Tok Guru Nik Aziz has spoken...

Tok Guru Nik Aziz has ask Nasharudin to join UMNO if he still wants to pursue unity talks with UMNO. Read here, here, here and here. Rasa macam Tok Guru baca posting aku je... hehehe :D

In a flash... what Tok Guru said was a bit harsh but I personally stand behind Tok Guru on this. Why is he angry..? Simple... Nasharudin had it coming and somebody from the top have to stop him. Kasi berdesing sikit telinga dia tu. I still stand for what I wrote... Nasharudin have to answer the 60 questions and if he still adamant to push for the unity talks then its better for him to join UMNO. Last time before the election... UMNO/ BN launch 'Zero Opposition' campaign... in Kelantan 'Pade Doh' campaign... remember that campaign Nasharudin... or you are in the 'Melayu mudah lupa' group..?

Tun Mahathir was asked about the unity talks... read here for his reply. He raised some good questions about the talks... something to ponder upon. I like this quote:

“Without the opposition, we may not know what we are doing wrong. This is something we should uphold. We should not have a one-party state like certain countries,”

Err... you mean Singapore..? ;)

Tun Dr Mahathir needs help...

... to fight Pak Lah. He admits he can't do this without support especially from UMNO. Non of the UMNO leaders shows the desire to act against Pak Lah (except for Ku Li of course). He even call UMNO leaders useless as they are only interested in getting something for themselves but do not care if UMNO and this country are totally destroyed.

He also said that the Opposition will also destroy this country if they win and form the Government. Well... the opposition leader is Anwar so go figure why he said that ;) . But if UMNO leaders do not do anything to act against Pak Lah then Sept 16 will be Pakatan Rakyat's field day. 12 days to go man... we will see if Anwar can deliver. Then we can see the true colors of Anwar with power.

Anyway read Tun's posting WHY DON'T I DO SOMETHING. Resist the urge to paste his posting on my blog because... Tun's blog have reached 6 million visitors. Pak Lah tak nak block ke? Tun gave a hint that they might block his blog as he can't access his internet at home. Well Tun... welcome to Steamyx (did I spell this right? Could not even bother).

Apologists... apa tu? Oh... Ass Kissers...

Read Tun Dr. Mahathir's new posting The Apologists. Really... I didn't know what Tun meant by apologist until the end of the posting.

Ass kissers... awat tak khabaq awai-awai. Well Tun... you were surrounded by these people when you were the UMNO President. Now Pak Lah is surrounded by these kind of people. But the ones surrounding Pak Lah is different from yours. They like kissing asses and they have no balls... serious... the keris waving rhetoric acts as a diversion so that nobody notice that they are a bunch of wussies... with yet again... no balls. As an extra cover... they do this... the classic ass kisser secret hand shake...Tak ingat brader ni... siap amik bau. Amacam... ada bau kari ke kurma..?

Inside UMNO Supreme Council and the Cabinet, Tun never gets the overall support as strong as Pak Lah's. Well Tun... you didn't do this last time while you are PM...Ass kissers with no balls are afraid of this stance... 'The Death Finger'. I heard if you get the 'finger'... no post and no job... how to eat? Master this 'finger'... and you get full support... from ass-kissers-with-no-balls ;) .

3 million hits in two months... going strong Tun... going strong. Not bad for an ex-dictator-blogger ;) . You... dictator..? Sorry Tun... you are not qualified.

Hey Karpal... wassap..?

I haven't been blogging for a while... been busy with work and Euro 2008... no time for reading blogs and blogging. Only today I have the chance to read the newspaper... and I read this from the Star:

Give Dr M chance to defend himself, says Karpal

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad should be given every opportunity to defend himself over the allegations made by High Court Judge Datuk Ian Chin, said DAP chairman Karpal Singh.

In a statement, Karpal Singh said, according to Justice Chin, Dr Mahathir had threatened judges in 1997 to decide in favour of the Government, and had sent judges to boot camp.

He said Justice Chin had made serious allegations against Dr Mahathir during proceedings in an election petition in Sibu.

"However, these allegations have been made by the judge under the cloak of absolute immunity. Justice Chin should not abuse the process of court to make disclosures condemning Dr Mahathir," he added.

He said Justice Chin should be brave enough to make statements against Dr Mahathir bereft of the cloak of absolute immunity to give the former premier an opportunity to take him on in a court of law.

"Dr Mahathir has now made certain allegations against Justice Chin and called for the setting up of a tribunal against him for judicial misconduct."

"There should be no discrimination. The law is no respecter of persons," Karpal Singh said.

He said if Dr Mahathir's allegations had merit, then the necessary action should be taken against Justice Chin.

"Dr Mahathir has every right to pursue the allegations he has made."

Likewise, Karpal Singh said, the Government should not in any way act to give the perception to the public that Dr Mahathir no longer enjoyed the rights of a citizen to demand justice.

This is the first I hear Karpal talk some sense about Tun Dr. Mahathir. I always believe Karpal is allergic to these two words... 'Dr. Mahathir' and 'Islam'. You speak these words to Karpal... he will blurt out words like a madman... making no sense at all... and you sense that these two words will make Karpal's mind go haywire and full of rage. Asal sebut je dua benda ni... mesti Karpal naik 'hantu' punya...

But today... huh..? Wassap Karpal... did you hit your head somewhere last night?

Samy Vellu got a reply from Tun Dr. Mahathir

First Tun give a small nudge to Samy... I was waiting for a reply from Samy as written from my previous post 'Multi-racial Malaysia... unique with a price'.

Then came this from Samy (quoted from NST):

"Samy Vellu: Dr M failed the Indian community". Fuuhh... last time he was kissing Tun Dr. Mahathir's ass like it was blackberry cheesecake. Now?

Then Tun reply with this in his blog

"Samy's Folly". Tun knows you never like his ass (figure of speech).

Come on Samy... you go home... find a mirror and have a good look... don't blame others for your folly antics. Tun was spot on in his comments. You insist that you are the only leader for the Indians... others that are capable and educated but not incline to kow tow to you got boot out... you want example? Nah... S.Subramaniam, K. Pathmanaban, M.G Pandithan... to name a few. You wanna people think you are the only Indian hero... hello kici... even Marvel Comics got more than one hero... that is why NBC make 'Heroes' not 'Hero'. Bloody hell... don't try to divert the blame you greedy Indian. It is you who failed the Indian community.

I am waiting for Tun to spill more beans about you Samy... wallauweh... cannot wait le...

Nothing to Write... Just Tun Dr. Mahathir has 2 Million...

... hits on his blog chedet.com. In 30 days he reached a million... in less than two months... he reached two million. People still want to know what he thinks... and for him to give some whacking to the current government. Well... congrats again Tun for reaching two million. Spill some beans on the current government (like this one here) and you will reach millions more in no time ;) .

Me just reached 1k... hehehe... slow and steady.

Tun Salleh Saga... Tun Dr. Mahathir explains

Finally... Tun Dr. Mahathir reveals his own account on the Tun Salleh Saga. I copied Tun's writings below. For Bahasa Malaysia... read it here. I have waited this for a looong time. Wonder why it took so long? I always believe Tun had acted accordingly. To think that this saga happened all because of neighbour disputes? :o Should have pumped up the Hormati Jiran Anda campaign while you were PM Tun ;) . Well... read on... and make your own judgement.

THE TUN SALLEH SAGA

1. When the Government gave ex-gratia payments to the judges involved in the Tun Salleh Abas removal as the Lord President of Malaysian courts, the question that needs to be answered is whether it is because of Government regrets over something that happened not during the period this Government was in power or is it because of a desperate attempt to win support after the disastrous results of the election of 2008.

2. Had the present Government felt regret, it should have paid ex-gratia payment (for want of a better term) upon achieving power. But obviously it only felt regret lately, after its brand new de facto Minister of Law, who incidentally was suspended for money politics, suggested the move in order to win the approval of the Bar Council.

3. But what was at the back of this political feeling of guilt by this Government. Was it because of the injustice done? Or was something unfair and unlawful committed by the previous Government.

4. Most people know about Tun Salleh’s dismissal but few care to find out what really happened. Some believe that the action against Tun Salleh was because he had proposed a panel of 12 judges to hear the appeal against Judge Harun Hashim’s findings that UMNO was an illegal organisation. Others believe it was because he was biased against UMNO in his judgements.

5. None of these is true. Tun Salleh had not been biased against the Government. He dismissed the application by Lim Kit Siang in the case involving UEM and the Government, for an interim injunction made by a lower court in a lengthy judgement made by him as President of the Supreme Court. In numerous other cases his judgement favoured the Government. As to the panel to hear the appeal against Judge Harun Hashim’s findings, a bigger panel could actually be good for UMNO, which wanted nothing more than the validation of the election results making me President and Ghafar Baba Deputy President. Whether the panel rejects or approves Judge Harun’s decision, UMNO and UMNO Baru would not be affected.

6. The truth is that the case against Tun Salleh was triggered by his letters to the Yang di Pertuan Agong which were considered by the Agong as being highly improper and insulting to him.

7. In his first letter Tun Salleh had written to DYMM YDP Agong complaining about the noise made during some repair work at the Agong’s palace near Salleh’s house.

8. This alone can be considered as very improper. A man as senior as he was could have asked to see the Agong and verbally informed him about the noise.

9. But to compound the act of les majesté he sent copies of his letter to the other rulers. This implied that he did not have faith in the Agong and wanted the other Rulers to apply pressure on him.

10. This was followed by another letter to DYMM YDP Agong complaining about the behaviour of the executive i.e. the Prime Minister. Copies of this letter were also sent to the other Rulers.

11. In this letter Tun Salleh said inter alia, “All of us (the judges) are disappointed with the various comments and accusations made by the Prime Minister against the judiciary not only outside but inside Parliament.”

12. He went on to say in his letter “the accusations and comments have brought shame to all of us and left us mentally disturbed to the extent of being unable to discharge our functions orderly and properly.”

13. He asserted that he and all the judges “do not like to reply to the accusations publicly because such action is not compatible with our position as judges under the Constitution …. And as such it is only proper for us to be patient in the interest of the nation.”

14. This statement was obviously untrue as before the letter was sent, in a speech at the University of Malaya when he was receiving his honorary doctorate, he complained about “the judiciary being placed in the social service category” inferring that this was not in keeping with “the rule of law” and that the “priority of the courts should be altered so that freedom is guaranteed and work is not disturbed.”

15. He went on to say “the officers of the public service (i.e. judges) do not have a lesser role and function to play then the roles played by the politicians.”

16. Further he said, “This matter becomes aggravated if the rights involved in a decision made by an official are related to judicial matters because this will result in a very important question that is interference with the independence of the judiciary.”

17. Again when making a speech at the launching of a book “Law, Justice and the Judiciary, Transnational Trends” Tun Salleh had said, among other things, “The vital constitutional principle is so settled that no question should really arise concerning the position of the judiciary under the Constitution. But recently this guardianship has been made an issue and our independence appears to be under some kind of threat.” He added, “This is amply borne out by some of the comments made recently which embarrassed the judiciary a great deal. These remarks not only question our neutrality and independence but the very value of it as an institution ….. Our responsibility of deciding the case without fear or favour …. does not mean that the court decision should be in favour of the Government all the time…….”

18. “Apart from this,” he continued, “the problem of maintaining judicial independence is further complicated by the fact that the judiciary is the weakest of all the three branches of the Government.”

19. “What matters most in order to enable us to save the system from disastrous consequences is that we judges must act with responsibility and dignity and not be drawn or tempted into an impulsive action which could only result in aggravating the situation.”

20. These two speeches were delivered on 1st August 1987 and 12th January 1988 respectively. But Tun Salleh’s letter to the King was dated 26th March 1988. As I pointed out earlier it is not true that he did not speak about his accusations against the Government in public because he maintains that “such action is not compatible with our position as judges under the Constitution” and that “it is only proper for us to be patient in the interest of the nation.”

21. All his statements in these two speeches clearly contain his criticisms of the Prime Minister and the Government long before he wrote his letter to the King.

22. Another point raised in his letter to the Agong is that “the accusations and comments have brought shame to all of us (judges) and left us mentally disturbed to the extent of being unable to discharge our functions orderly and properly.”

23. In Section 125 of the Federal Constitution, under clause (3) the grounds for removing a judge, apart from misbehaviour include infirmity of body or mind or any other cause, properly to discharge the functions of his office.”

24. By his own admission Tun Salleh was not able “to discharge his functions orderly and properly.” He was therefore unfit to continue to be a judge.

25. Section 125, Clause 4 provides for “the Yang di Pertuan Agong to appoint a Tribunal …. and refer the representations to it, and may on the recommendation of the tribunal remove the judge from office.”

26. The two letters from Tun Salleh were regarded by the Agong as being highly improper and insulting particularly the copies sent to the other Rulers.

27. During one of my weekly meetings with the Agong, DYMM expressed his annoyance over the letters and simply requested that I dismiss Tun Salleh Abas from being the Lord President of the Malaysian Courts. He writes in his own handwriting his request on the margin of Tun Salleh’s first letter, regarding the noise made by the work on the Agong’s residence.

28. To the Agong it was a simple matter. He had appointed the Lord President and therefore he was entitled to remove him. I thought it was best for me to inform Cabinet and seek the advice of the Attorney-General.

29. I must admit that Tun Salleh’s complaints against me in his letter annoyed me. It is true that I had criticised the judges for interpreting the laws passed by Government not in accordance with the intention or objective of the laws. I did suggest that if the laws were interpreted differently from what the Government and the legislators intended, then we would amend the laws. During a cabinet meeting I had in jest quoted Shakespeare’s words, “The first thing we do we hang the lawyers.” Only a nitwit would think that I meant what I said literally. But apparently lawyers and judges took umbrage over what I said and regarded me as their enemy (about to hang them, I suppose).

30. I also criticised judges for making laws themselves through their interpretations and subsequently citing these as their authority. I believed that the separation of powers meant the Legislators make laws and the judiciary apply them. Of course if the laws made by the legislators breach the provisions of the constitution, the supreme law of the land, then judges can reject them.

31. Again some judges simply refused to hear cases involving the death penalty, pushing these unfairly on to other judges.

32. It is the view of most jurists that “It is not wrong for any member of the public or the administration to criticise the judiciary. “Justice is not a cloistered virtue.” (Peter Aldridge Williams QC).

33. The above writer quoted McKenna J “There is no difference between the judge and the Common Man except that one administers the law and the other endures it.”

34. Yet Tun Salleh took the view that I was subverting the independence of the judiciary when I expressed views on how judges frustrated the objectives of the legislators.

35. Through the grapevine I heard of the judges’ displeasure with me. But I did not take any action, certainly not to remove Tun Salleh. I only acted after the Agong complained about the two letters.

36. The Cabinet agreed that we must adhere strictly to the provisions of the Constitution. I therefore advised the Agong that Tun Salleh could not be removed unless the Agong appoints a Tribunal to hear the complaints against him and make recommendations to the Agong.

37. Upon the Agong agreeing, the Government selected six judges and former judges for His Majesty to consider. The members included foreign judges in the person of the Honourable the Justice K.A.P. Ranasinghe, Chief Justice Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Honourable Mr Justice T.S. Sinnathuray, Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

38. The Chairman was the Chief Judge (Malaya), Tan Sri Dato Abdul Hamid bin Hj Omar. The other members were Dato Sri Lee Hun Hoe, Chief Justice (Borneo), Tan Sri Abdul Aziz bin Zain, Retired Judge and Tan Sri Mohd Zahir bin Ismail, Retired Judge.

39. The inclusion of foreign judges was to make sure the Tribunal would not be biased.

40. It is unfortunate that Tun Salleh Abas refused to appear before the Tribunal. Instead he depended on his colleagues to try to prevent the findings of the Tribunal from reaching the Yang di Pertuan Agong.

41. What the five judges who were sympathetic to him did was certainly not in keeping with Tun Salleh’s expressed views in his talk during the launching of the book “Law, Justice and the Judiciary. Transnational Trend, “when he said “we as judges must act with responsibility and dignity and not be drawn or tempted into any impulsive action which could only result in aggravating the situation.”

42. The five judges had ignored rules and procedures and the requirement to get the approval of the (Acting) Lord President, as well as wait for the findings by Mr Justice Ajaib Singh on the same matter. Instead they cancelled courts sittings in Kota Bahru which were scheduled for the judges, and held a sitting of the Supreme Court in Kuala Lumpur to hear an application by Tun Salleh Abbas for prohibition proceedings to determine his position.

43. The Supreme Court of five judges with Tan Sri Wan Sulaiman presiding heard an ex parte oral application by Tun Salleh’s lawyer, retired for a few minutes, returned and unanimously made an order for stay restraining the Tribunal from submitting any recommendations, report or advice respecting the enquiry to His Majesty the Yang di Pertuan Agong until further order.

44. Subsequently the Acting Lord President, set up a Supreme Court of five judges which negated the decision of the Wan Suleiman Court.

45. I would like to repeat that despite public criticisms made against me by Tun Salleh, I did not take any action against him. I only did so after he insulted the Agong and the Agong requested me to have him removed. Of course some would still say I influenced the Agong. But throughout my 22 years I had never involved the rulers in politics or my personal problems. The records are there for all to see.

46. I was very concerned over the forcible removal of Tun Salleh. And so I tried to get Tun Salleh to resign on his own so as to avoid a scandal. He agreed at first but he withdrew the following day.

47. I then went about getting the Tribunal approved and set up. Naturally I had to consult the Attorney-General and others who were familiar with judges. Once the Tribunal was set up my involvement ended.

48. When Tun Salleh and the other judges had their services terminated, they should not be paid their pensions. But following appeals by Attorney-General I agreed that they should be paid their full pensions. They therefore did not suffer any financial loss and their pensions were computed from the time they left.

49. These are the facts relating to the dismissal of Tun Salleh. It was he and his fellow judges who brought disrepute to the judiciary.

50. I write this to record things as they happened. I do not expect my detractors to stop saying that I destroyed the judiciary. They are my prosecutors and they are also my judges. To them I will always be the Idi Amin of Malaysia as claimed in Tun Salleh’s book “May Day for Justice”. Sadly many who so readily condemn me were judges.

In my book... Tun Dr. Mahathir is not the Idi Amin of Malaysia... never was... never will.

Multi-racial Malaysia... unique with a price

Read Tun Dr. Mahathir's blog on 'Multi-racial Malaysia'. I agree with what is said in there. Malaysia is unique as it practice 'multi-racial' where each races talks and schooled in their ancestral language. If we look at our neighbouring countries... Indonesia... Thailand... the minority races adopts the indigenous people's language and culture. That is what makes Malaysia 'unique'. But this uniqueness comes with a price... race division instead of assimilation.

My opinion... if you read carefully what Tun has written... its all about assimilation... language and culture. We want Bangsa Malaysia? Then... lets have one language... one school... heck... if we can... one culture. Else... we are going to have affirmative action of the NEP for a looong time... like it or not. Just like Tun said and I quote:

I feel sure that if we can reduce economic disparities between Malaysians they would not be too conscious or too insistent on being identified by their racial origins. They would still be Malays, Chinese, Indians, Muruts, Bajaus, Dayaks etc. but they would be less hostile and critical of each other.

Malaysian races are symbiotic and they really complement each other. Even though multi-racial Malaysia will still be ethnically multi-racial, Malaysia would remain relatively peaceful, capable of good economic growth and exhibit relative harmony between races if the leadership of the country understands this problem and knows how to manage.

That is as much as we can hope for since we are opposed to the adoption of a single mother tongue and culture and to dropping the identification with the countries our ancestors came from.

Look... if people of Kelantan can do it (why look at Thailand and Indonesia... duhh)... serious... I know lots of Chinese and Indian talk in 'loghat Kelate'... why can't the whole of Malaysia (have one language... not necessarily loghat Kelate ;) )? I always feel if we have one language... we can speak with one 'voice' and we can understand each other better and hopefully that will lead us to have one culture. Then all this affirmative action of NEP will simply 'slide' away as we are Bangsa Malaysia. The question is.. are we up to it?

On a lighter note, Tun also said and I quote:

The other leg of the NEP is to eradicate poverty irrespective of race. From surveys it is clear that there is more poverty among the indigenous people than among the Chinese. It is therefore more likely for poverty among the Chinese to be self- eradicated than among the Malays and the natives of Sabah and Sarawak. Unfortunately the Indian leaders did not address the problem of Indian poverty.

What say you... Samy Vellu? Jeng... jeng... jeng ;)

Tun Dr. Mahathir... Millionaire in a month!

Tun Dr. Mahathir's blog www.chedet.com was started on 1st MAY 2008. On its 30th day... it has received over 1 million hits!!! :o One for the record books? Tabik Tun... a truely remarkable achievement. In his latest entry, he is campaigning to make war a punishable crime (read The Criminalisation of War).

Wish my blog received as much hits as yours... huhu :c Currently 0.02% of Tun's and climbing... hopefully :y

Tun Dr. Mahathir quits UMNO

This is big news... Tun Dr. Mahathir (TDM) has drop a bombshell. He has call it quits and urge other members to do the same as a signal for Pak Lah to resign. Read here. But he adds that whoever quits to not join other party and wait until there is a leadership change... in other words Pak Lah... Undur Lah!

It is known that every ex-President of UMNO dies out side of UMNO... will TDM be the same? Time will tell. Looking at history... UMNO will stand by their president no matter what... not even their ex-president can rock the boat. They are like a bunch of Lemmings. The question is... will they follow their leader to their doom or to the promise land?

Just like Dad always said...

Just to quote from TDM's blog... Dr Mahathir Mohamad: A Weak Government is not good for Multi-racial Malaysia. This is like what my father always said... and I totally agree with both of them. We must have a strong government that also hears opposition views... particularly views that is beneficial to the country.

The situation Malaysia is in right now really shows that Pak Lah is not fit to lead the country. I lost count on the flip-flop decisions the government had made under his leadership. Take note Pak Lah... you cannot please everybody... you end up like this :o or this :#.

Oh I miss the Mahathir years... there... I've said it... those were the wonderful years :d. Some may not agree with me but compare to Pak Lah (who said he listens... yeah listens but do nothing... probably :s) TDM did the country good and he act swiftly for the good of the country. Now I sounded like a supporter of TDM :p... thank God for that... imagine if I sounded like a supporter for Pak Lah :o... that sucks.