Wednesday, 18 March 2009

Everybody - "Say Cheese!"

Malaysians are definitely going to have a ball under the Najib leadership.
He has already elicited many "wows' en-route to the Presidency of Umno and the PMship.

With the Najib ‘did not shine’ — Dr M comment, Dr. Evil has conveniently passed comments to legitimize the rise of Mr. Evil Incarnate, so as to keep him in check while trying to maintain (or is it dispel?) the perception of favouritism (aka cronyism/nepotism).

While many questions remain unanswered with regard to the actions of the powers that be, the people's representatives in parliament are persecuted with impunity, and the purge of all the current President's men is underway.

Meanwhile, the Finance Minister has announced a mega rescue package (for whom - it remains to be seen) of "cheese", while my "cheese" is swallowed by the EPF.

While cheering the Rising Son and anticipating an explosive and "clean" leadership - all you need to ask is -

Speaking of Cheese .... didn't someone (if I'm not mistaken, it was a National Car-Toon) actually comment on the "lovely mozzarella" in Langkawi on his wildly "popular" pseudo-intellectual blog?
Hmmm ... He must've been lamenting on all the buffalo dung left behind on the island of Mahsuri, after having the cheese, I guess.
Maybe the curse of Mahsuri still lives on, and has spread beyond its shores ......

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The Following is yesterdays post on "StockTube"

EPF’s 4.5% Dividend – Your Cheese Eaten by ValueCap?

Nobody likes to hear that their hard-earned money “invested” in EPF is earning pathetic dividend. I mentioned the word invested because your money was “forced” out from your pocket before you can even smell the aroma of the money and both of you (money and you) were cruelly separated on the same day you received your pay-slip. It’s another way to say that your money is working for you (does that make you feel better?) so that when you retire you won’t die a hungry ghost *really?*. And EPF is your custodian because it was deemed that all of you do not have the discipline in saving, let alone the knowledge to grow your money. So it was fair that the caring EPF took the huge burden of this responsibility. And we should be grateful to EPF because they know best on how to invest your money *grin*.

And so the EPF was performing exceptionally well from 1950s to 1980s - the highest dividend ever declared was 8.50% in the golden period of 1983 till 1987. Thereafter the dividend yield has been plunging from the roof. In fact the great era of dividend was fast losing its shine after the 1993 Super Bull-Run. We may never experience the 1993 Super Bull-Run again in many decades to come. Heck, the country has never recovered to the pre-1997 Asia Economic Crisis even until today and we’re already entering the recession again of which our politicians were saying otherwise. Did you notice how the Second Finance Minister Nor Yakcop panicked when asked by reporter about the rumor that EPF was about to declare dividend of only 4.5%? He was almost speechless and was mumbling directionless.

EPF Dividend Yield HistoryThe Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) Board declared a 4.5% dividend for 2008 yesterday for its members, lower than 5.8% declared in 2007. That’s 1.3% lower (than 2007) or 22.41% decrease year-on-year. As usual the blame was on the global economic crisis. However the fact remains that EPF recorded the highest ever earnings of RM20 billion in “gross income” for 2008, an increase of 9.36% over the previous year's gross income of RM18.29 billion. But the “net income” (surprisingly) for 2008 was RM14.26 billion, a decrease of 15.47% over 2007 net income of RM16.87 billion. It’s here where EPF needs to explain – why the 15.47% decrease in net profit despite the 9.36% increase in gross profit? The EPF earned RM6.67 billion from equities in 2008 compared to RM5.37 billion in 2007 so the blame cannot be on stocks investment. So which part of the overall investment portfolios went wrong?

  • Gross income: 2007 = RM18.29 billion ; 2008 = RM20 billion (9.36% increase)
  • Net income: 2007 = RM16.87 billion ; 2008 should be = RM18.45 billion (9.36%)?
  • But now 2008’s net income = RM14.26 billion, short of RM4.2 billion?

The above is of course the dummy way of deriving where the money has gone. Assuming the cost of doing business is the same the above average-Joes calculation reveals more than RM4 billion has disappeared into the thin air. If not what expenses or losses equal to this amount has EPF incurred? This is not RM4 million or RM40 million but a whopping RM4.2 billion we’re talking about here. EPF acknowledged that it was doing fine up until September last year but not thereafter. Could that same amount of money loaned to Valuecap Sdn Bhd (RM5 billion), coincidently occurred at the same period of time, was written off from the accounting book hence the EPF members are getting only 4.5% dividend?

In short, can we assume that the 12 million members’ “dividend money” was used for Valuecap’s so-called equity investment programme? Can the members’ hard-earned money loaned to Valuecap be returned to the rightful owners thereafter then, together with interest of course *boy, I am stupid for asking such question*? You can’t simply take away contributors’ money, presume everything is in order, everyone will forget about it after some grumbling and blame it on global financial meltdown, can you? For God’s sake, we need to have some transparencies here because the money is our only retirement fund. No matter where the money has been siphoned to (if any), EPF contributors are still the victims (or rather suckers) ultimately. Let’s hope the EPF’s total investment funds of over RM342 billion (as at Dec 31, 2008) still exists and this is not another big-time Ponzi-scheme *grin*.

Saturday, 14 March 2009

Manufacturing Consent

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Thursday, 12 March 2009

The Bahasa Melayu Dilemma

"Today, Malay racists held a massive rally to oppose UMNO's language policy and critics government's for belittling the status of Bahasa Malaysia. How should Hishammuddin respond to it?" -A Dubious Political Issue, By TAY TIAN YAN/ Translated by SOONG PHUI JEE/ Sin Chew Daily

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This is in response to the above article from Sin Chew.

When Dong Zhong demands teaching in Mandarin - they aren't racists. But when Malay Literary laureates demand the same out of concern for the future relevance of our National Language, they are "racists"!! That's so convenient isn't it?
It is my opinion that those who demonstrated weren't racists - not by a long shot, for they had very valid arguments to their case, against the proponents of English only science & Maths (S & M ) education.

Someone in the online discussions said they/we are preparing the future generation to compete "globally" - that's plain hogwash - especially when our standard of English is so bad, and you cannot learn English from Science and Maths.
Let's get real here - just how many percent of our students will actually be competing globally? 5-10% max? And so the 90% have to be faced with a learning (and teaching) impediment, due to their poor command of English?

English can only be learnt through increased utilization - yes - but you learn it through listening, reading, writing and speaking the "English" of Queen's English, and not the "English" of S&M (more so, when these teachers can hardly string a proper English sentence).
And once your language is proficient, you can easily transcend the linguistic barrier, when necessary, so as to acquire further knowledge in these subjects - that too, only should the need arise.

Firstly, nobody said that English cannot be used to teach S&M - but there is no reason why teaching of these subjects in Malay or Mandarin should be abolished. The option to learn in vernacular languages should be kept open. Meanwhile efforts should have been made to train sufficient manpower to teach S&M in English to willing students. this could have been expanded gradually over time, without really imposing it upon the "unwilling" students.
It is fine to be teaching in English to all those will be exposed to English in their daily activities or in their society - but to the man who may be "academically challenged" and doesn't plan to go beyond the confines of his "comfort zone", is this "linguistic punishment" warranted? I certainly don't think so.

The national Identity depends a great deal on Language and the Arts. The progress & complexity of a language and the arts also define "culture"and "sophistication" or "simplicity" of a people.
In the long run, the viability of a language is determined by by it's commercial viability - how would one feel for one's country, should somebody say that "Your National Language is nothing but Redundant!"?
So now - what exactly does the Ministry of Education under Hishamuddin hope to achieve by abolishing Malay/ Mandarin as mediums of instruction?

It doesn't augur well for the morale & image of the nation, and for national cohesion/ identity, if no effort is made toward the preservation and progress of the National Language (in this case - Malay), as a viable commercial language.
For this reason alone, all those who held the demonstration the other day have my moral support.

Having said all these, it is my opinion that the Govt has made no serious effort at promoting real knowledge through the Malay language or any other - it has simply been used as a political instrument to hoodwink the masses thru the mind-numbing "Ketuanan Melayu" rhetoric. Thanks to them, the academic/literary achievements of our many "NEP products" linguists from our "universities" is a testament to this fact.

This hasty decision to IMPOSE English upon the masses, stinks of a cheap political gimmick in the name of "progress", to preserve one man's legacy. One that belongs to a megalomaniac with ulterior motives. Incidentally, he thought we learn English in Science and Maths classes, and that linguists and academicians (and everybody else, actually) are nutcases.

This half-baked and divisive idea was his, and a great many unthinking Malaysians who would demand a "Bangsa Malaysia" without a doubt, have bought it!

Wednesday, 11 March 2009

RM 60 billion .... But Where's My "Cheese"?

Who gave you your standing, it might be answered,
and what right have you to demand payment of us
for doing what we never asked you to do?
Do you not know that numbers of your fellow-creatures are starving,
for want of what you have too much of?
- Jean Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality
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While 'Black eye' case: AG, IGP cleared and, Samy sings and cries for votes, Dato' Seri Najib, our future PM, reveals his package. I don't speak of the alleged 0.5 billion Scopene commission, but the RM 60 billion "mini-budget".
Najib's package was nothing short of explosive - who would've expected something that much? Anwar must've been caught off-guard- he must've expected Najib to be in "denial mode", and unveil a "rescue plan" of nothing more than 30b.
The strange thing here is, although Najib might have got a "hard-on" revealing it, in reality,Najib's humongous package wasn't much of a "stimulus" to anybody!

Take the KLCI today for instance ...KLCI rebound likely not sustainable - Down 4.88 pts to 850.37, with Losers(435) outnumbering Gainers(219). The Markets aren't too impressed with the "fine print" I suppose. As they say "the devil is in the details".

I'm no economist, nor have I read the "mini-budget" in full - and hence I may not undertand the big picture here ...... to me, with a small income, I wonder how it puts money in my pocket. Alright, granted - we will be having less rempits and Indons on a robbing spree, but "where's my cheese" buddy?
Why haven't you given me any tax breaks if I were to hire extra (local) workers in my small establishment?
How come there is no reduction of my income tax, when you compensate those toll-collecting pirates by the millions?

Is this just another quick fix for the NEP Junkies, or what?
Don't tell me ... this is to bail-out those GLCs and big businesses that show a nett loss in their balance sheets y-o-y, right?

Saturday, 7 March 2009

0803 - UMNO & PR, One Year On ....

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"All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest,
originate in moral revolutions.
The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence
of the previous subversion of established opinions.
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-John Stuart Mill

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The Pakatan Rakyat campaign was won on a single platform - it was about a "Moral Revolution", and liberation from the shackles of Umno rule. It was about a psychological revolution where votes were cast based on a true desire for a better Malaysia. It stood for equality, righteousness and justice - as opposed to the Umno platform of corruption/ NEP/ "social contract", sectarianism and the politics of fear.

The results of March 8, 2008 was nothing short of a peaceful revolution - more on the psyche of the people, than anything else, that Umno is corrupt and dispensible.
The sad part of it all was the fact that the victorious politicians weren't prepared for the change that had taken place in the minds of the people, as a result of the cyber activism that had been going on long before they started theirs. They were caught off-guard, were faced with a steep learning curve and hence started bungling at every other step - but they have done fairly well thus far in governance (yes- even in Perak).

It was about 11 months ago that I wrote about 080308, when I likened the "defeat" of Umno in the 12GE to the different "phases of grief" - "You have denial, loss, anger, sadness, and then you come to accept it."
Umno went through the first two phases pretty quick, although there still traces of it that linger (the transition, after all is gradual and overlaps with no clear cut cut-off points). They quite quickly passed on to the phase of anger, which persists to this day.
There was much fear and uncertainty in the air, with subtle threats of a "mass reprisal".

In the same article, I had also written:-
"Of course ..... all this while, the monkeys are crouched in a corner, hoping for the dust to settle - only then can they start monkeying around.
When the monkeying starts, the voices of the UMNO Baru dynasties will ring loud and clear once again - the disdain which aristocrats hold for the masses will be seen in its full glory, back with a vengeance.
But that's another story, for another time ....."

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Crouching Monkey, Wounded Tiger - Ep. III

As mentioned above, I had presumed that the reprisals would be faced by everybody as a whole, from non other than the "Umno nobility" - the aristocracy. This has begun in earnest with Perak, which heralds the times ahead for the rest of the nation. They have begun showing their disdain for the masses who have thus far kept them in power - as a result of being hoodwinked for 50 yrs.
Yes - the aristocracy almost without fail, would despise the empowered proletariat/electorate/citizen! The same sentiment is harboured for the - however, the royalty
which legitimizes their role, is a "necessary inconveniece" to the nobility (especially when subservient). This is why they are bent on projecting the image of "protector of the crown", while depicting others as republicans.

Just what is this thing called "aristocracy"?
According to Wikipedia, Aristocracy is a form of government, in which a few of the most prominent citizens rule. This may be a hereditary elite, or it may be by a system of cooption where a council of prominent citizens add leading soldiers, merchants, land owners, priests, and lawyers to their number.
Doesn't that sound a lot like Malaysia under Umno/BN rule?

One year on, and we now see Umno doing its job in Perak - just so that it can be Najib's crown jewel as he aspires to ascend the "throne". What we now see, is the backlash from these "nobles" who despise the very notion of a democracy, the doctrine separation of powers and the empowerment of the electorate. They do this by instilling FEAR into the minds of the people through the various institutions/ instruments of state which they now have absolute control over.
We are now faced with nothing less than a class struggle/war.

The true colours of Umno are now there for all who doubted the contention of the non-BN parties. Under Umno, there never was, and never will be a democracy - it was simply a charade meant to hoodwink the people and the international community. The Federal Constitution was simply an instrument for posterity and convenience. Otherwise, to Umno, it was and is simply "toilet paper". Their philosophy is simply that of a dictatorship of the aristocracy, using the catch-phrase - "Ketuanan Melayu".
We have the father of the Umno's "crown prince" to thank for that - he was definitely a visionary. Single-handedly, he orchestrated the subversion of the Federal Constitution, in the name of a "social contract", which is also known as the NEP that was meant to make their control complete in stages. This dominance, brought about unbridled greed and lust for wealth & power - which is now the "inheritance" of his heir.
The people are meanwhile left powerless- save some deluded Umno supporters who still believe that having aristocrats eat their cheese, is a sign of "empowerment".
It was always about being a kleptocracy of the aristocrats, which pretended to be a dictatorship of the majority - while masquerading as a democracy!
Nothing more, nothing less.

The power that they have consolidated over the years, is quite a formidable force, even in its weakened state - and it is this fact, which the PR are awakening to. The PR being a new alliance and to holding power, were naive, and were caught off-guard (despite numerous calls from bloggers to dissolve the assembly while they could). The PR were still living in denial of the facts that were staring at them in their face. (So much so, it made me say that I'd have no sympathy for them should they lose the state to the evil plots of Umno - but of course I do - especially with the spirited defense which Nizar has put up).

They did not expect an attack so blatantly unconstitutional, it would make Machiavelli purple with envy. The show of power Umno has exhibited through the Election Commission, Judiciary, the newly "baptized" but disgraced MACC and even the Police, defies not just all the tenets of a democracy, but also logic and common sense.

It is done on the premise that they are fighting for "Malay Political Dominance", when the real issue is nothing more than plain old dirty money!! The Malays are told that they have been displaced/dispossessed and hence need to take back what "rightfully belongs to them" by whatever means necessary.
Umno must've taken some tutoring on realpolitik from Hermann Goering who said, "people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and attack the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger".
It is why there were some guys who shouted at the PR supporters - "Ini Tanah Melayu punya!!", on the day of the historic "Tree Assembly" in defence of Democracy.
The immorality of it all, is lost on a group of people bent on perpetuating the kleptocracy that has managed to plunder the wealth of the nation for 50yrs.

With the Umno AGM coming up, what happens in Perak and Malaysia as a whole depends now, entirely on politics in Umno - on whether they have the courage to stand up to corruption, and if necessary, sacrifice their own political future for the sake of the nation.
It remains to be seen if Umno has the moral and spiritual courage to reject the most scandal-ridden "leader" the party has known in its history, and prevent his ascent to the throne.
That one action alone by the Umno delegates, will determine the path Malaysia will takes in the coming years.

Mr. Setev Sharibuu will also be closely watching the coming AGM, hoping for justice in the murder of Altantuya. It will determine if reforms will be implemented, justice/ judiciary restored and if selective persecution/ intimidation will be ended. It will also determine the freedom that RPK, Uthaya, others under ISA and all deserving Malaysians will enjoy.
It may well determine the fate of Malaysia as a Democracy with a Constitutional Monarchy.

For what it's worth - Happy Anniversary, PR and Malaysia!
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"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity,
and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity,
will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy:
neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."

- John W. Gardner

Friday, 6 March 2009

Serdang Hospital's DR. Norzi's LIED for "someone" in Police Report??!!!

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"Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator T. Murugiah rubbished claims that A. Kugan's body was tampered with by his family members before the post-mortem."
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Senator Murugiah implies that Norzi was lying in his statement about "the mob" tampering with evidence, the pool of blood & doctors "hiding".
So that means, either one person is LYING.

Both cannot be telling the truth here - either one is a BLATANT LIAR!!

While it appears that it is unlikely for Senator Murugiah to do so (as he seems to have video evidence), there is a strong possibility that Norzi's (meaning Serdang Hospital authorities) police report is a false report!!

This could well be a case of "False Police Report" in an "attempt to fabricate evidence" against Kugan's family and also an attempt to "obstruct justice"!!
What could the penalty be for such crimes?

According to NST, "The charge carries a jail term of up to 20 years and fine"!!

**(btw - Such a conduct by a "bad apple" Hospital Pengarah and his ignorance of Forensics cannot be left to tarnish the good name of the Medical Profession.
The people are meanwhile still waiting for MOH/MMC/Ismail Merican/MMA/SCHOMOS - someone, anyone - to make a statement, so as to "save face" and speak for the credibility of the excellent and selfless doctors in the Goverment Hospitals.
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Here's a report in NST in response to Norzi's statement
in Hospital: Mob tampered with Kugan's body.

Murugiah refutes claim body was tampered
Sen. MurugiahNorzi
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator T. Murugiah
says a doctor was with him at the hospital mortuary

PUTRAJAYA: Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator T. Murugiah rubbished claims that A. Kugan's body was tampered with by his family members before the post-mortem.

"The family members were distraught, yes, but I did not see anyone mishandling the body when I was there," he told reporters after meeting residents from Kota Damansara who were unhappy over the construction of a hypermarket in their neighbourhood.

Murugiah said he did not see any pool of blood on the floor as claimed by the Serdang Hospital medical officers.

He also said that he was not aware that the medical officers had been hiding in an adjoining room of the mortuary from the mob of about 50 people as he had been speaking to a doctor whom he declined to name.

Murugiah went on to say that the entire incident had been recorded on video and that the evidence had already been sent for investigation.
"Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail has assured me that he would be looking into the case. We will just leave it to him to reach a decision," he said.

"The truth will eventually prevail," he added.

Murugiah was commenting on the statement by Serdang Hospital director Dr Mohd Norzi Ghazali who alleged that Kugan's body was tampered with by a mob of about 50 relatives and friends at the mortuary before pathologists had conducted the post-mortem. Dr Norzi also alleged that Kugan's fully-clothed body was in a body bag, which had been torn open by the mob.

In their police report later, the medical officers, who said they were hiding in an adjoining room, said they were shocked to see a pool of Kugan's blood on the mortuary floor.

This, the report said, indicated that wounds on Kugan's body could have been inflicted after his death.

The New Straits Times learnt that police had completed their investigation into the incident at the Serdang Hospital mortuary which they had classified as fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of a capital offence.

The charge carries a jail term of up to 20 years and fine.

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Related:
Dog (sic) Plays Politics ....

Thursday, 5 March 2009

From Liberation (french), Altantuya Murder - "JIMAT" Intrigue Fit For A Thriller ...

(UPDATED)

RPK has done it again!! This man is definitely amazingly fearless.
With an article published in a foreign tabloid by a foreign journalist, there is no issue of "sub judice". Moreover, if one were to sue for criminal defamation, he may not know enough kangaroos in that country, to sit in court.
His latest post - "The Truth that Refuses to Surface" is definitely a must read.

RPK posted the newspaper article from the French Liberation newspaper (reported as L’étrange affaire du meurtre d’une interprète mongole qui gêne le pouvoir en Malaisie- Translated "The strange affair of the murder of a Mongolian interpreter which is embarrassing the authorities in Malaysia" or The strange case of murder of a Mongolian interpreter impedes power in Malaysia.), which practically gave the full story on the Altantuya murder and fits all the pieces of the puzzle - fits almost too neatly to be true.
It appears to me that the real person who needs to be questioned is the man behind Azilah (I don't know how ADC Musa Safri who purportedly introduced Azilah to RB fits in the picture, though) ..... no copper/ hitman/ mercenary, no matter how demented, would go on a very specific exercise like this, without "orders from above".

Taken from RPK's MT :-
From Razak’s admission in the 24-page Affidavit filed on 4 January 2007, it is clear that:
1. Razak did not know Azilah and had never met him before the Altantuya murder.
2. Musa Safri, Najib's ADC, introduced Azilah to Razak.
3. Razak would have never met Azilah if not for Musa Safri.
4. Azilah felt he could help solve Razak’s problem because he had already killed 6-10 people before the Altantuya murder.
5. Razak’s Affidavit never mentioned whether Musa Safri knew that Azilah had already killed 6-10 people before the Altantuya murder and whether that was why Musa Safri introduced Azilah to Razak.
6. Razak did not want anything unwanted to happen to Altantuya.
7. Razak kept asking Musa Safri what happened to Altantuya but Musa Safri kept replying that Azilah had not informed him what happened (giving an impression that Razak was not able to ask Azilah himself and that the only person who was able to ask Azilah is Musa Safri).
8. If Azilah did murder Altantuya -- which we do not know yet since the trial is not over -- then it was not on Razak’s instructions and either Azilah used his own discretion or someone else other than Razak had instructed Azilah to murder Altantuya.
9. Even though Azilah and Razak never knew each other until Musa Safri introduced them, and they would have never known each other if not because of Musa Safri, Musa Safri is not one of those on trial for murder.

One would surely ask why Musa Safri has escaped the dragnet ........
So, somebody is being the fall guy for somebody else (without RB knowing it), who had a hidden agenda, and something really big to hide (or at stake) by "Jimat-ing" Altantuya .....
She (Altantuya) was apparently somebody's "mistress" & did apparently say that she was with a child, remember? If RB wanted to "Jimat" her, I'm certain that with his contacts, he could've done it in a less obvious manner.
Now - Who is this missing link? Who and what hasn't been investigated?


The scans of Sirul Azhar's full statement prior to the trial at the Travers Police station, where he practically confessed in graphic detail (refer above pic) to the brutality perpetrated by "certain quarters" who are as yet, are kept out of the trial.

It is mind boggling to imagine a highly trained "operative" coolly giving a statement that implicates himself in such a cold blooded murder in such a detailed manner. It appears to me that he might've been "coaxed" into such a statement - unless of course, he's criminally insane (which may warrant a psychiatric assessment) ...... or trusted "somebody's" promises of "incentives" a little too much. But RM430.00 is definitely a little too little for that kind of a deal.

BTW, the confessor apparently had time to take a crap (refer above pic) at Puncak Alam before perpetrating the crime!!! This statement is definitely a "collector's item", and reads like an episode of a crime thriller.
The only problem here is, we have dumb and uncooperative "Insp. Gan" from Interpol who declares the innocence of "certain parties" based on hearsay and without any investigation, instead of an "Inspector Colombo" who would leave no stone unturned...
I wonder what Interpol has to say about this "excellence in service".


HK MP5
The Heckler and Koch MP5 is currently one of the most widely used submachine guns today.
This is widely recognised as the most accurate submachine available today.
Popular with anti terrorist units and SWAT teams world wide.

One thing I found interesting, and learned from this is the term used for "neutralize" or kill in Malay by certain quarters - "Jimat" (refer to highlight on image). (No wonder some leaders tell us to "jimat" and "ubah gaya hidup, I guess ...)

This statement, is "too good to be true"!
Firstly, the hit-men can actually get lost in KL looking for a Hotel Malaya, which an artist at Central Market can point out in a hand drawn map!
It also amazes as to how stupid these hit-men are supposed to be in attempting to dispose of evidence - can you imagine professional assassins throwing evidence into the garbage or on the road? That too, they dump their own clothes together with those of the victim!! Or even haggling with cab drivers and making themselves more "memorable"? Denzel Washington couldn't have pulled off such a good act.

All this, while Razak Baginda is having his cigars in London while "studying", and somebody else much, much higher up the "chain of command", is silently pursuing his agenda in the background. The Russian secret service, FSB (formerly, the KGB) are apparently following the case closely. Well, I guess that it goes without saying that the Interpol, CIA, DGSE (French Secret Service) and MI6 will be on to it as well!!

Can you imagine what will happen if these agencies have any incriminating evidence against the Prime Minister of any nation? Never mind the shame that the citizens will have to shoulder when faced with foreigners/ businessmen ...... Yes - they become sitting ducks to blackmail!! He would lose control of the state, as a result of interference by different parties with vested interests, and as such would compromise the assets and wealth of the state.
Whichever that nation is, it is doomed to be sold out by the guilty party - that's for sure as the sun rising tomorrow!!

It is a matter of NATIONAL SECURITY that such a person doesn't become the prime minister or head of state of any country, or the nation is for sure to be sold out to international power brokers!!

But not to worry - In Bolehsia, everything is fine and dandy. The economy is "stable", and "peace and harmony" coexists with brutal murder of suspects by "security services". Being an advocate of "free trade and capitalism", Bolehsia is apparently also a major transit point for Human and narcotics-related merchandise.
However, Bolehsia has among the best security services and personnel in the world, with a fantastic world-class track record at "solving" murder and crime mysteries.
I just had a call from a "little bird", that "a certain individual" - charged with armed robbery- managed to solve his "problem" with $15,000.00 "kautim" money at Bolehsia's southernmost city!!!
That's Bolehsian justice and security services at work for you. Never fear, though - such things can always be glossed over in the MSM as "rumours" ..... you know what they say about "rumours" in Bolehsia, right?

So Bolehsians - you guys sleep peacefully tonight.
You're all in "good" hands - just make sure you say your prayers ..... or you'll get more "holy book sworn denials" coming in your MSM!!