Wednesday 30 November 2011

Maslan does his job- He's UMNO's Goebbels.


“But he not only asserts what is fantastical and phony, 
he makes mendacity spit in the eye of reproof.
“That was the tactical strategy of Dr Goebbels, 
Hitler’s propaganda minister, 
who held that the bigger in magnitude the lie you tell, 
the harder it is for denial to stand its ground,”
 
 
 
Catholic Bishop Dr Paul Tan Chee Ing said he was “aghast at the fear mongering” of Umno information chief Ahmad Maslan who had denounced an opposition party as “agents of Christianisation.”

“One would have been led to expect that the prime minister’s strictures against insensitive remarks would be heeded by the delegates to their party’s annual assembly,” commented the head of the Catholic Church in the Malacca-Johor diocese.

NONEBishop Paul Tan was referring to Prime Minister Najib Razak’s plea earlier this week to Umno speakers at the party’s just begun annual assembly not to utter insensitive remarks because 28 million Malaysians would be listening-in.

“But here you have no less than the party’s information chief heedless of the advice given by the PM. And how does he do that? By giving vent to a rant that is fear-drenched and bogey-ridden,” lamented the head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia.

Ahmad Maslan, in pre-assembly remarks made at a public forum yesterday, said that if Pakatan Rakyat wins power at the next general election “the Malay language will be lost, say goodbye to the Malay Sultans ... say goodbye to Islam” as the DAP “do not respect the royal institution ... (and) are agents of Christianisation.”

‘Virus spreading like a plague’


“Converting Christianity into a bogeyman is now the vogue in the discourse of demagogic politicians. One would have thought it would be confined to one irresponsible mufti in Perak and one recalcitrant state minister in Selangor but it appears the virus is spreading like a plague,” observed the Jesuit-trained prelate.

Bishop Paul Tan was referring, at first mention, to Harussani Zakaria, the mufti of Perak, who has in the last few years not infrequently raised the specter of Muslims abandoning Islam for Christianity; and, at second reference, to the Selangor state executive councillor from PAS, Dr Hasan Ali, who in the last few months has gone public with unsubstantiated allegations of Christian proselytisation of Muslims.

“One would think that if you could hold the line at one inflammatory mufti and one sensationalist state minister, you would have a chance to stem this Christian-bashing before it becomes a tide,” sighed the bishop.

“But, no, you have now the disseminator of information in the largest political party giving vent to what is, essentially, rash talk which is cheap, but he is so brazen he invites you to gainsay what he takes to be truth incontestable,” sighed the bishop.

A stark choice for voters

“You would think the information chief of a party espousing transformational policies and supposedly putting people first would spurn rash talk on matters of great sensitivity to citizens.

“But he not only asserts what is fantastical and phony, he makes mendacity spit in the eye of reproof.

“That was the tactical strategy of Dr Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda minister, who held that the bigger in magnitude the lie you tell, the harder it is for denial to stand its ground,” argued Bishop Paul Tan.

The prelate said he was of the view that seldom before have Malaysian voters been faced with a choice as stark as that which confronts them at the next general election and rarely before has their choice been so fateful to the future of their country.

“I pray voters plumb for those who have demonstrated they would do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with their God,” he said, quoting Christian scripture.

Friday 25 November 2011

BAR COUNCIL Statement AGAINST PA Bill!!

Walk For Freedom 2011: Peaceful Assembly Bill Cannot And Must Not Become Law! PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 25 November 2011 02:11pm
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Dear Members of the Malaysian Bar
 
Walk For Freedom 2011: Peaceful Assembly Bill Cannot And Must Not Become Law!
Tuesday, 29 Nov 2011 at 11:30 am, From Royal Lake Club to Parliament
 
Martin Luther King Jr once said that “the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
 
The Malaysian Bar and indeed Malaysia is now facing such a moment of challenge and controversy — an objectionable Bill, being rushed into law with unseemly haste without adequate public consultation, which effectively robs the rakyat of our constitutional right to freedom of assembly.
 
This Peaceful Assembly Bill (“Bill”) is far more restrictive than the current law.  It is not a piece of legislation which we, as lawyers, can watch enter our statute books without standing up against it.  It is not a piece of legislation which we want future generations to inherit, without us walking, and spending every ounce of our energy to oppose.  If this piece of legislation makes it to the statute books, future generations would inherit a nation that is far from modern and progressive.

Members of the Bar are now called upon to march to object to this Bill.  The walk will take place next Tuesday, 29 Nov 2011, from the entrance of the Royal Lake Club to Parliament House, to deliver the Bar’s Proposed Amendments to the Peaceful Assembly Bill to YB Datuk Liew Vui Keong, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.  Members are advised to gather in their court attire at 11:30 am outside the Royal Lake Club entrance.
 
The Prime Minister, in his eve of Malaysia Day 2011 speech, had promised that:
 
… long gone is the era in which the government knows everything and claims monopoly over wisdom …

The Government will also review section 27 of the Police Act 1967, taking into consideration Article 10 of the Federal Constitution regarding freedom of assembly and so as to be in line with international norms on the same matter … (emphasis added) 

… a Malaysia that practices [sic] a functional and inclusive democracy … in accordance with the supremacy of the Constitution, rule of law and respect for basic human rights and individual rights.
 
This Bill is not in line with international norms because of, amongst others:
 
(1) Prohibition of street protests (defined widely as “open air assembly which begins with a meeting at a specified place and consists of walking in a mass march or rally for the purpose of objecting to or advancing a particular cause or causes”);
(2)  Prohibition of organisation of assemblies by persons below the age of twenty one years;
(3)  Prohibition of participation in peaceful assemblies of children below the age of fifteen years; 
(4)  Unduly onerous responsibilities and restrictions on organisers and assemblies; and
(5)  Excessive fines for non-compliance of the Bill.
 
Therefore this Bill is not “in accordance with the supremacy of the Constitution, rule of law and respect for basic human rights and individual rights”, which the Prime Minister promised it would be.
 
The Bill is in its second reading in the Dewan Rakyat, and in all likelihood it will be passed after the third reading.  We must remain hopeful that we can make a difference, through our Walk for Freedom.  We must urge the Prime Minister to amend the Bill by way of public consultation to ensure that Malaysia will have a legislation in the public interest, which truly upholds, protects and promotes our constitutional right to freedom of assembly.

We feel let down by how far short this Bill falls in relation to what the Malaysian people were promised in the Prime Minister’s Malaysia Day 2011 message.  In short, the Prime Minister must walk his own talk.
 
Please click on the links below to view the:
(1)  Bar Council press release entitled “Peaceful Assembly Bill is more restrictive than present law and must be improved” issued on 22 Nov 2011;
(2)   Bar Council press release entitled “Broken promise: Prime Minister has not lived up to Malaysia Day 2011 pledge; and  
 
Please contact Gayathiri Paneerselvam, Officer, by telephone at 03-2050 2089 or by email at gayathiri.p@malaysianbar.org.my, should you have any queries. 

I call on all Members to support us in this crucial initiative.  See you on Tuesday, let’s walk!
 
Lim Chee Wee
President
Malaysian Bar

25 Nov 2011

This circular and the attachment may also be accessed 
here
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Monday 14 November 2011

Koya's Humbug ...

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..... the entire episode has turned out to be a blessing. 
It has exposed the humbuggery of 
the religious and political establishments to the full, 
and forced the Malaysian populace to face up to an issue - 
a taboo even - that was long swept under the carpet.
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Speaking of the "humbuggery" - I just want to highlight some of the "quoteable quotes" of an idiotic pseudo-intellectual masquerading as part of the "Islamic intelligentsia".
Never mind "islam", but this guy gives his surname a bad name.

As mentioned as a footnote in his article in Malaysiakini, ABDAR RAHMAN KOYA is editor at Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur (www.ibtbooks.com).

This guy has declared that all these Human Rights movements are the result of "GUILT" from past minority persecutions .... and the "great Islamic civilizations" were free from any persecution of any minority groups.
Maybe this guy has never read the other side of "Islamic History"- prefering to immerse himself in "glorious texts" prepared by the mercenary scribes of the ruling elite ...
(
Or maybe he meant that they just don't feel any guilt from the injustices meted out on minority groups in the past or present since it has all been "syariah ordained", I cannot say though).

In his hatred for anything Jewish, this nitwit has even succeeded in contriving an association between the Gay rights movement and the Zionist Lobby in USA!!


Here goes Koya's humbug:-


"Due to their past persecution of the homosexuals, the Western civilisation has been enveloped by a collective sense of guilt and appear to be the sole defenders of the homosexuals' human rights.
Such is not the case with the Muslim civilisation, which does not have a history of systematically and specifically persecuting the homosexuals ..... And this is where the syariah has offered a civilised response, by not pushing such groups to the mainstream and only concerned with their sexual acts if they are committed in public.
- Abdar Rahman Koya, Islam, homosexuality and the West's guilt



"Striking is the similarity between the powerful 'gay rights' movement and the powerful Israeli lobby. Both have the West's past atrocities written all over them. This is a layer of history that has gone unnoticed in our present domestic debate sparked by Seksualiti Merdeka."

"Islam ..... can present an Islamically correct solution to the present debate, without trying to be fanatically moderate to please others."


After a barrage of comments whacking him for his stupidity- which he conveniently attributed to "Islamophobia" and dismissed - he seemed to take real pride in his idiocy, and took bigotry to a whole new level by writing another article ... and in his smug stupidity, even sought to "educate" others on terminology!!

In the following quote, also he decided to become a biological/medical expert diagnose the condition of "homosexuality" as deviant sexual habit,
and
that "Transgender" not so, as it has "natural, cultural and biological traits".

"Remember, I have always referred to 'homosexuals', and not the so-called LGBT. I feel lumping together the 'LGB' to the 'T' is quite unfair to the latter. Transgender is not a deviant sexual habit, but is natural and has cultural, nay, biological traits. Not so the case with LGB, however you argue to justify that such a sexual habit cannot be helped and as such their followers must be accorded with "sexual rights"."
- Then make it LGBTQIBMPG...

If this is the quality of "Islamic Thinkers", I'm sorry to say that I'm terribly disappointed - and if this is also the quality elsewhere, it is no wonder that these communities are a mess in many places around the world.









Tuesday 8 November 2011

TPP:- Now give us our reforms or sod off, Jibby!


God may have forgiven you, Jibby, but we haven’t. Now give us our reforms or sod off!

Posted on November 7, 2011 by
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Haji Najib and Hajjah Imelda Rosmah, it seems, are due back anytime now.
After some obscene and lavish shopping by Imelda with our money, I suppose.
Back with clean slates?
Maybe with God, but not with us.
We’ve got scores to settle with you, Jibby.
We want you and your lot out of Putrajaya.
Through free and fair elections.
Give us the reforms we’ve demanded on 709 and the rakyat will meet you at GE13.
Winner take all.
Fair and square.
Call for polls before the reforms and we won’t wait for polling day to take you and your thieving friends in BN out of Putrajaya.
No, Jibby, this is no threat.
This is a promise.

Wednesday 2 November 2011

Article 153 and NEP - the distortions and deviations


The “Mother of All Issues in Malaysia” is the economy which is bedeviled by the Fat Cat Syndrome – read the politics of patronage – fostered by gross distortions of the marketplace initiated by the ruling elite in Umno.
Again, the favoured parasitical few of their Political Masters from Umno are leeching off the rest of the nation and sucking our blood dry through the Licence Raj – inspired by the long discredited Socialist India model – of permits, concessions, quotas, Applied Permits and the like so that a few can “makan atas angin” in perpetuity.
This is a revisiting of the ancient caste system of India where the temples became centres of great wealth and the Brahmins, the priestly class, lorded over the great unwashed masses for several thousand years. In Malaysia, it’s a case of a small group of Muslims, forming the ruling elite, distorting the message of Islam to foist a latter day caste system of sorts on the country.
The Fat Cats and their political masters are the new Brahmins in Malaysia.
'Constitutionalized' plundering
The formula that is driving the Licence Raj basically calls for plundering the public treasury through government procurements and contracts which finally cost the tax-payer anything between double, triple to ten times what it should actually cost them.
To pull the wool over the eyes of the people, while the plundering is going on, Umno indulges in the politics of distraction and disruption by twisting and turning every issue into a racial issue. The hidden agenda is to scare the Malays into circling the wagons and gather under one political platform – Umno – so that the Fat Cats and their political masters can continue to live it up at the expense of all.
In short, the Federal Government is running amok in the marketplace through deviations and distortions in the implementation of Article 153 in the Federal Constitution, and by extension, the New Economic Policy (1970-1990). (scroll below for the full definition as laid out in the Constitution)
The NEP, if seen correctly, reads well on paper. In reality, it’s not worth even the paper it’s written on.
The 3rd prong of the NEP, observed more often than not in the breach, calls for the eradication of poverty irrespective of class, race or creed.
The 2nd prong of the NEP, again observed more often than not in the breach, calls for the elimination of the identification of race with economic function and place of residence.
The NEP and where it has taken the races
The vast majority of Indians, when not in the squatter areas, continue to endure slave-like existence in the estates and have since been joined by the Dusuns and Dayaks. The Malays who are not in the shanty towns are still in their kampung shacks, while the Chinese remain in their dilapidated houses in the new villages which haven’t seen many improvements since the British left.
The 1st prong of the NEP is an extension of one of the four pillars of Article 153 of the Federal Constitution i.e. that the Orang Asli, natives of Sabah and Sarawak and the Malays – not described as Natives by law – should be provided with a reasonable proportion of business opportunities created by Government.
The 1st prong itself of the NEP speaks of the Orang Asli, natives of Sabah and Sarawak and the Malays “owning, controlling and managing 30 per cent of the nation’s corporate economy – publicly listed companies – by 1990. Soon after the NEP was announced in 1970, the Orang Asli and the Natives were given the short end of the stick by the ruling elite and the percentage was re-read as 30 per cent of the entire economy.
The other business opportunities created by Government under Article 153 should go to the non-Malay communities. The second part of Article 153, the power over which is vested solely in the King, speaks of the legitimate aspirations of the non-Malay communities.
Sapu bersih
In reality, the ruling elite usurped the power of the King over Article 153 and made it and the NEP into a sapu bersih (clean out) policy for themselves and their favoured few, the Fat Cats.
The other three pillars of Article 153, like the fourth, speak of a special position for the Orang Asli, the Natives of Sabah and Sarawak and the Malays. The special position translates into reserving for them a reasonable proportion of jobs in the civil service; intake into institutions of higher learning owned by the Government and training privileges; and Government scholarships.
The emphasis is on a “reasonable proportion”. This is the special position which Umno has distorted to read as special privileges. Today, ninety percent of jobs in the civil service, an example, are monopolized by members drawn from one community. Likewise, intake into institutions of higher learning owned by the Government and training privileges is monopolized by the same community.
It’s the same story with Government scholarships. This brings us to Hindraf Makkal Sakthi’s beef with Umno on Article 153 and the NEP as implemented in its distorted version. If nothing else, this ad hoc movement has had the courage to point out that Article 153 had a shelf-life of 15 years from independence in 1957.
Likewise, the NEP was to have ended in 1990. Obviously, the Fat Cats and their political masters in Umno are not going to end the deviations and gross distortions of Article 153 and the NEP. Obviously, the Fat Cats and their political masters in Umno are not going to do away with Article 153 and the NEP.
Therein lays the dilemma for all Malaysians as they go to the polls for the forthcoming 13th General Elections.

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