Demikian lah yang ditegaskan oleh bekas Setiausaha Agung PKM, Chin Peng dalam temu bual dengan Bernama di Hatyai, hari ini, sempena ulang tahun ke 20 perjanjian perdamaian antara PKM, Thailand dan Malaysia.
Sudah terang lagi bersuluh. Memang tidak dapat dinafikan sejarah apabila pendirian pemimpin PKM yang tetap berpegang kepada ajaran Karl Marx, yang menyatakan komunis akan menggunakan apa cara sekalipun, termasuk kekerasan, untuk mencapai cita-cita perjuangannya.
Nah... hari ini ternyata benar, apabila Chin Peng tetap mengatakan bahawa PKM masih hidup. Memang benar mereka meletakkan senjata, tetapi ideologi Karl Mark dan komunisme itu tetap kekal dalam sanubari mereka.
Petikan temu bual dengan Bernama hari ini:
.......Asked what had become of the CPM after laying down arms for the last 20 years, Chin Peng maintained that the party was still alive, but not posing a threat to anyone as it was in hibernation.
"Yes, the CPM is still alive...in hibernation. We are not active anymore, just some reunions among our comrades," said Chin Peng who led a jungle guerilla war against the Malaysian government which lasted several decades.
He said that since the signing of the peace accord, he believed both parties had met most of their obligations set out in the agreement, but the decision to bar him from returning home remained a sticky issue.
Pemimpin PKM itu tetap komunis yang akan kekal berpegang teguh kepada ideologi komunisme. Berikutan itu, rakyat negara ini tidak perlu sangsi lagi terhadap pendirian kerajaan berhubung dengan PKM. Tetapi, mereka perlulah sentiasa berwaspada terhadap ancaman PKM yang ternyata masih mahu meneruskan perjuangannya serta masih menjadi musuh utama.
Dulu pun, jelas persetujuan pemimpin PKM menandatangani perjanjian itu mempunyai motif lain - untuk menghalalkan perjuangan mereka mengikut lunas undang-undang negara ini. Walaupun tembok komunisme sudah runtuh, sistem komunis sudah tidak lagi wujud dan bekas Ketua Parti Komunis Malaya (PKM), Chin Peng sudah mengisytiharkan gencatan senjata, kita harus ingat fahaman komunis masih wujud. Kemungkinan kegiatan komunis itu menyeludup dalam masyarakat dan cuba menggagalkan usaha kerajaan.
Di Malaysia, walau pun kita menganggap komunis bukan lagi ancaman besar, tidak bermakna kita terus leka dan membiarkannya berputik semula. Kita perlu menyekat sebarang unsur tidak sihat. Sebagai contoh, di Amerika Syarikat yang kita kenali sebagai negara paling bebas di dunia, kini mula menghadapi masalah daripada pelbagai kumpulan yang menyebarkan bermacam- macam ideologi, fahaman agama dan pertubuhan sulit.
Jika ada usaha menghalang atau menahan seseorang yang mewakili pertubuhan berkenaan kerana disyaki melakukan sesuatu kesalahan, pihak berkuasa akan dicabar di mahkamah. Ini juga yang berlaku kepada Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) yang menyiasat dan menyoal pemimpin PKR. Akhirnya pemimpin PKR membawa kes ke mahkamah dan mahkamah pula meranag SPRM menyoal siasat di luar waktu pejabat.
Keputusan mahkamah itu agak pelik kepada kita. Kerana seolah-olah MAHKAMAH MEMBENARKAN RASUAH DILAKUKAN SELEPAS WAKTU PEJABAT. RASUAH BOLEH DILAKUKAN ANTARA JAM 5 PETANG HINGGA 8 PAGI KERANA DALAM TEMPOH WAKTU ITU SPRM TIDAK BOLEH MENJALANKAN SIASATAN/SOAL SIASAT. Inilah kesan kebebasan berlebihan yang diberikan kepada rakyatnya hinggakan apa saja yang dilakukan adalah atas nama keadilan dan kebebasan bersuara kepada rakyat.
Tempoh yang begitu panjang sudah diberikan kepada Chin Peng tetapi dia tidak mengubah sikapnya. Kini, tiada lagi peluang untuknya di Malaysia.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Pejuang bahasa dan hangat-hangat tahi ayam
Hari ini Lebai tertarik dengan paparan komen seorang penulis dalam ruangan Surat akhbar Berita Harian mengenai perjuangan Bahasa Melayu. Amat menarik kupasan beliau yang sesekali menghentam pejuang bahasa yang beliau lihat kini seperti bermusim dan hanya mencari glamor atau populariti. Ada banyak sebab mereka ini bersuara dan berarak berdemonstrasi dari Masjid Negara hingga Istana Negara, ketika menentang PPSMI dulu.
Lebai copy tulisan dalam Berita Harian itu:
Bulan Bahasa Kebangsaan sudah hampir sebulan berlalu tanpa ada suatu pun program yang boleh dibanggakan untuk dikenang sebagai usaha ke arah memartabatkan bahasa Melayu. Kalau pada hari pelancarannya kita lihat begitu berkobar-kobar dan bersemangat hendak memartabatkan bahasa Melayu menjadi bahasa ilmu dan bahasa dunia.
Pejuang bahasa yang teramat lantang dulu entah ke mana menghilang. Tiada seorang pun yang bersuara mengenai kecelaruan penggunaan bahasa sekarang ini seolah-olah menjadi pejuang bermusim yang hanya bersuara pada waktu tertentu. Seperti ayam yang hanya berkokok pada waktu dinihari.
Sedikit masa dulu, pejuang bahasa begitu ghairah mengkritik kerajaan mengenai Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) hingga membawa kepada penghantaran memorandum kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Tokoh seperti A Samad Said dan Hassan Ahmad yang berkeras meminta kerajaan menarik balik PPSMI atas alasan mahu memartabatkan bahasa Melayu terus menyepi selepas peristiwa demonstrasi jalanan yang bersejarah itu.
Selepas itu tidak kedengaran apa-apa lagi. Barangkali mereka sudah puas setelah berjaya memaksa kerajaan menghabiskan entah berapa juta ringgit untuk menghasilkan buku teks baru, menggantikan buku teks PPSMI dulu.
Kemudian berapa juta ringgit pula untuk menjalankan kursus bagi guru yang terbabit dengan pelaksanaan dasar baru memartabatkan bahasa Melayu dan memperkukuhkan bahasa Inggeris.
Sekarang semuanya kembali kepada asal malah semakin jauh daripada matlamat hendak meletakkan bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa dunia dan bahasa ilmu. Pemimpin masih juga cenderung berbahasa Inggeris walaupun berucap kepada khalayak dari Malaysia sendiri. Tokoh korporat tetap dengan penuh ego menyampaikan maklumat dan mempromosikan produk mereka kepada rakyat Malaysia sendiri dalam bahasa Inggeris seolah-olah bahasa itu menjadi satu kemestian dalam bidang mereka.
Tiada siapa yang peduli dengan lambakan drama Melayu yang menggunakan dialog bahasa rojak. Tiada siapa peduli iklan yang terang-terang mencabar usaha memartabatkan bahasa Melayu. Malah Petronas sendiri yang dianggap sebagai sebuah syarikat nasional, membuat iklan dengan empat bahasa sekali gus seolah-olah bukan hanya Melayu saja bahasa rasmi negara ini.
Pejuang bahasa seperti bisu dan hilang taring. Kalau dulu begitu lantang dengan pelbagai kritikan, sekarang oleh kerana bukan musimnya, semua berdiam diri begitu saja. Seolah-olah kemunculan mereka bermusim.
Atau menanti tibanya musim pilihan raya atau sewaktu ada demonstrasi jalanan untuk mereka menjaja isu bahasa ini semula kerana kemunculan mereka pada waktu sensasi itu menjadikan mereka sedikit ‘glamor’. Kita tunggulah apabila tiba musimnya nanti.
ILHAM SYAKIMA,
Yan, Kedah.
Nah, sekarang di mana pejuang-pejuang ini. Adakah mereka sudah bisu. Dan tepat sekali jika dikatakan mereka ini hanya berlagak musim dan untuk mencari publisiti murah. Selain itu mereka juga bersekongkol dengan parti pembangkang yang suka membuat onar di negara ini.
Di mana kah mereka? Di manakah Timbalan Presiden, Persatuan Penulis Nasional (Pena), Datuk Baharuddin Zainal atau Baha Zain yang sebelum ini melihat PPSMI akan menjejaskan masa depan bahasa Melayu kerana iaakan mengakibatkan 47 mata pelajaran berkaitan Sains dan Matematik diajar dalam bahasa Inggeris. Beliau sebelum ini menggesa orang Melayu segera insaf bahawa bahasa Melayu ada dampak pada pemilihan akan datang dan beliau berharap Agung dan Sultanmemberi perhatian berhubung pelaksanaan Artikel 152 yang melindungi kedaulatan bahasa Melayu.
Begitu juga kemana perginya, Ketua Eksekutif, Yayasan Karyawan, Datuk Dr Hassan Ahmad, bersetujuagar isu PPSMI dibawa kepada Agung kerana mereka bertanggungjawab mempertahankan bahasa kebangsaan seperti termaktub dalam perlembagaan dan Akta Pelajaran 1961 dan Akta Pendidikan 1996 (Akta 550).
Kemana hilangnya mereka-mereka ini ketika pengisian Bulan Bahasa Kebangsaan sebulan yang lalu? Ke mana perginya Pengerusi Gerakan Mansuh PPSMI (GMP), Datuk Dr HassanAhmad; Timbalan Pengerusi GMP, Prof Dr Shaharir Mohd Zain; Setiausaha GMP, Hasni Abas; Sasterawan Negara, Datuk A Samad Said; Ahli Akademik,Prof Abdullah Hasan; penggiat teater, Che Shamsudin Othman; Ketua Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK), Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin; Naib Ketua AMK, Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainuddin dan Ketua AMK Bahagian Batu, Rozan Azen Mat Rasip.
Kemana, Presiden Pas, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang; Timbalan Presidennya, Nasaruddin Mat Isa; Naib Presiden Pas, Mohamad Sabu; Ketua Pemuda Pas,Salahuddin Ayob; Ketua Penerangan Pas, Datuk Mahfuz Omar, Pengarah Strategi Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Saifuddin Nasution Ismail; SuhaizanKaiat; Mohamad Faizal Abd Aziz; Ainon Simo @ Mohd @ Somo dan Idris Ahmad.
Lebai malas untuk komen lebih lanjut. Sekadar berkata mereka-mereka yang terlibat dalam memperjuangkan bahasa itu hanya 'hangat-hangat tahi ayam'. Nak cari populariti. Mereka-mereka itu, termasuk profesor-profesor pengajian Melayu atau yang terer bahasa Melayu - kononnya lah - masih menggunakan peribahasa lama yang direka cipta oleh nenak moyang kita dulu. Profesor-profesor itu tidak pula reti untuk mencipta satu pun peribahasa sendiri.
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Lebai copy tulisan dalam Berita Harian itu:
Bulan Bahasa Kebangsaan sudah hampir sebulan berlalu tanpa ada suatu pun program yang boleh dibanggakan untuk dikenang sebagai usaha ke arah memartabatkan bahasa Melayu. Kalau pada hari pelancarannya kita lihat begitu berkobar-kobar dan bersemangat hendak memartabatkan bahasa Melayu menjadi bahasa ilmu dan bahasa dunia.
Pejuang bahasa yang teramat lantang dulu entah ke mana menghilang. Tiada seorang pun yang bersuara mengenai kecelaruan penggunaan bahasa sekarang ini seolah-olah menjadi pejuang bermusim yang hanya bersuara pada waktu tertentu. Seperti ayam yang hanya berkokok pada waktu dinihari.
Sedikit masa dulu, pejuang bahasa begitu ghairah mengkritik kerajaan mengenai Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) hingga membawa kepada penghantaran memorandum kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Tokoh seperti A Samad Said dan Hassan Ahmad yang berkeras meminta kerajaan menarik balik PPSMI atas alasan mahu memartabatkan bahasa Melayu terus menyepi selepas peristiwa demonstrasi jalanan yang bersejarah itu.
Selepas itu tidak kedengaran apa-apa lagi. Barangkali mereka sudah puas setelah berjaya memaksa kerajaan menghabiskan entah berapa juta ringgit untuk menghasilkan buku teks baru, menggantikan buku teks PPSMI dulu.
Kemudian berapa juta ringgit pula untuk menjalankan kursus bagi guru yang terbabit dengan pelaksanaan dasar baru memartabatkan bahasa Melayu dan memperkukuhkan bahasa Inggeris.
Sekarang semuanya kembali kepada asal malah semakin jauh daripada matlamat hendak meletakkan bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa dunia dan bahasa ilmu. Pemimpin masih juga cenderung berbahasa Inggeris walaupun berucap kepada khalayak dari Malaysia sendiri. Tokoh korporat tetap dengan penuh ego menyampaikan maklumat dan mempromosikan produk mereka kepada rakyat Malaysia sendiri dalam bahasa Inggeris seolah-olah bahasa itu menjadi satu kemestian dalam bidang mereka.
Tiada siapa yang peduli dengan lambakan drama Melayu yang menggunakan dialog bahasa rojak. Tiada siapa peduli iklan yang terang-terang mencabar usaha memartabatkan bahasa Melayu. Malah Petronas sendiri yang dianggap sebagai sebuah syarikat nasional, membuat iklan dengan empat bahasa sekali gus seolah-olah bukan hanya Melayu saja bahasa rasmi negara ini.
Pejuang bahasa seperti bisu dan hilang taring. Kalau dulu begitu lantang dengan pelbagai kritikan, sekarang oleh kerana bukan musimnya, semua berdiam diri begitu saja. Seolah-olah kemunculan mereka bermusim.
Atau menanti tibanya musim pilihan raya atau sewaktu ada demonstrasi jalanan untuk mereka menjaja isu bahasa ini semula kerana kemunculan mereka pada waktu sensasi itu menjadikan mereka sedikit ‘glamor’. Kita tunggulah apabila tiba musimnya nanti.
ILHAM SYAKIMA,
Yan, Kedah.
Nah, sekarang di mana pejuang-pejuang ini. Adakah mereka sudah bisu. Dan tepat sekali jika dikatakan mereka ini hanya berlagak musim dan untuk mencari publisiti murah. Selain itu mereka juga bersekongkol dengan parti pembangkang yang suka membuat onar di negara ini.
Di mana kah mereka? Di manakah Timbalan Presiden, Persatuan Penulis Nasional (Pena), Datuk Baharuddin Zainal atau Baha Zain yang sebelum ini melihat PPSMI akan menjejaskan masa depan bahasa Melayu kerana iaakan mengakibatkan 47 mata pelajaran berkaitan Sains dan Matematik diajar dalam bahasa Inggeris. Beliau sebelum ini menggesa orang Melayu segera insaf bahawa bahasa Melayu ada dampak pada pemilihan akan datang dan beliau berharap Agung dan Sultanmemberi perhatian berhubung pelaksanaan Artikel 152 yang melindungi kedaulatan bahasa Melayu.
Begitu juga kemana perginya, Ketua Eksekutif, Yayasan Karyawan, Datuk Dr Hassan Ahmad, bersetujuagar isu PPSMI dibawa kepada Agung kerana mereka bertanggungjawab mempertahankan bahasa kebangsaan seperti termaktub dalam perlembagaan dan Akta Pelajaran 1961 dan Akta Pendidikan 1996 (Akta 550).
Kemana hilangnya mereka-mereka ini ketika pengisian Bulan Bahasa Kebangsaan sebulan yang lalu? Ke mana perginya Pengerusi Gerakan Mansuh PPSMI (GMP), Datuk Dr HassanAhmad; Timbalan Pengerusi GMP, Prof Dr Shaharir Mohd Zain; Setiausaha GMP, Hasni Abas; Sasterawan Negara, Datuk A Samad Said; Ahli Akademik,Prof Abdullah Hasan; penggiat teater, Che Shamsudin Othman; Ketua Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK), Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin; Naib Ketua AMK, Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainuddin dan Ketua AMK Bahagian Batu, Rozan Azen Mat Rasip.
Kemana, Presiden Pas, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang; Timbalan Presidennya, Nasaruddin Mat Isa; Naib Presiden Pas, Mohamad Sabu; Ketua Pemuda Pas,Salahuddin Ayob; Ketua Penerangan Pas, Datuk Mahfuz Omar, Pengarah Strategi Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Saifuddin Nasution Ismail; SuhaizanKaiat; Mohamad Faizal Abd Aziz; Ainon Simo @ Mohd @ Somo dan Idris Ahmad.
Lebai malas untuk komen lebih lanjut. Sekadar berkata mereka-mereka yang terlibat dalam memperjuangkan bahasa itu hanya 'hangat-hangat tahi ayam'. Nak cari populariti. Mereka-mereka itu, termasuk profesor-profesor pengajian Melayu atau yang terer bahasa Melayu - kononnya lah - masih menggunakan peribahasa lama yang direka cipta oleh nenak moyang kita dulu. Profesor-profesor itu tidak pula reti untuk mencipta satu pun peribahasa sendiri.
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Friday, November 27, 2009
Selamat menyambut Aidiladha
Lebai ucapkan kepada pembaca beragama Islam. Tatkala kita menyambut Hari Raya Aidiladha ini jutaan umat Islam sedang wukuf di Padang Arafah di Arab Saudi. Sekarang ini Arafah bagai lautan manusia.
Selama menunaikan ibadah haji, kalimah talbiyah berkumandang dan mengalun indah menusuk hingga ke lubuk hati. Tidak sedikit di antara jemaah haji yang menitiskan air mata kegembiraan, keluhuran kerana betapa besarnya nikmat dan kurnia Allah SWT, apalagi mereka dapat menunaikan ibadah haji ke Tanah Suci dan wukuf bersama jutaan umat manusia dari seluruh pelosok dunia
“Labbaika Allahumma labbaik. Labbaika la syarika laka labbaika. Innal hamda wanni` mata laka wal mulka. laa syarika laka.” (Ya Allah, aku datang kerana panggilan-Mu.Tiada sekutu bagi-Mu. Segala nikmat dan puji adalah kepunyaan-Mu dan kekuasaan-Mu. Tiada sekutu bagi-Mu).
Mudah-mudahan kita mendapat petunjuk. Diberkati. Di murahkan rezeki. Dimatikan kita dalam iman. Amin Ya Allah. REMINDER: Any constructive criticism and comment that would contribute to fair, frank and informed discussion on this posting to help achieve our national objective will be most appreciated. We need to have more open exchange of ideas on this sensitive but important subject in the context of the national vision and security.Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Anwar get RM100,000
The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad was ordered by the High Court here today to pay compensatory damages of RM100,000 to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over a defamatory article titled "Anwar''s Link To US Lobbyist".
Judicial Commissioner Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal held that the article, published in the News Straits Times newspaper on March 2, 2002, was defamatory to Anwar as it implied the former deputy prime minister was a person with no integrity, dishonest, corrupt and an untrustworthy leader and politician.
"The sting of these statements was to show that the plaintiff (Anwar) had abused his political position for personal gain.
"It is safe to conclude that the effects of the article would certainly lower the plaintiff in the estimation of ordinary, right-thinking members of Malaysian society. There would certainly be some degree of hatred, contempt or ridicule," Justice Harmindar said when reading out is 45-page written judgement.
On July 4, 2003, Anwar filed the suit against the defendants claiming that the article was defamatory of him and sought general damages of RM100 million, exemplary and aggravated damages, interest and costs.
**********************Anwar's link to US lobbyist************************
A US magazine's investigation into Washington D.C. lobbyist Douglas H.Paal is throwing new light on an American think-tank linked closely toformer Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
In an article entitled "The Bush Administration's dubious envoy toTaiwan" in its March 4 issue, the respected political weekly magazine NewRepublic delves into Paal's political standing in Washington and thepurpose of the Asia Pacific Policy Centre (APPC), which he founded in1993.
The APPC organised four high-powered Pacific Dialogues between US andMalaysian politicians and businessmen in Kuala Lumpur in the mid to late1990s. A fifth dialogue was cancelled after Anwar was removed as DeputyPrime Minister.
According to 1999 news reports carried by local media, the dialogueswere co-sponsored by the Institute of Policy Research, a known Anwarthink-tank, and the Institute of Strategic and International Studies.Anwar was also listed on the APPC's website as the dialogues' patron.
In June of 1999, the APPC took part in a US Congressional Sub-Committeehearing on Malaysia in Washington D.C., where Paal recommended to membersof Congress that the US maintain a "correct but cool relationship" withthe Malaysian Government.
During his testimony, Paal said his interest in Malaysia had been"deepened further by the magnetic personality of former Deputy PrimeMinister Anwar Ibrahim ... Anwar became a good friend, as well as a benignface for Malaysia to the outside world."
In October of that year, local media also reported allegations by formerBank Negara assistant governor Datuk Abdul Murad Khalid of financial linksbetweeen Anwar and the APPC. Paal, who is rumoured to be the next de factoUS ambassador to Taiwan, was an acknowledged insider in the first Bushadministration as the President's East Asia and China policy adviser.
According to New Republic's article, the long delay in giving Paal adiplomatic role in the new Bush administration was due in part toquestions about the APPC's role.
The article said: "Over time, people in Paal's East Asia policy circlesbegan to wonder whether the APPC might not be quite what it appeared.
Although the centre had a big budget and post offices in downtownWashington, it appeared to do few things that think tanks normally do: Itpublished no studies; it issued no public reports or opinion briefs; andit hosted no conferences - at least none that were open to the public."
Former employees described the centre as a combination of a think-tankand consulting firm, with a tight emphasis on fees for every servicerendered.
Paal allegedly used his connections to lobby for the interests of hisclients with important people in Congress for money, all under the guiseof operating a publicly subsidised, non-profit and educationalinstitution.
The APPC's board of directors was another source of mystery: when NewRepublic contacted the four people listed as APPC directors in thecentre's tax filings, only one of them, former Ambassador to SingaporeRobert D. Orr, was aware of his status as director.
Bigger questions swirled around APPC's funding, which was largelybelieved to have come from foreign governments and corporations.
The exact details of the centre's funding remains unknown as the APPCwas not required by law to disclose its funding sources, and Paal did notanswer to New Republic's repeated requests for an interview.
But the centre's 2000 tax filing revealed that the bulk of theUS$166,000 (RM631,000) it raised that year came from foreign sources,including the Embassy of Singapore, a Japanese company called MitsuiMarine Insurance and the Japan External Trade Organisation.
Under US law, individuals who represent or act on behalf of foreignentities must register with the US Justice Department as foreign agents,which Paal neglected to do.
"The foreign relationships that have raised the most questionsconcerning the APPC, however, involved political and business elites inMalaysia," the article said.
Paal's associate and APPC co-founder Anthony Stout was described in thearticle as "a storied Washington lobbyist cum entrepreneur with areputation for running through other people's money in sometimessuccessful, more often disastrous, ventures.
The article alleged that Stout was interested in gaining access toMalaysia's Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
"Stout was lobbying Malaysians officials to open the fund to investmentoutside the country and, hopefully, to give him authority to manage one ofthe accounts," it said, adding that Stout was also looking to gain accessto business opportunities with Malaysia's top Chinese businessmen.
The Pacific Dialogues between US and Malaysian government officials andbusiness raised eyebrows for their secretive nature.
"Like the rest of the APPC's work, the Dialogues were conducted in anatmosphere of exclusivity and secrecy.
"According to the then-US ambassador John Malott, Paal not only barredthe Press from covering them; he even barred Malott himself from attending- something another senior American diplomat called `unbelievable'."
The article noted that within Malaysia, it was widely believed that theconferences were used by Anwar to boost his image in Washington, aperception shared by officials within the US Congress itself.
A senior Senate Foreign Relations officer was quoted as saying: "Theywere co-hosted by Anwar Ibrahim. It was no secret that the Government ofMalaysia was funding (these events)."
In Oct 1999, Abdul Murad made a statutory declaration in which he made aseries of allegations about financial links between Anwar and the APPC.
He said Anwar had insisted that the APPC manage Bank Negara's reservesof RM50 billion and the EPF.
Alternatively, a fee of US$3 million was to be paid annually to the APPCfor the cost of running the centre.
Abdul Murad also said that he had arranged US$10 million incontributions to the APPC and Paal under Anwar's instructions, and thatAnwar's business associates had also donated money to Paal and the centre.
"Although I cannot ascertain the exact quantum of their contributions,"he said in his declaration, "I am convinced they ran into millions of USdollars."
APPC and Douglas H. Paal are one of the main vehicles used by AnwarIbrahim to promote his image in the Western countries, mainly inWashington, USA and the UK and other European nations.
APPC also lobbied strongly for Anwar Ibrahim with the internationalmedia organisations."
The article noted that a planned fifth Pacific Dialogue was cancelledafter Anwar was removed as Deputy Prime Minister, a development that,"clearly helped bring the APPC's high-flying days to an abrupt end."
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Judicial Commissioner Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal held that the article, published in the News Straits Times newspaper on March 2, 2002, was defamatory to Anwar as it implied the former deputy prime minister was a person with no integrity, dishonest, corrupt and an untrustworthy leader and politician.
"The sting of these statements was to show that the plaintiff (Anwar) had abused his political position for personal gain.
"It is safe to conclude that the effects of the article would certainly lower the plaintiff in the estimation of ordinary, right-thinking members of Malaysian society. There would certainly be some degree of hatred, contempt or ridicule," Justice Harmindar said when reading out is 45-page written judgement.
On July 4, 2003, Anwar filed the suit against the defendants claiming that the article was defamatory of him and sought general damages of RM100 million, exemplary and aggravated damages, interest and costs.
**********************Anwar's link to US lobbyist************************
A US magazine's investigation into Washington D.C. lobbyist Douglas H.Paal is throwing new light on an American think-tank linked closely toformer Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
In an article entitled "The Bush Administration's dubious envoy toTaiwan" in its March 4 issue, the respected political weekly magazine NewRepublic delves into Paal's political standing in Washington and thepurpose of the Asia Pacific Policy Centre (APPC), which he founded in1993.
The APPC organised four high-powered Pacific Dialogues between US andMalaysian politicians and businessmen in Kuala Lumpur in the mid to late1990s. A fifth dialogue was cancelled after Anwar was removed as DeputyPrime Minister.
According to 1999 news reports carried by local media, the dialogueswere co-sponsored by the Institute of Policy Research, a known Anwarthink-tank, and the Institute of Strategic and International Studies.Anwar was also listed on the APPC's website as the dialogues' patron.
In June of 1999, the APPC took part in a US Congressional Sub-Committeehearing on Malaysia in Washington D.C., where Paal recommended to membersof Congress that the US maintain a "correct but cool relationship" withthe Malaysian Government.
During his testimony, Paal said his interest in Malaysia had been"deepened further by the magnetic personality of former Deputy PrimeMinister Anwar Ibrahim ... Anwar became a good friend, as well as a benignface for Malaysia to the outside world."
In October of that year, local media also reported allegations by formerBank Negara assistant governor Datuk Abdul Murad Khalid of financial linksbetweeen Anwar and the APPC. Paal, who is rumoured to be the next de factoUS ambassador to Taiwan, was an acknowledged insider in the first Bushadministration as the President's East Asia and China policy adviser.
According to New Republic's article, the long delay in giving Paal adiplomatic role in the new Bush administration was due in part toquestions about the APPC's role.
The article said: "Over time, people in Paal's East Asia policy circlesbegan to wonder whether the APPC might not be quite what it appeared.
Although the centre had a big budget and post offices in downtownWashington, it appeared to do few things that think tanks normally do: Itpublished no studies; it issued no public reports or opinion briefs; andit hosted no conferences - at least none that were open to the public."
Former employees described the centre as a combination of a think-tankand consulting firm, with a tight emphasis on fees for every servicerendered.
Paal allegedly used his connections to lobby for the interests of hisclients with important people in Congress for money, all under the guiseof operating a publicly subsidised, non-profit and educationalinstitution.
The APPC's board of directors was another source of mystery: when NewRepublic contacted the four people listed as APPC directors in thecentre's tax filings, only one of them, former Ambassador to SingaporeRobert D. Orr, was aware of his status as director.
Bigger questions swirled around APPC's funding, which was largelybelieved to have come from foreign governments and corporations.
The exact details of the centre's funding remains unknown as the APPCwas not required by law to disclose its funding sources, and Paal did notanswer to New Republic's repeated requests for an interview.
But the centre's 2000 tax filing revealed that the bulk of theUS$166,000 (RM631,000) it raised that year came from foreign sources,including the Embassy of Singapore, a Japanese company called MitsuiMarine Insurance and the Japan External Trade Organisation.
Under US law, individuals who represent or act on behalf of foreignentities must register with the US Justice Department as foreign agents,which Paal neglected to do.
"The foreign relationships that have raised the most questionsconcerning the APPC, however, involved political and business elites inMalaysia," the article said.
Paal's associate and APPC co-founder Anthony Stout was described in thearticle as "a storied Washington lobbyist cum entrepreneur with areputation for running through other people's money in sometimessuccessful, more often disastrous, ventures.
The article alleged that Stout was interested in gaining access toMalaysia's Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
"Stout was lobbying Malaysians officials to open the fund to investmentoutside the country and, hopefully, to give him authority to manage one ofthe accounts," it said, adding that Stout was also looking to gain accessto business opportunities with Malaysia's top Chinese businessmen.
The Pacific Dialogues between US and Malaysian government officials andbusiness raised eyebrows for their secretive nature.
"Like the rest of the APPC's work, the Dialogues were conducted in anatmosphere of exclusivity and secrecy.
"According to the then-US ambassador John Malott, Paal not only barredthe Press from covering them; he even barred Malott himself from attending- something another senior American diplomat called `unbelievable'."
The article noted that within Malaysia, it was widely believed that theconferences were used by Anwar to boost his image in Washington, aperception shared by officials within the US Congress itself.
A senior Senate Foreign Relations officer was quoted as saying: "Theywere co-hosted by Anwar Ibrahim. It was no secret that the Government ofMalaysia was funding (these events)."
In Oct 1999, Abdul Murad made a statutory declaration in which he made aseries of allegations about financial links between Anwar and the APPC.
He said Anwar had insisted that the APPC manage Bank Negara's reservesof RM50 billion and the EPF.
Alternatively, a fee of US$3 million was to be paid annually to the APPCfor the cost of running the centre.
Abdul Murad also said that he had arranged US$10 million incontributions to the APPC and Paal under Anwar's instructions, and thatAnwar's business associates had also donated money to Paal and the centre.
"Although I cannot ascertain the exact quantum of their contributions,"he said in his declaration, "I am convinced they ran into millions of USdollars."
APPC and Douglas H. Paal are one of the main vehicles used by AnwarIbrahim to promote his image in the Western countries, mainly inWashington, USA and the UK and other European nations.
APPC also lobbied strongly for Anwar Ibrahim with the internationalmedia organisations."
The article noted that a planned fifth Pacific Dialogue was cancelledafter Anwar was removed as Deputy Prime Minister, a development that,"clearly helped bring the APPC's high-flying days to an abrupt end."
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Why Penang DCM 2 asked Malaysia to condem Sri Langka goverment?
Malaysia sees the Sri Lanka''s crisis as an internal problem in line with the country''s foreign policy, Deputy Foreign Minister Senator A.Kohilan Pillay told the Dewan Rakyat today.
He said Sri Lanka had assured United Nations (UN) secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon, who visited Sri Lanka''s refugee camps after the conflict ended in May last year, that it would work closely with human rights groups to address the welfare and safety of refugees.
Special UN representatives have given a positive evaluation on the progress made by Sri Lanka in addressing the issues, said Kohilan when replying to a question from P.Ramasamy (DAP-Batu Kawan).
Ramasamy wanted to know why the Malaysian government refused to condemn the Sri Lankan government over civilian deaths in the conflict and the plight of about 300,000 ethnic-minority Tamil refugees.
Why Ramasamy asked that question?
Penang Deputy Chief Minister 2, Professor P Ramasamy participated as a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) constitutional affairs committee prior to Geneva Talks in June 2006 and a well-known LTTE think tank member, before this openly threatened the Malaysian government that the Tamils would replace the apostle of peace, Mahatma Gandhi with Prabhakaran as their principal cult figure.
Ramasamy also claim that Tamils in Malaysia consider Prabhakaran as their hero. In his article to tamilcanadian.com.
Ramasamy claim that LTTE has been a fantastic morale booster to Tamils in Malaysia.
In his articles, Ramasamy claim that:
...Tamils in Malaysia are fully behind the struggle for Eelam. The devious propaganda unleashed by the Sri Lankan Mission has not affected their support; on the contrary, the support is growing day by day. There are basically three principal reasons why Tamils are behind the Eelam cause. First, as an exploited group in Malaysia, the Tamils more than any other group, fully understand the plight of their brethren in Sri Lanka. And being a class that has nothing much to loose in a material sense, they are much bolder in their support for the cause unlike the middle-class Tamils.....
The pro-Malay policies of the government have discriminated against Tamils being meaningfully employed in the different sectors of the economy. Beyond this, Tamils are finding it difficult to erect places of worship and have curbs placed on their cultural activities. Their own leaders have not really championed their cause. Many of them by closely accommodating to the Malay elite have fundamentally neglected the welfare and well-being of the community.
Thus, given this scenario, it is no wonder that Tamils longing for meaningful change have become quite radicalised. Their admiration of the LTTE have grown by leaps and bounds over the recent years. In fact, many of them secretly wish that they had a militant organisation to take up their cause.
Third and not the least, the selfless struggle waged by the LTTE, the utter dedication of its leaders, the disciplined nature of their performance and others have not been lost on the Tamil population in Malaysia. The role of LTTE has given Tamils here much pride and dignity as Tamils. In short, LTTE has been a fantastic morale booster to Tamils in Malaysia.
More at http://www.tamilcanadian.com/
and here
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He said Sri Lanka had assured United Nations (UN) secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon, who visited Sri Lanka''s refugee camps after the conflict ended in May last year, that it would work closely with human rights groups to address the welfare and safety of refugees.
Special UN representatives have given a positive evaluation on the progress made by Sri Lanka in addressing the issues, said Kohilan when replying to a question from P.Ramasamy (DAP-Batu Kawan).
Ramasamy wanted to know why the Malaysian government refused to condemn the Sri Lankan government over civilian deaths in the conflict and the plight of about 300,000 ethnic-minority Tamil refugees.
Why Ramasamy asked that question?
Penang Deputy Chief Minister 2, Professor P Ramasamy participated as a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) constitutional affairs committee prior to Geneva Talks in June 2006 and a well-known LTTE think tank member, before this openly threatened the Malaysian government that the Tamils would replace the apostle of peace, Mahatma Gandhi with Prabhakaran as their principal cult figure.
Ramasamy also claim that Tamils in Malaysia consider Prabhakaran as their hero. In his article to tamilcanadian.com.
Ramasamy claim that LTTE has been a fantastic morale booster to Tamils in Malaysia.
In his articles, Ramasamy claim that:
...Tamils in Malaysia are fully behind the struggle for Eelam. The devious propaganda unleashed by the Sri Lankan Mission has not affected their support; on the contrary, the support is growing day by day. There are basically three principal reasons why Tamils are behind the Eelam cause. First, as an exploited group in Malaysia, the Tamils more than any other group, fully understand the plight of their brethren in Sri Lanka. And being a class that has nothing much to loose in a material sense, they are much bolder in their support for the cause unlike the middle-class Tamils.....
The pro-Malay policies of the government have discriminated against Tamils being meaningfully employed in the different sectors of the economy. Beyond this, Tamils are finding it difficult to erect places of worship and have curbs placed on their cultural activities. Their own leaders have not really championed their cause. Many of them by closely accommodating to the Malay elite have fundamentally neglected the welfare and well-being of the community.
Thus, given this scenario, it is no wonder that Tamils longing for meaningful change have become quite radicalised. Their admiration of the LTTE have grown by leaps and bounds over the recent years. In fact, many of them secretly wish that they had a militant organisation to take up their cause.
Third and not the least, the selfless struggle waged by the LTTE, the utter dedication of its leaders, the disciplined nature of their performance and others have not been lost on the Tamil population in Malaysia. The role of LTTE has given Tamils here much pride and dignity as Tamils. In short, LTTE has been a fantastic morale booster to Tamils in Malaysia.
More at http://www.tamilcanadian.com/
and here
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Yong cakap tak pakai otak
Kubur Teoh Beng Hock di Taman Peringatan Nirvana di Semenyih, Selangor digali semula hari ini dan bedah siasat kali kedua akan dilakukan di Hospital Sungai Buluh, esok. Tiada yang menarik ketika kubur itu digali semula mulai pukul 9.15 pagi yang diketuai Ketua Pathologi Hospital Sungai Buloh Dr Shahidan Md Noor dan disertai ahli patologi Thailand, Dr Porntip Rojanasunan, yang dijemput kerajaan negeri Selangor.
Cuma disebalik penggalian itu ada suara-suara yang dikira "bercakap tak pakai otak" dan semuanya bermotifkan politik. Baca komen rockybru dibawah:
How much did the Govt pay Dr Peter Vanezis? That's what Ean Yong Hian Wah, Selangor exco member and Teoh Beng Hock's employer when he died, demanded to know as they exhumed the body this morning for the second postmortem tomorrow.
Excerpts of what he told Malaysian Insider:
Teoh’s former employer, Selangor state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, said at the cemetery: “I hope the second autopsy will reveal the truth.”
Yong also stated his desire to know how much the government spent hiring the UK pathologist Dr Peter Vanezis — one of two foreign pathologists, along with Dr Pornthip, who will be observing the second autopsy.
Dr Vanezis, who serves as a director at the Cameron Centre for Forensic Medical Sciences in London, has handled over 2,000 autopsy cases involving sudden death, of which 1,500 were found to be homicides.
“The fact that they hired a foreign expert shows they have no confidence in the local pathologists,” Yong added.
Seorang yang bergelar Exco kerajaan Selangor mengeluarkan kenyataan seperti itu?
Demikian lah halnya pemimpin kerajaan PR Selangor - sebuah negeri maju, tetapi pemimpinnya bodoh-bodoh belaka. Adakah wajar Ean Yong Hian Wah yang dulunya majikan TBH bertanya berapa bayaran dibuat kerajaan kepada pakar patologi dari Britain Dr Peter Vanezis.
(“The fact that they hired a foreign expert shows they have no confidence in the local pathologists,” Yong added.)
Ini juga adalah kenyataan yang memperlihatkan betapa bodohnya Exco yang mengganggotai pentadbiran Selangor sekarang. Memalukan. Kerana dia 'meludah ke langit' yang akhirnya air ludah itu sendiri jatuh ke mukanya sendiri. Dan inikah pemimpin yang disokong dan disanjung oleh orang Melayu dalam PR?
Ini menunjukkan Pakatan rakyat future is dark as it does not have the people's support. It is improper for Pakatan Rakyat leaders, STUPID in desperation, to resort to spreading lies and making false allegations that dirty tactics.
The recent developments in Selangor showed that many PKR and Pakatan Rakyat state assemblymen wanted to be with the Barisan Nasional (BN), having lost confidence in the Pakatan leadership which was unable to govern the state effectively.
The door of the BN is always open to all. The BN is an organisation which maximises the country's political energies and resources. But its struggles are based on certain specific principles. Any party which accepts these principles can become its member.
When a leader no longer has the support of his people, it will be very difficult for him to continue working with them. So, Khalid Ibrahim and Pakatan Rakyat leaders should be more concerned with the future of Selangor rather than with his own political career. Politicians and leaders, will come and go. What is more important is the future of the people of Selangor.
There has been speculation that some Pas elected representatives might do just that following talk that some of them were disappointed with the current leadership.
Latest development in Selangor PR:... And someone gime me a tips that the MCA party's central committee will discuss what sort of position in the state's party leadership can be entrusted to the DAP assemblymen if they cross-over, so that they could continue to serve the people. (Walaupun, MCA kini sedang ada krisis tetapi itu hanya lakonan untuk mengalih perhatian).
This DAP assemblymen think that if the Malays sought unity under the leadership of Umno, there was no reason why the Chinese should not unite under the MCA. If Pakatan Rakyat cross-over, there was nothing else the DAP could say except alleging that its members had been bought over whenever there was a cross-over.
And, among the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen....
PKR
1) MUTHIAH A/L MARIA PILLAY - BUKIT MELAWATI - N10
2) ABDUL KHALID BIN IBRAHIM - IJOK - N11
3) GAN PEI NEI - RAWANG - N14
4) AMIRUDIN BIN SHARI - BATU CAVES - N16
5) MOHAMED AZMIN BIN ALI - BUKIT ANTARABANGSA - N19
6) LEE KIM SIN - KAJANG - N25
7) NIK NAZMI BIN NIK AHMAD - SERI SETIA - N32
8) HANIZA BINTI MOHAMED TALHA - TAMAN MEDAN - N33
9) WONG KEAT PING - BUKIT LANJAN - N37
10) DR MOHD NASIR BIN HASHIM - KOTA DAMANSARA - N39
11) YAAKOB BIN SAPARI - KOTA ANGGERIK - N40
12) RODZIAH BINTI ISMAIL - BATU TIGA - N41
13) XAVIER JAYAKUMAR A/L A ARULANANDAM - SERI ANDALAS - N49
14) MAT SHUHAIMI BIN SHAFIEI - SRI MUDA - N50
PAS
15) HASAN BIN MOHAMED ALI - GOMBAK SETIA - N17
16) SAARI BIN SUNGIB - HULU KELANG - N18
17) KHASIM BIN ABDUL AZIZ - LEMBAH JAYA - N20
18) ISKANDAR BIN ABDUL SAMAD - CHEMPAKA - N21
19) DR SHAFIE BIN ABU BAKAR - BANGI - N26
20) ABDUL RANI BIN OSMAN - MERU - N42
21) HALIMAH ALI - SELAT KLANG - N45
22) AHMAD YUNUS BIN HAIRI - SIJANGKANG - N51
DAP
23) NG SUEE LIM - SEKINCHAN - N4
24) LEE YING HA - TERATAI - N22
25) YAP LUM CHIN - BALAKONG - N27
26) EAN YONG HIAN WAH - SERI KEMBANGAN - N28
27) TERESA KOK SUH KIM - KINRARA - N30
28) YEOH TSEOW SUAN - SUBANG JAYA - N31
29) LEE POH LIN - BUKIT GASING - N34
30) LAU WENG SAN - KAMPUNG TUNKU - N35
31) CHEAH WING YIN - DAMANSARA UTAMA - N36
32) TENG CHANG KHIM - SUNGAI PINANG - N44
33) LIU TIAN KHIEW - PANDAMARAN - N47
34) MANOHARAN A/L MALAYALAM - KOTA ALAM SHAH - N48
35) TAN CHOON SWEE - TELUK DATUK - N52
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Cuma disebalik penggalian itu ada suara-suara yang dikira "bercakap tak pakai otak" dan semuanya bermotifkan politik. Baca komen rockybru dibawah:
How much did the Govt pay Dr Peter Vanezis? That's what Ean Yong Hian Wah, Selangor exco member and Teoh Beng Hock's employer when he died, demanded to know as they exhumed the body this morning for the second postmortem tomorrow.
Excerpts of what he told Malaysian Insider:
Teoh’s former employer, Selangor state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, said at the cemetery: “I hope the second autopsy will reveal the truth.”
Yong also stated his desire to know how much the government spent hiring the UK pathologist Dr Peter Vanezis — one of two foreign pathologists, along with Dr Pornthip, who will be observing the second autopsy.
Dr Vanezis, who serves as a director at the Cameron Centre for Forensic Medical Sciences in London, has handled over 2,000 autopsy cases involving sudden death, of which 1,500 were found to be homicides.
“The fact that they hired a foreign expert shows they have no confidence in the local pathologists,” Yong added.
Seorang yang bergelar Exco kerajaan Selangor mengeluarkan kenyataan seperti itu?
Demikian lah halnya pemimpin kerajaan PR Selangor - sebuah negeri maju, tetapi pemimpinnya bodoh-bodoh belaka. Adakah wajar Ean Yong Hian Wah yang dulunya majikan TBH bertanya berapa bayaran dibuat kerajaan kepada pakar patologi dari Britain Dr Peter Vanezis.
(“The fact that they hired a foreign expert shows they have no confidence in the local pathologists,” Yong added.)
Ini juga adalah kenyataan yang memperlihatkan betapa bodohnya Exco yang mengganggotai pentadbiran Selangor sekarang. Memalukan. Kerana dia 'meludah ke langit' yang akhirnya air ludah itu sendiri jatuh ke mukanya sendiri. Dan inikah pemimpin yang disokong dan disanjung oleh orang Melayu dalam PR?
Ini menunjukkan Pakatan rakyat future is dark as it does not have the people's support. It is improper for Pakatan Rakyat leaders, STUPID in desperation, to resort to spreading lies and making false allegations that dirty tactics.
The recent developments in Selangor showed that many PKR and Pakatan Rakyat state assemblymen wanted to be with the Barisan Nasional (BN), having lost confidence in the Pakatan leadership which was unable to govern the state effectively.
The door of the BN is always open to all. The BN is an organisation which maximises the country's political energies and resources. But its struggles are based on certain specific principles. Any party which accepts these principles can become its member.
When a leader no longer has the support of his people, it will be very difficult for him to continue working with them. So, Khalid Ibrahim and Pakatan Rakyat leaders should be more concerned with the future of Selangor rather than with his own political career. Politicians and leaders, will come and go. What is more important is the future of the people of Selangor.
There has been speculation that some Pas elected representatives might do just that following talk that some of them were disappointed with the current leadership.
Latest development in Selangor PR:... And someone gime me a tips that the MCA party's central committee will discuss what sort of position in the state's party leadership can be entrusted to the DAP assemblymen if they cross-over, so that they could continue to serve the people. (Walaupun, MCA kini sedang ada krisis tetapi itu hanya lakonan untuk mengalih perhatian).
This DAP assemblymen think that if the Malays sought unity under the leadership of Umno, there was no reason why the Chinese should not unite under the MCA. If Pakatan Rakyat cross-over, there was nothing else the DAP could say except alleging that its members had been bought over whenever there was a cross-over.
And, among the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen....
PKR
1) MUTHIAH A/L MARIA PILLAY - BUKIT MELAWATI - N10
2) ABDUL KHALID BIN IBRAHIM - IJOK - N11
3) GAN PEI NEI - RAWANG - N14
4) AMIRUDIN BIN SHARI - BATU CAVES - N16
5) MOHAMED AZMIN BIN ALI - BUKIT ANTARABANGSA - N19
6) LEE KIM SIN - KAJANG - N25
7) NIK NAZMI BIN NIK AHMAD - SERI SETIA - N32
8) HANIZA BINTI MOHAMED TALHA - TAMAN MEDAN - N33
9) WONG KEAT PING - BUKIT LANJAN - N37
10) DR MOHD NASIR BIN HASHIM - KOTA DAMANSARA - N39
11) YAAKOB BIN SAPARI - KOTA ANGGERIK - N40
12) RODZIAH BINTI ISMAIL - BATU TIGA - N41
13) XAVIER JAYAKUMAR A/L A ARULANANDAM - SERI ANDALAS - N49
14) MAT SHUHAIMI BIN SHAFIEI - SRI MUDA - N50
PAS
15) HASAN BIN MOHAMED ALI - GOMBAK SETIA - N17
16) SAARI BIN SUNGIB - HULU KELANG - N18
17) KHASIM BIN ABDUL AZIZ - LEMBAH JAYA - N20
18) ISKANDAR BIN ABDUL SAMAD - CHEMPAKA - N21
19) DR SHAFIE BIN ABU BAKAR - BANGI - N26
20) ABDUL RANI BIN OSMAN - MERU - N42
21) HALIMAH ALI - SELAT KLANG - N45
22) AHMAD YUNUS BIN HAIRI - SIJANGKANG - N51
DAP
23) NG SUEE LIM - SEKINCHAN - N4
24) LEE YING HA - TERATAI - N22
25) YAP LUM CHIN - BALAKONG - N27
26) EAN YONG HIAN WAH - SERI KEMBANGAN - N28
27) TERESA KOK SUH KIM - KINRARA - N30
28) YEOH TSEOW SUAN - SUBANG JAYA - N31
29) LEE POH LIN - BUKIT GASING - N34
30) LAU WENG SAN - KAMPUNG TUNKU - N35
31) CHEAH WING YIN - DAMANSARA UTAMA - N36
32) TENG CHANG KHIM - SUNGAI PINANG - N44
33) LIU TIAN KHIEW - PANDAMARAN - N47
34) MANOHARAN A/L MALAYALAM - KOTA ALAM SHAH - N48
35) TAN CHOON SWEE - TELUK DATUK - N52
REMINDER:
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Nizar akhirnya terima Dr Zambry, BN sebagai kerajaan pentadbir Perak...
Demikian lah anggapan yang dapat Lebai katakan apabila Nizar yang juga Presiden Persatuan Bolasepak Perak (Perak FA) meminta Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir membantu masalah kewangan yang dihadapi oleh Perak FA.
Mengikut laporan Bernama hari ini, Nizar meminta Zambry mengetepikan perbezaan fahaman politik demi pembangunan sukan bola sepak di Perak.
Petikan berita Bernama:
IPOH, Nov 17 (Bernama) -- Perak Football Association (Perak FA) president Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin today urged the Perak state government to help the cash-strapped association.
The former Menteri Besar urged current Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir to set aside political differences for the development of sports in the state.
"If Zambry decides to help Perak FA...fans in the state will certainly look up to him as a true leader," he told reporters at the Perak FA office here today.
Perak were among six teams that were barred from competing in the M-League next season for failing to meet terms and conditions set by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).
Mohammad Nizar who was the Perak Menteri Besar when he decided to take over as Perak FA president from Datuk Muhamad Mahiyuddin Abdullah, the Perak Malay Chamber of Commerce president.
"Look at Kelantan, although the Kelantan FA president is Kelantan Umno Liaison Chief Datuk Seri Anuar Musa, the PAS government continues to provide funds for the Kelantan team," he said.
The former Menteri Besar who claimed that he had no intention of relinquishing his post as president, added that Zambry''s statement last week, urging Mohammad Nizar to resign if Perak FA could not settle its financial obligations, as unprofessional.
The FAM who made the announcement on Nov 2, are expected to make a final decision on the suspension during an FAM council meeting that is expected to be chaired by its president Sultan Ahmad Shah, soon.
The six teams were barred from the M-League competitions next season for failing to settle salary of players and money owed to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
Meanwhile, Perak PAS Youth has launched a state level donation drive to collect funds for the Perak team. -- BERNAMA
Jadi, dalam hal ini boleh kita katakan bahawa Nizar akhirnya mengiktiraf Dr Zambry sebagai Menteri Besar Perak yang sah dan Barisan Nasional yang diwakili oleh Dr Zambry sebagai kerajaan pentadbir negeri Perak yang sah.
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Mengikut laporan Bernama hari ini, Nizar meminta Zambry mengetepikan perbezaan fahaman politik demi pembangunan sukan bola sepak di Perak.
Petikan berita Bernama:
IPOH, Nov 17 (Bernama) -- Perak Football Association (Perak FA) president Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin today urged the Perak state government to help the cash-strapped association.
The former Menteri Besar urged current Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir to set aside political differences for the development of sports in the state.
"If Zambry decides to help Perak FA...fans in the state will certainly look up to him as a true leader," he told reporters at the Perak FA office here today.
Perak were among six teams that were barred from competing in the M-League next season for failing to meet terms and conditions set by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).
Mohammad Nizar who was the Perak Menteri Besar when he decided to take over as Perak FA president from Datuk Muhamad Mahiyuddin Abdullah, the Perak Malay Chamber of Commerce president.
"Look at Kelantan, although the Kelantan FA president is Kelantan Umno Liaison Chief Datuk Seri Anuar Musa, the PAS government continues to provide funds for the Kelantan team," he said.
The former Menteri Besar who claimed that he had no intention of relinquishing his post as president, added that Zambry''s statement last week, urging Mohammad Nizar to resign if Perak FA could not settle its financial obligations, as unprofessional.
The FAM who made the announcement on Nov 2, are expected to make a final decision on the suspension during an FAM council meeting that is expected to be chaired by its president Sultan Ahmad Shah, soon.
The six teams were barred from the M-League competitions next season for failing to settle salary of players and money owed to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
Meanwhile, Perak PAS Youth has launched a state level donation drive to collect funds for the Perak team. -- BERNAMA
Jadi, dalam hal ini boleh kita katakan bahawa Nizar akhirnya mengiktiraf Dr Zambry sebagai Menteri Besar Perak yang sah dan Barisan Nasional yang diwakili oleh Dr Zambry sebagai kerajaan pentadbir negeri Perak yang sah.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Bekas Mufti Perlis ditangkap
Bekas Mufti Perlis, Dr Mohd Asri Zainal Abidin (minda mufti) tengah malam tadi ditahan oleh penguat kuasa Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) kerana disyaki mengajar tanpa tauliah. Mengikut laporan, Dr Mohd Asri ditahan di sebuah banglo milik seorang ahli perniagaan di Taman Sri Ukay, Hulu Klang ketika memberikan ceramah kepada lebih 100 orang.
Turut mendengar ceramah beliau ialah Ahli Parlimen Ampang, Zuraida Kamaruddin dan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri kawasan Hulu Klang, Saari Sungib. Ketika pasukan Jais memasuki rumah banglo berkenaan sekumpulan lelaki cuba menghalang anggota penguat kuasa daripada menahan Dr Mohd Asri.
Zuraida dan Saari juga dikatakan menghalang penguat kuasa Jais menangkap Dr Mohd Asri dengan mempertikaikan kesahihan tindakan Jais itu.
Anggota penguat kuasa Jais dilaorkan memasuki banglo berkenaan kira-kira pukul 9 malam ketika Dr Mohd Asri memberikan ceramahnya. Dr Mohd Asri dibawa keluar dari banglo itu pukul 12.10 malam dan terus dibawa ke Balai Polis Hulu Klang untuk disoal siasat. Beberapa engikutnya juga ditahan untuk siasatan Jais dan polis.
Bagaimanapun, dikatakan, polis yang memantau operasi turut berdepan masalah kerana tidak mempunyai waran tangkap dan hanya menjadi perantara bagi urusan membawa Dr Mohd Asri dan beberapa pengikutnya ke balai polis untuk diambil keterangan.
dikatakan Jais menyiasat dan mengintip kegiatan Dr Mohd Asri sejak beberapa bulan lalu kerana dipercayai cuba menyebarkan fahaman yang berlawanan dengan amalan Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah dalam kelompok tertentu, terutama kumpulan elit dan pelajar institusi pengajian tinggi sejak beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini di sekitar Selangor.
Sebelum ini Dr Mohd Asri dikaitkan dengan fahaman Wahabi. Fahaman itu diperkenalkan Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab pada abad ke-18 di Semenanjung Arab. Muhammad dilahirkan pada 1703 di Najd.
Antara ajaran Wahabi ialah menolak doa qunut, amalan membaca Yasin, bertahlil di kuburan dan zikir selepas sembahyang yang menjadi amalan Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah. Ajaran itu dikatakan menimbulkan keraguan serta kontroversi sehingga menyebabkan ia dikatakan punca perpecahan umat Islam di negara ini.
Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim), Jawatankuasa Penyelarasan Penyelidikan Islam Kebangsaan (Jappis) dan Jawatankuasa Fatwa Kebangsaan difahamkan menolak serta menyekat ajaran itu disebarkan di negara ini. Ia tidak bersesuaian dengan pendekatan Islam di negara ini dan dikhuatiri akan menggugat perpaduan umat.
Sebelum ini, pada 12 Oktober lalu, Persatuan Peguam Syarie Malaysia (PGSM) menyerahkan memorandum Kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni AlMarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Al-Haj supaya menarik balik pelantikan Dr Mohd Asri sebagai Yang Dipertua Yayasan Dakwah Islamian Malaysia (YADIM).
Alasan Memorandum itu antara lainnya :-
1. Pertubuhan Islam arus perdana yang terlibat dengan Majlis Amal Islami Malaysia (MAIM) kelolaan YADIM sentiasa bekerjasama di dalam menegakkan dakwah Islamiah di Malaysia. Hanya beberapa NGO kecil sahaja yang dapat menerima idea bahtera perubahan yang cuba dibawa oleh Dr Asri yang seringkali tidak seiring pandangannya dengan sebahagian besar ulamak dan NGO-NGO Islam arus perdana. Kerajaan sepatutnya menghormati kerjasama MAIM di bawah naungan YADIM yang telah dirasmikan oleh Ke Bawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Yang Di Pertuan Agong. Pelantikan Dr. Asri hanya akan memutuskan tali silaturrahim yang terjalin dan MAIM akan pincang sekiranya Dr Asri menerajui YADIM.
2. Dr Asri yang terpengaruh dengan pandangan dan pendekatan ulamak tertentu juga sering kali bertentangan pandangan dengan para ulamak dan Mufti-Mufti negeri lain. Dalam berhadapan dengan perbezaan pendapat ini, Dr Asri telah mengambil pendekatan berkonfrantasi secara terbuka tanpa menitik beratkan soal adab dan kemaslahatan umat Islam keseluruhannya. Semasa menjawat jawatan Mufti Kerajaan Negeri Perlis beliau kerapkali membelakangkan pandangan Jawatankuasa Mufti peringkat Kebangsaan dan sentiasa lari dari berdialog secara tertutup dan beradab, sebaliknya mencari populariti di media. Keadaan ini akan menyukarkan YADIM dan MAIM untuk bergerak sekiranya tiada hubungan erat dengan Mufti-Mufti.
3. Dr Asri mendakwa dirinya dan pengikut-pengikutnya sebagai ahlu-sunnah tetapi mereka menolak dan tidak mengiktiraf kebanyakan ulamak dan umat Islam lain yang di luar dari lingkungan pengikutnya. Beliau juga tidak mengkitiraf iktikad ahli sunnah wal jamaah dari mazhab-mazhab fiqh seperti Mazhab Shafie, Hanafi, Maliki dan Hanbali bahkan dalam keadaan tertentu menolak hadith yang diriwayat oleh Imam Bukhari.
4. Pendekatan Dr Asri dan para pengikutnya telah mencetuskan berbagai perbalahan di kalangan umat Islam apabila mengkritik berbagai amalan umat Islam di Malaysia kononnya ia tidak mengikut sunnah seperti amalan membaca Yaa Sin pada malam Juma’at, amalan bertalqin, tahlil, doa selamat, seolat hajat, wirid selepas solat. Beliau juga mencerca para ulamak besar seperti Imam Nawawi dan Imam Ghazali yang tidak perlu disebut kehebatan dan keilmuan mereka. Bahkan akibat dan malapetaka yang bakal timbul dari pendekatannya ini amatlah besar sebagaimana yang sedang berlaku di beberapa buah negara Islam. Malapetaka ini sewajarnya dibendung dan bukan disemarakkan lagi.
5. Akibat dari pendekatan ekstrem Dr.Asri dan pengikutnya ini kebanyakan Majlis Agama Islam Negeri-negeri telah menyekat kegiatan pengajian yang dijalankan oleh mereka. Malah beberapa guru agama dan penceramah yang sealiran dengan mereka sedang menghadapi pertuduhan di mahkamah Syariah kerana mengajar tanpa tauliah. Antaranya Dr. Abdullah Yasin yang menghadapi beberapa kes di negeri Selangor.
6. Dr Asri hingga kini mempertikaikan undang-undang jenayah Syariah negara serta mentafsirkannya tidak mengikut peruntukan undang-undang dan hukum syarak yang diterima para Ulamak dan masyarakat Islam. Dengan melantik seorang yang berpandangan dan pendekatan seperti ini, ia akan melenyapkan keyakinan dan kepercayaan umat Islam bukan sahaja kepada YADIM malah kepada kerajaan keseluruhannya atas kegagalan memelihara ajaran dan amalan Islam yang dipegang selama ini.
7. Pendekatan ekstrem Dr.Asri telah mengundang pelbagai akibat dan keresahan di kalangan umat Islam di seluruh Negara khususnya di negeri Perlis. Imam-imam di Perlis yang tidak mendokong aliran Dr Asri telah diketepikan malah baru-baru ini mereka telah ditukarkan atas alasan yang sama (berita berita sebegini telah tersiar di dalam akhbar-akhbar utama negara). Cercaan beliau dan pengikutnya kepada amalan solat hajat kononnya ia satu bentuk maksiat dalam masjid telah mengundang perbalahan dan beberapa kejadian pergaduhan.
8. Sebagai seorang yang terlalu muda serta gagal menghayati budaya adab sopan umat Islam di Malaysia, Dr Asri lebih banyak mengundang kontroversi dan merupakan seorang yang keras, ekstrem serta tidak dapat menerima teguran, pandangan dan kritikan orang lain. Majlis-Majlis Agama Islam Negeri-negeri lain selain Perlis, Tokoh-tokoh agama arus perdana termasuk semua para Mufti Negeri negeri (kecuali Perlis) serta tokoh-tokoh seperti Prof.Datuk Dr.Ismail Ibrahim, Tan Sri Syeikh Ghazali Abd Rahman bekas Ketua Pengarah JKSM, Dato’ Hashim b.Yahya bekas Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan, Dato’ Nooh Gadot dan ramai lagi amat tidak senang dengan pendekatan dan pendirian sebegini.
9. Penolakan oleh sebahagian besar tokoh agama dan umat Islam terhadap pemikiran dan pendekatan beliau dalam amalan agama adalah kelemahan besar Dr.Asri dan amat tidak sesuai untuk menerajui sebuah agensi dakwah yang ditunjangi oleh Kerajaan Malaysia. Peribadi yang lebih berhemah dan memahami manhaj dan metodologi dakwah di Malaysia adalah lebih wajar menerajui YADIM. Terdapat ramai lagi tokoh lain yang tidak kontroversi yang datang dari golongan Muslim arus perdana yang boleh dilantik menerajui YADIM dan diterima oleh masyarakat Islam arus perdana.
10. Dr Asri bukan sahaja ditolak oleh majoriti penyokong UMNO, malah beliau juga tidak disenangi oleh penyokong PAS yang merupakan 2 parti umat Islam terbesar. Hanya segelintir dari masyarakat Islam yang berpendirian ekstrem dalam hal furu’ atau perkara cabang yang gembira dengan pemikiran dan pendekatan beliau. Kami bimbang Kerajaan Persekutuan akan disisihkan oleh umat Islam dalam kegiatan keagamaan dan amalan keagamaan yang seragam dan telah sebati di seluruh Negara tidak lagi menjadi arus perdana di masa akan datang, manakala Pihak Berkuasa Agama Negeri mengambil pendekatan berbeza dari Kerajaan Persekutuan.
Diserahkan oleh Persatuan Peguam Syarie Malaysia (PGSM)
Ditandatangani oleh:
Mohamad Isa bin Abd Ralip Presiden PGSM Bertarikh 12 Oktober, 2009
Badan-Badan Bukan Kerajaan Yang Menyokong Memorandum ini –
1. Persatuan Pegawai-Pegawai Syariah Malaysia
2. Yayasan Sofa Negeri Sembilan
3. Yayasan Jenderami
4. Pertubuhan Muafakat Masyarakat Sejahtera (MUAFAKAT)
5. Persatuan Peguam Syarie Malysia
6. Persatuan Peguam Muslim Malaysia
7. Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM)
8. Persatuan Alumni Kolej Islam (ALKIS)
9. Jemaah Islah malaysia (JIM)
10. Persatuan Ulamak Malaysia
11. Yayasan Paksi Kedah
12. Persatuan Ulamak Kedah
13. Teras Pengupayaan Melayu (TERAS)
.... Akhirnya, PAS hendaklah benar-benar tahu siapakah musuhnya yang sebenar.
Beberapa perkara berikut patut difikirkan oleh PAS;
1. Siapakah yang boleh mengheret PAS melanggar prinsip-prinsip Islam yang holistik yang bukan sekadar isu tahalluf siyasi semata?
2. Siapakah yang ‘sebenarnya’ mencetuskan permusuhan dalaman secara langsung dan tidak langsung dalam PAS selama ini?
3. Jika PAS berfikir ada pemimpinnya yang patut disingkirkan, maka penyingkiran itu adakah atas alasan pelanggar prinsip, atau sekadar pelanggaran pendekatan?
4. Antara mengerat ‘orang dalam’ dan mengerat ‘orang menumpang’ yang menyusahkan; manakah yang patut diutamakan?
5. Adakah PAS yang memerlukan PR atau PR memerlukan PAS?
6. Adakah agenda Islamik itu yang lebih besar dalam PAS atau agenda politik PR?
7. Apa beza dari masa depan Islam antara kerjasama dengan DAP dan PKR dan kerjasama dengan UMNO?
REMINDER:
Any constructive criticism and comment that would contribute to fair, frank and informed discussion on this posting to help achieve our national objective will be most appreciated. We need to have more open exchange of ideas on this sensitive but important subject in the context of the national vision and security.
Turut mendengar ceramah beliau ialah Ahli Parlimen Ampang, Zuraida Kamaruddin dan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri kawasan Hulu Klang, Saari Sungib. Ketika pasukan Jais memasuki rumah banglo berkenaan sekumpulan lelaki cuba menghalang anggota penguat kuasa daripada menahan Dr Mohd Asri.
Zuraida dan Saari juga dikatakan menghalang penguat kuasa Jais menangkap Dr Mohd Asri dengan mempertikaikan kesahihan tindakan Jais itu.
Anggota penguat kuasa Jais dilaorkan memasuki banglo berkenaan kira-kira pukul 9 malam ketika Dr Mohd Asri memberikan ceramahnya. Dr Mohd Asri dibawa keluar dari banglo itu pukul 12.10 malam dan terus dibawa ke Balai Polis Hulu Klang untuk disoal siasat. Beberapa engikutnya juga ditahan untuk siasatan Jais dan polis.
Bagaimanapun, dikatakan, polis yang memantau operasi turut berdepan masalah kerana tidak mempunyai waran tangkap dan hanya menjadi perantara bagi urusan membawa Dr Mohd Asri dan beberapa pengikutnya ke balai polis untuk diambil keterangan.
dikatakan Jais menyiasat dan mengintip kegiatan Dr Mohd Asri sejak beberapa bulan lalu kerana dipercayai cuba menyebarkan fahaman yang berlawanan dengan amalan Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah dalam kelompok tertentu, terutama kumpulan elit dan pelajar institusi pengajian tinggi sejak beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini di sekitar Selangor.
Sebelum ini Dr Mohd Asri dikaitkan dengan fahaman Wahabi. Fahaman itu diperkenalkan Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab pada abad ke-18 di Semenanjung Arab. Muhammad dilahirkan pada 1703 di Najd.
Antara ajaran Wahabi ialah menolak doa qunut, amalan membaca Yasin, bertahlil di kuburan dan zikir selepas sembahyang yang menjadi amalan Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah. Ajaran itu dikatakan menimbulkan keraguan serta kontroversi sehingga menyebabkan ia dikatakan punca perpecahan umat Islam di negara ini.
Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim), Jawatankuasa Penyelarasan Penyelidikan Islam Kebangsaan (Jappis) dan Jawatankuasa Fatwa Kebangsaan difahamkan menolak serta menyekat ajaran itu disebarkan di negara ini. Ia tidak bersesuaian dengan pendekatan Islam di negara ini dan dikhuatiri akan menggugat perpaduan umat.
Sebelum ini, pada 12 Oktober lalu, Persatuan Peguam Syarie Malaysia (PGSM) menyerahkan memorandum Kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni AlMarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah Al-Haj supaya menarik balik pelantikan Dr Mohd Asri sebagai Yang Dipertua Yayasan Dakwah Islamian Malaysia (YADIM).
Alasan Memorandum itu antara lainnya :-
1. Pertubuhan Islam arus perdana yang terlibat dengan Majlis Amal Islami Malaysia (MAIM) kelolaan YADIM sentiasa bekerjasama di dalam menegakkan dakwah Islamiah di Malaysia. Hanya beberapa NGO kecil sahaja yang dapat menerima idea bahtera perubahan yang cuba dibawa oleh Dr Asri yang seringkali tidak seiring pandangannya dengan sebahagian besar ulamak dan NGO-NGO Islam arus perdana. Kerajaan sepatutnya menghormati kerjasama MAIM di bawah naungan YADIM yang telah dirasmikan oleh Ke Bawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Yang Di Pertuan Agong. Pelantikan Dr. Asri hanya akan memutuskan tali silaturrahim yang terjalin dan MAIM akan pincang sekiranya Dr Asri menerajui YADIM.
2. Dr Asri yang terpengaruh dengan pandangan dan pendekatan ulamak tertentu juga sering kali bertentangan pandangan dengan para ulamak dan Mufti-Mufti negeri lain. Dalam berhadapan dengan perbezaan pendapat ini, Dr Asri telah mengambil pendekatan berkonfrantasi secara terbuka tanpa menitik beratkan soal adab dan kemaslahatan umat Islam keseluruhannya. Semasa menjawat jawatan Mufti Kerajaan Negeri Perlis beliau kerapkali membelakangkan pandangan Jawatankuasa Mufti peringkat Kebangsaan dan sentiasa lari dari berdialog secara tertutup dan beradab, sebaliknya mencari populariti di media. Keadaan ini akan menyukarkan YADIM dan MAIM untuk bergerak sekiranya tiada hubungan erat dengan Mufti-Mufti.
3. Dr Asri mendakwa dirinya dan pengikut-pengikutnya sebagai ahlu-sunnah tetapi mereka menolak dan tidak mengiktiraf kebanyakan ulamak dan umat Islam lain yang di luar dari lingkungan pengikutnya. Beliau juga tidak mengkitiraf iktikad ahli sunnah wal jamaah dari mazhab-mazhab fiqh seperti Mazhab Shafie, Hanafi, Maliki dan Hanbali bahkan dalam keadaan tertentu menolak hadith yang diriwayat oleh Imam Bukhari.
4. Pendekatan Dr Asri dan para pengikutnya telah mencetuskan berbagai perbalahan di kalangan umat Islam apabila mengkritik berbagai amalan umat Islam di Malaysia kononnya ia tidak mengikut sunnah seperti amalan membaca Yaa Sin pada malam Juma’at, amalan bertalqin, tahlil, doa selamat, seolat hajat, wirid selepas solat. Beliau juga mencerca para ulamak besar seperti Imam Nawawi dan Imam Ghazali yang tidak perlu disebut kehebatan dan keilmuan mereka. Bahkan akibat dan malapetaka yang bakal timbul dari pendekatannya ini amatlah besar sebagaimana yang sedang berlaku di beberapa buah negara Islam. Malapetaka ini sewajarnya dibendung dan bukan disemarakkan lagi.
5. Akibat dari pendekatan ekstrem Dr.Asri dan pengikutnya ini kebanyakan Majlis Agama Islam Negeri-negeri telah menyekat kegiatan pengajian yang dijalankan oleh mereka. Malah beberapa guru agama dan penceramah yang sealiran dengan mereka sedang menghadapi pertuduhan di mahkamah Syariah kerana mengajar tanpa tauliah. Antaranya Dr. Abdullah Yasin yang menghadapi beberapa kes di negeri Selangor.
6. Dr Asri hingga kini mempertikaikan undang-undang jenayah Syariah negara serta mentafsirkannya tidak mengikut peruntukan undang-undang dan hukum syarak yang diterima para Ulamak dan masyarakat Islam. Dengan melantik seorang yang berpandangan dan pendekatan seperti ini, ia akan melenyapkan keyakinan dan kepercayaan umat Islam bukan sahaja kepada YADIM malah kepada kerajaan keseluruhannya atas kegagalan memelihara ajaran dan amalan Islam yang dipegang selama ini.
7. Pendekatan ekstrem Dr.Asri telah mengundang pelbagai akibat dan keresahan di kalangan umat Islam di seluruh Negara khususnya di negeri Perlis. Imam-imam di Perlis yang tidak mendokong aliran Dr Asri telah diketepikan malah baru-baru ini mereka telah ditukarkan atas alasan yang sama (berita berita sebegini telah tersiar di dalam akhbar-akhbar utama negara). Cercaan beliau dan pengikutnya kepada amalan solat hajat kononnya ia satu bentuk maksiat dalam masjid telah mengundang perbalahan dan beberapa kejadian pergaduhan.
8. Sebagai seorang yang terlalu muda serta gagal menghayati budaya adab sopan umat Islam di Malaysia, Dr Asri lebih banyak mengundang kontroversi dan merupakan seorang yang keras, ekstrem serta tidak dapat menerima teguran, pandangan dan kritikan orang lain. Majlis-Majlis Agama Islam Negeri-negeri lain selain Perlis, Tokoh-tokoh agama arus perdana termasuk semua para Mufti Negeri negeri (kecuali Perlis) serta tokoh-tokoh seperti Prof.Datuk Dr.Ismail Ibrahim, Tan Sri Syeikh Ghazali Abd Rahman bekas Ketua Pengarah JKSM, Dato’ Hashim b.Yahya bekas Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan, Dato’ Nooh Gadot dan ramai lagi amat tidak senang dengan pendekatan dan pendirian sebegini.
9. Penolakan oleh sebahagian besar tokoh agama dan umat Islam terhadap pemikiran dan pendekatan beliau dalam amalan agama adalah kelemahan besar Dr.Asri dan amat tidak sesuai untuk menerajui sebuah agensi dakwah yang ditunjangi oleh Kerajaan Malaysia. Peribadi yang lebih berhemah dan memahami manhaj dan metodologi dakwah di Malaysia adalah lebih wajar menerajui YADIM. Terdapat ramai lagi tokoh lain yang tidak kontroversi yang datang dari golongan Muslim arus perdana yang boleh dilantik menerajui YADIM dan diterima oleh masyarakat Islam arus perdana.
10. Dr Asri bukan sahaja ditolak oleh majoriti penyokong UMNO, malah beliau juga tidak disenangi oleh penyokong PAS yang merupakan 2 parti umat Islam terbesar. Hanya segelintir dari masyarakat Islam yang berpendirian ekstrem dalam hal furu’ atau perkara cabang yang gembira dengan pemikiran dan pendekatan beliau. Kami bimbang Kerajaan Persekutuan akan disisihkan oleh umat Islam dalam kegiatan keagamaan dan amalan keagamaan yang seragam dan telah sebati di seluruh Negara tidak lagi menjadi arus perdana di masa akan datang, manakala Pihak Berkuasa Agama Negeri mengambil pendekatan berbeza dari Kerajaan Persekutuan.
Diserahkan oleh Persatuan Peguam Syarie Malaysia (PGSM)
Ditandatangani oleh:
Mohamad Isa bin Abd Ralip Presiden PGSM Bertarikh 12 Oktober, 2009
Badan-Badan Bukan Kerajaan Yang Menyokong Memorandum ini –
1. Persatuan Pegawai-Pegawai Syariah Malaysia
2. Yayasan Sofa Negeri Sembilan
3. Yayasan Jenderami
4. Pertubuhan Muafakat Masyarakat Sejahtera (MUAFAKAT)
5. Persatuan Peguam Syarie Malysia
6. Persatuan Peguam Muslim Malaysia
7. Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM)
8. Persatuan Alumni Kolej Islam (ALKIS)
9. Jemaah Islah malaysia (JIM)
10. Persatuan Ulamak Malaysia
11. Yayasan Paksi Kedah
12. Persatuan Ulamak Kedah
13. Teras Pengupayaan Melayu (TERAS)
http://drmaza.com/home/?p=762.
.... Akhirnya, PAS hendaklah benar-benar tahu siapakah musuhnya yang sebenar.
Beberapa perkara berikut patut difikirkan oleh PAS;
1. Siapakah yang boleh mengheret PAS melanggar prinsip-prinsip Islam yang holistik yang bukan sekadar isu tahalluf siyasi semata?
2. Siapakah yang ‘sebenarnya’ mencetuskan permusuhan dalaman secara langsung dan tidak langsung dalam PAS selama ini?
3. Jika PAS berfikir ada pemimpinnya yang patut disingkirkan, maka penyingkiran itu adakah atas alasan pelanggar prinsip, atau sekadar pelanggaran pendekatan?
4. Antara mengerat ‘orang dalam’ dan mengerat ‘orang menumpang’ yang menyusahkan; manakah yang patut diutamakan?
5. Adakah PAS yang memerlukan PR atau PR memerlukan PAS?
6. Adakah agenda Islamik itu yang lebih besar dalam PAS atau agenda politik PR?
7. Apa beza dari masa depan Islam antara kerjasama dengan DAP dan PKR dan kerjasama dengan UMNO?
REMINDER:
Any constructive criticism and comment that would contribute to fair, frank and informed discussion on this posting to help achieve our national objective will be most appreciated. We need to have more open exchange of ideas on this sensitive but important subject in the context of the national vision and security.
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