Rahim not prosecuted for RM40 million corruption in the nineties in return for relinquishing all government, statutory and party positions? by MP Lim Kit Siang In Parliament yesterday, I had asked for the government response to Mondays Open Letter to the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar by former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Datuk Mat Zain Ismail who had expressed lack of confidence that Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik would be prosecuted over the Carcosa sex video scandal because of the ultimate involvement of Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail as Attorney-General. Mat Zain was the police officer who headed the initial investigation into the 1998 case of Anwar Ibrahims black eye assault while in police custody in Bukit Aman but whose recommendation that the then Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Rahim Noor be prosecuted for criminal assault against Anwar had been ignored until the subsequent establishment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry. As KL CID chief in 1999, he handled the fou...

The Dewan Rakyat Speaker, however, passed the bill citing it was in compliance with Development Act 1966. KUALA LUMPUR: Parliament erupted today after Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia shot down an opposition MPs move to declare a supplementary expenditure by the Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry as unconstitutional. Earlier, Pandikar Amin adjourned the sitting for 15 minutes after PKRs Indera Mahkota MP Azan Ismail pointed out a glitch when the ministry did not include RM133 million spending in its Supply Bill, which is required under the Article 101 of the Federal Constitution. If Parliament approves this without having the spending included in the bill, it becomes unconstitutional, Azan said at a press conference. Azan, along with other opposition MPs, said that it was negligent of the government to overlook this requirement, adding that it was pertinent to debate every single sen spent from taxpayers money. However, Pandikar Amin dismissed the argument, saying after the break t...

Perkasa Youth chief quits LADY GAGA DOLL UPDATED @ 06:12:39 PM 29-03-2011 By Syed Mu’az Syed Putra March 29, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Perkasa Youth chief Arman Azha Abu Hanifah confirmed today he is quitting his post with immediate effect, in a development suggesting a split in the Malay rights group. His announcement confirmed a report in The Malaysian Insider this morning that he was resigning amid speculation about serious infighting because of disagreement among the top leaders over the way the group is being managed. He said, however, that he would remain a member of Perkasa. Perkasa could face a serious split with Arman’s (picture) resignation. Perkasa was formed by Datuk Ibrahim Ali after 2008 to address and champion what the Pasir Mas MP claimed was a gradual erosion of Malay rights after the last general election. “I am announcing my resignation today as Perkasa Youth chief to give a chance to the yo...

Sex video: How low can you go? Ramdas Tikamdas The vast majority of ordinary decent Malaysians from all walks of life and all sectors of our society are deeply disturbed and dismayed at the obsessive fixation by the institutions of state with sordid sex for well over a decade since the shameful tumultuous times of 1998 just before the turn of the century. The institutions which have and are continuing to expend the limited resources of state on a single politician's private life include the Royal Malaysia Police, the Attorney General's Chambers, the Judiciary and the mainstream media via state television and national newspapers. Who has done an audit of the man-hours expended by an array of forensic scientists, doctors, private investigators and others deployed by the state in dedication to a single-minded exploration and analysis of someone's anatomy? All of this not for the advancement of sc...

Whare is MCA ? Now Chinese claim ‘Interlok’ racist By Yow Hong Chieh March 30, 2011 Muhyiddin appeared to have laid the matter to rest last week. — file pic KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Fresh trouble is brewing over the use of “Interlok” in schools, with Chinese groups today condemning the novel’s depiction of Chinese characters as greedy, opium-smoking lechers keen to exploit Malays for profit. Having weathered a storm of controversy from the Indian community over the novel’s use of the word “pariah”, the Education Ministry now faces Chinese calls to drop the “racist” book from the Form Five Bahasa Malaysia syllabus. In a statement today, Chinese associations from across Malaysia said the book was not only offensive to Indians but Chinese as well, as it depicted the character Kim Lock as a “miserly opium addict and callous adulterer” and his son, Cing Huat, as “cunning, greedy, unscrupulous and someone who would happily sell his daughte...

The Sarawak National Party has switched its Twitter account to <http://twitter.com/ngelaban> with the Twitter handle @ngelaban, after its original account at mySNAP was suspended a few days ago, for unspecified reasons. The party said it believed Twitter suspended the account because the party had sent too many Tweets. The new Twitter handle @ngelaban is derived from the Iban war cry Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban, the motto of the famed Sarawak Rangers. Originally a territorial regiment, the Sarawak Rangers were absorbed into the Malaysian Army and reconstituted as a multi-ethnic nine-battalion regiment, comprising light infantry, mechanised infantry (7th Rangers) and airborne infantry or paratroopers (8th Rangers). Iban and Dayak culture lives on in regimental traditions. Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban, meaning To Fight To The Death, is also variously described as While I Breathe, I Hope from the Brooke family motto Dum Spiro Spero, While I Breathe I Fight, and Whilst There Is Life, There Is Fig...

Sex and politics — Tay Tian Yan This Table is Tripping Me Out MARCH 29 — Over the past few days, wherever I went, people kept asking me: Who was he? Was it real? All I could say was: I did not see the video. Have no idea who the guy was, but am sure it wasn’t me! Although I keep a moustache, and my hair is just as sparse, and am also bespectacled, with a small tummy, I can be very sure it wasn’t me. Sure enough it wasn’t me. That said, any middle-aged man in Malaysia with a moustache, sparse hair and a small tummy and is wearing glasses could be the guy, or the stand-in for that particular instance. If the police were to identify the guy, or the stand-in, they may have to summon all men with the above features. An easier way is to get all the sex tradesmen to view the tape and start the investigation from the girl. Chinese sex workers in KL have all gone through the baptism of modernisation, systematisation and computerisation. Their heigh...