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Hi.

I am a 23 year old Malaysian and I lead a team of dreamers who are working hard to make this country a better place. We are not trying to start a revolution nor are we trying to disrupt the peace. We are merely trying to put back that true sense of peace and unity which we lost when we left primary school. We want to tell the youth of our nation that indeed there is still hope for our nation, that we are not alone. We want all to know that there is indeed a longing for POSITIVE action brewing within all of us in the midst of today’s issues whether we speak of it or not.

Perhaps we have not acted on our troubled conscience because we have long thought we have lost the power to make a difference. If that is so, then you are not alone. That is because I am the same; I too have lost that belief that ‘one can make a difference’. However I believe when 2 or 3 are gathered, incredible things can happen. Therefore, I am willing to try and will leave this in your hands, so that I and more like me can be proven wrong. What we are going to do is give you a matchstick each. How you use it is up to you, but I believe none of you are fools, so please start that fire. The more that joins in, the bigger it will be.

So this is what’s happening; we have taken up the challenge to register 1,000,000 voters by the end of 2010. Even though we do have a SUPERB plan, that’s right, its 6 ZEROS! Impossible? I think so, unless everyone rises up and helps out. Only then can we reach that INSANELY EPIC target. For your information, we are not in this for personal glory, nor are we part of a business gimmick, and definitely not controlled by political parties. Anyways, if we wanted glory and money I think we wouldn’t have set ourselves up for EPIC failure like that.

Have I got your interest?

If you are inspired and want to be part of this, scroll down to the ‘how to’. If you are thinking that there is no hope and our efforts will only be futile in the end, I hope that you will see at the end of 2010 that you are indeed the minority and majority of us actually still have hope. If you are still unsure as most of you are, scroll down to the ‘how to’ and join us to look and see if this will actually work. Trust me, it’s going to be an exciting and entertaining ride whether we hit our target or not.

HOW TO SUPPORT EPIC FOR UNITY

• Attach the ‘VOICE your CHOICE’ e-badge to your blog or website to show you are part of the EPIC for UNITY movement and please make sure to link it to our website or blog.
• Tell everyone about this, through your mouths, blogs, facebook, twitter and any other methods you can think of. The more the merrier.
• Keep updated with our blog so that you have accurate information.
• Let us know if you have any contacts that would be willing to be involved in the hands on work.
• If you know of any companies that would support our cause in terms of finance, products, services or people please introduce the cause and help us connect!

For more info please check out our blog at http://dosomethingepictoday.blogspot.com

Our email is dosomethingepic@gmail.com

Please pass this message around.

What the fuck? Am I reading Malaysiakini or Taiwankini website? This crying  scene is so damn dramatic.

I don’t really care about MCA saga but these bunch of pathetic power-hungry losers really are making me sick!

Cried for the end of democracy in MCA? Fuck you lah! You cried for losing power and probably losing your minister’s post too.

Messenger: This is blasphemy! This is madness!

King Leonidas: Madness?!

[Shouting]

THIS IS M-C-AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

[Kicks the messenger down the well]

Potong Saga
by Ho Yuhang
Release: 17 Aug 2009

Synopsis: A laugh-out-loud film about a Chinese boy’s misguided attempts at opening an Islamic bank account.

Don’t turn Teoh into racial issue, Nazri warns opposition

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 – People, especially the opposition, should stop speculating on the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock or make it a racial issue.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the opposition, especially the DAP’s parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang, should let police investigate before making any conclusion.

“Do not divert the issue to something else, I’m the Minister of Law, I know what I said and don’t try to put words into my mouth, I think he’s the one who should shut up and not make a racial issue out of this. Allow the police to investigate,” Nazri told reporters after his speech at the ‘Forum on Integrity and Compliance: The Malaysian Agenda’ organised by Siemens here today.

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Who the fuck turned Teoh into racial issue? Haven’t you read the article written by your UMNO comrade Zainul Ariffin? So what if you are the Minister of Law? You wouldn’t have made so many stupid comments if you really know what you said!

Just shut the fuck up and eat your fucking peanuts.

The topic may sound boring but the way he speaks is interesting.

By SHAHANAAZ HABIB

……

Q: How come PNSB paid RM110,000 for your presidential suite in Honolulu?

A: I am not sure. It was all organised by them. And I didn’t ask. I didn’t even get to enjoy the suite or the facilities. I just used it for sleeping. I returned from the programme at midnight and by 8am I am up.

Q: People are shocked by the RM1.7mil spent for the Disney trips?

A: That was decided by the management. I am actually a very simple man. I do not ask for these kind of things. Maybe they said as a chairman, that is my entitlement and they did that.

Q: You say you are a simple man but people would disagree because you fly first class and stay at expensive presidential suites?

A: You must remember when I was the (PNSB) chairman. I have my entitlement. If I were to reduce my entitlement to what an officer gets then what is the officer going to reduce to? I am the chairman. There is the deputy chairman, board of directors, government officers going along. If I fly business class (not first class), then what happens to my state secretary? He will complain. If I am travelling alone it is easier. But I am travelling with a group of people and if I downgrade myself – it’s a problem for the others. But I never ask (for the pricey presidential suites or first class flights). Whatever they provide, I go along with. I just tell them to give me a full itinerary on these trips. I want a full programme with investors and companies.

Q: But isn’t the RM1.7mil spent on the Disney trips wasteful?

A: No. The trip has so many purpose. Look at the effect, the officers got good exposure. And we get to bring investments to the state. Usually when I go on these trips, my programme is packed from morning to midnight to visit companies, factories, business associates, governors. That’s how we have increased the state’s investments from RM4bil a year to more than RM6 to RM7 bil a year. The RM1.7mil spent used proper channels and we got RM50bil investment (over the last eight years). If we spend RM5 mil for trips but it brings in RM50bil worth of investment, what’s wrong with that? Just look at Selangor now. The RM11.8bil last year was the result of my investment not Pakatan’s. They just try to take credit for it. But now investments have dwindled to RM6bil. I worry that it’s going to wind down to RM4bil. And we used to get RM17mil from sand mining but when PKR took over the state, they got only RM3mil. And they promised the people that they could collect RM250mil for sand mining. As far as I am concerned all the trips I made bring a lot of development to Selangor and introduced new concepts. The ideas come from these trips. I stopped over in Dubai for few days because I got the Sepang Gold Coast idea from Dubai’s The Palm development. I don’t know why the state cancelled the River Canal City project. They should proceed because it can spur the economy.

……

Click here to view the full interview by The Star

Instead of being humility, they made humiliating comments in public. Looks like your version of 1 Malaysia is way different from theirs.

What an irony!

Bangkitlah Melayu
Utusan Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR 14 April – Orang Melayu perlu bangkit dan bersatu dalam berhadapan dengan tuntutan kaum lain yang kini dilihat semakin keterlaluan.

Mereka juga perlu sedar dan insaf dengan situasi politik semasa yang menyaksikan pelbagai tuntutan hingga boleh menjejaskan kekuatan politik orang Melayu.

Sehubungan itu, orang Melayu diminta tidak tunduk kepada tuntutan keterlaluan tersebut sebalik bangkit bersatu bagi mempertahankan hak dan kepentingan mereka.

Ahli Parlimen Pasir Mas, Datuk Ibrahim Ali berkata, pemimpin bukan Melayu dalam hal ini perlu sedar yang sesebuah kerajaan itu boleh sahaja untuk tidak ‘melayan’ tuntutan mereka.

Katanya, jumlah kerusi terbanyak di Parlimen adalah milik Melayu dan ia cukup untuk membentuk sebuah kerajaan berasaskan wakil rakyat Melayu semata-mata di negara ini.

Katanya, justeru, dari segi politiknya kerajaan itu sepatutnya memenuhi apa sahaja yang menjadi kehendak Melayu kerana mereka adalah majoriti dan bukan asyik bertolak ansur dengan bukan Melayu.

‘‘Parti Melayu akan kuat bila Melayu dijaga. Jadi UMNO kena fokus orang Melayu. Jadi UMNO tak perlu takut kerana saya lihat bila UMNO itu kuat orang bukan Melayu automatik akan sokong juga Barisan Nasional (BN) macam dulu,’’ katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Beliau mengulas pandangan mengenai situasi politik semasa yang menyaksikan kedudukan politik Melayu seakan terancam dengan tuntutan bukan Melayu pada masa kini.

Ahli Parlimen Sri Gading, Datuk Mohamad Aziz berkata, parti pemerintah ketika ini tidak boleh merasa bimbang untuk membuat apa sahaja keputusan yang dilihat perlu untuk membantu orang Melayu.

“UMNO kalau kita tengok Fasal 3 perlembagaannya ialah memperjuangkan hak Melayu.

“Pada masa sama orang Melayu pun kenalah sedar, asyik bercakaran sesama sendiri, tak untung Melayu sedangkan kita main politik untuk apa kalau tidak untuk membela Melayu.

“Jadi UMNO dan Pas kena duduk, tak kan dalam berbeza tak ada persamaan. Atas persamaan ini kita duduklah semeja dulu,” jelasnya.

Pemimpin UMNO, Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim menegaskan, dalam soal wakil Kabinet misalnya, semua pihak harus menerima pilihan Perdana Menteri kerana ia bidang kuasa beliau.

“Saya fikir kalau dilayan, Najib tak akan ada kerja lain.

“Apa pun ini akan mengajar UMNO supaya terus kuat. Bila kuat, orang segan, kalau lemah orang kucar kacirkan,” ujarnya yang juga Ketua UMNO Bahagian Jelebu.

Ketua Pembangkang Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr. Mohamad Khir Toyo berkata, hak orang Melayu tidak harus dilepaskan dalam usaha kerajaan memenuhi kehendak masyarakat pelbagai kaum.

“Biar wujud situasi menang-menang. Kita tidak boleh biar sebelah pihak sahaja menang. Kalau kita nak penuhi apa yang mereka nak, jangan pula kita lepaskan apa yang jadi hak kita,’’ katanya.

Timbalan Presiden Gabungan Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung (GPMS), Syed Anuar Syed Mohamad berkata, walaupun kerajaan mahu menekankan konsep Satu Malaysia yang menyatukan rakyat pelbagai kaum, langkah juga perlu dilakukan bagi mengembalikan keharmonian di kalangan orang Melayu sendiri.

“Dalam keadaan sekarang ini, orang Melayu berhadapan banyak cabaran semasa dan kita perlu mencari cara untuk memastikan kaum itu tidak berpecah-belah,” katanya.

Katanya, UMNO dan Pas tidak boleh melengah-lengahkan masa lagi untuk bekerjasama dalam memajukan orang Melayu.

Ketua Umum Badan Bertindak Perpaduan Melayu (BBPM), Osman Abu Bakar yang sependapat dengan GPMS berkata, cadangan yang baik seperti itu perlu dilaksanakan secepat mungkin.

Katanya, kerjasama antara dua parti politik itu bukan sahaja akan memberi faedah kepada orang Melayu sahaja tetapi juga kaum lain.

Tambahnya, penyatuan UMNO dan Pas perlu menjadi batu loncatan untuk mengeratkan semua rakyat berbilang kaum di negara ini.

“Sememangnya usaha ke arah itu akan mengambil masa tetapi sekurang-kurangnya kita tidak hanya bercakap atau mencadangkan sahaja,’’ tambahnya.

Source: Utusan Online

Umno Needs Psychological Warfare Team To Ward Off Opposition Allegations

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) — The Barisan Nasional (BN), especially Umno, needs to form a psychological warefare team to deal with opposition allegations against the coalition or Umno.

Home Minister and Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said besides this, the party’s strategies, integrity and credibility also needed to be enhanced to draw public attention.

“Our problem is that we have allowed negative public perceptions about us to persist. When negative perceptions have taken root, it is difficult for us to get out of the situation,” he said at a press conference at Angkasapuri, here, today.

Syed Hamid said having a psychological warfare team could make the party more mature and ward off negative public perceptions about it.

“When something happens or an issue arises, there must be quick action to remove or diffuse wrong perceptions against us.

“We are weak in information dissemination and propaganda, while the opposition is strong in mounting a propaganda,” he said.

Source: Bernama

Eh… Encik Syed, what talking you? UMNO control the newspapers, TV and radio for decades and you still think you guys are weak in dissemination of propaganda?

Well, you are right in a way. UMNO became weaker if compared to 10 years ago when Internet was not so well established in Malaysia. BN Government really got me fooled for years until Internet came into my life. I am not saying online media are telling absolute truth but at least we have alternative sources of information, after all we have had enough of BN controlled media.

Alright, I proudly proclaim the below statement as quote of the month.

“We are weak in information dissemination and propaganda, while the opposition is strong in mounting a propaganda”
- Syed Hamid Albar

That’s what I saw in Terence’s Windows Messenger personal message, so I asked him what yellow duck happiness means.

Traxport says:
u see yellow duck wat do u feel ?

Caker says:
hmmm… don’t know?

Traxport says:
happy. right. ducks are always happy

Caker says:
is it??

Traxport says:
so we have to be like ducks

Caker says:
what kind of theory is this?

Traxport says:
terence’s. where got sad duck in the world ????? true or not ?!

Caker says:
u are not duck, how would you know? how can you tell a duck or a chicken or a turtle is sad or happy?

Traxport says:
tat y we have to be like duck! tiu .. u imagine u r a duck
u tellme, wat can make u sad ???

Caker says:
no food to eat will make me sad

Traxport says:
where the fuck can be no food ? duck live on field and ponds

Caker says:
ponds are polluted by humans…

Traxport says:
fuck la
dont find dirty ponds can or not

Caker says:
nowadays hard to find a clean ponds… even our tap waters are dirty…

Traxport says:
think abut nice stuff ok.

Caker says:
that’s why water filter tank is so hot selling in m’sia.

Yes, I am a pessimistic person.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has refuted the idea that Umno bullies its partners in the Barisan Nasional.

“People say Umno is a party that likes to bully. I actually have no idea how to bully people,” the BN chairman said when opening the 55th MCA General Assembly today.

“This is the strategy used by the opposition to destabilise BN. The issue of Umno bullying components does not start from component parties.

“There is no such thing as bullying. Ask these people in the front,” the Umno president said referring to the MCA leaders on stage.

“If that is our way, a lot of components would have left. You think Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting or Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon want to be bullied?” he said, referring to the MCA and Gerakan presidents respectively.

“Ong is not a weak leader. He is strong and effective. Do not have the impression after he retires that he was a weak leader,” he added.

The prime minister also accused Hindraf of being a group that sought to discredit the MIC and its president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.

“That is their work, to give rise to dissatisfaction with our leaders.”

At a press conference later, Abdullah refused to elaborate on whether he was referring to an opposition influence behind Hindraf, merely stating that a decision has been made and the group should no longer exist as it is illegal.

Abdullah also said that the suggestion by MCA Youth to create a second deputy chairman post in the coalition would have to be brought up at the BN convention early next year.

He insisted, however, that the current practice is still a good one as it has not caused any division in the coalition after 50 years.

“This is a big issue, and must be brought to the convention, not just a supreme council meeting,” he said.

He also said that at this point no amendments to the Internal Security Act were being discussed and refuted any element of abuse of power in the use of the legislation.

“Other countries have similar Acts and some have created such an Act in recent times,” he said, citing nations such as the United States and Britain as examples.

Due to step down as Umno president in March, Abdullah said that at the moment he is concentrating on the three legislations he has promised to push through by then — the setting up of a Judicial Appointments Commission, an independent anti-corruption body and a Special Complaints Commission on enforcement agencies.

Source: The Malaysian Insider

Windows User: “Great, but why didn’t you send me the URL via MSN messenger?”

Mac User: “I never saw you online.”

Windows User: “Can’t you just leave me an offline message?”

Mac User: “Erm…”

Windows User: “Oh yeah I remember now, you can’t send messages to offline contact in Mac. Hahaha……”

Mac User: -_-”

It seems a lot of people (except me) are so into Facebook these days, I keep getting invitations from my friends in Facebook, which I find it kinda disturbing. Don’t know why, I just don’t have the interests in Facebook. Everty time when I received notification email from Facebook, I simply delete the email or I click the link to my Facebook account and then click “ignore” to reject the invitation.

You should know what’s the consequences for not responding to the requests and invitations. That’s right, you’ll get a long page with umpteen pending requests!!!

Today I decided to do some house keeping in Facebook. I got stunned after I see a long page with pending requests awaiting my response. Alright, let’s spend some time to do some clickings then.

Damn! It took me a couple of minutes to click “ignore” links.

Now my Facebook page looks clean and neat.

Instead of appearing on TV talking nonsense, I think Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar should just stay at home.

The Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) (Malay: Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri) is a preventive detention law in force in Malaysia. The legislation was inherited by Malaysia after it gained independence from Britain in 1957. In essence, it allows for the arrest of any person without the need for trial in certain defined circumstances. Malaysia is one of the few countries in the world whose Constitution allows for preventive detention during peacetime without safeguards that elsewhere are understood to be basic requirements for protecting fundamental human rights.

Source: Wikipedia

Raja Petra, Journalist Tan Hoon Cheng, MP Teresa Kok, who’s next?

Damn it! This is clearly a desperate move by desperate politicians. You think the more you oppress, the more control you have?

STUPID!

The more you oppress, the more people will rebel!

Yes, we must rebel, we must resist oppression, we must trash this inhuman and undemocratic draconian law.

But first thing first, we have to stay calm and do not get fooled by the Government. As what the Malaysia-Today team has mentioned:

Remember May 13. The government is trying to use the same methods to make people angry so that if we all take to the streets to protest, it will basically give them a free ticket to arrest more people. So we must be clear on what NOT to do. Let’s not fall into their trap.

I am being told many political party leaders are now talking about what is proper to say in public, so when commenting please exercise the same restraint.

Next, we also need to know that RPK has not associated himself to any power or position. He is just like you and me except that he means well, can swear better and can talk louder. So, there is NOTHING for the government to gain by arresting him except to perpetuate their rule and to create the emotions to help them stay in control.

People are not stupid or ignorant anymore. Today, we have the internet and mobile phones. We can always alert each other on the progress. Unlike 1969, when you are thirsty for news, you may get angry and you would go to the streets. Not today.

Malaysia Boleh!

In an exclusive interview with Malaysiakini yesterday, the Burmese physician said the procedure known as the ‘per-rectal examination’ is a ‘must know’ for doctors.

“Every doctor knows how to do it, that is a normal practice. (One doesn’t) need to be a specialist for that examination,” added the father of three, explaining in detail how the test is done.

The doctor made his first public appearance yesterday after ‘missing’ for more than a month since his medical report, which ruled out that Saiful was sodomised, was leaked to the media.

Following this, Pusrawi Hospital stated that Osman did not conduct a sodomy related check on the patient

Saiful, 23, had accused his former employer Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomising him and the matter is being heard in court.

Osman subsequently made a statutory declaration that he stood by his findings.

The doctor, accompanied by his lawyers M Puravalen and Yusri Kamarudin, reiterated this at a press conference yesterday.

‘I am qualified’

During the interview with Malaysiakini, Osman also rebutted his employer’s claim that he was not qualified to make a conclusion on a sodomy case.

The hospital management had stated that Osman was not in a position to make the conclusion as he was a general practitioner stationed at the Emergency Unit and not a specialist.

Asked if he was qualified to make such an assessment, Osman answered firmly: “Yes. Every medical doctor can do the test. That is a very basic test.”

According to the leaked medical report, Saiful apparently told the doctor that he was allegedly assaulted with a piece of plastic inserted into his anus.

Anwar – who is the newly-elected Permatang Pauh MP – was subsequently charged with sodomy on Aug 7. He pleaded not guilty and is out on a RM20,000 bond.

‘I want my life back’

Throughout the 25-minute interview, Osman, who appeared fatigued, was cautious in choosing his words, saying that he was bound by doctor-patient confidentiality.

He refused to elaborate on the details about his meeting with Saiful at the clinic when quizzed on this several times. The doctor said he would reveal this if asked to testify in court.

However, he confirmed that Saiful did not mention who had allegedly sodomised him during the medical examination.

Osman also said that he did not advise Saiful to lodge a police report.

The doctor, who hails from southern Burma, has been residing in Malaysia for about 20 years with his family, including one of his three children, who was born and educated in this country.

Osman revealed that part of his reason to return to Malaysia after being away for more than a month was because his youngest daughter is sitting for the UPSR exam next week.

He decided to go on leave because he felt pressured after being grilled by the police on three occasions.

Saying he felt more ‘relieved’ after going on leave, Osman added this is why he chose to come out in public.

Towards the end of the interview, the doctor expressed his desire to return to his work and low-profile life which turned upside down since the medical report was leaked.

“I want my life back,” he said.

Source: Malaysiakini

Thank you all voters in Permatang Pauh, congrats to Permatang Pauh’s “new” MP.

Anwar’s wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, won the seat with a 13,388 majority at the March 8 general elections.

The official voter turnout was 81.1 percent, or 47,410 out of 58,459 registered voters – which was much higher than what the EC had stated earlier. There were 599 spoilt votes.

The turnout is slightly higher than March 8 – 12 votes more, to be exact.

Meanwhile, outside the main counting centre Tuanku Bainun Teaching Institute, thousands of jubilant PKR supporters had gathered to embrace their leader’s return to Parliament.

PKR vice-president Azmin Ali was there to address the crowd numbering some 6,000. Other party leaders like R Sivarasa and Tian Chua were also there.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang and PAS’ Husam Musa were also there.

Anwar also addressed the ecstatic group of supporters, thanking voters for their support. Tian said that the overwhelming victory showed that “the prime minister’s racial politics is bankrupt”.

The EC made the official announcement at 10.05pm. Only Anwar and Hanafi were present at the announcement. Also present was Wan Azizah.

After the announcement was made, Anwar said that he was touched by the victory.

The victor immediately went to meet his supporters after that.

Source: MalaysiaKini

As we all know, we have a flip-flop PM running our country, I do not trust him so I chose “No”.

PM: Fuel price cut nothing to do with by-election

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who a day ago surprised the nation by trimming fuel prices earlier than expected, said the 5.6 percent cut in pump prices was not a populist move aimed at shoring up his flagging popularity, nor was it intended to help his ruling coalition swing votes in the Permatang Pauh by-election.

MalaysiaKini

Pak Lah, we people are also unhappy with you as a PM, why didn’t you do something to make people happy?

Revisiting the ’88 judiciary crisis

PUTRAJAYA (Aug4, 2008) : Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has blamed civil servants for many of the problems in the country which has made the people angry and hate the government.

He said this (anger and hatred for the goverment) can be reduced if civil servants would change their attitude and carry out their responsibilities accordingly so as not to create unnecessary problems for people dealing with the government. (Pak Lah, did you mean you do carry out your responsibilities accordingly?)

“…for example, our inefficiency in doing our jobs, our extreme bureaucratic measures which make people hate us, our actions which people think involved corruption, or our decisions on the private sector or the people which were made too late,” he said at the PM’s Department monthly assembly this morning. (Pak Lah, don’t blame on them, they merely follow your way of doing jobs.)

He warned that foreign investments which is much needed by the country as they bring projects and job opportunities for the people may be lost if potential investors find there were delays or unsatisfactory decisions in Malaysia. (That’s right, we are already losing many foreign investors.)

“They (foreign investors) will not come if they have to face a higher cost due to the delay in the government’s decision-making process. Surely they would not like to accept this extra cost, especially because it comes from the administration,” he said, adding that when making decisions, civil servants must always be patient, sincere, honest, responsible and trustworthy.

“Don’t let people think we are not responsible, not trustworthy, not caring at all or arrogant. This will surely make them angry and this is not good because all these are our own doing.” (The fact is that most, if not all of us are indeed under the impression that the government civil servants are not responsible, not trustworthy, not caring at all and arrogant.)

“It is not because of Europe or what is happening in America or other countries. This is our own doing, which we must avoid,” he said adding it is also the people’s responsibility to maintain peace and stability in the country.

“We are the ones who determine our peace and stability. Not other countries; not other people. Yes, it may be difficult when we were facing various problems but it is still our responsibility to take care of political stability, to ensure peace within our country. (Yeah right, then why did you and your arrogant fellow UMNO members keep screwing the rakyat with all the provoking statements?)

“We have laws whose sovereignty we must uphold strongly. Our enforcement must be effective. This is what we should do – our responsibility. No need to ask people from far to come (here) or accuse others for our inability to ensure peace and stability,” he said. (What laws? From what I know is that laws only apply to rakyat, those who walk in the corridors of power and their cronies are above the law.)

Abdullah also touched on the government’s delay in making payments especially to contractors despite the Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan saying all bills will be settled “within the shortest time possible.”

“Don’t delay. Why should we delay payment of the bills? The works have been done, the money now belong to others, why would we want to keep it? Why should we delay when people are waiting?” (Yeah, can you please find out from your subordinates and tell us why?)

“If it is delayed for three months, the cost of business will increase. They cannot make their payments to the banks. When this happens, the interests will become higher. This is also our problem which makes people angry at us,” he said. (Oh I see, this is so called cause and effect lah?!)

He said when the people are angry, all kinds of negative stories will be heard and allegations will be made against the country, especially in the borderless Internet world.

“I am not saying all those who used the Internet and blogs are not good. While there are some who were responsible, there are also those who abused it,” he said, adding some people misused the Internet to spread rumours. (Well, compare to those people who use government-controlled media to cover up the truth, we are nothing.)

Don’t you agree with me that the Malaysiakini news reporter Beh Lih Yi is quite a babe?

It’s FRIDAY!

Eh… Mr. Khir Toyo, why Malay unity? WHY NOT MALAYSIAN UNITY?

mj says:
nope.. soda biscuit i know.

Caker says:
haha… anyway u listen to this http://mymedia.yam.com/m/2121743 he sang raiodhead’s creep in concert… totally crap…

mj says:
then why u still ask me listen to crap?

Caker says:
because i want to share with you the pain i had.

mj says:
wah lau… painful sia… he seemed to be in great pain singing it. oh gawd.. out of tune…

Caker says:
haha… out of tune is one thing.. i cannot stand his english pronunciation.

mj says:
does he always sing this way?

Caker says:
that’s his style.. never mind his singing style… but his English pronunciation is really fucked up.

mj says:
why can’t he just sing mandarin..

Caker says:
I don’t know.. maybe he wanted to show off he can do English song very well.

mj says:
thank u for sharing your pain with me.

Caker says:
haha… have a painful monday… feel free to spread the pain to your friends.

I actually kinda like Soda Green but this song really turn me off, and I seriously think that that’s an insult to Radiohead. Singing this song in live concert is already a bad idea, include this track in the CD album is even worse. He has guts, that’s all I can say.

Check out the song now, be prepared to get creepy.

When you were here before
Couldn’t look you in the eyes
You’re just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
And I wish I was special
You’re so fuckin’ special

But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here.

I don’t care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I’m not around
You’re so fuckin’ special
I wish I was special

But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here.

She’s running out again,
She’s running out
She’s run run run running out…

Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You’re so fuckin’ special
I wish I was special…

But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo,
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here.
I don’t belong here.

Queen says, I miss my England, can I use your phone and hear how my people are doing down there. She calls and talks about five minutes.

Then she asks: “Well devil, how much do I owe you for the call?”

The devil says: “Five million pounds.”

She writes him a cheque and goes back to her chair.

Clinton wants to make a call too. He says I wanna call the US. He talks about ten minutes, then asks: “How much do I owe you devil?”

The devil says: “Ten million dollars.”

He also writes a cheque and goes back to his seat.

Badawi is jealous. He says “I want to call Malaysia.”

He calls and talks for about an hour to his son-in-law who is busy trying to find Mr. Petronas. Then he asks the devil: “How much do I owe you?”

The devil replies: “Only one dollar.”

Badawi is shocked and asks why so little?

The devil says: “If you make a call from one hell to another, it is local call.”

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BMC assault victim charged with ‘reckless driving’

Mechanic Chang Jiun Haur, 23, who was brutally assaulted by riot police at the disputed Bandar Mahkota Cheras barricade last month, was charged today with reckless driving during the incident.

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According to his lawyer Gan Ping Sieu, Chang was charged under Section 42 of the Road Transport Act 1987 at noon at Kajang Magistrates’ Court.

If found guilty, he could be facing a mandatory jail sentence of up to five years and face a fine between RM5,000 to RM15,000. His driving license can also be suspended for no less than two years.

Chang pleaded not guilty and posted a RM3,000 bail. The trial has been set for hearing on Aug 7.

Chang was among four individuals initially under investigation by the police for attempted murder during an incident on May 27 at the barricaded toll-free access road Bandar Mahkota Cheras.

According to police, the four were being probed for allegedly attempting to cause injuries to several police personnel stationed at the barricade while driving away from the scene.

During the incident, he was allegedly dragged out of his car and was repeatedly kicked and beaten by 20 riot squad (FRU) personnel armed with batons. [Watch 5-min video]

All four individuals in the car were subsequently arrested.

Chang is the only person to be charged in the incident. According to Gan, the police found no case against the three others – Cheok Kem Hoo, 21, Chan Siew Meng, 31, and Chang Jiun Mein, 21.

‘Investigations flawed’

Gan said he had accompanied Chang to the Kajang district police headquarters today to assist investigations and was then told that the latter would be charged.

“The police insisted that my client was to be charged although we argued that the police investigations were flawed because statements from several important witnesses had yet to be recorded,” he said.

According to Gan, the occupants of the vehicles behind and in front of Chang’s vehicle at the material time had yet to have their statements recorded by the police.

“The occupants of the vehicle are willing to have their statements recorded. We offered that to the police and so that they hold on to charges,” said Gan, who is also MCA Youth legal bureau chief.

The Bandar Mahkota Cheras barricade was the scene of several clashes between residents, riot police and purported hired-thugs over the barricade. Residents wanted the barricade removed and claimed that it is illegal.

Cheras-Kajang Highway concessionaire Grand Saga Sdn Bhd had erected the barricade to prevent Bandar Mahkota Cheras from bypassing one of their toll-booths.

However, the Works Ministry granted the residents a temporary reprieve by announcing that the barricade would be removed pending the outcome of a suit between Bandar Mahkota Cheras developer Narajaya Sdn Bhd and Grand Saga.

Source: Malaysiakini

What the fuck?!

Source: www.malaysianartistesforunity.info

He claimed to have met two of the accused in the Altantuya Shaaribuu trial – Sirul Azhar Umar and Azilah Hadri – in Sungai Buloh prison where he was remanded since Tuesday.

Both of them shouted and threatened him and the prison authority was worried about his safety, he told reporters on being released.

Since they couldn’t guarantee his safety, the authorities have asked him to post bail and he agreed.

He also said that he did not go on hunger strike as reported earlier but had refused to eat food provided by the prison.

“The food is paid by rakyat (the people). I don’t think the rakyat money is being well spent,” he said.

A handcuffed Raja Petra was brought to the court from the prison at about 9.25am. He was wearing the same yellow long-sleeved shirt and jeans that he wore on the day he was charged.

There were some 50 supporters waiting for his arrival at the court, who clapped their hands upon seeing him. He raised his hands to acknowledge them.

The supporters wore yellow T-shirt with Raja Petra’s face and the words ‘Justice for all…tantuya’ imprinted on it.

Raja Petra, who has been charged for sedition, had opted to go to prison instead of paying the RM5,000 bail three days ago, which he said he could not afford.

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Source: MalaysiaKini

Malaysia Today news portal webmaster Raja Petra Kamarudin has agreed to post bail after meeting his wife Marina Lee Abdullah at the Sungai Buloh prison this morning.

Marina is expected to arrive in the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court soon to post bail.

Raja Petra, who has been charged for sedition, had opted to go to prison instead of paying the RM5,000 bail two days ago, which he said he could not afford.

Hearing has been fixed from Oct 6 to 10 and Raja Petra would have to remain in custody until the hearing date in five months’ time should he decide not to post bail.

Yesterday, he refused to meet everyone, including his wife, and was said to have gone on a hunger strike.

Source: MalaysiaKini

Hey Pete, finally you agreed to post bail. Thank you for your cooperation!

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Malaysia Today news portal webmaster Raja Petra Kamaruddin was today charged with sedition at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court over an article which he wrote in his website.

The article allegedly implied that Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife were involved in the killing of a young Mongolian woman.

Raja Petra claimed trial to the charge. He was charged under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act for publishing seditious article on April 25 on Malaysia Today.

Hearing has been fixed from Oct 6 to 10 and Raja Petra was granted a bail of RM5,000, which he refused to post, deciding instead to remain in custody until the hearing date five months from today.

He has been taken to the Sungai Buloh prison to be remanded.

If found guilty, Raja Petra could be jailed for a maximum of three years and/or face a fine of up to RM5,000.

The charge sheet also highlighted nine paragraphs of the article which was titled ‘Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell‘ as seditious [See chart below].

Deputy public prosecutor Nordin Hassan is prosecuting while Raja Petra was represented by a team of six lawyers led by Karpal Singh.

Earlier this morning Raja Petra was asked to present himself at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court to face the sedition charge.

He had been waiting to be charged at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate’s Court when he received a telephone call from the police at about 10.20am asking him to go to the PJ court instead.

Deputy public prosecutor Nordin Hassan is prosecuting while Raja Petra was represented by a team of six lawyers led by Karpal Singh.

Earlier this morning Raja Petra was asked to present himself at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court to face the sedition charge.

He had been waiting to be charged at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate’s Court when he received a telephone call from the police at about 10.20am asking him to go to the PJ court instead.

Wife stunned

Raja Petra’s wife Marina Lee Abdullah was also present in the court today and expressed her shock over her husband’s decision not to post bail.

“This is a statement he wants to make. He feels that he has done nothing wrong and we don’t have the funds.

“If we do a campaign of RM1 a person and when we raise sufficient funds, we’ll take him out as soon as possible,” she said, referring to a fund-raising campaign initiated in Malaysia Today to raise enough money to post bail for Raja Petra.

“At the moment, I’m quite stunned by what he has done (not wanting to be bailed), so let me see him tomorrow. And we will take it from there.”

When asked if their family was prepared for the charge preferred against Raja Petra, Marina said that she would be discussing the matter with her children later today.

“I don’t think that anyone is prepared for this. I just called my kids to tell them about this. We’ll go back and have a family gathering to discuss this.”

She also said that she was disappointed with the manner Raja Petra was treated by the police in the run-up to being charged today.

“I’m not angry but I’m very disappointed with the way things are done in a hurry. They send us to this court (Jalan Duta) and then push us to the other court (Petaling Jaya).

“They send us to this police station and say come tomorrow and then they come to the house to take the computer. And this has happened even today when they want to charge him.

“We went there at 8.30am and waited till 11am and they say it’s not there and tell us to come to PJ Sessions (Court). It’s a circus. It doesn’t look as though they are serious. It’s trumped up charges. As though as everything is done in a hurry,” she said.

Meanwhile another person was also charged for sedition at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.

Syed Akbar Ali, a businessman, was charged for posting a comment in Raja Petra’s Malaysia Today.

Summoned yesterday

Late yesterday, Raja Petra was ordered to surrender at the Jalan Duta court complex at 9.30am to face a sedition charge.

Talking to reporters at the Jalan Duta court complex this morning, Raja Petra said that he was a victim of political persecution.

“I knew this was coming,” he said.

“This is merely an excuse to arrest me, detain me or charge me. But this excuse is a stupid excuse.

“Once they charge me and the trial has been set, we shall point out not only do they have no case but it is absolutely political persecution,” he added.

He said that he was aware of a call made by an Umno leader from Petaling Jaya (Utara) about three weeks ago that “they should find ways to arrest me”.

News about Raja Petra’s case spread like a wild fire last night and this morning a large crowd of about 100 people had gathered at the court complex to show support for him.

Also present were DAP leaders Lim Kit Siang and Ronnie Liu as well as Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar.

Nurul Izzah said that it was a duty of everyone to come and show their support to Raja Petra.

“Especially since Malaysia Today was the primary source of a lot of unearthing of scandals especially corrupt practices of the leadership and the government.

“And it (Malaysia Today) has helped opened the eyes of the nation to what is going on and what is wrong with the country. It played a huge role in the last elections.”

Najib’s statement

Last Friday, Raja Petra was called in by the police to have his statement recorded over an Internet posting two weeks ago pertaining to the murder case of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a Mongolian national.

Najib subsequently issued a denial through his press secretary Tengku Sariffuddin Tengku Ahmad, whereas Rosmah has also denied the allegations against her.

The Altantunya murder trial is currently on-going at the Shah Alam.

Source: Malaysiakini

In an apparent reference to Umno, MCA has called on other Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties to accord it due respect in the aftermath of the ruling coalition’s disastrous performance in the March 8 polls.

“The BN cooperation must be there and it must have enough mutual respect,” MCA president Ong Ka Ting told Malaysiakini in an exclusive interview at the party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur last Friday.

As the second largest Chinese-based BN component party leader, Ong said the ruling coalition must be sensitive and respectful to the need of all races following the strong message sent by voters.

By now, he said Umno leaders must be aware of what went wrong in the past which contributed to the poor showing. He also hinted for the government to accord a more equal status to the non-Malays.

“We expect the Umno leaders when they talk about something for the Malays, they must also think about the lower income group of Chinese and Indians, what plans have you got for them?”

“When you implement policies to help the Malay community, what about the non-Malay community? They also have their problems,” he said.

Bound by code of conduct

In the March 8 polls, BN was dealt a huge blow when it was denied its long-held two-third majority in Parliament and lost four states to Pakatan Rakyat apart from failing to wrest Kelantan away from PAS.

A major reason for this was Chinese and Indian voters turning their backs on MCA and MIC due to resentment over numerous issues.

The discontent has been consistent within the Chinese community since last year. As revealed in a recent poll, the grievances were, among others, over the keris-raising incident in Umno Youth, religious controversies and economic issues.

The Chinese community showed their unhappiness with MCA – which has not been seen as vocal enough to protect the community’s interest – through the poll.

The elections saw a significant reduction in the party’s representation. In Parliament, from 31, the party now only has 15 representatives. At the state level, the number dwindled from 76 to 31.

Responding to this, Ong said it was merely a perception that the party – with four ministers sitting in the cabinet – has not done enough for the community.

“The problem is once you are sworn in as a minister, you cannot disclose anything to anybody and must stick to the code of conduct as a minister,” he said.

‘I don ‘t want to praise myself’

The 51-year-old president, who took over as party chief in 2003, also rejected the argument that he is ‘weak’ in dealing with these contentious issues.

“I don’t want to angkat bakul (praise myself) to say I am good but certainly, I have certain qualities in me and it is not as what some people perceive,” he said.

However, Ong conceded that it could have been a mistake to overlook the image building part and attributed his low-profile personality to his belief in Confucianism.

“I subscribe to the Confucius philosophy and Confucianism ask us to be humble – that you can be strong but you don’t need to say you are that strong,” explained the Chinese-educated Ong who was a school teacher before entering politics.

Source: Malaysiakini

Ong Ka Ting, you are weak. Don’t you think it’s a bit too late to come up with all these saying now? You could have done more for the people!

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I stumbled upon a blog and realized that KJ actually has a website, so I went to check out his website. The website design looks alright but there’s no blogging feature (or not ready yet?). Well, looks like KJ has got himself a place to stay in jungle already, let’s see when he will “evolve” to monkey.

Also, I would like to congratulate Khir Toyo for setting up a blog for himself recently. There are only 2 post entries so far, guess what is the total number of comments he got? He is getting more than 1,000 comments and the number is growing every umpteen minutes!

Dato, since you have lost your Selangor Mentri Besar post that earn you big bucks (either through official channel or non official channel), why not put up some Ads to earn some side income?

Nazry Bahrawi
nazry@mediacorp.com.sg

Ignored by government-linked mainstream media, Malaysia’s opposition waged an aggressive online election campaign using blogs and news websites.

For example, 67-year-old opposition Democratic Action Party chairman Lim Kit Siang ran three blogs, which were meticulously updated with multiple posts every day. Like many other opposition leaders, he was able to reach out to young urban and educated people, many who were voting for the first time. Mr Lim won a parliamentary seat in Ipoh Timor.

Yesterday, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, whose position has been considerably weakened after his coalition’s drubbing at the polls, admitted that his ruling coalition made a blunder by underestimating the power of the Internet.

“We made the biggest mistake in thinking that it was not important,” he said. The coalition suffered its worst results ever in March 8 polls that left five states and a third of parliamentary seats in opposition hands. (Now what? Bloggers are important eh? Are you going to order Nazri to make a public apology to bloggers?)

“We certainly lost the Internet war, the cyber war,” Mr Abdullah said in a speech to an investment conference. “It was a serious misjudgement. We thought that the newspapers, the print media and the television were supposed to be important, but the young people were looking at SMSes and blogs.” (You are wrong. Not only you lost the Internet war, you also lost our trust. The mainstream media were in fact supposed to be important if, but only if, mainstream media were not biased toward emphasizing on how good BN is doing when BN is actually not. Haven’t you realized we rakyat feel so sick of the mainstream media already?)

His comments constitute a major about-face for the government, which had vilified bloggers, calling them liars and threatening them with detention without trial under draconian internal security laws. (Now you regret huh?)

Even as he spoke, his critics in the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), his power base, were moving to force him out of office. To make matters worse, Umno’s 3.2 million members have also received a poison-pen letter listing his faults. It is not known if he was aware of these moves when he was making his speech.

The poison-pen letter, which hopes to ignite hatred against Mr Abdullah, talks about the manipulations of the government by his son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin and his associates, the PM’s alleged willingness to appease Singapore and his inability to fight rising crime in the country.

But in his speech, Mr Abdullah said that in line with reform promises after the humiliating election results, the government would “respond effectively” and move to empower young Malaysians. “It was painful … but it came at the right time, not too late,” he said. The PM admitted that it was also his inability to push through reforms that earned voters’ ire. (Now only you admit your inability, thank you. I truly thank you for being a sleepwalking PM, otherwise we would not have five non BN-led state government now.)

The government, he said, had been given one last chance to prove itself and is ready to change to address the people’s concerns. He promised to implement bold agendas to restore public and investor confidence. “Malaysians have sent us a strong message — either we make it or we will fall. It’s not my intention to allow the party to fall while I am still in charge; we have to work hard; mistakes must be rectified.” (Mistakes must be rectified, correct correct correct, please abolish the infamous ISA and release HINDRAF 5 and all other ISA detainees.)

The impact of young voters on the electoral results was particularly underscored in Selangor, which fell to the opposition. The state has about 143,000 new voters out of a total electorate of more than 1.5 million.

“The Internet definitely played a role in getting young people to vote,” said 25-year-old Michelle Gunaselan, a founding member of online electoral education group VotED. “A day after the election results, we received lots of messages on VotED from young people, who are now generally more hopeful about their political future.”

But blogger Jeff Ooi, 52 — who won as a DAP candidate in Penang, one of five states that fell to the opposition — said Web users are not limited by age. “We attract many citizens above 45 years old and these are the people who are more interested in politics and the oppositions’ viewpoint.”

Mr Ibrahim Suffian, director of opinion research firm Merdeka Centre, pins part of the blame on the nation’s mainstream media, which churned out biased coverage and also masked the administration’s flaws.

More factual reporting was provided, for instance, by online journal Malaysiakini, which gets about 100,000 hits daily, but it does not enjoy good relations with the authorities.

But things may improve with the government’s apparent change of heart. New Information Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek said he hopes to meet bloggers soon as they are key to the bridge he wants to build between the government and the people.

Still, will the mainstream media shed its perceived one-sided reporting style? Mr Ibrahim said they need to regain its credibility as an honest broker of information.

“Some newspapers are now reporting not only about the opposition but also pushing issues to the fore,” he said.

They are racing against time to regain public confidence and preserve economic viability. For the PM, it’s a race for political survival as well.

Source: TODAYonline

Sigh… Pak Lah obviously still does not realize what’s the REAL biggest mistake he has made. Let me tell you Pak Lah, not knowing the REAL mistake is your biggest mistake.

I was at a party on Saturday night and one Chinese man who sat beside me commented that ‘we Chinese are scared of PAS because we don’t want Malaysia to be turned into Iran’. I then asked him what exactly is it like in Iran and he was at a loss for words. He could not reply to my question. I then asked him if he had ever gone to Iran and he shook his head. Had he even gone to Kota Bharu? No!

I then commented that if I see dark clouds in the sky and if I hear thunder, I can safely assume that it will rain. “Can I in turn ask you, what are the signs that gives you the impression PAS will turn Malaysia into Iran?” I asked this Chinese man. He muttered below his breath that ‘this is just what we Chinese think’.

“Sure, there must be a reason as to why Chinese think this way,” I replied. “What are the reasons?” He did not reply.

“Okay,” I continued. “Why do the Chinese assume that Malaysia will turn into Iran (though this certain Chinese man had no clue as to what it was like in Iran). Why can’t you instead assume that Malaysia will be turned into Turkey?”

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Some 1,000 Umno members and supporters staged an one-hour protest outside the Penang state government office in Komtar this afternoon.

The crowd – which gathered there after Friday prayers around 2.30pm – chanted slogans such as ‘Don’t sideline the Malays’ and ‘Do not abolish the NEP’.

The protest, led by Penang Umno secretary Azhar Ibrahim, to protest Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s declaration that the new DAP-led state government would do away with the New Economic Policy (NEP) policies.

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Pak Lah, I remember you were saying that street protest is not our culture, but apparently your fellow UMNO members in Penang do not agree with you.

Tsk… tsk… tsk… what say you now?

Mukhriz calls for PM to quitUmno leader Mukhriz Mahathir has called for Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to resign after the ruling coalition’s unprecedented election setback.

As a member of Umno’s influential young wing, Mukhriz is the highest-ranking member of the party to openly push for Abdullah to stand down.

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39 years ago, Tun Mahathir wrote a letter to Tunku Abdul Rahman, the then Prime Minister.

39 years later, Mukhriz Mahathir wrote a letter to Abdullah Badawi, the present Prime Minister.

Click pictures below to see full letter.

The PKR-DAP-PAS coalition is only expected to form the new state government in Selangor today but it already has a zealous opponent – former mentri besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo, who will lead the new opposition BN coalition.

“We as the new opposition will do everything to ensure that the opposition-led state government will fulfil all of its pre-election promises,” he told a packed press conference held at Umno Selangor headquarters in Shah Alam late last night.

In a move that can be likened to rattling the war drums, Khir said that he has distributed all of the opposition’s election manifestos to each of BN members and had instructed them to scrutinise the progress of the new state government’s implementation of their promises.

“Don’t worry, we are only helping them in ensuring that the promises they made will be implemented so that the welfare of the Selangor people are safeguarded,” he said caustically.

The first BN offensive, he said, will be to register all 62-year-olds in Selangor in the government hospitals as the opposition had promised that those above the said age in the state will receive free healthcare.

“Secondly, we will register all children to childcare centres in Selangor as the opposition had promised to provide free childcare services,” he said followed by a loud cheer from supporters.

According to the former chief minister, such actions were only meant as measures to guarantee that the PKR-led state government safeguard the interests of the Selangor people.

“So again I say don’t worry. We only want the best for the Selangor people and we will cooperate,” he smilingly said.

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WHAT A LOSER!

KLANG: Former Port Klang assemblyman Datuk Zakaria Md Deros died after suffering a heart attack early Tuesday morning.

The controversial 62-year-old politician was dropped from the Selangor Barisan Nasional line-up for the general election.

He was replaced by his daughter-in-law Roselinda Abdul Jamil as the candidate for the seat, which she did not win.

Also a former Klang municipal councillor, Zakaria hogged headlines last year when he had a run-in with the law for not submitting building plans for a mansion that was described as a virtual “istana” (palace) by his critics.

He was also found to have not paid the assessment for another property for 12 years, while his family was caught operating an illegal satay restaurant on government reserve land.

Due to these controversies, Zakaria gave in to mounting pressure and withdrew from being a municipal councillor.

His mansion has 21 bathrooms and 16 bedrooms, including 11 that occupied by each of his children, as well as a VIP room, three living rooms, a dining hall and a prayer room.

The house also has a swimming pool, several gazebos, an orchard, a two-hole golf lawn, an office, a storeroom, two rooms for maids as well as a wet kitchen and a dry kitchen.

He is expected to be buried in Malacca.

Source: The Star Online

Rakyat CAN make a different.

Makkal Sakthi!

Ken leeeee~~ tulibu dibu douchoooo~~~~

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – An international human rights group said Wednesday it fears Malaysians will not get a fair vote in this week’s general elections because of an uneven playing field favoring the ruling National Front coalition.New York-based Human Rights Watch urged Malaysia to eradicate bias from the electoral process. Opposition and activist groups say the process is rife with irregularities including government control of the media, restraint on opposition rallies and names of dead people on voting registration lists.

“Once again, elections in Malaysia are grossly unfair to the opposition,” Elaine Pearson, the group’s deputy Asia director, said in a statement. “Malaysia’s ruling coalition is too comfortable with the status quo to allow reforms that would level the playing field.”

Malaysian Law Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz denied the allegations, accusing Human Rights Watch of trying to discredit the elections because “they know the National Front will win.”

“To me, Human Rights Watch is biased. They are not important at all. It’s only their opinion,” Nazri told The Associated Press.

He said the opposition parties’ active participation – they are contesting almost all the 222 parliamentary and 505 state legislature seats – shows the elections “are free and fair.”

The polls Saturday will be a crucial test of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s popularity amid mounting complaints over corruption and racial and religious discrimination. These grievances led to rare protests by tens of thousands of people in Kuala Lumpur in November.

Abdullah’s National Front won 91 percent of parliamentary seats in 2004 polls, but it has acknowledged it may win fewer seats this time.

The opposition hopes to deny the National Front a two-thirds majority, which allows it to amend the constitution.

Election Commission chairman Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman says cheating has never been proven.

Human Rights Watch called on poll monitors to probe claims of fraud and irregularities and post vote tallies outside polling stations for greater transparency.

The rights group also called on the government to ensure equal state media access for all parties, saying television and radio gave no time to opposition candidates and newspapers report on the opposition “at their own risk.”

In Malaysia, almost all media outlets are linked to parties in the ruling coalition, and publications need government printing licenses that must be renewed annually.

Source: Rights Group Slams Malaysian Elections

Human Rights Watch, Bersih Rally, 2000 lawyers’ march are of no important to Nazri. Oi Nazri! So what the fuck is important to you?

EC Chairman Abdul Rashid is another ignorant bugger, cheating has never been proven? This statement itself is already a cheat.

Read this: Phantom Voters for Idiots

Dear frenz,

For those who are traveling back to hometown for voting, you can actually claim from BN traveling allowance between RM50 – RM80. All you have to do is to go to the nearest MCA office to claim your traveling allowance. They will check your voting station from their register system.

Advise all outstation voters to make the claim if you are traveling back to hometown, since the govt has allocated the sum for this purpose. Past year, no balance, all fully claimed.

Better for you to claim that passing this fund to other “no use hands”. Quite reliable the source cause is from someone who is working inside BN. No harm to give it a try to claim your traveling allowance since is from our tax $$ ^_^.

Don’t ask me further question cause whatever I know I’ve already shared with you guys. It’ll also be my first time to claim ;p.

What a Bullshit!

Whoever came out with such lame story deserves 2 words from me — “Fuck You!”

Support DAP, support DAP Elections Fund.

PENANG: Do not compare Singapore’s economy with that of Malaysia’s.It is like comparing “first-class grapes (Singapore) with first-class apples (Malaysia),” Prime Minster Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said when addressing the Chinese community at the Penang Chinese Town Hall (PCTH) dialogue session yesterday.

“We are a population of over 20 million and we rank eighth in the world in terms of our competitiveness.”This is not the Government’s figure and I am not telling you lies. This statistic is from an international survey.”

“If I quote statistics from our own surveys, you will not believe us. Everywhere I go, the business community tells me that Malaysia is doing very well. These people are smart. You cannot fool them because they are well-read,” he said, adding that the Government had no reason to lie.

“Please trust us – we are your government. If you look at the economy, we are doing well. That is a fact proven by figures. But people still claim otherwise because of increasing prices. This is a very simplistic way of analysing the economy.”

“Nobody is happy to see prices rising but this is out of our control. The question is not how to bring down prices but how to help the rakyat cope.”

“Every country in the world is faced with rising oil prices except maybe Brunei but you cannot compare. The RM40bil oil subsidy we give out can be used to build better schools, roads, hospitals and infrastructure but we don’t want to burden the people,” he said, adding that education and medical treatment was also heavily subsidised by the Government.

“We subsidise even water and electricity, yet people are angry when they hear the word ‘toll’. We try to subsidise as much as possible but we still need to impose toll charges because we need to build roads,” he said before thanking the Chinese community for contributing to the country’s economy.

“The private sector is dominated by the Chinese and I want to say a big ‘thank you’ to the community for creating so many job opportunities,” he said.

Source: The Star

Pak Lah: It is like comparing “first-class grapes (Singapore) with first-class apples (Malaysia)”

Hahahahahahaahahahahahaaaaaahahahahahahahaahahahahahaaa……

I really don’t understand how our PM can come out with such statement, what a GENIUS!

Alright alright, I must agree with Pak Lah that Malaysia is indeed a first-class apple, a first-class rotten apple.

I’m so sick of Pak Lah’s incompetent administration, I don’t like the way the ruling parties managing our country.

It’s time for a change!

If you have not registered as a voter or you are a voter but never bother to vote, then please stop complaining about the government and give negative comments to voters by saying “this is a waste of time because nothing will change”.

If we do not vote, there will be no change for sure; if all of us come out and vote, there maybe a change.

“No Change” versus “Maybe a Change”, you decide.

Check this out: http://www.undi.info/

Me: “5 February.”

Hock “OK, call me during Chinese New Year. You got my hand phone, right?”

Me: “Your hand phone is with you, how can I have it?”

Hock: “Hahaha… you joker!”

Don’t know why, recently some colleagues are into rubik’s cube so much.

Question: What’s the total amount of coin money in the picture?

Answer: SD159.65 + RM0.05

Musa Aman
Ong Ka Chuan
Najib Abdul Razak
Khairy Jamaluddin
Effendi Nawawi
Yusoff Chin
Samy Vellu

I won’t, because I love KFC!

Heal Thyself
by Raja Petra Kamarudin
Source: Malaysia Today

Malaysia’s population is hovering around 26 million. It is said that if we add the illegal immigrants and ‘legal’ foreign workers, this figure may be close to 30 million. Nevertheless, what we are concerned about are the 15 million Malaysians who are eligible to vote and who will make that important decision which will determine the future of this nation of ours. Yes, 15 million Malaysians decide who runs this country which in turn will decide how this country is being run.

But sadly, only half these 15 million Malaysians will come out to vote. Roughly eight million or so Malaysians will take the trouble to cast their votes. And I can safely forecast that five million votes will go to the 14-party ruling coalition while only three million votes will go to the three very-divided opposition parties, giving the ruling coalition a majority of two million votes. Nevertheless, this two million vote majority is enough to give the ruling coalition a clear two-thirds majority in Parliament as well as in the State Assemblies, save maybe Kelantan.

What happened to the other seven million eligible voters? Three million will just stay home and not come out to vote while four million do not even want to register to vote.

All the opposition parties can garner are three million votes. 12 million eligible voters will not give the opposition parties their votes. Of course, only five million of these 12 million will give their votes to the ruling coalition. Seven million will give their votes to neither the ruling coalition nor the opposition. These seven million people will ‘abstain’ from voting.

But the three million people who voted for the opposition are happy. They are of course not happy with the government but they are certainly happy with themselves. They have done their duty as loyal Malaysians who are concerned about this country and they will happily continue opposing the government by attending opposition ceramahs, participating in marches, rallies and demonstrations, and supporting any opposition program aimed at pressuring the powers-that-be to improve the current sorry state of affairs.

The other 23 million Malaysians — which include five million who voted for the ruling coalition, three million who did not come out to vote, and four million who did not register to vote — are not happy though. But while the three million who voted for the opposition quietly go about their business and support all the opposition programs, the five million who voted for the ruling coalition, the three million who did not come out to vote, and the four million who did not register to vote, make the most noise yet refuse to support the opposition programs or vote for the opposition.

You see these people everywhere — the five million who voted for the ruling coalition, the three million who did not come out to vote, and the four million who did not register to vote — and you will see them make the most noise in Malaysia Today’s blogs, posting comment after comment about what others should be doing to correct this sorry situation.

“The opposition should…..”, “Malaysia Today should…..”, “The Agong should…..”, “Anwar Ibrahim should…..”, “Parti Keadilan Rakyat should…..”, “The Democratic Action Party should…..”, “The Islamic Party of Malaysia should…..”, ‘The government should…..”, “Pak Lah should…..”, and so on and so forth. Everybody else except themselves should do one thing or another. They who suggest what others should do will vote for the ruling coalition or will not come out to vote or will not register as a voter. This is the profile of those who comment in Malaysia Today’s blogs. And they will get very upset if we do not agree with their suggestions or do not act upon them.

“Malaysia Today posts the news very late. We can read the latest news faster in Malaysiakini than in Malaysia Today. Malaysia Today is too slow. Malaysia Today should improve.” Yes, agreed, I do not deny that. Malaysiakini has dozens of full-time staff on fixed salaries and an office that probably costs RM1 million or so a year to run and you pay RM180 a year to read the news on Malaysiakini. Malaysia Today is a one-man show with unpaid volunteers to help out that costs RM150,000 a year to run and you get to read the news free-of-charge.

The grumbling, bitching and whining of Malaysia Today’s readers reflect their mentality. And those who are grumbling, bitching and whining the most are amongst those five million who voted for the ruling coalition, the three million who did not come out to vote, and the four million who did not register to vote. The three million who voted for the opposition are very grateful that they have a site to surf where they can read the news free, although it may be published 12 hours later than the other paid or well-funded mainstream websites. They understand that we do need to eat, sleep and go meet people after spending 12-15 hours in front of the computer.

Why do only three million Malaysians vote for the opposition while five million Malaysians vote for the ruling coalition, three million Malaysians do not come out to vote, and four million Malaysians do not register to vote? Obviously the five million Malaysians who vote for the ruling coalition do so because they have confidence in the government. However, the three million Malaysians who do not come out to vote and the four million Malaysians who do not register to vote do not support the ruling coalition and at the same time do not have confidence in the opposition as well — so they would rather not ‘waste’ their votes.

And this is why Malaysia is in this sorry state of affairs, because only three million Malaysians vote for the opposition. 12 million Malaysians who are eligible to vote would rather vote for the ruling coalition or would not come out to vote or would not even bother to register as voters. But these 12 million Malaysians make the most noise. These 12 million Malaysians are angry with the Agong and the Rulers. These 12 million Malaysians blame the Agong and the Rulers for the country’s sorry state of affairs. These 12 million Malaysians want the Agong and the Rulers to do something. These 12 million Malaysians threaten that if the Agong and the Rulers do not take action then the Monarchy might as well be abolished and Malaysia be turned into a republic.

I am actually quite fed up with these 12 million Malaysians. It is because of them that Malaysia is facing this predicament. Three million Malaysians did what they thought was right and they are not grumbling. They just quietly go about their business and support whatever programs the opposition organises plus vote for the opposition come Polling Day. It is these 12 million Malaysians who offer 101 reasons why they vote for the ruling coalition or refuse to vote or refuse to register to vote who grumble, bitch, and whine the most. And to these 12 million Malaysians it is the Agong, the Rulers, the opposition, and everyone else who are to blame. They, the 12 million Malaysians who offer 101 reasons why they vote for the ruling coalition or refuse to vote or refuse to register to vote, are not to blame. They have legitimate reasons why they vote for the ruling coalition or refuse to vote or refuse to register to vote. And it is their fundamental right to vote for the ruling coalition or to not vote at all or to refuse to register to vote.

Hey, we respect your right to vote for the ruling coalition or to refuse to vote or to refuse to register to vote. No one is suggesting that this fundamental right be taken away from you. We, the three million Malaysians who voted for the opposition, bear you no grudges. But why are you blaming us, the Agong and the Rulers for what is presently going on in the country? We are not blaming you for this sorry state of affairs although you voted for the ruling coalition or you refuse to vote or you refuse to register to vote. We accept the fact that this is your right. But why are you blaming us, the Agong and the Rulers?

I would like to suggest to the Agong and the Rulers that they just sit back and do nothing. Why should the Agong and the Rulers take the trouble to sort out this nation’s problems? If 12 million Malaysians voted for the ruling coalition or refuse to vote or refuse to register to vote then we three million Malaysians who voted for the opposition, plus the Agong and the Rulers, should not be pressured into correcting what was not our doing in the first place.

Let the government extend the tenure of the Chairman of the Elections Commission beyond his retirement age. Let the government appoint the Umno lawyer as the next Chief Justice of Malaysia. Let the government gerrymander the electoral boundaries so that all the ruling party needs is 50% of the votes and still rule with a two-thirds majority. Let the government set up a Mickey Mouse Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate the Lingam Tape. Let the government stifle dissent and free speech and arrest all those who participate in ‘illegal assemblies’ and detain the leaders and organisers under the Internal Security Act. Let the government come out with religious decrees or fatwahs declaring Buddhist statues as haram and which should be banned. Let churches and temples be demolished and non-Islamic religious symbols removed from missionary schools. Let the ruling party Members of Parliament scold the non-Malays and ask them to go back to China or India if they are not happy with this country. Let the government abuse its authority and power and misuse our funds on grandiose and wasteful projects.

I am going to write a letter to the Agong and the Rulers to advise His Majesty and Their Highnesses to stay out of all this. We three million opposition voters have done our job. Let the rest of the 12 million voters do theirs as well. Why should we three million opposition voters, the Agong and the Rulers carry the blame and be pressured into taking action on what is happening to this country? If the 12 million eligible voters who voted for the ruling coalition or refuse to vote or refuse to register to vote are not happy, then ask them to do something. And if they are not prepared to do something and instead offer 101 excuses why they voted for the ruling coalition or refuse to vote or refuse to register to vote, then just leave them alone. We should turn our backs on them and stop bothering about them. Only when they join us three million voters who voted for the opposition should we bother about them. Until then, you go your way and we will go ours. We will not deny you your right to vote for the ruling coalition or to refuse to vote or to refuse to register to vote. You, in turn, should not pressure us into doing something to correct what was not our doing.

Poster above says it all.

News Article:

• Opposition defies police ban on protest at Parliament
• US asks Malaysia to allow freedom of expression

In this beautiful country called Malaysia, rakyat has no human rights because rakyat are not treated as human.

It’s alright if they don’t see us as human, because we don’t see them as human either, they are dogs to us.

See, they bark again.

Wear this.

I brought my fellow colleagues and their wifes (they came all the way from JB) to a new tourism spot in Klang – Zakaria’s Mansion, which is owned by Port Klang asshole man assemblyman Datuk Zakaria Md Deros.

His fucking mansion is fucking huge but fucking ugly. Justin and I felt damn fucking angry when we were there, Justin said he would set his mansion on fire if he’s one of the residents there.

This is a low cost house.

This is a fucking controversial mansion built within a low cost housing area.

A family came all the way from Penang took pictures in front of Zakaria’s mansion.

Panoramic View of Zakaria’s Mansion. Click the image to view full size picture.

This is how I show my respect to our assemblyman Datuk Zakaria.

I really feel pity for the residents who stay in that area.

Saya nak tanya sikit, Datuk tak berasa malu ke?

Tsk tsk tsk… is he a hooligan or a member of parliament?

Sigh…

What are you afraid of?

What?! There’s nothing to afraid of? Then why did you stupidly say “Saya pantang dicabar” (Don’t challenge me)? Are you not capable enough to face challenges? Why do you want to go against people’s will by declaring the BERSIH rally an illegal rally? In fact, it was not a demonstration or protest. It was merely a march to hand a memorandum to the Agong.

You think that people will not know the truth by giving instruction to major conventional media not to report on BERSIH rally? Do you really think that we are ignorant people like your whack dog Nazri?

In this Internet era, people don’t put 100% trust on major conventional media anymore. We have had enough of lies and empty promises from the Government already, we want to know the truth, and we can find the truth from many alternative and independent news sources in the Internet. You can control conventional media, but you can never control Internet media.

I tell you what? RAKYAT PANTANG DICABAR!

You think no one can challenge you? Think again.

Colleague: “My computer got problem.”

Me: “Huh?”

Colleague: “My computer got problem.”

Me: “What problem?”

Colleague: “I couldn’t login to windows, my login account got locked out.”

-_-”

Me: “OK, I will unlock your login account, you may try login to windows 5 minutes later.”

Colleague: “Thanks.”

What’s wrong with these people? Instead of saying “my computer got problem”, why can’t he specifically tell me that his account is locked out and ask for account unlock?

I’d be amused if he can say something like this: “I am a sohai. I entered wrong password for 3 times, I am a sohai. Now my account got locked out, I am a sohai. Please unlock my account.”

In case you don’t know, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz is a defective de facto law minister of Malaysia who thinks his rank is higher than Chief Justice.

ANIZA DAMIS
New Straits Times

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, who is the de-facto law minister, talks to ANIZA DAMIS about the controversial video clip, the judiciary, the Bar Council and bloggers

Q: Is there a crisis in the judiciary? Why is there a perception of there being one?

A: There isn’t a crisis. It’s a false allegation.

The perception has been created by some people. When I go back to my constituency, nobody talks about it.

When people do not go to the courts to settle their disputes, that’s when there’s a crisis. But I don’t see that.

The few people who are unhappy, make a lot of noise. It is reported, people read, and think there is a crisis.

Crisis means it involves the whole country but nobody talks about it. I even asked my fellow members of parliament (MP) but nobody talks about it. So, what crisis are we talking about?

The crisis is in the minds of those who created it.

Q: Some 1,000-2,000 lawyers were involved in the Bar Council walk. Are you saying that that many lawyers have been misled?

A: Only 1,000 went to the ground. There are 13,000 registered members of the Bar.

Q: You don’t think 1,000 is enough?

A: 1,000 of 13,000 — is that a majority? What’s the big deal?

In a democracy, the minority cannot control the majority. The minority does not speak for the majority.

More…

My goodness! Nazri contradicts himself so much throughout this interview and it nearly made me go insane.

Dear Nazri, DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT? THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK!

Event: On The Nalanda Trail: Buddhism in India, China and Southeast Asia
Date: 02 Nov 2007 – 23 Mar 2008
Venue: Special Exhibitions Gallery, ACM Empress Place

During the past, many Asian countries interacted with each other through peaceful means via religion, trade and political missions. Many Chinese pilgrims went to India for Buddhist studies while Indian monks went to China to disseminate the faith. The footprints of Buddhist pilgrims can be seen over the Silk Road all along Central, northwest India as well as the Southeast Asia. Traversing India to modern Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan, Java, Sumatra, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos – Buddhism not only affected the lives and cultures in those regions but also left us with a legacy in the arts and literature.

This exhibition will highlight some of the significant landmarks in Buddhist history, through the travel records of the monks Faxian, Xuanzang, Yijing and the spread of Buddhism at centres of higher learning such as Nalanda in eastern India which was visited by many students from all over the Asian world. The exhibition will be illustrated and accompanied by a display of Buddhist art and artefacts borrowed from museums in India and Southeast Asia and will include some objects from the ACM’s own collection.

93.177m is my highest score so far.

You think it’s easy? Try it out yourself.

Warning! This game is very addictive, at least it’s addictive to me.

Update #1:

I just broke my record, my highest score now is 106.04m! Woo hoo!

Update #2:

Well, I broke my own record again after a few tries. What can I say? I’m just too good at it.