Tiered ARF: Most cars sold incur higher taxes

Christopher Tan 

28 Feb 2013

 

 

MORE than 85 per cent of car models sold in Singapore today will attract higher taxes with the newly introduced tiered Additional Registration Fee (ARF) scheme.

This could lead to some consumers favouring Japanese and Korean brands again, since these cars will become even more affordable in relation to the German brands.

According to data collated by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), only 27 - or 13.7 per cent - of a total of 197 car models will not see their ARF rising.

In the tiered scheme, a car with an Open Market Value (OMV or approximate cost price) of up to $20,000 will be taxed at the current rate of 100 per cent. The next $30,000 will be taxed at 140 per cent, and any OMV above $50,000 at 180 per cent.

The tiered scheme is effective for cars registered with COEs obtained from next month.

The LTA data shows about half - or 101 - of the models attracting the next-tier tax of 140 per cent, and 69 models subjected to the 180 per cent tax.

The list is based on cars registered last month. The car with the highest OMV registered last month - $422,791 - was a Lamborghini Aventador.

Car dealers note that the current model mix might change now that costlier cars incur higher - and often punitive - taxes.

Motor Traders Association vice-president Glenn Tan said the current model mix, with a large proportion of premium European brands, is a function of high COE prices.
The COE premium for cars up to 1,600cc is now hovering around $78,000 while that for bigger cars is around $92,000.

"If things change, we will see a flight back to more reasonably priced cars," he added.
This could mean the Japanese and Korean brands, which were traditionally top sellers before the German models started gaining ground four to five years ago.

The best-selling Japanese and Korean cars typically have OMVs below $20,000.
Will sellers attempt to suppress OMVs, say, by fitting components such as air-conditioners, hi-fi systems and sports rims locally?

Mr Michael Wong, general manager of Isuzu agent Triangle Auto, said: "That may happen but it boils down to the savings. But by doing that, you also incur labour cost."

The impact of the tiered ARF scheme is expected to be moderate for most cars. For instance, a Toyota Camry 2.0 with an OMV of $23,519 will incur $24,927 in ARF, or $1,408 more.

The popular BMW 520i, with an OMV of $41,316, will attract $49,842 in ARF, or $8,526 more.
But at the top end, the tiered system is punitive. A Rolls-Royce Phantom with an OMV of $632,000 will incur $1,088,000 in ARF - $456,000 more.

Mr Wong said: "The bulk of cars here will be within a so-called 'palatable' range. Bear in mind that ARF was 175 per cent not too long ago." The period he was referring to was 1983 to 1990 when all cars were subjected to a flat 175 per cent ARF.

In that regime, the Phantom, BMW 520i and Camry would have incurred $1,106,000, $72,303 and $41,158 in ARF respectively. Back then, luxury-car buyers complained that car taxes were unfair to them.

UK students disrupt Israeli official's lecture on campus

LONDON, Feb 28: Dozens of students disrupted last week a speech by Israel’s Deputy Ambassador to Britain Alon Roth-Snir at the Essex University, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday.

A lecture scheduled to be given by Daniel Taub, the Ambassador to Britain, was also cancelled at the University of North Ireland, due to fear of disturbances.

Roth-Snir’s speech was scheduled at the invitation of the University of Essex’s Middle East club. But before the deputy ambassador had begun speaking, dozens of Pro-Palestinian students besieged the hall in which the lecture was to take place. They were eventually pushed out by security personnel.

Yet as Roth-Snir began to speak, some 30 students began to call out against Israel, labeling it a “criminal apartheid state,” and preventing the Israeli official from getting a word in.

The students ignored requests of staff and other students that they allow the speech to continue.

Due to requests to continue the speech, the university moved Roth-Snir and some of the students to another hall, but dozens of protestors besieged the hall, banged in anger on the doors and windows and threatened to break in. University authorities who feared chaos, decided to end the lecture

At the same time, Ambassador Taub was visiting in Northern Ireland, where he was set to speak to students at one of the province's universities. The institution’s administration, fearing student disturbances, changed the lecture format.

Instead of speaking before the large student audience that had been scheduled, the ambassador spoke in front of an audience of some 10 lecturers.

The two events join a long list of anti-Israel activity which has been occurring on British campuses, and reflect a consolidation of the movement to de-legitimize Israel in the UK.

In yet another incident, students from University of Oxford attempted to join the boycott against Israel.

And last week, British Parliament member George Galloway walked out of a discussion on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict at Oxford, after learning that one of the participants was an Israeli student. "I don't debate with Israelis," Galloway said, got up hurriedly, got his coat, and stormed out.

Upon leaving he reiterated: "I don't recognize Israel and I don’t debate with Israelis."

Rafizi: BN's 'new' car price policy caters to rich

Feb 28: There is nothing to shout about the announcement today by Ministry of International Trade and Industry to slash duties on cars from Japan and Australia, according to PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli.

“It is not something new and it's part of the policy which is widely known,” he said.

Rafizi said there was already a policy to abolish import duties on completely built-up luxury cars, and no import tax on vehicles from Japan in the 2,500 to 3,000cc range.

But Rafizi said the policy was tailored to benefit the rich.

“Import duty is abolished for those big, imported and expensive vehicles which only the wealthy can afford,” he said.

On the announcement by International Trade and Industry minister Mustapa Mohamad, Rafizi said the ‘new’ policy would only impact 21,000 vehicles annually because CBU vehicles from Japan only make up 3.5 percent of the total industry volume.

While the impact on Australian-made cars is negligible, he added.

In contrast, Rafizi said PR’s automative policy which forms part of its manifesto is meant to reduce excise duties gradually over the course of five years at 20 percent annually.

He said at present, vehicles 1,800 cc and below are slapped with excise duty as high as 85 percent, and 115 percent for vehicles above 3,000 cc, without considering production cost.

“These are the taxes killing the people especially the lower group who buy locally produced vehicles,” Rafizi said.

Mustapa meanwhile denied that the policy which would see zero duties on cars made in Japan and Australia after three years was a reaction to PR’s manifesto.

“It was just a coincidence ... It had nothing to do with (the manifesto),” he claimed.

Pro-UMNO comedian calls it quits after YouTube sketch invited anger

Feb 28: Comedian Salih Yaacob, who drew condemnations from netizens following his politically-charged YouTube series to mock Pakatan Rakyat, has announced his retirement.

The 52-year old was quoted by UMNO's Utusan Malaysia as saying that he was disappointed by the criticisms hurled against him, following the three-minute clip in which he and fellow entertainer Nabil Ahmad mocked PR's manifesto.

"I'm disappointed and I apologise to my fans," said Salih (pic), who also co-hosts a morning radio talk show on Astro-owned Malay-language Sinar FM radio channel.

Saying he would no longer be involved in the show business, Salih added it was now up to Sinar FM to decide on his future.

The radio station's Facebook has been flooded with messages calling for it to axe Salih for being partisan. Many have also called for a boycott of the station.

In the video, part of a series called "Bangkang Dari Longkang" (Oppose From The Gutters), Salih and Nabil stood against a backdrop of banners bearing the same colours of PR's three component parties PAS, DAP and PKR, poking fun at the coalition's manifesto and electoral promises.

At press time, the video has received close to 190,000 views, generating more than 7,000 'dislikes' against some 900 'likes'.

Manifesto: PAS giat beri kefahaman kepada rakyat

Anis Nazri
28 Feb 2013

KUALA LUMPUR: Tawaran manifesto Pakatan Rakyat kini sedang giat disampaikan kepada rakyat melalui jentera penerangan PAS, khususnya di parlimen dan Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) tumpuan.

Ketua Penerangan PAS Pusat, Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, berkata jentera parti kini dalam usaha memberi kefahaman kepada rakyat di peringkat akar umbi berkaitan Manifesto Pakatan Rakyat.

Lebih-lebih lagi, katanya selepas manifesto itu mendapat beberapa komen daripada pemimpin Umno yang ternyata bimbang dengan manisfesto yang bersifat baru dan adil untuk semua.

"Secara gerak kerjanya, PAS sudah bergerak secara tuntas sebelum ini lagi.  Dengan manifesto ini pula, kita tambah giat lagi dengan penerangan secara berkelompok berkaitannya," kata beliau kepada Harakahdaily, hari ini.

Beliau juga berkata penerangan manifesto berbentuk bahan cetakan juga sedang dilakukan bagi memudahkan penerangan kepada rakyat.

Beliau berkata, sebaran berbentuk risalah juga sedang dicetak untuk kali kedua bagi memudahkan pengundi memahami dengan jelas berkenaan tawaran Pakatan Rakyat.

Tambah Pesuruhjaya PAS Pahang itu juga, secara dasarnya PAS sudah menggerakkan jentera partinya ke kawasan-kawasan tumpuan sebelum ini.

"Kita bertambah giat lagi dengan menumpukan kepada pengundi kerana pilihan raya akan diadakan bila-bila masa dalam tempoh tidak sampai dua bulan ini," tegas beliau.

Manifesto Rakyat: Mahathir guna jawapan fotostat

Abdul Aziz Mustafa
28 Feb 2013

KUALA LUMPUR: Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Mahfuz Omar tidak terkejut apabila Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tidak malu menggunakan ‘jawapan fotostat’ untuk mempertikai Manifesto Rakyat.

"Dah tak ada hujah yang masuk akal nak guna untuk sanggah manifesto kita, guna jawapan fotostat pun Dr Mahathir tak malu dah," katanya.

Mahfuz menyifatkan dakwaan Dr Mahathir bahawa manifesto Pakatan Rakyat (PR) itu boleh menyebabkan kerajaan menjadi muflis sebagai jawapan fotostat.

"Kita dah agak dari awal lagi mereka akan fotostat hujah kitar semula itu untuk menolak Manifesto Rakyat.

"Saya difahamkan, tak sampai sembilan jam selepas diumumkan media-media Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) dengan penuh histeria meratib-ratib perkataan bankrap dan muflis," kata Ahli Parlimen Pokok Sena itu.

Isnin lalu, PR melancarkan Manifesto Rakyat dengan tema 'Pakatan Harapan Rakyat' di Pusat Konvensyen Shah Alam.

Dua hari selepas itu, PR mencabar BN untuk mengadakan debat terbuka mengenai keupayaan manifesto Pakatan Harapan Rakyat yang diumumkan gabungan tersebut.

Setakat berita ini ditulis, tidak ada laporan yang menyatakan BN menyambut cabaran berdebat itu.

Siapa Kirim Orang Sulu ke Lahad Datu?

MANILA: Filipina sedang sedang mencari siapa yang sebenarnya mengirimkan ratusan orang Sulu ke Lahad Datu, Sabah.

Ini kerana, biaya untuk menyewa kapal feri demi mengirimkan mereka tidak murah, kata Presiden Benigno Aquino.

“Kami diberitahu ada dana besar yang membiayai mereka dari Tawi-Tawi ke Sabah. Dari mana dana itu? Dari siapa?” katanya seperti dilapor viva.co.id hari ini.

Beliau juga mempersoalkan kesahihan Jamalul Kiram III sebagai pewaris Kesultanan Sulu yang sah.

Menurutnya, pemimpin Sulu sekarang ini bukanlah keturunan langsung Sultan Sulu yang diakui Filipina pada 1974, iaitu Esmail Kiram I.

Ismael tidak memiliki keturunan sehingga kematiannya dan takhta diturunkan kepada orang lain. Kerajaan Filipina tidak mengakui kepimpinan Sultan Jamalul sebagai pewaris Sulu dan mengatakan seharusnya yang memimpin ketika ini adalah Esmail Kiram II, adik dari Esmail Kiram I.

Namun Esmail II mengatakan bahawa dia bukanlah pewaris, melainkan putera mahkota atau dalam bahasa Sulu disebut “sultan bantilan”. Ismael II juga mengatakan bahawa Jamalul adalah Sultan Sulu dan penguasa Palawan dan Sabah sejak waktu itu.

“Sejauh yang keluarga kami ketahui, Jamalul adalah pewaris Sultan,” kata Esmail.

Dengan menunjukkan gambar riwayat keturunan Kesultanan Sulu, Aquino menegaskan bahawa Sultan Sulu sekarang iaitu Jamalul Kiram III, memiliki keturunan yang sangat jauh dari jawatan pemimpin.

Kajian kerajaan Filipina menunjukkan, Jamalul Kiram III adalah saudara jauh kepada Sultan Mawallil Wasit, adik Esmail II.

“Inilah persoalan yang pertama kali muncul, siapa yang seharusnya mewakili Kesultanan Sulu?” kata Aquino.

Kerajaan Filipina juga sedang mengkaji dua dokumen mengenai sewa Sabah oleh Kesultanan Sulu kepada syarikat British North Borneo Co. tahun 1878 yang kemudian diambil alih Malaysia tahun 1960 an.

Ringkasan Kes Altantuya 2008 - 2013 (Bala Kembali)

Malaysia will never compromise with the Sulu armed group holed up at Kampung Tanduo in Felda Sahabat 17 for over 12 days, assured Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

“We want to ensure the operations are carried out smoothly. We do not want any problem, bloodshed or loss of lives from any party,” said Hishammuddin, before he flew to Lahad Datu today for a ground assessment of the situation.

He said although the group was armed, they were neither militants or terrorists.
“It is our duty to ensure there won't be bloodshed. I want to let the people know what is really going on. This is so that I can give a better answer and clearer picture of things happening there,” he said.

Urging Malaysians to ignore rumours surrounding the intentions of the Sulu armed group, Hishammuddin said: “What's most important is the safety aspect and that this has nothing to do with sovereignty or other speculation.”

Describing such rumours as “baseless”, he said there were “some things that should not be politicised” and warned that action would be taken should these prove to jeopardise public safety.

Security ring: A General Operations Force personnel taking up position near Kampung Tanduo.
 

“We are trying to calm the people, lower the temperature and allay any public fear or concern,” said Hishammuddin, urging Malaysians to show their support and encouragement to the security forces for their work since the group first landed at the remote seaside village in Felda Sahabat 17 on Feb 9.

The group, numbering some 100 people and reportedly headed by Raja Muda Azzimudie Kiram, the brother of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, had demanded to meet certain “personalities” as negotiations dragged on.

They were believed to be wielding M16, M14 and Baby Armalite assault weapons and M203 grenade launchers although Sultan Jamalul claimed that they had arrived in Sabah's east coast unarmed and would be staying put because Sabah was their “homeland”.
The group, including five women, had earlier demanded recognition as the Royal Sultanate of Sulu Army, calling for the Suluk community, which had been in Sabah for a long time, not to be deported.

Since Feb 9, they had been living off the produce of 15 farming families who fled Kampung Tanduo.

Malaysia, said Hishammuddin, was also working closely with the Philippine Government to resolve the stand-off, adding that he could not say, as yet, when deportation of the group would start.

“We have always been tightening the level of our defence but our sea borders and coastline are so long,” he said.

Not worth responding to BN over PM choice, says Anwar

Pakatan Rakyat’s prime ministerial candidate is never a concern, according to parliamentary opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

“I don’t see not announcing the prime ministerial candidate as a problem to people,” he told a press conference today.

Anwar said that it was more important to focus on PR's manifesto launched yesterday, which centres on empowerment of the people and increasing monthly income during its first term in the Federal seat.

On BN’s allegation that PR could not agree on a choice of prime minister,  Anwar said it was not worth responding.

“Will BN announce their PM candidate when it presents the manifesto? During the 2008 election, was Khalid (Ibrahim) announced as the candidate for Selangor Menteri Besar?” asked the PKR de facto leader.

BN-controlled media have claimed that PAS has not agreed to Anwar as the prime minister’s candidate.

PAS information chief Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man meanwhile dismissed rumours that Gua Musang member of parliament Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah had been named as a PM candidate.

PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu said the PM-to-be will be made public at the right time.

Feb 27: A group of university students today greeted the prime minister's wife on a visit to their campus with placards mocking her much-talked about controversies.

Some 50 students from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Islamic Study Circle (ISIUKM) gathered outside the Tun Abdul Razak hall where Rosmah Mansor was the guest of honour for a programme involving students.

Rosmah's presence at the programme had generated protests from students who cited her alleged penchant for extravagance and involvement in wrongdoings.

This afternoon, about half an hour before the programme ended at 4.30 pm, students gathered and held placards mocking her, including one which read "We want Rosmah to be the PM". Another poked fun at her interest in a RM24 million diamond ring.

Several security guards' attempt to stop the protest failed amid the students' resolve to stay put.

However, Rosmah avoided the students and was quickly ushered into another vehicle. She had earlier arrived in a Mercedes Benz.

“We just wanted to express the people's feeling at Datin Seri Rosmah, but it is clear she was afraid of facing us," said Hamiza Hani Omar, who is also deputy secretary of Islamic students federation GAMIS.
This was the second protest against Rosmah on a university campus. In 2009, five University of Malaya students were charged for arson and vandalism.

They were alleged to have poured petrol on the red carpet on the eve of wife Rosmah's visit to the campus, and also for vandalising a lecture hall with the graffiti 'pembunuh Altantuya' (Altantuya's murderer) and 'bini puaka' (evil wife). All of them were acquitted of the charges in September 2010.

Penceroboh Lahad Datu sedia pertahankan diri

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng

11:10AM Feb 27 2013

 

 

Kumpulan penceroboh Filipina di Lahad Datu berikrar untuk mempertahankan diri sekiranya pihak berkuasa negara ini mengusir mereka dengan kekerasan daripada kawasan perkampungan nelayan yang diduduki sejak awal bulan ini.“Kami bersedia mempertahankan diri,” kata Azzimudie Kiram, abang kepada Jamalul Kiram yang mendakwa sultan Sulu.

Azzimudie mengetuai kumpulan bersenjata yang menduduki kawasan Kampung Tanduo, kira-kira 130km dari pekan Lahad Datu.

Azzimudie ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini pagi ini menegaskan bahawa mereka tidak berniat untuk bertempur dengan pihak berkuasa Malaysia.

“Kami mahu hidup dengan aman di tanah kami sendiri tapi mereka mahu mengusir kami dengan kekerasan,” kata Azzimudi dengan tenang dalam perbualan telefon tersebut.

“Kami mahu bercakap dengan pihak berkuasa Malaysia dengan aman sebelum kembali ke tanah kami,” katanya yang menambah, rakyat Malaysia sejak sekian lama mendapat hasil yang banyak daripada pendapatan Sabah.

Azzimudie juga berkata, beliau menyerahkan soal rundingan dengan pihak berkuasa Malaysia untuk ditangani Jamalul di Manila.

Timbalan ketua polis negara Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar semalam berkata polis berhasrat untuk menamatkan pertentangan tersebut, yang berlarutan sejak 12 Februari.

Himpunan BERSIH: Mat Sabu, 13 lagi bebas tuduhan

Mahkamah Seksyen Kuala Lumpur hari ini membebaskan Timbalan Presiden PAS Mohamad Sabu dan 13 lagi dari tuduhan menyertai perhimpunan haram semasa himpunan BERSIH pada tahun 2007.

Laporan Harakahdaily menyebut, ia diputuskan Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen Datuk Jagjit Singh Bant Singh hari ini.

Sementara itu Naib Presiden PKR Tian Chua dalam tulisannya di Twitter berkata dua lagi individu, MP Padang Serai N Gobalakrishnan dan seorang lagi Mohamad Harith Fathillah didapati bersalah kerana menyertai perhimpunan haram dan enggan bersurai.

Mereka dituduh menyertai perhimpunan yang dianjurkan Gabungan Pilihan Raya Bersih dan Adil (Bersih) di beberapa tempat, termasuk di perkarangan Masjid Negara, Jalan Istana Baru, Jalan Raja Laut dan berdekatan pusat beli-belah Sogo di Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman antara 1 tengah hari dan 4 petang pada 10 November 2007.

Mereka dituduh mengikut Seksyen 143 dan 145 Kanun Keseksaan, dengan tuduhan pilihan mengikut Seksyen 27(4)(a) Akta Polis 1967.

Mengikut Seksyen 143, jika sabit kesalahan, mereka boleh dihukum penjara maksimum enam tahun atau didenda atau kedua-duanya sekali. Manakala seksyen 145 pula hukuman yang boleh dikenakan ialah dua tahun penjara atau denda atau kedua-duanya sekali.

Sementara, seksyen 27(5)(a) pula memperuntuk hukuman denda RM10,000 dan penjara tidak melebihi satu tahun jika sabit kesalahan.

Pada 19 November 2010, Mahkamah Sesyen membebaskan dan melepaskan 16 perayu pada akhir kes pendakwaaan, tanpa memerintah mereka membela diri, tetapi berikutan rayuan yang dikemukakan pihak pendakwaan, Mahkamah Tinggi mengubah keputusan itu dan memerintah mereka membela diri.

Laporan lidah rasmi PAS itu menyebut, dalam penghujahannya, Jagjit berkata pihaknya berpuas hati dengan pengakuan bersumpah Mohamad yang mengatakan polis telah membenarkan beliau mengiringi bagi menyerahkan memorandum kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong, tidak dihalang polis ketika berjalan kaki atas tujuan tersebut ke Istana Negara.

Perkara sama turut diputuskan bagi Tian Chua, yang mana mengatakan tiada sebarang halangan untuk beliau berjalan bagi menyerahkan memorandum tersebut.

Mohamad, yang ditemui selepas penghakiman tersebut bersyukur dan mengucapkan terima kasih atas pembebasan itu, tetapi bersimpati terhadap dua rakannya yang disabitkan bersalah atas pertuduhan tersebut.

"Apa yang saya ingin katakan, sebarang himpunan aman, yang tidak bersenjata, eloklah untuk Peguam Negara (AG) menarik semula kes-kes membabitkan himpunan, sama ada kes yang dahulu hingga sekarang kerana pendakwaan ke atas kes sedemikian sudah dianggap tidak popular sekarang," kata Mohamad Sabu dipetik.

Sementara itu, Tian Chua dalam reaksinya berkata biarpun beliau dan rakan-rakan dibebaskan perjuangan bagi menuntut pilihan raya bersih dan adil masih perlu diteruskan.

"Perjuangan Bersih yang kita mulakan sejak lima tahun lalu, masih perlu diteruskan bagi memastikan pilihan raya bersih dan adil tercapai kerana ia tonggak demokrasi," kata beliau dipetik.

Anwar Ibrahim: Mengapa Saya Bersungguh-sungguh Mahu Merebut Putarajaya?

"Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera!

Saya mohon agar rakyat Malaysia bertenang dan dapat meluangkan 10 minit dari masa berharga anda untuk membaca luahan hati saya agar rakyat faham mengapa saya bersungguh-sungguh dan beria sangat ingin merebut Putrajaya.

Jika saya katakan ia bukanlah perjuangan peribadi bagi membela ketidakadilan yang telah berlaku ke atas saya, pastilah ramai yang tidak akan percaya dengannya. Oleh itu, saya mengambil keputusan menulis beberapa fakta agar ia dapat meyakinkan rakyat bahwa saya ikhlas dan jujur memperjuangkan nasib kita semua.

Saya pernah dituduh liwat beberapa tahun lalu dan mahkamah mendapati saya tidak bersalah atau lebih tepat saya tidak melakukan perbuatan terkutuk itu sebagaimana yang didakwa oleh musuh-musuh politik saya. Tidak cukup dengan itu, saya kemudiannya diheret semula ke mahkamah dengan tuduhan lain pula. Kali ini mereka mendakwa saya telah melakukan kesalahan ‘menyalahgunakan kuasa’. Saya akui saya tersilap mempercayai anggota polis yang sering mengiringi saya ketika itu.

Saya telah meminta beliau menyiasat siapakah penulis buku ’50 dalil mengapa Anwar tidak boleh jadi PM’. Hanya itulah kesalahan yang mereka takrifkan sebagai ‘menyalahgunakan kuasa’ yang akhirnya menyebabkan saya terpaksa meringkuk selama 6 tahun dalam penjara. Bolehkah anda bayangkan perasaan saya dan keluarga ketika itu?

Sebaik keluar dari penjara, setelah 6 tahun menghabiskan sisa-sisa hidup dengan pelbagai amalan keagamaan di dalam sana, saya amat bersyukur akhirnya Tun Mahathir mengaku dalam satu sidang video bahwa beliau memang sengaja mengada-adakan kesalahan saya bagi memastikan kerjaya politik saya berkubur dalam penjara Sg.Buloh. Ramai rakyat yang telah tahu dan pernah menonton video pengakuan Tun Mahathir ini. Anda juga boleh melihat pengakuan Tun Mahathir di link youtube ini: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPKrsCqznS0

Apabila satu persatu tembelang BN terbongkar, mereka mulai berasa kurang selesa serta risau dan mereka mula mengatur sebuah lagi fitnah bagi ‘menyibukkan’ saya dengan sesuatu yang tidak pernah saya lakukan. Tiba-tiba seorang pemuda mengaku diliwat oleh saya sehari selepas beliau bertemu Dato Seri Mohd Najib di pejabatnya. Saya yang berada 6 tahun dalam penjara seolah tidak pernah belajar bahwa ‘kebebasan’ itu adalah nikmat yang harus saya syukuri. Saya sekali lagi terpaksa berhadapan dengan kemelut yang amat memalukan saya dan keluarga.

Saya ingin bertanya, selama 6 tahun dalam penjara, berapa ramaikah banduan yang telah saya liwat? Mengapa perlu tunggu keluar penjara untuk melakukan perbuatan terkutuk itu? Saya sebenarnya tiada ruang untuk menjelaskan kebenaran ini. Saya dinafikan keadilan. Saya juga turut dinafikan hak bersuara di semua akhbar, stesen TV dan Radio milik BN. Saya tiada tempat yang dapat menjelaskannya secara meluas kepada rakyat jelata. Dimanakah dapat saya kemukakan bukti bahwa saya sungguh tidak pernah melakukan perbuatan terkutuk itu? Mereka suruh saya buktikan di mahkamah, sedang merekalah yang sebenarnya menguasai mahkamah. Ya benar! Mahkamah kita masih belum bebas. Ia masih terus dikuasai sepenuhnya oleh ‘orang’ yang berkuasa.

Saya menolak untuk bersumpah kerana bukan saya yang sepatutnya bersumpah, tetapi orang yang mendakwa diliwatlah yang sepatutnya bersumpah laknat. Dia telah pun bersumpah dan biarlah Tuhan sahaja yang melaksanakan laknat-Nya ke atas mereka yang bersumpah bohong. Itu bukan lagi dalam kekuasaan saya. LA HAWLA WALA QUWATAILLAH BILLAH. Jangan lupa, beberapa individu yang terbabit memfitnah saya dahulu ada yang telah mati dengan tragis dan ada pula yang masih hidup tetapi mengalami sakit yang aneh. Dan berhubung DNA pula, saya enggan diambil sekali lagi sample DNA kerana mereka telah punyai DNA saya dalam pertuduhan kes liwat yang pertama dahulu. Saya bimbang seandainya mereka mempunyai muslihat jahat terhadap sample DNA terbaru itu nanti. Saya harus lebih berhati-hati.

Andaikata benarlah saya ini ‘kaki liwat’ sebagaimana fitnah mereka, bukankah molek jika ianya saya lakukan di luar Negara. Saya mengajar di sebuah Universiti di Amerika Syarikat, it’s a free country, jika benarlah saya ini kebulur sangat meliwat seseorang, saya boleh melakukannya dengan sesiapa sahaja yang saya ingini di sana. Mengapa harus saya lakukan perbuatan jahat itu di Negara sendiri, di Negara yang mana saya berpolitik, berkeluarga dan mempunyai ribuan kenalan dan sahabat handai. Ia tidak masuk akal dan tidak munasabah. Ia satu fitnah jahat yang amat berat buat saya dan keluarga.

Justeru itu saya berazam untuk menyelamatkan Malaysia dari kejahatan orang-orang yang jahat dan tidak berperikemanusian itu. Saya rela mati kerana rakyat Malaysia. Hanya dengan menguasai Putrajaya sahajalah segala tipu muslihat mereka dapat kita bongkar kepada umum. Masa itu, anda nilailah sendiri dan saya akan memaafkan anda yang turut menuduh dan memfitnah saya ketika ini kerana saya mengandaikan bahwa anda ‘jahil’ atau ‘tidak tahu’ ketika itu. Saya akan biarkan anda semua berkesempatan bertaubat kepada Allah atas dosa dari kesalahan memfitnah saya, yang disifatkan Allah dan Rasul-Nya sebagai lebih buruk daripada membunuh satu jiwa mukmin.

Berhubung pemilikan harta, setakat ini belum ada bukti bahwa saya memiliki harta atau wang yang luar biasa banyaknya samada dalam mahupun di luar negara. 9 tahun lamanya sebagai Menteri Kewangan Malaysia serta Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia, ramai dari kalangan pemimpin BN yang berpendapat adalah amat bodoh saya tidak menggunakan kesempatan untuk 'membaham' khazanah negara ketika itu. Memang benar ketika itu saya boleh sahaja melakukannya jika mahu, ia adalah dalam bidang kuasa saya sebagai Menteri Kewangan Malaysia, namun hukum Allah dan syariat Islamlah yang telah membendung saya dari melakukan perbuatan khianat seperti itu kepada rakyat Malaysia.

Kami, pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat berjuang dengan menggunakan hasil pendapatan masing-masing dan dari kemelut 'kekurangan dana' ini, akhirnya membawa kepada keluarnya beberapa pemimpin yang 'kononnya' ingin berjuang bersama tetapi rupanya mempunyai hasrat 'berbeza'. Pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat yang bercita-cita jahat untuk meratah khazanah kekayaan negara awal-awal lagi telah 'disingkir' oleh Allah Swt melalui ujian-ujian-Nya. Antara mereka adalah Ezam Nor dan Zulkifli Nordin, sekadar menyebut beberapa nama dari mereka. Syukur Alhamdulillah!

Baiklah, setakat itu sahaja yang dapat saya perjelaskan tentang apa yang telah berlaku kepada saya selama ini. Saya ingin bertanya, apakah anda sebagai rakyat Malaysia sanggup membiarkan orang yang paling bermotif membunuh, menjadi PM? Jika anda sangsi dengan dakwaan saya bahwa mereka, pemimpin-pemimpin BN terpaksa bersekongkol dengan perancang utama satu plot pembunuhan hanya kerana ‘survival’ politik mereka, cuba anda perhatikan fakta-fakta dan bukti-bukti di bawah ini:-

PEMBUNUHAN ALTANTUYA - WAJARKAH RAKYAT MENUTUP KES INI?
Firman Allah surah An Nisaa' (105): Sesungguhnya Kami telah menurunkan kitab kepadamu dengan membawa kebenaran, supaya kamu mengadili antara manusia dengan apa yang telah Allah wahyukan kepadamu, dan janganlah kamu menjadi penentang (orang-orang yang tidak bersalah), kerana membela orang-orang yang khianat (lagi berdusta),

Fakta Individu-individu yang terbabit secara langsung @ tidak dalam kes Pembunuhan Altantuya:

Altantuya Sharibuu @ Aminah bt. Abdullah adalah penterjemah Bahasa Perancis bagi urusan pembelian kapal selam oleh Kementerian Pertahanan Malaysia melalui 'Perimekar' milik Penganalisis Strategi Ketenteraan Malaysia yang juga merupakan teman baik Dato Seri Mohd Najib.

Dato Seri Mohd Najib - Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia / Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia.

Abdul Razak Baginda - Penganalisis Pertahanan kepada Kementerian Pertahanan Malaysia / pemilik 'Perimekar'.

Ketua Inspektor Hazilah Hadri - (UTK) yang berkhidmat sebagai 'body guard' di pejabat Dato Seri Mohd Najib.

Koperal Sirul Azhar Umar - (UTK) juga berkhidmat sebagai 'body guard' di pejabat Dato Seri Mohd Najib.

Aziz Buyong - Kolonel Tentera / Pakar bom C4.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi - Perdana Menteri Malaysia / Menerima Kertas Siasatan dari Penyiasat Polis Tentera Malaysia (MP).

Khairy Jamaludin - Menantu Perdana Menteri Malaysia / Menyimpan Kertas Siasatan berkenaan bagi tujuan survival politiknya setelah ketiadaan Pak Lah nanti.

Rosmah Mansor - Isteri Dato Seri Mohd Najib / Berada di tempat mayat diletupkan dengan C4.

Norhayati - Isteri Kolonel Aziz Buyong / Pembantu Khas Rosmah yang turut berada di tempat kejadian letupan bom C4.

Fakta-Fakta lain dalam kes Pembunuhan Kejam Altantuya:
Bom C4 milik Angkatan Tentera Malaysia.

Dua anggota UTK - Suspek utama pembunuhan adalah body guard di pejabat Dato Seri Mohd Najib.

Rekod Imigresen kemasukan Altantuya dan sepupunya ke Malaysia di'lenyap'kan oleh seseorang dari Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia dengan arahan orang-orang tertentu bagi menutup konspirasi ini.

Zahid Hamidi ketika mengambilalih tugas Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia akhirnya terpaksa membuat kenyataan 'konon'nya Angkatan Tentera Malaysia tidak memiliki Bom jenis C4 dan itu adalah amat bercanggah dengan kenyataan sepanjang kes perbicaraan Pembunuhan Altantuya di mahkamah. Atas arahan siapakah beliau 'berbohong' dan untuk survival siapa?

Keterangan-keterangan ringkas dan jelas:

Ketua Inspektor Hazilah dan Koperal Sirul Azhar dari Unit Tindakan Khas, yang juga merupakan ‘body guard’ Dato Seri Mohd Najib tidak pernah mengenali Altantuya sebelum kejadian 'bunuh' itu dan tidak langsung mempunyai 'motif' untuk membunuh model berkenaan tetapi mereka berdua mungkin telah diarah oleh sesorang 'yang berkuasa' untuk melaksanakan kerja-kerja pembersihan dalam konspirasi pembunuhan ini. Mereka berdua akhirnya didapati bersalah oleh mahkamah kerana membunuh dengan niat dan dijatuhi hukuman mati oleh hakim mahkamah. Mereka ini jelas telah 'dikambing hitamkan' oleh pihak tertentu dalam usaha menutupi pekung 'pengarah sebenar konspirasi' pembunuhan Altantuya.

Abdul Razak Baginda memang mempunyai motif untuk membunuh Altantuya kerana beliau dilaporkan 'kononnya' adalah pasangan kekasih kepada model ini dan kedatangan Altantuya dengan sepupunya Burmaa Oyunchimeg adalah 'kononnya' untuk mengambil komisyen berjumlah US500 ribu yang dijanjikan kepadanya seandainya pembelian kapal selam itu terlaksana. Adalah difahamkan bahwa Syarikat milik Abdul Razak Baginda 'Perimekar' menerima komisyen jualan sebanyak RM4.7 billion dari kerajaan Malaysia melalui Kementerian Pertahanan Malaysia, hasil dari kejayaan dalam urusan pembelian 3 buah kapal selam dari Perancis untuk kegunaan Tentera Laut Malaysia.

Anehnya Abdul Razak Baginda kemudiannya didapati tidak bersalah dan dia dibebaskan sepenuhnya dari pertuduhan membunuh kerana dilihat tiada mempunyai kuasa untuk 'mengarah' suspek utama kes, yakni Ketua Inspektor Hazilah dan Koperal Sirul Azhar dari UTK untuk melakukan pembunuhan mangsa (Altantuya). Jadi siapakah yang mempunyai kuasa ketika itu? Jika diamati serta diperhalusi, 'orang yang tak berapa nak cerdik' pun boleh menilai fakta ini dengan baik. Cuba lihat rantaian fakta ini bagi mengaitkan siapa jua yang bermain di minda anda sebagai 'suspek sebenar' yang bertindak sebagai 'pengarah operasi' permbersihan nama baik seorang PEMBESAR dalam kes pembunuhan ini.

Siapakah PALING BERMOTIF untuk membunuh Altantuya selain Abdul Razak Baginda? Dan fakta yang paling penting untuk kita perhalusi adalah siapakah yang berkuasa atau mempunyai kuasa untuk mengarah dua orang UTK (Pengawal peribadi Dato Seri Mohd Najib - Hazilah dan Sirul) serta Pakar Bom C4 tentera (Kolonel Aziz Buyong)? Siapakah pula yang berkemungkinan mempunyai pengaruh dalam 'melenyapkan' rekod kemasukan Altantuya ke Malaysia? Sudah tentulah ia melibatkan sesuatu yang AMAT BESAR sehingga perlu dihapuskan wanita 'berbahaya' ini. Siapakah pengarah sebenar dalam konspirasi pembunuhan ini? Apakah motif sebenar nya? Apa jua jawapan yang bermain di'minda fikiran' anda, simpan dahulu untuk telahan fakta berikutnya.

Dato Seri Mohd Najib kemudiannya bersumpah bahwa beliau tidak pernah mengenali dan tiada kaitan samada secara langsung atau tidak dengan Altantuya. Sedangkan umum akhirnya mengetahui bahwa Altantuya rupanya adalah 'Perterjemah Bahasa Perancis' yang diguna pakai ketika berlangsungnya urusan pembelian kapal selam berkenaan. Ini menyebabkan Dato Seri Mohd Najib 'terpaksa' juga mengenalinya walaupun dia ingin sangat agar rakyat tahu 'konon'nya dia tidak pernah mengenali Altantuya. Fakta ini bukan omong kosong. Ia turut dinyatakan di mahkamah dalam sebutan kes yang berlangsung di Paris, Perancis berhubung penipuan yang berlaku dalam skandal penjualan dan pembelian kapal selam itu.

Menambah buruk persepsi itu adalah apabila sepupu Altantuya, Burmaa Oyunchimeg mengemukakan bukti bergambar di mahkamah ketika diminta memberi keterangan. Bukti itu adalah gambar Abdul Razak Baginda, Dato Seri Najib dan Altantuya sedang menjamu selera di sebuah restoran eksklusif. Ya lah! Takan hanya kerana keluar makan bersama sahaja terus hendak dikaitkan beliau sebagai pembunuh, itu tidak adil dan zalim namanya. Cuma yang jelas di sini adalah Dato Seri Mohd Najib telah bersumpah 'bohong'. Dia sebenarnya memang mengenali Altantuya. Kenapa ia seakan hendak di’sembunyi’kan dari rakyat Malaysia? Pasti ada sebab BESAR disebalik semua itu.

Baiklah, sekarang amati pula dari sudut berbeza, Abdul Razak Baginda hanya perlu melunaskan US500 ribu atau hanya kira-kira RM1.6 Juta sahaja berupa komisyen kepada Altantuya. Dan jika mengambil kira jumlah komisyen yang dimilikinya iaitu RM4.7 billion (Ringgit Malaysia Empat Ribu Tujuh Ratus Juta), jumlah RM1.5 juta itu amatlah kecil dan boleh dilunaskannya pada bila-bila masa sahaja. Sekali lagi, Abdul Razak Baginda dilihat tiada sebab atau motif kukuh untuk membunuh 'kekasih gelap'nya itu (Altantuya), dan lebih meyakinkan adalah beliau juga dilaporkan tidak berupaya atau tidak mempunyai kuasa bagi mengarah suspek-suspek yang terdiri dari Ketua Inspektor Hazilah, Koperal Sirul dan Kolonel Aziz untuk melaksanakan tugas-tugas 'pembersihan' itu.

C4 adalah bom milik Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, dan harus diingat Dato Seri Mohd Najib Razak adalah Timbalan Perdana Menteri merangkap Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia yang berkuasa penuh terhadap apa jua aktiviti Angkatan Tentera Malaysia. Dari semua fakta ringkas di atas, anda pasti sudah boleh mengagak serta mengetahui siapakah KETUA sebenar dalam 'KONSPIRASI PEMBUNUHAN KEJAM' ini. Demi survival politik dan survival parti, 'orang yang zalim' ini terpaksa dilindungi oleh orang-orang besar parti yang lainnya.

Apakah anda mengandaikan semua barisan kepimpinan BN itu 'bodoh', 'buta' dan tidak mengetahui tentang hal sebenar ini? Tidak, mereka semua bukanlah orang-orang yang bodoh, malah mereka bijak berpolitik dan tahu apa sebenarnya yang sedang berlaku. Jika begitu, jika benar mereka semua tahu, mengapa pula mereka beria-ia menyembunyikan fakta sebenar dan sekaligus mempertahankan 'orang yang zalim' ini?

Nyatanya, semua ketumbukan kepimpinan BN sebenarnya amat sedar dan tahu akan kebenaran ini, namun mereka jauh menyedari serta tahu bahwa menyelamatkan 'orang zalim ini' adalah sama seperti menyelamatkan kedudukan mereka sendiri. Mereka sedar seandainya jatuh 'orang yang zalim' ini, maka hancur berkecailah keseluruhan empayar yang telah mereka bina selama ini. Justeru itu, mereka tiada pilihan lain kecuali berusaha mempertahankan juga 'orang yang zalim' ini sekalipun terpaksa 'membohongi' rakyat jelata. Tidak mungkin mereka mahu melihat Pakatan Rakyat menguasai PUTRAJAYA hanya kerana kesilapan yang dilakukan oleh 'orang yang zalim' ini.

Mereka 'terpaksa' jua mengangkat 'orang yang zalim' ini sebagai pemimpin mereka, walaupun hati mereka jelas menolaknya. Sayang sekali mereka semua terlupa pada Tuhan. Mereka terlupa bahwa Tuhan Maha Mengetahui apa sahaja yang mereka nyatakan atau sembunyikan dalam hati mereka. Mereka lupa bahwa mereka kelak akan tetap didatangi oleh Malaikat Maut. Mereka berusaha dan cuba untuk melupakan semua kemelut itu demi kehidupan dunia yang fana ini. Ada di antara mereka yang telah menerima 'hukum' Allah yakni mati, namun yang masih hidup terus leka dan lalai dengan segala macam imbuhan duniawi yang diterima mereka dari 'orang yang zalim' itu.

Kehidupan dunia ini adalah segalanya bagi mereka-mereka ini. Mereka tahu ada akhirat menanti tetapi mereka berasa 'yakin' kononnya mereka berada di pihak yang benar dan akan 'terselamat' dari api neraka. Mereka bersangka baik terhadap harapan palsu yang dijanjikan syaitan buat mereka dan penyokong-penyokong mereka. Sedang mereka dan penyokong mereka bersekongkol dengan 'orang yang zalim' itu, Allah juga mempunyai rancangan-Nya. Dan sudah tentulah perancangan Allah jauh lebih baik dari ciptaan-Nya.

Apa boleh buat saudara, kita terpaksa menunggu sehingga ke hari pembalasan, yakni akhirat, bagi melunaskan semua yang kita persangkakan. Takan kita semua mahu turut serta bersama mereka dalam menyokong 'orang yang zalim' itu. Mereka sendiri pun sebenarnya 'terpaksa' menyokongnya demi survival politik sempit mereka. Ayuh rakyat Malaysia, berfikir dan bertindaklah dalam Pilihanraya Umum nanti. Mari kita tegakkan kebenaran dan keadilan buat semua. Kita tunjukkan bahwa rakyatlah yang paling berkuasa, dan bukan mereka para pemimpin yang jahat itu.

Important link to the case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Shaariibuugiin_Altantuyaa

Harus diberi perhatian serius bahwa Allah dan Rasul-Nya telah acap kali mengingatkan dan memberi amaran kepada kita agar berwaspada terhadap suatu zaman di mana pemimpin yang dusta itulah yang akan 'dipercayai' dan diberi kuasa. Ia sedang berlaku sekarang dan kita 'yang diberi hidayah Allah' mudah membezakan antara penyokong yang melakukan kebaikan (amal makruf) dengan mereka yang melakukan kebathilan (Mungkar)

Firman Allah surah Al Maa-idah (51): Hai orang-orang yang beriman, janganlah kamu mengambil orang-orang Yahudi dan Nasrani (yakni orang yang suka berdusta) sebagai pemimpin-pemimpin (mu), sebahagian mereka adalah pemimpin bagi sebahagian yang lain. Barangsiapa di antara kamu mengambil mereka sebagai pemimpin, maka sesungguhnya orang itu termasuk golongan mereka. Sesungguhnya Allah tidak memberi petunjuk kepada orang-orang yang zalim.

Hadis Rasulullah Saw pula menegaskan bahwa: Ka’ab bin Ujrah r.a. berkata bahawa Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda: “Akan datang di kemudian hari nanti, setelah aku tiada; beberapa pemimpin yang berdusta dan berbuat aniaya. Maka barang siapa yang membenarkan kedustaan mereka dan membantu (mendukung/menyokong) tindakan mereka yang berbuat aniaya itu, maka ia bukan termasuk umatku, dan bukanlah aku daripadanya. Dan ia tidak akan dapat sampai datang ke telaga (yang ada di syurga)”.- Hadis Riwayat Tirmizi, Nasae’i dan Hakim.

Sudah jelas bahwa Allah dan Rasul-Nya melaknati orang-orang yang berdusta dan berbuat aniaya. Malah penyokong-penyokong yang mendukung aspirasi pemimpin-pemimpin jahat itu juga nantinya akan turut sama terpelosok di kancah neraka jahannam. Pasti akan ada kelompok ini yang bertanya: "Bagaimana pula dengan ustaz-ustaz dan ulama UMNO?. Apakah mereka ini turut bernasib malang dan terpaksa menghuni neraka jahannam?".

Jawapan saya 'itu semua, keputusan ke mana mereka akan dikembalikan kelak, kita serah bulat-bulat kepada Allah Azzawajalla sahaja'. Bukan kita yang berhak menentukan ke mana kembalinya mereka nanti. Namun, di sebalik penyerahan tawakal kepada Allah, kita harus faham bahwa Rasulullah Saw diutus bagi menyempurnakan akhlak kita semua. Dalam sirah nabi banyak sekali dipaparkan kisah-kisah bagaimana Rasulullah Saw bukan sahaja bijak dalam ilmu agama, malah Baginda amat arif menilai akhlak orang-orang di sekelilingnya. Baginda mengajar semua khalifah dan umat ketika itu bagaimana dapat mereka mengenali samada orang itu berakhlak terpuji atau sebaliknya. Ini bermakna, mereka para ustaz dan ulama bukan sahaja perlu menilai pemimpin dari sudut agamanya sahaja, akhlak pemimpin itu turut menjadi faktor utama dalam penilaian mereka sebelum seseorang pemimpin itu wajar disokong.


Seharusnya itulah yang menjadi panduan ustaz-ustaz dan Ulama UMNO di dalam menentukan sokongan mereka. Menyokong membabi buta akan menyebabkan mereka terdedah untuk menerima nasib yang sama dengan kelompok ini kelak. Rasulullah Saw telah bersabda dalam banyak hadis yang saya rangkumkan peringatannya, antara lainnya untuk mengenali akhlak seseorang yang baik itu ada beberapa ciri utama:-

1. Pertama lihat suaminya samada dia bersolat fardhu di masjid atau tidak?
2. Kemudian lihat isterinya, apakah dia menutup aurat atau tidak?
3. Kemudian lihat pula anak-anak gadisnya, apakah mereka menutup aurat atau tidak?
4. Lihat bagaimana mereka sekeluarga berbelanja, apakah mereka boros atau tidak?

Walaupun banyak lagi ciri-ciri lain, solat fardhu umpamanya, boleh dilakonkan watak itu dikhalayak ramai oleh seorang munafik kerana kekerapan bersama dilihat menjadi faktor ia mudah dilakonkan. Jadi, memadai melihat 4 ciri di atas yang ditekankan Rasulullah saw, yang saya rasa amat sukar untuk dilakonkan kerana ia memerlukan seseorang itu istiqamah dalam perilakunya itu. Itulah yang harus dinilai terlebih dahulu agar kita dapat menetapkan kaedah menilai individu pemimpin berkenaan seterusnya.

Akhir kata, saya menyeru kepada semua rakyat Malaysia, marilah kita 'share' amanat ini di kalangan fb'ians' dan teman kita semua di luar sana, samada dengan mencetak dan mengedarkan amanat ini kepada keluarga serta semua sahabat handai atau mencetak dan mengedarkan ia di kampung-kampung, di mana maklumat ter'sekat' oleh pembangunan yang sengaja di'tahan' ke sana oleh pemimpin-pemimpin tertentu.

Jika bukan saya serta pemimpin-pemimpin lain dalam Pakatan Rakyat yang bangkit memperjuangkan nasib kita semua, andalah yang terpaksa bangkit dan berjuang bersama demi kesejahteraan generasi anak-anak kita yang akan datang. Ayuh! Marilah kita semua 'Gegakkan Gempita' kerana semboyan telahpun berbunyi. Setiap dari kita rakyat Malaysia berkewajipan mencanang semboyan ini kepada sekurang-kurangnya ahli keluarga terdekat. Andaikata anda berkuasa melakukan lebih dari itu, saya dahului dengan ucapan ribuan terima kasih yang tidak terhingga.

Berilah peluang kepada Pakatan Rakyat menguasai Putrajaya pada PRU ke 13 nanti. Saya akan pastikan semua mereka yang boros membelanjakan wang rakyat termasuk Rosmah Mansor yang sanggup membeli sebutir cincin berlian berharga RM24juta di kala rakyatnya ada yang masih hidup dalam kemiskinan dan ahli keluarga kepada Ketua Wanita UMNO Shahrizat Jalil yang tergamak membelanja sampai RM250 juta wang dana Tabung Makanan kita dalam skandal NFC di bawa ke muka pengadilan.

Janganlah 'terpedaya' atau 'diperbodohkan' lagi hanya kerana 'sogokan' wang RM100, RM500 dan beberapa ratus lagi menjelang pilihanraya yang akan di'saji'kan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin BN. Lihat angka yang mereka 'baham'. angka yang diberikan kepada anda amatlah kecil berbanding jumlah yang mereka ambil tanpa restu anda semua. Nasihat saya, anda ambillah wang itu kerana wang itu memang milik rakyat dan bukan milik mereka, kemudian undilah Pakatan Rakyat dalam PRU-13 nanti. Pakatan Rakyat akan pastikan mereka-mereka yang bertanggungjawab atas setiap kesalahan mereka itu menerima hukuman yang setimpal dengan kesalahan yang telah mereka lakukan kepada negara dan rakyat Malaysia.

Bangkitlah wahai rakyat Malaysia!!!

- Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim

Ceramah Perdana: Brig. Jeneral (B) Dato' Abdul Hadi Al-Khatab (UDARA)

Ceramah Perdana: Lt. Jeneral (B) Datuk Abdul Ghafir Abdul Hamid (DARAT)

Ceramah Perdana: Laksamana Pertama (B) Haji Imran Abd Hamid (LAUT)

The week's top stories

Feb 17: Here are the ten most popular stories on Harakahdaily's English Edition for the week ending February 16, 2013. 

1. Another video shows how BN leaders got 'stood up' for Yee Sang

2. 'No!' episode at Psy concert missing from news, Malaysia-style

3. Beware if you see this on your rear screen!

4. Psy’s life under threat, claims BN, amid contradictory statements from police

5. Sugumaran: 'Najib personally intervened to stop second autopsy'

6. Lim: 'No' episode ends BN's dream at next GE

7. MCA's Chua mourns plight of 'towkays', rejects better pay for workers

8. 'Malaysians of Indonesian origin threatened to continue voting for BN'

9. The hanging of Afzal: a stain on India's democracy

10. Bersih hits back at EC deputy, urges voters return home

SA Senator Nick Xenophon in custody in Malaysia over meetings with pro-democracy MPs

AUSTRALIAN politicians have called off a visit to Malaysia after Independent Senator Nick Xenophon was refused entry and detained pending deportation. 
 
The group, comprising Senator Xenophon, Liberal MP Mal Washer, Nationals Senator John Williams and ALP MP Steve Georganas, were planning an unofficial visit to Kuala Lumpur ahead of Malaysia's upcoming elections.

They were to meet opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, as well as Malaysia's minister in charge of parliamentary affairs Mohammed Nazri and members of the group Bersih, the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections.

Senator Xenophon, who arrived ahead of the others, proceeded no further than the immigration line. He is being held in an interrogation room at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, which has a series of adjoining cells holding female prisoners.
 

He has been told he is not allowed to make telephone calls and is not even allowed to go to the bathroom without a police guard. Senator Xenophon managed to make a call to The Sunday Mail when he was left unattended in the interrogation room.
 
"I am effectively a prisoner here," Senator Xenophon said. "I'm being held in an area with all these holding cells which are full of women. They have basically told me I am an enemy of the state. They are trying to get me on the next plane out of here and back home."

Senator Xenophon managed to use his contacts to get a text message to the Australian High Commission in KL and is awaiting a visit from High Commissioner Miles Cooper.
After he landed this morning the South Australian anti-pokies Senator joined the customs queue but was told there were "irregularities" with his passport.

He was then taken away by the immigration officials to the guarded area where he was told that the Malaysian authorities knew of his stance on human rights in Malaysia and his itinerary for this week.

Senator Xenophon was scheduled to meet with pro-democracy and Opposition MPs - yet oddly he had also been granted a meeting with a senior Government MP, the Special Minister of State.
"I was even meeting members of the Government, I mean, the whole situation is ridiculous, we are meant to be the closest of friends with Malaysia," he said.

"We are meant to be having a people swap deal on asylum seekers but so far it looks like the only person being swapped is me."

Senator Xenophon believes that a recent article he wrote for Fairfax newspapers in January, which was critical of human rights in Malaysia, may have emboldened the authorities to deny him entry.
Last year he was also unwittingly caught up in a 25,000-strong democracy protest in KL where he was tear-gassed. 

Senator Williams said the delegation, planned two months ago, would not now proceed.
"I have just spoken to Mal Washer and told him that I'd be pulling out. I have spoken to (deputy opposition leader) Julie Bishop and I sent Nick Xenophon a text message saying we'd be pulling out of the trip and he just replied OK," he told ABC television.

Senator Williams said he thought it better now to let the dust settle and visit later in the year.
He said Senator Xenophon had visited Malaysia on other occasions and wanted a bipartisan Australian delegation to conduct a low profile visit, meeting MPs and members of the election commission.

"Nick Xenophon asked me and I have a lot of respect for Nick. We are pretty good mates. When he has a problem, you'd expect that the problem would be genuine," he said.
"Nick said there's some problem over there. He'd like us to go over and visit."
Senator Williams said he did not believe a a protest by Australia would help.

"I don't think pouring petrol on a fire would help anything. Obviously we need to build some relationships there as far as Senator Xenophon goes, but I don't think it's a big issue," he said.
"They have their reasons why they stopped him at the airport and I'm sure in time these can be talked through."

"It will settle down in a few weeks time and we'll look at whether we can make a visit then."

Associate Professor Clinton Fernandes of the International and Political Studies Program at the University of NSW said the Malaysian Government was worried about Senator Xenophon because he "provides the public with an international voice about problems with the electoral system."
Senator Xenophon and Dr Fernandes were part of a 2012 International Fact-Finding Mission on Elections in Malaysia, whose report was critical of the Government and which called for electoral reform.

"Senator Xenophon and a delegation of Australian parliamentarians were going to Malaysia to meet with politicians, the Malaysian Bar Council and the Electoral Commission to discuss electoral reform outlined in that report," he said.

"There is no doubt the reason he is being deported is because the report was critical of the electoral system - for example it showed a leading government figure has an electorate with just 7000 voters while the Deputy Opposition Leader has an electorate with 100,000 constituents.
"There is a class of people who have never lost power since Malaysia was formed and they are now worried as the youthful population is calling for democratic changes and they don't know what to do about it.

"There has been no violence so the government can't call them terrorists and crack down on them, there have been no agent provocateurs to provide a trigger for an armed crackdown. Senator Xenophon's presence provides them with an international voice about problems with the electoral system, so they want him out."

Dr Fernandes said Senator Xenophon was not at risk of harm from Malaysian authorities but said they wanted him out of the country to avoid a focus for discontent, as elections must be held by June.

He noted Senator Xenophon has annoyed the Government by giving copies of the Fact Finding Mission on Election in Malaysia to every diplomatic mission base in Canberra to ensure the wider international community was aware of electoral issues in the nation.
The fact finding mission was conducted by international observer group with representatives from India, Pakistan, Germany, Indonesia, the Philippines as well as Senator Xenophon and Dr Fernandes.

Senator Xenophon visited the nation in April last year when he was teargassed by riot police breaking up a mass peaceful demonstration in Kuala Lumpur demanding democratic reforms.

Students threatened again while campaigning in Pekan, Pahang.

Feb 15: Students who descended on prime minister Najib Razak's constituency of Pekan have been targeted again by attackers linked to UMNO, forcing them to cut short their campaign against Barisan Nasional.
 RESTLESS IN PEKAN ... The crowd at the scene where students are being surrounded by UMNO-led mob
Yesterday, a mob surrounded several students who were distributing leaflets house-to-house.

The students, part of the group called Undergraduates Movement for GE-13 (GM13), were surrounded at Madrasah Darul Husna, PAS's headquarters in Pekan.

PAS Youth chief Nasrudin Hassan, who is also Pahang PAS deputy commissioner, said PAS Youth members immediately went to the scene when told of the commotion.

Nasrudin however advised the students to remain steadfast in their struggle.

“Before this, it was ANAK (National Felda Settlers’ Children Association) and now the students. What has become of country’s politics?” he asked.

Students group Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM) secretary Ahmad Shukri Kamaruddin meanwhile said that the UMNO workers had arrived in 10 cars and several motorcycles at the PAS centre. However, they retreated after villagers came to the students' help.

Later at night, Pahang PAS commissioner Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man informed Harakahdaily that the party chartered a bus to bring the students back to Kuala Lumpur.

“We chartered a bus for RM1600 to ferry the students back to Kuala Lumpur. Police provided security until it reached Gambang,” he added.

The incident followed two other attacks on the students by UMNO workers in Pulau Manis and Felda Chini respectively.

GM-13 recently declared an awareness campaign among the Pekan electorate ahead of the coming polls.
 
A day after a student was assaulted by several men believed to be UMNO workers, four student activists who took their anti-BN campaign to the parliamentary constituency of prime minister Najib Razak were attacked with with machete by unknown individuals.

The incident took place at Felda Chini at 4.00 am today.

The students, who were going house to house to distribute anti-BN flyers at the Felda neighbourhood, claimed they were confronted by several youths on motorcycles, one of whom carried a machete.

News site Malaysiakini quoted Universiti of Malaya student Safwan Shamsudin as saying that the assailants were locals there, who yelled at them.

“When we saw the machete, we said that we would leave," Safwan said, adding that their flyers were seized.

Safwan said the students, two of whom were female, decided to leave fearing their safety.

A report had been lodged at Chini police station.

Yesterday, Ekshan Bukhari from Universiti Industri Selangor (Unisel) and his two friends were attacked several UMNO supporters while distributing anti-UMNO flyers.

A group of students activists calling themselves Undergraduates Movement for GE-13 have recently declared to organise an awareness campaign among the Pekan electorate.

Laporan Jujur Media Singapura Untuk PSY @ Penang - CNY 2013

UPAH GANGNAM STYLE By BN

UPAH GANGNAM STYLE: Highlights of the day!
Like and share this before Utusan or NST spread their lies!

1. The delayed PSY Performance.
RIDING on the wave of attention just before PSY shows up, Teng Chang Yeow, Najib and Rosmah consecutively put up their monkey shows to 'entertain' the audience. PSY's performance was delayed from 1130 to 1215.

2. Najib's son's speech.
This speech had only one purpose: To use Najib's son's Chinese-speaking skills to engage the audience. However, this failed miserably when all the audience could hear was: 古人常说,"一日之计在于晨,一年之计在于春"and "一分耕耘,一分收获", which by the way, had nothing to do with what he had to say.

3. Najib's attempts to engage the audience.
When Najib shouted "Satu!", many of the local UMNO youth shouted, "Malaysia!" But when Najib shouted "一个!" Nobody answered him. He repeated it thrice. And the silence repeated itself thrice.

4. Rosmah's performance
The audience, now impatient to see PSY, BOOed when Rosmah surfaced on stage to sing CNY songs. But singing was too laborious a task for our plump, pampered first lady, who could only lip-sync to the background music.

5. The FAILED impromptu attempt to trick PSY to 捞生
Teng Chang Yeow, Najib, Rosmah, Abdullah Badawi were ready with their chopsticks. But PSY, who had arrived since 6am, refused to appear on stage to 捞生with the BN leaders to preserve his neutrality. After a few minutes, all the BN leaders were ousted off the stage to make way for the Glorious Gangnam.

6. "Are you ready for BN?" "NO!"
"Are you ready for PSY?" asked the Emcee.
"Yes!" cheered the people.

"Are you ready for BN?" asked the Emcee, slipping in a trick question.
"NO!" thundered the people who were not fooled.

* CORRECTION: The 'EMCEE' is Najib himself, we have verified this fact from footage and personal accounts of attendees. Which makes it....even funnier!

7. Leaving before Najib
No group photos, no handshakes. As soon as PSY shouted, "Thank you very much!", and while Najib was still trembling in his seat, people left theirs, leaving behind piles of uneaten food. The Emcee was as quiet as a clam, knowing that it would be impossible to call the crowd back.

CONCLUSION:
Psy came for the money. The people came for the free food and performances. Who cares about BN and its bid for power?

*copied from unknown source but good info.

Are You Ready For BN???!!

Najib: Pakatan envies BN for getting Psy first

Pakatan Rakyat, especially DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, is jealous of BN for scoring with Korean “Gangnam Style” star Psy, claimed Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

“Actually, he wants to invite Psy (right) to a function under the Pakatan Rakyat name, but when Psy chose to attend our event, that derailed his plans.

“That is the real story,” the premier told reporters at a press conference after chairing the Umno supreme council meeting in Kuala Lumpur today.

“He may have his reasons, but I am baffled with his reaction. Every year we do the same (event),” continued the PM, decrying Pakatan’s alleged politicising of the issue, which included the tearing down of Chinese New Years posters bearing a picture of him wearing a ‘fashionable’ Chinese tunic.

Najib had expressed his sadness over the fact that Pakatan is allegedly making much ado about what is supposed to be just an event to celebrate the Chinese New Year for Malaysians of Chinese descent.

He added that if DAP had their “Ubah Rocket Style” video, then it should be okay if BN has the real thing.

When asked if he is going to accept the invitation from the major Chinese education pressure group, Dong Zong, to their Chinese New Year celebration, the PM appears guarded.
 “I am still considering it,” he answered.
 
This is the first time in 50 years that the Chinese education crusaders have extended an invite to a Malaysian prime minister – the latter who are usually at the end of their urgent proddings about more favours for Chinese schools.

At the press conference, Najib also announced that Umno will tighten its hold over its divisions by forming a disciplinary watchdog committee to stave off any incidental sabotage during the upcoming polls.

He said that Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Ismail (right) has been chosen to lead the seven-men body, with its other members yet to be decided.

The Malay party will also have enforcer-like posts in all divisions, where a representative of the central disciplinary body will be on the committee of each division to keep a closer eye on things.

The system smacks of the political commissars deployed by the communist party in Russia and China, where a central party representative is embedded in all military units and departments to ensure that they toe the party line.


Malaysiakini journalists were barred from entering the Umno building to attend the press conference today. However, an audio recording of the press conference was afterwards made available to the Malaysiakini reporters by other members of the press.

NAJIB FAIL - Are You Ready For PSY? YES Are You Ready For BN? NO!

PSY SLAP IN THE FACE: Korean superstar refused to toss 'yee-sang' with Najib, BN

 11 Feb 2013
 Wong Choon Mei, Alaa Soleiman,

Korean superstar Psy handed Malaysia's ruling party a slap in the face when he declined to come onstage to toss the traditional 'yee-sang' with Prime Minister Najib Razak and other top members of his BN coalition on Monday.

In Penang to sing his signature Oppa Gangnam-style, Psy lived up to his fame and his purported RM2mil fee. He had the crowd singing and shouting along to with him and his troupe of really sharp and good-looking dancers.

For four minutes, the tens of thousands of Penangites who came to watch him at the Han Chiang school field simply went crazy. They demanded an encore and he gave them what they wanted. More Gangnam!

But sadly for the BN, Psy wisely swerved away from being used to promote Najib's 1Malaysia brand of politics. The Malaysian leader had moments earlier announced to the crowd that Psy had a surprise for them - Oppa BN style.

However, it was not to be. Najib, wife Rosmah Mansor, son Norashman, former premier Abdullah Badawi, Gerakan chiefs Koh Tsu Koon, Teng Chang Yeow and Tourism minister Ng Yen Yen were among those left red-faced on stage after Psy's aide told them he would not join them for the 'yee-sang' tossing ceremony.
Yee-sang is a raw fish salad tossed by Malaysian Chinese during the Chinese Lunar Year to signify good luck and success. The BN's 5-year mandate to rule will end on April 28, 2013 and Najib is widely expected to call for the 13th general election within weeks.

However, the signs so far are that BN may well lose its 55-year stranglehold on the federal government, with the Pakatan Rakyat led by Anwar Ibrahim rated as having an even chance of pulling off the country's first-ever regime change.

To survive an ouster from within his own Umno party, Najib needs a convincing victory and to ensure this, he needs to claw back the lost support of voters, in particular the Malaysian Chinese community, who have been disgusted and frustrated by the endemic corruption and scandals of the BN elite.
In the countdown to psy's much-awaited performance, many ordinary Malaysians had pleaded with Psy on his Facebook to turn down the BN's invite as they viewed as a 'election gimmick' to get Psy to 'recommend' voting for the BN.

"Psy's response shows he is on the ground with the Malaysian people. They want to come to his concert but do not want to be used by Najib and Gerakan to show support for BN. Who to vote for is a serious matter not a public relations circus for Chang Yeow to show off his organizing skills or to butter up to the Najibs," Tan Kee Kwong, a former senior Gerakan leader who is now part of Anwar's key team, told Malaysia Chronicle.

"I am glad Psy was smart and fair. There is no reason for him to support the BN, it is not known for decent politics or for reform. They tried to use him, so why should he support such insincere politicians."
Indeed, Gerakan leaders as well as Najib's advisers had tried their best to use the occassion to shore up Najib's dwindling pouplarity. At 63%, Najib has the lowest approval rating of all prime ministers so far going into a general election.

Just a day ago, Najib had told the press he wanted to do something new this year. Indeed, his strategy of wearing a crimson red Chinese jersey in CNY banners hung across the nation raised eyebrows among the conservative faction in his umno party. The fact that Najib was photographed alone and brought along his son Norashman on his CNY functions also did not pass un-noticed.

Antara dosa-dosa Umno BN yang Najib minta maaf.

Mari kita kenali Umno/BN .... tak kenal maka tak cinta, bila dah kenal ... hang tentu rasa nak terajang punya ....

P/S : Fakta ni baru sikit ... banyak lagi sebenarnya

Gambar ori sambut Wira Palestin terhangat

KUALA LUMPUR: Artikel tertajuk “Gambar ori puluhan ribu sambut Wira Palestin” nukilan blog http://yongsukakuning.blogspot.com merupakan artikel yang paling diminati pembaca Facebook dan Twitter Harakahdaily bagi minggu ke-5.
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Di tangga ketiga ialah artikel blog http://wasukalu.blogspot.com yang memaparkan warkah terakhir Tunku Abdul Rahman, bekas perdana menteri pertama Malaysia sebelum meninggal dunia yang jelas memaparkan kemarahannya terhadap bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir dan Umno.

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2		Kantoi: Kursus pra perkahwinan diedit kononnya gadis Melayu dimurtad
3		Ini warkah terakhir Tunku Abd Rahman sebelum meninggal dunia
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6		Ahli tegar Umno masuk PAS kerana 'mulut' Haji Lah Geting
7		Guru tidur dalam kereta ditukar tergesa-gesa
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