Aliran has come out with a statement calling for real protection for the whistleblower in the eye of the storm:
A whistleblower’s allegation that multiple state assembly members were involved in a major corruption scandal is serious enough for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate it urgently.
What is equally important is that the whistleblower must be given protection against possible interference from these state assembly members, who have political clout.
Individuals who expose corruption and are willing to come forward with evidence must be encouraged to do so, without fear of a backlash from the alleged culprits.
The speed with which MACC responds to the whistleblower’s plea for protection would be a measure of the government’s commitment to fighting corruption in society.
Swift action will send a strong message that political leaders must put the people’s interests before theirs. To do otherwise would be a betrayal of the people’s trust.
These politicians, if found guilty of misappropriating public funds, must be brought to justice, irrespective of their political ideologies and allegiances.
Aliran executive committee
11 November 2024
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This song is dedicated to Mr Anil Netto.
Neil Young – Heart of Gold (2024)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=llSgDdC9IUI
Keep me searching
For a heart of gold
You keep me searching
And I’m growing old
Keep me searching
For a heart of gold
I’ve been a miner
For a heart of gold
Thanks, luca 🙂
Some people are more familiar with Boney M cover version
https://youtu.be/JrylQNApLmY?si=M28l038mKlVAxOVb
Honey M is coming to KL for concert early next year. I think only one female singer from the original lineup is still in the group. Nostalgia indeed for 70s hit – Ma Baker, Rasputin, Rivers of Babylon…
Also Mary’s Boy Child is appropriate for the coming festive season!
Jennifer Lopez performs a concert in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4mAKv9tAssU
ADUN Terengganu Zuraida Md Noor mahu hanya murid perempuan belum baligh buat persembahan di khalayak
http://www.bharian.com.my/amp/berita/nasional/2024/11/1326082/adun-terengganu-mahu-hanya-murid-perempuan-belum-baligh-buat
WWE female wrestlers also performed at Riyadh in Crown Jewel PPV event. Kelantan YBs need to go the Saudi Arabia to open their eyes!
Malaysia prefer to benchmark Afghanistan in education matters.
Male Muslim business owners, employees, and customers in Johor are required to temporarily halt activities at business premises, including restaurant operations, during Friday prayer time.
Johor Islamic Religious Affairs Committee chairperson Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid said this measure is to ensure all Muslim men fulfil their obligation to perform the Friday prayers.
” Leave frozen, Cabinet members told to help victims ” dd Saturday, 30 Nov 2024
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/11/30/leave-frozen-cabinet-members-told-to-help-victims
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All the grand talk about containing the flood by the newly minted government in early 2023 seems to have fallen flat. The allocation of a couple of million here and a couple of billion there appears to have been nothing more than empty promises.
Now, it seems no one from the political side is discussing those initial proposals anymore. Instead, ministers’ leaves have been frozen, and they, along with their deputies, are directed to flood-hit areas to provide necessary assistance.
It has come down to hands-on help, but what happened to all those flood mitigation proposals that were so prominently mentioned at the beginning of the year?
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/10/07/budget-2023-rm15b-flood-mitigation-plan-until-2030-in-facing-climate-change/32354
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/10/13/budget-2024-rm118bil-allocated-for-33-high-priority-flood-mitigation-projects-says-anwar
https://www.mof.gov.my/portal/en/news/press-citations/budget-2024-over-30-high-priority-flood-mitigation-projects-to-be-implemented-anwar
Now, the private sector has been asked to assist the government with the issue of flooding. But what has happened to all those allocations announced, amounting to millions and even billions, to solve the flood problem since 2023?
Further, we, the Rakyat, would also like to know, about all those allocations made before 2023? What was done with them to mitigate the flood problem?
Uncle and Senior Rakyat – why dont you set up your own blog so that you can write what you want? Here you senget and hijack like PLO and putting your contents and totally not relate with the Caption here
Yes, shriek has a point. Please stick to the topic of the post, everyone.
” Yes, shriek has a point. ”
Sorry to say this, but I must disagree with you, Anil. Please take a moment to review the comments made by ‘shriek’ under various topics and assess their relevance to those topics. It seems that 99% of his comments are replies to my published comments, which do not pertain to the topics at hand.
Hi Rakyat, I wasn’t directing my remarks at anyone in particular. Just as a general rule, it would help if readers comment based on the topic of the post. There are many different posts in this blog under which people can surely make a relevant comment. They just need to look up the last 10-20 posts to find a relevant topic for their comment.
99% to your comments to remind you how senget they are. you still carry on just like your old days of the “carry on series” movies
Additionally, I am curious why my comments on current events seem to trouble him when they are not directly related to him. Your comment guidelines state, ” It is okay to feel strongly about issues, but please direct your rebuttal or response at the content or comment—not at the person making it.”
In a previous version of your guidelines, you also mentioned that ‘comments in tangent with the topic are allowed,’ though I notice this has since been removed.
uncle rakyat – your comments are actually questions using reporter;s news. Further you are writing like a MP in Parliament Question Time. Hardly anyone answer. Even MPs are allowed to ask a few questions. But you are like PLO hijack and play Monopoly buy all and buy big.
If you feel it is a issue, then you start your blog. You can write anything and everything in your blog. Here, many dont think it is an issue.
It is not your business to tell other readers what and how to write or give their opinions. Why so kaypoh? Just look at your replies, mostly personal which are mostly directed to my comments.
No one appointed you to police what other readers write, which is all that you do these days. And being a hypocrite, you tell others that their comments are not related to the above said topic and category.
What about what you have written above ? How is that related to the said topic ?
If you say that no one cares about what I write or have no wish to reply and it is not an issue to me, why is it such an issue to you?
You should focus on this, a comment guideline for this blog, which says, ” Refrain from harassing or abusing other commenters. ”
This is what you like to do most of the time instead of giving your views or opinion on the said topic or category. No other readers do this. Only you. Not sure why, maybe inferiority complex.
Yes, everyone, please refrain from trolling other commenters here.
When you refer to a ‘topic,’ I assume it pertains to the written article. However, could you clarify the purpose of the terms ‘Governance’ and ‘Accountability’ listed above the topic?
As long as our comments fall under those categories, shouldn’t they be acceptable? I am simply seeking clarification.
Yes governance and accountability are broad categories, perhaps too broad for all comments related to that. Much better if readers can find a suitable post to comment under.
He goes all the way to search and copy from all news media but lazy to find a suitable column to post
Next, we will wait for the house arrest bill along with the necessary rules and guidelines needed. After that, it’s all systems go.
” Najib, Irwan Serigar granted DNAA in RM6.6bil CBT case ” by Nurbaiti Hamdan dd Wednesday, 27 Nov 2024 11:46 AM MYT https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/11/27/najib-irwan-serigar-granted-dnaa-in-rm66bil-cbt-case ======== Two more DNAA orders have been issued by the court of law in our nation under the current administration of our government, bringing the total to three to date. Have there been this many DNAAs issued during previous administrations? Got or not ? Hello PH – DAP, PKR clueless supporters. Trillions lost to corruption to date, ok or not ? Support lah some more. Just imagine, all this happening and we, the Rakyat, are referred to as crazy people. And… Read more »
” We’re in a ‘half-crazed era’, says PM on backlash over overseas trip costs ”
by Nora Mahpar dd 23 Nov 2024, 01:04 PM
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/11/23/were-in-a-half-crazed-era-says-pm-on-backlash-over-overseas-trip-costs/
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This is because, most of the time, you do not express your public statements clearly to the Rakyat.
You could have simply stated that the cost for the government delegation was covered by the government, while the expenses for the business members from the private sector who were invited to join the delegation were borne by themselves. Simple, isn’t it? Straightforward. Not so confusing.
Our ministers still cannot communicate clearly. Lots of ambiguity leading to lots of waste of time debating.
The problem here is Chinese newspapers (deliberately? MCA?) used controversial headlines in this matter to create false impression to readers.
Your communications minister has stated: ‘The government covered only 27% of the total cost (RM1.66 million) for the official delegation, while the private sector paid 73% (RM4.5 million), bringing the overall cost of the chartered flights to RM6.16 million.’
Why was it necessary to present this information in this manner unless the private sector agreed to absorb some of the costs for the official delegation?
So, do not blame the Rakyat; instead, take responsibility for the sometimes confusing statements issued by government leaders, both locally and internationally. Ponder over what has been said here.
” PM’s 39 official overseas trips cost RM13.7mil since 2022 ” By Hana Naz Harun
dd October 30, 2024 @ 3:32pm
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2024/10/1127540/pms-39-official-overseas-trips-cost-rm137mil-2022
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For a Prime Minister who boasts about not taking any salary for his work, his 39 official visits and work trips to 22 countries since he came into power have amounted to a cost of RM13.7 million, which works out to about RM623,636.36 per month for 22 months.
As the Rakyat, we wonder if this is truly justifiable.
https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/104128/pms-trip-not-paid-by-private-sector-says-fahmi
Uncle rakyat, you want who to answer this question? Are you a messenger of the writer who wrote in thevibes and nst or just to parrot the question here FOC?
” Flying high on corporate sponsorships: Did PMX’s overseas trips breach civil service rules? ” By Jonathan Liew dd 2 hours ago
https://focusmalaysia.my/flying-high-on-corporate-sponsorships-did-pmxs-overseas-trips-breach-civil-service-rules/
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Yep, private sector money covering for overseas trip, GLC money for donations, work for free no salary , etc etc etc . Yet, where are we now?
As for rules, we ask what rules. Most of us Rakyat know the leader is from PKR and we are also aware of the history behind the formation of PKR, which was established to support one man and family.
More than 25 years have passed since the formation of the political party. How was it run? So, how does one think the current government will be administered?
Why does the DAP, with a strong presence of 40 parliamentary seats, continue to support it so fervently? What benefits do they gain as a political party?
Additionally, their former leader now holds two titles. What were his and his political party’s accomplishments for the well-being of our Rakyat and for our Nation ?
Uncle Rakyat. Above Not comments but questions. Each paragraph is a question. 3 paragraphs 3 questions. Here not parliament, Yuan, legistrative assembly. Understand
If the current government were asked to list its achievements for the well being of our Nation and Rakyat, over the last two years, what would they include?
What we know is that the current admin has raised rates, removed some subsidies ( calling it as reforms ) and has made donations to a country in the Middle East.
Uncle rakyat – Dont tell your problem and kbkb. Tell us your solution
” We could get an ‘A’ in the future, Anwar says after Bersih’s ‘D’ ” by Faiz Zainudin dd 21 Nov 2024, 12:49 PM https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/11/21/we-could-get-an-a-in-the-future-anwar-says-after-bersihs-d/ ======== The Bersih group may have given a ‘D,’ but we, the Rakyat, would prefer an ‘F’ for the performance over the past two years. It seems unlikely that an ‘A’ can be achieved. We, the Rakyat, are aware of some upcoming plans, including the removal of the RON 95 subsidy and the proposed house arrest bill, among others. The price of cooking oil has remained the same since TSDSP Haji Annuar bin Musa managed to reduce it from… Read more »
Uncle Rakyat – you give and not the rest of the rakyat. Who gove you consent to say we rakyat. We here refers to Uncle rakyat and who are you to represent “we”? Who gives you permission?
” All Touch ‘n Go eWallet users must complete eKYC verification from Dec 20 to maintain access ” By Angelin Yeoh dd Wednesday, 20 Nov 2024 11:35 AM MYT https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/11/20/all-touch-039n-go-ewallet-users-must-complete-ekyc-verification-by-dec-20-to-maintain-access ======== Why do they require individuals to submit a photo of their MyKad and a selfie? Some banks also have these requirements. Just imagine if this sensitive data falls into the wrong hands. Our citizens are being forced to reveal their personal details more and more in the public digital domain. Scams and fraud have become common, and the business community is increasingly becoming untrustworthy. The federal government must ensure that options are… Read more »
uncle rakyat – simple, why use ewallet? show your power – CASH. Use CASH. another thing are you really a SEnior?….
” Don’t ditch cash yet, say advocates ” by Zazali Musa dd Friday, 22 Nov 2024
https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2024/11/22/dont-ditch-cashyet-say-advocates
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Yes, those advocating for a cashless approach in their business activities often have a limited understanding of the implications, as they adopt one-sided policies that are unfavorable to Rakyat users, particularly regarding banks and other cashless card-issuing entities.
Uncle rakyat – you dont understand and kbkb here. Whether is cask or cashless or ewallet, it is still $$$. If you dont like, you can donate via cashless transfer to Anil’s bog? If not go to bank and deposit cash into his account. Still not Happy?
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/hs2-britain-expensive-high-speed-railway/index.html
Even UK can underestimate the cost of building railway
uncle rakyat
End of world is coming if no action is taken. Why always mention rainwater tank, tangki hujan air?
see what china has done
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/climate/climate-china-solar-wind-dg/index.html
It is only the capital cost and may be cheaper than coal power plant. The fuel from sun is free cost forever. If china in northern region can do it, you forget Penang gets sunlight most of the days
” Tracking devices mandated under proposed house arrest law, says Saifuddin ”
dd Saturday, 16 Nov 20245:47 PM MYT
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/11/16/tracking-devices-mandated-under-proposed-house-arrest-law-says-saifuddin
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The Home Ministry is making efforts to clarify the requirements for house arrest. One such requirement indicates that it is mandatory for individuals under house arrest to wear location-tracking devices. We, the Rakyat, emphasize that this is the 21st century, we are well into the digital age, and we very much understand that location-tracking devices are part of the standard operating procedures for house arrest.
However, there is this concerning point: the statement specifies that only offenders with remand status in jails can be placed under house arrest, excluding those involved in major crimes such as rape or drug offenses. But what about corrupt individuals involved in the misappropriation of money or government funds, whether in the thousands, millions, or billions? Are these not also considered major crimes? Previously, it was stated that individuals facing more than 10 years of imprisonment are not eligible for house arrest privileges. This raises further questions: What about individuals convicted of crimes such as misappropriating money or government funds in amounts… Read more »
uncle rakyat – can you see colours or color blind? one is white collar crime and the other blue collar crime.
If there is no restriction on who can issue statements on government matters, we cannot know the plan. Without such guidelines, MSM has no choice but to report all the claims. One claim was that this will affect only those not convicted yet, i.e., the ordinary folk without fancy lawyers who must cough up bail or spend months in “detention” and add to the crowding in jails. Some such victims become addicts or get assaulted by other inmates. Some learn criminal skills.
It is not who issues the statement that matters in understanding the government’s plan; rather, it is what they say that is important for grasping the bigger picture and the goals of their strategy.
What they are doing now is slowly painting a picture, creating a perception, and formulating various guidelines. The subject of this picture is house arrest. One must ask, why now?
Why was it not addressed in January 2023, July 2023, December 2023, or even in the first 3 months of 2024?
Why did the previous governments not introduce a house arrest bill back then?
Were the prisons not overcrowded at that time? Did overcrowding in prisons occur only after November 2022?
Unce rakyat – why dont you stand for election and become an MP.if you wanted to know why why why? As MP, you have the right to know.
Glissanti is not any minister or MP. Why questioned him? Nether you are no body or mata mata or MACC
If one has followed this episode, then one will know it all began with the discovery of an alleged addendum related to the subject.
https://www.sinardaily.my/article/217277/focus/national/zahid-confirms-existence-of-royal-addendum-for-najibs-house-arrest
uncle rakyat, it reported as an ALLEDGED. you claimed you follow the episode. Tell us the RAKYAT if it is TRUE or ALLEGED? You can’t tell, why should we follow you and waste our time. Many times you write is from somewhere and you take it as religious truth. The same with your comment on Chinese Navy personnel visiting a Penang school. when pressed further, you brush aside.
Australia banned those below 16 from using social media. Malaysia Madani should follow likewise!
Uncle Rakat – your comment is like Parliament Question time – Issue raise question
Whistleblower is a bribe giver how to give immunity? Right?
The children of the poor – treated as unwanted in the crowded flats, “religious” hostels, etc. – will go mad. There are no facilities or healthy activities for them. Many fields and parks have “disappeared”.