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Altantuya case: DPM Najib seen with Altantuya

Najib was seen having a meal together with Altantuya in a photograph according to Mongolian witness Amy ( Burmaa Oyunchimeg). What did he say during the Ijok by-election? Didn’t he say that he has never met her? We are very proud of Karpal Singh because for his timely intervention. If not for him, we will be still in the dark about the rendezvous btween Najib and Altantuya. At the same time , we were very upset with Manoj and Tun Majid who deliberately avoided the probing. Both must be punished for this act.Najib must now explain what sort of relationship he has with Altantuya(a.k.s Amina). Both Shariibuu family and Malaysians have a right to know. Najib seen with Altantuya

Soon Li Tsin Jun 29, 07 11:34am Malaysiakini

A Mongolian witness caused a stir in court today when she revealed that murdered Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu had been photographed having a meal with a Malaysian government official named Najib Razak.Burmaa Oyunchimeg (left), also known as Amy, told the Shah Alam High Court that Altantuya had shown her the photo in Hong Kong when she returned from a trip to France.It is believed that the government official in the photograph is Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who has close ties with political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda.The latter has been charged with abetting the murder of Altantuya, 28.Najib has previously denied that he had personally met the murdered woman and that he heard of her only from newspaper reports after Altantuya was murdered.This morning, Burmaa, 26, had mentioned the photograph when re-examined by DPP Manoj Kurup.Manoj was asking whether she had personal knowledge of Altantuya’s disappearance.Burmaa began her answer conveyed by her translator Enkhjargal Tsetsgee that she knew Altantuya had come to see Razak who happens to be the only person she knows in Malaysia. “I know why she wanted to see Razak Baginda, I have seen pictures of Altantuya with Razak and a government official,” she said. However, Manoj quizzed her as to how she knew Altantuya disappeared and did not follow up with Burmaa’s sudden revelation. About 20 minutes later, lawyer Karpal Singh, who is holding a watching brief for the deceased’s family, sought permission from the court to pose a question on the photograph. ‘They had the same name’ This drew protests from the prosecution and a verbal exchange ensued on the relevance of the question. However, judge Mohd Zaki Mohd Yasin granted Karpal permission. The veteran lawyer then proceeded to ask Burmaa on what was depicted in the photograph. “She (Altantuya) was having a meal at a round table with Razak (Baginda), a Malaysian government official and other people,” she replied. Karpal then asked her on the identity of the government official, and she replied: “I remember the name Najib Razak, they had the same name, ‘Razak’. I thought they were brothers. I asked her (Altantuya) if they were brothers.” This sparked off another exchange between the prosecution and Karpal before the judge dismissed Burmaa and directed the courtroom to stand down for 15 minutes. The next witness was lance corporal Rohaniza Roslan, 29, who had testified that the red Proton Wira aeroback - which was seen by Razak’s private investigator P Balasubramaniam as the car that took Altantuya away on Oct 19 last year - belonged to her. Examined by DPP Noorin Badaruddin, Rohaniza said she was off duty that night and was keeping Azilah company at the police headquarters in Bukit Aman. She and Azilah were a couple at that time. “Azilah had an assignment to escort the PM and DPM to Hong Kong but it was cancelled. So I was there to help him unpack his belongings,” she said. Rohaniza elaborated that Azilah received a call and later followed him to Bukit Damansara. She said she saw an Indian man talking to a “Chinese woman”. She told the court that she then moved to the back seat and the Chinese woman sat next to her. ‘Don’t create trouble’  According to Rohaniza, a man in a green cap then showed up, entered the car and Azilah drove them away before dropping the man off at a junction nearby. “He got out of my car, went into a green (Suzuki) Vitara and Azilah tailed him to a highway towards the direction of Bukit Aman. “It was then the Chinese woman asked us who we were and Azilah told her “police”,” the Petaling Jaya-based officer told Noorin. She said Azilah told the Chinese woman not to create trouble at Razak’s house because he has a family at home and that she should find Razak at his office instead. Rohaniza who was tearing when she was asked to point Azilah out as she revealed that she has known Azilah since 1998 when she joined the police force. Two police officers - Azilah, 30, and corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 35 - are charged with the murder of Altantuya. Razak, 47, is charged with abetting them. Prosecutors allege that Abdul Razak and Altantuya met in 2004 and began a whirlwind affair, during which he gave her money. After they broke up a year later, he allegedly continued to give her money whenever she demanded. But the payments stopped last year, prompting her to become dissatisfied and travel to Malaysia in October, the prosecution said. Altantuya was killed by ‘probable blast-related’ injuries in a clearing in Shah Alam after she was driven away from outside Abdul Razak’s house in mid-October. All three accused faced the death penalty.

“阿尔丹杜雅曾与纳吉共餐” 布尔玛供词与纳吉声明有出入
■日期／Jun 29, 2007   ■时间／12:17:12 pm ■新闻／家国风云   ■作者／merdekareview曾薛霏
【本刊曾薛霏撰述】副首相纳吉名字在沙亚南法院中响起！“炸尸案”死者阿尔丹杜雅（Altantuya Shaariibuu）的堂妹布尔玛（Burmaa Oyunchimeg）今日继续供证，阿尔丹杜雅曾向她出示一张照片，图片中的人包括阿尔丹杜雅、第三被告拉萨巴金德和一个政府高官。她稍后向法庭表示，照片中的政府高官是纳吉拉萨（Najib Razak）。此惊人揭露让“炸尸案”审讯案透出其“政治”气息，主控官阿都马吉（Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah）却指照片与案情无关，与辩护律师一起反对卡巴星盘问证人。 布尔玛（右图）今日接受主控官马诺（Manoj Kurup）盘问时，答非所问，忽然爆出她知道阿尔丹杜雅来马的原因，是要找第三被告阿都拉萨，因为阿尔丹杜雅并没有认识其他马来西亚人。而且更指她曾看过一张阿尔丹杜雅的照片，照片中有阿尔丹杜雅、阿都拉萨和政府高官。 当布尔玛供证到这里时，遭到主控官马诺打断。主控官认为布尔玛没有回答他的问题，打断她的回答，然后继续发问其他问题。 布尔玛也强调，在2005年8月时，阿尔丹杜雅和阿都拉萨的关系还存在，因为她知道两人曾结伴一同去欧洲的法国和意大利旅行。根据主控官开庭陈词，阿尔丹杜雅和阿都拉萨是在2004年认识，不过两人在2005年8月已经分手。 阿都马吉与卡巴星争论 当旁听律师卡巴星要透过法庭盘问证人有关照片一事时，主控官阿都马吉起来反对，理由是：“此事与案情无关”（Irrelevant）。 法官和主控官同时表示他们并没有抄到这一段。而证人这时也举手告诉法庭她确实说过有关照片的事情。再度获得第一被告辩护律师和主控官的强烈反对。尔后，法官准许卡巴星通过法庭盘问证人。 阿尔丹杜雅从法国回来后，直接去香港探望她时，向她出示在欧洲旅游的照片，其中一张照片是一个圆桌的聚餐会，图中有阿尔丹杜雅、阿都拉萨、一名政府高官和其他人。家属旁听律师卡巴星（Karpal Singh）透过法院盘问布尔玛：“你是否知道这名政府高官？” 这时，主控官阿都马吉（右图）再度站起来，指“此事与案情无关”Irrelevant）。 卡巴星表示，在第三被告的宣誓供诉书中指出，副首相的首席保镖下令随从带走死者。 法官随后询问卡巴星当家属旁听律师的目的是不是为了政治目的，卡巴星回答说，我们要确保审讯没有任何隐瞒。他身为家属旁听律师，就必须确保真相大白。辩护律师指卡巴星指导证人供证 第一被告辩护律师不满意卡巴星作出这样的指控，并表示如果卡巴星可以这样断言，他也可以断言卡巴星指导证人供证（coaching the witness）。卡巴星随后要哈兹曼收回这个说法。不过哈兹曼坚持不肯。 阿都马吉表示：“我们不是来这里把法庭变成一个政治论坛。这里是法庭，你可以去国会做这些事情，但你必须尊重法庭，检察署会确保每个人获得公平的审讯。我们的工作是要真相大白。” 过后，法官不允许卡巴星继续盘问证人。他也表示不会针对卡巴星和哈兹曼的主张下命令。不过，会把照片的供词记录在案。布尔玛曾在去年10月21日发出手机短讯给控方第一证人巴拉苏巴马廉（Balasubramaniam），她也在昨天承认是一则恐吓短讯，但今天在庭上，她否认了昨天承认恐吓巴拉的供词，并指她其实不明白第三被告辩护律师王健强的问题。【点击：死者堂妹承认发短讯恐吓巴拉 四恐吓字条乃阿尔丹杜雅笔迹】 她供证时表示，自己是在极度生气的情况下发出这则短讯，因为她很担心堂姐阿尔丹杜雅的安危，而当她致电给巴拉时，巴拉只说阿尔丹杜雅乘搭德士走了，当她欲进一步发问时，巴拉就终止了两人的谈话。 布尔玛今天正式供证完毕。她在步出法庭时，对媒体发言表示自己会就哈兹曼指卡巴星指导她供证的指控，报警。 纳吉：我不认识阿尔丹杜雅 在今年四月雪兰莪依约区（Ijok）州议席补选期间，前副首相安华依布拉欣在“炸尸案”课题上向与三名被告都有关的纳吉左右开弓，并在4月21日一场政治演说中公开质问纳吉是否认识阿尔丹杜雅。 在另一厢，替国阵候选人竞选拉票的纳吉（左图）则回应，指自己根本就不认识阿尔旦杜雅，也从来没有见过阿尔旦杜雅，而他也和其他人民一样，在发生炸尸案后，才第一次在报章上看到阿尔旦杜雅的照片。【点击《中国报》：纳吉:“我根本不认识她” 警方调查证明无关】  本案件自开审以来，审讯、媒体报道皆以“桃色情杀案”为导向。然而，早前向高等法院申请退出为“炸尸案”首被告抗辩的律师朱基菲里诺丁（Zulkifli Nordin），曾向《国际先驱论坛报》透露，辨方有意传召副首相兼国防部长纳吉出庭供证，交代他和首被告、首席警长阿兹拉哈德里（Azilah Hadri）会面的事。 此外，朱基菲里（右图）原本也要在法院揭露“炸尸案”死者阿尔丹杜雅莎莉布在2002年的一宗法国潜水艇采购案里扮演的角色。 朱基菲里对《国际先驱论坛报》（International Herald Tribune）说：“我们有兴趣知道，这宗谋杀案当中有没有政治联系（political link）。为什么所有涉案者都和第二号人物有关联？”朱基菲里所谓的“第二号人物”是指副首相兼国防部长、巫统署理主席纳吉（Najib Tun Razak）。【点击：质疑三嫌犯都与纳吉有关联  前辩护律师有意传副揆供证】

Nades fact-finding trip to Brickendonbury

Myth or fact? You decide

Citizen Nades

By R. Nadeswaran
The Sun

They talked about a High Performance Training Centre in Brickendonbury where the Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre stands. They talked …

* about renovating “existing” hostels and facilities;
* about training with Arsenal;
* about “rave reviews” from squash players who used it before competing in Cologne and Amsterdam;
* about “total immersion” with our players getting involved with the local people and inculcate their work ethics and culture. Well done!

They talked and still talk about needing to protect the environment. They talk about global warming. Yet after destroying local forests, they have no qualms of destroying another country’s heritage.

* about submitting four different sets of plans to the Hertford Council on June 14; and
* about “plans being on track”.

Yes, even the Football Association of Malaysia, the much-maligned guardians of the country’s football fortunes boasted on its website: “The Malaysian national under-16 team is settling well at the High Performance Training centre in Brickendonbury.”

Settling well? Someone ought to give those guys at Wisma FAM a Pelanduk dictionary. Perhaps, then they will understand the meaning of “settling well”.

But then, when you are caught with your pants down, the ordinary guy would put his hands up, own up, say sorry and perhaps, in all humility, seek forgiveness.

Malaysian culture dictates that. But that’s not the political culture, let alone sports culture. The best is to be on “denial” mode - just insist the waters on our seas are red in colour. Then over time, people will start believing that their eyes are playing tricks with their brains. But many no longer fall for the old tricks.

So, drop gear and engage in “silent” mode. Let them shout till their throats are hoarse or their fingers numbed by cracking them on the keyboards. Over time, they will get fed up and give up.

No, my friends. Never. When you want to spend RM70 million to “upgrade” or “renovate” non-existent facilities, every right-minded citizen will stand up and demand that every sen is accounted for. After all, wasn’t that the platform our prime minister campaigned on, for which we all gave him a thunderous majority?

No, my friends. When half-truths and misinformation are fed to justify such colossal spending, they should be exposed.

Aren’t all members of the cabinet and the civil service guided by those very principles of good governance where transparency and accountability supersede everything else?

Have they forgotten the slogans they campaigned on and got elected to office? What about the civil servants and their akujanji and oath of office which require exemplary practices?

No, my friends, they are all are aware of their commitments, but sometimes they suffer from selective amnesia.

Yes, my friends, if they are not constantly reminded of what is expected of them, they sometimes tend to slip into permanent memory loss. And that’s why, time and again, they ought to be reminded of their social and moral responsibilities.

Elsewhere on this page, we put the facts on the table so that you, first as a citizen , and second as a reader of this newspaper, can differentiate between myth and fact.

You, dear citizen and reader, be the judge.

Exposing the truth … Nadeswaran visited the TARRC for a first-hand look at the facilities of the “HPTC”. But he was sorely disappointed by what he saw. The football pitch at the TARRC.

On a current note, the national junior squash team, who were the “pilot” team to use the facilities in Hertfordshire when they competed in Cologne and Amsterdam, have sent back initial raving reports of the facilities and competition that were available around the HPTC (in Brickendonbury), which proved very useful as run-up to the actual competitions. - Datuk Dr Ramlan Aziz, the (then) director-general of the National Sports Council, at a “tell-all” press conference, July 14, 2006.

Pilot team using the facilities in Hertfordshire? Hertfordshire is a county and there are plenty of big towns with facilities. But where did the squash players stay? It’s like saying there are several training facilities in Johor. But if you stay in Masai and travel to Johor Baru to train, it makes little sense.

There’s no place to stay in Brickendonbury, let alone the HPTC. They must have stayed in a hotel either in Ware or Hertford or even St Albans. Where did they train? They trained at one of the many private-run courts many, many kilometres away from the HPTC and paid for these facilities in pounds sterling. Around HPTC, you have nothing but farms with horses and sheep. The nearest towns, Hertford and Ware, are more than 10km away.

So, if you are competing in Cologne, wouldn’t it be prudent to stay in that city, close by to where the competition is being staged? What purpose did the HPTC serve? The players might as well have stayed and trained in London instead of heading to Brickendonbury.

If cost is a factor, they could have used St Albans as a base. Unlike Brickendonbury, it has more facilities and better accessibility.

Players can also walk from their hotel to the sports complex.

A total of 22 players will be the first to leave for England tomorrow as the batch of Under-16-year-olds head to the High Performance Training Centre in Brickendonbury. Robert Alberts, the technical director for the FA of Malaysia (FAM) said that the first group will not only train in London but will also play several friendly matches for the stint slated for 6-31 May. - Football Association of Malaysia website, May 5, 2007

Head to HPTC? For what? Other than an under-sized football pitch and a few changing rooms, there’s nothing there. The truth is that the players and officials initially stayed at the Roebuck Hotel in Ware. They travelled to Brickendonbury once a day and trained for two hours in that small field. Other than that, they were holed up in their rooms and attended “theory” classes in the hotel. In between, there were “academic” sessions for the players. Now, coming to the bit of Arsenal. They left Roebuck Hotel on May 10 and checked into the Malaysian-owned Holiday Villa Hotel in London and then on to the Arsenal training ground. The following day, they played a match against Arsenal’s Under-16 team, which they lost 5-0. The “match” was of three “halves” of 30 minutes each. And that was the end of the Arsenal stint!

The HPTC had been initially billed as a place where Malaysian athletes can “immerse” with the locals. But this was never the case. If the players are spending only two hours daily at the HPTC, why send them there at all?

Wouldn’t they have been better off at their hostels in the Bukit Jalil Sports School?

Any claim that the HPTC is “close to” or “trained with” Arsenal is not true. From London, the boys flew to Slovakia for two games there, and then returned to their hotels in Ware. In total, the boys spent no more than 100 hours on the training grounds.

Now here comes the cruncher. During May, the British Meteorological Office reported that temperatures in the day dipped to as low as 13¼C. Did our boys cope with that kind of cold? Probably - with layers of warm clothes.

This is not mere speculation, considering that these are teenagers who hardly ever got out of Bukit Jalil at night.

Malaysia’s proposed High Performance Training Centre to be located at the Tun Abdul Razak Rubber Research Centre (TARRC) in Brickendonbury, Hertfordshire, England, is expected to take off by early next year.According to National Sports Institute director general Datuk Dr Ramlan Abdul Aziz, a presentation of the proposed plan for the HPTC would be made to the East Hertford Council on June 14.“We have had a number of meetings with the relevant authorities from East Hertford Council and the Malaysian Rubber Board on what can be done and what cannot be done, and we have finalised four options to be put forward.” - Bernama, June 2No plans were submitted to the council. The council’s media officer, Nick White, in an e-mail on June 19 said: “Representatives of the Malaysian government and their planning team met with officers at East Herts Council last week. They set out their thoughts on how the facility could be used for training of their athletes in the run-up to the Olympics in 2012. No formal application has yet been submitted to the council, and the meeting represented an early discussion on the issues that this sort of proposal may raise.As the proposals are still in the early stages and no planning application has been submitted, I’m afraid the information I can give you is limited.”

So, where are the “four different plans” Ramlan talked about.

The project from a forward training base in Europe moved to High Performance Training Centre. Now, the impression given to the council is that it will be Malaysia’s preparatory centre for the Olympics.

If that’s the case, we might as well save time, money and effort, and take up the University of Hertfordshire’s offer for our athletes to use its facilities.

The bulk of the money has been paid to St. Albans-based architect and town planner, David Lane Associates which has sent two invoices - one for RM350,000 and another for RM450,000 - for “work done” to apparently transform part of the TARRC into a mini-sports complex.

Asked to comment on this, Ramlan gave his assurance that the expenditure was within limits and had been accounted for. - theSun, Feb 27, 2007

On June 14, a Malaysian team met with the planning officers of the Hertford Council. It was then that a new team of architects entered the scene.

Nick White, in an e-mail to theSun said: “Just to update you both on the meeting that took place last week - there is now a new planning consultancy involved - White Young Green.”

So, now, we have to pay another firm of architects, but the issue is: Who hired David Lane Associates? Why another consultancy change, especially after Ramlan said that about RM800,000 has been paid in fees? How much will White Young Green cost?

Other related stories published in the Sun… http://www.sun2surf.com/search.cfm?q=Brickendonbury&submit.x=7&submit.y=6

Altantuya case: Altantuya’s letter on Razak’s motive

“他们可杀掉我，说我自杀” Altantuya’s letter: Razak wants me dead Soon Li Tsin Jun 28, 07 5:18pm Malaysiakini Murdered Mongolian national Altantunya Shaariibuu had written an ominous letter before her death that she believed her ex-lover, political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, wanted to kill her.The undated letter, written before she disappeared, was addressed to the ‘Malaysian government or police or Embassy of Mongolia or newspapers’. [See two-page letter] The letter, which was revealed by the prosecution team, took the packed courtroom by surprise and was read out by the deceased’s cousin Burmaa Oyunchimeg in the Shah Alam High Court today. Burmaa, 26, who is also known as Amy, said she found the two-page letter in a white Guess bag among other belongings left behind by Altantuntya in the hotel on Nov 20. In the hand-written letter bearing Hotel Malaya’s letterhead, Altantunya said in poor English that she was going to commit suicide before Razak’s private investigator P Balasubramaniam and his assistant K Suras Kumar get to her. Earlier in the trial, the murdered woman’s two Mongolian companions - Namiraa Gerelmaa and Uuriintuya Gal Ochir - had testified that Balasubramaniam and Suras had threatened to kill them and throw them ‘out of the window’. “And before I write (this) letter I’ll (kill) myself, because I have no choice, he (Altantuya’s PI Ang Chong Beng) told (me) that they (Bala and Suras) have my letters so they kill me and say (it was) suicide,” she wrote. In the letter, she had expressed her fear over the threats from the duo and described how they have been harassing her at 5am in Hotel Malaya where she was staying. “They have been following me for four to five days. Even my hotel where I staying, workers know.”  She wrote that Razak had allegedly promised to help her when she was in Mongolia and that was why she came looking for him. She called him her boyfriend but Ang testified yesterday that she said they were married. In the letter, Altantunya also conceded it could have been a mistake to ‘blackmail’ the analyst and wrote, “Maybe I (was wrong) to have bothered and blackmailed him. “But if he didn’t promise me, I would (have) never come from far away to Malaysia,” she wrote in black ink. Altantuya disclosed that she did ask Razak for money but she had her own reasons. “Mr Razak Baginda promise to help me when I was in Mongolia. That’s why I came to see him and for help but he trying to kill me. “I’m nice person. I can’t hurt someone but (Razak) is a powerful person, he (has) money (and) he (has) connection (to the) police (and the) government,” she stated. Altantuya also revealed that she had gone to his residence in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, on several occasions and knew that he was married and had a daughter named Rowena. Like a couple Earlier on, Burmaa told the court that she had met Razak on three occasions since 2004 in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. “Altantunya was always there with him,” she answered in Mongolian and translated through by her interpreter, Enkhjargal Tsetsgee. Asked by DPP Manoj Kurup to describe how they looked when they were together, Burma said: “They looked like boyfriend and girlfriend.” Burmaa (right), who studied English in Hong Kong, told the court that Altantuya would visit her and they had a very close relationship. She said that Razak would contact her mobile phone to speak to Altantuya when she was in Hong Kong.  Burmaa also revealed that she had received a text message from Razak last year saying: “Amy, can you let Altantuya know I don’t want to see her again.” “I told Altantuya about it but she said there was a little misunderstanding and told me that she would go to Malaysia, meet Razak and sort it out,” Burmaa said. The management graduate said she knew Razak had sent Altantuya money because she was asked to relay information of the transfer of some money through an agency by the former to the latter. “He told me ‘the reason I called you is because I’ve transferred money to Altantuya by Western Union. I have a reference number so I’ll let you know and you can tell her’,” she testified. Manoj then proceeded to cross-examine Burmaa about the letter and said there were another two documents allegedly bearing Altantuya’s signature for her to identify. Judge Mohd Zaki Md Yasin then broke the session for lunch and told Manoj to resume his questioning at 2.15pm. Razak has been charged with abetting the murder of the 28-year-old Mongolian national. Two police officers - chief inspector Azilah Hadri, 30, and corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 35 - are charged with the murder. Prosecutors allege that Abdul Razak and Altantuya met in 2004 and began a whirlwind affair, during which he gave her money. After they broke up a year later, he allegedly continued to give her money whenever she demanded it. But the payments stopped last year, prompting her to become dissatisfied and travel to Malaysia in October, the prosecution said. Prosecutors say Abdul Razak planned her killing and ordered two police officers — members of a special unit charged with protecting the country’s leaders - to carry it out. Altantuya was killed by “probable blast-related” injuries in a clearing in Shah Alam after she was driven away from outside Abdul Razak’s house in mid-October.  Abdul Razak is close to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, who has vehemently denied any involvement in the case, which is seen by observers as a test of Malaysia’s judicial and political integrity. 死者自白书指阿都拉萨要杀她
■日期／Jun 28, 2007   ■时间／03:49:55 pm ■新闻／家国风云   ■作者／Merdekareview曾薛霏
【本刊曾薛霏撰述】雪兰莪莎亚南高等法院今天传召“炸尸案”死者阿尔丹杜雅的堂妹布尔玛（Burmaa Oyunchimeg，别名艾美Amy）供证，她说在阿尔丹杜雅遗留的手提袋里找到一封信，阿尔丹杜雅在信里提到，第三被告阿都拉萨试图杀害他，且派了两个印度人跟踪了她四、五天。   这封手写的自白书，写在马来亚酒店的信头纸上；布尔玛（右图）供证时说，她认出那是阿尔丹杜雅的笔迹。阿尔丹杜雅在吉隆坡逗留期间，下榻于茨厂街的马来亚酒店。这封信已列为呈堂证物。“炸尸案”第三被告阿都拉萨巴金德（Abdul Razak Baginda）是副首相兼国防部长纳吉的幕僚。控方以刑事法典第109条款提控阿都拉萨唆使谋杀罪，并与刑事法典第302条款（谋杀罪）同读；若被判罪名成立，唯一刑罚是死刑。   布尔玛回答主控官马诺盘问时，在法庭内大声念出信件的内容：   “致所有马来西亚政府或警察或蒙古大使馆，或报纸：   我的名字是阿尔丹杜雅，我来马来西亚见我的男友阿都拉萨巴金德，他已婚且和女儿萝薇娜（Roweena）、妻子玛兹丽娜（Mazlina Makhzan）和父母住在白沙罗高原（Damansara Heights）。他的办公室在安邦路（Jalan Ampang）。是的，我曾到他的家和办公室找他，因为我得见他。是的，我向他要钱，但这有原因。我是好人，我不会伤害任何人，但是阿都拉萨是个有权有势的人，他和警方及政府有联系。   “如果我要，我已经弄死你”   “他试图恐吓我，试图杀我。他派了两个印度人跟踪我，其中一个是苏拉斯（Suras Kumar），他每天早上大约五时左右便来我住的酒店客房敲门，企图恐吓我。另外一个保镖则对我说：如果我要，我已经弄死你了。   他们跟踪了四、五天，就连我住的酒店的员工都知道。当时我真的很害怕，我现在碰到一些问题了。我还在蒙古时，阿都拉萨答应要帮我，这就是为什么我来向他求助。   但是他企图杀我，而那两个印度人告诉我，他们和警察有来往，因此他们能把我关进监牢。是的，或许我错误的干扰他和勒索他，但是如果他没有答应帮我，我不会老远来到马来西亚。我来这里的唯一原因，是向阿都拉萨求助。   我请了一个私家侦探，但是他今天告诉我，那两个印度人会杀我，把我抛出窗外。在我写这封信之后，我会自杀，因为别无选择。他告诉我，他们有我的信，他们可以杀掉我，再说是我自杀。”   男女朋友的关系   布尔玛是阿尔丹杜雅的堂妹，两人关系很好。布尔玛是在去年11月20日晚上九或十时左右，在阿尔丹杜雅的手提袋发现这封信。   布尔玛说，她是经阿尔丹杜雅介绍认识阿都拉萨，且见过阿都拉萨三次。第一次是在2004年11月底或12月初，在香港的一间酒店，阿尔丹杜雅介绍她认识阿都拉萨。第二次是2005年1月，在上海见面，当时她陪阿尔丹杜雅去上海见阿都拉萨。第三次2005年3月8日，在新加坡，当时阿尔丹杜雅与阿都拉萨都已抵达，她过去和他们会合。   主控官问布尔玛，如何形容阿尔丹杜雅和阿都拉萨的关系；布尔玛回答：男女朋友的关系。   布尔玛说，阿尔丹杜雅去香港探访她时，阿都拉萨会拨她的手机与阿尔丹杜雅联络。阿都拉萨有布尔玛在香港的联络号码。   阿都拉萨曾汇款给阿尔丹杜雅   布尔玛说，去年初，她的手机遗失了，但手机遗失前，她曾接到阿都拉萨（右图）的电话；阿都拉萨告诉她，他联络不上在蒙古的阿尔丹杜雅，请她转告阿尔丹杜雅，他已透过Western Union 汇了一笔钱给阿尔丹杜雅。   阿都拉萨也要布尔玛将汇款的参照号码转告阿尔丹杜雅，布尔玛后来口讯转告了阿尔丹杜雅；至于阿都拉萨汇了多少钱，布尔玛说她已不记得了。   去年八月，阿尔丹杜雅去香港探望布尔玛；在这之前，布尔玛收到阿都拉萨的短讯，短讯内容是：“Amy，你能不能告诉阿尔丹杜雅，我不想再见到她。”布尔玛把短讯内容转告了阿尔丹杜雅，阿尔丹杜雅说他们之间有小误会，她会去吉隆坡解决这件事。   布尔玛说，这是她最后一次见到阿尔丹杜雅。阿尔丹杜雅生前雇用的私家侦探洪忠炳（音译）昨天供证时，否认曾和阿尔丹杜雅、纳美拉（Namiraa Gerelmaa）及乌琳杜雅（Uurintuya  Gal-Orchi）同谋，勒索阿都拉萨；他也否认曾在去年10月17日向后者发送手机留言勒索。【点击：辩方质疑与死者合谋勒索 侦探否认向阿都拉萨开价】 ‘Razak’s team proud of my daughter’s murder’ Jun 28, 07 11:58am Malaysiakini The family and friends of murdered Mongolian national Altantunya Shaariibuu gathered outside the Shah Alam High Court this morning with posters calling for justice.The four also chanted ‘Altantunya’ and ‘Mongolia’.The deceased’s father Shaariibuu Setev (right) held a poster which read ‘Malaysia! Baginda’s team is proud of my daughter’s murder’. Altantunya’s cousin Uuriintuya Gal Ochir displayed a poster which read ‘Hope justice will be done by the Malaysian court’. Two other posters held up by the deceased’s friend Burmaa Oyunchime and her cousin Namiraa Gerelmaa denounced Abdul Razak Baginda, among others, saying ‘he has no place on earth’ and that ‘he is not a human being’. The four stood outside the building for several minutes before dispersing. Today is the ninth day of the high-profile murder trial. Death penalty Razak, a renowned political analyst, has been charged with abetting the murder of the Mongolian national. Two police officers, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 30, and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 35, are charged with the murder which allegedly took place between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20 last year. Mongolian translator Altantuya, 28, was said to be blown up in a jungle clearing in Shah Alam, Selangor. All three accused face the death penalty if convicted. On Tuesday, Razak’s staff showed up at court with a banner expressing support for their boss. The banner read ‘Razak Baginda staff. And we’re with you. Proud of it.’ On the first day, his relatives wore T-shirts declaring their relationship with him on the front, and stating “and proud of it” at the back.

MCA: Hisham is the best MoE

Selangor MCA newly -appointed state chairman Ch’ng Toh Eng recently described Hishamuddin Hussein as the “best Minister of Education”  we ever have! Kerismudin the best MoE? Hahahahahaha…hahahahahaha…  I hope this fler can spend some time to read this article on Hisham. 希山慕丁怕见董教总？
■日期／Jun 27, 2007   ■时间／11:29:29 am ■新闻／Merdekareview 独立专栏   ■作者／李华龙专栏
【海雨天风／李华龙专栏】教育部长希山慕丁一会儿惺惺作态，可以会见董教总代表，似乎“开放”得不得了，一会儿又一再设下条件（“没有诚意”、随时来教育部谈“学校融合计划”等），拒绝会见董教总。为什么？因为这位看似“牛犊不怕虎”的年轻部长，就是害怕应对董教总提出的华教课题。 问题在希山慕丁。这问题是什么？就是希山慕丁的主观愿望与客观现实之间的落差，落差是这么的大，他心里无底，就这么简单。 希山慕丁是巫统最年轻的部长，又是“侯任”首相纳吉的副手，即未来副首相内定人选。前者是前首相、“发展之父”敦拉萨的公子，后者是前首相胡先翁的公子，出身显贵，都是巫统第二代新人。还有，敦拉萨与胡先翁两大家族具有姻亲关系，两者结合一起，谁与争锋？ 已铺好了主宰未来巫统、从而也是马来西亚政坛的最有实力大集团的大道。这个“美好”的前景，年轻的希山慕丁看得一清二楚，信心十足，因而年轻气盛，不要说主流之外的董教总，连国阵里非巫统的“盟友”也不放在眼里，这是情理中的事。 希山慕丁眼高手低 但是，希山慕丁也有致命伤，这致命伤是“眼高手低”：当他用传统的激进种族主义手法往上爬的时候，一面倒的情况就越拉越大，种族主义造成华教的困境越来越深重，单元主义与多元主义的矛盾越来越尖锐，这是无可避免的。 希山慕丁对这个尖锐的矛盾无所适从。赢得种族主义的掌声，会失去华裔社会的捧场；若给予华教一定的“开放”，就得不到党内种族主义十足的支持，他感到左右为难。但是，至少目前，他选择了宁要个人前途，向种族主义靠拢，对董教总采取落井下石的针锋相对的策略。这就是为什么会谈一直不能打开的缘故。 希山慕丁的策略，除了个人年少气盛之外，还有党内集团倾扎的强烈需要。他持着当前单元主义教育绝对优势的地位，给华教一点小恩小惠，本来是小儿科的一回事，决不构成问题。但是，任何带有“改良”色彩的步骤，都会令党内“同仁”产生“不是自己人”的误解，有碍仕途，他不得不屈服，至少暂时是这样。 所谓“暂时”，就是说其间还有“游刃”的余地，还有随机应变的空间。这个“余地”是单元主义的绝对优势给他带来的方便，比如，华小迁校的条件给以一定的放宽，拨款一定数量的增加，甚至选定10所独中为“示范学校”等等。没有绝对的如意算盘 这就是他自言自语说的教育部已经在执行着“维护华教”的政策的真正用意。又或者在大选前夕，搞一个漂亮的大秀：马华公会要求什么的，由教育部长亲自答应，一面增加票源，巫统、马华公会双赢，一面进一步边缘化董教总，也是两家求之不得的。 但是绝对的如意算盘事实上是不存在的，因为客观事实总是相辅相成的两面共存着的，世上没有绝对的东西。希山慕丁一方面有持无恐，另一方面他又有“害怕”的弱点，比如，法外立法：华小不允许增建而国民学校则无限兴建、国民学校拨款的零头比华校的总拨款还多、华校师资常年不足而国民学校大有剩余等等。所有这些违反宪法，甚至违反希山慕丁自己宣布过的“公平”政策的问题，希山慕丁无法回答。华社、华团、董教总可以光明正大的挑战希山慕丁，要他给以正面的交代。 “以子之矛攻子之盾”，希山慕丁的虚伪就不攻自破，华教历史上这种例子太多了。一旦华教舆论起来了，一旦华社正义之声起来了，运动展开了，单元主义就不得不讲“迁就”，讲“平衡”，讲选举胜算，他们从来不会自动给你好处的。这就是历史的规律。 明乎此，董教总、华社应当怎么做，也就完全清楚了。 李华龙是新策略资讯研究中心研究员。

Mathematics, Malaysian-style

From a Malaysian… 

Mathematics, Malaysian-style

I find it most alarming that Malaysian schools teach our children the
wrong things. I mean: can the children really apply what they are
taught in school later in life? For example, can you imagine a mathematics
question in a recent examination as follows?“If an egg costs fifty Sen, and if you buy one-eighth of the egg, how
much would you have to pay?”  Who in heaven’s name will want to buy one-eighth of an egg? The shopkeeper will probably think you are crazy and he will be equally stupid to break the egg and measure one-eighth for you. Yet, this is how they structure the questions in Malaysian schools. Why not pose questions that would be more useful later in life when you go out into the world to earn your living?To help Malaysia’s Ministry of Education bet to face the realities of life, we are suggesting some questions they could use in our classrooms. QUESTION 1

If you drive from Kuala Lumpur to Penang along the PLUS Highway and there are four speed traps along the way, and if each speed trap would cost you RM300.00 in fines, how much in fines would you accumulate by the time you reach Penang?

ANSWER (Choose one)

1. I would not suffer any fines as the oncoming cars would flash their headlights and I would slow down before coming to the speed trap. 2. I would only need to pay a total of RM80.00 as I would pay a RM20.00 bribe at each speed trap.
3. I would not be stopped as I am an UMNO Wakil Rakyat so I am exempted from speed traps.QUESTION 2If your Bumiputera company is awarded a RM150 million government contract, and you make a 20% profit, how much profit would be at the end of the contract period?

ANSWER (Choose one)

1. I will not be making a 20% profit as I would have to pay the Minister 10% and UMNO 5%.
2. I would make 30% profit, which is the progress payment I receive,
after which I will abandon the project and let the government call for
 a re-tender.
3. My company will not make any profit at all as I will siphon out all
the profits and show a loss to avoid paying corporate tax.

QUESTION 3

If the ruling party obtained 54% of the popular votes the last
election and won 151 or 80% of the seats, and if it saw an increase of
10% in votes this election, how many more seats would it gain?

ANSWER (Choose one)

1. The ruling party will not show a 10% increase in votes, as it will  stuff the ballot box with another 20% to give it a 30% vote increase.
2. The ruling party will win all the newly created seats in the delineation exercise recently done.
3. The ruling party has already decided it will win 90% of the seats and the votes have nothing to do with it.

QUESTION 4

If the national petroleum company, Petronas, pays a 5% royalty to
Terengganu State and if the amount paid is RM800,000,000 per year,
how much should Petronas have in the bank accumulated over the last 25
years?

ANSWER (Choose one)

1. Nobody is supposed to know as Petronas need not show its accounts to
anyone except the Prime Minister and this information comes under the Official Secrets Act.
2. Petronas earns only 50% of its petroleum revenue from Terengganu so
Petronas’ total income accumulated in the banks over 25 years should be
RM800 billion.
3. Petronas has nothing accumulated in the bank as all the money has
spent bailing out companies and finance mega projects.

AAB’s 83 overseas trips in 44 months as PM

Yes, the PM should stay back to fight corruption, instead of spending too much time overseas. He aslo fails to bring investments back to Malaysia. PM takes ‘too many’ overseas trips Bede Hong Jun 28, 07 4:55pm Malaysiakini Opposition Leader Lim Kt Siang has criticised Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for making over 80 official visit overseas since coming to office, saying the premier’s time should have been better spent fight corruption back home.Lim said Abdullah should spend more time in the country to ensure his trips abroad “do not result in the neglect of his duties” as prime minister, internal security minister and finance minister.In a written reply to Fong Po Kuan (DAP-Batu Gajah), the Foreign Ministry reported that the premier went on 83 official and work-related visits overseas over a period of three years and eight months. Abdullah made 22 trips in 2004, 25 in 2005, 20 in 2006 and 16 in 2007. His most recent visits were to Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy. “One message from the answer is that Abdullah has not only three portfolios … he has a fourth portfolio as the travelling de facto foreign minister,” Lim told a press conference in Parliament lobby today. Lim said Abdullah should “revamp his time-management” and focus on fulfilling his 2004 general election pledge to create a cleaner, more efficient government. “The most important agenda of the Abdullah Administration to wipe out corruption has fizzled out, highlighted by the ignominious dismissal of the Eric Chia corruption case,” said Lim. Chia, a tycoon charged with running steel company Perwaja in the 1990s, was the first public figure charged for graft in February 2004. Long list of failures  Abdullah had made pledges to fight corruption and cronyism as part of his campaign drive in early 2004. Chia was acquitted by the High Court on Tuesday on charges that he allegedly misappropriated RM74.6 million. Lim added that Malaysia has dropped rank in the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index from 37th to 44th placing from 2003 to 2006 and that the country’s crime rate has soared since Abdullah took office. He said the recommendations by the Royal Police Commission to set up the IPCMC was ignored. “Such a list of failures of the Abdullah premiership stems from the hopes and expectations he has raised when he became prime minister … will be quite a long one. “It will include setbacks to nation-building process arising from worsening religious polarisation because of the lack of political will and leadership to restore inter-religious dialogue as in the first three decades of nationhood,” he said.

No charges against ‘racist’ Umno delegates

去年巫统大会虽遭5项投报 发表过火言论代表无一被控

07年6月28日 傍晚7:09 Malaysiakini

去年11月的巫统大会虽然遭到5项警方投报 ，要求对付在大会上发表过火种族言论的巫统代表 ，但是至今却没有任何人被提控。 首相署部长纳兹里以书面方式回覆行动党武吉牛汝莪国会议员卡巴星的提问时 ，指出提控与否是由总检察长所定夺。 这些巫统代表在大会上的辩论演讲，在经过寰宇电视的直播之后，已经引起华社和印裔社会的忧虑和强烈反弹。之后，警方共接获5份投报，指责一些巫统代表的演讲具有煽动的成分。 纳兹里：首相没干预检察署决定 纳兹里表示，警方已经根据煽动法令第4（1）（b）条文调查此案。 “警方已经完成调查，其结果已提呈给总检察署供考虑，提控与否纯粹是总检察长的决定。” 纳兹里继称，“首相阿都拉没有插手（检察署的决定）”。 代表问希山何时刺出马来短剑 巫统管理委员会曾经针对此事，传召3名代表问话，即巫青团执委阿兹米达因（Azimi Daim）、玻璃市州代表哈欣苏布（Hashim Subuh）和马六甲代表哈斯诺（Hasnoor Sidang Husin）调查。 玻璃市州务大臣前新闻秘书哈欣，在辩论时曾质问，巫青团长希山慕丁何时要刺出马来短剑。 当时哈欣说，希山慕丁已是第二次在巫统大会上高举马来短剑，但后者将在何时才要刺出呢？ 哈斯诺则表示，马来人一直受到各州不合理的诉求的挑战和测试，但都保持被动的立场而没有主动反击。 代表指马来人准备浴血奋战他也点名马华前署理总会长李金狮、华团大选诉求工委会、第11条款联盟、董教总，以及向阿都拉呈交备忘录的9名非回教徒内阁部长，指他们尝试挑战马来人和回教的宪法地位。 “为什么巫统和马来人还要保持被动与防守性的态度？已经是时候挺身说出我们的立场，捍卫马来人和回教的地位。” “身为马来民族，我们准备牺牲性命和浴血奋战。别挑战……如党主席的话，我们提醒他们，玩火者自焚！” 阿威则提醒其他族群别质问马来人特权，因为马来人从未干扰其他人赚钱。 他强调，有5件事情是不能受到其他种族质问的，即关于皇室特权、宗教、语文、文化和国土。 ‘Racist’ Umno delegates not charged Bede Hong Jun 28, 07 6:43pm Malaysiakini No Umno member has yet to be brought to court as a result of making racist speeches at the ruling party’s general assembly meeting last November.In a written reply to Karpal Singh (DAP - Bukit Gelugor), Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Aziz said decision to charge was the Attorney-General’s (AG) prerogative.A total of five police reports were received by the police on speeches by several delegates that were alleged to contain seditious elements.Nazri reported that the police have investigated the matter under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act. “The investigation has been completed by the police and its findings have been submitted to the Attorney-General for consideration,” he said. Nazri added that the decision to charge or otherwise is made solely be the AG. “There is no interference by the Prime Minister (Abdullah Ahmad Badawi),” he added. ‘Bathe in blood’ The annual general meeting, which was telecast live, saw several prominent delegates being accused of racism after they declared that Umno members would ‘bathe in blood’ to defend Malay interest. “Umno is willing to risk lives and bathe in blood in defence of race and religion,” Malacca delegate Hasnoor Sidang Hussein had told some 3,000 delegates during the gathering. “Please don’t test the Malays; they know amok. We don’t want to reach that level,” said another delegate Mohamed Rahmat. In response, the Opposition had called for the AG to charge the speakers for making seditious remarks. Later, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said BN components should not overact, saying the speakers were inexperienced when debating sensitive racial issues.

Petronas: Malaysia a net importer after 2010

The good news: Petronas hit record-high profit of RM46 billion ( previous year RM43 billion).The bad news: Malaysia becomes a net importer of petroleum after 2010. That’s why I always say that we are living in a “grace period”. When we have no more extra oil and gas for export, that will be the day all Malaysians have to face the real test collectively. When the Umno-led BN Government cannot depend on the money from Petronas anymore, will they still able to run this country? I have serious doubts. Petronas hits record-high profit of RM46 bil

Jun 28, 07 5:12am Malaysiakini

Petronas announced today another record net profit for the financial year to March due to higher sales volume and strong crude oil prices.The national oil company posted a net profit of RM46.4 billion against RM43.1 billion a year ago, with revenue up 10 percent to RM184.1 billion. Hassan Merican, Petronas chief executive officer, said the company reported a record performance despite a challenging environment. “The year has been a tough one for the industry … However, we managed to swim against the tide,” he told reporters at a briefing. “Our results are on par, if not better than some of the other major oil companies,” Hassan said. Oil prices remained high underpinned by global demand, particularly from China and India, but this was offset by supply disruptions in Alaska and Nigeria and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, he said. Operating costs increased, often out of proportion with the crude price gain, he said, adding that Petronas had had to defer or even scrap some projects. Refined petroleum products was the top revenue generator at RM62.7 billion on volume of 215.9 million barrels, followed by crude oil sales worth RM45.4 billion from 192.4 million barrels. Liquefied natural gas continued to be the third largest contributor with RM28.9 billion on volume of 24.1 million tonnes. Hassan said Petronas’ international operations and exports from Malaysia grew RM10.9 billion during the year to RM141 billion or almost 77 percent of total revenue. Petronas’ total oil production rose to 1.710 million barrels a day from 1.596 million bpd the year before, with higher output from the international operations offsetting a slight decline on the domestic side. Net importer of oil in 2010 Hassan said Petronas secured four new production sharing contracts and won six new contracts abroad. The company now has 58 ventures in 22 countries. Petronas invested RM21.6 billion in fiscal year 2007 and Hassan said capital expenditure for 2008 will be higher. “Given the escalating cost environment, how can it be less?” he said. He did not give an outlook for 2008 except to say that the biggest challenge facing the oil and gas industry is the shortage of skilled personnel. Hassan also said Malaysia will become a net importer of crude oil by 2010 if domestic demand growth maintains an annual rate of 4.0 percent. “If petroleum product demand in Malaysia continues to grow at four percent per annum, the country will not be able to export its production like it used to today, meaning that petroleum product demand will exceed domestic crude production,” he said. “It doesn’t mean that we stop producing in 2010. We still continue to produce at the same level but product demand will grow ahead of domestic crude production.”

Lim Kit Siang nabbed at the airport

LKS Series # 3

 

Dear Sir

 Re: Hello Lim Kit Siang. (28  years old). On 13th May 1969, where art thou? 

The 1969  May 13^th   racial riots started from the house of  the then Menteri Besar, Dato Harun Idris. The house was in Princes Road ( Jalan Raja Muda). Half a kilometre away, at Fook Chuen Mansions, Batu Road ( Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman ) was the office of the then Secretary General of the Democratic Action Party, Mr Goh Hock Guan.*. He was and still is a Chartered Architect and Town Planner practising under the name of M/s Goh Hock Guan and Associates.

 

Prior to 13^th May  1969, LKS  was a political  Liliputian. He was the DAP National  Organising Secretary and the Editor of The Rocket** then.  His first  political debut projected to the Malaysian public was his  participation in the “ Great Cultural Debate” between the DAP and the Gerakan which took place before the General Elections of 1969. At that point in time Gerakan was in the Opposition. After the 13^th May riots, Gerakan joined the Alliance to form the Barisan, until today. The debate was held at the MARA Auditorium which was at Batu Road, Kuala Lumpur.

 

When the ethnic riots started on 13^th May 1969,  LKS was in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. A political novice, untried with no credentials to back him up. He was campaigning for the independent candidates there. Fellow members of the DAP in Petaling Jaya called LKS on the phone asking him not to come back to Kuala Lumpur for his own safety until such a time when  things cooled down. (Official fiqures:190 plus, Malaysians killed.)

 

LKS in his maiden political quest for justice, freedom, upholding of democracy and an equal right to happiness, dignity and fulfillment in life,  was already under the “protective” custody of the KK police. He replied that he “ is going back to Kuala Lumpur immediately and is not afraid to DIE for his political convictions” — all for a better life for all Malaysians. There was no choice. He had to martyr himself. There was no alternative. However, in case his life was spared, LKS was prepared to face any charges that the Alliance Government will bring up and charge against him.

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Flights between East and West Malaysia was suspended.  Also at that point in time there was no direct flight between Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu. LKS took the first flight out of KK to Singapore en route to KL on 15^th May 1969. He had to stopover in Singapore.  

When he was in Singapore, he had many friends and supporters to discuss the racial riots and its consequences on opposition members. Anything can happen. There was no guarantee on his safety. LKS was adamant that it was his sacred duty to go back to KL.

 

He took the first available flight to Subang International Airport ( now Sultan Abdul Aziz Airport ) on 18^th May 1969. He boarded the plane at the Paya Lebar International Airport, Singapore The  plane took off for KL.

 

While airborne, all of a sudden, LKS found that he was now alone. Alone to face the music. He cannot turn back then, unless of course the pilot turned the plane around. Samuel Taylor Coleridge can describe him as:-

“Alone alone, all all alone

Alone on a wide wide sea

And never a saint took pity on his soul in agony” – in the Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

                                                                                  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

 

The airborne mariner cannot change his mind then. Can he call for help? Call who? Call the CIA?. Call the FBI? Call the KGB?. Call MI 5?. Call OSS?. Call Chin Peng?. Call Chen Tian?. ( there were no mobile phones then)

 

Lim Kit Siang believed that he was going to be eliminated. On this last home coming  flight,   he  decided  to write a  last  letter to his wife – a homemaker. He asked his wife to be strong, to  expect  the EXPECTED and  to  bring up the four children.***.  To LKS, the demise of LKS is NOT important. The Political Future of Malaysians and the Future of Malaysia ARE of Paramount Importance. Malaysia MUST GO ON!  The letter was physically handed to the flight stewardess for posting. But it was without a stamp. Until today the letter was not delivered.  

The curfew was on. There were  lots of soldiers around the Subang Airport  then. They were there guarding the airport and to PROBABLY “welcome” home  in a formal reception “ceremony” for Mr Lim Kit Siang. All the soldiers’ SLR rifles were on a horizontal level. Their forefingers were just glazing the side of the trigger, in preparation to shoot at any time.

 

The moment of truth had arrived. The stage was set. The grand finale was about to begin. LKS came into  the arrival  hall. The atmosphere was unexceptionally quiet. Nobody was talking. The silence was deafening. It was tense and solemn because everybody were expecting the arrival of the Yang Berhormat,  the DAP MP for Bandar Malacca (now Kota Melaka). LKS was no fugitive. LKS, a young, non violent, non belligerent man, stepped out of the arrival hall. A group of Special Branch Officers  and soldiers with their horizontal SLRs “greeted” him. LKS need not hail a taxi for his transport to KL. There were no taxis anyway. There was also NO shooting.

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On his journey to the High Street Police Station, LKS saw for himself the senseless carnage, atrocities, plunder and destruction. Smoke can still be seen from houses which were torched. After a few days of detention in the High Street Police Station, LKS was  sent   to a Police Station in Kuala Selangor, Selangor. 

                   

Prior to 13-05-69, Dato Dr Ismail (later Tun), left the Government. He joined back the Government immediately after 13-05-69. The first words he said was “Democracy is Dead”.  As the Minister of Internal Security, Dato Ismail signed the Detention Order on LKS. LKS was then sent to the Muar Detention Camp. He was entitled to free food and lodging for the next 18 months at taxpayers’ expense. Ironically, Muar was 32 miles away from LKS home. His house is in Batu Pahat,  Johore

The Internal Security Act is an Act of Parliament formulated to suppress the communist insurgency and to arrest the communists at that period of time. Ironically, the PAP’s ( later DAP) Member of Parliament for Bungsar (now Bangsar) , Mr Devan Nair supported the ISA Bill earlier then.****. It is detention without trial.

 

While under detention LKS was appointed the 3^rd  National Secretary General of the DAP (in absentia). There was a vacancy. The appointment was necessary because somebody had  disappeared  but  can be found in another country. He stayed put in that country then. “ I am NO LIM KIT SIANG.  If  I  go back  then,  all of you will be deprived of a Great Leader”.    The vacancy was filled. LKS  held  the  post of  National Sec-Gen  till 1999.

 

LKS could have absconded while in Singapore. ( Singapore was given independence by Malaysia in 1965). He could have asked for political asylum in another country. He could have been an MP in exile. He was and is a true loyal Malaysian Citizen. With guts, he went back to the hornet’s nest – “a river of no return”,  says Marilyn Monroe. Sorry. My apologies. He was and is  still in one piece. He was never charged in open court then. He will still be around for many years to come.

 

“ Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once”—Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare

Again sorry lah Kit, (as he is fondly known as).  We do realise that, the particular effective organ that is part of your anatomy is your gift of  the gap – a non lethal instrument. Now we know you are battle hardened. In spite of your tireless, relentless political pursuit, vocal, articulate or otherwise, until today, matters have become from bad to worst. True, “That All Men Are Born Equal”  but then some selectives are more equal than others—Abraham Lincoln’s version for  2^nd class citizens.

 

LKS was again detained, the 2^nd time in 1987, (after the 1986 General Election)  under the Mahathir Administration. He got free curry lunch, lodging, bed and breakfast again for another 18 months, on the auspicious pleasure of the host — the Barisan Government ala taxpayers. Again  no charges were brought against him. Can somebody name me a similar Malaysian likewise?

                                                                 

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Somebody say LKS only NATO ( No action, talk only). If that is the case, let him talk! We like to hear him talk. Why detain him to stop him from talking? You are hitting below the belt. Do you want him to talk on what you like to hear and then stop him from talking on what you don’t like to hear? But at the same time you go on talking and talking on what we don’t like to hear! (Editor: hahah…that’s a good one! )

 

Finally, a belated sincere tribute must be made to the powers that be, at that critical, predatory point of time. LKS’s life was spared. The expected was not performed. The expected was unexpected – so to speak! Had LKS, the political apprentice left us to join the happy hunting ground, he will be forgotten. Nobody will raise an eyelid after all:-

                                                                      

“When beggars die, no comets are seen.

The heavens blaze forth the marriage of princes”  Julius Caesar,  William Shakespeare’s

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The powers that be was still rational then. Maybe its was mercy.

  

“The quality of mercy is not strained

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven”

The Merchant of Venice. William Shakespeare                                                           

                                                                      

So to the players of  May the 13^th, I am wishing a belated words of  thanks. To Whom It May Concern.  Thank You Very Much  for the fact that we still have LKS around. Say what we like. We argue.  We are all still Malaysian Citizens. We are born here. Do you want to deprive LKS  of his citizenship like Mr Lim Lean Geok ? By the way LKS is local born and can be classified as a Baba and his wife a Nonya. He is more Malaysian than  a bigger number of Malaysians put together!

Finally, we reiterate that we are all peace loving citizens. Some say we are citizens “by default”. This is subjective and debatable. Supposing we ARE citizens by default, we are still citizens, maybe 2^nd class citizens or otherwise.

 

To all Malaysian mankind:-

“He loveth best, who loveth best, both man and bird and beast.

He loveth well, who loveth well, for all things both great and small

For the dear God who loveth us, he made and loveth all.”  

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s moral message to humanity especially to Malaysian humans.                                                                                              

The writer notes that after the riots of 13^th May 1969, the Deputy Prime Minister, Dato Abdul Razak (later Tun) set up  The National Operations Council. Parliament was suspended after all “Democracy is Dead”. Looking after this NOC, was Dato Ghazali Shafie (later Tun).                                                             4

Incidentally, the 3^rd man in ranking, in  the  NOC  then, was a slim, serious, handsome, no nonsense looking man – a politically unknown then.  He was probably the “executive secretary” of the NOC. He literally commanded the day to day operations of the NOC —  hands on. He was already a “Chief Executive Officer” and “Prime Minister” then, way back during 1969.  He looked familiar and was identical  towards  a former school mate of mine from my Alma Mater : Methodist Boys School, Penang. My school mate’s  name was and is Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

 

Lastly, to all the participants of May the 13^th that are not indicted including Lim Kit Siang. All are still executives of  liberty,  happy,  free from all encumbrances and despotic control. All will live happily ever after including LKS.

                                                                    

* Mr Goh Hock Guan was the 2^nd DAP Secretary General (1968 to 13^th May 1969). Mr Goh’s  sister, Ms Phyllis Goh was an architect undergraduate then and was a college mate of the writer.

In 1969, the writer was staying above the office of M/s Goh Hock Guan & Associates at Fook Chuen Mansions at Batu Road, Kuala Lumpur. He had a 1^st Class ring side seat cum an On Line, Real Time bird’s eye view of the May 13^th story.

   

** Lim Kit Siang was the 1st DAP National Organising Secretary and Editor of The Rocket. (1966 to 1969).

Lim Kit Siang was appointed the 3^rd  DAP Secretary General (1969 – 1999) – the longest serving DAP Sec Gen.

   

*** As at 13^th May 1969, Lim Kit Siang has four children then. The eldest is a son 9 years old then. He is Lim Guan Eng,  the  present day  Secretary General of the DAP.  An Australian Graduate of  Monash University, he is an Accountant by profession.

 

The second child is a daughter. She was 7 years as at 13^th May 1969. She hold a double degree – in law and in accountancy.

 

The third child is also a daughter. She was 6 years old as at 13^th May 1969. She is a B.A degree holder.

 

The last and fourth child is a son. He was 3 years old as at 13^th May 1969. He is a heart specialist. A few years ago, I understand that he was attached to the IJN (Institut Jantung Negara) as a cardiologist.

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PAP is the People’s Action Party of Singapore which was already ruling Singapore in 1964.

                                                                 

Mr Devan Nair was  born in Malacca on the 8^th of August 1923. He was the main organizer and founder of the DAP. Naturally he became the 1^st Secretary General of the DAP ( 1966 – 1968). He stood as a PAP ( later DAP) candidate in Bungsar in the 1964 General Election. Winning this Bungsar seat, he became the Member of Parliament for PAP in  the 1964 – 1969 parliamentary session. From 1981 to 1985 he was appointed  the President of Singapore. Dr Chen Man Hin, the present day DAP Life Advisor said “ Without him the DAP may not be born”.

 

The writer at 18 years old, campaigned for Mr Devan Nair during 1964 General Election. His son Janadas (now Ph D) recalled the days when he was small boy as at 1964. He remembered an incident when the writer was nearly apprehended by  the police when the writer put up a  2^nd  political banner at the Railway Station  KL  prior to the 1964 General Elections. The setting up of the 1^st banner was earlier accomplished at the flyover, beside the KL Railway Station. The banner says “ Vote  PAP – a  Non Communist  Democratic Socialist Party”. The writer then was able to outwit, out manoeuvre and  run away from the  police in  a  busy  KL  because he was young,  agile and  was on a portable bicycle! 

Dr Jana (as he is known to me) who is now residing in Canada. He was here  on  2006 during the DAP Devan Nair Memorial. We recalled the good old days.

 

The writer deliberately put in the names of the literary writers because of requests from the younger readers.

 

AKAN DATANG

Watch out for

1)  Dr Lim Kit Siang.

2) “Lim Kit Siang – 18 months after 13^th May 1969” in the coming episodes.

3) Lim Kit Siang an opportunist and an agent of UMNO?

  

Yours truly,

  

James Bond Zero Zero One