f*** the police (and the bn too)

I haven’t been blogging much mainly because there has been nothing much to make me ANGRY enough to do so.

However …

Yesterday I received a circular from the “Residents Association Section 5, Petaling Jaya” (Reg. No. 417) from the “new President…” Johan Tung bin Abdullah, addressed to “All residents of Section 5″

The letter informed us that due to the rise in the neighbourhood crime rate, they have now engaged a private security firm to undertake a “Neighbourhood Watch Programme” which entails 24-hour patrols c/w 2 guards on 12-hr shifts, charging RM6,000 per month which each household has been asked to pay RM365.00 a year for.

While this is a highly laudable initiative, the following questions must be asked:

1) Crime prevention is by and large, the job of THE POLICE – why have they allowed the situation in Sec. 5 to deteriorate so much that we have to hire a private company to do their job?

2) Won’t privatising neighbourhood security lead to more complacency, tardiness and laziness by the Police?

3) We already pay taxes which go toward paying the very policemen who are supposed to keep our neighbourhoods safe, now we have to pay extra because they’re not doing their job?

4) The privatisation of homeland security can become a multi-bilion ringgit industry if we condone the practise. The people that manage the Sec. 5 private police are charging RM6,000 per month.
Whose interests are we actually protecting here?

5) Where do the Police force’s priorities lie?

According to the same circular, “on the morning of June 2nd 2009, 4 criminals slashed 2 workers in an armed robbery” in my neighbourhood. It doesn’t say what action the police took. What do you think they did?

Ask anyone who’s been mugged or burgled or whatever, what action the cops took after that.

Last Friday however, about 100 of the very same police showed up quite promptly at a MBPJ [read Pakatan Rakyat] function (in Taman Jaya near Sec. 5) celebrating the birthday of Aung San Suu-Kyi, broke it up and arrested 16 Myanmar refugees.

They can show up like Superman for this but we have to hire people to protect our neighbourhood?

Report that your house has been broken into and they don’t seem to give a shit. Light a candle and assemble peacefully under the Opposition’s banner  and they’ll be all over the place and all over you giving you shit.

Why? Have they been told by their masters – the BN, to punish the residents of PJ for voting Pakatan?

And when they do catch people for allegedly committing an actual crime, do they let the natural course of justice deem the person’s guilt?

Of course not, they torture you to death.

If a person in their custody is ill, will they excercise their duty of care and send him for medical attention?

Of course not, they just leave him to die, like they did with the latest death in custody, A. Gnanapiragasam.

Do they go after the ‘big fish’?

Of course not, but they’ll always be around to slap you with a nice summons for illegal parking or round up a few small boys or a migrant worker and see that the crap is beaten out of them as the videos below show:

Meanwhile in the NST [21/6] Keris pops up on the front page saying:

There will be a revisit of the 125 recommendations in 2005 put out by the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Royal Malaysian Police, which were meant to create a world-class police service in the country.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said in line with aims to enhance the image and operations of the force … he will be retracing steps to see if the recommendations had been carried out and if they had made an impact.

Four years ago, the commission’s report looked into three main areas of reform for the force — crime reduction, the eradication of corruption and observing human rights.Among its key recommendations were the setting up of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission, which never saw the light of day…

Without going into detail as to which recommendations he wants to address, he said he was aware that the people still had negative perceptions when it came to the force …
…
 He said in his recent discus sions with police officers, grievances were still rife and that the ministry had much to do to improve their welfare and alleviate constraints.

 

THEIR grievances, THEIR welfare, THEIR constraints.

Little wonder then we have to pay for a private police force and get arrested for lighting a candle.

Well, Keris, even if you manage to shake them up good and proper despite taking their welfare, constraints and grievances into account, I can tell you this:

In two years time - come General Elections 13 – your entire BN machinery along with the people that manage your Police Force WILL BE WIPED OUT. Same goes for the people who manage your Attorney General’s Chambers, your Judiciary and your Press.

So you and your gang had better stop us before we stop you … go ahead Mr. Homeland Security Minister, make our day. Sick your cops on us and tell them to beat us to death. That’s the only way you’ll stop us, and believe me dear sir, there are MANY, MANY of us just itching to put an X in the right place at the next elections.

So go ahead if you can, catch us all and kill us all.

In the meantime, fuck the police and fuck you too.

 

 

 

tell me how do you sleep at night?

I posted this comment on Zambry’s blog [no, I'm not linking it, are you kidding?]

Dear Dr. Zambry Mandela Gandhi Illegitimate MB of Perak,

How do you sleep at night?

How can you look at yourself in the mirror every morning?

What do you tell your family and relatives?

How do you face the public in the streets of Ipoh?

How can you look anyone in the eye and hope they take you seriously?

When you know damn well that “MB Nizar is and was at all material times the legitimate MB of Perak” [quote from High Court ruling].

Your boss in Putrajaya stole the state from the people of Perak and placed you like a “patung mainan” there.

If you think you are the legitimate MB and your ‘party’ the most beloved in all the land, Dr. Zambry Mandela Gandhi, why don’t you CONFIRM the fact?

Ask the people of Perak,  one by one.

If you already know “the truth is on your side”, what are you afraid of?

... and that goes for all your friends and colleagues here too.

your dearly beloved sweet eminence najib

Wow, Mr. New PM

Check it out – right off the bat - you become PM and hey ho c’mon let’s go, you announce 13 ISA detainees to be freed! (Making space for all the opposition members and supporters who’ll soon be having an extended break in Kamunting, are we?)

You have lifted the ban on Suara Keadilan and Harakah!
(Because there’ll be a permanent blanket blackout of all Pakatan news in the mainstream media save for negative news, will there?)

What next, your dear eminence?

Yes, you will be repealing ISA, Sedition Act and Printing Presses Act next!

(and the following week pass the LAMFAYD Act (Look at me funny and you’re dead Act))

What about people with names like Al, Tan, Too and Yah? Will you single them out for commendation?

(and fill up a few more places in Kamunting which you will turn into a holiday resort, promoted by the Tourism Ministry – “you can check in anytime you like, but you can never leave” will be the tag-line. )

Dearly beloved Mr new PM, save us the trouble of going out and voting, amend the Constitution to enable general elections to be held once a generation: one man one vote once  a lifetime. That’ll save us all the hassle of all this political activism nonsense so we can all focus on building up the Fatherland in these uncertain economic times.

Hidup Najib! You sweet dearly beloved eminence, you!

umno boleeeh! lain-lain tak boleeeeh

During the last couple of weeks, the Umno Youth goons repeatedly harrassed and intimidated a man in a wheelchair at his office, his home and in Parliament - and were observed by the Kerbau from Rembau as ‘not their fault - he’s to blame‘ , described by his sidekick Keris as “prudent” and viewed with one eye closed by the rest of Umno.

What do their cops [yes, THEIR cops] do? Take their statements and let them off with a warning.

Yesterday Hindraf went to lodge a police report [doesn't matter what they were reporting, only that it was legitimate and they had a legitimate right to do so].

What do their cops do? Spray them like cockroaches.

Police spraying Hindraf supporters with chemically-laced water from a cannon. (Malaysiakini pic).

Why the difference? 

a) According to the cops, they were “unruly” and ”were inconveniencing others” [as diligently reported by NST and The Star]

b) Because one was not a banned group and the other was a group banned by Umno.

c) Umno hates Indians who make noise (including ‘Singh- kings’).

d) Indians are third class citizens who should shut up and stay ‘at the back of the bus’, failing which, Umno will sick their cops on them.

e) Forget a), b), c) and d) – it’s THEIR cops, they can tell them to do whatever they damn well please.

In Malaysiakini, Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said the move by police to disperse demonstrators filing reports on the health of detained Hindraf leader P Uthayakumar, who is being held in the Kamunting detention facility in northern Perak state, was worrying.

“I protest. People who lodged police reports against (senior opposition figure) Karpal Singh escape while those who defended their friends at Kamunting are detained,” he was quoted as saying by the state news agency Bernama.

On another front, the ridiculous “I-can-say-Allah-you-cannot-say-Allah” debacle continues – first the Home Ministry says cannot, then can, then cannot.

For ONCE they’ve made a right move – [what???] – because the matter is up for judicial review (on May 28) so any decree prior to that would be circumventing the judicial process.

Besides, if Umno allows the use of ‘Allah’ but limits it only to publications that agree slap a ‘for Chrisians only’ tag on their cover, this will have the effect of shackling the press  AND banning anyone else from ever using the term verbally - “kita boleh cakaaaap, you all tak boleeeeh … foreveeeeer.” 

That, Fr. Lawrence Andrew, is no victory.

The High Court judge presiding in this matter is one Lau Bee Lan – no chance of her being an Umno member.

On yet another front, Pas’ Nik Aziz declares that the use of the term “bumiputera” is racist AND says “‘Allah’ is allowed for non-Muslims“

For ONCE I agree with him.

With Justice Lau, justice Nik and justice Anwar on our side, perhaps soon we’ll see who ‘boleh’ and who ‘tak boleh’.

It’s only three years till another election – time to start convincing those who’ve been getting a tad disillusioned with Pakatan Rakyat that WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE -  unless the Anak Bangsa Malaysia movement registers itself as a political party - it’s either them or we die!!!

Unless Najib does a Mugabe and sends all the above and this blogger to hell.

is albar sabotaging najib? (or is he just stupid)

What is Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar trying to do? Every one of his recent actions has angered the public and put another black mark on Najib’s “popularity” – popularity? What popularity? … See what I mean?

Cases in point:

1) Albar’s decree on the Kugan case – “Don’t make a hero out of a criminal (Kugan) and demonise the cops (for torturing a suspect to death)”

Result: Everyone is pissed off at the boss of BN [let's face it, Najib is already boss, Badawi is a near-goner].

2) The FRU, who are under the Police, who are under Home Minister Albar, ’controlled’ the crowd of demonstrators in Kuala Kangsar last week by firing tear gas INTO a mosque.

Result:  Everyone is pissed off at the boss of BN.

3) The police have banned all public gatherings in Perak until Najib’s puppets in the ‘new’ state govt. can go about their work in peace.

Result: Yeah, you guessed it.

4) 20,000 copies of  Suara Keadilan and an unknown quantity of Harakah are confiscated by the Home Ministry.

Result: Uh-huh.

5) The Herald is facing an ongoing shakedown by the Home Ministry – Albar says Christians are “trying to show their strength” against Islam.

Result: Fr. Lawrence Andrew is really pissed off.

6) **this space is left blank until Albar makes another move that pisses off everyone and demonises Najib – just wait a few hours**

So, if Najib is instructing Albar to do all the above, Najib needs a PR consultant [Public Relations, not ...] to advise him on how to save his near-demolished reputation and curry a little favour with the voting public.

If Albar is doing all these because he thinks it’s the right thing to do and his boss will be pleased, he’s clearly not very clear on the concept of good public relations, either [hence his nickname "Allblur"].

Albar came to the limelight in Badawi’s time, hence he could be termed a Badawi man.

There is talk that the BN is divided into the “Najib camp” and the “Badawi camp”, and the latter camp is feverishly plotting Najib’s downfall before March 9th.

This can be seen by the latest example: Khairy leading a gang of UMNO goons to Karpal’s office, baying for his blood. Result: Everyone’s pissed of at the boss of BN.

Is Albar also in the Badawi camp? Is Najib going “oh no no NOOOO!!!” everytime Albar opens his mouth?

If that’s the case, let’s give Albar a medal, shall we?

"I know I lok stupeed, bak I jas akshen oniiii..."

perak: down but not out

YES – the BN beat PR at their own game – they did a Sept 16 and succeeded.

YES – the balance of power rests on a mere THREE “independents” [read: BN lackeys] – it’s BN 28 seats – PR 28 seats – Ind. 3 seats.

YES – the Sultan has made a HUGELY unpopular decision -  reports from people who attended the mayhem in KK yesterday witnessed not only the Raja Muda’s car being pelted with stones but people also showing the Sultan THE FINGER.

Angry as the people may be, His Highness was using a legitimate “literal interpretation” of the Law on the matter, ie:
3 Inds. + 28 BN ADUNs were interviewed by the Sultan and all 31 of them confirmed that the Chief Minister “ceases to command the confidence of the majority…” [Art.16(6)].

Once that was established, the State Constitution provided that he tender his resignation.

HOWEVER … the Sultan did not check if past similar cases used a different interpretation, which he should follow, ie:
“that a ruler can appoint as chief minister an elected member of the legislature who in his opinion enjoyed the confidence of a majority of the members [read: Pakatan's CM]; and, that once appointed a chief minister was obliged to resign only after he had lost a vote of no confidence in the legislature.  
[Mustapha Harun v Mohd Adnan Robert & Joseph Pairin Kitingan ]

This would show that the Sultan has erred in using this interpretation – he cannot go about interviewing ADUNs to find out how many have lost confidence in the current CM and then ‘rule’ accordingly – the vote has to be taken at the next sitting of the State Assembly, as per precedent in the above case. [See also Terence Netto's article in Malaysiakini]

Therefore all is not lost -

1) This matter MUST be settled in Court and will be taken up by Messrs. Karpal Singh and Co.

2) The State Speaker [if he is not 'suddenly' replaced] has maintained that the 3 ‘Independents’ are no longer ADUNs and their seats are henceforth vacated until the Courts rule on the EC’s refusal to hold by-elections. At the next State Assembly, the attendance would be PR 28 – BN 28, also known as a ‘hung government’.

It would be interesting to see what the Sultan would do after this – the Constitution provides that he has to dissolve the Assembly and call for fresh elections.

3) Lord and Mastermind Najib may have pulled off a coup, but at the cost of angering not only voters in Perak but voters across the nation. Pakatan will no doubt capitalise on his bulldozing over the rights of the people. The Malaysian Insider is already labelling it the 2nd Reformasi.

Najib may have won this battle, but he’s placed himself in a most unenviable position – the man everyone loves to hate (as if he is not already despised enough) with his party guilty by association.

I wouldn’t put it past the Sultan, being the highly learned man he is, to have envisioned all these possible consequences. Could he be merely giving Najib enough rope to hang himself? Which would prove that the Sultan is an even bigger mastermind than Najib and Anwar put together!

If so, my friends, that would, in my book, give him the highest accolade:

SULTAN OF SWING!

malaysia shuts down for two days

It’s the first day of Chinese New Year and 90% [dare I say 99%] of businesses are closed. Almost all shops and restaurants are shut – my mom tried to go out and buy [definitely non-Chinese] rojak and cendol, but they were closed, too.

Every time CNY rolls around and I see the streets empty and shops closed, it brings me to a realisation that Malaysia would grind to a standstill if it were not for our brothers of Chinese descent.

It could be argued that where there is a demand, a supplier from another ethnic group would step up to the task, but will he/she be endowed with the same  business acumen, courage, perseverance and frugality? Not to mention moral support from members of his fraternity?

It is no insult to say, when it comes to business, the “Chinaman” is No.1 [followed close behind by the "Mamak" - and his rojak-cendol shop was also closed today].

Malaysia would be a failure as an economic entity without the Chinese, so this CNY, let us all acknowlege this and show our sincere gratitude to our fellow citizens of Chinese descent.

Let us all wish them a good rest these next two days and hope they enjoy themselves with plenty of XO, mahjong and non-halal food, but also beseech them to please return to business as usual soon!

We need you!! We love you!!  We can’t do without you!!

MR. CHINAMAN, YOU ROCK!!

This one’s for you:

man of the match (so far)

Forget about whatisnames and whatisname [the two KT candidates, la]. Forget about Anwar vs. Najib or PAS vs. UMNO or Pakatan vs. BN.

The most outstanding player at the moment, who’s tirelessly making his rounds around KT town urging the people to oust the BN-UMNO regime and doing a helluva good job of it is RAJA PETRA KAMARUDDIN (aka Pete).

Here’s one of his ceramahs [courtesy of Media Rakyat]

I will post more of his antics here if and when they become available.

He has also written an Open letter to KT voters on Malaysia Today. It’s really worth reading especially his saying, presumably on behalf of Anwar, the stand on PAS and its hudud/Islamic State agenda:

PAS is not in power. PAS can never be in power. PAS has only 23 seats in Parliament. …  PAS can never win more than 30 seats in Parliament. 
…
You fear PAS because of what it MAY do if it comes to power — even though it can never come to power, not without DAP and PKR.

… and when Pakatan inevitably comes to power, there will be a tight check and balance mechanism to bury PAS’ Islamic State agenda,  in the form of Karpal Singh & Co.

kt buy-election pix!

Click on pic to enlarge

RTM1 get a Rakan Muda rep to campaign for BN.

Like, wau!

The house that PAS built

BN tourism bigwig getting ready to tell RTM1 viewers how great BN is.

BN were VERY busy all week

Deadalienx: “I never thought I’d find myself taking shelter under PAS”

‘Bus stop rat bag, ha-ha charade you are’ – Pink Floyd

It’s a house! No, it’s a bas kayu!!

The poster says “1 murid, 1 e-book” or ‘Vote BN and get e-book free!”

KT people waiting for RPK n Izzah to ceramah them

Where we stayed.

Big PAS is watching you, brother

Look! I’m up in the sky! I’m untouchable!

New catchword: “cakna” – something you’d say when speaking to a baby.

I could write a lengthy report of my observations there, but apart from being a lazy ass, I think the campaign so far can be summed up like this:

BN is throwing shitloads of money at the people with their non-stop ’pembukaan rasmi’ this and ‘perasmian program’ that, and PAS are playing to the conservative sentiments by promising to ‘uphold Islam’ to eradicate all ’social ills’ [read: gambling, booze and sex], as if this is what the rest of us in Pakatan endorse.

I’m so sick of it.

May the best loser win.

message from keadilan

Further to my post yesterday, Aloysius Francis Pinto – political secretary to Sivarasa Rasiah, emailed the KeADILan Power e-group with this message:

Dear Aneel and All in keadilan-power group,

Thank you for asking. What we are witnessing is nothing more that teething problems that all new relationships experience. But because it is in the sphere of politics, and the mainstream media has its own agendas coupled with the coming KT by elections the BN has been quite successful to upset those in the PAKATAN and supporters from the rakyat.

As mentioned in my earlier email (pre-Congress 2008), unplanned success since March 8 will surface such incidents. The whole PR have been quite overwhelmed with the responsibilities entrusted to them.

The Napoleons and Napoleonettes in the Local Councils have been fairly successful in creating havoc for MPs, ADUNs and even Councilors. Groomed over decades by the BN culture, they have responded by non-cooperation. These civil servants have abused the kind gestures by the Pakatan Wakil Rakyat and Councillors who have been treating the many corrupt and incompetent Napoleons/ettes with kid-gloves.

But watch in early 2009, the kid gloves are off, and we will come fighting them hard and fast and with ‘their rules and laws. The truth will prevail.

Mike (Manickavasagam) will not quit PKR. He is just overwhelmed with the responsibilities and unfair non-allocations for opposition MPs. Mike is in a delimma and is just crying out for help. Because he is serious about his job, and the learning curve everyone in Pakatan/Keadilan is going through, Mike has acted such. Keadilan wants to keep the good guys and Mike is one hella of a good guy.

Don’t worry too much about what you read in the main-stream media. Maybe more of us should translate our words in cyberspace by actually going to the ground to help the Pakatan MPs, ADUNs and Councilors. There won’t be a shortage of work and I believe the Wakil Rakyat will welcome positive contributions by all.

For the moment, just remain calm and not be distracted in this period of uncertainty, the leaders in PKR are meeting tonight, give them the chance to sort the issues raised. I am sure the wisdom of the leadership will prevail and KeADILan and PAKATAN will emerge from all this stronger, wiser and more determined to counter the BN strategists (very disunited themselves at the moment)

Aloysius Francis Pinto
Political Secretary to
YB R Sivarasa, MP for SUBANG
&
National Vice President
Parti KeADILan Rakyat