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Pakatan: Tarikh PRU-13 mesti ditetapkan bersama Posted: 12 Sep 2011 10:31 PM PDT Pakatan Rakyat mahu BN menentukan tarikh pilihan raya umum akan datang dengan berunding dengan gabungan pembangkang bagi membolehkan cadangan pembentukan jawatankuasa khas parlimen (PSC) berhubung pembaharuan pilihan mempunyai masa yang mencukupi dalam menjalankan tugas mereka. Ini adalah antara lima pra-syarat-syarat yang dibentangkan oleh Pakatan dan mereka mahu Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak memberi jaminannya sebelum mereka membuat keputusan menyertai jawatankuasa itu. "Tarikh pilihan raya umum ke-13 perlu ditetapkan berdasarkan persetujuan antara BN dan Pakatan. Dalam erti kata lain, pembubaran Parlimen mesti dipersetujui oleh kedua-dua BN dan Pakatan Rakyat," kata naib presiden PAS, Salahuddin Ayub. Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang media Pakatan di Kuala Lumpur pagi ini, bersama-sama dengan Naib Presiden PKR Nurul Izzah Anwar, Ketua Pemuda DAP Anthony Loke dan beberapa ahli parlimen Pakatan yang lain. [Berita penuh menyusul]

'Konspirasi tumbangkan MB' - Khalid tuntut penjelasan Posted: 12 Sep 2011 10:07 PM PDT Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (MAIS) perlu tampil dan menjelaskan mesyuarat 5 Ogos yang diadakan dengan Pejabat Peguam Negara dan beberapa NGO Islam yang membincangkan serbuan di Gereja Methodist Damansara Utama (DUMC). Menurut ahli parlimen Shah Alam, Khalid Samad dalam satu kenyataan media, hari ini, MAIS perlu juga menyatakan sama ada mesyuarat itu berbentuk rasmi. "Apa yang dipersoalkan ialah tujuan pertemuan itu dan 'statusnya', iaitu sama ada ia pertemuan rasmi atau sebaliknya... "Sekiranya rasmi, maka di mana surat jemputannya, apa agendanya dan mana minit mesyuaratnya? Sekiranya semua itu tidak ada dan pertemuan diadakan secara jemputan bisik-bisikan, tanpa surat rasmi, maka sudah pasti ia pertemuan konspirasi gelap!" katanya. Bagi Khalid yang juga timbalan pesuruhjaya PAS Selangor, beliau melihat pertemuan itu sebahagian daripada konspirasi oleh MAIS, Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS), Pejabat Peguam Negara dan beberapa NGO Islam untuk menjatuhkan Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. Pengerusi MAIS Datuk Mohamad Abzib Mohd Isa, dalam satu kenyataan yang dikeluarkan minggu lalu, menafikan dakwaan berkenaan dan berkata mesyuarat untuk hanya bagi memberi taklimat kepada NGO berkenaan berhubung pemeriksaan JAIS ke atas DUMC. Abzib juga berkata MAIS akan mengkaji sama ada tindakan undang-undang boleh diambil ke atas Khalid kerana memfitnah. Khalid, sebelum ini menuntut penjelasan mengapa NGO berkenaan perlu diberikan taklimat sebelum laporan rasmi berhubung kejadian 3 Ogos itu diserahkan kepada menteri besar. "Saya tidak tanya siapa yang mempengerusikan pertemuan berkenaan. Saya tanya adakah pertemuan tersebut pertemuan rasmi atau sebaliknya. "Saya ingin tahu siapa yang menjemput dan menganjurkan pertemuan, bukan siapa yang jadi pengerusi. Pengerusi kadang-kadang main tangkap muat sahaja, lebih-lebih lagi pertemuan tidak rasmi. "Ada yang dijemput hadir, bila hadir, dia diketengahkan sebagai pengerusi sebagai tanda 'hormat' kononnya. Akhirnya pengerusi tersebut hanya sekadar memberi laluan untuk Pengerusi MAIS dan wakil pejabat Peguam Negara bercakap! "Itu merupakan satu kemungkinan, bukan saya menyatakan ia berjalan begitu," katanya lagi. Mesyuarat berkenaan dipengerusikan oleh exco kerajaan negeri Selangor yang bertanggungjawab terhadap hal ehwal Islam Datuk Hasan Ali. [Baca berita penuh]

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Time KLIA recognise disabled travellers’ needs Posted: 12 Sep 2011 02:38 AM PDT I was amazed to read that KLIA 2 will be the first airport in Asia to provide sky bridge facilities and most importantly once completed, will be a major shopping hub for people around the world. The RM2.8 billion airport has been described as aiming impress the world with its design and features. However, I was surprised that MAHB has taken the liberty to exempt the low cost terminal from constructing an aerobridge in KLIA 2. This clearly reflects on how easy it is to compromise human values as opposed to profits. It is important to note that from the day MAHB announced the construction of KLIA 2 without aerobridge facilities, disabled advocates have been making numerous statements, request, discussion and protest to ensure MAHB takes the necessary steps to ensure KLIA 2 is equipped with an aerobridge. An aerobridge is an essential feature in a newly built airport especially in a developing nation like Malaysia. An aerobridge is not only pivotal given the state of Malaysia's weather but many fail to acknowledged its importance for people with disabilities, senior citizens, pregnant ladies, babies in prams and so on. It is total unacceptable for the MAHB to allow such an exemption. This is clearly a violation of basic human rights. The idea of building such a costly airport and at the same time compromising on the safety of its passenger is unwise. Many were of the view that ambulift will be the solution for this heated up battle between disabled groups and MAHB; however I am personally against the idea of using ambulifts in KLIA 2 due to the possible dangers it poses. In any case, the disabled are paying for the flight and airport services just like any other passenger, so it is only right for MAHB to cater for the disabled passengers' needs and allow them to board the plane with dignity without being carried in and out of a plane. I sincerely hope the plight of the disabled are taken seriously by MAHB and the relevant authorities. KLIA 2 without an aerobridge is a step backward by MAHB and is highly unacceptable.

Indians flocking back to BN their own loss Posted: 12 Sep 2011 12:43 AM PDT This topic is what that has made BN and MIC so glad that they are back from being at the brink after the unexpected turn of events in 2008. The Indians were never the kind of community in Malaysia that would go against their political masters ever since they had decided to make Malaysia their home and stayed back from returning to India. They were here just to make a living and sad to say that is still very much the mindset till today, thanks to the stereotyping and indoctrination by Umno-BN through the education system. What we have today is an Indian society that was simply trying its luck the last time around just to see what would happen if they protested. Now after seeing that all their wishes have been slow in seeing its realisation, the Indians long for going back to the same old barn (the BN-barn) where they have been the most comfortable no matter what kind of treatment they would get. The real happennings behind the scenes, the understanding of the division of power between the federal and state governments, these seem to be issues which the Malays and Chinese population understand better than the Indians. If not for the incarceration of the Hindraf 5, the Malaysian Indians would have never woken up from their long slumber and the MIC will be the proudest party in the BN stable for providing a 100 percent winning ability in delivering nine parliamentary and 19 state legislative seats. How the federal government manipulates the federal finances and continues to undermine and disrespect the choice of the people in Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor is of no concern to the normal Indian on the street. They don't understand this and neither do they want to understand it, even though some of them may be graduates from local universities. It is never suprising to note that many amongst them are not even bothered to know their constitutional right to vote and their obligation to exercise that right in a democracy. But the situation is just the opposite amongst the Chinese undergraduates, they are very knowledgable with regard to their right to vote and a vast majority of them are registered voters. Many wait for the opportunity to register themselves as voters and will not sulk if they are asked to go to a shopping mall to get themselves registered as voters. The Indian undergraduates will find it difficult to even take the effort to learn about voter registration programmes and many have the view that their vote even if registered is not necessary. Some even have the view that something bad and drastic will happen to them if they vote for any other party except Umno, MIC, MCA, Gerakan and PPP. Therefore with this mindset amongst the young the BN has been a proven winning formula. Keeping the young Indians misled and misinformed and relying on the old indoctrinated Indians who will vote for a BN candidates - even if he does not even show up in their constituency and speak about national policies and his vision for a brighter and equal standing of the Indians with other races - is the best known way the BN keeps the lid on the Indians. Indians have made a mistake and Pakatan should not loose much sleep over it, in the wake of the 2008 upheavel a vast group of the highly educated lot amongst them and generally amongst the other races as well have taken it upon themselves to vote for change. These people understand the shortcomings and are able to see the bigger picture and see that only a two party system can see a proper practice of parliamentary democracy and a system of checks and balances in a country that believes in racial supremacy. Though this group may be small but the fact is it will have the last laugh at the end of the day. After the 2008 upheaval and a mini revolution, the Indians saw their young graduates being appointed as magistrates, senior assistant registrars, police personnel and customs personnel, a practice which was slowly and surely being eradicated as there was no strong opposition from the Indians. Besides Lim Kit Siang, Karpal Singh, M Kulasegaran and a few MIC individuals voicing their opposition to the low number of recruits for the professional categories to the civil service, the vast majority of the MIC warriors were not too interested or bothered as they had their eyes on lucrative Ali-Baba contracts which they could make some loads of money from. The new class of Indian professional category civil servants will now make the new group of voters for the BN and they like their forefathers before them will not vote for any other party besides the BN. The indoctrination and the divide and rule system has seeped into the Indian mentality with lasting effects. A classic example would be the sudden about turn of a group that was in the forefront with the Hindraf movement but now is a registered political party calling itself the Malaysian Makkal Sakti party. The overnight U-turn shows how well the indoctrination works and this is very evident in the mindset of the Indian police officers; many of whom are tasked by the police force to infiltrate Indian organisations and NGOs and any sort of movement or grouping that goes against the word of the indoctrinators. For the Malaysian Indian, their mindset has been tuned to a point that it is difficult for them to see beyond the racial lens which they have been accustomed to all this while. They see it as being acceptable to live out of the handouts and crumbs thrown out by the masters and the indoctrinators Anything that goes against what the masters and the indoctrinators have spelt out for them will only invite trouble and this will continuously be the mindset, and they continue to live for the day and will not know when the local council will come knocking on their doors to serve them an eviction notice. For the moment, the Indian Malaysians seems to want to return to the BN but in doing so, they are bound to lose out on the bigger picture eventually. This will happen when the Indian vote becomes insignificant when the newly legalised Malaysians of Indonesian, Filipino, Bangladeshi, Nepali and Middle Eastern dissent become synchronise with the Malaysian population. They stand a better chance because the majority will be Muslim with many having children here with bin or binti in their names and will be eventually able to find a place for themselves in the definition of bumiputera, while the Indians will eventually lose out in terms of numbers which will then transcend to political power and representation. The Indian's belief in the mindset that an Indian political party is for Indian voters will be a thing of the past as they will never be able to see themselves on par with their counterparts in Singapore who are not governed by racial and religious politics. Indians there gain by merit and the best are sought by the government to be included in the national agenda to lead the nation in various fields, looking only at their ability and not the colour of their skin, the race they belong to or the religion they profess. The programming of the Indian mindset by the indoctrinators is the best way the ruling elite in the BN and Umno can ensure that they stay within the confines of the BN barn. Making them beg for participation has created a community that sees the ruling Malay class as the masters and themselves as the faithful servants. The masters, seeing that the Indians are faithful servants but lack in the unity department amongst themselves, make full use of this weakness to further exert control on their already stereotyped mindset. The Tamil Hindu will despise the Tamil Christian, Tamil Muslim, the Malayalee Hindu, Malayalee Christian or the Telugus. In the Tamil Hindu majority, the caste that they belong to though not very significant today but still reminded upon by the elders will further divide them. This has been well studied by the Umno masters and they exploit them to the hilt. For the Umno masters, all they care about is the vote and the continous if not perpetual right that they think they have to rule this country without question. The Indians fail to realise that their best bet for the future is through multi-racial parties and politics. A good example will be the leadership of Ambiga Sreenevasan of the recent Bersih 2.0 rally. Though the Umno-Perkasa-BN hegemonist described and called her the "Hindu Woman who is anti-Islam" because of her participation in Lina Joy's apostasy case, the Malays and Chinese from the opposition, NGO movement, 'thinking' civil society and Malaysians abroad accepted her leadership and looked forward to her brave stewardship of the entire civil task of registering a point with a very stubborn and recalcitrant Umno-BN government. The Indians in MIC though, while silently proud of her leadership as one of their own ethnicity, never said a word about her bravery and courage in leading the charge to show the Umno-BN government that the people are fed up. On the other side, the opposition is slowly but surely going on the right track by putting aside the racial mindset that we have all been stereotyped with, and coming out with a more Malaysian approach of looking at the bigger picture to see how we can progress as Malaysians instead of having only ethnicity in our minds. Therefore looking at most current political reports and opinions that the Indian vote is heading back to the BN barn, one would say, let it be for they will be the eventual losers. Already being seen as the new urban underclass, the common jobs which the Indians will usually be hired for without question is now being taken over by Indonesian, Bangladeshi and Nepali migrants who have now become overnight legalised new-Malaysians. This phenomena can't be stopped even if Indians in Malaysia were to give MIC nine parliamentary and 19 state legislative seats because the MIC's voice in the cabinet is always heard in low decibels or never heard at all. Can we blame them? We can't, as they may then loose what little they and their kin are getting as a result kow-towing to their Umno masters. So whether Pakatan gets the Indian votes or not, is an issue which Pakatan shouldn't loose much sleep over; they have set the agenda, the thinking Malays, Chinese and Indians are ready to accept the fact that the only way forward is to be Malaysian first and racial denomination or ethnicity second. If the Indians want to go back to the BN barn, let them do so.

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Dijajah atau dinaungi? Posted: 12 Sep 2011 03:22 AM PDT Negara yang bertamadun dan berdaulat terlebih dahulu harus bebas daripada penjajahan politik. Mutakhir ini timbul polemik sama ada Malaysia pernah dijajah oleh Inggeris, atau hanya dinaungi oleh Inggeris. Kali ini mari kita kembali kepada pandangan pakar sejarah. Mereka ialah Barbara Watson Andaya dan Leonard Y Andaya yang telah menghasilkan buku Sejarah Malaysia (Petaling Jaya: Macmillan, 1982, 391 halaman). Barbara Watson Andaya pernah bertugas sebagai tutor kanan di Jabatan Sejarah, Universiti Auckland. Beliau merupakan pengarang buku berjudul Perak, the Abode of Grace: A Study of an Eighteen Century Malay State (1979), dan telah bersama-sama menterjemahkan satu edisi anotasi teks Melayu abad ke-19, Tuhfat al-Nafis (1982). Leonard Y Andaya pula pernah bertugas sebagai pensyarah kanan di Jabatan Sejarah, Universiti Auckland. Buku-buku beliau termasuklah The Kingdom of Johor 1641 - 1728 (1975), dan Heritage of Arung Palaka: A History of South Sulawesi (Celebes) in the Seventeen Century (1981). Kedua-dua mereka pernah mengajar di Universiti Malaya dan telah mengadakan Research Fellowship di Australian National University (ANU). Berikut ialah petikan daripada buku mereka Sejarah Malaysia. Diturunkan sub bab dalam buku tersebut, bersama-sama petikannya yang relevan dengan judul tulisan ini. Hidupnya sebuah masyarakat kolonial 1919-57 "Menjelang tahun 1919, seluruh Semenanjung Tanah Melayu tertakluk kepada satu corak penguasaan Inggeris. Negeri-negeri Selat dan Negeri-negeri Melayu Bersekutu (NMB) telah berada paling lama di bawah pengaruh Inggeris, dan akibatnya berbagai-bagai institusi adalah lebih erat diselaraskan daripada institusi yang sama di Negeri-negeri Melayu Tidak Bersekutu (NMTB)... "Sebaik saja Inggeris berjaya menjadi kuasa yang agung di Semenanjung Tanah Melayu, mereka meneruskan dasar 'berbaik-baik' dengan Raja-raja Melayu dan 'campur tangan yang minimum' dengan kaum petani Melayu... Namun mereka tidak dapat mengenepikan pertimbangan utama yang telah membawa mereka ke Semenanjung: mengekalkan keamanan dan ketenteraman supaya pihak pedagang Inggeris dapat mengambil kesempatan dari kekayaan daerah itu. "Ke arah inilah pihak Inggeris mendirikan jentera politik dan pentadbiran untuk menggemblengkan sumber-sumber negeri di Semenanjung... Semasa zaman kolonial, kebanyakan tulisan penting mengenai sejarah awal dan kebudayaan orang Melayu telah diterbitkan oleh sekumpulan sarjana-pentadbir terutama dalam Journal Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ." (halaman 238-240). Mengadakan rangka bagi ekonomi eksport "Kekuasaan pemerintah kolonial baru yang hampir-hampir tidak boleh dicabar itu segera mendorong perubahan-perubahan yang dikatakan mustahak bagi memudahkan pembangunan serta membawa keuntungan yang berterusan dari ekonomi eksport. "Mereka mencari serta mengadakan 'rangka politik dan pentadbiran yang cocok sekali' yang dengan demikian pengusahaan swasta boleh berkembang maju. "Tanpa cabaran dari kelompok kepentingan tempatan yang kuat, pihak Inggeris dengan bebas dapat melakukan penyusunan semula masyarakat tempatan dengan mengaturkan semula kegunaan sumber-sumber untuk maklumat kemajuan ekonomi yang lebih besar. "Sehingga tahun 1919, Semenanjung Tanah Melayu telah melihat perubahan-perubahan yang begitu pesat dalam bidang sosio ekonominya. Kini wajarlah istilah 'British Malaya' mula digunakan, sebab sesungguhnya Malaya telah menjadi 'British' dalam ertikata matlamat sosial dan ekonominya." (halaman 240). Kemerdekaan "Pada bulan April 1949, Parlimen Inggeris telah membuat pengikatan memberikan kemerdekaan kepada Tanah Melayu dengan disahkan dalam bulan Mac berikutnya oleh Perdana Menteri Inggeris. "Apabila Leftenan-Jeneral Sir Gerald Templer sampai di Tanah Melayu pada awal Februari 1952 sebagai Pesuruhjaya Tinggi yang baru, beliau mengumumkan bahawa objektifnya yang segera ialah ialah membentuk satu bangsa Malaya yang bersatu padu. "Ke arah matlamat ini, juga bagi melemahkan dan seterusnya menghancurkan PKM, Templer telah memperkenalkan pilihanraya setempat, majlis mesyuarat kampung, dan kewarganegaraan kepada lebih separuh daripada orang-orang Cina; menggabungkan Majlis Perang dengan Majlis Mesyuarat Kerja Kerajaan; dan membolehkan orang-orang Cina, buat pertama kalinya, memasuki Perkhidmatan Awam Tanah Melayu. "Dalam bulan April 1954, Templer mengumumkan bahawa pilihan raya yang awal akan diadakan untuk Majlis Perundangan Persekutuan pada tahun 1955, dengan itu membayangkan bahawa Tanah Melayu sudah berada di ambang pintu kemerdekaan." (halaman 304) ... "Sungguhpun kemenangan muktamad menentang komunis masih belum dicapai pada tahun 1957 apabila kemerdekaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu diumumkan, ancaman komunis itu telah hampir-hampir hapus. "Namun, ancaman perkauman masih kekal, warisan pemerintah kolonial, yang akan menentukan kehidupan terus atau pun kehancuran muktamad negara yang baru itu." (halaman 308). Datuk Dr Anwar Ridhwan merupakan sasterawan negara ke-10. Anak kelahiran Sungai Besar, Selangor itu terkenal sebagai seorang novelis dan penulis cerpen. Antara karyanya yang terkenal Hari-hari Terakhir Seorang Seniman dan Naratif Ogonshoto. Tulisan ini bahagian ketiga daripada siri artikel pendek bertemakan "Masyarakat Bertamadun" yang akan diterbitkan setiap dua minggu. 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Dr M: Secara teknikal, negeri Melayu tak dijajah Posted: 11 Sep 2011 10:26 PM PDT Hakikat kehadiran British di Malaya adalah kerana mereka bertindak seperti penjajah, kata mantan perdana menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed. Justeru, Mahathir bersetuju kenyataan Ketua Kluster Sejarah Warisan dan Sosiobudaya Majlis Profesor Negara (MPN) Datuk Zainal Kling bahawa Malaya tidak pernah dijajah oleh British, tetapi menegaskan hakikatnya, sultan-sultan akhirnya bertindak mengikut arahan British. "Kita secara teknikal tidak pernah terjajah. Apa yang kita lakukan adalah sultan-sultan memutuskan untuk menjemput British datang ke mari dan menasihatkan mereka mengenai cara mentadbir negeri. Dalam kata itu, kita tidak dijajah. "Seperti di Pulau Pinang, kita dibayar supaya memberikan mereka stesen untuk berdagang... Tetapi hakikatnya, apabila British berada di sini, mereka beroperasi seolah-olah kita dijajah. "Dalam kata lain, British tidak memberi nasihat, tetapi memberi arahan," katanya pada sidang akhbar selepas merasmikan Universiti Perdana di Serdang hari ini. [Baca berita penuh]

Namewee akan jumpa PM minggu ini Posted: 11 Sep 2011 10:01 PM PDT Selepas setahun menunggu, akhirnya, penyanyi lagu rap dan juga pembikin filem Wee Meng Chee - atau lebih dikenali sebagai Namewee - akan bertemu Perdana Menteri minggu ini bagi meluahkan halangan yang dihadapi dalam menghasilkan filem pertamanya 'Nasi Lemak 2.0'. Menurut laporan akhbar China Press hari ini, Namewee mendapat panggilan dari Jabatan Perdana Menteri pada Sabtu lalu bagi mengesahkan pertemuan berkenaan, bagaimanapun tarikhnya masih belum ditetapkan. Namewee dipetik berkata beliau akan bercakap mengenai cabaran, masalah dan pengalaman yang diharunginya bagi memohon geran kerajaan bagi menghasilkan filem. "Saya mahu beritahu beliau bahawa saya telah melalui banyak kesilapan yang tidak sepatutnya... saya harap beliau akan menyokong filem ini dan juga filem terbitan tempatan yang lain," katanya. Teruja dengan pertemuan yang bakal diadakan itu, Namewee berkata dia berharap perdana menteri akan menyediakan lebih banyak peluang dan bantuan bagi pembuat filem tempatan supaya dapat memperkenalkan budaya Malaysia kepada khalayak lebih luas. Akhbar harian Cina, Sin Chew pula melaporkan, Namewee akan berkongsi pandangan beliau mengenai 1Malaysia dengan Najib. "Kami akan jelaskan mesej 1Malaysia yang cuba disampaikan dalam filem ini dan berharap kerajaan dapat melihat konsep 1Malaysia secara serius dengan memberi layanan yang adil kepada setiap rakyat Malaysia dan menyokong pembuat filem daripada pelbagai bangsa yang berbeza." Namewee sejak bertahun lalu telah memohon bantuan daripada agensi-agensi kerajaan seperti Perbadanan Pembangunan Filem Negara dan Dana Kumpulan Wang Industri Kreatif. Meskipun, Menteri di Perdana Menteri Jabatan Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz telah bersetuju membantu permohonannya, namun ia akhirnya ditolak oleh Menteri Penerangan Kebudayaan dan Komunikasi Datuk Seri Rais Yatim. Alasan beliau adalah bahawa Namewee terbabit dengan aktiviti-aktiviti yang bertentangan dengan norma dan nilai-nilai Malaysia. Dia kemudiannya mengeluarkan dua klip video pendek bertajuk 'Saya mahu bertemu PM', yang dimuat naik ke Youtube dan ditonton oleh ratusan ribu penonton. Dalam video berkenaan, Namewee menceritakan prosesnya mendapatkan bantuan kerajaan. Ini kemudiannya disusuli dengan sepucuk surat kepada Najib, meminta satu pertemuan diadakan. [Baca berita penuh]

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Penswastaan IWK langgar Akta Industri Air Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:55 AM PDT Persatuan Penyelidikan Air dan Tenaga Malaysia (AWER) membantah cadangan penswastaan IWK oleh 1MDB (1 Malaysia Development Berhad) kerana ia memudaratkan keadilan sosial dan ekonomi serta tidak sehaluan dengan undang-undang di Malaysia. Perkhidmatan air dibahagikan kepada perawatan air, bekalan air dan perkhidmatan pembentungan. Akta Industri Perkhidmatan Air 2006 (WSIA) adalah undang-undang yang mengawalselia semua perkhidmatan air dari segi teknikal, ekonomi dan kualiti perkhidmatan bagi Semenanjung Malaysia dan Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan. Undang-undang ini mulai dikuatkuasakan pada tahun 2008. Objektif utama WSIA adalah untuk mengelakkan sebarang jenis perjanjian konsesi serta operator-operator perkhidmatan air dan perkhidmatan pembentungan dikehendaki untuk bermigrasi ke rejim pelesenan di mana mereka akan dipantau dengan ketat oleh Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (SPAN). Undang-undang ini ingin juga mencapai imbangan di antara keperluan ekonomi dan sosial dalam pengurusan perkhidmatan air supaya ia mempunyai kos yang berpatutan dan setaraf dengan standard antarabangsa. Ini akan memastikan penetapan tarif yang saksama dan pengurusan yang telus untuk keseluruhan perkhidmatan air. Berdasarkan beberapa laporan akhbar tempatan, 1MDB dengan beberapa ahli perniagaan yang tidak bertanggungjawab yang berada di sebalik perancangan ini telah mengelirukan rakyat dan melanggar WSIA. Penyelesaian-penyelesaian yang dikatakan oleh kumpulan ini adalah sama dengan langkah-langkah yang telahpun dicadangkan oleh Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) dan masih menanti persetujuan Kerajaan Persekutuan sejak beberapa tahun yang lalu. Cadangan-cadangan ini bukanlah sesuatu yang baru. Pengurusan IWK sekarang tersepit disebabkan kegagalan penswastaan sebelum ini. Maka, penswastaan semula menggunakan konsesi seperti yang dicadangkan oleh 1MDB merupakan satu penyelesaian yang salah dan tidak mempunyai ruang di sisi undang-undang selepas WSIA dikuatkuasakan sejak tahun 2008. Kini, SPAN telahpun menghentikan IWK daripada monopoli pennyahenapan kumbahan (desludging) bagi sistem pembentungan tidak bersambung dan membuka lesen kepada syarikat-syarikat yang lain. Bagi sistem pembentungan bersambung (yang dibil oleh IWK atau Kerajaan Tempatan), terdapat beberapa rancangan untuk pembangunan sama seperti sektor perawatan dan bekalan air. Hala tuju untuk perkhidmatan pembentungan adalah juga melalui rejim pelesenan. Tiada lagi perjanjian konsesi. Jika mana-mana pihak berkuasa meluluskan cadangan 1MDB ini, AWER tidak akan teragak-agak untuk mengheret mereka ke mahkamah. Berhenti menggunakan cara-cara jahil untuk mendapatkan perniagaan. Apa-apa pelaksanaan yang tidak sehaluan dengan WSIA adalah satu kesalahan. Penulis adalah presiden Persatuan Penyelidikan Air dan Tenaga Malaysia (AWER)

Benarkah Tanah Melayu tidak pernah dijajah? Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:48 AM PDT Berdasarkan fakta sejarah, Tanah Melayu "tidak pernah terjajah", sebaliknya, hanya dinaungi atau dilindungi oleh British, dakwa sejarahwan Profesor Datuk Zainal Kling. "Jangan kita sebut, kita terjajah selama 400 tahun. Itu adalah kesalahan yang amat besar," katanya di Putrajaya baru-baru ini. Kalau benar tanah air kita tidak pernah dijajah British seperti dakwaan Profesor Datuk Zainal Kling mengapa kita mesti menyambut hari kemerdekaan setiap tahun? Adakah benar dakwaan profesor tersebut bahawa adalah kesalahan yang amat besar kalau kita katakan kita terjajah selama 400 tahun. Kalau benar dakwaan profesor tersebut makna selama ini Umno dan BN menipu rakyat kerana menggunakan wang rakyat untuk menyambut hari kemerdekaan setiap tahun. Mengapa pemimpin Umno dan BN membisu dalam persoalan ini? Kita mendesak agar pemimpin Umno dan BN mengeluarkan kenyataan rasmi untuk mengesahkan sama ada betul atau tidak kenyataan sejarahwan Profesor Datuk Zainal Kling ini yang negara kita tidak pernah dijajah British. Kalau benar sejarah yang kita pelajari selama ini adalah palsu dan perlu dikaji semula. Jangan salahkan rakyat Malaysia sekiranya sejarah yang mereka pelajari selama ini tidak benar dan tidak tepat seperti dakwaan profesor tersebut. Para pengkaji sejarah perlu tampil ke hadapan untuk menjelaskan keadaan sebenar sebelum negara ini akan jadi bahan lawak antarabangsa kerana sejarah kita boleh diubah sesuka hati mengikut kehendak dan kepentingan politik parti pemerintah. Kita minta agar pengkaji sejarah bebaskan diri mereka daripada pengaruh mana-mana fahaman politik perkauman dan sebagainya agar rakyat Malaysia tahu kebenaran tentang sejarah tanah air ini yang banyak mengelirukan. Sekiranya dakwaan profesor tersebut benar dan disahkan oleh pemerintah Malaysia maka dengan sendirinya semua sambutan kemerdekaan selama ini palsu dan kita semua boleh menyaman kerajaan Umno dan BN kerana menipu kita selama ini. Adakah pemimpin Umno sanggup mengaku bahawa Malaya tidak pernah dijajah British? Suatu persoalan yang perlu dijawab oleh pemimpin Umno dan BN agar rakyat dapat kepastian dan kebenaran tentang sejarah tanah air. Berani kerana benar takut kerana salah dan sekali lagi kita mendesak agar pemimpin Umno mengeluarkan kenyataan tentang dakwaan profesor tersebut sama ada menerima atau menolak kenyataan Malaya tidak pernah dijajah British.

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Let's debate our history like adults Posted: 11 Sep 2011 12:10 AM PDT What history books did we read and learn during our school days, and who were the writers? Who wrote our 'Sejarah Tanah Melayu'? A Malay, or the British themselves? We also acknowledge that even Munshi Abdullah was working for the British and what else do you expect him to write? Are we at all aware that our Tanah Melayu history was also written in Arabic by an Arabian descendant who had come to Malacca during the glory days of the Sultanate. This book had never been used as a reference text book by historians when writting our history. And have the writers of history sought third party views, or perhaps gotten the views of the men who have been accused as traitors for instant Dato Bahaman, Tok Janggot and many others. Sorry to say that Umno seems to be act like God, whereby only Umno has the right to say what is right and wrong. I am a Malaysian who has been working in Indonesia for more than seven years. Indonesia is more democratic than us; the rulling party will allow the rakyat to give their views, debate issues and even criticise the government in the mass media such as in live debates on TV and so on. Likewise PAS deputy president Mat Sabu must be given a fair chance to explain on TV and we can even invite our professors as well as minister Rais Yatim to be discussion panel members. Let them discuss this and let the rakyat decide and draw our own conclusions. We are not small kids, we are engineer, doctors, professionals etc and I think we are smart enough to draw our own conclusions based on the facts delivered by both parties

Ten years after 9-11: A time to reflect Posted: 10 Sep 2011 11:40 PM PDT In the past decade, we have seen how the destruction and desperation in the attacks of Sept 11 mutate into a state of global war. At the very least, it has left Muslims and non-Muslims in common grudge and distrust, if not at least cynicism towards any hope for genuine peace. It is all the more troubling that we have no reason to expect any change or improvement in this state of affairs soon. As Muslims, we find ourselves confronting a grave and difficult challenge. We are caught in between the realities and injustices of imperialism on one hand, and the serious decline in Muslim culture and civilization on the other. Therefore, it is all the more important now that we turn inwards with the right questions and realisations for ourselves towards a better understanding of the reality at hand. Terrorism is as much a threat to Muslims and innocent non-Muslims Muslims by and large are all too familiar with critiques against imperialism, and rightly so. But in reflecting upon the significance and meaning of Sept 11, we must keep in mind the total human cost that the War on Terror has taken: For what is also true is that the fundamentalist rage exemplified, if not inspired directly by al-Qaeda has also affected Muslims as well as innocent non-Muslims. The terror attacks in Madrid (March 11, 2004), Jakarta (July 17, 2009 and Aug 5, 2003), Bali (Oct 12, 2002 and Oct 1, 2005), Istanbul (Nov 20, 2003) Jeddah (Nov 6, 2004) Riyadh (Dec 29, 2004), Mumbai (Nov 26, 2008), to name only a few, should remind us of the universal and indiscriminate nature of terrorist rage. How many innocent lives had to suffer the brunt of hatred emanating from a few zealots. The War on Terror should not be guiding all our concerns The real debate about the Muslim condition after Sept 11 should not centre on questions about who has killed more, or who has the power to inflict the most damage. Nor should it be primarily be about who started it first. These are legitimate considerations to keep in mind for facts about the reality we live in but they should not be guiding our conscience as Muslims. For if our inquiries are anchored primarily to concerns about power, retribution and the quantification of suffering, we would not be going beyond the logic in the knee-jerk reactions that led to the wars we are trying to survive in the first place. An enlightened response to this era of crisis must divorce itself as much as possible from the impulse of rage and revenge. Instead, Muslims must turn inwards to reflect on how we can rediscover our full capacity and potential as a civilisation, despite the challenges we face. As Muslims we must look into the totality of our condition and not let our problems be obscured by mere critiques of policy. We must ask: How are Muslims to envision a progressive resistance to empire, in light of the predominantly conservative and repressive trend of Muslim politics across the globe? Why are we so concerned about others threatening our faith when we're so scared to voice out against the corrupt and despotic rulers up to the extent that we misconstrued tradition of the pious predecessors (as-salaf as-salih) to justify defending tyrant rulers of our land? In an age of oppression and fundamentalism how should Muslims envision freedom and liberation? And how do we build solidarity with non-Muslims towards achieving that end of ameliorating world civilisation? Islam is a religion of peace but peace is not just the absence of war. More specifically, peace lies in having the right attitude to freedom, justice, equality and diversity. But we need not look far at the cultures of Muslims as a whole to see the serious extent to which we by and large are still struggling to practice a way of life that truly embodies those ideals. Not only is there a lack of Muslim consensus on the difficult issues of personal freedom, economic justice and pluralism, there is more often than not, a reluctance to discuss them openly and democratically. The problem of course extends further and deeper than just the need to simply discuss those issues. The real challenge is in constructing a society with the right cultural attitudes and institutions to ensure that justice, equality, freedom and diversity remain lived realities. This Sept 11, like every other one we have seen in the past decade, will no doubt consist of the usual mix of propaganda and righteous indignation from all sides. It is important however to keep in mind that as Muslims the problems we face as a civilisation were there long before Sept 11 and that at the end of the day we as Muslims have the responsibility to change our own condition, first and foremost, before putting the blame on others. "Verily, God does not change men's condition unless they change their inner selves…" [13:11] The letter is jointly issued by: Ahmad Farouk Musa Mohd Radziq Jalaluddin Ahmad Fuad Rahmat Edry Faizal Eddy Yusof Islamic Renaissance Front

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'KJ budak baik, berpotensi jadi pemimpin PAS' Posted: 10 Sep 2011 10:51 PM PDT Timbalan Presiden PAS, Mohamad Sabu berkata beliau menolak debat dengan Khairy Jamaluddin kerana ketua pemuda Umno itu tidak banyak 'menghentam' dan menyerangnya secara peribadi. Sebaliknya, pada ceramahnya di Kolej Universiti Islam Dr Zulkifli Muhammad (KUIZM), Taman Melewar malam semalam, Mohamad berkata beliau memilih Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin kerana timbalan presiden Umno itu yang banyak menyerangnya supaya "bertaubat dan bertakwa". "Bagi saya Khairy budak baik dan berpotensi jadi pemimpin PAS akan datang. Buat apa nak berdebat dengan adinda Khairy. "Muhyiddin yang banyak kata pada saya, jadi biarlah saya berdebat dengan Sohibussamahah Muhyidin Yassin," katanya dengan nada menyindir dan dipetik Harakahdaily. Menurut pemimpin PAS itu, Muhyiddin yang juga timbalan perdana menteri yang banyak memaki hamunnya, justeru, elok bagi mereka bertemu. Mohamad atau lebih dikenali Mat Sabu menjadi sasaran pemimpin Umno dan BN apabila Utusan pada 27 Ogos lalu mendakwa beliau berkata Mohamad Indera yang menyerang balai Bukit Kepong adalah hero sebenar dan bukannya polis yang mempertahankannya. Beliau bagaimanapun berkata laporan Utusan mengenai ceramahnya di Padang Menora, Tasek Gelugor, Pulau Pinang pada 21 Ogos lalu itu adalah "satu putar belit dan tokok tambah cerita untuk memfitnahnya dan PAS". Ini bukan kali pertama Mat Sabu memilih untuk memuji Khairy. Pada 5 September lalu, beliau menjelaskan bahawa beliau tidak menolak pelawaan pelawaan untuk berdebat kerana beranggapan lebih sesuai bagi kedua-dua sayap PAS dan Umno itu berbuat demikian. "Saya tidak tolak (berdebat). (Tetapi) biar Pemuda dengan Pemuda (berdebat) kerana mereka layak. "Saya serah kepada Pemuda PAS. Dia (Khairy) seorang yang bijak dan saya hormati. Biar dia berdepan dengan Pemuda PAS," katanya. Muhyiddin menjadi sasaran PAS untuk berdebat kerana sering 'menghentam' Mohamad dalam isu Mat Indera, lelaki itu didakwa pernah menjadi anak murid kepada bapa timbalan perdana menteri itu. Malah, Mat Indera didakwa mahu berkahwin dengan kakak Muhyuddin tetapi tidak dipersetujui oleh bapanya.

Saya perjuang Islam, bukan komunis - Mat Sabu Posted: 10 Sep 2011 10:09 PM PDT Timbalan Presiden PAS, Mohamad Sabu menegaskan pegangan dan perjuangannya adalah Islam dan bukan komunis seperti dilabel oleh dan akhbar miliknya Utusan Malaysia. Pada ceramahnya di Kolej Universiti Islam Dr Zulkifli Muhammad (KUIZM), Taman Melewar malam semalam, Muhamad berkata pegangannya dan perjuangannya terhadap Islam tidak pernah berubah sejak kecil lagi. "Saya memilih perjuangan atas dasar Islam. Masa remaja dulu saya pilih Abim (Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia). Kemudian tahun 1978 saya sertai perjuangan parti Islam (PAS), sokong perjuangan ulama. "Sepanjang saya berpidato idola saya adalah Syed Qutb, Imam Hasan Al-Banna, Jamaludin Al-Afghani, dan ulama-ulama lain. "Tiba-tiba saya dituduh komunis, tak sedih ke tuan-tuan? Jahat sungguh," katanya dipetik Harakahdaily. Utusan pada 27 Ogos lalu mendakwa pemimpin kanan PAS tersebut berkata Mohamad Indera yang menyerang balai Bukit Kepong adalah hero sebenar dan bukannya polis yang mempertahankannya. Mohamad bagaimanapun berkata laporan Utusan mengenai ceramahnya di Padang Menora, Tasek Gelugor, Pulau Pinang pada 21 Ogos lalu itu adalah "satu putar belit dan tokok tambah cerita untuk memfitnahnya dan PAS". Mengulas lanjut, beliau tuduhan sebegitu bukan perkara baru dan telah berlaku sejak zaman penjajah lagi. Pada zaman British, katanya, golongan ulama dan golongan kiri dianggap penentang dan ditangkap serta dibunuh. Sangat cintakan Malaysia "Saya sangat cintakan tanah air Malaysia, tempat tumpah darah kita. "(Tuduhan) ini sama seperti dituduh terhadap pejuang-pejuang sebelum ini oleh penjajah dan sekarang Umno mewarisinya," katanya kepada rayusan hadirin. Berikutan laporan itu juga, beliau telah dibidas dan kecam hebat oleh pelbagai pihak khususnya, Umno dan BN sehingga ada yang menuduhnya sebagai komunis. Mengulas perkara itu, Mohamad, berkata semalam genap 15 hari beliau diserang. "Saya berucap 21 haribulan, Utusan siar 27 haribulan seminggu selepas itu. "Itu bukan berita, itu dah jadi sejarah. Kalau berita, berlaku hari ini keluarnya esok," sindirnya. Keadaan menjadi semakin kusut, apabila pelbagai pihak termasuk aahli akademik mentafsirkan sejarah negara. Lebih menggemparkan apabila Profesor Datuk Dr Zainal Kling mendakwa berdasarkan fakta sejarah, Tanah Melayu "tidak pernah terjajah", sebaliknya, hanya dinaungi atau dilindungi oleh British.

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