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Deja Vu?

February 6th, 2009
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Read this:

The principal of a secondary school here is in trouble for an alleged religious slur against his students.

More than 20 parents of the school’s students gathered outside the district education office here to demand an apology yesterday.

They claimed the principal had used the derogatory words thrice during an assembly on Sunday.

One of the parents, Y. Baskaran, said the principal should set a good example by fostering unity among students.

“The principal’s action is an insult to the community. She should have refrained from using such words. I hope no one in responsible positions like her uses the words in future,” he said.

Several parents had also lodged a police report the day after the incident.

Baskaran said narrow-minded civil servants such as the principal were obstructing the government’s efforts to promote racial harmony in the country.

Baskaran, who represented the parents, handed a memorandum to district education officer Abu Bakar Md Ali.

Social worker S. Neelamegam, who was present at the gathering, said disciplinary action should be meted out to the principal to serve as a lesson to other civil servants.

Abu Bakar said he would refer the matter to the state Education Department.

And then, this incident in Kuala Langat.

Don’t be surprised if the HM gets promoted and transfered to a Cluster school! 🙂

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PR reps tell tales of money politics

February 6th, 2009
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“money politics” is a term introduced to well by Malaysia (well, to be precise, by a political party in Malaysia). While the rest of the world uses more the common term – bribery, we invented a new term. Malaysia Boleh, of course!

Interestingly, “money politics” is not limited to intra-party on-goings only, if we are to believe the words of some Pakatan Rakyat leaders. RM60 million!!!! Seriously??? Like that means politician can be a career worth considering for our younger generation! Let’s face it, not everyone will be Tiger Woods or Ronaldo or Bill Gates. But everyone can try to be a politician. it does not really need any qualifications nor technical skills.

The first report sees Perak Pakatan reps saying:

IPOH: Five Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen have claimed they have been approached by agents to cross over to Barisan Nasional.

They are State Assembly Speaker and Tronoh assemblyman V. Siva­kumar, Sungkai assemblyman A. Sivanesan, Hutan Melintang assemblyman S. Kesavan, Malim Nawar assemblyman Keshvinder Singh and Buntong assemblyman A. Subra­maniam [all Indians. Interesting!].

Except for Sivakumar, the others claimed they were contacted in recent days.

Sivakumar said he was offered RM60mil to cross over last year before his appointment as Speaker.

Sivanesan said he was initially approached before he was sworn in last year, and on Tuesday he received a call to persuade him to cross over.

He said the caller said: “Tunggu apa lagi? Kerajaan dah lari sana. Kalau abang setuju, saya datang sekarang juga bawa abang duduk seminggu.” (What are you waiting for? The Government has changed. If you agree to cross over, I will take you into hiding for a week.)

Sivanesan said he was first approached last year by a man called Amir, and a meeting was arranged after he informed the party leadership.

He said he met Amir, accompanied by two others, at a fast-food outlet in Bidor, and was offered RM5mil and a seat on the state executive council.

He claimed Amir contacted him after he was sworn in and doubled the offer.

Keshwinder Singh said he was offered RM10mil plus the position of the Perak MIC chief and a place on the state executive council about a week ago. [Perak MIC post??? G. Rajoo must be seething with anger!]

“A man who said he was acting on behalf of an Umno leader came to my office in Kampar with the proposition,” he said.

All five assemblymen were present at the High Court as a show of support for Sivakumar who has filed a suit seeking to uphold the resignation of Changkat Jering, Behrang and Jelapang state assemblymen, thus getting the seats to be declared vacant.

The same paper reported another case by Kedah PR reps:

Two PKR assemblymen in Kedah claimed they were offered money to leave Pakatan Rakyat and become Independents after the March general election.

Lim Soo Nee (Kulim) and Tan Show Kang (Sidam) claimed that the offer of several millions of ringgit was made many times by the same man.

“The man last offered me money about a month ago. He offered a large sum of money to leave Pakatan Rakyat and become an Independent assemblyman. I do not know the man,” Tan told reporters at the official declaration ceremony of Pokok Sena as the state’s 12th district yesterday.

Lim said he was also offered a large sum of money but the man stopped making the offer after several months.

Lim and Tan said they reported the matter to the PKR headquarters.

These allegations are being bandied now probably to drive the point that the defectors in Perak were offered similar propositions as well.

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Keedah ADUN Arumugam threatened

February 3rd, 2009
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From NST:

Bukit Selambau assemblyman V. Arumugam has lodged a police report that threats have been made on his life and that of his family if he did not leave PKR and join the Barisan Nasional.

The state PKR deputy chairman, who is also state Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman, lodged the report at the Sungai Petani police station yesterday afternoon.

He said this was not the first time he was lodging a report with the police over similar threats, purportedly by agents of Barisan Nasional.

Arumugam, a former Royal Malaysian Air Force officer, said there were attempts to “kidnap” him last October.

“Many people approached me and asked me to defect to BN while others threatened me to do so.

“I will not budge. I was elected under the PKR ticket and I vow to stay with the people who have elected me into office.”

He said last December, someone smashed the windscreen of his official car with a brick which carried a note threatening his life if he did not defect to BN.

He said the latest incidents involving the two Perak PKR assemblymen compelled him to make public the threats on his life and family.

“A few days ago, some people approached me with lucrative offers to leave PKR.

“All these are very scary and I want the police to investigate all my complaints,” he said, adding that yesterday’s report was his third with the police since last year.

From Malaysiakini:

Amid the political turmoil in Perak, a PKR elected representative in Kedah has filed a police report claiming among others that there was an attempt to kidnap him.
Bukit Selambau assemblyperson V Arumugam also claimed that he and his officers have received numerous threats.

“All of this is being done in order to force me to leave PKR and move to Barisan Nasional,” alleged the state exco in a statement today.

Arumugam had filed the police report at the Sungai Petani district police headquarters this afternoon.

Apart from the alleged ‘kidnap’ attempt last November, the assemblyperson claimed that he had also received threats via the telephone.   

“On Dec 12, there was an incident where the windscreen of the official exco car (Proton Perdana) was smashed and there was a note containing a threat which was tied to a brick.

“A few days ago, several individuals had approached me with lucrative offers in order to coax me into leaving PKR,” he said.

According to Arumugam, the latest incident involving two PKR assemblypersons in Perak had motivated him to make this matter public.

“I am worried that if I do not come forward, then the safety of my family would continue to be threatened.

“I also call on the police to investigate all my police reports since March 2008 and take the necessary action,” he added.

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MIC Youth forms watchdog committee after Kugan saga

February 2nd, 2009
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Well, at least some good thing came out of Kugan’s death. MIC Youth is setting up a watchdog committee to “monitor and prevent such deaths from happening in the future”.

The Youth wing’s coordinator T Mohan told Malaysiakini that the committee would consist of 10 people, the majority of whom were lawyers and non-party members.

The committee itself will be headed by lawyer SP Muthuvelu, said Mohan.

The formation of the committee was discussed and agreed by the MIC Youth in a council meeting this morning.

“Muthuvelu will be the chairperson on the committee. He will be assisted by seven other lawyers, none of whom are from the party,” said Mohan.

He added that the Youth wing’s secretary C Shivarraj and another person would be the two representative of the party in the committee.

“We wanted independent people in the committee. Of the eight lawyers, four of them are from non-governmental organisations,” he added.

He further said that the main purpose of the committee was to look into custodial deaths and to give feedback to the government on how to stop such deaths from happening again.

“The committee has been given three weeks to compile a list and conduct a research of past custodial deaths. We want to get to the root of this problem…to find out why it happens, especially to youths from the Indian community.

“And as soon as the committee has compiled a list of previous cases and our findings on the reasons for these cases, a memorandum will be submitted to the government and the police,” he said.

Aim is to stop custodial deaths

Mohan also said that the committee would take a keen interest in the Kugan case.

“We want the committee to tell us how the family can be compensated and what else could be done to help them.”

However he said the main thrust of the committee was to make sure that no more persons end up dead while in police detention.

“For starters this committee will be watching the police closely in the event there is another custodial death. In the long run, the committee hopes to put up workable proposals to ensure there are no more custodial deaths,” he said.

The Youth wing’s advisor S Vell Paari told Malaysiakini that the objective of the committee was to ensure that the youth wing was playing its role in protecting the Indian community.

“We can’t be doing things on ad hoc basis, trying to pool people every time something like Kugan’s case happens.

“That’s why we wanted this committee to be there on a permanent basis to look on such matters, to see how we can avoid them from happening altogether,” he said.

While Malaysiakini reported as above, NST had slightly different story:

MIC Youth has set up a watchdog committee to monitor cases of brutality and deaths in police lock-ups.

The newly formed committee comprises seven lawyers and three representatives from non-governmental organisations, all members of MIC Youth. [MK said only 2 from MIC Youth and 8 lawyers]

Acting MIC Youth chief T. Mohan said the committee had already begun compiling the details of the death of A. Kugan from the police and his family.

The 22-year-old died in the police lock-up at Taipan, Subang Jaya, on Jan 20.

He had been in detention from Jan 14 for investigation into his possible involvement in the theft of several luxury cars.

“These details will be contained in a memorandum to be submitted to the inspector-general of police and deputy prime minister within a week or two. [MK reported 3 weeks]

“We want the police to take action, including specialised training, to make its personnel more responsible for safeguarding human life so there is no repeat of a case like Kugan’s.”

Speaking after chairing the national MIC Youth council meeting yesterday, Mohan said the police and Home Ministry should re-open and thoroughly investigate every death in police custody.

“The reports of these investigations must be made public and action must be taken against the personnel involved to restore public confidence in the police force.”

Mohan said although people of all races had died in police custody, records show that in the last eight years about 80 Indians had died in lock-ups, possibly due to abuse by the police or by fellow prisoners.

“The police should also appoint more Indian officers to high positions. They would be better equipped to handle young Indian offenders and spread anti-crime awareness.

“Currently the highest rank Indian police officers have reached is Senior Assistant Commissioner I,” he said, adding MIC Youth was planning prayers for Kugan at the Klang Sivan temple on Friday evening.

By the way, does anyone keep track how many committees have been formed by MIC/other parties and their status so far? We don’t want it to be like some entities – many committees, but no action nor results.

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Coach Sathianathan sacked for telling the truth

February 2nd, 2009
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Can you believe this? Coach is sacked for telling the truth? For being brave?  I wonder why the FAM did not sack itself – starting from the very top itself.  They’ve been in power for decades and find it easy to blame everyone else except themselves. How convenient. How many chances do they need? Why are we forced to accept sub-standard management? Year after year we only get excuses and crap from FAM. Spending money on forums, seminars, workshops, etc – but end results same only. No wonder we are graded “D” by AFC on management. Why not we just get some of the league management team from other countries and pay them to run FAM and the whole football structure? At least we can blame the foreigners if things still fail!

I remember seeing angry Sathianathan on TV making the famous “M-League is not football” comment. Practically every expert who had done research/consultation have provided probable solutions. We have had foreign coaches, foreign players, different rules for practically every season of the football league etc. But we have had the same FAM leaders all this time. And our football team never did change for the better.

It doesn’t take a genius to realise that everything from the grassroot to the top must be revamped. Acts, rules and procedure must be reinvented. Players choosen without fear or favour. Scientific methods incorporated. Leagues to be started from pre-school itself – under 7 all the way till under-23. So many things can be learnt from practically every country who is about us in the footbal standing. That’s about 150 countries!

Year after  year we tend to hear the same problems – salary and EPF not paid, foreign players taking legal action, national team losing here and there, changes of coaches in state teams, players not fit, lack of funds and sponsorship, changes in league rules and regulation, stadium fees unpaid, matches postponed, etc. All this are pointing to failures in FAM itself – lack of willpower, enforcement and proper long-term strategy. Being weak and probably having some self-serving agenda.

Now the coach is being made scapegoat. Pity the guy. He could only work with the stuff he had. With only 3 fit players, we must be holding majlis kesyukuran for being trashed only 5-0.

If it was up to me, I’ll call the state of football in Malaysia as a criminal act. And the criminals are in FAM and state FAs.

FAM need to be man enough to take in the chin. Not be cowards. You can sack coaches. But you can’t sack the public who tells you “M-League is not football”!

The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) today decided to terminate the contracts of national head coach B. Sathianathan and national team manager Datuk Soh Chin Aun.

FAM deputy president Datuk Redzuan Tan Sri Sheikh Ahmad said the termination of Sathianathan and Chin Aun’s contracts was to pave the way for new faces to head the national football team.

“The FAM executive committee meeting chaired by FAM president Sultan Ahmad Shah were unanimous in their decision to terminate Sathianathan and Chin Aun’s services. Sathianathan will be given a month’s notice while Chin Aun’s termination takes effect immediately,” Redzuan told reporters at Wisma FAM after a three-hour meeting here today.

Redzuan however, did not reveal the actual reasons for the termination of the duo’s contracts but football critics feel the 0-5 defeat to UAE in the Asian Cup qualifiers last Wednesday and Sathianathan’s comment about the M-League could have weighed heavily against him.

“The post of the new head coach will be discussed soon by the management committee for the national team headed by Sultan Ahmad Shah,” he said.

Redzuan added that FAM had identified a list of local coaches to replace Sathianathan who had guided the national Under-23 squad to win the Merdeka Cup in 2007 before being appointed head coach of the senior team in September 2007.

As for the post of team manager, Redzuan said Datuk Capt. Gulzar Mohamad, one of the four FAM vice presidents, would replace Chin Aun who was actually a stand in manager for FAM deputy president Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar.

“Khairy was initially appointed team manager but since he could not fully commit himself, he had sought Chin Aun’s assistance,” he said.

He added that the committee also decided in today’s meeting that seven states and clubs that still owed players and coaches RM620,000 in arrears as wages, must settle the outstanding amount by Dec 31 or face drastic action.

“If they failed to settle the arrears, FAM will take drastic action, including barring them from competing in the M-League next season,” he said.

FAM has also picked a seven-member delegation to meet Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Wednesday to discuss the direction and future of Malaysian football, he said.

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