Friday, August 23, 2013

Azilah, Sirul freed of Altantuya murder charge

BY RITA JONG
AUGUST 23, 2013
LATEST UPDATE: AUGUST 23, 2013 11:31 AM
Two former police commandos were freed today after the Court of Appeal allowed their appeal and overturned their conviction for the 2006 murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu (pic).
A three-member bench comprising judges Datuk Seri Mohamed Apandi Ali, Datuk Linton Albert and Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat made the unanimous decision to allow the appeal by former chief inspector Azilah Hadri and former corporal Sirul Azhar Umar.
Azilah and Sirul were jointly charged and convicted by the High Court in Shah Alam in 2009 for murdering Altantuya, 28, at a forest reserve in Shah Alam in October, 2006.
Both were then with the Bukit Aman Special Action Squad and were in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s security team. Najib was then the deputy prime minister and defence minister.
In their brief five-minute judgment read out by Tengku Maimun, she said the trial judge failed to consider the defence of alibi filed by Azilah.
"There was nowhere in the grounds of judgment of the learned trial judge that he had considered whether the station diary showed the presence of the first appellant (Azilah) at Bukit Aman at the material time. He cannot be or is unlikely to be at the crime scene.
"On the call logs and coverage predictions (which were produced by the prosecution to show the movements of Azilah the night of the murder), witnesses from telecommunication companies had put into issue the reliability and accuracy of the call logs and the coverage prediction.
"It is essential for the trial judge to address the challenge raised by the defence on the exhibits and to make a finding whether there was in fact an altercation or tampering of data and whether the authenticity of the data was questionable or otherwise.
"Regrettably, the judge failed to do so and this amounts to serious misdirection, rendering the said exhibits unsafe to be relied upon," she read from the judgment.
She said the judge had also failed to examine whether the contradictions or inconsistencies in the evidence of the prosecution witnesses were material and whether they were information supplied by the appellants or from other sources.
"As regards to the issue of possession and control of the explosives, the trial judge also failed to make a further finding to connect the explosives to the appellants. By not making any finding on possession by the two of the explosives, the judge had failed to address this missing link, resulting in yet another misdirection," said Tengku Maimun.
She concurred with the defence that DSP Musa Safri, who was then Najib's aide-de-camp should have been called to unfold the narrative which the prosecution's case was based on.
The court also found that the trial judge made no finding on whether the prosecution has established that there was a pre-arranged plan by the appellants to commit murder.
"Looking at the whole circumstances, it is our judgment that the culmulative effect of the non-directions by the trial judge rendered the convictions unsafe," Tengku Maimun read from the judgment.
Counsel Datuk Hazman Ahmad and J. Kuldeep Kumar represented Azilah, while Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin and Hasnal Redzua Merican represented Sirul.
DPP Datuk Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah who appeared for the respondent said he will be filing an appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision today.
In an immediate response, DAP national legal head Gobind Singh Deo said the appeal was allowed because of the failure to call material witnesses.
"The strongest evidence would have been who gave the instructions and to whom it was given. Can the AG now tell us who it was?" Gobind tweeted. - August 23, 2013.

教会要求撤销被驳,“阿拉”字眼政府准上诉

2013-08-23 10:45

(布城22日讯)上诉庭今午驳回罗马天主教会,要求撤销政府针对高庭判决允许该教会在其週报《先锋报》(Herald)使用“阿拉”字眼上诉的申请。
  • 逾百名穆斯林一早到司法宫外等候判决。(图:星洲日报)
这意味內政部及政府针对高庭判决允许该教会週报使用“阿拉”字眼,以及针对高庭宣判政府禁止该教会使用“阿拉”字眼决定不合法的上诉將进行。
以拿督斯里阿布沙玛法官为首的上诉庭三司今午裁决,该教会週报所使用“阿拉”字眼的纠纷爭议尚是“活的课题”以及需要加以解决。
上诉庭三司在座无虚席的上诉庭內一致驳回马来西亚天主教吉隆坡总教区要求撤销內政部及政府上诉的申请。
阿布沙玛说,前內政部长拿督斯里希山慕丁曾作出宣誓书,並解释“阿拉”课题並不是10点解决方案的部份,因此不適合应用在此案。
因此,他说,此上诉案並没有成学术性或失去意义,爭议还有待解决。
他也说,撤销一项恰当入稟的上诉,以及否决政府及內政部的上诉权利是一项严厉行动。
上诉案9月10日研审
上诉庭三司諭令內政部及政府的上诉案在9月10日进行研审。
在各造同意下,上诉庭三司对堂费不作出任何令諭令,即各造负责本身的堂费。
上诉庭另两名法官是拿督阿都阿兹及拿督罗哈娜尤索夫。
《先锋报》编辑罗仁斯安德鲁神父对判决感到失望,但表示尊重法庭判决。
约300个伊斯兰非政府组织,包括土著权威组织及基督团体的支持者一早齐集司法宫以关注案件进展。
教会律师:违10点解决方案
天主教会是以首相拿督斯里纳吉曾於2011年4月11日在致给马来西亚基督教联合会的信件中,献议10点解决方案以解决基督教徒取得马来文版圣经所面对的问题,因此,政府的上诉已成学术性为理由,要求撤销政府的上诉。
天主教会说,首相於2011年4月2日宣佈10点解决方案以解决圣经课题及其它相关课题,並指这是內阁的集体决定,有关10点方案包括所有语文的圣经可进口到国內,包括马来文/印尼文;圣经在沙巴和砂拉越的土著语言可在本地印刷及入口等。
代表天主教会的柏兰斯罗央律师今早在陈词时说,既然政府已宣佈10点解决方案,政府的上诉即应该被撤销,因为有关在週报使用“阿拉”的字眼已不再存有纠纷或爭论。
他说:“政府对有关字眼的使用已改变立场。”
他强调,这是內阁的集体决定,10点解决方案已解决“阿拉”字眼的使用。
“內阁决定的结果是`阿拉’字眼可使用在马来文、印尼文及土著的圣经,並可入口及印刷这些圣经。”
他说,如果內阁批准在圣经使用“阿拉”字眼,那么也应该允许出版物使用有关字眼。
他说,內政部及政府提出上诉是要恢復它在2009年1月7日禁止教会使用“阿拉”字眼的决定。
高庭允《先锋报》用“阿拉”
吉隆坡高庭是於2009年12月31日批准马来西亚天主教吉隆坡总教区的申请,允许天主教会在其週报《先锋报》使用“阿拉”字眼。
高庭法官刘美兰裁决內政部长和政府禁止《先锋报》使用“阿拉”字眼的决定,是不合法及无效的。
政府律师:“活的课题”需考虑
代表內政部及政府的高级联邦律师苏娜阿旦说,政府的上诉案不应该撤销,因为还有“活的课题”需要考虑。
她说:“教会的撤销上诉申请是琐碎的,並应该驳回。”
她补充,在高庭的课题是有关內政部行使在印刷及出版法令下,有关週报印刷准证的课题,而10点方案是处理圣经课题。
代表登嘉楼伊斯兰宗教理事会的姆峇西律师则说,有关10点解决方案是在高庭作出判决后提出,因此不能加以考虑。
他说,首相2011年4月11日的信件並没有触及上诉案课题,首相並没有指《先锋报》可使用阿拉字眼。
《先锋报》编辑:另一种限制
罗马天主教会週报《先锋报》编辑罗仁斯安德鲁神父说,10点解决方案允许马来文版圣经使用阿拉字眼,但週报却不获准使用有关字眼,这是另一种形式的限制。
他在庭外受询时说,他们在周报中只是引述圣经,圣经可以使用阿拉字眼,但出版物却不获准使用。
他说,虽然他对判决感到失望,但他尊重法庭判决。
他促请所有教徒祈福。
天主教会的其中一名代表律师西华拉惹则说,如果客观看待首相的10点方案信件,它指圣经可以使用阿拉字眼,但为何教会週报却不能。

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Prophecies on Malaysia Compilation Part 2

Do spread these prophecies to your sphere of influence along with the previous and forthcoming ones, so that more and more people of YAHWEH in Malaysia (and globally) know what He has spoken over our Land through credible Prophets, and we will have a common rallying point and cause for Greater Unity :)

As you read and take hold of all of them, you will see God's Beautiful and Awesome Plan for Malaysia and the part we are called to play in His Global End-time plans.

Remember though, Prophecies are conditional to the Church and the people of GOD in that Land responding to His Rhema Word in Season.

Yes, there have been some disappointments and set back, but they are only temporary! 

The Church in Malaysia Will Arise to the Call of the Hour, for Greater Things are yet to Come!!!

Most Prophets the World over are saying the same thing about our Nation, "Malaysia, your time is NOW! This is your Kairos Moment, do not miss it!!!"

Can all of them, speaking through the Holy Spirit be wrong??

What are we going to do?

How are we going to respond Church?

YAHWEH's Eyes are Looking to and fro in Malaysia... 

Who will Rise up to His Call of the Hour and do the Radical Set-Apart things He is Calling us to do?

NOW is the Time Ambassador of ELOHIM, it's time to WAKE UP for the Clarion Call has gone out!!!

Please read:
The Three Prophecies on Malaysia by Rev. Cindy Jacobs

敬爱的大家:

如果你有兴趣,请阅读此链接:
辛蒂雅各牧师于2012年为马来西亚发的三个预言

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Prophecies on Malaysia Compilation Part 1

Malaysia is called to be The Catalyst for Revival in The Golden Gate Nations and Asia-Pacific Rim of Fire! – Will Malaysia Fulfill our Destiny and Calling in Christ? What are the Consequences if we fail? Can we afford to fail?

Malaysia is being Prophesy as:
·       “The Revival Spark Starter of The Golden Gate Nations and The Asia-Pacific Rim of Fire” – Golden Gate Watch, All Nations Convocation Jerusalem (Repeated over many years)
·       “The Dwelling Place and Habitation of The All Mighty and Epicentre of God’s Spiritual Tsunami to the Nations” – Renuka Hegde, India (1st quarter 2012, SOKOGIM)
·       “The ‘Atlas’ of Asia” to lift up all of Asia through our Prayers; as the Levites lifted the Ark of Covenant on their shoulders – George Annadorai, Singapore (3rd quarter 2012, Sweet Incense)
·       “The Key that Changes Nations” – Cindy Jacobs, USA (ANCJ 2012)
·       “God’s Target to Target the Nations with Clarity of word and Sharpness” – Daniel Pak, South Korea (January 2012, AfriCamp Uganda)
·       Sarah Joy, Malaysia = ‘Ma-lai-si-a’ which means in Chinese: ‘Ma’ = Horse; ‘Lai’ = Come; ‘Si-a’ = West Asia = Middle East: ‘Malaysia’ is the “Horse that Comes to The Middle East” (Bringing The Gospel of The Kingdom from the East Back to Jerusalem via the Middle East and 10/40 Region)“

This is the Destiny of the Golden Gate Nations: “To Bring Back The Gospel to Jerusalem”! As Malaysia Fulfills our Destiny we will help the Golden Gate Nations Fulfill their collective Destiny and Spearhead the Eastern Gate Nations Fulfill their Destiny – “To Prepare The Way for The King of Glory to Return”! (Eze 43:1 – 5; Matt 24:27; Zech 14:4)

Michael Maeliau, Solomon Islands: "Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia are the tent poles that hold up the Tabernacle of David over the Asia-Pacific. Malaysia is to host the next World Prayer Assembly!" - Golden Gate Watch, ANCJ 2012.

Renuka Hegde, India: "God is making Malaysia His Dwelling place and Habitation and from here Salvation will go forth to the ends of the earth." (1st quarter 2012 SOKOGIM). Over 20 months ago she received from the Lord, "the Key to unlock India is to be found in Malaysia". During the 1st AMC Thanksgiving Dinner, she said that prophecy has been fulfilled!

Chuck Pierce, USA: In Malaysia, 2011, Dr. Chuck Pierce prophesied a 3 year progression where in 2013, it is said "do not resist and try to win through rebellion. God is going to favor His kingdom plan to advance in this land. God is going to favor His kingdom plan to advance."

John C. Maxwell, USA: "5 years from now Malaysia will be the fountain Head for this region". It was said in 2008 in Kuala Lumpur and it is exactly 5 years now!

George Annadorai, Singapore: "God has set His Face as a flint towards Malaysia and He is looking at Malaysia like He has never looked at any other nation before, not even Indonesia. We are a Beach Head for the launching of God's purposes." He said this in the capacity as being the Gate Keeper for the Asia-Pacific and He has spent and labored for Indonesia considerably. (Pentecost 2013, Sweet Incense)

Daniel Park, South Korea: "Let new people do new things. Malaysia is my next Target. Go when I speak, people are waiting. Malaysia is My Target. Malaysia will target nations with clarity of word and sharpness. They will multiply and expand what has happened in Taiwan and Korea. They know how to see, hear and obey. They know how to speak to Nations appropriately and fruitfully. I Will Move Mightily for I have heard the fervent prayer of the few. (In Indonesia it was the masses crying out to God). Their prayers have touched my Heart. Because they have moved my Heart, I am going to stand for them and raise up My Righteous Right Hand and touch Malaysia... and Singapore. Malaysia is my entry point to this Region." (January 2012, AfriCamp Uganda).

Korean Team after the 1st All Malaysian Convocation (AMC): "We (Malaysia) have unlocked Korea especially on the Israel Track". Ps. David Rhae said he literally saw Malaysia unlocking Korea with a Key as he sat in the Convocation - (Cindy Jacobs’ prophecy being fulfilled yet again!) He described the situation in Korea where the Church is on the decline, the youths are being lost to the world and the world is flooding into the Korean Church.

He saw Malaysia on a white horse with a General on it and Koreans before the horse as front line soldiers, saying that Koreans are good individual fighters. We need strategy and to see the whole picture. Korea only saw part of it. They didn't see Malaysia rising this way, ever! And they are surprised!

Vin Sie and I are very strategic and important.

Now, Malaysia needs to lead Korea! Times have changed. We ride on Korea. The Lion's Gate has prepared the way for the Golden Gate and now it's our time. "Their time has passed".

This Korean team came to support us in Prayer and stand with us for AMC, The Lord revealed to them. They didn't know why they had to come to Malaysia initially but they just obeyed God's instructions to them.

Korea is a horse and Malaysia is a horse and we will run with the Gospel Back to Jerusalem together.

Korea will stand, walk and support Malaysia and vice versa. 

Friday, August 16, 2013

US Scientists Find That Chemotherapy Boosts Cancer Growth

This is an End-time call to be alert to Reality in Humanity!
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Chemotherapy can damage healthy cells? Say it isn’t so? You don’t need a degree to figure this one out. Poison kills indiscriminately– always has and always will. While damaging healthy cells, chemotherapy also triggers them to secrete a protein that sustains tumor growth and resistance to further treatment. Researchers in the United States made the “completely unexpected” finding they claimed while seeking to explain why cancer cells are so resilient inside the human body when they are easy to kill in the lab.
Only through the forces that have carefully conspired to thwart meaningful advances in cancer research and treatment over the past century has chemotherapy succeeded. In what reality do we live in when cut, poison and burn are the only ways acceptable to treat cancer?
No chemotherapy drug has ever actually cured or resolved the underlying causes of cancer. Even what mainstream medicine considers “successful” chemotherapy treatments are only managing symptoms, usually at the cost of interfering with other precious physiological functions in patients that will cause side effects down the road. There is no such thing as a drug without a side effect.
They tested the effects of a type of chemotherapy on tissue collected from men with prostate cancer, and found “evidence of DNA damage” in healthy cells after treatment, the scientists wrote in Nature Medicine.
Chemotherapy works by inhibiting reproduction of fast-dividing cells such as those found in tumors.
The scientists found that healthy cells damaged by chemotherapy secreted more of a protein called WNT16B which boosts cancer cell survival.
“The increase in WNT16B was completely unexpected,” study co-author Peter Nelson of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle told AFP.
The protein was taken up by tumor cells neighboring the damaged cells.
“WNT16B, when secreted, would interact with nearby tumor cells and cause them to grow, invade, and importantly, resist subsequent therapy,” said Nelson.
In cancer treatment, tumors often respond well initially, followed by rapid regrowth and then resistance to further chemotherapy.
Rates of tumor cell reproduction have been shown to accelerate between treatments.
“Our results indicate that damage responses in benign cells… may directly contribute to enhanced tumor growth kinetics,” wrote the team.
The researchers said they confirmed their findings with breast and ovarian cancer tumors.
Patients with incurable cancers are promised much greater access to the latest drugs which could offer them extra months or years of life, however many doctors have been urged to be more cautious in offering cancer treatment to terminally-ill patients as chemotherapy can often do more harm than good, advice supported by Nelson’s study.
The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) found that more than four in ten patients who received chemotherapy towards the end of life suffered potentially fatal effects from the drugs, and treatment was “inappropriate” in nearly a fifth of cases.
More than half of all cancer all patients suffer significant treatment-related toxicity. Treatment can also result in life-threatening infections or patients may simply die of their cancer.
When asked about how to improve a patient’s response and outcome, Nelson replied “”alternatively, it may be possible to use smaller, less toxic doses of therapy.”
The bottom line is that chemotherapy destroys virtually all cells and systems before getting to the actual cancer. This means your central nervous system, organ systems and your immune system (to name just a few) are all compromised even years after the treatment has subsided. Forget about cancer killing you because chemotherapy will do a much better job in the long term.
Chemotherapy causes healthy brain cells to die off long after treatment has ended and may be one of the underlying biological causes of the cognitive side effects — or “chemo brain” — that many cancer patients experience.
Conventional cancer treatment is a massive and expensive fraud–a non-treatment that sickens and kills more people than it ever “cures.” It can never cure anything because it poisons the body which only causes more disease in the future.
The question [of whether or not chemotherapy really extends life, ed.] can probably no longer be answered. In clinical studies the manufacturers always compare their new drugs with older cellular poisons. There are no control groups that are given no treatment at all.
In order to be allowed onto the market, it suffices to achieve a “statistically significant” advantage in one small group of hand- picked test subjects vs. those treated with some already approved cellular poison.
Marco Torres is a research specialist, writer and consumer advocate for healthy lifestyles. He holds degrees in Public Health and Environmental Science and is a professional speaker on topics such as disease prevention, environmental toxins and health policy.

Source: 
http://www.realfarmacy.com/us-scientists-find-that-chemotherapy-boosts-cancer-growth/#DpXloC3CVwMHecKv.01

Thursday, August 15, 2013

马华是否该改变不入阁议决?

此篇文章也在星洲日报《言路版》刊登:http://opinions.sinchew.com.my/node/29688?tid=10
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        50513届全国大选刚过100天,大马的政局有什么变化了?人民看不到什么对他们有利的变化,反而看到主要的政党如巫统,马华公会,国大党,民政党忙于党选及内乱,而行动党则忙于应付社团注册局的重选命令等。

        其中最近常见报的新闻是马华可能推翻之前在党大会通过的“输大选不入阁”的议决。在马华党员中,有支持也有反对“推翻议决”。而也有巫统人士及华团领袖劝马华应该入阁。

        马华在这次505全国大选的成绩是历来最差劲的,赢得的国州议员被讥笑为“7-Eleven”,大马的城镇人对此印象深刻,毕竟谁不认识“7-Eleven”连锁店?我不属于任何政党,我要对马华该不该改变不入阁和不谋官职议决作个简略分析。

        2011-2012年的马华大会,党员通过议决,若2013年全国大选不比2008年大选更好的话,马华将不接受任何官职。当时他们有多深入的辩论,多少人反对?只有出席者知道,总之议决是通过了!但我想,带头呼吁党员支持议决的那些主要领袖们,真的没想到一旦通过了就是破釜沉舟,没有回头路,若反悔就必在“诚信”上打了折扣吗?

        马华作了如此的议决,乃不明白华裔选民的心意。马华以为华裔会担心没有华裔在政府里领导而回流马华,不,华裔乃看到华裔代表在政府里几十年每况愈下的发言表现,而认为有没有华裔代表都没所谓,结果国阵的华裔候选人都惨败!

        现在一些马华领袖,一些国阵成员党领袖,华团领袖开始劝勉检讨议决。我认为,如果这些人士在全国大选前也作出同样的呼吁,他们现在才有资格劝勉,其余在大选前没出声的都没有资格劝勉。后者作出劝勉,人民不难明白是一种看风把舵行为,想愚弄人民。

        华团领袖是什么声音?他们只是支持马华的少数华裔,没有代表性。在华裔普罗百姓的眼里,华团领袖都是大商家,两者格格不入,希望华团从今开始更频繁召集普罗百姓交流。从华裔投票的趋向,就知道真正的声音乃来自华裔普罗百姓。

        我认为,一、若马华真的推翻议决重新接受官职的话,将是马华的致命伤。马华入阁和接受官职后,真的能够改变国阵里头巫统一党独大的决策吗?若马华无能为力,一些对种族和宗教偏颇的政策将进一步腐蚀马华,下届全国大选极可能再被削减议席!尤其马华领袖抨击不公政策的言论时,中文报刊登,但巫统属下的马来文和英文报却不刊登,声音就达不到马来族群。就是这样,我们只能在中文报里吵闹!

        二、马华一旦推翻议决重新接受官职的话,下届全国大选,马华就给了民联在竞选中很强的炮弹!只要讲员站在讲台上询问听众:“你们要不要没有诚信,讲了不算数的马华?”或者:“国阵在第13届的口号‘一诺千金’,请问马华在大选后有没有一诺千金?”我的头脑现在就可想象那种震破天的回应!到时马华可能就回天无力也!

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

明年全球分批落实,赴华签证需指纹。签证地点迁址

(吉隆坡13日讯)中国將从2014年开始分阶段在全球各地落实签证新措施,包括申请入境签证的外国人士须提供指纹。
根据中国的《外国人入境出境管理条例》,中国政府计划从明年开始在出入境管理方面引入“人体生物识別技术”,因此,外国人申请入境签证时须提供指纹和照片。
中国驻马来西亚大使馆领事参赞林动今日指出,这项措施一旦落实,申请者须本人提供生物特徵(指纹),惟提取指纹的地方除了在中国大使馆签证中心外,也或可通过旅行社办理。
他说,马来西亚是否会在明年就实施这项措施,也还有待確定,因为这项新措施是分批进行的。
他在新闻发佈会上说,目前还在进行技术准备工作。
下月起普通签证再分类
他也披露,从9月1日起,外国人前往中国所申请的普通签证將增加人才签证、家庭团聚签证、商贸签证和私人事务类签证的类別。
他说,访问签证將一分为二,分成访问签证和商贸签证,新措施也规定非工作类居留证件有效期最短是180天,工作类居留证件有效期最短为90天,有效期最长为5年。
他说,新条例也规定外国人申请签证时,须附上中国境內邀请单位的邀请函件。
如果申请者要前往中国旅游和探亲,可申请探亲签证;如果身在中国探亲者要转换签证为学习签证,就必须回到大马重新申请。
探亲须获中国亲友邀函
“而与中国配偶前往中国探亲的大马人在申请探亲签证时,需要有中国境內的亲戚发出的邀请函。”
林动指出,在最新的条例下,若遇到紧急情况,例如须急到中国处理家事、后事、意外事故或者抢修工程,可办理口岸签证(落地签证),逗留不超过30天。
中大使馆签证中心
918起搬迁
另一方面,中国大使馆的签证中心將从9月18日起,迁往附近的Hampshire Place办公楼第5和第6层提供服务。地址是:No 1,Jalan Mayang Sari,50450 Wilayah Persekutuan,Kuala Lumpur。
目前的签证中心位於安邦路OSK大厦,联络电话为03-21758888。
中国从9月1日起落实《外国人入境出境管理条例》新规定
●新增人才、家庭团聚、商贸和私人事务类签证。
●申请签证时需附上中国境內邀请单位发出的邀请函件。
●申请旅游签证者,只需要展示机票或者酒店订单或者旅行社证明,其中一项即可;但需要提呈旅行计划和行程安排。
●大马人申请前往中国的签证流程和提取签证时间没有改变。
●现有的访问签证一分为二,分成访问签证(非营利)和商贸签证。
●外国人最长停留不得超过180天,工作类居留证件有效期最短为90天,非工作类最短180天,两项证件有效期最长都为5年。

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Despite goodies, Indian vote dropped by 6% in past polls

AUGUST 13, 2013
LATEST UPDATE: AUGUST 13, 2013 07:42 PM
Going into GE13, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was confident that the Indian vote was firmly with Barisan Nasional after nearly two years of doling out cash and other goodies to Indian groups.
He and other BN politicians were also boosted by the signing of a memorandum with Hindraf just before the general election, promising Waythamoorthy the position of deputy minister.
Guess what? BN lost the Indian vote to Pakatan Rakyat. The percentage of Indian support for BN dropped from 51.1% in 2008 to 45.1% this year.
This information was culled from a study by Merdeka Center of the voting patterns in 222 parliamentary seats.
Support for BN from Indian votes only increased in Kedah (11%) and Pahang (3.1%). It dropped sharply in the urban seats in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Johor, where Pakatan Rakyat found traction with its focus on BN's spotty record on fighting corruption, abuse of power, and unhappiness over unresolved issues involving minorities.
The swing away from BN was strong in Penang (14.9%), where Indians formed 10.9% of the electorate, in Johor (13.6%) where Indians were 6.6% and in Kuala Lumpur (10.2%) where 10.8% of voters were Indians.
The Merdeka Center survey also confirmed the trend of the Chinese swing away from BN. Only 24.4% of Chinese voters supported the ruling coalition, a drop of just under 20% from 2008.
Following BN's inability to win two-thirds control of Parliament for the second consecutive election, Najib and other BN leaders accused the community of betrayal, coining the phrase "Chinese tsunami" to explain BN's poor electoral performance.
The Chinese swing away from BN was strongest in Johor, which the DAP targeted as a frontline state by fielding a few of its national leaders, including Lim Kit Siang.
The Chinese were 39.4% of the voters in Johor. In 2008, BN obtained 52.7% of their vote. On May 5, this figure dropped to 21.3%.
In Pahang, where there was much concern over the Lynas rare earth project and the use of cyanide in gold mines in Chinese-heavy constituencies, the swing was a hefty 28% away from BN. In 2008, 51.4% of the Chinese voters supported BN. This time, the vote sank to 23.4%
In Kuala Lumpur, where the Chinese were 53.8% of the voters, only 12.3% voted for BN this time, compared with 30.1% in 2008. – August 13, 2013.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Barisan Nasional would have lost without postal, advance votes, says Merdeka Center


AUGUST 12, 2013
LATEST UPDATE: AUGUST 12, 2013 09:38 AM
Numbers tell a story and the startling story that has emerged from studying the past general election results is this: Barisan Nasional could not have gone back to Putrajaya without the controversial postal and advanced votes system.
These votes alone gave BN victory in 22 parliamentary seats, which made all the difference. Without those 22 seats, BN would have tied with opposition Pakatan Rakyat at 111 seats.
Without those key postal and advanced votes, MIC would be without the two Cabinet ministers Datuk Seri S Subramaniam  (Segamat) and Datuk Seri G. Palanivel (Cameron Highlands).
Several seats in Johor and the Federal Territory would have also fallen to Pakatan Rakyat.
This new information was revealed in a voting pattern study by Merdeka Center, which was obtained by The Malaysian Insider.
Merdeka Center said that after stripping and analysing the data, it concluded that BN could have lost as many as 30 parliamentary seats if it did not win the postal/advance votes.
Data from different voting channels from the 222 parliamentary seats was analysed using a system designed to uncover natural groupings or clusters.
The study was able to show the voting patterns in GE13 and confirmed the rural and urban divide in Malaysia as well as the 20% swing of Chinese voters away from Barisan Nasional.
Merdeka Center noted that without advance and postal votes, BN would have lost 22 parliamentary seats. This finding will cause heartache for Opposition politicians who have been campaigning for the past few years for the abolishment of postal voters, arguing that it provides opportunities for fraud.
Following the general election on May 5, PKR, DAP and PAS filed petitions seeking to nullify election results in several constituencies.
Chief among their complaints was postal and advance voting fraud, pointing out that the few votes the Opposition received through these channels was far fewer than the support shown by ordinary voters across Malaysia.
The Election Commission (EC) said that there were some 372,000 advance or postal voters and they included security forces, EC workers and the media.
Their presence in any parliamentary constituency is significant considering how closely fought the election was. On average there was about 1,100 postal votes and 800 advance voters in every constituency.
The 30 parliamentary seats that BN could have lost without the postal/advance votes are: Segamat (93.3% of the postal and advance votes for BN), Bagan Serai (82.6% for BN), Muar (87.2% for BN), Pulai (88.8% for BN), Jerai (74.2% for BN), Balik Pulau (89.5% for BN), Machang (79.2% for BN), Labis (89.7% for BN), Kuala Selangor (71.7% for BN), Beaufort (71.7% for BN), Kuala Kangsar (76% for BN), Hulu Selangor (83.9% for BN), Sungai Besar (75.1% for BN), Baram (89.2% for BN), Kulim-Bandar Baharu (88.8% for BN), Pasir Gudang (89% for BN), Tangga Batu (86.4% for BN), Titiwangsa (78.9% for BN), Tasek Gelugor (68% for BN), Tenom (87.6% for BN), Bentong (89.9% for BN), CameronMIC president  Palanivel won his Cameron Highlands parliament seat thanks to the postal and advance votes. TMI pic, August 12 2013.MIC president Palanivel won his Cameron Highlands parliament seat thanks to the postal and advance votes. TMI pic, August 12 2013.Highlands (91.3% for BN), Merbok (80.5% for BN), Ketereh (81.6% for BN), Setiawangsa (81.9% for BN), Mas Gading (72.3% for BN), and Keningau (78.4% for BN).
Among the notable politicians in Parliament today only because of advance and postal votes is MIC's president Palanivel. He won his Cameron Highlands seat by only 462 votes. And this after snaring 91.3% of the advance and postal votes.
Also fortunate was Chua Tee Yong, MCA president Chua Soi Lek' son. He won the Labis seat by only 353 votes. His share of advance and postal votes: 89.7%.
In its report, Merdeka Center concluded that "the implication of advance and postal voting on this election will certainly figure strongly as civil society and the opposition continue to pressure the EC for further reforms of the electoral process." – August 12, 2013.

Friday, August 9, 2013

Pakatan: Lee Kuan Yew like Dr Mahathir, fears waxing opposition

By Boo Su-Lyn and Syed Jaymal Zahiid August 8, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 — Like Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Singapore’s founder Lee Kuan Yew is an “authoritarian figure” who fears the growth of Malaysia’s opposition force for the democratic principles may spread across the Causeway, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) MPs said.
Malaysia’s opposition parliamentarians suggested that the Singapore statesman’s recent disparaging remarks in his latest book is due to a mixture of envy and dread that the three-party pact appears to inspire among the island republic’s budding opposition seeking to challenge its ruling People’s Action Party (PAP).
“LKY is concerned with the maturity of Malaysian politics because like-minded Singaporeans are now looking to Indonesia and Malaysia as models for a more vibrant and mature democracy,” PKR’s Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli told The Malay Mail Online, referring to Lee by his initials.
“The fact that there is a two-party system now in Malaysia strikes fear in LKY’s heart,” said the strategy director of PKR, a founding partner in PR.
Rafizi was responding to the acid-tongue Lee — father to current Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong — who branded the Malaysian opposition bloc an “opportunistic ad-hoc group” that was not even held together by a “vaguely coherent set of ideas”, but by a “common desire to unseat the government” in his book “One Man’s View of the World”, launched on Tuesday.
Rafizi labelled the elder Lee an “authoritarian figure” and remarked on the former Singapore prime minister’s similarity to the latter’s contemporary and Malaysia’s fourth prime minister Dr Mahathir.
Dr Mahathir, Rafizi noted, had previously said in a comment on development in Malaysian politics that “the choice is always for the lesser between two evils”.
Tony Pua, the up-and-coming PKR leader’s PR ally from the DAP, also pointed out that Lee has “conveniently ignored the fact that Pakatan Rakyat has successfully administered Penang and Selangor over the past five years”.
“What is more, the people themselves have returned us to power with even greater majorities in the state assemblies,” the DAP national publicity secretary told The Malay Mail Online yesterday, referring to Malaysia’s May 5 general election that saw the BN cede more seats in the federal and state law-making Houses to PR.
The opposition also won 51 per cent of the popular vote, with the support coming mostly from the cities while the rural electorate remained a bedrock for the BN.
Pua said Lee and the PAP are probably ‘highly envious’ of Pakatan’s success.Pua said Lee and the PAP are probably ‘highly envious’ of Pakatan’s success.“This is as opposed to the trend in Singapore where PAP is tumbling down the slippery slope with significantly reduced majorities and popular votes.
“The ringing endorsement by the voters allows the track records and achievements of the so-called ‘dysfunctional’ Pakatan Rakyat to speak for itself,” the Petaling Jaya Utara MP said.
Pua said Lee and the PAP were probably “highly envious” of PR’s success.
Singapore’s long-dominant PAP, which the elder Lee had co-founded over half a century ago, lost two by-elections recently amid rising discontent in the city-state over housing, the high cost of living and immigration.
The ruling PAP, which has been in power for more than 50 years, also suffered its worst performance ever in the 2011 general election, where six opposition members — all from the Workers’ Party — were elected into the 87-seat Parliament.
The opposition’s victory in the by-election for the Punggol East district last January increased the parliamentary representation of the Workers’ Party to seven seats.
Lee had also written in his book that when it came to the crunch, PR would not be able to get rid of Malay supremacy.
“The moment the bluff is called and it is handed the full power to push ahead it will either be torn apart from within or be paralysed by indecision,” said Lee, who turns 90 next month.
Pua said in response that Lee, “possibly for vested interest”, appeared to be heeding Dr Mahathir’s advice that “it is better the devil you know”.
“It is regretted that LKY with his more sophisticated analytical skills chose to only look at things skin-deep in Malaysia,” said Pua.
“There is no question that DSAI is a Malay and he is Pakatan’s designated PM. But the failure to look beyond DSAI’s race means he has failed to appreciate the reforms which are the core planks of our manifesto.
“DSAI’s Malaysia’s Economic Agenda stipulates clearly that Malaysians will be given assistance based on needs, and not race,” he stressed, referring to Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
PAS central working committee member Khalid Samad said it was clear that Lee had not read PR’s “Buku Jingga”, a document containing the opposition pact’s reform plans for the country.
The Shah Alam MP noted that PR has “clear and distinct” policies, as shown in Selangor, which are “democratisation” and “emphasis on good governance.”
Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/pakatan-lky-like-dr-m-fears-waxing-opposition

Thursday, August 8, 2013

民聯領袖駁“投機”論,李光耀怕新加坡被比下去

民联此篇见解之后是李光耀著作见解
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(吉隆坡7日訊)公正黨副主席蔡添強及伊斯蘭黨中委卡立沙末認為,新加坡建國總理李光耀發表傾向國陣維持大馬政權的言論,其實是擔心若民聯上台會對新加坡構成威脅。
卡立沙末認為,李光耀擔心若大馬出現一個比國陣更有效率及透明的政府,將導致新加坡面對更大的競爭。
卡立否認民聯缺乏清晰理念
“新加坡目前比大馬佔優,因為大馬政府非常貪污及缺乏效率。”
卡立針對李光耀在新書對民聯發表的看法,接受星洲日報訪問時說,國陣是一個衰弱及貪污的政府,並且沒有奉行良好施政的原則,相比之下,若新加坡與民聯共事,新加坡將無法像過去一樣隨心所欲,通過國陣獲得許多良好的待遇。
詢及李光耀形容民聯是投機主義及缺乏清晰理念,他否認此事,並表示民聯的橙皮書已清楚列明民聯三黨的共同政策,即會採納良好施政、杜絕朋黨及貪污。
針對李光耀不看好民聯可以消除馬來人特權及處理馬來人至上(Malay Suplemancy)衍生的情況,他說,馬來人至上並沒有任何種族超越任何種族問題,只是要確保馬來人不會在發展過程中被忽略。
“這是必要的事,因為馬來人是我國的大多數民族,我們也不想看到國家發展後,馬來人卻被排除在城市外的情況。”
他指出,民聯也會確保沒有任何民族被忽視,這是憲法的一部份,而憲法也是成立大馬的成果。
詢及李光耀認為若伊黨無法取得大多數議席或擁有否決權,民聯無法獲得實質意義進展,他說,伊黨正在努力獲得大多數馬來人的支持,以便增加民聯的議席,若民聯能夠組成政府,將會執行《橙皮書》的方針。
蔡添強:李光耀有成見
另外,蔡添強認為,李光耀已落伍,跟不上時代發展,看不到民聯提出的替代預算方案及競選宣言,以致他的看法非常片面及具有成見。
“反之51%的大馬民眾及新聞界都看清楚,民聯的(良好施政)立場比巫統還要鮮明。”
他認為,李光耀是希望巫統能夠保住政權,因為若大馬變天,新加坡也會受到波及,這與大馬政府非常害怕印尼變天的原因一樣。(星洲日報)

来源:http://news.sinchew.com.my/topic/node/399582
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李光耀:無共同理念只想拉倒國陣‧“民聯是投機分子”

(雪蘭莪‧八打靈再也7日訊)新加坡建國總理李光耀將民聯形容為“一個沒有任何共同理念,只為把政府拉下馬的投機分子”,並表示民聯要在近期內入主布城,恐怕機會渺茫。
李光耀在其新著作《李光耀看世界》中說,民聯三黨面臨結構和理念上的差異,即使成功入主布城,也將因伊斯蘭黨而無法塑造新的種族關係。
會因伊黨而分裂“只要民聯還未執政並施行多元種族政策,聯盟就能維持外表上的和諧統一。然而當要作出重大決定的時候,他們就不能不面對`馬來人至上’的理念問題。到時民聯將從內部開始分裂,或因遲遲無法作出決定而癱瘓。”
他說,假設民聯成功執政,以馬來穆斯林為主的伊斯蘭黨,將阻止他們採取進一步的改革措施。
“相信就算伊斯蘭黨沒有在聯盟中獲得多數議席,也將擁有足夠的議席以進行否決。而只要伊斯蘭黨這麼一做,該黨就將陷入和巫統一樣的情況,必須面對來自馬來社會基層的壓力。”
他進一步推論說,只要維持“馬來人至上”的理念,相信民聯能做的改變有限。


Wednesday, August 7, 2013

“牧师”与“神父”

相关新闻报道在我的文章之后
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    媒体中(包括报纸)一些用词和翻译,若用错了就令读者一头雾水,甚至让人对受影响的人士或事物产生误解。

        一篇报道关于某作者写了一本小册子,名为《一个公道者(中央改选的诈骗)》,作者署名为“Father Augustus Chen”,但他却被翻译为“陈奥吉斯特牧师”。我对“陈奥吉斯特”没有异议,但“Father”被翻译为是“牧师”就是属于误导性的。

        正确的翻译是“神父”,所以必须翻译为“陈奥吉斯特神父”。马来西亚人对基督教和天主教的分别缺乏了解有两大原因,一、我们全国只有10%的人数;二、人民一般没兴趣研究自己以外的宗教。全世界信仰基督的只分为三大类:罗马天主教,基督教,和东正教,而第三类在大马乃是稀少的。

        打理天主教会圣职的,被称为神父;打理基督教会圣职的是牧师。我是基督教会的牧师,但我却常常被人称为神父,这种缺乏认知情况即可见一斑!当我告诉人我是有家庭的,有些人即刻感到惊讶,问“牧师怎么也可以结婚呢?”这样的反应让我啼笑皆非!事实上,天主教会的神父是不可以结婚的,上述人士发出惊讶显示他们把牧师和神父参杂来看待!

        同时,“Augustus”是天主教会信徒普遍的名字,一般上基督教会的信徒是不会采用的。我建议媒体在翻译与基督教相关的东西时,不妨询问教会的圣职人员。

        关于行动党要求作者在七天的时间现身,我很支持这点。因为如果敢用到“神父”的身分控诉别人的话,那人应该勇敢站出来证明自己不是一个幽灵。(我本身不认为是一个神父作这样事的)。一个真人敢用宗教的名,为什么不可以诚实地现身呢?不然的话,我感到遗憾大马的政治已经来到利用宗教来进行自己议程的状况。烟蒂不灭,足以燎原!宗教本应该教人诚实,无奈却有人躲在宗教后面放马后炮(即说放宗教后炮)。

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“陳奧吉斯特”有膽請現身‧林吉祥左右開弓


(吉隆坡6日訊)民主行動黨國會領袖兼振林山國會議員林吉祥今日表示,他將給予虛構的“陳奧吉斯特牧師”七天的時間現身以證明他不是個“幽靈”,到時如果沒人出現,社團註冊局總監是否準備檢討他下令行動黨進行中央執行委員會重選的決定?
林吉祥發表文告說,他之前曾說被巫統/國陣政治人物及社團註冊局總監當作權威來引用的冊子《一個公道的報導(中央改選的詐騙)》的“作者”“陳奧吉斯特牧師”完全是個由巫統/國陣“戰情室”心理戰運動在第13屆大選後所憑空捏造出來的虛構人物。
與巫統黨選有關
“今天,我們確認了我之前的懷疑,即所有污蔑行動黨中央執行委員會選舉出現舞弊的謊言都跟即將來臨的巫統黨選有著密切的關聯,今天的馬來西亞前鋒報報導,國內貿易、合作社及消費部長兼巫統瓜拉庇朥區國會議員拿督哈山馬力被證實他會在10月的巫統黨選中競選巫統最高理事會一職。”
哈山馬力在上週末摘錄了“陳奧吉斯特牧師”的“大作”來作為他支持社團註冊局總監拿督阿都拉曼奧曼下令行動黨進行中央執行委員會重選的決定。”
他說,內閣部長如哈山馬力者及社團註冊局總監是否準備擔保“陳奧吉斯特牧師”實有其人,而非巫統/國陣“戰情室”心理戰運動在第13屆大選後所憑空捏造以用來對付行動黨的虛構人物?
林吉祥表示,他不反對行動黨進行執委會重選,因為那只會有助於揭露所謂行動黨執委會選舉出現舞弊的指責為一派胡言及污蔑的國陣政治陰謀。但這事涉及重要的公法原則,即社團註冊局總監下令任何政黨進行重選的決定皆須是基於有效和合理的理由的。
他說,巫統、馬華及民政黨將在未來數月間陸續進行他們的黨選。
他說,社團註冊局總監是否敢說他也有權利根據社團註冊局所接到的任何投訴,不管有關投訴曾否被傳到有關政黨的手上,即在不提供任何有效和合理的理由的情況下,下令巫統、馬華或民政黨進行重選?(星洲日報)