| Lim Lip Eng Posted: 05 Oct 2011 07:13 AM PDT
| 10 'Bersih T-shirt' councillors given a discharge Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:11 AM PDT Source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/177767 (Nigel Aw, 5.10.2011)
Ten councillors from the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) were this morning given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal by the Kajang magistrate's court on a charge of "displaying a pictorial and written statement through a shirt for the interest of an unlawful organisation, that is Bersih 2.0".
The 10 had donned Bersih T-shirts during a council meeting on June 29 and were charged a week later, under Section 74(1) of the Societies Act 1966, with displaying symbols or propaganda of an unlawful society.
When contacted, the group's lawyer Lim Lip Eng said magistrate A Akhiruddin @ Boy Acho made the decision after deputy public prosecutor Mohd Azahari Harun asked for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal. "When we came to the court, the DPP told the magistrate that he had instructions from the Attorney-General's Chambers to apply for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal," said Lim. This, he said, comes a week after he sent a letter to the AG's Chambers, calling for the charges to be dropped. "I objected, as I wanted a discharge amounting to acquittal because the charge was defective. They wore the Bersih T-shirts on June 29 but Bersih's illegal declaration was only effective on July 1."
'DPP refused to explain discharge'
Lim said he challenged the DPP to explain the defect but was told that there was no need to argue as the case would no longer go on.
"From the reaction and answer of the DPP, I feel it is political prosecution," said Ng Tien Chee, one of the 10 councillors.
Another, Lee Kee Hiong, was still upset despite the decision. "We are unhappy. We should have been acquitted and discharged, not given a discharge not amounting to acquittal... the DPP should have been a gentleman," she said.
The other eight are Zulfikar Ali Ariffin, Ong Seng Peng, Lee Learn Eng, Tan Boon Wah, Razaly Hassan, ST Chandra Mohan, Chan Jeong Hon and Mohd Mohiddin Mohd Misbah. Also part of the legal team was Mohamed Hanipa Maidin.
Lim, who is Segambut MP, said initially 11 individuals were supposed to be charged but Cheong Seow Foon could not make it to court and was told he would be charged at a later date. "It's very ridiculous... he was not charged after that," said Lim.
Today's decision comes after the a sessions court in Kuantan last month discharged two individuals for wearing Bersih T-shirts, but also refused to acquit them.
Related news: 10 MPKj councillors given a discharge not amounting to acquittal http://www.thesundaily.my/news/167012 | |
| Charles Santiago Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:47 PM PDT
| Anwar: Bajet alternatif bantu rakyat tersepit Posted: 04 Oct 2011 10:15 PM PDT Sumber :- MalaysiaKini Ketua pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata, bajet alternatif Pakatan Rakyat yang dibentangkannya hari ini bertujuan membantu rakyat “mengharungi suasana ekonomi yang semakin menghimpit.”  Katanya, bajet berkenaan juga akan menumpukan usaha untuk mengurangkan defisit kepada 4.4 peratus berbanding kadar 6 peratus daripada Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK) pada tahun ini.
Anwar (tiga dari kanan) berkata, Pakatan memperuntukkan RM220 bilion kepada sasaran berkenaan yang melibatkan penjimatan perbelanjaan sebanyak RM4 bilion dari kadar yang dibelanjakan BN. “(Namun) kita yakin melalui pengurusan wang negara yang lebih berhemah, telus, bertanggungjawab dan berkesan, jumlah RM220 bilion ini akan memberi 20 peratus nilai tambah kepada rakyat, berbanding apa yang dibelanjakan BN selama ini,” katanya. Antara lain, bajet berkenaan turut menyasarkan untuk mengurangkan kuasa perdana menteri, kata Anwar lagi ketika mendedahkan bajet berkenaan hari ini.  “Pakatan dengan itu bercadang untuk memotong belanjawan perdana menteri sebanyak RM10 bilion,” katanya.
Selain itu, Pakatan juga akan memperkenalkan dasar untuk menghentikan kecenderungan dan amalan menggunapakai tenaga perunding dalam membuat keputusan kerajaan. RM4.4 bilion baiki sistem pendidikan Tindakan berkenaan bertujuan mengembalikan peruntukan berkenaan kepada kementerian berkaitan dan mengurangkan kecenderungan perbelanjaan berlebihan oleh perdana menteri, katanya lagi. Selain itu, bajet berkenaan menggariskan bantuan “untuk mengalihkan sumber kekayaan negara dari golongan mahakaya kepada program khusus untuk mengurangkan bebanan rakyat”, antaranya dengan: - Mengekalkan subsidi RM22 bilion dengan mengambil kira unjuran harga minyak mentah terkini bagi mengelakkan sebarang kenaikan harga bahan api.
- Menghapus subsidi korporat seperti kepada pemilik penjana tenaga bebas, monopoli beras oleh Padiberas Nasional Berhad (BERNAS) serta monopoli lesen teksi oleh golongan berkepentingan.
- Bayaran bonus kepada warga emas dijangka menelan balanja RM1.7 bilion setahun.
- Bayaran kepada suri rumah sebanyak RM1,000, membabitkan peruntukan RM2 bilion.
- Bayaran tambahan kepada keluarga kategori miskin tegar supaya dapat memastikan pendapatan sekurang-kurangnya sebanyak RM550 sebulan.
- Menyelaras bantuan daripada Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat kepada RM550 sebulan.
Selain itu, bajet berkenaan juga menggariskan RM4.4 bilion untuk memperbaiki sistem pendidikan, termasuk elaun khas guru (RM500 sebulan) dan juga gaji minimum untuk kakitangan awam sebanyak RM1,100. Beliau mendedahkan sebahagian daripada intipati bajet bertemakan “Kesejahteraan Untuk Semua” itu kepada petugas media dan ahli parlimen pembangkang di bangunan parlimen hari ini.         | | நிழல் வரவு செலவுத் திட்டம் வாழ்க்கை செலவின உயர்வைக் கட்டுப்படுத்தும் Posted: 04 Oct 2011 10:12 PM PDT Tuesday, October 4, 2011 4:05 pm மூலம் :- செம்பருத்தி  பக்காத்தான் ராக்யாட் இன்று தனது மாற்று வரவு செலவுத் திட்டத்தை வெளியிட்டது. வாழ்க்கைச் செலவுகள் அதிகரித்துவிட்டதால் மக்களுக்கு ஏற்பட்டுள்ள பாதிப்பை குறைப்பது மீது அது கவனம் செலுத்துகிறது.
"அந்த வரவு செலவுத் திட்டத்தை திட்டமிடும் போது மக்கள் தேவைகளுக்கு முதலிடம் கொடுத்து எல்லாவற்றுக்கும் மேலாக அதைக் கருதுவது என்னும் கோட்பாடு வழிகாட்டியாகப் பின்பற்றப்பட்டது," என எதிர்த்தரப்புத் தலைவர் அன்வார் இப்ராஹிம் கூறினார். அவர் இன்று நாடாளுமன்ற வளாகத்தில் பக்காத்தான் தயாரித்துள்ள மாற்று வரவு செலவுத் திட்டத்தின் விரிவான அம்சங்களை நிருபர்களுக்கு விளக்கினார். அந்த 'மாற்று வரவு செலவுத் திட்டத்தின்' விவரங்கள் இன்று மாலை ஐந்து மணிக்கு வெளியிடப்படும். அதிகமான வாழ்க்கை செலவுகள் ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ள தாக்கத்தைக் குறைக்க அது முன்மொழிந்துள்ள நடவடிக்கைகள் வருமாறு: .பொதுவான 1,100 ரிங்கிட் குறைந்த பட்ச சம்பளம்
.மூத்த குடி மக்களுக்கு ஆண்டுதோறும் 1,000 ரிங்கிட் போனஸ்
.குடும்ப மாதர்களுக்கு ஆண்டுதோறும் 1,000 ரிங்கிட் போனஸ்
.குறைந்த வருமானம் பெறுவோருக்கு "கூடுதல்" அலவன்ஸாக மாதம் ஒன்றுக்கு 550 ரிங்கிட்
.சமூக நல உதவியை 300 ரிங்கிட்டிலிருந்து 550 ரிங்கிட்டாக அதிகரிப்பது அந்த மாற்று வரவு செலவுத் திட்டம் மீது நாளை பிற்பகல் நாடாளுமன்றக் கட்டிடத்தில் விளக்கம் கூட்டம் நடைபெறும். அத்துடன் அதற்குப் பின்னர் அந்தத் திட்டத்தை வரைவதற்கு பொறுப்பான குழு உறுப்பினர்களும் பக்காத்தான் வல்லுநர்களும் ஷா அலாமில் விளக்கம் அளிப்பர்.         | |
| Lim Kit Siang Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:28 PM PDT
| Pakatan Rakyat Budget 2012 (Part 9 of 10) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:22 PM PDT 8 Public Finance Strategy – the Pakatan Rakyat budgetary framework 8.1 Rationalising Expenditures, Efficiency and Value for Money The Pakatan Rakyat government will strive to contain expenditures with the ultimate objective of ensuring the long-term sustainability of public expenditures while supporting the continued growth of the economy and the achievement of a high quality of [...] | | Pakatan Rakyat Budget 2012 (Part 8 of 10) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:24 PM PDT 7 Thrust 3: Empowering Malaysians 7.1 Political Reforms- Democracy Now Five decades on, democracy as practised in Malaysia today is little more than a shade of its former glory as various key public institutions have been routinely compromised by an unchecked Federal Government. Thus, Pakatan Rakyat is committed to immediately implementing the following reforms: To [...] | | Pakatan Rakyat Budget 2012 (Part 7 of 10) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 10:53 PM PDT 6 Thrust 2: Sustainability 6.1 Inclusive growth One of the most important ways for Malaysians to contribute to our country's progress is by being productive, working citizens. However it is evident that the vast majority of Malaysians have not reaped the benefits of their work. 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The extensive monetary easing masked the structural imbalances in the world economy and [...] | | Pakatan Rakyat Budget 2012 (Part 2 of 10) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 11:23 PM PDT CONTENTS 1 The Key Thrusts of Belanjawan Kesejahteraan 2012 1.1 Opportunities and Dignity for All Malaysians 1.2 Sustainability 1.3 Empowering Malaysians 2 The Global Backdrop 3 Malaysia Today 4 Policy Highlights 4.1 Spending RM220 billion more effectively, while reducing the deficit 4.2 Prosperity through higher skills, incomes and opportunities 4.3 Subsidy policy to be overhauled: [...] | | Pakatan Rakyat Budget 2012 (Part 1 of 10) Posted: 04 Oct 2011 06:33 AM PDT Snapshots 1. Kesejahteraan Untuk Semua Belanjawan Kesejahteraan 2012 is a continuation of the collective effort by Pakatan Rakyat to chart a new future for Malaysia, following the releases of the Common Policy Platform in December 2009 and the Buku Jingga in December 2010. Kesejahteraan Untuk Semua can be only achieved with political will to effect [...] | | Allow the re-introduction of English medium schools Posted: 04 Oct 2011 03:21 AM PDT — by Hussaini Abdul Karim The Malaysian Insider Oct 04, 2011 OCT 4 — Our New Education Policy, introduced in the early 70s and revised two or three times over the last few years, allows for national-type Chinese and Tamil schools where the mediums of instruction are Chinese and Tamil, respectively, up to secondary school [...] | | Hudud: Federal vs state legislative powers Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:44 AM PDT Art Harun | October 04, 2011 The Malaysian Insider OCT 4 — I have stated in my article, “Of wet dream, nightmare and Marty McFly" that the implementation of hudud is a Constitutional impossibility until and unless two-thirds of our Members of Parliament would vote to amend the Federal Constitution to allow it to happen. [...] | |
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