BOLEHLAND COP'S QUOTE OF THE DAY!!!

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"...Don't expect us to remand all of them
without first conducting an investigation,"

-Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar, 'We have to investigate first' , NST

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One more "brownie point" for Khalid!!
Very "educational" - Never knew that the police were so "judicious" in remanding murder suspects ....

The "foot in mouth syndrome" epidemic which has plagued many an Umno/BN warlord appears to be spreading real fast - and he's probably been been terminally infected with it ever since the arrest of the peaceful vigil participants on 911!!!
The disease must be spreading to his higher centres and appears to have muddled his "faculties" - hence his numerous poor judgements & "faux-pas" since.

This is the most "Hairan Al-Amazing bin Pelik Al-Bodoh" quote coming from a copper!
That too, in cases that have been classified as MURDER 'ONE' (alright .... maybe it's two)!!! - by none other than out very own Attorney General!!
Can you imagine having criminals running around un-remanded while "investigations" are being carried out?
Okay .... they may not be running around - just "reassigned to desk jobs" - I'm sure the Malaysian public, Amnesty International and the International community will be so "proud" of PDRM for their righteousness, efficiency and transparency in their relentless pursuit of law enforcement .....

We all know that the Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.
However, in a case which is of public interest, and MURDER at that, isn't a remand order at least in order?

Let us all be sure of one thing- no amount of increase in the Police force will enforce law & order, if there is a lack of ethics and justice within force (in carrying out their duties). It breeds nothing but resentment among the people whom they have sworn to protect, and robs the force of the respect that is due to them. As such, they unwittingly become the enemy of the society.
It breeds terrorism, when they who are entrusted to protect have lost the respect and confidence they need.

Paul Bremer, a foolish American top civilian administrator of post-war Iraq, once said,
"There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it".
By shutting down a tiny newspaper, Bremer created an enemy instead of buying the loyalty of Iraqis and turned Sadr, a little-respected junior cleric with a limited following, into an overnight hero to restive Shias, and a new American villain.
We all know what followed ....
A similar situation unfolded in Southern Thailand after the quelling of what was supposedly a "Muslim uprising" - that became the beginning of the end for Thaksin ....
It would be a little out of line for me to suggest anything pertaining to the Umno/BN regime (in light of the events which have unfolded in Malaysia of late), and as such, I shall refrain from speculation.

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When you have police officers who abuse citizens,
you erode public confidence in law enforcement.
That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

-Mary Frances Berry
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Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan - I believe, Khalid has been a little "stressed out" for some time now (incidentally, since 911), and may need a "holiday".
Hope you do the right thing, Sir.

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"The toilets at a local police station have been stolen.
Police say they have nothing to go on."
-Ronnie Barker

RRA? Come on - Gimme a break!!

** The Govt never intended to introduce an RRA in the first place.
It was simply posturing for posterity and politicking.
It was an idea which would have hit a brick wall right from the start - as it runs against the great "discriminatory social contract spirit" of the Umno/BN regime, which practices "legalized extortion" and subtle forms of "dhimmitude".
For those who might've been hoodwinked into believing the apparent intentions of the Umno/BN regime (and are disappointed), I suggest that they wake up they sweet dreams,
and smell the "septic tank under the carpet" - the NEP legacy ......

We don't need and never did need the RRA
- what we need is an Anti-Discrimination Act!!

The following is an article by James Chin in Malaysian Insider - which states the obvious:-

Go on, insult your neighbour!

JAN 28 — Were you surprised that the Cabinet scrapped the proposed Race Relations Act (RRA)? According to Bernama, the minister said the idea was dropped because "we don't have to unite the various races through the enforcement of laws, on the contrary, the community should be educated not only at the adult stage but at a much younger age. This will be more effective".

He further added: "There is no element of force in our efforts to inculcate unity, the spirit of solidarity should be nurtured among the young people. There must be willingness in the feeling of love for others instead of using force."

Now I don't know about you but I'm guessing that the reason why the RRA was dropped is probably the same reason why Malaysia cannot ratify (or sign) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. This convention is one of the oldest UN conventions presented to the UN general assembly in 1966.

Under article two, it states:

1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognised in the present Covenant, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

2. Where not already provided for by existing legislative or other measures, each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to take the necessary steps, in accordance with its constitutional processes and with the provisions of the present Covenant, to adopt such laws or other measures as may be necessary to give effect to the rights recognised in the present Covenant.

3. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes:

(a) To ensure that any person whose rights or freedoms as herein recognised are violated shall have an effective remedy, notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity;

(b) To ensure that any person claiming such a remedy shall have his right thereto determined by competent judicial, administrative or legislative authorities, or by any other competent authority provided for by the legal system of the State, and to develop the possibilities of judicial remedy;

(c) To ensure that the competent authorities shall enforce such remedies when granted."

Now, in Malaysia, we have the infamous NEP and affirmative action policies plus other regulations which come into conflict with this international convention. Some of these policies may be judged to be racial discrimination. Malaysians do not enjoy the full political rights granted under this convention so that is the reason why the government cannot sign it.

Connected to this international convention is the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) another United Nations convention. The Convention commits its members to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of understanding among all races. The convention was adopted by in 1965, and entered into force on Jan 4, 1969. As of June 2, 2008, the Convention has been signed by 173 countries but not Malaysia.

The convention states that:

"Considering that the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 20 November 1963 (General Assembly resolution 1904 (XVIII)) solemnly affirms the necessity of speedily eliminating racial discrimination throughout the world in all its forms and manifestations and of securing understanding of and respect for the dignity of the human person,

Convinced that any doctrine of superiority based on racial differentiation is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous, and that there is no justification for racial discrimination, in theory or in practice, anywhere,

Reaffirming that discrimination between human beings on the grounds of race, colour or ethnic origin is an obstacle to friendly and peaceful relations among nations and is capable of disturbing peace and security among peoples and the harmony of persons living side by side even within one and the same State,

Convinced that the existence of racial barriers is repugnant to the ideals of any human society,

Alarmed by manifestations of racial discrimination still in evidence in some areas of the world and by governmental policies based on racial superiority or hatred, such as policies of apartheid, segregation or separation,

Resolved to adopt all necessary measures for speedily eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and manifestations, and to prevent and combat racist doctrines and practices in order to promote understanding between races and to build an international community free from all forms of racial segregation and racial discrimination"

Need I say more? Since we have not signed any of these convention it’s perfectly okay in Malaysia to insult your neighbour using their ethnic status. Hence there are plenty of racial jokes here that you can repeat; from calling other Malaysians "pendatang" to "Go back to India" to "Go back to China" to "when you see a snake and … who do you kill first?" Who cares about the Sedition Act since it is applied selectively.

It’s also okay to have laws and regulations that divide the population into two halves and you can have 1st class Malaysians, 2nd class Malaysians and so on. You can also divide the country according to the various religions and so on.

In fact you can discriminate in all areas of life and we Malaysians do it all the time. Discrimination is now part and parcel of Malaysian culture so much so that we even write jokes about it.

Thus, for those middle-class pretenders who are fighting for RRA to be adopted in Malaysia, I can only wish you good luck. If the government has no intention of signing international conventions on discrimination and social and political rights, I doubt it will accept RRA.

GONG XI FA CAI!!!!!

21 charged with illegal assembly - All Malaysians next?

images from http://beyond51.blogspot.com/

(The Star) A total of 21 people, including a Member of Parliament (MP), two state assemblymen and a Catholic priest, were charged in the Magistrates Court here with taking part in an illegal assembly and failing to disperse when ordered to do so.

Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, Selangor executive council member Ronnie Liu, Kampong Tunku state assemblyman Lau Weng San, Reverend Father Paulino Francesco Miranda of the Church of Divine Mercy and the rest all pleaded not guilty.

They were arrested on Nov 9 last year under Section 27 of the Police Act for allegedly taking part in an illegal assembly after several warnings to disperse were ignored.

The gathering was a candlelight vigil held at the Petaling Jaya City Council building here on Oct 9 last year to protest the Internal Security Act, among others.

It was organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections, also known as Bersih.

They face a maximum fine of RM10,000 or a jail term of not more than one year for each charge or both.

Magistrate Rozina Ayob allowed bail of RM1,500 each on one surety and fixed March 10 to mention the case for trial.

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Meanwhile, in another development, the PDRM has yet to allow/ refused/ disallowed a second Autopsy in the case of the death of Kuhan. Khalid had apparently said that the report of the autopsy said that death was due to "lung infection"!!

Hmm ... I wonder what organism is so intelligent & potent in a Police station to "selectively infect" only on those in custody - this must be a very special kind of MRSA which attacks so suddenly that it is impossible for those around him to provide medical care.
It probably attacks so suddenly after the person drinks water and causes some sort "breathing difficulty"... maybe it's the variety that throws boiling water on victims ...
My guess is the victim suffered from Acute Pulmonary Oedema/ Cardiac asthma due to "unknown" causes. (The reason I suspect this is given in the previous post - after all, this "infecting organism" must be too intelligent to "infect" the head/brain or the presentation would have been quite different....).

Khalid denied that police had anything to hide and argued there was no provision in the law for them to order the second post-mortem.
“Even if we allow the second post mortem, what if they (family) are still not satisfied, there will be no end to the matter.”

What "Hamid Albar" logic (as expected) from this "defender of children & protector of peace"!!!
Incidentally, it isn't for him to speculate on the eventuality, is it?
There have been numerous precedents wherein a second autopsy was done to ascertain the cause of death - Why then does he refuse?
This is probably a first, where request for autopsy is concerned, and anyone would smell a rat!!
The family should probably refrain from cremating the body until an independent Pathologist/Coroner conducts the Autopsy.
Fore more, click on the above link.

Below is the Video of the above case ....

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Police Brutality, Shootings and Deaths in Custody

Photos of the funeral procession yesterday

The Malaysian DJ Blogger is Married–January 23,2009

A Fellow Blogger got Married today - Din Merican, to Dr. Kamsiah.

To the newly Married couple - Congrats, & God Bless you!

MAS - Why Wasn't The Victim Given 1st/ Business Class B4 Take-off, & The Bigot Arrested on Touchdown?

(From MalaysiaKini) A Sample of MH - Malaysian Hospitality?? Horror flight MH161: Bigoted passenger was M'sian

John Low | Jan 22, 09 4:10pm

We refer to the letter MCPX Horror flight on board MH161. Malaysia Airlines regrets and views the matters raised by Mrs Radhika Iyer-O'Sullivan very seriously and we initiated an immediate investigation into the matter. The results of our investigations show that the passenger who was given a seat next to Mrs Iyer-O'Sullivan was not allowed into Karachi in view of insufficient travel documents on arrival. From an immigration standpoint, if a passenger fails to provide adequate documents, they can be turned away by the arrival country though airlines will still to treat the person as a passenger. As such, he was not assigned to a separate seating area. It is truly unfortunate that a Malaysian chose to behave in this manner, particularly on a flight filled with multi-ethnic passengers. In checking with our in-flight supervisor and crew, they themselves, too, were shocked by his behaviour. The in-flight supervisor made a judgment call to provide Mrs Iyer-O'Sullivan with an alternative seat, instead of one for that passenger, because they needed to remove her from that environment. This was aimed at ensuring that the crew could keep a closer eye on her, and to prevent any reoccurrence of the earlier incident. Throughout the flight, our cabin crew kept a close watch on both passengers. During the constant rounds, the cabin crew was glad to note that Mrs Iyer-O'Sullivan was resting and they assumed that the rest of the journey went well. On arrival, the male passenger was only allowed to leave the airplane after all the other passengers had disembarked. Our ground staff were on hand to meet him when the cabin crew handed over his travel documents. We truly regret the incident and have offered Mrs Iyer-O'Sullivan service recovery beyond the norm. We are currently in discussions with her to reach a mutually agreeable solution. The writer is manager, Customer Response, Malaysia Airlines. Note to You Mr. Manager:- You say you "provided service recovery beyond the norm"??? What kind of a Hare-brained answer is that??!! Shame on You, Mr. Manager from MAS!! If I were Mrs. Sullivan's family, I would sue the pants off you for willful negligence, emotional trauma and endangering the victim's life!! You better come clean on this MAS - shame on you!!

From Malaysia With Love .... First C4, now it's- "Water"!!!

Hear, Hear - News From Bolehland!!

Kugan a/l Ananthan dead in coustody:
Balai Polis Subang Jaya

DEATH IN CUSTODY

On Wednesday, 21 January 2009, the family of KUGAN A/L ANANTHAN lodged a police report at IPD Subang Jaya, (Section 8) with S.JAYATHAS Police Watch Malaysia, Lawyer N.Surendran, Kapar MP YB.Manikavasagam and Makkal SAKTHI.

S.JAYATHAS
COORDINATER
POLICE WATCH MALAYSIA

'Probe case of man who died in police custody'
Charles Ramendran (TheSun)
PETALING JAYA (Jan 22, 2009): Opposition MPs and other political leaders gathered outside the Subang Jaya district police headquarters yesterday calling for a thorough probe into the death of a 22-year-old car theft suspect in police custody on Tuesday.

About 100 people including the family members of the dead man Kugan Ananthan, Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam, Puchong MP Gobind Singh, Teluk Intan MP. M. Manoharan, Keadilan’s Selangor Youth leader Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainuddin, MIC Youth Leader T. Mohan and Police Watch and Human Rights committee head S. Jayathas arrived at the headquarters at 3.30pm to lodge a report. The supporters carried banners which bore the pictures of Kugan’s body taken at Serdang Hospital.

The photos showed bruises, swells, cuts and abrasions all over the body and froth oozing from the mouth and nose.

“It is the most brutal and horrific case of police brutality I have ever seen. It appears that not an inch of his body had been spared. I urge the federal police to immediately probe the death of this young man. His family is seeking justice and those responsible must face the law,” said lawyer N. Surenthiran, who is representing Kugan’s family.

Three police reports were lodged by the deceased’s family, Manikavasagam and Khairul calling for the incident to be probed.

Manikavasagam said there are two witnesses to the assault on Kugan who are willing to come forward to reveal what they saw.

“It was the first time he had ever been detained by police and he came out dead. We were never told where he was being held. We looked for him everywhere since his arrest on Jan 15 but the police only informed us on Tuesday that he had died,” said Kugan’s mother, N. Indra.

She said her son did not suffer from asthma as claimed by police.

Just a personal opinion on the above asthma assertion......
judging from the frothy discharge from the mouth,
bloody discharge from nose,
the assertion that he had breathing difficulties
and fluid in his lungs - my guess is,
the victim probably died of "Acute Pulmonary Oedema"/ "Cardiac Asthma".
So, "technically speaking, the Police authorities may have been correct in saying that he died of "asthma"
- though in this case, it was "Cardiac", and not the regular "Bronchial" asthma

One can only wonder what could have precipitated such a condition,
in a previously healthy 22 year old man ....

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Now, let's just compare the above with the report in TheStarOnline

Published: Thursday January 22, 2009 MYT 12:22:00 PM
Updated: Thursday January 22, 2009 MYT 12:48:24 PM
Dead detainee: Cops to question two deputy ministers PETALING JAYA: Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said police would record the statements of two deputy ministers in connection with the morgue incident in which the body of A. Kugan, who died in detention, was tampered with. .....

Kugan, who was detained on Jan 15 on suspicion of being involved in stealing luxury cars in Sungai Chua, Kajang, and was brought to the Taipan police station on Tuesday where he suddenly collapsed and died while being questioned.

He had asked for a glass of water and threw up after drinking, then collapsed. The policemen present immediately summoned a doctor from a nearby clinic to examine Kugan, who was pronounced dead minutes later.

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All I can say is, that the water in Subang Jaya is truly potent stuff!
I wonder who was the "Bomoh" who did the "baca-baca" before giving Kugan the water.....
..... maybe I'll ask my Bomoh about these "miraculous Subang Jaya water" things.

But then again, surely Khalid can do a better job than my bomoh, right?

Who wouldn't have confidence in "somebody's" words - after all, he's the one who "protects children" by providing them shelter from rain & shine (or was it by denying them that? Sorry- their statements get me a little mixed up at times). He Protects PJ residents & Malaysians at large, by getting peaceful citizens & priests arrested for taking part in peaceful gatherings, deemed illegal for not supporting a police state.
Anyway, Who wouldn't have faith in someone who denies photographic/movie evidence, right?

Did anyone notice the very strange silence of the BBC/ BN MPs? Interesting isn't it?
Is it becos death doesn't move BN MPs anymore - whether it is due to C4, National Service, "Water", Helicopters or whatever?
Some may even be brought conclude there is a "lager agenda" at work - that it is the intentional desire to create discontent & rebellion, so as bring about "agitation" and imposition of repression!!
But I'm sure BN wouldn't do such things, right?
There are there to defend the rakyat! Just ask Najib or Samy Velu - they'll tell you that with a straight face.
Nobody will dispute this, right?

PS
Psst Mr. Bomoh- there may be some people who should be given "Subang Jaya water"?
Then we don't need the noisy C4 anymore, maah ...