Jumaat, 2 September 2011

Pakatan Rakyat

Pakatan Rakyat


Pulakdah!

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:53 PM PDT

Timbalan Presiden PAS, Mohamad Sabu, telah memutuskan untuk mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap akhbar Utusan Malaysia kerana laporan "putarbelit dan palsu" ceramahnya di Tasek Gelugor, Pulau Pinang pada 21 Ogos. Beliau juga berkata bersedia untuk menghadapi soal siasat polis mengenai perkara yang secara jelas digembar-gemburkan oleh pihak-pihak UMNO.

Akhbar milik Umno- Utusan telah memetik ucapan pemimpin PAS itu yang berkata bahawa komunis yang menyerang balai polis Bukit Kepong semasa Darurat pada Feb 3, 1950, adalah wira dan bukannya anggota polis yang terbunuh di dalam serangan itu. Dia juga didakwa telah menuduh Perdana Menteri pertama negara, Tunku Abdul Rahman, dan Presiden pertama Umno, Onn Jaafar, tidak perlu diiktiraf sebagai pejuang kebebasan kerana mereka adalah pegawai-pegawai British.

Sekurang-kurangnya 49 laporan polis telah dibuat terhadap Mat Sabu di atas ucapan tersebut, pihak UMNO secara tergesa-gesa telah menyerang dan menuduh beliau cuba untuk mengubah semula sejarah bagi tujuan untuk menjadikan Malaysia sebuah republik. Kemuncak serangan itu, DAP pula telah menghantar pengerusinya untuk mencampuri pertelingkahan ini. Karpal Singh telah menasihatkan Mat Sabu supaya menarik balik kenyataannya.

Penafian Dan Rakaman Diabaikan

Kasihan Mat Sabu. Dia mesti berasa benar-benar kehilangan dan tidak berteman. Pada jangkaannya ia bukan satu isu. Bahkan dia telah melihat rakaman video ceramah atau ucapannya itu, di mana beliau kononnya telah membuat kenyataan tersebut. Setelah meninjau rakaman tersebut, Mat Sabu telah membuat penafian dan memutuskan untuk mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap Utusan.

Tetapi seolah-olah tiada siapa yang mendengar kepadanya sama sekali. Bukan sahaja Karpal tidak menyebelahinya, termasuklah UMNO-BN. Media UMNO kini memutarkan berita kepimpinan PAS atasan tidak menyokong beliau mengenai isu itu.

Tetapi walau apapun kata orang, Mat Sabu yakin, dia harus lebih cepat untuk meredakan serangan. Bawa keluar pita rakaman, tunjukkan. Masyarakat Melayu sekali lagi diingatkan akan penipuan-penipuan pemimpin UMNO.

Mat Sabu juga mengakui bahawa media milik UMNO telah menyerang beliau sejak beliau dipilih sebagai Timbalan Presiden PAS awal tahun ini. "Dan mereka juga mungkin menggunakan saya untuk mengalihkan perhatian daripada isu-isu kotor mereka seperti pembaharuan peraturan pilihan raya. Utusan berbohong ... mereka membuat cerita-cerita tentang ucapan saya. Apabila saya memeriksa kembali dan melihat rakaman, tidak ada perkataan 'komunis' dijumpai dalam ucapan saya," katanya.

Apakah Utusan Boleh Dipercayai?

Jika Mat Sabu bercakap benar, mengapa Utusan Malaysia berbohong? Adakah mereka sudah menyemak fakta atau ini satu lagi isu rekaan mereka untuk memusnahkan kredibiliti PAS dan menyamakan ia sebagai kecenderungan Komunis?

Utusan Malaysia telah gagal mengamalkan kejujuran dalam laporan politik dan menyebabkan rakyat Malaysia dan orang Melayu menjauhkan diri dari mereka dan UMNO. Mempertaruhkan kredibiliti ini semata-mata  untuk sensasi hanya akan merosakkan masa depan akhbar yang dimiliki parti. Dan jika penipu patologi mula memberitahu kebenaran, tiada siapa akan mahu untuk mempercayai mereka lagi. Ini adalah bagaimana kredibiliti bekerja. Seperti juga 'amanah', dipecahkan sekali, ini sangat sukar untuk dibaiki.

Ancaman komunisme kepada dunia sudah lama berlalu. Ia adalah ideologi usang yang tergolong di zaman lain. Kita sekarang berada di dalam tamadun moden, liberal dan ditambah era IT di mana Komunisme sudah tidak dialu-alukan mahupun diingini lagi. Tidak ramai yang memperdulikannya lagi dan kebanyakan anak-anak muda menganggapnya sebagai kepercayaan kuno. Tetapi tidak di sini, dimana UMNO memerintah Malaysia. Di sini, ia masih satu stigma, ia dosa yang keji. Itulah kedalaman pengetahuan ideologi di dalam UMNO hari ini.

Seterusnya, apakah yang Utusan harapkan? Dari isu 'azan' Teresa Kon, bersambung ke Perdana Menter Kristian, skandal seks Datuk T, serbuan JAIS-DUMC hinggalah terkini kepada Komunisme. Akhbar itu tidak pernah gagal untuk mencetuskan kontroversi yang tidak perlu. Mungkin ini adalah arahan daripada bos. Sebagai sebuah akhbar, tanggungjawabnya adalah untuk menyatukan pendapat umum Melayu, tetapi setakat ini ia hanya berjaya mencambahkan benih-benih perpecahan.

Dalam perkembangan positif, publisiti itu hanya menjadi kemasyhuran dan kepercayaan pemimpin-pemimpin politik dalam parti-parti pembangkang supaya pendirian mereka tidak berbelah bahagi. Terutamanya, apabila ia mendedahkan bahawa laporan Utusan tentan Mat Sabu adalah palsu. Bumerang ini akan balik kepada UMNO, dan masyarakat Islam seharusnya bertanya kepada pemimpin-pemimpin mereka seperti TPM Muhyiddin Yassin, Menteri Dalam Negeri, Hishammuddin Tun Hussein dan ramai yang lain mengapa mereka berebut-rebut untuk mengutuk Mat Sabu, tanpa usul periksa.

Tidak Begitu Dikenali Sebelum Ini

Mohd Sabu menikmati banyak sokongan dari akar umbi PAS. Orang ramai sukakan pidatonya yang berapi-api dan bersemangat, dan beliau banyak menjelajah ke seluruh negara untuk bercakap di dalam ceramah PAS yang telah membawa banyak sokongan kepada perjuangan PAS.

Mat Sabu tidak terkenal di kalangan bukan Melayu dan bukan-PAS sehinggalah dia menjadi Timbalan Presiden. Tetapi kini, semua orang mengenali beliau selepas serangan hebat Utusan UMNO - Bukit Kepong Sabu mungkin menjadi namanya yang terbaru. Dihormati oleh kebanyakan orang Melayu, kemasyhuran beliau kini telah sampai kepada warga Cina dan India di negara ini yang tidak lagi melihat beliau dengan syak wasangka.

Tidak seperti pemimpin-pemimpin atasan PAS, yang kebanyakannya dari golongan Ulama, dia lebih dianggap liberal, lantang bersuara, turun ke bawah dengan kualiti kepimpinan semulajadi yang boleh menarik rakyat bersama-sama. Kejayaan beliau dalam pemilihan parti baru-baru ini juga menunjukkan bahawa asas sokongan kepada beliau adalah tinggi. Malah, bagi peringkat akar umbi PAS, dia bagaikan lagenda yang masih hidup kerana kelebihannya itu. Bagaimanapun, beliau dilihat bagai duri dalam daging bagi golongan elit UMNO.

Super Wira Kaum

Ketua Penerangan PAS Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man telah membelanya dengan berkata sesiapa yang menentang kerajaan penjajah British sebelum Merdeka, termasuk Parti Komunis Malaya, "logiknya" boleh dipanggil pejuang kemerdekaan. Walau bagaimanapun, perkara yang sama tidak lagi boleh dianggap begitu terhadap pihak Komunis selepas kemerdekaan daripada pihak British, kerana pada masa itu, mereka melancarkan perang gerila terhadap kerajaan Malaysia.

Tuan Ibrahim, Ustaz yang dihormati, juga menegaskan bahawa terdapat keperluan untuk tafsiran yang lebih jujur tentang ​​sejarah, menunjukkan bahawa soalan PAS menyokong Komunis tidak sepatutnya timbul jika semua pihak mengkaji sejarah tanpa prejudis.

Oleh itu, ia kelihatannya seperti Mat Sabu kini telah menyertai barisan Anwar Ibrahim dari PKR dan Lim Guan Eng dari DAP. Dia sepatutnya harus berasa bangga dengan kehebatan serangan UMNO ini. Beliau kini antara yang paling teraniaya di Malaysia kerana beliau dilihat sebagai satu ancaman politik yang sebenar, dengan karisma dan bakat yang cukup untuk menakutkan golongan elit UMNO.

Anwar, Guan Eng dan Sabu kini ketiga-tiga watak utama untuk drama politik di Malaysia dan semakin hebat menjelang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13. Dalam tergesa-gesa untuk membunuh mereka, UMNO telah lupa bahawa pedang mempunyai dua mata. Walaupun di mata mereka, mereka mendapat kemenangan besar ke atas Sabu, tetapi tidak semua orang membaca Utusan, berapa ramai orang Melayu yang percaya atau mengambil berat tentang berita itu lagi?

Jadi, di mata kebanyakan orang-orang Melayu, Sabu kini merupakan Super-Wira dan terima kasih kepada UMNO.

-MC

PENYAPU SIAL

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:37 PM PDT

walau pun laporan ini agak ketinggalan waktu, namun dalam suasana Abang Mat Sabu  dituduh pro komunis, maka isu ini kembali releven.

Mengikut laporan Malaysiakini pada 10 Januari 2005, KDN telah meluluskan untuk penerbitan suara rasmi Parti Kominis Malaya bernama "People's Daily".

Mengikut Wikipedia:

The People's Daily (Chinese: 人民日报; pinyin: Rénmín Rìbào) is a daily newspaper in the People's Republic of China. The paper is an organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), published worldwide with a circulation of 3 to 4 million. TERJEMAHAN: People's Daily adalah akhbar harian di China. Akhbar ini adalah suara rasmi Parti Komunis China

Malaysiakini melaporkan akhbar harian ini akan diterbit dan dicetak di Malaysia tetapi mengikut piawaian yang telah ditentukan.(Sila lihat dibawah)

M'sia approves permit for Chinese Communist Party organ
Pauline Puah Jan 10, 05 4:58pm

The Communist Party of China will publish the overseas edition of its organ,
People's Daily, in Malaysia from next month, following approval of a
publishing and printing permit from the government here.

This will add another market to the publication, currently available in some
80 countries including the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia,
France and Japan.

Local Chinese-language newspaper, Oriental Daily News, quoted Deputy
Information Minister Donald Lim yesterday as saying that the Internal
Security Ministry and Information Ministry will monitor the contents
closely.

The overseas edition of People's Daily has been published in Chinese since
1985, appearing daily except on Sunday.

"The editorial policy of the overseas version is that it must collaborate
with the party's nature and policy. But at the same time, it must consider
the acceptance and reading habits of readers abroad," says a note on the
Internet version.

Malaysia-China Friendship Association secretary-general Tan Kai Hee said the
trial version of the People's Daily in Malaysia had been published since Jan
1.

He said the contents of the daily, although published and printed in
Malaysia, would follow the overseas version in other countries.

"Maybe certain local issues will be adapted to be published as well. This's
just like our newspapers here which have pull-outs that focus on local
issues," he said when contacted today.

Focus on culture

He dismissed allegations that the paper would promote communism.

"The paper will promote China's culture and economic, but it's not about to
promote the (communist) ideology. Because of this (not promoting ideology),
it has been accepted worldwide," he said.

He said the question of ideology should not be made an issue as the Chinese
people and Malaysians both believe that neither sides would influence the
other.

"I believe Malaysians are mature enough to accept different ideas. In the era of globalisation, the issue of ideology should not be an issue any
more," he said.

Tan said the government's decision to allow the publication reflects its
open policy towards the Chinese culture.

"This shows the government does not see China as a threat, but a good friend
and partner," he said.

"Malaysian entrepreneurs and investors who have businesses in China,
entrepreneurs and students who are now living in Malaysia, and various
Chinese cultural organisations would like to see the publication of the
People's Daily in Malaysia," he said.

When contacted, an employee at the People's Daily office in Kuala Lumpur
refused to disclose additional details, such as the expected print run.

However, a source said the publication will likely be a tabloid of eight to
10 pages.

Under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, all publishers and
printers are required to obtain an annual permit. The Internal Security
Minister has sole power to approve, reject or revoke licences.

For instance, there has been guarded response to malaysiakini's application
for a current affairs weekly, submitted in September 2002.

Last June, the premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi strongly hinted in answer to a parliamentary question that the government would not approve the application for fear that the publication could be prejudicial to national security.

Deputy Internal Security Minister Chia Kwang Chye could not be reached for
comment today.

Yang hairannya, Malaysiakini telah memohon permit untuk akhbar cetak semenjak 2002 tapi tidak diluluskan.

Manakala, Parti Komunis China pula diberikan permit oleh Kementrian Dalam Negeri untuk menerbitkan suara rasmi mereka di Malaysia.

Bukankah ini juga satu penghinaan kepada bekas2 tentera kita yang telah terkorban menentang penentangan Parti Komunis Malaya satu masa dahulu? Bukankah Parti Komunis Malaya bernaung di bawah Parti Komunis China di mana segala kelengkapan mereka datang dari Parti Komunis China?

Yang wa  jadi pelik dengan sikap UMNOPORNO ini  adalah  apakehelnya   bangsat  ini serang Mat Sabu yang mempertahankan Mat Indera (mat jugak) pada waktu yg sama kita izin akhbar parti komunis diedar di Malaysia?

Tidakkah tindakan seperti ini juga seperti meludah di atas pusara mereka2 yang terkorban dalam peristiwa Bukit Kepong juga?

penyapu sial

Bukankah umno dan parti komunis china sudah ada MOU untuk saling bekerjasama dalam latihan kepimpinan. Dalam makna lain umno sekarang sedang diresapi falsafah dan cara pemikiran Parti Komunis China.

Dewan Pemuda PAS Negeri Kedah

Dewan Pemuda PAS Negeri Kedah


Re: You Have Won

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:25 AM PDT

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Anak Muda Kampung Nak Senang

Anak Muda Kampung Nak Senang


Polis Malaysia jadi perompak, pengedar dadah, pengganas?

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 05:12 PM PDT


Ini bukan kerana nila setitik rosak susu sebelanga, ini dah lebih setitik nila yang dah rosakkan susu sebelanga. Sebelum ini dilaporkan kes polis jadi perompak, polis jadi pengedar dadah, polis tendang perut ibu tunggal, kini polis pula diberitakan tembak pelajar dalam satu kes gaduh. Ayoyo, apa sudah jadi dengan polis di Malaysia sekarang ini?

Berita Polis tendang perut ibu tunggal dalam serbuan di http://amkns.blogspot.com/2011/08/polis-tendang-perut-ibu-tunggal-dalam.html

Berita Lima anggota polis jadi perompak http://amkns.blogspot.com/2011/08/lima-anggota-polis-jadi-perompak.html

Berita Enam Pegawai Polis jadi Pengedar Dadah http://amkns.blogspot.com/2011/06/enam-pegawai-polis-kl-jadi-pengedar.html

Khamis September 1, 2011
TIGA ANGGOTA POLIS DITAHAN BANTU SIASATAN KES TEMBAK PELAJAR

KUALA LUMPUR: Tiga anggota polis antara enam yang ditahan berhubung kejadian melepaskan tembakan yang mencederakan seorang pelajar kolej swasta di Taman Seri Rampai, Setapak, di sini Rabu.

Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Kuala Lumpur Datuk Ku Chin Wah berkata ketiga-tiga anggota itu berpangkat Koperal dan Lans Koperal.

"Dua daripada mereka bertugas di Bukit Aman dan seorang lagi di Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Selangor," katanya kepada Bernama ketika dihubungi Khamis.

Menurutnya siasatan awal mendapati kejadian berpunca daripada pergeseran kenderaan, namun siasatan masih lagi dijalankan.

Selain tiga anggota polis itu, tiga lagi yang ditahan semalam adalah rakan mangsa berumur antara 20 dan 27 tahun.

Kesemua suspek ditahan reman sehingga 4 September bagi membantu siasatan.

Pelajar lelaki berusia lingkungan 20-an itu dilaporkan cedera parah akibat ditembak di hadapan sebuah kelab malam pada 6 pagi.

Pelajar itu bersama tiga lagi rakannya baru sahaja memasuki kereta untuk meninggalkan kelab malam berkenaan apabila mereka didatangi sekumpulan lelaki. - BERNAMA

http://www.mstar.com.my/berita/jenayah/cerita.asp?file=/2011/9/1/mstar_jenayah/20110901144830&sec=mstar_jenayah

BLOG - BLOG PARTI DAP

BLOG - BLOG PARTI DAP


Lim Kit Siang

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:31 PM PDT

Lim Kit Siang


Media lynching and academic collaborators

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:36 PM PDT

By Dr Lim Teck Ghee Every once in a while the government-controlled or government-associated media engages in a public lynching of individuals that dare to challenge the Umno-scripted truth about the political system, religion, the monarchy or just about any subject which may be seen as threatening to Umno's political and ideological dominance. The latest [...]

Umno turning right leads BN downhill

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 06:44 PM PDT

— Ooi Kee Beng The Malaysian Insider Sep 02, 2011 SEPT 2 — On July 9, the streets of Kuala Lumpur played host to animated engagements between demonstrators and the police. Bersih 2.0, which started out as a simple and hesitant attempt to revive public interest in electoral reforms, became a huge demonstration that captured [...]

View issues with Tan Seng Giaw

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 03:42 PM PDT

View issues with Tan Seng Giaw


Education Ministry must not waste money on 1Bestarinet

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:08 AM PDT

DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong Dr Tan Seng Giaw insists that Malaysian Education Ministry appoints a truly reliable company to implement 1Bestarinet.

The ministry is planning to implement a more comprehensive 1Bestarinet to replace Schoolnet. It is learnt that it will spend RM4.5 bil in the next 15 years, that is, RM300 mn a year.

On 1.9.2011, Dr Tan comments on 1Bestarinet project..

Countries in the world including Malaysia are trying to use modern digital technology and infrastructure. For example, Malaysia began in 2004 to introduce Scoolnet. But, seven years later, we are still in the dark about the digital technology provided and the expenditure. We shall pursue these. How many tens of millions of ringgits have been spent?

Now, the ministry is said to be planning 1Bestarinet to provide the most up-to-date digital technology to 9,924 schools in the country. It will replace Schoolnet.

It seems that the ministry opened 1Bestarinet tender from May 5 to 31,11. From the 19 companies which submitted tender, six had been shortlisted, namely, Celcom Axiata Bhd, Jaring Communications,Maxis Bhd, YTL Communications, Multimedia Synergy Corp.,Telecom Malaysia Bhd/Time DotCom Bhd.The Government must be transparent, letting the public know the companies' resources, the ability to deliver as promised and accountability. We do not want a company that has no resources and no capability, going only for profits.

Although the ministry is supposed to have a mechanism to supervise a company that is appointed, it lacks efficiency as seen in the monitoring of the Schoolnet project. The Budget Session of Parliament begins on October 3, 11. We shall bring up Schoolnet and 1Bestarnet projects.

Tan Seng Giaw

MY VOICE FOR NATION

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:19 PM PDT

MY VOICE FOR NATION


Time for reforms running out, Kit Siang warns Najib

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 12:56 AM PDT

BLOG - BLOG PARTI PKR

BLOG - BLOG PARTI PKR


The Spirit of Lubok Kawah/Semangat Lubok Kawah

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:47 PM PDT

The Spirit of Lubok Kawah/Semangat Lubok Kawah


Posted: 01 Sep 2011 09:38 PM PDT


BERHARI RAYA DENGAN SANAK SAUDARA DI MERLIMARU, MELAKA

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 03:50 PM PDT





















Anwar Ibrahim

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:31 PM PDT

Anwar Ibrahim


Program Salam Aidilfitri  YB Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim & YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim Di Sabah dan Sarawak Pada 3 & 4 September 2011

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 02:55 PM PDT

3 September 2011 (Sabtu)  – Sabah

Program YB Dato' Seri Anwar  Ibrahim

1)      11.00  – 2.00 ptg –Kampong  Lot M, Kinabatangan.  

2)      3.00 – 6.00 ptg – Sabah Hotel, Sandakan.

3)      7.00 – 11.00 mlm – Kampong Petagas Lama, Petagas, Putatan

4)      7.00 – 11.00 mlm – Kampong Batangan, Tuaran  
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Program YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, Menteri Besar Selangor

1)      11.00 – 1.00 ptg – Ocean Restaurant, Tawau

2)      2.00 – 5.00 ptg –  Lorong 6,  Taman Aman Jaya, Lahad Datu

3)      7.00 – 11.00 mlm – Kampong Batangan, Tuaran

4)      7.00 – 11.00 mlm – Kampong Petagas Lama, Petagas, Putatan
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4 September 2011  (Ahad)  – Sarawak

Program YB Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim

1)      12.00 – 2.00 ptg – 133, Jln Bunga Tanjung, Kg Pinang Jawa, Petra Jaya, Kucing

2)      2.30 – 4.30 ptg -   RPR Batu Kawa, Lorong 20, Phase 2, Kucing

3)      5.00 – 6.00 ptg – Perjumpaan Bersama Majlis Pimpinan Negeri Sarawak

4)      7.00 – 9.00 mlm – No 11, Kramau, Kg Besira Rayang, Jln Liuk, Padawan,
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Program YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, Menteri Besar Selangor

1)      12.00 – 2.00 ptg – 133, Jln Bunga Tanjung, Kg Pinang Jawa, Petra Jaya, Kucing

2)      2.30 – 4.30 ptg –  RPR Batu Kawa, Lorong 20, Phase 2,  Kucing

3)      4.00 – 7.00 ptg – Lot 12, Kampong Tunku Abd Rahman, Lambir, Miri

4)      8.00 – 11.00 mlm – Beverly Café, Taman Tunku, Miri

Malaysian Solution: Always a Bad Idea

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 02:02 AM PDT

From www.abc.net
by Julian Burnside

The High Court ruled yesterday that the Malaysian Solution was not lawful.

The majority decision turns on the nature of Australia’s obligations under the Refugees Convention. They held that, if Australia sends boat people away without considering their claim for protection, it can only do so if the receiving country offers the same protection as Australia is obliged to offer. The result is entirely consistent with the spirit of the Refugees Convention, which was designed to spread the burden of refugee flows, rather than leaving them to be borne by countries adjacent to trouble spots.

Leave aside the politics of it, the Malaysian Solution was always a bad idea. We can assume that the Australian Government intended to treat the 4,000 refugees resettled from Malaysia as part of our offshore resettlement quota. It presently offsets informal boat arrivals against the offshore resettlement quota. Accordingly the Malaysian arrangement was neutral on total refugee arrival rates. So it was not going to reduce the number of refugees received in Australia each year, but it was going to cost the Australian taxpayer about $200 million. Weird economics.

Paradoxically, the arrangement may have constituted a significant pull factor, at least for a time. The reason for this is that Malaysia does not allow refugees to work. The deal with Malaysia would have notionally allowed transferees to work. Refugees currently living in Malaysia waiting for resettlement would have had a powerful incentive to try to get to Australia in order to be transferred back to Malaysia and receive work rights. For a person who faces the prospect of waiting up to 15 years before being resettled, the incentive to act this way would have been very strong. If that pull factor had in fact operated, it is likely that the quota of 800 transferees would have filled pretty quickly, and would have achieved very little for Australia apart from adding significantly to the cost of deterring boat arrivals. If, as a result, Australia and Malaysia increased the quota under the arrangement, then the cost would have increased proportionally, but so would the pull factor.

So what should be done now?

At present, Australia has a system of indefinite mandatory detention of boat people. The detention is mandatory, because the Migration Act requires that non-citizens without a visa must be detained and must remain in detention until given a visa or until removed from Australia. While the Minister has a discretion about the mode of detention, detention remains mandatory, and even “community detention” falls far short of actual freedom.

Detention is indefinite because it has no fixed end point: detention continues until the person receives a visa (which may take years) or until they are removed from Australia. Removal from Australia may not happen until after years of processing, and in some cases turns out to be impossible – for example, where a person is stateless. Where a person is refused a visa but cannot be removed from Australia, the High Court decision of al Kateb says that they may be held in detention for the rest of their life, notwithstanding that they have not committed any offence.

Changing policy in an attempt to deter boat people from seeking entry to Australia rests on several important assumptions. The first is that the fear of what Australia might do to them exceeds the fear from which they are fleeing. That proposition is quite implausible. In the past 15 years, most boat arrivals have been Afghan Hazaras fleeing the Taliban, Iraquis fleeing Saddam Hussein, Iranians fleeing the theocracy in that country, and Tamils fleeing genocide in Sri Lanka. Not surprisingly, a very high percentage (approximately 80-95 per cent) of boat people ultimately establish an entitlement to protection.

The second assumption is that asylum seekers have the wherewithal to research the treatment they are likely to receive if they seek safety in Australia. There is no evidence to suggest that people desperate enough to take the risks associated with unauthorised arrival in Australia have ever had the time or resources to investigate the many changes in Australia’s policy settings concerning asylum seekers.

The third assumption, which is bound up with the second, is that people smugglers are a reliable source of information for their passengers. It is in the highest degree unlikely that people smugglers reveal candidly to their customers that they face mandatory detention, or removal to Malaysia, or any other hardship which the government of the day seeks to impose as a deterrent.

It is therefore difficult to assume that anything done by Australia will make any appreciable difference to the arrival rate of boat people.

If things are left as they are, Australia will continue to face the following problems associated with the present system: needless infliction of mental harm on detainees and damage to Australia’s reputation as a nation which cares about human rights. And don’t forget the huge cost: mandatory detention costs us about $1 billion a year.

There is simply no merit in the idea of detaining people indefinitely just because they have arrived in Australia by boat. Asylum seekers also arrive by air: typically they arrive on short-term visas such as business, tourist or student visas. Once in Australia, they apply for asylum. Once their initial visa expires, they are given a bridging visa pending assessment of their claim for asylum. This may take years, but they remain in the community while it happens. Most of these asylum claims fail on the merits (only about 20 per cent succeed). By contrast, about 80-90 per cent of boat arrivals ultimately succeed in their claim for asylum, but they are detained during the entire process.

The arrival rate of asylum seekers who come by air is two or three times greater than the arrival rate of boat people.

A question inevitably arises: what is the justification for detaining boat people indefinitely, at vast expense, when most of them will ultimately succeed in their claim for protection but will be damaged more or less severely by the process? To this question, it seems that the only genuine answer is an appeal to political advantage.

There was one interesting feature of the Malaysian deal. Australia negotiated an arrangement with Malaysia which involved minimal detention before the transferees were to be released into the community with work rights. What a cracking idea! If Australia capped initial detention to just a month for health and security checks, overcrowding in detention would be solved instantly; the cost of operating the detention system would reduce dramatically; and the foreseeable mental harm which is caused by indefinite detention would stop.

It is not clear why the Australian Government thinks it necessary or desirable to detain boat people indefinitely when they do not think it necessary or desirable for Malaysia to detain those same boat people (except for preliminary health and security checks), and do not think it necessary or desirable to detain asylum seekers who come to Australia by plane.

The big question is whether the Government or the Opposition can forget about populism and point scoring, and see their way clear to solving the detention problem by acting decently: they could save our reputation and our taxes.

Julian Burnside AO QC is an Australian Barrister and an advocate for human rights and fair treatment of refugees.

Perutusan Hari Kemerdekaan ke 54; 31 Ogos 2011 “Memaknai Jiwa Merdeka”

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:56 AM PDT

Assalamualaikum wbt, Salam Sejahtera dan Salam Kemerdakaan! Tanggal 31 Ogos 2011 adalah hari baru untuk kita lakarkan kemerdekaan negara. Tahun 1957 yang lalu, laungan Merdeka! bergema dan disambut dengan suara rakyat yang ternyata amat menghargai sebuah kemerdekaan dan kebebasan di dalam negara sendiri. Kemerdekaan yang diburu adalah kebebasan hati.

Bukan kemerdekaan yang hanya sekadar mengibarkan Jalur Gemilang. Seharusnya rakyat mesti dipupuk untuk melahirkan jiwa merdeka. Justeru, marilah kita sama-sama memaknai kemerdekaan ini dengan memerdekakan sepenuhnya jiwa kita dari cengkaman dan kezaliman demi membina negara yang aman harmoni antara semua bangsa. Kemerdekaan tidak semestinya ditafsirkan sebagai bebas dari tekanan dan cengkaman penjajah. Malah ianya merangkumi segala aspek kehidupan, politik, ekonomi, moral dan masyarakat.

Kemerdekaan ini juga harus menjadi asas keterbukaan khususnya kepada golongan muda yang bakal mewarisi pentadbiran negara suatu masa nanti. Sehubungan dengan itu, negara sepatutnya mampu menyediakan prasarana ekonomi agar kekayaan negara dapat dikongsi bersama tanpa membataskan kedudukan bangsa dan agama.

Rakyat terus ditindas dengan desakan dan tekanan sara hidup yang membebankan, sedangkan pemimpin yang ada duduk gah di atas dengan sewenangnya membelanjakan hasil negara untuk kepentingan tertentu. Saban hari kita dipinta untuk "berkorban" dan ubah gaya hidup dalam menampung

Wee Choo Keong

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 03:45 PM PDT

Wee Choo Keong


How many years did Khazanah sleep on the huge debts owed by Alwafeer Air to MAS?

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 12:53 AM PDT

MAS has leased three jumbo jets to Alwafeer Air, a Jeddah based charter airline, in HERE. It was part of the agreement that MAS seconded our pilots and stewardess to it. Our Malaysian pilots and stewardess were having problems in receiving their due salaries. I am told by informed sources that documentation for the leasing [...]

Anak Muda Kampung Nak Senang

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:38 AM PDT

Anak Muda Kampung Nak Senang


Dah 100 tahun masih tiada bekalan air di Johor

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 04:35 PM PDT


Penduduk Orang Asli tadah hujan untuk minum

31 Ogos 2011 - Ulu Tiram, Johor : Lebih 140 Orang Asli Seletar di Kampung Pasir Salam, di sini, masih mengalami masalah mendapatkan bekalan air bersih walaupun sudah mendiami kampung berkenaan sejak lebih 100 tahun lalu.

Ketiadaan bekalan air yang disalurkan ke kampung itu menyebabkan penduduk terpaksa menadah air hujan untuk mendapatkan sumber bekalan minuman dan keperluan harian lain seperti memasak dan membasuh.


Malah, mereka dihantui kebimbangan setiap kali musim kemarau hingga terpaksa mencari sumber air di kawasan hutan paya berhampiran.

Penduduk, Tipah Tammat, 40, berkata, penduduk kampung turut mengalami nasib buruk apabila terpaksa meminum air hujan kerana tiada bekalan air bersih di penempatan mereka.

"Pengalaman yang tidak dapat saya lupakan ialah terpaksa minum air hujan yang ditadah kerana kami sendiri tidak tahu bila akan hujan.

"Jika tidak hujan berhari-hari bekalan air yang ditadah akan habis menyebabkan penduduk terpaksa ke hutan berdekatan bagi mencari air di paya bakau," katanya.

Menurutnya, ketiadaan air menyulitkan urusan harian penduduk seperti mandi, memasak dan membasuh baju.

"Susah hidup kami kerana segalanya memang perlukan air dan kadang-kadang kesihatan kami tidak dihiraukan lagi kerana terpaksa tidak mandi atau membasuh pakaian dan pinggan mangkuk kerana ketiadaan air," katanya.

Sementara itu, Tok Batin, Sotti Akun, 48, berkata, ketika musim kemarau penduduk terpaksa menempuh perjalanan sejauh lapan kilometer semata-mata mahu membeli bekalan air bersih di hujung kampung.

"Kami terpaksa membeli air dengan harga kira-kira RM5 bagi setong 20 liter air bersih. Penduduk yang tidak mampu bayar bergantung ihsan pemilik kedai yang bermurah hati memberikan air secara percuma," katanya.

http://www.hmetro.com.my/myMetro/articles/PendudukOrangAslitadahhujanuntukminum/Article/index_html

Iran Produksi Massal Rudal Anti Tank

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 04:34 PM PDT


30 Agustus 2011, Tehran (Berita HanKam): Kementrian Pertahanan Iran mulai memproduksi massal rudal anti-tank 73 mm, Senin (29/8), peresmian dihadiri Menteri Pertahanan Iran Brigadir Jenderal Ahmad Vahidi.

Rudal memiliki hulu ledak khusus dimana dapat menembus sasaran sedalam 300 milimeter dan menghancurkannya, diungkapkan Menhan Vahidi, dalam sambutannya.

Rudal dapat menghancurkan sasaran berupa tank, ranpur pengangkut pasukan, ranpur ringan dan gudang senjata.

Rudal dapat dibawa kendaraan maupun prajurit dan mampu menjangkau sasaran sejauh 1300 meter.

http://beritahankam.blogspot.com/2011/08/iran-produksi-massal-rudal-anti-tank.html

PKR DUN 19 Kepayan P174 Penampang, Sabah.

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:38 AM PDT

PKR DUN 19 Kepayan P174 Penampang, Sabah.


Lawatan DSAI & TSKI ke Sabah - 3 Sept 2011

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 05:39 AM PDT

raya ad pkr

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