Death-by-Bus Continues in Malaysia!

Die like a frog (mati katak) in Malaysia, no one cares less

Some of the reasons are:-

• No enforcement on roads & highways.
• Corruption, Corruption, Corruption!
  
• Lackadaisical authorities
• Incompetence, stupidity
  
• Cover-ups
• Political influence and patronage
  
• Poor road design and awful road-sign placement and multiple designs
  
• Third world culture and mentality
  
• Complaisance
  

Seven people, six of whom were teenagers, were killed and 39 others injured in a bus accident at Genting Sempah, outside of Kuala Lumpur.

The crash, happened at 7.50pm last night 29^th October 2010), said Selangor traffic chief Supt Che Hussein Omar.

“Seventeen were seriously injured while the remaining 22 suffered minor injuries,” he said. “Two people were thrown out from the bus.”

He added police were investigating the driver for reckless driving.

The co-driver said he was asleep when the crash happened.

“When I got up, the bus was rolling,” he added.

UPDATE

DRIVER HAD NO DRIVING LICENCE

BUS WAS IN POOR CONDITION (NOT ROADWORTHY??)

The driver who was driving the bus, that hit the roadside safety barrier and overturned several times at kilometre 38 of the Genting Sempah road on Friday, 29th October 2011, night, killing seven and injuring 39 others, did not have a driving licence.

In Baling, where the bus trip originated,families of the seven victims who were killed claimed that the bus was not the one promised by the bus company and said it was was not in good condition.

This is quite typical of the every day situation in today's Malaysia.

• Corruption and bribery rule.
  
• Money is seemingly king!
  
• The dire consequences of actions are disregarded.
  
• Safety is disregarded
  
• Lives are regarded as cheap and are dispensable!

When well the people wake up and demand change?

May the seven innocent victims of this bus crash rest in peace.

And the extravagant pie-in-the-sky tourism minister wants to encourage tourists to hire self-drive cars!

How idiotic, even the locals get lost everyday!!!!!!

New Slogan for Ministry of Tourism:

Malaysia Truly a Great Place to Die in a Road Accident

Spend two weeks in Malaysia, hire a car.

You may either die, or perhaps you will spend your whole holiday trying to get out of Kuala Lumpur.................. enjoy going round in every decreasing circles, but be careful you may end up in your own anus!!!!

Salus populi suprema lex

The safety of the people is the supreme law. (Cicero)

Caeci caecos ducentes

Blind leading the blind

Cartoonist Arrested in Cartoonophobic Malaysia!

Cartoon-0-Phobia, front cover

Zunar holding his book of cartoons,
he was reported as saying that police seized 70 copies of his latest book,
called 'Cartoon-O-Phobia',
at his home and are holding him
ahead of its scheduled launch on Friday evening.

"The raid at his office and his arrest only go to prove that the authorities are cartoon-phobic,' said Steven Gan, chief editor of online news portal Malaysiakini, the publisher of 'Cartoon-O-Phobia' and some of Mr Zunar's earlier books.

'This is an attack on freedom of expression, it again shows that the authorities have no sense of humour.' Mr Gan said the 80-page book had a caricature of Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife on the front cover and contained cartoons that touched on numerous controversial issues." -- AFP

Read the news in Singapore Straits Times HERE You can see some of the cartoons by clicking HERE




You can watch all the malaysiakini videos by clicking HERE

UPDATE:
Later news in the MCA (BN component political party) controlled Star newspaper reports that Zunar held under the Sedition Act, click HERE & also on 25th September HERE

Malaysiakini reports at about on 24th September 22:00 that:
"Police this evening arrested Malaysiakini cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque - better known as Zunar - under Section 28 ?sic of the Printing Presses and Publications Act."

CARTOON-O-PHOBIA LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY

Book launch a hit despite author's arrest

click HERE for news & look for video under malaysiakini TV / video

2nd UPDATE

Watch the video (HERE) showing how the police shunted Zunar around to several district police headquarters, starting off at Brickfields (sponsored by insurance company MAA, look at the sign!) before finally detaining him overnight at the KL International Airport Lock-up!

He is expected to be in court before a magistrate on Saturday 25th September 2010.

It sure is 1 Pathetically Funny Malaysia!!!!

3rd UPDATE: 25.09.2010

It has been reported that the police have managed to obtain a one day remand order from Sepang Magistrates' Court today (25.09.2010) to enable them to continue to hold political cartoonist Zunar in police custody for further questioning.

4th UPDATE: 25.09.2010

News reports state that:
Zunar, who was arrested on Friday under the Sedition Act, has been released on police bail from Sepang police station a few hours after police had obtained a one day remand order. Sepang police chief Supt. Zahedi Ayub confirmed the 18:30 release.

Meanwhile, Zunir has vowed to carry on with his work as a cartoonist and was reported as saying he will sue the police over his detention.

Divide et impera


Divide and rule



Ab actu ad posse valet illatio


From what has happened we may infer what will happen

WHITHER JUSTICE & RULE OF LAW IN MALAYSIA?

Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin

SEVEN SENSIBLE QUESTIONS ABOUT ARREST OF EX MUFTI DR. ASRI

Seven questions on the arrest of Asri

Letter from Dr Chandra Muzaffar dated 4^th Nov 2009, published on line by Malaysiakini HERE

"I refer to the Malaysiakini report Ex-Perlis mufti freed on bail: Jais feels the heat?

The arrest of former Perlis Mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin raises disturbing questions.

One, isn't it unjust to arrest a person and take him to court while investigations on him are still on-going?

Two, doesn't this smack of arbitrariness and high-handedness, and doesn't it erode established judicial norms and the rule of law?

Three, wasn't the deployment of an extraordinarily large number of Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) staff and police personnel a show of force which was tantamount to abuse of power?

Four, since Asri has been giving talks in Selangor and elsewhere for a while now, what was the reason for arresting him only at this point in time?

Five, was the arrest a well-orchestrated move by certain religious authorities, backed by some Muslim NGOs, to dissuade the federal government from going ahead with the appointment of Asri as the new head of a potentially influential Islamic 'dakwah' foundation, Yadim?

Six, if this was the motive, doesn't it show that there are religious institutions and groups in the country that are intolerant of views on Islam which are different from theirs, however humane and rational some of these views may be, and however well-grounded they are in the Qur'an?

Seven, isn't such intolerance a betrayal of the respect for differences of opinion, and for dissent, embodied in Quranic thought and in the practice of the Prophet?

It is important to ask these questions because Asri's crude and coarse treatment echoes the authoritarianism of certain groups in other parts of the Muslim world that has led to tension and conflict.

This is why any attempt by any group to monopolise religion and marginalise alternative voices should be checked immediately.

It was one of the causes of the closing of the Muslim mind in past centuries and was partly responsible for the decline of Islamic civilisation."

I put forward three more important questions:-

1. Are there hidden dark forces behind the arrest of Dr. Asri?
   
2. Is it Selangor UMBO and the federal BN / UMNO government who are the puppet masters of some folks in JAIS.
   
3. Is the UMNO ex MB Khir Toyo the covert instigator, the 'batu api'?

To me this smells like a component part of the insidious UMNO plot to overthrow the opposition state government of Selangor.

So the answers to the above three questions may be 'YES'!

Diligite justitiam, o judices terrae

Cherish justice, o judges of the earth

RELENTLESS RELA READY, ROBBERS RELAX!

RELA, a foreigner (a Nepalese?) & the big stick>

RELA's uniformed volunteers, (they have also have been referred to by some as thugs, bounty hunters goons and gangsters) have, as far as I know, legal immunity and are allowed to arrest individuals as well as enter and search any premises without a warrant.

These are sweeping powers, it seems that they are more 'powerful' than the police.

I'm an Indonesian, can't you see my passport

Malaysia's PM Najib plans to deploy personnel from the notorious peoples volunteer task force (RELA) to help enforce a crackdown on crime triggered criticism on from human rights campaigners. RELA, is a 553,000-strong citizen corps which has been accused many times of serious human rights abuses.

This force was established in 1972 under the home affairs ministry to help maintain public order.

Recently they were used to apprehend illegal immigrants, and were paid a bounty of RM 80 per head! This lead to frequent abuse of power, and many people including an American citizen on a legal visit to Malaysia, were wrongly detained. There were also reports of those rounded up by RELA being made to squat for hours in the heat of the equatorial sun and being mistreated in other ways too!

RELA is an acronym for People's Volunteer Corps in the national language of Malaysia.

On 30^th July 2009, it was reported that the home ministry had enlisted members from the Civil Defence Department and RELA.

An overweight RELA goon and some 'detained' ladies

However some were reported to have been rejected as they were too fat! Click HERE

The cops were reported to have rejected 358 of the 500 personnel specially selected 'crème de' le' crème ' by RELA to assist in crime prevention because these, the finest RELA has to offer, were found to be overweight and unfit to undergo police voluntary reserve training.

RELA director-general reportedly stated that …...........only 142 of the 500 chosen to undergo the two-week training stint were accepted while the rest were rejected because of their poor fitness level.

The 500 RELA members were screened based on strict criteria similar to those used for recruiting policemen.

Besides those who were overweight, the others were rejected because of poor overall presentation and grooming.

Or in other words many RELA members are fat, slovenly, unfit and scruffy!

Click HERE & HERE to read some news reports

What difference will 142 RELA goons with two weeks of training do the help the escalating crime rate in Malaysia, what a pathetic political joke by Najib!

Malaysia's crime rate up by about 25%, Read a related story HERE

Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit

He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow

O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum!

An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf!

Malaysia: Cultured, Genteel, Enlightened, Progressive, Tolerant, my arse!

According to reports in the Malaysian, government owned Main Stream Media (MSM) the police have implemented most of the 125 recommendations contained in the 2005 report by the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Royal Malaysian Police.

DIGP Ismail Omar steps have been taken to forge closer ties with the public through community policing and frequent meetings with residents.

"Both the state and district police chiefs have held regular meetings with residents' associations to hear their grouses and the problems they face," he reportedly said yesterday.

"These are part of measures to rebuild the public's confidence in the police force, besides encouraging them to cooperate with us and provide vital tip-offs."

What a laugh, anyway, believe it or not, be that as it may!

The MSM didn't report this:- (update: see below)

The police last night cordoned off a opposition political party's [DAP] fund-raising dinner held for some 3,000 people in Klang and confiscated the public address system, however later they allowed the dinner to continue at 8.15pm

Police with M16s were guarding area, Lim Kit Siang likened it to a war zone

There were 900 cops wasting their time there according to the belated report in the Star, see below.

Do the police have nothing better to do? Malaysia is very far from being crime free!!

In addition yet another recent case of apparent police brutality does not seem to have been reported in the Malaysia MSM, apart from a report HERE, either.

The police in Malaysia seem to have yet again behaved like gangsters and thugs, see video below, when a 20 year old student was allegedly beaten black and blue by the cops whist handcuffed in a police station.

Little did 20-year-old college student Koh Chon Weng suspect that a night out at a club with friends would pave the way for a horrendous experience which he will never ever be able to forget.

Koh Chon Weng, still bore the scars of his ordeal when interviewed on video, he claimed that he was arrested and beaten up by policemen for no apparent reason.

"I was handcuffed, punched and kicked for several minutes. And when I spat the blood which oozed out from my mouth on the floor, I was beaten again for this," recalled the soft-spoken accounting student during a press conference at the DAP office in Petaling Jaya.

Full story click HERE:

and watch the malaysiakini video below

Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem

As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.

Banned T Shirts

Meanwhile, dangerous T Shirts have been confiscated by the police in Malaysia.

The Ministry of Home Affairs apparently deemed the images [see below] to be obscene, subversive and likely to glorify communism.

You judge for yourself,

I think the slogans on the T shirts are quite amusing, and generally harmless.

I see this T shirt, which is quite appropriate in this context,

is not included in the banned T shirt list.

THE PERAK STATE GOVERNMENT SHOWDOWN

Ipoh, Perak. Thurday, 7^th May 2009

In reverse order, latest events first.

Events Proceeding the Sitting of the Perak State Assembly.

The action has now moved inside the state assembly.

The Speaker V Sivakumar, immediately, after taking his seat, asked the seven suspended BN state reps including BN appointed MB Zambry to leave the hall.

He says he won’t begin the assembly sitting until they are all out of the hall. According to Sivakumar, he has the power to do so. Pakatan state reps thump their table in support.

The speaker said the suspension of Zambry and his six exco members was made by him in his capacity as the chairperson of the privileges and the special rights committee and not as the speaker.

He said the Federal Court decision was based on his standing as a speaker and as such the matter was inapplicable.

He also asked the three BN-friendly independents to leave the assembly as his legal suit against the three was still pending in court.

His order for the ten to leave the State Assembly Hall was greeted by cheers and table-clapping by the Pakatan Rakyat (PKR) representatives.

They shouted ‘keluar' (out) repeatedly.

However the ten representatives still remain in the hall. A shouting match between the two sides is currently under way.

Entry to the Perak State Assembly Hall.

All Perak State Assemblymen, special guests with invitations and accredited media were allowed into the Dewan.

Pakatan Rakyat (PKR) reps sat on the right side of the Speaker (the so called “government side”).

The police conducted strict checks of all ID passes. Everyone was scanned by means of metal detectors.

Men without songkok (Malay headgear) and a female reporter in traditional Punjabi outfit were denied entry.

One can but wonder what this sartorial matter has this got to do with the police?

Shouting was heard from within the State Assembly Hall.

Scores of people have already been arrested in Ipoh.

Shortly after that yet more arrests outside the state secretariat, this time it was the turn of Parit Buntar MP Mujahid Yusof Rawa of PAS and Malaysiakini columnist and activist Helen Ang.

10:00

PAS Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub was detained for 'illegal assembly' about 20 metres from the tree dubbed the “Democracy Tree” where the historic “under the tree” State Assembly was held on 3^rd March 2009.

Shortly after Salahuddin was detained, yet another arrest, this time of Sungai Siput MP Jeyakumar, who was detained about 10 metres away from the same tree.

Up to about 09:45, according to Lim Kit Siang, those arrested so far include:-

1. Lau Bak Kee, DAP veteran chairman,

2. former rep R.K. Muthu,

3. blogger Zorro (Bernard Khoo),

4. Lee Kong Hing, previous Negeri Sembilan state organising secretary,

5. Sg Pinang rep Koid Teng Guan,

6. Bahau rep Tey Kok Seong,

7. Temiang rep Ng Chin Tsai,

8. Teratai rep Jenice Lee,

9. Melaka rep Khoo Poay Tiong,

10. Taiping DAP Youth chief Tey Kok Lim.

An Anti-Black T-shirt Day in Ipoh.

Police reportedly confiscated two boxes (about 200 units) of black coloured "One Black Malaysia" printed t-shirt from the Pakatan Rakyat supporters stall next to the Kampung Manjoi Baru surau, earlier in the morning. Are these t-shirts unlawful, are they prohibited items, are they banned??

Police also earlier arrested three men wearing black t-shirts with the slogan “Kembalikan hak rakyat” (Give the people back their rights) after a scuffle outside the state secretariat building.

To get updated on the situation as it evolves

Click

HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE & HERE

To read REUTERS news report click HERE

Ut sementem feceris, ita metes

As you sow, so shall you reap

Wear Black as a Sign of Mourning for the Steady Decline of Democracy in Malaysia

Round up the usual suspects, as a warning, so as to terrify others


Conlige suspectos semper habitos, in terrorem

This T-shirt may be suitable attire

Wong (on the left) and friends are wearing other variation on the theme of black

WEAR BLACK

1.

To protest Wong Chin Huat's arrest and remand, under the archaic, catch-all and oppressive Sedition Act 1948, and also to show solidarity with the three citizens who were greeting by about 40 armed police and arrested for attempting to deliver a birthday cake with butter icing commemorating the 31st birthday of murdered Mongolian translator Shaariibuu to Najib; it was reported they were also taking Najib a letter from the late Altantuya's father and also carrying a banner. This happened near the PM's office in Putrajaya.

2.

To protest at the arrest of PAS vice-president Mohamad Sabu, PKR supreme council member Badrul Hisham Saharin, Sani Md Shah, Saufi Mihad and Yasir Sheikh Abdul Rahman.

Also the wearing of black is to support the fight for democracy in Ipoh on Thursday 7^th May 2009, regarding the Perak State Government fiasco. The police reportedly have obtained a court order to stop people from being within 500 metres of the state secretariat building during the State Assembly sitting.

It was reported that Perak State police chief Deputy Comm. Zulkifli Abdullah said the magistrate’s court in Ipoh, granted the ex-parte injunction to Ipoh OCPD Asst .Comm. Azisman Alias on Wednesday. 6^th May 2009.

So there could be a lot more [perhaps 'politically selective'] arrests tomorrow.

Malaysians will be waiting to see who is arrested and who is not.

Named as respondents in the application were members and supporters of political parties PKR, DAP, PAS, Barisan Nasional, and also all members of the public.

According to news reports, the injunction was granted under Section 98 of the Criminal Procedure Code, all respondents (in a nut shell that means anyone and everyone) were prohibited and warned not to be present or take part in any gathering within a half kilometre radius of the Perak State Assembly Building’s gates.

Meanwhile, the real criminals in Malaysia are having a whale of a time!

Crime rates are up, and as one example, just today the press reported "The number of rape cases reported in the country doubled from 2003 to 2007."

Commune periculum concordiam parit. Noli nothis permittere te terere

Common danger brings forth harmony. Don't let the bastards get you down.

Shameful third-world detention facilities in Kuala Lumpur

Raja Petra's wife and daughters visited him at the national police HQ in Kuala Lumpur, these are her notes of the visit.


Source HERE where you can see the comments made

Dated 16th September 2008

"My two girls and I managed to see RPK at 11:00am this morning (16 September) at the Bukit Aman Police HQ.

He has been sleeping on a wooden platform without any pillow or bedding. He looked drawn and drained but still alert.

I started informed him that the support he has at home and abroad is keeping us strong and that should be enough for him too to continue to be strong. I also told him that the Pakatan Raykat has the numbers to form the next government and it is just a matter of time that we would soon get him out.

He has lost weight and his sugar level has dived from 8 to 4. I urged him to eat and to drink a lot of water. In fact we brought him his favorites: a 6-pack coke, chocolates, fresh plums, shepherd’s pie and caramel custard. Raja Petra asked us to take them back. He said that those interrogating him would try to use these food items as inducements to get him to co-operate. RPK said he did not want to be beholden to them. They will use favours they grudgingly grant and use these as trade offs.

He complained that the food supplied is such that our two cats will not even eat. But I encouraged him that despite that, he has to eat. He replied that he has no appetite and that most of the time he is tired as they are interrogating him incessantly. They come to his cell (8X8 concrete box without windows) and harass him at all hours of the day and night taking hourly turns having a video camera at all times. One time they brought a prayer mat and the Koran to his cell and just said so you don’t want this and took it away recording all this.

Sometimes they just come to the cell every half hourly to peep into his cell with the loud clicking of the peep hole keeping him awake. They are interrogating him on all his articles and at this stage it is on his articles on Islam. They said he has no right to write about Islam because we (his family) don’t live like Muslims and they were not sure whether we prayed or not as how all good Muslims should.

During our visit a video camera was trained on us all the time that I was with RPK. There were always two officers in the room with us for the whole duration. When an officer came in to tell us that we had 10 minutes left, I took the opportunity to brief him on all the happenings related to his being in the ISA...

Teresa Kok arrested; the reporter arrested and then released after 16 hours; the candlelight vigils at Bukit Aman, Bloghouse and Dewan Sri Penang. I told him that he has made history on the ISA issue that the even the Barison Nasional component partners, Gerakan, MCA, PPP and some Ministers and even Zaid Ibrahim has resigned over the wrongful use of the ISA, about the awesome crowd at Kelana Jaya Stadium last night and about the Free RPK banners around the stadium and how the crowd of about 20,000 chanted ‘bebaskan RPK’ .

I also told him that I was going to the lawyer’s office after our visit to file habeas corpus and to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Press Conference at 2pm on the cross overs.

I informed him that our team of lawyers will be seeing him on Thursday at 11am, but the police called my lawyers in the afternoon and changed the time to 10am tomorrow."

(Emphasis mine)

How shameful that the police detain people in inhuman conditions, is this the Islamic way?


Malaysia certainly is still well and truly a third-world banana-republic, where there is zero respect for human rights, very limited freedom of speech, no freedom of assembly or expression.


Detainees are intimidated, tortured and abused in 21st century Malaysia.

How shameful this is!

When the new government under Pakatan Rakyat takes over, there needs to be urgent legal reforms to do away with such abuses of power.


ABOLISH UNJUST, ARCHAIC AND UNDEMOCRATIC LAWS IN MALAYSIA, INCLUDING THE DRACONIAN ISA.


Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est



Inhumanity is harmful in every age.

ISA ARRESTS, MEDIA STATEMENT BY COPS

Extracts:

“In recent weeks, there has been an escalation of racially insensitive, seditious and disparaging acts and remarks by individuals and organisations bringing about a state of unrest and religious tension in the country.”

“When the police decided to invoke the ISA, the decision was based on intelligence and observation that certain acts by the individuals concerned were detrimental to the calm, peace and harmony of the country.”

“These acts if not curtailed would cause public disorder and be a threat to national security. An arrest under the ISA is only made when the police strongly believes that certain acts by individual can pose a serious threat to public order and national security.

“These are the grounds in which the police based their decision on.”

“We cannot allow the May 13, Kg Medan and Kg Rawa incidents to repeat and destroy the country.”

“The police will have to take pre-emptive measures in order to prevent the situation from getting out of control.”

By Ismail Omar Deputy Inspector General of Police

Blaah, blaah, blaah, ad nausem.

KEEP POLITICS OUT OF POLICING!

If you really want to, you can read it in full HERE

Cui bono?

For whose benefit is it?

RAJA PETRA'S HOME RAIDED BY COPS

The recently introduced Royal Malaysia Police Badge States
"INTEGRITI AMALAN KITA"
which roughly translates to
"Our Integrity and Best Practices "

JUST MORE EMPTY WORDS?

"Raja Petra’s house was raided by the police at about 8.00am this morning, Friday, 22 August 2008. The police said they were looking for documents and any evidence related to the Statutory Declaration signed by the Burmese Doctor from Pusrawi.

The raid was is in relation to the sodomy allegation against Anwar Ibrahim where the said doctor who examined the accuser, Saiful, confirmed he could not find any evidence that the young man had been sodomised by anyone.

The police confiscated a notebook computer, a scanner and some documents and left about two hours later. Raja Petra is to report to Bukit Aman for his statement to be recorded after the Permatang Pauh by-election."

See Majik River HERE & Malaysia Today HERE

In a word the police in Malaysia are perceived by many to "PATHETIC".

At a time when Malaysia is riddled with crime, when the almost total absence of law enforcement means that the roads and highways of Malaysia are death-traps, and when thieves, robbers and bandits are virtually free to do as they like, and when house-breaking and vehicle theft are commonplace (e.g. in Shah Alam, Selangor); it is shamefully unbelievable that the Royal Malaysian Police can find so much time for so many seemingly 'politically associated petty pursuits'.

Palatial, and abnormally large police stations and quarters (e.g. at Simpang Empat, Malacca, and on Pulau Perhentian Kecil) the increased number of police personnel and vehicles have not translated into real policing and effective law enforcement.

Salus populi suprema lex

- The safety of the people is the supreme law

Malaysian Blogger Detained by Police in Kuala Lumpur

SEE BERNAMA REPORT HERE

"Blogger Detained Over Article On Police

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 (Bernama) -- Blogger 'Penarik Beca', who real name is Abu Bakar Mohd Rashid,50, was detained by police in connection with an article on his blog about the police force and Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan.

The Commercial Crimes Investigation Department's investigation officer for cyber crimes Supt Victor Sanjos said Abu Bakar was detained at 10pm at his home in Taman Koperasi Polis here to assist investigations under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act 1948.

"Abu Bakar in his blog had published an article which showed a modified logo of the Royal Malaysia Police with derogatory comments about Musa including claims that Musa was being controlled by Chinese crime syndicates," Sanjos told Bernama here Thursday.

The blogger was being detained at the Dang Wangi police station lock-up and would be released tomorrow, he added."

-- BERNAMA

Arrest of Anwar Ibrahim-latest news

The Malaysian Insider has several informative reports, please click HERE


There are a large number of protesters in the vicinity of the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters, which is located in Jalan Hang Tuah, directly opposite the now unused Pudu Goal.

They have been ordered to disperse by the police.

The police have reportedly blocked several roads in the area, including Jalan Hang Tuah, so a massive traffic can be expected in and around Kuala Lumpur.

The people will doubtless be very very angry, as the unnecessary police action in arresting Anwar, in such a heavy handed and dramatic way, using ten police cars to block his vehicle, and the participation of the UTK, [the police Special Action Unit 'commandos' dressed in black complete with balaclavas.]

The next thing we may see, could be the army out on the streets reinforcing the police, whose numbers are more than adequate to undertake their duties, then Malaysia will have degenerated into an oppressive 'banana republic' third world state.

The next hours and days will perhaps be a turning point, a watershed, for Malaysia.

The federal government had better tread very carefully, as the BN / UNMO ice is thin, and many of the citizens of Malaysia are ready to break it!

Democracy, human rights, freedom, and the rule of law must be maintained.

Rule by law, tyranny, intimidation, oppression and dictatorial action are not an acceptable solution.

People power will be the winner, come what may!

People should not be afraid of their governments.
Governments should be afraid of their people.

Anwar Ibrahim has been Arresred

Anwar Ibrahim has been arrested outside his home, by armed police wearing balaclavas. (Polis UTK- Police Special Action Unit?)

His lawyer said, Anwar was taken to the KL Police HQ at Jalan Hang Tuah by police in a large convoy of vehicles.

His lawyer started that no reason was given for the arrest, which came shortly before Mr Anwar was due to give a statement to police over sodomy allegations.

The former deputy prime minister denies the allegations, which he says are designed to end his political comeback.

Anwar, who is 60 years-old had early been told, and had agreed to, report to police on Wednesday afternoon, to be interviewed over sodomy allegations.

But police evidently decided not to wait.

Anwar Ibrahim’s arbitrary and unnecessary arrest will no doubt be seen to be politically motivated and also will be regarded as provocative by Malaysian opposition groups.

See BBC news report HERE

See Al Jazeera English news report HERE

See Sun Malaysia report HERE

Veritas vos liberabit

- The truth will set you free

Warrant of Arrest issued for Anwar Ibrahim

AP Reports:-

"A lawyer says police have issued an arrest warrant for Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in connection with a sodomy accusation by a former male aide.

Counsel Sankara Nair says the police faxed him a letter Tuesday (15 July) asking Anwar to appear at the police station for questioning before 2pm (0600 GMT) the following day.

He said the letter told him an arrest warrant had been issued for his client, Anwar................................................"

So, what will transpire now, will the police wait and arrest Anwar tomorrow if he fails to report at 2pm, or will he be arrested today, before he is due to debate with the Information Minister at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur at 9pm?

In this land of lies, half truths, and misrepresentations anything could happen.

The people of Malaysia are carefully watching and waiting.

The weekend roadblocks throughout much of Malaysia, culminating in yesterday's virtual lock down of Kulala Lumpur by extensive police roadblocks, has angered the people, let us see what the pathetic paranoid federal government does next!

Lux et veritas

- Light and Truth

Where are P. Balasubramaniam, his wife and their children?

It seems to be anyone’s guess, read the fudging, sidetracking and convolution in some of these news reports:

1. NST "Police: No agenda in Bala Case"

Police do not have any agenda in investigating the statutory declarations by private investigator P. Balasubramaniam.

“Federal Police CID director Bakri “Zinin reiterated that their investigations were not based on assumptions.

"We simply want to establish the facts," he said

"We are professionals. We do not have ulterior motives."

Bakri added that the steps taken by the police to locate the missing private investigator were also not meant to put him under undue pressure.”

2. Meanwhile the Star reports on 9^th July 2008:

“Private investigator P. Balasubramaniam, who disappeared with his wife and three children last Friday, has been located.

Sources said police here with the help of Interpol traced his whereabouts to an Asean country but declined to name it or say when he would be brought back.

CID Director Comm Bakri Zinin confirmed this but declined to reveal details.”

3. Meanwhile Home Affairs Minister Syed Albar is reported by the Sun, on 9^th July 2008, as saying:

"I have no comment on Balasubramaniam."

I am in no position to discuss or debate."

"So far as the law enforcement agencies are concerned... we have to make sure our investigations are not disturbed in any way."

"Otherwise there will be all sorts of allegations and charges against the police, and it will be difficult for them," he said.

"I am sure that Balasubramaniam is safe, otherwise the family members would not be asking questions," said Syed Hamid, who urged the press to leave the investigation in the hands of the police.

He added that if the police have strong reason to believe that their lives of Balasubramaniam and his family are being threatened, it is the duty and responsibility of the police to provide them protection.

4. P. Balasupramaniam’s nephew says, according to a Sun report dated 9^th July 2008:

“Missing PI Bala contacted nephew

After three days of being in the dark about the whereabouts of his uncle private investigator P. Balasubramaniam, R. Kumaresan received a call late on Monday night.

However, other than knowing that his uncle and aunt are alive, Kumaresan, is no closer to knowing their whereabouts or if they are being detained against their will.

Speaking at a gathering of about 150 people organised by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) opposite a restaurant on Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields, at 8pm yesterday, Kumaresan said he received the phone call which appeared as "private number" on his handphone about 11.30pm on Monday.

He said despite repeatedly asking his uncle where he was, Balasubramaniam, who sounded very formal and uncomfortable, told him that he was unable to reveal his whereabouts, and passed the call to his wife.

"I asked my aunt the same questions but she too told me she was unable to say where she was but she did say she was using a policeman's handphone to make the call," said Kumaresan, a 27-year-old IT professional.

He said his aunt told him that they were fine before he heard what sounded like a door slamming in the background and the call, which lasted about three minutes, went dead.

Kumaresan's lawyer R. Surendran said the call indicates that Balasubramaniam and family were being confined against their will and urged the police to swiftly probe his whereabouts.

(Note: In Malaysia a call indicating ‘private number’ could be either from within Malaysia or abroad)

This last report may be closer to the truth than the others?

The plot thickens, but vital questions remain:

• Where are P. Balasubramanian, his wife and children?

• Are they being held against their will, if so who is detaining them?

Bala’s wife was reported as saying:

“she was using a policeman's handphone to make the call,"

Was this referring to a Malaysian policeman, or foreign policeman?

This vitally important question remains unanswered.

Ubi sunt?



- Where are they?