By Lim Guan Eng
Hindraf Must Wake Up And Realise That Kampung Buah Pala Is Still Standing Today Because The Penang Pakatan Rakyat State Government Had Successfully Prevented Them From Being Evicted In The Middle Of Last Year.
The Penang Pakatan Rakyat state government has never consented nor approved any demolition of Kampung Buah Pala. Any action taken is by the private developer via a court order issued by the relevant courts.
Up to RM200,000 per family was offered by the developer to the residents which was accepted by many families but not by those remaining in Kampung Buah Pala. The state government respected the decision of those remaining in Kampung Buah Pala to reject any compensation offer and to fight it out in courts.
If the state government had not been sympathetic to the plight of the residents, then the developer would have evicted the residents in the middle of last year when a court order was obtained. Only the determined preventive efforts by Penang DCM2 Professor P Ramasamy and Penang State EXCO Abdul Malek stopped the developer from entering the village with bulldozers several times last year.
All parties must therefore realise that it is only because of the efforts of the present Pakatan Rakyat state government that the Kampung Buah Pala residents are still living there.
Koh Tsu Koon Owes The Public A Full Explanation Why He Sold The Kampung Buah Pala At A Cheap Price Of Only RM10 Per Square Feet In 2007 And Without consulting the residents.
The state government land of Kampung Buah Pala was approved to Koperasi Pegawai Kerajaan Pulau Pinang twice by the BN Penang state EXCO led by Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon on 18.8.2004 and 8.6.2005 with a premium of RM6.42 million or RM20 per square feet. I can not understand neither the rationale of approving this project without consulting the residents nor selling it at such a low price.
Worse Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon’s EXCO reduced the premium further by 50% to RM3.21 million or only RM10 per square feet on the recommendation of the UMNO Deputy Chief Minister. Koh Tsu Koon owes the public a full explanation why he sold Kampung Buah Pala at a cheap price of only RM10 per square feet in 2007 when the market price in this prime area is many times over and without consulting the residents.
The Penang State Government Should Not Be Unfairly Victimised And Targeted By Hindraf For Helping The Kampung Buah Pala Residents.
It is BN, Gerakan, MIC, UMNO & MCA that are the main culprits for causing, abandoning and even selling out Kampung Buah Pala residents.
The Penang state government regrets the highly irresponsible and irrational actions of Hindraf in targeting the Penang state government over the actions taken by the developer to evict residents in Kampung Buah Pala. Hindraf wants the state government to act against the court order obtained by the developer to evict the residents. This the state government can not do as Pakatan Rakyat governs under the rule of law and is compelled to respect any court order issued.
On the other hand, there have been suggestions that the Penang state government forcibly acquires the land under for a public purpose under the Land Acquisition Act. Doing so would play into the hands into the developer who would be able to reap enormous profits without putting in a single cent. Much as the Penang state government would wish to do, cancelling the project and forcibly acquiring the land would incur costs beyond the financial capability of the state government. We are NOT talking about millions of ringgit or tens of millions of ringgit here!
Clearly Hindraf is unable to distinguish who its friends are by likening such actions to UMNO’s tearing down of Hindu temple. And yet Hindraf does not organise nation-wide protests for the recent tearing down Hindu temples in Kuala Lumpur. The Penang state government should not be unfairly victimised or targeted by Hindraf when we have assisted the residents and also not involved with the tearing down of any Hindu temple in Penang.
Why is Hindraf not demonstrating against UMNO or Gerakan or MCA or even MIC who are the main culprits and perpetrators behind Kampung Buah Pala? This begs the question whether Hindraf has now been infiltrated by collaborators of MIC and BN when it should be demonstrating against those who demolish temples and not the Penang state government seeking a fair deal for the Kampung Buah Pala villagers.
Hindraf should realise what the Penang state government has done for the Indian community, temples and Tamil primary schools. Not only was the first Indian Deputy Chief Minister II of Penang appointed but the 28 Tamil primary schools were given a yearly allocation of RM1.5 million along with other Chinese primary, Sekolah Agama Rakyat, missionary schools and Chinese independent secondary schools. Further Penang put up the FIRST Tamil road signs in the country alongside with Arabic, Chinese and English bilingual road signs in Georgetown. Even Hindraf never even raised the issue of Tamil road signs.
By going against the Penang state government, Hindraf is indirectly helping UMNO and BN and putting all the achievements made by the Penang state government at risk. There will be no Indian DCM2, no yearly allocation of funds to Tamil primary schools and no more Tamil road signs or bilingual road signs. Hindraf should use reason not emotions of rage or anger and think again who are the real opponents and the real friends of the Indian community.
Most important of all, the Penang state government treats all Indians together with Chinese and Malays as Malaysian citizens, where a Chinese leader can look after Malays a Malay leader can look after Chinese and an Indian leader can look after all citizens. DAP and the Pakatan Rakyat government will not back down or be cowed by BN, UMNO or Hindraf who continues to look at problems from a narrow racial spectrum of Chinese, Indian of Malays. DAP and the Penang Pakatan Rakyat government believes that the issues of Indians are not Indian problems, the issues of Chinese are not Chinese problems nor the issues of Malays not Malay problems but a Malaysian issue.
We should be uniting together as Malaysians around the principles of justice, truth, freedom, democracy and welfare of the people to ensure that we fight corruption to both generate growth and prosperity as well as ensure that everyone shares equitably.
However despite regretting the unwarranted targeting of the Penang state government, Hindraf leaders have the right to exercise the basic human rights of peaceful assembly by demonstrating no matter how unreasonable they are. I have instructed my officials to respect their rights and accept any memorandum submitted in line with non-violent principles of Mahatma Gandhi that, “violence begets violence, an eye for any eye would leave everyone blind.” I also urge the police not to take any action that would lead to untoward actions.
The state government will also not be affected by the actions of the residents in suddenly turning against the state government despite all the assistance offered. The state government will continue to assist the remaining residents of Kampung Buah Pala, including if the residents so wish, that the developer of Kampung Buah Pala continues with its offer of up to RM200,000 compensation per registered family to the residents. The state government has also not given any consent or agreement to the developer to demolish any buildings as the developer is acting on his own under the court order from the High Court and Federal Court.
#1 by OrangRojak on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 - 7:15 pm
Thanks for that link SpeakUp, that was exactly what I wanted.
#2 by SpeakUp on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 - 7:43 pm
OrangRojak … no problem la … collectively working together the internet is a good thing. :)
#3 by katdog on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 - 8:07 pm
HINDRAF is trying to flex its muscles and stay relevant. HINDRAF (much like UMNO/MCA/MIC) can only exist when other races/people can be made as bogeymen. Now that BN is weakened, HINDRAF is setting its sights on the PR government.
Because if a PR government can have a successful multi racial policies, the whole point of existence for HINDRAF ends. HINDRAF must ensure that only it alone can be made to appear as the saviors of the Indian race.
While i acknowledged the contribution of HINDRAF to the 2008 elections, i never supported their ethnically centric causes and was always wary that multi racial parties like PKR-DAP should get directly involved with them.
HINDRAF should be reminded that the Indian population has been stalwart supporters of BN for the past 20 years. I know many well educated Indian doctors and lawyers who were all staunch supporters of BN. They only switched sides in 2008 as a protest after the HINDRAF rally.
So i laugh at the irony of HINDRAF. After being marginalized by the government they were so loyal to for 20 years and doing ABSOLUTELY nothing, now they want to burn effigy’s of the CM of a new government that has only had 1 year in office.
#4 by katdog on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 - 8:24 pm
LGE needs to build up some tact in making statements.
He needn’t have gone into racial stuff like tamil signboards and and indian DCM etc. That’s just playing the same game as BN. Offering little gestures here and there to soothe particular racial communities.
He should have just made a clear statement. This is not a racial issue. The state government has done everything it can and regrets that HINDRAF feels otherwise. HINDRAF is free to voice their displeasure as long as it is peaceful.
I personally do not support the Penang government being made to shell out millions to an UMNOputra company to save what is essentially a squatter village. If HINDRAF really wants to save the village, then i request that HINDRAF work with the state government to raise the needed funds through donations to purchase back the land.
The Penang government’s money is the property of all Penangites. The money does not belong to the HINDRAF to demand as they please. I challenge HINDRAF to hold a poll among Penangites to see if they support their government spending millions for such a purpose. I dare say the majority of Penangites would not agree.
#5 by Onlooker Politics on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 - 9:08 pm
OrangRojak,
For your information, Malaysia’s land law was modelled after Australia’s land law. British land law may not be applicable in Malaysia. Moreover, during Dr Mahthir’s tenure as the Prime Minister of Malaysia, many written laws had been passed in the parliament in order to put a stop on the excessive demand being always made by the squatters throughout most big cities in Malaysia.
The court orders, as mentioned by Lim Guan Eng here, which have been issued by the High Court and the Federal Court to the developer will give the developer the rights to evict any intruders or trespassers from the said land which is the subject matter of the court orders. The court of Malaysia also has power to order any state government to revise its offer price to the original landowner if the state government wishes to acquire a piece of land from a private owner, based on the principles of fairness and prevailing market price.
Lim Guan Eng is telling us the truth. As a Chief Minister of the State Government, he is also required to obey the rule of law!
#6 by Onlooker Politics on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 - 9:33 pm
Lim Guan Eng is now the Chief Minister who is given the power to act in accordance with the Penang State Constitution and the Federal Constitution of Malaysia. He should try to invite another affordable developer to come up with a joint-venture proposal with Penang State Government. If the proposal so made is deemed technically and financially feasible, then he shall proceed to invoke any state law for acquiring that piece of land and later on build a cultural village of commercial value there by offering the residential privilege to the current occupants of the land!
As for Hindraf, my advice is that Hindraf has to change its political strategy in order to enable it to penetrate into the hinterland of Indian Malaysians. I do not see that Hindraf is having much survival value for an extensive period of time if the Indian Community of Malaysia is to continue holding the viewpoint that Hindraf is like the MIC youth, which is needed SOMETIMES to serve as a pressure group of Indian interest, but eventually the votes will still be cast in favour of Samy Vellu because Samy Vellu can afford to buy votes!
Hindraf should not try to fool the Malaysian people by saying that a few squatter houses found in Kampung Buah Pala are having emotional value and historical value to Indian community of Penang therefore Lim Guan Eng is required to issue grant to the Indian residents there. The issue had already been complicated by the defeated Barisan Nasional State Government and it may take more than 10 years to settle the issue. The only wise action from Hindraf is that Hindraf should encourage Indian Malaysians to cast their votes to Pakatan Rakyat in order to ensure a higher level of human living quality and integrity for the Indian Community in Malaysia.
#7 by Onlooker Politics on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 - 9:45 pm
“DAP and the Pakatan Rakyat government will not back down or be cowed by BN, UMNO or Hindraf who continues to look at problems from a narrow racial spectrum of Chinese, Indian of Malays.” (Lim Guan Eng)
I think there is a typo in the above sentence. The last words “of Malays” should be much readable if they are changed to “or Malays”.
#8 by majis on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 - 10:15 pm
Kudos LGE you stood by your principles. Whom to give if every group
start asking.
Waytha was freed from ISA with a bargain, MIC/BN goons had infiltrated. I want to ask you some questions Waytha, where was Hindraft during the recent demolition of the Indian settlement Kg.Pandan (K.Lumpur/S’gor)?? Kugan and other Indian cases with PDRM?
Why didn’t you stupid fellas hold demo and burn the effigy of Najis??
Waytha and Hidraft dun talk cock you are fighting for your personal $$ interest… pls go and get it from UMNO or Samy!!
Full Stop!
#9 by vsp on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 - 10:38 pm
Orang Rojak:
I think you’re a naive bleeding-heart champion who thinks by mere reasoning everything will be fine. This is not the UK, you know where the government there is amenable to public concern; where they follow parliamentary etiquette and transparency. By the way how many years have you been living in this country: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … years?
This is Bolehland, where the BN federal government is so heartless, will not listen and does not follow the law. You think since anyone who is the State government can just wave a magic wand and every problem can be solved? The Penang State government is not under the BN coalition but is its rival. If you have not seen how the federal government has been denying funds and using all the federal apparatus against the Pakatan, you must be a real bloody nincompoop. Sorry for my strong language. The federal government under the BN is still obscenely powerful and if the Penang state government is not careful, it would be its undoing. Just witness how Karpal Singh’s impatient outburst against the Perak sultan give ammunition to the BN to attack the Pakatan coalition?
#10 by dawsheng on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 1:11 am
He’s not his dad is he? LGE always strikes me as having a slight but recurring problem with foot-in-mouth disease. -Orang Rojak
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng should really watch his style. His way of conflict resolution and confronting everyone is not doing any good to his image nor his administration. I have always been of the opinion that he needs a PR firm or a spokesperson. Sadly, 15 months after gaining power, and 6 months after he said he would be less confronting, he is still very much his old self. – khensthoth
LGE needs to build up some tact in making statements. He needn’t have gone into racial stuff like tamil signboards and and indian DCM etc. That’s just playing the same game as BN. Offering little gestures here and there to soothe particular racial communities. – Katdog
I did not find anything wrong with what LGE said. From what I see, there are only two reasons why your comments seem to weigh on the side of criticism towards LGE, firstly, you guys are being over sensitive, secondly, you guys don’t really understand the situation.
#11 by boh-liao on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 1:13 am
Any difference between Umno n Hindraf?
Both are compatibly racist parties
Hindraf should replace MIC
and work as a subjugated party of Umno
What about the Tamils and Sikhs?
#12 by dawsheng on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 1:40 am
Why is Hindraf not demonstrating against UMNO or Gerakan or MCA or even MIC who are the main culprits and perpetrators behind Kampung Buah Pala? This begs the question whether Hindraf has now been infiltrated by collaborators of MIC and BN when it should be demonstrating against those who demolish temples and not the Penang state government seeking a fair deal for the Kampung Buah Pala villagers. – LGE
This is not about making new friends.
#13 by dawsheng on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 1:52 am
Lim Guan Eng is now the Chief Minister who is given the power to act in accordance with the Penang State Constitution and the Federal Constitution of Malaysia. He should try to invite another affordable developer to come up with a joint-venture proposal with Penang State Government. If the proposal so made is deemed technically and financially feasible, then he shall proceed to invoke any state law for acquiring that piece of land and later on build a cultural village of commercial value there by offering the residential privilege to the current occupants of the land! – Onlooker Politics
It is a NO! You can’t do things like that. Beside the owner of the land now, no other developer will dare to touch that land anyway.
#14 by Jeffrey on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 6:49 am
On question of whther Squatters have rights, to the law students that SpeakUp talk about, the answer is mostly no and ever occasionally could be a “yes”.
Mostly no – because our Land Code based on Australian Torren System, and governing all lands for which individual titles subsist, does not recognise English concept of Adverse Possession (a 12 yr benchmark) that OrangRojak raised.
Occasionally no : Now clear at all that our Land Code provisions override equitable considerations – Lord Dennings estoppel principles (based on reliance on benefit/detriment) that NH Chan once referred to.
SpeakUp, you apparently read law – this equity principle based on English case of Inwards Bakers was raised – relied upon- in 1980 by Ulu Temiang (Seremban) 7 squatters when they, represented by DAP Seremban lawyers, brought action against Negri Sembilan State Govt for alienating land (earlier promised to them in writing by District officers) to KL’s developer Lesco. Federal Court (Eusoffe) circumvented this point. Did not rule Equity not applicable just because Land code provisions. Merely said Equity was of no application in cases involving overriding Public Interest. Something the Federal Court even then slanted in favour of Govt when it seemed to say that alienation to who and who and who was State Authority’s prerogative based on what it deemed public interest. (Of course we now know better that what is public interest is often private interest).
#15 by Jeffrey on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 6:50 am
typo…”NOT clear at all that” in 3rd para…
#16 by Jeffrey on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 8:04 am
No one knows who’s a squatter to whom compensation is given. Is it the guy who expended money & built a shack tenanted out or the tenant himself? Sometimes 1 family occupies 2 adjoining shacks and ask for compensation twice. Then they are instigated by outsiders having political (HINDRAF) or private agendas who finance their lawyers to commence legal action.. Never mind the law says squatters have no land rights. They still bring a legal action on some arguable point based on equity or some other flimsy reasons. Why do they case, somebody else pay for their lawyers. The idea is not to win the court case. There’s no assurance they can ever win. The strategy is to delay by court action, this procedural objection and that objection, injunction, appeal after appeal until a good 5 or 10 years are passed. Developers on prime land cannot afford this for 2 reasons: (1) interest holding costs when loan raised to acquire land or some parts of bridging loan used for “development costs” ie including bribes to this official or that official for approval of conversion building plans etc (2) Property has cycle esp in present time of economic recession world wide, our market artificially propped up by pushing cost of funds down and the cycle may just tuen against the developer.
Here’s where you could squeeze the developer : it has to pay the patrons and instigators and ring leaders of those who brought legal action against developer to discontinue their case. If not drag the developer for over 10 years in court and its projects cannot lift off, it may even lose profits if not capital outlay which sometimes come out to hundreds of millions.
So you tell the developer – brother you either lose RM 200 million in profit if my injunction and legal case drag on for 10 years OR you could still make your RM200 million by me withdrawing the case so that youy could launch your development scheme immediately before cycle turns – provided……..you pay me lah RM10 million.
Get the picture? I have seen it happened before.
#17 by Jeffrey on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 8:21 am
However if developer pays me RM20 million even better, I’ll get Indonesian contract workers for it inspite of the Indonesia’ ban. I’ll even promote sales for it, buy a row of shophouses on launch price. If not, I may have (not judges) but lowly filing clerks in courts under my payroll who for RM2000 will loose the court file everytime hearing is scheduled and there has to be postponed again and again until the developer collapses in despair. I also have people in the land office/registry under payroll to delay the developer’s various applications necessary for development. Sure developer too has its people at these places. So one side will lose the file, the other retrieve it and everyone happy in this merry go round of corruption alive and kicking. I am not referring to any particular developer or situation here. I am referring generally to what could happen, has happened in other cases, and how squatters’ Cause is a wonderful leverage to facilitate all these because of its emotive appeal – that we must all fight for social and economic interests of the poor and the landless, and back door, capitalise on this opportumity to make money out of those who have ie. the developer who (win-win) is urged to pass the costs to purchaser…. :)
#18 by k1980 on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 8:34 am
Hindraf is acting just like George W Bush. Instead of hunting down Al-Qaeda for the 9/11 attacks, he chose to invade a third country -Iraq- which has nothing to do with 9/11 (but has the world’s 3rd largest oil reserves). So Koh TK gets away with his juicy carrot but LGE gets the big stick.
#19 by Bigjoe on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 8:48 am
On LGE comment that Hindraf should know who their friends and foe are: I would have rephrase it differently.
Hindraf is a radical movement and will friends and foe will get hurt in what they do. Friends of Hindraf will let them hurt them a but but there is a limit to it. In addition, Hindraf future is focussing on hurting their foes a lot more, much more, than carelessly hurting their friends.
#20 by SpeakUp on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 10:04 am
Jeff … proprietary estoppel is not always what it is in squatter cases. Most come onto the land based on a mere arrangement. In Penang its usually because the land is idle so the landlord asks them to stay and keep it occupied. Other times its because its perhaps a coconut plantation and they landlord needs natural fertilisers so he let’s them occupy to breed pigs or chickens.
You are aware of the pure forms of proprietary estoppel, representation is made, acted upon etc etc … in squatter cases its not as such. Even if it were it was to the grandfather.
Yes, I read law and I dealt with many squatters in my time, I evicted them all. Dealing with them is nuts. Standard cases where they claim equitable estoppel is usually sorted out by paying them the value of the HOUSE itself. Usually, tens of thousands only. Even with an offer of RM100K they will ask for RM200K.
I cleared homes, temples and graveyards in my time. I always pushed for very fair compensation even when we can go for broke BUT they always push their luck and always have lost in the courts. They then end up with nothing then lament the developer is unfair.
Give you a good example. In Kulim Hitec Park we had a very small estate temple that did not want to move. The offer to move was RM400K and a piece of land nearby. Well, the so called temple committee wanted like RM700K. So we went for broke … they got nothing. Why? Simple … temples cannot claim estoppel because its an association, the NLC does not give rights to associations but only individuals and companies.
Hence, reading this I have no sympathy for the squatters. LGE is right … he has done all he can. Why should we spend RM20M just for some jokers who are financially underprivileged? If we want to be a socialist state then are we all willing to pay high taxes like in the other countries?
Talk is cheap, yeah, LGE just make a compulsory acquisition then pay it cheap cheap etc. Be in his shoes then try it.
Also Jeff … try delaying cases, it will not work. Cases are delayed usually because the lawyer is not ready and have not done their job. If the file is ‘lost’ for more than twice, trust me the Registrar will be in trouble with the lawyer. If that does not happen then the lawyer is at fault. Delay is not a viable option nowadays to stall people. But I guess you are just joking la … hahahahaahaaa
#21 by SpeakUp on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 10:10 am
LGE is a man who does not wanna waste time saying nice things only. True he is brash but better that then being a hypocrite right? Sometimes he does stick his foot into his own mouth and don’t we all do that BUT at the end of the day LGE is someone who truly wants to make changes for the people of Penang. Unlike his father who just complains all day.
PR needs to look at itself again. PKR is up to nonsense with their boycotts and frogs and By Elections, PAS is up to nonsense with the unity talks and trying to fish one ADUN of BN …
DSAI is talking nonsense when he speaks about doing away with English, if not he is sitting quietly behind as the Tok Dalang, useless man!
Go read the MT comments about DSAI, you will see he was the evil one behind our education system. You think a leopard will change its spots?
Last night at the PJ rally only 4,000 turned up! Where are the hundreds of thousands? No more now la … people are fed up with PR nowadays. ITS A FACT.
#22 by Jeffrey on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 4:36 pm
SpeakUp: Thanks for sharing with us your observations on/experience with squatters today at 10: 04.32 .
The Ulu Temiang (Seremban) squatters, which brought suit against State govt for its alienation to developer Lesco based it on certain letters prior issued by district officers to each of them that they would eventually obtain titles on the state land on which they squatted. So the estoppel was raised though not sure whether one calls it equitable or peroprietary.
Om your second posting – “DSAI is talking nonsense when he speaks about doing away with English” – this is admittedly a matter of concern, he (seems) to be falling back on the race card, which to me suggests he could be real worried about the imminent Saiful case against him. Which may or may not (depending on view point) be one of motivations why a certain section in PAS may tend to veer towards Unity Talk with UMNO, thinking that it may be a surer way to power or sharing of power than present arrangements of relying on Pakatan Rakyat (held together and led by him) to reach that destination.
#23 by Onlooker Politics on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 4:45 pm
“I am referring generally to what could happen, has happened in other cases, and how squatters’ Cause is a wonderful leverage to facilitate all these because of its emotive appeal – that we must all fight for social and economic interests of the poor and the landless, and back door, capitalise on this opportumity to make money out of those who have ie. the developer who (win-win) is urged to pass the costs to purchaser….” (Jeffrey)
After reading Jeffrey’s analysis on the litigation situation and Land Office tug-of-war situation, it is crystal clear that the developer will not likely be able to reap an attractive profit margin if the Penang State Government refuses to cooperate with the developer for the case of Kampung Buah Pala.
If I were the developer, I would had much better picked up a phone and made a call to Lim Guan Eng offering the Penang State Government to buy back that piece of land located at Kampung Buah Pala at my cost price immediately in order to cut losses now before additional holding costs would be billed to me by all my creditors and loan borrowers. What help can the judiciary system offer me if I as a developer is working against the Penang State Government and against the public opinion? Even if I am to jack up the sale price of my properties which are to be built at project site of Kampung Buah Pala, I am afraid that the prospective property purchasers may shun buying from me, lest the Penang State Government may delay preparation of strata titles for ever and ever again until the purchasers will lose all opportunities to reap good profit from the property investment due to lack of strata titles.
#24 by SpeakUp on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - 10:07 pm
Jeff … the Ulu Temiang case is spot on, they were told that they can obtain title to the land. That is so classic.
Best of all today we see cracks in the whole PR, its so so sad. Today its DAP Kedah, yesterday its PAS Youth who wants to go for some whatever they wanna call talks. Then you got HINDRAF who are making Indian movies. What comes tomorrow?
Why can’t something which has been handed to DAP/PKR/PAS on a silver platter be cherished and well capitalised? The have a nice rally last night to bash BN and then proudly announce what happened before only merely 4,000 people and now PR looks so so stupid.
Trust me Najib and BN are laughing tonight and planning how to make the cracks bigger. 1Malaysia is not cracking, its PR.
Why is this happening? Because we have clowns for politicians. No. 1 clown is DSAI, then not far behind are people like LKS, Kepala Pusing and a few more.
Tell me, can any of them ever earn the respect of the rakyat like what Nik Aziz has? LGE needs to learn to be more suave and work on his own PR but he has the calling to be a good politician unlike his dad, sorry to say.
Go read Malaysia Today, all those who were blindly supporting PR with hope are now dissenting. The dissent has grown … BN is laughing. I think the dream of a better tomorrow has burst.
Where is Malaysia’s hope? What will we leave for our children?
p.s. also please save it if you want to post that BN has screwed us over for over 50 years, that is lame and boring. PR made a promise, they have failed to deliver.
#25 by Lee HS on Thursday, 2 July 2009 - 2:50 am
Talking about lawyers. This is what I have to say.
Many of them are good (but not in human sense) in exploitation. They care more for money than anything else, even their race. They will collaborate with anybody even evils that makes their days at your expense. This is how most of them live.
#26 by SpeakUp on Thursday, 2 July 2009 - 10:13 am
Lee HS … sad to say but you are correct about most of them. Sad … suppose to champion for the people’s right (with a fee of course) but they will abuse the system. Cases are usually delayed because of the lawyer and then they tell the clients its the court and all sorts of nonsense.
I have friends who are court interpreters and they tell me this … after a case the litigant who is ignorant about law will ask them “Is it true the judge was paid off?”. The lawyer tells this to the client. This is sad …