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Guess who’s back!

December 10th, 2009
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I’m sure many still remember him. I wonder what happened to the police investigations. Hopefully not a case of missing files or witnesses. And you know,  his three year suspension has been reduced to one year by his political party, and today he’s back in action (already one year!).

He is none other than Ahmad Ismail, a sorry excuse of an human, who lives under the guise of local leader of a political party. Well, just read for yourself his returning speech. Its gonna get hot in !

Local warlord Ahmad Ismail said ’s top leaders must apologise to him if they want to work together with the Bukit Bendera division again.

The vocal politician was suspended for three years last September for describing non-Malays as ‘pendatang’ or immigrants during the Permatang Pauh by-election.

However, the supreme council decided to lift the suspension last Friday – a little over one year after imposing the punishment.

Contacted by Malaysiakini, Ahmad wanted president Dr Koh Tsu Koon, party state chief Dr Teng Hock Nan and former Bukit Bendera MP Chia Kwang Chye to publicly apologise to him.

He claimed that the trio were responsible for the breakdown in relationship between , his division and during the height of the controversy.
At one point, enraged supporters of Ahmad had even torn posters of Koh.
“Even if they apologise, I will still have to consider whether to accept it or not,” he said.

Ahmad, who came under fire from the leaders then, said unlike the Barisan Nasional component party, Bukit Bendera was not dependant on ’s support for its survival.

He pointed out that of the four seats in Bukit Bendera – one parliamentary and three state – contested three while MCA stood in one state seat.

The leader said due to geo-political circumstances, was not going to contest in Bukit Bendera.

“So politically, needs our support to win back these seats. They are dependent on us but we don’t need them,” he added.

On his future in , Ahmad said he has always been active in the party even during his suspension.

“I never left … I was only suspended from holding positions,” he added.

During his suspension, the division leadership was helmed by Jalil Ariffin via party elections last year.

Ahmad said Jalil had suggested holding a fresh elections in order to pave the way for his return to the top post.

However, Ahmad said he would discuss with president Najib Abdul Razak tomorrow afternoon on the proposal.

Meanwhile, welcomed the decision by the supreme council to lift the suspension on Ahmad.

“I believe the party supreme council had seriously considered the matter before making the decision and would always welcome Ahmad,” he said.

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Puteri UMNO calls for closure of vernacular schools

October 15th, 2009
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Isn’t this seditious? :-)

Reported by Star:

Another motion adopted by the meeting called on the Government to review the system and the abolition of vernacular schools.

Under the motion proposed by the Pulai division, the movement wanted the dual school system to be changed and replaced by a more suitable system that was acceptable to all races and with Bahasa Malaysia as its medium of instruction.

Anyway, this idea has been bandied about for ages now. The problem would be “replaced by a more suitable system” as mentioned above. It will be hard to compromise – for example, would there be Saraswathy Pooja prayers in national schools? Can organise Kabadi contest? Can the Chinese students bring non-halal food to school? Can celebrate Mooncake Festival? Guaranteed vernacular language class during normal hours regardless of the number of students? The staff of current vernacular schools given similar positions in new schools? No discrimination in the use of resources in school? A lot of the “freedom” would dissappear when the schools are abolished.

I think an independent team should be set up to interview and research on the Wawasan schools to see the issues that occur there. From use of common facilities to bringing food to school.

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Kg Buah Pala residents hope on Bukit Gelugor UMNO

August 23rd, 2009
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Yup, the title is correct. First, they met (a rep) DPM Muhyiddin. Then, Lim Guan Eng said state won’t be helping anymore. Next, came the court verdict which favored the developer. And now this:

Kampung Buah Pala villagers have turned to the Bukit Gelugor division for help now that the state government has washed its hands off the land controversy.

Residents association chairman M. Sugumaran said division chairman Datuk Omar Faudzar had agreed to hold talks with the developer and landowner over the matter.

“We were left without a choice after Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng washed his hands off the issue. We strongly believe we would not be let down this time,” he said during a press conference at the village here Saturday.

Sugumaran also said eight families who had earlier agreed to the ex-gratia deal – a double-storey terrace house with a 99-year lease title for each of the 24 temporary occupation license (TOL) holders – had returned the signed agreements to the developer.

“They are back with us. There are now 21 of us who do not agree with the offer,” he said.

The residents have until Aug 31 to vacate the over 100-year-old village in Bukit Gelugor before the developer Nusmetro Ventures (P) Sdn Bhd starts pulling down their houses from Sept 1.

It was reported Friday that the Federal Court stood by its June 24 decision that the Buah Pala residents must vacate their homes and hand the property over to a developer for redevelopment.

Sugumaran said the villagers were disappointed with Lim who had shirked his responsibility at “the peak” of the issue.

“It is disappointing for Lim to leave us at such a time. But luckily, when one door is closed, there appears to be a ray of hope with (Datuk) Omar now coming to lend us a helping hand. He fully understands our plight,” he said.

When contacted, Omar said he would meet up with representatives of the developer Nusmetro Venture (P) Sdn Bhd on Tuesday.

If the residents play their cards well, maybe can get some compensation, but don’t hope too much. In the end, money talks.

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Samy loss due to sabotage?

August 6th, 2009
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OMS Thiagarajan dropped a bombshell when he claimed that an leader helped to sabotage Samy Vellu’s election campaign in Sungai Siput in the 2008 general elections. Does it mean that the loss was not due to HINDRAF, Makkal Sakthi or anti- sentiments? This is really shocking because all this while the general perception attributed Samy’s loss to HINDRAF and anti- sentiments.

Anyway, as I like to say – follow the money trail. It seems the reason the leader did that was to grab the lucrative Works Ministry from .

Read about it at The Star or the article from Malaysiakini below:

Tamil newspapers are abuzz over the news that a Barisan Nasional component party leader was involved in undermining president and former works minister S Samy Vellu’s chances during the March 8 general election.

It is learnt that the leader in question is from and the alleged conspiracy was centred around the party’s desire to seize control of the Works Ministry from .

During last year’s general election, Samy Vellu was defeated in his traditional parliamentary stronghold of Sungai Siput and subsequently dropped from the cabinet line up.

The Works Ministry fell into the hands of while was given, what most regard as the ‘more junior’ Human Resources Ministry.

The ‘sabotage’ allegation was raised by prominent Indian businessman OMS Thiagarajan earlier this week.

He was quoted in the Tamil newspapers as saying he had the assistance of a component party leader to oust Samy Vellu from Sungai Siput to ensure that the president did not retain the position of works minister.

Thiagarajan is a close associate of the president’s former estranged deputy S Subramaniam.

: Probe the allegation

Meanwhile, information chief and Deputy Federal Territories Minister M said the allegation should be fully investigated as it was very serious.

“I will be talking to secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor about the matter soon,” he told Bernama.

said that if the allegation was true, stern action must be taken against the component party leader.

“I am not accusing Thiagarajan of making a false statement, but I just want component party leaders cleared of any such allegation.

“This allegation can create a lot of discomfort and result in disunity among component parties.

“It is a serious allegation and should be clarified as soon as possible,” he added.

Samy Vellu has yet to comment on the issue.

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Perak EXCO lineup tomorrow

February 9th, 2009
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10 EXCO post with 31 assemblymen as candidates. Actually its only 28 (27 and 1 MCA) but there’s uncertainty if the three defectors will be offered any posts. Hee will be expecting to retain the deputy speaker post, while is staking a claim for speaker post as it was held by an Indian in Pakatan’s government. This will be hard for to swallow as they were dead against appointment of Sivakumar and Hee last year, but they have no choice. Have to appease the Chinese and Indians.

Malaysian Insider claims that sources verified that Hee will be given an EXCO post, which means she gets to drive a Camry. :-)

With also asking for special officer posts, it will be interesting to see if any of them will be given EXCO seat. I guess a 6:3:1 ratio will be ideal in ’s eyes. Under Pakatan’s rule, there were 6 Chinese, 3 Malays and 1 Indian. Interestingly, two of the Malays are the ones who defected. Thus, will offer them the EXCO seats as well? In that case, it will be a tough on since it has 27 candidates for 5 positions?

Possible lineup:

5

2 Malay independents

1 Chinese independent

1 MCA

1 Indian special officer

Speaker:

Deputy speaker:

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