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PERKASA ancam lagi protes terhadap Mat Sabu Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:36 PM PDT PERKASA Negri Sembilan memberi amaran akan menganjurkan lebih banyak protes ke atas Mohamad Sabu jika timbalan presiden PAS itu berani menjejakkan kakinya di negeri berkenaan untuk menyampaikan ceramah. Ketua PERKASA negeri itu, Mohd Noor Nordin Abdullah berkata beliau sendiri akan mengetuai protes terhadap Mohamad atau lebih popular dikenali sebagai Mat Sabu, jika pemimpin parti Islam itu enggan memohon maaf berhubung kenyataannya mengenai peristiwa Bukit Kepong. "Saya beri jaminan buat protes terhadap tindakan Mat Sabu, memperlekehkan anggota polis dan keluarga mereka terkorban dalam serangan pengganas komunis. "Protes ini bukan hanya disertai PERKASA negeri sahaja, malah melibatkan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) yang kesal dengan kenyatan Mat Sabu," kata di Rahang, Seremban dipetik akhbar Sinar Harian. Amaran itu dikeluarkan selepas pergaduhan tercetus pada ceramah Mat Sabu ceramah di Ampangan, Seremban Sabtu lalu. Pada kejadian itu dua penyokong PAS cedera selepas mereka cuba menghalang ahli PERKASA daripada mara menuju ke pentas ceramah. Bertindak liar Mat Sabu menimbulkan kontroversi selepas beliau pada ucapan pada 21 Ogos lalu memuji Mohamed Indera, seorang pemimpin pemberontak yang mengetuai serangan ke atas balai polis Bukit Kepong pada tahun 1950, sebagai pejuang kemerdekaan. Kenyataan itu telah menimbulkan perdebatan hangat di seluruh negara berhubungan perjuangan kemerdekaan negara. Tetapi Mat Sabu mempertahankan kenyataannya dengan mendakwa bahawa mereka yang berada di balai polis ketika itu berkhidmat kepada kerajaan Inggeris. Mengulas pergaduhan Sabtu lalu, ketua penerangan Pemuda PAS Riduan Mohd Nor dalam satu kenyataan hari ini berkata PERKASA sengaja cuba menimbulkan suasana huru-hara. "PERKASA sengaja membiarkan ahli dan penyokongnya bertindak liar bagi menghangatkan suasana supaya penyokong PAS pula bertindak balas. Sepak terajang politik "PAS telah lama bergelumang dalam politik, dan tahu asam garam serta sepak terajang politik tanahair. Ahli-ahli PERKASA tidak perlu mencetuskan provokasi yang akhirnya nanti menjerat ahli-ahli dan PAS sendiri. "PAS telah lama mentarbiyah ahlinya supaya bersabar dan bertenang dalam situasi seperti ini sebagaimana PAS juga mentarbiyah ahlinya agar berjihad dan tidak gentar kepada sesiapa juga," katanya. Menurut Riduan, menganggu program PAS serta memukul penyokong parti itu adalah tindakan penakut bagi mereka yang tidak mahu mencari kebenaran. "PAS sama sekali tidak izinkan sebarang keganasan timbul di negara ini dan akan tetap istiqomah memilih jalan demokrasi bagi mendapatkan kuasa membentuk kerajaan. "DPPM yakin rakyat telah mula membuka mata dan mencari kebenaran disebalik sejarah negara yang diselewengkan faktanya," katanya lagi.

PAS sangsi majoriti penduduk sokong tubuh Perbadanan Kg Baru Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:16 PM PDT Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan dan Kesejahteraan Bandar (KWPKB) didesak mendedahkan butiran mengenai jumlah borang soal selidik berhubung cadangan penubuhan Perbadanan Pembangunan Kampungh Baru (PPKB), yang telah dipulangkan oleh penduduk. Ketika membuat desakan tersebut, Dewan Pemuda PAS kawasan Titiwangsa (DPPKT) ingin tahu, daripada jumlah itu, berapakah jumlah keseluruhan penduduk asal Kampung Baru yang perlu diserahkan borang soal selidik berhubung cadangan penubuhan PPKB. Timbalan ketua DPPKT, Mohd Shahir Abu Hassan berkata, kenyataan bahagian komunikasi KWPKB semalam menyebut 93.8 peratus pemilik setuju dengan penubuhan PPKB. "DPPKT mempersoalkan adakah jumlah ini menggambarkan majoriti penduduk menyokong penubuhan perbadanan tersebut, sedangkan daripada maklumat yang diperolehi, hanya 30 peratus penduduk memulangkannya," katanya dalam satu kenyataan. DPPKT, tegasnya berpendapat, kementerian perlu mendedahkan jumlah keseluruhan borang soal selidik yang diterima. "DPPKt juga berpendapat kementerian sepatutnya berusaha mendapatkan persetujuan penduduk, paling tidak 80 peratus daripada penduduk keseluruhannya. "Ini kerana mereka adalah pemilik asal tanah Kampung Baru dan kerajaan berhasrat membangunkan tanah tersebut. Amat wajar kerajaan mendapatkan persetuju mereka dahulu sebelum membuat sebarang keputusan. "Jika tidak ia dianggap sebagai mengambil hak penduduk tanpa kebenaran," tegas Mohd Shahir. Menurutnya, pihak kementerian sendiri mengakui bermasalah untuk menghubungi pemilik kerana pelbagai faktor seperti pemilik yang telah meninggal dunia, pewaris yang tidak membuat tuntutan pusaka kecil, pemilik berada di luar Kuala Lumpur, pemilik sukar dihubungi serta kesukaran mendapatkan persetujuan sesama pemilik dalam satu lot. "Jika demikian, apa perlunya rang undang-undang Perbadanan Kampung Baru dibacakan kali kedua di Parlimen pada bulan Oktober nanti? "Bukankah ini menggambarkan cadangan kerajaan dibuat dalam keadaan terburu-buru sedangkan masih ramai pemilik belum dihubungi. "Sepatutnya kerajaan bersabar sehingga majoriti penduduk dihubungi dan seterusnya mendapatkan persetujuan mereka dahulu, baru dibentangkan cadangan rang undang-undang Perbadanan Kampung Baru," katanya. Mohd Shahir berkata, DPPKT tetap berpendirian bahawa kerajaan perlu membatalkan atau setidak-tidaknya menangguhkan usaha membawa rang undang-undang tersebut ke Parlimen Oktober nanti. "Berikan ruang secukupnya buat penduduk Kampung Baru memberikan keputusan berhubung cadangan pembangunan ini," tambahnya.

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Hapus kuota bumiputra, Umno khianat Melayu Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:19 PM PDT Dewan Pemuda PAS (DPPM) mengesa presiden Umno yang juga perdana menteri Malaysia menarik balik hasrat beliau yang mahu menghapuskan terus kuota bumiputra dan mengunakan sistem meritokrasi sebagai kaedah baru bagi mendesak usahawan itu untuk bersaing secara terbuka. Penghapusan kuota bumiputra ini adalah satu pengkhianatan Umno kepada orang Melayu dan bukan masanya perkara ini dilakukan. Jika kuota dihapuskan, apa lagi yang tinggal sedangkan baki yang ada dari 30 peratus dahulu sebenarnya hanyalah tinggal 12.5 peratus sahaja. Rakyat tidak lupa bahawa pada 2009, Najib jugalah orang yang bertanggungjawab menurunkan kuota ekuiti bumiputera daripada 30 peratus kepada 12.5 peratus dan menurunkan ekuiti bukan bumiputera daripada 25 peratus kepada 12.5 peratus. Demi merealisasikan Model Ekonomi Baru (MEB) kuota bumiputra dimangsakan, sedangkan banyak lagi perkara lain yang belum dilakukan Umno sepanjang hampir 12 penggal pemerintahannya. Kegagalan Unit Peneraju Agenda Bumiputera (Teraju) di Jabatan Perdana Menteri memainkan peranannya menunjukan bahawa perdana menteri dan Umno tidak serius dalam menjaga hak dan kepentingan orang Melayu. Cadangan mewujudkan Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Melayu Bersatu (MTEM) juga hanyalah satu helah untuk menunjukan bahawa mereka telah melakukan sesuatu sedangkan MTEM ini hanyalah dianggotai oleh ahli-ahli yang bernaung dalam Biro Ekonomi Umno yang terus menerus diberikan projek-projek khas oleh agensi Kerajaan. DPPM menyeru agar rakyat dan NGO khususnya kalangan Melayu bangkit menentang dasar ini. Jangan biarkan presiden Umno sekarang mengadai kepentingan Melayu demi meraihkan pelaburan asing dan juga meningkatkan kekayaan kroni-kroni beliau. Rakyat wajib menolak Umno-BN dalam Pilihanraya akan datang jika mahu negara ini tidak digadaikan oleh pengkhianat. Penulis adalah ketua penerangan dewan Pemuda PAS

JPJ perlu kawal, daftar kedai aksesori Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:11 PM PDT Tinjauan yang dilakukan oleh Persatuan Pengguna Pulau Pinang (CAP) beberapa bulan lepas menunjukkan banyak kereta persendirian di Pulau Pinang bercermin gelap. Kami percaya kebanyakan pemandu ini telah diyakinkan oleh kedai aksesori kereta supaya memasang cermin gelap. Tingkap penting untuk melindungi penumpang daripada panas terik matahari. Ia menapis sinaran ultraungu menjadikan pemanduan lebih selesa. Bagaimanapun, kenderaan bercermin gelap lebih mudah terdedah kepada perlanggaran bahagian belakang. Cermin gelap cenderung menghalang pandangan lebih jauh keadaan lalu lintas kenderaan di belakang. Kereta yang mengikutinya tidak mampu untuk bertindak dengan segera terhadap halangan di jalan raya serta lambat untuk bertindak terhadap sebarang situasi. Kecekapan mereka dalam membrek juga lemah dan kenderaan bercermin gelap sering dalam kebanyakan kes sering dilanggar dari belakang. Ini merupakan alasan kenapa Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) tidak pernah meluluskan atau memperakui sebarang produk cermin gelap. Paras cermin gelap yang dibenarkan hanya 70 peratus (cermin depan) dan 50 peratus (cermin belakang dan tingkap tepi). Sehubungan itu, CAP menggesa Bahagian Penguatkuasa JPJ supaya mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap pemilik kenderaan yang dipasang dengan tingkap dan cermin gelap. Kedai aksesori yang menyediakan perkhidmatan itu juga perlu dikawal dan didaftarkan dengan JPJ dalam usaha untuk memastikan kedai-kedai ini mematuhi undang-undang. Penulis adalah presiden Persatuan Pengguna Pulau Pinang (CAP)

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Saving our rainforests should be a non-political matter Posted: 28 Sep 2011 02:43 AM PDT I refer to Foon Weng Lian's letter Stop clearing at Belum Temengor Forest Reserve which deserves serious consideration and much community support. Efforts to save our endangered rainforests should be a non-political matter supported by all who love their country and want to stop the wanton destruction of the country's fast-disappearing rainforests. Even if you need to transform rainforests into oil palm plantations could they not even spare the giant trees? Some time ago a Swiss friend introduced me to the excellent Belum Eco Rainforest Resort, a tiny island run by a dedicated nature lover, Steve Khong, who knows the region well and facilitates scientists and nature lovers trying to enhance the place. I was told there is a stretch of water 75km long and this man-made network of freshwater lakes with its clear water is only marred by the drowned and dead tree trunks that stand out from the surface of the water like tombstones that bear testimony to the demise of a once pristine rainforest. This rainforest region despite drowned in and transformed by water has much eco-tourism potential and needs better protection from the few commercial activities especially the logging allowed to happen there. From the coign of the small resort's balcony I had a panoramic view of the rainforest surroundings but soon realised something drastically wrong. The landscape was verdant but tragically missing were the usually visible elegant tall straight trunks of trees and their impressive canopies that characterise a tropical rainforest. The tall trees had obviously been logged and stumps lie where the entire trees once stood near others buried in water or logged before and after the inundation. I felt sad because a rainforest without the old tall giant trees is like a tiger without its stripes or a seladang without its horns or a tropical sky without clouds. A rainforest without tall giant trees does not look right though the renewed luxuriant groundcover may shelter more wildlife. Secondary rainforests cannot compare with the real thing the original untouched virgin primary jungle. It takes hundreds of years for rainforest giant trees to reach their maximal heights and they provide the habitats for the flora and fauna that make up the unique eco-diversity and wildlife of the rainforests. They provide the natural equilibrium in the eco-system that facilitates the bio-diversity we have yet to fully understand. Every now and then the media highlights the plight of the rainforests and their wildlife but meanwhile the trees are logged and the wildlife poached. Until the government takes a stronger stance and stops all logging of the giant trees there is no hope for the giant trees in the Temengor area. Other activities in the area need serious monitoring such as the spoilt sewerage system of an eco-resort in a part of Temengor that sees raw sewerage flow into the stream and into the lake where debris from logging activities turn the lake into a swamp-like place during the dry season. Then there is the fish farm which has thousands of fish in the water but what happens to their waste? The Orang Asli settlements still do not have decent sewerage and where do all their excrements and rubbish go? The Belum-Temengor areas are reserves but reserved for who or what? It is not a disused mining pond but a pristine water catchment and nature reserve. It even has a royal name Royal Belum but where is the royal treatment? Are Malaysians even aware of the existence of the reserves let alone be alarmed by the silent desecration of this region? The potential for eco-tourism is huge but any visitor to the area will be shocked to see the ugly giant barges that ply the waters carrying giant logs from the interior to the road where lorries cart them away day and night. It is shocking almost sacrilegious for the authorities to allow the desecration of the lake by the logging activity which apparently when I visited left debris all over the banks of their depot which also has workers' quarters. If someone were to pillage their country's sacred treasures people would be up in arms. Yet because the logging of giant trees is unseen and virtually undiscovered and probably unchecked, most Malaysians still do not know about the rapid loss of their priceless natural heritage. Norway paid Indonesia a billion dollars to not log their rainforests. Yet Al Jazeera reported recently about the renegades who still open up tracts of rainforests for gold-mining and other commercial activities. Corruption was behind the betrayal and is this also the problem in Malaysia? Many don't realise that secondary rainforests are not the same as primary rainforests which have irreplaceable bio-diversities and still keep a pharmacological treasury of undiscovered cures for human diseases and food sources. The rainforests hold a greater value for eco-tourism and this is proven by the success of places such as Pemberton in Western Australia where people flock to see an old giant karri tree or the giant trees at Yellowstone National Park, not to mention the famous sequoia giants. The Malaysian tualang tree is among the world's tallest giant trees that are home to the giant rock bees that produce the sought-after honey collected by Orang Asli but I was told one giant tree was felled near Lake Pedu. Until the government and citizens appreciate their natural heritage the loggers will continue to ransack the rainforests unstopped and probably unstoppable because of their political connections. Only the people supported by the politicians and vice versa stand a chance of stopping the renegades who rape the rainforests. Malaysia needs to get serious about crimes against nature and especially stop those who use their political connections to exploit the rainforests and rob the people of nature's legacy through illegal or approved logging. There should be an immediate stop to logging in rainforests. There is no such thing as sustainable logging. It is a myth and a lie because once you chop down a giant tree that has taken several generations to grow you cannot replace it. Giant trees didn't grow up for logging but to provide the equilibrium for nature in the rainforests that are disappearing fast. The Belum/Temengor reserves are priceless jewels in the crown of Perak's nature wonderlands and are home to the famous rafflesia flowers and the country's entire range of hornbills that can be seen in the hundreds during the early morning. A group like Malaysian Nature Society has highlighted the plight of the Belum/Temengor reserves and more needs to be done by those who have the political clout to stop the destruction of the trees and rainforests. I hope Malaysians will be more forthcoming in their care for their natural heritage, not only the wildlife but the irreplaceable giant trees and rainforests without which wildlife will not survive. The area is also home to tigers and wild elephants can be seen crossing the lakes and foraging among the trees and road signs warn of their presence where long grass grow by the roadsides. People take pains to protest in the streets against the violation of their electoral rights and I hope their collective concern will focus on the alarming rate of destruction of their rainforests that takes place in remote places and see them protesting more visibly against the wanton logging taking place every day. Our protests should not become clichés fallen on deaf ears but must awaken the government and citizens to save the remnants of rainforests which once lost can never be replaced. The Swiss Bruno Manser lost his life protecting the rainforests and the customary rights of the Penans to their land. What will we do to do our part? If we are upset over the treachery in giving foreigners citizenship illegally we should be upset that our giant trees are being logged and concessions are given without the slightest concern for the dwindling giant trees that are an integral part of the rainforests. The betrayal against the country's priceless rainforests in allowing the giant trees to be felled is scandalous and must be stopped before all is lost. The plight of the rainforests is a worthy cause that should prick the conscience of every Malaysian even those who destroy the giant trees.

Sin Chew appealing to victimhood Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:58 PM PDT I wonder if Bob Teoh's reply to my latest column has done Sin Chew Daily and - in particular - CC Liew any service. He began with Shuzheng's personal attack against me. Who is Shuzheng? Nothing but a Chinese answer to Ibrahim Ali, who believes every bit of Chinese culture to be superior. In fact, Shuzheng is worse than Ibrahim Ali, for the Perkasa leader at least has the guts to come out arguing - albeit to be laughed at - while Shuzheng only hides behind the computer screen venting his hatred at anyone that is not to his liking. Any Chinese Malaysian who happens to champion the Bangsa Malaysia concept or be a Christian is invariably regarded by him as a 'sellout', and woe to those who carry a 'western' name - and that includes Teoh and me. Paradoxically, Shuzheng's rancorousness and bitterness - evidenced by his maniacal attack on Hannah Yeoh - do not in the slightest reflect the 'very fine' Chinese culture that Shuzheng so longs for the entire world to appreciate. The malevolence in him/her alone is the biggest betrayal to his/her belief. Anyway, this letter is not about Shuzheng but Teoh's defence of Sin Chew and CC Liew. It is however sorry for me to say that Teoh, despite the years of journalistic experience under his belt, may need to undertake a crash course on journalism, perhaps much more so than Johann Hari. Do the mainstream media all over the world exist just to sustain the establishment as Teoh has claimed? This is news to me. In 1997, many of the mainstream newspapers in the UK - from the Sun to the Guardian - threw their weight behind Tony Blair's Labour Party, rather than backing the ruling Conservatives. The Guardian is especially known for being 'anti-Tory', which is no small feat considering that the Tories have dominated British politics for over three centuries. In 2003, the Glasgow Herald of Scotland, voicing the concerns of the Glaswegians, was vociferously opposed to the War on Iraq pursued by the Blair government. It is also common for the left-leaning and liberal New York Times and the Los Angeles Times to go against the White House when the latter is perceived to be closing its mind. Teoh's remark that 'the Wall Street Journal invariably is an apologist of Wall Street' is therefore most flabbergasting, for the Journal does always make its position clear not only on issues related to the stock market, but also to the US fiscal policy, even taking the government to task whenever necessary! In the same vein, the Liberty Times of Taiwan is independence-leaning and often takes umbrage at President Ma Ying-jeou's reunification stance vis-a-vis China. With a daily circulation of 700,000, it is not only mainstream but also bent on changing the status quo. I do not dispute the history of Sin Chew Daily (then known as Sin Chew Jit Poh) being made a sacrificial lamb on the eve of Operasi Lalang in 1987. For Teoh's information, I led a small group of high school mates to visit the Sin Chew office in Taman Maju Jaya, Johor Baru, the following day to signify our solidarity with the daily that I had grown up and very much identified with. I suppose it was a relatively brave token of appreciation given the climate of fear engulfing the country at the time. But what Sin Chew did suffer does not grant it the immunity from reproach. The Star, too, was a victim of Operasi Lalang, but the once critical and vocal English daily is now barely a shadow of its former self. At least Wong Chun Wai - deride him how one may - does not attempt to explain away his paper's failure as a watchdog by playing at victimhood! Warped beyond recognition If Teoh does read Chinese, he should go back and have a detailed study of Sin Chew's special edition on Najib Abdul Razak's 'ascension' to prime ministership in April 2009 - and that on Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's back in November 2003 - that was embarrassingly fulsome and unashamedly flattering. If anything, the newspaper that once prided itself - and quite rightly so - as a voice of conscience is now warped beyond recognition, and appears only to have fallen victim to the Stockholm syndrome. CC Liew and his close aides - as far as I know - were deadly against it when the then-flourishing Nanyang Press Holdings expressed its interest in buying the ailing Sin Chew Jit Poh in the mid 1980s. The reason? Market monopoly could snuff out the Chinese press industry. Much water has passed under the bridge and it does look incredulous that the man who was once a firm believer in market competition has turned an apologist for one of the most concentrated patterns of media ownership in Asia. It is kind of Teoh to provide Malaysiakini readers with a backgrounder to Sin Chew, but it does not explain the daily's degeneration of the present. Perhaps Teoh can also do Sin Chew and CC Liew a favour by telling me why the best-selling newspaper in the country has allowed one of its deputy editors-in-chief to twist the contents of an Economist report for his own purposes, the editorial team to republish articles without the consent of the authors, and to permit funny names such as Little Media Soldier and the Little Red Riding Hood to pass for serious writers? None of these practices can be said to be ethical and they form a phenomenon that one does not usually see in mainstream press around the world. JOSH HONG studied politics at London Metropolitan University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. A keen watcher of domestic and international politics, he longs for a day when Malaysians will learn and master the art of self-mockery, and enjoy life to the full in spite of politicians.

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Azmin: Pakatan tolak undang-undang ganti ISA Posted: 27 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT Pakatan Rakyat tidak akan menerima sebarang undang-undang untuk menggantikan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) yang mahu dimansuhkan oleh kerajaan, kata timbalan presiden PKR, Azmin Ali. Pendirian Pakatan, tegasnya, adalah jelas, iaitu mansuhkan ISA sepenuhnya dan tiada undang-undang baru menggantikannya. Bercakap selepas satu forum awam malam tadi, Azmin yang juga ahli parlimen Gombak berkata, Pakatan bersedia untuk membantu kerajaan dalam mendraf rangka kerja pasca-ISA. Azmin berkata pihaknya akan menunggu respon kerajaan terhadap tawaran kerjasama tersebut. Penalis forum mengenai pasca-ISA itu ialah ahli parlimen Subang, R Sivarasa; profesor undang-undang, Abdul Aziz Bari, dan penganalisis politik, Wong Chin Huat. Ditanya mengenai "rangka kerja" tersebut jika ia bukan undang-undang untuk menggantikan ISA, Azmin berkata, pakatan akan membentangkan cadangannya untuk reformasi pasukan polis. Menurutnya, pasukan polis yang berwibawa akan mampu bertindak menangani ancaman keselamatan negara tanpa memerlukan tahanan tanpa bicara. [Baca berita penuh]

Persiapan sambut jemaah haji sedang rancak Posted: 27 Sep 2011 08:02 PM PDT Segala persiapan untuk menyambut ketibaan jemaah haji Malaysia bagi musim haji tahun ini berjalan rancak dengan pelbagai langkah diambil bagi menjamin keselesaan sepanjang tempoh mereka menjalankan ibadah di Madinah. Pegawai Operasi Haji di Madinah Shahrunnajmi Basharuddin berkata pengurusan Tabung Haji sudah mula memantau tempat penginapan, selain membuat persediaan rapi dalam urusan pelbagai aspek lain seperti penyediaan pusat rawatan serta perancangan dari segi program ziarah dan penyediaan makanan untuk bakal-bakal haji. Beliau berkata lebih separuh daripada 28,000 jemaah haji Malaysia tahun ini akan berada di Madinah terlebih dahulu sebelum mereka berlepas ke Mekah untuk mengerjakan umrah dan haji. "Lebih 200 petugas Tabung Haji, yang terdiri daripada petugas dari Malaysia dan penduduk tempatan, sudah bersiap sedia di sini untuk membantu para jemaah haji sepanjang tempoh mereka berada di sini," katanya kepada kumpulan petugas media Tabung Haji di Madinah. Kumpulan pertama 450 jemaah haji Malaysia akan tiba di sini pada khamis kira-kira pukul 5.30 pagi waktu tempatan, diikuti kumpulan kedua pada kira-kira pukul 3 petang. Shahrunnajmi berkata semasa berada di sini bakal haji Malaysia akan ditempatkan di Hotel Al-Haram, Hotel Safa Safer, serta Hotel Movenpick, dan mereka akan dibawa mengikuti program ziarah di lapan lokasi yang disediakan. Beliau berkata selain petugas haji, bakal haji juga akan dibantu oleh sukarelawan dari kalangan 65 penuntut Malaysia yang melanjutkan pelajaran di sini dalam menyempurnakan program ziarah. "Tahun ini juga pihak Tabung Haji mengadakan kursus khas untuk dijalani oleh para sukarelawan ini bagi memantapkan sumbangan mereka dalam membantu para jemaah menunaikan ibadah di sini," katanya. Beliau berkata aspek penyediaan makanan buat jemaah pula diserah kepada pihak TH Global yang sudah membawa kumpulan chef dari Malaysia khusus untuk menyediakan makanan yang memenuhi citarasa rakyat Malaysia di Madinah. Ada juga antara bahan mentah yang terpaksa dibawa dari Malaysia bagi memastikan makanan yang disediakan memenuhi kehendak jemaah, katanya. Shahrunnajmi berkata selain itu sebuah pusat rawatan untuk jemaah juga disediakan di bangunan Alauddin di sini, yang merupakan ibu pejabat pengurusan haji jemaah Malaysia di Madinah. Kumpulan media kemudiannya dibawa melawat bilik penginapan bakal haji di Madinah, yang semuanya terletak berhampiran Masjid Al-Nabawi, yang merupakan masjid kedua termulia selepas Masjidil Haram di Mekah. Antara yang dilawati petugas media dengan diiringi pengurus zon 1 Tabung Haji Rosli Chin ialah bilik yang luas dan selesa di Hotel Movenpick, yang terletak bersebelahan dengan Masjid Al-Nabawi. - Bernama

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Benefits of English medium national-type schools Posted: 27 Sep 2011 03:01 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content]It was reported in the press last month that the Education Ministry is sticking by its decision to abolish the PPSMI policy of teaching and learning science and mathematics in English. The abolishment...

Hudud laws: Between the literal and the implicit Posted: 27 Sep 2011 01:49 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content]The hudud controversy has now returned to the eyes of the media after it was discussed at the National Syariah Seminar sponsored by the Department of Islamic Affairs of Kelantan.PAS indeed had taken a...

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'Kerakyataan Mismah bertentangan dasar negara' Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:48 PM PDT Meskipun penduduk tetap yang mendapat kewarganegaraan Malaysia - Mismah, mendakwa beliau mendapat kerakyatan negara ini melalui saluran yang sah, namun Pemuda PAS mempersoalkan rasional di sebalik pemberian taraf berkenaan yang dikatakan bertentangan dengan dasar imigresen negara. Dalam satu kenyataan media, ketua pemuda PAS Johor Suhaizan Kaiat (kanan, berjaket hitam) mendakwa bahawa Mismah - atau nama sebenarnya Nismah Naim yang berasal dari kepulaun Bawean, Indonesia - tidak layak untuk mendapatkan status penduduk tetap mahupun kerakyatan mengikut peraturan imigresen Malaysia. Menurut Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN), wanita itu diberikan status penduduk tetap pada 17 Julai, 1982 dan kewarganegaraan pada 31 Januari tahun ini, selepas 29 tahun sebagai seorang pemastautin tetap. Langgar empat kriteria Dalam temu bual dengan akhbar berbahasa Melayu Sinar Harian, Mismah, 47, mendakwa bahawa dia mula-mula menjejaki Malaysia pada tahun 1982 sebagai seorang pekerja binaan. Suaminya, Mawasi Mawardi, 51, juga diberikan status penduduk tetap. "Ini bermakna Mismah mendapat status PR kurang daripada satu tahun selepas dia tinggal di negara ini. Kes Mismah bercanggah dengan kenyataan yang dibuat oleh Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Imigresen, Alias Ahmad," kata Suhaizan. Menurut laporan berita yang disiarkan oleh Utusan Malaysia pada 23 September lalu, Alias, yang mengulas laporan dakwaan warga Bangladesh diberi kerakyatan untuk mengundi BN, berkata bahawa hanya orang asing yang berkahwin dengan rakyat Malaysia dan anak-anak mereka di bawah enam tahun yang telah bermastautin di Malaysia sekurang-kurangnya lima tahun berturut-turut layak memohon sebagai penduduk tetap, mengikut Akta Imigresen 1963. Alias turut menjelaskan bahawa Jabatan Imigresen tidak membenarkan warga asing dengan permit kerja sementara dari memohon untuk menjadi penduduk tetap. "Permohonan juga dibuka untuk pelabur, pakar-pakar dan profesional yang diiktiraf oleh agensi-agensi kawal selia," katanya. Pengkhianatan terhadap negara Pemuda PAS juga mendapati bahawa Jabatan Imigresen menyatakan dengan jelas bahawa hanya rakyat asing dengan permit masuk sah dan telah bermastautin di Malaysia sekurang-kurangnya lima tahun boleh memohon untuk mendapatkan status penduduk tetap. Mereka yang layak untuk mendapatkan permit masuk adalah seperti berikut: • Profesional • Kanak-kanak profesional berumur enam tahun ke bawah • Suami atau isteri kepada profesional • Individu yang mendapat kelulusan daripada Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) kerana kepentingan ekonomi negara • Anak-anak warganegara yang berumur enam tahun ke bawah • Kes-kes khas Justeru, Suhaizan berkata bahawa penerbitan status penduduk tetap kepada Mismah telah melanggar sekurang-kurangnya empat kriteria - dia bukan golongan profesional; suaminya bukan warganegara atau juga golongan profesional; dan dia hanya bermastautin di Malaysia kurang daripada satu tahun. "Pemuda PAS menuntut Alias bagi memberikan jawapan kepada rakyat Malaysia berhubung isu Mismah." Dewan pemuda PAS juga mahukan Ketua Pengarah JPN, Jariah Mohd Said menjelaskan mengapa Mismah diberikan taraf penduduk tetap dan disusuli dengan kewarganegaraan sedangkan dia hanya tinggal di Malaysia untuk kurang daripada satu tahun. "Mismah ini hanyalah satu kes contoh sahaja. Pemuda PAS sangat khuatir berkenaan pemberian status PR kepada ribuan warga asing dalam negara ini "Pemberian kerakyatan kepada orang-orang yang tidak berkelayakan demi kepentingan politik adalah satu pengkhianatan kepada negara," kata Suhaizan. [Baca berita penuh]

PKR: Keputusan inkues Sarbaini sukar dipercayai Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:18 PM PDT Naib Presiden PKR, N Surendran menyifatkan keputusan mahkamah koroner semalam yang mendapati kematian penolong pengarah kastam Selangor, Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamad pada 6 April lalu sebagai nahas kerana terjatuh dari aras tiga bangunan SPRM sebagai sukar dipercayai. "Keputusan ini sangat sukar dipercayai, tidak dapat diterima dan tidak konsisten dengan fakta kes. "Mahkamah koroner memaksa kita untuk percaya bahawa Sarbaini yang secara sukarela datang ke pejabat SPRM di Cheras, kemudiannya mahu melarikan diri dengan merangkak keluar dari tingkap di aras tiga," katanya dalam satu kenyataan akhbar. Menurut Surendran, tiada penjelasan diberikan tentang bagaimana dan mengapa rakaman CCTV selama 22 jam dipadam, yang mana ia memaparkan detik-detik di mana Sarbaini menemui ajalnya. Beliau berkata, paling membimbangkan adalah tindakan SPRM sepanjang kes berkenaan. Ini kerana katanya, sebagai institusi awam yang dibiaya sepenuhnya dengan wang rakyat, keutamaan SPRM seharusnya adalah untuk mendapatkan kebenaran perkara berkenaan, menghukum mereka yang bertanggungjawab dan melaksanakan reformasi untuk mengembalikan keyakinan rakyat. Sebaliknya, kata Surendran, SPRM bertindak seperti individu yang terdesak untuk membersihkan nama institusi itu walau dengan cara apa sekalipun. "Perlu diperhatikan bahawa SPRM berkelakuan dengan cara yang sama semasa penyiasatan dan siasatan kematian Teoh Beng Hock, yang juga meninggal dunia semasa siasatan SPRM pada 16 Julai 2009," katanya yang juga seorang peguam. Dalam kedua-dua contoh, katanya SPRM bertindak menyerang reputasi mangsa-mangsa yang meninggal dunia secara terbuka sepanjang inkues dijalankan. Surendran berkata, Sarbaini turut didakwa sebagai menerima rasuah meskipun beliau sudah tidak boleh menjawab mahupun mempertahankan dirinya terhadap dakwaan berkenaan. "Ini adalah memalukan dan tidak penting bagi pihak inkues tentang bagaimana beliau meninggal dunia. "Asas kepada sistem perundangan kita adalah bahawa perbicaraan di mahkamah tidak seharusnya digunakan untuk memburukkan pihak yang telah tiada," katanya lagi. Katanya, keyakinan rakyat terhadap SPRM adalah di tahap paling rendah susulan kematian misteri kedua-dua individu itu. Tambahnya, kedua-dua mereka merupakan bapa yang meninggalkan keluarga yang selamanya akan menderita atas kehilangan insan yang disayangi yang meninggal dunia dengan tragis. Kerajaan, ujar beliau seharusnya memikul tanggungjawab terhadap kegagalan dalam memberikan jawapan sebenar kepada pihak keluarga dan rakyat. Kata Surendran, keengganan kerajaan yang terus-menerus tidak mahu melaksanakan reformasi terhadap badan penguatkuasa seperti SPRM dan PDRM adalah punca sebenar terhadap masalah ini. "Kami menyeru kerajaan untuk menubuhkan sebuah Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja untuk menyiasat punca sebenar di sebalik kematian Ahmad Sarbaini. "Skop suruhanjaya ini mestilah termasuk prosedur operasi, pengambilan dan kaedah latihan SPRM serta membuat syor-syor pembaharuan yang amat mendesak dalam memastikan reformasi sistem terlaksana," katanya.

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Bayan Baru residents perfectly happy with sPICE Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:55 AM PDT This is in reponse to Chan Kim Beng's letter addressed to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng on Sept 9 'Penang's sPICE project 'win win' for whom?' We, the residents of Sunway Tunas Bayan Baru (next door to PISA) where the Subterranean Penang International Convention and Exhibition (sPICE) is to be set up, are very happy with what Lim is doing to bring about more business and economic growth for the state of Penang. I am sure the growth that you see happening in Bayan Baru lately, is a blessing for all residents in Bayan Baru, as the prices of houses here have greatly appreciated. I am sure this also applies to your house where you represented your community. As regards to the heavy traffic jams happening here, it has existed a long time ago with the setting up of Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone (FIZ) near here. There is always a price to pay for progress and development. The jams do not only happen here. It covers other parts of Penang Island as well. If you take a drive to Gottlieb Road and up to Tanjung Tokong onwards, the traffic there is equally heavy. We are not katak dibawah tempurung as not to know what is happening in other parts of Penang Island. I am sure you know that Lim is doing his possible best to see to this traffic problem. He has started the shuttle service for the people in mainland Penang to leave their cars behind and to come to work in FIZ by bus. This is a start. Lim needs a lot of encouragement and support from Penangites. You seem to emphasise the lack of C.A.T. (Competency, Accountability, Transparency) by the present state government. Isn't it better to have some form of C.A.T. rather than not to have one at all from the many years under the past government? Be thankful that C.A.T. is being promoted. How successful it is will depend on the cooperation of the people and the state government. Please bear in mind that you do not speak or give your views collectively as you do not in any way represent us residents in Sunway Tunas Bayan Baru. We are happy that there is a park in our area - even if it is on a roof top. We want a cleaner and greener Penang. If you're are so nosy, please spend more time to ask your Gerakan president to return the hijacked land back to the people of Penang. We don't need your opinion and comment either, as your party had been rejected by the people of Penang. We've a brighter future with Lim and his C.A.T. system that will bring Penang to greater heights, and that includes sPICE. Edmund Lee Leng Chooi is vice chairman od the Resident Association of Sunway Tunas Bayan Baru, Penang.

Charging Mat Sabu while worse threats slip by Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:13 AM PDT It appears that Lady Justice has lost her blindfold or there is a serious warping of values in our country. The police were quick to charge PAS deputy president Mat Sabu with criminal defamation based on police reports and a government-linked newspaper - Utusan's report - on his speech in relation to a historical event. Yet there are cases and allegations before the nation which are far more serious in terms of national security and threat to the Agong and his subjects. It is unfortuante that no investigation has been called and no response from the prime minister is forthcoming. Perhaps he is too busy with his new PR campaign of being 'cool' and playing games on radio talk shows. The allegations hurled suggest a sinister plot and a traitor in the government. If this is true, and if ever the ISA should be used based on the lame excuse that it is for national security, then it is now. It was exposed recently that the former EC chief had arranged for over 60,000 fake ICs to be issued to foreigners. This means that there are foreigners with questionable backgrounds and intentions roaming around as Malaysian citizens. These so called Malaysian citizens have been given the right to vote and to determine the government of Malaysia. They have been given the same rights and priveleges as Malaysians born here. No one is saying that the news from Wikileaks is true but there must be investigations into such a serious allegation. The prime minister must come out to allay fears. These are serious allegations questioning our sovereinty as a nation and yet I see no action from the government of the day. This is worrying and I question the ability of the BN government to ensure our safety and sovereignty. Malaysian security is at risk of being compromised. Don't fiddle about while our nation is burning!

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