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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Lagi Wakil Rakyat PKR Keluar Parti
A Kadir Jasin

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[MUTAKHIR, 17 April] -- CALON Hulu Selangor, BN P. Kamalanathan, PKR Mohd Zaid Ibrahim, bebas V. Chandran dan Johan Md Diah.

[Posting Asal]

IMEJ dan integriti PKR menderita satu lagi tamparan di saat-saat ia menghadapi ujian genting mempertahankan kerusi Parlimen Hulu Selangor pada pilihan raya kecil 25 April ini.

Kecelakaan terakhir ini berlaku apabila Ahli Dewan Undangan Negerinya bagi kawasan Bakar Arang, Kedah, Tan Wei Shu, keluar parti dan mengisytiharkan diri Adun bebas.

Laman berita Malaysian Insider memetik Tan sebagai berkata dia keluar PKR kerana kecewa dengan kepemimpinan parti yang didakwanya telah memperalatkan beliau untuk kepentingan beberapa orang individu.

Tan, seorang pengamal perubatan tradisional Cina, digugurkan daripada Majlis Kerja (Exco) kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat pimpinan Pas 10 Mac lalu dan digantikan oleh Tan Show Kang, PKR Sidam.

Peletakan jawatan dua PKR dan seorang Adun DAP awal tahun lalu menyebabkan kejatuhan kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat Perak.

Dengan peletakan jawatan Tan, PKR sudah kehilangan lima kerusi DUN dan empat kerusi Parlimen sejak pilihan raya umum 2008, termasuk sebuah akibat pemecatan iaitu Kulim Bandar Baru apabila Zulkifli Nordin disingkirkan atas tuduhan melanggar disiplin parti.

Ini tidaklah menghairankan kalau kita sedari asal usul PKR. Ramai wakil rakyat PKR terdiri daripada pelompat parti dan mereka yang mempunyai ideologi, matlamat dan cita-cita yang berlainan dan bertentangan.

Serentak itu, bilangan pengasas asal parti itu yang terdiri daripada penyokong setia Anwar Ibrahim dan penggerak Reformasi sudah menjadi kelompok minoriti.

Kumpulan yang lebih menonjol dalam PKR kini adalah pelompat-pelompat dari BN, bekas tokoh-tokoh korporat naungan BN dan individu yang mempunyai agenda peribadi.

Bagi pilihan raya kecil Hulu Selangor, PKR dilaporkan akan meletakkan bekas pembesar Umno yang juga Menteri Kabinet Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Mohd Zaid Ibrahim, manakala BN akan mencalonkan Ketua Perangan MIC, P Kamalanathan.

Nota kaki: Tolong ambil maklum sebarang ulasan yang “keterlaluan” mengenai Zaid mungkin tidak dapat saya siarkan kerana kes samannya terhadap saya akibat tulisan dalam blog ini berada di mahkamah.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

CONTEMPT
By
Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
on April 1, 2010 4:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (99) | TrackBacks (0)
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1. One of the principles in law which is believed to ensure that justice is done is that disputes must be settled by a third party.

2. No one should be the prosecutor, the judge and the executioner. In fact the aggrieved party should never be the prosecutor and the judge. Obviously the aggrieved party would be biased in favour of himself.

3. Matthias Chang is now in jail. His crime, if we can call it a crime, is that of allegedly showing contempt of court i.e. not showing the right respect of the judge. Because the judge feels he or she has not been shown respect, then the judge has punished him by sentencing him to a fine or jail. Matthias has refused to pay the fine because it would amount to admission of guilt.

4. It would seem that what was regarded as contempt on the part of the court was Matthias' expression of lack of confidence in the judge who for some reason seemed to Matthias to be biased. Matthias had said he was going to appeal to a higher court over the behaviour of the judge towards him and his lawyers.

5. Is a person, feeling aggrieved over his treatment by a judge not allowed to say that he is not happy with the judge and wishes to appeal to a higher authority?

6. Is an aggrieved person not allowed to claim that a judge is biased? In several recent cases an accused person has demanded that the judge recuse himself for being biased. Indeed we hear of an accused person demanding that the prosecutors be changed because of allegedly being bias. And in fact the persons concerned, who were only doing the work they had officially been tasked with, were not allowed to carry out their usual work.

7. I write this with trepidation because I too can be charged with contempt. But I feel there is a miscarriage of justice here, even if the law seems to uphold the process.

8. If a judge feels that a litigant or an accused person has been in contempt of his court, then the judge should get a third party, and another court to determine whether indeed there is a case for contempt or not and to determine the punishment.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

THE LAW AND THE COURTS
By
Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
on April 10, 2010 10:18 AM | Permalink | Comments (14) | TrackBacks (0)
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1. I think it was the President of the Bar Council who pointed out that the law provides for a judge to accuse a person with contempt of his court and to punish him.

2. I am not disputing this legal provision. But we know of the cynical reference to some laws being an ass. In fact many lawyers would claim that the ISA which provides for detention without trial as bad law, and many have urged that the law be removed from the statute books. The reason cited is that without a hearing in a court of law, the executive has assumed the role of prosecutor, judge and executioner. In todays society this is a denial of justice.

3. But the same people, who strongly object to the Internal Security Act, support the law providing for contempt of court in which the aggrieved judge becomes the prosecutor, the judge and the executioner.

4. Clearly we are seeing double standards in the implementation of justice.

5. To say that the judge knows best as to the culpability of the accused person is to once again breach the principles of justice. A judge should not know and prejudge a case. He should be quite ignorant of the case coming before him and he should allow himself to decide simply based on the evidence put before him, the words of the witnesses and the pleadings of the prosecutor and the counsel for the accused person. If a judge is also a witness to the case then he would be bias and cannot possibly do justice to the case.

6. There is certainly a need for a law against contempt of the court but it should follow the same procedures as applicable to all other cases including being heard by other than the aggrieved judge. The charge should be made properly. There should be no arbitrary arrest before a charge is made. The accused person should be given his right to hear the charge and to state his defences before a judge who is not personally involved.

7. Court procedures would take time but in the case of Matthias Chang, there was really no hurry as he was in fact given one week to pay the fine or be jailed. In fact when he turned up on the stipulated day the judge was not available and he was told to come back the next day.

8. Yet when he willingly went back the next day to surrender, he was told that his arrest would be made in the car park. I suppose this is again standard procedure but it would amount to additional punishment because it would humiliate him.

9. At the time of writing this in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, I am told he is unconscious because he had chosen to protest by fasting against the injustice of the way the law was used by the judge. The Government may not be moved by his act but if it does not than it would compare very badly indeed against the British Raj which responded humanely to the fast by Ghandi.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Hulu Selangor: Seat Allocation Quota Could Jeopardise BN Chances
A Kadir Jasin

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BY MOST reckoning, despite the much-touted recovery of Umno and the strengthening of the Chinese support for Prime Minister Mohd Najib Abdul Razak, neither a Malay nor a Chinese candidate is expected to be selected to represent the grand old coalition in the upcoming Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election.

All indications point to the seat being given once again to the smallest and weakest of BN’s federal party, the Malaysian Indian Congress, which, incidentally, narrowly lost the seat to the opposition PKR in the 2008 general elections.

This is the BN’s dilemma, which could cost the party the seat once again. Not only the MIC is the smallest of the original BN parties in the Peninsula, it also has the least number of followers in Hulu Selangor.

The constituency is dominated by the Malays, who make up nearly 54 per cent of over 63,000 registered electors followed by the Chinese (26.7 per cent) and the Indians (19 per cent).

The speculation is the vanquished BN general elections candidate, G. Palanivel, the MIC’s new deputy president, is the likely choice.

A nice bloke but his close ties with party president S. Samy Vellu, another spectacular MIC loser in the 2008 general elections, is seen as a liability.

Putting an Indian candidate in a Malay majority area with large Chinese community, where the Pakatan Rakyat, via its affiliate Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), will be nominating a Malay candidate, will only weaken the BN’s chances of taking back the seat.

The seat fell vacant due to the death of the PKR’s member, Zainal Abidin Ahmad on March 26. In the 2008 general elections, Zainal Abidin defeated Palanivel by a majority of 198. He polled 23,177 against Palanivel’s 22,979.

Neither Umno nor the BN will dare to acknowledge that the BN lost the seat because of the protest by the Malay voters against the Abdullah Ahmad Badawi-led Umno and their displeasure with the Indians generally.

The huge street protest by the illegal Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf) claiming mistreatment and the manner the MIC reacted to it angered the Malays. The majority of MIC candidates, including Samy Vellu, were thrown out as a result.

The disaffected Malays may have gone back to supporting Umno under Mohd Najib. At least that’s what the party has been saying. But would they vote the BN in Hulu Selangor if the coalition is represented by the MIC?

The BN lost the seat in 2008 largely because of the protest by Umno supporters. They disliked (benci) Abdullah’s Administration and were offended by the Indian protest in late 2007.

The Hulu Selangor election results spoke volumes. The turnout was low – only 75.24 per cent – and the rejected votes and unreturned ballot papers were high – 1,689 – indicating a strong element of protest.

I don’t think the feeling of Umno members and supporters towards the MIC has changed for the better. They remain unconvinced of the MIC’s strength since its leadership remains largely unchanged. Samy Vellu still rules while Umno and the MCA had undergone leadership changes.

Furthermore, the loyalty of Indian voters remains fractured with so many Indian parties and political NGO jostling for their support.

The results of the 2008 general elections clearly showed that the bulk of Indian voters sided with the PR via PKR and the DAP where Indians are represented.

Then there are minor Indian-dominated parties – aligned and unaligned to the BN – like People’s Progressive Party (PPP), the Indian Progressive Front, the Malaysian Indian United Party, the Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party, the Malaysian Indian Democratic Action Front (Mindraf), the Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress and the Punjabi Party of Malaysia.

So, while putting up an MIC candidate may be in line with the BN spirit and enhances the Prime Minister’s stature among the Indians, it could prove to be an uphill battle to convince the majority Malay and the significant Chinese voters to throw their lot behind an Indian candidate who may not be able to even mobilise the full support of his own minority community.

As such, if the PR, via the PKR, retains the seat, it’s not because they are strong but because the BN is yet to fully recover and the quota system it uses to allocate seats among component parties in order to help the minority parties is proving to be a liability.

The PR, especially the PKR, have their fair share of problems. The PKR’s image has been badly tainted by the recent resignations of four of its 31 Members of Parliament. So we may see the repeat of the costly Malay protest against the BN for the wrong choice of candidate.
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Friday, April 02, 2010

Ada Lagi Yang Guna Telaga Dan Tandas Alam Semesta
A Kadir Jasin

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CERITA malang seorang anggota Askar Wataniah mati tertimbus dalam perigi di Gaal, Pasir Putih, Kelantan semalam membawa balik ingatan saya ke zaman serba kekurangan di kampung pada tahun 1950an dan 1960an dulu.

Tetapi sejak akhir-akhir ini, ramai orang kampung gali semula perigi buta atau buat telaga kerana bekalan air paip selalu putus dan tarif air naik. Emak saya pun masih mengekalkan telaga di belakang rumah walaupun airnya masam.

Askar yang mati itu namanya Mohd Amirul Abdul Razak, 21. Daripada usianya, bolehlah saya andaikan yang dia bukanlah daripada generasi yang pakar hal gali dan timbus telaga.

Jadi, mungkin inilah juga sebab dia mati tertimbus ketika menolong dua orang lain iaitu Mohd Firdaus Che Ishak, 19, and Hussin Sultan, 25, menggali perigi. Generasi mereka bukan generasi penggali atau penyelenggara telaga macam generasi saya.

Generasi saya pakar gali telaga. Mandi pagi-pagi buta di telaga. Angkut air dari telaga. Waktu hendak bersunat, kita berendam dalam telaga berjam-jam lamanya supaya kecut dan kebas. Dengan itu, konon-kononnya taklah sakit sangat bila dikhatankan.

Masa saya budak-budak dan remaja, menggali dan menjaga telaga adalah tugas kolektif yang wajib dilakukan setiap tahun pada musim kemarau.

Ada dua sebab kita korek atau pulihara telaga pada musim kemarau. Pertama, tanah kering jadi lebih mudah digali. Kedua, pada musim itulah kita perlu telaga yang lebih dalam sebab aras air bumi (water table) jatuh ke bawah. Kita kena dalamkan telaga sampai berjumpa mata air.

Ini kerja sukar dan boleh bawa maut kalau tidak pakar. Telaga boleh terkambus menimbus kita. Apatah lagi telaga di kampung digali dalam tanah liat atau lumpur.

Hanya orang berada saja yang akan perkuat tebing telaga dengan kalbat (calvert) atau di Utara lebih dikenali sebagai kok.

Bagi telaga yang sedia ada dan tidak masam airnya, kita gali semula setiap tahun untuk membuang lumpur, lanyau dan sampah sarap.

Kalau di Kedah, musim kemarau memang seksa. Kering kontang. Orang Kedah kata kering kong sampai empat atau lima bulan. Kena turun ke sungai lebih empat kilometer pergi balik untuk mandi, mencuci, mengangkut air dan memberi minum kerbau, lembu dan kambing.

Silap-silap air sungai pula payau atau masin kerana dimasuki air laut waktu pasang besar. Ada tahun ikan air payau macam siakap masuk sungai. Durian runtuh. Orang Utara kata raya Hindu.
Waktu itulah nak ke tandas cukuplah susah. Nak solat susah. Nak bercucuk taman langsung tak boleh. Yang boleh hanyalah main wau (layang-layang) dan main bola dalam bendang.

Banyak kerbau lembu mati kebuluran atau terperangkap dalam yoi. Yoi, kelebur dan lanyau adakah peringkat-peringkat lumpur mengikut kepekatannya (viscosity). Yoi sama hebat dengan pasir mendap (quicksand).

Nasib baik waktu itu ada banyak burung ereng/eriang (vultures) yang makan bangkai. Sekarang burung makan bangkai tu dah tak ada sebab dah tak banyak kerbau lembu yang dipelihara. Sekarang semua guna mesin.

Masa itu tandas curah dan tandas simbah belum ada. Hanya pada tahun 1960an dan 1970an baru diperkenalkan di bawah Rancangan Kesihatan Luar Bandar. Buat tandas curah pun dapat bantuan kerajaan.

Sebelum itu kita guna tandas alam semula jadi macam di tebing sungai, atas jambatan buluh, dalam belukar atau rumpun mengkuang. Mungkin tidak bersih tapi mesra alam (eco-friendly) sebab kita berkongsi lokasi dengan kura-kura, tuntung, ikan seluang dan “temekong”, ayam dan agen-agen kitar semula yang lain.

Yang susah wanita dan anak dara sebab ramai kaki mengendap yang ambil kesempatan. Tapi bila mandi di sungai, kita tidak kisah sangat jantina. Wanita mandi atas pelantar dan tangga di tebing sungai, lelaki mandi dalam sungai, atas sampan atau bergayut di batang nipah hanyut.

Sekarang kalau kita cerita pengalaman macam ini kepada anak cucu kita, mereka ternganga atau mereka kata “boring” (membosankan). Bekalan air putus sehari macam nak kiamat satu dunia.

Tapi kalau bukan semua tempat dah tak guna telaga dan sungai. Banyak lagi kawasan pedalaman dan miskin, khasnya di Sarawak dan Sabah, yang belum ada air paip, elektrik dan tandas moden. Mereka masih guna perigi, sungai, pelita minyak tanah dan tandas berpindah dalam semak.

Harap-harap Model Ekonomi Baru tidak melupa dan meminggirkan mereka!
Posted by A KADIR JASIN at 3:04 PM 6 comments
CONTEMPT
By
Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
on April 1, 2010 4:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (32) | TrackBacks (0)
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1. One of the principles in law which is believed to ensure that justice is done is that disputes must be settled by a third party.

2. No one should be the prosecutor, the judge and the executioner. In fact the aggrieved party should never be the prosecutor and the judge. Obviously the aggrieved party would be biased in favour of himself.

3. Matthias Chang is now in jail. His crime, if we can call it a crime, is that of allegedly showing contempt of court i.e. not showing the right respect of the judge. Because the judge feels he or she has not been shown respect, then the judge has punished him by sentencing him to a fine or jail. Matthias has refused to pay the fine because it would amount to admission of guilt.

4. It would seem that what was regarded as contempt on the part of the court was Matthias' expression of lack of confidence in the judge who for some reason seemed to Matthias to be biased. Matthias had said he was going to appeal to a higher court over the behaviour of the judge towards him and his lawyers.

5. Is a person, feeling aggrieved over his treatment by a judge not allowed to say that he is not happy with the judge and wishes to appeal to a higher authority?

6. Is an aggrieved person not allowed to claim that a judge is biased? In several recent cases an accused person has demanded that the judge recuse himself for being biased. Indeed we hear of an accused person demanding that the prosecutors be changed because of allegedly being bias. And in fact the persons concerned, who were only doing the work they had officially been tasked with, were not allowed to carry out their usual work.

7. I write this with trepidation because I too can be charged with contempt. But I feel there is a miscarriage of justice here, even if the law seems to uphold the process.

8. If a judge feels that a litigant or an accused person has been in contempt of his court, then the judge should get a third party, and another court to determine whether indeed there is a case for contempt or not and to determine the punishment.