Malaysians should be grateful that we are allowed to deplete our own pockets to save Proton. Malaysians should also be grateful that we are being shortchanged by own our fellow countrymen, not foreigners. Malaysians hold the record of purchasing the most expensive milo tin with 4 wheels, ever. That, we should be ‘grateful’ of.

Wonder what’s the tourist attractions of North Korea?

Lawatan sambil belajar 2 c how they make their people totally submissive 2 d government and see how Kim Jong Ill made himself more famous than Michael Jackson in North Korea.

For that attraction alone, North Korea is going to attract many tourists from UMNO.

You get to see Winter Sonata if you visit South Korea. If you visit North Korea, the only u’ll c is Kim Jong Ill. He is d major attraction.

But there’s one for sure, you won’t get as many plastic faced lookalike artists like South Korea in North Korea

I’ve always said that the US president is not the most powerful man on Earth because his balls are tied by the Congress.

In fact our PM is one of the most powerful men in the world because he answers to no one but himself.

Just compare the size of White House and our Prime Minister’s office.

http://niamah.blogspot.com/2009/09/betterrer-than-you-la.html

If given a choice, I would rather become a Malaysian PM lah.

I have more freedom.

Tawau villagers cry foul over MyKad
Joe Fernandez
Sep 4, 09
11:14am
Residents in a remote Tawau village have spotted what they are convinced is yet another attempt by the Sabah National Registration Department(NRD) to register illegal immigrants for MyKads.

The villagers of Kampung Kalabakang Tengah 1, who claimed to have witnessed the incidents have taken their complaint to the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) office in Tawau.

In their complaint they alleged that “NRD officers have registered illegal immigrants for MyKads under the guise of covering Kampung Kalabakang Tengah 1″.

They also alleged involvement of Rela officers in the exercise, with a Messe bin Hamid (with two pips) assisting the NRD officers

Messe, a Bugis, and when not in Rela uniform, is reportedly a taxi driver in Tawau and appears to be a “broker’ of sorts in the scam.

Details available so far to the PKR Tawau Chief, Kong Hong Ming,(right) suggest that mobile NRD teams from Kota Kinabalu and Tawau registered over 200 illegal immigrants, mostly Bugis, during a three-day period last month.

The NRD officers promised to be back after the Aidil Fitri celebrations later this month, according to what Messe told the villagers.

Illegal immigrants given priority

“The villagers are really annoyed that instead of attending to their requests for the MyKad and other personal documents, the mobile team members were more concerned with attending to as many illegal immigrants as possible,” said Kong who has been provided with names, dates and other information on the MyKad scam.

“It was not a question of the NRD officers not discriminating between the villagers and the illegal immigrants. They mostly ignored the villagers and attended to the illegal immigrants.”

“We want the State NRD Director himself to explain this matter to the public. That’s why we are going public with these allegations.”

Malaysian claim by detained ‘Indian national’

The Sabah PKR Deputy Chief said the Kampung Kalabakang Tengah 1 “scam” reminded him of the case of an “Indian national” currently under detention in KK and who claims he’s a Malaysian.

The modus operandi employed in the village, noted Kong, seems to be similar to that in a Papar village where the Indian National obtained his MyKad.

Kong had an explanation for keeping the matter under wraps for nearly three weeks.

Initially, according to Kong, the PKR Tawau Office wanted to wait until after Aidil Fitri to see whether the NRD officers would really return as promised to continue with their operation.

“We were afraid that if we went public with the scam, the NRD officers would be alerted and cover-up their misdeeds,” explained Kong.

However, after some careful consideration, they decided not to take the risk of waiting until the end of this month.

Despite what they promised the villagers, and presumably the illegal immigrants, the NRD officers may not come back.

Call for probe into NRD ‘misdeeds’

Messe could have been just pulling a fast one on the villagers who are annoyed that they were given scant attention by the NRD mobile team, he added.

“We want their last month’s misdeeds to be investigated and action to be taken against the staff concerned under the Internal Security Act or other relevant laws. This is a blatant breach of national security.”

According to eyewitnesses from the village who approached Kong, 15 NRD staff from KK and Tawau in seven official vehicles visited Kampung Kalabakang Tengah 1 on August 10, 11, and 12 to receive applications for the MyKad and other personal documents.

The officers from Tawau came to the village daily while those from KK stayed at the nearby Felda Scheme Rest House during their visit.

Not many villagers were entertained during the three days, according to the eyewitnesses.

Instead, busloads of illegal immigrants arrived in the village from Tawau, Balung, Sandakan and other areas to present themselves at the makeshift mobile NRD office parked at the village. These outsiders, it is alleged, were given priority.

The villagers allege that the same buses were used to ferry in the illegal immigrants. The registration numbers of some of the buses and taxis, all Bugis owned, as noted down by the villagers were ST 9032, ST 9000, ST 5677 and ST 43.

The Bugis and other illegal immigrants had the help of the Ketua Kampung, Suping Bin Ajak, to facilitate their application for the MyKads, according to the villagers.

For a fee of RM 50 per person he was allegedly ready to certify that he indeed knew the applicant and that he or she was from the kampung itself.

Kong has confirmed with the villagers from Kalabakang Tengah 1 who approached him that the outsiders were not locals from other villages mistaken as Bugis and other illegal immigrants.

Generally, Bugis and other Indonesian illegal immigrants enter Sabah through Tawau while the Filipinos make for Sandakan.

The State NRD Director in Kota Kinabalu was not immediately available for comment.

A spokesman who responded said that anyone with any complaints about the NRD should write in officially with all relevant particulars.

It was not possible to ascertain from the NRD whether mobile NRD teams are authorised to entertain applications for the green (temporary residence) MyKad.

In any case, illegal immigrants are not eligible for green MyKads. Only Sabahans who are stateless qualify.

Kong, meanwhile, is keeping his options on the matter open.

“I don’t think approaching the NRD quietly with the evidence we have would have helped at all,” said Kong. “The NRD has little credibility left and that’s why Singapore refuses to accept the MyKad for passport-free travel between Malaysia and the republic.

“Brunei is dragging its feet on the MyKad for the same reason. That’s why there have also been so many calls from Sabah leaders for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the NRD.”

http://malaysiakini.com/news/112093

Sometimes I wonder, what is the point of spending so much money on internet censorship when even a grand mother can bypass it easily?

If a grand mother can do it, what do you think the young ones can do?

Every one knows it is a lost cause to filter the Internet as filtering the web is such 90s thing to do.

Nobody bother to censor the internet nowadays because it is futile to do so.

It is really saddening that they would rather use the money to filter the internet than fighting crime.

Yea you need money to fight crime too.

It’s not free.

The Ministry of Home wants to know our opinion on ISA.

I don’t know if they are seriously wanting to conduct a poll or not but their questions sounded like they are making fun of us.

It is not cool if you want to conduct a poll but you think most of us are stupid like a bunch of school children.

Oops no disrespect to the school children but this is what they are trying to tell us in their so called poll.

A poll is useless if public opinions are not taken into account.

Why do I get the feeling that Teoh Beng Hock’s real killers will never get caught?

It’s not because I have prejudices against the cops but they have not been helping themselves to rid off their bad rep until now.

Whatever they do right now has aggravated their image even further.

So it is really stupid for them to do something can really tarnish their image beyond redemption.

Don’t blame the rakyat for having such a low opinion on them.

They only have themselves to blame.

We are familiar with MTV Cribs. Maybe it is time for us to create our very own show. But it should be focused on politicians punya crib, specifically Bee End politicians. More original mah, lest we will be criticized for being a copycat again.

To make things spicier, we can also make a comparison chart between the ‘large wooden mansion’ of MB Tok Guru of Kelantan and the Balinese Palace of the ex MB of Selangor. Pretty much like comparing who has the biggest weeny among them all.

I am very certain the blokes from Gerakan will be more than happy to contribute their creative input to the show by featuring the ‘large’ bungalow that LGE just rented (the keyword is rent) in Penang. They must have thought it is hypocritical of LGE to rent a bungalow after he bragged to the public that he stayed in his papa’s house when he could have move into the official residence once he became the Certified Minister 16 months ago so it is the best time to run him down. But surely, it is nothing compared to Toyol’s Palace.

Khir’s new ‘Balinese-theme palace’ talk of the town

Andrew Ong
Jul 6, 09
3:54pm
Selangor opposition leader Dr Khir Toyo’s lavish new home in Shah Alam is now under scrutiny as the property is allegedly beyond his means, or any menteri besar who served for eight years.

DAP’s Sekinchan state assemblyperson Ng Suee Lim claimed that the 50,000 sq feet or 0.5 hectare property was constructed at an estimated cost of RM20 million while the land was bought at a price of RM3.8 million.

“He has a right to build a house of whatever size he wants. But as a former menteri besar, he has to explain how he funded the house,” said Ng, who took a large entourage of journalists to visit the property this morning.

The property is located in the secluded Jalan 1/7L in Section 7 of Shah Alam.

The homes of many wealthy elites, along with the official menteri besar’s residence, is located in this suburb.

Armed with documents from the Selangor Land and Mineral Office, Ng showed proof that Khir, 44, and his wife Zahrah Kechik, 44, jointly bought the land from Ditamas Sdn Bhd in 2007.

The documents showed that a director of Ditamas is one Shamsuddin Hayroni, who Ng claims is Khir’s buddy. He also said both are of Javanese descent.

Calling the property a “Balinese-style palace”, Ng said that building industry experts have estimated the construction and furnishing to cost about RM20 million.

“The frontage alone costs approximately RM290,000. The tiles you see are imported,” he said.

Size does matter

Ng further alleged that Khir’s property was far larger than the infamous 17-room bungalow built by the late Umno politician Zakaria Mat Deros who caused a controversy in 2006.

Referring to the recent asset declaration by current Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, he said a menteri besar earns RM576,000 per annum and thus Khir would not have accumulated enough to foot the RM24 million bill.

Khir was a practising dentist before he rose up the ranks in Umno and became Selangor menteri besar in 2001 at the age of 33.

“He (as opposition leader) wants to monitor the current government, but he should also explain himself first in the name of transparency,” he said.

Ng said Khir should explain the source of his wealth before accusing the current state government of corruption, like harping on claims that Khalid had misappropriated state funds to buy 48 cows for his constituents.

To a question, Ng said he will not lodge a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission because he has no faith in them to operate independently.

However, he said that it is up to the MACC to take action, failing which he would drop the matter and let the public judge the commission and Khir.

Allegations that Khir owned the palatial home first emerged during the run-up to the March Umno party elections, where he was running as a candidate for the Umno Youth wing chief.

A blog set up to attack Khir showed an aerial photograph of the property which showed several buildings in the large compound, complete with a swimming pool.

http://malaysiakini.com/news/107930

I am convinced Toyol is innocent. After all, he can still make shitloads of money from just fixing people’s teeth alone, on part time basis. Gotta put his dental knowledge into good use lah. Who cares if his palace is worth 24 million or 5 million? I am positive the construction of his Bali palace will mend ties with Indonesia, which has been pretty volatile lately.

I have supported HINDRAF in the past but I am little annoyed with their antics of late. If burning effigies can solve their problem overnight, by all means please burn thousands of them. Remember to include Samy Vellu

Hindraf turns against DAP, plans to burn Guan Eng’s effigy
By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 - The Hindu Rights Action Force’s (Hindraf) is organising a nationwide protest in a final bid to force the DAP-led Penang government to save what they claim is the last Indian cultural heritage village on the island.

On Wednesday, the outlawed organisation, which was credited with delivering the bulk of Indian votes to Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in last year’s general elections, will mobilise its members to gather outside Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s office at Komtar.

They plan to burn an effigy of the DAP secretary-general.

Others will also protest the forced eviction and demolition of Kampung Buah Pala at DAP headquarters in Ipoh, Petaling Jaya and Seremban.

National coordinator S. Jayathas told The Malaysian Insider that the drastic action was warranted as the demolition would take place on Thursday and Hindraf needed to show its seriousness in the matter.

“If PR state governments can give land to Chinese and Malays, then why not Indians? If they cannot even solve this, then what is the different between Umno and DAP?” he said.

Hindraf supporters have in recent months expressed dissatisfaction at PR due to what is perceived as broken promises.

The bulk of Indian voters had supported the fledgling alliance in hopes that it would rectify the disenfranchisement felt by the Indian community.

A number of Hindraf members led by former Hindraf leader RS Thanenthiran have also formed the Malaysian Makkal Sakthi Party, a breakaway party that appears friendly towards Barisan Nasional.

Kampung Buah Pala, sits on a 2.6ha piece of prime land in the rapidly developing eastern Georgetown.

The current 300 villagers and their ancestors, mostly of Tamil origins, have been living in the village for nearly 200 years.

A few weeks ago, Hindraf founder P. Uthayakumar had called on Lim to use his powers as chief minister to save Kampung Buah Pala from developers as provided in Section 76 of the National Land Code.

He said that Lim could do so “with a stroke of the pen” and provide a different plot of land to the developers should it be unable to pay compensation.

The residents association have also offered to buy the land from the state government.

Malaysian Insider

Why didn’t they burn Koh Tsu Koon’s effigy back then? Oh wait, I almost forgot. Their agent in UMNO already did that on their behalf by tearing up his face errr I mean photo.

See how this mighty UMNO guy showed his rage against the ex CM by splitting his face into two pieces. Damn gagah, kan?

Now let’s see if PDRM will be swift enough to send thousands of armed personnel to provide DAP ‘free security’ like they did in Klang few weeks ago.

Jokes aside, I do hope the issue can be resolved amicably because we are talking about preserving the living cultural heritage of Tamil High Chaparral where no amount of money can buy to restore the kampung to its former glory if it is reduced to ashes.

Our politicians are known for their cryptic nature. It is advisable to read between the lines in every speech they made and not to take everything at face value.

Barisan Nasional is confident of regaining the rakyat’s trust in the coalition through efforts taken by the Government to improve the economy and social justice.

Yes, our first step is to stifle the economy of opposition led states, let’s see how long they can last with their puny resolve and idealistic dream alone. They will come begging us for federal funds after one year muahahhahahahhaha.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said while there were talks of the Opposition taking over the Federal Government, Barisan still held the majority and that support for the coalition should not be underestimated.

Ditto. The oppositions are dreaming. They think they can win federal power. I hate to burst your bubble but winning federal power is almost like asking for the moon. With the help from East Malaysia, we are destined to rule forever.

“We know our position, our strengths and weaknesses. So don’t underestimate the support that we have even though they (Opposition) have their own ideas,” he said. “But this is democracy. We can’t stop people from thinking what they want to think.

I agree. Do not ever underestimate BN because they are more than capable of disrupting fund raising dinners with heavily armed police. Now that’s what we called a real democracy.

“But given time and initiatives that we have taken to strengthen the party, people will see that we are a serious Government. Hopefully, we will regain the lost ground and strengthen what we have had for the last 52 years,” he added when commenting on Pakatan Rakyat’s decision to reject the formation of a unity government with Umno after a luncheon talk at the Seventh Heads of Mission Conference yesterday.

We are a serious government. Problem is, people tend to focus on the bad stuffs rather than the good ones. It is all Pak Lah’s fault. If he did not fall asleep so often during important meetings, the people would have taken us more seriously, despite his assurance that although he sleeps but he still listens in his dream. Thank God Najib has taken over. No one dares to sleep in his meeting otherwise he’ll C4 you in your sleep.

“We are sincere and open in doing things that are for the betterment of Malaysians and not only the Malays. We only responded to their suggestion and it is unfair that the issue has been twisted,” said Muhyiddin.

We have shown that we are extremely sincere and open in doing things for the betterment of Malaysian by plundering their RM12billion. Malaysians in general have poor financial planning skills, so we decided to take the first step to instill prudent cult. ure in their mindset. It is regrettable that Lim Kit Siang and his cohorts have gone around lying to the people that we cheated the rakyat’s hard earned money. They are not interested in fighting for people’s interest, all they do is oppose for the sake of opposing. Fortunately we have RTM/TV3 that has been very potent in neutralizing twisted facts with their fair reporting and I can place my trust on the Damage Control Minister, OTK.

“I am perplexed as to why they are against their own idea but it is all right if they do not want to pursue the matter,” he said.

On another matter, Muhyiddin, who is also the Education Minister, said schools with only a handful of students would not be closed down. He said most of these schools were vernacular schools and the policy was to allow them to operate.

“We don’t close down such schools because if we do, then it will become an issue, Even if they only have one student and 10 teachers, we let them operate and pay for the running of the school. We are a kind and caring Government.

You can discredit our other contributions to the nation but you cannot discredit our efforts in showing that we care for the people. If we do not care at all, we wouldn’t be so paranoid with their safety. That was why we sent 900 police to protect the rakyat against the malicious so called DAP dinner. It is never a good idea to allow 3000 people getting brainswash from the malicious speeches made by the closet commie, Lim Kit Siang. In order to quell incitement made by DAP’s supreme leader, it was a smart move to revoke their permit.  But no one has ever mentioned about our kind deeds in allowing the dinner to proceed as usual. We only confisticated their PA system. These ungrateful chinamen should be thankful to us that we did not ban DAP’s dinner in the first place knowing that their intentions were malicious. It is gross injustice against our goodwill that  Supreme Leader Lim KS refuses to acknowledge our kindness, but it’s okay, as long the people knows we are a kind and caring  government, it is more than enough.

“However, we do advise them to consider relocating or moving so that better facilities can be provided for the students and they will be able to interact with others,” he said when commenting on reports that SRJK (T) Ladang Sungai Timah has only one student for the past six months as most estate workers around the area had moved out.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/24/nation/4183982&sec=nation