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Posted: 28 Feb 2011 03:29 AM PST

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选民若拒绝人联非“造反”、而是希望“以廉制贪”

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 10:00 PM PST

人联党秘书长沈庆辉日前表示,指选民"即使'造反'也要有理由"的说辞,根本是典型的封建政治文化。现代民主政治的核心精神,就是选民才是"老板",即选民有权利透过手中的一票,来决定谁出任政府,并且享有有宪政保障的权利,通过每5年一次的选举将不称职的政府拉下马来。

选民如果在来届大选拒绝人联党,不是要"造反",也不是要"弄死"砂州政府中的华人代表,而是要迎来"以廉制贪"的新政治文化,以终结砂州极度贪婪和腐朽的国阵政权。

遗憾的是,沈庆辉连这么简单的道理都不懂,可见人联党执政40周年,已经忘记了民主精神的真谛,所以才会将选民拒绝人联党形容成是'造反'。难道沈庆辉认为人联党和砂州国阵的"天下"是世袭的,选民是奴隶,只能永世支持主子,绝对不能反对,一旦想要改变,就是'造反'?

人联党此时此刻恐吓华裔选民不可"造反",可见该党的领导层,已经失去反思的能力。"人联党看来不仅不知道华人到底要什么,甚至不知道华人到底拒绝什么。"

人联党是砂州国阵的一份子,是砂州不公平和贪腐施政的组成部分。"人联党是贪腐政治的共犯,不论他代表的什么民族。事实上,只有让国阵崩盘,砂州的清廉和民主政治才有希望。而'以廉制贪'的新政治文化是超越民族藩篱的,保障全民的公共资源和利益。"

如今中东国家的茉莉花开万里香,而这一轮所谓"中东波"的民主化浪潮,让砂州国阵也感到恐慌。所以沈庆辉威胁人民"不可造反","不可弄死人联党"是自然的条件反射。

如果一个政权是清廉的,根本无需害怕茉莉花浪潮,如瑞典、挪威、芬兰这些民主和清廉的国家,需要害怕茉莉花浪潮吗?甚至亚洲的香港特区政府,台湾,韩国,新加坡,也很有自信面对茉莉花浪潮。偏偏就是人联党和国阵感到惊慌。可见此地无银三百两!

越贪婪的政权,越要镇压人民力量。越腐败的政权,越害怕改朝换代,因为民主化将会终结他们所有见不得光的利益,清算他们霸权时期所非法敛取的不义之财。

魏宗贤文打烟之声 Gwee Tong Hiang for Bentayan

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 03:21 AM PST

魏宗贤文打烟之声 Gwee Tong Hiang for Bentayan


油棕被盗采, 园主不满

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:33 AM PST

Charles Santiago

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:21 PM PST

Charles Santiago


கொள்ளையர்களின் அச்சுறுத்தல்

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 08:25 PM PST

மூலம்  :- மலேசிய நண்பன்

 

 

 

 


போலீஸ் அலட்சியம் தொடர்ந்தால் அமைதி போராட்டம் தொடரும்.

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PST

மூலம்  :- மலேசிய நண்பன்


தடை விதிப்பது நியாயமல்ல

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 07:47 PM PST

மூலம்  :- மலேசிய நண்பன்

 


Interlok Arrests: Najib Should Walk the Talk

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 02:38 AM PST

A protester was pushed down, his face rubbed against the road, kicked and then arrested.

I am not writing about what happened in Libya. This scene took place in Kuala Lumpur, a couple of minutes away from KLCC, Malaysia’s symbol of growth and prosperity.

Ahead of time, the police had locked-down Kuala Lumpur to prevent members of Human Rights Party  and supporters from gathering to stage a protest, calling for the ban of Interlok.

Friends who were on location around the KLCC said that the police verbally abused the protesters including media workers.

Indians sighted around the Shangri-La Hotel and KLCC area were stopped, interrogated and even had their identity cards scrutinized.

Journalists were asked to show their media passes and shouted at for filming the violent arrests.

A few days back Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak slammed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for unleashing violence on his people who were opposed to his rule.

“We believe he should not use violence. What is important for us is to take into account the aspirations of people…The system should be legitimate, it has to be based on support of people” –

These are Najib’s words.

His deputy, Muhyiddin Yassin, called on Gaddafi to allow the people to demonstrate peacefully.

Therefore, what happened on the streets of Kuala Lumpur today clearly shows that the UMNO-led Barisan Nasional government practices double standards.

Interlok contains racial slurs against the Indians.

It is a slap on the face of Malaysian Indians and clearly a play of racial politics, crafted to please the ultra-Malays.

It’s me or chaos – this the mantra of Gaddafi. Toe the government line or face abuse is the slogan of Barisan Nasional and particularly UMNO leaders.

And if Ghaddafi says that the Al-Qaeda instigated his people to take to the streets, UMNO says that issues raised against Interlok were carved out by the opposition.

This is a joke.

In Northern Africa and the Middle-East, we are seeing an uprising as people stand up to re-claim their rights.

Here, Malaysian Indians are fighting to retain their dignity against a piece of literature which is derogatory. And if UMNO cares about democracy, the leaders would allow for legitimate dissent instead of trying to keep a lid on it.

As I write this, the whereabouts of the 109 protestors who have been arrested are unknown.

This further caricatures the abuse of power by the police force. And bins Najib’s 1Malaysia policy which zeroes in on national integration through racial unity.

Opposition politicians and non-governmental organizations have repeated calls for the setting-up of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).

The recent high-handed behaviour of the police at peaceful protests signals the crucial need for an independent body to act as a check and balance on the force.

I, therefore, call on the government to immediately set-up the IPCMC and release all those detained at the protest.

Charles Santiago

Member of Parliament, Klang.


இண்ட்ராப் பேரணி: “மலேசிய இந்திய சமூகத்தின் குரல்”, சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோ

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 02:27 AM PST

மூலம் :- மலேசியா இன்று

26 Feb | செய்தி.

நமது தலைவர்களும் மக்களும் மலேசியா ஒரு ஜனநாயக நாடு என்று மார் தட்டிக்கொள்கின்றனர். ஆனால், உண்மையில் ஜனநாயகம் கடைபிடிக்கப்படவில்லை என்று கூறுகிறார் டிஎபி கிள்ளான் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோ.

எதிர்வரும் ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை இண்ட்ராப் நடத்த திட்டமிடிருக்கும் பேரணியை நடத்த அனுமதிக்கக்கூடாது என்றும் அதில் பங்கேற்பவர்கள் மீது போலீசார் சட்ட நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும் என்று துணைப் பிரதமர் முகைதின் யாசின் கூறியிருப்பதைச் சுட்டிக் காட்டிய சார்ல்ஸ், "இவரின் கூற்று வேடிக்கையாக இருக்கிறது. மலேசியா ஒரு ஜனநாயக நாடு; நமக்கு பேச்சு உரிமை இருக்கிறது. ஆனால், இண்ட்ராப் பேரணி நடத்தக்கூடாது. இது அரசாங்கம் மக்களின் உரிமையைப் பறிப்பதாகும்", என்றார்.

இண்ட்ராப் நடத்தும் பேரணிக்கு போலீஸ் பாதுகாப்பு வழங்குமாறு கேட்டால், அக்கோரிக்கையை நிராகரித்து விட்டு இது சட்ட விரோத நடவடிக்கை; மீறினால் சட்ட நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்படும் என்று மிரட்டுதல் சிறிதளவும் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள முடியாத ஒன்று என்று அவர் மேலும் கூறினார்.

"சர்ச்சைக்குரிய இண்டர்லோக் நாவலுக்கு எதிராக நடத்தப்படும் பேரணிக்கு தடை போடுவது ஒட்டுமொத்த இந்தியர்களையும் அவர்களது உரிமைகளையும் அரசாங்கம் உதாசீனப்படுத்துகிறது என்பதைக் காட்டுகிறது. இது எங்கள் உரிமை. இப்பேரணி மலேசிய இந்திய சமூகத்தின் குரல். அதைத் தடுக்கும் அரசாங்கத்தின் செயல் கண்டிக்கத்தக்கது.

"இண்டர்லோக் நாவல் விவகாரத்தில் அரசாங்கம் மௌனம் காப்பதும், இந்தியர்களையும் அவர்களின் உணர்ச்சிகளையும் பொருட்படுத்தாமல், மதிக்காமல் இருப்பது இந்தியர்களின் மனதை மேலும் நோகச் செய்கிறது.

"ஆகவே, இந்தியர்களின் கோபத்திற்கு முற்றுப்புள்ளி வைக்கும் வகையில் இண்ட்ராப் பேரணி நடத்த அனுமதியும் பாதுகாப்பும் வழங்குவது மட்டுமில்லாமல், இண்டர்லோக் நாவலை மீட்டுக்கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்று அரசாங்கத்தைக் கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறேன்", என்றார் சார்ல்ஸ்.


Lone judge wants Putrajaya to answer for water deal

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 02:19 AM PST

Source :- themalaysianinsider
By Melissa Chi
February 25, 2011

Water was a basic necessity of life, said the appeals court judge. — Reuters pic

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 25 — The public has a legitimate expectation to know how water tariffs are determined, a dissenting judge in the Court of Appeal said today, disagreeing with a majority decision to keep secret the details of a concession deal between a private water company and the federal government.

Datuk Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus said the court action to demand public disclosure of the deal was considered public interest litigation.

"Water is a basic necessity of life and any increase in tariffs will have an important impact on their lives.

"If one has to pay in order to have water, then the charge must be extremely nominal and affordable to the citizens. Then the process of determining the water rates or tariffs must be transparent. The citizens have a legitimate expectation to know the process involved in determining any increase of tariffs," he said.

Hishamudin accepted the respondents' argument that the government has a legal responsibility to the citizens and that good governance requires transparency, particularly in matters pertaining to basic human needs such as treated water.

Earlier today, the Court of Appeals had decided today to keep secret the concession agreement between Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) and the federal government as well as an audit on the firm.

The majority decision was made by two of the three-man panel comprising Datin Paduka Zaleha Zahari, Datuk Seri Abu Samah Nordin and Hishamudin.

In 2007, Klang MP and co-ordinator for the Coalition Against Water Privatisation (CAWP), Charles Santiago, had filed for the judicial review seeking to declare the audit report and the 2004 concession agreement signed by Syabas, the Selangor government and the federal government as public documents.

In a landmark judgment, the High Court on June 28 last year ordered the contents of the documents to be disclosed, as requested by CAWP.

Judicial commissioner Hadhariah Syed Ismail had stated she was not convinced such a disclosure would be harmful to national security or public interest, as claimed by Syabas and the Ministry of Green Technology, Energy, and Water.

CAWP comprises the Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) and 13 others from Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, including Santiago himself.

In his dissenting judgment today, Hishamudin also said the federal counsel appeared unaware of clause 45 of the concession agreement.

"But it is disclosed in the submission that according to clause 45, none of the three parties to the agreement namely, one, the federal government; two, the state government; and three, Syabas, may disclose the contents of the agreement to third parties without a mutual agreement of all three parties unless it is right by law," he said.

In this case, the state government and Syabas have no objection to the disclosure of the concession agreement, he said.

"The High Court judge had examined both the concession agreement and the audit report, and has come to the conclusion that there is nothing that is detrimental to the national security or public order, are disclosed except that the disclosures might invite public criticisms," he said pointedly.

He said that prior to the Cabinet meeting inquest, the audit report was already in existence and has never been classified as an official secret.

"The audit report was never prepared solely for the purpose of Cabinet discussion.

"To my mind, it cannot be the law that just [because] subsequently this audit report was discussed by the Cabinet, it just then becomes an official secret. There is no basis for the minister to withhold this audit report from the public," Hishamudin said.

CAWP lawyer, Ang Hean Leng, today said the High Court judgment should have been upheld as average users would be "adversely affected", adding that today's ruling meant consumers "do not have legal standing to request for information related to the water supply and water rates".

"We have to wait for the judgment to see what the majority [said]," Ang said, before adding that today's decision had baffled them.

Syabas was allowed to raise water tariffs after the company said it had complied with the requirement to reduce non-revenue water by five per cent.

Non-revenue water is the difference between water produced and water lost through leakages, faulty meters and theft.

The energy, water and communications minister had earlier rejected the coalition's request on the grounds that the concession agreement was confidential and the audit report, an official secret.

Syabas provides water for Selangor and both the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya


Interlok Arrests: Najib Should Walk the Talk

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 02:13 AM PST

A protester was pushed down, his face rubbed against the road, kicked and then arrested.

I am not writing about what happened in Libya. This scene took place in Kuala Lumpur, a couple of minutes away from KLCC, Malaysia’s symbol of growth and prosperity.

Ahead of time, the police had locked-down Kuala Lumpur to prevent members of Human Rights Party  and supporters from gathering to stage a protest, calling for the ban of Interlok.

Friends who were on location around the KLCC said that the police verbally abused the protesters including media workers.

Indians sighted around the Shangri-La Hotel and KLCC area were stopped, interrogated and even had their identity cards scrutinized.

Journalists were asked to show their media passes and shouted at for filming the violent arrests.

A few days back Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak slammed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for unleashing violence on his people who were opposed to his rule.

“We believe he should not use violence. What is important for us is to take into account the aspirations of people…The system should be legitimate, it has to be based on support of people” –

These are Najib’s words.

His deputy, Muhyiddin Yassin, called on Gaddafi to allow the people to demonstrate peacefully.

Therefore, what happened on the streets of Kuala Lumpur today clearly shows that the UMNO-led Barisan Nasional government practices double standards.

Interlok contains racial slurs against the Indians.

It is a slap on the face of Malaysian Indians and clearly a play of racial politics, crafted to please the ultra-Malays.

It’s me or chaos – this the mantra of Gaddafi. Toe the government line or face abuse is the slogan of Barisan Nasional and particularly UMNO leaders.

And if Ghaddafi says that the Al-Qaeda instigated his people to take to the streets, UMNO says that issues raised against Interlok were carved out by the opposition.

This is a joke.

In Northern Africa and the Middle-East, we are seeing an uprising as people stand up to re-claim their rights.

Here, Malaysian Indians are fighting to retain their dignity against a piece of literature which is derogatory. And if UMNO cares about democracy, the leaders would allow for legitimate dissent instead of trying to keep a lid on it.

As I write this, the whereabouts of the 109 protestors who have been arrested are unknown.

This further caricatures the abuse of power by the police force. And bins Najib’s 1Malaysia policy which zeroes in on national integration through racial unity.

Opposition politicians and non-governmental organizations have repeated calls for the setting-up of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).

The recent high-handed behaviour of the police at peaceful protests signals the crucial need for an independent body to act as a check and balance on the force.

I, therefore, call on the government to immediately set-up the IPCMC and release all those detained at the protest.

 

Charles Santiago

Member of Parliament, Klang.


Lim Kit Siang

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 11:14 PM PST

Lim Kit Siang


Dying in two different ways

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 08:43 PM PST

by Goh Keat Peng In the news this week, we are numbed by reports of the death of hundreds of human beings not unlike ourselves. Some of these our fellow human beings were going about quietly in their everyday life in a city that is not only beautiful in myriads of ways but also ordinary [...]

U.N. votes to impose sanction on Gaddafi

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:40 AM PST

By Colum Lynch Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, February 27, 2011 UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday night to impose military and financial sanctions against Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi and his inner circle and to refer his regime’s crackdown on protesters to a war crimes tribunal for an investigation of possible [...]

VOON LEE SHAN

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 07:12 PM PST

VOON LEE SHAN


MALAYSIAN ARM RACE – REDUCE SPENDING ON THIS!

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 12:55 AM PST

While we are concern about corruption, transparency and abuse of power, we have over the years lost sight that arming the Nation policy by the BN can lead to disastrous consequences of war and poverty. We should pick this issue more seriously now as it had been overlooked by politicians and the general public over the years. We all know World War II was started when Hilter in stimulating the economy and creating jobs for the Germans went on a rearmament policy. The Germans were happy because the economy was growing and people got jobs, but, armament of Germany led to World War II.

In our armament, the Ministry of Defence in one weekend on 19 April 2010 during the "Defence Fair" went to justify the spending of more than RM10.4 billion to modernize and upgrade our military capabilities which was said in line with the Nine Malaysia Plan, in which the BN government was very ambitious and was said prepared to spend RM21billion or 10.6 percent of our development expenditure although a sum of RM14.5 billion was spent during the said Nineth Malaysian Plan (2006-2010). However, the government had never failed to justify their spending budget on arms. Not many of us including some politicians and policy makers could see the problems caused by huge military spending by our government. The huge budgets for the purchases of military equipment and technology can slow down development progress and can slow down to erase poverty in Malaysia. What we need now is better education, places for acquirement of knowledge and proper development infrastructures for our people. It is a known fact that only through education, knowledge and proper development infrastructures can we accelerate development and help erase poverty.

We need to understand for RM1 billion worth of arms, we can build 100 hospitals or 1000 new schools or 10,000 new houses for the poor.

With huge budgets over the years in purchase of arms, many people in the country will remain poor as the budgets were grossly disproportionate to our nation's means. We should realize that much of our money when buying arms were also spent on commissions. We should all recall in 2006 it shocked the nation when arms deal led to the murder of a Mangolian national, Altantuya Shaaribuu, when questions surrounded in the purchase of two Scorpene submarines and a used Agosta submarine from France. Our Malaysian Ministry of Defence was said had paid one billion euros (RM4.5 billion) to a French-Spanish joint venture company. Out of it, a Malaysian company which had connections with an aide of Najib received a payment of 114 million euros (RM510 million). We should all still remember that the demand of USD500,000 by Altantuya Shaaribuu as her commission, but, she was found blown up in a Shah Alam forest with a C4 explosives. These show that there are cases of questionable purchases of arms over the years by the BN government.

Our Malaysian public should be told that the basis of the arm industry is PROFIT. BN government can say that to maintain peace and security in this region, we must have the most sophisticated and the latest state-of-art weapons. Instead, BN government had helped countries like USA, Russia, France, Britain, Germany and Italy to make money from weapons and military equipment sold to this region. By supplying weapons and military equipment, these countries and their dealers make profit and they can easily provoke war in this region!

We Malaysians should also understand that many of those who dealt in arm have vested interests and have very little concern of human rights and morality. A report released the Stockholm International Peace Research (SIPRI) in 2009 said that arms race in South East Asia had come to an irrational level. Malaysia was said led the regional pack with the purchases of weapons of death a surge of 722 percent during 2005- 2009 period! Military spending had created insecurity in our South East Asian region as a Zone of Peace, Prosperity and Neutrality (ZOFPAN).

Malaysians should be told that the Prime Minister, Najib could lead this country to economic disaster. This is because when he was the Defence Minister, defence spending has accelerated and he is now even called as the "driving force" behind Malaysia's military modernization program by Foreign Policy in Focus. His shopping list included battle tanks from Poland, Russian and British surface-to-air missiles F/A 18 jets fighters, submarines from France and Russia Sukhoi Su-30 fighter aircrafts.


CARE AND DEFECTIVE OF MILIARY EQUIPMENT


The Nation's military spending saw among others, a defective scorpene submarine. The said scorpene submarine, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, which was schedule for a diving operation on 18 February, 2010 could not dive that day! In a 2006 Auditor-General's Report it was also revealed that two Russian Mi-17 helicopters worth RM117.75 million purchased for the police air wing could not be used as they did not meet the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) specifications. The DCA refused to register these two Russian Mi-17 helicopters as the did not conform with the designs guidelines set by the International Civil Aviation Organization.

On 16 March, 2006 the SeaSkua missiles, which is 2.5 metres in length and 25cm in diameter, which was an all-weather anti-ship missile, bought at RM104 million in 2002 was fired by the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN), but, they failed to hit the target! They instead fell into the sea and were never been recovered. (NST 4. 8. 2006). What a waste of money to Malaysia?

On 24 February 2006, the then Deputy Defence Minister Zainal Abidin Zin said that about RM300 million worth of obsolete military hardware had been disposed off since 2005. This included outdated military weapons, bullets, vehicles and aircraft spare parts. We also had a case in 2006 Auditor-General Report of defective combat equipment inclusive of ballistic helmets worth RM19 million being supplied to our army. These helmets were issued to our combat units did not meet the requirements set by the arm forces.

Two fires on 8th and 9th October, 2009 saw a Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) RM48 million tank landing ship KD Inderapura destroyed by the fires and was later decommissioned as the damage was irreparable. The findings of investigation was headed by Capt. Rusli Ahmad, was released on 14 November, 2009 which concluded that the first fire on 8th October, 2009 could highly be ignited by a short circuit while the second on 9th October, 2009 when smouldering embers restarted the fire.

In May 2008 our military discovered that we have two F-5E jet engines worth collectively worth RM100 million missing. The public was only made aware of the loss in 2009. Why so slow to let the public know?

The spending for military equipment and machineries were very substantial and eats into our economy. Where the money comes from for our military spending? I would not disagree if someone tells me that this could all come from our oil money! There will be little wonder that prices of our petrol kept on increasing all these years and this led to inflations and increase in prices of food and essential goods in the country!

The government should cut all military spending and concentrate to build more schools, places for the acquirement of knowledge, public infrastructures and take care of public health to boost productivity.

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