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Tun ... Why only now you're exposing money politics in UMNO. B'cos you've been a victim ??

Jeff,

Since your are there and pictures tells a thousand words, show some photos as well-lah, for the benefit of those who can't be there.

Thanks and best regards.

JEFF OOI says: Unfortunately, I didn't have my regular camera equipments with me when I received the SMS telling me about the pressie -- I was already out of home, and I had quickly divert to Putrajaya to just make it in time for the press conference.

Sad ... :(
All this cannot be any good for the country.

> "When I received the SMS telling me about the pressie when I was already out of home, and quickly diverted to Putrajaya to just make it in time for the press conference."

THANK YOU. Your blog is one of the few that will ever reprint press releases like this fairly.

i could only say two opinions:

1) This show is still fun to be watched by rakyat
2) What happened to him was sooooo dejavu to many.

In [the] future, there won’t be just one or two bridges between Malaysia and Singapore. There will be lots.

Abdullah Badawi, Building bridges with Singapore, The Edge Malaysia, 11 September 2006.

Looking forward to excellent and progressive Malaysia-Singapore relations under this present regime.

Unlike the xenophobic Mahathir's.

TDM should be allowed to air his opinion at the meeting. What is badawi scared of - that the truth will be exposed to all & sundry? If badawi was indeed playing money politics, he must be exposed!!!

anand,

if you have evidence, you can do that like Tun also...

Talk is cheap... do something man...

Put PEYTON PLACE to shame! :)

You have updates where the main stream media won't print.

Can you tell us more about the 2 pieces of news?

Folks

Three cheers for Dr M.

What he is exposing now has been whispered in mamak stalls and chaykeow stalls for years.

It takes someone from the INSIDE in the corridors of powers in Malaysia to expose the hanky panky of UMNO.

Some of you may have negative views of Dr M's 21 years.
That is history as far as I am concerned and Malaysians should be concerned about NOW and the FUTURE.

For us to harp on the past, leads us to no where especially the dirty politics of UMNO and the UMNO Youth led by the upstart son in law and the keris wielding UMNO Youth Chief.

The chicken has come home to roost on Pak Lah. He had wasted the landslide victory almost ALL Malaysians gave him in the last election clean up the cobwebs in UMNO and the Govt machinery. No Pak Lah did not, instead allowed his SON IN LAW to roam in the political sphere of the country and using the country as his playing field just because he has the ears of the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Malaysia is entering into a new frontier of local politics and the way it is going now, I like it. Thanks to the Old Man and Anwar, although Anwar is still trying to hedge his bets. Anwear should now make a stand instead of trying to be equivocal ... that is not good politics in the current atmosphere in the country.

"Some of you may have negative views of Dr M's 21 years.
That is history as far as I am concerned and Malaysians should be concerned about NOW and the FUTURE."

Still do Frank and still fresh too. It's the same system only different driver. Former driver is not asking to change the system here. Current driver like-wise continue his legacy of driving down joe rakyat. BN cannot evolve for the better anymore.

I am rather sad that I have to bew somewhat glad that self-proclaimed "big-mouth" Dr M is pushing for Pak Lah to answer very rather disturbing questions. Especially those related to Kamal-Scomi and Khairy.

I can give Pak Lah a lot of the benefit of the doubt where many other questions (to which he had chosen to remain silent) are concerned, but where his own family is concerned, he must be seen to be clean, and should have come out with detailed and accurate replies. If his own family members were wrong, he should have taken action promptly and openly.

But that being said, Dr M must be reminded that he himself denied bailouts of his own family. MISC?

And as someone who denied that he had anything to do with Ops Lalang and the 1988 judicial sacking, I wonder whether he has a leg to stand on when he accused Pak Lah of being a liar.

One last thought. In politics, all manner of twisted dirty tricks can be expected. So if I a politician competing for a place in a certain branch delegates election, and I wanted to be able to hurl accusations of money-politics at my opponent, would I consider getting some dirty-tricks fellas together, preparing a big stack of envelopes , each with a slip of paper with certain numbers in it plus RM200, and arranging for it to be given to the delegates? Can anyone be sure who actually did the bribing if such bribery took place?

To take this thought further, what if I had a relative who was also contesting in the same delegates election, can I prepare the actual slips with his number included while doctoring one extra slip without his number on it to show as 'evidence' at a Press Conference?

Or I can even take a small risk by actually preparing a few slips (to be handed out with bribes) which actually did not have his number on it and ensure that these bribes reach selected people at the branch polls to increase my 'credibility' when I produce my doctored slip?

Figments of my imagination?

For the past twenty two years, the old fox had sunk the country to a real bottom. It could not be anything worse for Pak Lah who perhaps has the advantage to turn the situation up. Pak Lah’s foreign policy perhaps is more positive rather than that of the arrogant old fox who actually was a lousy manager for the country.

Anyway, for the UMNO politics, the herbal ingredient is still the same, only the amount of water is changed. The old fox has to eat back his humble pie for the system he had created; for sure his ego is badly slashed.

Jeff, allow me to put the following onto your weblog. I'm trying to be short as possible to convey the points, to put things in perpective for year 1988.

Taking advantage over the stunned Team A, Team B actually submitted applcation for a new UMNO immediately after the UMNO deregistration. Team A was only able to put in their application days (some say 3 days) after Team B.

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Analisa Politik Semasa Sekitar Pendukung Kepimpinan Pak Lah (atau Kenapa Sambutan Dingin Terhadap Cadangan Tun Salleh Abbas)

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Siapakah Dato' Radzi Sheikh Ahmad ini yang begitu tekun melawat itik dan dusunnya di Kubang Pasu dua kali dalam minggu sebelum pemilihan UMNO Bahagian tersebut yang beliau sendiri akui sudah lama tidak dijenguknya?

Penting bagi rakyat Malaysia mengetahui bahawa, Dato' Radzilah pemimpin UMNO yang secara tidak langsung mengakibatkan krisis kehakiman berlaku pada tahun 1988. Kerana itulah beliau kini disyaki berusaha mendalangi penutupan usaha meninjau kembali krisis tersebut secara mendalam yang diusulkan oleh Tun Salleh Abbas.

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Sebabnya jelas, walaupun Tun Dr M bertindak keras terhadap Hakim-Hakim utama negara pada masa itu, tetapi sebelah mata rakyat sering tertutup dari fakta sejarah di mana badan kehakimanlah yang sebenarnya mula bertindak keras dan menyerang kerajaan Tun Dr M dengan mengharamkan UMNO tanpa mendapatkan dahulu kata putus ketentuan dari Pendaftar Pertubuhan.

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Dato' Radzi seorang peguam yang pintar. Beliaulah yang mengusulkan dan mendorong usaha 11 orang ahli UMNO untuk mencabar kesahihan pemilihan UMNO 1987 yang berakhir dengan kemenangan Tun Dr M sebagai Presiden dengan majoriti yang tipis. Dato' Radzilah yang menggunakan hubungan guaman, politik dan peribadi untuk mengatur supaya Hakim-Hakim yang terlibat dalam kes tersebut ada hubungan keluarga atau peribadi dengan KuLi dan Tun Musa.

Para hakim mahkamah kita pada masa itu mungkin berwibawa, tetapi mereka juga manusia biasa. Dan apabila berdepan dengan tuduhan yang membuktikan saudara dan teman mereka mungkin berpeluang merampas kepimpinan negara menerusi keputusan kehakiman mereka, naluri setiakawan dan persaudaraan mendorong mereka kearah pengharaman UMNO.

Dato' Radzilah pencanang di sebalik pengharaman UMNO tersebut.

Tetapi Dato' Radzi dalam canangannya terlupa yang para kakitangan awam yang berwibawa juga wujud di pejabat Pendaftar Pertubuhan (ROS). Kerana mereka tidak setuju dengan keputusan berat sebelah Hakim-Hakim tersebut, mereka memberi keutamaan kepada Tun Dr M dan para pengikutnya untuk mewujudkan UMNO Baru.

Tersalah langkah Dato' Radzi, dan apabila ini berlaku, beliau mendapati dirinya bukan sahaja pada pihak yang kalah pemilihan, tetapi terkandas sebagai penderhaka di luar UMNO Baru. Pada masa inilah Dato' Radzi membuat kesilapan yang parah buat badan-badan kehakiman negara. Dato' Radzi terus mencanang dalam usaha melagakan lagi para Hakim dengan UMNO Baru dan kerajaan pimpinan Tun Dr M. Perlagaan inilah yang menyebablan krisis kehakiman 1988.

Semua ini angkara Dato' Radzi. Kini beliau tergesa-gesa berusaha menutup segala usaha mengkaji semula apa yang berlaku pada tahun-tahun gelap 1987-88, sewaktu beliau memporak-perandakan alam politik, kerajaan dan kehakiman negara Malaysia.

... kalau beliau benarkan kajian semula dilakukan, ada risiko tinggi ... mendedahkan segala pekung yang sekian lama tersembunyi ...

... Dato' Radzi dengan begitu tekun cuba menjahit-tutup mulut lantang Tun Dr M ... takut yang dalam kelantangan Tun Dr M, mungkin ada tersasul-sebut antara bukti kelemahan Pak Lah adalah yang Dato' Radzi, orang yang paling bertanggungjawab dalam pengharaman UMNO, telah dilantiknya sebagai Setiausaha Agung UMNO pimpinannya.

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http://thoughtsintangents.blogspot.com/2006/09/analisa-politik-semasa-sekitar.html

I am not so sure about the analysis as posted by Ilmran questioneing the integrity of the judges vis-a-vis the play by Radzi.

From my recollection, the deregistration of UMNO was ordered by the late Harun Hashim, as UMNO had illegal branches registered in it's AGM. The case went to appeal to the highest level.

Tun Salleh then ordered 9 out of 10 Federal Court Judges (Supreme Court now) to sit on the panel (not 10 as the panel had to have an odd number) as he did not to be seen to be influencing the case by choosing judges as it decided the fate of the UMNO President and by extension, the Prime Minister of Malaysia. This, in light of the attacks by the Executive on the judiciary at the time. I thought this showed integrity on the part of Salleh Abas and the Malaysian judiciary, and also exposed the fear of Mahathir as his faction had been the one fingered in the inclusion of the illegal branches in UMNO.

It seemed Mahathir preempted this by sacking Salleh Abas in that shameful episode. Pls read May Day for Justice written by him for the full story, as he was also gagged by the government controlled press then.

The ROS also played its shameful part by registering UMNO Baru under the control of Mahathir instead of an earlier application by Ku Li. If that is integrity, then I do not know what shameful means !

Tun M, we're waiting for your memoir to tell all.

KJ must be sacked for jeopardising Pak Lah's govt and for going against Hishamuddin's effort in bringing youths back into the education system coz KJ is encouraging the same youths of illegal racers.

mack,

"I am not so sure about the analysis as posted by Ilmran ..."

Me too. It's good that we can compare notes. :-)

I'm not pointing out on the judiciary part, but the article focuses more on the role of Radzi during those years. I have no recollection of the year, but talks in the grapevine before this articles was written resonates that Radzi is involved.

Oh yeah... I did not write that article :-)

“When the results were announced, Mahathir said he verified the list again and found all recommended candidates had won except No. 14”

Now where was Dr M “when” the results were announced? All reports indicated he left early at 2.00pm and the official verdict was out only at 5.08pm.
Check other comments and responses at:
http://powerpresent.blogspot.com/2006/09/datuk-nazri-dont-just-talk-show-proof.html

Frank is right - we have to look and work towards the future.

You have to hand it to TDM, he's is relentless when he puts his weight behind something. This time around, the something (AP-Scomi-KJ etc etc) is something we should all care about. We're lucky that TDM is still around to lend his booming voice to what should be our concerns too. What should be important to us is the message, and it's great that TDM happens to be the messenger.

I wonder if these concerns were to (God forbid) outlive the voice, whether there would be other voices that are just as loud to continue (I'm sure Screenshots will be one such voice), or whether everyone would just go back into our own little coccoons and hope that things get better.

As a Malaysian who's still hoping to return to Malaysia, what TDM is doing is giving me a glimmer of hope.

After creating so much problems to PM, to UMNO Youth and more importantly to we, ordinary Malaysian, it is time for KJ to leave Malaysian Politics for the good of everyone (KJ himself included).

Anyway, KJ is till young and can come back if he wants (or rather still being wanted) at later time.

KJ, you are such a bright young man and we believe you know what is best and the most honourable thing to do "atas name agama, bangsa dan negara"!

KJ, you see we still trust your good judgment after all these years and after all the "rather ugly racial tones".

I am only sad that Dr.M has to suffer the knowledge on the why(s) he lost. Now he is effectively one of us, the compatriots. Those who either hate or love him, should now focus on the performance of the current administration for the sake of this country. Don't let emotion cloud our judgement on what rights and wrongs. Just let Dr.M speaks out our whispering.

anak malaysia..

you are wrong about KJ..If he leave now, he will never be able to come back. Remember he got into UMNO you by the backdoor..that is becos he is SIL..and nobody wanted to challenge him.

With FIL as PM..KJ has to max available opportunities to "market" himself. If he doesn't make it up the UMNO ladder when FIL is gone, he is a dead duck. And moreover does anyone here believes Hisham and Najib is comfortable with him. At the slightest chance, he will be sidelined.

For many years, I had hoped for a better future for the nation.

I had given up that hope.

Now, I don't know whether to laugh or cry to hear that there are still people optimistic about a better future for the nation.

RM200 maruah? That sums up everything where the nation is headed .... Indah Water Consortiumlah.

I remember last time somebody said if you want to throw accusations, better make sure you have EVIDENCE or else you could go to jail.

Things have changed now, eh?

If KJ was the nephew of TM would all this be happening......if T Mahaleel is still in charge of ruining Proton would TM be shouting.....if the half bridge is allowed to be built to pander one mans fancy would TM be fuming.........so what this means is the loot is going to the wrong Ali Baba and his 400 thieves...

"They will try to stay in power but, one day, truth will prevail. They will pay a price for converting the Malaysian government to the family government of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi." - Tun Dr Mahathir, 11 Sept 2006

Mukhriz Mahathir won the election -- wonder how many brown envelops he gave out?