Prove that Najib always keep his PROMISE!

Maybe not!

The next time Najib talks about the opposition not keeping their promise, maybe he should watch this clip to remind himself that he himself is willing to lie outright just to please the crowd!




As we can see in the video, Najib had promise the protestors that he would meet with them later just so that he can shut them up!

However Malaysiakini had reported the following...
"...eyewitnesses present told Malaysiakini that they were subject to stringent security checks, with metal scanners and body searches included, besides their photographs being taken and personal details recorded before they could enter the venue.

Asked why these measures were taken, the crowd was told they may receive “ang pow” from Najib if they put down their particulars.

Some of the attendees also claimed that besides the strong security presence, members of the police Special Branch also took pictures of the crowd.

As Najib began his speech even as the protesters shouted "Bersih, bersih, bersih," the premier began to look a little flustered and pleaded with the crowd to “please stop”.

He promised them that they could speak to him later.

An eyewitness saw a protester who refused to leave being manhandled and forcibly thrown out of the hall by security personnel.

“The protester is said to have sprained his ankle. Special Branch officers and Najib’s bodyguards also approached a number of protesters and escorted them out.

A Lying Coward!

I truly believe that Najib is an evil man!

Especially hearing the lies that came our of his mouth today!

Malaysiakini reported that..

The gathering organised by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and supported by the opposition parties near the Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday was an attempt to topple the government ..., said Najib Abdul Razak.

TOPPLE THE GOVERNMENT?!?! Lie No.1! Either that or he must be plain stupid for not understanding the meaning of Clean and Fair Elections!

LIE NO. 2

“They had the intention to take over Dataran Merdeka, not to gather for two or three hours but for two or three days or even longer, to show that the government cannot control the situation.

LIE NO. 3

“They wanted to make Dataran Merdeka like the Tahrir Square in Egypt,” he said when launching the Kelantan State 1Malaysia Community Carnival at the Civic Centre Hall in Gua Musang today.

LIE NO. 4

“I don’t deny there may have been some police brutality, but it could have been avoided if rally participants obeyed the law approved by Parliament,” he said.

SOME POLICE BRUTALITY?? This idiot must not know how the YouTube works!

He further defends the police brutality with a 5 years old mentality saying we started it first!

Best part is that he has even dares to challenged the group to compete in the election.

“If they are man enough, let's compete through votes in the election,” he added.

EXCUSE ME MR PM! You should just shut up if you were not even brave enough to be in KL for Bersih 2.0 or Bersih 3.0!!!

Reflection of BERSIH 3.0

What are the things to remember about BERSIH 3.0?

1. Hishammuddin is a BIG FAT LIAR!

Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar has clarified that confiscating memory cards and cameras belonging to journalists is not part of the police standard operating procedure (SOP).
This contradicts Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein’s claim that the seizure of journalists’ equipment while covering Saturday’s Bersih 3.0 rally was part of police SOP.

"There is no such thing. We act in accordance with the law," Ismail replied curtly when pressed on the matter at a press conference at the police headquarters at Bukit Aman.

Yesterday, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that the camera and memory cards belonging to journalists were seized as part of the SOP.

2. Police beating up Journalist/Photographer and stealing their memory card

 - From Malaysiakini

 - From Al Jazeera 

 

Al Jazeera cameraman Ray Jones was punched on the head while Fawcett was grabbed by police who were stopping them from filming other officers assaulting the protestors.

- Merdeka Review reporter Chen Shaua Fui

- Malay Mail cameraman, Muhammad Arif Kartono

- Even Zan Azlee a freelance journalist who has been to Afghanistan (right), Lebanon and South Thailand to shoot documentaries said that he had never felt as intimidated as he was at Bersih 3.0 in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday.

Zan figured something was amiss by early evening when he noticed that many police officers had taken off their name tags. And then he saw gangs of them beating up protestors.

He talks about how journalists got assaulted for shooting pictures and videos of police brutality. He himself was manhandled, hauled in and briefly detained by the police.

After he was released, as he walking towards his car, Zan noticed a number of people lying unconscious on the street as ambulances came to pick them up one by one.


- The Sun Reporter Radzi Razak and etc

3. Worse Police Brutality compared to BERSIH 2.0

4. ASTRO censorship of BBC and Al Jazeera

Satellite TV network Astro has admitted to censoring the BBC news report on the Bersih 3.0 rally it aired last Saturday "to comply with the national content regulations".

In a statement emailed to Malaysiakini from Al Jazeera English's head office in Doha, Qatar, the network said Astro has to date not informed them about the possible cuts made to its news programmes.

"Our news report was a factual account of events that day, and intrusion in our editorial process is unwarranted. We have not been censored in this way by another distribution platform anywhere in the world," it said




5. Traffic Police officer pulling his gun on civilians! 


An eyewitness has come forward to reveal that a traffic police officer had pulled out his gun and aimed it at a protester during Bersih 3.0 last Saturday.

According to KL Lai, the police officer pointed his gun at a protester at Jalan Esfahan after another officer crashed his patrol car into protesters.

“I saw a protester freeze and put his hands up. The traffic police officer had his back on me.









This is what our Police force has come down to thanks to Hishammuddin!!


We need to be ready for Bersih 4.0 to save our country!!!!

What is the reason for Bersih 3.0? Kim Quek explains clearly!

By Kim Quek

COMMENT It is now confirmed - the parliamentary select committee (PSC) on electoral reform report is a scam to hoodwink Malaysians into thinking that the Barisan Nasional (BN) government is finally restoring democratic election.

While nothing concrete has been achieved to ensure the cleansing of the "phantom" infested electoral roll and the elimination of rampant corruption and abuse of power that has become the trademark of Malaysian elections, the main stream media has painted the town red with false propaganda that the PSC report is a reform agenda that will make any democracy proud.

Just look at The Starnewspaper of April 4. The entire front page was splashed with goodies from the PSC, headlined ‘Hooray for voters’.

Some of the prominently displayed items were: ‘Allowing citizens to vote by post or at Malaysian missions’, ‘Creating a caretaker government after the dissolution’, ‘Continuous cleaning of the electoral roll’, ‘EC to have its own budget and be answerable to Parliament’, ‘EC to be restructured to enforce election laws’, ‘Provide allocations to political parties and candidates based on the number of seats and number of votes obtained’, and ‘Have a balanced delineation election constituencies’.

Wah! Isn’t it wonderful. From now on, Malaysians can finally raise their heads to claim that they have a practicing democracy!

But, rejoice not. This PSC report is not a bearer of fruits but a messenger of false hopes.

The PSC report’s 22 recommendations are only a series of expressions of hope that the Election Commission (EC) will do this or that.

Knowing the deeply political partisanship of EC and its unashamedly pro-BN stance to resist reform, what hope is there anything meaningful will be done to alleviate the nightmare of Malaysians of another dirty election ahead - by all counts, the worst?

There was not a word in the report on the numerous cases of fraud uncovered in the electoral roll or on the blatant open bribery and abuse of power that have gone from bad to worse from one by-election to another since the 2008 general election.

Hypocritical participation

Without acknowledging and probing the existing flaws how can there be any remedy?

There was no concrete measure proposed or firm commitment made by any quarter in the BN regime that the serious flaws that have made a mockery of our election will be rectified before the next election.

In fact, the hypocritical participation of EC in the PSC reform effort is glaringly demonstrated through the continuing cheating in the electoral roll that was going on out right during the working sessions of the PSC.

This was exposed during the press conference of Bersih 2.0 announcing its impending mass demonstration on April 28.

At the press conference on April 4, two academicians with authoritative research on Malaysian elections revealed numerous cases of ongoing fraud in the electoral roll.

Wong Chin Huat (left) demonstrated four methods adopted by fraudsters to “clone” voters through variation of one or more of personal data like names, old and new identity card numbers, addresses and dates of birth.

Ong Kian Ming revealed irregularities in the postal voter roll that showed double registration and unqualified postal voters among the security personnel. These instances were described as only the “tip of the iceberg”.

From numerous previous revelations, it is now an established fact that our electoral roll is heavily infested with “phantom voters” - either through manipulation of the electoral roll or through illegal granting of citizenship to foreigners (which is particularly rampant in Sabah as proven in court).

It is therefore imperative and of utmost urgency that an independent body be commissioned to comprehensively audit both the electoral roll and the citizenship registry to flush out these “phantoms”.

But there was nothing in the PSC report to even remotely suggest that this cleansing process will proceed forthwith.

It is ironical that the PSC which is dominated by BN, instead of scrapping the notorious postal voting system as strongly demanded by reformists, has further expanded its scope.

This postal voting is a discredited system that has been profusely abused to give consistently more than 90 percent electoral support to the ruling BN.

Illegitimate advantage

Originally meant for the soldiers and police, it will now be extended to cover media workers and EC personnel, the latter, according to reports, has alarmingly increased from 140,000 to 240,000 personnel.

This decision by PSC which quickly acted upon by EC to gazette the new postal voters will no doubt add a major illegitimate advantage to BN in the coming polls.

Another major injustice that has rendered our election meaningless is BN’s stranglehold on the mass media (save the Internet), which while serving BN’s parochial political interests in ordinary times, is turned into full blast propaganda machines in election time to falsely glorify BN while running down or blacking out news of its opponents.

Electoral democracy being a game of perception, the existence of such a grotesquely lop-sided information dissemination system makes a total mockery of our democracy, not to mention putting BN’s opponents in grave disadvantage.

In recognition of reformists’ earnest requests for free and fair media coverage, PSC has, however, only given its lip service.

In recommendation No.9, PSC merely says it has “taken note” of the Information Ministry’s “readiness” to grant fair media access to all parties and candidates in the poll.

PSC further “recommends” that the EC take note of Article 115(2) of the federal constitution which stipulates that other authorities shall on request assist EC to discharge its duties as may be practicable.

If fair reporting is a serious undertaking by BN, why didn’t the ministry give a solemn pledge to honour this “readiness” instead of only the EC “taking note”?

Will this “note” taken by the EC lead to fair media coverage? Knowing the disposition of EC and BN, your guess is as good as mine.

It should be apparent by now that no real reform will come while BN is in power, for any reform - particularly electoral reform - would mean the reduction of the illegitimate advantage enjoyed by them in the contest of political power.

And the present fake reform as exemplified by the setting up of this PSC was only a grudging concession thought of by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to recover some of the electoral support lost during the ill-advised crackdown on the Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9, 2011.

From that point of view, Bersih 2.0’s prompt call for another mass rally is a wise move. For only in the convincing show of strength could BN see the necessity to make some reforms, however disinclined it may feel towards them.

A simple explanation on why Malaysia's Elections are unfair

All Malaysian should read this article from Malaysiakini to understand why BERSIH 3.0 is crucial if the government does not reform the electoral process!

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A retiree arrested the attention of opposition members at the public hearing by the parliamentary select committee (PSC) on electoral reform, when he told them to forget about marching to Putrajaya under the current electoral system.

Armed with printouts of his presentation slides, Ng Chak Ngoon (right) who described himself as a retiree, presented the panel with a graph that showed 222 lines with every one being taller than the other as it progressed.

The graph, said Ng at the hearing in Kota Kinabalu yesterday, which saw several others testifying, was plotted against the population size of all the constituencies in ascending order for the 2008 general election.

"All on the left (in blue) are won by BN, on the right (in red) are all won by the opposition. The BN constituencies are very small and the opposition constituencies are very big. So what is happening here?

"It's not by chance that all the people in big constituencies like the opposition and all those people in the small constituencies like BN. I would think there is a design here for the Election Commission (EC) to sub-divide all the BN areas into smaller areas to increase their number of MPs," he said.

Ng added that the smallest constituency, BN-held Putrajaya only had 6,008 voters but Opposition-held Kapar had a staggering 112,224 voters, 17 times more than Putrajaya.

‘Kapar can have 17 MPs'

"If we break down Kapar to the size of Putrajaya, you would have 17 MPs from Kapar instead of just one."

If all the seats are made into equal size, Ng added, the last general election would yield a result where BN and Pakatan Rakyat would only have a difference of seven seats in Parliament as opposed to the actual results of 140 to 82 seats.

He further estimated that if a party relied on all the small seats to win power, it would only require 15.4 percent of the total votes to form a majority in Parliament.

"If the opposition thinks they can march to Putrajaya, forget about it."

At this point, PSC member Anthony Loke who is DAP's Rasah MP quipped: "Very demoralising."

Explaining further, Ng said the smallest constituency in Malaysia was 13 percent of the national average while the largest was 288 percent, in contrast to the UK's which smallest and largest constituency are 77 percent and 153 percent of the national average respectively.

"If the EC is sincere, it should redraw all the constituencies, this is not gerrymandering, this is outright cheating."

PSC member Dr Hatta Ramli later concurred, pointing out that the Baling parliamentary constituency, supposedly a rural seat, had an unusually large number of constituents at around 70,000.

"This was because PAS has won the seat before," said Hatta, who then asked if Ng thought this was ethical.

"Unethical is a mild word, Can I answer outside?" replied Ng in reference to parliamentary rules that require members in the hearing to abide by appropriate language.

State by state breakdown

Ng later proceeded to present similar graphs with a state by state breakdown at which PSC member Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad said: "Can you rate Kangar?", in reference to his own constituency.

"If you have Negeri Sembilan's, I would like to see my chances of winning," added Loke.

At this, Ng quipped: "I'll have to charge you for consultancy."

When asked by PSC member Fong Chan Onn (right) on how the panel can accommodate the increase of seats for Sabah and Sarawak to meet the Malaysian Federation agreement of 34 percent into his recommendations, Eng replied: "What is your objective?

"To win the election or to have an equitable dispersion of votes? If these are conflicting desires, obviously we cannot come to a compromise. BN has to answer that question, not me, I'm a retired man."

Is Najib lying about reforms!?

Recent event has proven that Najib is an outright liar with regards to reforms (of the ISA and Police Act)

Recently the BN government use the ISA to catch 13 people in Sabah. Why use a law that is suppose to be done away with?? So much for your intention to abolish ISA.

Even worst is the new "Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011" the BN govt is proposing!

It is scary!! It will effective turn Malaysia into a Police State!

Among the main points of the proposed law are:

• 30 days' advance notice for assemblies, except for those in designated areas as defined by the home minister;

• after notification, the assemblies can proceed, unless there are objections from the police;

• no street protests are allowed;

• no protests in or anywhere in a 50-metre buffer zone around prohibited areas defined in a list, which includes hospitals, schools and places of worship;

• Section 8 allows a police officer 'to take such measures he/she deems necessary' to ensure compliance;

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

• Section 20(1)(c) allows police to arrest anyone who brings, allows to come or recruits children for an assembly;

• Section 21(3) allows the police to fine those arrested up to RM20,000;

• those under 21 years of age are not allowed to organise assemblies; and

• children under 15 are not allowed to take part in assemblies, except in cultural or religious events such as funeral corteges or events approved by the home minister.

See the full Assembly Bill here!

Example of this new law being worst then the old Police act includes:

1. “Under the new law, a person can be fined up to RM20,000 as compared to RM10,000 under the Police Act,”

2. 30-day notice that organisers must give the police before holding an assembly!

3.Section 15(2)(h) allows the district police chief to decide on:

1. Date, time and duration of assembly;
2. The venue;
3. Manner of the assembly;
4. Conduct of participants;
5. Clean-up costs arising from the assembly;
6. Any inherent environmental factor, cultural or religious sensitivity and historical significance of the place of assembly;
7. Concerns and objections of persons who have interests; or
8. Any other matter that he deems necessary or expedient in relation to the assembly.

Anyone violating the restrictions and conditions will be liable to a maximum fine of RM10,000.

“It is clear that the real intention of Najib and his government is to make it as difficult and as burdensome as possible for the people to peacefully assemble.”

The Bill demonstrates that we have rogue politicians ruling the country as the stifling provisions are a flagrant breach of the federal constitution, that allows for freedom of expression and does not stipulate any age barriers.

None of these provisions are in line with Najib's promise to enable a more vibrant democratic space.

Whatever the analysis, we the rakyat simply cannot take the Bill sitting down. If we do not act now, it would send a signal to the government which would clearly translate to mean it can bulldoze into our democratic space and civil liberties.

I therefore concur with law expert Abdul Aziz Bari that this Bill must be challenged in court, for it violates the federal constitution. This would send a strong message to the government that we will not allow the ruling elite to trample on our rights.

(partly taken from...)
CHARLES SANTIAGO is the DAP member of parliament for Klang.

The right reaction to stupid MCA proposal!

From Malaysiakini

The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) today (12 Nov) took a strong stance against MCA's proposal to disallow voting for Malaysians residing overseas.

Speaking to Malaysiakini on the sidelines of the parliamentary select committee (PSC) on electoral reform, its chairperson Ambiga Sreenevesan said that denying the constitutional right to vote based on logistics is “appalling”.

“It’s appalling and completely baseless, including their damage control after that,” she said, referring to MCA’s proposal to the committee on the first day of the public hearing yesterday.

“We cannot use logistics to deprive citizens of the constitutional right to vote... Overseas voters, too, are ready to assist in any way to make it work.”

MCA had yesterday told the panel that Malaysians residing overseas should not be allowed to vote as they are “out of touch” with the real situation in the country, and may rely on “doubtful, biased and wrong” information.

Its president Dr Chua Soi Lek later clarified that it is also because allowing these people to vote will pose a logistical challenge.

Count ballots at embassies

"Don't underestimate Malaysians overseas," said Ambiga.

She added that Bersih 2.0's stand is for ballots to be counted at the embassy with the results sent immediately after polls have ended.

In his submission today, Bersih 2.0 steering committee member Wong Chin Huat said that a way to address the logistical issue is to get voters overseas to conduct advanced voting.

He said they will then have to register with the Malaysian mission abroad two weeks ahead so the mission will be able to know which constituencies they will be voting for and how many ballot boxes to prepare.

Wong also suggested that 13 ballot boxes for states and 16 for parliament be provided, instead of for all constituencies and for the ballot papers be sorted when they are counted.

"It is a question of political will," Ambiga said.

Excuses excuses

Meanwhile, at the public hearing, Association for the Promotion of Human Rights’ representative Ramon Navaratnam also disagreed with MCA on the issue.

"Some say Malaysians abroad don't stay in touch, but some people say they know more than we do...they are aware and to disqualify them for being unaware is unjust," he said.

He added that such views by a party that is part of the ruling government gives rise to suspicion that the government is "willy nilly using this (reason) to maintain status quo".

Ramon also disagreed with committee member Fong Chang Onn (BN-Alor Gajah) who suggested that Malaysians should adopt practices in other countries like Australia, that disqualify its citizens who have left the country for more than five years from voting.

Read here to see BERSIH proposal to the PSC

BN leaders fighting to say the dumbest thing!

Recently Malaysiakini Reported

The proposal to allow Malaysians living overseas to vote during general elections has been rejected by the MCA, which announced today that these people are "out of touch" with the country.

Presenting the party's views at the parliamentary select committee on electoral reform, central committee member Ei Kim Hock said extending the vote to Malaysians residing abroad would be unreasonable as they receive "doubtful" information. "Voters residing overseas should not be allowed to vote. We view this seriously as those who reside abroad are out of touch and do not truly understand the situation in Malaysia. "We are doubtful over the kind of information they receive... The future of the nation should be with those who remain in the country," Ei said.

In their memorandum submitted to the committee, MCA said that what Malaysians overseas read about the country is “biased” and “wrong”. “They are getting bits and pieces of news from various sources to try to form a picture of what is happening in the country,” the memorandum read.

Read more here!

Later Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has chastised MCA central committee member Datuk Ei Kim Hock for saying the party opposed overseas voting as Malaysians living abroad were “out of touch” with the state of affairs here

“My man didn’t explain it properly ” the MCA president told reporters after attending a Barisan Nasional BN supreme council meeting at the Putra World Trade Centre here

“They came on Wednesday evening to say there must be somebody representing MCA. So we picked one of the nine guys who was willing to go ” he added Dr Chua clarified that the MCA did not agree with overseas voting purely because it presented a “logistical nightmare” as considerable resources would have to be devoted to ensure its success.

You all shoud read the comments of Malaysian in reaction to the stupidity of MCA and his President!

Just reading the statement of the MCA president and you will see how little they care about cleaning up the electoral process! OUT of 9 top fellows from MCA only 1 was willing to go and that one turns out to be such an idiot that he managed to get scolded by his MCA boss that is an idiot himself! How can we trust MCA to be our government?!?

Worst still the Star reported today that the Government does not plan to amend the Constitution to enable Malaysians to be registered automatically as voters upon reaching the age of 21.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk V. K. Liew told the Dewan Rakyat Tuesday that this method had its weaknesses and could pose problems if implemented.

He said that due to the high mobility rate, most Malaysians now did not live at the address originally registered in their identity card and did not register the address change.

Another idiot from the government that does not realize that this problems exist weather there is automatic registration or normal registration.

Does the stupid minister thinks that you mobility rate drops after you register yourself normally??

I wonder if the Minister can differentiate the difference between voter registration and updating of addresses?!?

Thankfully there is some people in Malaysia how actually has a brain and knows how to use it! (read the above link)

Speaking of having a brain but not knowing how to use it is none other then Khairy J

Khairy said the company - National Meat and Livestocks Corporation (NMLC) - had RM83 million sitting idle because the NFC production was delayed.

PKR had exposed more documents to show that the NFC had paid RM9.8 million for a unit of the One Menerung condominium in upmarket Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.

Do they leave the money given to the NLMC in a current account that does not bring big returns while waiting for the satellite farms... or do they invest the money and reap some returns while waiting for the delays to be overcome?” said Khairy.

I just love Malaysians reaction to his justification! Please read it here!

Khairy should tell us which bank would lend you a project facility, and later allow you to draw down and utilise/invest the said funds for something that has got no connection whatsoever with that project

In a related development NFC executive chairman Datuk Mohamad Salleh Ismail reportedly said at a press conference on 17 Nov that it bought two condominiums at RM6 9 million and rented them out at RM70 000 a month giving a yield of some 12 9 per cent. However this has been serious doubts over this reports according some property experts.

In another new development, Malaysiakini reported that...

The National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) was able to withdrawn its RM250 million soft loan from the government even before a contract with the government was signed.

This was revealed by Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Azmi Khalid (right) after the committee interviewed several Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry officers today.

“In this case, the money was disbursed in 2009 into a special account which needs the (relevant) ministry’s approval, to be withdrawn for the company’s operations.

“But only after the money was disbursed (in 2009) was the contract signed a year later in 2010,” Azmi told reporters.

I bet this NFC scandal will go unpurnish along with many other serious corruption scandal.

Meanwhile Teoh Beng Hock murderer still goes unpurnish. Just note the MACC investigation related to Teoh Beng Hock was for around RM2,000.00!!!!

This is Malaysian Justice for you!!

2million, 11,000 police to control 10,000 people? Make no sense!

Malaysiakini reported that the Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the government has spent over RM2 million to deploy over 11,000 police personnel to quash the Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9.

So what the Homo Minister is saying... is that they spend RM2million to deploy over 11,000 police to control (what the main stream media like NST reported) only 10,000 people during the BERSIH rally!

Does that make sense?!?! Some one is lying!! Who?!?!?

BERSIH Demand crucial! (Media freedom!)

One of BERSIH demands is to have a level playing field when it comes to the mass media. Most right thinking Malaysian will admit that this is not the case in Malaysia. And if you need prove of how paranoid the govt is in terms of controlling the mass media, you only have to see today's news.

1. An episode of Media Prima-owned television station ntv7's Chinese edition of the current affairs programme, Siasat, which is aired every Thursday, was barred from being aired last night.

No explanation was given for the sudden decision to take this particular episode, titled "I want to go to school", off the air.

An old episode of the 30-minute Siasat series was aired during the time slot for the award-winning programme, which is 11.30 every Thursday night.

The Siasatproduction team announced the change on its Facebook page last night, without giving any explanation.

Some Facebook users suspect the reason to be political interference or media control.

An ntv7 source told Malaysiakini, that the team received a directive from the TV station's "higher authorities" on Wednesday, saying the documentary "I want to go to school" should not be aired.

They gave no reason, the source added.

He believes that the episode may have been deemed "harmful to Sabah's image", since it explores the plight of Sabah's native races in the areas of education and poverty, as well as touches on the shortage of electricity and water supplies in the state.

He added that this particular episode has also faced problems with the Censorship Board, and the producers had been forced to edit out some content. Yet, it could not escape the 'don't screen it' order.

Another source said it was not difficult to imagine the ban on the "I want to go to school" segment of the Siasat series because it touched on "sensitive issues".

On the SiasatFacebook page, the production team said this episode tries to reflect on the relative slow development in Sabah and Sarawak, despite the two states having joined Malaysia 48 years ago.

The team says: "For the last decade and more, Sabah remains the poorest state. In terms of education, 21 percent of Sabahans never receive education.

"What kind of future these children will have? Why there is sharp wealth inequality in the town and rural areas of Sabah? Let us reflect this on question as we celebrate Malaysia Day."

Malaysiakini made several attempts to contact ntv7's Chinese news

2. The authorities must explain why local stations have been directed not to air a non-partisan video encouraging the public to register as voters, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar says.

“I am disturbed after reading the news that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) directed local broadcasters this week to not use the Undilah public service announcement (PSA) that was produced by Pete Teo and launched on Hari Malaysia,” she said in a statement today.

Nurul Izzah (right), who was one of the participants in the video clip that also featured BN politicians such as Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and Deputy Education Minister Wee Ka Siong (below), said this contradicted with the government leaders' claims that Malaysia was the “world's best democracy”.

“At a time when those leading the country clamour about making Malaysia the 'best democracy' in the world, actions taken by entities like MCMC clearly undermine such efforts and belittle the intelligence of Malaysians,” said the MP who is also a PKR vice-president.

She maintained that the PSA was a rally cry for Malaysians to register as voters to strengthen the country's democratic process.

“It is meant to rouse the democratic spirit of all Malaysians, regardless of political leanings.

“I call on the MCMC to clarify its orders to local broadcasters regarding this PSA, and in fact I urge MCMC to reverse its order and promote the video as a step to strengthening the democratic practice in our beloved country,” said Nurul Izzah.

A news website reported today that MCMC had in an email this week directed Astro and Media Prima Bhd not to air the PSA, as it featured opposition politicians as well as Tengku Razaleigh referring to problems the country was facing.

'MCMC must be non-partisan'

Tengku Razaleigh opens the four-and-a-half minute video saying, “Malaysia is a beautiful country, but there are many problems. I don't need to talk about them. We know what these problems are.

“What I do want to say is, Malaysia's future is in our hands. So if you haven't registered to vote, please do so as soon as possible...

“Remember, whatever happens, Malaysia is your country, this is our country, she has many problems. Malaysia needs us."

It also features Deputy Health Minister Rosnah Abd Rashid Shirlin (right in photo), DAP Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, PAS Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad and PKR Seri Setia assemblyperson Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, along with artistes such as Namewee and Afdlin Shauki.

Nurul Izzah reminded MCMC that it was an independent body that should remain non-partisan in carrying out its duties.

“Let not MCMC's independence be subject to the political machinations of an archaic and dogmatic minister, who is lost in the undercurrents of partisan politics and quite out of touch with the latest developments in Malaysia's political scene,” she said.

On Malaysia Day on Sept 16, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak claimed that he wouldrepeal the draconian Internal Security Act to make Malaysia the best democracy in the world

Among the reforms he announced includedamendments to the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA), which has been seen as the biggest obstacle to media freedom in the country.

Meanwhile, polls watchdog Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) has called the ban on the advertisement as illogical as it is against the government's democratic pledge.

Bersih 2.0 steering committee member A Subramaniam Pillay, describing the video's withdrawal as defying logic, said it contradicted Najib's efforts to call for greater democracy.

“It seems as though the PM is doing something and then someone else is doing something else. The decision to ban the video completely is opposed to the prime minister's efforts for greater democracy and political liberalisation,” Subramaniam said.

“It also defies logic, as the Undilah video is seen as non-partisan.”

Another Bersih steering committee member, Maria Chin Abdullah, said the video encouraged people to register as voters, while her colleague, Arul Prakkash, said the video merely voiced a basic right of the people.

“If this is sensitive to the media, then when election time approaches, even the word undilah (vote) would be banned,” Arul quipped.

Why BERSIH 3.0 is necessary to save Malaysia!

From Malaysiakini

Leaked cable: Ex-EC chief issued 60,000 fake ICs

A leaked US Embassy cable carries an explosive charge against former Election Commission (EC) chief Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman - that he admitted to issuing more than 60,000 fake Malaysian identity cards to foreign workers in Sabah in the 1990s on Umno's orders.

The cable, posted on WikiLeaks, quotes former Malaysians for Free and Fair Elections (Mafrel) chief Malek Husin as claiming that Rashid confessed this to him during a private meeting at Rashid's house on Oct 25, 2006.

In the cable marked confidential, Malek is said to have told US Embassy officials that Rashid (left) also confirmed Umno's launch of a "shadowy" campaign in the 1990s to wrest political control of Sabah - held until 1994 by then opposition front PBS.

"During that decade, Umno granted citizenship and Malaysian identity cards to over 600,000 foreign migrant workers (predominantly Muslims from Indonesia and Mindanao in the Philippines) in Sabah, in exchange for their votes in state assembly elections.

"According to Husin, Rashid 'admitted to personally issuing over 60,000 fraudulent Malaysian ICs in Sabah', to help Umno assume political control there," the cable says.

Up to the time of writing, Malaysiakini was unable to get an answer to calls or a text message sent to Abdul Rashid's mobile phone.

Instant citizenship and voting rights for illegal immigrants have long been an issue in Sabah, with local leaders within and outside the BN coalition having repeatedly demanded a solution from the federal government.

However, nothing has come of their demands.

It is claimed that the situation became acute in the 1990s, with the blame placed on then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for allegedly launching what is now called 'Projek IC' - a clandestine operation said to involve the National Registration Department, related government agencies and their agents - to artificially boost votes in favour of Umno and the BN.

In the 1994 state election, PBS - which had held Sabah as an independent opposition front since 1985 - saw its majority hold of the state assembly reduced to a razor-thin margin over the BN.

Although PBS was eventually toppled with a string of defections to the BN by party stalwarts, many blamed the contentious 'Projek IC' for playing a major role in the success of BN's hostile takeover of Sabah.

Wan Ahmad is 'anti-reform'

The cable, created on March 16, 2007, also includes Malek's claim that Rashid had described EC deputy chief Wan Ahmad Wan Omar as "an Umno member who is anti-reform".

Malek is said to have told US Embassy officials that Rashid had intended to stay on as EC chief until "the number two is gone", with the aim of easing in then EC secretary, Kamaruzaman Mohd Noor, as his successor.

In a separate meeting with Kamaruzaman, the cable quoted him as telling US Embassy officials that the EC was not in a position to push for reforms, as each and every proposal had to go through the Prime Minister's Office for approval.

Kamaruzaman is also reported to have said that the EC has no power to investigate election day abuses, with it having to refer allegations of fraud or election tampering to either the police or the Anti-Corruption Agency, the predecessor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

Battle for polls reform 'very steep'

Based on meetings among US Embassy officials and the EC, Mafrel, Bersih and several academicians, the cable summarised that electoral reforms in Malaysia faced a "very steep uphill battle" as it moved towards the March 2008 general election.

It ironically proved to be a watershed outing for opposition parties, which were able to deny the BN a two-thirds majority in Parliament.

The cable described the "Umno-led BN governing coalition" as keeping a tight rein over all important levers of power, including the EC, leaving little wiggle room for any efforts to open up elections to greater transparency and fairness.

It pointed out that, despite concerted efforts by Mafrel and Bersih to push for grassroots engagement in their bid for a revamp of an electoral system heavily tilted in BN's favour, "their best efforts will almost certainly not produce meaningful reforms", at least in the medium term.

"Umno, in power since independence, faces no effective public, opposition party or internal pressure to reduce its overwhelming powers of incumbency," the cable states.

What document could they possibly have been carrying?!?

Perhaps a manual on how to blow up a Mongolian lady!?

Or is it a U help me I help you book!?!

Or could it be a guide book on how to stay clean! (BERSIH!)

Goodness me I hope it is not just a book on Communism. Afterall doesn't the national library have books on Communism ideology? Will the police go and catch the librarian next?!?!

IDIOTS!!!

Taken from Malaysiakini!

The six PSM activists who were released last week from detention under the Emergency Ordinance have been charged for being in possession of subversive documents.

They claimed trial to the charge under Section 43 of the Societies Act and an alternative charge under Section 48(1) of the same law.

The activists - dubbed the 'PSM 6' - also face a charge under Section 29(1) of the Internal Security Act (ISA) for possession of allegedly subversive documents.

Butterworth Sessions Court judge Ikmal Hisham Mohd Tajuddin set bail at RM8,000 each, and fixed the hearing from Oct 10-14.

Despite the PSM defence lawyers' argument that bail should be lowered as the six had undegone physical and mental hardship under detention and would voluntarily turn up for the hearing, DPP Suhaimi Ibrahim insisted that the amount should remain the same.

The six are Sungai Siput MP Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj, PSM activists Choo Chon Kai, Sarat Babu, M Sarasvathy, M Sukumaran, and A Letchumanan.

They will be tried together with 24 other PSM activists who had been charged earlier.

Section 48 states that anyone who acts on behalf of or represents an unlawful society by bringing with them 600 photocopies of pamphlets is liable to a maximum penalty of five years' jail, a fine of up to RM5,000, or both.

Section 43 stipulates that whoever is a member, attends meetings of or aids, an unlawful society is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding RM5,000, or both.

The same charges were brought against 24 other activists who were detained in Sungai Dua, Penang, while on their 'Udah Bersaralah' roadshow on June 25.

All 30 activists were initially detained on suspicion of planning to wage war against the Agong.

The reason was later reduced to that of posing a threat to public order.

The police then said the six had been detained over their 'key role' in the July 9 Bersih 2.0 rally.

However, they were released on July 29.

'Authorities have mishandled the case'

Meanwhile, speaking outside the courthouse, Jeyakumar said the authorities have mishandled their case as badly as they had treated the Bersih 2.0 rally.

He added that the government had “shot themselves in the foot” when they arrested the PSM activists and ordered police to treat Bersih protesters harshly.

By the government's mishandling of Bersih and PSM activists, the former had allowed the protest to benefit the opposition, he stressed.

“They could have joined the call for electoral reforms and taken the wind out of the rally,” he said.

Jeyakumar (right) also criticised the authorities for not being very “astute” when charging the six.

“This charge is keeping our issue alive; it has now given us more publicity, which we would not have been able to get in four years,” he added.

PSM lawyers are planning to submit an application for a judicial review on the EO charge to question the government's misuse of power towards its citizens.

Sarasvathy (left) said the charges on the six today will create another wave of dissatisfaction towards the government as PSM would continue to fight repression in the country.

“We always believe in people's power and today we are proven right... if we dare to be brave, the people would dare to have change, that is what we are seeing now,” she added.