BRUNO MANSER FUND, BASEL / SWITZERLAND 31st May 2012 Radio Free Sarawak anchorman, Peter John Jaban, abducted by Malaysian security forces – Police deny knowledge on the whereabouts of the popular indigenous radio presenter (MIRI, MALAYSIA)  Peter John Jaban , a presenter of Radio Free Sarawak, an independent radio station broadasting news for Sarawak's indigenous communities, has today been abducted by unidentified Malaysian security forces who are believed to be members of the Special Branch, Malaysia's secret political police. According to a statement by Radio Free Sarawak, the radio presenter was on his way home to spend the Gawai harvest festival with his family when he was detained and photographed prior to boarding a flight from Kota Kinabalu to Miri in Sarawak, Malaysia. Malaysian police officers told him that he would be arrested upon arrival in Sarawak. But when he reached Miri, despite heavy police presence, a lawyer and a local politician...

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From midnight Internet users must mind every thought A giant Malaysian gag is falling over the Internet from midnight today, when a law hurriedly passed by Parliament comes into place. In effect, the law forces Internet users in Malaysia into multiple acts of self-censorship before posting any remark, comment or article on blogs, Facebook, Twitter, [...] Read More @ Source More » Barisan Nasional (BN) | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | Sociopolitics Plus | 大马社会政治

Excerpts from some Online News Portal :  He was detained, photographed and had his documents photocopied, before being escorted onto the flight. He was also informed that Special Branch would be awaiting him on his arrival in Miri. He had arrived in Miri from Kota Kinabalu in an Air Asia flight at about 10.45 am and as the Miri police had assured YB Alan Ling Sie Kiong that there was no instruction for Jaban's arrest, Jaban had left the airport for Miri town with the Miri PKR chairman Dr. Michael Teo Yu Keng On their way to town, three men in a Proton car stopped Dr Teo and Peter, and Peter was taken away. They were "stopped by a brown Proton car in front of Tamu Muhibbah in the city centre. Dr Michael Teo, who was with Peter when the incident happened, said they were "stopped by a brown Proton car in front of Tamu Muhibbah in the city centre. They were three men in it. They all looked native. One of them came out and Peter came out of the car with all ...

GEORGE TOWN (May 31, 2012): Journalists from Utusan Malaysia and New Straits Times (NST) were barred from covering enforcement operations and press conferences organised by the Health Office and municipal council in Batu Feringghi this morning. The council's public health committee chairman, Ong Ah Teong, apologised that a press conference could not begin if journalists [...] Read More @ Source More » Barisan Nasional (BN) | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | Sociopolitics Plus | 大马社会政治

Taking prime minister Najib Razak to task over his assurance that the national debt would not breach the critical 55% threshold of the country's gross domestic product, PAS's Dzulkefly Ahmad has challenged him to state the actual amount of the debt. "So how much is the national debt if it has yet to breach 55% of the GDP?" asked the Kuala Selangor member of parliament in his response to Najib's speech yesterday. Addressing the "Invest Malaysia 2012" conference, Najib said the government had taken steps to reduce fiscal deficit to ensure economic growth, adding that the country's fiscal deficit now stood at 4.8 per cent of GDP versus 5.0 per cent. But Dzulkefly said it was not the first time such claims were made by the Finance minister. He recalled a parliamentary answer to him earlier this year which stated that apart from fiscal debts of RM456.1 billion, the country was saddled with RM116.76 billion in debt by statut...

May 31, 2012 MACC Graft Probe on NFC: Just to  clear Shahrizat by Clara Chooi@ www.themalaysianinsider.com "The way they investigated it is as if they were merely trying to find a reason to let Shahrizat go. What the MACC needs to prove is that there was no influence whatsoever from Shahrizat that allowed her family to get the contract although they had absolutely zero experience in cattle-farming."–Rafizi Ramli The Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) was accused today of whitewashing Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil's National Feedlot Centre (NFC) graft investigation , with PKR's Rafizi Ramli pointing out that he had not even been questioned by investigators despite being responsible for most of the allegations against the Minister and her family. Rafizi, the man who led a relentless campaign to expose alleged misappropriation of public funds in the management of NFC, pointed out that he had been the one leading the series of exposes on the NFC since...

Here are my responses to the excellent article written by Pirates of PuteraJaya in response to the Greek Tragedy. That article must never be treated as endorsements of Mahathirnomics. Posted by sakmongkol AK47 Read More @ Source More » Barisan Nasional (BN) | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | Sociopolitics Plus | 大马社会政治

Harakahdaily May 30: Taking prime minister Najib Razak to task over his assurance that the national debt would not breach the critical 55% threshold of the country's gross domestic product, PAS's Dzulkefly Ahmad has challenged him to state the actual amount of the debt. "So how much is the national debt if it has yet to breach 55% of the GDP?" asked the Kuala Selangor member of parliament in his response to Najib's speech yesterday. Addressing the "Invest Malaysia 2012″ conference, Najib said the government had taken steps to reduce fiscal deficit to ensure economic growth, adding that the country's fiscal deficit now stood at 4.8 per cent of GDP versus 5.0 per cent. But Dzulkefly said it was not the first time such claims were made by the Finance minister. He recalled a parliamentary answer to him earlier this year which stated that apart from fiscal debts of RM456.1 billion, the country was saddled with RM116.76 billion in debt by statutory...

May 31, 2012 MACC Graft Probe on NFC: Just to  clear Shahrizat by Clara Chooi@ www.themalaysianinsider.com "The way they investigated it is as if they were merely trying to find a reason to let Shahrizat go. What the MACC needs to prove is that there was no influence whatsoever from Shahrizat that allowed her family to get the contract although they had absolutely zero experience in cattle-farming."–Rafizi Ramli The Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) was accused today of whitewashing Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil's National Feedlot Centre (NFC) graft investigation , with PKR's Rafizi Ramli pointing out that he had not even been questioned by investigators despite being responsible for most of the allegations against the Minister and her family. Rafizi, the man who led a relentless campaign to expose alleged misappropriation of public funds in the management of NFC, pointed out that he had been the one leading the series of exposes on the NFC since...

DAP's P Ramasamy claims that the violent beating of V Ganabatirao and his brother Papa Raidu was 'BN-inspired'. PETALING JAYA: The assault on two Indian Rights Action Force (Indraf) leaders last night was inspired by the Barisan Nasional government, alleged DAP deputy secretary-general P Ramasamy. He claimed that Indraf leaders, V Ganabatirao and his brother Pappa Raidu, were assaulted as they were gaining support among the Indians masses. "Some quarters felt that the success of the recent Indraf 2.0 gathering was a threat to their standing," he added, without naming anyone. Last night, Ganabatirao and Pappa Raidu were attacked by three men, after the duo attended a funeral in Taman Mutiara, Klang. It was believed that the attack was linked to the Indraf 2.0 rally in Brickfields on Sunday, which was attended by nearly 3,000 people. A police report had been lodged over the assault and the brothers were currently warded at the Seri Kota...

May 31, 2012 Shahrizat cleared by MACC: That's a Foregone Conclusion It pays to be a Member of UMNO Kleptocracy of Good Standing Former Women and Family Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil has been cleared of having had a hand in awarding the multi-million ringgit National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) project to her family members. "We found that Shahrizat was not involved in the process – in awarding the project to the company and the RM250 million loan," Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) operations review panel chief Hadenan Abdul Jalil said today. The NFC has been accused of mismanaging the loan. Shahrizat's husband Mohamed Salleh Ismail is the company's chairperson with her children its directors. Speaking on the matter briefly, Hadenan said the panel has decided to wrap up the matter. Shahrizat relinquished her ministerial post on the expiry of her senatorship on April 8, but decided to continue as the Wanita UMNO Head and Wani...

Isa Samad's entry into the membership of Koperasi Permodalan Felda (KPF) "may be illegal" as it violates the KPF by-laws, the Malaysia Cooperative Societies Commission (MCCC) has ruled. However, no action can be taken because the KPF by-laws do not have any provision to cancel his membership, a three-member MCCC panel ruled last week. "Hence, Isa's membership in KPF remains intact," the panel ruled. It said that the KPF board's acceptance of Isa's membership was against the cooperative's by-laws. This means that Isa, a former long-serving menteri besar of Negeri Sembilan, can stay on as KPF chairperson. The panel made its decision on May 23, following an application challenging Isa's membership in KFP filed by Abdul Talib Ali and 15 other KPF members. The panel was chaired by Kamarulzaman Mohamad Buhari, with Muriddan Elias and Zainab Othman as members. The lawyer representing the applicants, Ahmad Nizam Ramli, yesterday receive...

The Debate , Round 2: Guan Eng potong-ed   ***** Shakespeare, in Hamlet, wrong again… To be or not to be, that is the question; Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles… 莎士比亚: 哈姆雷特  做，定唔做，呢個就係問題； 究竟邊樣心高尚啲，去忍受 命運啲橫蠻無理嘅石頭同箭， 定攞起架生對抗海量嘅麻煩… Hole-in-the-head : Guan Eng's dilemma - to potong or not to potong ***** The Debate Round 2 Caliph Lim 林冠英 : Why you talk like that? My friend Steven Wonder Gan laugh at you, man. You're an Umno lapdog . Cai Xilik 蔡细历:  O… yes, of course. Stevie the Wonder Gan. Running dog of an illustrious CM. Why you tell everybody I potong? You think I dare not! Pipe down boy. Don't get excited. 碧虹  Bihong isn't here. You're a porn star. So you say…  This is the trouble with you – deluded: there's no pot of gold at the end of the caihong . And Hannah is too fat - even for King Kong. But why you say I dare not. I ...