no doubt, malaysia is pretty islamic in a lot of way... but then again, we are told all the time and so to say we have freedom in religious practices, etc... yet, this kinda matters keep surfacing and are kept below the surface for God knows wat reason...
lina joy is a pure example of many more who wanna renounce islam and get on their life to other faith, believe, etc...
to convert a non-muslim is easy to muslim is easy measy peasy... but, to renounce their islamic faith is almost seems impossible in malaysia... they seems to be even fighting over the dead on where the dead should be buried, etc...
fm the freedom of religion practices point of view, i sincerely pray that lina will get wat she wishes... this will no doubt open THOUSANDS pairs of eyes.. hope people will no longer afraid to get wat they want and most importantly for them to speak up and out loud...
too long an article.. you read all about it as per the links below...
http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/content/view/1834/27/
http://religion.info/english/articles/article_110.shtml
http://www.necf.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=45&parentid=144&action=view&retrieveid=572
wondering who are the cowards who are responsible of this kinda despicable act/s...
Poster shameful, says Bar Council
22 Aug 2006
Eileen Ng
KUALA LUMPUR: The Bar Council has condemned the circulation of a poster calling for the death of lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar.
Malik had held a watching brief on behalf of the Malay- sian Bar in the appeal case of Lina Joy.
Bar Council president Yeo Yang Poh said the poster was aimed at intimidating, threatening and oppressing a member of the Bar while discharging his role as a lawyer.
"Our justice system demands that parties be given the right to be heard. Hence, it is the duty of every advocate and solicitor to present and state his client’s case without fear or favour as it is under the protection of our courts that a lawyer is able to advance his client’s case, no matter how unpalatable his argument may appear to other parties."
Lina Joy or Azlina Jailani is appealing to the Federal Court to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card as she is said to have embraced Christianity.
Describing the circulation of the poster as "shameful", Yeo said it was also an assault on the fundamentals of the nation’s justice system.
He called on the authorities to launch an immediate investigation to identify the parties responsible.
"Malaysian society must reach to show that there is no room for death threats or any similar acts of intimidation in our society."
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/National/20060822082601/Article/index_html
http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/content/view/4093/2/
me personally is not surprise with this kinda action... but to know muslim-convert-to-other-faith is a SERIOUS CRIME stunned me indeed...
the defenders of islam view baptising a muslim who wants to leave his/her faith is a serious crime?!?!?!?...
am so sure the police have better things to do eh?!?... people are dying almost every day fm snatch theft, raped, murder, etc..
am also not surprise SHOULD THERE BE are be any demos, protests, water guns, etc outside the church soon...
p/s ; just recalled this incident/s.... if my memory serves me right lah, one of those days in st johns cathedral quite some moons ago... church goers received summons for obstructing traffic for parking their cars along the church.... whereby, mosque goers are all ok with them parking their cars along the mosque and obstructing the traffic flow....
obstructing traffic is WRONG!.. EVERYONE deserves summon/s to their wrong doing... but, am i right to say to have that kinda scenarios are totally one sided!...
can someone pls explain to me as to why is this happening in a, democratic country?!?...
http://www.bukanliberal.org/articles/309/
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
wanna go fly kites?!?...
as reported in the below link... "According to the minister, those who did not fly the Jalur Gemilang were unpatriotic and had no love for the country.
These people, he added, also did not appreciate what the country leaders had done and were ignorant of the fact that the comfort and prosperity they enjoyed today were the results of a long struggle."...
who give him the freaking right to assume and to make conclusion on behalf of those who dun fly the flags?!?!?.. this kinda remarks him has something got to do with the mentality?!?...
as reported... "I appeal to all races. We should try to show that this year's Jalur Gemilang campaign is more impressive, he said."...
he just wants the campaign to be more impressive, just to be more impressive and nothin else?!?... this could be prolly his own baby project/task/mission eh?!?... if so, in order for one to be successful in this kinda matter, one dun need to make despicable remarks tho!...
whether people fly flags and/or fly kites, it's all up to that individual, family, company, etc... wat matters most is wat contained in the heart...
merdeka!...
Don’t be shy to fly our flag
KUALA LUMPUR: In the run-up to National Day, Malaysians have been told they should not be shy about flying the Jalur Gemilang – not only at commercial premises but also at their homes.
Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin said Malaysians should take the initiative to show their patriotic spirit and love for the country.
“We should not be mere followers. We must be pioneers. Don’t wait for others before following suit.
“Some people are shy to put up the flag at their houses. It is not embarrassing, so why feel shy?” he told reporters after the hoisting of a giant Jalur Gemilang at Wisma TV, Angkasapuri, yesterday.
According to the minister, those who did not fly the Jalur Gemilang were unpatriotic and had no love for the country.
These people, he added, also did not appreciate what the country’s leaders had done and were ignorant of the fact that the comfort and prosperity they enjoyed today were the results of a long struggle.
Zainuddin was also unhappy with the campaign to fly the Jalur Gemilang in conjunction with Merdeka month this year, saying that people appeared to lack the spirit to do so.
Malaysians, he added, should not act as if everything was the government’s responsibility and hoped to be given flags.
“The flag is on sale and can be bought anywhere. If they can spend money to buy cigarettes, why not buy the flag,” he said.
From his observation, many owners of flats and business premises were not responsive to the campaign.
“I appeal to all races. We should try to show that this year’s Jalur Gemilang campaign is more impressive,” he said. – Bernama
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/15/nation/15140510&sec=nation
These people, he added, also did not appreciate what the country leaders had done and were ignorant of the fact that the comfort and prosperity they enjoyed today were the results of a long struggle."...
who give him the freaking right to assume and to make conclusion on behalf of those who dun fly the flags?!?!?.. this kinda remarks him has something got to do with the mentality?!?...
as reported... "I appeal to all races. We should try to show that this year's Jalur Gemilang campaign is more impressive, he said."...
he just wants the campaign to be more impressive, just to be more impressive and nothin else?!?... this could be prolly his own baby project/task/mission eh?!?... if so, in order for one to be successful in this kinda matter, one dun need to make despicable remarks tho!...
whether people fly flags and/or fly kites, it's all up to that individual, family, company, etc... wat matters most is wat contained in the heart...
merdeka!...
Don’t be shy to fly our flag
KUALA LUMPUR: In the run-up to National Day, Malaysians have been told they should not be shy about flying the Jalur Gemilang – not only at commercial premises but also at their homes.
Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin said Malaysians should take the initiative to show their patriotic spirit and love for the country.
“We should not be mere followers. We must be pioneers. Don’t wait for others before following suit.
“Some people are shy to put up the flag at their houses. It is not embarrassing, so why feel shy?” he told reporters after the hoisting of a giant Jalur Gemilang at Wisma TV, Angkasapuri, yesterday.
According to the minister, those who did not fly the Jalur Gemilang were unpatriotic and had no love for the country.
These people, he added, also did not appreciate what the country’s leaders had done and were ignorant of the fact that the comfort and prosperity they enjoyed today were the results of a long struggle.
Zainuddin was also unhappy with the campaign to fly the Jalur Gemilang in conjunction with Merdeka month this year, saying that people appeared to lack the spirit to do so.
Malaysians, he added, should not act as if everything was the government’s responsibility and hoped to be given flags.
“The flag is on sale and can be bought anywhere. If they can spend money to buy cigarettes, why not buy the flag,” he said.
From his observation, many owners of flats and business premises were not responsive to the campaign.
“I appeal to all races. We should try to show that this year’s Jalur Gemilang campaign is more impressive,” he said. – Bernama
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/15/nation/15140510&sec=nation
Saturday, January 27, 2007
i need help... anyone got approx rm 9 million, i need to pinjam...
alamak!... i just remembered i am not the son-in-law of the pm...
let's face the facts peeps... even borrowing fm rm 100k fm the bank you will need collaterals if you dun have money in the bank...
as reported... "Everything is loaned, not my own money. Luckily, there are people who want to give loan (to me). I took a loan from them (ECM Libra) who sold their shares to me."...
the question here is... how did he get the millions ringgit loan fm ecm libra if he dun have millions ringgit collaterals and/or millions ringgits in the bank?!?.. prolly it's the father-in-law and son-in-law relationship thingie?!?... if that's really the case, then can i call that abusing of power?!?...
rm 9 million is not a small money where an approx 30 years old person can just borrow and/or lend easily...
I'm prepared to quit if I'm a liability to Umno Youth - Khairy
(Bernama) -- In keeping with Umno culture that the party reigns supreme than the leader, Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin says he is prepared to quit his post if he is a liability to the movement.
Nevertheless, as a mark of respect to party members, he said, any decision on his position can only be decided by the movement's delegates as they were the ones who elected him.
"Only they can decide. Nobody can force a person to leave except those who elected the leader.
"Leaders carry out delegates' mandate. If the leader does not have the credibility or is a liability to an organisation, he cannot cling on to his post. He must realise this.
"So, I want to seek the views of Umno Youth members at the grassroots whether I've become a liability with all the speculations about me," he told reporters after opening the Cheras Umno Youth delegates conference Saturday.
"I want to see what is the sentiment at the grassroots on national and international issues, Umno Youth and myself so I can get a clear view," he said.
Asked to comment on talk that there are officers working on the fourth floor of the Prime Minister's Department who have the powers to influence government decisions, Khairy said the claim was an insult to the prime minister.
"To say they are advisers or officers who determine the country's future, this is a very big insult to the Prime Minister (Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi)," he said.
Khairy said the allegation was baseless as all government decisions were made by the prime minister with the nod of the cabinet.
"Based on the prime minister's explanation (on allegations), surely the fourth floor is more powerful than the fifth floor because the cabinet meeting room is on the fourth floor and the cabinet meeting room is more powerful than the prime minister's office because all the ministers are in the cabinet.
"If this is what is meant, then probably its right," he said.
Asked to comment on claims he has become a millionaire overnight as he could afford to buy ECM Libra Berhad shares, Khairy said: "I borrowed the money."
"Everything is loaned, not my own money. Luckily, there are people who want to give loan (to me). I took a loan from them (ECM Libra) who sold their shares to me."
Opening the Pengkalan Chepa Umno Youth delegates conference yesterday, Khairy said he would reply to all the allegations against him when he opens more than 30 Umno Youth delegates conferences nationwide.
He had said the allegations were too personal and being a man of integrity, the slanders must be explained immediately, particularly to party members.
Khairy, who is also the prime minister's son-in-law, denied yesterday that he had married the popular Malay actress Maya Karin.
http://www.malaysia-today.net/Blog-n/2006/08/im-prepared-to-quit-if-im-liability-to.htm
WARTAWAN : Khairy selaku Naib Ketua Pemuda UMNO Malaysia telah mula menjawab beberapa persoalan yang mana Tun ajukan, apa komen Tun?
DR MAHATHIR : Jawab apa dia bukan jawab. Di mana dia dapat duit RM9 juta dia kata pinjam dekat kawan siapa dia kawan yang bagi pinjam sampai RM9 juta..saya pun nak pinjam jugak.
Barangkali ada juga dikalangan Pemuda-pemuda UMNO nak pinjam RM9 juta nak beli saham ECM-Libra boleh ke orang lain pergi pinjam. Pasal apa kawan tu bagi (pinjam) kalau nak pinjam di bank, boleh ke kita pergi ke bank nak pinjam RM9 juta nak beli saham ECM-Libra.
Suruh ahli-ahli UMNO ke bank pinjam RM9 juta kalau boleh dapat.
http://www.agendadaily.com/cmspreview/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_e905c840-3132372e-10a4a320-585d75d6
let's face the facts peeps... even borrowing fm rm 100k fm the bank you will need collaterals if you dun have money in the bank...
as reported... "Everything is loaned, not my own money. Luckily, there are people who want to give loan (to me). I took a loan from them (ECM Libra) who sold their shares to me."...
the question here is... how did he get the millions ringgit loan fm ecm libra if he dun have millions ringgit collaterals and/or millions ringgits in the bank?!?.. prolly it's the father-in-law and son-in-law relationship thingie?!?... if that's really the case, then can i call that abusing of power?!?...
rm 9 million is not a small money where an approx 30 years old person can just borrow and/or lend easily...
I'm prepared to quit if I'm a liability to Umno Youth - Khairy
(Bernama) -- In keeping with Umno culture that the party reigns supreme than the leader, Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin says he is prepared to quit his post if he is a liability to the movement.
Nevertheless, as a mark of respect to party members, he said, any decision on his position can only be decided by the movement's delegates as they were the ones who elected him.
"Only they can decide. Nobody can force a person to leave except those who elected the leader.
"Leaders carry out delegates' mandate. If the leader does not have the credibility or is a liability to an organisation, he cannot cling on to his post. He must realise this.
"So, I want to seek the views of Umno Youth members at the grassroots whether I've become a liability with all the speculations about me," he told reporters after opening the Cheras Umno Youth delegates conference Saturday.
"I want to see what is the sentiment at the grassroots on national and international issues, Umno Youth and myself so I can get a clear view," he said.
Asked to comment on talk that there are officers working on the fourth floor of the Prime Minister's Department who have the powers to influence government decisions, Khairy said the claim was an insult to the prime minister.
"To say they are advisers or officers who determine the country's future, this is a very big insult to the Prime Minister (Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi)," he said.
Khairy said the allegation was baseless as all government decisions were made by the prime minister with the nod of the cabinet.
"Based on the prime minister's explanation (on allegations), surely the fourth floor is more powerful than the fifth floor because the cabinet meeting room is on the fourth floor and the cabinet meeting room is more powerful than the prime minister's office because all the ministers are in the cabinet.
"If this is what is meant, then probably its right," he said.
Asked to comment on claims he has become a millionaire overnight as he could afford to buy ECM Libra Berhad shares, Khairy said: "I borrowed the money."
"Everything is loaned, not my own money. Luckily, there are people who want to give loan (to me). I took a loan from them (ECM Libra) who sold their shares to me."
Opening the Pengkalan Chepa Umno Youth delegates conference yesterday, Khairy said he would reply to all the allegations against him when he opens more than 30 Umno Youth delegates conferences nationwide.
He had said the allegations were too personal and being a man of integrity, the slanders must be explained immediately, particularly to party members.
Khairy, who is also the prime minister's son-in-law, denied yesterday that he had married the popular Malay actress Maya Karin.
http://www.malaysia-today.net/Blog-n/2006/08/im-prepared-to-quit-if-im-liability-to.htm
WARTAWAN : Khairy selaku Naib Ketua Pemuda UMNO Malaysia telah mula menjawab beberapa persoalan yang mana Tun ajukan, apa komen Tun?
DR MAHATHIR : Jawab apa dia bukan jawab. Di mana dia dapat duit RM9 juta dia kata pinjam dekat kawan siapa dia kawan yang bagi pinjam sampai RM9 juta..saya pun nak pinjam jugak.
Barangkali ada juga dikalangan Pemuda-pemuda UMNO nak pinjam RM9 juta nak beli saham ECM-Libra boleh ke orang lain pergi pinjam. Pasal apa kawan tu bagi (pinjam) kalau nak pinjam di bank, boleh ke kita pergi ke bank nak pinjam RM9 juta nak beli saham ECM-Libra.
Suruh ahli-ahli UMNO ke bank pinjam RM9 juta kalau boleh dapat.
http://www.agendadaily.com/cmspreview/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_e905c840-3132372e-10a4a320-585d75d6
transkrip sidang akhbar dr mahathir di universiti teknoloji petronas...
not sure whether will this be published in the daily newspaper...
BERIKUT IALAH TRANSKRIP PENUH SOAL JAWAB PARA WARTAWAN DENGAN TUN DR MAHATHIR MOHAMAD SELEPAS BELIAU MENYAMPAIKAN CERAMAH MENGENAI PENTABIRAN DI UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOJI PETRONAS DI BANDAR SERI ISKANDAR ,PERAK ISNIN.
WARTAWAN : berhubung kenyataan Setiausaha Agung UMNO Datuk Radzi Sheikh Ahmad yang menganggap 'roadshow' Tun akan menggugat UMNO dan Barisan Nasional pada pilihan raya umum akan datang?
DR MAHATHIR : Saya tak tahulah… saya seorang aje, tak dak sapa pun sokong saya. Takkanlah satu kerajaan yang berkuasa, dengan menteri, dengan menteri besar dan dengan semua jabatan penerangan, nak takut pada satu orang.
Saya ingat… ini bukan pasal satu orang tapi takut nak dengar explanation yang orangramai boleh terima. Explanation mereka tak boleh diterima orangramai, itulah yang depa takut tu…pasal buat salah.
WARTAWAN (AGENDADAILY): Apakah Tun sedar bahawa tindakan ini boleh menggugat UMNO dan Barisan Nasional (BN)?
DR MAHATHIR : Saya tak menggugat UMNO ataupun BN, cuma pemimpin saja…pemimpin yang salah. Dulu Almarhum Tunku Abdul Rahman pun macam tu juga… Datuk Onn pun bila beliau buat sesuatu yang tak secucuk dengan UMNO… beliau terpaksa undur… tapi UMNO kekal.
Lepas itu Tunku Abdul Rahman pun…UMNO kekal. Lepas orang menentang saya, sampai nak bagi jatuh saya pun…UMNO kekal.
Kita bukan kecam UMNO…kita kecam kepimpinan yang tidak patuh kepada matlamat dan perjuangan UMNO… itu aje…
Saya tak pernah kecam UMNO dalam ucapan saya… saya kecam pemimpin yang menyeleweng daripada hasrat parti.
WARTAWAN : Khairy selaku Naib Ketua Pemuda UMNO Malaysia telah mula menjawab beberapa persoalan yang mana Tun ajukan, apa komen Tun?
DR MAHATHIR : Jawab apa… dia bukan jawab. Di mana dia dapat duit RM9 juta… dia kata pinjam dekat kawan… siapa dia kawan yang bagi pinjam sampai RM9 juta..saya pun nak pinjam jugak.
Barangkali ada juga dikalangan Pemuda-pemuda UMNO nak pinjam RM9 juta nak beli saham ECM-Libra…boleh ke orang lain pergi pinjam. Pasal apa kawan tu bagi (pinjam)…kalau nak pinjam di bank, boleh ke kita pergi ke bank nak pinjam RM9 juta nak beli saham ECM-Libra.
Suruh ahli-ahli UMNO ke bank pinjam RM9 juta…kalau boleh dapat.
WARTAWAN : Bagaimana jawapan Khairy tentang MV Agusta dan isu ' tingkat 4' di JPM?
DR MAHATHIR : Yang tu saya hairan, apa kena mengena dengan dia…saya tanya Proton, apa pasal dia jawab, kenapa dia jawab…suruhlah Azlan (Pengerusi Proton) jawab…jawab soalan saya tu…
WARTAWAN ; Apakah itu bermakna Khairy berkuasa dalam hal tersebut…
DR MAHATHIR : …dia seolah memberi pengakuan, dia memang buat arahan tu…itulah saya punya tekalah, betul atau tak betul tak tahulah…
Saya nak tanya, apakah dia bagi arahan pada menteri besar dan menteri…tanya menteri, depa tak jawablah…dia kata kami sokong, itulah menteri besar sekarang, bukan dia jawab …dia akan kata kami sokong.
Apa Pak Lah buat kami sokong…jadi you nak pergi tanya diorang, apa yang you dapat…apa jawapan yang dapat…
WARTAWAN (AGENDADAILY) : Dalam jawapan Khairy ada menyentuh soal dua buah syarikat Malaysia yang telah dikuasai oleh syarikat dari Singapura iaitu Alliance Bank oleh Temasek Holding dan Pantai Holding Berhad pula oleh Parkway.Asalnya individu bumiputera tertentu telah miliki saham dalam syarikat tersebut kemudiannya telah dijual kepada bukan bumiputera seterusnya jatuh ke tangan syarikat dari Singapura.Khairy belum lagi dedah siapa individu terbabit…siapakah individu bumiputera terbabit, boleh Tun komen?
DR MAHATHIR : Barangkali adalah…anak sayalah kot. Anak saya dulu ada saham dalam Pantai Holding, dia dah tak boleh nak teruskan perniagaan, dia juallah sahamnya kepada orang Malaysia.
Kalau orang Malaysia nak jual saham pada orang Singapura, kerajaan ada hak untuk halang tapi kerajaan tak mahu tahan (halang).
Bahkan sekarang kerajaan encourage syarikat dari Singapura membeli saham syarikat Malaysia…5 persen, dalam Telekom dan lain-lain…semua itu under government encouragement … but not my governmentlah…some other government...
WARTAWAN : Bagaimana dengan roadshow' dan bila mulanya?
DR MAHATHIR : Saya tak ada roadshow , ada orang panggil… saya pergilah. Tapi ini sampai nak bercakap dengan orang UMNO tak bagi… nak cakap dengan bukan UMNO, dah kata bahaya…semua orang dilarang dengar saya bercakap. Barangkali kerana saya cakap benarlah kot, sebab tulah depa larang.
WARTAWAN : Adakah Tun buat susunatur roadshow tu?
DR MAHATHIR : No… ada orang panggil saya pergilah..tapi saya tahu setiap kali ada orang panggil (jemput saya) akan dapat panggilan telefon suruh batalkan program tu…
Macam Mubarak di Kelantan baru-baru ini, depa panggil saya…bekas wakil rakyat, kawan-kawan saya semua ni…tapi dapat panggilan telefon daripada Perth Australia suruh cancel ..akhirnya Mubarak tarik diri tapi ada orang lain buat, Alumni bekas Ahli Parlimen yang ambilalih program tu…
Saya pi (pergi) lah… orang panggil, saya pergi.
WARTAWAN : Apa komen Tun ada dakwaan mengatakan ada usaha untuk halang Datuk Mukhriz merasmikan persidangan pemuda UMNO bahagian tertentu?
DR MAHATHIR : Ya..lah, itulah yang dianggap sebagai telus. Very transparent …sekarang ni very open…newspaper sekarang ni very open tulis report…support for the government.
Setiap kali ada sesuatu, pi tanya…yang Khairy buat ni…apa pendapat Adnan (MB Pahang), apa pendapat orang ni dan orang tu…masuklah gambar-gambar ni semua, semuanya sokong, tak payah dah bubuh gambar dah, kita pakai satu gambar saja kemudian yang lain kita pakai satu sentence …segala perintah patik sokong…
WARTAWAN : Dalam ucapan Tun ( semasa ceramah mengenai pentabiran) ada sentuh soal seseorang Perdana Menteri perlu diberi tempoh beberapa ketika, apakah Perdana Menteri sekarang diberi tempoh yang lebih panjang?
DR MAHATHIR : Itu terpulanglah pada rakyatlah…kalaulah kita dapat seorang Perdana Menteri yang menjual negeri ini, adakah kita nak tunggu lima tahun…kita kena ambil tindakan awal sikit.
Kalau dia ada buat perancangan yang kita tidak tahu ia akan berjaya atau tidak, seperti perancangan SJER di Johor, pendapatnya tersendiri…tak dak siapa pengaruh dia…tapi tunggulah lima tahun lagi.
WARTAWAN (AGENDADAILY) : Proton yang memiliki saham lebih 50 peratus dalam MV Agusta didakwa tidak ada kuasa dan terpaksa tunduk pada pemegang saham minoriti dalam membuat keputusan hal yang berkaitan dengan pengurusan, sejauhmana benar?
DR MAHATHIR : Ada satu syarat saja…kalau kita nak lupuskan saham kita pada orang tertentu maka pada ketika itu kita kena bagi tahu pada minority share holder …ini dimana-mana pun macam tu juga, kalau kita nak buat sesuatu yang mungkin menjejaskan pemegang saham minoriti, kita kena dapatkan persetujuan dari pihak minoriti.
Tapi dalam pengurusan Agusta, kita kuasa penuh, kita ada director , ekskutif pun ada dalam Agusta.Tanyalah Tengku Mahaleel apa syarat yang dia buat… bila kita tanya tak boleh masuk (tulis dalam akhbar)… you pun tak boleh masuk… you suratkhabar mana…?
Wartawan Agendadaily menjawab : saya dari Agendadaily, web news melalui internet
Tun Dr Mahathir menyambung : Internet…tak lama lagi internet pun nak kena juga…pasal kita open society …mesti censor semua internet…cuma mana perintah patik sokong saja boleh masuk (siar)…
WARTAWAN : Apakah seorang Perdana Menteri yang didakwa jual negara itu perlu ditukar sebelum lima tahun?
DR MAHATHIR : I don't say …kalau dia jual negara...tak payahlah tunggu lima tahun.
WARTAWAN : Apa cadangan Tun pada rakyat.
DR MAHATHIR : Janganlah cakap saya sokong…saya sokong…bila tanya,apa yang disokong…depa jawab tak tahu…tapi kata, kita sokong, kita sokong…macam kata Shahidan (Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim Menteri Besar Perlis) dan Tajol Rosli (Menteri Besar Perak), kita 'support' dia sebelum ini, ketika beliau jadi Perdana Menteri dan kita support lah PM sekarang sebab Pak Lah PM sekarang.
Apa! tak dak fikir langsung ke…I don't want this supporters for doing something wrong , saya mahukan sokongan sekiranya saya buat sesuatu yang betul.
WARTAWAN : Adakah Tun tahu bahawa ada usul dari bahagian UMNO tertentu agar Tun diberi layanan baik, ada yang gesa agar MKT adakan mesyuarat khas kemudian panggil Tun agar diberi penjelasan sebaik mungkin dan tidak bersikap biadab terhadap Tun?
DR MAHATHIR : Saya tahulah ada usul itu dari ketua pemuda UMNO bahagian di Perak…tapi ianya tak boleh diterima.
Tak boleh buat macam itu ianya ditegah oleh Majlis Tertinggi…MT tidak benar buat usul yang menyentuh pemimpin bukan menyentuh UMNO.
UMNO tak dak apa-apa tapi pemimpin jangan ditegur…
WARTAWAN (AGENDADAILY) : Perkara ini apakah tidak pernah berlaku di zaman Tun menerajui UMNO dan negara. Apakah Tun bersikap terbuka semasa berkuasa dulu.
DR MAHATHIR : Saya bukan saja terbuka semasa memimpin parti bahkan saya dicabar oleh Tengku Razaleigh, Musa Hitam dan Pak Lah pun…mereka nak jatuhkan saya. Saya tak larang mereka pergi ke kampong-kampung, ke bahagian, ke cawangan…buat ucapan nak bagi jatuh saya…
Dan saya hampir jatuh, hanya menang 43 undi saja. Saya tak tahan mereka, mungkin mereka tak ingatlah sebab Melayu mudah lupa…Tengku Razaleigh kata, saya lebih dahsyat dari Pak Lah…agaknya dia terlupa dia pergi dok kempen semasa dia lawan dengan saya (rebut jawatan Presiden UMNO), dia lupa bahawa dia berjalan rata jumpa semua orang dan ceritalah apa keburukan saya dan kebaikan mereka…saya tak larang.
Sekarang saya tak boleh pergi dekat dengan orang bekas UMNO pun tak boleh...Mubarak adalah bekas wakil rakyat pun tak boleh juga…
WARTAWAN : Tun kata bukan hendak jatuhkan UMNO tapi nak perbetulkan keadaan, jadi apakah salahnya untuk Tun berbuat begitu.
DR MAHATHIR : Inilah demokrasi…demokrasi bermakna dengar sebelah pihak saja (sinis).
WARTAWAN ( AGENDADAILY) : Adakah Tun akan hadir ke mesyuarat UMNO Bahagian Kubang Pasu, juga ada desas desus kata Tun nak jadi wakil ke perhimpunan agong UMNO pertengahan November ini?.
DR MAHATHIR : Kalau boleh tu...kalau orang jemput saya akan pergilah…saya ada hak juga dipilih sebagai wakil daripada cawangan untuk hadir mesyuarat bahagian, saya akan pergilah. Kalau panggil atau dipilih…
Tapi nak jadi wakil ke mesyuarat agong (Perhimpunan agung UMNO di PWTC ) , tak payahlah kot…kalau saya jadi wakil pun tak boleh bercakap .- 7/8/2006
http://www.agendadaily.com/cmspreview/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_e905c840-3132372e-10a4a320-585d75d6
BERIKUT IALAH TRANSKRIP PENUH SOAL JAWAB PARA WARTAWAN DENGAN TUN DR MAHATHIR MOHAMAD SELEPAS BELIAU MENYAMPAIKAN CERAMAH MENGENAI PENTABIRAN DI UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOJI PETRONAS DI BANDAR SERI ISKANDAR ,PERAK ISNIN.
WARTAWAN : berhubung kenyataan Setiausaha Agung UMNO Datuk Radzi Sheikh Ahmad yang menganggap 'roadshow' Tun akan menggugat UMNO dan Barisan Nasional pada pilihan raya umum akan datang?
DR MAHATHIR : Saya tak tahulah… saya seorang aje, tak dak sapa pun sokong saya. Takkanlah satu kerajaan yang berkuasa, dengan menteri, dengan menteri besar dan dengan semua jabatan penerangan, nak takut pada satu orang.
Saya ingat… ini bukan pasal satu orang tapi takut nak dengar explanation yang orangramai boleh terima. Explanation mereka tak boleh diterima orangramai, itulah yang depa takut tu…pasal buat salah.
WARTAWAN (AGENDADAILY): Apakah Tun sedar bahawa tindakan ini boleh menggugat UMNO dan Barisan Nasional (BN)?
DR MAHATHIR : Saya tak menggugat UMNO ataupun BN, cuma pemimpin saja…pemimpin yang salah. Dulu Almarhum Tunku Abdul Rahman pun macam tu juga… Datuk Onn pun bila beliau buat sesuatu yang tak secucuk dengan UMNO… beliau terpaksa undur… tapi UMNO kekal.
Lepas itu Tunku Abdul Rahman pun…UMNO kekal. Lepas orang menentang saya, sampai nak bagi jatuh saya pun…UMNO kekal.
Kita bukan kecam UMNO…kita kecam kepimpinan yang tidak patuh kepada matlamat dan perjuangan UMNO… itu aje…
Saya tak pernah kecam UMNO dalam ucapan saya… saya kecam pemimpin yang menyeleweng daripada hasrat parti.
WARTAWAN : Khairy selaku Naib Ketua Pemuda UMNO Malaysia telah mula menjawab beberapa persoalan yang mana Tun ajukan, apa komen Tun?
DR MAHATHIR : Jawab apa… dia bukan jawab. Di mana dia dapat duit RM9 juta… dia kata pinjam dekat kawan… siapa dia kawan yang bagi pinjam sampai RM9 juta..saya pun nak pinjam jugak.
Barangkali ada juga dikalangan Pemuda-pemuda UMNO nak pinjam RM9 juta nak beli saham ECM-Libra…boleh ke orang lain pergi pinjam. Pasal apa kawan tu bagi (pinjam)…kalau nak pinjam di bank, boleh ke kita pergi ke bank nak pinjam RM9 juta nak beli saham ECM-Libra.
Suruh ahli-ahli UMNO ke bank pinjam RM9 juta…kalau boleh dapat.
WARTAWAN : Bagaimana jawapan Khairy tentang MV Agusta dan isu ' tingkat 4' di JPM?
DR MAHATHIR : Yang tu saya hairan, apa kena mengena dengan dia…saya tanya Proton, apa pasal dia jawab, kenapa dia jawab…suruhlah Azlan (Pengerusi Proton) jawab…jawab soalan saya tu…
WARTAWAN ; Apakah itu bermakna Khairy berkuasa dalam hal tersebut…
DR MAHATHIR : …dia seolah memberi pengakuan, dia memang buat arahan tu…itulah saya punya tekalah, betul atau tak betul tak tahulah…
Saya nak tanya, apakah dia bagi arahan pada menteri besar dan menteri…tanya menteri, depa tak jawablah…dia kata kami sokong, itulah menteri besar sekarang, bukan dia jawab …dia akan kata kami sokong.
Apa Pak Lah buat kami sokong…jadi you nak pergi tanya diorang, apa yang you dapat…apa jawapan yang dapat…
WARTAWAN (AGENDADAILY) : Dalam jawapan Khairy ada menyentuh soal dua buah syarikat Malaysia yang telah dikuasai oleh syarikat dari Singapura iaitu Alliance Bank oleh Temasek Holding dan Pantai Holding Berhad pula oleh Parkway.Asalnya individu bumiputera tertentu telah miliki saham dalam syarikat tersebut kemudiannya telah dijual kepada bukan bumiputera seterusnya jatuh ke tangan syarikat dari Singapura.Khairy belum lagi dedah siapa individu terbabit…siapakah individu bumiputera terbabit, boleh Tun komen?
DR MAHATHIR : Barangkali adalah…anak sayalah kot. Anak saya dulu ada saham dalam Pantai Holding, dia dah tak boleh nak teruskan perniagaan, dia juallah sahamnya kepada orang Malaysia.
Kalau orang Malaysia nak jual saham pada orang Singapura, kerajaan ada hak untuk halang tapi kerajaan tak mahu tahan (halang).
Bahkan sekarang kerajaan encourage syarikat dari Singapura membeli saham syarikat Malaysia…5 persen, dalam Telekom dan lain-lain…semua itu under government encouragement … but not my governmentlah…some other government...
WARTAWAN : Bagaimana dengan roadshow' dan bila mulanya?
DR MAHATHIR : Saya tak ada roadshow , ada orang panggil… saya pergilah. Tapi ini sampai nak bercakap dengan orang UMNO tak bagi… nak cakap dengan bukan UMNO, dah kata bahaya…semua orang dilarang dengar saya bercakap. Barangkali kerana saya cakap benarlah kot, sebab tulah depa larang.
WARTAWAN : Adakah Tun buat susunatur roadshow tu?
DR MAHATHIR : No… ada orang panggil saya pergilah..tapi saya tahu setiap kali ada orang panggil (jemput saya) akan dapat panggilan telefon suruh batalkan program tu…
Macam Mubarak di Kelantan baru-baru ini, depa panggil saya…bekas wakil rakyat, kawan-kawan saya semua ni…tapi dapat panggilan telefon daripada Perth Australia suruh cancel ..akhirnya Mubarak tarik diri tapi ada orang lain buat, Alumni bekas Ahli Parlimen yang ambilalih program tu…
Saya pi (pergi) lah… orang panggil, saya pergi.
WARTAWAN : Apa komen Tun ada dakwaan mengatakan ada usaha untuk halang Datuk Mukhriz merasmikan persidangan pemuda UMNO bahagian tertentu?
DR MAHATHIR : Ya..lah, itulah yang dianggap sebagai telus. Very transparent …sekarang ni very open…newspaper sekarang ni very open tulis report…support for the government.
Setiap kali ada sesuatu, pi tanya…yang Khairy buat ni…apa pendapat Adnan (MB Pahang), apa pendapat orang ni dan orang tu…masuklah gambar-gambar ni semua, semuanya sokong, tak payah dah bubuh gambar dah, kita pakai satu gambar saja kemudian yang lain kita pakai satu sentence …segala perintah patik sokong…
WARTAWAN : Dalam ucapan Tun ( semasa ceramah mengenai pentabiran) ada sentuh soal seseorang Perdana Menteri perlu diberi tempoh beberapa ketika, apakah Perdana Menteri sekarang diberi tempoh yang lebih panjang?
DR MAHATHIR : Itu terpulanglah pada rakyatlah…kalaulah kita dapat seorang Perdana Menteri yang menjual negeri ini, adakah kita nak tunggu lima tahun…kita kena ambil tindakan awal sikit.
Kalau dia ada buat perancangan yang kita tidak tahu ia akan berjaya atau tidak, seperti perancangan SJER di Johor, pendapatnya tersendiri…tak dak siapa pengaruh dia…tapi tunggulah lima tahun lagi.
WARTAWAN (AGENDADAILY) : Proton yang memiliki saham lebih 50 peratus dalam MV Agusta didakwa tidak ada kuasa dan terpaksa tunduk pada pemegang saham minoriti dalam membuat keputusan hal yang berkaitan dengan pengurusan, sejauhmana benar?
DR MAHATHIR : Ada satu syarat saja…kalau kita nak lupuskan saham kita pada orang tertentu maka pada ketika itu kita kena bagi tahu pada minority share holder …ini dimana-mana pun macam tu juga, kalau kita nak buat sesuatu yang mungkin menjejaskan pemegang saham minoriti, kita kena dapatkan persetujuan dari pihak minoriti.
Tapi dalam pengurusan Agusta, kita kuasa penuh, kita ada director , ekskutif pun ada dalam Agusta.Tanyalah Tengku Mahaleel apa syarat yang dia buat… bila kita tanya tak boleh masuk (tulis dalam akhbar)… you pun tak boleh masuk… you suratkhabar mana…?
Wartawan Agendadaily menjawab : saya dari Agendadaily, web news melalui internet
Tun Dr Mahathir menyambung : Internet…tak lama lagi internet pun nak kena juga…pasal kita open society …mesti censor semua internet…cuma mana perintah patik sokong saja boleh masuk (siar)…
WARTAWAN : Apakah seorang Perdana Menteri yang didakwa jual negara itu perlu ditukar sebelum lima tahun?
DR MAHATHIR : I don't say …kalau dia jual negara...tak payahlah tunggu lima tahun.
WARTAWAN : Apa cadangan Tun pada rakyat.
DR MAHATHIR : Janganlah cakap saya sokong…saya sokong…bila tanya,apa yang disokong…depa jawab tak tahu…tapi kata, kita sokong, kita sokong…macam kata Shahidan (Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim Menteri Besar Perlis) dan Tajol Rosli (Menteri Besar Perak), kita 'support' dia sebelum ini, ketika beliau jadi Perdana Menteri dan kita support lah PM sekarang sebab Pak Lah PM sekarang.
Apa! tak dak fikir langsung ke…I don't want this supporters for doing something wrong , saya mahukan sokongan sekiranya saya buat sesuatu yang betul.
WARTAWAN : Adakah Tun tahu bahawa ada usul dari bahagian UMNO tertentu agar Tun diberi layanan baik, ada yang gesa agar MKT adakan mesyuarat khas kemudian panggil Tun agar diberi penjelasan sebaik mungkin dan tidak bersikap biadab terhadap Tun?
DR MAHATHIR : Saya tahulah ada usul itu dari ketua pemuda UMNO bahagian di Perak…tapi ianya tak boleh diterima.
Tak boleh buat macam itu ianya ditegah oleh Majlis Tertinggi…MT tidak benar buat usul yang menyentuh pemimpin bukan menyentuh UMNO.
UMNO tak dak apa-apa tapi pemimpin jangan ditegur…
WARTAWAN (AGENDADAILY) : Perkara ini apakah tidak pernah berlaku di zaman Tun menerajui UMNO dan negara. Apakah Tun bersikap terbuka semasa berkuasa dulu.
DR MAHATHIR : Saya bukan saja terbuka semasa memimpin parti bahkan saya dicabar oleh Tengku Razaleigh, Musa Hitam dan Pak Lah pun…mereka nak jatuhkan saya. Saya tak larang mereka pergi ke kampong-kampung, ke bahagian, ke cawangan…buat ucapan nak bagi jatuh saya…
Dan saya hampir jatuh, hanya menang 43 undi saja. Saya tak tahan mereka, mungkin mereka tak ingatlah sebab Melayu mudah lupa…Tengku Razaleigh kata, saya lebih dahsyat dari Pak Lah…agaknya dia terlupa dia pergi dok kempen semasa dia lawan dengan saya (rebut jawatan Presiden UMNO), dia lupa bahawa dia berjalan rata jumpa semua orang dan ceritalah apa keburukan saya dan kebaikan mereka…saya tak larang.
Sekarang saya tak boleh pergi dekat dengan orang bekas UMNO pun tak boleh...Mubarak adalah bekas wakil rakyat pun tak boleh juga…
WARTAWAN : Tun kata bukan hendak jatuhkan UMNO tapi nak perbetulkan keadaan, jadi apakah salahnya untuk Tun berbuat begitu.
DR MAHATHIR : Inilah demokrasi…demokrasi bermakna dengar sebelah pihak saja (sinis).
WARTAWAN ( AGENDADAILY) : Adakah Tun akan hadir ke mesyuarat UMNO Bahagian Kubang Pasu, juga ada desas desus kata Tun nak jadi wakil ke perhimpunan agong UMNO pertengahan November ini?.
DR MAHATHIR : Kalau boleh tu...kalau orang jemput saya akan pergilah…saya ada hak juga dipilih sebagai wakil daripada cawangan untuk hadir mesyuarat bahagian, saya akan pergilah. Kalau panggil atau dipilih…
Tapi nak jadi wakil ke mesyuarat agong (Perhimpunan agung UMNO di PWTC ) , tak payahlah kot…kalau saya jadi wakil pun tak boleh bercakap .- 7/8/2006
http://www.agendadaily.com/cmspreview/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_e905c840-3132372e-10a4a320-585d75d6
another absolute rubbish 'instruction' meant for the media?!?...
how can this cabinet minister said such things?!?.. am literally speechless... "toning down" reports will NOT trigger more violence and criminal activities!... absolute rubbish!... in fact, if things were to be swept under the carpet and without notifying the nation properly wat's happening, this will no doubt breed more criminals then...
as reported... "Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin said some of the reports in the media were very graphic, which could trigger more violence and criminal activities.
“The media should try not to create too much sensation or glorify news to the extent of getting people excited and involved in crime,” he told reporters"...
too much sensation or glorify news can extent of getting people excited and involved in crime?!?!?!?... if so, wat kinda remarks is this lah?!?...
as reported... "“Of late, a lot of stories on murder cases and snatch thefts have been featured in the newspapers and on television, and the culprits could have emulated the violence they see or read about,” he added. "...
might as well ban csi, kisah benar, 999, edisi siasat, etc. altogether... since this kinda shows may also create and/or some sort give criminals idea/s as to how to go around creating crime...
am totally lost with wat this mamak minister said...
Media urged to tone down reports
SUNGAI PETANI: The media has to “tone down” reports on crime and violence.
Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin said some of the reports in the media were very graphic, which could trigger more violence and criminal activities.
“The media should try not to create too much sensation or glorify news to the extent of getting people excited and involved in crime,” he told reporters after visiting the parents of 26-year-old hotel housekeeper Azlini Azmi who was found murdered in Sunway Mentari at Bandar Sunway in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday.
Azlini’s body was found with slash wounds on her chin, neck and torso.
Zainuddin said the frequent television footages of the war and bombings in Iraq and violence shown on television would create a certain impact among viewers.
“Of late, a lot of stories on murder cases and snatch thefts have been featured in the newspapers and on television, and the culprits could have emulated the violence they see or read about,” he added.
Zainuddin also presented Azlini’s parents Azmi Mohd Nayan, 48, and Che Zainah Othman, 46, with a RM3,000 donation.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/5/nation/15058234&sec=nation
http://www.dapmalaysia.org/english/2006/august06/lks/lks3996.htm
http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=634#more-634
as reported... "Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin said some of the reports in the media were very graphic, which could trigger more violence and criminal activities.
“The media should try not to create too much sensation or glorify news to the extent of getting people excited and involved in crime,” he told reporters"...
too much sensation or glorify news can extent of getting people excited and involved in crime?!?!?!?... if so, wat kinda remarks is this lah?!?...
as reported... "“Of late, a lot of stories on murder cases and snatch thefts have been featured in the newspapers and on television, and the culprits could have emulated the violence they see or read about,” he added. "...
might as well ban csi, kisah benar, 999, edisi siasat, etc. altogether... since this kinda shows may also create and/or some sort give criminals idea/s as to how to go around creating crime...
am totally lost with wat this mamak minister said...
Media urged to tone down reports
SUNGAI PETANI: The media has to “tone down” reports on crime and violence.
Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin said some of the reports in the media were very graphic, which could trigger more violence and criminal activities.
“The media should try not to create too much sensation or glorify news to the extent of getting people excited and involved in crime,” he told reporters after visiting the parents of 26-year-old hotel housekeeper Azlini Azmi who was found murdered in Sunway Mentari at Bandar Sunway in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday.
Azlini’s body was found with slash wounds on her chin, neck and torso.
Zainuddin said the frequent television footages of the war and bombings in Iraq and violence shown on television would create a certain impact among viewers.
“Of late, a lot of stories on murder cases and snatch thefts have been featured in the newspapers and on television, and the culprits could have emulated the violence they see or read about,” he added.
Zainuddin also presented Azlini’s parents Azmi Mohd Nayan, 48, and Che Zainah Othman, 46, with a RM3,000 donation.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/5/nation/15058234&sec=nation
http://www.dapmalaysia.org/english/2006/august06/lks/lks3996.htm
http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=634#more-634
get up, honeymoon period is over!.. "declaration of war" against the media coming up next!...
they sense something is wrong?!?... or perhaps, they sense that there are something very wrong made right and/or gonna be made right and they are very afraid of it?!?... like the saying, siapa makan cili, dia rasa pedas...
2 'mainstream newspapers'?!?... wait... got to be nstp and the sun, i think... the star belongs to mca wat, so dun think there's anything gonna happen to them... on top of that, they in the star thinks that siti nurhaliza and datuk kurita's wedding news is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy important than the current issues the world is facing...
the star do have articles here and there about the current govt and all... at times they do hit back they themselves without knowing and realising it... funny but true...
can't even have this kinda freedom of speech in a democratic country... wat more in freedom in religious practices!... yawn!...
the only way to bring back the democracy in the country is the next election... at least let the parliment seats be filled evenly like wat happened in the 90s... approx 55%+-/45%+-... that will at least strike a decent balance, if you ask me...
Zam’s “Declaration of War” against the media – a setting for another Operation Lalang and the first public fissure of contending factions in the Abdullah Cabinet?
_____________________
Media Statement
by Lim Kit Siang
______________________
(Parliament, Saturday) The Information Minister, Datuk Zainuddin Maidin, has issued a “declaration of war” against the media. At stake is not just press freedom, but also human rights and good governance in Malaysia.
Zainuddin accused two “mainstream newspapers” of abusing their “freedom”, claimed that the government has already collected ample evidence of the “crime” of certain local newspapers to “undermine the credibility of Islam as the official religion and the rights of all communities as contained in the Federal Constitution”, raised the spectre of May 13 and the possibility of another “Operation Lalang”, warned that the government “means business” and “will not tolerate” the media which “inflame communalism and religious issues”.
Most ominous of all, Zainuddin dismissed the view that the “honeymoon” period for press freedom of Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is over by declaring that there was never any such “honeymoon period”!
Is Zainuddin’s “declaration of war” against the media a sombre setting for a major crackdown on fundamental liberties and freedoms in Malaysia – another Operation Lalang?
Has Zainuddin the full authority and prior clearance of the Prime Minister to issue such a contentious and combative statement – especially the assertion that Abdullah never intended to have any “honeymoon period” for press freedom, and by extension, accountability, transparency and good governance, on becoming Prime Minister? If so, why wasn’t this announcement made by Abdullah himself? Is this because Abdullah wants to continue to appear as a “Mr. Nice” in a Jekyl-and-Hide scenario?
Or is Zainuddin’s outburst the first public fissure of contending factions in the Cabinet where the Prime Minister’s writ cannot even extend to his own Ministers, with Ministers openly misinterpreting if not hijacking Abdullah’s wishes and intentions?
Zainuddin also referred to the recent controversy over the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Ethnic Relations guidebook, citing it as the latest example of newspapers of being “unnecessary contentious” and “blowing out of proportion” religious and communal issues.
In making such a comment, is Zainuddin seriously suggesting in a very public manner that the Cabinet, or at least the Prime Minister, had been wrong or misled into ordering a withdrawal of the UPM Ethnic Relations guidebook and a review of the university module?
Although all Cabinet Ministers have openly declared support for the Prime Minister in the escalating “war” between the former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Abdullah, no one can be sure as to how many Cabinet Ministers will fully back the Prime Minister when the crunch comes – and Zainuddin clearly belong to the list of “doubtfuls”.
Abdullah should immediately clarify the many questions raised by Zainuddin’s “declaration of war” against the media, including:
whether Zainuddin is fully authorized by him to issue such a “declaration”;
whether it presages another Operation Lalang and crackdown on the media specifically and human rights generally;
whether Abdullah’s position has become so weakened by the Mahathir attacks that hardliners in Cabinet and government are having a upper hand to hijack his agenda and even to conduct an open internecine warfare.
The ball is in Abdullah’s court. He should be the one to disabuse Malaysians of the belief that there had been a “honeymoon period” for press freedom when he first became Prime Minister.
Abdullah should also clarify whether he had elevated Zainuddin to be the “czar” of the Malaysia media, delegating to the Information Minister all the powers of the Internal Security Minister with regard to mass media in the country.
(29/07/2006)
http://www.dapmalaysia.org/english/2006/july06/lks/lks3989.htm
http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=14934
2 'mainstream newspapers'?!?... wait... got to be nstp and the sun, i think... the star belongs to mca wat, so dun think there's anything gonna happen to them... on top of that, they in the star thinks that siti nurhaliza and datuk kurita's wedding news is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy important than the current issues the world is facing...
the star do have articles here and there about the current govt and all... at times they do hit back they themselves without knowing and realising it... funny but true...
can't even have this kinda freedom of speech in a democratic country... wat more in freedom in religious practices!... yawn!...
the only way to bring back the democracy in the country is the next election... at least let the parliment seats be filled evenly like wat happened in the 90s... approx 55%+-/45%+-... that will at least strike a decent balance, if you ask me...
Zam’s “Declaration of War” against the media – a setting for another Operation Lalang and the first public fissure of contending factions in the Abdullah Cabinet?
_____________________
Media Statement
by Lim Kit Siang
______________________
(Parliament, Saturday) The Information Minister, Datuk Zainuddin Maidin, has issued a “declaration of war” against the media. At stake is not just press freedom, but also human rights and good governance in Malaysia.
Zainuddin accused two “mainstream newspapers” of abusing their “freedom”, claimed that the government has already collected ample evidence of the “crime” of certain local newspapers to “undermine the credibility of Islam as the official religion and the rights of all communities as contained in the Federal Constitution”, raised the spectre of May 13 and the possibility of another “Operation Lalang”, warned that the government “means business” and “will not tolerate” the media which “inflame communalism and religious issues”.
Most ominous of all, Zainuddin dismissed the view that the “honeymoon” period for press freedom of Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is over by declaring that there was never any such “honeymoon period”!
Is Zainuddin’s “declaration of war” against the media a sombre setting for a major crackdown on fundamental liberties and freedoms in Malaysia – another Operation Lalang?
Has Zainuddin the full authority and prior clearance of the Prime Minister to issue such a contentious and combative statement – especially the assertion that Abdullah never intended to have any “honeymoon period” for press freedom, and by extension, accountability, transparency and good governance, on becoming Prime Minister? If so, why wasn’t this announcement made by Abdullah himself? Is this because Abdullah wants to continue to appear as a “Mr. Nice” in a Jekyl-and-Hide scenario?
Or is Zainuddin’s outburst the first public fissure of contending factions in the Cabinet where the Prime Minister’s writ cannot even extend to his own Ministers, with Ministers openly misinterpreting if not hijacking Abdullah’s wishes and intentions?
Zainuddin also referred to the recent controversy over the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Ethnic Relations guidebook, citing it as the latest example of newspapers of being “unnecessary contentious” and “blowing out of proportion” religious and communal issues.
In making such a comment, is Zainuddin seriously suggesting in a very public manner that the Cabinet, or at least the Prime Minister, had been wrong or misled into ordering a withdrawal of the UPM Ethnic Relations guidebook and a review of the university module?
Although all Cabinet Ministers have openly declared support for the Prime Minister in the escalating “war” between the former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Abdullah, no one can be sure as to how many Cabinet Ministers will fully back the Prime Minister when the crunch comes – and Zainuddin clearly belong to the list of “doubtfuls”.
Abdullah should immediately clarify the many questions raised by Zainuddin’s “declaration of war” against the media, including:
whether Zainuddin is fully authorized by him to issue such a “declaration”;
whether it presages another Operation Lalang and crackdown on the media specifically and human rights generally;
whether Abdullah’s position has become so weakened by the Mahathir attacks that hardliners in Cabinet and government are having a upper hand to hijack his agenda and even to conduct an open internecine warfare.
The ball is in Abdullah’s court. He should be the one to disabuse Malaysians of the belief that there had been a “honeymoon period” for press freedom when he first became Prime Minister.
Abdullah should also clarify whether he had elevated Zainuddin to be the “czar” of the Malaysia media, delegating to the Information Minister all the powers of the Internal Security Minister with regard to mass media in the country.
(29/07/2006)
http://www.dapmalaysia.org/english/2006/july06/lks/lks3989.htm
http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=14934
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