From The Malaysian Insider
SEPT 2 — A decade ago today, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was dismissed by the then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. From the halls of power, as Anwar puts it in one of his earliest prison letters, he descended into “the labyrinths of incarceration”.
From the ruins of Anwar’s previous political life, however, a Reformasi generation arose. Throughout the long decade, despite being jailed the first six years and spending a considerable amount of time overseas in the immediate two years after release, Anwar aroused passionate support and devotion from many, some out of sympathy while others felt that he embodied the national quest for change and maturity.
But, the beauty of this long march is that Reformasi was not just about Anwar; it was very much about us.
Like they said about JFK’s assassination, we all remember what we were doing when we first heard of Anwar’s dismissal.
Anwar’s political stock went south after the June 1998 Umno general assembly when his proxy Datuk Zahid Hamidi failed in his attack against Dr Mahathir. By late July, as Anwar tried in vain to rescue his friend Datuk S. Nallakaruppan from police detention, some analysts concluded that it was just a matter of time before Anwar departed the political scene.
Before Malaysians could begin their National Day weekend, on Friday, Aug 28, 1998, Anwar’s allies — Bank Negara Governor Ahmad Don and his deputy Fong Weng Phak — resigned.
The National Day celebration was the calm before the storm.
Anwar was expected to do a Musa Hitam. Naively, we thought resignation was the only exit for Anwar as sacking was never in our political lexicon.
On Sept 1, 1998, Dr Mahathir pegged the ringgit. On the morning of Sept 2, the rate of RM3.80 to one US dollar was announced.
The government often portrays currency control as the silver bullet in countering the economic crisis of 1997/1998. But as Professor Jomo K.S. pointed out, it came about 14 months after the first attack on the ringgit. The likely truth is that the measure was bulldozed through to prevent a slide in the ringgit caused by Dr Mahathir’s sacking of his popular deputy prime minister and finance minister Anwar Ibrahim.
At 5.30pm on Sept 2, the Prime Minister’s Department notified the press in a short statement that Anwar had been dismissed from all government positions.
From his Treasury office in Kuala Lumpur, Anwar went back to his official residence, where the electricity and water supply had been cut. He emerged more than 20 hours later to call a press conference on Sept 3 at his then private home in Damansara Heights.
Anwar was probably under some form of house arrest during the initial hours as the police didn’t know what to do with him. It won’t surprise me if the police were contemplating the option of arresting him there and then.
Perhaps the only reason why Anwar was not arrested immediately was the impending Commonwealth Games which was to be held from Sept 11-21.
Anwar was sacked from Umno at the party’s emergency supreme council meeting which ended at around midnight on Sept 4,1998.
The nation was stunned. Not only by the abrupt moves of Dr Mahathir but by the vicious attempts to taint Anwar’s reputation through a series of affidavits played up by the mainstream media.
With friends from New Era College, where I was a student of Chinese literature, I attended the impromptu ceramah at Anwar’s house on Sept 6. Like many of my peers, it was my first taste of a ceramah. Ironically, I can still recall that the first speaker we heard that day was Dr Chandra Muzaffar, who was then Anwar’s most articulate defender.
It was barely a week or so after we had attended several vigils for Lim Guan Eng, who had been sent to prison on Aug 25, 1998, outside the Sultan Abdul Samad Building. Those nights were sobering and sad.
At Anwar’s house, the crowd frequently shouted “Reformasi” and “Allahu Akhbar”; and Anwar promised to fight back, whatever it takes. To a young student, undeniably, there was an air of excitement in the midst of uncertainty when the No. 2 man in the country chooses to fight the system.
As the Commonwealth Games opened, Anwar left his private home for the first time on Sept 11 for Friday prayers and subsequently toured the nation until he was arrested on Sept 20. I saw him a few days later at a DAP centre in Kajang in solidarity with Guan Eng, where Anwar linked his fate with that of Guan Eng’s.
The grand finale was scheduled to be held at Dataran Merdeka at 4pm on Sunday, Sept 20. But Queen Elizabeth II was visiting a church nearby. Tens of thousands of people thronged the National Mosque. Naturally, it was my first time in a mosque. With the so-called “confessions” of Dr Munawar Anees and Sukma Darmawan, it was apparent that Anwar would be arrested soon.
The group marched to Dataran Merdeka and Anwar left at about 6pm. My friends and I proceeded with a splinter group of probably 10,000 people to walk to the Prime Minister’s residence.
We were a generation growing up without knowing any other Prime Minister except Dr Mahathir. But on the march to Sri Perdana, we shouted “Undur, undur Mahathir” (Step down, Mahathir). It was a liberating experience.
We reached there a little before 10pm. It was our first taste of tear gas and water cannons. Those in the front row were heavily beaten by the FRU.
I went home with the images of young Malay women shouting “zalim” (cruel) as we ran together towards the direction of the Lake Gardens. Instantly, I was quite certain that, like me, these young Malay women, who were at the receiving end of tear gas and water cannons while seeing their boyfriends being beaten by the FRU, would never support Umno or the Barisan Nasional in their lifetime unless there was a major change for the better.
It was said that nationalist and independent movements in colonial states began with the “cramped pilgrimage” of students and indigenous functionaries to the capital or metropolis.
The sense of camaraderie in adversity often leaves a lasting psychological impact. Anwar was arrested that night. As they say, the rest is history. The roads of Kuala Lumpur in September 1998 were tragic but nonetheless an uplifting experience for those of us who walked on them.
Though I was interested in politics at a very young age, I would not have been an active participant that early in my life had it not been for September 1998. I went on to campaign for the DAP in the 1999 general election and worked for DAP MP Teresa Kok subsequently, before going overseas to study politics and graduating with a B.A. thesis on Pas.
Quite a few friends I met through activism since 1998 are now political leaders in their own right in Pas, the DAP and Keadilan. The “cramped pilgrimage” for justice in the face of physical oppression and other abuses by the state is the deepest common bond among the leaders of Pakatan Rakyat.
Ten years of Reformasi changed the life paths of many. Perhaps it is now time to change the path of our beloved nation in the spirit of Reformasi.
Liew Chin Tong, DAP MP for Bukit Bendera, was 21 years old when he witnessed Anwar’s last few days of freedom in September 1998.
What Anwar’s new economic policy mean to Singapore
As the purported date for the takeover of the Malaysian federal government by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim looms nearer, Singaporeans must be wondering what a Pakatan-led government in Kuala Lumpur have in store for them.
Anwar has vowed to replace the 40-decade old New Economic Policy (NEP) which he claimed benefitted only a select group of well-connected Malays at the expense of the needy with his Malaysian Economic Agenda (MEA) espousing a more equitable distribution of the country’s wealth. In a report published by online news portal Malaysiakini, Anwar Ibrahim reiterated he would dismantle the controversial New Economic Policy (NEP) if he seizes power.
Needless to say, the country’s Chinese and Indian minorities who have long suffered under the discriminatory practices of the NEA rush to throw their support behind Anwar’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) en masse. What surprises political observers is that the Malay ground not only accepts but embraces Anwar’s radical concept as well as evident by his resounding victory in the recent Permatang Pauh by-election where 70% of the electorate is Malay.
Will Anwar, once a firebrand Islamic radical and an architect of Malaysia’s Islamization in the 1980s and 90s, really do away with a race-based affirmative action plan which has served his community’s interests over the year ?
While Anwar’s political pedigree as a former Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy President of UMNO may have casted doubts in the minds of his allies (the secular Democratic Action Party and the Islamic PAS) initially, he appeared to have won them over with his consistent message that the time has come for a new dawn in Malaysian politics, one which emphasized on unity, meritocracy and justice. He inspired many with a proclaimation to be a leader of all Malaysians: “Anak melayu saya, anak cina saya, anak India saya” (the malay is my child, the chinese is my child and the indian is my child)
Rest of article:
http://wayangparty.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/what-anwars-malaysian-economic-agenda-means-for-singapore/
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Andrew Reply:
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Well, for a start, Anwar hasn’t written a cheap copy of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”. To have the mental ability to face and serve an indefinite jail term, that to me, is beyond the call and duty of any person. How much more does it take to have faith in someone?
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I can’t remember your exact words but I remember you saying that there will be a hundred Anwars to take your place if you did not succeed in reaching your quest.
You are the ultimate nightmare of the unscrupulous, the corrupt and those who are sordid. They have thrown everything at you, only to have it boomerang back in their faces.
You are a true modern day version of a Malay wira, fighting against all odds to reinstate the dignity of your people, stolen and misused for personal enrichment by others. As a Chinese, I salute a politician of your stature and intelligence.
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Ya, I can relate to this because I am one of them. Even remember exactly where I was when the news about your sacking broke. It changes me alot, back then you were the only hope to reform Malaysia and I think we are starting to see the fruit of the reformasi movement now, after 10 long years. I don’t want to lose hope again.
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“Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” Lets hope and pray for a true MERDEKA on 16th September 2008. Merdeka from corruption. Merdeka from cronyisme. Merdeka from serial rapist. Merdeka from Mat Rempit. Merdeka from irresponsible racist sentiment. WE SHALL OVERCOME!!! REFORMATION~!
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my eyes literally burst into tears reading your little diary here…thanks for reminding us what really matters to this country, its rakyat, and their courage for freedom….
Allahuakbar!
Reformasi!
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KENAPA PERLU REFORMASI !
1. KITA ADA CITA-CITA ! MAU BERUBAH DARI BAIK KEPADA YANG LEBIH BAIK. BERERTI MAJU. INI MAKNA REFORMASI! DARI LEMAH MENJADI KUAT. DARI SEDIKIT MENJADI RAMAI. DARI JAHIL MENJADI KENAL, MACAM2 !
2. KITA BENCI YANG MUDHARAT, KITA CINTAKAN MANFAAT. MAKA, KEBENCIAN MENOLAK KITA UNTUK MENGUBAH YANG MUDHARAT. MAKA, KITA TOLAK KEMUDHARATAN DENGAN PENDAPAT(ILMU). MUNGKIN JUGA DENGAN KEBIJAKSAAN (TEKNOLOGI, MISALNAYA). DAN MUNGKIN KITA PADAM MUDHARAT ITU DENGAN KEKUATAN !
3. AMANAH. IA TANGGUNG JAWAB SETIAP INSAN UNTUK BERUBAH. IA TUNTUTAN KEPADA SEMUA. AMANAH YANG TERABAI MUDHARATKAN SEMUA. UMPAMA IKATAN ZARAH YANG MENGIKAT SETIAP SEL DI DALAM TUBUH. MAKA, APABILA SAKIT SEBAHAGIAN ANGGOTA MENJADI PERIT SELURUH ANGGOTA. DEMIKIANLAH KRONIKNYA KESAN AMANAH JIKA DIABAIKAN !
DIANTARA KEBENCIAN, CITA-CITA DAN AMANAH PERLU ADA PANDUAN DALAM TINDAKAN. JIKA TIDAK, PENOLAKAN AKAN MENJADI LIAR. PERTEMBUNGAN AKAN MENJADI MUSUH YANG MENINGGALKAN KECEWA !SEJARAH MENJADI SAKSI KEPADA KEALPAAN SEDEMIKIAN SEJAK DULU !
MAKA PANDUAN ITU PERLU RASIONAL. MEMENUHI KEHENDAK SEMUA. BERSESUAIAN FITRAH. BERPADANAN TEMPAT SERTA MASA ! APAKAH JALAN KELUARNYA ? KEPIMPINAN, KEYAKINAN, KEPATUHAN, KERJASAMA DAN PENYATUAN ! RANGKUMAN DARI RANTAIAN ITU IALAH KEHAMBAAN.
KEHAMBAANLAH PENAPIS KEPADA KEEGOAN, PENDORANG KEPADA KEMAJUAN DAN HAKIM DALAM MEMEGANG KEBENARAN !
WALLAHU’ALAM.
TERIMA KASIH. SAYA KASIHKAN ANDA SEMUA ! REFORMASI !
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Lawan Tetap Lawan Reply:
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Sabar.. bertenang.
Sebenarnya, UMNO yang memulakan permainan melompat parti, melobi ahli ADUN sabah ketika PBS waktu itu pembangkang. Bakal Ketua Menteri Sabah , Datuk Pairin Kitingan terpaksa berkhemah di luar istana untuk mengangkat sumpah, tetapi kurang 24 jam .. ahli ADUN ‘dibeli’ oleh kerajaan persekutuan didalangi UMNO.
Jika rampasan kuasa seperti ini boleh dihalalkan oleh BN, mengapa tidak kali ini? Jangan double standard. Kerajaan BN tidak kurang hebatnya dalam soal rampasan kuasa. Cuma kali ini, kita berharap Pakatan Rakyat menawarkan manifesto yang terbaik untuk rakyat. Kerajaan BN cuma memberi keuntungan kepada kroni, terutama UMNO semata-mata. Apa jadi dengan komponen BN yang lain termasuk si Sabah & Sarawak yang memainkan peranan sebagai King Maker? Jelas ternyata cuma komponon parti UMNO yang mendapat manfaat.
Lagi satu, saya meluat dengan gaya Khairy Jamaludin – Bongkak, angkuh dan sombong. Belum pun jadi menteri suda berlaku sedemikian.. Saya tidak dapat bayangkan jika dia mempunyai kuasa kelak. Cuma DSAI dan Pakatan Rakyat yang benar-benar memperjuangkan agenda rakyat Malaysia dan bukan segelintir kaum semata-mata.
Kerajaan BN sebenarnya pincang! Dalam soal ekonomi, terpaksa kita menunggu seorang wira dari ‘penjara’ untuk membetulkan kerajaan. Kalau DSAI tidak bersuara, sampai kiamat UMNO akan jadi tuan. MCA, MIC, GERAKAN, PBS, PBDS, UPKO etc… jangan jadi kerbau yang dicucuk hidung. Dimanakah pendirian anda? Jangan sampai terpaksa tunggu 5 tahun lagi untuk berubah!
“Lawan tetap Lawan!”
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“Ten years of Reformasi changed the life paths of many. Perhaps it is now time to change the path of our beloved nation in the spirit of Reformasi”…it should be realize, many Rakyat will support it.
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good article YAB..keep it up writing..i was 13 years old when Anwar was sacked..that’s the first time in my life i knew about politics..and now i am 23, still had no chance to help our people..our MALAYSIAN people..i’m at oversea at the moment, will be back soon and hope to help our MALAYSIAN people for better life..I pray the September 16 will come true..to you YAB, keep ip up your hardworking..please..please i beg you..work for our people..i don’t care even you are chinese, but i know you are more capable than UMNO leader out there…so please work hard for ‘rakyat’ (Malays, Chinese, Indian, Iban, Kadazan and etc)..
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I am really glad that DSAI has given us a new lease of life. With his leadership I feel that I can stand equal to the non malays. The negative side of NEP has really make us feel like handicaps, unable to stand on our own feet. By abolishing NEP DSAI will lead us to a new confidence level where we will stand equal to the non malays if not better. With DSAI’s leadership I feel more Malaysian than Malay. Henceforth, I hope that I will have more friends irrespective of race and religion. With friends from various races, all equal malaysians, together we shall build Malaysia into a formidable country. I am sure with the greater understanding and cooperation among ourselves we will take on the world and claim our rightfull place among the developed nations. I hope looking up to singapore will be a thing for the past. One day in the future Singapore shall look up to us and say….I want to be part of Malaysia.
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“Like they said about JFK’s assassination, we all remember what we were doing when we first heard of Anwar’s dismissal.”
i was on my way home when i heard DSAI was sacked…it was on every single newspaper’s frontpage…cuti sekolah just started, being a 15 year old boy from a boarding school in seremban, i was totally lost as what had happened back then…
asked my oldman why DSAI got sacked, he told me you were framed by chedet, for ‘going up the ladder too bloody fast’…
the first time reformasi took place, i was there as a clueless bystander…
this time, it aint gonna be that way anymore…
REFORMASI!
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I am not ashamed to admit that I am one of the NEP by product. But then again as per in any school and universities in a just civilization, equal right shall be given to all Malaysian regardless of races, financial and even political belief. That was then and this is now.
Waking up to a new world after schooling, bracing the ever challenging of career development, I notice that there is another breed of Malay (and even Chinese/ Indian etc) whom enjoy an even higher class than other Malaysian. I have seen how they success, failed (actually no such word of fail) to un-imagination level. It really makes me feel sick. At the same time I have seen many Malay successes in each corner of the world without NEP. Thus where is the justification of NEP.
After the political math of 1998, my wife and I followed Ezam Mohd Nor path, active in politic. At that time he was in Keadilan in charge of Subang parliamentary seat. We followed him to Bukit Lanjan squatters (now proudly stand the Curve). At that time I never felt so humble in my life. A basic thing for myself maybe a luxury for others. However, due to some constrain, we could not continue with our struggle in Keadilan.
We followed from far but very near in heart, on what happened to DSAI, the birth of Parti Keadilan Rakyat and many other event, some beautiful but many sad. But now, all that is over. With DSAI and other towering Malaysian, we will reform to a new Malaysia where every Malaysian is of equal right in politic, economy, education ect.
As professionals, I urged all my friends to stand up and be counted. Be transparent, be honest and full of integrity. Hopefully, these small efforts but combined with others out there will have snow ball effect on Malaysia one day… Insyaallah.
To a dawn of a new era for Malaysia… together
Waking up to a new world after schooling bracing the ever challenging of carreer development, I notice that there is another breed of Malay (and even Chinese/ Indian etc) whom enjoy and even higher class than other Malaysian.
I have seen how they success, failed (actually no such word of fail) to an un-imagination level. It really make me feel sick.
When after math of 1998, my wife and I followed Ezam Mohd Nor path, active in politic. At that time he was Keadilan in charge of Subang parliamentary seat. We followed him to Bukit Lanjan squatters (now proudly stand the Curve). At that time I never felt so humble in my life. A basic thing for myself maybe a luxury for others.
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Anwar was one the politicians I hated most as soon as he joined UMNO. But my feelings for him changed the day he was sacked in Sept 1998. I felt sorry for him and his family. Of course, I did not buy all those allegations of sodomy and corruption.
Henceforth, it was admiration and rejoiced when he walked out of prison, praying and hoping that he would be ‘messiah’ the country needed.
My wish then and always was for the country to be governed by a multi-racial party with a Malay leadership. It was then I joined PKR, my first political party because I believed in it.
It was a struggle no doubt but history has taught us that one man with the people behind him can make a difference.
We need to save this country from the plunderers from UMNO.
A country doesn’t always get leaders in the form of Anwar. The time is NOW… the beginning of a new Malaysia.
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a great eye opener..seriously his life just like in a film…hope there is a happy ending in his life…dah lah lama dia dizalimi dan dianiaya..
hopefully Allah perkenan usaha saudara Anwar untuk tolong rakyat Malaysia
selamat berpuasa
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Ayuh bergerak Pakatan Rakyat demi masa depa anak Malaysia
http://suarasaktii.wordpress.com/
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A JOURNAL THAT TOUCHES MY HEART..TEARS DROP UNCONSCIOUSLY..THANKS FOR REMINDING US TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO OUR MOST RESPECTED 2ND MAN IN MALAYSIA..I NEVER KNEW HIM AND DON’T EVEN BOTHER ABOUT HIM AT ALL BUT WHEN CRUEL THINGS HAPPEND TO HIM, I CANT HOLD BACK MY TEARS…..THE SPIRIT HE HAS PLANTED IN DISTANCE INTO THE HEARTS OF YOUNGSTER AT THAT TIME, IS NOW BLOOMING… I WAS ONLY 19..I DONT BOTHER AT ALL ABOUT POLITICS..WITH THE WAVE WHICH WAS SPLASHING ME UP…I RISE WITHIN HIS JOURNEY TO FIGHT….HAIL MALAYSIA..HAIL MALAYSIANS..
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Well written YB,a page of history.Now time to be serious in materliasing thoughts n inner thoughts into a solid socio-economic programmes for the love of Malaysia n its people of diverse background.New dawn brings forth a new generation.May we b blessed here n thereafter.
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hahaha.. anwar balik rumah at 6pm, korang sume continue berarak memberontak sambil kena tear gas. padahal anwar dok rilek kat rumah. hahaha
lepas tu on 4th sept, ramai pulak kuncu kuncu anwar buat kacau dalam pwtc.. pecahkan barang2 sume. Apa hak korang nak destroy barang barang tu sume? Bapak korang punya ke?
KS Jomo tu geng anwar, sume benda anwar buat pada ekonomi baik belaka.. apsal dia tak quote economist lain punya opinion?
oh ya, as a 21 yr old kid at that time, this MP is sure really young to remember the true story behind the scene. he conveniently failned to write that when zahid tried to acuse mahathir on cronyism, it was later found out, anwar had so many cronies and family members in the list of govt contracts given out. hahaha.. selective memory la u ni…
malaysia wasted 14 months because anwar was dilly dally on what to do. His incompetence as the finance minister proved costly. Nak ikut IMF la… nak pakai austerity package la… satu pun tarak pakai… apa le…
ada hati pulak tu nak jadik PM.
selamat bergila kuasa di bulan ramadhan! semoga diberkati Allah ye anwar…! Oh ya… tak main sms sms dengan jambu jambu u lagi ke bulan puasa ni? rehat rehat ye.. dont work too hard.
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lum Reply:
September 4th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
astaghrifullah…kenapa ada lagi yg percaya fitnah2 nih…doc osman pun dh mengaku hari ni yg laporan di sahih, bontot si sai fool tu masih lg perawan…
fitnah itu lebih besar dosanya dari membunuh…
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Putri Gunung Ledang Reply:
September 4th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Do not highlight your stupidity here!!!!!!!!!!!!
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muhammad Reply:
September 5th, 2008 at 12:58 am
u ear an idiot here,u need 2 learn more what going on….Cukupkah sekadar secupak beras,sekilo gula,4 tin susu,setin milo dan 10 bungkus maggi,,,,untuk kau terus jalil?????Inilah kamu meLAYU BODOH
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‘Somebody’ was forget that teenagers doesnt always be a teenagers.someday by hook or by crook, they will be an adult,and have power via their voice by the age of 21. The things happen now coz 10 years is quite a long time. Eventhough we are still schooling that time and still did not understand well what was happened,but the situation is different as the time goes by.We are matured enough now to think and wise in judging coz we learn and we have to learn…. Teenagers have spoken and we all hope for a better Malaysia from what had u done DSAI….
well done DSAI…
we all support what ever u do….
-REFORMASI!!!!-
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amira, I am proud of you,this is what we call forward thinking.Of course one day you can overtake the non-malays,after all, god has given us all the same two hands,two legs and a brain.I really wish more and more of our malay brothers and sisters exude such self confidence like you.At least at that time we non-malays wont have to go through so much of discriminations and obstacles in our own country.Keep it up and make sure you pass on this message of yours to all your friends.Then on, not only Singapore,we can even compete wth the whole world.Regards and syabas.
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Hopefully one day they will make movie of this great reformist Anwar Ibrahim, let it produced by his friend from hollywood Mel Gibson.
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Promise Yourself:
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you
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People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them make them.
sounds familiar………aren’t they?
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Dear Sir,
1998 / 1999 – I consider as the black dot of Malaysia. I knew, my family knew, my friends knew and I would also say Malaysians knew that what had happened to you by then was injustice. Another tricky attempt by the so called ‘immortal’ Tun MM.
Welcome back. After almost a decade of waiting finally our dreams are coming through each and every second. Welcome back to you my GREAT LEADER.
I salute you Sir.
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Bukit Bendera MP well said, that is exactly what happened on that very date. we are 10 of us ran away from boarding school in ipoh, and half of them are the first timer to reach KL. we lead the march from masjid negara to dataran merdeka with a homemade banner “RAKYAT HAKIM NEGARA”. Until midnight choatic happended when FRU start beating peoples. 3 of our friends detained at Dang Wangi and black listed to enroll IPTA, 4 of friend injured, 1 missing (until next morning)and there rest of us tried to look after of our friend. i hope the sept 16 could become reality and have faith in DSAI, this the time we are waiting for! come on lads we can do this!
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Because of DSAI case late 1998,since then, I alert about politic issued and situation in Malaysia. It’s really nightmare…
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Thank for make me remember back what happen last 10 years.all that happen i will not forget and forgot. yes me one of few thousand people who starting reformasi to get justice for Dsai.
than man.
jamilkucing
http://bbcatlover.blogspot.com
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salam DSAI n bloggers,
REALLY GOOD SIGN!!!! tun sudah give up, tulisan2 tun yang menampakkan kegelisahan tun yg terdesak…merintih sokongan n sempati dr para bloggers n posters!!! tulisan2 mahazalim mengambarkan be end akan karam, petunjuk yg relevant utk kita para REFOMASI2 yakin akan 916 ini….. (^_^)
p/s : selamat berpuasa kpd semua para REFOMASI2 98′
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WAHAI PARA KEKASIHKU, SAUDARAKU YANG ASAL KITA DARIPADA YANG SATU,
BANGUNLAH KAMU DARI LAMUNAN LUNAK DAN MIMPI NGERI NGERIMU!
DI HUJUNG KEHIDUPAN INILAH KEMATIAN YANG PASTI. SESUNGGUHNYA, KEMATIAN ITU ADALAH PERMULAAN KEHIDUPAN YANG BARU. YANG TIDAK DAPAT KAMU LARI DARIPADANYA. YANG KEKAL TANPA HUJUNGNYA !
TINGGALKANLAH LAMUNAN KEBAHAGIAAN SEMENTARA YANG HANYA MEMBAWA CELAKA.
DAKU TIDAK MENGAJAK KAMU UNTUK BERPELUK TUBUHMU, HANYA MENANTI DAN MEMINTA-MINTA.KITA PERLU TERUSKAN USAHA DAN KITA PERLU TERUS BEKERJA. TAPI LAKUKANLAH TUGAS DAN KERJAMU YANG MENJADI MANFAAT UNTUK SEMUA DAN UNTUK KITA.
APA GUNA MEMENTINGKAN DIRI SENDIRI.
APA GUNA KEEGOAN.
MELAINKAN MENGASINGKAN DIRI SENDIRI DENGAN PENUH KEPURA-PURAAN.
KITA HIDUP UNTUK MEREKA. DAN MEREKA ADALAH AMANAH KITA. DEMIKIANLAH DIA DAN MEREKA. DIBERI AMANAH SEDANG KITA YANG LUPA.
MARI KITA TUNDUK DAN MENGANGUNGKAN TUHAN KITA !
DIALAH YANG MENCIPTA KITA DAN MEREKA.
KITA TIDAK PUNYA CITA-CITA YANG SEKATA. SEHINGGA KITA SALAH MENABUR SENGKETA DI BUMI YANG KONONNYA SESAMA KITA CINTA.
ADUHAI KEKASIH,
LUPAKAH KAMU KEPADA KEDAMAIAN YANG MENJADI CITA-CITA KITA BERSAMA. LUPAKAH KAMU KEPADA MATIMU YANG TIDAK ADA ANAK DAN ISTERIMU YANG DAPAT MENOLONGMU. YANG TIDAK BERGUNA HARTA, PANGKAT DAN KEMULIAANMU PADA SAAT ITU.
BETULKAN NIATMU. HANYA SATU. REDHO TUHANMU. BUKAN REDHO MAKHLUK TUHANMU !
DAKU BUKANLAH PENDIDIKMU. AKU HANYALAH FAKIR YANG TIDAK MENGHARAP PUJIANMU. DAKU HANYA PEMBERI INGAT KERANA AMANAH ATAS DIRIKU DARIPADA TUHAN KU YANG SATU. DIA JUGALAH TUHANMU. AKU TIDAK MAHU MENIPU !ATAU MENCARI KEPENTINGAN UNTUK DIRIKU. CUKUPLAH BAGIKU TUHANKU SAHAJA.
DIA TUHAN. DIALAH TUHAN YANG MENDIDIK DAN MEMBESARKAN DAKU. DEMIKIANLAH KAMU. BUKANKAH DIA TUHAN YANG AMAT KASIH KEPADAMU. YANG MEMBELAI DAN MENDIDIKMU. YANG MENGHARAP KEJAYAAN DAN KEBAHAGIAANMU ?!
TAATILAH DIA, ADUHAI KEKASIH !
MOHONLAH PETUNJUKMU DARI TUHANMU ITU !
DIA YANG TIDAK PERNAH MENGHARAPKAN MAKANAN DARIPADAMU SEDANG DIALAH YANG MEMBERIMU MAKANAN !
CARILAH PEDOMAN. PELITA YANG MENJADI CAHAYA. DI SANA KAMU AKAN CERIA MENGIKUT CAHAYA PENYULUH, JALAN SELAMAT DAN BERJAYA.
AYUHLAH ADUHAI KEKASIH,
MUNAJAT TUHAN DAN BERSUNGGUHLAH DALAM USAHAMU. HARI INI LEBIH BAIK DARI HARI SEMALAM DAN ESOK PASTI LEBIH BAIK DARIPADA HARI INI. AYUHLAH, ADUHAI KEKASIH !
MAJULAH LANGKAHMU.
REDHO TUHAN KITA CARI !
REFORMASI !
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Salam DSAI,
Kita masih menanti tarikh keramat 16hb. September 2008, Insyallah. Tetapi kita harus ingat rancangan jijik umno_BN pasti ada, maka berhati-hatilah dengan setiap langkah kita.
Kita masih ingat lagi pada zaman kesultanan Melaka apabila tun mahathir ( tun mutahir )memfitnah Hang Tuah (jika tak silap )dan episod itu berlaku semula pada tahun 1998 apabila hang tuah ( Anwar Ibrahim )sekali lagi difitnah oleh “bapak pemfitnah moden” (mahathir), untuk mencapai cita -cita politik dengan cara yang tidak islamik.
Pada tahun 2008, fitnah berleluasa sekali lagi hasil peninggalan “bapak pemfitnah moden”, anak- anak umno (pemimpin2 umno )meniru fitnah pemimpin bapak mereka (mahathir), seperti pepatah melayu ” bapak borek anak berbintik-bintik “.
Janganlah budaya memfitnah ini diteruskan, biarlah DSAI memimpin malaysia ini dan digarap dengan kepimpinan ulama PAS insyalllah Malaysia akan menggegarkan dunia.
PASTIKAN KITA MARA KE PUTRAJAYA !
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Almost all Malaysian now are so brilliant. We all now being motivated by the ‘reformasi’ innitiated since last 10 years. We have seen the true colours of UMNO/BN members especially during their internal election which so many serious incident happen. They even trying to kill each others and give bribe just for their division election not for the presidential level. So, why they are fighting for the position in the Party desperately even with a big amount of bribery. Where they got all the money? Do they wish to get back the big investment? How? How many division they got? Where finally our money gone?
There is a case where the competition for the ‘Ketua UMNO Bahagian’ each of them spending more then a million of money to ensure their goal. As I mentioned before this bribery has become their cultural and they feel nothing and they think that this country belong to them. They could control everything. No! Not at all. We all the Malaysian are not stupid anymore. We want a big change for this nation. We will fight for its and please don’t stop us from changing our belief for the benefit of our life.
This is the only chance for us to change quickly for the benefit of all Malaysian, InsyaAllah.We got nothing when we support PKR, DAP or PAS. All the costs bare by the Rakyat and we hope that our leader manage this country properly without any bribery. Look at the cost bared by the Malaysian peoples now due to the fuel price increase. The commodity cost was increase by 20% to 40%. From our previous experience if the price of fuel could be drop back but the price of the commodity want be decrease subsequently. This is the things that our corrupt goverment don’t do the analysis before making any such stupid decision.
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Alhamdulillah, Insyaallah kita akan menuju kesuatu matlamat yang akan membebaskan jiwa kita dari budaya kehambaan yang telah membelengu kita selama 51 tahun. Kemerdekaan tidak mempunyai erti jika jiwa kita masih terperangkap dalam kerangka pemikiran yang jumud dan lesu. Bangkitlah! wahai bangsaku menerjah segala yang bakal menghalang dalam jiwamu agar menjadi insan yang bebas,ikhlas dan bermaruah mulia kearah mencapai keredhaanNya. Amin.
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Amira ‘Terima Kasih’ for your comments and coming from a Malay its even more touching. As a Chinese & a lot of Non-Malays esp Indians , the Umno Govt. make us all feel really like ‘Nothing’ that we are NOT WANTED & they discriminate against us & play on RACISM taunting us with ‘ketuanan melayu’ & bumi non bumi.
Each time Umno leader shout ‘ketuanan melayu’ their Bank Balance GROW in millions !
Discrimination policies that have driven Many families apart-the young & able & talented migrated & are contributing to building abroad-when they could be in Malaysia helping the Country become a World Class Nation where all the Citizens have a Good Standard of living.
The most important priority now is to have a change in the Raced based politics & have Datuk Seri lead Pakatan Keadilan-Pas-Dap to end Corruption that is bleeding & killing the Country wealth,restore just judiciary,good fair Police force ,bring in investment,restore hope & faith,strengthen racial harmony,strong religious disciplines & good governance.
Hidup Anwar ! Hidup Keadilan-Pas-Dap untuk SEMUA !
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Continue….
The price of all the consumer items and the services costs won’t decrease even the fuel price back or less then the previous price. This is the damaged and big mistakes done by them.
What we should do now to save this country is everybody, all Malaysian, all businessman, all policy maker, new goverment, industry etc. should think of the possibality of cost down in almost everything. TNB think by using all of their intelectual to reduce the electricity cost. TM do the cost down meeting every week so all the telecommunications cost could be justify and everybody will smile while using the phone not to quick to put down the phone due to cost/min was too high. All the highway concessioner (PLUS and others), think, plan and implement how to reduce the toll cost, Petronas you got the University which you should have plenty of intelectual just to think how to reduce the fuel and gas price as much as possible for the benefit of this nation.
So, if everybody, all Malaysians try to do the Kaizen, brainstorming or easily do the simple thinking like what the Japanese did, I’m sure we could be success in reducing the entire cost of living in Malaysia. If ypu don’t know how to do it go to the Japanese Industry and learn how they manage to do all the cost down activities which are so brilliant even they now even keep a zero stock of materials in their warehouses which are the Eropean countries also trying to follow the Japanese way.
The first step which I did mentioned before is to change our mind that there are the possibality to reduce all that cost. Its won’t happen if in the mind of all the policy maker are how to keep the price increase or only think how to increase their own pocket money or they only think how to be a millionaire with the power that they have. This is actually what happen to our country. The Government policy maker only think about how to manage this country easily without any difficulty. How to make money not even to think how to safe the peoples money for the next 5 years, next 10 years or probably what happen for this nation for the next 100 years which the Israel did. They have the thinker for the next 100 years what happen to their peoples not only in their country but for the world.
So, one more time if we start with a positive thinking than we would see the result soon. Thats why Allah put our mind on the top of our body. If we all don’t use it properly its just a waste for this world.
We could save this our love country Malaysia by do the big change but not so difficult to do it. Just don’t think about how to benefit ownself from this rich nation. Don’t worry about that. All Malaysian will benefited from this change, if everything in yhis country was so cheap all the invester will come, the tourist happy to come, the indusry booming, all of us nothing to worry about jobs, to buy a car so cheap and probably with a smart government we already use the electric car everywhere. Everybody happy, live peacefully and we go everywhere we want for the holidays because we have plenty of money. This is what we call a sweet country to live. Not now even a professional peoples with a good income, not even to go for oversea to Balik Kampung also need to think 10 times. Shame on us.
So, who did this to us, the 50 years rulers UMNO/BN which has been given enough time and power to rules this nation. so, enough is enough. We all must reform immediately with our sound good leader DSAI as our mentor to do this reformation and we should support him in what ever costs for the benefit of this nation, to save this belove country.
Thank you.
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I pun pernah kena tear gas. It was horrible!! Tak pasal pasal when i was walking towards CM the FRU shot the tear gas at us civilians! It was way back in 1998.
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It was intresting to ponder the history. I was a Seminary student doing my Theological degree. I was shock with the development in Malaysia then. But it have change since then. But one is still missing – real meaning of democracy & freedom.
Democracy may be a word familiar to most, but it is a concept still misunderstood and misused in a time when totalitarian regimes and military dictatorships alike have attempted to claim popular support by pinning democratic labels upon themselves. Yet the power of the democratic idea has also evoked some of history’s most profound and moving expressions of human will and intellect: from Pericles in ancient Athens to Vaclav Havel in the modern Czech Republic, from Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence in 1776 to Andrei Sakharov’s last speeches in 1989.
In the dictionary definition, democracy “is government by the people in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.” In the phrase of Abraham Lincoln, democracy is a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
Freedom and democracy are often used interchangeably, but the two are not synonymous. Democracy is indeed a set of ideas and principles about freedom, but it also consists of a set of practices and procedures that have been molded through a long, often tortuous history. In short, democracy is the institutionalization of freedom. For this reason, it is possible to identify the time-tested fundamentals of constitutional government, human rights, and equality before the law that any society must possess to be properly called democratic.
Democracies fall into two basic categories, direct and representative. In a direct democracy, all citizens, without the intermediary of elected or appointed officials, can participate in making public decisions. Such a system is clearly only practical with relatively small numbers of people–in a community organization or tribal council, for example, or the local unit of a labor union, where members can meet in a single room to discuss issues and arrive at decisions by consensus or majority vote. Ancient Athens, the world’s first democracy, managed to practice direct democracy with an assembly that may have numbered as many as 5,000 to 6,000 persons–perhaps the maximum number that can physically gather in one place and practice direct democracy.
Modern society, with its size and complexity, offers few opportunities for direct democracy. Even in the northeastern United States, where the New England town meeting is a hallowed tradition, most communities have grown too large for all the residents to gather in a single location and vote directly on issues that affect their lives.
Today, the most common form of democracy, whether for a town of 50,000 or nations of 50 million, is representative democracy, in which citizens elect officials to make political decisions, formulate laws, and administer programs for the public good. In the name of the people, such officials can deliberate on complex public issues in a thoughtful and systematic manner that requires an investment of time and energy that is often impractical for the vast majority of private citizens.
How such officials are elected can vary enormously. On the national level, for example, legislators can be chosen from districts that each elect a single representative. Alternatively, under a system of proportional representation, each political party is represented in the legislature according to its percentage of the total vote nationwide. Provincial and local elections can mirror these national models, or choose their representatives more informally through group consensus instead of elections. Whatever the method used, public officials in a representative democracy hold office in the name of the people and remain accountable to the people for their actions.
Majority Rule and Minority Rights
All democracies are systems in which citizens freely make political decisions by majority rule. But rule by the majority is not necessarily democratic: No one, for example, would call a system fair or just that permitted 51 percent of the population to oppress the remaining 49 percent in the name of the majority. In a democratic society, majority rule must be coupled with guarantees of individual human rights that, in turn, serve to protect the rights of minorities–whether ethnic, religious, or political, or simply the losers in the debate over a piece of controversial legislation. The rights of minorities do not depend upon the goodwill of the majority and cannot be eliminated by majority vote. The rights of minorities are protected because democratic laws and institutions protect the rights of all citizens.
Diane Ravitch, scholar, author, and a former assistant U.S. secretary of education, wrote in a paper for an educational seminar in Poland: “When a representative democracy operates in accordance with a constitution that limits the powers of the government and guarantees fundamental rights to all citizens, this form of government is a constitutional democracy. In such a society, the majority rules, and the rights of minorities are protected by law and through the institutionalization of law.”
These elements define the fundamental elements of all modern democracies, no matter how varied in history, culture, and economy. Despite their enormous differences as nations and societies, the essential elements of constitutional government–majority rule coupled with individual and minority rights, and the rule of law–can be found in Canada and Costa Rica, France and Botswana, Japan and India.D
Democratic Society – Democracy is more than a set of constitutional rules and procedures that determine how a government functions. In a democracy, government is only one element coexisting in a social fabric of many and varied institutions, political parties, organizations, and associations. This diversity is called pluralism, and it assumes that the many organized groups and institutions in a democratic society do not depend upon government for their existence, legitimacy, or authority.Thousands of private organizations operate in a democratic society, some local, some national. Many of them serve a mediating role between individuals and the complex social and governmental institutions of which they are a part, filling roles not given to the government and offering individuals opportunities to exercise their rights and responsibilities as citizens of a democracy.
THE PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY
Sovereignty of the people.
Government based upon consent of the governed.
Majority rule.
Minority rights.
Guarantee of basic human rights.
Free and fair elections.
Equality before the law.
Due process of law.
Constitutional limits on government.
Social, economic, and political pluralism.
Values of tolerance, pragmatism, cooperation, and compromise.
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I came across with a letter wrote 10 years ago by the journalist found in http://www.c2o.org/malaysia/democracy. It is intresting to see journalist defending themselves but sadly now the real sense of spirit of journalism is missing. Hope others will enjoy reading it!
Surat Wartawan-Wartawan Melayu Kepada Rakyat Malaysia: “MAAFKAN KAMI”
Assalamualaikum,
Surat ini mewakili wartawan Melayu seramai 265 orang di lima buah agensi media utama di negara ini. Tujuan kami menulis surat ini ialah untuk memberi gambaran sebenar tentang apa yang berlaku dalam kancah politik negara ketika ini. Kami juga ingin menyatakan sikap kami terhadap beberapa isu semasa terutamanya yang ada kaitan dengan pemecatan Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Surat ini kami tulis setelah kira-kira lima minggu kami mengadakan pertemuan tertutup dan sulit dalam kumpulan-kumpulan kecil di luar pejabat. Kami berharap surat ini dapat membantu rakyat Malaysia memahami kedudukan serta peranan yang dipaksakan ke atas kami sebagai wartawan dalam isu Anwar.
Sejak bulan Julai 1998, kami dapat merasa angin perubahan drastik dalam dunia kewartawanan di tempat kami berkerja. Ini dimulai dengan penyingkiran Datuk Johan Jaafar dari Utusan, Datuk Nazri Abdullah dari Berita Harian dan Yunus Said dari TV3. Selain perkembangan itu, Senator Zainuddin Maidin mula memainkan peranan penting semula di Utusan (seolah-olah sebagai Ketua Editor yang baru). Perlu kami jelaskan di sini bahawa sejak perubahan kepimpinan media itu berlaku maka setiap wartawan yang membuat liputan isu-isu semasa dan politik “dipaksa” supaya mengemukakan soalan tertentu kepada beberapa orang tokoh politik mengikut arahan bos-bos baru. Kami dipaksa untuk menulis mengikut framework yang telah disediakan yang tidak langsung memihak kepada Anwar. Kesahihan maklumat dan ketepatan fakta tidak menjadi penting lagi. Kami juga tidak lagi dibenarkan membuat interpretasi dan analisis sendiri.
Kemuncaknya ialah apabila Datuk Seri Anwar dipecat. Kami dikerah tak ubah seperti anak sekolah yang baru belajar menulis. Ada ketika kami dikerah seperti orang yang tidak boleh berfikir langsung semata-mata untuk membuat liputan politik yang berat sebelah. Pada mulanya kami yakin bahawa Datuk Seri Anwar memang bersalah dengan pelbagai pertuduhan apabila membaca afidavit kes Datuk Nalla yang difakskan oleh Pejabat Peguam Negara ke semua media tempatan pada 3 September. Tetapi kami menjadi semakin keliru dan skeptik kerana terdapat banyak prosidur dan insiden perundangan yang luar biasa yang didalangi oleh pihak tertentu.
Bos-bos kami juga sering bertemu dengan orang atasan di Pejabat Peguam Negara, Polis dan Mahkamah. Apa yang menyedihkan kami ialah tulisan serta laporan kami sejak akhir-akhir ini ditokok-tambah oleh bos-bos kami. Ada banyak berita yang dipalsukan walaupun pada asalnya kami melaporkan apa yang sebenarnya. Sebagai misalnya, apa yang kami tulis “boleh” tetapi yang terbit “tidak boleh”; “mengaku” menjadi “tidak mengaku”, “10,000″ menjadi “1,000″. Selain daripada itu, banyak juga penipuan dari segi berita. Sebagai misalnya, “pelacur diupah untuk sertai demonstrasi di Istana Negara”; “Senator Amerika menalipon Hakim Augistine Paul”, dan “pengaruh reformasi semakin kendur”. Tidak keterlaluan jika kami katakan bahwa lebih 50% berita mengenai isu Anwar dalam media adalah semata-mata penipuan, propaganda dan palsu yang dipaksa ke atas kami untuk menulis dan disiarkan.
Perlu juga kami nyatakan di sini bahawa sejak kebelakangan ini, kami tidak dibenarkan lagi berkumpul dan berbincang sesama wartawan tentang isu Anwar di pejabat. Tegahan itu dikeluarkan sendiri oleh Ketua Editor dengan alasan mematuhi perintah mahkamah. Tetapi sebenarnya tujuannya ialah untuk menghalang kami bertukar-tukar maklumat tentang apa yang sebenarnya berlaku dalam politik negara sejak kebelakangan ini. Apa nasib kami jika hak asasi untuk berdiskusi untuk mencari keadilan dan kebenaran pun dihalang?
Kami menyedari apa yang sedang berlaku adalah konspirasi politik jahat untuk membunuh Anwar dan mengekalkan kepimpinan PM sepanjang hayatnya demi untuk menjaga kepentingan diri, keluarga dan kroninya. Kami sendiri sudah tidak membaca akhbar yang syarikat atau agensi kami sendiri terbitkan kerana sebahagian besar adalah pembohongan dan propaganda.Kami tidak malu untuk mengatakan bahawa nilai akhbar atau berita yang syarikat kami hidangkan kepada rakyat Malaysia tidak lebih seperti surat layang. Sebagai alternatif kami membaca berita dari media asing yang lebih bersifat objektif menerusi Internet atau akhbar Harakah.
Dengan perkembangan ini, sebagai wartawan yang prihatin terhadap kebenaran dan keadilan serta perjuangan bangsa, kami amat tertekan ketika ini. Kami juga kecewa kerana dunia kewartawanan digadai oleh ketua-ketua kami semata-mata untuk menjaga kepentingan PM semata-mata. Kami tidak sanggup lagi berdiam diri dan hanya menulis untuk menjayakan political framework PM dan kroni-kroninya. Kami tidak tahan lagi dicemuh oleh kawan-kawan, saudara-mara dan masyarakat umum kerana tidak ada integriti dan menjadi pengampu PM.
Oleh yang demikian, kami ingin memohon maaf dengan setulus hati kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia di atas laporan serta berita palsu yang setiap hari tersiar dalam media massa. Kami insaf bahawa menyebarkan fitnah dan berita angin adalah perbuatan terkutuk yang sangat dibenci Islam.
Kami insaf bahawa kami telah terlibat melakukan dosa besar dan bersengkongkol dengan PM yang ketika ini semakin zalim dan diktator.
Kami telah bertaubat. Sebagai menebus dosa, maka kami akan berusaha untuk menyebarkan berita sebenar menerusi saluran lain seperti Internet dan surat. Kami juga akan mendedahkan penipuan dan konspirasi politik oleh PM dan pemimpin UMNO yang lain.
Sekian, terima kasih.
Wartawan-Wartawan Melayu
Utusan Malaysia, Berita Harian, New Straits Times, TV3 & RTM
14 Oktober 1998
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Liew Chin Tong,
Your article have touched my emotions. Seriously.
It reminded me of how bad it went back then. I was at Anwar’s DPM house on the day he was sacked. I still remember how tensed Zahid Hamidi looked at that time, while puffing his cigar. It was really hard during the days of ’98 to the time when Mahathir stepped down. It was full of upsets, distressing and disconcerted moments. We tried our best to do whatever that might help to bring Anwar’s release untill to a point we nearly felt drained out.
But we never stopped supporting the reformasi movement.
What we have achieved today is the product of the ’98 reformasi movement. And I’m gratefull for that.
The supporters of the opposition today are not 100% the original supporters of Reformasi ’98. But I can still see familiar faces of Reformasi ’98 supporters in todays polical gatherings and campaigns. And when we saw each other, we smiled, knowing what we have been struggling for the last 10 solid years is now bearing fruit.
God has His mysterious ways of granting us victory.
Victory to the people of Malaysia!
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Sepuluh tahun berlalu namun perjuangan tetap diteruskan!!1 Ayuh rakyat Malaysia kita benamkan Umno dan Barisan Nasional
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God metes out perfect justice!DSAI is back in action. Mahathir fixed him and sacked him from UMNO.Now Mahathir himself is out of UMNO. Fear God man! Your worst taste is yet to come from GOD THE ONLY ONE.Where are the ‘JUDAS’of yesteryears of DSAI? Nalla, Chandra, EZAM etc. Ezam what happened to the thick Memorandum you ceremoneously handed over to PM Badawi at Putrajaya? Who is the Minister who committed serious corruption you named in the Memo? You, then, said that Abdulla will disclose it. He hasn’t. Why don’t you now if you are sicere in fighting corruption. Are you waiting for more sweets? You were so vociferous in the PP election campaign, I heard. Fear GOD man or shall I say, little boy?We have had enough. Stop your timid acts. Ask your uncles Mahathir and Badawi also to fear God.
nk moideen, KL
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Want to know what NallaKarruppan said way back in 1998 and 2008? It’s the case of 1998 vs. 2008 Checkout the link below.
http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/12107/84/
Legend;
(=) –> Equal
(!=) –> Not Equal
Nalla = Good
Good != Bad
Karruppan = A person with dark/black complexion skin (Blackie)
BadBlackie
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