December, 2011:

Contohi tindakan saya, kata Phang kepada Shahrizat

Dec 31st, 2011

Bekas penasihat Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM), Datuk Robert Phang hari ini menasihatkan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil dan Timbalan Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Awang Adek Hussin supaya mencontohi tindakannya dan meletak jawatan apabila berdepan dengan tuduhan rasuah.

NONE “Ketika saya berada dalam lembaga penasihat SPRM, saya telah
membangkitkan banyak penyelewengan terhadap bekas menteri besar Selangor, Datuk Dr Khir Toyo dan bekas pengerusi MAS, Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli, kemudian seorang penulis blog menuduh saya beri rasuah untuk kontrak kerajaan.

“Saya menawarkan diri untuk meletakkan jawatan daripada lembaga penasihat itu kerana SPRM perlu menjalankan siasatan.

“Saya tidak boleh berada dalam lembaga itu, atau orang akan kata saya cuba mempengaruhi siasatan,” katanya.

Bercakap dalam satu sidang akhbar di ibunegara hari ini, Phang berkata begitu juga yang sepatutnya dilakukan oleh Shahrizat dan Awang Adek, dengan meletak jawatan.

Katanya, kedua-dua mereka perlu berada di luar kerajaan sehingga dibersihkan daripada tuduhan tersebut, kerana kehadiran mereka boleh menjejaskan pentadbiran Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

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Happy New Year

Dec 31st, 2011

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Happy New Year – 2012

As in previous years, December seems to be in a rush to leave. Or maybe, it is too keen to usher in January.

With that, a year passed and another begins.

Some leave 2011 with much relieve and look forward to better tidings in 2012. Others will reflect last year will fondness and hope the new year will be equally fulfilling if not more.

There will be some that approach 2012 with trepidations but surely more believe they will be able to reach greater heights.

Last year did not start of with a bang but two months later, a very defining event erupted – what is to be popularly known as the Arab spring.

Inspiring and laced heavily with idealism when it started, the uprising swept across the Arab world, and resistance was futile.

However, by mid-year, as the spring turned to summer, the uprisings seem to have somewhat lost it plot. Perceptions that the uprisings had been perpetuated to fulfil the Western agenda in the oil-rich region are quite widespread.

Amid the uprisings, the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations took centre stage, spreading across the United States and afflicted its ally Britain.

By then, America and Britain, the frontrunners of exporting democracy and promoters of regime change to those refusing to buy their products, were exposed of their hypocrisy.

While they supported and insisted that protesters and demonstrators in the Arab world should be allowed to express themselves freely, the authorities in New York and London showed to the world the way to handle the protesters and demonstrators – swiftly, firmly and decisively.

Bloodied and disoriented from the mace, the demonstrators dispersed.

In Malaysia, there are some quarters who seem to be keen of sparking an “Asian spring”, wanting to emulate the Arab uprisings, hoping to bring down the Government through protests and demonstrations.

It has been pointed out that the conditions leading to the Arab uprisings are totally missing in Malaysia.

But it is obvious that those keen to spark the uprisings do not care about this because the objective is purely about a short cut to secure power.

Whether these efforts will come to fruition, 2012 will bear witness.

But Malaysia does not have spring nor any of the other seasons. The agitators should realise that they are in a region where the sun and rain and many other blessings are in abundance, something most Malaysians appreciate.

Indeed, ushering 2012 in Malaysia is truly in the spirit that it will be “selamat” and “happy”.

The Mole wishes its readers Selamat Tahun Baru or Happy New Year.

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13 ditahan edar risalah tentang Anwar

Dec 31st, 2011

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Tiga belas anggota PKR Kelantan ditahan polis di dua lokasi berlainan di negeri itu semalam kerana mengedar dan memilik risalah berkaitan kronologi perbicaraan Liwat II terhadap Ketua Umum PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Tujuh daripada mereka, termasuk ketua penerangan PKR Kelantan Roslan Puteh, ditahan di Tanah Merah ketika sedang mengedar risalah tersebut di sebuah pasar di situ pada kira-kira jam 3 petang.

Manakala enam lagi, antaranya ketua AMK negeri Mohd Azihan Che Seman, ditahan di satu sekatan jalan raya di Kuala Krai pada kira-kira 5.30 petang kerana memilik risalah tersebut dalam kenderaan yang mereka naiki.

Ketika dihubungi semalam, Mohd Azihan berkata, pengedaran risalah tersebut adalah sebahagian daripada kempen mengajak rakyat menghadiri siri jelajah ceramah Anwar di Padang Majlis Daerah Machang pada 5 Januari ini sebelum keputusan perbicaraannya diumumkan pada 9 Januari ini.

Manakala ahli parlimen Tanah Merah Amran Ab Ghani memberitahu Malaysiakini bahawa tujuh anggota PKR yang ditahan ketika mengedar risalah itu di Tanah Merah, dibawa ke ibu pejabat polis jajahan itu untuk disoal siasat.

Katanya, disiasat mengikut seksyen 4 (b) Akta Mesin Cetak kerana mengedar risalah tersebut yang diterbitkan oleh PKR. Risalah itu juga telah dirampas.

“Saya pergi memberi sokongan ketika mereka memberi keterangan kepada polis,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Mohd Azihan pula berkata beliau bersama lima lagi anggota PKR cabang Jeli dan Gua Musang ditahan selepas polis mendapati mereka membawa risalah mengenai kronologi perbicaraan Anwar, risalah perbandingan pentadbiran BN dan Pakatan Rakyat dan bendera parti.

Kesemua risalah itu diterbitkan oleh ibu pejabat parti itu dirampas.

Ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini pagi ini, Amran berkata tujuh anggota PKR di Tanah Merah itu ditahan dalam lokap malam tadi dan berkemungkinan ditahan reman hari ini.

Beliau bagaimanapun telah meminta seorang pegawainya untuk mendapatkan maklumat lanjut berhubung penahanan tersebut pagi ini.

Katanya, beliau mendapat maklumat itu daripada salah seorang tahanan yang menghubunginya kira-kira jam 8.30 malam tadi – 45 minit selepas beliau meninggalkan ibu pejabat polis berkenaan.

Bagaimanapun usaha Malaysiakini untuk menghubungi Mohd Azihan yang juga exco AMK Pusat pagi ini belum berhasil.

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Academic freedom means no political influence: Saifuddin

Dec 31st, 2011

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Academic freedom means no political influence: Saifuddin

KUALA LUMPUR: Academic freedom equates to freedom from non-partisan political interference in learning institutions, the Higher Education Deputy Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said.

Saifuddin who has been quite vocal on students rights and academic freedom told The Mole: “ To my knowledge, part of academic freedom also means freedom from any influence including politics.”

“Academic freedom is a celebrated principle in universities,” he added.

Asked to comment on students’ plan to be involved in the ‘Free Anwar Campaign‘ on Jan 9 at the Kuala Lumpur High Court, Saifuddin said: “If any group of students want to participate in the demonstration, it is their right.’’

However he personally disagreed with the campaign as he believed that one should respect and follow the country’s judiciary.

The Temerloh MP also said it is up to the society to judge on the actions taken by students who will be involved in the campaign.

The ‘Free Anwar’ demonstration is planned to coincide with the day when the High Court is expected to deliver its judgement on opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case.

The demonstration is seen to be politically motivated with Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) masterminding it and much effort is being used to place students as front liners.

Before this the Solidarity Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM) said they will not be involved in the Jan 9 after a blog posting highlighted brochures (Free Anwar Campaign 901) had been distributed to a few local universities calling on students to be a part of the rally.

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As 2012 Approaches

Dec 31st, 2011

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The sun has just set over Kuala Lumpur for the year 2011, and as usual at the end of every year, here I am to summarise the year in a few dozen words. It won’t be as carefree as it used to be as this blog is now under scrutiny, and I don’t think I can write as much personal stuff as I used to do pre-August 2011. However, this is still my personal blog, where I write my personal views and I’d like to reiterate that again – my personal blog, not a blog belonging to some political cybertrooper out to influence the thinking of others. I write what I feel about things and I couldn’t care less who’s in the firing line, or what your political inclination may be.

Work-wise: it has been a good year. No one has died offshore, touchwood, under my watch, although a sister company lost a diver last September which I blame the deceased’s surface supervisor. I am wearing two hats, one for the subsidiary I work for, the other being at corporate level. The Group has also given the go-ahead to merge with another giant to form the 5th largest service provider in the world, making us a very serious contender for projects worldwide. This merger has enabled us to have our reach as far as the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. I am happy where I am, earning my Ringgit. Enough to feed the family and go for cheap vacations.

I also plan to do my Masters in the field I am now involved in. It won’t be easy, but it would satisfy my hunger for knowledge. I am just looking for the appropriate place to do the course.

My health: health has been good. I did not lose much weight as compared to the same time last year. I lost one kilo as compared to this time last year, but I gained a kilo more than I did during the fasting month. I need to discipline myself more in terms of the things I eat, but at least apart from water, I drink at least 600ml of fresh fruit juice daily at work. I was 95.8 kilos on 31st Deecember last year, and this morning I weighed at 94.0 kilos. Well, that’s almost 2 kilos off.

On the personal side: life’s been good but work has been taking its toll too. I admit I have not been giving my wife and kids as much attention as I used to, but what I love about my wife is she will keep things in check and would get me to let things off my chest, admit my mistakes where it’s been made, and work out on how to improve or what needs a review. That is the thing about us, not wanting to get into that “me husband, you wife” routine, but regard each other as the best friends we were before we got married. And for that I value her understanding where I falter and get too deeply engrossed in my own world. There has been times where I do not play much role at home, getting on the PC and back at work when I am back at home, and end up either on the social network or playing games to get my mind off work so I could sleep. But an understanding wife is what forgetful husbands like I need…and I appreciate those hugs at night even if I never say much. From now on I will go home to a good long hug first no matter how crappy the day at the office had been. My wife has always been my best friend, that is how she will remain first as, before she is my wife.

I would love to have seen a better race-relations in Malaysia: we are still racially-polarised here in Malaysia, no matter what we say, no thanks especially to selfish politicians who are determined to keep Malaysians divided politically and racially. There have been instances where politicians introduced steps or other methods to split the unity of the people, for example, the attempt to introduce mosque-committee elections which would definitely split the unity of the Malays. That was a blatant attempt to dilute the voting power of the Malays, while keeping the support of the Chinese in particular, intact.

I would also like to see the quota system for public university intakes for Bumiputras to be removed. I am in the opinion that Malay students think it is their birthright to have that quota, but they don’t do much studying. The recent demonstration for “Academic Freedom” by undergrads jockeyed by a certain political party underscores this fact. Give deserving students the university seats as well as financial aid so that we would have better quality Director-Generals, Departmental Heads in the civil service.

On that score, I would also like to see more non-Malays join the civil service and uniformed services, where they are given equal rights to promotion based on merit rather than quota. I remember how good the police and Air Force were right up until the mid-1990s. There were more non-Malay senior officers than there are now.

I would also like to see Ministers, politicians on both sides of the fence, senior government officials involved in graft cases to face the full force of the law. They must be made to remember that they have been put there to serve the people, not their self-interest. They have been given the responsibility to serve the people (rakyat) and manage the department, ministry, state, country on behalf of the people. If they breach that trust given by the people, they don’t belong in their posts.

The NFC issue is also a thorn in every one’s backside. In my opinion, the Prime Minister should have asked the Minister in question (whose family members benefited from the government loan and project) to step down and go on leave pending investigation. That would have been the best method instead of keeping quiet about it. Now, whatever action that is taken against the Minister would be construed as “an election ploy.” it is far too late, and BN and UMNO in particular will have to live with this thorny issue during the next General Elections. This is one issue that will drag whatever effort Najib Razak has been doing to transform Malaysia, down. It would take a huge effort for BN canvassers to answer this issue on the said Minister’s behalf.

For PR, it is plain and simple for Malays to see that their DAP partners have been jockeying Malay (and even Indian) interests for their own interest. Selangor, in particular, is being administered in the background by Little Napoleons that even sensitive issues like the JAIS report on the DUMC issue has yet to be released to the public in full. Maybe, the Menteri Besar has a leash in the form of a political noose around his neck, held by political “partners” from both DAP and within PKR. We will see what the future holds for Khalid Ibrahim.

Whatever it is, 2012 will be an interesting year for us all, be it in a positive manner or otherwise. Let us just wait and see.

Happy New Year all and have a good year ahead.