Round 7 of 10: PDRM admits that Malaysia’s security has been compromised by Israeli agents

Two police reports were made in November and December 2008. In December 2008, the police sent a letter to the MACC asking them to investigate the allegation of wrongdoing involving the police computerisation contract. The police admit in that letter that the Special Branch has confirmed the penetration of two Israeli agents through the company owned by Othman Talib, a PFC Commissioner. All this is well documented, and in great detail. Yet, today, the government calls Anwar Ibrahim a liar.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin









courtesy of malaysia-today.net

Hulu Selangor: It's Kamalanathan vs Zaid vs Independents

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has officially named MIC information chief P Kamalanathan as BN's candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election.

According to Muhyiddin, MIC's first choice G Palanivel was dropped because there had been request for a change in candidate. Palanivel held the seat for almost two decades - between 1990 and 2008.

“Even though he has been here for a long time, many on the ground yearn for change... they want a to feel the winds of change in Hulu Selangor,” he said.

When Muhyiddin announced Kamalanathan's candidacy during a function in Bukit Sentosa, the crowd of about 2,000 people cheered for the candidate.

Kamalanathan, 44, though making is electoral debut, wasted no time in taking a swipe at PKR candidate Zaid Ibrahim.

“I will swim with you and I will sink with you... I won't go back to Kota Bharu. I will be here, not Kota Bharu,” said Kamalanathan, in reference to Zaid's place of origin.

At a press conference later, Muhyiddin dismissed suggestions that BN was allowing a rookie Kamalanathan to go against 'heavyweight' Zaid, 59.

“Maybe in size he is heavier than our candidate. If you look at his record, it is not all that good. (Moreover), he is not local. Very lightweight. In fact, featherweight,” he said.

To a question, Muhyiddin offered words of consolation to MIC deputy Palanivel, who was dropped at the eleventh-hour as the candidate and did not attend the ceremony.

“Maybe he had other work (to do). Maybe he is disappointed, but it won't be for long. Hopefully, no one says anything about this. It is just normal human behaviour,” he said.

It is believed that as a consolation, Palanivel may be appointed senator and given a deputy minister's post.

'I am BN's soldier'

Contrary to earlier reports that Palanivel was the sole candidate nominated by MIC, Muhyiddin claimed that Kamalanathan was also on the list.

“Kamalanathan was in the list but (at the time) his name was not very prominent. After some research, he was chosen,” he said.

Speaking to reporters later, Kamalanathan vowed to help BN regain its “stronghold” as a gift to mark Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's first year in power.

Kamalanathan expressed confidence that he would receive support from all BN component party members and dismissed talk of possible boycotts by MIC grassroots.

"I am the representative of Barisan Nasional, I represent the brand of 1Malaysia. I am like a soldier that has been placed by the leader in a war. The prime minister has named me as a soldier and with the help of other BN soldiers, we'll face the challenge," he said.

To another question, Kamalanathan said he was "shocked" and brought to tears when informed of his candidacy by Samy Vellu at noon today as he was not expecting to be fielded.

Kamalanathan however declined to comment on his opponent Zaid, saying that he would go to the ground to promotes BN's struggles and promises of economic development.

courtesy of Malaysiakini

Mohd Isa Samad gets married

Former Menteri Besar Negeri Sembilan Datuk Seri Utama Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, aged 61, marries his former Secretary of UMNO Putri Malaysia, Bibi Sharliza Mohd Sulaiman, aged 40 . The marriage ceremony was solomised by the bride's father Mohd Khalid Sulaiman at Gentam in Kuala Pilah yesterday.

Datuk Seri Utama Mohd Isa is UMNO Negeri Sembilan Information chief and State Assemblyperson for Bagan Pinang.


Those who attended his marriage ceremony were Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam and MP for Pengerang, Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.


I wish him and his wife ALL THE BEST

Stop labelling Hindraf as 'racist'

Listen all you people who have been flinging the 'racist' label at Hindraf – if the November 25 2007 uprising organised by Hindraf had not happened, we would not have had a political tsunami on March 8 2008!

We can flail our arms and criticise the Hindraf leadership all we want but let us be 'politically correct' about racism and who the racists are in Malaysia.

 
Yes! It's important to be politically correct on this issue because otherwise our political analysis becomes erroneous, leading to incorrect practice and more importantly, we let off the real villains!


Hindraf happened because the marginalised Indians in this country are a specially oppressed section of the working class. It is an oppression that has taken on a racist character through the years, so much so that even middle class Indians, especially the youth, have often become the victims of police brutality.


The Indian working class is among the poorest in the country and they do not have the benefit of affirmative action because they have been classified as non-bumiputera.


Indians are a minority in this country but they form the majority when it comes to statistics on deaths in police custody or police killings.


We should be glad the Hindraf uprising happened and the political ripples it created after the 2008 general elections. Credit should be given to their leaders for achieving this feat and for breaking the decades of MIC patronage and pacifism.


The uprising certainly did not happen through the MIC nor did it happen through the other political parties in this country no matter what they say now. It is pointless being wise after the event or to advertise your pristine party – the fact is, Hindraf succeeded where the other political parties failed to do, namely, to mobilise the Indian masses to come out and make their stand on Nov 25 2007.


Right to a specfic identity


Being a specially oppressed and marginalised section of the masses, it is the right of the Indian masses to organise themselves just as the Black Power movement developed in the west during the Sixties. Similarly, women have the right to organise themselves through their special circumstances as an oppressed section of the population.


But to then say that Indians or Blacks are “racist” or that feminists are “sexist” is to expose your own shortcomings and more importantly, to let off the culprits who cause racial oppression and gender oppression in our society.


Racism or more specifically, 'bumiputeraism' has been the dominant ideology of the Malay capitalist class ever since May 13, 1969. It has been practiced under the guise of the New Economic Policy and that racism has been covertly disseminated through state institutions such as the Biro TataNegara all these years.


It is a marvel that it has taken so long for this racist garbage perpetrated through the BTN to be exposed! Before long, we will hear of racist propaganda in other state institutions especially schools and hostels since the Seventies.


In 1986, this racism was flagrantly espoused by Abdullah Ahmad in his infamous 'Malay Dominance' speech in Singapore but the cat was let out of the bag when Mahathir (left) had a spat with Nazri recently and they were calling each other 'racist'.

Umno's alter-ego

More recently, we have seen the formation of Perkasa, which is none other than Umno's alter-ego. It has been delegated the role of the racist lobbyist traditionally played by Umno Youth while Umno tries desperately to change its spots to win over the non-Malays after the 2008 debacle.


The stereotypes created by this racism to justify the New Economic Policy remain in circulation: We recently heard Perkasa shouting the old refrain that the Chinese still dominates the Malaysian economy.


It was a cue for Umno to continue the NEP in another guise, the New Economic Model. While this has populist appeal to win over the Malay voters, the main beneficiaries are the well-connected capitalists of diverse ethnicities under Umno hegemony.


The marginalised Indians who make up some of the poorest and most oppressed sections among West Malaysians have been portrayed in a racist light. Yet Indians have been the main victims of racial killings such as at Kampong Medan in 2001, deaths in police custody as well as trigger happy police shootings. (See 'Policing the Malaysian Police', Suaram 2005)


Our indigenous peoples and migrant workers have also been portrayed in a racist light and the recent historic demonstration (right) at Putrajaya recently by our Orang Asli community was truly uplifting.


Whither Hindraf?


Having a separate organisation does not of course guarantee that its leadership will be necessarily progressive. Since 2008, we have seen the Hindraf leadership split into various factions.


It is in the common interest of all communities to fight racism on a class basis. In this day and age, affirmative action is not justifiable for any ethnic community which has undergone class differentiation. Thus, I would think that neither the Malay, Chinese, Indian, Kadazanmurut nor Iban communities can justify any affirmative action.


However, communities that are not yet class differentiated such as the Orang Asli and Penan (left) communities may justify affirmative action as a particular community.


The best non-racist approach to progress is still affirmative action based on class or sector.

All progressive Malaysians must unite around their struggles and stop flinging the 'racist' label about. The racists are the Umnoputras who control the Malaysian state.


We hope that the true Hindraf leaders will stay faithful to their just cause and correctly identify the primary role of capitalism and the state in causing racial oppression suffered by the Indian masses. The struggle against the Malaysian state can only succeed if it is anti-racist.


At the same time, Hindraf must also work alongside other campaigns for justice, democracy and human rights. We can only mobilise the whole masses if we fight on all fronts, against all oppressions and against the divisions within the masses. As the Black Panthers said in the sixties:


“We do not fight racism with racism…

We fight racism with solidarity”.

Comments of DR KUA KIA SOONG, who is a former MP, was principal of the New Era College, Kajang. He is also a director of human rights group Suaram.

Bakar Arang state rep Tan Wei Shu quits PKR

Kedah state assemblyperson Tan Wei Shu today announced his resignation from PKR at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur.

The Bakar Arang representative is the latest in a series elected representatives to have quit PKR since February.

He is also the second Kedah PKR state assemblyperson to defect, since Lunas assemblyperson Muhammad Radzhi Salleh defected last year in the run-up to the Permatang Pasir by-election.

BN to field Kamalanathan

Barisan Nasional is expected to field MIC information chief P Kamalanathan for the April 25 Hulu Selangor by-election, according to sources.

It is learnt that MIC president S Samy Vellu held a last-minute discussion with Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to convince the latter to field MIC number two G Palanivel.

Sources claimed that the two parties reached a compromise and agreed on Kamalanathan, 42.

Since the onset of the 'candidate controversy', the Rawang-born Kamalanathan, who speaks fluent Malay, has been touted as the president's 'second choice'.

He is also known to be close to Umno leaders, especially those from the Youth wing.

Yesterday, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin stressed that BN should field a young candidate for the by-election.

Previously, speculation was rife that Hulu Selangor MIC Youth chief V Mugilan could be named as the candidate.

However, Samy Vellu told reporters after an emergency Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting last night that the party plans to take disciplinary action against Mugilan.

Reports have claimed that Mugilan enjoys the backing of local Umno leaders, who have rejected Palanivel.

Banners have also appeared in Hulu Selangor, stating 'Residents do no want Palanivel'.

Muhyiddin is expected to announce the BN candidate at 4pm.
Senate president's post on offer?

Should Palanivel be dropped, it would be a lethal blow to the 63-year-old politician's career. The move would also be a slap for Samy Vellu, reaffirming the belief that the president of three decades is no longer a commanding force under the new administration.

However, certain observers believe that Samy Vellu would turn this around to his favour in order to kill off Palanivel in the party, since ties between the duo have soured.

Other quarters claim that the trade-off could see Palanivel being made a senator and subsequently the senate president under the rotation agreement between BN parties.

Previously, it was reported that Palanivel's camp had even commenced printing election posters and other paraphernalia.

Local MIC leaders have also warned of a boycott should Palanivel be dropped, and pundits have noted that the crisis has demoralised members on the ground.

by FMT

HULU SELANGOR : MIC SEAT BUT UMNO DECIDE ON CANDIDATE

It seems very clear that MIC is in a losing battle to get its only nominated candidate Deputy President Datuk G Palanivel for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-elections.

The Barisan Nasional which is dominated by UMNO wants to place a compromising candidate but NOT Datuk G Palanivel.

Datuk G Palanivel has served 3 terms as MP for Hulu Selangor but during the last 2008 general elections he lost to the Opposition with a mere 198 votes.

But on the ground, Datuk Palanivel had not kept up to his promises and not taken care of the welfare of the Hulu Selangor residents and voters. Even MIC members have always been raising this problem but MIC just ignores them since they are considered 'small fry' and only those within the 'circle' were benefitting. With HINDRAF, Malaysian Indians including MIC members have woken-up and realise that MIC is not a force to be reckon within the BN coalition.

Latest word is that party information chief P Kamalanathan is the choice candidate although he was NOT the one approved by the MIC CWC body.


It looks that its time MIC withdraws itself from BN, to show their dissatisfaction.


Whatever the circumstances, with internal problems in BN, the voters may more likely vote with a greater and bigger majority for the Opposition candidate, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim in the Hulu Selangor by-elections.

We need to wait and see for the announcement at 4pm by DPM and Deputy BN chief, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

MIC dilemma : Compromise candidate in place of Palanivel?

There is currently high drama with the MIC camp after party president S Samy Vellu failed to convince Barisan Nasional deputy chief Muhyiddin Yassin to field deputy president G Palanivel as the coalition's candidate in the Hulu Selangor by-election.

It is understood that Samy Vellu met Muhyiddin in the deputy prime minister's office in Putrajaya early this morning in a last ditch effort to secure Palanivel's candidacy.

Muhyiddin is scheduled to officially announce BN's candidate in Bukit Sentosa at 4pm today.

MIC sources said that during the meeting, Muhyiddin insisted on fielding a candidate other than Palanivel, prompting Samy Vellu to leave in order to consult his party top brass.

The MIC central working committee already held an emergency meeting last night, which resolved that the party was only prepared to accept Palanivel as the candidate.

Several top MIC officials when contacted were unable to confirm details of the morning meeting because Samy Vellu had been tightlipped.

However, the officials are confident that a 'second round' of talks between the duo will be held this afternoon.

Muhyiddin’s gaffes

By Deborah Loh
deborahloh@thenutgraph.com
 

CAN someone please send Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for image consulting? Or for some prepping on the art of answering reporters' questions? Maybe the deputy prime minister ought to have a daily practice session with aides who should throw him trick questions on race and religion. He should learn to either deflect difficult questions skilfully, like former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, or not answer them at all.

For all the millions the Malaysian government is paying Apco Worldwide to pretty its image, personal coaching for key members of the federal administration doesn't appear to be in the consultancy package. A pity, because after all those public funds spent, the toil of Apco's hard work is lost on those who are waiting to be impressed the most: the citizens.

Unless Muhyiddin and his boss, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, are really playing "good cop, bad cop" — one each to placate Malay and non-Malay Malaysians — what should we make of Muhyiddin's gaffes?

Foot in mouth

Muhyiddin has always been a blunt straight-talker. I am not senior enough to have had the experience of covering him when he was Johor menteri besar, but I do recall that his press conferences while he was agriculture and agro-based industries minister (2004-2008) were as dry as deadwood and straight to the point.

Muhyiddin tackles questions so narrowly that I'm guessing he doesn't think about how his answers are perceived by a larger audience. Of course, the consequences are different when talking about agricultural subsidies and padi output, than when responding to a dare to state whether one is Malay or Malaysian first.


Lim 

 And so, into wily Lim Kit Siang's trap the deputy premier fell, and provided the opposition just the soundbite it needed to go to town with: "I am a Malay first." And Muhyiddin's reason for not prioritising being Malaysian? "All the Malay [Malaysians] will shun me and say you're not proper."

May I suggest what Muhyiddin could have said? If he really could not bring himself to say he is Malaysian first, he could have said any of the following:

 a)    "My race is Malay, but I am a Malaysian."

 b)     "All citizens are Malaysians, although we are of different races."

 c)     "I will not entertain Kit Siang's challenge. There is no need for me to respond directly just to show I support the 1Malaysia concept. The proof will be in the government's policies and actions."

Any of the above would have sounded more nuanced than a flat-out declaration of his racial identification.
While the above responses would unlikely score Muhyiddin extra points with Malay Malaysian ultras, it is unlikely they could have earned him the demerit points he seems to have secured from other Malaysians.

Muhyiddin seems prone to verbal blunders when he's on the defensive; "I am a Malay first" being a case in point. In an earlier incident, he was trying to defend the indefensible — the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate, disbarred lawyer Rohaizat Othman, in the August 2009 Permatang Pasir by-election. Muhyiddin likened the Bar Council's fines slapped on Rohaizat to parking tickets.

Assets and liabilities

In comparing disciplinary action by the Bar Council to parking tickets, Muhyiddin betrayed either arrogance, or a lack of respect for professional ethics, or a lackadaisical attitude towards traffic offences.



In that cornered situation, Muhyiddin should have simply acknowledged that the Bar Council, as a professional body, had the right to act against its members. Instead, he accused the Bar of an anti-BN agenda. Muhyiddin may be thinking of the adage "the best defence is a good offence", but unless he can master it, he only comes out looking desperate.

Muhyiddin's forthright, no-nonsense style of talking, a possibly good trait under other circumstances, will become a liability if he doesn't pause to ponder his responses before speaking.

As it is, Muhyiddin's image seems to be getting more damaged by the day. And this is a pity, because he has strength of experience, knowledge, and leadership on his side. Yet, he's chosen to show his stripes as a Malay-Muslim supremacist first and foremost, when, as second-in-charge of the country, he should be a leader for all citizens.

Unlikely Apco can do anything about this, though. This is public relations advice that politicians can only get from the public, not a consulting company.

Silly arguments about whether Apco had a hand in designing the 1Malaysia concept, or whether it is based on a similar Israeli campaign, are a waste of time. Instead, we should be questioning the real value of spending millions on public relations to shore up Malaysia's image abroad while leaders at home continue to stupefy citizens with their obtuse remarks.

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Deborah Loh doesn't expect politicians to be sincere, but does expect them to manage society's different expectations without offending anyone, and without sounding stupid while at it. Courtesy of Nut Graph

Malaysians first?

By The Nut Graph team
editor@thenutgraph.com
 
SOME years ago, while studying in the United Kingdom, one of The Nut Graph's team members had a discussion with a classmate from India about a fellow Indian Malaysian student.

TNG journalist: Ya, she celebrates Diwali, too. She's a Hindu Indian.
 

Indian classmate: Huh? She's not Indian, she's Malaysian!
 

Journalist: Yes, she's Malaysian, but she's also Indian.
 

Classmate: Oh, she has two passports —
one from Malaysia and one from India?
 

Journalist: No, no, nothing like that. She's ethnically
Indian but her nationality is Malaysian.
 

Classmate: But that doesn't make any sense. "Indian" is a
nationality. Like me — I'm Indian. How can she be
Indian when she's Malaysian? 

How, indeed?


(Pic by John Tomaselli / sxc.hu) 

 For in India, there is no Indian ethnicity, only Indian nationality. There are ethnic groups such as Tamil, Telugu, Malayalee, Sindhi and so on, each with its own distinct language, culture and history. Indian Malaysians still identify with their respective ethnic groupings till today. So, there are Tamils, Telugus, Malayalees and Sindhis, but no such thing as Indians, except if one is referring to an Indian national. Some Ceylonese Tamils don't consider themselves Indians, and prefer to be known as "lain-lain".

Similarly, in China, there are ethnic Han Chinese, consisting of dialect groups such as the Hokkien, Hainanese, Cantonese and Foo Chows. But the Han are only one of over 50 ethnic groups in China. So most Chinese Malaysians should strictly speaking be called ethnic Han, not Chinese, unless one was referring to citizens of China.

As for Malay Malaysians, one need only study the following table to note the British's haphazard and completely arbitrary attempts at classifying diverse groups under the heading "Malay":

1871	1891	1911 Straits Settlements (SS)	1911 Federated Malay States (FMS)	1931
Europeans and Americans (plus 18 sub- categories)	Europeans and Americans (plus 19 sub- categories)	Europeans (plus 31 sub- categories and Americans)	Europeans (plus 17 sub- categories)	Europeans (plus 24 sub- categories)
Malay races: BoyaneseBugis Dyaks Javanese Jawipekans Malays Manilamen	Malay races: Aboriginies Achinese Boyanese Bugis Dyaks Javanese Jawipekans Malays Manilamen	Malay and other allied races: Achinese Amboinese Balinese Bandong Bahjarese Bantamese Batak Borneo Boyanese Bugis Bundu Dyaks Dusuns Javanese Jawipekans Kadayans Korinchi Malays Rawanese Sulu Sundanese Tutong	Malay races: Malay Javanese Sakais Banjarese Boyanese Mendeling Kerinchi Jambi Achinese Bugis	Malay races: Malays Javanese Boyanese Achinese Bataks Minangkabaus Korinchis Jambis Palembang Other Sumatrans Riau-Linggans Banjarese Dutch Borneo Bugis Dayaks Sakais Others Also natives from Dutch East Indies
Chinese	Chinese races: Cantonese Hokkiens HylamsKhehsNanyangs Teo-Chews	Chinese: Straits-born China-born	Chinese tribes: CantoneseKhehTie Chiu Kheh Hokkien Hiu Hua Hok ChiuTie Chiu Hailam Kwong Sai	Chinese tribes: Hokkien Tiu Chiu Hakka (Kheh) Hok Chia Cantonese Hailam Hok Chiu Kwongsai
Hindus Bengalees and other Indian races not specified	Tamils and other Indian races: Bengalees Burmese Parsees	Indians: India-born Straits-born Born elsewhere	Indians by race: Tamil Telugu Punjabi Bengali Malayali Hindustani Afghan Gujerati Maharatta Burmese	Indians by race: Tamils Telegu Malayalam Punjabi United Provinces Burmese Bengal Bombay Bihar Nepal

Source: Charles Hirshman, The Meaning and Measurement of Ethnicity in Malaysia, Journal of Asian Studies, 1987,
as referred to in The Lost Tribes of Malaysia: The construction of race politics from the colonial era to the present,
by Dr Farish Noor

Multiracial coalition Putera-AMCJA proposed in 1947 that we all be called Melayu, regardless of ethnicity or religion. As documented in Fahmi Reza's 10 Tahun Sebelum Merdeka, eventual MCA founder Tun Tan Cheng Lock also agreed to this after much deliberation with his Malay coalition partners.

Their proposals were rejected by the British, who preferred to negotiate with Umno. Britain was intent on establishing the Federation of Malaya, which would maintain British power. By the time Malaya was given independence in 1957, the ethnic constructs of Malay, Chinese and Indian were cemented in place.
Fifty-two years later, we're still stuck with these definitions and still arguing about whether we're Malaysian first, Malay first, or some other racial categorisation. And for those who don't fit into "Melayu, Cina atau India", we call them "dan lain-lain" or the nifty acronym "DLL". And since these DLL don't fit neatly into any one category, some of us go so far as to ask, "Actually, what are you, ah?"

This constant need to define "what are you" in relation to "what I am" has polarised our nation and created an "us" versus "them" mentality among Malaysians. By seeing our fellow Malaysians only as "Malay" or "Chinese" or "Indian", we propagate the old colonial constructs that make it easier to provoke discontent towards the "other", who are not like "us".

But are "we" really so alike, and are "they" really so different? Is it always easier to identify with those from our own race? Especially when our so-called races were artificially created in the first place?


Amartya Sen (Pic by Elke Wetzig / Wiki
commons)

 As economist and philosopher Amartya Sen points out in his book Identity and Violence, classifying people with a single identity ignores the other identities they may have and value. These include, for example, "class, gender, profession, language, science, morals and politics".

Is it time we stopped harping on our respective races and developed a broader view of our fellow Malaysians? Is that possible if the Barisan Nasional government continues to practise race-based politics and play up racial rhetoric? How do you see yourselves as Malaysians? Tell us in six words only. Here are some of the newsroom's thoughts:

Ding Jo-Ann

What's wrong with being Malaysian first?

Don't want to be Chinese first.

Don't call me banana, I'm Malaysian.

"Us" and "them" isn't so straightforward.

Koh Lay Chin:

Only "Malaysians" when we are overseas?

At home I am a category.

Race = My sprint to KFC

Jacqueline Ann Surin:

Who defines what a "Malaysian" is?

"Dan lain-lain" = "Others". "Malaysian" better.

Melayu, Cina, India. Dicipta oleh British.

Melayu, Cina, India. Disokong oleh BN.

Race is a colonial construct, duh!

Imagine, even after independence, still colonised.

Why does BN racialise citizens' identity?

Shanon Shah:

Prioritising multiple identities: stupid. I'm everything.

In old hikayat, Malays more accommodating.

Confusing citizenship with race. False dilemma?

Curious first. Critical second. Malay? Maybe.

This land was cosmopolitan. What happened?
 
Malaysian despite Muhyiddin and Kit Siang.

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The Nut Graph believes in diversity.
Inspired by Ernest Hemingway's genius, the Six Words On... section challenges readers to give us their comments about a current issue, contemporary personality or significant event in just six words. The idea is to get readers engaged in an issue, while having fun and being creatively disciplined. Courtesy of Nut Graph

“Truth Is The Remedy To All”. Fuad Stephens and his Cabinet Members "POLITICALLY ASSASSINATED" ?

As sure as an orphan would want to know his parents, Sabahans want to and must know the truth as to what really happened on the 6th.June.1976.Was the death of Tun Fuad Stephens and his Cabinet members an accident or ‘accident’? Reliable sources claimed that the fatal Nomad Aircraft carrying Tun Fuad exploded in mid-air and dropped to the ground where a second explosion occurred. Why was the aircraft requested to circle and not given the green light to land?

Doesn't the Chief Minister of Sabah take precedence over everyone? Did the control tower inform the pilot to circle because an Air force Hercules C-130 was about to take off? Reliable sources also claim there was no Hercules C-130 on the tarmac that was ready to take off on that day.

In my earlier 2 articles in my blog on the oil royalty issue, we referred to information that was never made known to Sabahans. The revelation by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah that he was already strapped to his seat alongside Datuk Rahman Yaakub(Chief Minister of Sarawak) and a member of the Pahang Royalty and together with Tun Fuad and his Cabinet Ministers and later requested to disembark from the aircraft by Harris Salleh to visit a cattle farm in Kudat/Banggi is not only baffling but against any protocol- hence a huge can of worms has now open.

It is also tantamount to insubordination and an insult to the Chief Minister then, Tun Fuad. Harris Salleh in a recent press statement ( Daily Express dated 7th.April.2010 ) denounced this fact in what he claimed to be " grossly inaccurate and carried away with pleasantries ".

Was the visit to the cattle farm more important than the historical event that was going to take place - which was the signing of the petroleum agreement between the Sabah Government and the Federal Government/Petronas? Was visiting this cattle farm in the agenda of Razaleigh's visit? Who is now LYING ? The people of Sabah now demand to know the truth. Was this a " political assassination "?


Researching this event gave me the opportunity to come into contact with many Sabahans who are still till this very day angered by the events that took place on the 6th.June.1976.Was there a " BOMB " planted in the ill-fated Nomad Aircraft ? If a bomb did exist who planted it and under whose instruction?

And who is Lee Kang Yu ? It was reliably learnt that Lee Kang Yu was a trusted aid and trustee to Harris Salleh, who fled to Hong Kong where he later passed away. His thumb print had to be used for verification for withdrawal of assets before he could be laid to rest.

Did Lee Kang Yu plant a bomb in the Nomad Aircraft, and who gave the instruction? Among the first person to be at the crash site was senior information officer,TK Wong,who lived a few metres from the crash site.Ironically,the police arrived almost immediately and condoned off the entire area.No known report was submitted by the Information Department to the State Security Committee on the ill-fated crash,why?

In the purported conversation between Tengku Razaleigh and Tun Fuad Stephens, pursuant to the oil royalty, Ku Li had claimed that Tun Fuad had agreed to the 5% oil royalty as Sarawak had earlier also agreed to the 5% oil royalty.Sabah and Sarawak have over the years till this day have had a brotherly relationship.

Now Sarawakians should be asking,did Rahman Yaakub agree to the 5% oil royalty? On the morning of the 6th.June.1976,Tun Fuad and his Cabinet Ministers flew to Labuan with an objective to re-negotiate. Tun Fuad was in total disagreement to the 5% oil royalty hence he brought his Cabinet Ministers to say their piece to Tengku Razaleigh. Did Tun Fuad and his Cabinet inform Tengku Razaleigh that if the Federal Government did not agree to his demand for an increased share percentage for Sabah, he would publicly announce that he was going to pull Sabah out of Malaysia?


In the afternoon of Good Friday (2nd.April.2010) at my lunch interview with Tengku Razaleigh, I sensed a man that was just waiting to tell the truth, but decided to provide bits and pieces and allowing others to complete the jig-saw puzzle. On the evening of the same day, Tengku Razaleigh was no longer the same person I met earlier.


Was he threatened by anyone, group or enforcement agency? Tengku Razaleigh was supposed to deliver a talk on the Petroleum Development Act 1974 as well as the problems plaguing the oil producing states in Malaysia.

Why did Tengku Razaleigh bring up the matter of the plane crash on the 6th.June.1976?

Was he deliberately trying to tell the truth but not the whole truth?In the presence of about 1,000 odd people who were in attendance at the dialogue, Tengku Razaleigh clearly stated that he was all strapped up in the ill-fated Nomad Aircraft and ready to fly with Tun Fuad to Kota Kinabalu, until Harris Salleh boarded the aircraft and "invited" him to visit the cattle farm in Kudat/Banggi, which apparently was more important and took precedence over the signing of the oil royalty agreement.

Another interesting episode of the crash, was the inconsistent manner in which the Inquiry was conducted. The Magistrate concerned requested for a full re- investigation in "an open verdict" as reported in the newspapers but did the authorities re-investigate the crash ? Why not?Whose was the hidden hand that instructed the authorities NOT to re-investigate the crash? Perhaps the time has come for this Magistrate to appear and tell the truth.


Since the exposure of these new developments in my blog, a few political leaders have "suddenly" come out demanding for the case to be RE-OPENED. I applaud the daring stand taken by Datuk Yong Teck Lee and Dr.Jeffery Kitingan in demanding a new investigation on what actually happened on the 6th.June.1976.


What is mind boggling and beyond comprehension is the reversal of the stand of the Sabah State Government. Chief Minister, Musa Aman in a press statement(Daily Express, dated 7th.April.2010 ) said "the amount of allocation from the Federal Government pouring into Sabah is more important than discussing an increase in the oil royalty for the state ", " KL has been very generous with funds for Sabah”. He further added "to me ,what's important here is we don't talk about oil royalty".

My question to Musa Aman is, when did Sabah become so rich that our own resources are not important to discuss? Allow me to jerk the memory of our delusional Chief Minister. Sabah is currently the second poorest state in Malaysia and the oil in Sabah belongs to the people of Sabah. Are Chief Ministers required to take an oath of secrecy never to divulge the truth on what actually happened on the 6th.June.1976?


Oil is a gift from God to the people of Sabah, and ‘His’ name is not Musa Aman. Musa Aman's remarks, clearly proves that Tengku Razaleigh was probably not lying when he mentioned that NO SABAH CHIEF MINISTER had ever made any attempt to re-negotiate, request or demand from the Federal Government for a larger oil royalty stake for Sabah. Musa Aman has therefore insulted the intelligence of Sabahans and should do the honourable thing by resigning or better yet dissolving the entire assembly and call for fresh state elections.


Could history have changed for the better had Tun Fuad and his Cabinet Ministers not perished in that controversial crash? The truth must be told and the people of Sabah have every right to know the truth and no one has the right to say otherwise. I therefore urge the family members of Tun Fuad and his Cabinet Ministers to join and assist me as well as all right thinking Sabahans who till this day are devastated by the death of our warriors to demand for the truth to be told. The tears of many are still flowing, let us not remain persecuted by "cover- up's ".

“Truth Is The Remedy To All” said Guru Nanak, Sikhism’s revered founder and so - let the truth be told.

And, if made necessary through new facts and revelations, let’s correct and rewrite Our Sacred History.

courtesy of Putt For Changes

Nazri: We're not at the beck and call of the US

The government has never compromised its principles just to get close to the United States, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Aziz.

"We are not at the beck and call of the US. That is not true because we are a nation which has its own stand.

What we are trying to do is establish closer ties with the US but without compromising our principles," he said when winding up the Supplementary Supply Bill (2010) 2010 for the prime minister's department in the Dewan Rakyat today.

He also said Malaysia's stand was very clear that it supported Iran's nuclear programme for peaceful purposes but did not agree if it was for military use.

Earlier, responding to a question from Tian Chua (PKR-Batu), Nazri explained that the government's contract with Apco Worldwide Sdn Bhd did not end following the meeting between Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and US President Barack Obama in Washinton on Monday.

He said the services of Apco Worldwide, which was based in the US, were secured to boost ties with the US in view of the culture of lobbying in that country.

He also admitted that US-Malaysia ties were not emphasised previously because of differing priorities by past prime ministers.

Meanwhile, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Koh Tsu Koon, when winding up the debate, urged all quarters, including Mps, not to play up issues relating to the Inter-Religious Committee to avoid causing confusion.

He said the committee was set up to promote inter-religious harmony and did not have executive powers.

The committee involves the participation of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department, Institute of Islamic Understanding, Malaysia and the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism nd Taoism.

The Dewan sits again tomorrow.
- Bernama

HULU SELANGOR - V S CHANDRAN & JOHAN MOHD DIAH OFFER AS INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES

A businessman, Johan Mohd Diah, 31, today offered himself as an independent candidate in the by-election for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat on April 25.

He is the second candidate who had offered to stand as an independent after former Hulu Selangor MIC division deputy head V S Chandran announced his candidacy.

"I am a Felda settler and a voter here. I have taken the form to contest as an independent candidate at the request of the public to champion the cause of 1,000 Felda settlers at the Felda Sungai Tenggi and Gugusan Felda Hulu Selangor, which has 6,000 voters.

"There are many people of caliber here... why should we elect a candidate from outside like the PKR candidate from Kelantan," said the settler from the Sungai Tenggi Felda scheme and representing about 20,000 young voters in Hulu Selangor.

Former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Zaid Ibrahim had been selected as the PKR candidate while Barisan Nasional is expected to announce its candidate tomorrow.

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to announce the BN candidate at 4pm tomorrow.

Nomination day is on Saturday.
- Bernama