I have without fail for the past four years made specialefforts to run a series of essays during the week leading to the 31st Augustof each year, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY MOTIVATION or POSITIVE GROUND TO DO LIKEWISE THIS YEAR...
I am gripped with very SAD THOUGHTS as my NegaraKu approaches the 52nd birthday.
I'll just mention TWO REPORTS, and my esteemed readers will be able to catch what's in Desi's mind.
First, thank God for what I would deem our first Malaysian folk hero for carrying on the mission to keep us informed, and hence make better decisions in progressing this potentially great nation A BETTER MALAYSIA. Please surf to malaysia-today.net to read in full Raja Petra Kamarudin's account based on a first-person sharing by one of the few GOoD MEN of the police force who told a CHILLING STORY via a STATUTORY DECLARATION...
Bye-bye, IGP, happy retirement
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Saturday, 29 August 2009 00:00
The IGP actually retired way back in September 2007. The Abdullah Badawi government, however, extended his service on contract basis for another two years. Those two years will expire in two weeks time on 14 September 2009. We hear the government wants to extend his contract, yet again. This means the Chinese underworld will continue to run the police force and decide on who gets transferred, promoted, demoted, and thrown into jail. Yes, they even throw police officers that do not 'cooperate' into jail. And, today, we offer the evidence of that.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Some of the names on these documents have been blacked out, for obvious reasons. Rest assured we have the un-blacked out version in our safekeeping, which can be revealed if the government challenges these documents as fakes, ‘poison pen’ letters, or lies. And if the IGP gets an extension on his contract, then the un-blacked out version will surely surface to ensure that we embarrass the Malaysian government to the maximum. The world will be told that the Chinese mafia runs the Malaysian Police Force.
To read the report in full, go to this LINK:
http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/26190/84/
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THANKS to the arrival of the Internet, Malaysians from about a decade ago have had access to alternative news media online that provide distinctly different perspectives traditionally offered by the UMNO- or MCA-controlled mainstreammedia, often referred to the MSM with disdain when vocalised. First the pioneer malaysiakini.com lifted the common citizens' spirits; then more recently joined by the Malaysian Insider, Malaysian Mirror, accompanied by the feisty Socio-Political Blogs, led surely by Raja Petra Kamarudin of malaysia-today.net.
My dampened spirits on the day before NegaraKu celebrates its 52nd birthday is well captured by RPK's going public with a brave Malaysian's SD as shown in my earlier example. This second depicting what is essentially wrong with our Police force is represented iconically by the nimcompoop of an OCPD who gave the lamest excuse possible in not acting against some 50 demonstrators with a slaughtered cow's head and shouting threats of violence even as the police personnel looked on -- with great tolerance as contrasted with their swift use of porce against the milder crowds at candle-light vigils against the ISA.
Here I salute the MI for a well-articulated editorial against the OCPD, and I am afraid the "double standards" and selective intervention at such public gatherings has been a hallmark of an unprofessonal law enforcement agency called the Polis DiRaja Malaysia.
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Can’t hold a candle to cop’s excuse - The Malaysian Insider
AUG 29 – One can’t hold a candle to the Shah Alam police excuse for inaction in fear of sparking further anger at the cow-head protest yesterday.
It begs the question if the dozens of riot police in full gear were cowed by the actions of 50 protesters armed with banners and a cow’s head.
And smacks of double standards.
Dozens of people have been hauled away for less provocative stunts, like wearing black or holding lit candles at night.
The only thing these cow-head protesters had in common with the others was to assemble without a permit.
Of course, a democracy can tolerate if not encourage public assemblies and protests but not anything that is provocative or insults another person’s faith.
Isn’t there mutual respect anymore? And is it not the duty of the police to keep the peace by preventing stunts that can inflame racial passions?
Opposition politicians have long condemned the Royal Malaysian Police for not arresting the rising crime rate but instead focusing on political activity against the ruling Barisan Nasional government.
It’s now plain to see that they may be right after all. The police have to act without fear or favour, for they carry the royal warrant. All the more so when the police top brass were breaking fast with the King yesterday, hours after the protest.
The proffered excuse of not acting because of the “volatile nature’ of the protest is pathetic and a slur on a force that has served the nation for some 200 years. And shows up the police as a farce, to borrow the words of Pulai MP Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed.
Are we a nation that quickly detains those who wear black or hold candles but take our time for those who insult religions!
And do we have to wait till the cows come home for some police action against those who threaten Malaysia’s peace and give a bad name to Islam?
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UPDATEd @12.36AM, MOnday 31 August 2009: I am lifted somewhat to read this MI report. "Syabas" to the Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad for his views/elaboration of the highly provocative incident and putting into level-headed perspective what Malaysian "rights" of worship comprised and what the enjoyment of such rights entails of each responsible citizen. I will sleep better tonight when I read for the haystack...Desi
Shah Alam MP blames Umno for cow-head protest
UPDATED
By Lee Wei Lian
The march to the secretariat building two days ago. - Picture by Choo Choy May
PETALING JAYA, Aug 30 — Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad has blamed Umno for the shocking display of bigotry two days ago, saying the brother of the local Umno chief was one of those carrying the cow’s head to protest relocating a Hindu temple.
The PAS man’s allegation comes in the wake of accusations by other Pakatan Rakyat leaders that Umno is trying to destabilise the state government by using race baiting tactics such as painting the Malay-Muslim community as under siege from non Malays.
“I am very sure Umno is behind it,” Khalid told The Malaysian Insider today referring to the protest.
A group, claiming to be Muslim residents of Section 23 in Shah Alam, the new site of the temple which is to be relocated, held a demonstration outside the Selangor state secretariat, dragging a severed cow-head, an animal sacred in Hinduism, which they stomped and spat under the gaze of the riot police.
Some Section 23 residents have also accused Khalid, who is well known for his inclusive views, of lying and say they are fed-up with his calls for religious tolerance and accused him of neglecting the Muslim community.
But Khalid said that he had met the residents in June over the proposed temple relocation and thinks Umno has since then inflamed the sentiments of the residents.
The controversial cow-head. - Picture by Choo Choy May
He cited the actions of Datuk Noh Omar, the Umno state deputy liaison chairman and Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister, as the catalyst for the residents’ recent inflammatory protest. Noh had made at least one visit to the proposed temple site in August and told the media that he would seek an injunction to stop the relocation adding that the Selangor government was going against the Federal Constitution by ignoring the sensitivities of Muslims, who make up the majority of residents in Section 23.
Khalid claimed that the brother of Shah Alam Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Nawawi was one of the two men who were caught on video carrying the cow head.
“The residents were encouraged by the minister’s speech and backing,” said Khalid.
He noted that when the state was administered by the Barisan Nasional, they were no protests when a Hindu temple was relocated to within 100 metres of a Muslim residential area in Section 16 Shah Alam and said the current temple site being disputed is at least 200 metres away from the houses.
Asked about some residents who claimed that he had lied to them, Khalid replied that he had in fact not lied when he ran for election saying that he had always insisted on being fair, including to the Hindus even though they were a minority.
“They have rights too,” he said, pointing out that the 150 year old temple was not relocated earlier when PKNS had developed a housing area all around it and that there is only one temple for Indians living in Sections 19, 20 and 23.
On the issue of neglecting the rights of Muslims, the PAS leader pointed out that their rights as Muslims have been met because they have a surau in Section 23 but they should not assume that they have the right to reject a Hindu temple.
“They don’t have a right to reject a Hindu temple. Their right to have a surau has been fulfilled. Hindus also have a right to have a temple for the 3 sections and we also want to fulfil that right.
“The Hindus also don’t have the right to reject a surau and each community has a right to have a place if worship. We have fulfilled the right of the Muslims,” he said.
Khalid said the entire issue is a misunderstanding of rights.
“If the temple was placed in their backyard or smack in the middle of their community, I can understand if it feels awkward. But now it is far from their houses. There is no infringing on rights of Muslims. I take into account distances. They assume too much and feel they have more rights than what they have,” the PAS leader added.
He added it was not true that the state government was not willing to meet residents and when he met them in June, the requisite approvals for the relocation were still pending from PKNS, the owner of the land, the Shah Alam city council and the state government itself.
He also said that he will attend a meeting between the state government and residents on Sept 5 to discuss the burning issue.
“We are willing to listen to reason but the reasons must be sound. However, I don’t think we will entertain racist or prejudiced views.
“We should condemn prejudices and move to be more tolerant. There is a lesson to be learnt otherwise there will be another round of racist talks, speeches and acts. It’s unfortunate that after 52 years of independence, this is the kind of situation we have,” he said.
Umno has often been accused by Pakatan of trying to use race, religion and other tactics to frustrate the Selangor state government. Just weeks after Pakatan swept into power in Selangor last year, some Muslim residents in Kuala Langat made an issue over a centralised pig farm, a project that was actually mooted by the former Barisan Nasional state government.
Most recently, a controversy erupted over the aggressiveness of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) in wanting to grill Pakatan Selangor state lawmakers while former mentri besar, Datuk Seri Khir Toyo who has been accused of corruption over the cost of his palatial Balinese style mansion, has not been probed.
The controversy took an ugly turn when Teoh Beng Hock, a DAP political aide! Was found dead just outside the MACC headquarters in Shah Alam on July 16 after he was brought in for questioning.
Khalid delivered a parting shot at MACC, referring to comments by Section 23 residents action committee chairperson Mahyuddin Manaf, who said he was mystified by the appearance of the cow head at the protest.
“There are a lot of mysteries in Shah Alam. Nobody knows how Teoh Beng Hock died. If you ask MACC, they will probably say that the cow committed suicide,” he quipped.
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UPDATEd THREE days later, from the MI, September 3 @1.03PM, Desi as a newshound using name of YL Chong, wishes to give the Other Side of the story. Coming from amost understanding Home Minister -- was he so kind to candlelight vigilers engaged in peaceful protests against the ISA? -- he in previous Educationportfolio famous/notorious for keris-wielding at the PWTC Stage, remember?
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Hisham defends cow-head protestors
Hishammuddin ... why would we want to penalise anybody?
By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 2 – The Home Minister today defended and justified last Friday's cow-head demonstration after meeting with Malay-Muslim representatives of Shah Alam's Section 23 at his office here today.
Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein pointed out that the residents felt victimized and had no intention to stir racial emotion.
“They are not getting off scot-free. They felt victimised and feel that there is another valid explanation on their part.
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