Terbukti bahawa UMNO di belakang Himpun

Kuching
Sunday, 23rd October 2011

Bukti kukuh bahawa UMNO di belakang HIMPUN. Di antara bukti yang paling ketara adalah sokongan media portal dan surat khabar UMNO yang menyokong perhimpunan tersebut. Di antaranya adalah blog bernilai 20 sen iaitu Papa Gomo

Lihat bagaimana suratkhabar kepunyaan UMNO ini  begitu Rasis tanpa memperdulikan sensitiviti penganut agama Kristian di Malaysia khasnya. Sekiranya ianya bukan milik UMNO, sudah lama suratkhabar ini terkubur. Saya hanya ada perkataan CILAKA untuk akhbar ini!

Saya tidak mahu mengulas lanjut tetapi cukuplah bahawa UMNO adalah di belakang Himpun. Sebagai rakyat Sarawak, saya ingin menggesa rakyat negeri ini terutamanya yang beragama Kristian serta bukan Islam yang lain agar tidak menyokong BN kerana BN tidak dapat melindungi kepentingan agama kristian. Dan kepada rakyat Sarawak yang beragama Islam saya juga inging menggesa agar mereka  tidak memberikan sokongan kepada BN kerana BN sudah gagal untuk mengekalkan persafahaman sesama rakyat yang terdiri daripada berbilang agama dan bangsa di negeri Bumi Kenyalang ini.

Sila lihat petikan Papa Gomo yang menyiarkan tajuk yang berbentuk provokasi di dalam blognya dengan tajuk " Individu Yang Memurtadkan Umat Islam Wajib Dibunuh" . Di dalam tulisannya 
Papa Gomo telah menyeru serta setuju dengan risalah yang diedarkan semasa perhimpunan HIMPUN semalam yang menggesa agar orang Kristian yang memurtadkan orang Islam di Selangor dibunuh. Kalaulah gesaan itu boleh dibuat, apakah pula gesaan yang boleh dibuat terhadap perbuatan orang Islam yang mengislamkan orang-orang Kristian di Malaysia? Tapi saya rasa orang Kristian tidak akan berbuat demikian ini kerana asas kepada agama Kristan adalah menyeru kepada kebaikan terhadap sesama manusia.

Nampak gayanya Papa Gomo sudah melampau sampai menyeru pembunuhan orang Kristian. Kita akan memerhatikan dari dekat apakah tindakan yang akan diambil oleh PM serta pihak berkuasa terhadap Papagomo. Kalau perbuatan ini dilakukan oleh orang Kristian terhadap Islam saya percaya sejuta Laporan Polis akan dibuat oleh  mereka ini.

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Wrongly Molest Accusation Against LGE's 16 Years Old Son: Muhyiddin Doesn't Look Fit As Minister What to say DPM

Kuching
Sunday, 23rd Oct 2011

I am sad to have the most stupid DPM like Muhyiddin. He should resign from his post to give way to more capable leader especially from Sabah or Sarawak

How can Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin be so cruel as to continue to repeat the lies by Umno blogs against my 16-year-old son and question whether my son is innocent of the lies of sexual misconduct, when the lady “victim” had asserted that she had not even met me or my son and furthermore, the Penang Education Director has declared the allegations were not true?

I am appalled and disgusted by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s remarks that my mere denial of sexual harassment claims against my 16-year old son was inadequate. Instead, Muhyiddin says that “if the Penang chief minister thinks it is important to correct the information, then he has to come up with a strong statement.”

It was Umno blogs that started it, but DPM pretends not to know

What more strong statement is required from me when I had condemned these barbaric lies as totally unacceptable, inhumane; and the UMNO and BN leaders involved as ferociaous beasts preying on the innocence of young children. Umno bloggers had printed pictures of my son and the alleged victim whom they claimed my son had outraged her modesty. They had claimed that my son tried to escape punishment by using my name and I had paid the girl’s family off with RM200,000 to hush up the matter.

The photograph of the purported “victim” used by Umno bloggers was that of 21-year-old chess grandmaster Anya Sun Corke who is studying at Wellesley College in the United States Anya had already issued a statement denying the charge and expressed sympathy for my son for being a victim of such vicious and barbaric lies.

As a result of PR Penang government’s solid performance in clean and effective governance for the people, UMNO bloggers has been trying to finish me off politically with lies and politics of hate. When they failed, they now train their guns on my innocent school-going son.

Amongst some UMNO leaders who highligted this shameful episode in the blogs is Bukit Gelugor(Penang) UMNO Division vice-chairman Dr Novandri Hasan Basri. He was then followed by many UMNO leaders rehashing the lies. Sadly even UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaludin joined in these shameful lies by poking fun at my son with this tweet:-

@Khairykj Khairy Jamaluddin

@PapaGomo Mungkin dia roboh Kampung Buah Pala sebab nak ganti dengan Kampung Buah Dada.

Anya the 'victim' has denied, so has the Penang Education Director

Even though the alleged victim had come out with a statement denying the lies, there is no remorse or apology as yet from Khairy or UMNO leaders to my son. Instead of condemning Khairy or Dr Novandri for practicing “the lowest of gutter politics”, Muhyiddin has seen fit to question my denials and that I should not blame others for the allegations.

How can Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin be so cruel as to continue to repeat the lies by UMNO blogs against my 16 year old son and question whether my son is innocent of lies of sexual misconduct when the lady “victim” had asserted that she had not even met me or my son and the Penang Education Director had declared the allegations were not true?

Penang Education Director Ahmad Tarmizi Kamaruddin had told the Star on 22.10.2011 that his department found no evidence to back the claims of sexual misconduct against my son in several blogs. Ahmad said that it was wrong to drag a student into any controversy to gain poltical mileage. “Children should be left out of politics,” Ahmad added.

If Muhyiddin wants to be seen as fit for the post of Prime Minister, he must be moral and ethical. He fails this moral and ethical test by picking on a 16-year old son who is still schooling and has no chance of defending himself. If Muhyiddin hates me so much, he can do his worst to finish me off politically. But Muhyiddin should not join the craven pack of cowards to pick on my 16-year old son and put my son again through this traumatic experience.

Muhyiddin loses the respect of decent Malaysians if he behaves in the same arrogant manner as those ferocious UMNO beasts who know only how to bully my 16-year old son and feast on a child’s innocence.

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UMNO Could be The Third Party Behind the Suspension Of Prof Abdul Aziz Bari

Kuching

Friday, 21st Oct 2011

UMNO the dirtiest political party in Malaysia has been involved in most of the incidences that nearly jeopardised the freedom of Malaysia since after "merdeka" until now. The incidences such as  May 1969, the formation of PERKASA the racist movement, DUMC Incidence and finally the suspension of Law Professor Aziz Bari all had been instrumented by racist UMNO. Another incidence the HIMPUN which will be held on Saturday, 22nd Oct 2011 is also instrumented by UMNO members. Names like Sengkatak Ezam, Zul Nordin and Ibrahim Ali have been implicated as the organiser of HIMPUN. Muhyidin had denied the involvement of UMNO but the evident shows otherwise. Why Malaysian need to trust this "Malay First 1Malaysia Second" DPM? 

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — The academic staff of the International Islamic University of Malaysia (UIA) have joined the protest against the university’s suspension of Prof Dr Abdul Aziz Bari, stating that the law professor is a victim of ignorant “allegations and pressure.”

Just hours after 700 UIA students gathered at the Gombak campus this morning to demand Abdul Aziz’s reinstatement, the university’s academic staff have also come out to condemn the indefinite suspension that followed after the don had allegedly criticised the Selangor Sultan.

“Abdul Aziz Bari (picture) should be thanked for getting a nation to think. He should not be punished for the reaction of third parties.

“The allegations and pressure that are not based on knowledge levelled against Abdul Aziz Bari are a waste of time and lowers the status of the country in the eyes of the world,” the UIA Malaysia Academic Staff Association (PKA UIAM) said in a statement today.

Aziz’s suspension has raised the mercury ahead of tomorrow’s planned gathering of a million Muslims to rally against “the challenge of Christianisation” on the back of alleged proselytising by Christians.

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah had decreed recently that the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) had found evidence of proselytisation by non-Muslims during a dinner held at the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) on August 3 but said it was insufficient for further legal action.

Abdul Aziz’s statement that the intervention was “unusual and inconsistent” and not done in line with Islamic teachings caused a furore in Parliament among Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs who urged that action be taken against the UIA law lecturer.

Although a police report has been lodged against him, the outspoken academic has decided against apologising for his remarks, insisting he had not meant to challenge the Sultan.

“We feel aggrieved at the external interference in the education system that should be free and professional,” PKA UIAM added.

A large crowd at the Himpunan Sejuta Umat (Himpun), or Gathering of a Million Faithful, tomorrow could push Umno and PAS to seek relevance among more religious Malays and raise already simmering fears of Islamisation among non-Muslims and more liberal Malays.

Christian leaders have labelled Himpun’s fight against proselytisation “irrelevant” and cautioned the group against provoking religious tension by going ahead with the rally.

Although Umno has defended Himpun’s freedom to assemble, its partners in the ruling BN, MCA and Gerakan, have urged for the rally to be called off as they fear it will harm race and religious relations.

PAS has said the gathering should remain apolitical while PKR insists there is no threat from Christians.

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Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi Was Shot Dead Without Mercy!

Kuching
Friday, 21st October 2011

No matter how bad is a man he deserves a humane treatments. After I looked at some of the photos posted in the online news, I was surprised to see how Ghadaffi was brutally treated by his own countrymen.He must had committed "a cardinal sin" towards his people during his 42 years reign on Libya.As lesson learned to all the leaders particularly those who have been on power for more than 20 years. Winning the election does not mean that leader should hang on to power. I have some advise to our leader in Sarawak to learn from Ghadaffi. Every leader should know when to call it a day and do not wait for the same fate like Ghadaffi. Ghadaffi was reported to beg for mercy from his captors but people were to angry at him and killed him with single shot to the head. http://www.bukittunggal.com/

Libya's hated tyrant — found skulking in a drainage pipe in a suburb of his home city — was shown no mercy as he was thrown wounded on to a truck.

It set off for the centre of Sirte two miles away but was surrounded by a baying mob.

The monster was then hauled out — and filmed on mobile phones as he was unceremoniously dragged in agony through the dusty streets.

 Blood pouring from his face, the brute behind the slaughter of thousands of his countrymen desperately begged for his life.

But his pleas fell on deaf ears. The Mad Dog — who had been stripped of his shirt — was killed by a bullet to the left temple.

Gaddafi's humiliation did not end there. Angry crowds took off their shoes to batter his dead face with the soles — a dire Arab insult.

The announcement he had been killed — as his stronghold of Sirte became the last city to fall to the revolution — sparked jubilation across the country the maniac ruled with an iron fist for 42 years.

The young freedom fighter who found him hiding in the pipe under a road was hailed a national hero and paraded shoulder-high.

Grinning Mohammed al Bibi, 20, was greeted by wild crowds in Sirte amid volley after volley of celebration gunfire.

He told how the tyrant was armed with only his James Bond villain-style "golden gun" — which he was often photographed with — when he was discovered.

Enlarge The young rebel — wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap instead of an Army helmet — said that as he grabbed it, Gaddafi begged: "Don't shoot. Don't shoot."

He was still brandishing the ornate souvenir as overjoyed crowds surrounded him chanting: "God is great!"

Gaddafi's corpse was finally loaded on to an ambulance and taken to Misrata — the city that held out against months of slaughter by the tyrant's bloodthirsty forces.

Last night the revolutionary government claimed Gaddafi was shot in the head by crossfire as he was being taken to hospital — where he arrived alive but then died.

But that account was at odds with the version given by ecstatic freedom fighters in Sirte.

One said in broken English: "We catch him and we shot him — somebody shot him by gun... 9mm."

Adel Busamir said he saw people "beating" Gaddafi, adding: "Someone shot him with a 9mm pistol — then they took him away."

The grisly footage as the balding tyrant was paraded wounded was taken as crowds chanted: "The blood of the martyrs shall not be in vain."

Battered Gaddafi — blood oozing from his mouth — is seen struggling as he is pushed stumbling and shouting on to the bonnet of a pickup truck.

One man shouts: "We want him alive! We want him alive!"

Gaddafi is dragged away towards an ambulance — with captors pulling his hair. Later footage showed fighters rolling his lifeless body over on the pavement, stripped to the waist and with a pool of blood under his head.

Abdullah Berrassali, of the National Transitional Council, later left citizens in no doubt about the tyrant's fate. He declared: "Gaddafi is dead, absolutely dead."

The spokesman went on: "I have always said that the priority would be to take Gaddafi alive and put him on a fair, just trial. But if he resisted arrest there was a great likelihood he would be killed."

Gaddafi's presence in Sirte, which is 300 miles from capital Tripoli, explains why fighting there has been so intense over the past few weeks — with loyalists desperate to protect their leader.

British Tornado jets were yesterday in the sky, leading the reconnaissance mission when the fleeing tyrant's convoy was bombed.

As Sirte fell, desperate Gaddafi snipers ditched their military uniforms and fired indiscriminately at civilians.

Following the brute's death, revolutionary fighters there yelled: "We did it! We did it!"

They then prayed for the 40,000 "martyrs" who had lost their lives in the uprising.

Last night massive celebrations were being held from Benghazi to Tripoli as the nation hailed a "new era for free Libya".

The new national flag filled streets and squares as crowds sang and fired guns in the air.

Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said in Tripoli: "We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Muammar Gaddafi has been killed."

Abdel-Jalil Abdel-Aziz, a doctor who was part of the medical team that accompanied the body in the ambulance and examined it, said Gaddafi had two wounds. One was to the chest, which is believed to be where he had been wounded when he crawled into the drainage pipe.

The shot that killed him was to the head. The doctor said: "You can't imagine my happiness today. I can't describe my happiness.

"The tyranny is gone. Now the Libyan people can rest."

In Misrata, Gaddafi's body was loaded on to a vehicle to be paraded through the streets. People in Tripoli hugged each other as cars honked their horns.

Military spokesman Col Ahmed Bani said: "I reassure everyone that this story has ended and this book has closed."

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Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim : Pakatan Rakyat Does Not Support Himpun

Kuching
Wednesday, 19th October 2011

Malaysian should now realised which party they must vote for in the coming election. Being the peace loving citizen I like the comment of one of the reader to the popular local portal who said " what a laughing stock? Malaysian Christians are trying to convert muslims here.....! So you muslims are afraid of Christians that you need to rally against Christians? Come on dont try to create trouble in this country as we know we are supposed to respect one another live peacefully to promote our beloved country regardless of what race or religion. All religions teach us good values and to love one another".

This is the leader that is most suitable for a multi-racial and religious like Malaysia. Any one heard of any  comment from  Malaysia PM Najib Tun Razak? For Najib, 1Malaysia is just a rhetoric!

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) said today it will not support Saturday’s gathering of a million Muslims as Islam is not facing the threat of Christianisation.

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told a press conference today that there was no reason to fear the church as “we have all the power and laws to enhance the understanding of Islam but it has not been done” by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government.

“Instead, those in power only inculcate fear. We have never believed that Islam is being threatened by Christianisation,” the PKR de fato leader said.

The Himpunan Sejuta Umat (Himpun) or Gathering of a Million Faithful, is organised by various right-wing religious groups calling for Muslims to rise up against the “challenge of Christianisation.”

The rally was mooted after the controversial raid on the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) on August 3 where it was alleged that Christians were proselytising to Muslims there.

About 1,000 Facebook users have confirmed their attendance so far but should Himpun draw much more this weekend, it could push Umno and PAS to seek relevance among more religious Malays.

With ethnic tensions already rising in the years following the 2008 general election, it could raise already simmering fears of Islamisation among non-Muslims and more liberal Malays.

Anwar (picture) added that after PAS said last night it would not back Himpun as the organisers wanted it to be apolitical, PKR had also decided to follow suit as “there can be negative impact” to inter-faith relations.

“But we have compelling evidence to suggest that Umno is involved as its media is playing it up and they only support an event if it is backed by Umno,” the Permatang Pauh MP said.

Distrust between Muslims and Christians peaked when the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) raided the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) in Petaling Jaya on August 3, claiming it was proselytising Muslims.

This came after repeated disputes between church and mosque, such as the legal battle over the use of the word Allah to refer to the Christian god.

An initial court ruling allowing the Catholic Church to use the term Allah had led to places of worship being firebombed in January last year.

The government also buckled under pressure and ordered the release of Malay-language bibles seized before Sarawakians, half of whom are Christians, voted in the April 16 state polls.

Before the Jais raid, Umno’s Utusan Malaysia and Malay rights lobby Perkasa accused the DAP of conspiring to turn Malaysia into a Christian state.

Although DUMC has denied Jais’s claims, Utusan Malaysia fanned the flames with allegations that Christian groups in Kuala Lumpur and Johor were actively trying to convert Muslims.

Anwar added today that the party “advises our members not to attend the gathering due to the ramifications of such an event” but said that it would not take disciplinary action against those who do.

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Between Himpun and Bersih 2.0 Which One Has Potential To Disrupt Malaysia Unity?

Kuching
Wednesday, 19th October 2011

Bersih was Held for the Interests of All Malaysians and On the Other Hand Himpun is planned for the interest of the Muslims but Why The Police Approved the Later and Not the Former? All Malaysians has the right to know the answer.

1Malaysia : Muslim First, Malaysia Second!

This coming Sataurday, 22nd October 2011, million of muslims are expected to gather at Shah Alam stadium to rally. The purpose of the gathering is to show solidarity among muslims in Malaysia against Christians. The rally has been given the permit by the police immediately. On the other hand BERSIH 2.0 was held to pushing the Election Commission of Malaysia (EC) to ensure free and fair elections in Malaysia. It demanded that the EC clean up the electoral roll, reform postal voting, use indelible ink, introduce a minimum 21-day campaign period, allow all parties free access to the media, and put an end to electoral fraud.The rally was organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih). The rally was banned by Barisan Nasional government.

All Malaysians demand to know why Himpun was given the permit but not Bersih 2.0? Reason given by OCPD Asst Comm Zahedi Ayop in giving the permit was illogical. He said they approved the permit last week as the Himpun event was to be held inside a stadium (Shah Alam Stadium) and would not pose any public order situation. Bersih 2.0 organiser also applied to do the rally in the stadium but was not approved.

According to the organiser of Himpun, one objective of the rally  is to "gauge the unity among Muslims particularly against the Christianisation efforts on Aug 3 by DUMC . But there is no evidence of such efforts. The census shows no Christians among Malays. The home minister has confirmed that there is no evidence of a conspiracy to make Malaysia a Christian state or to install a Christian prime minister. So why the need for an anti-apostasy demonstration?The demonstration is against Christian efforts to convert Muslims. There is no evidence of such efforts. So why the need for such demonstration? Why do the Muslims need to demonstrate against a non-existent threat? Can Christians demonstrate against Muslim efforts to convert Christians?

Najib has been spending millions of tax payer monies to promote 1Malaysia. Personally I felt that 1Malaysia is a good efforts by PM. The concept caters the needs of all sector of the plural society and to  ensure equal distribution of wealth between racial  groups, between states and federal. Integrity on the part of the government and the public sector is one matter.  In order to move Malaysia towards a better society, identity and future hence unity and integration should promote co-operation between race, beliefs and  region as one Malaysia, not as Sarawakian or Sabahan. The  trust and aspiration of the people that 1Malaysia will bring about a greater nation must not be hampered. But based on action of certain people and parties, 1Malaysia will sure fail. As long as we have organization like PERKASA that promote Malay supremacy, Himpunan Sejuta Umat (Himpun) that opposed to Christians and the political parties like United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and the Malaysia Indian Congress (MIC) and also the individual like Perak's Mufti , the 1Malaysia will be just remained a rhetoric.

Well Najib, whatever the reasons given by your administration  for double standard in issuing the permit between Bersih 2.0 and Himpun, we the Malaysians are closely watching you. Don't expected to get the same number of votes from the non-muslim voters in the coming election!

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Wanita Pertama Malaysia Dengan Koleksi Beg Tangannya

Kuching
Tuesday, 18th Oct 2011

Alangkah bagusnya kalau wang sebanyak ini diguna untuk projek yang beri kebaikan kepada Wanita Malaysia?

Walaupun kebanyakan wanita Malaysia hidup di dalam kesusahan tetapi isteri Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang Ke-enam ini dan merupakan isteri perdana menteri yang pertama kali menggunakan gelaran Wanita Pertama iaitu gelaran yang hanya digunakan oleh pemimpin tertinggi sesebuah negara di dalam kontek Malaysia adalah gelaran yang hanya boleh digunakan oleh Permaisuri Agong, masih mampu untuk menggunakan beg tangan yang bernilai berpuluh-puluh ribu ringgait.

Berbalik kepada kemewahan Rosmmah, iaitu betapa bergemerlapan kilauan intan berlian cincin "Perempuan Pertama" yang bernilai RM24.4 juta hingga cerita mengenainya begitu sukar hendak dimalapkan. Kini heboh pula mengenai koleksi beg tangan berjenama termasuk beberapa koleksi 'one of its kind in the world' yang menjadi milik isteri Najib, Rosmah Mansor.

Kemewahan Rosmah berbelanja, pastinya dicemburui oleh Wanita Pertama Amerika Syarikat, Michelle Obama yang menadi isteri manusia paling berkuasa di atas muka bumi.

Antara jenama yang paling digemari Rosmah ialah daripada koleksi Birkin yang boleh mencecah hingga harga USD120,000 (kira-kira RM360,00). Malah ada beberapa daripada koleksi beliau merupakan 'hanya satu-satunya' yang terdapat di dunia!

Alahai, makcik-makcik di Felda, hangpa dapat apa dengan bermati-matian suami-isteri memberikan sokongan kepada parti Rosmah suami/isteri untuk terus kekal berkuasa.

Hermes Matte Crocodile Birkin Bag: $US120,000 (gambar atas)

Dinamakan sempena nama seorang penyanyi dan penulis lirik Peranchis Jane Birkin, beg tangan yang ditunjukkan di sini, hanya dijual di rumah lelongan Doyle, di New York. Penutup beg selebar 30 sentimeter dihiasai 10 karat berlian putih manakala keseluruhan beg diperbuat dengan kulit buaya. Dan inilah satu-satunya beg yang terdapat di pasaran di seluruh dunia!

Dan kita tengoklah sendiri pelbagai beg tangan yang sentiasa berbeza ketika Rosmah menghadiri pelbagai majlis dan resepsi...

Rosmah menggayakan beg tangan Hermes Birkin Elephant Matte Crocodile yang ketika mula ditawarkan pada harga USD98,500 dan akhirnya mencecah lebih USD120K! Bergaya beb...

Kita perlu belajar bagaimana Rosmah mampu menabung sejak kecil untuk membeli cincin berlian RM24.4 juta dan pelbagai beg tangan yang jika dukumpul, mungkin mencecah jutaan Ringgit. Bijak Rosmah menabung...

Kepada wanita-wanita kaum dayak terutamanya Empianh Jabu, sementara kita bergulamang dengan kotoran tanah paya untuk menyara keluarga kita, "Perempuan Pertama" ini masih mampu membelanjakan berpuluh-puluh ribu ringgit untuk membeli beg. Kalaulah wang sebanyak itu digunakan untuk projek pembangunan untuk wanita-wanita miskin di rumah panjang alangkah bagusnya ramailah yang akan dapat mengubah cara hidup...Buah uchong enggau buag kandis, Rosmah untung tang kitai Iban pedih.....Tang maia ngundi agi mangkah dacin.... 

A Study By World Bank Found That Race quotas, politics led to falling UM standards

Kuching
Monday, 17th October 2011

University Malaya (UM) is the best university in Malaysia but the university is still not in the top 10 of the best university in Asia. The study by World Bank found that this was due to Race quota and politics as required under the New Economic Policy (NEP) which was first implemented in 1975.

A World Bank publication has found that standards at Universiti Malaya have fallen and the institution has been kept at a disadvantage because of race-based admission quotas and political interference in university management.
In contrast, Singapore’s decision to prioritise research, keeping English as the medium of instruction and a merit-based admissions policy have all contributed to the success of the National University of Singapore’s success, according to “The Road to Academic Excellence,” which studies what contributes to a world-class research university.

The study also noted that Malaysian secondary school students are not well prepared for tertiary education.

It points out that the Malaysian education system promotes rote learning, conformity and uniformity rather than fresh and creative thinking.

The study is led by two scholars — Philip Altbach and Jamil Salmi — while various chapters see contributions from various academics.

Salmi, a Moroccan education economist attached to the World Bank, also notes that “disturbing political developments, from the burning of churches to the whipping of a woman for drinking beer in public,” also cast a shadow on Malaysia’s “image as an open and tolerant society.”

The comparisons between UM and NUS is contained in a chapter entitled “The National University of Singapore and the University of Malaya: Common Roots and Different Paths.”

The chapter is authored by Hena Mukherjee, a former Universiti Malaya department head with a doctorate in education from Harvard University, and Poh Kam Wong, an NUS Business School professor.

According to the study, “at an early stage, the Singapore government realised the universities’ role in sustaining economic growth.

“In contrast, after 1970, UM’s institutional goals reflected the New Economic Policy, an affirmative action plan for ethnic Malays and indigenous groups, put in place in the wake of disastrous 1969 ethnic riots that took the lives of hundreds of people on both sides of the racial divide.,” the study found.

The authors said that apart from the student quota system, the NEP translated into more scholarships to Bumiputeras, special programmes to facilitate their entry into higher education institutions, and the use of the Malay language in place of English in the entire education system by 1983.

“In UM and in government, the policy impact spiralled upward so that Bumiputera staff members, over time, secured almost all senior management, administrative, and academic positions.

“As NUS kept pace with the demands of a growing economy that sought to become competitive internationally, with English continuing as the language of instruction and research, UM began to focus inward as proficiency in English declined in favour of the national language — Bahasa Malaysia — and the New Economic Policy’s social goals took precedence.”

The study noted however that there has been widespread recognition that the implementation of affirmative action policies in Malaysia has hurt the higher education system, sapping Malaysia’s economic competitiveness and driving some (mainly Chinese and Indians) to more meritocratic countries, such as Singapore.

In the broader study, the lead authors found that research was an important element in the making of a world-class university, as well as top-grade talent.

“We’re both convinced that serious research universities are important in almost all societies,” Altbach, who is the director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, told the New York Times last week in an interview.

Said Altbach: “Independence, luck, persistence, some kind of strategic vision, adequate resources — usually, but not always, public resources — good governance structures, good leadership, the ability to attract good students and so on. But we have found that the quality of the faculty is really crucial.”

Salmi, who co-ordinates the World Bank’s activities related to higher education, told the same newspaper of their new 390-page study, which will be released later this month, that their advice is like that supposedly given for a rabbit stew recipe: “First, catch your rabbit.” Only in this case the advice would be: “First, catch your faculty.”

“The difference between a good university and great university comes down to talent.”

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East Malaysian Christian In Response To Himpunan Sejuta Umat (HIMPUN)

Kuching
Monday,17th October  2011

Article 11 of the Malaysia Constitution provides that every person has the right to profess and practice his own religion. Every person has the right to propagate his religion, but state law and, in respect of the Federal Territories, federal law may control or restrict the propagation of any religious doctrine or belief among Muslims. There is, however, freedom to carry on missionary work among non-Muslims. But lately this article has been abused by the Muslim. If Tun Jugah and those who supported Sarawak to join Malaysia are still alive until today I believed they may want Sarawak to pull out from Malaysia. As far as the Muslims are concerned, there are only two types of population, the Muslim and non-nuslim. There is no such religion as Christian, Buddhist or Hinduism. They are non-believers thus will go to hell!

Today I am going to write about the ill treatment of Christians by government in Malaysia.

Government of Malaysia leads by UMNO will typically tell foreigners that all members of all religions are treated ‘equally’ and get along amicably. That’s the image sold overseas, at any rate. The reality is quite different. Islam is the official state religion, so it enjoys all sorts of official and unofficial privileges, such as lavish state-built mosques, massive taxpayer-funded proselytization programmes for Muslims (but not for other belief systems), sprawling Government-run Islamic universities, a distinct pro-Islamic and pro-jihad tilt in the state-owned and influenced media, and more.

On a more personal level, Muslims in Malaysia have on numerous occasions destroyed churches, sometimes with official backing on the flimsiest of pretexts (like for supposed ‘code violations’). The same has also happened to Hindu and Buddhist temples. Bibles are sometimes seized in carload lots by the (Muslim) authorities on one technicality or another. New church construction is heavily discouraged, and it takes years if not decades for new churches to be approved and built. And they must be built in a ‘low profile’ manner if they are allowed to be built at all.

All of these restrictions and the drip-drip-drip of discrimination, or worse, creates a tense and foreboding atmosphere for Christians. It’s pointless for Christians — who are mostly Indians, Chinese and the natives of sabah and Sarawak — to petition the Malay (Muslim) government for any sort of redress of grievances, because the police, courts and judges here are all owned and operated by Muslims. So increasingly, the ‘infidels’ especially the Indian and Chinese are leaving — permanently but for the natives have to fight on their own. 

The Muslim-controlled government goes to strenuous lengths to make it appear that this country is a ‘harmonious’ mixture of various belief systems. The key word is ‘appear’. Malaysia is indeed a mix of different religions, but it is kept ‘harmonious’ only through Islamic coercion — official and otherwise — and the threat (sometimes actual acts) of violence. ‘Harmonious’ also is a code word in Malaysian political discourse for ‘Islam must remain culturally and politically dominant’. Malaysian Muslims are also never willing to state for the record that a Hindu, Buddhist or Christian is the equal of a Muslim. They cannot — their belief system specifically forbids it, and if a Muslim believes otherwise, he is automatically an apostate — a traitor to Islam.

This country is also becoming more ‘Islamified’ as the years go by — Muslims are become more pious, or at least make more of a show of it more by wearing hijabs, tudongs and other Islamic garb, attending mosque more often, and in other, less obvious but more sinister ways ). 

Additionally, and more importantly, the growing Islamification is increasing the numbers of Muslims in Malaysia through procreation, conversion and immigration, and compelling the non Muslims to leave. The departing non-Muslims — mostly Christians, but also Buddhists and Hindus — tend to be the most educated, entrepreneurial and productive Malaysians. This has the makings of a long term economic catastrophe for Malaysia, if the Muslims and their government could but clear the fog of Islam from their minds and come to honest grips with the problem. This ‘brain drain’ issue is well known inside Malaysia, but the real causes (Islamic-inspired bigotry, persecution, enforcement of sharia) are not discussed, or allowed to be discussed openly.

Why is the world silent? The silence is, as I see it, a combination of many factors: what happened in Malaysia is not as bad as in Indonesia, Egypt etc and why bother  , and a dash of NIMBY-ism (‘not in my back yard’) thrown in for good measure. Who cares about Christians in Malaysia getting their Bibles seized or their churches bulldozed or blocked from construction? 

Malaysian Insider reports this morning that The Himpunan Sejuta Umat (Himpun), or Gathering of a Million Faithful, is going to be held this Saturday, 23rd October 2011 at Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur by  various right-wing groups such as Perkasa with the backing of both Umno and PAS Youth in what appears to be a coming together of conservative Muslims. The gathering is in respond to the Christians "challenging to the soveriegnty of Islam".

When I first looked at the photo (above), I thought they were bunch of Abu Bakar followers "the Muslim Extremists from Indonesia" , but after looking at it carefully only than I realised that they were the members of racist Perkasa.

To all Malaysian Christians, we must react rationally and not to lose our cool. Being followers of the peaceful religion, we must follow what has been thought in the Bible. As bible thought us to "make peace and not war" thus we must forgive them. We should never blame them as they only follow the teaching of their religion.

As a Christian, I am calling all my brothert and sisters in Christ , we must work together in order to defense ourselves from these extremist muslims. We just cannot keeping quiet and let them ransack or plunder our churches. The action of JAKIM raided the church in Selangor merely on suspicious, the action of Muslims spit out our holy communion, churches arson etc should not be allowed unchecked. Luckily what happened in West Malaysia did not happen here but it does not mean that we have to wait until it happen in sarawak. Being the majority we should help our brothers and sisters in Peninsular Malaysia from being unfairly treated by the majority muslim . We must help them, not through war or violent of course but through moral support. We cant just rely on Jabu, Masing and Mawan to fight for our right as enshrined by the constitution. For them their minister-ship is more important.

To all the West Malaysian Christians, We are Behind You.

Mupok Aku 

Group Sex : New Attraction to Islam For Men

Kuching
Saturday, 15th October 2011

A Book entitled “Seks Islam, Perangi Yahudi untuk Kembalikan Seks Islam kepada Dunia” (Islamic Sex, fighting Jews to return Islamic sex to the world), written by Rohaya Mohamad, the vice-president of the Obedient Wives' Club (OWC), has become the new attraction to Islam. The book instructed the Muslim husband to have sex simultaneously with all of his wives, in other words, group sex.

The latest Attraction to Islam for Men

Since it publication, heavy crticism has been recieved from several women groups. One woman who belonged to an NGO which deals with women’s issues said,“Marriage and the family institution are based on love, respect, and trust, not just sex. The teachings of this OWC deviate from the norm. This group is misleading people.

“The OWC is a cheap publicity stunt which belittles and insults the woman’s role as wife. First it embarassed women by asking them to behave like first class prostitutes to satisfy their husband’s lust, reducing wives to mere sex slaves. Now, it is telling them to indulge in group sex.”

Another observer said, “Is this Malaysia’s answer to the Kamasutra? Perhaps it was written by a woman, or man, who was fantasizing, after reading the Kamasutra.”

The Kamasutra has ten chapters dedicated to amorous advances and illustrations of different positions of sexual union and two chapters describing the ‘duties and privileges of the wife, including those of the chief wife and other wives’.

Regardless of the publicity generated, will Rohaya manage to excite Muslims to join the OWC and look forward to orgies? Will her book make it to the bestseller’s list in the region?

Perhaps the sexual guide will be an anti-climax, remaindered and pulped within six months of publication because it "mati-pucuk”?

So far no criticism or whatsoever has been recieved from the men NGO.

Mupok Aku