Selena Tay
- We are threatened by water shortage;
- We are threatened by uncollected garbage;
- We are threatened by the dirty voter rolls;
- We are threatened by crime and hooligans; and
- We are threatened by the law.
In the case of water supply and garbage collection, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has openly announced that if Selangor folk want efficient water supply and garbage collection, then Barisan Nasional must be voted in. Does this sound like coercion?
And Najib has the audacity to go all over the world proclaiming Malaysia as a model democracy! It certainly boggles the mind.
As for the dirty voter rolls, it was Najib who had said that BN also wants a clean election as BN must be seen winning in a clean and fair manner. That statement is plain rubbish meant only to hoodwink the gullible. What fair election is the prime minister talking about when the authorities go all out to intimidate, bully and injure the Bersih participants? Are we, the rakyat, now being bullied into accepting electoral fraud?
Concerning item No 4 on the issue of crime, we the rakyat are totally fed up with the soaring crime occurrences, the most common of which is snatch theft. It is a reality now that we have difficulty feeling safe and secure in such a dangerous environment. Do take a look around Kota Raya and Jalan Chow Kit in Kuala Lumpur where the unskilled foreign workers greatly outnumber the Malaysian citizens – this situation will surely scare you.
Are the leaders of the nation insane for allowing such a large number of foreign workers into the country? The leaders always gave the excuse that it is the employers who want the foreign workers, but this is pure hogwash and is simply a case of shifting the blame to others. The massive number of foreign workers can always be reduced so that the employers are forced to employ Malaysians.
Voter rollers getting dirtier
Pertaining to hooligans, it is the Pakatan Rakyat supporters who are attacked by hooligans at Pakatan ceramahs. This makes people scared to attend Pakatan’s ceramahs. Is this not a form of bullying too?
In regard to being threatened by the law, those on the Pakatan side who want to proclaim the truth and expose wrongdoing by the authorities are in danger of being charged under this or that Act.
Enough said.
Back to the voter rolls. Is the prime minister genuine in advocating “Janji Ditepati’? This slogan which translates as “Promises Fulfilled” will be an extremely tough act for Najib to put into practice and the voter rolls is just one such example. If he is genuine in wanting to fulfil promises, then he must personally see to it that the voter rolls are clean before calling for the 13th general election.
However, the voter rolls are getting dirtier and dirtier by the day as PAS has discovered more and more irregularities, news of which are highlighted in the PAS newspaper, Harakah.
What has happened to the promise given by Najib to hold clean and fair elections? As a Bersih participant, this columnist has every right to question him on this issue and is hereby stating that he has failed to keep his promise in regard to seeing that the electoral roll is clean.
As the prime minister, he must be responsible for his words and actions. One must also remember the “Stadium Trick” which he initiated before Bersih 2.0 last year when he, first of all, made a statement that the Bersih organisers can use a stadium only to do an about-turn when the organisers requested for the use of Stadium Merdeka. This angered a lot of people as many could see through this evil trick of his.
Another question which Najib has failed to answer is whether he will hand over power gracefully if Pakatan were to win the 13th general election. He avoided answering this question when it was posed to him when he could have simply answered either “Yes” or “Pakatan will fail to win the general election”. By not answering “yes”, does it not show that the prime minister does not respect the democratic choice of the citizens?
Election date game
It is clear now that the prime minister is treating the citizens with disrespect. As Pakatan had obtained 48% of the popular vote, that is already a large number of citizens. BN only managed to stay in power due to the cunning creation of many small rural parliamentary seats making up the numbers in Parliament.
This is in direct contrast to the urban seats wherein one urban seat can easily have more than 100,000 voters. Compare that to a rural seat where 100,000 voters will be divided up into 10 seats thereby giving BN the immense advantage.
The prime minister as the leader of the nation must be held responsible for all the ills affecting the nation, including the uncertainty of the general election date which has become a major headache for investors and the non-crony businessmen. And it is time for the citizens to tell him that we are very angry with this election date game.
Is it not obvious then that BN is bullying Pakatan, Bersih and, to an extent, the rest of civil society through its actions so far? What is the nation coming to? The prime minister must be a responsible man and answer the rakyat’s questions.
An anonymous Catholic had once said: “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” This applies to Malaysians today but whether we have the courage to act for justice and for the good of all is another matter altogether.
BN UMNO creating problem earlier and later use it to sabotage, blame Pakatan is not a new trick…
Kelantan PAS already suffer it more than 20 years (eg.Water crisis) when Dr Mamak punished Kelantan voters with acute water supply crisis…
Now UMNO repeating exactly the same trick over Selangor water crisis…
That’s how evil Dr Mamak is…wonder why many people still love him until today…
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You first have to know the meaning of the word
Malaysia Today, Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Give me atheist leaders any time. As Karl Marx said, “The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.” And as Lenin said, “There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.”
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Unbridled civil rights ‘recipe for disaster’, say BN MPs
(The Malaysian Insider) – Barisan Nasional MPs today defended the new laws regulating public assembly, saying that it showed progress and guaranteed more freedom compared to previous legislation.
BN leaders argued that the Peaceful Assembly Bill was favourable to “all parties”, and said the restrictions were necessary to keep society in check.
“Civil rights groups have to understand, unbridled rights is a recipe for disaster,” Umno MP Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan told The Malaysian Insider.
“Dissenting views must be heard, and it is included in the spirit of the law. The government has shifted its approach from a position of absolute power to advisory,” the Kota Belud MP said.
Citing the Police Act as an example, Abdul Rahman said new regulations were an improvement of the old Act.
He said the new laws did not require anyone to apply for a permit from the police, only a formal notification.
“You have to compare the new law to Section 27 of the Police Act. Some people are now complaining about the need to notify the police.
“That is needed for their protection, if you don’t inform the police how can they protect you if anything happens?” asked the BN backbencher.
Datuk Wan Junaidi Wan Jaafar said the new assembly law showed progress and that the government had satisfied the needs of all Malaysians.
“You want to have your right to a demonstration at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, but people who live there also have their rights.
“The law is more relaxed, and gives more work to the police,” said the Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker. (READ MORE HERE)
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The small-minded Barisan Nasional leaders are foaming at the mouth screaming about how more freedom, democracy and civil rights are being allowed Malaysians.
Yes, these are people who are leaders, Members of Parliament, Malaysia’s lawmakers, many who are even beneficiaries of a tertiary education, and supposedly very religious people. But I personally know uneducated fishermen and farmers who can think and talk better than these people.
And trust me on this because for 20 years I lived amongst fisherman and farmers and was the Chairman of the residents’ committee and of the local mosque, 70-80% who were fishermen and farmers. So I DO know how they think and talk.
To these Barisan Nasional people, civil rights is just about freedom to hold demonstrations (subject to the police allowing it to be held) and more freedom to speak your mind (as long as you do not criticise the Rulers, the religious department, the Malays, Islam, the Prime Minister’s wife, government leaders, or touch on whatever the government may consider ‘sensitive issues’ — and the government will determine what constitutes ‘sensitive issues’).
See how narrow the concept of civil liberties and freedom is to these people? And they will determine what can and cannot be done and said. This, as Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Lee Kuan Yew said, is called ‘guided democracy’. And this is what Malaysia and Singapore practices.
Actually, civil liberties or civil rights extend to more than just ‘controlled demonstrations’ and ‘limited freedom of speech’. There are many things under the ambit of civil liberties. And this is something these so-called educated government leaders from both the government and opposition do not understand. And that is why we need to line them all up against the wall and shoot them dead, figure of speech of course, although literally would not be such a bad idea as well.
When we talk about civil rights we must look beyond just demonstrations and freedom of speech (although that would be a good start). For example, the right to clean and interrupted water supply is also your civil right. And are Malaysians being given this?
I wrote about this back in 2000 (see the ADDENDUM below) so I do not need to repeat what I have already said. Denying the people of Kelantan clean water (and this has been prevalent since long before Merdeka) is a violation of their civil rights.
Of course, if the Kelantanese were to kick out PAS and vote Umno into power then the state will be given the water it needs. This is blackmail. In the meantime how many Kelantanese need to die of Cholera and other water-borne diseases? Umno is prepared to allow Kelantanese to die just to punish them and blackmail them into voting for Umno.
Yes, Umno, is the largest Islamic party in the world, so claims Umno. And 97-98% of the Kelantanese people are Muslims. But it is okay for Muslims to kill Muslims for political considerations. And Umno has the gall to laugh at the state government for not being able to provide the Kelantanese with clean water.
1. Incumbent upon PAS government to provide quality water in Kelantan: Mustapa (READ HERE)
2. BN can resolve Kelantan water problem in five years (READ HERE)
3. Kelantan hospital faces dire water shortage (READ HERE)
4. Water problem in Kelantan getting worse (READ HERE)
5. 30 schools and 30,000 students hit by water woes (READ HERE)
As I have always said, we must be very careful with people who foam at the mouth and scream about Islam. These would normally be the biggest hypocrites. The more they talk about Islam the more we need to guard against them.
I never trust anyone who always talks about religion, whether they are Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists or whatever. Since time immemorial, people have been killed in the name or religion by people who claim to be doing God’s work.
Show me all those war criminals and mass murderers and I will show you people who have a religion. Okay, maybe some will now say that Stalin was an atheist. Actually, he was not an atheist. He did have faith. It is just that he was not a religionist. And there is a big difference between a religionist and those who believe that there is a God (theist). You can believe in God without being a religionist, which was what Stalin was.
Anyway, that is not the issue. The issue is many so-called religionists who foam at the mouth when they talk about their religion do not understand what civil rights means and have no respect for civil liberties. And this violates the so-called religion that they profess and try to preach to us.
Give me atheist leaders any time. As Karl Marx said, “The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.” And as Lenin said, “There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.”
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ADDENDUM
Killing the Kelantanese with no water
When the Anwar Ibrahim poisoning crisis erupted late last year, Mahathir pooh-poohed the whole matter by saying that Malays do not murder for political ends.
Not quite true!
Samad Goal was murdered in Kota Bharu – head split open with an axe. The “old timers” tell me, while he was giving a speech during a political rally. Dato Tahar was murdered – I was told, shot all over his body. Some people tell me Dr Burhanuddin Hilmi was poisoned. And those are only the ones I know about. And they were all murdered for political reasons.
Yes, Malays DO murder for political ends.
Is Mahathir now killing off the Kelantanese, his political rivals, by denying them water?
This is what Mahathir said recently, “However, the Kelantan government could not even ensure clean water for its people. When you turn on the tap, you get coffee instead”.
To Mahathir it is all a big joke – something to laugh about. The Kelantan opposition government cannot even provide clean water for its people. Mahathir thinks it is so funny.
Mahathir added that the Kelantan State government was seeking help from the Federal Government to overcome its water woes. “They are asking for 600 million Ringgit from us. If we have that kind of money, we will put it to good use”.
Yes, that’s right. If the Federal Government had 600 million Ringgit they would put it to good use. They would not give it to the Kelantan State government to provide water to its 1,500,000 people. That is not good use for the money.
600 million Ringgit can build an F1 racetrack. Foreigners can use the track to enjoy themselves. 600 million Ringgit can also build a beautiful tower in the middle of Kuala Lumpur. That is better use for the money. Water for 1,500,000 people in Kelantan is definitely NOT good use.
Kelantan has been facing a water shortage problem for the last 20 or 30 years – long before the opposition took over the State. In 1990, the state fell to the opposition. The Federal Government then suddenly decided to cancel the plan to spend 600 million Ringgit to improve the water supply in the State.
The members of the Kelantan Branch of the Housing Developers Association met the Minister-in-Charge of the State, Anwar Musa, to discuss the water problem with him. These developers could not hand over their houses to their buyers as there was no water supply and they were losing money because of it.
Anwar Musa told the developers, if they wanted water, they would have to vote in the Barisan Nasional the next general election. As long as the State was under the opposition they would get no water.
Then the Federal Government announced they were giving Kelantan State the 600 million Ringgit they required. There was much rejoicing. Kelantan, at last, would be getting water.
Then, when everyone’s hopes were high, the Federal Government announced they would not, after all, give the State the money. All hopes were dashed.
Then it was announced the State would be given the money, but the Federal government would control it and decide how it is used. Then they said the State would not get the money.
This is a cruel game to play on 1,500,000 people who have not seen clean water for two generations. You build up their hopes, then you dash it again, just to see the smiles on their faces get wiped off.
Today, Kelantan is suffering from a Cholera outbreak. Mahathir is a medical man. He knows how and why Cholera is spread.
Does Mahathir announce the water embargo on Kelantan is off? Does Mahathir now give them the 600 million Ringgit promised and un-promised so many times?
No! Instead, TV3 parades people before their cameras to show them condemning the Kelantan Government for not being able to overcome the State water woes.
The water woes were there long before the opposition took over the State. It is not the opposition government’s fault. They inherited the problem when they took over a State that already had no water.
This is a cruel game to play on the people of Kelantan. It is not funny, and Mahathir should wipe that smirk of his face. People are dying in Kelantan. And it’s all because they have no water. And they have no water because the Federal Government is trying to bring the State to its knees.
Was it not Mahathir who condemned the US for its embargo on Iraq? Was it not Mahathir who said the embargo is causing the deaths of thousands of innocent children? Was it not Mahathir who called the Americans murderers for doing this?
Does Mahathir not see he is now killing innocent Kelantanese by denying them water? Is Mahathir so sure those dead from Cholera voted for the opposition? What if they did not? What if they did not vote at all? What if they are children and babies who are not even voters yet?
Mahathir, are you not a Malay? Are not the Kelantanese Malays? Did you not say Malays do not murder for political ends?
Mahathir, stop killing off innocent children and babies! Stop the Cholera epidemic in Kelantan! Give Kelantan the water they need! Give them the water they have been waiting generations for.
Most importantly of all, Mahathir, stop gloating. Wipe that smirk off your face. It is not as funny as you think. Denying the Kelantan people water does not prove how incapable the opposition is in running the State. It just proves you would gladly resort to murdering innocent babies just to defeat a political rival.
May God have mercy on you, Mahathir, for all those deaths in Kelantan!
Raja Petra Kamarudin (28 September 2000)
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Water a BN propaganda tool
by Selena Tay, FMT, August 1, 2012
The so-called water crisis is being used as a psychological warfare by the mainstream media.
Kelantan has dirty water and Selangor has a water crisis – this is the impression or perception one would get from reading the mainstream papers. But the reality is entirely different and that is the power of psychological warfare enhanced by the mainstream media to create an unfavourable perception of one’s enemy by covering up the truth.
If one were to go to Kelantan, one can see that the tap water there is in fact clean and as for the water crisis in Selangor, appended below are the water levels of the reservoirs in Selangor as at July 2, 2012 for readers to judge for themselves:
Reservoirs maximum water levels (in metres) as at July 2, 2012
PAS Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad has gone on record to say that the so-called water crisis in Selangor, played up by the mainstream media, was all about protecting the interests of the Barisan Nasional and its cronies to ensure that the construction of the Langat 2 treatment plant would proceed unhindered.
According to Khalid, “The level of treated and untreated water in the state is more than enough to meet the people’s demand. Therefore there is no real immediate need to bring water from Pahang. Thus, Langat 2 is unnecessary. What is needed is a more efficient management of water supply so that leakages and non-revenue water could be minimised and new pipes should replace old ones”.
Khalid also added that BN has resorted to manufacturing lies on water shortage to scare the people and to put the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor state government in bad light by highlighting that the Pakatan state government was not co-operative in regard to the construction of Langat 2.
Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, however, has decided that the construction of Langat 2 will proceed and tenders would be opened soon.
BN engages in a cunning brainwashing strategy called “media-polishing” and the mainstream media is a very powerful tool because it is able to polish BN’s image. Massive funds have been used by BN for this purpose in order for BN to achieve its goals.
Daily we have been bombarded by the mainstream media with advertorials praising and glorifying BN’s good deeds such as the 1Malaysia shops and the BR1M cash aid. One must realise that it is the duty of the government to assist the citizens and therefore it is not necessary to create such a big hoo-ha over it.
Perception war
BN is now going full steam ahead with its propaganda. The perception war against Pakatan Rakyat is simple: BN are the heroes while Pakatan are the villains. No two-ways about it.
Some of the advertorials promoting BN are more subtle such as the “I choose Malaysia” series. Nevertheless, the colour and the words used such as “prosperity” and “stability” all hint at BN as the mastermind behind the advertorials. Thus, BN’s propaganda can influence the gullible into thinking that they are leaders who can do no wrong and therefore must always be voted in.
In an advertisement on the KTM commuter train, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is portrayed as a caring and concerned leader with slogans telling us that the government is listening to us and is concerned with our welfare by assisting those in the low-income group.
But more could be done to assist the low-wage earner such as the reduction of unskilled foreign labour who depress wages.
Still, if the BN government is listening to us, we need to ask the following question: Has BN listened to the voice of the people during the past three Bersih rallies clamouring for free and fair elections?
Of course, there are many more questions but the above question is the greatest question of all because free and fair elections will enable the people to truly determine the course of the nation. And that is why BN’s propaganda has gone into overdrive: because the 13th general election may probably be held in September.
BN has no choice but to wage a war of perception against Pakatan as BN has too many faults that need to be concealed. BN leaders have since the dawn of time failed to answer the rakyat’s questions pertaining to mismanagement and the only way to avoid answering the rakyat is to show that everything is fine.
But there will come a time when even the BN government’s propaganda will fail to hide the truth. Take, for instance, the crime rate. The government says that the crime rate has gone down. But the crime statistics given by the government does not gel with the daily incidences of crime reported not only in the mainstream media but also in the social media. This plainly shows that the government is being economical with the truth in regard to the nation’s crime rate and therefore the government’s figures are pooh-poohed by the people.
The government must stop fooling us. They must realise that in this day and age, we the rakyat will not be kept in ignorance as the advancement in technology has enabled news to be communicated instantly.
Comment by Teddy Gumbang — August 6, 2012 @ 11:44 AM |
The PM/UMNO is encouraging corruption when he uses this phrase ” I tolong you, you tolong saya:. Just imagine you meet a Policeman saying this , or immigration officer, or Custom officer, or any Government Servant uttering this to you. This is definitely not Leadership by Example. BN is now using races, religions and gangster tactics to scare the people to vote for them. What a shit.
Comment by gagojackman — August 5, 2012 @ 11:53 AM |
Betul, correct,对的，பதில் சரி
Comment by Mike- Johor — August 6, 2012 @ 10:04 AM |
WE ARE THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION AS A NATION BY UMNO MALAYAN COLONIZATION!
Comment by ANTI-MALAYAN COLONIALISM — August 5, 2012 @ 10:26 AM |