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- Najib’s headache over UMNO candidates...
- Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim Saman Utusan Di Mahkamah Jalan Duta Esok Jam 10 Pagi,18 Julai 2012
- Stephen Covey - World Class Motivational Guru.
- Azmi Anshar's Tribute To Paul Ponnudorai.
- Tariq Ramadan: Don’t separate politics and ethics
- Bir Khalsa Group of Punjab ~ Craziest Reality Show!
- MCA accused Muhyiddin as too Malay-centric...
- Lim Chang Moh - Malaysia's Foremost Film Critic
- Sabrina Yeap - Mother Teresa Of The Animals
- Setelah Kecudangkan Husam, Mohd Faisal Kini Mahu Jadi Blogger
- Legality Status Decision for BERSIH 2.0 – give us your support
- Siri Jelajah Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim Ke Selangor
- Anwar Ibrahim: Korupsi di Indonesia Tidak Lebih Parah dari Malaysia
- Hari Ini, SBY Buka Forum Diskusi dengan Tiga Tokoh Fenomenal Asia
- Tiba di Jakarta, Anwar Ibrahim: Kami Siap Berkuasa di Malaysia
- Sodomy 3? UMNO tak dak kerja lain...
- Celebrity Stupidity! Their own words or of the media?
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Najib’s headache over UMNO candidates... Posted: 17 Jul 2012 10:30 AM PDT  What’s worrying Najib is that he doesn’t know the preference of these 23,000 voters. If they are young voters, they will likely reject Najib. If most of them are aliens, then they have already caused great resentment among the locals because Najib has given them many benefits including land. Each acre of land given to an alien means an acre less for local born. That’s why I said Najib is at sixes and seven. The situation must be very bad because he’s now seeking to atone his past mistakes by calling on a selected group of ex-legislators. In the last elections, Najib dropped 17 medical doctors from the candidate list and an even bigger number of Islamic graduates, who went on to become revolutionary time bombs. Umno retained the riff-raffs and other unmentionables to stand as candidates. From this rogue’s gallery, Najib selected the men and women who would scale to new dizzying heights via his acronym-filled ‘transformation’ agenda. At the meeting with ex-assemblymen and ex-MPs, Najib admitted that some of the previously dropped legislators may have been victims of Umno’s internal politics. He claimed he understood their hurt and agony. Najib allowed ‘scums’ to rise But coming from Najib, I can say it’s an overstatement. The man has little capacity to understand others. People are of value as long as they serve his interests! Everyone who came for the meeting with Najib considered themselves winnable candidates. But how many can Najib accommodate without upsetting the present set up? It’s going to be war again. The present semblance of a united front will disintegrate as soon as he comes out with the candidate list. Umno today is a huge house filled with palace intrigues. Each player is interested to secure the most benefits in the shortest of time. There’s no such thing as long term thinking or a blueprint for the future. Those exotic things are for the top leadership to think of. To say there is a huge disconnect between the leaders and the followers is an understatement. But then, that is the price you pay for allowing the scums to rise to the top and dominate the party divisions.-Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz,FMT  Ketua Umno Bahagian Berkomplot Di Jakarta Tolak Calon Pilihan Najib  Disebalik Najib bercakap soal winnable yang bermaksud calon baru yang bersih serta boleh diterima rakyat, wakil-wakil rakyat lama ini tetap juga beranggapan mereka juga adalah winnable walaupun dalam pilihanraya lalu kemenangan yang diperolehi sekadar cukup makan sahaja. Di Selangor, wakil-wakil rakyat lama yang terdiri daripada pemegang jawatan Ketua Bahagian dan lain-lain jawatan dalam UMNO didapati masih ghairah melobi dan menonjolkan diri dengan harapan dipilih lagi sebagai calon pilihanraya. Selain Dr. Khir Toyo yang masih menghadapi kes mahkamah dan mengumumkan mahu berundur, didapati tiada pemimpin lain yang berbuat demikian. Mereka bukan saja didapati masih ghairah melobi untuk menjadi calon tetapi beberapa wakil rakyat Selangor juga sudah mengadakan pertemuan sulit di Jakarta untuk membentuk 'kesatuan' bagi membolehkan mereka melakukan desakan yang lebih mantap dan tersusun kepada pucuk pimpinan. Dengan melakukan komplot sehingga ke Jakarta bagi membolehkan terus dipilih sebagai calon pilihanraya, bermakna harapan pucuk pimpinan untuk meletakkan calon-calon winnable yang berada di luar kepimpinan UMNO Bahagian pastinya melalui jalan sukar dan tidak mustahil hanya tinggal angan-angan saja. Difahamkan antara perbincangan yang dibuat selain mendesak untuk terus dipilih sebagai calon, mereka juga turut menyentuh mengenai proses pemilihan UMNO yang akan diadakan selepas pilihanraya nanti. Di Johor pula, beberapa wakil rakyat yang sudah lebih tiga penggal memegang jawatan itu turut didapati masih ghairah melobi dan tidak segan-segan bercerita tentang hasrat mahu terus bertanding dalam pilihanraya akan datang ini. Sebahagian daripada mereka juga didapati makin rancak memasang kain rentang di seluruh pelusuk kawasan masing-masing memuji-muji kepimpinan Najib dengan pelbagai ungkapan manis sambil meletakkan gambar mereka bersebelahan dengan Perdana Menteri di kain rentang tersebut. Keadaan ini tentunya tidak lain adalah didorong oleh keghairahan yang tidak pernah padam untuk terus menjadi wakil rakyat. Dan sekali lagi keghairahan ini turut menyukarkan kemasukan calon-calon baru yang dianggap winnable untuk dipilih sebagai calon pilihanraya. Di Sabah juga keadaan yang sama berlaku di mana sebahagian besar wakil rakyat UMNO sedia ada secara terbuka menyatakan keinginan untuk terus bertanding. Di sebuah negeri di utara pula berlaku keadaan yang lebih terbuka di mana beberapa wakil rakyat yang terdiri daripada pimpinan UMNO Bahagian bukan saja meluahkan hasrat untuk terus menjadi calon, bahkan terdapat yang menggambarkan kemungkinan untuk bertanding sebagai calon Bebas jika diketepikan oleh UMNO. Tinjauan secara rambang di semua negeri sebenarnya mendapati kebanyakan wakil rakyat yang terdiri daripada Ketua Bahagian dan pemegang lain-lain jawatan dalam UMNO masih mahu terus menjadi calon walaupun menyedari usia mereka makin meningkat dan sudah pun merasai nikmat beberapa penggal menjadi wakil rakyat. Pimpinan UMNO Bahagian ini langsung tidak peduli soal kemenangan UMNO dan BN secara keseluruhannya, apatah lagi mahu memberi ruang kepada calon-calon baru menjadi wakil rakyat. Apa yang difikir dan diusahakan ialah memastikan mereka terus dipilih sebagai calon pilihanraya. Dalam hal ini Najib sudah tentu serba salah kerana jika Ketua Bahagian dan wakil-wakil rakyat yang sudah lama terus dipilih sebagai calon ia akan menyukarkan impian kemenangan yang ingin digapai kerana rakyat akan menilai Najib gagal dalam transformasinya serta tidak mengotakan janji untuk meletakkan calon-calon baru yang dianggap winnable. Di sisi yang lain, jika Ketua Bahagian terlalu ramai diketepikan ia mungkin pula menjejaskan kedudukan Najib dalam pemilihan UMNO selepas itu, terutama jika UMNO dan BN cuma menang tipis saja dalam PRU 13 nanti. Ketua-ketua Bahagian yang diketepikan ini kemungkinan akan bersuara lantang mendesak agar Najib mengundur diri dan digantikan dengan pemimpin lain. Soalnya mampukah Najib menjadi seorang yang tegas dan tidak tunduk kepada pelbagai karenah yang ditimbulkan oleh wakil-wakil rakyat usang serta pimpinan UMNO Bahagian ini sedangkan selama ini beliau sudah dicop sebagai Perdana Menteri paling lemah dalam sejarah Malaysia? - shahbudindotcom.blogspot  cheers. 
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Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim Saman Utusan Di Mahkamah Jalan Duta Esok Jam 10 Pagi,18 Julai 2012 Posted: 17 Jul 2012 09:25 AM PDT Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan muncul sebagai saksi pertama kes saman fitnah beliau terhadap Utusan Malaysia berkaitan isu memutar isi kenyataan beliau dalam wawancara BBC. Butir-butir perbicaraan: Tarikh: Rabu 18 Julai
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Stephen Covey - World Class Motivational Guru. Posted: 17 Jul 2012 10:02 AM PDT Stephen Covey passed away from complications from a bicycle accident on July 16, 2012.
Read all about him from Wikipedia. Stephen Richards Covey (October 24, 1932 - July 16, 2012) was an American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker. His most popular book was The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit and The Leader In Me — How Schools And Parents Around The World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child At A Time. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business at Utah State University at the time of his death. Covey was born to Stephen Glenn Covey and Irene Louise Richards Covey. Louise was the daughter of Stephen Richards, a counselor in the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons). He was the grandson of Stephen Mack Covey who founded the original Little America (Mormon church) near Granger, Wyoming. Covey earned a degree in business administration from the University Of Utah, an MBA from Harvard University and a Doctor of Religious Education from Brigham Young University. He was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity. He was awarded 10 honorary doctorates. Covey established the Covey Leadership Centre which in 1997 merged with Franklin Quest to form FranklinCovey, a global professional services firm and specialty retailer selling both training and productivity tools to individuals and organisations. Their mission statement reads: "We enable greatness in people and organisations everywhere". In March 2008 Covey launched the Stephen Covey Online Community. The site was a collection of online courses, goal management and social networking. Covey used it to teach his thoughts and ideas on current topics and self leadership. In February 2010, Covey became a professor of the Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair In Leadership at the Huntsman School Of Business at Utah State University. Huntsman and Covey were longtime friends. At USU, he taught courses, performed research and helped to establish the Stephen R. Covey Centre For Leadership. Covey toured the world and gave lectures. He visited Malaysia in 1997. 
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Azmi Anshar's Tribute To Paul Ponnudorai. Posted: 17 Jul 2012 09:33 AM PDT Azmi Anshar is an editor in the New Straits Times.
Paul Ponnudorai came into the national psyche as a guitar virtuoso, picking and yodelling his way into the 1975 ‘Bakat TV’ talent contest. WHEN Paul Ponnudorai was hitting it on his own, paying his dues, the journey was occasionally fraught with moments of comedic terror: raucous watering holes for fat-bellied patrons, money-grubbing musical philistines cursing loud expletives if he refused to play the latest punch-drunk Top 10 tune in any ethnic configuration. Legend has it that one gangster showed Ponnudorai the size of his pistol snug in the belt: he decided that being pragmatic was better than maintaining integrity and being shot at, so he indulged the thug with face time by unleashing a Paul Ponnudorai original cover of Careless Whisper - a personal record of 17 times in a row to the howls of drunken stupor! Friends often quipped to Ponnudorai that during his 15th rendition, he should have taken the pistol and just pulled the trigger himself, just to flee the diabolical torment. This fact was known to rabid Ponnudorai followers. The man was a guitarist able to navigate any given tune with the eye of a fine sommelier, the risk-taking of a rogue archaeologist and the mischief of a loveable prankster. With his passing at age 51 (he did say that he walked into a bar in 1979 gigging with his siblings and "I haven't walked out of a bar since"), his supremely-natural gifts on the guitar, the engaging sense of humour inter-played with a rapturous audience and that personal charm he exuded is forever etched in memory. Ponnudorai was a musical pugilist from the 1970s generation, a bunch too young to dig Flower Power but old enough to avoid the Generation-X slacker rap, but he was a genius of a musician living life to the fullest. He even survived a horrific car crash where he needed metal screws bored into his skull after a surgery to neutralise a blood clot. Ponnudorai was soaked in the brine (his favourite phrase) of the Bible and gospel music, 1970s avant-garde rock and other metallic-like structures, and disco with a genteel focus on jazz and blues. But the coyness of the 1970s did not subvert Ponnudorai. It turned him into a peerless virtuoso of the guitar. Medium-built but stout in physique and blessed with a propelling tenor voice, Ponnudorai's years of gigging before musically-illiterate audiences in dingy nightclubs was a profound woodshedding experience. But his obsession for the outrageous guitar riff and chord progression during those halcyon years elevated him into a cult guitar hero. Ponnudorai's thumbs are unmercifully bent, which was consistent with the plausible theory that bent thumbs are the physical characteristic of fabulous musicians. Ponnudorai came into the national psyche as a guitar virtuoso, picking and yodelling his way into the 1975 Bakat TV variety talent contest which became the springboard into greatness, reinforced soon with successes in competitions in the Yamaha Guitar and Southeast Asian Guitar Festivals. Following gigs at pubs and lounges, he was snared as lead singer/guitarist for the Drifting Cowboys, the Waves and the Sweet Notes. That improvisatory spirit though was too vexing: he formed his own band, Made In Malaysia, playing notably at the now defunct All That Jazz, with a selection of sweet pop, rock and blues numbers but inevitably went solo again. Ponnudorai never wavered nor did he compromise his faith in the blues while riffing it up in jazz and rock, though his true musical religion was spontaneous improvisation. Brandishing his electro-acoustic axe on stage was as enthralling as watching a firebrand preacher on a pulpit. Ponnudorai was spiritual in that sense as he adapted popular tunes, then twisted and artistically tortured them into something insanely subliminal. Ponnudorai passed on with his precocious talent intact, but even with a single under-the-radar 2005 album Back In Time, his reputation preceded him. One night, while playing a routine hotel club gig in Singapore, a certain gentleman by the name of Wynton Marsalis, perhaps America's greatest living jazz cat, jumped on stage and began jamming on his trumpet against a very startled Ponnudorai. Ponnudorai was assuredly the antithesis of everything we assumed in the age of MTV and Billboard ratings. Many Malaysians aren't aware of the existence of Ponnudorai, the rich heritage he bestowed upon his native country, even as he had to eke a living across the border. The passing of such a gifted man in our midst is not the real tragedy. Ignorance of his existence is. 
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Tariq Ramadan: Don’t separate politics and ethics Posted: 17 Jul 2012 10:07 AM PDT Tariq Ramadan said that Islam and democracy are not incompatible, but we should be careful about economic and cultural colonisation. Democracy without socio-economic justice and cultural independence was no democracy, he said. He warned that while people may elect leaders in a democracy, economic decision-making was often made unaccountable to the people. He also alluded [Read more]
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Bir Khalsa Group of Punjab ~ Craziest Reality Show! Posted: 17 Jul 2012 06:53 AM PDT They literally scared the shit out of the reality contest judges! You should see the terror registering on the faces of the lady judge and also the male judge who had to cringe in fear looking at the carnage taking place before them where the members of this Sikh group rampaged on stage smashing the hell out of their members bodies and trashed up the entire stage! I doubt that even the American Marines can stand up to the ferocity of these raving fellows? Damn crazy bunch that has ever terrorized any reality tv show such as this! 
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MCA accused Muhyiddin as too Malay-centric... Posted: 17 Jul 2012 04:30 AM PDT  Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin appears to have ruffled the feathers of MCA leaders by publicly accusing MCA of “not understanding” Chinese sentiments. At the Batu Umno division AGM last Sunday, Muhyiddin (left) accused BN component parties - specifically naming MCA and MIC - of failing to understand the sentiments of the Chinese and Indian Malaysians. According to a report by Sin Chew Daily, Muhyiddin had said that in order for BN to win any seats, local leaders must first understand the sentiments of all races. He said that when he visited the Umno division, he would be given a briefing on the ground sentiments, but component parties appear to be a problem. Specifically mentioning MCA, Muhyiddin said he could not understand why the party could not “read” Chinese sentiments. “Are the Chinese really that complicated? Can their attitudes not be comprehended?” he asked. Muhyiddin went on to say that members of the Chinese community would not express themselves freely when approached by BN, but would do so through a third party. Using his own constituency of Pagoh as an example, Muhyiddin said his Umno division and MIC counterparts had managed to resolve problems faced by all 1,744 Indian voters within a month. He hoped that MCA and MIC would be able to emulate this. ‘DPM is too Malay-centric’ In an immediate response, MCA deputy president Liow Tiong Lai accused Muhyiddin of failing to understand Malaysians as a whole. “He said that the MIC and MCA don’t understand the voice of the people. In my opinion, the deputy prime minister must understand the voice of all Malaysians and not just listen to Malays,” he said.  Liow (right) said that what the Chinese wanted was fair policies and not policies that were double-standard in nature. “He cannot just look after the needs of the Malays, but must look after the needs of all Malaysians. If he understood that, he would not have made those comments,” said Liow, according to Oriental Daily. According to Sin Chew Daily, Liow said MCA understood very well the sentiments of the Chinese community and raised these issues in the cabinet and through other means. “Policies that are not fair to the Chinese community are being slowly rectified. Others which have yet to be settled with be settled swiftly, to ensure that policies will be open,” he said.-malaysiakini  MCA suruh Muhyiddin fahami sentimen semua kaum bukan Melayu saja... Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dilihat telah menyinggung perasaan pemimpin parti komponennya dengan menuduh MCA "tidak memahami" sentimen golongan Cina. Muhyiddin dalam mesyuarat agung Umno bahagian Batu pada Ahad lalu didakwa telah menuduh parti komponen BN – khususnya MCA dan MIC – gagal memahami sentimen golongan Cina dan India. Satu laporan Sin Chew Daily melaporkan Muhyiddin sebagai berkata, pemimpin tempatan perlu memahami sentimen semua kaum untuk membolehkannya memenangi mana-mana kerusi. Muhyiddin dilaporkan berkata, beliau biasanya akan menerima taklimat berhubung sentimen akar umbi apabila beliau mengunjungi bahagian Umno. Namun parti komponen nampaknya bermasalah untuk memberi taklimat itu, katanya dalam laporan tersebut. Muhyiddin yang menyebut parti MCA secara khusus berkata, beliau tidak faham mengapa parti itu tidak boleh "membaca" sentimen masyarakat Cina. “Adakah orang Cina begitu rumit? Tidak bolehkah sikap mereka difahami?," soalnya. Muhyiddin juga berkata masyarakat Cina tidak akan menyatakan perasaan mereka dengan bebas apabila didekati BN, tetapi akan berbuat demikian melalui pihak ketiga. Beliau memberi contoh kawasan yang diwakilinya di Pagoh, di mana bahagian Umno dan MIC berjaya menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi 1,744 pengundi India dalam masa sebulan. Muhyiddin berharap MCA dan MIC akan mencontohi perkara itu. Dalam satu kenyataan balas, timbalan presiden MCA Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai mendakwa timbalan perdana menteri itu gagal memahami rakyat Malaysia secara keseluruhan. "Beliau kata MIC dan MCA tidak memahami suara rakyat. Pada pendapat saya, timbalan perdana menteri mesti memahami suara semua rakyat dan bukan mendengar kepada orang Melayu?," katanya. Liow berkata apa yang orang Cina mahu ialah dasar yang adil dan bukan berat sebelah. Katanya, Muhyiddin tidak boleh hanya menjaga keperluan orang Melayu tetapi keperluan semua rakyat Malaysia. Muhyiddin tidak akan membuat kenyataan seperti itu sekiranya beliau memahami perkara itu, kata Liow lagi seperti dipetik Oriental Daily.-malaysiakini  cheers. 
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Lim Chang Moh - Malaysia's Foremost Film Critic Posted: 17 Jul 2012 05:20 AM PDT Lim Chang Moh, who passed away at 62 on July 14, 2012, will always be remembered as the country's foremost film critic. He was best known for his film reviews in The Malay Mail. He retired in 2006 but continued to review films in his blog At The Movies With Lim Chang Moh. The Malay Mail lifestyle editor Daniel Chan said: “His three decades as a film review columnist is a tough act to follow. He was a dear old friend and will be sorely missed.” As production editor, Lim was highly respected for his command of English and perfectionist attitude towards ensuring there were no grammatical or spelling errors in the reports published by The Malay Mail. Filmmaker Datuk Yusof Haslam described Lim as the country's foremost film critic, second to none. Yusof hailed Lim as a prolific writer who did a good biography of former Chief Secretary To The Government Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid in 2008. Educated at Penang Free School in Georgetown from 1964 to 1970, Lim graduated from University Malaya in 1974. He joined the New Straits Times and later The Malay Mail where he wrote a long-running weekly column on movies titled At The Movies. His son Jason has followed in his footsteps, frequently contributing movie reviews for The Star. Lim also acted in one film, The Joshua Tapes in 2010. 
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Sabrina Yeap - Mother Teresa Of The Animals Posted: 17 Jul 2012 05:03 AM PDT Animal rights activist and friend of the stray dogs and cats Sabrina Yeap passed away today after a long illness.
She will always be remembered as the Mother Teresa Of The Animals. Yeap was formerly in SPCA Malaysia before founding the Furry Friends Farm, a shelter for strays. Three years ago she famously rescued stray dogs from Pulau Selat Kering in Klang. One of the intelligent stray dogs, Hitam, became her special assistant in the mission. Yeap famously said: “I can’t believe there is a heaven without dogs / pets.” “Dogs / pets do more for people than people do for one another.” “They don’t ask for anything in return. They are not part of today's great 'I want'.” Hitam, the heroic black dog which helped her and became the most respected dog in Malaysia, passed on the same year. RIP Sabrina. You are truly a saint. Hitam and Noah are waiting. 
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Setelah Kecudangkan Husam, Mohd Faisal Kini Mahu Jadi Blogger Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:41 AM PDT Seorang pemuda, Mohd Faisal Bin Rohban Ahmad hari ini berazam mahu memulakan hidup baru sebagai seorang blogger. Mohd Faisal yang sebelum ini di saman fitnah oleh Naib Presiden PAS, YB Dato’ Haji Husam Bin Musa, amat bersyukur kerana saman tersebut telah ditolak oleh Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Kota Bharu dengan alasan pihak Husam telah gagal membuktikan [...]
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Legality Status Decision for BERSIH 2.0 – give us your support Posted: 17 Jul 2012 01:46 AM PDT
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Siri Jelajah Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim Ke Selangor Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:49 AM PDT Merdeka Rakyat 9.00 – 12.00 mlm – Ceramah Perdana – (DUN Seri Muda, P- Kota Raja) Lokasi: Padang Rakyat, Kg Jalan Kebun, Seksyen 30, Syah Alam Penceramah:
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Anwar Ibrahim: Korupsi di Indonesia Tidak Lebih Parah dari Malaysia Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:30 AM PDT Dari JaringNews.com “Pertumbuhan ekonomi di Indonesia seharusnya dibarengi dengan keberpihakan kepada masyarakat banyak.” JAKARTA, Jaringnews.com – Tokoh oposisi Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, angkat bicara mengenai dunia perpolitikan Indonesia. Dia menilai, Indonesia mengalami perkembangan politik yang jauh lebih baik ketimbang negaranya. “Positifnya Indonesia lebih matang, institusi demokrasi lebih mengakar, media lebih bebas. Walaupun ada masalah, ada kritikan kepada KPK, presiden ataupun kasus Century, masih ada ruang bagi publik untuk mengetahuinya,” ujar dia kepada Jaringnews.com dalam sebuah wawancara eksklusif di Hotel Shangri-La, Jakarta, Selasa (17/7). Ada dua isu menantang yang dialami Indonesia hingga kini. Pertama, isu mengenai korupsi, dan isu tentang ekonomi. Namun, lagi-lagi menurut dia, korupsi yang terjadi di Indonesia tidak lebih parah dengan yang terjadi di Malaysia. Hanya saja, sambung dia, media di Malaysia dikontrol oleh pemerintah. “Tidak benar korupsi di Malaysia tidak lebih parah seperti yang digambarkan. Sebab kita sophitication (lebih canggih). Korupsi di Malaysia tidak dihebatkan (diberitakan) karena media dikontrol,” ungkap pria kelahiran Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, 10 Agustus 1947 ini. Dia pun menyebutkan satu kasus korupsi di Negeri Jiran yang terkesan sengaja tidak diekspos media, yakni mengenai skandal pembelian kapal selam dari Prancis pada 2002 oleh pemerintah Malaysia yang tengah mengemuka. “Di mahkamah Prancis sudah dibuka, berita soal ini di Prancis ada, tapi di Malaysia tidak diungkit. Satu dunia bicara korupsi setengah miliar ringgit, tapi dipadamkan (tak diungkap) sama sekali,” ujar dia. Lalu, mengenai isu ekonomi, lanjut dia, pertumbuhan ekonomi di Indonesia seharusnya dibarengi dengan keberpihakan kepada masyarakat banyak. “Masih ada marginalization (marjinalisasi), kemiskinan, dan jurang itu terus melebar. Saya tidak pikir itu sustainable (berkelanjutan),” tuntas Anwar. Kedatangan Anwar ke Jakarta yakni untuk menghadiri diskusi ilmiah dengan tema Peace & Reconciliation in Southeast Asia, yang akan digelar di Hotel Shangri-La, pukul 15.00 WIB. Acara ini merupakan perayaan setahun usia jurnal tiga bulanan berbahasa Inggris ‘Strategic Review: The Indonesian Journal of Leadership, Policy, World Affairs’, yang diluncurkan pada 15 Agustus 2011 lalu. Selain Anwar, turut menjadi pembicara dalam forum ini, yakni mantan Perdana Menteri Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra dan mantan Presiden Timor Leste Jose Ramos Horta. Acara ini akan dibuka oleh Presiden RI Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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Hari Ini, SBY Buka Forum Diskusi dengan Tiga Tokoh Fenomenal Asia Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:28 AM PDT Dari JaringNews.Com Tiga tokoh fenomenal ini sosok yang memiliki pengaruh besar dalam peta perpolitikan di negaranya masing-masing. JAKARTA, Jaringnews.com – Presiden RI Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono akan membuka diskusi ilmiah bertajuk ‘Peace & Reconciliation in Southeast Asia’ di ballroom Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, Selasa (17/7) hari ini. Acara ini merupakan perayaan setahun usia jurnal tiga bulanan berbahasa Inggris ‘Strategic Review: The Indonesian Journal of Leadership, Policy, World Affairs’, yang diluncurkan pada 15 Agustus 2011 lalu. SBY selaku keynote speaker akan memberikan sambutan pada pukul 15.30 WIB. Dalam diskusi ini, akan hadir tiga tokoh yang tidak asing lagi di kawasan Asia, yaitu mantan Perdana Menteri Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra, pemimpin oposisi Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim dan mantan Presiden Timor Leste Jose Ramos Horta. Ketiganya akan duduk bersama di forum diskusi ini. Kehadiran tiga tokoh fenomenal–kalau tak mau disebut kontroversial–ini tentu akan menjadi perhatian publik. Seperti diketahui, ketiganya adalah sosok yang memiliki pengaruh besar dalam peta perpolitikan di negaranya masing-masing. Sebut saja Thaksin. Mantan PM Thailand disenangi masyarakat tetapi digulingkan lewat kudeta militer pada September 2006, lalu tinggal di pengasingan di Dubai. Meski tinggal di pengasingan, ia tetap memiliki pengaruh yang sangat kuat di Thailand. Bahkan, Yingluck Shinawatra, adik kandungnya, berhasil menjabat sebagai perdana menteri pada tahun 2011 lalu karena pengaruh dan kendali Thaksin yang masih menancap cukup kuat. Pria 62 tahun ini menjadi tokoh fenomenal karena memadukan kekuatan bisnis dan politik dalam lansekap demokrasi Thailand yang monarki konstitusional. Thaksin menjadi model demokratisasi Asia yang bersentuhan dengan militer, yang memiliki paralelisme dengan Indonesia, meski kondisi kedua negara sangat berbeda, khususnya kiprah militer dalam politik. Oleh karena itu, menjadi kesempatan yang sangat berharga mengikuti diskusi dalam rangka ulang tahun pertama Strategic Review. Acara ini terbuka untuk umum, khususnya pengamat, akademisi, mahasiswa ilmu politik, praktisi politik, aktivis lembaga swadaya masyarakat (LSM) maupun pebisnis.
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Tiba di Jakarta, Anwar Ibrahim: Kami Siap Berkuasa di Malaysia Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:25 AM PDT Dari JaringNews.Com Meskipun rakyat tidak berpendidikan tinggi, rakyat tidak bodoh. JAKARTA, Jaringnews.com – “Pemilu kemungkinan digelar tahun ini, meski telah ditangguhkan berulang kali,” tegas tokoh oposisi Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim pada Jaringnews.com dalam sebuah wawancara eksklusif di Hotel Shangri-La, Jakarta, Selasa pagi ini, 17/7. Rencananya, siang ini ia akan duduk bersama dengan Ramos Horta dan Thaksin Shinawatra di sebuah forum diskusi ilmiah dengan tema “Peace & Reconciliation in Southeast Asia” di Ballroom, Shangri-La Hotel. Ia menambahkan bahwa dirinya siap memenangi pemilu Malaysia. Baginya, pemilu kali ini adalah kesempatan emas bagi rakyat untuk kebebasannya dalam demokrasi. “Bagi saya baik pemilu kali ini adalah baik karena saya pikirkan rakyat. Meskipun rakyat tidak berpendidikan tinggi, rakyat tidak bodoh. Inilah hak rakyat untuk kebebasan,” tegasnya. Meski demikian, jalan untuknya masih tetap berliku karena kini ia dituduh mendalangi aksi demonstrasi menentang rezim di Malaysia. Seperti diketahui, ribuan warga Malaysia menggelar unjuk rasa yang disebut Bersih di Kuala Lumpur untuk menuntut perubahan sistem pemilu yang menurut mereka berpihak pada koalisi pemerintah pimpinan Perdana Menteri Najib Razak. Bersama Anwar Ibrahim, Wakil Presiden PKR Azmin Ali dan Badrul Hisham Shaharin dituntut oleh pemerintah karena dianggap sebagai dalang kerusuhan. Ribuan warga Malaysia terlibat bentrok dengan aparat keamanan karena pengunjuk rasa berusaha menerobos barisan polisi yang memblokade jalan-jalan menuju alun-alun. Sedikitnya 500 orang ditangkap setelah aksi pada pada 28 April 2012 lalu itu. Jika terbukti bersalah, Anwar akan diancam dengan hukuman dua tahun penjara dan denda sebesar 2.000 ringgit Malaysia atau sekitar Rp6 juta. Tidak hanya itu saja, Anwar juga akan dilarang untuk mencalonkan diri dalam pemilihan umum. Anwar didakwa melanggar undang-undang yang melarang unjuk rasa jalanan dan pawai massal di pusat kota Kuala Lumpur. Sidang akan digelar kembali dalam beberapa bulan ke depan. Meski demikian, Anwar kepada Jaringnews.com memastikan bahwa dirinya akan memenangi pemilu Malaysia. “Pemilu kali ini menjadi peluang terbaik bagi kami untuk berkuasa,” tegasnya. Apalagi, jelasnya, Najib sudah undur pemilu ini berulang kali karena merasa tidak percaya diri untuk ikut pemilu.
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Sodomy 3? UMNO tak dak kerja lain... Posted: 16 Jul 2012 09:45 PM PDT  Ada yang menganggap perkembangan terbaru, yang didedahkan lewat malam tadi sebagai satu lagi konspirasi BN khususnya Umno dalam mengekang pergerakan politik Anwar. Sebaliknya, pengikut BN melahirkan pendirian sebaliknya. K-run Ariffin, antara pembaca yang awal memberi reaksi sebaik sahaja Sinar Harian Online membawa laporan ini awal pagi tadi berkata, "buh laa liwat berapa kali punn...orang tidak percaya kat Umno/BN dahhh." Aman Hakim pula menasihatkan pihak yang hendak menghasilkan konspirasi agar menggunakan cara atau pendekatan lain atau yang inovatif, bukannya mengulangi taktik yang sama. Dia dilihat merujuk kepada kes liwat pertama dan kedua melibatkan Anwar. Anwar telah dibebaskan oleh Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur awal tahun ini. "Cubalah buat filem lain pulak... DSAI ada 'imune spiderman' ke, DSAI boleh jadi 'vampire' macam Edward Cullen ke, DSAI the movie versi 3D ke... ini skrip yag sama je.. naik bosan dah. Makin merepek… mana la nak box office gini." Bagaimanapun pembaca bernama Muhammad Zulhairi Fetani berkata, "walau apa pun yang terjadi, si bebal dan si lembab akan tetap beriman dengan kesucian Anwar Ibrahim." Pembaca bernama Bob mengambil sikap berkecuali sambil berkata, "ketawakan saja dengan negara Malaysia ini." Dengan nada sindir, pembaca bernama Fzymeli Md Isa menulis, "kalau buat skrip DSAI jadi Ultraman kan bagus, tak pun kalau meluat sangat kat dia buat skrip jadi hantu mak limah." Mungkar Nakir pula berkata, "menyampah politik tak sihat dah hilang akal mampus." Suhaimi Idris menganggap "apa saja datang daripada papabongok adalah "bongok" sebagaimana keadaannya." Seorang lagi pembaca, Othman Mohd tidak dapat menerima laporan terbaru ini. Dia berkata, "tak ada orang nak caya (percaya) dohhh puak Umno niiii.. p aih cherohh duk bohonh gitu laa... ingat Tuhan tu maha kaya... Umno pasti berkuburrrr...insya-ALLAH." Muhd Nurikhwan Abdullah menulis, "abaikan saja berita macam ini. Tidak tau lagi kebenarannya... benar atau bohong kita tidak layak nak jadi hakim... sila abaikan sahaja khabar angin ini. Bulan Ramadan nak tiba." Rafka Danial berpendapat bahawa "buat la apa-apa pun kat individu bernama Anwar..., yang pasti rejim BN mesti dihapuskan di muka bumi Malaysia." Seterik Farick mengambil pendirian berkecuali dengan berkata, "betul atau tidak mahkamah akan tentukan. Yang untungnya BN sebab ketua pembangkang itu akan terus terikat di pintu mahkamah. Kuranglah masanya nak berkempen."-sinar harian Satu, Dua Dubur Belum Cukup Untuk Selamatkan Nyawa UMPORNO Kalau Hj. Najib Sekali Pun Diliwat... Yang Penting UMNO/BN MAMPOS Ini pengakuan mangsa liwat DSAI. Pengakuan mangsa liwat Anwar  Another sodomy trial in the making? Pro-Umno blogger Papagomo (http://www.papagomo.com/) has claimed that a fresh sodomy case was being brought against Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim. In a blog posting yesterday night, the blogger claimed that he had received information that a university student had lodged a police report againt the PKR de facto leader, claiming to have been sodomised the previous night. The blogger alleged that the report was made in a police station in one of the northern states in the country. “It is not known if the report is real or not but what is certain is that all embassies in Malaysia must not to protect Anwar if he decides to hide himself like he did in the previous sodomy case,” wrote the blogger. Without divulging more, the blogger teased his readers, asking them wait for more in the next development. Attempts by FMT to obtain a confirmation from the police if such a police report existed were unsuccessful. Papagomo had also posted a photo of the said student in a police vehicle. The student was accompanied by another man in what appeared to be a police patrol car. When contacted for comment, Anwar’s aide said the opposition leader was presently away on an official visit to Jakarta. Umno’s new tactic In an immediate response, Edy Noor Reduan, a spokesperson for the PKR-linked Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) said that this ‘Sodomy III’ would be Umno’s brand new tactic. He noted that this third installment followed the failures to prove the previous two other sodomy ‘conspiracies’ against Anwar. “The public is sick with news items that are obscene in nature and will be nauseated if another conspiracy is created. Utusan [Malaysia] will once again compete with Playboy magazine. “And for sure tens of millions of public funds will be used to construct a ‘state of the art’ conspiracy since Sodomy II failed to put Anwar behind bars,” he said in a statement. PKR’s strategic director Rafizi Ramli also rubbished this latest claim in a tweet feed late last night. Two sodomy trials On Jan 9 this year, High Court Judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah acquitted and discharged Anwar of the charge of sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari. Three years ago, Anwar was accused of committing the act at a Desa Damansara condominium unit in Bukit Damansara between 3.10pm and 4.30pm on June 26, 2008. The offence of “carnal intercourse against the order of nature” under Section 377B of the Penal Code carries up to 20 years’ imprisonment and whipping on conviction. The Attorney-General’s Chambers is appealing Anwar’s discharge and acquittal. Following Saiful’s police report against Anwar then, the PKR leader had temporarily sought refuge at the Turkey embassy before he finally agreed to be questioned by the police. This was why Papagomo had made reference to diplomats not to protect Anwar over the latest accusation. The first time Anwar was accused of sodomy was in 1998, where he was charged together with his adopted brother, Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja, with sodomising his wife Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail’s driver Azizan Abu Bakar. Anwar was found guilty in 2000 and sentenced to nine years in jail. However, Anwar was freed on Sept 5, 2004 after the Federal Court set aside the sodomy conviction and jail term. The court also overturned the conviction and six-year jail sentence of Sukma.-FMT Anwar unfazed by new claims, attends confab in Jakarta cheers. 
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Celebrity Stupidity! Their own words or of the media? Posted: 16 Jul 2012 09:00 PM PDT  Siti Nurhaliza is one fine singer and we all love listening to her songs where she delivers them with much finesse and is a singer gifted by Ar Rahman with a melodious voice that not many can out perform.  Like this news stating that there has been online feuds concerning some of her fans who aren't that pleased with her appearance devoid of proper hijab and not in accordance to what most of her fans including yours truly wish to see her appear on tv and in her public performances, decent and properly attired as per the requirements of our Islamic Syariah.   As if the Malaikatul Maut can be delayed or the impending appointment postponed indefinitely? What would such celebs use as an excuse then when questioned by the angels of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala? The Western world has often painted Islam as being oppressive of our womenfolk by our insistence that Mukminats cover themselves up properly and not be subjected to the disturbances that society often inflicts upon those who go about in public exposing their assets or beauty thereof?  If there are amongst you who wonder why I am writing about a singer's erroneous ways, let me assure you that the main reason is I do not wish our impressionable youngsters of this country think that it's okay in Islam for any one who has reached the age of responsibility to delay adhering to the modesty code of Islam and give excuses such as the one Siti Nurhaliza is said to have given? The following poster says it all as to why Islam asks its believing women to cover themselves modestly and preserve their God given dignity?  Ameen. 
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THE INEVITABLE DISSOLUTION OF A CORRUPT AND EVIL REGIME... (REPRISE) Posted: 16 Jul 2012 08:11 PM PDT           Mother Earth is rapidly ascending to a subtler level of atomic frequency and will NOT support any lifeform that is not in its full integrity. Najib Razak and his Umno/BN regime are obviously NOT in their full integrity. Their malignant scheme to parasite off honest, decent citizens is DOOMED TO UTTER FAILURE. PEOPLE OF MALAYSIA, YOU ARE THE CHANGE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! BLESS YOU ALL AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW CHILDREN WHO WILL BUILD A GLORIOUS NEW MALAYSIA IN FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND TRUTH. Some rights reserved © Antares/Magick River
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Fong Chan Onn: Clueless or Not Truthful? Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:53 PM PDT Together with Nurul Izzah Anwar, MP for Lembah Pantai, we have exposed in our press conference last Tuesday that 45.9MW or 32.4% of the allocation to supply solar power has gone to 12 companies owned by Suzi Suliana bt Mohd Sidek and her husband, Todd Michael Morath, as well as 2 business partners. Their ownership is hidden via a complex layer of holding companies and joint ventures. Suzi Suliana happens to be the daughter of Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan, the recently retired Chief Secretary to the Government, and newly appointed chairman of Petronas Bhd.
Their combined allocation is much larger than established companies of Cypark and Petronas Power which received 9.2% and 7.1% of the allocation respectively. SEDA Chairman Tan Sri Dr Fong Chan Onn had insisted that “the selection was above board as it was done through an online system”. More specifically, Tan Sri Dr Fong explained that “the companies had met all the necessary technical criteria as well as financial commitments”. However, I had further highlighted the fact that at least 8 out of 12 companies successful companies were set up on 11 November 2011, exactly 3 weeks before the 2nd December 2011 application deadline. The rest of the companies were all set up less than 6 months before the deadline. What is worse is the fact that 9 of the above companies had paid up capital of only RM100 each! Hence the obvious question to ask SEDA and its honourable chairman is, how is it that brand new companies with only RM100 paid up capital had met “all the necessary technical criteria as well as financial commitments”? Instead of disclosing how these technical criteria and financial commitments were met, Tan Sri Dr Fong Chan Onn had threatened to sue me for defamation. He further added, "the lawyers are looking into it. I mean if you have a company, you registered yesterday and apply today, I can't reject (your application) right?" Based on the above reply, I am only more certain than ever that he is either completely clueless or is not telling the truth to the public. The 18-page Feed-in Approval Application Form (Solar PV >72kWp) specifically requires a “site use agreement” for the proposed site to farm the solar energy (Page 2). In addition, the application requires very specific financing compliance, that is either in the form of “conditional letter(s) of approval from the entity(ies) who will be providing financing to the Applicant for the project” or a “bank account statement showing a credit balance of at least the total capital cost of the renewable energy installation”. In addition, even if the project is to be financed, “the Applicant’s bank account statement showing a credit balance of at least 20% of the total capital cost of the renewable energy installation.” Can a company which is freshly set up only 3 weeks before the application deadline meet the above fairly onerous requirements? What’s more for a company which is only set up a day before the deadline as clarified by Tan Sri Dr Fong. What is worse is the fact that we are not talking about 1 company securing a small allocation of say, 1MW. What we are seeing here is the fact that the Feed-in Approval Holders have been awarded to 12 different newly set up companies with no track record and no employees, belonging to the same set of shareholders, taking up 32.4% of the solar energy quota. Of course, it is a mere coincidence that the key shareholder happens to be the daughter of our recently retired Chief Secretary to the Government and newly appointed Petronas Chairman, Tan Sri Sidek Hassan. Regardless of whether Tan Sri Dr Fong Chan Onn or SEDA decides to proceed with the legal suit against me, they both owe an honest explanation to Malaysians as to how these companies were “successful” with their applications, while many other qualified companies were not even able to secure a single license.  
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