PKR will ‘break prison walls’ to make Anwar PM

 

 

PKR deputy president Azmin Ali pledged today the party will free de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim from prison to lead a Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government.

The Gombak MP said when opening PKR’s Youth and women’s wing national congress that the opposition coalition has reached a consensus that Anwar, who is facing a second sodomy charge, will be “Malaysia’s seventh prime minister.”

“Whatever conspiracy to jail Anwar Ibrahim, we the Youth and women pledge to rise up and break the cruel prison walls to free him,” Azmin (picture) said to thunderous applause from the 1,600 delegates here.

PKR de facto leader Anwar completed his defence case in the sodomy trial last month against what he has called an Umno ploy to end his political career.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court will hear closing submissions on December 8 before deciding on a verdict ahead of a general election expected to be held early next year.

The opposition leader’s hopes of becoming prime minister will likely be quashed if found guilty of the offence which carries a maximum jail term of 20 years.

Anwar was first sentenced to nine years’ jail in 2000 but the Federal Court overturned the sodomy conviction in 2004, allowing him to campaign ahead of Election 2008.

The landmark elections saw an opposition electoral pact deny Barisan Nasional its customary two-thirds majority of Parliament and five state governments.

Anwar was again accused of sodomy when former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan filed a police report in June 2008.

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng had said early this month that Anwar will be prime minister if PR forms government even if he is jailed.

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All those umno supporters who make a comment on this article please ask your boss who ordered the Commandos to C4 altantuya before you make any further comment. If you dare to face the truth, ask this question from your MPs!

Those wrirting badly about Anwar cannot even stand 1 day against BN UMNO. These people are sissies hiding behind the tress and throwing stones. This man can make a change for a better Malaysia but unwinding 50 years of misrule and racism imbued Malaysia will take time unless the world gets involved like in Timor. But to let off Malaysia to be swindled by BN UMNO is a great tragedy which the world cannot afford to ignore.

With Sodomy II, Najib has trapped himself in a Maxican stand-off with Anwar. And between the two of them, Anwar is the faster draw. Najib is now in a "do he dies and don't he also die" situation. Jailing Anwar is what Pakatan is silently hoping for because it would bring massive support to Pakatan and Anwar himself. At the expanse of the BN of course. Interesting time ahead for sure.

Street protests if polls are unfair

 

PKR Youth warned Barisan Nasional (BN) that it will take to the streets and force the ruling coalition out of Putrajaya if the next general election is unfairly run.

Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Amin told delegates today that any move to restrict Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will be met with street demonstrations despite such gatherings set to be outlawed by a Peaceful Assembly Bill that was tabled in Parliament this week.

“They know Bersih 3.0 will happen, that is why they want to have this law,” he said, referring to the marches for free and fair election that drew tens of thousands to the streets of Kuala Lumpur in 2007 and July 9 this year.

“If they restrict us, if there is even one instance of cheating, we will use the streets. Lupakan pilihanraya, kita guna jalanraya (forget elections, we use the streets),” he said to unanimous cheers.

Shamsul (picture) also warned that “if they jail Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim before Bersih 3.0, we will gather and topple them,” he said when winding up debates in today’s PKR Youth national congress.

PKR deputy president Azmin Ali had also pledged earlier that “whatever conspiracy to jail Anwar Ibrahim, we the Youth and women pledge to rise up and break the cruel prison walls to free him.”

 Both Azmin and Shamsul had today cited the Arab Spring in their speeches, referring to the series of street protests in the Middle East earlier this year that toppled governments in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.

The party’s de facto leader Anwar completed his defence case in the sodomy trial last month against what he has called an Umno ploy to end his political career.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court will hear closing submissions on December 8 before deciding on a verdict ahead of a general election expected to be held early next year.

The opposition leader’s hopes of becoming prime minister will likely be quashed if found guilty of the offence which carries a maximum jail term of 20 years.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak proposed earlier this week a Peaceful Assembly Bill which Opposition Leader Anwar said will prevent his coalition from conducting ceramahs and gatherings.

While the Bill removes the need for a police permit and jail sentences, it also bars street protests and public gatherings from various public areas including petrol stations, hospitals, fire stations, airports, railways, places of worship and schools.

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If you don't want another Egypt, then don't act like dictators or tyrants. Simple.

The problem is UMNO doesn't have a clue; especially the dinosaur heading the home ministry.

If UMNO has not done anything wrong, the people will not demonstrate. Why want to impose Peaceful Assembly? Because they want to cover up and save themselves from the angry citizens who are fed up of their wrong doings!

It is high time that this evil corrupt UMNO/BN is wiped out from the face of the earth. Along with it will go Perkosa and all other racist organisations. Time is ripe and the end is imminient.

pilgrims back...but najib still to be liar....Najib says will lift student politics ban

Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today the government plans to lift the ban on student participation in politics, as part of his administration’s political reforms.
The prime minister told Parliament today amendments would be tabled to amend the controversial section 15 of the Universities and University Colleges Act (UUCA), to allow students above 21 to be active members of political parties.

“The government believes in the maturity and intelligence of our university students.
“With that, to respect the constitutional rights of our students who have reached the age of maturity as stipulated by law, the government will amend section 15 of the UUCA to allow them to be members of political parties,” he said when tabling a motion to lift three Emergency declarations.

The surprising announcement earned Najib a round of loud cheers from the House and lawmakers banged on their tables to show support.
Najib however stressed that under the law, politics would still be banned from university campuses.

“This decision is a result of the government’s concern and understanding of the people’s aspirations, and how we have listened to their wishes.
“This is not merely cheap rhetoric or tales from merchants of dreams... This is the result of political will and moral bravery,” he told the House.
Najib, however, admitted that despite plans to amend the UUCA, the government would still proceed with its appeal of a recent court ruling that section 15 of the law is in breach of the Federal Constitution.
“This is because the court decision has implications on the country’s legal system,” he explained.
In a majority 2-1 judgment, a three-man panel of judges ruled earlier this month that Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) had breached Article 10 of the country’s highest law when it disciplined four students involved in a political campaign last year under section 15(5)(a) of the UUCA.

Section 15(5)(a) of the UUCA states: “No student of the University and no organisation, body or group of students of the University which is established by, under or in accordance with the Constitution, shall express or do anything which may reasonably be construed as expressing support for or sympathy with or opposition to any political party, whether in or outside Malaysia.”
The four students — Muhammad Hilman Idham, Woon King Chai, Muhammad Ismail Aminuddin and Azlin Shafina Mohamad Adza — were found campaigning for a political party during the Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election in April 2010.
Political parties from both sides of the divide had welcomed the court decision, stating that student politics must be allowed in a healthy democracy.


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Come on, who would ever believe in Najib anymore. Look at what he said about freedom of assembly and the Orwellian Peaceful Assembly Law that he is putting before the Parliament - which is far more draconian and restrictive than what we have now. Listen to what he said about the Internal Security Acts and what he proposes to replace them with - also far worse in terms of granting the government power. Going by Najib's reputation, his proposed amendments to the UUCA would be more restrictive than liberalizing. He is everything George Orwell wrote about in his 2 books, Animal Farm and 1984!

Assembly law allows persecution of Pakatan MPs

The Peaceful Assembly Bill legitimises persecution of Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers and prevents them from conducting ceramahs and gatherings, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has charged.

The PR de facto leader told Parliament today the new law regulating public assembly made it more difficult for the federal opposition to hold ceramahs and dialogue sessions.

Citing the 30 days’ advance notice provision within the new law, Anwar (picture) said the procedures would be a problem for PR.

“The Peaceful Assembly Bill prohibits, prevents Pakatan Rakyat from explaining to the rakyat about current issues on abuse of power, corruption, discrepancies by the ruling government,” he said.

The Permatang Pauh MP alleged Section 21 (3) of the new law, which allows protesters arrested by police to be fined up to RM20,000 would be used against opposition lawmakers.

“The stipulation which sets a fine up to RM20,000 if found guilty allows the government to drag Pakatan Rakyat MPs to court if they conduct ceramahs, explanations and gatherings which is one of our ways to explain daily issues to the rakyat,” he said.

The government had earlier this week tabled the Peaceful Assembly Bill, two months after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak first pledged reforms to laws on security and public assembly.

Shortly after it was unveiled, Pakatan Rakyat leaders said the new bill was “worse” than previous laws on public assembly, and that it simply meant “people could not gather anywhere in Malaysia.”

PR described the Peaceful Assembly Bill as repressive and restrictive of civil freedom, claiming it accords the police even more power to arrest individuals.

Najib today declared it a “revolutionary” law and a “giant leap” towards improving individual freedom.

The prime minister pointed out to opposition lawmakers in Parliament that, under the new legislation, the powers of the police would be capped and punitive action against protestors reduced to only fines instead of jail sentences.

Section 27 of the bill states that public gatherings cannot be held in the following areas: petrol stations, hospitals, fire stations, airports, railways, land public transport terminals, ports, canals, docks, bridges, places of worship, kindergartens and schools as well as dams and reservoirs.

It states that no street protests are allowed, and bars any assembly in or within a 50 metre buffer zone around the listed prohibited areas.

Section 9 (5) of the bill allows the police to fine organisers up to RM10,000 if no advance notice of a planned assembly is given to the authorities.

Section 20 (1) (c) allows for police to arrest anyone who brings or recruits children in an assembly.

The new law says that there also must be 30 days’ advance notice for assemblies except for designated areas defined by the home minister. The assemblies can then proceed unless there is objection by the police.

Simultaneous assemblies may be held, but this is subject to the discretion of the police. If a “counter assembly” should cause potential conflict with another assembly nearby, police have the right to name an alternative location and time for the counter assembly to be held.

Individuals under 21 years of age not allowed to organise assemblies and children under 15 are not allowed to participate in assemblies except for cultural and religious ones like funeral corteges or events approved by the home minister.

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.Its so simple and how can the police be given that power...an to the Police...Go can catch us some thieves for goodness sakes! You have no business in politics or harming the rakyat. We pay your salary , remember.

No need for new bill. It's a waste of tax payers money and time. We have freedom of peaceful assembly under the Constitution. If the law is broken during an assembly then the relevant laws apply. The police should not take the law into their own hand and make selective prosecution.

NOW we know why Najib has delayed calling for elections ... this Anti Assembly Bill was holding it up

NFC funded umrah packages and Singapore firms

 

 

Funds meant for the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) were used to fund umrah packages and set up two Singapore-based companies, both owned by Senator Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil’s family, PKR alleged today.

In their latest round of exposes on the scandal-tainted federally-funded cattle project, PKR leaders claimed to have proof that NFC executive chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail, Shahrizat’s husband, had ordered payment of RM31,580 to be made for his and his son Wan Shahinur Izran Mohamad Salleh’s haj pilgrimage in 2010.

“PKR has clear proof that orders for the umrah package to be paid using this public fund had come from the NFC executive chairman’s office,” PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution (picture) said today.

He was speaking at a joint press conference in Parliament with Wanita PKR chief Zuraida Kamaruddin and PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli.

The Machang MP urged the police and Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to probe all transactions between the NFC and the National Meat and Livestocks Corporation (NMLC) and Real Food Company (RFC). Both NMLC and RFC are majority owned by Mohamad Salleh and his children Izran and Izmir.

He said this was because financial records showed that Singapore-based firms Global Biofuture Pte Ltd and Meatworks Singapore Pte Ltd, both of which are also owned by Shahrizat’s family, currently have debts with the RFC.

As at June 2010, he said, Global Biofuture, a firm in the food and fuel business, owed RFC RM939,495.

In the same period, Meatworks, a luxury restaurant chain, was found to be owing RFC RM2,416,815, he added.

“PKR believes that a sum of money was channelled from the RM250 million loan meant for NFC to these personal companies of Shahrizat’s family, including to set up Global Biofuture in Singapore,” said Saifuddin.

The NFC has been dogged by allegations of corruption and fund misappropriation after it made it into the pages of the Auditor-General’s Report for 2010, which described the project “as a mess”.

Among others, PKR has alleged that the NFC funds were used for Shahrizat’s and her family’s personal expenses, as well as to purchase multimillion ringgit condominium units at the luxurious One Menerung in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.

Mohamad Salleh finally emerged in the face of the attacks last week to break his family’s silence in the matter, and moved to defend the condo purchase as well as deny the project’s alleged failure.

But PKR scoffed at Mohamad Salleh’s remarks, saying he had failed to deny a single allegation and had merely offered explanations for the many discrepancies involving the NFC.

At a press conference last week, Rafizi demanded the Cabinet disclose all its meeting minutes from 2006 to determine if Shahrizat had been directly involved in awarding the project to her husband’s company.

But Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar denied over the weekend that the NFC was ever discussed in Cabinet, claiming it was handled by the Cabinet Committee for High-Impact Projects, which was then chaired by Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

“PKR urges Najib to make a statement on this scandal immediately, especially more so now that Noh Omar claimed the project was not raised in the Cabinet but handled by the committee,” Saifuddin said today.

The NFC is now being probed by the police for cheating or criminal breach of trust and will be investigated by the PAC this Wednesday.

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How are they going to fund the Kazakstan US$32 million cattle project (about RM100 million) which NFC signed in Astana during WIEF 2011 in September 2011? The signing of MOU was done in front of our PM, Kazak PM and top foreign dignataries. Ayaaaa mana mau letak muka? Malulah.....Malaysia Boleh.

they think the money belonged to their great grandfather. I wonder they have intention to repay the debt later? We all know the obvious answer

The money that Shahrizat family siphoned to other purposes is considered HARAM no two way about it. What is the reaction of the Minister in charge of Religious Affair and all the Muftis in the country have to say. If they and BN leadership keep quite (naturally) they have to answer in the hereafter for having condone corruption!

French firm fined RM133m for bribery in Malaysia...But Malaysian authorities ... protecting major corrupt cronies in the BN

 

French engineering group Alstom was fined RM133 million by Swiss authorities after its employees were found to have bribed civil servants in at least three cases including the award of contracts in Malaysia.

It is the second French company in as many years to be fined for bribing government officials in Malaysia, after telco firm Alcatel-Lucent paid RM435 million to resolve US criminal and civil probes in December 2010.

The four-year probe centred on payments made by Alstom Network Schweiz AG to middlemen — termed “commercial agents” by the company — in return for securing government contracts to build power stations in 15 countries since the 1990s.

The Financial Times reported today that the Swiss Office of the Attorney-General said it had not found criminal wrongdoing by the French company and a Swiss affiliate, which, “as far as can be ascertained” did not know about the bribes.

“But it accused Alstom of ‘failing to meet the standards for an international group employing over 75,000 people’, sanctioning the group for ‘corporate negligence’,” the international business daily said.

The Washington Post also reported Alstom as saying it was satisfied with the outcome of the case as it concluded “the absence of any system or so called slush funds used for bribery of civil servants.”

Alstom supplied Malakoff’s gas-fired power plant in Lumut.
But the US daily also reported the French firm as acknowledging “that prosecutors had concluded that ‘improper payments were made to civil servants in Latvia, Malaysia and Tunisia.’”

“In two out of these three cases, Alstom itself would appear to be a victim of the actions of some of its employees, who would have benefited from kickbacks. In the third one, Alstom was simply a subcontractor of a consortium,” the company said, according to Reuters.

Alstom was awarded a RM2.8 billion contract by Tenaga Nasional earlier this year to provide key power generation equipment to Southeast Asia’s first 1,000-megawatt (MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant Manjung, Malaysia.

It also won turnkey contracts in 1994 and 2000 to build four power plants including the 1,300MW Lumut and the 670MW Kuala Langat plants and deals in 2003 and 2004 to install environmental control systems for the Tanjung Bin and Jimah coal-fired power plants.

Alstom was also appointed by Tenaga to supply two 125MW hydro power turbines, a generator and ancillaries for the 250MW Hulu Terengganu hydro power plant in 2010.

Alstom says it is “the largest original equipment manufacturer in Malaysia” having supplied key equipment for nearly 7.5 gigawatt (GW) of the country’s installed power generation capacity.

The ruling will have significant repercussions for a concurrent criminal investigation by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office. Brazil is also investigating some of the company’s contracts.

The Swiss authority also looked at alleged wrongdoing by Alstom in 12 other countries but did not find compelling evidence.

In July, a former Alcatel employee was charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court with giving a RM25,000 bribe to a Telekom Malaysia (TM) officer, in a case linked to the French company’s admission last year that it had bribed government officials to win a US$85 million (RM255 million) contract.

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MACC, we are watching you either action or inaction. Please get your act together!!! Otherwise you are just another corrupt entity to whitewash the BN Gov wrong doing & to victimize political foes and the Rakyat....but..

MACC also involves in KLIA robbery, Twice with victims out the window and killed.
It's black or It's white? With such poor record, how to trust MACC?

MACC waiting for police to investigate .... Police waiting for report ... cows will come back home and back to work (oops that's another story) ... nothing will happen ...

French firm fined RM133m for bribery in Malaysia...But Malaysian authorities ... protecting major corrupt cronies in the BN

 

French engineering group Alstom was fined RM133 million by Swiss authorities after its employees were found to have bribed civil servants in at least three cases including the award of contracts in Malaysia.

It is the second French company in as many years to be fined for bribing government officials in Malaysia, after telco firm Alcatel-Lucent paid RM435 million to resolve US criminal and civil probes in December 2010.

The four-year probe centred on payments made by Alstom Network Schweiz AG to middlemen — termed “commercial agents” by the company — in return for securing government contracts to build power stations in 15 countries since the 1990s.

The Financial Times reported today that the Swiss Office of the Attorney-General said it had not found criminal wrongdoing by the French company and a Swiss affiliate, which, “as far as can be ascertained” did not know about the bribes.

“But it accused Alstom of ‘failing to meet the standards for an international group employing over 75,000 people’, sanctioning the group for ‘corporate negligence’,” the international business daily said.

The Washington Post also reported Alstom as saying it was satisfied with the outcome of the case as it concluded “the absence of any system or so called slush funds used for bribery of civil servants.”

Alstom supplied Malakoff’s gas-fired power plant in Lumut.
But the US daily also reported the French firm as acknowledging “that prosecutors had concluded that ‘improper payments were made to civil servants in Latvia, Malaysia and Tunisia.’”

“In two out of these three cases, Alstom itself would appear to be a victim of the actions of some of its employees, who would have benefited from kickbacks. In the third one, Alstom was simply a subcontractor of a consortium,” the company said, according to Reuters.

Alstom was awarded a RM2.8 billion contract by Tenaga Nasional earlier this year to provide key power generation equipment to Southeast Asia’s first 1,000-megawatt (MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant Manjung, Malaysia.

It also won turnkey contracts in 1994 and 2000 to build four power plants including the 1,300MW Lumut and the 670MW Kuala Langat plants and deals in 2003 and 2004 to install environmental control systems for the Tanjung Bin and Jimah coal-fired power plants.

Alstom was also appointed by Tenaga to supply two 125MW hydro power turbines, a generator and ancillaries for the 250MW Hulu Terengganu hydro power plant in 2010.

Alstom says it is “the largest original equipment manufacturer in Malaysia” having supplied key equipment for nearly 7.5 gigawatt (GW) of the country’s installed power generation capacity.

The ruling will have significant repercussions for a concurrent criminal investigation by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office. Brazil is also investigating some of the company’s contracts.

The Swiss authority also looked at alleged wrongdoing by Alstom in 12 other countries but did not find compelling evidence.

In July, a former Alcatel employee was charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court with giving a RM25,000 bribe to a Telekom Malaysia (TM) officer, in a case linked to the French company’s admission last year that it had bribed government officials to win a US$85 million (RM255 million) contract.

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MACC, we are watching you either action or inaction. Please get your act together!!! Otherwise you are just another corrupt entity to whitewash the BN Gov wrong doing & to victimize political foes and the Rakyat....but..

MACC also involves in KLIA robbery, Twice with victims out the window and killed.
It's black or It's white? With such poor record, how to trust MACC?

MACC waiting for police to investigate .... Police waiting for report ... cows will come back home and back to work (oops that's another story) ... nothing will happen ...

damaged one shop malaysia.....1 Malaysia milk products safe for consumption, says Health Ministry

 

 

The Health Ministry has declared the 1 Malaysia milk products safe for public consumption and blamed Pakatan Rakyat (PR) for “confusing” the public on the matter.

DAP’s Tony Pua recently claimed the 1 Malaysia Growing Up Milk Powder did not contain at least 15 of the legally required nutrients and carried 6,012 international units (IU) of Vitamin A per 100kcal — 802 per cent above the permissible limit.

He had also claimed earlier this month that tests by two certified laboratories had detected the presence of E. coli and a higher than permitted amount of coliform in the own-brand fresh milk sold at Kedai Rakyat 1 Malaysia outlets.

Strains of E. coli can cause food poisoning if ingested by humans.

“We have verified and analysed the product for its Vitamin A levels and found that it carried 3240 I.U./ 100g, which is not above the 5,000 I.U.

“The claims by some people that the milk contains an excess of Vitamin A is not true,” Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai (picture) told reporters.

Liow also said six other Kedai 1 Malaysia products had been tested and one of them – Sos Tiram 1 Malaysia had failed to abide by the standard protein level permitted.

“I would like to ask for Tony Pua’s cooperation. If there is any product which he has doubts on, he should send it to the ministry for checks, he cannot take action on his own because he is not an expert in it,” added Liow.

Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers have accused the government of taking advantage of the poor by selling them “substandard products” at Kedai Rakyat 1 Malaysia, launched in June by Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

The prime minister launched the first of three shops now operating in the Klang Valley in response to rising inflation, which hit a two-year high of 3.5 per cent that same month.

Kedai Rakyat offers 250 generic products like rice, oil, flour, bread, eggs, milk powder and diapers at prices 30 to 40 per cent lower than market rates, as well as branded goods.

The government plans to set up more outlets in other locations, similar to the 1 Malaysia clinics the Najib administration has established in states like Sabah and Sarawak.

 

 

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Under his ministry, his incompetent agencies got our seafood banned from the EU due to poor sanitation standards. Imagine, Bangladesh is allowed to export seafood to EU, and we sill cannot.This minister is not doing his work to help the industry, and improve his imcompetent agencies that caused the problem.

Now he tells us the milk is good. Wonderful, I want to see him drink the milk everyday as it's good for him, it's good for the kids. This Health Minister is as incompetent as the DPM.

Even BN supporters would seriously think twice about buying things like milk from KR1M. As parents they would be aware of the risks.

And this is the same guy who shamelessly said that the police did not shoot tear gas into Tung Shin hospital!

Need I say more with regard to his credibility?

Any concern parent will not dare to buy any of the Milk powder from KR1M except for the poor families and those who really cannot afford to buy the branded ones. As far as I know, KR1M is definitely not doing any national service for the nation as they too are out to profit from this venture.

My key concern is that how much nutrients can you really put into the product since it is sold so cheap. Take a look at what happened to China's milk powder back in 2008, the Chinese gomen had controlled the ceiling price and the smart alecs suppliers had used melamine as a replacement. The parallel may not be drawn here but definitely the product sold in KR1M is not functionable enough, nutritional or of good quality although it is probably still safe for human consumption.

another actor from the police....Police quiz NFC chief, others over scandal-ridden cattle venture

 

 

National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) executive chairman Datuk Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail is among “more than three to four people” whose statements have been taken by the police as part of its probe into possible criminal breach of trust involving the RM250 million cattle venture.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar (picture) said Salleh’s statement was recorded by the Bukit Aman commercial crime department investigators yesterday.

Bernama Online quoted Ismail as saying the investigations were proceeding smoothly since the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) referred the case to the police, a few days ago.

“More than three to four people were called in to facilitate investigations. Mohamad Salleh came to the Commercial Crime Department yesterday to get his statement recorded.

“The police are probing the matter from all angles,” he told reporters after attending the opening of the new Selangor police contingent headquarters by the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, near here today.

Saying he had heard many versions of the story, Ismail said the public should refrain from speculating on the case.

“Please do not speculate. We must be fair to all parties here as the case is still being investigated at an initial stage,” he said.

The NFC has been dogged by allegations of corruption and fund misappropriation after it made it into the pages of the Auditor-General’s Report for 2010, which described the project “as a mess”.

Among others, PKR has alleged that the NFC funds were used for federal minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil’s personal expenses and that of her family, as well as to buy multimillion-ringgit condominium units at the luxurious One Menerung in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.

Shahrizat’s husband and NFC boss, Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail, finally emerged last week in the face of the attacks to break his family’s silence in the matter, and moved to defend the purchase of the condo as well as deny the alleged failure of the project.

PKR scoffed at Mohamad Salleh’s remarks, saying he had failed to deny a single allegation and had merely offered explanations for the many discrepancies involving the NFC.

Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar has denied the NFC was ever discussed in Cabinet, claiming it was handled by the Cabinet Committee for High-Impact Projects, which was then chaired by Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

PKR had alleged on Monday that the funds meant for the NFC were used to fund umrah packages and set up two Singapore-based companies, both owned by Senator Shahrizat’s family.

Party leaders claimed to have proof that Mohamad Salleh had ordered payment of RM31,580 to be made for his haj pilgrimage and that of his son Wan Shahinur Izran Mohamad Salleh in 2010.

PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution, who is also Machang MP, had urged the police and the PAC to probe all transactions between the NFC and the National Meat and Livestocks Corporation (NMLC) and Real Food Company (RFC). Both NMLC and RFC are majority owned by Mohamad Salleh and his children Izran and Izmir.

He said this was because financial records showed that Singapore-based firms Global Biofuture Pte Ltd and Meatworks Singapore Pte Ltd, both of which are also owned by Shahrizat’s family, currently have debts with the RFC.

As at June 2010, he said, Global Biofuture, which ran a food and fuel business, owed RFC RM939,495.

In the same period, Meatworks, a luxury restaurant chain, was found to be owing RFC RM2,416,815, he added.

 

 

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It will same like Lingams case leh, no need to waste time.

police doing macc work. maccc only investigates cases involving 3K and below like tbh case... macc should close shop lah.

Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar has denied the NFC was ever discussed in Cabinet, claiming it was handled by the Cabinet Committee for High-Impact Projects, which was then chaired by Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Now we know why PM Najib has been extremely silence and quite over the NFC scandal. PM Najib please at least once do a job proper. Remember that you had taken an oath of loyalty when you sworn in as the Prime Minister of the country.

Pakatan wants assembly law withdrawn

 

 

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers today demanded the government withdraw the new Peaceful Assembly Bill, calling it an “undemocratic” response to demands for civil rights in Malaysia.

Opposition leaders yesterday described the proposed law as repressive and restrictive of civil freedom, claiming it accords the police even more power to arrest individuals.

PR’s defacto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (picture) said today that opposition MPs will oppose the bill when it is debated in Parliament tomorrow for the second reading.

“There is no proper guarantee, this bill gives absolute powers to the police, with which the appeal rests with the minister. This is not democractic,” Anwar told reporters here.

The Permatang Pauh MP also said PR will hand in a protest memorandum on the new bill tomorrow to the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam).

“(Datuk Seri) Najib (Razak) smashed into smithereens the mirage he created two months ago,” said DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang.

PAS vice-president Datuk Mahfuz Omar chimed in and said the proposed new law was like “keluar mulut harimau masuk mulut buaya” (coming out of the mouth of a tiger and going into the mouth of a crocodile).

“Withdraw the bill, it won’t do,” Lim added.

The government tabled the law regulating public gatherings, two months after the prime minister first pledged reforms to laws on security and public assembly.

Shortly after it was unveiled, PR leaders said the new bill was “worse” than previous laws on public assembly, and that it simply meant “people could not gather anywhere in Malaysia”.

Section 27 of the bill states that public gatherings cannot be held in the following areas: petrol stations, hospitals, fire stations, airports, railways, land public transport terminals, ports, canals, docks, bridges, places of worship, kindergartens and schools as well as dams and reservoirs.

It states that no street protests are allowed, and bars any assembly in or within a 50 metre buffer zone around the listed prohibited areas.

Section 9 (5) of the bill allows the police to fine organisers up to RM10,000 if no advance notice of a planned assembly is given to the authorities.

Section 20 (1) (c) allows for police to arrest anyone who brings or recruits children in an assembly.

Section 21 (3) allows protesters arrested by police to be fined up to RM20,000.

The new law says that there also must be 30 days’ advance notice for assemblies except for designated areas defined by the home minister. The assemblies can then proceed unless there is objection by the police.

Simultaneous assemblies may be held, but this is subject to the discretion of the police. If a “counter assembly” should cause potential conflict with another assembly nearby, police have the right to name an alternative location and time for the counter assembly to be held.

Individuals under 21 years of age not allowed to organise assemblies and children under 15 are not allowed to participate in assemblies except for cultural and religious ones like funeral corteges or events approved by the home minister.

The prime minister promised a raft of reforms in his Malaysia Day address on September 15, including the repeal of the controversial Internal Security Act (ISA) and doing away with annual permits for the print media, saying he wanted to give Malaysians more freedom.

He further said the government will review Section 27 of the Police Act by taking into account Article 10 of the Federal Constitution that relates to freedom of assembly.

According to Najib, the government will allow public gatherings based on international norms while taking a firm stand against street demonstrations.

The Restricted Residence and Banishment Acts were already repealed last month, and Najib has said the repeal of the ISA will take place in March after two replacement laws have been drafted.

 

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Old Act: Nobody can assemble without police permit.

New Act: Nobody can assemble if police object.

What is the difference?

Najib is losing every steps he takes!!