Comments on: Lingam Tape – all three members of Haidar Panel unanimous in separately recommending Royal Commission of Inquiry?

By: waterfrontcoolie

waterfrontcoolie — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:01:10 +0000

YB, it looks like this committee has a conscience. Could it be the case that in the past, with TDM breathing down their necks, they had to act as guided; now with all these comments by the public, they could feel it. Hence in a way, our efforts here do have some influence. During ‘those days’ whenever some rich guys or ‘datuks’ were involved ,there would be bets in our kopitiam on the outcome of the cases; and those sinister bettors seem to win in many cases. This is the amount of respect they hold for a number of our judiciary officers!
We hope that such stand is a new begining for this country

By: undergrad2

undergrad2 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:12:03 +0000

Not knowing has never been a legal defense to anything.

By: wits0

wits0 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:47:44 +0000

How to inspire a civil service when the very top uses “tak tau” as a valid answer. Things get more and more surreal but it’s Bolehland, no less.

By: ENDANGERED HORNBILL

ENDANGERED HORNBILL — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:11:51 +0000

NST, Sin Chew – did you say “scoops” by these pro-government, Govt-linked, govt-obeisant newspapers?

No, they were leaks to appease a raging public outraged by the rape of nothing less than the third pillar of the govt i.e. the Judiciary. {Someone once said there was once a Chief Minister who’d even rape a pillar with a frock!} But when the Judiciary is raped, it is more than a pillar that hurts. The very foundations and torso of society vibrates, shakes and crumbles to its knees.

Why is PM AAB silent on such a critical issue? He should demonstrate he is in control instead of letting Najib mouth pleasant pieces of ‘sweet-nothings’ to the public.

I take issue with yet another leak to the press as if there aren’t enough leaky problems already. What the PM must do is GET REAl, WAKE UP, STAND TALL, SPEAK UP, MAKE SENSE & TALK STRAIGHT. Not all those inconsequential, sermonic, bisyllables of ‘tak tahu’.

By: undergrad2

undergrad2 — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:40:07 +0000

“..why Anwar was holding back the later part of the videos instead of releasing everything at onceÃ¢â‚¬Â¦” ahkok

Anwar is merely saving best for last.

By: helpless

helpless — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:02:43 +0000

If Sin Chew reported the truth.
Nasti might say : arrest the reporter.

If Sin Chew reported not the truth.
Nasti might say : ban the press.

If AAB said want to listen only to the truth.
Najib might say : consider arrest AAB under ISA !

By: Man_of_Honour

Man_of_Honour — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:28:37 +0000

It’ll probably take another few years to settle the report. That’s how effective BN government is. Fews years later, they just buat bodoh and slowly it will fade away.

They know the weakness of humans. Humans are forgetful.

This method had been used since 50 years ago. Really sad to hear this. Hope our YDMM Yang Di-Pertuan Agong can make some changes to this.

All the best to Malaysia. TIME TO CHANGE!

By: ahkok1982

ahkok1982 — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:27:46 +0000

that is why Anwar was holding back the later part of the videos instead of releasing everything at once…
For sure the BN goons will be using delay tactics as usual (they have no other tactics) and soon everyone will forget about it… then anwar will release a little bit more of the video tape to keep everyone’s attention up.
that would be the main reason why BN would want Anwar to release all the videos out as soon as possible so that the time to forget can start earlier… too bad anwar does not release everything so fast… hahaha…. BN is caught with their pants down this time!!!

By: messy

messy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:53:36 +0000

why must have another 3 member-panel?
no logic…what’s the purpose of the royal commisioner then?
they’re just delaying the whole issue…
they’re hiding the truth from the public…
they’re the real pondans of the public not the opposition…

is there a need for 3 seprate reports for the tape??…or is there something that needs to be cover up first?
speak up pondans-bn…

By: LittleBird

LittleBird — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:00:33 +0000

Well done! Three senior members to look into the report. After that, the will form a committe to study the report on the report. Then they will hand over to the AG who is still busy with IPMC. So we have to wait for IPMC to come out fisrt. By then, of some will diw, some will retire and some will migrate.

It is definetely a win win situation.

By: grace

grace — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:56:00 +0000

They are playing for time.
It is more than a month since the recording was exposed, nothing concrete has been done. Even Pak Lah is studying to see whether it is of public interest! My God!!! Match fixing is already a serious crime. Here judge fixing and by extension judgement fixing is even more serious. Pak Lah, kindly go on sleeping.

Now they appoint another three persons to study the tape. This will take another 1 month at least.
By then everything is forgotten!!!!

By: madmix

madmix — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:43:48 +0000

If what NST said today is true, then I take back all I said about the commission, predicting that they would behave like the ACA boot lickers who said the authenticity cannot be established. NST reported that the commission members all opined that the clip is authentic as almost all who viewed it thought.
I would say to them: well done, you threw the ball back to AAB.

By: k1980

k1980 — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:43:24 +0000

PAS, PKR and DAP finally get it together and won the elections. Then they start rounding up corrupt politicians to execute. A firing squad is convened and KJ, Nazti and Dolah are all marched to a wall to be shot.
As the firing squad are loading their guns, KJ thinks, “I’ve got to cause a diversion so I can get away.” He yells “Oh, no! A TSUNAMI!” and points behind the firing squad. As the idiots turn around to see if there is a tsunami approaching, KJ jumps over the wall behind him and runs away.
The firing squad turns their attention back to the two men who are left. Nazti quickly observes how well KJ’s ruse has worked and yells “God, EARTHQUAKE!” As the firing squad frantically looks for a place to take cover, Nazti jumps over the wall and he too escapes.
The firing squad resumes their stance and proceeds to take aim at a trembling Dolah. Dolah, believing that he, too, can create a diversion, frantically searches his mind for another natural disaster to use. Smiling to himself, he yells “Help, FIRE!”

By: lupus

lupus — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:20:14 +0000

What about all the judgment that the CJ have made ? Will all his judgment be re-evaluated on legal grounds should the RCI finds that there was corruption ?

By: undergrad2

undergrad2 — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:10:50 +0000

Worse than that! Nothing will come out of this since they’ve decided that it is not ‘authentic’ whatever that means. It’s not only to delay but to cast a smokescreen, creating an appearance of accountability etc. They are making a mockery out of the values we hold i.e. freedom, equality, accountability, transparency, good governance etc.

It is time to take back the power from a group of individuals who have long lost the legitimacy to govern. If ‘change’ cannot be facilitated smoothly and through constitutional means, we need a couple of Che Guevaras to do the job!

But first what is needed is an incident which would mobilise popular support against this run-away government run by these gooks. Let’s hope they provide us with that ‘incident’ soon. Alternatively, we need to create it.

By: Filibuster

Filibuster — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:53:58 +0000

Voice Says:

Quote from The Star:
“Three senior ministers have been appointed to study the three-man panelÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s report on the videoclip that showed a lawyer brokering judgesÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ appointments in a phone conversation.”

It seems this is a delaying tactic used to hold the issue off until the GE is complete.

By: wantonhead

wantonhead — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:32:33 +0000

Makes me wonder … , is it another “sandiwara” for the sake of gaining some support, say, the coming GE …

By: g2geetoo

g2geetoo — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:30:17 +0000

The BN govt is just delaying this issue. Buying time! They are trying very hard to get out of this mess. Top 2 in UMNO have different opinion and as long as there is no political will, we will remain in a state of denial along with the sleepy head!

UMNO is cornered and very soon UMNO can be irrelevant in Malaysia.

BERSIH!

By: dawsheng

dawsheng — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:43:21 +0000

“Such a Royal Commission must have full and untrammeled powers to inquire into the deep-seated causes for the series of crisis of confidence in the independence,….”

Mind me but isn’t this asking the impossible to be possible?

By: Bigjoe

Bigjoe — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:40:31 +0000

If this is true, its no wonder they hessitate to make the report public.

It looks like the panel in the end is concern about their place in history as well as not being caught in a maelstrom should the issue get worst in the public. They must have regretted taking on the job!!!!

I still wonder what they say about the authencity of the tape? If they recommend a RCI, they must have said the tape was authentic which everyone knows is already.

Is there such thing as ‘guilt by hesitancy?’. I think with UMNO its by default given their overwhelming advantage…