The sickening debate and propaganda of Ketuanan Melayu

Many had personally asked why this blog did not bother to write about Ketuanan Melayu to respond to the coordinated attack by Chinese political parties and leaders.

When Ketuanan Melayu is debated, it means Social Contract, Article 153 of the Constitution, Islam, Bahasa Kebangsaan and Malay Royalty get sucked into. There should be motivation to defend it.

The reason is I have written extensively about it in this blog and elsewhere. And I bored sick to write about it. So please friends, save me those long SMSes to explain your point of view on this subject.

The reason I am bored sick is because this is a problematic discourse. It is linguistics, legal and historical, all in one. But those participating in the discourse refuse to understand it thoroughly before expressing their views.


There are many sneeky ones like Koh Tsu Koon who had used his Jabatan Perpaduan to organise a Forum to discuss unity but arranged it as to bash Perkasa for their Ketuanan Melayu call. Sama-sama tak faham.

Divided Attitude

One side, particularly those so-called claiming to be Malay Nationalists, hate such extensive, technical and fair-minded discourse.

They claim we are apologist trying to politicise or being diplomatic. Be done with it and say it as it is. "They" must accept "we" are tuan rumah and we determine the course of this nation. These nutheads will not hear of any lengthy explanation.

This kind of macho attitude can be so dumb. But on the other side, there are those who refuse to accept facts.

They will not talk and delve into areas they know they are at a disadvantage. Their dishonesty goes to the point of not taking into account of the historical and cultural fact.

If they do bring history into their argument, it is the twisted version or nit picking of historical facts that is tailored to meet their political-economic objectives.

The guru in this kind of historical spinning is Professor Guang Wu.

Their argument is seldom based on foreign model and experiances for that so-called looking forward arguments. They refuse to accept the fact that all successful nation has strong roots and historical and cultural continuity with it's past.

To cut through the chase and say it out loud, the Chinese will not accept any explanation because they want to play victim to gain more political-economic ground. Full stop.

So what is there to discuss?

Chinese Communal propaganda

The Chinese (or in politically accurate word, certain segment of the Chinese or the majoirty segment) want to play act to the world that Malaysia practise apartheid. The Chinese are economically marginalised (Oh ... f**k me), they are deprived off education, basic amenities, and such, and they have been ethnically cleansed.

The Malays are to be depicted as getting everything. Only Malay, not even the Bumiputera of Sabah and Sarawak.

Malay need to be depicted in the psywar as the dominating race that victimised the Pribumi or Sabah and Sarawak natives and the orang Asli.

Pity them, because it is as though the Chinese have been the one helping out the Orang Asli, Iban, Kadazan, Bajau, etc. Their commercial class have not been exploiting and victimising them.

Why do you think the Chinese taukeh balak are not as rich as they are supposed to be?

Never mind the fact that they post up in Sabah notices openly that employment is only for Chinese. The Chinese go out of their way to help them.

It is their pocket money that pay the Ibans of Sibu RM16 for a whole days work and help them survive in which the cost of living is such that one hour one way trip to Sibu cost RM10.

In return, they want the Pribumi and Orang Asli help liquidate the BN Fixed Deposit and topple the UMNO-led Barisan Nasional Government.

If BN lose, DAP take charge.

They are smart. They have covered all possibilities. Off course, they are the true Malaysians. They don't think in term of race.

If BN stay and remain in power, they have positioned MCA, Gerakan and SUPP inside to be that irritating prick to demand this and demand that.

Oh no ... they do not demand for Chinese, no ... please perish such thoughts. They are thinking for all Malaysian.

This sarcasm is really a revolting one.

Retaliatory Chauvanism

Why are other segments of Chinese keeping a blind eye?

Do they not think that there are now groups retaliating and advocating the idea for all Malays, Pribumis of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Orang Asli to teach them a lesson. Vote Bumiputera according the priority of UMNO-BN, Bebas, PAS and last PKR.

That should be the last any sane citizens should do i.e. to vote against any particular race, but that is happening.

It could be certainly destabilise the peace and harmony of this country. One can foresee MCA, Gerakan, and SUPP turn into the ghost of political pasts and going around jumping aimlessly like Chinese vampires in some Hong Kong ghost movies.

This is what the implication of the Chinese community-led attack through their NGOs against UMNO tantamount to. It is ganging up against Malays.

Seeing what happened in Penang, it will raise more insecurity and prejudice amongst common Malays towards bangsa asing.

It will only result in a backlash that will realise the Chinese propaganda of Ketuanan Melayu as political master and slave.

Chua Soi Lek, the vocal MCA President that usually speak out of place and context, should be glad when his premonition of Ketuanan Melayu becomes a reality.

Adulteration of Ketuanan Melayu

Alas ... enough of my sarcasm and cynicism.

Screw what they say about Ketuanan Melayu because it is not a racial doctrine with a "Master and Slave" meaning.

This meaning was only expressed by Wikileak-ed Anwar Ibrahim now because he wants to be Prime Minister by riding on Chinese votes.

The Chinese have put aside moral consideration. They are willing to ride on him for what he has to offer. Somehow they believe they will not be tricked like the Indian Kampung Buah Pala villagers.

They do not care and will refuse to believe that it was Anwar that introduced Ketuanan Melayu in such manner when he took charge of Biro Tatanegara (BTN).

Amongt those Anwar BTN operators were Dato Johari Abdul, Dato Idris Jauzi (now assigned to conduct similar program in Selangor), Dato Dr Hassan Ali, Dato Dr Kamaruddin Kachar and UMNO's Information Chief, Dato Ahmad Maslan.

In his bid to transform himself from an Islamist to a Nationalist, Anwar had introduced many terms to project himself and gain acceptance as Nationalist in UMNO.

What he had done was basically perpetuate a meaning of Tuan used commonly by the British Colonials to mean Master. Tuan Raffles, Tuan Crawford, Tuan Milne, and many other names can be found extensively in Abdullah Munsyi's books.

Tuan was never meant to mean Master before the British came. It was to mean "sir, mister, and anyone of respect." An example of it's use as anyone of respect would be Tuan Puteri.

It also commonly used in the olden days as Tuan hamba to mean sir. Today they just use Tuan.

A pointer: In case you do not know the surname of a person, whether he is a Tun, Tan Sri, Dato, Tuan Guru, Tuan Haji, or just plain Encik, call him Tuan.

Enough said on the meaning of Tuan.

Sovereignty

Ketuanan is translated in English by Kamus Lengkap (1977) edited by Drs Awang Sudjai Haini and Yusoff Khan as sovereign rights (see picture).

Dato Nazri Aziz explanation of Ketuanan Melayu as Raja-raja Melayu is along the same line of thinking.

There is no such thing as Ketuanan Rakyat because there is no Ketuanan Rakyat constitution or history.

The sovereign rights lies with the Raja-raja Melayu. No point for DAP's Tunku Aziz to seek the use of the term as Raja-raja and not Raja-Raja Melayu.

That is what it is and no point of trying to say it is not. If his intention is diplomacy, it does not serve any purpose because Malaysia has not and never lost it's continuity from it's ancient Kerajaan Kesultanan Melayu of the past.

The British signed many treaties with the Malay Sultans, beginning with the 1874 Pangkor treaty, that acknowledge and perpetually legitimise them as the sovereign and holder of the sovereign rights.

That is why the main players in the Independent negotiation was between the royal and British. It was a legal negotiation between two parties with loci standi.

Maybe it can be described in this corporate manner. The royals were the "company shareholders" and the British were party given "management outsourcing job" by the shareholders.

The rakyat as represented by Tunku Abdul Rahman and the various groups were like union leaders who had submitted a proposal to the shareholders and management to change the outsourcing arrangement from the current management to the unions.

There was an agreed and written agreement between the shareholders and union members. That is the so-called Social Contract.

This blogger have argued that it is the Constitution because it is no more a gentlemen agreement but written agreement in the Constitution.

The Bar Council and those MyConsti campaigners are just wasting their time. The only way they can be successful is if they call for an armed revolutions against the King. They better be well armed. Over my dead body they will ever win!

Continuity

Why waste time talking about changing something one can't change? Screw the Zaid Ibrahims, Anwar Ibrahims and Harris Ibrahims. Better to have Ibrahim Ali.

It is better to move on and work within the perspective of responsibility. Read old postings here and here.

Since the royals gave accent to the people to self govern, can the royals return to govern if the people lawan taukeh or failed to govern?

Many citizens complain when there are royal interventions and abuses. The rakyat can't say anything without being branded as derhaka.

Ask ourselves: Is that what we want?

So why don't we move on from what we have.

Former University of Malaya History Professor, Prof Malik Munip share the views that Ketuanan Melayu can give rise to negative connotation by virtue of the adulterated meaning by the Brits.

In his view, Ketuanan Melayu is about Kesinambungan Kedaulatan Sejarah Melayu or continuity of Malay sovereign history. That sounds technical but that is what it is.

Without that continuity, we will be a nation without history, tradition and past root.

See how awkward is Singapore as an island in the Nusantara Melayu trying hard to claim this was never a Melayu land and their forefathers were British.

Stamford Raffles hate durian, yet Singaporeans can never have enough of durian.

Women can fake it, but not MACC

Now you don't see, Now you see ... MACC battle call

Despite many political propaganda and event happening, the big story getting the peoples' attention has to be the corruption charges against Dato Seri Dr Khir Toyo for properties fraud. Read our yesterday posting here.

Immediately the opposition propaganda machine is on full blast to negate it as only a whitewash. Malaysia Waves aka Rahman Celcom described it as play acting. Faekah Husin, the most talkative political secretary said the same. So does Nik Nazmi.

PAS Vice President, Salahuddin Ayub was reported in Harakah claiming the case will disappear in the same manner Mr Clean Tun Abdullah arrested Eric Chia dan Kasitah Gadam, but many high profile cases are dropped during elections.

Harakah gave a catchy headline "Khir Toyo hanya 1% dari kes jerung." Anwar posted that report on his blog here. It did not completely consider all the factors and issues, but it is fair comment for an opposition.

The thing is while women can fake it to make the partner (or in some weird cases, the audience) feel good and masculinely accomplished, not the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

The opposition can spin and create all the doubts to gain political ground. The fact is, and Salahuddin who a member of the MACC Special Committee on Corruption, knows it that there is no way for MACC to fake an orgasm to make others feel good.

ACCA 2008

Since Parliament passed the new Anti Corruption Commission Act 2008, the former National Bureau of Investigation (or the Malay acronym BPN or before that BPR) cease and is replaced by MACC begining on January 1st 2009.

MACC is modeled after the successful Hong Hong's ICAC model. With it's new structure as a Commission, MACC is answerable to the public via Parliament.

It is structured under the Prime Minister's Department for financial and manpower administration BUT not the operation. The current Minister in charge is Dato Nazri Aziz.

Yes, yes ... I know, I know you wanna hear about the 3 or 4,000 taxi permits. Do hear me out. You sure like to know when MACC can't get any orgasm.


Believe me, MACC is now free from political and Governmental intervention. They can't fake it anymore.

Not even, when it doesn't make sense to charge Dato Mirza of Tourism Ministry the second time after he was acquited in the first time and it is a major embarassment to lose again. The process has to take place.

In the past, BPR and BPN is responsible and answerable to the respective Minister. It allows room for doubts. This time around as a Commission, they have to answer to the people.

Commitees and Panels

The policies, operations and reports of MACC have to undergo five tough and scrutinising panels or committees with representatives from Parliament and public. They consist of 42 respected individuals with the integrity and capability to monitor and ensure MACC do their job free, transparently and professionally.

The members include former Lord Presidents, former judges, former Goverment Chief Auditor, corporate personalities, NGOs, lawyers, former Government civil servants, academics, and professionals.

No Ministers are involved!

Before one claim they are Government appointees and will suck up to Government, few notables are worth mentioning.

Tan Sri Robert Tan is a member of the Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel who has been raising issues publicly on Anwar's black eye, Tan Sri Tajuddin Ramli's alleged debacle in MAS, and other issues played up well by Malaysia Today.

There is Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam there also, and he has been very vocal lately. He is former President of Transparency International.

Their panel deal with preventive measures.

There is the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board whose role is to advise the Commission on any aspect of the corruption problem in Malaysia and on policies and strategies.

The Board scrutinize and endorse proposals and resources requirement from the Commission towards the efficient and effective running of the Commission.

It scrutinize and submit along comments on the Annual Report of the Commission which is to be submitted to the Special Committee on Corruption.

The Special Committee involved three BN representative, one from PKR, one from PAS and one from DAP. No issue of a side dominating. Their role is advise the Prime Minister on any aspect of the corruption problem in Malaysia.

It is done by scrutinising the submitted Annual Report and the attached comments from the Advisory Board. The Annual Report and comments are publicly available. Last year's report is the one in orange in the above picture.

Check on Salahuddin Ayub, if he had raised what he said in Harakah in the Special Committee meeting.

There is a Complaint Committee headed by former Court of Appeal judge, Dato Mohd Nor Abdullah to address non criminal complaint from the public against MACC employees and make recommendation if it relates to weakness in procedures.

The members are two former high Government officials and two notable lawyers.

In this regard, MACC does not have the options to select what and who to investigate because they have to investigate all complaints. All is tabled to the committee and progress is monitored. There is a 2 weeks to 6 months deadline to complete investigation.

The Operation Review Panel is established to ensure transparency and responsibility in all investigations done by MACC.

The progress of all investigation is monitored closely. For cases exceeding 12 months investigation, MACC have to submit to the panel to explain the delay. No investigation can be stopped without the panel scrutiny and approval.

When there is case, MACC has to submit to the case to the prosecutor, be it Dato Mirza or not. In fact, there is a pending case of a subordinate investigating officer suing his superior for not pushing his investigated file for prosecution.

There is all together 8 term of references for this panel.

The panel is headed by a former Government Chief Auditor, Tan Sri Datuk Hadenan Abdul Jalil. Presidents of Malaysian Institute of Accountant and Institute of Internal Auditors are represented. There is an expert in forensic accounting, Prof Dr Syed Noh bin Syed Ahmad from UiTM.

There is one member of an opposition party in there this blogger know off. No crap there. He will leak it if there is hanky panky.

And no question of an opportunist member dominating there.

Look up the MACC official website here for more details.

Investigators, Prosecutors, and Judges

MACC has extraordinary powers and is independent. They can and have in the past called in Ministers, Menteri Besar, and even Prime Minister for investigation.

However, MACC has no prosecuting power. That is left to Attorney General office and they have an office for corruption cases within reach of the MACC premises.

This can be a source of stumbling block and turn-off for MACC from the orgasmic sensation of seeing their investigation ends with a conviction.

However, the practise to separate these two roles is essential and justifiable. The one doing investigation should not be the one prosecuting. Too much power will be vested with MACC. There is also the issue of objectivity in the legal interpretation.

That is something to improve on the part of MACC. They desperately need more manpower and trained personnel.

The current workforce of 2,500 is not sufficient when considering Government servants is 1.2 million. That is a ratio of 1:480 and the bigger private sector is not taken into account.

Another comparison, there is 100,000 police force.

Aside from the occasional differences with AG office which has vastly improved since, there is the issue with the judges.

Judges are not accepting sworn statements as evidences. This made life difficult for MACC and 50% of cases with witness sworn statements get thrown out.

The reason being almost all corruption involves hostile witness. Witness or recipients of bribes are usually people who are close to the defendants. Seldom the recipients do not realise they had taken bribes.

Damn to those so-called human rights activist who see ensuring the corrupt not send to the slammer more important the menace of corruption that affects more people. One can find most of them in the opposition or opposition sympathisers.

The same side making political investment to ensure BN will remain to be seen as a corrupt party even if they had cleaned up their act.

The propaganda by opposition, especially the case of Teoh Beng Hock death, seemed to have psyched out judges. Many lawyers and prosecutors complaint that judges fear making unfavourable judgements against opposition for fear of the bad publicity.

Not to mention, there are those politically bias Bar Council member lawyers and closet opposition judges.

Judges are still human too.

Points to Ponder

Nevertheless, MACC did fairly well. They receive 6,000 complaints and 1,000 have cases. There have been 700 arrest and 68% chances of conviction.

The complaint is no big fish caught.

Certainly the procedures and method of getting sworn statements must be improved and made legally acceptable to get those big fishes. Otherwise, no one will fear MACC. As one chap whose name appeared in the PKFZ case said, "Apa takut, SPRM selalu kalah."

On Salahuddin Ayub long standing allegations against MAS and now being taken up by Tan Sri Robert Phang, tak faham ke? The report and investigation was done at the police, thus it is off for MACC. No civil service in the world consciously do duplicating work.

A rebuttal question:

How did Salahuddin Ayub and Malaysia Today came up with RM8 billion number on MAS?

This blogger has a summary of accounts from 1993 to 2009 and keeps KLSE handbooks from the years before MAS's Tengku Azmil first ejaculated. At RM8 billion, it is irreconcilable.

Don't tell me it came from some nutty Aeronautical Engineer living in Sungai Buloh. Our suspicion it is lawyer on the panel of MAS that is over charging and abusing the company's expense account.

Lastly, something worth pondering. There must be some political reform done to address political corruption.

No blame game. Yes it is prevalent in UMNO or BN.

Why are PAS Pak Lebai from Kelantan to Selangor also doing it, even how Arabic they try to justify? Kelantan only gain prominence after 2008 but Selangor, Kedah and Penang PAS are fast learners.

Corruption channeled in and out of DAP's party account have been happening long before the death of Teoh Beng Hock. Ronny Liew is likely to be on deck to be charged by MACC after Khir Toyo.

PKR are equally as experts as UMNO. No need to say more. Anwar was the Father of Money Politics in UMNO.

There should be a reform to political financing. For instance, how about the Federal Government fund elections? That way there is no more issue of collecting political fund to finance elections. Letih businessmen.

On political donations to finance political events and programs, lets not be hypocritical. Legalise it. Make it transparent. More lenient tax breaks.

Why try to kid ourselves? Politics need money to operate on. Perjuangan and semangat alone are not enough.

Finally, corruption involves giver and taker. Why only go after the recipients?

After a while, it is beginning to be racial. Majority of those kena are Melayu because the most occurence of corruption is in the Government services and that is where most Melayus are.

Such one-sidedness has turned it into a stereotype that Melayu are naturally corrupt. Having read Sterling Seagrave's Lord of the Rim, one beg to differ violently.

For 1Malaysia sake and to depict a better balance of reality, go after those taukeh giving bribes to get things done their way, fast and by-pass bureaucrasy.

That is the Adam before Eve.

A revolting revelation

Melayu Baru blog wrote a posting claiming Khairy would be appointed Minister. With the choice of picture used, one can easily spot a cheap trick typically used by Khairy's boys to psych up the public into accepting that "eventuality."

Malaysia Instinct took up that post and parodied the posting with a headline that reads as "AYOYO: KJ Akan Dilantik Menteri Penuh."

Now, everybody knows and it will spread and backfire. The better tactic for Khairy was to lie low than use predictable tricks like this. Because the more he tries, the more revelation about him and/or Tun Dol will come out.

If you've heard of Tun Dol saving Khairy ala Saving Private Ryan, this revelation of a happening during Tun Dol's era is more revolting.

It was told to me by one corporate player. However there will be no names mentioned. But it will bring to boil the blood of every nationalist Malays.

Once there was a Malay businessman who was brought in by Tun Dr Mahathir to do a national service to salvage a National Company. Despite many pressures and slanders, he slugged through to turn the National Company around while at the same time was running his own business also.

Things were turning to fine until the currency crisis of 1998 came along. The Malay businessman actually salvage a Bank when he tookover the National Company at a dear price.

The Malay businessman couldn't save it anymore and had to sell the company. He is a proud man. He would rather persevere but it takes a deep pocket to weather the big storm.

At the same time, he has loans and borrowing with his other company. When the National Company was sold, the proceed goes to a Public Listed Holding Company.

Subsequently he was to do a restructuring exercise to pay the banks, take the money from the sales and off course the other shareholders of the Public Listed Holding Company will benefit along. His reason was to save his other company and it is public listed too.

Minister in charge used his discretionary power to reject the Malay businessman's proposal. It wasn't rejected by the Securities Commission but a Minister.

No reason was given but eventually it is known that the Minister wanted to create a big Monster and rob all others' hardwork at privatising and building companies. Through the Monster, he will amassed such power and grasp on the economy.

The Minister used a village idiot once schooled at Kuala Kangsar to head that Monster. That idiot had came in to konon-konon to turnaround and solve the National Company the Malay businessman had to sell.

The village idiot's scheme worked only for a short while but the National Company continue to lose and lose. The idiot is still hiding from the public the true condition of the National Company because no one knows Monster's Asset Leasing Company's financial position. The aborigine CEP also messed up the National Company.

Everyone thought the Minister was sincere to get the assets back with the Government. Those getting Government privatisation was depicted as villains by one of the Minister's good but queer friend.

By getting back the asset, konon-konon it will appease the people. The Minister's new boss will be popular and opposition attack and slanders will end. The new boss looks like Mr Clean.

They then can claim Monster will carryout Agenda Melayu and all those garbage about memartabatkan Melayu.

After establishing Monster, never did they bother about Agenda Melayu? So many seminars, conferences and forums talked about Monster is supposed to empower the Melayus and Bumiputeras but they don't care at all.

That is one crap. Did anyone realised that all Monster took was from Malays?

They did not take back privatised asset like YTL's IPP and all. All the Chinese and Indian hongs that build themselves from the opportunity from Dr Mahathir is still around and strong.

The Malays that Dr Mahathir built are no more around except few like Tan Sri Azman Hashim. All of them were robbed of their corporate vehicle by Minister and his Monster.

Many today lament why we keep destroying what was built with much effort and pain everytime new Prime Minister come in? But the Cina and India managed to continue to grow bigger and prosper from it.

And many realised that Malays will be without such giants to carry and provide the community with job opportunities, sub contracts and mentorship. Taukeh Cina will not help you without anything in return.

That should make your blood boil. The subsequent revelation will really bring your blood boiling further.

The Malay businessman was not denied because Minister wanted to create Monster. His proposal to do the restructuring exercise was rejected because he did not want to pay a blackmail.

During the time the new boss was in charge while the old boss was clearing up things build up over a long time, a young berok surfaced into the picture to approach the Malay businessman.

Berok bluntly said something like this, "We can help you but we want 30% of what is to be made."

It means the rejection can be reapplied and we can smoothen the approval process for you. The condition is berok must get paid. Otherwise, the Malay businessman will lose both his Public Listed Holding Company and the other Company.

Some say businessmen are pragmatic people and will just pay up to avoid the hustle. Not when the blackmail demanded is for RM1 billion.

The Public Listed Holding Company was robbed away by the husband of a song bird. The Malay businessman other Company was lost to Monster. The National Company has still not turned around by village idiot from Kuala Kangsar, Monster and aborigine.

The young berok will never admit. Some will say this hearsay without proof.

Maybe it didn't happen. The Malay businessman was just making things up.

Allah knows. Sometimes Allah pay up-front cash in this temporal world. Fear the wrath of Allah.

Khir Toyo continues to suffer at Khairy's hands

Former Selangor Menteri Besar, Dato Seri Dr Khir Toyo was charged with land fraud involving two plots of land and a house in Shah Alam.

Khir had allegedly purchase the said properties from Ditamas Sdn Bhd director Shamsuddin Haryoni for RM3.5 million in 2007, which is much lower than Shamsuddin's purchase price of RM6.5 million.

Both Khir and Shamsuddin are being charged under Section 109 and Section 165 of the Penal Code, which when convicted, carry a penalty of fine or two years jail or both.

Did Khir Toyo abused his position as Menteri Besar to receive such price in exchange for other favours? Is it a crime to purchase a property below it's earlier purchased price? These will be among the legal questions the prosecution will need to answer and proof during trial, if it makes it to trial.

Blogger RBF questioned the strange manner of the case here.

Irrespective of the politics, perception and insinuation, it will be the court that will make the final decision.

Until then, Sekinchan's ADUN, Ng Swee Lim will have to pray Khir Toyo loses in the trial. It will be the court decision that will save him from Khir Toyo's subsequent lawsuit. He can't run if he still wish to remain an Assemblyman.

In the meanwhile, it looks like Khir Toyo continues to suffer at Khairy's hand.

This blog posting is NOT about whether Khir Toyo is guilty or innocent. But merely to respond to a comment by Khairy's immature cyber supporter below:

"terang lagi bersuluh perwakilan bijak menolak KT sbg calon KP Malaysia. Diharap bloggers yg begitu ghairah memburukkan kj menerima hakikat tersebut"

Before responding and counter attacking this wet between the ears kanak-kanak, let me state that I remain steadfast in my position that the heads of those corrupted ones must roll.

If Khir Toyo had committed corruption, he will have to face the music. If the prosecution fail to prove him wrong and the court decided he is innocent, we will have to hold our peace. It is just like when the court acquited Dato Norza Zakaria.

For Khairy's immature boys, they should ask themselves did Khairy obtained the majority of votes?

No, thus by their same logic, the majority Pemuda delegates rejected Khairy because he does not command the majority. By the same logic, the supporters chanting "rasuah! rasuah!" outside the hall against Khairy are the majority.

Khairy's supporters have a short memory. Khairy was judged guilty for committing money politics by the UMNO Disciplinary Committee but was let off by a mere warning.

This blog had revealed that there were video evidences and witnesses of Khairy harrassing delegates for votes. A two hour phone call from Pak Lah and a compromise is reached to "release" everyone or a light tap on the wrist to Save Private Khairy alone.

Thus it is not enough to charge only Khir Toyo. Khairy's case should be reopened if UMNO and UMNO-led Government is serious about money politics and corruption.

If found guilty, Khairy's head should roll also. The suspicion of guilt is overwhelming. Khairy is not able to answer these questions posed by Bigdogdotcom:

• What does Khairy do for a living?

• Is he a businessman, business owner, business developer, “mister fixer” or plain commission agent?

• If he is any of these, what business is he involved?

• Can he be transparent about it?
  

The details and explanation to those questions are here.

By avoiding to answer these questions, it puts him as a suspect in abusing his relationship as son-in-law to the former Prime Minister to acquire ill-gotten wealth through corruption and abuse of influence.

And, Khairy and his Tingkat 4 boys' - arrogance and flexing of power to bully and abuse the current Prime Minister when he was Deputy to Tun Abdullah - should not be left unreturned.

It is Khairy's political game that heightened intra-UMNO politicking to a new level of intensity and unabated cloak and dagger politicking that resulted in giving ammunition for opposition to win over Selangor.


Khairy, with the help of Kalimullah blow the issue of Bukit Cerakah out of proportion, to lay blame on Khir Toyo. They held back on the real culprits like Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib, Dato Affendi Nawawi, and many other parties including one that is sensitive to divulge for fear of shaming "Ketuanan Melayu."

Karam Singh Walia and TV3 was hounding Khir Toyo and Selangor Government on environmental issues.

Khairy wanted to beat Khir Toyo to the pulp to make sure he not run for Ketua Pemuda. He knew Khir Toyo was his real competitor and not Mukhriz.

This charge against Khir Toyo with regard to his home was not first raised by Sekinchan ADUN, Ng Swee Lim. It was first exposed by Khairy's cybertrooper.

Rashid Yusof, New Straits Times senior reporter aspiring to be Deputy Chief Group Editor, should own up. He was Khairy's campaign manager for Ketua Pemuda UMNO election.



Sources within the Khir Toyo camp claimed that Khir Toyo had once invited Khairy to his home for a friendly chat.

Soon after that visit, Khairy hired a helicopter to take aerial pictures of the constructed house. The pictures (like the one above) soon appeared on Khairy linked blogsites like BN Raksasa, Anti Khir Toyo, etc.

The same pictures was subsequently made into an issue by DAP's Ng by claiming the house is valued at RM24 million.

That time, no one asked how many major structures are there in the Bali resort style home complex to warrant such valuation? Khir Toyo wrote an explanation in his blog here.

Ng claimed he has got valuers report and buyers for the home at that price. Khir Toyo asked for the valuation report and responded to offer the house at that price. Ng could not respond and hence the lawsuit by Khir Toyo against him.

The lawsuit against Ng is about his slanderous claim that the house is valued at RM24 million. Whatever is the outcome of the current charge, Ng is still liable. He can't prove the house is valued at RM24 million and MACC is not finding fault with the so-called valuation of the house.

Khir Toyo can offer documents to proof valuation and bank financing requirements. Some can raise the question why is the valuer that fixed the figure at RM3.5 million is not charge also.

But many may not want to accept the reason Shamsuddin sold a property he bought at RM6.5 million in 2004 to sell at RM6.5 million in May 2007. Businessman will never sell anything at a loss.

However, the burden of proof will be on the prosecutor to show Shamsuddin is compensated elsewhere. They will have to tally with the fact that Khir Toyo has valuation report from Rahim & Co and HSBC bank offer letter. (see below)

In the past, many corrupt politicians are being charged and have their political career decimated by lesser and frivolous offenses. It is usually not on cases where the real taking of bribes and abuse of power happened.

Is Khir Toyo a repeat of past practices? If so, it would seem there is a conspiracy to end his politics.

If he clear himself, then this is his opportunity to botox himself clean for a new lease of life. His latest blog posting here indicate his eagerness to clear his name. But if he fails, that is the end for this intelligent, cunning and gung ho young politician from the marhaen social class of a Javanese padi planter.

In the meanwhile, Khir Toyo will have to take another political retreat. The new UMNO policy on corruption require that politician facing corruption charges must withdraw from all political postion, except assemblymen and parlimentarian.

Khir is resigning from post as Head of UMNO Kuala Selangor Division and Head of Opposition at the Selangor State Assembly.

There is strong rumour that many more big sharks will be netted in from both sides, the BN and PR side. Even Kelantan MB, Nik Aziz and son in law Ariffahmi name is rumoured to be one. That means other Kelantan exco could be spending time between lawyers office and courts.

This blogger like to see few from amongst the cabinet members. And also some Selangor exco members and CEOs of few SLC should be facing the judges.

For the opposition, will they resign from their post in the manner Khir Toyo is doing? Or they will fashionably hit the street and cook up conspiracy theories.

Will mama boy Khairy resign as Ketua Pemuda should he be charged for abuse of power, corruption and money politics? Or will he ask baba Tun Abdullah or mama Datin Rahmah to call everyone from PM to the post messenger at PWTC?

If Khairy falls, he has too many enemies and immature followers to have another lease of life. Currently it is not too sure he could retain his Rembau seats against Chegu Bard.

We await how many and how the sharks will be hauled up.

* Edited 7:00 PM

Dr Mahathir on Walk4Gaza @TV1 12:00 PM

The blockage on Gaza is an immoral act beyond decent human norms. It is teh responsibility of all to help the Gaza cause.

Tun Dr Mahathir is scheduled to appear on the Apa Kata Wanita program on TV1 today at 12:00 PM to promote a planned "Big Walk For Gaza" for next Saturday, Dec 11 in aid of the Palestinians from the Masjid Putrajaya.

The program will also feature Palestinian Youths, Derek dan Jenny Graham (Captain of the ship Rachel Corrie) dan singer Yasin.

The walk is organised by Seranta Felda, Felda, GAPROF and Perdana Peace Global Foundation (PGPF) in conjunction with the "Karnival Ikatan Hati Warga Felda (Iktiraf) 2010".

The walk will involve some 5,000 Felda youth members joined by 32 non-governmental organisations, government agencies and other establishments. It is also open to the members of the public.

Seranta Felda Director Ehsanuddin Harun Narrashid called on the participants to donate to the Palestinians. Donations for the Palestinians can be made to Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF) CIMB Account 14081208316050.

Gather there at 2 pm. Participants will be flagged off at 5pm by Tun Dr. Mahathir.

For latest information, visit their blogsite Walk4Gaza here.

Al Fatihah

Dukacita dimaklumkan bahawa Mohd Sadiq bin Abu Bakar, anak ke 4 dan bongsu kepada blogger Bakar Penarik Beca pulang ke rahmatullah semalam Disember 4hb, 2010 pukul 7:30 malam.

Allahyarham yang berumur 16 tahun mengidap sakit jantung dan sudah hampir sebulan berada di hospital Kuala Lumpur. Jenazah Allahyarham telah dibawa pulang ke rumah di 20, Jalan 3/10 Taman Koperasi Polis, Gombak.

Allahyarham dijadualkan akan di kebumikan pagi ini lebih kurang pukul 9 di perkuburan Islam Taman Selasih.

Kami di ABITW mengucapkan takziah kepada rakan lama dalam dunia penulisan blog, Saudara Abu Bakar Haq sekeluarga.

Mohon hadiah fatihah dari pembaca sekelian. Muga-muga roh Allahyarham dicucuri rahmat Allah dan diletakkan bersama para syuhadah.

YES .... something still ain't right

Something was amissing in Rocky's Thursday column on The Malay Mail.

Yes, the telco bosses shouldn't be grinning to widely because services are poor and they should stop being apologetic.

Yes, those parties fumbling the ball on the YTL 700 MHz Spectrum issue got an earful from the Prime Minister. When Najib said he wanted "proper process", he meant that Dato Rais Yatim, his Ministry and it's little Napolean, and MCMC has temporarily lost the power to issue license. With cabinet taking over their power, it is one big slap in the face for Rais and his coterie of bureaucrats.

But, Rais's official blog did not "quite" deny the 700 MHz spectrum was distributed to various parties. He is being hostile to the press by telling them not to misreport.

The last time he was hostile was when he denied his son was not involved in telecommunication deals. He made a police report against Rocky Bru and INSTRUCTED (meaning there was no report made) MCMC to investigate.

It turned out Rais lied. His son did got involved and there is a lawsuit in court against him. MACC is also investigating.

There is still a shroud of mystery and the under current is suspicious. As Rocky wrote in his column, "No official statement has been issued till today (and no offer to resign as I was hoping for) but what I'd written on my blog has not been denied either."

Sure thing

It doesn't help Rais's cause when The Malaysian Insider's report of Rais's claim he had allayed Telco chiefs' fears comes with a picture of an esctatic Tan Sri Francis Yeoh and a controlled grin Rais at YTL's YES launching.

An extract of MI's report reads:

The country’s telcos have been up in arms ever since MCMC’s chief planning and development officer Toh Swee Hoe told The Edge weekly that YTL Comms will get an apparatus assignment (AA) in the 700MHz for its hybrid television service.

Broadband spectra are now highly coveted by telecommunications and multimedia companies, and the alleged award of the AA in the prized spectrum to YTL Comms has riled the country’s telcos, who say it can be used to offer their services in rural areas.

They fear it would allow a new provider like YTL “a stranglehold over the next wave of new technologies, called Long Term Evolution (LTE) which will power the 4G market”.

YTL Comms has denied that it will repurpose the spectrum for its broadband service, pointing out that it already has the 2.3GHz spectrum and a 20MHz block within the 2.5/2.6GHz spectrum which MCMC recently allocated.

The last para is in concurrent with one source who claimed YTL Comms was given two licences but he insist it was within the 700MHz spectrum.

An analyst report dated October 21st found in the financial blog, My Malaysia Stockfolio is concurrent with the source. An extract reads below:

Its primary target market, at least for the initial phase, is the fixed broadband segment — high-speed Internet access delivered to homes wirelessly. As such, P1’s main competitor is Streamyx.

The company also offers mobile broadband services — Internet access via a USB dongle or WiMAX-embedded laptops and netbooks. However, with limited coverage areas the service is more often termed nomadic broadband rather than true mobility. P1 expects to offer the latter as it continues to widen coverage, targeted to reach 45% of the population by end-2010 and 65% by 2012.

Launching with a bang

By contrast, YTL Comms is planning a nationwide launch, with the claim of 65% population coverage — from 1,000 base stations — right at the outset, and which will increase further to 80% by early 2011. It is reported to have invested about RM1 billion of the estimated RM2.5 billion of planned capital expenditure, to date.

With that level of coverage, it will be able to offer both fixed and mobile voice and broadband services. That means its potential market would include not only the fixed home broadband segment but also heads up against the cellular players in the voice, mobile broadband and mobile Internet (Internet access via handsets) segments.

Aiming for quad play

In fact, YTL Comms aims to go much further. Earlier this month, it inked a licence and service agreement with US-based Sezmi Corporation to deploy hybrid TV — comprising traditional, live over-the-air broadcast as well as over-the-top on-demand online content — in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific.

In case one has no idea of the stock market game and have not come across Edwin Lefevre's classic stock market text, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, analyst reports are usually systematically leaked insider information.

Why would YTL spend RM1 billion to set-up towers to get a nationwide bang for just their Wimax broadband services? Why did YTL Comms signed that agreement with Us based Sezmi Corporation before securing licences?

If one knows YTL, they only gamble on a sure thing.

YTL do not bank big bucks unless there is big bucks coming back. They are not talking paltry, few percent annualised return. Remember the first IPP?

YTL is not unaccustomed to flexing their muscle and influence. Why then would he be investing in non-core businesses in high-end hotel, resort and property development? Is it not to be seen with the rich and famous to cast his charm and philantrophy for the right ROI?

Another source claimed born-again Christian, Tan Sri Francis Yeoh insisted they got the license.

Big Dog was right to be suspicious from the on-set when YTL Comms signed an MOU with RTM and Media Prima to "make Malaysian contect available to the region." RTM is under the purview of Rais.

Shouldn't Rais know about this?

Side step

The earlier source claimed Rais side step the questions posed by Jeff Ooi in Parliament. Read MI's report dated November 30th to figure out where he side stepped Jeff, below:

Rais grilled in Parliament over YTL-700MHz saga

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 – The Najib Administration was forced to stave off continuous accusations of cronyism in Parliament today for its alleged award of the prized 700MHz spectrum to YTL Communications Sdn Bhd (YTL Comms).

Information, Communications and Technology Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim manned the fort for a good hour when speaking on the issue and continued to deny that government regulator Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had ever given approval to anyone to operate in the 700MHz band, which can be used for broadcasting or broadband services.

The issue was raised by Jeff Ooi (DAP-Jelutong) in the House when debating a RM10 pay cut motion for Rais, who accused the government of “quietly” awarding the spectrum to YTL Comms, a unit of tycoon Tan Sri Francis Yeoh’s YTL property-to-power group.

In his debate speech, Ooi said the alleged award had been shrouded in mystery and reeked of cronyism and lacked transparency.

“It also means that if YTL is awarded the spectrum without fair consideration given to other MCMC licensees in the industry, including Telekom Malaysia, Axiata, Maxis, Digi, Packet One and others. This has become a monopoly and is similar to a 100m race where YTL is give a 50m head-start privilege while the others are left behind.

“Why was YTL given this privilege?” he asked.

He added that without the apparatus assignment (AA) rights, other industry players like Axiata, Maxis and Digi would not be on a level playing field and would likely face a shutdown or be forced to buy bandwidth from YTL.

Ooi dared the ministry to come clean on the issue and questioned if the saga was a mere repeat of the sports betting episode earlier this year when the government flip-flopped on its decision to award a license to tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan’s Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd.

“I put it to you, Mr Minister, that you as the minister is fully aware that YTL was given the 700MHz spectrum in writing but the Prime Minister was forced to be dragged into this, and forced to do another flip-flop because of objections from Axiata and others?” he charged.

Last May, Tan had told Bursa Malaysia that his Ascots Sports Sdn Bhd had received a letter from the government dated January 13, 2010 that his sports betting licence had been re-issued.

But following the uproar that his announcement had caused and the silence from the government that followed, the licence was eventually rescinded.

In his response today, Rais stressed that the prized spectrum had never been awarded to anyone and claimed that Ooi’s debate was void of facts.

“The 700MHz spectrum was never awarded to anyone. So YB, you should first know the facts before you make such unfounded statements.

“The two spectrum commodities – the 700MHz and 2.6GHz spectrums – are important to help us in the future to compete in the communications sector.

“We have to be aware that the 700MHz spectrum is held by MCMC and is important for our future programmes in the country,” he said.

He added that despite what was reported in Singapore and local media, all allegations were merely “hearsay”.

“So I invite MP Jelutong to attend a briefing with the MCMC. Come and see for yourself where your debate stands.

“It is easy to use such eloquence to accuse MCMC but this should not be done. This is akin to punishing a person before asking the question, instead of asking the question first, and then meting out a punishment.

“I would like to state here that little knowledge is dangerous,” he said.

Ooi interjected at this juncture, pointing out that news of the contentious award of a 80MHz block in the 700MHz spectrum had hit the headlines on November 26.

“But it took MCMC 48 hours to deny it. And why was there a special meeting held between the chiefs of Axiata with the Prime Minister? If there is no wind, the leaves on the tree will not sway,” he said.

Rais continued to deny the rumours, however, and reasoned that the Prime Minister had every right to meet with the telco chiefs.

“I invite you again to check your facts. The 48-hour issue is not the problem. The problem is whether what you say is based on facts or not. So let me repeat the facts – the 700MHz spectrum was not given to anyone,” he said.

Rais admitted to a meeting with the Prime Minister and industry players recently and revealed that it was also attended by the country’s economic adviser.

“But discussions centered on the country’s plans for the future in the communications sector. So in the future, whether or not we choose an auction or to create new rules, what is more important is that we do not lose our source of revenue,” he said.

Rais pledged the government’s intention to incorporate the services of the new players in the telco industry, insisting that none would be left behind.

The Malaysian Insider reported today that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had directed regulators to review the 700MHz apparatus assignment rights allegedly granted to YTL Comms, following the MCMC’s denial on the matter on Sunday.

In its denial, the regulator had however conceded that it was presently “assessing a detailed business plan by YTL for the roll out of digital pay-TV and not 4G mobile services as reported.

“MCMC would like to reiterate that no spectrum assignment has been issued to YTL of the 700MHz spectrum band for pay-TV broadcasting, hence the reports and commentaries on a spectrum issuance are inaccurate.

“The operating licence issued to them on August 30 is for a content applications service provider individual licence, to provide subscription-based Internet protocol television services using their 2.3GHz WiMAX network,” it said in its statement on Sunday.

Industry sources were tight-lipped over a closed-door meeting between the prime minister and telco executives but The Straits Times reported that Najib had told the MCMC to consult “the private sector before awarding the rights of the 700MHz spectrum”, which is seen as a key component of the 4G high-speed wireless broadband.

He also directed the ministry to complete its review before the end of January, and to submit recommendations on how the government should proceed with the award, executives familiar with the meeting told The Straits Times.

YTL Comms executive director Datuk Yeoh Seok Hong had told The Malaysian Insider last week that the company had a five-year concession to operate in the 700MHz band for a pay-television operation competing with the dominant Astro network.

MCMC has regulations on award of spectrum but executives familiar with the process toldThe Malaysian Insider that the regulator had ignored the rules in the recent apparatus assignment exercise for the 700MHz and the 2.5/2.6GHz spectrum recently.

Broadband spectrums are now highly coveted by telecommunications and multimedia companies, and the alleged award of apparatus assignment in the prized spectrum to YTL Communications had seriously upset the country’s telcos who can use it to offer their services in rural areas.

They had feared that it would allow a new provider like “YTL a stranglehold over the next wave of new technologies, called Long Term Evolution (LTE) which will power the 4G market”.

But in its release, the MCMC said: “Under Malaysia’s National Spectrum Plan, the 700MHz spectrum band is allocated for broadcasting service, and not for LTE or 4G mobile services as speculated.”

If you still can't spot Rais side-stepping, download and read the full hansard for the day from the Parliament website here.