Stop the tussle

Perkara yang mungkin tidak patut berlaku, kini sedang mendidih di Trengganu Kita. Apa sebenarnya yang sedang terjadi. Ahmad Said telah pun ditauliahkan untuk bertugas sebagai MB, sedangkan Idris Jusoh mengatakan dia menerima watikah perlantikan sebagai MB daripada YAB PM. Kita semua tahu YABPM tiada kuasa untuk melantik MB sesebuah negeri di dalam negara ini. Selama ini kuasa melantik yang diamalkan adalah turun temurun daripada PM kita yang lama, yang secara tidak sedar telah salah guna kuasa melantik MB untuk diperkenankan oleh DYMM Tuanku. Kini Tuanku-Tuanku mungkin dah sedar bahawa merekalah sebenarnya berkuasa memilih dari kalangan Yang Berhormat sebagai Menteri Besar.

Pada ketika ini, Penasihat undang-undang negara kita, juga dikenali sebagai Pendakwa Raya - the Attorney-General, (datuk gani)sedang cuba untuk bertemu dengan DYMM YDP Agong bagi menyampaikan maksud sebenar perlembagaan negeri itu berkaitan dengan perkara lantikan YAB MB. Tapi usahanya untuk berjumpa pun belum berjaya lagi... susah, dan susahlah nampaknya keadaan di T'ganu Kita...


Harap-harapnya bukan begitu. Kalau DYMM tak suka pada Idris, dan orang UMNO pula tak suka pada Mat Said, tukar saja orang lain yang berkenan di hati DYMM... susah sangat ke?

Sultan mungkin tak akan tukar orang lain, tetapi usaha yang tertentu boleh dibuat bagi mengambil jalan tengah yang bersesuaian dengan keinginan Sultan.. mesti ada punya jalan sebegini sebab Sultan pun tidak mahu negerinya kucar kacir...... Malu pada negeri-negeri lain yang tak biasa dengan peristiwa begini, kan?

The swing in Penang that caught everyone by surprise

Koh congratulating Ramasamy who knock him out late last Saturday

TAN Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon looked like the world had collapsed around him on Saturday night.

In a way, it had.

The state government he had led for 18 years had been defeated by the combined might of the DAP, PKR and PAS. His own Gerakan party candidates had been wiped out in Penang and the party was quite out in the cold nationally.

This was probably the worst moment in his political life.

His hair needed a comb, his face was pasty and each time he smiled, it looked more like a grimace. Most of all, he looked defeated.

But the ex-Chief Minister has emerged as the perfect gentleman politician even as the winds of change swept most of his Barisan Nasional colleagues off the political stage.

At 11.45pm he went on national TV to concede defeat to his opponents, as was the constitutional thing to do. He was composed, in control of his emotions and, above all, professional.

He has not had an easy relationship with the media but he won their respect that evening.

Earlier, at 9pm, he had telephoned state DAP chairman Chow Kon Yeow to do the same. He also told Chow that he had informed the Yang di-Pertua Negri of the election outcome.

He also appealed for the people to stay calm because he knew that change of this nature was bound to cause anxiety on the ground.

It was a sudden and stunning end to almost 40 years of Barisan rule in this state.
“They had one bird in hand but they wanted the two in the bush,” said Dr Koh’s operations director O.K. Hun.

The question on many people’s lips now is: How did Dr Koh not see it coming?

The Barisan loss in Penang was devastating. The once invincible coalition had lost 11 of the 13 parliamentary seats it contested. At the state level, it lost 29 out of a total of 40 seats.

It was a night when predictions, assumptions and stereotypes went flying out of the window.
“It looks like our own intelligence sources have gone haywire,” said Hun.

The Chinese vote swing was expected but the degree of swing stunned everyone.
Even before the polls, people had been talking about the “compensation swing” which had been twice postponed – in 1999 when the Chinese backed the ruling party and in 2004 when everyone was swept along by goodwill for the new Prime Minister.

This time, the Chinese swing was not about punishing MCA, which had done a credible job on many Chinese issues, but it was to punish Umno over issues ranging from the revival of the NEP to incidents of “body snatching”.

Issues like Dr Koh’s less than sterling track record, the indecisiveness over the Chief Minister’s post and the fiasco over the indelible ink added to the overall mood.

The Indian vote, a loyal bloc of Barisan votes, also abandoned the coalition.

But the most startling was the Malay swing. West coast Malays are seen as conservative and moderate, yet they snubbed Umno at the ballot box in traditional strongholds like Balik Pulau and turned against a former Umno deputy minister in Nibong Tebal.

There were push and pull factors where the Malay vote was concerned.

It is possible that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad provided the push – that much of what he had said about government leaders had resonated among urban Malays who then took it to the ballot box.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was without a doubt the pull factor. West coast Malays are not drawn to PAS the way their east counterparts are but Anwar and PKR are an acceptable alternative to them.

People were curious about Anwar, not many had seen him in the flesh since his release and he spoke the populist language.

In Permatang Pauh, older women would hold Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail’s hands, kiss her on both cheeks and say, “Sayang!” as though she were their younger daughter.

Even social critic Dr Chandra Muzaffar’s vilification of Anwar was like water off a duck’s back. Curah air ke daun keladi says the malays.

But the Opposition also had a credible line-up. The new DAP and PKR faces were all professionals, clean-cut and not lugged down by political baggage.

For example, the new Bukit Bendera MP and political scientist Liew Chin Tong is a brilliant strategist who helped Lim Guan Eng plot their assault on Penang.

On the campaign trail, IT consultant and blogger Jeff Ooi had the sharpest learning curve among the lot and he talked and sang his way into voters’ hearts.

The Chinese have always been very tactical with their votes but some are asking whether they have gone overboard this time.

The scenario of a largely Chinese government bench versus an all-Umno opposition bench in Penang is unlikely to add to ethnic relations in the state, something that the new government will have to be very sensitive to.

And while the ground had seemed silent to the Barisan candidates, it was not to the other side.
The DAP-PKR pact knew they would win after the first rally at the Han Chiang High School. After the second and bigger rally, they knew they would get more than one-third of the seats.

“But we did not imagine the sweep would be so massive,” said Liew. Not even when the calls started coming while the votes were being counted.

Seats were falling to them like dominoes and when Pulau Tikus, a state seat favouring Gerakan’s Datuk Seri Dr Teng Hock Nan fell by a 6,106-vote majority to them, they knew they were on the way to a landslide win.

Their supporters were celebrating but the mood among the victors was quite sober because they know they will have to do better than the people they replaced if they do not want to be replaced in five years’ time.

Taken from The Star 10th March 2008 written by Joceline Tan its columnist.

Khairy to blame for BN's electoral defeat

Mar 9, 08 9:05pm

I think his son-in-law played a big role (in the defeat). This young man who has no achievements before but apparently the PM listens to him. said Mahathir at a press conference.


Are you surprised by the results?

Mahathir: I think it’s shocking. Although I expected BN to lose but I did not think that they lost five states.

I'm sorry that I made the wrong choice in Pak Lah. I never expected a PM to reverse all the policies of the government. So I think the people on the whole must have been very angry. All the three communities, the Chinese, the Malays and the Indians, have reacted.

Will Tun pressure Pak Lah to resign?

I think he should accept responsibility for this. Just as in 2004, the huge majority, the huge victory was purportedly due to him 100 percent. Now he should accept 100 percent of the responsibility.

What do you mean by taking responsibility?

He has destroyed Umno, destroyed BN. And he has to be responsible for this terrible defeat.

If he doesn't want to take responsibility, do you think that Umno will do something to make him go?

I think Umno people on the ground are fearful of this man as they have never been before. During my time they would challenge me. Here I was not allowed to speak. I was given invitations to give talk to Umno members but these were withdrawn. They say that the police told them to withdraw it.

When you say ‘step down’, do you mean (from) Umno or PM?

I think he should (step down). The Japanese would have performed ‘hara-kiri’. I think that Najib (Razak) has done very well. He has scored an amazing victory, more than the 2004 elections.

What do you think led to this defeat?

I think his son-in-law (Khairy Jamaluddin) played a big role. This young man who has no achievements before but apparently the PM listens to him more rather than the police, the special branch and the armed forces, who are closer to the ground. They were so taken up with their own newspaper reports that they couldn't hear anything else. They dismissed everything they didn't like.

Do you think the timing of the election was a miscalculation?

It can be called a miscalculation but I doubt if they had waited another year, the results would have been any different.

What were the issues which led to the loss of the states?

Many issues led to the pent-up feelings of the citizens of which despite the economic growth, the people aren't feeling anything. They feel the rise in the cost of living a big factor. They also see that this government is run by one family. When family takes precedence over cabinet, over government, then people will be against it.

Do you think this damage is permanent for BN?

Everything can be reversed if you do things properly. They have been so arrogant that they have suppressed any opinions they don't like and believe in their own reports which are not consistent with what is really happening in the country.

With the opposition making so much inroads in Malaysia, what do you think will happen?

Well, there will be instability for some time. If the opposition is good, they should be able to remedy the situation.

Do you think that Anwar Ibrahim is still relevant?

I think he is relevant but he is not going to become the prime minister of this country.

If you were in Pak Lah's shoes, would you be in a hurry to form the government?

I would take responsibility. If the people want me to resign, I would resign.

After this setback, do you think that Barisan has any hope to remedy this situation?

There is hope. But whether the leaders have the will to repair BN is another question.

Who should succeed Pak Lah?

Najib won by 26,000 votes and this is much more than in 2004 when the BN was very, very popular. On the other hand, Pak Lah - who had a majority of 18,000 before - only has a majority of 11,000 now. The fact is that he lost a number of votes. And there are not many people who have improved (their majority) since 2004.

(Najib???? Boleh caya ke orang ini?)

Yes, his son-in-law won but he only won by a small majority, smaller than previously. He was also in a safe seat.

How to cure Umno?

The person responsible should retreat.

If the Malays had not voted for opposition this would not have happened. Why did the Umno supporters vote for opposition this time?

They feel their situation is under pressure. Inflation is high. Their lives are on the line. The people know that you can say that there is 6 percent growth but where is the 6 percent on their body? They are having to spend more money.

I've said this to Malaysiakini. When you say 6 percent, it is an average. This can be achieved by one person having a very high percentage but the rest have nothing. You can't have this sort of figures and expect people to vote for you.

The intelligent people would know that this is not correct. Those that don't understand all these figures, rather be guided by what is actually happening to them. What is happening to them is the higher cost of living and a lowering of their standard of living.

Going back to the 1969 elections, after the Alliance had lost, you were one of the main agitators for the prime minister (Tunku Abdul Rahman) to transfer his powers to his deputy (Tun Abdul Razak)...

I am in a dilemma as I'm an Umno member.

Are you the agitator again?

I will voice out my opinion. If people ask, I will give my opinion. And my opinion in this matter is that the person responsible should step down.

Looking at the current BN line-up, do you think that the BN government can manage the economy?

No, I don't think they can manage. Even when they have full force and tons of money at their disposal they have not done anything.

Why?

You have to ask the state leaders.

Penang has fallen to DAP, how do you think this will affect the Malays?

It's not just about Penang. If we want to correct that, we have got Malay leaders, we've got a Malay government and the citizens who are Malay must know how to overcome their problems.

What can veterans like Tengku Razaleigh (Hamzah) do to help Umno at this juncture?

They can give ideas.

Is it to revolt and cause Pak Lah to resign?

I am not talking about a rebellion but there must be pressure. And if that pressure is ignored by Pak Lah, then this would turn the matter into a heated confrontation.

Do you think that the opposition success is attributed to Anwar?

I don't think it is so. This is more of something against BN than strong support for the opposition.

They (voters) have no choice. If you don't vote BN, who do you vote for? There are only two candidates. So you vote for the opposition or you don't vote at all. Either way, the BN was going to lose a lot of support.

People say that Umno is still afraid of Pak Lah. So how can they pressure Pak Lah to step down?

I'm sure that there are some brave members out there.

Are there any alternatives for Pak Lah other than to resign?

I don't see any other alternative. The man that is 100 percent responsible has to show that he is responsible.

Some people were saying if BN's two-thirds majority is denied, a repeat of May 13 would take place. Why won't it happen now?

No I don't think it would happen. In the first place, the police have been very careful, telling people no demonstration and no parades.

In 1969, the police gave permission for the opposition to hold a victory parade. And they went to Kampung Baru and started insulting the people there, which caused a reaction. This ended up as a riot. If the police remain strong on these demonstrations and victory parades, I don't think there will be any problems.

Is it time to end racial politics?

I'm going to tell you this (rejection of BN) involves all the races. It's not as if the Chinese reject BN or all the Indians reject BN. Here, you see Chinese, Indian and Malay reject BN except for Sabah and Sarawak.

Umno has retained more seats compared to the other component parties like MIC and MCA. Will they pressure Pak Lah to step down?

That depends on them to whether to apply pressure or not but the Barisan Nasional concept is still relevant. If there is no (MIC chief S) Samy Vellu, then find another Vellu.

Can you comment on Zam (Zainuddin Maidin)? I like this answer.... ha ha

He won or lost? Oh, he lost. Well, the way he was campaigning was really funny, telling people to look at his face and how it doesn't change. But I think that a face that doesn't change can be very boring. Sometimes you must laugh, sometimes you must cry.

He was telling everybody "Ini muka tak bertukar, tak bertukar". Who is interested in his ‘wajar’? If he was Britney Spears, then….

If you had suffered the same defeat, would you have resigned too?

Yes, I would resign if that is the wish of the people. I've always abided by the wish of the people, so much so that people who were against me were brought back into the cabinet, and that includes Pak Lah, Syed Hamid (Syed Albar), Rais Yatim and (Abdul) Kadir Sheikh Fadzil. All these (leaders) were against me.

But when Pak Lah was elected vice-president, I cannot (not appoint him) as he was wanted by Umno. As such I appointed him back into the cabinet.

But you did not resign in 1999?

I did not because we won two-thirds. We won with full Chinese support. Yes, we lost Terengganu and Kelantan but we have always lost Kelantan and Terengganu was for very specific reasons.

Did BN lose because too many people like Samy Vellu had hung on to power too long?

I think that Samy Vellu played a big part in the defeat. When he was in BN, he doesn't allow any of the MIC people to come up to his level. If they come up (to be) deputy or vice-president, he will knock them down and even expel them from the party.

And he wouldn't allow any other Indian party to join BN. (MG) Pandithan tried to join, begged me to allow him and I wanted to agree but we have this consensus in BN that if one party doesn't agree we cannot accept them.

Are you surprised by (ISA detainee) M Manoharan's victory?

This has happened before in 1959 or is it 1964, when PAS used to go from village to village carrying the candidate's shoes and he won.

What can you say about the media’s - especially the mainstream ones' - role in this campaign? Do you think that there should be changes there?

There should be changes. They should report what actually happens and make a proper analysis. Before, they were able to feed back to me what was happening on the ground. Maybe, when they talk about races and things like that, I would have to clamp down on them, which I did in 1987.

Should all the bosses of the newspapers resign too?

They have their constraints. Some of them are my friends and supporters too and they apologise say that they can't help. "It's all this Kali. This Kali," they tell me.

Has Umno become irrelevant?

For the moment, yes. It's not always so. If Umno serves the country well, and looks after all the different races, then Umno will be relevant again.

What is your comment on the young BN candidates losing?

There is this rumour that some of these candidates are Khairy's and that he wants to be prime minister.

Do you think that other BN component leaders should resign too?

I think that one component leader has already been knocked out. As for Ong Ka Ting, it's up to him. This is a very bad defeat for him and MCA and it's never been this bad before.

Everyone says that PAS and DAP cannot work together but if they don't in Selangor and Perak, they can't form state government. What is your take on this?

If they work together they can form state government. If not, then representatives of Umno - if there are many - can form a minority government. But it will be a shaky government.

Are you sad with the results?

Yes, I am although I had hoped that a message would be sent to the government.

Will you return to active politics?

I won't return to active politics but if they want advice, I can give them. How can I return when once I stepped down they treated me like a pariah?

Wake-up Call

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysians awoke on Sunday to the biggest sea-change in politics in almost 40 years, with opposition Islamists and reformists winning control of five states and giving the government a humiliating wake-up call.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's multi-racial National Front coalition won just a simple majority in parliament, and his future as leader is in doubt after he watched a record majority collapse to the weakest level ever.

His predecessor, Mahathir Mohamad, urged him to quit. "He should accept responsibility," said Mahathir who now says he made a mistake in picking Abdullah as his successor and that the current deputy premier, Najib Razak, should have taken over.

The streets were unusually quiet on Sunday, with many older Malaysians fearful of trouble. The last time the coalition suffered a heavy setback, in 1969, race riots erupted. Barisan has effectively ruled since independence from Britain in 1957.

"I am shocked. It feels Malaysia is a whole new country. It feels like it has been reborn," Daniel Sia, a 27-year-old civil engineer, said as he did some Sunday shopping in the capital.
Lai Yee Fei, 28, who works at a coffee bar beneath Kuala Lumpur's soaring twin towers, said she was glad that Malaysia now had a strong opposition to press the government.

"It's good to give some pressure for Barisan Nasional," she said. "If the opposition parties can stand up for us, on behalf of us, I think it's good."

Abdullah, who only four years ago led the coalition to a record election victory on a wave of hope for change, faced a bleak political future on Sunday, his aides stunned but not willing to concede that he must step down.

"Frankly, this is not really the time because a lot of component parties (of Barisan) have been decimated," one close aide said, declining to be identified. "We have lost a few people and I think it's time to consolidate."

Abdullah's humbling performance nationally -- the coalition ended up with 62 percent of federal seats, down from 90 percent previously -- was compounded by the fact that his own home state, the industrial heartland of Penang, fell to the opposition.

ISLAMISTS ON THE RISE

The leftist Chinese-backed Democratic Action Party (DAP) won Penang, the hub for Malaysia's electronics industry, which accounts for about half of exports.

The opposition Islamist party PAS scored shock victories in the northern heartland states of Kedah and Perak and easily retained power in its stronghold in northeastern Kelantan state.
DAP and PAS also joined the People's Justice Party, or Parti Keadilan, to take control of the industrial state of Selangor and almost all the seats in capital Kuala Lumpur.

Political experts and economists wondered aloud whether the Barisan government could now pursue its agenda, including plans for $325 billion in development zones across the country.
Without a two-thirds parliamentary majority, Barisan can no longer change the constitution or make some key appointments and could struggle to alter electoral boundaries, powers that the opposition have long maintained were abused by Barisan.

"This is probably not good news for the equity market or the ringgit," said Tim Condon, Singapore-based head of Asia research for investment banking.
The pro-government media, Abdullah's cheer-leader during the campaign, changed tack on Sunday, urging Barisan to ensure better job and education opportunities in this multi-racial nation.
Malaysia is largely a mix of ethnic Malays, which make up about 55 percent of the population, and ethnic Chinese and Indians, who account for about a third.
A protest vote from Chinese and Indians, upset over what they saw as racial inequality in terms of business, job and education opportunities, had been expected. The Indians were merciless, voting out the leader of the coalition's Indian component party and handing a seat to an Indian activist currently in detention.

But Malays, who are all Muslims and traditionally support Barisan in good times and bad, completed a perfect storm for the government, handing the opposition Islamists a record vote in what was perceived as a protest against rising prices.

"Tomorrow we will start building a brighter future," said opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim, de facto leader of Parti Keadilan, which emerged as the biggest opposition party in federal parliament with 31 seats. "This is a new dawn for Malaysia."

Anwar, a Malay and former deputy premier, is widely seen as the only politician who could unify the ideologically divided opposition into a coherent and credible political force, though many political experts see this an almost impossible task.

Anwar was banned from standing in the elections because of a criminal record -- he spent six years in jail until 2004 on what he called trumped-up charges -- but is expected to take over his old seat from his wife, who has held it since his 1998 jailing.

Results from the elections commission as of 0320 GMT showed the National Front with 137 seats in the 222-seat parliament versus 82 for the opposition, with 3 seats still being tallied.

(Writing and additional reporting by Mark Bendeich; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
from REUTERS.

Be Level Headed, Okay?

Hampir seharian kelmarin, sukar untuk akses internet, lebih-lebih lagi apabila tiba waktu pengumuman keputusan pilihanraya. Sejak jam 10.30 malam, laman-laman sesawang yang sedang kami satu family melayari menggunakan empat buah komputer tiba-tiba terhenti. Butang refresh yang ditekan berkali-kali tidak lagi memberi sebarang tindakbalas kecuali Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Frust menongging......

Apapun tv coverage di RTM1, TV3, Astro Awani dan BRTV, memang hebat malam tadi, dan kami sekeluarga lenguh tangan memberi high-five to one another.... every time the 'good news' diumumkan. Among the best news comes from two Sungai's namely, sg siput and sg petani, ha ha ha ...... cheerful nite really.

That Toyo is still around, wonder why they still keep him?

Well, almost all the northern states has made up their minds, followed by Perak dan Selangor. This will probably last for another elections, at least...... believe me!

Whatever it is, we should all pray and hope that the sovereignty of the country remains as it should be and we as level headed Malaysian continue to behave and give the fullest support to the goverment of the day............. don't forget that, okay?

Barisan reels from worst-ever election performance

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is in shock.

The Barisan Nasional is reeling from its worst-ever election performance. While it managed to keep Terengganu and will form the next government, it lost Penang, Selangor Kedah and Perak to the Opposition and failed to recapture Kelantan.

Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in accepting the results, said this was clear proof of democracy at work in the country. He urged people to remain calm and not take to the streets to celebrate.

Earlier, as reports spread of Barisan’s mounting losses, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan warned the public not to hold any victory celebrations or spread rumours of rioting and that the Internal Security Act would be used against offenders caught.

Musa’s concern is understandable considering Barisan’s losses are even bigger than what the ruling party experienced in the 1969 general election.

In that election, Gerakan, as an Opposition party, won Penang while PAS took Kelantan.
Barisan Nasional's predecessor, the then Alliance haul of just 74 out of 144 parliamentary seats enabled it to form the government by a simple majority.

Yesterday, Barisan reached the simple majority by winning 112 out of the 222 parliamentary seats by 1am. Results show Sarawak and Sabah and Johor, the traditional bulwarks of the coalition, delivering the most number of seats – 24 from Sarawak, 29 from Sabah and 25 from Johor.

MCA is the biggest loser but a unhappy close second is Gerakan which lost its crown jewel, Penang, the state it had ruled for 39 years.

MIC failed badly, too, with its top leadership rejected by the voters.
Hence, the election saw the shock defeats of some of the biggest personalities on the Malaysian political landscape – MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu who lost to PKR’s Dr D. Jeyakumar; Gerakan acting president Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon who had planned to move to the federal level by contesting in the Batu Kawan parliamentary seat lost to DAP’s Dr P. Ramasamy and PPP president Datuk M. Kayveas was knocked out of his Taiping seat by DAP’s Nga Kor Ming.

Deputy Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil was beaten by PKR fledging Nurul Izzah Anwar while Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun was unseated by entrepreneur-turned-DAP politician Tony Pua. Datuk Lee Hwa Beng, the popular Selangor state assemblyman, lost in his bid for the Kelana Jaya parliamentary seat to yet another political newbie, Loh Gwo-Burne.
News of possible upsets started trickling in shortly after Election Commission chief Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman announced at a 7.30pm press conference that the highest voter turnout was in Kelantan and Putrajaya (81% each).

By 8pm, unconfirmed reports said that PAS had retained Kelantan. (Putrajaya incumbent Tengku Adnan Mansor retained his seat too.)

Next to come were reports of Penang falling like ninepins to the DAP and seats in several other states once deemed safe were turning shaky for the BN incumbents.

It was all over in Penang for the Barisan by 9pm when DAP clinched 19 of the 40 state states.
Acting Gerakan president Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon conceded defeat in a press conference at 11.30pm.

Selangor’s fall came when PKR, DAP and PAS took 33 of the 56 state seats at about 10.30pm. Kedah and Perak quickly followed.

Why? Where did we go wrong?

The last week saw some of elections fever posting on this blog mainly due to increasing pressure of uneasiness that comes everytime you switch on your tv set and saw the uninviting blattering of pro-goverment media campaign which make me sick and tired of all this political drama. The BN's top leadership should have sense the ground temperature months ago, and made effort to rectify the loopholes and weakpoints in its strategy to win the elections, but they fail to do it, regardless of having the best campaign machinery to work up to their expectations.

Instead, its leaders choose to shout about being the only one which is able to form a goverment and accused the oppostion parties of being in dissarray and without someone to even be a prime minister. They reminded the people that they and no one else could ever give this country the peace, stability and harmony, forgetting the real world faced by the countries citizens.

As mention before, security for the nation remains the number one priority be it for the malays, chinese, indians or other races. The country is plaqued with millions of foreigners whom we have to share our living space with. We too share the living expenses with this group of people, considering that almost whatever we consumes everyday, we have to import in from outside Malaysia. These foreigners also creates less jobs opportunities other than confusion on the safety of our compounds right infront of our homes!

Talking about injustice could just make things worst as more of the non malays sees the pro-malay goverment acting selfishly, like holding the kris, though in only a couple of occasions, but the being repeated umteened times by their controll mass media as a footage for their own greed and stupid arrogance.

There are too many issues that are easily exploited, right to the flimsy reasons by the very own Elections Commisions that made wee hours turnaround on several important elections rules and regulations and to the last minute promised of grants and allocations to build new school buildings for the needy schools namely the Chinese and Tamil types primary schools to show they now care and they also have the power and money to buy things up!

The malays as always, want to remain faithful to their leaders but the leaders seems to have their own cliques, as if this group of people are the YB's people and the rest are nothing. No wonder they never share the views of the larger group who stays a distance from their YB and his men. This makes talks among the former group grew into discontend and spread into hartred for some.

Unmistakenly, these voices are put into the ballot box and only when night falls on the 8th of March, this leaders suddenly ask themselves ....... WHY? Where did we go wrong.....?

Still on DNA -

This is an article taken from - http://nurinjazlin.blogspot.com


A number of readers suggested that a second DNA should have been taken to erase all doubts.

This was what our stand initially as well upon being bried on the DNA report by the PJ OCPD at 10.00 p.m., 20th September 2007.

However, as explained in my earlier post, it was the parents who had decided to rely on the DNA coupled with the dental records in their decision to claim the body (of which now has been confirmed as Nurin) along with the acceptance that the body had various other similar features to Nurin indeed in the wee hours of Friday, 21st September 2007.

With that decision, the earlier arrangement made with IPD Petaling Jaya for a second DNA test coupled with veryfing the body against Nurin's medical records, thumb print etc on that Friday morning was called of.

When the parents informed the Police that we are now would be claiming the bosy instead, the body was then prepared accordingly to Islamic rites (mandi mayat).

When we arrived at the mortuary to collect the body, it all clear to everyone, including Jazimin that the body was no other than Nurin.

This might sound like coming from a religious movie script, but that is the fact, the face was now recognisable eventhough just a day before it was not.

There is a "hikmah" in this, the act of the parents agreeing to the DNA results (which was made available to them last), had sort of avoided the body to continue to be in limbo for a few more days.

Therefore, the family is genuinely certain that the body claimed was none other than Nurin, and there is no necessity for a second DNA test.

It is rather unfortunate that there are some parties who are trying to cast doubts to the mother's mind by continuosly asking whether she was certain of the body was Nurin and not someone else.

They had actually "integorated" her at the burial grounds itself, at a time when one was in their lowest point.

They have actually succeeded in getting some "confessions" from the mother that fits their agenda to paint the Police force as an (one) "unreliable" and "despicable" force that works around conspiracy theory.

So readers, if you are to come across any notion of such in any press (or article) reports within the next few days, please take my word, you can actually chuck the whole newspaper into the dustbin as the journalism practice in getting that news scoop was totally deplorable.

No one should be casting any doubt that Nurin has been safely buried at 2.45 pm 21st September 2007 at the Ibu Kota Muslim Burial Grounds, Kuala Lumpur.

Nurin laid to rest

Norazian Bistaman sprinkling holy water on her daughter Nurin's grave.
She was buried at around 2.25pm after which the talqin (burial rituals) was recited at 2.32pm.

KUALA LUMPUR: The body of the missing girl Nurin Jazlin Jazimin, 8, was finally laid to rest at the Ibu Kota Muslim Cemetery in Taman Danau Kota on Friday.

It was an emotional scene as scores of solemn faces of all races paid their last respects to Nurin and offered condolences to the family.

Tears and sweat trickled down Jazimin's face as he eventually broke down and hugged his wife Norazian Bistaman, who was crying and did not utter a word throughout the funeral.

Earlier in the day, Jazimin, Nurin's father, was calm and composed when he claimed Nurin's body at the Hospital Kuala Lumpur mortuary at around 11.15am.

Jazimin, who was clad in a baju melayu and black trousers, was accompanied by family members and relatives.

He evaded reporters and sped off in a hearse that was carrying Nurin's body.

They arrived at the the Madrasah As Sa'adah in Section One, Wangsa Maju where Nurin's body was brought for the prayer for the deceased at around noon.

Jazimin told reporters that he willingly accepted the DNA results, which proved that his wife's DNA and his matched that of the body found stuffed in a sports bag on Monday.

The prayer for the deceased was conducted after the Friday prayers before Nurin's body was brought to the burial ground.

At least 400 people including family, relatives, friends and well-wishers regardless of race and age expressed their condolences at the madrasah.

Roads leading to the madrasah were congested with a few police personnel manning the traffic and there was a long queue of cars looking for parking.

On Thursday, Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed that the results of the DNA test done on the blood sample taken from the dead girl matched that of Jazimin, 33, and his wife Norazian, 35.

Both parents were at first adamant that the body found stuffed in a sports bag was not their daughter, saying the body did not look like Nurin.

The parents said that Nurin had a scar on her thigh and that her teeth did not have gaps like that found on the body.

- The Star

Pond squat issue: Settled, all is forgiven

The dust has settled over the infamous "pond squat" issue and SMK Bawang Assan school warden Wee Yim Pien has been forgiven.

She has also apologised to the families for forcing some 170 girl boarders into a fishpond last week.

Wee, 27, who is also the schools' English teacher, with a Master's degree, had meted out the punishment over repeated dumping of sanitary pads in the school's toilet bowls.

The school’s parent-teacher association chairman Jimmy Kiu said: "Everybody has forgiven her."

He added that the parents and the students wanted the teacher to stay.
"We do not want the students to suffer as the PMR examination is coming.
“The incident is settled in good faith.It is hoped that there is no more a repetition,” Kiu said in a telephone interview on Thursday.

This followed a meeting attended by Kiu, Wee, school principal Kandon Ngadi, Sibu divisional education officer Charles Tiong. parents and Deputy Education Minister Datuk Noh Omar’s special representative Shashim Shah on Wednesday.

An emotional Wee was seen hugging some of the parents and shook hands with others as the episode came to an end.

Kiu said it would be up to the state Education Department to decide whether action should be taken against Wee. (Masih tak puas hati kot)

Shashim said the department’s report on the investigation into the incident had been sumbitted to the Education Ministry, which would decide if any action would be taken against Wee.

Asked if Wee would continue as the warden, Kiu declined to comment, saying that this was the school’s administrative matter. The school has more than 500 students, including some 300 borders.


An earlier report by the same newspaper

1. Teacher in ‘pond squat’ case not suspended

KUCHING: The SMK Bawang Assan warden who forced 200 schoolgirls to squat in a pond as a form of punishment is not under suspension.

State education director Rabiah Johari clarified that Wee Yim Pien, also the school’s English teacher, had not gone on leave as reported.
“She is back teaching at the school,” she told reporters after receiving anti-bullying posters for schools. “A police report has not been lodged.”

Rabiah said the department would decide on the next course of action when the probe was completed. She said the department did not condone what Wee had done but pointed out that teachers needed to take disciplinary action against errant students.

“We don’t want teachers to not discipline students as this will lead to social problems. In a case like this, we do not look only at the teacher’s actions but also whether she was feeling pressured or stressed.

“After all, according to reports she had been trying for three years to get the students to dispose sanitary pads properly and not clog the toilets,” she said.

The Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) has come out in support of its members accused of meting out harsh punishment on students.

Its president William Gani Bina noted that teachers and school heads were helpless as they could not reply to the accusations thrown at them in public.
“No teacher or school head who is in the right frame of mind would mete out excessive punishments,” he said adding that student indiscipline was on the rise.
He said there were an increasing number of students who have total disregard for school authority, and disobeying orders and directives.

Meanwhile the school’s parent-teacher association chairman Jimmy Kiu said Wee had apologised to the parents in a meeting yesterday.

Following the apology, he said the parents withdrew their demand (wow, depa bayaq gaji kot)for Wee to be transferred out.


2. Ministry to probe squatting incident

The Education Ministry will carry out a thorough investigation into a claim that 200 girl boarders in Sarawak were forced into a fish pond as punishment because one of them left a sanitary towel in a toilet bowl.

Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said an investigation was under way to establish what actually happened.
It was reported that the girls from a secondary school in Sibu were forced to squat in the murky fish pond for an hour.

The Form One to Form Five students were allegedly forced into the pond inside the school compound from 4pm on Wednesday by a woman warden.
The warden watched over them with an umbrella as it was raining.

“We do not want to point fingers at anyone now but we will take action against those who are wrong,” Hishammuddin told reporters after attending the convocation of 500 teachers at the Teachers Training Institute here yesterday.

In Kuching, Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department Fatimah Abdullah said the case should be brought to the school’s disciplinary board and a report handed over to the state education department.

Fatimah said any punishment meted out must be in accordance with the school’s rules and regulations.
“But I’m sure the punishment for those caught throwing a sanitary pad into the toilet bowl is not asking them to squat in a pond.”

The school's parent-teacher association chairman Jimmy Kiu who runs the school canteen, witnessed the incident and contacted a local daily to expose the incident.
Describing the punishment as “harsh”, Kiu said he would speak to the parents before deciding on the next course of action. (Ini bahasa orang nak bakar lemang sampai rentung)

NUTP dakwa kenyataan Hon ‘membuta tuli’

Kesatuan Perkhidmatan Perguruan Kebangsaan (NUTP) semalam membidas Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Hon Choon Kim yang didakwa mengeluarkan cadangan ‘membuta tuli’ membabitkan guru seolah-olah tidak menghormati sumbangan guru selama ini.

Presiden NUTP, Anuar Ibrahim, berkata kenyataan Hon yang mahu tempat makan guru tidak diasingkan dengan murid bagi membolehkan tiada perbezaan kualiti makanan disediakan pengusaha kantin, memperlihatkan beliau gagal melihat sumbangan dan pengorbanan guru kepada murid selama ini.“Kami rayu janganlah mana-mana timbalan menteri melontarkan cadangan yang kadang-kadang tidak menghormati maruah guru seperti dikeluarkan timbalan menteri berhubung soal mengatasi kes keracunan makanan di sekolah,” katanya ketika dihubungi semalam.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas cadangan Hon kelmarin yang menyebut adalah tidak praktikal sekiranya ruang makan pelajar diasingkan daripada guru kerana ia boleh menyebabkan penyediaan dua kualiti makanan berbeza mengikut kuasa beli.

“Saya tidak nampak rasional mengasingkan tempat makan di kantin, termasuk menyediakan bilik khas untuk guru. Bagi saya ia tidak praktikal kerana akan menyebabkan pengusaha kantin memberi khidmat dan kualiti makanan berbeza yang mengutamakan guru,” kata Hon.

Beliau berkata, cadang Hon itu boleh dilaksanakan jika menteri atau timbalan menteri sanggup tidak diasingkan ketika menikmati makanan dalam majlis atau keraian yang dianjurkan kerajaan mahu pun pihak lain.

“NUTP cadangkan supaya semua menteri dan timbalan menteri tidak lagi disediakan meja atau bilik khas untuk semua jamuan yang dianjurkan dan perlu beratur untuk mengambil makanan sendiri. Adakah Hon sanggup?“Kami tidak mengharapkan yang bukan-bukan, tetapi hormatilah sedikit maruah kami dengan tidak mencadangkan sesuatu secara membuta-tuli tanpa menghiraukan perasaan semua guru. Perkara ini mungkin kecil bagi sesetengah pihak, tetapi lama kelamaan jika dibiarkan ia mampu melunturkan semangat guru,” katanya.

Beliau berkata, cadangan sebegitu tidak akan timbul sama sekali jika Hon memahami konsep yang diterapkan kepada lebih 10,000 kantin sekolah di seluruh negara.

“Adalah tidak adil meletakkan tanggungjawab semua perkara kepada guru apabila terjadi sesuatu perkara seperti keracunan makanan. Takkan semua guru nak jadi ‘food tester’ kantin sekolah dan kalau tak mati baru nak umumkan makanan selamat dan suruh murid makan?

“Orang yang mencadangkan perkara sedemikian sebenarnya tidak faham apa yang berlaku di semua kantin sekolah seluruh negara. Kebanyakan guru makan apa yang dimakan murid kerana pihak kantin menyediakan makanan sama tetapi mungkin ada tambahan lauk sedikit.

“Guru juga berhak mendapat ruang makan berasingan untuk menjarakkan sedikit hubungan antara guru dan pelajar bagi mewujudkan perasaan hormat. Apa lagi memang ada guru yang gemar makan bersama murid mereka dan kebanyakan sekolah luar bandar juga tidak mempunyai ruang makan berasingan,” katanya.

Anuar berkata, Hon sebenarnya tidak menyedari kewujudan Jawatankuasa Kantin di semua sekolah seluruh negara yang dianggotai semua guru yang memantau penyediaan makanan kepada murid setiap hari.“Guru akan makan makanan yang disediakan setiap hari dan ia dicatat dalam laporan khusus, jadi tidak logik jika mengatakan makanan guru dan pelajar mereka berbeza,” katanya.

CCTV PUNYA CERITA

oroYesterday ada satu article dalam TheStar yang mempamerkan di muka depan tentang kerajaan negeri Trengganu memasang kamera litar untuk memantau pergerakan kakitangannya di Bangunan Persekutuan.

Agak sceptical juga bila terbaca benda yang macam ini. Kita baru saja dimotivate oleh PakLah dengan kenaikan gaji yang lumayan bertujuan meningkatkan kadar productivity negara. Sektor awam akan dijadikan satu sektor yang bertaraf tinggi dan seperti yang dilaung-laungkan bertaraf dunia. Kerajaan mahu agar sektor awam Malaysia mampu menjadi sektor awam yang terbilang di dunia. Selain daripada menyediakan sistem penyampaian perkhidmatan yang terbaik, kerajaan amat berharap anggota sektor awam akan lebih menekankan aspek perkhidmatan yang mempunyai nilai tambah kepada perkhidmatan termasuk mengurangkan karenah birokrasi, sentiasa mesra, telus, responsif, kreatif dan sentiasa mementingkan pelanggan - itu harapan PM

Jika perkara sebegini berlaku adalah ditakuti kakitangan awam akan merasa tertekan dan tekanan yang tidak diundang ini akan terkena kepada semua peringkat perkhidmatan, sama ada sokongan atau profesional. Asalnya pemasangan cctv ini adalah untuk memantau keselamatan harta benda kerajaan, tapi jika niatnya berubah, maka kesan kepada tingkahlaku dan peradaban kakitangan ini mungkin begitu negative dan membawa implikasi yang tidak diingini.

Dalam masa yang sama, mungkin ramai yang masih teringat kes cctv di bangunan komtar. Apapun kemungkinan perkara sebegini berlaku dan memalukan orang awam serta kakitangan kerajaan sendiri tentulah bukan tujuan sebenar cctv ini dipasangkan.

Kita berharap kematangan membuat polisi tertentu diberi pertimbangan yang tinggi dan adil buat semua. Bukannya kerana segelintir maka susu sebelanga dirosakkan.

Aku pun pening nak tulis benda macam ni.

Sesudah itu, timbul pula kisah seorang landlord memasang kamera berkenaan di 3 buah bilik air rumah yang disewakan kepada 19 orang wanita muda.

Ini apa yang nak jadi tak tahulah. Siapa pasang tak penting, tapi pasang di bilik air???

Anyway, ramai yang dok tension fikir benda macamni dah ada di merata-rata tempat. Eg. di England dulu masa terrorist bom rail bawah tanah, gambar mereka yang terlibat dirakam oleh cctv yang terdapat di sepanjang jalan masuk ke laluan keretapi bawah tanah itu. Ada baiknya juga bila berada ditempat yang sepatutnya.

Di negara kita cctv dah mula rakam banyak kes-kes langgar traffic lights, pandu laju, lalu lintas dsbnya.

Orang luar negara dah lama dok rakam gambar negara kita dari satelite.

Tapi yang hebat kadang-kala kita terlupa, cctv yang tuhan pasang dikiri kanan kita.....
Ooop..... nakpi sembahyang dah Isya .........

The National Blunder of Malaysia

It's a shame when something that was meant to be good to the country by a certain few has been criticised by a lot more. This shows that it is not well accepted by most. Truly, somebody up there should listened more by being rationalistic. I wonder ....... why after 50 years of independence we still couldn't decide what is best. This writer has her part to let go ..... happy reading.

Have you ever wondered why the national language of Malaysia is called Bahasa Melayu and ALSO Bahasa Malaysia?

The forefathers of Malaysia has agreed among other things during formation of the nation, that the language of Malays, be the official language. The federal constitution guarantees this privileged status of Malay language or Bahasa Melayu in article 152.

But remember, this event took place during a transitional period from more than a century of British rule to a newly independent nation consisting of different races who are not really comfortable with each other.

One hundred years of using English primarily in schools and government offices to be replaced by Bahasa Melayu within ten years! A human factor that has to be considered is that not everyone has the ability to learn another language fast enough to suit government policy.
Unfortunately, politicians who were in the position to help out were doing the opposite. A bloody racial riot which started on May 13, 1969 prompted the Malaysian government to take remedial measures. One of the steps is to promote the official language as Bahasa Malaysia, literally the language of Malaysia, for a more universal appeal sanctioned by the National Language Act 1967.

Malaysians in general are not fussy about having two terms for their national language. So is their government. Says the Education Minister who eventually became deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak: "The government is not rigid about this. Although in the constitution the term Bahasa Melayu is used, in certain situations, the use of the term Bahasa Malaysia is allowed...We do not want to go into a debate on semantics. On the government's part, we are being pragmatic by accepting both. This is not an issue to be exaggerated."
However, there are still voices of dissent.

1994
-The Education Ministry issued a circular to the media sanctioning only " Bahasa Malaysia". This led to a debate between the Ministry and Malay literary circles.
1999-Malaysia's literary agency Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka ( DBP ) refused to publish a collection of short stories. The reason? The writers used the term " Bahasa Malaysia". DBP's stance is that Bahasa Malaysia is political and it acknowledges Bahasa Melayu. The strange part is, DBP has been publishing books using the term Bahasa Malaysia before this and continues to do so until as late as 2002.

2006
-The newly appointed Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said the term Bahasa Malaysia better reflects the mother tongue of Malaysians and not just of one ethnic group. " Bahasa Malaysia is for all, not just for Malays. Whoever resides in Malaysia, his mother tongue is Bahasa Malaysia...But there are certain parties that are seeking political gain by calling it Bahasa Melayu and using Malay sentiments. But the national language is Bahasa Malaysia. That was the wish of the Tunku ( Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia ) and the late Hussein Onn ( 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia )," he said.

Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore do not have this kind of story to tell. In fact, expatriates prefer learning Bahasa Indonesia to Bahasa Melayu or hmm Bahasa Malaysia.

Sigh...there is a motto in Malaysia that says the language reflects the spirit of the nation. You see the impressive Petronas Twin Towers and world class F1 racetracks but the nation that brings about these things is still undecisive about the identity of its language. What image does this portray? It is better to let Malaysia answer.

DPM on Bahasa Malaysia

The Cabinet’s move to revert to the term Bahasa Malaysia to refer to the national language should not be turned into a polemic issue, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the Government came to the decision because it was of the opinion that the national language should be a language for all races.
"We don’t want this matter to become a major polemic," he told reporters after the opening ceremony of the World Tourism Conference themed “Tourism Success Stories and Shooting Stars” here on Monday.
“We all know that the national language means the Bahasa Melayu (Malay language) but we want the language to belong to all Malaysians regardless of race, ethnic groups and so on.
"So, by referring to the language as Bahasa Malaysia means that the language belongs to all of us.”
He was asked to respond to The Star’s banner report on the Cabinet’s decision.
It was reported that all ministries, public universities and local institutions of higher learning have been directed to inform their relevant departments and agencies to begin using the term Bahasa Malaysia in letters, notices and documents with immediate effect.
It is understood that the heads of the various ministries are also sending out these directives following the Cabinet order.
Najib said the move was also aimed at promoting unity, integration, togetherness and usage of the language among Malaysians.
Tunku Abdul Rahman introduced the term Bahasa Malaysia after the country’s independence to inculcate a Malaysian identity.
However, when Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim became the education minister in 1986, he dropped the term Bahasa Malaysia for Bahasa Melayu.

Tak habis-habis......

Back to Bahasa Malaysia

Back to Bahasa Malaysia

Bahasa Malaysia will again be the official term to be used to refer to the national language. In a unanimous decision last April, the Cabinet felt that reverting to the term Bahasa Malaysia would help inculcate a sense of belonging for all citizens irrespective of race, said Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin.
All ministries, public universities and local institutions of higher learning have been directed to inform their relevant departments and agencies to begin using the term Bahasa Malaysia in letters, notices and documents with immediate effect.
It is understood that the heads of the various ministries are sending out these directives following the Cabinet order.
“The Malay language belongs to Malaysians of all races and not just the Malays. The term Bahasa Malaysia would instil a sense of belonging,” Zainuddin told The Star yesterday.
He said the term Bahasa Malaysia was introduced by Tunku Abdul Rahman after the country's independence to inculcate a Malaysian identity.
“It was generally accepted and no one asked for a change until (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim became the education minister (in 1986).
“He dropped the term Bahasa Malaysia for Bahasa Melayu and it has remained that way. But now, we feel we should go back to the original term,” he said.
“RTM will use the term Bahasa Malaysia to refer to the Malay language from now. I have also instructed all private television and radio stations to comply.
“All newspapers, irrespective of language, will also have to refer to the language as Bahasa Malaysia,” he said.
By using the term Bahasa Malaysia, he said a psychological barrier would be removed, not just for Malays but also other races.
“The Malays, for example, must not see Bahasa Malaysia as a language used (solely) by themselves. If Malays truly want to promote the language regionally or globally, they should not be worried if others use it for religious reasons such as their books and sermons.
“Similarly, non-Malays would also not see the language as a Malay language but a language that belongs to them,” he said.
Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said the move “is to show that the language does not belong to just one race.”
“This is for national unity,” he said.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said the decision was most timely “as we celebrate the country’s 50th national day”.
“The term Bahasa Malaysia is more appropriate as it will build a greater sense of nationalism for all Malaysians,” Chan, who is also MCA deputy-president, said.
Concurring, MCA secretary-general Datuk Ong Ka Chuan said the term Bahasa Malaysia was an original one was accepted by most Malaysians.

Pasangan Myanmar sedih dilempar pelbagai tohmahan

KUALA LUMPUR: Pasangan suami isteri warga Myanmar yang ‘menyimpan’ Muhamad Nazrin Shamsul Ghazali atau Yin, 5, selama 15 hari sebelum menyerahkan kepada ibu bapa kanak-kanak itu, amat sedih berikutan pelbagai tohmahan dilemparkan terhadap mereka sepanjang tempoh tahanan reman sejak Isnin lalu.

Mohd Abdul Rahman Doli Rahman, 31, dan isterinya, Noorshida Nur Islam, 27, ditahan reman empat hari selepas didakwa mengurung kanak-kanak berkenaan sejak menemuinya 31 Mac lalu dan ketika ditahan, mereka mendakwa tidak tahu Yin dilaporkan hilang dan gerakan mencarinya dijalankan secara besar-besaran di seluruh negara.Mereka dibebaskan dengan jaminan polis, semalam.Noorshida berkata, dia tidak pernah memaksa Yin mengemis di sekitar Lembah Klang seperti didakwa, malah tidak akan berbuat demikian kerana anak-anaknya turut tidak pernah disuruh mengemis.“Kami tidak pernah mengemis seperti didakwa, anak-anak pun saya tidak suruh mengemis atau meminta sedekah malah mereka kami hantar ke sekolah,” katanya pada sidang akhbar yang dipengerusikan Pesuruhjaya Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (Suhakam), Datuk N Sivasubramaniam.Noorshida berkata, dia dan suami juga sangat sedih apabila status anaknya dipertikaikan walaupun lima kanak-kanak itu anak kandungnya.“Saya mempunyai bukti saya melahirkan mereka di HKL dan kami mempunyai kad pengenalan diri anak-anak kami yang dikeluarkan Suruhanjaya Tinggi Bagi Pelarian Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu (UNHCR),” katanya.Pasangan warga Myanmar terbabit turut kesal kerana ada pihak menuduh mereka enggan memulangkan Yin semata-mata inginkan mendapatkan ganjaran wang.Sementara itu, Sivasubramaniam berharap orang ramai memberi tanggapan positif terhadap pasangan Myanmar terbabit kerana mereka belum disabitkan sebarang kesalahan.“Selama ini semua pihak memberi tanggapan negatif, kasihanilah mereka yang selama ini menjaga Yin dengan baik sehingga membelikan sepasang baju baru walaupun tidak berduit.“Pasangan terbabit dijangka berjumpa anak mereka esok (hari ini) yang kini ditempatkan di rumah kebajikan,” katanya.Terdahulu, Mohd Abdul Rahman dan Noorshida dibebaskan dari Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Dang Wangi selepas tempoh tahanan reman mereka yang bermula Isnin lalu, tamat semalam.Pasangan terbabit dilihat keluar dari perkarangan IPD Dang Wangi dengan menaiki van kira-kira jam 3.40 petang bagi menghadiri sidang media di pejabat Suhakam.Peguam yang mewakili pasangan terbabit, Pritam Singh Doal, berkata mereka diikat jamin dengan dua penjamin iaitu seorang daripadanya warga tempatan dan seorang lagi bertaraf penduduk tetap.“Sepatutnya pasangan ini didakwa pagi tadi tetapi dibebaskan dengan ikat jamin polis.“Kedua-duanya dijamin penjamin masing-masing dan dibebaskan hasil perbincangan pegawai penyiasat dengan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya selama tiga jam,” katanya ketika dihubungi.Yin, hilang ketika mengikut ibu bapanya membeli-belah di Kompleks Sogo di sini, kira-kira jam 2 petang, 31 Mac lalu sebelum dia dijumpai wanita warga Myanmar yang mendakwa membawa kanak-kanak itu pulang ke rumahnya di Sentul Pasar di sini.Pasangan warga Myanmar terbabit menyerahkan kembali Yin ke pangkuan keluarganya Sabtu lalu dan mendakwa tidak mengetahui kanak-kanak itu dicari ibu bapanya dengan alasan mereka buta huruf dan tiada televisyen di rumah.Mereka ditahan polis pada Ahad lalu untuk membantu siasatan selepas keterangan yang diberi meragukan.