I am Malay, and proud of it
Posted by Super Admin
Sunday, 09 November 2008 17:54
It is time the crutches are removed and the Malays learned
how to walk with their heads held up high. Malays have to be made to
believe that the Ketuanan Melayu and the NEP is an insult and that is
suggests Malays are weak creatures.
NO HOLDS
BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Religious superstition and persecution never ceases to amaze me. Take
the case of Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow of Mogadishu, Somalia. On 27th October
2008, 13-year old Aisha was killed. She was killed when 1,000 people
stoned her to death. And she was stoned to death because three men had
raped her. She was raped, so they accused of adultery.
Imagine a
13-year old girl killed in a most brutal manner because she was raped by
three men. Should it not be the three men who should have instead been
stoned to death? And do you not wonder why Islam suffers from a serious
image problem? Muslims should take stock of what they are doing and
understand the disservice they are doing to Islam.
Our religious
rehabilitation by the Kamunting detention camp started on the Tuesday
after Deepavali. The highlight of the sessions was the “nasi tomato” and
the chicken wing in a plastic bag that they served for lunch, courtesy of
JAKIM but paid for by the Malaysian taxpayers, 90% who are
Chinese.
The JAKIM ustaz told us that Islam is the true religion
and that all other religions are false. We were reminded not to believe in
or follow other religions, which are not accepted and recognized by God.
Only the Koran is the true Holy Book and was sent to us by God through the
Prophet Muhammad. All other books are false and were created by man and
did not come from God.
We must also not copy or ape the non-Muslims
as that will lead us astray and we will become an apostate if we act like
the kafir. He did not, however, give any examples on what would be
considered acting like a kafir.
In the meantime, in another
incident that happened outside the Kamunting detention camp, an UKM
lecturer explained that Muslims should not do yoga or meditate, as the
origin of this is Hinduism. Muslims who do yoga or meditate would be led
astray, argued the wise man from UKM. He then asked the religious scholars
to come out with a fatwa or decree banning Muslims from doing yoga or
meditating.
It is ironical that the JAKIM ustaz who visited
Kamunting chose that subject matter to kick off our religious
rehabilitation program. The article that got me into trouble with the
government and which resulted in my detention under the Internal Security
Act said exactly the same thing. I pointed out that the Friday prayer
sermons run down the other religions. I also argued that we are told not
to ape the non-Muslims or take them as our friends as the non-Muslims are
sworn enemies of Islam and can never be our friends. For that I was
detained under the Internal Security Act and my first lecture happened to
be the very thing I said and which got me detained.
There are in
fact many things which Malays do and which originated from Hinduism. Take
the stringing up of coloured lights as one example. Seven days before Hari
Raya Malays would string up coloured lights around their home, sometimes
even on trees like they do during Christmas. This is a throwback of the
old days when they used to use kerosene or oil lamps. And this was a
custom borrowed from Deepavali because the Arabs do not do
this.
So, the next time you pass by a Malay house during Hari Raya
and you see all those coloured lights you can smile, knowing that the
occupant of that house is borrowing a Hindu ritual -- only that he or she
does not know it.
If we really want to go into the long list of
Hindu customs and rituals that the Malays have borrowed the list would be
endless. We should not ape the kafir, the religious scholars tell us. If
not we would become a kafir. Well, what about wearing a tie, coat and
pants? Is this not a kafir attire?
How many Malays go about wearing
a robe and turban? Even that UKM lecturer who wants a fatwa issued banning
Malays from doing yoga or meditation wears kafir clothes. Look at all the
Malay government officers. They all wear kafir clothes and sometimes a tie
as well. The security forces all wear kafir uniforms with a kafir hat on
their heads.
We count our days using a Christian calendar. I am
facing various charges for crimes I committed on certain days of the
Christian calendar. What was the day of the Islamic calendar, the Hijrah
calendar, that I committed my crimes? The charge sheet does not
say.
I am facing various charges in a kafir court. The charges I am
facing are crimes according to kafir laws. I was also under detention
without trial according to a kafir law. In fact, according to Islam, I
have not committed any crime. And Islam does not allow for detention
without trial.
For that matter not only have I not committed a
crime, according to Islam, but what I have done is what Islam has actually
made mandatory. Islam makes it mandatory for all Muslims to perform “Amar
Makruf, Nahi Munkar”. This means to uphold good and oppose evil. All
Muslims must do this without exception. Not doing it, according to Islam,
makes you an extremely weak Muslim.
I, however, am now facing trial
and was under detention without trial for performing my Islamic duty. And
kafir laws, not Islamic laws, are being used against me. Kafir laws are
being used against Muslims for doing what Islam has made
mandatory.
And what is the reaction of Muslims to all this? What is
the UKM lecturer doing about it? Is he up in arms about the kafir system
being implemented against Islam? Is the Member of Parliament for Kulim
demonstrating on the streets and screaming, “I am a Muslim first I don’t
care about other people’s opinions”?
Okay, the UKM lecturer wants
yoga and meditation banned and the Kulim MP wants to shut the mouths of
anyone who wants to talk about Islam. But that is about it. It never goes
beyond that,
Sometimes the Malays can be amazing. Okay, not
sometimes, most times. Now UMNO wants Zaid Ibrahim sacked as a Malay. Can
any Malay actually be sacked as a Malay? I wonder, but UMNO thinks it can
be done. UMNO says that Zaid would be nobody -- he would not be a lawyer
of the biggest law firm in Malaysia -- if he was not a Malay and the
country did not have Ketuanan Melayu and the New Economic
Policy.
Zaid thinks that that is an insult. He would like to
believe he is what he is because he is Zaid and because he is smart. If he
would instead be a simple fisherman in Tumpat, Kelantan, without the
benefit of Ketuanan Melayu and the NEP, then this means Zaid is actually
quite stupid.
I share Zaid’s view. I also would like to believe
that I am “somebody” and “special” because I am Raja Petra. If it is
because of Ketuanan Melayu and the NEP, and if not because of that I would
be washing cars in Bangsar, then this would certainly make me very
unhappy.
Yes, Zaid and people like him do not need crutches. Only
losers need crutches. And that is why UMNO wants these crutches to remain,
because they are all a bunch of losers. I would like to believe that I am
what I am because of who I am and not because of Ketuanan Melayu and the
NEP. I take pride in that. I would hate people saying, “of course Raja
Petra is successful. He is a Malay and Malays have Ketuanan Melayu and the
NEP to help them. Malays need crutches to get ahead.”
It is time
the crutches are removed and the Malays learned how to walk with their
heads held up high. Malays have to be made to believe that the Ketuanan
Melayu and the NEP is an insult and that it suggests Malays are weak
creatures. Malays must be proud of their achievements and not credit their
achievements to the protection and special privileges they enjoy because
they are Malay. The Malays used to be a proud race. Now they are no longer
proud. They accept that they are weak. So they demand protection to
compensate for this
weakness.
Monday, November 10, 2008
POLICE BRUTALITY REPORTED AGAIN
Police joined hand with politician to become licensed gangsters...why the need for police to behave in such a manner on people who demonstrated peacefully, whilst totally forgetting about crimes that's happening every minute everywhere.
The police are going after people who don't retaliate like those criminals who dare use dangerous weapons on them... The rakyat should condemn all barbaric acts by the police on the rakyat of this nation.
Police must limit their duty to safeguard the public and not meddle with political matters.
The police should leave politicking to politicians. It's time for the rakyat to do "civilian arrest" on those violent policemen and hand over to the police with a criminal report lodged and the police should make a rearrest and charge them for going against the very law they should be protecting and upholding....
The law is there for "civilian arrest" on anyone found to be committing a crime in this country. The public is empowered to make a "civilian arrest" even if the suspected criminal is a police officer, provided the person making the civilian arrest witness (eye witness) the crime and make the arrest on the spot and hand over to the police.
Guan Eng shocked with police violence
By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — DAP have condemned police action in breaking up last night's gathering in Petaling Jaya to mark the first anniversary of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) rally.
Party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said he was "shocked at the violence by the police."
"I cannot understand why peaceful citizens and elected representatives were attacked," added the Penang Chief Minister.
Police detained 23 people, including PJ Utara MP Tony Pua, Selangor Exco Ronnie Liu and Kampung Tunku state assemblyman Lau Weng San at the rally in PJ New Town and released all except one this morning at 7.30am.
Also detained were two members of the press and Father Paulino Miranda, parish priest of the Church of the Divine Mercy in Shah Alam.
Pua showed reporters in Parliament a shirt he had worn last night and claimed that all the buttons had been ripped out due to manhandling by the police.
"Even though I said I would cooperate and walk to the police truck when they arrested me, they still tore my shirt. Three other police personnel also attacked me, one kneed me in the belly and another aimed a kick at my shin," he said.
Pua also insisted that police had charged and dispersed the crowd while they were singing “Negaraku” to end proceedings for the night, a claim that Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar denied.
Lau lodged a police report at 4.29am while in police custody, claiming that he had been punched twice by a police officer.
Showing reporters the cuts on his cheek and lip, he called the "unruly and aggressive" police behaviour unnecessary.
DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang questioned the "massive deployment of police personnel to break up a peaceful gathering by excessive police force and violence" as it showed that it was being made a priority over "the mobilisation of police to keep crime low."
Earlier, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar told reporters in the Parliament lobby that he was not aware of the details of the incident as he had not obtained a report.
"Police work is police work. They are responsible for maintaining law and order. This is routine police work," he said.
Syed Hamid added that if there was any unhappiness with the police, people could lodge reports.
The Other Press
The police are going after people who don't retaliate like those criminals who dare use dangerous weapons on them... The rakyat should condemn all barbaric acts by the police on the rakyat of this nation.
Police must limit their duty to safeguard the public and not meddle with political matters.
The police should leave politicking to politicians. It's time for the rakyat to do "civilian arrest" on those violent policemen and hand over to the police with a criminal report lodged and the police should make a rearrest and charge them for going against the very law they should be protecting and upholding....
The law is there for "civilian arrest" on anyone found to be committing a crime in this country. The public is empowered to make a "civilian arrest" even if the suspected criminal is a police officer, provided the person making the civilian arrest witness (eye witness) the crime and make the arrest on the spot and hand over to the police.
Guan Eng shocked with police violence
By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — DAP have condemned police action in breaking up last night's gathering in Petaling Jaya to mark the first anniversary of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) rally.
Party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said he was "shocked at the violence by the police."
"I cannot understand why peaceful citizens and elected representatives were attacked," added the Penang Chief Minister.
Police detained 23 people, including PJ Utara MP Tony Pua, Selangor Exco Ronnie Liu and Kampung Tunku state assemblyman Lau Weng San at the rally in PJ New Town and released all except one this morning at 7.30am.
Also detained were two members of the press and Father Paulino Miranda, parish priest of the Church of the Divine Mercy in Shah Alam.
Pua showed reporters in Parliament a shirt he had worn last night and claimed that all the buttons had been ripped out due to manhandling by the police.
"Even though I said I would cooperate and walk to the police truck when they arrested me, they still tore my shirt. Three other police personnel also attacked me, one kneed me in the belly and another aimed a kick at my shin," he said.
Pua also insisted that police had charged and dispersed the crowd while they were singing “Negaraku” to end proceedings for the night, a claim that Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar denied.
Lau lodged a police report at 4.29am while in police custody, claiming that he had been punched twice by a police officer.
Showing reporters the cuts on his cheek and lip, he called the "unruly and aggressive" police behaviour unnecessary.
DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang questioned the "massive deployment of police personnel to break up a peaceful gathering by excessive police force and violence" as it showed that it was being made a priority over "the mobilisation of police to keep crime low."
Earlier, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar told reporters in the Parliament lobby that he was not aware of the details of the incident as he had not obtained a report.
"Police work is police work. They are responsible for maintaining law and order. This is routine police work," he said.
Syed Hamid added that if there was any unhappiness with the police, people could lodge reports.
The Other Press
Sunday, November 9, 2008
RPK’s rearrest under ISA - Cabinet/Parliament must overrule Hamid
Home Minister, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar’s announcement in Kota Kinabalu last night that the Home Ministry will appeal against the Shah Alam High Court decision on Friday to free Malaysia Today website editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) is most deplorable and reprehensible.
It shows Hamid’s utter contempt for the fundamental concept of the rule of law and the most rudimentary commitment to human rights in the country.
In ordering Raja Petra’s release after a 56-day ISA detention, Shah Alam High Court judge Justice Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad ruled in the blogger’s habeas corpus application that the Home Minister acted outside his powers in detaining Raja Petra under the ISA, as the grounds given for Raja Petra’s detention were insufficient rendering the ISA detention unlawful.
Syed Ahmad Helmy held that although Section 8 of the ISA on the detention order by the minister barred judicial review, there was a procedural non-compliance by the Minister resulting in an “ultra vires” order.
As illustration, the judge gave the example that the minister cannot act in bad faith to detain a person who decided to colour his hair red.
In actual fact, Hamid acted mala fide in a very substantive manner in issuing a detention order under Section 8 of the ISA late in the night of September 22 not because Raja Petra constituted a threat to national security but to frustrate the administration of justice and the rule of law by “killing off” Raja Petra’s earlier habeas corpus application.
Raja Petra’s first habeas corpus application to challenge the legality of his ISA detention on Sept. 12 under Section 73 of the ISA was slated for hearing at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Sept. 23.
When Raja Petra’s lawyers, his wife Marina Lee Abdullah and family members and supporters turned up in court on the morning of Sept. 23 for the harbeas corpus hearing, they were shocked to learn from the Senior Federal Counsel, Abdul Wahab Mohamad that the issue had become academic and the application should be struck out as Raja Petra was no longer detained under Section 73 (which permits judicial review) but under Section 8 (which bars judicial review except for procedural defects).
Raja Petra had also been summarily packed off to the Kamunting Detention Centre to start his two-year formal detention.
I had on Sept. 24 condemned Hamid’s ministerial detention order of Raja Petra, “hours before his habeas corpus application hearing at the Kuala Lumpur High Court” on Sept. 23 as “a gross violation of human rights, a blatant abuse of power and downright contempt of court by the Home Minister and a travesty of the rule of law in Malaysia”.
I had said: “One would have expected that being a lawyer by training, the Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar would have greater regard, respect and understanding of the principles of a just of rule and would not do anything to frustrate the legal process as in RPK’s habeas corpus application hearing yesterday. But Hamid has proved everyone wrong.
”The Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail should explain whether he was privy to the Home Minister’s decision on Monday (Sept. 22) night to frustrate the legal process over RPK’s habeas corpus application hearing yesterday (Sept. 23) challenging the police detention under Section 73 of the Internal Security Act (ISA) by the simple but most cynical and irresponsible expedient of the Minister signing a formal detention order under Section 8 of the ISA.
”Was the Attorney-General consulted and his agreement sought to this irresponsible ploy to frustrate RPK’s habeas corpus application and did he advise the Home Minister against such flagrant contempt of court and to trust in the impartiality and integrity of the judicial system to pronounce on the legality of the police detention of RPK under the ISA under Section 73?
”Whose idea was it that the Home Minister should abuse his powers to expedite the formal detention of RPK under Section 8 of the ISA in order to frustrate RPK’s habeas corpus application, when RPK had been detained for only 10 days under Section 73 which provides for a 60-day police custodial detention?”
There had been thundering silence from Hamid, Gani Patail as well as the MCA/Gerakan Ministers and leaders who had been staging a “song and dance” about their new-found opposition to the ISA, demanding a review if not repeal of the draconian detention-without-trial law.
The Shah Alam High Court decision to free Raja Petra, which is a positive reflection in the last five months of the Abdullah premiership, should be the occasion for the Cabinet to undertake a full review of the draconian laws in the country as well as to uphold the doctrine of the separation of powers by repealing all legislation which institutionalizes the executive usurpation of judicial powers and independence by excluding judicial review of abuses of executive power, like Section 8 of the ISA.
However, Hamid seems to be unrepentant in refusing to understand the changes demanded by Malaysians after the March 8 “political tsunami” for a full restoration of the just rule of law, a truly independent judiciary and a total end to all forms of abuses of executive power.
I call on the Cabinet to overrule Hamid’s decision to appeal against the Shah Alam High Court decision to free Raja Petra from ISA detention, which can only mean that Hamid wants Raja Petra to be re-arrested and sent back to Kamunting Detention Centre.
The Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should restrain Hamid from proceeding with the appeal against the Shah Alam High Court decision to free Raja Petra until there is a full review of the matter by both the Cabinet as well as Parliament.
Will the MCA and Gerakan Ministers and leaders stand up now to oppose Hamid’s decision to appeal against the Shah Alam High Court decision?
The Parliamentary Caucus on Repeal of ISA and release of all ISA detainees will hold an emergency meeting in Parliament tomorrow to discuss the issue.
There will be two candle-light “No to ISA” vigils tonight – one at Taman DR Seenivasagam in Ipoh at 8 pm and another at Padang Timur Petaling Jaya (near Amcorp Mall), which have now multiple objectives, viz:
· No to ISA;
· Release all ISA detainees;
· First Anniversary BERSIH rally for a clean, fair and democratic electoral system.
· No to any appeal against Shah Alam High Court decision to re-arrest Raja Petra and send him back to Kamunting Detention Centre;
· Restore doctrine of separation of powers among the Executive, Parliament and Judiciary; and
· Repeal all laws with “no judicial review” clauses to subject all forms of executive abuses of power to legal challenge and judicial review.
I will be at the Candlelight Vigil for freedom, justice and democracy in Ipoh tonight. Other DAP leaders will be at the PJ Candlelight vigil.
http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/11/09/rpks-rearrest-under-isa-cabine tparliament-must-overrule-hamid/
RPK freed: Gerakan asks Govt not to appeal
Penang Gerakan is urging the Government to reconsider filing an appeal against the Shah Alam High Court’s decision to release Malaysia Today news portal editor Raja Petra Kamarudin from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention.
State Gerakan chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan said the party was happy with the High Court’s decision and in Raja Petra’s case, the country’s judicial system had shown its transparency.
“We heard that the Government is considering an appeal against the decision. We hope it will not pursue it and respect the High Court’s decision that Raja Petra is not a direct threat to the nation.
“We also believe it is the wish of the masses to see Raja Petra freed and it is important that we hear the people’s voices as well,” he said Sunday at the Penang Wanita Gerakan “Satu Hati” (One Heart) lunch at a restaurant at Komtar.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abd Aziz had said the Government may appeal against the court decision, while Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar would ask the Attorney-General to study the court’s decision and the implication of Raja Petra’s release last Friday.
Dr Teng said Gerakan also urged the Government to review the ISA and work on replacing it with an Anti-Terrorist Act to deal with insurgence in the country.
It shows Hamid’s utter contempt for the fundamental concept of the rule of law and the most rudimentary commitment to human rights in the country.
In ordering Raja Petra’s release after a 56-day ISA detention, Shah Alam High Court judge Justice Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad ruled in the blogger’s habeas corpus application that the Home Minister acted outside his powers in detaining Raja Petra under the ISA, as the grounds given for Raja Petra’s detention were insufficient rendering the ISA detention unlawful.
Syed Ahmad Helmy held that although Section 8 of the ISA on the detention order by the minister barred judicial review, there was a procedural non-compliance by the Minister resulting in an “ultra vires” order.
As illustration, the judge gave the example that the minister cannot act in bad faith to detain a person who decided to colour his hair red.
In actual fact, Hamid acted mala fide in a very substantive manner in issuing a detention order under Section 8 of the ISA late in the night of September 22 not because Raja Petra constituted a threat to national security but to frustrate the administration of justice and the rule of law by “killing off” Raja Petra’s earlier habeas corpus application.
Raja Petra’s first habeas corpus application to challenge the legality of his ISA detention on Sept. 12 under Section 73 of the ISA was slated for hearing at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Sept. 23.
When Raja Petra’s lawyers, his wife Marina Lee Abdullah and family members and supporters turned up in court on the morning of Sept. 23 for the harbeas corpus hearing, they were shocked to learn from the Senior Federal Counsel, Abdul Wahab Mohamad that the issue had become academic and the application should be struck out as Raja Petra was no longer detained under Section 73 (which permits judicial review) but under Section 8 (which bars judicial review except for procedural defects).
Raja Petra had also been summarily packed off to the Kamunting Detention Centre to start his two-year formal detention.
I had on Sept. 24 condemned Hamid’s ministerial detention order of Raja Petra, “hours before his habeas corpus application hearing at the Kuala Lumpur High Court” on Sept. 23 as “a gross violation of human rights, a blatant abuse of power and downright contempt of court by the Home Minister and a travesty of the rule of law in Malaysia”.
I had said: “One would have expected that being a lawyer by training, the Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar would have greater regard, respect and understanding of the principles of a just of rule and would not do anything to frustrate the legal process as in RPK’s habeas corpus application hearing yesterday. But Hamid has proved everyone wrong.
”The Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail should explain whether he was privy to the Home Minister’s decision on Monday (Sept. 22) night to frustrate the legal process over RPK’s habeas corpus application hearing yesterday (Sept. 23) challenging the police detention under Section 73 of the Internal Security Act (ISA) by the simple but most cynical and irresponsible expedient of the Minister signing a formal detention order under Section 8 of the ISA.
”Was the Attorney-General consulted and his agreement sought to this irresponsible ploy to frustrate RPK’s habeas corpus application and did he advise the Home Minister against such flagrant contempt of court and to trust in the impartiality and integrity of the judicial system to pronounce on the legality of the police detention of RPK under the ISA under Section 73?
”Whose idea was it that the Home Minister should abuse his powers to expedite the formal detention of RPK under Section 8 of the ISA in order to frustrate RPK’s habeas corpus application, when RPK had been detained for only 10 days under Section 73 which provides for a 60-day police custodial detention?”
There had been thundering silence from Hamid, Gani Patail as well as the MCA/Gerakan Ministers and leaders who had been staging a “song and dance” about their new-found opposition to the ISA, demanding a review if not repeal of the draconian detention-without-trial law.
The Shah Alam High Court decision to free Raja Petra, which is a positive reflection in the last five months of the Abdullah premiership, should be the occasion for the Cabinet to undertake a full review of the draconian laws in the country as well as to uphold the doctrine of the separation of powers by repealing all legislation which institutionalizes the executive usurpation of judicial powers and independence by excluding judicial review of abuses of executive power, like Section 8 of the ISA.
However, Hamid seems to be unrepentant in refusing to understand the changes demanded by Malaysians after the March 8 “political tsunami” for a full restoration of the just rule of law, a truly independent judiciary and a total end to all forms of abuses of executive power.
I call on the Cabinet to overrule Hamid’s decision to appeal against the Shah Alam High Court decision to free Raja Petra from ISA detention, which can only mean that Hamid wants Raja Petra to be re-arrested and sent back to Kamunting Detention Centre.
The Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should restrain Hamid from proceeding with the appeal against the Shah Alam High Court decision to free Raja Petra until there is a full review of the matter by both the Cabinet as well as Parliament.
Will the MCA and Gerakan Ministers and leaders stand up now to oppose Hamid’s decision to appeal against the Shah Alam High Court decision?
The Parliamentary Caucus on Repeal of ISA and release of all ISA detainees will hold an emergency meeting in Parliament tomorrow to discuss the issue.
There will be two candle-light “No to ISA” vigils tonight – one at Taman DR Seenivasagam in Ipoh at 8 pm and another at Padang Timur Petaling Jaya (near Amcorp Mall), which have now multiple objectives, viz:
· No to ISA;
· Release all ISA detainees;
· First Anniversary BERSIH rally for a clean, fair and democratic electoral system.
· No to any appeal against Shah Alam High Court decision to re-arrest Raja Petra and send him back to Kamunting Detention Centre;
· Restore doctrine of separation of powers among the Executive, Parliament and Judiciary; and
· Repeal all laws with “no judicial review” clauses to subject all forms of executive abuses of power to legal challenge and judicial review.
I will be at the Candlelight Vigil for freedom, justice and democracy in Ipoh tonight. Other DAP leaders will be at the PJ Candlelight vigil.
http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/11/09/rpks-rearrest-under-isa-cabine tparliament-must-overrule-hamid/
RPK freed: Gerakan asks Govt not to appeal
Penang Gerakan is urging the Government to reconsider filing an appeal against the Shah Alam High Court’s decision to release Malaysia Today news portal editor Raja Petra Kamarudin from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention.
State Gerakan chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan said the party was happy with the High Court’s decision and in Raja Petra’s case, the country’s judicial system had shown its transparency.
“We heard that the Government is considering an appeal against the decision. We hope it will not pursue it and respect the High Court’s decision that Raja Petra is not a direct threat to the nation.
“We also believe it is the wish of the masses to see Raja Petra freed and it is important that we hear the people’s voices as well,” he said Sunday at the Penang Wanita Gerakan “Satu Hati” (One Heart) lunch at a restaurant at Komtar.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abd Aziz had said the Government may appeal against the court decision, while Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar would ask the Attorney-General to study the court’s decision and the implication of Raja Petra’s release last Friday.
Dr Teng said Gerakan also urged the Government to review the ISA and work on replacing it with an Anti-Terrorist Act to deal with insurgence in the country.
Salleh was sacked, says Dr M
If Salleh was sacked as claimed by former PM, then Nazri was misleading parliament into believing that the judges went into early retirement. This is irresponsible and blatant disregard to laws of our country. As such Nazri should be referred to Parliaments privilege committee for stern action.
PUTRAJAYA: Tun Salleh Abas was sacked as lord president but obtained a pension on grounds of compassion, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
He refuted the suggestion made by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, who said Salleh and two of the five other judges involved in the 1988 judicial crisis had not been dismissed but were asked to retire early.
"The judges were sacked as far as I know," Dr Mahathir said.
"The pensions were given on compassionate grounds.
"Now, he (Salleh) gets RM5 million and I'd like to congratulate him for that," he said with his trademark sarcasm.
He said the decision to allow Salleh's pension followed an appeal after his sacking in 1988.
"There was an appeal and we thought despite the fact that he was sacked, he had rendered service to the government for the years he was there.
"To cut him off completely and deny him pension would be very cruel, so it was decided that he and the other judges were paid their pensions," he said at the youth values and future leadership forum and the launch of the 2008 Salman Sayang Malaysia Charity Triathlon at the Perdana Leadership Foundation yesterday.
Salleh was removed from office for misconduct by a six-member tribunal.
Telekom Shares-The Betrayal
There wasn’t any fanfare when Maika was allotted 10 million shares of Syarikat Telekom Malaysia Bhd (STMB). It was assumed in 1990 that Maika had been allotted all the shares it had subscribed to. No details were made known at that time.
Sometime in the middle of February 1992, the shroud of secrecy surrounding the Telekom shares allocation was ripped apart. Then, all hell broke loose.
A journalist from “Watan” disclosed that “there could have been some hanky-panky in the allocation of Telekom’s shares to Maika Holdings.
This was then followed by another report in a Tamil magazine, “Thoothan”, on 1st April 1992, which disclosed that there could have been some discrepancy in the distribution of the 10 million Telekom shares allocated to Maika by the Finance Ministry. Malaysians learned for the first time (two years after the share issuance), that Maika acquired only one million and not the entire 10 million shares that were allotted to Maika Holdings.
Samy Vellu, through the Tamil Nesan and at MIC meetings, tried to explain by insisting that the cash flow problem faced by Maika did not allow Maika to take up all 10 million shares. But, one of the directors, a one-time ally of Samy Vellu, Vijendran, issued a statement insinuating that the truth may not have been told.
When this matter was raised in parliament, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim disclosed that since Maika had stated that it could take up only one million shares, the remaining nine million shares were allocated to three companies proposed by Maika because to his “ministry's knowledge, the three companies represented the interests of the Indian community” (The Star, April 30, 1992).
Note: At the time of share allocation in 1990, Tun Daim Zainuddin was the Finance Minister.
Sometime in the middle of February 1992, the shroud of secrecy surrounding the Telekom shares allocation was ripped apart. Then, all hell broke loose.
A journalist from “Watan” disclosed that “there could have been some hanky-panky in the allocation of Telekom’s shares to Maika Holdings.
This was then followed by another report in a Tamil magazine, “Thoothan”, on 1st April 1992, which disclosed that there could have been some discrepancy in the distribution of the 10 million Telekom shares allocated to Maika by the Finance Ministry. Malaysians learned for the first time (two years after the share issuance), that Maika acquired only one million and not the entire 10 million shares that were allotted to Maika Holdings.
Samy Vellu, through the Tamil Nesan and at MIC meetings, tried to explain by insisting that the cash flow problem faced by Maika did not allow Maika to take up all 10 million shares. But, one of the directors, a one-time ally of Samy Vellu, Vijendran, issued a statement insinuating that the truth may not have been told.
When this matter was raised in parliament, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim disclosed that since Maika had stated that it could take up only one million shares, the remaining nine million shares were allocated to three companies proposed by Maika because to his “ministry's knowledge, the three companies represented the interests of the Indian community” (The Star, April 30, 1992).
Note: At the time of share allocation in 1990, Tun Daim Zainuddin was the Finance Minister.
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