From The Economist
The opposition leader treads a familiar path into the dock
SLINGING mud at opponents is a staple of most democracies, even if voters might prefer a more sensible debate. In Malaysia, a prudish, majority-Muslim country, it seems that nothing succeeds quite like below-the-belt personal attacks. For Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition leader and former deputy prime minister, who went on trial this week accused of sodomising a young male aide, the tactic is wearily familiar. In 1998 he was charged with the same crime, found guilty and jailed. Exonerated and freed, he has staged a comeback that another conviction might jeopardise.
Much has changed in Malaysia since Mr Anwar last took the stand. His nemesis, the country’s longest-serving prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, who presided over his downfall, has retired, if not exactly gracefully or quietly. The once-mighty United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), which leads a 13-party multiracial governing coalition, looks increasingly vulnerable at a future election. A judiciary that was seen as beholden to its political masters has begun to assert its independence, and has sided with free-speech plaintiffs in prickly faith-related cases.
That independence will be put to the test in “Sodomy 2.0”, as Malaysia’s press has taken to calling Mr Anwar’s trial. His lawyers have pressed for the disclosure of prosecution evidence, including medical reports of the accuser, Saiful Bukhari. He told the court on February 3rd that Mr Anwar coerced him into having sex, which would be illegal in Malaysia and punishable by up to 20 years in jail. Mr Saiful worked briefly for Mr Anwar in 2008, when he was 23. During the same period, he was seen with aides of Najib Razak, then deputy prime minister and prime minister since last April. Mr Anwar accuses Mr Najib and his wife of a conspiracy to frame him and says they should testify. Mr Najib insists he has nothing to do with the case.
UMNO has been scheming to weaken the opposition, which won five out of 13 states in March 2008 elections that stunned the ruling coalition. Last year it seized back one of those states, Perak, by luring defectors. Then it tried, in vain, to peel off an Islamic party in Mr Anwar’s alliance. An anti-corruption agency has been mobilised to dig opposition dirt, with disastrous results in the case of Teoh Beng Hock, a political aide who died last July after falling out of a window while in the agency’s custody.
Mr Anwar’s trial is a much more potent weapon for UMNO, both as a blot on the opposition leader’s image and a distraction from his politicking. UMNO-owned media will harp on the sordid details, just as they did in the first trial when a semen-stained mattress was hauled into court. The blogosphere, however, where young Malaysians get their news, may not be easily impressed. Nor, it seems, will foreign investors, whom Mr Najib is desperate to attract with promises of a more open and less UMNO-dominated economy. His government’s image is already dented by corruption scandals, including a multibillion dollar project at Port Klang that has been dogged by accusations of mismanagement and cronyism. Some Malaysians may be wondering why such matters seem to generate less heat than Mr Anwar’s alleged transgressions.
Semua jentera kerajaan telah diperalatkan oleh Umno-BN demi kepentingan ‘periok nasi’ mereka ! Orang lain : TAK BETUL ! Pegahasan diri mereka : SEMUA BETUL ! Yang betul : ALLAH & ROSUL ! Maka, bila kita sentiasa betul dengan ALLAH & ROSUL : BARU BETUL !
Pakar Ekonomi di seluruh dunia sedang memerhati dengan penuh minat terhadap apa yang berlaku kepada DATUK SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM. Bagi mereka, dialah sahabat ! Bagi DUNIA : DSAI ADALAH RAKAN-KONGSI ! MALANGNYA, BILA SUDAH DEMIKIAN : DITUDUH PULA OLEH MEREKA, DSAI ‘SAHABAT YAHUDI’ SEBAGAI TOHMAH ! TAPI : SIAPA PERUNDING IMEJ NAJIB ? Cuba minta Najib jawab. Tentu sahaja Najib membisu ! Sebab : Tembelang sudah terbuka !
Bagaimanapun, hendaklah saudara dan saudari sedar ! Dunia tidak pandang mudah atas sikap yang demikian ! Orang Barat malah negara Jepun sendiri : AMAT SENSITIF HAL BIROKRASI, DISIPLIN, ADAB, KUALITI DAN JATI-DIRI ! YANG JELAS BAGI DUNIA : DSAI BUKAN SEMBARANG ORANG ! TEGUH JATI-DIRINYA ! TAK BISA GOYAH OLEH UGUTAN, ‘GEMPAQ’ MALAH FITNAH !
OLEH ITU, WAHAI PENDUDUK MALAYSIA YANG CINTAKAN KEDAMAIAN : HULURKAN BANTUAN ! TAWARKAN SOKONGAN TIDAK BERBELAH-BAGI KEPADA DSAI. DIALAH YANG SELAMA INI BERKORBAN DIRI DEMI KEAMANAN, KEMAJUAN SERTA PERPADUAN MALAYSIA SERTA DUNIA. BUKANKAH TINGGI JASA PERJUANGAN DSAI ?
MARI SAMA-SAMA KITA MENJAWAB : YA !
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LINGAM Reply:
February 5th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Ini cakap memang boleh pakai ! Umno-BN langsung tak boleh pakai. Hari-hari cakap duit, duit saja ! Ingat itu tuhan ka apa ? Ada duit banyak pun hati susah apa mahu bikin ? Bila sama-sama pakat. Satu hati, itu macam ! Hati banyak suka. Syok jugak ! Orang cakap HAPPY !
Saya orang India. Suka semua. Cina ka, melayu ka, kadazan ka, sudah jadi saudara ! Buat baik banyak untung. Bukan kasi susah sama orang, hati boleh senang ka ? Imposibble ! Ini bukan cerita wayang ! Senang-senang mau senyum sebab duit punya pasal. Tapi, balik rumah, semua kalam kabut ! Bini kacau, anak kacau, bapak mentua pun kacau. Macamana mau aman. Serupa umno bikin. Kacau sana-kacau sini. Tarak baik tau ka ?
You, you punya barang. Kita, kita punya barang ! Apa pasal mau kacau ? Tapi, itu hal amanah punya pasal memang tak boleh main-main. You tak amanah mesti susah. Itu tuhan sudah janji. Baik kalu, hati banyak senang. Bikin kacau, cerai-berai jugak ! Negara mahu maju tapi banyak kacau. Ini cakap tarak serupa bikin. Itu umno punya kerja !
Mahu kasi kuat sokong DSAI. Susah mau cakap itu Datuk Seri. Senyum pun banyak manis ! Hati banyak senang ! Hahaha…
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sayangnya masih ada yang percaya tohmahan ini. Mungkin bagi mereka rakyat Malaysia
bodoh & mudah ditipu. Sedih kerana UMNO adalah ISLAM tapi sanggup menghina & memburukkan
saudara sendiri demi kuasa di dunia.TEORI saya: UMNO buat dosa bnyk2 nanti bila nak mati baru bertaubat.
Sebab tu mereka tak kisah langsung mengaibkan sesuatu yang sangat di murkai ALLAH.
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YA ! YA ! YA ! YA !…la…Time To Changed…52 years in Power so much have being done but yet so little into the Future For This Country…as the way things go…nothing matters except more money and less Freedom to its People so that they continue to rule by using Race/Religion/Race/Religion.
Rule by using Both of the above will not make the Beloved Country Prosper And Develop Further !
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Dear YB ,
God is great. This is an act of the coward
The truth will prevail.
YOU will become Mlaysia’s BEST KNOWN PRIME MINISTER.
HIDUP ANWAR. HIDUP DEMOKRASI. MALAYSIA BERJAYA
REGARDS,
viknes
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the new strait times i have no time
the star,the sun i dont mind
the malay mail , i dont buy at anytime
the harakah it’s always mine
kain di beli dari rusia
mari di simpan di dalam laci
utusan malaysia hanya sia-sia
jangankan baca . pandang pun benci
ramai orang mendengar siaran
ekonomi negara menjadi gawat
berita harian aku tak heran
beli tidak tengok pun meluat
buah cempedak si buah nangka
bawa di jual berganda-ganda
RTM memang sudah ku jangka
siaranya semua propaganda
burung enggang burung pekaka
merbah terbang merata-rata
TV3 sememangnya ku tak suka
indah ampu dari berita.
Kalau tanam si pokok koko
jangan tanam pisang berangan
kalau takut dengan risiko
jangan bicara tentang perjuangan
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Pergi kedai beli mee
tengah berjalan sakit mata
kepada kawan sdr hakimi
terimakasih kerana menjemput kita.
Pergi pasar beli kerang
beli kerang di pekan behrang
itulah dia perdana menteri sekarang
tak lebih dari pembohong dan temberang.
Berjalan-jalanm di nibung tebal
budak buda suka beromen
perdana menteri najib mukanya tebal
isterinya rosamh pula muka simen
Datuk mustafa dan datuk khamarzan
ketua perhubungan negeri kelantan
kedua-dua macam tarzan
kebas duit rakyat macam setan
kapal berat terus karam
jemaah amsjid jadi tok bilal
wang ehsan duit haram
royali duitnya halal
Orang tua sakit mata
minum kopi dari peket
sepatut terima rotalti satu juta
tapi 80 juta amsuk poket
Panglima pas pemimpin gagah
perangai jahat macan syaitan
wang ehsan umno kelantan megah
tandanya bodoh melayu umno kelantan
pemimpin umno selalu tersentap
kentut busuk bau durian
duit royalti hak yang tetap
wang ehsan mainan kerajaan
buah kerdas buah melaka
pergi berdetingd engan mak wa
itulah die melayu umno celaka
rakyat kelantan di bahagi dua
sebelah rumah tu dia che semah
belah kayu dengan kapak
suruh pembangkang pergi mahkamah
buat mahkamah macam hak mak bapak
undur kereta suka-suka
bawa bakul sambil di jinjing
umno kelantan macam celaka
menyalak sana sini macam anjing
Anak kecil nama mukhayat
baju melayu pakai sampin
duit royalti duit rakyat
wang ehsan masuk poket pemimpin
berbunyi berdentum bunyii bergema
kena deman penyakit sopak
ulamak pas ajar ugama
ulamak yumno ajar merompak
beli mee dengan sukhoon
kena pisau terasa sakit
ulamak pegang dah dekat 20 tahun
umno kelantan menyalak macam anjing
minum kopi dengan mee
makan pulut dengan buah melaka
wahai manusia bernama hakimi
mulah melayu umno celaka
Pokok hutan pokok kayu
orang marah buat dont know
nasihat kepada bangsa melayu
mari kita hancurkan umno
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Wow…Si Jamil Bin Ismail ni pandai bersajak !
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jamil bin ismail ( jamilkucing ) Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
pantun la apelak bersajak.mana aku tau sajak. membajak tahu le aku
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Hari ini ATOK nak cerita cikit ! Kisah Sabun dengan Sardin ! Suatu hari berkata sabun : Woi ! Sardin, kenapa kamu tak mendarat ! Kat darat kan bagus !?
Jawab Sardin : “Nak mampus ! Tuhan jadikan aku hidup kat laut ! Yang kamu memandai-mandai nak lawan TUHAN apsal ?”
Sabun jawab : Sapa kata aku lawan Tuhan. AKU TANYA JER !
Sardin Balas : Kamu tak redho ker aku menetap kat laut ?
Sabun membalas : Bukan tak redho ! Tapi, kat darat lagi bagus !
Sardin mencuka : Iye ker ? Tapi, dalam laut lebih indah, kamu tau tak ? Pemandangannya cantik ! Rumpainya berwarna-warni…disamping itu cool jer kat dalam ni !
Sabun excited : Kalu camtu aku nak masuk laut.
Terus sabun terjun ke dalam laut. Langsung ‘naik buih’ hilang terus !
Apo pengajarannya adik-kakak ?
1. Tuhan Buat Sesuatu Tak Sia-Sia. Semua sesuai dengan kejadian seseorang. Kan Tuhan Yang Maha Mentadbir !? Jadi, kalu dah rasa Anwar memang sesuai jadi PM…LANTIK JER LER ! Apo plak dihalang ? Nak mamp…..!?
2. Selagi tidak redho, selagi itu hidup tak bahagia. Ada sikit menyusahkan orang. Ada banyak jadi mudharat. Senang hidup ker camtu ? NO ! So, cuba korang selidik ! Apo dah jadi kat anak Pak Cot Tu…Ntah-ntah jadi biol ! Lagi sorang…budak cipol tu ! Dah sasau dengar cerita ! Berbuih yo mulut ! Itu ler, tipu lagi !
3. Bahagia hidup jika bertemankan ALLAH. Kan ALLAH Maha Dekat. Lebih dekat darirpada ‘urat-nadi’ dibatang leher ! Sebab itu ‘orang-orang SUFI’ bahagia hidup mereka. Sebab : Punya Kekasih Yang Amat Setia.
So, banyakkan selawat, taubat dan berzikir. InsyaALLAH selamat hidup. Jadi cipol dan Kak Bedah Tu, tak guna…silap-silap terjun gaung !
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PR should start attacking MSM before the run up to the 13th GE. Strategize, boycott and give print-outs and photostat copies from alternative on-line news and RPK blogs especially with the ongoing Sodomy II trial to far flung areas in the kampungs, especially the Malays who are being fed with MSM lies.
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Sodomy Version 2. An insult to like-minded Malaysians.
If Saiful really worked & served Mr Anwar & PKR back then, WHY he allied himself with Najib & umno at the very same period?
His confession is blatant lies. Malaysia has seen Najib’s dirty hands in this game. So does the world.
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Ya ya kami sokong DSAI
Itu adalah fitnah belaka anak kecil pun tahu, mana mungkin orang muda seperti saiful dapat diperkosa oleh orang yang berumur 60 an itu fitnah fitnah.
Datu sri semoga Tuhan melindungi Datu dari taktic kekutoran UMNO
Kami mahu DSAI jadi pemimpin rakyat Maalaysia.
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