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Waytha, Public Enemy No 1

December 16th, 2009
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This is serious allegation indeed. All along, I thought “Dadah” was “musuh negara”, but it seems BTN says its Waythamoorthy. Hmm…were the presentation materials screened? Is it standardised across all camps?

Hindraf is dead set against the National Civics Bureau (BTN) courses as it demonises the movement’s chairperson P Waythamoorthy in its modules as Public Enemy No 1.

It’s political wing, the Human Rights Party’s pro-tem secretary-general P Uthayakumar alleged that the Nov 25, 2007 Hindraf protests are screened at BTN courses, and an image of Waythamoorthy is shown, captioned as ‘musuh utama negara’ (public enemy number one).

Meanwhile, DAP’s Kota Alam Shah assemblyperson, M Manoharan said he feared for Indian Malaysians as BTN trainees have systematically implemented Umno’s racist, religious and supremacist policies.

“The standard operating procedure is to implement (what is) taught at BTN courses. They are attemping to portray Indians as dangerous and violent people,” said Manoharan.

Noisy Indians?

December 13th, 2009
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I guess the useless newspaper’s article would have traveled to many inboxes and caused few police reports to be made as well. I think its a pathetic excuse by the writer just to comment about MP Kulasegaran (even then, it was misleading statement as MP Kulasegaran talked about Malay supremacy, not rights). Only the last 5 of the 18 paragraphs actually tell us what the writer was trying to tell. And the reasons he gave was like proving 2+2 = 5 to me. Wonder where they picked him from. Coming for the paper that allegedly edited photo taken during a murder case, you can’t really expect much.

The article is in Malay, so for the benefit of readers, I’ll summarise it. The writer was in Hyderabad, India for about 6 days attending a conference. From that experience, he said India is over-crowded, noisy, roads jam-packed, consists of extreme poor and rich, practices caste, dirty, unhygiene, colorful, dramatic, having helpful people, and so on. He says the Indian culture is chaotic and noisy. And compares this with certain Malaysian parliamentarians, who usually are professionals or lawyers, representing the opposition. He says these people are making noise, asking about Malay rights, and creating unhappiness/anger among the Malays.

I think there are many communities in the world who are “noisy”. I find African students to be quite noisy and outspoken, same with the Chinese. Maybe its part of their survival technique. No noise means you drown in the hustle and bustle of the daily life. I think, whenever a few people with same affiliation get together, they become animated and noisy. So, to say Indians are noisy, well, yes its correct, but that’s true with many communities around the world. To single out one community, its incorrect.

The writer visits the capital of Andra Pradesh, Hyderabad. So what does one expect in a city of millions of people? Its like visiting KL and saying Malaysia is full of traffic jam, crime, pollution, and noise.

Basically the article is a  irrelevant, just pieces of facts pooled together to arrive at a wrong conclusion, and possibly even aimed at confusion and hatred. Why? Well I guess we all know the reason for that.

Another proof of the quality of this toilet paper, sorry, newspaper.

I wonder if the Indian newspaper vendors will boycott selling this paper. So far, I don’t remember reading any statement from the related associations.

Oh, ya…read the article in Malay below.

Cuit: Alkisah India di India dan India di Malaysia

Oleh Zaini Hassan
(yang berada di kota raya Hyderabad, India dari 29 November-4 Disember menghadiri Forum Editor-Editor Sedunia)

BERADA di kota raya tua India, Hyderabad selama seminggu minggu lalu amat memberi kesedaran kepada diri ini. Setiap inci persegi tanah di kota-kotanya dihuni oleh ratusan insan. Setiap kilometer persegi dihuni oleh ratusan ribu insan dan setiap bandar raya di negara keramat itu dihuni oleh jutaan manusia. Dan India ialah tanah bagi 1.2 bilion umat manusia. Angkanya bertambah setiap saat.

Berada di India bererti kita berada dalam satu realiti kemanusiaan yang sebenar. India ialah tanah bagi manusia ramai. Jurang hidupnya adalah antara langit dan bumi. Yang papa terlalu papa, yang kaya terlalu kaya. Yang kaya, tidak pandang ke bawah, yang bawah tetap di bawah.

Kasta, darjat atau keturunan masih diamalkan secara tebal di seluruh India. Ia semacam satu agama. Kasta atas tidak boleh bersatu kasta rendah.

Jalan rayanya haru-biru. Suasananya hiruk-pikuk. Bas, lori, kereta, basikal, teksi roda tiga, kereta lembu, kuda bersimpang siur. Bunyi hon adalah wajib. Pegang sahaja stereng, bunyi hon dulu. Di belakang bas dan lori tertulis `tolong hon’. Tiada siapa marah jika dia dihon. Hon ialah nyawa.

Semasa dalam perjalanan menghadiri makan malam perpisahan di Istana Chowmohalla (dibina pada 1780 oleh Nawab Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II),

pemandu bas yang membawa kami tiba-tiba turun lari meninggalkan bas yang dibawanya. Hilang dalam lautan manusia dan kenderaan. Kami terpinga-pinga. Dua lelaki preman masing-masing memegang submesingan jenis sterling yang mengawal keselamatan kami dalam bas berkata “jangan bimbang’’. Pemandu tadi sebenarnya turun untuk meleraikan kenderaan-kenderaan yang sudah berpintal di atas jalan raya. Dia bertindak menjadi polis trafik.

Sambil dia menyelesaikan kekusutan itu, saya melihat di seberang sana seorang penumpang turun dari teksi roda tiga yang dinaikinya menolak kenderaan itu yang mati di atas jalan raya. Tiada rasa marah pun di muka penumpang itu yang menolong menolak teksinya yang rosak.

Tiada siapa peduli apa yang berlaku di sekeliling mereka. Polis trafik pun menjalankan apa yang terdaya, tanpa memperlihatkan sedikit pun kekerutan di dahinya. Trafik lalu lintas tetap berjalan lancar, walaupun dalam suasana kekecohan.

Sebelah malam, di tepi-tepi jalan insan-insan tidur merata-rata. Ada yang telah nyenyak membungkus tubuh dengan kain selimut daripada kedinginan kota itu. Yang belum tidur, duduk mencangkung sambil memandang ke satu tujuan yang tidak diketahui.

Hampir dua jam bergelut kami tiba di istana bereka bentuk masjid itu. Di sepanjang dinding tembok istana tertulis tulisan dalam bahasa Inggeris “Ini tempat suci jangan kencing’’. Kencing berdiri sambil si anunya memancut ke dinding adalah pemandangan umum yang biasa. Mungkin kerana terlalu ramai manusia, tandas bukan lagi pilihan. Awas, setiap pagi berhati-hati berjalan di kaki-kaki lima kerana terlalu banyak jerangkap samar dari isi perut manusia berlonggok di sana-sini. Suasana serupa juga juga khabarnya boleh dilihat di bandar raya lain termasuk di Mumbai.

Sampainya di istana itu, kami dibawa masuk ke dalamnya. Satu suasana antara langit dengan bumi. Kawasan istana lama itu diwarnai dengan lampu-lampu berwarni yang menyenangkan perasaan. Bagaikan berada dalam kisah Hikayat 1001. Tarian-tarian Bollywood dari era 50-an hingga kini dipersembahkan kepada kami. Selesai persembahan kami dijamu dengan juadah Hyderabad tersohor di dunia, nasi beriyani.

Kami makan beriyani kambing dan ayam, tanpa mempedulikan apa-apa lagi. Ia terlalu sedap tanpa boleh ditandingi oleh mana-mana restoran Malaysia, waima Hameediah di Campbell Street, Pulau Pinang mahupun Mahbob di Bangsar.

Di luar tembok sana, suasananya adalah terlalu kontras. India yang penuh warna-warni. India yang penuh dengan drama. Di dada-dada akhbarnya konflik di mana-mana. Di Parlimennya pun haru-biru seperti di atas jalan rayanya juga. Televisyen memaparkan bagaimana seorang speaker dewannya tidak diendahkan oleh ahli-ahli Parlimen yang memboikot sesi soal-jawab. Akhbar Deccan Chronicle dalam karikatur muka satunya (macam Senyum Kambing) keesokan harinya mencuit: Mengapa mereka tidak mahu buat sesi soal-jawab dalam kantin saja, kan di situ tempatnya ahli Parlimen selalu melepak?

India tetap India. Orang India ialah masyarakat yang begitu unik. Jika kita sering tengok wayang Tamil atau Hindi, itulah budaya mereka. Kecoh, kecoh dan kecoh.

Namun, kita di Malaysia pun ada orang India. Kecohnya pun lebih kurang sama. Mereka ini rata-ratanya terdiri daripada ahli-ahli profesional, peguam dan kini menjadi ahli politik. Di Malaysia hanya orang India yang pandai-pandai sahaja yang sering buat bising. Mereka menguasai Majlis Peguam dan kini mereka sudah ramai di Parlimen, bukan mewakili MIC, tapi mewakili DAP dan PKR.

Kerana mereka lantang dan suka buat haru-biru, suara mereka sering kedengaran. Salah seorangnya ialah N. Kulasegaran yang kini memegang jawatan Naib Pengerusi DAP Perak. Beliau lantang mempersoalkan hak-hak orang Melayu.

Katanya, beliau tidak faham mengapa setelah bertahun lamanya masih ada kelompok manusia percaya kepada warna kulit atau penampilan yang lebih tinggi daripada satu kaum lain.

Kita tidak pasti apakah beliau ikhlas dengan kenyataannya itu. Dia tahukah apa yang dia cakap? Tapi yang pasti kenyataannya itu cukup sensitif dan akan membuat kumpulan lain marah. Tapi seperti biasa orang Melayu marahnya tidak lama. Tak apalah. Orang Melayu tidak seperti orang India, walaupun ada juga Melayu yang darah keturunan Keling (DKK), tapi darah Melayu yang lembut banyak menguasai mereka.

Jika di India, mungkin kita akan sentiasa dikawal oleh pengawal bermesingan. Kulasegaran perlu mengambil cuti. Pergilah melawat ke India, dan hayatilah erti kehidupan di sana, hayatilah erti kasta dan darjat, miskin dan kaya, seperti yang saya alami minggu lalu.

Seburuk-buruk Malaysia, inilah tanah tumpah darah kita.

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 Penang!

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

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

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

Contacted by Malaysiakini, Ahmad wanted Gerakan 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 Gerakan, his division and Penang Umno 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 Gerakan leaders then, said unlike the Barisan Nasional component party, Bukit Bendera Umno was not dependant on Gerakan’s support for its survival.

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

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

“So politically, Gerakan 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 Umno, Ahmad said he has always been active in the party even during his suspension.

“I never left Umno… 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 Umno president Najib Abdul Razak tomorrow afternoon on the proposal.

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

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

Mini market owner goes to court for 3rd time

December 10th, 2009
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I’m sure everyone’s familiar with the case of  mini market owner Subramaniam who have been summoned few times by the local council. The court ruled recently that the summons are invalid as the local council don’t have authority to haul someone to court via summons (that’s what I understood). Efforts are underway to change the law, so while that is happening, let’s look at the news below.

Questions are abound. Why wasn’t he given license after 2005? Was he offered an alternative place which he declined? Did he commit some crime like not paying fees or duit kopi(!)? Or was the place marked for development? Or did he vote for the other side? Or someone jealous of his business? Was he selling unauthorised items? Or any complaints on cleanliness by residents? Did he cheat customers? Any sane person would like to know why the license was not renewed, but newspaper did not mention it. When the information is not forthcoming, can you blame people like me for guessing all kinds of reasons?

Would it been different if the owner was not an Indian or Chinese? I like to say no, but well, we being Second (or is it Fourth?) Class citizen and all…

I remember the Pahang Indian Chamber of Commerce making some noise, that’s about it.

Mini-market owner Subra maniam Gopal was charged for the third time this year in the magistrate’s court here with the same four offences of operating his business in 2006 without a licence from the Temerloh Municipal Council.

Once again, Subramaniam, 50, pleaded not guilty to four charges of operating the GSM Mini Market on 10A Jalan Besar Lanchang in Lanchang, Pahang, without a licence on March 10, March 17, April 18 and June 6 in 2006.

Magistrate Ida Rahayu Sharif fixed Jan 26 for mention of the case after his counsel Datuk M. Ramachelvam told the court that they would be raising preliminary objections and Deputy Public Prosecutor Ellyna Othman did not object.

On Dec 1, High Court Judicial Commissioner Akhtar Tahir had released the grounds of his judgment for his Sept 11 landmark decision that Section 120 of the Local Government Act, which had been used by the council to prosecute Subramaniam the first time round, was unconstitutional because it empowered the council to institute prosecutions when Article 145(3) of the Federal Constitution gave that right solely to the Attorney-General.

It is believed the same objection will be taken against yesterday’s charges.

On Nov 22, the Sunday Star frontpaged the Sept 11 judgment and ramifications for local councils nationwide.

In his oral judgment that day, JC Akhtar had also ordered Subramaniam be given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal.

On the following Tuesday, the council served Subramaniam with fresh summonses from the council for the same offences and he was charged on Nov 25 for a second time.

After his not guilty plea was taken, Ida Rahayu allowed DPP Nurshafini Mustafa’s application for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal as the council had applied wrongly for the summonses.

Outside the court yesterday, Subramaniam said he had been running his shop since 1979 and had always had a licence until 2005 when the council rejected his application for a renewal.

“I do not have any alternative to earn a living. I have children studying overseas to support.

“What is happening to me now is not fair as I have been running this business for so many years and I have to continue doing this. Let me live in peace,” he said.

Ramachelvan said his client was in a bind whether to stop or continue with the business because it was his livelihood.

Chinese and Indians are Class two citizens while Malays are Class one

December 8th, 2009
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So says some intelligent being as below.

Ahmad Mahayuddin said Kulasegaran should not even question the rights of the Malays.

“Our numbers are bigger and we have been on this soil before the other races,” he said.

“Kulasegaran must apologise and we give him two weeks to do so or we will protest in front of his office,” he said adding that the Government should revoke Kulasegaran’s citizenship.

“We Malays have been passive over numerous issues. We do not question the rights of the Chinese or Indians on the economic grounds.

So, we want other races not to question our rights. All must remember the Chinese and Indians are Class two citizens while Malays are Class one, said Ahmad.

Surprisingly, the above was not mentioned in NST or Malaysiakini. Only appeared in Star which carried the Bernama version.

This is what the country have achieved. Creating monsters through various policies, education, and lop-sided views.

Who is this Ahmad? (I’m curious, is “Ahmad” a “Malay” name? Did it exist before 15th century? Anyway, not relevant I guess.) Well, Ahmad was part of a group who were protesting today after the cow head group case was heard. He is from the Section 23 Action Group or something like that.

I remember the DAP people apologised after the door mat photo issue, so I guess these guys will be doing the same? Or am I asking too much from these animals?

The full article is below:

Motorists on the busy Jalan Utama here were startled when a group of men unfurled a banner depicting caricatures of DAP leaders with cows’ bodies complete with horns and started stepping on them

Some of the 30-odd men, including the 12 charged in connection with the ‘cow head’ protest on Aug 26, kicked and stepped on the caricatures of DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and Perak DAP secretary Nga Kor Meng.

The protest took place after the 12 had stepped out of the Sessions Court where Judge Hasbi Hassan had fixed their trial for April 12.

They immediately joined the others who were already outside the court for the protest.

The group shouted Jangan Memperbodohkan Orang Melayu (Do not hoodwink the Malays’).

Asked on the reason for the protest, the non-governmental organisation Badan Bertindak Penyatuan Ummah chairman Ahmad Mahayuddin Abdul Manaf said he had no knowledge about the protest but joined in as he walked out of the court.

“What I understand is that the group who unfurled the banner was angry with the recent incident where DAP members walked on the ‘doormat’ pictures of ex-Pakatan Rakyat representatives Hee Yit Foong, Mohd Osman Jailu and Jammaluddin Mohd Radzi,” he said.

He said the group was ‘just expressing their displeasure against such behaviour (by the DAP.’

The group also lodged 19 police reports against DAP vice-chairman M. Kulasegaran at the Shah Alam police department in Section 11, for questioning the rights of the Malays at the Dewan Rakyat on Monday.

Ahmad Mahayuddin said Kulasegaran should not even question the rights of the Malays.

“Our numbers are bigger and we have been on this soil before the other races,” he said.

“Kulasegaran must apologise and we give him two weeks to do so or we will protest in front of his office,” he said adding that the Government should revoke Kulasegaran’s citizenship.

“We Malays have been passive over numerous issues. We do not question the rights of the Chinese or Indians on the economic grounds.

“So, we want other races not to question our rights. All must remember the Chinese and Indians are Class two citizens while Malays are Class one, said Ahmad

Inside the Sessions Court earlier, judge Hasbi set aside five days for the trial, which will be heard by Sessions Court judge, M. Gunalan.

The twelve are Ahmad Mahayuddin, 36, Ibrahim Sabri, 43, Eyzva Ezhar Ramly, 31, Mohd Azmir Mohd Zain, 35, Ahmad Suhairy Zakaria, 30, Mohd Hilmi Ni, 40,Jainuddin @ Zainuddin Md Yusuff, 67, Mohd Jurit Ramli, 39, Mohamad Nordin Zakaria, 46, Jamil Mohamad Isa, 40, Rahimuddin Md Harun, 39, and Azhari Shaari, 39.

Ibrahim and Ahmad Mahayuddin are jointly charged with stepping on the head of the cow, Eyzva Ezhar with bringing the cow head to the scene while Mohd Azmir, Ahmad Suhairy and Mohd Hilmi are jointly charged with carrying around the cow head and stepping on it during the illegal assembly.

They are charged under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948 and face a maximum of RM5,000 in fine, or jail of up to three years, or both. All the six claimed trial.

The six of them also pleaded not guilty to an alternative charge of hurting the feelings of Hindus at the same place and time and face up to a year in jail, fine, or both, under Section 298 of the Penal Code.

Ahmad Mahayuddin and Ibrahim are the chairman and deputy chairman respectively of the Shah Alam Section 23 Residents Action Committee. They led the demonstration in protesting the Selangor state government’s plan to relocate a Hindu temple from Section 19 in Shah Alam to their area.

The others Jainuddin, Mohd Jurit, Mohamad Nordin, Jamil, Rahimuddin and Azhari Shaari are charged with participating in an illegal assembly.

They are charged under Section 27(5)(a) of the Police Act 1967 and can be fined up to RM10,000 and jailed up to a year, if convicted.

Deputy Public Prosecutors Datuk Razali Che Ani and Harris Ong Mohd. Jeffery Ong appeared for the prosecution while all the accused were represented by counsel Hashim Ibrahim. – Bernama