Happy Deepavali

Here's a happy Deepavali wish to my Indian friends and colleagues, namely:

Arunbabu
Alfred Prakash
Balkrishna
Byresh
Kamal
Surendra
Venu
Srinivas
Palani
Subrahmanyam
Ponvel
Vivek

and to schoolmates, fellow bloggers. etc...phoooo!

There's Something Better Than This Idea

The Star: October 14

KUALA LUMPUR: Puteri Umno wants the Government to ban the production of “horror, mystical and superstitious” movies, claiming such films can weaken the faith of Muslims in the country.

The movement also wants the authorities to empower the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) to take action against such productions.

The call was contained in one of the motions that were passed without debate at the movement’s general assembly on Wednesday.

“In view of widespread screening of movies with ghosts, superstitious and mystical elements, we urge the Government to empower Jakim to ban their production as they do not carry any positive message, but instead may destroy the faith,” it said.

The movement also called on the Government to issue a similar ban on all foreign movies of such genres.

It said film producers should concentrate on producing films of different genres that could serve as lessons, rather than show horror and superstitious ones which might not even deliver the intended messages.

It added parents must provide religious education to children to ensure that they would have strong faith to avoid from getting influenced by such negative elements.

Close to two years ago - or precisely one day before the Bersih rally, Marina Mahathir wrote an interesting piece that was a response to what former Puteri UMNO Chief Noraini Ahmad said about blogs and the brain drain problem. Marina's response was pretty witty and at the end of the posting, the writing said that Noraini should read more opinions by the women of the newer generation today as to gain better ideas than listening to the ladies in pink.

While reading what the ladies in pink were talking today, about thinking of slapping a ban on movies - horror and fantasy genres in particular - for the reason it weakens the religious faith, I was wondering were they base on facts or just hearsay everywhere but not to the extend of beyond Malaysia. I remembered of those Thai horror movies, which is also a worth watch by people today, or maybe those literature novels that discuss of religion, e.g Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy which also discusses of the religious faith - the inverted ones.

People nowadays don't really much bother about this thing. What matters to them is actually whether the show is a worth watch or not. If you consider planning to watch a very good horror movie just imagine how many youngsters of all races would not have second thoughts of watching it. It's simply because it is good. If you try to take away something that they really like, get ready to get whacked left and right. It's simply because of something that is considered as trying to interfere with their rights and it demonstrates how an immature idea spewed by the ladies in pink without reading the trend ends up being hated by everyone.

True as what Marina advised Noraini, you might want to do the same of reading opinions of younger people there. When you say that statement, see more piracy coming up as people would go to the video shop and buy the DVD of a movie they cannot see in cinema because of getting it banned.

Of course there are better alternatives than such idea. You need to read opinions around, not just listening really.

Re-Examining Bagan Pinang

Many of us predicted a very close fight and a less than 1000 vote majority for whoever side wins but the result yesterday was unbelievable and in fact the majority was doubled more compared to the 2333 majority polled during the 2008 General Elections. After some thought, one thing for certain is that this time the win is not a rigged win but instead it is a very comprehensive win for BN and this tells Pakatan that they are starting to slack and they will need to go back to the drawing board seriously. While the counting was still on, the unofficial majority numbers that was huge between UMNO and PAS shows that it was a foregone conclusion.

Apart from Isa's popularity with people, Chinese in particular -

From Rembau Times:

The Chinese support for PAS seemed to have evaporated. Voters decided to vote with their hearts and was fully aware of the development Tan Sri Isa had brought to the community. There were also plans to further expand the local tourism industry, with religious temples being adopted as official tourist destination. The fact that the current implosion in MCA did not translate into a loss of confidence by the Chinese on BN suggests that the problems are transient and the community's support can be regained once MCA has weathered through this leadership crisis.

, the win as attributed to some several factors here:

Postal Votes

85 percent of the postal votes or (3521) was in BN. This forms 44 percent of Isa's total votes. However, there are several manipulation elements and suspicions in here that ensures that this block forms part of the votes. The one thing that was raised by the PAS guys is how a government official like MB Mohd. Hassan and the Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi used their positions to entice voters into voting for them. Maybe the promise of newer projects played the part of it. The press conference by Sallahudin Ayub on the 9th shows of irregularities, but the big mark for that factor is this:

Malah Pengarah Jentera Operasi PAS, Pilihan Raya Kecil Dun Bagan Pinang berkata, terdapat aduan dari pengundi pos mengenai salahguna kuasa Menteri Besar Negeri Sembilan, Dato' Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan yang berkempen di dalam satu majlis jamuan hari raya di Institut Kejuruteraan Tentera Darat.

• "Menteri Besar tersebut menggunakan jawatannya untuk meminta pengundi memilih Isa sebagai wakil rakyat " ujarnya.

Pada majlis yang sama juga katanya, Menteri Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Zahid Hamidi mengugut tentera untuk menarik balik projek-projek yang dijanjikan sebelum ini.

• "Zahid Hamidi berkata, kita ada banyak lagi projek untuk tentera, tapi kita kena tengok kertas undi dulu la," jelasnya.

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New military projects / facilities promises by them could possibly sway them to vote.

Indian Votes

Supposed we exclude the postal votes, the MIC said that 74 percent of the 1870 votes were in the favor of the BN. I believe that Makkal Sakthi party, thought yet to be part of the coalition but in support of the BN played a part of it. What is found that most of the Indian voters were given money, sarees, muruku, flour and etc as their angpow in exchange for votes. Another thing that could hint of voting in their favor was still the Kampung Buah Pala episode. Lim Guan Eng was still blamed over the episode whereas the real parties who was involved in that was Koh Tsu Koon and the previous state government.

In the Indian estates of Siliau, out of 1662 registered voters there, 782 votes were in BN while only 318 were in PAS favor. Isa was seen to be there after casting his vote here, perhaps to entice support from the Indian community there with possbily parties like IDF, Makkal Sakthi on the tow.

Makkal Sakthi party was rewarded quite well for this win really and it benefitted Najib.

Wrong Candidate and The Machinery Mistakes by PR

Port Dickson by nature is a tourist site as mentioned in the Cuti-Cuti Malaysia site focus on Negeri Sembilan. To put a PAS candidate can easily give the impression to people living within the part of Port Dickson as a tourist town to turn into a town with Taliban-style rulings - as most non-Malays townfolk would believe there. It would scare them off, particularly for the older generation and particularly damaging the state tourism. This is something that BN would harp on, giving of the town's prestige tourism status. If you look along the first 10 miles of Jalan Pantai, you would see the chalets, hotels and apartments for rent for tourists along the way.

If the Pakatan Rakyat places a Keadilan candidate, then the result could be different, unlike the high winning margin and since Keadilan is one of the multi-racial parties, it could get the people to know more about what that candidate could do.

The post-Hasan Ali fiasco in the Selangor state government still gives a damaging reputation for the party, thus in relation to what mentioned above.

Also, Pete has written something interesting about the PR machinery here (Excerpt:)

In Bagan Pinang, the opposition is so disorganised. There are allegations that Kuala Lumpur has taken over the Bagan Pinang election campaign while the locals from Negeri Sembilan are being sidelined. It was not until the fourth day after Nomination Day when PAS invited the other component members from Pakatan Rakyat for a meeting. In the end, PAS did their own thing while PKR and DAP, who were left out in the cold, organised their own programmes independent of PAS. PAS did not even arrange for the Wakil Rakyat from PKR and DAP to speak at the ceramah.

We would have imagined that after the March 2008 general election, and the many by-elections since then, the opposition would improve itself because of the experience it has gained. This does not appear to be so in Bagan Pinang. It appears like they have gone backwards and act like this is their first election.

What has happened to Pakatan Rakyat? The Bagan Pinang by-election is not a PAS by-election. It is a Pakatan Rakyat by-election even though the candidate is from PAS. And how can Kuala Lumpur just walk in and take over while sidelining the local Negeri Sembilan boys?

Maybe it is good that PAS loses this by-election. Maybe this is what is needed to wake them up. Umno cannot make it without the other 13 component members of Barisan Nasional. What makes PAS think it can make it all on its own without PKR and DAP -- and worse, without the involvement of the local boys on the ground?

I would not be too disappointed if PAS gets massacred good and proper later today. Maybe they need this wake up call. But what hurts is the fact that they would get massacred not because Umno is strong but because Pakatan Rakyat conducted themselves like a bunch of amateurs.

Youth Votes?

There was a Youth wing division talk that was led by Khairy and echoed by others including MIC's T. Mohan that spurred the votes to their favor.

"One group who would be smilling will be the MIC. Under the leadership of T.Mohan and the strong cooperation with Pemuda UMNO, the voters repaid in full the current focus being placed on the community by the leadership of Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak."

End Notes:

1. Of course the win is predicted from most newspapers and even Tengku Razaleigh himself. But the word of caution from him is to have a corrupt candidate winning is an endorsement to corruption:

"A win by Isa would translate into an endorsement of corruption-as-usual within the party and the government that it leads."

2. This time the PR needs to seriously go back to the drawing board. You cannot simply field a candidate because the previous candidate who contested here is also from PAS. They need to analyze the population breakdown of an area and determine the best candidate to do so before naming one. This a point in case.

3. Bagan Pinang people will have to watch out for false promises in future. If people there have voted for Isa just because of his popularity, please watch out for any projects that was promised but never happened in the coming 2 - 3 years before the next General elections. If it's the same thing then before, then you should translate your anger into votes.

4. The return of one of the prominent UMNO warlords in Negeri Sembilan would pose trouble for the current MB Mohd Hassan. We don't right now what is Hassan or Najib's moves, but to see what unfolds next between the two.

5. The next by-election that will see whether PR has corrected their mistakes would be in Johol, very likely. And they have at approximately 1-2 months or so to be ready for it. Johol for instance is a rural town in Rembau and the population breakdown can tell how to reach the voters there.

So You Pick The Mob. Don't Say You Made The Wrong Choice.

Okay, as predicted the Gerombolan BN has stopped its losing rot by picking an ex-Chief Minister to win the seat. At this time, even before 8pm, the current majority stands at 4700 votes.

Of course I bet this gives a lot of problems for Mat Hassan and Khairy because you have an ex-minister coming in to run for the government.

With something to read from the previous post, now that you have pick an ex-MB to be an assemblyman here, you have to live by your choices. There have been cases, that promises mentioned in the campaigning period can be false promises later on.

On the economic scale, BN is listening to what the economic hitman to do - rigging elections.

On my opinion, you are damning yourselves for picking the mob.

Note: 35% of the total votes that Isa has are postal votes.

Polling Day in Bagan Pinang

Note: I started late this morning since I thought the group would start at 9 plus. But I only had two places to venture to start with that is Si Rusa and Teluk Kemang. I had to improvise.



I had a PAS worker to help drop me at Si Rusa, the first stop being at Si Rusa. There are lines of people from both sides at the main road. With BN mostly hurling insults to the PAS while they chant Quranic verses. At this time, Hatta Ramli is there, with Sharizat and the minister Shaziman at there. I was told that Shaziman would be around Si Rusa and Teluk Kemang. Hatta Ramli is still there. At this time, there are 50 BNs at Si Rusa with PAS people 6 times more.


I went with a ANN cameraman (met a few times, first the Lingam tape case) to Teluk Kemang. At the time of arrival, 5 FRU trucks with numbers of 68 personnel were deployed for crowd control at both camps. The BN camp consists of people from the Rasah and the Kuala Pilah division. Two people were arrested in an earlier skirmish.


Same thing happening in Teluk Kemang as well, 8th mile, with BN mostly comprising of school students, youngsters shouting at the PAS people. Some of them taunt and even ask them to disperse saying that 'Time for prayers (Zohor prayers), please leave."

Update: At the end of the polls:

74 Percent of votes from Teluk Kemang
78 Percent of votes from Si Rusa
Counting will start shortly and results would be announced by 8 p.m

Update: With 30 minutes before end of polling - and a surge of last minute votes coming in:

Panglima Adnan - 74 percent votes cast
Teluk Kemang - The voters are deterred via road blocks at Teluk Kemang. All BN supporters were out of the fold. 70 percent of votes

With 1 hour left before the end of polling:

Overall turnover of votes is at 65 percent
71 percent of votes being cast at Panglima Adnan
50 percent votes cast at Sea Butong
70 percent at Teluk Kemang.
62 percent at Si Rusa
Almost half of postal votes in PAS favor

Currently reporting at base camp, planning to go to either the estates or Teluk Kemang again later on.

Watch this space on - and additional materials cum update from:

Zorro's
Hawkeye Jack
DelCapo's Twitter

The Non-Existent Anwar - Muhyiddin Debate

At last night's ceramah at DAP base, 9th Mile, the Pakatan Rakyat was waiting for Muhyiddin Yassin to come there to debate with Anwar Ibrahim. They gave him up to 10 pm to show up. As mentioned prior to that, the debate doesn't exist, in fact as claimed by BN to be a psychological war at them.

When Muhyiddin failed to show up, the group branded him as coward and a person with no balls to face up against Anwar.

Anwar arrived there at 11.15 p.m.

Note: At 3.00 a.m, PAS and UMNO groups squared off at 7th Mile directly at Marina Bay Apartments where I bunked up a few hours of sleep.

Masquerade, Impersonation, and Mob Fights at Bagan Pinang

Another press conference was called at 6 pm by PAS and vice-president Sallahuddin Ayub has revealed that he has received intelligence that UMNO and Barisan Nasional people will attempt to masquerade / impersonate as PAS - it is more or less attempting to blame them and smear the reputation of the Pakatan Rakyat.

A police report has been made at the Teluk Kemang station. In the report, it has been revealed that they will hold a parade, wear PAS shirts, use their banners and make PAS signature behavious in attempt to elicit unruly response from the mob. As such, a directive has been issued that all PAS people will not do anything including the Takbir shouts etc.

Also during that press conference, PAS Youth Chief Nasruddin Tantawi has revealed that an apology leaflet bearing his name and signature as well as the PAS Youth letterhead would be distributed. The leaflet details his apology for the mistakes made three days ago. In truth, Nasruddin revealed that he did not write any article used for the leaflet.

On the other hand, there was a mob fight between the PAS workers and the UMNO mob. The incident occured when the UMNO mob attempted to stop the PAS workers from putting up flags, alledging that they have crossed their territory. A few people were injured in the process with one of them bleeding profusely on the head. At the time of 6.45 p.m the incident being reported, both sides have yet to stop their fights.

Next By-Election: Johol?

Earlier on at the PAS press conference, I was listening to Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad talking with some fellow bloggers and I was told that the a possible state seat by-election could be happening in Johol.

* Roslan Md Yusof (BN - UMNO)	3737	Maj: 1263
Kamarudin Md Tahir (OPP - PAS)	2474

It is believed that Datuk Roslan is having a terminal cancer and there is likely that a by-election could happen at earliest the end of this year (November / December).

I have double-checked whether it is Jempol or Johol and they have confirmed it to be in Johol.

Johol is located in Negeri Sembilan and it is part of the Rembau parliamentary area.

If there is a by-election that happens, I bet that Chegubard should stand for it.

Additional notes:

It is not only the possible by-election that could come in the space of the next two months or so. Two other places that could be considered were Kota Seputeh, where there is a pending case for the Kedah State Speaker against the Election Commission for declaring the seat vacant.

Another possible vacancy is the Pandan parliamentary seat since that MCA president Ong Tee Keat received a no-confidence vote and since he has mentioned that he would resign earlier on if he loses, chances are that he would vacate his ministrial post of course, but maybe...maybe the Pandan parliamentary seat, if it warrants the need to.

Dangling Carrots By BN

While in the car with some friends, two Puteri UMNO stopped a few cars up ahead of the road to give them goodies: free Berita Harian newspaper. More or less carrots to dangle people to vote for them. This was taken along 4th mile.

First Anti-ISA Billboard in Fort Cornwallis, Penang

A friend of mine, Angela informed me of the first anti-ISA Billboard at Fort Cornwallis. It is chosen out of the 30 designs by Penang blogger DanielYKL.

Note: I'm sure the mob will be very angry at Guan Eng and Co.

Bagan Pinang Press Conference

Sallahuddin Ayub in his press conference repeated his statement yesterday about the postal voting irregularities as well as the statement to voters of rejecting Isa Samad. A leaflet detailing the reasons voters should reject Isa is as follows:

• Corruption - UMNO Disciplinary Committee has found Isa guilty of corruption.
• Failure to complete many of their projects throughout its administration.
• Morgaged beach lands to foreign ownership. This includes the 6th Mile and the one reserve land specially for the Muslim cemetery.
• Defending cronies for personal political reason.
• Lied that local people will be given jobs but instead given to foreigners.

The new statement that he made today was in response to an article in Utusan that the district police chief of Port Dickson has accused Ayub for being uncooperative. Ayub was summoned to make a statement at the police station yesterday by an ASP in relation to the skirmish between PAS workers and the UMNO bikers at the 3 a.m. incident.

Ayub made a promise of coming between 6 to 6.30 p.m but managed to provide his statement, came at 6.45 p.m yesterday. The article written was according to him was lie and he demanded an open apology from the police chief.

It's approximately 11 hours away before the end of campaigning period and both sides are making the last push. From the analysis of the Pakatan partners, chances are 50-50 and we could see a hard fought win by the range of 300-500 votes.

Old Man Says No To Isa

Unfortunately, I spent two to three hours wandering around Port Dickson until I finally met a friend of mine who was discussing with the Teluk Kemang MP. Told me of the latest information on Port Dickson and it seems that the margin of win is between 300 to 500 voters, for either side. Depending on whoever wins.

The guys were optimistic that Zulkefly Omar would be stealing Isa Samad's thunder.

Before we left before meeting up again at the press conference at 11 a.m in the morning he did actually asked me whether if saw a banner featuring Mahathir. Mahathir was quoted on the BN candidate nomination day that he would not come down to Port Dickson to support the candidate if the candidate is Isa Samad.

PAS quoted his words: "Rasuah Berleluasa Kerana Pemimpin Tetap Diberi Sokongan Walaupun Jelas Terbabit".

Of course this means that Isa does not get Mahathir the old man's approval and support.

With the sabotage in BN taken into account. That thing is one thing from the inside is making Isa Samad shitting.

It's dawn right now and well, will be back in the morning.

Make The Wrong Choice In Bagan Pinang And...

Now I get the idea why Hisham Rais calls UMNO and BN as the MOB. Gerombolan this, gerombolan that. They are not willing to risk losing and making it 8-0 this time round. In fact, they have conceded too many goals and they are falling back to moving goal posts, bribe the referee, and so on. In fact this thing makes worst compared to the Arnold Rothstein rigging of the 1919 World Series.

Before you go on you might want to read some Hishamuddin Rais pieces - some make sense, though I don't really agree with his entire philosophy. Everytime UMNO is mentioned, the word MOB is used.

You look at how a PAS worker guy get beaten up and slash by the mob by people on motorbike, which is to say that they are no other than Nazis: if you don't like one race, you whack them. Though it has a different context, the similarities are there. Ketuanan Melayu is very similar to the Aryan Supremacy that Mein Kampf dictates.

In the middle of the main road of Jalan Pantai, the mob stopped and whack cars that carry the PAS flag. For what? Every people has the right of opinion. To force and shove your ideas to their throats means to say is to shut up and listen. In fact, listening without curiosity means to make fool of a person. Who's the more foolish? The fool himself or the fool that follows the fool?

I always thought of a leader who is unable to control the behavior is akin to the times during the pre-Three Kingdoms thing. At that time, court eunuchs in China are actually in control, not the Emperor. To attempt to stop eunuchs invites being beaten and whack for interfering. Likewise, in Jerusalem, the boy king Baldwin V - ended up succeeding his uncle, the leper king, could not control the state because of his age and affairs handled by others below him.

Now that you have seen how barbaric they behave, they are entitled to be called a four-legged person, not a two-legged. An animal more or less. I don't really have to repeat everything to say this and that. I leave it up to you readers, particularly those who are in Bagan Pinang to decide what to do next on Sunday. If you are going to the poll station, think twice before putting a cross on the ballot paper.

As I am entitled to my opinion, you can't simply pick by party. There are more than what it seems before choosing your things. Right now, the malpractices have been exposed by the PAS and its partners. So now you know, you will need to make a choice. Make the wrong choice and you will regret it for picking the wrong side. Blind faith to a party will not take you far.

I am told by my blogger friend that the Indian community, being the kingmakers of this part of Negeri Sembilan are really undecided on who to pick because there are Indian factions supporting Barisan while others supporting the Pakatan. Let make this in simpler terms to our Indian friends and fellow older generation voters out there:

• Make the wrong choice, and you see more district resources plundered unnecessarily.
• Make the wrong choice and you indirectly support a corrupt person.
• Make the wrong choice and you support a barbaric act that detains person without proof.
• Make the wrong choice and you invite more menaces to roam around your town.
• Make the wrong choice and you are given empty promises in the end.
• Make the wrong choice and you are saying thumbs up to someone that advocates helping one race but not the other.

It's your call. You decide.

Truth And Consequences, Bagan Pinang

I will sum up one thing to you readers and please read these words carefully, lest ill fortune will befall on you voters because of making the wrong choice or blind devotion to a party.

Why You Should Vote For PAS In This By-Election

1. In the past, Barisan Nasional has promise tons of projects and developments into there. But most of the projects there are partially complete. Was it walking the talk and fulfilling the promises? You tell me.

2. Isa Samad is known by those in the state to be some what a ruler with some shady dealings - plundering state resources for his cronies. The issue of his four known cronies from Seremban will give a tell tale of what will happen.


3. PAS never insult other races as to entice support for them. They know the real value of respecting other races as what the Quran said. So far, we have seen Barisan Nasional, particularly its boss UMNO hurling racial insults at others. They intend to convey the message that the Chinese and Indians are their enemies and this is clearly contradicting the 1Malaysia concept that is propagating around the country.


4. Signs of schoolchildren being brainwashed to support them are evident. One student was seen in pictures circulating around blogs, just to indicate that BN hire schoolchildren, given them party shirts and money in exchange for their support that they have no knowledge about. This also happens in Kepala Batas as well, where school children are paid money and other goodies in exchange for their support. In future, our children we become more dumb and dumber because they are not taught to think critically and properly - just being shoved down whatever things - sometimes falsehoods into their mind.

5. The two faces of BN: 1Malaysia and then they shout Ketuanan Melayu. Which one do you follow? Or another case - a caterer, contracted to supply food for the police had its contract terminated not properly. But the caterer did well, he supplied food in buffet form, not in packet form as others. Who stands to lose? The police are enjoying good buffet food supplied by them. Who's treating the police like dogs?

Voting concerns:

Apart from the postal votes problem, the problem lies with the mentality of the old generation and the first generation born after Merdeka. From my understanding, most of them still have the leanings towards BN. Much of the assumption is that Perikatan (pre BN) was influential during the pre-Merdeka and the first 13 years post-Merdeka thing. So there is a 'cling to belief' of BN hypothesis that I had on these.

To the older generation, they didn't really bother on change and would just to have the same person over and over again.

What Are The Consequences of Voting Wrongly?

1. You are saying that you wish to keep Internal Security Act although it has been proven that ISA is a crude act and should be replaced with an Anti-Terrorist Act. The record and the misuse of the ISA has spoken by itself.


2. You still do not want to the country to progress further by picking leaders who are bankrupt of ideas and more importantly someone with a bad record. More importantly, you are probably buying lies by believing they would do it, but they didn't do it eventually.

3. You let your leaders plunder the state's resources that you are entitled to reap and give it to the cronies. You should be enjoying the riches, not flinging it somewhere else. Our country's reserves are actually in the red margin already, not in black.

4. You have proven yourself to be clinging to old believes which starts to get irrelevant in this modern age.

5. You are really condemning yourselves to possible 3.5 years more of suffering before the next GE in 2013.

These are the truth and consequences in Bagan Pinang. Let the pictures tell you what I'm saying. Those are taken by my blogging friends whom I was with them last weekend. Don't believe? Just ask them. Then read this piece from Hisham Rais. It's an education to think, not just hearing.

Special thanks for supplement information by Duke and Uncle Zorro with pics by Perisik Rakyat.
Hope to see you guys again on Friday.

If You Are That Stupid, Then Don't Show It!

It doesn't really make sense to see how that Mamak Azeez fellow ended up in a hospital for something that he thinks that it is serious. I mean you look at the picture, there this PAS guy supporter (I saw him there), patting the guy's shoulder and the next thing is that Azeez said that he got whacked by a group of people?


Get real. Maybe that's a way to elicit sympathy from other people and to draw the attention to say that PAS are bad guys. But then, it is the other way round of UMNO mob being the bad guys really.

Look at those pictures. Azeez was with Ismail Sabri. Then the PAS supporter came near him. And then they walked past him. Nothing wrong. No whining, no complaining, whatsoever. But how come he claims that he's beaten by nine people? Ask Sallahuddin Ayub and he'd say there are no marks / dirt on his shirt that he gets beaten or whatsoever.

True to be told, Azeez is a hate figure among the PAS guys. One significant thing about him is that he was caught red-handed attempting to screw votes by the PAS guys during the Kuala Terengganu by-election. If you remember the famous fable of the boy playing prank with the villages three times - you'd find some child story that can be used here.


Seeing the pictures in hospital, I was wondering whether if the PAS guy who was with him in that picture had that unusual strength to beat Azeez into kingdom come? But anyhow, people, PAS people especially don't really like this kind of guy. If there is one thing that can be learnt here is that if you are that stupid, please don't show to the people. It's something that some people would ridicule at you.

Or it is possible to say that you've got some health problems that fits the 'being punched' scenario? No way, mamak. In fact, smile, you've been ridiculed by other blogs everywhere!

Weekend Filler : Hisham Rais Malam Kesenian Rakyat

Just one message for him: please come to Bagan Pinang to talk.

Bagan Pinang Nomination Day

The Bagan Pinang by-election has been confirmed to be a straight fight between Isa and Zulkefly with the third candidate, Sharuddin was rejected because he did not have a proposer from Bagan Pinang.

From Batu 7 where we had a night before we left, there were busloads of people, namely from the MIC and UMNO there were around. We could see most of them at the 7th mile up along the way to 2nd mile.

We were at the proximity of the nomination centre at about 8 a.m, and given of parking problems, we took a 5km walk to the school there. Our observation is that the majority of PAS supporters are a mix group, - old, young, and even non-Muslims also came to lend their support to the PAS. Not to mention those from the partner parties PKR and DAP.

At the nomination centre, the alleyway separates between the BN supporters and the PAS supporters. On top, were BN, shouting back at PAS people. If BN says "Mampus" for example, PAS had many shoutings at them like Mansuh Isa, Reformasi, Rasuah and etc..

A few interesting points noticed:


1. PAS had the muscle to say Altantuya. When they shouted the name, everyone in BN fell silent..frankly maybe because they have nothing much to say while some were paid to come here to do so.

2. They were exchanging of shouts of Babi.

3. Each time a BN VIP goes throught the PAS crowd, they would be angry while the BN supporters would cheer about.

4. Makkal Sakthi party showed up at the other side of the road. But they were blocked by PAS people and chased the away.



5. FRUs were also there as well


6. Mahu ISA.....

A lot of other politicians came too, we would meet some like Ronnie Liu, Ean Yong, Teresa Kok and even Ampang's Zuraida.

Within the objection hour, I was told first-hand that Sharuddin was rejected his nomination papers as he did not have a proposer in Bagan Pinang.

So, in the next one week or so, there's speeches from everywhere.

Note: this written directly from Bagan Pinang.

More pictures on Facebook album.

The chopper has been circling around very close to the ground.

Is the Government Covering Someone Up?

The media has reported that the identity of the mystery man's DNA that was found on Teoh Beng Hock's belt and jacket could be revealed by today at the inquest session.

Yesterday, the Malaysian Insider has mentioned that the Attorney General chambers is trying to stop more MACC officers from testifying with its representative seeking to get the coroner / magistrate to stop / agree to the request.

Former deputy public prosecutor, Tan Hock Chuan who is assisting the coroner’s court, had argued that there was no need to call senior graft busters, Hishamuddin Hashim and Hairul Ilham Hamzah, into the witness box, despite testimonies from the MACC rank-and-file that they had got their instructions from the two.

Gobind Singh Deo and Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, lawyers for the Teoh family and Selangor respectively, were outraged at what they claimed was a gross injustice preventing them from finding out what had really happened to Teoh.

Malik stressed that both Hishamuddin and Hairul Ilham were the most senior MACC officers involved throughout the investigation and would be the best men to shed light on several puzzles, especially as their junior officers had clearly said they got orders from the duo.

Previously Malaysia Today on 20 August has published a letter believed to be by some fellow officers of the MACC Selangor pointing that Hishamuddin Hashim had a big role in the matter. One known characteristic of him is that he has the tendency to hold people by the belt to get information from a person.

The Malaysian Insider on August 6 mentioned that one of the last persons in the camera was Hishamuddin:

The last man believed to have seen Teoh Beng Hock alive was seen leaving the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here at 6.10 a.m. on the same day the DAP political aide’s body was later discovered, the coroner’s court was told Wednesday by lawyer Tan Hock Chuan.

The man, MACC officer Hishamuddin Hashim, was among a number of anti-graft officers identified by security guards from closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) photographs leaving and entering the building.

The much theory that is related to the case is that:

1. There are at least 2 or three persons involved in the stunt went wrong.
2. Although Beng Hock has no information at all, they wanted him to say something to fingerpoint someone - even if the someone has done nothing wrong. In other words, come up with a name.
3. Unsatisfied with the outcome, some officers (bad apples) dragged him and threatened to drop him from the top of the building. They did not intend to kill him but somehow, they lost grip of him and Beng Hock fell to his death.
4. 4. Since the letter is also implicating Khir Toyo, it is said to be in retaliation over his expulsion from the state assembly.

There's A Chance of Winning In Bagan Pinang With An Infighting

I already had a feeling that Isa Samad gets nominated for the by-election, despite a strong objection and remarks by Dr. Mahathir of picking a convicted person to contest. I see it as a slap in the face at him. In fact the main reasoning is that Isa is seen as a chance to win a by-election in Peninsular Malaysia, given of him being one of the UMNO warlords of Negeri Sembilan. The one turning point that prompted Isa to be named was a demand by certain UMNO quarters to nominate him or risked being boycott by their own group. There was no other choice to pick him as to avoid a boycott.

Isa's son Najib is also considered as candidate, but many felt he would end up a nobody if he contests there. Of course Isa has a stronger influence over there.

I happened to get invited over a cup of tea with a good friend of mine Christopher a few hours ago. There was some interesting information that was revealed during the meet. How the information was obtained by him was a mystery but what I was told was what he got in turn.

We already know that Dr. Mahathir is not in favor of having Isa as the candidate because of his conviction in a money scandal. Besides him, the nomination has already irked both camps, which are Negeri Sembilan MB Mat Hassan and Khairy's camp. Both men were not in favor of having him there. For Mat Hassan, having Isa will be 'considered' as a threat to him particularly in the coming election, where if he wins, it will make it easy for him to be the MB again. Also, winning the by-election could pave the way for Isa to contest and possibly win a vice-presidency post in UMNO in the next party general elections.

Whatever the point is, it could pose a threat to both men.

The original BN candidate of choice for this by-election was actually the Teluk Kemang UMNO Wanita Chief. She had received support from Mat Hassan, Khairy and the Wanita wing (Sharizat, her deputy and others). At the last minute, she received a threat from Isa's camp, demanding she withdraw from the being the nominated or risk the consequences. She had to do so, but in the process, the threat from Isa's camp has already pissed three parties already.

Because of this, there is a likelyhood that Mat Hassan and Khairy's camp will attempt to sabotage Isa as payback time. Many of us said of Isa winning the battle but BN to lose the war later on. But, I was told that the infighting has already begun inside the BN camp, which means there is still a realistic chance for the PAS state commissioner Zulkefly Mohd Omar to win. Another point to say so is that in the previous election, the number of postal votes found to be in favor of Pakatan was approximately 30 percent.

The infighting over candidacy happened in the last few by-elections and even this one also happened to follow the same jinx: among themselves over who should do that with one camp trying to take out the other camp.

A Fact To Remember in Bagan Pinang - EHMs at Work

Economic hitmen are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex and murder. They play a game as old as Empire but one that has taken on terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization.

- John Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hitmen

Once upon a time back in 2004, one of the contests during the 11th general election was the parliamentary seat of Putrajaya. The two contestants for that seat were Tengku Adnan (Conan) Mansor and the PAS man - - . Of course, the winner was Conan but the other man knew that the win was rigged - a few days before polling, some of the voters, being civil servants and residing in Putrajaya came up and told the PAS man that they had to vote for Barisan Nasional or risked being sacked. A few days prior to polling, Tengku Adnan visited government offices there and told each civil servant that they must vote for Barisan Nasional or face the sack. In the meaning of the saying, Tengku Adnan wanted a crushing majority and make the other opponent lose the deposit. (this was a source from Malaysia Today, but access to the site was so difficult for me and it got DDOS to get the exact quote.)

Of course the other person complained this to the Election Commission, but the complaint was shot down.

There was a way to know which party does the civil servant votes, which is similar to the Borang 2 that the army people vote like in those areas that are postal-vote dependency like Setiawangsa. And that was one way to rigged the election to BN's favor.

If that is not enough why Zulhasnan Rafique still remains as the F.T minister although 10 of 11 parts of Kuala Lumpur were lost to the opposition was simply because that Setiawangsa was won due to army postal votes there.

Maybe that is not strong enough to be case of point, but the one significant situation that illustrates vote rigging was the Rembau parliamentary seat where the PKR candidate Chegubard was leading but only for Khairy to win after a disputed recount. Many have alleged that it was because of the last minute addition of ballot boxes from nowhere from other places. The problem is that there was a problem of deciding which seat to win, either Lembah Pantai or Rembau. Given that Khairy is more important than Sharizat, he has to win at all costs. So she had to be the sacrificial lamb, and losing to Nurul Izzah.

Yes, the Bagan Pinang by-election has brought a lot of worries to the Pakatan because 30 percent of the votes are postal votes come from the Army. And the army personnel has to sign a Borang 2, which of course reveals to other parties who you have voted. A mark on the opposition means to some as betraying the government that is the Barisan Nasional party and off you are from the army (read: sack).

Vote rigging is something that some governments would do because some of the policies that they implemented are enjoyed by themselves and in long run, they stand to win out of it. So that is why they would do whatever it takes to remain in power. Their greatest fear is that should they lose the entire war, all that what they get from what they implement could be wiped out or taken off by the next government in waiting.

Since 1/3 of votes comes from Army, and the army is under the defence minister Zahid Hamidi, I still wonder and ponder if the Zahid will do the same thing as Ku'Nan did 5 years ago. Anyhow, some people are aware of Zahid shaking hands with Netahanyu, whereas people scream of hate Israel for attacking the Palestinians.

Do you feel that something is really wrong with this country?

Vote rigging and so forth is part of making Malaysia owe millions of dollars and bankrupting the country in long process. So be careful of choosing whoever the candidates are in the by-election.