ambassadors like John Malot and other foreign analysts seem to have a better grasp of the real economic and political situations of our Nation and put it up openly in a most succinct manner.. Yes, if what is ongoing now is to continue, then not only John Malot but many discerning Malaysians could also clearly expect what this once good and fair nation would become in future. No one in his right mind can argue what he had said here is untrue. He had said it factually and in a very concerned way. After so many years, only sincere friends of this country would continue to do what he had done and is still doing, voicing out his frank and valued opinions on a personal level.
  
  
• Umno’s reply will be “Why cares what other people say. We are the master of our own country.” There seems to be a clear motive to ensure the country is populated with Malays only, and this overrides the economic price.

Rosmah Mansor Moves Into Her Own "PM" Office in Putrajaya

"FLOM"= First Lady of Malaysia



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Putrajaya:

A new unit in the Prime Minister’s Department has set tongues wagging.

The unit known as FLOM, an acronym for First Lady of Malaysia, is a full-fledged department that looks into the operational needs of the Prime Minister’s wife, Rosmah Mansor.

Ensconed within the premises of the PM’s Office, FLOM has a six-member staff headed by special officer Siti Azizah Sheikh Abod.

The rest of the unit comprises two personal assistants Saleha Mohd Rabani and Siti Zaiton Abdul Ghani and three assistant officers with special functions – G Vimala, Rizal Mansor and Nurul Rosemiemmy Kahsimi.

What these personnel actually do is anyone’s guess and FLOM’s mission and vision remain a mystery. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) official website too is not helpful.

Suffice to say that FLOM was probably involved in the highly publicised and controversial Islamic Fashion Week, the recent RM4.5 million three-day First Ladies Summit and, not to mention, the additional “official activities” and visits to New York, Europe and the Middle East.

Curious bloggers hot on the Rosmah trail have been spewing venom at her audacity to establish her own unit within the Prime Minister’s Department.

(FLOM shares the SAME stature in the PMO as that of five other units, namely private secretary, political secretary, Office of the Prime Minister’s adviser, Office of the Prime Minister’s economic adviser and Management Office of Sri Perdana.)

“Already she’s taking away hundreds of millions of ringgit from the taxpayers’ money to channel into her Permata (early childhood education) and other project. When the PM was sick, she ignored Muhyiddin (Yassin) and stood in for PM… Now she has moved into the Prime Minister’s Office… what will she do next, ” ranted one blogger.

Another blog posting demanded to know the operational cost of running a six-member department and who was paying for it.

“What is she trying to do… run the country? The role of the wife of a PM is to complement him in relation to the social aspects. Rosmah should play the role of mother to the people of Malaysia, instead of wasting taxpayers’ money to establish a division,” noted the posting.

Yet another posting noted: “Rosmah fancies herself as Michelle Obama (US President Barrack Obama’s wife)… with access to the Oval office.”

Fascinated by the online brouhaha over Rosmah’s latest stunt, FMT made a short call to the PMO only to be told that the “entire” FLOM team was not back from Oman but declined to give furher details.

Meanwhile, a report in The Star last week noted that Rosmah’s “OFFICIAL visit to Oman will further strengthen relations between Malaysia and the sultanate”.

Opposition parties here have not been without their views. PKR has reportedly demanded that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak explain FLOM’s legality.

Said PKR women’s chief Zuraida Kamaruddin: “Najib should explain this division, and the establishment of this unit without going through the legal convention such as Parliament. Rosmah should not have an office in PMO.”

UPDATED! Ex-Judge Says Selangor Royal Palace Misled Malaysians on Constitutionality of the State Secretary's Appointment

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"... Article 97(1) of the Selangor State Constitution confirms that there is in the State of Selangor, a State Service Commission which has jurisdiction over ALL members of the public services of the State. So that "the appropriate Service Commission" in Article 52(1) is the "STATE Service Commission" referred to in Article 97(1).

The SELANGOR State Secretary can ONLY be appointed by the State Service Commission of Selangor

The office of State Secretary cannot be appointed by anyone else.

The FEDERAL Public Services Commission is NOT authorised by the Selangor Constitution to appoint the State Secretary of the State.

The Public Services Commission is a commission of the FEDERAL Government and its powers do NOT extend to cover State Governments like Selangor.

How can the Palace say that the appointment of Khusrin as the State Secretary of Selangor was in accordance with the Constitution of Selangor and conventions of the State?

Since the Selangor State Service Commission had not made any request for a Federal officer to be seconded to the State for the post of State Secretary and the State Government has yet to appoint someone to be its State Secretary, the appointment of Khusrin is clearly UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Therefore, Khusrin is NOT the State Secretary because he has not been appointed by the Selangor State Service Commission as required by Article 52(1) of the Selangor Constitution.

Conventions or past practices as claimed by the Sultan of Selangor CANNOT override express and specific provisions of the Selangor Constitution such as Articles 52(1) and 97(1).

Any such claim by the Palace is nothing more than a red herring to mislead and confuse what is largely an uninitiated public...."
-N.H. Chan

Palace’s Codswallop, Sycophants Currying Favour

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by

NH Chan
(NH Chan is a former Court of Appeal Judge. He wrote "Judging The Judges", now in its 2nd edition as "How To Judge The Judges". )

On 7 January 2011, Star reported this at page 2 regarding the appointment of the purported Selangor State Secretary:

"I am saddened and regret that many of my statements have been manipulated by irresponsible quarters which had caused confusion among the people," said Sultan Sharafuddin.

The Sultan congratulated Mohd Khusrin on his appointment.

"I would like to stress that the appointment is in accordance with the regulations and procedures of the Selangor and Federal constitutions".

But the real truth is that the supposed appointment of Mohd Khusrin as the State Secretary of Selangor is not "in accordance with the regulations and procedures of the Selangor and Federal constitutions" as claimed by the Sultan.

What was said by the Palace that the appointment of Khusrin was in accordance with the Constitution and conventions of the State is unbelievable

The Selangor State Constitution

Articles 52 and 97 of the Selangor Constitution states:

52(1): There shall be constituted the offices of the State Secretary … and the appointments thereto shall be made by the appropriate Service Commission from amongst members of any of the relevant public services.

It is as clear as daylight that the appointment of the State Secretary "shall be made by the appropriate Service Commission" from members of any of the relevant public services.

What is meant by the term "appropriate Service Commission"?

For that we have to look at Article 97 of the Selangor Constitution which says:

97(1): There shall be established a State Service Commission whose jurisdiction shall … extend to all persons who are members of the public service of the State.

Article 97(1) confirms that there is in the State of Selangor a State Service Commission which has jurisdiction over all members of the public services of the State.

So that "the appropriate Service Commission" in Article 52(1) is the "State Service Commission" referred to in Article 97(1).

Therefore, by virtue of these two provisions of the Selangor Constitution, the State Secretary of SELANGOR is to be appointed by the State Service Commission of Selangor.

The FEDERAL Public Services Commission is not the appointing body for the post of the Selangor State Secretary.

Selangor Royal Palace's Cock and Bull

How can the Palace say that the appointment of Khusrin as the State Secretary of Selangor was in accordance with the Constitution of Selangor and conventions of the State?

What about Articles 52(1) and 97(1) of the Selangor Constitution then?

How can they fly in the face of these two articles of the Selangor Constitution? Without supporting it with any real facts this is just another cock and bull story.

Perhaps they are mistaking the word "secondment" with "appointment".

The verb "second" means to transfer (an employee) temporarily to another branch, or move a worker to another position or role. The noun is "secondment". But there is NO provision in the Selangor Constitution for such an eventuality.

The Selangor State Secretary can only be appointed by the State Service Commission of Selangor: see Articles 52(1) and 97(1).

The office of State Secretary CANNOT be appointed by anyone else.

The FEDERAL Public Services Commission is NOT authorised by the Selangor Constitution to appoint the State Secretary of the State.

On the other hand, the Public Services Commission is a commission of the FEDERAL Government and its powers do NOT extend to cover State Governments like Selangor.

However, Article 134 of the Federal Constitution allows the Federal Government to second its civil servants to any State IF there is a request for a secondment by a State Government.

Since the Selangor State Service Commission had not made any request for a Federal officer to be seconded to the State for the post of State Secretary and the State Government has yet to appoint someone to be its State Secretary, the appointment of Khusrin is clearly UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Khusrin is NOT the State Secretary by Selangor State Constitution

Therefore, Khusrin is not the State Secretary because he has not been appointed by the Selangor State Service Commission as required by Article 52(1) of the Selangor Constitution.

Conventions or past practices as claimed by the Sultan of Selangor CANNOT override express and specific provisions of the Selangor Constitution such as Articles 52(1) and 97(1).

Any such claim by the PALACE is nothing more than a red herring to mislead and confuse what is largely an uninitiated public.


RELATED ARTICLE

The Sultans: No More Relevant?

by

"Steadyaku47"

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Does anyone in politics, whether in the government or in the opposition, have the backbone to say that our country needs the Sultans like we would need a hole in our head?

Or is this a side issue only for the Malays to decide? I say “NO.”

If the money to upkeep them comes from everybody pockets then EVERYBODY has a say!

There have been many discussions about the relevance of Ketuanan Melayu in the times that we now live in….…should there not be a corresponding discussions on the relevance of the Sultans…or do I have to start it?

Of course there is political cowardice on this issue because anybody prepared to go there will lose votes most probably from some Malays and Chinese Latuks too – who will vote to keep the Sultans around for a few more years simply because they like bowing and kissing the hands of other human beings to acknowledge that these human beings are superior then them.

The questions I would like to ask them are this:

How are THEY a better human being then us?

Can somebody tell me WHY WE should keep these “almost rich”, idle and unelected individuals in their Palaces and riding around in Rolls Royce’s that we pay for?

As I see it they have the same value as a Paris Hilton.

They give the media good copy by their sexual high jinks and “entertain” us by the bad behaviour of the Sultans and their families. At least with Paris Hilton she is good to look at….what redeeming features have these Sultans have?

They are a sorry excuse as symbols of Malay supremacy no longer play a role in conflict resolution or conflict prevention.

Hell for most of the time THEY are the reasons for the conflicts.

I can see few hands being raised in disagreement with me!

I am being told that the Sultan of Perak had a role in taking back Perak from the DAP (good for the Malays!)

The Sultan of Selangor, when he is not too busy making money or socializing with u-know-who does his bit to keep PKR on their toes in Selangor.Good for UMNO.

There was a game of musical chairs in the state of Kelantan recently which saw a son disposing off his father “for the good of the state” – no mention of the good it did to him by appointing himself Sultan – always it is for the people and the State.

The Pahang Sultan is great at public relations for himself but is really a pain the arse – for the state and federal government. If he not asking for more timber concessions and other business goodies he is off sowing his wild oats wherever he can. A Timber concessions here and a daughter there….very busy Sultan.

And something did just occur to me. These Sultans are not gender friendly. How come there are no Female Sultans? What would they call female Sultans anyway? Sultanee?

What are the duties and importance of our traditional rulers or royals?

If we are to trace back the lineage of these “Royals”, the truth will out them to be really no more then pirates or a happy accident of history and questionable British decisions in their Nation Building exercise.

There really is no “Royal” lines. They are as “Royal” as me, Yap Ah Loy or for that matter that Mamak from Kerala.

If truth were told they did not gain prominence and wealth through conquest of other men or state.

Their air of superiority and self-importance was gifted to them by the British and by the self-serving needs of UMNO.

In return for being Sultan they have given up territories, cede their powers to the British, the Japanese and to UMNO just so that they could continue to live a decadent live financed by the Nations coffers.

Name me one Sultan that cares for the welfare of their subjects?

I do not count riding in motorcycles convoy to visit their subjects, descending from the skies in a helicopter and throwing them a few bags of rice and groceries after floods and attending “meet and greet” get together in their state as showing concern for the welfare of their subjects.

If anything every time they move anywhere causes problems and further hardship for their subjects.

Police escorts are required to move them in a convoy, their subjects are pushed aside to allow them clear access to wherever important that they are going to – money, people and time are wasted to make these Sultans think that they are what they are: SULTANS!

And all others, including me, are call commoners?

Why, these sultans are born into this earth “ROYALS?”

Or was there a definitive period in their life when they became “ROYALS?”

When? When their ancestors stopped being pirates and settled down? Or when they cede Singapore to the British?

I stand to be challenged, corrected or refuted by anyone who disagrees with me – but really this Sultan issue need to be debated and the people allowed to decide the relevance of the Sultans in the times that we live in now.
-"steadyaku47"

Dr Mahathir, Is It Amnesia or Senility?

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Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the Federal Constitution has NOT changed, despite the 1993 amendments that limited the powers of the monarchy.

When asked if he supported the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government’s attempts to amend the constitution to return it to the pre-1993 version, Dr Mahathir said:

“There is nothing to go back [to]. The constitution has NOT been changed.”

UPDATED! Malaysian Muslims After Prayers Behave Like Uncompromising Taliban Street Thugs

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About 100 noisy protesters gathered outside Masjid Al-Ikhlasiah in Kampung Kerinchi this afternoon, demonstrating against a non-Muslim lawyer who had allegedly complained about the volume of the azan (call for prayer) from loudspeakers.

MOB MENTALITY
LACKING IN
RELIGIOUS MORALITY
- A Disgrace to ISLAM



The controversy erupted when the complainant, believed to be a lawyer, sent a complaint directly to the prime minister's office, that in turn passed it to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Islamic affairs, Jamil Khir Baharom, and the Federal Territories Islamic Department (Jawi).

The Muslim protestors were overheard saying that they intend to go to the address to “drag the complainant out and beat him up” while others shouted that the complainant is a “traitor”.


"Don't you dare challenge our religion," shouted Fauzi Che Ahmad, claiming to represent the mosque's congregation association. He also said that non-Muslims should be constantly reminded of the sensitivities of Islam.

Unfurling banners and shouting Allahu Akbar (God is great), the angry crowd also burned an effigy of the complainant.

The protesters, mobilised by the mosque's congregation association, Majlis Ayahanda Wilayah Persekutuan and other Muslim NGOs, also had banners displaying the details of the complainant, down to his name, address, phone number and email address.

In a press statement distributed by the organisers, they urged the government to charge the complainant under the Sedition Act as well as imposing the Internal Security Act for “threatening racial harmony”.

“As a lesson to him and people like him, the government should also advise the complainant to move out to another neighbourhood or even change his citizenship to countries that suits his taste,” said the statement.

The organizers also demanded a PUBLIC apology from him to all the Muslims in the country.

Jawi then met the mosque committee late December last year, where the committee was allegedly instructed to lower the volume of their dawn azan. Since then, the mosque committee had claimed that they have complied but they are distancing themselves from the protestors.

About 20 police personnel kept a close watch nearby.

Some of the protestors also unfurled flags bearing the three colours of a Islamic proselytisation group Pekida.

In recent years, there has been increasing conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims over the volume of the azan.

In 2008, Selangor exco Teresa Kok was detained without trial after several pro-Umno blogs and Utusan Malaysia alleged that she had campaigned for the lowering of the azan volume at a mosque in Puchong.

She had since filed a RM30 million defamation suit efamation suit against former Selangor MB Dr Khir Toyo and the daily over the controversy while the mosque officials have cleared her of the allegation.

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Cara selesaikan masalah suara bising waktu Azan

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Timbalan Ketua Biro Perancangan Strategi Pemuda MCA Ng Kian Nam yang beralamat di (deleted) Kuala Lumpur dan boleh dihubungi melalui HP: (deleted) menghantar surat keada kementerian yang bersangkut paut dengan kebisingan azan di Masjid Ikhlasiah.

Isu ini telah diputar belitkan oleh golongan tertentu di mana sengaja atau berniat untuk memutar belit. Dalam surat Ng, beliau meminta perlahankan pembesar suara tetapi bukan memberhentikan penganut Islam menjalankan sembahyang Azan.

Maka mengikut arahan pihak atasan (ｊａｗｉ) terhadap Imam masjid, Mahadi Abdullah, untuk memperlahankan kekuatan bunyi speaker di masjid tersebut．Jadi nampaklah Jawi bersetuju dengan pendapat Ng bahawa sahnya suara azan amat mengganggu keamanan dan hak asasi manusia.

Kalau kita merujuk kepada perlembagaan di Malaysia memang tidak dinafikan perlembagaan Malaysia memang menentang suara azan yang lantang menganggu keamanan terhadap penghuni di sesebuah kawasan.

(5) Perkara ini tidaklah membenarkan apa-apa perbuatan yang berlawanan dengan mana-mana undang undangan yang berhubungan dengan ketenteraman awam, kesihatan awam atau prinsip moral.

Nampak ??? Sembahayang dengan gunakan loud speaker mengganggu ketenteraman awam adalah di larang sama sekali.

Begitu juga Nuisance Act

-" public nuisance arises when an act materially affects the reasonable comfort & convenience of the life of a class of the society". Person who may claim (civil proceeding)

-only a person who has suffered special damage can claim for damages for public nuisance. P has to prove that he has suffered damages & injury over & above the ordinary convenience suffered by the public at large. The following factors may be used as a guidance to determine the existence of special particular damage:
(i) the type or extent of damage is more serious, must suffer more than what is suffered by other persons who are exposed to the same interference.

- Jadi persoalannya, siapakah yang tidak mengikut undang-undang? Kalaulah Pukida sanggup membakar patung di depan masjid, kenapa tidak bakar buku perundangan sekali di mana undang-undang ini menyekat Pukida jadi hero Islam? Kalau boleh, bakar sekali Mahkamah di merata Malaysia. Ini lah Pahlwan Islam – semangat pejuang Islam yang tulin.

- Kalau kita tanya pihak Pukida, berapakah orang dari mereka bangkit pada waktu 5.45 subuh dan menunaikan sembahyang Azan? Ramai Melayu masih tidur nyenyak pada waku itu, mereka tak berani marah sebab malu diberitahu orang tidak menunaikan sembahyang Azan.

Memang tidak dapat dinafikan Ng Kiam Nam seorang yang pekak tidak memahami cara interaksi dengan Melayu Islam, pada hal masalah ini cukup senang diselesaikan tanpa perlu hantar apa-apa surat kepada pihak atasan. Cuma keluarkan 500 Ringgit Malaysia, 200 Ringgt derma untuk masjid Ikhlaisah yang baki lain suap masuk dalam poket Tok Imam yang jaga pembesar suara, semua akan selesai. Dia akan simpan duit dengan diam-diam, pembesar suara akan jadi perlahan, malah akan dia beri alasan bahawa kualiti amplifier kurang memuaskan. Kah kah kah

Kalau hendak selesaikan masalah dengan Melayu, tunaikan kepala Agung beberapa keping, geng Melayu Islam akan taat setia dan menjunjung kepala Agung, jadi pejuang Islam yang tutup mulut dan jalankan tugas mereka … Melayu Islam Nampak Duit apa pun boleh selesai. Kah kah kah.

Chief Secretary Sidek Deliberately MISLEADS Public with Half Truths on Khusrin's Appointment as Selangor Secretary

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Pegawai Kanan Kerajaan Bermasalah
- Tidak Boleh diPercayai
dan Tidak Boleh di Harapkan
Oleh Rakyat Malaysia

Kaki Pengacau
Urusan Kerajaan

Related HERE ANOTHER RELATED Article on Sidek Hassan by Dr Bakri Musa, "Chief Secretary, Nik Ali Baba and Malaysian Civil Service- July 2010"


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PENANG: Sidek Hassan's Unprofessional Squabble with Penang CM Lim Guan Eng (July 2010)

"...Chief Secretary Sidek Hassan did NOT acquit himself honorably... in his very public and ugly squabble with Penang’s Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

Sidek’s reaction reflects more of a “mother hen” instinct of protecting its brood rather than the cool considered judgment of the head of an organization of professionals, as our civil servants would like us to believe them to be.

Had Sidek acted professionally, he would have realized that the request came not from an opposition politician but the chief executive of a major state. If Lim’s assertion were true, then Sidek owes the public an explanation for spurning Lim.

Sidek should have been more respectful of federal-state relationships.

Incredibly, Sidek also did not find anything unusual or a breach of the civil service code for a federal officer to be addressing partisan party gatherings.

Sidek obviously FAILED to grasp the essential difference between Najib the Prime Minister and Najib the party president. Sidek should NOT be seen or be in any way officially or unofficially associated with the President of UMNO.

Sidek is a career civil servant, supposedly politically neutral and a professional. If he were a political appointee, that would be a different matter.

Sidek’s incredulous assertion and crudely inappropriate behavior did not end there. As Chief Secretary, he manages matters to be discussed at cabinet meetings. That he saw fit to bring this to the highest level revealed Sidek’s warped sense of priorities.

As leader, a major part of Sidek’s responsibility is to solve problems, not create them. He should also be able to anticipate them, and thus try to avoid or at least be ready.

With the Penang issue, Sidek not only fails to solve it but he also AGGRAVATES it.

More deplorable, Sidek FAILS to anticipate the potential ugly racial undercurrent to this conflict. This is Malaysia and any conflict quickly acquires a racial hue unless intelligently and sensitively handled.

Sidek’s management of this crisis FAILS on BOTH counts.

The nation (would have been) spared a potentially destructive racial crisis, had Sidek been wise, restrained and professional.

In failing to have the earlier scheduled meeting with Lim, and not hearing both sides to the dispute, Sidek FLUNKED the most elementary test of leadership – nipping a problem in the bud......"
-Dr Bakri Musa

SELANGOR: Khusrin’s Appointment Void Without MB’s Acceptance

06 January 2011

Excerpts:

On 27 Dec 2010 the Federal Government’s Chief Secretary Sidek Hassan announced that the least acceptable candidate - Khusrin Munawi - was appointed the new state secretary of Selangor.

Khusrin was considered by the Pakatan Rakyat state government as hostile and incompetent.

Then on Jan 5, Sidek defended the legality of the appointment with the claim that:

1. there was NO legal requirement to consult or seek approval from the Sultan or the Selangor state government.
   
   
2. the federal Public Services Commission (PSC) did in fact consult the state government prior to the appointment, which contradicts claims to the contrary by the state government.

SIDEK’S PAROCHIAL INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION

Sidek said:

• Khusrin is a federal civil servant who comes under the jurisdiction of the federal Public Services Commission (PSC),
  
  
• his appointment by PSC has complied with both the state and federal constitutions.
  
  
• consultation or approval from the Sultan or the state government is not necessary because there is no such stipulation in the state constitution.

While I agree that the Sultan plays no role in this appointment constitutionally, the same cannot be said of the Menteri Besar.

The problem with Sidek is that his interpretation of the constitution is parochial, missing the wood for the tree.

1. (IF) this is a case of seconding a federal officer to the state government, WHY should he have ignored Article 134 of the federal constitution which governs the secondment of officers from one governing body to another?
   
   Article 134 Clause 1 states:

   “The Federation may, at the request of a State, local authority, or statutory authority of any organization, ….., second any member of its public services to the service of any State, authority or organization, as the case may be; and a State may, at the request of the Federation, another State, a local authority or a statutory authority or …….., second any member of its own public service to the service of the Federation, other State, authority or organization as the case may be.”

   We observe from this Clause that secondment of officers from one governing body to another can take place in a free-flow manner, without restriction, and that it takes place only when a party requests for it.
   
   In the present case, Selangor is the principal party as well as the employer who needs to fill a vacancy, and it has the option to fill that vacancy from a source it chooses, which need not be a member from the PSC.
   
   Did Selangor ask PSC to second an officer? The answer is NO.
   
   Then why did PSC second an officer without being asked?
   
   Sidek MUST first answer this question.
   
   
2. The truth is that the Selangor state government had already started the process of selection and had narrowed down the candidates to a short-list of three which was sent to the Sultan for assent by mid-December.
   
   
3. Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim was actually WAITING for the palace feedback for him to forward the finalized candidate to PSC for making the formal appointment, when Sidek made the shocking announcement.
   
   So the fact before us is that the Selangor government has decided to source its candidate from the pool of federal officers ALREADY serving in the state government, and in due course it would make its request to PSC upon finalizing the selection.

SIDEK'S DEFECTIVE INTERPRETATION OF CONSTITUTION

Now, the crucial question:

Can PSC appoint the new state secretary even before receiving a request from the state government with due consideration to the fact that the appointee is detested as a political threat to the state government?

The answer must be a resounding NO!

It not only contravenes Article 134 which states that PSC can only act upon request , but it’s an abominable act that defies all logic and decent values.

Common sense tells us that such an appointment is an unworkable proposition that will jeopardize the functioning of the entire state government, since the head of the civil service is held with such serious misgivings by the state’s political leadership.

No wonder the entire Pakatan leadership has called this appointment an act of unabashed sabotage.

Sidek’s contention that NO consultation is needed due to the lack of such mention in Article 52 of the Selangor constitution is naïve and defective.

1. Firstly, not all mandatory steps in a legal act are described in a constitution, which by its nature must be brief as it is an outline of fundamental principles.
   
   
2. Secondly, a part of the constitution should not be read in isolation, without regards to the rest, in particular, without regards to the underlying spirit of the entire constitution upon which the law was written.

The present legal case presented by Sidek is an excellent example of such IMMATURE reading of the law.

SIDEK TAKES THE ROLE OF A STUMBLING BLOCK TO GOOD GOVERNANCE

With regards to Sidek’s surprise claim that PSC did in fact consult and seek approval from the state government in earlier correspondence, the first question that springs up in anyone’s mind is:

WHY THE HELL HE DIDN'T SAY SO ?

If the Mentri Besar could react within hours (on Dec 27) that he had no knowledge of such appointment, why couldn’t Sidek do the same?

Sidek could have instantly doused the crisis by simply contacting the MB to work out a solution, which by common sense and by law, could not be anything else other than a candidate who is acceptable to the MB and who could work smoothly with the Selangor government.

Instead, the opposite was done to compound the crisis.

SELANGOR PALACE OFFICIALS ILL-ADVISE THE SULTAN AND AGGRAVATES THE CRISIS

Private secretary to the Sultan, Munir Bani, suddenly announced on Dec 30 that the new appointee would be sworn-in at the Palace on Jan 6.

The dishonourable intention of such hurried arrangement is obvious when there is no apparent justification to rush through while the issue is still boiling, articularly when the contract with the outgoing state secretary ends only on Mar 30 (according to the MB’s political secretary Faekah Husin).

SIDEK MUST UNDO THE MESS HE CREATED TO RECLAIM PUBLIC CONFIDENCE

Even now it is not too late for Sidek to undo the wrong that has been done to the government and people of Selangor, despite the swearing-in of Khusrin at the palace.

All he needs to do is to contact the MB and agree on a candidate that, in the opinion of the reigning Selangor government, best serves the interests of the people.

As for Khusrin, there are plenty of places he can be assigned to without causing distress to the Selangor government.