Posted by izoklse > 2013-09-22 00:30 | Report Abuse

fairoz1980 hopefully next week will be a panny stock glory.heheheh

Posted by Rambotan > 2013-09-22 00:33 | Report Abuse

Hahahaha Fairoz........target the bullseye pls....KLSE needs Viagra booster for further high...

Posted by fairoz1980 > 2013-09-22 00:39 | Report Abuse

Haha klse no need viagra. It will erect naturally. Slow n steady.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 00:44 | Report Abuse

DJ turun 190 markah dan billionaires sudah champak & buang billion billion saham dan kita bursa akan naik pada Monday depan? Fikir sedikit kawan sebab tanah runtuh akan datang dan kini akan runtuh kuat kuat. Salam.

Posted by izoklse > 2013-09-22 00:54 | Report Abuse

Yeah hoping for Super Bull coming to KLSE soon. :-) . Good Job US Fed and now hoping for overseas investor to come back to emerging market and the direct target is MALAYSIA,INDONESIA,INDIA,THAILAND,TURKI & PHILIPPINE where the economic fundamental is still strong. This market already experience from the possible US Fed decision on soften the stimulus and next time im pretty this market and the Fed Bank of this nation know already what to expect and what to do next. :-) .

Posted by Rambotan > 2013-09-22 01:01 | Report Abuse

Cannot slow....I am ready already.....u say Baris baris....I am reporting in.....

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 01:03 | Report Abuse

izoklse, you think these billionaires sell away billions billions shares will make a super bull in bursa? Think my friend as the opposite will happen. When billionaires sells, the DJ will drop like a mad dog & our Malaysian market always follow DJ and not otherwise. Our bursa will runtuh juga, so berhati hati my friend. Salam.


Why Billionaires Are Dumping Stocks at an Alarming Rate



Billionaire investors Warren Buffett, George Soros, and John Paulson – 3 of the richest men in the world – are selling off millions of shares in U.S. companies at a shocking rate.

Despite recent reports that the housing crisis is leveling off, unemployment is stabilizing, and stocks having rallied a historic 6% in the past few months…

Savvy investors aren’t buying into the hype.

Billionaire investors are “in the know”, and can often predict outcomes well before anyone else. So when they do the opposite of everyone else, it’s worthwhile to take heed of their actions. So why are billionaires selling off their stocks in a frenzy?

It is very likely that these professional investors are aware of very specific research that indicates a massive market correction coming very soon… as much as 95% – enough to cause nightmarish conditions that make the 2008 financial debacle pale in comparison.

One very famous economist, Robert Wiedemer, who predicted the 2008 fallout, is predicting another much larger catastrophe coming very soon. His NY Times best-selling book “Aftershock”, details all of the trigger points, and so far, his predictions have been spot on.

Posted by izoklse > 2013-09-22 01:11 | Report Abuse

Curiwangbagus that is the beauty of playing stock.Buy a fundamental bluechit :-) share when all people throw but you have to know when to buy it and at what price you can go in. And when bullish you sell and park your position for next move. So Super Bull is actually helping us to sell instead of buying more :-). hehehehe.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 01:16 | Report Abuse

smart izoklse when you said this...Super Bull is actually helping us to sell instead of buying more :-). hehehehe.

Kalau tanah runtuh, then lari cepat cepat dan kuat kuat, hahaha

I prefer to adopt a wait & see attitude. Salam.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 01:17 | Report Abuse

PANASSSSS!!!!!!! ..... TIMBALAN MENTERI DALAM NEGERI TEMPELAK NAJIB ... TIADA UNDANG-UNDANG BOLEH SEKAT ABU MAYAT CHIN PENG DIBAWA MASUK KEDALAM NEGARA!!!!!
http://omakkau.blogspot.com/2013/09/panasssss-timbalan-menteri-dalam-negeri.html

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 01:27 | Report Abuse

Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil menegaskan beliau akan memperjuangkan hak dan kebajikan golongan wanita tanpa mengira agama dan bangsa sekiranya terus diberi mandat sebagai orang nombor satu menerajui Pergerakan Wanita Umno pada pemilihan kali ini....

kahkahkahkahkahkahkah..

PRs - Nak jaga kebajikan golongan wanita ...???
wanita-wanita MOoooooooo bole la a.k.a MACAI's ... kikikikiki

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 01:35 | Report Abuse

Mat Sabu: Apa nak takut dengan abu mayat Chin Peng?

Mohamad Sabu tidak bersetuju dengan tindakan kerajaan menghalang abu mayat Chin Peng dibawa pulang ke Malaysia kerana katanya, tiada apa yang perlu ditakutkan dengan abu mayat pemimpin komunis itu.

Timbalan Presiden PAS itu berkata, Islam sendiri tidak pernah menghalang mayat musuh agama untuk dijauhkan daripada tempat suci dan keadaan seumpama turut berlaku di Mekah.

“Mengapa kita hendak takut dengan abu mayat ini? Kubur Abu Jahal, Abu Lahab masih ada di sekitar Mekah. Tidak ada masalah sebenarnya,” katanya ketika dihubungi The Malaysian Insider merujuk kepada penentang Nabi Muhammad pada zaman awal Islam.

“Kubur Firaun pun masih ada di Mesir. Tidak jadi masalah pun, dekat pula dengan Universiti Al-Azhar,” katanya.

Beliau yang lebih dikenali sebagai Mat Sabu berkata, Chin Peng adalah pejuang kemerdekaan dan melawan penjajah British sebelum Malaya merdeka pada 31 Ogos 1957.

“Dia menentang dan membunuh Sir Henry Gurney yang membawa orang Yahudi masuk ke Palestin.

“Selepas 31 Ogos 1957, saya tidak berani komen kerana Malaya sudah Merdeka,” katanya.

Bekas Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor dalam temuramah bersama BFM radio semalam memberi amaran Malaysia akan menjadi bahan ketawa jika kerajaan tidak berganjak daripada keputusan `naif’ dengan enggan membenarkan abu mayat Chin Peng dibawa masuk ke dalam negara untuk ditanam.

Menurutnya, tindakan itu juga akan menyebabkan bekas pemimpin komunis itu bertukar menjadi ikon dan ia adalah langkah terkebelakang dalam cubaan kerajaan untuk memenangi semula sokongan masyarakat Cina berikutan prestasi buruk dalam pilihan raya umum ke 13 (PRU13) lalu.

“Masyarakat heboh mengenai abunya tidak dibenarkan dibawa masuk ke Malaysia. Pertelingkahan ini berlanjutan keterlaluan. Saya fikir ia sedikit naïf.”

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak sebelum ini berkata, kerajaan tidak akan menarik diri daripada pendiriannya untuk menghalang abu mayat Ching Peng dibawa balik dan mencabar mereka yang tidak berpuas hati dengan keputusan itu untuk mengambil tindakan undang-undang.

Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar berkata semua pintu masuk ke dalam negara berada dalam keadaan berjaga-jaga, kerana kerajaan bimbang abunya dibawa masuk.

Semalam, parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN), MCA juga melahirkan pendapat mayat Chin Peng patut dibenarkan pulang ke sini untuk kali terakhir.

Pengerusi biro publisiti MCA Datuk Heng Seai Kie berkata, mayat pengganas Dr Azahari Husin dan Nordin Mohamad Top dibenarkan untuk dikebumikan di Malaysia.

Kumpulan hak Melayu, Perkasa, bagaimanapun, memberi amaran kepada MCA supaya parti itu jangan menimbulkan kemarahan orang Melayu dengan mendesak Putrajaya membenarkan abu mayat Chin Peng dibawa balik ke sini.

Setiausaha agungnya, Syed Hassan Syed Ali, berkata ramai orang Melayu dan Cina mati di tangan komunis yang diketuai Chin Peng ketika pemberontakan.

Chin Peng atau nama sebenarnya, Ong Boon Hua, meninggal dunia di hospital di Bangkok, Thailand pada Hari Malaysia, sebulan sebelum hari lahirnya yang ke-89.

Ketika hayatnya, beliau berulang kali menyuarakan hasratnya untuk dikebumikan di kampungnya di Sitiawan, Perak.

Beliau dilantik sebagai setiausaha agung PKM pada usia 23 tahun dan menjadi “musuh nombor satu” British di Asia Tenggara ketika pemberontakan komunis di Malaya.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 01:40 | Report Abuse

What UMNO is trying to do is to try to make the people forget the existence of Chin Peng particularly his role in fighting the Japanese and later the British rule. Unfortunately for them, what I see is that their very decision and action of denying Chin Peng's ashes being brought back and buried is creating the opposite effect. They'll eventually make a hero of him with their action instead of him eventually being forgotten over time! the family of Chin Peng should thank UMNO for indirectly immortalizing his memory!

Posted by ShinRenNeo > 2013-09-22 03:06 | Report Abuse

I agree with some of you..they only use their nuts when they think!

It's 2013 !! So MOVE ON !! What's the harm by letting the ashes being brought across the border??

I see 2 choices:

1) Forget and just let the ashes come home. Case closed !! Any harm?? No harm done..ashes are not radioactive!! :)

Or else...

2) Severe ties with CHINA (the world's 2nd largest economy), VIETNAM (ASEAN member), CUBA (A Marxist-Leninist state). Why do business with the communist when you hate them sooooo much!! According to the newspapers, CP was acting as CN's proxy right? Again, it's 2013...so MOVE ON !!!

This explains to us the reason we always associate our politicians as 'shallow thinkers'...sad!!!

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-22 06:21 | Report Abuse

MCA: Muslim terrorists buried here, why not Chin Peng?
http://www.mkini.co/news/241622

Turning up the heat ahead of Chin Peng's cremation, MCA questions the government’s double standard in reference to the burial of two Muslim terrorists in the country.

The party's publicity chief Heng Sia Kee said the government should not appear as being racist and allow the former communist leader’s ashes to be brought back.

Heng was referring to the late Azahari Husin and Nordin Mohamad Top, both of whom were wanted by the Indonesian government for the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings, attack on Jakarta's JW Marriott hotel in 2003, and on the Australian embassy in 2004.

They, too, were far from being Malaysian heroes, noted Heng.

"Whether Chin Peng is a hero or not is not an issue here. The government does not need any more bad publicity to be seen as making decisions based on racial lines," she added.

Furthermore, Heng said, both Azahari and Nordin could be considered the worst villains as they sought out innocent lives for destruction.

Azahari and Nordin were both colleagues in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in Johor before allegedly climbing the ranks of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a terrorist network linked to Al-Qaeda.

Azahari was shot dead in Indonesia in November 2005. Nordin was at one point Indonesia's most wanted Islamic militant and said to be a key bombmaker for JI. He was killed in 2009.

"It should be pointed out that unlike the two terrorists as named above, whose goal was terrorism and targets were innocent tourists or anything deemed Western, Chin Peng's war was to secure Independence," said Heng, adding that this was no different from Indonesians resorting to an armed struggle against the Dutch.

She noted that while it was true that Malaysia rejected communist ideals, the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) fought mostly against security forces.

In view of this, she said, MCA appealed for the Sitiawan-born Chin Peng’s ashes to be brought back.

"On humanitarian grounds, we should honour this nonagenarian’s last wishes. After all, what harm can his ashes do to the country?" she asked.

Heng also pointed out that former CPM leaders like Syed Hamid Ali and Shamsiah Faekah were also allowed to return to reside in Malaysia as agreed to in the Hatyai Agreement.

Born Ong Boon Hua in 1924, Chin Peng was pronounced dead at 6.20am on Monday in Bangkok and he is slated to be cremated on Sep 23 in Bangkok.

Among others, government leaders have argued that Chin Peng did not accept the offer for Malaysian citizenship after the peace deal was inked in 1989.

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In the name of RACE, Policy of Double standard- towards the Non's, from the living ones to dead ashes.

Posted by njue76 > 2013-09-22 07:25 | Report Abuse

Oh my god..masih banyak comrad kat msia nih...

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 12:55 | Report Abuse

A boat sinks because of the water inside the boat, not the water outside the boat.

LMHO .... dive dive dive!

http://malaysiatoday.com/2013/09/umno-is-dying-time-for-old-leaders-to-go-and-young-leaders-to-take-over-dr-mahathir/

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/umno-is-not-dying-declares-najib

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 12:59 | Report Abuse

Stop making us a laughing stock


The never-ending cronyism, nepotism and corruption - these are what have shamed Malaysia.



It has been seven days since former anti-colonialist Chin Peng died, ironically at a time when Malaysia was busy celebrating its golden jubilee.

Whilst Chin Peng has bid Malaysians farewell forever, he continues to make for interesting read, especially when it came to the issue of allowing the 88-year-old eternal resting place in his hometown in Sitiawan, Perak.

Chin Peng’s many attempts to return to Malaysia were rejected by the Malaysian government on grounds that he had rejected the offer the government made in 1989 via the Hatyai Treaty.

Through the peace deal signed during prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s reign over Malaysia, Chin Peng was allowed to return home provided he did so within the one-year grace period accorded under the agreement.

Chin Peng however declined and chose instead to live in exile in Thailand where he also breath his last.

But soon after his death, questions were abuzz as to the fate of his remains. Would Chin Peng be allowed to ‘RIP’ in Malaysia?

As far as the Barisan Nasional government is concerned, its mind is made up – that Chin Peng was no ‘son of Malaysia’ and there is no place on the face of Malaysia for him, be it when he was alive and now that he is gone.

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has gone so far as to say that Chin Peng was a terrorist and who caused many atrocities in the country. The premier challenged Chin Peng supporters to sue the BN government from barring Chin Peng’s remains from entering Malaysia as the government had legal meanings to do so.

Traitor, terrorist, communist and good riddance – these are the sentiments of Umno, the patronising arm of the Barisan Nasional government, in dealing with Chin Peng’s demise.




M’sia not owned by Umno

The Chin Peng episode brings to fore the question as to whom does Malaysia ‘belong’ to. Does this nation of diverse faith belong to the rakyat or has the belligerent Umno turned Malaysia into an ‘Incorporated’, trying to emerge as the sole stakeholder over a nation that is famous for its multi-diversity?

By rejecting any move by anyone to give Chin Peng a final resting place back home in Malaysia, the Najib-led government has validated the Oscar Wilde quote that ‘there is no sin except stupidity’.

Before the prime minister goes about throwing dares to Chin Peng sympathisers who are advocating for the latter’s right to rest eternal back in Sitiawan, Najib has to make it clear on what grounds is he challenging the people to consider legal recourse.

It is Umno who keeps on cashing in over Chin Peng’s death, villifying the man even after his death. For his role in combating the Japanese and then the British, he was stamped as a villain.

That was all Chin Peng did – he lived fighting the colonialists and made no apologies about it. Sadly, instead of learning how to forgive, Umno turned vindictive and continues to punish Chin Peng.

One wonders would the situation be different if Chin Peng had converted to Islam during his years in exile? Would Umno make an exception then?

A former inspector general of police, Abdul Rahim Mohd Noor says preventing Chin Peng’s ashes from reaching home only goes to make Malaysia a laughing stock.

Not only that, disrespecting the 1989 Hatyai Peace Treaty also puts the Malaysian government is a very bad light.

The question here is – does Najib care about how his leadership impacts the country’s image?

Clearly, the BN government has thus far been busy shaming Malaysia; zero accountablity over the ‘mishaps’ that keep taking place in the country has made not the nation but the Najib-administration a laughing stock.

Here is premier who gave his word that ‘people first, performance now’. But in reality, nothing of that sort is happening.



Continuing to shame M’sia

The common Malaysian is still struggling to own a house and enjoy a decent quality of life, without having to worry about bribing authorities and without going through the endless nightmare that the nation will soon end up being known for just one dominant race.

The regular Malaysian fears racism and yet Najib does nothing to assure Malaysians that all is well back home.

The premier has also not bothered to assuage the rakyat over the continuous abuse of power, be it by the police or by his own colleagues.

There had been little reaction from the prime minister over the furore surrounding the indelible ink which was used for the 13th general election that took place on May 5, 2013.

Likewise, the fact that the rakyat is affected each time they read about another death in police lockup does not worry Najib who has done nothing to reassure the people that all is good at the home front.

If there is something the premier has been busy doing, it is this – making sure those behind the heinous murder of a foreigner are let off the hook.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 13:00 | Report Abuse

Not only that, with the Umno election due next month, Najib is using all time available to garner as much support possible to ensure victory is his; to this end, the premier unabashedly bribed an MP with a lucrative government- linked companies (GLC) position – the MP, Azalina Othman Said was earlier hell bent on challenging Wanita Umno chief Shahrizat Jalil in the coming Umno election but has since forgone all intention to do so.

The never-ending cronyism, nepotism and corruption – and the blatant dismissal of the murder of a Mongolian woman – these are what have shamed Malaysia.

Closing the files on a woman who bodies who blown to smitherens using C4 explosives is what makes the leadership a laughing stock.

Chin Peng was simply living by his principles, fighting off invaders – this would be his true epilogue.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2013/09/22/stop-making-us-a-laughing-stock/

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 13:05 | Report Abuse

Salam semua Melayu, sila bacha ini. khas untok kita.



10 ways to really help bumis

P Gunasegaram
Malaysiakini
Sep 20, 2013

QUESTION TIME The recent RM30 billion package (although I am not sure how it works out to that) for bumiputera economic empowerment is certainly not something that will help or have any kind of impact on the vast majority of bumiputeras who form 67 percent of the population.

Just think of that figure for a moment. Nearly seven out of ten people in the country are bumiputeras. Help everyone in the country who needs it and you help the bumiputera community the most. More on that later.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s plans to economically empower bumiputeras will not help the ordinary bumiputera because he is not the one who owns shares, or will become a major entrepreneur, or live off government contracts. That affects only the rich bumiputeras.

Realistically, the economic empowerment programme is a thinly disguised ruse to help those who continue to live off the government through patronage and corruption. And in this case this is the Umno elite and many of them are likely to be among the 150,000 delegates who will vote in Umno’s forthcoming general assembly.

It’s another form of vote buying.

So what will help ALL bumiputeras and especially those who are in the poor and middle classes and thereby help bridge the income gap between bumiputeras on the one side and Chinese and Indians on the other?

For that, you simply go back to the basics. Here are are 10 things we can identify immediately. If the government had been doing this without respite and full sincerity for the last 56 years from independence we would long ago have become a developed a country, even far surpassing that of our southern neighbour Singapore which has no natural resources to speak of.

1. Raise school education levels

In the haste to increase Malay usage and hire more Malay teachers into the education system after 1970, educational quality dropped in national schools. Until today this is a major problem because of poor quality of teachers (entry standards were foolishly dropped) and lowering examination standards to favour bumiputera students.

It will require much more than the national education blueprint, a document laced with political considerations. Education has to be de-politicised, secularised and its syllabus reoriented to modern needs.

And this has to be done by true educationists, not nationalists who tend to be blinkered because of their political overzealousness and who think of education as brainwashing instead of a development process. Education needs to be taken out of the hands of politicians.

This is crucial for bumiputera development. If they don’t get good education right from the start – and that includes preschool – then they are going to be handicapped relative to the rest because most bumiputeras go to national schools. National schools must be at least as good as vernacular schools. That would also mean that non-Malays will start coming back to national schools.

Education is such an important thing to improve incomes that it covers several of our other points. No country has managed to improve and equalise incomes without a superb education system. Putting as much resources as possible into this is vital.

2. Revamp higher education

The entire education system must be revamped to put meritocracy and higher educational standards in place. If bumiputera students lack minimum standards, you must enable them to reach those standards through tuition and other means and not drop minimum standards. Only then will bumiputera students take the trouble to be on par.

Genetic studies have shown beyond doubt that no race is superior in terms of intelligence which implies that attitude and environment is all important.

There is really no point in government universities churning out graduates in the thousands if they don’t have the basic skills to be employable.

3. Don’t compromise on education quality and standards

In education as in life, one cannot aim for equalisation of outcomes – you can only hope to equalise opportunities. Then it is up to those given the opportunity to make use of it. If results are adjusted to sort of equalise the eventual outcome, inefficiency and incompetence will be the result.

If our programme of eradicating poverty and eliminating the identification of race with economic function – the original and oft-forgotten twin pillars of the New Economic Policy of 1971 – was premised on these methods, we would most likely have been able to bring about the change in attitude necessary to produce better outcomes. Instead spoon-feeding has needlessly lengthened dependence.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 13:06 | Report Abuse

4. Empower bumiputeras with English

Sometime back, I witnessed the unhappy spectacle of a young, suave, urbane, Malay Oxford graduate defending the move by the government to revert to teaching of science and maths in English who swore blue that evidence is that teaching these subjects in the mother tongue made it easier for them to understand them. I told him that in his case – he was the son of a diplomat, I believe, and educated all over the world – it did not seem to have done him much harm.

That young man is Khairy Jamaluddin, son-in-law of former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and current Umno Youth chief. I just cannot understand the attitude of people who have benefited so much from the English language and yet who are so keen to deny this benefit to millions of others from their own race. Does being a politician blind them to what is good for their own race? Or is it something else that motivates them?

5. Cut corruption

If the government wants to reduce income gaps, then it must cut corruption, bring it down to virtually zero. Look where it got Singapore to. Just one illustration will be sufficient for this. Let’s say our chief ministers were corrupt. Then this land proposal comes up – one of them de-gazettes forest reserves, allocates the land to a developer and then approves the conversion for mixed development.

The chief minister, who may be bumiputera, will get, oh, let’s say anywhere between RM1 million and RM10 million. And the developer, most likely non-bumiputera, will make anywhere between a RM100 million and RM1 billion from the deal. A precious state resource is sold way below its value and the income gap between the bumiputera and non-bumiputera is considerably widened – because of corruption.

And to make it worse, this bumiputera chief minister may well go out on his political rounds and talk self righteously to rallies and such and rail against the wide gap between bumiputera and non-bumiputera incomes!

This is just by way of illustration of course, the point being corruption when analysed and tracked almost always increases income gaps..

6. Cut subsidies and import taxes

One of the myths is that the poor are helped considerably by subsidies on say fuel and electricity. That’s wrong because the poor don’t use much of this. The rich and industries use much more of this than the poor. The clear implication is that subsidies while helping the poor, help the rich much more.

What should be done in tandem with subsidy cuts is to cut or remove import taxes altogether so that the prices of goods come down and local industries (such as cars for instance) are not protected by tariffs which make their product prices higher. This is a policy which will help the poor but since probably more than 70 percent of them are likely to be bumiputera, they will be the prime beneficiaries.

7. Have open tenders

Contrary to popular belief negotiated tenders are not likely to benefit bumiputeras – instead they are likely to benefit connected bumiputeras through patronage. Best to have an open tender. If it is deemed necessary to give bumiputeras an advantage, then this can be done via a price differential, say 5 percent.

That does two things – one, bumiputera pricing is not way out of line with the others, and two it still does give a preference to bumiputeras but a quantified one.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 13:07 | Report Abuse

8. Use all resources available

Any wise country will use all the resources available to it and not restrict it to a particular race. It is important to staff government departments on merit to ensure proper performance and to cast the net for recruitment as far and as wide as possible.

The rush and needless urgency to put more Malays into the education system ahead of time resulted in a huge and rapid decline in the quality of education as entry standards for teachers were lowered. This directly affected most the quality of national schools which most bumiputeras attended.

9. Raise government efficiency

There is one imperative for raising efficiency – those who are not efficient must be made efficient or removed altogether. Government departments cannot be made refuge for idlers and shirkers. They must earn their income and to do their part for the betterment of the nation – we can’t afford a subsidy mentality in government.

Once that is established, we must put in all effort needed to make our government services really top class and one that facilitates rather than hinders all legitimate private efforts to initiate economic and other activity.

10. Give loans, not grants

Najib’s bumiputera empowerment programme even envisages grants for entrepreneurs. That’s absolutely the wrong move which is sure to encourage abuse and breach of trust. Instead grant loans instead. That way only those confident of their projects will seek them. And the repayment of these loans will ensure that financing is available for future generations.

The same should be the case for scholarships. Limited number of merit scholarships are fine but it is pointless extending scholarships in the thousands indiscriminately. What is given free is seldom appreciated. Instead, these can be loans which will have to be repaid and which will then enable others to take advantage of opportunities in future.

These measures are not anywhere near rocket science and I trust most Malaysians will agree with them. But unless politicians eschew race politics and become really and genuinely interested in helping their communities, things are not likely to change.

I wish these politicians had the “scrotal gumption” (to borrow the words of retired judge Mahadev Shankar) to put aside politics and do the best for their own race. In the process, they can’t help but do well for all Malaysians too as all these 10 measures will help all of them no matter their race, religion, creed or social status.

With seven out of 10 people in the country being bumiputeras and perhaps more in the lower income category, Isn’t it about time we moved to a Malaysian agenda? Even if it is 56 years too late?


http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2013/09/22/10-ways-to-really-help-bumis/#more-25253

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 13:15 | Report Abuse

AND THE MURDERERS ARE Najib & Umno: Race-based policies are killing the economy



What about the future?

Malaysia is now a country that is beginning to be taken note of by the international community. The BN-UMNO leadership has come to the forefront of world attention owing to their refusal to toe the line of globalization.

While the whole wide world is becoming increasingly globalized, it appears that Malaysia is starting to become like a fish out of water and all calls by the global community requesting Malaysia to practice the full tenets and obligations of democracy have so far fallen on deaf years. It’s like pouring water on a duck’s back.

Despite the peril, Malaysia still wants to go ahead and be stubborn and defiant in wanting to see that the country is governed not democratically, but by the whims and fancies of the UMNO big-wigs. When will Malays start to realize that UMNO is not leading them along a healthy path but instead beginning to ostracize and isolate the Malays.

By spewing out affirmative action only for the benefit of bumiputras, UMNO has begun to paint itself into a corner. It will be hard in future for the Malay to gain respect and acceptance on merit among Malaysians and on the global stage owing to much favoritism that has been shown to them.

Whatever the Malays and other bumiputras achieved will then be considered a hollow achievement, something which does not carry merit as it goes to show that it was actually not achieved through a level but lop-sided playing field in which bumiputras were basically being handed success to them without any effort.

This really means that all that affirmative action has actually caused bumiputras to weaken and heavily dependent on the government with the government continuing to bail them out to stay in power. This is a vicious cycle that is causing bumiputras to get nowhere in life and exasperating to non-bumis.

Full article: http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=163861:end-race-based-policies-it-is-causing-more-pain-than-actual-growth-to-take-place&Itemid=2#axzz2fedALdkC

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 13:48 | Report Abuse

Now, Utusan Malaysia says Chin Peng did not die on Malaysia Day.


oh, Utusan, Utusan, boleh di-percaya????


http://themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/now-utusan-malaysia-says-chin-peng-did-not-die-on-malaysia-day

...sila baca apa Malaysians tulis...saperti..


PNL 146p · 16 hours ago
Hello! Please check the link below on Chin Peng. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/370009/chin-peng-dies-in-bangkok
This Utusan M is a totally good for nothing paper. Majority of the publications are lies and trouble and problem creations seem to be their aim.


AhmadSobri99 167p · 16 hours ago
It all boils down to whom you trust.

Bangkok Post an internationally trusted newspaper and Utusan Malaysia, UMNO's party organ, and its records are laughable indeed.

Don't put too much thoughts into what Utusan claimed, Bangkok Post may ( it won't) lie, but, why should the hospital?

Nah, Utusan probably has got nothing to boost its publication and it knows Chin Peng even when dead will help fellow Malaysians and Utusan is one publication that needs Chin Peng's name to boost sales. Who reads Utusan and what is its readership? Plunging readership!


.....you make your own judgment please.

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-22 14:01 | Report Abuse

Utusan slams The Malaysian Insider as “communist-friendly”
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/utusan-slams-the-malaysian-insider-as-communist-friendly

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The spoiled childish

Posted by alenac > 2013-09-22 14:13 | Report Abuse

Utusex can't understand what is press freedom. Because most of the journalists are from kampungs hardcore UMNO supporters. Moreover most of them have poor command of the english language, spoken and written which have been exposed in Pakatan politicians legal suits against them. So now they target Malaysia Insider next would be Malaysiakini, which they have "villianized" many times in the past.

Quoted from Utusan Ku Seman's article meaning that the church must act dumb or the media must act dumb if it is under attack!!!! That is the definition of press freedom ala Utusex. There are many more skewed comments besides the quotation below.

"Ketika tercetusnya isu kalimah Allah yang mahu digunakan dalam Bible bahasa Melayu, pihak Jabatan Agama Islam mengeluarkan khutbah Jumaat yang menyeru supaya umat Islam memelihara kesucian kalimah itu. Tetapi Malaysian Insider bertindak biadab dengan menyiarkan bantahan daripada paderi Kristian terhadap khutbah Jumaat berkenaan."

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 14:42 | Report Abuse

Well said Datuk ....Datuk Zaid Ibrahim

Slavery exists in many forms. Getting the Malays in the mode of being dependent and submit to the whims of leaders is one such form.



Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
When Malays have self belief and not dependent on them, Umno become irrelevant . They want to keep you hanging on.

....kawan kawan, apa certia? Salam.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 14:47 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
10 ways to help Bumiputras? Excellent ideas from Guna . There is little hope Umno leaders will heed call though.

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-22 14:57 | Report Abuse

Malaysia would be much brighter and progressive if we have more intelligent minds like Zaid daring to speak and change the Malay mindset. I see his insights are even often more sharper compared to Anwar's. Just like our kids, if you want them to be real strong survivor in life, you just cant overindulge them as you are killing their confidence and competence at the end. Just hope more wise Malays could come forth to respond promptly over the bigots' voices, as the latter seem getting to think of they have been representing the mainstream Malays.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 15:04 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Why cant these departmental heads just do their work and not get involved with policies? Jakim is especially annoying.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 15:06 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Jakim is a dept of PM office. Why need to support economic policy of the PM ; Its like Jabatan Pelajaran endorsing new Education policy.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 15:12 | Report Abuse

September 19, 2013 Zaid Ibrahim


Zaid: Malaysia richer, happier if Tun Ismail had lived to be PM


Original Article: The Malay Mail Online

Kelantan-born Zaid recalled meeting Dr Ismail in 1972 and was impressed by the latter’s advice to play fair to all races in helping aid the economically-backward Malays

Malaysia would likely have become a richer, happier and more united country if Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman had lived to succeed Tun Abdul Razak Hussein as the third prime minister, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said today.

The former de facto law minister said the New Economic Policy (NEP) that Dr Ismail had helped push out in 1971 would have achieved its goal of lifting Malays mired in economic poverty while being fair to Malaysia’s minority races instead of being perverted to keep a few Malay leaders and their cronies in power now.

“If he had been healthier and had lived longer, he would have succeeded Tun Abdul Razak as Prime Minister and Malaysia today would be a richer and happier country.

“The policy that makes the Malays ‘special’ would have a different meaning, and as the co-architect of the New Economic Policy Tun Ismail would have undoubtedly made this country prosperous, democratic and united in ways we have not been able to experience,” Zaid said in a statement.

While the one-time Umno senator who had joined the opposition before turning independent made no mention of it, he is likely referring to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s announcement last week for a RM31 billion injection to the dominant Bumiputera community, widely panned as a reversal of his New Economic Model (NEM) policy first introduced in 2009.

Political analysts have criticised the so-called Bumiputera agenda, saying it reversed Najib’s promises to roll back race-based policies and was a politically-motivated decision ahead of the upcoming Umno elections.

Others have also labelled the NEM an “exaggeration” of the now-defunct NEP, and described the contained measures as violating Article 8 of the Federal Constitution that guarantees equality to all Malaysian citizens.

Proponents of Bumiputera affirmative action insist that Article 153 of the Federal Constitution, which outlines the special position and privileges of the group, provides for the measures announced ostensibly to uplift the community.

Najib had also mooted the set up of a Bumiputera Economic Empowerment Council and pushed government-linked companies (GLCs) and government-linked investment companies (GLICs) to increase Bumiputera property ownership, among other measures.

Political observers saw the move as an attempt to fortify Najib’s position within the largest component party in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and appease Malay voters who have showed the most support for Umno in the May 5 general election.

Johor-born Dr Ismail had earned a reputation as an incorruptible Malay leader and nation builder who was strongly opposed to racial bigotry. He had served as Razak’s deputy from September 1970 until his death from a heart attack on August 2, 1973, aged 57.

Then a student, Kelantan-born Zaid recalled meeting Dr Ismail in 1972 and was impressed by the latter’s advice to play fair to all races in helping aid the economically-backward Malays, who remain the country’s most dominant ethnic group.

“What I can remember about this quiet man was his advice that we needed to do all we could to help the Malays — but that we had to do it properly and with fairness.

“I did not have the guts to ask him to elaborate, but I was sure he wanted the Malays to be fair to the other communities at all times as leaders of the country,” Zaid, now 62, said.

However, the lawyer-turned-politician said the policy of lifting the economically-backward Malays has become a policy “to uplift those favoured by the leaders”.

“The policy of increasing and strengthening Malay participation in the civil service and public institutions has turned into a monopoly.

“The policy to moderate the Malay mind/values so they become competitive and able to understand and appreciate the nuances and lifestyles of different people has become the opposite, making them parochial and fearful instead,” he said.

In his strongly-worded statement, Zaid said a new breed of Malays were now in charge, whose “leaders have no shame admitting that they are wealthy or about parading their affluent lifestyles” or their “special” status by taking the NEP policy to its extreme.

“The policy to uplift the economically-backward Malays has changed them beyond recognition,” Zaid said.

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-22 15:18 | Report Abuse

http://www.mkini.co/columns/240608
The best (acting) prime minister

Mariam Mokhtar
12:02PM Sep 9, 2013

No one will dispute the filial piety and devotion shown by Tawfik, the eldest son of Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, who was once called “The man who saved Malaysia.” Dr Ismail died in office, in his capacity as acting prime minister, effectively the best prime minister we have had.

Dr Ismail (right) was remembered for his non-ethnic approach to issues and his concern about racial polarisation. He had a strong work ethic, was a strict but fair man who adhered strictly to rules. He despised incompetence and lateness. He was feared and respected. He refused to grant favours even to relatives and close friends. He was highly principled and enjoyed debating.

He avoided conflict of interest and the British High Commissioner said in despatches, “Ismail was a man of formidable reputation for integrity and talent in all communities.”

Tawfik has sullied his father’s memory by aligning himself with the present, undistinguished Umno Baru politicians by suggesting that the controversial film, Tanda Putera be made into a mini-series.

Tawfik noted that many facts in the book, The Reluctant Politician by Dr Ooi Kee Beng, were excluded from the film and reasoned that this was why people had called Tanda Putera a piece of propaganda. It would be more judicious to say that many people consider the film propaganda because fictional scenes were inserted, to influence thinking and undermine people’s understanding of what really happened.

It was stated in the book, that Tan Siew Sin (left), who was the MCA president in 1969, pulled MCA out of the government, after being severely criticised by Umno members for his party’s poor performance in the election. The present MCA president, Chua Soi Lek, did something similar after GE13 this year.

Unaware of the MCA withdrawal, Dr Ismail later called Tan “irresponsible and childish” for letting down the Malays and Chinese who had voted for the MCA. In letters to his friend Robert Kuok and the chairperson of Guthrie, Eric Griffith-Jones, Ismail had tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade Tan to revoke his decision because the action by the MCA had initiated the riot.

As the book explains, Ismail had warned Tan of further polarisation and that the MCA withdrawal would play into the hands of both Malay and Chinese extremists.

Interestingly, the book also claims that Mahathir Mohamad, who had lost his seat to a PMIP (the precursor of PAS) candidate, had advocated that the MCA be excluded from the government. Ismail had also warned of “extreme racialists in the ruling party who were making a desperate bid to topple the leadership”.

Perhaps it would be fair to say that there were no riots after GE13 in 2013 because the rakyat has wised up to Umno Baru’s tricks, which are designed to create ethnic clashes. Multiracial Malaysia has been tested by the cow-head incident, the Allah issue, butt dances and cooking of beef burgers outside Ambiga’s house, the pig’s heads in the suraus, the forced child conversions and the seditious Utusan Malaysia articles.

The rakyat act with restraint whilst the government does little to diffuse the tension. There has been no repeat of May 13 because the government cannot pull the wool over the rakyat’s eyes any more, unlike in 1969 when the riots were a distraction, to mask the internal power struggles within the old Umno party.

Tawfik said that the opposition parties, DAP, PAS and Gerakan had “plied on politics of polarisation” in 1969. Could he explain why Umno Baru is dividing the rakyat in 2013 and not learnt its lesson from history?

Why did Tawfik say there was no need to find out who was responsible for the riots?

Isn’t Tawfik interested in learning the truth? Surely, the people who were responsible should be punished, if they are still alive. At the very least, the people who suffered deserve an apology.

An RCI is about finding the truth

Strangely, Tawfik said that no one would be happy with the outcome of a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) if one were set up.

An RCI is not about placating people. It is about finding the truth.

Tawfik tried to justify the reasons for not having the RCI by asking who would lead the investigation? He wondered where to look for the evidence? As in any RCI, a panel of responsible and trusted people would be chosen, then terms of reference will be set.

Has Tawfik heard of primary and secondary sources, which are used to evaluate a historical event? These could be in the form of letters, diaries, news report, foreign despatches, intelligence reports, internal memos, eyewitness accounts, hospital and mortuary records, doctors and nurses’ testimonies, reports from the police, Special Branch and the armed forces, autobiographies, film reels. These are important sources to interpret a past event.

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-22 15:20 | Report Abuse

Tawfik’s justification of the historical inaccuracy which the producer allowed, because of a shortage of time, is disgraceful. His father would have found the slipshod approach quite unacceptable.

Other facts from the book would have been damaging to this government and to former PM Mahathir Mohamad. Some of the more interesting ones are:-

Ismail advised Tunku not to hand over power to the military. He said, “Once you do that, you won’t get it back.”

Robert Kuok asked Ismail who had suffered most in the riots, and Ismail replied, “Of course, the Chinese.”

Ismail had wanted Hanif Omar (left), the police chief assigned to the National Operations Council (NOC), formed after May 13, to arrest the then-Selangor menteri besar, Harun Idris, “for murder”. Hanif persuaded Ismail to investigate the claims first. In the end, Harun was not arrested.

Wahab Majid of Bernama wrote that Abdul Razak toyed with the idea of “benevolent dictatorship” but was discouraged by Ismail who pushed for a return to parliamentary democracy.

In 1969, the Singapore High Commissioner, Maurice Baker, said that Ismail was strict and decisive, that he would arrest anyone who caused trouble, irrespective of race.

General Ibrahim Ismail, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the NOC, also said that Dr Ismail’s direct manner and uncompromising stance helped restore law and order, whilst Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen, an under-secretary in the Defence Ministry, recalled Ismail declaring that he would arrest his own mother, if she had done something illegal.

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah claimed that Ismail had wanted Mahathir expelled from Umno and stopped two attempts to readmit him to the party.

To gain an objective portrayal, Tanda Putera should have shown Ismail’s preference for Dom Perignon because his taste buds were destroyed by medication; he hated the term “bumiputera” and had stipulated a time limit on the NEP; Ismail had said that the special position of the Malays was a handicap to them and according to Tengku Razaleigh, the Chinese did not have confidence in Razak, but they trusted Ismail.

The book revealed that after May 13, Ismail was deputy PM and involved in an important piece of legislation, the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance No 22. Under this ruling, the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) had the authority to freeze or forfeit “ill-gotten” assets of public officials and politicians.

Ismail said that as the country was ruled by the NOC, there was no functioning parliament, and corrupt practices were not exposed. He pushed this new ordinance through because Malaysian politicians refused to resign even after being caught perpetrating unconstitutional acts.

Ismail knew that with the new ordinance, corrupt individuals would be treated as criminals. The act resulted in the removal of the Perak and Trengganu chief ministers, for corruption.

One hopes that the film did say that Ismail once told his Danish counterpart, that “we want to create a United Malaysia of Malays, Chinese Indians etc, just as the United States is a fusion of many different elements.”

MARIAM MOKHTAR is a defender of the truth, the admiral-general of the Green Bean Army and president of the Perak Liberation Organisation (PLO).
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Mariam a rare shining gem ^^. Her brain must be diamond made.

Posted by SANG-JERO > 2013-09-22 15:32 | Report Abuse

next week KLSE bull run...let's make money.....

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 15:51 | Report Abuse

If only beloved Tun Dr. Ismail or our beloved the late PM Tengku Abdul Rahman had arrested the devil Mamakutty at that time, then our beloved nation Malaysia will be saved & all Malaysians irrespective of race, colour or religion will enjoy a very much higher standard of living.

This Mamakutty was so scared of being arrested that he went into hiding. But our beloved late PM TAR is always forgiving and he never hunt this devil Mamakutty down....how I & many Malaysians too wish TAR had arrested this devil Mamakutty and put him in jail.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 15:55 | Report Abuse

If only beloved Tun Dr. Ismail or our beloved the late PM Tengku Abdul Rahman had arrested the devil Mamakutty at that time, then our beloved nation Malaysia will be saved & all Malaysians irrespective of race, colour or religion will enjoy a very much higher standard of living.

This Mamakutty was so scared of being arrested that he went into hiding. But our beloved late PM TAR is always forgiving and he never hunt this devil Mamakutty down....how I & many Malaysians too wish TAR had arrested this devil Mamakutty and put him in jail.

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 16:28 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Why do u think our leaders always talk down to those they disagreed with? Why do they sound arrogant? Because 40 years of being special

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 16:30 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
This Malay govt by refusing to allow Chin Peng remains to rest here will not be forgotten by the millions of Chinese in the region

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 17:10 | Report Abuse

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim

This Malay government would not allow Chin Peng remains to come home. If he had been a Malay of course no issue



Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Umno version is pure unadulterated racist policy. There is no other way to describe it

Posted by ahtan > 2013-09-22 22:15 |

Post removed.Why?

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 23:45 | Report Abuse

Sunday, 22 September 2013 20:16

IS THIS HOW MALAYS ARE 'SUPREME': Utusan claims Chin Peng's date of death 'manipulated'



Chin Peng's family has lashed out at Mingguan Malaysia and Umno for claiming the date of his death had been altered so that it would coincide with Malaysia Day.

A family spokesman, Lee Chong, described the report by the Umno-controlled Mingguan Malaysia as mischievous and disrespectful.

"He has passed away. Why can't they leave him to rest in peace? Even a day before he is scheduled to be cremated, the Malaysian government still wants to spin stories," he said.

"I heard about the report in Mingguan Malaysia from a Malaysian reporter. I couldn't believe it and read it online to see for myself.

"This latest spin from Mingguan Malaysia shows how low Umno will stoop in order to discredit an individual who no longer poses a threat to them or Malaysia."

Lee said the official time of death of the former communist leader was provided by the Bumrungrad International Hospital, where he had been admitted prior to his death.

Chin Peng died at the age of 88 on Sept 16, which was coincidentally Malaysia Day.

The Umno-controlled paper had quoted an anonymous source saying that Chin Peng died on the evening of September 15, and not the morning of September 16 as reported.

The daily's source claimed that September 16 was chosen so that Chin Peng would be remembered by his supporters on a day important to all Malaysians.

People have been making their way to the Wat That Thong temple on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok to pay their final respects to the late communist leader. The cremation takes place tomorrow evening.

http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=164441:is-this-how-malays-are-supreme-utusan-claims-chin-pengs-date-of-death-altered&Itemid=2#axzz2fcizbzN2

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-22 23:58 | Report Abuse

PAS member pays respects to Chin Peng in Bangkok


Kedah PAS leader Fadzil Baharom was a late visitor to Chin Peng's wake this evening, arriving at the Wat That Thong temple in Bangkok about 7pm together with several friends to pay his respects to the former Communist Party of Malaya secretary-general.

When met at the wake, Fadzil stressed that he was not representing PAS or PKR but was there in a personal capacity.

Fadzil said he has known members of Chin Peng's family for about five years and felt it was appropriate to attend the wake.

"I will not be staying for Monday's cremation as I have to return to Kedah," Fadzil said, adding that he had long wanted to meet Chin Peng personally but did not have the opportunity.

He said despite the Malaysian government's portrayal of Chin Peng, he considered the latter to be a fighter.

"Malaysia's history has been changed; I am looking for the unvarnished version.

"Even within PAS, not everyone is really familiar with the facts of the nation's history and how events actually panned out," Fadzil said.

"Although my presence here today is nothing great, I am sure in five or 10 years it will be seen as a historical moment because I dared to attend Chin Peng's wake," Fadzil said jovially.

He also pointed out that following Chin Peng's death on Monday, many people had been circulating old stories and reports about the 88-year-old on the Internet.

He said that was good as it would help to educate the younger generation and give them a better understanding of history.

Asked whether other party members might frown on his presence at Chin Peng's wake, Fadzil shrugged and said he did not care as he did not feel there was a problem with his attendance.

He emphasised that paying his respects did not mean he was a communist or followed the ideology. He was merely interested in history, and Chin Peng was a part of the fabric of Malaysia's past.

Fadzil contested in GE13 for the Sungai Tiang state seat, but lost to Barisan Nasional's Suraya Yaacob. - September 22, 2013.


http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/print/malaysia/kedah-pas-chief-pays-respects-to-chin-peng

Posted by curiwangbagus > 2013-09-23 00:03 | Report Abuse

ha ha ha, even UMNO leaders kena wallop by their own people because of UMNO Elections...what a shame?


HOW THUGGISH! Umno supreme council candidate claims rival beat him up


A candidate for the Umno supreme council was allegedly beaten when he was submitting his nomination form at Umno headquarters, Sinar Harian reported today.

The incident happened at approximately 9.30am on nomination day yesterday when the 57-year old victim, went to register as a candidate for the Umno supreme council at Putra World Trade Centre, said the Malay daily.

It quoted an anonymous source as saying that the incident happened due to unhappiness that the victim wanted to challenge a particular division-level candidate.

"He is believed to be beaten by an individual who was hired by someone who has vested interests. I can't reveal more," the source was quoted saying.

The candidate is unnamed in the article. However Dang Wangi OCPD Zainuddin Ahmad is quoted as confirming that the police have received a report on the matter and are investigating.

There are 64 candidates contesting for 25 positions for Umno supreme council committee members in the Oct 19 supreme council election.

Full article: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=164461:how-thuggish-umno-supreme-council-candidate-claims-rival-beat-him-up&Itemid=2#ixzz2fhHAi9uk

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-23 12:45 | Report Abuse

Chin Peng has the last laugh
http://www.mkini.co/columns/241819

Mariam Mokhtar
10:02AM Sep 23, 2013

The Malaysian government intended to deliver a humiliating blow and final insult to Chin Peng, the late former secretary-general of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), by denying his dying wish.

Despite the sabre rattling by premier Najib Abdul Razak and extremist groups like Perkasa, it is Chin Peng who has won the psychological battle and more importantly, is having the last laugh from beyond the grave, leaving Najib with egg on his face.



Najib may wish to diminish Chin Peng’s role in our history, perhaps even airbrush him out of the struggle for Independence, but the irony is that his death on Sept 16, will mean that the Malaysia Day celebrations, will now also commemorate Chin Peng’s memory.

Chin Peng has been praised for being a wily operator and the brains behind the guerrilla warfare of the Emergency (1948-1960).

Even he could not have planned it better. His death on Malaysia Day was the ultimate accolade for a man who was denied his right to return to the country of his birth and denied a fair hearing in the Court of Appeal. What poetic justice!

The Malaysian government reneged on the terms of the three-way Peace Treaty which it signed with Thailand and the CPM leaders, in Hadyai in 1989. The PM at the time was Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

In life, the government rejected Chin Peng’s application to live in Malaysia. In death, they refused to allow his remains be interred in his family burial plot near Lumut. This prolonged revenge-fuelled retribution by Umno Baru will unwittingly give Chin Peng, the oxygen of publicity. If the young and uninformed did not know of Chin Peng, they do now.

When Najib ordered that government forces be placed on red alert at border checkpoints, people scoffed at his idea.

If two jet engines can be smuggled out of Malaysia, then it would be child’s play to smuggle an urn into the country. This is a pointless exercise especially as resources and manpower should be deployed to better use, to deter crime.

Fighting and living in the shadows were Chin Peng’s speciality. It would have been easy for him to sneak across the border, assume an alias, and live anywhere in the country, like the former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karad ic' the architect of the Srebrenica massacre who escaped arrest for 12 years, practising as a doctor in Belgrade. Chin Peng may have been the leader of a disbanded guerrilla army, but he was a man of honour.

The unprecedented furore and lack of compassion, to allow an old man his dying wish, is prompted by the upcoming Umno-Baru elections. Najib will milk Chin Peng’s death for political mileage to show his ultra-Malay credentials.

Many people are probably unaware that the struggle for Malaya’s Independence was fought on several fronts.

During World War II, Chin Peng and the British army (Force 136) joined forces in 1941, to fight the Japanese invaders. Chin Peng’s outfit was called the Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) and after the war, he was decorated for his heroism with the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

When the Japanese invaded Malaya in 1941, the Malays and Indians were given better treatment than the Chinese. Sino-Japanese relations had deteriorated after the Nanking Massacre (The Rape of Nanking) in 1937.

When the tide turned against the Japanese in 1943, the Japanese started to encourage Malay nationalism by arranging conferences, demonstrations, language courses and education. They even whipped up anti-Chinese sentiment by using paramilitary groups of, mainly, Malay men, to fight Chinese resistance groups.

Without the CPM ...

In the chaos immediately after the war, the MPAJA being the most organised and well-armed group within Malaya was given tacit approval by the British to restore law and order, at least until the British administrators returned in force.

The MPAJA used this opportunity to exact retribution on their old enemies and Japanese collaborators. As the Malays had been given preferential treatment by the Japanese during WWII, the MPAJA punished them severely.

The clashes were interpreted as racial conflict. The Malays retaliated by forming groups to fight what they saw as the “Chinese MPAJA/CPM”.

Internecine clashes between these two groups, continue to this day and to increase the distrust between the Malays and Chinese, Umno Baru will conveniently use the bogey, ”Chinese communists” or “May 13”, whenever it suits them.

After WWII, Chin Peng continued his armed struggle for Independence, but this time, he fought against the British because he wanted Malaya to be free from colonial rule. He renamed his outfit, the Malayan Races Liberation Army (MRLA).

His ideology was to have an equal society with the wealth redistributed among the people equally, through the labour movement, under communism.

Posted by max8 > 2013-09-23 12:46 | Report Abuse

The civilian side of the MRLA was the Min Yuen (Masses Movement) which provided the guerrillas with food, information, and new recruits. Civilians who did not cooperate were tortured by the MRLA, whilst those caught cooperating, were imprisoned by the British.

The guerrillas would disrupt labour relations on the rubber estates and their sympathisers would demand military protection. The idea was to sabotage the economy but also to keep the British troops out of the jungle. The communists later changed this strategy when civilians began to blame the communists for their hardships.

Najib said that returning Chin Peng’s ashes would upset the Malays because the CPM had committed atrocities against them. Malaya was on a war footing. Atrocities were committed on both sides.

The Japanese killed several hundred thousand Malayans during the Japanese Occupation; the Batang Kali massacre was blamed on rogue elements in the British army; and yet, the worse treatment has been reserved for Chin Peng, whose forces were responsible for 10,000 deaths.

No one is condoning Chin Peng’s guerrilla warfare but Malaysians must realise that without the CPM, the Japanese in Malaya would not have been defeated.

Without the Min Yuen, we would not have the current identity card system and Chinese squatters living on the jungle verges would not have been resettled into new villages, much to the irritation of Malay villagers who complained that these settlements had electricity and running water.

Without the CPM, we would not have had the Internal Security Act or a return to the authoritarian regime of Gerald Templer, the high commissioner who introduced local elections and village councils as his objective was the formation of a united Malayan nation. The Chinese were urbanised, by the British, to reduce the influence of the CPM.

Umno Baru and the Malays are in their exalted position because of Chin Peng. Without the armed conflict of the CPM, the British would not have agreed to give Independence to Malaya, nor the privileges that the Malays now enjoy.

Tunku Abdul Rahman (left) acknowledged that Chin Peng’s challenge to him, at the Baling talks in 1955, immediately led to Merdeka.

Perhaps, it is fitting that divine intervention has made it possible for Umno Baru to honour Chin Peng, every year, on Sept 16.

The British used the divide-and-rule strategy to conquer the locals, the Japanese in WWII deployed the same tactic. Today, Umno-Baru continues this method of control.

Chin Peng may be gone but his legacy continues. Malaysians are still striving to establish a just and equal society.

Posted by necro > 2013-09-23 13:00 | Report Abuse

AGAIN & AGAIN

Bingo aka jinggo aka curiwangrakyat aka PukimaCAI is babling again!!!

pukimak2 still in HUGE LOSS in AMEDIA kaa until now become Anwar MahCai/SohCai/LanJia???or worst is Anwar Ball Sucka wa Licka???..

AhCai AhCai....

Posted by nubhan . > 2013-09-23 13:03 | Report Abuse

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Posted by nubhan . > 2013-09-23 13:04 | Report Abuse

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Posted by wanapit > 2013-09-23 13:14 | Report Abuse

10th of thousand mostly Malays. Half of them killed by bullet and bobby trap. Half wounded even turn OKU. 10th of thousand family feel the impact. How in the earth they would forgive and forget?. They tolerate to PKM family out there when they accept to tie a peace, but Chin Peng dont want. He refuse when Baling Talk held back then. Only 'NO' for Chin Peng. Even Chin Peng family still in Sitiawan,Perak living in good. Do this Malays who's family was killed back then harm them??..the answer is endless NO..NO..NO. We live in harmonies after PKM treat gone. Please preserve. Only 'NO' for Chin Peng alone rpt alone. If we can tolerate when our family shoot to death or became OKU, why dont you? Chin Peng die at age almost 90, their family dies at age 20's to 40's. Think about that...ask your self. peace no war.