Malayur News: 12/20/11

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Ethnic status: ‘A difference of opinion’

Hindraf Makkal Sakti disagrees with the claim that ethnic status does not make any difference to Malaysians citizenship rights.

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Election Commission gets rid of candidate objection period – a pre-emptive move to save PM Najib?

by Mat Zain bin Ibrahim
20 December 2011.
I refer to a report by Themalaysianinsider yesterday (19.12.2011) quoting YBhg Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, the EC Chairman, to have…

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by Mat Zain bin Ibrahim
20 December 2011.
I refer to a report by Themalaysianinsider yesterday (19.12.2011) quoting YBhg Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, the EC Chairman, to have said, that there will be no more objection period for candidates in the next GE. The onus to check if a candidate is qualified, is now on the EC. Political parties that object to candidates they deem unqualified to contest which the EC has approved, must take the matter to court now,and not on the very morning of nomination day.
At a glance, the new ruling appears to be a sincere and generous handout from the EC in conjunction with the coming Christmas and New Year celebrations and for free, without the parties concerned having to ask or take to the streets to demand for it.
However at closer scrutiny, I am of the opinion that this is a preemptive move by the EC to thwart any objections against PM Najib’s nomination. For if there were, the Returning Officer (RO) concerned, based on the existing rules and procedures during objection period, would have no choice, but to reject PM Najib’s nomination form and disqualify him from contesting in this coming GE.
Firstly, the rakyat should be made aware that our PM has got himself embroiled in misquoting his own name either when affirming his affidavits on 21st and 23rd Sept 2011 or during the swearing-in ceremony as PM before YDP Agong on 3rd April 2009. Both have serious and far reaching legal implications, in as far as his full name is concerned.This includes but not limited to when he files his nomination papers to contest in the coming GE.
Upon discovery of this ‘embroilment’, I sent a written information to the IGP and extended a copy to the Minister of Home Affairs on 8.11.2011.A couple of case laws were cited to support my arguments.
Again on 8.12.2011, I penned an article specially focused on this matter and again sent copies to the IGP and the Minister.The full text of this article was published by Malaysiakini on 10.12.2011 and few other blogs.This article can still be found in Malaysiakini entitled: “Najib’s name game may cost him GE nomination” dated Dec 10,2011.
For the benefit of some, who may not have the chance to sight the full article, I reproduce few paragraphs, which I consider to be most relevant for a better understanding of the issue in question,as the following:
Malaysiakini, Dec 10,2011.

“Najib’s name game may cost him GE nomination”
by Mat Zain Ibrahim.
“What are the Rakyat’s options then? My view is still, taking to the streets at this juncture is not the option. Some people may get hurt and many would be arrested. You cannot fight fire with fire. What the rakyat can do in the meantime, are to be composed and wait for the nomination day which is just around the corner, amongst them…
“When PM Najib files his nomination papers, most likely in Pekan, he is expected to state his name as Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak as in previous elections. If he does that this time, then he faces the risks of being disqualified for filing his nomination form, using a name which is not his name. For all intents and purposes, he has formally denounced the name Muhammad as his name, by way of two affidavits.The Returning Officer(RO) shall take the affidavits as evidence to that effect.
“Say this time around PM Najib states his name as Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, to neutralise the setbacks of the affidavits, still he can be disqualified for not using his full name in the nomination form.
“The recordings of the oath taking ceremony of 3rd April 09 where PM affirmed in the name of Allah before YDP Agong that his full name is MOHD NAJIB can be produced to the RO as evidence.
“So whichever name he chooses, whether Najib or Mohd Najib, it is still contentious, and the RO can disqualify him from contesting, although everybody knows, is unlikely to happen. But God works in mysterious ways they say. It has happened many years before, in one little State up north, where the future MB was disqualified on nomination day and an unknown took the seat uncontested.
“What I am trying to highlight here is that the issue of PM’s name, is not just a minor problem that can be easily fixed. At least one ordinary citizen, a woman, have gone to jail for this. We cannot take this matter lightly, just because this time around the person involved is the Prime Minister. No one is above the law, we are all equals before the law, which our PM is very fond of saying.
“Had he gotten confused with some technical or medical terms or legal jargons, the rakyat can understand. But for a Prime Minister to be confused or forgets his own name, something must be very wrong somewhere and the rakyat ought to be concerned. For that matter, it is incumbent upon the Cabinet members to view this matter with utmost urgency.”
Now, based on the above scenario, if any other person, other than PM Najib, is caught in exactly the same situation, will the RO accept his nomination form or reject it? The other points to consider would be, whether the RO has the powers to reject affidavits which had been tendered, considered and accepted by a High Court and whether the RO has the power to declare a swearing-in ceremony before YDP Agong, as null and void?
If the RO says that he has none of the above powers, then it is mandatory upon him to reject the nomination form and disqualify the candidate from contesting. That would be the most honourable decision.
With regard to this “objection period” , I think this was never an issue before. In fact it has been accepted as part of an election tradition. Some even take it as part of a carnival. Not that we are taking an election process for granted or for fun, but that is normally the most awaited period during nomination day.That’s when voters from the constituency assess the candidates contesting by checking themselves how the aspirants filled the simple nomination form.
They say, if a thing is not broken, why fix it? Unless the EC have some very good excuse but cannot tell. Otherwise they should not deprive the voters of their rights to assess the contestants before making their choice.
Coming back to PM Najib’s position. I am of the opinion that the PM still faces the risks of being disqualified from contesting unless he make amends or corrections to his name. It’s not easy I know, like I wrote in my article, but the PM has no choice.

EC: No more objection period during nominations

The Star

PUTRAJAYA: The Election Commission has done away with the objection period for candidates during the nomination period, said chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.

Abdul Aziz said…

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Hafiz Saeed vows jihad against India will continue

Makes first call for jihad at public rally since UN ban on Jamaatud Dawa. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE

LAHORE: Jamaatud Dawa (JD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed vowed on Sunday that the jihad…

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Makes first call for jihad at public rally since UN ban on Jamaatud Dawa. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE

LAHORE: Jamaatud Dawa (JD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed vowed on Sunday that the jihad to oust Indian forces from Kashmir would continue, the first time he has made a reference to jihad since his group was declared a terrorist outfit by the United Nations in 2009.

Saeed was speaking at the ‘Difa-i-Pakistan Conference’, a gathering of thousands of supporters of Wahhabi and Deobandi parties at Minar-i-Pakistan on Sunday to protest against ‘US and Nato terrorism’. All the speakers at the rally called for jihad and told their supporters to prepare for war.

During his speech, Difa-i-Pakistan Council Chairman Maulana Samiul Haq read out an oath to the audience that they would participate in jihad when the Council gave the call. “We will attack Indian, US, Russian and Nato forces if they try to violate Pakistan’s sovereignty,” they said, repeating after Haq.
Haq said the various parties at the conference had united and would work together until their goals were achieved.

The organisers had invited the parents of men killed fighting in Kashmir and Afghanistan to the conference. A man who had lost three sons and two nephews was called to the dais to speak briefly. From the stage, men on loudspeakers led the crowd in chants of ‘Sabilina sabilina, al jihad al jihad’, ‘India ka aik ilaaj, al jihad al jihad’.

‘Difa-i-Pakistan jihad-i-fi sabilillah se hoga’ (Pakistan’s defence is only possible through jihad) proclaimed a huge banner, decorated with images of missiles, tanks and fighter jets, that formed the backdrop to the stage. Speakers walked to the stage accompanied by gunmen.

The crowd was dominated by JD activists waving the group’s black and white striped flag, which is also the flag of Lashkar-i-Taiba, proscribed as a terrorist outfit by Pakistan. In December 2009, the UN declared JD an alias of LT, which is believed responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks.

Some in the crowd also waved the flag of Sipah-i-Sahaba, another banned terrorist outfit. Supporters of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Sami), Tanzim-i-Islami, Aalmai Khatme Nabuwat, Tanzim Mashaikh Azzaam, Jamiat Ahle Hadith and Majlis-i-Ahrar also turned out in large numbers.

In his address, Hafiz Saeed said jihad was obligatory for Muslims. He said if the Americans tried to invade Pakistan, they would be resisted and killed. He said America had been trying to get Israel to take out Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, but was now planning the task itself. He said that Pakistan and Afghanistan were like twin brothers; whoever tried to harm one, would have to face the people of the other country. He demanded that the Pakistani government end all contacts with the US. He said that a similar rally would be held in Rawalpindi. “We will no longer fight America’s war, we will fight Pakistan’s war,” he said.

Saeed said that his support for Kashmir remained firm. “We were with Kashmiris and are with Kashmiris,” he said.

He said that JD would not allow the government to grant most-favoured nation trading status to India. “We will surround the markets where Indian goods are sold,” he said, adding a call for revenge against India for the separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan.

JD leader Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki said that the participants wielding JD flags had been trained to use rifles and Kalashnikovs. “When they head towards India with weapons, no one can resist them,” he said.
Former ministers Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed and Ijazul Haq, son of the late dictator Gen Ziaul Haq, also addressed the participants.

Maulana Ahmad Ludhianvi spoke against Ahmedis. He said that US-Pakistani businessman Mansoor Ijaz was an Ahmedi and was conspiring against Pakistan in the form of the memo scandal. He said 4,000 young people he had sent for jihad had died.

Former Inter Services Intelligence chief General (retired) Hameed Gul said Pakistan did not want war against the US, but “America has destroyed our lives and now we have no choice but to take a firm stand against it”. He said that he supported those who wanted to fight for the country after the Nato strikes that killed 24 soldiers. He said that an Islamic revolution, not general elections, was what Pakistanis needed to resolve their problems.

Syed Ziaullah Shah Bukhari, Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, Maulana Zahidul Raashdi, Abdullah Shah Mazhar, Hafiz Ibtisam Ilahi Zaheer, Maulana Mazhar Javed and Maulana Bashir Ahmed Sial also spoke at the rally.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 19^th, 2011.

Police report filed against gay med student

A Muslim NGO wants the police to probe Ariff Alfian Rosli, who reportedly got married to a man in Ireland.

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Filem Islamik dan ‘roh’ Islam

19 DIS — Apabila menonton filem Melayu, saya akan mengharapkan kehadiran “roh” Melayu. Begitu

juga, dalam filem-filem bertema Islam, saya mengharapkan “roh” Islam.
Malangnya, daripada pengalaman saya selama ini, apa…

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19 DIS — Apabila menonton filem Melayu, saya akan mengharapkan kehadiran “roh” Melayu. Begitu

juga, dalam filem-filem bertema Islam, saya mengharapkan “roh” Islam.
Malangnya, daripada pengalaman saya selama ini, apa yang dicari masih belum ditemui dalam filem-filem Melayu yang dilabel dan dipromosikan sebagai “filem Islamik”.
Saya sempat membincangkan topik ini bersama-sama Nizam Zakaria iaitu seorang novelis, penulis skrip, pengarah dan penerbit drama televisyen sepenuh masa pada 30 November 2011.
Pemuda yang lahir di Singapura itu mengakui bahawa banyak filem Islamik, sejak awal lagi, adalah mengenai topik dakwah dan masuk Islam.
Katanya, apa yang kadang kala membimbangkan adalah kegemaran pembikin filem menunjukkan bahawa agama asal watak itu ada banyak kepincangan.

Filem ‘Muallaf’ masih kekal sebagai filem bertema Islamik terbaik.

“Tindakan seumpama itu adalah terlalu simplistik. Mungkin ada kebenaran dalam kes-kes terpencil tetapi apabila diulang dalam terlalu banyak filem, perkara itu menjadi semacam branding. “Akhirnya, filem bertema Islam tidak bergerak keluar daripada kepompong kecil,” Nizam yang mendapat pendidikan di Malaysia, Singapura dan Amerika Syarikat menghuraikan.
Filem-filem bertema Islam keluaran tempatan juga nampaknya tidak boleh lari daripada tunjang (tema) utama iaitu bertaubat. Malangnya, tema itu juga dijadikan terlalu simplistik.
“Satu watak akan buat jahat, kemudian akhirnya bertaubat. Saya mahu juga menonton filem-filem Islamik yang keluar daripada kotak sempit ini. Maknanya tidak sekadar berkisar tema masuk Islam dan tema bertaubat.
“Kalau kita berpeluang menonton filem-filem Iran yang dikatakan bertema Islamik, sebenarnya banyak filem-filem besar dari negara itu tidak sepenuhnya masuk dalam kotak tema Islamik secara konvensional,” katanya.
Nizam juga bercakap berdasarkan pengalaman luas dalam bidang drama, telemovie dan filem tempatan. Beliau menulis lebih 20 skrip, termasuk “Hotel Mania” (2010), “Ponti Anak Remaja The Series” (2010), “S3RAM” (2011) dan “Boona & Boonie” (2011).
Pemuda yang turut terlibat dalam pementasan muzikal “Terima Kasih Cinta” di Istana Budaya pada Februari-Mac lalu mengakui bahawa terdapat banyak filem kontroversional dari Iran.
Ramai juga pembikin filem dan pelakon di negara itu dijatuhi hukuman kerana terlibat dalam filem-filem yang dikatakan tidak Islamik.
Satu persoalan menarik adalah sama ada filem-filem yang berciri out of the box masih boleh berciri Islamik. Filem-filem tempatan juga banyak menggunakan simbol-simbol seperti masjid, solat, ustaz dan sejadah untuk menunjukkan unsur Islamik yang mahu ditonjolkan menerusi filem-filem bertema Islam.
“Saya sebagai pembikin filem, contohnya, mungkin boleh menggunakan warna hijau sebagai simbol Islam. Kita perlu faham bahawa ‘bahasa filem’ adalah berbeza kerana kita boleh menunjukkan visual untuk menyatakan sesuatu,” Nizam menjelaskan sewaktu kami bertemu di KLCC.
Perlu diakui bahawa kalau seorang pembikin filem boleh melakukan sesuatu secara bersahaja, halus dan dapat menembusi sanubari penonton, itu adalah kejayaan lebih besar bagi sebuah filem Islamik.
“Ramai juga yang bising mengatakan bahawa filem-filem barat cuba menerapkan unsur-unsur Kristian. Misalnya menerusi ‘The Da Vinci Code’ (2006), ‘Lord of the Rings’ (2001, 2002, 2003) dan ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ (2005, 2008, 2010).
“Bukankah lebih jika kita bertanya kepada diri sendiri: mengapa kita tidak cuba menggunakan filem Melayu tempatan untuk menonjolkan unsur-unsur Islam sehebat itu?” Soal Nizam yang menulis dan mengarah filem “Cinta Kura-kura” (2012).
Beliau bimbang bahawa kita masih belum mempunyai sebuah karya seperti itu yang mampu diangkat ke dalam sebuah filem yang menerapkan unsur-unsur Islam secara bersahaja sehingga mampu menarik minat penonton kanak-kanak, remaja dan dewasa sekali gus.
Mungkinkah juga realiti penduduk pelbagai kaum, etnik dan agama di negara bertuah ini menjadi semacam hambatan ke arah menghasilkan filem-filem Melayu yang bertema Islam dan mampu dihayati seisi keluarga?

Nizam Zakaria mendapat pendidikan di Amerika Syarikat.

“Saya rasa tak jadi masalah kerana di Malaysia, masyarakat pelbagai kaum dan agama masih boleh menonton filem-filem bertema Islam. Cuma masalahnya, seperti dikatakan tadi, apabila filem-filem ini ketara berciri dakwah, masuk Islam dan taubat,” katanya. Pada pandangan Nizam, jika mahu bercakap mengenai filem Islamik yang betul-betul berjaya menambat hati semua, tentulah filem “Muallaf” (2008) oleh Yasmin Ahmad.
“Filem itu bercerita mengenai agama Islam melalui pandangan yang amat indah. Apa yang lebih penting, dalam usaha menunjukkan keindahan Islam, Yasmin tidak sedikit pun memburukkan agama-agama lain. Sebab itulah juga arwah adalah seorang pembikin filem yang penting di Malaysia,” pemuda berumur 37 tahun itu menghuraikan.
Berbalik pada karya fiksyen tempatan yang mampu diangkat menjadi filem bertema Islam, Nizam memilih novel “Imam” (1995) oleh Sasterawan Negara Datuk Abdullah Hussain.
“Kalaulah saya diberi peluang mengadaptasi sebuah novel bertema Islam ke filem, saya akan memilih Imam. Walaupun ia sebuah novel yang berat, ceritanya sangat sesuai diangkat ke filem,” katanya.
Pada pandangan saya, satu lagi perkara yang perlu diambil kira adalah bahawa bahan yang diangkat ke filem perlu bersifat universal. Maknanya, sebuah filem Melayu bertema Islam yang dihasilkan di Malaysia mesti masih mampu berkomunikasi dengan penonton di luar negara.
Misalnya bagaimana filem “Children of Heaven” (1997) mampu dihayati dan dihargai penonton seluruh dunia tanpa mengira batas ideologi, politik, kaum dan agama. Kita perlukan sebuah karya yang tidak menunjukkan bahawa filem itu cuba berdakwah per se.
Nizam mengakui dengan memberikan contoh di mana setiap kali menjelang Aidil Fitri, banyak juga filem dan drama bertema Islam yang bercerita tentang orang meninggal dunia.
“Seolah-olah Hari Raya Puasa adalah hari kematian. Cuba bandingkan pula dengan filem-filem menjelang Krismas, misalnya, yang sentiasa membawa kisah-kisah penuh ceria dan harapan positif,” kata Nizam yang antara lain pernah mengarah telemovie “Gaia” (2008) dan “Cikaro” (2011).
Bagaimanapun, katanya, sejak belakangan ini, sudah ada beberapa pembikin filem Melayu yang cuba meninggalkan filem Islamik yang konvensional.
Paling tidak, menampilkan unsur ceria dan gembira dalam filem dan drama hari raya.
Di Indonesia, misalnya, filem “3 Hati Dua Dunia, Satu Cinta” (2010) tulisan dan arahan Benni Setiawan membawa nafas baru dalam industri filem Islamik. Filem berkenaan menampilkan watak budak lelaki berambut Afro yang bercinta dengan seorang gadis Islam dan seorang gadis Kristian.
Filem berkenaan tidak bersifat berdakwah secara langsung dan berterus-terusan. Bagi Nizam, itu adalah antara filem Indonesia yang terbaik sejak lima tahun lalu.
Pasti ada sesuatu yang boleh kita pelajari daripada pengalaman pembikin filem Islamik di Indonesia. Sekurang-kurangnya untuk menyedari bahawa filem-filem Islamik tidak semestinya mengisahkan suatu watak buat jahat dan kemudian bertaubat, atau memberi gambaran negatif mengenai agama lain.
Di Malaysia, pada penelitian Nizam, antara pengarah yang sedang memberikan nafas baru kepada genre filem/drama Islamik ialah Azma Aizal Yusoof menerusi “Hajar Aswad” (2011) dan Shahrulezad Mohameddin menerusi “Antara Garisan” (2010).

Drama ‘Antara Garisan’ menang Anugerah Skrin 2010.

Ternyata, apa yang juga penting dalam pembikinan filem bertema Islam adalah keikhlasan dan kejujuran dalam bercerita. Aspek story-telling itu adalah yang paling utama sementara motif-motif lain — misalnya, berdakwah — hanya datang kemudian. Nizam mengakui bahawa jika motif berdakwah diutamakan, maka aspek bercerita akan cair atau hilang terus. Apatah lagi, apabila tidak dilakukan secara jujur dan ikhlas, apa yang diimpikan tidak akan sampai kepada orang lain (penonton).
“Baru-baru ini, saya membaca kenyataan seseorang menerusi Twitter. Katanya, sesiapa yang menonton filem-filem Islamik seolah-oleh membeli tiket ke syurga,” Nizam menceritakan.
Pemuda itu tidak menolak kemungkinan memang ada orang membaca novel serta menonton filem bertema Islamik dengan kesedaran dan harapan mendapat pahala serta peluang lebih cerah untuk memasuki syurga.
“Kita perlu ingat bahawa sebuah filem tetap sebuah filem. Saya rasa seseorang tidak akan tiba-tiba bertukar menjadi seorang yang alim selepas menonton sebuah filem. Sebagaimana seseorang tidak akan tiba-tiba bertukar menjadi pembunuh bersiri selepas menonton ‘Silence of the Lamb’, misalnya.
“Sebaliknya, filem mampu menjadi umpama tingkap yang memberi ruang kepada kita untuk melihat dan memahami apa yang berlaku dalam kehidupan orang lain,” katanya.
Saya juga amat bersetuju bahawa filem-filem bertema Islam juga mampu — dan sewajarnya — menjadi tingkap untuk membantu masyarakat pelbagai kaum dan agama di Malaysia memahami kehidupan Islam yang sebenar.
Sebab itulah penting bagi sebuah filem berbentuk Islam untuk menunjukkan sesuatu nilai yang bersifat universal. Akhirnya, penonton bukan Islam di mana-mana penjuru dunia akan faham bahawa inilah kehidupan Islam yang sebenar.
Paling penting, seperti kata Nizam, filem berkenaan tidak berciri dakwah dan/atau menyalahkan agama lain dalam usaha mengangkat martabat Islam.
“Dua kesilapan ini akan membuatkan penonton switch-off dan segala mesej yang mahu disampaikan secara tersurat atau tersirat tidak sampai kepada mereka.
“Kalau kita mahu penonton bukan Islam membuka hati mereka dan menonton filem-filem bertema Islam dan melihat cara hidup orang Islam, kita perlu mampu menghasilkan karya yang bersifat subtle dan tidak terlalu berdakwah,” kata Nizam.
Sekali lagi, pemuda itu memberikan filem-filem Yasmin sebagai contoh terbaik. Bakat muda yang disebut beberapa kali oleh Nizam adalah Azma Aizal dan Shahrulezad yang dikatakan menunjukkan potensi ke arah itu menerusi telemovie dan drama.
* The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

Inspiring children to dream

Teach For Malaysia (TFM), a new concept programme, aims to take students beyond excellence and into the world of leadership.
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A slap in the face for Perkasa’s Malay agenda

Withdrawing ‘Interlok’ from schools is a win-win situation and Perkasa should learn to respect the rights of non Malays instead of whining.
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Dr M again denies seeking aid from World Bank

(Bernama) - Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has again denied that he had sought financial aid from the World Bank during the 1997 financial crisis of thereafter.

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Will 1Malaysia TV be the solution or the cause of the “information vacuum” plaguing government credibility?

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak made a very interesting observation when launching 1Malaysia TV yesterday, the existence of an “information vacuum” in Malaysia in the information age with youths turning to alternative online site for news.

But is 1Malaysia TV the solution or it will part of the cause of the “information vacuum” plaguing the government’s credibility?

1Malaysia TV as Internet television is offering inter alia RTM1, RTM2 and TV3, the official channels which evoke intense distrust and low credibility of their information.

Without any change of policy to allow RTM1, RTM 2 and TV3 to be independent, non-partisan and professional tv stations, the primary cause of the “information vacuum” and also why not only youths but Malaysians as a whole are turning to alternative online sites for news and information would not be addressed.

Najib said information on alternative online sites as “sometimes fabricated or untrue”, but these criticisms are equally valid about the official media and now 1Malaysia TV – which is going to repackage the official media on Internet!

Although Najib said that it was essential to provide information to the rakyat rather than to black it out, “as it would only prompt them to seek it from alternative sources”, his administration had been guilty of the “black out” mindset and strategy when confronted with adverse or troublesome developments.

Najib’s own silence in December, which resound through the land, on the following five issues highlight this “black out” mentality and strategy, viz:

• The Cabinet position of Minister for Welfare, Family and Community Development, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil in the face of the RM300 million National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) Cattle-Gate/Cow Condominium scandal;

• Malaysia’s worst Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2011 ranking and score – 60th place as compared to No. 23 in 1995 and lowest-ever score of 4.3 when Malaysia scored 5.32 in 1996, which means that Malaysia under Najib is perceived internationally as more corrupt than under two previous Prime Ministers, Tun Mahathir and Tun Abdullah.

• Call by 17 international and national environmental groups and activists including Greenpeace, Manser Bruno Fund and Fern, for the arrest and criminal prosecution of Sarawak Chief Minister, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and his 13 family members for massive graft and plundering of Sarawak’s rich natural resources;

• Penang High Court judgment against Utusan Malaysia, UMNO official newspaper, for mischievous defamation against Penang Chief Minister and Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng trying to depict Guan Eng as anti-Malay and anti-Islam, with award of RM200,000 for general and aggravated damages and RM25,000 for costs against Utusan; and

• The 2009 report of Washington-based financial watchdog Global Financial Integrity (GFI) that Malaysia continues to be one of the top five countries in the world suffering from the highest illicit capital outflow, registering a loss of over RM1 trillion (US$338 billion or RM1,077 billion) in past decade, 2000-2009, as a result of corrupt and misgovernance.

Will Najib demonstrate a change of this information “blackout” mindset and strategy and use 1Malaysia TV to break his silence and speak up to give an accounting and perspective as the nation’s Prime Minister on these five issues?

EC To Use Indelible Ink In 13th General Election

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Jemputan : Taklimat Media - (pendedahan bukti) Penyelewengan dalam Persatuan Bekas Polis

19 Disember 2011

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Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Ethnic status: ‘A difference of opinion’

Election Commission gets rid of candidate objection period – a pre-emptive move to save PM Najib?

EC: No more objection period during nominations

Hafiz Saeed vows jihad against India will continue

Police report filed against gay med student

Filem Islamik dan ‘roh’ Islam

Inspiring children to dream

A slap in the face for Perkasa’s Malay agenda

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