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<p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">by Din Merican</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/rosli-dahlan.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-37870" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha3hiJoJ0qLIHBWDNVacms97-XpVELYYZz1k1sfy6xfJZ4y7YMFukkkiJw5sAKJtg98bYUPSfhhX2p4mcEdYWeofrNmSJ0v-_Sl_1SKE_k_PpQHsr0KUfrS_5oYq0hgptjCe=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" title="Rosli Dahlan"></a></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">When  Anwar Ibrahim was acquitted of Sodomy II on January 9, there was  stunned reaction nationwide. Numerous interpretations came about, not  least that this was the Politics of the Prosecution (or &#8220;Persecution&#8221; to  be more apt).</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#808080;"><strong>Senior  Lawyer Tommy Thomas wrote a most eloquent piece titled &#8220;Why was Anwar  Ibrahim acquitted?&#8221; and suggested that Sodomy II was all about politics,  and nothing but politics. That this was gutter politics of a new  meaning where no political leaders across the globe had been the victim  of such dirty state politics as Anwar.</strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Thus,  the decision to acquit Anwar was about the Politics of Acquittal, that  the trial judge did not actually make the decision himself, but it was  in reality a political decision. That is the perception of most  Malaysians (including lawyers) that in &#8220;political&#8221; cases the Courts are  not independent of the Executive.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/tommy-thomas1.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-37871" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha0DaX9ukd30cjcBN_eKprfyVydRL0q7YkUGsOS4SpWXjKs16FcPwv5RivxcsybXv1_UJfNCPgoelGMGbRd5lUFnh0ugfjZkq3nHHd8RO0MFgIOWKqynH5SWume9OJh6TE8SMA=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: left; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Tommy Thomas"></a>Tommy Thomas (<em>left</em>)  suggested that one way to analyse judicial independence is by reviewing  the trial judge&#8217;s overall conduct and he concluded that the judge&#8217;s  acquittal was a U-turn of massive proportions which contradicted all his  prior rulings against Anwar during the trial.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Malaysians  shouldn&#8217;t be euphoric in heralding the dawn of a new era in judicial  independence and that &#8220;Anwar&#8217;s acquittal will not be the harbinger of  better things to come from the judiciary. One swallow does not make a  summer!&#8221;</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>The Case of Rosli Dahlan: Gross Injustice and Victimisation of a Professional</strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">That  was indeed just one swallow if we are to judge the judiciary by the  case of my dear young friend Lawyer Rosli Dahlan. Readers would remember  that the MACC brutalised Rosli for defending Dato Ramli Yusuff, the  former CCID Director, who was fixed by the Unholy Trinity- former IGP  Musa Hassan, the MACC and AG Gani Patail.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Dato Ramli Yusuff and Rosli Dahlan had exposed Musa Hassan&#8217;s complicity in the Ah Long<a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/rd1.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-37873" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha1hdAIbVJ7wQSrYK2YF8NawGQxxNipiVbq1uf17tbFGh8VlqOGz1uUcL583mVhtH1qbg0ciE9xeVZpWJvLPlj8KgWtCpQfkJVZZDSBxgoENeW1SfVwZjTDk=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="RD1"></a>  syndicate and also the Malaysian Airline Systems (MAS) Scandal  involving its former chairman Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli. Both Ramli and  Rosli were fixed so that these matters can be canned.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Recently,  the MAS Scandal resurfaced when Minister in the PM&#8217;s Dept, Dato Seri  Nazri Aziz, directed several GLCs including MAS to sack their lawyers  and appoint the UMNO lawyer Datuk Hafarizam Harun (see the BN and UMNO  logos proudly displayed on this firm&#8217;s website at:  http://hafazmir.com/v2/) so that the cases against Tajudin can be  closed.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>MAS Issue unresolved--Why?</strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Speculation  is rife that Tajudin Ramli is protected because he has damaging  information about UMNO leaders in the plundering of the national  airlines. MAS was at the brink of bankruptcy if not for the WAU  (Widespread Asset Unbundling) scheme that allowed MAS to soar again. And  the MAS/Air Asia deal is now viewed with grave suspicion as a repeat of  all past misconducts which was why Rosli got into trouble with Dato&#8217;  Ramli in the first place.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/tajuddin-ramli.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-37874" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha3uXzd0a9EYACv73qq2y4stQ7vNNgmLQcoFLKyk5hfxtaI4HTtepAlsGTOeFOVzYbHgpmECoVvm3-s5qJ0SYciGdfynQj5oUsMdn-oZ-3m86cUmgpxoK22_O0mFggCy1_Bzvg=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: left; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Tajuddin Ramli"></a>In  order to fix Rosli, the  MACC served on him an invalid notice to  declare his assets whereas he had never been a civil servant and was  just a private sector lawyer. Although Rosli replied to that notice and  declared his asset under protest, still the MACC brutally arrested him  and charged him in a most humiliating and sensational way just one day  before Hari Raya of 2007.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Rosli  then filed an application in the Civil High Court called a Judicial  Review to declare that what the MACC did was wrong. The A-G Chambers  took a technical argument that the invalidity of the notice cannot be  raised by Judicial Review but should be raised during the trial in the  criminal court. On the other hand, during both Rosli&#8217;s and Ramli&#8217;s  criminal trials, the A-G Chambers argued that the invalid notice cannot  be challenged in the criminal case but should be challenged by Judicial  Review in the civil courts. Clearly, AG Gani Patail is being dishonest  by blowing hot and cold.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Eventually,  Sessions Judges M. Gunalen and Abu Bakar Katar held that the notices  against Dato Ramli and Rosli Dahlan were invalid and unlawful which  means the MACC fixed them up! It is amazing that A-G Gani Patail has  filed appeals against the acquittals of Dato&#8217; Ramli and Rosli whereas  there is total lethargy to prosecute Tajudin Ramli in the MAS scandal,  Shahrizat Jalil in the NFC scandal, and Awang Adek for openly admitting  that he received money and gratification in his personal account.  And   former Tourism Minister and incumbent MP Azalina Othman Said who  recently admitted to accepting a bribe.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">From my friends in the Palace of Justice, I heard that Rosli&#8217;s appeal for leave to file the Judicial <a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/gani-patail11.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-37875" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha3y-l9wViS2KCuDtTZbzhHki1jrjhrz8u35J4Z-SMOGENNLWZOXVDfs1PUx74_T71sE7_HzX3CxJ2-JUKzzWyoFC_30DnKLFLkUGEucY7XW_Z_OLTQEzhldmjh61KjKLvPZeQ=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="gani-patail1"></a>Review  came up in the Court of Appeal yesterday 19th January before Justices  KN Segara, Clement Skinner and Anantham Kasinather. To save AG Gani  Patail (<em>right</em>) from embarrassment for his inconsistent stand,  these Court of Appeal Judges said that Rosli&#8217;s appeal was academic as he  was already acquitted by the Sessions Court and forced the appeal to be  withdrawn.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Hearing all these from my friends in the Palace of Justice made me very sad. <strong><span style="color:#808080;">Tommy  Thomas was right that nothing has really changed, that it is too early  to expect better things from the judiciary. The bully and underhand  tactics used against Rosli is revolting to me.</span></strong></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/lawan-tetap-lawan.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-medium wp-image-37876" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha1_kueuDBBAcj5K_C9JDBAlDqK2UgCjOsX-T6LLbfiLF6fR_s57LLN-zFhTAXKkXsI0QcpuU7_0vHR1qr2Wtzfwz7gbCorwYvvYYmxevJfjNCo6gRxieLzsj4kvHviuunx-UhkCtFMjANqUqp2zvWq5zw=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: left; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Lawan Tetap Lawan"></a>I  asked Rosli for tea with some friends to see if he was alright. Unlike  previously, this time, Rosli did not try to avoid me. He seemed calm and  collected when I tried to console him.  There was a tinge of sadness in  his eyes which he tried to hide by his charming dimpled smile.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Despite  all my goading, he refused to talk about his case. When I asked what he  planned to do next, he laughed and jestingly quoted Anwar&#8217;s war cry &#8211;  &#8220;Lawan Tetap Lawan!&#8221;</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">That was enough for me to know that Rosli has the resolve to continue fighting on for the justice that was robbed off him.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#808080;"><strong>I  agree with Tommy Thomas that Anwar&#8217;s acquittal provides the best  opportunity for the electorate to have a clear choice as to which  coalition should be given the privilege of governing Malaysia for the  next five years.  A true two-party system must occur this time.</strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">If  we are to have true change and justice for all, then there must be a  political tsunami that will change the landscape like the Malay proverb  &#8220;Sekali air bah, sekali pantai berubah!&#8221;.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">by Terence Netto@<strong>www.malaysiakini.com</strong></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>COMMENT</strong></span>  Every now and then a political party is wracked by the problems caused  by a stormy petrel. The recalcitrant is born, not made, so a degree of  prescience about when and how to put out the nuisance is to be greatly  valued though rare to find.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/hasan-mambo-ali.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-37766" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha0LkBKsXiK4d0RPs9ArYOo5UKqDxpYoqnm2Eoilezv6bja9_1iVU_yRuEXR11spG0GgJAGOrnPhFngJJkpxfn-sXNc997euzUDB12P5go1wQIh83wcDV5VJPtFc3z1PHFlab62D=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: left; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Hasan Mambo Ali"></a>It  is now PAS' turn to feel the heat generated by the decision to expel  its former Selangor state executive councillor Hasan Ali (<em>left</em>). The man is not going to go gently into the night; he is determined to cause as much damage as possible.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Though  he does not have much support, as evidenced by the lack of nominations  from the PAS branches in the state ward in which he was elected, he can  count on Umno-wallahs to give him the publicity and audience for his  rants.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">PAS  has gotten rid of him but must live for some time with the consequences  of its decision to excise the gangrene from its body.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Hasan  is not like Zulkifli Nordin, the former PKR MP who spelt trouble for  the party early in his tenure as the representative for the  parliamentary seat of Kulim Bandar-Baru. PKR were tardy in chopping him  when they had the chance to in the later part of 2008, after Zulkifli  had been flagrant in violating its ideological principles when he barged  into a Bar Council-organised seminar on religious conversions.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">A  chop in time saves the chopping party much public mortification; delay  emboldens the recalcitrant to go ballistic with his "I'm the wronged  one" theatrics.  Zulkifli, unlike Hasan, is a small fry; so the  consequences of the delay in getting rid of him were not too costly to  PKR.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">In  contrast, Hasan is a man with the gravitas of a long-established  reputation as a motivational expert. Reading him wrong means one is  saddled with the consequences a long time after one realises the depth  of one's misreading.<br /><span style="color:#993300;"><strong><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Hasan's appetite for power</span></strong></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Hasan's  ambition was stoked when he was consulted by UMNO's Mohd Khir Toyo on  the possibility of a coalition government between UMNO and PAS in  Selangor as results came in on the night of March 8, 2008, that the  opposition had won control of the state.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Khir  was trying to forestall the formation of a PKR-led administration by  propositioning Hasan, who was the PAS commissioner for Selangor, about  an UMNO-PAS coalition. The talks reputedly broke down over Hasan's  insistence that he be the Menteri Besar in such an eventuality.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">The  next morning PKR's Khalid Ibrahim unwittingly whetted Hasan's appetite  for power further by offering him the Deputy Menteri Besar's position in  a PKR-led government. After that Hasan was unstoppable, much like a  shark with the scent of blood in the water: he was often a source of  dissidence in the state administration led by Khalid.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><img align="right" alt="pkr taman ehsan selayang ceramah 020810 hasan ali" border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha1kAaO_59BX5dCA037YLcvRm3AAh6DxIeQsDDd6TCjhDjXXqIvTBBQjjgkVFc7mU0AeCw2Q8GoRbgH5VWyUCdpjfCa3lcP2BzZ8tFGrBs5d69CI5_5Sg-WiGdg9nZim0DVvExLz7LjHK_xm1SY-rg=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;">Hasan,  who held the Islamic affairs portfolio, took perverse pleasure in being  at odds with the rest of the Selangor state government.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">This  he flagrantly demonstrated in the incursion of Jais (Selangor Islamic  Affairs Department) into a charity dinner function hosted at the  Damansara Utama Methodist Centre in August last year.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Before  the initially confused matters of the incursion could settle down into  something like clarity, Hasan went public with his alarums about  Christian proselytisation of Muslims having occurred at the dinner.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">This  was a leap that turned out to be unsustainable by the facts, but that  mattered little to the PAS legislator. Hasan was not only unconstrained  in raising the alarm about Christian proselytisation of Muslims - this  despite a lack of evidence that this had actually occurred at DUMC and  elsewhere in the country - he went to make common cause with Himpun, a  body that was hastily formed to campaign against the supposed threat.<br /><span style="color:#993300;"><strong><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">More than a torn in PAS' flesh</span></strong></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">When  it transpired that PAS wasn't going to go along with the storm fomented  by Himpun with an assist from Hasan over alleged Christian  proselytisation, the alarmist was unfazed. Hasan persisted in his  synthetic cause and with that he became not just an embarrassment to the  party but a wound in its flesh.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">That  wound became an abscess when Hasan fulminated against Pakatan Rakyat  supremo Anwar Ibrahim's, predicament in the immediate prelude to the  verdict to be delivered on Sodomy II.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">The  PAS central committee's surgical decision to bring Hasan's brazen run  of dissidence to an end with his expulsion was the response of a party  that knew any further forbearance towards would convert a torn in its  flesh into a dagger at its heart.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">The  combined lessons of the Zulkifli Nordin (left) episode in PKR and the  Hasan Ali imbroglio in PAS would support the conclusion that some  prescience is needed when assessing the character of a refractory  member. There are nuances to recalcitrance, the more brazen shades  compounded of vaulting ambition and self-appointment as guardians of  some confession.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">The  latter shades are recipes for recalcitrance morphing quickly into  rebellion. Good discernment is necessary for an assessment of the threat  and a surgical decision is imperative once the menace threatens to go  overboard. Pakatan's attitude towards its dissidents should be - dissent  yes, insurrection no.</p>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/kee-thuan-chye2.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-thumbnail wp-image-37862" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha0JOeXFP0sbvtwsG702oucvbJfRx_9p5nDr3oNLP-9A3dZuigTRHyYztUpUoiTa9ILbZr7-NObOLr-GIfGhvIHU191oKTylzGUbx44pU07xCkiT270ifI2Qw0RpNFEBBvS-6xLqi5aL0g5vOMDv=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: left; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Kee Thuan Chye2"></a> By Kee Thuan Chye </div><p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">UMNO  is beyond redemption. At its general assembly in December, the message  it sent out was suspicion of others and hatred for them, and a desperate  desire to win the next general election.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Its  President, Najib Razak, once again proved what many of us have long  suspected &#8211; that he is a dissembler. He exposed the ultimate lie behind  his 1Malaysia slogan by saying things that would divide the races rather  than bring them together. He set the trend for delegates at the  assembly to harp on the threats to UMNO from other races. It was  disgraceful coming from the prime minister of the country. It was  supremely irresponsible.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Worse,  two days after the assembly ended, he appealed to the right-wing NGO  Pertubuhan Kebajikan dan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Pekida) for support.  This has to be the final nail in the 1Malaysia coffin.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">To cap it all, UMNO showed its partiality to cronyism by defending Wanita leader Shahrizat<a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/shahrizat-a-jalil2.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-37863" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha2311JrAB-w70UhSvmjsdoMQg6uT096YAEkQafNoSr8giuq8rATkALKq9_Y9sKM1oTib9QCqEbhetjhrG5RAqhGcL8QZ9eCQLX0q_dMOrJGkspeicKKDEUtfDcdRD-KwZ1f2z4jXKk=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="shahrizat a jalil"></a>  Abdul Jalil over the scandal surrounding her family&#8217;s business, the  National Feedlot Corporation. One or two colleagues called for her to  step down, but the overwhelming majority stood by her and castigated the  Opposition for exposing the scandal.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">This  begs the question: Can UMNO change? As the major party in the Barisan  Nasional (BN) government, can it truly stand up for other races as well,  and work for their well-being? Can it stay clear of corrupt practices?  Can it stop dishing out favours and projects to party leaders and their  cronies? Can it save Malaysia from financial meltdown or will it rather  bleed our coffers dry?</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">The online news website <em>The Malaysian Insider</em> sums it up eloquently: <span style="color:#808080;"><strong>&#8220;UMNO  looks set to win the polls in the next general election but yet looks  woefully ill-equipped to lead a multi-racial country. &#8230; One expects  delegates to articulate a vision to continue its previous success but  that did not happen. Instead, delegates harped on age-old themes of  having their culture and faith eroded by political foes taking over the  country. That they are the only guarantee of faith and culture. What  about the economy? What about the reforms? What about Malaysia? &#8230;  Everything is centred around UMNO... But they didn&#8217;t articulate the  vision for continued success. &#8230; Instead, everyone is at fault except  those in UMNO.&#8221;</strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/najib-and-pekida.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-37864" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha3rRiwjM_WbnG-0-Yf5LI3MBQ3OJL0R5i50pw0LVvgnBf4Ve8C50_WGvochYgcD8I81KF8u1WMTretIZEDFglM44k_QnxevgIfSwduoD7hYqwVerunSBrn72CfDDNdLpbmMbHkr=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: left; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Najib and Pekida"></a>And yet <strong><span style="color:#808080;">Najib could tell Pekida: &#8220;If we miscalculate and choose the wrong side, our country could very much end up like Greece.&#8221;</span></strong>  Surely, he must mean that the wrong side would be BN. The way it has  been going &#8211; awarding projects to cronies who have no track record;  continuing to allow overpriced purchases by government departments,  despite what the Auditor-General uncovers year after year; giving out  money like there&#8217;s no tomorrow in order to win votes, such as the  substantial pay rise for civil servants &#8211; BN is more likely to lead us  down that way.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">The  civil service is bloated, with 1.4 million employees, but Najib  criticised Pakatan Rakyat (PR) for suggesting it should be trimmed.  According to his top public service official, 1.4 million is &#8220;the right  size&#8221;. How this is so puzzles me. Japan has a population of 127 million  and its civil servants number just over a million. We have a population  of 28 million and our civil service is as large as Japan&#8217;s. It seems to  me that trimming down the civil service is more likely to save us from  going Greek.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">And  so I think we should not take any more risks with UMNO. Especially now  that we have an alternative. PR has shown itself capable of running the  four states under it and earned positive ratings from the  Auditor-General and a few others. It&#8217;s time to see whether they can  bring reform to the country.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Najib  of course insists that PR will lead us to our doom, but what are his  words worth anyhow?At the UMNO general assembly last December, he  presented a grossly untruthful picture of the DAP to strike fear into  the hearts of the Malays. He accused the party of being anti-Malay,  anti-Islam and anti-royalty.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">But  after PAS won Terengganu in the 1999 general election, who stopped the  state that is 90 per cent populated by Malays from getting its oil  royalties and substituted it with the lesser Wang Ehsan? Was it the DAP?</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Who  created a constitutional crisis in 1983 and curtailed the powers of the  Malay royalty? Was it the DAP? In 2008, who protested against the  Terengganu sultan for not accepting Idris Jusoh as the<em> menteri besar</em>, and insulted His Highness with the word &#8220;<em>natang</em>&#8221; (animal)? Was it the DAP?</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Who  gave away citizenships overnight to immigrants, legal and illegal,  in Sabah to ensure they kept UMNO there in power? Was it the DAP? So  where is the truth in Najib&#8217;s warning that if BN did not continue to be  the government, the Malays would be under threat? Who has proven to be  the real threat?</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">But still, <span style="color:#808080;"><strong>he called on Pekida &#8220;to defend the current government&#8221; &#8211; to guarantee the special<a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/pekida.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><span style="color:#808080;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-37865" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha08ZrwG1qVPYDK5j5SnzV6n1W2wjkJSCfx4UmLKABdr5G0nvA2OQbOl3bu7wm2R4Ds8gQuNXLXzAQOE7fUlGg-cTtLPubvVfcIVZ32nKEc-hSPWGucmVHuD36Wg=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Pekida"></span></a>  position of the Malays, the dignity of Islam, the preservation of the  Malay royalty. He thumped his chest and yelled, &#8220;We are warriors!&#8221; and  &#8220;We will not surrender even an inch!&#8221; He led the crowd in cries of &#8220;<em>Hidup Melayu!</em>&#8221;</strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Someone  was moved to comment on Facebook, &#8220;Listening to what Najib said, it  feels like we&#8217;re at war.&#8221; A knowing friend warns me: &#8220;Do you know what  Pekida is about? They are like gangsters. They have secret codes, like  particular handshakes or the way they hold their cigarettes. They have 2  million members. These are the people we should worry about.&#8221;</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Indeed, when the film <em>KL Gangster</em> came out last year [2011], Pekida objected to its portrayal of secret codes and use of words like &#8220;<em>abang long</em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>ayahanda</em>&#8221; that apparently cut too close to reality.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">This prompted blogger Ibnu Hasyim to ask, &#8220;<em>Apakah  benar kononnya filem itu membuka &#8216;kod rahsia pertubuhan&#8217; Pekida? &#8230;  Terkejut kita, apakah pertubuhan dakwah itu pun mempunyai ciri-ciri  pertubuhan bawah tanah atau gangster? Pekida adalah Gangster Melayu?  Perlukah pertubuhan itu disiasat polis? Mana ada dakwah dan kebajikan  pakai &#8216;kod rahsia&#8217; pertubuhan?</em>&#8221; (Is it true that the film  apparently exposed &#8216;secret organisational codes&#8217; of Pekida? &#8230; We are  shocked, does this missionary organisation have the characteristics of  an underworld or gangster organisation? Pekida are Malay Gangsters?  Should the police investigate this organisation? Why would missionary  and welfare organisations use &#8216;secret codes&#8217;?)</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Najib&#8217;s  appeal to Pekida and his words at the UMNO General Assembly spell  desperation. That&#8217;s clear to see because UMNO has no case left to make  for its continued rule. News of its corruption is bursting out. Soon  after the general assembly ended, the Singapore <em>Straits Times</em> reported that ex-<em>menteri besar</em> Abdul Hamid Pawanteh was involved in the Alstom bribery case. He has, however, denied it.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Earlier, questions had been raised about Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi allegedly flying to Saudi Arabia for his <em>haj</em> in  a private jet, and about &#8220;ridiculously overpriced&#8221; rural development  projects in Sabah allegedly linked to senior BN politicians. 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Sadly &#8211; and sickeningly &#8211; UMNO resorts to  rousing tribal emotions and harping on the issues of race and religion.  After 54 years in power, it still plays those explosive cards.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">As  the blogger Sakmongkol AK47 puts it: &#8220;UMNO gets on by making Malays  believe that they are being besieged, attacked, assaulted and victimized. That&#8217;s how UMNO can survive. How does it do that? By  fabricating lies and manufacturing stories. The Chinese are going to eat  you up. The Chinese are going to Christianize you. They are going to  wipe out the Sultans, ban the use of Bahasa Malaysia, and abolish Jawi  and so forth. You feed on people&#8217;s irrational fear. You want to maintain  stupid and mute people. Can you sustain whole people like that, turning  people into xenophobes? I say this is a recipe for destroying Malays,  not cultivating them to become self-confident people.&#8221;</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">UMNO  has been doing that for decades. It has not evolved. So how can it  change? How can such a party still be allowed to rule multiracial,  multi-religious, multi-cultural Malaysia? If we continue to vote for UMNO  (and Barisan Nasional) it at the next general election, what would that  make us? Dumb and dumber?</p>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Chronicle: 1. Firstly, the hottest Question in town still remains, why did Najib pull back from a conviction (of Anwar Ibrahim) ? Most Malaysians believe in a conspiracy but not an independent judiciary as BN has claimed. The story around town is that the Judge had already written a conviction judgment and had to make do with a verbal acquittal that lasted all of 60 seconds. Do you see internal UMNO power play in this, was Najib fearful for his own legacy and how he will be remembered if he were to adopt a 'hardline' approach on this issue?<br /><br />Malott: I don&#8217;t have a clue why the Judge ruled the way he did. It really was surprising. There are so many well-documented reports of political interference and misuse of the judicial system.  For example, not just Anwar but also the case of Ramli Yusoff and the failure to seriously investigate and prosecute the deaths that  occurred at MACC. Earlier in the trial, this Judge reversed his own decision on whether the DNA taken from the comb and towel that Anwar used in jail was admissible, and it seems clear there was pressure on him to do so. Otherwise, why would he reverse himself? But now he ruled in Anwar&#8217;s favor. It was a shock. As I said in my op-ed, the government might have decided that Anwar was a bigger threat to them in jail because he would be a rallying point for the opposition. We can all speculate, but only the judge knows why he did what he did.<br /><br />Chronicle:  2. Perhaps the answer to (1) will have a bearing on this second Question. Do you think that the Najib administration will push for an appeal? If it does, what will it do to Najib's and the Malaysian government's reputation, the country's image to investors? Will the repercussions be deep and long-lasting given global corporate captains such as Richard Branson have already expressed exasperation and obvious disgust over the Anwar prosecution?<br /><br />Malott: I think there will be a lot of pressure on Najib to appeal, coming from the hardliners in UMNO, who are afraid of what will happen if the opposition comes to power.  Gani Patail and the prosecutors also have lost face, so they might be inclined to want to appeal.  Some people might think that they can find a more compliant Judge the next time. But the reaction not just from inside Malaysia but also from overseas will be strong if the (Malaysian) government appeals and puts Anwar and his family through this again.<br /><br />Chronicle: 3. Given your familiarity with the Malaysian political scene and its players, after decades of monitoring the situation, what do you personally think Najib will do? Will he push for an appeal and why?<br /><br />Malott: Personally, I think that Najib does not want to appeal. But Najib has always been a very weak leader. He talks a good game, but as the saying goes, he doesn&#8217;t walk the talk. He is under a lot of pressure. So he might just remain silent and let it happen, saying that the decision is up to the prosecution. There have been other times like this, like when he said &#8220;it is up to the Police&#8221; whether a demonstration can go forward. Are you in charge of your own government or not?<br /><br />Chronicle: 4. If so, will it mean it's back to square One for Malaysia and Pakatan Rakyat? Also, what about Malaysian voters? Will it make them more inclined to boot out the BN? Or will it make them doubt Anwar again?<br /><br />Malott: Somebody joked, never make predictions about the future. I don&#8217;t know what will happen. But I do think that 2012 will be the most important and also the most interesting time in Malaysia&#8217;s political history. That&#8217;s good for Malaysia Chronicle. You will have lots to write about !!<br /><br />Chronicle: 5. From an outsider's view, what do you see happening inside UMNO? It is famous for intrigue and infighting. Have trends or scenarios evolved that even outsiders can see clearly the divisions forming, with distinct groups or factions emerging? If yes, who do you reckon are the main players in UMNO and what is their respective purpose?<br /><br />Malott: I think it is clear that BN as a whole is no longer a strong political force. It is all about UMNO now. MCA and MIC have been emasculated and lost credibility with the Chinese and Indian communities. So the focus will turn to UMNO.  In some ways, the struggle inside UMNO will be more important than the struggle between UMNO and PR.  The hardliners, the right wing inside UMNO will become more vocal and anti-Najib. Mahathir, Muhyiddin, Hisham, Ibrahim Ali will all cause Najib even more trouble. Depending on how the political winds blow, some of the more moderates inside UMNO might decide to cross over, or be lukewarm in their support of UMNO, sit the election out and see what happens.<br /><br />Look at Sakmongol (Dato Ariff Sabri). He kept trying to get UMNO back on track, and now he has joined DAP.  It will be interesting to watch what  Ku Li says and does and whether he finally concludes that there is no hope for reform inside UMNO.<br /><br />Chronicle: 6. GE-13 date is also another factor that may be affected by the acquittal. Some say the aquittal pushes GE-13 forward but others including DAP's Lim Kit Siang thinks it is no longer March but June 2012. There are others who even think it may be after the UMNO internal polls later this year - perhaps in early 2013? What do you think and why?<br /><br />Malott: I think that elections are more likely sooner rather than later. The longer UMNO waits, the more problems will come out, the longer the opposition will have to organize and campaign.<br /><br />Chronicle: 7. In your article 'Testing Malaysia's Promises', you mentioned electoral reforms and the dirtiest GE-13 ever with the possibility of a return to the strong-arm tactics of Dr Mahathir. Since the July 9 Bersih rally and the formation of a Parliamentary Select Committee on reforms, as someone who has been watching the Malaysian situation, do you think enough is being done to ensure clean elections and swiftly enough too?<br /><br />Malott: I don&#8217;t think anything has been done yet. All talk, no action. The point is, these reforms need to be put in place before the general elections are held, or the results will not be credible.<br /><br />Chronicle: 8. So far, the proposed use of indelible ink has been approved, but are there many other hurdles? Would you be satisfied with current achievements of the PSC and the electoral reforms it has agreed to implement? And why?<br /><br />Malott: I think the most important reform of all is to make sure that RTM and Bernama, which are owned by all the people of Malaysia, are fair and balanced in their reporting. Right now they act like they belong to UMNO and not the Government. The restrictions on distribution of the opposition&#8217;s newspapers also should be removed. The ruling parties and the opposition should be treated the same. That is the only fair way.<br /><br />Chronicle: 9. Anwar has long been a friend of yours. This acquittal has been a tremendous boost for him - personally, for his family and for his legitimacy as a leader of the country. If the Najib administration pursues an appeal, do you think public sentiment will desert Anwar?<br /><br />Or do you think Anwar has already navigated a tricky corner and is now able to fully push the Pakatan Rakyat towards victory in GE-13.<br /><br />What are some of the benefits Anwar and Pakatan will reap from the acquittal and what will an appeal do to these?<br /><br />Malott: It is true that my wife and I have become good friends with Anwar and Azizah, and I came to know all of his children so well during the time that they lived here in Washington DC. They are a wonderful family. But when I analyze Malaysian politics, I still wear my old diplomat&#8217;s hat and try to be observant and not let my personal feelings get in the way.<br /><br />If the Government pursues an appeal against Anwar, it will strengthen the opposition in terms of public sentiment. It will tie up Anwar&#8217;s time in court, however, and make it harder for him to deal with issues inside the opposition and campaign, simply because he would have to deal with legal issues and sit in court all day.<br /><br />I said that I do not like to make predictions, but I do believe that if electoral reforms are put in place, and the elections are fair, then the opposition most likely will come to power. They almost did it in 2008, with one hand tied behind their back. I say this as an analyst of Malaysian politics, and not because of any personal feelings.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com">Malaysia Chronicle</a></div>
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<p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><strong>www.malaysia-chronicle</strong></p> <div> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dr-mahathir3.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-37677" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha17W2ByzurRZA-7gYn3UZak7YlT4bNHc-tupbjTcw3TWayK4vcKlvXaDWgl2nDQrkPwgrzNf1J6WYMVyqSSz1FuB2fOn7ObdK4qNfyG_Hn5UdSPNkw4oSa3E_rsv_17E38z=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: left; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Dr Mahathir"></a>The  last time I met a friend who was born after the "Tin-bust", I asked him  in jest, "Do you know what Ipoh's famous for?" He gave me a blank look.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Anyway,  not wasting any time, I told him,"Tin Industry." "If there is no tin,  Ipoh wouldn&#8217;t be here. It would be just another Orang Asli settlement.  He squinted his eyes and responded, "Are you sure? I thought it was  Ngar-Choy-Kai."</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Thanks  to Barisan Nasional for single-handedly transforming Ipoh from a rich  and bustling Tin-City to a Ngar-Choy-Kai (Bean-Sprout with Chicken)  industry. Ipoh never recovered from this fatal stroke of incompetence  and greed to corner the World Tin Market. As a result of this, the once  vibrant Tin Industry was totally wiped out.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Dr Mahathir leapt at the chance to gamble</strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">It all started with a shady Egyptian tin trader by the name of David Zaidner. He worked for the<a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/ipoh-chicken-rice1.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-medium wp-image-37681" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha05iuF5lYUgXhxcmtxBZzDmG-0DEg3stvIo-jSuY9L43n6SEfVccPq_LWRu2AIy2hU-nBqnz2Zw1iPV8tnOZLcf5lutLDhaddAHeF3FClUvTyTpIC5AFuWY4Y3yutC0aRuQLjbGP2w0cxySKUitI2jIJoM=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Ipoh Chicken Rice"></a> commodities firm Marc Rich &amp; Co in Switzerland. (I'll ask my children to remember their names!).</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Actually,  Zaidner first approached the Indonesian government thinking that they  were stupid enough to buy his idea of cornering the tin market. But the  Indonesians smelled a con job and had him kicked out of the country.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Next,  he couldn't believe his lucky stars when his idea was accepted with  enthusiasm by our then brand-new Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir.  A plan was quickly hatched to corner the World Tin market.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">In  December 1980, the state-owned Malaysian Mining Corp. Bhd (MMC) named  Marc Rich as its trading agent in a move that would shock the world  commodities industry. Secret large tin purchases were made on the London  Metal Exchange and went unabated throughout 1981, inducing a worldwide  price increase. The strategy was cheap and simple. Malaysia had to only  pay a 10 percent deposit against three-month's forward purchase  contracts.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>What a silly billy!</strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">When  the price of tin shot up in the world market, the Malaysian government  thought it had scored a huge victory. But unexpectedly, the price  increase attracted many world producers to increase tin production and  even the United States began selling from its huge strategic stockpiles  to take advantage of the Malaysian-induced price rises.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/beansprout-dish.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-medium wp-image-37679" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha1WHpUFcjbrmT-4oa-QyrIjge-keiPwE5RNfBoWj8vqI-IDmoaawPzhc67YtKZmwuK08lVd5ndUsMz-18ypCEXBlA4xUSczFxH_AEPUeIgUzD-KJf9FgoxisSrPx8q65cvxIKR5XwSIAwyBodbKzy7y=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: left; margin-right: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Beansprout dish"></a>Subsequently,  Malaysia amassed about 50,000 tons of tin and had no other choice but  to keep buying just to keep prices up (being "shot-squeezed").  Production continued to soar and even unheard-of suppliers started to  turn up to cash in on the high tin price. The world tin market went  berserk and it crashed. (The Palm Oil market could face the same faith! -  oh, maybe not, because FELDA-FELCRA are involved.)</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Malaysia  lost an estimated US$250 million on its failure to honour forward  contracts, and another local bank lost another US$1 billion in separate  losses on loans it had made covertly out of its Hong Kong subsidiary.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Refused to admit it </strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">For five years Mahathir categorically denied that Malaysia had anything to do with the plan but <a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/marc-rich.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-37680" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha1MyUV-IS-VsGqgSqUcAwzcOTvEf-GtkDQS1t08q8iG_BUGBI7zgNDtXmBisOP_JS8R-1BuW9iebv4swCfRTwESOf9lSB6OIz2yBD5dBrCLFEOc2oERkiUzG4QuMQE=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Marc Rich"></a>as outside pressure mounted, Mahathir finally revealed the details in 1986. Marc Rich (<em>right</em>)  was finally indicted and arrested then extradited to the United States  and convicted of massive tax fraud (and pardoned subsequently by  President Bill Clinton).</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Think  of the billions of ringgit taken out of our economy in Perak when the  tin price went bust. Had Mahathir not meddled with the tin price, we  wouldn't have lost 30 years of Tin export income. Perak wouldn't have  been relegated from one of the richest states to a poor one like today.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Another  good example akin to the Perak demise is Terengganu. If all the oil  royalties go to the people of Terengganu, Terengganu would be an  advanced state at par with Selangor. But unfortunately, these royalties  go to the pockets of BN politicians and cronies in the form of &#8220;Duit  Esan&#8221;.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">"To all our children,... you must all remember them by their names ! "</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><em>This material was lifted from:</em></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><em>A  Billion Ringgit Tin Mining Industry to Nga-Choy-Kai Industry - By Choo  Sing Chye. Researched from Steven Schlossstein's book, Asia's New Little  Dragons.</em></p> </div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The 18/20 Point Agreement</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Point 1: Religion</span><br /><br />While there was no objection to Islam being the national religion of Malaysia there should be no State religion in Borneo (Sarawak &amp; Sabah), and the provisions relating to Islam in the present Constitution of Malaya should not apply to Borneo.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Point 2: Language</span><br /><br />a) Malay should be the national language of the Federation<br />b) English should continue to be used for a period of 10 years after Malaysia Day<br />c) English should be an official language of Borneo (Sarawak &amp; Sabah) for all purposes, State or Federal, without limitation of time.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Point 3: Constitution</span><br /><br />Whilst accepting that the present Constitution of the Federation of Malaya should form the basis of the Constitution of Malaysia, the Constitution of Malaysia should be a completely new document drafted and agreed in the light of a free association of states and should not be a series of amendments to a Constitution drafted and agreed by different states in totally different circumstances. 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<p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">by Jeswan Kaur (12-29-11)</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><em>One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money and those who want to do everything with money</em>&#8211; Indira Gandhi.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Corruption  has become a way of life for politicians in this country. Under the  disguise of defending the rakyat&#8217;s well-being, these unscrupulous  politicians are in actual fact looking after the welfare of their own  kith and kin.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">This &#8220;C&#8221; (corruption) factor while a favourite among the politicians has become a menace and<a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/cut-red-tape-and-corruption.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class=" size-full wp-image-36943" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha0VRbZ0sHwUsMNSItHHtwpvOigb7dt4L6GqhmhTE28R3dDfKj3aMMWrmCYYvz0qR4MKwjLRwNh8N0BI9_BL5TLg3xN_yOgxRrCCBgwImbnV0h07PARnGXzH-bbhxK5IWb0c_HQM0LnqM1y9lEp8bio=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #ccc" title="Cut Red Tape and Corruption"></a> bane for the people, most whom have become exasperated at the after-effects of a corrupt system.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Earlier  this month, the Transparency International Malaysia survey revealed  that for the third consecutive year, Malaysia recorded a decline in its  Corruption Perception Index score, its 4.3 score slightly lower than the  4.4 recorded in 2010 and much lower than the government benchmark of  4.9.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Is  it fair to deduce that a lack of political will is the reason  corruption in Malaysia is doing &#8220;brisk&#8221; business? If the recent cases of  palm greasing involving politicians who also hold ministerial  responsibilities are any indication, then yes, there is no commitment  coming from the &#8220;powers that be&#8221; to weed out corruption from the system.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Nipping  the malignant bud of corruption is not something the federal government  is interested in. Instead, the government under the Barisan Nasional  flagship is doing the reverse.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">When  Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak &#8220;unceremoniously&#8221; deported French human  rights lawyer William Bourdon five months ago, Suara Rakyat Malaysia or  Suaram was convinced that the premier and his government are  &#8220;inextricably linked&#8221; with the Scorpene submarines corruption scandal.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Bourdon  was representing Suaram in a high-profile case filed against  submarines&#8217; vendor DCN at the Parisian courts. (In 2002, Najib then the  defence minister, sanctioned the purchase of the Scorpene submarines  amid accusations of gross over-pricing and kickbacks).</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">&#8220;It  is the biggest mistake yet by the Malaysian government for it is an  affront to diplomacy, to international law and common decency. It was a  totally arbitrary act by the Home Ministry and a gross abuse of  executive power of the Najib administration,&#8221; Suaram director Cynthia  Gabriel retorted via a statement on July 27, four days after Bourdon&#8217;s  deportation.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>&#8216;Leadership by example&#8217;</strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Najib  has since denied having had a hand in any financial impropriety in the  submarines deal. Now, following in his wrong steps is the Women, Family  and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil who is  vehemently denying any involvement in the misappropriation of funds  allotted to the National Feedlot Centre which is headed by her husband  Mohamad Salleh Ismail and the couple&#8217;s children.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Details  furnished by the opposition party PKR allege that Shahrizat and her  family have misused the RM250 million meant for NFC by purchasing a  luxury condominium in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur and another one in  Singapore, a Mercedez Benz and an all-paid Umrah pilgrimage.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Pressure  has been mounting on Shahrizat to quit serving the rakyat but no thanks  to the nation&#8217;s top two leaders i.e. Najib and his deputy Muhyiddin  Yassin who are playing &#8220;godfathers&#8221; to her, the 58-year-old Shahrizat  seems unfazed and is capitalising on her 16 years experience as a  politician to cover up her tracks.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Najib  thought deporting Bourdon would be the end of his worry, but not as far  as Suaram is concerned, with this human right group going all out to  pin the premier down.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Shahrizat should learn her lesson and own up before she is rejected by the people, &#8220;unceremoniously&#8221; that is.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Corruption thriving in Malaysia</strong></span></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">The  NFC scandal has become Shahrizat&#8217;s worst political nightmare. On Dec  23, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) raided the NFC  office at Mont Kiara. A day earlier, the MACC set up a special team to  investigate allegations of corruption involving NFC.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">While  the NFC scandal remains the hottest topic at present, also having  caught the people&#8217;s attention was news that aides of Najib and Muhyiddin  and a deputy minister were allegedly &#8220;bought&#8221; by a businessman to  obtain contracts from the government and its agencies, as exposed by a  blogger, &#8220;The Whistleblower711&#8221;.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Deputy  Finance Minister Awang Adek Hussin, who was implicated, claims that his  &#8220;conscience is clear&#8221; and the money received was not corruption but  instead for the benefit of the people of Bachok, where he is the Umno  division chief.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">Whatever  their excuses, Shahrizat, Najib, Awang Adek and Sarawak Chief Minister  Taib Mahmud best take cognisance of the fate that befell former Selangor  menteri besar Dr Khir Toyo who on December 23 was jailed to one year  after he was found guilty of obtaining for himself and his wife a  valuable property at a consideration Khir knew was insufficient four  years ago.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;">The  court also ordered that Khir&#8217;s land and bungalow be forfeited. So much  for Khir trying to ride on his MBship to amass for himself a fortune.  Politicians must at all times remember that you are here to serve the  rakyat &#8211; &#8220;people first and not money&#8221; must be your undertaking.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://dinmerican.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/big-c.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0088cc; text-decoration: underline; color: #2585B2;"><img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-36944" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/ANbyha3wlMyPL-_sdaWXu0UCln1rjCBeyLaWy5TexDiCfgR6c7P2qdwsv8oxMs6jhWzgOJ4WBjYcWlwd9zuxpkoIkXRIejixa5GjHQZu81GSWaSNCLoPSAVaONM62EY=s0-d" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" title="Big C"></a></p> <p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 1em; text-align: justify;"><em>Jeswan Kaur is a freelance writer and a FMT columnist.</em></p>
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