Satu Lagi Projek Barisan Nasional

It's scary. Wonder how many more building is going to collapse? I bet this issue is going to be burried under the big Barisan Nasional carpet. Malaysia semua boleh...

Why I am feeling black?

BN, Congratulation to you ! You have shown to the world how to grab power at all cost. Yes that is to drag away a speaker of the state assembly. You win but for how long?

You use all the might of the government machinery to bully people into submissive. But you fail to understand that ultimately it's legitimacy that is matter most.

Was it worth it? Screamed The Malaysian Insider. For you maybe yes, because you only see POWER and TITLES and all the rewards you could possibly attain after having the power. But your "victory" or "worth" come at a price. You will be remembered forever as the robber, power robber.

For me, YAB Nizar will still be the legitimate Menteri Besar and YB Sivakumar will still be the legitimate Speaker of the State Assembly and Pakatan Government will still be the legitimate Perak Government until the next election. Hidup Rakyat Perak, Hidup Ketuanan Rakyat.

Wong Chin Huat Arrested Under Sedition Act!

I have just read that a social activist has been arrested under Sedition Act. This is certainly not good for Najib's 1Malaysia. I think silencing people with draconian laws like Sedition Act would not make the issue go away. For God's sake, engage people, debate them, have more open discussions. Why is the government so scare? If you have nothing to hide, why worry? Why?

Activist Wong arrested under Sedition Act, MalaysiaKini
May 5, 09 6:36pm

Poll reform group Bersih spokesperson Wong Chin Huat has been arrested under the Sedition Act tonight by a team of police officers at his home in Taman Sri Sentosa in Kuala Lumpur.

According to his lawyer Edmund Bon, the activist was arrested at 8pm after a police report was lodged today. He said he received a call from Wong (left). "I tried negotiating with the police officer (on the phone) but they won't listen to me."They didn't want to tell under what section of the Sedition Act (that the arrest was made) and who the complainant is."Bon has since unable to contact Wong. It is learnt that Wong has been brought to Commercial Crimes Department headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.It is believed that he is being investigated under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act.If found guilty, Wong could face a jail term of up to three years.

It is not clear whether Wong's arrest is linked to a press conference he called earlier today.At the press conference, Wong (photo) had urged the public to wear black on May 7, to protest the Perak state government takeover by Barisan Nasional which has been seen as undemocratic and unconstitutional.Wong issued a statement on behalf of Bersih, saying that the protest was aimed at newly-minted Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who is widely credited as the mastermind behind the February power grab.

The Bersih’s campaign slogan "1BlackMalaysia: Democracy first, elections now", is a play on Najib’s "1Malaysia: People first, performance now" tagline.May 7 is also the date where BN Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir is convening the Perak state legislative assembly to oust speaker V Sivakumar and pass motions to legitimise his government.Police have urged both sides to avoid confrontation on that day.'Paint every town, village black'In his statement today, Wong said that the 1BlackMalaysia campaign is a peaceful, yet powerful message of "civil disobedience"."We want to let them know that people are the politicians’ bosses and no politician can disregard public opinion and escape punishment in the next general election," he said.

He urged the public to “paint every state, territory, town and village black” with clothes, headbands, hats, turbans, veils, armbands, ribbons and stickers. "Let us be united in one black colour and let’s show the world that the 1Malaysia under Najib is 1BlackMalaysia living in darkness," he said.Bersih is a coalition of opposition parties and NGOs who have been pressuring the authorities to improve election laws and administration.

Chinese are not grateful? Sour grapes again...

Oh my God. This UMNO chap is still in the dark of what happen to his party. Only politicians from race based party would ask and say this type of question. I remember Gaffar Baba asked the same question back in the 80's of " What Chinese want". But then the Malaysian society was simple. Aspiration of many races were really simple and straight forward, they wanted more business opportunities, education choices, etc., easy to fullfil in short. Now it's different. Malaysians' needs and wants have simply go beyond filling ones stomach but we have gone over it to ask for things like accountabiliy and transperancy in Government Administration and this is not shared by Chinese alone but it has become a Malaysian Aspiration. Dr Toh has summed it up nicely in the following article.

by Dr. Toh Kin Woon, The Malaysian Insider, 14th April 09

In a recent interview with the Malay language Mingguan Malaysia, our country’s newly minted Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, claimed that he was at a loss as to why the Chinese voters failed to support the Barisan Nasional in the recent by-elections for both the parliamentary seat of Bukit Gantang and the state constituency of Bukit Selambau, despite the BN pouring millions to the Chinese schools.

He further suggested that perhaps Malaysian Chinese wanted to play the role of kingmakers in elections. I find these statements by the DPM distasteful and an insult, not just to the Malaysian Chinese community, but to all Malaysians.

This latest outburst also manifests either a total lack of understanding of the demands of the electorate of all ethnic groups on the part of Umno, or an inability on its part to respond with progressive measures, or both.

So much for their oft-repeated claim that it has understood the message of the larger Malaysian polity as expressed through the polls on March the 8th last year. To begin with, the DPM’s statement further confirms that the BN continues to engage in the practice of utilising public funds to buy electoral support; a practice that has long been condemned and eschewed by the public.

Malaysians welcome the development of education at all levels by the government, but at no time will they condone public funds being given to schools in a constituency during the campaign period in return for their support for the BN. For the information of the new DPM, one of the key factors that has led the public to continue to reject the BN is that their status as the political masters of the nation has not been given due respect.

This was clearly shown in the BN’s recent unconstitutional grabbing of political power in Perak. The people in Perak, and for that matter the whole nation, were angry that they were totally sidelined in the crisis engineered by the BN’s stubborn refusal to go back to the people for a new people’s mandate, when the Pakatan Rakyat government called for a dissolution of the state legislative assembly upon the defection of three of its representatives to the opposition bench.

They were also miffed by the total disregard of the BN for the constitution in dislodging the Menteri Besar, who is now the newly elected Member of Parliament for Bukit Gantang. If only Umno and the BN had agreed to hold the polls that will enable the people to choose a new state government, their electoral downslide might have been mitigated.

In the event, their greed for power, come what may, and their arrogance that led them to ignore the people, had the better of them. Another factor is Umno’s hypocrisy in relation to the subject of the monarchy. To get at the opposition, it resorted to launching unfair attacks of les majeste against the PAS candidate in Bukit Gantang, when in fact there are records to prove that Umno, more than any other party, is even more guilty of this “crime”.

Umno and the BN will also do well to note that the uneven development that has taken place over the years has brought along with it wider social cleavages. The antagonism of the poor and marginalized towards the ruling elites is bound to grow stronger.

To the deprived of all ethnic groups, it has not escaped their attention that the hegemony of political power by the Umno and BN elites has led to abuses, corruption and cronyism as manifested in the dishing out of patronage resources to the few of all ethnic groups.

And they are bent on breaking this hegemony of both economic and political power by the BN oligarchs through supporting a system that will allow of more competitive politics based on ideological contests and an alternation of coalitions in power. This is what will lead them to continue to support the Pakatan Rakyat.

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" by Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill uttered these words during WWII reminding British people of how much they owed to so few who sacrificed their lives for the safety of the British people.

Here tonight I want to thank Bukit Selambau and Bukit Gantang voters who voted for Pakatan and opted to continue the reform they wanted but had not come to them since last 8th March. Many Malaysians who want reform owe it to these voters who on behalf of Malaysians sent a clear message to the ruling BN :- enough is enough, WE WANT REAL CHANGE. Not those cosmetic changes and false hope created by the controlled Malaysian media after Najib took over.

ABOLISH ISA, OSA, UNIVERSITY ACT, PRINTING ACT, BAN RACE BASED POLITICAL PARTY AND FREE THE MEDIA NOW

What would happen if Pakatan loses the by-elections?

At the moment a lot of bad news are coming out that Pakatan's battle in three by-election could soon end in defeat. Najib's appointment as new PM and the release of 13 ISA detainees have created false hope among Malaysians that he could do what Abdullah had failed to do. But never mind about how Najib is going to govern this country, let us look at the possibility of Pakatan's defeat. What would happen if Pakatan loses in three by-elections namely Bukit Selambau, Bukit Gantang and Batang Ai?

1) There will not be any follow-up on VK Lingam case - correct, correct, correct. Remember?

2) The illegal take over of Perak become legal;

3) It will encourage more similar take over in the near future;

4) No more reform on police force;

5) Racism will be used whenever UMNO survival is threaten and they can be assured of its effectiveness;

6) Multiracial political party will be dead in Malaysia and race based parties will be given a new breath of live;

7) Samy Vellu will rule another few decades;

8) PKR's march to Sarawak will be halted; it means Taib Mahmud's dynasty will live another day;

9) Kugan & Altantuya's death will be in vain;

10) The political tsunami of 8th March will be halted.

So, Malaysia will be back to pre-8th March where UMNO's hegemony will once again raise its ugly head. It seems now we don't have much choice. Many are forced to accept the reality and go into hibernation.

How does this fit into Najib's 1Malaysia agenda?

The right wing nationalists often accuse the Chinese and Tamil primary schools of creating division in our country. So, you think the National stream education system would be more effective of creating a Bangsa Malaysia? I have my doubts.

This particular school in Subang Jaya is instilling racial awareness into primary one pupils' mind, albeit in a very subtle way there is through racial identification with religion. In other words, if you are from a certain community, your belief system ought to be of certain religion. If you are Lim Chin, you ought to be going to temple to pray, so on and so forth. By this logic I should be going to temple and not go to Church to pray. SO what do I do now?

This is certainly not helping in forging a Malaysian nation. In fact is creating a lot of confusion in the pupils' little brain. I would think the authority encourages us to send our children to national type school because it could help in strengthening our national identity, but this example shows otherwise. Their objective seems to create a permanent racial identity among many races in our country. For what reason? I really don't know. Perhaps it's for the ruling party to prolong their racist agenda by continuing British's divide and rule policy. You guess is as good as mine. Someone must have benefited from his policy?