PERAK WITH MALAYSIAKINI: Who the hell is V Sivakumar

Oh, the day is hot minus much hoped drizzle. Everyone is feeling the heat as the sun keep glaring down. Perak has for long been the backyard of things. Everything seems to be peaceful after the first Pangkor Treaty. The second pangkor Treaty saw sovereignty sold for 30 bucks more forcing down the Yeop's throats for 30 generations down the line, when 999 years appear as the most suitable numbers for freeholdings. What can we say......

Oh, a chance to nullify the earlier Pangkor Treaty was tested and jeered as the real Pangkor Boy took solemn oath. i dont know, but he could have said, "Till death do us apart..... "

When Yang Bijaksana Tuan Speaker V Sivakumar suspended the whole lot for months, somebody were asking, has he got the power to do it? People begin to question.

So who the hell is V Sivakumar, the man not the speaker ?

Click here to find out, what it takes to execute suspension of Aduns and MPs from the house.
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Perak speaker holds the key
Experts dispute speaker's right to suspend Perak MB
Expert: Suspension of Perak MB, exco members questionable

A little bit from wiki...
i wouldnt know
how true this info is;

V. Sivakumar is a Malaysian politician from the Democratic Action Party, and the current Speaker of the Perak State Assembly. He was the first ethnic Indian to become the speaker of a Malaysian legislative body, succeeding Junus Wahid as the previous speaker of the State Assembly. Sivakumar entered politics in 1997, serving as political secretary to M. Kulasegaran at one point, before winning the seat of Tronoh in the Perak State Assembly in the 2008 general election, defeating Lee Kim Choy with a majority of 2,571. Sivakumar holds a Bachelor's in Legal Philosophy and a Master's in Business Administration.^[1]

Lets sing along with Madonna.
TILL DEATH DO US APART

Our luck is running out of time
You're not in love with me anymore
I wish that it would change, but it won't
Cause you don't love me no more

You need so much but not from me
Turn your back in hour of need
Well something's wrong but you pretend you don't see
I think I interrupt your life
When you laugh it cuts me just like a knife
I'm not your friend, I'm just your little wife

Our luck is running out of time
You're not in love with me anymore
I wish that it would change, but it won't if you don't
Our luck is running out of time
You're not in love with me anymore
I wish that it would change, but it won't
Cause you don't love me no more

They never laugh not like before
She takes the keys, he breaks the door
She cannot stay here anymore
He's not in love with her anymore

The bruises, they will fade away
You hit so hard with the things you say
I will not stay to watch your hate as it grows
You're not in love with someone else
You don't even love yourself
Still I wish you'd ask me not to go

Our luck is running out of time
You're not in love with me anymore
I wish that it would change, but it won't if you don't
Our luck is running out of time
You're not in love with me anymore
I wish that it would change, but it won't
Cause you don't love me no more

He takes a drink, she goes inside
He starts to scream, the vases fly
He wishes that she wouldn't cry
He's not in love with her anymore

He makes demands, she draws the line
He starts the fight, she starts the lie
But what is truth when something dies
He's not in love with her anymore

You're not in love with me anymore
I wish that it would change, but it won't
Cause you don't love me no more

Our luck is running out of time
You're not in love with me anymore
I wish that it would change, but it won't if you don't

Our luck is running out of time
You're not in love with me anymore
I wish that it would change, but it won't
Cause you don't love me no more

They never laugh not like before
She takes the keys, he breaks the door
She cannot stay here anymore
He's not in love with her anymore

He takes a drink, she goes inside
He starts to scream, the vases fly
He wishes that she wouldn't cry
He's not in love with her anymore

He makes demands, she draws the line
He starts the fight, she starts the lie
But what is truth when something dies
He's not in love with her anymore

She's had enough, she says the end
But she'll come back, she knows it then
A chance to start it all again
Till death do us apart

RECESSION WITH MALAYSIAKINI: New zealand still is

New Zealand still in recession

WELLINGTON,
Feb 18 (Reuters)

New Zealand's recession has gone into a fifth quarter, but the government will limit new spending to keep deficits and borrowing contained, the finance minister said on Wednesday.

Bill English said the economy was performing closer to the "downside" scenario presented in the Treasury department's December forecasts following a further deterioration in the global outlook.

"We are now in our fifth quarter of economic contraction," he told a parliamentary committee in a scheduled appearance to discuss December's economic and fiscal update.

"The factor that has altered since (then)...is that our trading partners are headed into deeper recession than was forecast."

The recession, New Zealand's first in a decade, started in the first half of 2008 and most analysts expect it to continue at least through to the middle of 2009.

The Treasury's December forecasts showed no growth before mid-2010, budget deficits growing to 4.5 percent of GDP by 2011, and gross debt rising to more than 30 percent of GDP by 2011 from the current 19.5 percent.

English said the growth numbers of some major trading partners were looking "pretty awful", adding it was too early to say whether the global situation is bottoming out.

He reaffirmed the country's banking system was sound and supported by the central bank's various facilities and government guarantees. Continued...

PERAK WITH MALAYSIAKINI: A simple twist of fate

There is an old song by Bob Dylan with a similar title. Before we go on with the lyrics, lets tread along the tight rope. Joan Baez played it in a jazzy mood. And as the mood wears thin, the rope is getting tighter! It will snap!!


Perak MB to take "follow-up" action
bernama
Feb 18 2009 Wed
IPOH,

Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said he and the six executive council members will take "follow-up" actions following their suspensions by the state legislative assembly's Rights and Privileges Committee.

He declined to say what the actions would be but said that the suspensions were made "in total disregard to the power of the Sultan of Perak to appoint the Menteri Besar and the executive council."

The committee also barred Zambry and his executive council from attending the state legislative assembly for 18 months and 12 months respectively, effective today.

All of them were summoned to appear before the Rights and Privileges Committee following complaints by DAP assemblyman for Canning, Wong Kah Woh, who claimed that their appointment to their respective posts contravened the state constitution, and in contempt of the assembly because the 10th Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin had not officially resigned.

Speaker V Sivakumar who announced the suspension, said Zambry and his executive council failed to offer any explanation pertaining to their actions.
[Perak MB says he will take "follow-up" action ]

The lyrics

Simple Twist Of Fate

They sat together in the park
As the evening sky grew dark
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones
It was then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate.

They walked alone by the old canal
A little confused I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burning bright
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate.

A saxophone someplace far off played
As she was walking on by the arcade
As the light bust through a-beat-up shade where he was waking up
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate.

He woke up the room was bare
He didn't see her anywhere
He told himself he didn't care pushed the window open wide
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
Brought on by a simple twist of fate.

He hears the ticking of the clocks
And walks along with a parrot that talks
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in
Maybe she'll pick him out again how long must he wait
One more time for a simple twist of fate.

People tell me it's a sin
To know and feel too much within
I still believe she was my twin but I lost the ring
She was born in spring but I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

PERAK WITH MALAYSIAKINI: Planet of the Apes

What is this?

I love movies. Entertainment. But there are lessons somewhere within the two hour show.

Planet of the Apes

The main events of the book are placed in a frame story, in which Jinn and Phyllis, a couple out on a pleasure cruise in a spaceship, find a message in a bottle floating in space. The message inside the bottle is the testimony of a man, Ulysse Mérou, who has written down his story in the hope that someone else, somewhere, will find it. Ulysse begins by explaining that he was a friend of Professor Antelle, a genius scientist on Earth, who invented a spaceship that could travel at nearly the speed of light. Ulysse, the professor, and a physicist named Levain fly off in this ship to explore outer space. They travel to the nearest star system that the professor theorized might be capable of life, the red sun Betelgeuse, which would take them about 350 years to reach. Due to time dilation, however, the trip only seems two years long to the travelers.

They arrive at the distant solar system and find that it contains an Earth-like planet, which they name Soror ( latin for sister), "because of its resemblance to our Earth." They land on the planet and discover that they can breathe the air, drink the water, and eat the local vegetation. They soon encounter other human beings on the planet, although these others act as primitively as chimpanzees and destroy the clothing of the three astronauts. They are captured by the primitive humans and stay with them for a few hours. At the end of this time, they are startled to see a hunting party in the forest, consisting of gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees using guns and machines. The apes wear human clothing identical to that of 20th-century Earth, with the exception that they wear gloves instead of shoes on their prehensile feet. The hunting party shoots several of the humans for sport, including Levain, and capture others, including Ulysse.

Ulysse is taken off to the apes' city, which looks exactly the same as a human city from 20th-century Earth, with the exception that some smaller furniture exists for the use of the chimpanzees. While most of the humans captured by the hunting party are sold for manual labor, the protagonist is sent to a research facility. There, the apes perform experiments on the humans similar to Pavlov's conditioning experiments on dogs, and Ulysse proves his intelligence by failing to be conditioned, and by speaking and drawing geometrical figures. Ulysse is adopted by one of the researchers, Zira, a female chimpanzee, who begins to teach him the apes' language. He learns from her all about the ape planet. Eventually, he is freed from his cage, and meets Zira's fiancé, Cornélius, a respected young scientist. With Cornélius' help, he makes a speech in front of the ape President and numerous representatives, and is given specially tailored clothing. He tours the city and learns about the apes' civilization and history. The apes have a very ancient society, but their origins are lost in time. Their technology and culture have progressed slowly through the centuries because each generation, for the most part, with what is recognized as characteristically ape-like behaviour, imitates those of the past. The society is divided between the violent gorillas, the pedantic and conservative orangutans, and the intellectual chimpanzees.

Although Ulysse's chimpanzee patrons Zira and Cornélius are convinced of his sentience, the society's leading orangutan scientists believe that he is faking his understanding of language, because their philosophy will not allow the possibility of sentient human beings. Ulysse falls in love with a primitive human female, Nova, whom he had met in the forest at the beginning of his visit to the planet. He impregnates her and thus proves that he is the same species as the primitive humans, which lowers his standing in the eyes of many of the apes. However, their derision turns to fear with a discovery in a distant archaeological dig and an analysis of memory in some human brains. Evidence is uncovered that fills in the missing history of the apes. In the distant past, the planet was ruled by human beings who built a technological society and enslaved apes to perform their manual labor. Over time the humans became more and more dependent upon the apes, until eventually they became so lazy and degenerate that they were overthrown by their ape servants and fell into the primitive state in which our protagonist found them.

While some of the apes reject this evidence, others - in particular, an old orangutan scientist, Dr. Zaius - take it as a sign that the humans are a threat and must be exterminated. Ulysse learns of this, and escapes from the planet with his wife and new-born son, returning to Earth in the professor's spaceship. Again, the trip takes several centuries, but only a relative time of a few years to the protagonist. Ulysse lands on Earth, over 700 years after he had originally left it, and lands outside the city of Paris. However, once outside the ship, he discovers that Earth is now ruled by sentient apes just like the planet from which he has fled (this is where his story on paper ends). He immediately leaves Earth in his ship, writes his story, places it in a bottle, and launches it into space for someone to find. It is at this point in the story that we discover that Jinn and Phyllis, the couple who found the bottle, are chimpanzees. Jinn and Phyllis dismiss Ulysse's story, saying that a human would not have the intelligence.

I am trying to imagine watching this movie while on vacation in Banding Perak, a spectacular resort. It is all about a group challenging another group, a species trying to outclass another species for power and greed. Of course there will be fire and arson. And humanity is burning to ashes. Lets go to Banding to save whats left of Humanity.



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ELIZABETH WONG WITH MALAYSIAKINI: Why Anwar accused BN

Lets play games and relate as much as we can to the current political turmoil. Could it be Rugby, when both sides were at dead lock with scrum? Could it be Bowling when one pin pushes the rest and fall flat at the edge? Could it be Netball when a girl toss the ball high with scientific projectile, hoping it will wobble and squeeze neatly into the basket. Or could it be Golf, when one does not play against any clear opponents but has only him/herself to swing and to putt into a little hole?

While modern Matahari is still lurking doing double sword job, how sure can we be to explain the multiple checkmates in a single frame of political chess.

As Anwar warned media to lay off elizabeth wong scandal [or rather bad luck] and described the circulation of photographs as BN's job, Najib has something to say, while Iskandar a PAS exco look at economical espionage or arm twisting as a possible clue.

Anwar hinted at BN
for Elizabeth bedroom exposure.

On Tuesday, opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had described the circulation of Wong's photographs as a by-product of a bigger BN conspiracy to destroy PKR.
Anwar also slammed BN leaders by saying that they had no right to talk about morality and singled out Najib.

Meanwhile Najib put it as,

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said Pakatan Rakyat was just pointing fingers at BN without any proof."They have accused BN, but what evidence do they have? I didn't even know about the incident until it surfaced. "If they want to accuse us, do it with proof and evidence. Do not simply accuse us," he said after chairing the cabinet committee on the liberalisation of the services sector inaugural meeting at Parliament yesterday. [BN has nothing to do with Wong's predicament, says Najib New Straits Times ]

The third person,
unexpectedly a PAS guy,
put some sense in his opinion,

State executive council member from Pas, Iskandar Abdul Samad, yesterday dismissed allegations that Barisan Nasional was involved in the circulation of Elizabeth Wong's photographs. Iskandar, who is Housing, Building Management and Squatters Committee chairman, said this despicable act was not only due to political but also monetary motivation. The Selangor Pas deputy commissioner (III) said the distribution of the photographs may be the work of disgruntled developers who were not satisfied when the state government banned development on class three and four hillslopes. [Selangor Pas: BN not behind despicable act New Straits Times]

I had been guessing, it is something of arm twisting manipulative action, for both political and economical purpose. This is nothing new. Matahari had done it. Anwar had a few secrets himself, best kept in his own chest, on what is political and economical arm twisting all about. He will not tell secrets.

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RECESSION WITH MALAYSIAKINI: Spain, officially declared.

Spain officially in recession

MADRID (AFP)

Spain officially entered recession in the last quarter of 2008, when its once-booming economy shrank 1.0 percent as the global financial crisis accelerated a slowdown in the property market, official data showed Wednesday.

The National Statistics Institute (INE) confirmed its own provisional figures published on February 12 that showed Europe's fifth-largest economy is in its first recession since 1993.

Gross Domestic Product shrank by 0.2 percent in the third quarter of 2008 from the second. Recession is widely defined as two quarters running of contraction of the economy.

The economy expanded by 1.2 percent during all of 2008, a sharp slowdown from the expansion of 3.7 percent in the previous year, the INE said.

Formerly one of the eurozone's chief engines of economic growth and job creation, Spain suffered an abrupt change of fortunes last year when the global financial crisis hastened a correction that was already underway in its key real estate sector, once the engine its decade-long economic boom.

The slump reflects a downturn elsewhere in the European Union.

The economy of the 15 nations that share the euro contracted by a record 1.5 percent in the final quarter of 2008, while the EU as a whole joined it in recession, the EU's statistical office said on Friday.

The INE said consumer spending plunged further, from a seasonally adjusted drop of 0.2 percent in the third quarter to a fall of 2.3 percent in the fourth.

Exports plummeted 7.9 percent in the fourth quarter on a 12-month basis, after growing 1.5 percent in the third.

Imports fell 13.2 percent in the last three months of year, compared to an drop of 2.0 percent in the previous quarter.

The Socialist government, which had long predicted a slowdown in growth but no contraction, last month slashed its forecast for the economy for this year to a decline of 1.6 percent from the previous figure of 1.0 percent growth.

It has responded with an 11-billion-euro (14-billion-dollar) infrastructure plan to create over 300,000 jobs, mainly through 31,000 public works projects across the country.

Spain's unemployment rate hit 13.9 percent in the last quarter of 2008, the highest in the 27-nation European Union, and the government expects it will rise to 15.9 percent this year before starting to gradually decline.

[Spain officially in recession
AFP ]

POLITICS WITH MALAYSIAKINI: Fire and arson in Perak

Posted for later reference. I know fire is burning.

Speaker bars Zambry,
excos from assembly sittings.

The star
Feb 18,2009 6.44pm


Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar has barred Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir from from attending all State Assembly sittings for 18 months

Dr Zambry's six exco members have been barred for 12 months, Sivakumar said on Wednesday.

Sivakumar said this after an inquiry before him and the Special Privileges Committee on Wednesday to give statements on complaints that their appointments were unconstitutional. [Perak speaker bars Zambry, excos from assembly sittings
Malaysia Star, Malaysia]

Arson

Arson is a crime - a felony. It is believed that arson is much more prevalent than statistics indicate because there is a less than perfect system for reporting fires and their causes. Statistics, no matter how incomplete, do indicate that arson is one of the nation’s most expensive crimes against property; and it frequently results in injuries, sometimes in deaths.

But here in Perak, there are political fire and arson at work! Who will be hauled up to court? In the end, who will contain the fire within the racial perimeter before things go beyond control. Or nobody cares? I hate to see the composition of the committee that had passed the decision. Racial lines may be broken if we are too careless or too calculative.

ELIZABETH WONG WITH MALAYSIAKINI: personal, security and political issue

This is a difficult issue. Anwar has called media to lay off the Bukit Lanjan assemblywoman Elizabeth Wong. This statement from Anwar as reported by Straits Times catch my eyes;

"There are so many murder and other criminal cases that have yet to be resolved. The police have yet to act on Arumugam's report which was made three months ago. The police report (Wong's) was only made yesterday, so what's the rush,"

"This (Wong's case) is a personal matter that involves a boyfriend. Her boyfriend does not come under my work jurisdiction," said Anwar. [Lay off Elizabeth Wong, Anwar tells media
New Straits Times]

Matahari
Matahari was a legend when we talk about spy and espionage. The background was World War 1. Lets read a bit on Matahari;

Mata Hari was at best a novice spy who was likely scapegoated to give the French people a cause to rally around. This dynamic was an early indicator of the rabid love-hate fascination we have with celebrities. Mata Hari was executed for her audacity. She flagrantly carried on open affairs throughout her career with dignitaries such as the French Foreign Minister, the German Secretary of War and Crown Prince Wilhelm II.

Mata Hari became famous by dancing with such daring eroticism that from her debut in 1905, she was in demand across the continent. She also honed her skills and it was only when her looks began to fade in her thirties and young rivals, imitating her style, did she find herself without Europe coiled tightly around her finger.

She got caught in the middle of an elaborate game of military chess where she thought she could outplay the masters and charm her way through. Though it’s still contested, she likely attended a top secret espionage academy in Germany trained by Fraulein Doktor, another legendary female spy.

Evidences in the form of photographs and recordings had been used to manipulate. A private investigator engaged by a wife to follow on her husband, may use the evidence to screw handsome bucks out of the guy. We see such things in movie. And Matahari does not have to a woman, it can be a boyfriend, a guy or an old man but the effect is just the same, a disruption, a vicious manipulation!

To pull strings, to manipulate another country both for political and economical reasons, similar tactics can be used. Even though Anwar mentioned it as just something very private, but the very same intrusion of privacy can be used for manipulation. Just imagine Anwar being a Prime Minister being threatened by lucid photographs in the hand of bad guys. Sovereignty could be at stake! National Security is never a personal matter! Elizabeth Wong resignation is a good and honourable gesture and should be seen in this light.

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MALAYSIAKINI: April: The tale of two hills and the duo

Tale of two hills; Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau will be made known in April and so will the fate of UTK duo.


Altantuya murder case:
UTK duo to know their fate on April 9


Police special action squad (UTK) personnel Chief Insp Azilah Hadri and Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar who are charged with murdering Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibu, will know their fate on April 9.

High court judge Mohd Zaki Md Yasin fixed the date to deliver his decision at the end of defence case, after hearing submissions from both prosecution and defence teams.

(The defence team made their submission on Monday while prosecution submitted on Tuesday)

DPP Manoj Kurup today submitted that the prosecution has proven beyond reasonable doubt the guilt of the two accused, warranting a conviction on the murder charge of murder, in pursuance of a common intention.

"The several strands of circumstantial evidence that the prosecution has painstakingly proved have remained unrebutted, unexplained and unanswered by both accused in this case."

"The combined strength of those strands of evidence when twisted together has formed two ropes, strong enough to hang each accused person," he added.

"The two sets of defence (one by each of the accused) has not only failed to raise any reasonable doubts on the prosecution’s case with respect to the guilt of each accused, (but) it is clear that each accused is trying to blame the other for the murder," said Manoj.

"What is proven beyond peradventure is that both accused took the victim away that fateful night of Oct 19. Now they turn against each other. The fact remains: the victim was never seen alive after that," said Manoj, adding that the two accused made bare denials.

"Azilah submitted a defence of alibi before the trial. (But) Azilah did not dare to call his so-called alibi witnesses and Sirul did not dare to testify under oath," he said.

"Azilah's evidence, for want of a better word, was bare denial at its sublime best," he said, adding taht Azilah claimed that he was not the last person to be with Altantuya on the night of Oct 19.

"In fact, Azilah claimed it was Sirul, who was with Altantuya leaving Bukit Aman on the fateful night, " said Manoj who also submitted that the call logs (telephone communications) showed the movement of Azilah on the night of incident.

He said it showed a logical progression towards the crime scene and back, as was the prosecution’s case all along, and nothing said by Azilah in his defence had cast any doubt on that position.

"What we have is nothing but bare denials of the movements by Azilah from Bukit Aman onwards on the night of Oct 19," said Manoj, adding that the call logs negate not just any probable, but any possible alibi of Azilah.

"Where is the alibi defence of Azilah?," asked Manoj.

"By failing to call alibi witnesses, Azilah lost the chance of casting a reasonable doubt on the prosecution’s case," he added.

Manoj submitted that Azilah's testimony under oath was "littered with inconsistencies, discrepancies and improbabilities" that only one inference is possible from it, that is, "Azilah is spinning a yarn."

He submitted that the finding of Altantuya's jewellery and watch, the presence of the deceased’s DNA on the inside of Sirul’s jacket and the finding of bloodstains on the slippers taken together completely, demolishes Sirul’s statement that he had nothing to do with the murder of the deceased.

He said Sirul had no rational explanation as to how he knew the jewellery and the watch were in his jacket, hanging in the wardrobe of his house.

"He had no rational explanation as to how these items got there in the first place. All he had was the convenient ‘police frame-up’ excuse."

"It is respectfully submitted that not only was there not an iota of evidence suggesting a frame-up, there was also absolutely no reason shown as why the police would want to do something so despicable to one of their own kind," said Manoj, adding that "the defence of the two accused persons, begs questions, but answers none."

Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda had been charged for abetting Azilah and Sirul, but was earlier acquitted by the court. [Altantuya murder case: UTK duo to know their fate on April 9
The Sun Daily ]

By elections: 7th April 2009

The by-elections for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat and Bukit Selambau state seat will be held simultaneously, with nominations held on March 29 and polling on April 7. [By-elections: Nomination on March 29, polling April 7
Malaysia Star, Malaysia]

MAAF KIJEY GA IN MALAYSIAKINI: Elizabeth Wong of Bukit Lanjan

I flick through Urdu phrases, and for sorry, Urdu phrases it out as MAAF KIJEY GA.

I never enjoy watching home-made videos of lingamgate. I hate intrusion into somebody's privacy. A young visitor took out his video camera and shot lingam on phone. I never made an attempt to watch soi lek's. Now it is Elizabeth's turn. Lets not talk about her photos, it is never a good thing to talk about. But it does bring an avalanche of events in months to come.

Elizabeth, maaf kijey ga.

Elizabeth Wong
Offers To Resign

Feb 17 2009
Bernama

Elizabeth Wong, who has been thrust into controversy following the release of her nude photographs, has offered to resign as Selangor state executive councillor and Bukit Lanjan state assemblyman.

Wong told news a conference today that she would discuss with Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim arrangements for the handover of her responsibilities.

Wong, 37, is the state executive councillor in charge of tourism, consumer affairs and environment.

-- BERNAMA

For those who think Bernama is not worth reading, can always click on more trustworthy news points:
Tearful Wong quits over nude pix
The Malaysian Insider, Malaysia
Nude pix of Exco take dirty fight to new depths
The Malaysian Insider, Malaysia
Politicians unite in sympathy for Wong
The Edge Daily, Malaysia
When private matters become public knowledge
The Edge Daily, Malaysia
Elizabeth offers to quit, Anwar to announce decision at 2 pm
Malaysia Today, Malaysia


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SELANGOR WITH MALAYSIAKINI: MB dan Sultan Shafaruddin

Khalid has said the right thing in the right tone....

Selangor MB Agrees With Sultan's Views

SHAH ALAM, Feb 14 (Bernama) -- Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim today said he agreed with the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah's reminder for the people to think carefully before resorting to actions which challenged the rights, role and position of the rulers as guaranteed under the Federal Constitution.

"I agree with the Sultan of Selangor's views in reminding the people that the federal constitutional system and state constitutional system are the constitutional monarchy system.

"The Sultan has given a clear message to the people on acceptable ways and decorum in communicating and interacting with the rulers or palace," Khalid told reporters after handing over the prizes to winners of Stage 6 of the Le Tour de Langkawi cycling event, here, today.

Khalid was asked about the Selangor Sultan's statement yesterday in which the Sultan expressed sadness and disappointment over what he regarded as rudeness towards the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, following the ruler's consent for the formation of a new Perak state government recently.

The Selangor Sultan also reminded the people not to be misled by those who were willing to take high risks through their display of rudeness, treachery, arrogance, ignorance of knowledge and lust for power.

Umno vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the Sultan's statement and sadness and disappointment over what happened in Perak would surely be shared by the other rulers, while the opposition's actions had also gone against the spirit of the Perak State Constitution and Federal Constitution.

"The position of the Malay rulers is stipulated in the constitution. So, loyal citizens should respect their decisions like that made by the Perak Sultan, and not resort to actions which can tarnish the image and dignity of the rulers," he said after officiating at a golf championship organised by the International Trade and Industry Ministry, here, today.

When asked about DAP chairman Karpal Singh's view that his move to sue the Perak Sultan was allowed under the law and that the ruler was aware of it, Muhyiddin said it was Karpal's personal opinion.

"We all know that the Perak Sultan is a former Lord President and this fact cannot be belittled. The Sultan would know how to interpret the provisions in Perak State Constitution, which allows him to use his discretion.

In JOHOR BAHARU, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said people should take note of the Selangor Sultan's views over rude behaviour such as the unruly street demonstrations in protest of the Perak Sultan's decision.

He said every citizen of this country, especially the political leaders, should realise that the country had a constitution and that they should respect the rule of law.

"As leaders, we should understand the constitution better. We must separate emotions from the law. If we act on emotions, it is not good for the country," he said when launching a carnival organised by an association of owners of gas-powered vehicles, here, today.

On the arrest of four Umno leaders, including supreme council member Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo for taking part in a demonstration against DAP chairman Karpal Singh yesterday, Shahrir said there should be no more street demonstrations.

"The police need to disperse demonstrators if they only serve to up the tension. A politician taking part in a street demonstration should face the risk of being place in a police lock-up," he said.

Meanwhile, the Cheras Umno division will send a memorandum to the Conference of Malay Rulers on Monday to appeal for the convening of a special meeting "to discuss the actions of certain groups of late which threaten the country's constitutional monarchy system".

Division head Datuk Syed Ali AlHabshee said in Kuala Lumpur that the special meeting was necessary as these groups had displayed insolent behaviour and were testing the patience of the Malays over the rights and authority of the Malay rulers.

Speaking to reporters after a gathering to show loyalty to the rulers held at the Cheras Recreation Centre today, Syed Ali said insolence was clearly demonstrated by DAP chairman Karpal Singh's move to sue the Perak Sultan over the appointment of Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir as the new Perak Menteri Besar.

He called for stern action to be taken against the DAP leader, including invoking the Internal Security Act.

-- BERNAMA

Selangor MB Agrees With Sultan's Views
Bernama

TIANANMEN 1989 WITH MALAYSIAKINI: What, When,Who, How and Why

I suppose things
that happen within social and political fabric end up the way we are today, and the world we live in. China has such a large population running to billions when ours has not pass 30 million mark.

For such a large country we thought, they are very much familiar with diversities; either in accent, langguage or political inclination. But they are not. As any other eastern countries, when defiance went too far, and has the explosive potential disrupting everything within sight, any decisive positive interception is acceptable.

I dare not paste photos of 1989 Tianamen Square. But to satisfy the curiosity of the younger ones, defiance and stand off had been dealt with in a blitz back then. It is not the blood that we should shudder. It is what China would be without Tianament 1989 as an important historical insert. [Beijing 1989 , Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 , Epoch Times | Tiananmen Massacre 89 ].

I find it difficult to articulate this and see far beyond the horizon for Malaysian perspective. I would rather keep it for a while.


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DIALOGUE WITH MALAYSIAKINI: Anwar ibrahim in Doha

I have been searching
for Anwar's whereabout, and today I had a glimpse of his bit in the news. So he is having a dialogue then, on a higher plane kind of thing.


‘Path of dialogue’ the way forward

By Sarmad Qazi

Indyk, Rumaihi and Grand speaking to the media yesterday

Renewed emphasis on solving problems by embarking on the path of sincere dialogue and identifying the real challenges and ways to tackle them was laid by speakers of a session at the sixth US-Islamic World Forum that began in Doha yesterday.

A highly-distinguished panel comprising former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, US CentCom commander David Petraeus and Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih took part in the session ‘Common challenges: Addressing together emerging global issues’ – the theme of this year’s dialogue efforts.
Credited with introducing into the US foreign policy the idea that if the US were going to be a superpower, it must be a responsible state, Albright began by saying that the path of dialogue was the right one.

The national and religious identities, according to her were important to each individual, “but such identity must be indeed compatible with their greater roles”.
And while “in the Middle East the ideologues have tried for decades to instigate violence and hatred by insisting that they were the only virtuous people” they had failed.
“The right response to wrong is the pursuit of justice. And it is this difference between the people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan who strive for that,” Albright said while admitting the situation remains “fragile” in Iraq and the war “drags on” in Afghanistan.

Malaysian Parliamentarian Ibrahim, who is perhaps known best for his stance against corruption, had a more pragmatic approach when he raised the question of whether the US could or would find a credible partner in the Muslim World, which according to him was “suffering from chronic poverty and sham regimes”.

“You have judiciaries under siege, oppressive governments and no opposition, tightly controlled media and lack of civil institutions,” Ibrahim said while adding it was the Muslim governments that needed to offer opportunities to the aspirations of the people rather than “put all their hopes on the US.”

“We should, therefore, start within ourselves. And if there are to be fruitful negotiations, they must proceed on a premises that no religion has a monopoly on universal human values,” he added.

The man who first identified the structure of counter-insurgency in Iraq, and to a relative degree held it by the horns, General Petraeus spoke about an emerging architecture of security he referred to as ‘networks’.
“The relationship that makes up this security network is based on regional interests (anti-piracy, anti-narcotics etc),” the senior military official said.

While at it, he identified a multi-layered, yet interconnected security architecture that countries can or already are forming together beginning with: regional and international training network, equipment and development of infrastructure, information sharing (intelligence, common operating systems), leader engagement and finally the actual operational network.

“I call it a network as it allows us to see the model at a regional security (or bloc-like) level,” he added.
“The volume and quality of co-operation in this region is impressive and continues to grow as well which can address the global trans-national threats,” he noted.

Iraq then became the focal point, with the country’s deputy prime minister, Barham Salih, a Kurd, emphasising on the “successful transition” that the country is making, however “painful and slow”.
“Iraq has vigorously confronted many of the issues this forum hopes to tackle. The country sits on the intersection of so many Islamic divides. The transition in Iraq has been difficult but one must recognise the remarkable achievements,” Salih said.

According to him, the fact that US intervention in Iraq has polarised the Muslim World and much of the US as well, it is now emerging as a democratic state thanks to a recent election that have been hailed as a success across the world.

‘Path of dialogue’ the way forward
Gulf Times, Qatar

RECESSION WITH MALAYSIAKINI: Community gardening

WALES:
Long waits for plot allotment
growing take off

by Ben Glaze

PEOPLE in Wales hoping to grow their own vegetables could have to wait until 2018 to secure an allotment, an investigation reveals today.

Nearly 3,000 green-fingered residents want a patch at 366 council-run sites across the nation as cash-strapped shoppers seek to provide their own food during the recession.

All plots operated by Welsh local authorities, totalling more than 7,000, are taken, with 86 residents in Monmouthshire facing between a three and nine-year wait to start growing their own turnips, carrots and potatoes.

Today’s figures were uncovered by Plaid Cymru Sustainability spokeswoman Leanne Wood, who tends an allotment in the Rhondda Valleys.

The South Wales Central AM said last night: “I’ve spoken to allotment holders and people on waiting lists for allotments all over Wales.

“Councils are supposed to provide enough allotment land, yet these figures show that there is growing demand which most councils are failing to satisfy.

“Local food growing has so many benefits: People get good exercise, good quality cheap food and it enables us to stay in close contact with nature, which has benefits in terms of mental health.

“The climate crisis adds further impetus to expand local food growing projects. Plaid has campaigned for more growing land for our communities for some time, and these figures show the need to continue that campaign.”

The flourishing popularity of farmers’ markets and organic produce across Wales has sparked interest in allotment owning and renting.

They cost about £25 a year to rent. But despite rising demand, just four of Wales’ 22 local authorities plan to increase allotment provision in their counties.

Ms Wood said: “Local food growing has a proud history in Wales, but at the moment it is disorganised and lacks a clear focus.

“I am calling for the Welsh Assembly Government to put together and fund a national strategy for local food. A good start would be a dedicated member of staff in each authority who could co-ordinate local food growing and organise community gardening projects.

“We could then promote allotment gardening and teach young people how to produce food and work with the land.”

Plaid-run Caerphilly council plans more allotments at Ystrad Mynach, and Cardiff, which has the biggest waiting list with more than 800 allotment enthusiasts queuing for two years for plots, included greater provision in its development plan, while Bridgend, Conwy, Newport and Pembrokeshire were considering allocating extra space.

The Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen, Powys, Flintshire and Neath Port Talbot councils ruled out creating more provision.

In Swansea, where 400 residents wanting one of the council’s 335 plots can wait for up to seven years, the council failed to disclose any plans it has to provide more.

Radio 2’s resident allotment expert Terry Walton, who has a regular slot on Jeremy Vine’s BBC Radio2 lunchtime phone-in and tends a patch in Rhondda, said: “We need people with placards to picket council offices demanding more allotments.

“Demand has completely outstripped what has been available for many years and most local authorities are sitting on their hands and doing nothing.

“Where there are these enormous waiting lists, people should pressurising councils into providing more.”

Mr Walton, who has had an allotment for 52 years, has noticed the changing demographics of allotment-tending over the past five decades.

“It’s more of a family affair now, it’s no longer the flat cap brigade aged over 65,” he said.

“A lot of younger people have got fed up with supermarket prices and want to grow organic produce, going back to the countryside idea.”

[Long waits for plots as allotment growing takes off
WalesOnline, United Kingdom]

DAP WITH MALAYSIAKINI: something worth reading

I dont realise
that some of us do find Bernama, NST and the Star not worth reading. In younger days when I read almost anything, there were only Utusan, Berita, Strait Times and the Star available. Harakah came much later. Watan was interesting to read, also came later. Malaymail cant penetrate the deeper part of malay community.

That's how rural kids live and survived. It must be due to those newspaper, that the rural kids like me see the outside world beyond the rambutan trees and the parits and sungais. There were so much info to know. Richer kids then, can always flick through Encyclopedia their dads bought them. Somehow we get wiser the same....

Therefore I venture into malaysian insider. I dont know if this is worth reading. Or some of us, go too far with politics, shunning anything related to the other party. But the worst danger is to associate government agencies as within the governing political party. We may have problem with police, the army, the hospitals and even the schools, when we do that.

After Perak Letdown,
DAP goes on the stump.


The Malaysian Insider
by Kuppusamy

Within days of losing Perak to Barisan Nasional, the DAP has dusted off its old playbook, and has begun a series of dinners and rallies to whip up support from the party faithful as it comes under attack from its political rivals.

Party leaders are using these rallies to explain the DAP's and Pakatan Rakyat's position and stand, as well as to explain what happened in Perak.

The party faithful and curious members of the public have been packing these gatherings wall to wall. [After Perak letdown, DAP goes on the stump]

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PKR WITH MALAYSIAKINI: eying Negeri Sembilan

Just a short one,

to fill up spaceless time. There are quarters who love to see Negeri Sembilan kneel and succumb to the sweetest seduction. PKR cant be serious in going for the big one?, taking state by state?

2. There were days when perceptions run wild and bring about the most wicked in man and woman. While PKR thrives on the seemingly poor performance of Dato Seri Abdullah, they cant expect perceptions to stay warm and nice.

3. PKR has shown its true colour. The phrase "biar pape asal bergaye" made popular by folks in Bota, is still short of summing up the colour spectrum of PKR. Sarawak was flooded but Anwar cant squeeze more time to show his concern. Perak is well polished and the glitters are blinding. Lets rest for a while, in a democratic punctuation. Because the court is calling for another case.

4. Lets forget Negeri Sembilan for a while, because Mohamad Hasan has learned the hardest lesson, and he is coming stronger and definitely wiser!



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KESALAHAN DENGAN MALAYSIAKINI: Anwar patut sedar

Sewajarnya Perdana Menteri menegur Anwar tentang ketelanjurannya. Anwar sudah terlajak perahu namun bukan mustahil untuk berundur. Orang sudah mampu kini melihat disebalik kaca yang berkilau itu, orang melayu seharusnya serik ditipu.

2. Bukan sedikit yang tertipu dengan cerita rakyat Baling mati kebuluran zaman Anwar mengacah-acah dengan stailnya. Waktu Nizar diminta untuk terus bertahan dirumah bagai benteng terakhir, ramai kini menilai semula politics of defiance stail Anwar. Benteng rumah tidak cukup kuat untuk bertahan, jika dirujuk kes Anwar dan kes Allahyarham Dato Harun Idris.

3. Kata-kata Perdana Menteri sangat lembut dan halus. Kita belum pasti jiwa Anwar yang resah dan bergelora mampu memahami secebis ayat-ayat pemimpin senegeri.

Anwar patut sedar kesalahan – PM

Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim patut sedar peranannya dalam kekacauan politik yang berlaku di Perak adalah satu kesalahan di sisi Perlembagaan negara.

Justeru Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) itu perlu menggunakan kebijaksanaannya untuk memutuskan sama ada beliau perlu meminta maaf atau tidak kepada Sultan Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menegaskan, Anwar perlu memahami bahawa rakyat dan pelbagai pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) marah dengan sikap lepas tangan beliau dalam insiden tersebut.

“Anwar perlu faham yang dia telah lakukan satu kesalahan. Kalau tidak... tentulah NGO tidak mengambil pendirian seperti yang kita baca di surat khabar dan ia satu perkara yang perlu kita faham,” katanya.

Abdullah bercakap kepada pemberita selepas melawat Kem Iskandar sempena majlis penganugerahan Beret Hijau Kehormat kepadanya di sini hari ini.

Perdana Menteri mengulas desakan pemimpin NGO yang mahukan Anwar memohon maaf kepada Sultan Perak dan seluruh rakyat kerana menjadi dalang sebenar yang mencetuskan penentangan terhadap institusi raja secara terbuka.

Presiden Gagasan Melayu Perak (GMP), Datuk Seri Hilmi Ismail berkata, kekalutan politik di Perak berpunca daripada projek 16 September yang dilancarkan oleh Anwar untuk menumbangkan kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) melalui kaedah lompat parti.

Dalam hal ini, Perdana Menteri berkata, terpulang kepada Anwar untuk bertindak tetapi beliau perlu memahami kesalahan tersebut adalah besar di sisi Perlembagaan negara. bernama.[Anwar patut sedar kesalahan – PM]

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OH NO WITH MALAYSIAKINI: DAP, PKR and PAS break-up

DAP-PAS-PKR Pact
On Verge Of Break-up?

By Ahmad Fuad Yahya
and Syed Azwan Syed Ali

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 (Bernama) -- Barely a year after the DAP, PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) pact took over the administration of four states, their leaders appear to be embroiled in a myriad of disagreements.

The relationship between DAP and PAS is already on the rocks, following the latter's proposal to introduce the Hudud law (Islamic penal code), which the DAP made no attempt to hide its displeasure, with PKR taking the middle ground.

A rift has now erupted between DAP chairman Karpal Singh and Pakatan de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over the former's bid to take legal action against the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, over the appointment of Perak's new menteri besar.

Anwar disagreed with the move, saying Pakatan does not want to be seen as going against the Rulers' institution.

In a rare outburst, Karpal Singh told a news conference last Sunday that Anwar should repent and resign as the Pakatan leader as his party-hopping politics had cost Pakatan the state government in Perak.

The DAP veteran, who is Bukit Gelugor member of parliament, also hit out at DAP strongmen Lim Kit Siang and secretery-general Lim Guan Eng for supporting Anwar's brand of politics.

Pakatan has distanced itself from Karpal's bid to file a suit against the Sultan of Perak, saying he was doing so in his personal capacity and (the suit) had nothing to do with Pakatan.

Former Perak menteri besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said it was up to Karpal whether to proceed with the legal action, and that he (Nizar) had no knowledge of it.

Yesterday, Mohammad Nizar filed an application in the Kuala Lumpur High Court, seeking a declaration that he was still the rightful menteri besar of Perak and to bar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, who was appointed menteri besar on Feb 6, from discharging his duties.

Karpal's remarks highlighted Anwar's role in triggering the country's political conundrum at the moment.

The prolonged political crisis in Perak and the court action by Mohammad Nizar and the DAP have diverted public attention from the fact that the whole crisis could be traced back to Anwar.

Immediately after the 12th general election in March, Anwar declared that Pakatan would form the federal government on Sept 16, because 31 of 140 Barisan Nasional (BN) members of parliament would defect to the opposition pact, thus enabling it to form the government with a simple majority.

But Anwar's political game proved to be self-defeating as in the end, Pakatan lost the Perak state government through defections when four of its assemblymen quit their respective parties and declared support to the BN.

Now, leaders like Karpal are questioning Anwar's credibility as Pakatan's de facto leader.

"He (Anwar) is like one who casts a stone and hides his hands," political analyst Prof Dr Ahmad Atory Hussein said in an interview over TV3.

Anwar, who is Permatang Pauh MP, seeks to downplay Karpal's outburst, saying it was a personal view and that their relationship was intact.

But it remains to be seen if Anwar could continue to be a leader acceptable to DAP, PKR and PAS, and if party-hopping would continue to be part of the pact's political game plan.

In the meantime, the fall-out from Pakatan's downfall in Perak has triggered speculation that several assemblymen in Kedah and Selangor would also join the BN, with the possibility of Pakatan losing both state governments, looming like a overcast sky.

The simultaneous by-elections for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat in Perak and Bukit Selambau state seat in Kedah on April 7, would be a bitter test for Pakatan's survival under Anwar's leadership.

Can Pakatan retain the two seats they won in the last general election?

Should the results favour the BN, would there be more calls for Anwar to step down?

-- BERNAMA

DAP-PAS-PKR Pact On Verge Of Break-up?
Bernama, Malaysia

REALITI MALAYSIAKINI: Geert Wilders, Karpal, dan Anwar

Britain mengusir MP Belanda, yang telah dikecam kerana menghina Islam. Keadaan ini mengingatkan satu fakta lama iaitu kedaulatan sesebuah negara. Sarawak sering melaksanakan kaedah itu dengan mengusir pemimpin pelampau yang ingin masuk. Istilah manis ialah, mereka tidak diberi keizinan memasuki negeri itu.

2. Waktu ramai mendesak supaya Karpal dihalang memasuki Perak, saya sekadar menyoal diri sendiri, Karpal itukah yang merbahaya, atau adakah lagi pemimpin lain yang lebih bahaya dari itu. Saat Sultan Sharafuddin bertitah melahirkan kesedihan baginda terhadap perkembangan di negeri Perak, baginda menyentuh satu perkara;

Baru kita kenal mana satu intan, mana itu kaca.

[ Bak kata pepatah, ketika peristiwa sebegini berlaku, “barulah kita kenal siapa kaca siapa permata”. Malah dapat juga kita menyelami jati diri pihak-pihak tertentu yang “marahkan nyamuk, kelambu yang dibakar”.

Beta ingin menasihati dengan penuh keikhlasan dengan mengambil kira kepentingan masa depan agama, bangsa dan negara tercinta kita. Janganlah kita mudah terpedaya dengan gelagat serta tindakan yang hanya akan mencemarkan martabat kita, mengundang risiko yang tinggi terhadap kemajuan kita, serta menghakis asas-asas kedaulatan negara ini dengan sifat-sifat keji seperti biadab, derhaka, angkuh, jahil ilmu dan kemaruk kuasa.]

3. Pada saya Karpal bukan isu, yang paling bahaya adalah kaca yang selama ini disangka ramai sebagai Intan kerana kilaunya.


BRITAIN usir Ahli Parlimen Belanda

Utusan Malaysia
LONDON 13 Feb

Britain semalam mengusir ahli Parlimen Belanda yang telah dikecam kerana menghina Islam, Geert Wilders apabila beliau cuba memasuki negara ini.

Wilders yang telah mencetuskan kemarahan masyarakat Islam di negara ini menerusi filemnya, Fitna, dihantar pulang dengan menaiki sebuah pesawat penumpang, beberapa jam selepas ditahan oleh pegawai imigresen, setibanya beliau di Lapangan Terbang Heathrow di sini semalam.

Jabatan Dalam Negeri Britain mengumumkan bahawa Wilders dihantar pulang untuk menghalangnya daripada menyebarkan "mesej kebencian dan keganasan."

"Beliau tidak dibenarkan masuk. Sesiapa yang tidak dibenarkan memasuki United Kingdom (UK) akan ditahan dan dihantar pulang.

"Mereka tidak akan dibenarkan masuk ke UK," kata seorang jurucakap.

Setiausaha Luar, David Miliband yang mengaku beliau belum menonton filem tersebut memberitahu stesen Perbadanan Penyiaran British (BBC): "Filem berbaur kebencian yang bertujuan untuk mencetuskan kebencian agama dan kaum di negara ini adalah bercanggah dengan undang-undang kita."

Menteri Luar Belanda, Maxime Verhagen memberitahu rakan sejawatannya di Britain dalam satu perbualan telefon semalam bahawa The Hague "amat kesal" dengan pengusiran Wilders itu.

Ahli Parlimen tersebut telah dijemput untuk menayangkan filemnya selama 17 minit itu di House of Lords iaitu dewan tertinggi Parlimen Britain.

Fitna menyamakan Islam dengan fahaman Nazi dan menggandingkan imej-imej serangan 11 September di Amerika Syarikat (AS) dengan gambar al-Quran.

Ia telah digambarkan sebagai "filem anti-Islam yang sangat menyinggung perasaan" oleh Setiausaha Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB), Ban Ki-moon.

Wilders, 45, yang bakal dibicarakan di Belanda kerana mencetuskan kebencian dan diskriminasi terhadap penduduk Islam, ialah pemimpin parti pelampau berhaluan kanan, Parti bagi Kebebasan (PVV) yang memenangi sembilan kerusi dalam Parlimen Belanda. - AFP

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ON MORALITY WITH MALAYSIAKINI: as Karpal pokes Anwar

Months ago
a blogger friend joked about organic gardening, something i am passionate about. Why not?.. We cant be passionate on exactly the same thing, the same hobby or the same husband or wife ... We are meant to be different, echoing the uniqueness of our very thumbprints. Some love drawing, music, shopping, sewing and reading, but some love lazying around doing nothing ... haha. Some save money to the grave, but some spend beyond means.

2. Thats how it goes with life, taking our own path and somewhere and somehow bump into each other along the timeline. But life is not too random as the Brownian motion taught by teachers decades ago. Life is not necessarily playing hide and seek as regulars at Genting Highland toss fate and luck like dice.

3. The difficulty lies as persons interact, hitting belief and passion against one another. Once we cant compromise there is a danger of taking everything, the belief and the passion along with herds, crowds and gangs. Then there will be war!

4. Politics fall within the same wicked boundary. I suppose what guides us are values; both universal and religous. Somewhere along the long fence that contains us safe, there is an element called morality.

5. When Anwar sang the song "masyarakat madani", morality was inserted nicely in the chorus, becoming his tagline, his awesome battle cry. He said it out nicely like a guru we never come across. He steal the show from time to time. He painted Cronyism and Nepotism black and dirty. He cursed every business transaction as trade off for corruption. A guru on morality so to speak.

6. Then came the dateline of September 16. He can only emerge as champion through defections. He failed so far, but 2 weeks ago, there was a silver lining in the sky at BOTA. He smiled, grinned and the whole house rejoiced, Hadi included. It is a crusade! A crusade for power sidelining the more imminent issue of morality.

7. The journey changes course, and as they steer up north, missing a rock or two, there just a kilometer away, an impending collision is in full sight. A royal collision. Anwar befriended men from all walk of life, he should by now understand the meaning of Royal Flush as he gambles away.

8. But Karpal put a big black boulder in front of him. The boulder has this inscript printed bold and big.... MORALITY!



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