ISA Rampage In Malaysia

Portfolio changes today. Dollah to take over the Defense Ministry while Najib to be the Finance Minister. It does not take a genius to figure why such arrangement was made. Image courtesy of The Malaysian Insider, read more here.

On top of that another blogger was arrested at 5PM today. Syed Azidi Syed Abdul Aziz aka kickdefella was arrested at Kota Bahru believed to be under the ISA and his controversial Malaysian flag incident. Malaysiakini reported here.



And a statement made by Dollah Badawi which rather disturbing. Mr. Prime Minister made a statement that opposition leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is a THREAT to the country's economy because of his constantly misleading remarks over investments and promises to topple the government. Read again ISA is detention without trial, no warrant needed and nobody know how long the detention will be. Who is threaten? The country or Dollah himself? Malaysiakini with its report here.

Grrr.....

Anwar Said, "We Have The Numbers!"

Just got back home from the mass gathering to abolish ISA, solidarity call for the recent victims arrested under the ISA, detention without trial.

Great speeches from famous political fighters like Uncle Kit and Penang CM YB Lim Guan Eng. This is the 2nd major political gathering that I participated and the numbers definitely bigger than the previous PROTES 2008 that I attended. Met some prominent political bloggers there as well.

Final speech was from our Prime Minister in waiting, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Publicly, DSAI assured that he has the numbers to form a federal government and in fact today Pakatan Rakyat sent a letter to Dollah Badawi to arrange a meet up. A peaceful transition of power is from BN to Pakatan is one of the agenda in the letter co-signed by DSAI (PKR), Uncle Kit (DAP) & Hadi Awang (PAS). And Malaysia for once see hope when an UMNO minister, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim tendered his resignation today to Dollah. Anwar adviced the public to be patient and expect a surprise from the UMNO hero himself, Datuk Zaid.

Anwar again stressed that if Pakatan comes to power tomorrow, immediate decrease in petrol price and immediate release for all ISA detainees. Insyallah, god-willing, we will be bless in this holy Ramadhan month.

I end this post with few pictures taken at the gathering. Better catch some sleep as I am heading for Sabah later. Good night!

Vigil Tonight, Sabah Tomorrow

It's 6.30PM now. The weather seems gloomy, it seems like rain is unavoidable. Nevertheless, I will be there tonight for the solidarity for RPK. Having the privilege to work in the building beside the stadium, let me update a bit what's happening right now.

They ground peeps are erecting the PA systems and tents. And I can see many individuals setting up tables, perhaps for the buka puasa function later. Hopefully by then the weather will be on our side. For non-muslims, be there roughly around 9PM onwards as our Muslim friends will start their buka puasa session, Maghrib & Isyak prayers followed by Tarawih prayers.

Be there together and expect talks from leaders like YB Lim Kit Siang, YB Hadi Awang & Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Today's vigil expected to end at midnight.

And I will be carrying a big task tomorrow. Tomorrow, Sept 16th, I will be summoned to Sabah. And tomorrow is also a public holiday for Sabah in conjunction of the TYT's birthday. Will be there to see what I can do to make the frogs jump.



Hehehe... no lah, I am just joking. But the real fact is that I am going to Sabah on a project meeting not on politics. I will be back on the same day.

A hectic day. Luckily it's a holiday on Wednesday. See you peeps, let's pray Malaysia Day will come true.

Cheers!

Old Poll Retired, New Nuffnang Poll Kicks Off

I started a Nuffnang poll called "Prime Minister of Malaysia" not too long ago, about 100ish participated and here are my findings.

First question, "Who performed the best as PM for Malaysia since independence?". As expected Tun Dr Mahathir was elected the best performed PM, I too got to agree with this. Many perhaps are saying that the current political turmoil in BN was caused by Tun himself but look around us in Malaysia, whether you like it or not, Tun Mahathir did put Malaysia recognised in the world.

My second question was, "Who is the worst PM for Malaysia since independence?". Without me further elaborating, Dollah won this time around thanks for his flip-flopping and occassionally caught napping in meetings.

Many are unsatisfied with Dollah's administration at the moment. Many are unhappy and wanted change. Just like the rest, I would love to see the coming of Sept 16.

Finally, when asked who will be their most preferred choice to be the new PM replacing Dollah, Anwar garnered the most votes, followed closely by the No.1 blogger in Malaysia, Raja Petra while Najib can barely be seen with just a 11% votes.

Guess most of mikemmery's readers are opting for a change too. With Achmed case now put to rest (he had since been suspended for 3 years), Dollah biggest enemy now is the man who handpicked him as the PM. Tun Mahathir was reported to return to UMNO but... but... his membership will due to the current president's approval. Let's see the drama there. For once, BN looks like an underdog this time around.

Oh ya, I started a new poll, please do play a part of it. Thanks to all previous voters.

Got to run for my pint of Guinness now.

Ciaoz!

Rakyat Independence Day

I am still overjoyed with the Permatang Pauh by-election results. Young adult like me who has never experience the real independence day back in 1957 finally know how it feels to be in one. And the very first live blogging yesterday indeed brought a significant traffic to my site thanks to some blog aggregators.

Throughout 2008, this will be the best week for me. I will be taking a long leave starting tomorrow and will only be back to work next Tuesday. To readers who already plan their trip for this long holiday, if you ever come to Melaka, do buzz me. Add me on my facebook and send me a wall message, will definitely glad to catch up for a drink or two with you peeps.

And a very happy birthday greeting here to one of my buddy & brother. Happy birthday mate. Many happy returns for you ya!



It will be a short post for now. I am on half day leave today, perhaps getting myself wasted again tonight. And oh please, today another person ask me if I am attached or not. Well, I do not think I have that look to charm girls all the time nor do I look like a playboy. I am very much single & available. I am not seeing anyone or whatsoever but I understand at the crossroad age of mine, being single is rare but no worries, I believe there will be someone out there.

Happy holidays to all!!!

RAKYAT MERDEKA

I am back from dinner, sitting in the cosy Kota Damansara Starbucks sipping my cafe latte, smiling, felt good with the victory. Truth will prevail. We put the People's Power into practice. Makkal Sakthi!!!

Just like Pakatan Rakyat poster, we see hope. Big or small or even a glimpse of hope, it definitely the best gift to the country in conjunction of her 51st birthday. Merdeka!!! Merdeka!!! Merdeka!!!

Not just an ordinary win. A win with majority bigger than the 8th March political tsunami. People had enough of Dollah & his chronies. I was having a drink with a friend with accounting background working for KPMG, he said he is worried Anwar's win will vent foreign investors into the country, economy instability. Well my friend, in the first place, who called Anwar an American agent, British agent, Turkey agent, Chinese agent, etc. Giving the benefit of the doubt, can we also label Anwar as the foreign investor agent as well? And on economy instability, look at any ministers in our Cabinet right now, any of them with some economy sense with the country recording the all time high 8.5% inflation?

I am not sure what Anwar can do but I have faith in the changes he is bringing in. This changes are very much needed not for Malay, Chinese, Indian or any minority etnic of the country but this changes will do good for BANGSA RAKYAT MALAYSIA. I do not want to be Malaysia Chinese, I want to be know as Malaysia Malaysian.

Now the country is not in distress, the Malaysian flag for this week will definitely fly high and who is distress now? The rakyat buried BN & UMNO alive.

Still awaiting the final majority. Pity the Chinese speaking Arif for being UMNO's scapegoat. Let's celebrate!!!

UPDATES (10.21PM): Anwar won with a landslide win with a majority of 15,671 votes.

Anwar Back In Parliament

Anwar confirmed back to Parliament. The Sept 16th is no longer just a mere say, the rakyat MERDEKA today. Now, what is interesting here is the majority, keep tuning in, will update live.

Courtesy of Haris Ibrahim of People's Parliament, here is the results sent in.

1) Taman Tun Hussein Onn
Box 1 : Anwar 159 / Arif 100
Box 2 : Anwar 320 / Arif 156
Box 3 : Anwar 334 / Arif 131
Box 4 : Anwar 329 / Arif 106

2) Seberang Jaya
Box 1 : Anwar 158 / Arif 97
Box 2 : Anwar 258 / Arif 7
Box 3 : Anwar 335 / Arif 201
Box 4 : Anwar 369 / Arif 141
Box 5 : Anwar 356 / Arif 161

3) JDM 6
Box 1 : Anwar 178 / Arif 78
Box 2 : Anwar 192 / Arif 80
Box 3 : Anwar 179 / Arif 95

4) Kg Cross Station 2
Box 1 : Anwar 179 / Arif 29
Box 2 : Anwar 411 / Arif 49
Box 3 : Anwar 441 / Arif 34
Box 4 : anwar 381 / Arif 66

5) Siakap
Box 1 : anwar 358 / Arif 203
Box 2 : anwar 411/ Arif 104
Box 3 : Anwar 369 / Arif 141
Box 4 : Anwar 356 / Arif 156

6) Jalan Tuna
Box 1 : Anwar 163 / Arif 95
Box 2 : Anwar 342 / Arif 193
Box 3 : Anwar 344 / Arif 116
Box 4 : anwar 325 / Arif 145

7) Permatang Puah
Box 1 : Anwar 314 / Arif 95
Box 2 : anwar 337 / Arif 60

UPDATES (8.07PM):
More courtesy from People's Parliament
1) Mengkuang
Box 1 : anwar 170 / Arif 115
Box 2 : Anwar 267 /Arif 183
Box 3 : anwar 310 / Arif 136
Box 4 : Anwar 282 / Arif 126

2) Guah Perahu
Box 1 : anwar 136 / Arif 161
Box 2 : Anwar 232 / Arif 236
Box 3 ; Anwar 284 / Arif 176
Box 4 : Anwar 258 / Arif 153

3) Kuala Mengkuang
Box 1 : Anwar 136 / Arif 157
Box 2 : anwar 268 / Arif 274
Box 3 : Anwar 285 / Arif 233
Box 4 : Anwar 291 / Arif 192
Box 5 : Anwar 227 / Arif 206

UPDATES (8.10PM): Be right back, dinner time - I kena sound already. Sorry peeps.

Anwar Expected to Win

The whole reporting team in Permatang Pauh is taking a short break. Will resume reports at 7PM. Latest news courtesy of Malaysian Insider, at 6.25PM, EC's secretary announced that 38,144 or just below 70% voters had cast their ballot. A MP and his son was hit being ghostbusters. Full live feed only from Malaysian Insider.

Hopefully a Merdeka for rakyat at 8PM later when the result is announce.

Stay tune.



UPDATES (7.11PM): Counting of votes begin. Anwar is leading. Yippee Yay Yay!!!

UPDATES (7.20PM): Unofficial stats, Anwar garnered 19,000 plus votes and climbing.

UPDATES (7.30PM): Courtesy of People's Parliament - Anwar has won Seberang Jaya (Arif's stronghold) by a huge majority. Unofficial figure, Anwar 5865 votes versus Arif 1977 votes.

UPDATES (7.45PM): Results are being announced randomly. Khabar angin saying Anwar won big in most of the counting centres. Let's kill the pregnant white hair man political career.

UPDATES (7.51PM): Some PKR sources hinted that Anwar will win with a majority of 18000 and above. Wow!!! Hope this is true. Dollah, WAKE UP!!! :P

NEW UPDATES, NEW POSTER, NEW MALAYSIA here.

Permatang Pauh - The Verdict

UPDATES (6.10PM): It was reported that Dollah the sleepyhead flew back to Kuala Lumpur from Penang. Is Dollah accepting the fact that he is losing and there will be no celebration later in BN camp? Poll results expected to be announced at 8PM tonight.

UPDATES (5.38PM): Statistics - Anwar won 61% of vote based on PKR exit polls. If 80% of registered voters in PP turnout, it means that Anwar gained 28,000 votes compared to Arif 18,000 votes. Source: Malaysiakini

UPDATES (5.32PM): A friend msg saying DSAI won with majority more than 10,000 votes. I cannot assure about the fact but this friend has connection with the media ;)

Many political bloggers blogged live on this. Voting just ended at 5PM. According to Malaysian Insider, votes are not tallied yet but phantom voters and police reports of violence have been. Opposition claims at least five buses of phantom voters while Botak Minister has called this by-election the most violent in our history with 70 police reports made since the Aug 16 nomination day.

Violence? Hmm... Hopefully some good news, a win is expected for Anwar, the matter is how big the margin is. Datuk Seri Wan Azizah won with a majority of 13,000 during the last 8th March political tsunami.

Stay tune, hopefully I can update on the verdict. Blogging live now at Starbucks, Kota Damansara. As at 5.15PM, a fellow friend sent an MSN message, "Anwar won the by-election", will confirm on this later.

On a separate note, have any Maxis users experiencing network problem yesterday? Called up Maxis customer service, was told that the whole of Selangor may experience the problem. My phone was out for at least an hour last evening.

Cheers!

Permatang Pauh By-Election - Final Online Campaign

I was unable to join the rest of other prominent political bloggers in Permatang Pauh. But sehati sejiwa, we should get our prayers answered. Just read Uncle Zorro's latest post from the blogger op centre in Permatang Pauh, you guys rock!!!

Penangites, it's holiday on the 26th for you, this holiday is not just some casual holiday, this day will determine our children & country future. Let's put the People's Power into practise. Makkal Sakthi!!! So, it was reported on MSM that AMK of PKR responsible for the reporter bashing. Before that look at the picture below. Who bashed who?





OK, OK. Some might say PKR people sew it to the vest and snapped the picture and circulated it in the internet. OK, fine. How about this? Remember the Imam in the picture below?



Now, here's the twist. Ustaz Ramlang Porigi who officiated Sai-fool's much publicised swearing on Quran appeared at PKR's ceramah last night and this was what he said,

"SAYA DIARAHKAN"

Hmm... diarahkan by who? Read here, here & here. The choice is clear. Very clear indeed. Will we see another Lin Dan - Lee Chong Wei tomorrow? All the best Pakatan Rakyat!!!

Permatang Pauh - Malaysian Hope

With 2 days to go to Permatang Pauh by-election, I have my duty to spread the news to as many possible. I am not a person who fancy any individual but I am sure I want to see a change in this sad state of Malaysia. For 50 years, this country had been ruled by one political coalition, the BN. Look at the States, British, from Labor to Democrat, from Democrat to Republic, who are the one afraid of change? The BN warned of economical instability if Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is to rule, the BN also warned that Malays' rights will not be uphold should PR form the government. These are mere sayings, have we actually given PR a chance to administrate our country? The logic is simple, it is about people's power, if PR fails us, we kick them out the next election. What is BN afraid of? Or why the component parties in BN fail to voice themselves up?

Not everyone can be a politician. I am not a fan of DSAI but his charisma, his influence, his knowledge & wisdom and his logic overshadowed any other politician in the BN. I believe Tun Mahathir perhaps is the closest rival to DSAI if he is still at power. Badawi just flip-flop too much, his family and his personal life had made him the worst Prime Minister of Malaysia. His poor command of English and his constant caught in the act catching cat-nap in seminars, conferences, meetings, etc - how can this guy run a country?

Like many Malaysians, we do want to see a CHANGE. Permatang Pauh belongs to the PR, until Datuk Seri Wan Azizah sacrificed it to allow his husband to contest the by-election. This is not about an individual, this is about the agenda & manifesto of a political coalition. I definitely do not want the Permatang Pauh be represented by some bogus PhD holder. Let's go for a checkmate! Vote PR!

And do check out the video on Arif Shah courtesy of The Dandelions, you better believe it, it's true, it's true...



The choice is clear innit?

Happy Birthday Datuk Seri

Happy 61st birthday Datuk Seri. All the best on 26th in Permatang Pauh, lawan tetap lawan.

And if ever Anwar becomes PM, Tun Mahathir will be migrating. So big huh the influence?

Oh ya, the mozilla firefox version 3 is out, to be view this site, go download it here.

Happy Sunday!!!

Can We Have More DSAI & RPK In The Country?

First, it was Anwar. Then it was RPK. The government is fully utilizing its machineries to clamp down this 2 icons of Malaysia. These 2 icons stressed again & again, "LAWAN TETAP LAWAN!"

Let's look at the what happened this week.

1. DSAI was served court order to stay away from parliament, to be exact to stay away 5km radius from the parliament, basically it is asking DSAI to be under house arrest as his residence is near to the parliament.
2. DSAI agreed to give his statement at IPK 2PM but was arrested an hour before the timeline at his house with more than a dozen of police vehicles with police in balaclavas (if you play counterstrike, you will know what is it)
3. DSAI cooperated, was even stripped naked and got his private part measured. He slept on the cement slab in IPK.
4. Immediately DSAI was released on bail, RPK's turn to be arrested and charged under criminal defamation.
5. Roadblocks in 22 hotspots to ensure public safety (fucking shit, I was late for work for god sake - 20 of my other colleagues were late that day)
6. Botak in yesterday Star paper said "Syed Hamid: Anwar need not fear giving sample". This botak is trying to influence an ongoing investigation but no action so far against botak. (DNA samples during the 1998 case was too old? Sekolah hutan mana you keluar botak? DNA cannot be manipulated BUT can be planted, see the reason why now? Duh... botak)
7. Private investigator, Bala & nephew's lawyers were called to police station for questioning. (now polis nak takut takutkan lawyers pulak tu, polis tak tau apa tu professionalism kah?)
8. The Oil Debate - So what? We know who won, who is more intellectual and who is from the jungle school but so what?

Government is using its media, its police force, its judiciary system against 2 icons who got the rakyat behind them. We got YouTube, Blogger, Google all behind us.

LAWAN TETAP LAWAN!

The Debate: Anwar Won But So What?

I witnessed the debate between the two politician themselves. Strawberry was grilled, in my eyes he is not in the same league as Anwar. There were clappings for Strawberry though but in my very frank opinion, this shown and clearly indicated from what jungle school these people were from.

Anwar was only in his first gear, Strawberry just does not match the qualities of a MP, if with his knowledge and way of conversing and debating, I think I can be a better MP than him. Stuttering most of the time speak with mouthful of saliva, he failed miserably to stick to the topic, prefer personal attack. Gosh, he lost the debate even in the first round already.

So, Anwar won hands down, but so what? Government will still use all its machineries to nail him down. As expected he is currently arrested. Like I said, what will happen to Strawberry now? Will the fella really resign? No, with this governence, we will not see anything, we will not see change or whatever. Those BN punks are so arrogant. All BN did does not make any human sense at all. Flip-flopping seems to be the trend. Police, A-G, media all pro-BN, what are left for us to do next?

Malaysians do not like to walk the street, demo or rally or whatsoever, never. We were warned, some are afraid, we are like a puppet to this dirty governence. They say sit, most will sit, stand most will stand. Things will change soon, but how? Is BN testing the people's patience? Can the Vendetta really happen in this country? Or we still better sit in our own comfort zone, be quiet, stop critisizing as long as we can find enough to feed ourselves?

Do the government really want to test the People's Power? And my concern here is, does everyone have the same courage & same faith as me?

ENOUGH IS REALLY ENOUGH!!!


See the videos of the debate here.

SHOCKING! Najib Sodomised

Main witness for Altantunya's murder case, P. Balasubramaniam made a stunning claim. Average rakyat like me, after seeing the whole video, I was stunned. What the fuck had happened in this beautiful country?

I smelt shits on police, shits on Attorney General, shits on big politicians, shits on mainstream editors who fail to show the true colours of what's happening in Malaysia. You bastards smelt of shits. Instead, you are trying to use the same fucking old backdoor case to bring the innocence back to jail. I said fuck you!

I do not trust police no more, the top 2 man in Malaysia, if I happen to see you in public, I am going to save my fart for you.

This is fucking shocking. Watch the video.

Royal Rumble In Malaysia

For the first time in Malaysia, we will witness the Royal Rumble. It may look like David versus Goliath but I will put my money & support to the underdogs.

For more details, please read here.

Ladies & gentlemen, let the battle begins...

VERSUS

And special guest match umpire....

Who will be the one who put the final nail in the coffin??? We shall see... ENJOY THE SHOW!!!

Don't Angry With Pak Lah, He's Just A Farmer

Every now on then, we read a lot in blogosphere condemning our current premier "flip-flop" Badawi. I was drinking with a client last night, who is holding director post in a MNC, and we venture our conversation from a business one to a political one when he made the remark, "Correct! Correct! Correct!"

He told me he hates Pak Lah but sometimes come to think about it, all is not well his fault, he was made the PM by Tun Dr Mahathir by chance. And he is definitely not an economist. He is a farmer and Nasi Kandar champion. With his little knowledge about economy, he is relying a lot from the 4th floor boys. He is the classic among all Prime Ministers of Malaysia. He reminded me of the once upon a time famous Chipsmore cookies advert, "Now you see it, Now you don't!"



It is sad to see a farmer championing the country at the moment. You know all the ex-PM in Malaysia were given the title of "FATHER" or "BAPA" depending on their contribution to the nation. Tunku Abdul Rahman was our Father of Independence, Tun Abdul Razak was our Father of Development, Tun Hussein Onn was known as the Father of Unity and as for Tun Dr Mahathir, he was greatly known as the Father of Modernization. As for Badawi, he should be known as Father of what? Bapak apa? With such pressures from the public, he still think he had done nothing wrong and he is not responsible for the political tsunami on 8th March 2008. He asked the people to change lifestyle, like how? Planting veges & rearing chicken?

However, the most discussed topic in any kopitiam now would be will we see the change by Sept 16th dateline as per DSAI say? I am really looking forward to it. We certainly need an individual with great charisma & personality to run the country. Most importantly, someone who understand what economy is. Although I am a bit skeptical but I would give this man the benefit of the doubt should he be the No.1 man of Malaysia. At least, IMHO, he will not flip-flop like the former. I read about his vow to the nation and I believe he can make it happen.



Let's stop ranting about Pak Lah and have faith with the Sept 16th dateline. It's a great weekend.

Hey Pak Lah, jom nasi kandar?