Cabinet: Open the access road

News from MalaysiaKini:

Kabinet arah jalan BMC dibuka

Kabinet hari ini mengarahkan supaya jalan akses yang digunakan oleh penduduk Bandar Mahkota Cheras (BMC) bagi mengelak membayar tol di Lebuhraya Cheras-Kajang dibuka kepada laluliintas.

Keputusan itu dibuat dalam mesyuarat mingguan kabinet hari ini.

Pertikaian berhubung tindakan syarikat konsesi lebuhraya, Grand Saga, membina benteng menutup jalan tersebuttelah berterusan sejak tiga tahun lalu tetapi ia sampai ke kemuncaknya pada 21 April lalu apabila penduduk di situ, dengan sokongan beberapa ahli exco kerajaan negeri Pakatan Rakyat, bertindak memusnahkan benteng yang dibina pada 2005.

Grand Saga kemudiannya membina semula benteng di situ, tetapi penduduknya bertindak memusnahkannya semula.

Bagaimanapun, percubaan Grand Saga untuk membina benteng konkrit setinggi tiga kaki - bagi kali ketiga - pada malam 8 Mei lalu terganggu, apabila pihak polis melepaskan tembakan gas pemedih mata untuk menyuraikan penduduk yang berhimpun di situ.

Empat hari kemudiannya, penduduk gagal mendapatkan perintah dari Mahkamah Tinggi untuk menghalang syarikat konsesi lebuhraya itu mendirikan semula benteng konkrit di jalan tersebut.

Selepas mahkamah membuat keputusan yang memihak kepada Grand Saga, Zainal Abidin mengeluarkan notis tiga hari lalu bahawa benteng konkrit akan dibina semula di situ dan berharap orang ramai tidak mengengkari penghakiman mahkamah tersebut.

Bagaimanapun, kelmarin, penduduk Bandar Mahkota Cheras (BMC) sekali lagi bertindak membuang semula benteng tersebut yang menutup jalan akses tersebut.



翁诗杰通知开路委会好消息
内阁议决皇冠城开通不封路

经过数周来的“你建我拆”拉锯战，甚至爆发流血冲突事件后，蕉赖皇冠城居民终于盼到好消息，今日的内阁会议，议决同意皇冠城不再设置石墩封路，开通道路让居民使用。

开路委员会主席陈文华告诉《当今大马》，交通部长翁诗杰在中午亲自致电告知他这项好消息。

目前居民与媒体正聚集在皇冠城封路现场，等待工程部长莫哈末辛的到来，以正式作出开路的宣布。

此外，争议中的另一名主角加影蕉赖大道经营公司Grand Saga执行董事再纳阿比丁（Zainal Abidin Ali）也出现在现场，等待部长的到来。

民联政府招商交出成绩 美巨资入注槟州

（槟岛西南区28日讯）

槟州民联政府交出招商成绩，继日资揖斐电电子马有限公司(Ibiden)在槟设厂后，再成功招揽美资航空配备公司入注槟州，推动槟工业迈向另一个新兴的领域！

HoneyWell共投资逾亿

槟州首席部长林冠英今日宣布，来自美国著名的HoneyWell共投资1亿1千520万令吉在槟设厂以生产高科技的航空电子设备，相信将能促进槟工业发展，同时也制造就业机会。

他说，这家设立在北赖工业区，占地220,000平方尺的美资公司厂房目前正在如火如荼建筑中，并预定在2008年年尾完成，2009年开始投入操作。

“该公司是生产航空领域配备的佼佼者，相信在其带动下，州内科技水准将跨向另一个高层次。”

他是在贵都酒店召开的记者会上，宣布这项好消息，在场者包括HoneyWell（集成化供应链）副总裁尼尔、副总裁吉姆吉布斯、投资槟城执行委员会董事长拿督李家全、槟州发展机构总经理罗斯里、王国慧行政议员、阿都玛力州议员、首长政治秘书黄伟益、郭庭源州议员等。

他相信该公司进军槟州后将开拓相关领域的发展潜能，同时也为本地中小型企业开拓新商机，促进州内经济。

另一方面，他也指出，去年槟州外资投资达到31亿令吉，今年州政府展望能突破去年的投资目标，取得更好的成绩。

他说，州政府不仅会极力保留现有的外资工厂外，往后也会引进更多领域工业，包括生物科技等。

他表示，根据槟州发展机构的数据显示，全槟共有4个工业区，工厂有2千间，其中槟州发展机构拥有的共有800间。

员工以本地人为主　不会引进大量外劳

槟州首席部长林冠英说，HoneyWell航空电子公司的设立，不会引进大量外劳。

他说，最近由槟政府引进的外资，包括日资Ibiden和美资HoneyWell，所需要的都是工程师和高级技术人员等人才，而且99％员工将以本地人为主。

他续说，有关外资所提供的工作机会只有500多个，受惠的应是本地人才，不是外劳。

他也说，这也符合槟政府引进能提供高薪的外资公司的招商策略。

他认为，就业机会的数量并不是引进外资的重点，州政府比较注重引进能提供高薪的外资公司。

“我们不希望招到的外资是可以提供1万份，但薪金只有500、600令吉的工作机会，我们要的是高薪工作机会。”

陈记光受委雪土地委会主席

News from MalaysiaKini:

继李家全之后，又有一名民政党领袖将为人民联盟州政府效劳！雪州政府今日宣布，委任民政党联邦直辖区主席陈记光（左图）出任该州土地发展调查委员会主席。

由人民联盟执政的雪州，今日在行政议会会议后，仿效槟城政府委任前民政党副总秘书李家全的做法，委任陈记光领导一个特别工作队，专司研究州内的土地管理事务、政策和问题，并向州政府建议解决方案。

雪州大臣卡立依布拉欣在新闻发布会上表示，这个工作队将拥有6名成员，除了陈记光之外，另一名联合主席是聂莫哈末再因（Nik Mohd Zain bin Nik Mohd Yusof）。

The party’s Federal Territory chief, Dr Tan Kee Kwong, has been tapped by the Selangor government to head a special task force on land management. Will he face the same pressure from his party like Lee Kah Choon previouly?

Barricade Removed Again

From the video clip, you can see those thugs beating the residents. If they are not being hired, how come they were so busy body helping to take care the barricade? Not logic mah......


News from The Star:

Using mallets, car jacks and steel bars, the residents broke down the foundations of the barricade made of large boulders and forced the stones to the ground.

The boulders were then chained to lorries and dragged away to the side of the underpass of the Cheras-Kajang Highway, which leads into the neighbourhood.

In the mean time, Selangor Government is tracking these thugs, hopefully can be done in the shortest time. And you know what, Selangor Government has sizable stake in Grand Saga and will call for EGM. Hope for the best la.......

Japanese tourist drowns off Batu Feringghi

News from NST:

GEORGE TOWN:

A Japanese tourist drowned after falling into the sea while sightseeing at the Batu Ferringhi beachfront about 8.30am today.

Tetsuya Fuji, 40, was standing on some rocks when he lost his balance and fell. His body was later found stuck between some rocks off the beach.

Northeast district police chief assistant commissioner Azam Abdul Hamid said police were still waiting for the post-mortem results to determine the cause of death.

He said police had so far ruled out any foul play.

Our Polis....... Are They?

Our Malaysia Polis..... How are they taking care of us. Their style. This incident happened at Bandar Mahkota Cheras yesterday night.

3,500 years of the Sedition Act

From Raja Petra's blog:


is clear that the Sedition Act can solve all our problems. The Sedition Act, properly and seriously implemented, would result in the entire world sharing just one religion. There would not be so many religions, which, today, are the source of most of the world’s problems.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

There is an old law which many Malaysians do not realise still exists in this country. This law is called the Sedition Act. How old is this law, you may ask. Trust me, it is very, very old.

The Sedition Act was already around 3,000 or 3,500 years ago during the time of the Egyptian Pharaohs. At that time a man called Musa -- namesake of Musa Hitam, Musa Aman and Musa Hassan; who are all the exact opposite of the Musa of old Egypt -- received a message from God. And the message is that the Pharaoh is not God, as he believed he was, and Musa was to go tell him so.

Of course Musa was scared because he was aware of the Sedition Act and anyone who disputes that the Ruler of Egypt is God will be dealt with severely. So Musa asked God for permission to bring his brother along since his brother had the gift of the gab and was able to ‘spin’ just like the Bloggers of modern days. Knowing that a lot of spinning would be required to counter Pharaoh’s claim of divinity, God agreed and Musa and his brother then went and confronted the Pharaoh.

The Pharaoh asked Musa what are the credentials to become God. Musa then replied that God gives life and God takes life. The Pharaoh then sentenced Musa to death thereby ‘taking his life’. The Pharaoh then commuted the death sentence thereby ‘giving back’ Musa his life.

“So I have just taken life and given life,” argued the Pharaoh. “That means I am God.”

That was certainly a very smart move indeed. So what is the moral of this story? Simple. If the Internet and Blogs had been around 3,000 or 3,500 years ago, the Pharaoh would have been the King of Bloggers since he is the best spin-doctor in history.

But Musa insisted that the Pharaoh was not God and this resulted in the Pharaoh invoking the Sedition Act on him. Any act to make the people hate or turn against the Ruler is an act of sedition and punishable under the Sedition Act. However, Musa did not play fair. He skipped bail and escaped from Egypt and this resulted in the new nation of Israel being created. And, ever since, this has been the cause of great turmoil and countless deaths. If the Pharaoh had arrested Musa under the Sedition Act and had not allowed him bail then, today, there would be no turmoil and chaos in this world and we would all be living in a peaceful world, in particular in the Middle East.

Slightly over 2,000 years ago, another person by the name of Isa came along. This was Isa The Man, not ISA the Internal Security Act. Isa too was seditious and he turned the people against the Rulers. Of course Isa was not really that successful because he only had about a dozen followers, not even enough to form an Umno branch, which requires more members than that. But the Ruler made the great mistake of making a martyr out of Isa and his support grew, until today where he has more than one billion followers.

That was certainly not a very smart move indeed. So what is the moral of this story? Simple. Never make a martyr of someone who commits the crime of sedition, as then his or her following will grow beyond controllable proportions.

1,400 years or so ago, another man came along. This man was called Muhammad (but he had only one Muhammad in his name, not like today where we have people with two Muhammads in their name). For ten years he tried turning the people against the Rulers of the tiny state called Mekah. Finally, the Mekah government could stand it no longer and they tried arresting Muhammad under the Sedition Act.

But Muhammad managed to escape to another small village called Medina. Within 12 years this village grew into a city and they managed to build a large army and then went back to Mekah to topple the government.

That was certainly a very smart move indeed. So what is the moral of this story? Simple. Never allow anyone who commits the crime of sedition to escape to another country, as he or she can then build up a large army and come back to topple the government.

These examples of Musa, Isa and Muhammad have taught the world a thing or two. Firstly, never allow anyone to commit the crime of sedition. Secondly, sedition is not about punishing someone for lying. Sedition is about punishing someone who tells the truth. And that was demonstrated in Penang not too long ago when Marina Yusoff was found guilty of sedition for telling the truth -- yes, she proved that she had told the truth and had not lied. Marina Yusoff wrongly thought that if she could prove she was telling the truth she would escape punishment. Little did she realise that the Sedition Act does not punish you for lying. It punishes you for telling the truth. And Musa, Isa and Muhammad too told the truth so they are all rightfully guilty of sedition.

600 years or so ago, the English King decided to make it illegal to speak against the Ruler. God appoints Rulers as Rulers, argued the King, and to oppose the Ruler or speak ill of the Ruler is seditious and you can be arrested and your ears will be cut off. So many people who did not bodek the King were arrested and punished under the Sedition Act.

62 years ago, Malayans too started opposing the British Monarchy. They did not like the British proposal to form the Malayan Union. The Malays then got together and formed an amalgamation of the many Malay movements, societies and associations, which they called Umno. And through Umno the Malays began to make seditious statements in their many road-shows that criss-crossed the length and breadth of Malaya.

As the movement gained momentum and Umno started winning the support of the Malayan population, the British decided in 1948 to introduce the Sedition Act, more than 500 years after it was introduced in England. That was of course 60 years ago but the Sedition Act did not achieve its purpose. Finally, in 1957, Malaya managed to gain independence from Britain in spite of the Sedition Act.

Today, the Sedition Act that was introduced to punish Malayans who speak against the British still remains. But there is no longer a British Colonial government ruling Malaya. Today, Malaya is Merdeka and is now called Malaysia. But the law that makes it a crime to speak ill of the British still remains even though no one speaks bad about the British any longer other than Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who was Prime Minister of Malaysia for 22 years and who managed to get Margaret Thatcher’s knickers all twisted into knots.

Sigh….if the Pharaoh had been serious about the Sedition Act then there would be no Jews today. And if there were no Jews then there would be no Isa; so there would be no Christianity. And if the Mekah government too had been serious about the Sedition Act there would be no Islam today. And since there would be no Jews, Christians and Muslims, then all 26 million Malaysians would today still be Hindus, like they were more than 600 years ago. And since we would all be Hindus there would be no problems and therefore no need for Hindraf. And as there would be no Hindraf then Barisan Nasional would not have done so badly in the 8 March 2008 general election.

It is clear that the Sedition Act can solve all our problems. The Sedition Act, properly and seriously implemented, would result in the entire world sharing just one religion. There would not be so many religions, which, today, are the source of most of the world’s problems.

Malaysians must be able to look at the Sedition Act in this light. Against the backdrop of the Sedition Act being able to prevent the growth of new religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- which would result in world peace -- then the Sedition Act is good. But because the Rulers since 3,500 years ago failed to ensure that no one escapes the Sedition Act, today, we have so many religions that have divided the world and which have created a lot of conflicts that have resulted in so many deaths.

And remember, the Sedition Act is used to punish those who tell the truth, not those who lie. If they lie then there are so many other laws we can use against them.

Samseng rules

Even samseng also "hired to take care" the barricade. Damn! And the police just standing there watching as reported in media. What the ****!!!! Some of the residents are seriously injured, beating by sticks, helmet and even parang. Camera from reporters even being smashed or taken away the memory card.

Either the police also scared of protecting the people or it was not thier business to protect the people.



News from The Star:

A fracas ensued at about 7.15pm when a group of unidentified men armed with sticks and helmets attacked the residents. Several residents were taken to hospital.

Also injured was a photographer from Utusan Malaysia, Roy Azis Abdul Aziz, who was beaten up when he tried to snap some photographs.

Several cars parked at the roadside were also smashed by the group.

The group of men sat on the blocks, not allowing the residents to remove them and threatened to attack those who tried to go near the barricade. However, the group disappeared when the police arrived later.

私会党徒攻击皇冠镇居民
皇家警察近距离袖手旁观

【本刊特约记者周泽南撰述】今晚7时23分，大约20至30名疑受雇於“蕉赖－加影大道”特许经营公司Grand Saga的私会党徒手持木棍、巴冷刀和头盔，攻击聚集在雪兰莪州蕉赖皇冠镇已被封堵的出口的居民，20多人被打伤，其中三人伤势严重；令人髮指的是，七名警察竟然在50米外的汽车天桥袖手旁观，不但没阻止暴徒行兇，也不曾向受伤居民施援。

至少10多名记者和摄影记者亲眼见证事发过程，其中两名马来文报章的摄影记者也遭受池鱼之殃，因拍摄了暴徒的举动而被殴打，本刊特约记者的相机记忆卡也被夺走。被殴至头破血流的居民陈吉丰（音译），被居民送往双溪龙马安药房后，因伤势严重转送加影中央医院；他的右手被打断，头部缝了七针。前往劝架的雪州民主行动党投诉局秘书李亚全左手和背部挨了五棍，负伤逃走，其他伤者伤势情况未明朗。

20至30名手持武器蓄意伤人的暴徒，据称是Grand Saga雇来“保护”路墩免遭居民拆除，据了解，是恶名昭彰的“三条线”（Tiga Line）私会党徒；他们於今天凌晨一时已就陪同大道公司前来设置路墩。皇冠镇的马来人居民向他们探听，Grand Saga付给他们每人100元，前来防止工作人员遭居民打伤或干扰，结果这些暴徒“先发制人”，在居民於傍晚七时开始拆路墩时，在发出警告后没有任何商量余地的情况下，手持各种兇器见人就打。暴徒从路墩处一路追打居民，还叩破沿途停放的居民车辆镜子。

《独立新闻在线》特约记者在最近距离拍摄暴徒行兇过程，看到离路墩约50米之后大约5名暴徒正在以木棍和头盔攻击一名华裔青年陈吉丰，即以记者身份喝止暴徒继续行兇。暴徒见陈吉丰倒在血泊中奄奄一息，遂火速彻退，但其中一名暴徒见记者手持相机，乘记者扶起伤者准备送院时将相机夺走，记者呼喝命令他交回相机，却遭另一名暴徒以头盔攻击，唯皆被记者档了下来。畏罪彻退的暴徒最后将相机记忆卡取出，仅归还相机。一名居民随后扶起重伤的陈吉丰，用电单车将他载往药房；事后他向记者展示其背部衬衫已被伤者鲜血染红。

现场两辆警车隔岸观火

打人事件发生之前，路墩前后50米左右各停放着一辆警车，其中一辆是停泊在“蕉赖－加影大道”的天桥上，有七名制服警员和交警站在天桥上观望；另一辆则停在路墩路口通往双溪龙方向，警员人数不详。暴徒攻击居民的时候，天桥上的七名警员隔岸观火，桥下的警员却在打人事件后失去了踪影。居民作鸟兽散后，大批记者被这起突发的攻击事件吓得目瞪口呆。数分钟后，窜逃的居民纷纷再聚集到路墩前。

一些极度愤怒的居民开始呼吁聚集者拿起武器以自保，有些居民甚至迁怒於记者，质问究竟有没有拍到暴徒打人的証据。《独立新闻在线》特约记者前往天桥记录下警车车牌号码为WPM 4906, 那时只剩下两名交警和三名身穿PDRM外套的警员。记者质问警员为何不阻止暴行和逮捕滋事者，拒绝透露姓名和编号的警员只说没看清楚下面究竟发生什么事。

暴力事件发生后，两辆警车才於8时10分珊珊来迟，四名警员将警车停放在距路墩约50米之外，他们下车后却若无其事的在车外闲聊，不曾见到他们向任何伤者或居民录取口供。记者问他们，这些暴徒究竟是谁，他们却装着不了解情况。该两辆警车车牌为WPP 1296及 WPP 1247。

8时35分，越来越多居民返回现场，情绪高涨。有人呼吁居民检起可以防身的武器，以防止暴徒捲土重来。数名疑为暴徒的人混在人群中，被一些居民认出后拔腿就跑。群龙无首的居民情绪更高昂，有人建议推倒路墩，有人建议既然警察无法保护居民，就唯有回去“搬马”，纠众保护自己。惊魂未定的居民人心惶惶，流言开始到处飞，有居民说该群暴徒已召了300人正在前来的途中。


居民质问议员们做了什么？

8时57分，情绪激昂的居民开始合力推倒数个路墩，却碍於过重而无法开出一条通道。一名不愿透露姓名的华裔警官向记者表示，警员会确保一旦暴徒再现身，就会逮捕他们，但居民疑惑的是，警方和议员已在今凌晨接获有私会党徒前来滋事的通知，为何却没能阻止暴徒攻击居民？

9时18分，雪州行政议员欧阳捍华抵达，立刻被愤怒的居民包围和质问。他表示已致电加影警区主任，后者答应会派刑事调查组警员和一组人前来维持秩序。数居民近失控的向欧阳捍华怒吼：“大道公司派私会党来打我们，你在做什么？“居民建议他派人将路墩推掉，欧阳捍华呼吁居民要冷静，并表示没有证据证明Grand Saga雇用私会党，一切都应依法行事。

欧阳捍华向媒体表示，他将在明天的州行政会议讨论此事，并透露马上会到加影警局报案及探访伤者。9时35分，民主行动党沙登区国会议员张念群从国会赶来，只匆匆表示雪州行政议员刘天球等人已报案。记者将事发时在天桥观望的警员警车号码交由张念群，她没说什么就和欧阳捍华一同离去，据说是前往报案和探访伤者。

9时58分，五辆镇暴队大卡车抵达。两辆水炮车开到路墩前，并将水炮描向居民。10时05分，警方开始广播要居民疏散，居民分数方向退守100米以外。截至记者於10时45分离开，居民还不愿疏散。

一名居民说：“连阿婆都被打，这些人没人性”，另一个说：“这样的国家令我惶恐不安，因为警察不会保护人民，还眼睁睁看着居民被打。”还有一个说：“如何为被打的居民讨回公道？”