Umno Members Submit Memorandum Protesting Rithauddeen's Proposal
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (Bernama) -- About 30 members of the Youth and Putera wings of Umno tonight handed a memorandum of protest to the party leadership on the intervention by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in party matters.(why the worry?)
In the memorandum, the members also protested against the proposal by the chairman of the Umno Diciplinary Board, Tan Sri Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail that the party's wings be dissolved to curb money politics.(I sure think the chairman got his reasons in doing so. And if none of them are corrupted, why worry sick? Furthermore the chairman is carrying out his job in fighting corruption which has come to the highest level and multitude ever since the 'corruption fighter' Abdullah Badawi took office)
The memorandum was handed to Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and members of the Supreme Council (MT) before they began their their MT meeting at the Umno headquarters, here. (who else?)
A spokesman for the group, Zuraidi Abdul Rahim said the establishment of the MACC had resulted in more party members being detained on corruption charges and members of the commission frequently adopted harsh tactics when questioning suspects.
"The formation of the MACC is not to beat suspects when questioning them. Thirty-nine people have been called up for questioning, the number of those remanded is uncertain but two or three people have lodged police reports.
We have proof of the incidents through a copy of the police report lodged by a party member which is attached to the memorandum," he told reporters at the Menara Tun Hussein Onn lobby here.(Well, Zuraidi, i can also lodge a police report mentioning that my mother is actually my father....duhhhh....)
The police report dated Jan 28, lodged at the Damansara Police Station by an Umno member from Pahang, claimed that he was beaten on the head, kicked on the ribs by an officer, and was forced to strip and roll over on the floor.(beaten by an anti corruption investigators?...this is quite questionable. Perhaps this is one of the way for them to escape future investigation?)
Zuraidi said he represented about 2,500 party members throughout the country who hoped there would be no intervention by outsiders especially from the MACC on party matters so that the freedom of expression by party members could be revived.Earlier, they had gathered at the lobby to express their protest against the suggestion by Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen and the establishment of the MACC.(Of course, how to fight the bad when the good is only a handful, and the good would always be the bad guy, yet again.....)
Thursday, 29 January 2009
The Ox
Bad omens for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong people are gloomy about the city's economic prospects for the Year of the Ox after Chinese New Year festivities were overshadowed by bad omens.
As celebrations to mark the New Year took place across the city of 6.9 million, which slipped into recession at the end of 2008, headlines on Wednesday were grabbed by two seemingly ominous events.
First, a "fortune stick'' picked on Tuesday by a senior politician in an annual Taoist ceremony predicting how prosperous the year ahead will be produced the worst possible number - 27.
Feng shui masters in the superstitious former British colony said the fortune stick meant Hong Kong faced a turbulent and unsettled year with possible conflicts between the government and people.
The last time the number 27 was drawn was 1992, shortly before the arrival of last British governor Chris Patten set off a series of political clashes in the territory.
Hours later, there was another apparently bad omen for the year ahead when a barge carrying fireworks across Victoria Harbour for the New Year fireworks display caught fire.
Black smoke billowed out of the barge as the 20-minute display came to an end on Tuesday evening and fire boats had to rush to douse the flames. No one was injured.
In a sign of the mood of pessimism enveloping Hong Kong, only around 250,000 people lined the harbour for the fireworks display - half the number who attended in 2008.
Hong Kong has been hit hard by the global economic slump with share prices falling by more than 50% in the past 12 months and unemployment rising to more than 4 per cent.
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Hmmmm....what can be said when superstitions are well accepted and believed by the majority.
I guess even without the politician 'unfortunate' pick of the stick, the economy will definitely be hit and the global impact will surely send it waves across the former British colony.
Suddenly now I wonder what my long lost friend in AWSJ Hong Kong would be doing in order to brave through the economic turmoil there.
On the other hand, what would the fortune reader say should the stick picked by the politician represent all good numbers.....;-)
Hong Kong people are gloomy about the city's economic prospects for the Year of the Ox after Chinese New Year festivities were overshadowed by bad omens.
As celebrations to mark the New Year took place across the city of 6.9 million, which slipped into recession at the end of 2008, headlines on Wednesday were grabbed by two seemingly ominous events.
First, a "fortune stick'' picked on Tuesday by a senior politician in an annual Taoist ceremony predicting how prosperous the year ahead will be produced the worst possible number - 27.
Feng shui masters in the superstitious former British colony said the fortune stick meant Hong Kong faced a turbulent and unsettled year with possible conflicts between the government and people.
The last time the number 27 was drawn was 1992, shortly before the arrival of last British governor Chris Patten set off a series of political clashes in the territory.
Hours later, there was another apparently bad omen for the year ahead when a barge carrying fireworks across Victoria Harbour for the New Year fireworks display caught fire.
Black smoke billowed out of the barge as the 20-minute display came to an end on Tuesday evening and fire boats had to rush to douse the flames. No one was injured.
In a sign of the mood of pessimism enveloping Hong Kong, only around 250,000 people lined the harbour for the fireworks display - half the number who attended in 2008.
Hong Kong has been hit hard by the global economic slump with share prices falling by more than 50% in the past 12 months and unemployment rising to more than 4 per cent.
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Hmmmm....what can be said when superstitions are well accepted and believed by the majority.
I guess even without the politician 'unfortunate' pick of the stick, the economy will definitely be hit and the global impact will surely send it waves across the former British colony.
Suddenly now I wonder what my long lost friend in AWSJ Hong Kong would be doing in order to brave through the economic turmoil there.
On the other hand, what would the fortune reader say should the stick picked by the politician represent all good numbers.....;-)
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
100th post
January 25th marked my 100th post in this blog.
Starting with 'i-don't -know' what to post to trying not to lapsed at all; i still am crawling in gathering interesting yet provocating or just-by-the -way topics to post in this blog.
Nevertheless, i hope i will post better topics as time pass.
Starting with 'i-don't -know' what to post to trying not to lapsed at all; i still am crawling in gathering interesting yet provocating or just-by-the -way topics to post in this blog.
Nevertheless, i hope i will post better topics as time pass.
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