Why Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid should be sacked!

by Independent Daily

The recent furor due the arrest of the Raja Petra Kamaruddin (author of Malaysia-Today), Teresa Kok (Seputeh MP) and Tan Hoon Cheng (Reporter for Sin Jew Daily) made a mockery out of the word Democracy.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid said that the order for arrest did not come from him but at the same time he also explained why these arrest were made. He said “I am a minister. I am a politician. If I start to interfere (with enforcement), then people will say I have a political motive. It will send the wrong signals. I cannot interfere. This has to be done in accordance with the police exercise of their powers”. However, if these arrests were not ordered by him and that he cannot and will not interfere, why is he explaining on behalf of the police?

Later, he also said that there will be no more arrest under Internal Security Act, depending on the situation of the public order.

For those who don’t already know, the Internal Security Act under Article 149 of the Malaysian Constitution comes directly under the discretion of the Home Minister.

4 reasons why Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid should be sacked:

1. He does not understand his appointed role.

Section 8
(I) ISA says: “If the Home Minister is satisfied that the detention of any person is necessary with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the security of Malaysia or any part thereof or to the maintenance of essential services therein or the economic life thereof, he may make an order (hereinafter referred to as a detention order) directing that that person be detained for any period not exceeding two years”.

The Home Minister has the right to order for an arrest of someone if he/she deem that the detention is necessary and if it isn't then naturally he should have the rights to stop the order.

His irresponsible statement that he is just a ‘politician’ and he cannot interfere shows that he does not understand his appointed role as the Home Minister.

2. He has not performed to his appointed role.

The Home Minister said that the arrest of Tan Hoon Cheng was under Section 73(I) that says “Any police officer may without warrant arrest and detain pending enquiries any person in respect of whom he has reason to believe that there are grounds which would justify his detention under section 8; and that he has acted or is about to act or is likely to act in any manner prejudicial to the security of Malaysia or any part thereof or to maintenance of essential services therein or to the economic life thereof”.

However, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid said that the reporter was detained to ‘ensure her safety’ which has absolutely no relations at all to Section 73(I) of ISA. This indicates that he hasn’t taken the time to read and understand the laws he is executing and wrongfully detaining innocent civilians clearly shows that he is not it for his said role.

3. Disrespect to the Parliament and the Laws and Constitutions
of Malaysia

Teresa Kok, a member of parliament elected by the people of Malaysia is now being detained under the same section as Tan Hoon Cheng for something she did not do. Datuk Seri Dr. Mohd. Khir Toyo was quoted in PembelaMelayu.com, which has since been down at the point of writing this article, that Teresa Kok supported a petition against the use of loud speaker for its Azan (morning call to prayer) in the Kinrara area. This was also published by Utusan and various other blog under the title: Azan, jawi, JAIS, UiTM dan ba-alif-ba-ya.

Teresa Kok has since denied being part of the said petition and has even denied receiving any complaints from residents about the prayers calls. Her lawyers have since requested that the said article be retracted. This matter is still under police investigation and while no conclusion have been made yet, she is now being detained under the unlawful law of ISA.

The arrest of a Member of Parliament caused by a ‘rumour’ is ridiculous to say the least and is akin to disrespecting the Parliament and the Laws and Constitution of the country.

4. Public display of Racisms.

When Ahmad Ismail said that the Malaysians of Chinese Ethnic are ’immigrant’ and ‘does not deserve equal right’ and likened them to Jews, he was strip of his UMNO membership and even that, it is only for 3 years after which he will return to this true form after. In the case of Ahmad Ismail, he was found guilty, if not by the police, which have gone completely off radar, at least by UMNO.

In the case of Theresa Kok, where police investigation have not even been concluded, where she is accused if ‘pressuring the authorities to tone down the call to prayer’ is now arrested without trial and could possibly be detained for unlimited number of years at the discretion of the Home Minister.

As a Home Minister to a multi racial country, you should be the exemplary in anti-racisms. However, the detention of Teresa Kok while letter Datuk Ahmad Ismail completely off the hook, has shown that you, the Home Minister, are indeed a racist.

As if the country is not in a state of despair already, comes a funny little guy who thinks he can rule with an iron fist. The arrest of these 3 people is indeed turning Malaysia into a laughing stock. To me, the message is clear; Oppose us and face the consequences and also certainly not less than a desperate attempt to salvage what is left before September 16th. I hope and I pray that when the day arrives when you son of b****es no longer rule, you will be punish by the same law you punishing us with. Allah Hu Akbar!

Welcome home Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim!

by Independant Daily

I would like to take a moment off my schedule to congratulate Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on his resounding win in the Permatang Pauh by-election. I trust that the Penangites have made a good judgment on their selection.

However, I do have my reservations because like those who did not vote for DSAI, it’s most likely not because he is not capable but it is because we are not sure if it’ll make any difference at all.

There are a certain percentage of people in the country that still thinks that the Pakatan Rakyat coalition does not have the experience to run the country which, I agree. I also agree to a statement by YB Tony Pua that, this also means that they do not have the experience to embezzle billions of ringgit into their own pockets like the existing government does.

I feel that the Pakatan Rakyat coalition have not done enough since the March 08 election to convince the people that they are moving towards a transparent and corruption free country. Only Penang have mentioned about a transparent tendering process for government projects but how about Perak, Kedah and Selangor?

Being an IT person myself and having been working in Singapore, particularly close to the Singapore Government, I feel that the ‘new’ Malaysian government have lots to learn from its tiny but efficient neighbour. From the top of my head, I can already think of at least 2 e-government effort that Malaysia government can implement to reduce occurrence of inflated project cost, corrupted practices and bureaucracy in obtaining government projects; 1) Centralised E-Tendering System 2) Online Company Registration / Checking System, which both will be linked and cross checked against its financial health and portfolio.

However, this will not be enough.

Like what the current government is doing wrong, each ministry has their rights to appoint a software developer of their choice to implement some form of a system of their choice. Thus, causing many projects to be completed halfway or ran out of budget during the course of development or most likely the person in charge from the ministry had never heard of the term ‘maintenance’ and thus, leaving the system to outdate itself and die a natural cause.

In Singapore, there is a semi-government department known as Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) that manages all e-government initiative. They have teams of experts in many different areas that works with the different ministry on what should be done and what should not be done.

The new Malaysia should begin thinking about implementing a similar structure and in fact, improve on it and ensure that this new semi-government entity compromise a process where it has a singular objective and platform that integrate all e-government initiative/systems allowing them to cross reference with each other making it THE single most informative portal for every class of citizen there is in the country.

This will allow us to see every thing that the government does, it’s done for a reason, done in a systematically way and most importantly, the correct way.

Winning the election and becoming the ‘powers to be’ is no longer the formula to ensure longevity to rule. Technology has reached into the minds of the people and only results keep you running. The days where KeTuanan Melayu or Chinese Culture are gone. Welcome the days of Success and Accomplishment.

The win in Permatang Pauh is not the first step. It’s merely the movement a toe…

Oops, I’ve done it again…

by Independant Daily

Once again they are back. Bigger, better and it's probably not even the best yet…

This is probably the most old school strategy ever. If you are in a legal suite, you will know that if the witness testimony is gravely against your client, you will need to destroy the credibility of the witness. Doesn’t matter what the truth is. Forget about justice. It’s all about the money and power.

Yet again, our dim-witted Government strikes its last stance in a bid to retain its pot of gold, destroy the credibility of the person that stands in their way to richness and indefinite power.

Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and his henchmen says that they have absolutely nothing to do with this. Despite his addiction to lies and deceit, I think he truly expects the people to believe him. Yes, he expects us to believe that the ‘election is not tomorrow’ and the ‘petrol prices won’t increase just yet’ only for him to contradict his statements no more than 24 hours later.

This is our Prime Minister. The Chief Executive of the country. The biggest liar in the country and yet, he expects the people to believe that his party have played no part in the return of ‘the scandal’. A scandal that rocked the nation once and boy did it rock that time. So, if it worked the first time, it must work the second time. The difference this time are the pawns at play.

Back then, a dictator dictated what needs to happen. Everything was plotted to perfection – almost. The dictator knew that the sodomisation charges won’t last and when the victim is at its weakest, he strikes his last stance – corruption. Handicapped him for 10 years.

This time, the players are different. The dictator is weak. In fact, some say, the dictator is being dictated to dictate what someone else wants dictated. Ahhh… is the dictator not who he appears to be in all mainstream newspaper? Honestly, its not that I don’t believe he can’t do it. I just believe he isn’t smart enough to dictate the whole show. Perhaps an Oxford graduate is most capable of dictating the dictator who thinks he is dictating but he is actually being dictated.

If the news have been twisted to this:

“A young 20-something man lodge a police report recently claiming that a 60 year old male politician over powered him and forced him into ‘extraordinary’ sexual intercourse against his religious faith. This 20-something year old man is believed be the special assistant to the politician and is in contention to be a pilot, something he had always wanted to be.

The young 20-something man claims that he was sodomised by Anwar on the 26th June in a condominium somewhere in KL. Police investigations are currently underway and they have even collected evidence from the purported crime scene” (Forgive the non-journalistic language)

What do you make of this? Possible? A 60-year old man stick his penis up some guys butt-hole while using force to immobilize the victim? 60 years old? Just because he is the ex-deputy prime minister or the prime minister to be, does is it give him some super human strength or super penis strength!

The 20-something year old man is a candidate for being a pilot which requires him to be in a certain physical fitness. You mean he can’t over power a 60-year old man or he can’t over power a 60-year old Anwar Ibrahim?

If this is not fishy, I don’t know what is. This epic has taught a really important lesson.

Our current government is totally stupid…

Abolish entertainment allowances!

by Independant New

As the government increased the petrol prices causing grievance to many people in the country, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi decided that all ministers should have their ‘entertainment allowances’ cut by 10%. The Prime Minister himself currently enjoys RM18,865 of entertainment allowances monthly while full ministers gets RM12,320 and their deputies half of that. The 10% will still provide the PM a monthly entertainment allowance of RM16,978.50 which is approximately 4 times more than our GDP per Capita as reported by CIA (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/my.html).

According to him, these cost saving steps will save the government an annual RM2 billion in total. I do not know how these figures add up to but this amount will be channeled back to low-income earners to help them in these ‘difficult times’.

I wonder how a person who takes RM16,978.50 from us (the tax payers) for entertainment purposes know exactly the meaning of 'difficult times'. As a normal civilian of any country, the first thing that comes to my mind is why they need entertainment allowance? Who are they entertaining? Themselves? Their family? Are these figures being reported publicly? Who and how much are they utilizing from these monthly allocation and are these entertainment allowances justified?

I am asking from a business perspective and as any normal employee of any organization, when it comes to entertainment allowances, how are these monies being spent and what do they bring in return to the company? If a salesman for Proton spends RM10,000 on entertaining their clients but sells 3 Proton cars a month, is his entertainment fees justified? No.

If the Minister of Tourism spends RM10,000 on entertainment fees how is it being justified? Did she bring in more visitors? Did she brought in more corporate sponsors? Where and how are these tax payers blood, tears and sweat being spent?

If you work in Malaysia, you know damn right that you would have to entertain these ministers or in fact anyone from the government sector instead of them entertaining you.

Lim Kit Siang said the government should slash at least 50% and various NGO’s says 10% is not enough. I say abolish entertainment allowances altogether! As a government officer, you can organize whatever meetings through the ministry and an annual budget be allocated from the ministry to cater to these ‘entertainment’. If the minister wants to pay for Lee Kuan Yew’s hotel stay at Shangri-la, get the ministry to pay. If the minister wants to buy David Beckham dinner, get the ministry to organize it. The minister have no business paying anything he or she wants on behalf of the government without going through the ministry. Abolish the entertainment allowance for it is an absolute waste of government funds!

Use the money for better causes. The Prime Minister have no rights to use the term ‘difficult times’ because he doesn’t even understand the meaning of the word.

The Malaysian Prime Minister Poster

by Independant Daily

AY! CUT THE CRAP!

by Independant Daily

This is possibly the hottest discussed topic since the election and one that have caused much grievance to the people of the country.

I agree that the government cannot continue subsidizing fuel prices forever. I have no doubt that it has to increase in tandem with the global oil prices. It is not something that the government planned; it’s purely economics - supply and demand.

But the stance that the government had employed is nonetheless, idiotic. One of the reason why Malaysia remain in such pathetic state is purely because the current government, the one that had been governing for the past 50 years failed to understand a simple term known as ‘cause and effect’.

The effect of increasing the petrol prices by a whopping 37.7% overnight will be devastating. The government could have at least warned that the increase will be of such magnitude. The government should have prepare for the effect of this and provide assistance to those who planned to change their lifestyle to accommodate to this massive change. I truly believe the government should have:

1. Significantly improve the public transport so the people can prepare to switch to public transportation with immediate effect.

2. Held talks and negotiations with Tenaga and other Government link organizations to ensure that other commodities will not be affected by the increase.

3. Look into the reduction of other costs to the rakyat like income tax, automobile import duty, toll rates and others to cushion the impact of the increase.

Why the government is a failure and idiotic is they look into these things after the increase and causing everyone in the country to panic. Hawkers, transportation companies, sundry prices will all follow by at least 10-20% increase in tandem.

With all sorts of people throwing a piece of their mind into this hot discussion what has our Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said so far? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Change is what we wanted and hope is what we got...

by Indepedant Daily

I have spoken to many people these few days and many have asked me what is my view of the new political situation. I have said the same thing to many people: Bad for the next 12 months and brilliant for the future!

Indicatively, just indicatively, the KLSI fell 130 points today. By mid-day, it had already breach the 100 points limit. Yes, its quite bad indeed. The faint-hearted ones are already, saying, "shit! should have voted the BN instead. Now i am losing money!" This is called the Malaysian way la. Not long sighted enough...

Like i always, whatever bad things that happens, there are always some positive that you can pick out of it. In this case, try looking it at a different perspective where the nosedive in sharemarket prices is a just an appetizer to what a huge feast that may come after.

The basic rule of business is, buy low, sell high. In the next couple of months, it could reach the lowest in many years. But is it going to go high? I have no doubt.

If BN can maintain our country's economy with a part-time Finance Minister that has a Islamic Studies Degree, these new state governments with candidate that has degree in Economics, Politics and Philosophy, Law, Medicine and/or Political Science can certainly do more. I am not saying Abdullah Badawi has done a bad job as a Finance Minister, I am saying he has NEVER been a Finance Minister albeit carrying the title.

BN have run the country for 50 years with Petronas making tens of billions annually. By 2012, when we run out of oil, we will certainly need to worry. If we cannot compete with neighbouring countries that does not produce oil, we certainly won't be able to compete with them when we are out of it.

The BN coalition has lost more than 30% of votes compare to the last election this term. I sincerely hope that these new breed of technology savvy, young, hungry, aggressive politicians can do what they promised, achieve what they intended and escalate the country to greater heights, well at least they have 5 states to start off with. If they can achieve this in the next 5 years running their states, i'll be more than happy to hand them the country 5 years from now.

Barisan Rakyat, the people have given you an opportunity handed to you on a silver platter. Take it and cherish this moment for this could be the only chance that could happen in another 50 years if you fail to deliver what you promised. I have hope that one day, I will be able to walk the streets of Malaysia without worrying about my handbag, let my children play without worrying about seeing them next dead in a sports bag and seeing my deputy prime minister's mistress blown up in pieces. hehe.. just joking la....

We certainly did what we intended and what we got is something called Hope....

BN will collapse without 2/3 majority - Najib

Source: Lim Kit Siang

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said yesterday that it was crucial for the Barisan Nasional to retain its two-thirds majority in Parliament as a prerequisite of strong government.
He said: “In this era of globalization, they would only invest in our capital market if they had confidence.

“If we have a weak government which can collapse at any time, they would just go and invest in other countries which have a stronger and more stable government.”

This is the political myth which had led Malaysia up the “garden path” for half a century and why Malaysia had failed to fulfill the potential to be a great competitive global nation, contributing our assets and resources to make other nations like Singapore more successful and pulling ahead us while we continue to fall behind one nation after another.

Is Najib seriously suggesting that if Barisan Nasional (BN) loses two-thirds parliamentary majority in the 8th March polls, the Barisan Nasional cannot govern and there will be anarchy and chaos in Malaysia?

Clearly Najib is not very good in maths. If BN is to lose its two-thirds parliamentary majority, it must lose at least 75 out of a total of 222 parliamentary seats, i.e. leaving the BN still with a solid phalanx of 147 MPs. This will give the BN a huge majority of 72 seats which will be the envy of all governments in first-world developed nations.

I challenge Najib to state and justify why the BN with a 72-seat parliamentary majority cannot govern effectively and will be a “weak government which can collapse any time”?
Is the Barisan Nasional coalition government so fragile and unstable that even with a 72-seat majority in Parliament, it could collapse any time?

Do we now have a new meaning of “Malaysia Boleh”, which was invented by the previous Prime Minister Tun Mahathir , under the Abdullah premiership?

Is Najib serious when he said that if Barisan Nasional loses its parliamentary two-thirds majority, Malaysia will lose out in the era of globalization as investors will shy away from Malaysia and will not invest in Malaysia?

Leaving aside Asia, I challenge Najib to name the first-world developed nations in the West whose ranks Malaysia hopes to join under Vision 2020 which are uncompetitive and unable to attract foreign investors because they do not have two-third parliamentary majorities for the ruling government or coalition.I would like to know which fully-developed nation in the First World has a two-third parliamentary majority for the ruling government or coalition!
Najib is indulging in the irresponsible politics of fear and scare in the 12th general election campaign.

In fact, it is the removal of the BN two-thirds parliamentary majority and end of Umno political hegemony which are the prerequisites for Malaysia to achieve BN 2004 manifesto of “excellence, glory and distinction” and Vision 2020 objective of an united, dynamic, progressive fully developed nation.

If Malaysia is to become truly competitive and to become a first-world developed nation by 2020, we must now develop the mindset, mentality and culture of a first-world developed nation and not wait until 2020 to remove the two-third parliamentary majority – for then we will have to wait for another 30 years until 2050!

Yes we can...

source: BarackObama.com

I want to congratulate Senator Clinton on a hard-fought victory herein New Hampshire.
A few weeks ago, no one imagined that we'd have accomplished what wedid here tonight. For most of this campaign, we were far behind, andwe always knew our climb would be steep.

But in record numbers, you came out and spoke up for change. And withyour voices and your votes, you made it clear that at this moment - inthis election - there is something happening in America.

There is something happening when men and women in Des Moines andDavenport; in Lebanon and Concord come out in the snows of January towait in lines that stretch block after block because they believe inwhat this country can be.

There is something happening when Americans who are young in age andin spirit - who have never before participated in politics - turn outin numbers we've never seen because they know in their hearts thatthis time must be different.

There is something happening when people vote not just for the partythey belong to but the hopes they hold in common - that whether we arerich or poor; black or white; Latino or Asian; whether we hail fromIowa or New Hampshire, Nevada or South Carolina, we are ready to takethis country in a fundamentally new direction. That is what'shappening in America right now. Change is what's happening inAmerica.

You can be the new majority who can lead this nation out of a longpolitical darkness - Democrats, Independents and Republicans who aretired of the division and distraction that has clouded Washington; whoknow that we can disagree without being disagreeable; who understandthat if we mobilize our voices to challenge the money and influencethat's stood in our way and challenge ourselves to reach for somethingbetter, there's no problem we can't solve - no destiny we cannotfulfill.

Our new American majority can end the outrage of unaffordable,unavailable health care in our time. We can bring doctors andpatients; workers and businesses, Democrats and Republicans together;and we can tell the drug and insurance industry that while they'll geta seat at the table, they don't get to buy every chair. Not thistime. Not now.

Our new majority can end the tax breaks for corporations that ship ourjobs overseas and put a middle-class tax cut into the pockets of theworking Americans who deserve it.

We can stop sending our children to schools with corridors of shameand start putting them on a pathway to success. We can stop talkingabout how great teachers are and start rewarding them for theirgreatness. We can do this with our new majority.

We can harness the ingenuity of farmers and scientists; citizens andentrepreneurs to free this nation from the tyranny of oil and save ourplanet from a point of no return.

And when I am President, we will end this war in Iraq and bring ourtroops home; we will finish the job against al Qaeda in Afghanistan;we will care for our veterans; we will restore our moral standing inthe world; and we will never use 9/11 as a way to scare up votes,because it is not a tactic to win an election, it is a challenge thatshould unite America and the world against the common threats of thetwenty-first century: terrorism and nuclear weapons; climate changeand poverty; genocide and disease.

All of the candidates in this race share these goals. All have goodideas. And all are patriots who serve this country honorably.

But the reason our campaign has always been different is because it'snot just about what I will do as President, it's also about what you,the people who love this country, can do to change it.
That's why tonight belongs to you. It belongs to the organizers andthe volunteers and the staff who believed in our improbable journeyand rallied so many others to join.

We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that nomatter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can withstand thepower of millions of voices calling for change.
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics who willonly grow louder and more dissonant in the weeks to come. We've beenasked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned againstoffering the people of this nation false hope.

But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never beenanything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossibleodds; when we've been told that we're not ready, or that we shouldn'ttry, or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with asimple creed that sums up the spirit of a people.

Yes we can.

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared thedestiny of a nation.

Yes we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trailtoward freedom through the darkest of nights.

Yes we can.

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores andpioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.

Yes we can.

It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for theballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.

Yes we can to justice and equality. Yes we can to opportunity andprosperity. Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair thisworld.

Yes we can.

And so tomorrow, as we take this campaign South and West; as we learn that the struggles of the textile worker in Spartanburg are not sodifferent than the plight of the dishwasher in Las Vegas; that the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people;we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in America's story with three words that will ring from coast tocoast; from sea to shining sea - Yes. We. Can.

We have had enough!

by Independant Daily

We know the battle for independance was difficult and long and treacherous but no matter what obstacle that lay ahead an impossible battle was faught and won. 50 years down the road, what was a part of the great British empire, is now Malaysia.

For 50 years, we were dominated by Barisan Nasional and for 50 years we saw growth. Growth not by capability but growth by force as the world economy grows and by being who we are and where we are, we grow along.

At what rate have we grown and in comparison with younger countries, have we achieved a milestone? No.

Are we are as competitive as our neighbouring countries? No.

Are we as safe as our neighbouring countries? No.

Do we have an education system that makes us employable globally? No.

Do we have a health system that enables the young and old, the far and near to get a hint of what medical benefits is? No.

Do we have a government that is transparent, open, clean and fair? NO.

We have been told long enough that saying out loud what we have in mind is wrong. We have been told many times opposing the ruling government is against the law, the law of Barisan Nasional. We have been told to accept what is given to us or leave the country.

We.have.had.enough!

We are here again at the crossroad of lies, false hopes and election promises. Years after years we have been waiting for a change and this is what it is about now. Change. We.want.a.change!

It was written in the Federal Constitutions our rights as Malaysians. It has been taken away long enough. The ultimate right as a citizen of a country is now served to you on a silver plater. Take it and make a change!

Vote against corrupted politicians.

Vote against incapable leaders.

Vote against low quality education.

Vote against inaccesible medical services.

Vote against wasted public funds.

Vote against media control.

Vote against racialsm.

Vote against Barisan Nasional.

BN - 2004 Brochure...

by Independant Daily

Do you remember?


This picture was taken from Malaysia Today. Click on the picture gives you a bigger view from Malaysia Today's site. Do browse Malaysia Today site as frequent as you possibly can. Lots of inside info.

Khairy Jamaluddin: 18 years of empty promises is enough. It is time for change!

by Independant Daily

Khairy Jamaluddin said this about Kelantan when launching Pade Doh (which means Enough is Enough in Kelantanese) campagin. They even launch a logo with cross over the number 18 which marks the number of years PAS have dominated Kelantan. He even added that the people should try BN for 5 years and make a comparison and remarked that the people don't want the same 'thing' referring them to the 'empty promises' that PAS had made.

Well, i couldn't agree with this chap more. I mean seriously! I don't know anything about PAS and/or Kelantan except for their great holiday destination and food. What i do know however is, he is right to say that people should try a different ruling party. So, i am sure being a great leader, he would say the same to all the people around Malaysia, if you have tasted the same shit for 50 years, its time to make a change! Try the opposition for 5 years and make a comparison.

Here's my campaign to you old chap!

Abdullah: We have the experience in developing the country!

by Independant Daily

The Barisan Nasional have experience in developing the country says Abdullah. Well, in all honesty, there is no doubt about that. They are the only party that have rulled the country. Who else in this country that say that they are more experience. Nobody!

What The Rakyat should now ask is, i know you have the experience, i know we have progressed over the passed 50 years but why have we not progressed as positively as Singapore or Korea has?

The Barisan Nasional have compared Malaysia with the worst in the world just to make themselves look like they have done a honourable job. The fact is far from the truth because we are significantly under developed if compared to the likes of Singapore, who has practically 'zero' natural resources. Even South Korea whom still faces the possibility of war with North Korea are doing amazingly/significantly better than us.

Why then, Abdullah Badawi, should we continue to support The Barisan Nasional whom have continously wasted public funds, shun public responsiblity and acted harshly upon those who fought for the rights of The Rakyat, who fought for their own belief and those who actually love the country more than power, money and fame?

For 50 years, we have been 'blessed' with lies, stories and scandals. I do not know if the opposition is going to make it better but at least i know if the opposition wins, i don't have to live with the same shit again for the next 5 years.

If i could make a wish that would certainly come true, i'd wish that i can live in a Malaysia that is free from corruption, free from un-educated leaders, free from money-embezzling politicians and free from irresponsible leaders.

The feeling of betrayal...

by Independant Daily

When the government boast about the coalition having both Indian and Chinese parties and that they know exactly what the Chinese wants and yada yada yada and etc etc etc, few days ago i read a piece of news that made me spit on my shiny Chinese ass.

PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says he will decide if Dr Koh Tsu Koon cannot make up his mind to stay on as Penang CM or move to a federal post.

Why you ask?

Gerakan is an party independant of UMNO. They are part of the coalition but they do not succumb to anyone. Or at least that is what we thought. Today the president of UMNO decides, the presidential seat of Gerakan. Tomorrow, the president of UMNO decides the presidential seat of MCA and MIC.

The day after, a Malay will be the president MCA or MIC because it may look like a Malay or sound like a Malay but he cannot be 100% certain. He needs to go for a DNA test but Malaysia cannot do it, so have to send to Australia and wait 2 years. Results will be inconclusive, another test will need to be conducted and 4 years later, it is finally confirmed that he is not Malay and he needs to step down.

By then, his Son-In-Law will be PM they don't need MCA or MIC anymore because they have betrayed their own races.

Malaysia BOLEH!

Parliament have been dissolved

by Independant Daily

The parliament has been dissolved the Prime Minister today. Therefore making the country 'government-less' at least until after the election. So if i critised anyone now, i'll be criticising our 'previous' government right. So its ok. At least i think so...

Anyway, during the CNY break i was reading the The Star and i notice an extremely brilliant piece of information that says the Malaysia per capita income(or PCI or average income per person) have increase over the years during the tenure of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. Seriously?

Per Capita Income (PCI) (sometimes called National Income or Personal
Income) is derived by dividing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the
population. There are number reasons to believe Nor Yakcop’s claim as
suspicious.

If the population is assumed as not growing, our GDP should rise by 40%
from 2004 to 2007. That is not true since the Ministry of Finance reported
growth for 2005, 2006 and 2007 at 5.0%, 5.9% and estimated 6.0%, respectively.
That’s only a simple total of GDP growth of 16.9%.

How then have our PCI increased 40%? Click here to find out.

i'm migrating...

I am trying very hard to love my country but its just that....

by Independant Daily

You know, people have been telling me, "eh.. stop being so critical of our country la. Its not like things are dreadful ma. Can survive wat...". I mean, I know la but can you help it when flip open the papers and see people like Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin saying things like:

In this case, how can a foreigner be brought to Parliament to give negative statements on the country? Can he claim to have a good knowledge of the country just because he is present in the country for three or four times a year?

What.the.fuck.is.this.guy.talking.about!!!!

Does it even matter if he has a good knowledge of the country or not! He was ATTACKED by Mat Rempits for no reason and he goes to the Parliament and make a press statement and The Information Minister, a person whom the country should look up to, a person who should be an example to the nation tells the fucking world that if you dont know the country well enough, you fucking deserved to be attacked by Mat Rempits!!!!!

What.the.fuck!!!!!!!!!!

So, any foreigner who reads this, Don't Come to Malaysia because since you don't know the country well you may be attacked by young, reckless Malaysians on motorbikes for no reason and its ALL YOUR FAULT!

Don't like? Go away la!!

Source: TheStar

Nurin and Lingam...

by Independant Daily


As we are trying to keep up with more scams being expose and each of these plots thicken, i found a huge contradiction with the best police force in the world and non-corrupted judiciary system that Malaysia has.

As the ACA, or the government, is trying hard to prevent an investigation being launched into the Lingam-Tape scandal, which by now are covered by so many people including an 18-year old who wrote a fantastic piece of article, i found what the government or police is trying to do is contradicting with what they are trying to do with Nurin's case.

The ACA. or the government is trying to trace the killer based on a VIDEO clip. Now my question, if someone is arrested with the connection with this murder and the only evidence suggesting that he is indeed the killer is the VIDEO clip, what is stopping this killer from using the Lingam-Tape scandal as a reference for the clip to be 'authenticated' before prosecution?

When i was in school, my teachers have always told me to be an good example to my juniors. Maybe the ministers need to go back to school once more...

First Malaysian into space

by Independant Daily

I have blogged for quite some time now. Main reason being work and the fact that i was away for one whole week in Ipoh with slow internet connection really didn't gave me an appetite to blog.

Though, today is different. Today we witness a mark of history in Malaysia. The first Malaysian into space. As our Deputy Prime Minister says, "Malaysian can now stand a few inches taller" because we have ventured into space. I think one of the main question many Malaysian asks when the space program was first launched is what is the reason for the first Malaysian going into space. Some were saying, he is going to make Teh Tarik in space, play Congkak and other really typical stupid Malaysian things in Space!

I mean, so you want to see how Teh Tarik tariks with No Gravity is it! Aiyoh! How to tarik when there is no gravity? Stupid right?

But anyway, many Malaysians also failed to realised one thing and that is today is not only a historic day for ONE reason. Its a history day for TWO reason and the other reason being; the first SPACEFLIGHT PARTTICIPANT IN A SPACE MISSION!

Puzzled? You should be. Try this, Expedition 16 consists of 6 crew namely:

Commander Peggy A. Whitson - commander for Expedition 16
Yuri Malenchenko - flight engineer
Léopold Eyharts - flight engineers
Garrett Reisman - flight engineers
Dan Tani - flight engineers

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor - Malaysian spaceflight participant

Spaceflight participant!!!! WTF!

And....

The Expedition 15 crew has been busy readying the station as they prepare to greet their replacements and Malaysian guest. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov set up a work space in the Zvezda service module that will allow the visiting Shukor to perform several experiments over nine days.
Flight Engineer Clay Anderson also resized U.S. spacesuits for Whitson and Malenchenko for an upcoming spacewalk. The current station crew also held space-to-ground teleconferences with their Expedition 16 counterparts to assist
with handover activities.

Yurchikhin and Kotov are scheduled to leave the station on Oct. 21 officially ending the Expedition 15 increment. Shukor will go home with the two cosmonauts. Anderson will remain onboard with Expedition 16 and return to Earth next month aboard Discovery on its STS-120 mission.

And so... fellow Malaysians. Here is what your Taxes are for. To send a Malaysian for a expensive Space Vacation. The experiments maybe includes Teh Tarik and flip roti canai. Well, he is a partner of a restaurant. Maybe he is there to cook Nasi Lemak or something for their host. Be proud Malaysia!

Source: NASA, Jeffooi

How to make money

by Independant Daily

Being a typical Malaysian, we are usually very tight on the purse and every month we would have just enough money to last through the final minutes of the final day of the month after paying all the rents, mobile phone bills, insurance, etc, etc...

So everyone asks each other, is there any way we can make really good money? Is it that difficul to make a decent living around here?

Well, you'll surprise how easy it is. Here is a step-by-step guide:

1. Make sure you know the right people in the Malaysian ruling government. So far, the easiest target seems to the Road and Transport Minister.

2. Sell to him that there is a need for a service to screen everyone that drives on the road for safety reason. Doesn't matter if the public hospital are already doing it for free, its SAFETY! You can always do it again!

3. Charge RM80 per health screen. Doesn't matter if the public hospital charges you close to nothing, its only RM80. Malaysia economy is good! Everyone can afford it! Don't worry, the Road and Transport Minister don't have details to anything...

4. Just make up some numbers so the RM80 makes sense. Like erm... Pos Malaysia RM2, RM10 is for operating costs, RM35 go to the doctors and RM25 to laboratories and erm.. Oh, the company needs to make money ma, so the company gets RM8. But Koperasi Doktor Malaysia Bhd chairman, Dr. J. S. Deo says health screen is RM5.90 only for a minimum of 1000test. Never mind, the minister won't have that details. So what if the public knows, they sign the agreement or the minister sign the agreement? Don't worry, the public cannot do anything.

5. Assuming that your company pays the lab RM10 and doctors RM40 you would still get an estimated RM30 per health screen. Assuming there are about 1 million commercial vehicles drivers out there, you'll get an estimated RM30 million per year! And all you do is, well, nothing really. Because at the end, only the Road and Transport minister and Police are allowed to conduct checks.

Since they don't have any information systems, so you don't need also. You use the doctors who already owns a clinic or go to the hospital. All you need is some people to scrible something on some form you pre-print for a million copies and give some fake report to the ministry that you are doing a great job.

Q: The government could do it themselves, why you need to set up a company to do it for the government?

A: Ahhhh... that's why you see, its good to live in this country. You do a profit-sharing deal with the correct people then you get the deal la! You so stupid, the country is peaceful and prosperous and you don't know to make use of it.

Q: What if the public finds out? We'll be crusified!

A: Don't worry... the media is controlled by my member. You don't need to know who my member is. Just don't worry, we can always put the blame on the opposition party and other associations.

If you have more question, leave a message, i'll answer it for you.


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