Thursday, May 13, 2010
ada hari ini dalam tahun 1969, telah berlaku satu peristiwa yang hampir-hampir menghancurkan keutuhan negara yang dikenali sebagai Tragedi 13 Mei. Tragedi yang menggugat keutuhan negara ini adalah ekoran dari pilihanraya kebangsaan yang telah berlangsung pada 10hb Mei 1969 di mana emosi dan sentimen perkauman telah disuarakan dengan begitu lantang. 1 Keadaan ini telah digunakan sepenuhnya oleh pihak-pihak tertentu untuk tujuan-tujuan politik mereka. Hasil dari pilihanraya ini Parti Perikatan telah berjaya menubuhkan kerajaan sekali lagi tetapi dengan kelebihan undi yang kurang dari kemenangan-kemenangan yang lampau dan tanpa perwakilan dari MCA.2
Akibat dari tragedi ini banyak nyawa yang tidak berdosa telah terkorban dan harta benda musnah. Bagaimanapun, peristiwa malang ini adalah merupakan satu rahmat yang tersembunyi. la adalah merupakan titik perubahan corak dan falsafah sosio-politik dan ekonomi negara, juga menyedarkan semua pihak betapa jurang perbezaan sosial dan ekonomi adalah merupakan masalah asas masyarakat Malaysia.
Untuk mengawal keadaan tindakan segera telah diambil oleh kerajaan dengan mengisytiharkan darurat di seluruh negara oleh Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong3. Pada keesokan harinya Majlis Gerakan Negara atau ringkasnya 'MAGERAN' ditubuhkan untuk bertindak sebagai badan pemerintah4.
Pada 16hb Mei, serentak dengan pengisytiharan Darurat, Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tun Abdul Razak telah dilantik sebagai Pengarah MAGERAN.5 Dengan pembubaran Parlimen oleh DYMM Yang di-Pertuan Agong, MAGERAN menubuhkan MAJLIS PERUNDINGAN NEGARA pada bulan Januari, 1970 yang mengandungi 66 orang ahli dari semua golongan masyarakat berbagai kaum. Majlis Perundingan Negara ini mengadakan dialog yang serius di kalangan anggota-anggotanya bagi mencari jalan untuk menguatkan perpaduan negara dan menyediakan satu asas yang kukuh dan kekal untuk kembali kepada demokrasi berparlimen, dan mendapatkan satu panduan yang positif dan praktikal dalam usaha mencapai kedasama antara kaum dan identiti masyarakat Malaysia yang tulin. Daripada perbincangan kesemua wakil dari semua kaum dan golongan ini lahirlah konsep RUKUN NEGARA sebagai manifestasi ideologi kebangsaan.
Berdasarkan kepada semangat RUKUN NEGARA, Jawatankuasa Ekonomi Majlis Perundingan Negara telah melahirkan DASAR EKONOMI BARU yang bertujuan untuk menyusun semula masyarakat dan menghapuskan kemiskinan, serta memelihara keselamatan negara. Dasar Ekonomi Baru inilah yang menjadi asas dan dasar pembangunan negara dalam semua bidang.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Salam.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
From my friend
COMMENT Every time the Barisan Nasional gets less than the expected support from Chinese voters at an election, the question invariably pops up among the petty-minded: Why are the Chinese ungrateful?
So now, after the Hulu Selangor by-election, it’s not surprising to read in Utusan Malaysia a piece that asks: “Orang Cina Malaysia, apa lagi yang anda mahu?” (Chinese of Malaysia, what more do you want?)
Normally, something intentionally provocative and propagandistic as this doesn’t deserve to be honoured with a reply. But even though I’m fed up of such disruptive and ethnocentric polemics, this time I feel obliged to reply – partly because the article has also been published, in an English translation, in the Straits Times of Singapore.
I wish to emphasise here that I am replying not as a Chinese Malaysian but, simply, as a Malaysian.
Let me say at the outset that the Chinese have got nothing more than what any citizen should get. So to ask “what more” it is they want, is misguided. A correct question would be “What do the Chinese want?”
All our lives, we Chinese have held to the belief that no one owes us a living. We have to work for it. Most of us have got where we are by the sweat of our brow, not by handouts or the policies of the government.
We have come to expect nothing – not awards, not accolades, not gifts from official sources. (Let’s not lump in Datukships, that’s a different ball game.) We know that no Chinese who writes in the Chinese language will ever be bestowed the title of Sasterawan Negara, unlike in Singapore where the literatures of all the main language streams are recognised and honoured with the Cultural Medallion, etc.
We have learned we can’t expect the government to grant us scholarships. Some will get those, but countless others won’t. We’ve learned to live with that and to work extra hard in order to support our children to attain higher education – because education is very important to us. We experience a lot of daily pressure to achieve that. Unfortunately, not many non-Chinese realise or understand that. In fact, many Chinese had no choice but to emigrate for the sake of their children’s further education. Or to accept scholarships from abroad, many from Singapore, which has inevitably led to a brain drain.
The writer of the Utusan article says the Chinese “account for most of the students” enrolled in “the best private colleges in Malaysia”. Even so, the Chinese still have to pay a lot of money to have their children study in these colleges. And to earn that money, the parents have to work very hard. The money does not fall from the sky.
The writer goes on to add: “The Malays can gain admission into only government-owned colleges of ordinary reputation.” That is utter nonsense. Some of these colleges are meant for the cream of the Malay crop of students and are endowed with the best facilities. They are given elite treatment.
The writer also fails to acknowledge that the Chinese are barred from being admitted to some of these colleges. As a result, the Chinese are forced to pay more money to go to private colleges. Furthermore, the Malays are also welcome to enrol in the private colleges, and many of them do. It’s, after all, a free enterprise.
Plain and simple reason
The writer claims that the Chinese live “in the lap of luxury” and lead lives that are “more than ordinary” whereas the Malays in Singapore, their minority-race counterparts there, lead “ordinary lives”. Such sweeping statements sound inane especially when they are not backed up by definitions of “lap of luxury” and “ordinary lives”. They sound hysterical, if not hilarious as well, when they are not backed up by evidence. It’s surprising that a national daily like Utusan Malaysia would publish something as idiosyncratic as that. And the Straits Times too.
Najib during CNY celebrationsAll smiles from PM Najib
The writer quotes from a survey that said eight of the 10 richest people in Malaysia are Chinese. Well, if these people are where they are, it must have also come from hard work and prudent business sense. Is that something to be faulted?
If the writer had said that some of them achieved greater wealth through being given crony privileges and lucrative contracts by the government, there might be a point, but even then, it would still take hard work and business acumen to secure success. Certainly, Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, who is one of the 10, would take exception if it were said that he has not worked hard and lacks business savvy.
Most important, it should be noted that the eight Chinese tycoons mentioned in the survey represent but a minuscule percentage of the wider Chinese Malaysian population. To extrapolate that because eight Chinese are filthy rich, the rest of the Chinese must therefore live in the lap of luxury and lead more than ordinary lives would be a mockery of the truth. The writer has obviously not met the vast numbers of very poor Chinese.
The crux of the writer’s article is that the Chinese are not grateful to the government by not voting for Barisan Nasional at the Hulu Selangor by-election. But this demonstrates the thinking of either a simple mind or a closed one.
Why did the Chinese by and large not vote for BN? Because it’s corrupt. Plain and simple. Let’s call a spade a spade. And BN showed how corrupt it was during the campaign by throwing bribes to the electorate, including promising RM3 million to the Chinese school in Rasa.
The Chinese were not alone in seeing this corruption. The figures are unofficial but one could assume that at least 40 per cent of Malays and 45 per cent of Indians who voted against BN in that by-election also had their eyes open.
So, what’s wrong with not supporting a government that is corrupt? If the government is corrupt, do we continue to support it?
To answer the question then, what do the Chinese want? They want a government that is not corrupt; that can govern well and proves to have done so; that tells the truth rather than lies; that follows the rule of law; that upholds rather than abuses the country’s sacred institutions. BN does not fit that description, so the Chinese don’t vote for it. This is not what only the Chinese want. It is something every sensible Malaysian, regardless of race, wants. Is that something that is too difficult to understand?
Some people think that the government is to be equated with the country, and therefore if someone does not support the government, they are being disloyal to the country. This is a complete fallacy. BN is not Malaysia. It is merely a political coalition that is the government of the day. Rejecting BN is not rejecting the country.
A sense of belonging
Let’s be clear about this important distinction. In America, the people sometimes vote for the Democrats and sometimes for the Republicans. Voting against the one that is in government at the time is not considered disloyalty to the country.
We are Malaysians too bannerBanner reads 'We are Malaysians too'
By the same token, voting against Umno is also voting against a party, not against a race. And if the Chinese or whoever criticise Umno, they are criticising the party; they are not criticising Malays. It just happens that Umno’s leaders are Malay.
It is time all Malaysians realised this so that we can once and for all dispel the confusion. Let us no more confuse country with government. We can love our country and at the same time hate the government. It is perfectly all right.
I should add here what the Chinese don’t want. We don’t want to be insulted, to be called pendatang, or told to be grateful for our citizenship. We have been loyal citizens; we duly and dutifully pay taxes; we respect the country’s constitution and its institutions. Our forefathers came to this country generations ago and helped it to prosper. We are continuing to contribute to the country's growth and development.
Would anyone like to be disparaged, made to feel unwelcome, unwanted? For the benefit of the writer of the Utusan article, what MCA president Chua Soi Lek means when he says the MCA needs to be more vocal is that it needs to speak up whenever the Chinese community is disparaged. For too long, the MCA has not spoken up strongly enough when Umno politicians and associates like Ahmad Ismail, Nasir Safar, Ahmad Noh and others before them insulted the Chinese and made them feel like they don’t belong. That’s why the Chinese have largely rejected the MCA.
You see, the Chinese, like all human beings, want self-respect. And a sense of belonging in this country they call home. That is all the Chinese want, and have always wanted. Nothing more.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
BERKENAAN SIASATAN MAHKAMAH PERANCIS TERHADAP SKANDAL URUS NIAGA PEMBELIAN KAPAL SELAM BERJUMLAH RM 4.7 BILION
Sistem keadilan Malaysia, secara khususnya SPRM (Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia) gagal mengenal pasti isu-isu rasuah yang kini sedang dibawa Suaram ke dalam sistem perundangan Perancis. Amat mengaibkan, rakyat Malaysia terpaksa pergi ke Perancis untuk mendapatkan penjelasan dan ketelusan terhadap rasuah yang membazirkan berbilion ringgit duit orang ramai.
Namun demikian, ia bukan hanya tentang kegagalan SPRM.
Pembunuhan Altantuya juga masih belum diselesaikan. Seluruh negara tahu bahawa dua orang anggota polis yang disabitkan kesalahan, Azilah Hadri dan Sirul Azhar hanyalah perkakas yang digunakan untuk membunuh Altantuya. Ibarat telah ada alat sepucuk pistol tetapi siapa yang menarik picu melepaskan peluru? Kesemua lembaga-lembaga negara kita - polis, Jabatan Peguam Negara dan Kehakiman telah gagal, secara sengaja atau akibat kecuaian untuk memberikan jawapan kepada soalan mustahak ini.
Beberapa soalan penting yang masib belum berjawab berkaitan dengan urus niaga kapal selam dan pembunuhan sensasi:
Apakah peranan Perdana Menteri Najib Tun Razak dalam urus niaga kapal selam tersebut, hubungan dengan penasihatnya Razak Baginda yang membuat keuntungan luar biasa daripada urusniaga itu dan penglibatannya dalam pembunuhan Altantuya Shariibuu? Apakah yang dimaksudkan dengan meminta bantuan yang dibuat Razak Baginda kepada Musa Safri, Ketua Pengawal Najib pada malam 19 Oktober 2006 melalui telefon selepas Sirul dan Azilah sampai dengan seorang anggota polis wanita, Lans Koperal Rohainaza serta membawa pergi Altantuya dari hadapan rumah Razak di Bukit Damansara dan tidak ditemukan lagi selepas itu? Siapa yang mengarahkan anggota polis terbabit ke sana?
Apakah yang dibuat pegawai khas Najib Tun Razak selama 20 tahun, Nasir Safar memandu kereta Proton merah yang muncul di hadapan rumah Razak, beberapa ketika sebelum anggota polis tersebut muncul dan membawa Altantuya pergi?
Apakah Nazim Tun Razak menawarkan sejumlah wang yang besar kepada penyiasat persendirian Balasubramaniam dan juga mengancam keluarganya apabila dia bertemu Bala pada malam 3 Julai 2008 selepas Bala mengeluarkan pengakuan bersumpahnya yang pertama?
Apa pula penglibatan Deepak Jaikishan yang dikenal rapat dengan Rosmah Mansor dalam pembuatan akuan bersumpahnya yang kedua, serta peranannya dalam mengaturkan pertemuan di antara Nazim Tun Razak dan Bala?
Bagaimana dengan kewujudan gambar yang diperkatakan Burmaa OyunChinmeg, sepupu Altantuya, yang menunjukkan Najib, Razak dan Altantuya makan malam bersama di sebuah restoran di Paris? Kenapa Arnaud Dubus, wartawan Perancis, berkata bahawa bapa Altantuya memberikan gambar tersebut kepada bekas Konsul Kehormat Kedutaan Mongolia di Malaysia, Datuk Syed Abdul Rahman Alhabshi dari Wisma Putra Malaysia. Abdul Rahman kemudiannya memberikan gambar tersebut kepada pihak polis yang akhirnya hilang selepas itu.
Kenapa syarikat yang baru ditubuhkan Razak Baginda, Perimekar terlibat dalam urus niaga kapal selam ini memandangkan ianya tidak memiliki keupayaan, kemampuan kewangan atau kepakaran untuk mendokong pemberian kontrak tersebut?
Mengapa kerajaan tidak berurusniaga secara langsung dengan konglomerat senjata Perancis tersebut?
Siapa yang memberi arahan untuk membunuh kerana dua orang pengawal tersebut tidak mempunyai motif untuk membunuh Altantuya?
Kenapa penyiasat persendirian Balasubramaniam yang membuat perakuan bersumpah dan dakwaan lainnya terhadap penglibatan Najib dan para pegawainya (Musa Safri dan Nasir Safar) lari dari Malaysia? Apakah yang perlu dilakukan bagi menjamin keselamatan Bala untuk ikut terlibat dalam penyiasatan ini?
Mengapakah pembantu Najib, Musa Safri dan Nasir Safar tidak dipanggil untuk memberi keterangan dalam perbicaraan?
Pakatan Rakyat amat menyokong penyiasatan ini dibuat atas kepentingan keadilan serta ketelusan. Pakatan Rakyat juga mendesak kerajaan dan institusi-institusi negara yang berkenaan untuk memberikan kerjasama sepenuhnya serta jujur dalam penyiasatan ini.
Hulu Selangor By-election
Beberapa pengundi Hulu Selangor yang tidak puas hati hari ini membuat laporan polis berhubung pengagihan wang tunai yang didakwa tidak setara dalam pilihan raya kecil parlimen itu Ahad lalu.
Ditemui di ibu pejabat polis di Kuala Kubu Bharu, wakil pengundi itu, Othman Moin berkata seramai 10 Orang Asli dari pelbagai kawasan di parlimen tersebut telah membuat laporan polis tersebut.
"Hari ini mereka berada di sini kerana tidak berpuashati dengan cara pengagihan wang tunai diuruskan... aduan mereka menyentuh pelbagai perkara," kata Othman (kanan, berjaket).
Beliau menambah, ada dari kalangan mereka kecewa apabila wang tunai untuk mengundi pihak tertentu seperti yang diarahkan tidak ditunaikan dan ada juga datang ke situ kerana mereka diugut.
Othman memberitahu terdapat 10 laporan polis dibuat. Bagaimanapun hanya seorang sahaja yang kelihatan memegang salinan laporan polis itu.
Menurut Chambah Mohamad, 53, dari Kampung Orang Asli di Serendah pula, pihak pengurusan pengundian di kampungnya menjanjikan wang tunai sejumlah RM100 setiap orang selepas mengundi. ~ malaysiakini
Sejarah Tan Sri Musa Hassan KPN
Tahukah Tuan-tuan apakah jasa terbesar KPN sehingga dapat menjadi ketua polis negara? kenapa tua-tuan, adakah kerana adik beliau pelakon? jawapannya tidak. Jawapannya ialah kerana dia telah mengangkat tilam dalam perbicaraaan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada tahun 1999. Pernahkan tuan-tuan pernah lihat sumbangan beliau menumpaskan penjahat-penjahat paling di kehendaki.. tak pernah kan...ini cuma beliau menjadi pengangkat tilam saja.......