Happy Birthday, Khairy

KJ on UMNO Youth platform

Today is MP for Rembau YB Tuan Haji Khairy Jamaluddin’s thirty fifth birthday.  One time Special Officer to then Minister of Home Affairs, he became Special Officer to the Deputy Prime Minister before marrying his Boss’s only daughter. Then soon after the 11th General Elections where BN had a thumping landslide, Khairy was alleviated as the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister.

Then the notorious ‘Level Four Boys’ was formed, structured and effectively, was the highest decision making forum in the country.

SIL and FIL: The two most instrumental to bring Malaysia to the dark ages of 2004-2009

It was so popular that Fourth Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad spoke about it in his first open critic against the PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s regime at a public talk organised by new media practitioners at Kelab Century Paradise, Taman Melawati, Hulu Kelang on 22 June 2006.

At the dedication of TENC, Pavillion

The ‘reign of terror’ of the ‘Level Four Boys’ did not end when Khairy left the Prime Minister’s Private Office in third quarter of 2005. It made things much slicker for him to move as an ‘entrepreneur’, cutting deals. He then conveniently joined stock broking firm ECM Libra, in the midst of obtaining a universal stock broking license.

Some describe him as a 'Thinking Man'

End of the year, the controversy of smaller-firm ECM Libra trying to ‘take over’ a much larger firm Avenue Capital, which was controlled by MOF Inc where his father-in-law is the Chairman of Federal Government investment arm. When asked about the takeover bid, his coy but infamous response was “I don’t know, I’m not involved”.

The Seri Perdana Soiree: A party for the very selected few to mark the nation's 50th birthday on Government's tab

It was the same time Khairy arrogantly made statements like “I want to be the Prime Minister by the age of forty” and drew parallel with the ‘aggressiveness’ of  Tun Dr. Mahathir as “Being the more ‘political son’ as compared to his own son”. The year before The Edge dubbed him as “The most powerful 28 year old in the country”. Events like Monsoon Cup and the infamous Seri Perdana soiree.

2006-9 UMNO Youth Vice Chief 'Samseng'

The two years pre-12 GE were the years KJ, as he fondly known as, gained notoriety fame in the eyes of majority of Malaysians. His statement “If there were no monkeys, then the tree would not be shaken” earned him the metaphor that he is so famous for, where it is reflected in Google. The ‘barraging-the-barricade’ at KLCC Convention Centre during the official visit of US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in July 2006 and the Ijok by-elections April 2007 allowed the Oppositions to portray then the UMNO Youth  Vice Chief as a ‘thug’ (samseng).

An MP and a father, all in the same year

On 8 March 2008 12th General Elections, he was elected Yang Berhormat representing Rembau constituency in the Dewan Rakyat. So many even within UMNO blamed him for BN’s poor performance in  5 + 1 states,  where  it was common knowledge he was one of PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Abdullah’s lousy advisers and so many BN supporters and sympathisers wanted to ‘teach’ the Leadership a lesson. It was also said that Khairy was the person who vehemently recommended that ultra liberal Malays Dato’ Zaid Ibrahim and Dato’ Amirsham A Aziz be brought into the Cabinet.

KJ won Pemuda UMNO Head position

On 25 March 2009, Khairy was elected UMNO Youth Chief with 304 votes casted from nearing 800 UMNO Youth delegates despite polling last from the Divisional nominations. Although he managed to secure the Vice-President stature post amidst his across-the-board unpopularity within UMNO and now a de facto BN Youth Leader, his politically career did not progress much. Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak did not make him a Minister or Deputy Minister in the 9 April 2009 Cabinet reshuffle. Neither did Khairy get any GLC board-of-director or any Commission’s membership.

We, like so many others are unequivocally clear and determined that some if not all answers needed from the man.

Bazaar magazine front cover

That did not a bit damper his spirit to be a celebrity-politician. He is one of the shareholders of The Emperor New Clothes boutique, opened in the upmarket Pavilion. He even appeared on stage in a batik catwalk with his dotting wife recently.

Khairy and Nori doing the catwalk

Khairy did not just lay back and do nothing. With the consulting-flavoured way of how the Federal Government of doing things, he launched his BN Youth Laboratories in early 2010. It had the to “Help the government formulate policies”. They came out a series of consultations and eventually recommendations that even PM Dato’ Seri Najib paid attention and agreed to invest RM 20 million from the 2011 Budget into these labs. He enrolled into the ATM’s reservist program (Wataniah Regiment) as a recruit despite that his stature, which he could opt to be trained as an officer. The Jelajah One Malaysia (JOM) also is said to be a huge success by UMNO Youth, guised under BN Youth, visited homes of multiracial Malaysians across the nation and homes of poor people being fixed.

PM Najib giving the 'thumbs up' in the JOM Bus

Then suddenly the ‘merajuk‘. On the last Sunday in the first decade of the third millennium, one of the most aggressive and ambitious politician post-Anwar “Mat King Leather” Ibrahim’s UMNO tenure ‘prematurely’ announced that he would not be standing in at the net general elections. Not exactly a ‘warrior’s’ material now, are we?

Pte Khairy Jamaluddin, at his passing out parade as a member of the Wataniah Regiment. A very good example for Malaysian youths to emulate

Never the less, today is his day. We shall not be too harsh on him, at least for the day. However, some people already gave him a really unorthodox gift.

Nurin Alert was a bloggers’ initiative

The Women, Family and Community Development Minister Dato’ Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil launched the first early alert system for missing children. Its called NUR(Natiowide Urgent Response) ALERT.

It’s now Nur Alert, says ministry

2011/01/09
By Rozanna Latiff

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s first early alert system for missing children is renamed the Nur (Nationwide Urgent Response) Alert in line with efforts to help children such as Talian Nur.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the system was previously known as Nurin Alert (Nationwide Urgent Response Information Network) Alert as it was first proposed following the abduction of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin, 8, later found murdered, four years ago.

“Nurin Alert was one of many names considered, especially since the idea for the system was first brought up after the kidnapping of Nurin Jazlin.

“We settled on Nur Alert because it coincided with many of the ministry’s Nur programmes, and because it is a system created with the safety of children in mind.”
She added that the name was unlikely to cause confusion as it was not meant to be used by the public.

“Rather, it is the name of a system that will allow the authorities, including the media, to be notified within hours of a child being reported missing.”

She was speaking after launching the Kami Prihatin programme in Gombak here yesterday.

It seeks to educate young people on sexual issues and reproductive health.

The programme is part of the ministry’s National Family Policy, which will centralise the family institution as a driving force in the nation’s social and economic development.

Shahrizat said families must be considered in social and economic development programmes to meet the needs of youth and adolescents.

She said seven cases of abandoned babies were reported in the first week of this year compared with 91 for the whole of last year. She said the statistics should spur rather than slow efforts to stop the problem.

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This NUR ALERT is the implementation to NURIN ALERT, initiated here in bloggosphere. A little over three years ago, bloggo-journo Nuraina A. Samad took her lead campaign to start the NURIN ALERT in her blog, 3540 Jalan Sudin on 30 September 2007. Other bloggers jumped into the fray.

NURIN ALERT call by Tell

Then as Tell Magazine Editor, she took the initiative into print media in November 2007. Bloggers, especially who were aligned to the then National Bloggers Alliance (All Blogs) extensively carried the message even the NURIN ALERT logo across the bloggosphere.  NGOs started to pay attention too.

Finally, what Kak Ena started becomes a reality. As the cliche ‘Better late than never’ goes, we are glad that the NUR ALERT is exactly what NURIN ALERT call was all about. We hope to see the abduction of girls be lessen substantially with new tools like this where citizens are able to play an active role to make our communities much better place to live.

This is a demonstration of the power of ‘digital democracy’.

 

Investigations shall prevail the truth

The blog posting about “Wikileaks: A senior politician and his maid” and another blog’s subsequent posting demanding aninvestigation based on an NGO report about the rape really hits it of. Rumours lurk in most SOPO cybersphere addict about who the ‘VVIP’ is even though these blog postings were silent about the identity of ‘accused’. Confirmation of the identity is when a Rembau PKR-parliamentary-seat-loser (or the-bloke-who-dared-to-take-on-the-SIL, depending how you look at it) Badrul Hisham “Chegu Bard” Shaharin lodged a Police report.

The name Dato’ Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim Ph.D. now becomes the hottest controversial topic and scandalous rumour about a VVIP with a Ministerial rank in the first decade of the third millennium.

Of course, Dr Rais vehemently denied it. Then pro-UMNO blogs started to post reports on their interview with the man himself and the video recording of another serving maid in the Rais Yatim’s household, who personally knew and served alongside the alleged victim, an Indonesian national by the name of Robengah.

Yesterday when the media caught up with the Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak’s response on the matter was all for an investigation:

Saturday January 8, 2011

Najib: Don’t pre-judge in rape allegations

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has urged the people not to pre-judge the allegations of rape made against Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

The PM said everyone should let the due process take its course because Rais had expressed his willingness to be investigated.

“We cannot pre-judge and pronounce anything,” he told reporters.

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The same day, an Indonesian news portal Detiknews.com also published a story about the woman Rubingah or Robengah claiming that “Rais was a good employer. He treated me well and gave me gifts. If there is any news report about him ‘raping’ me is not true”. This report basically exonerated Rais’s position being perceived and harped on by the Oppositions as a ‘rapist’.

Good and well. Relieved for many. Especially within pro-UMNO bloggers’ circle who are ‘trapped’ in this dilemma. PRK Tenang is coming just around the corner. BN should use this to dispel all the PAS’s campaign about “An UMNO Minister is a rapist”.

Never the less, a mere three hours later the same news portal published another story that Rubingah or Robengah wanted to be left alone and refused that Migrant Care to harp on the case any longer, despite that admitting that there was a report filed back in 2007 about the alleged rape.

We also received a report about the Republic of Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur did receive a report about the allege rape back in 2007. An embassy official name Tatang Razak admitted receiving the report.

Isu Perkosaan Menteri Malaysia Tidak Diadukan


» Dokumen dugaan menteri Malaysia perkosa TKWRenne R.A Kawilarang, Denny Armandhanu | Jum’at, 7 Januari 2011, 13:56 WIB 

VIVAnews – Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia (KBRI) di Kuala Lumpur pernah menerima laporan perkosaan, yang diduga dilakukan seorang menteri Malaysia terhadap seorang tenaga kerja wanita (TKW), dari LSM Migrant Care. Namun, setelah memperhatikan permintaan korban, baik KBRI dan Migrant Care sepakat untuk tidak mengadukan kasus itu ke aparat berwenang.

Demikian ungkap mantan pejabat KBRI Kuala Lumpur, Tatang Razak. Saat memimpin Satuan Tugas Pelayanan dan Perlindungan WNI di KBRI Kuala Lumpur pada 2007, Tatang mengaku menerima sendiri laporan itu.

Laporan Migrant Care kepada KBRI itu, lanjut Tatang, berasal dari pengakuan adik korban bahwa kakaknya, yang berinisial Rb, menjadi korban perkosaan. Laporan yang diterima kemudian ditindaklanjuti dengan meminta keterangan langsung dari yang bersangkutan. Namun, korban akhirnya mengatakan tidak ingin melaporkan hal tersebut ke kepolisian Malaysia.

“Korban tidak mau melaporkannya. Akhirnya, kita (KBRI) sepakat dengan Migrant Care, kasus ini tidak bisa diproses lebih lanjut karena proses hukum mesti ada delik aduan dari yang bersangkutan,” ujar Tatang, yang sejak akhir 2010 dipanggil ke Jakarta untuk menjadi Direktur Perlindungan WNI dan Badan Hukum Indonesia di Kementrian Luar Negeri (Kemlu).

Dia mengatakan, situasi akan menjadi lain kalau saja korban mau menindaklanjutinya dengan melapor ke kepolisian setempat. KBRI, ujar Tatang, pasti akan menangani proses kasus dan pembelaan korban dengan berbagai upaya jika aduan telah dilayangkan.

“Tapi, sekarang, orangnya [korban] sudah di Indonesia, tidak mengadukan. Jika ada pengaduan, kalau menyangkut perlindungan WNI, maka itu menjadi tugas kita,” ujar Tatang.

Menurut laporan adik korban, kasus perkosaan ini diduga terjadi saat Rb bekerja di rumah keluarga seorang menteri bergelar Datuk Seri pada 2007. Sejumlah media alternatif dan blog di Malaysia, seperti Sentinel Asia, Free Malaysia Today, dan blog Rocky Bru menyebut nama Menteri Informasi, Komunikasi, dan Kebudayaan Rais Yatim pernah memperkosa pembantunya yang asal Indonesia empat tahun lalu.

Rais telah membantah tudingan itu pada 5 Januari lalu. Dia menyatakan tudingan itu sebagai fitnah untuk menghancurkan reputasinya dan menyatakan siap bekerja sama bila ada penyelidikan dari pihak berwenang.

Kasus itu juga diungkap laman Harakah Daily, yang memberitakan bocoran data dari WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks dikabarkan mengacu pada blog Rocky Bru, blogger Malaysia yang juga mantan Pemimpin Redaksi The Malaysia Mail.

Dalam blog Rocky Bru, muncul tautan (link) suatu dokumen mengenai dugaan perkosaan atas seorang pembantu Indonesia, berinisial Rb. Dokumen itu mencantumkan laporan investigasi lembaga pembela hak-hak pekerja asal Indonesia, Migrant Care.

Tatang mengatakan bahwa laporan dari adik korban tersebut tidak bisa dijadikan acuan dalam pengajuan perkara. “Orang bisa ngomong apa saja. Namun yang melapor harus yang bersangkutan,” ujar Tatang. (sj)

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These are the facts. Since there are already Police reports made, then a thorough investigation should follow suit and be completed. No stones such be unturned. We checked that before the reports filed in Jelebu and Seremban recently, the Royal Malaysian Police never received any such report.

It is not our intention to ‘kill’ our own party leaders. But these are very serious allegations. PM Dato’ Seri Najib cannot afford having a member of his Cabinet be implicated in such scandalous criminal act, even eventually it could be proven that Dr Rais was innocent all along.

Interesting points that we observed so far:

1. These reports so far demonstrated that Migrant Care did file the report and the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur is well aware of this ‘allege rape’. Did Migrant Care make the report up?
2. If Migrant Care did file the report, then why Rubingah or Robengah refused investigations?
3. Were Rubingah or Robengah and/or any of her family members ‘paid of’ to keep silent, if and when this case were to crop up again? If so, by who?
4. Dr Rais was very reactive when Rocky posted the “Santa Rais” story and between the threat to lodge a Police report and the actual report lodged, it was within 24 hours. Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission was also lightning speed in their investigations on Rocky and his ‘Ferrari’ and modem were confiscated from his home in Puchong, less than 24 hours from the Police report. It is not in this case now. Why has the authorities suddenly become sluggish?
5. Dr Rais used the phrases “This is all about pride” and “Berani kerana benar” whenever media asked him to comment on the Santa Rais issue. His Penerangan boys lurk all over the blogs with the same theme. Hence his sheer determination to take immediate action, which include abusing the agencies serving under him. That includes his son Dino Rais suing The Malay Mail and NST for reporting a case between Numix Engineering Sdn. Bhd. and Magic Telecoms Sdn. Bhd., which Dino’s name appeared in the affitdavit. However, this ‘allege rape’ is much bigger and more severe compared to the “Santa Rais” issue. So how come Dr Rais is very mellow this time around?
6. What happened to the ‘This is all about pride” and “Berani kerana benar” battle cry we heard exactly two-and-half months ago?
7. UMNO-friendly mainstream media practitioners told us that the ‘rape allegations’ on Dr Rais first surfaced during the 12th General Elections in Jelebu. Then again during the late 2008 party elections campaign. So if UMNO members already were spreading news about this, then we bloggers were actually ‘Johny-came-lately’ on the issue

Let us watch what develops. Cybersphere has now become a very intriguing and mysterious digital dimension. This thing ‘Wikileaks’, is such a very dangerous new phrase when its expose’s are having far reaching consequences and humiliation.

*Updated Sunday 9 January 2011

Jakarta Globe reported that there was a report about a woman name Rubingah being raped by her employer back in 2007.  The report also stated that Migrant Care initially did not want to make this public but since Wikileaks blew the story wide open, they decided to re-surface the issue into public domain.

Report of Indonesian Migrant Worker Raped in Malaysia Denied
January 07, 2011

Cipanas, West Java. Jumhur Hidayat, head of the National Migrant Workers Placement and Protection Agency (BNP2TKI) has refuted a recent report that an Indonesian housemaid was raped by a minister in Malaysia.

“There is written confirmation from Mrs. Rubingah (the migrant worker) herself that she had never been raped while working in Malaysia,” Jumhur said Friday on the sidelines of a BNP2TKI national working meeting here January 5-7, 2011.

A staffer of the agency’s Semarang office , AB Rachman, had met Rubingah at her home in Pagelak village, Madukara sub district, Banjarnegara District, Central Java, and obtained her statement in writing.

“I have reported Mrs. Rubingah’s explanation to Mr. Muhaimin (manpower and transmigration minister),” Jumhur said.

Jumhur urged all parties to be careful and make a check and recheck effort to confirm it because it concerned somebody’s integrity.

Rubingah reportedly said that he had worked in a Malaysian minister’s house in Negeri Sembilan for eight years since 1999.

“It was a fine workplace, no rape ever happened,” she said as quoted by AB Rachman.

On the other hand, the director of Indonesian nongovernmental organization Migrant Care, Anis Hidayah told the Jakarta Globe that Rubingah had filed a rape report in 2007.

“Rubingah told us that she was raped, but we did not want to publicize our investigation. However, we decided to open it because it was released by WikiLeaks,” Anis said, refusing to detail the case.

“We are not in the position to claim whether the rape allegation was true or not and I don’t want to oppose BNP2TKI statement,” she said. “But she reported it to us in 2007.”

 

 

Amokh a Minister?

 

Tan Sri Azman "Amokh" Mokhtar

So many speculations rambles for too long now about Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak’s Cabinet reshuffle. Too many names speculated in and out, in various permutations. PM Najib’s himself went through a barrage of press questions about this and he skilfully stone-walled himself out of all of them.

One notion we would like to put as a food for thought. Khazanah Holdings Bhd. President and CEO Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar a Cabinet Minister, soon?

The public expects Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yackop to leave the Federal Government. A replacement is necessary. Bringing a corporate man and parachuted direct into the highest level policy and decision making forum already has a precedence. PM Najib brought in former MAS CEO Dato’ Seri Idris Jala as the PEMANDU CEO with ministerial rank right from the GLC cushy job. Before that, former Maybank Managing Director Tan Sri Amrisham A. Aziz was brought in as Minister-in-charge-of-EPU, right after PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s second general elections. So, why not the top most agent of PM Najib’s New Economic Model (NEM) gets the same appointment and perks?

‘People in the market’ are hedging bets that Azman be given the 2nd Minister of Finance or Minister-in-charge-of-EPU. He is a chartered accountant with corporate and merchant banking experience when he started his consulting firm Binafikir Consulting Sdn. Bhd. Whether or not Azman or Amokh (fondly known by his MCKK-mates) would do well as a Minister is anyone’s best-guests. However, many would expect him to continue the culture of employing consultants which include foreign based to advise and even do macro-economic planning for the Government, a legacy started during PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Abdullah and his infamous ‘Level Four Boys’ notoriety.

 

Khazanah's holdings in GLCs

As a comparison, both corporate leaders who did well in their MNC top-jobs and were ‘parachuted’ into their Cabinet posts did miserably as public servants. Running a corporation is very different from running a Government. Amirsham’s stewardship in EPU saw RON 95 shot up by 78sen overnight in mid 2008. That was then seen as the final ‘nail-to-the-coffin’ which saw the exit of PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Abdullah within the same year, who actually served the shortest tenure in Malaysian democratic history. It is believed that Nor Mohamed brought Amirsham into the Cabinet, as an ‘escapade’ from the Bank Internasional Indonesia acquisition blunder.

PEMANDU laboratories worked and ‘consulted’, including the industry. Coyly, in May Idris ‘frigthened’  Malaysians when he announced the Federal Government “Will go bankrupt in 9 years time” with the current trend of public spending, subsidies and increasing debts. His consultants-induced New Key Economic Area 12 cores lack seriousness when they completely missed out strategic sectors property and construction, automotive and SMEs and SMIs in their New Economic Model planning.

Khazanah Holdings structure

A renown economist who served as a consultant to Khazanah Holdings Bhd. told us recently that PM Najib’s NEM is about harnessing the best of what Malaysia could offer and utilising to the fullest all economic variables to generate the economy on a steady 7% per annum, as a two prong approach to propel Malaysia at par with the region’s growth and achieving the ‘Vision 2020′ set in 1991 to place our economy as a ‘Newly Developed’ by 2020. However, many are very skeptical in the approach to bring consultants such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Booze Allen Hamilton and the likes to do the macro-economic planning, for either the Federal Government, Khazanah and/or other GLCs. They are neither cheap nor effective.

Let’s see how rumours which are highlighted here in the digital dimension of bloggosphere, turn out. Yesterday, we already got a Cabinet Minister denying a ‘rape allegation’.

*Updated 1030pm

The game’s afoot….

The much awaited and nerve-wrecking verdict on the Coroner’s Inquest for the sudden death of Teoh Beng Hock on 6 July 2009. Magistrate Azmil Muntapha delivered a 20 page inconclusive verdict at Shah Alam Courts Complex this afternoon.

The Star reported:



Published: Wednesday January 5, 2011 MYT 3:31:00 PM
Updated: Wednesday January 5, 2011 MYT 8:18:30 PM

Teoh Inquest: It’s not suicide, it’s not homicide, Coroner says

By WANI MUTHIAH, NURBAITI HAMDAN and ONG HAN SEAN

“The MACC president promised us an answer. How can you give an open verdict? Is this your answer? I can’t accept this,” Teoh’s sister Lee Lan cried.

KUALA LUMPUR: The death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock was not a suicide and it was not a homicide, Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas ruled on Wednesday.

It is, therefore, an open verdict.

“The neck injury and the suicide note are the crucial evidence.

Teoh Lee Lan (right) crying after learning of the decision of the court. With her are her mother Teng Shuw Hor and father Teoh Leong Hwee.

“Two theories of cause of death were advanced – death by homicide and death by suicide,” he said.

“The handwriting of the suicide note was only similar to the deceased’s. I’m not qiualified to say it’s a suicide note.

“I rule out death of the deceased by suicide as there are unsettled issues in the question of suicide,” he said.

He also ruled out homicide, saying that the inquest had established that Teoh had sustained pre-fall injuries but there was no evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the injuries constributed to death.

To assume third party involvement and direct connection with the pre-fall injury was as good as guesswork with no evidential value, said Azmil Muntapha

He gave out the much-awaited verdict on Wednesday as a huge crowd gathered inside and outside the second floor of the annex building of the court complex.

Teoh’s family were in tears and refused to comment until they spoke to their counsel.

Teoh’s sister Lee Lan cried outside the court room and screamed: “the MACC president promised us an answer.”

“How can you give an open verdict? Is this your answer? I can’t accept this,” she said in Mandarin and Malay.

The situation was chaotic as pressmen jostled to take photos and get comments.

A large group of supporters held up banners outside court complex demanding a Commission of Inquiry.

Teoh, 30, political secretary to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was found dead on July 16 2009 on the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam after he had given a statement at the office of the Selangor branch of the commission on the 14th floor of the same building.

The Attorney-general’s office directed the inquest to be held since Teoh’s death raised questions of whether it was suicide or homicide.

It was widely reported that he had died hours after being questioned by the commission on alleged misuse of Selangor government allocations.

The inquest, scheduled to be completed within a month, dragged on until Nov 4 last year.

Thirty-seven witnesses testified, including well-known Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand.

Dr Pornthip, who was invited by the Selangor government, raised controversy when she claimed that Teoh could have been murdered, leading to his body being exhumed for a second post-mortem.

However, when the court was expected to hear her expert view after the second autopsy, Pornthip caused further uproar when she alleged that she had been warned been threatened and warned not to attend the inquest.

Appearing in court again on Aug 18, she said the second post-mortem indicated that Teoh was not assaulted or tortured, but maintained that his death was not a suicide.

British forensics expert Professor Dr Peter Vanezis, engaged by the anti-corruption commission, testified that Teoh was not unconscious when he plunged to his death.

Dr Vanezis said the distribution of injuries indicated that Teoh was fully conscious and orientated at the time.

He also had testified that the second post-mortem, which was supervised by him, revealed that none of the injuries showed that he was killed by other means or thrown out of the window.

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The DAP lawyers who are acting on behalf of the Teoh family announced that they will appeal this verdict at the Shah Alam High Court. That would be the ‘official’ stance.

The truth is far different. They had intended to capitalise what ever the outcome of this Coroner’s Inquest for the narrow sordid politics and of course pound on their ever consistent of ‘politics of hatred’ and ‘demonising the authorities’. The fact that they already all set to do come-what-may, with prepared banner to demand for a Royal Commission of Inquiry shows it all.

Come-what-may, the DAP already prepared this banner. Means they were ready the politicize the verdict regardless the outcome

The prepared banner proves the point that DAP was all ready to politicize the outcome of the inquest. Demanding for a Royal Commission of Inquiry is the SOP for them to legalise the demonising all law enforcement agencies, which happens to be headed and managed by Malay office bearers and officers.

It is very clear that the circus-stunt about Teoh’s death is all about DAP’s strategic ‘demonising the authorities’ agenda, translated via its anti-Malay attitude all along since its inception 45 years ago upon the expulsion of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia.

Its time to allow the Police have a free range and hands for the comprehensive investigations. No one should be in their way. What ever the needed to see and view for the investigation, let the men and women in blues have it. Allow interviews. All those interviewed should give statements, unconditionally. This is about finding the truth of Teoh’s suddent death and who is exactly responsible. The case should be totally and holistically out of politics. Just as the investigations on the case of Sosilawati Lawiya, his driver, personal lawyer and banker gone missing and presumed dead  in late August 2010.

CID Director Dato’ Seri Mohd. Bakri Zinin and his officers and criminal experts should be allowed the free range to complete their investigations. No two ways about that.

For the rest of us, lets recap what we factually have so far. Our concern is why DAP Selangor Exco Ronnie Liu went frantic looking for Teoh Beng Hock’s handphone and behave like a thug when the deceased’s remains was taken to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang. There is definitely something there.

Will Pakatan Rakyat especially DAP ever allow the case to be investigated without their interference? We seriously doubt that notion. Surreal dramatists would be excited to play the ‘anarchist-via-civil-society’ role.

And the drama is afoot….

 

Khairy the 'cry-baby'

As expected, the drama on the ‘merajuk‘ call by Rembau MP YB Tuan Haji Khairy Jamaluddin is already afoot. The MCA Youth Chief Dato’ Dr Wee Ka Siong has already started to plea for the UMNO Youth Chief to reconsider the ‘merajuk’ call.

The Star’s story this morning:

Wednesday January 5, 2011

Reconsider decision not to contest, Wee tells Khairy

JOHOR BARU: MCA Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong, describing his Umno counterpart as “a good comrade”, said Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin should reconsider his stand about staying out of the next general election.

“He should reconsider his decision as he can still contribute towards youth development in the country,” Dr Wee said, adding that Malaysians needed the youthful leadership Khairy had shown since becoming MP and leading the Umno Youth wing.

“In politics, there are ups and downs but he should never give up,” he told The Star yesterday.

Khairy was reported as saying on Saturday that he would take a break from politics and not defend his Rembau parliamentary seat at the next general election.

His announcement prompted Barisan Nasional Youth chief strategist Foo Seck Chyn to persuade Khairy not to quit as he could help improve the political scenario in Malaysia.

Foo cited, among Khairy’s contributions, his work to help less fortunate families and the setting up of the Barisan Youth lab to study the concerns of the country’s young people.

“I will be meeting him (Khairy) this week to discuss the matter.

“I seriously hope he will reconsider his decision as he has still a lot to contribute to the rakyat,” he said.

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Funny the highlights to ‘pujuk‘ (pacify) the ‘merajuk‘ boy comes from BN Chinese partners. It is not so by the UMNO folks. Are the UMNO people glad for Khairy to ‘go quietly’?

Probably, they should. Especially if it is true that the ‘Consultant B’ is actually  him in the Alcatel bribe case which is gaining limelight in the US media. UMNO cannot afford to have a Vice President-stature leader to be involved and later the scandalous deals be blown into the open. At least, not after PM Dato’ Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak’s Presidential Acceptance speech at the closing ceremony of the 60th UMNO General Assembly 28 March 2009 “To combat corruption”.

Now that one-time-dubbed as “The most powerful 28 year old” and fondly known as “The son-in-law” no longer enjoy the blanket of ‘protective immunity’, the moment father-in-law PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was shown the door by none other but UMNO members themselves in early 2009, as a reaction to the unprecedented but humiliating defeat of BN in 5 + 1 states in the 12th General Elections.

So if his neck is deeply in the involved for the USD 500,000 ‘consulting fee’, then Khairy should really consider ‘taking a study leave’ really soon. Or in reality, no point to do so?

 

Khalid is definitely DURHAKA!

 

The treacherous Menteri Besar

MB Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim is definitely treacherous, for his statements in his anti-Federalism landmark attempt and politically-created-controversy of  Former JAIS Director Dato’ Mohd. Khusrin Munawi’s  appointment as the Selangor State Secretary.

The Star’s latest:

Published: Tuesday January 4, 2011 MYT 6:16:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday January 4, 2011 MYT 7:07:48 PM

Khusrin’s appointment: Palace hits out at S’gor leaders over misleading, inaccurate and treacherous statements

PETALING JAYA: The Selangor palace has hit out at state leaders, who had made inaccurate, misleading and treacherous statements over the appointment of new state secretary Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi.

The palace singled out statements made by Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, Sri Muda assemblyman Shuhaimi Shafiei, state speaker Datuk Teng Chang Khim, and Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lau Weng San.

It described as inaccurate the statement made by Khalid that the Sultan of Selangor did not have the power to accept or reject candidates nominated by the Public Service Commission.

The Sultan’s private secretary Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani also lambasted Seri Muda assemblyman Shuhaimi for making an offensive remark in his blog on Dec 30 describing the Sultan as “beraja di mata, bersultan di hati (King in the eye, Sultan at heart)”.

He said such a statement could be construed as warning the Sultan, and inciting the rakyat to hate the Sultan.

He also pointed out a news article on Dec 29 quoting Lau as saying that the appointment of the state secretary need not be made by PSC.

Munir clarified that for Selangor, the appointment was under the purview of the Federal civil service commission.

He also pointed out that Teng could not convene an emergency state assembly meeting without the consent of the Sultan.

He said this in response to Teng’s claim on Tuesday that an emergency state assembly meeting could be convened without the consent of the Sultan.

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For Khalid to put words on behalf of HRH Sultan Selangor Tuanku Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah is totally unacceptable. The statement by Munir as HRH Sultan Selangor’s private secretary dispel the lies that Khalid tried to sow, probably with an ill intention. Some of the statements made by Pakatan Rakyat leaders deemed seditious and ‘spinning’ purely to stir up the emotions of the rakyat for their sordid politics.

This is all about Khalid and his band-0f-Pakatan-Rakyat-anarchists using deception to pit HRH Sultan of Selangor’s Government against his Majesty Seri Paduka Yang DiPertuan Agong’s Government. They are effectively taking Selangor going on an anti-Federal collision.

In the old days, Khalid’s head would be severed from the body and put on the stake. In this modern age, Khalid should be arrested and investigated under the Seditions Act.

Excerpts of the Seditions Act:

Under section 3(1), those acts defined as having a seditious tendency are acts with a tendency:

“

(a) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against any Ruler or against any Government;  (b) to excite the subjects of the Ruler or the inhabitants of any territory governed by any government to attempt to procure in the territory of the Ruler or governed by the Government, the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of any matter as by law established; (c) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Malaysia or in any State; (d) to raise discontent or disaffection amongst the subjects of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or of the Ruler of any State or amongst the inhabitants of Malaysia or of any State; (e) to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Malaysia; or (f) to question any matter, right, status, position, privilege, sovereignty or prerogative established or protected by the provisions of part III of the Federal constitution or Article 152, 153 or 181 of the Federal Constitution.”

Khalid should be investigated under Section 3(1)(a), (b), (c) and (f). These are serious laws that he breached.

This is not the first time a private secretary of a HRH Ruler has to come out and dispel lies that was purpotedly made on behalf of the Monarch. Pakatan Rakyat anarchists via personalities such as like Raja Petra in his Malaysia Today article “What the eyes does not see” once attempted to lie that His Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda Yang DiPertuan Agong consented on the BERSIH 10 November 2007 illegal march.

It is very clear that Pakatan Rakyat leaders have no qualms about lying and using HRH Rulers name for their political purpose.

*Updated 800pm

*Updated Wed 5 Jan 2010 0900hrs

Muka depan Utusan Malaysia, 5 Jan 2010

An act of DURHAKA…..?

An MB dare to be DURHAKA?

The conundrum between Selangor Pakatan Rakyat Government Vs HRH Sultan Selangor taken into a deeper evil twist. Failing to seek audience with HRH Sultan of Selangor over the appointment of Director of Jais Dato’ Mohd. Khusrin Munawi as the new State Secretary, MB Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim went to take a different path to get their way. Selangor PR Government instead planned to amend the Selangor State Constitution with the explicit intention to ‘curb’ HRH Sultan’s powers and take HRH Sultan of Selangor’s Government in direct collision course with His Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda Yang DiPertuan Agong’s Government.

The Star reports:

Published: Monday January 3, 2011 MYT 10:24:00 AM
Updated: Monday January 3, 2011 MYT 3:21:42 PM

S’gor MB wants state constitution amended

By WANI MUTHIAH and A. RUBAN

Khalid says Mohd Khusrin will not be sworn in before him and, given this, cannot attend state-related meetings deemed confidential, including the weekly executive council meetings

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor state government wants the state constitution amended to return the power of appointing the state secretary to the Sultan and the Mentri Besar.

Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said he had asked Speaker Datuk Teng Chang Khim to call for an emergency state legislative assembly meeting to discuss making amendments to the state constitution.

Khalid told reporters that the amendments must return the power to the Selangor palace and the Mentri Besar in all matters concerning the appointments of the state secretary, financial officer and legal adviser.

Khalid, who met Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah earlier in the day, said the Sultan had told him he had no power to either reject or accept appointments made by the Public Service Commission (PSC).

This was because the laws, including the Selangor constitution, was amended in this area during the 1993 constitutional crisis, he added.

The new state secretary Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi would not be sworn in before him and, given this, could not attend state-related meetings deemed confidential, including the weekly executive council meeting, he said.

Khalid also said that the he and the executive council members would not attend any function commemorating Mohd Khusrin’s appointment.

Khalid also said that the state government would be writing to the PSC over the appointment of a qualified and appropriate candidate to fill in the state secretary’s post vacated by Datuk Ramli Mahmud on Dec 31 last year.

According to sources Khalid and the exco members might keep away from Khusrin’s swearing in ceremony before the Sultan on Thursday.

Mohd Khusrin, appointed by the PSC, reported to work this morning.

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The move should be seen as an act against HRH Sultan of Selangor. This should be seen as nothing but durhaka!

The Selangor State Constitution clearly expressed that the appointment of the State Secretary is the prerogative of the ‘Appropriate Civil Service Commission’, which is the Public Service Commission (PSD). PSD delegated this power in full to the Public Service Department (JPA), which nominated Khusrin as the State Secretary for Selangor when Dato’ Ramli Mahmud retires. HRH Sultan gave his consent (perkenan) to this appointment. For the record, in the Selangor State Constitution states that HRH Sultan of Selangor is the ‘Chief Executive’ and not the Menteri Besar.

Now MB Khalid declared that the newly appointed Selangor State Secretary is now being treated as a persona non grata and should not attend specific official State Government functions and meetings. That order include the weekly Selangor State Exco Meetings.

The impasse between the Palace and Executive would not bring any good for the rakyat. The banishment of the State Secretary from any State Exco Meeting or  any other official meetings and/or function would definitely stunt any administrative work to be carried out. The State Secretary is the Chief Administrator for the state and is the de facto head of the civil service, the Selangor State Government administrating and executioner of Federal and State Government policies and decisions.

This move should also be seen as an act of anti-Federalism and anti-Federal Constitution.

The interest of the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor State Government to amend the Selangor State Constitution is all about politics. They wanted a free-reign of the Selangor Civil Service machineries to serve their political agenda and nothing else. The amendment of the State Constitution to fit the Pakatan Rakyat’s agenda says it all. They are willing to abuse power for them to remain as the Executive in Selangor.

What happens in the future is of no concern to these Pakatan Rakyat leaders.

Selangor Civil Service was part of the Federated Malay States Civil Service, which is the mainstay of the Public Service Department till present day. Non Federated Malay States such as Johor, Terengganu, Kelantan, Kedah and Perlis are ‘independent’ State Civil Service where they have their own commission of the appointment of state civil servants. The amendment of this will disrupt this system.

Then again, Pakatan Rakyat do not have the 2/3 majority in the Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor to amend the State Constitution. The planned intention to “Amend the State Constitution” would be another act of an on-going sordid drama, especially when BN choose not to support this hair-brain-scheme just to play into the Pakatan Rakyat politics in Selangor.

The failure to amend the State Constitution would be another attempt to rouse the emotions of the rakyat further and prolong an ongoing debate which started when HRH Paduka Seri Sultan Perak exercised his constitutional powers to sack DAP-puppet MB Nizar Jamaluddin and instead appoint BN as the incoming Perak State Government.

This is attempt should be seen with malice and disruption of social harmony and peace.

With these recent developments, the Federal Government should consider declaring a State Emergency. The impasse is a great opportunity for the National Operation Council to take over the management and adminstration of Selangor and ensure the machinery of the State Government still operational for the benefit of the rakyat and regular business of running a government.

Article 150 of the Constitution provides that:150. Proclamation of Emergency 

(1) If the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is satisfied that a grave emergency exists whereby the security, or the economic life, or public order in the Federation or any part thereof is threatened, he may issue a Proclamation of Emergency making therein a declaration to that effect.

(2) A Proclamation of Emergency under Clause (1) may be issued before the actual occurrence of the event which threatens the security, or the economic life, or public order in the Federation or any part thereof if the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is satisfied that there is imminent danger of the occurrence of such event.

(2a) The power conferred on the Yang di-Pertuan Agong by this Article shall include the power to issue different Proclamations on different grounds or in different circumstances, whether or not there is a Proclamation or Proclamations already issued by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong under Clause (1) and such Proclamation or Proclamations are in operation.

(2b) If at any time while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, except when both Houses of Parliament are sitting concurrently, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is satisfied that certain circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action, he may promulgate such ordinances as circumstances appear to him to require.

(2c) An ordinance promulgated under Clause (2b) shall have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament, and shall continue in full force and effect as if it is an Act of Parliament until it is revoked or annulled under Clause (3) or until it lapses under Clause (7); and the power of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to promulgate ordinances under Clause (2b) may be exercised in relation to any matter with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws, regardless of the legislative or other procedures required to be followed, or the proportion of the total votes required to be had, in either House of Parliament.

(3) A Proclamation of Emergency and any ordinance promulgated under Clause (2b) shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament and, if not sooner revoked, shall cease to have effect if resolutions are passed by both Houses annulling such Proclamation or ordinance, but without prejudice to anything previously done by virtue thereof or to the power of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to issue a new Proclamation under Clause (1) or promulgate any ordinance under Clause (2b).

(4) While a Proclamation of Emergency is in force the executive authority of the Federation shall, notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, extend to any matter within the legislative authority of a State and to the giving of directions to the Government of a State or to any officer of authority thereof.

(5) Subject to Clause (6a), while a Proclamation of Emergency is in force, Parliament may, notwithstanding anything in this Constitution make laws with respect to any matter, if it appears to Parliament that the law is required by reason of the emergency; and Article 79 shall not apply to a Bill for such a law or an amendment to such a Bill, nor shall any provision of this Constitution or of any written law which requires any consent or concurrence to the passing of a law or any consultation with respect thereto, or which restricts the coming into force of a law after it is passed or the presentation of a Bill to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for his assent.

(6) Subject to Clause (6a), no provision of any ordinance promulgated under this Article, and no provision of any Act of Parliament which is passed while a Proclamation of Emergency is in force and which declares that the law appears to Parliament to be required by reason of the emergency, shall be invalid on the ground of inconsistency with any provision of this Constitution.

(6a) Clause (5) shall not extend the powers of Parliament with respect to any matter of Islamic law or the custom of the Malays, or with respect to any matter of native law or customs in the State of Sabah or Sarawak; nor shall Clause (6) validate any provision inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution relating to any such matter or relating to religion, citizenship, or language.

(7) At the expiration of a period of six months beginning with the date on which a Proclamation of Emergency ceases to be in force, any ordinance promulgated in pursuance of the Proclamation and, to the extent that it could not have been validly made but for this Article, any law made while the Proclamation was in force, shall cease to have effect, except as to things done or omitted to be done before the expiration of that period.

(8) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution:

(a) the satisfaction of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong mentioned in Clause (1) and Clause (2b) shall be final and conclusive and shall not be challenged or called in question in any court on any ground; and (b) no court shall have jurisdiction to entertain or determine any application, question or proceeding, in whatever form, on any ground, regarding the validity of(i) a Proclamation under Clause (1) or of a declaration made in such Proclamation to the effect stated in Clause (1); (ii) the continued operation of such Proclamation; (iii) any ordinance promulgated under Clause (2b); or (iv) the continuation in force of any such ordinance.

(9) For the purpose of this Article the Houses of Parliament shall be regarded as sitting only if the members of each House are respectively assembled together and carrying out the business of the House.”

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It is the best decision for the moment. After all, the Federal Constitution provide the ultra vires powers to do so. The Durhaka Pakatan Rakyat leaders should also be investigated and arrested under Seditions Act for acting against HRH Sultan for undertaking his constitutional role.

Excerpts of the Seditions Act:

Under section 3(1), those acts defined as having a seditious tendency are acts with a tendency:

“

(a) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against any Ruler or against any Government; (b) to excite the subjects of the Ruler or the inhabitants of any territory governed by any government to attempt to procure in the territory of the Ruler or governed by the Government, the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of any matter as by law established;   (c) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Malaysia or in any State; (d) to raise discontent or disaffection amongst the subjects of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or of the Ruler of any State or amongst the inhabitants of Malaysia or of any State; (e) to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Malaysia; or (f) to question any matter, right, status, position, privilege, sovereignty or prerogative established or protected by the provisions of part III of the Federal constitution or Article 152, 153 or 181 of the Federal Constitution.

 

*Updated 630pm

 

 

 

Is the merajuk linked to Alcatel bribe case?

 

The pirate from Oxfordshire

This morning, the nation’s Sunday news is startled by the pre-mature announcement of UMNO Youth Chief Khairy Jamaludddin’s offer not to stand in the General Election for his parachuted Rembau parliamentary seat. Instant reaction of many is, “KJ merajuk?“.

As expected, speculations within the ICT bandwidth start to splurge with The Star story. Some say that he is standing for a State DUN seat. Hopefuls would want him as the next Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar (as an MB, one would be made the UMNO Liaison Chief, hence with a lot of political muscle). Some say he is going for a safer seat, which is his father-in-law’s Kepala Batas parliamentary seat. Others, speculate that this is a ‘merajuk‘ bluff for him being given at least a Deputy Minister’s job in the next Cabinet reshuffle. Especially since his UMNO Youth competitor Dato’ Mukhriz Mahathir recently being alleviated as Deputy UMNO Liaison Chief of Kedah.

Then it struck us. What if this ‘merajuk‘ is not about all that. Just because Khairy won and Mukhriz lost, for the last 20 months as the ‘victor’ he had to stommach to see the latter been getting appointments, a very good mainstream media attention and coverage and where else the former who is an UMNO VP-stature is still left with nothing (not even a BOD of a GLC or statutory body), therefore he is reacting to it? He should have reacted to that much earlier. Especially when there is a ‘systematic and structured’ mainstream electronic media ‘blackout’, even as a VP-stature UMNO leader. We think it is bigger than all that .

Why shouldn’t it be?

Recently, the authorities have started to come hard on errant leaders on corrupt practices. Big names are not spared. Immediate previous Selangor MB (who is the current Opposition Leader in DUN Selangor) was charged last month for corrupt cases. The public hopes for more. In fact, the public wants to see more blood of corrupters.

Last week, the media asked the Minister of Information, Communication and Culture Dato’ Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim Ph.D about the case with Telekom Malaysia:

Thursday December 30, 2010

Minister asks TM to explain kickback allegations

By B.K. SIDHU
bksidhu@thestar.com.my

PETALING JAYA: The Government views the allegations of kickbacks of US$700,000 paid to Malaysians by Alcatel Lucent SA for it to win a US$85mil telecoms contract between 2004 and 2006 very seriously and Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim wants the Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission (MACC) to investigate the matter.

“It does not speak very well in terms of our international image, so the pursuing act we need is to have more details on how and where (all this occurred); otherwise we would appear to be a whole lump of graft givers,” Rais told StarBiz when contacted yesterday.

Documents made public by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of Justice on Monday alleged that French equipment supplier Alcatel paid bribes to employees of Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) in exchange for non-public information.

Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim wants TM to explain its position

It said the information included important documents and budget information relating to ongoing bids and competitor pricing information. Because of the bribes, it claimed, Alcatel won a US$85mil contract. The contract is said to be for the deployment of equipment for Celcom’s 3G rollout under phase 2 in 2006. Celcom was then TM’s unit and since the demerger, it is now a unit of Axiata Group Bhd.

Alcatel and two other international vendors were the losers for the first phase of 3G deployment as the contract then went to Nokia Networks Malaysia and China’s Huawei Technologies.

The SEC alleged that Alcatel Malaysia’s management consented to these payments and those who got the kickbacks were two consultants who received payments of US$200,000 and US$500,000 through US bank accounts purportedly for market research.

“It is alarming if it is true and this is the first time it exposes Malaysia as a participating element (to graft). We look at this seriously and I have (instructed) the Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission to be on the watchout for telcos in Malaysia so that this is not (standard) practice,” Rais said.

The MACC also issued a statement yesterday saying that it would “verify with parties concerned” before proceeding with any potential probe into the Alcatel international bribery scandal despite the telco’s admission that it had paid off Malaysian officials.

Irregularities were found relating to the contract and this matter was raised during a meeting at TM, but it was purportedly brushed aside. It was reported that TM director Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed quit as audit committee chairman after the irregularities were found but not investigated.

Rais said since TM was mentioned directly in the documents, it should explain its position and come out with a due process so that things were more transparent and responsibly laid out as TM was a public listed company.

“We take these allegations seriously and will further conduct thorough internal investigations to safeguard the integrity of our procurement process and ensure adherence to our Code of Business Ethics. Upon any substantive findings, we will inform the relevant authorities and will extend all necessary cooperation, where required,” TM said in response to the SEC allegations.

TM said “it had zero tolerance policy on improper and irregular practices and will take appropriate action in the event that any of our employees were indeed involved. It said it is fully committed to a fair and transparent procurement policy and adheres to current best practices”.

“We have very strict and thorough procurement processes that involve technical assessment of any contract scope, together with stringent requirements on the equipment, support and vendor credentials,” TM said.

Even Axiata has responded by saying that “although there was no specific mention of any contract relating to Axiata or its subsidiaries, there may be a potential indirect link as this matter allegedly occurred between October 2004 and February 2006 prior to the demerger of TM Group.

“We view these potential allegations seriously and will investigate this matter as Axiata and its subsidiaries uphold the highest standards of integrity and ethical standards in all its dealings and do not condone or tolerate any breach of code of conduct by its employees, subsidiaries, partners or vendors,” Axiata said.

Alcatel agreed on Monday to pay more than US$137mil to settle US charges that it paid millions of dollars in bribes to foreign officials to win business in Latin America and Asia.

Alcatel has been accused of making payments to government officials in countries including Costa Rica, Honduras, Taiwan and Malaysia to win or keep contracts worth millions of dollars, the SEC document said. Between December 2001 and June 2006, the company allegedly used consultants who funnelled more than US$8mil in bribes to officials, and Alcatel also improperly hired third-party agents in countries like Nigeria to help win deals.

The SEC, in its three-page section on Malaysia, alleged that the “TM employees who received bribes were “foreign officials” within the meaning of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and were in a significant position to influence the policy decision TM made. Alcatel Standard also made significant lump-sum payments through US bank accounts to two consultants purportedly for market research.”

However, “the work product these consultants prepared could not justify the size of Alcatel Standard’s payments. In fact, Malaysian Consultant A and Malaysian Consultant B did not appear to render any legitimate services to Alcatel Malaysia in connection with these payments,” the filing said.

The document said Alcatel admitted it earned about US$48.1mil in profits as a result of the improper payments.

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Is Khairy involved in this case?

One would want to put on record that when the 2004-06 USD 700,000 ‘kickbacks’ were given away by Alcatel to Consultants ‘A’ and ‘B’, it was at the times where the ‘Level Four Boys’ reign of terror. Everything was decided from the ‘Level Four’ of the Prime Minister’s Office. For the record, Dato’ Dr Norraesah Mohamad was appointed the Chairman of  Alcatel Systems Network (M) Sdn. Bhd. on 8 July 2003.  One time an MT UMNO and Wanita UMNO Leader, Norraesah is closely linked and related to PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Would this case be any different?

Khairy’s name often being associated of projects initiated and rolled-out during those ‘reign of terror’ dark period of modern Malaysia. Moonsoon Cup, Halal Development Corporation and Penang Global City Centre all linked to Khairy and where else all the economic corridors are half-baked wet-dreams of the ‘Level Four Boys’. Telekom Malaysia was sliced to the current TM  Bhd.and TM International (now Axiata Bhd) is the work of the ‘Level Four Boys’.

Like anything else, time is the best element to tell the truth. The Malaysian socio-political bloggosphere is a very mysterious and intriguing digital dimension. Lets see what will turn up within these virtual spaces.

So for Khairy to ‘throw in the towel’ pre-maturely’ is said to the sympathetic game that he wants to play for the moment. The ‘dramatist’ as he is, would want a ‘cover story’ for his ‘sabbatical’. If the bribe case goes all to way to him, he would use that as a ‘bargaining chip’ for the book not to be thrown against. Or so it would seem.

 

Kerajaan PR tentang lantikan Khusrin sebab politik

 

SUK Negeri Selangor baru Dato Mohd. Khusrin Munawi

Dewasa ini isu perlantikan Dato’ Mohd Khusrin  Munawi sebagai Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri (SUK) Selangor dijadikan agenda yang begitu kontroversi dan disifatkan Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Selangor sebagai “Membelakangkan etika professional pegawai tinggi”. . MB Kerajaan PR Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim sampai tergamak membelakangkan perkenan DYMM Sultan Selangor Tuanku Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah dalam perlantikan Khusrin menggantikan Dato’ Ramli Mahmud yang bersara.

Laporan Utusan Malaysia:

Pembangkang biadab, terus pertikai kuasa Sultan Selangor

KUALA LUMPUR 31 Dis. – Seorang wakil rakyat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) bertindak biadab apabila mempertikai kuasa Sultan Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah berhubung pelantikan Datuk Mohammed Khusrin Munawi dengan mendakwa ia seperti tindakan ‘beraja di mata, bersultan di hati’.

Selain itu, Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Sri Muda, Shuhaimi Shafiei juga dilihat mahu mengheret Sultan Sharafuddin ke dalam kancah politik apabila mendakwa, isu pelantikan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri (SUK) yang baru sebagai tindakan pilih kasih institusi beraja terhadap pakatan pembangkang dan Barisan Nasional (BN).

Sambil mempersoalkan pelantikan Mohammed Khusrin itu, Shuhaimi mendakwa, jawatan SUK tidak memerlukan perkenan Sultan Selangor sebaliknya ia kuasa Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri dan Sultan Sharafuddin mesti bertindak mengikut nasihat majlis tersebut, bukannya berkecuali.

“Saya dapati pelantikan SUK sebagaimana diperuntukkan oleh Fasal 52 (1) Undang-Undang Tubuh Negeri Selangor 1959, hendaklah dibuat oleh Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan yang berkenaan. Fasal tersebut tidak menyatakan perlunya untuk mendapat perkenan Sultan Selangor.

“Rakyat akan menolak sebarang tindakan ‘beraja di mata, bersultan di hati’ oleh mana-mana pihak yang bertindak sewenang-wenangnya, tidak kira sama ada oleh raja yang berjiwa rakyat atau rakyat yang berjiwa raja,” katanya dalam blognya http://srimuda.blogspot.com, hari ini.

Shuhaimi merupakan pemimpin pembangkang terbaru mempertikai Kuasa Budi Bicara Sultan Sharafuddin dalam isu pelantikan Mohammed Khusrin selepas Penasihat DAP, Lim Kit Siang dan Ketua Penerangan Pas, Idris Ahmad terlebih dahulu mempersoal pelantikan berkenaan.

Dalam pada itu, Shuhaimi seperti cuba memberi amaran kepada institusi beraja Selangor supaya tidak berterusan bertindak membelakangkan konvensyen Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri atau terpaksa berdepan dengan gelombang kebangkitan rakyat bagi menentang pihak istana.

“Dalam sejarah telah terbukti, apabila rakyat bangkit menentang raja, biarpun beribu tahun kebangkitan itu berlangsung, akhirnya kebenaran akan menghenyak ketidakadilan. Rakyat akan menang dalam peperangan menentang ketidakadilan,” katanya.

Sementera itu, wakil rakyat PKR itu juga seolah-olah cuba menyamakan ketegasan Sultan Sharafuddin yang tidak berganjak dengan keputusannya walaupun mendapat pelbagai kecaman daripada pihak pembangkang yang tidak berpuas hati dalam isu tersebut sebagai ego.

“Saya meneliti kenyataan Setiausaha Sulit Sultan Selangor, Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani yang menyatakan baginda seorang yang tegas dan tidak berganjak dari keputusan yang telah dibuat tetapi bagaimana sekiranya keputusan yang dibuat atau cara keputusan itu dibuat adalah salah?

“Adakah baginda masih tidak akan berganjak? Harapan saya supaya ketegasan tidak dikelirukan dengan ego,” katanya.

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Perlantikan Pengarah Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) itu ditentang habis habisan oleh pentadbiran Kerajaan PR Selangor dan dikatakan adalah seorang pentadbir yang jujur dan berkesan dalam tugas.

Isu penentangan ini adalah semata mata politik PR di Selangor amat terjejas dengan pegawai tegas seperti Khusrin. Ini kerana agenda Islam dalam Selangor menjadi satu agenda yang cuba di’tenggelam’kan oleh Kerajaan PR Selangor, atas menjaga kepentingan politik salah satu rakan-kongsi PR Selangor, yang sebenarnya ‘tauke kuasa’ sebenar.

Bermula dengan isu cadangan Khalid yang berhasrat menggunakan dana dari Baitulmal Selangor bagi tujuan pembangunan. Kegagalan Kerajaan PR Selangor untuk mentadbir negeri paling kaya dalam Persekutuan Malaysia mengakibatkan mereka mula terasa tersepit, walaupun semasa BN dipaksa mengundurkan diri pada 8 Mac 2008, dana terkumpul (termasuk dalam GLC Selangor) berjumlah hampir RM 1.7 billion.

Sultan Sharafuddin telah menitahkan kemurkaan baginda dalam isu Baitulmal ini pada 19 Ogos 2009 secara tegas. Ianya menjadi begitu sensitif sehinggakan semasa kapal selam sulung TLDM KD Tunku Abdul Rahman tiba di pelabuhan Pulau Indah 3 September 2009 dari Perancis dan majlis gilang gemilang itu dihadiri sendiri oleh DYMM Seri Paduka Yang DiPertuan Agong, Khalid tidak mengiringi baginda Tuanku. Ini adalah sesuatu yang amat luar biasa, terutama melibatkan lawatan rasmi DYMM SPB YDP Agong ke majlis dalam Selangor.

Kemudian baginda menitahkan agar sebarang majlis politik diharamkan dari diadakan dalam masjid, terserlah semasa kempen PRK P094 Hulu Selangor April lepas. Ianya menjadi kontroversi apabila Murshidul Am PAS Nik Aziz Nik Mat membidas titah Tuanku mengenai larangan ini secara terbuka.

 

MP DAP Serdang berucap dalam surau, betul betul ditempat imam sujud

Isu MP DAP Serdang Teo Nie Ching berceramah dalam surau di Seri Kembangan dalam bulan Ramadhan lepas juga menjadi kemurkaan baginda Tuanku. Isu ini juga dipertahankan oleh PR Selangor termasuk PAS dimana jelas isu rumah ibadah orang Islam digunakan sebagai pentas politik tergamak dipertahankan dan kesucian rumah ibadah orang Islam dicabuli.

Khusrin sebagai Pengarah JAIS merangkap Setiausaha Majlis Agama Islam Selangor bertindak menjalankan tugas dengan baik, terutama isu agama Islam adalah menjadi hak mutlak Tuanku sebagai Ketua Ugama menurut Perlembagaan. Oleh kerana beliau merupakan pegawai yang baik, maka banyak tindakan beliau bertentangan dengan ‘kepentingan’ yang di’pertahan’kan oleh Kerajaan PR Selangor.

Ini termasuk isu arak yang dijual berleluasa termasuk kawasan urban hampir 100% Melayu seperti Shah Alam dan apabila tindakan diambil JAIS, Exco DAP Ronnie Liu begitu tegar menentang. Penentangan terbuka ini dibiarkan oleh Khalid kerana menjaga kepentingan DAP, yang sedang mengorak jajaran lebih mantap melalui aktiviti ‘perniagaan maksiat’ (terutama yang di’lesen’kan) yang semakin berleluasa.

Semenjak Kerajaan PR mengambil alih Selangor, pusat pusat maksiat seperti rumah pelacuran (yang bertopengkan rumah urut dan ‘pusat kesihatan’), karaoke, pub dan pusat perjudian tumbuh dengan amat pesat, terutama yang tidak dilesenkan. Polis Cawangan Anti Maksiat mendapati sukar untuk membenteras kegiatan maksiat yang semakin berleluasa ini kerana Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT) enggan memberikan kerjasama apabila soal lesen yang perlu ditarik balik ditimbulkan.

Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor yang bertanggung jawab atas hal ‘lesen’ ini ialah ADUN DAP Pelabuhan Klang Ronnie Liu.

Satu isu lagi ialah MAIS telah mengeluarkan larangan bagi MP Shah Alam Khalid Samad untuk berceramah dalam masjid atau sebarang majlis ugama kerana beliau tiada tauliah. Ini lebih menyukarkan PR kerana memperkudakan ugama Islam merupakan salah satu modal utama PAS dalam permainan politik.

Isu mengenai ADUN DAP Kinrara dan Exco Kerajaan Selangor membangkitkan isu ‘Azan’ adalah sesuatu yang tidak dipandang ringan oleh MAIS dan JAIS. Walaupun Kumpulan Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd. dan Timbalan Ketua Pengarang Utusan Malaysia Dato’ Zaini Hassan disaman oleh Kok, namun kebiadapan DAP sehingga tahap yang tergamak menghina kesucian amalan ibadah orang Islam, iaitu ugama Persekutuan Malaysia.

Oleh kerana politik, Khalid sebagai MB Selangor menutup sebelah mata atas itu ini. Apabila isu mengenai Islam dibangkitkan dalam Mesyuarat Exco, wakil wakil DAP yang sama akan membangkang termasuk mempersoalkan isu seperti peruntukan sementara Khalid, walaupun sebagai MB Selangor mengambil tindakan diam.

Untuk rekod, sebelum PR memerintah Selangor isu peruntukan mengenai Islam tidak pernah dibangkitkan, jauh sekali dipertikaikan oleh mana mana ahli Exco mewakil etnik Bukan Melayu dalam Kerajaan BN Selangor. Kedudukan Islam sebagai ugama Persekutuan Malaysia dihormati sepenuhya bagi Exco yang mewakili komponen BN semasa Selangor dibawah seorang MB dari UMNO.

Perlantikan Khusrin sebagai SUK Selangor akan menyulitkan lagi pergerakan politik PR menggunakan jentera Kerajaan Negeri Selangor dan ianya tidak lebih dari itu. Survival PR dalam pentadbiran Selangor akan mula tergugat setelah perlantikan Khusrin kerana beliau dalah seorang yang tegas dan amat taat kepada Tuanku, selaku Ketua Ugama dan Penaung isu isu mengenai orang Melayu.

Calon pilihan Kerajaan PR  Selangor iaitu Dato’ Mohd. Arif Abdul Rahman selain dari mempunyai hubungan keluarga dengan Khalid, dikhuatiri akan menggunakan segala peluang dan ruang sistem pentadbiran untuk menyalur wang secara tidak langsung bagi kepentingan PR. Ini lebih lebih lagi PR perlu mempersiapkan ‘war chest’ parti masing masing menjelang PRU 13, yang dijangka kurang 18 bulan lagi. Dikatakan peranan Arif menyalurkan dana Kerajaan Selangor bagi tujuan politik PR terserlah semasa kempen PRK P094 Hulu Selangor April lepas.

Peranan Khusrin sebagai seorang pentadbir dan ketua pelaksana dasar terutama Kerajaan Persekutuan dan segala plan transformasi kerajaan, ekonomi dan model ekonomi baru dan kedudukan Selangor dalam KDNK tidak menjadi pertimbangan Kerajaan PR Selangor. Sebagaimana lazim, PR hanya memfokuskan keatas politik semata mata dan tidak langsung mengambil kira dan merangkumkan pertimbangan pembangunan dan kesejahteraan rakyat, terutama jangkamasa panjang.

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