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.

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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?'

Switch off your cell phones!! are the airlines serious?

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First it was on  a flight to India, Cochin to be more precise, and before take off from LCCT, there were at least four passengers  using their cell phones and either making or answering calls, the stewardess and the stewards walked by as they did not see a thing, and me the nervous passenger watching.

Then just as the plane started to move I pointed my finger to the chap on the end of the  aisle adjacent to mine and sternly said "will you shut off that phone please," and he did, but glared at me as if to say, "it is none of your business," the other passengers in the plane gave me a look too, I am not sure if they are in agreement or looked at me as a trouble causer.

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Very honestly I am unperturbed, my safety comes first to remain alive rather then please others.

Through this flight I see another passenger using his phone and is apparently either texting or sending an email I am not sure, but all of us clearly heard the Captain and the Chief Steward say at the beginning of the flight that "all hand phones should be off during the flight." Were they serious?

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I take the initiative again I walk up a few rows ahead of me and tell the lady using the phone to switch it off and she does so saying, "oh sorry!"

This was Air Asia , on my return flight I encountered the same thing, and some arrogant passengers who just went  ahead  and did  the texting without any concern for the others ion the flight, one chap began calling and I had to do the needful again.

On my return I wrote to Air Asia to date I have yet to get a reply.

Next it was the the flight to Thailand, I am on Malaysian Airlines, rated one of the top airlines in the world by 'Skytrax' the lady next to me has her hand phone on, and the texting or emails begin, it goes on and on, I am nervous, then as the plane starts I tell her to switch it off and she does, the same applies to the lady on my right, she hears what I say to the lady on the left and follows suit.

I return from Thailand, I have to delay my flight by another day, as I have further business commitments, I am put put on the Orchid airlines - Thai Airways, I get in and take my seat, on the overhead signs I see "all electronic devices off," a man behind my seat, a French Caucasian I suppose as he was speaking French was engaged in conversation on his hand phone,  I got up from my seat, turned to him and said  a"excuse me please" he was sitting in the seat just behind mine, I repeat it several times, "excuse me" even placed my hand in front of his face he just ignored me, does not even look at my direction, and continued talking, I then said , "can you switch off the phone!" and for those of you who know me that would have been pretty clear, he ignored me again, a stewardess came along I asked her if she could get him to switch off the phone,  she did not seem to understand , I pointed to the sign "all electronic devices off" and she replied me in Thai.

I sat down and the man goes on on his phone non stop till the plane starts moving, there was a late comer, he sat on  the seat next to mine, he was on his phone speaking to someone, the plane is already either on tow or moving, I told  him to switch it off, he said  "yes" and continued speaking, another stewardess came  along she noticeds it and at last this stewardess told s him rather sternly to switch it off.

On all flights  we are informed not to switch on the phone till we got out of the plane, but the minute the plane begins taxiing the hand phones came out and these thoughtless passengers begin their all important conversations.

I know that there was an Air Bus crash in Bombay some years back which Air Bus attributed to the use of Cell phones by passengers during flight,  and I know ever since cell phones were not allowed to be used on board flights.

Neil Whitehouse, a British oil worker,  served  a one-year jail sentence in England for refusing to switch off his cell phone on a 1998 British Airways flight from Spain.

Sue Redmond, a British Airways PLC spokeswoman, said,  "Whitehouse put the plane at risk because cellular phones can disrupt the plane's automatic pilot, cabin-pressure controls -- and every system that is needed to keep that airplane safe for flying."

If anyone visits the web on the issue, more and more people tend to think it is alright to use cell phones in the air, many attribute the ban to commercial reasons rather then safety.

 There are experts who still think that signals from cell phones can interfere with navigational electronics and cause havoc to the planes, especially during landing and take off.

Whatever the reasons I think airlines should be more transparent about it, and tell us once and for all where they stand, as there is nothing like the jitters one gets when one sees an individual using a cell phone on flight.

If it is indeed dangerous, or even if they are unsure if it is safe, I think the aviation authorities should find a way of to take these phones into their custody before passengers board a flight and return it to them on after landing.


It's always better to be safe then sorry.

What happened in Sarawak?

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What really happened in Sarawak?

Did the opposition suffer big losses  in Sarawak? Not really so, yes, they did not manage to form the State Government they are far off that mark, they failed to break the two third's majority they are far off that mark too, but they made great gains into the  Sarawak State Assembly and that is a recognisable fact.

The DAP did extremely well, and that is good for starters, PKR has three seats and that too is good for starters, but most seats taken were in the urban constituencies and should be cause for concern, because it is the illiterate  that are still in the grips of the BN. Money politics rules the day, and the ordinary Sarawakian native is not really aware of what and how much he has lost since independence.

Even as the elections were going on in Sarawak, in  Kuala Lumpur we had people protesting on what Najib had promised the rural Sarawakian, on the Bible and Christian issues. Will Najib have the strength and determination to carry out what was promised or will he go back on his words in the face of pressure from the UMNO led NGOs and UMNO grassroots themeselves?

Will the development projects that were  promised to the rural Sarawakian time and time again be fulfilled this time at least, the new highways, the schools, the hospitals and the land issues?

Will Sarawak as Najib promised become the "richest state in the Federation,"  we all know it is already the richest in terms of what the state earns, but will the earnings go back to the state in form of development and the Sarawak Dayak be given the benefits that have been given to the Malay and even the "marginalised Indian"  in West Malaysia?

Will Najib make  another whirl wind tour of Sarawak to thank the people and assure them of what he intends to do? Will he now produce  the the road map of what development projects this Barisan Government will undertake to ensure that Sarawak becomes the richest state in the federation? And  will that road map have a time frame?

Going on record none of this  will be done, Najib will be busy  preparing for the greater lies he can tell the people between now and the next General elections, what are they issues they can create to discredit the opposition, as we can be sure that he will now be seriously planning to call the next General elections, expect it this year by October the latest.

How long will the "Silver haired Daddy" of  Mahmud Abu Bakar Taib, be wanting to cling to power, this blog had predicted even before he made it clear that it will be at least three years, and that even that three years will be more like eternity.

The opposition has been voted to do its part, between now and  the next general elections they must exercise sufficient pressure both within the country and if necessary with the aid of international agencies to allow for independent foreign observers during our next general elections.

Allegations and video proof about irregularities and even provocation of the electorate, and possible vote rigging, closing polling stations before scheduled times etc. that have been made  are cause of serious concern.

What is even more of  a concern are the allegations made out agaisnt the elections commission officers themselves, and if what the opposition is saying is true then the opposition has a duty to put enough pressure on this government to allow independent international  observers appointed by the UN to supervise the next general elections, so that Malaysians can for once after 1969  have truly fair general election void of allegations of malpractice.

Sarawak latest

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DAP 12 Seats
PKR   3 seats  opposition total 15 seats


8.03 p.m.


PBB 14 Seats
SUPP 3 Seats
SPDP 1 Seat
PRS   3 Seats BN total 21 seats.


DAP 10 Seats
PKR   3 Seats  Opposition Total : 13 Seats
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DAP's latest position.
Padungan: DAP (9,193), BN (2,603), majority 6,590
Pending: DAP (8,232), BN (3,479), majority 4,753
Kota Sentosa: DAP (8,656), BN (5,839), majority 2,817
Batu Kawah: DAP (832), BN (1,398), majority 566


PKR 3 seats


BN 9 seats leading by 2 seats.


Controversy erupts in Batu Kawah at two polling centres where DAP has won, with the Borang 14 refused to party scrutineers while the ballot boxes have been removed from the counting centre.

"We are contacting the returning officer, and the candidate is lodging a police report," says Sarawak DAP secretary Chong Chieng Jen.

About a hundred party supporters are gathered at the Kuching DAP headquarters where live results are being projected on screens on the street.

Links to follow for the latest results.


Malaysiakini link 1
Malaysiakini link 2
Malaysiakini link 3


Latest results are Dr. George Chan BN's Deputy Chief Minister has lost to Ling Sie Kion of DAP. BN has won a total of 8 seats so far and the opposition 6 seats. 


It's the same story all over again, PAS lost all its seats and  so the results are out so early, what happened if they won, would it have been out so early?


Postal votes which are available before the votes cast at the centers are only brought into count after the votes cast at the centers are counted, as a PAS MP put it is this the BN fixed deposit?
View the link below, to see what is really going on, on the ground.


News is difficult to come by, this blog is being constantly attacked, and we're trying our best to keep it running.

TODAY WILL DETERMINE A TURNING POINT IN HISTORY

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A VOTE FOR  THE OPPOSITION IS A VOTE FOR SARAWAK!!!!!

After today's election in Sarawak the whole history of Sarawak will be rewritten, rewritten for better or for worse and its the people of Sarawak who will determine this.

Sarawak can make the impossible happen, just like Selangor, Perak, Penang  and Kedah did at the last elections, and if they the Sarawakians do this they must ensure that the opposition comes in strong in Sarawak, or the BN will do a Perak in Sarawak, or rather a Sabah in Sarawak, that's more likely.


What's a Sabah?

A Sabah is when they hunt out turncoats in the opposition form a simple majority, go on a rotation system for chief minister, issue identity cards to illegal immigrants and in the process  wipe out the identity of the Sarawakian as they are now doing in Sabah?

They will encourage Filipinos to come in and settle in Sarawak and issue them with identity cards just like they have done in Sabah, these people will then take over the main cities and send native Sarawakians back to the longhouses in the forests of Sarawak , but the sad thing is their native villages have been taken away from them by the Taib Government,  and the forests have been cleared too, so the Sarawakian has to decide what he wants to do today. Still vote the Barisan Nasional?

Vote for change or be changed forever.

The whole country expects the opposition to break the stranglehold the BN   has on Sarawak, by denying them a two thirds majority, but is this enough considering the issues at hand?

The Christian Churches  have remained aloof all this time allowing the electorate to make their choices, but when it comes to an electorate that is ignorant of their rights, who are illiterate, who have been marginalized and fed only on government propaganda the Churches have a duty t  and a moral responsibility to educate these people and give them the right information.

Surely the Church can't expect its people to make any mistakes here especially considering the issues at hand, all Christian Churches must make an effort to keep its people informed.

An opposition victory can only spell progress as has been witnessed in Penang, Selangor and Kedah contrary to what the government controlled media has been saying. All these states have turned into the black, there has been no waste and misuse of government funds, no trips to Hollywood, no buying of expensive property abroad, no enriching of  children of Mentris  Besar with government funds,or funds derived out of corruption whilst holding high office and through the office.

PAS members of Parliament have been to Churches to ask Christians  to work with them, UMNO had always made PAS the bogeyman to non Muslims and the Chinese the bogeyman to the Muslims, this is the way UMNO divides and rules.

It's time Malaysia matured, its time we opted for a two party system, its time for the Barisan to take leave of us for good, let the the opposition be built out of the present coalition in the PKR, and that is because the Barisan is incorrigible a party and beyond salvation, it belongs to garbage of Malaysian History especially the UMNO Baru.

Sarawakians what happens today determines what happens to you and your heritage - Sarawak

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OUR PM A STREET POLITICIAN

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REVIVE THE GREAT DAYAK SPIRIT
FIGHT THE BN!!!!, FREE SARAWAK!!!!!!

If you look at the intensity with which they are attacking Anwar Ibrahim it spells two things, one desperation and the other,  cheap street politics.

Anyone who believes that all this attack on Anwar Ibrahim is not orchestrated by the BN must be absolutely naive. Najib unlike his predecessors has not yet gone for a general election because he is afraid he may land up worse then Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and so to boost up his popularity he reckons it can only be done by weakening and slandering Anwar.

Well it might have worked if it was not done with  such intensity, even UMNO people know how UMNO fixes its enemies and now the it seems to be backfiring on Najib and UMNO.

There is  the Sodomy 2 case, a case which actually did more damage to the reputation of our judiciary, when the judge in the case after ruling in favour of Anwar in the trial within a trial overturned his own decision, a Malaysian and world first in court cases and as the BN aptly puts it Malaysia Boleh, these things can only happen in Malaysia under a BN government.

Then there is the case of the video from the Trio which is nothing less the criminal intimidation.  Anwar knows it and the whole world knows it if BN fares badly in Sarawak, the intenisty of Anwar attacks will increase, Najib will put his foot on the pedal and it will go full steam.


It's not only Najib who is afraid of Anwar, Khairy Jamaluddin is, Nazri is, the name Anwar brings chills to the spine of Mahathir Mohammed, almost all of UMNO  are afraid of him so they have to get him out by hook or by crook, to them Anwaris dangerous news.


Mahathir is watching his friends in Egypt, (Hosni Mubarak) and his friend in Libya (Gaddafi) and he has nightmares that the same fate will befall him if Anwar becomes PM, but what he doesn't realise is that Anwar does not think like him.


And as though attacking Anwar was not sufficient, they went for the electronic media, first it was Malaysiakini who have come back fighting with alternative sites, and then for Sarawak Report. They are attempting a news blackout, they only want what they say to be heard.

We have to put a stop to this brand of politics, its the worst type of politics ever practiced and Sarawak can lead the way.


I am not saying anything about RPK enough has been said in yesterdays report on this blog, except that whatever view you hold you must carefully examine the timing.

Whilst all this is being done with Sarawak in mind right now, just wait till the Sarawak elections are over, when Najib then is subservient to UMNO, all promises made in Sarawak could go up in UMNO, he'll not deliver on his promises, as he will have to have his UMNO support intact. It is already reported that UMNO backed NGOs are to protest the lifting of the ban on Bibles, this will give him the perfect reasons to renege on the promises he makes in Sarawak today.

UMNO has been quiet on the Bible issue, they have allowed him to do the talking for the time being, he will do his 360 the minute it is convenient to do so, the biggest losers will not be the Christians but the indigenous peoples of Sarawak, he is bent on fooling them, Taib is orchestrating that game pretty well, by ensuring that the village headmen do not allow the opposition into their villages.

Idris Jala a Christian is being brought to the forefront, he is being used by Najib and he is no fool not to realise this, and one wonders how come he is playing up to the gallery in allowing two standards for these issues in East and West Malaysia.

In the long houses it is reported that people are being intimidated.


As usual money is being offered this time it is RM50 per voter according to the reports in Malaysiakini, and that the special branch and police are stationed in the longhouses, this is how the rural vote is taken.

The Dayaks are being kept away from the opposition, men of goodwill must speak up and encourage their followers to go for change, change so that these people are not swindled and swallowed in this great UMNO design.

Anwar has said it today, this blog has said it before, it's now or never, if they do not change now, BN will change everything forever.

What has Najib got next , no one knows, in the towns the crowds are still with the opposition, in the villages it is anybody's guess, and the independents are nothing but spoilers placed in by the BN, it has always been the case in Sarawak.

Najib has absolutely no control over the states CM, even though he is the head of BN, this is clearly seen by the way the CM came out the very next day after Najib announced that he will be retiring to say he'd go in three years time and perhaps the best clue that all is not well in that camp is the latest Mahathir intervention.

Sources in Sarawak have said that more Malay and Melanau votes are expected to be lost as a result of this gutter politics, as it is customary for Malays not to ridicule or insult their leaders no matter what the provocation and here they feel the Barisan has gone one step too far.

For now Najib ignores the undercurrents in UMNO, that he will deal with after the elections When he returns to KL after the vote,  all he has to do is to bow to UMNO's demands and go back on the promises he makes to the Dayaks - that is UMNO politicis, the West Malaysians are only too familiar with it.

To the Dayaks I say come out in full force, show your true nature, vote against this UMNO led Barisan Nasional, do not vote the Independents, they belong to the BN too and free Sarawak from the grasp of the Barisan Nasional so that you do not get robbed of your heritage - Sarawak.

You can't afford to allow a street fighter like our PM to defeat you can you?

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Raja Petra Kamaruddin - let him be

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Sarawak Attack - is this the ace in Najib's deck.

Well lets see some of the things he's tried, there is Sodomy 1 for starters, then he's got the alleged sex video scandal by the gang of three called the "Datuk Trio," he's thrown his "boy" Idris Jala into the fray and is courting the Christians in Sarawak, trying to cut an exclusive deal for East Malaysian Christians, he's forgotten the Allah issue, he's got the "Sarawak Report" attacked, he's followed suit with "Malaysiakini" too, attempting a news blackout, I will be least surprised if there is a complete breakdown in internet services on Friday, and now we've got this, and we are expected to believe this too.

Those of you who read my blog and know my good friend Ajit Singh Jessy, know that Ajit used to always tell us not to listen to RPK because he could not substantiate what he said. Ajit being the lawyer he is, never swallowed what RPK said like most of us who used to get thrilled by his revelations.

Having said that I believe that what RPK has said in the past were issues he was convinced were true, if not then what he is saying right now is just as credible as what he said before.

He has been recorded as having said,“I have never accused the prime minister or his wife as being involved in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case.” for those of us who have followed RPK this is stunning, he has suddenly turned the tables.

Being a father myself I suppose I know where he is coming from, we all know his son had some brushes with  the law, could there have been a trade off? Well we'll never know will we?

RPK as we now know does not seem  put much thought into  what he says, he is reported as having said “I don't believe the story anymore. Because I feel, maybe it's impossible. How can the wife of the prime minister have been at that place (where Altantuya killed), as that place is in the middle of the forest. "I thought, 'would she climb to such a high ground, enter the forest in the middle of the night, midnight? I thought that must be impossible."

If you go back to the blogs he is the man who made these revelations no matter who is source was, and if he did not believe it he should not have put it to print, but he did and all of us are witness to it, so what has made him disbelieve right now, I think that is the question every Malaysian who has followed RPK must now themselves.

The timing of RPK's interviews is also very important, why now on the eve of the Sarawak elections and at the time Najib is going on a whirlwind tour of Sarawak to campaign? This is the time the BN is putting all the desperado tactics in place, the blocking of the Sarawak report, the alleged Anwar video, the blocking of Malaysiakini and other blogs that are perceived as BN unfriendly, and now the RPK interview on TV3. I really wonder who arranged this interview, and if it would have been aired when he was making all those accusations. We know where TV3 is coming from too.

We have also  got to give this man his dues no matter what, do not foul him for what his happening, circumstances I believe have driven him to this, and when it may involve family as a  family man perhaps he has decided to put family first.

On the making of his Statutory Declaration Malaysiakini reports

According to the TV3 report, Raja Petra said the aim of the three people concerned was to ensure that Najib did not replace Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as prime minister when the latter steps down.

Raja Petra said he had asked Nik Azmi why he was so insistent that he (Raja Petra) make the SD accusing Rosmah of being involved in the case.

“What do you hope to achieve? He (Nik Azmi) said Pak Lah will step down. If we don't block Najib, Najib will be prime minister to succeed Pak Lah.”

Raja Petra said further he then asked Din Merican to get Anwar's approval for the SD.

“Din Merican then contacted me again and he said he had spoken to Anwar and Anwar has given the green light. He said okay, this person (Azmi) is no problem. What he says, we can believe."

If you notice he has not said that Anwar told him to make the SD,  that someone else - Din Merican is supposed to have called Anwar and Anwar was supposed to have given Din Merican the green light.


Well  think we all know where Raja Petra Kamaruddin is coming from, I do not think any Malaysian in his right mind would grudge him  what he says considering the circumstances, but I think every rational Malaysian will conclude this case without really much to think about.

Will history have a place for RPK? Most certainly it will he will be remembered well in the annals of UMNO  history, if UMNO survives.

(To be fair I think we have to hear all sides Din Merican's statement can be read by clicking on the link below, do watch the videpo too in the second link provided below)

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