Curi Pasir Di Selangor : SPRM Buka Enam Fail Siasatan Kes Rasuah

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Nov – Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) membuka enam fail siasatan berhubung kes rasuah dan kecurian pasir di Selangor melibatkan anak syarikat kerajaan negeri, Kumpulan Semesta Sdn Bhd (KSSB).

Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Liew Vui Keong berkata satu daripada fail itu merupakan siasatan umum mengenai KSSB, sementara lima lagi melibatkan beberapa individu yang dipercayai terlibat dalam kes tersebut.

SPRM, katanya,  akan melengkapkan siasatan itu tidak lama lagi sebelum ia diserahkan kepada Timbalan Pendakwa Raya untuk tindakan lanjut.

“Seperti saya maklumkan, dua (individu) sudah diambil tindakan di mahkamah, tidak payah ulang nama mereka, sebab dah diumumkan dalam surat khabar.

“Untuk makluman, apabila siasatan dimulakan oleh SPRM, banyak isu yang perlu dikenal pasti oleh SPRM seperti saksi dan dokumen berkenaan, dan ia juga berkait dengan pasaran (pasir),” katanya ketika menjawab soalan Wee Choo Keong (Bebas-Wangsa Maju) pada persidangan Dewan Rakyat hari ini.

PM: Malaysia-India Trade To Double By 2015

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – Trade between Malaysia and India is expected to double by 2015 as a result of many landmark agreements signed between the two countries.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said among them were the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, multiple memoranda of understanding in the fields of tourism, information technology and services, traditional medicine as well as in research and development collaboration.

“These are significant milestones that will feature prominently increasing trade and investment flows between Malaysia and India.

“We are confident the country-to-country relationship will manifest itself more intensely and significantly as the many initiatives start to take form and generate results,” he said in his speech at the TiE Asia-Pacific Conference 2010 here today.

Najib said Malaysian government had embarked on measures to provide unique opportunities for businesses to access financial and capital markets as the government realised that for entrepreneurs to be successful, adequate access to finance and capital was essential.

In this regard, he said, Bursa Malaysia was working with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) to encourage Indian and non-resident Indian businesses to take advantage of the opportunities Malaysian capital markets had to offer.

He said the Securities Commission and the Stock Exchange Board of India had signed an agreement paving the way for improved opportunities in cross-border capital market activities.

Najib urged foreign entrepreneurs to explore opportunities in the country’s highly-developed Islamic banking and financial services industry.

“We can confidently say our financial institutions have more than adequate capacity to support entrepreneurs in their business endeavours,” he said.

‘Dahulukan Rakyat’ slogan baru UMNO

KOTA TINGGI 16 Nov. – ‘Dahulukan Rakyat’ dipilih sebagai slogan baru UMNO bagi menggantikan ‘Dulu, Kini dan Selamanya’ supaya relevan dengan suasana dan perkembangan semasa negara.

Ketua Penerangan UMNO, Datuk Ahmad Maslan berkata, slogan ‘Dulu, Kini dan Selamanya’ yang diguna pakai sejak sekian lama kini akan menjadi sejarah selepas pemilihan slogan baru itu.

Menurutnya, slogan ‘Dahulukan Rakyat’ dianggap lebih menjurus kepada membina asas perjuangan dan kekuatan parti bagi perjuangan akan datang.

“Slogan tersebut adalah tema yang paling sesuai seperti model transformasi yang telah dinyatakan oleh Presiden UMNO (Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak) ketika menggulung perbahasan pada Perhimpunan Agung UMNO 2010 baru-baru ini,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian selepas melancarkan Jentera Pilihan Raya Peti Undi Parlimen Pengerang di Dewan Serbaguna Felda Semenchu, dekat sini semalam.

Turut hadir Ketua UMNO Bahagian Pengerang, Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said dan timbalannya, Datuk Harun Abdullah.

Bigger split in PKR?

Right or wrong is the only criterion — Sakmongkol AK47

SEPT 1 — A group of teenagers in western New York have been accused of harassing members of a mosque by yelling obscenities and insults during evening prayers for Ramadan, sideswiping a worshiper with a vehicle and firing a shotgun outside, the authorities said yesterday.

The teenagers were chased and cornered by members of the mosque, who held them for the police. They were charged with disrupting a religious service, a misdemeanor.

The above report appeared in the New York Times.

America it seems, despite the so many contradictions in its social life, is able to distinguish between what is right and wrong. Malaysia compares unfavourably in this department.

In fact this government appears hesitant when dealing with racism-inspired attacks against it. Instead it goes all out to appease the other side in an elaborate exercise that can only be considered as catharsis. The government leadership thinks by appeasing the other side, it’s cleansing itself from guilt.

Because anything the government does is judged on the basis of whether what they do is racist or not. The government has been accused of so many racist-based actions. Hence custodial deaths are seen as the work of some shadowy Malay extremists and scum; the death of an aide to a politician is judged as something done by an oppressive Malay organisation; and how the government handles abuses against the religion of Islam will be seen only in terms of whether its actions are race based. People forget that the most important criterion in judging transgressions, crimes and wrongs committed is whether they are right or wrong.

No moral pontificating, no winding analyses by political windbags and no noises from self-anointed “civil rights” spokesmen. If the rapper Namewee has committed a wrong such as can lead to racial upheavals, he should be punished on the basis of whether he has done right or wrong. The fact that he is Chinese is immaterial.

I can’t reconcile with this idea, that a Chinese is not capable of being a racist while the government, because it’s controlled by Malays, is forever to be condemned as racist.

If this government does anything to non-Malays, it can be considered racist. When two Malay teenagers were caught burning a church in Cheras, the government gave money, and the teenagers were sent to jail for years.

When some Chinese boys desecrated a surau in Negeri Sembilan, the parents of these boys asked for forgiveness and the matter was forgotten.

When the rapper who claims he is an embodiment of 1 Malaysia appeared in another YouTube flick “doin his f*****g thang” complete with vulgar words and lewd gesticulations, “rights” groups quickly came to his defence.

This brings the subject of racism out into the open. It appears only the Malay-led government and Malays in general are capable of racism while non-Malays, because they are in the minority, are absolved from that same charge.

It means also that only certain people can be official “victims” of racism, sexism, and similar offences. So when non-Malay leaders justify whatever actions done by these loonies, they justify this on the basis that non-Malays cannot be racists and Malays cannot be race victims.

No consciences are enlivened by these so-called leaders of conscience, by the Lim Kit Siangs, by the do-gooders of PKR, and so forth. These frauds assault our sensibilities, threaten, and pontificate, but they do not speak at all to our sense of right and wrong.

The porn actor has got it correct this time, if Namewee has done something wrong this time, he must face the music. He is just as capable of committing racism as the Malay boys sentenced to five years’ jail. — sakmongkol.blogspot.com

Namewee, O Namewee, when will you ever learn? — Lim Sue Goan

SEPT 3 — Rapper Wee Meng Chee or better known as Namewee is wrong this time as he has certainly done something inappropriate.

Many people supported him in the national anthem controversy three years ago as he had won sympathy by mentioning bureaucracy and corruption in the song.

Even though it was disrespectful to playfully indite the national anthem, the Cabinet still accepted his apology and did not take the case to court.

He had also tarnished the image and reputation of his alma mater Chung Hwa High School in Muar, in a vulgar video clip “Teacher Hew ABC Time” in 2008, which resulted in the school board of directors issuing him a legal letter.

This time, even MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, who had helped Namewee to settle the controversy three years ago, endorses actions to be taken by the government against him.

Namewee has done wrong in a few aspects.

First, he should not have launched a personal attack, which is unacceptable in a civil society. How would you feel if your mother and family are insulted with dirty words? Please do not do to others what you do not wish others to do to you.

Secondly, it is unwise for him to come forward during this crucial and sensitive period and stir up more trouble.

Thirdly, when everyone is fully condemning racist remarks and urging the government to punish the principal who allegedly made racist remarks against her non-Malay students, Namewee’s YouTube posting has complicated the matter, giving an opportunity to politicians to divert attention and clear the person who has done wrong.

There might be a rebellious period in the process of growing up but there is a limit to it. Perhaps, Namewee will only mature after experiencing some setbacks.

Namewee is a talented young man and he should apply his talents in more meaningful aspects, such as the charity song “You Still Have Me” he wrote to raise fund for the Taiwanese flood victims.

It is not necessarily to attract attention and enhance your reputation with vulgar language, indecent gestures and obscene facial expressions. One will only lower one’s own standard if his creations are full of such elements.

We also should not think that it is only a personal matter and that of his family as Namewee might represent a phenomenon.

I went through the messages posted on Namewee’s Facebook page and found that many young people tended to sympathise and support him. It is indeed their freedom of expression, but there is one thing worrying, namely many people are unable to distinguish between national management and mutual respect for all races.

Indeed, there are many problems in our national management, including unfair policies, corruption and the lack of execution capability. But these have nothing to do with races. We cannot hate anyone because of these problems. The key is to solve the management problems.

When parents are teaching their children at home, they should not instill hatred to avoid turning discontentment into an extreme mindset.

We must recognise and accept the reality. This is a multi-racial country. So what even if you win the war of words? Mutual communication, respect and trust are the correct path. — mysinchew.com

Letterhead saga: DAP sacks two more members

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — The Selangor letterhead saga continued today when the DAP issued a two-year expulsion order on two members — Yap Hock Siew and Ong Chai Huat — for allegedly using a support letter for personal gain.

DAP disciplinary committee chairman Tan Kok Wai made the announcement in a statement today, explaining that the duo had been found guilty of breaching party discipline.

“Both Yap and Ong were found to have committed direct conflict of interest which is in breach of party discipline when the former issued a letter of support under the letterhead of the Pandamaran Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK) in favour of a business where both are partners,” he said in the statement.

Tan noted that Yap and Ong were both chairman and vice-chairman of the Pasar Pandamaran DAP branch respectively at the time of their alleged wrongdoing.

“They have 14 days from the date of the disciplinary action to appeal in writing against the decision to the party’s central executive committee,” he added.

Last month, the state government suspended Yap from his position as Pandamaran new village head for attempting to use the support letter to obtain a contract from the Klang Municipal Council for his company.

Both Yap and Ong were accused of having applied for a contract to maintain and clean river floodgates.

Yap had also admitted to issuing the support letter, but with the endorsement of Selangor state executive councillor Ronnie Liu, who has also come under fire for his involvement in the issue.

He was reported to have said that he had used the company to get the job for the Pandamaran JKKK to help pay the utility bills for village facilities.

The DAP had earlier let off Liu with a “severe reprimand” for failing to run his office professionally during the first letterhead scandal involving Klang councillor Tee Boon Hock.

Tee was accused of forging Liu’s signature to issue support letters to obtain contracts worth over RM1 million for 16 companies, one of which is co-owned by his son Chin Chin.

Tee has since been expelled from DAP and sacked as a councillor and Liu was found partially responsible for the actions of his former aide.

Since then, there has been mounting pressure from many DAP leaders calling for Liu’s resignation.

Dr Ling says guilty if Dr M says so

lingPUTRAJAYA, Sept 3 — Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik declared today that he will be guilty of cheating in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal if his former boss Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says so.

Dr Ling, the former transport minister in Dr Mahathir’s Cabinet, said today he was thankful to the former PM for his “generous” offer to testify in his PKFZ cheating trial.

The former MCA president said his ex-boss’s testimony was important because he chaired Cabinet meetings.

“I would like to say thank you very much to him because that is very generous of him because he was chairing the Cabinet meeting and I am being charged for cheating the whole Cabinet so all these witnesses are very important,” he told reporters at the Sessions Court here today.

Dr Mahathir has said that he will testify in the former transport minister’s trial if the court subpoenas him.

The former PM had also pointed out that Dr Ling is innocent until proven guilty.

Dr Ling said that if Dr Mahathir testifies that the Cabinet was cheated, then he would indeed be guilty.

“If they bear witness that they were cheated then I am guilty. If they bear witness that I cheated then there is a case for trial,” he added.

Dr Ling, 67, is charged with cheating the government by misleading the Cabinet helmed by Dr Mahathir on the land acquisition for the PKFZ project.

The PKFZ project was mooted during his term as transport minister and the cost of the project, initially estimated at less than RM2 billion, more than doubled to RM4.6 billion by 2007.

The total bill for the project is expected to swell to as much as RM12.5 billion due to interest costs from deferred payments, if the trans-shipment hub fails to perform.

He faces up to seven years in jail and a fine under the Penal Code, if found guilty.

The friendship between the two doctors dates back to the 1980s when Dr Ling helped hold the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) together as the MCA president while Dr Mahathir struggled to unite the splintered Umno. Both retired from Cabinet the same year — Dr Ling in May 2003, and Dr Mahathir five months later.

Dr Ling also dismissed speculation that he has been made a scapegoat for the scandal.

“When you are in the palace of justice, don’t talk about scapegoat,” he said.

Last year, The Malaysian Insider reported that Dr Ling had told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) probing the scandal-ridden PKFZ that it was Dr Mahathir who oversaw the project’s land valuation.

In the verbatim of the PAC meeting procedures, the former MCA president pointed out that the costing and valuation of the land was determined by the Valuation and Property Services Department which was chaired by Dr Mahathir, who was the then finance minister.

“Our job in Ministry of Transport is to only state the fact that we want the land. Costings, valuations and all that, it is not the function of the Ministry of Transport. We do not have a valuation department.

“Costings and valuations is a question for the Treasury to deal with. They have the Valuation Department and everything is there, not in Ministry of Transport. I think [it was] Tun Dr Mahathir who chaired it, and he was the finance minister also. He saw it very clearly. That was the fact of the case,” Dr Ling said in the verbatim report.

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Mokhzani Mahathir antara 20 terkaya di M’sia

Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir – anak mantan Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad – tersenarai dalam 20 orang terkaya di Malaysia, demikian menurut hasil kaji selidik majalah Malaysian Business.

Sehingga 15 Januari lalu, Mokhzani dari Kencana Petroleum, disenaraikan dengan kekayaan sebanyak RM1.075 bilion untuk menduduki tangga ke-20 orang terkaya di Malaysia.

Jutawan Melayu lain yang disenaraikan ialah Tan Seri Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary dari Yayasan AlBukhary, dengan kekayaan sebanyak RM6.01 bilion di tangga ke tujuh.

Manakala Tan Sri Azman dari Arab-Malaysian Corp di senaraikan di tangga ke-11 denan kekayaan se banyak RM2.8 bilion.

Datuk Seri Nazir Razak – adik Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak – dari Kumpulan CIMB, turut disenaraikan antara 40 orang terkaya di Malaysia.

Sementara itu, Bernama melaporkan, menurut kaji selidik Malaysian Business, kekayaan 40 orang terkaya di Malaysia mencatat peningkatan terkumpul bernilai RM156.7 bilion pada 15 Januari atau 63 peratus lebih RM96.3 bilion, berikutan pemulihan dalam pasaran saham.

Bagaimanapun, menurut kenyataan majalah itu yang dikeluarkan hari ini, kekayaan terkumpul mereka masih kurang daripada RM171.9 bilion yang direkodkan pada 2008.

Penanda aras FBM KLCI telah meningkat 44.3 peratus sejak kaji selidik terakhir ketika masyarakat dunia berusaha bangkit semula berikutan krisis kewangan global.

Senarai penuh 40 orang terkaya dan maklumat mengenai kekayaan mereka telah diterbitkan dalam majalah itu dalam keluaran 16 Februari. Seperti tahun lepas, kekayaan 40 teratas itu dinilai berdasarkan kepada nilai saham mereka di dalam syarikat yang tersenarai pada 15 Jan tahun ini.

Kaji selidik itu juga menunjukkan hampir separuh daripada senarai yang tercatat tahun ini melonjak 50 peratus atau lebih.

Ada lebih jutawan tahun ini – 22 orang iaitu lebih lapan orang berbanding tahun lepas.

Tan Sri Robert Kuok dari Kumpulan Kuok yang melepaskan mahkotanya “Raja Gula” tahun lepas, masih mendahului senarai dengan kekayaan RM42.76 bilion, meningkat RM16.1 bilion daripada RM26.6 bilion, setahun lalu.

Hartawan telekomunikasi Ananda Krishnan berada pada kedudukan kedua dengan kekayaan RM27 bilion.

Tan Sri Lee Shin Chen dari IOI Corporation Bhd menduduki tempat ketiga dengan kekayaan RM11.92 bilion diikuti ahli perbankan terkemuka Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow dengan kekayaannya berjumlah RM10.86 bilion.

Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay dari Kumpulan Genting dengan kekayaan bernilai RM10.38 bilion, melonjak kepada kedudukan kelima. Ini kerana beliau mewarisi sejumlah besar kekayaan daripada mendiang bapanya Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong.

Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan dari Kumpulan Hong Leong menduduki tempat keenam dengan RM7.09 bilion.

Jutawan lain yang tersenarai dalam 10 teratas adalah balu Lim Goh Tong, Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua, Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King dari Rimbunan Hijau Group dan Tan Sri Vincent Tan dari Berjaya Group.

Lima muka baru dalam senarai itu ialah Lee Swee Eng dari KNM Group, Datuk Shahril Shamsuddin dan Shahriman Shamsuddin dari Sapura, Datuk Seri Nazir Razak dari CIMB Group dan Ong Leong Huat dari OSK Holdings, yang muncul semula dalam senarai itu selepas tiada dalam tempoh setahun.

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