In yesterday’s entry, I highlighted several quotes from an Off the Edge interview with Gerakan adviser Lim Keng Yaik, including his comment about the dubious land deals in Penang:
(Koh Tsu Koon) was not strong enough to stop the Umno fellas. Let’s see the land cases coming up; you’ll find an Umno arm all over the place. Yes, and Guan Eng is saying, “You did not stop it.”
But check out theSun online today. In an article titled ‘Public land gone!’, Terence and Nades reported:
What was supposed to be land for facilities for the people in the up-market Bandar Utama township has ended up in private hands.
All it took was for the previous members of the Selangor Executive Council to agree and for the then mentri besar to alienate the land to individuals, bodies, corporations – and even political parties….
All in all, seven parcels of land meant for public amenities have been misused….
Political parties have also got into the action and hijacked some of them.
The land on which Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan)’s building is located was meant for a telecommunications exchange, while the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) now owns a parcel of land designated for a Tamil school.
Ouch! Perhaps Keng Yaik would like to clarify. (As for the MIC, that’s a lost cause.)
In the meantime, he appears to contradict acting party president Koh Tsu Koon. Keng Yaik had said that the mood among party leaders and members is to opt out of BN.
But in an NST report reproduced on the Gerakan website, we have Tsu Koon saying:
Certain quarters had made the call for the party to leave the ruling coalition. But it was only a small number that made the call.
The majority of members still want the party to stay in the BN and help to revive and strengthen the coalition.
So which is which?
the thiefs are aplenty in BN. they rob with no regards for damages and harm to others. if we as electorate dont stand up to vote them out, then keep quiet forever and stop griping about unfairness and banditry.
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A case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. This usually is the case when the incentive is no longer there.
All this while, the intimidation, the ostracism, and non stop propaganda worked their magic on a timid electorate, whose interest was successfully reduced to economic concerns.
History has shown that it is the middle class that will push for change, not because that they have nothing to lose, but how much more they will gain from less corruption and less wobbly politicians.
They are, after all, trying to justify all their hard work to secure a better future for a country they wish to call home.
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The only thing I can say is that Keng Yaik is making a desperate effort to make up for his many, many sins of omission when he helmed the Gerakan fo 20 years, was a Senior Minister in the Cabinet, and NEVER did anything to right the many wrongs being committed by UMNO. Now, he speaks out! Well, perhaps, better late than never, I suppose. But this will not make up for his dreadfully misguided past. He is doomed when the political history of the last two decades is written, just as the MCA leaders of the recent past are also doomed because they too did “nothing” for fear of earning the “wrath” of their masters, UMNO.
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As I have said yesterday, if LKY still influential,just walk quietly to KTK and tell him pull out from BN or disband GERAKAN as DAP can do a better job not only in Penang but in Malaysia. And LKY can retire and enjoy whatever he has over the years in government and behave himself after all he is a dead wood. Selamat beristirehat and we know that you have not done the job you are suppose to do, nobody wants you to finish it just go away.
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Why worry and why waste time and breath.
Gerakan is dead. Bury it…so the only time we need to hear from them is when they face legal retributions.
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Nyayuk guy Lah, leaving him alone Anil.
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Anil let this barking …. bark like i said redundant ex leader of a redundant party.
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these f*****s should go to jail …. i hope the first course of action that the PR government takes is like all other countries in Thailand, Brunei and Phillipines is to horde all these plunderers to jail – and use the ISA on them for good measure
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The Courage to Build a New Malaysia.
(Keberanian Membina sebuah Malaysia Baru.)
(Versi Bahasa Melayu dibawah)
The year is 2008. This is the year most Malaysians finally woke up from a deep slumber. Most Malaysians were just too busy earning their living and building up their lives to take notice that times have changed and the idealism spouted by our founding Fathers have still not been accomplished for this country even today.
It was not so long ago in 1957 and then for our fellow East Malaysians in 1963 when the ideals and dreams preached by the late Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj (Bapa Kemerdekaan and Bapa Malaysia) for Malaysia were first announced and was greeted with joy in the hearts and minds of all Malaysians. The late Tunku Abdul Rahman had a dream and ideals, just like Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and many others including the prophets over the history of mankind.
Many a times such dreams were hijacked and led astray under the guise of nationalistic, racist and religious idealism by so called politicians and self declared and appointed righteous and religious persons (Little Napoleons). Individuals who have risen to continue some of such idealisms are gagged, isolated, bankcrupted, blasphemied, rehabilitated or worst jailed, for it is deemed not in consonance with the dreams and idealism of the elected parties agendas.
cont’d at http://patek1472.wordpress.com
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A sinking ship and a desperate crew. What do you expect. They want to save themselves and the …
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I see no differences between, Keng Yaik, Samy Vellu and
Mahathir. They are virutally jobless and wanted to be
heard. They time are over. Get out and look after your
grand children or start a mini zoo and take the animals
as your political toys.
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“Koh Tsu Koon) was not strong enough to stop the Umno fellas. Let’s see the land cases coming up; you’ll find an Umno arm all over the place.” said Kheng Yaik.
Lim Kheng Yaik, you ae simply ‘great’. You know Koh Tsu Khoon is weak and yet you kept him in Pg for such a long time allowing UMNO guys to party. You are partly to be blamed.
So this further confirm waht LGE said is true. there are so many land scandals in Pg under the previous governmt.
One thing, Koh Tsu khoon is a goodpoker player. even though his previous admin was riddled with land scandals as confirmed by LKY, the former still remain calm when facing LGE in the debate.
GERAKAN , please forget about PG . The people are fed up with you all.
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All this makes sickening reading. These people should reflect on their karma.
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“Certain quarters had made the call for the party to leave the ruling coalition. But it was only a small number that made the call.” -Koh
Youth leaders in Perak and Penang have made the call and top leaders like Toh and Tan have left Gerakan but he still calls it a small number. Being in denial is the best phrase to describe KTK.
“The majority of members still want the party to stay in the BN and help to revive and strengthen the coalition.” – Koh
Now, this is adding delusion to denial. KTK is still under the delusion that Gerakan can change Umno.
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im simply tired of all these jokers -wish we have laws to shoot ;like in china. …
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Gerakan should have the power within BN .. like what SAPP is doing .. UMNO will not kick them out .
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Gerakan need to be disolve and or crossover as the people(Rakyat) had connered them. No more credible as the past years where fool by LKY…..ooops sorry Lim Keng Yeik (KY) not LKY of S’pore. KY a stupid idiot (Bodoh Sombong) which hold Son of kutty b… makes the poor M’sian stupid. Now you get it KY, the M’sian son’s goin to trow you in hell. A living hell……and now you’re are living on it.
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At the risk of being labelled rascist, if not for the fact that the Irish can have a good laugh at themselves, please let me share this joke with your readers. I thought it was hilarious.
IRISH MATHS TEST
An Irishman applied for a job on a construction site, but the site supervisor wouldn’t hire him until he passed a simple maths test.
Here’s your first question: “Without using numbers, represent the number 9.”
“Without numbers?” Tbe Irishman replies: “Dat is easy” and he proceeded to draw three trees.
“What’s this?” the boss asked.
The Irishman replied: “Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine,” said the Irishman.
“Fair enough,” said the boss.
“Here’s your second question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99.”
The Irishman thought about it for a while. He then picked up the drawing and made a smudge on each tree. “Ere you go.”
The boss scratched his head and asked: “How on earth do you get that to represent 99?”
“Each of da trees is dirty now. So it’s dirty tree and dirty tree and dirty tree. Dat makes 99.”
The boss was getting worried that he was actually going to have to hire this Irishman, so he said:
“Alright, last question. Same rules again but this time represent 100.”
The Irishman thought about it once again, picked up the drawing and made a mark at the base of each tree and says, “Ere you go. 100.”
The boss looked at the attempt and said, “You must be nuts if you think that represents 100.”
The Irishman leaned forward and pointed at the marks at the base of each tree and said, “A little dog came along and crapped by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd and dirty tree and a turd, which makes a hundred.”
“So when do I start?”
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I really cannot understand why Gerakan and MCA and the rest are still with UMNO. They are being bullied in front of everyone and they are still kissing a****. Geez. Wake up and get out of Barisan. Join Pakatan. Think about the people and not support UMNO blindly. They don’t respect you.
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So, what is the PR led government in Selangor going to do about it?
Taking the RAKYAT’s benefit for one’s own!
Let’s see action taken against the guilty ones!
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racist, no s…..
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i hope all malaysians are having the guts this time… to voice up and act against all the evils and wrongdoings by the vicious BN. we must be united to kick them out!
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Anil
Please see below . DSAI is against the devil trying to secure enough defections to form the government. …
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Malaysiakini : Special Branch probes defection rumours: Sarawak MP
A Sarawak parliamentarian has today spoken out strongly about the urgent need to end the long rule of the ‘arrogant’ Barisan Nasional government as rumours of potential crossovers pick up steam with Sept 16 only two weeks away.
The MP, an Iban who asked not to be identified, called Malaysiakini to say that Special Branch police officers had contacted him to check whether his name was linked to rumours of crossovers now making the rounds in Kuala Lumpur.
The rumours are related to Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim’s plan to boost his Pakatan Rakyat’s parliamentary ranks with defections from the ruling BN parties to take over the federal government by Sept 16.
The MP told Malaysiakini that while he could not be enticed with money, he nevertheless wants to see political change since it will be for the good of Sarawak.
He also said that the top BN leadership no longer inspires the nation and has lost the confidence of the majority of Malaysians.
“They refuse to recognise realities even when they are heading for doom,” added the Iban MP, who is from a rural constituency in central Sarawak.
Party leaders briefedThe MP said the president of his Dayak-based BN component party had brief party leaders at a recent supreme council meeting on the latest political developments and indicated how they might have to respond when the time comes.
Despite fervent denials by the Sarawak BN leadership that the state component parties – PBB, SUPP, PRS and SPDP – are strongly united, there is little secret that the Dayak members within the ruling coalition are far from happy with the present power equation in the state.
Anwar has promised if Pakatan comes to power he would like to see a Dayak be chief minister, just as in Sabah where he had promised that a Kadazandusun would be CM if there is a change in government.
Sarawak’s first and second chief ministers – Stephen Kalong Ningkan and Penghulu Tawi Sli – were Dayak from the Iban community before Rahman Yakub, who is from the Melanau minority, took power in 1970 and he was followed by his nephew, Abdul Taib Mahmud, in 1981.
There are, according to rumours, at least half a dozen potential crossovers from Sarawak and that in Sabah, the number be as many as one dozen coming from at least three parties there.
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MALAYSIA: Immigration Racket Turns Workers Into Commodities
Thursday, 07 August 2008
By Baradan Kuppusamy
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43456
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (IPS) – Like thousands of migrant workers Mir Hussein Wahab, 29, from Lahore, Pakistan, is a victim of a new phenomenon called ‘jual-beli’, a local Malay term that describes a human trafficking racket that rakes in millions for international syndicates.
Literally, jual-beli means ‘bought-sold’ and is used to refer to the daily trading of goods in the local market.
In recent months migrant workers have been persuaded to part with hard cash to enter the country only to learn that they were duped and left stranded without jobs, money or assistance from their sponsor or authorities.
“They are treated as a commodity and pay their way into the country as documented workers and then abandoned to fend for themselves,” said Agile Fernandez, migrant worker coordinator with Tenaganita, a non-government organisation (NGO) that works to protect migrant workers from exploitation.
Some pay to enter the country as tourists but end up working without permits and are arrested and released after bribing officials. They may also pay to have their visas extended.
“At every turn people in the establishment — either enforcement personnel, government officials, politicians or businessmen — are making money out of the migrant worker,” Fernandez told IPS.
“They have simply become a commodity,” she said, adding that increasing number of migrant workers end up being given two meals a day to work in sweat shops across the country.
I hope the Minister takes note of this situation in the country.
EX POLITICIANS:
“”I agree with Teo on his following comments:
“I see no differences between, Keng Yaik, Samy Vellu and
Mahathir. They are virutally jobless and wanted to be
heard. They time are over.
Get out and look after your grand children or start a mini zoo and take the animals as your political toys.”
these f*****s should go to jail …. i hope the first course of action that the PR government takes is like all other countries in Thailand, Brunei and Phillipines is to horde all these plunderers to jail – and use the ISA on them for good measure
I agree with the writer wholeheartedly – they should be detained.
See Mahathir – he is stirring trouble all over – he should be the
first to be detained and locked up in Kamunting – then he knows
how it feels to be in the Centre.
PR should prepare a charge sheet on MAHA crimes – of robbing
and stealing billions of ringgits of Rakyats money.
2nd Sept 2008
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MALAYSIA: Immigration Racket Turns Workers Into Commodities
Thursday, 07 August 2008
By Baradan Kuppusamy
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43456
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (IPS) – Like thousands of migrant workers Mir Hussein Wahab, 29, from Lahore, Pakistan, is a victim of a new phenomenon called ‘jual-beli’, a local Malay term that describes a human trafficking racket that rakes in millions for international syndicates.
Literally, jual-beli means ‘bought-sold’ and is used to refer to the daily trading of goods in the local market.
In recent months migrant workers have been persuaded to part with hard cash to enter the country only to learn that they were duped and left stranded without jobs, money or assistance from their sponsor or authorities.
“They are treated as a commodity and pay their way into the country as documented workers and then abandoned to fend for themselves,” said Agile Fernandez, migrant worker coordinator with Tenaganita, a non-government organisation (NGO) that works to protect migrant workers from exploitation.
Some pay to enter the country as tourists but end up working without permits and are arrested and released after bribing officials. They may also pay to have their visas extended.
“At every turn people in the establishment — either enforcement personnel, government officials, politicians or businessmen — are making money out of the migrant worker,” Fernandez told IPS.
“They have simply become a commodity,” she said, adding that increasing number of migrant workers end up being given two meals a day to work in sweat shops across the country.
I hope the Minister takes note of this situation in the country.
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