More ISA arrests?

I hear people praising Najib Tun Razak for releasing some ISA detainees. But now I hear that we have more, done secretly at that. Read this press statement from the Abolish ISA Movement.

It’s also done at the same time the government was showing off that it will review the ISA?

I knew they couldnt be trusted!

Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) is astonished to learn of the latest arrest under the infamous Internal Security Act (ISA) in the midst of Government’s talks about reviewing the Act.

According to the information received, Sulaiman Bin Bukhari, Latif Bin Omar and Samsudin (full name was not able to be obtained) were arrested under the ISA on 25th June 2009 at Ulu Tiram, Johor Bahru.

They were alleged to be members of Jemaah Islamiyaah (JI). GMI calls on the government to verify this latest arrest.

If the information received by GMI is true then we completely condemn the arrest and demand for the detainees to be put on trial or released immediately.

If the information is true, it is ashamed that the government is again practising double standards and double talks in issues related to ISA.

Weeks of minor tragedies

I’ve not been blogging as I injured my right wrist, which affected my right arm. It must have hit a nerve because my back and right leg started aching too

There is so much difficulties going to work as well. I try to write and type with my left hand. There are limitations. The doctor has said I should not use my right hand for six weeks, but it’s not possible.

I’ve missed a lot in blogging but will catch up soon.

There are other little tragedies, like my mails being blocked because it had reached its limit. GMAIL says I never have to delete an email. But I suppose these are all lies.

I finally got the message that I could no longer send or receive emails unless I delete some. After deleting thousands, I am still stuck.

In the process of deleting unwanted emails, I have got rid of some very important ones, especially my short stories. I can’t seem to retrieve it.

I thought I could at least have a copy on my laptop, but that machine of mine collapsed, too. Attacked by vicious virus, which came from my office!

Sad. Sad. But all this will pass. Now, hopefully wrist and arm gets better and then I can start writing and blogging again.

Meantime, hope you are well, and happy reading updates on other people’s blogs

I agree, incompetence at all levels

This article by M Bakri Musa in Malaysiakini is a real gem. Must go down in my blog archieve as it resonates so well with what I think. Thank you, Mr. Bakri.

[sorry for the cut and paste job but I am to mesmerised by this article not to do it].

Nothing demonstrates the perverted priorities if not for the plain idiocies of Chief of Police Musa Hassan when he sought the help of Interpol to find Raja Petra Kamarudin. Then as if to remove any residual doubt we have of him, his senior officers questioned DAP leader Lim Kit Siang over an alleged seditious speech.

Unfortunately Musa Hassan (right) reflects a more general and disturbing observation. That is, he, like all our other leaders beginning with Najib Razak and all the way down, is too incompetent to fulfill the obligations that we have entrusted unto him. Unable to execute their duties, these leaders resort to indulging themselves in silly things so they can keep themselves occupied and looking busy.

They are like the incompetent mechanic who cannot fix your car, so he busies himself wiping the dirt off the windshield. Meanwhile you still cannot drive your car out of his repair shop, and your bill for the ‘non-repair’ keeps piling up.

Najib’s slow boat to China

All Najib Tun Razak can do in China is cling on to his daddy’s name.

My father this and my father that. The point is, he does not have any credentials on his own to convince the Chinese, is it?

Oh yes! Please bring us all the businesses and the China dolls! Bring em by the plane loads.

Hopefully they don’t get c4-ed in Malaysia.  Beware China dolls!

But what makes Najib think that Malaysian of Chinese origin would be so delighted and grateful that he is now visiting China and friendly with the country leaders?

China is not our motherland and many of us do not view China with star speckeld eyes. For someone like me, who are also exposed to alternative views and news about China, view the country with slanted eyes.

In other words, its leaders have many questions to answer when it comes to human rights issues, etc. What is happening to Tibet, Taiwan, to freedom of speech, internet, leaves much to be desired.

Najib vs Chin Peng.

Oh, what a diversion: Shoot those who back Chin Peng’s return. But we do not know how many really want him back.

But we do know how many want Najib to leave: Only 45 percent happy with Najib.

I leave it to you to decide: which is more serious?

Menanti di Penanti – Mansor wins!

After a long wait, Dr Mansor Othman, an Anwar Ibrahim loyalist, wins Penanti, and is immediately transported into a high level political appointment : the post of Penang Deputy Ministers’ Post.

Does Mansor know what it takes to be a DCM? Can he work with DAP, especially chief minister Lim Guan Eng? Is his win still considered victory, when UMNO was out of the race? Surely, it cannot be so satisfying a win when your biggest challenger is nowhere in sight!

Mansor’s ability as DCM remains to  be seen. It is hope the DCM post, reserved for PKR, can at least bring some stability to the party. But I wonder if Mansor can do it. He didn’t do so well with his PKR brood in Penang. And this opinion dates back to 2003.

Former Keadilan Wanita chief, turned enemy, Aminah Abdullah, lost miserably with 390 votes. This is despite all the ‘evidence’, expose and media attention and support for Aminah. What does it tell you?

This is also despite the report that thousands of UMNO members in Penanti did not vote. But were they really UMNO members to start with? Most likely, things are not what they seem. Things are not what we were often told to believe.

SOS! Austism center needs your help!

I received an email from blogger ShiokGuy on the subject below.  I am really sorry about the Center and hope things will be better soon. I pray that many of you who read this blog are angels and could give Mr. Yong a helping hand:

I am a father of 2 autistic boys age 7 and 9, they are Yong Wei Xiang and Yong Wei Jie. I am a small freelance in IT and software design, business was good before but last 2-3 years have been bad.

I send my sons to the center for last 3 months because it is free and the teacher is very experience in handling autism related issue.  But that are closing down due to financial difficulties. I belief I will be able to turn it around but I need help for the first year. I am looking for angel who can donate to keep the center open for another year, thereafter I should be able to make it profitable.

I told you so. It’s really a nightmare.

I said it earlier here. And even before this, I said something about “the biggest nightmare“.

“It may be unfair to compare a man who has been in power for 22 years against one who has only been at the reins for 59 days. But, so far, it is clear that Najib’s administration has not heralded the return of Mahathirism. So far, it is worse”.  Source: MalaysianInsider.

To me, Mahathir Mohammad had finally got what he wanted – a successor who would do whatever he wanted, and more. So much more that he became and can become even worse.

I have only two words.  “Padan Muka” – serve you right. Do we deserve the PM we get?

In loving memory of a brave & courageous soldier.

My father’s youngest brother, the late Lt. Col. Tony Loone, was a brave soldier until the day he died of cancer, 3 years ago, on 30 May 2006, when he was 71.

It was only 3 years, after my own dad died at the age of 77.

His story has been documented here by the 7rengers blog, which carries many interesting, courageous stories and bits of history about the Seventh Rangers struggles and jungle war fare with communists, they term ‘enemy’.

Major (Rtd) D Swami, owner of that blogspot, contacted me about my Uncle, when he died, so I referred him to my cousin Mark. I was already leaving for Bangkok at that point in time.

As a child, I remember my Uncle mostly in soldier’s outfit. He was a big man but gentle in spirit. He was rather handsome, too, a mixed blood: Chinese father and Sri Lanka mother. He was a jolly good man with his family and friends.

He leaves behind my aunty Josephine, my cousins Elaine, Mark and Charles, whom I miss dearly as we did spent some lovely times when we were kids.

After he retired, my Uncle and his family left for New Zealand, where his children completed their studies. Then he returned to Malaysia, and joined Parti Keadilan, as it was called then, in the Gombak branch.

When I was working in KL and Malaysiakini, we did chat greatly about politics. My Uncle knew many juicy stories from the past.

I do not know if my uncle’s family know this story, but he did tell me once long ago (my dad was alive then), that he had been offered the General’s post during his long career as a soldier, with one condition: that he converts to Islam.

Investigate these judges !

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By: P Ramakrishnan
President
Aliran
28 May 2009

Justice is becoming a rare commodity in our courts when judges of questionable ability Parties sit in judgment. This situation raises serious concerns regarding the appointment of judges and their elevation to the bench.

In the recent cases involving the Perak crisis we wonder whether the Federal Court judges and the Court of Appeal judges who heard these cases were right in ignoring Article 72(1) of the Federal Constitution. We are appalled with their judgment which went against the grain of justice.

On what basis did the Federal Court judges rule that the Speaker of the Perak State Assembly had no power to suspend certain BN Assemblymen? In any case, it was the Rights and Privileges Committee that had suspended them – not Sivakumar. That fact fell on deaf years.

But the moot point is can these judges ignore and discard the provisions of the Federal Court in deciding their cases? Aren’t decisions based on sound reasoning rooted in precedents and written law?

In a well-argued article the former Court of Appeal judge N H Chan has clearly established that the Judges’ Code of Ethics had been breached by these judges who had not paid any attention to the Federal Constitution.

N H Chan has pointed out that Article 72(1) specifically states, “ The validity of any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State shall not be questioned in any court.” How come this provision did not mean anything to them?