Partners-in-crime.

Taken from TheStar article, our Home Minister (who he gave away a small yet strategic piece of rock to Singapore) had this to say:

Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan is not being charged because he is the key witness in the sodomy case against PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.

He said that in a criminal justice system, when a person comes forward to report on a matter, the person would be protected.

“Usually, the victim is given protection,” Syed Hamid said

Kinda weird answer if you asked me. The thing is, the victim wasn't a victim in this case. It was more like a partner-in-crime. I'll be fine when/if the partner-in-crime comes out to be a witness and gets the cop's protection. But I find it hard to comprehend that this fellow is not charged accordingly to the law of the crimes he committed. Does this minister is to say that, if I robs a bank with you and I reports you to the cops and that I will get away from the crime that I have just committed with you?

Doesn't sound logical right?

And now you know why we lost out a piece of rock to Singapore.

Malaysia Boleh!

What logic is this fler trying to articulate?

Taken from theStar article,

Penang opposition leader Datuk Azhar Ibrahim caused an uproar in the House when he accused the Pakatan Rakyat state government of “embezzling” RM30mil.

“The state says that it is trying to save money by flying economy class and implementing austerity measures but it is actually embezzling the people’s money by not collecting the illegal hawking and parking compounds issued before March 8,” said the Penaga assemblyman who twice described himself as a “good guy” in his debate on the motion of thanks on the Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas’s speech.

I have a serious time trying to 'konek' the logic, and i doubt the revenue from these compounds can even get the Penang Government 14 luxurious Mercedes E200 Kompressors which the Terengganu Government just purchased at the cost of RM3.43million.

Still bitter or just being sore... ?

The NST carries this insignificant news, "Si Pin still bitter over loss".

This first timer in this election as a candidate also said, "I hope they see what type of MP they have voted in. I doubt he can serve the people well." He said this in response to PKR's approach to Gerakan for assistance in certain land dispute.

In the same article, he also said he just took over the party's service center in Sentul. Wait a minute, what was that? He hasn't served before?? Not only he is a first timer, he is also inexperienced. This is like the kettle calling the pot black.

The people knew what type of the previous Gerakan MP was. He was simply ineffective. In addition to that, the people doubted Si Pin because they think that Si Pin cannot stand on his own without his father around. According to my mom, when Si Pin campaigned through his visits to the local pasar, both of his hands were held close towards his navel, seems uninterested to make handshakes or contacts with minders around him watching closely like fearing some bacteria outbreak might break this boy-boy. Smiles were the only thing he could afford to give and to many locals, they felt that this was nothing more than just a lip service, a speciality like any other politician gleefully do. Yes, that was what Si Pin's campaign was projected upon, spineless and unapproachable. To be fair and frank, Gerakan failed to serve and address the constituency's issues, needs and interests.Those were the reasons why Gerakan was voted out. Now, the people has spoken and it is time for another elected MP to be given the opportunity to solve the problems.

Yes, this inexperienced guy who tried to ride on his father's shadow in this election failed to win. The article by NST was nothing more than a cheap publicity. I am sure there are more quality news to write about than this. Who cares if Si Pin is bitter? Unless Si Pin has impressive CV on his communal achievements in this constituency, I doubt Si Pin has the right to say anything about someone else's achievements. Action speaks louder but maybe an empty cans do more. Like father like son. The newspaper went on saying that politics was in his blood. I think the newspaper also forgot to mentioned that both Lims have really got big mouth (and big head) and are just plain sore loser. Don't you think so? Si Pin has no interest on the people except his own interest. Otherwise he would have checked out who were the locals and help them to resolve on the land matters. So please stop whining like a cry baby, and dare I say, it runs in his blood too.

No Surprises

Taken from theSun newspaper, Selangor Umno Youth Chief Abdul Shukur Idrus asked Khalid Ibrahim (Selangor Chief Minister) not to even consider a non-Muslim for the number 2 post in Selangor Deputy Chief Minister.

What more can I say, what a racist bum.

Even the highly respected figure from Umno that I used to hold up high, I didn't expect he was so tainted. You can read more about him* here.

It just goes to show that the interest of this bunch of group is nothing more than self-serving with personal agenda.

* Anyway, did you realise that the house of this respected figure is almost a carbon-copy of the White House? Not just the exterior but the interior as well.

Post-GE 2008 Quotable Quotes

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"I'm hearing words from old Umno members saying 'Aku meluat', 'Agkuh' and 'Sombong'. These are some of the words being used, so Umno has to change. No more spin. We don't need spin doctors like Zam (Zainudin Maidin) anymore." - Zaid Ibrahim.

"It’s just that when the EC chief (Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman) speaks, he is provocative. He's like a Barisan Nasional fellow.He likes to show that he is so loyal to Umno. He says things like "Nobody else can rule the country" and other ridiculous things like that. So when you talk like that, people don't trust you." - Zaid Ibrahim.

"The BN and Umno suffered because there were too many leaders who were hungry for power. They forgot about service to the people." - Prof Mohd Zainul Fithri, vice-president of the Management and Science University.

"Umno leaders were engrossed with tenders, wealth and corruption issues, cronyism and weak leadership, outdated ideas and implementation of projects that did not have a positive impact on people." -Prof Md Shukri Shuib, a lecturer with the college of law, government and international studies at Universiti Utara Malaysia.

"He remained silent (on many important issues) when people expected him as party president to speak up for the community. All he would say is that he would discuss this behind closed doors. A silent politician is no politician. Silent politics is equivalent to zero politics. We paid for that big mistake he made," - Chua Jui Meng attributed MCA poor election results to Ong Ka Ting.

"Ong Ka Ting has accused DAP’s Lim Kit Siang of being power crazy. But by holding on to MCA presidency now, he is viewed as lacking integrity and credibility himself." An urban voter, TM Lee, 28, remarked.

“When Ong Ka Ting promised the party a new era in 2003 following his first 100 days as president, we did not know it would be the start of the Ong dynasty." - A MCA Penang insider reveals.

"BN had underestimated the political education that voters were receiving through news websites and blogs. In the last few years, the Malaysian public was being educated and informed of happenings and scandals through the Internet, which was blanketed out of the mainstream media. Governments all over the world, including Singapore, will do well to realise the power of the Internet and flow along with it." - Dr Ooi Kee Beng, a Penang-born fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

"People began to think that BN was not serving the interest of the people, be they Malays or non-Malays. The issue of rising prices was very serious but the BN government pretended they did not know about it and kept saying that this is a global trend. Many of the BN leaders are wealthy, so who is suffering? That's why the anger was there." - Associate Prof Dr Ariffin Omar, political science lecturer with UUM.

"There are infighthing in UMNO and BN coalition parties. There were so many factions within UMNO who are juggling for power... It's disunity within UMNO and BN." - Associate Prof Dr Ariffin Omar

"The special Malay rights is just a beautiful word. Who enjoys these previleges? No deserving Malays. I don't think Malays question the policy but how it's implemented."- Associate Prof Dr Ariffin Omar

"They were so taken up with their own newspaper reports that they couldn't hear anything else. They dismissed everything they didn't like... They have been so arrogant that they have suppressed any opinions they don't like and believe in their own reports which are not consistent with what is really happening in the country." - Tun Dr Mahathir commented on BN's poor election results.

"This is a historic crisis, and we must face it without further denial, self-deception or media spin." - Ku Li.

"I think the Japanese would have committed harakiri. But I think the Malays are not up to this yet." - Tun Dr Mahathir.

"The people have observed that this government is run by one family for the family. As long as you have that kind of arrangement where family takes precedence over cabinet, over the government itself, I think the people would want to go against them" - Tun Dr Mahathir.

"Politicians should never believe their own propaganda. Politicians who do are apt to commit political suicide. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi did just that last Saturday. He and others in the ruling coalition believed their own propaganda, they smiled at their own press releases, and they duly submitted their necks to be wrung by an electorate only too anxious to throttle them." - Janadas Devan writing for NST.

"MCA grassroots immediately started 'whispering' their grouses after the president Ka Ting appointed his brother Ka Chuan to replace Dr Ting Chew Peh as secretary-general... Those not in 'good books' of the president got wind that many of their leaders would be dropped as candidates." - Ng Kee Seng and Giam Say Khoon's analysis with TheSun newspaper.

"The main issues were feeling of unfairness and hubris of power.... compounded by raising cost of living and crime rate, the people were in the mood for change or at least show displeasure. Unfortunately, BN leaders and candidates were unable or unwilling to rebut or counter such accusations, hoping for them to disappear as mistakes." - Goh Ban Lee for TheSun newspaper.

"For instance, the mass-media including newspaper failed to highlight the criticism. Worst, they tend to give BN candidates glowing reviews. These lopsided reports and commentaries lulled them in to believing that all went well." - Goh Ban Lee for TheSun newspaper.

"Good thing about election is that they are not permenant. Four to five years later, DAP/PKR/PAS will have to account for their promises."- Goh Ban Lee for TheSun newspaper.

"He won or lost? Oh, he lost. Well, the way he was campaigning was really funny, telling people to look at his face and how it doesn't change. But I think that a face that doesn't change can be very boring. Sometimes you must laugh, sometimes you must cry. He was telling everybody 'Ini muka tak bertukar, tak bertukar'. Who is interested in his ‘wajar’? If he was Britney Spears, then…." - Tun Dr Mahathir commenting on Zam's campaign results.

"They have their constraints. Some of them are my friends and supporters too and they apologise say that they can't help. 'It's all this Kali. This Kali,' they tell me." - Tun Dr Mahathir commenting on press editors to resign following a poor feedback and analysis to the government prior to election day.

"The Indian community is not questioning the special rights and the privileges accorded to the Malays, but just want their due rights and equal opportunities as citizens of this country,"Malaysian Indian Business Association (Miba) president P Sivakumar.

Some just dont get it

Nazri Aziz, Umno supreme council member said, "It looks like the educated Malays do not care about Malay rights anymore."

And then we have some loud mouth from UMNO Penang to recommend to the Federal Government to stop all proposed mega projects in the state, include those planned under the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER), the second Penang Bridge, the light monorail transit system, the Penang Outer Ring Road, the Penang Sentral and the RapidPenang bus service.

I think they just don't get it. They don't even know why are they rejected by the rakyat. They think they have this smart ass attitude and perfectly accepted rationale. It is exactly these stupid statements they made that got them five states taken by new PKR-DAP-PAS alliance. Yeah, if these continues, I think the new alliance will take over a few more states too. These people who made these statements are a real selfish lot and that is why the rakyat has rejected them.

The voice of the rakyat has spoken. It's time for BN to accept the verdict. If PM has said that he has accepted the verdict of the people, and so be it. It is those who are still in hallucinating keeps on hallucinating.

Take a peek on this blog on why the new alliance was chosen. Yes, blog doesn't necessarily mean rubbish, Nazri. It is your advisers that are feeding rubbish to you and you don't even smell it.

Losing the plot

The Sin Chew Daily reported the following:

"MCA president Ong Ka Ting is believed to have decided to give up his ministerial position but will remain as party president.

The front-page report, which quoted sources, said Ong would not offer himself as a minister because he wanted to take responsibility for the party's disastrous outing in Saturday's 12th General Election.

Instead, he will propose to the prime minister that his brother and party secretary-general Ong Ka Chuan to take over the Housing his Local Government Ministry."

If you are watching a movie, you'll definitely sees through this plot. Yes, he has a personal agenda. It is very disgusting for him to 'act honorable' but yet promotes nepotism within the party's hierarchy. I think MCA is due to doom.

An urban voter, TM Lee, 28, remarked "Ong has accused DAP’s Lim Kit Siang of being power crazy. But by holding on to MCA presidency now, he is viewed as lacking integrity and credibility himself."

A MCA Penang insider reveals, “When he promised the party a new era in 2003 following his first 100 days as president, we did not know it would be the start of the Ong dynasty,"

More so, when Tun Dr Mahathir has this to say, "As long as you have that kind of arrangement where family takes precedence over cabinet, over the government itself, I think the people would want to go against them."

So please do the right thing and heed from the old man's wisdom. And please, stop acting like you're some angel coz you're not!

Another "Tak Tau" Classic.

Here's another from our PM infamous "Saya tak tau" (cluessless mindset).

"The rout the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) suffered on Saturday was due to a number of factors, many of which are still unclear. But at the top of the list has to be the coalition's gross misreading of the electorate's mood. Datuk Seri Abdullah and his senior colleagues had no idea they were unpopular." writes Janadas Devan for NST.

Yes, it's infectious and it is getting a hang on to his party members.

* Rashid's ungentlemanly response when he was asked how did the opposition fared in the GE results.

Thank you, Nazri!

You gotta thank this big arse mouth for waking up Malaysians to go out and vote!

He said these in an interview:

"No. It’s not important to address of these people. Why do you put so much importance on bloggers? You know what rubbish has been written in the blogs? I don’t read blogs. I don’t waste my time. The few pieces that people print for me are just rubbish."

"I’d rather spend my time to do things that are constructive; that go down directly to the people who are really in need of the help of the government."

"You don’t have to have millions of people marching in the streets. Let the people decide, whether there is a crisis or not, through the legal means of sharing your dissent or anger — through the ballot box."

If it's not for 220,000 postal vote, possibly more via double voting or some random-detected irregularities, I'll bet you'll be joining Samy in his official retirement. Anyway, you have done great service to Malaysia, hope to see you around when PM forms his cabinet.

Now, with 4 new states joining Kelantan under opposition's rule especially with Selangor (konon the most developed state), I don't know if this is crisis or not. Nazri, can you please give us a thought or two?

Nazri, Nazri, are you there?

Will he be the No2 again?

Abdullah Badawi succeeded Tun Dr Mahathir and became the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia on October 31 2003. He did not have a deputy for slightly more than 2 months. Later, Najib was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister in January 7, 2004. It was part of the package arranged by Tun Dr Mahathir and it was pre-conditional upon Abdullah's appointment as UMNO president. Tun Dr Mahathir further reinforced this succession by putting very broad hints in the media that Najib was the most capable person to become Abdullah’s deputy. Hence, Abdullah's hands were tied and due to public's respect towards Tun Dr Mahathir, Abdullah obliged and appointed Najib as his running mate.

Fast forward to 2008, post general election. Will Najib be appointed as the no2 again this time around? We'll find out more soon ;)

GE 2008 Quotable Quotes

"It would be a disaster if Malaysia loses its opposition." - Tun Mahathir Mohamad.

"I do not want to form a government that is made up of only one race," Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said of the indications that the Chinese and Indian parties in the Barisan Nasional coalition could be hit on Saturday.

"Once you lodge a formal report with ACA, you cannot bring up the issue again. You cannot talk about the issue anymore after you made a formal report.... I can't even raise it in parliament, I can't raise it in DUN, I can't raise it outside.... Just like what happened to See Chee How of PKR. They go and lodge a police report and with ACA, they go and get themselves sued by the Chief Minister, and now you cannot talk about the Japan Times logging issue anymore. " - Chong Chieng Jen commenting on the flaws of ACA.

"No, we are not buying all these election gimmicks this time. Do you think we Indians are stupid? Hindraf - the Hindu Rights Action Force - has opened the eyes of the community to several government policies that it claims discriminate against Indians."said resident Rajagopal Muniandy, 43, a businessman from Buntong in Ipoh. Indians make up 46 per cent of its 23,000 voters.

"Why the discrimination? I just want to earn a decent living.A Malay had no problems securing a licence although the application was only made three months ago", said Mr Anthonysamy when his numerous license application to operate a sundry shop for years but had always been rejected.

"After 50 years, finally we have a leader from our own community. Malays better vote for Sayuti or the seat may go back to the MIC,” said an Umno leader, portraying that communal politics and a candidate’s race are pertinent factors in every election whether one cares to admit it or not.

"You know Indians are very political. Tunku Abdul Rahman used to say if there is one Indian, there is one political party. If there are two Indians, there are two political parties." - Tun Mahathir.

"These elections are not about trusting Anwar cos the Opposition is not strong enough to win anyway. These elections are about waking up Pak Lah when BN loses 50 seats. Pak Lah can't be trusted cos he has already broken his promises to fight crime, corruption and racism." - Tian Chua.

"Such a plot to undermine the vote is unlikely to come from the opposition because it will only be to their disadvantage." says Professor Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, who teaches sociology at the National University of Malaysia, was commenting on the withdrawal of the use of indelible ink by EC.

"People have been saying, 'Anwar, boycott the elections. They promised indelible ink and they cancelled at the last moment, it's shameful'. India with its one billion people can conduct free and fair elections with indelible ink and nobody was hurt. Indonesia used indelible ink. Turkey had elections with indelible ink. But not in our case." - Anwar Ibrahim

"Malaysia saying with 10,820 people over 100 years old, it has the highest number of old people in the world while there were 65,535 cases of “overcrowded addresses.” - Anwar Ibrahim

“EC is colluding with BN to allow cheating in the coming general elections. Despite all assurances and false gestures, it is now clear the (EC chairperson) Abdul Rashid (Abdul Rahman) is content to conduct the 12th general election in an atmosphere completely bereft of integrity” - Dr Syed Husin Ali in his statement made following Election Commission's decision not to use indelible ink for this coming polls.

“The EC has also destroyed its credibility, integrity and independence by cancelling the use at the last minute when it had earlier touted the use of indelible ink as a sign of its commitment towards ensuring free, fair, clean elections,” - Lim Kit Siang's reaction.

"They misled all Malaysians, not only yourselves, the voters of Malaysia and us, that they would implement the (use of) indelible ink - they also issued numerous statements about how much indelible ink would cost and they said they would buy it." - R Sivarasa, the candidate for Selangor's Subang made his statement known.

"I am very disappointed with the report which spins (this) so negatively... ‘Penang bribes Motorola’. It is most regrettable, most regrettable" Tsu Koon comments in a press conference on why the government is spending RM1billion tax payer's money in exchange for the multinational to stay put in Penang and pump in an additional investment of RM350 million over the next five years.

"The Selangor government has increased the price of water by 15% and it is expected to go up even further to 37% by January 2009." - Charles Santiago further added that it was BN's policy to privatise water.

"I'm surprised that MCA are absent today." - Tsu Koon commented after launching of Penang-level BN-Gerakan's manifesto in the presence of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

"I think if you follow them, it will be disastrous for the party." - Tun Dr Mahathir's response when asked about the possibility of Hishammuddin or Khairy to play a bigger role in Umno after the elections.

"I thought the NEP has already ended." Chew Mei Fun replied in a Q&A with Malaysiakini.

“If there is NO sufficient Chinese representation in the Barisan Nasional, it is not a good thing, the Chinese community cannot afford another May 13 incident.” Chew Mei Fun made a implicit warning to her Chinese voters.

"Come to Sentul and stand next to me for a debate. Face the voters and explain your manifesto for Batu. Debating is the job of Members of Parliament (MPs). If you dare not face me, how are you going to face Lim Kit Siang (incumbent Ipoh Timor MP) and Fong Po Kuan (imcumbent Batu Gajah MP),” Tian Chua said in his ceramah while referring to Si Pin, attended by about 300 people in Sentul.

"Debate is a waste of time and energy." - Lim Si Pin (son of Lim Keng Yaik) , Gerakan candidate for Batu Parlimentary Seat commented on the challenged by the opposition candidate to a public debate.

"If you vote me in, judge me not whether I can service your drains and have more tarred roads, but judge me whether I can defend the rights of Malaysian. If I don't, please kick me out." - Tony Pua, DAP candidate for PJ Utara Parlimentary Seat spoke at SS2 Ceramah recently.