Time for Najib to start working

Attitudinal difference to be noted;

Norway's Prime Minister Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said today, "Response to attacks will be more democracy." 

Compare that with what we get, no democracy, No  Attacks but  the ISA and other illegal detention of innocent people here  in Malaysia.

In the aftermath of the successful Bersih Rally, and even whilst it was work in progress, our Honourable  Prime Minister was addressing UMNO members in Putraya and threatening the citizens of this country,  warning them that he could unleash  3 million people from the ranks of the UMNO membership to rally in KL.

What was he insinuating anyway?

That despite the fact that he said rallies were illegal it was alright for UMNO to do it?

Was he also telling us that he could let UMNO go on a rampage in KL to intimidate the rest of us?

What exactly   were his reasons for doing so?

So that he could still dictate to the elections commission to do what he wants them to do, and that we have to live with the irregularities of the work of  the elections commission time and time again, so that UMNO can rule unabated?

That UMNO could rally in Kuala Lumpur without Police Permit, well that we all know they have been doing it over and over again under police protection.

I think Cameron was wrong when he asked Najib not to go the way of Mubarak.

Mubarak could have taken aa lesson from him on how to be an effective dictator, after all he has a mentor in Mahathir Mohammed and I think the likes of Mubarak and Gaddafi will look like novices compared to him.

Now on his return he has been doing nothing but intimidate and threaten people, either directly or indirectly. When his police force does something he is responsible, when his Minister of Home Affairs does something he is responsible, when his deputy Prime Minister does something he is responsible and that is why he is their boss.

People were arrested just  for wearing yellow and seeking to hand over a memorandum on the Bersih 2.0 demands to him, what utter nonsense, is this the behaviour of a Prime Minsiter in a democratic country?

He was out with his deputy to distribute the national flag to people, hasn't he got more productive duties to attend to.

Time would  have been better spent if he was  to the   MACC to ensure they are on top of corruption cases.

Can he shed some light on the ongoing investigations being carried out by the MACC if there are any?

Can he tell us what he proposes to do after the death by two persons in the MACC offices to ensure no such thing happens in future?

Can he tell us what he is doing to ensure that corruption does not cause hardships to the ordinary folk?

Can he explain the sudden rise of the price so sugar after it was taken over from Robert Kuok?

Can he tell us what impact will fighting corruption have on the national economy?

Can he re-look the scorpene case where a company owned by his wife was beneficiary of a huge commission?

An then we have the case today  of of a lady being arrested, handcuffed, even whilst the doctors were administering stress ECG on her and even though there was  request to remove the cuffs. We all know that when and  ECG is being conducted we should remove all metal objects from  our person, watches even the wedding ring. If the lady dies of heat attack Hishamuddin will come out and shout and swear thet the ECG conducted on her was A Okay.

Does this Prime Minister ever carry out his Prime Ministerial duties, he looks like a chicken without a neck, running and reacting at everything. He seems to be  extremely defensive in the face of criticism  and  instead of listening to  it,  trying to work on it to show the people he cares, he retaliates, threatens and uses his police force to intimidate.

This has to stop, this country needs to be managed, chasing Bona Fide tourists from friendly nations will not solve problems, if indeed he has nothing to hide he should roll the red carpet out for the French lawyer Bourden, because if indeed he has nothing to hide Bourden will vindicate this man Najib, hsi wife and his friend and he will become the nations hero.

In the Altantuya case many pertinent questions were left unanswered, the appointment of the unqualified consultants, the fact that Altantya's immigration records of entry into Malaysia mysteriously disappeared, his role in the whole issue being the Minister of Defense at the material time,and now to drive Bourden away he only makes himself look more suspect.

Why is the ministry of home affairs run by his beloved cousin, so selective, how many Consultants have come here to advice the government and in the course of their work on short visits with a regular visitors pass, why was Bourden individually selected for this honour of being kicked out for "violating the terms of his visa" ?

There are so many issues at hand, prices are spiraling, prices of essential commodities have sky rocketed, price of houses have gone up that it is almost impossible for our working young to afford one, and even if they can it is on a 35 to 37 year loan? He does not seem to be aware of this, he is sitting in the cosy surroundings of Putrajaya and affords the best for his wife he does not understand why people have to be so dissatisfied. The latest alleged Diamond ring saga only adds fuel to this fire surely with a commission anyone could afford such a ring.

Mr. Prime Minister your people are affected, and affected badly, sit up and take notice, stop threatening, stop warning, do something positive  instead.

We  have rights  and so as Prime Minisiter ensure that our  rights enshrined in the Federal Constitution are respected.  That responsibility falls squarely on your shoulders, as Prime Minster of this country.

In short do your work please that's what you are there for or could we have Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Back till you head the elections to rightfully get that position of Prime Minister.

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 ELECTIONS THE TIME IS RIPE!!!!

 THE TIME IS RIPE AND RIPE IS YELLOW

Oh!!! how unbelievably wonderful and caring a PM we must have.

He canceled a holiday to come and be with the Rakyat, and on his  arrival he was whisked off to a school, then he received  one million signatures from the "rakyat" supporting him, many of whom are so faithful to him and ignorant of their own surroundings they did not even know what they were signing.

Why did Najib suddenly cancel this holiday?

Why this urgent need to show one million supporters?

And  if indeed that is the case then time is ripe for him to call elections and he must,  because opportune time like a fruit,  will only become rotten the longer he waits.

In the backdrop is  UMNO, and there  a conspiracy is being hatched, there are people who are impatient, they can't afford for Najib to bide his time as PM, he has to move out fast to make room for them, after all they have ambitions too, but then  Najib  has   not even had a full term yet, in fact he can't even claim this term as his own,  as it was not a term given to him by popular mandate, it was acquired from Badawi, so he is more like an "acting PM thus far," and not a real PM - as a deputy he stepped in, the President Ford type, and I wonder if he is actually going to be the President Ford type, this one borrowed term and then dumped off  for good, a stop gap PM.

Mahahthir has gone eerily silent, you'll notice that after the period I wrote on "Umno under attack from within" Mahathir has been silent and so too his son Mukhriz.

Muhyuddin also seems quiet, what I wrote about did not come from me but from sources within UMNO, and I must admit most of it was acquired from third parties, people who are close with top  people in UMNO.

My sources the 'third parties' are from  UMNO, not high up in the hierarchy but whose domain it is to know in order to garner support for their political masters who sit above them,  I am not claiming this eerie silence within UMNO   was because of my article, not at all,  but my article had the real sentiments and if it could have reached me, the whispers must have been awfully loud that Najib would have himself heard them in the corridors of Putrajaya.

Nevertheless  silence  form the opposing camps are getting louder, Najib is dependent on his not so intelligent cousin who time and time again puts Najib into more trouble than he should and being not so intelligent he keeps  thinking he is doing a fabulous job for Najib.

All other UMNO politicians remained aloof during the Bersih campaign, save for Khairy Jamaluddin who has nowhere to go and then of course the head of that UMNO backed NGO,  Perkasa's, Ibrahim Ali.

Rosmah's role in it all is being magnified to Najib's own detriment within  UMNO circles, she is being touted as the wife who does not know her place, and now the magic blue diamond ring has added fuel to fire and the more the opposition or the blogs highlight these issues, it spreads like wild fire within UMNO, by UMNO men, keen on dumping Najib with greater efficiency then they did Badawi.

Nepotism in the Najib camp seems to begin with with the Plastic Rose, and UMNO members are too familiar with the terms, " nepotism, cronyism, and corruption," it was Anwar who taught them that  years ago and now Muhyuddin is putting it to good use, so too is Mukhriz.

Within the corridors of power, within people so close to Najib, they just feel they have to nudge him out and take his place, and it is happening, it is happening in UMNO save for a few faithful, Hishamuddin of course, his minister of  external affairs,  Khairy Jamluddin who has nowhere else  to go, and some others and a few others who  are  the wait and see types - the typical UMNO mentality,  on the other hand there is a strong   inclination of the west coast divisions and   UMNO branches   to back  either Muhyuddin or the Mahathir/Mukhriz camp, if this goes into the open. In Selangor it is said that the Khir Toyo camp are strongly backing Muhyuddin, the want to see Najib off.

Depending on how a deal is struck, it's either Muhyudiin or Najib who will be the sacrificial lamb for Mukhriz to ascend to power. My friends in UMNO tell me that  Najib is the more likely candidate to be forced out, if he remains he may be a force for Mukhriz to reckon with as Najib is looking to be PM for the long term, a term similar to Mahathir's, and whatever the issues in politics are,   as  the cliche goes, "there are no permanent enemies or permanent friends." In this case it is so fluid, we'll have to wait and see how  this played out.
 
The latest move by the Minister of Home Affairs to detain and deport French lawyer William Bourdon has added another blow to Najib's own credibility and consequently to that of UMNO and the BN, his detractors in UMNO have another bullet to fire at him, and Najib is looking more fragile both from within and without.

It is reported that the Immigration officials in this case  had boarded the plane and arrested Bourdon on  the plane, he was whisked off to the Immigration holding centre and his fiance Lea Foriester, also a lawyer was initially not allowed to accompany him but later was allowed to do so.

Why is a French visitor refused entry into Malaysia,  the home ministry will have the answers for  sure, it will be said that he has violated the terms of his visa, if he was here on a social visit pass, but if he was here on a business visa then I do not think the Ministry  has any grounds to lay that charge as he is a lawyer representing a Malaysian NGO.

Strategically Najib and his boys have a made a miscalculated move, instead of fighting a fire or allowing it to burn out on its own  thy have added fuel  to this fire that  will keep burning for the long term and its effects may burn a gaping hole into Najib's image the very thing his detractors from within and without UMNO are bent on doing.

Bourdon in an email message had this to say, “Everything is okay. I am so sorry to leave my friends; we fly tonight for Paris. Keep in touch, take care and have courage.” This is the lawyer addressing his friends, no more just his clients. Take courage he says (not the English Bitter), implying he'll lead the campaign in France.

It looks like now he -  Bourdon,  has become part of the campaign and not just the lawyer for the campaign.

Najib's practice of nepotism may be his own downfall, this action is an action taken by the Minister of Home Affairs -  Najib's cousin.

Hishamuddin is ultimately responsible for this action, this  is therefore a forgone conclusion as the Immigration Department comes under the purview of the Ministry of home affairs,  it is very possible that he initiated this action, and I am sure by now Najib should know that he can't leave such important decisions to his not so intelligent cousin who heads the Ministry, this is a clear indication of what nepotism does.

Let us leave Hisham aside now and take a closer look at this ongoing investigation in France, and let us see what Bourdon is saying and why is it there was this need to remove Bourden from the plane, detain him for four hours and then put him on another plane and send him back possibly to France?

This French lawyer was due to speak at a fund-raising dinner in Petaling Jaya tonight and at another dinner in Ipoh tomorrow, he had already given a speech to a packed subscription dinner crowd organised by human rights advocacy group Suaram and read what he had to say at that dinner in Penang.

"Despite many obstacles and although such proceedings are complex and difficult, the truth shall emerge in France and we will expose the corruption related to the submarine deal.

We will reveal and disclose details on all the beneficiaries. I am confident that Malaysians can overcome difficulties and I wish you courage," he told 600 attendees at the dinner dubbed 'Ops Scorpene'.

The question that every Malaysian should ask now  is,  has the MACC been honest in its probe if ever there was one on this the Scorpene scandal?

Are there details and names that are to be revealed that have  not surfaced all this while through sheer negligence on the part of the MACC or on orders from the top?

Our MACC seems to be the protector of the corrupt, here in Malaysia you can build a yacht in  gold and remain anonymous or so it seems from what was reported. Any Arab Sheik or European or American even the Chinese would come out and boast about a prized possession like that, but why the reason to remain anonymous in this case by what has been reported to be a Malaysian owner?

Does our MACC wait for report on this or do they go and proactively do a search on this to see if this was purchased by corrupt money?

In the Scorpene case is there evidence of kickbacks received by people who now hold high office or people who have held high office and are "untouchables?"

Will there be any revelations to  counter Najib's own claims in this deal? That now seems the more likely issue at hand and that is why this man Bourdon was sent back home for violating his visa.

Are there more details that will link others to Altantuya Sharibu's murder, murder is a premeditated crime and it has to have a motive, will the motive, or circumstances leading to motives be revealed? 

Najib's sudden return from a Holiday looks ill timed, even if it was done for the best of reasons, his cousin's action leaves more to be read, he can't take too much for granted, he is left with very little option.

He has to go with the one million signatures as a sign of confidence, and face the rakayt come what may, or be cast out by the nation, UMNO included the very party that is so cruelly planning his own downfall the way he is planning that of the opposition and Anwar Ibrahim in particular.

Mr. Prime Minister, "what goes around comes around,"  and tomorrow they - in UMNO may be saying, "you got what you deserved," and the opposition will say "Justice has been served."

You have no time, Mr. Prime Minister, with your one million signatures you should be confident, with the one million signatures time is ripe, but like I said, "time, like a ripe fruit will get rotten the more you wait on it."

ELECTIONS NOW!!!! DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT NOW!!!!!!! TIME IS RIPE!!!!! 

                                               AND RIPE IS YELLOW

Read this link:
http://my.news.yahoo.com/french-lawyer-bourdon-detained-klia-044508136.html

The Video Says More (Bersih Rally July 9, 2011)

They say a picture says a thousand words, the video I think says a thousand times a thousand.
The picture below is but of only a section of the people who went to Kuala Lumpur, I was with this group and it was not the biggest there were far bigger groups than this.
Let the video speak about the people, the attendance  and the mood.

Watch the video here; The Bersih video (click here)

They refused us the stadium, We took KL instead

They refused us the  Stadium Merdeka, but inadvertently without even realising it - gave us the whole of  Kuala Lumpur instead.

At the Stadium

I was there at 11.30 a.m.yesterday (12th July) together with about 300 people maybe four hundred at the most,  a small group you could not even call them a crowd, the road leading to the stadium opposite the Chinese Assembly Hall and beside the Old Chinese temple, that road was blocked out with barbed wire, and three Police Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) trucks and about 100 officers,   were parked one behind the other facing us in the direction from the stadium downwards poised to attack anyone who tried force themselves through.

Moving on

I stood there for about half an hour an noticed the crowd thinning down there. I walked towards the old BPR  HQ, (now known as MACC) , I met a young Malay group, they had come from Kedah, one of the boys told me this, "Uncle what is this? In Germany even the Neo Nazis can come out and demonstrate as long as it is done  peacefully, what are these fellows up to? Uncle we Malays are getting embarrassed by  this government and this Ketuanan Melayu and the antics of  fools , we are not fools like they think we are, let us unite and kick them off, that is why we are here from Kedah, we slept in our car," just then the phone rang we got instructions, than  walked towards Petaling street turned right, into Jalan Sultan then walked down further.

At the junction of Jalan Sultan and the road leading to stadium Negara,   right up to Jalan Rodger we saw a sea of people, we joined the group, the whole of Jalan Sultan itself would  have numbered more then 15,000 people, we started moving forward, we saw a group of Dayaks from Sarawak, they had come to join us, then there was a group from Selangor, and shouts of "Hidup Bersih" we continued heading to the other end, there were Malays, Chinese and Indians, and our Orang Asli, it was truly Malaysian, both male and female young and old, more young then old, and that was the promise I saw, the young the future of my country was there, totally involved.

The Groups
We reached the area around Menera May Bank and Pudu Raya there were at least about 20, 000 people there. Separated from us was another group huge group in front of  Tongshin, we knew that in the area along the national Mosque and the area around Hilton and KL Central there was yet another group, our estimates tell us there must have been 200 thousand  maybe 300 thousand people in all, no exaggeration.

Imagine the whole of Jalan Sultan full of people, imagine a huge crowd with no standing room in the area in front of May Bank on the left to Min Ho, and the right to Pudu Raya is that 3,000 people. Jalan Sultan alone would  have 15,000 at the least, it was a sea of people add the crowd in front of Maybank and Jalan Rodger, and that is only one group by my reckoning.

They were shouting "Hidup Bersih" I lent my voice, to it, whenever someone started it the whole crowd followed. They were shouting down with SPR the whole crowd responded, it was jubilant, they did not give us the stadium we took KL instead.

I am a subscriber of Malaysiakini and I say their estimates were wrong, their lack of resources may be telling,  that would have been the UMNO group and I did not see even one of them around., but did hear they were around in two small pockets.

A Sudden Fear So No Stadium

Talking about the stadium after the Agung had told us we could use a stadium, an Najib said we could have the stadium his cousin got wise and came and threw the spanner into the works ande said that we would not be given the stadium, Rais Yatim echoed his views when he said we'll not get any stadium.

Tactically this was a right BN move to benefit only the BN, because it is the truth,and the plain truth that the stadium Merdeka would  have been too small for this group, and if it was held in the stadium the truth of the numbers would be told. Merdeka Stadium can take a maximum capacity of 35,000, then there is the field itself, which can take maybe 10,000 or more the rest would have to spill out and the BN's  lies about numbers will be exposed.

At the 11th hour that is on the 8th Hishamuddin offered to allow us the use of Shah Alam stadium, then at almost the 12th hour his police forces shut down Shah Alam, the Shah Alam Stadium with a capacity of about 100,000 including the playing field would not have been enough that would have  compounded the problems for the BN, not withstanding that  this rally has done that already stadium or not.

Their plans for elections are now on hold after seeing this response, this is terrifying, Najib looks like he will suffer greater loses and Muhyuddin is laughing behind the scenes, Mahathir is laying out the plans for the elevation of his son Mukhriz.

Police Action

If there was a security problem it was caused by the police and the government's propaganda nothing else. The people were peaceful, there were brave shopkeepers who opened their shops and even smiled and waved at us and waved us on, they did not fall victim to these idiots. The crowd was peaceful, the police shoukld have been used to help the crowd and the whole of KL would have thrived with the influx of so many people.

Fast food outlets did roving business, eateries ran out of  food, news vendors ran out of bottled water.

The Tourist 

Tourists mingled with us, one of them told me,"I woke up to a deserted country and I saw police all  around the streets,  I thought it was a kind of coup detat,  now I see a carnival atmosphere, with so many people, what's the celebration, have you overthrown the government?"

I replied, "watch we're on our way to."

They shut down KL the police were everywhere from Klang to KL, the railway halts from Klang to KL were manned by Police wanting to know where we we going, the federal highway was blocked, the Kesas was blocked the NKVE was blocked, and KL was filled with Police - the FRU, the normal day to day mata mata, and the traffic cops, yet all these two hundred to three hundred thousand went into KL.

The leaders were arrested, Ambiga, Anwar, Kit Siang Anwar's daughters, Haidi, but the people behaved, they carried on new leaders emerged from the midst,  this is Malaysia I said, no need to say one when we are one, it's people who are unsure, and people  who are not and a people who  refuse to be one that sell slogans like one Malaysia.

The PAS men who directed us were excellent.

The section of the crowd that I was in got sprayed, and gassed, the tear gas gets into your lungs and you really gasp for breath, the eye irritation is not so bad, the water was itchy, the rains came it rained heavily, it was really god sent, it saved our skins from the laced liquid I suppose, it was a good experience next time I'll try a bigger dosage.

A relative of mine, in my age bracket too - Allen Lopes, was  with another group, he sent me a message this morning  it reads,   "I was there too Toffee. a day I shall cherish for the rest of my life - tear gas and showers of blessing not withstanding," That really sums up yesterday.

I am prepared for more, you must be prepared for more too, if nothing changes, the mood to change what others think are unchangeable has crept in to stay and grow.

My Tribute to Organizers Participants

To Bersih and the political parties who rallied to Bersih's call my sincere appreciation. Special thanks to Ambiga, Marina Chin Abdullah and the Bersih staff for the leadership, to the heads of the opposition and especially DSAI, Lim Kit Siang, Haidi Awang, Anwars daughters who were caught and detained as a threat to internal order, my appreciation.

To the Police force if two feeble young girls could threaten you, I realise where you really are being threatened from, you are being threatened from people who openly call for violent reactions,  their backers and instigators, that is where your real fear is, now I know. When will you have the guts to arrest Ibrahim Ali for all those instigation.

And lastly for you the young, the middle aged the old who were there,  I salute you, like I saluted the National flag on 31st August 1957 at the Klang Town padang in my Boy Cub uniform and sang the Negara Ku, I learned the song from my scout master Mr. George Michael before Merdeka, I sang it before Merdeka, I  sang it again on Merdeka Day, and I doubt even Najib can claim that.

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GOD BLESS YOU &   MALAYSIA

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I Walk Today and,Why I must Walk

 By Toffeesturn

Yes my dear friends, and fellow Malaysians,  I am going to the rally today, and this has been one of the reasons I have not written for a while - it is all because of today.

Today is an important day for me, because today I am going to Kuala Lumpur with only one thing on my mind the future of my beloved country for the sake of my children, your children, and our children's children.

In the seventies I went to England, and I returned even though a lot of people told me I was doing a foolish thing, they asked me to stay on, some of them are still there, some of them are back and  some of them have died. I have never regretted my decision to return, I love my country.

I lived the history of this country since Merdeka.

I was there in the Klang Padang on 31st October 1957, in my Boy Cub uniform, it was the first time I met with the Scout Commissioner of the time in Klang one Mr. Jolly Cho who came and shook hands with me, scouts and cubs used to shake hands with  the left hand then.

I saluted the flag of my country when it was hoisted in the town padang on that historic day, and I sang the Negara Ku.

I learned and sang the Negara Ku even before independence, I wonder how many of you did, I wonder even if Najib & Rosmah  can boast of that,  it was taught to me by my cub master one Mr. George Michael, he is still alive today.

Later in my schooling years there was a a Malay teacher who taught me, his name is Onn Bin Ismail, he later went to become an UMNO state assemblyman, he taught me the State Anthem, and I have written about it in one of my letters to Malaysiakini and they corrected my lyrics, they were wrong as there was an old anthem, it was the old State Anthem and it began like this, " Allah Selamatkan Duli Yang Maha Mulia, Kekal dan Selamat di atas thakhta, panjangkan umor...."

Later in life this same party the UMNO declared that it was wrong form us to use the word Allah, but I used at that time in school, it was taught to me by Onn Bin Ismail he was my cikgu and later an UMNO strongman, he was one of those who camped in Harun Idris house when the police went to arrest Harun, trying to prevent it, if you remember.

We  had good leaders then, it was the Tengku, Khir Johari, we had Sardon Jubir, Tun Dr.  Ismail, Dr. Lim Swee Aun from Taiping my birthplace, Wong Pow Nee these were gentlemen.

We used to have minggu Bahasa Kebangsaan, we used to sing the "Bahasa Jiwa Bangs"  
all these patriotic songs we were once taught and use to once sing have  all been removed, removed during the Mahaterian era, because that man had a selfish agenda for himself, the agenda began with dividing the nation and like Hitler trying to create a superior race.

We allowed him that and ruined our country and when one man came out and told the county enough was enough, we had to put a stop to corruption, nepotism and cronyism he was charged with sodomy and thrown behind bars.

All charges were trumped up, as later the courts would absolve this man Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim only for the farce to re surface under a different Prime Minister for what are apparently the same reasons, DSAI  is dangerous,what will ahppen to the corrupt if he comes to power.

A few days ago I received a letter from my sister in Germany, the contents of which I shall reveal here,


"Toffee, please re-think this. 

You know how the government can play dirty and they don't mind walking over dead bodies to show who is boss.

I really am afraid that with foul means they will try and cause riots in such a way that they can put the blame on the demonstrators and then they'll march in and destroy everything in their wake at random.

Toffee, you have a wife, two children, two children in law and three lovely grandchildren who need and love you. 

Re-think your decision. Keith, Ju ,Margie please try and keep him back.

I'm afraid for him. I really feel ashamed to be telling you to do this, I suppose I'm getting old, but I can't bear to think of anyone hurting you. 

Remember your government knows how others have  successfully caused overthrows elsewhere and they are good students." ......... Noreen

And I replied:

Dear Noreen and everybody else,

I am as politically minded as anyone else, I know when to be careful and I also know that when it comes to the interest of my wife and children and their children I'll throw caution to the wind.

It is for those reasons you mention above and only those reasons why I will be at the Bersih Rally come July 9 and no one will stop me, that is my decision and my decision alone.

I have been politically active as matter of interest,it probably runs in the blood. 

This is not politics, this is life itself, and no human being must or should be treated as a second class being, you went to England to do Nusing and that gave daddy his heart attack, because your friend  got a schorlarship and admission to the University Malaya even though she got a Statement and you had a full pass,  and all that was because of race. I stayed back accepted it and fought for my place.

Daddy wanted you do to do law, you went for nursing, he told Sapanee that day, "why did she have to do HSC to do this thing" and as you were leaving the door that day he said,"I do not know if I'll see her again." 
(That was only a few days before May 13 1969).

I remember that  as if it was yesterday. 

Yes that was yesterday, today it is even worse, it has got down to gutter politics, it is taking away everything we have, if you heard about the latest book they are placing in schools they are teaching the students that all Indians who came to Malaysia were Pariahs, so the present stock are all pariahs, the name of the book is interlok.

Think of the ridicule these children will have to go  through, they say Indians were pariahs in the book and that Chinese sold their daughters to become prostitutes, that will give the Malay Child the hey day he requires insult and look down on our children. 

That is not what Malay children are made of, but this government teaches them and trains them to do such things. Just look at the group called perkasa.

Many a Jew and German looked the other side when Hitler did the same thing and they paid a price. Must we do what they did? History is a great teacher, we never should allow this. You are in Germany you should know this.

I'll have  none of this, why I am not copying my children which you did and I'd say is rather mischievous, is because they may join me, and that is playing politics, they'll know I was there, after I have gone there that they need to. 
 
I have to do this for them, none of you'll understand this as you are not parents, so please lay off this, and believe me I know what I am doing and for what. There are no ulterior motives as some others may have.   Amen



It is for these same reasons that I have not written about the Bersih rally. If you must go to this rally there must be compelling reasons for you to be there, do not come there because everybody has asked you to do so, or because you can't say no to someone else.

I am going because I believe in the causes I have stated above, it is worth everything, I am 62 years old I have lived through it all, I have invested my life in this country, I have invested my children and grandchildren in this my motherland, it is the land where I'll spill my blood if it needs to be spilled saving the nation, and that is why I go, but I go in peace. this is a peaceful rally if it turns otherwise it is not us.

My grandchildren are real Bumiputeras, real sons of this country, my parents were from India just like Mahathir's, my beloved wife's parents are of Chinese origin, in fact my late father in law was born in this country, my maternal grandmother is buried in Kajang, my children are real Bangsa Malaysia, so too my grandchildren, and that is more reason why I go to walk tomorrow, to ensure that they are not robbed of their rights by manipulation of the ballot box.

If you believe your children, and their children are important to you, if you believe that all our children are important to us, and hope that they will live in a truly united Malaysia join me and walk, THE WALK OF PEACE.

God Bless Malaysia

UMNO Under attack from within

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ALL UMNO'S ENEMIES ARE WITHIN THE PARTY

It's not PKR, it is not PAS, its not the DAP not even the Christians as the UMNO big wigs would want their membership to believe every now and then, so that they can get them to close ranks and fend of challenges that arise  from within the party.

Any move by the many factions who are now in wait to pounce and change the present status quo  is diverted by these make up enemies by the UMNO elite leading UMNO presently.

At the Apex of this power pyramid is the 'Godfather' Mahathir bin Mohammed, the man who is is so terrified at what may result in Anwar taking over Putra Jaya that he will not rest till Anwar is dead, that he may force the hand of the present leadership to even try an Aquino on Anwar is not too wild a thought, it is in fact a reality, as that would be the last option and they'll do it, if they have to.

Mahathir who is now recuperating is bent on making Mukhriz a power within UMNO, and he will do it anyway it comes fast, he may move Najib out in favour of Muhyuddin, or he may get Najib to throw discard Muhyuddin in favour of Rais Yatim as a stop gap, to prepare for his son's eventual ascension called succession.

Muhyuddin on the other hand knows that his position is very vulnerable, more so because there is nothing in the age gap between him and Najib and so any thought of taking over at the helm can only materialise with his removal of Najib. He needs to remove Najib to do that and he can't do it the way Najib did it to Dollah, he has  to do it in away the membership accepts.

UMNO has a natural hatred of  women, the women are not to dictate anything within its ranks, that was the failure of the 'fat lady,' Rafidah Aziz, she decided to talk down to the UMNO men and that was something UMNO could not accept, more so if they thought she had aspirations for the top and that is why even her mentor - Mahathir Mohammed got int the act of planning and carefully executing her downfall.

Now the Muhyuddin camp have begun the whisper campaign, the whispers are getting louder by the day, and thy are whispering about our "Plastic Rose," referred to in some UMNO circles as 'Rosmah Plastic.' People around Khairy Jamaluddin are familiar with that term too which originated from some of the Johore branches.

According to one UMNO veteran the lady has overstepped the line, "it is alright if she uses some government money for her shopping, everybody also do like that, you don't believe me look at Toyo's wife, but, but, Toyo's wife never show her face and try and be a hero, in Malay culture the wife must not do that, she is trying to be bigger then her husband. If she is  Wanita head or Wanita exco and have a position in government that is alright, but now she is only his wife she cannot try and act like she is a Malaysian leader, NO! she is the wife of a Malaysian leader she must understand."

"What must be done," I ask, he waives his hand then says, "We  Malay say, I am not saying any person but in general terms lah, if the husband is Jantan he must make such woman shut up."

Identifying this UMNO group is difficult they seem to come from a cross segment of UMNO and are led more by the old guard, it is rumored that this has been discussed with some senior ministers from UMNO.

This is  believed to be Muhyuddin's trump card and he is holding it close to his chest, Mukhriz boys  have started another whisper campaign about Muhyuddin's own ambitions and this has reached Najib.

The Plastic Rose is  not the type to cave in too, she has the PM by his belt and can swing him any which way she wants.

Now to get all these people off his back Najib uses two Ministers, who have been blessed with lesser intelligence, on is the Home Minister - his cousin, the not so smart  Hishamuddin Hussein Onn and the other is none other then the loose canon Nazri.

It is Hishamuddin's job to create huge bogeymen, like he did recently, when he took on the Christians. Then there is the Trio is there anyone who does not believe that the Trio are actually acting in concert with the Police who come directly under the Home Ministry?

If there was any truth to any of both allegations some people should have been detained, and why is it not so till today? The real reason is those who need to be detained are those who created both situations and they all come from within UMNO.

It is within UMNO that all UMNO's troubles arise, the greed that has become the culture of UMNO can't be quenched, the desires far exceeds it potential to feed it, the higher they are the greedier they become, winner takes all and so the grassroots are left wanting, the trips to Medan and Bangkok that used to be some of the handouts to branch treasurers in lesser branches does not excite anymore every Ahmad can afford to go to Medan now, the project and , the contracts  which can be Ali Babbaed out are few and far between, most states are now controlled by the opposition, and some are so small the MCA towkay does not want it too, and discontent is  growing within the ranks, to add insult to injury as though Najib has not had enough now there is Rosamh to feed, and they are asking, "Who is Rosmah?"



With the escalation of prices of basic commodities the government is desperate, UMNO is desperate the Malay support is waning, corruption is being recognised as real, and the silent shadow boxing going on behind the scenes to wrestle power is worsening the situation.

Nothing is happening at the Federal level, its only scheming, allegations, and sex scandals.

Anwar is the greatest danger he is a danger to all in UMNO,  it is he who surfaced corruption, nepotism and cronyism in UMNO, now that was too big a danger to Mahathir Mohammed who realised that his protege had come of age and was really keen on taking the country back from his thieving tribesmen - UMNO.

If UMNO is to survive 2020 it has to address this immediately, it has to rid its membership of the corrupt, the cronies and get rid of nepotism immediately, but alas all that is ingrained in the very fabric of that party and that means UMNO is doomed.

UN experts begin Malaysia rare earths visit

UN experts begin Malaysia rare earths visit

KUALA LUMPUR – A team of UN atomic energy experts began a week-long visit to Malaysia on Sunday to review the safety of a proposed Australian rare earths refinery that has drawn protests.
Following public concerns that radioactive waste from the plant could leak out and harm the environment, Malaysia has put the project by Australian miner Lynas on hold, pending the independent panel’s review.
A nine-member team led by a senior official from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived this weekend to review the plant, which is under construction near the town of Kuantan in eastern Pahang state, said an official from the International Trade Ministry.
The team is meeting Malaysian government officials on Sunday before traveling to eastern Malaysia on Monday to meet residents and inspect the construction site for three days, he said.
They are expected to present their final findings by end of June, the official said.
The Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) was scheduled to begin processing rare earth – used in high-tech products from iPods to missiles – in the third quarter of 2011.
But activists and residents say they fear radioactive waste produced by the plant would not be disposed of properly and could endanger them and the environment.
Pending the panel’s review, the government has said it will not issue a pre-operating licence to Lynas and has barred imports of raw materials from Australia to be processed at the facility.
A similar facility built by a Japanese firm in another part of Malaysia was forced to shut down in 1992 due to protests.
Lynas has insisted the plant poses no safety threats. It has said any waste would be placed in safe, reliable engineered storage cells to avoid any leakage.
Lynas has described the facility as the largest of its kind in the world set to be one of the few sources of rare earths outside China.

Dompok should demand an apology from Rais and Hishamuddin

Dompok should stop playing the passive role to allow Christians to be continuously barraged, harressed, intimidated and bullied by UMNO and the Utusan for their own purposes and to drive a wedge between the Christians and the Muslims.

Dompok's latest statements that "anyone can become a Prime Minister of Malaysia is to appease what has just happened in the latest unprovoked attack on Christians, and the fanning of anti Christian sentiments amongst the Muslims against the Christians in Malaysia, by the Utusan and UMNO in an effort to get Malays who are now no longer pro UMNO to the UMNO fold.

The Utusan has been given free rein to do what it wants to rally Malay support even if it means doing so at the expense of National unity, and senior UMNO ministers have provided the back up support for such issues regardless of the harm it does to national unity and our beloved country, and both Rais Yatim and Hishamuddin have done it, although Hishamuddin has back tracked since.

In the latest episode the Home Minister, Hishamuddin Hussein Onn an educated lawyer by profession jumped the gun and criticised the Christians even before he could direct his Police Officers to investigate and establish the truth behind the matter in which the Christians were falsely accused of trying to make Christianity the official religion of the country.

This move is clearly a political one that has backfired,  it was not so much aimed at the Christians as it was aimed and provoking the sentiments of Muslims in the country, and the majority of the Muslims are Malay so the Malay daily the  Utusan was the tool used for the purpose and the effort, at the expense of the Christians.

After the purported Anwar Ibrahim Sex scandal, fell flat on the face of UMNO, the party decided to try and get PAS to split ranks with the Pakatan, but PAS stood firm, knowing the type of politicians in the UMNO fold, God fearing men are decent men,and they will not do things that are not right and what UMNO is doing is blatantly wrong,  deceitful and crooked, so UMNO has to look for like minded people and they have got them in their fold in the other Barisan parties, but ehy want the Malays who are fast deserting UMNO for Pakatan based parties.

Having failed to put a dent on the Pakatan Rakyat, and their inability to get PAS back into their fold the next course of action was to create bogeyman, a bogeyman so big and so dangerous the Malays would  all rally behind UMNO as the champion of  what they call the champion of Religion Race and Nation. This is the clearest case of UMNO using religion to influence the Malay, and using it wrongly.

The bogeyman was again the Christians, they successfully used it once against Semangat 46, Mahathir used it, these seem to be all Mahathirian (Mahathirdan) tactics, and it worked now they tried it the second time an it looks like it failed. (It's either the Christians or the Chinese, they tried the Indians via the Hindu Temples and failed)

UMNO is desperate for Malay support as  the educated Malay and the young Malays  are now distancing themselves  from the corrupt, the deceitful and the arrogant, they are now going back to their roots of being a proud people, proud of their race and proud of what has been achieved in Malaysia, and will not let anyone not even UMNO destroy that for them.

Christian ministers in Parliament must voice their discontent against these ministers for using Christianity and Christians as their punching bags, as the tools with which the instill fear on the people, they did it with making the Chinese the bogeyman, and MCA sucked up to them, they did it breaking Hindu temples and MIC sucked up to them, they are now doing it by intimidating an harrassing the Christians and the Christian ministers are sucking up to them. These are all men in the same boat as long as they are in the Barisan they can't be trusted.

Gerakan has come out and demanded that Utusan be investigated and prosecuted, the demand is nothing more then a mere statement unless they say, "if you do not do it we shall pull out of this coalition,"  only if that is done then it is a demand, and demand they must if there is to be any credibility left in the leadership of that party.

Dompok if he is sincere will issue an ultimatum to the Barisan, to arrest the editor of the Utusasn, close the Utusan down for a period of time like Mahathir did the star during ops lallang, and if  Hishamudin and Njib do not comply resign from the BN, is Dompok serious enough? he can't sit on the fence he has to come down and take a stand, or he is just one of them playing the same game.

It is people like Dompok, Pairin and other ministers in East Malaysia who can make the difference, the Gerakn can make a difference the MCA ministers can make a difference if they are serious about us being Malaysians of equal rank, but alas they have all accepted their fate as second class Malaysians.

But get one thing straight Dompok, Soi Lek and Subramaniam may be second class, but  we are not we are all  equal Malaysians,  "Satu Bangsa, Satu Negara, Malaysia Berjaya," and no one can take that away from us.

Rosmah jetsetting at taxpayers expense

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Rosmah Mansor is in Turkey, and Najib seems to have orchestrated another huge Public Relations blitz that will costs the Malaysian taxpayer huge amounts of funds at a time when the price of essential goods in Malaysia are rising unabated, and this government has no clue on how to stop it because they are actually doing nothing about it in the first place.

This much touted Global Summit is actually a no event, the only people actually talking about it are the Malaysian press led by Bernama.

In the days before the summit this summit only received publicity from Bernama.

The event received very little coverage from even the Turkish press.

Rosmah seems to be carried away with her self proclaimed title of 'First Lady,' and Najib seems to be allowing her the use of public funds for this purpose, tax payer money.

This Global Summit is meant for 'Women leaders' so how has Rosmah become a Malaysian leader?

Was she elected by the Rakyat?

Is she being sent as an UMNO delegate?

Is she a Barisan Delegate? or is she just the Prime Minister's nominee?

Even the other Malaysian woman delegate to this 'conference' - Sharizat, is a person who lost her seat at the last elections and was is only in the cabinet by way of the 'back door,'via the senate. Sharizat was probably putthere to justify Rosmah's presence, maybe Malaysians should have a chance to view the unedited version of the session that Rosmah shared, we'd get a good idea of how our money is being put to use.

The nation is in trouble, food prices are escalating on a daily basis, today we are told that the price of chicken has gone up because the price of chicken feed has gone up, the Malaysian worker has asked for a minimum wage and those who helped him organise it were arrested and in the face of all this the PM's wife is doing her thing, 'the first lady act."

The price of petrol goes up almost every month and if the price of oil is so high Malaysians should be smiling,this government must be able to subsidise essential items, but since UMNO backed companies took over the sugar trade, the price of sugar went up, the price of rice has gone up, vegetable and milk are up, flour is up, and that too although we are a net exporter of oil, why are these funds not being used to ease the burden on the rakyat, instead we get taxed even more.

Are these funds being used for projects like Rosmah Mansor's overseas trips? There is no way of knowing after all Petronas affairs are the privy of only the top brass in UMNO and their duly appointed representatives.

 Before plastics

Rosmah Mansor is fast taking the shape of a Maria Antoinette, probably with thousands of shoes and sandals in a cabinet statched away in the official residence of the PM. Never before in the history of this country have we seen the wife of a PM take centre stage and front herself as a a leader of the people in such a way when in the first place she is not.


Even Tun Dr.Siti Hasmah Ali, the wife of Mahathir Mohammed never did any such thing, she never got involved in the business of government, her role was caretaker of the PM which she carried out excellently, she never once took the limelight away from her husband,and never tried to dabble in political, foreign affairs or even in national health issues, she was loved by the people for her very unassuming ways, an ardent Badminton fan she identified herself with the people and not as a self proclaimed "First Lady." Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah lacked that arrogance, and we all know what an esteemed background she came from.

Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah, was a medical doctor by profession, one of the first Malay women to qualify as a medical doctor if not the first, she was in practice as a doctor long before Mahathir became a Prime Minsiter but she never possessed the arrogance of a Maria Antoinette, but rather the gentleness of a mother,and that is something all Malaysians acknowledge and have never grudged her for.

She held herself so well that even though Mahathir is such a controversial figure I never once saw anyone take a swipe at her, she has the respect of all.

If she traveled abroad on her own it was for reasons she was well qualified to speak about, for instance birth control and against abortion, and that too not as "first lady" but with the 'Sisters of Islam.' Now very honestly could we have sent a better representative then her for such a purpose?

She was no 'jet setting mamma,' who constantly altered her face, trying to steal the limelight away from her husband, deputy Prime Minsiters, ministers or Members of Parliament. She was the quiet wife of the Prime Minister who looked after him as wife and even when he was hospitalised she did not come out to meet the press to give us a run down of his medical condition although she may have been qualified to do so, she left it to the doctors attending to the Prime Minister her husband, and we all knew with her by his side he was in good hands.

Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah is even talked about so well by Dr. Wan Azizah the wife of Anwar Ibrahim and both of them have a mutual respect for each other, now that is how a PM's wife is expected to behave, she has no right of office, all other Ministers and Members of Parliament have right of office she has none, her place is besides her husband and yes maybe chairing charities and other organizations in the country and that too with out too much of the limelight unless to draw attention to specific issues, like raising funds for ex servicemen, preparing Hari Raya goodies for our soldiers and other servicemen on duty etc. Not assuming the role of Minister of foreign affairs.

Najib has to be very careful, many a leader has fallen because of the arrogance of the wife, she is not the leader the people elected, and in the first place Najib was never elected the leader he now is, he has yet to test his popularity with his party first and then with the people.

Rosmah has to do what she is supposed to do, be the wife of the prime Minister and not the de facto minister of foreign affairs and 'first lady?'