WSJ: Najib used 1MDB's funds for GE13

4:15PM Jun 19, 2015

A Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report today claimed that 1MDB's funds were used to bankroll Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's campaign in the 13th general election.

The report said this was achieved by having 1MDB make overpriced purchase of power assets from Genting Group in 2012.

Genting then made a donation to a foundation controlled by Najib before the 13th general election and it claimed the funds were used for campaigning.

"The 1MDB fund in October 2012 acquired a Genting unit that owned a 75 percent stake in a 720-megawatt gas-fired power plant near Kuala Lumpur.

"The price, which was equivalent to about US$740 million at the time, came to RM2.3 billion.

"A few months after the sale, a unit of Genting called Genting Plantations Bhd made a donation of about US$10 million to a Najib-linked charity, according to a spokesperson for Genting Plantations," said the report.

The foundation, WSJ said, was Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia, which lists Najib as chairperson on its website.

"Though set up to help underprivileged Malaysians through education and sport, this charity soon got involved in spending that appeared designed to help Najib retain power in the May 2013 election," it said.

1MDB, which has accumulated RM41.8 billion in debt, is owned by the Finance Ministry, a portfolio held by Najib.

'Spent millions'

WSJ said 1MDB's purchase of Genting's stake in the power asset was around five times what it was then worth.

"The price, which was equivalent to about US$740 million at the time, came to RM2.3 billion.

"Genting later reported it had a 1.9 billion ringgit extraordinary gain on this sale, implying a value for its stake in the power plant of just 400 million ringgit - or less than one-fifth what 1MDB paid for it.

"In a second sign that 1MDB paid a high price, the fund’s financial statement for the fiscal year ended in March 2013 said the power unit’s property, plant and equipment were worth a little under RM500 million at the time of acquisition," it said.
 

WSJ said the "donations" to Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia were then poured into the election campaign in Penang for BN's bid to recapture the state.

"It and other charities linked to the government spent millions of dollars before the voting in Penang, a northern state that was an important election battleground.

"Najib visited Penang during the campaign and announced that Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia would donate RM2 million to two local schools.

"These schools serve Chinese communities that are not a poor demographic but whose support would be crucial to win votes in the area," it said.

'Goldman pushed to raise money before GE13'

It said regulators found the charity had failed to file its required financial status since 2013.

WSJ added that Goldman Sachs, which received a handsome commission for raising US$3 billion (RM11.22 billion) in bonds for 1MDB, was pressed to do so quickly shortly before the general election.

"Goldman Sachs Group Inc arranged the bond sale and took on extra risk to get the deal done quickly at 1MDB’s request, according to a person familiar with the matter, earning unusually high profits as a result," it said.

Shortly after the general election, Kinibiz reported that Genting made an unexpected RM190 million in donations, believed to be related to the election.

"Analysts were puzzled that the Genting group made such a huge donation, and that too spread out over several companies, in just one quarter, significantly impacting its bottom line.

"They speculated that the so-called donations could be election-related, using charities as fronts. It is normally unthinkable that such large contributions were made to charities, Kinibiz quoted an analyst as saying.

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) did not directly address the allegation in the WSJ report.

“Unfortunately, the prime minister’s political opponents, unwilling to accept his record or the facts, continue to try to undermine him with baseless smears and rumours for pure political gain," the PMO told WSJ.

WSJ said it was told by 1MDB to refer the matter to Genting. Genting Group declined to comment.

Malaysiakini has contacted the PMO, 1MDB and Genting Group on the WSJ report and is awaiting their responses.

Source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/302433

PAS, do you know what is "once bitten, twice shy"?

4:00PM Jun 9, 2015
By Allen Tan

Source of pic: http://www.bharian.com.my/node/41303

PAS, I am so sorry that you may not gain the trust from the non-Muslims, especially from me, again. You have voted to sever relationship with DAP without a debate. You played this game so that all the conservative leaders were voted into the top leadership.

Why were those conservatives so afraid of debate? Because you know the more you debate, the more truth would be seen. For a party which embraces extreme Islam, democracy is seen as a White People’s game!

For the past seven years since the 12th general election (GE) in 2008, your behaviour within Pakatan Rakyat was rather dubious, as you have not given up the hudud agenda completely. True enough, this year you have submitted a private member’s bill to Parliament to seek approval for hudud in Kelantan.

In fact, your ambition to implement hudud is not confined to a single state. You hoped to spread it like wildfire to all states. You even hoped to make Malaysia an Islamic state by forming a unity government with Umno.

PAS made a blunder by wrongly interpreting the last two GE results. Firstly, PAS did worse in the Parliament seats in the 13th GE than the previous one. So they thought they must be more Islamic in order to gain better Muslim support.

Secondly, PAS had gained more non-Muslim support from in the last two GEs, so they took for granted that the latter had no problems with hudud. They tried to test the ground by pressing for the hudud agenda more vigorously. And the result - a disaster! It backfired! Such a foolish move is likened to one hitting one’s own foot with a stone.

It was not Pakatan which betrayed PAS but rather the reverse. DAP criticised PAS out of principle. PAS passed the motion to sever relationship with DAP like it was child’s play. Now PAS is still considering whether to uphold the motion which was passed. PAS, do you know what is ‘once bitten, twice shy?’ It was not only DAP which was hurt, but entire non-Muslims who voted for PAS!

Now, what would I think the next move for Pakatan should be? Either PAS or DAP must leave Pakatan. The coalition could never remain status quo. Because you will never know what PAS would do if Pakatan were to win the next GE. PAS would likely join BN and the latter would rule again. Therefore, a status quo Pakatan will see defeat, because where PAS candidates are, non-Muslims will not vote for them.

MCA and Gerakan will increase their attack on Pakatan over hudud, too.

Abolish the name of ‘Pakatan Rakyat’

As such, I would suggest DAP and PKR to cooperate again, and let there be a new party, say PasMa, to join up together with them. The name of ‘Pakatan Rakyat’ must be abolished in order to kick out PAS, and a new name be replaced. It must be done immediately so that all the voters must get familiarised with the new PasMa party logo.

However, I have a little bit of concern, that is, the Registrar of Societies (ROS) could be a stumbling block. It would delay PasMa’s approval until the last minute. For example, even at this moment, DAP is still in trouble with ROS over which it has yet to receive an official letter from ROS to recognise its party election results which took place several years ago. Could ROS play up with DAP again before GE14?

Malaysia is definitely in need of intervention from God. Let us continue to pray so that Malaysia will move in God’s direction. We need to have a strong opposition coalition to directly fight with BN in GE14. We need to have more people irrespective of race and religion who are righteous to join DAP, PKR and PasMa, since our electoral system is not free and fair. We bless Malaysia and pray that a new Malaysia will rise up which will be a blessing to the nations!

Also published in: http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/301243

Will we, the 52%, strike back?

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By Haris Ibrahim

 

11.2 million registered voters cast their votes at the poll at the last general election. 52% voted for a regime change in Putrajaya. I was one of them.

Since the result was announced, to this day I feel cheated.

This week I chatted with Maria Chin Abdullah and Wong Piang Yow on the 'Agree to Disagree…with Haris Ibrahim' show.

And over the last few days, I have ploughed through the report of The People’s Tribunal on the 13^th General Election.

On the Election Commission, the tribunal reported, at page 60 of the report, that it is “hard to escape the conclusion that the EC of Malaysia was designed as an instrument of the ruling party to keep it in power”.

On the matter of constituency boundaries, the tribunal reported that “It is hard to see how having one constituency nine times the size of another in terms of electorate can be described as ‘approximately equal’.

"The EC failed to implement the principle of equal representation in apportionment and districting…there is considerable evidence that these anomalies work in one direction only: to the benefit of the ruling coalition."

To make a long story short, a major factor that led to the 52% being cheated at the 13^th GE was the extensive malapportionment and gerrymandering that afflict our constituencies.

The EC has announced that it is ready to kick off a delimitation exercise which will entail a re-drawing of constituency boundaries, that may even lead to an increase in the number of constituencies, both parliamentary and state.

Should we hope that the EC will look to re-draw boundaries with a view to, as best as it can, equalize the constituencies, or will it continue to serve “as an instrument of the ruling party to keep it in power”?

Maria says she does not trust the EC to serve the interests of the Rakyat.

I, too, do not trust it.

And Wong takes the view that this delimitation exercise offers us, the 52%, the best opportunity to right the inherent wrongs in our present constituency boundaries.

“Haris, we will not have another opportunity like this for another 50 years," was how he put it.

Two things, according to Wong, can be achieved if we are permitted to effectively exercise our constitutional right with regard to this imminent delimitation exercise.

First, we can work towards equalizing our constituencies, aspiring towards achieving the ideal of 1 person, 1 vote, 1 value throughout the constituencies.

Second, and this will go a long way towards helping us achieve the first, to prevent the increase in the number of parliamentary constituencies from the existing 222, which, according to Wong, already far exceeds the number that we actually need.

What is this constitutional right that Wong speaks of? Under the constitution, once the proposed delimitation has been duly gazetted, there is a 30-day period during which objections may be lodged with the EC by a minimum of 100 registered voters in a particular constituency in respect of the proposed re-drawing of that constituency boundary.

Wong warns, however, that there are barriers to the effective exercise of this constitutional right that you and I have.

First, the period for objection is very short: 30 days. Then, you need to have at least 99 others to make up the requisite 100 objectors.

Then comes the biggest barrier.

EC's not being forthcoming with the information that you will need. Let me illustrate this point. I vote in PJ Selatan and Bukit Gasing. EC has just gazetted its proposed delimitation for the whole country. My 30-day period to object has started.

The proposed new boundaries for PJ Selatan and Bukit Gasing are on display at, say, the MBPJ building.

Great. I go and look at it.

But I want to compare this with that of the 21 other parliamentary and 55 other state constituencies in Selangor to see if they are ‘approximately equal’, as stipulated in the 13^th Schedule of the Constitution. No maps of the other constituencies are on display at MBPJ. They are not available online on the EC website.

I call EC and it informs me that I can view the maps of all the other constituencies at the various district offices in all the constituencies!

I tell EC I don’t have the time to go through the state to sight the maps, so I wish to purchase them from EC.

Sorry, not for sale.

So, before the expiry of the 30-day objection period, I will have to travel through the state to the various district offices to sight and make sense of these maps!

Not just me, but 99 others!

So much for EC’s 'Cekap & Iklas' slogan that stares at you when you go to its website!

Are we, the 52%, going to allow the EC to get away with this?

Or do we strike back?

Source: http://www.rakyattimes.com/index.php/columnist/1612-will-we-the-52-strike-back-haris-ibrahim

根据情报，民联可赢145国席

呼吁选举委员会召开跨党派圆桌会议，使所有政党在第13届全国大选摒弃恐惧与威迫政治，并接受任何和平与民主的政权更迭

我呼吁选举委员会召开跨党派圆桌会议，使所有政党在第13届全国大选摒弃恐惧与威迫政治，并接受任何和平与民主的政权更迭，不论是在联邦或州级，倘若这是选票箱显示的最终结果。

这是最为紧迫且是必要的，因为原因有二：第一，充斥恐惧、威迫、流氓与暴力的骯脏政治在第13届全国大选迫在眉睫之际，有日益增加的趋势；第二，第13届全国大选极有可能是国家独立56年以来首次通过民主程序实现政党轮替，国阵联邦政府将会下台，并由民联取代在布城成立新联邦政府。

我获得讯息显示武吉阿曼和国防部情报单位不排除国阵将会在第13届全国大选中落马。根据一项来自武吉阿曼情报单位的推测，尽管我无法证实有关资讯是否真正出自警方，显示第13届全国大选的最后国会议席成绩极有可能如下：

州属	民联	国阵
玻璃市	1	2
吉打	13	2
吉兰丹	13	1
登嘉楼	4	4
槟城	12	1
霹雳	18	6
彭亨	5	9
雪兰莪	20	2
吉隆坡	10	1
布城	0	1
森美兰	6	2
马六甲	2	4
柔佛	12	14
纳闽	1	0
沙巴	12	13
砂拉越	16	15
总数	145	77

根据上述预测，民联将会赢得145个国会议席，而国阵则会赢得77个国会议席，多数议席为68席。

这项成绩也超越我之前希望民联能在第13届全国大选取得的“梦幻”成绩 —— 即赢得125个国会议席或28个多数议席，分别是人民公正党夺下45席，而民主行动党和伊斯兰党则个别斩获40席。

随着马来西亚在独立半世纪之后极有可能在历史上首次实现民主政权轮替，选举委员会和警察必须肩负重任，确保有关民主政权移交仪式是在和平及有秩序的方式之下进行。

我对前总警长丹斯里慕沙哈山敦促政治人物应该停止“向人民散播恐惧”、停止发表足以导致种族关系紧张或暴动的言论表示欢迎，尤其是来届全国大选极有可能发生政权轮替。

慕沙是在吉隆坡一场关于顺利与和平移交政权的论坛上引述巫统妇女组主席莎莉扎和前首相马哈迪在最近发表的言论例子提出警示。

莎莉扎是於去年11月在巫统全国代表大会发表政策演词时警告1969年513暴动事件可能重演，而马哈迪则於最近在他的部落格上污蔑我到振林山参选是要离间华人和马来人。

“身为领袖，他们应当劝诫人民在选择属意的政府时保持冷静”，退休后频频对外发言的慕沙如此说道。

慕沙补充：“对我而言，这些言论很大程度上已经构成煽动罪。”

一名前总警长认为一名前首相已经构成煽动罪名，这是一个奇妙个案。但总检察长丹斯里阿都干尼会否秉持独立和专业操守，拘捕并提控已经触犯煽动罪行的前首相敦马哈迪，因为他试图在种族间制造矛盾并恐吓选民，以至他们无法自由行使宪法赋予投票的权利。

慕沙批评警方在对付巫统与国阵的肇事者时无法表现独立与专业，我对此表示全面认同。

慕沙也认为，倘若5月5日果真实现政权轮替，执法单位急需获得全面性的改革。

民联承诺将会全面改革警队，使大众恢复对警方办事效率、专业与独立的信心，籍以减低犯罪，为所有公民、投资者和游客重新带来一个安全的国家与公共环境。此外，民联也将成立独立警方投诉及违例委员会（IPCMC），着手处理公众对警察滥用权力和贪污的投诉。

这两项议程将会是民联在第13届全国大选之后成立新联邦政府所要落实的首要议程。

来源：http://cblog.limkitsiang.com/?p=3722#more-3722

Pakatan Rakyat will win 145 Parliament Seats

Call on Election Commission to convene an all-party roundtable conference for all political parties to forswear the politics of fear and blackmail in 13GE and to accept any peaceful and democratic change of government

I call the Election Commission to convene an all-party roundtable conference for all political parties to forswear the politics of fear and blackmail in the 13th General Elections and to accept any peaceful and democratic change of government, whether at the Federal or state level, if this is the verdict of the electorate.

This is most urgent and imperative for two reasons: firstly, the increasing incidents of the politics of fear, blackmail, gangsterism and violence in the run-up to the 13GE; secondly, the possibility that the 13GE will herald the first change of federal government in 56 years through the ballot box, namely the formation of a Pakatan Rakyat Federal Government in Putrajaya following the ousting of the Barisan Nasional Federal Government through the democratic process.

I have received information that the Bukit Aman and Defence Ministry intelligence do not rule out the defeat of Barisan Nasional in the 13GE. According to one Bukit Aman intelligence estimate, which I cannot verify whether it is from the police or not, the possible outcome of the 13GE for parliamentary elections is as follows:

State	PR	BN
Perlis	1	2
Kedah	13	2
Kelantan	13	1
Terengganu	4	4
Penang	12	1
Perak	18	6
Pahang	5	9
Selangor	20	2
Wilayah Per.	10	1
Putrajaya	0	1
Negri Sembilan	6	2
Melaka	2	4
Johor	12	14
Labuan	1	0
Sabah	12	13
Sarawak	16	15
Total	145	77

According to this estimate, PR will win 145 parliamentary seats compared to 77 for Barisan Nasional – or a majority of 68 seats.

This is well beyond my “dream” results for the Pakatan Rakyat in the 13GE – which is PR winning 125 parliamentary seats or a majority of 28, distributed evenly among PKR with 45 seats and DAP and PAS each winning 40 seats.

With the possibility for the first time in more than five decades of Malaysian history of a democratic transition of power through the ballot box, the onus is both on the Election Commission and the police to ensure that a democratic transition of power will be a peaceful and orderly one.

I welcome the reminder by the former Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Musa Hassan urging politicians to stop “putting fear in people” by making statements about possible racial tension or riots should there be a change in government in the general election.

Musa took issue at a forum on smooth and peaceful transition of power in Kuala Lumpur with recent statements by both Umno Wanita chief Shahrizat Jalil and former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Shahrizat had warned of a repeat of the May 13, 1969 racial riots during her policy speech at the Umno general assembly November last year, while Mahathir recentlywrote on his blog that I would attempt to drive a wedge between the Chinese and the Malays in my campaign for Gelang Patah.

“As leaders, they should advise the people to be calm in selecting a government of their choice,” said Musa, who has been vocal in his opinions since his retirement.

Musa said: “For me, (the statements) are almost like sedition (menghasut).”

Here is a case where a former Inspector-General of Police is of the view that a former Prime Minister had been guilty of sedition. But would the Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail act independently and professionally to arrest and charge the former Prime Minister, Tun Mahathir, for the offence of sedition in raising the spectre of racial conflict to scare the voters from freely exercising their constitutional right to vote.

I fully endorse Musa’s criticism of the police authorities for failing to act independently and professionally where the culprits come from UMNO and Barisan Nasional.

Musa argued that the enforcement system would need an overhaul should there be a change of government in the May 5 election.

The Pakatan Rakyat is fully committed to bring about such an enforcement of the police force, to ensure that the police could restore public confidence in their efficiency, professionalism and independence so that they could reduce crime and make the country and public places safe again for citizens, investors and tourists as well as establish an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commssion (IPCMC) to deal with public complaints of abuses of power and corruption against the police.

These two items will be among the top agendas of a new PR Federal Government after the 13GE.

Source: http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2013/04/17/call-on-election-commission-to-convene-an-all-party-roundtable-conference-for-all-political-parties-to-forswear-the-politics-of-fear-and-blackmail-in-13ge-and-to-accept-any-peaceful-and-democratic-cha/

Pakatan uses Zul Noordin’s BN ticket to woo Indian votes

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
APRIL 17, 2013

Indians protest against Zulkfili in Brickfields, March 31, 2013. — File picIPOH, April 17 ― The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is using Datuk Zulkifli Noordin’s Shah Alam contest as campaign fodder to win Indian support, telling Malaysia’s largest Indian-majority state seat here that Barisan Nasional’s (BN) endorsement of the Muslim hardliner in Election 2013 was an insult to the community.

To a crowd of some 500 people at the Taman Buntong Harmoni flats here, DAP leaders took turns to encourage Indian voters to reject BN in the May 5 polls for “promoting” Zulkifli, who has been accused of spewing racial slurs at Indians

“Zul Noordin... he insulted the Hindus and yet, he was given the Shah Alam seat... it was a gift given by Najib. We don’t want that,” Perak DAP state committee member Dr V. Jayabalan told the crowd.

Buntong, a state seat in the DAP-held Ipoh Barat parliamentary constituency, is said to be home to the country’s largest Indian community, which make up 48 per cent of the 22,907-strong electorate, followed by the Chinese at 44 per cent and Malays at six per cent.

BN chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak confirmed Zulkifli’s candidacy in Shah Alam when unveiling the pact’s Selangor list yesterday, allowing the Kulim Bandar Baharu incumbent to contest directly on a BN ticket.

The decision earned the caretaker prime minister much criticism, largely due to Zulkifli’s reputation as a Muslim hardliner, his post as the vice-president of Malay right wing group Perkasa, and the recent controversy over his insults against the Hindu community.

“He (Najib) boasted that 33 per cent of BN’s [parliamentary] candidates are new faces. I am shocked that in the 33 per cent, he included these kinds of people ― (those) who utter racial slurs inside and outside Parliament, who create racial disharmony,” incumbent Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran told The Malaysian Insider at the sidelines of the ceramah here.

“The way he (Zulkifli) runs down the Indian community, I am surprised that the PM can think of him as a ‘winnable’ candidate.

“Oh, yes, I will be mentioning this in all my ceramahs,” the DAP national deputy chairman added.

Ipoh Barat is a federal seat with the second-largest ratio of registered Indian voters in the country, with the community making up 25 per cent of its over 77,000 voters.

A video of Zulkifli uttering the word “Keling”, which Malaysians of Indian descent consider derogatory, went viral recently, just days after another video was released in which he questioned an Indian trader on why Hindu gods did not prevent the man’s shop from being flooded, drawing the wrath of Hindus.

Once a lawyer for opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Zulkifli had also questioned the purity of the Ganges River, also known as Ganga in India, which is considered sacred by Hindus.

A. Sivanesan, another Perak DAP state committee chairman, reminded the ceramah crowd last night that leaders in BN component party MIC had just recently lambasted Zulkifli for his insensitive remarks.

He pointed out that S. Vell Paari, the son of former MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, had even said that his party would lose Indian support to PR if no action is taken against the controversial Zulkifli.

“Today, I issue a challenge to him (Vell), to the MIC... since BN has promoted Zul Noordin to contest in Parliament, allowing him to become a legislator, what is going to happen to the MIC vote? Will they return to Pakatan?” Sivanesan asked.

The Sungkai incumbent said Zulkifli’s insults have hurt many Indians here and Najib’s selection of the controversial leader to represent BN in Shah Alam was a direct affront to the minority group.

He reminded that Shah Alam had been the site of the infamous “cowhead protest” in August 2008, when right-wing Malay groups dragged the bloodied head of the animal to the state secretariat building to rally against the state government’s decision to shift a Hindu temple to a Malay-majority residential neighbourhood.

“And now you bring a person from Perkasa, you put him there to contest as a BN candidate... this Zul Noordin thing will only work to our benefit,” Sivanesan said.

Zulkifli became a BN-friendly Independent MP and critical of the opposition when he was dismissed from PKR on March 6, 2010 over a police report he lodged against Shah Alam incumbent Khalid Abdul Samad.

Umno candidate Datuk Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin lost to Khalid in 2008 with a 9,314 majority. In 2004, he had won against Khalid with a 13,410 majority.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/pakatan-uses-zul-noordins-bn-ticket-to-woo-indian-votes/

林吉祥：国阵有图谋‧振林山非巫华之战

2013-04-16 16:28

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  眾人一同推介“吉祥力拼，全民力挺＂全民运动。（图：星洲日报）

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（柔佛‧新山17日讯）行动党顾问林吉祥表示，国阵政府要把今届大选的“振林山之役＂弄成是华人与马来人之战。

他指出，振林山之役不是马来人与华人之战，而是为所有马来西亚人著想，为爭取一个公平和理想的国家而奋斗。

他说，行动党將於近日推出一本书，以证明他是为所有族群爭取权益的。

林吉祥昨晚出席该党振林山区联委会，在皇后花园拉沙那2路举行的政治演说时，这么表示。

指国阵图抹黑

他透露，国阵企图抹黑他，指他是反马来人和反伊斯兰的人士。

林吉祥昨日到檳城协助推介檳州民联的竞选宣言，他过后乘坐晚间班机赶返柔州。

作为压轴主讲人的林吉祥於昨晚11时50分从士乃机场赶抵现场。他一到场，即获得现场观眾报以热烈掌声。

这场群眾大会於午夜12时20分结束。

在这之前，行动党多位领袖及准候选人已先后主讲，包括柔佛再也准候选人廖彩彤、新山彭加兰岭顶区准候选人杨敦祥、居鑾准候选人刘镇东、明吉摩准候选人陈泓宾、该党妇女组主席章瑛和妇女组副宣传黄书琪、该党柔州主席兼士姑来准候选人巫程豪和柔州中委曾笳恩等。

上台演讲者皆批评国阵政府腐败，促民眾一定要出来投票，以实现人民改朝换代的梦想。

另外，眾演讲者也不忘嘲讽马华借出振林山，是有借不还。章瑛更將之比喻成“老虎借猪，有去无回＂。

在林吉祥抵达会场之前，约莫晚上10时，刘镇东带领眾人一同推介“吉祥力拼，全民力挺＂全民运动，呼吁大家支持林吉祥，以便为振林山国会选区创造奇蹟。

指马华借出振林山开先例

林吉祥揶揄马华，指马华把拥有53%华裔选民的振林山国会选区借给巫统，可谓立下第一次先例。

他说，若以上述比率作为可借出选区的標准，则马华在全国应借给巫统的国席多达25个，如此的话，马华不如“关门＂。

来源：http://news.sinchew.com.my/node/289750?tid=1

好消息 -- 旺沙馬朱馬華：確保沙菲益慘敗

2013-04-16 07:33

（吉隆坡15日訊）馬華旺沙馬朱區會大選行動室主任林春洪說，馬華基層對國陣主席拿督斯里納吉委派拿督沙菲益阿都拉出征旺沙馬朱國席的決定感到失望，馬華區會維持不助選的議決，同時將展開一系列的反擊行動，要給國陣“好看＂及確保沙菲益慘敗。

姚長祿將暫時離開

他披露，馬華區會將通知媒體有關他們下一步“反擊行動＂的詳情，他們勢必要在全國各地掀起反風，他們也不怕被國陣採取紀律行動。

“國陣精神已蕩然無存，因此在行動時根本不必顧慮國陣精神。＂他今日對星洲日報說，馬華旺沙馬朱區會主席拿督姚長祿知道自己無緣上陣後，今午與區會領袖召開約1小時的緊急會議，姚長祿對納吉的決定感到非常遺憾和失望，但他會遵從納吉的決定。

也是馬華旺沙馬朱區會組織秘書的林春洪說，姚長祿將會“離開一段時間＂，惟他沒有說明將在何時離開，以及前往何地。

他指出，儘管姚長祿在2008年大選中敗陣，但他仍然留在原地服務，並通過自掏腰包和尋找贊助商的方式，在過去5年動用250萬令吉維持服務中心的運作、舉辦活動及捐款給弱勢群體，但最終換來的是無緣上陣。

形容納吉“自取滅亡＂

他形容納吉的決定是“自取滅亡＂，馬華區會也對馬華領導層“出借＂旺沙馬朱國席的決定感到痛心，不過，他強調本身不會退黨。

針對馬華中委會已議決任何在大選中扯後腿的黨員將被開除黨籍一事，林春洪說，他們並不擔心，並指若馬華要採取紀律行動，首先應該開除總會長拿督斯里蔡細歷。

“因為中委會已議決，馬華要極力爭取在旺沙馬朱國席上陣，但蔡細歷並沒有這樣做。＂另外，本報記者嘗試聯絡姚長祿回應此事卻不果。

来源：http://news.sinchew.com.my/topic/node/373704?tid=844

Bishop Paul Tan condemns ‘Sunday’ polling

RK Anand

 | April 15, 2013

Bishop Paul Tan says the decision to hold polling on a Sunday, reflects the callous insensitivity towards Christians.

PETALING JAYA: The Election Commission’s decision to hold the 13th general election on a Sunday has earned the wrath of a senior clergyman.

Bishop Paul Tan condemned it as a reflection of the callous insensitivity towards Christians here.

He said that despite the government knowing that Sunday is a holy day where Christians must go to Church and worship God, EC has fixed May 5 for polling.

“This disrespect of the government of the Christian rights is to be denounced. It just proves that the government is not sincere in its 1Malaysia slogan,” added the head of the Malacca and Johor diocese.

Tan noted that the voting in the last two general elections was held on a Saturday which is ideal for the discharge of the civic obligation to vote, particularly in a country that adheres to a five-day work week.

Of a sudden, he said, this time the vote has been fixed for a Sunday which would be disruptive to Christians wanting to acquit themselves of their religious and civic duties on the same day.

The vocal bishop said the decision to hold the vote on a Sunday is characteristic of the government’s insensitivity to Christians as reflected by the immunity conferred on some politicians who engaged in stoking unfounded fears of Christian proselytisation of Muslims and even threatened to burn the bible.

“This decision to hold the vote on a Sunday caps a series of actions or their lack which in combination reflect callous insensitivity to the feelings of Christians in Malaysia,” he added.

‘Consider carefully before voting’

Stopping short of calling on Christians to vote for the opposition, Tan said for this reason, he would urge the Catholics in his diocese to consider carefully before voting.

“The BN government is demonstrably false in respect of its slogan of 1Malaysia which we understand to be a call to build a united nation. The slogan has been honoured more in the breach than in the observance,” he added.

Tan also revealed that in his diocese there are many priests who have to return to their original residence where they have registered as voters.

And now, he said, they are caught in a dilemma: to say Mass (the Catholic way of worshipping God and receiving His blessings) or to return to vote.

“I too am caught in this situation as I am unable to return to Petaling Jaya, where I am registered as a voter, to cast my vote,” he added.

Tan also pointed out that there are Christian workers attached to Churches in the diocese and are now finding it hard to return to their hometown to vote.

“What about people living in the interior like the Orang Asli in Sabah and Sarawak. They too will be caught in such a dilemma,” he stressed.

At the last census conducted by the Catholic Church, the Catholic population was placed at 926,000 among 2.2 million Christians in an overall population of 28 million.

Following several controversies, which have placed the church and the government at loggerheads, observers note that vexed Christian voters might punish the ruling coalition in the coming polls.

Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/04/15/bishop-condemns-sunday-polling/

ANWAR FRENZY at Malay heartland rally: Unveils star-studded lineup to DEFEND SELANGOR

Monday, 15 April 2013 09:00Written by  Wong Choon Mei, Alaa Soleiman, Malaysia Chronicle

UPDATED Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim announced the PKR candidates for Selangor on Sunday night, fielding more big names to help his PKR party defend Malaysia's richest state from falling back into the hands of arch rival Prime Minister Najib Razak.

The high-profile new names included academician Aziz Bari, investment whizz Wong Chen and audit specialist Rafizi Ramli who will respectively vie for the parliamentary seats in Sabak Bernam, Kelana Jaya and Pandan.

Medical specialist Dr Idris Ahmad was also confirmed for the Ijok state seat, while caretaker Selangor chief minister Khalid Ibrahim accepted the Port Klang seat. Khalid will also contest for a parliamentary seat at Bandar Tun Razak in the Federal Territories.

Azmin Ali, the PKR deputy president and Selangor state chief, Zuraida Kamaruddin, the national Women's chief, Nik Nazmi, Elizabeth Wong and Xavier Jeyakumar were among other PKR stalwarts named to defend their incumbencies.

But more than the 'star-studded' list was the huge crowd of at least 30,000 that packed the Padang AU2 in the Datuk Keramat area in Ampang - one of the key urban Malay heartlands in the country.

Their response foreshadows what may well be the outcome of the May 5 general election, and is a real warning for Prime Minister Najib Razak's Umno-BN coalition.

Anwar frenzy: A clear shift in Malay sentiment

Anwar, who is also the PKR adviser, had arrived at almost 11pm while Khalid was in the middle of his speech. Though the popular Selangor MB had drawn loud cheers when he offered to serve another 5 years, it was clear the audience had no eyes for anyone but Anwar.

Screaming and waving flags, they jostled to catch a glimpse of the 64-year-old leader. It was a frenzy of hope and anticipation. Taken with the sheer physical numbers that jammed up the entire area, it does look like Selangor will remain a PKR and Pakatan Rakyat stronghold, with the help of coalition partners DAP and PAS.

Unless one was blind and deaf, there was no way for Khalid not to realize that he would not be able to regain the crowd's attention, and sportingly, he gave way to his boss.

"Yes, this is 'luar biasa' or extraordinary," Anwar said when he took the mike. "Of course, Utusan (an Umno-controlled newspaper) will report only 200 people came. But we who are here know."

The shift in hearts and minds of the Malay electorate, the king makers, cannot be better epitomized by last night's euphoria for Anwar. The BN service centers around the area kept their lights on throughout the night, but they remained empty and the silence was eerie, the mood downcast.

Many of the seasoned 'pak ciks' or political fans who attended the ceramah or political rally could be heard saying, "for sure" Pakatan will topple the BN federal government and effect Malaysia's first-ever regime change at the coming elections.

Star-studded PKR lineup for Selangor

PKR will contest 11 parliamentary and 21 state seats in Selangor. In the state's legislative assembly, there are a total of 56 seats, of which 36 are held by the Pakatan.

Anwar named 3 newcomers to the state lineup - Mohd Yahya Saari in Permatang, Ramachandran Kandasamy in Batang Kali and Lee Chin Cheh in Kajang.

He took a swipe at Prime Minister Najib Razak for tardiness and delay in bringing out the Barisan Nasional's list. Anwar also condemned Umno-BN for its latest "sex sex sex" gutter politicking against PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali.

Azmin Ali, who will defend his Gombak parliamentary and Bukit Antarabangsa state seats, had the crowd on their feet when he asked, 'are you ready for BN'. The answer was a thundering "NO". There was no dissension.

And when he asked, 'are you ready for Pakatan', the crowd - of which at least 95% were Malays - shouted "YES". It was unanimous.

Clamor for change burns in the Malay heartlands: From apathy to awareness

Certainly, the Datuk Keramat crowd is unhappy with the status quo. Despite the frenzy over Anwar, most of the time during his ceramah, they were quiet and followed his speech intently.

The mood was just like that in another major ceramah in Penang recently hosted by DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng on March 8, 2013 to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the watershed 12th general election where the Opposition had swept to sudden and unprecedented prominence.

In Penang, the crowd was mixed but they too were disciplined and just as absorbed in the issues raised by Anwar, who had delivered the keynote address at the Padang Kota esplanade.

To seasoned observers, these are all sure signs that the ordinary folk have reached a 'breakthrough' level.

Many political analysts have opined that Malaysians are concerned about the direction their country is heading towards. High debt and even higher costs of living have jerked the man on the street from apathy into awareness, they said, and thanks to the BERSIH rallies for free and fair polls, the people know they possess the power to change their lives with the votes in their hand.

Whether such analysis, which has been refuted by the BN, is correct will only be known on May 5. But judging from the Keramat response, it sure looks like the Malays too will vote for Pakatan at the 13th general election. They made it very clear last night that they too want change.

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Parliamentary seats: 
Ampang: Zuraida Kamaruddin
Gombak: Azmin Ali
Hulu selangor: Khalid Jaafar
Kapar: G Manivannan
Kelana Jaya: Wong Chen
Kuala Langat: Abdullah Sani
Pandan: Rafizi Ramli
Petaling Jaya Selatan: Hee Loy Sian
Sabak Bernam: Aziz Bari
Selayang: William Leong
Subang: R Sivarasa

State seats:
Batang Kali: Ramachandran Kandasamy.
Batu Caves: Amirudin Shaari.
Batu Tiga:  Rodziah Ismail
Bukit Antarabangsa: Azmin Ali
Bukit Lanjan: Elizabeth Wong
Bukit Melawati: S Manikavasgam
Dengkil: Aman Shah
Ijok: Idris Ahmad
Kajang: Lee Chin Cheh
Kota Anggerik: Yaakob Sapari
Kuang: Tengku Maraziah Tengku Sulaiman.
Permatang: Yahya Mat Saari
Port Klang: Khalid Ibrahim
Rawang: Gan Pei Nei
Sementa: Daroyah Alwi
Semenyih: Hamidi Haasan
Seri Andalas: Xavier Jeyakumar
Seri Muda: Shuhaimi Shafie
Seri Setia: Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
Taman Medan: Haniza Talha

Source: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=85482:anwar-frenzy-at-malay-heartland-rally-pkr-adviser-unveils-star-studded-lineup-to-defend-sgor&Itemid=2