Dear Editor

I refer to the Utusan Melayu sensationalist article “Azan, jawi, JAIS, UiTM dan ba-alif-ba-ya”. It is quite clear from just reading the article itself (yes, non-malays can read Malay, and we can read Jawi) it seems quite clear that the so-called journalist was writing out of pure hearsay.

For example, he writes, “Kini, ia berlaku. Ya benar, Dr. Khir bukan buat cerita mengarut.”…”Sambil menulis kolum ini, saya menelefon seorang rakan saya, yang juga seorang YB dalam Pakatan Rakyat. Dia mengakui memang berlaku”. Good work. We can call them and tell them the world is really flat, “ha, benar,” and they will probably run it on the full page tomorrow.

Whatever happened to investigative journalism? Doesn’t the person, I believe the Editor himself, bother to check the sources and get his facts right? Doesn’t the fact that the mosque in question contradicts his allegations, which in his article he claims he heard from other people? So that’s the kind of journalism Utusan provides – one sits on the office chair, and just writes whatever people gossip to him.

That’s a fine example of the kind of press we have in Malaysia. I dont think the people at Utusan deserve to be called journalists, they give the profession a bad name. Gossip mongers are more like it.

CH,
Kuala Lumpur

This leaves MIC & Gerakan the only silent ones…..

And yes, MIC has become very very silent since the last GE… So silent that I wonder if it is still crying over split milk (Samy Vellu’s) loss 8 Mar that they don’t think about the ISA unfairness.

Maybe they are secretly happy about the ISA in place – why, it got the 5 Hindraf men ‘out of their way’.

When Ahmad Ismail can go scot free & Teresa detained, it is a clear downright double standards here. UMNO has accumulated a lot of karma, & whatever karma will be unleashed. This universe is fair.

Hold the GE again and see,… DAP is going to retain Penang with a much larger majority & also PR for the whole of Malaysia.

///19. One of the effects of this rigid confinement to Government buildings on the boulevard is to make Putrajaya a Malay city. Ninety five percent of the people living in Government built flats are Malay Government workers. Although the Government built flats are available to non-Government servants, there are hardly any buyers for them. Certainly there are no Chinese or Indian.

20. I admit being guilty of setting up Putrajaya as the administrative capital. It is very well planned. But it is dull.

21. Not being in the Government, I cannot influence anything anymore. But I hope the powers that be will read this snippet on Putrajaya. ///— TDM

If the BN continues to be in power until 2057, the population mix would be like putrajaya. It will be very well planned. But it will be dull!

Khir Toyo is a dentist by training. He is no moron. Neither are good-thinking Malaysians. There hasn’t been any case in which the Chinese ever threaten the rights of Malays. I agree that Malays are among one of the greatest races in the world, but why practice quota system in university intake? Yet Chinese, Indians, and other races accept the cold reality, knowing well that it would be better to have Malay friends who are well educated rather than undereducated ones. But this doesn’t mean it’s fair, neither is it good for Malays themselves. Otherwise, why not the Malaysian government write to Olympics International that Malaysians be entitled to a “fair” share of gold medals instead of having to earn one?

There has not been any real racial tension so far. So, politikus the likes of Khir Toyo & Ahmad Ismail attempted to “make it happen”.

Mind you, Khir Toyo & Ahmad Ismail, your children are going to mimic you, believing that doing the wrong things, particularly those going against your own conscience, can go unpunished.

Though the Talibans bombed the Buddha statutes, the Buddhists the world over merely voiced protest and never resorted to retaliate with a tooth for tooth. But the law of Cause & Effect still holds — those “dogs barking up the wrong trees” were destroyed by the US, without the peace-loving Buddhists lifting a finger.

You might think you can get off scot-free, but the Cause & Effect will never fail — if it doesn’t happen to you, it will on your children, or your children’s children — without your innocent victims raising a finger.

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/NewsBreak/20080916131947/Article/index_html

As for the 2nd top dog in the PDRM, his intelligence and that of his force is seen to be wanting. Giving frivolous and idiotic spins to their disasterous handling of the ISA arrests as well as the employment of balaclava clad police special unit shows that they are only good at overkill. Something akin to shoot to kill and then justify their actions with cooked up evidence.

The day PR takes over these low lives that lead the police force and the ones who arbitrarily impose their will on innocent people with uncalled for road blocks should be shown the exit.

The present home minister, Al Blurr won’t find it difficult to find a job in Zimbabwe with the recommendations from the old goat.

The top dogs in the PDRM can be employed by the many security companies as ordinary guards where brain power is not necessary.

But most folks can relate to the arrest of the reporter and Teresa who were just going about their work in a normal manner – now if these 2 people can be arrested under ISA for such frivolous reasons, any one of us can also be arrested.
http://malaysiawatch4.blogspot.com/2008/09/malaysiakini-and-imperative-for-change.html

I look forward to see meltdown of the ISA, Sedition Act etc.

But that is with the assumption that Agong can be persuaded.
It seems to me that I did not see that at this point of time. Maybe he is unsure as to which camp to support. Maybe Hadi Awang has much influence on him for better or worst. Only time will tell.

A local Azan issue could be resolved easily by the local people living in the area……but to have an Ex-MB and major Malay newspaper involved and spinned it out of proportion with narrow and damaging politics of race and religion is totally unacceptable and dangerous.

Today, the day we’d been waiting and looking forward for long, “D-Day” on 916 for new Malaysia. A Malaysian Malaysia in a peaceful form in order to form a new government, despite the fact that we are no rush…

Also thumb up for Kit and Guan Eng who delivered across the message through yours remarkable speech from Kelana Jaya Stadium last night.

You really believe his bodyguards murdered the Mongolian lady on behalf of his best friend? Or his best friend might be a scapegoat for someone? ..but… does his best friend has the power to erase immigration records too..? :confused:

http://www.twiigs.com/poll/Politics/17328

Today at 02: 53.47 (2 hours ago)
Lim Kit Siang have seen it all. I too..have seen it all.
UMNO have not change one bit. It is getting worst….especially.. these 27 years.”

And this small man who made himself into a demi-god started the downfall of Malaysia, down the slippery slopes we are on today – Tun M. And he still dares to give his two cents (literally!) worth of his opinions and ideas in his blog. Che Det, o che det, cukuplah, cukup. Enough is enough. We have had more than enough of you in a quarter of a century. You screwed up the country big time. Now, just ride off into the sunset peacefully.