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Breaking News Malaysian Army Chief step into Racial Politics

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Umno chieftain meets PM in Putrajaya
'Sack Ahmad and detain him under ISA'
Racial issues: Army chief tells gov't to act
Gerakan reps quit BN Youth in protest
NGOs: Don't use Sedition Act on Umno leader
The real danger of Ahmad Ismail:p
Sin Chew Daily: We did no wrong
PKR fears Anwar's bail revoked tomorrow
Muhyiddin: I've invited Dr M back to Umno

Just 1 week to old dog thief LKy's birthday 16.Sept.2008 on which Mr Anwar Ibrahim promised to fall the Malaysian BN Regime. Malaysia Chief of MAF Army asked government to act on Racial Issue.

Racial issues: Army chief tells gov't to act Sep 9, 08 12:10pm Departing from the norm, the Armed Forces today reminded the government on the danger of allowing racial issues to exacerbate.
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Categorising it as a security threat, its chief Abdul Aziz Zainal called on the authorities to take stern action against those who stoke racial sentiments.
He warned that racial issues should not be raised as it had the potential to create chaos and disorder.
"Racial issues are the most feared by security forces as they could lead to chaos. They are a security threat," he was quoted as saying by the Star.
The general was speaking to reporters at the Wanita Umno Hari Raya contribution presentation to the armed forces and the police at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur.

At the same event, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said street politics is under control and peace is upheld.
He said the police force is prepared to face any eventuality.
"We are ready to work day and night, rain or shine, without food and drink to ward off such threats," he said.
'It's very serious'
Meanwhile, Wanita Umno chief Rafidah Aziz urged Malaysians to refrain from questioning the racial origins of their fellow citizens.

"Today, the top brass of the armed forces talked about it. When the armed forces talks like that it means it’s very serious.
"Let’s stop talking about sensitive issues. It’s not just about race. When you are talking people down, you are already talking about sensitivities," she added.
Rafidah also said that street demonstrations and the mob spirit should be rejected as it affects public peace and security.
The Umno leader added that this would further burden the police which already has the task of maintaining public order.
The latest ‘racial slur’ controversy to make headlines erupted when it was reported that Umno Bukit Bendera division leader Ahmad Islmail called the Chinese as ‘immigrants’ among others.
This drew flak from various quarters, including from Barisan Nasional component parties.
Following this, Umno deputy president Najib Abdul Razak offered an apology but Ahmad has remained defiant.


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posted by uncleyap at 6:17 PM

 

[uncleyap]

This is supposed to be the time Badawi order his MAF & mata to act, and yet the reversed had just happened:

MAF Chief is asking his boss (PM) to act!

What does that mean?

It hints that he is not likely to be taking orders from his PM / Govt to act, MAF Chief is taking a political position !!

 

[uncleyap]

Inside UMNO is a big time bomb, Badawi / Najib are both caught weather to crack their own hardcore UMNO Malay such as Ahmad or to use them as strength.

The BN ruling coalition's component parties are angry now tearing up relations and burning bridges with UMNO. That Gerakan & MCA are so pissed with UMNO's Ahmad. If Badawi & Najib don't put Ahmad into ISD, BN will fall apart!

What are they going to do?

Frogs are jumping to Anwar's Pakatan, UMNO and BN are in-fighting.

UMNO's internal competitor is inviting Dr M back to UMNO.

It is all shit for Badawi & Najib, now without Anwar Malaysia will not be stable.

If they imprison Anwar Malaysia will sink into a chaos and multiple way conflict including racial riots will break out on the streets in every state!

Only Anwar is a stablilization factor and confident factor, a hope to solve all problems.

 

[Alu862]

Can you good friend Anwar improve the Malaysian economy? Health system? What are his foreign, defence regional policies? Or does he think cancelling bumiputra is the solution to everything?

 

[twochan]

Malaysia, like Singapore is stuck with a lot of deadwoods in the political system.

In more developed countries they often clear out their deadwood with small fires. So little damage is done. Superficial. Recover within a month.

Down here, there is so much deadwood that it will cause such a big fire and burn the earth down so deep that it may take years to recover.

Ultimately, the deadwood have to be cleared one day. Every time you postpone the fire, it's going to be even bigger the next time.

If this was a competition between Singapore and Malaysia, the one that does housekeeping more often, wins.

 

[scroobal]

Looks like Che Guevara is into newsreporting now days. Must be a new hardline tactic.

 

[Ramseth]

LOL! Give you my power points.

 

[Ramseth]

Wah my power points want to give Sroobal kena blocked! Leongsam is crap man!

 

[uncleyap]

Can you good friend Anwar improve the Malaysian economy? Health system? What are his foreign, defence regional policies? Or does he think cancelling bumiputra is the solution to everything?

Why don't you ask if Anwar could make $$$Riggit$$$ fall from sky every day, every Malaysian don't have to work? Enjoy wealth every day.. :p

Every reform have it's own emphasis.


Very silly for individuals to blindly set conflicting goals into any particular reform campaign without any ability to see what that particular reform is about.

 

[uncleyap]

Looks like Che Guevara is into newsreporting now days. Must be a new hardline tactic.

Yeah. Anything but TV Cooking Show hor....

 

[Alu862]

Why don't you ask if Anwar could make $$$Riggit$$$ fall from sky every day, every Malaysian don't have to work? Enjoy wealth every day.. :p

Every reform have it's own emphasis.


Very silly for individuals to blindly set conflicting goals into any particular reform campaign without any ability to see what that particular reform is about.

What reform pray has Anwar for the economy? Defence? Trade?

 

[uncleyap]

Reformasi better not be a still birth

Again I urge Singaporeans to pay attention to watch on going Malaysian political development.

My own observation is that BN Regime is surely but NOT slowly falling apart.

Most of today's MalaysiaKini.Com's headlines suggested so:

BN to let Umno decide on Ahmad
Umno chieftain meets PM in Putrajaya
Racial issues: Army chief tells gov't to act
'Sack Ahmad and detain him under ISA'
MCA too wants stern action
The real danger of Ahmad Ismail
Gerakan reps quit BN Youth in protest
NGOs: Don't use Sedition Act on Umno leader
Sin Chew Daily: We did no wrong
PKR fears Anwar's bail revoked tomorrow
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It would be anarchy and chaos in the view of chemistry of conflicts and splitting within UMNO & BN as the impacts of March 2008 GE & Anwar's By-Election sets in - IF THERE WAS A STILL BIRTH OF PARKATAN REGIME TO REPLACE THE FALLING BN.

That could happen, if BN e.g. abused the sodomy charge to disqualify Mr. Anwar again.

BN Regime since Tunku Abdul Rahman and changed and faded much and time had changed much. It's traditions such as Racially Based component parties is unable to match today's reality any longer. I think it reached a phase to retire as oppositions and take time to renew itself like what the Taiwanese KMT had been through during Ah Bian's DPP regime.

At this time it will be a real crisis if the replacement regime suffered a still birth.

I pray for this not to happen.

Malaysia is a brotherly nation of Singapore, and I urge Singaporeans to wish Malaysia & Reformasi well.

The Reformasi had and is continuing to inspire us in Singapore. I wish the Malaysians success.

Further up north, Thai struggles also inspire me. Thais show their courage; resolve and strength. They had been in struggles for time longer than Malaysians, from peaceful civil campaigns to military coups and mixtures in between both. Eye opening for Singaporeans indeed.





posted by uncleyap at 7:51 AM

 

[uncleyap]

Badawi is obviously in a state of inaction. Gerakan MCA NGO and even MAF General are all urging actions to be taken urgently. But what is he doing? What is he able to do?:p

I say his balls are tight - apart! One pulled toward the left the other towards the right.

And he can not move any where into any direction!:(

He resign? That seems to be the call from every one. He resigned and BN regime also come apart. It will come apart via one way any another.

Any hard or soft approach at this time for Badawi conflicts some very crucial factors for BN. And inaction is no solution as well.

Samak tried to pull State Of Emergency and Thai military general didn't give him a shit.

Now instead of receiving Badawi's instruction to impose State Of Emergency / Martial Law, the MAF general is telling Badawi what to do, so the PM obviously lost his leadership. Badawi is not too far from Samak already.

How does old dog thief LKy feel watching all these.... I wonder... :p

How would it be when his turn comes around the corner?

 

[uncleyap]

Malaysia, like Singapore is stuck with a lot of deadwoods in the political system.

In more developed countries they often clear out their deadwood with small fires. So little damage is done. Superficial. Recover within a month.

Down here, there is so much deadwood that it will cause such a big fire and burn the earth down so deep that it may take years to recover.

Ultimately, the deadwood have to be cleared one day. Every time you postpone the fire, it's going to be even bigger the next time.

If this was a competition between Singapore and Malaysia, the one that does housekeeping more often, wins.

Singapore's deadwoods however are very beautifully decorated.

Wrapped in gold foil and plus plastic flowers and leaves stuck on them to fake up famiLEE LEEgime's First World Falsehood.

 

[peasantJUDGE]

Malaysia, like Singapore is stuck with a lot of deadwoods in the political system.

In more developed countries they often clear out their deadwood with small fires. So little damage is done. Superficial. Recover within a month.

Down here, there is so much deadwood that it will cause such a big fire and burn the earth down so deep that it may take years to recover.

Ultimately, the deadwood have to be cleared one day. Every time you postpone the fire, it's going to be even bigger the next time.

If this was a competition between Singapore and Malaysia, the one that does housekeeping more often, wins.

Pak Lah is the biggest piece of deadwood. He is indecisive and lacks political will to do what should and must be done. Quite a useless PM, although not a bad person.

 

[Alu862]

Yap please don't laugh at peoples misfortunes. Wait till your own balls are squeezed

 

[uncleyap]

Pak Lah is the biggest piece of deadwood. He is indecisive and lacks political will to do what should and must be done. Quite a useless PM, although not a bad person.

He is exactly for that been selected as successor by Dr. M after Anwar tried to topple him in the middle of Asian Financial Crisis.

Dr. M wanted his retirement smooth after crisis got over. He don't want another Anwar after putting one away via ISA/sodomy. So he picked some one like Badawi - who will never shake anything. Dr. M got what he asked for then - he got to retirement without Badawi giving his troubles, but then he regrets in his retirement after he saw the side effects of Badawi's characteristics.

After traveling South-pole and elsewhere, Dr M found that he can not relax in retirement and have to shake Badawi up.

Then Anwar returned.... so show time!:p

 

[uncleyap]

MCA too wants stern action

http://malaysiakini.com/news/89349

MCA too wants stern action Andrew Ong | Sep 9, 08 2:16pm MCA today said that it was unhappy with the attitude of Bukit Bendera Umno division head Ahmad Ismail, urging stern action to be taken against him.

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"We will strongly raise this issue at the Barisan Nasional meeting later today," said MCA president Ong Ka Ting.

MCA's stand echoes sentiments expressed by Wanita Gerakan this morning - the wing has called for Ahmad to be expelled from Umno and detained under the Internal Security Act.

Ong, however, said he did not want to speculate on the form of punishment Umno should mete out to Ahmad.

"We can't forgive him just like that. He must show sincerity and apologise. We also want action to be taken by the party leadership," he said during a brief press conference after chairing the MCA presidential council.

Ahmad has refused to apologise for his allegedly racial remarks aimed at Chinese Malaysians, and yesterday initiated further attacks against the minority community.

Ong said that MCA was “very unsatisfied” with Ahmad’s remarks, especially after he had made more inflammatory remarks yesterday.

He said that the Umno leadership must take stern action against Ahmad (left) because the latter’s remarks were “very unfair” to the Chinese community.

“It has deeply hurt the Chinese community. MCA’s position on this matter remains (the same) - since the time he called the Chinese ‘squatters’ up to calling the Chinese ‘Jews’, he has gone overboard,” he said.

Ong also said the MCA would urge the Barisan Nasional supreme council to mete out a severe punishment on Ahmad, adding that the Chinese community would not compromise on the matter.

“The Chinese are born here and this is our motherland. The Chinese have contributed a lot, towards independence and the development of this multiracial country,” he said.

Ong said the multiracial fabric of Malaysia cannot be placed in jeopardy just because of one “narrow-minded and extremist” individual.

Bullying tactics

Ong was non-committal when asked if Penang MCA would follow in the state Gerakan’s footsteps to formally sever ties with Penang Umno.

“Penang MCA has made a very clear stand. The line is drawn with Ahmad. If this situation is not resolved, and there are further acts that hurt the relationship (between MCA and Umno) I think Penang MCA would not hesitate to take further action,” he said.

On Ahmad’s act of berating Gerakan acting president Koh Tsu Koonyesterday, Ong described it as a “bullying tactic”.

“MCA works on a matter of principle that you must treat all component party leaders (with respect).

We are all rakan (friends) and partners (and) must be treated with equal respect. (Ahmad) should not resort to bullying tactics,” he added.

Yesterday, Ahmad had slammed Koh for allegedly stoking racial tension and challenged Gerakan to leave BN.

One of Ahmad’s supporters then angrily tore up a photograph of Koh in front of the press, before stomping on it.

 

[uncleyap]

Gerakan reps quit BN Youth in protest

http://malaysiakini.com/news/89375

Gerakan reps quit BN Youth in protest Athi Veeranggan | Sep 9, 08 5:49pm

MCPX

Penang Gerakan Youth leader Huan Cheng Guan has quit with immediate effect as state Barisan Nasional Youth chief, to protest the disrespect shown to his party’s acting head Koh Tsu Koon by several Umno members yesterday.

They had torn up and trampled on a photograph of Gerakan acting president Koh Tsu Koon at the Penang Umno headquarters.Three other Gerakan Youth leaders - vice-chairperson Yew Khean Siang, secretary Oh Teong Keong and assistant-secretary Heng Thee Wey - will submit their resignations to the state BN secretariat tomorrow.

Yew is the BN state Youth vice-chairperson, while Oh and Heng are members of the BN Youth committee.

Huan, who is currently in Taiwan, conveyed a message via SMS to BN national Youth head Hishammuddin Husseinthis morning.

He said he would not tolerate Koh being subjected to “such humiliation and utter contempt” by segments within Umno.

“It’s too much for me to take. How could they tear down my leader’s photo and step on it? I have tendered my resignation as Penang BN Youth chief with immediate effect,” the former Batu Kawan parliamentarian told Malaysiakini via SMS.

Huan, who is on a study tour of Taiwan with 49 BN MPs in his capacity as executive secretary of the Backbenchers Club, also rejected calls by certain Gerakan leaders for him to abandon the trip and return immediately.

“As the executive secretary, I'm duty-bound to be in Taiwan to co-ordinate the tour. I would be irresponsible to abandon it and return home now,” he explained.

Huan, who has to relinquish his leadership of Gerakan Youth this month due to his age, had recently announced that he would contest the post of state chairperson in the upcoming party polls.

‘Dismayed by Umno’

The other Gerakan Youth leaders said they were resigning because they were dismayed by the ineptness of Umno and BN top leaders in reining in Bukit Bendera Umno division head Ahmad Ismail.

“Ahmad is going on and on with his seditious remarks and threats to disrupt the harmony within BN and among Malaysians. His supporters tore down and stepped on our party leader’s portrait. But Umno and BN leadership are still hesitating to act against him,” said Oh.

Ahmad’s supporters had verbally abused reporters and torn down Koh’s portrait in the meeting hall during yesterday’s press conference.

Ahmad had also told Gerakan to get out of BN and warned Chinese Malaysians not to mimic American Jews who not only sought to control the country's economy but also its political power.

He has invoked a national backlash for his reportedly racist remarks by calling Chinese Malaysians “immigrants squatting in the country” during the Permatang Pauh by-election campaign.

Meanwhile, Kampung Kolam state assemblyperson Ng Wei Aik (left) lodged a police report at the Jalan Patani station in George Town today against state Umno secretary Azhar Ibrahim for saying that the “Sin Chiew journalist ought to be shot if her article causes another May 13”.

The statement was reportedly made during an earlier press conference by Ahmad, held last Friday.

Ng said Azhar’s threat amounted to criminal intimidation and he wants the police to probe the Umno leader without fear or favour.

George Town OCPD Azam Abdul Hamid said the police would probe Ng’s complaint without double standards.

Sin Chew Daily has stood by its article and the journalist who wrote it.

 

[uncleyap]

http://malaysiakini.com/news/89350

The real danger of Ahmad Ismail

Nathaniel Tan | Sep 9, 08 2:41pm Does Ahmad Ismail represent a huge swath of Malaysian society, or is he a lone ranger?
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Examining this question may yield important answers about the current state of Umno in Malaysia.

After yesterday's incident which included infantile supporters ripping up a photograph of Dr Koh Tsu Koon, we can expect some further shows of support for Ahmad by a number of individuals and groups.

It is worth recalling the NEP protest in Penang and Selangor soon after March 8, as well as the UiTM protests more recently. These gatherings, numbering usually in the low four figures or so, should have us questioning just how deep and wide the fears of Malay Malaysians currently run.

Concerns about uprisings were indeed widespread in early March, where many feared the period when Umno-led ultra-nationalists would have had the most reason and impetus to display extreme displeasure with the election results.

That cloud passed without a storm, a fact which left a distinct impression amongst Malaysians that we had come a long, long way in our 50 years of existence as a nation.

Legitimate Malay concerns

The passing of this storm should not be taken to mean, however, that widely felt legitimate concerns amidst the Malay middle ground do not exist.

In an era where globalisation swallows cultures whole, and amidst a backdrop where Islam appears constantly under siege, it is undeniably understandable to fear the loss of one's identity.

Luckily for Malaysia, the current willingness to take a chance on a new government goes hand in hand with a lack of appetite for destructive behaviour on a mass scale.

Malaysians have proudly shown that they love their families and their neighbours too much to visit violence on one another in solidarity with a party that has done more than anyone else to frustrate its own stated aims.

We now face the possibility of another major political shift, and are once again faced with the same questions of whether a major uprising of discontent is in the books.

My feeling is that if it didn't happen in March, it will not happen in the event of a change of federal government. A number of observations inform this view.

Umno no longer trusted by Malays

Firstly, we must not underestimate the power of a simple truth: that Malays have been betrayed not by any 'kaum pendatang’, but by Umno itself.

The last few decades have seen damage done by Umno to itself and to the Malay community that can only be described as irreparable - a term not used lightly.

With the centrality of image to politics, the typical mansion-dwelling, Mercedes-riding Umno leader who built his or her fortune on the back of poor Malays is an enduring liability, as is its role in creating an increasingly dangerous and widening gap between the Malay poor and the Malay rich. Pakatan Rakyat's constant reinforcement of this image has certainly hurt as well.

Umno's stewardship has by its own admittance failed to realise the goals of policies such as the NEP aimed at raising the standard of living in the Malay community. With a raised ‘keris’ in one hand, the other hand is stealing everything of worth from Malays and Malaysians. Fortunately, Malaysians can now see in the cold light of day what been done time and time again by those hidden hands.

As a party, Umno has clearly degenerated from a service-oriented institution to a patronage based one. While this may have been vaguely, if immorally, sustainable with a totalitarian ideologue at the helm during good times, it is certainly not surviving inept leadership and even more severe levels of graft. Ahmad's defiance is also clearly symptomatic of the dangerous power vacuum left behind in the leadership crisis currently affecting Umno and BN.

In short, with ever dwindling public support - especially in urban areas - Umno is indeed a sinking ship. Take away the myth of invincibility, as was done in March, and very little of substance remains.

Last ditch efforts by Umnoputras

This is not to say that the Umno hardliners are without any support whatsoever. Yes, there is a section of society - from all ethnic groups - who are simple, hateful racists. I don't think they number greatly though; the group we should watch is far more sophisticated and dangerous.

We must remember that many, many people got rich via Umno connections - connections that soon stand to lose essentially all their worth (except perhaps if you live, say, in Johor).

In other words, there is a massive amount at stake.

The priority of those who stand to lose so much is, obviously, to retain power at all costs. For Umno, means of doing or so are limited by at least two impossibilities: moving towards true integrity, and moving out of a race-centric framework. The former would defeat the entire purpose and the latter, the raison d'etre of race-based parties.

In Umno, this means that as far as strategies go, they are back to square one: defending Malay supremacy against the ‘evil machinations’ of non-Malays.

I think it is wisest to view this desperation coldly. Rather than rush to defend the dignity and rights of non-Malays, which is all well and good, we should be thinking about how to manage any potential impact the rhetoric of Umno leaders like Ahmad Ismail may have.

Fortunately, it is unlikely to achieve much mileage or gain traction on its own merits, for the simple reason articulated above: people no longer trust Umno leaders - not even to defend Malay dignity.

That said, we should both expect and not be surprised by some level of support, recalling again that many individuals and their dependents (who provide bodies and numbers when called upon) rely on Umno not for the dignity or prestige of their ethnic group, but for the size of their wallets.

We should also not take this threat for granted, but manage it wisely.

Best way to defend Malay rights

Fluster, bluster, sound and fury will amount to very little. At the end of the day, the best defender of non-Malay rights is a Malay, and the best defender of Malay rights is a non-Malay.

It is thus the duty of myself and many reading to reinforce the notion as publicly and as often as possible that the central tenets of Malay economic well-being, culture, religion and way of life will always be held sacrosanct in this land and never, ever sacrificed to posterity or allowed to assimilate excessively and fade away.

The rest, I leave to my Malay brothers and sisters.

The clock ticks for Malaysia; race-based politics has been the biggest structural impediment to true Malaysian harmony by far, and the time has come to leave it far behind in the dust of history.

<hr size="2" width="100%">NATHANIEL TAN, who is almost 28, blogs at www.jelas.info.


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