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Why the MACC Announced that There is Evidence on Khalid?

well, ever wonder why MACC was so willingly to announce to the public that there is evidence on Khalid being corrupted ?  Well, it’s because Barisan Nasional caught hold of MACC Director’s boss.  Well, not actually catching his balls but catching the balls of his fucking pilot son-in-law who flies for MAS.  That fucking pilot’s name is Ahmad Said. See the 12th Feb 2008 news.  Well, apparently he is still flying for fucking MAS.

see also http://anuarhashim.com/?p=219

Tuesday February 12, 2008

‘Porn pilot’ ‘under probe

By TEH ENG HOCK

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysia Airlines (MAS) pilot, who was caught and fined for importing child pornography in Adelaide, has been relieved of flying duties to facilitate an internal enquiry by the national carrier.

In a statement, MAS group human resources senior general manager Effendi Abdul Rahman said:

“We are first conducting an internal enquiry into this matter. Based on the findings, any further action taken will be in accordance with the MoU between Malaysia Airlines and the Malaysia Airlines Pilots Association (MAPA).”

The pilot, who was identified by Australian news portals ABC News and the Adelaide Advertiser as Ahmad Said, 25, was arrested by Customs officers at the Adelaide International Airport last Thursday after they found three video files containing child pornography in his laptop.

ABC News said that when the pilot arrived at the airport, he told them he did not have anything to declare.

But when Customs officers searched his laptop, they found the child video files.

The Adelaide Advertiser reported that the videos were titled “Reped Virgin”, “10-Year Old” and “High School Students.”

His lawyer told the court that Ahmad had been e-mailed the video files and had not shown them to anyone else.

“He was simply reckless, this was not material brought in to be disseminated,” lawyer Stephen Barratt had told the Adelaide court.

20 Corruption Cases of Khir Toyo

20 kes rasuah Khir Toyo

1. Meluluskan projek pembinajalan merentasi bendang termahal, di Sekinchan, sejauh 20.5 km,bernilai RM92.5 juta kepada kontraktor yang hampir disenaraihitamkan, Meram Holdings.

Menurut taksiran JKR, kos jalanitu tidak boleh melebihi RM50 juta. Subkontraktor yang menjalan semuaprojek berkenaan, Cabaran Wangsa, di miliki Pua Kim An, 27 tahun, tuanrumah yang pernah disewa oleh Khir, manakala seorang lagi pengarahsyarikat, Ahmad Tarmizi Tajjeury adalah kroni Khir yang juga mendapat100 ekar tanah yang memberi keuntungan minimum RM20 juta.

2. Meluluskan tanah 400 ekar diShah Alam, pada 20 Disember 2000 kepada empat syarikat berbeza (LayarKekal/ Tirai Gemilang, Samasys, Usahasewa Sdn Bhd), tetapi seorang namapengarahnya (Samsuri Rahmat) hadir dalam semua syarikat tersebut, iaituseolah- olah Khir meluluskan tanah berpontensi tinggi itu kepada seorangsahaja.

Nilai tanah di kawasanberkenaan boleh mencapai RM1 juta untuk satu ekar. Samsuri boleh untungminimum RM300 juta dari tanah tersebut.

3.Meluluskan tanah kepada kroninya secara berulang kali dalam tempoh masasingkat. Daripada hanya dua mesyuarat Exco Kerajaan Negeri yang diambilsecara rawak, iaitu pada 20 Nov. 2000 dan 4 Julai 2001,sekurang- kurangnya empat nama bertindan yang mendapat 100 ekar setiaporang, Ahmad Tarmizi Tajjeury, A.Rahman Mokhtar, Suzilawani Mustaphindan Ali Nordin. Semua mereka ada hubungan, sama ada dengan Khir ataupunSetpol, Dr Karim Mansor. Sebahagian tanah ini telah dijual, danpemiliknya boleh mengaut keuntungan RM200,000 seekar tanpa mengeluarkanmodal walaupun satu sen.

4. Meluluskan tanah seluas 50ekar setiap seorang kepada empat pemohon yang hanya baru berusia 20tahun (Ahmad Azmir, Noor Ashikin, Mardhiah, Azril Yusri).Salah seorangdarinya adalah anak pegawai Daerah Kuala Langat, di mana lokasi tanahitu dikesan. Difahamkan sebahagian anak-anak muda ini tidak tahu punyang mereka mendapat tanah berkenaan kerana mereka hanya penama bagipihak yang rapat dengan Khir. Mereka ini hanya menjadi pengarahsyarikat, tidak pun sampai 40 hari sebelum Exco meluluskan permohonanmereka. Beberapa syarikat terbabit dikenal pasti mempunyai pemegangsyer yang sama, yang terdiri dari dua wanita yang ketika permohonandiluluska n baru berumur 24 tahun.

5. Bagaimana Khir, pada bulanMac 2001, hanya selepas 5 bulan menjadi MB, boleh membayar semua bakipinjaman rumahnya sebanyak RM150,000 secara tunai kepada BBMB Kajang.Kalaupun beliau tidak membelanjakan langsung elaun MBnya, beliau tidakmampu membayar semua pinjamannya itu.Rumah itu juga diubahsuai dengankos yang besar, ini belum lagi dikira kos membina rumahnya sekarang diSimpang Lima, Tanjung karang, yang menelan belanja lebih RM300,000.

6. Menggunakan kuasa danpengaruhnya sebagai Pengerusi PKNS untuk mendapatkan sebidang tapakbanglo di Lot 14, Jalan 2/1G, Seksyen 2 Tambahan, Bandar Baru Bangidengan diskaun hebat, 50%. Khir berbohong di Dun Selangor pada 31Oktober 2001 apabila mendakwa beliau tidak membeli tanah itu, kononnyakerana tidak mampu dan dia juga menafikan pernah menerima dua tawarandari PKNS dengan harga yang berbeza-beza. Salinan pembayarannya telahdiperolehi.

7. Khir memberi sumbanganperibadiny a, berbentuk telur ayam, ayam dan peralatan sekolah kepadapengundi di kawasannya, di Sungai Panjang pada 25 Disember 2000.Nilainya hampir RM200 ribu. Apabila dipersoalkan dari mana sumberkewangannya, beliau, melalui akhbar Malay Mail pada 15 Januari 2001mendakwa sumbangan ayam diperolehi dari Lintang Bistari Sdn Bhd sebuahsyarikat bumiputera yang menurut Khir adalah syarikat ternakan ayamterbesar di Sungai Panjang. tinjauan menunjukkan bukan ayam atau rebantidak ada di kawasan berkenaan, malahan bulu dan tahi ayam pun tiada.

8. Pada 17-18 April 2001,meluluskan kawasan kayu balak Kompartment 78 Hutan Simpan Hulu Langatkepada Fungsi Mewah Sdn. Bhd, seluas lebih 1200 ekar. Fungsi Mewahdimiliki oleh Pua Kim Seng, adik Pua Kim An, yang mana rumahnyabersebelaha n rumah sewa Khir di Sekinchan dahulu. Pua Kim An jugadikesan mendapat tanah 100 ekar di Shah Alam. Keluarga Pua inimenyumbangkan dana kewangan yang besar kepada Khir semasa kempenpilihan raya 1999 dahulu.

9.Projek membekal dan memasangpaip air besi keluli MS1200mm, dari Semenyih ke Banting sejauh 37.3 km,bernilai RM82,385,182. . Projek ini terlalu mahal dari taksiran awal,yang tidak boleh melebihi RM40 juta. Dan jika sumber air diambil dariPekan Dengkil kemungkinan jaraknya dapat dipendekkan menjadi hanya 20km dan ini lebih menguntungkan. Ahli keluarga terdekat Khir didakwamendapat imbuhan berpuluh juta daripada kontraktor LBH Engineering.

10. Meluluskan konsesimembekalkan peralatan paip air untuk jabatan Bekalan Air Selangorkepada syarikat milik Naib Ketua Umno Tanjong Karang, JAKS Sdn Bhd.Harga paip JAKS 50% lebih tinggi daripada harga kilang.. Bayangkan,untuk 1 meter paip, harga JAKS adalah RM900 sedangkan harga kilanghanya RM600. Selangor mahu tukar 5,000 km paip,jadi berapa untung JAKS?

11. Meluluskan kawasan balak diKompatmen 78, Hutan Simpan Hulu Langat, seluas lebih 1,200 ekar kepadaFungsi Mewah, milik Pua Kim Seng, iaitu abang kepada Pua Kim Seng,bekas tuan rumah yang pernah disewa Khir di Sekinchan. Keluarga Pua inijuga mendapat kontrak membina jalan termahal (RM4.6 juta untuk1km)merentasi sawah padi daripada Meram Holdings, kontraktor yanghampir disenarai-hitamkan.

12. Khir membayar RM10,000sebulan bagi tapak banglonya, di Lot 14, Jalan 2/1G, Seksyen 2Tambahan, Bandar Baru Bangi, yang dibelinya daripada PKNS dengan hargadiskaun 50 peratus. Sumber pendapatannya dipertikai kerana sebelum inibeliau membayar tunai RM150,000 untuk selesaikan pinjaman rumahnya diKajang, selepas lima bulan menjadi MB.

13. Beliau mengarahkan PengarahJKR Selangor, melalui nota pensil (agar dapat dipadam jika timbulkontroversi kelak), agar menyerahkan projek yang membawa keuntunganlumayan kepada kontraktor kroni. Antara projek terbabit ialah pembinaanjalan di Sabak Bernam, masjid di Puchong Perdana, kem wataniah dankuaters kakitangan SUK di Shah Alam.

14. Khir mempunyai hubunganrapat dengan kontraktor yang memohon projek kerajaan negeri, misalnyabeliau bersama keluarga pernah bermalam di sebuah resort mewah di JandaBaik milik kroninya. Majulia Sdn.. Bhd. Ini bercanggah dengan suratakujanji yang ditandatanganinya di depan Sultan Selangor.

15. Menswastakan kutipantunggakan pembayaran ansuran bulanan rumah awam kos rendah seluruhSelangor kepada syarikat kroni, Noble Nexus Sdn Bhd melalui perjanjiankonsesi pada 27 September 2001. Untung lumayan dapat dipungut secaramudah kerana tugas Nobel Nexus hanya menghantar notis saman dan 30%kutipan menjadi miliknya.

16. Meluluskan pembeliankenderaan rasmi kepada Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor dan Menteri Besar(dirinya sendiri) melalui mesyuarat Exco ke 25/2001 pada 26 September2001, tanpa melalui prosedur yang lazim digunakan. Usia kereta rasmi MBbelum sampai lima tahun (didaftarkan pada Jun 1997), dan tempoh Khirmenjadi MB baru setahun iaitu tidak sampai lima tahun sepertisepatutnya. Beliau juga tidak merujuk kes ini kepada Perbendaharaan danIbu pejabat JKR di Kuala Lumpur. Meskipun menyentuh kepentingannya, dimana kereta rasminya Merc S320L, no. plat BGF7337 ditawar untuk dijualkepadanya, Khir masih mempengerusikan mesyuarat dan tidak mengisytiharkepenti ngannya.

17. Khir mengarahkan agar semuaminit dan kertas mesyuarat exco dikutip semula selepas mesyuarat tamat,manakala segala bahan-bahan penting mesyuarat Exco yangdipengerusikann ya sejak Ogos 2000 tidak dibenarkan disimpan oleh Excolain. Selalunya kertas-kertas penting itu diedarkan kepada anggota Excosehari sebelum mesyuarat, iaitu pada Selasa, tetapi selepas isurasuahnya terbongkar, ia hanya diserahkan selepas setiap Exco duduk dikerusi masing-masing. Maknanya, "Exco Selangor masuk mesyuaratberlenggan g, keluar pun berlenggang. "

18. Meluluskan hampir 11 ekartanah di Bandar Baru Bangi, yang diwartakan sebagai kawasan rekreasi,kepada syarikat kroni, Bestarama Sdn Bhd. Masyarakat setempat membuatbantahan kerana setakat ini banyak kawasan hijau dibangunkan demimengejar keuntungan lumayan. Bestarama boleh untung segera lebih RM14juta. Menariknya, pemegang syer Bestarama juga pemegang syer NobleNexus. Kedua-dua wanita itu hanya penama bagi suku-sakat Khir.

19. Menggunakan ratusan riburinggit wang kerajaan negeri untuk membeli iklan dua muka penuhberwarna dalam Utusan Malaysia, sekurang-kurangnya pada 1 Feb, 16 Mac2002, bagi menjawab serangan Lutfi Othman yang mendakwa Khirmengagihkan tanah (yang luas dan mahal), pelbagai projek besar, balak,buat kroni dan suku-sakatnya.

20. Mengeksploit mesyuaratMajlis Tindakan ekonomi Selangor (MTES), untuk meluluskan segala tanah& projek kepada sesiapa yang disukainya tanpa kehadiran Exco lain.Mesyuarat Exco esoknya (pada setiap Rabu) hanya mengesahkan saja. MTES,menurut bekas penasihat undang-undang negeri, adalah tidak sah darisegi legal kerana ia merampas kuasa mesyuarat Exco.

Government Swallowing the Rakyat’s Money Again

From the newspaper article as follows, the Transport Minister said,

“As for the vendors, it will be a joint venture between local and foreign vendors,” he said, but declined to elaborate.

Well, I can tell you that the system is already up. Malaysia already have the capability to capture cars and vehicles’ speed. There is no need for another vendor. The vendor the Transport Minister mentioned is probably a fictitous one. Then the money will go into UMNO political fund. I am sure Malaysians have heard of http://www.itis.com.my . that system can track vehicles and vehicle speed. So, there you go malaysians. your hard earned tax money goes to a fictitous vendor. It will probably cause RM 50 million for this fictitious vendor. This money will be pocketed to UMNO and UMNO can continue bribing Malaysians. Is this the future you want ?

Get ready to throw Barisan Nasional out.

Published: Saturday February 21, 2009 MYT 1:18:00 PM
Updated: Saturday February 21, 2009 MYT 5:37:43 PM
New automated road enforcement system by year end (Updated)
By LISA GOH

KUALA LUMPUR: The Transport Ministry will implement an automated enforcement system this year aimed at increasing efficiency and curbing corruption.

Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said that the system, similar to that practiced in several countries, would, for instance, warn road users that they were entering an area where there were speed traps.

Traffic offenders who are caught speeding will also have their summonses issued directly to them.

“Accident-prone areas will be identified and will be equipped with the necessary gadgets, so that if anyone commits an offence, it will be caught on camera.

“The system must be able to substantiate with evidence that can be produced in a court of law that a road offence has been committed,” he told reporters Saturday at the Titiwangsa MCA Chinese New Year open house.

He added that the new system would not burden the people as the quantum of the fine would remain the same.

“The difference now is that by doing so, there will no longer be discretionary exemption for fines,” he said.

He also said that cases of road rage could be more accurately monitored.

When asked, Ong said the system had been approved by the Cabinet and would be rolled out in stages nationwide by the end of the year.

The current system was “not flawless’’, he said, adding that the Ministry had to continually come up with ways to improve enforcement, and tackle the weaknesses, including the problem of bribery.

“This idea of this system has been ongoing for a while, even before I became Transport Minister but it never took off.

“As for the vendors, it will be a joint venture between local and foreign vendors,” he said, but declined to elaborate.

Respect is EARNED. Not Demanded

This UMNO fucker asks his people to accept him as the Menteri Besar / Mayor of State. What the fuck. If the people do not accept you, then fuck off. You cannot simply make use of the Sultan’s name. You all balless. One with no balls or testicles or guts would rely on somebody else. That’s you. Fucking Dr Zambry

Published: Saturday February 21, 2009 MYT 4:28:00 PM
Updated: Saturday February 21, 2009 MYT 5:31:54 PM
‘Please accept me as MB’: Zambry to Perak people

IPOH: Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abd Kadir has appealed to the people to accept the Sultan of Perak’s decision to appoint him to rule the state.

Dr Zambry said he was aware that people were wondering whether he was truly the MB.

“I understand the question and I want to make it clear that I would not be here if my position was considered illegitimate and illegal.

“I ask from the heart that we show our readiness to the Sultan,” he said during his inaugural meeting with school principals and headmasters at the state secretariat here on Saturday.

Dr Zambry urged the people to not be overcome by emotion and to view the situation in an objective manner.

Saying he did not want to influence everyone, he called on them to look objectively at the actual causes behind the crisis recently taking Perak by storm.

“Please come to your senses. A person who is overcome by anger will not be able to come to the best decision. Let us show respect to the Sultan,” he added.

Dr Zambry added that he would not let the political crisis of the past few days, since he and his exco members were barred from assembly sittings, affect his duties as mentri besar.

Earlier, he assured educationists that the state government would continue policies to improve the quality of education, enhance the marketability of graduates, promote ICT in schools and dispense aid to institutions in need. Among other things, he announced that Perak would receive over RM25mil for education as part of the country’s economic stimulus package.

Of that figure, he said some RM2.45mil would go to preschool programmes, RM8.38mil to government-aided religious schools, RM5.96 to government-aided missionary schools, RM2.24mil to Chinese schools and RM6.82mil for Tamil schools.

Noting the reaction from those assembled, Dr Zambry urged schools officials who urgently needed upgrades and equipment to inform him so that he could request more aid from the Education Ministry.

The state also announced a RM50,000 allocation for schools to buy or upgrade orchestra equipment.

Fucking Datuk ! That’s How Businesses Are Run by BN / MIC / MCA/ UMNO Datuks

2009/02/21

Gun shock at power deal talks

By : Marc Lourdes

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KUALA LUMPUR: Is business in Malaysia looking down the barrel of a gun? Judging by what an independent power producer (IPP) tried to pull with a Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) subsidiary recently, it looks like it.

The incident occured during negotiations between TNB subsidiary Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) and the IPP on Thursday afternoon.

The IPP is also said to be Sabah-based.

Present were 14 people, including TNB officers, representatives from the IPP and the TNB subsidiary, as well as lawyers and an official from the Energy, Water and Communications Ministry.

The discussion was to thrash out a deal for TNB to purchase power from the IPP, which has a 100MW capacity.
The going was tough and one of the SESB officials told the IPP representatives not to twist their arms.

"The leader of the IPP’s team said ‘arm-twisting is nothing’, then took out his pistol and brandished it in front of them," said a source.

The move left the negotiating team in shock, which only intensified when the man, a Datuk, took out his gun again and laid it on the table as the discussions went on.

The incident was all the more alarming as it happened at TNB’s National Load Dispatch Centre (NLDC) in Bangsar — a top security facility designated "Key Point Level 1", for areas of national security importance.

The NLDC is responsible for maintaining the flow of power to the entire country. Anyone carrying any weapon into the premises has to declare it at the entrance — something which was not done by the IPP’s team leader.

TNB’s top management is furious over the incident, and a police report was lodged yesterday.

It is believed that Special Branch had also been informed.

According to sources, TNB is also going to write to the Energy Commission on what transpired.

The progress of the negotiations is unknown.

When contacted, Brickfields deputy police chief Supt Azri Abd Rahman confirmed that a report had been lodged.

However, he noted the report did not indicate any element of threat or intimidation. "We are still investigating and will ascertain the truth of the matter."

Najib Wants Raja Petra Dead?

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This country needs major political, economic and social reforms. The next two years are going to be most trying years indeed. And expect a snap general election within 18 months of Najib taking over if he does take over on 1 April 2009.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Tomorrow, I will probably be detained under the Internal Security Act. Anyhow, before we talk about that, let me start by giving you my prediction for the two by-elections scheduled for early April.

In 2004, BN won the Bukit Selambau state seat with a majority of 7,695 votes and in 2008 they lost it with a majority of 2,362 votes. (See the chart below). In the coming by-election, I forecast a voter turnout of around 26,000 and a majority of 3,500-4,500 for the opposition.

For the Bukit Gantang parliament seat, in 2004 Barisan Nasional won with a majority of 8,888 and in 2008 it lost with a majority of 1,566. (See chart below). This time around, the voter turnout will be roughly 42,000 and the opposition will win that seat with a majority of 5,000-8,000 votes.

Okay, I am forecasting this even before I know who the candidates are. Well, I have no choice. On Tuesday, 17 February 2009, the Federal Court is due to hear the appeal against my release from Internal Security Act detention and I really do not know what the outcome is going to be. Chances are, I have but 24 hours left as a free man and if I do not write this article today I never will.

On 7 November 2008, the Shah Alam High Court ordered my release from detention. The government has appealed this decision although it did not see the need to appeal the decision of the Shah Alam High Court acquitting Abdul Razak Baginda of the charge of murder without his defence being called.

I was in court last week to witness the performance of the three judges and what I saw did not give me much confidence. First of all, we asked for a quorum of seven judges, or at least five. But the court turned us down and fixed a quorum of only three judges. And two of the three judges appear to be hostile towards us from the word ‘go’. It looks like my fate has been sealed even before the case goes to court.

Anyway, I know for a fact that it was not Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who ordered my detention. He was not even aware I had been detained. The order came from Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and since I am bent on making sure he never becomes Prime Minister on 1 April 2009 I really do not blame him for wanting to get me out of the way.

My friends and family want me to leave the country and to seek political asylum in another country. They feel I can still continue with the struggle in a foreign land. But I am against that as much as my wife pleads that I consider this. I am no quitter and I do not run. I shall stay and fight till the very end even if that is the last thing I do.

If I have to lose my freedom so be it. That is the price we pay for opposing the powers-that-be. But I shall not go quietly or make any deals to secure my release with those who walk in the corridors of power.

I was given an option. Take the money and become rich or go to jail. I refused the money and instead chose jail. This is my choice and no one can convince me to do otherwise. No doubt I will have to pay for this and it will be a heavy price that I shall have to pay. But this is the price of the struggle and the price does not come cheap.

I shall not submit. I shall resist till the end. I stand on right and I oppose what is wrong. Amar makruf, nahi munkar , as Islam would say. We must uphold right and oppose wrong. That is not only the Islamic way but also the way of all religions. And even atheists believe in this, so you need not believe in God to subscribe to the concept of amar makruf, nahi munkar .

Over thousands of years countless people have met their deaths just because they stood on the side of right. What I have chosen to do has been done by so many who are now nameless and faceless. So it is nothing so special that I do which has not been done before.

My resistance will continue. But I will have to continue my resistance behind the barbwire fences of the Kamunting Detention Centre. It will now be up to you, those who are free, to continue where I left off.

My resistance, however, will have to take on a new form. I will no longer be able to write or speak at ceramah s. My voice has now been silenced. But I can still speak the words of silence, which will be my new form of resistance.

I shall no longer open my mouth or utter one word during my detention. I shall maintain the silence of a mute person. I shall not sign any documents of the so many documents that they make you sign when under detention. My signature is not going to be placed on a single shred of paper.

By doing so would mean none of my family members or lawyers would have access to me. Yes, that is the price I shall pay for ‘not cooperating’. I know this and I am prepared for it.

I shall refuse all medical treatment and visits to the hospital. I shall refuse to accept any food and water supplied by the Kamunting authorities. I shall refuse to leave my cell or to meet any of the prison authorities. In short, I shall shut myself out from the world and keep to my own world of my eight feet square cell.

This action will mean I shall survive at the most seven to eight days. By the end of that period I shall be dead. I am prepared for that. They plan to imprison my body for the rest of my life. But I shall release my spirit from my body and will again be free. They can keep my body and they can do whatever they want with it. But they will never be able to keep my spirit. I shall separate my spirit from my body and deny them the pleasure of incarcerating me.

This is a decision I have taken and no one can make me change my mind. And this is probably the last article of mine that you shall read if they send me to Kamunting tomorrow. Keep the struggle going. I shall no longer be able to join you in that struggle. The work is far from finished. This country needs major political, economic and social reforms. The next two years are going to be most trying years indeed. And expect a snap general election within 18 months of Najib taking over if he does take over on 1 April 2009.

I lay down my life for this nation of ours called Malaysia. I will sacrifice myself for the sake of the struggle. There is very little left I can give at this point of time other than my life. For those who stood by me all these years, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I go with a heavy heart. But my heart is heavy only because I have but one life to give.

Death is not the end. Death is but the beginning. It is the beginning of a new journey that none of us can escape and will one day embark upon. It is not something to be sad about. It is something to rejoice.

Please continue your struggle to make Malaysia a better place for our future generation. This country belongs to them and it is for them that we struggle. For some of us, our time is already almost up. We do not have many years left. Many have gone before us. Many friends who started out with us in 1998 are no longer around. But they left this world in the hope that one day Malaysia will be the country that we dream it would be. And that, too, must be our dream.

I pray and hope that the Putrajaya Federal Court will uphold the decision of the Shah Alam High Court to free me from ISA detention. But if it reverses that decision then we must be prepared for that as well. And if the Federal Court does what I fear it will do, goodbye Malaysians, my comrade-in-arms. We shall meet again, one day, although not in this world but the next.

Another Person Bought By UMNO. If not how he got his title ?

CORRECTION!  IT’S DEVELOPER NOT DEVELOPERS.

Friday February 20, 2009

Retract statement, developers tell exco member

KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor state executive council member Iskandar Abdul Samad should retract his recent statement claiming that Elizabeth Wong may have been sabotaged by someone who was at the receiving end of her environmental crusade.

Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association patron Datuk Eddie Chen said Iskandar should make the retraction to “safeguard his reputation and good working relationship with developers.”

Iskandar’s statement on Wednesday had claimed the sabotage on Wong could be owing to her no-nonsense approach to environmental and other issues, leading to someone “framing” her by circulating her scandalous pictures.

Iskandar, among other things, said Wong might have stepped on someone’s toes as she played a prominent role in ensuring that the state government issued a blanket ban on hillside development in the state following the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide on Dec 6.

Chen said Iskandar’s statement implicating developers was simplistic and offensive.

“We will never use dirty tactics to get what we want. Rehda is not a political party. We seek to change government policies through technical and professional arguments and by lobbying.

“We may have disagreements with YB Elizabeth, but we are willing to wait until we can convince the Government of safe slope development.

“We have numerous outstanding issues with Government, some 20 to 30 years old but we persevere through well-defined arguments, never through dirty tactics,” said Chen.

Thursday February 19, 2009

Iskandar: Wong may have been framed

SHAH ALAM: It could be her no-nonsense approach to environmental and other issues that led to someone “framing” her by circulating her scandalous pictures, executive councillor Iskandar Abdul Samad said of his colleague Elizabeth Wong.

Iskandar, who is in charge of housing, building management and squatters, said Wong could have stepped on toes since she took office 11 months ago.

“She has been very firm when dealing with environmental issues and the culprit could have been anyone at the receiving end of her crusade,” he said.

He noted that Wong played a prominent role in ensuring that the state government issued a blanket ban on hillside development in the state following the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide on Dec 6.

Iskandar said Wong had also been uncompromising with polluters, whom she called bio-terrorists.

He said it was frightening that such a crime could befall other exco members.

“If the culprit or culprits succeed in removing an ‘unfriendly’ exco member, this can be repeated again and again,” he said.