POWER STRUGGLE - UMNO IN TROUBLE?
UMNO sources tell me that Muhyiddin Yasin has struck a deal with his old foe and ex Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib aka Mike Tyson.
In the new equation Muhammad will throw his support behind Muhyiddin to ensure that Selangor does not cross over to the BN in the next elections.
That loss of the state for the second time will be attributed to Najib's poor leadership, and the Shah Alam and Klang Hospitals will be at the centre of the whole issue.
The state of the Klang Hospital and the reluctance of the Ministry of Health and the Central Government to step in to provide the funds and take all remedial action to ensure the hospital in Klang is upgraded as recommended by the Hospitals authorities, and the stalled Shah Alam Hospital is completed as soon as possible to ease the terrible congestion in Klang GH , will be the central issues in exposing Najib's inability to deal with big fish to put things right.
All information towards this end is being fed to PAS, PKR and the DAP by supporters of the two men. Muhammad in the meantime is marshaling his resources by gathering his supporters in Selangor UMNO to join him in this quest.
This will leave a huge opportunity for Muhammad to come back for the position of Deputy at the next UMNO General Assembly and most probably take on Hishamuddin Hussein whilst Muhyiddin will remove Najib or "very reluctantly stand against Najib."
In the process Muhyiddin will endorse Muhammad as his running mate.
The gap in UMNO and the distrust amongst the leadership is getting wider. Whilst Sharizat has been given a lot of assurances from Najib, she is still wondering if this is only for him to buy time as other UMNO sources tell her she is to be sidelined at the next elections, she has become too big a baggage for Najib who is now fighting for political survival.
Whislt Najib is trying his best to assure the Indian and Chinese voters that he is making changes for the better, "others" and it is not very clear who these "others" are, are doing everything to destroy Najib's credibility, and making him look bad in the eyes of both UMNO and the non Malays whose support he is desperately trying to garner.
The recent attack on members of a Hindu organisation who were to attend an ABU (anything but UMNO) meeting is said to have been arranged by persons who want Najib out.
In an immediate response, to try and mend the fences Najib came out with a statement asking Tamil educationist to come out with a blueprint on how to take Tamil schools forward. That is all there is to it, it is yet another government blueprint, a blueprint that will be left somewhere in the PM's files when ulterior motives are met.
Najib seems to be staying clear off Mahathir Mohammed as the Proton issue hots up, and as the ex PM is tryign to "guide" him on how to deal with Sharizat, after all Sharizat is his (Mahathir's) protege, and has now fallen out of favour and is a nuisance to Najib's future plans.
The fall of Selangor is a foregone conclusion, it is said that some of the strongest BN seats are now very shakey, the Malays are fed up and with so much at stake, FELDA, corruption - which they now can see clearly took away funds that were supposed to uplift them and instead landed in the pockets of a few elite in UMNO.
If you go down to the ground and listen there is this talk of a huge PETRONAS scandal that is said to have placed billions in the pockets of one or at most two people. These billions will not be detected by any audit because it involves an oil field which no longer belongs to us, and the people of Sarawak are left empty because of this. How true this is, only time will tell. This talk has taken huge proportions in Selangor and it is reported that the news comes from within UMNO.
The PKR coalition are working overtime I am told to uncover this story, it has a lot to do with Najib's ascendency to power that is all we managed to get. If there is a story and it is true, then the East will fall at the next General Elections.
There are scandals galore, the Scorpene issue will be surfaced with the whispers in UMNO getting louder by the day by the opposing factions it is not the opposition that is using it now it is the rival UMNO factions, why even now Sharizat supporters are askign what's so big about "Cowgate" when Scorpene was bigger, if Najib could cover that and why can't he cover this up as well.
Whilst Najib is in dire straits the ex PM - Mahathir Mohammed is wondering where he should park his son Mukhriz' interests, if you notice Mukhriz has been rather quiet, very quiet for anyone's liking, there is trouble brewing in the party, he has ambitions, his father has plans to nuture that ambition but where he parks himself in this controversy and this power struggle in UMNO will determine his future in the party and both him and his father know that and are worried sick on how to solve this power equation.
Muhyddin has no place in the equation and he knows it, Mahathir never liked the fellow anyway, his position as Deputy was because Mahathir decided to place him there and back him and even threaten Najib that Muhyddin would be President if Najib did not go for Badawi.
Once Najib took the position the young guard had moved in, it was time to begin the process of growing Mukhriz, a few stop gap personalities had to be put in place and the first was Muhyddin of course who would play a Ghaffar Baba type role, then Hishamuddin would come in to unseat him and Mukhriz would move for the Vice President's slot as a measure towards Presidency.
Najib would be asked to make way for Hisham or face the possibility of an investigation and probable sacking by the opening of the Altantya Sharibu scandal, the Port Dickson khalwat case and a lot more of which Mahathir has a complete dossier will be used as threats to get Najib out.
Once Najib moves aside Hisham will take over and appoint Mukhriz his deputy just like Hussein Onn did Mahathir, and the stage will set for Mukhriz to close the curtain on Hishamuddin and take over the PM's post.
If anyone for a moment thought UMNO was united they can forget it.
The United Malays National Organsiation is no more, it has long gone, it was deemed illegal and was closed down by the court.
The present day UMNO is not the UMNO of old it is UMNO Baru.
UMNO Bary is far from being Malay anymore, and it is far from united.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Nazri!!! Stop this criminal intimidation
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Nazri can go on and intimidate his MIC Parliamentary colleagues that is what they are in Parliament for to be UMNO's punching bag to impress the umnoputras and give them this false sense of Ketuanan Melayu, but leave Ambiga alone she has a following much more than his as an individual, and if he really wants to see his face in the mirror he has to go no further but visit these two sites which displays his street gangster like personality which he so frequently uses and is attempting to use now with Ambiga, he has to see what the people in his own party think of the likes like him - Nazri.
The two links only reveal his personality, his lack of etiquette, he lack's finesse, he is a sham and an insult to the Malaysian Cabinet and consequently to our beloved country, in fact he was significantly responsible for the performance of the BN at the last elections, people like him make others not only abhor him but the entire BN too. He is the most fantastic PR man for the opposition, he is branding UMNO for Malaysians the way it should be, for that I say keep up the good work Nazri , but don't intimidate us. Jangnn main main.
The very legitimacy of the elected representatives is now in question, the previous commissioner of the elections commission has openly talked about "other parties" being involved in the running of the elections on the instructions of the government.
Muhydin is talkign about leaving that system alone to safeguard the position of the BN, and all new introductions made up by him, the proposed recommendations so far by the elections commission and the committee headed by Muhydin fall far short from what is to be expected to conduct a free and fair elections. These changes will only benefit the plan that is being hatched to fix the next General Elections.
And yet Nazri tells us, "to follow procedure" and see our elected representatives, just take a look at this link to know who he is asking us to see.
The issue of the postal and the military vote has not been addressed.
For a very long time now the opposition has alleged that the military and postal vote has been used to rig the ballot box, but yet till this day there has been no transparency as to how these votes are allocated, reliable sources have told us that this is privy only to the PM and the head of the elections commission and they work in concert. If true, this is rigging of the ballot box.
Once the ballot box is rigged it can't be considered a legal election, the representative should have been disqualified and the legitimacy of that representative is now in question. So when Nazri says go through proper channels is he saying go through these illegal representatives who sit in Parliament?
This this the future of the nation we are talking about, we are not the type who have embezzled the nation, sit in Public office and then act in concert with the boss to pull wool over the peoples eyes.
The PM comes out and says all ministers and members of their family will have to declare their assets, and on the other hand Nazri comes out just after that and says "no" giving all sorts of "Cock and Bull" stories and excuses why the ministers shouldn't.
This is not the first occasion if you remember the PM saying 1Malaysia and Muhydin saying "I am Malay first and Malaysian second." This kind of sandiwara goes on and onit is done to confuse the rakyat.
Nazri's latest statement on declaring of assets came with full blessings of the PM, or is he telling us he is challenging the PM?
Is he is telling us this PM - his boss shoots from the hip and is unable to see the big picture which he sees - the big picture which will reveal that almost the entire Barisan machinery is corrupt?
Oh come on Nazri, we may not be very intelligent but our intelligence far exceeds that of you and your Parliamentary colleagues and the Prime Minster himself, and we do not resort to violence, and criminal intimidation.
Criminal intimidation because the the attacks on Bersih 2 which was so vehemently denied by the police, the Minster of Home Affairs - the not so intelligent Hishamuddin Hussein Onn were proven to be lies, the act of firing tear gas from both sides on people who were in a tunnel is tantamount to attempted murder, and can be nothing less and now when you say we have to face the law are you implying this same police force with the same tactics?
Remember one thing we do not want to as much as you, to be out there in the streets, but if that is the only way then that is the way we will have to go.
We are a peaceful lot, we have proved it over and over again in the face of a violent police force, for us there can be no other way, so stop trying to fool us with these tools you use to quell dissent, the "peaceful assembly bill" if indeed the intent was good, why the intimidation now. "Peaceful assembly my foot" that is what you call it then send the cops to rain gas and chemically laced water on us, attack us with batons, and jail us for no rhyme or reason, "peaceful assembly bill, huh."
If there is a need for Bersih 3 there will be a Bersih 3 I am sure Ambiga will have it that way, and we shall be there benigno numine and Deo juvante.
I am sure your knowledge of Latin after having read law will make you understand what I am saying here, if I used it in the local context, your local UMNOPUTRAS will accuse me of all types of heresy as they so often do.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Elections Victory is ours,but ......
The next elections in Malaysia will see the downfall of the present government, that is a forgone conclusion, and Najib and the Barisan know it only too well, but they are not prepared to accept it.
Now Najib and his not so intelligent cousin Hishamuddin of course are at their wits end trying to see how to manipulate the situation such that they can win the elections even if they lose it. It sounds like a joke, but it isn't, this is a real possibility.
Najib tries to portray himself as a moderate, and used his office to hoodwink unsuspecting Malaysians over and over again.
Bersih an independent body had asked for electoral reforms especially in the aftermath of the Sarawak Elections where Ambiga was refused entry into Sarawak by its notorious Chief Minsiter and Najib's close friend. Little needs to be said about this man his reputation speaks for itself, he is now an internationally known character and if you read the international press you'll know for what.
All changes taking place right now is to suit the present regime and not to ensure a free and fair elections.
Now like never before ex-government people who have held high office are begining to reveal that something sinister is about to happen.
Former minister and veteran Umno member Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir said that introducing indelible ink would not ensure free and fair elections and there are more pressing issues that need to be addressed, although he did not go into specifics about these "pressing issues," one thing is certain, he has made it clear that the Government uses the mass media to propagate lies against the opposition. This has come from an UMNO vetran in his own right.
Kadir has recommended the electoral reforms of Bersih 2 which were mostly ignored during the first round of recent reforms to the electoral system be introduced, he went on further to say that the recommendations so far were very minor and insignificant in ensuring a free and fair election. This is not coming from Chen Man Hin, the former DAP chairman but from Abdul Kadir Sheik Fadzir a former Minster in the UMNO cabinet.
The passing in haste of the "Peaceful Assembly Bill in Parliament" is to curtail the ability of the people to protest any scam at the next General Elections. Najib is getting prepared to do just that - rig and cheat at the next elections, he has to become PM by hook or by crook, like his father did in 1969, when he gave the country an ultimatum, that the opposition joins him or there will be no democracy. He was crazy for power just like his son is today, in fact Najib is even more crazy.
Crazy people do crazy things, they'll even kill to achieve their aims and we have seen that happen.
The former EC chairperson Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman has called for the EC to be given full powers in conducting elections without having to "share it with other agencies."
This man has come out now and spoken, he has said that he dared not do things in full accordance with the law and utilising the full powers bestowed on him by his position because he was afraid of the government of the day. Now after his retirement he says, he answers only to God and does not have to fear the political masters, a clear indication that the EC is controlled by the government.
Abdul Rashid asked that EC be given full powers in conducting elections without having to share it with other agencies something this government is rather fond of doing and which is illegal, as the conduct of election is the prerogative of an independent Elections Commission without interference from other bodies. It is an independent body and does not even have to report to the PM.
In response our Deputy Prime Minster has come out an said, "its current form has proven effective therefore overhauling it is unnecessary."
Isn't he meddling with the powers of the EC?
Who is he to make that call?
Isn't the EC an independent body?
Is this not clear evidence that the government actually meddles with the functions of the EC?
Well that was the impression given to Malaysians by Abdul Rashid Rahman now that he is not in office and does not have to kow tow to all those UMNO big wigs, and Muhydin seems to be confirming just that.
Who decides where the postal votes goes, and when and on what basis? Well no one knows, that, I am told is privy only to the Prime Minster who decides where it is dropped and in what proportions.
The threats to Ambiga during the Bersi rally and the allegations made out by her on the threats to her life being endorsed by the Prime Minster himself, which she corroborated with evidence in her testimony to Suhakam shows the extent to which Najib will go to, to remain in office.
Ambiga is lucky that Najib did not see four her, (pun intended) Najib has a reputation of seeing four.
What she called ambush by police is what I refer to as banditry by our criminal police force during the Bersih 2 rally, which was denied by the Minsiter of Home affairs. All his lies have now been revealed in the findings of the inquiries in the aftermath of his lie campaign following police criminal attacks on innocent citizens.
This is something I'll never forget, I suffered and I am willing to do it again come what may, I was sprayed by chemically laced water attacked with tear gas and I had young Malay girls cover me and say "Uncle lari sini" that brought more tears to my eyes then the tear gas did, and for their sake and the sake of my children I'll be there if there is a need for Bersih 3.
After having experienced the tear gas in the attack I read for the first time today Ambiga's experience, and I salute this lady, that was really attempted mass murder, firing from two ends of a tunnel and trapping people within, there was a motive, I am sure they expected Anwar to be there, and like Aquino, they wanted him dead, knowing that a man in his physical condition would not survive it. Ambiga survived it, I might have died with my asthma, my diabetes and hypertension, but if there is a need for a Bersih 3 I'll be there, some of us must die for change to take place, to save our country.
With all this in place and the sentiments of the people after Anwar's release, this government is capable of the worst case scenario, and we must be prepared to answer the call of the nation if that happens, not so much for our sakes but for the sake of our children and their children's children.
This is the most beautiful country in the world, it is worth dying for and the only way to ensure a free and fair elections is to ask for UN intervention to ensure a free and fair elections.
Now I think we all get clear picture why Mahathir championed the junta in Myanmar, he knew one day he'd have to resort to the same tactics, and it's is happening now.
Let us with one voice cry Anwar for PM, the road to Putrajaya like Hadi Awang put it is a long and winding one, but Deo volente (for want of saying it in Malay and creating a political fuss with UMNOputras) we will be there.
Now Najib and his not so intelligent cousin Hishamuddin of course are at their wits end trying to see how to manipulate the situation such that they can win the elections even if they lose it. It sounds like a joke, but it isn't, this is a real possibility.
Najib tries to portray himself as a moderate, and used his office to hoodwink unsuspecting Malaysians over and over again.
Bersih an independent body had asked for electoral reforms especially in the aftermath of the Sarawak Elections where Ambiga was refused entry into Sarawak by its notorious Chief Minsiter and Najib's close friend. Little needs to be said about this man his reputation speaks for itself, he is now an internationally known character and if you read the international press you'll know for what.
All changes taking place right now is to suit the present regime and not to ensure a free and fair elections.
Now like never before ex-government people who have held high office are begining to reveal that something sinister is about to happen.
Former minister and veteran Umno member Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir said that introducing indelible ink would not ensure free and fair elections and there are more pressing issues that need to be addressed, although he did not go into specifics about these "pressing issues," one thing is certain, he has made it clear that the Government uses the mass media to propagate lies against the opposition. This has come from an UMNO vetran in his own right.
Kadir has recommended the electoral reforms of Bersih 2 which were mostly ignored during the first round of recent reforms to the electoral system be introduced, he went on further to say that the recommendations so far were very minor and insignificant in ensuring a free and fair election. This is not coming from Chen Man Hin, the former DAP chairman but from Abdul Kadir Sheik Fadzir a former Minster in the UMNO cabinet.
The passing in haste of the "Peaceful Assembly Bill in Parliament" is to curtail the ability of the people to protest any scam at the next General Elections. Najib is getting prepared to do just that - rig and cheat at the next elections, he has to become PM by hook or by crook, like his father did in 1969, when he gave the country an ultimatum, that the opposition joins him or there will be no democracy. He was crazy for power just like his son is today, in fact Najib is even more crazy.
Crazy people do crazy things, they'll even kill to achieve their aims and we have seen that happen.
The former EC chairperson Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman has called for the EC to be given full powers in conducting elections without having to "share it with other agencies."
This man has come out now and spoken, he has said that he dared not do things in full accordance with the law and utilising the full powers bestowed on him by his position because he was afraid of the government of the day. Now after his retirement he says, he answers only to God and does not have to fear the political masters, a clear indication that the EC is controlled by the government.
Abdul Rashid asked that EC be given full powers in conducting elections without having to share it with other agencies something this government is rather fond of doing and which is illegal, as the conduct of election is the prerogative of an independent Elections Commission without interference from other bodies. It is an independent body and does not even have to report to the PM.
In response our Deputy Prime Minster has come out an said, "its current form has proven effective therefore overhauling it is unnecessary."
Isn't he meddling with the powers of the EC?
Who is he to make that call?
Isn't the EC an independent body?
Is this not clear evidence that the government actually meddles with the functions of the EC?
Well that was the impression given to Malaysians by Abdul Rashid Rahman now that he is not in office and does not have to kow tow to all those UMNO big wigs, and Muhydin seems to be confirming just that.
Who decides where the postal votes goes, and when and on what basis? Well no one knows, that, I am told is privy only to the Prime Minster who decides where it is dropped and in what proportions.
The threats to Ambiga during the Bersi rally and the allegations made out by her on the threats to her life being endorsed by the Prime Minster himself, which she corroborated with evidence in her testimony to Suhakam shows the extent to which Najib will go to, to remain in office.
Ambiga is lucky that Najib did not see four her, (pun intended) Najib has a reputation of seeing four.
What she called ambush by police is what I refer to as banditry by our criminal police force during the Bersih 2 rally, which was denied by the Minsiter of Home affairs. All his lies have now been revealed in the findings of the inquiries in the aftermath of his lie campaign following police criminal attacks on innocent citizens.
This is something I'll never forget, I suffered and I am willing to do it again come what may, I was sprayed by chemically laced water attacked with tear gas and I had young Malay girls cover me and say "Uncle lari sini" that brought more tears to my eyes then the tear gas did, and for their sake and the sake of my children I'll be there if there is a need for Bersih 3.
After having experienced the tear gas in the attack I read for the first time today Ambiga's experience, and I salute this lady, that was really attempted mass murder, firing from two ends of a tunnel and trapping people within, there was a motive, I am sure they expected Anwar to be there, and like Aquino, they wanted him dead, knowing that a man in his physical condition would not survive it. Ambiga survived it, I might have died with my asthma, my diabetes and hypertension, but if there is a need for a Bersih 3 I'll be there, some of us must die for change to take place, to save our country.
With all this in place and the sentiments of the people after Anwar's release, this government is capable of the worst case scenario, and we must be prepared to answer the call of the nation if that happens, not so much for our sakes but for the sake of our children and their children's children.
This is the most beautiful country in the world, it is worth dying for and the only way to ensure a free and fair elections is to ask for UN intervention to ensure a free and fair elections.
Now I think we all get clear picture why Mahathir championed the junta in Myanmar, he knew one day he'd have to resort to the same tactics, and it's is happening now.
Let us with one voice cry Anwar for PM, the road to Putrajaya like Hadi Awang put it is a long and winding one, but Deo volente (for want of saying it in Malay and creating a political fuss with UMNOputras) we will be there.
Is "Halal labelling " being used as a monopolistic tool?
A question lingering in the coffee shops is, "is 'Halal' being used as a monopolistic tool," by some sectors in the country?
Yes, this talk is very much coffee shop today, it is coffee shop today and people are beginning to have serious doubts.
I did not realise this when I wrote the article on Jonker street some time back, it could very well go along these lines the takeover of Jonker street I mean.
Now let us get to some facts, for the many of you who have heard and consumed "Golden Churn" Butter, which has been around in Malaysia for a very long while, you might have noticed that this butter is labelled "Hallal." In fact this was the only butter available in Malaysia at one time until the Cold Storage came out with the "SCS" butter in the late fifties or early sixties. SCS actually stands for for Singapore Cold Storage, now it is just SCS and later followed by butter varieties from every part of the butter world
The packaging of this butter - "Golden Churn" carries a halal sign from Australia, and yet it is said that our authorities have discovered that this butter contains "pig DNA." What a load of rubbish.
Butter comes from cows milk, anything else introduced to it will contaminate the butter, and this butter comes from Australia and has been sold alongside other products like IXL jam for ages. Golden Churn for those of you who can still remember came in two packings originally, one in a blue tin and the other in Golden tin in those days.
We are so used to seeing the Halal Certification sign on food products that we tend to forget that it is even there, but on closer scrutiny one will notice that the sign is issued by varying authorities.
Of course the the Halal certification for Golden Churn must have been issued in Australia, by the Australian Halal authorities, who must of course be Muslims.
Are our authorities saying that these people are not doing a good job?
There is talk about a certain business- a "Coffee Shop Buisness" that is being targeted, and this explains why this talk is so rampant in coffee shops.
Hainanese Coffee shops have long been the .favourite of Malay Muslims, as is "Mee Hailam" it is pork free and these shops go to great lengths to ensure that there is no pork served on their premises.
This particular coffee shop that is being targeted is Hainanaese, I am told, and it is an old and famous "Coffee Shop" famous for its coffee, situated in a Railway station and has created a brand name that has become popular all over the country. Ant the coffee is referred to as the XXXXXX railway station coffee.
For a long time people frequented this shop because of the quality of its coffee, the coffee beans were roasted with "Golden Churn Butter," and because of its popularity and its strategic location in a rather inconspicuous town on the Malaysian landscape, this coffee shop was the ideal brand to promote another major "Kopitiam Franchise" (Kopitiam means Coffee shop in Chinese) business.
Due to it being located at a rather strategic railway station, the ordinary citizen who commutes the length of the peninsular is bound to see if not visit it and why else go to a coffee shop if not for coffee? A fantastic coffee, known to so many in a coffee-shop located in a very inconspicuous town what an ideal brand, a brand whose time has arrived and now ready for the picking with the growing demand for the typical Hainanese Kopitiams which now create their own brand identity and franchise these shops all over the country, there is much to be made, it will give other Kopi Tiams a run for their money, and there are people who want to do just that, but the owner is adamant that he'll keep it and why not he has built it, it is his own why should anyone else benefit at his expense?
Yet there are people who want to take it over and it looks like they'll go to any extent to get it, but the owner refuses to budge he wants to keep his business.
Now the talk in the coffee-shops is that the case of the Golden Churn butter not being "Halal" has a link with this takeover bid.
The news of course cannot be verified although it came out from the horses mouth, the horse refuses to be identified for obvious reasons, but this goes to show what I talked about, in my article on Jonker Street.
If you remember clearly there was a time when the Halal issue came into play with KFC, the people who were interested in the take over, could not steam roll the then owners and then the question of Halal became an issue.
Similarly thousand of Malays have frequented this coffee shop, and getting it certified non Halal is the best bet to get it closed down through lack of business. I am told that although that is the case here, the business which was affected seems to be picking up again, many Malays know the ploy and refuse to be part of the game.
The question is,.are these sinister moves by certain quarters, done to put others out of business by using the 'Halal Certification,?"
Another product that has been certified non Halal is HP Sauce, I took a close look at the bottle and the only reason I can identify why it is so, is the presence of Spirit Vinegar. For goodness sake it is still vinegar, and for that matter if that is not Halal for that reason then it should apply to tapai the fermented tapiocca that is popular with the Malay Muslim community, is this "HALAL?" The liquid that seeps out of tapai is nothing but Tapiocca Wine with a high level of alcohol.
From what has been happening it seems quite evident that certain parties will go to any lengths to take over businesses and what better way when the Muslims make up more than 60 percent of the population and are the biggest consumers of the product.
Halal certainly seems to be used as an economic tool, why even plain drinking water needs certification too.
Yes, this talk is very much coffee shop today, it is coffee shop today and people are beginning to have serious doubts.
I did not realise this when I wrote the article on Jonker street some time back, it could very well go along these lines the takeover of Jonker street I mean.
Now let us get to some facts, for the many of you who have heard and consumed "Golden Churn" Butter, which has been around in Malaysia for a very long while, you might have noticed that this butter is labelled "Hallal." In fact this was the only butter available in Malaysia at one time until the Cold Storage came out with the "SCS" butter in the late fifties or early sixties. SCS actually stands for for Singapore Cold Storage, now it is just SCS and later followed by butter varieties from every part of the butter world
The packaging of this butter - "Golden Churn" carries a halal sign from Australia, and yet it is said that our authorities have discovered that this butter contains "pig DNA." What a load of rubbish.
Butter comes from cows milk, anything else introduced to it will contaminate the butter, and this butter comes from Australia and has been sold alongside other products like IXL jam for ages. Golden Churn for those of you who can still remember came in two packings originally, one in a blue tin and the other in Golden tin in those days.
We are so used to seeing the Halal Certification sign on food products that we tend to forget that it is even there, but on closer scrutiny one will notice that the sign is issued by varying authorities.
Of course the the Halal certification for Golden Churn must have been issued in Australia, by the Australian Halal authorities, who must of course be Muslims.
Are our authorities saying that these people are not doing a good job?
There is talk about a certain business- a "Coffee Shop Buisness" that is being targeted, and this explains why this talk is so rampant in coffee shops.
Hainanese Coffee shops have long been the .favourite of Malay Muslims, as is "Mee Hailam" it is pork free and these shops go to great lengths to ensure that there is no pork served on their premises.
This particular coffee shop that is being targeted is Hainanaese, I am told, and it is an old and famous "Coffee Shop" famous for its coffee, situated in a Railway station and has created a brand name that has become popular all over the country. Ant the coffee is referred to as the XXXXXX railway station coffee.
For a long time people frequented this shop because of the quality of its coffee, the coffee beans were roasted with "Golden Churn Butter," and because of its popularity and its strategic location in a rather inconspicuous town on the Malaysian landscape, this coffee shop was the ideal brand to promote another major "Kopitiam Franchise" (Kopitiam means Coffee shop in Chinese) business.
Due to it being located at a rather strategic railway station, the ordinary citizen who commutes the length of the peninsular is bound to see if not visit it and why else go to a coffee shop if not for coffee? A fantastic coffee, known to so many in a coffee-shop located in a very inconspicuous town what an ideal brand, a brand whose time has arrived and now ready for the picking with the growing demand for the typical Hainanese Kopitiams which now create their own brand identity and franchise these shops all over the country, there is much to be made, it will give other Kopi Tiams a run for their money, and there are people who want to do just that, but the owner is adamant that he'll keep it and why not he has built it, it is his own why should anyone else benefit at his expense?
Yet there are people who want to take it over and it looks like they'll go to any extent to get it, but the owner refuses to budge he wants to keep his business.
Now the talk in the coffee-shops is that the case of the Golden Churn butter not being "Halal" has a link with this takeover bid.
The news of course cannot be verified although it came out from the horses mouth, the horse refuses to be identified for obvious reasons, but this goes to show what I talked about, in my article on Jonker Street.
If you remember clearly there was a time when the Halal issue came into play with KFC, the people who were interested in the take over, could not steam roll the then owners and then the question of Halal became an issue.
Similarly thousand of Malays have frequented this coffee shop, and getting it certified non Halal is the best bet to get it closed down through lack of business. I am told that although that is the case here, the business which was affected seems to be picking up again, many Malays know the ploy and refuse to be part of the game.
The question is,.are these sinister moves by certain quarters, done to put others out of business by using the 'Halal Certification,?"
Another product that has been certified non Halal is HP Sauce, I took a close look at the bottle and the only reason I can identify why it is so, is the presence of Spirit Vinegar. For goodness sake it is still vinegar, and for that matter if that is not Halal for that reason then it should apply to tapai the fermented tapiocca that is popular with the Malay Muslim community, is this "HALAL?" The liquid that seeps out of tapai is nothing but Tapiocca Wine with a high level of alcohol.
From what has been happening it seems quite evident that certain parties will go to any lengths to take over businesses and what better way when the Muslims make up more than 60 percent of the population and are the biggest consumers of the product.
Halal certainly seems to be used as an economic tool, why even plain drinking water needs certification too.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
On the one side UMNO says Sharizat is out
Sharizat going!! going!!!!go.......
It is crucial times in UMNO, the Sharizat detractors are crying for blood, they want Sharizat out, they believe she is corrupt and that her husband's position as Chief executive of the National Feedlot corporation was because of her position in the UMNO, now they want her held responsible and they want her out.
The part of the wanita wing that wants her out are saying that Mohamed Salleh Ismail - Sharizat's husband, would not have been in the position CEO of the National feedlot Corporation, if not for her position and that is very clear.
One UMNO Wanita leader even went as far as telling us, "If she thinks the UMNO wanita is stupid, then she is really stupid, all the play acting might have won the hearts of some people who had come there to the assembly well rehearsed by her for the occasion, we were taken aback by her stupidity then and she thought she came out with flying colours, we want to save UMNO not destroy it, she like some others are taking us down the drain, and we shall not rest till she is sacked." This comes from an rather well informed and respectable person in the wanita who prefers not to be quoted.
It is not surprising that these days if you begin a blog so many UMNO people will come to you to volunteer information, these umnoputras, are not the type who will cross over but who will gloat over the destruction of any person up the hierarchy, because it gives them scope to move up and this lady readily admitted to that when asked. It is a dog eat dog party now.
Najib is being pressured to get to the bottom of this issue, it's not only the Wanita that want blood here, the other wings including the the youth have decided to fold their sleeves and do the same, as in the youth movement there is Khairy to be implicated as a result and in the highest echelons of the party the Deputy Party head can also get implicated.
Najib is toying with the idea of getting Muhyuddin smeared by this exercise, he is somewhat worried about the implications with Sharizaat as this may send the old man, the mamak on a spin, and whichever one way it goes with Khairy he really does not care.
One party insider says he can go for all three provided he inflicts as much damage on Khairy as he does Sharizat, paving the way for Mukhriz' upward opportunity. Notice Mukhriz has been quiet all this while, he's been rather too quiet, so too has his father, and the scheming goes on.
If they successfully remove all three, then Muhyudin goes out and Hisham will be appointed DPM in his place, that will create an exacting scenario, and pave the way for Mukhriz to remove Hishamuddin after a short spell. See how history repeats itself.?
The idea will receive Mahathir's backing, and Najib does not have to worry about Mahathir, then accept that he (Najib)can't stay in office as long as he (Mahathir) did..
UMNO's troubles are from within, the party members want what they feel they are entitled to, many who know they are to be dropped by Najib for the next General Elections, now question, "why me if Sharizat is to stand."
Sharizat has to go or there will be too much discontent within UMNO and UMNO will work against UMNO.
In the current scenario Najib must of course see both sides of the coin, Muhyiddin has been a thorn in his flesh, if he can take him out without inflicting any harm on the party he'll be glad, if he can't he may be thinking of inflicting some harm so as to destroy his credibility, so that at the next UMNO General Assembly the deputy can be removed.
Najib does not think too much about Sharizat, to him she is just a nobody, and she knows that,she is a problem he'd rather see her go, but he keeps wondering how he'll pull that off without hurting the other part of the Wanita - the pro Sharizat part, mending fences with the Mamak tua is easy as long as whatever he does leads to an elevation of position of Mukhriz, other wise he is dead meat.
This is really like the tape from the beginning of a "mission impossible" movie, "UMNO will self destruct at the next General Elections."
For those of you who think it is good news, yes it is, but remember you are dealing with the son of the man who used the armed forces, rural UMNO youth to massacre hundreds in Kuala Lumpur on May 13 1969 in Kuala Lumpur, when the position of UMNO was threatened after the General Elections then, only that this time some Generals are not in agreement with him, they are more educated and they are reasonable gentlemen, not all, but some.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Anwar's freedom a strategic excercise by Najib
The acquittal of Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim seems to have been an exercise to lend credence to a judicial system that has been seen to be lopsided, pro UMNO, and one that was controlled by the executive.
In an immediate response to Anwar being freed, the Malaysian Information Minister is quoted to have said,
"Malaysia has an independent judiciary and this verdict proves that the government does not hold sway over judges' decisions."
Was the judgement so planned to showcase the world that we have a credible judiciary? The response of the Minster looked like it came from a prepared text, it was almost immediate on a day journalist were busy covering the Anwar trial.If only the government could respond as swiftly on other issues, there will be less cows to talk about.
As soon as the court handed down its verdict an Anwar supporter had already predicted such a statement. Kamarulzaman Mohd Dia yelled,"they'll now say we have an independent judiciary, and they expect us to believe that now, never!! never !!!" he yelled, "not till we take Putrajaya." much to the delight of the listeners.
Kamarulzaman's view is shared by many Malaysians , many are of the view that this case absurd though it be was brought about to discredit Anwar. This case and the sex video produced by the infamous trio of "Datuk,T" of which included former Menteri Besar of Melaka, was part of UMNO invented scandals to discredit, destroy and in the process make Anwar Ibrahim irrelevant, as he is a real threat to the survival of UMNO and the BN as a whole.
Could the unfolding events, Raja Petra Kamaruddin's statements, Zaid Ibrahims sudden about turns, Uni Hafilda's "sins" campaign be targeted at Anwar and the opposition?
I once wrote to leave RPK alone because I really believe he could be pressured to do so, after all the government has d his son to bargain with him with.
Zaid Ibrahim has been making overtures, is he an UMNO Trojan horse attempting the same trick twice?
The Anwar scandals will continue to be manufactured, Umi Hafilda has already made an announcement to the effect, one wonders if she and the others were privy to this judgement, that she came out with this statement only days before the judgment was pronounced, in anticipation of beginning another chapter on the incarceration of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, or could they be directed by their political masters?
This is a poor UMNO strategy, and Umi Hafilda is someone the general public is fed up of anyway.
The whole idea of these UMNO strategies against the opposition targeted at Anwar was to destroy Anwar morally and politically, it seems to have had the reverse effect, it has made him and the oppositon even stronger.
Photographs are not allowed in courtrooms in Malaysia, we are told that Dr. Datin Seri Wan Azizah wept as the she heard the judgement and embraced her husband, the news of this alone touched the hearts of so many Malaysians who heard it because this lady stood steadfast by her man through all this, it was truly an emotional moment for all Malaysians to share but then as I said no photographs in the courtrooms.
This entire case only shows the lengths this government will go through to discredit anyone who stands up to them. Anwar Ibrahim represented all Malaysians and the response for standing up was what was dished out to Anwar from a tyrannical regime fearing its very existence.
The person who literally ran a one man campaign to get rid of Anwar - the former prime minster of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohammed must today be the most worried person in the country, he is worried of reprisals from Anwar, but Anwar has said it before, he will not follow what Mahahtir did, when dealing with him, he is not going to go on a vendetta, that would bring him to the same level as Mahathir.
If there is a case to be heard against Mahathir and his cronies it will be done in a very transparent manner to ensure that all Malaysians get to see what actually happened as a result of nepotism, cronyism, and corruption, how this country was robbed and is being robbed.
The Anwar victory is a victory of the people, surely this euphoria can only mean one thing it will now get more people behind Pakatan Rakyat and the cry "Anwar for PM" has already been sounded it was echoed, when the DAP openly declared that they fully support him for PM.
In a latest development five people suffered minor injuries in three explosions at the vicinity of the Jalan Duta court complex here Monday morning, said City police chief DCP Mohamad Salleh
The bombings occurred between 10.20 a.m and 10.55 a.m well after the Anwar verdict which was delivered at 9.30 a.m. and was int he vicinity of the courts where Anwar's supporters were. The police then advised the crowd to disperse which they did.
No motive was established, and the police are investigating, "will this be used by the home ministry to disallow future rallies and assemblies by the people, is this a precursor to that?" asked a lady apparently a lawyer asked.
Well we'll never know, in Malaysia today you can expect weird things to happen, after all the rulign party is now fighting for its life, and our only hope is that fight is clean, it hasn't been so far, the opposition has just cleared one hurdle of the many more to come.
Even if the judiciary comes out looking good Najib can take no credit for it, he has yet to appoint an independent commission to investigate his role in the Altantuya murder case and the related Scorpene scandal without which he is suspect and the office of the Prime Minister in the eyes of the Malaysians compromised as a result.
Even at the Altantuya murder trial the questions pertaining to Altantuya's missing immigration records of her entry into the country were disallowed, whenever anything came up that would bring Najib into the scene both the defence and the prosecution objected, the judge who began the case was replaced the whole trial seemed like a sham.
After setting Anwar free it is impossible to accept that this government will now play fair, we have to be extremely watchful, there are other more sinister tricks they'd pull, to remain in power.
When will elections be called? Why is Najib taking so long, what is he preparing?
His deputy is at loggerheads with him, now the head of the women's sing in his party is creating problems for him, he is trying his best to appease both of them and in the process mapping out strategies to rid himself o the opposition.
What is the journey to Putrajaya going to be like, I reckon it will be a rough ride for the opposition, we need an important element at the next elections, foreign observers, yes foreign observers, from truly democratic countries, or that is where the people will be robbed of their rights lock, stock and barrel, we experienced it at the last Sarawak elections.
How many foreigners are there now on our electoral rolls, many illegals were given citizenship by this government to ensure victory it happened in Sabah, is it happening here?
Will it happen allover the country?
With a government as desperate as this one anything can, and that is what they aim to do just about anything to remain in power, but no government however brutal can crush the will of the people.
If all is clean the prospects of taking over Putrajaya are real this time around and for the first time in the nations history, there will be a new party leading this country, but the word clean is not in the Barisan dictionary.
In an immediate response to Anwar being freed, the Malaysian Information Minister is quoted to have said,
"Malaysia has an independent judiciary and this verdict proves that the government does not hold sway over judges' decisions."
Was the judgement so planned to showcase the world that we have a credible judiciary? The response of the Minster looked like it came from a prepared text, it was almost immediate on a day journalist were busy covering the Anwar trial.If only the government could respond as swiftly on other issues, there will be less cows to talk about.
As soon as the court handed down its verdict an Anwar supporter had already predicted such a statement. Kamarulzaman Mohd Dia yelled,"they'll now say we have an independent judiciary, and they expect us to believe that now, never!! never !!!" he yelled, "not till we take Putrajaya." much to the delight of the listeners.
Kamarulzaman's view is shared by many Malaysians , many are of the view that this case absurd though it be was brought about to discredit Anwar. This case and the sex video produced by the infamous trio of "Datuk,T" of which included former Menteri Besar of Melaka, was part of UMNO invented scandals to discredit, destroy and in the process make Anwar Ibrahim irrelevant, as he is a real threat to the survival of UMNO and the BN as a whole.
Could the unfolding events, Raja Petra Kamaruddin's statements, Zaid Ibrahims sudden about turns, Uni Hafilda's "sins" campaign be targeted at Anwar and the opposition?
I once wrote to leave RPK alone because I really believe he could be pressured to do so, after all the government has d his son to bargain with him with.
Zaid Ibrahim has been making overtures, is he an UMNO Trojan horse attempting the same trick twice?
The Anwar scandals will continue to be manufactured, Umi Hafilda has already made an announcement to the effect, one wonders if she and the others were privy to this judgement, that she came out with this statement only days before the judgment was pronounced, in anticipation of beginning another chapter on the incarceration of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, or could they be directed by their political masters?
This is a poor UMNO strategy, and Umi Hafilda is someone the general public is fed up of anyway.
The whole idea of these UMNO strategies against the opposition targeted at Anwar was to destroy Anwar morally and politically, it seems to have had the reverse effect, it has made him and the oppositon even stronger.
Photographs are not allowed in courtrooms in Malaysia, we are told that Dr. Datin Seri Wan Azizah wept as the she heard the judgement and embraced her husband, the news of this alone touched the hearts of so many Malaysians who heard it because this lady stood steadfast by her man through all this, it was truly an emotional moment for all Malaysians to share but then as I said no photographs in the courtrooms.
This entire case only shows the lengths this government will go through to discredit anyone who stands up to them. Anwar Ibrahim represented all Malaysians and the response for standing up was what was dished out to Anwar from a tyrannical regime fearing its very existence.
The person who literally ran a one man campaign to get rid of Anwar - the former prime minster of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohammed must today be the most worried person in the country, he is worried of reprisals from Anwar, but Anwar has said it before, he will not follow what Mahahtir did, when dealing with him, he is not going to go on a vendetta, that would bring him to the same level as Mahathir.
If there is a case to be heard against Mahathir and his cronies it will be done in a very transparent manner to ensure that all Malaysians get to see what actually happened as a result of nepotism, cronyism, and corruption, how this country was robbed and is being robbed.
The Anwar victory is a victory of the people, surely this euphoria can only mean one thing it will now get more people behind Pakatan Rakyat and the cry "Anwar for PM" has already been sounded it was echoed, when the DAP openly declared that they fully support him for PM.
In a latest development five people suffered minor injuries in three explosions at the vicinity of the Jalan Duta court complex here Monday morning, said City police chief DCP Mohamad Salleh
The bombings occurred between 10.20 a.m and 10.55 a.m well after the Anwar verdict which was delivered at 9.30 a.m. and was int he vicinity of the courts where Anwar's supporters were. The police then advised the crowd to disperse which they did.
No motive was established, and the police are investigating, "will this be used by the home ministry to disallow future rallies and assemblies by the people, is this a precursor to that?" asked a lady apparently a lawyer asked.
Well we'll never know, in Malaysia today you can expect weird things to happen, after all the rulign party is now fighting for its life, and our only hope is that fight is clean, it hasn't been so far, the opposition has just cleared one hurdle of the many more to come.
Even if the judiciary comes out looking good Najib can take no credit for it, he has yet to appoint an independent commission to investigate his role in the Altantuya murder case and the related Scorpene scandal without which he is suspect and the office of the Prime Minister in the eyes of the Malaysians compromised as a result.
Even at the Altantuya murder trial the questions pertaining to Altantuya's missing immigration records of her entry into the country were disallowed, whenever anything came up that would bring Najib into the scene both the defence and the prosecution objected, the judge who began the case was replaced the whole trial seemed like a sham.
After setting Anwar free it is impossible to accept that this government will now play fair, we have to be extremely watchful, there are other more sinister tricks they'd pull, to remain in power.
When will elections be called? Why is Najib taking so long, what is he preparing?
His deputy is at loggerheads with him, now the head of the women's sing in his party is creating problems for him, he is trying his best to appease both of them and in the process mapping out strategies to rid himself o the opposition.
What is the journey to Putrajaya going to be like, I reckon it will be a rough ride for the opposition, we need an important element at the next elections, foreign observers, yes foreign observers, from truly democratic countries, or that is where the people will be robbed of their rights lock, stock and barrel, we experienced it at the last Sarawak elections.
How many foreigners are there now on our electoral rolls, many illegals were given citizenship by this government to ensure victory it happened in Sabah, is it happening here?
Will it happen allover the country?
With a government as desperate as this one anything can, and that is what they aim to do just about anything to remain in power, but no government however brutal can crush the will of the people.
If all is clean the prospects of taking over Putrajaya are real this time around and for the first time in the nations history, there will be a new party leading this country, but the word clean is not in the Barisan dictionary.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Anwar first Putrajaya next
In Malaysia homosexuality is a crime.
In Malaysia Performing Oral Sex is also a crime.
In Malaysia Blackmail is crime.
Case 1. Anwar Ibrahim is charged with having committed sodomy with Saiful a charge Anwar denies, and any layman, the man in the street, finds it difficult to believe this given the course of events, which I shall deal with later. Anwar has denied the charge, if he is found guilty he can be jailed and fined and be disqualified from Parliament.
Case 2. Chua Soi Lek was filmed performing oral sex with a lady in a hotel in Batu Pahat. It is generally suspected that the persons responsible for that filming this video, were from his own party, and that is why even to this day the Police have not arrested those responsible for producing this video. Chua Soi Lek did not deny that it was him on the video, in fact he openly admitted that it was him, and to this day he is not charged, he continues to be the President of the MCA the second biggest component of the Barisan Nasional.
Case 3. Ummi Hafilda, has come out again.
It was supposedly on the evidence given by this woman that the then Prime Minister decided to ask the Police to act against Anwar Ibrahim, for what is today referred to as Sodomy 1.
This woman is in the the same mould as the other Mahathirian lackey Ibrahim Ali of Perkasa,
She is reported in the Star of Friday 6 January 2012, to have threatened to "unveil a "secret" that would expose more wrongdoings allegedly involving PKR leaders one of whom is her brother, Azmin Ali. She referred to these wrongdoings as "sins" as says that unless they - Anwar Ibrahim, Datin Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and her brother Azmin Ali, "repent" she will expose these "sins."
"Such evidence will be saved for the coming General Elections, unless the three As continue to be a threat to the nation and race, my allies and I will go all out to attack them." Now isn't this blackmail, andisn't blackmail a crime in this country?
Why the next General Elections is she standing against any of the three, is she an UMNO candidate?
Review
Case 1
In Anwar's case it was very evident that the frivolous charges brought out against him in Sodomy 1 was to allow others to prevent him from implementing reforms he had publicly spoken about before the then UMNO general assembly on nepotism, cronyism and corruption. Anwar was then a powerful Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, all UMNO Chieftains had decided before this to back his candidacy for Deputy Head of UMNO, which would automatically make him the Deputy Prime Minister, and he did this not through greed of the position, but to prevent this country going to the dogs through what he very factually referred to as nepotism, cronyism and corruption.
Mahahtir had not read Anwar's intentions, he still thought Anwar was his man, but he failed to realise that before Anwar joined UMNO he was reformist, it was on the tacit understanding that he would be allowed to carry out those reforms from within UMNO from Mahathir that Anwar joined the government.
Musa was against the idea of admitting Anwar, so too were a lot of UMNO top dogs then, but with Musa's resignation these UMNO men, typical of UMNO men, decided to throw their weight behind Anwar, and so when Anwar contested the position of Deputy in UMNO no one dared to object except for a then close Mahahtir aide, "the fat lady" Rafidah Aziz.
Mahathir complained then when Anwar challenged Ghaffar that people do not listen to him anymore.
He would have preferred Ghaffar in the position of DPM so that he could continue to lead unchallenged. Rafidah probably spoke on Mahahtir's advice to test the UMNO mood, but then in UMNO people do not display their mood unless the leadership tells them what to do, and no one was sure who was the leader at that time, Anwar or Mahathir, and Mahathir was caught unaware when this young Malaysian leader whom he claims to have personally groomed talked about Nepotism, Cronyism and Corruption under his leadership, it was an affront to the boss himself, and that was when Mahathir decided to get Anwar.
In UMNO at that time Anwar was very powerful, any attempt to remove him would mean the general membership would have rallied behind Anwar and removed Mahathir, and so the only way to get at Anwar was to discredit him so badly no one would dare challenge the authoritiies.
Anwar was not only seen as a strong UMNO leader, he was seen as a strong Muslim leader too, the people in general were fed up of Mahathir. There was corruption all around and it was so blatant, if anybody dared to expose it they were caught and charged, one such person was Irene Fernandez of Teniganita, when she questioned the government's task force and the illegal worker problem. Anwar realised the problem then and that will explain why Irene was one of the first people at the scene when Anwar was sacked from his position as DPM by Mahathir.
That charge of sodomy had to be brought, it would ruin Anwar politically, morally, and make him an outcast with the general Malay population.
The stage was set for the worst performance of a Kangaroo Court, the person who would make the allegations would be woman, she woudl be related to a close Anwar aide, that would make the case very strong, that would make everything believable, that lady is Umi Hafilda.
As soon as he was sacked Mahathir realised Anwar's popularity, a huge section of the UMNO faithful rose up against Mahathir, those who supported him were those who were beholden ot UMNO as they were beneficiaries of the system of cronyism, nepotism and corruption.
Mahathir knew he had to put Anwar away for good and he thougt he had managed that when Anwar was jailed and when in the subsequent General Elections Anwar's party PKR were unable to present a real challenge.In fact when Badawi went to the polls the first time Mahathir was convinced that he had buried Anwar and the opposition, he was feeling very comfortable indeed, his retirement plans were intact he could now use all his time to expand the empire of his sons and enrich the Mahahtirian clan. His favourite project reminds me of the poem in elementary school, " there was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile," here we had a crooked bridge.
Under Badawi however the crooked bridge went straight, Proton was not given the same kind of preferential treatment it once enjoyed, Mahathir could not even get representative rights to the UMNO General Assembly Badawi made sure of that. The Lingam case in which Badawi allowed for a RCI made ematters worse, it exposed Mahathir and to make matters worse Anwar was back in contention, and as Badawi slept, the empire began to crumble as Anwar began attacking him from all fronts.
After that tsunami general elections Anwar poised a real challenge, there was the real possibility of UMNO men crossing over to the PKR side to form the next government, it was really a tsunami, never since 1969 had the situation been so bad for UMNO, Mahathir was shivering, he was desperate he needed first to get Badawi out of the way, an needed to get Najib in . He even lied when he said that there was a tacit understanding that Badawi would serve only one term, that he would be a stop gap PM.
Even if Mahathir was telling the truth, then it is evident that he had plans to run UMNO from behind the scenes, if he wanted Najib in, then he was also planning for the ascension of his son Mukhriz, and that would explain why Khairy who was an elected youth chief was left with out and not given a cabinet posting, but his son Mukhriz, who was defeated by Khairy was.
Now it is apparent Anwar has to be put off for good, he poses a reasl challenge, the Malays are fed up of all the corruption, the people do nto see PAS as the bogeyman - UMNO has always made them out to be, When Anwar wins in the next general elections all that cases of nepotism, cronyism and corruption will become public domain, many will be charged for the ill gotten gains they acquired under the patronage of Mahathir Mohammed who as usual will deny he had any knowledge of it. Mahathir will be in serious problems, the Mahathirian dynasty will be in trouble, so too will Najib's, Badawi's, Muhyudin's, Sharizat's and the list goes on, even the cows in UMNO will be taken to task and no one in UMNOis ready for that. Now that does that explain Najib's cry that they'd defend UMNO with their lives, is he threatening us Malaysians at large?
The only way out for Najib, Mahathir and UMNO including their lackeys is to lock Anwar up and put him away for good, sometimes I am under the impression they'd do an Aquino on him. And that explains Sodomy 2.
Case 2
Now does that explain why Chua Soi Lek is not charged as well, they may not like him, he may be an irritant, but then he is not anti UMNO, in fact they can use him to the fullest extent to serve their own purposes a dagger hangs over his head, and they are doing just that.There is no necessity to charge Chua Soi Lek, it will not serve UMNO's purpose.
Case 3.
Umi Hafilda has made the UMNO operations it quite apparent, she is quoted as saying, "she and her 'allies' will attack the three A's and they are waiting for the next General Elections.
Our courts have been far from fair, the judge in Anwar's case has not allowed him a proper defense, he was denied the Najib's testimony in court, it was, the PM as we all know had claimed that Saiful went to his house to apply for a "scholarship," we'd like to know more about that absurd story in open court, Anwar would wnat to know that for an effective defence, Rosmah had even told Karpal to stop threatening her, both of them are key players in the case and the defence has to be given every avenue at to defend Anwar, they were not. How fair is this trial.
Response Needed
For these reasons and most of all for our beloved King and country we must all be there come January 9, the Chief of Police has allowed us the Court Car park for the assembly let us all be there, let us display our live for Justice, and our beloved country.
9th January morning at the Duta Court car park, I'll be there, will you join me, will you ask your friends to join me and be counted.
Justice for Anwar first, he represent all of us in the matter of justice, and only then Putrajaya.
Anwar is confident that Putrajaya will be rid of UMNO and its cronies come the next General elections and aren't we all?
For details on the event please follow this page we shall keep you informed,
Latest
Malaysiakini reports
Police have also allowed Malay rights group Perkasa to gather as well on Monday, but within the compound of the Federal Territory mosque.
The mosque is located 300 metres from the Jalan Duta court complex, where Pakatan aims to gather 100,000 supporters to show solidarity with Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, who will know his second sodomy trial verdict that day.
Rahman said Perkasa, together with other Malay right wing NGOs such as Pertubuhan Kebajikan dan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Pekida) and Pertubuhan Permufakatan Majlis Ayahanda Malaysia (Permas), would hold prayer sessions and ceramah in the mosque from Sunday until Monday, to pray for national peace.
He expects 2,000 members to turn up.
Perkasa does not need a permit, and under the latest amendments we are under the impression that you can't gather for such purposes in Mosques, Temples and Churches. Notice how UMNO supporters and cronies can do as they please and the law does not apply to them.
Links:
anwar confident of taking over Putrajaya
Police okay Pro Anwar rally on 9 January
In Malaysia Performing Oral Sex is also a crime.
In Malaysia Blackmail is crime.
Case 1. Anwar Ibrahim is charged with having committed sodomy with Saiful a charge Anwar denies, and any layman, the man in the street, finds it difficult to believe this given the course of events, which I shall deal with later. Anwar has denied the charge, if he is found guilty he can be jailed and fined and be disqualified from Parliament.
Case 2. Chua Soi Lek was filmed performing oral sex with a lady in a hotel in Batu Pahat. It is generally suspected that the persons responsible for that filming this video, were from his own party, and that is why even to this day the Police have not arrested those responsible for producing this video. Chua Soi Lek did not deny that it was him on the video, in fact he openly admitted that it was him, and to this day he is not charged, he continues to be the President of the MCA the second biggest component of the Barisan Nasional.
Case 3. Ummi Hafilda, has come out again.
It was supposedly on the evidence given by this woman that the then Prime Minister decided to ask the Police to act against Anwar Ibrahim, for what is today referred to as Sodomy 1.
This woman is in the the same mould as the other Mahathirian lackey Ibrahim Ali of Perkasa,
She is reported in the Star of Friday 6 January 2012, to have threatened to "unveil a "secret" that would expose more wrongdoings allegedly involving PKR leaders one of whom is her brother, Azmin Ali. She referred to these wrongdoings as "sins" as says that unless they - Anwar Ibrahim, Datin Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and her brother Azmin Ali, "repent" she will expose these "sins."
"Such evidence will be saved for the coming General Elections, unless the three As continue to be a threat to the nation and race, my allies and I will go all out to attack them." Now isn't this blackmail, andisn't blackmail a crime in this country?
Why the next General Elections is she standing against any of the three, is she an UMNO candidate?
Review
Case 1
In Anwar's case it was very evident that the frivolous charges brought out against him in Sodomy 1 was to allow others to prevent him from implementing reforms he had publicly spoken about before the then UMNO general assembly on nepotism, cronyism and corruption. Anwar was then a powerful Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, all UMNO Chieftains had decided before this to back his candidacy for Deputy Head of UMNO, which would automatically make him the Deputy Prime Minister, and he did this not through greed of the position, but to prevent this country going to the dogs through what he very factually referred to as nepotism, cronyism and corruption.
Mahahtir had not read Anwar's intentions, he still thought Anwar was his man, but he failed to realise that before Anwar joined UMNO he was reformist, it was on the tacit understanding that he would be allowed to carry out those reforms from within UMNO from Mahathir that Anwar joined the government.
Musa was against the idea of admitting Anwar, so too were a lot of UMNO top dogs then, but with Musa's resignation these UMNO men, typical of UMNO men, decided to throw their weight behind Anwar, and so when Anwar contested the position of Deputy in UMNO no one dared to object except for a then close Mahahtir aide, "the fat lady" Rafidah Aziz.
Mahathir complained then when Anwar challenged Ghaffar that people do not listen to him anymore.
He would have preferred Ghaffar in the position of DPM so that he could continue to lead unchallenged. Rafidah probably spoke on Mahahtir's advice to test the UMNO mood, but then in UMNO people do not display their mood unless the leadership tells them what to do, and no one was sure who was the leader at that time, Anwar or Mahathir, and Mahathir was caught unaware when this young Malaysian leader whom he claims to have personally groomed talked about Nepotism, Cronyism and Corruption under his leadership, it was an affront to the boss himself, and that was when Mahathir decided to get Anwar.
In UMNO at that time Anwar was very powerful, any attempt to remove him would mean the general membership would have rallied behind Anwar and removed Mahathir, and so the only way to get at Anwar was to discredit him so badly no one would dare challenge the authoritiies.
Anwar was not only seen as a strong UMNO leader, he was seen as a strong Muslim leader too, the people in general were fed up of Mahathir. There was corruption all around and it was so blatant, if anybody dared to expose it they were caught and charged, one such person was Irene Fernandez of Teniganita, when she questioned the government's task force and the illegal worker problem. Anwar realised the problem then and that will explain why Irene was one of the first people at the scene when Anwar was sacked from his position as DPM by Mahathir.
That charge of sodomy had to be brought, it would ruin Anwar politically, morally, and make him an outcast with the general Malay population.
The stage was set for the worst performance of a Kangaroo Court, the person who would make the allegations would be woman, she woudl be related to a close Anwar aide, that would make the case very strong, that would make everything believable, that lady is Umi Hafilda.
As soon as he was sacked Mahathir realised Anwar's popularity, a huge section of the UMNO faithful rose up against Mahathir, those who supported him were those who were beholden ot UMNO as they were beneficiaries of the system of cronyism, nepotism and corruption.
Mahathir knew he had to put Anwar away for good and he thougt he had managed that when Anwar was jailed and when in the subsequent General Elections Anwar's party PKR were unable to present a real challenge.In fact when Badawi went to the polls the first time Mahathir was convinced that he had buried Anwar and the opposition, he was feeling very comfortable indeed, his retirement plans were intact he could now use all his time to expand the empire of his sons and enrich the Mahahtirian clan. His favourite project reminds me of the poem in elementary school, " there was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile," here we had a crooked bridge.
Under Badawi however the crooked bridge went straight, Proton was not given the same kind of preferential treatment it once enjoyed, Mahathir could not even get representative rights to the UMNO General Assembly Badawi made sure of that. The Lingam case in which Badawi allowed for a RCI made ematters worse, it exposed Mahathir and to make matters worse Anwar was back in contention, and as Badawi slept, the empire began to crumble as Anwar began attacking him from all fronts.
After that tsunami general elections Anwar poised a real challenge, there was the real possibility of UMNO men crossing over to the PKR side to form the next government, it was really a tsunami, never since 1969 had the situation been so bad for UMNO, Mahathir was shivering, he was desperate he needed first to get Badawi out of the way, an needed to get Najib in . He even lied when he said that there was a tacit understanding that Badawi would serve only one term, that he would be a stop gap PM.
Even if Mahathir was telling the truth, then it is evident that he had plans to run UMNO from behind the scenes, if he wanted Najib in, then he was also planning for the ascension of his son Mukhriz, and that would explain why Khairy who was an elected youth chief was left with out and not given a cabinet posting, but his son Mukhriz, who was defeated by Khairy was.
Now it is apparent Anwar has to be put off for good, he poses a reasl challenge, the Malays are fed up of all the corruption, the people do nto see PAS as the bogeyman - UMNO has always made them out to be, When Anwar wins in the next general elections all that cases of nepotism, cronyism and corruption will become public domain, many will be charged for the ill gotten gains they acquired under the patronage of Mahathir Mohammed who as usual will deny he had any knowledge of it. Mahathir will be in serious problems, the Mahathirian dynasty will be in trouble, so too will Najib's, Badawi's, Muhyudin's, Sharizat's and the list goes on, even the cows in UMNO will be taken to task and no one in UMNOis ready for that. Now that does that explain Najib's cry that they'd defend UMNO with their lives, is he threatening us Malaysians at large?
The only way out for Najib, Mahathir and UMNO including their lackeys is to lock Anwar up and put him away for good, sometimes I am under the impression they'd do an Aquino on him. And that explains Sodomy 2.
Case 2
Now does that explain why Chua Soi Lek is not charged as well, they may not like him, he may be an irritant, but then he is not anti UMNO, in fact they can use him to the fullest extent to serve their own purposes a dagger hangs over his head, and they are doing just that.There is no necessity to charge Chua Soi Lek, it will not serve UMNO's purpose.
Case 3.
Umi Hafilda has made the UMNO operations it quite apparent, she is quoted as saying, "she and her 'allies' will attack the three A's and they are waiting for the next General Elections.
Our courts have been far from fair, the judge in Anwar's case has not allowed him a proper defense, he was denied the Najib's testimony in court, it was, the PM as we all know had claimed that Saiful went to his house to apply for a "scholarship," we'd like to know more about that absurd story in open court, Anwar would wnat to know that for an effective defence, Rosmah had even told Karpal to stop threatening her, both of them are key players in the case and the defence has to be given every avenue at to defend Anwar, they were not. How fair is this trial.
Response Needed
For these reasons and most of all for our beloved King and country we must all be there come January 9, the Chief of Police has allowed us the Court Car park for the assembly let us all be there, let us display our live for Justice, and our beloved country.
9th January morning at the Duta Court car park, I'll be there, will you join me, will you ask your friends to join me and be counted.
Justice for Anwar first, he represent all of us in the matter of justice, and only then Putrajaya.
Anwar is confident that Putrajaya will be rid of UMNO and its cronies come the next General elections and aren't we all?
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Malaysiakini reports
Police have also allowed Malay rights group Perkasa to gather as well on Monday, but within the compound of the Federal Territory mosque.
The mosque is located 300 metres from the Jalan Duta court complex, where Pakatan aims to gather 100,000 supporters to show solidarity with Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, who will know his second sodomy trial verdict that day.
Rahman said Perkasa, together with other Malay right wing NGOs such as Pertubuhan Kebajikan dan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Pekida) and Pertubuhan Permufakatan Majlis Ayahanda Malaysia (Permas), would hold prayer sessions and ceramah in the mosque from Sunday until Monday, to pray for national peace.
He expects 2,000 members to turn up.
Perkasa does not need a permit, and under the latest amendments we are under the impression that you can't gather for such purposes in Mosques, Temples and Churches. Notice how UMNO supporters and cronies can do as they please and the law does not apply to them.
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Police okay Pro Anwar rally on 9 January
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Sharizat to be dropped - Breaking News.
The Sharizat issue takes centre stage.
Either she goes or no one goes, the ball's in Najib's court.The non performing UMNO members have found the excuse they were looking for not to go to Najib to say that they'll step down, even those who have told him so now have a change of heart, "if Sharizat can stay why can't we," is the question lingering in the corridors of power now.
A good number of MPs targeted by Najib to be dropped come from Muhydin's camp, the DPM has been in strong support of Sharizat to cover up his own folly of having given National Feedlot Corp to Sharizat's husband even without a proper tender excercise, he sent it to Abbdullah Badawi for approval and whilst Abdullah was asleep Khairy okayed it and Abdullah signed the approval.
The DPM never expected this to come back smack into his face at such a crucial time, he has been trying to defend Sharizat all this while and so was Khairy Jamaluddin, both of them are now in the same predicament as is the Wanita head.
Najib sees this as the excuse he needed to throw out all or at least the majority of the DPMs men, but after having made a pact with the DPM he is not sure what he has to do in the face of the next General Elections, as he knows there are others in UMNO to take him on as well.
The talk among the neutrals is that Sharizat will be dropped, this is because she does not have a good equation with Rosmah and Rosmah's influence at this stage is sufficient for Najib to drop her but the question is when.
Najib can't wait for the last minute that way he'll be sending a wrong message to the existing MPs whom he wants to drop, if he decides to drop them at the eleventh hour too, it will only raise their expectations and when they find out they have been dropped they will work against Najib and UMNO, this is the typical UMNO culture.
A senior UMNO memebr and member of Parliament had this to say, "Najib, he has no right to tell people to move out, not even if he wanted to say it to Khir Toyo, who is Najib, his name all tainted, all busu, he has not come out to clear it, Scorpene, Altantuya, so many purchases of equipment that is so expensive, I tell you he is not a clever man, he thinks he is very clever actually he very stupid, and the Malays are getting angry with him. Worst still his wife control him, tell me what did he achieve as PM?" Then raising his voice he said, "bl@#dy fool, all he do is to use rakyat money take Rosmah go shopping, not enough ah, all the money from his corruption. This man want to tell Sharizat to step down? No way, he can't even tell Khir Toyo to step down."
There seems to be a whole lot of wisdom in what he says, so I asked him, "Dato will you be asked to step down," his reply, "he can't ask me or tell me that, but I tell you very honestly lah, I am stepping down, I am fed up, you know, fed up."
This is really a disaster, there was no substance from the Prime Minsiter when he spoke at the UMNO general assembly, he lacked vision, he lacked foresight, he lacked commitment, he lacked most of all and very sadly leadership, the question now is do we deserve to be led by idiots of such proportions? This PM who openly said he is not worried about the caliber of the people made by candidates by BN as long as they are able to win the votes it will be alright, they do not have to be graduates or academically excellent.
That statement is a very clear sign of what he plans for the nation in future, with idiots as MPs he can run this country bankrupt.
Want to be an idiot? UNDI LAH BARISAN NASIONAl!!!!!! for corruption, corruption and bankruptcy.
Monday, December 5, 2011
WHY PAKATAN? WHY DUMP BN?
The next general elections is the most crucial of all elections in this country.
It must be treated as very important to every Malaysian voter and in the process every voter has a duty to ensure that the BN and especially UMNO is wiped out during that election.
Why? Yes you may ask why should it be so, you may feel it will leave a lot of uncertainty in the future of this country, you may feel it is too big a risk to take, you may be worried although you know that UMNO is not worthy of being the government of the day -yet you feel they are the only ones who have the experience.
The truth is UMNO needs to purge its entire leadership, from branch level right up to the supreme council and that will never happen as long as this present set continues.
UMNO leadership thrives on cronyism, it thrives on corruption at every layer at every level, they feel they own the country, they feel that nothing can happen to them, the sense of invincibility surrounds every UMNO leader at every level that corruption is open and it is an everyday issue in UMNO.
For an UMNO leader to remain in power he has to make sure that his Branch leaders and Divisional leaders are well taken care of, likewise the division leader's relationship with the Branch leaders and the Branch leaders relationship with his core branch members. There must be benefits in kind for the leadership at every level to survive and if this is not done the division or branch fails, it falls apart from bickering and infighting. Nothing in UMNO is free.
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The system has produced the biggest bunch of oxymorons as politicians and "leaders" in this country, and they are all in UMNO, that to leave this country to be run by them and their cronies in the MCA the MIC and the remaining BN component parties will be to actually allow this beloved country to self destruct.
Let's review a few issues here to get things in the proper perspective.
Najib talks about 1 Malaysia, the government prints huge bill boards, it is in almost every printed material in town, from the government controlled mass media to advertisement banners to even toilet tissue covers, that last one I think is the most appropriate and beside the 1 Malaysia is Najib's face, to tell the whole world that he is number 1 in Malaysia, I suppose.
The day after Najib proclaims one Malaysia his deputy comes out and says, "I am Malay first and Malaysian second," a direct affront to his boss who just decides to side step the issue and leave it unattended. So what is this 1 Malaysia? Well very honestly even Najib hasn't got the slightest clue.
Now after all that rhetoric about 1 Malaysia, today in a speech to PEKIDA theMalaysian Islamic Missionary and Welfare Association members he said, "Malays and Muslims have no choice but to defend the current federal government as this is they only way the future of the Malay race and the dignity of Islam can be safeguarded."
This is clearly the signs of desperation coming from a man who only recently was shouting the 1 Malaysia slogan from all corners of the country, so where is his 1 Malaysia now? Isn't that an oxymoron?
The other races in this country feel as much cheated as the Malays feel, because UMNO has used all the Malay allocation to enrich its membership, to feed the greed and the corruption that lies inbred in the very fabric of UMNO without which UMNO collapses. And to feed that greed they are running this country bankrupt. Why then are top UMNO leaders so eager to own property in foreign nations? The answe lies in the fact that once they have bled the nation they'll leave it high and dry and head for their overseas destinations. The Sarawak CM is the clearest example.
In UMNO there is no Malay agenda, the fear that DAP will expose this to the Malays, has left the UMNO leadership worried and for that they use the controlled media to condemn the DAP and make it look like a monstrous anti Malay party.
The DAP leadership went to jail fighting for the rights of a Malay grandmother and her grand daughter, and yet no man in UMNO had the guts to come out
Again in UMNO there is no Malay agenda, if there is one it is to rob the ordinary Malay by promoting ignorance amongst the ordinary Kampung Malays,and this is what UMNO has been doing all this while.
We have read about the countless corruption cases so conveniently swept under the carpet, or so timidly looked upon for which the most timid of all charges are brought against the perpetrators so that they get off Scott free or face the minimum of sentences. Many are not even brought to court, and they can't because this government survives on a "you scratch my back I scratch your back" philosophy.
The latest involving Sharizaat, the famous "National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) issue," and the stupid defence she made at the UMNO assembly only goes to show the quality of members the Wanita UMNO is made up of, not one member had the guts or maybe even the depth to question Sharizat.
UMNO being what UMNO is we now have a man from within come out and call for her resignation, and that is Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin, a notorious UMNO personality himself, and today another UMNO man, the division Chief for Cheras, Syed Ali Alhabsee supported Bung Moktar’s view, but UMNO wisdon still prevails in such circumstances this Syed Ali offers her an escape clause in his call, he says if the PM or the DPM does not want her to go she can remain.
Incidentally both Syed Ali and Sharizat are "Melayu celup."
Incidentally both Syed Ali and Sharizat are "Melayu celup."
Syed Ali Alhabsee says that she shoudl step down, but continue with the leadership of the wanita, and if the UMNO leadership decides not to accept her resignation that includes the DPM who happens to be an interested party in this case and who is implicated in the award of this feedlot corporation to Sharizat's husband without any tender exercise even though this was originally proposed by other parties who had studied the project and brought it to the attention of the government. This other party comprised Malays, but are not have been members of UMNO's inner circle.
The splits in UMNO are very apparent, they are united or seem to be united now to face a common foe, the people, only that this time the people have got wiser, UMNO is in the brink of desperation and desperate people will do desperate things including to hurl desperate and dangerous allegations to pit races against each other, that we know is Najib's forte, he did it at the TPCA stadium on the eve of Ops lallang, his deputy was there with him then, it is the forte of his cousin Krishamuddin, and they'll do it without batting an eyelid.
The people have to be vigilant, they must unite and fight this cause to save the nation we need an alternative government, we need to break this UMNO BN monopoly of governing this nation, it is only in that way that UMNO will be forced to purge corruption form its ranks and that of its partners in the BN and then offer themselves back to the people about three or maybe four terms later as a new and vibrant alternative to Pakatan if there is a need, or maybe another more credible party will emerge from the destruction of UMNO and the erasure of the names of its leaders from the beginning of the UMNO Baru era.
We the people deserve better, we need a government that will listen to us, that puts our interest above thier own selfish desires of self enrichment as is the case now. The PM's son is is millionaire, the PM's brother is one of the biggest bankers in the country, the PM's wife has still many questions hanging over her head, every head of MIC and MCA become multi - millionaires, whislt the people become poorer.
The chief Minister of Sarawak is among the richest people in the world and yet the natives of Sarawak are languishing in poverty.
The chief Minister of Sarawak is among the richest people in the world and yet the natives of Sarawak are languishing in poverty.
The lavish lives they lead are akin to that of the French aristocracy pre the French Revolution, and we have a Maria Antoinette look alike (in character I mean) in this government, I do not have to mention names.
This party that is so riddled with corruption that it has become a way of life and the very lifeblood of UMNO must now go for a complete revamp, it has to be forced to revamp, to rid itself of this disease and to come out anew a "renewal of sorts" and those within can't possibly do that, they will all have to go and give way to a new breed in the party, it can't with the present leadership, it needs total overhaul, all the diseased minds must be purged and new life instilled into the party for it to have the legitimacy to rule.
For many years we had voted the BN, we did so because we did not see an alternative or at least we thought so, in that process we built a monster of huge proportions today this monster - the BN is not the alternative it is the disease,it is the threat to our very survival, it has to go and as such the only viable alternative we have today is the Pakatan, they have proved themselves in all the states they have controlled against all the odds imposed by the Federal government.
We have to vote the opposition to save the country and give us an alternative, do not be led by shallow talk, spread the news around now.
Decide and take the only viable alternative around The Pakatan. Vote PKR.
BN is no longer the alternative it is a disease and a very dangerous one, get rid of this very serious disease from our beloved country less we become the next Burma or Phillipines or maybe even Somalia.
The UMNO invasion of Jonker Street Melaka.
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It is not the ordinary Bumiputra who is involved it is the umnoputras and their cronies, some cronies are bigger than you can think. All so called Malay rights are in the hands of greedy Umnoputras, the elite of Umno and their cronies, many of whom squander all that is given to them, the famous feedlot case currently being exposed.
With the establishment of a hotel acclaimed to be the most expensive in Melaka on the banks of the river, with rack rates quoted at RM750, the setting up of the "Hard Rock Cafe" in Melaka the invasion of Jonker street has begun.
This is not only confined to Jonker street but to any place where business is thriving, and the umnoputras have the clout to go in invade and take over, what happens after that is of no consequence, they come in fully sure they can succeed and they feel that the only way to go about it is to drive the present businesses away and take over the entire Jonker street area lock stock and barrel.
Jonker walk attracts thousands of tourists week in week out, Melaka hotels are fully booked and rates are far higher than those in Kuala Lumpur during the wekends, the Jonker street business community are made up mostly of extremely enterprising local Chinese some of whom are Bumiputra too by virtue of the fact that they are from the Baba/Nonya community.
There is one Indian Muslim shop or rather two owned by the same people who sell antique, they could be distantly related to Mahathir Mohammed, for like him they they are Malabarees too. This time around I was surprised when I visited the shop and saw a notice saying that visitors woudl have to pay about RM3/- per entry in what they seem to want run as a mini museum, the question that keeps lingering in my mind is, are these the signs of what is to come?
Hard Rock Cafe will be strategically located just on the left when you cross the bridge from the clock tower, so will the rest of the shops on the right of Jonker stret be turned into a privatised museum, in the UMNO take over plan?
HRC announcement says, "Hard Rock Cafe Melaka cafe will be located near the famous Jonker Walk, situated within the core zone of UNESCO world heritage site. Featuring diverse dining, nightlife and cultural offerings, the 9,000-square-foot iconic restaurant is poised to become the city’s newest landmark destination. The new Melaka cafe will be Hard Rock’s third cafe in Malaysia for veteran franchise partner HRC Holdings Pte Ltd. and local partner Tan Sri Syed Yusof Tun Syed Nasir."
The entire business of the area is being strategically vyed upon by umnoputras. If it was the ordinary Bumiputra buying over businesses in the area it would have been good, but here the Umnoputras are using the same tactics they use in other localities to drive the Jonker street builders, those who actually help create the tourist trade in Jonker street out of Jonker street.
You only have to park your car in joker street in a no park zone in Jonker street, and the efficient policemen or the City council enforcement officer will attach a ticket to your car almost instantly. Just go to there to Jonker street and ask anyone who operates a business there. One wonders why the police are so efficient in Melaka in Jonker street and so much less efficient in Jalan Tengku Kelana Klang, a main road leading to the main bridge in town. Efficiency of the traffic police and the Municipal enforcement officers are unbelievable, you have to be there to witness it first hand for yourself.
Why this selective efficiency, I wanted to purchase an antique gramaphone but the man in the shop warned me that if I came by and stopped my car along the street to carry it in he could not assure me that I'd not get a ticket, he told me they are merciless, they'll stick it up first no talk, but then again why only in Melaka?
That seems to be UMNO's invasion of Melaka, the people of Jalan Sultan (Chinatown area) in Kuala Lumpur are feeling the heat too, then there is the Ocean supermarket area in Klang which has today become a complete failure, no thanks to the BN Klang Kota Bridge project that took ages to complete it killed off the business in the area around Goh Hock Huat area, it closed the Ocean supermarket and the Umnoputeras are now st to move in.
I am sure we are all too familiar with the KFC takeover issue some years back when suddenly because they failed they labeled KFC as not halal. Now I find difficulty in obtaining my favourite Golden Churn Butter, it has been declared non halal too. One wonders if "Halal" is being used to drive business monopoly. How does butter that is derived purely from Cows milk be classified non halal, the cow has to be alive for it to be milked for goodness sake and Austrailia is not known for bacon and ham industry, its all cattle, its beef is halal, so too are its lamb and mutton but how on earth did butter become non halal? Were there some conflicts in business? Well I really do not know, but one needs to ask to be told in detail, so that items are not just blindly banned.
Now after the Portuguese in 1511, the Dutch in 1641, and its cessation to the English by way of the Anglo Dutch treaty in 1824 and not forgetting the Japanese occupation of Malaya, Melaka is again being invaded this time by the Umnoputra, more scruples than all the rest I guess, because this is Malaysian against Malaysian, where one treats the other as a foreigner.
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