Has Hisham gone to the schools to see how English is being taught. His knowledge of the language is good enough without asking the experts.
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You think Umno/BN will forgive us for March 8?
My answer to this is a definite no. Voters who voted the Pakatan Rakyat, feel proud, changes have been made, the next 4 or 5 years are going to be different. I think this is a wrong concept here. Pakatan Rakyat is a novice and it is unfortunate, the Federal Government is still UMNO, and if you thought it will change its skin, it is mistake. The Federal policies remain the same, a crumb of bread here and there, but the loaf remains in the hand of UMNO. One good example is today’s news, the ex-gratia payment to the judges involved in the judicial crisis is not an apology, so says Najib. What the left hand does is not known by the right hand. Funny. If the government is not sorry then why ex-gratia payment. Only Najib can answer this.
What is disturbing is this. Whatever changes brought about by the people, the changes are not there, and still we are at square one. Consider the following:
You think Umno/BN will forgive us for March 8?
Viji Rajasundram | Apr 18, 08 4:26pm
I refer to the Malaysiakini report PM unveils judicial reforms but no apology.
As we read the news these past few days, one thing seems to be surfacing – that the BN seems to be in a mood to do some good stuff.
But is it sincere ? On one hand we get announcements that past judges who had been wronged are going to receive payments to ‘mend their pain’, and judicial reform will begin as soon as possible. Corruption will be checked immediately, judicial reform will begin soon, the police complaints commission will be implemented soon etc, etc.
Haven’t we heard all this before (except for the payment to the judges, of course)? Hasn’t this been the story since 2004? ‘We are going to clean it up.’ ‘We are trying to clean up.’ ‘Be patient.’ ‘We are doing our best.’
While we are lulled into a sense of security that things are picking up, are they really ? Has anything really been done or acted upon? While there is talk about righting the wrongs of before – has anything been done?
Has BN chosen to release any information about all the obvious improprieties? Or has there been chest-thumping about we never shredded any documents even though there seem to be no trace of any documents in the state secretariat buildings. Has any attempt been made to answer this?
While the stated aim is ‘we will correct the wrongs’, what is actually happening is that constituents who went the ‘wrong’ way are being penalised quietly. Funding is being stopped to states. But the overtures remain the same – ‘we are listening and we will correct what we did wrong’. But what is really happening is different.
From newspapers which have had their publishing licenses terminated to dinners/gatherings being stopped in the usual heavy-handed manner – with little or no explanations – to threats of revoking funding to selected constituencies. And the good old boy ‘Corruption’ goes unabated. The indelible ink saga is quietly forgotten and VK Lingam is probably posing for photos is some other exotic location.
And just to stir things up, in the usual BN way, pawns are used to bring up the race card again. Are they listening ? It was not race on March 8. It was the corruption and arrogance of the BN elite – that they could do nothing wrong and the rakyat will just take it. He keeps saying he is listening. I am sure he is just plain deaf.
But maybe stupid he is not. While he hands out the easy goodies – behind him appears the mechanism to consolidate and ensure that when it is time to punish – everything will be in place. The majority would have been pacified into thinking that we should give them another chance. After all, he has promised to do it, and he has paid the judges, right? He must be okay. Well, dream on!
Be wary of the Smoke and Mirrors. They are very adept at using them.
In closing – just another thought – did anyone notice that the bus company which had an accident record of one death per month this past year was given only a one-month suspension? But the newspaper that reported it got closed down permanently. Justice the BN way prevails.
http://www.nst.com.my/Friday/National/2216898
Yes, Malay issues must be discussed, Chinese issues must be discussed, Indian issues must be discussed, meeting after meeting, to discuss, let this be a pseudo meeting for the benefit of the people – another UMNO ploy to get back at the people. DAP has been consulted and it has agreed, to my mind, another sandiwara by DAP, and would this party care to comment. I suggest MCA call all Chinese parties to discuss facts and not political sentiments whatever that may mean. MIC should do that to, PPP, MUIP, IPF, even Hindraf can be considered. Each group has its own agenda for religion, education and economic well being. They must also see where the Chinese and Indians stand now as money goes. Don’t politicise any of these issues.
Enough of this ploys, the people want answers, they are the ones, Malays,Chinese,Indians who put these Pakatan Rakyat into power, can PKR,PAS and DAP, answer the people before meeting up with UMNO. Please discount the fears of the ordinary voter. They can still vote. Don’t ever forget.
Special meeting to discuss Malay issues
The meeting is at the initiative of Umno supreme council member Datuk Mohamad Norza Zakaria who has been in contact with both PKR vice-president Mohamed Azmin Ali and Pas Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub over the past few days to arrange details.
“This is my own idea but I think it is timely especially after the results of the 12th general election,” Mohamad Norza said.
He said other supreme council members did not object to the meeting.
He said some of the issues to be discussed included matters relating to religion, education as well as the New Economic Policy.
He added that the three parties would try to determine where exactly the Malays stood at this point in time in terms of economic well-being.
“On the New Economic Policy, its ultimate goal is to make the Malays competitive. This has to be deliberated.
“We need to determine where exactly the Malays are right now. A lot of the discussions going on have been superficial.
“Everything has been based on political sentiments, not facts.”
Mohamad Norza said the ultimate goal was to set up a secretariat consisting of all the Malay parties in the Malaysian political landscape.
“We would like everyone to approach these issues with a common stand and prevent these three issues from being politicised.”
Mohamad Norza said the initial meeting would be held on an informal basis.
Meanwhile, Mohamed Az-min, when contacted by the New Straits Times, said PKR accepted the invitation as long as the principles were in line with his party’s objectives.
“Malay unity is very important but we don’t want it to benefit only the Malay ruling elite with the ordinary Malays left out.
“We believe Malay rights have to defended.
“But at the same time, we also have to be fair to the other races.”
Mohamed Azmin said there would be no problem for PKR to attend the meeting as their DAP coalition partner accepted their desire to strengthen Malay unity.
Salahuddin said Pas, too, was interested in defending the rights of Malays and other Bumiputeras.
சாமிவேலு: சொற்களும் சொற்களும் « நனவுகள்
While browsing the Tamil Blogs I came across this meaningful posting by a blogger A.Nambi of the deeds of Samy Vellu in relation to the demolishing of temples in Malaysia. This subject matter lead to Hindraf, the tsunami that swept through the country in the March 8 elections, and the birth of Pakatan Rakyat, something unheard of before the calamity that broke loose 42 days ago. Why the sudden interest my readers may want to know. A.Nambi has summarised in Tamil 3 instances of the utterances of Samy Vellu in relation to the temple demolitions. One is a report in New Straits Times, which you can read on line, the second in a forum in India of the Tamil Muslim Munnetra Kazhgam where Sami Vellu vehemently denied temples were knocked down in our country; three points are stressed, no temple breaking, details of funding of new temples by the government and himself personally, and the last, I am a Hindu, and not a Hindu extremist to applause from the delegates. The third was even more detrimental, there are 1.8 milliion people with 2.4 million temples; every day a temple is built, and is it justified that each person has a temple.
Tamil readers can link up with links provided by A.Nambi, the NST is in English. The other two are in Tamil
I have been accused of hating Samy Vellu – a wrong assessment, one of my reader wrote:
Dear aarvidi,
I can see how much u hated Samy Vellu. Let me tell u. If u want to bring up this community up. U have to be united. For u it is Samy Vellu, but there are thousands of ppl under MIC which is lead by Samy Vellu. Bang Samy Vellu when he is wrong, but when he or someone or anyone tht u dont like voicing for something tht never effect and bring down the community. You should listen. Not critisizing all the time.
Why should I hate him, I get irritated by incorrect information, and the spin I see. Nothing personal.
My reply was:
I do not hate Samy Vellu, this is wrong assumption. A man who has lost in the elections must have the grace to admit defeat, a good example is Gerakan leader Dr Koh Tsu Koon, he lost, and he is no more in the lime light, he does not go around parading screaming his head off that he is going to reincarnate the party.
Not so with Samy Vellu; he lost, he bragged of his invincibility, but now when everything is lost, he should accept the result and move on. Oh no, he doesn’t do that, spin again I will do this and that, which by right he should have done when he could have done, while in power. He ignored the opportunity and now comes up with ridiculous ideas. You would have read lately some medical students saw him and Samy Vellu walked away in a huff – he is still arrogant as usual.
Do we want him some more. Do we just smile and accept everything he has to say, some of the statements are beyond belief. Anyway, I have not met him, neither am I in the party, but a blogger wishing to say his piece, even other races are laughing at his antics. .
I am willing to listen if there is substance in what he says. If you do have a friend in the MIC please talk to him and get the views whether the MIC members, i.e. grass root level, feel about Samy.
I leave it to the readers to judge.
Filed under: அரசியல், சமுதாயம் — Tags: கோயில், சாமிவேலு, மலேசியா — அ.நம்பி @ 1:21 pm
17.4.2008
டத்தோசிரீ ச.சாமிவேலு, தேசியத் தலைவர், ம.இ.கா.
இந்துக்கோயில்களை இடித்துத் தள்ளியது, பொதுத் தேர்தலில் தேசிய முன்னணிக்கான இந்தியர்களின் ஆதரவை ஒழிக்கும் அணுக்குண்டாக மாறியது. சிலரின் வரம்பற்ற இந்த நடவடிக்கைகளால் பெரும்பான்மையான இந்தியர்கள் எதிர்கட்சிகளுக்கு வாக்களித்தனர்; இதன் விளைவைத் தேசிய முன்னணி எதிர்கொள்ள நேரிட்டது.
கோயில் பிரச்சினையைக் கவனமாகக் கையாண்டிருந்தால் இந்தியர்களின் ஆதரவைத் தேசிய முன்னணி பெற்றிருக்கும். பாடாங் ஜாவாவிலிருந்த கோயிலைக் கடந்த ஆண்டு அக்டோபரில் சிலாங்கூர் மாநில அரசு உடைத்தது இந்தியர்களின் பொறுமைக்கு விழுந்த இறுதி அடியாக அமைந்தது.
பாடாங் ஜாவாவில் உடைக்கப்பட்ட அந்தக் கோயில் பெரும் அணுக்குண்டாக மாறி இந்திய சமுதாயத்தைத் தேசிய முன்னணியிடமிருந்து விரட்டியடித்தது. கண்மூடித்தனமாக நாம் கோயில்களை உடைத்தோம்; அவற்றின் விளைவை அனுபவித்தோம். கோயில்களை இணக்கமாகக் கவனித்திருந்தால் இந்தியர்களின் வாக்குகளை நாம் பெற்றிருப்போம்.
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3.1.2008
சென்னையில் நடைபெற்ற கருத்தரங்கத்தில்:
டத்தோசிரீ ச.சாமிவேலு, பொதுப்பணித்துறை அமைச்சர், தேசியத் தலைவர், ம.இ.கா.
சென்னையில் 03.01.2008 அன்று மதச்சார்பற்றோர் மாமன்றம் சார்பில் மலேசிய தமிழர்களின் உண்மை நிலை குறித்து கருத்தரங்கம் நடைபெற்றது.
இதில் தமிழ்நாடு முஸ்லிம் முன்னேற்றக் கழகத் தலைவர் பேரா.எம்.ஹெச் .ஜவாஹிருல்லாஹ், மலேசிய அமைச்சர் டத்தோ சாமிவேலு, மார்க்சிஸ்ட் கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சியின் ஜி.இராமகிருஷ்ணன், காங்கிரஸ் கட்சியின் மாநிலங்களவை உறுப்பினர் சுதர்சன நாச்சியப்பன் உள்ளிட்டோர் பங்கேற்றனர்.
மலேசியாவில் கோயில்கள் இடிக்கப்பட்டு வருவதாகக் கூறப்படுவதை அடியோடு மறுத்த டத்தோ சாமிவேலு, தங்கள் அரசும், தானும் கட்டிக் கொடுத்த ஏராளமான கோயில்களையும் கோயில்களை புனரமைக்க செய்த நிதி உதவிகள் குறித்தும் பட்டியலிட்டார். தான் ஓர் இந்து; ஆனால் இந்து தீவிரவாதியல்ல என்று கையொலிகளுக்கு இடையில் தெரிவித்தார்.
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6.1.2008
குமுதம் ரிப்போர்ட்டர் இதழில்: (நேர்காணல்)
டத்தோசிரீ ச.சாமிவேலு, பொதுப்பணித்துறை அமைச்சர், தேசியத் தலைவர், ம.இ.கா.
இந்துக் கோயில்களை எல்லாம் மலேசிய அரசு இடிப்பதாகக் குற்றம் சுமத்தப்படுகிறதே?‘
“சமீபத்தில் ஒரு கோயிலை இடித்த மலேசிய அரசு, முழுமையாக நீங்களே இடித்துக்கொள்ளுங்கள் என்று சொல்லிவிட்டது. அந்தக் கோயில் நிலம் தனியாருக்குச் சொந்தமானது. அவர் வேறு ஒருவருக்கு அந்த நிலத்தை விற்றுவிட்டார். இதுதொடர்பான வழக்கு மூன்று வருடம் நடந்து கோயிலுக்கு எதிராகத் தீர்ப்பு வழங்கப்பட்டது. அதனால், அந்தக் கோயிலை வேறு இடத்தில் கட்ட மலேசிய அரசு நிலம் ஒதுக்கியது. ஆனால், அங்கே போக மாட்டோம் என்கின்றனர்.
அங்குள்ள மக்களின் எண்ணிக்கையே பதினெட்டு லட்சம். ஆனால், இருக்கும் கோயில்களோ இருபத்துநான்கு லட்சம். இதில், பதிவு செய்யப்பட்ட கோயில் மூன்றாயிரம் கோயில்கள்தான். தினமும் ஒரு கோயிலைக் கட்டுவது, ஒவ்வொருத்தரும் ஒரு கோயிலை வைத்துக் கொள்வோம் என்பது நியாயமா?’
For much as I can remember MCA was fondly remembered as a running dog, lap dog and what have you. MCA realised such canine qualities do not get votes. Hence this new look a guard dog. Nothing is going to get pass this ferocious German Shepherd, check, sniff, growl and then pass if things are okay.
On of the early visitors Works Minister, Mohd Zin, was sniffed out by the Guard Dog and no Sir, no 10% being set aside. Samy would have done a better job; he has much familiarity but unfortunately he is not around.
So good people, Beware Of The Dog, MCA is finally seen to act. Congrats.
My humble apologies to all dog lovers.
MCA: Party against giving million-ringgit jobs to Class F contractors
PETALING JAYA: MCA opposes the move to set aside 10% of all Public Works Department (PWD) contracts worth more than RM10mil for Class F contractors.
Responding to Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed’s statement on Wednesday, the party said such contracts should be made available to all Malaysians through the open tender system.
Previously, Class F contractors could only take on projects valued below RM200,000.
The party proposed a mechanism to replace the current one announced by Mohd Zin.
In the proposal, MCA suggested that for contracts under RM200,000, 70% should be reserved for open tender among bumiputras, and 30% open tender to all Malaysians, with 5% margin of preference given to bumiputras.
The same was proposed for contracts worth between RM200,001 and RM500,000, but with a 4% margin of preference given to bumiputras.
For contracts between RM500,001 and RM10mil, the party proposed that 30% be reserved for open tender among bumiputras, and 70% open tender to all Malaysians.
It was suggested that the margin of preference given to bumiputras for contracts worth between RM500,001 and RM2mil was 3%, and 2% for contracts worth between RM2,000,001 and RM10mil.
MCA: Party against giving million-ringgit jobs to Class F contractors
24 YEARS OLD WOMEN WAS MANHANDLED BY POLICE OFFICER
Ipoh 17/04/08 – A young girl launched police report against a Police Officer and other Police Personnel’s on the complaint that she was manhandled, usage of vulgar words and sexual harassed while she under investigation at the Police Station at Ipoh.
The 24 years old women stated in her report that the police picked up her from Balai Police Menglembu on the 02/04/08 at 02.00am after she made a Police report stating her motorbike no: AGJ 102 was missing. Mariammah who is home and a mother of 2 was remanded for 2 weeks to help on a murder case on which, usage of the missing motorbike in the murder case.
The Policeman who came with other male officers arrested her and took her with police car with male police officers only. Absence of Female Police office officers is any body’s guess. She was remanded till 13/04/08 and the Police officers started to torture her since 05/04/08 till 08/04/08 for no reason.
Mariamah also alleged that the Policeman also kicked her back and hips several times and blindfolded her when this beating was taking place. Also she says the police forced her to admit that her husband was involved in the murder case which happens few days earlier before her arrestments. The Police arrested and force her to agree with the accusation. After few hours another policeman came and tortured her verbally and told her she would be striped naked if did not agree she was involved.
Soon after she was released on 13/04/08 she came to Ipoh Barat office to inform the incident and asked us to help her. There after at 2.45 today together with my secretary we took her to lodge a police report and at that material time the computers were all down!
After half an hour when a senior police office came the system was on again.
Police report was accepted which is as follows:
Saya ingin membuat laporan Polis terhadap pegawai polis yang memukul dan menyeksa diri saya semasa siasatan dijalankan terhadap laporan Polis saya No Repot: MENGELEMBU/001055/08.
Pada 02/04/08 saya pergi ke Balai Polis Menglembu untuk buat laporan mengenai kehilangan motorsikal saya yang bernombor AGJ 102. Tanpa-tanpa apa-apa siasatan awal saya telah pun didakwa oleh pihak Polis bahawa motorsikal itu terlibat dalam kes pembunuhan.
Kemudian datangnya pegawai dari D7 yang bernama Tuan.Vijay yang saya kenali dan boleh cam rupanya. Kemudian saya digari dan dibawa ke Balai Polis Ipoh dan semasa perjalanan pada waktu malam itu tidak ada pegawai Polis wanita bersama saya.
Semasa siasatan itu, saya diseksa dan dianiayai oleh pegawai tersebut. Pegawai tersebut ada tendang pada pinggang belakang saya berulang kali dan memukul saya sehingga ada kesan lebam pada bahagian tangan dan kepala.
Pada masa yang sama, pegawai-pegawai lain yang boleh saya cam turut mengeluarkan perkataan-perkataan yang tidak senonoh (lucah) dan memaksa saya untuk mengakui segala tuduhan mereka terhadap diri saya. Mereka juga mengugut akan telanjangkan diri saya dan gangguan seksual jikalau saya gagal patuh kepada permintaan mereka.
Tujuan saya ke Balai adalah untuk membuat laporan Polis terhadap sikap pegawai-pegawai
Polis yang terlibat dalam siasatan kes saya. Harap tindakan susulan diambil terhaap pegawai-pegawai polis tersebut diatas demi keadilan.
Ini laporan saya.
Sekian terima kasih.
Mariammah A/P Murugayah
830621-01-6586
No : 49, Persiaran Rishah Selatan 1/3,
Taman Buntong Ria,
30100 Ipoh
Tarikh : 17/04/08
Repot Polis no : 2270/08
We hope the police will conduct an independent investigation the soonest possible. I will raise this matter in Parliament. The Government must introduce the IPCMC as many feel uncomfortable to lodge report against the police and expect the police to them to investigate the case
POSTED BY Administrator ON 04.17.08
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