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		<title>Mengapa Benci Bersih?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dalam tulisannya bertajuk &#8220;How the hunter became the hunted&#8220;, Editor Malaysia Today, Raja Petra Kamarudin mendakwa Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan adalah &#8220;the patron of the underworld&#8221;. Takut tak bersesuaian dengan apa yang dimaksudkan Raja Petra, cukuplah dipetik terjemahan Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan kepada dua perkataan di dalam dakwaannya itu. Kamus tersebut menterjemahkan patron [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bettermalaysia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2465225&amp;post=22&amp;subd=bettermalaysia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dalam tulisannya bertajuk &#8220;<a href="http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/1894/46/">How the hunter became the hunted</a>&#8220;, Editor Malaysia Today, Raja Petra Kamarudin mendakwa Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan adalah &#8220;the patron of the underworld&#8221;.</p>
<p>Takut tak bersesuaian dengan apa yang dimaksudkan Raja Petra, cukuplah dipetik terjemahan Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan kepada dua perkataan di dalam dakwaannya itu. Kamus tersebut menterjemahkan patron sebagai <a href="http://www.karyanet.com.my/knet/index.php?tpf=kamus_KIMD&amp;katakunci=patron&amp;sid=732e996f090866131177176c3629ba54&amp;find=Cari">penaung</a>. Underworld pula diterjemahkan oleh Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan sebagai <a href="http://www.karyanet.com.my/knet/index.php?tpf=kamus_KIMD&amp;katakunci=underworld&amp;sid=23797c3b7fab33b5a3f504490337a243&amp;find=Cari">dunia penjenayahan</a>.</p>
<p>Benarkah Ketua Polis Negara menaungi dunia penjenayahan?</p>
<p>Mengapa Perdana Menteri tidak bertindak dan hanya berpura-pura <a href="http://kadirjasin.blogspot.com/2008/01/pm-terkejut-jenayah-tinggi-kadir-jasin.html">hairan</a> sambil bertanya &#8220;Apa yang sedang berlaku? Mengapa (kadar peningkatan jenayah) tinggi sangat?&#8221;<span id="more-22"></span></p>
<p>Dalam tempoh empat tahun Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menjadi Perdana Menteri, kata Lim Kit Siang, jenayah meningkat sehingga <a href="http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2008/01/10/abdullahs-anti-crime-multiprong-strategy-just-general-election-gimmick/">45 peratus</a>.</p>
<p>Soalnya, benarkah wujud &#8220;<a href="http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/174/40/">unholy trinity</a>&#8221; untuk melindungi kumpulan penjenayah di bawah kepala bernama <a href="http://www.google.com/custom?q=BK+Tan&amp;sa=Search&amp;sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fmalaysia-today.net&amp;channel=1311010847&amp;client=pub-2523078543230481&amp;forid=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;safe=active&amp;cof=GALT%3A%230066CC%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23999999%3BVLC%3A336633%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BALC%3A0066CC%3BLC%3A0066CC%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A666666%3BGIMP%3A666666%3BLH%3A49%3BLW%3A175%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2F%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2F%3BLP%3A1%3BFORID%3A1%3B&amp;hl=en%3B">BK Tan</a>?</p>
<p>Raja Petra pernah menggambarkan Ketua Polis Negara, Peguam Negara dan Ketua Pengarah BPR bergabung dalam &#8220;unholy trinity&#8221; untuk melindungi kumpulan penjenayah yang dikepalai oleh BK Tan?</p>
<p>Lebih buruk lagi, benarkah Perdana Menteri tidak berani kepada &#8220;unholy trinity&#8221;?</p>
<p>Benarkah, seperti kata Raja Petra, &#8220;unholy trinity&#8221; akan hanya berkhidmat kepada Perdana Menteri selagi beliau tidak mengancam kepentingan mereka?</p>
<p>Benarkah Perdana Menteri, seperti dakwaan editor Malaysia Today itu, terlibat dalam pelbagai kes yang bertentangan dengan undang-undang? Benarkah Perdana Menteri terlibat dalam skandal men<a href="http://penarikbeca.blogspot.com/2007/06/najib-atau-raja-petra-yang-bohong.html">sabotaj</a> bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, skandal pengeksportan komponen <a href="http://www.malaysia-today.net/blog_1malay/2006/09/pm-jumpa-bush-kerana-scomi.html">nuklear</a> ke Libya oleh Scomi dan skandal <a href="http://penarikbeca.blogspot.com/2006/08/sehingga-bila-pm-bisu-dan-tidak-tahu_29.html">Oil-for-Food</a>?</p>
<p>Benarkah penglibatannya dalam kegiatan-kegiatan yang bertentangan dengan undang-undang itu menyebabkan Perdana Menteri takut kepada &#8220;unholy trinity&#8221;?</p>
<p>Jika benar apa yang didakwa oleh Raja Petra, bolehkah Perdana Menteri menjamin keselamatan dan nyawa rakyat negara ini dari BK Tan?</p>
<p>Jika benar apa yang didakwa oleh Raja Petra, adakah Perdana Menteri bersih dari BK Tan? Jika beliau tidak bersih, mengapa ahli-ahli Umno bersekongkol dengan Perdana Menteri yang tidak bersih dan membiarkan beliau terus berkuasa?</p>
<p>Mengapa ahli-ahli Umno enggan membersihkan parti mereka dan Barisan Nasional seperti yang di<a href="http://penarikbeca.blogspot.com/2008/01/bersihkan-malaysia.html">saran</a>kan oleh Dr Mahathir? Memang benar, Perdana Menteri sering dituduh sebagai &#8220;tahi dan najis&#8221; yang diceleretkan oleh Dr Mahathir? Memang kasar tuduhan itu kepada Perdana Menteri dan juga Dr Mahathir. Apa pun, itulah tuduhan yang sukar diubah atau dipadamkan.</p>
<p>Tetapi, mengapa ahli-ahli Umno enggan membantu Dr Mahathir yang sudahpun mengangkat air, mengambil penyapu, berus dan sabun untuk membersihkan najis yang diceleretkannya? Bolehkah beliau membersihkannya seorang diri? Bukankah ahli-ahli Umno yang merestui Dr Mahathir menceleretkan tahi dan najisnya itu?</p>
<p>Adakah ahli-ahli Umno suka yang kotor dan benci yang bersih?</p>
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		<title>PM bertemu Agong, jangka bubar Parlimen 12 Februari ini?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parlimen Malaysia dijangka akan dibubarkan pada 12 Februari ini, sementara penamaan calon pada 21 Februari dan pembuangan undi pada 1 Mac ini, kata satu laporan laman web Malaysia-today.net. Ini bermakna pada 1 Mac ini, 10.6 juta yang berdaftar sebagai pengundi akan membuang undi bagi menentukan wakil rakyat yang dipilih. Perdana Menteri, Dato&#8217; Seri Abdullah Ahmad [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bettermalaysia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2465225&amp;post=21&amp;subd=bettermalaysia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Parlimen Malaysia   dijangka akan dibubarkan pada 12 Februari ini, sementara penamaan calon   pada 21 Februari dan pembuangan undi pada 1 Mac ini, kata satu laporan   laman web Malaysia-today.net.</p>
<p>Ini bermakna pada 1 Mac ini, 10.6 juta yang berdaftar sebagai pengundi   akan membuang undi bagi menentukan wakil rakyat yang dipilih.</p>
<p>Perdana Menteri, Dato&#8217; Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dikatakan bertemu   Yang diPertuan Agong hari ini bagi memaklumkan soal pembubaran   Parlimen.</p>
<p>Banyak pihak menyatakan, pilihan raya kali ini adalah antara pilihan raya   yang sengit memandangkan banyak isu yang mengelilingi kerajaan BN selain   usaha jentera BN merampas kembali Kelantan dari PAS.<span id="more-21"></span></p>
<p>Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) pula telah mewartakan daftar pengundi 2007 hari ini sekaligus menjadikan keseluruhan jumlah pemilih berdaftar yang layak mengundi pada pilihan raya umum akan datang seramai 10,922,139 orang.</p>
<p>Setiausaha SPR, Dato&#8217; Kamaruzaman Mat Nor berkata, Daftar Pemilih Induk 2007 yang akan diwartakan itu melibatkan penggabungan Daftar Pemilih Tambahan (DPT) Suku Pertama Sehingga Suku Keempat 2007 dengan Daftar Pemilih Induk 2006.</p>
<p>Katanya, pewartaan itu bagi membolehkan senarai pemilih yang berdaftar pada DPT tahun ini digunakan dalam sebarang urusan pilihan raya.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ini selaras dengan Peraturan 24 Peraturan-Peraturan Pilihan Raya (Pendaftaran Pemilih) 2002.</p>
<p>&#8220;Dengan pewartaan tersebut, jumlah pemilih dalam Daftar Pemilih Induk 2007 adalah seramai 10,922,139 orang,&#8221; katanya</p>
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		<title>Antara 2 Suruhanjaya: Mana yang berjaya?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2 Suruhanjaya berjalan. Satu d negara mazhab Hadhari. Satu lagi d negara rejim haram/pengganas. Sebelum bermula keduanya nampak pedas (sepedas sos cili jenama Lingam!). Namun mana satu yang berjaya (sudah tentu dalam menjalankan terms of referencenya. Kalau berjaya buat drama, mengelabui dan pelawak memang ramai akan undi yang bermazhab Hadhari!). Suruhanjaya Hadhari memang nampak macam [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bettermalaysia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2465225&amp;post=20&amp;subd=bettermalaysia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2 Suruhanjaya berjalan. Satu d negara mazhab Hadhari. <a href="http://gulfnews.com/region/Middle_East/10185951.html">Satu lagi d negara rejim haram/pengganas</a>. Sebelum bermula keduanya nampak pedas (sepedas sos cili jenama Lingam!).</p>
<p>Namun mana satu yang berjaya (sudah tentu dalam menjalankan <i>terms of reference</i>nya. <a href="http://dperantauan.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/31/cartoon.gif"><img src="http://dperantauan.typepad.com/dperantauan/images/2008/01/31/cartoon.gif" alt="Cartoon" style="float:left;margin:0 5px 5px 0;" border="0" height="92" width="130" /></a>Kalau berjaya <a href="http://islandmiss.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/vk-lingam-ahmad-fairuz-remix-it-wasnt-me/">buat drama, mengelabui dan pelawak</a> memang ramai akan undi yang bermazhab Hadhari!).<br />
<a href="http://anwaribrahimblog.com/2007/09/19/kenyataan-media-pendedahan-skandal-video-perbualan-vk-lingam/"><br />
Suruhanjaya Hadhari</a> memang nampak macam d suruh. <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/77587">Suruh oleh siapa</a>, suruh buat apa paham-paham udah la. Suruhanjaya rejim haram/pengganas <a href="http://archive.gulfnews.com/indepth/israelattacks/puffs/mid_left/10121960.html">kelihatan garang terhadap ketua negara yang gagal dalam misi negara</a>.</p>
<p>Suruhanjaya rejim haram/pengganas buat <a href="http://gulfnews.com/region/Middle_East/10186162.html">PMnya panas</a>.</p>
<p>Suruhanjaya Hadhari, PMnya <a href="http://anwaribrahimblog.com/2008/01/29/daya-saing-malaysia-ke-6-di-dunia-telitikan-data-sebenar/">masih berdiri dan menari</a>!</p>
<p>Semuanya terpulang pada rakyat. Nak hukum mereka yang gagal dalam amanah yang d beri atau biarkan saja. Amanah punah, negara haru akhirnya!</p>
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		<title>New Poll: Mengapa Berkarier Jauh dari Malaysia?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mengapa anda berada dperantauan? Mengapa berjauhan dari sanak saudara? Jauh dari tanahair. Hanya kerana karier? Atau ada musabab yang lain? Kongsi bersama pandangan anda! Bersama poll JGN TIDO d sini atau tinggalkan komen anda d ruang komentar. Terkini Status pengundian: Tiada peluang pekerjaan lagi di Malaysia 0% chose this option. Peluang membina kehidupan lebih baik [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bettermalaysia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2465225&amp;post=19&amp;subd=bettermalaysia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mengapa anda berada dperantauan? Mengapa berjauhan dari sanak saudara? Jauh dari tanahair. Hanya kerana karier? Atau ada musabab yang lain? Kongsi bersama pandangan anda!<span id="more-19"></span></p>
<p>Bersama poll JGN TIDO d <a href="http://simplesample.org/take_survey.php?id=226" target="_blank">sini</a> atau tinggalkan komen anda d ruang komentar.</p>
<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>Terkini</b></font> Status pengundian:</p>
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<td>Peluang membina kehidupan lebih baik</td>
<td>30.77% chose this option.</td>
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<td>Ekonomi merudum, keselamatan merudum</td>
<td>7.69% chose this option.</td>
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<td>Untuk masa depan anak-anak</td>
<td>7.69% chose this option.</td>
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<td>Kesemua di atas</td>
<td>53.85% chose this option.</td>
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		<title>Sakitkah Negara Kita: Mengapa?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Masyarakat seperti &#8216;Diri&#8217; badan bagi kita. Diri kita ada yang sihat dan ada yang sakit dan berpenyakit. Begitu juga dengan &#8216;Diri&#8217; masyarakat, iaitu Negara ada yang sihat dan ada yang sakit kerana berpenyakit. Al-Imam al-Ghazali rahimahullah di dalam Ihya` Ulum al-Din karangannya menganalogi diri adalah sebuah Negara kecil yang ciri-ciri dan sifat-sifatnya mencerminkan ciri-ciri dan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bettermalaysia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2465225&amp;post=18&amp;subd=bettermalaysia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Masyarakat seperti &#8216;Diri&#8217; badan bagi kita. Diri kita ada yang sihat dan ada   yang sakit dan berpenyakit. Begitu juga dengan &#8216;Diri&#8217; masyarakat, iaitu   Negara ada yang sihat dan ada yang sakit kerana berpenyakit. Al-Imam   al-Ghazali rahimahullah di dalam Ihya` Ulum al-Din karangannya menganalogi   diri adalah sebuah Negara kecil yang ciri-ciri dan sifat-sifatnya   mencerminkan ciri-ciri dan sifat-sifat bagi sebuah Negara dan Kerajaan diri.</p>
<p>Analogi daripada diri bagi kerajaan bahawa pusat pemerintahan diri, ialah   kota hati. Adapun minda yang termasuk di bawahnya panca indera ialah   pimpinan pentadbiran daripada presiden atau Perdana Menteri membawalah   kepada pentadbir dan kakitangan. Manakala anggota tubuh badan seperti kaki   dan tangan sebagai tentera dan pergerakan darah melalui saraf-saraf ialah   rakyat jelata. Perlu diingat konsep `Hati` bagi Iman al-Ghazali ialah   penyatuan puncak bagi nafsu, akal, hati dan rohani bagi Diri. Demikian bagi   Negara, &#8216;Kerajaan&#8217; adalah kesatuan pemerintahan daripada raja atau presiden,   perdana menteri, pentadbiran, tentera dan rakyat. Konsep hati dan bandingan   yang dibuat oleh al-Imam al-Ghazali ini adalah berinspirasi dari ayat-ayat   al-Quran dan hadis-hadis Nabi yang banyak berhubung dengan hati.<span id="more-18"></span></p>
<p>Melihat kepada badan secara fizikal diri yang dianalogi kepada Negara, maka   di dalam penghidupan moden ini berbagai-bagai jenis makanan dan minuman   dihasilkan yang menjadi pilihan pengguna sebagai permakanan bagi pertumbuhan   dan pembesaran diri fizikal dan keluarga dengan harapan diri dan keluarga   sihat. Namun permakanan bagi diri fizikal tidak terjamin selamat dari   bahan-bahan beracun yang boleh membahayakan kesihatan pengguna dan   mengundang berbagai-bagai penyakit. Antara penyakit moden yang ditakuti   diakibatkan oleh permakanan moden yang mengandungi racun, toxic dan   pencemaran yang mengancam diri manusia ialah penyakit berangkai bermula dari   darah tinggi, kencing manis dan sakit jantung ditambah dengan barah, khusus   bagi orang perempuan ialah sakit payu dara. Penyakit-penyakit ini adalah   merupakan penyakit yang sukar diubati dan sering membawa maut. Demikianlah   dengan masyarakat bagi satu-satu bangsa bagi sesebuah Negara yang pimpinan   dan pentadbir-pentadbir yang tidak memberi perhatian pada pendidikan rakyat,   tidak menjalankan pentadbiran dengan baik dan adil serta berlaku   penyelewengan-penyelewengan mengundang penyakit-penyakit kronik masyarakat   dan negara seperti penderitaan dan kemiskinan rakyat marhain, meningkatnya   jenayah, berlaku kezaliman, penindasan, rasuah, porak-peranda dan   tergugatnya Negara. Jika wujud, terdapat dan berlakunya gejala-gejala   negatif di atas di dalam sesebuah Negara, maka ianya menandakan bahawa   Negara tersebut sedang mengalami kesakitan. Kadar teruk, parah dan sakitnya   Negara bergantung pada parah dan seriusnya penyakit. Sebagai contoh jika   pendidikan tidak berjaya melahirkan generasai berakhlak dan berperadaban,   perundangan tidak ditegakkan secara adil, sedang rasuah menjadi-jadi,   kekayaan Negara dibolot oleh pihak tertentu secara kroni dan nepotisi, tiada   keamanan dan Negara porak-peranda, maka Negara tersebut akan binasa atau   dibinasakan sebagaimana badan yang teruk sakit dengan darah tinggi disertai   pula dengan kencing manis, sakit jantung dan ditambah dengan penyakit barah,   maka tubuh yang menderita itu akan mati.</p>
<p><b>2. Sakitkah negara kita?</b></p>
<p>Sebagaimana diibaratkan Negara seperti badan seperti dianalogi oleh al-Imam   al-Ghazali dan boleh mengalami penyakit sebagaimana dibicarakan di atas,   marilah kita memeriksa situasi, kondisi dan prestasi kesihatan Negara kita   dengan analogi bahawa Negara kita sudah tua, melebihi usia lima puluh tahun,   iaitu dikira sejak dari zaman kemerdekaan. Sakitkah Negara kita? Banyak   simptom penyakit dapat dikesan pada Negara kita. Ambil dari yang kecil   seperti anak-anak ponteng sekolah, memukul guru, menyebabkan kematian teman   sekolah, pelajar perempuan melahirkan anak, ibu bapa menyaman guru dan guru   menyaman ibu bapa membawa kepada membenih dan meningkatnya gejala sosial di   tengah masyarakat, meningkatnya anak di luar nikah (statistik 2005 seramai   68,000 orang), kes-kes buang bayi, kes-kes colek seperti yang terjadi kepada   adik Nuri Jazlin dan Sharlinie. Timbulnya kumpulan mat rempit, kumpulan   samseng, kegiatan meragut, mencuri, merompak, merogol dan membunuh. Keadaan   sedemikian membuat masyarakat merasa tidak lagi selamat. Ini menandakan   bahawa negara juga tidak lagi selamat lantaran pasukan keselamatan dan   polis, bahkan masyarakat sendiri tidak dapat mengawalnya. Ini menandakan   bahawa Negara berpenyakit. Gejala penyakit sosial dapat dilihat dari   statistik berikut tentang makin meningkatnya jenayah di dalam Negara:</p>
<p>Tahun 	Jumlah jenayah</p>
<p>2005	157,459<br />
2006	209,388<br />
2007	224,298<br />
(The Sun, Mach 19, 2007: 1 &amp; January 9, 2008: 1)</p>
<p>Ketidakamanan masyarakat menyebabkan berlakunya kerisauan mental rakyat dan   menjadikan mereka tidak aman dan tertekan. Suasana tidak aman dan tertekan   menjadikan masyarakat lebih gawat bila berlakunya tekanan hidup. Misalnya   dengan kenaikan harga barang-barang dan perkhidmatan. Keadaan ini   sememangnya berlaku di dalam masyarakat contoh selepas kenaikan harga petrol   Februari 2006 sebanyak 30 sen seliter kepada RM 1.92 dan kenaikan tol pada   awal 2006 dan dikuti kenaikan 2007 maka kenaikan keperluan asas terusan   berlaku contoh harga tepung gandum dari RM1.65 satu kg. kepada RM2.49   kenaikan tambang bas sekolah 50% (BH, 10 Januari 2008: 1), kekurangan minyak   masak yang harganya RM2.50 bagi satu kg., susu tepung dari RM10.49 kepada   RM11.89 bagi seberat (700g.). Kenaikan juga berlaku bagi barang-barang   keperluan dapur seperti ikan kembung naik dari RM6.00 sekilo kepada RM   10.00, tenggiri dari RM16.00 kepada RM22.00 dan daging dari RM16.00 kepada   RM 20.00. Pendek kata harga-harga barang dan perkhidmatan meningkat antara   20% hingga RM50%. Kenaikan dan inflasi sedemikian adalah merupakan bala dan   bencana besar bagi rakyat jelata. Ketidaktenteraman dari segi keselamatan di   atas dan tekanan hidup akibat dari kenaikan harga barang dan perkhidmatan   membawa kepada tekanan darah tinggi yang menyerang individu. Tekanan darah   tinggi yang diibaratkan sebagai gejala menimpa rakyat ini jika tidak dijaga   dan dikawal boleh merosakkan tubuh dan nengundang berbagai-bagai penyakit,   bahkan perbandingan bagi Negara dengan kenaikan barang-barang sahaja boleh   menyebabkan rakyat marah yang membawa kepada pemberontakan yang boleh   menjatuhkan sesebuah Negara.</p>
<p><b>3. Semakin serius</b></p>
<p>Kita teruskan analogi dengan memeriksa lagi pertanda-pertanda yang boleh   meningkatkan penyakit Negara dari darah tinggi kepada penyakit yang lebih   serius kepada kencing manis yang diibaratkan sebagai kakitangan pemerintah   termasuk pihak keselamatan, perbandinganya dengan melihat dari segi amalan   demokrasi dan hak asasi manusia. Negara kita mengakui berpemerintahan secara   demokrasi, tetapi pada hakikatnya banyak sekatan dan pencabulan terhadap   amalan demokrasi di Negara ini. Perkara 10 Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia   menjamin rakyatnya bebas menyuarakan pendapat, berhimpun secara aman dan   berpersatuan. Peruntukan sesuai dengan Deklarasi Sejagat Hak Asasi manusia   1948 yang juga diterimapakai oleh PBB, Tetapi dari segi praktiknya berlaku   percanggahan. Sebagai contoh perhimpunan aman di Batu Buruk pada 8 September   2007 bertukar menjadi tragedi berdarah kerana halangan dan campur tangan   pihak polis, bahkan dua orang cedera ditembak polis, begitu juga dengan   perhimpunan seramai 100,000 rakyat secara aman untuk menyampaikan memorandum   menuntut pilihan raya dijalankan secara bersih pada 10 November juga   diganggu polis dan pada kedua-dua perhimpunan berlaku penangkapan dan   pembicaraan di mahkamah. Jelas bahawa peruntukan perlembagaan   dikesampingkan, sebaliknya Akta Polis 1967 (Akta 344), bahagian VIl seksyen   27A, 27B dan 27C lebih berkuasa dan digunakan. Jadi apa guna perkara 10   Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Dari segi kebebasan bersuara tidak berlaku di   Malaysia, semua media letronik dan akhbar utama adalah dikawal, berpihak dan   digunakan bagi kepentingan pihak berkuasa, bagi parti politik pembangkang   tidak dibenar mengeluarkan akhbar untuk orang ramai, kecuali akhbar parti   untuk ahli dan dibenarkan pengeluaran hanya 2 kali sebulan. Untuk menyekat   kebebasan bersuara dan mengeluarkan pendapat melalui penerbitan Malaysia   menggunakan akta ISA dan OSA. Bagi menyekat kakitangan akademik dan kalangan   mahasiswa dari bergiat dalam politik, terutama menyokong pembangkang, maka   kakitangan universiti dan mahasiswa diikat dengan akta Universiti dan akta   universiti kolej. Anehnya sekatan dilakukan agar tenaga pengajar dan   mahasiswa tidak berpihak kepada pembangkang. Arahan-arahan dibuat agar   sekatan ini dilaksanakan, tetapi dalam masa yang sama sekatan tidak   dilakukan, bahkan digalakkan kepada mereka yang menyokong pihak pemerintah.   Keadaan yang sama berlaku dalam pilihan raya kampus. Adalah ironi sedang   perlembagaan memberi hak kebebasan bersuara dan mengeluarkan pendapat, pihak   berkuasa sendiri menyekat kebebasan. Ini merupakan tahap serius yang   diibaratkan sebagai tahap berpenyakit kencing manis yang melumpuhkan tenaga   dan membawa kepada penyakit yang lebih teruk.</p>
<p><b>4. Tahap kronik</b></p>
<p>Tahap kronik boleh diibaratkan peningkatan penyakit fizikal dari kecing   manis kepada penyakit jantung yang diibarat melibatkan pihak pemerintah   atasan. Dengan penyakit jantung ini menggangu sistem perjalanan darah dan   melemahkan semua bahagian badan dan boleh membawa kepada maut secara   mengejut. Dibandingkan dengan pemerintah antaranya ialah gangguan terhadap   perjalanan perundangan Negara yang menyebabkan tidak berlaku keadilan dan   timbul rasa tidak puas hati di kalangan rakyat. Di dalam hal ini banyak   kes-kes yang dipersoalkan dari segi keadilan. Misalnya kes pemecatan Bekas   Ketua Hakim Negara, Tun Salleh Abas pada tahun 1988 bagi menyelamatkan Umno   dan kedudukan Dr. Mahathir. Kes yang menggemparkan ini mencetuskan krisis   perundangan Negara. Banyak pihak – termasuk kalangan pengamal perundangan   menuntut kes ini dibuka kembali demi keadilan. Kes yang menggegarkan Negara,   ialah pemecatan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dari jawatan Timbalan Perdana   Menteri (1988) oleh Dr. Mahathir Mohamad Perdana Menteri Malaysia pada masa   itu dan tuduhan-tuduhan terhadapnya dan tindakan Rahim Nor menumbuknya   semasa di dalam tahanan. Masih banyak lagi tuntutan keadilan berhubung   dengan Datuk Seri Anwar yang seharusnya diselesaikan. Kes pembunuhan   berprofil tinggi – Altantuya Sariibuu, wanita Mongolia yang pembicaraan   sejak pertengahan tahun lepas (2007) dan sehingga kini masih belum berakhir.   Kes Tragedi berdarah Batu Buruk pada 8 September 2007. Dua mangsa, iaitu   Suwandi Abdul Ghani dan Azman yang cedera ditembak polis ditangkap, dilokap   dan akhirnya dapat dijamin, sedangkan polis yang menembak tidak ditangkap   dan tidak pula dibicarakan! Campur tangan Samy Vellu dan Perdana Menteri   Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi terhadap kes Hindraf yang membawa Peguam   Negara Abdul Ghani Patail menarik balik tuduhan dan Hakim Sessions Courts,   Nursinah Adzumi menggugurkan tuduhan terhadap 31 orang yang ditangkap pada   17 Disember 2007. Mengapa tuduhan ditarik balik, sedangkan tuduhan terhadap   mangsa Berdarah Batu Buruk tidak? Sesungguhnya Perlembagaan Negara yang   sudah berumur lebih dari 50 tahun telah mengalami 46 kali pindaan yang   melibatkan lebih dari 600 perubahan. Termasuk perubahan terhadap perlanjutan   umur persaraan Ketua SPR dari 65 tahun kepada 66 tahun yang dilulus parlimen   pada 11 Disember 2007. Tentu ada agenda tersembunyi BN menyambung khidmat   Tan Seri Rashid Abdul Rahman yang amat berjasa kepada BN itu. Pihak lawan BN   melihat SPR telah diperkuda oleh pihak BN bagi memastikan kemenangan mereka.   Contoh bagaimana SPR membekukan seramai 680,000 pengundi baru dan menafikan   hak mereka mengundi pada tahun 1999. pertambahan masa mengundi dua jam di   Selangor pada tahun 2004. SPR perlu dibersih agar perjalanan pilihan raya di   Negara ini berjalan dengan telus dan adil. Terakhir melihat kepada kes   Lingam yang sedang berjalan pihak rakyat bagai tidak percaya betapa bidang   perundangan Negara yang suci dimanipulasi oleh pihak-pihak berkepentingan di   dalam perundangan tersebut. Parahnya bidang perundangan Negara kita seolah   parahnya individu yang sedang mengalami sakit jantung yang kronik.</p>
<p><b>5. Tahap kritikal</b></p>
<p>Merupakan tahap puncak dari segi penyakit fizikal yang boleh dibandingkan   dengan kanser atau barah, iaitu penyakit yang ditakuti dan menggerunkan yang   boleh membawa maut. Bagi Negara boleh dibandingkan dengan penyakit yang   boleh meruntuhkan Negara, iaitu berleluasanya amalan rasuah di dalam Negara,   lebih-lebih lagi di kalangan pemerintah dan pegawai-pegawai dalam urusan   yang berhubungan dengan Negara dan rakyat. Akibat tindakan yang tidak   bijaksana Negara kerugian seratus juta ringgit kerana membayar pampasan   projek &#8216;Jambatan Bengkok&#8217; yang tidak jadi. Kehilangan RM20 juta duit PPRT   yang dikaitkan dengan seorang Bekas Menteri. Bagaimana AP dikurniakan oleh   Menteri Perdagangan kepada kroni-kroni, pembelian peralatan pertahanan dan   komisyen kepada pihak tertentu yang merugikan Negara, bagaimana   projek-projek di Terengganu diberi berulang kali kepada kroni Patric Lim dan   projek-projek lain pula kepada Vincent Tan, bagaimana seorang Menteri Besar   memperuntukkan wang satu juta ringgit bagi setiap kawasan pilihan raya,   bagaimana makmal-makmal sains didirikan di sekolah-sekolah tidak mencapai   spesifikasi yang memuaskan dan tidak sepadan dengan peruntukan Kementerian   Pelajaran, bangunan-bangunan kerajaan yang baru didirikan runtuh dan bocor,   Persoalan timbul bagaimana dengan perbelanjaan menyiapkan Port Klang Free   Zone berharga sebanyak RM2.8 bilion meningkat naik kepada RM4.7 bilion (The   Star, 19 October 2007: 6). Tuduhan rasuah kepada pegawai tinggi polis Negara   dan banyak lagi kes-kes yang berhubung dengan rasuah yang semua ini adalah   merupakan penyakit barah atau kanser yang meruntuhkan Negara.</p>
<p><b>6. Mengapa berlaku</b></p>
<p>Bagi penyakit yang berhubung dengan sosial yang melibatkan salah laku anak   sekolah membawa kepada anti sosial, pergaulan bebas, melahirkan anak di luar   nikah, merempit, mencopet dan berbagai-bagai jenayah adalah berhubung rapat   dengan kegagalan sistem pendidikan sekarang yang tidak mementingkan didikan   agama dan akhlak serta cenderung kepada cara hidup liberal. Didikan agama   adalah bersifat terpinggir. Pendidikan Jawi-Quran hanya membolehkan pelajar   menulis jawi dan membaca Quran yang belum tentu dapat menguasai pelajaran   Islam secara baik kerana pelajar-pelajar tidak ditekan dengan mata pelajaran   Islam secara mendalam. Ketidakcukupan dengan didikan agama menyebabkan   anak-anak terdorong kepada nafsu ammarah. Mereka terpengaruh dengan   media-media perdana yang lebih banyak membawa unsur hiburan nafsu lebih dari   pendidikan. Untuk masyarakat, pihak pemerintah tidak ikhlas untuk   menyebarkan pendidikan Islam. Surau masjid tidak digalakkan dengan   pengajaran-pengajaran. Setengah-setengah pakar di dalam bidang Islam   dilarang mengajar, tazkirah tidak digalakkan terutama pada bulan Ramadhan.   takut pengaruh mereka menggugat pihak berkuasa. Pada satu peringkat   masyarakat lebih terpengaruh dengan idea liberal barat yang mau hidup bebas,   lantaran itu cadangan JAKIM untuk mewujudkan garis panduan hiburan ditolak   (BH, Sabtu 28 Mei, 2005: 1). Mereka juga menolak &#8216;moral policing&#8217; kerana   ianya konon bercanggah dengan hak asasi dan kebebasan (The Star, 23 March,   2005: 20) dan menganggap tugas mendidik anak-anak dengan pelajaran agama dan   moral adalah tanggungjawab ibu bapa di rumah ( The Sun, Much 26 -27, 2005:   10). Lantaran tiada didikan agama dan moral, maka tidak hairanlah dari satu   survey menunjukkan orang Kuala Lumpur berada pada ranking ketiga terkasar   daripada 35 bandar di dunia (NST, June 22, 2006: 6). Sebab itu Kuala Lumpur   sebagai tempat tertinggi jenayah berbanding dengan Bandar-bandar lain di   Malaysia.</p>
<p>Kegagalan pihak berkuasa menyediakan sistem pendidikan yang mementingkan   moral dan nilai kerohanian ditambah dengan kegagalan menghapuskan   kemiskinan, bahkan gagal mengawal kenaikan harga barang dan perkhidmatan   menjadikan masyarakat gelisah. Untuk menutup kelemahan, Timbalan Perdana   Menteri Datuk Seri Nagib Tun Razak menyerang pihak parti lawan terutama PAS   yang menawarkan kepada masyarakat pendekatan kebajikan seperti menurunkan   harga minyak dan tol secara praktikal. Ianya menjadi ketakutan pada   pemerintah dan menuduh jika diamalkan apa yang ditawarkan PAS akan   menjadikan Negara muflis. Kita bertanya bagaimana Negara-negara pengeluar   minyak seperti Bahrin mengenakan bayaran hanya 80 sen seliter kepada rakyat   dan Saudi sebanyak 40 sen seliter, sedang Malaysia RM1.92? Sepatutnya dengan   harga minyak dunia makin naik, rakyat sepatutnya lebih mendapat nikmat,   tetapi makin menderita. Kita melihat usaha pemerintah, setelah semua harga   barang naik, baru mengadakan badan mengawal harga, stok penimbal dan pusat   aduan 24 jam sebagai terlambat dan lebih bersifat politik termasuk &#8211;   menggambarkan ekonomi Negara pada tahap baik sebagai halwa telinga bagi   menghiburkan rakyat yang sedang menderita.</p>
<p>Sesungguhnya rakyat dan Negara menderita bukan saja diibarat pada tahap   darah tinggi, tetapi dalam masa yang sama meningkat kepada kencing manis   akibat dari sekatan-sekatan hak bersuara, mengadakan himpunan secara bebas   dan berpersatuan. Menurut Human Rights Watch:</p>
<p>&#8220;It has been three years since Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah came into   office but there has been no institutional reform to strengthen human rights   protection in Malaysia.&#8221;</p>
<p>(The Sun, January 15, 2007: 2)</p>
<p>Suasana sedemikian berterusan hingga kini.. Keadaan Malaysia dari segi   kebebasan Media lagi teruk. Semua media utama dari segi cetak dan letronik   dikawal pemerintah.</p>
<p>Akibat sekatan media, maka kedudukan Malaysia dari segi Press Freedom   Ranking menurun dari kedudukan ranking 92 (2006) kepada kedudukan ke 124   (2007) (The Sun, Oct. 18, 2007: 7). Menurut Freedom House`s Annual index:</p>
<p>&#8220;Malaysia ranked worse as a media friendly country this year compared to   last year, and was currently trailing behind the Phllippines, Indonesia,   Thailand, Cambodia and East Timor.&#8221; (The Sun, May 4, 2007: 8).</p>
<p>Negara bukan sekadar sakit darah tinggi dan kencing manis, tetapi juga sakit   jantung secara kronik, bagi peristiwa pemecatan Tun Salleh Abas (1988)   adalah disifatkan:</p>
<p>&#8220;It was the year Article 121 of the Federal Constitution was amended,   divesting the judiciary of its autonomy and placing it under the influence   of Parliament`. (The Sun Extra, Sptember 21, 2006: 1). Protes terhadap   perubahan undang-undang bagi kepentingan politik ini pernah berlaku sejak 7   April 1981 bila 200 lawyer berhimpun di Parlimen menghantar memorandum   membantah terhadap Society Act, tahun berikutnya 42 daripada lawyer di atas   dituduh sebagai menyertai perhimpunan haram. Mereka termasuk President Bar   Cauncil G.T. S. Sidhu didapati bersalah pada Januari 1983. Pada 26 September   2007 – seramai 2000 lawyer mengadakan tunjuk perasaan &#8216;Walk of Justice&#8217;   diketuai Presiden Ambiga Sreenevasan (The Star 21 Oct. 2007: SM4).   Sesungguhnya perlembagaan Negara yang mengalami berbagai-bagai peruntukan.   Termasuk perubahan terbaru terhadap perlanjutan umur persaraan Pengerusi SPR   dari 65 kepada 66 tahun yang diluluskan parlimen pada 11 Disember 2007   mempunyai agenda tersembunyi BN menyambung khidmat Tan Seri Abdul Rashid bin   Abdul Rahman yang dianggap berjasa kepada BN itu.</p>
<p>Tahap kritikal yang dihadapi Negara yang dibaratkan sebagai penyakit barah   Negara ialah meningkatnya kes-kes rasuah yang melibatkan peringkat mereka   yang berprofil tinggi. Tahun ke tahun kes-kes rasuah di Malaysia semakin   meningkat. Menurut Corruption Perception Index (CPI), kedudukan Malaysia   semakin teruk dari segi rasuah pada tahun 2003 (37), 2004 (39), 2005 (39),   2006 (44) dan 2007 (43) (The Star, 7 November 2006: 12). Dengan banyaknya   berlaku kes-kes rasuah dijangka kedudukan Malaysia makin tercorak. Kes-kes   rasuah antaranya pemecatan Isa Samad yang dikaitkan dengan politik wang, Isu   Istana Zakaria Idros, Isu &#8216;Tutup Mulut&#8217; Mohd Said Yusof, kes-kes yang   dikatakan berhubung dengan Musa Aman, Taib Mahmud, Zulkipli Mat Noor yang   dilepaskan, tuduhan terhadap Ramli Yusoff dan jabatan-jabatan Polis Diraja,   Kastam dan Eksais Diraja dan Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan. Semua ini ibarat   barah yang kronik yang dihadapi Malaysia. Ia bukan setakat menggambarkan   teruknya masalah dan penyakit Malaysia, tetapi ianya boleh melumpuh dan   meruntuhkan kerajaan.</p>
<p><b>7. Kesimpulan</b></p>
<p>Dari apa yang dibicarakan di atas, Malaysia mengalami penyakit kritikal   dengan sakit barah dengan berlakunya rasuah melibatkan pihak tertinggi   pemerintah dan politik. Kebobrokan pihak tertinggi yang tidak mengawal pihak   pentadbir dan pelaksana ditambah dengan kucar kacirnya dari segi perundangan   yang diibaratkan sebagai mengalami sakit jantung melumpuhkan kecergasan   pentadbiran. perlanggaran akta-akta, hak asasi dan kemanusiaan yang   sepatutnya dinikmati rakyat menunujukkan Negara diibaratkan berpenyakit   kencing manis. Kegagalan mengawal kenaikan harga barangan dan perkhidmatan   menyebabkan rakyat berada di dalam kegelisahan yang diibaratkan sebagai   mereka yang mengalami darah tinggi dan kegagalan dari segi pendidikan Negara   yang tidak dapat mendidik masyarakat dengan nilai-nilai akhlak melahirkan   remaja bermasalah dan merupakan penyakit sosial bagi masyarakat. Dengan   keadaan ini kita melihat kerajaan BN sekarang yang sudah tua dan uzur   mempunyai semua bandingan penyakit-penyakit yang dibicarakan di atas. BN   sekarang di dalam keadaan menggelabah dan cuba menutup segala kelemahan   dengan rancangan-rancangan dan program-program yang bersifat adhoc dan   gambaran-gambaran palsu yang sengaja diadakan untuk menutup segala   kelemahan. Kita mengharapkan masyarakat tidak tertipu dengan helah dan   ancaman perkauman mereka yang terdesak. Marilah sama-sama kita membuat   perubahan dan pembaharuan bagi kebaikan dan kebajikan bersama.</p>
<p>Sekian.</p>
<p>Dr. Shafie Abu Bakar</p>
<p>Bangi,<br />
21 Muharram 1429<br />
30 Januari 2008</p>
<p><b>Source:</b> Harakah</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has accused Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of controlling the press in ways similar to those applied in communist states. &#8220;You cannot speak in (at the World Economic Forum in) Davos (claiming) that you are a tolerant, moderate leader and come here and control the media (as is done [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bettermalaysia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2465225&amp;post=17&amp;subd=bettermalaysia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PKR <i>de facto</i> leader Anwar Ibrahim has accused Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of controlling the press in ways similar to those applied in communist states.</p>
<p><img src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com:8080/109/c7552d47139d1794309face04cd9c8c0.jpg" alt="anwar ibrahim vk lingam hearing pc 290108 absurd" align="right" height="213" width="160" />&#8220;You cannot speak in (at the World Economic Forum in) Davos (claiming) that you are a tolerant, moderate leader and come here and control the media (as is done in) a communist state,&#8221; he said today.</p>
<p>Anwar’s attack on Abdullah was over the failure to adhere to principles of Islam <i>Hadhari</i>, which was part of the Barisan Nasional election manifesto in 2004 and may be reiterated during the upcoming general election.</p>
<p>&#8220;What’s so Islamic about the <i>Hadhari<b> </b></i>model when corruption is more endemic now? You detain people without trial. The media is also not free,&#8221; he said at a press conference he had called in relation to the ongoing inquiry into the VK Lingam tape.</p>
<p>Asked to comment on the Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research poll which suggested that Abdullah’s approval rating as premier is at an <b><a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/77480" target="_blank">all-time low</a></b>, Anwar offered a cryptic response.<span id="more-17"></span></p>
<p><img src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com:8080/108/a101a726444834ddb161e4d99443a6ff.gif" alt="abdullah ballot box umno barisan 190108" align="left" height="146" width="219" />&#8220;When the Merdeka Centre report suggested in 2004 that the PM’s popularity was 90 percent, he got 60 percent of the votes. Now that it has gone down to an all-time low of 60 percent, it means he will get 40 percent of the votes. That’s my take&#8221;.</p>
<p>In the survey conducted last December among 1,026 registered voters, the negative sentiments among Indian Malaysian respondents dragged down Abdullah’s overall approval rating to 61 percent, compared to 91 percent in November 2004..</p>
<p>While the reasons for the drop were not stated, the government’s crackdown against the street protest organised by the Hindu Rights Action Force last November could have been a factor.</p>
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<p class="subtitle">&#8216;PM has misled public’</p>
<p></b>Anwar also took Abdullah to task for misleading the public on Malaysia’s position in the <i>IMD World Competitiveness Year Book. </i></p>
<p>Newspapers reported<i> </i>today that Malaysia is ranked 6<sup>th</sup> worldwide in terms of government efficiency, ahead of the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and France.</p>
<p>&#8220;It’s not that we want to bluff the <i>rakyat</i> because if we do, the government would fold very soon. So don’t think about failure&#8230; we have no choice but to succeed, succeed, succeed!&#8221; Abdullah was quoted as saying.</p>
<p>It was also reported that Malaysia is ranked 4<sup>th</sup> in terms of business efficiency, 6<sup>th</sup> for economic performance and 8<sup>th</sup> for economic competitiveness.</p>
<p>Anwar said that closer examination of the data reveals that the rankings refer to the category of countries with a population of 20 million or more.</p>
<p>On a true global scale, Anwar said the study reveals that Malaysia is ranked 23<sup>rd</sup> in the <i>World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2007</i>. Copies of a summary were distributed to the press <i>(see Chart).</i></p>
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<p>Anwar said IMD &#8211; a renowned Swiss business school &#8211; had placed Malaysia 22<sup>nd</sup> in 2006 and 17 in 1997, showing that Malaysia has in fact been dropping in the ranking.</p>
<p>&#8220;Abdullah’s decision to resort to such misdirection (yesterday) is a weak attempt to hide the fact that Malaysia’s economic fundamentals have weakened progressively under his government,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Comparatively, Anwar said the ranking showed that Malaysia is lagging behind regional neighbours Singapore and Hong Kong as the two countries are ranked 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> respectively.</p>
<p><b>Source:</b> malaysiakini</p>
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		<title>Dr. M: Don&#8217;t Vote for Deadwood!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad is on yet another mission &#8211; this time to promote a ‘clean-up’ of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, in particular the dominant party Umno. In this respect, he expressed the hope that BN supporters will not vote in &#8220;corrupt and inefficient&#8221; leaders in the next general election. &#8220;I’m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bettermalaysia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2465225&amp;post=16&amp;subd=bettermalaysia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad is on yet another mission &#8211; this time to promote a ‘clean-up’ of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, in particular the dominant party Umno.</p>
<p>In this respect, he expressed the hope that BN supporters will not vote in &#8220;corrupt and inefficient&#8221; leaders in the next general election.</p>
<p><img src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com:8080/109/54726b6232dd5a19daa5ff9f10dcb98c.jpg" alt="mahathir selected letters book launch 300108 rostrum" align="left" height="268" width="200" />&#8220;I’m trying to promote a cleansing of the (coalition) by the people because it seems that it is not possible (for BN to cleanse itself),&#8221; said Mahathir when asked what role he would play in the polls.</p>
<p>&#8220;Should people name some deadwood or some corrupt person as a candidate, BN supporters should not support them. That is the way we can clean the&#8230;BN and Umno.</p>
<p>&#8220;There is no hope that Umno can clean itself from within. Everything is controlled now. Any contrary view (that party members) make would be contained.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mahathir’s latest attack appears to be an attempt to rally voters against his hand-picked successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ahead of polls that are widely speculated to be called in March.<span id="more-16"></span></p>
<p><img src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com:8080/107/cf6aa6184091f8a734397c7e7af629a0.jpg" alt="dr mahathir selected letters to world leaders 140108" align="right" height="349" width="240" />Speaking to reporters after launching his latest book ‘Dr Mahathir’s Selected Letters to World Leaders’, Mahathir stressed that he is not supporting the opposition and that he believes the BN will still win comfortably.</p>
<p>However, he predicted that results would be closer to that in 1999, than in 2004 when BN obtained its largest mandate. In 1999, BN had suffered heavy losses, including losing Kelantan and Terengganu to Islamic opposition party PAS.</p>
<p>&#8220;The issues are different (compared to 1999). There is (now) the problem of inflation. More importantly the quality of leadership (within Umno) is not there,&#8221; said Mahathir.</p>
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<p></b>To a question, Mahathir said the next polls &#8220;could be&#8221; the dirtiest to date and expressed fears that &#8220;illegal means&#8221; would be used to influence voters.</p>
<p>Asked to substantiate his claims of vote-buying, Mahathir replied that his fears stem from his experience in the 2006 Kubang Pasu divisional Umno elections as well as by-elections held last year.</p>
<p><img src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com:8080/109/ac40e954cd1730785c95c0b9ed1df1cd.jpg" alt="mahathir selected letters book launch 300108 pc" align="left" height="228" width="320" />&#8220;In my case, I have proof that people were bribed. I expect there to be an extension (of such practices) during the general election,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>In 2006, Mahathir had claimed that Umno rigged the Kubang Pasu party polls to stop him from being elected as a delegate to the Umno general assembly. The disciplinary committee, however, cleared the division of any wrongdoing.</p>
<p>Mahathir also confirmed long-standing rumours that his government had avoided developing the PAS-led Kelantan for political reasons.</p>
<p>He said Umno felt that the federal government should not develop the state because PAS would take advantage of the situation.</p>
<p>&#8220;PAS will tell the people &#8211; even if you don’t vote BN, you will still get development. Why bother voting BN? That has always been the problem with PAS. Even in my constituency&#8230; Because of that we have to hold back,&#8221; he explained.</p>
<p>He also commented on issues of religion, the economy and allegations of corruption during his own 22-year tenure as premier.</p>
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		<title>Pak Lah terus Merudum II</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s standing among the Indian community has taken a severe beating according to a survey released recently. Based on the Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research survey, Indians approval for Abdullah had dropped from 79% in October to only 38% in December. This has dragged Abdullah’s overall approval rating to an all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bettermalaysia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2465225&amp;post=15&amp;subd=bettermalaysia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s standing among the Indian community has taken a severe beating according to a survey released recently.</p>
<p><img src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com:8080/108/95a804260dcae42593170ab835ea0f7f.gif" align="left" />Based on the Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research survey, Indians approval for Abdullah had dropped from 79% in October to only 38% in December. <span id="more-15"></span></p>
<p>This has dragged Abdullah’s overall approval rating to an all time low of 61% since a high of 91% in November 2004.</p>
<p>Merdeka Centre director Ibrahim Suffian said the sudden drop in approval ratings was due likely to the Hindraf issue since an earlier survey before November did not capture a negative swing among the Indians.</p>
<p>“It is likely the Hindraf rally has changed the mood of Indian voters,” said Ibrahim, adding that the survey however did not provide conclusive explanation for the drop in approval.</p>
<p>Hindraf became a household name among Indians after the movement’s mass rally on Nov 25 which saw 30,000 Indians demonstrating for equality and an end to discrimination.</p>
<p>The survey was carried out for five days starting on Dec 14 &#8211; a day after the detention of five Hindraf leaders under the Internal Security Act &#8211; and involved 1,026 registered voters selected via random stratified sampling.</p>
<p><img src="http://media1.malaysiakini.com:8080/108/01cbb38808c2f7043e5f11051f6c4e4f.gif" align="right" />Other than the Indians, the survey showed Abdullah losing the approval of the Malays and Chinese which saw a reduction of 8% and 5% respectively when compared to the October survey.</p>
<p><b><font color="#993300">Pessimistic on economy<br />
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On the economy, less than 50% of respondents optimistic that the economy would improve over the next one year.</p>
<p>The Chinese were the least optimistic as only 19% of respondents believe they will see improvement in the economy while the Malays (53%) were the most optimistic.</p>
<p>On average, only 41% of respondents believe that the economy would improve.</p>
<p>The survey also showed top three issues affecting voters were price hikes and inflation (20%), racial issues and inequality (17%) and crime and public safety (12%).</p>
<p>Asked if they were satisfied with the government to solve the price hikes and inflation problem, 70% of respondents replied “somewhat dissatisfied” or “very dissatisfied”.<br />
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<p><b>Source:</b> malaysiakini.com</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS More than two dozen individuals have been detained by the police near the Kuala Lumpur City Centre ahead of a protest against price hikes organised by the Coalition Against Inflation (Protes). At about 2.45pm, seven PAS’ party volunteers, including one woman, were picked up outside the KLCC Jalan Ampang entrance and brought to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bettermalaysia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2465225&amp;post=14&amp;subd=bettermalaysia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>BREAKING NEWS</b></font> More than two dozen individuals have been detained by the police near the Kuala Lumpur City Centre ahead of a protest against price hikes organised by the Coalition Against Inflation (Protes).</p>
<p>At about 2.45pm, seven PAS’ party volunteers, including one woman, were picked up outside the KLCC Jalan Ampang entrance and brought to the Kuala Lumpur police contingent headquarters for questioning.</p>
<p>Almost simultaneously, near the Ampang Park LRT station, another five women and three men were also detained in connection with the rally.</p>
<p><i>Malaysiakini</i> reporter Syed Jamal Zahiid was also picked up. He was detained while questioning a police officer over several arrests near the Ampang Park area.<span id="more-14"></span></p>
<p><i>Malaysiakini</i> office has contacted Dang Wangi OCPD Zulkarnain Abdul Rahman to vouch for the identity of Syed Jamal who then assured that the journalist would be released after giving his statement.</p>
<p>At about 3.30pm, about 200 Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) supporters marching from Ampang Park towards KLCC were locked in a standoff with the police.</p>
<p>Ten minutes later, at least 12 PSM supporters and leaders were arrested after a minor scuffle with the police.</p>
<p>Police have declared the rally today illegal and have obtained a rare court order banning people from attending.</p>
<p>Commenting on the court order, PSM president Dr Nasir Hashim said the police were using the courts to curtail fundamental liberties.</p>
<p>“It’s a very funny court order. People are just walking around and they are being taken away. I think the lawyers should challenge this because we cannot express your grievances in this country,” he said.</p>
<p><b><font color="#0000ff">MORE TO FOLLOW</font></b></p>
<p><b>At 2.15pm &#8211; Moderate police presence, no sign of protesters</b></p>
<p>About 100 uniformed police personnel are presently patrolling around the KLCC area in anticipation of a banned rally organised by the Coalition Against Inflation (Protes).</p>
<p>Eye-witnesses reported that the police have also erected a steel barricade near the taxi stand at the Jalan Ampang entrance towards KLCC.</p>
<p>However, the Federal Reserve Unit and their infamous water cannons were not sighted yet..</p>
<p>Police personnel were also stationed near the Ampang Park LRT station where protesters are supposed to gather before marching towards KLCC.</p>
<p>It was business as usual at KLCC. No road closure was also reported.</p>
<p>AT 2.15pm, no sign of any protester was seen. The peaceful assembly was scheduled for 3pm.</p>
<p><b>Source:</b> malaysiakini.com</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">I actually wanted to title this the Royal Commission of something else but with all the fart jokes stinking up the Lingam Video inquiry it is perhaps apt to link the conduct of the Royal Commissioners with unmanly behaviour. They are sissies, maybe even bordering on cowardice. </font></font></font></p>
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<p><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"> A Blogger who writes on this site explained to me in detail that during his rule, time was Dr Mahathir’s greatest friend. Through all the crises, economic downturns, general elections and recalcitrant foreign leaders time was always on his side. There is no shortage of time available if you want to postpone something. There is only a shortage of time when you want to do things in a hurry. Dr Mahathir was able to use time to do both ie to get things done in a super hurry and to postpone pesky problems to another day. </font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">But when he postponed a party election, a General Election or sparred with the Keatings, Gores and Soros of this world he treated any extra time he got like the precious commodity that it was. Dr Mahathir was known to burn up candles working hard at his job. No PM before or since worked as hard as Dr Mahathir. And he also knew what to do if he had any extra time.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">And today after his retirement even some of the Opposition has rallied around Dr Mahathir. Time has always favoured him. Even personally &#8211; a ripe old age, relatively robust health and good fitness have served him well. He also outlived them all.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">But the same is not the case for Abdullah Badawi. Badawi does not have a clue about what to do to run the country. He gets nervous when he has to make a decision or read a brief. That is why he keeps leaving the country to go overseas. He does not have to work or worry about anything important or serious when he is overseas. Whether it is loafing around Perth in Australia, sleeping on someone’s boat, sleeping on board the plane or sleeping at the Davos Economic Forum it all means the same thing : he does not have to work.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">He just postpones matters without using the extra time to find solutions. So problems do not go away. When they come around again, Abdullah Badawi goes away overseas. </font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">When he tries to do something it always backfires. Without thinking Badawi dispatched the MCA Minister to China to apologise to the Chinese Government for the ‘poor treatment’ of a Chinese girl by the Police. Firstly asking women to do naked squats is procedure and physical examination to find hidden objects. The offense took place when some idiot video taped the girl and showed it to everyone. But the PM looked the idiot again when it was found out the girl was a local Malay lass and not even Chinese. The Malaysian Government was made to look totally stupid.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">Obviously the PM was set up by his own Police, of which he is the Minister. They knew the Malay identity of the girl all along but they kept it from the PM. It was possibly a “teh tarik” bet among some Senior Police Officers to see just how big a fool they could make of the PM. More than anyone else, the Police know just how sleepy the PM can be. He does not know what to do.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">Now in similar fashion the sleepy PM has appointed a Royal Commission of Inquiry to look into the Lingam Video recording. Again he has done this without thinking. Promising transparency and ‘lets get to the bottom of this’ the PM and whoever are his advisors thought they could gain voters confidence by dredging up dirt from the Mahathir era and exposing it in open court hearing. They even put Dr Mahathir on the witness list and called Dr Mahathir to the witness stand. But as the CNN broadcast of the event showed, Dr Mahathir gave a good accounting of himself. When he walked in, everyone stood up, including the judges. As one Mahathir critic said Dr Mahathir came across quite clearly that he exercised his authority as the Prime Minister and he was not answerable to anyone for his actions. In the appointment of judges, he said he listened to his officers, the Police, dinner guests or anyone else. But the final decision was his alone. The Royal Commission then thanked him and he went home for tea. And that was the end of that.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">But here is an almost unbelievable news headline from today’s <i>Star:</i></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>January 26 2008</i></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i><b>Hearings in camera so that only relevant testimony is allowed</b></i></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Datuk V.K. Lingam video clip will not be “that open anymore” to prevent baseless and wild allegations from making way into the news. “It’s not going to be that open anymore, like previously. It’s not nice for the news to come out first and then only it is (evidence) decided whether it is relevant to the terms of reference of the inquiry,” commission secretary Datuk Abdullah Sani Ab Hamid said. “The commission must determine first the questions to be asked so that unrelated matters are not brought up.” The commission wanted to make sure that allegations that had nothing to do with the video clip would not be included as evidence, he said after the panel heard submissions behind closed-door proceedings yesterday. Earlier, the Royal Commission heard in camera arguments on whether Lingam’s brother and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should be called to testify on the alleged closeness between the lawyer and judges. The commission stopped the press and public from attending the morning and afternoon sessions yesterday as lawyers for the two proposed witnesses had indicated they would be touching on certain personalities in the course of their submissions. </i></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">So they are afraid of Anwar Ibrahim! They do not want to give Anwar Ibrahim a platform from which he can preach to the gallery. But Anwar Ibrahim is the person who exposed this Lingam Video clip which resulted in the formation of this Royal Inquiry. Anwar Ibrahim is also number four on the list of 16 witnesses to be called by this Royal Commission. Surely the public wants to hear what he has to say. But it has been two weeks now and about a dozen witnesses have been called but Anwar Ibrahim has been passed over. <i>Apa pasal takut sangat kat Anwar Ibrahim? </i></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">Earlier Commission chairman Tan Sri Haidar Mohd Noor had said “Show your face today and speak under oath.” Now Tan Sri Haidar will say ‘Show your face and lets whisper behind closed doors. Don’t worry we will close the doors to the press and the public’. </font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">The reason is simple. Just like the case of the naked woman in the Police lock up, this Royal Commission is becoming more an embarrassment for Abdullah Badawi than for Dr Mahathir or Anwar Ibrahim. As a result the political masters are now interfering and calling the shots. The Royal Commission has lost its transparency and its independence. The man who is calling the shots now is Badawi’s agent planted to supervise this Royal Commission. Who is he? Lets read the Star again :</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff">“<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b><i>It’s not going to be that open anymore, like previously. It’s not nice for the news to come out first and then only it is (evidence) decided whether it is relevant to the terms of reference of the inquiry,” commission secretary Datuk Abdullah Sani Ab Hamid said. The commission must determine first the questions to be asked so that unrelated matters are not brought up.” </i></b></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">So now Datuk Abdullah Sani is telling the judges of the Royal Commission they just cannot be transparent anymore. Not just Anwar Ibrahim but others also want to connect the former Yang Di Pertuan Agong, the former Chief Judge Fairuz and God knows how many other issues to this Royal Inquiry. What a can of worms. So this Royal Commission of Bravehearts and Defenders of Truth has become a Royal Commission of Pondans. </font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">Apart from Haidar, the other commission members are retired Court of </font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">Appeal judge Datuk Mahadev Shankar, former chief judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Steve Shim Lip Kiong, former solicitor-general Puan Sri Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh and Malaysian Human Rights Commission commissioner and Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim. If they want to uphold real principles they should just resign. But this is Malaysia. Cari makan comes first.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">So the longer this ‘Royal Commission’ charade goes on, it will make Badawi look even worse. But lets focus folks. Lets cut the crap and get to the point. We all want to know ‘Did Lingam use undue influence to get Dr Mahathir to appoint judges?’. This is where ultimately the Royal Commission cannot arrive at any earth shaking conclusion. </font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">Yes it was Lingam speaking on the phone. But who was he talking to? Fairuz says it was not him. Lingam said he was not talking to Fairuz. The ACA says they could not trace Lingam’s phone or even his phone number. So where is the evidence that Lingam was talking to Fairuz? </font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">But even if Lingam and Fairuz confess that they were talking to each other so what? The Royal Commission must prove that Dr Mahathir listened to these two clowns in the appointment of judges. Dr Mahathir has said that in the appointment of judges, Sultans, choosing the King, picking the MPs, appointing Cabinet Ministers etc he listens to Lingam, Mutu, Christopher, Siti Nurhaliza, Wong, Hussein, Melissa, Sue, Hamidah, Khatijah, Mak Jah, Lebai Omar and that tall mamak fellow. But ultimately he makes his own decision in anything.</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><font color="#ffffff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">So what exactly is this Royal Commission trying to achieve? Kalau nak malukan Tun Dr Mahathir, well he has already come and gone. Tak kena apa pun. Now it is the Royal Commision that is running and hiding behind closed doors. And they are not going to achieve anything either. Why don’t they just pack up and go home. <i>Buang karan, buang air dan buang masa saja.</i></font></font></font></p>
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