Hadi: Mahathir's venom shows how desperate Umno is

Hadi: Mahathir's venom shows how desperate Umno is

PAS president Hadi Awang

KUALA TERENGGANU (Harakahdaily) - PAS president Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang said UMNO’s failure in improving the plight of the Malays as it had been claiming was a betrayal to the Malays, while its unjust practices, abuse of power and rampant corruption tarnished the good name of Islam which it claimed to be championing.

Hadi was rebutting former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's remark that PAS was using Islam and justifying its cooperation with non-Islamic parties such as DAP, while at the same time warning Malays that a non-Malay would helm the country should Pakatan Rakyat come to power.

Hadi said Mahathir's latest attack showed UMNO was getting desperate to stay in power, adding that this was the case whenever the race-based party was at its weakest.

“History shows that UMNO is a colonial heritage ...to weaken the Muslims,” said Hadi, who is also the Marang member of parliament.

Earlier, PAS vice president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man joined other PAS personalities in their response to Mahathir's remarks, saying it was an attempt to scare the Malays away from PR with warnings that Malays would lose their power.

Tuan Ibrahim said the people could "no longer be duped with the same rhetoric".

“The people can now evaluate how UMNO has failed to carry out the trust to govern the country and uplift the Malays. As a result, a new term ‘Umnoputra’ has emerged to show how UMNO fails to help the Malays,” he said in a statement to Harakahdaily.

He added the failure of the New Economic Policy (NEP) to uplift Malay economic life by meeting the 30 percent quota clearly illustrated how UMNO had failed the Malays.

'UMNO once had more seats than Gerakan in Penang'

On Malays in Penang, Tuan Ibrahim (left) charged that in trying to cover their failure during BN-Gerakan’s administration, UMNO now tried to portray that their plight was due to the present state government led by Lim Guan Eng.

“The fact is, UMNO once had actually more seats than Gerakan,” he reminded.

Tuan Ibrahim said Malays had started to become close to PAS following UMNO’s failure to protect them, adding that PAS's principles were based on Islam and not Malay nationalism so that justice can be served.

“PR is now seen as the defender of the marginalised group,” said Tuan Ibrahim, who is also PAS's state commissioner for Pahang.

Giving an example, he cited oil revenues which failed to improve the living standards of the country's poorest citizens in Sabah, Sarawak, Kelantan and Terengganu.

“Just imagine that if 20% oil royalty was returned to the states with the poorest citizens in the country by average – namely Sabah, Sarawak, Kelantan and Terengganu – without any corruption and power abuse, these rural states whose people have been neglected for 50 years can be improved and we shall see the emergence of a great country,” stated Tuan Ibrahim.

On a lighter note responding to Mahathir’s latest criticism, Tuan Ibrahim recalled how the late PAS president Ustaz Fadzil Noor would pray for long life for Mahathir "so that he could see the destruction and repercussion to the country because of his administration".

The humbug that is Dr Mahathir and the BN's dilemma

The humbug that is Dr Mahathir and the BN's dilemma

OMG that Mamak !!

Mahathir - now seen as a destructive force

Mariam Mokhtar

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's warning that “Malays would lose power if Pakatan Rakyat were to come to power”, is not his first racist rant since his retirement. He delights in taking pot-shots at Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's administration and excels at instigating unrest.

Why would the Malays lose power under Pakatan? The Malays lost whatever power they had under 22 years of Mahathir's rule.

Mahathijavascript:void(0)r is racist, but Najib would not dare charge him with sedition. Mahathir certainly acts like he is the 'co-premier' and his flirtation with extremist NGOs like Perkasa, must embarrass the current administration.

At times, we can be forgiven for thinking that he must be the second most powerful person in the government. His ruthless desire to cling onto the reins of power and pretend to speak out for ordinary Malays must create chaos in government circles. He is great at divide-and-rule.

If he is the 'Father of Modernisation', then he is out of touch with the people of 21st century Malaysia. Most Malaysians would be open-minded and accepting of one another, but for the politicians. I would accept a non-Malay prime minister of either sex and sexual preference, provided that person is a strong and capable leader.

Malaysia's riches lie not its mineral wealth or its agricultural produce; its most important resource is its people. Why can't we set aside racism and simply move forward?

We are a hardworking nation but Mahathir's policies, perpetuated by his successors, have degraded us. With 10 years left until 2020, by when he hopes Malaysia becomes a developed nation, we still bicker over which race does what, where and when. Instead of emulating our neighbours, we behave like children squabbling in the playground.

Isn't it a bit rich for Mahathir to suggest that Pakatan leaders might be a bunch of self-serving and racist politicians?

Mahathir and the other politicians in the BN coalition have already proven themselves to be self-serving and racist.

Research has shown that politicians are the least trusted group of people. The history of politics is the history of lies, and Mahathir could be considered the most professional in this group.

Once people like him have tasted power and climbed the ladder of authority, the lies, deceit and cover-ups have a cumulative effect.

He hates ordinary Malays to get on with their non-Malay counterparts and yet his chums are powerful Chinese tycoons.

Absurd claim

Mahathir is vehemently against the west and accuses it of undermining countries. However, he was happy to offer George W Bush his full support and cooperation in the aftermath of the Sept 11, attacks. He used this tacit approval to tighten his grip on political dissenters at home, using the ISA.

He has a problem with western values and their concept of 'absolute freedom' and told the US Congress in Washington: “The west is very impatient. You want overnight change.”

And yet, for 22 years, he altered the Malaysian landscape with his policies which polarised us, increased corruption, worsened nepotism and created the systematic destruction of our institutions.

His argument is that the Malays would lose power under Pakatan. That is absurd. He leaves the non-Malays with a persecution complex or the Malays feeling victimised.

This man is prepared to sacrifice the ordinary person to protect his, and his cronies' domination of wealth and power. Malaysians from all walks of life are left frightened, angry and worried.

Similarly, the Umno cohorts are also fearful of what will become of them when Pakatan gains power. We, the taxpayers of Malaysia, want them jailed and our money returned.

Mahathir and other extremist leaders imagine we're living in a Malaysia where the Malay reigns supreme for life.

Ideas like these will cripple the nation. This is the power that Mahathir has over easily-influenced and unprincipled Malays.

Malaysia is financially insecure. Our civil service is shored up with injections of cash even though large swathes of it are overstaffed and inefficient.

Mahathir has turned the Malays into a work-shy part of the Malay community. The country is suffering economically and our most gifted people seek jobs abroad. Talk of Malay rights just distracts Malays from valuing hard work and rewards.

The anomaly is that Bangladeshi fishermen are invited to take up 6,000 jobs in our fishing industry. Why? What happened to our once thriving fishing economy? Where are the government policies to modernise our fishing fleet and lift our fishermen out of poverty?

Taxpayers' money is indiscriminately spent on divisive projects like the Biro Tata Negara (BTN, National Civics Bureau) or the unpopular National Service (NS). A few months of NS are insufficient for promoting unity. The BTN indoctrination traps Malays in a dependency culture.

Power-mad talk

Racial harmony and unity is an ongoing process, best started as early as possible in life. Mahathir's racist policies are myopic. They have neither made Malaysia better nor improved the lives of the Malays, or any other poor Malaysians.

Let us not kid ourselves. Mahathir is not making the Malays 'gain power' or 'have power'. He is merely referring to Umno's (and BN component partners) hold onto power, over us. It is for their own ends - and certainly not ours.

What happens if people did not vote Pakatan? By Mahathir's reckoning, the Malays will still have power.

'Power' is meaningless if people still don't qualify to tender for contracts, have to pay a higher road-toll, are at the mercy of trigger-happy policemen or racist school principals, don't trust the judiciary, cannot afford cars or houses, and face escalating prices for petrol, electricity and basic foodstuffs?

Who will the Malaysians blame then? It won't be Pakatan. It will be Mahathir, his cronies and Umno.

Mahathir's power-mad talk has only managed to cause tensions to rise. As a retiree who has caused irreparable damage to race relations, why doesn't he just stick to making the bread rise in his bakery business, 'The Loaf'?

Alas, the talent of the Malay youth to loaf or lepak, is well-known.

Key suspect in Sosilawati’s murder cries torture

No need to torture them , just put some corpses in their jail room or simply send them to sleep in the morque . When you murder people did did you take into account their cries of torture ?

Or you want the police to send you roses and massagers to massage you in jail ? You want a bed ? Please send them a bed with nails . You want air con ? Lancau to you !

UPDATED @ 10:53:00 PM 26-09-2010

September 26, 2010

Two key suspects in the murder investigations are led from the Kuala Langat district police headquarters. — Bernama pic

PETALING JAYA, Sept 26 — The main suspect in the murder of cosmetics queen Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three others lodged a police report today, alleging police brutality while under remand.

The 41-year-old who filed a report at the Petaling Jaya police headquarters, was escorted by several policemen and watched closely by his two lawyers, Ravi Nekoo and Pushpa Ratnam.

The suspect was seen entering the police headquarters at 4.15pm before leaving about an hour later in a police car.

According to the report, the suspect alleged he was kicked and assaulted by policemen using a rubber hose, as well as hit on his private parts with a stick.

He said he was also forced to perform 60 repetitive squat stands until he passed out, adding that he was also forced to admit and point his finger involuntarily to where a murder victim’s mobile phone was thrown.

Meanwhile, Nekoo said the police were co-operative and allowed the suspect to make a report on police mistreatment which resulted in back injuries.

“He (suspect) claimed to have been slapped and beaten until his front teeth became loose, and even experienced back pains... the suspect will be sent to the hospital for treatment but the date and hospital have not been confirmed.

“The suspect claimed he was not involved in the murder... however, he is ready to help the police in any way but hopes to be treated better and fairly,” he told reporters outside the police headquarters.

On September 23, DP Vijandran, who is one of the suspect’s lawyers, alleged that his client was hit and kicked, resulting in body injuries.

The matter was made known by his client during Vijandran’s first visit with his two clients, which lasted 15 minutes, at the Kuala Lumpur police contingent headquarters.

Subsequently, Bukit Aman CID director Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin told the suspects to file a police report, should they be abused or forced to sign documents by the police team during their remand period to enable a thorough investigation.

Sosilawati, 47, her driver, Kamaruddin Shamsuddin, 44, Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur CIMB bank officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, and personal lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abd Karim, 32, were reported missing since August 30 after they were said to have gone to Banting over a land transaction.

On September 13, police confirmed that the four victims were beaten to death before their bodies were burnt and the ashes scattered into a river near Ladang Gadong, Banting, Selangor.

In Banting, a source linked to the investigations of these murders termed the Banting murders by the press, told reporters that no bodies were found at two locations police had identified as graves at Ladong Gadong.

He only said police appeared to be satisfied to have found some evidence but did not wish to disclose if they were bone fragments or personal effects of victims.

He was only willing to say that the find provided leads in the case of missing Kedah businessman Mohd Shafik Abdullah.

Mohd Shafik, who hails from Sungei Petani, is also believed to have been murdered by the same people as in the Sosilawati case.

Asked about the presence of fire and rescue personnel and fire engines at the scene, he said they were there to assist in providing water supply for the investigation team and that the assistance of Syabas was also sought to repair broken mains in the area.

Pressmen who had staked out the area from early morning till 6.55pm did not see police Land Rovers bringing out any body bags as is normally witnessed in murders and neither was there the stench of decaying corpses.

Only seen were 10 police vehicles and a backhoe entering the area together with four suspects in the case.

In other developments, S. Usharani, 27, the wife of missing Indian multi-millionaire Allal Kanthan Muthuraja, whose disappearance is also linked to the Banting murders, was seen entering the Kuala Langat police headquarters at 10am and levaing at 10.45.

Police have re-classified this case from missing person to murder victim. — Bernama

PKR vote turns shambolic

Is this the way they proclaim they can run the Federal Government ? Better open your eyes . Imagine if they form the Federal Govt , habis lah ! They no No Different from UMNO .

UPDATED @ 12:24:03 AM 27-09-2010

By G. Manimaran
Bahasa Malaysia Editor

September 26, 2010

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — Irregularity after irregularity has thrown PKR’s first ever direct elections into chaos, causing the unprecedented suspension of six divisional annual general meetings after disputes were raised

Five Selangor divisions — Klang, Kapar, Kuala Langat, Subang, and Kota Raja — and the Johor division of Parit Sulong were all forced to abandon their annual meets today.

In Petaling Jaya Utara, Selangor state exco Elizabeth Wong was defeated and immediately cried foul, claiming that her opponent should have been disqualified but was still allowed to run in the elections.

One party leader involved in the management of the elections described today’s events, particularly those in the Selangor divisions, as “embarrassing” and completely unexpected.

“This is the first time we’re holding direct elections, where the members are supposed to show the rest of the nation that PKR is able to hold elections with composure and civility, but instead this is what happens,” said the leader who requested anonymity.

The person also alleged of threats to election officers and pressure on them to allow voting to continue, in an apparent reference to occurrences in Subang, which earlier had voting postponed owing to irregularities on the ballots, but where observation officers were forced to proceed regardless after being threatened.

The AGM there had previously passed a resolution to defer voting to mid-day, after some of the division’s members had left owing to the late issuance of revised ballots. The original ballots were forced to be replaced after the names of several candidates were found to be missing.

The Malaysian Insider understands that voting was, however, made to proceed — minus the supporters of vice president R. Sivarasa — after the election officers were menaced.

“With all the pressure and tension, we had no choice but to proceed. We leave it in the party’s hands whether to uphold the validity of the election,” said one officer.

When contacted, the Subang MP said: “In my opinion, the vote was invalid as the election officers had already decided to postpone it.”

“I can’t say anything more as I am a candidate,” he said when contacted again later in the evening.

PKR’s election commission is believed to have convened an emergency meeting for 10.30pm tonight to consider today’s developments.

The meeting was called following several other incidents, including those in Kampung Raja where ballot boxed were allegedly hijacked, leading to the police being called in.

“The affected ballot boxes have been brought to the party headquarters for further action.

“It is uncertain if the ballots will be tallied tonight or tomorrow, or possibly the day after,” said the same officer.

The Kapar AGM was initially postponed after the venue, a multi-purpose hall in Meru, failed to accommodate all the members present, plus the names of some Youth and Women’s wing candidates’ were missing from the ballots.

“The officers could not control the situation when the representatives started creating a ruckus, but there were no flying chairs in Kapar,” the area’s MP, S. Manikavasagam, told The Malaysian Insider.

Over in Klang, apparent discontent with the election outcome forced the voting to be abandoned.

“Three candidates vying for the chair of the division proposed for the voting to be postponed, and then became unhappy with the election officer’s decision.

“They then grabbed the ballot boxes and broke down the doors,” claimed the incumbent chairman Suhaimi Mohd Nor.

He added that turnout had been higher than anticipated, resulting in a shortage of ballots.

“We had only printed 2,000 ballots, enough for the estimated 30 per cent of the members. However, almost 50 per cent attended and the election commission was forced to make duplicate ballots,” he said.

The meeting in Kuala Langat experienced similar pains, when members attempted to seize both the ballots and ballot boxes to disrupt voting.

“This happened because some candidates knew they were headed for defeat,” said chairman Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid.

PKR amended its constitution last year allowing all 450,000 of its members to vote for divisional leaders and the 25 members of the central leadership council — including the president, deputy president and four vice-presidents.

The party’s 218 divisions will hold two separate meetings: One for the annual general meeting and election of divisional leaders, and a second meeting to vote for national leaders.

The divisions will vote for national leaders over several weekends, from October 29 to November 21.

Reveal my secrets, Nazri dares Ibrahim Ali

No hitting below the belt . You want to reveal , reveal only issues concerning Nazri , don't bring his son or his daughter or his wife into your relevations !

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

September 27, 2010

Nazri has instructed Ibrahim to reveal any secrets he may have, as the former intends to continue hitting out at Perkasa. — file pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 — Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz has challenged Datuk Ibrahim Ali to reveal whatever secrets the Perkasa chief may have against him, in response to the latter’s warning to three Umno leaders to stop criticising Perkasa.

Ibrahim had singled out Nazri, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor and Khairy Jamaluddin in his admonition to politicians to stop lashing out at the Malay rights group or risk having their “secrets” revealed.

Nazri said that Ibrahim’s threats did not frighten him, but rather it had strengthened his resolve in opposing Perkasa’s brand of “racism.”

“I want Ibrahim Ali to reveal whatever secrets he may have against me. In fact, I dare him to. He better start revealing [these] soon, because I will continue to attack Perkasa and I will continue to fight him,” Nazri told The Malaysian Insider.

The minister in the prime minister’s department has been vocal in condemning Perkasa for what he deemed an erosion of Barisan Nasional’s (BN) support from the non-Malay electorate.

On Saturday, Ibrahim alleged at a Perkasa rally in his Pasir Mas parliamentary constituency that the three Umno leaders’ views of Perkasa differed from that of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s views.

“I know that these three Umno leaders are not talking on behalf of Umno’s president. I can tell you who is Khairy Jamaluddin, Nazri Aziz, Tengku Adnan Mansor because I know their DNA. If I reveal their DNA then we will continue our fighting so let it stop here.

“Don’t be angry at them. Don’t be angry at the government. We are gentlemen. If they want insult then let them,” he told the audience during the Perkasa rally attended by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Nazri, however, scoffed at Ibrahim’s latest remarks, dismissing it as the “rants of the Perkasa chief.”

“Does Ibrahim Ali even know what 1 Malaysia is about? If we don’t speak the same language as the prime minister then why are we supporting his 1 Malaysia concept? How is it that he knows more than me? Please,” said Nazri.

The outspoken Padang Rengas MP said that Ibrahim needed a reality check to understand the difference between running a government and operating an NGO.

“Who is in the Cabinet? Who sits on the Umno Supreme Council, and who is in Umno? Definitely not Ibrahim Ali.

“Reveal whatever you have then, please. Come on, I dare you to,” prodded the minister.

Nazri, along with Khairy and Tengku Adnan have all been reported as having spoken out against the Malay rights group.

Khairy had raised concerns that BN would lose non-Malay support if it does not immediately disassociate itself from Perkasa.

The Umno Youth chief said there was a perception now to affiliate Umno with Perkasa, and that this was “hurting” BN’s bid to gain non-Malay votes, which severely dwindled in the last general election.

Similarly, Nazri had declared that the Umno did not support or recognise the Malay rights group, saying Umno was against any form of racism and that Perkasa’s ideals did not fit in the Najib administration’s focus on plurality and unity.

Earlier this month, Tengku Adnan also recently said his BN counterparts had agreed that distancing the ruling coalition from Perkasa was the best way forward to halt the slide in non-Malay support for BN.

He added that Umno would not back the strident Malay rights group or Ibrahim in the next general election.

Tengku Adnan, however, subsequently denied stating that BN was distancing itself from Perkasa after Najib said that Umno did not want to stir conflict with any non-governmental organisation despite the recent move by Umno leaders to rebuff the Malay rights group.

The Mahathir-backed Perkasa is still seen by many as commanding significant support from within Umno as well as the Malay grassroots.

Expats in Malaysia among region’s poorest, but happier

By Lee Wei Lian

September 24, 2010

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 — Expatriates working in Malaysia are among the lowest paid compared with regional peers, but lead more luxuriant lives than them, a HSBC Bank survey showed.

Among the East Asian countries listed in the survey, only expatriates in Thailand and the Philippines fared worse in terms of pay.

Expats in Malaysia’s southern neighbour Singapore, meanwhile, enjoyed the highest salaries among all countries surveyed by HSBC — with 45 per cent earning more than US$200,000 (RM620,000) annually, compared to the worldwide average of 21 per cent

In terms of ranking, Malaysia’s expats ranked 14th regionally in terms of income as compared with Singapore (1), Hong Kong (4), Philippines (6), China (12) and Thailand (19).

The figures suggest that salaries could be one of the challenges the Najib administration faces in attracting top foreign talent to the country in its bid to become a developed, high-income nation by 2020.

Under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) unveiled earlier this week, the government intends to grow Greater Kuala Lumpur’s population by an additional four million — to 10 million — by 2020, of which 500,000 (12 per cent) will consist of top foreign talent that will help turn the city into a world-class metropolis.

Stewart Forbes, executive director of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that the abundance of high-earning expats in Singapore reflects the continued attractiveness of island-state as a foreign investment destination following the global recession. He also noted that more high-value foreign investments bring with them high-valued and highly paid expats, both of a technical and managerial nature.

He pointed out that expat numbers in Malaysia have been declining and said many felt that potential investors often have difficulty in getting permission to bring in the expats that they wanted.

Forbes added that salaries were only one of the considerations, with personal safety and lifestyle issues also affecting expat decisions.

“Quality of life and security are significant factors in senior expats willingness to relocate and, therefore, has an impact on the decision-making process of foreign investors,” he said. “Singapore is seen as having high living standards coupled with high security while Malaysia’s image still needs improvement.”

In Malaysia’s favour, however, is the relatively luxurious lifestyle the country’s expats enjoy as compared to their Singaporean counterparts.

Malaysian expats enjoyed the fifth most luxurious lifestyle according to the survey, far ahead of 13th ranked Singapore.

The luxury score in the report is derived from ascertaining the proportion of respondents who say they have enjoyed perks such as bigger properties, domestic helpers, nicer cars, own swimming pools and luxurious holidays.

Muthuraja ‘movie plot’ unravels

THIRUNELVELI: The case of missing Indian businessman A. Muthuraja is playing like a drama - with the mystery of his disappearance, a search that spans two nations and a very nasty family feud.

His mother A. Ramalakshmi has made it known that her son was not on good terms with his wife S. Usharani.

She claimed her son wanted to “escape” from Usharani because she was always putting him under pressure.

Happier times: (From left) Muthuraja and Ramalakshmi, and Usharani and Muthuraja.

“They quarrelled all the time and Usharani had threatened to commit suicide,” she added.

“He has asked me many times to take care of his three-year-old daughter Lakshmi Shree so he could walk away from the destructive relationship,” she said at her ancestral home in Thenkasi near here.

According to Ramalakshmi, Muthuraja spent most of his time in his estate in Mekarai, about 20km from Thenkasi.

She added that Muthuraja had built a house on the estate, which also had a waterfall and spent a lot of time there with his family and friends.

Home sweet home: Muthuraja’s mother’s house in Shencottai, Madurai, India.

Muthuraja’s family members said his relationship with Usharani was a “mistake” after he became estranged from his first wife S. Ramalakshmi.

They claimed Usharani was a widow with one child when she met Muthuraja.

Muthuraja’s younger brother Dr Kasi Viswanathan said Usharani got married when she was only 15. Her wealthy husband later died and left her his assets.

Sources in Chennai said Muthuraja and Usharani had moved into an apartment only a day before he left for Malaysia on Jan 18.

“Judging from the amount of clothing he had packed, it looked like he was leaving,” the source said.

Oh brother! Usharani’s version is now disputed

CHENNAI: Dr Kasi Viswanathan, the younger brother of Indian businessman A. Muthuraja, has disputed his wife’s version of events surrounding his disappearance.

He said yesterday that his family was concerned that Muthuraja’s wife S. Usharani was giving the authorities the wrong information.

“The passport that she’s showing the police and the media has expired. There were four expired passports attached to his current one.

“The current passport is missing and it must have been with him when he disappeared,” said Dr Kasi, who will arrive in Malaysia today to speak to the authorities.

He had lodged a missing person’s report about Muthuraja in March at the Klang district police station.

He said Usharani’s allegations that Muthuraja’s luggage had been given to him by one of the lawyer brothers was also untrue.

“I knew my brother liked to stay in Bukit Bintang due to the good choice of hotels there.

“I went to 11 hotels before finally locating my brother’s luggage when I was there in March,” he said.

He said Usharani was creating a ruckus because she was worried about herself now that Muthuraja was missing and wanted to establish her status as his wife.

“She has no legal link to him and even in his passport it’s stated that Ramalakshmi is his spouse. Her only trump card now is the child she had with my brother,” he said.

He said Usharani was also unable to bring her daughter to Malaysia because the child carried Muthuraja’s name.

“Since Usharani has no legal link with my brother, she cannot take his underage child out of the country. But Ramalakshmi is his legal wife and can travel with the child,” he said.

He also alleged that an Indian businessman based in Chennai was the one behind Usharani’s current actions.

“This businessman, who is instigating her obtained about RM40,000 from me for information about my brother and he put me in touch with a man called Elil to whom we paid another RM80,000,” he said.

It is believed that the Indian businessman is also a longtime friend of a PKR member who had put Usharani in touch with Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam.

Did this businessman who obtained RM40,000 also asked his contacts in Malaysia to murder or silence Indian businessman A. Muthuraja ?? Who is this PKR member ? surely Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam knows who he is ! And besides why is this MP not serving his constituency ? why is he escorting the beautiful illegal wife of the victim around ? Trying to politicise this issue or he wants to do the job of the police ?

The police should haul up this MP bugger and interogate him to find out how he is connected and what he knows !

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With Tee Yong, MCA also cops out on Umno-Perkasa

With Tee Yong, MCA also cops out on Umno-Perkasa

Father's balls got squeeze , son has to " go stand " and make himself look like an idiot to save the father's balls from being squeezed .

Brilliant guy ? No , just like any potato you can buy off the streets !

Chua Tee Yong

Wong Choon Mei, Malaysia Chronicle

Chip-off-the-old block Chua Tee Yong, whose dad is MCA president Chua Soi Lek, has drawn ridicule and sharp rebuke from Pakatan Rakyat leaders for "excusing away" Prime Minister Najib Razak’s U-turn on ultra-Malay rights group Perkasa.

“This is a shocking statement coming from Labis, considering he is an MCA lawmaker who should understand and empathize with the feelings of the Chinese community rather than with Najib Tun Razak,” PAS chief strategist Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad told Malaysia Chronicle.

“It is a confirmation of what we have been warning all along. The BN is in trouble. Their components and their leaders are not able to grapple with issues that dominate the current times. They are not able to transition into new politics and debunk racism and religious bigotry, which is what the majority of Malaysian people are now demanding.”

Perkasa reflects the larger portion of the mindset in Umno

Dad Chua Soi Lek

Tee Yong, a 30-year old accountant, was given the opportunity to contest the Labis seat in the 2008 general election following his father’s resignation over a sex scandal. Soi Lek was once a high-flying Health minister before his downfall. However, he managed to make a comeback in the MCA special polls held earlier this year. His is now party president without a Cabinet portfolio and has promised not to seek re-election in the MCA 2011 polls.

Nonetheless, the father-and-son team stirred further controversy when in June 2010, Najib appointed Tee Yong a deputy minister in the agricultural ministry. The appointment was made on Soi Lek’s recommendation, which created unhappiness in the MCA as it reeked of nepotism. MCA watchers believe the move was a fatal political step, predicting Soi Lek would surely be ousted if he reneged on his word and contested next year, unless he won support from Najib’s Umno.

“Can it be that Chua Tee Yong is naïve like his father Chua Soi Lek and both men cannot see that Perkasa is an out-sourced extremist unit for Umno? In reality, Perkasa reflects the larger portion of the mindset in Umno and that is why Najib had to flip-flop,” PKR vice president Lee Boon Chye told Malaysia Chronicle.

“He and Muhyiddin are actually the same, they support Perkasa. Just that to keep the non-Malay vote from disappearing completely, Najib has to come out with 1Malaysia. But notice how it can never be implemented. There is always a flip-flop because the political will to reform is not real.”

Difficult for Umno

In an interview with Malaysian Insider, Tee Yong had professed sympathy for the Umno decision to reconcile with Perkasa after a showy parting of ways.

“It is difficult for Umno because, being a Malay party, they tend to get related to the Malay NGO, so it is wrong for them to totally disregard them,” Tee Yong was reported to have said.

“That is your view that Perkasa has a large support base. We do not know that for sure, do we? But they are not a party and they do not go for votes so it is not fair to say that. What about the WWF (World Wildlife Foundation)... they too are an NGO. Should we say, then, that they have the support of all the people? We cannot assume. I maintain that we are giving Perkasa too much prominence... if they are a political party, for arguments’ sake, then maybe you have some bearing to say this.”

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On September 8, Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan started the brouhaha by saying: “As a secretary-general I can tell you, we have nothing to do with Perkasa, and certain things Perkasa is doing we are not happy with because they are eroding our support. When they talk about my Chinese friends or my Indian friends, they make us lose more votes.”

His comments were hailed by MCA, MIC and Gerakan but former premier Mahathir Mohamad condemned the move as “suicidal” for Umno.

Despite Tee Yong’s effort to downplay the Umno-Perkasa reconciliation and its implications on the BN and Malaysia's multiracial society, MCA secretary general Kong Cho Ha had said in a statement on September 9:

"MCA welcomes the comments by various UMNO leaders in distancing themselves from the racist espousals of Perkasa led by its chairman Dato’ Ibrahim Ali by acknowledging that such association with Perkasa would lead to UMNO’s erosion of support.

"Meanwhile, we regret to read the remarks by a prominent public figure who claims that UMNO needs backing from Perkasa if it does not want to risk Barisan Nasional losing support. BN does not consist of only one political party, but is an alliance which comprises various political parties representing all the ethnic groups in Malaysia. Hence, BN thrives on the support rendered by every race, not only from the Malays."


But on September 18, Najib threw a spanner in the works by suddenly saying: “No, we do not want to be in conflict with any NGO. It (Perkasa) is just like any other NGO. We have so many NGOs. There are times we can agree, and there are times we cannot agree. No, I do not want to refer specifically to anyone.”

On September 19, Tengku Adnan duly denied his earlier remarks: “I didn’t even ask members of Umno to relinquish their relationship with Perkasa. It was totally blown out of proportion by Ibrahim Ali. When we had a meeting with BN secretaries-general, we never talked even a little bit that we wanted to distance ourselves from anybody. Our policy is to be close with everybody. We should even go and approach opposition members and explain what our policies are because they are misguided.”

With Tee Yong’s remarks, the MCA is the second BN component to cop out on the ‘sensitive’ Umno-Perkasa reconciliation. Gerakan president Koh Tsu Koon was the first, refusing to give reporters direct answers and insisting that Najib's 1Malaysia slogan was still intact despite the PM's refusal to carry out the plan to jettison Perkasa and build a fresh political mandate for BN.