Former Selangor Menteri Besar Khir Toyo must be feeling the heat, not only as the opposition leader in the Selangor state assembly, but also from within UMNO itself. Having pointed a finger at Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim's alleged abuse and corruption over the 'cars and lembu issue', now the four other fingers are pointed at Khir Toyo over his alleged excesses when he was the chief executive of the state.
Khir Toyo was reported to be extremely angry when it was disclosed in the state assembly by Ulu Kelang assemblyman Saari Sungib, that Khir Toyo's wife was given a Range Rover vehicle costing RM 500,000 purchased by a subsidiary of Kumpulan darul Ehsan Bhd (KDEB), and for which he vehemently denied.
It was also reported that KDEB of which Khir Toyo was its Chairman, had sought to purchase two luxury Mercedes Benz cars costing RM 2.5 million, and of which RM 1 million has been paid to Cycle & Carriage prior to the March 8, 2008 General Elections. The car was never delivered, and the money has yet to be returned. Had BN/UMNO won the elections, the car would have been a grand present for KDEB's Chairman and President. To this, Khir Toyo claimed no knowledge of the purchase, and said that the decision to purchase was made by the management.
It was also revealed that the state subsidiary had to cough out RM 1.2 million being traveling expenses for the wives of former state excos (Balkis) for a trip to Disney land. One would have thought that visits to Disney land (where ever it may be) were meant for kids, but to see a group of elderly ladies wading through crowded Disney land seems like a joke. One wonders what benefits would the state derived out of this trip. To most, the trip is purely a joy trip and a waste of money.
Interestingly, it was also reported that the state subsidiary had presented Khir Toyo with a watch costing RM 159,000 for which he denies having received it. Imagine, the number of hungry families that can be fed with the money spent on just a watch. Whoever made the decision to buy the watch must be a dumb idiot.
The amount of money that Khir Toyo spent for his trips overseas during the period beginning September 2001 to January 2007 was also raised in the state assembly. A total of more than RM 300,000 was paid to a travel agency for the purchase of air tickets, and this amount does not include other expenses to cover the trip. Khir Toyo must have traveled First Class in full comfort, while many of the state's poor are left to live on a meager income and probably on just one meal a day.
Now, with just a few days before UMNO's General Assembly convenes, Khir Toyo a strong contender for the top UMNO youth post had claimed that there are internal politiking and manoeuvres out to 'sabotaged' him. Being an experienced politician, he should have known that this is a usual game in UMNO politics, and he should not be complaining.
The blame game in Selangor is getting to be more interesting by the day, and Khir Toyo seemed the obvious target. What of the other former excos..........not a word in support of their former boss. Why the absolute silence.........one wonders.
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 7.30 am March 13, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
MACC RAIDS TOURISM MINISTRY’S OFFICE
One, particularly those who works in the Tourism Ministry, or those who have business dealings with the ministry should not surprised at the news that MACC has raided the ministry (Malaysian Insider March 11, 2009). In fact, many says that the ministry should have been raided a long time ago.
And with the recent arrest of the political secretary to Tourism Minister Azalina Othman on suspicion of corruption, will open up the ‘crates of skeletons’ that has been kept hidden in the vaults of Azalina’s ministry since becoming its minister. The results of the raid and the outcome of the investigations on the political secretary, will be closely watched by the concerned public, as well as a test of MACC’s pledges to arrest the scourge of corruption, regardless of the position and status of the person(s) involved.
Azalina, and including those implicated in this ‘scam’, may be the unlucky ones not to have been smart enough to cover their trail of alleged abuses and corrupt practices. It is now left for her and those implicated to defend themselves, and to rid the stigma of corruption attached to their persons.
Azalina certainly cannot now claim to having no knowledge of the affairs of her ministry. It will be better for her to accept the fact that this is indeed a testing time for her, and to allow fate to decide what is left of her political career.
The telling question now is whether Azalina, an aspirant for the UMNO’s Supreme Council should or should not be allowed to make her bid during the up-coming UMNO’s General Assembly because of this investigations. Many in UMNO will say that she is deemed innocent unless proven otherwise; hence she should be allowed to contest. But what if MACC investigations were to prove later that she is guilty? How would UMNO react then?
The answer the above question, it is best left to the big wigs in UMNO to decide in the best interest of the party. And to those outside UMNO, the question asked is, “will there be more to surface after Azalina?”
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 12.20 am March 12, 2009
And with the recent arrest of the political secretary to Tourism Minister Azalina Othman on suspicion of corruption, will open up the ‘crates of skeletons’ that has been kept hidden in the vaults of Azalina’s ministry since becoming its minister. The results of the raid and the outcome of the investigations on the political secretary, will be closely watched by the concerned public, as well as a test of MACC’s pledges to arrest the scourge of corruption, regardless of the position and status of the person(s) involved.
Azalina, and including those implicated in this ‘scam’, may be the unlucky ones not to have been smart enough to cover their trail of alleged abuses and corrupt practices. It is now left for her and those implicated to defend themselves, and to rid the stigma of corruption attached to their persons.
Azalina certainly cannot now claim to having no knowledge of the affairs of her ministry. It will be better for her to accept the fact that this is indeed a testing time for her, and to allow fate to decide what is left of her political career.
The telling question now is whether Azalina, an aspirant for the UMNO’s Supreme Council should or should not be allowed to make her bid during the up-coming UMNO’s General Assembly because of this investigations. Many in UMNO will say that she is deemed innocent unless proven otherwise; hence she should be allowed to contest. But what if MACC investigations were to prove later that she is guilty? How would UMNO react then?
The answer the above question, it is best left to the big wigs in UMNO to decide in the best interest of the party. And to those outside UMNO, the question asked is, “will there be more to surface after Azalina?”
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 12.20 am March 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
US PRESIDENT OBAMA REVIEWS DEFENCE CONTRACTS
In an effort to cut unnecessary and wasteful defence spending, US President Barack Obama has instructed that a review be made with regards to the award of defence contracts, that had during the Bush administration resulted in a two fold increase in defence spending to sustain the unjust war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
What is so glaringly unpopular was that the Bush administration had been awarding major contracts to companies like Halliburton through selective bidding costing billions in taxpayers money. Halliburton, an oil and gas company was once associated with the former US Vice President Dick Cheney, and it was obvious that presidential patronage had favoured the company for contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
President Obama’s move to curb further deterioration in wasteful defence spending, and to cease selective bidding is seen as a popular move that will pleased defence contractors and the US taxpayers. It was reported that more than 140 investigations are currently on-going to prosecute those involved in ‘murky and highly doubtful contracts’ that are either unfulfilled or partially fulfilled.
President Obama was open in his criticism towards the Bush administration by referring it to ‘the era of irresponsibility’ that saw defence spending increased two fold, in excess of RM1.86 trillion since 2001.
The Malaysian government, and in particular the Defence Ministry have somewhat been emulating the US in its defence spending.
Isn’t selective bidding a preferred method of awarding defence contracts by the Defence Ministry? Isn’t Target Resources Sdn Bhd the preferred company to be offered contracts by the ministry that had now amounted to almost a billion? Isn’t Sydney Franklin the preferred foreigner to act as the agent for capital purchases for the ministry that is reported to have also amounted in excess of one billion? Where lies the transparency, integrity, honestly and good governance that our civil service is so proud off in dealing with contracts?
It is high time that our Prime Minister takes a serious note from what has been said by President Obama, and to make a similar statement as a matter of urgency, before the rot in the Defence Ministry (other ministries included) becomes unbearable.
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 2 pm on March 9, 2009
What is so glaringly unpopular was that the Bush administration had been awarding major contracts to companies like Halliburton through selective bidding costing billions in taxpayers money. Halliburton, an oil and gas company was once associated with the former US Vice President Dick Cheney, and it was obvious that presidential patronage had favoured the company for contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
President Obama’s move to curb further deterioration in wasteful defence spending, and to cease selective bidding is seen as a popular move that will pleased defence contractors and the US taxpayers. It was reported that more than 140 investigations are currently on-going to prosecute those involved in ‘murky and highly doubtful contracts’ that are either unfulfilled or partially fulfilled.
President Obama was open in his criticism towards the Bush administration by referring it to ‘the era of irresponsibility’ that saw defence spending increased two fold, in excess of RM1.86 trillion since 2001.
The Malaysian government, and in particular the Defence Ministry have somewhat been emulating the US in its defence spending.
Isn’t selective bidding a preferred method of awarding defence contracts by the Defence Ministry? Isn’t Target Resources Sdn Bhd the preferred company to be offered contracts by the ministry that had now amounted to almost a billion? Isn’t Sydney Franklin the preferred foreigner to act as the agent for capital purchases for the ministry that is reported to have also amounted in excess of one billion? Where lies the transparency, integrity, honestly and good governance that our civil service is so proud off in dealing with contracts?
It is high time that our Prime Minister takes a serious note from what has been said by President Obama, and to make a similar statement as a matter of urgency, before the rot in the Defence Ministry (other ministries included) becomes unbearable.
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 2 pm on March 9, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
SUDAN 'S PRESIDENT OMAR HASSAN AL BASHIR INDICTED FOR WAR CRIMES
The younger generation of officers of the Armed Forces today may not know that Sudan's President Omar Hassan Al Bashir was a student at the Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College (MAFSC), popularly known as Haigate, in 1983. He was of the rank of Colonel at the time, whereas other students were only of the rank of Majors and Lt Colonels.
In 1973 and in the rank of Captain, I was previliged to have attended a course at the School of Infantry, Quetta, Pakistan. Among the many overseas students attending the course with me was Major Omar Hassan Al Bashir and three other officers from the Sudanese army.
Students from overseas were accommodated in a three room bungalow houses located a walking distance from the school. I was placed in a bungalow next to Major Omar Hassan.
The course also had two officers from Jordan who lived within the proximity of our houses. One of them (the name I could not remember) frequented my house for discussions on the day's work. Somehow, this particular officer is fond of wrestling, and I was his usual victim. There was no way that I could stop him from coming to my house and to wrestle with me. Neither could I beat him in the wrestle because he was much larger than me. It was better that I declare myself the loser early, than to suffer his brutal twisting of my entire body.
This regular wrestling match came to the notice of Major Omar Hassan, and speaking in Arabic, warned the Jordanian officer to stop bullying me. It was only after this warning that the Jordanian officer ceased coming to my house for a wrestle. I was so relieved, and had to thanked Major Omar Hassan for having saved me from the regular bashing.
In early 2000, President Omar Hassan was in Malaysia to attend the Langkawi International Dialogue at Langkawi. Before returning home, he was in Kuala Lumpur to attend the Malaysia – Sudan Business Forum at Nikko Hotel. Since I was at the forum, I thought I would take the opportunity to meet him and to see if he could still remember me.
When the forum ended, I stood and the entrance of the hall to await him. As he walked the gallery, he noticed me, raised his hands and as he approached closer to me, he called me by my name. I was surprised that he could still remember my name, and when I shook his hands, the first words that came out from him was “Arshad, are you now a millionaire?”. I quickly replied ,'Sir, certainly not”. A brief conversation ensued, and before parting he asked me to visit Sudan, which till today I have yet to make the trip.
Now the International Criminal Court (ICC) of the Hague has indicted President Omar Hassan for crimes against humanity in the Dafur. What we read and hear from the media concerning Dafur is mainly the western reports and perspective of the war in that region. Personally, I do not believe President Omar Hassan is personally involved in the killings in Dafur, and the charges against him are part of a grand design by the US and its western allies to evict him from power.
If it was merely on the basis of President Omar Hassan being the President and the military commander, then former US President Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfled, these three rumour mongers, should similarly be indicted for even worse war crimes against humanity in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The war in Iraq is now in its fifth year, with more than 4000 US soldiers dead and thousands more innocent Iraqi children, women and men had been shot and bombed to smithereens. Just look at the untold destruction caused by the US forces in the two countries, that had brought the countries back to its medieval days. And have we forgotten the infamous Abu Gharib torture of Iraqi prisoners by US troops? Why has the US and its western allies been so concern with the war in Sudan? Is it not the enormous oil resources of Sudan that they want?
Let us all watch how far the indictment of President Omar Hassan will go, and the on-going call by some US citizens to bring Bush to face trial in the US courts for declaring the illegal war on Iraq.
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 8.20 pm on Mar 9, 2009
In 1973 and in the rank of Captain, I was previliged to have attended a course at the School of Infantry, Quetta, Pakistan. Among the many overseas students attending the course with me was Major Omar Hassan Al Bashir and three other officers from the Sudanese army.
Students from overseas were accommodated in a three room bungalow houses located a walking distance from the school. I was placed in a bungalow next to Major Omar Hassan.
The course also had two officers from Jordan who lived within the proximity of our houses. One of them (the name I could not remember) frequented my house for discussions on the day's work. Somehow, this particular officer is fond of wrestling, and I was his usual victim. There was no way that I could stop him from coming to my house and to wrestle with me. Neither could I beat him in the wrestle because he was much larger than me. It was better that I declare myself the loser early, than to suffer his brutal twisting of my entire body.
This regular wrestling match came to the notice of Major Omar Hassan, and speaking in Arabic, warned the Jordanian officer to stop bullying me. It was only after this warning that the Jordanian officer ceased coming to my house for a wrestle. I was so relieved, and had to thanked Major Omar Hassan for having saved me from the regular bashing.
In early 2000, President Omar Hassan was in Malaysia to attend the Langkawi International Dialogue at Langkawi. Before returning home, he was in Kuala Lumpur to attend the Malaysia – Sudan Business Forum at Nikko Hotel. Since I was at the forum, I thought I would take the opportunity to meet him and to see if he could still remember me.
When the forum ended, I stood and the entrance of the hall to await him. As he walked the gallery, he noticed me, raised his hands and as he approached closer to me, he called me by my name. I was surprised that he could still remember my name, and when I shook his hands, the first words that came out from him was “Arshad, are you now a millionaire?”. I quickly replied ,'Sir, certainly not”. A brief conversation ensued, and before parting he asked me to visit Sudan, which till today I have yet to make the trip.
Now the International Criminal Court (ICC) of the Hague has indicted President Omar Hassan for crimes against humanity in the Dafur. What we read and hear from the media concerning Dafur is mainly the western reports and perspective of the war in that region. Personally, I do not believe President Omar Hassan is personally involved in the killings in Dafur, and the charges against him are part of a grand design by the US and its western allies to evict him from power.
If it was merely on the basis of President Omar Hassan being the President and the military commander, then former US President Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfled, these three rumour mongers, should similarly be indicted for even worse war crimes against humanity in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The war in Iraq is now in its fifth year, with more than 4000 US soldiers dead and thousands more innocent Iraqi children, women and men had been shot and bombed to smithereens. Just look at the untold destruction caused by the US forces in the two countries, that had brought the countries back to its medieval days. And have we forgotten the infamous Abu Gharib torture of Iraqi prisoners by US troops? Why has the US and its western allies been so concern with the war in Sudan? Is it not the enormous oil resources of Sudan that they want?
Let us all watch how far the indictment of President Omar Hassan will go, and the on-going call by some US citizens to bring Bush to face trial in the US courts for declaring the illegal war on Iraq.
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 8.20 pm on Mar 9, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
DIRECT NEGOTIATION BEING BLATANTLY PRACTICED BY DEFENCE MINISTRY DESPITE PUBLIC RESENTMENT
Despite the issue being raised in parliament; despite resenting comments in the internet, the Defence Ministry is still proceeding to renegotiate the award of the submarine rescue services to a favoured company whose core business is infrastructure works, building and quarry activities.
From reliable sources, the company is believed to be Target Resources Sdn Bhd, and is reportedly owned by a Dato from Pahang. Upon further checking, the same company is believed to have been awarded several projets by the Defence Ministry that runs into millions, through direct negotiations. If one does not see this as being a blatant and hideous act of cronyism by the ministry's top official, what other better words can be used to described the aforesaid act.
Now, Target Resources Sdn Bhd is again being invited to renegotiate and propose to the Defence Ministry a new pricing from an initial quoted figure of RM 98.4 million per year for a period of 20 years. What a profitable deal this will be for the construction company, where even the blind, mute and deaf can become instant millionaire, if the deal were to go through, unnoticed to the concerned public and tax payers.
The company is said to have made a new proposal of RM 60 million per year to the Defence Ministry. For those in the submarine rescue service industry, they claim that this figure is still unrealistic, and has been inflated by almost 100%. A realistic figure would be RM 30 million per year or thereabout, and there is already a reasonable commission factored into the figure. How did Target Resources Sdn Bhd derive a figure of RM 98.4 million initially, and then later proposing a figure of RM 60 million demands full public explanation from both the ministry and the company.
Public perception of the Defence Ministry has never been good with regards to the award of contracts. Public resentment is cleverly being subdued from public knowledge. The powers-that-be has ignored totally the practice of transparency, fairness and honesty in the award of contracts, and by so doing, they have betrayed the trust that is beholden upon them as loyal, faithful and honest public servants. Whims and fancies rules the day, and the talk around the ministry is that 'the higher the cost, the better it is'.
To put this highly controversial deal in its correct perspective, it is incumbent upon the ministry's Secretary General to explain the rational of insisting that Target Resources Sdn Bhd be awarded the contract by direct negotiation, as well as to explain the basis of reasonable pricing to be accepted by the ministry. An explanation given by the Deputy Defence Minister or the Minister himself isn't enough.
To deliberately ignore competitive bidding, the Defence Ministry and in particular the Royal Malaysia Navy, will not be able to get the desired scope of services at the best price. And certainly, RM 60 million per year is certainly not the figure worth accepting at all.
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 8.00 am on Mar 8, 2009
From reliable sources, the company is believed to be Target Resources Sdn Bhd, and is reportedly owned by a Dato from Pahang. Upon further checking, the same company is believed to have been awarded several projets by the Defence Ministry that runs into millions, through direct negotiations. If one does not see this as being a blatant and hideous act of cronyism by the ministry's top official, what other better words can be used to described the aforesaid act.
Now, Target Resources Sdn Bhd is again being invited to renegotiate and propose to the Defence Ministry a new pricing from an initial quoted figure of RM 98.4 million per year for a period of 20 years. What a profitable deal this will be for the construction company, where even the blind, mute and deaf can become instant millionaire, if the deal were to go through, unnoticed to the concerned public and tax payers.
The company is said to have made a new proposal of RM 60 million per year to the Defence Ministry. For those in the submarine rescue service industry, they claim that this figure is still unrealistic, and has been inflated by almost 100%. A realistic figure would be RM 30 million per year or thereabout, and there is already a reasonable commission factored into the figure. How did Target Resources Sdn Bhd derive a figure of RM 98.4 million initially, and then later proposing a figure of RM 60 million demands full public explanation from both the ministry and the company.
Public perception of the Defence Ministry has never been good with regards to the award of contracts. Public resentment is cleverly being subdued from public knowledge. The powers-that-be has ignored totally the practice of transparency, fairness and honesty in the award of contracts, and by so doing, they have betrayed the trust that is beholden upon them as loyal, faithful and honest public servants. Whims and fancies rules the day, and the talk around the ministry is that 'the higher the cost, the better it is'.
To put this highly controversial deal in its correct perspective, it is incumbent upon the ministry's Secretary General to explain the rational of insisting that Target Resources Sdn Bhd be awarded the contract by direct negotiation, as well as to explain the basis of reasonable pricing to be accepted by the ministry. An explanation given by the Deputy Defence Minister or the Minister himself isn't enough.
To deliberately ignore competitive bidding, the Defence Ministry and in particular the Royal Malaysia Navy, will not be able to get the desired scope of services at the best price. And certainly, RM 60 million per year is certainly not the figure worth accepting at all.
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 8.00 am on Mar 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
MORE CORRUPTION IN UMNO - UNBELIEVABLE
ARE WE TO BELIEVE when senior UMNO politicians says that all reports on money politics that has been investigated by UMNO disciplinary committee have been fully resolved? Now, with the recent hauling of an UMNO minister's political secretary by MACC for alleged involvement in money politics supposedly at the behest of his boss (wonder who is he), where then lies the truth and honesty in the pronouncement made by these senior UMNO politicians?
Are we not reminded, time and again that corruption (UMNO prefers it to be called money politics) is like cancer, and despite cutting it off, there is no guarantee that the person suffering from it is completely cured. Are they not aware that corruption in the party is so well embedded, that even a meager sum of RM200 is enough to satisfy those within the lower echelons of the party? This is the state of the UMNO Malays today where dignity is being thrown out of the window; religious reasoning is muted and greed for the worldly pleasures and power are all that they care for.
One cannot imagine the kind of leadership that will rule the party and the nation, if its leaders are elected on the basis of corruption. And to remain in power, these corrupt leaders will continue to be corrupt in order to be sufficiently wealthy to dole out money as inducement for popularity and support. This has been the modus operandi of our UMNO leaders, and it has now become impossible to undo the vices and ills that is slowly (but surely) degenerating UMNO to its final resting place.
Look at Khir Toyo, the aspirant for UMNO's Youth leader who seemed to be looking more youthful by the day. He raised the allegations of corruption against Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, and what did Khir Toyo get in return? A series of past corrupt practices by the Khir Toyo regime is being unveiled and thrown back at his face. He claims total innocence, but the people of Selangor today are not so foolish to let him off the hook this time. And more 'skeletons' will be unveiled from his hidden closet over time, and hopefully more of his cohorts (the former exco's in particular) will be drag out to face justice as well.
This blissful country will be damn if we continue to vote in corrupt leaders (regardless of party), and be damn if we do not vote them out.
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 120 pm on Mar 8, 2009
Are we not reminded, time and again that corruption (UMNO prefers it to be called money politics) is like cancer, and despite cutting it off, there is no guarantee that the person suffering from it is completely cured. Are they not aware that corruption in the party is so well embedded, that even a meager sum of RM200 is enough to satisfy those within the lower echelons of the party? This is the state of the UMNO Malays today where dignity is being thrown out of the window; religious reasoning is muted and greed for the worldly pleasures and power are all that they care for.
One cannot imagine the kind of leadership that will rule the party and the nation, if its leaders are elected on the basis of corruption. And to remain in power, these corrupt leaders will continue to be corrupt in order to be sufficiently wealthy to dole out money as inducement for popularity and support. This has been the modus operandi of our UMNO leaders, and it has now become impossible to undo the vices and ills that is slowly (but surely) degenerating UMNO to its final resting place.
Look at Khir Toyo, the aspirant for UMNO's Youth leader who seemed to be looking more youthful by the day. He raised the allegations of corruption against Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, and what did Khir Toyo get in return? A series of past corrupt practices by the Khir Toyo regime is being unveiled and thrown back at his face. He claims total innocence, but the people of Selangor today are not so foolish to let him off the hook this time. And more 'skeletons' will be unveiled from his hidden closet over time, and hopefully more of his cohorts (the former exco's in particular) will be drag out to face justice as well.
This blissful country will be damn if we continue to vote in corrupt leaders (regardless of party), and be damn if we do not vote them out.
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 120 pm on Mar 8, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
A RETIRED SOLDER'S GRIEVANCE
I would like to share with readers, an email that I had received from Kamal Omar, reflecting his personal grievance at what is happening to the country today. I share his personal grievance........what about you?
NEVER HAD WE STOOPED SO LOW
by Kamal Omar – Anak Malaysia
Day by day as it goes by, never had we stooped so low. That's how I personally felt today. We were once Malaysia, the pride within the region. We stood tall among our ASEAN members, be it political, economy, social, security be it.
Out of WW 11, through the wake-up call came the long years of communist insurgency. We were made to come together as one, as to rub-shoulders and struggled, strive with lost of lives, fell with grace and glory and certainly with beaming pride, merely to seek for the sake of independence and democracy, to be followed with our eventual Merdeka.
But after all these years, where are we today? Are we any better? In fact, I feel sort of shy to ask these questions, what more being asked by foreigners/tourists. Instead of focusing on the world-wide deteriorating economy, we (the political figures) are fighting and pointing fingers at each other while the rakyat are being sidelined and suffering. It's a real shame.
To add salt to the wound, the recent happenings in Perak! Just unbelievable! All those responsible for the uncalled for upheaval, shame on you all. Calling yourself our leaders? Take a good look of yourself in the mirror. MALU. You all seemed to forget the suara rakyat – they just want an immediate call for fresh elections in Perak. Nothing more, nothing less. That's the only way to go about it and to proof your leadership credibility.
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 9.30 pm on Mar 5, 2009
NEVER HAD WE STOOPED SO LOW
by Kamal Omar – Anak Malaysia
Day by day as it goes by, never had we stooped so low. That's how I personally felt today. We were once Malaysia, the pride within the region. We stood tall among our ASEAN members, be it political, economy, social, security be it.
Out of WW 11, through the wake-up call came the long years of communist insurgency. We were made to come together as one, as to rub-shoulders and struggled, strive with lost of lives, fell with grace and glory and certainly with beaming pride, merely to seek for the sake of independence and democracy, to be followed with our eventual Merdeka.
But after all these years, where are we today? Are we any better? In fact, I feel sort of shy to ask these questions, what more being asked by foreigners/tourists. Instead of focusing on the world-wide deteriorating economy, we (the political figures) are fighting and pointing fingers at each other while the rakyat are being sidelined and suffering. It's a real shame.
To add salt to the wound, the recent happenings in Perak! Just unbelievable! All those responsible for the uncalled for upheaval, shame on you all. Calling yourself our leaders? Take a good look of yourself in the mirror. MALU. You all seemed to forget the suara rakyat – they just want an immediate call for fresh elections in Perak. Nothing more, nothing less. That's the only way to go about it and to proof your leadership credibility.
CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION
Posted at 9.30 pm on Mar 5, 2009
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