Saturday, 17 April 2010
A.G of U.K is from Guyana. In UMNO Malay-sia even the state DPP cannot be an Indian or Chinese.
This fact was revelaled in the Sun 15/4/2010 at page 13. But in UMNO controlled Malay-sia, even the state DPP cannot be an Indian or a Chinese Malaysian.
In UMNOs’ Malay-sia UMNO needs a strong malay muslim racist Attorney General like Gani Patail, to put the whole weight, force and might of the government machinery to suppress the Indians as what was done in the “ethnic cleansing” criminal prosecution of P. Uthayakumar which carries a maximum of 3 years jail.
S.JAYATHAS
HRP Information Chief
Standard Operating procedure for the “Shoot to Kill Policy”
Standard Operating procedure for the “Shoot to Kill Policy”
Step 1) Two Indian suspects were behaving suspiciously.
Step 2) Police followed them
Step 3) They saw the police and sped off.
Step 4) The police gave chase.
Step 5) The suspects shot at the police.
Step 6) Police in self defence shot back and both the suspects were instantaneously killed in the encounter.
Step 7) The suspects alleged series of previous involvement in serious crimes and/or convictions are revealed to the press which widely publicises the one sided police version.
Step 8 ) The police found a cache of weapons
Step 9) The dead police murder victims are unable to defend themselves and the public perception of this the cold blooded police murder is neutralised.
Here is an actual report of a shoot to kill incident in Taiping recently – clipped out form the malaysian Insider..
“Logeswaran had six warrants of arrest against him and listed on the most wanted list. His body was identified based on his fingerprints,” Dzuraidi told reporters here today.
Dzuraidi said acting on information, the police ordered a car, which was earlier spotted behaving suspiciously, to stop but it reversed and sped off.
“Several shots were fired at the police from the car and the police returned fire, killing the driver and the front seat passenger.
“The police found a .22 revolver with six bullets, three empty shells, two machetes and a samurai sword in the car,” he added.
The police believed the duo were responsible for 15 armed robberies in Perak, Penang, Selangor, Johor, Kedah and Perlis since two years ago.
“The police are tracking down other members of the gang. They cover their faces with stockings while brandishing pistols at their victims and used hammers to break jewellery display cases,” said Dzuraidi. — Bernama
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Malaysian Police Shoot to Kill Policy- 2 Ethnic Indian youth shot dead-HINDRAF HRP.
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Johan to be sacked from Umno Youth
By Adib Zalkapli - The Malaysian InsiderKUALA KUBU BARU, April 17 — Hulu Selangor independent candidate Johan Md Diah (picture), a Shah Alam Umno Youth committee member, will be sacked from the party.
Umno executive secretary Datuk Abdul Rauf Yusoh confirmed that Johan will automatically lose his membership for contesting the by-election.
“Confirm, sack,” Abdul Rauf told The Malaysian Insider.
Johan, from Felda Sungai Tengi here, is one of the two independent candidates in the April 25 by-election. He announced his candidacy in the Felda settlement last week, vowing to fight for the interest of the settlers.
The other independent is former Hulu Selangor MIC deputy chief V.S. Chandran.
“That is usually the practice, even supporting a non-Umno candidate will lead to sacking,” said Umno Youth executive committee member Hishamuddin Yahya.
Johan, when met after nomination, said he was fully aware of the action against him, adding that he had to contest to fight for Malay interest.“I’m aware of the constitutional provision, so as of today I’m no longer a member,” said Johan.
He dismissed the suggestion that he contested because of his disappointment with Umno.
“Why should I feel frustrated, I’m doing this for the Malays,” said Johan, an Umno member for 10 years.
“I will talk more of my campaign message when I meet the voters,” he told reporters when asked about his manifesto.
The Hulu Selangor by-election will see a four-cornered among Johan, Chandran Barisan Nasional’s (BN) P. Kamalanathan and PKR’s Datuk Zaid Ibrahim.
The rural federal seat was made vacant following the death of Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Ahmad from PKR late last month.
Zainal Abidin won the seat in Election 2008 by defeating MIC deputy president Datuk G. Palanivel by a narrow 198-vote margin.
Najib’s Iran snub risks Malay vote in Hulu Selangor
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid - The Malaysian InsiderHULU SELANGOR, April 17 — The Najib administration is bravely showing a willingness to risk losing the Hulu Selangor by-election and key Malay support by siding with the US against Iran in a nuclear dispute.Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak unwittingly turned his foreign policy into an election campaign issue when he confirmed that national oil firm Petronas has stopped supplying gasoline to Iran ahead of further global sanctions.
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) campaigners have exploited Putrajaya’s decision, with opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim saying it pandered to Washington’s lopsided policy on Iran, seen by many Muslims as a defiant hero against Western imperialism.
“When US President Barack Obama calls failed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I had criticised him. When Obama called for sanctions against Iran, I said fine, but what of Israel?” Anwar asked last night when bringing up the issue on the campaign trail.
Malays form slightly more than half of the 64,500 registered voters eligible to cast ballots in the April 25 by-election, and are generally against US pressure for an embargo on Iran and view the sanction call as a product of lobbying by the Israelis.
“But what did Najib do? He supported the US call for sanctions against Iran,” pounded Anwar to a roar of applause from the crowd of 200 Felda settlers here.
The PR and PKR de facto leader has already linked Najib’s public relations consultant APCO Worldwide to Israel and news of Petronas stopping fuel supplies to Iran adds another issue in PR’s Hulu Selangor election campaign against the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN).
He called Najib a “hypocritical leader without principles”, saying the government criticised the US for its impotence to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict while at the same time bowing to Washington’s pressure with the Iranian sanctions in the name of “improved bilateral ties”, which Anwar alleged was done merely to boost the PM’s image.
Najib, who is currently visiting the US and sat in Obama’s nuclear non-proliferation summit earlier this week, had said Malaysia supported Iran’s right to pursue the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes but the Islamic republic was obliged to meet a UN Security Council order directing it to halt uranium enrichment until the purpose of such activities could be independently verified by the IAEA.
“They (Iran) must earn the trust of the international community and the only way they can earn the trust is to be fully transparent in whatever they do and allow full verification by the IAEA and there are some serious doubt as to whether this has been carried out or has been complied with by Iran,” he was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
Anwar blasted BN on the APCO issue in a bid to sway Felda settlers last night. — Picture by Choo Choy May
“They tried to portray me as a Jewish agent but Allah is great... now it is revealed that APCO has a former Israeli intelligence officer as its chief,” said Anwar, adding that the Malaysian police have been infiltrated by Israeli agents through the public relations company.
Anwar was flanked by the DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang and ousted Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin who played supporting roles to the opposition leader’s assault on BN.
“It was revealed that BN had paid APCO RM78 million just so Najib can take photos with Obama,” Lim said to a thunderous applause.
Nizar too harped on the APCO issue, saying any single vote for the BN meant the voter was supporting the Israeli oppression of the Palestinian people.
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang also issued a strong statement last night, regretting Malaysia’s move to cut supplies to Iran.
“The prime minister must deny the report that he directed Petronas to stop oil sales to Iran. If the report by AFP is true, it is unfortunate for the people and the Islamic ummah in Malaysia to have a government that is just a follower of Washington to punish the innocent people of Iran,” Hadi said.
Both Anwar and Hadi came to political prominence three years after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 although the PKR leader climbed through the ranks to be deputy prime minister by joining Umno before being sacked in late 1998 on sodomy and corruption charges.
Anwar has named PR ideologue and former law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim to stand in Hulu Selangor. Nomination day is today for the by-election triggered by the death of its incumbent, PKR’s Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Ahmad.
Pundits note a win for either side will indicate a return of support towards the ruling coalition which suffered heavy losses in Election 2008 or signal continued faith in PR which lost four federal lawmakers recently.
With the Chinese support pretty much secured, the battle for Anwar and PR now lies in the fight for the hearts and minds of the Malays and Indians, who generally support BN. They had consistently returned BN in the seat from 1990 to 2008 until the four-term MP Datuk G. Palanivel lost to Zainal Abidin.
BN has dropped Palanivel in a fractious and open argument between Umno, which insists on a fresh face, and MIC, which wants it deputy president in Parliament after incurring heavy losses in Election 2008.
Umno won the argument and MIC is now fielding its information chief P. Kamalanathan, who has an uphill task of convincing the significant number of Indian voters that he is a capable replacement for Palanivel. The Indians form 19.3 per cent of the electorate.
Local issues such as granting land titles and job opportunities dominate the campaign but PR has promised help as it controls the Selangor government, arguing instead Hulu Selangor needs to send a representative to fight BN’s hypocrisy and power in Parliament.
Local Indians protest Umno's 'high-handedness'
TERMERLOH: Indian voters in the Hulu Selangor parliamentary constituency frustrated with Umno’s overbearing attitude to “control and contain” MIC, will stage a protest vote today.
Pahang PAS Supporters Club chairman N Balasubramanian said Umno’s high-handedness that caused it to lose its credibility among the rankyat.
“The Indian community cannot accept Umno-BN high-handed style and the manner they dropped the MIC deputy president (G Palanivel), a loyal component party in BN.
“I think MIC has a serious problem because Umno Selangor is calling the shots.
“They have forced an Umno-sponsored candidate unto MIC.
“He (P Kamalanathan) is not an MIC candidate. Umno rejected MIC’s candidate (Palanivel).
“We believe the Indian community here and everywhere are angry, very angry with Umno-BN, “ he said.
Balasubramaniam was alluding to the unprecedented controversy surrounding the BN candidate - for the Hulu Selangor constituency.
On April 15 after a prolonged and ugly tussle with MIC, Umno Selangor, allegedly arm-twisted MIC into accept a compromise candidate – Kamalanathan, MIC’s information chief – for the Hulu Selangor by-election, nominations for which is today.
Following the announcement of the MIC/BN candidate, Prime Minister Najib Razak issued MIC an ultimatum demanding that they deliver. It is common knowledge that Najib has side-stepped MIC on more than one occasion in directly-accessing the Indian community.
The swiftly changing landscape has thrown both MIC and its leaders into the wilderness.
“Win or lose, MIC, Umno and BN have lost their credibility.. this is only the beginning of a major crash,” said Balasubramaniam.
The by-election for the 64,500 strong voting population is on April 25. Nineteen percent of the registered voters are Indians,a crucial support for BN which has already lost its credibility among the Chinese voters.
PKR candidate Zaid Ibrahim is expected to give Umno-BN a tight race for the Malay votes. Zaid has been actively wooing fridge communities – Felda and the Orang Asli – whose votes are essential in this contentious race.
If all goes well today, it will be a straight BN-PKR fight on April 25.
Balasubramaniam added that the current situation, however was good for Pakatan’s Zaid.
“The only thing now standing in Pakatan’s road to victory is Umno-BN’s money politics, “ he said.
Samy, Shafie hurt after falling on barbed wires
UPDATED KUALA KUBU BARU: The upcoming Hulu Selangor by election has already witnessed its first drama, drawing blood from three high-profile figures.
MIC president S Samy Vellu, Umno vice-president Mohd Shafie Apdal and Perak Speaker R Ganesan were trapped in the middle of a large swarm of Barisan Nasional supporters at the nomination centre.
The crowd, which stood elbow-to-elbow, was attempting to push its way through into the centre to support the BN candidate P Kamalanathan.
The incident occurred at about 9.30am when the police only permitted some 100 leaders and supporters from each party to enter the centre.
When the two BN leaders and the speaker arrived, they were caught in the rush, causing them to fall on the barbed wires errected by the security personnel.
The three suffered minor injuries and were treated by medical personnel in an ambulance stationed at the centre.
Samy Vellu was injured in the right knee while Sharie was hurt in the elbow.
Contacted later, an aide to the MIC president said that Samy Vellu was fine and is slated to get a painkiller jab later.
The injury however will not hamper the veteran politician from hitting the campaign trail over the next seven days to ensure that his party's information chief wins the April 25 by-election.
The by-election is being held following the death of incumbent Zainal Abidin Ahmad of PKR, due to brain cancer, on March 25.
Hulu Selangor has 64,500 registered voters of which 799 are postal voters, comprising 34,020 or 52.7 percent Malays, 16,964 (26.3 percent) Chinese and 12,453 (19.3 percent) Indians.
In the 2008 general election, MIC deputy president G Palanivel who was the four-term MP for the constituency lost by 198 votes to Zainal.
Explosive Submarine Scandal Erupts!
A submarine does not and cannot deter an opponent and may not safeguard Malaysian sovereignty as it could be seen as a move to put pressure towards an arms race. If that is the case, could the purchase of the submarines be a waste of money?
By Masterwordsmith
I wonder if you have read THIS REPORT HERE headlined Malaysia's Submarine Scandal Erupts in France that was written by John Berthelsen.
Excerpt from the Asia Sentinel(emphasis is my own to highlight details):
Just in case you cannot remember details, here's some background information.
The Scorpene submarines are at the very heart of the continuing controversy over the death of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a 28-year old Mongolian translator who was cruelly and brutally C4-ed to her tragic death.
These submarines were ordered in 2002 by our PM when his Defense Ministry entered a €1 billion (RM4.7 billion) deal with a French-Spanish shipyard, Armaris, for delivery of two new Scorpene and one refurbished Agosta conventional submarines to the Malaysian navy.
According to The Malaysian Insider AT THIS LINK, the Malaysian intermediary in the non-competitive tender was a company called Perimekar, which was then owned by another Malaysian company, Ombak Laut, wholly owned by Abdul Razak Baginda, head of a government-backed strategic studies think tank who was a close friend and adviser to Najib. The deal earned Perimekar a commission of €114 million.
When our PM was Defense Minister, a portfolio which he held for 14 years until last year, Malaysia's armed services became notable for their multiple sources of equipment because the country witnessed moves to increase the number of big arms contracts.
According to Asia Sentinel at THIS LINK:
A month later in NST at THIS LINK, Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad told the Dewan Rakyat that the purchase of two Scorpene-class submarines, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and KD Tun Razak, was not made through an open tender as doing so would expose the country's defence system. Then, he explained that the first submarine, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, is manned by 32 crewmen comprising 15 officers.
According to the same report, he also said that the maintenance cost for the two submarines, including spare parts, is about RM270 million a year and that the maintenance is being done at the Sepanggar naval base which is now fully operational.
In another report in The Star in March 2009:
In Submarines add depth to Singapore defence arsenal by Richard A. Bitzinger, the writer said, "All these trends add up to something much more than the “mere” modernisation of naval forces. Depending on how these forces are utilised, they could have far-reaching repercussions on regional peace and stability. As such, these developments need to be studied for possibly negative consequences as well.
Read more at: EXPLOSIVE SUBMARINE SCANDAL ERUPTS!
By Masterwordsmith
I wonder if you have read THIS REPORT HERE headlined Malaysia's Submarine Scandal Erupts in France that was written by John Berthelsen.
Excerpt from the Asia Sentinel(emphasis is my own to highlight details):
A potentially explosive scandal in Malaysia over the billion-dollar purchase of French submarines, a deal engineered by then-Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak, has broken out of the domestic arena with the filing of a request to investigate bribery and kickbacks from the deal in a Paris court.Well, we all know about this alleged scandal and many can probably recite it backwards. More importantly, may TRUTH AND JUSTICE PREVAIL!!!!
Although the case has been contained for eight years in the cozy confines of Malaysia's courts and parliament, which are dominated by the ruling National Coalition, French lawyers William Bourdon, Renaud Semerdjian and Joseph Breham put an end to that when they filed it with Parisian prosecutors on behalf of the Malaysian human rights organization Suaram, which supports good-government causes.
Judges in the Paris Prosecution Office have been probing a wide range of corruption charges involving similar submarine sales and the possibility of bribery and kickbacks to top officials in France, Pakistan and other countries. The Malaysian piece of the puzzle was added in two filings, on Dec. 4, 2009 and Feb. 23 this year.
For two years, Parisian prosecutors, led by investigating judges Francoise Besset Francoise Besset and Jean-Christophe Hullin, have been gingerly investigating allegations involving senior French political figures and the sales of submarines and other weaponry to governments all over the world. French news reports have said the prosecutors have backed away from some of the most serious charges out of concern for the political fallout.
The allegations relate to one of France's biggest defense conglomerates, the state-owned shipbuilder DCN, which merged with the French electronics company Thales in 2005 to become a dominant force in the European defense industry. DCN's subsidiary Armaris is the manufacturer of Scorpene-class diesel submarines sold to India, Pakistan and Malaysia among other countries. All of the contracts, according to the lawyers acting for Suaram, a Malaysian human rights NGO, are said to be suspect.
With Najib having moved on from the defense portfolio he held when the deal was put together in 2002 to become prime minister and head of the country's largest political party, the mess has the potential to become a major liability for the government and the United Malays National Organisation. Given the power of UMNO, it is unlikely the scandal would ever get a complete airing in a Malaysian court, which is presumably why Suaram reached out to French prosecutors.
CLICK HERE to read this MUST READ article!!!
Just in case you cannot remember details, here's some background information.
The Scorpene submarines are at the very heart of the continuing controversy over the death of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a 28-year old Mongolian translator who was cruelly and brutally C4-ed to her tragic death.
These submarines were ordered in 2002 by our PM when his Defense Ministry entered a €1 billion (RM4.7 billion) deal with a French-Spanish shipyard, Armaris, for delivery of two new Scorpene and one refurbished Agosta conventional submarines to the Malaysian navy.
According to The Malaysian Insider AT THIS LINK, the Malaysian intermediary in the non-competitive tender was a company called Perimekar, which was then owned by another Malaysian company, Ombak Laut, wholly owned by Abdul Razak Baginda, head of a government-backed strategic studies think tank who was a close friend and adviser to Najib. The deal earned Perimekar a commission of €114 million.
When our PM was Defense Minister, a portfolio which he held for 14 years until last year, Malaysia's armed services became notable for their multiple sources of equipment because the country witnessed moves to increase the number of big arms contracts.
According to Asia Sentinel at THIS LINK:
Najib had commissioned a huge military buildup to upgrade Malaysia's armed forces including the purchase of two Scorpene-class submarines and the lease of a third, a retired French Navy Agosta-class boat, for US$1 billion. The two submarines were designed by France's DCNS naval shipbuilder and built in partnership with Spain's Navantia. Both companies are state owned. The deal earned a commission of €114 million for a company owned by Najib's best friend, Abdul Razak Baginda, once the head of a Kuala Lumpur political think tank.In September last year, The Malaysian Insider carried an article called "Submarines will safeguard Malaysian sovereignty" where Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin said that the acquisition of submarines for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) is the Malaysian government’s biggest commitment to enhancing the capability of its armed forces in safeguarding the sovereignty of Malaysian waters from any threat.
Perimekar, a company owned by Abdul Razak Baginda, received the €114 million for “coordination and support services” – 11 percent of the sale price of the submarines. Zainal Abidin, then the deputy defense minister, told a parliamentary inquiry that such commissions were commonplace in Malaysia. No further inquiry was made as to the commission, nor was any attempt made to determine what coordination and support services Perimekar might be providing.However, it might pay to take a look at some other deals in which top French politicians were involved in, some of them along with DCN, and to ask whether all of that €114 actually went to Razak Baginda, or if some, with the complicity of Malaysian politicians, went into the pockets of their French counterparts.
There is plenty of reason to entertain that possibility. French politicians seem to have a knack for backhanders. On October 26, in a trial that centered on illegal arms sales to Angola, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, the son of the late president Francois Mitterand, was given a two-year suspended sentence and a €375,000 fine for receiving embezzled funds. The court ruled that he had accepted millions of euros in "consultant fees" on the arms deals between 1993 and 1998. In the dock with him were 42 people accused of selling weapons to Angola in defiance of a UN arms embargo, or of taking payments from the arms dealers and using their influence to facilitate the sales. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS MUST-READ ARTICLE.
A month later in NST at THIS LINK, Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad told the Dewan Rakyat that the purchase of two Scorpene-class submarines, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and KD Tun Razak, was not made through an open tender as doing so would expose the country's defence system. Then, he explained that the first submarine, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, is manned by 32 crewmen comprising 15 officers.
According to the same report, he also said that the maintenance cost for the two submarines, including spare parts, is about RM270 million a year and that the maintenance is being done at the Sepanggar naval base which is now fully operational.
In another report in The Star in March 2009:
THE Finance Ministry has rejected the terms and rates offered by a local company to provide rescue and support services on board the two newly-acquired submarines. Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusof said that on Aug 25, last year, the ministry approved a company’s offer to provide submarine escape and rescue services for a 20-year period at RM98.4mil per year.I am sure many Malaysians are concerned about the high cost of the purchase and maintenance of the scorpene submarines which can be damaged easily. Is it necessary to spend such a high amount on two submarines which are not a defensive vehicles but can merely be used to spy and as mobile platforms to launch a first strike with second strike capabilities against ground assets of a foreign nation. A submarine does not and cannot deter an opponent and may not safeguard Malaysian sovereignty as it could be seen as a move to put pressure towards an arms race. If that is the case, could the purchase of the submarines be a waste of money?
“However, the Finance Ministry disagreed with the rates and the ministry is now re-negotiating for a lower rental rate and shorter service period of six years,” he said when winding-up the motion of thanks on the Royal Address on points relating to the ministry.
Abu Seman said the contract was awarded to the company through direct negotiations as the navy wanted to gain full knowledge on submarine rescue procedures and also to get the best terms for the services.
In Submarines add depth to Singapore defence arsenal by Richard A. Bitzinger, the writer said, "All these trends add up to something much more than the “mere” modernisation of naval forces. Depending on how these forces are utilised, they could have far-reaching repercussions on regional peace and stability. As such, these developments need to be studied for possibly negative consequences as well.
Read more at: EXPLOSIVE SUBMARINE SCANDAL ERUPTS!
Four MIC divisions dissolved in protest
BY FMT STAFF
BUKIT SENTOSA: Four MIC divisions in Hulu Selangor have dissolved themselves in protest over “Umno” – Barisan Nasional candidate P.Kamalanathan.
The divisions - Batang Kali, Taman Wawasan, Ladang Ulu Tamu and Ulian Baru – had a collective membership of 1,200. Nineteen percent of HUlu Selangor’s 64,500 voters are Indians.
Parit Sulong branch chairman Hasmi Hashim said the four divisions announced its dissolution folowing deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announcement of MIC infromation chief, Kamalanathan's candidacy.
He said it was only a prelude to more.
“There is a possibility that 13 more MIC division will be dissolved because they disagree with Umno’s interference in the selection of MIC candidate in Hulu Selangor, “ Hami said.
He added that the dissolution was an indication that Hulu Selangor folk had lost confidence in the party..
“It’s a signal to show that the people here have lost confidence in the party, particularly the grassroot Indian community.
“The BN candidate, is said to be the middle choice, not MIC candidate. It is Umno who decided on the candidate for MIC,” said Hasmi.
Yesterday BN announced Kamalanathan as its candidate for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat after a long drawn and embarrassing tussle with MIC.
MIC had, as early as late last month announced G Palanivel as its chosen candidate but Umno Hulu Selangor were highly critical of the choice.
They also went as far as to demand that the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat be returned to Umno, its original owner.
Mounting pressure forced Prime Minister Najib Razak to cap speculations saying the seat would remain with MIC.
Having lost this round, the division went on a relentless attack pushing their first choice candidate local boy V Mugilan, who was also Hulu Selangor MIC Youth chief.
But MIC president Samy Vellu refused to budge.
In what is believed to have been a trade off, Samy and Muhyiddin agreed on Kamalanathan.
If all goes well today, Kamalanathan will face-off with PKR candidate Zaid Ibrahim on April 25.
The Hulu Selangor seat fell vacant following the death of PKR MP Zainal Abidin on March 25.
Najib Greases His Way To Washington D.C
By Tunku Abdul Aziz
And so it has finally happened. What a great honour for Malaysia. Najib, the Prime Minister of 1Malaysia fame was thrown a few crumbs, a few brief moment to savour, exchanging pleasantries with US President Obama on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit. Naturally, it was not quite the same as being driven down Pennsylvania Avenue to be welcomed at the portal of the White House, but I am being churlish as usual where Najib is concerned. Najib did get to see Obama via the tradesman’s entrance.
What irks me about this non-event meeting is that we had to resort to employing a very expensive public relations firm, for which read grubby Washington lobbyists, for close to 25 million dollars, give or take a million dollars here and there. Small change I suppose when it is not your hard-earned money.
We maintain, for a small country, far too many embassies, all the result of Mahathir Mohamad’s megalomaniac years when he developed a special interest in trafficking with some of the vilest and most violent regimes particularly in North and Sub-Saharan Africa that others would not have touched with a long barge pole. For maverick Mahathir, that was his regular breakfast fare.
Maintaining diplomatic missions abroad requires a huge budget, and ours in Washington D.C must cost us an arm and a leg. So Malaysian tax payers have every right to expect to get value for money, especially when we were assured by Prime Minister Najib that his choice of our ambassador to the US was based on the gentleman’s credentials, whatever those might be.
One of his qualifications, so we were told, was that he had developed extensive networking, Washington D.C style, into a fine art, and could be reasonably expected to pave the way for getting Malaysia into the inside track. Our man in D.C. could not, on this occasion, even arrange a fleeting “hello and goodbye” meeting without resorting, in the time honoured Malaysian culture of corruption, to that offensive practice euphemistically referred to as “cheque book diplomacy.” The Prime Minister could not have picked a better candidate for the job, and I wonder if there would ever be an end to the perceived sleaziness, rightly or wrongly, that has come to be associated with Najib. For the all our sakes, the Prime Minister has to be a little more circumspect and open in his dealings.
What has this visit achieved for the money and time expended? A photo opportunity at most for Najib, but for Malaysia, toeing submissively the American/Israeli policy against Iran. We decried Junior Bush’s attack on Iraq because we were not convinced that the claimed weapons of mass destruction really existed. Why are we so quick of the mark this time to believe the Israeli-inspired conspiracy against Iran? Where is the incontrovertible evidence that Iran is building nuclear weapons? What have we done to urge the Americans to dismantle Israeli nuclear warheads? On this issue, there has to be a great deal of soul-searching to be done on our part if we are to remain true to our sense of justice and if we wish enhance our standing among the morally decent nations of the world. I am not suggesting that we should oppose every American policy that impacts on global peace and security. We have to resist the temptation, however, of living in each other’s pockets in our relations whether with mighty America or pinhead Singapore.
I am not against Israel, per se. I admire the energy of the country and its people many of whom are friends of mine. With one, I went on two holidays, shared kosher food and enjoyed many hilarious moments. They are as honest and decent as the rest of humanity, and they, like us want the best for their country and the Jewish people. That having been said, anyone familiar with the workings of the American system on the international policy level will realise that no matter how often you meet Obama, nothing will happen unless the very powerful pro-Jewish Congressional committees want it to happen.
Rather than swimming in circles in the murky Potomac inhabited by totally disreputable money-grabbing grey-suited lobbyists just to pay homage to the White House, it would be easier and a great deal less costly to recognise, yes, recognise Israel. It is there; it is not a mirage in the desert. All this pretence that it does not exist has to make way for a pragmatic new policy. We have to exorcise the ghost of Mahathir’s rabid anti-Jewish ghost or we will get nowhere. We are not helping the Palestinians if we do not talk and walk with the Israelis. That does not mean we agree with their inhumanity to the Palestinians.
We will get all the support and backing of the very influential American Jewish interests, and will be able to engage Israel on a number of critical international and humanitarian issues, including the Palestinian conundrum. I think we should give this serious consideration. The Jews are anxious to cultivate us.
I recall in 2006 while serving with the UN in New York I was invited to deliver a talk at a conference in Jerusalem. Despite attempts to deny that I was a Malaysian official, they saw me as such, and not as a special UN adviser who I really was. They were delighted that for the first time in history that they had a ranking “Malaysian official” addressing a public meeting in Israel. They were not particularly interested in what I had to say about good governance, and the vital importance of fighting corruption. They wanted to know why Malaysia did not recognise Israel and, yet at the same time our government leaders saw nothing wrong in depositing huge sums of money in Israeli banks. I had to tell them I could not answer their questions as I was not a member of the Government of Malaysia. Mahathir may care to comment when he chooses to remember this bizarre aspect of his glorious administration.
By all means get close to Washington, Najib, but not at any cost.
And so it has finally happened. What a great honour for Malaysia. Najib, the Prime Minister of 1Malaysia fame was thrown a few crumbs, a few brief moment to savour, exchanging pleasantries with US President Obama on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit. Naturally, it was not quite the same as being driven down Pennsylvania Avenue to be welcomed at the portal of the White House, but I am being churlish as usual where Najib is concerned. Najib did get to see Obama via the tradesman’s entrance.
What irks me about this non-event meeting is that we had to resort to employing a very expensive public relations firm, for which read grubby Washington lobbyists, for close to 25 million dollars, give or take a million dollars here and there. Small change I suppose when it is not your hard-earned money.
We maintain, for a small country, far too many embassies, all the result of Mahathir Mohamad’s megalomaniac years when he developed a special interest in trafficking with some of the vilest and most violent regimes particularly in North and Sub-Saharan Africa that others would not have touched with a long barge pole. For maverick Mahathir, that was his regular breakfast fare.
Maintaining diplomatic missions abroad requires a huge budget, and ours in Washington D.C must cost us an arm and a leg. So Malaysian tax payers have every right to expect to get value for money, especially when we were assured by Prime Minister Najib that his choice of our ambassador to the US was based on the gentleman’s credentials, whatever those might be.
One of his qualifications, so we were told, was that he had developed extensive networking, Washington D.C style, into a fine art, and could be reasonably expected to pave the way for getting Malaysia into the inside track. Our man in D.C. could not, on this occasion, even arrange a fleeting “hello and goodbye” meeting without resorting, in the time honoured Malaysian culture of corruption, to that offensive practice euphemistically referred to as “cheque book diplomacy.” The Prime Minister could not have picked a better candidate for the job, and I wonder if there would ever be an end to the perceived sleaziness, rightly or wrongly, that has come to be associated with Najib. For the all our sakes, the Prime Minister has to be a little more circumspect and open in his dealings.
What has this visit achieved for the money and time expended? A photo opportunity at most for Najib, but for Malaysia, toeing submissively the American/Israeli policy against Iran. We decried Junior Bush’s attack on Iraq because we were not convinced that the claimed weapons of mass destruction really existed. Why are we so quick of the mark this time to believe the Israeli-inspired conspiracy against Iran? Where is the incontrovertible evidence that Iran is building nuclear weapons? What have we done to urge the Americans to dismantle Israeli nuclear warheads? On this issue, there has to be a great deal of soul-searching to be done on our part if we are to remain true to our sense of justice and if we wish enhance our standing among the morally decent nations of the world. I am not suggesting that we should oppose every American policy that impacts on global peace and security. We have to resist the temptation, however, of living in each other’s pockets in our relations whether with mighty America or pinhead Singapore.
I am not against Israel, per se. I admire the energy of the country and its people many of whom are friends of mine. With one, I went on two holidays, shared kosher food and enjoyed many hilarious moments. They are as honest and decent as the rest of humanity, and they, like us want the best for their country and the Jewish people. That having been said, anyone familiar with the workings of the American system on the international policy level will realise that no matter how often you meet Obama, nothing will happen unless the very powerful pro-Jewish Congressional committees want it to happen.
Rather than swimming in circles in the murky Potomac inhabited by totally disreputable money-grabbing grey-suited lobbyists just to pay homage to the White House, it would be easier and a great deal less costly to recognise, yes, recognise Israel. It is there; it is not a mirage in the desert. All this pretence that it does not exist has to make way for a pragmatic new policy. We have to exorcise the ghost of Mahathir’s rabid anti-Jewish ghost or we will get nowhere. We are not helping the Palestinians if we do not talk and walk with the Israelis. That does not mean we agree with their inhumanity to the Palestinians.
We will get all the support and backing of the very influential American Jewish interests, and will be able to engage Israel on a number of critical international and humanitarian issues, including the Palestinian conundrum. I think we should give this serious consideration. The Jews are anxious to cultivate us.
I recall in 2006 while serving with the UN in New York I was invited to deliver a talk at a conference in Jerusalem. Despite attempts to deny that I was a Malaysian official, they saw me as such, and not as a special UN adviser who I really was. They were delighted that for the first time in history that they had a ranking “Malaysian official” addressing a public meeting in Israel. They were not particularly interested in what I had to say about good governance, and the vital importance of fighting corruption. They wanted to know why Malaysia did not recognise Israel and, yet at the same time our government leaders saw nothing wrong in depositing huge sums of money in Israeli banks. I had to tell them I could not answer their questions as I was not a member of the Government of Malaysia. Mahathir may care to comment when he chooses to remember this bizarre aspect of his glorious administration.
By all means get close to Washington, Najib, but not at any cost.
It's A Four-Cornered Fight For Hulu Selangor
BN's P. Kamalanathan, who is MIC information chief, is up against PKR's Datuk Zaid Ibrahim who is a former minister in the Prime Minister's Department, independents V.S. Chandran who is a former Hulu Selangor MIC vice-chairman and Johan Mohd Diah, a businessman.
The list of candidates was announced by Returning Officer Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan, who is also the Hulu Selangor district officer, at the Hulu Selangor Sports Complex Multipurpose Hall in Kuala Kubu Baharu at 11.15am.
Nor Hisham accepted the papers of all four candidates as no issues were raised during the one-hour objection period.
Zaid was the first to hand in his papers, at 9.06am, followed by Kamalanathan at 9.30am, Chandran four minutes later and Johan at 9.36am.
Hindraf not a factor, says BN man - Malaysiakini
'No effect'.
Kamalanathan said there were still some who were keeping the legacy of Hindraf alive "...but the Hindraf by-products themselves are not sure where they are heading".
The by-election on April 25 is seen as crucial by political observers to gauge the popularity and strength of both BN and Pakatan Rakyat in wake of the landscape-changing March 8, 2008 political tsunami.
"When Samy Vellu told me I had been nominated for Hulu Selangor, I was shocked.
Those were the words of BN's Hulu Selangor by-election candidate P Kamalanathan when asked for his opinion on whether the well-known Indian rights movement would be able exert its influence among the constituency's Indian electorate.
"Hindraf? No effect. The people will judge us from our work not by any individual. Most of them have forgotten (Hindraf)," he said, dismissing the movement in having any impact in the upcoming by-election.
Kamalanathan said there were still some who were keeping the legacy of Hindraf alive "...but the Hindraf by-products themselves are not sure where they are heading". "But for me, it's very simple. As long as the Indian community wants development, they have to work with everybody, even the Malays and the Chinese," said the buoyant candidate.
In an exclusive interview with Malaysiakini late this evening, Kamalanathan claimed that BN was 'a family' that worked together to solve problems and did not bully each other to achieve certain means.
The public relations professional and MIC Putera leader admitted that there had been 'issues' over the past few days in deciding BN's candidate for the parliamentary by-election.
"Even within families, brothers and sisters argue and sometimes someone gets angry and walks out of the house (but) at the end of the day, the family comes together.
"Whatever happens within BN, it doesn't mean we are at the end of everything. it just means that we will discuss and we will be transparent.
"We had a problem, we had discussions and as usual we managed to find a solution," he said.
'Umno didn't bully us'
Kamalanathan, 44, was thrust into the political limelight yesterday after MIC failed in its frantic bid to get its deputy president G Palanivel to stand in Hulu Selangor and win back the seat which he lost by a slim majority of 198 votes in the 2008 general election.
In a last-minute compromise in face of objections to Palanivel's candidacy by Umno deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin, MIC president S Samy Vellu was forced to put forward Kamalanathan's name.
The Hulu Selangor parliamentary constituency - the biggest of the nine constituencies in Selangor - fell vacant after its Pakatan Rakyat representative from PKR, Zainal Abidin Ahmad, succumbed to brain cancer on March 25.
The by-election on April 25 is seen as crucial by political observers to gauge the popularity and strength of both BN and Pakatan Rakyat in wake of the landscape-changing March 8, 2008 political tsunami.For the opposition in particular, it will a referendum of faith of sorts after a recent string of defections rocked anchor partner, PKR.
Kamalanathan brushed off the possibility that ruling party Umno had browbeaten MIC into choosing a different candidate other than Palanivel.
"If Umno was bullying us, they would have taken back Hulu Selangor a long time ago but they did not. I can also say PKR is bullying PAS as a PAS candidate will probably do better here."
Met at his residence in Taman Garing, Rawang, Kamalanathan said he was 'just a soldier' ordered to the battlefield.
"I never lobbied, full stop, promise. If you want me to be honest, I was just working very hard to convince the party and BN leadership to consider me as a candidate for the 13th general election [...] I was preparing for that," he said.
'I'm very grateful'
Preparing for that, however, also meant being prepared at all times to face the unexpected, he explained further.
"I am ready, I have the time and I'm mentally and physically prepared. I won't say I'm reluctant. It's like 911. The people in the fire brigade don't dress up and wait for a call. When there is an emergency notice they suit up and go [...] that's what I'm going to do," he said.
Kamalanathan, who has been an MIC member for 25 years before being appointed information chief last year was at pains to stress that he did not wrest the seat from Palanivel.
"When Samy Vellu told me I had been nominated for Hulu Selangor, I was shocked."I asked whether it was a party recommendation but S Murugesan (MIC secretary-general) just told me to get ready and that they will see me at Bukit Sentosa at 3.30pm when the BN candidate was to be announced."
He revealed it was not a scenario the party was preparing for as the plan was to not field anyone other than Palanivel.
"The next day, I was waiting with Murugesan at the party headquarters (and) there were a lot of meetings held, phone calls from New York to Putrajaya, Putrajaya to Kuala Lumpur and even to Parliament.
"A lot of discussions and after all that, finally I was informed that there was a decision made by the party and prime minister and the deputy prime minister had accepted my name," he said, looking astonished.
"I'm very grateful for the trust they have in me and it is not going to easy. The defending champions are the opposition and the state is run by the opposition. But I'm going to work very hard like I have never worked before.
"God has given us 24 hours in a day and I will work up to 11.59.59 pm on April 24 and I will try to get as many votes as possible in that time," he said.
Dr. Jeffry Kitingan briefed that Orang Asli, Kadazan Iban and Malay poor are better off than the Indian poor – womb to tomb exclusion of Indians
Dr. Jeffry Kitingan briefed that Orang Asli, Kadazan Iban and Malay poor are better off than the Indian poor – womb to tomb exclusion of IndiansDuring the three hour meeting at the HRP Headquarters yesterday P. Uthayakumar had briefed the Common Interest Group, Malaysia (CIGMA) that the exclusion of the Indian poor from the national mainstream development of Malaysia by the UMNO controlled Malaysian government is literally from womb to tomb, beginning from an estimated 150,000 even fifth and sixth generation Malaysian born Indian children maliciously and deliberately being denied even their birth certificates.
They are also excluded from skills training colleges, elite MRSM, residential schools, universities, scholarships, to which Dr. Kitingan conceded that the East Malaysian natives do not really have a problem. Also civil service, GLCs’ and corporate sector especially senior positions, licences, permits, business opportunities, tenders and projects are almost wholly excluded to the Indians.
Uthayakumar also highlighted the fact that the poor Orang Asli, Iban, Kadazan and Malays are richer than the Indian poor as they have their ancestral land and villages. The Malays have their kampongs to fall back on. The east Malaysian natives have their ancestral lands to fall back on. The Chinese have their new villages to fall back on in difficult times. But the Indians do no have the luxury of these ancestral land or villages which acts as their social safety net.
The feeling of, at worst, having a hut over your head but in your own ancestral land is in itself and in effect adds on to the quality of life of these Orang Asli, Kadazan and Iban communities. Further these communities can open up as much unused land around their ancestral land and kampongs as they want for agricultural purposes with very little hindrance, which options are not at all available to the Indian poor. Within weeks, if not within days, their farm land buildings and cultivation activities would be forcibly stopped and their farm houses demolished by the local authorities or enforcement agencies.
The Indian poor have a fixed monthly cost of at least RM 400 or so being the rental they have to pay for their homes during the worst of times. The poor Indians do not have a village to go back to or fall back on as a social safety net. Whereas the poor Chinese have their Chinese New Villages to fall back on when in dire straits and make do until they recover.
The picture in today’s The Sun 15/4/2010 of a picturesque orang asli village in Hulu Selangor is testimony (see pictures below). These orang asli and East Malaysian poor like the Indian poor may be uneducated but they have the land base safety net and do not have the RM 400 per month commitment for the monthly rental.
The orang asli poor on top of having this non monthly payment commitment land and village safety net also have the traditional family and community support (See Sinarharian 16/4/10 at page N12 and BH 16/4/2010 at page 24 below). Which the poor Indians have lost or longer have. Almost all their relatives are more or less in the same predicament and are in no position to help their friends or relatives in despair. The orang asli have their Jabatan orang asli to watch over them the Malays have the Jabatan Zakat, Jakim, Welfare Departments, the Sabah and Sarawak natives have 25 + 31 MPs to speak up for them, the Chinese poor the business and corporate community. The Indians have no one except for the wayang kulit showed by MIC, PKR, DAP and PAS Indian mandores.
This tip of the iceberg example is as per The Sun on 13/4/2010 at page [ ], which reported that an Indian poor single parent with two children could not even afford to pay RM 124 per month rental and soon they would become homeless.
To all other poor in Malaysia including the Kadazan, Iban, Malay, Orang asli and even the Chinese poor the issue of slipping down the poverty line to being reduced to become homeless does not arise because they all have their kampongs, ancestral land, or the Chinese new villages.
So what options these poor Indians have? Suicide option? The suicide rate among the Indians is 600% higher than in the Malay community, and the single parent rate is 500% higher than in the Chinese community, all because of poverty, poverty related lack of opportunities.
But in our cities, almost all the “multi-racial” minded english educated elite Indians, let alone the Malays and Chinese or the UMNO led Malaysian government, refuse to acknowledge this matter, what more address at least this critical Indian problem. The middle class educated elite Indians are embarrassed that that their poorer cousins are discriminated and marginalised by the other races, who are their own working colleagues, or part of the system! They refuse to see the problem. Like the mamaks, they are embarrassed to be Indians and be associated with the problem of the community.
In a grotesque form of the Stockholm Syndrome, they praise and glorify the ones who demean and marginalise their very own poorer cousins, all in the name of a twisted and farcical understanding of multi-racialism and free competition.
Instead the blame their own poor cousins, advising that they should ‘work hard’, stop consuming alcohol, not to watch astro movies, etc. Such pedestrian, frivolous and pedantic advice shows their intellectual and moral bankruptcy, underlining that they do not understand the problem, that Indians do not have the opportunity to ‘work hard’ and succeed as they are denied land allocation, denied places in universities, denied scholarships, denied prospective employment and career advancement, denied loans, denied licenses and permits, denied the same credit terms in business as given to other races, denied and denied and denied!
Dr. Jeffry Kitingan raised the issue of HRP supporting Dato Zaid Ibrahim in the Hulu Selangor by elections. P. Uthayakumar had again reiterated HRP’s earlier position that the party will remain neutral unless the 98 Tamil schools in Selangor are all alienated ten acres of land each, and this is to be in black and white from the Selangor Menteri Besar.
P. Uthayakumar
Amnesty International statement on racial discrimination in Malaysia
To: Singapore/Malaysia Network
Friends,
Apologies that this is late — due to some communication cracks within our system. The issue of racial discrimination has in recent years been raised as a serious concern, particularly by Malaysia’s ethnic Indian community, among whom P Uthayakumar and other leaders have been detained as prisoners of conscience.
With all good wishes,
Margaret John
Coordinator for Singapore and Malaysia
Amnesty International Canada
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PUBLIC STATEMENT
AI Index: ASA 28/008/2010
12 APRIL 2010
Malaysia: US should press Najib to scrap policy of racial discrimination
When Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak visits the United States this week, US government officials should press him to end Malaysia’s institutionalised system of discrimination against non-ethnic Malays.
As a first step, Malaysia should agree to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), a UN treaty already ratified by 173 countries.
In Washington, the Malaysian prime minister is scheduled to meet with US President Barack Obama, administration officials and members of Congress.
The current institutionalized system of discrimination originated with the 1970 “New Economic Plan”, which established wide-ranging policies in favour of Bumiputeras, or “sons of the soil”. This category encompasses ethnic Malays and certain groups of Indigenous people, who together comprise the majority of the country’s population.
In a 30 March speech unveiling a new economic plan, Prime Minister Najib himself acknowledged the need to reform these policies, stating: “For too long, the implementation of our affirmative action policies has not reached those who needed them the most.” He announced reforms to the policy favouring Bumiputeras over other ethnic groups, saying it would be market-friendly, merit-based, transparent and needs-based.
The UN Human Rights Committee has established that countries have the prerogative to take affirmative action against conditions that cause discrimination. However, it also said that this action is legitimate only “as long as such action is needed to correct discrimination in fact”.
But Malaysia’s current policies favouring Bumiputeras institutionalise racial discrimination across a number of key areas, including education and employment.
In education, for example, non-Malay students are banned from attending the state-owned University Teknologi Mara (UiTM), which has a student body of 120,000. In 2008 the government rejected a proposal to reverse this policy.
In employment, preferential quotas in the civil service privilege the Malay majority. For example, in early 2010, Malays accounted for 98.47% of civil service jobs in Johor state, according to its Chief Minister. Meanwhile, around 54% of the state’s population is Malay.
Issues of racial discrimination cannot be discussed publicly in Malaysia without running the risk of prosecution under criminal law. After it published a letter criticising Malay “special rights”, the website Malaysiakini was raided by police in 2003 and closed down temporarily under the Sedition Act.
In 2008 the group HINDRAF, advocating for equal rights for Malaysian Indians, was banned under the Societies Act. Five of its leaders were detained without charge for several months under the Internal Security Act, although they were all subsequently released.
As Malaysia is currently seeking a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, it should ratify CERD without delay, to demonstrate to UN members that it is serious about ending racial discrimination.
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PKR S’gor Indian Exco mandore’s four Hindu crematoriums to be built political rhetoric ala MIC
PKR S’gor Indian Exco mandore’s four Hindu crematoriums to be built political rhetoric ala MICThis MIC style PKR Selangor Indian Exco mandore in this latest showtime, announces four Hindu crematoriums to be built in Ijok, Sepang, Subang Jaya and Rawang. (The Star 4/3/10 at page N43 and MN 4/3/10 at page N 43 and MN 4/3/10 at page N 43).
But to us this is mere Tamil newspaper politics, with no time frame given and nothing given in writing from the Selangor State government’s letterhead.
UMNO using their MIC mandores did this kosong political rhetoric for 50 long years. And how PKR’s Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim is using his Indian Exco mandore to do the same old UMNO trick.
After all Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim was immersed in UMNO for 18 long years and last being the number 2 in UMNO itself. So this UMNOs’ mandore politics should not be surprising.
Karunai Nithi @ Compassionate Justice
url hulu sgor kapar Hulu S’gor: Kapar Indian MP mandore powerless to secure Indian candidate. Anwar needs blind mandores!
This Kapar Indian MP mandore now appears to be competing with the Chief Indian Exco mandore in Selangor in pledging blind support for their tuan Anwar Ibrahim using the Tamil newspapers (MO 16/4/2010 at page 8).
One of the first things the PKR leadership did within months of it’s inception was to start snatching away traditional Indian seats and giving it to the Malays. Because Indians soft targets? Easily bullied?
This MP mandore is powerless to question his tuan Anwar Ibrahim as to why this traditional Indian seat of Hulu Selangor could not be given to an Indian candidate and why the opposition Indians are being played out for the forth time beginning from Teluk Kemang (2000) Lunas (2001) Ijok (2006) and now Hulu Selangor.
Whereas when it was the traditional Malay seat beginning from Sanggang (2000), Kuala Berang (2004), Pengkalan Pasir (2005), Batu Talam (2007), Penanti (2009), Manek Urai (2009), Permatang Pasir (2009), Bagan Pinang (2009), Hulu Selangor (2010), Permatang Pauh (2008), Kuala Terengganu (2009), Bukit Gantang (2009), none were handed over to non malays.
Whereas the Chinese traditional seats of Machap, Ketari and Indera Kayangan, none were handed over to non chinese. Only Indian held seats are taken away!
The least this PKR Indian MP mandore could have done was to have remain silent when he could not even or was powerless to secure this seat for his very own buddy and prominent human rights lawyer who has a track record of speaking up even for the Indians without fear or favour, which the 11 other mandore MP’s would not. What more P.R’s other 78 MPs.
But he is aiding and abetting his 17 year standing ex-UMNO Tuan Anwar Ibrahim’s racist agenda and further discriminating and alienating the Indians from the national mainstream development of Malaysia.
Karunai Nithi @ Compassionate Justice
“IGP bodoh”: P. Uthayakumar lashes out at Taiping Police Chief (OCPD) Yusof on masked police UTK shoot to kill policy of 2 Indians
Our video dated 13/4/2010 is testimony to our century old no nonsense fight against police brutality, abuse of powers and the police shoot to kill policy of in particular Indians since our Police Watch and Human Rights Committee days since 1999.
This is the very police abuses we have been fighting for over the last twelve years. A group of seven masked and civil clothes policemen in a police operation set a trap, cordon off the road and simply pump bullets into the head, face and even eye by the police sharp shooters in their shoot to kill policy, of mere Indian suspects, with the fifty other uniformed and non uniformed malay muslim policemen assisting. Because despite having a 100,000 strong police force, they “could not” capture alive just two Indian suspects and prosecute them in Courts as is the due process of the law.
But to the contrary and after having brutally murdered in cold blood these two Indian youths, they display an assortment of guns, bullets and other weapons allegedly recovered from the two shot dead by police brothers who cannot defend themselves (refer BH 10/4/2010 page 9, NST 10/4/10 pg 20, SH 10/4/10 page N2).
P. Uthayakumar
UMNO caused Indian crime to rise simply because of denial of job and business, education and skills training opportunities
This new Indian crime surge phenomena only arose in the UMNO Dr. Mahathir era when the Indians were aggressively and deliberately excluded from the national mainstream development of Malaysia (see The Star 27/3/2010 at page N 32).
No Indian would want to indulge in a world of crime if he is for example given the business opportunity like the hundreds of thousands of business opportunities granted by UMNO to the Malays, starting from the burger stall, food and tidbit stalls at markets, government built food stalls, at high way rest areas, Petronas, Mobil, Esso, Shell, KFC, McDonalds, A&W, Baskins Robbins, Starbucks, Ayamas, and in the 450,000 Felda, Felcra, Risda, Fama, Mardi, Agropolition, Kejora, Dara, Ketengah 10 acre land ownership schemes etc.
Who would take to crime if he had ten acres to till and cows and goats to care for?
P. Uthayakumar
99.9% Indians denied government Matriculation places
About the first telephone calls I received this morning from supporters was that Indian students scoring 12 and 13 As in SPM did not get a place in Malaysia 14 Matriculation colleges catering for tens of thousands of almost 99% malay muslims only students. However malay muslim students getting 4 or 5 A in SPM easily get places. While the Indians appeal to get places into these matriculation colleges, Malays appeal for the colleges nearest to their homes.
(Refer The Star 16/4/2010 at page N20 Matrikulasi di Malaysia. Wikipedia Bahasa Malaysia search done on 16/4/10).
The exact number of students taken will never be made public by UMNO, in pursuit of their racist, religious extremist and supremacist One Malay-sia policy meant for Malay muslims. Our estimate based on our estimated, 90% (140, 401) of the 163,799 undergraduates (UM 28/2/09 at page 23) is from 100,000 matriculation places nationwide. Out of this a mere 0.1% of these places is estimated to be allocated for the Indians.
We are quite prepared to accept the official UMNO government figures if the full list of those taken into these 14 matriculation their their qualify.
Indians students are excluded completely from the 200,000 places in University UiTM which only admits the Malay Muslim students (Utusan Malaysia 1/1/09). About 10% of the intake every year into UiTM are foreign students who come from Muslim countries – ironically.
There are 62,000 diploma places and 60,000 degree places for 2010 at 27 Polytechnics in Malaysia (NST 22/11/09 at page 25). Our estimate is a mere 0.1% of these places will be allocated for Indian students no matter their qualifications. 8,132 Phd graduates are produced from the 20 government Universities (The Star 2/12/09 at page 20). Our estimate is a mere 0.1% of these candidates are Indians.
There are 163,779 students studying at the 20 government Universities nationwide at an annual expenditure cost of RM 2.6 billion. Our estimate is a mere 1% of this expenditure and/or University places will accrue to Indian Malaysian students.
All the above are in blatant violations of Article 12 of the Federal Constitution which provides: “Rights in respect in education: (1) Without prejudice to the generality of Article 8, there shall be no discrimination against any citizen on the grounds only of religion, race, descent or place of birth – (a) in the administration of any educational institution maintained by a public authority, and, in particular, the admission of pupils or students or the payment of fees, or (b) in providing out of the funds of a public authority financial aid for the maintenance or education of pupils or students in any educational institution (whether or not maintained by a public authority and whether within or outside the Federation).
But UMNO on a day to day basis falsely scream in the local newspapers their empty promises of fair and equal rights the latest being “kaum minoriti di Malaysia diberi layanan saksama (BH 16/4/2010 at page
P. Uthayakumar
UMNO:170,000 Malay visitors to the National Higher Education Carnival, 21,169 PSA Polytechnic graduate, but Indians are excluded
Such a high profile road show but there was zero advertisements in the Tamil newspapers, Tamil Radio stations and TV Tamil News slots. Why? So that the Indians would be excluded from Malay-sia’s national higher education system? In our estimate there are perhaps 0.1% Indian students in the premier Polytechnic Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, Shah Alam, and that too for merely UMNOs’ “showcase” token presentation. (See UM 26/3/2010 at page 25).
This level of UMNOs’ racism, religious extremism and supremacy does not exist in any other part of the world except in Malay-sian Prime Minister’s One Malay-sia.
P.Uthayakumar
Hulu S’gor: PKR Indian Exco Mandore refuse to show proof of Hindu temple and cemetery land titles. Blames MIC mandores!
Hulu S’gor: PKR Indian Exco Mandore refuse to show proof of Hindu temple and cemetery land titles. Blames MIC mandores!This is a classical case of the pot calling the kettle black.
This PKR Selangor Chief Indian Exco Mandore is blaming the MIC ex Minister mandore and the ex MIC Deputy Minister mandore of failing to secure JKR land for the Kg. Koskan Rawang Sri Siti Vinayagar Hindu temple.
No point flogging at the dead MIC mandores.
This PKR Indian Exco mandore is diverting away from the real issue.
By virtue of Section 76 of the National Land Code it is the (Selangor) State Tuan Menteri Besar and not the MIC Minister mandore who can acquire and alienate land for this Hindu temple.
True to form this PKR Indian Exco Mandore on the instructions of his Tuan Anwar Ibrahim is trying to fight with yet another MIC Indian mandore so that the 53 year old Mandore vs Mandore fight will prevail and in the process divert the issue and let their UMNO and PKR tuans, the real culprits, get away scot free.
And then this PKR Exco Mandore announces 8,000 sq feet land for the Sri Subramaniyam Alayam, 6,000 sq feet land to the Kg Rasa Sri Tandayathubani Hindu temple, and 9.8 hectre land was allocated for the Bukit Beruntung Hindu cemetery (M.O 15/3/10 at page 7).
But the land titles to these and all the scores of other Tamil schools, Hindu temples and cemeteries are not given or made public at these wayang kulit announcement ceremonies, or copies given to the Tamil newspapers for them to verify and report the same.
And this Selangor Indian Exco mandore for his Tuan Tan Sri Khalid does, a la MIC, makes a grand announcement of RM 522,000 for all the 97 Tamil schools in Selangor. But this works out only about a were RM 5,381.44 per Tamil school.
And this shameless PKR Indian Exco Mandore for his tuan Tan Sri Khalid yet again refuse to grant freehold land to all these 98 Tamil schools as a permanent and long lasting solution.
The moral of the story is both PKR, DAP, PAS and MIC Mandores are mandores for their Tuans and Towkays.
Karunai Nithi @ Compassionate Justice
Mugilan: I was offered cash, land to campaign for PR
The youth leader, who came at odds with his party when he was accused of attempting steal the candidacy from Datuk G. Palanivel, said that the offer was made yesterday, shortly after Barisan Nasional revealed the name of its candidate, MIC’s information chief P. Kamalanathan.
He told The Malaysian Insider later that the offer amounted to a whopping cash reward of RM2 million and land to the size of 20ha.
“I received a phone call from a politician, a person who holds a post, who told me that if I am interested, I could meet with him on the same night,” claimed Mugilan but declined to reveal the name of the caller.
He said that he had not lodged a police report on the incident as he did not see the need to do so.
“Why should I? I did not take up the offer. I have no plans to do so,” he said.
He pointed out that he was a party man and did not place much emphasis on his rift with his top party leadership over the candidacy for the by-election.
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu had announced recently that the party would investigate Mugilan for allegedly lobbying to be a candidate and even said he could face a possible sacking.
Mugilan’s name had emerged as a possible candidate after the Umno grassroots rallied behind him as a substitute to MIC deputy president Datuk G. Palanivel.
Mugilan however continued to insist that he had done nothing wrong and said that he had no intention to leave MIC.
“How could I have stolen the candidacy? You think the PM or the DPM have no brains?
“And why should I leave the party, this party is not a ‘sendirian berhad’ — its a party for the people,” he said.
Mugilan also said that he had never once lobbied to be a candidate for the by-election and challenged his accusers to prove him wrong.
He also claimed that he was merely being used as “propaganda material” by certain quarters for the by-election.
“I never lobbied to be a candidate. I never did. Ask anyone, ask the Prime Minister, ask the Deputy Prime Minister.
“I never said that I was interested in contesting,” he said.
He pointed out that Palanivel had been his mentor for years and that the former MP for Hulu Selangor was the one who had introduced him into politics.
“I have been Hulu Selangor MIC Youth chief for over ten years now and have been here, campaigning for him since the 1999 elections,” he pointed out.
Mugilan added that he was not aware of who or why his name had suddenly been mentioned as a possible candidate but boasted that it was probably due to his large pool of supporters in the constituency, which amounts to the thousands.“It is just like in sports in school. If you are good, you are chosen to represent your school, then your district or your state.
“That is why I was chosen, I think,” he said.
He went further to claim that he had even received a personal call from deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at 2pm yesterday, two hours before the latter announced Kamalanathan’s candidacy.
“He (Muhyiddin) told me, he said ‘Mugilan, we need you, you are an aggressive leader, the PM needs you. We hope you help us and we will not forget you’.
“It is unprecedented for such a thing to happen,” he said.
Mugilan however said the Muhyiddin had not offered him any reward but merely persuaded him to help the BN’s campaign in Hulu Selangor.
“He told me to come to the stage on nomination day,” he said.
Mugilan continued to say that the reason why Palanivel had lost in his bid to contest the by-election was because his name had been revealed too early in the game.
“Not even 24 hours passed after PKR MP Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad passed away when his name was offered up already.
“In any by-election, it is bad strategy to reveal the name of your candidate so early. You will subject him to attacks from the opposition,” said Mugilan.
He pointed out that his name was also shelved as it had been mentioned after Palanivel’s.
“Why or who did this actually, I do not know,” he said.
He said however that he had utmost respect for the BN leadership and would respect its choice.
“I have no issues with Kamalanathan,” he said, pointing out that he, like Palanivel, had no qualms in helping the former in his campaign.
Mugilan also said that he was confident of BN’s chances and pledged his thousands of supporters to vote the BN candidate come polling day.
“Furthermore, I am a local here, bred here all my life so my friends amount to the thousands.
“It is untrue what the rumours say that I am not local just because I was born in Perak.
“My mother merely gave birth to me there because by Indian customs, a pregnant woman would go to her mother’s house to deliver,” he said, adding that his family had stayed in Hulu Selangor for over 50 years now.
Hulu Selangor compromise lays foundation for Samy’s exit
By Baradan Kuppusamy - The Malaysian InsiderKUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — In backing down on his preferred choice for the Hulu Selangor by-election, MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu has set the stage for his eventual exit from politics.The Malaysian Insider understands that the result of intense talks between Umno leaders and Samy Vellu is that the MIC president is likely to be made Ambassador-at-large for South Asian affairs and remain chairman of AIMST University when he finally calls it a day in a little over a year from now.
His preferred choice for Hulu Selangor — Datuk G Palanivel — will then take over the party’s reins ahead of the next general election. Palanivel is also understood to have been offered a deputy minister’s post in return for giving up the chance to be MP.
Barisan Nasional has settled on newcomer MIC Information chief P. Kamalanathan as its flag bearer in Hulu Selangor after a dramatic day of high tension negotiation yesterday Samy Vellu and Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and through telephone calls between them and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in Washington.
The upshot of the negotiation is that Samy Vellu (picture) was persuaded to dump his choice as candidate in favour of Kamalanathan who Umno/BN felt met the Hulu Selangor Barisan Nasional grassroots demand for a young, dynamic and new face in keeping with the changed political landscape.Tied to the deal are other matters, sources said, like Samy Vellu’s retirement, the succession question and other longstanding issues like Maika Holdings.
Umno had campaigned for V. Mugilan but he was dropped during the negotiations.
Palanivel, 61, is the big loser in the short term along with Mugilan after Samy Vellu threatened to sack Mugilan if he was selected.
However Palanivel and Mugilan both told The Malaysian Insider that they are ready to bottle their disappointment and campaign for a BN victory in Hulu Selangor.
In one sense Umno and Samy Vellu both gave up their preferred candidates and agreed on a compromise in Kamalanathan.
The Tamil Nesan daily, speaking up for Samy Vellu today, rationalised the “loss” by saying in an editorial that politics was a topsy-turvy affair and that anything was possible.
“If ever anything is constant in politics, it is unexpected, dramatic changes. Politicians must always be prepared to accept dramatic changes and run with it,” the paper said in explaining how and why Palanivel was dropped in favour of Kamalanathan.
Palanivel, his aides said, was down but upbeat that the days of hard negotiations and grandstanding were over that what counts is for the MIC and BN to win the seat.
“I will campaign and work for Barisan victory,” he told The Malaysian Insider.
Palanivel’s focus from now on is to win in the next general election and inherit the party presidency, his aides said.
“He is the deputy president and if he inherits the party from Samy Vellu whose days are numbered than everything else will follow, “a MIC leader said.
He has been offered as sweetener to play along — he will be made a senator and deputy minister.
It’s a formula that would appease Palanivel and calm the factions led by Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam, the Human Resources minister, whose supporters feared Palanivel’s victory in Hulu Selangor would see Dr Subramaniam losing his minister’s post.
Samy Vellu, who has come under attack from MIC circles for allegedly selling-out Palanivel, is also “accommodated” for giving up Palanivel, BN sources said.
Samy Vellu’s retirement from politics and the handing over of the MIC to his successor is believed to be part of the discussion leading to the selection of Kamalanathan.
In time Samy Vellu is expected to give up the party president’s post and accept an appointment as Ambassador-at-Large for South Asia with ministerial rank.
He is expected to be also AMIST University chairman and the long standing issue among the Indian community — Maika Holdings — will likely see a dollar-for-dollar solution that would make shareholders happy.
“Probably by April next year in time for a new man at the head of the party facing the next general election,” said a BN source familiar with the negotiation, in giving a projection of when the party leadership transition would take place.
While this deal is not written in concrete and is subject to “variations” depending on how the political winds blows, by putting its foot down and calling Samy Vellu’s bluff, Umno has set a fresh course for MIC in a time of political turbulence.
No doubt some individuals, who had banked on Palanivel are disappointed and believe their ambitions are dashed.
But by biting the bullet now and not appeasing Samy Vellu, Umno has also given itself and BN a better chance to win back Hulu Selangor and prepare for the big battle ahead — the 13th general election.
The immediate task for the MIC and BN is to close ranks and win Hulu Selangor against PKR’s Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, a man of national stature but fighting to convince an electorate focused on bread and butter issues.
BN’s chances have improved considerably with Kamalanathan than if it had stuck with the unpopular Palanivel. He is younger, dynamic and speaks fluent Malay.
The shifting fortunes of politics has given him the opportunity to show his mettle.
But it still a tough fight ahead with the PKR pulling out all the stops to retain the seat and Pakatan Rakyat supremo Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim himself leading the campaign.
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