'Tan ungrateful despite being most favoured'

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) called on its "rebellious" Deputy President Datuk Raymond Tan to be more conscientious and honest on the rationale behind his decision to remain in Barisan Nasional (BN), instead of claiming he was ditched by party president, Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee.

In a statement, Friday, SAPP's new information chief Chong Pit Fah described Tan's statement as "ungrateful, mischievous and malicious". "He (Tan) is a senior State Cabinet Minister and a Deputy Chief Minister.

Why would SAPP ditch him? He shouldn't make this as an excuse for him to continue to remain in the Barisan Nasional. "I believed any right-thinking Sabahan could tell what is the true rationale for him to continue to remain in Barisan Nasional," he said, adding that all these years, Tan was the most "favoured and protected" by Yong among its leaders.

He cited for example it was Yong who insisted that Tan hold the party's Deputy President as well as the Deputy Chief Minister post. On Tan's remarks that he was isolated by the party, Chong countered that by right Tan should have been removed as Sandakan Zone chief as, since his appointment five years ago he "had failed to conduct any meeting for his division".

Chong also took a swipe at Tan for complaining to the media that at its recent Supreme Council meeting he found that his seat was removed just because he was late for 15 minutes. "If he (Tan) could get agitated over such a petty thing, then he must not say that there's no reason for SAPP to leave BN just because the party was not invited to the BN meeting for six consecutive times. He should have understood how the party felt about it," he said.

He explained that due to an overwhelming turnout on that day, the seats of all those who were late or absent were immediately occupied by those who came early, adding that as soon as Tan turned up, more than half an hour late, he was immediately given a seat.

Besides this, he also noted that contrary to their claims earlier, both Tan and its other Supreme Council member, Jimmy Wong in fact left the conference room only after the meeting and having sung the party song. He, nevertheless, wished Tan, Wong and its former Youth chief-cum-Elopura Assemblyman, Au Kam Wah, all the best in their future undertakings.

Blocked retrogressive minds

About 300 protesters gathered outside the Bar Council headquarters demanding that the lawyers group halt its controversial forum on ‘Conversion to Islam’ this morning.

The Bar Council today, adhering to the advice of the police - and an angry mob at its doorstep - wrapped up its half-day forum on 'Conversion to Islam' at 10am, an hour after it had started.

Renunciation of Islam: Woman’s appeal dismissed

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 5 — A woman who converted to Islam failed today in her appeal before the Court of Appeal against the High Court's refusal to allow her application for a declaration that she had the right to renounce Islam and embrace Christianity.

Anwar to contest Permatang Pauh

Anwar Ibrahim announced today that he will contest a by-election for the Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat which will be vacated by his wife and PKR leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

Umno offered PAS to jointly rule S'gor

Days after the political tsunami swept across the nation on March 8, Umno president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, former Selangor menteri besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo and PAS leaders huddled together in a building in Kuala Lumpur for a secret meeting.
Rahmah Ghazali Jul 21, 08 6:34pm

RPK has the proof

‘Why would he put his reputation on the line and make these accusations? Let him have his day in court. BN's days are numbered.'

Statutory Declaration by Balasubramaniam a/l Peruma

03/07/2008
STATUTORY DECLARATION
I, Balasubramaniam a/l Perumal (NRIC NO: xxxxxx-xx-6235) a Malaysian Citizen of full age and residing at xxxxx, Selangor do solemly and sincerely declare as follows :-

25.2 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak informed Abdul Razak Baginda that he had a sexual relationship with Aminah and that she was susceptible to anal intercourse.

25.3 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wanted Abdul Razak Baginda to look after Aminah as he did not want her to harass him since he was now the Deputy Prime Minister.

25.4 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Abdul Razak Baginda and Aminah had all been together at a dinner in Paris. ……….Commissioner for OathKuala Lumpur

Move to expel SAPP

PBS president Joseph Pairin Kitingan has moved a motion for SAPP to be expelled from Barisan Nasional during the ruling coalition’s management committee meeting yesterday.The motion was seconded by VK Liew, president of another Sabah-based party LDP, according to a source from a BN component party at the meeting.

It is not known whether the party (UPKO), which is led by Minister in the PM’s Department Bernard Dompok, was invited to the meeting or whether it had chosen to stay away.

"Only the ‘three stooges’ attended - PBS, PBRS and LDP,” said the source. PBRS, or United Sabah People’s Party, is headed by Joseph Kurup.

Altantuya Trial: Is the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Involved?

Dr Shaariibuu, who arrived here on Sunday evening, said he was aware of Raja Petra’s recent arrest for allegedly publishing a seditious article on his web portal.
Describing Raja Petra as a person trying to seek justice, he said he was worried that Raja Petra would encounter a hard time because of his efforts.
Dr Shaariibuu claimed there were also people who wanted to “take action” based on what they had read from Raja Petra’s statutory declaration.
“But before they take action, they came and asked me for my advice. I then asked the Mongolian government for advice because my government is very concerned about these issues,” he said.

Let's compare oil prices

Further The Star made a comparison of prices in Thailand , Singapore and Indonesia . For Thailand it is quoted at RM3.90/liter, however are they aware that in Thailand new cars are cheaper than Malaysia by RM10,000? They pay only one life time for their driving license? No renewal fee after that? Also that goes for road tax as well? And do TheStar also aware that you can drive all the way from Hadtyai to Bangkok on a six lane highway without paying any Tolls ??!! Whereas here in Malaysia you have to pay yearly renewal for road tax , driving license and TOLLS, TOLLS, TOLLS!!!For Singapore how can you quote RM 5.20 ? Please quote in Singapore Dollars because they are earning in Sing Dollars. You might as well say Europeans are paying RM10/liter. RM5.20/liter = Sing $ 2.20/liter, still cheaper than Malaysia in view of fact that Singapore is not a crude oil exporter. Are you saying that you fill up petrol in Singapore by paying Ringgit?In an economy, dollar to dollar must be compared as apple to apple. Not comparing like durian in Malaysia is much cheaper than durian in Japan !! Of course-lah, Japan is not a durian producer!!! Comparing Malaysian durian with Thai durians make more sense!! For Indonesia we might say, is cheaper there at RM2.07/liter but compare that to their level of income!Now, let us compare the price with OIL PRODUCING countries:UAE RM1.19/litreEygpt RM1.03/litreBahrain RM0.87/litreQatar RM0.68/litreKuwait RM0.67/litreSaudi Arabia RM0.38/litreIranRM0.35/litreNigeria RM0.32/litreTurkmenistan RM0.25/litreVenezuela RM0.16/litreMALAYSIA RM2.70/litreRM 2.70!!! Individual perspective:

It's only '16 sen per litre in Venezuela'

Jun 5, 08 6:28pm
Opposition Leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has accused the government of being ‘stupid’ for repeatedly saying that our new petrol retail price of RM2.70 is low when compared to other countries in the region.

Government to engage bloggers in cyberspace

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will take on bloggers in cyberspace and respond to wild and baseless allegations raised in blogs.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said remaining silent was no longer an option.
He acknowledged that the Government had overlooked the need to engage the new media, which was a new dimension in shaping public opinion, in the recent general election.

Ex-PM quits UMNO

ALOR STAR: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has quit Umno with immediate effect. Dr Mahathir said he made the decision to leave Umno as he had lost confidence in the party’s present leadership for failing to protect the interests and well-being of the Malays.

'Chinese blood': Charge Najib under Sedition Act

It is widely documented that in the days preceding Operasi Lallang in October 1987, Najib Razak then as the head of Umno Youth, made a speech at a rally in Kampung Baru where he vowed to bathe his keris in the blood of Chinese Malaysian citizens.
And this speech was delivered against a background of banners by Umno Youth saying such things as ‘May 13 has begun’ and ‘Soak it with Chinese blood’.
I would therefore like to invite my fellow Malaysians to join me in a call to the Polis Di-Raja Malaysia and the Attorney-General's Chambers to investigate, without fear or favour, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak and to determine if he had indeed violated the sections above of the Sedition Act.

Najib lashes out at accusations of 'the Mongolian woman'

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Najib Razak today blasted those who ‘concocted’ stories to implicate him in various corruption allegations as well as the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.
By:Fauwaz Abdul Aziz May 14, 08 4:17pm

Over 30 Barisan MPs have decided to cross over, says PKR Sabah chief

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Keadilan Rakyat is in “real” discussions with Barisan Nasional Members of Parliament (MPs) to cross over to Pakatan Rakyat.
“The discussions are on. They are very real. Over 30 Barisan MPs have decided to join the opposition coalition. The opposition only need 30 more MPs from Barisan to form the federal government. It is only a matter of time,” said PKR Sabah liasion chief Ansari Abdullah.

Federalism in Malaysia

"At the formation of the federation 44 years ago, Sabah was considered incapable of governing itself due to the lack of qualified and experienced local administrators and political leaders.
"Now Sabah is ready to stand on its own feet and govern itself, not only because its people have progressed under Malaysia, but also it has kept pace with the general progress mankind has chalked up worldwide. Sabahans no longer need outsiders to help run the government and the State."

Ka Ting: Allow converts to renounce Islam

Those who convert to Islam (muallaf) for marriage purposes should be allowed to revert out of the religion in the event their marriage ends, said MCA president Ong Ka Ting today.
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz Apr 30, 08 8:21pm

Hisham regrets wielding kris

Umno Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has admitted that his raising of the keris was among the causes of the Barisan Nasional’s poor performance in the general election. Describing it as a “sad lesson”, he said as a leader, he must be gracious and accept the consequences because the party came first.

Pork sellers against Move by Dept DG

Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Pork Sellers Association has strongly objected to the Veterinary Services Department Director-General Datuk Dr Aziz Jamaluddin's statement that the meat be banned from being sold openly in markets.

Suhakam queries ‘no show’ at Sabah roundtable

The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) is disappointed that a chance to shed light on illegal immigrants and issuance of fake identity cards in Sabah has gone a-begging.

Punishing non-Muslims for khalwat against Constitution

PETALING JAYA (4 April 2008): It is unconstitutional to punish non-Muslims for committing khalwat (close proximity) as there is no provision in law for it.

Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Taoism president Datuk A. Vaithilingam said yesterday that Article 121(A) of the Constitution allowed for separation between the Civil and Syariah courts.

“Khalwat is not recognised (as an offence) under civil law.

“It is not wrong for non-Muslims. Syariah law is only applicable to Muslims,” he said yesterday.

Pak Lah has 'no shame' for refusing to quit

Apr 1, 08 5:14pm Veteran ex-leader Dr Mahathir Mohamad launched his strongest ever attack against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today, and again called for his resignation following disastrous election results.