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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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Political, Religion & Racial Tolerance.


The next episode of the new government is yet to evaluate as Pak Lah will be out of the national box of political battlefield. Leaving Najib to navigate the sinking ship to get to another side of “cemerlang, gemilang, terbilang” nation seems to be impossible. The crews are weary and tired with perfect storm of global economic breakdown and politic tension as Pakatan Rakyat is now making their strategy to from 2/3 majority. Will there wanna be another trip to Mongolia to learn Poultry and Dairy by Najib team in Mac 2009?

Most of the countries in Asian continent are facing the same trouble whenever the new government is about to form. Samak has resigned last week due to riot of the Thais as motion of no-confidence was not accepted by him. Japan minister stepped down due to his ineffectiveness. Musharaf has been toppled down by PPP, Asif Ali as his ‘era of dictatorsip” fail to resolve the worst terrorism though he is working well with Bush on War against Terrorist. Thailand and Pakistan are the two countries that always being change by the people and not the leaders. At the end the next leader have always inherit the worst and could not find a solution to stabilize their country politic and economy.

Will Pak Lah inherits the same portion of “problem and happiness” to Najib after these 5 month of time? What charisma does Najib has to navigate the nation as Pak Lah has failed to lead the team, Barisan Nasioanl shield of arrogance has made the country suffering of racial tense, religion conflict (Azan and Teresa Kok) and politic imbalance (weak team of Pak Lah). The altitude of “ignore the annoying” issue such as rising unemployment rate and inflation by Pak Lah has made his political story become dull. It is something like a calm lake but there is strong current beneath.

Pak Lah has ignored human right and failed to revive the government from bad lost on March 8th. UNMO members are now being wild like a lion out of the zoo. He could not tame the attitude of his UMNO members where sensitive issues are freely discussed and published in the media. UMNO sparked so many sensitive issues but somehow none of them “admitted” to Sungai Buloh as Pak Lah is now “Sazali’s” father. Three years suspended for Ahmad is not the answer to the Chinese and Indian as Malaysia was form by these three clans. HINDRAF was not entertained but now UMNO is contributing RM 30m to “legalized’ defamation in the national media. Nobody wants to persecute the Islam or the Malay. The thing is that they must discipline themselves as what Prophet Muhammad taught them to do so.

Today’s The Borneo Post press highlighted Taib’s intimidation to shut the annoying politicians as politic should learned by itself. We patterned his political journey with greed and arrogant which no one could question. Sarawak is said developing and no one should question how BN threat the people of Sarawak regardless race and religion. The media must be used fully to air intimidation as Taib has his right to obstruct freedom of press and speech. No one should talk freely about the state government weakness as PBB is doing well to uphold harmony and justice in the state. We are yet to see something different after his depart from politic. When? I do not know and let wait and see if SCORE is a true dream to be build within 5 months.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Politic Of Floods?

Project: Bengoh Dam
Main Contractor: Naim Cendera
Contract cost: RM310.65m

Naim Cendera website release:
http://www.naimcendera.com/future2.asp
CONSTRUCTION OF BENGOH DAM, KUCHING
Once completed, this 63 metre high by 267 metre long dam will have a capacity of 144 million cubic metres (1m3=1,000kg or 1 tonne) and will produce a lake with a surface area of approximately 10km square. Designed to secure Kuching's water supply for the foreseeable future, the dam will be only the second in Malaysia to be constructed using Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) technology, which offers a projected service life of 100 years. The package also includes ancillary buildings, infrastructure and associated works, and resettlement of the affected communities.

Press release:
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/24/business/18386034&sec=business
Tuesday July 24, 2007
Naim gets new project
KUALA LUMPUR: Naim Cendera Holdings Bhd told Bursa Malaysia that it has won a RM310.65mil contract for the construction of the Bengoh Dam in Kuching. – AFX-Asia

Sub-Contractor: Sino Hydro Corp. (China)
Sub-Contract cost: RM145m

Press release:
http://www.sinohydro.com/servlet/Report?node=56780&language=1
Sinohydro Corporation Won the Bidding of Malaysia Bengoh Water Supply Project
Malaysia Item Department2008-02-20
In February 2nd the Eighth Bureau of Sinohydro Corporation received the letter officially issued by the owner of Malaysia Bengoh water supply project, the total price is 145,000,000 Malaysia Ringgit (approximately 45,000,000 US dollars), which lays a solid foundation for the develpoment of Sinohydro Corporation in the Southeast Asia market.
Bengoh water supply project is the municipal administration public facility invested by Malaysia Federal State, which belongs to the international market non-water and electricity project. This project is located in the Kuching administrative area under the government of Malaysian Sarawak State, which is 42 kilometers away from Kuching urban district and the exterior transportation condition is good. The project is the inpounding and intake water project, mainly provides clean water source for downstream 30 kilometer place Batu Water Treatment Factory to solves the clean water source problem of Sarawak State capital Kuching city. The project includes a roller compacted concrete dam, intake water tank structure, upstream boat slope constructure and operating control office. The total excavation amount is approximately 305,000 cubic meters, the roller compaction concrete is 150,000 cubic meters and habit concrete 20,000 is cubic meters. The project is conducted by the way of primary contractor project, the total time limit is to plan to complete in 30 months.

Contract cost difference:
RM310.65m - RM145m = RM165.65m

So the RM165.65m difference go to where?
Piling jobs? Access road bridges jobs? Conman jobs?
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Politic Of DUN?

Project: New Sarawak Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Complex

Development of the new DUN building begun in September 2004 by a project development team made of a joint-venture between PPES Works (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd (55%) and Naim Cendera Sdn Bhd (45%).

Project cost: RM296.5 million

Hand-over of site by Jabatan Kerja Raya was made in July 2005.

Weblink:
http://www.naimcendera.com/ongoing2.asp
http://www.cmsb.com.my/works/prj_building.htm


Project Sub-COntractor: Bina Puri Holdings Berhad

Weblink:
http://www.binapuri.com.my/currentbuilding.htm

Subcontract cost: RM229 million

Cost difference: RM296.5 million - RM229 million = RM67.5 million

So the RM67.5 million go to where?

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Politic Of Timber?

Taib implicated in Indonesian timber scam
By Tony Thien

malaysiakini.com
2008-08-23

Indonesian logs are being illegally imported into Sarawak and re-exported as local timber to other countries, including China, Taiwan and Japan, according to an Indonesian newspaper report.

In the Aug 14 edition of the Tribun Pontianak, the Pontianak-based Indonesian language daily also implicated chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and Hardwood Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned unit of state agency Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC).

"The good name of the chief minister and that of the government-owned company have been marred by the report," Ng Kim Ho, PKR Sarawak state chief told Malaysiakini.

Ng said PKR will lodge a report with the Anti Corruption Agency on the matter. According to him, the Tribun Pontianak report was serious enough to warrant immediate investigation by the authorities here, especially since Indonesia and Malaysia have an existing agreement prohibiting the illegal export of logs.

"Let the relevant authorities carry out an immediate and thorough investigation," said Ng, who is also assemblyperson for Padungan.

The front-page news report was accompanied by a chart detailing how logs were being transported illegally from the forests in Ketapang and how they were being shipped out of West Kalimantan to two places. The names of some middlemen purportedly involved in the scam were also mentioned.

According to the report, several individuals were charged in an Indonesian court for complicity in illegal timber trade, including the forest controller for the area, a M Darwis. The report said Darwis admitted to receiving bribe money from the individuals in exchange for allowing the logs to be iilegally taken out of Ketapang.

The forest controller told the court the bribe money amounted to between Rp 10 million and Rp 40 million for each shipment of between 800 and 1,000 cubic metres of timber.

About 30 shipments of illegal logs worth some Rp2.16 trillion (about RM750,000) were being taken out either by land or sea across to the East Malaysian state every month.

NGOs go undercover
An Indonesian-based NGO together with a UK-based NGO investigating the illegal timber trade in Indonesia had gone undercover to Sarawak, where they traced the eventual destination of the logs.

The name of Hardwood Sdn Bhd was implicated, although Tribun Pontianak erroneously reported the firm was owned by he governor of Sarawak' Abdul Taib Mahmud.

The news report also highlighted a dialogue the European Commission had in Kuching with various stake-holders and NGOs on issues of the legality of the timber being exported to Europe.

The legality issue is tied to, among other things, the sources of the timber and respect for the rights of indigenuous groups living on the land from which the timber is extracted.

Malaysiakini understands some of the logs end up being processed by local industries, which would otherwise face a shortage because of an increase in manufacturing activities and also because Sarawak still allowed the export of timber. Up to 40 percent of the total annual production of round logs is exportable.

Timber is one of Sarawak's main earners accounting for several billions of ringgits in export revenue each year.

Reference Links:

(Polri Kejar Warga Malaysia Penadah Kayu Ilegal)
http://www.rambukota.com/showNews.php?id_news=71&cat=21

(Polisi Tangkap DPO Pembalakan Liar)
http://www.sinarharapan.co.id/berita/0804/07/nus01.html

('Pak Pulisi'Tergilas Gelondongan)
http://www.inilah.com/berita/2008/04/17/23448/%E2%80%98pak-pulisi%E2%80%99-tergilas-gelondongan/

(Indonesia akan Protes Malaysia Kapolri dan Menhut Ancam Cukong IL)
http://paktw.multiply.com/journal/item/50

Anonymous said...

Uthaya in court to face sedition trial
Oct 20, 08 11:42am

ISA-detained Hindraf leader P Uthayakumar is in Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court this morning for his sedition trial over a letter which he posted on a website.
MCPX

The letter, addressed to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, highlighted the alleged marginalisation of Indians in Malaysia.

uthayakumar hindraf hospital medical aid 200508 03In the letter, Uthayakumar also sought the help of the British government to move emergency UN resolution condemning ethnic cleansing in Malaysia.

The letter was dated Nov 15, 2007 and sent from Hindraf main office in Seremban.

Uthayakumar, in ISA detention since Dec 13 for undertaking Hindraf activities, was charged on Dec 11. He pleaded not guilty and is out on a RM50,000 bail before he was detained under the detention-without-trial Act two days later.

He was charged under Section 4 (1)(c) of the Sedition Act 1948 which carries a fine of not exceeding RM5,000 or a jail term not exceeding three years or both for a first offence.

Prosecution is led by deputy public prosecutor Raja Rozeela Raja Toran while N Surindran and M Manoharan represent Uthayakumar.

Commotion in court

Hearing is before Sessions judge Sabariah Othman but the trial today was preceded by a small commotion in the courtroom when the case was moved to another court, but also before the same judge.

Hindraf supporters were unhappy when they were not allowed into the new courtroom. A shouting match ensued between the supporters and the police, with Uthayakumar - wearing a white shirt and a blue pants - joining in as well.

He was brought from Kamunting detention centre for the trial yesterday.

A woman fainted in the ensuing disorder and was taken to a hospital in an ambulance.

More than 150 Hindraf supporters had gathered at the court complex since early morning for the case.

The government had banned the organisation last week for playing up sensitive issues.

BN parties must speak out

On a related matter, Hindraf chairperson P Waythamoorthy urged all BN component parties to make their stand on the banning of Hindraf and the real problems facing the ethnic Indian community.

"Hindraf urges component parties within BN to come out of their cocoon and speak up the truth on the real situation facing the Indians and the impact of the Umno repression on Hindraf which is causing great uneasiness amongst the people," he said in a statement today.

He said that the Umno-led government "cannot go on forever silencing all legitimate voice of democracy in the unfounded and malicious allegation of national security".

He said the BN component parties have a moral duty to speak up the truth in the larger national interest and to protect and uphold the rule of law.

Anonymous said...

Legal, moral victory for Iban community
Tony Thien | Oct 21, 08 2:11pm

The Iban community of Sarawak recorded a major legal and moral victory when the High Court in Bintulu ruled in their favour in a case involving Native Customary Rights (NCR) to land.

The court yesterday upheld a magistrate’s decision to reject a criminal charge against 14 Iban from a longhouse in Bintulu Division Rumah Nor, for allegedly occupying state land illegally.

baru bianAfter hearing submissions by their lawyer Baru Bian (right) and the deputy public prosecutor, judge Sunggau Gunting rejected the prosecution’s appeal against the lower court’s decision.

The judge said doubts had been raised as to whether the 14 had committed a criminal offence under Section 209 (1)(a) of the Land Code of Sarawak on May 20, 1998, when they allegedly occupied ‘without authority’ the state land within the proposed Bandar Samarakan township.

Baru Bian later told Malaysiakini that the High Court’s decision was not a surprise because NCR claims can extend to state land.

The group was charged in the Bintulu Magistrate’s Court on Feb 29, 2002. They claimed trial on grounds that they held NCR for the area where they had built farm huts. They said this was within their pemakai menua (territorial domain).

gavel justice judiciary lawDuring the proceedings, their lawyer cited a related Court of Appeal judgment in the Nor Nyawai civil case. The respondent lost the case, but the court recognised that parts of the contested land was under NCR and therefore should be accorded to indigenous peoples.

The Nor Nyawai judgement reads: “The balance of 17,227 acres is not contested by the appellants (therefore should be considered) as being under native customary rights.”

During the criminal trial, the 14 accused maintained that their huts were built within the stipulated area, although a prosecution witness had disputed their claim.

The testimony did not distinguish the NCR and non-NCR areas sufficiently for the magistrate, who then freed the accused without calling for their defence on May 25, 2006.

This led to the prosecution filing an appeal. However, after yesterday’s decision in the High Court, there has been no indication of a further appeal.

Since being freed, the 14 have sued the Sarawak government for malicious prosecution and for damages due to demolition of some of their huts.

According to their lawyer, the civil case is pending in the Bintulu Sessions Court and is expected to proceed soon.

Anonymous said...

well you see you have been saying all the bad things about ATM and yet he did not take any action to silence you. You are still free to slander him as you will. I found your media freedom is rather absurd and you are inconsistent.

Anonymous said...

" I found your media freedom is rather absurd and you are inconsistent."

It's even more absurd and crazy that nepotism and cronism and political dynasty is already a casual culture.

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