Jeff Ooi : A Stooge of Corrupt Western Democratic Nations

Infamous blogger Jeff Ooi of Screenshots is now a stalwart of the DAP. With his long-expected cross-over to the opposition stable he did not hesitate to set his sights hard on a Parliamentary seat, no less. With his political designs firmly entrenched within the brittle and gullible constituencies of Kelana Jaya or Serdang in Selangor, it would come as no surprise to see his puppeteers going on an overdrive.

Why puppeteers, you say? And who? Well, the seemingly noble platform of the Frederich Naumann Foundation, of course. Gullibility aside, try to look beyond that very telling veneer of honour, which that German-based foundation had somehow managed to plant in the simplistic minds of many an opposition anarchists who surreptitiously crawl through the dark labyrinth of blogosphere – a virtual frontier that they jealously guard as their own, never mind that it is a new dimension open to anyone to be used for good or bad.

The Frederich Naumann Foundation (FNF) is well-known in its unrelenting support for the likes of Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the Parti Keadilan Rakyat. On the surface of it all, the motive of this German-Christian organisation is to help 'democratise' Malaysia and free it from the claws of presumed unfathomable depth of corruption- as though the west is completely beyond reproach when it comes to such a scourge.

No, no harm in it being a Christian-based body, but a closer examination of its activities will reveal a lot about elements of subversion to rip assunder the fragile fabric of Malaysian society for the sake of western domination of the region. Think about it!

Demokrasi kita cuba digugat BA: Anwar dedahkan dia akan menjemput campurtangan asing.

Dato Seri Anwar ibrahim dalam ceramah konvensyen BERSIH di Dewan Perhimpunan Cina, Selangor pada 20 Julai menyebut bahawa beliau sedang berusaha berunding dengan Jimmy Carter (bekas Presiden Amerika Syarikat) untuk membawa Carter Center memantau Pilihan Raya Umum di Malaysia.

Anwar berkata pada bulan lepas beliau telah dijemput oleh duta-duta asing untuk membentangkan bukti-bukti tentang kepincangan pilihan raya di Malaysia. Beliau telah serahkan satu dokumen lengkap mengenai bukti-bukti penyelewengan Malaysia kepada setiap duta asing itu.

Anwar juga menyebut beliau akan menggunakan semua media antarabangsa termasuk Al-Jaazera, BBC, CNN dan Bloomberg bagi mendedahkan kepincangan demokrasi di Malaysia.

Program itu yang dianjurkan oleh BERSIH diketuai Syed Shahril (MTUC) dengan kerjasama DAP, PAS dan PKR. Turut berucap Lim Guan Eng (DAP), Haji Hadi Awang (PAS) dan Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim (PKR). Pengerusi Majlis ialah Mohmamad Sabu (PAS).

Anwar: The Most Trusted & Important Appointee of the U.S. State Department for the Foundation for the Future

Republished from patriotski.

Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim said:

“I was invited to be part of the Foundation’s Board of Directors in mid-2006 along with the representatives from Morocco, Kuwait, Iraq, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Switzerland and Qatar.”

In general, the Foundation of the Future has three committees, namely:

1. The Selection Committee
2. The Executive Committee
3. The Board of Directors

All the committees were selected and approved by the U.S. Department of State.

According to a statement released by the spokesperson’s office in Washington DC on February 2, 2006:

“After consultations among civil society representatives and government officials from the U.S., Europe, the Broader Middle East and North Africa, it was announced today that Rahma Bourqia of Morocco, Bakhtiar Amin of Iraq and Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia will serve as the 'selection committee' to appoint the board of directors for the Broader Middle East and North Africa Foundation for the Future"

The list of committee members of the foundation are as follows:

A. Selection Committee (three members) as announced
on 2 February 2006:

1. Anwar Ibrahim (Malaysia)
2. Rahma Bourqia (Morocco)
3. Bakhtiar Amin (Iraq)

B. Executive Committee (five members) as announced during the meeting in Doha on 15 July 2006.

1. Anwar Ibrahim
2. Rahma Bourqia
3. Bakhtiar Amin
4. Sandra Day O’Connor (U.S.)
5. Dr Cornelio Sommaruga (Switzerland)

C. Board of Directors (14 members) as announced on 15 July 2006 in Doha.

1. Anwar Ibrahim (Chairman/Malaysia)
2. Rahma Bouqia (Vice Chairman/Morocco)
3. Kamel Abu Jaber (Treasurer/Jordan)
4. Laila al Hamad (Secretary/Kuwait)
5. Bakhtiar Amin (Iraq)
6. Sandra Day O’Connor (U.S.)
7. Cornelio Sommaruga (Switzerland)
8. Burhan Ghalioun (Syria)
9. Andreu Claret Serra (Spain)
10. Ibrahim Kalin (Turkey)
11. Jamil Mroue (Lebanon)
12. Abdul Rahman al Rashed (Saudi Arabia)
13. Naguib Sawiris (Egypt)
14. Juhaina Sultan al-Easa (Qatar)

Based on the priority in the listing it is obvious that the U.S. Department of State saw Anwar Ibrahim as the most trusted and important appointee in all three committees. In a foundation meeting held in Bahrain on 31 May 2006, Anwar announced that he was also appointed as the President of the Foundation.

Besides Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, another person also deemed most trusted by the U.S. Department of State was Sandra O’Connor. A statement released through the office of the spokesman in Washington DC on 8 June 2006 said,

“The State Department is pleased to announce that former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has agreed to serve as the US Representative to the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Foundation for the future"

Philips Green showroom to go on roadshow to rural areas

Philips Malaysia will send its van, called the Philips-Cetree Energy Efficient Mobile Showroom into rural areas to educate folks on how to save energy and money.

(Cetree stands for Centre for Education, Training and Research in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency).

According to the company’s chief executive officer for Malaysia Rajah Kumar, the purpose of the exercise was to introduce solar energy to rural folk and to get them interested about other forms of energy generation.

Now, what really piqued me is why in the world would Philips want to send this van to the rural areas when the actual target ought to be the urban folks, who use more electrical appliances compared to their rural counterparts.

This another example of a non-thinking strategy and a waste of a noble effort.

Of Tony Pua, Khairy & the civil service

I have been following the going-ons between Khairy Jamaluddin and Tony Pua over the latter's remarks alleging that the civil service has been “a dumping ground for the politically sensitive constituency of unemployed Malay graduates.”

Khairy said Pua’s comments, which implied that civil servants were the employees of last choice and unable to seek gainful employment elsewhere, were totally unacceptable and without basis.

I, for one, would personally say that both Khairy and Tony stand to be corrected in this issue. For the graduate of Oxford's Keble College, of which Tony is I would question where he had obtained the basis of such a claim, while for that academic offspring of Oxford's St Hughes I would say that an over-reaction should not have been in order as earlier deemed.

From observations and interactions on the ground with the group at the bone of contention, I have long found that most of them opted for careers in the civil service on the long-held assumption (myth) that the government is the best employer -- offering job security and prestige. Assuming that a majority of the graduates hailed from the Malay heartland and kampungs, it would come as no surprise if this belief was deeply entrenched in their minds.

Besides working the land or, in some cases, were themselves civil servants, the parents of these graduates were mostly ensconced within the confines of a civil service mindset. Even if their mainstay is to toil the land or harvest the seas, they cannot avoid facing up to the kerani, penghulu or Pegawai Daerah in the course of their lives. Being made to wait patiently along the corridors of powers that was the Pejabat Daerah & Tanah, they have long succumbed to this notion.

They saw the regimented lifestyle of the pegawai kerajaan as the ideal role model for their beloved sons and daughters.

And, as for the graduates themselves, the stint at the universities or colleges have caused them to absorb diverse thinking – from the “fundamentalist” to the right of the right wing. Yes, they may even have been rebellious in their quiet ways at campus but, still, deep within their mindset, the ideals of bagging a career with the civil service lurks.

Coming from an often-struggling rural family, I must say that these graduates are actually under the notion that they are acting sensibly. They look at their family’s station in life and would wish to ensure a certain continuum of security with the gaji bulan, kerja tetap and pencen that the civil service offers. They just do not wish to risk the future of their dependents otherwise.

Yes, I would agree that many might have difficulties in landing a job with top-notch private companies due to several factors that may range from an opposite mindset entrenched in the persons of the companies concerned or a culture that starkly differs from their much-polarised life at campus.

At the end of the day, what they aspire and wish for is to be with the civil service – not because of lack of ability to do otherwise or being the beneficiary of what Tony Pua alleged as the government’s aim to appease the politically sensitive constituency of unemployed Malay graduates, but to avoid taking unnecessary chances.

Henceforth, from such observations I would say both Khairy and Tony should wise up to the facts, too. Perhaps, they may want to do more homework before imparting their opinions?

May 13 "conspiracy" : hey! you invented it first!

So, James Wong in his blog (read his posting here) is of the impression that those who have not read the latest "interpretation" of the May 13 episode have a common train of thought. Of course, he would not hesitate to draw the focus to another "inventor" -- Hj Subky Latiff, no less. How convenient.

Regardless of who invented or who interpreted the incident and its causes, Malaysians cannot run away from the fact that it is something that ought to be given a rest. What is this new interpretation exercise for? From what I see it is just another political ploy of a near bankrupt alliance of opposition to stir up emotions. And based on some foreign intelligence sources at that, too!

No, I do not think that the book should be banned. Let it be freely available but just haul up the writer if he had transgressed upon the sacred area of racial sensitivities in Malaysia. The hell with following the right to freedom of expression as it is always to the advantage of the person who advocates it.

There are laws to look into these matters as much as one may just spend time in jail for uttering seemingly harmless remarks such as “I can hijack” this plane or “I have a bomb” to bring on board as a joke.

Yes, I wholly agree with Wong Sai Wan’s observations in “Learning to laugh again” – The Star, May 25). Perhaps, going by what he wrote we may have, indeed, lost our sense of humour, but for a good reason, too.

Over the years, from such a laid-back society where we did not take so many things said too seriously, we have become one that is too sensitive at a drop of a feather. As far as I can remember, without having to refer to some foreign intelligence sources, such sensitive personality of Malaysians came to be wrought from the ashes of that fateful day in 1969.

Hence, if we truly believe that it is so hurting to all parties concerned, the publication of Kua’s book notwithstanding, why bother to dwell on it? Is it just a matter of racial pride to gloat over the success at pushing some people to apologise?

Penolong Editor Malaysia Today tanding Naib Ketua Wanita Keadilan

Berita mengumumkan Penolong Editor Malaysia-Today yang diterajui Raja Petra Kamarudin (24 Mei, 2007) di portal web tersebut jelas mengejutkan beberapa pengikut dan pemberi komen tetingkap berita "alternatif" maya itu. Mereka mula mempersoalkan pendirian Raja Petra dalam kancah politik negara. Ini kerana sebelum itu ramai yang masih jahil akan "tulisan pada dinding" yang jelas menujuk ke arah mana beliau berkiblat daripada segi politik.

Ramai yang dapat menerima peranan Raja Petra sebagai pembekal media alternatif melalui saluran Malaysia-Today, tetapi sejak kebelakangan ini, sikap pengunjung yang memberi komen bersifat jahat lantaran memperkecilkan agama Islam dan sebagainya telah menimbulkan tanda tanya. Mengapa beliau tidak lebih bertanggung-jawab dalam menangani hal ini?

Berikut ialah petikan laporan tersebut:

Penolong editor Malaysia Today, Haniza Talha, akan bertanding merebut jawatan Naib Ketua Wanita Parti Keadilan Rakyat (Keadilan) Jumaat ini.

Beliau yang juga Timbalan Ketua Penerangan Wanita Keadilan Pusat dan juga Naib Ketua Bahagian Hulu Langat memperolehi pencalonan tertinggi dengan 44 pencalonan.

Haniza akan berdepan dengan empat calon lain, bagi mengisi tiga kerusi untuk jawatan tersebut.

Beliau akan bersaing dengan Dr. Zaliha Mustaffa, Noorsham Abu Samah, Rohani Bakar
dan Begum Jan Abdullah

Ketika dihubungi, beliau berkata perjuangannya antara lain adalah untuk meneruskan hasrat wanita parti yang mahu wanita lebih empowered, terlibat sama dalam membuat keputusan.

Pada tahun 2000, Keadilan telah meluluskan Usul 30 peratus penglibatan wanita dalam proses membuat keputusan di semua peringkat dalam parti.

Jelasnya parti perlu serius menunaikan usul yang telah diluluskan pada tahun 2000 dan tidak meletakkannya di atas sayap Wanita sepenuhnya.

Terangnya, Wanita sudah cukup bersedia dan bagi mencapai sasaran minima 30% tersebut, 3 jawatan Naib Presiden yang dipertandingkan, Wanita mengemukakan seorang calon iaitu Fuziah Salleh dan sembilan calon bagi 25 ahli Majlis Pimpinan Tertinggi (MPT) yang akan dipilih.

“Jangan tolak calon wanita yang kredibel, hanya untuk nampak cantik calon Melayu, Cina dan India bagi mengisi jawatan tersebut.

“Parti perlu melihat ke depan, negara-negara maju malah Indonesia telah meletakkan syarat mandatori bagi parti-parti politik yang terlibat dalam pilihan raya mempunyai sekurang-kurang 30% calon wanita. Wanita Keadilan tidak percaya kepada tokenism, dengan itu kami sudah melatih dan menyediakan wanita dari tahun 2001, untuk sahut cabaran tersebut. Kini, Wanita sudah cukup bersedia untuk pikul tanggungjawab tersebut. Jangan lihat wanita berasaskan pandangan steriotaip yang ada.”

Setakat ini, katanya hanya kira-kira 15 peratus sahaja wanita dalam parti itu yang terlibat dalam peringkat menggubal dasar parti.

Sumbangan wanita dalam parti itu telah terbukti; pengukukuhan struktur sayap parti.

“Salah satu ukurannya ialah berjaya mengadakan mesyuarat agung tahunan Wanita bahagian (MATWB). Pada tahun 2005, bahagian Wanita seluruh negara yang berjaya adakan MATWB hanya 62, dan berkembang menjadi 92 bahagian pada 2006, seterusnya mencapai 109 bahagian pada tahun ini.”

Malah, tegasnya ‘pengaruh wanita’ juga boleh dilihat, apabila kira-kira 52 peratus rakyat negara ini ialah wanita, dan kira-kira 54 peratus yang keluar mengundi ialah wanita.

Katanya, dunia sedang melihat sebuah parti yang pada satu hari akan menerajui kepimpinan negara, apakah pendirian serta usaha parti terhadap penglibatan wanita dalam arena politik. Kami mendapat tahu bahawa ada pertubuhan-pertubuhan dalam dan luar negara yang sedang mengikuti dan menunjukkan minat terhadap perkembangan ini.

Menurut senarai kehadiran, mereka telah mengesahkan kehadiran wakil mereka ke Kongres Nasional Tahunan Wanita kali ini.

Haniza juga akan terlibat mengendalikan siaran langsung Kongres dari Seremban yang akan disiarkan melalui Malaysia Today dari 26 dan 27 Mei ini.