Showing posts with label tun dr mahathir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tun dr mahathir. Show all posts

Friday, 24 June 2016

Menentang Rasuah dan Salah Guna Kuasa Bukan Tuntutan Islam?

Bersekongkol dengan rasuah tidak dilarang Islam?
Kenyataan Mursyidul Am PAS Datuk Haron Din bahawa Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad menggadai prinsip kerana bersekongkol dengan DAP, yang dianggapnya musuh Islam, adalah lucu dan tidak berasas.

Lucu kerana Haron Din seolah-olah lupa bahawa PAS cuma baru setahun bercerai dengan DAP setelah berpasangan di dalam Pakatan Rakyat (PR) sejak 2008.

Sebelum itu, mereka bersama-sama di dalam Barisan Alternatif (BA) dari tahun 1998 hingga 2004. Ini tidak termasuk secara bukan harfiah sebelum tahun 1998.

Jika Haron Din menuduh Dr Mahathir menggadai prinsip kerana kerjasama dengan DAP yang dilabel memusuhi Islam, maka Haron Din harus mendesak pemimpin-pemimpin PAS membubarkan parti dan melakukan taubat setiap hari kerana dosa mereka lakukan bertahun-tahun dan berulang kali.

Bukan itu sahaja, Haron Din dan pemimpin-pemimpin PAS yang lain menanggung dosa ahli-ahli dan umat Melayu Islam lain di Malaysia yang diseru menyokong DAP samada semasa di dalam BA atau PR di dalam tahun-tahun yang dinyatakan tadi.

Kerjasama PAS dan DAP di dalam BA dan PR mempunyai tujuan yang nyata – untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan Barisan Nasional yang diterajui UMNO yang Presidennya Melayu Islam.

Jika mereka berjaya, akan jatuhlah seluruh Kerajaan BN yang diketuai UMNO.

Ini amatlah berbeza dengan apa yang diperjuangkan Dr Mahathir hari ini menerusi Deklarasi Rakyat.

Dia mahu menjatuhkan Dato Seri Najib kerana skandal kewangan dan rasuah yang mampu menghancurkan Negara.

Skandal 1MDB itu bukanlah tuduhan liar dan hari ini, yang paling mutakhir ialah permohonan International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) yang berpengkalan di Abu Dhabi yang mahu Kementerian Kewangan Malaysia dan 1MDB menjelaskan wang sejumlah US$6.5 billion (lebihkurang RM26 billion) kerana kegagalan 1MDB membayar pinjaman dan jaminan.

Ini tidak termasuk siasatan yang dilakukan terhadap 1MDB kerana pengaliran wang haram (money laundering) yang sedang berjalan di Switzerland, Singapura, Luxemborg, USA, UAE dan beberapa negara lain.

Selain itu, kemasukan wang sebanyak RM2.6 billion ke dalam akaun Najib yang dinafikan pada mulanya, sudah cukup menghilangkan kelayakan Najib sebagai pemimpin negara.

Adalah satu kesalahan yang amat berat untuk seorang Perdana Menteri mempunyai sejumlah wang sebesar itu di dalam akaun peribadinya yang tidak diisytiharkannya sebaik-baik menerima wang itu dan cuma mengaku apabila sudah tidak dapat menafikan lagi.

Skandal inilah yang telah membuatkan Dr Mahathir mengambil keputusan mendesak Najib meletak jawatan ataupun pada peringkat permulaan untuk bercuti sementara dan membenarkan institusi –institusi berwajib melakukan siasatan tanpa halangan atau gangguan.

Najib memilih untuk berdegil memegang jawatan dan akibatnya berlaku gangguan terhadap penyiasatan yang dijalankan terhadap Najib dan 1MDB sehingga Peguam Negara diberhentikan, Gabenor Bank Negara diugut, ketua dan penyiasat Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah (SPRM) diarahkan bertukar dan ditekan.

Jawatankuasa Kira-Kira Negara (PAC) yang sedang menyiasat turut dibubarkan.

Oleh kerana institusi-institusi ini telah dilumpuhkan, maka Dr Mahathir menyeru semua individu-individu berpengaruh di dalam negara untuk bersamanya mendesak Najib untuk meletak jawatan.

Hasilnya, pemimpin-pemimpin parti politik, badan bukan kerajaan, aktivis-aktivis dan pemimpin pelajar telah berkumpul dan bersama dengan Dr Mahathir menandatangani Deklarasi Rakyat (DR) yang fokusnya mendesak Najib meletak jawatan, mahukan reformasi untuk institusi-institusi yang mudah diganggugat oleh pemerintah dan pemansuhan undang-undang era Najib yang bersifat kuku besi dan mengambil-alih kuasa Raja-Raja Melayu.

Selain itu DR turut mempersoalkan GST, kos sara hidup yang melambung tinggi dan kesusahan yang ditanggung oleh rakyat.

Pemimpin politik yang hadir adalah dari UMNO, PKR, DAP, PAN dan juga dari PAS. Sehingga hari ini PAS tidak mengambil tindakan terhadap pemimpin mereka yang menandatangani deklarasi itu kerana diterima bahawa mereka hadir sebagai individu dan tidak mewakili parti.

Jika PAS menerima hakikat bahawa pemimpin mereka yang menandatangani DR adalah atas kapasiti sebagai individu, mengapakah pemimpin lain tidak dianggap hadir dalam kapasiti individu.

Mereka yang menanda tangani DR juga menerima bahawa yang perlu diturunkan ialah Najib dan jika Najib meletak jawatan, pemimpin yang mengambil-alih sebagai Perdana Menteri mestilah menerima sokongan majoriti di Dewan Rakyat.

Dalam lain perkataan, berdasarkan majoriti yang ada pada BN dan UMNO di Dewan Rakyat, perletakan jawatan Najib tidak akan membawa kepada kejatuhan Kerajaan kecuali ahli-ahli BN dan UMNO turut tidak bersetuju dengan pemimpin ganti dari UMNO dan BN.

Ini juga bermakna, penanda tangan DR menerima bahawa perubahan Kerajaan hanya akan berlaku di pilihanraya umum ke 14.

Ini juga menunjukkan bahawa kesemua yang menanda tangani DR menolak Najib dan dia ditolak kerana skandal 1MDB dan wang RM2.6 billion di dalam akaun peribadinya.

Jika diteliti, amat jelas DR tidak ada politik kepartian, tidak ada sebarang pakatan untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan ataupun kepimpinan Melayu Islam atau menukar dasar-dasar Islam yang sedia ada.

Selain itu, jika Najib turun, DR itu secara sendirinya terbubar dan ahli-ahlinya terus bersama parti politik pilihan mereka.

Dari segi mana sekalipun, ini berbeza dengan PAS semasa bekerjasama dengan DAP di dalam BA dan PR yang mahu untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan samada menerusi pilihanraya ataupun demonstrasi jalanan seperti tahun 1998.

Selain itu kenyataan Haron Din bahawa bersahabat baik dengan musuh Islam (dalam konteks Haron Din ianya ialah DAP) “kita akan jadi seperti mereka” agak bercelaru. Ini kerana Dr Mahathir baharu sahaja “berkenalan” dengan pemimpin DAP berbanding pemimpin PAS dan Haron Din dan itupun semata-mata kerana DR dan tidak dalam satu wadah pakatan politik .

Mungkin kerana Haron Din sudah seperti musuh Islam kerana terlalu lama bersama mereka maka dia sudah lupa bahawa skandal Najib dikeji oleh Islam dan akibatnya telah membuat Melayu Islam satu bangsa yang jelek dan hina.

Jika Haron Din pemimpin yang benar memperjuangkan Islam, dia pasti bersama Dr Mahathir dan menolak Najib dan bukan sebaliknya.


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Nota: Apai Kecil Malaya adalah pembaca blog ini. 


Friday, 22 April 2016

Dr Mahathir tells foreign governments to make 1MDB probe public ! So ?


UAE's English daily The National reported as below. 



Razak critic urges 1MDB findings be publicised

The National staff


April 20, 2016 Updated: April 21, 2016 03:56 PM

A leading critic of Malaysia’s prime minister Najib Razak said corruption had reached levels never seen before in the country and urged foreign governments linked to the controversy surrounding a state investment fund to make their findings public.

1MDB, whose advisory board is chaired by Mr Razak, is under investigation in at least five countries including Switzerland and the US over allegations of money laundering and embezzlement.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad, at one time the country’s longest-serving prime minister, said the investigations into the 1MDB fund were not just a problem for Malaysia.

“Being diplomatic isn’t going to help Malaysia or anyone else," he said on the sidelines of the International Conference on Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship organised by the Canadian University Dubai. “They must recognise action needs to be taken and do what is necessary."

Dr Mohamad, who was in his post between 1981 and 2003, said the scandal around the Malaysian fund threatened the Asian nation’s international reputation and hurt foreign direct investment.

“All inquiries should eventually be made public because inquiries that are kept secret are of no use to anyone," he said.

“Eventually things will have to be revealed."


Last week, Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company (Ipic) said neither itself nor its Aabar unit had any connection to a firm incorporated in the British Virgin Islands that was named in a report into the controversy surrounding the Malaysian fund.

In May 2015, Ipic had agreed to provide the Malaysian fund US$1 billion to meet some of its liabilities in exchange for assets while at the same time taking on interest payments on about $3.5bn in debt.

But the Abu Dhabi fund now says 1MDB is in default on the terms of the agreement. - The National 

I read the above news report more than once, just to allay my concerns that there were pleas and demands for foreign interference in the domestic affairs of Malaysia. 

In fact I read it more than twice, but there were none. The report is there for you to read and interpret but I'm a little amused by the thinly veiled statement from a morally bankrupt politician. 

A cheap statement from a scandal ridden politician who stands accused for a series of crimes in the court of public opinion, but it reveals desperation. 

For someone who has confessed to having received billions of ringgit in personal donations from a foreigner, the 'foreign interference' cry is laughable. 

Channelling billions of ringgit into your personal account from a foreign donor, who 'simply gave it and was not expecting anything in return', would make a good fairytale script. Thank you! We don't buy such bullshit. 















Now, are we Malaysians not concerned about international criminal investigations on 1MDB relating to suspected money laundering and embezzlement ? 

Billions of ringgit are missing and 1MDB's Arul Kanda Kandasamy says it could be fraud. What has 1MDB done to recover the lost billions if at all it was fraud? 

Dear Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib, it has been said again and again that you must be responsible for the failed, scandal ridden 1Malaysia Development Berhad - 1MDB. There are no two ways about it. If it was indeed a scam, you allowed it. 

Even if you are convinced that you have been conned by Jho Low the Penang khia, you still have to stand up and explain. How he did do it? 

Don't run around because this is about a sovereign nation whose interests and livelihood are being compromised due to a host of reasons especially international humiliation for corruption and mounting foreign debts. 

This is not your family business. 

The escalating cost of living in both rural and urban areas are at unhealthy levels.  

"corruption had reached levels never seen before in the country and urged foreign governments linked to the controversy surrounding a state investment fund to make their findings public" - Dr Mahathir said in Dubai.

Dr Mahathir also urged foreign governments to make their investigations public. - "urged foreign governments linked to the controversy surrounding a state investment fund to make their findings public"

Asking investigators and investigating authorities to make their findings public is a crime? 

We cannot tolerate false, unfounded allegations that are part of a conspiracy to topple a democratically elected government. Remember that. Truth matters.

Remember that asking the resignation of a sitting prime minister is not a crime. Otherwise how did Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (now Tun) step aside to allow Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak to take over? 

We have a working moral compass in this country, I'm sure. 

The prime minister must come clean. Begin with the money in the kitty.  

Follow up by suing The Wall Street Journal for proof  to restore Malaysia's badly bruised image and reputation. 

You can follow in Nazir Razak's footsteps and step aside, if you are still able to do that. The window is almost shut. The choice is still yours.

Living in denial cannot go on forever. 

As Dr Mahathir puts it, eventually things will have to be revealed. 

Hope you would come to your senses fast and not be fooled by bootlickers who are hell bent on keeping you within the bubble, and continue destroying yourself in the pretext of fighting a political battle. 

Crime is no politics. 

“When people tell a lie about something, they have to make up a bunch of lies to go with the first one. ‘Mythomania’ is the word for it.” ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

p/s 

1MDB bukan cerita rekaan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Kenyataan hutang dan penggadaian tanah serta maruah dek kerana 1MDB terpampang didepan mata. Bukankah kita celik? 

Orang lain kehadapan, kita terkangkang gali lubang. Hutang keliling pinggang. 



Dubai a perfect example of visionary leadership




Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Keranamu Malaysia



The move to defend and protect this nation from thieves and traitors was basically reinforced and rejuvenated by yesterday's coming together of our statesmen and leaders. 

The move by stalwarts to set aside all other differences and stand together, is purely to safeguard the best interests of the nation and her people. It is because of Malaysia, for Malaysia.

This is not about politics. This is about protecting our nation and her future together with that of our coming generations of Malaysians.

This is not about politics. This is about standing up to save a nation that is in a critical situation and risk sliding into a full blown crisis if we don't get out of the 'tidak apa' attitude and stop the rot. 

This is not politics. This is not about overthrowing a government. 

This is about protecting our beloved nation from thieves and traitors. This is about removing a Prime Minister / Finance Minister who has clearly abused his position and committed blatant acts of criminal breach of trust (CBT). (Sue me and I'll explain this in detail)

This is just about saving our beloved nation from a criminal who has hijacked the Prime Minister of Malaysia's position. 

We must free this country from Najib Razak and his small group of goons who are raping Malaysia from all angles.    

Keranamu Malaysia!  


Monday, 12 October 2015

KENYATAAN MEDIA BERSAMA


Penahanan peguam Matthias Chang dan sebelum ini anak guamnya Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan di bawah Akta Kesalahan Keselamatan (Langkah-Langkah Khas) 2012 atau SOSMA 2012, adalah satu penyalahgunaan kuasa serta tindakan terdesak untuk mendiamkan pengkritik. Penggunaan SOSMA untuk menahan kedua-dua individu ini juga adalah bertentangan dengan semangat dan tujuan Akta ini diluluskan oleh Parlimen.

Amatlah malang bagi rakyat Malaysia apabila tindakan tersebut diambil oleh pihak berkuasa, mesej yang sampai kepada rakyat ialah apabila seseorang melaporkan berlaku kesalahan, orang yang membuat laporan akan ditangkap.

Pada akal yang sihat, tindakan ini juga memperlihatkan apabila ada pihak yang didakwa melakukan kesalahan dan apabila laporan dibuat terhadapnya, apa jua peruntukan undang-undang yang ada akan digunakan untuk menutup kesalahan pihak yang didakwa.

Tidakkah amat memalukan apabila seseorang yang dituduh melakukan kesalahan tidak berusaha membuktikan kebenaran ataupun “his innocence” tetapi sebaliknya orang yang melaporkan kesalahan ditahan.

Oleh kerana tidak ada undang-undang yang dapat digunakan untuk menahan dan menangkap orang yang membuat laporan, maka digunakan satu undang-undang yang digubal untuk tujuan memelihara keselamatan negara dan ketenteraman awam serta memperuntukkan satu hukuman yang berat untuk membuat tahanan dan tangkapan.

SOSMA yang diperbuat menurut Perkara 149 Perlembagaan Persekutuan adalah khusus untuk menghalang sebarang tindakan  atau ancaman oleh sekumpulan besar orang di dalam dan di luar Malaysia:

1)​untuk menyebabkan keganasan terancang terhadap orang atau harta, atau untuk menyebabkan sebilangan besar warganegara takut akan keganasan itu;

(2)​untuk membangkitkan perasaan tidak setia terhadap Yang di-Pertuan Agong;

(3) ​yang memudaratkan ketenteraman awam di dalam Persekutuan atau mana-mana bahagiannya, atau yang memudaratkan keselamatan Persekutuan atau mana-mana bahagiannya;

atau

(4)​untuk mendapatkan perubahan, selain dengan cara yang sah, apa-apa jua yang ditetapkan melalui undang-undang.

Matthias Chang adalah peguam yang mengiringi Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan membuat laporan mengenai dakwaan salahlaku 1MDB kepada pihak-pihak berkuasa di dalam dan di luar Malaysia. Tindakan ini tidak bercanggah dengan undang-undang mana-mana negara dan tidak boleh dianggap sebagai suatu ancaman kepada ketenteraman dan keselamatan awam yang dilindungi oleh SOSMA.

Malahan laporan-laporan yang dibuat oleh Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan adalah mengikut lunas-lunas demokrasi serta hak yang dijamin oleh mana-mana negara yang mengamalkan sistem demokrasi.

Justeru, kami menegaskan bahawa penahanan Matthias Chang dan Khairuddin Abu Hassan di bawah SOSMA adalah satu bentuk penyalahgunaan proses undang-undang oleh pihak berkuasa yang jelas bercanggah dengan tujuan undang-undang ini diluluskan oleh Parlimen.

Ia menyekat hak dan kebebasan individu untuk mengambil suatu tindakan yang sah dalam sebuah negara yang menjunjung keluhuran Perlembagaan dan kedaulatan undang-undang.

Apatah lagi, YAB Perdana Menteri sendiri ketika membentangkan Rang Undang-Undang SOSMA 2012 di Dewan Rakyat pada 16 April 2012 memberikan jaminan bahawa setiap individu “bebas menyuarakan pendapat, mengkritik, menyokong, berbeza pandangan, bersiasah mahupun menganggotai apa-apa pertubuhan”. Malahan, beliau berjanji “tidak ada sesiapa akan dihukum hanya kerana menjalankan hak-hak yang dijamin oleh Perlembagaan Persekutuan serta undang-undang negara”.

Berdasarkan janji ini, maka kedua-kedua warganegara ini mestilah dibebaskan serta-merta dan pihak berkuasa memberikan jaminan bahawa tiada sesiapa lagi akan ditahan di bawah SOSMA hanya kerana menyatakan pandangan, pendapat dan kritikan serta mengambil apa-apa tindakan yang dibenarkan oleh Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan undang-undang negara.


YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamd
YABhg Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik 
YB Tan Sri Dato’ Hj. Muhyiddin Hj Mohd Yassin
YB Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal
YBM Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
YBhg Tan Sri Ong Tee Keat 
YBhg Tan Sri Sanusi Junid

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Negara dan rakyat akan dibangsatkan jika kita buta hati

Dipaparkan sekali lagi rakaman Bicara Negarawan bersama Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad di Pasir Gudang, Johor pada 29hb Ogos yang lalu.

Mungkin ahli serta pemimpin Umno akarumbi mempunyai lebih masa yang terluang pada waktu ini memandangkan mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi Umno yang dinanti-nanti dengan penuh debaran tempohari pun sudah berlalu. 

Perhimpunan Agung Tahunan Umno akan diadakan dari 8 hingga 12 haribulan Disember nanti. 

Pada waktu ini seluruh dunia terkejut dan tertanya-tanya akan berita-berita berkenaan rasuah, pengubahan dana haram, salahguna kuasa dan tuduhan penipuan yang berhubung kait dengan syarikat kerajaan Malaysia 1MDB tetapi mesyuarat induk parti yang menguasai kerajaan diberitakan sebagai telah berjalan lancar dalam suasana setiakawan. 

Ungkapan hidup dalam kepompong mungkin sesuai untuk menggambarkan kealpaan ini.

Syarikat pelaburan Abu Dhabi baru sahaja muncul dalam berita dunia berhubung ghaibnya dana bernilai lebih RM6 billion yang seharusnya merupakan bayaran dari 1MDB. 

Di Malaysia dana USD700 juta (hampir RM3 billion mengikut kadar tukaran semasa) yang tiba-tiba muncul dan kemudiannya ghaib dari akaun peribadi Presiden Umno Datuk Seri MohdNajib Tun Razak masih belum dijelaskan. 

Harus diambil maklum bahawa percubaan demi percubaan telah dibuat untuk mengalih perhatian dan memperbodohkan mereka yang ingin tahu akan dana ghaib USD700 juta dalam akaun Najib tetapi percubaan-percubaan tersebut kekal setakat percubaan kerana rakyat Malaysia masih menunggu kebenaran. 

Nyata Majlis Tertinggi Umno pun sudah tidak bermaya untuk mendesak penjelasan dari Najib kerana sebab-sebab yang diketahui umum didalam dan diluar negara. Mesyuarat MT semalam berjalan lancar. 

Mesyuarat antarabangsa badan-badan pencegah rasuah serta badan-badan bukan kerajaan yang memerangi rasuah dari seluruh dunia diadakan diPutrajaya baru-baru ini. Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang dijadualkan menyampai ucaptama tidak muncul tiba kerana dinasihatkan agar tidak menghadiri mesyuarat antarabangsa tersebut.

Mesyuarat antarabangsa anti-rasuah itu bukan setakat mencalit arang tetapi telah menjatuhkan maruah serta nama baik Malaysia dipersada dunia apabila isu wang ghaib USD700 juta dalam akaun Perdana Menteri Malaysia serta tindakan menyekat penyiasatan rasuah/salahguna kuasa oleh pentadbiran Najib ditimbulkan. Isu itu telah dilaporkan diseluruh dunia dengan pelbagai 'headline' yang amat memalukan tetapi mesyuarat MT Umno semalam berjalan lancar dalam suasana setiakawan.

Sesiapa yang menyoal Najib berhubung dana ghaib USD700 juta dan dana berjumlah lebih kurang RM40 juta dari SRC International akan pasti dibangsatkan oleh Presiden Umno serta para pencacai-nya yang kini telah dinaikkan pangkat. 

Apa yang kita, rakyat Malaysia yang cintakan negara ini, mampu lakukan dalam keadaan yang serba tidak kena tetapi tersekat dari segenap penjuru ini?

Apakah kita harus memekakkan telinga membutakan mata dan hati berdiam diri ketika petualang serta gerombolan yang terbukti kebangsatan mereka terus merompak dan mencabul negara dan masa depan kita? 

Dengar baik-baik penjelasan orang tua berumur 90-tahun dalam rakaman di-atas dan berpeganglah kepada ungkapan #beranikeranabenar dan #muafakatmembawaberkat . 

Ini bukan isu politik kepartian atau isu agama dan bangsa. Ini isu masa depan negara kita. Ini bukan politik, ini isu jenayah.

Malaysia adalah sebuah negara dimana Raja-Raja Melayu pun patuh pada Undang-Undang serta Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Tiada sesiapa pun harus dibenarkan bertindak atau meletakkan diri mereka di-atas Undang-Undang negara.

Jika si-ibu yang mencuri tepung susu untuk anak kecil yang kelaparan pun di-hukum kerana kita patuh pada undang-undang, tidak mungkin individu berpangkat yang mencuri dan merompak khazanah negara dibiarkan begitu sahaja.

Jangan kita buta hati demi kepentingan peribadi.


P.S. Nilai Ringgit Malaysia dah melepasi tahap 4.36sen bagi 1Dolar Amerika namun mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi Umno masih berjalan lancar dalam suasana aman damai diliputi sifat setiakawan. 



Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Dr M returns but not United Arab Emirates' billions






Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad returned home today after a working visit to Jordan and UK. The statesman's arrival, earlier than the scheduled 12.30pm ETA, at the Subang Sky Park terminal was welcomed by hundreds of supporters and well-wishers.

On another note an Abu Dhabi investment fund, linked to scandal-ridden Malaysian investment fund 1MDB, has alleged that USD1.4 billion (approximately  RM6billion at current exchange rate) of their money has NOT RETURNED. 

Once again The Wall Street Journal has this eye-opener for many blind Malaysians. 

The corruption scandal around an economic-development fund in Malaysia is spilling beyond the country’s borders, as officials at a United Arab Emirates state investment vehicle raise questions about more than a billion dollars in money that they said is missing.
Abu Dhabi has long been a source of support for the fund, 1Malaysia Development Bhd., which was set up six years ago by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to develop new industries in the Southeast Asian country. Now, as 1MDB tries to fend off a cash crunch, its backers in Abu Dhabi are asking what happened to a $1.4 billion payment the fund said it made but which they never received, two people familiar with the matter said.
The dispute comes as Mr. Najib is battling a separate scandal linked to 1MDB. Malaysian investigators are examining the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars into the prime minister’s alleged private bank accounts through entities linked to 1MDB. The disclosures have sparked a political crisis and set off a handful of investigations around the world, destabilizing the government and damaging confidence in Malaysia’s economy.
Mr. Najib has denied wrongdoing and said he didn’t take money for personal gain.
The U.A.E. is trying to sever its ties to the fund and restructure the entity that provided it with financial support, the people said. 
More here in the WSJ


Saturday, 5 September 2015

The Hijacked Bersih 4

1. Do allow me to share my worries re the way we handled Bersih 4.

2. Syukur ianya berakhir dgn aman. Tahniah kpd kerajaan/pengawal keselamatan serta pihak penganjur dan ribuan peserta.

3. Banyak tafsiran boleh / telah diberikan, termasuklah 2 kali kehadiran Tun M.  

4. Are  Bersih demos a symptom or a disease?

5. I am inclined to believe it is the former. Indeed I am glad to be wrong on this point.

6. However, I trust, unfortunately the  multifarious diseases are within UMNO / BN / Government.

7. One of the potentially fatal disease is the negative perception that our government is gravitating towards Marcos' style of government. (I'm equally worried that if post DS Najib is similar to post Mubarak's era of instability.)

8. Re the rally. Not that I love the opposition. In fact they have failed to perform as a responsible entity. Nevertheless, please don't blame them for wanting to topple the government constitutionally  & have the right to legally rule  the  country. It's their judicious rights, the same rights as  that UMNO is enjoying.

9. Since BN/UMNO is doing everything to be in power & to remain in power, they should also be given the  same legal  space  & opportunity. Otherwise we can't proudly claim to be a true  democrat.

10. Be mindful that those who joined Bersih 4 came with different reasons & objectives. And one MUST never forget that most of them are VOTERS. They might even include BN's past and potential voters.

11. Hence to collectively condemn them & to give them all sorts unbecoming names,  in my considered  opinion, is, to say the  least, SUICIDAL!

12. Titiwangsa (866) & Setiawangsa (1,390) could be at stake. Please don't forget there're 25 BN parliamentary seats with < 2,000 majority throughout the country; 17 of them are UMNO's precarious seats. The opposition already won 89 seats in 2013. Be reminded that 112 is a simple majority.

13. What we should do was/is to win them over or, at  least,  neutralise them.

14. Only Tun M from UMNO dared to hijack Bersih 4 and inflicted the organizers with severe migraine. Should or should'nt UMNO be thankful to him?

15. The leaders' choice: to remain in power for the next 2yrs+ ONLY or continue to be in power even after  GE14. Indeed the latter demands different strategies and plan of action.

16. Whatever, I'll still vote BN...blind loyalty. 

The Hijacked Bersih 4 is penned by reader HIDUP TUAH, a diehard Umno grassroots leader and a loyal citizen of Malaysia.


Saturday, 29 August 2015

Dr M - Saya sokong rakyat. Ini GERAKAN RAKYAT... People's Power!

Ini penjelasan terperinci Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad kepada beberapa kemusykilan akan pendirian beliau terhadap kerisauan sebahagian besar rakyat Malaysia akan kepimpinan Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak.
Penjelasan ini dibuat selepas Tun Dr Mahathir berucap dan berdialog bersama Bangsa Johor di Stadium Pasir Gudang petang tadi.
Ketibaan Tun Dr Mahathir di Stadium Pasir Gudang petang tadi
Sekembalinya ke Kuala Lumpur selepas majlis Bicara Negarawan di negeri Johor Tun Dr Mahathir serta Tun Dr Siti Hasmah terus ke Dataran Merdeka untuk bersama rakyat. 
Tun Dr Mahathir serta isteri bersama RAKYAT di Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
Didalam rakaman di-atas dan sebelum itu dalam ucapan panjang lebar beliau dan sesi Soal-Jawab Tun Dr Mahathir berulang kali menegaskan bahawa beliau akan menyokong rakyat serta gerakan rakyat dan sebab mengapa beliau membuat keputusan untuk berbuat demikian. 

Dengar baik-baik dan fikir sendiri jika apa yang diperkatakan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad ini benar atau sebaliknya.

Kalau buta penglihatan tidak mengapa tetapi jangan buta hati.

P.S. Video Ucapan / Sesi Soal-Jawab di-SINI


Friday, 21 August 2015

Fitnah itu kerja mereka yang tidak diajar ibu bapa - Datuk Hamid Bador


'Ada pihak cuba pujuk saya tutup mulut' - Abdul Hamid Bador

Abdul Hakim Rahman, Astro Awani | Ogos 21, 2015 08:26 MYT

ABDUL HAMID: Terperosoklah saya dalam neraka jahanam selama-lamanya jika saya lakukan dosa besar ini (menfitnah Tun Mahathir).
KUALA LUMPUR: Bekas Timbalan Pengarah Cawangan Khas (SB) Bukit Aman, Datuk Abdul Hamid Bador mengakui ada pihak yang cuba memujuk beliau daripada bercakap mengenai isu sebenar.

"Orang yang sebarkan berita palsu (dalam aplikasi WhatsApp) itu sengaja berbuat demikian untuk buy time (lengahkan masa).

"Ia satu taktik mengalih tumpuan buat sementara untuk beri masa bagi usaha memujuk saya agar tutup mulut dari isu sebenar," katanya kepada Astro AWANI pada Jumaat.

Abdul Hamid berkata demikian susulan khabar angin dalam WhatsApp yang menyatakan beliau akan membuat laporan polis terhadap bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mengenai kontroversi 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

"Apa dosa Tun Mahathir kepada saya sehingga tergamak saya hendak memfitnah beliau?

"Terperosoklah saya dalam neraka jahanam selama-lamanya jika saya lakukan dosa besar ini.

"Menangis roh ibu bapa saya dalam kubur," katanya lagi sambil menyifatkan pihak yang menyebarkan berita palsu tersebut mungkin tidak mempunyai ibu bapa kerana tidak diajar menjadi insan yang jujur. - ASTRO AWANI

Berita sebelum ini - 

Cut me into pieces but I will never defame Dr M



Monday, 17 August 2015

More LIES about Malaysian Prime Minister in SARAWAK REPORT's latest article?

Hey Big Spender!

17 Aug 2015

Najib used both a Visa and a MasterCard on the 2014 holiday splurge
Prime Minister Najib Razak splashed over US$1 million on his credit cards during the month of August in the year following the election, according to information received by Sarawak Report.
The spending took place in Europe while he was on a summer holiday.

For most people to run up such a bill on mere expenses while on holiday would seem astounding, but the Prime Minister has always declined to explain how such conspicuous spending has been funded.

The bills were run up on two cards Najib was using in August 2014, a Visa and a MasterCard from CIMB & Maybank.

Over RM2.8 million was spent from the MasterCard and around RM500,000 was splashed on the Visa in just the one month.  Sarawak Report has further details.

Where does Malaysia’s ‘First Family’ get all their money?
Baubles and bags… costing millions…

This is just the latest information about conspicuous spending by Najib and his wife, but it comes after Malaysia was left wondering why he had transferred US$650 million out of the country, from money which he had earlier explained a donation to UMNO.

The Prime Minister and his wife have attracted world-wide scrutiny caused by their ostentatiousness.  In the United States news has seeped out of a jaw-dropping bill covering Rosmah’s stay at the Hotel Bel-Air, Beverly Hills, while spending Christmas with her son Riza in 2013.

Her bill for a week’s stay at the Hotel was over US$300,000, reliable sources have informed us.
Hollywood luxury…. but most guests don’t spend US$300,000 on a visit.

There have been numerous other reports of eye-catching spending, including the millions spent this year on the couple’s extended wedding celebrations for Rosmah’s daughter and a series of expensive houses purchased for Riza Aziz in the United States.

Last month Sarawak Report detailed how Rosmah’s fabled addiction to buying hugely expensive jewellery is managed through the same businessman who has been identified as the Prime Minister’s proxy at 1MDB, Jho Low.

It would therefore be incumbent on any Prime Minister in a country governed by the rule of law to give an account with regard to the series of unsustainable claims that have recently been made about supposed anonymous and secret ‘donations’ to UMNO in his personal account and missing billions from 1MDB being held in ‘units’ in banks.
Rosmah’s favoured New York yellow diamond seller…

Najib Razak has noticeably failed to deny our statement last week that over US$650 million were transferred back from his personal account in KL, supposedly managing the secret ‘donation’ from an anonymous source on behalf of UMNO, to the account in Falcon Bank in Singapore from where US$681 had originally been paid.

Our information is that there was in fact over a billion dollars from various sources in this particular AmPrivate Bank account in KL, belonging to Najib, in the period preceding what has been widely recognised as a bought election.

The US$650 was what remained when he closed the account in August 2013.

The Prime Minister has now after weeks of implied denial admitted the payment into this account of US$681 million, but is remaining silent over our latest information about where the remainder of this and the other sums was transferred.
Najib the centre of attention on the PetroSaudi yacht in 2009 – he was the rainmaker after all.

He has also provided no evidence of a shred of accountability over the expenditure of money that he says he was holding on behalf of the party and “not for personal use”.

Instead, his supporters have started to imply that a Malaysian Prime Minister (unlike for example a US President) should be considered to be above the law in and that any attempt to investigate this matter should be treated as a crime, rather than any crime itself.

The same supporters are now also claiming that the hallowed tradition of a vote of no confidence in a Prime Minister (used as the standard tool in parliaments across the world for getting rid of duds) should also be considered and illegal and unconstitutional device in Malaysia against Najib Razak.

The rest of Malaysia, however, will be forced in the absence of credible explanations to make inevitable deductions regarding the unexplained disappearances of public money and the coincidental but equally unexplained conspicuous spending of the person who was last handling it. - Sarawak Report 


I think its high time for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak to take legal action against Sarawak Report for telling lies and reporting absurd stories about him, his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and Datin Seri's son Reza Aziz.

This time around they are also reporting about Najib's credit card expenses. This is a BIG no. How could Sarawak Report do that? There must be a leakage somewhere. But wait, don't waste time on small flies. Sarawak Report's informers and moles can't sort this out, unless they have been fabricating evidence or tampering documents. Even Xavier Justo has not tampered or fabricated evidence as alleged earlier.

Obtaining a warrant of arrest against Sarawak Report editor and journalist Clare Newcastle Brown that could not be served or executed is also just as good as sending a wish list to Santa Claus. 

If whatever that Sarawak Report has reported so far, especially those abuse of power/corruption/money laundering/cheating and treachery allegations are nothing but fabricated lies against Najib and family then the Prime Minister has no choice but to sue Sarawak Report. 

Blocking access to Sarawak Report is not a solution. In fact blocking the site has now made it more popular that it is available through so many other platforms and sites (I get my feed through FB, Twitter and smartphone social messaging applications now while previously you had to search for the site on the WWW).

Whoever came up with the idea of blocking access to Sarawak Report, without any justification from MCMC to-date, have certainly not done the Prime Minister a favour (if that was indeed the intention).

Suppose the Prime Minister's lawyers are still busy seeking expert advice/opinions/etc before suing the Wall Street Journal for its reports about the detailed money trail of approximately RM2.6 billion making its way into his personal account, may I also suggest for the learned lawyers to include Sarawak Report in their list of 'those who must be sued' to clear Najib's name. 

Remember that this is not just about Najib the son of an illustrious former Prime Minister. It is very much about a serving Prime Minister of Malaysia and his flamboyantly popular wife and her son. How dare Sarawak Report talk about our first lady's handbags.

Sue them all. Najib should sue Tun Dr Mahathir too for saying "Najib has basically stolen the Government." 

 p.s. Big Spender is NOT spenda besar. 

Sunday, 16 August 2015

UMNO di-penghujung jalan

*BUKAN untuk pakaian





Nampaknya warga Johor di Tanjung Piai, Pontian bukan setakat mengalu-alukan kedatangan Timbalan Presiden Umno ke kawasan mereka hari ini. Hasrat serta harapan tersirat jelas terpampang dikain-kain rentang yang telah mula dinaikkan disekitar pekan dan bandar sejak semalam. 

Desakan agar Presiden Umno, yang kini bergelumang dengan skandal 1MDB serta beberapa tuduhan rasuah dan penyalahgunaan kuasa, meletakkan jawatan semakin lantang diseluruh negara.

Dalam keadaan orang Umno sudah mendesak agar Presiden yang juga Perdana Menteri supaya berundur secara sukarela, rakyat Johor nyata bersama secara terbuka merafak sembah memohon campurtangan DYMM Sultan Johor serta Raja-Raja Melayu yang lain untuk menyelamatkan Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu (PEKEMBAR) dari kerakusan pemimpin. 

DAULAT TUANKU! 


Orang Umno Johor diTanjung Piai nyata amat peka dengan perkembangan terbaru dalam usaha untuk merehatkan Datuk Seri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak sebagai presiden Umno. Kematangan ini juga dizahirkan menerusi kain-kain rentang yang menyeru agar pemimpin lama yang masih berpengaruh tampil membantu Tan Sri Hj Muhyiddin bin Hj Yassin untuk menyelamatkan Umno.

Orang Umno sudah sedar dan sudah mula menerima hakikat bahawa hanya orang lama parti dengan sokongan Raja-Raja Melayu yang mampu menyelamatkan Umno dan kerajaan dari kehancuran mutlak ditangan pemimpin yang sesat. 

Orang Umno sendiri telah mula sedar bahawa penasihat asing, pengampu bodek atau bijak pandai yang semuanya berkiblatkan wang ringgit, pangkat dan jawatan tidak mungkin mampu mengembalikan mereka ke jalan yang benar. 

Pemimpin yang kini berguling bersama wang ringgit harus sedar bahawa bukan semua yang boleh di-beli dengan duit berkodi, walaupun habuan-nya berjuta dan terpaksa di-isi dalam beg pakaian (suitcase). 

Umno hampir ke-penghujung jalan. Selamat Datang ke Tanjung Piai... di-penghujung benua Asia.

p.s Jika ada masa terluang sila hayati sebahagian ucapan bekas Menteri Besar Terengganu Datuk Seri Ahmad Said ketika majlis perasmian mesyuarat Umno Bahagian Kemaman pada Jumaat lepas. Mesyuarat Bahagian Kemaman dirasmikan Timbalan Presiden Umno. 



  

Monday, 18 May 2015

TV3 challenged to organise Dr Mahathir - Najib debate

Veteran newsman Datuk A Kadir Jasin has challenged TV3 to organise a debate between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. 

In a sms message sent to Datuk Seri Ashraf Abdullah - Media Prima's Group Managing Editor, News and Current Affairs, TV News - and copied to Media Prima Berhad's Independent non-Executive Chairman Tan Sri Johan Jaaffar , Datuk Kadir threw the challenge after an earlier request for a right of reply to TV3's lopsided news reports were ignored.

Reproduced below is Datuk Kadir's latest message to Ashraf and Johan, which was copied to Najib's Press Secretary/Media Director Datuk Tengku Sharifuddin, and this blogger.
In his earlier sms (reproduced below) to Ashraf, which was also copied to Johan, Datuk Kadir had requested for TV3's airtime for a right of reply for Dr Mahathir, Tan Sri Zainuddin Maidin and himself following a barrage of lopsided TV3 news reports quoting dubious characters.
                                      
"There was no reply to my earlier sms. As former journalists I expected some form of response from them but none came about. I requested for a right of reply to all those wild allegations they have been airing over TV3.

"In view of Dr Mahathir's latest statement that he was prepared for a debate with the Prime Minister, I sent another sms to Ashraf and Johan and this time I also copied the request to Najib's long time Press Secretary Datuk Tengku Sharifuddin. 

"TV3 may continue to ignore my earlier request and now my challenge for them to organise a live debate between Dr M and Najib but I'm quite optimistic that Tengku Sharifuddin has the wisdom to grab this opportunity for his boss," Datuk Kadir said when I spoke to him late last night.
A live TV debate between Dr Mahathir and Najib. What do you think? 

I think Datuk Kadir Jasin's suggestion is timely and a golden opportunity to settle the score. It would also be an excellent platform for Najib to convince Malaysian that he is fit to remain as Prime Minister.

If the Prime Minister and Umno president is indeed a man of substance whose image has been unfairly tarnished by critics, this is the opportunity for him to silence his critics by taking on his No1 critic on national television. Let the nation bear witness.

I'm quite certain that, himself being a seasoned journalist, Najib's Media Director would be able to convince his boss to grab this opportunity. The Media Director (if he is still empowered to provide direction to the media) should then request TV3 to organise the debate.

Any journalist worth his salt would agree that truth should come unvarnished, not via some consultant prepared text.

Would Najib dare debate 1MDB, BR1M and possibly Tabung Haji? 

I'm think Najib must also be eager to remind Dr Mahathir during the face-off about how the quota system in Umno managed to keep Dr Mahathir in power for 22 years. No?

Who Dares, Wins.


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Sunday, 26 April 2015

#UNDURLAH Najib Razak

Bicara Negarawan bersama Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad pada pagi Sabtu di Taman Melawati boleh ditakrifkan sebagai langkah yang menandakan 'beginning of the end' bagi karier Datuk Seri Najib Razak sebagai Presiden Umno dan Perdana Menteri Malaysia. 
Jika revolusi minda yang dilancarkan secara terbuka dihadapan ratusan hadirin yang bersesak-sesak di dewan yang sempit ini gagal membuka mata hati dan minda rakyat, maka ini juga akan menandakan 'beginning of the end' bagi Umno dan BN. Itulah intipati yang dibicarakan negarawan kita yang akan mencecah umur 90 tahun dalam beberapa bulan lagi. 

Ikuti ucapan Dr Mahathir serta sesi dialog (rakaman video ikhsan rakan blogger Din Turtle) dan fikirkan lah sendiri apa yang baik untuk rakyat dan negara tercinta ini.



Berikut adalah sesi soal-jawab. Soalan pertama dalam video ini adalah berkenaan GST.

Nota: Saranan agar pemimpin ditukar ganti bukan satu hasutan dan tidak ada undang-undang dalam negara kita yang menghalang rakyat daripada menyuarakan pendapat agar pemimpin yang difikirkan sudah tidak layak memegang tampuk pemerintahan diganti dengan pemimpin lain. Jangan gundah gulana. 

Ehhhhhh! Siapa yang terkinja-kinja kat negara orang ni? 

Betul ker, salah ker. Patut ker, tak patut ker. Layak ker, tak layak ker. Malu ker, tak malu ker. Anda nilai lah sendiri. 

p/s Ini salah satu daripada tabiat yang orang tua tak berapa gemar kot.




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