What Should We Do With Him?

This is the man that is known as one of Khairy's proxies. This is the man that reads mails on behalf of Khairy before it goes to Abdullah Badawi. In other words, he is unofficially Abdullah Badawi's gatekeeper.

Many UMNO people shared his sentiment that Hindraf came to the PM's open house in PWTC to create havoc and mess. Unfortunately, they were also being played as well into that by Utusan's sentiments and inaccurate facts on the coverage of the open house. And so, this is the man that said that Hindraf must be brought to the book. A politician instructing the police force to hunt Hindraf down like animals. In the process, the police has become the government's cannon fodder. Hindraf only came to say hello and hand greeting cards to Pak Lah. Period. Nothing else.

Back before the March elections, PAS man Mat Sabu had a clear conviction, that this man above, Wan Farid Salleh is the man that instructs the special branch guys from the police force to spy on the opposition under the pretense that an illegal gathering is underway. And while listening to Mat Sabu's recordings, I must concur on one point that under his instruction, the police have misused their human resources. Instead of working hard on stopping real, serious crimes and hunting down hardcore criminals, robbers and gangsters, the police were instructed to look at the other end of the pole.

That's why if you people have been following in tune with the recent events, if you happen to be at every candlelight vigils or protest marches you will see hundreds of police officers standing at sealed place for nothing. I think that you do not need to have hundreds of them to monitor a candlelight vigil? I think that's ridiculous.

I was nearby the anti-ISA group on that open house day when the police at first blocked entry into the main doors to PWTC. When my blog buddy Haris asked ASP Sydney Jeremiah why, ASP Sydney said that "they had instructions from above to not allow anyone dressed with those three color shirts entry into PWTC." So my immediate suspicion is that this joker Wan Farid could be the one instructing the policemen on this thing in the name of security. Seems that example alone paints the picture and possibility of the man himself instructing the police to stamp and suppress freedom of expression, no?

I remembered someone told me that if Anwar and his Pakatan Rakyat coalition takes over the government, the possible person who could be the next Home Minister after Botak Albar is being ousted could be Mat Sabu. If that is the case he could 'throw these corrupt monkeys to Kamunting (assuming they freed the ISA detainees first) and he personally administer special treatment on this guy' the guy remarked and chuckled at me.

Well, then. If you are a very important person in the Pakatan or a rakyat Malaysia who has been given the power to decide like a king, what should we do with this guy? I would really love to find out...

No Wonder I Couldn't Go In!

I think this is why I couldn't log to the net back home for the last two days or so!

Web traffic jam as people search for financial news (AFP)

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - The financial crisis has people flocking to the Internet for the latest money news along with tips on how to salvage investments and save on the routine costs of living.

Visits to websites such as the business-centric Wall Street Journal and economy-focused Yahoo Finance set new records as the US Congress grappled with its 700 billion dollar plan to stop credit markets from imploding.

Internet tracker comScore says visits to www.gasbuddy.com, which steers drivers to stations featuring low fuel prices, are up nearly 30 percent and it expects to report spikes in traffic to finance and bargain-hunter websites when September statistics are calculated later this week.

"Investment pages are just red hot right now with people wanting to know what is going on with stocks," Yahoo Finance general manager Mark Interrante told AFP.

"We have been impressed by the traffic. People are not just diving down into stocks but asking what is going on, how it affects them and where it is all going."

Activity is up 40 percent at Yahoo Finance message boards where people chat online about cash, finance and other personal money matters and the website's Tech Ticker video news programme is getting millions of daily visitors.

"The editorial team at Tech Ticker is working around the clock to find the right stories for people to understand the crisis," Interrante said. "This is going to be a record month for us."

Yahoo Finance stock quotes and other features popular in the United States began being rolled out Tuesday at the California firm's websites in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Britain.

"We pre-launched a couple of pages in France and got very positive customer feedback and moved forward with the rest of Europe," Interrante said. "You will see a lot more stuff rolling out in Europe in the next six weeks."

Google queries regarding "stocks" nearly tripled in September, according to data posted this week at the Internet search king's website that tracks trends in what people seek online.

US-based Akamai Technologies, which handles online traffic for major news outlets such as NBC and the BBC, reports visits to those websites surged to record levels as the dramatic events played out in money markets.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported an unprecedented two million visitors in a single day.

Meanwhile, penny-pinchers website SavingAdvice.com says it has seen "a significant amount of traffic" for information about shopping coupons, deals on gasoline and troubled banks.

"That increase in search engine traffic may indeed have something to do with the economic issues," said Jeffrey Strain of SavingAdvice.

"The forums have had some change in focus with the changes in the economy as well. Questions about the stock market and changes taking place there have increased as the financial meltdown has taken place."

Self-help startup PeopleJam.com has seen interest in personal finance tips multiply nearly eightfold in the past month as people seek ways to save money or find reliable investing advice.

"Our audience is clearly worried about their retirement savings or waking up in the morning wondering if they can put gas in the car, pay their mortgage or cover a child's tuition bill," PeopleJam chief executive Matt Edelman said.

"They want ways to eat healthy on a budget; ways to exercise for free as opposed to joining a gym... day-to-day activities that people want to keep in their lives but don't have the money to afford."

FindHow.com, a website created as a resource for people that want to fix or build things themselves instead of paying for professionals, sees a tsunami of interest heading its way due to the financial markets meltdown.

"If I were a betting person, right now I would bet that do-it-yourself is going to get very big in the coming months," FindHow president Dave Smith said.

Anwar and Komathy's Dilemma - Ref Malaysiakini

Today, Anwar Ibrahim will find out whether the sodomy trial will be transferred to the high court or otherwise. The presiding judge for this trial would be Komathy Suppiah.

However, the upcoming decision will have several repercussions.

Before going on, read my previous posting on this sodomy trial.

If you remember one part of Malaysiakini that quoted "court has no choice", then I believe there is a hint of what is to come. The dilemma is that if Komathy decides that trial will remain in sessions court, it will be a psychological victory for Anwar but the repercussion is that Komathy could well earn the wrath of the 'warlords and tyrants' who walk the corridors of power. As mentioned previously, Komathy could be transferred because of the unfavorable decision.

If Komathy says the trial is to be transferred, she might keep her posting in KL.

So it's fingers crossed for people out there.

Festival With The Nine Emperors

Pic by AP

Back in Ipoh last week, there was the famous 'Nine Emperor Gods Festival' which is held in October. The festival lasts for nine days before the Emperor Gods are sent back to the sea. This is the festival where many devotees would make their offerings and wishes to the gods.

In Ipoh, the festival is held at the Tow Boo Keong in Jalan Kampar.

While making my wishes to the deities, I had the chance to try shaking the 'chim', which gives you a number base and tells you what you encountered this year. I won't reveal here, but it is once a year thing that can be done. I must admit that the deities knew what I feel this year, given my focus is on health and career.

For foreign readers, offerings are made in the form of red turtle buns. It costs $1 each for a small size type. Some are left as offerings, while you can take some back to steam and eat it.

Musings of RPK's Sedition Trial - Ref Malaysiakini

Tomorrow, Pete Kamaruddin will start his sedition trial at PJ Sessions court at 9 a.m. Expect great amount of support for the man himself.

But there are a few musings and questions that could be arising up from tomorrow's trial.

1. I have a hunch that the trial could be dragged longer and longer just as similar to how Kalimullah dragged the Jeff Ooi / Rocky's case against NST. Now that Najib is slated to become the next Prime Minister, my feeling could be that the trial could be dragged as long as Najib wants. In other words, he would want to be buying time until he takes over as Prime Minister. If this doesn't happen, Najib could be dead meat: Pete will have nothing to loose and let everything slip which means the end of him.

2. Notice how Najib felt relaxed in the last few weeks. It seems that with Pete in solitary confinement, I think it is a sense of relief for him. While Pete is running around with his no holds barred commentary, Najib was very stressed. But the wife still remains stressed. If you were at the open house in PWTC, she wasn't there, especially, when the anti-ISA group still in the vicinity of the building. Back to Najib, the person behind me in the queue while meeting with the ministers told me how the reaction of Najib there. He just didn't shake a person's hand well and his hand gesture gave the impression he wasn't interested. In fact his face went flat because those 'RPK people' were at the hall.

3. It is a waste of time and fuel for the detention authorities to take Pete back and forth between Kamunting and Petaling Jaya. Consider this: it would take roughly three hours to leave the detention camp to the court house. Let's say that the charges are read out and all the formalities are done, that could take an hour. Then after that, what? He goes back to the detention camp. So it's six hours wasted for the prison guys on duty and for Pete. But anyhow, he gets to see the greens while on the way back and forth.

4. According to the Star, the PR government is against the ISA and just now, they wanted to have the land where the detention camp was built back. So the message is sent to the UMNO-led government. They have been warned.

Sadly I am unable to be at the court house tomorrow but my support for Pete is with them.

Koh, Gerakan and 'Guan Dao'

Back in April, there was an interview between Malaysiakini and Lim Keng Yaik. One of the passages of the transcript reads: (by Lim himself)

But what the PM says in cabinet, the fellow down on the ground has no blooming idea about what is going on and does the opposite. How are we going to deliver with that kind of behaviour, who do we blame? Who are fighting for the projects? Who gets most of the projects? Who showed arrogance?

Do I bring my ‘guan dao’ (a traditional Chinese weapon) in my assembly and say it is our symbol of unity based on my experience as Wushu Malaysia president? (Laughs) Don’t lah. It is only displayed insensitively. Yes you might be promoting your heritage but the people don’t understand and it brings fear to others.’

In Chinese houses, you can see 'guan gong' statues. That is a believe of having a god of war to protect and ward their houses from evil.

Now, then, Koh Tsu Koon has been elected officially as Gerakan President yesterday. Koh has an easier job to do now that he only holds one post. Gerakan must be able to stand on their own feet rather than showing the master-servant relationship that most parties do right especially pre March-8.

Keng Yaik's excerpt caught my attention since the 'guan dao' matter presents a metaphor.

If UMNO waves the dagger at the assembly and Gerakan as a component party of BN doesn't do anything, then they have deviated from the original purpose of its inception. A wishful thinking that crossed my mind is that 'being able to stand on their own feet and have their own voice' for them , they might want to do the same as UMNO do -that is lifting the 'guan dao' in the assembly.

Of course, given of the 'holier than thou' thing, the Malay community especially the UMNO and the hardcore ones will start making noises and more police reports of sedition and insulting Islam would pour in against Gerakan. That's a dilemma that has been long for now. But if I remembered correctly, once you take out the keris, you cannot put back, or as RPK said 'kalau keris dicabut, tidak boleh disimpan.'

I met a friend of mine last week. He was previously a grassroot member of Gerakan. I asked him about Gerakan and he told me that he had already jumped to PKR's camp, moonlighting with MP Sivarasa and Elizabeth Wong. Told me that he was sick of how things turn now for Gerakan.

So for Koh, it's thinking real hard and act fast. First agenda is on leaving BN or not.

Der Untergang Parody

I remembered watching a clip of Der Untergang (The Downfall), a film that documents the last days of the Reich starring Bruno Ganz. The clip that I watched has some subtitles specially modified for the Singaporean audience.

Note though that it is a parody.

Later, I was told that the Malaysian parody version of the subtitles is out on Youtube, and I was forwarded the link that you see here.

Enjoy.

Dollah Macam Tak Nak Jumpa....But...

Hindraf and the civil-conscious group of people who opposed the ISA today grouped together to go to the PWTC for the PM's open house.

They came into PWTC with a message to be delivered to Dollah Badawi personally: release" all ISA detainees. We mean business."

I was tagging along with fellow bloggers and a few activists. I met them at Secret Recipe opposite The Mall before going there. Everyone is already dressed in red, black or orange T-shirts to express the message of rejecting the misuse of ISA. A little info from Malik Sarwar indicates that a second habeas corpus was filed. The first one was because of the police recommendation, while the second one is against the signing by Botak Albar.

Bloggers and some people gathered at Secret Recipe before going.

The Hindraf Group

At 11.15 a.m we started to move to PWTC. While we were moving, we saw many in orange, the HINDRAF group. They were intending to reach there with the same message. Compare to a dozen or two of civil-conscious group, the number of orange people was around 500.

At 11.30 when we reached there, the group was met with resistance from the men in blue. There, it was the same man, ASP Sydney Jeremiah that was telling them they were under instructions to not allow those wearing the shirts to enter into the building.

Of course this has attracted the attention of reporters and other passer-bys. Haris and Amarjit was haggling with the police and some of the officials. It took them 30 minutes and by intervention of some officials before they were allowed to enter in. As soon as we entered in, Hindraf came in a big group and tried to enter as well. They did.

Amarjit and Haris saying thanks to ASP Sydney Jeremiah after much of haggling.

You're going to have a hard time lining up.

As usual like last year, the crowd swelled, eager to meet Dollah and the ministers. But it seems that the PWTC people are trying to play a game of diverting the HINDRAF and the group from meeting them. I remembered at the point where there is a live feed, you usually take an escalator to go up - that's the route of going to the 4th floor. But going right just takes you to the food, and nothing else. Everyone went right. I think at that time, the VIP period wasn't over yet.

Of course it ended up as a false end. And we ended unable to go up to the 4th floor.

Anyhow, the crowd decided to try one more time using a different route. They used the staircase and discovered the VIP route. The routed ends up at Dollah and his entourage shaking hands with guests.

Of course, the HINDRAF group was caught in the melee. But I managed to sneak past them and followed behind someone. Thankfully, a PWTC guy allowed me - since I was tagging with a guy behind him to go inside the hall.

Finally, I managed to shake hands with a few ministers. Of course, it's Dollah, Jeanne, Najib, Nor Yackop and of course finally Hisham Hussein. Among them Kerishamuddin was the most cheerful of all, besides exchanging pleasantries, he asked me where I was from. I merely told him, "We're La Sallians!" He chuckled.

The anti-ISA activist who was with me told me how Dollah's face went plume the moment he saw HINDRAF and those wearing anti-ISA T-shirts. From the way the party was diverted it seems that he doesn't want to see them. The Malaysian Insider has one interesting line that was quoted from him that said: "I cannot have a special meeting with anyone. It is an open house." I thought it means it is against forgiveness that he emphasized the night before.

When he shook hands with Najib, the hand moves in a way of saying "go away". As for me, his head was turning away before he looked at me. I thought it's like saying no interest in meeting.

After a while, Haris and other people of the Hartal event met Dollah Badawi and told him: "Datuk Seri, please release all ISA detainees immediately. Please, please please." Hindraf would also come in to present gifts and a card for Dollah. Dollah reluctantly gave his Mr. Clean smile.

As a sign of protest, they did not touch food served to visitors in PWTC.

Mission Accomplished (pic by Malaysiakini)

We gathered at one corner after they entered. Mission accomplished.

They have sent a message to him. Now the ball is at his corner.

One Last Pic Before I Left

Haris has his posting up at his blog plus pictures.

Selamat Hari Raya!

Image by Mob

Here's a wishing to my Malay friends including Dan, Lokman and a few more including my Muslim colleagues Mahten, Younous and Vasem, not to mention our Malay visitors of this blog.

Finally, there's a great chance to escape from the one month of fasting and the chance to feast upon good food and biscuits plus drinks.

Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir Batin.

If Zaid Has Sent A Message To Dollah, What About You? - Malaysiakini

Former Minister in the Prime Minister's Dept, Zaid Ibrahim has written a letter to Abdullah Badawi that is an "in your face" kind of thing. He has made it simple: release all ISA detainees unconditionally and immediately.

The events of the last three weeks have compelled me to review the way in which the ISA has been used. This exercise has sadly led me to the conclusion that the government has time and time again failed the people of this country in repeatedly reneging on that solemn promise made by Tunku Abdul Rahman. This has been made possible because the government and the law have mistakenly allowed the Minister of Home Affairs to detain anyone for whatever reason he thinks fit. This subjective discretion has been abused to further certain political interests.

Hopefully, this would drill in directly into the mind of Abdullah Badawi himself.

But to make sure that we're following up on brave Zaid's letter, again, this is a reminder:

If you wish to send a message to Abdullah Badawi and the VIPs, be there tomorrow, but first of all gather at Secret Recipe The Mall at 11 a.m. You will meet other people there including fellow bloggers like Haris and Zorro before going.

The plan is to spend one hour until 12.30 there. And to send the message effectively wear these shirts to tell to them about our message. See pic below:


If you want to get a shirt (price of $20 each) call my buddy Gus at 016-3021125 to get yours.

Ali Rustam Can Keep Dreaming!

Mohd Ali Slams Chua's Statement On NEP

MELAKA, Sept 29 (Bernama) -- Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam Monday slammed former Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng's statement that the need for the New Economic Policy (NEP) no longer exists.

He said the statement by Chua, as a MCA presidential candidate, was an old tactic to gain support ahead of MCA elections by criticising the Malays.

Mohd Ali said the objective of the NEP was clear, which is to eradicate poverty and to restructure the society for all races.

"All races would benefit from the NEP," he said in a statement.

The Melaka chief minister was commenting on Chua's statement that the need for the NEP no longer existed and that the government should only retain the policy's poverty eradication aspect.

Mohd Ali said a lot of time were wasted on political polemics, especially during party elections.

He added that Chua should find new ways to get support for his MCA presidential ambition and not merely criticising government policies.

He added that when Chua was Health Minister, he had failed to solve the shortage of doctors and specialist doctors.

Ah....notice the last point and the other points. It's starting to get more of character attack against Chua. It seems that Ali Rustam is running out of points there to rebutt what Chua is saying. Still I think you guys remembered how Ali Rustam sulked when the other people hit back on the pig farm issue?

But a lot of people got the wrong objective of the NEP. The NEP actually doesn't last forever. It is a temporary measure meant to get Malays to "stand on their own feet" and be on the same status as the other races. While few actually got it right, many got it wrong and it became "stamping on the others". Thus it was criticized that it has been misused.

If you want to be as great as Singapore then this thing will have to be done away with another that fits under the new millennium scenario. That NEP is meant between late 70s to the early 90s. That's it. I think I am repeating my point here. A shame though that we are losing badly to upcoming countries even that includes India.

So you can keep on dreaming my dear Ali. But there will be a day when you stand face to face at God and you could be asked of this question. I wonder what will be your answer and God's response to it? My opinion is that such thinking is as worthless like a Gestapo person.

Even Average Citizens Tell Gerakan To Quit BN!

There was a poll at NTV7 just now which asked whether Gerakan should pull out of the BN coalition after being asked by their BN partners on their stand.

If 60% of the grassroot level members are adamant of pulling out, then even the silent majority also said that Gerakan should pull out. The poll shows that 97% of the voters wanted Gerakan to go out of BN. SAPP has done it, UPKO is considering thinking of following your next moves...

In terms of Parliamentary seats, should Gerakan decides to follow SAPP or perhaps join Pakatan Rakyat, Abdullah Badawi's coalition majority has been cut down to 50 Parliament seats, that is before we know exactly how many MPs crossing over.

Let me remind you that Gerakan was borne out of the idea of visionary leaders of all races who imagine a society of all races without discrimination. Being in BN since 1974, they should notice that race politics championed by the top three parties still remains. I have just one concern, does Ong Ka Chuan's statement means indirectly that MCA defends the Chinese rights against who? Is the statement trying to say that defending the Chinese against Malays or Indians? I am afraid that the answer could be a yes, if we decide to find out ourselves....

Speaking of the Donald's merger suggestion, the answer is also the same: point above. But it is base on the presumption that Gerakan is entirely full of Chinese members. If a merger do happens what happens to those non-Chinese Gerakan members?

But that sentiment is gone, irrelevant, guys. Everyone has spoken...leave BN. Don't be a 'dunggu'.

Appointment With P.A.K- L.A.H, October 1, PWTC

This Wednesday is the open house day for PM Abdullah Badawi at PWTC. As expected a huge turnover will be there to meet with the PM and the cabinet Ministers, with a high possibility of meeting Botak, Kerishamuddin and Tomboy Azalina there as well.

This Wednesday, directly from the events of the Saturday night vigil, a group of people including the top bloggers (you bet it's who, who who and so on) will be coming there to PWTC as well.

The idea is to meet him, to sit down a have a real talk with him face to face.

Well then, if you can't meet him through official channels, this Wednesday is your golden chance.

So, be there at 12 p.m, if possible get those brand new shirts tomorrow, meet up with the group and meet face-to-face with Abdullah Badawi. And there's free food to be eaten to your heart's content.

If Abdullah Badawi still is called Mr. Clean / Mr. Nice Guy as what he's used to be, then he should not be afraid to meet with a group of concerned citizens who only wish to have a talk directly with him.

As what Mr. Mahathir said earlier:

Disamping bergembira bersama keluarga, saya harap kita akan teruskan tradisi kunjung mengunjung ke rumah-rumah terbuka untuk mengeratkan lagi silaturrahim di antara kita, terutama sekali dengan rakan-rakan kita yang bukan beragama Islam.

There should not be any problem for a person to come and meet their leaders.

Are You Paying Attention, Ong Tee Keat?

Today's piece by The Star has something interesting about car sales drop and hire interest rate hike in Malaysia. This is indeed predictable but the BN government is doing nothing so far to alleviate this problem.

PETALING JAYA: Car buyers will have to pay more in monthly instalments now that hire purchare interest rates have gone up.

Just a few months ago, banks offered interest rates at around 2.5%. Now, the rates are between 3.4% and 4.7% for new cars.

Maybank hire purchase senior manager Nor Siah Othman said the bank had experienced a drop of about 40% in car loan applications in the past two months due to higher rates.

She also advised car owners to restructure their loans to stretch the monthly payments longer after a few years of repayments if they find it a burden to service their loans.

A freelance car salesman identified only as Teo said a buyer taking a RM42,000 loan would have to pay about RM54,000 over seven years - about RM4,000 more compared to the RM50,000 paid when the interest rate was 2.7%.

AmBank group public relations manager Norlidah Abd Rahman said not all banks charged as high as 4.3%.

“If the car bought now did not carry extended warranty under comprehensive insurance, the interest rate could be as low as 3.6% - 3.9% too,” she said.

A hire-purchase executive from a major bank here said the rates were not expected to fall any time soon as banks were anticipating Bank Negara to raise the interbank rate that would affect the interest rates for housing and car loans.

She added that the Hire Purchase Act did provide for a variable rate option for car loan holders based on the base lending rate used by banks mostly for housing loans.

“But most customers do not choose the variable rate; most people prefer the fixed interest rate because they are lower,” she said.

Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Car Dealers and Credit Companies Association president Khoo Kah Jin said interest rates for new cars were not that high at between 3.5% and 3.7%.

He said there was no reason for used car interest rates to be as high as 4.5% - 7.5%.

Khoo said the association had always pushed for the interest rates for used cars to be only 1% higher that of new cars.

The current economic status in Malaysia is at the low point meaning as the result above, car sales are dropping. Chances are at the long run, the shops that sells second hand cars could had their businesses affected badly by this scenario.

One part of the reason why sales dropped is the high amount of import duty and taxes that forms part of the cost. If the government wishes to have every working citizen to own at least a vehicle, that's where the import duties and the taxes will have to drop. To offset the high amount of interest rates. People want to have good cars but could not do so because of the high import duty cost bundled together at the original cost.

So, right now, being the Transport Minister, you Mr. Ong Tee Keat will have to do something drastic to address that. Are you paying attention to this, Mr. Ong? MCA presidency is second to this matter right now. I'm helping you to priortize the order of events. You better do something drastic, frankly. This is my second time of me reminding you what you have to do.

Cut off that Mickey Mouse taxes.

If you are not paying attention, then there's something wrong with you and you should quit.

Only Radicals and Ultras Would Do Such Thing - On TK by Malaysiakini

Base on what I've read on, the vulgar message that has been left on implies that:

1. The culprits are Malays, since there is the word 'pig' there.
2. Radicals and ultras that could be die-hard UMNO fans would really do that.
3. This was the aftermath of Teresa being taken into ISA and complaints on dog food.
4. I doubt PAS people would do that since they are more moderate than UMNO's people.
5. Only people that are mislead by inaccurate religious concepts would do that.

Front For Defenders of Eggs? Hahaha...but..

A warning to bigots out there: Don't You Ever Teach Your Grandmother To Suck Eggs.

You try to do that on some people and they will hit you hard for your 'holier than thou' thing. Don't try to be smart on this.

This ultra-nationalist attitude kills and it destroys some notable people.

Let's Surprise, Remind Them of ISA During Raya!

Pete Kamaruddin was born exactly today, September 27 1950. Instead of throwing a birthday greeting at a public location or a party, all everyone could do today is to send birthday cards and greetings to the detention camp in Kamunting.

An interesting post by Haris caught my attention just now that said

Initially, I thought that the ideal would be if we just did not dignify these orgies with our presence. However, there were some from amongst you who wrote in and made the brilliant suggestion of attending, dressed in Anti-ISA or Free RPK T-shirts.

A few months ago, Pete was held in Bukit Aman and we had a vigil, not recently in which Haris was taken to the police station. But I remembered that night was the first time we tested out the RPK C4 Me T-Shirt and I was proudly the very first one who put on the shirt. It was a test and later the shirt was given to another friend of mine.

I suddenly remembered wearing the shirt as I was writing this post. I thought it would be a good idea to surprise the tyrants, especially Botak that it was a fatal mistake to throw an innocent person to the camp on allegations of threats to national security.

Anyhow, Haris has wrote another interesting point:

In another post, I’ll list out all the BN leaders who will be hosting open houses for Hari Raya. in this regard, i could use help in tracking details of this down and sending it in, with full details of time, date and address. I will continue to update this list as and when I receive information from you people out there.

There's always an open house in PWTC on first day of Raya. And I remembered last year going there. The final cost borne by tax-payers money for that open house day in 2007 was $1 million. And the parking was free, everyone came in to eat all they one. But I met a guy there who has been constantly sending letters and cards every year to Rogue Banker Yackop and I hope to see that again.

That would be a good start to come there and tell those BN leaders there. I remembered shaking hands with Azmi Khalid, Mustapa Mohammad, Kerishamuddin, Tomboy Azalina, and Rafidah Aziz and finally Jeanne - but the hands were cold, I felt cold when meeting them.

Anyhow, I think we should go there to PWTC this Wednesday.

There is no underground group!

On the other hand, the police does not seem to understand of kins of those under ISA, particularly those who had been there for more than the detention period of 2 years. And yesterday, people tried to tell others of ISA but the police cut them down as if GMI is an underground group.

If you look at the Star, it says:

A group of anti-ISA activists caused a bit of a commotion as they gathered near the Masjid Jamek mosque in Jalan Tun Perak here.

In Malaysiakini or Harakah, depending on which one, the opening is different:

Police broke up an attempted leafleting exercise by a group of activists calling for the abolishment of the Internal Security Act (ISA) today.

Of course that implies that the police started the commotion first.

In actual fact, an OCPD can actually do that, not an ASP.

"Belum sempat aktivis GMI yang diketuai oleh Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh berkumpul, ASP Sydney Clyde Jeremiah yang mengetuai pasukan polis telah memberi amaran kepada koordinator GMI, E Nalini agar tidak menggunakan pembesar suara dan plakad." - Harakah

I think Nalini could have barked back and tell them the similar shit that the police have thrown to the innocents.

And yes, there is a vigil tonight at 7 pm at Merdeka Square. You bet the police will come in full force but on remember: tell them that they are looking at the wrong end of the pole.

Remember what Tyler Durden said before?

To Hold Off Team B... (Src: Malaysiakini)

Unsatisfied of how things are going, UMNO is throwing an emergency meeting in the morning. This of course has caught many people including Muhyiddin Yassin and Mike Tyson Taib off guard. The obvious reason is simple. Many cannot tolerate a handover in June 2010 and wanted to push it up one year earlier.

According to Malaysiakini, the 2010 transition plan has received a poor to lukewarm response from many state divisions although good support from Kelantan and Penang, the latest being Selangor itself. The state divisions decision is that they want the grassroots to decide the fate of Abdullah, not the supreme council itself.

Secondly, this who meeting is the idea of Abdullah Badawi himself. Because of the response from the state divisions, he would throw in this emergency meeting. Of course he knew that Najib wants to become head and Prime Minister with everything intact. It is hoped that the meeting is likely to postpone the elections in December, rendering a no contest game between Team Abdullah / Najib against Team Ku Li / Muhyiddin.

For Najib, the safest thing and a win-win plan is to let Abdullah remain for a few more months and hand over. That means pushing it up by a year earlier and beat the competition, taking everything intact.

Botak's Taste of His Own Medicine

A deputy Minister, T. Murugiah has hit back on Botak Albar today insisting that Botak's statement on 'not to interfere with his ministry' is intefering with his job. A very incredible turning back on Botak and he gets his own medicine.

Botak, with his prestige and an UMNO man arrogantly told Murugiah to get lost earlier on. Apparently arrogance is something that caught up with Botak, just as what happened to Patton. Patton, despite being a great military leader respected by everyone is a victim of his own arrogance.

This would be a good warning for Botak not to go around and to teach other grandmothers to suck eggs. That will kill him eventually. Another vocal voice to this sentiment is in the form of Transparency Chief Ramon Navaratnam. He told Dollah Badawi to release all the ISA detainees or risk losing more FDI. But I doubt that Bedol Napoleon would do so and UMNO politicians will scream if Badawi does that.

The Curious Case of Anwar Sodomy II

Not good.

That's what I heard, ominous rumors from certain quarters. There is a speculation that if the trial is running clean and fair, Anwar Ibrahim will win the Sodomy II case hands down and whatever that has been planned to make sure Anwar doesn't win will go down to tatters. Or shall I say that plans by the tyrants will be ruined.

The 'tyrants' and warlords are adamant that the Sodomy II case must be transferred to the High Court, where it is believed that if successful, the case will be tried by Apandi Ali - which gives them a high chance to provide a pre-meditated guilty verdict for Anwar - following Shafee Abdullah's script written with certain members of the police force.

If you recall this piece from Malaysiakini (the Malay version that says:)

Mohamed Yusof berkata Mahkamah Sesyen, sebagai mahkamah lebih rendah, tidak mempunyai sebarang budi bicara untuk menafikan pemindahan itu.

"Dalam mengemukakan bantahan terhadap sijil yang dikeluarkan oleh pendakwa raya, peguam yang bijaksana yang mewakili Anwar adalah sama ada memohon perisytiharan bahawa sijil itu tidak sah atau menolak keputusan pendakwaan untuk memindahkan kes ke Mahkamah Tinggi," katanya dan menurutnya perkara itu terletak di bawah bidang kuasa Mahkamah Tinggi untuk mendengar atau diputuskan.

It implies that Gani Patail is telling the judge Komathy Suppiah that she has no right to say whether this case can be transferred or not. In the beginning, Komathy said that the signature is against what is assured by Dollah Badawi that Gani Patail will have no hand in this trial whatsoever.

So it seems that with those ominous rumors running around, it seems that Komathy is likely to say no to the trial being transferred to the high court, even if the decision is to be made on the 7th (that is a Tuesday). It is highly probable that Komathy's outcome will be a no no.

The outcome simply means unacceptable to the so-called 'tyrants' and (rumor has it) that it is decided that Komathy (via an instruction to Gani Patail) is to be 'transferred to the Sabah Industrial Court'. But the question is the timing. Is that going to happen after the outcome is announced on the 7th or are we seeing the change of judge by the time the 7th approaches?

Anyhow, this ominous rumour is likely to see many as Abdullah Badawi flip-flopped on his words - the countless number of times already it is happening.

See also: The Missing Piece of The Puzzle

Kepala Otak Hang! You Think 10 Cents Is Enough Ah?

I thought it's going to be a 20 cents drop. Instead they give only 10 cents.

If we drop the price by 20 cents, we stand to save roughly $15 for every 40 liters of petrol pumped into the tank. Instead, we saved only about a few more ringgit that's all. If grandma is still alive, she'd scold my grandfather for being 'kedekut'.

The ringgit value is still at the point that is unacceptable. That is why repegging back to 2.8 as what Mr. Mahathir said is guide good, but Bedol Napoleon thinks no.

We've been hoodwinked about the economy. In the last few months, investors had pulled out $125 billion of investment capital out of Malaysia because Bedol Napoleon and the UMNO cahoots refused to fix the judiciary system, revamped the economy system and otherwise.

You give me a lever and I might do a better job than Najib. As Zaid said, opposition from hardcore UMNO politicians was the main reason he could not do his job properly. So the problem needs to be fixed and those idiots must be slapped since they think in four walls. Too many politicians in the cabinet but only two or three people who really knows economy. I fear not even Najib could save the national economy's ass from the real problem: Bedol Napoleon.