Is this not a cruel and evil sentence!?? What kind of Judge is this?!?

Its been a long time since I posted but when I read this I cannot tahan! We need a change in govt to get rid of judges who are not doing justice in our Country!

3 who protested against Zambry as Perak MB go to jail

Ahmad Fadli KC 4:33PM Sep 13, 2013

Thirteen people, some of whom are single mothers and cancer patients, who protested at the appointment of Zambry Abdul Kadir as the new menteri besar at the Ubudiah Mosque in Kuala Kangsar four years ago, were today ordered to serve their two years’ jail sentence at Tapah prison.

This follows the Kuala Kangsar Sessions Court finding them guilty of participating in an illegal assembly and fining them RM5,000, after refusing to grant an application for a stay of the sentence pending appeal.

The two years’ jail is the maximum jail sentence accorded for illegal assembly under the Police Act.

Sessions judge Norsalha Hamzah ordered the sentence to run from today as she refused to grant a stay.

According to lawyer Augustin Anthony, as a result of the court not granting a stay order they will file a formal application at the Taiping High Court on Tuesday at the earliest. Monday is a holiday as it is Malaysia day.

The 13 were protesting the appointment of Zambry as the new Perak menteri besar from BN, when the Pakatan Rakyat government under the stewardship of Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin fell.

This happened as a result of three Pakatan assemblypersons defecting to BN, resulting in the government’s collapse and leading to a constitutional crisis.

Augustin said the lawyers are upset as the court did not consider granting a stay as they had argued that some of the accused are single mothers.

“Some of them are also cancer patients,” he toldMalaysiakini, adding that despite such grounds the court refused to grant a stay.

Among the lawyers representing the accused were Aminuddin Zulkifli and Zamri Ibrahim.

BN Ministers are Idiots! (Penan Issue)

Keruah Usit 12:14PM Jul 27, 2013

ANTIDOTE The first-term Sarawak state assembly representative for Telang Usan in Baram, Dennis Ngau, has spread ripples of disbelief and laughter in the social media following his remarks on the rape of Penan women and schoolgirls.

Ngau made his remarks in response to a PKR accusation that Women, Family and Community Development Minister Rohani Abdul Karim, had misled a regional forum by making a verifiably incorrect claim. The minister had said that the recommendations of her ministry's Task Force Report, on sexual violence by loggers in Baram, had already been carried out. 

Rohani (left)said this at the Seventh Meeting of the Asean Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children, which was held in Kuala Lumpur from July 22 to 24.

Dennis Ngau rode to the minister's rescue, but stumbled. "I did not read the Task Force Report, but I'm sure the government took it seriously and at times may have to adjust to suit the local environment," he was quoted as saying by the Borneo Post. 

Instead of saving the minister, Ngau appears to have trampled her underfoot. His verbal slapstick has drawn even greater attention to the minister's controversial claim.

Sarawak PKR vice-chairperson and state assemblyperson for Batu Lintang See Chee How had on July 23 challenged the minister for trying to paper over the scandal surrounding the loggers' sexual assaults. 

"I am disappointed with the minister as she did not speak the truth at the international forum," See, a human rights lawyer, told the press.

"I regret the minister was misguided and wrongly advised into making an embarrassing statement that most of the recommendations listed in the National Task Force Report were executed," he went on.

"Someone commented that BN ministers lie to the Malaysian public on a daily basis. They do. But misleading an international or regional audience is serious."

Task Force's shocking findings

Loggers in Baram have raped girls as young as 10 years old. These crimes were uncovered by a federal Cabinet Task Force in September 2009. 

The ministry's Task Force was unanimous in the finding that "sexual abuse of Penan girls and women by outsiders dealing with the Penan, including logging company employees and traders, had indeed taken place." Their brief visit, over four days, documented eight cases of sexual abuse.

According to the Task Force, the roots of this sexual violence included poverty, isolation, excessive dependency on logging companies for transportation to clinics and schools, mistrust of the authorities among the Penan and prejudice towards the Penan. 

The Task Force had recommended far-reaching improvements in transportation of schoolchildren, infrastructure, birth and citizenship registration, healthcare and education, and in the self-determination of the Penan.

These findings were then broadened in July 2010 by another investigation by the Penan Support Group, a coalition of NGOs. The PSG uncovered seven new instances of sexual violence, and tied these in with the wider socio-economic deprivation of rural communities. 

Logging companies offer powerful support and generous donations to the ruling political elite. They own newspapers, infrastructure and even politicians.

‘No further action' by government

Five years later, the Penan face exactly the same challenges, and are as vulnerable as ever to sexual abuse. Not a single rapist has been brought to justice: the police blame a lack of funds for their failure.

"The complaints lodged with the police on sexual assault against Penan women have been classified as ‘NFA' (no further action)," See said.

"Until today, there has not been any arrangement done to ferry Penan children to their boarding schools and back to their settlements."

Penan settlements in Baram Tengah have had to rely on a single four-wheel-drive vehicle, purchased for them by the Selangor and Penang state governments, to have access to distant schools and hospitals.

See (left) noted that the Sarawak government had gone as far as sponsoring a women's empowerment workshop in Baram, conducted by a local NGO, Sarawak Women for Women Society. But, he added, there was no additional effort put into the health services, national registration and pre-school classes in Baram, as recommended by the Task Force.

"However, I welcome the commitment by the federal minister to visit the Penan community in Sarawak to review the implementation of the recommendations made in the report, and I hope she will make full and frank disclosure of her report later," he said.

See was more direct in calling Dennis Ngau's outburst "the confession and proof of a failed assemblyman" in a social media remark.

"This is the single most important cabinet report affecting the people of Ngau's constituency, he didn't bother to read (it) but quickly jumped up to defend the mediocre minister, and is making it worse for her now," See observed.

Ngau had told the Borneo Post that the BN government had engaged with the Penan in dialogues and meetings "to make them understand why they must accept development".

He also appeared to doubt the findings of rape by the ministry's Task Force, telling the Borneo Post that "the Penan that I met and asked even denied that such thing [sic] even occurred". 

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KERUAH USIT is a human rights activist - ‘anak Sarawak, bangsa Malaysia'. This weekly column is an effort to provide a voice for marginalised Malaysians. Keruah Usit can be contacted at keruah_usit@yahoo.com

UMNO's Evil and Stupidity hits new heights!

Slander and lies from Pro Umno media and their leaders has really gone up a notch recently with the wild accusation against a 16years old boy! I repeat!! 16 years OLD!!

Pro-Umno blogs had claimed that Lim Guan Eng's 16-year-old son had outraged the modesty of a fellow schoolmate, and that the DAP secretary-general had purportedly paid a large sum of money to keep the matter under wraps and had his son transferred to another school.

The Chief Minister of Penang is of course very angry at such shameful slander and attack against a young innocent child.

He condemned several Umno leaders for highlighting "this shameful episode" in their blogs, namely, Bukit Gelugor Umno division vice-chief Dr Novandri Hasan Basri and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaludin.

Khairy (right), the Rembau MP, had tweeted earlier @PapaGomo Mungkin dia roboh Kampung Buah Pala sebab nak ganti dengan Kampung Buah Dada (Perhaps he demolished Buah Pala village to replace it with ‘Boobs village’).

"I hope those poking fun and spreading lies about my young son can look at themselves in the mirror as a father, and ask whether they want their own child to suffer the trauma of such lies," said Lim.

Chief Minister of Penang's son - a school prefect who has been described as a good student - was recently transferred to St Xavier’s Institution in Penang.

The principal of his former school, SMJK Heng Ee, (on the 19 Oct) had denied that he had left due to sexual harassment complaints, as alleged by the blogs.

Goon Boon Poh (the principal) said that this allegations is "completely untrue" and that he was "shock" when he read news reports of this allegations

“The allegations are completely untrue It is very simple there’s absolutely no truth to it ” Goh told The Malaysian Insider.

The blogs said the incident occurred in May this year CM’s son has not been a student of my school since the beginning of this year ” he added

Lim clarified that his son was transferred to the school of his choice after scoring at least 6As in his PMR, as had been promised to him.

He said his son did not want to have his hair crew-cut as required for SMJK Heng Ee students, but wanted to keep his hair longer.

The girl whose photograph was used by Umno bloggers to level accusations of sexual harassment against Lim Guan Eng’s son has been identified as 21-year-old chess Grandmaster Anya Sun Corke Corke who represents England in chess.

The woman has no ties to Penang, nor has she come in contact with Lim's son, Tony Pua said at a press conference at Parliament lobby together with other MPs from the DAP.

"(She is) now a third-year student at a top liberal arts college in the United States.

"All these prove beyond doubt that the accusations by these Umno cybertroopers are nothing but barbaric lies," he said.

Pua described the bloggers' attempts to pin the molest accusation on Lim's son as a "complete disgrace to their race, religion and country".

He said these "bottom feeders of society" were "sinking to despicable depths" to wreck a teenager's life.

"These bloggers even attempted to lend credibility to the concoction by putting up the picture of a (innocent) young girl," Pua said, referring to a posting on a blog with the picture of the alleged victim.

This is not the first time this evil pro-UMNO blogger has shamelessly attack innocent Malaysian.

The blog Papagomo should be charge and brought to justice for the evil and lies he has done!!

Please kick UMNO out in the next election so that these evil blogs will be brought to justice!

We all know UMNO MCA and MIC will not do anything to these evil blogs!

Penan wars trilogy: Crimes in the jungle

I reproduce below the police reports written by the Penans themselves, so that they may now have a face. The Penans are not just faceless and voiceless characters. Now they have a personality, just like you and I.

I recommend that you read the reports carefully for the Penans are great storytellers, having in their heritage a fine oral tradition. They are painstaking when it comes to details and they are eloquent in the emotive retelling of their experiences.

Until today, it is worthy to note that no one has been arrested or interrogated in relation to the reports. The excuse is that the police cannot prosecute the perpetrators of the crimes because they could not be identified.

In the end, the police reports and statutory declarations quoted here remain the only indictment of the crimes committed in the jungle.

Raped at 12

This testimony comes in the form of a signed, statutory declaration. Because the victim was a minor when the rape took place, she will simply be called 'M'.

Her father, Buet Kayan of Long Ajeng, Ulu Baram, a Malaysian citizen of about 40 years of age born in the vicinity without birth certificate, made the following statutory declaration at Miri, Sarawak in March 1995:

“Sometime in early November 1993, my wife Leren Bajau and I returned to our dwelling in Long Kerong after having gone to the forest to gather sago. We found that our daughter M, together with some other people from Long Kerong, had returned from Long Ajeng a few days earlier.

“M had gone to Long Ajeng at about the end of October 1993 to fetch rice for the family. She had travelled on foot to Long Ajeng together with Gembala (pastor) John and his wife, both of Long Kerong, and another girl named Martha (also known as Merita) from Long Ajeng.

“M is my third child and was born in April 1981. She is generally reserved and quiet. She has a lisp in her speech and does not speak much. My wife and I have 10 children still living, including M.

“About two or three days after we returned from the forest, M told my wife and I that she had been raped in Long Mobui while en route to Long Ajeng from Long Kerong. She was sad and depressed and cried while relating her experience. She had been afraid to tell us what had happened to her for fear that my wife and I would be angry.

“M said that she had been raped at night by two men in the house of Datu Abeng, the son of the ketua kampung of Long Mobui. She said one of the rapists was of big build and had a big stomach. She said that she had struggled, screamed and cried while she was being raped but nobody came to help her. She said she had not told anyone about the rape.

“My wife and I were shocked. We consoled her and told her we were grateful she had not been injured or killed by the rapists...” read the declaration.

“My wife and I did not tell anybody about the rape until August 1994. We did not know what to do about the matter, or to whom we should report. We finally told Balang Tui (of Long Ajeng) when we heard that some Penan leaders were going to Kuching to make a police report on problems faced by our community. A police report was made on Sept 30, 1994 at the Kuching Central Police Station.

“On March 22, 1995, M made a police report, Miri Central Police Station and gave a statement to the police in Miri regarding her rape in Long Mobui. I also gave a statement to the police,” it concluded.

Nobody has ever been arrested in connection with M's case. At the time of writing, M has remained single and she is now 29-years-old, living with her kin somewhere near her village in Ulu Baram.

4-year-old killed by tear-gas

Bulan Yoh of Long Mobui, Baram made the following statutory declaration regarding the death of her 4-year-old son Sonny Laot:

“...We are currently living in Long Kerong, Baram. We have six children now living. Five of my children have died, including Sonny Laot who was my youngest child. Sonny was 4 years old when he died on Oct 6 1993.

“Sonny was hospitalised in Marudi hospital for about a month in August/September 1993. He was operated on for a swelling on his neck below his left ear. He recovered fully and my husband and I took him back to the Sebatu blockade site. There he actively played with the other children and was eating normally and in general good health.

“On the second day of our arrival at Sebatu, the tear-gassing and dismantling of the blockade took place. At about 10am that day, a large number of Police Field Force (PFF) personnel and other police personnel wearing red helmets with visors and carrying shields, whom I believe to be from the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU), were seen advancing towards the blockade.

“They were accompanying some officers from the Forest Department and some workers from the logging company that operates in the area. I believe there were more than 300 police personnel present.

“Some men at the blockade went some distance down the road with the intention of negotiating with the police. But they were immediately arrested upon coming into contact with the Police.

“The PFF personnel continued their advance and the large group of men who had followed close behind their representatives retreated towards the blockade. When the PFF were about 100 metres from the blockade, they started arresting people in the group.

“My husband was among this group of men. I saw him being arrested. His arms were forcibly held behind his back by four PFF personnel. I heard him shouting as if he was in pain. I ran towards my husband to help him.

“At that moment the PFF started throwing tear-gas canisters at the group without any warning and without any provocation from the group. At the same time those PFF personnel that were armed with M-16 rifles surrounded the area around the blockade.

“I was afraid for my children whom I had left in our lamin (an open-walled temporary hut, raised about six feet above the ground) located about 100 metres from the blockade. In our laminwere Sonny (4 years old), Rose (7-8 years) and Stella (6-7 years). My grandchild Joit Abut (5-6 years) was also in the hut.

“As I made my way towards our lamin, I saw the PFF throw tear-gas canisters towards the lamins of the people. Some of them landed near our lamin. The gas drifted towards the lamin and enveloped the area. People ran away from the gas. As I tried to get back to our lamin the PFF tried to prevent me and the other people from getting to the lamin. It took me a long time to reach our lamin.

“When I finally arrived at our lamin, there was tear-gas all around and inside. I was choking from the gas. I rushed inside and found only Sonny there. He was crying, coughing and vomiting from the effects of the tear gas.

“I took him out of the lamin and went into the nearby forest, to get away from the gas. Sonny was vomiting badly. I tried giving him some water but he drank only a little.

“That night, I sheltered with Sonny and the rest of the family in a lamin in the forest. Sonny was constantly coughing and vomiting and could hardly eat or drink.

The next day we set off on foot for Long Kerong with the other families from the blockade as we were extremely fearful of the police. On the journey Sonny's condition deteriorated. We only had some Panadol for medication.

“We travelled for five days in the forest and reached Long Sait where we stayed with some relatives. At Long Sait, Sonny's condition continued to worsen.

“He eventually died on the third day after we arrived in Long Sait, 6 Oct 1993. We buried Sonny in Long Sait.

Another tear gas tragedy

Another victim of the show of force at a Penan blockade was Geran Ten, who passed away on Sept 8, 1994 in Long Kerong.

The police report featured the interviews of his brother Gilin Ten, 65, and another farmer Geoffery Upai Lagui, 33 from Long Kerong.

Geran was born in Long Kerong, part of a family of four brothers and sisters. He was married with no children.

Before the blockade in Long Mobui, Geran had stayed in Long Ajeng for some time. His land is in Long Kerong.

It is suspected that tear-gas thrown by the PFF personnel while dismantling the blockade at Long Mobui was the main cause of his death.

Gilin says he was with Geran when the police charged at the Penan manning the blockade. Gilin was about 100 meters from the hut where Geran was resting. At that time, Geran was a little sick with fever but it was not serious, and he continued to participate in all the activities at the blockade site with the others.

Gilin says as the police started firing tear-gas at the people, he saw some being thrown underneath the hut where Geran was resting. He then saw his brother emerge, vomiting as he descended the staircase.

Gilin rushed to help his brother but was restrained by the police as he reached a worship hut half way to where Geran was. He could see Geran appearing weak and vomiting continuously.

In the pandemonium nobody was helping Geran. They were either prevented from reaching their huts, or running away from the smoke that was proving extremely irritating. When the smoke got thicker, he could not see Geran anymore. Irritated by the smoke, Gilin rushed to a stream nearby to wash his face.

When he returned about half an hour later, the police had left and it was raining very heavily. The huts were completely destroyed and he could not find Geran.

The people started returning to the site and about 30 temporary sheds were put up. It was getting dark and the rain was still very heavy. Geran returned at that time and he was coughing badly. Gilin boiled some water for Geran to drink, hoping that it would help stop his coughing but it did not.

Gungho police and indifferent doctors

The next morning, a helicopter flew over the blockade site and a group of armed soldiers came to the sheds. They searched to see if anything was being hidden. They did not destroy the sheds this time.

That evening, after the soldiers had left, people started leaving the site.

Gilin and Geran left together. After walking for only half a mile, Geran complained that he was too weak to walk. Gilin then erected a small shed and both of them stayed there for the night.

Geran was coughing badly and complained of stomach-ache. There was white stuff coming out from his mouth when he coughed. He began to have a lot of blisters on his lips and he could not eat. He felt weak and was visibly losing weight.

Because Geran was too weak to walk a long distance, Gilin had to erect a shed for him to rest and sleep after walking a short distance each day. They spent ten days in the jungle before they reached Long Kerong. Normally, it takes less than two days to walk the distance..

When they first arrived in Long Kerong, they stayed in a good friend, Bala Kadir's house. Geran's wife also arrived, following another group.

After staying with Bala for two weeks, Geran's health had deteriorated. He could not eat anything at all; when he did, he vomited. Panadol was the only medicine that the local villagers could get for him.

When the flying doctors came to Long Kerong, they refused to walk the short distance (about 40 meters away) to see him. Some villagers had tried to carry Geran to see the doctors but any small movement of his body caused him so much pain that they didn't persist.

Geoffery was away when Geran arrived in Long Kerong. When he returned, he immediately went to see him when the villagers told him that Geran was very sick.

He corroborated Gilin's account of his brother's condition. He helped administer some medicine for rehydration and for gastric that the flying doctors had prescribed.

He says during the time when Geran was in Long Kerong, the flying doctors visited the community three times. Geoffery tried to persuade the doctors to see Geran, explaining how moving him caused him great pain, but the doctors were not sympathetic. They just asked about his health condition and left some medicine.

Two days before he passed away, Geran was unconscious. The villagers helped to move him into Bala's house because a lot of the villagers came and wanted to pray for his recovery.

He passed away after midnight. Before he died, he told his brother to keep his parang and his gun, and not to throw them away.

Gilin is very sad because the government has done nothing to investigate the death of his brother. He is still angry with the flying doctors for refusing to attend to Geran, even though they were informed of his critical condition.

Source: Malaysiakini

SIM KWANG YANG was member of parliament for Bandar Kuching, Sarawak from 1982 to 1995. He can be reached at sky8hornbill@gmail.com. All comments are welcome.

DUMBEST MACC Lawyer!

Is this the best lawyer MACC can sent to discredit Porntip??

Hahahahahaha!!! I bet the reason is because no half-decent lawyer will take this case!

Source: LKS

Should give Najib a bad KPI for this!

This is a direct cut and paste from Malaysiakini.
Najib was ask to take action in the wake of a damning United States Senate report on human trafficking in Malaysia back in April 2009.
But till today nothing significant has been done and the situation is getting worse!

WHY???

Police in Sabah fear that human trafficking in the state may soon spin out of control if something isn't done seriously about the growing menace. This follows, according to them, the mushrooming of suspect massage parlours, night spots and match-making agencies in Kota Kinabalu and other major cities and towns in the state “and the long, porous borders”.

“Human trafficking may be significantly linked to Sabah if it is not tackled soon,” admitted DSP Mohd Taufik Maidin at a seminar organised in Kota Kinabalu yesterday by the Sabah Women's Advisory Council (SaWAC). “Already now there are escort services and guest relations officers (GROs) available as a cover. This puts Sabah in the right spot for such crimes.

Taufik heads the Gambling, Gangsterism and Prostitution Unit within the Sabah Police CID.

Taufik disclosed that Sabah was among the top three human trafficking hotspots in the country. He did not mention the other two hotspots in his presentation.

Sabah's growing notoriety

As evidence of Sabah's growing notoriety from the menace, he cited the prosecution of 23 pimps, including seven women, in the state in the last two years. The seven women were arrested this month along with four other pimps who were involved in similar operations in Indonesia, he added. “They moved here because the pickings were reportedly better and enforcement is weak.”

Twenty-two women were rescued in January alone in Keningau, according to Taufik, and 33 other women elsewhere in eight raids last year. “The cases are being treated under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 2007 (ATIP Act) as they were trafficked and tricked into prostitution”.

Explaining the difference between a prostitute and a person trafficked for sexual purposes, Taufik stressed that the former was free to move around unlike the latter. Trafficked women are generally confined, abused and are not allowed to move around without close monitoring, it was pointed out. “These women were sometimes forced into the sex slave trade by deception, coercion, abuse or intimidation.”

The authorities find prosecutions under the 2007 Act not only an uphill challenge but often a losing battle at the end of the day. They attribute this to the reluctance of victims of human trafficking to co-operate with the law and admit that they were trafficked and lured into prostitution.

“We believe that if ten persons, for example, point their fingers at the same person for the same illegal operation, we will be able to nab the human traffickers,” said Taufik, calling for greater co-operation from other agencies and the various consulates in the state to battle the scourge.

Another difficulty faced by the authorities was housing and caring for victims of human trafficking pending their day in court.

While human traffickers could easily escape persecution under the 2007 Act in the absence of co-operation from their victims, ironically the latter could still be charged under the Immigration Act for over-staying, misusing their social passes or, under Section 372B of the Penal Code, for soliciting for the purpose of prostitution.

The human traffickers meanwhile get the proverbial slap on the wrist under Section 372A of the Penal Code for living on or trading in prostitution.

'Enforcement is weak'

“Human trafficking is the nation's number two problem after drugs,” charged senior lawyer Martin Idang who represented the Archdiocese Human Development Commission Kota Kinabalu at the seminar. “It's important to tackle this problem before it gets any worse.”

SaWAC deputy chairperson Mariati Robert, speaking on the sidelines of the seminar, charged that enforcement of the 2007 Act was weak amidst strong circumstantial evidence that “the authorities were also actively involved in human trafficking.”

Earlier, in closing the seminar, the senior lawyer attributed the negative public perception of the police, Immigration Department, Home Ministry, Human Resources Ministry and other relevant authorities to “their failure to curb human trafficking activities in Sabah.”

Mariati, continuing, told the local media that the existing Special Task Force on illegal immigration should also consider the human trafficking aspect of the problem.

“Instead of setting up a new task force to combat human trafficking, it's better to extend the existing Special Task Force on illegal immigration to include human trafficking as well,” she said, seeing both problems as inter-twined.

SaWAC's campaign against human trafficking amongst locals, she disclosed, would henceforth focus on warning the youth against dubious job offers from syndicates and encouraging the setting up of shelters for victims. Here, the local and foreign victims could avail themselves of counseling and other support programmes on the road to recovery and while awaiting their court cases.

“There are only three protection centres in Sabah including the Good Shepherd Welfare Centre,” lamented Mariati, calling for more NGO involvement in resolving the problem of lack of shelters. “Two other centres are run by the government in Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan.”

The 200-odd participants at the seminar heard that five individuals have been sentenced so far under the 2007 Act. The first involved an Indian national who pleaded guilty to exploiting his maid for prostitution, and jailed eight years.

Since Feb 2008, 173 suspects have been arrested under the 2007 Act, of whom 23 were prosecuted, 17 brought to court and 36 cases still under investigation.

Malaysians, according to presentations at the seminar, are also involved in human trafficking activities in Singapore, Macau, Taiwan, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.

Women brought into Malaysia are usually from Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Korea, Philippines and Indonesia.

Goodbye Jed Yoong! (from cyberspace only)

Got the news form Susan Loone Blog that Jed Yoong's has decided to stop blogging for other commitments for now. I hope it is only temporary! She is indeed an asset to this country!

I know she has suffered a lot for this noble cause!

Even thought she and her family has been harassed by the authorities she did not chicken out!

If only Malaysia has more women of character like her!

So I want to with her all the best in her future and I will leave her link on my blog still as a testimony to her.

Hopefully she will return again to carry on the good fight!

Till then God Bless You Jed Yoong!!!

My condolences to Ng Yee Ping's family.

My most sincere condolences to the family of Ng Yee Ping, a 30-year-old accountant who perished in the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide tragedy on Saturday.

A deep felt sympathy to Ng Yee Ping's husband, a 31-year-old executive was forced to dig through the earth with his bare hands until his fingers bled....all in a frantic attempt to save his wife.

Yee Ping's husband and brother-in-law had started to dig with their bare hands to rescue Yee Ping. After sometime, just as they managed to reach the victim's hand, several rescue personnel passed the area.

The brothers asked them for help but were told to wait until more personnel arrived. "Later, a few rescue personnel arrived at the scene but they just threw a spade at (my sons) and did nothing," Yee Ping's mother-in-law (Wong Sai Mooi) alleged, claiming that Yee Ping could still be alive if they had assisted. "But they didn't (help). (They treated her) like some dead dog or cat. Would they have done the same if one of their family-members was involved?" she asked bitterly.

Wong's husband, Ng Yong Shun, 56, also accused the rescue personnel of looting his house and consuming his expensive wine. He claimed that when he returned to the house on Sunday morning, he was shocked to discover several men in uniform lying on his bed, smoking and drinking his wine. "One of them had even asked me whether I still wanted these things, if not I should give it to them. Later, my wife and I examined our safety box and found it opened. Several branded watches and jewellery were missing," he said.

Commenting on the accusations yesterday, Selangor police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said he found it hard to believe that rescue personnel would have acted in such a cold-hearted manner.

"I don't believe that they would sit there and drink alcohol and so on. If there is such a person, could he be seen as a human being?" asked the police chief.

(WHO CARES WHAT YOU BELIEVE! OR DON'T BELIEVE!! DO YOUR JOB AND INVESTIGATE THE MATTER LAH!! COULD YOU REALLY BE THE POLICE CHIEF???)

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"To dig and save someone, one has to be trained."

(CAN THOSE WORDS COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH IF IT WAS YOUR WIFE UNDER THERE INSTEAD!?!?)

On the same note, he explained that some rescue personnel who are untrained are not allowed to conduct certain rescue operations. "You don't expect an ambulance driver to save a buried victim. He is not trained, so if we request untrained personnel for help and they refuse, we shouldn't blame them. "This is because their lives are in danger too. I think we should respect their decision. To dig and save someone, one has to be trained. For an untrained person, it's a very dangerous task," he said.

RESPECT THEIR DECISION?!?!? YES WE EXPECT AN AMBULANCE DRIVER TO SAVE A BURIED VICTIM!!! ESPECIALLY IF SHE IS WITHIN REACH!!!!

Judge for yourselves how competent and how much respect would you give our Selangor Police Chief after hearing those words that came out from his mouth!

The REAL Vision 2020!

Where is our direction for our next generation..?
For those who started work around 1973, a 1.3 Litre Japaness car was RM 7000
Today the equivalent is.... let's say RM 60000...........8.5 times
In 1973 a double storey house was about RM 45,000..or less
Today it is about RM 300,000............6.6 times
(It was advertised in a school magazine at 37,000, Taman Lumba Kuda) This makes it 8.1 times

In 1973 an Engineer's pay was RM 1000
Today it is about RM 2000 +/-............2 times....
From 1973 to 2008........35 years......what is the Trend.?

Bearish !!!!
In a stock market when the trend is bearish , what do we do?..

Exit !!!
When a country's trend is bearish what do we do?
This Bearish trend is more difficult to turn around as compared to the stock market.

I have used these 3 items House, Car & Salary as a measurement of the country' s performance for the past 35 years....
Foreigners also ask about these 3 items to gauge our standard of living.

There is a book I saw in MPH bookshop entitled :Malaysia : The Failed Nation
some of you may be interested to read it. I agreed with the writer.....

This morning I was having Coffee at McDonald. I asked how much per hour is their pay? RM 3.00 ! x 8 hours = RM 24 per day... x 25 days = RM 600 per month

My daughter works part-time during her University days..she worked at Gloria Jeans Coffee.... the pay ? Australian $ 14.00 ( @ 3.15 = RM 44per hour.....x 8 = RM 352 per day !!! x 25 days = RM 8800

13.3 times more !!!!! ......Price of houses in Perth is about the same in KL Price of cars are about 23 % cheaper...in Perth. ( Australia )

I think more and more people are becoming aware of this Bearish trend.
Developed country by 2020?...means High income country
Let's look at some as of year 2005 ( Financial Times )
USA GNP per capita US$ 35400
UK GNP per capita US$ 25510
Australia GNP per capita US$ 19530
Singapore GNP per capita US $ 20690

These are developed countries by income measurement
Malaysia 's GNP per capita US$ 3540
Year 2020..developed country?

Really...a sad story.
Worrying Trends, isn't it??
Ringgit sliding further and further under BN Rule.
Recently, I interviewed some fresh graduates applying for jobs with my engineering company.

I accepted two applicants on a starting salary of RM1600.
It struck me as odd that 15 years ago, I myself started workas a fresh graduate engineer for the same pay.

Indeed, if you compare the salaries of graduates now and 15 or even 20 years ago, you'll find little difference but that their purchasing power is vastly different.

It's the same story when you compare salaries of shop assistants, office staff, factory workers and others.
To compound the effect of inflation, the ringgit has depreciated greatly against all major currencies.

The real income of most Malaysians has moved backwards.

This is why many Malaysians suffer under the petrol hike. The root of the problem is that our real incomes have shrunk in the face of inflation and depreciated currency

Malaysians have not been spoiledby subsidy but are unable to move out of the time lock of stagnated and depreciated incomes.

If you compare the per capita incomes of Singapore , Hong Kong , Taiwan and South Korea , they are a few multiples of ours although at independence all these countries were the on the same economic level as Malaysia .

What has gone wrong? We were the rising star of East Asia , a countryrich in natural resources with the most promising potential.

The reason is massive corruption, plundering of resources, wastage of funds for huge non- economic projects, anti-public interest deals with politically-linked companies and passing-of-the -buck to the man in the street..

Four decades of NEP where education, economic and employment policies are defined by race ensured that meritocracy took a back seat.

Our university standard has declined and the today best and brightest of our youths emigrate to escape the racial inequility only to contribute to the economies of foreign lands.

The reputation of our judiciary which was held in high esteem worldwide has sunk so low that foreign investors now insist on arbitration in Singapore in case of any dispute.

We also have a slew of oppressive laws such as the ISA, OSA, Uuca and PPPA which stifle free speech and are designed to keep the ruling parties in power.

We have become less attractive to foreign investors and now lag behindour neighbours in Asean for foreign direct investment. Even some corporations who have established themselves here are moving out.

All the economic and social malaise cannot help but affect the value of our currency. The strength of a country's currency is after all, a reflection of its fundamentals.

Furthermore, Bank Negara has a policy of weak ringgit to help exporters, never mind the burden on the common folk. The government is pro-corporation, not pro-rakyat.

While the poor and middle-class are squeezed, an elite group gets breathtakingly rich. We have the distinction of having the worse income disparity in Asean. A re-distribution of wealth is under way from the poor and middle-class to a select group of politically-connected elite.

The end result of this re-distribution will be a small group of super-rich while the majority are pushed into poverty and themiddle-class shrinks. This is what happens when the rich gets richer and the poor get poorer.

There is much that is wrong with Malaysia . The responsibility for pulling the country backwards can be laid squarely at the door of the ruling regime. It is BN's mis-governance, racial politics and cultureof patronage which has seen the country regress economically and socially.

We seem to be sliding down a slippery slope, further down with each passing year of BN's rule. Another five years of BN rule and we'll beat Indonesia 's standard under Suharto. Another 10 years and we'll be touching the African standard.

ARE YOU GETTING THE REAL VISION 2020 NOW?!??!?

Is there any hope for Malaysia ?
Faced with the reality that BN will never change, many Malaysians desperate for change turn their lonely eyes to Anwar Ibrahim.
Pakatan Raykat has promised to treat all races fairly, to plug wastage, fight corruption, reform the judiciary and make Malaysia more competitive.
But some have questioned whether we can trust Anwar and his loose coalition of disparate parties..

The question is not whether we can trust Anwar and Pakatan Rakyat but whether we can afford not to.

Can we afford another ten years of BN's misrule?