Oleh Ahmad Nizam Hamid

‘When a new truth comes upon the earth or great idea necessary for mankind is born,where does it come from?It comes from men who have dared to be rebels and think their thought and their faith has been the faith of rebels’. (Clarence Darrow*)

Saya sememangnya mengosongkan seluruh kegiatan saya pada 8.3.2009 untuk menghadirkan diri ke majlis Pidato Kebangsaan dengan tema Ketuanan Rakyat di Shah Alam. Beberapa jemputan kenduri kahwin terpaksa saya`sembah mohon derhaka’ menguzurkan diri.
 
Saya tidak mahu melepaskan peluang untuk mendengar sendiri gagasan besar Ketuanan Rakyat yang dibentangkan oleh Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Saya mahu berada disitu untuk mendengar dan menghadamkan sendiri tanpa melalui orang lain atau membaca melalui internet mahupun sumber `secondary’ yang lain.
 
Dan sememangnya perjalanan dari Temerloh ke Shah Alam tidak sia-sia.Saya menekuni intipati dari gagasan besar Ketuanan Rakyat menerusi pidato Anwar Ibrahim (dan kemudiannya mentelaah transkrip pidato yang dibekalkan) yang kepada saya begitu mencabar dan menyegarkan serta berani. Pidato Anwar Ibrahim yang diselangseli dengan humor beliau yang khas dan kadang-kadang sinis membidas tampaknya membuka ruang baru dalam pembinaan negara bangsa.

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An association of independent journalists based in Bangkok and coordinated by French Liberation correspondent, Arnaud Dubus, has set up a foundation to offer material support to the family of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, killed in Malaysia in October 2006.

The Altantuya Foundation aims to bring concrete help to Mr Shaariibuu, the father of the deceased, and her two children, Altanshagai (five years old) and Mungunshagai (12 years old).

“When I met Shaariibuu in Ulan Bator in January, he told me he has not bought clothes for two years as he could not afford it. This sixty-year old man has to work on two different jobs, to be able to take care of his two orphaned grandchildren”, says Arnaud Dubus.

“I am a journalist, but I also have a heart. I could not help feel compassion for the Shaariibuu family”, he adds.

For transparency, the Foundation will be supervised by the Mongolian Embassy in Bangkok. All donations will be given to the Embassy, which will convey them directly to Mr Shaariibuu.

The first donor was Danthong Breen, well-known Thai human rights activist and Chairman of the Union for Civil Liberties. All donors will receive an official receipt. Small contributions (as well as bigger ones, but not too big please) are very much welcome, as any small amount can make a huge difference for the life of the Shaariibuu Family.

Foundation founders consider that it would be a wonderful gesture of human solidarity for people from different Nations, Asian and Western, to show their support for the family of this young interpreter savagely killed at the age of 28 years old.

For details, contact altantuyashaaribuu@yahoo.com

Arnaud Dubus, Foundation coordinator

Arnaud Dubus
Bangkok based journalist
Tel : 66 2 3816599
e mail : arnauddubus@yahoo.com
Blog : http://arnodubus.blogspot.com
Website : http://www.arnauddubus.com
adresse skype : arnauddubus

–KENYATAAN MEDIA UNTUK EDARAN SEGERA–
12 Mac 2009

Angkatan Muda Keadilan Malaysia (AMK) hari ini secara rasmi menggesa pihak polis untuk menjalankan siasatan ke atas Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Najib Tun Razak pada kadar segera berikutan pendedahan akhbar Perancis, Liberation mengenai kes pembunuhan Altantuya Shariibuu.

AMK melalui laporan polis yang telah dibuat pada 7 Mac 2009 yang lepas antara lain melihat bahawa penglibatan Najib dan juga isteri beliau, Rosmah Mansor di dalam kes pembunuhan tersebut adalah sesuatu yang sangat mengaibkan negara dalam keadaan berlaku pelbagai kelompongan di dalam perbicaraan mahkamah ke atas kes tersebut.

AMK mendesak agar pihak polis tidak bersikap double standard di dalam siasatan kes ini. Sekiranya polis boleh bertindak cergas untuk menyiasat laporan polis yang dibuat oleh Saiful Bukhari yang mendakwa sebuah blog memfitnah beliau; masakan siasatan yang secergas itu gagal dilakukan ke atas seorang rakyat Malaysia yang bertindak memalukan negara dan didedahkan pula oleh akhbar antarabangsa?

AMK akan menggerakkan kepimpinan AMK di seluruh bahagian di Malaysia untuk mengemukakan laporan polis yang sama ke atas Najib untuk menggambarkan bahawa isu ini adalah serius dan perlu diambil tindakan segera. Susulan daripada laporan polis ini, AMK akan mengadakan kunjungan hormat ke atas Menteri Dalam Negeri untuk mengemukakan memorandum agar pihak polis boleh bersikap profesional dan telus di dalam mengendalikan siasatan kes ini.

AMK juga berharap agar Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dapat mengambil tindakan yang sewajarnya untuk menggantung tugas Najib agar beliau boleh disiasat secara telus dan terbuka.

AMK percaya bahawa imej negara kini menjadi cemuhan masyarakat dunia. Maka bukanlah sesuatu yang sukar bagi kita untuk menumbangkan keegoan seorang pemimpin yang terpalit moral dan akhlaknya jika itu adalah penyelesaian akhir untuk memulihkan imej dan reputasi negara di mata dunia.

SHAMSUL ISKANDAR MOHD AKIN
Ketua Angkatan Muda
Parti Keadilan Rakyat

From The Malaysian Insider
By Adib Zalkapli

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 – Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today the RM60 billion stimulus package announced by the government yesterday would not restore the people’s confidence.

“The biggest weakness of this package is the failure of the government to understand that the issue of the confidence of the people, of the domestic and international investors is central,” he told reporters after debating the mini budget at the Dewan Rakyat.

He added that promoting accountability should have been a major component in the package.

“The government needs to change their attitude in order to get the people’s support, if not this stimulus package will only be seen as an exercise to rescue sick cronies and greedy monopolists, to reward the inefficient,” Anwar told the House.

He also painted a more gloomy picture of the economy, predicting that the economy would contract by up to five per cent this year.

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From The Edgedaily

By Yong Min Wei

KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has slammed the decision of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to clear Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail and Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan of any wrongdoing on the fabrication of evidence relating to the ‘black-eye’ incident.

Anwar said he felt disgusted that the two were not charged despite strong evidence and documents provided to the authorities.

“I believe there is a cover up,” he told reporters at the parliament lobby today.

Anwar said he had recently written to every member of the Advisory Panel of the MACC highlighting his plight, adding that he hoped the panel members would look at the ‘black-eye’ evidence thoroughly and reopen the case.

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