Friday, 28 February 2014



Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has been urged to reveal the names of PKR leaders who had tried to influence the valuation on the state’s water assets.

MCA central committee member Ng Chok Sin said Khalid’s ‘expose’ was a serious issue as water involved the people’s welfare, health and public funds.

“I urge Khalid to reveal the names of those PKR leaders involved so that the rakyat will know them for who they are,” Ng said in a press statement today.

He added that the Selangor Menteri Besar was beholden to the people and as such must report this matter to the proper authorities.

“The public’s money cannot be abused solely to benefit a few within PKR,” stressed Ng.

He also pointed out how the revelation seems to be linked with claims made by former PKR member Zaid Ibrahim that Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim wanted to influence the water deal.

The Selangor MCA state liaison committee secretary urged Khalid to make it clear as to whether the party leader he was referring to was Anwar.

“In light of the Kajang by-election, I urge Khalid not to delay the truth any further. The people of Kajang have a right to know who exactly they are voting for as their representative.”

Ng said it was evident that PKR was not free of practicing cronyism despite their continued claims of being transparent.

“I ask the voters of Kajang to support a leader who has credibility, not one who only looks out for himself and his cronies,” he said.

He also urged DAP and PAS to demand an answer from Khalid “if they really respect the concept of transparency.”

“They should order Selangor’s Select Committee for Competency, Accountability and Transparency (Selcat) to probe these PKR leaders, instead of continuously keeping silent and turning a blind eye to the PKR’s wrongdoings.

“They have kept silent on PKR’s democracy abuse with regard the Kajang by-election, I strongly advise them to not keep quiet on this issue too,” said Ng.

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

- looks like most analysts agree that Malaysia is being managed well from an economic point of view and well-placed for faster growth over the next few years.
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In their latest analyst report on Malaysia dated 24th Feb 2014, top international bank Credit Suisse has praised PM Najib as an economic hero and has said the ETP is showing great results and he has made bold but temporarily unpopular steps that have strengthened the economy which will eventually benefit the Rakyat in the next few years and hence positions PM Najib for a good 2018 GE14 showing.

Credit Suisse is a member of Wall Street's bulge bracket, a list of less than a dozen of the largest and most profitable banks. The company has been identified as one of the world's most important banks, upon which international financial stability depends. The bank is also one of Fortune Magazine's most admired companies.

Excerpt from Credit Suisse's report on Malaysia:
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We believe that PM Najib will be feted as an economic hero. On
his watch, we have seen strong GDP momentum and transformation.

PM Najib represents a country with little political risk, given that he now has a ‘real’ mandate, with two election wins (GE and UMNO) under his belt. Any talk of a political challenge is highly parochial, in our view.

He is considered an economic hero by institutional investors. Malaysia sailed through the Global Financial Crisis unscathed and even saw economists upgrading their GDP forecasts as the benefits of the ETP were felt.

Indeed, our economists have just upgraded their forecasts last week, expecting 2014 GDP growth of 5.3%.

Balancing the fiscal budget
PM Najib has aggressively tackled the fiscal deficit via a programme of austerity and the promise of GST, much to the delight of investors.

While this was never going to be popular domestically, if the markets are convinced that Malaysia can balance its fiscal budget, it will lead to a better credit rating, which will translate into a stronger currency without the need to raise rates and therefore a stronger economy. As the benefits are reaped by the people, the pain will be forgotten and PM Najib will be feted as an economic hero, both at home and abroad.

If that happens, he will, in our view, be well set for 2018 elections.

Monday, 24 February 2014

Famous for his fickle decisions, Waythamoorthy lost people’s trust long ago and has no right to call for the resignation of PM Najib . He lost the plot long ago while masquerading as a hero for his community when realistically, his actions show otherwise.

His call for the PM’s resignation and criticisms of the government’s effort to help the Indian community are hopeless insults rolling off its intended targets like water off a duck’s back. The PM has not betrayed anyone but Waythamoorthy who has betrayed his community via his childish attention-seeking tantrum.

What have you, Waythamoorthy, done to earn the respect of Malaysians and the high moral ground to call for the resignation of the Prime Minister of this country? Such delusional thinking does you nothing. You are oblivious to the fact that you have also lost the nambikei of ALL Malaysians because:

1. You did not resign as a gentleman for you did not have the decency to see the PM to talk to him about your grouses or your intended resignation.  By that irresponsible and selfish move, you gave up that chance to make a difference in the community and the nation.

2.Eight months ago, you signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the BN, just before the 13th general election last year  to champion the Indian community’s agenda. Then you were appointed Senator and deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department to take care of affairs of the Indian community but you readily threw it away when the going seemed tough after some ministers asked you to resign.

3.You have the audacity to accuse the government of ‘dragging its feet’ to help Indians when it is posted for all and sundry to see HERE and THIS LINK how the government has spent, invested and done so much to help the Indian community including:

•    Committing RM540 million for infrastructure development in Tamil schools since 2009, including two recent Budget allocations of RM100 million each in 2012 and 2013.
•    Allocating a special fund of RM20 million in 2013 for infrastructure development and refurbishment works in 13 fully-aided Tamil schools
•   Working with The Community Chest through a public-private partnership with Government to fund 53 Tamil schools a total of RM20.1 million
•   Approving 7 new Tamil schools in the country, the first big increase in the number of Tamil schools since 2000
•  Establishing the Action Plan for Tamil Schools Unit under the PM’s Department to monitor Tamil school issues and to develop a blueprint to chart a
bright future for Tamil schools in Malaysia
•  Cooperating with NGOs with funding from the Federal Government and The Community Chest to set up ICT labs in 38 schools nationwide

Where is your conscience, you make-believe hero? Who has not delivered promises?

It is YOU!

You dare announce to the world about how over the last eight months, you ‘had at least 16 meetings with the prime minister at his office in Putrajaya and how you pushed for the naming of the new unit you want to head. You are nitpicking over a name when the record shows that the government has really gone all out to do much more than before for the Indians.  Are you being fair?

In your resignation, why did you not tell Malaysians that under the Janji Ditepati  programme, the government has:

• allocated RM50 million for skills training programs targeted at 3,200 Indian youth from plantation backgrounds to increase their employability
•  Funding an independent NGO to launch pilot programs and eventually establish a training center that can train and place 1,000 school dropouts
• Establishing Koperasi Suria and provided funding of RM8 million to transform existing Indian sundry shops and automotive workshops, with 69 such transformations already completed
• Establishing the Special Secretariat for the Empowerment of Indian Entrepreneurs (SEED) to assist Indian businesses in obtaining financing and to
•  Reserving RM150 million in SME loans for Indian SMEs etc, which Malaysians can read HERE.

Obviously, you have this penchant for stage theatrics and this exit from the Prime Minister’s Office should be your final curtain call. For all the failed projects, unkept promises for which you are infamous,  you should retire gracefully instead of continuing your attacks on others. Think of ways to help your brother.

Your hunger for power can never be satiated. When snubbed by Anwar before GE13, you ran to BN who took you in, gave you status and power but when you almost had it all, you threw it all away. But we must thank you for with that, you ended your masquearade, threw away your mask and revealed the real you.

So far, PM Najib has tried his best to keep to his promises and if you had not abandoned a ship sailing happily in the ocean, hundreds of thousands of poor Indians in need  could have benefited if only you cared enough to stay and to help. Of course, you did not because it is not in you to be so kind and selfless.

I challenge Waythamoorthy to a debate with the Prime Minister’s department to let the people know the real situation and who is the real traitor and/or  liar.

You betrayed yourself, Indians, Malaysians and people who believed in you after you enjoyed benefits bestowed upon you by the government and then you encouraged Indians to vote for BN. Now you doth protest, quit, and proclaim you have been used?

Look at yourself in the mirror. What do you see?

You have left behind hardly anything of value safe for your meaningless theatrical tirades. So you think you were a hero, Waythamoorthy. Only in your dreams.

Written by:

Datuk Huan Cheng Guan
President,
Centre for Political Awareness
PKR strategist Rafizi Ramli has promised to disclose information about Zaid Ibrahim that he says will damage the latter’s reputation.

Commenting on Zaid’s call for a debate with Anwar Ibrahim, Rafizi told FMT today that he would wait till this Wednesday to reveal the “dirt” he had unearthed that would put his boss’s challenger on the defensive.

Zaid announced last week that he would challenge Anwar in the Kajang by-election and has sought a debate which the PKR leader has declined.

“I know that Zaid has been attacking Anwar, projecting himself as having better credibility,” Rafizi said. “His campaign theme is about attacking Anwar on his credibility.

“I will answer Zaid’s criticisms on Wednesday. I’ve been meaning to answer earlier, but I haven’t had the chance. So if he can be a bit patient, things will be a bit more fun.

“I’ve got some things to throw at Zaid. He’ll have to explain a few things about his own credibility.”

Zaid said he wanted a debate on issues ranging from personality to policies and that he would reveal the “real” reasons behind Anwar’s decision to contest. He also said the debate would help voters decide whether he or the opposition leader was a more credible candidate.

But Rafizi said the debate was unnecessary and would only distract voters from the “real” battle, meaning the one between Pakatan Rakyat and Barisan Nasional.

“At the end of the day, the real contest is between Pakatan and BN,” he said. “As much as we celebrate democracy and Zaid has every right to contest, at the same time we shouldn’t divert the public from the real contest and issues.”

He said it would be pointless for Pakatan to focus on Zaid’s challenge because there was “very little Zaid could do for the rakyat”.

Rafizi dismissed a suggestion that Anwar’s refusal to debate Zaid would affect his reputation, pointing out that his boss had often received such challenges and had regularly brushed them off.

“Every Tom, Dick and Harry has challenged Anwar for a debate, even Perkasa, even (Youth and Sports Minister) Khairy Jamaluddin. Anwar cannot entertain all debates.

“If he does, then when will it ever stop? All the independent candidates will want to debate him too—Yuktes Vijay, Herman Tino. It will become a circus.”

Rafizi said a debate must be something that is meaningful to the public and not a platform to satisfy some “people’s lust for attention”.

Equal impact
He said a debate between Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Anwar would be meaningful because the two had equal impact on Malaysian politics.

“So if there is a challenge from BN for a debate, then I’m sure Anwar would be more than willing to reconsider,” he said.
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http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/02/24/rafizi-ill-reveal-dirt-on-zaid/
Apart from the usual government suspects, Facebook users in Malaysia now think that Facebook Inc may have had a hand in blocking access to at least six pro-Pakatan Rakyat webpages, and are pushing the American company for an answer.

Three Chinese-language pro-Pakatan Facebook users have complained to Facebook Inc that their pages were inaccessible by users in Malaysia since last Saturday, but the California-based social utility company has kept silent, they said.

Six pro-Pakatan Facebook pages are currently inaccessible, while deputy Information Minister Jailani Johari said today that he was unaware of any government bans on these pages.

"You're saying you received a report from a third party that infringes or otherwise violates their rights that led you to make such an action.

"How easily and hastily that judgment was made by Facebook. Don't you see by passing that judgment, you have rudely removed the rights of free speech of Malaysian people?

"We strongly urge you to lift your ban immediately," addressed one of the blocked Facebook pages named, ‘Sharing Yours Sharing Mine’, in a message to the Facebook Team.

‘Sharing Yours’ said that they replied after receiving a notice from the Facebook Team, informing that its webpage has been blocked because of a complain from "a third party".

"We strongly encourage you to review the content you have posted to Facebook to make sure that you have not posted any other infringing content, as it is our policy to terminate the accounts of repeated infringers when appropriate," the private message from the Facebook Team warned.

No response yet
‘Sharing Yours’ said that they have since written back in protest to the ban twice to the Facebook Team, but as of Monday afternoon, there was still no response.

They seriously questioned the political bias and incorruptibility of Facebook.

Another two Facebook users - who are frequent commenters on pro-Pakatan news stories - have also written an open letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

"As an American company, your corporate move to block at least the following two pages from Malaysian users - www.facebook.com/supportprdap and www.facebook.com/zzkuaixun - is a shame to Facebook."

"Disregarding that it is due to political pressure from the local government or (that they have paid) Facebook to filter Malaysians out, it is a shameful denial of freedom of speech."

They threatened to migrate their web content away from Facebook and to use rival hosts such as Google instead. The letter has been popularly shared by other Facebook users.
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http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/255286

Blocked Pakatan-DAP fan page accuses PM Najib and FaceBook founder Mark Zuckerberg of conspiracy to block their fan-page
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Yesterday, the popular Pakatan supporters page, "我们全力支持民行 We Fully Support PKR<DAP>" which was blocked by FaceBook two day ago from being accessed in certain regions, has posted this particular post on their page that PM Najib's visit to meet FaceBook Founder Mark Zuckerberg is positive proof that FaceBook is collaborating with the Malaysian Government to suppress freedom of speech, suppressing the TRUTH and from exposing their corrupted ways.

For your information, PM Najib visited Facebook HQ on 25th September 2013, which is 5 months ago and the ban on their page only happened two days ago. So it is highly unlikely.

What do you think?


Sunday, 23 February 2014

Barisan Nasional (BN) Kajang state seat by-election candidate Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun today slammed Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) wanita chief Zuraida Kamarudin's recent statement describing her as BN's 'sacrificial lamb' in the coming by-election.

Chew said Zuraida should not have made such a remark as it not only looked down on women but also on herself (Zuraida) as "she is also from the same gender".

"The party (MCA) makes the best effort to select the right candidate and, for me, this is a recognition for women.

"But Zuraida looks down on women. She should not have made that remark which insults her own gender," she told reporters after the 65th MCA anniversary celebration and extraordinary general meeting, here, today.

Chew said that despite the various allegations levelled against her, she was in high spirits and would work hard to win the by-election.

She also hoped the voters in Kajang would give her their support to enable BN to strengthen its role as the opposition in Selangor.

MCA Selangor Wanita Chief Ong Chong Swen added It is unacceptable for PKR's Kajang by-election committee deputy chief Zuraida Kamaruddin to belittle women politicians. As a woman, she should have upheld the status of women in politics and social rights as well as to support women participation in politics.

Hence, it is deeply regrettable to read her statement as a female Member of Parliament for Ampang accusing Barisan Nasional of “(fielding a woman candidate as a scapegoat) to shoulder the blame…” or that Mei Fun is “used as a political pawn (by men)”.

How could Zuraida say something derogatory to women that betrays her conscience just to ensure her political master - Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim may winning the by-election?

If BN candidate Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun is being “used” by men in this by-election, then Zuraida must also have been used by men in PKR to contest in the 308 and 505 General Elections.

Women’s participation in any election is a recognition of a the female gender’s capability and status regardless of winning or losing in any polls.

This form of ridiculous thinking by Zuraida must be rejected.

Is this the product of PKR in grooming women politicians? If it is not, Zuraida is not fit to be the party's Wanita chief.

Zuraida's statement:
Yesterday, PKR women chief, Zuraida Kamaruddin had said that, "It is least expected that MCA did not field its strongest candidate and President Liow Tiong Lai to contest against Anwar Ibrahim in Kajang. A commander who uses subterfuge in order to gain public support must be strongly condemned."

"Chew Mei Fun is clearly a scapegoat in this case - fielded to shoulder the blame should she lose in the by-election. Why field a woman candidate only when the chances of winning are slim? Women should be fielded in winning seats instead."

"This is so typical of MCA to keep winnable seats for men and assign tough ones to women," said the Ampang MP.

"Here is an opportunity for Chew to make a stance that a woman’s dignity should come first and that women should not be expected ‘to stand up and die’ whenever summoned by men or merely be used as a political pawn," she added.

Zuraida pointed out that the international target of encouraging at least 30 percent women’s participation in decision making should be taken in a more serious manner.

"Chew’s action of accepting the offer to contest will jeopardise women’s credibility to contest in the future," she said.
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