The free weekly community newspaper Selangor Times marked its second anniversary with its 100th issue today, devoting its centrespread to testimonials from a variety of readers. Its anniversary, coinciding with the release in Britain of the damning Leveson Report on the conduct of the British press, and in a week when Utusan Malaysia was praised [...] Read More @ Source More » Barisan Nasional (BN) | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | Sociopolitics Plus | 大马社会政治

Where in the holy scripture is written that "Barisan Nasional" is chosen by god I would ask? I believe Malays are now scrambling to read all existing scriptures of the Abrahamic tradition -- the Talmud, the Torah, the Old and New Testament, the Psalms of David, the Quran ,.. in order to find evidence of this profoundly new revelation that must have been passed down to a messenger in the 21st, century. A REPUBLIC OF VIRTUE Dr Azly Rahman This news story interests me and I offer my thoughts on it: " ...Umno is the party chosen by God to liberate the chosen land of Malaysia and to uplift the chosen race of the Malays, claimed Umno Youth information chief Reezal Merican Naina Merican. "When it comes to power, since 55 years ago, He had chosen Umno as the ones to liberate our country. "Remember, we are mukhtarin, the chosen ones," he told the Umno general assembly while debating the president's address. As such, he said that no matter ...

November 30, 2012 Khairy and Reezal summon the spirit of inappropriate models from History by Terence Netto@ www.malaysiakini.com "Invoking the spirit of past historical personages when galvanising the troops for battle is a task of some delicacy: calling forth good models can make for a tangible difference to history's course, while, conversely, summoning the spirit of inappropriate models renders toxic the more barbarous undercurrents that flow beneath the surface of political history." -Terence Netto COMMENT : The revenant ghosts of Winston Churchill and Barry Goldwater hovered over the UMNO general assembly, especially in the pronouncements of leaders of the Youth wing of the party. The rhetoric and crusading spirit of the British wartime leader and the libertarian tones of the American conservative politician were separately invoked by Khairy Jamaluddin ( left ) and Reezal Naina Merican respectively in rallying their troops to the party's banner for ...

While Indian leaders in DAP are cautious over the idea, PKR and Hindraf have slammed shut the door on such talks. PETALING JAYA: Hindraf and PKR Indian politicians have snubbed MIC's proposal for unity talks among Indian leaders while the DAP remained cautious of the idea. Hindraf chairman P Waythamoorthy declined outright MIC's invitation to such talks, saying that the move may be politically motivated in view of the upcoming 13th general election. "Vel Paari is now making this call of 'unity talks' as he is worried that Hindraf's blueprint is picking up momentum among the grassroots Indians. "MIC and Umno are now worried that they would lose support of the Indian voters forever, now that Hindraf has gained momentum throughout the country over the last four months since my return," said the Hindraf leader. Hindraf had presented a blueprint for the betterment of the Indian community during its fifth anniversary gathering on S...

November 30, 2012 Najib's Battle cry moves delegates to tears ANALYSIS By Joceline Tan@www.thestar.com.my Tears flowed among those listening to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's presidential speech when he appealed to the party to defend what the forefathers had put in place. THIS is UMNO's 66th general assembly and given that the number 66 means double luck, this should be UMNO's propitious year. Everyone needs some luck to succeed but going by the tone of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's presidential address, it looks like he prefers to depend on the loyalty, commitment and discipline of his party members to make it through the next general election. The UMNO President's speech at the opening of the party's annual meeting began and ended on a fierce note. He wanted to rally the troops, to put them in the mood for what he stated quite plainly as the final assembly before the polls. Presidential addresses are normally quite formal and policy-based b...

The veteran politician also thanks Pandikar Amin Mulia for his services rendered to the Dewan Rakyat. PETALING JAYA: DAP chairman and veteran politician Karpal Singh today said he was deeply touched by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia's apology to him yesterday, and reciprocated with his own apology. "I wish to reciprocate by asking for his forgiveness for the many transgressions for which an apology is due from me to him. "I wish Tan Sri Pandikar well and thank him on behalf of the DAP for his services rendered to the Dewan Rakyat," Karpal said in a statement today. Yesterday, at the end of the last parliamentary session before the 13th general election, Pandikar took the opportunity to apologise to MPs if he had hurt their feelings in the course of the parliamentary sittings since 2008. He specifically tendered his apology to Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh for being insensitive over the veteran MP's health conditions. He exp...

November 30, 2012 Khairy and Reezal summon the spirit of inappropriate models from History by Terence Netto@ www.malaysiakini.com "Invoking the spirit of past historical personages when galvanising the troops for battle is a task of some delicacy: calling forth good models can make for a tangible difference to history's course, while, conversely, summoning the spirit of inappropriate models renders toxic the more barbarous undercurrents that flow beneath the surface of political history." -Terence Netto COMMENT : The revenant ghosts of Winston Churchill and Barry Goldwater hovered over the UMNO general assembly, especially in the pronouncements of leaders of the Youth wing of the party. The rhetoric and crusading spirit of the British wartime leader and the libertarian tones of the American conservative politician were separately invoked by Khairy Jamaluddin ( left ) and Reezal Naina Merican respectively in rallying their troops to the party's banner for ...

It is Najib and not Zahid who should respond to Deepak's most serious allegations at the Umno General Assembly tomorrow, says Lim Kit Siang. COMMENT Defence Minister and Umno vice president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has said that he would respond tomorrow to allegations made by businessman Deepak Jaikishan on Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's family which is also related to the high-profile and long-running  Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case. It is not Zahid but Najib himself who should be responding in his winding-up speech at the 66th Umno General Assembly tomorrow, for three reasons. Firstly,  Deepak's allegations pertain to Najib's family, that he had paid an undisclosed sum for the premier's intervention to allow him to come in as a party in a RM100 million defence ministry project in 2005 when Najib was the Defence Minister -  stitching a deal with a Selangor Umno Wanita leader's company where he would participate as a third party in...

Najib jerit lah awak sekuat mana kamu mahu. Bersembur air liur pun mengenai timbalan dan naib presiden parti UMNO pun tak kisah kerana ianya tidak sedikit pun mengobah nekad dan tekad rakyat mahu menyingkirkan UMNO dari Putrajaya. Nak berperang macam Churchill pun tak mengapa- dalam longkang, celah kankang, dalam bilik, dalam stadium pun tak kisah. Tapi jangan lupa tentera bersekutu lawan parti Nazi yang macam UMNO sekarang ini. yang menjerit perang sana sini ialah KJ seoarang sahaja- majority pemuda dan senior UMNO buat tak tahu sahaja. Mampuih lah KJ kali ini. Yang matlaon UMNO tahu, hendak kekal jadi ADUN atau MP. Rosnah Sherlin nak berperang apa- angkat badan sendiri pun tak boleh. Wanita UMNO- hendak tunjuk muka dikampung pun, rakyat lembukan mereka. Macam mana kita nak percayakan Shahrizat, orang yang tidor dengan dia pun, dia tak tahu apa kerja nya. Orang berkualiti macam inilah yang Najib cakap besar hendak mengurus Malaysia. Bila saya lihat perwakilan UMNO mengibar n...

November 30, 2012 The Deepak Expose : The Scorpene Scandal and the Murder that refuses to fade away by John Berthelsen @www.asiasentinel.com A key figure says he helped PM's wife get a witness out of town A key figure involved in the cover-up of the spectacular 2006 murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu appears to have gone off the reservation, giving interviews to opposition media hinting at the involvement of Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, in the conspiracy. Deepak Jaikishan (left), a Kuala Lumpur-based carpet dealer who reportedly was Mansor's business partner in the past, allegedly promised RM5 million to get out of the country to a private detective who charged that Najib had been Altantuya's former lover, after the detective filed a sworn declaration describing his knowledge of the affair between the two and giving excruciating details of sexual practices, among other specifics. The detective, Perumal Balasubraman...

At the recent "Anwar Ibrahim" General Assembly, it was noted that the Director-General of JAKIM, Dato Hj Othman bin Mustapha ATTENDED or to say it plainly, participated in the Assembly on 27 November 2012. Since he is a high-ranking government official, he should have not attended any political event. IS HE ALSO GOING TO BE SUSPENDED OR SACKED for participating in this political assembly. Recently a temporary officer with JAWI was SACKED for just going and listening to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's ceramah. THERE SHOULD BE NO DOUBLE-STANDARDS? source of news: kerengga Read More @ Source More » Barisan Nasional (BN) | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | Sociopolitics Plus | 大马社会政治

November 30, 2012 Najib's Battle cry moves delegates to tears ANALYSIS By Joceline Tan@www.thestar.com.my Tears flowed among those listening to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's presidential speech when he appealed to the party to defend what the forefathers had put in place. THIS is UMNO's 66th general assembly and given that the number 66 means double luck, this should be UMNO's propitious year. Everyone needs some luck to succeed but going by the tone of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's presidential address, it looks like he prefers to depend on the loyalty, commitment and discipline of his party members to make it through the next general election. The UMNO President's speech at the opening of the party's annual meeting began and ended on a fierce note. He wanted to rally the troops, to put them in the mood for what he stated quite plainly as the final assembly before the polls. Presidential addresses are normally quite formal and policy-based b...

Najib's call for progressiveness failed to make it into the second day of the Umno general assembly. — Reuters pic KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 ― With polls just around the corner, the Umno general assembly today continued to see more Pakatan Rakyat-bashing as party delegates repeated the old chestnuts that anarchy and racial conflicts would destroy Malaysia should the opposition pact come to power. Day two of the party's main general assembly here witnessed delegates taking turns to discredit PR, criticising them for the purported lack of cohesion among their three member parties and accusing them of suppressing the Malays in the states they lead. Although more reserved compared to the usual chest-thumping rhetoric typical of Umno's past annual assemblies, debates today offered only a glimpse of the transformation that the party has professed to have undergone. Instead, delegates focussed on PR's failures and played the race card again in a bid to dri...

November 30, 2012 The Deepak Expose : The Scorpene Scandal and the Murder that refuses to fade away by John Berthelsen @www.asiasentinel.com A key figure says he helped PM's wife get a witness out of town A key figure involved in the cover-up of the spectacular 2006 murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu appears to have gone off the reservation, giving interviews to opposition media hinting at the involvement of Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, in the conspiracy. Deepak Jaikishan (left), a Kuala Lumpur-based carpet dealer who reportedly was Mansor's business partner in the past, allegedly promised RM5 million to get out of the country to a private detective who charged that Najib had been Altantuya's former lover, after the detective filed a sworn declaration describing his knowledge of the affair between the two and giving excruciating details of sexual practices, among other specifics. The detective, Perumal Balasubraman...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — Controversial businessman Deepak Jaikishan wants Senator Datuk Raja Ropiaah Abdullah to quit her parliamentary post to save Umno from being embarrassed by her cheating case. "In order to save Umno, I am asking her to quit as senator," he told  The Malaysian Insider  in a telephone call. He is suing the Selangor Wanita Umno chief"s Awan Megah (M) Sdn Bhd for criminal breach of trust  in the sale of 223.33 acres of land in Bukit Raja. The civil case was heard yesterday. Deepak ( picture, top ) had named Awan Megah together with the Ministry of Defence, government land unit Syarikat Tanah Dan Harta Sdn Bhd and Cebur Megah Development Sdn Bhd in his lawsuit for allegedly cheating him out of millions in a land deal. But the trial judge had already struck off the government, Ministry of Defence and Cebur Megah from the lawsuit and her judgment has been upheld by the Court of Appeal earlier. Deepak's Astacanggih Sdn Bhd had agree...

Thousands of Himpunan Hijau supporters descend upon Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur November 25, 2012. — Picture by Choo Choy May KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 ― Himpunan Hijau protesters vowed to stay overnight at Dataran Merdeka after arriving here following a 300km march from Kuantan to rally against the start-up of the Lynas rare earth plant in Pahang. The police have, however, said they will investigate the Himpunan Hijau rally organisers under the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA) 2012, for allegedly failing to give notice of their protest here against Lynas Corp's refinery in Kuantan. Several thousand protesters were gathered near the historic Dataran Merdeka here, some of whom marched all the way from Kuantan across 13 days. Earlier, Dang Wangi police chief ACP Zainuddin Ahmad told the crowd that the leaders of the environmental protest had failed to inform police of the assembly, and referred to Section 9 (1) of the PAA. He also said the organisers will be investigated unde...