G team resources should be more transparent and explain to general public what the surplus is after the sale of OCA shares. MAIKA was set up as a vehicle to alleviate the economic achievements of Indian community. Even though MAIKA holding company was bought over and being liquidated, the Indian community is still angry and reeling over the mismanagement and abuses by MIC. Poor shareholders invested to support the attempt of MIC to set up an investment arm. Therefore as a liquidator G team resources must be transparent and sensitive to the feeling of disappointment of poor Indian shareholders and if there are any surplus that must be redistributed back to past shareholders.

The last AGM was held in June 2007. There was no AGM in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Not all shareholders sold their shares to G team resources. Some of the MAIKA shareholders refused to sell their shares. They are therefore minority shareholders now. Why no AGM was called.

It is public knowledge that MAIKA holdings affair had become an embarrassment and a political laibility to PM Datuk najib during the Hulu Selangor by election in April 2010. To absorb MIC and Samy Vellu from their wrong doings PM roped in Tan Sri Gnanalingan to buy the MAIKA shares at RM106 million and the 66000 shareholders were paid 80 cents per share. MAIKA had 74% stake in oriental Capital Assurance Bhd and some land left over from the Tumbok estate near Nilai plus a 60 million laon.

Samy Velu and his cohorts who cheated and mismanaged the holding company got away with frauds they committed. The BN government gave the criminals police protection and now the PM asking Indians to trust him. Even though Datuk Najib dissolved MAIKA holdings, Malaysian Indians will never forget the great injustice done to them by protecting the criminal and making him an ambassador for projects. It’s an insult to Malaysian Indians.

Senator S. Ramakrishnan

29/5/2012

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak meets   Myanmar President U Thein Sein  at the Union President’s Office today. — Bernama photo

Myanmar rolled out the red carpet for Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who arrived in Naypyitaw Wednesday on his maiden official visit to the country.

Malaysia, Myanmar committed to enhancing ties (Star)

Malaysian and Myanmar leaders have agreed to foster greater political linkages and cooperation in strategic fields and elevate the levels of trade and investment to enhance bilateral relations. This was  outlined in a joint statement at the end of a meeting between visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Myanmar President U Thein Sein at the Union President’s Office at Naypyitaw on Wednesday.

NAYPYITAW (Myanmar): Malaysia and Myanmar leaders have agreed to foster  greater political linkages and cooperation in strategic fields and elevate the  levels of trade and investment to enhance bilateral relations.

Prime minister came out with 1Malaysia campaign and gave them hope. After 3 years, Indians have realized that it’s an empty slogan of prime minister to deceive non Malays into voting for BN. Unfortunately a section of poor Indians who have very low financial stamina are vulnerable to vote buying. BN will always want Malaysian Indians to be poor so that they can buy their votes. MIC supported NEP abuses, UMNO robbing and plundering the wealth of this country. MIC supported the UMNO racist agendas like robbing of places in local universities, UMNO appointing racist in high places in government decision making bodies, Mahathir curtailing judicial independence and UMNO privatizing and robbing the money making government agencies. MIC has lost all moral right to represent the Indians.

Malaysian Indians have come a long way since 2008. They too have learnt like Kelantan voters. They will accept all goodies but not necessarily vote for BN. They have been deprived for many years what is rightfully theirs. So what’s wrong in accepting whatever given? In fact they should ask for more. But, whether they will vote for BN is a question mark. Voting is to determine the future government that will govern this country with fair and equal opportunities to all. The thinking among Indians now is for a change. Give opposition one or two terms. If they can’t govern, vote back for the other party. They are for two party systems. 55 years of marginalization and mismanagement of this country is enough. They want a political system that will safeguard their children and grandchildren. They regret for faithfully trusting MIC which ditch them and still trying to hoodwink that the Indians future is in UMNO’s hand. Many MIC leaders vote against BN rule too. It’s only those in position keep loyal to UMNO and continues to believe in BN lies for selfish resasons. For MIC leaders, what matters most is not fairness or equality but pleasing and keeping UMNO in good humor so that they will get favors and positions.

Prime minister wants Indians to trust (nambikai) him. But he keeps those who betrayed that trust close to him and appoint them in high post. MIC leaders who plundered MAIKA holdings are still in high places and not in prison.  Corruption in police force will never allow Indians to come out of crime and gangs. MIC operates like an NGO organizing Ponggal and Deepavali functions and 1Malaysia dinner for Indians. So Mr. Palanivel, stop deceiving the poor Indians and support the new aspiration for 2 party systems of Malaysian Indians. Datuk keneth Eswaran who wants to create 50000 Indian entrepreneurs may show his great effort to secure Indian votes to Prime minister and his wife to get new business projects for himself. This is the type of BN Indian leaders they have. Indians are in the mood to change. It’s the only way forward.

Senator S. Ramakrishnan

8/3/2012

Well it’s clear that UMNO politicians are making a big public relations exercise out of this public apology. This makes the apology not genuine. After 2008 and especially after the appointment of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, the actions and words of UMNO do not show any semblance of change for the better. The Prime Minister looks lonely in his attempt to change. Can he reform UMNO from its entrenched racism, nepotism and corruption? UMNO’s reaction to the 2008 election losses was that the public have made grave mistakes in supporting Pakatan Rakyat and that UMNO will hold on to power by any means. They were desperate and their inherent character of racial intolerance, corruption and nepotism rearing their ugly heads. Change must come from the collective leadership and not just the top leader to be meaningful and effective.

The transformation programs of prime minister launched with high hopes have not yielded the desired outcome. The civil service is still inefficient and unable to improve the delivery mechanism. The UMNO backed bureaucrats are not zealous over the various transformational programs initiated by PEMANDU. Hundreds of millions spent with little to show as achievements. MACC, police and AG office have not brought any charges against the alleged wrongdoers of NFC fiasco. Wanita UMNO leader is still strong after the NFC exposure. There is no open tender yet in the award of government contracts. Billions of tax payer’s money is still siphoned out from government coffers. UMNO cronies like Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary still secure the bulk of government privatization projects with no transparency and accountability. Racial marginalization is as rampant as before 2008. So what is the use of apology without any improvement in the implementation, checks and balance in civil service?

Malaysians will trust the Prime Minister if projects like Lynas in gebeng and 1Care health scheme are scrapped and find a lasting solution to the stagnated salaries, brain drain and reduce the cost of living. Stop the rot in the palace of justice where justice is denied if not compromised. The list can go on and on. Malaysian Indians should not be pleased with such superficial apology that does not mean anything. No government has marginalized their citizens the way UMNO has marginalized the Indians. UMNO has put all blocks on progress of Indian community. The Prime minister’s apology means nothing to Malaysian Indians. There is no policy change to include Indians and other non Malays in the government employment and business opportunities. With all the sacrifice sweat and blood of our parents towards this country, this ungrateful UMNO government did not value them. Change is the only way forward.

Senator S. Ramakrishnan
5/3/2012

Namun sebaik saja Mufti Perak tersebut menjelaskan bahawa kenyataannya diputar belit pihak tertentu, dan tidak menyalahi hukum syarak serta berkata sebagai seorang pemimpin tidak salah untuk Perdana Menteri bersama-sama dengan bangsa lain dalam perkara yang berkaitan dengan adat, pihak yang umpama merayakan upacara Thaipusam berpunca daripada kenyataan Mufti Perak ini terus berdiam diri umpama batu yang disumpah Sang Gedembai.

Inilah natijah daripada keputusan dan tindak tanduk yang diasaskan daripada emosi yang dicanai daripada virus ketaksuban yang ekstrim ditambah dengan kejahilan duniawi dan maknawi. Sebaliknya erti kejahilan itu dilontar kepada pihak lain yang tidak sealiran dengan mereka ataupun kabilah yang mereka kuasai. Tidak jahil apabila berada di langit yang sama dengan mereka serta memuntahkan najis yang sama seperti mereka. Alim bagi mereka hanya berpusat kepada setinggi mana usaha eksploitasi dan manipulasi ayat-ayat suci Al-Quran demi kerakusan kuasa dan tamak haloba yang tidak berpenghujung. Selainnya adalah jahil tahap pembeli tiket ke neraka dan mereka pula sudah menempah tiket percuma khas untuk mendiami syurga tingkat tertinggi. Astaghfirullah dan mengejutkan sikap dan pendekatan golongan yang hanya istiqamah melabel orang lain sebagai kafir dan jahil dalam ertikata kelompok mereka dengan ditambah intonasi yang amat busuk.

Ya Allah, jauhilah penyakit yang membusuk dan membarah dalam masyarakat sehingga kemerdekaan fikiran, jiwa dan jasad yang dilahirkan merdeka menjadi hamba kepada syaitan yang dicipta tangan-tangan mereka sendiri..

Wallahualam

HNBK

COMMENT The 13th general election will be a battle of wits. Every national leader has his own ways and means to succeed in the arena of politics and power.

The main criteria in the assessment of a national leader’s performance is his ability to move the nation forward in the face of challenges or hold it together when great adversities befall the nation.

Ex-premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, though his government bore the hallmark of an undemocratic system intertwined with authoritarian rule and survived by the art of false leadership (deception), had managed to bring the nation to a greater height.

His successor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi did not adopt the Mahathir doctrine and nor did he adopt good Islamic and universal values in his administration.

As such he did little in advancing the country and hence he is regarded by many as a failed leader.

Whereas Najib since taking over the premiership in 2009 has adopted a political system similar to that of Mahathir but intertwined with the art of psychological warfare to enable him to hold on to power and ward off opponents within Umno and the opposition

Todate his performance is similar to Abdullah, wherein he is yet to show any ability to improve the economic and national fundamentals.

But herein lies the difference.

Najib has a special wit and knowledge of psychological warfare. He is using it to win the hearts and minds of the people and to beat his political adversaries.

Najib’s strategy

In the presentation of the 2012 national budget, he unveiled both the budget and his veiled strategy which went unnoticed though the opposition had some misgivings about it.

That strategy came out in the open in the not guilty verdict handed out by the High Court judge on Jan 9, 2012.

After the 2008 general election, Najib who was the then deputy prime minister had already laid a witty plan to neutralise the opposition.

He needed to trap Anwar early, meaning by the time he became premier, Anwar will be half way stuck in a long court battle to the advantage of Najib.

Unlike Mahathir’s ploy in the Anwar Sodomy 1 trial where the former wanted to get Anwar convicted for good, Najib just wanted to buy time.

In the Anwar Sodomy II trial , the verdict showed that Najib did not want to convict Anwar outright but to go for a bigger kill later.

Najib’s plan was to first initiate a charge that would initially jeorpardise Anwar’s and Pakatan’s credibility in terms of leadership and ability to provide an alternative government respectively.

Whilst Anwar and Pakatan are busy with this, Najib focuses on Umno. He knows Umno has been struggling with the leadership and credibility troubles especially after 2008 and needs time to recover.

The verdict that Anwar was not guilty of the Sodomy II charge caught many by surprise. Many views have been put forth, as to who is the winner, loser in this case.

Najib, has the upperhand

Unbelieving, as it may be, such a straight forward court verdict could have many implications

Among them are:

i) The two year long trial has worn Anwar down mentally and physically. Consequently the Pakatan being dependent on Anwar as the supremo of the opposition coalition and provider of their sole leadership is in a weakened state.

ii) The not guilty verdict will have three psychological effects – Firstly that the judiciary under Najib is proven independent and fair.

Secondly on May 16, 2011, the High Court judge ruled that the victim Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan was a credible witness. But when he changed his mind and acquitted and discharged Anwar on Jan 9.

With this decision, the judge left in people’s mind the impression that he was biased and unjust to the victim Saiful Bukhari.

Thirdly should Anwar be found guilty, then it is confirmed that the judiciary under the Najib government is not independent and fair and this will definitely swing the people’s support away to the Pakatan in the 13th GE.

iii) In the first round of Anwar Sodomy II trial, Najib allowed Anwar to win in law but the former has scored a victory in the psychological warfare to win the hearts and minds of the people.

Should the prosecution file an appeal, it would appear they are seeking justice for the victim and not to get at Anwar. It is Saiful who wants justice.

There is a strong possibility the prosecution may file an appeal. The probability that the verdict could be overturned will definitely break Anwar and the opposition.

The victory would legally and psychologically go to Najib .

No polls yet

Najib will be ready to dissolve the Parliament, only when he has won this battle.

Hence I believe the general election will be put on hold. The 2012 budget as many people know is an election budget .

However what constitutes a decisive strategy is that the many goodies promised such as the salary increase and bonus to about 1.3 million civil servants and all kinds of financial assistance given to the poor families, university students, parents of primary and secondary pupils, ex-servicemen, taxi owners, Felda settlers and others will greatly influence the voting trend in the 13th GE in favour of the BN.

If you include the spouses and adult family members of these people, the benefits would cover a very large segment of the country’s voters.

These direct financial assistance by the Najib government will have a big influencial impact on the people’s minds.

The flooding of goodies is a psychological edge for Najib and a pleasant confusion for voters.

Such a political ploy will work for BN in the run up to the 13th GE.

Other moves to consolidate Najib’s power:

i) The conviction and one year jail term of former Selangor menteri besar Khir Toyo shows the Najib government is serious about eradicating corruption among politicians.

ii) The move to get as many local artistes to join Umno is in fact to get the support of thousands of their fans throughout the country to vote for BN.

Can Anwar handle Najib?

Anwar is no expert in psychological warfare though as a political fighter he can endure the kind of mental and physical pressures and risks set upon by his enemies which is quite an exceptional feat.

Anwar however is an expert in the strategy of politics of exposure.

Najib knows Umno has left many economic and political ills in its’ trails which Anwar has picked up and exposed to the full.

Such strategy has a very big political impact as proven in the 2008 GE.

Just after the verdict was announced on Jan 9, 2012 , Anwar boastfully said that he would topple the corrupt government of Najib.

Do you think Najib, the sly politician, will allow Anwar to do what is unthinkable to Umno?

Anwar should have reserved his statement.There are still many unfinished businesses in the run-up to the 13th GE.

We are yet to see the kind of undemocratic feats Najib will unleash should Umno’s defeat appear imminent.

Hearing the verdict on Jan 9, 2012, I now believe Najib is capable of committing the unexpected and is moving away from conventional strategies of political war.

Awang Abdillah is a political analyst, writer and FMT columnist.

http://mocsarawak.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/is-anwar-ready-for-najibs-psychological-war/

KUALA LUMPUR 15 Okt – Bajet 2011 yang dibentangkan Perdana Menteri di Dewan Rakyat di sini hari ini turut menawarkan pelbagai imbuhan untuk penjawat awam, termasuk Bantuan Khas Kewangan sebanyak RM500 dan pemansuhan sistem Penilaian Tahap Kecekapan (PTK).

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata ia sebagai menghargai sumbangan 1.2 juta penjawat awam seluruh negara yang memberi komitmen penuh dalam menjayakan inisiatif kerajaan, serta dengan harapan dan pesanan supaya penjawat awam terus berusaha.

Beliau berkata bantuan khas kewangan tersebut diberikan bagi meringankan beban penjawat awam untuk menampung perbelanjaan persiapan sekolah, dengan pembayaran akan dibuat pada Disember ini.

“Bantuan kewangan ini akan diberi kepada penjawat awam Gred 54 dan ke bawah, termasuk pegawai kontrak dan pesara kerajaan,” katanya.

Najib berkata satu sistem penilaian yang lebih sesuai dan diterima baik oleh penjawat awam akan menggantikan sistem PTK yang akan dimansuhkan menjelang Jun tahun depan.

Beliau berkata langkah itu diambil selaras dengan usaha berterusan kerajaan dalam menyediakan kerangka penilaian yang lebih bertanggungjawab, relevan dan menyeluruh, selain mengambil kira maklum balas penjawat awam.

Najib berkata kerajaan juga akan menaikkan kadar Bantuan Mengurus Jenazah kepada RM3,000 berbanding RM1,000 pada masa ini, termasuk dipanjangkan kepada pesara kerajaan selaras dengan kenaikan kos pengurusan jenazah sekarang.

Beliau berkata perkhidmatan Pegawai Khidmat Singkat yang akan tamat perkhidmatan pada 31 Dis ini juga akan disambung untuk tempoh setahun lagi, manakala kementerian dan agensi tidak dibenarkan untuk menambah bilangan Pegawai Khidmat Singkat baru.

Bagi memudahkan penjawat awam memiliki rumah serta memperbaiki syarat-syarat
membuat pinjaman perumahan, Najib berkata kerajaan akan menaikkan had kelayakan
maksimum pinjaman perumahan kepada RM450,000 berbanding RM360,000 pada masa
ini, berkuatkuasa 1 Jan 2011.

Beliau berkata kerajaan juga akan membenarkan pembelian hartanah daripada ibu, bapa, anak dan adik-beradik, selain menggandakan kadar pinjaman untuk kerja-kerja tambahan rumah kos rendah kepada RM20,000 berbanding RM10,000 pada masa ini bagi Kumpulan Sokongan Dua.

“Kesemua langkah penambahbaikan pinjaman perumahan ini akan berkuatkuasa mulai 1 Januari 2011,” katanya.

Sementara itu, dalam usaha mempermudah urusan sektor swasta dengan agensi kerajaan, Najib berkata inisiatif MyCoID Gateway, yang menggunakan nombor rujukan tunggal Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia bagi menjalankan urusan akan diperluaskan ke agensi dan kementerian lain.

Beliau berkata kerajaan juga akan memperkenalkan sistem pemarkahan untuk memudahkan permohonan taraf penduduk tetap (PR), yang kini boleh dilakukan selepas lima tahun bermastautin berbanding 10 tahun sebelum ini.

Dengan sistem tersebut, permohonan PR akan lebih telus, pantas dan objektif berdasarkan kriteria yang jelas.

Bagi mempercepatkan proses pendaftaran hartanah pula, Akta Setem 1949 telah dipinda untuk membolehkan penilaian hartanah oleh Jabatan Penilaian dan Perkhidmatan Harta dilakukan selepas duti setem dibayar di Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri, dengan masa pendaftaran satu hari sahaja berbanding 30 hari sebelum ini.

http://umno-online.com/?p=22748

http://www.loyarburok.com/2011/08/22/tin-kosong-pm/

Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang mengecam Datuk Rais Yatim kerana habiskan RM100 juta, atau separuh bajet tahunan untuk projek kreatif untuk sambutan Hari Seniman 2011 yang…

Hari Seniman 2011 yang disifatkan oleh penggiat seni tempatan sebagai “projek mee segera”.

Lim berkata, secebis daripada jumlah itu, atau RM2 juta, boleh digunakan untuk membiayai festival warisan George Town selama sebulan di Pulau Pinang yang diiktiraf di peringkat antarabangsa.

“Menteri Penerangan, Kebudayaan dan Komunikasi, Datuk Rais Yatim (kanan) mesti menjelaskan rasional pembaziran RM100 juta untuk Hari Seniman 2011 pada 29 Mei yang mendapat sambutan hambar penggiat seni.

“DAP dikejutkan oleh suatu laporan Bernama bahawa RM100 juta diperuntukkan untuk acara yang telah dikritik oleh penggiat seni itu,” kata Lim dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.

Menurut Bernama, pada tahun lepas, kerajaan membantu industri seni maju selangkah lagi dengan memperuntukkan RM200 juta sewaktu pembentangan Bajet 2011 oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Dalam pembentangan tersebut, Najib menerangkan bahawa peruntukan tersebut adalah untuk perolehan hasil kreatif seperti filem, drama dan dokumentari keluaran tempatan yang berkualiti tinggi.

Lim mempersoalkan sama ada laporan Bernama itu tepat dalam memetik jumlah sebesar itu yang dibelanjakan untuk acara berkenaan.

“DAP mengesyaki laporan Bernama itu palsu dan Rais harus menjelaskan jumlah sebenar yang dibelanjakan.

“Adalah sukar untuk mempercayai kerajaan boleh memperuntukkan RM100 juta untuk Hari seniman 2011 apabila 27 juta rakyat biasa Malaysia menanggung kenaikan harga kerana potongan subsidi kerajaan BN,” katanya.- Malaysiakini

Kenyataan Akhbar oleh Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang

Jika Datuk Seri Rais Yatim Ingin Mempromosikan Seni Kemudian Ia Perlu Tidak Menghabiskan RM100 Juta Tapi Hanya RM2 Juta On The Heritage Festival George Town Bulan-Long Dengan Malaysia Dan Pelaku Antarabangsa.

Maklumat, Komunikasi dan Menteri Kebudayaan Datuk Seri Rais Yatim perlu menjelaskan alasan membuang-buang RM100 juta untuk 2011 Artistes Day pada tarikh 29 Mei yang mendapat respon yang hangat dari aktivis seni. DAP terkejut dengan laporan Bernama bahawa RM100 juta diperuntukkan untuk acara yang dikritik oleh aktivis seni.

Menteri Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim harus menerangkan rasionalnya pembaziran wang sebanyak RM100 juta untuk sambutan Hari Seniman pada 29 Mei yang telah menerima maklum balas yang hangat di kalangan penggiat seni. DAP begitu terkejut dengan laporan Bernama bahawa RM100 juta telah diperuntukkan untuk acara tersebut sehingga menimbulkan kritikan daripada para penggiat seni.

DAP menyangkakan bahawa laporan Bernama tersebut adalah tidak benar dan harap Datuk Seri Rais boleh menjelaskan jumlah sebenar yang telah dibelanjakan. Sukar untuk mempercayai bahawa kerajaan begitu cuai ketika memberikan peruntukan RM100 juta untuk sambutan Hari Seniman 2011 ketika 27 juta rakyat Malaysia biasa menderita dengan kenaikan harga barang disebabkan oleh pemotongan subsidi oleh BN.

Tahun lepas ketika pembentangan Belanjawan 2011, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mengumumkan peruntukan sebanyak RM200 juta untuk pembelian produk kreatif seperti drama, filem dan dokumentari yang bermutu tinggi.

Sekiranya Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim ikhlas untuk mempromosikan kesenian, beliau hanya perlu memperuntukan RM2 juta, bukan untuk acara satu hari seperti Hari Seniman tetapi sambutan Festival George Town selama satu bulan bermula bulan Julai yang melibatkan seniman tempatan dan antarabangsa. Festival George Town ini diadakan sempena pemilihan sebagai Tapak Warisan Dunia UNESCO pada 7 Julai 2008 yang lalu.

Pengarah festival, Joe Sidek telah membawa Festival George Town heritage menjadi sebagai salah satu festival antarabangsa yang akan menyaksikan bukan hanya persembahan kebudayaan di Malaysia tetapi juga di kalangan bakat asing yang terbaik. Di harap Datuk Seri Dr Rais membenarkan kecintaan beliau terhadap kesenian dan kebudayaan mengatasi fahaman politik dan sekaligus mempromosikan festival ini.

“Ini tak menyebabkan saya tak tidur jendera (lena) waktu malam kerana dia (Anwar) buat sebutan sebegitu sebab saya yakin rakyat boleh menilai perbuatan yang dilakukan oleh pemimpin sepertinya,” katanya.

Najib menyifatkan Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) itu sebagai sudah terjebak mengamalkan politik tidak beretika dan yakin rakyat boleh menilai sikap sebenar Anwar.

Tegas beliau lagi, perbezaan pendapat boleh diterima di dalam politik tetapi seharusnya tertumpu kepada soal dasar dan isu-isu berkaitan kepentingan rakyat dan bukannya dengan menyerang peribadi orang lain.

“Tetapi untuk serang peribadi orang lain, itu sudah terjebak dalam kancah politik yang tidak beretika. Saya percaya rakyat sendiri boleh menilai mana-mana orang politik berbuat sedemikian. Saya tak perlu membuat ulasan lebih lanjut daripada itu,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan Majlis Konsultasi Belanjawan 2012 di Kementerian Kewangan di sini, Selasa.

Perdana Menteri memberikan reaksi demikian ketika diminta mengulas tindakan Anwar yang menyerang beliau dengan gelaran tidak sepatutnya.

Anwar dalam ceramah dengan masyarakat India di Dewan Hamzah, Klang, Selangor Sabtu lalu didakwa menggunakan perkataan kesat dalam bahasa Tamil ke atas Perdana Menteri iaitu pandi kutty yang bermaksud anak babi dalam bahasa Melayu.

Perbuatan Anwar itu mendapat kecaman pelbagai pihak dengan menyifatkannya sebagai sudah panik kerana rakyat semakin bijak menilai peribadinya dan semakin menolak kepimpinan beliau yang jelas tidak mempunyai prinsip dan hala tuju.

Ketika diminta mengulas dakwaan pihak tertentu kononnya penubuhan Briged Setia Negara oleh Pertubuhan Peribumi Perkasa (Perkasa) sebagai cubaan melatih kumpulan militan di negara ini, Najib berkata keharmonian dan keamanan dalam negara harus diutamakan.

“Apa-apa pun kita jangan keruhkan suasana. Saya tidak kata ia baik atau tak baik yang penting sekarang ini kita mesti jaga keharmonian dan keamanan dalam negara kita.”

“Kita telah mengalami keadaan di Malaysia yang begitu tenteram dan aman sekian lama. Kita tidak boleh melakukan apa saja yang boleh mengancam keamanan, keharmonian dan kestabilan negara.”

Kerajaan, tegasnya, tidak akan berdiam diri sekiranya ada pihak yang cuba menggugat keamanan, keharmonian dan keselamatan negara.

– BERNAMA

Suasana ceria sewaktu Fara, Faizal dan Kieran menemubual Najib di studio Hot FM di Sri Pentas, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Jumaat.

Tiga deejay radio Hot FM iaitu Fara Fauzana, Faizal Ismail dan Kieran berkongsi perasaan teruja apabila berpeluang menemu bual Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak secara langsung di studio radio itu di Sri Pentas, Bandar Utama, di sini, pagi Jumaat.

Najib hadir memenuhi slot AM Krew selama sejam yang dikendalikan tiga deejay berkenaan bermula pukul 7.30 pagi.

Pelbagai soalan telah dijawab oleh Najib termasuklah keistimewaan angka 11 dalam dirinya yang mempunyai kaitan dengan tarikh lahir bapa dan anak sulungnya, pelantikan beliau sebagai Menteri Besar Pahang yang ke-11 serta beberapa perkara lain.

Najib menjawab soalan deejay dan pendengar dengan baik.

Ketiga-tiga penyampai itu turut memutarkan lagu kegemaran Najib iaitu Kancing Suasa nyanyian R. Azmi dan Nobody nyanyian Wonder Girls.

Hasrat untuk menemu bual Najib itu tercetus apabila Fara Fauzana meluahkan keinginannya secara spontan menerusi laman Twitter milik Najib pada 27 April lalu dengan berbunyi: “DS Najib Razak, can you come to Hot FM please…”

Berdasarkan kepada kiriman pesanan itu, pihak Hot FM menerima maklum balas positif apabila Najib bersetuju untuk menjayakan rancangan berkenaan.

Menurut Farra, walaupun pada mulanya dia agak gementar, tetapi dia amat berpuas hati dapat bersemuka dengan Perdana Menteri.

Aksi Najib dan Faizal sewaktu bermain dam aji.

“Sebelum ini, saya pernah menemu bual bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi kira-kira dua tahun lalu menerusi telefon ketika bersiaran untuk Hot FM.

“Sepanjang bekerja sebagai deejay, saya rasa peluang menemu bual Datuk Seri Najib merupakan pengalaman paling bermakna kerana dapat bertentang mata dan saya lihat beliau merupakan seorang Perdana Menteri yang mesra pendengar, kelakar dan tenang.

“Bagaimanapun, masa sejam yang diperuntukkan tidak mencukupi kerana banyak lagi soalan yang diberikan oleh pendengar tidak sempat ditanya kepada beliau. Saya juga cukup bangga dengan beliau yang tiba di studio seawal pukul 7.15 pagi sebelum ke udara,” katanya

Fara berkata, sikap menepati masa yang dipamerkan oleh Najib itu sepatutnya dicontohi oleh kebanyakan artis Malaysia yang biasanya tiba lewat daripada masa yang sepatutnya apabila ditemu bual di Hot FM pada waktu pagi.

Fara bersalaman dengan Najib sambil diperhatikan Faizal dan Kieran.

Sementara itu, Faizal akui pengalaman bermain dam aji dengan Najib menjadi kenangan paling manis yang akan diingatinya lebih-lebih lagi berjaya memenangi permainan tersebut.

“Saya memang suka main dam aji tetapi saya rasa jika diberikan masa yang lama mungkin beliau boleh memenangi permainan itu.

“Apabila melihat kesudian beliau untuk bermain sukan rakyat ini, saya menganggap beliau merupakan seorang pemimpin yang berjiwa rakyat,” kata Faizal yang masih bercuti sejak dua minggu lalu.

Dalam pada itu, Kieran yang seakan tidak percaya telah berjaya menemu bual Najib meluahkan perasaan terharunya.

“Siapa sangka, dulu saya, Fara dan Faizal hanya merupakan budak jalanan yang menampal banting tetapi sekarang kami dapat duduk bersama-sama menemu bual pemimpin negara.

“Saya juga rasa bertuah kerana ikutkan saya tidak mungkin mendapat peluang ini kerana mengendalikan slot pada waktu petang tetapi semuanya berubah apabila saya perlu menggantikan AG yang sedang bercuti,” ujar Kieran.

Program tersebut turut disiarkan secara langsung menerusi saluran 8TV dan TV9.

Koh and Yakob will destroy Lim Guan Eng!

Don’t be surprised if GERAKAN gets sidelined for the next general election in favor of UMNO…

Must change this PICTURE ha hahah ha

Once he gets your votes, you will become si pendatang,si pelajur, ‘si mata sepet’ & ‘si botol’ again…remember this!

Remember BN won under Badawi in 2004? After winning, most essential goods went up. All of us suffered in the process and still suffering today. Why S’pore can buy a decent mixed rice for S2.50 and Malaysia will cost RM4.00. The people are paid almost the same salary but in different currency only. If a S’porean worker is paid S$800/month, a M’sian worker will also be paid RM800/month. But look at the money value!!! A S’porean worker is able to save more by buying cheaper food & goods. K

Dear fellow Malaysians – Malays, Chinese, Indians, Sabahan, Sarawakians, ………. BN/UMNO has been around FAR TOO LONG – 1/2 A CENTURY. Our so-called “VOICES IN PARLIAMENT” has become muted and dumb ! They have betrayed us ….
Do you still want them around to continue plundering the country and be like ” A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP ?” They will destroy EVERYTHING (those not destroyed yet) .
I WOULD RATHER VOTE FOR PR AND TAKE MY CHANCES WITH THEM, THAN TO VOTE FOR BN , WHO I KNOW WILL ROB ME !..AND DESTROY THE MALAYSIA THAT I KNOW AND LOVED.

Richard Loh

I cried when reading Najib’s speech delivered by his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at the 2nd World Chinese Economic Forum. I cried not because of happiness nor recognition but the insincere and hypocritical treatment of the Malaysian Chinese by the PM.

They can keep on bashing the Malaysian Chinese of being ungrateful, pendatang, prostitutes, si-sepet and claiming that they do not need the Malaysian Chinese votes to stay in power. No one can questions their imaginary ketuanan and special rights. The PM and also their president was very brave with his threat while giving his umno speech.

Now in sick bed and facing the real threat of losing the 13th GE without the Malaysian Chinese supports, the PM takes the opportunity of the 2nd World Chinese Economic Forum to beg for the Malaysian Chinese votes. He has no choice but to recognise that Malaysia will not be what it is today without the Malaysian Chinese support.

Now we want to see what Umno, Perkasa and Mahathir have to say about this speech by Najib.

“Malaysia would not be what it is today without the industry, expertise and dedication of the Malaysian Chinese community,”

“Likewise, there will be a bleak future for Malaysia without the Chinese community’s support. We would clearly fall short of reaching the goals to become a developed nation by 2020.”

He added that the community formed the backbone of the Malaysian economy through its small and medium enterprises.

This speech can prove only one thing, that Malaysian Chinese can survive without any government’s handout and do not have the time to quarrel or argue about the ketuanan melayu and their special rights, 54 years have shown that.

Speeches are just speeches and they are meaningless without action. We have heard many nice and juicy speeches by the PM regarding Malaysian Chinese and to date what actions have been taken. The racist school principals and the PM’s senior aide are not punished for the crimes they committed.

By allowing Umno, Perkasa, Mahathir and Utusan to spin and twist everything in sight into racial and religious issues prove that the PM is in Somniloquy Mode.

As a Malaysian Chinese, I am calling all others not to be sucked in by the PM’s nice speeches. He is good to you now because he wants your votes. Once he gets your votes, you will become pendatang again, you are ungrateful and if you do not like it you can go back to China. We are not beaten twice shy but many times over.

The only way to ensure that we remain recognised as a true Malaysian with equal rights and opportunities is to let Umno-BN sit as opposition for at least two terms come the 13th GE. Only then will Umno-BN learn to behave and appreciate each and every Malaysian. – http://ousel.blogspot.com/2010/11/pm-umno-bn-come-begging-for-chinese.html

“We don’t need Chinese and Indian to win the election” Johari Ghani, MD of C.I Holdings Bhd (Pemanis), UMNO Titiwangsa
“The ‘si mata sepet’ that has never gone to a mosque or surau only has one vote. The ‘si botol’ that only knows how to go up to Batu Caves up and down only has one vote,” said Hamim (of BTN).

Wake up ‘si mata sepet’ & ‘si botol’, voting Barisan Najis is like agreeing that you are a ‘si mata sepet’ or ‘si botol’. Don’t be stupid to vote BN…your vote is not needed. Lets use the ONE vote to kick the racists out….are you awake?

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will not resort to Internet censorship but use it to engage the public, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

Najib Tun Razak, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.

“Malaysians are mature and rational and they know if certain quarters are only out to exploit a situation,” the Prime Minister said when commenting on the situation in Egypt where the Internet was blocked at the height of anti-government demonstrations.

“Our society is more educated and technology savvy and it would be a challenge to manage the new political environment (in Malaysia) but ICT tools can be used to engage the public,” he said adding that he was also part of the Facebook and Twitter community.

“Furthermore, the situation in Egypt and Malaysia is different,” he said noting that at the time of the demonstrations in Egypt the Tenang by-election was being held in Johor.

Najib said Malaysia looked forward to forging good ties with the new leadership in Egypt, following the ouster of long serving president Hosni Mubarak.

“Malaysia will maintain a good rapport with Egypt although there is now a regime change,” he said after chairing a meeting with Umno division leaders.

He hoped for a smooth transition of power in Egypt without any violence and tension and that the new government can satisfy public aspirations.

“We are confident the people of Egypt can determine their destination and future.

“We hope the situation is managed well and the people get the change they want,” he told reporters in response to Mubarak’s resignation early Friday.

Mubarak, 82, stepped down after helming his nation for 30 years, following 18 days of mass protests against his rule. He has named a military council to run the country’s affairs.

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Jangan ada yang kacau daun!
Debat politik secara terbuka bukanlah sesuatu yang baru. Dua ribu tahun yang lalu masyarakat Athens telah pun menjadikan perdebatan secara terbuka ini bagi memberi pilihan terbaik untuk rakyat mereka. Di Amerika dan England berpuluh-puluh tahun lalu ia telah menjadi amalan menyemarakkan sistem demokrasi anutan mereka.
Dalam isu debat antara Anwar – Najib, jika kita banci pendapat rakyat sudah tentu majoriti akan minta agar ia diadakan. Ini selaras dengan slogan yang sering dilaung-laungkan kerajaan “Rakyat didahulukan, pencapaian diutamakan” Kita tidak nampak sebarang sebab untuk Najib berdolak dalih mengenai cabaran ini. Tidak ada sebab juga mengapa Najib perlu takut untuk berdepan dengan Anwar! Hadiahkanlah sebuah kesempatan paling berharga buat rakyat, menyaksikan detik bersejarah ini. Benar-benar rakyat ingin menyaksikannya. Biarlah ia menjadi satu perkembangan baru ke arah pembangunan politik yang lebih sihat di negara ini.
Apabila Najib berdolak dalih untuk mengelak, rakyat sudah dapat membaca bahawa Najib yang selalunya gemar berseloka, tidak sanggup berdepan dengan Anwar. Kemunculan KJ dan Nazri Aziz pula dilihat sebagai langkah untuk menyelamatkan air muka boss mereka sekaligus juga membodek. Dalam UMNO tidak pernah ada budaya debat. Yang ada adalah budaya angguk dan bodek. Bila boss buat sedikit lawak, walaupun tidak lucu satu dewan ketawa berdekah-dekah. Jika ada idea baru dari muka baru cepat-cepat dicantas. Sebarang komen dilihat sebagai kritikan. Setiap kritikan adalah ancaman. Dalam mesyuarat UMNO, bukan sahaja tidak ada perbahasan malah yang ada drama “cadang.. sokong.. dan cadangan ditutup” 15 minit mesyuarat selesai.

Pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO berfikir bahawa semakin bodoh ahli-ahli UMNO maka semakin mudah mereka dapat mengendalinya “macam kerbau…” Sebab itu media-media arus perdana tidak bekerja membangunkan fikiran sebaliknya memperbodohkan rakyat. Lagi bodoh lagi bagus. Lagi bodoh lagi senang suap. Lagi bodoh lagi senang kelentong.
Rancangan 100 hari yang dicadangkan Anwar kali ini benar-benar suatu yang menakjubkan. Belum pernah tercetus sebelum ini yang memberi tumpuan secara objektif terhadap kepentingan rakyat. Ia akan menjadi lebih anjal jika rakyat dapat memahaminya dengan jelas. Rancangan ini juga anjal terhadap menjana pertumbuhan ekonomi negara, pendapatan benar isirumah dan sokongan terhadap penurunan kos pihak swasta.
Rancangan ini akan menamatkan ISA. Sebuah akta yang merembat pemimpin-pemimpin progresif negara berwibawa sebelum ini. Akta warisan penjajah yang berasal dari Undang-Undang Darurat 1948 yang digunakan oleh rejim kolonial Inggeris melumpuhkan gerakan progresif di Malaya suatu ketika dulu. Selepas itu ISA menjadi alat UMNO pula bagi musuh-musuh politiknya atas alasan palsu “keselamatan negara”. Sepatutnya pemimpin UMNO perlu melihat lebih jauh kerana sekiranya kuasa bertukar tangan dan tumpas, sekurang-kurangnya ISA tidak akan membidas !
Rancangan pengambilan Asset Lebuh Raya oleh Khazanah dan KWSP yang dicadangkan dalam Rancangan 100 hari itu juga suatu yang dinanti-nantikan rakyat. Ia akan mengurangkan beban kos begitu besar yang ditanggung oleh isirumah/swasta selama ini. Harga barang dan perkhidmatan juga akan menggelungsur turun kerana selama ini kos angkutan ini telah dipindahkan kepada pengguna dalam bentuk harga di pasar yang ditentukan pengeluar. Kos ini juga sebenarnya suatu hambatan kepada pertumbuhan KDNK kerana ia mengekang luncuran aktiviti ekonomi. Penurunan kos juga akan memberi Malaysia lebih daya saing secara berbanding kerana harga domestik produk yang lebih rendah di samping nilai buruh yang lebih baik.
Mengurangkan atau membebaskan kos ini dari ditanggung oleh rakyat akan menyebabkan ekonomi mampu bertumbuh lebih pantas dan rakyat akan menikmati kos sara hidup yang lebih rendah. Secara tidak langsung pendapatan benar isirumah bertambah baik.
Pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO dan BN tidak pernah merasa kesengsaraan yang dialami oleh rakyat termasuk kakitangan kerajaan bergaji tetap. Keperitan hidup yang berpunca oleh kos sara hidup yang tinggi mengheret mereka kepada gejala rasuah! Kerana tekanan hidup mereka tidak peduli halal dan haram rezeki yang mereka bawa balik untuk keluarga.
Tidak ada lagi Jabatan Kerajaan yang tidak rasuah termasuk Jabatan Agama Islam. Tidak usah kita menuding jari kepada anggota polis yang menahan motorsikal dan kereta di lorong-lorong sunyi atau mengganggu pekerja-pekerja asing untuk pau gaji mereka. Dalam UMNO, rasuah telah jadi air minum. UMNO hanya perangi rasuah dengan papan-papan tanda bagi mengelirukan rakyat. Papan tanda ini sendiri satu projek rasuah yang lumaian tendernya.
Pendedahan Ketua Audit Negara bahawa jumlah nilai rasuah atau tirisan yang berlaku dari wang perbendaharaan negara di Malaysia adalah sebanyak RM28,000,000,000 (dua puluh lapan billion setahun) menunjukkan ia satu ancaman yang besar terhadap rakyat. Memerangi rasuah secara habis-habisan dalam Rancangan 100 hari itu paling tidak ia dapat mengurangkan kesan tirisan ini yang bukan sahaja ditanggung oleh rakyat secara langsung malah sebenarnya telah memberi kesan berganda kepada rakyat yang perlu membayar harga yang lebih tinggi bagi setiap barangan dan perkhidmatan yang mereka gunakan. Harga yang tinggi itu termasuk kos rasuah yang terlibat dalam transaksi yang melibatkan orang yang berkuasa dengan pihak kedua yang mungkin terdiri daripada pengusaha-pengusaha swasta.
Rancangan 100 hari itu juga sebenarnya suatu yang sangat hebat, dicetuskan oleh orang-orang yang benar-benar pakar melihat reformasi bukan sahaja pada soal pemimpin tetapi juga pada sistem dan nilai.
Begitu juga dengan rancangan mengembalikan penghormatan rakyat terhadap guru. Ia boleh dilihat sebagai satu langkah awal ke arah itu. Guru adalah agen pembinaan insan paling mulia. Jika langkah awal ini berjaya, guru-guru tidak lagi perlu menjual buku-buku kerja di sekolah atau mengajar tuisyen demi untuk mencari pendapatan tambahan keluarga. Imej guru sebenarnya telah hancur sejak tahun 1980an lagi, selepas Dr. Mahathir memperkenalkan dasar Malaysia Incorporated. Bila Malaysia sudah jadi sebuah syarikat korporat, semua orang termasuk guru juga ingin hidup mewah. Pengetua dan guru-guru mula berlegar-legar di stock market. Jika rancangan awal ini berjaya, pengetua-pengetua sekolah juga tidak perlu ambil komisyen jualan daripada pengedar buku di sekolah. Suatu ketika dulu golongan pendidik begitu dihormati dalam masyarakat. Panggilan “cikgu” kekal hingga di saat dia sedang nazak. Hari ini guru di pandang sebelah mata… !
Najib tidak perlu berdolak dalih. Pelan 100 hari ini adalah suatu yang masuk akal. Sebagai pemimpin tertinggi ia perlu berani turun gelanggang. Tidak perlu hantar KJ atau Nazri kerana kedua-dua bocah ini sama sekali bukan lawannya. Rakyat ingin melihat Najib menikam Anwar di gelanggang jika benar rancangan Anwar ini suatu yang karut yang boleh membawa negara muflis. Tidakkah angka hutang negara yang sudah melebihi 53 % berbanding KDNK kita itu satu indikator ke arah negara muflis ? Bukankah Dasar 19 Program Penjualan Bon baru juga telah meningkatkan hutang tambahan negara bernilai RM58.1 bilion.” Juga akan membebankan rakyat ?
Rakyat sebenarnya sedang memerhati segala tindakan yang dilakukan oleh kerajaan termasuk segala operasi saman di jalan-jalan raya. Lebuh raya telah menjadi lukah menjana hasil dan bukan demi keselamatan rakyat. Jika untuk keselamatan banyak lagi cara yang boleh dilakukan termasuk mengenakan sistem “demerit mata” seperti yang dilakukan oleh banyak negara-negara di dunia. Semakan semula cukai pendapatan secara berulang kali terhadap isirumah dan mengenakan cukai dan taksiran tambahan juga sebenarnya disedari terutama bagi orang-orang yang tinggal di bandar. Pemimpin-pemimpin BN tidak tahu bagaimana peritnya rakyat bekerja untuk mencari wang. Segala pendapatan mereka dihisap dengan begitu rakus oleh pihak kerajaan dalam bentuk cukai, lesen, saman, bil-bil, denda dan sebagainya.
Kepada kedua-dua bocah iaitu Nazri dan KJ kami ingin berpesan supaya jauh dari gelanggang ini. Jangan kacau daun. Rakyat ingin menyaksikan pertikaman antara Anwar dan Najib. Rancangan 100 hari oleh Anwar sebenarnya membawa cahaya baru untuk rakyat Malaysia terutama rakyat yang miskin. 53 tahun merdeka dalam sebuah negara yang kaya, namun rakyatnya tetap susah dan sengsara.

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TQ PM YAB DS Najib and DASSK, now I understand the dilemma of long time “Power” holders

PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak: Four ‘diseases‘ of ruling party leaders in power for a long time. Parties which are too powerful seldom conduct an introspection of their weaknesses.

There are four ailments which usually strike political parties in power for a long time.

 Should get rid of _

1. delusion,
2. amnesia,
3. inertia
4. and arrogance

before the people’s initial love for the government_

1. turned into hatred, 
2. anger
3. and support the opposition.

Delusion set in with the fantasy that the support from the people would prolong

Amnesia caused one to lose sight of the original objective of one’s struggle.

Inertia would set in when one was reluctant to undertake reforms and changes

Arrogance reflected that one could not accept public reprimand. It would only cause anger in the people and make them dislike the ruling government.

 For its revival, the ruling party must_

1. find a formula of rehabilitation
2. and implement the plan with consistency.

“That is what we are

1. working on
2. and that is what we are doing.
3. Only then can we achieve the desired huge victory again
4. It was not enough just to have a positive perception,
5. but necessary to nurture the people’s confidence in the ruling government through hard work and earnest efforts.
6. Let’s not be lackadaisical
7. and easily distracted.

For the ruling government to continue to helm the leadership of the country and in the states, every component party should be strengthened and consolidated.

 As all of us know, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is a non-violent pro-democracy social activist of Myanmar; Winner of the 1990 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. She said under the topic: Freedom from Fear (1991) in the Acceptance message for the 1990 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought (July 1991)_

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

Most Burmese are familiar with the four kinds of corruption.

1. Corruption induced by desire, is deviation from the right path in pursuit of bribes or for the sake of those one loves.
2. Corruption due to anger is taking the wrong path to spite those against whom one bears ill will,
3. Aberration due to ignorance.
4. Corruption due to fear is perhaps the worst of the four, for not only  fear, stifle and slowly destroy all sense of right and wrong, it so often lies at the root of the other three kinds of corruption.

Just as Corruption induced by desire, when not the result of sheer avarice, can be caused by_

• fear of want
• or fear of losing the goodwill of those one loves,
• so fear of being surpassed,
• humiliated
• or injured in some way can provide the impetus for ill will.

And it would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.

With so close a relationship between fear and corruption it is little wonder that in any society where fear is rife corruption in all forms becomes deeply entrenched.

1. It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear. With so close a relationship between fear and corruption it is little wonder that in any society where fear is rife corruption in all forms becomes deeply entrenched.
2. The effort necessary to remain uncorrupted in an environment where fear is an integral part of everyday existence is not immediately apparent to those fortunate enough to live in states governed by the rule of law.
   • Just laws do not merely prevent corruption by
   • meting out impartial punishment to offenders. They also help to create a society in which people can fulfil the basic requirements necessary for the preservation of human dignity without recourse to corrupt practices.
   • Where there are no such laws,
   • the burden of upholding the principles of justice and common decency falls on the ordinary people.
   • It is the cumulative effect on their sustained effort and steady endurance which will change a nation where reason and conscience are warped by fear into one where legal rules exist to promote man’s desire for harmony and justice while restraining the less desirable destructive traits in his nature.
3. In an age when immense technological advances have created lethal weapons which could be, and are, used by the powerful and the unprincipled to dominate the weak and the helpless,
   • there is a compelling need for a closer relationship between politics and ethics at both the national and international levels.
   • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations proclaims that ‘every individual and every organ of society’ should strive to promote the basic rights and freedoms
   • to which all human beings regardless of race, nationality or religion are entitled.
   • But as long as there are governments whose authority is founded on coercion rather than on the mandate of the people,
   • and interest groups which place short-term profits above long-term peace and prosperity, concerted international action to protect and promote human rights will remain at best a partially realized struggle.
4. The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation’s development.
   • A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
   • Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
   • It is not enough merely to call for freedom, democracy and human rights.
   • There has to be a united determination to persevere in the struggle,
     • to make sacrifices in the name of enduring truths,
     • to resist the corrupting influences of_
       1. desire,
       2. ill will,
       3. ignorance
       4. and fear.
5. Among the basic freedoms to which men aspire that their lives might be full and uncramped, freedom from fear stands out as both a means and an end.
6. A people who would build a nation in which strong, democratic institutions are firmly established as a guarantee against state-induced power must first learn to liberate their own minds from apathy and fear.
7. Gandhi, that great apostle of non-violence, and Aung San, the founder of a national army, were very different personalities, but as there is an inevitable sameness about the challenges of authoritarian rule anywhere at any time, so there is a similarity in the intrinsic qualities of those who rise up to meet the challenge.
8. Fearlessness may be a gift
   • but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour,
   • courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions,
   • courage that could be described as “grace under pressure” — grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
9. Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights,
   • fear tends to be the order of the day.
   • Fear of imprisonment,
   • fear of torture,
   • fear of death,
   • fear of losing friends,
     • family,
     • property
     • or means of livelihood,
   • fear of poverty,
   • fear of isolation,
   •  fear of failure.
10. A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as
    • common sense or even wisdom,
    • condemning as foolish,
    • reckless,
    • insignificant
    • or futile the small,
11. daily acts of courage which help to preserve man’s self-respect and inherent human dignity.
12. It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear.
13. Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
14. The wellspring of courage and endurance in the face of unbridled power is
    • generally a firm belief in the sanctity of ethical principles
    • combined with a historical sense that despite all setbacks
    • the condition of man is set on an ultimate course for both spiritual and material advancement.
    • It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute.
    • At the root of human responsibility is_
      • the concept of perfection,
      • the urge to achieve it,
      • the intelligence to find a path towards it,
      • and the will to follow that path
      • if not to the end at least the distance needed to rise above individual limitations and environmental impediments.
15. It is man’s vision of a world fit for rational, civilized humanity which leads him to dare and to suffer to build societies free from want and fear.
16. Concepts such as truth, justice and compassion cannot be dismissed as trite when these are often the only bulwarks which stand against ruthless power.

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KUALA LUMPUR — The existence of the whistle-blowing provisions in the country has strengthened Malaysia’s corporate governance in line with current global best practice.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said since the introduction of the provisions several years ago, the Securities Commission (SC) has received reports mainly from external auditors of public-listed companies. “Some of these reports have led to enforcement action being taken against the perpetrators, directors and senior management of the company. “With this, it is encouraging to note that a stronger culture of public accountability and integrity has been established,” he said in his keynote address at the World Congress of Accountants 2010 here. His speech was read by Minister in the Prime Minister Department, Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop.

Najib said the crucial role of accountants in detecting fraud was reflected in the number of whistle-blowers that had provided information to the SC under the protection of the Capital Market and Services Act. He said the Act imposed a mandatory duty upon auditors and specific employees of listed corporations to report breaches of security laws and the rules of the stock exchange to the authority. (continue reading…. )