Khamis, 8 September 2011

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Majlis prof: Gerakan kiri bukan perjuangan merdeka

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 10:12 PM PDT

Majlis Profesor Negara (MPN) hari ini menegaskan bahawa perjuangan gerakan politik kiri, termasuk komunis bukan perjuangan kemerdekaan di Tanah Melayu.

Sebaliknya ia dianggap "penderhakaan" kerana didakwa mahu menghapuskan kuasa-kuasa Melayu di Tanah Melayu dan mahu menubuhkan kerajaan republik.

"Pada tahun 1930, Parti Komunis Malaya ditubuhkan di Singapura. Mereka menubuhkan Republik Demokratik Rakyat Malaya yang berkait dengan (fahaman) komunis.

"Cita-cita komunis tidak membebaskan Tanah Melayu daripada pentadbiran British yang dipersetujui oleh Raja-raja Melayu.

"Nasionalis (Melayu) yang ingin bersekongkol, bekerjasama dan bersubahat dengan komunis untuk menjadikan negeri republik komunis.

"Kita tidak menerima perjuangan mereka kerana mahu merampas kuasa secara tidak sah dan tidak legitimate," kata sejarahwan Profesor Datuk Dr Zainal Kling dalam sidang media di Putrajaya pagi ini.

Sementara itu, kenyataan MPN yang diedarkan menyebut, perjuangan kiri tidak diiktiraf sebagai perjuangan kemerdekaan kerana berhasrat membawa Tanah Melayu menyertai projek Indonesia Raya.

Katanya, penentangan komunis terhadap Jepun pada awalnya - melalui Tentera Anti-Jepun Penduduk Tanah Melayu (MPAJA) - pula dibuat kerana "amat marah dan malu" atas penaklukan Jepun terhadap China pada tahun 1937 hingga 1945.

"Mereka tidak berjuang demi kebebasan Tanah Melayu atau menegakkan negeri Melayu," kenyataan itu dipetik.

Khairy mahu 'bos' batal cukai prabayar

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 09:22 PM PDT

Pengenalan cukai perkhidmatan 6 peratus ke atas pembelian tambah-nilai prabayar dan pek atau kad SIM prabayar, telah menyatukan ahli politik muda dari parti kerajaan dan pembangkang yang sama-sama membantah langkah itu.

NONESelepas pengumumannya semalam, ketua Pemuda Umno dan BN, Khairy Jamaluddin adalah antara orang pertama yang secara terbuka menyuarakan bantahannya kepada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak.

"Boss @NajibRazak, tax kepada pengguna pre-paid satu keputusan yang tidak munasabah & bebankan rakyat. Saya bantah. Pohon dibatalkan," tulis Khairy di Twitternya malam tadi.

Satu kenyataan bersama syarikat telekomunikasi Malaysia semalam, mengumumkan pengenalan cukai tersebut, berkuatkuasa 15 September.

Ini bermakna, pelanggan yang membeli kad prabayar bernilai RM10 perlu membayar RM10.60.

Syarikat telekomunikasi menyifatkannya sebagai cukai perbelanjaan dan dikenakan kepada pengguna, seperti yang termaktub dalam Undang-undang Cukai Perkhidmatan.

Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM), sebuah NGO yang diketuai pemimpin PKR, Badrul Hisham Shaharin, atau lebih dikenali sebagai Chegubard, menyertai Khairy membantah cukai baru itu.

Mereka berdua dianggap sebagai musuh politik kerana Chegubard bertanding menentang Khairy di kerusi parlimen Jelebu dalam pilihan raya umum lalu.

SAMM mengingatkan kerajaan bahawa sebahagian besar pengguna mudah alih prabayar adalah dari golongan berpendapatan rendah, termasuk pekerja kilang dan pelajar.

Katanya, mengenakan cukai cukai 6 peratus cukai itu menunjukkan kerajaan hanya melindungi badan korporat dan syarikat telekomunikasi, dengan memindahkan bebannya kepada pengguna walaupun syarikat berkenaan membuat keuntungan setiap tahun.

Dalam kenyataan, SAMM mendakwa kerajaan 'tunduk' kepada gergasi korporat dengan tujuan untuk memperkayakan mereka tanpa mengambil kira masalah kepada pengguna.

Sehubungan SAMM menggesa rakyat supaya menolak kerajaan persekutuan, sekiranya ia meneruskan dasar-dasar yang membebankan mereka.

Bagaimanapun, pandangan Khairy tidak dikongsi oleh rakannya, ahli parlimen Kota Belud, Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan.

Dalam Twitternya, Abdul Rahman melihat cukai tersebut sebagai sumbangan kepada ekonomi negara oleh pengguna prabayar.

Katanya, kali ini giliran pengguna prabayar pula untuk menyumbang kepada pembangunan negara.

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Speaker should be impartial

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 02:01 AM PDT

DAP Sabah is saddened to see that the office of the state assembly speaker has been politicised.

The speaker by convention should be neutral so that any business of the assembly will be impartially managed.

Unfortunately Speaker Salleh Tun Said Keruak has placed himself in a disrespectable position by recently questioning the absence of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders at the chief minister's and state cabinet's Hari Raya open house in Likas.

We all know that Salleh is the deputy Sabah Umno liaison chief and his appointment as speaker is already inappropriate.

While the people have refrained from questioning his appointment, it is regrettable that he chose to "aggravate" his position by unnecessarily highlighting LDP's absence at the Hari Raya function.

DAP Sabah asks when did Salleh become the BN whip in the assembly?

Sabahans are well aware of the internal problems in Umno and within the BN family. It looks like Salleh has now magnified the internal squabble between leaders in Umno and at the same time, dragged LDP into the fray.

Dr Edwin Bosi is secretary for DAP Sabah.

Controversy over forum not justified

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 12:56 AM PDT

I write to clarify some of the wild emails and even press reviews in recent times on my role and the Malaysian Indian Business Association's (Miba) in the Sept 11 Forum on 13th General Elections and the Indian Community.

Is this programme a debate between BN and PKR?

The organisers and I never described it as a debate. It was a media article that presented it as so. In terms of the forum write up, it's a meeting of minds on political issues and how Indians should position themselves as their vote is significant.

The programme arranged into six different panels so even political parties are in different panels. Discussion is not just among the political parties.

Why an engagement only among Indians?

Some have said this forum is dividing the community and the discussion should not be among Indians but should be between Indians and Umno.

Different forums can have different objectives. Here we want an engagement among Malaysian Indians from across the political divide, civil society, business community and academic to share their views.

Basically as the program indicates, we wanted especially political parties and politicians to state

- What was promised at the 2008 GE?

- What have they achieved between 2008 to 2011?

- What are gaps?

- What do they promise to do if elected for another term?

Different individuals are holding political positions at federal, state and local governments. Within their capabilities what are they able to share of their achievements and success, struggles and challenges, hopes and dreams.

Therefore opportunity is provided to political representatives, civil society as well as business and the academic community.

Therefore this is an engagement amongst the Indian community to reposition their political views, give stock and also set a tone for the 13th general elections.

What do we expect from aspiring candidates? Who should we support from with the Indian community and also from other communities?

There is therefore value in discussing with the community as well as value across the community with other communities. This forum is focused on a discussion from within the community on the matters for the 13th general elections.

Thus far, no one has organised such a gathering and there is a need to engage among ourselves especially across the political divide on common issues of concern.

Is BN, MIC behind this forum?

This forum was a thought I had after a number of us hosted a discussion among academics on political leadership and the Indian community at UKM on July 21, 2011.

I moderated the discussion and the four presenters were non-Indians (Ben from Merdeka Centre, Dr Ong from UCSI, Prof Mansor and Teo from UKM). The criticism at that forum was why non-Indian academics are working on Indian issues.

Arising from there, I raised with P Sivakumar of Miba that if his organisation will host a public forum, I will write the framework paper.

He agreed and invitations were set out. There is no higher human hand at work.

My friends from the BN feel that this was very anti-MIC/BN due to the proposed line up of speakers.

On the other side, individuals seem to have a view that this is an Umno created, pro BN-MIC event and what right do these chaps have to organise such a forum.

My feeling is that anyone can organise programmes and it is up to people to decide if there is value in it, worth making a monetary contribution, and participating. If one feels another view, they have the freedom not to participate.

However we encourage as many from different viewpoints to engage with one another. We have a good cross section of speakers who have agreed to come - some politicians, some from business community, some academic and others from civil society.

We hope we can have a very fruitful discussion and the findings will be published and circulated. It is an open forum and the media have been invited to participate too.

Should the forum be focused on engaging Umno? It is a good suggestion and people who feel so could organise it. If it emerges as one area for follow up from the Sept 11, 2011 forum, we could consider engaging leaders of political parties.

Was Dr P Ramasamy and others officially invited?

We invited leaders from MIC, PPP, Gerakan, DAP, PKR, PSM. Also a number of civil society leaders like P Uthayakumar, R Kengadharam, V Ganabathirau, Ambiga Sreenevasan and Ivy Josiah.

These individuals have written and shared their views on many Indian and national issues. We felt that their views are also important. However they all turned down the invitation for different reasons.

Between Sivakumar and I we divided the responsibility to invite the proposed speakers. Yes Sivakumar contacted Dr P Ramasamy. Yes he had indicated he can't make it.

G Palanivel too had not confirmed. The program which was circulated had indicated that a number (including Ramasamy and Palanivel) were "invited but still waiting for confirmation.

However Tamil media had listed them with their photos. In the case of The Star write up, it was written such as the following were invited.

We acknowledge that the following six moderators have confirmed:
R. Navaratnam (CPPS-ASLI), Arjit Singh (Former Asean Sec Gen), Ragunath Kesavan (Former Bar Council Chair), Prof CP Ramanchandran (Former UPM), Dr S Sivamoorthy (Miba) & Prof KS Nathan (UKM).

Ten speakers have confirmed - Dr Denison Jayasooria (UKM), Prof NS Rajendran (UPSI), Murugesan (MIC), Dr Xavier Jayakumar (PKR), K Arumugam (Suaram), Mr S Paspuathi (Tamil Foundation), P Sivakumar (Miba), Pardip Kumar (Paradise), Kumeresan (Builders Association), Siva Subramanium (Proham/Former Suhakam), Michael Jeyakumar (PSM), R Sivarasa (PKR) and Prof Terence Gomez (UM). We awaiting confirmation from two more.

]Why charge RM100?

Basically this is to cover the cost. Instead of asking a government sponsor or private sponsor, Miba decided that every one participating could contribute to cover the two teas and I lunch and contribute towards the rental of the meeting room.

Menara PKNS (15th floor) is charging RM75.00 per person (for meals and use of facilities). The addition RM25 is to cover other overhead costs.

It is really sad that many have made a big issue of this. Miba will give a breakdown of registration fees and expenses and make this public to avoid further doubt of this matter.

Why should Miba or Denison organise this program?

This is a democratic country. All have the freedom to organise forums and discussions. Others could have but none did. We had the thought of bringing Indian political leaders and others for an engagement.

We have extended invitations to a cross section of people. Those who are unhappy also have a right to participate or not.

It is unfortunate that so many wild accusations are being flung on Miba, Sivakumar and myself without seeking clarification or proper understanding.

Anyway this is part of challenges we face in public life but let's try and move on.

Would anything come out of this forum?

We are really hoping there would. And arising out of the discussions we can follow through some of the specific concerns especially those pertaining to 13th general elections.

Dr Denison Jayasooria is the Principal Research Fellow of the Institute of Ethnic Studies UKM

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Rabu, 7 September 2011

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Laporan: Kabinet setuju guna dakwat kekal

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:51 PM PDT

Kabinet telah bersetuju untuk menggunakan dakwat kekal dalam pilihan raya umum akan datang, demikian menurut laporan sebuah akhbar bahasa Cina.

Bagaimanapun, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz mendakwa beliau tidak tahu menahu mengenai keputusan seumpama itu.

Memetik sumber, laporan akhbar Sin Chew Daily hari ini menyebut, keputusan itu dibuat dalam mesyuarat Kabinet semalam.

pulau ketam village head election 310711 indelible inkLaporan itu berkata kabinet berpandangan dakwat kekal lebih
sesuai, berbanding sistem biometrik yang dicadangkan oleh Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR), dan telah diguna dengan jayanya oleh beberapa negara untuk menghindari pengundian berganda.

Ketika dihubungi hari ini, Nazri berkata: "Saya juga tak tahu."

Beliau menjelaskan bahawa keputusan kabinet adalah untuk menyerahkan kepada Jawatankuasa Khas Pilihan Raya memutuskan semua isu yang berkaitan dengan reformasi pilihan raya.

Sebelum ini, Nazri memberitahu Malaysiakini bahawa semua cadangan berhubung reformasi pilihan raya perlu dibincang dan diputuskan oleh jawatankuasa khas berkenaan.

Jawatankuasa khas itu yang akan dibentuk dalam sidang parlimen akan datang - mulai 3 Oktober ini - dicadangkan oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak bulan lalu ekoran tekanan pembangkang dan pertubuhan sivil untuk reformasi sistem pilihan raya.

Pembangkang masih belum memutuskan sama ada akan menyertai jawatankuasa khas itu, dan mendakwa Najib gagal menunjukkan komitmennya untuk reformasi pilihan raya.

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Istana: Cukai jalan kereta bekas Sultan hal SPRM-JPJ

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 09:35 PM PDT

Ketua Istiadat Istana Kelantan, Datuk Abdul Halim Hamad berkata isu melibatkan pembaharuan cukai jalan untuk kenderaan milik bekas Sultan Kelantan, Sultan Ismail Petra merupakan hal di antara pelanggan berkenaan dengan Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan.

Namun, memandangkan Adinda Sultan Kelantan, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra telah membuat laporan kepada Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia, perkara berkenaan kini "di antara SPRM dengan JPJ," katanya lagi.

"Tuanku dulu sihat, jadi mungkin tuanku sendiri boleh uruskan semasa tuanku masih jadi Sultan. Tapi sekarang ini mungkin ada prosedur yang JPJ perlu tengok," katanya lagi ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini hari ini.

Mengulas dakwaan Tengku Muhammad Fakhry sebelum ini bahawa terdapat unsur sabotaj sehingga menyebabkan cukai jalan bagi empat buah kereta berkenaan tidak dapat diperbaharui, Abdul Halim berkata pihaknya tidak mengetahui perkara itu.

"Perkara itu dilapor kepada SPRM sekarang, jadi SPRM yang kena siasat. Pejabat kita tidak ada maklumat," katanya lagi.

Mengulas lanjut, Abdul Halim berkata kenderaan berkenaan tidak pernah berdepan masalah seperti itu ketika Sultan Ismail Petra masih menjadi Sultan Kelantan.

"Saya rasa dulu taklah timbul hal-hal cukai jalan ini dengan JPJ. Saya rasa JPJ ada peraturan yang perlu dipatuhi bila hendak daftar.

"Tuanku dulu sihat, jadi mungkin tuanku uruskan sendiri. Kalau dulu tuanku jadi sultan mungkin ada prosedur (tertentu) yang perlu dipatuhi.

"(Dari segi) prosedur kena patuhi dokumen dan benda yang disenarai. Mungkin benda itu mesti diteliti," katanya lagi.

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Gov't must share responsibility for road deaths

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:20 AM PDT

I am saddened by a statement from the director general of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros), Dr Wong Shaw Voon, that the failure of the 24th Ops Sikap this Hari Raya festive season was due to poor cooperation from road users.

While I generally do not discount the fact that the road users are responsible for their own safety and others, it is not right for Wong to conveniently blame road users alone.

They are various factors that contribute to fatal road accidents. As a director general of a public funded road safety research institute, he should know better what causes the failure of the road safety campaign during the festive seasons.

The increasing number unsafe vehicles like small-engined motorcycles and cars, poorly maintained roads, and lack of enforcement by the traffic authorities are equally significant in contributing to road accidents.

If the government is so serious about preventing the loss of lives, Miros should learn from developed countries where their people have access to safer cars, and do research to prove that our cars are not as safe, and not otherwise.

Ironically, Miros crash test has rated a locally produced MPV with four stars for safety, which I believe to be way too generous. If a locally made car can be given four stars for safety, perhaps BMW or Mercedes should earn twenty stars.

Then, the government should abolish the illogical and implausible tax structures for cars to allow its citizen to own safer cars.

Would anyone believe that Proton and Perodua is as safe as Honda or Toyota?

The fact that most motorcyclists are the majority of victims shows that the machine is not safe.

Therefore, something need to be done urgently such as shifting them to public transport, which has to be made cheap and efficient, or allowing them to own safe cars by reducing prices to the world standard.

Malaysian roads are another potential killer. To tell the state of roads in Malaysia needs no sophisticated research.

The absence of lights, the disappearance of road markers, the presence of potholes and objects on the roads have often resulted in accidents among innocent roads users.

Besides, the design of the roads in our cramped public space leaves much to be desired. Can Miros and other relevant agencies sit down and work on this out?

Research alone won't solve the problem without any follow up action.

Last but not least, enforcement is vital to ensure the success of the road safety campaigns. It is hard to believe that despite the harsh penalties, Malaysian drivers still have no respect for the law.

I'm sure that this would not have happened if the enforcement comes with integrity. Google or YouTube 'polis rasuah' and you'll know what I'm talking about.

Without proper enforcement, people will continue with their behaviour, and the campaign will have no effect but a waste of public money.

Let's admit that road users are not the only ones to be blamed.

Better road maintenance and better vehicles, and better coordination among players and stakeholders in the road fraternity are vital in ensuring transformation towards safer roads.

Conveniently blaming the road users for a campaign failure is certainly not the way forward, especially when the statement came from the director-general of road safety research institute.

The transformation for safer roads would only be possible with political will.

To change the behaviour of road users may be difficult and take a long time but to improve the infrastructures, provide safer vehicles and efficient public transport for rakyat are nothing impossible.

The government, too, must be responsible for the increasing number of road deaths.

Treat domestic workers right - or they won't come

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:38 AM PDT

The signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Indonesia and Malaysia on the May 30th was supposed to signal another wave of recruitment of domestic workers from Indonesia to Malaysia.

Three months later, recruitment agencies and the Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies (Papa) are crying out for the prime minister to intervene on the apparent continued moratorium by Indonesia, which Papa claims has left 35,000 families desperately waiting for domestic workers.

An official from the Indonesian Embassy, however, states that there isn't a moratorium in place - Indonesian women simply do not want to work as domestic workers in Malaysia.

It is now for us to ask ourselves - do we have safe and sustainable migration policies in place, and legal frameworks to safeguard the rights of domestic workers in Malaysia?

The MoU signed three months ago with Indonesia does not protect the rights of the domestic worker to Malaysia.

The Employment Act does not recognise her as a worker but as a servant. This non-recognition opens the gate to exploitation.

The right to a day off in a week is vague in the MoU as it also states that a worker can instead choose to be paid for overtime wages, without any means to account for what constitutes overtime and how this will be documented.

Similarily, her other rights as a worker are not recognised, and no standard contract for work has been developed by the Human Resources Ministry.

These omissions and commissions only reveal that the current policy and the MoU do not protect rights of the domestic worker and thus domestic workers and their families find that Malaysia is no longer a safe place to seek employment.

Tenaganita's recent study on recruitment in Indonesia revealed that families do not want to send their daughters to Malaysia as their lives will be threatened.

Every parent wants to ensure the safety of their children. Malaysia is seen as a dangerous place, especially for women and domestic workers.

Recent media reports of domestic workers being locked away for nine days with little food, and found dead of severe abuse, only reinforce this belief.

Malaysia's response, however, to these systematic violations of rights has been one of arrogance.

In The Star newspaper on Sept 6, labour director general Sheikh Yahya Sheikh Mohamed stated: "We recruit maids from 11 other countries besides Indonesia. We are not desperate for maids. We can always hire from other countries if they don't lift the ban".

The above statement smacks of arrogance of a person who believes that since we are "rich", we can move anywhere to recruit.

The poor are vulnerable and thus can be cheated, exploited and abused. There is absolutely no soul searching from the government of the day to identify and address the root causes of these serious concerns faced by domestic workers and employers today.

Unfortunately this is the glaring truth which we, in particular the government is denying and not taking effective steps to address it.

The recent court judgement on the refugee swap deal between Australia and Malaysia, which was a slap on our policies and positions, should awaken us to change.

Without ensuring the protection of rights of migrant workers, we cannot achieve sustainable employment. There is a global outcry which is now manifested in the ILO Convention on domestic workers.

Malaysia voted against it. As nations move forward to develop sustainability, Malaysia slides back, moving towards exploitation and practices of slavery.

Employers must realise that they can no longer expect cheap labor, demand an 18 hour work day and silence the migrant worker with the support of the state.

The government can no longer sustain this form of modern day slavery manifested in domestic labour.

There must be respect for the dignity of the person, decent work ensured and work out a due diligence of process from recruitment, employment and return.


Dr Irene Fernandez is executive director of Tenaganita.
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Selasa, 6 September 2011

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Ketua hakim pertahan pertemuan hakim-PM

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:18 PM PDT

Pertemuan antara Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak dengan para hakim hari ini tidak akan menjejaskan kebebasan badan kehakiman, kata Ketua Hakim yang akan bersara, Tun Zaki Azmi.

Tujuan pertemuan tersebut, katanya kepada pemberita, adalah untuk memberi taklimat kepada perdana menteri mengenai bagaimana dana kerajaan persekutuan digunakan untuk menambahbaik sistem penyampaian mahkamah.

council of judges conference 070911Zaki, 66, yang akan bersara Isnin ini, berkata pertemuan tersebut tidak akan mengganggu pentadbiran keadilan seperti yang didakwa oleh pihak-pihak tertentu.

Beliau juga berkata, pertemuan seumpama itu bukanlah sesuatu yang baru, tetapi juga pernah diadakan sebanyak dua kali dengan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad sewaktu beliau menjadi perdana menteri.

Badan kehakiman telah memohon peruntukan sebanyak RM130 juta untuk mahkamah bagi rakaman transkripsi dan sistem e-filing.

"Tiada apa yang luar biasa seperti yang didakwa (oleh pihak-pihak tertentu) kerana persidangan hakim-hakim telah dirancang enam bulan lalu dan perdana menteri memaklumkan kepada kami hendak melawat mahkamah, hanya minggu lepas," tegasnya.

Sejumlah 130 hakim Mahkamah Tinggi, Mahkamah Rayuan dan Mahkamah Persekutuan akan menghadiri pertemuan dengan perdana menteri di Istana Kehakiman petang ini.

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'Pelantikan hakim kini lebih telus'

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:57 PM PDT

Ketua Hakim Negara yang akan bersara, Tun Zaki Azmi berkata, pelantikan hakim dan pesuruhjaya kehakiman (JC) ke mahkamah yang lebih tinggi melalui Suruhanjaya Pelantikan Kehakiman sekarang lebih telus daripada sebelumnya kerana ia kini dibuat melalui undi sulit.

NONESebelum pelantikan dibuat melalui JAC, kata Zaki, beban pelantikan hakim adalah pada pihak eksekutif dan ketua hakim.

"Dalam JAC, ada cadangan saya (untuk pelantikan) hakim-hakim yang ditolak," tegasnya.

Menurutnya, JAC lebih cerewet dan semuanya dilakukan melalui undi rahsia dan tidak ada nombor siri, "dan dengan itu, anda tidak tahu siapa (undi siapa)".

Oleh itu, tegas Zaki, beliau berpendapat bahawa pelantikan hakim-hakim dan JC dan kenaikan pangkat adalah lebih telus.

Beliau juga mendedahkan bahawa lebih ramai dari sektor swasta - 'enam atau tujuh orang' - telah menyertai badan kehakiman berbanding dengan sebelumnya.

JAC dianggotai oleh bekas ketua hakim negara, bekas hakim kanan dan bekas peguam negara sebagai pesuruhjayanya.

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Adakah Rosli Dhoby juga pengkhianat?

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:29 AM PDT

Sebelum tanggal 31 Ogos 1957, Malaya masih lagi dijajah oleh British. Jadi sesiapa saja yang bekerja dengan British semasa zaman tersebut mesti patuh dengan arahan penjajah British sama ada mereka suka atau tidak.

Jadi persoalannya sekarang adakah mereka yang mempertahankan kerajaan British pada zaman tersebut boleh dianggap sebagai hero mempertahankan tanah air atau mempertahankan
kerajaan penjajah British?

Adakah mereka dapat imbuhan atau penghargaan setelah pemerintah British meninggalkan Malaya?

Kita minta mereka yang pernah bertugas dengan pemerintah British dahulu fikir baik-baik mengapa mereka sanggup bermati-matian mempertahan pemerintahan penjajah British sehingga sanggup menangkap dan membunuh perjuang kemerdekaan selain komunis.

Sekali lagi kita tegaskan bahawa apa yang Mohamad Sabu maksudkan bukan menyokong perjuangan komunis tetapi membela nasib perjuang kemerdekaan yang di anggap sebagai pengganas atau pemberontak.

Jadi bagaimana pula dengan nasib Rosli Dhoby, adakah beliau juga dianggap pengkhianat negara kerana membunuh gabenor British?Adakah mata-mata atau polis yang berjaya menangkap Rosli Dhoby boleh dianggap sebagai hero?

Rosli Dhoby merupakan seorang pejuang Sarawak yang menuntut kemerdekaan daripada penjajah British. Beliau berketurunan Melanau. Rosli didapati bersalah menikam sampai mati Gabenor British Sarawak yang kedua, Sir DuncanStewart dengan menggunakan pisau beracun di Sibu pada 3 Disember
1949.

Beliau terpaksa mengakui tuduhan tersebut atas permintaan ibu beliau yang diugut akan ditembak.

Fikir-fikirlah sendiri siapa yang kejam semasa zaman tersebut? Kita juga pernah mendengar kerajaan BN pernah mengampunkan pengganas komunis yang menyerah diri dan memberi beberapa keistimewaan sekiranya mereka meninggalkan perjuangan.

Kemungkinan tidak mustahil ada di kalangan mereka dalam pemerintah sekarang walaupun mereka tidak mengangkat senjata tetapi ideologi mereka masih ada terpahat dalam hati.

Kita minta para pengkaji sejarah kena perbetulkan kesilapan sejarah yang telah diresapi oleh unsur-unsur penjajah di mana para perjuang kemerdekaan dianggap pengkhianat dan mereka yang bekerja dengan pemerintah penjajah pula dianggap sebagai hero.

PAS juga minta para pengkaji sejarah menjalankan tugas mereka dengan jujur dan amanah agar rakyat tahu sejarah tanah air dengan sebenar dan tepat tanpa di pengaruhi oleh unsur-unsur politik perkauman dan sebagainya.

PAS sama sekali tidak pernah merestui perjuangan komunis dan minta agar pemimpin BN jangan memutar belitkan kenyataan Mat Sabu kononnya PAS menyokong komunis.

Penulis merupakan timbalan pesuruhjaya III PAS Sarawak dan yang dipertua PAS Miri.

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