Najib Returns Fire At Guan Eng With Bungalow Jibe

By MT Webmaster On May 10, 2019

(The Star) – Datuk Seri Najib Razak has hit back at Lim Guan Eng who said the former premier had no shame coming to Sandakan despite being linked with several corruption scandals.

Without mincing his words in a Facebook post on Friday (May 10), Najib mentioned Lim’s bungalow and the issues surrounding the Penang Undersea Tunnel, saying that he would speak about these once he reached Sandakan.

“I’m heading there to speak about how to buy a bungalow far below market price from a seller who has business relations with the state government.

“After that, I want to speak about how a corruption case that was already in trial for three weeks – where 20 witnesses have given their statements – can just be dropped just like that.

Last September, Lim, who is the Finance Minister as well as DAP secretary-general, was acquitted of two charges relating to the purchase of a bungalow in Penang.

The MACC said it was shocked over the acquittal, stressing that it was the Attorney General Chambers’ decision and not theirs.

Najib also said he would speak about the RM6.3 billion Penang undersea tunnel project that was awarded in 2013 but would only begin construction 17 years later in 2030.

“I also want to speak about how a feasibility report worth RM305mil still hasn’t been completed after six years.”

He said he would also address issues where “certain quarters are guaranteed to win a request for proposal”.

In April, the MACC cleared the company involved in the building of the Penang undersea tunnel project – Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd and its senior executive director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli – of any wrongdoing.

Removed as Johor PPBM Chairman, Muhyiddin attacked by cybertrooper

Thursday, May 02, 2019

Thursday, May 02, 2019

Removed as Johor PPBM Chairman, Muhyiddin attacked by cybertrooper

The drama played out by PPBM after the emergency MPKT meeting was that everything resolved and all will back Tun Dr Mahathir. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin claimed ignorance and apologised to Mahathir.

There have been thousands of political quarrels that will have this sort of scene as part of the repertoire but subsequently, the quarrel will continue. More so, one is talking about the quarrelsome Mahathir.

Muhyiddin also has a history of being sneeky to play along, prepare and confront at the last minute to ouster his target.

In the past, his victims include former Johor Menteri Besar and the man who brought him up in UMNO, late Tan Sri Osman Saat, former Deputy PM, Tun Musa Hitam, former PMs, Tun Abdullah Badawi and Dato Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak.

Mahathir does not have much time and it is only expected that his move agaunst Muhyiddin will be soon and swift. The war between Mahathir and Muhyiddin has been declared.

Initially, the rumour was Muhyiddin will resign from the Johor PPBM Chairmanship after Hari Raya, but it does not take long. Mahathir already announced removed exco member, Mazlan Bujang as new state Chairman.

[Correction: The Star reported the then Chairman of PPBM Johor was former MB, Dato Osman Sapuan. Muhyiddin is PPBM President.]

The ole dictator has reared his ugly head again. The more reason no regret for leaving him and not fall for his so-called civil libertarian new facade.

Not only is Mahathir making his move on Muhyiddin, he has sent out a cybertrooper to fix up his main man, Dato Dr Rais Hussein.

Mahathir wants everything "My Way" and no way will anyone change his decisions and instructions.

He must have clearly said it to the Johor new MB, Dato Dr Sahruddin in their first meeting to maintain the old exco and not accede to any of the wishes of Sultan of Johor.

Subsequent to Muhyiddin's audience with the Sultan, the new MB announced changing the line-up. The power to determine the line-up lies with the MB and the Sultan could only request.

The new MB maybe a Gen Y and could have his own mind, but this budak jawa Muowill not have the guts to disobey Mahathir. The decision to change has to be Muhyiddin.

Frankly, the decision made was good. The man replaced was too vocal against the istana.

It was said that Muhyiddin told the emergency meeting that he was not told by Mahathir. Most likely, Mahathir did not buy as Dr Sahrudin would have told him. Talk in Johor is Muhyiddin replaced the exco line-up with his people.

Either Mahathir was testing Muhyiddin or he is setting up a bait, both way Mahathir is finally acting on Muhyiddin for silently making moves to dominate the party.

Before GE14, Muhyiddin was removing the protem divisional heads of PPBM to be replaced by his men. Dato Mukhriz went along with the scheme as he parked his friends everywhere too. But he was rather naive to not realise he was used.

Muhyiddin's men, by virtue of being more senior in politics, were generally made Division heads or candidates for MPs.

This was the reason for grassroot uprising before GE14 that saw founding leaders such as  Dato Hamidah Osman, Cikgu Kamarul and many more left in disgust for not being appreciated and being made use of.    

It was not UMNO doing as alleged by PPBM then.

Muhyiddin should have been aware that Mahathir is in the know. For one, Tun Siti Hasmah was roped in to appease Hamidah and convince her to be patience.

Tun Daim passed a remark to fault Muhyiddin for weakeing the party before GE and he resigned to think that giving money for PPBM's campaign is an investment that will not pay off. He can say so because it was Muhyiddin that has been raising money in the hundreds of million for PPBM.

Well, that is what the money changer community have been talking. It only mean the money changer was the channel used to bring back money from abroad.

Leveling off the tree stump

Muhyiddin then felt that as he is party President, he should be running the show and Mahathir should just be the figurehead. Correspondingly, he should be elevated to Prime Minister till the time Dato Seri Anwar takes over.

Over time, he realised that he was made, to use his own term, "tunggul" (tree stump). Mahathir. wield the influence. Despite no executive power as Chairman, Mahathir was dictating the show. Muhyiddin  was resigned to oblivion and media seldom gave him much coverage.

His pancrease cancer only worsen his political situation in PPBM to dicey and gullible. Although his cancer condition is under control, thanks to the chemotheraphy and complimentary dietary plan, the thinking on the ground is that it is time for Muhyiddin to make way.

Without lifting an eyelid, Mahathir is ready to level the ground off the tree stump. And, former NST reporter turned PPBM cybertrooper, Firdaus Abdullah's twitter posting is meant to be so via Rais Hussein.

Firdaus is lazy at research, not informative and analaytical enough to figure things out himself, and plain feudelistically loyal to Mahathir.

And maybe Daim too, if he remained loyal to Mahathir.

Firdaus's intention to fight corruption maybe sincere, but what he does not know is he is not fighting against Muhyiddin's proxy from getting the contract to bring in foreign worker. Decision was already made.

Indirectly, Firdaus is helping people linked to Mahathir and Daim to get the contract instead. Four companies heard to have been approved by cabinet are related to Berjaya group, Maju group, MyEG and Yasmin.

Quite sure everyone knows, who Berjaya and Maju are linked to. MyEg is the public listed company in, which the Chairman is Dato Noraesah, anak menakan to former PM Tun Abdullah Badawi. Yasmin group is brought into the bidding by Tun Daim, but whether it is proxy or not, it needs confirmation. It could even be Mahathir's family member.

That is the info from a source that has been reliable in the past.

The video could be right to imply Muhyiddin's man, Dr Rais Hussein is an interested party. The man and former Perak MB, Dato Dr Zambery Kadeer is linked to a corruption investigation at Perak's SEDC involving former CEO Dato Aminuddin Md Desa.

With Muhyiddin as Home Minister, this is a low hanging fruit to make hay while sun shine for the #KerajaanSePenggal.  

It is not easy for Muhyiddin or his men to take a bite into cancelled RM3.5 billion SKIN system contract for Immigration from Prestariang. The corporate sharks are controlling the beach and corporate vultures controlling the sky against any other interest.

When Daim's brother-in-law, Dr Muhammad Khalid said contracts are cancelled and reviewed in order to remove big profit margin and cronies or proxies of BN from making money of contract, it is trademark Daim's half truth. It is meant to replace with one of their own and deny BN source of funding.

Mat Khalid bullshit and lied in this video, particularly in the opening on stock market. Mana boleh small cap did better than index?

Malaysian stock market did worse than all those countries he mentioned. Between an economist and a stock market operator, what does economist know about any financial market?

His style of talking seemed to emulate Daim's 1, 2, bang! What happenned, why it happenned and this is the solution said in simple folks logic but factually not right. However, the views of this PM's Economic Adviser is seldom presumptous.

More comment another time.

Mahathir to be PPBM President

Khairuddin leading the charge, Nagas cybertrooper to do the attack

So, upon whacking Muhyiddin through his crony, what is Mahathir's plan?

This game by journo-turn-cybertooper is planned. The charge against Muhyiddin will be led by his own nemesis, Dato Khairuddin Abu Hassan. He left PPBM to join Amanah instead because of his quarrel with Muhyiddin.

Khairuddin is now the Chairman of a Putrajaya-based China company, Commodities Global Trade Sdn Bhd. He will be delivering a welcoming speech for Mahathir today.

Masyuk ....

The attack against Muhyiddin will intensfy and it will be led by a group of cybertroopers calling themselves Nagas. It could be the same group that launched the same attack against Najib. Nagas is the name of a mamak shop near Seri Pacific and PWTC where UMNO political boys hangout. It has since changed name. .

Words on the grapevine is Muhyiddin will be nudged to resign and not contest the PPBM party election due after Hari Raya. The date is still not announced yet, but the jockeying has begun. The latest it should be held is by October.

If Muhyiddin refuse to budge and still defend his Presidency, Mahathir may run against Muhyiddin. If all members gets to vote according to SASU system, Muhyiddin has no fighting chance. Naturally, Mukhriz will remain as Deputy President and will takeover the Presidency from papa.

Dato Redhuan or Pak Wan the flying car Minister should not dream of taking on the chosen one, even how boboi he is. If Muhyiddin step aside and avoid cases like BESTARI from further investigation by MACC, Mukhriz will be PPBM President.

There goes Azmin too. Upon being made Minister in charge of Economics, he does not look at all impressive. Azmin could have used the Felda white paper to the hilt, but it made no impact. The potential as PM material is still not realised.

The Muhyiddin disobeyance could also be pre-planned. There is the possibility that Muhyiddin and his team will move to Anwar and he will be back in the running. His numbers will fare better.

For all you know, Azmin is pretending to be on Mahathir's side. The month Anwar is said to make his move is May to June.

Mahathir's plan to bring more UMNO MPs to jump is also a serious one. Dato Bung Mokhtar will be charged soon for offense at FELCRA. That is punishment for not crossing over.

As far as Dato Hishamuddin, who lately is being whacked from insde UMNO by Zaharin Yassin and Rafi Awang Kecik as the mastermind behind getting UMNO MPs to crossover to PPBM, the corruption case on his boy is not Mahathir's doing. But, Anwar and Lim Guan Eng discouraging him from crossing over.

Talk is even Dato Hamzah Zainuddin's son will be investigated despite crossing over. 

One hijrah year: Mahathir subtly acknowledged he is wrong

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

One hijrah year: Mahathir subtly acknowledged he is wrong

Today is the second day of Ramadhan. Yesterday, after Terawih prayer, it was exactly a hijrah year and one day that Dato Najib's home was raided upon his return from 1MDB-funded Kg Baru Mosque.

It is not to commemmorate the momentous occasion. As of May 7th today, it is 9 days to May 16th midnight and stretching to May 17th, they day it will be exactly one Gregorian year since the raid. Till today, there has been no charges with regard to the seized goods.

The AMLA law allows for the seized goods to be held for six months and any extension will require a court order. Upon reaching a year without any charge, there is no more legal avenue for the police to hold back the properties and money seized.

In March 18th posting, this blog raised the issue of some goods were possibly missing and the seizure done at the condominiums was in absence and without owners' signature to acknowledge the goods seized.

It was done in contravention of the Criminal Procedure Code. The police stands to be liable to any dispute on the goods seized. Dato Najib raised about the UMNO money declared by police was short.

SRC snag

Despite no charges made with regard to the goods and money seized, the government charged Dato Najib with 5 sets of charges.

On the first case of SRC, the government side seemed to face a snag since the testimony of government witnesses from the Banks did not came out as expected.

It was supposed to be a plain sailing for prosecution to lay out and confirm the background of the case, prove there is a prima facie case against Dato Najib, defense present their case, and Gopal Sri Ram's "That's my boy!" send the former PM to jail.

However, the cross examination by the defense lawyers wiped the smile off the faces of Tommy Thomas and Uma Devi. There were smiling and main mata at each other in broad daylight of the court in session.

It may have been upsetting for Dato Najib, who should not be happy with this obvious indication that the witness is biased and likely coached by AGC, possibly Tommy Thomas himself.

Thus far, the defense side managed to uncover the correspondance of Joanna Yu, the banker at Ambank handling former PM Dato's Najib's account SRC proceeding in which there was a request  PM not be told of a particular transaction.

Her name was mentioned as an important character at Ambank in Tom Wright and Bradley Hope's book Billion Dollar Whale.

Uma Devi told the court there was a sizeable amount of money coming from Aabar into Dato Najib's account. It was a good reminder to all that SRC was at the tail-end of the alleged 1MDB scandals involving Petrosaudi, IPIC, etc.

She confirmed also money came from Prince Faisal Turki as repeatedly explained by Dato Najib.

These money were larger than the RM42 million Dato Naiib is being charged for.  

The SRC case is about abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering. Thus far, the money have all been accounted for and defense have shown that Dato Najib was not solely managing the account but assigned with a power of attorney to Nik Faizal and late Dato Adlin.

It was raised that Nik Faizal was not authorised to withdraw money and sign cheques but there is suspicion he could have forged signatures. The prosecution's defense of Ambank was Najib did not complain of the irregularities then.

Read Azmi Arshad's blog on his view of the case HERE.

The defense will need to show more proofs that Najib has no control of the money and it was not meant for personal purpose. On CBT, defense need to disprove any entrustment on Najib's part. It will be directed to SRC investment.

The government was hoping the approval by Najib for the RM4 billion KWAP investment would be useful to show abuse of power. The investment was guaranteed by government and it was safe and the return was good for KWAP. 

There was attempt to show his signatory was a directive, but apparently, his directive was rejected by EPU who suggested that SRC invest in alternative energy sources.

A witness from KWAP said it breached the investment guideline limit of RM2 billion and process was made in a hurry. Najib signed the letter of guarantee before the process claimed Amirul Imran Ahmat. More of his testimony HERE and HERE.

Question is whether it had undergone due process and constitute abuse of power on the PM side for agreeing? Is Nik Faizal's rejection of KWAP request for investment reports worth taken in consideration?

Why  BNM and MACC failed to dig up on the strange RM88 million transaction to Mail Global Resources Sdn Bhd? Maybe it was AG's exuberance at the behest of Mahathir.

1MDB not enough evidence?

At the rate things are going, the occupant of a home in Bukit Tunku are quite relax and confident.

For the second case related to 1MDB, the AGC office is in contradiction to their written directive to the judges to not allow for further delay. The trail was due for last week but the second application by AG for delay was allowed by the court for next court date in August.

This case requires evidences and witnesses on the money trail of the Petrosaudi deal to dispute money came from Arab donors. Uma Devi of Ambank has testified in court on the existence of Arab donors.

The suspicion is the AG side has insufficient evidence and there is the likelihood that the foreign parties are not cooperating to attend.

Lets forget the other charges except for LHDN tax bill slapped on Dato Najib. The legal process only proves money was received by Dato Najib. Are the money or donation taxable? More so, it was returned back to the Arabs.

His lawyers must look at it seriously. Two things are sure in life - death and taxes. Tax laws are different in nature from civil law or criminal law or quasi criminal-civil law such as money laundering. The Director General of LHDN is powerful and his decisions not disputed in court.

There are 10 precedent tax cases that could go against him.

Mahathir's subtly acknowledge he is wrong 

The latest from Tun Dr Mahathir to say government is committed to recover at least money of US$7 billion of 1MDB money may have missed everyone. He said Jho Loh stole most of the RM42 billion lesap money.

MMO quoted him saying, "“He stole all the money, missing from 1MDB alone was RM42 billion. Who keeps the money? Where is it?” 

“I think there is some evidence Jho Low has taken a lot of money for himself.” 

US have returned US$200 million to Malaysia. Still far cry from US$7 billion.

Wait a minute...

Didn't Mahathir say "Najib pencuri, perompak dan penyamun" all these years and blame the happenings at 1MDB (and SRC) to Najib?

This blogger realised something strange with 1MDB way back in 2011 in a session with former CEO, Dato Shahrol. Apparently, he is going to be a crown witness.

However, it was later discovered that 1MDB had embarked into thoughtful and sincere CSR to assist the poor and needy as far as the interiors of Sabah and Sarawak without seeking credit. Back then, opposition side laughed it off as give a little to steal big.

Further investigation only found the hands of Jho Loh everywhere. For instance, the incident involving former Terengganu MB, Dato Md Said.

A close confidante described Jho Loh's attitude. Md Said had reservation and requested for more information. It angered Jho Loh as it would delay his scheme. He displayed his arrogance and flaunted his influence to make a call immediately and that put the MB in trouble.

Off shore banking and high finance is not the forte of most Malaysians. More so for the former MB.

It is a sigh of relief that Mahathir finally aimed his cannon at Jho Loh. He seized and sold Jho Loh's  superyatch Equinimity (though it was not proven in the Indonesian court as his) and the family home of Jho Loh which was built 10 years before 1MDB existed.

Noticeably, news on the sales of Jho Loh's US$39 million LA mansion, and the return of jewellery by his mother were attracting media attention.  

Main culprit

The Whale book was written in such a manner that the whole problem of 1MDB happened off-shore and involved the hands of Jho Low and his group of friends at Goldman Sachs.

It was the basis this blogger took the stand since 2015 that the "sure" guilty party is Jho Loh. But why was it that the Malaysian government drag their feet on Jho Loh but went all out for Datok Najib instead?

Political?

In a chance meeting last years with an American Bank's bond originator, he revealed his bank was approached by Jho Loh for the bond issue, but Jho Loh did not come back to him.

Few months after the approach, he accidently saw Jho Loh with a group of Goldman Sachs people at a Mandarin Oriental hotel abroad. He knew immediatey they got the deal. The American banker claimed the prospectus on the 30-year bond deal was structured loosely.

It will not be easy to pin it on Jho Loh. But Goldman Sachs sure kena.

It could be the reason Government dragged their feet in the search for Jho Loh. It took them a long time before finally doing token charge against him in absentia. It was filed after US filed charged against Jho Low.

In the meanwhile, it was Singapore that focus their action against Goldman Sachs for banking offenses. US court is focused is on Goldman Sachs too with Malaysian Roger Ng being extradited.

Mahathir only wanted to play politics and topple another leader. It as only an after thought to  pretend to do a criminal charge against Goldman Sachs in Malaysia. Not sure it is a serious effort with a struggling SRC case.

Everyone missed the point that Mahathir's comment on Jho Loh is a subtle admittance that he has pursued the wrong guy.

This blogger is interested to see more of the truth to come out from the trail of Dato Najib.

Thus far, it is most likely this blogger was right for not being convinced of Mahathir and four years ago, took the stand to leave the vengeful great liar for his repeated habit to topple leader after leader. "Not again", we said then.

In the meanwhile, smelling something cooking behind the political curtain.

Is it related to the current development on Jho Loh? Or is it related to the political development related to the Rome Statute or PPBM and PPBM-led Johor state government or DAP closed door convention?

Whatever it is, what you see is not what it may seemed to be?

G25 rep says four academics broke civil service conduct in advising Rulers on Rome Statute

Published 11 hours ago on 02 May 2019

By Ben Tan

G25 rep Tan Sri Alwi Jantan says the four academics who advised the Conference of Rulers on the Rome Statute had violated their public service code of conduct in their summary paper, which makes their positions at the public universities untenable. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon

PETALING JAYA, May 2 — Education Minister Maszlee Malik should consider removing four academics who advised the Conference of Rulers on the Rome Statute that resulted in the government’s U-turn on ratification, retired senior government official Tan Sri Alwi Jantan suggested today.

The former director-general of the Public Services Department who is now a member of vocal governance watchdog G25 claimed the four had violated their public service code of conduct in their summary paper and advised the Rulers to reject the Rome Statute, which makes their positions at the public universities untenable.

He named the four as International Islamic University of Malaysia law lecturer Associate Prof Shamrahayu Abdul Aziz, Universiti Teknologi MARA deputy vice-chancellor and dean of Faculty of Law Prof Datuk Rahmat Mohamad, and Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia law lecturers Fareed Mohd Hassan and Hisham Hanapi.

“First, unless they had received prior permission from their respective vice chancellors, they went over the heads in offering advice to the Conference of Rulers.

“Second, they went against government policy which had already agreed to accede to the Rome Statute and third, they gave erroneous advice against acceding to the Rome Statute,” Alwi wrote in an open letter to Maszlee that was sent to the media.

The government pensioner said that being employed by public institutions, the four are public servants and subject to the code of conduct for all civil service staff.

He contended that all four were guilty on all three counts.

“Therefore, I am of the opinion that their positions in their respective universities are no longer tenable,” said Alwi.

The 84-year-old who has vast experience as a public administrator also noted that the four were invited to a public forum in Universiti Malaya (UM) last Saturday to defend their views, but they all either declined or did not respond.

The UM forum was organised by nine students who had leaked the alleged executive summary of a briefing by four academics to the Conference of Rulers, which then ostensibly led to Putrajaya’s withdrawal.

The controversial four academics had claimed Malaysia’s ratification could lead the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as supreme commander of the armed forces to be persecuted for war crimes, which would affect the Malay royal institution, despite arguments otherwise, most notably from the Attorney-General Tommy Thomas and Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

Police have launched a sedition investigation on the UM forum that also featured Thomas, UM constitutional law expert Emeritus Professor Datuk Shad Saleem Faruqi and veteran PKR politician Syed Hussin Ali, following complaints that remarks were made then against the monarchy.

Alwi, now a member of the G25 group of mainly retired civil servants and academics, had served the government for 32 years, beginning as an officer in the Federal Establishment Office in 1958 until his retirement in 1990 as Public Services Department director-general.

Lighting The Wrong Path

POSTED ONSEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Lighting The Wrong Path

Tan Sri Alwi Jantan

There is nothing wrong with wanting to be a moderate.  Moderation is what is preached in Islam.  Moderation is what seems to be eroding by the day not just in Islam, but in other religions and cuts across the racial board as well.  And this applies to every single country there is on the face of this Earth.  And to have a group of people advocating moderation is a more-than-welcome effort in this young-but-amnesiac country that seems to have lost all institutional memory of the events that had brought about the Federal Constitution of Malaysia.

Reading the The Star’s interview with Tan Sri Alwi Jantan (Torchbearers for founding fathers – Sunday, 4th September 2016) I cannot help but agree to some of his points, but at the same time feel as if there is some form of misguidance, or misinterpretation of the Federal Constitution, and a deliberate misleading on the respected Tan Sri’s part.

I agree that rather than focusing on petty issues such as whether or not the Langkawi statue is haram, the religious councils as well as JAKIM should focus more on the development of correct as well as balanced knowledge on Islamic subjects such as Tauhid, Fardhus Ain and Kifayah.  This is important to counter the influence of deviationists especially that of the Da’esh.  However, religious as well as racial extremism is not confined to Islam alone.  In the name of pluralism as advocated by the G25, there should only be single-stream schools.  Children who do not grow up together will grow up apart. We can never talk about unity and understanding if we do not understand each other.  Preserving the mother-tongue can be done after formal classes are over and this can be done at the school itself, perhaps after lunch. So could the Islamic religious classes. In the latter category, this would ensure that correct teachings are being imparted to the children rather than by private religious schools whose curriculum are not being monitored effectively by the religious councils. Also that way working parents do not need to worry about the whereabouts of their children and can pick them up at school after work, or a similar arrangement could be made.

In a plural society such as ours, the need for our children to grow up together for the sake of unity is paramount. Sending children to separate schools based on mother tongue rather than a common national language is against the spirit of the Constitution. When the Constitution was being drafted for it to be in operation by Merdeka Day 1957, the Reid Commission adopted the Alliance’s (UMNO, MCA and MIC) proposal to establish Malay as the official language of the Federation. However, there were differences on how to go about with this.  Ng Ek Teong, the MCA representative submitted that English should be allowed to be used for official purposes for a minimum of 10 years. MIC was in support of this.  Both MCA and MIC also proposed for Mandarin and Tamil be allowed to be used in the legislatures for a minimum period of 10 years.  UMNO however proposed that English be allowed to be used for a maximum period of ten years after independence. Ng Ek Tong told the Commission that this would only serve as a temporary measure (Colonial Office CO 889/6, Minutes of Alliance hearing before the Reid Commission, 27 September 1956, pp 290-294).  Tunku Abdul Rahman however said:

“At the end of 10 years, the general trend will be that people will still demand for it and the people who propose it now are not sure that they would be there to guarantee it. It is bound to cause a lot of debate later on.” (Ibid.)

Even Lord William Reid himself was not in favour of the proposal by MCA and MIC saying that it would cause practical difficulties (Ibid/Making of the Malayan Constitution, Joseph M Fernando, pp 128-129).  It was for this reason that the Tunku promoted the Rumi script for the Malay language at the expense of the Jawi script to enable the non-Malays to learn the national language rapidly (Tunku Abdul Rahman (1984), op. cit., pp. 112-114).  This has been enshrined in Article 152 of the Federal Constitution as well as in the National Language Act, 1963/1967.

The reality of it now is that the migrant workers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar are more able to grasp the Malay language than many of our own Identity Card-wielding citizens.  Mind you, they also stood still at Dataran Merdeka while the NegaraKu was being played. Our own citizens refuse to stand up when the NegaraKu was being played in the cinemas, extinguishing the very torch of our founding fathers.

The Constitution is secular only up to a certain point. The Reid Commission, commissioned by both Her Majesty The Queen of England and the Malay Rulers had initially omitted a proposal by the Malay Rulers to have Islam as the religion of the Federation.  Reid saw it fit that matters of religion be handled only by the Ruler of the respective States, and that the special position of the Malays be reviewed after 15 years.

When the report was published, the strongest objections came from the man revered by Malaysians now as the father of multiracialism – Dato Onn Jaafar, who as the leader of Parti Negara said that the Malays had been let down.  PAS claimed that the Malay interests had been cast aside (von Vorys (1975), op. cit., p.132). Hence, the Tunku later submitted that Islam be made the religion of the Federation with two provisos added: first that it would not affect the position of the Rulers as head of religion in their respective States; second, the practice and propagation of other religions to the non-Malays in the Federation would be assured under the Constitution (UMNO/SUA 154/56, Minutes of Alliance ad-hoc political sub-committee meeting, 2 April 1957).

Sir Donald Charles MacGillivray personally felt that such a provision would be advantageous because the Yang DiPertuan Agong could at the same time become the head of the faith in the Settlements of Penang and Malacca (CO 1030/524 (10), MacGillivray to Secretary of State, 25 February 1957; See also CO 1030/524 (18), MacGillivray to Secretary of State, 21 March 1957).

Fast forward to the present, Article 3 of the Federal Constitution has clearly mentioned Islam as the religion of the Federation with the Rulers being the Head of religion in their respetive States, while the Yang DiPertuan Agong becomes the Head of religion in the States of Pulau Pinang, Melaka, Sabah and Sarawak, as well as in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya.  It is not an official religion but the religion of the Federation.  The provisos added to safeguard the practice and propagation of other religions are now enshrined in Article 11 with limits to propagate given in Clause 4 of the said Article, to safeguard and honour the position of Islam as the religion of the Federation.

There is even a separation of jurisdiction when it comes to the position of Islam in the Federal Constitution.  The Syariah Law comes under the purview of the respective Rulers, and the Attorney-General of Malaysia, under Article 145(3) does not have the jurisdiction over proceedings before a Syariah court, a native court of a court-martial.  This separation of jurisdition is also present as provided by Article 121(1A) where both the High Court of Malaya and High Court of Sabah and Sarawak do not have any jurisdiction over Syariah matters.  Therefore, the respected Tan Sri should be aware that, borrowing the words of Sir Stamford Raffles in a 1815 letter to his cousin mentioned how “Religion and laws are so united” in Muslim dominated areas that the introduction of Christian beliefs will bring about “much mischief, much bitterness of heart and contention”. (Seademon, A Case For God, 1 Jan 2013) .

Even Act 355, the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act, 1965 (last revised in 1988)  states the following:

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction), 1965.

1. (2) This Act shall apply to all the States of Peninsular Malaysia.

2. The Syariah Courts duly constituted under any law in a State and invested with jurisdiction over persons professing the religion of Islam and in respect of any of the matters enumerated in List II of the State List of the Ninth Schedule to the Federal Constitution are hereby conferred jurisdiction in respect of offences against precepts of the religion of Islam by persons professing that religion which may be prescribed under any written law:

Provided that such jurisdiction shall not be exercised in respect of any offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding three years or with any fine exceeding five thousand ringgit or with whipping exceeding six strokes or with any combination thereof.

The Act, clearly says that it first and foremost, applies to all States of the Peninsular Malaysia. It is not applicable to where the Yang DiPertuan Agong is the Head of religion ie. the Federal Territories, Sabah and Sarawak.  Second, it applies only to Muslims and any matters in List II of the State List of the Ninth Schedule to the Federal Constitution. Third, it cannot propose any punishment that prescribes any jail term exceeding three years, or with any fine exceeding five thousand ringgit, or with whipping exceeding six strokes or with any combination thereof.

Therefore, there is no question of introducing stoning to death, amputation of limbs etc.  Anything above those limitations will be referred to the Criminal Courts.

So, Tan Sri, care to explain how are secularism and pluralism being attacked with examples of provisos of the Federal Constitution or any laws made under it?

Finally, let me quote the interview given by the respected Tan Sri to The Star:

G25 has also expanded its scope to include good governance and tackling corruption. As not only the former head of the PSD but also former secretary-general in the Local Government and Federal Territory Ministry, Health Ministry and Agriculture Ministry, Alwi has focused on good governance, which he calls the precondition for a constitutional democracy: “Those in power must be made accountable for their actions and conduct.”

During his time, civil servants were able to do their jobs without fear or favour, he recalls. “The division of responsibilities between the politicians and civil servants was fairly clear cut.”

But over time good governance has been eroded at an alarming rate, he says.

“There are hardly any more checks and balances.”

What either the good Tan Sri or The Star have also failed to mention is the fact that for more than three years, Tan Sri Alwi Jantan was the Deputy Secretary-General for the Prime Minister’s Department under the founder of Parti Pribumi, Mahathir Mohamad.  Mahathir’s now good friend, Lim Kit Siang, wrote not so long ago, on Thursday, 12 February 2015 at 12.57pm:

“This shows the rot in Malaysia, but it is a rot which was started during Mahathir’s 22-year premiership, and by Mahathir himself!

Today, Mahathir is obsessed with the toppling of Najib as Prime Minister, but this is not because he wanted to stop the rot in Malaysia, to restore the independence and integrity of the judiciary and a just rule of law; to end the subversion of the independence and professionalism of national institutions whether the civil service, the police, the elections commission or anti-corruption agency; eradicate rampant corruption; restore ethics and honesty in public life; re-establish a good education system or restore Malaysia’s economic competitiveness.

Mahathir wants Najib out as the Prime Minister for Malaysia, not to stop the rot which was started by him during his premiership, but for an agenda personal to himself.

This is the rot of Hamlet in Malaysia.”

I’m surprised the good Tan Sri had made no mention whatsoever of this episode.  And he was a civil servant by definition, under the tutelage of the Pribumi person himself and remained in public service until 16 April 1990, thirteen years before Mahathir steped down.

So, Tan Sri, it is good that you want to become the torchbearer of the founding fathers of this blessed nation. However, please ensure that you are on the right path first before you decide to light that torch and guide others.

SRC Got RM4bil From KWAP

By Admin-S Last updated May 1, 2019

From your knowledge of Umno, can you confirm if all party presidents were in fact, all the time, hold the political funds in person?

(The Star) – A total of RM4bil was credited into the account of SRC International Sdn Bhd from the country’s largest public services pension fund, Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP), the High Court heard.

AmBank manager Wedani Senen, who is attached to the remittance centre, testified that a sum of RM2bil was transferred from KWAP to SRC International’s account on Aug 29, 2011.

The money was credited into SRC’s AmIslamic Bank account.

DPP: Can you confirm that this confirmation advice was issued by AmBank’s Rentas Unit?

Wedani: Yes.

The court was told that the money was credited in four tranches of RM500mil each.

Wedani also confirmed that on March 28, 2012, another RM2bil was credited into the same SRC account in one lump sum.

Wedani, who was in examination-in-chief by deputy public prosecutor Sulaiman Kho Kheng Fuei, explained that the payment was split into four as bank officers who ranked manager and below could only approve transactions with a RM500mil limit.

For the transaction on March 28, Wedani said a senior manager with a higher clearance was asked to approve the RM2bil in one lump sum as they had 20 minutes to transfer the money before Bank Negara Malaysia closed at 6pm for the day.

The witness also told the court that a confirmation advice was a document that was automatically generated by the Rentas System for completion of money transferred from another bank into an AmBank’s account.For monies that are transferred out from an AmBank account into another bank’s account, the document is called completion advice.

The court also heard that RM2.5mil from Datuk Seri Najib Razak was used for the purpose of Barisan Nasional’s political defence operations in 2015.

The amount was paid to a known associate of Najib – Habibul Rahmah Kadir Shah – via a cheque and this was then used to gather political intelligence and to establish goodwill among the political fraternity.Habibul, who owns the firm HKS Consultant, testified that he was given RM2.5mil by Najib as the operations were for Barisan’s political benefits.

When cross-examined by Najib’s counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, Habibul said the advice, political analysis and strategy was provided to Najib specifically.

Habibul said he did not question where the money came from as he believed the money was from political donation.

Shafee: Why do you believe it is from political donation?

Habibul: Since 1984 when I entered Umno, there’s always been talk that if you are the prime minister, everyone wants to give you political donation to establish goodwill with you.

Shafee: So you knew when you joined the politics of Umno, that political donation was the order of the day for Umno?

Habibul: Yes.

Shafee: From your knowledge of Umno, can you confirm if all party presidents were in fact, all the time, hold the political funds in person?

Habibul: I believe so.

The witness said that in politics one must have a network of people that would provide you with information from time to time.

“It’s also quite normal that nobody gives you info for free. At the same time, you also need to develop political goodwill among those politicians like division heads so that if you need to execute some strategy, they will be willing to come forward and help you,” he said.Another witness called to the stand was Solar Shine Sdn Bhd owner Datuk Lew Choon Lai for a RM1mil cheque by Najib to promote 1Malaysia.

A feedback of the campaign was then compiled in a report, which Lew personally presented to Najib.

Lew first met Najib in 2010 when he followed Lion Group chairman Tan Sri William Cheng, who was going to meet Najib in Putrajaya.

Najib is facing seven charges of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering involving RM42mil belonging to SRC International.

The hearing continues before Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali tomorrow.

Zeti does not know she is being used by Mahathir

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Zeti does not know she is being used by Mahathir

Before the previous BNM Governor, Tan Sri Muhammad Ibrahim was selected, the talk then was that Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz's preferred successor was 1MDB investigator, Dato Nor Shamsiah Yusof.

If she was seen promoting and campaigning for Muhammad then, she is now promoting, campaigning and soothing public concern on Muhammad's resignation and Shamsiah's appointment. Heard the better choice should be the baiyi but Shamsiah's 1MDB effort is more the interest of Tun Dr Mahathir.

Zeti is the prefered choice of Mahathir to be used till she is of no use and to be chug aside. Increasingly, she is of no use. How much could Zeti's soothing assurances be of value to investors in a slowly but surely crashing market and an economy heading for recession?

The same with Shamsiah.

The "positive time" for changes she said on May 14th turned negative on all fronts. Moody's report said PH government inherited a good economy but the mouths of Mahathir and Lim Guan Eng double handedly ruined it.

Zeti's gave assurances that the economy is solid, capable of meeting debts, ample reserves and sufficient income from high oil price came out rather hypocritical when as Governor, she seemed to indicate the country was going to the dogs.

Her statement on new toll charges, GST cancellation and SST implementation, price control mechanism, etc. have yet to be delivered. Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) had not delivered on a single election promise of PH.

Zeti is losing her reputation fast. She may not realised it but she will be chug aside soon. And she is caught between like a cucumber in between two durians with the possibility she will come out victim.

It is beyond CEP Chairman, Tun Daim using her to announce promises that will never get delivered and part of it is because it was never Mahathir's flavour of the day or not any day, Josephine.

As a woman, Zeti may likely be naive of the vengeance Mahathir has kept in him towards her father, the truly eminent economist on rural development, Prof Ungku Aziz. Even at the very late age of 93, Mahathir could not rid of his vengeful nature.

Does she aspect Mahathir to forget that she was the one that blurt out at the Special Task Force on BNM's forex trading losses the true loss sum of RM31.5 billion?

She is being used to "clean-up" Mahathir's, Daim's and Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop's name in the forex debacle. There is nothing more in her than her presence serve to dispel any thoughts by the perception created that she was forced to utter such numbers. She should hold back from denying the number was wrong as long as possible.

With the latest expose by Third Force and that brought out a public statement from Dato Lokman Nor Adam against Zeti.. Zeti could be a liability and discredit the investigation on or possibly any fix-up of Najib.

Mahathir could even be looking at her as Najib's accomplice in the 1MDB debacle.

Like Muhammad, who was pressured into resignation based on mere acquisition of BNM buying land to help Ministry of Finance raise money to pay 1MDB debt, Zeti could suddenly disappear out of the scene and not even be seen doing grocery in Bangsar.

If she refuse, the expose on her husband's and children dealing may end up being investigated and made into a case. Talk is, and it is not confirmed yet, that there is no solid case against Dato Najib and he will end up being fabricated with some petty charges. Lets allow MACC and police to do their work first.

Notice the leak that Najib will get charged for misappropriation of property came with money laundering charges. Latest heard they are leaking stories Datin Seri Rosmah will be charge for AMLA and the asset seized will only be made known today.

All to buy time.

Zeti need to buy time too as she is now in a hot soup. It was revealed by Third Force that she knew the RM2.6 billion was genuinely a donation from Saudi and apparently advised the money is to be channeled into Najib's personal account.

Below is excerpts from the purpotedly MACC investigation paper:   

Lokman Nor Adam was reported here to pose the questions:

• Mengapakah Zeti tidak membuat kenyataan kepada SPRM berkaitan identiti penderma tersebut? (Why Zeti did not make any statement to MACC on the real identity of the said donor?)

• Mengapakah Zeti tidak membantu SPRM mendapatkan rekod transaksi dari AMBANK? (Why Zeti did not assist MACC to get the transaction record from AMBANK?) 

• Mengapakah Zeti hanya berdiam diri, seolah-olah beliau tidak tahu menahu perihal perkara tersebut? (Why Zeti kept silent as though she does not of the said matter?)

It did not stopped there.

The Third Force portal writer, Reggie Jessy has come out in the open and told media that Zeti and current MACC Chief Commissioner, Dato Shukri Abdull had set-up Najib. [Read MT here]

Reggy Jessy has come forward to make a formal police report. It is believed he was being interviewed by police yesterday.

Does Zeti has room to manouvre?

If within a matter of days, after the announcement of Tan Sri Vincent Tan's substantive purchase of T7 Global shares that he had to sell under call of cronyism, there is nothing special of Zeti to be given special treatment.

These days there is nothing special of Nor Yakcop to be given a fresh lease of life in corporate life. He is gone and could possibly be saved from prosecution to save Mahathir's name.

Zeti is also stuck with Lokman's expose of her family, as taken from Malaysia Digest here, below,

PMB president, Datuk Lokman Adam, who was the former Finance Ministry strategic communications director has issued a statement to highlight the matter to the relevant authorities.

“What is the relation between Zeti, Mahathir, Daim and Nor Yaacob in the MAS and Forex scandals in the 80s and 90s?

“Malaysia lost more than RM40 billion but why did the PH government refused to reopen the investigation file and even ridiculed the results by Forex Royal Commission of Inquiries (RCI) by saying a RM10 billion loss can’t grow into RM30 billion.

“If the outcome of an RCI was ridiculed, then what is the purpose of the formation of an RCI for 1MDB?” Datuk Lokman queried.

In addition, PMB also wants authorities to investigate Zeti's husband Dato Tawfiq Ayman and her two children for their roles in operating Syarikat Al Zir, which was believed to use funds from the Ministry of Education (MoE) to supply malfunctioning water pump systems.

“In a second scandal involving Dato Tawfiq, he was said to have received illegal commissions to help a third-party profit greatly from a breach of confidential data from the CIMB-Southern bank.

“Zeti should speak the truth if she provided the confidential data regarding the financial standing of Southern Bank which was used by her husband to gain huge profits.

Zeti wants to play men's game, then she must not expect any handicap given for her as a woman. The game of corruption, slander and fixing up the innocent is no game of chivalry. From trying to play games to be safe and survive, she can end up victim.

She can forget any chance of getting her Tun-ship.