Politik, Legislatif, Dasar dan Tadbir Urus

My article was earlier published in Beritadaily.com on 15/4/2016 Recently, four innocent Malaysians trying to earn a decent living were kidnapped off Sabah coast by the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group based in the southern Philippines. This is not the first time the Abu Sayyaf has encroached into Malaysian waters to kidnap Malaysian citizens for ransom. From 2001 to 2015, as many as eight people were murdered by this terror group. More than 10 people have been kidnapped and freed after ransoms were paid or they were rescued by the Philippine security forces. Those who could not afford the large sums of money demanded would end up being beheaded by the terrorists. In the wake of the latest kidnapping, we wonder what Putrajaya’s next course of action will be. It is not enough to just showcase the military might on national television and mainstream media -- the various assets from special forces, commandos, police speedboats, naval patrol craft, coast guard vessels, tanks and submarines to...

The seeds of the "Allah" controversy, the custody battles between Muslim and non-Muslim spouses and the spread of anti-Christian feelings in Malaysia can be traced to a certain translation of the Quran, a recent forum on Muslim extremism in Kuala Lumpur was told. This widely available translation, called the Hilali-Khan, made Muslims think that Islam was a religion hostile to other faiths, said academic and progressive Muslim thinker Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa. It also nurtured a belief among ordinary Muslims that it was acceptable to treat non-believers as second-class citizens and deny them equal rights, he said. The Hilali-Khan translation is the joint work of two scholars, Dr Muhammad Taqi-ud Din Al-Hilali and Dr Muhammad Muhsin Khan, who inserted their own interpretations of the holy text according to world views that existed about 600 years ago. It is said to be among the more controversial translations of the Quran. This worldview was forged at a time when there...

My article was earlier published in TheAntDaily.com on 18/5/2014 Another abduction has taken place, another breach of security, another breach of our nation’s sovereignty and are we going to expect more of such to come? This is the question that we are not putting to the federal government and the various security administrators of our nation. Where are they right now when crucial answers and explanations are required to ease the public outcry over the current situation in Sabah. The Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom), which was established in March 2013 under the direct purview of the Prime Minister’s Department, is now under heavy public criticism following yet another abduction by foreign gunmen who are believed to be closely link to a terror group based in the southern Philippines. It seems that the security and control in Sabah still remain a very confusing affair. No one, not even the Sabah state government, knows who is exactly in charge of the security command to ensure t...

My article was earlier published in TheAntDaily.com on 12/4/2014 In February last year, about 200 Sulu terrorists from the southern Philippines “invaded” Lahad Datu in their bid to reclaim Sabah for the so-called Sulu Sultanate, killing several policemen during the ensuing stand-off with security forces. The police force was initially mobilised to stop these terrorists but the weaponry employed by the latter was more sophisticated than that of the police, forcing the army to be deployed later. The delayed deployment of the army and the government’s attempts to negotiate with what it thought was merely a band of criminals proved costly to the country’s image. The government was heavily criticised for its delayed and initial weak response to the invasion, which resulted in more deaths than necessary. In the aftermath of the Sulu invasion, the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) was established to beef up the security for the entire east coast of Sabah as well as to ...

Rencana saya ini telah diterbitkan di rakyattimes.com pada 10/3/2014 Sejak tersebar dan terumumnya berita bahawa pesawat MAS penerbangan MH370 hilang sewaktu di dalam perjalanannya ke Beijing, China pada Sabtu yang lalu, pelbagai kerisauan dan kebimbangan yang timbul baik di pihak kerajaan, ahli-ahli keluarga mangsa, mahupun orang ramai. Manakala di pihak kerajaan pula, mereka sering mengutuk penyebaran pelbagai bentuk dan jenis khabar angina mengenai kehilangan pesawat MH370 terutamanya di media-media sosial dan ada kala memberi amaran agar khabar-khabar angina tersebut tidak melampaui batas dan dihentikan segera agar ianya tidak memudaratkan lagi keadaan. Masalah yang paling besar di sini adalah kerana pihak kerajaan dan MAS masih belum memahami dengan sepenuhnya kenapa khabar-khabar angin mengenai MH370 itu masih tersebar dengan begitu luas sekali. Ini adalah kerana pihak kerajaan dan MAS gagal menyampaikan maklumat-maklumat yang tepat kepada umum dan ahli-ahli keluarg...

This article was earlier published in TheAntDaily.com on 16/2/2014 Many reviews and observations have been made on Seputeh MP Teresa Kok’s Chinese New Year video clip which was posted on YouTube. An honest assessor would admit that the video is satirical but has nothing to do with race or religion. It is about the difficult life of Malaysians, poking fun on our politics, corruption, power abuse and mismanagement that are really happening. The fact is that it is a comical depiction of all that is wrong with our governance but there was no mention at all of the Malays or Malay rulers. The opposition MP was trying to drive home the message that the people have been “robbed” and thus the need to buy many “branded handbags” for use to fend off those street robbers or snatch thieves. Then all of a sudden, a group of Umno-linked NGOs came together in the name of “Coalition of Muslim NGOs” and rolled out its threats of violence in the street, claiming that the video clip ...

Initiating the military action as the last resort against all those Sulu terrorists who came ramming into Lahad Datu, Sabah would boost Barisan Nasional (BN) support in the upcoming 13th general election (GE13)? Would that be possible? Well, for those who felt in such a way may not have felt or experience the direct impact as the result of the intrusion of these terrorists in any way. The Sabahans there felt it in fact. Many Sabahans are now questioning the BN government (both the state government and Putrajaya) on why would they have to take too long to end this crisis and to prevent it from spreading deeper into the state. The core question on the government's weak response and some inaction is when the home affairs minister and Umno vice-president Hishammuddin Hussein declared that these Sulu terrorist were neither militants nor terrorists. So, is it because of such an irresponsible remark by the minister, no one from the government side has ever dare to propose a stern mil...

With the latest increase on the casualties on the police force today from two to five, we are now asking the sitting BN government in Putrajaya, how many more "heroes" do they want to create? What we mean, how many more deaths do they want to have on the police force? For more than two weeks, the home affairs ministry has given a lots of opportunities for these Sulu terrorists to group up, planned and strategies in whatever they are doing in order to "win" this battle. We know there are already more than ten Sulu terrorists has been killed, but with five policemen has been killed in action now, what was the worth? Does presenting medals, awards and pensions to all these dead policemen's families being back those who has gone? Worst still now, there are reports that these Sulu terrorists are getting some reinforcements landed into Sabah without even being detected by the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) or the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) warship...

The intrusion into Lahad Datu, Sabah by a group of hundred over heavily-armed Sulu terrorists claiming themselves to be the "royal army" of the Sulu Sultanate has been dragging for too long now. At first the home affairs minister Hishammuddin Hussein flew into the state to see what is going on. Then, the defense minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was nowhere to be found and did not even bother about enemy intruding into our country. What next? The Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has sounded his warning and gave the Sulu Sultan a final word, "withdraw or face the consequences". But what about our Prime Minister Najib Razak? Where is he and how come is not interested at all on what is currently happening in Sabah, one of the poorest state in Malaysia? It looks like the Philippines president is much more forthcoming on the Lahad Datu incident than our Malaysian prime minister. If this is the case, Najib does not even bother who is trying bulldozed into our countr...

N.B. This article was earlier published in the Inter-Research And Studies (IRAS) website on 21 February 2013 The intrusion of Lahad Datu, Sabah by a group of heavily armed terrorists believed to be originated from the Southern Philippines has been one of the major highlights in the current news reports. So, who is actually at fault in this crisis situation? Our main question here is, where is the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (TUDM) as well as the Army (TDM) who are supposed to watch over the waters, air and the lands in our country? Another big question mark to the Ministry of Defense which is currently under minister Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who is also the Umno vice-president. It was understood that the Ministry of Defense had spend billions of Ringgit under the tenure of the then Datuk Najib Razak and the current Datuk Ahmad Zahid to acquire many kinds of modern weapons, such as the MIG aircrafts, the naval patrol vessels, gunboats, the Scorpe...

Recently, there are about hundred over gunmen calling themselves the "Royal Army of the Sulu Sultanate" intruded into the Malaysian waters and invaded a focus area in Sabah of which they claim to have historical interests with. According to an old man who claimed to be Sultan Jamalul Kiram of Sulu, his "royal army" would not leave Sabah until their claims are being recognized by both the Philippines and the Malaysian governments. It looks like more a threat to the security of our nation than just a mere joke from a clown like Jamalul Kiram. All his men which was led by his "Raja Muda" were heavily armed with machine guns and rocket launchers. So, from what you have been observing the situation there in Sabah, the state already have enough of foreigners and there comes another group, this time a heavily armed one coming over to claim the state as one of theirs. How come the home affairs minister (Hishammuddin Hussein) as well as the defense minister (A...

In the most recent political situation, Perkasa president (no need to even mention the name of this political animal) has made a public call to all Muslims in this country to burn the bible (the Holy Book for the Christians) without fear. Seditious, isn't it so? But, it is the fact that he could get away each time despite making so many seditious and provocative statements which signify hatred, attempted violence and threatening our nation's security and public safety. So, where are the top leaders of MCA, MIC, PPP and Gerakan? Why are they keeping so quiet about this? Chua Soi Lek, Koh Tsu Koon, G.Palanivel, M.Kayveas, Teng Chang Yeow, Liow Tiong Lai, S.Subramaniam and so on, are you all deaf and dumb? Can't you see this political animal is threatening the security and public safety of your fellow non-Muslims of which you had claimed to represent all this while? It is a very clear fact that the leaders of MCA, MIC, PPP and Gerakan knew Perkasa is a sub-contractor ...

Recently, a police special branch principal assistant director in-charge of social extremist threat by the name of Mohd Sofian Mohd Makinuddin had claimed that the special branch had various information linking some high profile leaders of the opposition parties with Communists insurgency and Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist activities. He also described that the Communist is infiltrating into DAP, PSM and PKR while JI is doing it on PAS. Asides, the special branch principal assistant director also claimed that some leaders of PKR and PSM has been travelling very often to Bangkok and another region situated in Southern Thailand to hold secret talks and discussions with the leaders of the now-defunct Communist Party of Malaya (CPM).  Mohd Sofian however did not elaborate further on PAS' connection with the JI terrorist cell. First, can the special branch official name those opposition leaders who are involve with all these alleged Communist and JI contacts and its activities? Who ...

In a very peaceful and civilized gathering of anti-Lynas activist in Penang's Padang Kota yesterday, some journalists were being attacked by violent and racist members of Umno and Perkasa who were out there to create disturbance. These Umno and Perkasa members who attacked the peaceful gathering were throwing stones, unwanted shoes, plastic bottles as well as hurling abusive and racist words onto the people who gathered there to voice their support for the Himpunan Hijau 2.0 rally protesting against the construction of a radioactive rare earth plant in Gebeng, Pahang. The question here is why didn't the police act against all these violent and racist troublemakers. If you just observe the actions of these supposedly potential terrorists or suicide bombers, you would be able to identify who started the trouble first. Guess what the police responded then? Instead of taking action against all those Umno and Perkasa terrorists, the police claimed that it was the anti-Lynas group wh...

Our country seems to becoming more like the Third Reich Germany during Adolf Hitler's era. glorifying the leader (the fuhrer) treating him beyond any sorts of criticisms or whatsoever views on him. Evidently, student leader Adam Adli has more guts, principles, vision and grey matter than Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) vice-chancellor Zakaria Kasa. The fact that is Adam did not bring down the Malaysian flag and desecrate it, like all those wild animals from Umno who had took the picture of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to stomp on it, then burn the same, carrying a coffin to the later's office, took down the photograph of Gerakan president Dr Koh Tsu Koon, tore it and made insults on that poor victimized fellow in such a shameful way. We could see, who are the civilized and uncivilized ones. First of all, why do Umno need to glorify their leaders by putting their faces on these buntings (not flags please!) and hanging them in front of the Umno's luxurious hea...

Last Friday, we saw about more than 300 members and supporters from Umno, Perkasa, Perkida, Pembela and an unregistred NGO named Suara Anak-anak Malaysia held a massive and violent demonstration in downtown George Town that afternoon, which brought the entire city to a standstill, to protest against Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and the state's support Bersih 2.0 to be held on 9 July 2011. From the group of demonstrators, we notice that some of them were carrying flags of the Iraqi Kurdistan and some foreign elements (believed to be Kurdish agents ) were also seen there participating in last Friday's demonstration. What were the Kurdish doing there and what are their intentions? This is the mystery that Umno has to answer. We were all wondering if Umno and their allies had brought in these Kurdistan Iraqis to create further unrest and tension in Penang in order to serve their irresponsible political interests. Also seen leading the demonstration front line were Bukit Mert...

Yesterday, a group of Umno youth members together with a gang of motorcyclist ( mat rempits ) who are believed to be Putera Umno members led by Umno youth exco member Lukman Adam, all wearing red t-shirts, carrying banners, waving Umno flags and chanting racist and hate slogans drove in large convoys to a petrol station in Shah Alam, believed to had purchase a few bottles of petrol in preparation of their march towards the PKR Headquarters in Petaling Jaya. Upon arrival at the PKR Headquarters, these mobs of Umno youth members and the Putera Umno mat rempits began to assemble in front of the PKR office entrance, starting to yell, shout, chanting slogans of hatred and revenge and sounded their motorcycles' engines continuously. While demonstrating outside the PKR Headquarters, these mobs of Umno youth members and the Putera Umno mat rempits began to turn unruly and chased away most of the passer by who walked at the nearby areas. The Umno mobsters later sounded their demand that t...