Comments on: Indelible ink scandal – spunky scrutiny-in-progress by Po Kuan

By: taiking

taiking — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:36:12 +0000

Didnt NAZRI also said that an inquiry into the judicial crisis was not necessary because it happened so long ago?
Why are you people compensating the dismissed federal court judges now?
The Lingam clips did not open up the can of worms.
The Lingam clips show us the second (or it is third) generation worms of the crisis.

By: Swordsman

Swordsman — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:11:23 +0000

Don’t waste time on an irredeemable imbecile like Nazri. He is part of the UMNO system and he has to serve the interests of UMNO, why “force” him to admit to the truth. Just get rid of BN/UMNO, Nazri will also be “ta-pau” together.
Debating or arguing with someone who is outright “untruthful” but has the skill of twisting words and hiding behind legal jargon to deflect hard questioning is a waste of time.
Wait for PR to takeover, then the new Govt can conduct a full investigation on him and make him account for “out-of-line” activities that may surface. Let him continue to inflate his ego and arrogance, and build up the Rakyat’s disgust for him. Come judgment day, no tears will be shed for him.

By: Tickler

Tickler — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:21:34 +0000

August 14, 2007 - The black ink from India, which would cost less than one million ringgit, would be applied on a voter’s left forefinger, the paper said.
deccanherald.com/Content/Aug142007/foreign2007081419086.asp?section=scrollingnews

February 23rd, 2008 - The indelible ink, costing over RM 2million, will make its first appearance in a general election here.
topnews.in/malaysian-poll-body-requisitions-47-000-bottles-indian-indelible-ink-221864

Between August `07 and Feb `08 someone has made the difference of more than RM1 million.
The reason for the conflicting statements is `cos the thieves are fighting over the spoils.

By: subject

subject — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:09:25 +0000

Who is Mohamed Nazri bin Abdul Aziz??!!!! Just a piece of rubbish who wasting dumb millions money…..

By: badak

badak — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:34:22 +0000

Im a stupid Malaysian ….Can someone please tell me this When do the POLICE and ACA need permission from the AG,s chambers to investigate a case. Read this in the NST today..NO WORD YET FROM THE AG TO PROBE THE LIMGAM SIX.

Im so stupid. All the while i thought that the ACA was independent ..That is the reason why Local counsils and most of BN MP,s if not all are corrupted.

Im so stupid ..i know the AG is powerful..but never knew he was that powerful.

By: darren sky

darren sky — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:02:15 +0000

Did you all notice the behaviour of EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman during the telecast on the night of polling day.From his comments and body language ,really cant believe that he is EC chairman who is supposed to be neutral.He looks more like an UMNO spoke person than a EC chairman.Thats why UMNO extended the retirement age to another year in order to have him around.
Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman is really a disgrace to the nation.He is a dog to his master UMNO but the turn of event on indelible ink ,the master have abandoned the dog.Serve this dog right. At least my dog got better treatment from me.

By: donng55

donng55 — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:23:29 +0000

Following are verbatim extracts of what STAR had reported:

(1) Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the coalition was all for the use of the ink. However, it accepted the EC’s decision to scrap its use. (March 6, 2008, “Ink mark or no, people can still vote”.)

(2) MCA expressed its disappointment that the plan to use the ink was scrapped. “The EC action will be politicised by the Opposition parties,” MCA headquarters elections operation director Tan Sri Wong See Wah told a press conference yesterday. Wong said the MCA was outraged that there were people who smuggled in the indelible ink with the intention to create chaos on polling day. (March 6, 2008, “Ink mark or no, people can still vote”.)

(3) Earlier, EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman said the Cabinet decided not to approve the proposal to use indelible ink “on the day of Parliament dissolution, on Feb 13″. (May 18, 2008, “It was only a suggestion, says PM”.)

A public explanation from MCA headquarters elections operation director Tan Sri Wong See Wah is therefore in order. His confusing statements above cannot be countenanced by the Chinese community. As a senior figure at the top of MCA political totem pole, he cannot be acting like John Wyne shooting from the hip. Shame on you, Tan Sri, and by extension, MCA!

By: yhsiew

yhsiew — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:15:18 +0000

A Singapore political analyst said the government cancelled the use of indelible ink at the last minute in the 12th general election had help PR to “win big” because the rakyat were angry that they had been fooled by the government and they cast their votes to PR to vent their anger!

By: mendela

mendela — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:34:01 +0000

To side track, the federal gomen and the Tourism minister always boasting to the public that the number of foreign tourists to Malaysia were increasing very rapidly.

My questions:
1 What are the real breakdown by nationality of the foreign tourists to Malaysia?
2. How much per head such “tourists” really spend while in Malaysia, especially those poor Indonesians and Burmeses?
3. How many days on average such foreign tourists really stay in Malaysia?

To me, I dun see any increase in foreign tourists at all. Just go and visit KLIA, KLCC, Langkawi yourselves, we dun see many foreign tourists at all!

I suspect the Tourism Minister is inflating the figure so that a bigger fund will be allocated to her and her department!

Kit, can you or your other MP raise the above questions in Parliament?