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Mar

The Malaysian DNA Conundrum – MPF

By Anwar Ibrahim 8 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Demokrasi, Hebahan, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Pilihanraya, Politik and Umno

By Dr.Dzulkefly Ahmad

(I’ve been invited to be on Selangor TV this evening ~5 pm sharing the time with Shamsul Iskandar, the AMK Chief on DNA. Just as I was perusing the many writings and reports about the world-infamous Sodomy 2.0 trial now on-going, an old colleague called. This piece has just been emailed to me subsequently and Im taking liberty to just now post it, for the benefit of all and sundry. Having left academia and medical laboratory practice for more than a decade now, I find this piece this handy and insightful. It has said it all and perhaps a lot better than what I could piece together as it is the colloboration of 3 very distinguished medical personalities. Thank you again, to all you good doctors. Continue serving humanity without fear or favour! – Dr Dzul)

by Dr. Sheik Johari Bux, Dr. Farouq Musa, and Dr. Musa Mohd. Nordin (Muslim Professionals Forum, MPF).

Virtually the whole of Malaysia is now talking about DNA. DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) has become a buzz word, featuring in conversations at coffee shops; offices and even our august parliament.

We must thank Crick and Watson who discovered the double stranded helical structure of the DNA molecule in 1954 which has since unleashed a plethora of advances in biotechnology. Forensic DNA is one of the many breakthroughs in this research in an impassioned endeavour towards advancing justice through DNA technology.

Justice and fairness should be the buzz word of the rakyat, the parliament , political leadership and the impartial media. This unfortunately is a far cry considering the various statements issued and the nuances of the mainstream media. Overnight, a handful of parliamentarians have turned pseudo-geneticists, shouting for surrender of DNA material ! Some have even sentenced the alleged assailant an unequivocal guilty verdict !

Beginning with the end, it is important to emphasise upfront that with all of the available DNA techniques, conviction cannot be based on DNA evidence ALONE if there are a host of other conflicting and non-corroborative evidence. For example, if a victim claimed rape in a condominium in KL whilst the accused was addressing a seminar in Singapore at the material time, no amount of DNA recovered at the crime scene is going to make any difference.

We hope this would moderate the DNA mania which is incessantly hyped, the latest by the father of the alleged victim.

Notwithstanding, what is worrying from the hypothetical case scenario is, how DNA of the alleged assailant got into the condominium. In the language of forensic medicine, there is an outright breach of the chain of custody in this hypothetical case.

Surrendering blood for DNA testing is NOT the central issue in the current stalemate. Maintaining the chain of custody is the CRITICAL factor for any DNA evidence. It demands a strict record of individuals who have had physical possession of the evidence and the process used to maintain and document the chronological history of the evidence. The chain of custody of the specimens must be strictly guarded to ensure the collection, delivery, testing, storage and rigorous documentation of the results are preserved and protected from any unauthorized and illegal access.

The historic trial of 1998 laid bare the extreme flaws of the country’s DNA squad, by design or otherwise. The grave concern from all quarters, national and international on the conduct of the current investigation is understandable and reasonable given the experience we were subjected to the last time this play was enacted. The accused and family who endured those humiliating moments of the last sham trial must be gutted by this sequelae.

We offer below a short brief on DNA as an idiots guide to the correct medical procedures to be followed in cases of alleged sodomy. It is grounded on back to basics forensic medicine, founded on evidence and not emotions.

If the alleged victim claimed “the latest violation” on 26th June 08, had “counsel on 27th June 08 and reported to police on 28th June 08, it is highly likely that nature’s most efficient plumbing system would have flushed out whatever foreign fluids and tissue deposited within that most currently spoken of orifice. Almost all humans need to answer the big call at least once a day! Continue reading ‘The Malaysian DNA Conundrum – MPF’

Mar

Tahan Blogger Tanpa Waran, Tindakan Umpama Negara Polis

By Anwar Ibrahim 4 Comments

Categories: Anwar, Demokrasi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Pilihanraya, Politik, Sidenotes and Umno

Dari KeadilanDaily

Tindakan kerajaan Umno Barisan Nasional (BN) menangkap penulis blog tanpa mengeluarkan waran dan alasan kukuh, menunjukkan sifat kuku besi sebuah negara polis, kata Naib Ketua Angkatan Muda KEADILAN, Khairul Anuar Zainuddin.

Beliau berkata demikian mengulas tindakan polis menahan blogger Muhammad Nur Hanief Abdul Jalil, atau lebih dikenali sebagai Hanief di Balai Polis Sentul malam tadi.

“Kerajaan tak perlu sorok tindakan ini, biar jelaskan secara terbuka. Dia (Hanief) bukan penjenayah. Tindakan mereka ini dah seperti karektor negara polis, bukan lagi demokrasi,” katanya kepada Keadilan Daily. Continue reading ‘Tahan Blogger Tanpa Waran, Tindakan Umpama Negara Polis’

Mar

Jangan Jadikan Masalah Ghani Sebagai Masalah Kerajaan

By Anwar Ibrahim 4 Comments

Categories: Anwar, Demokrasi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Politik and Umno

Dari Malaysiakini

“Jangan jadikan masalah peribadi anda sebagai masalah kerajaan.” – Itu nasihat yang diberikan oleh ahli panel penasihat Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia, Tan Sri Robert Phang kepada Peguam Negara, Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail.

Phang, yang terkenal dengan kelantangannya bersuara berkata Gani pada 4 Januari lalu telah memberi taklimat kepada lima ahli panel SPRM. Pada perjumpaan itu, beliau memberitahu akan berurusan dengan media dan orang ramai bagi menjelaskan pemergian kontroversialnya ke tanah suci menunaikan ibadah haji.

“Dua bulan sudah berlalu sejak perjumpaan itu dan saya tidak lihat Gani tampil menjelaskan perkara itu.

“Seorang penulis blog mendakwa Gani dan keluarganya menunaikan haji dengan seseorang yang wataknya ‘mencurigakan’. Saya tidak kata dia tidak jujur tetapi hanya mengulangi apa yang dimuat-naikkan dalam blog itu,” kata Phang.

“Tolong, jangan jadikan masalah perbadi anda sebagai masalah kerajaan. Tampil dan buat penjelasan kerana anda memegang jawatan yang berkuasa dan penting. Saya cuma membekalkan konduit bagi Gani untuk menjelaskan kepada orang ramai apabila berjanji berbuat demikian.”

Phang, bekas ahli Transparency International berkata demikian semasa sesi teh tarik bagi menceritakan segala-galanya yang dianjurkan oleh Malaysian digest.com petang semalam.

Meskipun Phang tidak menamakan ‘watak yang mencurigakan’ itu, namun mengikut kebanyakan laporan, ia adalah Shahidan Shafie, yang pernah dikaitkan dengan bekas pengerusi Penerbangan Malaysia (MAS), Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli.

Gani dibidas tahun lalu setelah timbul dakwaan di Internet bahawa beliau mempunyai hubungan dengan Tajudin yang kini disiasat oleh SPRM.

Phang yang antara mereka yang membidas Gani dan secara terbuka menuntut Peguam Negara itu menjelaskan kontroversi berkenaan. Namun, kedua-dua Gani dan Shahidan terus membisu.

Gani dikatakan telah membuat penjelasan kepada SPRM tetapi sesetengah anggota panel dikatakan terus tidak berpuas hati dengan penjelasannya.

Mar

Dun Perak: Jika Sah, Kenapa Perlu Dikawal Ketat

By Anwar Ibrahim 5 Comments

Categories: Agenda Baru, Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat, Pilihanraya, Politik, Sidenotes and Umno

Dari Harakah

Pakatan Rakyat Perak meminta jaminan daripada Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein supaya persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri (Perak) pada April ini bebas daripada campur tangan polis.

Ahli parlimen Bukit Gantang, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (gambar) pada sidang media di parlimen semalam berkata, jaminan itu diperlukan ekoran setiap kali berlangsungnya sidang Dun di negeri berkenaan, pasukan polis dikerah untuk mengadakan kawalan ketat.

Ujar beliau, sekiranya kerajaan Perak kini merasakan mereka kerajaan yang sah, maka tidak perlu kawalan polis di sekeliling bangunan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Perak (SUK). Continue reading ‘Dun Perak: Jika Sah, Kenapa Perlu Dikawal Ketat’

Mar

Masalah Yang Dicetuskan Oleh First Lady

By Anwar Ibrahim 14 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Catatan, Demokrasi, Dunia Arab, Ekonomi, Hebahan, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Kewangan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Politik, Sidenotes and Umno

Oleh Mohd Rashidi Hassan

BERDASARKAN jawapan Menteri Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Dato’ Seri Mohamad Nazri Aziz di Parlimen 9 Mac lepas, suatu division baru yang dinamakan FLOM memang wujud pada asalnya.

Ia dipaparkan dalam laman web www.pmo.gov.my (Prime Minister Office), tetapi ia kemudiannya ditarik balik kerana dipertikaikan wakil Pakatan Rakyat.

Nazri dalam jawapan kepada persoalan yang dibangkitkan Ahli Parlimen Rasah, Anthony Loke, menafikan kewujudan FLOM, tetapi mengakui paparan mengenainya ditarik balik kerana beliau mendakwa ‘pembangkang keliru’.

Tetapi Nazri tidak sedar, kekeliruan itu sebenarnya dicetuskan oleh kerajaan sendiri. Jika tidak mahu ‘pembangkang’ atau rakyat keliru, mengapa paparan mengenai FLOM, dibina menggunakan alamat website rasmi kerajaan Malaysia yang menggunakan singkatan gov.my di internet?

Nazri juga memperakui bahawa Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor dan rombongannya membelanjakan wang rakyat sebanyak RM134,317.76 wang negara (wang rakyat) untuk lawatan ke Arab Saudi, Oman dan Bangladesh. Continue reading ‘Masalah Yang Dicetuskan Oleh First Lady’

Mar

Fahami Matlamat Syariat, Lebur Pemikiran Sempit

By Anwar Ibrahim 7 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Mahasiswa, Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen, Persidangan and Program

Dari KeadilanDaily

Golongan profesional Islam diseru supaya memahami fungsi dan inti penting Maqasid atau matlamat pensyariatan sesuatu hukum syarak, seterusnya meleburkan fahaman perkauman sempit di Malaysia.

Ketua Umum KEADILAN, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, berkata segelintir mereka yang terdidik dalam gerakan Islam masih terperangkap dalam pemikiran perkauman sempit yang mementingkan konsep Melayu Unggul dan Melayu itu tuan.

“Unggul dan hebatnya seseorang itu bukan bergantung pada warna kulit, pangkat, darjat atau suku kaum tetapi bergantung pada ketakwaan kita kepada Allah swt.

“Jika hal ini kita pasakkan dalam pemikiran kita, maka ia mampu untuk melebur fahaman perkauman sempit di negara kita,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika menjadi panel wacana ‘Islam dan Masyarakat Majmuk’ anjuran Wadah Pencerdasan Umat (Wadah) di Petaling Jaya, malam tadi.

Wacana yang dipengerusikan Pengerusi Biro Pemahaman Dan Pemantapan Agama (BIPPA) KEADILAN, Dr Muhammad Nur Manuty turut menjemput Datuk Dr. Siddiq Fadhil sebagai ahli panel.

Turut serta Ahli Parlimen Shah Alam, Khalid Samad, ahli-ahli Wadah, Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM), Persatuan Kebangsaan Pelajar Islam Malaysia (PKPIM), profesional muslim dan kira-kira 1,000 hadirin termasuk dalam kalangan bukan Islam.

Anwar yang juga pengasas Abim mengajak anak muda di Malaysia untuk membincang kertas kerja Siddiq Fadhil kerana itu akan memberi sumbangan yang amat bermakna bagi membentuk pemikiran masyarakat majmuk di Malaysia.

Mar

BIPPA Saran Pemantauan Injil Bahasa Melayu Elak Kekeliruan

By Anwar Ibrahim 10 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Islam, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen and Sidenotes

Dari KeadilanDaily

Biro Pemahaman dan pemantapan Agama (BIPPA) KEADILAN, menyarankan pemantauan terhadap kitab Injil bahasa Melayu supaya tidak menimbulkan kebimbangan di kalangan orang ramai.

Pengerusinya, Ahmad Kassim berkata pemantauan itu penting bagi mengelakkan berlaku kekeliruan dalam masyarakat terutama golongan muda dan kanak-kanak.

“Ada kebimbangan berlaku proses kristianisasi kepada masyarakat Melayu seperti yang terkandung dalam perkara 11(4) perlembagaan persekutuan yang menegaskan bahawa penyebaran agama bukan Islam kepada khalayak Islam adalah dilarang.

“Dalam Islam sendiri tidak ada paksaan dan seseorang itu memeluk Islam adalah dengan ikhlas dan rela hati serta melarang penganutnya memaksa orang agama lain menganut Islam,” kata Ahmad ketika dihubungi Keadilandaily.com. Continue reading ‘BIPPA Saran Pemantauan Injil Bahasa Melayu Elak Kekeliruan’

Mar

Majlis Makan Malam Sempena Ulang Tahun ke -45 DAP

By Anwar Ibrahim 2 Comments

Categories: Anwar, Catatan, Demokrasi, Ekonomi, KeADILan, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat and Parlimen

18 Mac 2011 (Jumaat)

Masa : 7.30 – 11.00 Malam

Lokasi : Sin Kee Happy Restoran, Taman Seremban Jaya (Senawang), Negeri 9

Ucaptama Oleh:
1. YB Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim
2. YAB Lim Guan Eng
3. YB Lim Kit Siang
4. YB Karpal Singh
5. YB Chong Eng
6. YB Loke Siew Fook
7. YBhg Dr. Chen Man Hin
8 YB M. Kulasegaran

Mar

Malaysia Near Bottom in Bank’s Fund Manager Survey

By Anwar Ibrahim 9 Comments

Categories: Agenda Baru, Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Ekonomi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Kewangan, Malaysia and Umno

From Malaysian Insider

Malaysia remains among the least popular markets for both global emerging market (GEM) and Asia-Pacific (AP) fund managers and suffered up to 43 per cent cuts in fund allocations, said a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) released this week.

In its March report, Malaysia retained its February rating as second least popular market after Columbia among GEM fund managers and is now tied with India for least-favoured among AP fund managers, after coming ahead of the South Asian nation in the February survey.

BoAML said that Russia is still the most-favoured market and enjoyed an increased allocation of 67 per cent, while allocations to China have reached the highest levels since Jun 2009, rising 43 per cent.

“Least favoured markets remain Malaysia (-43 per cent), Taiwan (-33 per cent) and India (-29 per cent) though bets were scaled back,” said BoAML.

The research house also noted that AP investors’ had increased allocations to China by 31 per cent and Hong Kong by 19 per cent, while Singapore and Korea had their ratings cut to underweight.

“Least favoured markets (among AP investors) remain India (-10 per cent) and Malaysia (-10 per cent),” it said.

Malaysia has traditionally been perceived by regional fund managers as a defensive and unexciting market, lacking in liquidity and dominated by government-linked institutional funds.

The Najib administration has tried to make the local equity market more dynamic as part of efforts to transform Malaysia into a developed high-income economy and made moves to liberalise the financial sector over the last two years, including lifting quotas for 30 per cent Bumiputera ownership and opening up the investment management and brokerage industry to foreign players.

It also stated its intentions to reduce government shareholdings in GLCs and instructed them to dispose their non-core assets to aid market liquidity.

Malaysia also managed to reverse two consecutive years of net portfolio outflows in 2008 and 2009 totalling RM83.9 billion, and posted RM41.4 billion in net portfolio inflows for the first nine months of last year.

Bursa Malaysia also said yesterday that it is banking on the trillion-ringgit Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) to boost stock market sentiment and is taking selected Malaysian companies on a roadshow in May to financial capitals such as London, New York, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Mar

Berbilion Ringgit Untuk Pelihara Dinosaur Ekonomi

By Anwar Ibrahim 5 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Antarabangsa, Anwar, Asia Tenggara, Demokrasi, Ekonomi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Kewangan, Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen and Sidenotes

Dari Merdeka Review

Di Malaysia, industri pertahanan dalam bidang ekonomi pada hakikatnya merupakan “dinosaur” yang harus disingkirkan sejak awal lagi. Berbilion-bilion ringgit diperuntukkan kerajaan kita untuk menggerakkan sektor yang berorientasikan kecanggihan teknologi ini, namun tidak membawa apa-apa kesan ekonomi secara langsung mahupun tidak langsung sebaliknya.

Perbelanjaan pertahanan adalah antara perbelanjaan kerajaan yang tertinggi, menelan bilion, malah belasan bilion ringgit setiap tahun. Menurut statistik daripada Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, perbelanjaan pertahanan Malaysia mencatat USD 4.078 bilion (lebih RM12.5 bilion) pada tahun 2009, bersamaan 2% daripada GDP.

Sejak Jun 2010, kerajaan Malaysia telah memberi kontrak dengan jumlah nilai RM9 bilion sekurang-kurangnya untuk pembelian aset pertahanan baru dan pemeliharaan aset yang sedia ada. Kontrak yang bernilai kira-kira RM6 bilion dianggarkan akan diberikan seterusnya, dan kedua-duanya membawa kepada jumlah RM15 bilion. Selain itu, dalam Defence Fair pada tahun lalu, kerajaan telah menandatangani kontrak pertahanan negara yang nilai keseluruhannya berjumlah lebih RM10.4 bilion. Continue reading ‘Berbilion Ringgit Untuk Pelihara Dinosaur Ekonomi’

Mar

Penahanan Peserta Demo AMK Bukti Polis Pilih Kasih

By Anwar Ibrahim 9 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Isu Semasa, KeADILan, Mahkamah, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Politik and Sidenotes

Dari KeadilanDaily

Ketua Angkatan Muda KEADILAN (AMK) Pulau Pinang, Amir Ghazali, menyifatkan penahanannya bersama Ketua Cabang Nibong Tebal dikenali sebagai Haji Wan selama empat jam, semalam, sebagai perbuatan pilih kasih.

Beliau berkata demikian kepada KeadilanDaily selepas dibebaskan dari lokap Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Seberang Perai Selatan kira-kira jam 11.30 malam tadi selepas keterangan mereka diambil.

Amir kesal kerana demonstrasi yang dilakukan badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) yang ada hubungan dengan Umno tidak diganggu polis, sekalipun melibatkan isu yang tidak wajar.

“Ini tindakan dwistandard polis kerana demo Umno BN tidak pula diganggu polis. Malah mereka semakin rancak berdemo dan diberi liputan media dengan meluas,” katanya ketika dihubungi, hari ini. Continue reading ‘Penahanan Peserta Demo AMK Bukti Polis Pilih Kasih’

Mar

Karpal Warns Zaid Of Contempt Over DNA Remark

By Anwar Ibrahim 9 Comments

Categories: Analisis, Anwar, Demokrasi, Ekonomi, Isu Semasa, Mahkamah, Malaysia, Media, Pakatan Rakyat, Parlimen and Sidenotes

From Malaysiakini

Senior lawyer and Anwar Ibrahim’s lead defence counsel Karpal Singh warned former Pakatan Rakyat colleague Zaid Ibrahim today that his recent remarks over the Sodomy II were in defiance of the trial judge’s warning against acting in contempt of the court.

“As Anwar’s defence consel, I am warning all quarters, including politicians, not to defy Justice Mohamed Zabidin’s (Mohd Diah) reminder that anyone committing an act of contempt in the ongoing trial will face the music.

“Any act by anyone, however, subtle, to influence the decision of a judge in an ongoing trial amounts to contempt of court,” Karpal added in a statement released this afternoon.

Karpal, who heads DAP as its national chairperson, was responding to Zaid’s remarks earlier this week over Anwar’s refusal to yield his DNA sample as requested by the prosecution seeking to link the former deputy prime minister to the DNA found on his accuser Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan. Continue reading ‘Karpal Warns Zaid Of Contempt Over DNA Remark’