September 16, 2008
So I got alerted by TheStar Online about Najib Razak’s foray into the online world at http://www.1malaysia.com.my. Similar to Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s http://warkahuntukpm.com.my/, Najib’s 1Malaysia allows you to submit comments, which will purportedly be read by Najib.
I am glad that Najib has this site for Malaysians, because I know he cares for the little people. For example, he took time off his busy schedule to give advice to Saiful Bukhari on his sodomy allegations. I mean, if he is willing to spend time with a university dropout, surely he would listen to a working dude like me? Right?
I know that Abdullah’s website doesn’t work, and probably the email is going into someone’s spam folder because I have not had a response to a query I sent to the PM some time ago (and it was a serious one). So I gave Najib’s 1Malaysia a spin, in the hope that these leaders who say they listen show that they are actually listening.
First, a smiling and genial looking Deputy Prime Minister peers at you from behind your computer screen, urging you to click on the video’s play button. Foolishly, I clicked it, and sat through 13 minutes of Najib. Was it that bad? Well, let’s just say I enjoyed listening to the birds chirping in the background. The message, although filled with so much positive hopes and aspirations for the country, ring hollow, especially in such dark times, where 2 people are still being detained under the ISA without being charged with any crimes. And it’s Najib speaking, and as much as I wanted to believe the sweet words coming out of that smiling old gentleman’s mouth, it’s Najib, yo.
If you’re interested in Najib’s biography, then there’s a pdf version to be downloaded as well. Conspicuously missing from his official biography is his role as UMNO Youth chief in the 1987 Ops Lallang. I’ve read about news about his spat with MCA’s Lee Kim Sai, and that’s missing as well. I guess if you want the juicy stuff, you’ll have to go Wikipedia Najib.
There’s also a photo gallery of Najib’s mugs, and here’s my favorite, for no particular reason:
And finally, the raison d’être of the site: the comment box. Unfortunately, I believe that Mr. Najib will not get your messages (or it will get them truncated) because there is a 750 character limit to each message. Nevertheless, I posted the following comment to Mr. Najib:
Dear DPM, After watching your video, you make me want to believe that you are sincere. However, I have to temper my believe with the fact that the party you represent, UMNO, is impervious to reforms.
If you are serious, then look into the injustice of the ISA. To detain a journalist for doing her work beggars believe, and I do not think that the Home Minister did not consult you before giving his approval to the police.
So far, you have kept quiet on the issue, preferring to talk to your boss about transition plans. If you are truly sincere in wanting the best for this country, perhaps you should start by addressing the misuse of the ISA in the country.
Thank you.
Will I get a reply? Probably not, and even if I do, it’ll be from a standard template or automated response. What I can say is, I do not believe this to be a useful tool for the DPM to engage Malaysians. Most Malaysians have already given up hope on the administration, and most won’t even bother sharing their comments with him. Anyway, since this is a website review, I’ll give it a 1/5 for the chirping birds in the background of the video. I’m willing to bump this to a 4.5 if I get a personalized reply.
September 16, 2008
First of all, Happy Malaysia Day. Back in 1963, this was the day that the country as we know now, Malaysia, was formed. I believe this is the first time I am wishing anyone anything on a September 16th. This is due to my lack of understanding of how important this day could be for Malaysians, especially those in Sabah and Sarawak. The historical importance of this day has been underplayed for too long, and I think most of everyone living in the peninsular are partially responsible for this.
After listening to Anwar Ibrahim’s press conference just a moment ago, I cannot help but think how wonderful it would be if September 16th 2008 goes down into the history books as the day Barisan Nasional fell. Alas, Anwar’s press conference was just a rehash of what he has been proclaiming the past few months, with the common refrain: “We have the numbers.”
Don’t get me wrong. I support Anwar Ibrahim, and I see him as a shining beacon of hope that will chase away the darkness called Barisan Nasional. But in my mind, there still seems to be many things that put doubt into his claims.
For example, today, he announced that he will seek a meeting with PM Abdullah Badawi to discuss the transition of power. He even said that he will reveal his defector list to the PM if he wants to see it. Personally, I think this is more of a bluff. Assuming that Anwar doesn’t have all the numbers yet, he is putting the ball into AAB’s court, possibly with the assumption that AAB will certainly not meet him. I think this is a brilliant tactic, as I doubt if AAB has the courage to call Anwar’s bluff, knowing that he prefers to shy away from the tough decisions rather than tackle them headfirst.
Also, Anwar has claimed that he already had the numbers long time ago, so my question is, why now? Why not try to meet the PM during the last Parliament sitting, so that September 16th 2008 will be for you to proclaim PR as the new government? The only explanation I can think of is that there might be some logistical problems, but the most obvious answer is that he doesn’t have the numbers yet. I’m quite a fan of Occam’s razor, btw.
In the shortest term, I will only be certain that Anwar has the numbers when the PM accepts his invitation to meet, and Anwar goes along to the meeting. Otherwise, me, like any other clueless Malaysian out there will just be guessing. And I do hope Anwar Ibrahim proves me wrong, and makes a mockery of this post.
September 15, 2008
*** Warning: This is a non-political post. It will only interest those who only know what the word “Innit” stands for.
Why do people love the Internet? Some of the obvious reasons are the anonymity provided by the Internet and the freedom of speech, where you can speak your mind with abandon. Of course, the multitude of different viewpoints and opinions, and the freedom of speech in cyberspace will more often than not lead to disagreements. Couple that with anonymity, and simple disagreements can degenerate into what we all fondly know as a ‘flame war’. (I am not trying to start a flame war, because if you flame me, I’ll probably just thank you for the hits. I’m magnanimous that way.)
In any Internet community, there will always be those that seek to become popular within the community, and those that just don’t care that much about being popular. There will also be those that also appoint themselves as the moral guardians of the community, deciding what is and what is not acceptable. If you’re old enough to have used IRC back in the mid-90s, these moral guardians will be the admins for the channel you are chatting in. In modern times, an example of such a community is Nuffnang’s Innit community, and the moral guardians, well, we’ll get to that later. 
The whole idea behind Innit is just a feedback system for blog posts with a positive feedback being called a “nang”, while a negative feedback is called a “dang”. The more nangs you get, the higher the chance of your post being featured in the “Top 10 Of The Day” list, which leads to more hits (which is never a bad thing since the blog is serving paid ads from Nuffnang).
However, unlike forums that have appointed administrators and its own acceptable list of etiquette and behavior, there is none defined for Innit. There are no rules defining how, or why you should nang or dang a blog post, besides the rules imposed by the technology. This has led to a free for all in nanging and danging, in which some behaviors will be described below.
There is a behavior called self-nanging, which basically means that they will submit their posts for the community to feedback on, and they will give themselves a nang. Proponents of this behavior say that it is logical to appreciate their own posts, thus the self-nang. Some would think why not self-nang, since they can do it, and there is no rule that prohibits it (3POINT8, I doubt that there is an unspoken rule that prohibits this behavior).
Detractors will say that these self-nangers lack self-esteem and like to syok sendiri (self-Masturbators apparently). To these detractors, a nang is basically a vote, and in any election, voting for yourself is not allowed. That’s fair enough, I think everyone can agree with that logic.
To counter the behavior of self-nanging, there is also another behavior that basically calls for the danging of any self-nanged post (therefore invalidating the self-nang). The goal of these dang-ers is to band together into a group that will give so many negative dangs to a post, so that it will never be worth it to self-nang your posts. There is now such a group, and it is called KING of DANG, with their own blog as well at http://tiu-dang-king.blogspot.com/. The admin in the blog basically looks at all the posts that have been self-nanged and posts the links for other dang-ers to dang.
I have no idea whether this is an automated process, but in between writing blog posts and bonking China girls in papaya farms, the admin will be posting the day’s list of self-nangers to the blog. If it is not an automated process, then I guess the administrator has too much time on his hands. (psst to the admin, I’ll write you a script to distribute to your ma-chais that will save you loads of time. For the right amount of money of cuz. Contact me.)
It is now time for some disclosure. I am a serial self-nanger. I do it not because I love my posts that much, I just do it because it has been a habit for me ever since the nang feature was made available in Innit. At first, I felt pissed about the whole she-bang, but eventually, I came to my senses and I accepted it. Why? Because just as I have every right to nang myself for any reason, the people who dang me have every right to dang me for their reasons. I have even made it a point to announce my post in the Innit chatbox if I see the dang-er by the user name of NathLovesAlvin just to make it easier for her (btw, NathLovesAlvin, you’re hot. If you happen not to love Alvin anymore, let me know).
Therefore, in the interests of freedom of speech on the Internet and the democratic space in Innit, although I do not agree with the actions of these dang-ers, I will defend their right to do whatever they please and whatever Innit allows.
The detractors of this danging group might think that these people have no lives, and that they have too much time on their hands. But who are you to decide how they should spend their time? Does anyone stop you when you take that few minutes to wank off?
The detractors of this danging group might think that these people are anti-social bullies hiding behind a cloak of anonymity, who in real life, are actually losers. So what? If you’re allowing yourself to be bullied, shouldn’t you be at fault for being such a pussy? If you stop self-nanging, aren’t you just allowing yourself to be dictated to? And have you seen NathLovesAlvin yet? She’s hot! So therefore, in my logic, she can’t be a loser. Proof: http://www.nuffnang.com.my/blogger-profile?blogger=NathlovesAlvin
The detractors of this danging group might think that such behavior will cause the self-nangers to lose self-esteem. Boohoo. Are you going to commit suicide just because you have 0 nangs? Will your dog die because you had 0 nangs for your posts (btw, mine died last week because of snakes, not dangs). Will the world end because KING of DANG dangs your posts?
The detractors of this danging group might think that they are all just attention whores, which honestly, I think some probably are. But who are we to stop them from being attention whores? It’s their right to make a name for themselves in the community however way they want to.
But here’s what I personally think of the danging group. I certainly don’t think they are losers, because anyone who has enough money to go cheong-ing in papaya farms is alright in my book. And did I mention that NathLovesAlvin is hot?
My opinion is this: these are people who THINK that they are doing something noble for the Innit community, however twisted their logic may be. Because the owners of Innit did not bother to institute any laws against self-nanging (it’s just adding javascript with an if-else check after all), this danging group has taken it upon themselves to impose their own rules on Innit. If there is anyone to blame for this whole saga, blame the owners of Innit who have left the Innit users to battle it out among themselves to define what is acceptable and what is not in the community.
The only negative thing I will say about the group called KING of DANG is this: they are very likely to be hypocrites.
When Islamic authorities want to ban concerts in this country, they will probably be loud in protest in their blogs.
When Islamic authorities want all women regardless of religion to don headscarves in this country, they will probably be loud in protest in their blogs.
When Islamic authorities want to shut down bars, karaokes, papaya farms, and ban alcohol and gambling, they will probably be loud in protest in their blogs.
What they don’t realize are that the Islamic authorities are just trying to institute new rules and laws in our country, and they could give a flying fuck if anyone protests it in your blog.
What they don’t realize is that what these Islamic authorities are trying to do to Malaysia, is EXACTLY what KING of DANG is trying to do to Innit: imposing their own version of morality on the community, even though most don’t accept it (if most people do, they would have more than 10 people in the group already).
Of course, these people will have an internal mechanism to justify what their doing, just like the Islamic authorities, and there is nothing you or I can do about it. So the sooner you get over it, the better. For example, just like the Islamic authorities, they think it is their God given task. Not my words. Just read the post here. As you know, in Malaysia, you don’t fuck around with anyone’s God given task.
Here’s my whole point, especially to the self-nangers. If you don’t think you’re doing anything wrong, then continue doing it. Why let anyone dictate to you what’s right or wrong? Why conform to someone else’s standards if they are not yours? If you feel so strongly against the dang-ers, then do something about it, and don’t just bitch about how wrong they are. Look at the danging group, at least when they believe in something, they do something constructive about it.
The Innit community is now playing out like a Wild West cowboy movie. There is a town that is living pretty alright together until a bunch of asshole bandits ride into town, trash the local bar, molest the women, shoot the sheriff (or the deputy, if you’re a Bob Marley fan), and ride off with all the town’s horses. The townspeople, who are being bullied, do nothing and say nothing, even though they outnumber the bandits 100 to 1. They are just hoping for a cowboy to ride into the town to defeat the bandits and save their asses, without doing anything to save themselves. In cowboy movies, the hero will always defeat the bandits. In real life, we know that the bandits will more often than not shoot and kill the cowboy, tie his body behind the horses, and drag his corpse around town as a warning to other townspeople. The only way to defeat these well-organized bandits are for the townspeople to use their majority to save themselves in an equally well-organized manner. However, in the town of Innit, the heroes and heroines are few and far in between. That, my friends, is a fail of epic proportions.
September 14, 2008
Post ini ditujukan kepada kawan-kawan saya yang dari Muslim Consumers’ Association of Malaysia (PPIM) dan Pewaris. Berikut adalah keratan akhbar yang dipetik dari The Malaysian Insider:
2 groups lodge report against ISA detainee Teresa
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 ~ The Muslim Consumers” Association of Malaysia (PPIM) and the Islamic NGOs, Heritage Associations, Malay Cultural Organisations and Related Bodies Cooperation Network (Pewaris) today lodged police reports against Selangor executive councillor Teresa Kok over her alleged act to prohibit the “azan” call to prayer at mosques and surau in Kota Damansara, Sri Serdang and Puchong Jaya.
The reports were made by Pewaris advisor Rahimuddin Md Harun and PPIM complaints officer Mohd Nor Imran Yusuf at the Sentul district police headquarters at 11am.
Rahimuddin told reporters later the police reports were lodged because Kok’s statements could allegedly hurt the feelings of the Muslim community.
“We have made the reports so that the police can carry out the investigations on her because it is feared that the statements can spark racial animosity in Malaysia,” he said.
PPIM secretary-general Datuk Dr Ma’amor Osman said in a statement that PPIM supported the government’s detention of Kok, Malaysia Today blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin and Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng under the Internal Security Act (ISA) on Friday.
Tan was released yesterday.
“The detentions are proof that the government does not remain silent in matters involving racial sensitivities and the Federal Constitution.
“Matters such as these should be viewed seriously because, if ignored, they could incite hatred in the people, especially the Malays, because their special position has often been disputed by certain quarters,” he said.
Nasihat saya kepada kumpulan-kumpulan berikut adalah supaya jangan membuta-buta nak buat repot polis tanpa membuat penilaian atau mencari bukti yang secukupnya. Bacalah akhbar lain atau media lain selain daripada akhbar Utusan Malaysia. Akhbar inilah yang paling handal dalam taktik mengapikan isu-isu perkauman demi menghangatkan berita dan meningkatkan jualan. Ini sebenarnya sejenis taktik bodoh (lame) yang sering digunakan oleh segelintir penulis blog untuk menambah ‘hit count’ atau meningkatkan populariti mereka.
Kalau malas nak cari, saya telah carikan artikel-artikel yang berikut (Kesemua dipetik dari Malaysiakini). Bagi muka, baca baik-baik, boleh tak. My comments in bold red.?
Masjid Kinrara guna pembesar suara seperti biasa
Masjid Kinrara meneruskan amalan menggunakan pembesar suara seperti biasa kerana reaksi masyarakat bukan Islam di situ nampak tiada masalah, kata Pengerusi jawatankuasa masjid tersebut, Abdul Rahman Nasir.
“Penduduk Cina yang kita jumpa, banyak tidak ada masalah. Ada yang suka sebab boleh bangun awal,” katanya ketika ditemui Malaysiakini selepas solat Jumaat hari ini.
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Dalam petisyen mereka, penduduk yang menandatangani petisyen tersebut, meminta memohon supaya diperlahankan penggunaan pembesar suara untuk majlis ceramah, kuliah Subuh, kuliah Maghrib serta bacaan ayat al-Quran yang menggunakan kaset dan CD sebelum sembahyang Subuh di masjid tersebut. (Klaw: Adakah ini berkaitan dengan azan?)
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Selepas berbincang dengan Satim yang juga wakil rakyat kawasan tersebut, Abdul Rahman berkata, Satim berkata ia merupakan perkara yang sensitif dan jika perlu, dibuat laporan polis.
Bagaimanapun, kata Abdul Rahman, sehingga ini, pihaknya tidak membuat sebarang laporan polis berhubung petisyen tersebut.
Beliau juga berkata, tidak ada ahli politik, termasuk Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Kinrara, Teresa Kok yang datang ke masjid tersebut berhubung petisyen penduduk berkenaan. (Klaw: Adakah Teresa Kok terbabit dalam petisyen ini?)
Penduduk bukan Islam tidak bantah laungan azan
Penduduk bukan Islam di Seksyen 5 Bandar Kinrara, Puchong tidak pernah membantah penggunaan pembesar suara untuk laungan azan di Masjid Bandar Kinrara di situ.
Sebaliknya, mereka hanya memohon supaya diperlahankan penggunaan pembesar suara untuk majlis ceramah, kuliah Subuh, kuliah Maghrib serta bacaan ayat al-Quran yang menggunakan kaset dan CD sebelum sembahyang Subuh di masjid tersebut.
Menurut mereka, ini kerana ia mengganggu mereka untuk berehat atau bangun lewat, terutama pada hari Ahad dan juga untuk mengajar anak-anak mereka belajar pada sebelah malam.
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Menurutnya, petisyen tersebut dihantar kepada Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Sri Serdang, Datuk Mohamad Satim Diman, pada pertengahan bulan Februari lalu.
Salinan petisyen itu, jelasnya, turut diserahkan kepada pihak masjid berkenaan, juga pada pertengahan bulan Februari lalu.
Bagaimanapun, kata Ee, salinan petisyen itu dihantar ke pejabat Teresa Kok yang juga Adun Kinrara dan exco kerajaan negeri Selangor, selepas pilihanraya umum Mac lalu.
Beliau menjelaskan, pihaknya turut menghantar salinan petisyen itu kepada Teresa kerana beliau merupakan Adun yang terdekat dengan kawasan itu, selain Satim (Klaw: Kalau saya hantar petisyen Hindraf ke Jabatan Perdana Menteri, adakah Perdana Menteri kita wajar dikurungkan dalam kem ISA Kamunting kerana terlibat dengan aktiviti Hindraf?).
“Kita di peringkat bawahan ini tidak senang untuk berjumpa dengan pemimpin atasan. Saya harap pemimpin di peringkat atasan dapat berbincang mengenai perkara ini,” katanya.
Faulty PA system the cause of ’silent’ azan
Masjid Kota Damansara officials have denied that their mosque had ceased sounding the azan from its loudspeakers due to pressure from non-Muslims.
They clarified that it was a damaged amplifier that resulted in the calls to prayers to be made without the aid of a PA system. (Klaw: Wahai kawan-kawan, adakah terbaca penjelasan ini dari Utusan Malaysia?)
Secretary of the three-week-old mosque Ahmad Redzuan Samsudin said a police report was lodged on Wednesday against former Selangor menteri besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo for claiming pressure from non-Muslims and a state exco-backed petition had forced them to stop making the azan through the loudspeaker.
“Last Saturday (Aug 30), lightning during a thunderstorm had struck and damaged the PA system. Thereafter, we borrowed equipment from the SMK Kota Damansara in Section 10, but problems with the wiring further delayed us from sounding the azans through the loudspeaker.
“There was no pressure from non-Muslims,” said Redzuan when contacted. (Klaw: Baikilah cepat sikit, jangan diperalatkan oleh Khir Toyo.)
The police report, lodged by mosque head Hassan Basri alias Basri Mohd at the Kota Damansara police station, quotes the latter as saying: “I see all of this as slander and an attempt to give rise to prejudice among the various races in Kota Damansara, an act of provocation to divide the community.”
In a Sept 9 Utusan Malaysia report, Khir was reported to have urged the opposition Pakatan Rakyat-led Selangor government not to concede to purported moves by “a certain party” to issue directions against azan made from loudspeakers of mosques in Kota Damansara and Puchong.
Dr Mariah dakwa isu kaum ‘permainan politik Umno’
Ahli jawatankuasa pusat PAS, Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud mendakwa, isu perkauman yang ditimbulkan sejak akhir-akhir ini adalah “permainan politik Umno kerana kehilangan sokongan daripada rakyat bukan Melayu”.
“Sekarang mereka berusaha untuk mendapatkan balik sokongan Melayu Islam, kononnya dengan memperjuangkan Islam,” kata Dr Siti Mariah yang juga ahli Parlimen Kota Raja di Selangor.
Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas membuat laporan polis terhadap Datuk Seri Khir Toyo yang mendakwa ada usaha untuk menghalang laungan azan di Selangor.
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“Kami tidak sekali-kali membenarkan pihak-pihak begini, untuk membangkitkan rasa tidak puas hati di kalangan rakyat Malaysia,” kata Dr Mariah.
Sehubungan itu beliau menyarankan, jika timbul perkara-perkara yang tidak menyenangkan agama lain, maka ia boleh dibawa berbincang di kalangan pemimpin pakatan terutama di negeri-negeri yang diperintahnya.
Beliau menafikan isu azan telah dibahaskan oleh (Ahli Dewan Undangan Sri Serdang), Datuk Satim Diman dalam sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Selangor.
“Pagi ini saya telah terima satu hansard dari Speaker - muka surat 44 hingga 49 iaitu catatan perbahasan Datuk Satim - tidak ada langsung timbul mengenai laungan azan, sedangkan dalam kenyataan Dr Khir, beliau mengatakan PKR dan PAS tidak berbuat apa-apa bila perkara itu timbul,” katanya.
Katanya, beliau menyemak hansard tersebut berikutan tulisan blog pembelamelayu.com yang mendakwa Ahli Parlimen Seputeh, Teresa Kok, menyokong petisyen penduduk membantah azan di Puchong yang diserahkan kepada Satim Diman dan dibawa ke sidang DUN.
Bagaimanapun, katanya, beliau mendapati tidak ada petisyen yang dibawa ke dalam sidang DUN.
Bacalah sendiri. Masyarakat Malaysia telah dipermainkan dan diperalatkan oleh Khir Toyo dan akhbar Utusan Malaysia dalam usaha oleh UMNO untuk mewujudkan keadaan tegang dimana umat-umat Islam di Malaysia mempunyai syak wasangka terhadap masyarakat bukan Islam. Ini juga merupakan usaha Khir Toyo, yang hendak menjadi Ketua Pemuda UMNO dan akhbar Utusan Malaysia untuk digelarkan pembela bangsa Melayu dan Islam.
Pada pandangan saya, seorang pembela bangsa yang jati adalah seseorang yang berupaya meningkatkan masyarakatnya dari segi ekonomi dan rohani. Bukan meningkatkan cara hidup orang-orang yang telah kaya-raya (seperti polisi kerajaan kita) tetapi orang-orang yang miskin dan ditindas.
Khir Toyo, Utusan Malaysia, dan penulis blog PembelaMelayu merupakan pembela bangsa yang palsu dan patut dikritik, terutamanya dari masyarakat berbangsa Melayu sendiri. Adakah tugas seorang pembela bangsa untuk menanam benih kebencian terhadap bangsa, masyarakat, atau individu yang lain? Adakah ini sesuatu yang akan membawakan kebaikan kepada masyarakat tersebut, terutamanya dalam negara yang bermasyarakat majmuk seperti Malaysia? Fikirkan baik-baik. Adakah masyarakat yang bertindak kasar terhadap masyarakat yang lain merupakan sejenis masyarakat yang maju dan berhemah dan akan dihormati oleh masyarakat lain?
Sebenarnya, saya berasa sangat bimbang terhadap masa hadapan negara kita. Terdapat banyak ahli-ahli politik yang hanya mementingkan bangsa sendiri, tanpa memikirkan kepentingan bangsa-bangsa yang lain. Ini terutamanya dari parti politik UMNO, MCA, dan MIC. Walaupun terdapat segelintir rakyat yang mengutamakan negara dahulu sebelum bangsa, ini hanya merupakan minoriti. Sehingga kesemua rakyat, tidak kira kaum atau bangsa, boleh bergabung sebagai orang Malaysia untuk menghadapi dunia dan fenomena globalisasi, negara kita akan tetap mundur dan akhirnya akan dipintas oleh negara lain seperti Indonesia dan Vietnam. Pada masa itu, kitalah yang akan menjadi bahan ketawa negara lain dan mungkin akan menjadi sumber ekspot tenaga buruh kasar yang termurah di kalangan negara-negara ASEAN.
Saya sedar bahawa Bahasa Melayu saya agak lemah, dan kalau saya telah mengelirukan saudara atau saudari, saya hendak memohon maaf. Tujuan utama post ini adalah supaya kita sebagai rakyat Malaysia akan cuba berfikir sendiri dan tidak dipengaruhi oleh pihak-pihak yang suka melihat petelingkahan antara kaum. Dalam kes Khir Toyo, dia hanya berbuat begitu semata-mata untuk memenangi posisi Ketua Pemuda UMNO, yang dalam sejarah parti tersebut akan menyokong pemimpin-pemimpin yang agresif terhadap kaum lain. Saya tidak malu untuk memberitahu seluruh dunia bahawa saya hanya mendapat C5 dalam SPM tetapi masih tidak terlewat untuk saya memperbaiki cara penulisan saya, dan kalau ada saudara atau saudari yang sanggup memberi tunjuk ajar, sila emel saya (Guna link Contact di atas blog ini).
Hiduplah rakyat, tak kira apa bangsa.
September 13, 2008
I’m glad. The Sin Chew reporter who was detained under the ISA yesterday has now been released, after 16 hours in custody. From the mouth of Syed Hamid Albar, our Home Minister, it was indicated that Tan Hoon Cheng would probably be released today.
However, I think there is a special Malaysian lesson to learn today. Let’s look at Syed Hamid’s words for some inspiration:
Speaking from Johor Baru this morning, Syed Hamid justified Tan’s detention under the ISA with a rare reason that it was as part of the government’s preventive measure ‘to ensure her safety’.
The minister claimed police intelligence have indicated that the journalist’s life came under threat after she reported an Umno division leader’s allegedly racist remarks.
“We have no intention of holding a reporter as after all she was just taking notes of the comments made by a certain party that led to a public debate.
“She maybe released as soon as today after police have obtained all information needed,” Syed Hamid was quoted as saying by Star Online.
The lesson to be learned is clear. The next time you feel that your life is in danger, don’t file a police report, as that will not get you the protection you might need. They might just decide to throw you into the ISA for your protection.
Smart hoh.
Syed Hamid Albar says the darndest things hoh?
September 13, 2008
Newsflash, according to TheStar.
Teresa Kok just arrested under ISA. I believe this might be due to the allegation that she had submitted a petition to a mosque in Puchong to lower down the volume of the ‘azan’. However, the petition was not submitted by her, and it was not calling for the lowering of the volume of the ‘azan’, but calling for the lowering of the speaker during the ceramah.
Click here for a copy of the actual petition.
Fuck. They. Just. Arrested. My. Favorite. Politician.
Sassy MP, we will stand by you.
And people, I think this is the gambit. They are trying to get people out onto the streets. Then they will crackdown. Don’t fall into that trap.
